Na osnovi raspoloživih izvora i literature ovaj rad prikazuje osnutak i djelovanje knjižnice Hrvatskog kulturnog društva «Napredak»u Sarajevu. Ova institucija nesumnjivo je odigrala bitnu ulogu u obrazovanju i prosvjećivanju hrvatskog, ali i drugog stanovništva u Bosni i Hercegovini. Na osnovi raspoloživih podataka autor prati stalni rast broja korisnika «Napretkove»knjižnice, a daje i strukturu korisnika, kao i evidentirane i korištene naslove u knjižnici.

Carcass composition and distribution of tissues in the carcass of Turopolje pig were established by analysing the share of muscle (M), fat (F) and bone (B) tissue in the carcass and each of this tissues from parts leg, shoulder, loin, neck and belly-rib part (BRP) in the carcass as well as the same tissue in the parts. Investigation was caried out in two groups of fattened pigs at different age and live weight at slaughtering (TI n = 10, age 584 ± 20 days and 81.9 kg ± 6.1 kg; TII n = 9, age 679 ± 20 days and 100.3 kg ± 4.9 kg). Pigs were fattened in the outdoor system of flood forests and marsh meadows biocenosis (Quercus robur and Deschampsietum caespitosae) according to traditional Croatian technology of low input feed (0.5 kg/day/animal). On the slaughter line the animals and carcasses were separetly weighted and cut according to Weniger method and by total dissection. In the groups TI and TII the percentages of muscle (38.2% and 40.5%, respectively) and bone tissue (10.6% and 9.7%, respectively) were significantly different in the carcass, while the share of fat (34.2% and 33.8%, respectively) was not significantly different. In the groups TI and TII the distribution of muscle, fat and bone tissue in the body parts leg, shoulder, loin, neck and belly-rib part (BRP) were estimated.

Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) plays a role in atherosclerosis in diabetics. There are two functional polymorphisms in the promoter of the RAGE gene (-429T/C and -374T/A). The aim of this study was to look for a relationship between the -429T/C and the -374T/A gene polymorphisms of the RAGE gene and the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Slovene population with type 2 diabetes of duration longer than 10 years. One hundred and sixty-eight subjects with diabetes and CAD were compared to 241 diabetic subjects without CAD. The -429T/C and the -374T/A RAGE genotype distributions in patients with CAD (-429T/C: CC: 3%, TC: 31%, TT: 66.0%; -374T/A:AA: 7.7%, TA: 48.2%, TT: 44.1%) were not significantly different from those in patients without CAD (-429 T/C: CC: 1.7%, TC: 26.1%, TT: 72.2%; -374T/A: AA: 11.2%, TA: 43.2%, TT: 45.6%). Our study failed to demonstrate an association between either the -429T/C or the -374T/A gene polymorphism of the RAGE gene and CAD in the Slovene population with type 2 diabetes of duration longer than 10 years.

In order to investigate the contribution of the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene in pathogenesis of essential arterial hypertension (EAH), we analyzed the ScaI gene polymorphism of the ANF gene in a group of children with EAH. Fifty-eight children, aged 8-19 years, with the diagnosis of EAH were included in the association study and were compared to 57 subjects with normal blood pressure (the control group). Arterial hypertension was defined as systolic/diastolic blood pressure higher than the 95th age-gender-height percentile of the adopted reference values. We failed to demonstrate an association between the ScaI ANF gene polymorphism and EAH in childhood (OR = 2; 95% CI 0.9-4.2; p = 0.07), however, we provided evidence of an interaction between the ScaI ANF gene polymorphism and obesity defined as BMI over the 85th percentile (OR = 13.1; 95% CI 1.6-106; p < 0.001).