Babesia canis canis is the most frequent causative agent of canine babesiosis in Central Europe, frequently causing severe disease. Recently, many new endemic foci of this disease have been reported from European countries. Growing incidence of canine babesiosis was recorded also in Slovakia during the last decade, from first cases in eastern Slovakia ten years ago to recent cases all over the ...

Dagmar Markechová 1,* and Beloslav Riečan 2,3 1 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, A. Hlinku 1, SK-949 01 Nitra, Slovakia 2 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University, Tajovského 40, SK-974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia; [email protected] 3 Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Scienc...

Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713683105 The influence of musical experience on lateralisation of auditory processing Marián Špajdel ab; Katarína Jariabková c; Igor Riečanský b a Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Trnav...

MARTA FILICKOVA, PhD, Researcher at the Department of Pre-School and Elementary Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov, Slovakia; e-mail: marta. [email protected] doc. IVETA KOVALCIKOVA, PhD, Associate Professor at Department of Pre-School and Elementary Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov, Slovakia. IVAN ROPOVIK,...

S. Kicin, J. Novák, R. Kúdela, S. Hasenöhrl, M. Kucera, A. Kromka, I. Kostic, A. Schwarz and D. Meertens a Institute of Electrical Engineering, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia b FEI STU-Department of Microelectronics, Bratislava, Slovakia c Institute of Informatics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia d Institute for Thin Film and Ion Technology (ISI), Research Centre Jülich, Germany e Institute of Solid State...

RESULT S We considered orphan drugs list defined by Cote and Keating (2012) that globally exceeded 1 billion $ sales in 2008 and compared same molecules’ availability in Slovakia. Several orphan drugs are among best selling 20 orphan drugs in Slovakia, with highest sale of 95 million EUR (Bevacizumab, 2005-2012) compared to lowest sale of 19 million EUR (Tacrolimus, 2005-2012). It took from one...

In recent years Angiostrongylus vasorum has become another important heart parasite of dogs besides Dirofilaria immitis, with intense spread into new areas of Europe. The first two cases of canine angiostrongylosis in Slovakia were observed in 2013, demonstrating that this life-threatening parasitic disease of dogs has expanded into this territory too. One year after the first A. vasorum findin...

OBJECTIVES Falls are among the major external causes of unintentional injury and injury-related mortality in the elderly. The aim of this study was to compare the patterns of unintentional fall-related mortalities in two countries with different demographic structure: Slovakia and Austria in 2003-2010. METHODS A study was conducted using death certificate data, trends of fall-related mortalit...

In the aftermath of postcommunism, Slovakia did not consolidate liberal democracy. Yet the 1998 election did eventually trigger the democratic breakthrough in Slovakia. Thus this dissertation reflects upon what ushered Slovakia into a new democratic era following the pivotal election. It casts doubt at the European Union’s leverage as being a deus ex machina for rejecting an illiberal democracy...

AIM Varicella is a highly contagious disease. In Slovakia, 15,000-30,000 cases are reported annually. However, vaccination against varicella is not widely used in Slovakia. The aim of this paper is to predict the influence of vaccination administrated in different ages on the disease occurrence in different age groups. METHODS Deterministic, age-stratified SIR (susceptible-infected-recovered)...