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The paper focuses on formal and practical problems in the field of environmental protection, which occur as a consequence of omissions of the legislative and executive authorities in Serbia. The text analyzes the positive legislation and compliance of domestic legal regulations with international declarations and conventions ratified by our country (from the Stockholm Declaration and the Council of Europe Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused by Dangerous Activities to the Environment to the Rio Declaration), as well as with European Directives (EU Directive on Industrial Emissions) and Regulations (Regulation No. 525/2013 on monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and reporting on other information relevant to climate change). The candidacy for equal membership in the European family of nations obliges the Serbian Parliament and the Government to make additional efforts in the direction of harmonizing our law with the European one. The paper takes a de lege ferenda approach, so the author explains the need to amend a number of laws, such as the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, the Law on Strategic Environmental Assessment, the Law on Fees for the Use of Public Goods and the Law on Budget system, as well as the enactment of the Law on Climate Change and the Serbian Civil Code as soon as possible (in which dilemmas that hinder the subjects of law in using the environmental lawsuit as an instrument of environmental protection should be resolved). An unacceptable deviation from one of the fundamental principles established by the Rio Declaration was pointed out, which brings with it a number of structural problems and the inability of both the Green Fund institutions and a number of organizations that focus on ecology. The consequences of the discrepancy between the intentions proclaimed by the Constitution of Serbia and the National Strategy of Serbia for the accession of Serbia and Montenegro to the European Union from 2005 on the one hand and the absence of adequate legislative and executive activities in environmental protection, on the other hand, are obvious in the reports of the European Commission and the European Environment Office, as well as in the health risk and increased mortality of a large number of citizens of Serbia and other European countries, due to harmful emissions that cause pollution of air, water and soil in our country. In addition to the proposals for changes in the formal framework in the field of environmental protection, the paper points out the need to use those mechanisms of civil protection, such as environmental lawsuits (established by the Law on Obligations 1978), which is, by its nature, actio popularis and in that sense accessible to the widest range of subjects. The defense of the standards established by the Kyoto Protocol and the Basel Convention would, through the extensive use of this procedural instrument, be placed not only in the hands of representatives of the legislature and the executive, but also, the judiciary (conditionally, of course, because courts can decide only initiate a civil action, but not on its own initiative). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper explores the reasons for the difficulties to find an efficient adaptive reuse scheme for the abandoned socialist modernism buildings representing new functional typologies, which were established for emerging uses imposed by bygone socialist regime. The paper deepens into intangible aspects tackled by adaptive reuse: rising from modernism and socialism ideological backgrounds, resulting in comprehension of architectural objects, and featuring cultural significance attributed nowadays. New architectural typologies: Funeral Palaces in Soviet Lithuania and Museums of Revolution and memorial centers in socialist Yugoslavia, are discussed with a closer focus on Funeral Palace "Sorrow" in Kaunas, Lithuania, and Home of Revolution in Nikšić, Montenegro. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global industrial restructuring is a main reason for the current state and shape of contemporary European cities. A major problem in peripheral regions in Europe is the loss of the process and assembly segment of industrial production. Two approaches, tourism and high-tech innovation, are at the forefront of city transformation in post-industrial Europe. As tourism is a well-established development driver, we analyse whether digital innovation, a subset of high-tech innovation, can be a parallel pathway for peripheral regions to achieve more resilient and balanced development. This paper describes two digital innovation models, one in London and another in Berlin, as city development drivers to speculate on their limits and suitability for developing peripheral regions. As their direct translation is difficult, this paper defines assessment criteria within the triple helix model of innovation and re-casts them through the concept of slow innovation, which is applicable in peripheral regions. We conclude that there are different pathways to achieving suitable digital innovation conditions and that although digital innovation is currently not a major development driver in the periphery, it will be viable if interpreted through peripheral concepts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to reveal recent trends in the development of modular buildings, using the knowledge of experience in architecture. The first part of the paper provides an overview regarding recent scientific developments in modular design and construction, accompanied by a historical overview that outlines the specific features of modular construction. The second part outlines the issue of architectural experience through the perception of architecture and the enactive approach. The intersection of neuroscience and architecture is outlined as one of the emerging fields in this subject matter. Example case studies of modular design are presented, and a basic assessment of potentials for their architectural e xperience is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although bystanders do not actively participate in situations of peer violence, their reactions can play an important role in protecting the victim. Therefore, this paper aims to examine to what extent social skills, recognition of appropriate reactions in peer violence situations, and self-efficacy and subjective norms related to victim protection can predict the helping behaviour. Students aged 12 to 14 (M = 12.69; SD = 0.72) from ten European schools (from Spain, Malta, UK and Ireland) participated in the study. From the initial sample of 359 students, 226 students (54.9% of girls) stated that were exclusively bystanders in bullying situations (and not victims and/or bullies). In this paper, we have focused on two groups of bystanders: those who report that they are trying to help victims in situations of peer violence (70.8%) and those who do not do anything in situations of peer violence, but think that they should help the victim (29.2%). The participants filled out an on-line questionnaire with teachers' supervision. It consisted of a series of scales, constructed or adapted for the purpose of this research: Bully/victim questionnaire, Empathy scale, Social skills scale, Selfefficacy and subjective norm for protecting the victim scale, and Questionnaire about the appropriateness of reaction in a bullying situation. Hierarchical logistic regression was conducted to check the contribution of studied variables in the prediction of helping behaviour. Results show that the examined variables explain between 18% and 25% of the variance in helping behaviour. Recognizing the appropriateness of reactions in peer violence situations (the appropriateness of the assertive, the inappropriateness of passive and aggressive reactions) and self-efficacy in victim protection are significant positive predictors of helping behaviour. The obtained results point to the importance of raising awareness of appropriate bystander reactions in situations of peer violence and enhancing self-efficacy to increase the likelihood of helping the victim. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The gabbro quarry at Szarvaskő Tardos is located in the western part of Bükk Mountain, part of the North Central Mountains, in the valley of the Eger stream, 2.5 km from Szarvaskő village. The rock material of the quarry was known earlier as Western Bükk diabase, however, according to the current nomenclature the gabbro is referred as Tardos Gabbro Formation and Szarvaskő Basalt Formation. The basic magmatic rock formations are results of the undersea magmatic activity during the Jurassic period, Callovian stage. The total length of the pit wall in the gabbro quarry at Szarvaskő Tardos is 679 m in two mining operations levels. Volume of gabbro blocks is generally between 0.5-1.0 m3, sometimes 2-3 m3, and occasionally 8-10 m3. The gabbro is dark grey in colour with greenish shade, dense, grained, hard and brittle fracturing. The paper describes the exploratory mining geology research of the quarry, the mineral composition of the gabbro together with its physical properties and utilization possibilities. The high quality gabbro of the quarry was utilized as crushed stone products for road construction and as construction blocks. The paper calls the attention to the need of more detailed, complex exploratory mining geology research for future utilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effect of tunnel-fire can cause significant changes in the strength of the tunnel-lining and its rock environment. This structural damage is a potential threat after fire load. The condition of the structure can be estimated if some concrete specimens exist from the mixture of the tunnel wall. These specimens should be loaded by the same temperature that affected the tunnel in fire during different heating and cooling treatments. According to the test results, the inner and outer part of the lining can be modelled under fire. The change of compressive strength and Young's modulus can be obtained from compressive strength tests. These processes were explained in details in our previous article, titled "Effects of tunnel-fire on load bearing capacity of tunnel-lining and surrounding rock mass". The ratios of the initial and instantaneous material properties give reduction factors. If the maximum temperature during a fire is known the overheating of the lining wall can be modelled by numerical methods, from which isothermal zones can be determined. From the thickness of these zones and the reduction factors (compressive-, tensile strength and Young's modulus) the present condition of the tunnel wall can be estimated by the model. The damaged wall can be modelled with a wall with equivalent stiffness to the damaged one with the use of the reduction factors. The created numerical model gives an opportunity for a fast structural evaluation of the tunnel after fire. This initial model was validated by comparison of model results from different software products tested with different boundary conditions. In present paper two software and three types of beamspring models (2D, 3D, node and surface support) were compared. All of these model types gave very close results, so it can be concluded, that they can be applied for tunnel modelling under increased temperatures without the further laboratory test of concrete specimens of the tunnel wall. Locations of partial failure (after fire) can be determined from the model which generates plastic hinges in the tunnel wall. In this step the model has to be recalculated to evaluate the final condition. From the different stresses and material properties of the wall the necessary provisional support system can be designed and constructed. This support system provides the required safety under the early stage of reconstruction. Besides this, the necessary thickness of reparation can also be estimated from the model results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper was to examine the contribution of family, and peers context variables in explaining the variance of self-esteem during early, middle, and late adolescence. The research sample consisted of 344 elementary school students, 370 high school students and 357 college students. The average age of participants was M = 12.6 (SD = 0.63) for young adolescents, M = 16.5 (SD = 0.57) for middle adolescents, and M = 20.6 (SD = 1.17) for older adolescents. The following instruments were applied: General Data Questionnaire, Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, Friendship Quality Questionnaire, Inventory of Peer Attachment-Revised and Self-esteem Scale. The results of hierarchical analyses indicate that set of predictor variables account for 38% of total variance of selfesteem in young, 21% of total variance of self-esteem in middle and 27% of total variance of selfesteem in older adolescents. With respect to family context variables, the self-esteem was significantly predicted by parental acceptance-rejection of mothers and family cohesion and adaptability in young and middle adolescents, and by perceived parental acceptance-rejection of both (mothers and fathers) in older adolescents. Considering peer context variables, in all three adolescent groups, the self-esteem was significantly predicted by perceived quality of attachment with peers. The results of this study indicate the necessity of taking into account the different forms of family and peers interactions, as well as the developmental specificities of a particular period of adolescence when considering family and peers determinants of self-esteem in adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cognitive training is an intervention aimed at promoting various aspects of cognitive functioning. The most effective programs include the so-called multimodal training, i.e. interventions which include the activity of several cognitive processes and lead to far transfer of training-induced skills to everyday life. Video games represent a well-established example of multimodal training, leading to cognitive empowerment in various populations. Given the popularity of video games, this review aims to present: i) cognitive mechanisms required for gaming which turn video games into an optimal platform for cognitive empowerment and ii) cognitive effects of playing various types of video-games. More specifically, we review the theory behind the efficacy of video games, learning mechanisms promoted by gaming, and mechanisms of transfer. Also, we focus on the three most commonly used video games in cognitive training: serious games, brain training and commercial games, considering their effects in different age groups and neuropsychological patients. Due to the variety of commercial games, the research findings are presented via different genres of commercial games and their effects on cognitive functioning. In the last part of the paper, we give recommendations for future video game research as a form of cognitive training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human face is a sexually dimorphic trait, and its morphology is related to various biological markers. During face perception, people make several inferences about others, such as sex, age, ethnicity, emotional state or personality traits. This process is automatic and rapid, and is included in all forms of social interactions. Some studies indicate that people have certain biases towards specific facial phenotypes during decision-making about who is the best candidate to be a group leader in an economic or political context. In this review paper, origins and functions of aforementioned biases will be discussed from an evolutionary psychological perspective. Evolutionary leadership theory, biosocial leadership categorization model and evolutionarycontingency hypothesis will be presented as the main theoretical frameworks in the field. Moreover, findings regarding bias towards perceived facial competence, masculinity-femininity and attractiveness will be described. Lastly, some limitations in the field will be addressed, together with the recommendations for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the autumn of 2015, the Hungarian Geological Society launched the programme "Collectable Past", including the election of the "Mineral of the Year". Minerals and mineralogy are almost completely excluded from public education, therefore the aim of the programme is to showcase the elected mineral by popular scientific papers, lectures, exhibitions, interactive educational activities, field and indoor (museum and school) programmes. Interesting or useful properties and the beauty of the minerals are all highlighted with the aim of reaching a wider public this way. The HNHM Dept. of Mineralogy and Petrology also joined the initiative, therefore, in 2016, the public education activity of the department was focused on the presentation of the Mineral of the Year, namely garnet. This report summarizes the multifaceted activity of the staff in this field (media presence, lectures, educational papers, posts on garnet on the HNHM blog site, exhibitions, various interactive and handicraft workshops related to garnet both in the museum and in other locations, posts on the Facebook page of the "Mineral of the Year" programme etc.). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gábor Fekete worked for more than two decades from 1954 to 1977 at the Department of Botany of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. This is where he became an internationally recognized ecologist from an entrant botanist. During the years spent at the Department of Botany, in the diverse museological work, besides the experiences of inspiring joint research with good friends, he also suffered from the disappointments and injustices deriving from the political system and human deprivation at that time. The paper gives a summary about work of Gábor Fekete in the collection and in cultural education related to exhibitions, further introduces in detail his researches carried out during in years spent at the Department of Botany. The paper, with the help of sources from archives, gives introspection to the work atmosphere was typically from 1950s to 1970s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

the use of supplementary cementing materials in concrete technology may help reducing the large carbon-dioxide emission that is resulted from the production of Portland cements. the supplementary cementing materials can be classified as hydraulic additives, pozzolanic additives and inert additives. the supplementary cementing materials form calcium-silicate-hydrates and calcium-aluminate-hydrates with the calcium hydroxide available due to Portland cement hydration. Most active supplementary cementing materials are the silica fume and the metakaolin. the literature indicates that the application of silica fume or metakaolin improves the durability of concrete due to the finer pore microstructure that results lower porosity, lower permeability, higher strength, higher resistance against water penetration and higher resistance to acidic solutions. the present paper is the first part of a series of papers dealing with conventional and self compacting concretes containing silica fume or the metakaolin supplementary cementing materials. the first part gives a literature review of the supplementary cementing materials tested. the second part summarizes own experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many of the organizations in the world have realized the importance of the disaster data and are working on to collect the data's for planning the emergency relief activities. The data requirements for researchers are increasing in Turkey, especially in the city of Istanbul which has 8000 years of history. But databases on disasters are not satisfactory or systematically released. The paper evaluates the examples of the databases both in World and Turkey, identifies the standards and criteria to develop a new database for Istanbul City. The paper includes an evaluation of the collected disaster data of Byzantium, Ottoman and Republic Period for Istanbul City. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of supplementary cementing materials in concrete technology may help reducing the large carbon-dioxide emission that is resulted from the production of Portland cements. The supplementary cementing materials can be classified as hydraulic additives, pozzolanic additives and inert additives. The supplementary cementing materials form calcium-silicate-hydrates and calcium-aluminate-hydrates with the calcium hydroxide available due to Portland cement hydration. Most active supplementary cementing materials are the silica fume and the metakaolin. The literature indicates that the application of silica fume or metakaolin improves the durability of concrete due to the finer pore microstructure that results lower porosity, lower permeability, higher strength, higher resistance against water penetration and higher resistance to acidic solutions. The present paper is the first part of a series of papers dealing with conventional and self compacting concretes containing silica fume or the metakaolin supplementary cementing materials. The first part gives a literature review of the supplementary cementing materials tested. The second part summarizes own experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae) represent one of the most diverse families of the animal kingdom with a potentially great significance in biological control; despite that, they are one of the poorest known insect groups even in the European fauna. For several decades, there has been no specialist researcher of ichneumon wasps in the Hymenoptera Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM, Budapest). Hence, a huge amount of undetermined material has gathered in the collection due to the collecting expeditions and faunistical surveys obtained by the devoted field work of the past and present staff members of HNHM. However, in the natural history collections these undetermined, unprocessed materials are not forgotten "leftovers", rather an investment into the future. Sometimes decades pass until these materials have a chance to be determined and scientifically evaluated by a specialist researcher, but sooner or later it shall happen, and until that, the museum collection carefully preserves the material. The now ongoing identification process of the ichneumon wasp material already yielded several faunistical and taxonomical results regarding the ichneumon wasp fauna of Hungary and other countries of the Palaearctic region. In this paper, as a few examples for the above described phenomenon, some new ichneumon wasp species, which were recently described by the author in the Hymenoptera Collection, are introduced along with the circumstances of their discovery. Among them, Temelucha flavia and Teleutaea pantherina give us examples how greatly the amount of time between collecting of the specimens and describing them as new species is dependent on the availability of a specialist in the museum, while, as in the case of one of the new Thaumatogelis species, we can see how the hard and devoted field work during collecting expeditions shall yield important results even decades after the expedition. These new species, besides their scientific value, represent several other important inferences, such as careful preservation in the natural history collections and the possibility for collecting expeditions are investments into the future of taxonomical and faunistical science and into the possibility of their applied utilizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our first trip to explore the flora of this special corner of Europe and the Balkan Peninsula took place some 15 years ago and eventually led to the build-up of a systematic research programme of the Albanian flora. This paper presents the history of our research, the preliminaries, the results and the potential continuation. We also give our personal overview of the professional network we formed in the meantime, with an emphasis on the realization of reviewing the Albanian herbarium material dispersed across different European institutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital technologies aren’t knocking on our doors, they are already in our homes. They have changed the way how we communicate, travel, how we do our shopping, using cars, listening music… and there are countless examples. But, they have changed the way how we work as well. Digital technologies make work easier, safer and work markets are more accessible. On the other hand, some of us do not enjoy so much in presence of digital technologies because they represent “ job killers“ or potential for violation on privacy at work. These are just few of challenges for Labour law in new digital era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today it is very important to minimize the use of energy, which is especially true for the thermal insulation of buildings. If heat-insulating materials for the construction industry can be produced from wastes or industrial byproducts (plastics, ashes), this innovative technology also contributes to the sustainability of modern living. Therefore, the main objective of the present paper is the theoretical and experimental investigation of the resultant thermal conductivity of lab scale and pilot scale geopolymer-polystyrene (EPS) composite insulating materials. The thermal conductivity measurements have been carried out by a new self-developed apparatus. The theories of the socalled serial and the parallel heat flow cases in two phase disperse systems are well known in the literature. The parallel and the serial heat flow models have been linked together in a theoretical universal equation. The dispersion constant (D) parameter has been introduced for the universal equation. The dispersion constant parameter is suitable for the characterization of the dispersion state of two phase disperse systems. Comparing the results of the experimental and theoretical resultant thermal conductivities it was concluded that the dispersion state of the measured geopolimer-EPS composite insulating materials is approximately 0.8. It was also observed that as the quantity of the ground fly ash increases the resultant thermal conductivity increases as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The bodily remains of Ignác Semmelweis (1818-1865) were exhumed and relocated several times before they found their final resting place in the yard of the one-time parental home (presently housing the Semmelweis Medical History Museum, Library and Archives). Upon the last exhumation, the bones underwent systematic anthropological and pathological examination and an authentic plaster cast of the skull was created. Even though a number of representations are preserved of 'the saviour of mothers', his last portraits show signs of rapid aging that were assumed to be connected to his health status. In 2015, on account of the 'Year of Semmelweis', the museum was commissioned by the Semmelweis Museum of Medical History to create the sculpting craniofacial reconstruction of Semmelweis based on the copy of the skull in order to reveal his true features. In this paper, we present the process of reconstruction and its forensic medical comparison with a contemporary portrait. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the life of Zsigmond Széchenyi, famous Hungarian hunter and writer, and his connections to the Hungarian Natural History Museum in commemoration of his 50th anniversary of death. I give an overview of the posthumous process of state acquisition of his special library, outlining the operating conditions of the museum's library then and now. Information is also provided on Széchenyi's book collection, highlighting its contents and some interesting items. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As it was usual at the time for naturalists, Pál Kitaibel (1757-1817) was involved in the study of all three 'realms' of natural history (mineralogy, botany, zoology) to a certain extent. Mineralogy then embraced every field of earth science and Kitaibel studied it as part of his general descriptive (physiographic) work and as a tool subject for his other (chemical, hydrographical and botanical) lines of investigations. Accordingly, his mineralogical studies were mostly done within the fields of mineral chemistry, topographic mineralogy and petrography. However, most of his results remained in manuscript. During his field expeditions within the Kingdom of Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia, he collected a number of mineral and rock specimens and he received many as a present, mainly from Slavonia. An autograph partial catalogue of these specimens was preserved, which we present in the appendix of this paper in a transliterated version. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Present paper studies metakaolin as a supplementary cementing material (SCM ) for concrete in terms of compressive strength development and k-value concept of CEN /TR 16639:2014. Sixteen different concrete compositions are studied in the range of water-to-cement ratio of w/c = 0.50-0.65. Results indicate that the effectiveness of metakaolin depends on the applied w/c-ratio and the applied cement substitution ratio; the smaller the w/c-ratio, the more effective the metakaolin; the higher the cement substitution ratio, the less effective the metakaolin. The k-value decreases by the increase of w/c-ratio, independently of the age of concrete. The higher the cement substitution ratio, the smaller the k-value. The k-value tends to reach a final value in time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is focused on the development of geopolymer-glass foam composite, which can be produced by encapsulation of glass waste based lightweight aggregate in geopolymer matrix. The aim of the investigation was to produce glass foam with the optimum pore size and the most homogeneous particle size distribution and to examine the encapsulation of these materials in geopolymer. The glass foam was manufactured by calcination of green pellets which contained mixture of waste glass, bentonite and dolomite powder as raw materials. The appropriate porosity was achieved at 850 °C calcination temperature and 7.5 min residence time. Significant coalescence of the cells was appeared when the glass foam particles were heat-treated at higher temperature (900 °C). On the other hand, lower temperature (800 °C) generated only small amount and small size of pores. Additionally, the compressive strength and specimen density of geopolymer-glass foam composite was investigated as well as function of dosage and size of glass foam granulates. Increasing amount and size of glass foam decreased the specimen density as well as the compressive strength of the composite. The highest compressive strength (4.7 MPa) was reached by addition of 2-4 mm glass foam aggregate in the portion of 40 V/V %. The optical microscope images showed that the cementation between the glass foam particles and geopolymer matrix was uniform in the cross section, without inclusions. Based on the experimental results it can be concluded that the geopolymer-glass foam composite may be an alternative solution for the innovative utilization of glass waste and fly ash, which can be used in the construction industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an oxide composition of glass used in the manufacture of fiberglass Salgótarján, these effects typical viscosity values, manufacturing and product properties. It illustrates the practical experience, the advantages and disadvantages of each type of glass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reinforced concrete is a widely used construction material. However, corrosion of steel reinforcement might be a danger to its durability. In this paper the corrosion mechanism of steel reinforcement in concrete is introduced. Literature and case studies are reviewed on concrete crack width and its effect on reinforcement corrosion. The results found in different sources proved to be inconsistent. Crack width variation within concrete cover is presented as a reason. The influencing factors of reinforcement corrosion in concrete are collected with special regard to crack geometry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Certain researchers think that the poem Balassa János éneke sólymocskájárul (Song of János Balassa on His Falconet) was written in the 16th century, while others - including the author of this paper - reckon it was penned down in the first half of the 17th century. The mood and style of the poem differ greatly from its surviving contemporaries; it uses a picto-language imbued with unique sexual allusions. Also, it cannot be categorized as popular (rogue) or aristocratic in register - such notions are of no use here. It is something completely different: this picto-language was used by the lexicon of the Old Testament (cf. motto), that of sexual mysticism, commedia dell'arte and the reversed world of carnivals (including numerous illustrations as marginalias in mediaeval codices), constituting a special supranational system of images and picto-language - however, in different, language-specific forms that survived in each folklore. Moreover, this code system is also used by prolific Renaissance painters, authors of high literature and a good many examples can be found in 15th-16th century Italian painting and literature as well. Thus, the author of the analysed poem - almost surely not Gáspár Madách - chose a road often travelled: the eyes, fluids (eggs), the falcon (birds in general), the aperture, the hare: all sexual references, a grotesque piece of art paraphrasing a biblical text in the Marcolphusian way. It covers János Balassa with ridicule and its poem-language is the usual allusion system of the 16th and 17th centuries, based on mediaeval prefigurations. These are not the clouded reveries of an old man but the frolicsome wishes of a man in his prime - and their mockery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the fights around the Radio on 24-26 October 1956, two extensive conflagrations destroyed most of the departments of the Natural History Museum housed in the central building of the Hungarian National Museum (the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology and the Department of Geology and Palaeontology) as well as the Africa Exhibition. This paper describes the layout of the departments and exhibitions housed in the building before the fire, gives a chronological account of the fights around the building and the fires as well as the work of the fire brigades. Then data on the actions of the insurgents and the military troops within the museum, a detailed account of the fire, its causes and certain conditions are given. Contemporary reports about the fire and its exploit by the political propaganda are also reviewed. An account on the quantifiable damages, and a reconstructed list of the destroyed inventories of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology is also given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pál Bugát was one of the most well-known physicians, language reformers and polyhistors of the 19th century. He was born in Gyöngyös and also spent his childhood there. The city safeguards the memory of its excellent native. A part of his inheritance was transmitted to the Mátra Museum in 1969. In 2012, the 'diary', exceeding 500 pages and embracing at least 30 years and holding interesting descriptions and notes on the Reform Period, on the revolution of 1848, on natural history, and on the development of medicine from the 19th century, became the property of the City of Gyöngyös. This paper presents highlights of the life path of Pál Bugát, his relationship with the City of Gyöngyös and the preparations of the scientific processing of the above-mentioned manuscript on account of its becoming a part of a public collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the fights of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, the collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum suffered serious losses. The author experienced the events and their consequences and now publishes his recollections as the last surviving member of staff. The paper describes the losses of the Museum, mostly regarding the Department of Geology and Palaeontology, lists the most prominent materials that were destroyed and gives some details on the subsequent reconstruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The air void and aggregate content of asphalt core samples could be determined by direct and indirect methods. Direct methods are destructive since they determine the air void and aggregate content by decomposing the mix into its individual components. The computed X-ray tomography (CT ) makes it possible to create a 3D image of the complete inner structure. This paper demonstrates the CT method for determining the air void content in asphalt. It shows that the proposed method can determine the air void and aggregate content and gives multiple additional information about other features by showing the distribution along the vertical axis of the core sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]