A recent forest fire in the Republic of Serbia is discussed concerning classification, legislative framework and fire management, giving a detailed analysis of the forest fire occurrence. Analysing past and predicting future fires are crucial for policy development and forest management practices to prevent and mitigate fires. Fire hazard is discussed through several fire protection and prevention legislative documents. The nonparametric Mann-Kendall test was used to analyse resent forest fire data in an attempt to find causality in occurrences and frequency. The meteorological data and fire statistics provided by the Serbian Hydro-meteorological Service and the Ministry of Interior/Sector for Emergency Management of the Republic of Serbia were used to calculate the Forest Fire Weather Indices, along with deficit or surplus of precipitation for the case study of Tara Mountain. The paper highlights the need for better hierarchical classification of fire hazards and its harmonisation along with standardisations presented by leading international research institutions. A significant correlation between meteorological parameters and forest fire occurrence was found. This opens a possibility for further investigation and analysis of geophysical and anthropogenic driven factors that can influence disaster occurrence.
Background/Aim. In renal cell carcinoma (RCC) the choice of surgical
technique, radical (RN) or partial nephrectomy (PN) is still centre
dependant because there still are no absolute recommendations for this
approach. This study aims to analyze the oncological aspects, time until
recurrent disease appears and cancer-specific survival in patients with RCC
in T1bN0?0 depending on the type of surgical procedure partial or radical
nephrectomy. Methods. A clinical observational study of a series of cases
was conducted that analyzed data of 154 patients operated in our institution
with a mean follow up a period not less than five years. The inclusion
criteria included: renal tumours 4-7 cm, histopathological confirmation of
RCC, absence of metastasis and normal serum creatinine. Exclusion criteria
included: the presence of other malignancies, solitary functional kidney or
comorbidities that can compromise renal function, bilateral tumours or
unilateral multiple tumours. Results. The study analyzed data of 154
patients, 97 radical nephrectomies and 57 patients that underwent partial
nephrectomy. Analyzing cancer-specific survival in four patients with RN
there was a disease advancement that led to a lethal outcome, one PN patient
died as a result of local relapse and distant metastasis. Conclusion. Based
on our results PN is a good and safe treatment option for patients with RCC
in T1b stadium. Partial nephrectomy offers a similar tumour control and
better cancer-specific survival.
The two CSE techniques did not differ with regards to the procedure time and patient's preference. Procedure time correlated with body habitus, spinal landmarks and the anatomy in the SST group.
In May 2014 Serbia and the region of Southeast Europe were hit by the heaviest rain in 120 years of recorded weather measurements, which caused catastrophic floods and landslides. Nine cities and thirty one municipalities declared the state of emergency on their territory. The paper analyses crisis communications of city and municipal emergency management headquarters with different target groups, their relations with the media and the “high politics”, as well as the “lessons learned” which may be applied to new emergency situations. We observed crisis communication on both operative (functionality of the equipment, issuing orders and instructions to citizens etc), and on symbolic level (the shaping of meaning of the event and of the subjects’ actions). A particular attention was paid to the communication problems such as insufficiently trained communicators, inadequate equipment, limited time and excessive expectations, as well as to the analysis of the media reporting that was often politicized and sensationalist.
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