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One of the key missions of the twenty-first century public library is to foster inter-cultural dialogue and favour cultural diversity by reaching out to all members of the local community, especially multicultural populations. This paper will present a fragment of the data gathered in a multi-phase exploratory study whose aim was to survey the multicultural services of Croatian public libraries and collect and analyze data about information needs and behaviour of long-established national minorities in this country, and measure the level of their satisfaction with the library services. This paper focuses on the Slovak national minority in Osijek-Baranya County, their information needs and perceptions of libraries as a source of everyday information and reading material in their mother tongue. Data was gathered with the help of quantitative methodology. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed through Slovak cultural associations and the Central Library for the Slovak Minority. A total of 112 questionnaires were returned, making a response of 56%. Because 2,155 members of this national minority are registered in this region the study covered ca. 5% of the whole population. Descriptive statistics and variant analysis were used to analyze data. The study has confirmed that respondents, members of the long-established Slovak national minority in Osijek-Baranya County, have the need for diverse information and reading material in their mother tongue: only 8.9% said that they do not need information resources in Slovak. As expected, the large majority indicated that they need these materials to stay in touch with their cultural and linguistic heritage (79.5%). Also, results showed that only 24.1% respondents use the public library as a source of information and reading material in Slovak, following newspapers and magazines (67.9%), Slovak cultural associations (63.4%), personal contact (54.5%) and the Internet (42%). The importance of this research lies in its implications for development of library services to multicultural communities in Croatia as well as offering suggestions for improving the collection building in Croatian public libraries, in particular regarding material in languages and scripts of long-established minorities. Authors also hope that this study will encourage librarians in Croatia to systematically collect and analyse information about their local community minorities, especially their library and information needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors strive to present the social status of women in Croatian cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries on the example of the multilingual city of Osijek. The main goal of the paper is to determine the social position of women at that time and to examine whether and to which extent it was influenced by their knowledge of three languages spoken in the multilingual milieu of the city: Croatian, German, and Hungarian. The corpus of the research encompasses job announcements and advertisements related to women in two local newspapers in the German language Die Drau and Slawonische Presse that were published in the city of Osijek in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. In the introduction, the political background of Croatian society at that period is presented, and relevant legal regulations are analyzed from the point of view of the history of law. In the main part, newspaper announcements and advertisements concerning women and their multilingualism are researched and discussed from the perspectives of pragmatic linguistics and sociolinguistics. The method used in achieving this goal was fieldwork research into the original issues of two local newspapers in the German language Die Drau and Slawonische Presse, saved at the State Archives of Osijek. The research includes all the issues of Slawonische Presse from 1870 to 1918 and Die Drau from 1870 to 1927. In the final part, conclusions are drawn on the social status of women as influenced by their knowledge of two or more languages spoken in the multilingual city of Osijek in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Communication skills belong to the fundamental skills for librarians, especially those who work in user departments. But, the question is how successful are we really in communication with our users? Do we manage to communicate our message to them, and if we do, to what degree? This paper presents the findings of the research conducted at the City and University Library in Osijek. The research was qualitative in nature, and conducted on two focus groups in order to gather the necessary data. One group consisted of the librarians, and the other of the users of the City and University Library in Osijek. Through the analysis of real-life situations, the research focused on communication errors and problems, but has also shown the examples of positive practice in the librarian-user everyday interactions. The paper offers suggestions for improvement of librarian communication skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper analyzes the economic situation of the Osijek County based on the results of the 1857 census conducted in the Habsburg Monarchy. The 1857 census was the first modern general census -- its results were relevant to a critical point in time (October 31) and it included the entire population. The census included five questions: religion, occupation, age, marital status, and address. This paper primarily focuses on the question regarding occupation. It analyzes the economic situation and conditions of the Osijek County based on the numerical data collected during the census. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Although there is no generally accepted theory of regional competitiveness, competitiveness (regional or urban) has become very popular subject of interest among scholars, business and policy authorities, where the latter are especially interesting in formulating regional policy aimed at boosting it (from the both demand and supply side). The main purpose of this paper is to discuss issues associated with the interpretation of regional competitiveness under the framework of achieving regional and national sustained economic growth and of contemporary findings in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship, briefly considered in this paper, may be the driving force that enables the transformation of regional resources into regional and national competitiveness, added value, economic growth and development. The paper also focuses on the City of Osijek. It is the largest city of the Croatia's region named the Central and East Croatia. The region is positioned below the Croatian average and it is lagging behind. Lessons considering the early-stage process of entrepreneurship development in the City of Osijek and the role of policy authorities are discussed as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2005, Croatian higher education curricula underwent a significant reform in order to comply with the requirements of the Bologna Process. This paper examines the ways this reform affected cataloguing instruction at the Department of Library and Information Sciences at the Faculty of Philosophy in Osijek, Croatia [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses premigratory disposition among high school graduates in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, and Osijek based on results of empirical research carried out in 2014. A representative sample of 1,830 students (844 male and 986 female) was made by using a probabilistic two-step cluster sampling model, stratified by the type of school and the city where the school is located. The data were processed using the statistical analytical program SPSS 20. The average age of respondents was 18.85, 54.6% attended vocational schools and 45.4% attended gymnasia. The research showed that almost half of the students intended to leave Croatia to continue their education or seek employment. A statistically significant difference was determined according to gender, type of school attended, and city of residence. Furthermore, a correlation between socioeconomic status, family completeness, and religiosity, among students with a lower premigratory disposition, was also determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Osijek is the largest city in eastern Croatia and the fourth largest city in the country. The most preserved Baroque buildings of Croatia are located in Tvrdja, the old historical city core. Tvrdja represents the educational, cultural and administrative centre of Osijek, and consists of 106 buildings. One of the problems facing civil engineers today is preserving a large number of older masonry buildings, built in areas of seismic active zones. It is very important to evaluate the existing earthquake resistance of these buildings in order to strengthen existing buildings and/or prepare emergency plans using realistic seismic scenarios. Therefore, it is desirable to provide a relatively fast but accurate seismic vulnerability assessment, which the proposed method in this paper satisfies. The aim of the article is to determine, using Damage Index coefficient, the seismic vulnerability of a historical building located in Tvrdja. For the analysed area, a set of seven earthquake records is specified, and using different structures modelled as single-degree-of-freedom systems, Damage index spectral functions are determined. Thus, by knowing the proposed parameters of a single-degree-of-freedom system representing an unreinforced masonry building, a response of the structure to a given earthquake can be determined using the graph of Damage index spectral functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The memorial book collection of the City and University Library in Osijek is a special collection within the library holdings which comprises materials published before 1945. The collection is divided into several subcollections: books published before 1945, the rare book collection, the Divaldiana, and the legacy collections (Hengl, Sonnenfeld, Pollak, Magjer, Rakoš, Pinterovic, Kocijan, Gottschalk). This paper presents briely the various collections and their cultural and historical values important for the local community. The memorial book collection with its completely or partially catalogued resources is available to the public. It is necessary to expertly catalog and process the collection and all its subccollections, present the collection's structure (topics, languages, publication types), and single out old and particularly valuable books. The goal is to preserve the integrity and particularity of the subcollections. In order to provide greater public access to cultural heritage resources, the project of digitization the memorial collection was started, with a particular emphasis on the local monographies and periodicals, as well as graphic maps with local themes. Cataloging, protection, conservation and presentation of memorial collections are necessary in order to preserve them as part of the cultural and social identity and heritage. Thus the library has a signiicant role in contributing to the preservation of the memorial and cultural heritage of Osijek and Slavonia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Three pan-European transport corridors pass through the Osijek region. Corridor X goes in the Salzburg-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Belgrade-Skopje-Salonika direction. Corridor Vc (a branch of the corridor V) connects Budapest, Osijek, Sarajevo and Ploče. Corridor VII is represented by the River Danube. Starting from the fact that the transport corridors play a prominent role in connecting places and stimulating development, this paper firstly deals with the stage of their valorisation in the framework of the Osijek region and wider. It analyses the condition of the communications and terminals on the corridor routes and, accordingly, organisation of the connections and development trends of the transport courses. After 15 years of existence the corridors are unevenly and insufficiently valorised. In spite of that, their effects are significant. The corridors have raised the importance of Osijek as a multimodal junction and polarization centre. They have also influenced the spatio-functional development of the Osijek urban agglomeration. The other four centres in the corridors - Vinkovci, Vukovar, Đakovo and Županja - have reinforced their transport and central functions and, together with central Osijek, have become the framework of the region's development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates the regulation of medical practice from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries in two Habsburg cities, Vienna and Osijek, in the light of the spread of medical knowledge and practice from the centre to the periphery of the Habsburg Monarchy. Although both cities were part of the Habsburg Monarchy for much of the early modern period, there were more differences than similarities between them. This may be explained by appealing to a variety of factors, including geographical position, population structure, religion, government type, and professional organisations, all of which contributed to making medical practice very different in the two cities. The divergence occurred in spite of a central agenda for ensuring uniformity of medical practice throughout the Habsburg Monarchy. Although the legislation governing medical practice was the same in both cities, it was more strictly implemented in Vienna than in Osijek. In consequence, Osijek was the setting for some unique patterns of medical practice not to be found in the Habsburg capital. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This paper presents an application of the design-centric education through five interdisciplinary student workshops conducted between 2000 and 2010 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering Osijek, Croatia. The main workshop aims, namely the incorporation of contemporary educational tendencies and techniques into curricula and the socially responsible interaction between the Faculty and its environment, are described. Furthermore, a case study workshop entitled 'Where is the Railway?' is presented detailing performed activities, results and the evaluation. Positive and negative aspects ofdesigncentric approach to teaching/learning are discussed from the students' and the teachers' viewpoint. The balance of project preparation and management with the freedom in creating project's contents and results is stressed. Finally, the role of universities is accentuated through choice of locations, buildings and institutions involved in the workshops. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using realistic understanding of competitive environment and ever present changes in the market relations, in the last few years it becomes clear that lifelong learning is the only key by which an individual can maintain their competence. Global impact on everyday life makes all facts learned today, replaceable or "already seen" in just couple of days. Business processes are the best indicators of this situation, and as always, the first who recognize the opportunity, has the advantage. Constant flow and sustainability of education had never had these challenges before. Comparing students twenty years ago, there is a large deflection at the side of today's as they are more demanding, more active, but also very critical. Universities, more or less successfully meet the set standards, teachers understand the impact of information and communication technologies in career guidance of young people, and the entire educational process is adapting constantly. On the other hand, companies faced with the economic crisis, have also turned to the additional education of their employees. Investing in education is trying to create an additional profit, and certainly, greater competitive advantage. Workshops, courses and continuous professional development are no longer a dead letter in the entrepreneur's balance sheet. The paper is trying to unite and identify problems and obstacles which stand in the path of the educational process IT evolution, in academia, at the University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek and in regional businesses. Research will show whether there are common resistances in modernization, as well as is there a specific reason for the rejection or obstructing the introduction of new solutions to education. Reducing the University and the business environment in the mutual denominator, we would conclude the similarities and differences within, actually much related fields. Through analysis, we would define the opportunities for early identification and elimination of that kind resistance among young people, with the aim of better preparation for demanding business world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract: In this paper we consider the problem of natural gas consumption hourly forecast on the basis of hourly movement of temperature and natural gas consumption in the preceding period. There are various methods and approaches for solving this problem in the literature. Some mathematical models with linear and nonlinear model functions relating to natural gas consumption forecast with the past natural gas consumption data, temperature data and temperature forecast data are mentioned. The methods are tested on concrete examples referring to temperature and natural gas consumption for the area of the city of Osijek (Croatia) from the beginning of the year 2008. The results show that most acceptable forecast is provided by mathematical models in which natural gas consumption and temperature are related explicitly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The institute of Students' Attorney is a new notion introduced for the students' population of the Republic of Croatia and it is based on the Law on Students' Assembly and other Students' Organisations (NN 71/07; furtheron ZSZ). Since the institute of Students' Attorney was introduced at the Faculty of Law in Osijek in July 2008 the first survey of the level of students' rights respect has been done and it will be continued in the course of the years to come. The survey of students' rights respect is part of the university education quality control system. One of the main aims of this research project is promotion of students' rights for the purpose of long-term study quality control. According to Gryn and Juran: «Quality management is a process that recognizes and manages activities necessary for achieving the quality goals of an organisation» and one of the basic indicators of university institution quality is for sure the level of students' rights respect. The survey at the Faculty of Law in Osijek was done by a paper-pencil method sampling 246 respondents. The research included students of all study years. The results indicate a worrying data: almost 44% of the respondents consider their rights to be often violated. Only 1 respondent considers that students' rights are fully respected at the Faculty of Law in Osijek. However, this should be observed in a wider context of the information that only 13% of the students in the survey think that they are informed about the majority of students' rights. It should be noted that the awareness of students' rights violation presumes the knowledge of these rights a whole. Otherwise it can be confused with the feeling of personal (dis)content or (in)justice at the faculty subject to survey. Therefore, the first survey has shown that it is necessary to educate students about their rights but it also indicates the need for quality improvement, i.e. greater respect of students' rights. The survey has also shown that the institute of Students' Attorney has not started operating completely (in spite of the rights violation perception only 12% of the respondents set out the concrete problem before the students' attorney) but it has a great potential for future development (e.g. almost 1/3 of the respondents think that the relationship between students and professors is exceptionally bad or bad). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A combination of various sources of financing is a necessary prerequisite to finance any development as well as regional development. Sources of financing can be monitored and evaluated from the aspects of suitability (cost aspect), availability and abundance. Ultimate users of funds give advantage to financial sources whose availability and abundance is at the maximum level, and costs are at their minimum. For the most part, development bank funds meet the above mentioned requirements, since the main function of these banks is to finance certain activities under special (more favourable) conditions. The significance, justification and evaluation of this form of financial resources in the regional development segment are becoming more and more prominent. The subject of this paper is the amount and conditions of development bank loans in the area of Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem Counties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The basic task of managers is to establish and maintain the conditions required for joint activities of individuals aimed at efficient achievement of goals set by the organization they work for. An organization, be it non-profit or for-profit, will perform better and fulfil its mission more efficiently if its employees have a more positive outlook on different aspects of their work, but also on other work-related issues. It is therefore advisable to conduct frequent attitude surveys of both managers and non-managing employees. The results of such analyses could then be the basis for taking appropriate decisions kind measures in the domain of human resource management. The research presented in this paper seeks to explore the differences in attitudes between these two employee categories regarding different aspects of material and non-material character. With this in mind, a sample was gathered of 360 respondents from the area of Osijek-Baranja County. Appropriate methods of descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as factor analysis were used to analyze the collected data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organization sets itself specific objectives in order to meet the better business success, and to gain comparative advantage over the competition. For these objectives to be achieved, of crucial importance is organizational communication per se which implies communication among employees, as well as communication between different hierarchic levels in the same organization. Communication as an element of organizational behaviour is seen through the group level as the independent variable. Throughout this paper we shall explain the importance of communication for organization, the communicational process and channels for information flow through the network of small formal groups and the network of informal groups. Hereby we also want to emphasize the greater need for appreciation of communication as the important factor of organizational behaviour due to the growing changes in organizations which face the leadership with new challenges and opportunities for testing the different organizational behaviour concept modes. We will also demonstrate the extent of satisfaction with communication within the observed economic operators in Osijek-Baranja County, and evaluate the impact of communication on the employee level on business performance of the same. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper analyses variability of precipitation in Osijek in three periods of thirty years, starting from the year 1901 till 1990. In period from 1931 till 1990 primary maximum of precipitation was in summer (June), and secondary maximum was in autumn (November). Primary minimum of precipitation was at the end of winter (March), and secondary minimum was in autumn (September). In researched period total amount of precipitation decreased, same as average relative variability. Largest decrease was in autumn (October). Average relative variability in researched period has also decreased. Minimum of variability was in June, a month with maximum precipitation and maximum of variability was in October, although the minimum of precipitation was in March. One of the reasons for maximum variability in October is a significant decrease of precipitation amount in that month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The fingerrings in the graves of the Scordisci and the Taurisci have not received particular attention so far. Nor are they a frequent find. The paper analyzes the pieces from Osijek, determines their typological and chronological attribution and shows them to have represented a part of the characteristic annular jewelry in the richly furnished Middle La Tène female graves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the 19th and 20th century, industrial architecture represented a progressive component in the physical development of cities, whereas the loss of productive function of factory buildings opened the possibilities of enriching the urban identity through the continuity of industrial sites. Industrial architecture of Osijek belongs to the European modern architecture, concerning the period from the beginning of the 20th century until 1945. Basic common characteristics put it in this context, namely: the use of load-bearing concrete structures, reinforced concrete and steel, as well as functionalist and minimalist approach to the façade. The vanguard of Art Nouveau in Osijek was the building of the iron foundry and welding work - OLT from 1912 in which concrete and iron were used as primary materials. This article presents in detail the general historical development and architectural heritage of the OLT foundry, taking into account its place and role in Osijek's modern architecture. The most important buildings of the foundry were built between 1913 and 1922, and are still located within the complex of OLT: the original foundry, the screw factory, Directorate office and the old toolroom (one of the larger warehouses). Today, buildings within OLT factory are in poor condition as a result of their age, many years of neglect and disuse, as well as two wars that overran these areas. Most significant reinforced concrete buildings dating from 1913 are seriously damaged showing structural cracks, damaged roof truss and supporting elements of reinforced concrete frame, together with bare armature (influence of moisture and mechanical damage - grenade strikes). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on a study that analyzed records of water and air temperature and explained changes in water temperature records in some larger Croatian rivers that belong to the Danube River catchment. It discusses the annual minimum, maximum and average air and water temperatures in the study area. To study regional air temperature characteristics, data from meteorological stations in Zagreb and Osijek for the period 1900-2005 are used. The study found that the relationship between air and water temperatures in the study area is very strong.

The article discusses a meeting on the translation of Christian mission documents organized by the Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies (CEEAMS) that was held in Osijek, Croatia from February 13-17, 2017. Topics include the influence of biblical values such as loving human beings, living together, and delighting in God, on the life of Christian communities.

The issue of retention of knowledge is an important area of research that has the potential to improve teaching practices and achieve curricular goals. This issue is a matter of great concern since many educators and mathematics lecturers noticed a low level of students retention of definitions, concepts and theorems after mathematics course instruction and examination. Only small number of studies investigated retention of university students' knowledge, especially in calculus, therefore this study provides valuable insights into the retained knowledge in calculus, focusing on the non-mathematics students. We investigated retained calculus concepts for students coming from two universities that differ in various aspects, one in Croatia and one in Denmark. In the first chapter we give motivation for this study. Also we provide historical overview of the most important mathematicians who gave their contribution to the first notions and findings in integral and differential calculus. The chapter ends with the core topics of differential and integral calculus introduced to the first year university students. We compared the calculus teaching at a Croatian and Danish university in terms of students' retention of core calculus concepts in integrals and derivatives two months after instructions. We focused on the procedural and conceptual knowledge. The results showed that for both universities, a large portion of taught subject matter was forgotten. Investigating students grades and scores on the questionnaire, we found that the passing grades of Calculus 1 course did not predict the results in the test two months later. Students with the lowest passing grades had better results two month later, or there was no difference. Next we investigated the retention of core procedural and conceptual concepts in integral calculus among Croatian students in physics, electrical engineering, and civil engineering study programs. The students were surveyed three times in several time periods: two, six and ten months after instructions in integral calculus, combining that with the beginning and the end of Calculus 3. The result showed that the students improved their answers to the conceptual questions. In the second investigation that took place six months after examination and at the beginning of Calculus 3, students answers showed deterioration in most of the procedural questions. In the third investigation that took place ten months after instructions in integrals and at the end of Calculus 3, procedural knowledge improved. This strongly indicated that students' procedural knowledge was very fragile, and that students might forget procedural knowledge quickly when this knowledge is not used any more. We discovered that students generalize every integral of the form [Multiple line equation(s) cannot be represented in ASCII text]. We investigated students' knowledge 14 months after instructions, we found effect of mental structures called met-befores and met-afters that affected students' knowledge in differential calculus. When we investigated students' concept image and concept definition of definite integral two months after instructions and examination, we discovered that students retained highly incoherent knowledge of definite integral as an area. Here we also added to Tall-Vinner discussion claiming that it differs from student to student if concept definition is part of the concept image. Also, we found that improper use of technology leads to retention of superficial conceptual knowledge and deterioration of procedural knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]