[1] in a recent issue of Critical Care, an increase in the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) has been observed after surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass and during sepsis [2]. Although infl ammation induces heme oxygenase and the above-mentioned conditions do lead to infl ammation, a clear association in humans has not been established, underlining the relevance of the remarks made by Cove a...

The article analyzes the scientifi c methods of managerial decision-making at hightech enterprises. It is determined that stability production and competitiveness enterprise in domestic foreign markets are by such a parameter as functioning enterprise, which considered predictable characterizing state high-tech enterprise. Increasing can be achieved through systematic analysis special indicator...

Linguistic distance, i.e. the dissimilarity between languages, is an important factor infl uencing international economic transactions such as migration or international trade fl ows by imposing hurdles for second language acquisition and increasing transaction costs. To measure these costs, we suggest to use a new measure of linguistic distance. The Levenshtein distance is an easily computed a...

Human beings have accumulated rich experience with natural resources over time, but such knowledge can be strongly infl uenced by several factors, such as age, sex and occupation. This study focuses on the infl uence of these factors on knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in northeastern Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 102 people, with the numb...

L. Kuncicka, J. Kliber, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Czech Republic P. Stepan, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Czech Republic I. Mamuzic, Croatian Metallurgical Society, Zagreb, Croatia Ti-Nb alloys are of a large potential for industrial, as well as biomedical utilisation. Ox ygen...

Existing literature analyzing the choice of received long-term care by frail elderly (65+ years) predominantly focuses on physical and psychological conditions of elderly people as factors that infl uence the decision for a particular type of care. Until now, however, the regional in-patient long-term care supply has been neglected as infl uential factor in the individual’s decision-making proc...

To the Editor: Although the relationship between the emergence of zoonotic diseases and human infl u-enced landscapes is accepted (1–3), the relationship between human-in-fl uenced landscapes and wildlife disease is less so. Evidence does support correlations between human activities and environmental conditions affecting wildlife disease emergence (2,3). These studies assume relationships betw...

The development and existence of appropriate, high quality auditing standards is the fi rst step in the road to quality audits. Auditing standards serve several important purposes including defi ning what an audit is, promoting consistency, facilitating education, providing a means to judge performance, and, most of all, infl uencing auditor behavior. Standards also affect many of the other fac...

Existing literature analyzing the choice of received long-term care by frail elderly (65+ years) predominantly focuses on physical and psychological conditions of elderly people as factors that infl uence the decision for a particular type of care. Until now, however, the regional in-patient long-term care supply has been neglected as infl uential factor in the individual’s decision-making proc...

The study describes the daily activity of the European ground squirrel in an experimental plot, situated in a heavily grazed pasture near the town of Knezha, Northwestern Bulgaria. Above ground activity was recorded with a visual scanning procedure in summer and autumn of 2006. In summer animals emerged on an average 1.94 h after the civil twilight at dawn and the active period lasted about 11 ...