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The confounding influence of meteorological parameters on human health and behavior has been widely observed from ancient history onwards. Intentional selfharm emergency admissions are critical issues among the general population and are classified among the leading causes of death and injuries worldwide. Approximately 3 million individuals die by suicide each year (Nock et al. 2008).The aim of this research was to test the hypothesis of a positive association between meteorological parameters and self-harm incidents. It was tested in the Krapinsko-zagorska county, Republic of Croatia, that includes about 130,000 inhibitans. This study is based on retrospective evaluation of intentional self-harm admissions to Emergency Medical Departments in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia, registered in one year (between April 2012 and March 2013).This study differentiates days with no emergency admissions and days with at least 1 emergency admission using a categorical binary outcome. The binary outcome was compared with the meteorological conditions on that specific day and meteorological conditions on the preceding day. The meteorological parameters were considered as possible predictors and were based on data collected by the Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia. The parameters included temperature measured at 7 AM (°C), temperature measured at 2 PM (33°C), maximum, daily temperature (°C), minimum daily temperature (°C), temperature amplitude (°C), humidity measured at 7 AM (%), humidity measured at 2 PM (%), pressure measured at 7 AM (hPa), pressure measured at 2 PM (hPa), cloud cover at 7 AM and cloud cover at 2 PM (decas), mean wind speed (m/s) and season (categorical variables).Most of the emergency admissions occurred during winter (33.33%) and spring (30.16%), while lower emergency admission frequencies were recorded during summer (19.05%) and fall (17.46%). Air pressure at 2 PM is significantly negatively related to emergency admission odds. An increase of 10 hPa in air pressure at 2 PM was accompanied by a 78.17% decrease in emergency admission odds and this decrease could be as little as 0.3% or high as 95.2% with a 95% confidence interval (while keeping all other variables in the model constant). Mean daily wind speed is significantly related to emergency admission odds. The relationship is nonlinear in logit, thus the effect must be described at each level. The emergency admission odds are positively related to mean wind speed for mean daily wind speed up to 2.539 m/s. At wind speed of 1 m/s, an increase in 1 m/s in wind speed was accompanied by 63.35% increase in emergency admission odds and this increase could be as little as 3.92% or high as 156.78% with a 95% confidence interval (while keeping all other variables in the model constant). The emergency admission odds are negatively related to mean wind speed for mean daily wind speed higher than 2.539 m/s. Moreover, at wind speed 5 m/s, an increase in 1 m/s in wind speed was accompanied by 99.63% decrease in emergency admission odds and this decre...

AIM: The purpose of this paper is to highlight a new paradigm in the urban design practice, assigning a possible role to computer cognition in architecture.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Computer cognition is a synthesis of theories of cognitive science and the latest artificial intelligence-based computer principles. First, the development of computer systems used in architecture and urban design has been examined with the emphasis that one of the most important representations of urban systems is based on the cognitive aspect of urban environment.RESULTS: Thus, the relationship between urban environment and cognitive science and computer science has been established. A framework of the implementation of computer technology into the urban design process has also been created.CONCLUSIONS: Through the research framework of the new urban design tool – named DesignTool – the paper presents the initial theoretical postulates concerning the urban environment from the aspect of cognitive perception and their genesis

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Original scientific paper The model proposed in this paper is based on a multi-criteria analysis of annual daylight illumination relying on the interoperability of commercially available software tools. The daylight performance of different urban morphologies is investigated by simulating and measuring real weather conditions for a specified location on two types of 3D models. The first analysis is conducted on optimized 3D models of typical urban block morphology and the second analysis is conducted on a 3D model of an existing block extracted from the corpus of the city of Novi Sad. The results are processed according to the criteria of health factors such as the minimum daylight exposure value of 190 lx. The comparative analysis of the results showed that there is a difference between the different types of block morphologies regarding the illumination intensity for the interior spaces. The obtained values are presented in tabular form, graphic and 3D view. Keywords: daylight simulation; healthy housing conditions; urban block; urban morphology Dnevno svjetlo i urbana morfologija: Model za analizu prosječne osvijetljenosti stambenih prostoraIzvorni znanstveni članak Model predložen u ovom radu zasnovan je na višekriterijskoj analizi godišnje dnevne osvijetljenosti uz oslanjanje na interoperabilnost više programskih alata. Performanse dnevne osvijetljenosti različitih urbanih morfologija istražene su pomoću simulacije i mjerenja realnih klimatskih uvjeta za definiranu lokaciju na dva tipa 3D modela. Prva analiza izvršena je optimiziranim tipskim urbanim morfologijama bloka, druga analiza izvršena je na 3D modelu bloka koji je dio urbanog tkiva grada Novog Sada. Rezultati su obrađeni u skladu s kriterijem minimalne vrijednosti zdrave izloženosti dnevnom svijetlu u vrijednosti od 190 lx. Komparativna analiza rezultata pokazala je kako postoji razlika u intenzitetu osvijetljenja za unutrašnje prostore između različitih tipova morfologije bloka. Dobivene vrijednosti predstavljene su u obliku tablica, grafova i 3D prikaza.

The automatic generation of building boundaries in contemporary research and engineering projects and practices is dominantly characterized by interior functional constraints. As a basis for the automated generation of various building boundaries, the solution presented in this paper is a novel approach that ignores the internal (functional) and focuses only on the external (non-functional) impacts. The primary orientation on external impacts may be, at any instance, extended by suitable complementary traditional methodology. The applied research methodology and presented method rely on a developed extendible rule-based system that simplifies floor plan creation by the recursive application of a formulated spatial grid generation algorithm. Based on starting parameter values (mainly the lot and building area spaces) the algorithm tends to create a set of grids that satisfy initial constraints by marking the individual grid cells as a part of the building or empty. The presented conceptual framework model served as a foundation for creating a prototype software application that supports the experimental generation of grid arrays that are transformed into readable images of residential building boundaries. For the initial validation of the developed methodology, method, and algorithm, the concrete parametric resolution is set to 1 m. The comparative analysis has shown that the presented approach overcomes some of the limitations of previous related research that generate building boundaries in simple rectangular form or with limited variability. The proposed method, in its current stage, outperforms discussed existing methods concerning complex shape boundary building plan generation. Besides that, there is a broad space for further enhancement directions concerning the interoperability with other, independently developed, frameworks, and software tools.

This article describes application of Fly-Through animation, especially in architecture. It shows application of this animation technique on Computer Graphics - Animation in Engineering studies and on Architecture and Urban Planning studies at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. Three historically significant buildings have been modeled and animated: Gymnasium Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning and a City Hall in Novi Sad. Development process of these models and animations is described in details, step by step