a Department of Mathematics, California State University at Northridge, Los Angeles, CA 91330, USA b Department of Biomathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA c Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia d Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia e CAMTP – Center for Appl...

Federico Battiston, Matjaž Perc, 3 and Vito Latora 4 School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia CAMTP – Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Maribor, Krekova 2, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia Dipartiment...

In the present study the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype B in Slovenia during the 10-year period was investigated using phylogenetic analysis of pol gene sequences. 119 pol sequences generated on samples dated from January 1996 to December 2005 were retrieved from the database of Slovenian HIV/AIDS Reference Laboratory. The phylogenetic analysis revealed 14 poten...

Expansion of distance education (DE) is one of the characteristics of the information society by which we can judge the level of development in a society. As we witnessed many changes in Slovenia in the last ten years we were interested in what is happening in DE as a modern way of education.DE in Slovenia is still developing, so the institutions that offer it are rather rare. An exception is t...

Stroke is a global health problem and a leading cause of adult disability1. Out of 35 million deaths attributable to chronic non-communicable diseases that occurred worldwide in 2005, stroke was responsible for 5.7 million (16.6%) deaths and 87% of these deaths occurred in lowto middle-income countries2. Driven by increased aging of the populations across the world, together with escalating pre...

The is an overview of our knowledge of thrips in Slovenia. It includes a check-list of species recorded, indicating the plants from which specimens have been taken and the collectors. Special attention is given to work on thrips during the last five years, focusing on some species of potential economical importance. but in the inner land single specimens can be found as early as March and as la...

In Slovenia, like elsewhere in the European Union, the eGovernment is one of the features of the modern face of the public administration. The other features at the forefront of the makeover are the reduction of administrative barriers, the improvement of services offered by the public administration (and subsequently the satisfaction of its users), the introduction of quality management and bu...

Annual number of days with exceeded ozone threshold values at the ground level measuring stations in Slovenia ranges from a few days in the interior of the country to up to 25 days at the Mediterranean stations. The highest number of ozone exceedances is usually recorded in the southwestern part of Slovenia, close to the Adriatic Sea, where favorable meteorological conditions enhance ozone form...

INTRODUCTION Over the last few years, many private companies are advertising direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC GT), mostly with no or only minor clinical utility and validity of tests and without genetic counselling. International professional community does not approve provision of DTC GT and situation in some EU countries has been analysed already. The aim of our study was to analyse cu...

Slovenia is a small, fast developing country in the EU with approximately 2,000,000 inhabitants and 700,000 employed. Occupational medicine has been present in Slovenia for as long as 500 yr. Today, 130 specialists of occupational medicine are in charge of health protection of the employed (including transport workers and athletes). There are also 1,100 safety engineers, who take care of the te...