This Note will analyze how and why political, social and international pressures affect the way predominately Muslim countries address the issue of religious veiling. Specifically, this piece will examine recent court cases in Tunisia, Turkey and Kosovo regarding the constitutionality of hijab bans in each respective state. Courts in Tunisia, Turkey and Kosovo have come to varied conclusions on...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic nosocomial pathogen responsible for a wide range of infections especially among debilitated patients, like burn patients, cystic fibrosis patients and hospitalized patients, particularly those intubated and in intensive care units (ICU). Infections are very difficult to treat due to the high rate of intrinsic, as well as acquired, resistan...

The objective of this study was to compare lead concentrations in 86 human permanent teeth extracted from residents of three different geographical regions. The study included 31 permanent teeth from residents of Mitrovica (Kosovo), 32 from Klina (Kosovo) and 23 from Graz (Austria). The concentrations of lead were measured using Agilent 7500c inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS...

Adult caddisflies were collected from 12 stations in the Black Sea basin in Kosovo using UV light traps. Sixty-five of the seventy-six species reported in this paper are first records for the Kosovo caddisfly fauna. The unexpected discovery of several species during this investigation: Agapetus delicatulus McLachlan, 1884, Psychomyia klapaleki Malicky, 1995, Tinodes janssensi Jacquemart, 1957, ...

This paper analyses the Europeanisation of Kosovo by focusing on conditionality and deliberation as EU enlargement tools. Despite high presence institutions in Kosovo, does not recognize a country, but offers possibility integration it currently for all other Western Balkan countries. way which applies towards pre-accession period extent to this is combined with deliberation. In order measure d...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the sexual dimorphism in permanent maxillary canines among Kosovo-Albanian population. The study was conducted on 204 dental students, selected from Dental School, Medical Faculty in Prishtina. The mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters of the permanent maxillary canines were measured in dental casts using electronic digital calliper Boss, Germany, which ha...

This paper presents progress and challenges made on setting-up the research and development (R&D) tools and capacities in a transitional country, Kosovo. Thus, the largest public higher education institution of Kosovo, the University of Prishtina (UP) is taken as a case study. It examines the establishment process of R&D structure at the UP from scratch; status quo analysis of R&D situation wit...

The 1980s marked the beginning of economic downturn for Kosovo. In those years, nationalist movements began to proclaim secession from federation following death Yugoslav leader Tito. While Socialist Republic Serbia had claims subjugate or bring under its hegemony most units Federation. This Serbian policy, with oppressive regime and ethnic cleansing, in years 1989-1990 represent a very difficu...

Electrical injuries are very aggressive pathological lesions with heavy functional and aesthetic consequences. The primary cause of their gravity is the progressive tissue necrosis that occurs with the continuous extension of wound necrosis, even leading to loss of the entire injured extremity. The goal of this study is to analyse the role of the inefficiency of the electric energy system in th...