The species of the subgenus Chthonius (Chthonius) C.L. Koch, 1843 displaying a sigmoid fixed chelal finger from the Eastern Alps and the Carpathians, assigned to the informal heterodactylus species-group, are revised and a key given for their identification. The following species are present in this area: Chthonius cavernarum Ellingsen, 1909 (Italy, Romania, Slovenia), C. heterodactylus Tömösvá...

BACKGROUND: We investigated whether the psychological stress related to a short war (26 June–7 July, 1991) in Slovenia induced changes in fertility, sex ratio at birth and semen quality characteristics. METHODS: Sex ratios [i.e. males/(males females)] for 4966 births in the general population of Slovenia and separately for 1565 births in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, from January–March 1992...

E-government has been the subject for benchmarking since the beginning of this decade, with several well-established surveys on the subject. These surveys employ different models for assessing the maturity of services, e-readiness, digital divide, and other relevant factors, leading to varying conclusions concerning the state of e-government in individual countries, regions, or even on a global...

AIM To analyze the pharmacy network (structure and resources) in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia and its relation to public expenditures for medicines. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study using the officially published data for the period 2003-2008 in four selected countries. Data sources were relevant national institutions. RESULTS In 2008, Serbia had 27.5, Bulgaria 66.8, ...

Carniolan bee (Apis mellifera carnica) and C phylogenetic lineage of honeybees as a whole, is genetically poorly studied, therefore, the genetic structure of Carniolan bee population from Slovenia has been assessed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses. Honeybees were collected from 269 localities in Slovenia; bee samples from Greece, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany and France were include...

OBJECTIVE To describe the level of patient satisfaction with family practice in Slovenia. DESIGN An internationally developed instrument for patients' evaluations of general practice care was used in a postal survey. SETTING A representative sample of 36 family practices in Slovenia. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Sixty consecutive patients in every practice were approached and offered a self-adminis...

The article presents an analysis of welfare effects in Slovenia, an analysis of supplementary pension insurance in Slovenia and an analysis of the effects of the pension fund deficit on the sustainability of Slovenian public finances. Stress was placed upon varying the parameters of the current Slovenian pension system and introducing mandatory supplementary pension insurance in Slovenia. It ha...

BACKGROUND Hereditary palmoplantar keratodermas (HPPK) are relatively frequent in Slovenia; however, the papulosa type of HPPK is rare. Epidemiological data are scarce; a population study in Croatia revealed a prevalence of 1.17/100,000 inhabitants. According to the preliminary data, it seems that HPPK papulosa is more common in Slovenia than in other countries. Efforts were made to identify al...

NATO’s enlargement into Central East Europe has been a lively debated topic for almost a decade. The highly variegated opinions and positions on this question in Europe and North America have ranged from angry denunciations, solid criticisms, serious doubts, guarded support to enthusiastic accolades. These contrasting attitudes underlined the flux and uncertainties as well as the divisibility o...