Natural plant extracts are a good alternative to improve the quality and safety of dry fermented sausages. Different factors during processing have an impact on the quality characteristics of the final product, but the sensory properties influence overall quality and consumers’ product acceptance. This study aimed to examine the effect ...

By Ana Velemir, Snježana Mandić, Danica Savanović, Jovo Savanović

 Today's youth live in a society where gambling is considered as socially acceptable behaviour and its negative consequences are often overlooked. The availability of gambling content and the frequent advertising of gambling services as a way to make money quickly and efficiently also contribute to this. Pathological gambling is a disorder of ...

By Danijela Jokanovic, Barbara Stankovic

 It is in practice that illiterate people, instead of signing documents, where a personal signature is required, make an impression of the index finger of their right hand. This is done with the help of persons in legally authorized services: in municipal registry offices, courts, police and notaries. The procedure for fingerprint authenticati...

By Dane Branković, Vladimir Branković

 The paper presents the concept of competitiveness of the city's economy. Its growing importance in the theory and policy of the competitiveness of certain urban areas is highlighted. The concept of city competitiveness means a kind of theoretical and methodological unification of the general and local dimensions of the multi-level category of...

By Srđan Milicević, Danijela Despotović, Slobodan Cvetanović, Lela Ristić

 The authors investigate the external solvency of three Balkan countries, two of which are socalled late transition countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia), while Bulgaria is a country that has completed the transition and become a member of the European Union since 2007. Two indicators of external solvency are analysed: External debt/g...

By Danijela Despotović, Srđan Milicević, Vladimir Nedić, Slobodan Cvetanović

 It is known that the three basic elements of information security are protection against confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. The ISO/IEC 27001 standard helps companies protect information in any form. The new version of the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard follows new trends in IT and introduces new security controls. Infor...

By Ljilja Šikman, Danica Savanović, Tihomir Latinović, Aleksandar Gaćina

 This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of natural casing treatment with aqueous or ethanol extract of the blackthorn fruits (Prunus spinosa L.) on fatty acids content of vacuumpacked Kranjska sausages. Three experimental groups of sausages were produced: CS - a conventional sausage filled in a natural casing; WS - a sausage filled in...

By Ana Velemir, Snježana Mandić, Danica Savanović, Vanja Jokanović

 This study aimed to examine the influence of adding selected spices on the physicochemical properties of fresh cream cheese. Six different samples of fresh cream cheese were produced in the milk processing plant (mini cheese factory). The first sample was marked as a control, without the addition of spices, and the other five were produced wi...

By Danica Savanović, Ana Velemir, Jovo Savanović, Aleksandar Savić, Danka Babić

 Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies, and one of the leading causes of cancer-related death among women. This research aimed to explain emotional distress based on self-empowerment skills and interpersonal interactions in breast cancer patients using the explainable multilayer perceptron classification model. The participants ...

By Marija Blagojević, Hojjatollah Farahani, Manijeh Firoozi, Danijela Milošević

 Emotional intelligence is significant for all spheres of human life. Therefore, it has also found its practical application in the company’s business operations. In recent times, the importance of emotional intelligence in organizations has been recognized as a key factor of successful work of the organization in the sense that it influ...

By Danijela Jokanović