PERFORMANCE OF SIMPLE NEURAL NETWORKS IN THE DETECTION OF RECTAL TUMORS
This study investigated the application of neural networks for detecting rectal tumor regions in patients using computed tomography (CT) images. The study included 138 patients, while two CT scans with a healthy rectum were included to balance the dataset, resulting in a total of 3566 images. For each image, pixel values along the contour and withi...
By Edib Dobardzic, Ivana Mišković, Bećko Kasalica, Mladen Marinković, Aleksandra Bibić
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME AS A BARRIER TO SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS
Environmental crime represents a significant barrier to the global sustainability transition by compromising environmental integrity, economic stability, and social well-being. The study assesses the multifaceted impacts of illegal activities, including wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, pollution, and illicit waste disposal, on sustainable dev...
By Jelena Dimovski, Darko Dimovski
ANTIFUNGAL EFFECTS OF ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL IN PHYLLO PASTRY PROTECTION
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of application rosemary essential oil in the antifungal protection of phyllo pastry made from type 500 wheat flour and phyllo pastry with the addition of 10% whole wheat flour. The phyllo pastry were stored and examined at intervals of 0, 5, 7, 14 and 21 days at a temperature o...
By Dragana Plavšić, Dragan Psodorov, Ljubiša Šarić, Ana Varga, Ivan Čabarkapa, Olja Todorić, Zorica Tomičić
BIOCHAR APPLICATION IN MANURE MANAGEMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, GAS EMISSIONS, AND NUTRIENT RETENTION
Manure management in intensive livestock production represents a major environmental challenge due to gas emissions, nutrient losses, and potential air and water pollution. Biochar is a carbon-rich material produced through biomass pyrolysis under limited oxygen conditions. It is used as an amendment in manure management systems due to its porous s...
By Suzana Knežević, Milena Milojević, Maja Došenović Marinković, Aleksandra Milošević
ADVANCED IONIC-LIQUID-BASED HYDRAULIC FLUIDS: FROM MOLECULAR DESIGN TO SUSTAINABLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS
Hydraulic fluids are essential for power transmission, lubrication, cooling and corrosion protection in modern mechanical systems. Although petroleum-based hydraulic oils are still widely used, their flammability, limited thermal stability, environmental persistence and dependence on complex additive packages motivate the search for safer and more ...
By Milan Vraneš, Andrija Vukov, Teona Teodora Borović, Jovana Selak, Snežana Papović, Sara Klimenta
INDICATORS OF AGGRESSIVENESS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSONALITY INVENTORIES
Man, since the earliest times, established two taboos: the taboo of incest and the taboo of killing, which shows how much importance has always been attached to aggressive behavior and destruction. When we talk about aggression and its motivation and consequences, it should be emphasized that it is the subject of interest primarily in forensics, bu...
By Snežana Samardžić
CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY IN CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL INSTABILITY
The subject of this paper is the examination of the correlation between crisis management strategies and the preservation of business continuity in the context of contemporary asymmetric global threats. In the era of “polycrisis,” characterized by the simultaneous impact of geopolitical tensions, hybrid threats, and climate change, trad...
By Ognjen Bakmaz, Predrag Obrenović
INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO SAMPLING OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
MARPOL recognises various types of marine pollution, including oil, garbage, sewage, and greenhouse gases pollutions. Garbage-sourced microplastics (MP), due to their small size and high resistance coupled with their chronic biological effects, pose a serious omnipresent environmental threat. This paper's research was motivated by the lack of metho...
By Filip Radunović, Špiro Ivošević, Neven Cukrov
DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS
The paper presents an insight into the mathematical basis of fuzzy linguistic modeling and discusses the sensitivity of fuzzy rule-based systems with respect to membership function parameters, rule structure, and inference mechanisms. Examples with different inference models are analyzed and compared in order to illustrate their influence on the be...
By Nada Damljanović, Vucelja Lekić, Katarina Pavlović, Mladen Janjić
EU MONETARY POLICY – CURRENT STATE AND PERSPECTIVES
The monetary policy of the European Union is one of the key instruments for achieving macroeconomic stability, sustainable economic growth, and maintaining price stability within the euro area member states. This paper analyzes the institutional framework of the European Union’s monetary policy, with particular emphasis on the role of the Eur...
By Dijana Grahovac, Radmila Čičković