Occupational safety and health (OSH) is an integral part of the organization of work, and includes measures and means necessary to achieve safe working conditions. In terms of the current Law on Occupational Safety and Health of the Republic of Srpska, among other things, the employer is responsible for drafting the Risk Assessment Act. This paper ...

By Dragana Pavlović, Dragica Lazić, Dragana Kešelј, Zoran Petrović, Dragana Dragojlović, Nebojša Vasilјević

This paper describes the concept of modern SCADA systems in general, as well as in BiH substations, and its connection to remote control centers, with a focus on redundancy, reliability and availability. Also, benefits from the usage of redundant protocols, RTU redundancy, usage of industrial equipment designed to work in substation environment and...

By Goran Savić, Goran Tadić

Intensive development of the global biodiesel industry has led to the generation of a large excess of crude glycerol, which is impure, and its disposal into the environment is unacceptable without previous purification. Since purification costs are high, the application of crude glycerol in biotechnological production of valueadded products represe...

By Ida Zahović, Jelena Dodić, Damjan Vučurović, Siniša Dodić, Bojana Bajić, Zorana Trivunović

The aim of the present study was the characterization of silymarin and silibinin liposomes via determination of encapsulation efficiency, particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential, mobility, and conductivity, as well as storage stability during 28 days at 4ºC and stability after UV irradiation. Encapsulation efficiencies of sil...

By Aleksandra A. Jovanović, Svetlana Dinić, Aleksandra Uskoković, Jelena Arambašić Jovanović, Nevena Grdović, Melita Vidaković, Mirjana Mihailović

Amiloride (AMI) is a representative of diuretics. Among other purposes, it is utilized for high blood pressure or swelling induced by heart failure. While it is identified as one of the safest medicines available, it is also listed in the World Anti-doping Agency’s list of substances banned in sport, because it is considered a masking agent. ...

By Svetlana Pelemiš, Sanja J. Armaković, Bogdan T. Tomić, Stevan Armaković

Designing shell and tube heat exchangers is a complex and time-consuming procedure. Since they are one of the most common process units in process industry, great effort should be made to improve their design and to facilitate the design procedure. Therefore, in this study, an easy-to-use MATLAB application for shell and tube heat exchanger prelimi...

By Dario Balaban, Goran Tadić

The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of dry-fermented pork sausages – “čajna” type from the market, with similar composition and different salt content. Physicochemical parameters of selected samples were determined and sensory quality parameters were evaluated. In samples M and D, with significantly higher (P ≤ 0....

By Božana Odžaković, Slavica Grujić, Dragana Ivanović, Goran Vučić

The pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill) is a commercial tropical fruit belonging to the Bromeliaceae family. It is rich in organic acids (citric acid, malic acid), minerals (Fe, Mg, Ca, P, K, and Zn), and vitamins (A, B1, B2, B3, and B6). Osmotic dehydration is a water removal technique by immersing the fruit in a hypertonic solution to obtain ...

By Ahsen Rayman Ergün, Yeliz Tekgül

The defects in pipe elbows can, depending on their size and position, affect the integrity and safe service, as well as deformation ability of the piping systems in exploitation. Incompletely filled groove, which is the type of defect examined here, was observed by ultrasonic measurement on the pipeline in the regulation system of the hydro power p...

By Bojan Medjo, Marko Rakin, Miodrag Arsić, Ivana Damnjanović, Ana Stefanović, Vencislav Grabulov

In traditional medicine Thymus serpyllum L. (wild thyme) herb represents a part of a large number of herbal medicinal formulations such as syrups, tinctures, infusions, teas, and decoctions. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in testing the biological properties of wild thyme, because the plant is a high-quality raw material, rich i...

By Aleksandra A. Jovanović, Bojana D. Balanč, Predrag Petrović, Radoslava Pravilović, Verica B. Djordjević