OBJECTIVES Despite a 92-99% national vaccination coverage since 2000, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia experienced a large measles outbreak between 2010 and 2011. Here we investigate the characteristics of patients hospitalized during this outbreak at the Clinic of Infectious Diseases in Skopje. METHODS Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data of 284 measles patients, including ...

Background: In light of the latest global financial crisis and the ongoing sovereign debt crisis, accurate measuring of market losses has become a very current issue. One of the most popular risk measures is Value-at-Risk (VaR). Objectives: Our paper has two main purposes. The first is to test the relative performance of selected GARCH-type models in terms of their ability of delivering volatil...

∗ Both authors are visiting professors at Macedonian Military Academy, and have significant contribution in teaching/research activities in the field of intelligent missile systems Abstract. We have developed a simulation model of homing-guided anti-aircraft or surface-to air (SA) missiles SAM, suitable for research, development and testing of different guidance and control laws, obtained from ...

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Introduction:B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a clinically heterogeneous disease with many patients surviving for decades with watch and wait strategy or no treatment, whereas others surrender to their disease despite therapy. In recent years, new molecular prognostic factors came to light that have significantly improved the stratification of the CLL patients. One of the most impor...

One of the most noble professions of all the times is teaching. The rapid expansion of computer technology brought many changes in all areas of our lives, as well as in the teaching process. Actually, today every child uses the computer for fun and entertainment, so why not for learning his lessons too. The Interactive multimedia learning systems connect classroom curricula with real world situ...

The “National Reference Centre for Genomics and Proteomics” (MACPROGEN) was financed by the European Commission within the FP7 Capacities Work Program for a period of 3 years, starting April 1 2009. The MACPROGEN project aimed at upgrading and improving the capacity of the Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (RCGEB) “Georgi D. Efremov,” Macedonian Academy of Sciences and A...

BACKGROUND A growing body of evidence shows that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a role in depressive disorder. Serum BDNF levels are lower in depressed patients and they increase after a long course of antidepressant treatment. Our study aims to test the effect of antidepressant treatment on serum BDNF levels in patients with a depressive episode, after they have achieved remiss...

Breeding bird density and community structure in Macedonian pine forests were studied during 3 successive years (2004-2006) in the Pirin national park, Bulgaria. Bird sampling, using point counts, recorded 2583 birds belonging to 31 species. The relative density was computed for the most abundant 20 species by the DISTANCE software. The results show that Macedonian pine forests hold significant...

AIM To evaluate Y-chromosomal diversity of the Moravian Valachs of the Czech Republic and compare them with a Czech population sample and other samples from Central and South-Eastern Europe, and to evaluate the effects of genetic isolation and sampling. METHODS The first sample set of the Valachs consisted of 94 unrelated male donors from the Valach region in northeastern Czech Republic borde...