NATURE CONSERVATION CHALLENGES: INVASIVE FLORA OF THE “VLASINA” PROTECTED AREA
Invasive plant species pose a significant global biodiversity challenge due to their rapid spread and competition with native species, necessitating effective conservation strategies to mitigate their impact. A floristic survey in the "Vlasina" protected area (An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Serbia) identified six highly invasive pla...
By Filip Grbović, Snežana Branković, Nevena Petrović
REMOVAL OF ACRIDINE RED DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING PHYSICOCHEMICALLY ACTIVATED HYDROCHAR OF SPENT MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE
Sustainable solutions for environmental restoration are crucial due to the increasing release of toxic substances in the ecosystem. The adsorption capacity to remove acridine red from an aqueous solution was investigated using the hydrochar of the spent mushroom substrate, which was obtained by the process of hydrothermal carbonization at a m...
By Marija Milenković, Tamara Lazarević-Pašti, Slavica Porobić-Katnić, Vedran Milanković, Tamara Tasić, Milena Marinović-Cincović
NITRATE CONCENTRATION IN DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS FROM RURAL AREAS OF THE MAČVA DISTRICT (SERBIA)
The schools with their own water supply sources, such as wells, had higher nitrate concentrations compared to those connected to public water supply systems. The retrospective ten-year analysis of nitrate concentrations trend in water samples from private water supply systems (wells) in rural schools of the Mačva district using database of th...
By Bojan Damnjanović, Marijana Srećković, Milica Živković, Ana Vasić, Gordana Jovanović, Ljiljana Tanasić
APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS ACROSS VARIOUS DOMAINS OF CREATIVITY: A RESEARCH OVERVIEW
The research provides an examination of the Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) appliance across diverse domains of creativity. In addition to exploring the theoretical background of machine learning and artificial intelligence, numerous practical applications of ANNs are discussed, in the fields such as education, agriculture, traffic, environ...
By Marija Blagojević
THE IMPACT OF RED LIGHT ON THE BIOMASS PRODUCTION IN SELECTED CYANOBACTERIA STRAINS
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are a group of photosynthetic procaryotes investigated as an exceptional source of novel and bioactive compounds, while some species are used in aquaculture, agriculture, food and feed, etc. Recently, these microorganisms have been intensively studied to develop biocrusts, with the aim of stabilizing the soil ...
By Dajana Blagojević, Petar Davidović, Jovana Panajotović, Jelica Simeunović
THE USE OF BIOSTIMULANT IN THE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
There has been a plethora of research undertaken to identify functional amendments to be used in plant production to improve plant growth, productivity, and quality, as well as to help plants overcome different types of environmental stress. In organic agriculture, the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is limited, so there is a need ...
By Svjetlana Zeljković
USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS AND GIS FOR DEFINING SPATIAL RISK OF LAND SALINIZATION IN THE VOJVODINA PROVINCE
This paper presents methodology for defining spatial risk of land salinization in the Vojvodina Province (Serbia). Based on previous works and the available data, the group of agricultural experts identified 11 criteria that play an important role in land evaluation for salinization risk. The selected criteria are not sufficient on their own,...
By Boško Blagojević, Atila Bezdan, Jovana Bezdan
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN THE WORLD MIGRANT CRISIS: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS
For most of their history, people have lived a "migration culture". By moving from one place to another, they created conveniences for themselves, but often also conflicts. The system of states established since the Neolithic revolution has created barriers for the movement of people in the form of political borders, but also cultural ones, b...
By Vlade Simović, Drasko Gajić
STUDYING OF “PATCH LOADING” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO
Studying of "patch loading" was initiated at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Montenegro (FCE UoM) in the early 1990s. The series of studies, still continuing, encompassing experimental, theoretical and numerical investigations, including AI application, was a logical follow-up of the projects that previously had been conducted...
By Biljana Šćepanović
RECENT CHANGES IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL MERCHANDISE TRADE – GEOPOLITICAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
Is Global Merchandise Trade Heading Towards Sustainability? In recent decades, there has been an unprecedented increase in global trade volumes, world exports, and GDP ratio, bringing progress that has positively impacted billions of people in numerous countries. However, the sustainability of these developments in terms of the environment, e...
By László Erdey, Veronika Fenyves, Ádám Márkus