Europe's oldest known living inhabitant
A Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) growing in the highlands of northern Greece has been dendrocronologically dated to be more than 1,075 years old. This makes it currently the oldest known living tree in Europe. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The bridge on the Neretva: Stari Most as a stage of memory in post-conflict Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Forde S.
This article conceptualises the institutional narrative of the reconstruction of Stari Most (Old Bridge), regarded as an international symbol of reconciliation in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as a staged reconciliation of the city. Constructed during Ottoma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Europe's oldest known living inhabitant
(Stockholm University) A Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) growing in the highlands of northern Greece has been dendrocronologically dated to be more than 1,075 years old. This makes it currently the oldest known living tree in Europe. The millennium-old pine was discovered by scientists from Stockholm University, the University of Mainz and the University of Arizona. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 19, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Explosion Kills One, Injures Five in Bosnian Factory
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a paper production company in the northern part of Bosnia has killed one worker and injured five others.
The blast in the factory's lye boiler occurred Tuesday morning and authorities are still investigating the cause.
Police spokeswoman Aldina Ahmic told media the workers were immediately taken to the hospital, where one of them died. Another worker is severely injured while four suffered light injuries.
The Natron Hayat factory is a Bosnian-Turkish joint venture. It was heavily damaged during Bosnia's 1992-95 war but postwar investment by Turkish pa...
Source: JEMS Operations - July 26, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Source Type: news
Explosion Kills One, Injures Five in Bosnian Factory
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a paper production company in the northern part of Bosnia has killed one worker and injured five others.
The blast in the factory's lye boiler occurred Tuesday morning and authorities are still investigating the cause.
Police spokeswoman Aldina Ahmic told media the workers were immediately taken to the hospital, where one of them died. Another worker is severely injured while four suffered light injuries.
The Natron Hayat factory is a Bosnian-Turkish joint venture. It was heavily damaged during Bosnia's 1992-95 war but postwar investment by Turkish pa...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - July 26, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Source Type: news
Weekend Roundup: The Last Gasp of Atatürk
If the aim of the coup plotters was to derail Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's march toward autocratic rule and restore the country firmly on the secular path envisioned by its modern founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, their failure achieved the opposite result. The last gasp of Atatürk has breathed new life into Erdoğan's troubled and troubling tenure.
Oxford scholar Azeem Ibrahim credits the development of Turkey's vibrant civil society and economy to the secular Kemalist vision and the stability secured over the years by the military and judiciary. "But the failed coup ... marks an end to all that," he writes....
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pokemon Go players at risk of landmines in Bosnia
A Bosnian nongovernmental agency is urging Pokemon Go users to be aware of their surroundings, for a good reason -- land mines. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UNISON must ‘lead the fightback’ against threats to democracy
This is a government that is “a genuine and serious threat to our society,” said Clare Williams of the Northern region, as she launched a debate on attacks on democracy as national delegate conference reconvened this afternoon.
Citing the government’s offensive against trade unions via the Trade Union Bill, she lauded the union, and general secretary Dave Prentis specifically, for leading the fight back against that planned legislation, as well as against the divisive racism of UKIP’s anti-EU campaigning.
Ms Williams said that, in her region, the union was also campaigning against so-called devolution, as this wa...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 21, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article democracy democracy and elections national delegate conference 2016 NDC NDC16 Source Type: news
Weekend Roundup: Trump Is More Than Anti-Mexican. He's Un-American.
In his recent rant against a 62-year-old Indiana-born Latino judge, Donald Trump reveals that he is more than anti-Mexican. He is un-American.
America, after all, is but an idea inhabited by immigrants and their descendant generations. With the obvious exception of the native population, everyone originated from elsewhere. As is often said, America is not about where you came from but where you are going. The American creed is not based on race, ethnicity or religion, but on a shared ideal of tolerance and freedom in the pursuit of happiness. Integrating immigrants as individuals and providing them with the means of upwar...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 10, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Human Development Report 2016: Risk-Proofing the Western Balkans; Empowering People to Prevent Disasters
United Nations Development Programme. 05/20/2016This 147-page report focuses on recent flood disasters that struck Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo. A joint vulnerability of the region to disasters calls for a vigorous assessment of the trans-boundary hazards and an expedition of knowledge transfer mechanisms to boost the capacities for risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and early warning in the Western Balkans. The report identifies the key roadblocks and opportunities to this end, and calls for action aimed at risk-proofing the Western Balka...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Positive parenting attitudes and practices in three transitional Eastern European countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia - Petrovic M, Vasic V, Petrovic O, Santric-Milicevic M.
OBJECTIVES: To identify potential predictors of using only non-violent forms of discipline for children aged 2-14 years and of being against physical punishment among Roma and non-Roma parents/caregivers in Eastern European countries with similar cultural... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A nationwide evaluation of services provided to domestic violence survivors at shelters in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Muftic LR, Deljkić I, Fansher AK.
The shelter movement in Bosnia-Herzegovina was born out of a tradition of assisting survivors of gender-based violence in the early 1990s during the Bosnian conflict. To date, nine shelters are in existence providing emergency shelter and services to survi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Human psychology: Why do we have equivalents of bogeyman in so many countries around the world?
Bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, boogeyman, or boogie man) is a common allusion to a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults to frighten children into good behavior. This monster has no specific appearance, and conceptions about it can vary drastically from household to household within the same community. Parents may tell their children that if they misbehave, the bogeyman will get them. Bogeymen may target a specific mischief—for instance, a bogeyman that punishes children who suck their thumbs—or general misbehavior, depending on what purpose needs serving. Source: Wikipedia.Examples - by country - listed ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - April 26, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Psychology Source Type: news
Record Balkan floods linked to jamming of giant airstreams
Disastrous floods in the Balkans two years ago are likely linked to the temporary slowdown of giant airstreams, scientists found. These wind patterns, circling the globe in the form of huge waves between the Equator and the North Pole, normally move eastwards, but practically stopped for several days then -- at the same time, a weather system got stuck over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia that poured out record amounts of rain. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 16, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Adolescent adjustment, caregiver-adolescent relationships, and outlook towards the future in the long-term aftermath of the Bosnian War - Al-Sabah R, Legerski JP,
Layne CM, Isakson B, Katalinski R, Pasalic H, Bosankic N, Pynoos RS.
Using a mixed-method design with Bosnian students (n = 63, ages 16-19) and their primary caregivers (n = 50), we explored the impact of post-war adversities on adolescent adjustment, adolescent-caregiver relationships, and future outlook 8 years after the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
