Objective: To discuss the surgical treatment of recurrent osteoma of the mastoid process of the temporal bone, that obstructed external auditory canal causing unilateral conductive hearing loss. Setting: The study was carried out in ENT Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo. Design: Retrospective review of a clinical case. Patient, Intervention and Result: We treated s...

This paper presents an analysis of scientific research output of the republics of former Yugoslavia for the period 1970-2014. Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science (WoS) database was used for data acquisition and 223 135 publications have been analyzed. The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts fought from 1991 to 1999 on the territory of former Yugoslavia, which accompanied the breakup of the country,...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess caries prevalence of preschool and school children in Kosovo. METHODS The assessment, which was carried out between 2002 and 2005, included measurements of early childhood caries, deft and DMFT. RESULTS In total, 1,237 preschool and 2,556 school children were examined. The mean deft of preschool children was 5.9, and the mean DMFT of school chi...

Theoretical, software-computed and experimental evaluations of the exposure levels to electromagnetic fields generated by GSM 900, GSM 1800 and 3G base stations in urban areas, including determination of the minimum safe distances for population and occupational exposure, are presented. Using the software package SPECTRAemc with the P.1546 propagation wave model and a topographic digital map, t...

This study focuses on the history of relations between the Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo during a relatively extensive period, starting with the demise of the Ottoman Empire to present. It examines the process of the division of Kosovo society along ethnic, cultural, and religious lines that eventually made the seizure of power possible by nationalistic conservatives. The study investigates bot...

This qualitative study examines the changes introduced in curriculum policy Kosovo latest reform of 2011. Framed by and didaktik education traditions theoretically, findings reveal that introduction key competences associated learning outcomes 2011 marked most substantial departure from previously content-based place. It is concluded European trends provided macro narrative legitimation for com...

The cost of developing and operating control and automation systems is a crucial factor of productivity and competitiveness for a number of applications in manufacturing plants, quality control systems and robotics. This paper has been focused on practical use of technologies that provided significant cost reduction in operating automated systems for a variety of industrial applications and bui...

Primary care training during and after conflicts is one of the most challenging health care issues but is often neglected compared to emergency medical care. Recently, family medicine has been increasingly used as a model strategy to reconstruct primary care delivery systems in communities torn by conflicts. The lessons learned through providing primary pediatric care training in Kosovo, in two...

How is ‘the people’ constituted in post-war, internationally administered Kosovo? As an internationalised territory and with unresolved political status, the post-war interim constitution-making process was mainly shaped by a non-consensual idea of statehood regarding whether Kosovo entitled to sovereign statehood. This article traces antagonistic goals between Albanian Serb ethnic groups withi...

The paper provides detailed data on the Albanian families who moved from Kosovo to Albania during 1934, relying archival of Central Archive Albania. Based researched documents, we have provided migration Albanians Kosovo, their settlement in Albania, that number members specifying them by name, surname, origin, reason for migration, place where they settled, etc.