R. Ristić, Ivan Malušević, Boris Radić, S. Milanovic, V. Milčanović, Siniša Polovina
{"title":"THE ROLE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN THE PROCESS OF MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE","authors":"R. Ristić, Ivan Malušević, Boris Radić, S. Milanovic, V. Milčanović, Siniša Polovina","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2019.40.1.128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2019.40.1.128","url":null,"abstract":"Forest ecosystems provide a wide range of environmental services with an important role in the Earth’s life-support system. Climate change in Southeastern Europe (SEE) and forecasts for the period until 2070 have a huge impact on the present and future planning in forestry and watershed management, due to the observed trends: the increment of mean annual air temperature from 2,5–5,0 °C until the end of the XXI century; redistribution of annual precipitation, with much more precipitation in the spring-summer period, during short, intensive rain events; a decrease of annual precipitation and soil moisture of 10–20 %, with extreme consequences: dieback and disappearance of forests in huge areas of hilly-mountainous regions. Degradation and loss of forests leads to spread and intensification of soil erosion, with frequent torrential floods, mudflows, landslides, and avalanches. Stable forest ecosystems are pillars of sustainable development, repopulation and could provide means and resources to battle and overcome poverty in moun-tainous regions of southeast Europe.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129758497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CLINOPODIUM ALBANICUM (GRISEB. ex K. MALÝ) MELNIKOV NEW SPECIES FOR THE FLORA OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA","authors":"V. Matevski","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.124","url":null,"abstract":"During floristical investigation in western parts of the Republic of Macedonia one new species of vascular plants was found which was not previously reported for the country – Clinopodium albanicum (Griseb. ex K. Malý) Melnikov.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130255728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marina Tašner, D. Mrvoš-sermek, Emina Hajdarpašić, D. Matković-Čalogović
{"title":"DINUCLEAR COPPER(II) ACETATE COMPLEX WITH CAFFEINE, A FAST MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS","authors":"Marina Tašner, D. Mrvoš-sermek, Emina Hajdarpašić, D. Matković-Čalogović","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.122","url":null,"abstract":"A new dinuclear paddle-wheel copper(II) complex with caffeine was synthesized by the solvent-based and mechanochemical methods from copper(II) acetate and caffeine in a 1:1 molar ratio. Mechanochemical synthesis was found to be the fastest and easiest way to prepare the complex. The reaction proceeds with addition of small amounts of methanol or ethanol. The complex was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental and thermoanalytical methods (TG and DSC) and X-ray diffraction methods. The molecular and crystal structure was determined by the single crystal X-ray diffraction method. The complex molecule consists of a centrosymmetric dinuclear unit, Cu2(-Ac)4(caf)2, with two copper(II) atoms bridged by four acetato groups, and N-coordinated caffeine (caf) molecules in the apical posi-tions.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115612192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HISTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF IRON CONTENT IN THE LIVER OF WILD FEMALE OHRID TROUT (SALMO LETNICA KAR.) ALONG THE BREEDING CYCLE","authors":"M. Jordanova, K. Rebok, M. J. Rocha, E. Rocha","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.125","url":null,"abstract":"Iron is an essential micronutrient for the normal metabolism of all cells. Intracellular iron varies within normality ranges, and depletion or overload of brings serious consequences. As such, iron can also be deleterious when appearing as an environmental toxicant. The aim of this study was to estimate semi-quantitatively the liver iron content in female Ohrid trout, from the Lake Ohrid, during the breeding cycle. Seasonal variations in hepatocytic iron were observed. The maximum content occurred at post-spawning, which was significantly higher than loads detected at pre- and early-vitellogenesis. Positive correlations existed between iron amounts and stages of ovary maturation. By the contrary, there were no correlations between iron contents and plasma oestradiol levels. The new uncovered \"iron-breeding associa-tion\" strongly endorses that normal seasonal variations in hepatocytic iron content should be taken into consideration in field studies investigating and monitoring the metal burden and toxicological effects of metals on wild fish.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126720490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RECENT ADVANCES AND PROSPECTS OF SQUARE-WAVE VOLTAMMETRY","authors":"V. Mirčeski, L. Stojanov, S. Skrzypek","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.123","url":null,"abstract":"This review concerns recent methodological advances of square-wave voltammetry as one of the most sophisticatedmembers of the pulse voltammetric techniques. Besides addressing recent theoretical works and representatives ofadvanced analytical studies, an emphasis is given to a few novel methodological concepts such as kinetic analysis atconstant scan rate, cyclic square-wave voltammetry, multisampling square-wave voltammetry, and electrochemical faradaicspectroscopy. For the purpose of improving analytical performances of the technique two new methods are proposedfor the first time.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121907732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ADVANCES IN TACKLING FILOVIRUSES","authors":"Života Selaković, B. Šolaja","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.127","url":null,"abstract":"Filoviruses are virulent pathogens that cause deadly haemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. There is currently no approved drug or vaccine to tackle this disease. Two vaccine platforms that use adenovirus vectors have completed phase I studies, while a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-based vaccine has successfully complet-ed a phase III trial. Intricate macromolecular therapeutics have also been developed, most notably those based on anti-bodies or interfering RNA or RNA-surrogates. Most small molecules active against filoviruses have not yet advanced to clinical trials, except favipiravir, which was proven to be safe, and GS-5734, which has entered trials.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122697261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Načeski, I. Papazova-Anakieva, B. Ivanov, S. Lazarevska, Blagoj Šurbevski
{"title":"OCCURRENCE OF THE NEW INVASIVE INSECT CYDALIMA PERSPECTALIS WALKER ON BOX TREE IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA","authors":"S. Načeski, I. Papazova-Anakieva, B. Ivanov, S. Lazarevska, Blagoj Šurbevski","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.2.126","url":null,"abstract":"The box tree pyralid Cydalima perspectalis (Walker 1859) is a new invasive moth species in Europe. Box tree moth was recorded for the first time in the Republic of Macedonia on box seedlings in parks, gardens and other urban green spaces in the city of Skopje in 2014. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution and spread, the biol-ogy and lifecycle, as well as the damage caused by the different generations of the box tree moth in natural box tree stands, as well as in urban areas in R. Macedonia. In natural populations of Buxus, it was firstly recorded on the Vodno mountain in 2015. Since then, its population has a trend of progradation. Based on the results obtained, recommendations are given with measures for gradual regulation of the box tree moth populations. Standard entomo-logical methods (monitoring of the phenomenon, population density and percentage of defoliation) were used.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126137038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleksandra Ivanoska-Dacikj, G. Bogoeva-Gaceva, S. Valić
{"title":"ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCEON HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON NATURAL RUBBER","authors":"Aleksandra Ivanoska-Dacikj, G. Bogoeva-Gaceva, S. Valić","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.1.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.1.117","url":null,"abstract":"Electron spin resonance (ESR) was used as a new method to analyze the synergy between two nanofillers dif-ferent by nature, form and rigidity dispersed in natural rubber matrix. Natural rubber (NR) nanocomposites loaded with fixed amount of carbon nanotubes (2 parts per hundred of rubber parts; phr) and various amounts of expanded organically modified montmorillonite (EOMt, 4–20 phr) were investigated. The dependence of the double integral of the resonance spectra on the amount of EOMt present in the natural rubber was established. Its decrease with an in-creaseof the amount of EOMt confirmed the synergy between these two nanofillers. Also DMA temperature sweep measurements were performed and the cluster-cluster aggregation (CCA) model was used to assess the apparent filler networking energy. The obtained results suggest that the presence of the EOMt above a critical amount strengthens the hybrid-filler networking.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129613868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dimitri Tomovski, T. Stafilov, R. Šajn, Katerina Bačeva Andonovska
{"title":"DISTRIBUTION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN SURFACE WATERS FROM THE CRNA RIVER BASIN, REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA","authors":"Dimitri Tomovski, T. Stafilov, R. Šajn, Katerina Bačeva Andonovska","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.1.118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.1.118","url":null,"abstract":"An investigation of the distribution of 23 chemical elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sr, V and Zn) in surface water samples from the entire basin of the Crna River, Republic of Macedonia, was carried out. In total 31 water samples were collected, from which 8 samples from the Crna River and 4 samples from four main tributaries of Crna River in the Pelagonia Valley (Blato, Prilepska Reka, Dragor and Jelaška Reka). Also, surface water samples were collected from 3 locations in the Tikveš Lake, 8 locations from the Majdanska River and river of Blašnica before its inflow into the Tikveš Lake and from 7 locations of the lower course of the Crna River after the dam of Tikveš Lake until its inflow into the river of Vardar. Determination of the concen-tration of the investigated elements was performed by using atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-AES). All data obtained for the analyzed samples were statistically processed using software Stat Soft 11.0 where the descriptive statistical analysis of the value for the concentration of the elements was performed. The maps of spatial distribution of the concentration for each element and a histograms for the representation of elements with mean values of the concentrations by regions, were also prepared. The obtained results show that the concentration of investigated element are mainly followed the lithology of the region. However, higher concentrations of arsenic were found in the water samples from the river of Blašnica which is a result of anthropogenic influence from the abounded Allchar mine on the Kožuf Mountain. Also, the increased concentrations of nickel were found in the samples from the lower couse of the Crna River after the dam of Tikveš Lake due to the anthropogenic influence from the ferronickel smelter plant Feni Industry, which can influence the quality parameters of surface waters.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131388047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A MODEL BASED METHOD FOR COMPARING THE PROPERTIES OF SOME METAL-Ta2O5/SiO2-Si STRUCTURES","authors":"N. Novkovski","doi":"10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.1.116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20903/CSNMBS.MASA.2018.39.1.116","url":null,"abstract":"Oxygen annealed radio frequency (RF) reactively sputtered and thermally grown (thermal) Ta2O5 films on sili-con were comparatively studied by using combination of C-V and I-V measurements and the previously developed comprehensive model for the metal-Ta2O5/SiO2-Si structures. Dielectric properties of separate layers were extracted by comparing the experimental and the theoretical results. It is found that the net leakage properties of the Ta2O5 layer are significantly better in the case of RF than thermal, particularly in the case of the Au gate. Excessive growth of the SiO2 layer of about 0.3 nm in the case of RF films leads to an unwanted increase of the equivalent oxide thickness. Appropriate interface engineering is required in order to prevent the SiO2 excessive growth during the oxygen anneal-ing. Such a growth can reduce the beneficial effects of the annealing on the net properties of Ta2O5 films obtained by RF.","PeriodicalId":414830,"journal":{"name":"Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125224185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}