GEO-STRATEGIC PREMISES FOR CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS

Author(s): Georgi Dimov,Valeri Ivanov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

This article presents the authors’ views on the specifi c impact of geopolitical and geostrategicfactors, conditions and tendencies of the contemporary security environment.Moreover, it examines how geopolitical concepts and geo-strategic actions refl ect oninternational relationships after the Cold War. The authors imply the idea that by developinga new strategy, the so called Selective Opposition strategy, many contradictions, frictionsand confl icts could be decreased. Of course, the way of thinking needs to be changed in orderto raise the hopes for a more peaceful world

Działalność Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej w 2014 roku. Sprawozdanie

Author(s): Aleksandra Cieślar / Language(s): Polish Issue: 65/2015

Riječ urednika

Author(s): Zoran Tomić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2011

Editorial

Author(s): Vít Beneš / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2016

About the Effectiveness of Several Dissimilarity Estimators used in Damage Assessment

Author(s): Vasile Iancu,Gilbert-Rainer Gillich,Cristian Paul Chioncel / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

This paper introduces a robust method for vibration-based damage assessment, which is based on a mathematical relation contrived by the authors that involves the frequency shifts, the damage size and position. Databases containing damage indicators for all possible damage scenarios, for three types of beams, were developed by involving this mathematical relation. The proposed damage indicator is expressed using the relative frequency shifts. The damage location and severity can be assessed if the relative frequency shifts are derived from measurements at the initial state and periodically afterwards. The paper investigates the effectiveness of several dissimilarity estimators, to find damage involving frequencies measured without and in the presence of noise.

Dynamics of Flexible Wind Power Generator with Unbalanced Rotor

Author(s): Venelin Jivkov,Evtim Zahariev / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Fuzzy Logic Method for Enhancement Fault-Tolerant of Cluster Head in Wireless Sensor Networks Clustering

Author(s): Farnaz Pakdeland,Mansour Esmaeilpour / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Research of Block-Based Motion Estimation Methods for Video Compression

Author(s): Andrey Tropchenko,Alexandr Tropchenko,Nguyen Van Truong / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Properties of the Surface Layer of Thin Films of Polyaniline Doped With Phosphoric Acid

Author(s): Almedina Modrić-Šahbazović,Izet Gazdić,Suada Sulejmanović / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

This study deals with estimation of the surface free energy of thin films of polyaniline doped with phosphoric acid, by measuring contact angles. Synthesis of polyaniline (PANI) with phosphoric acid (PA) was performed at room temperature of 20°C, and at 0°C. Thin films were obtained by means of a spin coater, applying the synthetized mixture on a glass substrate. By measuring the contact angle, first between ethylene glycol and a film and then between distilled water and a film, we thus calculated the polar, dispersion and total surface free energy. It was proved and demonstrated that the surface free energy depends on the temperature at which the solution (from which the thin films are obtained later) was synthesized.

Managing User Access to Cloud Services by Company Administrators

Author(s): Vanya Lazarova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Efficient Dynamic Capacity Management Approach for Guarantee SLAs in Clouds

Author(s): Mahfoudh Alasaly,Ahmed Al-Sanad / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Investigation of Partially Crystalline Zr77Ni23 Metallic Glass

Author(s): Amra Salčinović Fetić,Izet Gazdić,Gordana Ostojić,Suada Sulejmanović / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Modified Variational Iteration Method for Sine-Gordon Equation

Author(s): Umer Saeed / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Assessing and Evaluating UBT Model of Student Management Information System using ANOVA

Author(s): Bekim Fetaji,Majlinda Fetaji,Xhelal Jashari,Mirlinda Ebibi,Samir Ljajić,Hamza Kamberović,Bekim Iseini / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

The research study focus is set in assessing the efficiency and impact of Student Management Information System in facilitating students during registration and examination periods in the aspect of efficiency, performance and usability. As Case Study is chosen University for Business and Technology-UBT, where the system has been designed and tailored to, implemented, tested, evaluated and re-engineered. The analyses tries to identify whether the developed UBT model shows improvement in student services, data centralization, data security, and the entire process of student eservices. Through the Case Study investigated several impacting factors. Afterwards evaluated the usability and user-friendliness of the developed UBT model and solutions of Management Information System and used ANOVA regression analyses to determine the impact. Insights and recommendations are provided.

The Effects of Total Quality Management Practices on Performance within a Company for Frozen Food in the Republic of Macedonia

Author(s): Elizabeta Mitreva,Daniela Cvetkovik,Oliver Filiposki,Nako Taskov,Hristijan Gjorshevski / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

The subject of this paper is designing and implementation of the TQM philosophy within a frozen food company which deals with processing, manufacturing, distribution and sale of products from snails which is exclusively for export. Analysing the business processes within the company for snail processing using the TQM methodology it was proven that the performance has been significantly improved. The results of this research have shown that the TQM implementation at this company has not only contributed to the quality improvement of the snail processing products but also to the increase of productivity and optimization of the quality costs. In future the implementation of this methodology in this company will provide contentment not only to the consumers but also to the suppliers, employers and the community.

Access to Finance of the Macedonian Companies in the Post-Crisis period

Author(s): Meri Boshkoska,Spire Lazaroski / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

In this paper we analyzed the liquidity of the companies, the plans for the future cash flows and questions related to the new law regarding the financial discipline. Main questions addressed here are the number of difficulties related to the sources of financing the current and the developing activities of the companies in Macedonia. The analysis is undertaken by using statistical techniques and models. The results suggest that in the post-crisis period the companies are facing with number of difficulties of providing financial resources for the current and the developing activities where the most significant source of finance are the bank credits. Also, the results suggest that delayed payment of claims, the legislative and the high level of interest rate are the most common factors that restrict the access to finance of the Macedonian companies.

QAHEaaS or Quality Assurance in Higher Education as a Service

Author(s): Stanka Hadzhikoleva,Emil Hadzhikolev / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

The rise of globalization has highlighted the issue of internationalization of quality assurance in education. The COMPASS-OK software application for (self) assessment and accreditation, developed at the Plovdiv University, maintains features for modeling of methods and procedures for quality assessment of education. Its successful application has raised the idea of extending it as a universal tool developed on the basis of cloud services – a tool which provides services to ensure the quality of education for educational institutions and accreditation agencies from around the world. This article offers a conceptual framework and discusses the advantages and benefits of such a development.

Role of Personal Factors in Academic Success and Dropout of IT Students: Evidence From Students and Alumni

Author(s): Dijana Oreški,Goran Hajdin,Božidar Kliček / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Designing Information Technology Framework of Enriching E-Learning Pedagogies

Author(s): Fahim Akhter / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

Children’s Perspective on Learning: the Experience of the Bulgarian Students

Author(s): Iliana Mirtschewa,Elena Djambazova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

This paper presents the results of an international project “Joy to Learn” with participants from Bulgaria, Germany, Japan, Spain, Poland, Romania and USA. The research focuses on joyful and happy situations for students connected to learning in school. It is important to obtain information on the thoughts, feelings, needs, desires, and the fears of the children. This would enable to promote the improvement of the learning process in terms of the student. The survey covered 300 students (from 1st to 8th grade) from Bulgaria. The results show that most of the students prefer to be active in the process of learning, however a presence of negative attitude towards learning in general was found.