We describe the concepts and design principles of the integrative simulation system DANUBIA which supports the analysis of water-related global change scenarios in the Upper Danube Basin. DANUBIA provides an internet-based platform integrating the distributed simulation models of all socio-ecological and natural science disciplines taking part in the GLOWA-Danube project which is part of the Ge...

D the first millennium B.C., the present territory of Romania was invaded by Thracians (I 2th century B.C.), Illyrians (750-450 B.C.), and Getae and Celts (300 B.C.). Dacians, the northern Thracians, are known from Greek sources of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. In the period between 200 and 31 B.C., the Dacian state extended between the Tisza River and the lower Danube. In 85 A.O., the Roman e...

Nedeva, R., G. JoRdaNova, e. KistaNova, K. shumKov, B. GeoRGiev, d. aBadGieva, d. Kacheva, a. shimKus and a. shimKiNe, 2014. effect of the addition of Spirulina platensis on the productivity and some blood parameters on growing pigs. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 20: 680-684 A scientific economic experiment with a total number of 48 Danube White pigs, divided into 3 groups of 16 pigs each, spread into ...

We present a generic framework for computer-based environmental modelling which supports the coupling of simulation models from various sciences to perform integrative simulations. The framework is, in principle, applicable to any kind of model which simulates spatially distributed environmental processes with an arbitrary, but discrete, time scale. During an integrative simulation the framewor...

The Chondrostoma genus is widespread in Europe, with numerous endemic species in northern Mediterranean rivers. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of this genus, using the whole cytochrome b sequence and compared the two freshwater fish dispersion hypotheses: (1) dispersion around the Mediterranean Sea during the Lago Mare phase of the Messinian salinity crisis (Bianco's hypothesis...

Acinetobacter spp. occur naturally in many different habitats, including food, soil, and surface waters. In clinical settings, Acinetobacter poses an increasing health problem, causing infections with limited to no antibiotic therapeutic options left. The presence of human generated multidrug resistant strains is well documented but the extent to how widely they are distributed within the Acine...

Climate change has a large impact on water resources and thus on hydropower. Hydroelectric power generation is closely linked to the regional hydrological situation of a watershed and reacts sensitively to changes in water quantity and seasonality. The development of hydroelectric power generation in the Upper Danube basin was modelled for two future decades, namely 2021–2030 and 2051–2060, usi...

In this study, we investigate the sources of moisture (and moisture for precipitation) over the Danube River Basin (DRB) by means of a Lagrangian approach using the FLEXPART V9.0 particle dispersion model together with ERA-Interim reanalysis data to track changes in atmospheric moisture over 10-day trajectories. This approach computes the budget of evaporation-minus-precipitation by calculating...

AIM To determine the ethnic composition of the early medieval Croats, the location from which they migrated to the east coast of the Adriatic, and to separate early medieval Croats from Bijelo brdo culture members, using principal components analysis and discriminant function analysis of craniometric data from Central and South-East European medieval archaeological sites. METHODS Mean male va...

Heavy precipitation affected Central Europe inMay/June 2013, triggering damaging floods both on the Danube and the Elbe rivers. Based on amodelling approach with COSMO-CLM,moisture fluxes, backward trajectories, cyclone tracks and precipitation fields are evaluated for the relevant time period 30May 2 June 2013.We identify potential moisture sources and quantify their contribution to the flood ...