Introduction: Chickenpox is very contagious childhood disease, which occurs due to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) primary infection. Disease in healthy children resolves usually without complications, but risk of complication is much higher in adults and immunocompromised hosts. The goal of this study was to determine different clinical and epidemiological characteristics, laboratory features, clinical course, and outcome of chickenpox in children and adults. Material and methods: The descriptive study was conducted at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The study included 120 patients chosen randomly. We compared their clinical and epidemiological characteristics, laboratory investigations, complications and the outcome of the disease. Results: Age of patients was in range from one to 48 years. Male patients prevailed in both groups (65% in adults, 52% in children). Hospitalization rate was 10.7/100,000 inhabitants. Positive contact with chickenpox was confirmed in 80% adults and 82% children. Dominating symptoms were fever, rash and muscle aches. Levels of C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) and fibrinogen levels were elevated in both groups, while thrombocytopenia was presented in 33% of adults and 3% of children. Adults had complications in 83.3% and their hospitalization rate was longer compared to children (11.5 days vs. 9.5 days, p<0.001). Conclusions: Chickenpox is a potentially severe illness in adult patients. Introduction of active immunization in BosniaHerzegovina should be considered to prevent severe forms of chickenpox. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2012; 2(2): 64-67

Purpose: To analyze organization of ophthalmology health care in Tuzla canton and use of information technologies(IT). Introduction: IT in ophthalmology is the technology required for the data processing and other information important for patient and essential for building an electronic health record(EHR). IT in ophthalmology should include the study, science, and solution sets for all aspects of data, information and knowledge management in health information processing. Material and methods: We have analyzed organization of ophthalmology health care in Tuzla canton. Data relevant for this research were acquired from annual reports of Tuzla Canton health ministry. All institutions and ambulances were visited and all health care professionals interviewed. A questionnaire was made which included questions for health care professionals about knowledge and use of computers, internet and information technology. Results: Ophthalmology health care in Tuzla canton has paper based medical record. There is no information system with any possibility to exchange data electronically. None of the medical devices is directly connected to the Internet and all data are typed, printed and delivered directly to the patient. All interviewed health care professionals agree that implementation of IT and EHR would contribute and improve work quality. Conclusion: Computer use and easy information access will make a qualitative difference in eye-care delivery in Tuzla canton. Implementation phase will be difficult because it will likely impact present style of practice. Strategy for implementation of IT in medicine in general must be made at the country level.

UDK 631.416/.417:630*114(497.6) Elemental composition of the surface soil layers has a direct effect on soil productivity and an important role in the quality of the terrestrial ecosystems. Herein, soil has the function of a geochemical sink and natural buffer, controlling the release of contaminants to hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biota. Vertical distribution of HNO3 pressure digested concentrations of Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Al, Mn, P, S, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn is determined in three rather common soil types: Cambisol, Dystric, Cambisol, Eutric and Fluvisol in central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Site differences, with the reference to soil parent material, dominantly influenced element distribution and accumulation. In addition to land-use, forest seedling production influenced significant (p<0.05) decrease of Ca in Ajdinovići, Mg in Žepče and S in all three sites in 0 to 30 cm soil depth. Summary data for element concentrations for this central region, reported with medians, were: 0.76 g/kg Na, 9.30 g/kg K, 3.54 g/kg Ca, 5.28 g/kg Mg, 27.9 g/kg Fe, 43.7 g/kg Al. 0,98 g/kg Mn, 0.5 g/kg P, 0.27 g/kg S, 3.46 mg/kg Cd, 18.4 mg/kg Co, 99.5 mg/kg, 24.7 mg/kg Cu, 65.1 mg/kg Ni, 30.6 mg/kg Pb, 90.7 mg/kg Zn.

Solutions of AlCl3 were analyzed at concentrations from 0.03 to 5.0 mmol dm-3 and pH from 3.5 to 6.0 using an electrospray ionization quadrupole mass spectrometer (ESI-Q-MS). Mass spectral data were compared with those obtained by 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and potentiometry. Hydrolytic aluminum species were present in solution mainly as +1 positively charged complexes with n coordinated water molecules (n = 1-3). Analysis revealed that polymeric complexes of +2 and +3 charges (at higher Al concentrations and pH > 4) contained coordinated chloride ions. The general appearance of the mass spectra is dependent on instrumental parameters such as solvent flow rate, ionization source temperature and cone and capillary voltages. Thus, fine tuning of the instrument with respect to these parameters was performed. Sample cone voltages not exceeding 50 V led to the best agreement between potentiometric, 27Al NMR and mass spectral data.

UDK 582.728.4:630*27(497.6 Sarajevo) This paper has identified the presence of mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. album) on the trees in the urban part of Sarajevo. The mistletoe is a semi-parasitic flowering plant, which grows on a large number of hosts. In general, mistletoes are specialized species, which parasite only on particular trees and shrub species. They cause the dying of different forest species and the decorative trees. As for the forests in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the most important is mistletoe on fir (V. album ssp. abietis), while in terms of fruit trees and trees in urban areas, the mistletoe particularly grow on deciduous species (V. album ssp. album). Researches for the purpose of this paper were effectuated in 2008 in the area of municipality Novo Sarajevo. Mistletoe (V. album ssp. album) has been identified on 37 infected trees, or on 12 species belonging to 5 families and 7 genera. The analysis of number of shrubs in the crowns of infected trees identified the intensity of the infection by this semi-parasitic species. The mistletoe is a primary harmful agent on urban trees and shrubs. Larger number of mistletoe shrubs exhausts the infected host, and it makes the host suitable for the attack by other secondary harmful insects and pathogens. Thus, it is recommended to remove the mistletoe shrubs, even in early stage of development of disease, while the trees are still infected (1-2 shrubs) to a lesser degree.

The purpose of this study was to analyse the nature of research preoccupying participants in the Third International Symposium on Sustainable Development (ISSD 2012) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 31May - 1June 2012. It involved the analysis of abstracts and papers submitted for presentation and publication at ISSD 2012. Each submission was coded and entered into the Excel spreadsheet for quantitative and qualitative analyses. The results reveal dominant research groups, as well as the type of work that has the highest relevance to research and practice. These findings may serve as signposts for future research directions in the field. Keywords: sustainable development, knowledge mapping, ISSD2012, literature review, protocol analysis

J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, P. O. Box 3000, 1001 Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaE-mail: jernej.kamenik@ijs.siA colored weak singlet scalar state with hypercharge 4/3 is one of the possible candidates for theexplanation of the unexpectedly large forward-backward asymmetry in tt¯production as measuredby the CDF and D0 experiments. We investigate the role of this state in a plethora of flavor chang-ing neutral current processes and precision observables of down-quarks and charged leptons. Ouranalysis includes tree- and loop-level mediated observables in the K and B systems, the chargedlepton sector, as well as the Z !bb¯ width. We perform a fit of the relevant scalar couplings. Thisapproach can explain the (g 2)