AIM To estimate prevalence and incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents in Slovenia using different epidemiological models. METHODS Data from the National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia for the period 1997-2012 were analyzed. The database includes the annual number of newly diagnosed outpatients with ADHD in Slovenia. The...

In this paper we analyze some aspects of the gender-based earnings disparities in Slovenia. With the data available we first compare some characteristics of women's employment in Slovenia, Croatia and some European countries: femaleness of occupations; women's average level of professional skill as a percentage of men's; and women's average earnings as a percentage of men's. In the second part ...

T. Lešer, Emo Frite d.o.o., Celje, Slovenia; I. Anžel, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia; A. Goršek, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. The produc tion of powder materials from melts is usually done by atomisation. In our research two different frits were successfully produced using water atomisation...

Background Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare fatal neurodegenerative disorder presenting with rapid cognitive decline and additional signs. The clinical characteristics of an increasing number of sporadic CJD (sCJD) patients admitted to the Ljubljana University Medical Centre are presented as well as the incidence of sCJD in Slovenia in 2015 compared to previous years. Methods We inve...

The article investigates the revealed comparative export advantage, relative import specialization advantage, relative trade advantage, intra-industry trade and its quality types in agrofood trade of Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia with the European Union (EU) market. The empirical results confirmed bulk of agro-food and forestry products with revealed comparative export advantages on the EU mark...

Slovenia’s estimated 1%–2.5% hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroprevalence rate in the general population is much lower than the 3.5% rate reported by neighbouring Italy [1]. There are an estimated 10,000 people who inject drugs (PWID) in Slovenia, a country of two million. HCV seroprevalence in PWID in Slovenia has been estimated at 23% – the second-lowest rate in the European region – and HIV co-inf...

The paper presents the results of the research, focused on Slovenian parliamentary deputies' position on e-democracy with the stress on remote evoting. It examines the difference in the position on e-democracy and e-voting of deputies aligned with the political right and left respectively. Furthermore, it considers deputies' attitude to the initiatives mediated via e-mail and assesses the risks...

The aim of this study was to assess malignant mesothelioma morbidity due to exposure to asbestos in a population living in districts Nova Gorica and Tolmin (49,850 people) near the asbestos manufacturing village Anhovo (Slovenia) and to compare it with the entire Slovene population (1,949,750 people). Crude rates per 100,000 people were calculated from the total number of mesotheliomas, and ris...

AIM To determine estimates of prevalence of selected cardiovascular and related diseases (myocardial and brain infarction, angina pectoris, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity) in western, central, and eastern regions of Slovenia. METHODS A national survey on health status and health behavior of the adult population included 15,379 Slovene inhabitants, aged 25-64. The overall response rate to...

The subjectivism of Austrian economics helps to explain the statistical fact of long memory in asset prices. The theory of Big Players is an Austrian approach to understanding the effects of discretionary policymaking in markets. It leads to implications that can be tested with statistics. In particular, Big Players induce herding and, thereby, an increase of persistence in asset prices. A rece...