Abstract Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent chronic joint disease, characterized by joint structural deterioration, pain and loss of function among the elders.It is also associated with several extra-articular symptoms (fatigue, sleep disorders, anxiety and depression) and a reduction of life quality.Studies have revealed that pat
Approaching Bosnia and Herzegovina to European Union is requesting the harmonization of business not just in private but also in public sector with European models.The public sector is required to realize goals with lower costs.Traditional measuring of success, implementing the budget according to the scheduled one, are moving to efficiency and eff
A decision support system with data-driven methods is of great significance for the prognosis of scoliosis.However, developing an accurate and interpretable data-driven decision support system is challenging: 1) the scoliosis data collected from clinical environments is heterogeneous, unstructured, and incomplete; 2) the cause of adolescent idiopat
Leadership, an unquestionable quality of those who succeed in being followed and especially pursued implies a series of common attributes but not necessarily a standard pattern of manifestation, which is exercised differently depending on the personality of the leader, on circumstances and last but not least on the specificity of the involved commu
Ecological investigations of the terrestrial vegetation were made as a part of the studies on the ecosystem to serve as the background for an evaluation of the effects of environmental contamination by human activities in the Antarctic.Under Body the project of the 16th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-16), field investigations were car