As of 1 July 2013, i.e. with Croatia’s accession to the European Union, the number of Member States of the European Union rose to 28. The diversity of tax systems among the Member States causes interferences in cross-border activities of tax firms. That encourages transfer of income to countries with lower tax rates. The aim of this paper is to present the main points of view on the implication...

Tobacco is the largest cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to analyse several health and economically related indicators of tobacco consumption: smoking prevalence, standardized death rates (SDRs) from lung cancer and the proportion of GDP spent on tobacco in Croatia and other transitional countries--the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, and Bu...

BACKGROUND The increased consumption of analgesics has been documented worldwide during the last 2 decades. The aim of the study was to examine the trends in opioid and nonopioid analgesic consumption in Croatia between 2007 and 2013. METHODS Data on opioid consumption were extracted from the database of the national authority. All opioid and nonopioid analgesics were included in the analysis...

AIM To analyze data on epidemiology and treatment of tuberculosis from the sources related to the history and epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia in the 1900-1910 period. METHODS Epidemiological data were obtained from the statistical yearbooks of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia for years 1905 and 1910. A number of sources and publications on the history of...

The analysis and presentation of plan view parameters for 39 marinas operating in Croatia is made in the paper to enhance improvement of the spatial and economic planning of nautical tourism in Croatia. The following plan view parameters were collected: number of berths, number of dry berths, breakwater length, fixed pier length, pontoon length, waterfront length, water basin area, territory ar...

The current clinical view on pharmacological treatment and the Croatian reality regarding approved antidementia drugs is presented. Dementia is a syndrome of high incidence and Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. New data show that dementia prevalence will nearly double every 20 years, and we believe that current estimated number of persons with dementia (PWD) for Croatia ...

In 2010 the Croatian Constitution was changed to lower the requirements for the implementation of direct democracy at the national level, in order to save the referendum on Croatia’s EU membership from possible failure. Since then, Croatia has witnessed a sharp increase in people’s initiatives that have managed to block a number of the government’s reform proposals. Therefore, the newly discove...

Szövényi, G. & Puskás, G.: A contribution to knowledge concerning the Orthoptera fauna of the Slavonian range (NE Croatia) with the first record of some species in Croatia. Nat. Croat., Vol. 21, No. 2., 403–418, 2012, Zagreb. In the years 2007 and 2008 an orthopterological investigation was carried out in the Papuk Mountain, northeastern Croatia. We found altogether 64 species in the 81 samplin...

In this paper we establish some general multiple Opial-type inequalities involving the Canavati fractional derivatives. In some cases the best possible constants are discussed. 1 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Split, Croatia. E-mail address: [email protected] 2 Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. E-mail address:...

Sven Menčik, DVM, assistant, e-mail: [email protected], Velimir Sušić, PhD, DVM, full professor with tenure, Igor Štoković, PhD, DVM, associate professor, Anamaria Ekert Kabalin, PhD, DVM, associate professor, Department of Animal Husbandry, Mario Ostović, PhD, DVM, senior assistant junior researcher, Department of Animal Hygiene, Behaviour and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universi...