Sensitivity to Pollen Allergens in Consecutive Patients with Allergic Rhinitis Referred to an Allergy Clinic in Prishtina

The Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention: Lessons from the Balkans

“…45 The credibility of such threats grew as the Serbs retaliated from 1991 to 1995 against armed secessions in Croatia and Bosnia, and in early 1998 against initial KLA provocations. Ibrahim Berisha (2000), one of five cofounders of the LDK, reports that ''most Albanians understood that the start of war in Kosovo would lead to the destruction of people and villages and cities.'' Rugova said Belgrade officials warned him explicitly in late 1997 that any rebellion ''meant war'' and that they had developed ''a scorched-earth plan that could be implemented in 24 hours to destroy Albanian villages'' (Richburg 2002).…”

“…Kosovo's shadow government did attempt a self-defense structure starting in late 1991, researching international arms markets and sending militants for training in neighboring Albania, but Belgrade caught wind and shut down the operation in mid-1993. The only offer of strategic military aid came secretly in 1991 from Croatia, but the Albanians rejected it because they feared Zagreb would cut a deal with Milosevic and abandon them (Balaj 2000;Berisha 2000;Klinaku 2000;Kraja 2000;Krasniqi 2000b;Maliqi 2000;Rugova 2000;Tahiri 2000;Xhemajli 2000). As a result, until 1997, Albanian militants possessed no more than a few hundred weapons throughout the entire province.…”

“…But according to Ibrahim Berisha (2000), the turning point came later, when the seriousness and amount of international condemnation increased. ''We perceived the change in 1996-1997.…”

The Effects of Air Pollution on Cellular Material Release, Allergenicity and Allergens Proteins of Three Ornamental Plants

“…These materials from pollen that contribute in interaction pollen-stigma can function as allergens, environment molecules interacting with the human immune system to elicit an allergic response in susceptible individual (Knox & Suphiohlu, 1996). Of all things that can cause an allergy, pollen is one of the most abundant and inescapable (Lokaj-Berisha et al, 2009, as cited in Shazo, 2000. As for the health effects of air pollution in subjects living in polluted urban areas, it has been found, both in US (D'Amato, 2002;as cited in Dockery et al, 1759;Schenker, 1993) Seaton et al, 1995) hypothesized that fine particulate of urban areas, penetrating deep into airways, is able to induce alveolar inflammation which is responsible for variation in blood coagulability and release of mediators which induce acute episodes of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.…”

On Collecting and Publishing the Albanian Oral Epic

“…They give the data only per taining to the identity of the singer and the collector, as well as the place and the year when it was collected, nothing more (Epikë legjendare nga Rrethi i Kukësit 1983;Berisha et al 1991;Çetta et al 1993).…”