The paper addresses and evaluates the currency boards’ policy and assesses whether the economic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the function of currency boards, as a form of monetary policy. In this context, a hypothesis that the currency boards provides the foundation for growth and development of a transition economy is being put to the test. To test the hypothesis, the paper compares the movement of economic growth indicators (gross domestic product) among the countries of South Eastern Europe with the primary focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina. By comparing the obtained results, as well as by applying the correlation and regression analysis, by means of simple linear regression, it is proven that the currency boards do not represent an obstacle to economic growth, but is the basis for establishing the stability of the economy and the basis for sustainable growth and development able to adequately respond to shocks.

: A música popular é um artefato midiático através do qual são tramitados socialmente conceitos, valores, atitudes e estratégias de identidade individual e coletiva. Através das letras, podemos refletir sobre assuntos importantes, nos emocionamos, reconhecemos a uma identidade cultural. Na música universal, temas que vão desde o amor à exploração do trabalho se presentificam, e a identidade dos imigrantes fica de fora do escopo temático das canções. Este trabalho é uma relação entre as áreas de Língua Inglesa, uma vez que todas as canções estudadas são deste idioma, é de Língua Portuguesa, na questão da interpretação e análise de construção do sentido. Assim, para compreender um pouco mais da identidade dos imigrantes e demais aspectos sociais elucidados pela linguagem, esta pesquisa se propôs a investigar como se dá a construção de sentido das canções que trazem à luz o universo do povo imigrante. Esta pesquisa tem por natureza ser qualitativa. Em primeiro lugar, investigaremos as dentre as mais tocadas do cenário pop internacional nos últimos 20 anos que elucidam, de alguma maneira, a identidade dos imigrantes. Inicialmente, investigaremos canções de sucesso mundial, de grandes artistas ou bandas reconhecidas internacionalmente, que são facilmente reconhecidas pelo público. Para análise da construção de sentido, privilegiaremos o domínio conceptual básico do frame. Estes tipos frame são associados a expressões ou a itens lexicais e, ao se relacionarem com outros frames, auxiliam na construção do significado. Ao associarmos os itens lexicais “flores”, “choro” e “caixão”, elucidamos o frame de velório, por exemplo. A partir dos critérios definidos pela pesquisadora bolsista, que buscou pelas músicas mais tocadas na plataforma YouTube, chegamos às seguintes canções para compor o corpus desta pesquisa: a)  Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin; b) American Oxygen, Rihanna; c) Prayer of the Refugee, Rise Against, d) Immigration Man, Crosby & Nash, e) Ellis Islans, Mary Black, f) America, Neil Diamond, g) Immigration Blues, Chris Rea, h) City of Immigrants, Steve Earle e i) The Refugee, U2. Tomando como base os elementos analisados, é possível afirmar que a figura imigrante é uma figura submissa a condições sociais e de gênero. É um ser que não tem o domínio de seu próprio destino e que aguarda sempre a chegada de outra pessoa, pela indefinição tonal, que espessa toda uma ampla gama de transferências interpretativas, colaborando densa e criticamente para o pensamento recente sobre imigração no país.

Purpose: The primary purpose of this paper is to identify the most important factors related to the successful implementation of TQM in the literature and to compare the identified factors with the existing research. Methodology/Approach: By conducting a systematic literature review in three main stages, this research analyzes 13 empirical papers published between 1995 and 2017. Three main stages included: formulation of the problem to be solved by the systematic literature review; definition of inclusion criteria and exclusion of articles; and article search and selection. Findings: Analysing previous research and conducting a literature review, we identify six main critical success factors (CSF): top management leadership and commitment, customer focus, training (employees), procurement management (suppliers), information and analysis, and process management. Research Limitation/Implication: In this paper, we focused solely on the influence of TQM practices on the financial performance of a company. As such, the non-financial performance indicators were not considered. Originality/Value of paper: This paper adds value to the existing literature as it focuses on critical factors of TQM implementation examined in relation to the financial performance of the company and provides a good basis for understanding and developing more complex models. Category: Literature review

A generalized (6DOF) model for evaluating fragment trajectory elements is defined, which incorporates a novel model for estimating the projected surface of the body and novel model for estimating aerodynamic force and moment. This 6DOF model is developed on the basis of differential equations of the center of mass motion and movement around the center of mass (currently no known model incorporates movement of the body around its center of mass), and can model the parameters that play an essential role in movement of the bodies with irregular shape through the atmosphere. In our model the basic parameters (i.e. body dimensions) can be arbitrarily changed in the initial part of the analysis, and based on their values and values of initial kinematic parameters (initial velocity, position, orientation), trajectories can be determined (as well as other parameters: velocities, orientation) in a relatively short amount of time. The calculation of the complete trajectory of the fragments can be used in a number of applications: the analysis of the effects of the fragments (i.e. the safety analysis of the location of the ammunition depots, due to the potential explosion of the projectile) or in the estimation of a danger zones when demining larger quantities of the munition. Also, from the point of view of the parameters of the lethal zone of HE projectiles, it is generally important to estimate the trajectory of the fragments in the range up to 50m, so this model can be used to model such a scenario also. This model could also be potentially used wherever there is a need to calculate flight mechanics parameters of irregularly shaped bodies. Generalized (6DOF) model for estimation of an irregularly shaped body trajectory is implemented in a computer program, written in MatLab. Based on the model, the trajectory calculations were performed for the complete trajectory and for shorter distances to the center of the explosion, with varied geometric-inertial parameters and initial kinematic conditions for the given fragment.

A review of internal blast loads on structures modeling methods is presented in the paper. Also, numerical simulations of the internal explosion were done in software Ansys Autodyn. Critical areas of confined spaces were identified for this type of explosion event. Recommendations were given regarding the use of numerical simulations in blast wave parameter prediction, as well as suggestions for further research.

Lubarda, B. & Topalić-Trivunović, Lj.: Alien flora of the city of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Nat. Croat., Vol. 29, No. 2, 217-226, 2020, Zagreb. In the urban area of Banja Luka, 77 species of alien plants have been found, most of them neophytes (64.94%) while a smaller percentage are archeophytes (35.06%). Most of the plants originate from America (34), and Asiatic species rank second (17). Most of the alien plants belong to the Compositae family, in terms of life form are therophytes, and intention has been involved in their arrival in this area.The anthropogenic change indicator values have been shown to have a significant anthropogenic impact on the overall flora.

In the present paper we consider the nonlinear superposition operator \(F\) in Banach spaces of sequences \(l_p\) \((1\le p\le \infty)\), generated by the function \(f(s, u) = d(s) + a^{ku} - 1\), with \(a > 1\) and \(k\in \mathbb{R}\setminus\{0\}\). We find out the Rhodius spectra \(\sigma_R(F)\) and the Neuberger spectra \(\sigma_N(F)\) of these operators, depending on the values of \(k\).

Nutrients are chemical substances obtained from food. They have different roles in body.  Some are used as energy source, some as structural materials, and regulating agents. Nutrients may reduce the risks of some diseases. There are some recommendations about dietary intake of these nutrients for optimal health. This study aimed to estimate average calcium and magnesium content in day meal in a sample of students from Faculty of Medicine of Sarajevo University. A cross-sectional study was conducted during academic 2015/16 year at Faculty of Medicine of Sarajevo University. The survey covered 44 students. The research instrument was a self-administered questionnaire, by which 3-Day Diet Record was provided. The average intakes of calcium and magnesium were estimated using Nutritional analysis computer program (Nutrics Professional Nutrition Analysis Software). On daily level average intake of calcium was 718.39±311.14 mg in total sample and average intake of magnesium was 292.57±310.10 mg in total sample. Average Ca/Mg ratio was 2.45. In our sample cheese was top source of calcium with Ca/Mg ratio of 32.5, and bread was top source of magnesium with Ca/Mg ratio of 3.1. These results emphasize the importance of monitoring the food nutrition facts in order to achieve adequate nutrients intake.

To evaluate the baseline clinical characteristics of juvenile systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients in the international juvenile SSc inception cohort, and to compare these characteristics between the classically defined juvenile diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc) and limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc) subtypes and among those with overlap features.