Corridors are important geographic features for biological conservation and biodiversity assessment. The identification and mapping of corridors is usually based on visual interpretations of movement patterns (functional corridors) or habitat maps (structural corridors). We present a method for automated corridor mapping with morphological image processing, and demonstrate the approach with a f...

The teaching of Informatics in lower and upper secondary education has a long tradition in Slovakia. In 2009, a new subject, Elementary Informatics (“Informatická výchova“ in the Slovak language), was introduced into primary education. This paper describes its aims and relates how contests can be a form of learning and a way to test children’s knowledge. Secondary schools have the Bebras Contes...

A wide range of diseases is associated with enteroviruses.They are reported to be responsible for viral meningitis, especially in children, but also in adults.This study analysed infection with eight selected coxsackievirus serotypes as the cause of aseptic meningitis in 480 patients in Slovakia from 2005 to 2009,using a quantitative assay for the detection of intrathecal antibodies. Intratheca...

The aim of this work was to study and monitor the patterns in incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Slovakia. The incidence of type 1 diabetes per 100,000/year from 1985 to 2000 was determined in children 0 - 14 years old. A total of 1,818 cases were diagnosed during this time. Poisson regression models were used to study incidence trends. The overall incidence of type 1 diabetes varied fro...

Celiac disease (CD) affects people in all parts of the world. In last decades celiac disease thought to be a rare childhood syndrome, but currently is celiac disease known to be a common autoimmune genetic disorder [1]. More than 2 million people in the United States have the disease, or about 1 in 133 people [2]. Among people who have a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) diagnos...

This paper describes the analysis of raw wood flows in Slovakia. Material flow analysis was used to reveal and quantify relations between the resources and the primary uses of wood. In particular, two approaches to wood flow modelling were utilised wood balance and wood resource balance. Wood balance was introduced to illustrate a global view of the resources and primary uses of roundwood in Sl...

Czech and Slovak are two closely related languages which together form the Czecho-Slovak sub-group of the West Slavonic languages, to which there belong two further subgroups, the Lusatian and the Lechitic. In spite of their similarity and a nearly complete mutual intelligibility (see below), the literary languages are clearly differentiated, which is among other things due to the fact that the...

Abstract The author states the occurrence of Eurasian beaver ( Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758) in East Slovakia based on indirect signs from water courses. A total 96 territories (localities) were observed over years 2016 – 2017. obtained data help spreading knowledge species distribution territory Slovakia.

This article is focused on historical agricultural landscapes in Slovakia, which have been preserved and have irreplaceable ecological, cultural and historical value. Historical structures of agricultural landscapes (HSAL) are a type of cultural landscape that contains, within a geographic area, both natural and man-made features that typify connected activities, and a cultural expression refle...

Abstract The presented checklist and red list include 231 liverwort (Marchantiophyta) two hornwort species (Anthocerotophyta). Overall, 22.9% of liverworts are evaluated as threatened (CR – 4.3%, EN 7.8%, VU 10.8%), while 17 (7.4%) categorized NT, 11.6% DD 3.0% RE. A total 128 (55.4% the flora Slovakia) were assessed LC. For Lunularia cruciata criteria not applicable (NA), since this is native ...