D.I.I.V. (Croatia)

Zbornik Kroz prostor i vrijeme posvećen je prof. dr. sc. Miri Menac-Mihalić, dugogodišnjoj profesorici Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagreba te članici suradnici Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Prof. dr. sc. Mira Menac-Mihalić iznimno je plodna znanstvenica koja se, uz veliki broj radova iz dijalektologije, smatra i začetnicom hrvatske dijalektne frazeologije. U zborniku posvećenom njezinu radu i djelovanju objavljeni su prilozi koji su grupirani u dvije glavne tematske cjeline (dijalektologija/povijest jezika "O govorima kroz vrijeme" i frazeologija "Živost frazema"). Radovi predstavljaju izniman znanstveni doprinos hrvatskoj filologiji. Velikim su dijelom rezultat terenskih istraživanja kojima se prikupljala građa za obradu. Donose precizne rezultate o fonološkim/morfološkim/leksičkim značajkama hrvatskih mjesnih govora, a istražuju se i frazemi potvrđeni u hrvatskoj nacionalnoj ili dijalektnoj frazeologiji. Dio građe koji se opisuje ekscerpiran je iz postojeće literature te pomno i iscrpno analiziran.

Abstract Bite force is a key performance trait in lizards because biting is involved in many ecologically relevant tasks, including foraging, fighting and mating. Several factors have been suggested to impact bite force in lizards, such as head morphology (proximate factors), or diet, intraspecific competition and habitat characteristics (ultimate factors). However, these have been generally investigated separately and mostly at the interspecific level. Here we tested which factors drive variation in bite force at the population level and to what extent. Our study includes 20 populations of two closely related lacertid species, Podarcis melisellensis and Podarcis sicula, which inhabit islands in the Adriatic. We found that lizards with more forceful bites have relatively wider and taller heads, and consume more hard prey and plant material. Island isolation correlates with bite force, probably by driving resource availability. Bite force is only poorly explained by proxies of intraspecific competition. The linear distance from a large island and the proportion of difficult-to-reduce food items consumed are the ultimate factors that explain most of the variation in bite force. Our findings suggest that the way in which morphological variation affects bite force is species-specific, probably reflecting the different selective pressures operating on the two species.

Clothes and fashion play a significant role in people's daily lives and therefore have many functions. Clothing allows people to form a specific image of themselves as individuals and members of a social group. In recent decades, the popular clothing style Athleisure has become more and more popular and refers to luxury sportswear that emphasizes the physical attributes and characteristics of the wearer. Athleisure has a significant share of the fashion market and annual growth of about $10 billion in America alone, with a tendency to grow steadily. This trend assumes a particular lifestyle that entails both luxury and care for one's body; that is, one who wears Athleisure has enough money and time to devote to one's appearance. Athleisure highlights a male and female athletic figure, openly showing how aligned with the modern image of physical beauty. It also fosters an interest in sports and fitness-based activities as a way to reach the ideal body. This paper will discuss the evolution and characteristics of this style, its position on the market, as well as the psychological, sociological, and ideological implications it exerts on individuals and society.

This paper presents the results of theoretical computer-aided research of the microclimate parameters in the vehicle passenger compartment during operation of one of the widely used schemes of heating system in the passenger compartment, taking into account the breathing of passengers. Theoretical researches of the heating system operation in the passenger compartment taking into account passenger breathing have been conducted. Distribution of microclimate parameters in the passenger compartment cross-section, in the case of using a heating system having one compartment heater, with and without taking into account the breathing of passengers, has been obtained. The assessment of the effect of passengers' breathing on the microclimate parameters in the passenger compartment has been carried out. The outcomes of this research may be of interest to specialists involved in the design and ergonomics of wheeled vehicles and labor protection.

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This paper will show how the private media, incurred with a primarily professional goal and mission, deal with the challenges brought on by new technologies. The leaders in this group of media are local newspapers and radio stations, whose future became uncertain under pressure of the global economic crisis, emergence of the Internet and strengthening of gigantic media corporations taking over their public and advertisers. Through the research conducted within the project 'Profession on the intersection journalism on threshold of information society' (2011-2012), media are analyzed and then grouped on the basis of five indicators indicating their social position, problems they face and the way they respond to change. These indicators relate to their economic situation, relationship to the state, newsroom technological equipment, journalists' knowledge, and skills in terms of professional standards as well as the work in the new media environment and journalist networking, i.e. types of public interaction and developing relationship toward citizens' involvement in news creation. These are challenges for the owners of a group of researched media who perceive journalists as the 'keepers of democracy' and journalism as a profession with a great social responsibility. Even though most of analyzed media are in tough economic position, their business plans do not turn toward greater commercialization, but rather to diverse forms of cooperation, both among other media and journalists and public. At the end, possible scenarios of their further development are shown, from owner/director perspective based on the in depth interviews done.

Technology innovations and journalism community are challenged by alternated process of content production, interaction with the audience, economic crisis and saturated media market. Taken together these factors impose a need to reassess capability of the printed public media in Serbia to follow global trends. Research results published in this article indicate that both owners and media managers of the four publicly owned print media in Serbia are looking for the appropriate adjustment model, facing at the same time under-qualified personnel, obsolete technical infrastructure and lack of investments. It was quite expected that public media owners during the adjustment process consider the state as both supporter and protector, since large portion of their business depends on the financial support handed over by the government or municipalities budgets. However, chivalrous role of the state is also being perceived by the public print media representatives within the process of creating comprehensive and respected regulatory framework, that will treat each media as equal competitor in the media game. In the fight for survival newspapers in Serbia are additionally overwhelmed by the technological revolution, leading in direction of an impression that media system is not developing appropriate mechanisms in order to overcome external difficulties. Therefore, the existence of the oldest mass media is being seriously questioned, both globally and locally.