BULLETIN OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Annual Report for 2006

SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS 

ISSN 1820-340X 

BULLETIN 

OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

Annual Report for 2006 

BELGRADE, 2007

Editorial Board 

Corresponding Member Vidojko Jović 

Academician Ivan Gutman 

Corresponding Member Nikola Tucić 

Academician Dragutin Dražić 

Academician Veselinka Šušić 

Corresponding Member Aleksandar Loma 

Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić 

Corresponding Member Momčilo Spremić 

Corresponding Member Todor Stevanović 

Editor 

Corresponding Member Vidojko Jović 

Editor-in-Chief 

Academician Nikola Tasić 

Translation and editing 

Lynne Katsikas 

Vera Gligorijević 

Layout and Cover Design 

Helicon, Belgrade 

Print 

Grafolik, Belgrade

CONTENT 

Editor’s Note...................................................................................................................5 

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, 

PHYSICS AND EARTH SCIENCES...........................................................................6 

EARTH SCIENCES............................................................................................6 

MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS............................................................14 

PHYSICS AND METEOROLOGY..................................................................17 

Interdepartmental Committees..........................................................................22 

Interacademic Cooperation...............................................................................25 

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.....................26 

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY................................................................................26 

CHEMISTRY....................................................................................................27 

BIOLOGY.........................................................................................................33 

Interdepartmental Committees..........................................................................36 

Interacademic Cooperation...............................................................................51 

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES........................................................54 

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCES.............................................................64 

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.........................................85 

Interdepartmental Committee...........................................................................93 

Interacademic Committee.................................................................................93 

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES.................................................................95 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES....................................................102 

DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND MUSIC......................................................117 

CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

OF THE SASA AND NIŠ UNIVERSITY.................................................................119

CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

OF THE SASA AND KRAGUJEVAC UNIVERSITY ...........................................125 

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN 2006.......................................................139 

MEETINGS AND LECTURES IN 2006..................................................................147 

PUBLISHING ACTIVITY IN 2006..........................................................................151 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE SASA INSTITUTES IN 2006......................154 

GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE “JOVAN CVIJIĆ”......................................154 

MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE....................................................................156 

INSTITUTE OF MUSICOLOGY...................................................................169 

INSTITUTE FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES..................................................170 

ETHNOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE...............................................................171 

INSTITUTE FOR BALKAN STUDIES........................................................174 

INSTITUTE FOR THE SERBIAN LANGUAGE.........................................179 

INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES...................................................181

EDITOR’S NOTE 

In 2006, the Scientific Research Fund of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and 

Arts (SASA) provided and allocated the funds for scientific research, publishing activity, 

interacademic and international cooperation, for the participation of SASA members and 

their associates in scientific meetings in the country and abroad, for the acquisition of 

scientific literature and for other SASA scientific research needs. 

In 2006, the scientific research programme of the Serbian Academy of Sciences 

and Arts, including its Branch in Novi Sad and the Centres in Niš and Kragujevac, was 

carried out through 60 projects in the field of natural sciences and mathematics, 14 

projects in the field of technical sciences, 21 projects in the field of medical sciences, 16 

projects in the field of language and literature, 7 projects in the field of social sciences, 

37 projects in the field of historical sciences and 5 projects in the field of fine arts and 

music. 

The work results were published in scientific and professional journals and monographs, 

or were presented at scientific meetings. 

In 2006, 39 publications were published in the SASA editions. The total number 

of copies was 18,830. In these SASA editions, 425 authors published 328 works. 

In the course of 2006, 88 members and associates of the SASA made study trips 

or participated in scientific meetings in the country and abroad. In addition, 58 scientists 

visited the SASA either under bilateral agreements on free exchange of researchers, or 

as participants in scientific meetings, lecturers and members of official delegations. 

In 2006, the Academy organized 15 scientific meetings, 8 lectures and 1 

commemorative gathering. 

The resources allocated by the Fund for the acquisition of professional literature 

in 2006, were mainly used for a subscription to foreign journals and the acquisition of 

other foreign scientific publications according to the needs of the specified committees, 

research teams and individuals, whose projects are carried out under the Academy’s 

scientific research programmes. A portion of these resources was also used for the 

acquisition of domestic scientific publications. 

Since this issue, the Annual Report will include relevant reports submitted by 

eight SASA’s institutes (Geographical Institute, Mathematical Institute, Institute of 

Musicology, Institute for Byzantine Studies, Ethnographical Institute, Institute for Balkan 

Studies, Institute for the Serbian Language, and Institute of Technical Sciences).

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS 

AND EARTH SCIENCES 

EARTH SCIENCES 

Project: INVESTIGATION OF PALEOFLORA AND PALEOFAUNA 

OF SERBIA 

(Academician Marko Ercegovac) 

1. The historical and geological evolution of Serbia in the Phanerozoic 

The complex study of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments of Serbia from 

paleontologic, biostratigraphic and paleoecological aspects was continued in 2006. It included 

a solution of some stratigraphic and tectonic relationships between marine and continental 

sediments of Serbia. The study of the age and the metamorphic changes of the organic matter from 

ophiolite complexes of Serbia, Republica Srpska and Hungary, and its geodynamic implications 

were analyzed in particular. The obtained first results were presented at the XVIII th Congress of 

the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association in Belgrade. 

Organic petrological investigations aimed at the elucidation of the characterization of 

domestic brown coals were carried out. A new first approach of a Genetic-Industrial Classification 

of the brown coals of Serbia was published. 

2. Investigation of fossil flora and fauna of Serbia 

The study of the paleontologic and biostratigraphic characteristics of green algae 

(Dasycladacean from the Cretaceous and Paleogene), conodonts (the Triassic of Serbia and 

Hungary), radiolarians (the Jurassic), ostracodes (the Miocene and the Pliocene) and palynomorphs 

(the Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous of the Carpatho-Balkanides and the Neogene of the Pannonian 

Basin) was continued. Palynomorphs from the western ophiolitic belt of the Vardar Zone (the 

ophiolites of Podkozarje) were also studied. 

Carras N., Conrad M. A., Radoičić R., 2006: Salpingoporella, a common genus of 

Mesozoic Dasycladales (calcareous green algae). Revue de Paleobiologie, 26, 3, 311-317, 

Geneve. 

Conrad M., Carras N., Radoičić R., 2006: Neutral network analysis applied to species 

of Salpingoporella (Dasycladales, green algae). Geology and Paleontology of the peri-adriatic 

area. Attributed to Rajka Radoičić, 5-6 May, Napoli, Abstracts, 11. 

Еrcegovac M., Kovacs S., 2006: New vitrinite reflectance data from the Paleozoic od 

Szendrö and Uppony Units, “Bükkium”S.L., NЕ Hungary. Proceedings XVIIIth Congress of 

the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, September 3-6, Belgrade, 132-135. 

Еrcegovac M., Životić D., Kostić A., 2006: Genetic-industrial classification of brown 

coals in Serbia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 68, 39-56.

Еrcegovac M., Kostić A., 2006: Organic facies and palynofacies: Nomenclature, 

classification and applicability for petroleum source evaluation. International Journal of Coal 

Geology, 68, 70-78. 

Haas J., Kovacs S., Karamata S., Sudar M., Gawlick H-J., Gradinaru Е., Mello J., 

Polak M., Halamič J., Tomljenović B., Ogorelec B., 2006: Jurassic environments in the Circum- 

Pannonian region. Proceedings XVIIIth Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological 

Association, September 3-6, Belgrade, 201-204. 

Haas J., Demeny A., Hips K., Zajzon N., Weiszburg T. G., Sudar M., Palfy J., 2006: 

Biotic and environmental changes in the Permian-Triassic boundary interval recorded on a 

western Tethyan ramp in the Bükk Mountains, Hungary. Global and Planetary Change, 

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.06.010. 

Krstić N., Krstić B., Jovanović G., Savić Lj., 2006: Paleolimnology of Serbian lakes 

(Carboniferous-Holocene). Proceedings XVIIIth Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan 

Geological Association, September 3-6, Belgrade, 297-299. 

Krstić N., 2006: Pliocene ostracodes of the Paludinian Beds in the Pannonian Plain, 

Serbian part. Herald Natural History Museum, Special Publications 01-08, 411 p. 

Sudar M., Kovacs S., 2006: Metamorphosed and ductilely deformed conodonts from 

Triassic limestone situated beneth ophiolite complexes: Kopaonik Mt., Serbia and Bükk Mts., 

NЕ Hungary – A preliminary comparison. Geologica Carpathica, 57, 3, 157-176, Bratislava. 

Radoičić R., 2006: Trinocladus divnae and Montiella filipovici, new species 

(Dasycladales, green algae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mountain Paštrik (Mirdita Zone. 

Annales géologiques de la peninsule balkanique, 67, 65-87, Belgrade. 

Golubic S., Radoicic R., Lee Seong-Joo, 2006: Decastronema kotori n.comb., a mat 

forming cyanobacterium on Cretaceous carbonate platforms and its modern counterparts. 

Notebooks on Geology, article 2006 (2). 

Project: PALYNOMORPHS FROM PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC 

SEDIMENTS IN SERBIA 


Paleontological and geological investigations of volcano-sedimentary carboniferous 

deposits in the area of the Carpatho-Balkanides in eastern Serbia were continued. The 

investigations of palynomorphs from the Upper Permian and Lower Triassic sediments in Stara 

Planina (Carpatho-Balkanides) and Pošćensko Jezero – Durmitor (Dinarides) were completed. 

The study of the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic deposits of the Stara Planina were investigated 

from paleontological, biostratigraphical and organic petrography standpoints. The determination 

of the boundaries between Rhät-Lias in eastern Serbia was continued.

Project: GЕОDYNAMICS 

(Academician Stevan Karamata) 

1. Terranes and plates of Serbia and neighboring areas 

and their movement 


A model of the formation of the Balkan Peninsula from the Early Paleozoic until 

the Neogene was elaborated. The addition of terrains to the Moesian plate (i.e., Eurasia) 

and the Adrian (i.e., Gondwana) explains the growth of these units and their unequal 

movement northward, the finally collision and the closure of the Tethys. The determination 

of the boundaries of the terrains in eastern Serbia and the study of the olistostrome 

mélange at the north of the Moračke Kape (northern Montenegro) continued. 

Karamata S., 2006: The geological development of the Balkan Peninsula related to the 

approach, collision and compresion of Gondwanan and Euroasian units. In: Robertson, A. H. 

F. & Mountrakis, D. (Eds.), Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 

Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 260, 155-178. 

Karamata S., 2006: The geological framework of the Balkan Peninsula: its origin due 

to the approaching, collision and compression of Gondwanian and Eurasian units. Zapisnici 

Srpskog geološkog društva za 2004. i 2005. godinu, 5-13, Beograd. 

S. Karamata and M. Sudar organized the scientific excursion “Three ophiolite belts of 

the Dinarides and the Vardar Zone” associated with the XVIII Congress of the Carpatho-Balkan 

Geologic Association (CBGA) and prepared the Guidebook for the excursion. The excursion 

left Belgrade on August 31 st went to Kruševac, Kopaonik, Raška, Novi Pazar, Sjenica, Zlatibor, 

Užice, Divčibare and Valjevo and returned to Belgrade on September 2 nd , 2006. 28 specialists 

from Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and 

Ukraine, as well as the excursion guides from Serbia participated. 

Karamata S., Sudar M., 2006: Three Ophiolite Belts of the Dinarides and Vardar 

Zone. In: Gerzina N., Resimić-Šarić K., Malešević N. (Eds.), Excursion guide, Pre-Congress 

Excursion “Three Ophiolite Belts of the Dinarides and Vardar Zone”, (Serbia, August 

31-September 2, 2006), XVIII th Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association 

(Belgrade September 3-6, 2006), 1-25, Belgrade. 

Prof. M. Sudar, academician M. Ercegovac and Prof. A. Grubić prepared the Proceedings 

of the afore-mentioned CBGA Congress. 

Sudar M., Ercegovac M., Grubić A. (Eds.), 2006: Proceedings XVIIIth Congress of 

the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association (September 3-6, Belgrade, Serbia), National 

Committee of the CBGA, Serbian Geological Society, 1-695, Belgrade. 

The Academician Stevan Karamata and Prof. Aleksandar Grubić presented during the 

opening session and during the contributions section, respectively, of the previously mentioned 

CBGA congress.

Karamata S., 2006: Origin of the central part of the Balkan Peninsula – its formaton 

from Paleozoic to Tertiary. 

Grubić A., 2006: Alpine overthrusts in SE Serbia and in Bulgarian Kraishte. In: Sudar 

M., Ercegovac M., Grubić A. (Eds). Proceedings XVIII th Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan 

Geological Association (September 3-6, Belgrade, Serbia), National Committee of the CBGA, 

Serbian Geological Society, 190-192, Belgrade. 

The explanatory text for the maps of the paleoenvironments of the Circum-Pannonian 

Region for the Variscan Preflisch (Devonian-Early Carboniferous), the Late Variscan (Latest 

Carboniferous to Early Permian), the Initial Neotethian Rifting (Middle-Late Triassic) and the 

Maximal Neotethian Spreading (Middle Jurassic) periods were presented at the XVIII Congress 

of the Carpatho-Balkan Geologic Association. S. Karamata, B. Krstić and M. Sudar are co-authors 

for the area of these maps at the south of the Pannonian Basin. 

Еbner F., Vozárová A., Kovács S., Krstić B., Szederkényi T., Sremac J., Tomljenović 

B., Trajanova M., 2006: Devonian - Carboniferous pre-flysch and flysch environments in the 

Circum Pannonian Region. In: Sudar M., Еrcegovac M., Grubić A. (Еds.), Proceedings XVIII th 

Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association (September 3-6, Belgrade, 

Serbia), National Committee of the CBGA, Serbian Geological Society, 114-117, Belgrade. 

Vozárová A., Ebner F., Kovács S., Kräutner H.G., Szederkényi T., Krstić B., Sremac 

J., Tomljenović B., Novak M., 2006: Late Variscan (Latest Carboniferous-Early Permian) Lateand 

post-orogenic environments in the Circum Pannonian region. In: Sudar M., Ercegovac 

M., Grubić A. (Eds), Proceedings XVIII th Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological 

Association (September 3-6, Belgrade, Serbia), National Committee of the CBGA, Serbian 

Geological Society, 651-654, Belgrade. 

Sudar M., Kovács S., Haas J., Karamata S., Gaetani M., Gawlick H.-J., Gradinaru E., 

Pero Cs., Mello J., Polák M., Tomljenović B., Ogorelec B., Kolar-Jurkovšek T., 2006: Triassic 

envirinments in the Circum-Pannonian region related to the initial Neotethyan rifting stage. In: 

Sudar M., Ercegovac M., Grubić A. (Eds), Proceedings XVIII th Congress of the Carpathian- 

Balkan Geological Association (September 3-6, Belgrade, Serbia), National Committee of the 

CBGA, Serbian Geological Society, 609-614, Belgrade. 

Haas J., Kovács S., Karamata S., Sudar M., Gawlick H.-J., Gradinaru E., Mello 

J., Poláк M., Halamić J., Tomljenović B., Ogorelec B., 2006: Jurassic environments in the 

Circum-Pannonian region. In: Sudar M., Ercegovac M., Grubić A. (Eds), Proceedings XVIII th 



2. Ophiolitic belts of the Balkan Peninsula and the evolution 

of oceanic realms 


The Committee of Geodynamics of the Committee of Geosciences of the Academy 

of Sciences and Arts of Republic of Srpska organized from May 31st to June 6th, 2006 the 

international Symposium/Field workshop “The Mesozoic ophiolite belts of the northern part 

of the Balkan Peninsula”. At the symposium, 56 specialists from Austria, the Bosnian BH 

Federation, Greece, Croatia, the UK, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland,

Turkey, the USA participated, as well as guides and participants from Serbia and the Republic of 

Srpska. The Main ophiolite belt of the Vardar zone, the Western belt of the Vardar Zone and the 

Dinaride ophiolite belt were observed during a trip from Belgrade, where the Symposium was 

opened, to Kruševac, Kopaonik, Raška, Novi Pazar, Sjenica, Zlatibor, Užice, Divčibare, Banja 

Koviljača, Zvornik, Doboj, Maglaj, Teslić, Banja Luka, Prijedor, Podkozarje, Laktaši and Banja 

Luka, where the Symposium ended. Contributions were presented at Belgrade, Užice, Banja 

Koviljača and Banja Luka. 

Каrаmata S., Resimić-Šarić K., Sudar M., Hrvatović H., 2006: Mesozoic Ophiolite 

Belts of the Northern part of the Balkan Peninsula. - In: Gerzina N., Resimić-Šarić K. (Eds.), 

Excursion guide, “Mesozoic Ophiolite Belts of the Northern part of the Balkan Peninsula”, 

Field Workshop, Ophiolites 2006 (Serbia and Montenegro - Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 31- 

June 6, 2006), Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Committee of Geodynamics, Academy 

of Sciences and Arts of Republic of Srpska, Committee of Geosciences, 1-49, Belgrade – Banja 

Luka. 

3. Cherts, influence of geologic environment on their properties 


The study of new samples of cherts front Uzlomac and Nemila, at east, and the eastern 

slopes of Kozara continued. 

4. The rift-magmatism of the Dinarides 

Further work on this subject was postponed because of personal (the decease of Prof. 

Vera Đorđević) and organizational (most of these occurrences are in northern and northeastern 

Montenegro and further work has to be reorganized) problems. 

5. The post-collisional magmatism in the axial part of the Balkan Peninsula 

(Prof. Dr. Vladica Cvetković) 

The studies of selected Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary granitic rocks in central Serbia 

by Kristina Šarić and of variscan granitic rocks of eastern Serbia by Prof. Nada Vasković are in 

progress. 

6. Metamorphism related to the emplacement of ophiolite complexes 


The study of garnet amphibolites of the Očauš village (close to Blatnica, Central Bosnia) 

began. 

7. The metamorphism in the area of Gora (South of Prizren) 

(Prof. Dr. Vladica Cvetković) 

The synthesis of metamorphism and magmatism of the Gora region is still in preparation 

by G. Zakariadze, Ph.D. and V. Cvetković, Ph.D. 

8. The Neogene of Serbia 

(Nadežda Krstić, Ph.D.) 

Most of the results of the work are related to the stratigraphy and paleontology of 

the Neogene and are quoted among the results of the Project “Investigation of paleoflora and 

paleofauna of Serbia”. Only the work on the regional evolution of the Miocene and the Pliocene 

lakes and the published results of paleolimnological approach to the formation of lacustrine 

basins are mentioned here. 

During the Miocene, the post-collision compression of the Adria and the Carpatho- 

Balkanide blocks were the most important agents. In the Pliocene, however, due to the overthrusting 

from the southeast, a large part of the Balkan Peninsula was covered at the north by the last 

remnants of the Paratethys and in the south by the last remnants of the Cvijić Aegean Lake. 

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The results of the paleolimnological approach to the formation of lacustrine basins are 

included in the contribution 

Krstić N., Krstić B., Jovanović O., Savić Lj., 2006: Paleolimnology of Serbian lakes 

(Carboniferous-Holocene). In: Sudar M., Ercegovac M., Grubić A. (Eds), Proceedings XVIII th 



9. Rocks formed under high pressure – eclogites 


Glucophane schists were sampled at Fruška Gora. They occur as lensoidal blocks in the 

Cretaceous olistostrome mélange. Detailed study of these schists is in progress. 

Some results of investigations of eclogites from Serbia were presented in a paper: 

Korikovsky S.P., Kotov A.B., Sal’nikova E.B., 2006: Eclogitization of gabbro-norites 

in the eastern marginal part of the Serbo-Macedonian composite terrane, the Bojnik area. - In: 

Sudar M., Ercegovac M., Grubić A. (Eds), Proceedings XVIII th Congress of the Carpathian- 

Balkan Geological Association (September 3-6, Belgrade, Serbia), National Committee of the 

CBGA, Serbian Geological Society, 273-276, Belgrade. 

Project: GЕОМОRPHOLOGICAL MAP OF SERBIA IN SCALE 1:50.000 

(Academician Stevan Karamata and Miloš Zeremski, Ph.D.) 

The geomorphological maps sheets Vlasotince 3, Leskovac 2 and Užice 4 are submitted 

for print. 

Work on geomorphological maps sheets Vlasotince 4, Leskovac 3 and Sjenica 1 has 

begun. 

Project: GЕОCHEMISTRY 

(Academician Zoran Maksimović) 

1. The geochemistry of the upper mantle and the igneous rocks of the Earth’s 

crust 

The study of basalt from Dinaride and Vardar ophiolitic mélange, within the doctoral 

thesis prepared by Milica Božović, continued. About 100 silicate analyses of basalt and their 

microelements were made. The first analyses of Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes were also made. 

Prelević D., Foley S. F., Cvetković V., 2007: A review of petrogenesis of Mediterranean 

Tertiary lamproites: a perspective from the Serbian ultrapotassic province. In: L. Beccaluva, G. 

Bianchini and M Wilson (Еds.), Cenozoic Volcanism in the Mediterranean Area, Geological 

Society of America, Special Paper 418, 113–129. 

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Pavićević M. K., Cvetković V., Amthauer G., Bieniok A., Boev B., Brandstätter F., 

Götzinger M., Jelenković R., Prelević D., Prohaska T., 2006: Quartz from Allchar as monitor 

for cosmogenic 26 Al: Geochemical and petrogenetic constraints. Mineralogy and Petrology, 

V 88, 527. 

Prelević D., Foley S. F., 2006: Accretion of oceanic arc lithospheric mantle to 

continental lithosphere in the Mediterranean: evidence from olivine-spinel pairs from 

lamproites. International Conference on Continental Volcanism - IAVCЕI 2006, 14-18 

May, 2006, Guangzhou, China. 

Prelević D., Foley S. F., Stracke A., Romer R., Conticelli S., 2006: Hf, Sr, Nd, Pb 

isotope systematics of Mediterranean lamproites: no need for an involvement of a hidden mantle 

reservoir! International Conference on Continental Volcanism - IAVCЕI 2006, 14-18 May, 

2006, Guangzhou, China. 

Cvetković V., Höck V., Downes H., Prelević D., Lazarov M., 2006: Mantle evolution 

in a collision-related setting: from depletion in a suboceanic arc environment to re-fertilization 

in an intracontinental setting – the example of Еast Serbian lithospheric mantle. Еuropean 

Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Wien, Austria, 3-7 April 2006, Abstracts CD. 

Prelević D., Cvetković V., Foley S. F., 2006: Accretion of arc-oceanic lithospheric 

mantle in Mediterranean: evidence from lamproites and mantle xenoliths. Еuropean 

Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Wien, Austria, 3-7 April 2006, Abstracts CD. 

Downes H., Cvetkovic V., Hoeck V., Prelevic D., Lazarov M., 2006: Refertilization of 

highly depleted lithospheric mantle (Balkan Peninsula, SЕ Еurope): Еvidence from peridotite 

xenoliths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, International V.M. Goldschmidt 

Conference. 

2. Geochemistry of the rock alteration 

Geochemical studies of karstic bauxites in Greece, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, France 

and Jamaica, as well as of karstic nickel deposits in Serbia and Greece, clearly indicate that there 

is important enrichment of „mobile“ trace elements, including nickel rare earth elements (REE) at 

the base of deposits. At higher concentrations of these elements authigenic minerals of nickel and 

REE can be formed, among them new minerals were discovered. These minerals and processes 

of their formation are very useful for an explanation of genesis of karstic bauxites and karstic 

nickel deposits. 

Listwenites in Serbia are rather widespread, especially in the Gokčanica and Plana area, 

where the 1:50 000 geological map has been reported (Maksimović and Divljan, 1953) with all 

listwenite occurrences. In this study we report mineralogy and geochemistry of listwenites from 

Žuti Krš in Gokčanica area, which is the most significant and voluminous occurrence in the area. 

The peridotites occur on the Western slopes of the Željin Mt. and they are the part of the Vardar 

ophiolitic belt. Peridotites mostly comprise of serpentinized harzburgites and more subordinately 

lherzolites. 

Listwenites from Žuti Krš form narrow sub-horizontal bands in the ophiolitic peridotite 

with maximal width up to few meters. In the field they are easily recognized from the surrounding 

peridotites by their light brown colour and resistant outcrops. Our ongoing investigations 

comprise X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) and Inductively 

Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), in order to more specifically define their mineral 

composition and geochemical characteristics. The investigated listwenites consist mainly of silica 

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in different forms and of different (mostly trace element) geochemistry. Also, Fe-rich magnesite, 

talc, dolomite, calcite, and in some samples clay minerals occur. The only mineral which remained 

from the protolit is high-Cr-spinel, suggesting harzburgitic origin. 

Soil derived from granite from Bukulja Mountain (Serbia) contains much more Mn and 

Fe than parent rock. After XRD, SEM and chemical investigations it was concluded that the main 

source of Mn was weathered garnet. A part of Fe also originated from weathering of iron-rich 

garnet, but its other part might be biotite and epidote. Although garnet is accessory mineral in 

granite, its influence on soil chemistry is very important. It contains 12.7 % Fe and 8.2 % Mn and 

belongs to almandine-spessartine type. It was found that observed etching surface and rhombic 

etch pits are a result of the weathering in acid conditions. 

Maksimović Z., Pantó Gy., 2006: Genesis of karstic bauxites based on the authigenic 

nickel- and RЕЕ-minerals. Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the Carpatho-Balkan 

Geological Association, September 3-6, 2006, Belgrade, 330-333. 

Maksimović Z., Prelević D. & Petrović-Prelević I., 2006: Hydrothermal alteration 

products of ultramafics, including listvenites, on the western slopes of Željin Mountain (Serbia). 

Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association, 

September 3-6, 2006, 333-335. 

Jović V., 2006: Manganese status of a Serbian granite-derived soil in relation to the 

weathering of garnet. Proceedings XVIII th Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological 

Association, September 3-6, 2006, Belgrade, 247-250. 

3. Mineralogy 

This paper presents the causes of scab formation on the inside wall of submerged entry 

nozzles (SEN) in continuous steel casters. The research was performed on a large number of 

samples from nozzles employed in a continuous-rounds caster. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry 

(XRF) of the wall of the graphite-alumina SEN after the continuous steel casting process revealed 

a change in the Al, Si and Ca concentrations in the SENs of one series. Measurements showed 

that the thickness of the SEN wall had decreased, irrespective of the scab thickness, due to 

internal erosion. In addition, the Al, Si and Ca concentrations in the SEN-steel contact zone of 

the wall were found to have changed. The increase in Al and Si concentrations in the contact 

zone compared to the rest of the wall is the result of diffusion on the steel side of the SEN wall. 

Simultaneously, the Ca concentration was lower in the contact zone of the SEN wall than in the 

rest of the wall. The significance of this relationship is also confirmed by the high values of the 

correlation indexes. As the internal erosion in the SEN wall increases, the Ca concentration in 

the contact zone of the SEN wall decreases. At the same time, this changed concentration and 

diffusion were not registered in the walls of the other SEN series. The wall thickness of the 

nozzles in the other series also remained unchanged, which confirmed that no internal erosion 

has occurred. 

Fibrous magnesia-silicate (mountain leather asbestos) of Serbian origin was used as the 

Si precursor for the synthesis of SiC by the carbothermal-reduction process. As a reducing agent, 

sugar (saccharose) was used. The formation of SiC was confirmed by XRD analysis and optical 

microscopy images. The results showed that the obtained SiC possessed a fibrous morphology. 

Due to the experimental procedure, MgF 2 

was also formed, which is known as an excellent 

additive for the sintering of non-oxide ceramics. 

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Stojanović J., Radosavljević S., Karanović Lj., Cvetković Lj., 2006: Mineralogy of 

W-Pb-Bi ores from Rudnik Mt., Serbia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen, 

182, 3, 299-306. 

Pačevski A., Cvetković Lj., 2006: Coloradoite in the Sb-W ore from Osanica locality, 

Serbia: occurrence in a deposit free of Au-Ag tellurides. Au-Ag-Te-Se deposits, IGCP Project 

486, Field Workshop, Izmir, Turkey, 135-136. 

Dević S., Jokanović V., Logar M., 2006: Internal Еrosion in Submerged Еntry Noyyles 

of Continous Steel Casters as a Function of Al, Si and Ca Concentrations in the Nozzle Wall. 

Interam, Vol. 55, 3, 180-186. 

Devečarski A., Logar M., Pošarac M., Brdarić T., Božić D., Matović B., 2006: 

Synthesis of fibrous SiC from natural precursor. Physical Chemistry 2006, H-17-P, 525-527. 

MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS 

Project: ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOUR OF GENERALIZED FUNCTIONS, 

THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 

(Academician Bogoljub Stanković) 

A mathematical model of the transverse vibrations of an elastic axially compressed rod 

on a fractional derivative type of visco elastic foundation has been examined under the supposition 

that the axial force has a constant and a time dependent part given by a Dirac distribution. The 

dynamics of the system has been described by a system of two partial differential equations, 

having integer and fractional derivatives. The solution of the system was obtained in the space of 

distributions and its asymptotic behavior was investigated. 

Stanković B., Atanacković T. M., 2006: On the compressed elastic rod with rotary 

inertia on a viscoelastic foundation. Bulletin CXXXIII de l´Academie serbe des sciences et 

des arts, Classe des sciences mathématiques, 31, 7-28. 

Project: SEMI-RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY 

(Academician Mileva Prvanović) 

The geodesic mapping of an almost Hermitian and an almost para-Hermitian manifold 

was examined using a holomorphic curvature tensor. It was proved that, if such a manifold allows 

geodesic mapping, there are two more invariant tensors in addition to the classical projective 

curvature tensor. 

Kähler manifolds with Norden metric, the curvature tensor of which can only be 

expressed in terms of Ricci tensors only and whose holomorphically conformal curvature tensor 

vanishes, was investigated. 

Prvanović M., 2005: Holomorphically projective curvature tensors. Kragujevac 

Journal of Mathematics, 28, 97-111. 

Prvanović M., 2005: On some Kähler manifolds with Norden metric. Rendiconti del 

Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Serie II, Tomo LIV, 430-442. 

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Project: NONLINEAR ANALYSIS IN FUZZY STRUCTURES 

(Academician Olga Hadžić) 

In 2006, we investigated the existence and uniqueness of the fixed point of mappings 

defined on probabilistic and fuzzy metric spaces was investigated. Some results on the local 

uniqueness of the contraction mappings which are defined on fuzzy metric space were obtained. 

A paper is submitted for publication. 

Project: COMPUTER AIDED INVESTIGATIONS IN DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 

(Academician Dragoš Cvetković) 

A jubilee book [1] with texts by several authors has been published. Among others, a 

review of the work of this project in the period 1987 – 2005 is included. 

In paper [2], the problem of determining the metric dimension of hypercubes is 

considered. We propose a genetic algorithm which successfully solves the given problem and 

reaches all optimal solutions that are known that far was proposed. The algorithm also gives the 

results on some large-scale instances which were hitherto unsolved. 

1. Cvetković D., 2006: Graphs as Inspiration (in Serbian, with parts in English and 

Russian), autobiographic notes and other texts on the occasion of four decades of scientific work 

in mathematics, edited by Vera Kovačević-Vujčić, Akademska misao, Beograd. 

2. Kratica J., Kovačević-Vujčić V., Čangalović M., 2006: Computing metric dimension 

of hypercubes by genetic algorithms. In: D. Radojevic (Edit.), Proceedings XXXIII Symposium 

on Operational Research, SYM-OP-IS 2006, Banja Koviljača, October 3-6, 2006, 221-224. 

Project: ASYMPTOTIC FORMULAS IN ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY 

(Academician Aleksandar Ivić) 

The main field of research in 2006 was the Riemann zeta-function, especially the 

application of the Mellin and Laplace transforms to problems involving the Riemann zetafunction. 

In addition, participation in joint works with M. Kühleiner, E. Krätzel and W.G. Nowak 

(Vienna), and also with Y. Motohashi (Tokyo) was realized. 

In papers [1] and [3], the Riemann zeta-function was investigated by means of Laplace 

transforms and, especially, by the technique of Mellin transforms. 

Work [2] gives a comprehensive overview of lattice point and divisor problems. 

In the joint article [4] with Y. Motohashi, a detailed account of the mean square formula 

for the zeta-function was given, when the real part of the argument is between 1/2 and 1. 

In paper [5], certain convolutions pertaining to number-theoretic error terms and power 

moments of the Riemann zeta-function were investigated. 

A. Ivic gave, on invitation from the organizers, lectures at the international conference 

MAGT06, organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade from 31.08. to 

04.09.2006, and in conferences Analytic Number Theory in Turku (Finland) 7-9.09.2006 and 

Marseille (France) 10-15.09.2006. He also participated, with a research communication, in 

the International Congress of Mathematicians which was held in Madrid from 22.08.2006 to 

30.08.2006. 

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1. Ivić A., 2006: On the estimation of some Mellin transforms connected with the 

fourth moment of |ζ(½ + it)|. Elementare und Analytische Zahlentheorie (Tagungsband), 

Proceedings ELAZ-Conference, May 24-28, 2004 (W. Schwarz und J. Steuding, Eds.), Franz 

Steiner Verlag 2006, 77-88. 

2. (with E. Krätzel, M. Kühleiner and W.G. Nowak), 2006: Lattice points in large regions 

and related arithmetic functions: Recent developments in a very classic topic. Elementare und 

Analytische Zahlentheorie (Tagungsband), Proceedings ELAZ-Conference, May 24-28, 

2004 (W. Schwarz und J. Steuding, Eds.), Franz Steiner Verlag 2006, 89-128. 

3. Ivić A., 2006: The Laplace and Mellin transforms of powers of the Riemann zetafunction. 

International Journal of Mathematics and Analysis, 1(2), 113-140. 

4. (with Y. Motohashi), 2006: The moments of the Riemann zeta-function Part I: The 

fourth moment off the critical line. Functiones et Approximatio,35, 133-181. 

5. Ivić A., 2006: Convolutions and mean square estimates of certain number-theoretic 

error terms. Publications Inst. Math., 80 (94), 141-156. 

Project: QUALITATIVE AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF SOME CLASSES OF 

DIFFERENTIAL AND DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS 

(Academician Vojislav Marić) 

Two kinds of problems were studied: 1) problems related to the approximation of 

solutions in the boundary layer of some non-linear differential equations; 2) Regularity and 

asymptotes of solutions of some classes of functional differential equations. 

Adžić N., Ovcin Z., 2004: Orthogonal series aproximation for boundary layers. 

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 31, 201-214. 

Jaroš Ј., Kusano Т., Marić V., 2006: Еxistence of regularly and rapidly varying 

solutions for a class of third order nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Institut 

Mathématique. Publications (Beograd), 79 (93), 51-64. 

Kusano T., Marić V., 2006: On a class of functional differential equations having 

slowly varying solutions. Institut Mathématique. Publications (Beograd), 80 (94), 207- 

217. 

Project: APPLICATIONS OF THE VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS TO 

NONLINEAR AND NONCONSERVATIVE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 

(Academician Božidar D. Vujanović) 

The main effort during this year was devoted to the application of the action conservation 

laws of rheonomic, scleronomic, linear and non-linear dynamic systems with a single degree of 

freedom, which are defined as the two-point boundary value problems. The action conservation 

laws were applied to dynamic systems, the behavior of which is fully described by the Hamilton 

action integral, whose value is not known. Applying the direct method in the form of Ritz, it 

turned out that the approximate solutions obtained are very reliable. A relatively large study 

devoted to the applications of the action conservation laws is in preparation. 

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Project: EQUATIONS WITH SINGULARITIES THROUGH METHODS OF 

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS 

(Corresponding Member Stevan Pilipović) 

The first paper is related to elliptic boundary problems with singular coefficients and 

data within generalized function algebras and their extensions. 

The second paper deals with localization operators and exponential weights for 

modulation spaces related to spaces of ultradifferentiable functions of Gevrey classes. 

The third paper is an exposition related to the scientific work of Academician Bogoljub 

Stanković. 

1. Mitrović D., Pilipović S., 2006: Approximations of linear Dirichlet problems with 

singularities. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 313, 98-119. 

2. Cordero Е., Pilipović S., Rodino L., Teofanov N., 2006: Localization operators 

and exponential weights for modulation spaces. Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, 2, 

381-394. 

3. Pilipović S., 2006: On the occasion of academician Bogoljub Stanković’s 80th 

anniversary. Fractional Calculus & Applied Analysis, 8, 1-5. 

PHYSICS AND METEOROLOGY 

Project: STATISTICALITY AND CAUSALITY IN QUANTUM 

MECHANICS 

(Academician Fedor Herbut) 

Ervin Schrödinger introduced in 1935 the important concept of disentanglement as 

the physical meaning of entanglement in bipartite quantum systems. Academician Herbut 

and his collaborators have studied disentanglement during a period of many years. This year 

the investigation of distant linearly independent ensemble decomposition and distant linearly 

independent preparation in bipartite pure-state entanglement was successfully completed and 

published in the most eminent suitable scientific journal. 

Herbut F., 2006: On bipartite pure-state entanglement structure in terms of 

disentanglement. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 47, 122103-122122. 

Project: NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE 

(Academician Fedor Mesinger) 

Activities in 2006, as before within this project, were aimed at further refinement of the 

Eta model and also at applications of the model for regional weather and climate purposes. The 

refined Eta discretization via the introduction of “sloping steps”, on which most of the work was 

done in 2004 and 2005 (Mesinger, Jović), was further improved. A problem was identified with 

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a centered vertical advection scheme, frequently used; and the scheme was replaced by a scheme 

with ideal conservation properties, thereby correcting the problem. Numerous additional real 

data cases were run (Jović, Lazić, Živković). The refinement as developed is an add-on to the 

traditional step-topography Eta code. Its robustness has been confirmed in real-time running by 

Živković. 

One task worked on in 2006 was the initialization of a model for weather prediction 

purposes using a modified form of the so-called super-Matsuno scheme (Lazić). Another 

subproject addressed the effects of the release of contaminants into the atmosphere above Serbia 

(Lazić, Mijić). Verification of the Eta model forecasts for the power plant winds was another 

activity of the application of the model (Lazić, Živković). Maintenance of kinetic energy in long 

term Eta model integrations is a topic on which the work was started in 2005 and continued in this 

year (Mesinger, Veljović, and Lazić). 

Mesinger F., Rančić M., Jović D., Zhang H., Popović J., 2006: Forward-backward 

scheme modified to suppress lattice separation, and impact of the order of integration. Assembly 

of the Еuropean Geosciences Union, Vienna. Abstract. 

Mijić Z.R., Lazić L.A., Rajšić S.F., Tasić M.D., Novaković V.T., 2006: Some 

characteristic back air trajectories for high PM 10 

and PM 2.5 

concentration episodes. 6th 

International Conference of the Balkan Physical Union, Book of Abstracts, p. 1006, 22-26 

August, Istanbul, Turkey. 

Popović J., 2006: ЕTA Model in Weather Forecast. KTH Computer Science and 

Communication, Stockholm, Master Thesis, 55 pp. 

Veljović K., 2006: Impact of the boundary conditions to long term integrations of 

the Eta Model. Mr. Sc. Thesis (in Serbian). Dept. of Meteorology, University of Belgrade. 

Project: PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR MESOSCALE 

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES 

(Corresponding Member Zaviša Janjić) 

The general objective of the project is to develop a physical and numerical model of 

the atmosphere which can be used for the simulation and forecasting of meso scale atmospheric 

processes, as well as for studies of environmental problems on meso scales. The project leader 

is Prof. Zaviša Janjić, corresponding member of SASA, and the collaborators were Prof. Borivoj 

Rajković and Ana Vuković, meteorologist, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Prof. Milivoj 

Gavrilov, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia. 

The work on the validation and further improvements of the model, preprocessing, 

postprocessing and computer graphics systems continued in 2006. The emphasis was again 

placed on the parameterizations of physical processes. An inconsistency in the scheme for 

horizontal advection of momentum was removed. Possibilities were examined to augment scarce 

observations on meso scales by model generated data. 

Janjic Z., Black T., Pyle M., Rogers Е., Chuang H., DiMego G., 2006: Hazardous 

weather prediction using the WRF NMM. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 02293, 

2006, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/ЕGU06-A-02293, Еuropean Geosciences Union, General 

Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006. 

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Freedman F. R., Janjic Z. I., Еk M., 2006: Surface cooling predictions of the coupled 

NMM/WRF PBL and Noah land surface schemes. Еxtended abstract 8.7, The 17th Symposium 

on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, San Diego, CA, May 

21-25. http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/111127.pdf 

Gopalakrishnan S.G., Surgi N., Tuleya R., Janjic Z., 2006: NCЕP’s two-wayinteractive-moving-nest 

NMM-WRF modeling system for hurricane forecasting. Еxtended 

abstract 7A.3, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American 

Meteorological Society, Monterey, CA, April 23-28. 

http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/107899.pdf 

Weiss S. J., Bright D. R., Kain J. S., Levit J. J., Pyle M., Janjic Z., Ferrier B. S., Du J., 2006: 

Complementary Use of short-range ensemble and 4.5 km WRF-NMM model guidance for severe 

weather forecasting at the Storm Prediction Center. Еxtended abstract 8.5, The 23rd Conference 

on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, St. Louis, MO, November 5-10. http:// 

ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/115386.pdf 

Project: DYNAMICS OF BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 

(Academicians Božidar D. Vujanović and Fedor Mesinger) 

Topic: Chaos and stability in the motion of small solar system bodies 

(Dr. Zoran Knežević) 

A comprehensive examination of the fulfillment of the conditions for the application of 

the Nekhoroshev theorem revealed that there exist points (regions) in the phase space where not 

only 3-jet condition, but also a tighter quasi-convexity, and even the tightest convexity condition 

are fully satisfied. In this way, it has definitely been proven that the conditions for the application 

of the Nekhoroshev theorem are indeed fulfilled and that the theorem can be applied to real 

asteroids, at least in the investigated regions. 

We studied The evolution of the resonant asteroid orbits were studied and it was found 

that in the chaotic zone of the three body mean motion resonance (5, -2, -2), involving Jupiter, 

Saturn and the asteroid, the assumption of normal diffusion, because of which some asteroids 

residing in the zone do actually exit from it and change the character of the motion, represents a 

fairly good approximation, but that it does not fully describe all the features of the distribution of 

objects in the phase space of orbital elements. Thus, a method was developed by means of which 

it was intended to determine the exact type of motion, resonant mechanisms which give rise to 

chaos, changes of the rate of chaotic diffusion as function of the position of the body inside the 

chaotic layer, and the resulting macroscopic distribution of the objects. 

An attempt was made to more precisely define and date the Karin family by using a 

method which accounts for the variation of the dispersions of more orbital elements of the family 

members with stable motion than was the case in the previous analyses. It was found that the 

procedure applied in our approach is basically sound and that it can potentially deliver a desired 

result. However, for its correct application, the non-gravitational effects must also be taken into 

account, since they can substantially alter the fundamental frequencies obtained from the purely 

gravitational model. 

Work on the development of new methods for the preliminary determination of asteroid 

orbits and for linkage of the observations, which were intended for a reduction in the real time of 

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observations of the next generation surveys, was continued. The second iteration of algorithms 

testing, using simulations of observations in opposition and in quadratures, was completed. On 

the basis of these results and of the estimate of the expected rate of new discoveries of faint 

objects, a proposal for the procedure of asteroid numbering was prepared and a new definition of 

discovery and a new set of rules to decide on discovery rights were introduced. 

Topic: Motion of major planets and satellites of major planets 

(Vojislava Protić-Benišek, MA) 

Due to bad weather, we failed to register the transit of Mercury on November 8, 2006, 

even though the preparations and coordination with the other two observing teams (Australia, 

New Zealand) was successful. From Manavgat (Turkey), we observed the total solar eclipse, 

covering the whole duration of the event, was observed and a large number of digital records was 

collected. The preliminary measurements are completed, and the phase variation as the function 

of time determined. The quality of the material is exceptionally good, so that reliable results for 

all the parameters of the eclipse are expected. 

The reduction and analysis of the results of the transit of Venus from 2004 are nearly 

completed, and some results were presented at an international meeting in Paris. 

The method to determine corrections of proper motions in declination of the HIPPARCOS 

stars, for which there are ground-based observations covering several decades, was improved. 

PZT (Photographic Zenith Tube) observations (stations Punta Indio - Argentina, Washington - 

USA, Mizusawa - Japan, etc.), collected in the last century in the framework of the international 

Earth Rotation Programs, were used as input data. To check the results, the values obtained by 

means of our method were compared with the corresponding values in some newer catalogs 

(ARIHIP, EOC-2) and good agreement (to within the computed errors) was found. These results 

represent a contribution to the improvement of the Hipparcos catalog as a reference catalog in the 

optical wavelength. 

Milani A., Gronchi G.F., Knežević Z., Sansaturio M.Е., Arratia O., Denneau L., Grav 

T., Heasley J., Jedicke R., Kubica J., 2006: Unbiased orbit determination for the next generation 

asteroid/comet surveys. In: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2005. Proceedings IAU Symposium 

229 (D. Lazzaro, S. Ferraz-Mello, and J.A. Fernández, Еds.), 367-380. 

Knežević Z., Tsiganis K., Varvoglis H., 2006: Age of the Veritas asteroid family from 

two independent estimates. In: Proceedings of the 14 th National Conference of Astronomers 

of Serbia and Montenegro (Z. Knežević, M. Ćirković and Z. Cvetković, Еds.), Publications 

of Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, 80, 161-166. 

Knežević Z., 2006: Dynamical methods to estimate the age of asteroid families. 

International Conference on Actual Problems in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical 

Astronomy, Cluj-Napoca, Abstracts, 21. 

Pavlović R., 2006: Applicability of Nekhoroshev’s theorem in some selected chaotic 

regions. In: Proceedings of the 14 th National Conference of Astronomers of Serbia and 

Montenegro (Z. Knežević, M. Ćirković and Z. Cvetković, Еds.), Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, 

80, 167-171. 

Protić-Benišek V., Benišek Vl., Mihajlov A., Jakšić T., Pavičić G., et al., 2006: On the 

Belgrade Astrophotographic Plate Archive (BAPA): Preliminary Results. In: Proceedings of 

the 14 th National Conference of Astronomers of Serbia and Montenegro (Z. Knežević, M. 

Ćirković and Z. Cvetković, Еds.), Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, 80, 355-360. 

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Protić-Benišek V., Mihajlov A., Jakšić T., Benišek Vl., 2006: The Belgrade Plate 

Archive Database: Current Status and Scientific Tasks. IAU Abstract Book, XXVI GA, 

Prague, 465. 

Protić-Benišek V., Benišek Vl., 2006: Transits of Mercury and Venus: Observations 

and Analysis from Belgrade Astronomical Observatory. International Workshop, Paris, 

Abstract Book, 20. 

Protić-Benišek V., Benišek Vl., 2006: CCD Observations of Natural Satellites from 

Belgrade Observatory. International Workshop, Paris, Abstract Book, 35. 

Damljanović G., Pejović N., Jovanović B., 2006: Improvement of Hipparcos proper 

motions in declination. Serbian Astronomical Journal, 172, 41-51. 

Damljanović G., Pejović N., 2006: Ground - based latitude data and the improved 

reference frame In: Proceedings of the 14 th National Conference of Astronomers of Serbia 

and Montenegro (Z. Knežević, M. Ćirković and Z. Cvetković, Еds.), Publ. Astron. Obs. 

Belgrade, 80, 325. 

Damljanović G., Vondrák J., 2006: Better accuracy of Hipparcos proper motions in 

declination for stars observed with 10 Photographic Zenith Tubes. Abstract Book of the IAU 

XXVIth General Assembly, Prague, 406. 

Project: SHAPES AND SHIFTS OF SPECTRAL LINES IN GAS PLASMAS AND 

ELECTRIC GAS DISCHARGES 

(Academician Nikola Konjević) 

Recently, experimental electron impact widths and ion broadening parameters of isolated 

Kr I lines were reported by a group of authors. In addition, the contribution of Kr II and Kr III 

ion dynamics to the Kr I line widths was determined. Here, on the basis of a critical evaluation of 

the plasma source, the deconvolution procedure and earlier results by the same authors, possible 

causes for erroneous line shape recordings and their interpretation are discussed. To demonstrate 

the experimental difficulties in the procedure used for measurements of the Stark broadening 

parameter, an additional experiment was performed and profiles of the plasma broadened 

lines were generated. All our new results and the analysis of the plasma source, experimental 

procedure and reported data of Kr I lines indicate that certain aspects of earlier work need further 

investigation. 

We report the results of the calculations of Stark broadening for the Sr+ and Ba+ resonance 

lines in ultracold plasmas using semi-empirical formulas and numerical computer simulation 

technique were reported. The simulation results showed that strong collisions dominate Stark 

broadening at very low electron temperatures and that the weak collision approximation recently 

employed by Vrinceanu et al. cannot be applied in this temperature region. Consequently, the 

temperature trend of the Stark widths and shifts changes from 1/√T, successfully used at elevated 

temperatures, to an increasing trend with temperature, which is characteristic for strong collisions 

at low temperature. 

Ivković M., Žikić R., Jovićević S., Konjević N., 2006: On simultaneous determination 

of electron impact width, ion-broadening and ion-dynamic parameter from the shape of plasma 

broadened non-hydrogenic atom line. Journal Physics B: Atomic Molecular, Optical Physics, 

39, 1773-1785. 

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Gigosos M.A., Gonzalez M.A., Konjević N., 2006: On the Stark broadening of Sr + and 

Ba + resonance lines in ultracold neutral plasmas. European Physical Journal D, 40, 57-63. 

Gigosos M.A., Gonzalez M.A., Konjević N., 2006: Temperature dependence of the 

Stark broadening dominated by strong collisions. 18 th International Conference on Spectral 

Line Shapes, Eds.: Oks E., Pindzola M.S., June 4-9, 2006, Auburn, Alabama, USA, American 

Institute of Physics Proceedings, 874, 35-44. 

Project: AFFINE SYMMETRY OF PHYSICAL LAWS 

(Corresponding Member Đorđe Šijački) 

Quantum space-time symmetries of extended objects of p space-like dimensions, i.e. 

p-branes (particles are 0-branes, strings are 1-branes, membranes are 2-branes etc.), embedded 

into a D-dimensional target space were considered. The topology of the General Coordinate 

Transformations (GCT) groups in d=p+1 and D dimensions is given by the topology of the 

corresponding maximal compact subgroups. This fact and the infinite dimensionality of the 

defining space of the covering group of the linear subgroup yields infinite component spinorial 

GCT fields when d and/or D are greater then 2. It was proven that supersymmetric p-brane 

generalizations based on finite-component spinors allow for a restricted curving of either brane 

or target spaces only. Supersymmetric generalizations of extended objects theories in generically 

curved space-times require a formulation that is based on infinite component „world“ spinors. 

Šijački Đ., 2006: Strings, Branes and Other Extendons, in Metter Particled? Patterns, 

Structure and Dynamics, Eds. R. Ruffini, Y. Verbin, World Scientific Publishing Company, 

Singapore, 607-610. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE DЕFICIENCY OF SELENIUM AND 

MAGNESIUM IN SERBIA 

(Academician Zoran Maksimović) 

Investigations of the health effects of the food of plant and animal origin, which is 

enriched with selenium, on selenium-deficient animals and human population were continued. A 

patent application for the protection of nutritional drinks made of poultry eggs and the production 

process, was submitted (patent application No. for 2006/2007). 

It was continued to study the effects of consuming a drink made of quail eggs, enriched 

with selenium and other deficient nutrients and crops foliarly enriched with selenium on health. 

Apart from classical biochemical parameters, the indicators also included noninvasive methods 

for the early detection of disorders of the contents of the essential and toxic elements in hair, pH 

value of of saliva and bioresonant diagnostics. Apart from the conditionally healthy population, 

the investigation also covered the persons suffering from chronic diseases, such as asthma, type 2 

diabetes, hyper- and hypothyroidism, multiple sclerosis, cancer, as well as patients on parenteral 

diet. They were consuming an especially designed liquid drink made of whole quail eggs for 8-14 

weeks. In all of them, the improvement of the general state of health was observed and the best 

results were obtained in persons with moderate asthma, hypothyreosis, type 2 diabates, pancreas 

and liver cancer and patients on parenteral diet. 

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The results of the 20-year long study of selenium and other deficient nutrients in our 

population and the methods of biofortification, we have developed, was the topic of the lectures 

delivered in the Hungarian, Romanian and Russian Academies of Sciences. 

In 2006, the investigations of the role of selenium in organisms, especially the 

mechanisms of regulating the activity of selenium-dependent enzymes, were continued. 

The activity of anti-oxidant defense enzymes: CuZn SOD, CAT, GSH-Px, GR and 

GST in the abdominal muscle of the shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in winter and spring 

at four different locations in the Montenegrin costal region of the Adriatic Sea were studied. 

It can be concluded that seasonal variations should be incorporated into the interpretation of 

biomonitoring studies in shrimp, but without correlation to the presence of organic pollutants in 

aquatic environment. 

Alterations of energy metabolism and anti-oxidant status in red blood cells of carps 

(Cyprinus carpio L.) exposed to acute hypoxia were investigated. Acute hypoxia induced a 

significant alteration in the activities of anti-oxidant enzyme and in the concentration of lipid 

peroxide in the blood of carps under the influence of progressive reduction of oxygen conditions. 

The obtained results suggest that during evolution, carps developed a well-defined metabolic 

regulation and anti-oxidant defense system for protection from acute hypoxia. 

The effect of cadmium (Cd) on the anti-oxidant defense system in some tissues (liver, 

heart and kidneys) of rats after co-treatment with coenzyme Q 10 

(CoQ 10 

) were analyzed. It can 

be concluded that Cd influences the activities of anti-oxidative defense enzymes in all the 

examined tissues of rats in various ways, especially depending on their metabolic activity. CoQ 10 

only partially and tissue specific reversed the cadmium-induced changes in these enzymes. At 

the same time, CoQ 10 

exerts very strong beneficial effects on Vit. C and Vit. E by elevating 

their concentrations and thus induces an increase in the anti-oxidative defense potential in the 

investigated tissues of rats treated with Cd. 

The concept of the anti-oxidant defense system as a means of preventing oxidative cell 

damage implies balanced activities of the anti-oxidant defense enzymes. As well as positive 

correlations between the activities of the anti-oxidant enzymes in human erythrocytes, it has 

been observed that sometimes when the GSH-Px activity is increased, the CuZn SOD activity is 

decreased. It is proposed that cholesterol could affect membrane lipid peroxidation and superoxide 

generation in erythrocytes via the recently-found fraction of cholesterol bound to hemoglobin, 

termed hemoglobin-cholesterol. 

The alterations in the anti-oxidative defense enzymes in erythrocytes from sporadic 

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS) and familial ALS (FALS) patients were studied. The changes 

in the erythrocyte anti-oxidative defense enzymes suggest that oxidative stress is involved in the 

motor neuron pathogenesis of SALS and FALS and also has systemic effects. The differences in 

the anti-oxidative defense systems between the study groups revealed the presence of different 

types of oxidative pressure, indicating the potential additional benefit of individually designed 

anti-oxidative cocktail therapies. 

The changes in the anti-oxidative defense system in the isolated rat uterus during 

spontaneous rhythmic activity were investigated. The results showed an increase in the activities of 

SOD, CAT and GSH-Px in uterine smooth muscle after spontaneous contractions when compared 

with non-exercised uterine smooth muscle. The study indicates that changes in the activities of 

anti-oxidative enzymes may influence the results of the examination of substances ex vivo. 

Demajo M., Jozanov-Stankov O., Đujić I., 2006: Content of microelements in the 

rat Pineal Gland at different ages and the effects of Selenium Supplementation. Archives of 

Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 58, (2), 69-75. 

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Đujić I., Jozanov-Stankov O., Milovac M., Demajo A., 2006: Manganese in the food 

chain of human sin Serbia. The Problems of Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Еcology, 

Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, 1 (1), 70-80, 345-356. 

Đujić I., 2006: Benefits of raising crops and animals with adequate selenium content 

in low selenium areas. Trace Еlement in Food Chain. Еds. Szilagyi M. and Szentmihalyi K., 

Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 15-20. 

Đujić I., Lalić D. T., 2006: Significance of elemental hair analysis for early screening 

and localization of medical problems. In: Metal Еlements in Еnvironment, Medicine and 

Biology, Tome VII, Еds. Garban Z. and Dragan P., Romanian Academy Branch Timisoara, 

Publ. “Еurobit”, 33-42. 

Đujić I., Jozanov-Stankov O., Demajo A. M., 2006: Trace elements important for redox 

processes in Serbian population, In: Metal Еlements in Еnvironment, Medicine and Biology, 

Tome VII, Еds. Garban Z. and Dragan P., 2006, Romanian Academy Branch Timisoara, Publ. 

“Еurobit”, 99-102. 

Šaponjić J. S., Borković S. S., Kovacević T. B., Pavlović S. Z., Labus-Blagojević S. 

D., Blagojević D. P., Saičić Z. S., Radojičić R. M., Žikić R. V., Spasić M. B., 2006: Activity 

of antioxidant defense enzymes in the Mediterranean Sea shrimp (Parapeneus longirostris): 

relation to the presence of PCBs and PAHs in the south Adriatic Sea. Periodicum Biologorum, 

108, 117-125. 

Ognjanović B. I., Marković S. D., Pavlović S. Z., Žikić R. V., Štajn A. Š., Saičić Z. 

S., 2006: Alterations of energy metabolism and (anti)oxidant status in red blood cells of carps 

(Cyprinus carpio L.) exposed to acute hypoxia. II International Symposium of Еcologists 

of the Republic of Montenegro, Kotor, Montenegro, September 20-24, The book of abstracts 

and programme, 90. 

Pavlović S. Z., Ognjanović B. I., Štajn A. Š., Žikić R. V., Saičić Z. S., 2006: Еffect 

of cadmium on antioxidant defense system: changes after pretreatment with vitamin Е and 

coenzyme Q 10 

in some tissues of rats. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific meeting with 

international participation “Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of Protection”, Serbian 

Physiological Society with Faculty of Science, Kragujevac and Serbian Biological Society 

″Stevan Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, Serbia, November 2-4, Abstract Book, 33. 

Nikolić M., Vranić D., Spirić A., Batas V., Nikolić-Kokić A., Radetić P., Turubatović 

L., Blagojević D. P., Jones D. R., Niketić V., Spasić M. B., 2006: Could cholesterol bound 

to haemoglobin be a missing link for the occasional inverse relationship between superoxide 

dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities? Biochemical and Biophysical Research 

Communications, 348, 265-270. 

Nikolić-Kokić A., Stević Z., Blagojević D., Davidović B., Jones D. R., Spasić M. B., 

2006: Alterations in antioxidative defence enzymes in erythrocytes from sporadic amyotrophic 

lateral sclerosis (SALS) and familial ALS patients. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory 

Medicine, 44, 589-593. 

Slavić M., Appiah I., Nikolić-Kokić A., Radojičić R., Jones D. R., Spasić M. B., 

Milovanović S., Blagojević D., 2006: The anti-oxidative defence system in the isolated rat 

uterus during spontaneous rhytmic activity. Acta Physiologica Hungarica, 93, 335-339. 

Jović V. (2006): Selenium in soils and some plants in Serbia. The Problems of 

Biogeochemistry and Geochemical Еcology (Проблемы биогеохимии и геохимической 

экологии), 1 (1), 65-69. 

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INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE KARST OF SERBIA AND SPELEOLOGY 


Interdepartmental project: KARST OF SERBIA AND SPELEOLOGY 

Geomorphological, hydrogeological and archeological investigations in some selected 

karsts areas in Serbia were performed. Studied was The natural stone bridge in Dobroselica 

(western Zlatibor) was studied and a connection between the karsts of Slovac – Nepričava and 

the neighboring Toplica area in western Serbia was confirmed, and studied was The influence 

of human activities on the contamination of water in the karsts of the Tara mountain and its 

surrounding was also studied. Neanderthalian relics were found in the caves Velika and Mala 

Balanica (in the Sićevo area) and new data on their kind of life were obtained. 

INTERACADEMIC COOPERATION OF SASA AND MONTENGRIN ACADEMY 

OF SCIENCES AND ARTS 

Project: A STUDY OF FOSSIL FLORA AND FAUNA OF MONTENEGRO 


Biostratigraphic and paleoecological investigations of palynomorphs from the Upper 

Permian and the Lower Triassic carbonate rocks, connected with a Permian epiplatform, in the 

Pošćensko Jezero and Nikšićka Župa (Dinarides) was finished. Dasycladales and microbiota from 

the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleogene deposits of the peri-Adriatic area (Podgorica) were also 

investigated. 

Project: RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN THE BAUXITES OF NIKŠIĆKA ŽUPA 

(Corresponding Member Vidojko Jović) 

In 2006, laboratory investigations of four samples of bauxites from the lower part of the 

deposit were made. After treatment with 10 % HCl (15 times), mass losses in the range of 37.20 

to 44.00 % were established. Treated and original samples of bauxites were sent to Canada in 

order to analyze the contents of rare earth elements, i.e. to establish the efficiency of extraction 

with HCl. 

INTERACADEMIC COOPERATION OF SASA AND MACEDONIAN ACADEMY 


Project: INVESTIGATION OF TERTIARY LAMPROITES 

(Corresponding Member Vidojko Jović) 

The field and laboratory investigations of Tertiary lamproitic rocks from Macedonia 

were continued. New samples were taken in the field, thin sections made and some analyses by 

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry were done in Germany (Mainz). 

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 

SCIENCES 

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 

Project: NEW CATALYTIC SYSTEMS 

(Academician Paula Putanov) 

The inter-relations between the parameters describing the activity of immobilized 

biocatalysts, the structure of the polymer matrix and the bioreactor performances were 

investigated. All of them influence the design of biocatalyst systems, in particular doubly smart 

bioconjugates, i.e. intelligent polymer hydrogels containing biocatalysts. Models describing the 

hydrogel sensitivity to both temperature and pH changes were developed. The mechanical 

characteristics in the course of swelling and gel collapse were investigated theoretically and 

experimentally. The influence of the structure and properties of the polymeric material 

upon degradation of polylactides, in vitro and in vivo was investigated and compared. The in vitro 

degradation was performed in physiological solutions while the in vivo degradation was catalyzed 

by body enzymes. They were related to models of the intermolecular structure of polylactide. 

Putanov P., Plavsic M., 2006: Biocatalyst Immobilized in Polymer Matrices and 

Design Problems. Plastics and Rubber Engineers Meeting, K-IPG 2006, Vrsac 12-16 06. 

2006, Proc. Abstr. 11. 

Plavsic M.B., Pajic-Lijakovic I., Putanov P., 2006: Influence of Micro Environment 

Conditions upon Activity of Immobilized Biocatalyst in Elastomer Blend Capsules, Plastics 

and Rubber Engineers Meeting, K-IPG 2006, Vrsac 12-16 06. 2006, Proc. Abstr. 12. 

Plavsic M.B., 2006: Molecular Approach to Polymer Materials Application in 

Medicine and Pharmacy, Plastics and Rubber Engineers Meeting, K-IPG 2006, Vrsac 12-16 

06. 2006, Proc. Abstr. 6. 

Plavsic M.B., Plavsic M.M., Putanov P., 2006: Degradation of Polylactide and Enzyme 

Catalysts , YUCOMAT 06 International conference, Herceg Novi, September 2006, Book of 

Abstract P.S.E. 2, p. 139. 

Project: THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS ORIENTED TOWARDS THE 

DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CATALYSIS 


The subproject »Catalytic isomerization of straight C5-C7 paraffins» deals with the 

synthesis and characterization of solid acid and carbides of different transient metals as catalysts for 

the conversion of straight-chain hydrocarbons to the corresponding isomers. In such a way, the 

problem of low octane number (ON) components of the gasoline pool may be solved. 

Sulfated zirconia (SZ) samples were synthesized from different zirconium compounds 

by appropriate methods of precipitation/impregnation. Various take off temperatures of SO 4 

2- 

indicate the presence of different types of sulfur, resulting from the diversity of the temperature 

pretreatment. Activity was observed only when He, rather then H 2 

was used as the carrier gas for 

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the saturation with n-hexane and it lasted quite a short time as the result of coking. An insufficient 

fraction of the desirable high-ON dimethyl-butanes in the products might be understood in 

terms of low acidity of the catalysts. The reaction probably occurs by methyl group transfer on the 

hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst function. 

Boskovic G., Zarubica A., Kovacevic M., Putanov P., 2006: Activity and Regenerability 

of Sulfated Zirconia as a Function of Catalyst Precursors and Pretreatment Conditions. XVII 

International Conference on Chemical Reactors CHЕMRЕACTOR-17, Athens 2006, Book of 

Abstracts, PP-93, 608-611. 

Project: THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE VIBRONIC, 

SPIN-ORBIT AND MAGNETIC HYPERFINE STRUCTURE 

IN POLYATOMIC MOLECULES 

(Corresponding Member Miljenko Perić) 

The investigation of vibronic coupling in tetra-atomic molecules was continued. Special 

attention was devoted to an analysis of the effects of avoiding crossing potential surfaces of 

electronic states degenerated by the linear configuration of molecules. The idea for the treatment 

of the vibronic interaction (Renner-Teller effect) in linear molecules with the provisional number 

of atoms was elaborated. 

Perić M., Jerosimić S., Ranković R., Krmar M., Radić-Perić J., 2006: An ab initio 

model for handling the Renner-Teller effect in tetra-atomic molecules. I. Introduction of 

coordinates and the Hamiltonian. Chemical Physics, 330, 60-72. 

Perić M., 2006: An ab initio model for handling the Renner-Teller effect in tetraatomic 

molecules. II. Study of the crossing of potential surfaces. Chemical Physics, 330, 73- 

81. 

CHEMISTRY 

Project: CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF STEROIDS AND TERPENOIDS 

AND CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF DOMESTIC FLORA 

(Academician Milutin Stefanović) 

Our investigation of the genus Gentianella comprised the previously not-studied, wildgrowing 

species in Serbia and Montenegro. According to the Flora Europaea, G. austriaca, G. 

bulgarica and G. crispata are endemic species, while little is known about G. albanica from 

the botanical and chemical point of view. From the aerial parts of the investigated species, nine 

xanthones and two Cglucoflavones were isolated and characterized by means of spectroscopic 

techniques. Xanthones are useful chemosystematic markers and the isolated compounds, 

especially those with additional oxygenation at C4, indicate that Gentianella is evolutionary more 

advanced than the genus Gentiana. Also, the oxidation pattern of the isolated xanthones (1,3,5,8) 

clearly indicated the similarity between the genera Gentianella and Swertia. A partially saturated 

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xanthone was isolated from G. austriaca and G. bulgarica but was not found in G. albanica and 

G. crispata. 

Janković T., Krstić D., Aljančić I., ŠavikinFodulović, Menković N., Vajs V., 

Milosavljević S., 2005: Xanthones and C-glucosides from the aerial parts of four species 

of Gentianella from Serbia and Montenegro. Biochemical Systematics and Еcology, 33, 

729735. 

Bulatović V., Vajs V., Aljančić I., Milosavljević S., Đoković D., Petrović S., 2006: 

Chemical composition of Tanacetum larvatum essential oil. Journal of Еssential Oil Research, 

18, 126-128. 

Project: ORIGIN, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC 

MATTER APPLIED TO PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND 

NEW ENERGY SOURCES EXPLORATION 

(Academician Dragomir Vitorović) 

Environmental and organic geochemical investigations were carried out aimed at 

structure elucidation of kerogens, characterization of domestic crude oils, designing of new 

petroleum maturation parameters based on the abundance and distribution of saturated and 

aromatic hydrocarbons and their interpretation based on various statistical methods, defining 

of early diagenetic processes in domestic coal deposits and studying the interactions between 

zymogenous, as well as of surface water microorganisms and petroleum type pollutants. 

Šolević T., Stojanović K., Jovančićević B., Mandić G., Schwarzbauer J., Vitorović D., 

2006: Multivariate statistical methods applied to interpretation of saturated biomarkers (Velebit 

oil field, SE Pannonian Basin, Serbia). Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 71(7), 745- 

769. 

Stojanović K., Jovančićević B., Vitorović D., Pevneva G., Golovko J., Golovko A., 

2006: Hierarchy of maturation parameters in oil-source rock correlations. Case study: Drmno 

depression, Southeastern Pannonian Basin, Serbia and Montenegro. Journal of Petroleum 

Science and Engineering (doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.07.009). 

Antić M., Jovančićević B., Ilić M., Vrvić M.M., Schwarzbauer J., 2006: Petroleum 

pollutant degradation by surface water microorganisms. Environmental Science & Pollution 

Research, 13, 320-327. 

Dević G., Pfendt P., Jovančićević B., Popović Z., 2006: Pyrite formation in organicrich 

clay, calcite and coal-forming environments. Acta Geologica Sinica, 80, 574–588. 

Antić A., Cvetković O., Jovančićević B., Blagojević S., Nikolić-Mandić S., 2006: 

Eco-chemical characterisation of fluvisol of Velika Morava river valley (Serbia) based on the 

physicochemical parameters and distribution of heavy metals. Fresenius Environmental 

Bulletin, 15, 1434-1441. 

Stojanović K., Šolević T., Bojesen-Koefoed J., Nytoft H.P., Jovančićević B., Vitorović 

D., 2006: Composition and structural characteristics of biomarkers in oils from the Velebit 

(Serbia) oil field – organic geochemical interpretation. 6th International Conference: Oil and 

Gas Chemistry, Tomsk, Russia, September 5-9, 2006, Book of Abstracts, 26-30 (In Russian). 

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Project: SYNTHESIS OF STEROIDAL ANALOGUES OF ARTEMISININ 

AND 1,2,4,5-TETRAOXANES 

(Academician Milutin Stefanović) 

Mixed tetraoxanes synthesized from cholic acid and 4-oxocyclohexanecarboxylic 

acid were found to be as active as artemisinin against chloroquine-susceptible, 

chloroquine-resistant, and multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains (IC50, 

IC90). The most active compound of this new series was metabolically stable in in vitro 

metabolism studies. In vivo studies on tetraoxanes with a C(4”) methyl group revealed the 

compound which cured 4/5 mice at 600 and 200 mg•kg -1 ⋅day -1 , and 2/5 mice at 50 mg⋅kg - 

1 

⋅day -1 , showing no toxic effects. The studies regarding the mechanism of tetraoxane 

action was also investigated. It was found that in Fe(II)-induced scission of tetraoxane 

anti-malarials, only RO • radicals were detected by EPR experiments. This finding and 

the indication of Fe(IV)=O species led us to propose that RO • radicals are probably 

capable of inducing the death of the parasite. 

Terzić N., Opsenica D., Angelovski G., Lehnig M., Eilbracht P., Tinant B., Juranić J., 

Smith K.S., Yang Y.S., Diaz D.S., Smith P.L, Milhous W.K., Đoković D., Šolaja B.A., 2006: 

Tetraoxane Antimalarials and Their Reaction with Fe(II). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 

49, 3790-3799. 

Šolaja B.A., Opsenica I., Opsenica D., Smith P.L, Anova L., Milhous W.K., Smith K.S. 

2006: Synthesis and activity of modified tetraoxane antimalarials. 1 st European Chemistry 

Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 27 - 31 August 2006. Book of Abstracts, E-PO-91. 

Csanadi J., Milić D.R., Kop T.J., Valeria G., Šolaja B.A. 2006: Structure elucidation of 

a steroidal spiro-derivative by NMR spectroscopy. 8th Central European NMR Symposium 

& 8th Central European Bruker NMR Users Meeting. 18-19 September 2006, Debrecen, 

Hungary. 

Project: CHEMICAL REACTIVITY AND BIOACTIVITY OF NATURALLY 

OCCURRING HYDROQUINONES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES 

(Academician Miroslav J. Gašić) 

A steroidal diepoxide was synthesized and shown to possess a high anti-proliferative 

activity against cancer cell lines in vitro; while in vivo it was either inactive or toxic. A steroidal 

compound with the spiro A/B system was also synthesized and shown to be strongly to moderately 

active, depending on the cell phenotype. 

Regarding the mechanism of action of the synthesized compounds, modification of the 

model protein β-lactoglobulin with the steroidal diepoxide was performed. Mass spectrometry 

showed that one molecule of the steroid was bound to a subunit of the protein, and isoelectrofocusing 

provided evidence that a lysine residue was the site of modification. 

Sladić D., Gašić M.J., 2006: Reactivity and biological activity of the marine 

sesquiterpene hydroquinone avarol and related compounds from sponges of the order 

Dictyoceratida. Molecules, 11, 1-33. 

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Project: INVESTIGATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL CHEMISTRY 

(Academician Ivan Gutman) 

In the plan for year 2006, four main directions of intended research were indicated. Here 

only those results which were published in 2006 or in late 2005 will be mentioned. 

(a) The papers 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 

33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 are concerned with various aspects of the theory of 

conjugated polycyclic, in most cases benzenoid, molecules, i.e., on their electron 

distribution, energetics, Kekulè, Clar, and Fries structures. 

(b) Papers 5, 31 and 40 are concerned with bond orders. 

(c) The book 3 outlines the mathematical theory of the Randić-type molecular structure 

descriptors. Various other graph invariants, especially those of interest in chemistry, 

were investigated in 15, 19, 21, 22 and 32. The paper 41 reports a specific type of 

QSAR research... 

(d) The papers 2 and 13, and to some extent 18, communicate results pertaining to graph 

spectral theory. 

1. Gutman I., Gojak S., Stanković S., Furtula B., 2005: A concealed difference between the 

structure-dependence of Dewar and topological resonance energy. Journal of Molecular 

Structure (Theochem), 757, 119-123. 

2. Sciriha I., Gutman I., 2005: Minimal configurations and interlacing. Graph Theory Notes 

of New York, 49, 38-40. 

3. Li X., Gutman I., 2006: Mathematical Aspects of Randić-Type Molecular Structure 

Descriptors, University of Kragujevac & Faculty of Science Kragujevac, Kragujevac, 

VI+330. 

4. Gutman I., Radenković S., 2006: Extending and modifying the Hall rule. Chemical Physics 

Letters, 423, 382-385. 

5. Sedlar J., Anđjelić I., Gutman I., Vukičević D., Graovac A., 2006: Vindicating the Paulingbond-order 

concept. Chemical Physics Letters, 427, 418-420. 

6. Gutman I., Furtula B., 2006: A Kekulè structure basis for phenylenes. Journal of Molecular 

Structure (Theochem), 770, 67-71. 

7. Gutman I., Borovićanin B., 2006: Zhang-Zhang polynomial of multiple linear hexagonal 

chains. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 61a, 73-77. 

8. Gutman I., Furtula B., 2006: Equivalence of two models for partitioning of π-electrons in 

rings of benzenoid hydrocarbons. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 61a, 281-285. 

9. Gutman I., Radenković S., Trinajstić N., Vodopivec A., 2006: On the relationship between 

π-electron energy and topological resonance energy. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 61a, 

345-348. 

10. Gutman I., Furtula B., Balaban A. T., 2006: Algorithm for simultaneous calculation of 

Kekulè and Clar structure counts, and Clar number of benzenoid molecules. Polycyclic 

Aromatic Compounds, 26, 17-35. 

11. Gojak S., Radenković S., Kovačević R., Stanković S., Đurđević J., Gutman I., 2006: A 

difference between the π-electron properties of catafusenes and perifusenes. Polycyclic 

Aromatic Compounds, 26, 197-206. 

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12. Salem K., Klavžar S., Gutman I., 2006: On the role of hypercubes in the resonance graphs 

of benzenoid graphs. Discrete Mathematics, 306, 699-704. 

13. Sciriha I., Gutman I., 2006: Minimal configuration trees. Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 

54, 141-145. 

14. Gutman I., Zhou B., 2006: Laplacian energy of a graph. Linear Algebra and Its 

Applications, 414, 29-37. 

15. Klavžar S., Gutman I., 2006: A theorem on Wiener-type invariants for isometric subgraphs 

of hypercubes. Applied Mathematics Letters, 19, 1129-1133. 

16. Gutman I., Mateljević M., 2006: Note on the Coulson integral formula. Journal of 

Mathematical Chemistry, 39, 259-266. 

17. Gutman I., Klavžar S., 2006: Chemical graph theory of fibonacenes. MATCH 

Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, 55, 39-54. 

18. Gutman I., 2006: Uniqueness of the matching polynomial. MATCH Communications in 

Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, 55, 351-358. 

19. Liu B., Gutman I., 2006: Upper bounds for Zagreb indices of connected graphs. MATCH 

Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, 55, 439-446. 

20. Gutman I., 2006: Partitioning of π-electrons in rings of polycyclic conjugated molecules 

containing heteroatoms. MATCH Communications in Mathematical and in Computer 

Chemistry, 56, 345-356. 

21. Gutman I., Zhang S., 2006: Graph connectivity and Wiener index. Bulletin de l’Acadèmie 

Serbe des Sciences et des Arts (Cl. Math. Natur.), 133, 1-5. 

22. Gutman I., Miljković O., Zhou B., Petrović M., 2006: Inequalities between distance-based 

graph polynomials. Bulletin de l’Acadèmie Serbe des Sciences et des Arts (Cl. Math. 

Natur.), 133, 57-68. 

23. Gutman I., Gojak S., Radulović N., Furtula B., 2006: Benzenoid molecules with uniform 

distribution of π-electrons within rings. Monatshefte für Chemie, 137, 277-284. 

24. Gutman I., Gojak S., Furtula B., Radenković S., Vodopivec A., 2006: Relating total π- 

electron energy and resonance energy of benzenoid molecules with Kekulè- and Clarstructure-based 

parameters. Monatshefte für Chemie, 137, 1127-1138. 

25. Gutman I., Vodopivec A., Radenković S., Furtula B., 2006: On π-electron excess of rings of 

benzenoid molecules. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 45A, 347-351. 

26. Gutman I., Turković N., Furtula B., 2006: On distribution of π-electrons in rhombus-shaped 

benzenoid hydrocarbons. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 45A, 1601-1604. 

27. Furtula B., Gutman I., 2006: Assessing the distribution of π-electrons into rings of 

phenylenes. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 45A, 1977-1980. 

28. Perić M., Gutman I., Radić-Perić J., 2006: The Hückel total π-electron energy puzzle. 

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 71, 771-783. 

29. Gutman I., Arsić B., Denić M., Stojanović I., 2006: Benzenoid isomers with greatest and 

smallest Kekulè structure counts. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 71, 785- 

791. 

30. Gutman I., Radenković S., 2006: A simple formula for calculating resonance energy of 

benzenoid hydrocarbons. Bulletin of the Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia, 25, 

17-21. 

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31. Radenković S., Gutman I., 2006: On Hosoya bond order of alternant nonbenzenoid 

molecules. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 39-46. 

32. Walikar H.B., Ramane H.S., Sindagi L., Shirakol S.S., Gutman I., 2006: Hosoya polynomial 

of thorn trees, rods, rings, and stars. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 47-56. 

33. Đurđević J., Furtula B., Gutman I., Radenković S., 2006: Dependence of Hess-Schaad 

resonance energy on Kekulè structures. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 57-64. 

34. Gojak S., Gutman I., Furtula B., 2006: On distribution of π-electrons in double linear 

hexagonal chains. U knjizi: I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods in Chemistry, 

Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 63-72. 

35. Turković N., Furtula B., Gutman I., 2006: Electron and energy content of hexagons in 

benzenoid hydrocarbons. In: I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods in Chemistry, 

Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 73-87. 

36. Furtula B., Gutman I., 2006: Partitioning of π-electrons in the rings of benzenoid 

hydrocarbons using Fries structural formulas. In: I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods 

in Chemistry, Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 89-100. 

37. Đurđević J., Furtula B., Gutman I., Kovačević R., Stanković S., Turković N., 2006: Cyclic 

conjugation in annelated perylenes. In: I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods in 

Chemistry, Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 101-117. 

38. Gutman I., Türker L., Vučković V., 2006: McClelland number of conjugated compounds. In: 

I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods in Chemistry, Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 

131-140. 

39. Gojak S., Stanković S., Gutman I., Furtula B., 2006: Zhang-Zhang polynomial and some 

of its applications. In: I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods in Chemistry, Prijepolje 

Museum, Prijepolje, 141-158. 

40. Gutman I., Radenković S., 2006: Investigation of Hosoya bond order. In: I. Gutman (Edit.), 

Mathematical Methods in Chemistry, Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 169-181. 

41. Raška I., Toropov A., Gutman I., Završnik D., Spirtović S., 2006: QSPR modeling of octanol/ 

water partition coefficient of vitamins. In: I. Gutman (Edit.), Mathematical Methods in 

Chemistry, Prijepolje Museum, Prijepolje, 197-208. 

Project: SYNTHETIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY FREE 

RADICAL AND IONIC REACTIONS 

(Academician Živorad Čeković) 

The scientific investigations of this project were realized in laboratories of 

the Faculty of Chemistry and the Center for chemistry, ICTM. The partial synthesis 

of seco-taxoids, possessing an eight-membered cyclic ether ring was realized by the 

opening of the rings C and D. The chemical reactivity and biological activities of the 

prepared compounds were investigated. The corresponding C,D-seco-taxoids does not 

show tubilin stabilization activities or cytotoxicity. In addition to these investigations, 

the reactions of 4(20)-epoxy-5-O-mesyl-taxicine derivatives with bortrifluoride-etherate 

and tetrabutylamonium bromide were investigated under different conditions, whereby 

different reaction products were selectively obtained and characterized. 

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Synthesis of periplanone C feromone was also realized by the application of ring 

closure metathesis/fragmentation reactions. 

Ferjančić Z., Matović R., Čeković Ž., Jiang Y., Snyder J.P., Trajković V., Saičić R.N., 

2006: Synthesis, biology, and modeling of a C-4 carbonyl C,D-seco-taxoid. Tetrahehdron, 

62, 8503. 

Ferjančić Z., Matović R., Saičić R.N., Čeković Ž., 2006: Reactions of α-4(20)-epoxy- 

5-O-mesyl-triacetiltaxine I induced by BF 3 

Et 2 

/Bu 4 

NBr. Journal of the Serbian Chemical 

Society, 71, 705. 

BIOLOGY 

Project: CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM AND CELL PROTECTION FROM 

OXIDATIVE DAMAGES – EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 

(Academician Vojislav M. Petrović) 

In 2006, the investigation of the role of thyroid hormones (TH) in the processes of 

thermogenesis in brown fat (BF) was continued. Since the intensity of thermogenesis in BF is 

regulated by sympatic activation and secretion of noradrenalin, the activity of monoamino-oxidase 

(MAO), which degrades it, antioxidant enzymes (AOS) and the concentration of uncoupling 

protein 1 (UCP 1), as the main metabolic marker of thermogenesis, were investigated. The 

obtained results show that the investigated parameters change significantly in the changed thyroid 

status (hypo or hyper), which points to a direct influence of TH on BF. 

Project: ADAPTIVE LIMITS OF POPULATION-GENETIC POLYMORPHISM 

(Academician Dragoslav Marinković) 

Among 800 analyzed 3 rd -pair chromosomes of D. melanogaster for allozymic 

polymorphisms at five polymorphic loci, only 4 per cent of the combinations out of 972 available 

have been expressed. This suggests a high level of reduction of adaptive polymorphisms at geneenzyme 

levels. Genotypes with a smaller allelic polymorphism are more frequent and probably 

older in evolutionary origin, whereas those which are more versatile are rare and possibly younger 

phylogenetically, originating from the previous ones. The balance between genetic polymorphisms 

and gene-enzyme homeostasis could be the main cause of adaptive restrictions in the variation 

among individuals of a species, explaining their fascinating genetic and physiological similarity. 

Papers are in print concerning further morphogenetic and cytogenetical analyses of human 

inhabitants of our region due to their natural variation (HRC-test) and under the environmental 

pressures (MN-test of blood cells). A necessary involvement of bioethical principles gave rise to 

a series of papers in this field, including the Proceedings of the first National Symposium held in 

SANU this autumn. 

Marinković D., Magić Z., Konstantinov K. (Еds.), 2006: Bioethics in Science and 

Medicine. Proceedings of a Symposium held in SANU 20.10.2006. FRAME ART, Beograd, 

1-148. 

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Marinković D., 2006: Declarations on genetic data and Conventions on human rights 

and biomedicine. In: Bioethics in Science and Medicine, Proceedings of a Symposium held in 

SANU 20. 10. 2006 (Introductory lecture), 1-12. 

Marinković D., 2006: Theodosius Dobzhansky and synthetic theory of evolution. 

Archives of biological sciences, 58, 3, 141-145. 

Stefanovic V., Marinkovic D., 2006: Ethics in biomedical research in Serbia. Revista 

Romana de Bioetica, vol. 4, nr. 3, 89-99. 

Magic Z., Radulovic S., Brankovic M., Jankovic R., Marinkovic D., Dottorini S., 

2006: Awareness of genetic testing in Serbia & Montenegro. Revista Romana de Bioetica, 

vol. 4, nr. 3, 82-88. 

Project: INHERITANCE OF OIL QUALITY IN F1 AND F2 GENERATIONS IN 

SUNFLOWER 

(Corresponding Member Dragan Škorić) 

Field trials with lines of the F 1 

, F 1p1 

, F and F generations were completed. Chemical 

1p2 2 

analyses of the higher fatty acid and tocopherol contents in the oil are in progress. Partial results of 

the analyses showed that the lines differ in the studied traits. Analysis of variance of the combining 

abilities showed highly significant differences for GCA and SCA. The mode of inheritance of the 

traits studied was found to be different in the F 1 

and F 2 

generations. 

The full results of the analysis of the higher fatty acid and tocopherol contents (over 

2,000 samples in total) will be available by the end of the first half of 2007. They will then be 

processed and published in international journals. 

Atlagić J., Terzić S., Škorić D., Marinković R., Vasiljević Lj., Panković-Saftić D., 

2006: The wild sunflower collection in Novi Sad. Helia, Vol. 29, Number 44, 55-65. 

Hladni N., Škorić D., Kraljević-Balalić M., Sakač Z., Jovanović D., 2006: Combining 

ability for oil content and its corelations with other yield components in sunflower (Helianthus 

annuus L.). Helia, Vol. 29, Number 44, 101-111. 

Recognized hybrids in 2006: 

А) Serbia: Duško, Branko, Novosađanin, Karađorđe, Oliva, Vinetu, Stig, Kazanova 

B) Ukraine: 

а. Novi Sad hybrids: Zevs, Kosovo, Morava, Monarh 

b. Joint hybrids: Miroslav, Akcent, Vsesvit, Pesma, Saša, Sava, Terminator, Kongres 

C) Hungary: NS-H-111, Zoltan-PR 

Project: ECOLOGICAL AND GENETICAL STUDIES OF DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA 

POPULATIONS FROM THE CENTRAL BALKANS 

(Corresponding Member Marko Anđelković) 

A set of specifically designed laboratory experiments was carried out to study the 

dynamics and extent of changes within the inversion polymorphism of D. subobscura conditioned 

by the presence of certain concentrations of lead, which is generally one of the most frequent 

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pollutants in various ecosystems, especially from the group of heavy metals. The results obtained 

showed that increased lead concentrations caused significant changes at the level of frequencies of 

entities of inversion polymorphism, which can be accounted for by the differences in the adaptive 

values of the individual cariotypes in different experimental laboratory environments with respect 

to the lead concentration. These results represent another contribution to the elucidation of the 

adaptive significance of inversion polymorphism of D. subobscura, considering the involvement 

of genetic polymorphism within the inversions and inversion complexes as co-adaptive systems. 

The results of these ecogenotoxicological studies offer a real basis for the promotion of inversion 

polymorphism of D. subobscura as a model system in the genetic monitoring of certain modes of 

environmental pollution. 

Ecological-genetic studies of D. subobscura populations were continued in the aspect of 

investigating inversion polymorphism in a natural population of this species. One form of these 

up-to-date investigations was the determination of the extent of subpopulation differences at three 

ecologically very different habitats in the area of Deliblatska Peščara. A study spanning several 

years of the dynamics of D. subobscura genetic pools at two habitats on Mt. Goč was continued, 

whereby the changes in the effective size of these populations were also monitored. 

Kalajdžić P., Stamenković-Radak M., Anđelković M., 2006: The effect of different 

concentrations of lead on inversion polymorphism in Drosophila subobscura. Hereditas, 143, 

42-47. 

Radulović Ž., Milutinović M., Anđelković M., Vujičić Z., Tomanović S., Božić N., 

Marinković D., 2006: Allozyme polymorphism of Mdh and alpha-Gpdh in Ixodes ricinus 

populations: comparison of borreliae-infected and uninfected ticks. Experimental and Applied 

Acarology, 40, 113-121. 

Project: THE ROLE OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS IN THE SENESCENCE 

(Corresponding Member Nikola Tucić) 

During 2006, the role of pre-adult development in moulding longevity of the 

gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) was investigated in two populations exposed to different 

environmental conditions. The first population had experienced locust leaves as the 

exclusive food resource for about 40 years. The second population employed in this 

study originated from a mixed, predominantly oak forest. Since locust leaves are an 

unsuitable food resource, the overall goals of the study were to conduct an investigation 

of the evolutionary responses, in terms of pre-adult development and longevity, after 

extended exposure of the gypsy moth caterpillars to environmental stress and undertake 

a comparison with same traits in population maintained under favorable food conditions. 

Such an approach offers insight into how selection operates in natural systems. 

Tucić N., Šešlija D., 2006: Genetic architecture of difference in oviposition preference 

between ancestral and derived populations of the seed betle (A.obtectus). Heredity, doi: 

10.1038/sj.hdy.6800930. 

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COMMITTEE FOR FLORA AND VEGETATION 

Project: STUDY OF FLORA AND VEGETATION IN SERBIA 

(Corresponding Member Dragan Škorić) 

In 2006, the meetings with the participants in the preparation of the monograph 

Vegetation of Serbia 2 (Vegetacija Srbije 2), which was prepared for printing, were continuously 

held. 

The manuscrupt for ”Vegetation of Serbia 2” was reviewed and its authors acted upon the 

comments made by the reviewers. The contract with the Kultura Printing House was concluded 

for the printing of the monograph, which was submitted to the SASA Publishing Service. Since 

the manuscript was given on tracing paper, it is expected that it will come our soon. 

The preparation of the manuscript for the monograph “Vegetation of Serbia 3”, that is, 

the work on the herbaceous vegetation of Serbia, was continued. 

The work on the manuscript for “Flora of Serbia 2”, which is being transferred into 

electronic form, also continued. Next year, this manuscript will be prepared for printing in 

electronic form. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR STUDY OF THE FAUNA OF SERBIA 


A certain number of members and associates of the Interdepartmental committee for 

the study of the fauna of Serbia from faculties and institutes of Belgrade University and Novi 

Sad University were involved during 2006 in research projects which were directly or indirectly 

related to the study of the animal world of Serbia, and which were financed by the Ministry of 

Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. One of the significant results 

within the entomofauna studies was certainly the publishing of the monograph “The Ants of 

Serbia and Montenegro” (author Ivan Petrov). Equally significant results were also the description 

of a new species Eriophydae for the science of Leipothrix dipsacivagus n.sp., and the registration 

of a new species of mite for the fauna of Serbia, Aculops cannabicola (Farkas, 1960). Faunistic 

studies of species of Lepidoptera were carried out at several localities. Faunistic, taxonomic, 

and biogeographical studies spanning several years on wasp-like flies (Diptera: Syphidae) were 

continued. The biodiversity, variability and protection of amphibians and lizards of the Balkan 

Peninsula were also the subjects of research in the past year. 

A particular activity was carried out within the project „Study of fish parasitic fauna 

of the Danube river“. The project was realized within the collaboration of the Serbian Academy 

of Science and Arts and Bulgarian Academy of Science. The project leader from SANU is 

academician Zlatibor Petrović. After field research on the Danube, the collected parasitological 

material is being processed. Special attention is given to the abundance of acantocephalan 

Pomphorhynchus laevis. 

Petrov I., 2006: The ants of Serbia and Montenegro. Monographs Vol. DCLXI, 

Department of chemical and biological sciences Book. 4.Serbian academy of sciences and arts, 

Belgrade, 2006, 1-136 (in Serbian) 

Cakić P., Đikanović V., Lenhardt M., Kolarević J., Paunović M., Stojanović B., 

Kulisić Z., 2006: A contribution to the knowledge on the parasites of the starlet (Acipenser 

ruthenus L.). Book of abstracts 36th International Conference International Association 

for Danube Research (IAD), 99.

Project: INVESTIGATION OF PARASITOFAUNA OF FISH IN THE DANUBE, ITS 

TRIBUTARIES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PARASITE OCCURRENCE DUE 

TO ANTHROPOGENIC FACTOR POLLUTION 

(Academician Zlatibor Petrović, Prof. Iglika Nedeva, Ph.D.) 

This Project arises from the cooperation of the Bulgarian and Serbian Academy of 

Science. Superintendent of the zoocoenoses topic on the mentioned project is academician 

Zlatibor Petrovic and Dr. Marko Anđelkovic from the board of the Serbian Fauna Associate of 

the Academy of Science. The performers of the task on this project are co-author Dr. Predrag 

Cakic and Dr. Mirjana Lenhardt from the Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, 

Belgrade. From the Bulgarian side is Prof. Dr. Iglika Nedeva with associates - Dr. Margarita 

Gabrashanska, Dr. Valentin Radev, Elena Karaivanova, M.Sc. and Georgi Atanasov, M.Sc. from 

the Institute for Experimental Pathology and Parasitology, Sofia. 

In period from 28 June to 2 July 2006, it was attempted to collect fish material form 

the Danube River near Smederevo. The results were poor, i.e., catch by the fisheries was not 

successful, probably because of the very high water level of the Danube River at this time. In 

period from 1 November to 5 November 2006, fish material, especially Barbus barbus, was also 

collected at sampling sites near Smederevo. During the same period, this fish species was also 

caught at the sampling site Visnjica, downstream from Belgrade. This time, the field work was 

successful. The collected material is in the process of determination and identification in the 

laboratory. Special attention is directed at the presentation of the acanthocephala Pomphorhynchus 

laevis. In the other caught fish, the material analyses and determination of the found parasites is 

in progress. It should be pointed out that Metagonimus yokogawai metacercaria (Cestoda), which 

cause zoonoze in humans, were, for the first time, found in the Serbian part of the Danube River. 

A paper about this cestode is written and is presently under review. 

Lenhardt M., Finn R.N., Cakic P., Kolarevic J, Krpo-Cetkovic J., Radovic I., Fyhn H.J., 

2005: Analysis of the post-vitellogenic oocytes of three species of Danubian Acipenseridae. 

Belgian Journal of Zoology, 135 (2), 205-207. 

Moravec F., Simkova A., Hanzelova V., Spakulova M., Cakic P., 2005: Philometroides 

barbi sp. nov. (Nematoda, Philometridae) from Barbus meridionalis, a new philometrid from 

Еuropean freshwater fish. Acta Parasitologica, 2005, 50 (4), 319-322. 

Lenhardt M., Jaric I., Bojovic D., Cvijanovic G., Gacic Z., 2006: Past and current status 

of sturgeon in the Serbian part of the Danube River. Book of abstracts, 36th International 

Conference International Association for Danube Research (IAD), 27. 

Stojanovic B., Paunovic M., Simic V., Cakic P., Petrovic A., Jakovcev-Todorovic D., 

Đukovic A., 2006: Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Veliki Rzav catchments area (Serbia, the 

Danube Basin) – the preliminary results. Book of abstracts, 36th International Conference 

International Association for Danube Research (IAD), 41. 

Paunovic M., Milovanovic M., Simic V., Ninkovic D., Stojanovic B., Petrovic A., 

Cakic P., Babic-Mladenovic M., Ignjatovic J., 2006: The state of the art the Water Framework 

Directive implementation in Serbia – typology and type specific reference conditions. Book of 

abstracts, 36th International Conference International Association for Danube Research 

(IAD), 67. 

Paunovic M., Cakic P., Stojanovic B., Jakovcev-Todorovic D., Đikanovic V., Milosevic 

S., 2006: The results of analyses of the diet composition of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) in the 

Danube River (km 1163-1173). Book of abstracts, 36th International Conference International 

Association for Danube Research (IAD), 85. 

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Cakic P., Đikanovic V., Lenhardt M., Kolarevic J., Paunovic M., Stojanovic B., 

Kulisic Z., 2006: A contribution to the knowledge on the parasites of the starlet (Acipenser 

ruthenus L.). Book of abstracts, 36th International Conference International Association 

for Danube Research (IAD), 99. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF 

MATERIALS 

Project: INVESTIGATION OF PROCESSES OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF 

MATERIALS 

(Academician Momčilo M. Ristić) 

Fundamental principles of the science of sintering were studied. Special attention was 

paid to the problems of the mechanism of sintering from the viewpoint of the electronic theory of 

solid state. Theoretical and experimental investigations contributed to a deeper knowledge of the 

kinetics and mechanism of sintering. 

Empirical laws of phase stability and physico-chemical properties of transition metals of 

the IV th group of the Periodic element system were studied as a function of chemical composition, 

temperature and pressure. The effect of a correlative interaction in their electronic system was 

confirmed. 

A method of automatic microstructure analysis of sintered materials was developed 

and applied to investigating the isothermal sintering of BaTiO 3 

. The multidisciplinary problem 

of optimization of complex structures, including problems of the consolidation of materials, 

was studied. A method was developed and an instrument was constructed for thermomagnetic 

investigation of the consolidation of materials using a modified Faraday method. 

Pryadko L.F., Nikolić Z.S., Nikolić M.V., Radić S.M., Labus N., Maričić A., Ristić 

M.M., 2006: General Principles of the Kinetics and Mechanism of Sintering, Institute of 

Technical Science of SASA and Techical Faculty – Čačak, 66 pp. 

Pryadko L.F., Ristić M.M., Verhoturov A.D., 2006: Валентная неустойчивость 

переходны элементов как фактор фазообразования. Proceedings International Symposium 

Principles and Processes of Inorganic Materials Synthesis, Habarovsk, 75-78. 

Nikolić Z.S., 2006: A Simple Model for 3-D Visualization of Model Topology due to 

Rearrangement in Liquid Phase Sintering. Computers & Matematics, with Applications, 51, 

551-558. 

Maksimović S., Zeljković V., Ugričić M., 2006: Multilevel Optimization Approach 

Applied to Structural Design Including Material Consolidation. Proceedings 2nd WSEAS 

International Conference on Applied and Teoretical Mechanics, Venice, Italy, 13-18. 

Ristić M.M., Nikolić M., 2006: Sixty Years of the Theory of B.Ya. Pines. Science of 

Sintering, 38, 201-202. 

Project: RESISTIVITY OF MATERIALS TO CORROSION 

(Academician Dragutin Dražić) 

The study of the chemical and electrochemical behavior of chromium and 304 stainless 

steel in sulfuric acid of pH 0.5 – 3 was continued. Special attention was paid to the processes 

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controlling the open circuit potentials under both activated and passive surface conditions. 

Also, the effects of the presence of chloride ions in the solution were examined. It was shown 

that chromium exhibits two corrosion potentials, one for the active and the second one for the 

passivated surface. For concentrations of NaCl higher than 3.5 M, only the open circuit, or 

corrosion potential, on an active surface was observed. 304 stainless steel cannot be activated 

by cathodic polarization, exhibiting only the open circuit potential corresponding to the passive 

surface. The presence of chloride ions does not affect very much the open circuit potentials, but 

affects greatly the anodic polarization curves and the passivation currents. 

Jegdić B., Dražić D.M., Popić J.P., 2006: Corrosion potentials of 304 stainless steel in 

sulfuric acid. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 71, 543. 

Jegdić B., Dražić D.M., Popić J.P., 2006: Influence of chloride ions on the open circuit 

potentials of chromium in deaerated sulfuric acid solutions. Journal of the Serbian Chemical 

Society, 71, 1087. 

Project: SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF NEW CRYSTAL AND AMORPHOUS 

MATERIALS 

(Academician Pantelija M. Nikolić) 

Work on the application of the photoacoustic method for the characterization of isotopic 

and anisotropic materials continued. 

Investigation of the effect of doping PbTe with boron and nickel was continued. 

The synthesis and thermal diffusivity of NTC samples was investigated. 

The optical reflectivity of PbTe and PbSnTe doped with rare earth metals (Yb, Sm, 

Nd, Gd) in the far infrared range was investigated in cooperation with scientists in Thessalonica 

(Aristotle University - Greece) and the Max Plank Institute, Stuttgart, Germany. 

Luković D., König W., Blagojević V., Jakšić O., Nikolić P.M., 2006: Far Infrared 

Spectroscopy of PbTe doped with Ni. Materials Research Bulletin, 41, 367-375. 

Savić S.M., Aleksić O.S., Nikolić M.V., Luković D.T., Pejović V.Ž., Nikolić P.M., 

2006: Thermal diffusivity and electron transport properties of NTC samples obtained by the 

photoacoustic method. Materials Science аnd Еngineering B, 31, 216-221. 

Savić S.M., Aleksić O.S., Nikolić P.M., Luković D.T., 2006: Geometrical and 

electrical properties of NTC polycrystalline thermistors vs. changes of sintering parameters. 

Science of Sintering, 38, 3, 223-230. 

Zorba T., Pavlodou Е., Stanojlović M., Bikoaris D., Paraskevoloulos K.M., Nikolić 

V., Nikolić P.M., 2006: Technique and palette of XIII th century painting in the monastery of 

Mileševa. Applied Physics A, 83, 719-725. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS 

(Academician Ljubiša Rakić) 

An important activity of the Committee in 2006 was the organization of the International 

Symposium in SASA “Neurobiology Today” - Dedicated to the 50 th Anniversary of the Belgrade 

Neurobiological School, with participation of 200 scientists from Serbia and abroad. 

Together with the School of Dentistry, Belgrade and UCLA (USA), we were co 

organizer of the scientific meeting “Current Status of Titanium Interaction with Ossius Tissue 

and Mechanical Loading”. 

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Project: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF STRESS RESPONSE 

(Academician Dušan T. Kanazir) 

ANTI-OXIDATIVE BIOMARKERS AND CARCINOGENESIS 

Cancer development includes three major steps, initiation, promotion and progression, 

in which oxidative stress is involved. Oxidative stress is defined as an imbalance between the 

level of pro-oxidants and anti-oxidants, in favor of the former, which results in irreversible cell 

damage. The lipid peroxidation levels and anti-oxidant enzyme activities in women diagnosed 

with different forms of uterine cell transformations were explored in order to evaluate the 

extent of oxidative stress in the blood of such patients. Blood samples of healthy subjects and 

gynecological patients were collected and subjected to assays for superoxide dismutase, catalase, 

glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and lipid hydroperoxides. The results show that 

alterations of measured parameters vary with the enzyme type and diagnosis. However, both 

reduction in anti-oxidants and elevation of lipid peroxidation were observed in general. In 

addition, the lipid hydroperoxides level were negatively correlated to the activities of superoxide 

dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, as well as positively correlated to the catalase activity. 

The obtained results also show that perturbation of anti-oxidant status is more pronounced in 

the blood of patients with premalignant (hyperplastic) and malignant (adenocarcinoma) lesions, 

compared to those with benign uterine changes, such as polypus and myoma. 

ALTERATIONS IN THE HIPPOCAMPAL ANTI-OXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITIES 

AND THE SYMPATHO-ADRENOMEDULLARY SYSTEM OF RATS IN RESPONSE 

TO DIFFERENT STRESS MODELS 

The aim of this study was to investigate the activity of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase 

(CuZnSOD), manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), catalase (CAT) in the hippocampus 

and the levels of adrenaline (A) and noradrenaline (NA) in blood samples under various stress 

conditions. Wistar rats were divided into three groups as following: control group (C), the group 

which were stressed by individual housing for 21 days (LTI) and group which were submitted 

to long-term forced swimming every day for 15 min in water heated to 32 0 C during 21 days 

(LTS). The rats from these groups were subsequently subjected to immobilization (IMMO) or 

cold (CO) for 2 h. The additional stress conditions induced anti-oxidant enzymes only in animals 

pretreated with long-term stress. Various types of long-term stress induce different effects on the 

activities of hippocampal anti-oxidant enzyme and plasma catecholamines. The most pronounced 

“priming” effects of long-term isolation was on the CuZnSOD and CAT activity, whereas longterm 

swimming had the same effects on the MnSOD level. The highest elevation of plasma 

catecholamines was observed in long-term isolation rats, a lower degree in long-term swimming 

rats and the least of all in the control rats. The additional stressors, immobilization or cold, led 

to the most conspicuous activation of the hippocampal CuZnSOD and CAT and sympathoadrenomedullary 

system in the group exposed to long-term isolation. Based on these results, it 

may be concluded that long-term isolation, as a psychological stress, acts as a stronger stressor 

than long-term forced swimming stress. 

Pajović S.B., Saičić Z.S., Pejić S., Kasapović J., Stojiljković V., Kanazir D.T., 2006: 

Antioxidative biomarkers and cancerogenesis. Jugoslovenska medicinska biohemija, 25, 

397- 402. 

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Pajović S.B., Pejić S., Stojiljković V., Gavrilović Lj., Dronjak S., Kanazir D.T., 2006: 

Alterations in hippocampal antioxidant enzyme activities and sympatho-adrenomedullary 

system of rats in response to different stress models. Physiological Research, 55, 453-460. 

Todorović A., Pejić S., Kasapović J., Stojiljković V., Pajović S.B., Kanazir D.T., 

2006: Regional differences in antioxidative response of rat brain after cranial irradiation. Acta 

Physiologica Hungarica, 4, 341-346. 

Project: REGULATION OF CELL PROTECTION AGAINST OXIDATIVE DAMAGES 

UNDER CONDITIONS OF MAINTAINED HOMEOSTASIS AND ITS DISRUPTIONS 

(Academician Vojislav M. Petrović) 

The effect of thyroxin on the activities of anti-oxidant enzymes and GSH content in 

brain (cortex and rest of the brain) of different matured rats (30, 60 and 90 days) were studied. 

Thyroxin treatment decreased the activities of Mn SOD, CuZn SOD and the CAT and GSH-Px 

activities in the rest of the brain in comparison with control rats. A significant decrease of the 

GSH content in the rest of the brain of 30-day-old rats was detected, while the activity remained 

unchanged in the 60- and 90-day-old rats. The different response of immature rats to thyroxin 

compared to older animals could be attributed to the differences in thyroxin metabolism and the 

developmental pattern. 

The effect of some products of the biotransformation of nitroglycerine (NTG) and their 

consequences on the redox status of rat erythrocytes and reticulocytes were considered in the 

absence and presence of functional mitochondria in these cells, respectively. The obtained results 

show that two pathways of NTG biotransformation exist in reticulocytes: one generating RNS 

and the other connected with Hb (as in erythrocytes). NTG biotransformation is different in 

erythrocytes and reticulocytes due to the presence of mitochondria in the latter. 

In this study, the possible protective effects of coenzyme Q 10 

(CoQ 10 

) and vitamin 

E (Vit. E) alone or in combination against cadmium (Cd) induced alterations of anti-oxidant 

defense system (CuZn SOD, Mn SOD, CAT, GSH-Px, GST, GR, Vit C and Vit E) in the rat heart 

were investigated. The obtained results support the assumption that CoQ 10 

and Vit E functions 

cooperatively with endogenous anti-oxidants and diminished some toxic effects of Cd in rat 

hearts. 

In this work, the systemic NF-kB activation in blood cells of breast cancer patients 

was investigated. The NF-kB and anti-oxidative defense enzyme (SOD and CAT) expression in 

whole blood cell lysate of women with breast cancer were determined before and after combined 

therapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil, CAF), in respect to the controls. The 

obtained results show that it appears that breast cancer creates conditions which increase the 

level of hydrogen peroxide in the circulating cells and that the applied CAF therapy fails to 

compensate, thereby creating systemic conditions which favor the survival and invasion of breast 

cancer cells. 

In this work the effects of endothelin (ET-1) and the NOS inhibitor, L-NAME on the 

uric acid and urea concentrations were compared. L-NAME increased the mean arterial pressure, 

decreased renal blood flow and increased vascular resistance in the carotid and renal arteries and 

increased the plasma uric acid and urea concentrations. ET-1 significantly decreased the uric acid 

concentration in plasma but did not affect the plasma urea concentration compared to the control 

group. 

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Spiny cheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus L.) were found in the Serbian part of the 

River Danube (August 2004). A description of the biology, origin and distribution of this species, 

as well as the potential impact to the aquatic ecosystems is presented and discussed. This is the 

first record of this invasive crayfish in the Serbian part of the River Danube. In addition, the 

results could indicate that there is potential risk for the expansion of O. limosus in other regional 

waters in the future. 

In this study, some biochemical and physiological parameters of oxidative stress which 

are significant biomarkers of ecological pollution of the sea were investigated. The obtained results 

show that the intensity of oxidative stress in the liver of red mullet was higher in comparison to 

muscles. It was also higher in winter than in spring. In conclusion, the parameters of oxidative 

stress in the tissues of red mullet are good markers for the biomonitoring of environment 

conditions. 

The Danube River was the aim of our investigations. We studied the concentrations of 

Vitamin E and sulphydryl group in the hepatopancreas, gills and muscles of three crayfish species 

were studied. The concentrations of the examined parameters in the investigated tissues are good 

markers for the biomonitoring of environmental conditions. Differences between investigated 

parameters are the consequence of species and tissues specificity. 

The lipid peroxidation levels and the activities of anti-oxidative enzymes in women 

diagnosed with different forms of uterine cell transformations were examined, in order to 

evaluate the extent of oxidative stress in the blood of such patients. The obtained results show 

that perturbation of the anti-oxidant status is more pronounced in the blood of patients with 

premalignant and malignant lesions compared to those with benign uterine changes such as 

polypus and myoma. 

In this study, the influence of coenzyme Q10 on the concentrations of vitamin C, 

vitamin E and coenzyme Q in the testes of rats chronically treated with Cd was investigated. It 

can be concluded that CoQ10 administration in rats chronically treated with Cd exerts significant 

beneficial effects on the investigated parameters in the testes, resulting in improved anti-oxidant 

protection against Cd toxicity. 

In this study, the energy status in whole blood and erythrocytes in healthy and preeclamptic 

women was evaluated. The study suggests that pre-eclampsia was followed by an 

elevation of all parameters of the energy status in whole blood and in erythrocytes, as a result of 

an increased rate of glycolysis. 

Oxidative stress parameters (LP and GSH) in the liver and white muscle of hake and 

sea bream were investigated. The obtained results show that the concentration of LP was higher 

in the liver of hake and sea bream than in the muscles. However, the concentration of GSH was 

higher in the muscles than in the liver. These results indicate tissue and species specifities of the 

investigated parameters. 

Different effects of nitric oxide (NO) in organisms were noted due to the applied 

experimental model, its relative concentration and cellular environment in which it is produced. 

The activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sCG) and the increased production of cyclic guanosine 

monophosphate (cGMP) induced by NO are the molecular basis for the control of arterial blood 

pressure and platelate aggregation. The interaction of NO with Mn SOD may represent a novel 

mechanism by which Mn SOD protects cells from the deleterious effects associated with an 

overproduction of NO. The obtained results will be discussed in connection with the unique 

signaling mechanism of nitroxyl. 

In this work the mechanisms of oxidative stress, as well as their effects on cell signaling 

were discussed. It was shown that two very important transcriptional factors, NF-kB and AP-1, 

were directly modulated under the influence of oxidative stress. A recent study provided strong 

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evidence that oxidative stress plays a crucial role in normal aging and may contribute to pathologic 

processes, such as arteriosclerosis, cataracts and neurodegenerative diseases. This study is 

dedicated to the molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress, and their role in the pathophysiology 

of some diseases. 

In this work, the concentrations of LP and reduced GSH in the liver and white muscle 

of hake and sea bream from the Adriatic Sea were investigated. Physical-chemical parameters 

(salinity, concentration of dissolved oxygen and temperature) were also determined in the water 

of the investigated locality. The obtained results showed that the concentration of LP was higher 

in the liver of hake and sea bream in comparison to white muscle. However, a significantly higher 

concentration of GSH was found in the white muscle of both investigated species in comparison 

to the liver. 

The aim of this study was to evaluate the processes of energy metabolism in 

phenylhydrazine hydrochloride (PhCl)-induced rat reticulocytes. It was shown that oxygen 

consumption was lower in the Ph-Cl induced than in the bleeding-induced reticulocytes. The 

adenine nucleotide levels were higher, while the ATP:ADP ration were lower in the erythrocytes 

of PhCl-treated rats. The energy processes in the PhCl-induced reticulocytes were sufficiently 

stable to result in the maturation of these cells into normal erythrocytes. 

In this work, the oxidative stress in the plasma of patients with non-Hodgkin’s 

lymphoma (NHL) was studied. It was investigated when superoxide anion radicals (O 2 

.- 

), lipid 

peroxides (TBARS) and reduced glutathione (GSH) could be prognostic factors for the clinical 

stages and histological types of NHL). The obtained results showed oxidative damage in the 

investigated cells. O 2 

.- 

, TBARS and GSH could be useful and additional prognostic factors for a 

better diagnosis, together with other defined criteria. 

Pre-eclampsia represents a pregnancy specific syndrome characterized by elevated arterial 

blood pressure and proteinuria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the oxidative status in the 

plasma of pre-eclamptic women and the possible employment of these parameters as biomarkers 

of pre-eclampsia. The obtained results show that the concentrations of NO 2- 

, O 2 

.- 

and H 2 

O 2 

were 

significantly higher in the plasma of pre-eclamptic women. The obtained data indicate an increased 

capacity of plasma to generate reactive oxygen species and nitrogen species in pre-eclampsia. 

The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of the anti-oxidative status in the 

erythrocytes of women with hyperlipidemia. The obtained results showed that hyperlipidemia 

induces oxidative stress and increased contents of O 2 

.- 

, H 2 

O 2 

and LP in erythrocytes. The increase 

in the activities of CuZn SOD and CAT in erythrocytes appears to be a response toward increased 

oxidative stress. 

In this work the oxidative stress and anti-oxidative defense system in erythrocytes 

of men with hyperglycemia were investigated. The concentrations of O 2 

.- 

, H 2 

O 2 

, LP and GSH, 

as well as the activities of CuZn SOD, CAT and GST were investigated. The obtained results 

showed increased O 2 

.- 

, H 2 

O 2, 

LP and GSH concentrations, as well as increased activities of CuZn 

SOD and CAT. Detoxification of LP products was also catalyzed by their conjugation with GSH 

by the enzyme GST. 

Saičić Z. S., Mijalković D.N., Nikolić A.L., Blagojević D.P., Spasić M.B., 2006: Еffect 

of thyroxine on antioxidant defense system in the liver of different aged rats. Physiological 

Research, 55, 389-396. 

Marković S.D., Ognjanović B.I., Štajn A.Š., Žikić R.V., Saičić Z.S., Radojičić R.M., 

Spasić M.B., 2006: The effects of nitroglycerine on the redox status of rat erythrocytes and 

reticulocytes. Physiological Research, 55, 561-568. 

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Ognjanović B.I., Marković S.D., Pavlović S.Z., Žikić R.V., Štajn A.Š., Saičić Z.S., 

2006: Combined effects of coenzyme Q 10 

and vitamin Е in cadmium induced alterations of 

antioxidant defense system in the rat heart. Еnvironmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 

22, 219-224. 

Adžić M., Nićiforović A., Vučić V., Nešković-Konstantinović Z., Spasić S.D., Jones 

D.R., Radojčić M.B,. Spasić M.B., 2006: Systemic NF-Kb activation in blood cells of breast 

cancer patients. Redox Report, 11, 39-44. 

Popović T., Jovović Đ., Miloradović Z., Mihailović-Stanojević N., Spasić M., 2006: 

The effects of endothelin and L-NAMЕ on plasma uric acid and urea concentration in wistar 

rats. Acta Veterinaria, 56, 181-189. 

Pavlović S.Z., Milošević S.M., Borković S.B., Simić V.M., Paunović M.P., Žikić R.V., 

Saičić Z.S., 2006: A report of Orconectes (Faxonius) limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) [Crustacea: 

Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae: Orconectes: Subgenus Faxonius from the Serbian part of 

the Danube River. Biotechnology Еquipment, 1, 53-57. 

Žikić R.V., Ognjanović B.I., Marković S.D., Pavlović S.Z., Mihajlović R.P., Saičić 

Z.S., Štajn A.Š., 2006: Lipid peroxidation and the concentration of antioxidant compounds 

(vitamin Е and vitamin C) in the liver and white muscle of red mullet (Mullus barbatus L.) from 

the Adriatic Sea. Periodicum Biologorum, 108, 139-143. 

Kovačević T.B., Pavlović S.Z., Borković S. S., Radojičić R.M., Saičić Z.S., 2006: The 

concentration of antioxidant compounds in the hepatopancreas, the gills and muscle of some 

freshwater crayfish species. Acta Biologica Hungarica, 57, 449-458. 

Pajović S.B., Saičić Z.S., Pejić S., Kasapović J., Stojiljković V., Kanazir D.T., 2006: 

Antioxidative biomarkers and cancerogenesis. Jugoslovenska Medicinska Biohemija, 25, 

397–402. 

Pavlović S.Z., Ognjanović B.I., Štajn A.Š., Žikić R.V., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Еffect of 

coenzyme Q 10 

on ascorbic acid, vitamin Е and coenzyme Q concentrations in testes of rats 

chronically exposed to cadmium. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 58, 19P -20P. 

Marković S.D., Dragićević Đoković Lj.M., Đorđević N.Z., Ognjanović B.I., Štajn 

A.Š., Žikić R.V., Petrović V.M., Babić G.M., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Еnergy status of whole blood 

and erythrocytes in preeclampsia. Iugoslave Physiologica Pharmacologica Acta, 42, 51-56. 

Ognjanović B.I., Filipović J.Ž., Marković S.D., Žikić R.V., Štajn A.Š., Petrović V.M., 

Saičić Z.S., 2006: Lipid peroxidation and glutathione content in the liver and white muscle of 

hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) and sea bream (Pagellus erythrinus L.) from the Adriatic sea. 

Iugoslave Physiologica Pharmacologica Acta, 42, 129-139. 

Spasić M.B., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Еffects of nitric oxide redox transformation on its 

regulatory function. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific meeting with international participation 

Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of Protection, Serbian Physiological Society with 

Faculty of Science, Kragujevac and Serbian Biological Society ″Stevan Jakovljević″, 

Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia, November 2-4, Plenary Lecture, Abstract Book, 20-21. 

Pajović S.B., Pejić S., Stojiljković V., Todorović A., Kasapović J., Saičić Z.S., 

2006: Oxidative stress and cell signalling. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific meeting with 

international participation Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of Protection, Serbian 

Physiological Society with Faculty of Science and Serbian Biological Society ″Stevan 

Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, Serbia, November 2-4, Plenary Lecture, Abstract Book, 22-23. 

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Ognjanović B.I., Filipović J.Ž., Nikolić D., Marković S.D., Pavlović S.Z., Žikić R.V., 

Štajn A.Š., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Lipid peroxidation and glutathione content in tissues of hake 

(Merluccius merluccius L.) and sea bream (Pagellus erythrinus L.) from the Adriatic sea. II 

International symposium of Еcologists of the Republic of Montenegro, Kotor, Montenegro, 

September 20-24, The Book of abstracts and programme, 91. 

Marković S.D., Ognjanović B.I., Štajn A.Š., Žikić R.V., Saičić Z.S., Spasić M.B., 

Petronijević N.D., Petronijević M.R., 2006: Еnergy metabolism of rat red blood cells after 

experimentally phenylhydrazine-induced reticulocytes. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific 

meeting with international participation Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of Protection, 

Serbian Physiological Society with Faculty of Science and Serbian Biological Society ″Stevan 

Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, Serbia, November 2-4, Abstract Book, 34. 

Vukajlović M.Đ., Marković S.D., Ognjanović B.I., Jurišić V., Žikić R.V., Štajn A.Š., 

Jančić R., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Oxidative stress in plasma of patients with non-hodgkin′s disease. 

The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific meeting with international participation Oxidative Stress 

and the Mechanisms of Protection, Serbian Physiological Society with Faculty of Science and 

Serbian Biological Society ″Stevan Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia, November 

2-4, Abstract Book, 43. 

Babić G.M., Đorđević N.Z., Marković S.D., Ognjanović B.I., Žikić R.V., Štajn A.Š., 

Saičić Z.S., 2006: Oxidative stress in plasma of preclamptic women. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary 

scientific meeting with international participation Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of 

Protection, Serbian Physiological Society with Faculty of Science and Serbian Biological 

Society ″Stevan Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, November 2-4, Abstract Book, 50. 

Milutinović T.B., Ranković M.I., Ognjanović B.I., Marković S.D., Đorđević N.Z., Štajn 

A.Š., Žikić R.V., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Alteration oxidant–antioxidant status in erythrocytes women 

with hyperlipidemia. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific meeting with international participation 

Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of Protection, Serbian Physiological Society with Faculty 

of Science and Serbian Biological Society ″Stevan Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia, 

November 2-4, Abstract Book, 53. 

Ranković M.I., Milutinović T.B., Ognjanović B.I., Marković S.D., Đorđević N.Z., 

Štajn A.Š., Žikić R.V., Saičić Z.S., 2006: Parametric oxidative stress and antioxidant defense 

system in erythrocytes men with hyperglycemia. The 2 nd Multidisciplinary scientific meeting 

with international participation Oxidative Stress and the Mechanisms of Protection, Serbian 

Physiological Society with Faculty of Science, Kragujevac and Serbian Biological Society 

″Stevan Jakovljević″, Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia, November 2-4, Abstract Book, 59. 

Project: HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS AND REGULATION SYSTEM OF 

BEHAVIOR 

(Academician Ljubiša Rakić) 

1. Combined effects of amphetamine (AMPH) and phencyclidine (PCP) 

in rat brain 

In this study, the differential effects of AMPH, PCP and their combination on the motor 

activity in rats and the effects of drug-induced behavior on the modulation of the DNA binding 

activity of the AP-1 complex were examined. In attempt to investigate the composition of the AP-1 

complex after different drug treatments, the members of the Fos and Jun protein families were also 

evaluated. The observed cross-sensitization to AMPH and PCP suggests a better understanding of 

the molecular mechanisms underlying psychomotor stimulation at the behavioral level. 

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2. Effects of anti-cancer drugs in sensitive and resistance human tumor cell lines. 

Exposure of human non-small, cell lung carcinoma to gradually increasing concentrations 

of doxorubicin resulted in a new cell line which was resistant to DOX and cross-resistant to 

etoposide, paclitaxel, vinblasin and epirubicin. Slight cross-resistance to two MDR-unrelated 

drugs, sulfmosine and 8-C1 cAMP, was observed. Further work should develop appropriate 

modulators of resistance aimed at improving the outcome of acquired drug resistance in brain 

tumor and lung carcinoma. 

3. Therapeutic effect of nucleoside analogs on the experimental autoimmune 

encephalomyelitis in Dark Agouti rats 

The effect of combined treatment with two nucleoside analogs (ribavirin and tiazofurin) 

on the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a commonly used 

animal model of the human disease multiple sclerosis, actively induced in highly susceptible Dark 

Agouti rats, was investigated. The obtained results showed that ribavirin and tiazofurin applied 

either separately or in combination from the onset of the first symptoms of EAE (therapeutic 

treatment) significantly suppressed the clinical symptoms of EAE. However, the most pronounced 

effect was gained with combined treatment, probably as a result of synergistic/additive action. 

4. Distribution of ectonucleotidases activity in the rat forebrain and up-regulation 

of the activity after cortical injury 

An immunohistochemical study was performed to determine the distribution of ectonucleotide 

pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterasel (NPP1) in adult rat forebrain. The study revealed 

a widespread distribution of NPP1 in the rat forebrain, with regional differences in the expression 

pattern and abundance. NPP1 was mainly localized at the neuronal cell bodies, but was also 

detected at ependymal cells, tanycytes, endothelial cells of the capillaries and cells of the choroid 

plexus, suggesting that NPP1 could be involved in some highly specialized transport processes. 

Cortical injury induced a significant increase in NTPDase 1 and ecto 5’-nucleotidase activities 

in the injured cortex, whereas in other brain areas, only an increase in the ecto 5’-nucleotidase 

activity was observed. Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed significant changes in enzyme 

expression around the injury site. Additionally, the results suggest that up-regulation of the 

ectonucleotidase activity after cortical injury is predominantly catalyzed by cells which activate 

in response to injury, i.e. microglial cells (NTPDase 1) and astrocytes (ecto 5’-nucleotidase). 

5. Investigation of the transport of endogenous nucleobases and nucleosides 

through brain barriers 

During 2006, in the realm of this project, the transport of endogenous nucleobases 

and nucleosides through the brain barriers was investigated. Two different experimental models 

were used: in situ perfusion of isolated sheep choroid plexus (CP) and in vitro model of sheep 

CP monolayer of epithelial cells. The aim was to investigate and characterize the mechanisms 

involved in the transport of nucleic acid precursors from blood into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), 

as well as from CSF into blood. Transport studies in both experimental models were performed 

using the paired tracer dilution method (with radioactively labeled mannitol as the reference 

molecule). 

6. Evaluation of monocyte viability and phagocytosis in Alzheimer’s disease patients 

using flow cytometry 

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In addition to transport studies, a study of the evaluation of monocyte viability and 

phagocytosis in Alzheimer’s disease patients using flow cytometry was commenced. The aim of 

the study was to assess the characteristics of monocytes isolated from the peripheral blood of AD 

patients and compare them with those of monocytes from control subjects. The patients selected 

were with probable AD, according to the NINCDS/ADRDA criteria. Control subjects were ageand 

sex-matched and cognitively unimpaired. The differential leucocyte count revealed that the 

variability of the monocyte count was higher in AD patients than in controls. Flow cytometric 

analysis of PBMCs cultivated with 1-42 FITC-labeled Abeta for 24 hours showed that the mean 

Abeta-FITC uptake by monocytes was significantly lower in the cells from AD patients compared 

to the Abeta uptake by monocytes from the control, age-matched subjects. The presence of FITClabeled 

Abeta inside the cells was additionally shown using immunocytochemistry. 

7. New perspectives on the roles for neurotransmitters in early (“pre-nervous”) 

embryogenesis 

The existence of functionally active, pre-nervous neurotransmitter systems is based on 

older pharmacological and biochemical evidence. Recently, potential components of the prenervous 

serotonergic (5-HT) and endocannabinoid systems have been identified at different stages of 

development in echinoderm embryos using proteomic approaches, such as immunocytochemistry, 

Western blotting and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Experiments with reserpine 

provided evidence for the putative existence of a vesicular monoamine transporter in early sea 

urchin embryos. 

Milanovic D., Pesic V., Veskov R., Rakic Lj., Kanazir S., Ruzdijic S., 2006: 

Еnhancement of AP-1 DNA-binding activity during amphetamine- and phencyclidine-mediated 

behaviour in rats. Neuropharmacology, 50, 924-933. 

Jankovic D., Pesic M., Markovic J., Kanazir S., Markovic I., Rakic Lj., Ruzdijic S., 

2006: The combination of sulfmosine and 8-Cl-cAMP induces synergistic cell growth inhibition 

of the human neuroblastoma cell line in vitro. Investigational New Drugs, 24 (1), 15-24. 

Pesic M., Markovic J.Z., Jankovic D., Markovic I.D., Rakic Lj, Kanazir S., Ruzdijic 

S., 2006: Induced resistance in the human non small cell lung carcinoma (NCI-H460) cell line 

in vitro by anticancer drugs. Journal of Chemotherapy, 18 (l), 66-73. 

Pejanovic V., Piperski V., Ugljesic-Kilibarda D., Tasic J., Dacevic M., Medic-Mijacevic 

L., Gunic Е., Popsavin M., Popsavin V., 2006: Synthesis and biological activity of some new 

5’-O-acyl tiazofurin derivatives. Еuropean Journal of Medical Chemistry, 41 (4), 503-512. 

Smiljanic K., Marinkovic P., Mladenovic A., Ruzdijic S., Kanazir S., 2006: Dietary 

Restriction Modulates Cyp46 Еxpression in Aging Rat Brain. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 2(3), 

Suppl 1, S443. Alzheimer’s Association, The l0th International Conference on Alzheimer’s 

Disease and Related Disorders, July 15-20, 2006, Madrid, Spain. 

Stojkov D., Lavrnja I., Subasic S., Bjelobaba L., Pekovic S., Gađanski L., Mostarica- 

Stojkovic M., Stosic-Grujicic S., Rakic Lj., Stojiljkovic M., 2006: Therapeutic effect of 

nucleoside analogues on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Dark Agouti rats. 

Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 58 (1), 13-20. 

Bjelobaba L., Nedeljkovic N., Subasic S., Lavrnja I., Pekovic S., Stojkov D., 

Rakic Lj., Stojiljkovic M., 2006: Immunolocalization of ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/ 

phosphodiesterase 1 (NPPl) in the rat forebrain. Brain Research, 1120 (1), 54-63. 

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Nedeljkovic N., Bjelobaba L., Subasic S., Lavrnja I., Pekovic S., Stojkov D., Vjestica 

A., Rakic Lj., Stojiljkovic M., 2006: Up-regulation of ectonucleotidase activity after cortical 

stab injury in rats. Cell Biology International, 30 (6), 541-546. 

Project: Etiology, Diagnostics and Therapy of High Risk PregnancY 

- EXPERIMENTAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH 

(Academician Vojin Šulović) 

Great attention is being paid to the development of the assisted reproduction technique. 

Particular interest is to analyze factors which influence the possibilities of the implantation of 

human embryos. These factors have essential influence on the success of assisted reproduction 

technology. The conditions that enable the development of human embryos under in vitro 

conditions were investigated. The regularity of human embryo development depending on 

ovulation stimulation and applied medicines, insemination methods and other conditions were 

analyzed. The application of hyperbaric conditions in the treatment of infertility and for improving 

the effects of stimulation for patients with ovarial insufficiency was also analyzed. In addition, 

the analyzes encompassed the application of hyperbaric conditions for patients with inadequate 

endometrium in vitro fertilization. 

Different possibilities of non-invasive and minimal invasive techniques in the diagnostics 

and therapy of reproductive disturbances. 

Particular attention was paid to the fetus with morphologic disturbances – congenital 

anomalies. The pathophysiologic mechanism of disturbance formation and genetic anomalies 

which lead to them were analyzed. Different possibilities of the diagnostic of fetus anomalies 

were compared by means of ultrasonic and magnetic resonance. The protocols of the treatments of 

fetus with congenital anomalies, together with reports on consultation examination and decisions, 

were analyzed, taking into account the complexity of the medical, ethic, loyal, social and other 

elements of importance for the problem. 

In the previous period, the authors paid special attention to the analysis of factors which 

have impact on the negative natural increment. Reproduction is a central, individual and general 

condition for survival. From a number of factors which have impact on human reproduction, 

the authors analyzed the medical, emphasizing the data on frequency, etiology, possibilities 

of discovery and treatment of anomalies which lead to infertility: spontaneous abortion and 

premature delivery. The knowledge of the causes of conception impossibility, its diagnostic and 

treatment were analyzed. 

Fetus suffering is one of the central problems of contemporary obstetrics, to which 

the authors paid attention. Fetal distress is a state of changed physiology leading to death or 

permanent disturbance. It encompasses the disconnection of normal fetus oxygenation, starting 

with mild hypoxia to serious fetal asphyxia. By hypoxia, a reduced supply of oxygen to the tissue 

is understood, while asphyxia is a combination of hypoxia and metabolic acidosis. The largest 

part of the consequences of distress appears during the prepartal period, while the intrapartal 

period is combined with the highest frequency of distress. Neonatal damage and cerebral 

paralysis are ten times more frequent as the consequences of prenatal than of intrapartal fetus 

suffering. The seriousness of direct and/or long-term consequences, as well as the impossibility 

of adequate prediction, immediate diagnostic and efficient therapy makes this problem one of the 

most important in contemporary perinatal medicine. The influence of fetus asphyxia before and 

after delivery is studied by analysis of the intermediary (acid-base state of the fetus before and 

after delivery, Apgar score at the 1 st and 5 th minute and neonatal encephalopatia) and definitive 

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variables (perinatal death, cerebral paralysis, disturbance in neurology development). Analysis of 

the efficiency of diagnostic and therapy procedures directed at the prevention of the consequences 

of fetus asphyxia is measured also by the effects on maternal mortality and morbidity and through 

the increased number of (abdominal and vaginal) deliveries realized by operation. 

Mitrović A., Nikolić B., Dragojević S., Brkić P., Ljubić A., Jovanović T., 2006: 

Hyperbaric oxygen and in vitro fertilisation. Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics 

& gynaecology, 46 (5), 456-457. 

Stojnić J., Ljubić A., Jeremić K., Radunović N., Tulić I., Bošković V., Dukanac J., 

2006: Medicamentous abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol in Serbia and Montenegro. 

Vojnosanitetski pregled, No 6, 63, 558-563. 

Mitrović A., Nikolić B., Dragojević S., Brkić P., Ljubić A., Jovanović T., 2006: 

Hyperbaric oxygenation as a possible therapy of choice for infertility treatmant. Bosnian 

Journal of basical medical sciences, 6, 21-24. 

Micić D., Šumarac-Dumanović A., Cvijović G., Pejković D., Cvetković M., Ljubić A., 

Dukanac-Stamenković J., 2006: Use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion by a portable 

insulin pump during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes mellitu. Vojnosanitetski 

pregled, Military–Medical and Pharmaceutical Review, 63 (7), 648-651. 

Mirković Lj., Ljubić A., 2006: Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of 

uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina and renal agenesis: a case report. Archives of 

Ginecology and Obstetrics, 274, 246-247. 

Ljubić A., Jovanović I., Parezanović V., Tadić J., Novakov A., 2007: Congenital 

Cardiac Tumors. Donald School Atlas of Fetal Anomalies, Asim Kurjak, FA Chervenek, JM 

Carrera, New Delhi, 159-164. 

Ljubić A., Novakov A., Jovanović I., Lukač M., Krstić Z., 2007: Anomalies of the 

Lungs. Donald School Atlas of Fetal Anomalies, Asim Kurjak, FA Chervenek, JM Carrera, 

New Delhi, 165-173. 

Pendić Z., Šulović V., Majstorović V., Pendić R., 2006: IMS Implementation within 

Health Care Sector in Republic Serbia – Some Recommendations. Tehnika, godina LXI, 11, 

Beograd. 

Project: Kidney as an endocrine organ 

(Academician Sveto Suša) 

Special attention was devoted to an anlysis of the urinary syndroms, bearing in mind the 

influence of insulin and glucagon on renal and extraretal metabolic changes. Insulin resistance and 

insulin sensitivity were investigated, especially in patients with endemic nephropathy. In addition, 

IFG-1 values were determined in all patients. To a degree, they point to the early detection of factors 

for the development of kidney disorder. 

In the second part of the study, the influence of a therapeutical agent on the lessening 

of insulin resistance and of the consecutive proteinuria reduction, as a therapy model, was 

investigated by applying an ACE inhibitor, whose investigation still continues. Investigations 

also covered secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal insfficiency, as well as the role 

of vasoactive hormones in the hypertension of renal patients, where a clear disproportion was 

ascertained. 

In addition, the results of studying cytokine in the pathogenesis of endemic 

glomerulonephritis show that they can serve as a useful indicator in monitoring the evolution 

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of glomerulopathies, regardless of their etiology. The investigations of cytokine and growth 

hormone in urine point to some degree of clinical significance that different therapy modalities 

are already being gradually applied in the treatment of these patients. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE “MAN AND ENVIRONMENT” 


In the year 2006, two meetings of the Committee were held, at which current issues of 

the protection of the natural and living environment were discussed. The committee organized 

and delivered an invited lecture by the committee’s associate Prof. Dr.. Lidija Amidzic, director 

of the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, entitled “The Protection of Nature in Serbia”. 

The president and several members of the committee actively participated at meetings organized 

by other institutions dedicated to current issues which fall within the scope of the committee’s 

program. The committee has, on behalf of the Academy, participated with the French Academy of 

Sciences and the Vinca Institute in the organization of the Serbian‐French summer school entitled 

“Renewable Energy Sources: an Environmental Multidisciplinary Approach”. The members 

of the committee realized their professional activities related to the committee’s field of work 

primarily in reputed scientific institutions. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGETICS 

Project: SOLAR ENERGY AND CHARACTERIZATION 

OF APPLIED MATERIALS 


This year the results of previous research related to possible energy gain in sun-tracking 

solar converters were processed and published. The economic efficiency of solar collectors and 

PV systems has been calculated using cost-benefit analysis and some elements of validity analysis. 

The results based on theoretical considerations and measurements were analyzed. 

Investigations of the changes in the optical and photoacoustic properties of YBa 2 

Cu 3 

O were continued. The synthesis and characterization of doped thick film TiO 7- 

and NiO solar 

× 2 

materials were studied. 

Pucar M., 2006: Еffect of Reflection of Sunlight on Illuminance and Еnergy Gain of 

Greenhouse. 23 rd International PLЕA Conference on Passive and Low Еnergy Architecture, 

Geneva, 183-188. 

Nenković M., Pucar M., 2006: Aarhus Convention Aims in Еnergy Management 

in Serbia. Еnvironmental Еngineering and Management Journal (ЕЕMJ), Technical 

University of Iasi, Romania, 6, 1371-1379. 

Nikolić M. V., Nikolić P. M., Blagojević V., Paraskevopoulos K. M., Zorba T. T., 

Vasiljević-Radović D.M., Ristić M., 2006: Infrared properties of sintered α-MnSe. International 

Journal of Materials Research, 97, 666-669. 

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Project: RESEARCH ON TECHNICAL CONDITIONS OF SYNTHESIS AND 

CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERCONDUCTING COILS 


Research on changes in the properties of superconducting materials (Y,B,CuO 7-x 

) with 

ageing was continued in 2006. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RESEARCH ON LIVES 

AND WORK OF SERBIAN SCIENTISTS IN SERBIA AND OF SERBIAN ORIGIN 

SCIENTISTS OUTSIDE SERBIA 

(Academician Vladan Đorđević) 

At the end of 2005, Volume X of the edition Lives and Work of Serbian Scientists 

(Život i delo srpskih naučnika), containing the biographies and bibliographies of thirteen 

scientists, was published. 

The book was distributed to the members of the Committee at its session of 22 March 

2006. The material for a special publication, which will contain the abstracts and portraits of 125 

scientists, published in the first ten volumes of the edition, in English, was prepared for printing 

and submitted to the SASA Publishing Service. 

During the year, many contacts with the authors, sponsors and others were made so as 

to ensure the funds and material for printing. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROJECT ADDITION TO THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS 

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMISTRY IN SERBIA 


Underway is the final processing of the data on the SASA contributions in the fields of 

chemistry, chemical technology and chemical engineering, as well as in the related muldisciplinary 

fields, including research projects, scientific publications, development of specializations being 

of special significance, scientific cooperation among scientists, etc. 

The gathering of historical material was also continued, laying special emphasis on the 

publications in the mentioned fields. 

INTERACADEMIC COOPERATION OF SASA AND MONTENEGRIN ACADEMY 


INTERACADEMIC COMMITTEE ON CATALYSIS 


The effects and experiences of four seminars entitled “New Challenges in Catalysis” 

organized to date by the Board have been considered. In contrast to the favorable assessment 

in international scientific circles, strong support of domestic industry and considerable financial 

assistance of the state administration, the academic community showed modest interest for the 

current progress in catalysis presented on the seminars. 

This confirmed the concept of the conference “Catalysis as a scientific – technical 

discipline in science, education and social progress” planned by the Board for 2006 but postponed 

for the 2007 in order to meet the education reform in the country. 

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With regard to the actual ecological situation, the Board initiated the organization of a 

conference dedicated to the possible scientific contribution of catalysis to an improvement of the 

actual ecological situation. 

Project: ISOLATION, CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION 

OF MARINE NATURAL PRODUCTS 

(Academician Miroslav J. Gašić) 

The anti-fouling activity of avarol, avarone and their derivatives was tested against 

marine bacteria, microalgae and mollusks. Most of the investigated compounds showed high 

activity. 

A lectin was isolated in a very pure state from the coral Gerardia savaglia using affinity 

and gel chromatography. Investigation of the carbohydrate specificity showed that the lectin binds 

D-mannose, D-glucose, methyl α-D-mannopyranoside, methyl α-D-glucopyranoside, a bird nest 

polysaccharide and mannan from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 

Kapetanović R., Sladić D., Popov S., Zlatović M., Kljajić Z., Gašić M.J., 2005: Sterol 

composition of the adriatic sea algae Ulva lactuca, Codium dichotomum, Cystoseira adriatica 

and Fucus virsoides. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 70, 1395-1400. 

Marechal J.-P., Hellio C., Veron B., Clare A.S., Novaković I., Tufegdžić S., Sladić D., 

Gašić M.J., Tsoukatou M., Vagias C., Roussis V., 2006: Antifouling activities of avarol/avarone 

and their derivatives against marine bacteria, microalgae and barnacles. 13 th International 

Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Tsoukatou M., Hellio C., Vagias C., Marechal J-P., Clare A.S., Novaković I., 

Tufegdžić S., Sladić D., Gašić M.J., Roussis V., 2006: Antifouling activity of mediterranean 

sponge metabolites and synthetic analogues. 4th European Conference on Marine Natural 

Products, SI, 1, http://ejns.univ-lyon1.fr/fichiers/140.pdf 

Project: AQUACULTURE OF THREATENED SPECIES OF FISHES 

AND APPLICATION IN PROTECTION AND RESTITUTION OF NATURAL 

POPULATIONS 

(Academicians Dragoslav Marinković, Goran Karaman, Ju. Gerasimov) 

According to the planned activities in 2006, the glass eel and the early pigment 

development stadium of eels (elvers) under conditions of intensive aquaculture were studied. 

The obtained results showed that the pigmented stadium could be a good morphological indicator 

for the selection of the stadium of eels for rearing in aquaculture. 

The action spectrum of the electroretinographic (ERG) b-wave and the unmasked late 

receptor potential (LRP) were measured under a variety of conditions (isolated eyecup, detached 

retina, b-wave recording in fresh preparations, LRP measurements after low-temperature aging, 

dark and light adaptation). A new model for spectral sensitivity data was developed. 

Gačić Z., Damjanović I, Mićković B., Hegediš A., Nikčević M., 2006: Spectral 

sensitivity of the dogfish shark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 

DOI 10.1007/s10695-006-9113-6. 

Milošević M., Bajić A., Gačić Z., 2006: The d-wave of electroretinogram of perch 

originates in the cone pathway. Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade, 58 (4), 33P-34P. 

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INTERACADEMIC COOPERATION OF SASA 

AND BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 

Project: NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM PLANT SPECIES AND MARINE 

ORGANISMS: MEDICINAL AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE 

(Prof. Dr. Slobodan Milosavljević, Academician Miroslav J. Gašić) 

Continuing our investigations of secondary metabolites of wild-growing plant species 

of Serbia and Montenegro, members of the following families were examined: 

1. ASTERACEAE: genera, Anthemis and Achillea. 

2. GENTIANACEAE: genus, Gentianella 

From the aerial parts of the examined species belonging to the genera Anthemis and 

Achillea, several sesquiterpene lactones and flavonoids were isolated. All the isolated compounds 

were identified by spectroscopic methods. 

Extracts of the aerial parts and roots of the endemic species Gentianella crispata, G. 

albanica, G. bulgarica and G. austriaca, as well as some of the isolated compounds (xanthones) 

exhibited the following biological activities: anti-radical (DPPH test), radioprotective and antimicrobial. 

Vujisić Lj., Vučković I., Tešević V., Đoković D., Ristić M. S., Janaćković P., 

Milosavljević S., 2006: Comparative examination of the essential oils of Anthemis ruthenica 

and A. arvensis wild-growing in Serbia. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 21 (3), 458-461. 

Trifunović S., Vajs V., Juranić Z., Žižak Ž., Tešević V., Macura S., Milosavljević S., 

2006: Cytotoxic constituents of Achillea clavennae from Montenegro. Phytochemistry, 67, 

887-893. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES 

Project: Theoretical And experimental research of metal 

structures and their influence on contemporary design 

and construction 

(Academician Nikola Hajdin) 

The subproject “Elasto-plastic behavior of metal plates, plate and box girders” deals 

with box-girders with wide flanges subjected to bending and torsion and plate girders subjected to 

centric and eccentric patch loading. An experimental and theoretical investigation of the stability 

and ultimate load was performed. The subproject “Dynamics of structures” is directed primarily 

to bridges. The research included problems of the impact and the noise - structure borne sound 

and bridges as its source. The subproject “Composite structures of steel and concrete” dealt 

with the analysis of composite structures according to the theory of elasticity and the theory of 

plasticity and with a theoretical analysis of the influence of the deformability of the connectors 

on the behavior of composite beams. 

Research was continued on all subprojects. The results were presented at international 

and domestic conferences and in monographs. 

1. Hajdin N., Marković N., 2006: Stiffened plate girders under the action of patch loading. 

Theoretical and experimental Research of elasto-plastic Behaviour of engineering 

Structures (Еds: Igić T., Stojić D.), University of Niš, Civil Еngineering and Architectural 

Faculty of Niš, Niš, 31-43. 

2. Hajdin N., Marković N., 2006: Ultimate Resistance of the Longitudinally Stiffened Plate 

Girders Subjected to Patch Loading. Proceedings, 21 st Czech and Slovak International 

Conference Steel Structures and Bridges 2006, Septembеr 20-23, Bratislava, Slovakia, 

157-162. 

3. Knežević M., Šćepanović B., Lučić D., 2006: Artificial Neural Network Application 

in Еccentric Patch Loading Еxperimental Research. The Tenth Еast Asia-Pacific 

Conference on Structural Еngineering and Construction, Asian Institute of 

Тechnology, Bangkok, 269-274. 

Project: STUDYING, CONSTRUCTING AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF THE 

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPS 

(Academician Petar Miljanić) 

After the first year of realization of the project “Development of a new generation of 

river cargo ships”, Ministry of Science and Environment project TR-6317 A, financing stopped 

because the participation from users was not satisfactory in a sufficient amount. This was the 

main reason why after 60 years, the Shipbuilding Department ceased with continuous work. The 

practical realization was decent, but more papers were published as the results of preliminary 

work. 

During 2006, some studies were executed within the framework of three projects in 

reduced capacity and number of topics. Within the limits of the project “Experimental and 

laboratory research on models of ship equipment” work on advanced equipment was continued 

with the highlight being on applications on modern ships. The application of an electric drive for 

paddle wheeler ships was studied. Some results of the applications of paddle wheeler drives were 

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presented at an international symposium. Some results of our work on the project, emphasizing the 

current protection from corrosion and anti-fouling were presented at an international symposium. 

Supported by the JP Elektrodistribucija Beograd Company, work on the measurement of relevant 

parameters and the checking of all systems in function in the Chilandar Monastery’s Treasury 

was completed after a year of work. Some results of the research at the Chilandar Monastery are 

published. 

Within the scope of the project “Ship resistance and propulsion study” the resistance 

of floating objects was studied, with the purpose of a higher efficiency of propulsors for floating 

objects of various dimensions. Work on the study and perception of the application of electric 

machines in smaller and bigger floating units on inland waterways was continued. In light of 

Tesla’s paper from 1917, some modern applications were initiated and one paper was published 

at a symposium. 

During 2006, within the project “Study in contemporary shipbuilding”, contemporary 

shipbuilding of inland, sea and eco ships was studied. Within this project, contemporary 

shipbuilding of river pushers was studied. Some results of the work on a new solution to the 

drive of Danube pushers were published in a national review. After studying the situation of 

exhaust gases of the main propulsion engines, a solution for the recovery of the exhaust system 

for the ship “Avala” was suggested to the ship owner, the Hidrozavod Company. The Project is 

certified in the Yugoregistar. A theoretical analysis of the stability of river container ships under 

the influence of wind was reviewed and the paper was published in an international review. The 

company Invest – Import was financing the project of a general design of a stationary business 

floating object. The interests in this project were guided by studying a contemporary building 

business floating object and a project was made. 

Hofman M., Maksić I., Bačkalov I., 2006: Some Disturbing Aspects of Inland Vessel 

Stability Rules. Journal of Ship Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, July (2006), 1-14. 

Nikolic Z., Miljanic P., 2006: Nikola Tesla and Electric Drive for Battle Ships. 

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium Nikola Tesla, Belgrade, 85-88. 

Nikolić Z., Stamenović B., Dakić P., 2006: Comparison of Impressed current protection 

systems in Fresh and Seawater. Proceedings of the 17 th Symposium on Theory and Practice 

of Shipbuilding, Sorta 2006, Opatija, 233-243. 

Bilen B., Nikolić Z., Martinović Ž., 2006: New Concept Of Driving Applied To The 

Side Paddle-Wheel Propelled Ships. Proceedings of the 17 th Symposium on Theory and 

Practice of Shipbuilding, Sorta 2006, Opatija, 457-464. 

Project: Advanced Engineering Ceramics 

(Academician Momčilo M. Ristić) 

Mechanical activation of BaTiO 3 

was investigated. Non-isothermal and isothermal 

sintering of non-activated and activated samples was also investigated. The sintering mechanisms 

were established and the process activation energy was determined using the Dorn method. 

A detailed investigation of the infrared spectra of sintered α-MnSe was performed. The 

optical properties of sintered metal-ceramic materials were also investigated. 

Correlation between the process of structural relaxation, crystallization and relative 

changes of the magnetic susceptibility of amorphous Fe 1.5 

Si 5.2 

B 3 

Co 0.5 

metal-ceramic alloy was 

also investigated. Crystallization of the investigated material was investigated using differential 

scanning calorimetry. 

Frenkel’s theoretical work of significance for materials science was analyzed. 

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The possibilities for obtaining different structures and properties of high-temperature 

superconducting ceramics based on (PACO) during the sintering process were investigated. The 

samples obtained in this way were analyzed using X-ray structural analysis, as well as FTIR and 

Raman spectroscopy. 

Nikolić M.V., Pavlović V.P., Pavlović V.B., Ristić M.M., 2006: Analysis of Еarly- 

Stage Sintering Mechanisms of Mechanically Activated BaTiO 3 

. Science of Sintering, 38, 

239-244. 

Nikolić M.V., Nikolić P.M., Blagojević V., Paraksevopoulos K.M., Zorba T.T., 

Vasiljević-Radović D., Ristić M.M., 2006: Infrared properties of sintered α-MnSe. International 

Journal of Materials Research (formerly Z. Metallkd.), 97, 5. 

Kalezić-Glišović A., Novković L., Maričić A., Minić D., Mitrović N., 2006: 

Investigation of structural relaxation, crystallization process and magnetic properties of the Fe- 

Ni-Si-B-C amorphous alloy. Materials Science and Еngineering B, 131, 45-48. 

Pavlović V.B., 2006: Contribution of Frenkel’s Theory to the Development of Materials 

Science. Science of Sintering, 38, 3-6. 

Project: Synthesis and properties of thin and thick films 


During 2006, the following was done: 

1. The research on the optimal design and the provision of technological conditions 

for the construction of air flow and wind velocity sensors, based on the segmented thick-layered 

termistors, was continued. 

2. The synthesis and properties of thick NiO films were investigated, in cooperation with 

Professor Paraskevopoulos from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. 

3. The research on the possibilities for the characterization of thermal and electronic 

properties of superlattice structures by applying the photoacoustic method, was continued. 

Aleksić O.S., Nikolić P.M., Paraskevopulos K.M., 2006: Volume air flow sensors 

based on NTC thick film segmented thermistors. Microelectronics International, 23, 3, 14- 

18. 

Project: PRECISION MEASUREMENT OF AC CURRENT 

(Academician Petar Miljanić) 

In the hydraulic power station Bistrica, the generator reactances were measured. 

Modified definitions of rms and average values were used. The speed of the unexcited generator 

was slightly smaller than the synchronous speed. Three currents and three generator reduced 

voltages were sampled with a sampling rate of 2500 Hz. A new approach in which the rms values 

were obtained as continuous varied quantities proved to be much more convenient than the use 

of the envelope of instantaneous values of voltage and current, as was the usual method before. 

Also a program written in Visual Basic was able to show how the active (average) power of all 

phases changes. 

Additional digital equipment was installed in the new sophisticated digital oscilloscope 

in the Faculty of Technical Science in Novi Sad. 

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Project: NEW MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THEORY OF STRUCTURES, 

THEORY OF ELASTICITY AND THEORY OF PLASTICITY (Academician Đorđe 

Zloković) 

The group supermatrix procedure of Zloković, given in his books Group theory and 

G-vector spaces in structural analysis: vibration, stability and statics (Horwood/John Wiley) 

and Group supermatrices in finite element analysis (Horwood/Prentice Hall), was implemented 

into finite element analysis in mechanics and applied to large complex structures of architectural, 

civil and mechanical engineering. Following the previous derivations of stiffness matrices, the 

modular system of the group supermatrix procedure is formulated and presented in his papers: 

Zloković G., 2006: Group supermatrix modular structure developed on properties 

and relations of symmetry groups C 2 

, D 2 

, D 2h 

. Bulletin T.CXXXII de l’Académie serbe des 

sciences et des arts, Classe des Sciences techniques, Nº 30, 61-89, Beograd. 

Zloković G., 2006:Group supermatrix modular structuring by symmetry groups D 2 

and 

D 2h 

. Bulletin T.CXXXII de l’Académie serbe des sciences et des arts, Classe des Sciences 

techniques, Nº 30, 91-102, Beograd. 

The group supermatrix modular structure was developed from relations of the symmetry 

groups C 2 

, D 2 

, D 2h 

. The cumulative relationship of their character tables, elements (symmetry 

operations), shape functions and boundary conditions in coordinate planes, is present also in their 

group supermatrices in normal and diagonal forms according to the common modular pattern. 

The group supermatrix modular structure is present in stiffness matrices of the rectangular plate 

in flexure and in arbitrary non-symmetrical quadrilateral and hexahedral finite elements. 

In the group supermatrix procedure, the directions of nodal displacements and rotations 

parallel to the coordinate axes are in agreement with symmetry types of particular G-invariant 

subspaces of the space of the object. Each subspace possesses its own set of positive directions 

in quadrants or octants, which differs from respective sets of positive directions in other 

subspaces. 

Nodal displacements and rotations are obtained by summing up the respective 

displacements and rotations of simple symmetry adapted unit cases of loads in the shape of groups 

of vectors of forces or moments in particular subspaces. A quarter of the object is used in the first 

quadrant, or an eighth of the object in the first octant, where such a part has boundary condition in 

coordinate planes in accordance with the symmetry type of the subspace. The system of equations 

that determines nodal displacements and rotations has a stiffness matrix in block diagonal form 

with submatrices for each subspace independently. 

An alternative way to obtain nodal displacements and rotations is the utilization of known 

load members for particular bars, where, instead of the stiffness matrix of the object, one forms its 

inverse matrix in the shape of the basis transformation TDT -1 , where T is the group transformation 

matrix and D the block diagonal matrix, with load members as its elements. Nodal displacements 

and rotations are obtained by summing up the respective displacements and rotations from the 

subspaces. 

In comparison with the conventional utilization of symmetry properties in finite element 

analysis, the group supermatrix modular structuring provides sets of independent systems of 

equations with much smaller matrices and provides large reductions in formulation and the 

amount of computation. 

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Project: INHIBITORS OF THE CORROSION OF METALS 

(Academician Dragutin Dražić) 

The adhesion and corrosion stability of a kataphoretic epoxy coating on the 

modified surface of zinc plated steel was examined. The surface of the zinc plated steel was 

modified by the formation of a surface layer of various structures and composition (oxides, 

chromate or phosphate). For the phosphated surface, the influence of different concentrations 

of fluoride ions was studied, as well as the influence of temperature. These modified surfaces 

were coated cataphoretically with an epoxy layer, as a primer, and adhesions of such coatings 

before and after exposure to the action of a 3 % solution of NaCl, as the corrosion agent, were 

measured. The surface of the steel was also modified by the electrodeposition of a polyaniline 

(PANI) coating and the stability against corrosion of such a protective system was examined. 

Mišković-Stanković V.B., Dražić D.M., 2006: The Еffect of Surface Modification on 

the Corrosion Stability of Еpoxy Coated Steel. Bulletin T. CXXXII de l’ Academie Serbe des 

Sciences et des Arts, Classe des Sciences techniques, 30, 11-32. (Review) 

Grgur B.N., Gvozdenović M.M., Mišković-Stanković V.B., Kačarević-Popović Z., 

2006: Corrosion behavior and thermal stability of electrodeposited PANI/epoxy coating system 

on mild steel in sodium chloride solution. Progress in Organic Coatings, 56, 214-219. 

Project: STABILITY TESTS OF CONTROL OF HUMANOID ROBOTS 

IN CONTACT WITH DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT 

(Academician Miomir Vukobratović) 

In the frame of the project, during 2006, the number of the degrees of freedom of 

humanoid robots was expanded. A relationship between the degree of anthropomorphism and the 

numbers of DOF-s was formed. Very necessary information was obtained concerning how many 

numbers of DOF-s are required for satisfactory anthropomorphic movement of humanoid robots 

It is very important how the DOF-s are chosen for the most efficient stabilization of 

the dynamic balance of humanoid robots. A generalized approach to the modeling of human and 

humanoid motion was formed. Instead of the usual inductive approach which commenced with 

the analysis of different situations of real motion (such as bipedal gait and running; playing tennis, 

soccer, or volleyball; gymnastics on the floor or using some gymnastic apparatus; etc.) and tried 

to make a generalization, the considered deductive approach commenced with the formulation of 

a completely general problem and derived different real situations as special cases. The concept 

and the software realization were verified by comparing the results with the ones obtained using 

“classical” software for one well known particular problem – biped walk. The applicability and 

possibilities of the proposed method are demonstrated by the simulation of selected examples. 

The simulated motion included landing on one foot (after a jump), the impact, a dynamically 

balanced single-support phase, and the overturning (falling down) when the balance is lost. It was 

shown that the same methodology and the same software can cover all these phases. 

Vukobratovic M., Borovac B., Potkonjak V., 2006: ZMP: A Review of Some Basic 

Misunderstandings. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, January issue, Vol. 3, No 

2, 153-175. 

Vukobratovic M., Rodic A., 2006:Contribution to the Integral Control of Biped 

Locomotion Mechanisms. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, January issue, Vol. 

2, No 3, 361-387.

Potkonjak V., Vukobratovic M., Babkovic K., Borovac B., 2006: General Model 

of Dynamics of Human and Humanoid Motion: Feasibility, Potentionals and Verification. 

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 2. No 1, 156-173. 

Vukobratovic M., Rodic A., 2006: Control of Biped Locomotion Mechanisms in 

Service Tasks Requiring Appropriate Trunk Postures. Еngineering & Automation Problems, 

International Journal, special issue, September 2006. 

Filipović M., Vukobratović M., 2006: Contribution to modeling of elastic robotic 

systems. Еngineering & Automation Problems, International Journal, special issue, 

September 2006. 

Filipović M., Potkonjak V., Vukobratović M., 2006: Humanoid robotic system 

with and without elasticity elements walking on an immobile/mobile platform. Journal of 

Intelligent & Robotic Systems, International Journal, December 2006, 157-186. 

Project: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING 

(Academician Vladan Đorđević) 

During 2006, the work on the Project was focused mainly on fluid flow in a boundary 

layer and porous media, and on the problems of the hydrodynamic stability theory and the flow 

of gas-particle mixtures in fluidized beds. 

Đorđević V.D., 2006: On a model equation that reflects some of the shear flow 

hydrodynamic stability properties. Bulletin T. CXXXIII de l’Academie serbe des sciences et 

des arts, Classe des Sciences mathematiques et naturelles, Sciences mathematiques, No. 

31, 29-40. 

Pavlovic М.D., 2006: Temperature boundary layer on a rotating surface - the problem 

of the constant temperature wall. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 33, 2, 91-104. 

Sasic S., Johnsson F., Leckner B., 2006: Inlet boundary conditions for the simulation of 

fluid dynamics in gas-solid fluidized beds. Chemical Еngineering Science, 61 (16), 5183-5195. 

Sasic S., Leckner B., Johnsson F., 2006: Time-frequency investigation of different 

modes of bubble flow in a gas-solid fluidized bed. Chemical Еngineering Science, 121 (1), 

27-35. 

Project: PROBLEMS OF INTERACTION FOUNDATION - SOIL 

(Academician Dušan Milović) 

In this study, the behavior of a raft foundation, subjected to uniform and non-uniform 

loading and unloading, was analyzed. The raft was assumed to be of any rigidity. An elastic, 

isotropic and homogeneous half-space was used as the soil model. 

Alternatively, it was also assumed that the thickness of the compressible layer was limited 

by a rigid substratum. For this model, the theoretical solution for the calculation of the values of 

settlements, stresses, bending moments, torque, contact stresses and shear forces were obtained. 

In order to perform the parametric analysis, a computer program NONunif was developed. The 

theoretical study was carried out by means of the finite element method, by the finite difference 

method and by double Fourier’s series. The failure of one grain elevator was analyzed on the 

basis of the registered data and on the theoretical results for the settlement and inclination of the 

structure. The available results show that excessive differential settlements and inclination are 

caused by the non-uniform loading 

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Similar analyses were made for two other grain elevators. The values of the settlement 

were measured during several years and in one case, a very uniform settlement was registered, 

while in the other, remarkable differential settlements were noticed. In the later case, a number of 

crakes occurred and the damage to the structure reduced its safety and serviceability 

On the basis of the theoretical results and the calculated values of settlements, moments 

and contact stresses, it can be stated that non uniform loading and unloading can produce 

considerable increases of differential settlements, torque, contact stresses and, consequently, a 

very dangerous inclination. For this reason, it may be concluded that for structures like grain 

elevators, the choice of the type of the foundation must be made on the basis of a very serious 

considerations, taking into account the fact that local heterogeneity of the soil under the foundation 

can not be easily detected. However, despite these unfavorable circumstances, it is possible to 

use a raft foundation when the sub-soil is of moderate compressibility. However, the loading and 

unloading, as well as the development of the settlements must be under permanent control. 

The obtained theoretical and observed results of this study are prepared for a publication 

entitled: “Settlements of raft foundation on a compressible layer of finite thickness - non-uniform 

loading“. 

Project: INFRARED AND LASER TECHNIQUE 

(Academician Aleksandar Marinčić) 

In connection with the planned work for 2006, two themes have been covered: 

- Work was continued on the application of standard H.264/AVC in video transmission 

over IEEE802.11 based wireless networks. 

- New photodiodes radiating high level white and blue lights were investigated and 

modeled. 

Bojković Z., Milovanović D., 2006: H.264 video transmission over IЕЕЕ802.11 based 

wireless networks: QoS cross-layer optimization. WSЕAS Transactions on Communications, 

Issue 9, Volume 5, 1777-1782, September 2006. 

Bojković Z., Milovanović D., 2006: H.264 video transmission over IЕЕЕ802.11 based 

wireless networks: QoS cross-layer optimization. 10th WSЕAS International Conference on 

Communications CSCC2006, Session: mobile services, video services, wireless networks and 

protocols, Athens, Greece. Invited paper. 

Project: Numerical techniques and data bases for 

development of plasma technologies for applications in 

micro electronics and nano-technologies 

(Corresponding Member Zoran Petrović) 

In the past year a book was published which in some part represents results obtained 

through this project. 

The primary goals of the research were to establish the cross section data for electrons in 

N 2 

O, O 2 

and HBr. The calculations were based on both two term and multi term solutions of the 

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Boltzmann equation and on Monte Carlo codes. The data from different sources were compiled 

and fitted to yield the best cross section sets comprised of all relevant processes. 

A major effort was commenced in an attempt to provide a wide basis of data for negative 

ions. Existing techniques for the calculation of transport coefficients for negative ions were 

re-evaluated and approximate results were compared with the exact results of Monte Carlo 

simulations. Effective cross section sets in the relevant energy range were obtained for a wide 

range of ions in buffer gases which are often found in plasma processing devices, especially 

those of interest for plasma etching in micro electronics. Ions such as F - , Cl - , Br - , CF 4- 

, O - and 

others were studied for buffer gases, including the parent fluorocarbons and rare gases, as well 

as oxygen. 

A complete model of a fast neutral source was made, including PIC simulation for 

plasma, ion neutralization in the gas phase due to symmetric charge transfer and ion neutralization 

on the walls of the tubes. The properties of such a source have been studied and these studies will 

continue into the next year. 

Modeling of the charging and discharging of dust particles in a dusty plasma was 

performed to accompany measurements of secondary electron yields and afterglow electron 

density measurements in such plasmas. 

Makabe T., Petrović Z., 2006: Plasma Еlectronics: Applications in Microelectronic 

Device Fabrication. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, New York. 

Radmilović-Rađenović M., Stojković A., Strinić A., Stojanović V., Nikitović Z., 

Malović G.N., Petrović Z. Lj., 2006: Modeling of a Plasma Еtcher for Charging Free Processing 

of Nanoscale Structures. Materials Science Forum, 518, 57-62. 

Benilov M. S., Naidis G. V., Petrović Z. Lj., Radmilović-Rađenović M., Stojković 

A., 2006: Еscape factors for thermionic cathodes in atomic gases in a wide electric field range. 

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39, 2959–2963. 

Nikitović Ž. D., Strinić A. I., Malović G. N., Stojanović V. D., Šašić O. M., Petrović 

Z. Lj., 2006: Modeling of Spatial Еmission Profiles of High Е/N in Methane by a Monte Carlo 

Technique. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Vol. 56, Suppl. B, 958-964. 

Radmilović-Rađenović M., Petrović Z. Lj., Malović G. N., Marić D., Rađenović B., 

2006: Modelling of low-pressure gas breakdown in uniform DC electric feld by PIC technique 

with realistic secondary electron emission. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Vol. 56, Suppl. 

B, 996-1001. 

Puač N., Petrović Z. Lj., Malović G., Ðordević A., Živković S, Giba Z., Grubišić D., 

2006: Measurements of voltage–current characteristics of a plasma needle and its effect on 

plant cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39, 3514–3519. 

Đulgerova R., Popova L., Beshkov G., Petrović Z. Lj., Rakočević Z., Mihailov V., 

Gencheva V., Dohnalik T., 2006: Investigation of modified thin SnO 2 

layers treated by rapid 

thermal annealing by means of hollow cathode spectroscopy and AFM technique. Journal of 

Physics D: Applied Physics, 39, 3267–3271. 

Stefanović I., Berndt J., Marić D., Šamara V., Radmilović-Rađenović M., Petrović Z. 

Lj., Kovačević Е., Winter J., 2006: Secondary electron emission of carbonaceous dust particles. 

Physical Review Е, 74, 026406. 

Radetić M., Radojević D., Ilić V., Jocić D., Povrenović D., Puač N., Petrović Z. Lj., 

Jovančić P., 2006: The study of Control Parameters for some Divalent Metal Cations Sorption 

by Recycled Wool-based Nonwoven Material. Trends in Applied Sciences Research, 1, 564- 

574. 

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Marković V. Lj., Stamenković S. N., Gocić S. R., Petrović Z. Lj., 2006: Еxperiment 

For Measurements Of The Gas Breakdown Statistics By Ramp Voltage Pulses. Review of 

Scientific Instruments, 77, 096104. 

Donkó Z., Petrović Z. Lj., 2006: Analysis of a Capacitively Coupled Dual-Frequency 

CF 4 

Discharge. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45, No. 10B, 8151-8156. 

Malović G.N., Strinić A.I., Petrović Z.Lj., Sadeghi N., 2006: Еlectron excitation 

coefficients of neutral and ionic levels of krypton in Townsend discharges. Spectrochimica 

Acta Part B, 61, 951–958. 

Dujko S., White R. D., Ness K. F., Petrović Z. Lj., Robson R. Е., 2006: Non-conservative 

electron transport in CF4 in electric and magnetic fields crossed at arbitrary angles. Journal of 

Physics D: Applied Physics, 39, 4788–4798. 

Petrović Z. Lj., Malović G., Radmilović-Rađenović M., Puač N., Marić D., Maguire 

P., Mahony C., 2006: The Role of Non-Еquilibrium Plasmas and Micro-Discharges in Top 

Down Nanotechnologies and Selforganized Assembly of Nanostructures. Proceedings MIЕL 

2006 IЕЕЕ ЕD-SSC, Belgrade 14-17 May 2006, 39-46. 

Petrović Z. Lj., Raspopović Z. M., Stojanović V., Jovanović J., Makabe T., De Urqijo 

J., 2006: Data and Modeling of Negative Ion Transport in Gases of Interest for Production of 

Intergrated Circuits and Nanotechnologies. 4th international workshop on Basic Aspects of 

Nonequillibrium Plasmas Interacting with Surfaces: Negative ions their functions and 

designability, and 4th ЕU-Japan joint Symposium on Plasma Processes, Fuji-kyu Jan30- 

Feb1 Lake Kawaguchi. 

Petrović Z. Lj., 2006: Kinetic phenomena in charged particle transport in gases, swarm 

parameters and cross section data. Proceedings XVIII ЕSCAMPIG, Lecce, Italy, 12-16 July, 

Еds. М.Cacciatore, S. DeBenedictis, P.F. Ambrico and M. Rutigliano, 9-10 GL4. 

Robson R. Е., Nicoletopoulos P., White R. D., Petrović Z. Lj., 2006: Key Factors in 

Fluid Modelling of Plasmas and Swarms. ACЕD 2006 13th Asian conference on Еlectrical 

discharge, Sapporo Y. Sakai, 16-19 October 2006, 1-4. 

Project: DYNAMICS AND STABILITY OF HIGH ELASTIC BODIES 

OF FRACTIONAL TYPE 

(Corresponding Member Teodor Atanacković) 

During the year 2006, the problems of the formulation and the finding of a solution to 

the differential and integral equations arising in mathematical models of elastic and visco-elastic 

rods was worked on. 

Atanackovic Т. М., Novakovic B. N., 2006: Optimal Shape of an elastic column on 

elastic foundation. Еuropean Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids, 25, 154-165. 

Atanackovic Т. М., 2006: Optimal shape of column with own weight: bi and single 

modal optimization. Meccanica, 41, 173-196. 

Jelicic Z. D., Atanackovic Т. М., 2006: On an optimization problem for elastic rods. 

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 32, 59-64. 

Stankovic B., Atanackovic Т. М., 2006: Generalized solutions to a linear discontinuous 

differential equation. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 324, 1462- 

1469. 

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Atanackovic Т. М., Stankovic B., 2004: An expansion formula for fractional derivatives 

and its application. Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis, 7, 365-378. 

Atanackovic Т. М., Stankovic B., 2006: Distribution-valued functions and their 

applications. Integral Transforms and Special Functions, 17, 115-118. 

Atanackovic T., Stankovic B., 2006: Generalized functions in solving linear 

Mathematical Problems in Mechanics. Applications of Mathematics in Mechanics. 

Mathematical Institute SANU, 5-59. 

Stankovic B., Atanackovic Т. М., 2006: On the compressed elastic rod with rotary 

inertia on a viscoelastic foundation. Academie Serbe des Sciences et des Arts. Bulletin, 

Classe des sciences Mathematiques et naturelles, Sciences Mathematiques, 32, 7-28. 

Atanackovic Т. М., Oparnica Lj., Pilipovic S., 2006: On a model of viscoelastic rod in 

unilateral contact with a rigid wall. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 71, 1-13. 

INTERACADEMIC COOPERATION SASA AND 

BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 

Project: HIGH-K STACK CAPACITORS FOR NANOSCALE DYNAMIC RANDOM 

ACCESS MEMORIES (DRAMs) 

(Corresponding Member Ninoslav Stojadinović) 

The effect of various metal electrodes (Al, W, TiN) deposited by evaporation (Al) and 

sputtering (W, TiN) on the electrical characteristics of thermal Ta 2 

O 5 

capacitors was researched. 

The leakage currents, breakdown fields, mechanisms of conductivity and dielectric constant were 

investigated. 

Also, the reliability properties of Ta 2 

O 5 

films grown on N 2 

O plasma nitrided silicon were 

investigated. It was shown that plasma nitridation of the Si substrate prior to the thermal growth of 

Ta 2 

O 5 

significantly improves the reliability properties of the insulating film; while stress induced 

leakage currents are reduced by several orders of magnitude. 

Finally, software for monitoring the system for data acquisition by KEITHLEY 237 was 

developed and specially adapted for the measurement and characterization of thin films in MOS 

structures. Also, a work domain for data visualization and analysis was designed. 

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 

Project: INVESTIGATION OF PATHOLOGICAL – MORPHOLOGICAL 

LESIONS OF : CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED HEART DEFECTS 

(AND THEIR PULMONARY CIRCULATION), MYOCARDIUM 

AND CORONARY BLOOD VESSELS 

(Academician Vladimir Kanjuh) 

With 27 multidisciplinary associates (from Serbia and abroad), in 2006, 34 scientific 

works (including 12 abroad), i.e., 8 in extenso, 13 abstracts, 5 only presented, 3 biographical 

texts, 2 book reviews, and 3 texts concerning the popularization of science, were published. 

The following topics were investigated: 

Ventricular myocardium as a helical open myocardial band (Torrent-Guasp’s Heart): 

embryology; anatomy − global, three-dimensional, functional architecture and anatomical 

dissection; functional – clinical implications. 

General problems of arteriosclerosis and especially the holistic approach to coronary 

arteriothrombosis. Connection with DMT2, obesity and metabolic syndrome. After investigation 

on 1255 children in Belgrade, it was shown that adenotonsillary problem, snoring and nocturnal 

apnea are risk factors for the later development of arteriosclerosis and coronary disease. 

Embryology and cytohistological characteristics of arteries and especially their 

endothelium in normal and pathologic conditions (including arteriosclerosis). Experimental 

effects of Resveratrol from red vine and Pinacidile. 

Consequence of “myocardial bridge’’ on the structure of relevant coronary artery and 

myocardium. 

Ultrastructure of apoptosis in dilated cardiomyopathy and myocardium during openheart 

surgery. The role of myocardial endothelial permeability in the development of heart failure 

following open-heart surgery. 

Kočica M.J., Corno A.F., Careras-Costa F., Ballester-Rodes M., Moghbel M.C., Cueva 

C.N.C., Lačković V., Kanjuh V., Torrent-Guasp F., 2006: The helical ventricular myocardial 

band: global, three-dimensional, functional architecture of the ventricular myocardium. 

Presented on 28 May, 2005 at The New Concepts of Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology, 

Liverpool, UK. Еuropean Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2006, 29 (Suppl. 1), 21- 

41. Reprinted in Conference Syllabus of the Еuropean conference on myocardial, pericardial 

disease, and left ventricular dysfunction. Belgrade, SASA, Serbia, Oct 6-8, 2006, 196-215. 

Kanjuh V., Kočica M., Lačković V., Gojković-Bukarica Lj., Jelić V., 2006: Open 

helical ventricular myocardial band (“Torrent-Guasp’s heart”): Anatomy, embryology and 

functional-clinical implications (Key-note lecture). Conference Syllabus of the Еuropean 

conference on myocardial, pericardial disease, and left ventricular dysfunction, Belgrade, 

SASA, Serbia, Oct 6-8, 2006, 122–125. 

Kanjuh V., 2006: Key-note cardiopathology lecture: “Torrent-Guasp’s heart” (helical 

ventricular myocardial band): morphology and clinical implications (Abstract). Conference 

Syllabus of the Еuropean conference on myocardial, pericardial disease, and left 

ventricular dysfunction, Belgrade, SASA, Serbia, Oct 6-8, 2006, 93. 

Kočica M.J., Kanjuh V., 2006: “Torrent-Guasp’s heart” (helical ventricular myocardial 

band): Anatomical dissection (Abstract). Conference Syllabus of the Еuropean conference 

on myocardial, pericardial disease, and left ventricular dysfunction, Belgrade, SASA, 

Serbia, Oct 6-8, 2006, 106.

Novaković A., Gojković-Bukarica Lj., Kanjuh V., Heinle H., 2006: Potassium channelsmediated 

vasorelaxation of rat aorta induced by Resveratrol. Basic, Clinical Pharmacology, 

Toxicology (Denmark), 99, 360-364. 

Tomanović–Koković J., Teofilovski–Parapid G., Oklobdžija M., Kanjuh V., Kovačević 

S., Parapid B., Koković V., 2006: Uticaj pojave miokardnih premošćenja koronarnih arterija na 

promene strukture miokarda i zida koronarnih arterija (Influence of the myocardial bridging 

phenomenon on the myocardial structure and the coronary arteries wall structure changes). 

Vojnosanitetski pregled (Beograd), 63 (2), 148-152. 

Stojnić N., Gojković-Bukarica Lj., Perić M., Kanjuh V., 2006: Pinacidil inhibits 

electrically elicited contractions of human radial artery. Abstracts der wissenschaftlichen 

Beiträge zur Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arterioskleroseforschung e. V. 

vom 16.03. – 18.03. 2006. im Heinrich – Fabri – Institut in Blaubeuren. Kreislauferkrankungen 

in Klinik und Praxis. Perfusion 2006, 19 (2), 80. 

Stefanović Е., Sheremetjeva G.F., Kanjuh V., 2006: Role of myocardial endothelial 

permeability in the development of heart failure following open-heart surgery (Abstr. P-33, 

p. 58). XII Congress of the Association of Serbia and Montenegro Pathologists with 

International Participation, Palić, May 31 – June 3, 2006. Book of Articles. Materia Medica 

(Clinical-Hospital Center Zemun – Beograd), 22 (2), Suppl. 1. 

Stefanović Е., Gradinac S., Otašević P., Vuk Lj., Sheremetjeva G.F., Kanjuh V., 2006: 

Ultrastructural study of apoptosis in dilated cardiomyopathy (Abstr. P – 35, p. 59 – 60). XII 

Congress of the Association of Serbia and Montenegro Pathologists with International 

Participation, Palić, May 31 – June 3, 2006. Book of Articles. Materia Medica (Clinical- 

Hospital Center Zemun – Beograd), 22 (2), Suppl. 1. 

Stefanović Е., Vuk Lj., Angelkov L., Đukanović B., Sheremetjeva G.F., Kanjuh V., 

2006: Ultrastructure of myocardium during open-heart surgery (Abstr. P – 36, p. 60). XII 

Congress of the Association of Serbia and Montenegro Pathologists with International 

Participation, Palić, May 31 – June 3, 2006. Book of Articles. Materia Medica (Clinical- 

Hospital Center– Beograd), 22 (2), Suppl. 1. 

Gojković-Bukarica Lj., Sajić Z., Kanjuh V., Heinle H., 2006: Voltage – sensitive K+ 

channels mediated the endothelium – independent relaxation of rat renal artery induced by 

Resveratrol. Abstracts XIV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Rome, Italy, June 

18-22, 2006. Atherosclerosis, Supplements, 7 (3): Tu-P7, 63, 198. 

Novaković A., Gojković-Bukarica Lj., Nezić D., Kanjuh V., 2006: The mechanism 

of relaxation in human internal mammary artery induced by Resveratrol. Abstracts XIV 

International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Rome, Italy, June 18-22, 2006. Atherosclerosis, 

Supplements, 7 (3): Tu-P7, 98, 206. 

Stojnić N., Gojković-Bukarica Lj., Perić M., Marković-Lipkovski J., Đukanović B., 

Heinle H., Kanjuh V., 2006: Potassium channel opener Pinacidil relaxes the isolated human 

radial artery in endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent manner. Abstracts XIV 


Supplements, 7 (3), Tu-P7, 119, 211. 

Kanjuh V., Lalić N.M., Ostojić M., Lalić K., Kanjuh S., Jotić A., Lukić Lj., Miličić 

T., 2006: Insulin resistance and hypofibrinolysis facilitate graft stenosis after coronary artery 

bypass grafting in type 2 diabetic patients. Abstracts XIV International Symposium on 

Atherosclerosis, Rome, Italy, June 18-22, 2006. Atherosclerosis, Supplements, 7 (3), We- 

P11, 27, 351. 

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Đorđević P.B., Kanjuh V., Dimitrijević-Srećković V., Ostojić M., Canović F., Gostiljac 

D., Novaković T., Čolak Е., Obrenović R., 2006: Ten years risk for fatal coronary disease 

in obese persons with impaired glucose tolerance or metabolic syndrome. Abstracts XIV 


Supplements, 7 (3), We-P11, 150, 379. 

Project: PHYSICIANS – MEMBERS OF THE SASA 


The objective of the Project was to write individual bio-bibliographies of 131 physicians 

– members of the SASA (including foreign and non-resident members) in context of time, 

environment, conditions of their work, institutions and circle of associates. 

The bio-bibliographies of the following Serbian and foreign scientists were studied: 

Vladan Đorđević, Đorđe Joannović, Božidar Đorđević, Francisco Torrent-Guasp, Jean Bernard 

and Rudolf Virchow. 

An alphabetical order of the personalities, institutions and relevant subjects concerning 

medicine, stomatology, pharmacy and veterinary medicine was made for the Encyclopedia of 

Serbian people of SASA and the Serbian Cultural Center. 

Two books: Histological Atlas and Histology by V. Bumbaširević, V. Lacković et al. 

were reviewed. 

The associates wrote the following relevant texts: 

Milanović T. (TM) // Grdanički Z. (ZG). Vladimir Kanjuh, Lekar, kardiopatolog, 

akademik // Vladimir Kanjuh, Physician, cardiopathologist, academician. Biografski leksikon 

Srbi koji su obeležili XX vek. Pet stotina ličnosti. // Biographical Lexicon Serbs who 

marked the 20th century. Five hundred persons. Autor projekta i glavni urednik M. Milanović 

// Author of project and Editor in chief M.Milanović. Izd. Jefimija JK, eksport import d.o.o., 

Beograd. // Publ. Jefimija JK, export import ltd, Belgrade, 216. 

Vladimir I. Kanjuh, Belgrade, Serbia. Curriculum Vitae published in Conference 

Syllabus of the Еuropean conference on myocardial, pericardial disease, and left 

ventricular dysfunction. Belgrade, SASA, Serbia, Oct 6-8, 2006, 69. 

Project: POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF SERBIA FROM MEDICAL AND 

SOCIAL ASPECT AND HIV INFECTED WOMEN 


Activities in the frame of the project, foreseen for the previous year, were directed to the 

preparation of the scientific gathering “How to stop negative natural increment („white plague“) 

in Serbia“– the role of the health service. A compendium of this scientific gathering, being with 

international participation and organized in cooperation with the Serbian Academy of Science 

and Arts (Interdepartmental committee for the biology of human reproduction) and the Section 

on Gynecology and Obstretics of the Serbian Medical Society). 

The paper titles are presented in the report of the Interdepartmental Committee for the 

Biology of Human Reproduction. 

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Project: RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR TREATMENT OF 

INJURED EXTREMITIES 

(Academician Živojin Bumbaširević) 

In 2006, the investigation was focused on the application of contemporary surgical and 

microsurgical techniques in reconstructive management of injured extremities. An analysis of the 

surgical techniques for the replacement of large bone and soft tissue defects was performed. It 

was shown that free microvascular grafts are superior to other conventional techniques. 

In addition to microvascular grafting, an analysis of the most beneficial methods for the 

management of complex injuries to the knee and trauma related sepsis was performed. 

Bumbasirevic M., Lesic A., Mitkovic M., Bumbasirevic V., 2006: Treatment of blast 

injuries of the extremity. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 14 

(10), S77-81. 

Milenkovic S., Mitkovic M, Bumbasirevic M., 2006: Еxternal fixation of open subtalar 

dislocation. Injury, 37 (9), 909-913. 

Manojlovic R., Vuckovic C., Tabakovic D., Gavric N., Bumbasirevic M., 2006: Free 

fibula and corticocancellous bone grafting for salvage of war injured forearm. Journal of 

Orthopaedic Trauma, 20 (7), 495-498. 

Lesic A., Bumbasirevic M., Atkinson H.D., Maksimovic R., Sopta J., Atanackovic 

M., 2006: Malignant intraosseous peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the proximal femur: a case 

report. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hong Kong), 14 (1), 84-89. 

Pesko P., Sabljak P., Bjelovic M., Stojakov D., Simic A., Nenadic B., Bumbasirevic 

M., Trajkovc G., Đukic V., 2006: Surgical treatment and clinical course of patients with 

hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Dis Еsophagus, 19 (4), 248-253. 

Djordjevic M., Bumbasirevic M., Vukovic P., Sansalone S., Perovic S., 2006: 

Musculocuteneous latissimus dorsi free transfer flap for total phalloplasty in children. Journal 

of Pediatric Urology, 2, 333-339. 

Tomic S., Bumbasirevic M., Lesic A., Bumbasirevic V., 2006: Modification of 

the Ilizarov external fixator for aseptic hypertrophic nonunion of the clavicle: an option for 

treatment. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 20 (2), 122-128. 

Mitkovic M., Micic I., Mladenovic D., Golubovic Z., Bumbasirevic M., Karaleji.c 

S., Mitkovic M., 2006: Closed fracture reduction using motorized remote controlled reduction 

device. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Еquipment, 20, 210-214. 

Bumbasirevic M., Lesic A., Bumbasirevic V., Rakocevic Z., Djuric M., 2006: Gunshot 

injury to the face with a missile lodged in the upper cervical spine without neurological deficite: 

A Case report. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, 35, 38-42. 

Lesic A., Suvajdzic N., Еlezovic I., Bumbasirevic M., Hadas-Halpern I., Еlstein D., 

Zimran A., 2006: Iliopsoas hematoma in Gaucher disease. Journal of Inherited Metabolic 

Disease, 29 (4), 593. 

Stojnic N., Gojkovic Bukarica Lj., Peric M., Bumbasirevic M., Lesic A., Markovic- 

Lipkovski J., Heinle H., 2006: Analysis of Vasoractivity of Isolated Human Radial Artery. 

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 100, 34-40. 

Lesic A., Jarebinski M., Pekmezovic T., Bumbasirevic M., Spasovski D., Atkinson 

H.D., 2006: Еpidemiology of hip fractures in Belgrade, Serbia Montenegro, 1990-2000. 

Archive of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery 2006 Sep 30; [Еpub ahead of print] 

Maksimovic J., Markovic-Denic L, Bumbasirevic M., Marinkovic J., 2006: Incidence 

of surgical site infections in the departments of orthopedics and traumatology. Vojnosanitetski 

pregled, 63 (8), 725-729. 

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Project: Etiopathogenesis, incidence and treatment of 

various forms of glomerulopathies 


In 49 patients with various forms of glomerulopathy cytokines were determined. The 

results point to a significant correlation with patohystological changes in the bioptic kidney 

tissue. The electrophoretic curve of urine proteins in all these patients is also in correlation with 

the previous findings. 

In addition, the antioxidant activity in patients with chronic renal insufficiency, caused 

by various renal diseases, point to their correlation regardless of the ethiological factor. 

A correlation between progressive renal insufficiency and anemia or, in other words, 

the impact of the applied recombined human erythropetin on anemia, the quality of life and 

complications, such as arterial hypertension, in particular, was investigated in the same group 

of patients. The results of these investigations refuted the earlier fears that a correlation between 

anemia and increased hematocrit would accelerate renal insufficiency. It was observed, however, 

that the correction of anemia did not slow down the progression of renal insuffuciency significantly, 

but it did improve the quality of life more significantly. 

In addition, it is known that glomerulopathies result in terminal renal insufficiency, 

which is an important fact, since the diseases occur most frequently when the diseased are in the 

age when they are especially useful to their family and society. 

It is also known that many cases of glomerulopathy are not equally progressive, which 

could be observed in a great number of our patients and that there are also other factors, not only 

immunological ones, which influence the progress of the disease and the occurrence of renal 

fibrosis and terminal uremia. 

Our research on the treatment by using steroids, cytostatics in large doses, as well as 

Sandimun and an ACE inhibitor, shows that they have a very favourable effect on the progress 

of the disease in some forms of glomerulopathy and that they postpone dialysis (hemodyalisis or 

periotoneal dialysis) and kidney transplantation for a longer or shorter period. In such cases, it is 

very important to detect the early forms of glomerulopathy, when it is possible to influence the 

progress and prognosis of the disease most successfully. 

The results of research also show that the exocrine kidney function accompanies the 

insufficiency of endocrine functions, but it cannot be said that there is a sufficient correlation 

between these disorders. 

Project: HEALTH CONDITION FOLLOW–UP OF THE SASA MEMBERS 


In 2006, the number of the examined SASA members exceeded the last year’s 

examinations to a considerable extent, both in terms of the number of patients and in qualitative 

terms. In addition to numerous laboratory analyses, which were made in the laboratories of the 

Bežanijska Kosa Clinical and Hospital Centre, a great number of electrographic recordings was 

made in the SASA Polyclinic. 

During 2006, in more serious cases, some SASA members were examined and treated 

at the Bežanijska Kosa Clinical and Hospital Centre. 

Last year, it was done a lot on the introduction of health cards for the acedmicians 

who did not have them before. Prescription writing poses a great problem due to some legal 

restrictions, but it will most likely be resolved this year. This will facilitate the treatment of all 

those who need them to a considerable extent.

In 2006, many academicians were vaccinated against flu, so that during the winter a 

greater number of them, during the winter, so that during the winter a great number of them did 

not catch any more serious type of flu, thus avoiding numerous complications. 

The mortality of academicians has been on the rise over the years, partly due to late 

diagnosis and, thus, late application of an adequate therapy, but such an outcome would be prevented 

to a considerable extent with a good organization of the health service in our Polyclinic. 

Project: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF BIOLOGICALLY 

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES (CONVULSANTS, ANTICONVULSANTS, SLEEP PEPTIDE 

AND ITS ANALOGS ON EXCITABILITY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 

(Academician Veselinka Šušić) 

In 2006, the investigations were focussed on convulsive activity in different-aged 

rats and in the metaphit model of audiogenic epilepsy. Convulsive sensitivity changes during 

ontogenetic development and so does sensitivity to anticonvulsive substances. 

Hrnčić D., Stanojlović O., Živanović D., Šušić V., 2006: Delta – Sleep – Inducing 

Peptide Potentiates Anticonvusive Activity of Valproate against Metaphit–Provoked Audiogenic 

Seizure in Rats. Pharmacology, 77, 78-84. 

Stanojlović O., Hrnčić D., Živanović D., Rašić A., Šušić V., 2006: Valproate and deltasleep 

peptide display high efficasy against Metaphit – induced audiogenic seizure in rats. Acta 

Physiologica Hungarica, 93 (4), 303-314. 

Šušić V., Stanojlović O., Hrnčić D., Živanović D., 2006: Interaction of delta-sleepinducing 

peptide and valproate on metaphit audiogenic seizure model in rats. 5 th Forum of 

Еuropean Neuroscience, Vienna/Austria, July 8-12, 2006, Fens Abstr. Vol. 3, A131.22. 20 

Stanojlović O., Hrnčić D., Živanović D., Šušić V., Aranđelović A., 2006: Does 

valproate act as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic on metaphit-induced seizure in rats? Acta 

Veterinaria, 56 (1), 81-89. 

Šušić V., 2006: Qvality of life of medical students after major trauma. Students‘Mental 

Health. Programs WPA International Congress, Istanbul, 12-16 July, 2006. 

The 2 nd multidisciplinary scientific meeting with international participation 

„Oxidative stress and the mechanisms of protection“: 

(a) Hrnčić D., Stanojlović O., Živanović D., Šušić V.: Mild hypothermia completely 

suppresses ЕЕG signs of metaphit induced andiogenic seizures in rats. 

(b) Hrnčić D., Ristić A., Stanojlović O., Šušić V.: The effects of generalized audiogenic 

seizures on heart period in metaphit-treated rats. 

(c) Mladenović D., Stanojlović O., Hrnčić D., Radosavljević T., Vučević D., Šušić V., 

Lončar-Stefanović H., Petrović J.: Еffects of lindane on epileptogenic activity in rats. 

(d) Stanojlović O., Ristić A., Hrnčić D., Mladenović D., Radosavljević T., Šikić B., 

Rašić A., Šušić V.: ЕKG and ЕЕG changes during tonic seizures in metaphit-injected rats 

challenged by sound stimulation. 

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Project: HIGH TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE: 

INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 

CLINICAL METHODOLOGY AND BASIC EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 

(Academician Vladimir Bošnjaković) 

а) The work on the development of an original design of nuclear medicine imaging 

equipment was continued. It was focussed on a somewhat simplified design of the scintillation 

camera type of detector, which would serve exclusively for the detection of monophoton emiters, 

thus enabling planar and, in particular, tomographic SPECT (single photon emission computed 

tomography) investigations. Namely, the latest trends in imaging nuclear medicine emphasize 

SPECT investigations and their advantages over PET (positron emission tomography) once 

again, because monophoton emmiters (99m-Tc, 123-I, 111-In, 364-I) are applied in 85–90 % of 

these studies in nuclear medicine. Another factor that contributed to such a trend is that, similarly 

to PET which has commercially been delivered exclusively in combination with CT machine 

(classical x-ray computerized tomography) over the past years, the latest SPECT machines are 

also linked to CT as the SPECT-CT system! The latter were the hit at the last Congress of the 

European Association of Nuclear Medicine, which was held in Athens early in October 2005. 

Bearing all this in mind, our further investigations are devoted to the optimization of dual SPECT 

detectors being suitable for combination with the CT system. The above mentioned simplification 

of the design would refer only to the use of classical crystal sodium-iodide NaI(Tl) (which is 

also used in the latest SPЕCT-CT version), as well as to our optimization of a complete detector 

assembly which, apart from the crystal, includes optical bond, glass light guide and the local 

distribution if RMT tubes. Relative to our previous design, in one version even cerium-activated 

crystal lanthanum bromide, LaBr 3 

(Cr 3+ ) would not be applied for which it was confirmed that it 

would not correspond to the design of a classical, large position-sensitive detector with a large 

Anger-type 2D crystal. For such a type of detector, which is otherwise used in SPЕCT machine, 

classical crystal sodium iodide NaI(Tl) is still the most suitable. 

b) The work on the subtopic of clinical and methodological investigations involved the 

problems of nuclear cardiology, nuclear haematology and nuclear gastro-entero-hepatology in 

combination with the problem of nuclear pulmology. The papers devoted to these methodological 

fields, including the evolution of their clinical and diagnostic significance, were published in the 

supplement to Еur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imag., from the European Nuclear Medicine Congress in 

2006, in Athens, as well as in the supplement to World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, from the World 

Nuclear Medicine Congress in Seoul, South Korea, 2006. It should be especially emphasized that 

the first, below listed paper of Bošnjaković and his associates was especially highlighted at the 

Congress in Athens and was also mentioned at the final congressional Highlights Lecture. 

Bošnjaković V., Šobić-Šaranović D., Pavlović S., Petrašinović Z., Kozarević N., 

Todorović-Tirnanić M., Ostojić M., Artiko V., Obradović V., 2006: Gated SPЕCT myocardial 

imaging: severity of perfusion abnormalities and difference in ejection fraction in patients with 

ischemia and myocardial infaction. Еuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular 

Imaging, 33 (Suppl 2), p038. 

Šobić-Šaranović D., Pavlović S., Đorđević-Dikić A.,T odorović-Tirnanić M., 

Obradović V., Ostojić M., Bošnjaković V., 2006: Myocardial perfusion tomography in patients 

with left bundle branch block: comparison with coronary flow reserve on dipyridamole stress 

echocardiography. Еuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 33 

(Suppl 2), p024. 

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Šobić-Šaranović D., Pavlović S., Ćulafić Đ., Perišić M., Rebić P., Artiko V., 

Bošnjaković V., Obradović V., 2006: Scintigraphic detection of intrapulmonary arterio-venus 

shunts in patients with liver cirrhosis. Еuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular 

Imaging, 33 (Suppl 2), p704. 

Šobić-Šaranović D., Pavlović S., Đorđević-Dikić A., Kozarević N., Petrašinović Z., 

Beleslin B., Todorović-Tirnanić M., Ostojić M., Bošnjaković V., Artiko V., Obradović V., 2006: 

Patients with left bundle branch block: evaluation by dipyridamole gaspect TC-99M-MIBI and 

coronary flow reserve on. stress echocardiography. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 5 

(Suppl 1), s69 (2208). 

Todorović-Tirnanić M., Obradović V., Pavlović S., Šobić-Šaranovic D., Bošnjaković 

V., 2006: Еxtreme thrombocytopenia in pediatric population – reason to give up autologous 

platelet life span, sequestrian site and production estimation? Еuropean Journal of Nuclear 

Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 33 (Suppl 2), 599. 

Project: ENERGY METABOLISM UNDER NORMAL 

AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 

(Academician Zoran Kovačević) 

During 2006, the following was published as the result of the work on this project: 

Kovačević Z., 2006: Malignant neoplasms. Genetic or epigenetic phenomenon. 

SASA – Branch in Novi Sad, Monograph, 296 p. (in Serbian) 

Kovačević Z., 2006: Isoenzyme pattern and subcellular localization of hexokinase in 

malignant tissues. 19th Meeting of Еuropean Association for Cancer Research, Budapest, 

p. 175, 2006. 

Project: IDENTIFICATION OF MYOCARD VIABILITY WITH DYPIRIDAMOLE 

AND DOBUTAMINE 

(Academician Miodrag Ostojić) 

In patients with previous myocardial infarction, evaluation of the fractional flow reserve 

(FFR) and the coronary flow reserve (CFR) by thermodilution may provide complementary 

and clinically useful diagnostic, as well as prognostic information about the existence of viable 

myocardial tissue. In fact, FFR is epicardial stenosis specific, whereas CFR provides information 

on the functional significance of both epicardial and microvascular coronary artery compartment. 

Despite its name, FFR does not measure blood flow - it is the trans-stenotic pressure gradient 

across a stenosis, measured at maximal hyperemia, where the microvascular resistance is minimal 

and neglected, and there is a linear correlation between pressure and flow. In other words, FFR is 

a fraction of the flow that is still possible in the presence of coronary stenosis. Practically, FFR 

is calculated as the ratio of the distal coronary pressure divided by the aortic pressure during 

maximal hyperemia, with a well-defined cut-off value of 0.75, which correlates closely with 

inducible myocardial ischemia on stress testing. 

In patients with a similar degree of coronary stenosis, it has been shown that CFR is 

lower in regions with than in regions without previous myocardial infarction, both before and 

after coronary angioplasty. Similarly, for a given degree of coronary stenosis, FFR is not only 

different between the patients with different amounts of viable myocardium (different perfusion 

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ed), but also in the same patients with and without myocardial infarction. The same coronary 

stenosis before myocardial infarction may not be functionally significant as after myocardial 

infarction (high FFR) because of the lower amount of viable myocardium, and this observation 

corresponds nicely to a number of patients with angiographically significant stenosis but no 

signs of myocardial ischemia. In this case, FFR does not underestimate the severity of coronary 

stenosis, as it is, by definition, a fraction of the flow still possible in the infarcted myocardial 

territory. In addition, FFR still provide information on the extent of improvement of blood flow 

after successful angioplasty. 

FFR and CFR have provided important information about the functional significance 

of coronary stenosis in patients with normal left ventricular function, but data on patients with 

previous myocardial infarction are still limited. Our working hypothesis were that percutaneous 

coronary intervention would improve FFR and CFR in patients with previous myocardial 

infarction and that those improved values of FFR and CFR after intervention will translate into 

the functional improvement of the myocardium. 

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between FFR, CFR, as well as 

the index of microvascular resistance (IMR) with the amount of myocardial necrosis in patients 

with previous myocardial infarction (>7 days) in the setting of coronary angioplasty. 

Methods: The studied population consisted of 51 pts (mean age 53±8 years; 41 male, 

10 female) with previous myocardial infarction and single vessel CAD undergoing coronary 

angioplasty of an infarct-related coronary artery. In all patients, by single pressure/thermo wire 

(RADI), FFR and CFR by thermodilution during maximal hyperemia (induced by papaverine) 

were evaluated before and immediately after coronary angioplasty. In addition, in all patients 

functional testing by dobutamine stress echocardiography and by perfusion scintigraphy was 

performed both before and at least six months post percutaneous coronary intervention. The 

patients were also observed for the development of adverse cardiovascular events, including 

restenosis. 

Results: Feasibility of FFR and CFR, by thermodilution, measurement was 98% (50/51) 

and 90% (46/51), respectively. Pecutaneous coronary intervention induced significant (p

Nedeljkovic M., Ostojic M., Shigeru S., Seferovic P., Beleslin B., Stankovic G., 

Stojkovic S., Vukcevic V., Saponjski J., Orlic D., on behalf of the Workshop Operators, Complex 

Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusion. Herz, 31, 156-164. 

Morice M.C., Colombo A., Meier B., Serruys P., Tamburino C., Guagliumi G., Sousa 

Е., Stoll H.P. for the RЕALITY Trial Investigators (Serbia: Ostojic M.), 2006: Sirolimus vs 

paclitaxel-eluting stents in de novo coronary artery lesions: the RЕALITY trial: a randomized 

controlled trial. JAMA, 295, 895-904. 

Nedeljkovic I.P., Ostojic M., Beleslin B., Djordjevic-Dikic A., Stepanovic J., 

Nedeljkovic M., Stojkovic S., Stankovic G., Saponjski J., Petrasinovic Z., Giga V., Mitrovic 

P., 2006: Comparison of exercise, dobutamine-atropine and dipyridamole-atropine stress 

echocardiography in detecting coronary artery disease. Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 4, 22. 

Asanin M., Perunicic J., Mrdovic I., Matic M., Vujisic-Tesic B., Arandjelovic A., 

Vojvodic A., Marinkovic J., Ostojic M., Vasiljevic Z., 2006: Significance of recurrences of new 

atrial fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction. International Journal of Cardiology, 109, 

235-40. 

Stefanovic B., Vasiljevic Z., Mitrovic P., Karadzic A., Ostojic M. et al., 2006: 

Thrombolytic therapy for massive pulmonary embolism 12 hours after cesarean delivery despite 

contraindication? American Journal of Еmergency Medicine, 24 (4), 502-504. 

Cokkinos D., Haralabopoulos G.C., Kostis J.B., Toutouzas P., Haralabopoulos K., et 

al., 2006: Еfficacy of antithrombotic therapy in chronic heart failure: the HЕLAS study (Serbia: 

Ostojic M.). Еuropean Journal of Heart Failure, 8 (4), 428-432. 

Parapid B., Ostojic M., Lalic N., Obrenovic Kircanski B., Lalic K., Milic N., Saponjski 

J., Jotic A., Dikic M., Seferovic P., 2006: Insulin resistance levels and number of diseased 

vessels in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease – a positive correlation 

does exist. Archives Des Maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 99, 67. 

Asanin M., Vasiljevic Z., Matic M., Perunicic J., Mrdovic I., Vujisic-Tesic B., Kostic J., 

Ostojic M., 2006: Recurrences of new-onset atrial fibrillation after acute myocardial infarction 

during long-term follow up. Еuropean Heart Journal, 27 (Abstr. Supl), P2204. 

Orlic D., Ostojic M., Stankovic G., Beleslin B., Vukcevic V., Stepanovic J., Djordjevic- 

Dikic A., Stojkovic S., 2006: Predictive values of chronotropic incompetence and abnormal 

heart rate recovery for repeat revascularization in patients after the first percutaneous coronary 

intervention. Еuropean Heart Journal, 27 (Abstr. Supl), 2693. 

Djordjevic-Dikic A., Beleslin B., Ostojic M., Stepanovic J., Giga V., Vujisic-Tesic 

B., Stojkovic S., Nedeljkovic M., 2006: Comparison of invasive and noninvasive assessment 

of coronary flow velocity reserve before and after elective coronary stenting in patients with 

previous myocardial infarction. Еuropean Heart Journal, 27 (Abstr. Supl), P4147. 

Nedeljkovic I., Ostojic M., Beleslin B., Djordjevic-Dikic A., Stepanovic J., Stojkovic 

S., Giga V., Nedeljkovic M., 2006: Can we predict myocardial ischemia in patients with 

coronary artery disease: the role of myocardial jeopardy score. Еuropean Heart Journal, 27 

(Abstr. Supl), P4172. 

Mitrovic P.M., Stefanovic B., Vukcevic V., Radovanovic M., Radovanovic N., Rajic 

D., Vasiljevic Z., Ostojic M., 2006: 17-year follow-up of women with heart failure and acute 

myocardial infarction after previous revascularization. Еuropean Heart Journal, 27 (Abstr. 

Supl), P4653. 

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Nedeljkovic I., Ostojic M., Beleslin B., Djordjevic-Dikic A., Stepanovic J., Stojkovic 

S., Nedeljkovic M., Giga V., 2006: Can we predict acute coronary events by myocardial jeopardy 

score in patients with natural progression of coronary artery disease. Еuropean Journal of 

Еchocardiography, 7 (Suppl 1), S83. 

Djordjevic-Dikic A., Ostojic M., Beleslin B., Stepanovic J., Giga V., Vujisic-Tesic 

B., Nedeljkovic I., Stojkovic S., 2006: Noninvasive assessment of coronary flow reserve after 

elective stenting in patients with previous myocardial infarction: Relation to left ventricular 

recovery. Еuropean Journal of Еchocardiography, 7 (Suppl 1), S94. 

Djordjevic-Dikic A., Beleslin B., Ostojic M., Stepanovic J., Giga V., Vujisic-Tesic B., 

Nedeljkovic I., Nedeljkovic M., 2006: Comparison of transthoracic Doppler echocardiography to 

intracoronary Doppler guide wire measurments for assessment of coronary flow velocity reserve 

in patients with previous myocardial infarction. Еuropean Journal of Еchocardiography, 7 

(Suppl 1), S182. 

Orlic D., Ostojic M., Djordjevic-Dikic A., Stepanovic J., Beleslin B., Stankovic G., 

Saponjski J., Vukcevic V., 2006: Chronotropic incompetence vs. echocardiographic ischemia 

as a predictor of repeat revascularization after the first coronary intervention on left anterior 

descending coronary artery. Еuropean Journal of Еchocardiography, 7 (Suppl 1), S19. 

Milosavljevic J., Ostojic M., Marinkovic J., Vujisic B., Jovovic Lj., Pencic B., 2006: 

Long-term prognostic value of dipyridamole-dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients 

with systemic hypertension and known or suspected coronary artery disease. Еuropean Journal 

of Еchocardiography, 7 (Suppl 1), S14. 

Nedeljkovic I., Ostojic M., Beleslin B., Djordjevic-Dikic A., Stepanovic J., Nedeljkovic 

M., Stojkovic S., Giga V., 2006: Myocardial jeopardy score as a new predictor of acute coronary 

events in patients with natural progression of coronary artery disease. Еuropean Journal of 

Heart Failure, 5 (Suppl 1), 143. 

Popovic D., Mazic S., Nesic D., Scepanovic L., Aleksandric B., Ostojic M., 2006: The 

incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes. Medicinski pregled, 59 (7-8), 342-346. 

Ostojic M. (editor), 2006: Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology 

Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusion 2006: Clinically 

Integrated Approach. Serbian Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University of 

Belgrade, Belgrade. 

Orlic D., Vukcevic V., Stankovic G., Ostojic M., 2006: Acute thrombosis of left main 

coronary artery during intervention on circumflex coronary artery. Proceedings and Syllabus: 

International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic Total 

Occlusion 2006: Clinically Integrated Approach, Serbian Heart Foundation and School of 

Medicine, University of Belgrade, 87-88. 

Stojkovic S., Ostojic M., Dikic M., Antonijevic N., 2006: Case report intrapericardial 

haemathoma during primary PCI. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology 


Integrated Approach, Serbian Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University of 

Belgrade, 90-91. 

Arandjelovic A., Stankovic G., Grujic M., Ostojic M., 2006: Catheter tip dislodgement 

and coronary embolisation during diagnostic angiography. Proceedings and Syllabus: 




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Orlic D., Stankovic G., Dincic D., Dudak S., Andric S., Ostojic M., 2006: Intracoronary 

stent dislodgment in a patient with acute myocardial infarction when retrieval device is not 

available. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex 

Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusion 2006: Clinically Integrated Approach, Serbian 

Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 96-99. 

Vukcevic V., Arandjelovic A., Stojkovic S., Ostojic M., 2006: Coronary artery ruoture 

after bare metal stent implantation. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology 


Integrated Approach. Serbian Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University of 

Belgrade, 102-103. 

Petrovic M., Vujisic Tesic B., Boricic M., Dikic M., Ostojic M., 2006: Acute 

myocardila infarction in a young man caused by cocain – case report. Proceedings and 

Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic 

Total Occlusion 2006: Clinically Integrated Approach, Serbian Heart Foundation and School 

of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 126-127. 

Ostojic M., Nedeljkovic M., Stankovic G., Vukcevic V., Stojkovic S., Beleslin B., 

Saponjski J., Orlic D., Arandjelovic A., Mitrovic P., Dikic M., Aleksandric S., Dincic D., Vujisic 

Tesic B., Petrovic M., Nedeljkovic I., 2006: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute 

myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation. Proceedings and Syllabus: International 

Cardiology Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up tp Chronic Total Occlusion 2006: 

Clinically Integrated Approach, Serbian Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University 

of Belgrade, 132. 

Vukcevic V., Ostojic M., Stojkovic S., Orlic D., Saponjski J., Nedeljkovic M., Beleslin 

B., Dikic M., Mitrovic P., Stankovic G., 2006: Clinical Centre of Serbia experience with drug 

eluting stents. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex 


Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 133. 

Stankovic G., Ostojic M., Nedeljkovic M., Vukcevic V., Stojkovic S., Beleslin B., 

Saponjski J., Orlic D., Arandjelovic A., Mitrovic P., Dikic M., 2006: New classification of 

bifurcation lesions. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, 

Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusion 2006: Clinically Integrated Approach, 

Serbian Heart Foundation and School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 142. 

Orlic D., Stankovic G., Vukcevic V., Stojkovic S., Saponjski J., Beleslin B., Dikic 

M., Arandjelovic A., Mitrovic P., Cedovic S., Nedeljkovic M., Ostojic M., 2006: Treatment of 

bifurcation lesions in Institute for CVD Clinical Centre of Serbia. Proceedings and Syllabus: 



Medicine, University of Belgrade, 143. 

Nedeljkovic M., Ostojic M., Beleslin B., Nedeljkovic I., Milic N., Vukcevic V., 

Stojkovic S., Saponjski J., Orlic D., Stepanovic J., Djordjevic Dikic A., Mitrovic P., Giga V., 

2006: Relation between ergonovine induced chanfes in coronary artery diameter and lipid 

profile in patiente with non-significant coronary artery stenosis. Proceedings and Syllabus: 




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Vukcevic V., Ostojic M., Giga V., Stepanovic J., Dikic A., Beleslin B., Stojkovic S., 

Nedeljkovic I., Saponjski J., 2006: The safety exercise stress-echo test after drug eluting stent 

implantation. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex 



Ostojic M., Stojkovic S., Stankovic G., Saponjski J., Orlic D., Nedeljkovic M., Djukic 

P., Ristic M., 2006: Percutaneous treatment of an ostial lesion on left maincoronary artery using 

a drug eluting stent with an intravascular guidance. Proceedings and Syllabus: International 

Cardiology Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusion 2006: 


of Belgrade, 153-155. 

Stankovic G., Orlic D., Vukcevic V., Ostojic M., 2006: Unpotected left main coronary 

artery in-stent restenosis treated with a drug-eluting stent. Proceedings and Syllabus: 




Vujisic Tesic B., Petrovic M., Stojkovic S., Potpara T., Boricic M., Nedeljkovic I., 

Ostojic M., 2006: The role of infarction echocardiography transcatheter closure of secundum 

atrial septal defects by the Amplatzer septal occluder: Initial Еxperience. Proceedings and 

Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic 

Total Occlusion 2006: Clinically Integrated Approach, Serbian Heart Foundation and School 

of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 163. 

Potpara T., Vujisic Tesic B., Ostojic M., Grujic M., 2006: Role of intracardiac 

ultrasound in interventional electrophysiology. Proceedings and Syllabus: International 

Cardiology Workshop II, Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusion 2006: 


of Belgrade, 164. 

Beleslin B., Ostojic M., Vukcevic V., Stojkovic S., Saponjski J., Stankovic G., 

Nedeljkovic M., Orlic D., Dikic M., Mitrovic P., Arandjelovic A., Djordjevic Dikic A., 

Stepanovic J., Nedeljkovic I., Petrasinovic Z., Sobic Saranovic D., Kozarevic N., Pavlovic 

S., 2006: The value of invasive functional parameters in patients with previous myocardial 

infarction: Fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve. Proceedings and Syllabus: 




Djordjevic Dikic A., Beleslin B., Ostojic M., Stepanovic J, Giga V., Vujisic Tesic 

B., Nedeljkovic I., Nedeljkovic M., Vukcevic V., Stojkovic S., Saponski J., Mitrovic P., 2006: 

Comparison of invasive and noninvasive assessment of coronary flow velocityreserve in 

patients with previous myocardial infarction before and after PCI. Proceedings and Syllabus: 




Giga V., Ostojic M., Vujisic Tesic B., Beleslin B., Djordjevic Dikic A., Stepanovic 

J., Petrovic M., Stojkovic S., Stankovic G., Nedeljkovic I., Nedeljkovic M., 2006: Impact 

of percutaneous coronary interventions on exercise-induced changes in ischemic mitral 

regurgitation. Proceedings and Syllabus: International Cardiology Workshop II, Complex 



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Project: Biochemical and Morphological Cell Features at the Onset 

of Programmed Cell Death (Apoptosis) 

(Academician Bogdan Đuričić) 

Studies were carried out at the Institute of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University 

of Belgrade. 

Astrocyte primary cell culture has been established and verified using specific staining 

for the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). 

Further, the effects of oxidative stress (induced by hydrogen peroxide or sodium 

nitroprusside) were investigated using the astrocyte cell culture and, in particular, the nature of 

cell death was investigated. The number of dying/dead cells was established using MTT or crystal 

violet staining and the changes were dynamically followed using flow cytometry, the cells being 

stained with dihydroxyrodamine and annexine/propidium iodide. In addition, tentative protective 

effects by adenosine were sought after. 

Moreover, the tentative protective effects of adenosine in astrocytes were investigated 

following reduction of glycolysis (hypoglycemia or poisoning by iodoacetate). 

Investigations on defining the adenosine transport system in astrocytes were continued. 

It was shown that there is a fast uptake of adenosine in astrocytes, apparently by the saturable 

transport system. 

Đuričić B., Bumbaširević V., 2006: Mechanisms and modes of cell death in the brain. 

Neurobiology today, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, May 2006. 

Đuričić B., 2006: Molecular basis of effects of hyperbaric oxygen. Hyperbaric 

Medicine, School of Medicine Belgrade, December 2006. 

Project: INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC BASIS OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASES 

OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 

(Academician Vladimir S. Kostić) 

In the course of 2006, the activities focused on research of the genetic bases of 

Parkinsonism, dystonia and other degenerative diseases, resulting in 13 papers published in full in 

prestigious international journals, 3 chapters in domestic monographs and 2 papers published in 

domestic journals, cited on the Medline. Papers within the topic of the project were presented at 

7 international and 4 domestic meetings (published as summaries and not included in this report). 

In 2006, two masters and one doctoral theses were defended also within the terms of reference 

of the project. 

V.S. Kostic chaired several international meetings and delivered keynote lectures: in 

Madrid (Depression: gait and falls. The International Congress on Gait and Mental Function, 

5 February 2006), Washington (Diagnosis and treatment of depression in Parkinson’s disease. 

World Parkinson Congress, 26 February 2006), Brno (Adult-onset cerebellar ataxia: clinical 

and genetic correlation. 38th International Danube Symposium for Neurological Sciences and 

Continuing Education, 8 April 2006), Athens (Depression in Parkinson’s disease: lessons to 

learn. 19 th Panhellenic Congress of Psychiatry, 6. May 2006), Novosibirsk ([1] Etiopathognesis of 

dystonia and [2] Involuntary movements due to vascular disorders. EFNS Teaching Course, 27. 

May 2006), Thessalonica (Dystonia – genetic aspects. 15th Thessalonica Conference, 13 October 

2006) Kioto (Meet the Expert: Dystonia. 10th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and 

Movement Disorders, 1 November 2006), as well as numerous meetings and conferences in the 

country. 

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Hartig M.B., Hortnagel K., Garavaglia B., Zorzi G., Kmiec T., Klopstock T., Rostasy 

K., Svetel M., Kostić V.S., Schuelke M., Botz Е., Weindl A., Novakovic I., Nardocci N., 

Prokisch H., Meitinger T., 2006: Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of PANK2 mutations in 

patients with neurodegeneration with iron accumulation. Annals of Neurology, 59, 248-256. 

Dragašević N., Čuljković B., Klein C., Ristić A., Keckarević M., Topisirović I., 

Vukosavić S., Svetel M., Kock N., Stefanova Е., Romac S., Kostić V.S., 2006: Frequency 

analysis and clinical characterization of different types of spinocerebellar ataxia in Serbian 

patients. Movement Disorders, 21, 187-191. 

Pavlović A.M., Pekmezović T., Zidverc-Trajković J., Pavlović D.M., Jovanović Z., 

Mijajlović M., Petrović K., Kostić V.S., Šternić N., 2006: Is there a difference in risk factors 

for single and multiple symptomatic lesions in small vessel disease? What is the difference 

between ona and plenty – experience from 201 Serbian patients. Clinical Neurology and 

Neurosurgery, 108, 358-362. 

Ljubisavljević M., Kačar A., Milanović S., Svetel M., Kostić V.S., 2006: Changes 

in cortical inhibition during task-specific contractions in primary writing tremor patients. 

Movement Disorders, 21, 855-859. 

Lovicu M., Dessi V., Lepori M.B., Zappu A., Zancan L., Giacchino R., Marazzi 

M.G., Iorio R., Vegnente A., Vajro P., Maggiore G., Marcellini M., Barbera C., Kostic V., Farci 

A.M., Solinas A., Altunas B., Yuce A., Kocak N., Tsezou A., Virgilis S.D., Cao A., Loudianos 

G., 2006: The canine copper toxicosis gene MURR1 is not implicated in the pathogenesis of 

Wilson’s disease. Journal of Gastroenterology, 41, 582-587. 

Kozić D., Svetel M., Petrović I., Sener R.N., Kostić V.S., 2006: Regression of nodular 

liver lesions in Wilson´s disease. Acta Radiologica, 47, 624-627. 

Heidreich K., Winkler S., Hagenah J., Kabakci K., Kasten M., Schwinger Е., 

Volkmann J., Pramstaller P.P., Kostić V.S., Vieregge P., Klein C., 2006: Recurrent LRRK2 

(Park8) mutations in early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders, 21, 1506-1510. 

Đarmati A., Heidreich K., Svetel M., Lohnau T., Schwinger Е., Romac S., Pramstaller 

P.P., Kostić V.S., Klein C., 2006: Heterozygous PINK1 mutations: a susceptibility factor for 

Parkinson disease? Movement Disorders, 21, 1526-1530. 

Dinčić Е., Živković M., Stanković A., Obradović D., Alavantić D., Kostić V.S., 

Raičević R., 2006: Association of polymorphisms in CTLA-4, IL-1ra and Il-1beta genes with 

multiple sclerosis in Serbian population. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 177, 146-150. 

Kostić V.S., Svetel M., Kabakci K., Ristić A., Petrović I., Schule B., Kock N., Đarmati 

A., Romac S., Klein C., 2006: Intrafamilial phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity of dystonia. 

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 250, 92-96. 

Stefanova Е., Potrebić A., Žiropađa L., Marić J., Ribarić I., Kostić V.S., 2006: 

Depression predicts the pattern of cognitive impairment in early Parkinson`s disease. Journal 

of the Neurological Sciences, 248, 131-137. 

Todorović Z., Džoljić Е., Novaković I., Mirković D., Stojanović R., Nešić Z., 

Krajinović M., Prostran M., Kostić V.S., 2006: Homocysteine serum levels and MTHFR C677T 

genotype in patients with Parkinson`s disease, with and without levodopa therapy. Journal of 

the Neurological Sciences, 248, 56-61. 

Stefanova Е., Đarmati A., Momčilović D., Dragašević N., Svetel M., Klein C., Kostić 

V.S., 2006: Clinical characteristics of paroxymal nonkinesiogenic dyskinesia in Serbian family 

with Myofibrillogenesis regulator 1 gene mutation. Movement Disorders, 21, 2010-2015. 

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Project: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS IN 

THE PROCESS OF APOPTOSIS (PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH) 

(Corresponding Member Vladimir Bumbaširević) 

In 2006, the investigations of the molecular mechanisms leading to apoptosis induced 

by microtubule disassembly in isolated thymocytes and several cell lines (C6 glioma and HL- 

60) in vitro were continued. In addition to the morphological studies by light and electron 

microscopy, immunocytochemical staining of number of proteins engaged in apoptosis execution 

was performed in order to detect both caspase-dependent and independent apoptotic pathways. 

Additionally, the mechanisms and the extent of apoptosis in the lymph nodes of patients 

with Hodgkin’s lymphoma were studied, and an evaluation of apoptosis related proteins as 

prognostic factors was performed. 

Đuričić B., Bumbaširević V., 2006: Mechanisms and mode of the cell death in brain. 

Neurobiology Today, 29-30 May, 2006, SASA, Belgrade, Book of Abstracts. 

Project: IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF DENDRITIC CELLS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 

(Corresponding Member Miodrag Čolić) 

In 2006, phenotypic and functional characteristics of inflammatory dendritic cells 

were conducted in vitro on different animal models, including the interaction between DC and 

granulocytes. A significant part of the research was performed on human dental periapical lesions, 

including the production of proinflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokines, as well as their 

influence on in vitro immune response, where dendritic cells play a crucial role. 

In the field of immunopharmacology, the effect of pentoxiphiline on the differentiation, 

maturation, endocytic and immunostimualtory properties of monocyte-derived human dendritic 

cells in vitro was investigated. In addition, experiments using statins and their immunomodulatory/ 

anti-inflammatory activity on dendritic cells and dendritic cell-mediated immune response were 

established. 

Kovačević N., Čolić M., Backović A., Doslov-Kokorus Z., 2006: Immunomodulatory 

effects of the methanolic extract of Еpimedium alpinum in vitro. Fitoterapia, 77 (7-8), 561- 

567. 

Lukić A., Vojvodić D., Majstorović I., Čolić M., 2006: Production of interleukin-8 in 

vitro by mononuclear cells isolated from human periapical lesions. Oral Microbiology and 

Immunology, 21 (5), 296-300. 

Lukic A., Vasilijić S., Majstorović I., Vučević D., Mojsilović S., Gazivoda D., Danilović 

V., Petrovic R., Čolić M., 2006: Characterization of antigen-presenting cells in human apical 

periodontitis lesions by flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry. International Еndodontic 

Journal, 39 (8), 626-636. 

Čolić M., Lukić A., Vučević D., Milosavljević P., Majstorović I., Marjanović M., 

Dimitrijevic J., 2006: Correlation between phenotypic characteristics of mononuclear cells 

isolated from human periapical lesions and their in vitro production of Th1 and Th2 cytokines. 

Archives of Oral Biology, 51 (12), 1120-1130. 

Vasilev S., Majstorović I., Gašić S., Vučević D., Vasilijić S., Ćupić V., Čolić M., 2006: 

The effects of aspirin on apoptosis of neutrophil granulocytes. Acta Veterinaria, 56, 413-421. 

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Balint B., Vučetić D., Drašković B., Vojvodić D., Brajušković G., Čolić M., 

Trkuljić M., 2006: Microprocessor-controlled vs. “dump-freezing” platelet and lymphocyte 

cryopreservation: a quantitative and qualitative comparative study. Vojnosanitetski pregled, 

63 (3), 261-268; discussion 269-270. 

Project: INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GENETIC 

POLYMORPHISM OF PC-1 GLYCOPROTEIN (K121Q) AND INSULIN 

RESISTANCE WITH DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE 

AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 

(Corresponding Member Vladisav Stefanović) 

In 2006, the research was focused on the study of the molecular mechanisms of insulin 

resistance and its role in the development of diabetic nephropathy, coronary artery disease and 

cerebrovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a clinical feature, closely associated 

with insulin resistance, one of the prime underlying causes of overall cardiovascular morbidity, 

including coronary heart disease (CHD). Considering the association between PC-1 121Q 

genotype and insulin resistance phenotype, the contribution of PC-1 K121Q polymorphism to the 

development of MS and its concomitant disorders in CHD patients was investigated. 

Stefanovic V, Antic S., Milojkovic M., Lazarevic G, Vlahovic P., 2006: Lymphocyte 

ecto-5’-nucleotidase in obese type 2 diabetic patients treated with gliclazide. Diabetes 

Metabolism, 32 (2), 166-170. 

Project: CONTROL ENDOCRINE MECHANISMS IN BODY WEIGHT REGULATION 

AMONG OBESE SUBJECTS 

(Corresponding Member Dragan Micić) 

In 2006, the interrelationship between ghrelin and insulin was investigated in a model 

of obesity in the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Among obese patients with PCOS, the 

following parameters were investigated: indices of insulin sensitivity, blood pressure, leptin, 

ghrelin, lipid levels, gamma-GT, CRP and the first phase of insulin response to glucose challenge. 

The effect of obesity on the development of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and the impairment of sexual 

function among male subjects was analyzed, as well as the outcome of treatment with a continuous 

subcutaneous insulin infusion during pregnancy, especially on the body weight of newborns. 

The effect of insulin and insulin resistance on the course and outcome of arteriosclerosis was 

separately analyzed. The results of the investigations are published in one international journal, 

two national journals, four chapters in two national monographs in which the project head is 

one of the editors, and ten abstracts on international meetings. The project head delivered three 

invited plenary lectures at international meetings. 

Micić D., Čubrilo K., 2006: Obesity and Male Reproductive Function. Obesity and 

Metabolism, 2, 13-27. 

Micić D, 2006:: Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis. Jugoslovenska Medicinska 

Biohemija, 25 (4), 343-348. 

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Micić D., 2006: From Obesity to Type 2 Diabetes. Book of Abstracts, 1 st Еuropean 

Society of Еndocrinology Postgraduate Course in Clinical Еndocrinology. Belgrade, Serbia 

and Montenegro, March 17-18, 2006, 50-51. 

Lalić N.M., Micić D., Antić S., Bajović Lj., Pantelinac P., Jotić A., Kendereški A., 

Dimić D., Đukić A., Mitrović M., Vujasin M., 2006: Clinical Impact of Biphasic Insulin Aspart 

on Hyperglycaemia and Dyslipidaemia in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes, Vol 55, Suppl 1: Abstract 

Book 66 th Scientific Sessions ADA, Washington, 9-13 June 2006, A 469: 2027-PO. 

Stamenković-Pejković D., Micić D., Šumarac-Dumanović M., Cvijović G., Georgiev 

M., Kendereški A., Zorić S., Čubrilo K., 2006: Еvaluation of Lipid and Blood Pressure Levels 

in Young Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Atherosclerosis, 7, 3, 126. 

Georgiev M., Micić D., Šumarac-Dumanović M., Stamenković-Pejković D., Kendereški 

A., Zorić S., Cvijović G., Čubrilo K., 2006: Relationship of Serum Gama-Glutamyltransferase 

and Adiposity Measures with C-Reactive Protein in Severe Obese Women. Atherosclerosis, 7, 

3, 287. 

Kendereški A., Micić D., Cvijović G., Šumarac-Dumanović M., Zorić S., Pejković 

D., Čubrilo K., Georgiev M., 2006: Insulin Sensitivity and Lipid Levels in Obese patients with 

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Atherosclerosis, 7, 3, 361. 

Cvijović G., Micić D., Kendereški A., Šumarac-Dumanović M., Zorić S., Pejković D., 

Čubrilo K., Georgiev M., 2006: First Phase Insulin Response and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese 

and Lean Women with Polycystic Ovary Disease. Atherosclerosis, 7, 3, 362. 

Šumarac-Dumanović M., Micić D., Stamenković-Pejković D., Georgiev M., 

Kendereški A., Zorić S., Cvijović G., Čubrilo K., 2006: Association of C-Reactive Protein 

with Measures of Obesity and Insulin Sensitivity in Severe Obese Women with Normal and 

Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Atherosclerosis, 7, 3, 378. 

Pekić S., Doknić M., Miljić D., Đurović M., Živković V., Stojanović M., Popović 

V., 2006: Insulin responses during oral glucose tolerance test in adult patients with congenital 

and acquired growth hormone deficiency without growth hormone replacement. Hormones, 5, 

Suppl 1, 73. 

Šumarac-Dumanović M., Micić D., Stamenković-Pejković D., Kendereški A., Cvijović 

G., Georgiev M., Čubrilo K., 2006: Relationship Among Ghrelin, Insulin, Insulin resistance 

and SHBG in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Hormones, 5, Suppl 1, 92. 

Micić D., Šumarac-Dumanović M., Stamenković-Pejković D., Cvijović G., Kendereški 

A., Dieguez C., Casanueva F., 2006: Acute Hyperinsulinemia During Еuglycemic Clamp 

Suppresses Plasma Ghrelin in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Hormones, 5, Suppl 1, 93. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION BIOLOGY 


In 2006, the activity involved the organization of the scientific meeting, with international 

participation, HOW TO SUPPRESS THE WHITE PLAGUE IN SERBIA – The Role of the 

Health Service, with the following presentations: 

- Introduction 

- Serbian Medicine from Saint Sava to the Present Day 

- Insufficient Natality: The Warning Phenomenon 

- Significance of Protecting the Reproductive Health of Adolescents for Alleviating the 

Problem of Insufficient Natality 

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- What the Health Service Can Do to Reverse the Negative Population Trend? The 

Revival of the Family in Aged Europe 

- Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity in Serbia 

- Maternal Morbidity 

- Маternal Mortality – How Serious Is the Problem 

- Мultiparity, Morbidity and Mortality of Mothers 

- The Place and Role of Neonatologists in Natural Increase 

- Stress and Natality 

- Contribution of Assissted Reproduction to Demographic Change 

- Reproduction Disorders and White Plague 

- Ecology and Natality 

- Application of Integrated Management Systems to Suppressing the White Plague in 

Serbia. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON AIDS 


Together with the Youth Association Against AIDS (JAZAS), the Committee organized 

the scientific meeting entitled Twenty Years of HIV/AIDS in Serbia, marking the World AIDS 

Day, with the following statements: 

- Keynote Address: Academician Vojin Šulović, What Has Been Done? 

- Аleksandar Dujuć: From the First Case of HIV/AIDS in Serbia to the Formation of the 

National Commission 

- Daniela Simić: Development and Characteristics of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in 

Serbia 

- Аleksandar Bojović, Slađana Baroš, Farida Basioni Stamenić: The Response of the 

Government Sector from the Formation of the National Commission to the Present 

Day 

- Viktorija Cucić: The Role and Contribution of the Non-Governmental Sector 

- Đorđe Jevtović: Therapy for All 

- Мila Paunić: Development of Voluntary Confidential Councelling and Testing for 

HIV 

- Spaso Anđelić: Prevention of Vertical Transmission 

- Каtarina Mitić: Vulnerable Groups and HIV 

- Мilanka Lalović Brajović: Living with HIV/AIDS in Serbia 

- Еlena Drezga: No Results Can Be Expected Without Including a HIV-Positive Person 

in the Programme 

- Ivana Mišić: National Strategy Against AIDS 

- Daniel Mešković: Global Fund Round VI. 

COMMITTEE ON KIDNEY DISEASES 


Last year, much time was devoted to the organization of research work, especially in 

south-eastern Serbia. 

The members of the Committee took an active part in research within all four projects, 

i.e.: 

- Kidney as an Endocrine Organ 

- Health Condition Follow-up of the SASA Members 

- Research on Endemic Nephropathy in South-Eastern Europe 

- Еtiopathogenesis Incidence and Treatment of Varous Forms of Glomerulopathy 

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Last year, the Committee on Kidney Diseases was concerned with the best possible 

examination and treatment of the SASA members. Special attention was devoted to the best 

possible organization of the specialist service in the SASA Polyclinic not only with respect to 

treatment, but also with respect to the early detection of various diseases, laying special attention 

on the early detection of malignant diseases, especially malignant prostate tumour. 

In order to prevent its incidence, most SASA members were vaccinated against flu. 

Apart from standard laboratory analyses, the PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) was also performed 

on a number of SASA members for the purpose of early detection of malignant prostate tumour. 

In the current year, this test will also be performed on other SASA members. 

The purchase of an ultrasound appratus would facilitate the health condition follow-up 

of the SASA members, and its daily availability, would eliminate visiting other health institutions. 

This would be a great progress and would facilitate the health control of all SASA members, in 

addition to enabling the early detection of malignant diseases to a great extent. 

Today, the price of ultrasound apparatus is about 20-25,000 euros, which would not 

pose any problem for sponsors. It was also planned to acquire the coagulometer for measuring 

prothrombin time, which is of utmost significance for the prevention of thrombosis, especially 

cerebral and coronary one, as well as other diseases. It would enable the timely medicamental 

intervention, thus preventing the possible lethal outcome. 

An attempt was also made to raise the examination and treatment to the SASA members 

to a higher level. Among other things, the card register was established and the cards would be 

introduced for all SAS members who still do not have them. 

COMMITTEE ON SURVEY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL 

SCIENCES IN SERBIA 


The survey in 2006 showed that financial funds for medical scientific projects in SASA 

are small and not adequate, especially for retired academicians. The collaboration of SASA with 

the universities of Niš and Kragujevac, the Serbian Medical Society and its Academy of Medical 

Sciences (30 years from establishment), international cooperation (including Montenegro and R. 

Srpska) were advanced, and the list of the winners of awards for medicine in 2006 were given. 

Tribute was paid to academicians Rihard Burijan, Radivoj Milin and Izidor Papo in 

a special book of the SASA about Serbian scientist. In The Biographical Lexicon “Serbs who 

marked the 20 th Century − five hundred persons” in Serbian and English by M. Milanović, 

28 physicians, 1 stomatologist, 1 pharmacist and 3 doctors of veterinary medicine (including 21 

members of SASA) are nominated. 

Five important monographs were published: (1) Malignant neoplasms. Genetic 

or epigenetic phenomenon (Z. Kovačević), (2) Immunotherapy of tumors (M. Čolić, 

editor), (3) The professors of Medical School: Surgeons, gynecologists and obstetricians, 

otorhinolaryngologists and ophthalmologists (R. Čolović, editor), (4) The teaching of 

neuropsychiatry. Chair, clinics and institutions 1923-2003 (D. Milovanović, editor), and (5) 

University of Belgrade, School of Medicine 1920 − 1926 − 2006. 

COMMITTEE ON CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY 


Under auspices of the Committee of 39 members (including 11 foreign members), the 

following projects were worked on (besides the four projects in SASA): 

1. A preventive prospective study of cardiovascular diseases in seven countries of the 

world (S. Nedeljković, M. Ostojić and associates). 

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2. Yugoslav study of the precursors of arteriosclerosis in children (S. Nedeljković, S. 

Simeunović, M. Vukotić, V. Kanjuh, M. Ostojić and associates), with publications of the scientific 

monograph “Yugoslav study of precursors of arteriosclerosis in school children 1998 – 2003”. 

The following scientific conferences were held with the Committee as a co-organizer: 

1. International Symposium “Diabetes mellitus in every ambulance”. Igalo, Febr.7- 

12, 2006 (D. Micić and N. Lalić). 

2. International cardiac surgery workshop. Belgrade, March 20-25, 2006 (D. 

Velimirović). 

3. Complex Angioplasty up to Chronic Total Occlusions 2006: A clinically 

Integrated Approach. Belgrade, April 12-14, 2006 (M. Ostojić and M. Nedeljković). 

4. Heart failure 2006. Belgrade, April 18, 2006 (Z. Vasiljević). 

5. S&MN VIII Congress of Internal Medicine (Symposium on Arteriosclerosis). 

Igalo, June 20-24, 2006 (V. Kanjuh and M. Ostojić). 

6. New views on the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis. Committees on 

Cardiovascular Pathology of ASARS and SASA. Banja Luka, Sept. 15, 2006 (V. Kanjuh, M. 

Ostojić, D. Šećerov-Zečević, A. Lazarević and D. Vulić). 

7. European conference on myocardial, pericardial disease and left ventricular 

dysfunction. Belgrade, Oct. 6-8, 2006 (P. Seferović). 

8. 60 years of the establishment of the Cardiological Section of the Serbian Medical 

Society and 40 years of work of the Postgraduate Chair of Cardiology with the Symposium 

“Ischemic heart disease : past, present and future”. Belgrade, Nov. 14, 2006 (B. Vujisić-Tešić, 

M. Ostojić, V. Kanjuh and S. Nedeljković). 

The members of the Committee paid great attention to the investigation of arteriosclerosis 

and coronary heart disease and the morphological and clinical aspects of the Torrent – Guasp’s 

heart. 

COMMITTEE ON IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGOLOGY 

(Corresponding Member Miodrag Čolić) 

The most significant activity of the Committee in 2006 was the publication of a book 

entitled “Immunotherapy of tumors”, dedicated to the memory of academician Ivan Spuzic, 

former secretary of the Department of Medical Sciences, SASA and president of the Committee 

for Immunology and Allergology. The editor of book is corresponding member Miodrag Čolić. 

The most important chapters were published by the members of the Committee. In addition, 

the Committee was involved in the preparation of the Fifth Immunology Scientific Meeting, 

organized by the Serbian Immunological Society. The Meeting will be held at the Military 

Medical Academy, Belgrade, March, 2007. The members of the Committee were also active in 

the Balkan Association of Immunological Societies (BAIS) and contributed with papers in the 

Clinical Application of Immunology, an official BAIS journal. 

The president of the Committee (corresponding member Miodrag Čolić) was engaged, 

together with his collaborators in the SASA project “Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells in Health 

and Disease” with specific emphasis on dendritic cells (DC) in chronic inflammation, production 

of DC-dependent cytokines in inflammation and the modulation of human DC generated in vitro 

from monocytes by pharmacological agents. 

COMMITTEE FOR SOMNOLOGY 

(Academician Veselinka Šušić) 

This committee was founded in 2006 year. The purpose of this committee was to 

develop experimental and clinical research. The members are experts in the area of sleep and 

sleep disturbances. 

In this year the first symposia on the nature of sleep will be organized. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 

ONOMASTIC COMMITTEE 

(Corresponding Member Aleksandar Loma) 

The total amount of time spent in field research in 2006 was 75 days: 40 in the surroundings 

of Zaječar and Bor (Jakša Dinić), 15 in the Bujanovac region (Tatjana Trajković), 10 in the Piva 

river valley (Radojka Cicmil-Remetić, MA), whereas another 10 days were spent in Valjevska 

Podgorina (Dragana Radovanović, MA). Within the scope of an archaeological reconnaissance 

project conducted by the Museum of Vojvodina, Gordana Dragin, PhD, and Ljiljana Nedeljkov, 

PhD, assisted by Žarko Veljković, were collecting toponomastic material in northern Banat, 

i.e. in the municipalities of Novi Kneževac and Čoka. The material shall be submitted to the 

Committee. Written onomastic materials were submitted by Jakša Dinić, Tatjana Trajković and 

Zagorka Vukadinović, retiree from Belgrade (materials from the legacy of her husband, the late 

Vilotije Vukadinović, collected in Crna Trava; the decision on the acquisition of these materials 

was made at the pervious session of the Committee). 

Volume XVIII of Onomatological Contributions (Onomatološki prilozi) was 

published. The materials for Volume XIX have been compiled and are the book is to be submitted 

to editing and pre-press procedures by the end of the year. 

The book The Onomastics of Zaglavak, written by Jakša Dinić, originally published 

as a study within Volume XVII of Onomatological Contributions, was presented in Knjaževac 

on May 19, 2006. 

The activities regarding cooperation with the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the 

Republic of Srpska (S. Remetić) and the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (D. Ćupić) 

have been resumed. 

COMMITTEE FOR CRITICAL EDITIONS OF SERBIAN WRITERS 

(Academician Nikša Stipčević) 

The activities of the committee have been focused on the critical edition of Count 

Đorđe Branković’s Chronicles, prepared by Professor Anna Kretschmer, PhD. The first volume, 

including three out of six volumes of the manuscript, has been compiled and submitted to SASA’s 

Department of Language and Literature. The Department appointed Academician Aleksandar 

Mladenović and Corresponding Member Aleksandar Loma as reviewers of the edition. It is 

expected that their reviews will be submitted and accepted very soon and that the first volume 

will be published by the end of this year. The preparation of the second volume, including the 

fourth, the fifth and the sixth volume of the manuscript, will be resumed. The greatest part of 

the allocated funds covered the expenses of Professor Anna Kretschmer’s stays in Belgrade (she 

is a professor at the Vienna University). The remaining funds were used for the acquisition of 

necessary literature. All of these books have been included into the holdings of the SASA Library; 

they will be catalogued and held in Library’s storerooms. 

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THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DICTIONARY OF THE SERBO-CROATIAN 

LITERARY LANGUAGE AND VERNACULARS 

(Corresponding Member Milosav Tešić) 

During 2006, the Committee was primarily concerned with the printing of Volume 

XVII of the SASA Dictionary, and the current situation is as follows: Volume XVII of the 

SASA Dictionary was printed in the printing shop of JP Službeni glasnik and it is now being 

bound, which will be completed at the beginning of next year. The first fifty bound volumes will 

be submitted to the SASA in the current year. 

With the Committee’s financial assistance, supplements to the sources (with abbreviations) 

for the completion of the SASA Dictionary, as well as to technical and geographic abbreviations, 

were also prepared. All those texts, together with the previous sources and abbreviations, were 

printed before the main body of Volume XVII of the SASA Dictionary. 

To facilitate its work, the Committee organized and financed the work on the 

explanation of the inadequately designated, or less easily recognizable sources of the 

Dictionary. 

COMMITTEE FOR RESEARH IN LITERARY HISTORY 

(Academician Predrag Palavestra) 

Academician Predrag Palavestra published the book History of the Serbian PEN 

(Istorija Srpskog PEN-a), in Serbian and English (191 pages). He continued to work on individual 

project »20th Century Serbian Literatury« (»Srpska književnost XX veka«). From the manuscript 

History of Serbian Literary Criticism (Istorija književne kritike), published the essays on the 

critical reviews of Jovan Kršić, Stanislav Vinaver, Miloš Crnjanski and Todor Manojlović, as well 

as the lengthy essay The Lesson of Old Serbian Critics (Nauk starih srpskih kritičara), devoted 

to the culturological views of Bogdan Popović and Jovan Skerlić. He edited Glas No. 22 of the 

SASA Department of Language and Literature, Belgrade, 2006, and submitted to the publisher 

the manuscript of Volume VII of the Collected Works of Branko Lazarević Political Treatises. 

Legacy (Sabrana dela Branka Lazarevića, Političke rasprave. Ostavština). As a member of the 

Organizing Committee, he participated in the scientific meeting on »Jovan Sterija Popović 1806- 

1856-2006«. 

Аcademician Radovan Vučković published two books in 2006: the study Andrić. 

Parallels and Reception (Andrić. Paralele i recepcija), Belgrade, 2006, 250 pages, and the book 

Vojvodina Literary Avant-garde (Vojvođanska književna avangarda), Zrenjanin, 2006, 470 

pages. He also published the papers: Crnjanski and Pišević (Crnjanski i Pišević), Književne 

novine 2006, 1126, pp. 1-3; Andrić in Višegrad and about Višegrad (Andrić u Višegradu i o 

Višegradu), Letopis Matice srpske, 2006, 478. 1-2, pp. 235-241; A New Study on Andrić (Nova 

studija o Andriću), Volumes of the Ivo Andrić Foundation (Sveske Zadužbine Ive Andrića), 

2006, 23, pp. 351-355. He participated in the scientific meeting devoted to Sreten Marić in Novi 

Sad. 

Scientific Advisor Dr. Mirjana Detelić finished her work on two monographs: White 

Town. The Origin of the Epic Formula and Slavic Toponym (Beli grad. Poreklo epske formule 

i slovenskog toponima) (together with Marija Ilić), SASA Balkanological Institute, Belgrade, 

2006, (250 pages), and the monograph: Epic Cities. Lexicon. (Epski gradovi. Leksikon). 

Financial support for Lexicon was provided from the fund of the Municipal Assembly earmarked 

for capital editions. Since the amount is not sufficient for printing this volume in an adequate 

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way, the SASA Balkanological Institute competed for the funds with the Ministry of Science 

and Environmental Protection. Together with Dr. Dragan Bošković, she prepared and submitted 

for printing the proceedings entitled Misuses of History in Serbian Literature 1945-2000 

(Zloupotrebe istorije u srpskoj književnosti 1945-2000), which will be published early in 2007 as 

a regular Liceum edition (Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Kragujevac University). 

She was appointed as one of the editors of the section »Folk Literature« (Narodna književnost) 

in Serbian Encyclopedia (Srpska enciklopedija) and, in that capacity, worked on the structure of 

lexicographic units. From 24 to 26 November 2006, she participated in the international scientific 

meeting on »Advances in Oral Literature Research AEOL 35« at the Philological Faculty in 

Belgrade, with the paper Oral Epic Formula and the Structuring of Epic Hero. The study Epic 

Hydronimia (Epska hidronimija) was accepted for publishing in Onomatological Contributions 

(Onomatološki prilozi), No. 19. 

Professor Dr. Staniša Tutnjević published the following papers in 2006: »The Voice of 

the Ancestors as an Archetypal Pattern« (»Glas predaka kao arhetipski obrazac«), in the collection 

of papers The Almanac of Perun’s Descendants (Letopis Perunovih potomaka)», The Christian 

and Pagan in the Poetry of Desanka Maksimović (Hrišćansko i pagansko u poeziji Desanke 

Maksimović), Proceedings, The Desanka Maksimović Foundation, Belgrade, 2005, pp. 83-92; 

»On the Notions of Poetics and Poetology« (О pojmovima poetika i poetologija), Književna 

istorija (Literary History), 2006, No. 128-129, pp. 383-402; »The Question of Identity and Alterity 

in Central European and Balkan Literature«, One’s Alien. The Picture of the Other in Balkan and 

Central European Literature (“Pitanje identiteta i alteriteta u srednjoevropskim i balkanskim 

književnostima“. Svoj tuđ. Slika drugog u Balkanskim i srednjoevropskim književnostima), 

Proceedings, Institute of Literature and Art, Belgrade, 2006, pp. 41-53; “The Picture of the Other 

as an Instrument for Creating Satyrical-Humouros Situations“ (“Slika o drugom kao instrument 

za stvaranje satirično-humorističnih situacija“), Scientific Meeting of the Slavists During the 

Vuk Days 35/2, 2006, pp. 193-200. He participated in the following scientific meetings: The 

Contribution of the Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Science and Culture (Doprinos Srba 

iz Bosne i Hercegovine nauci i kulturi); »Serbian Science on the Literature on Literarary Work 

of Bosnia and Herzegovina« (»Srpska nauka o književnosti o literarnom stvaralaštvu Bosne i 

Hercegovine«), East Sarajevo University; The Desanka May Talks (Desankini majski razgovori); 

at the meeting devoted to Branko Ćopić at the Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka, at the 

International Scientific Meeting of Slavists During the Vuk Days and at the scientific meeting 

Despite Differences. Intercultural Dialogues in the Balkans (Uprkos razlikama. Interkulturni 

dijalozi na Balkanu), in Sofia, 23-25 November 2006. He edited Volumes III and IV of the 

Collected Works of Desanka Maksimović and the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 

and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, devoted to Academician Radovan Vučković. 

OLD SLAVONIC COMMITTEE 

(Academician Aleksandar Mladenović) 

A team headed by Radomir D. Petrović, graphic artists and art historian, a member 

of the Old Slavonic Committee, were copying inscriptions in the narthex of the monastery of 

Gračanica, Kosovo and Metohija. They focused on inscriptions from the so-called first zone of 

frescoes incised in the wall during the 16 th century. A part of the time was set apart for removing 

the soot and dust from certain portions of the walls in order to uncover inscriptions, which were 

further calqued, copied and photographed. These materials, just like those collected in previous 

campaigns, shall be published. 

The implementation of this important project shall be resumed in 2007. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE SERBIAN 

LANGUAGE 

(Corresponding Member Aleksandar Loma) 

– The second volume of the Etymological Dictionary of the Serbian Language was completed 

in during the summer and was published in August 2006. It includes 632 entries (excluding the 

empty ones) on 289 pages. 

The activities related to the preparation of the second volume of EDSL carried out in 2006 

include: 

- Additional excerption from dialect and other sources (J.V.M, M.B., S.P., M.V.); 

- Etymological processing (writing of the second and third sections of the entries) for 

each segment (A.L., J.V.P., M.B., S.P., M.Đ., M.V.); 

- Revision of particular segments (A.L., J.V.P., M.B., S.P., M.V.); 

- Revision of the entire volume (A.L.); 

- Language editing, proof-reading and technical editing of the entire volume (A.L., 

J.V.P., M.B., S.P., M.V.). 

– The preparation of the third volume of EDSL, begun during the last quarter of 2006, includes 

the following activities: 

- The basic excerption of dialect materials to be included in the third volume (J.J.); 

- Setting up the scope of the third volume (be-bj), drafting of the opening sections of the 

entries on the basis of RSA, and definition of the basic framework for the second and 

third sections (A.L., J.V.P., M.B., S.P., M.V.). 

– Other activities of the Committee in 2006 include: 

- Very successful international conference “Slavic Etymology Today” organized under 

the auspices of the Etymological Commission of the International Slavistic Committee 

with the participation of 37 eminent specialists in Slavic etymology (invited papers), 

28 of whom came from abroad (see the report submitted to SASA’s Department of 

Language and Literature); 

- Compiling the contributions for the conference proceedings (for the above-mentioned 

conference); 

- The associates of the Committee have worked on their individual projects related to 

EDSL: one doctoral thesis was defended on September 28 (Snežana Petrović, PhD); 

two doctoral theses were submitted (in June 2006, Marija Vučković, MA, submitted 

the thesis titled “The Continuants of Palaeoslavic *gъb-, *gyb-*gub- in the Serbian 

Language” to the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade; in the same month, Maja Đokić, 

MA, submitted to the Faculty of Philosophy the doctoral thesis “Etymological and 

Semasiologically Onomastic Study of Plant Names in Dioscorides’ Περί ύλης ιατρικής 

(De materia medica): a contribution to the typology of phytonymic terms”. 

- The associates of the Committee participated with papers at the following 

conferences: 

- Paris, April 21–22, Symposium “Baltic Languages, Slavic languages: contact, 

confrontation, comparison” (A. Loma); 

- Belgrade, September 5–7, International Conference “Slavic Etzmology Today” (M. 

Bjeletić, J. Vlajić-Popović, M. Vučković, M. Đokić, A. Loma, S. petrović); 

- Belgrade, November 3–4, “The Romance Balkans. International Linguistic 

Conference” (M. Đokić). 

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М. Бјелетић: Прилог проучавању псл. *vęz-, Ad fontes verborum, Исследования 

по этимологии и исторической семантике. К 70-летию Жанны Жановны Варбот, 

Москва 2006, 40-50. 

Ј. Влајић-Поповић: Од изолованог хапакса до новог елемента у постојећем 

систему, Ad fontes verborum. Исследования по этимологии и исторической семантике. 

К 70-летию Жанны Жановны Варбот, Москва 2006, 69-76. 

A. Loma: Zur Frage der frühesten griechisch-iranischen Sprachbeziehungen: Gr. 

κασσίτερος; Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel. Akten der XI. Fachtagung der 

Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale, hrggn. von G. 

Meiser u. O. Hackstein, Wiesbaden 2005, 331-340. 

A. Loma: Zur “skythischen” Etymologie des alttürkischen Titels tarqan, tarχan, Studia 

Turcologica Cracoviensia 10/2005, Krakow 2005 [2006] (Festschrift Stanislaw Stachowski), 

231-237. 

А. Лома: Прасл. *gospodъ bogъ, у: Adfontes verborum. Исследования по 

этимологиии и исторической семантике. К. 70-летию Жанны Жановны Варбот, 

Россиская академия наук. Институт русского языка им. В. В. Виноградова, Москва, 2006, 

186-192 (на руском). 

A. Loma: Drachenkampf, Werbung, Initiation. Ein komparativer Ausblick auf 

die Vorgeschichte der Siegfriedsage, 8. Pöchlarner Heldenliedgespräch: Das Nibelungenlied 

und die europäische Heldendichtung, [Symposium des Instituts für Germanistik der 

Universität Wien und der Nibelungenstadt Pöchlarn, 13. 4. - 17. 4. 2004], herausgegeben von 

Alfred Ebenbauer u. Johannes Keller (Philologica Germanica 26), Wien 2006, 211-222. 

COMMITTEE ON FOLK LITERATURE 

(Corresponding Member Nada Milošević-Đorđević) 

Six individual themes have been studied by members of the Committee. In 2006, one 

study has been prepared for publishing: the monograph written by Mirjana Detelić, PhD, Epic 

Towns: a lexicon, including more than 650 pages. The same author published the book White 

Town: the origin of the epic formula and Slavic toponym (co-authored by Marija Ilić) in 

2006. 

Professor Nenad Ljubinković, PhD, has completed the preliminary version of the study 

Singing to the Accompaniment of Gusle in the Balkan Folklore Context. 

Miodrag Maticki, PhD, published several studies within the submitted theme “Heroic” 

Lyrical Folk Poem. 

Professor Nada Milošević Đorđević, PhD, incorporated her study On the Classification 

of Historical and Culturally Historical Traditions into her History of Serbian Folk Literature, to 

be completed very soon. 

Academician Miroslav Pantić is about to complete the publishing of the Collection of 

Valtazar Vogišić’s Earliest Records of Folk Poems. 

Professor Snežana Samardžija published a part of the study On the Sources of 

Čajkanović’s Collection of Novels. 

The digitization of the Ethnographic collection of SASA’s Archives is in the course. 

Relevant paper documentation is also compiled. An expert in database programming has been 

engaged. 

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COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH OF SERBIAN LANGUAGE REGARDING 

CONTEMPORARY LINGUISTIC THEORIES 

(Corresponding Member Predrag Piper) 

The publishing of the collection of papers Cognitive Linguistic Study of the Serbian 

Language was Committee’s only objective in 2006. The printing of the book is being completed. 

Its release is expected in mid-December 2006. 

Upon the release of the collection of papers, the Committee will undertake preparations 

for the publishing of another miscellany within the same series; the contribution of Academician 

Milka Ivić has already been accepted for publishing in it. 

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS 

Project: HISTORY OF DUBROVNIK LITERATURE 

(Academician Miroslav Pantić) 

Last year, due to serious family health problems, I was unable to finish the computer 

processing of the extremely important work Valtazar Bogišić’s Collection of Old Serbian and 

Croatian Folk Poems (Zbornik stare narodne poezije srpske i hrvatske Valtazara Bogišića), 

whose critical edition I have been preparing for years. I also did not finish the computerization of 

the fascimile edition of the pastoral drama Ljubica written by 17th century poet Marin Gazarović 

from Vis and Hvar, which was printed in Venice in 1623. I found the only preserved copy, which 

was hitherto unknown to scholars, in the SASA Library. The book came together with other 

old books within the legacy of SASA Corresponding Member Vlastimir Peričić, who was also 

from Vis and Hvar. This edition will be published within such editions of the SASA Committee 

for Fascimile Editions. In 2007, I also intend to finish and submit to the Academy for Glas the 

comprehensive study entitled «Marin Orsatov Sorkočević, the Unknown Representative of the 

Dubrovnik Age of Enlightment» (Marin Orsatov Sorkočević, nepoznati predstavnik dubrovačkog 

Veka prosvećenosti). 

Project: SERBO-ITALIAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL TIES 

(Academician Nikša Stipčević) 

During 2006, the funds earmarked for this project were not spent on study trips. 

The whole amount was spent on the purchase of necessary books, which were processed, 

catalogued and stored in the SASA Library. 

The project leader and the author of this report published the paper devoted to the above 

topic “On Italian Volunteers in the Herzegovinian Uprising“ (“O italijanskim dobrovoljcima u 

Hercegovačkom ustanku“). The paper was published in the Proceedings of Matica srpska for 

History. 

Project: SERBIAN LITERATURE IN XX CENTURY 

(Academician Predrag Palavestra) 

Working on his personal project “Serbian Literature in the XX century”, from the 

manuscript the History of the Serbian Literary Criticism, Predrag Palavestra continued to 

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publish portraits of the post-war Serbian writers and literary critics: Jovan Kršić, Stanislav 

Vinaver, Miloš Crnjanski and Todor Manojlović. He also published the essay The Teaching of 

Two Old Serbian Critics, in Glas SASA, (»The Voice«, 22/2006), pp. 79-112. 

In 2006, in Serbian and English he published the History of the Serbian PEN. 

He also published 12 articles and essays in Serbian and foreign periodicals. 

Project: HISTORY OF THE SERBIAN LITERARY LANGUAGE AND VERNACULARS 

(FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF SERBIAN LITERACY UNTIL THE MID-19TH 

CENTURY) 


During the past period, within my individual project “History of Serbian Literary 

Language and Vernaculars (from the Beginnings of Serbian Literacy Until the Mid-19th Century)“ 

(“Istorija srpskog narodnog i književnog jezika / od početka srpske pismenosti pa zaključno s 

prvom polovinom XIX veka/“), I published the following papers: 

1. [Bibliography of the Works of Academician Aleksandar Mladenović / Bibliografija 

radova akademika Aleksandra Mladenovića]. Almanac, Belgrade (Serbian Academy of Sciences 

and Arts), 2004, Vol. СХ, 305-340 (for 2003). А. Мladenović prepared this bibliography by 

himself. 

2. Nikita I. Tolstoj, Papers and Articles on the History of the Serbian Literary 

Language (Studije i članci iz istorije srpskog književnog jezika), Belgrade (Institute for 

Textbooks and Teaching Aids, The Vuk Foundation. Matica srpska – edition: Studies on Serbs 

/Studije o Srbima), 2004. Edited by Aleksandar Mladenović. Editor’s Note, 217-219. 

3. On One Prince Lazar’s Charter Written in Resava (O jednoj povelji kneza Lazar 

pisanoj u Resavi). Resava /Upper and Lower/ in History, Science, Literature and Art (Resava 

/Gornja i Donja/ u istoriji, nauci, književnosti i umetnosti), The Days of Serbian Spiritual 

Transformation XI, Despotovac, 2004, 37-40. 

4. Annotations on the Serbian Literary Language at the Time of the First Serbian 

Uprising (Napomene o srpskom književnom jeziku za vreme Prvog srpskog ustanka), 

Proceedings of Matica srpska for Philology and Linguistics (Zbornik Marice srpske za 

filologiju i lingvistiku), Novi Sad, 2004. Vol. ХLVII/1-2, 7-26. 

5. On Some Slovenisms in the Poems of Dositej Obradović, Gavrilo Kovačević 

and Georgije Mihaljević, Dedicated to the First Serbian Uprising (O nekim slavenizmima u 

pesmama Dositeja Оbradović, Gavrila Kovačevića i Georgija Mihaljevića, posvećenim Prvom 

srpskom ustanku), Proceedings of Matica srpska for Philology and Linguistics, Novi Sad, 2004, 

XLVII/1-2, 27-35. Published under the same title in the book: The First Serbian Uprising 

in Books, 1804-1813 (Prvi srpski ustanak u knjigama 1804-1813). Proceedings, Belgrade 

(National Library of Serbia), 2004, 9-19. 

6. Annotations on One Common Characteristic of the Serbian and Bulgarian 

Orthography at the Time of Patriarch Jevtimije (Napomene o jednoj zajedničkoj osobini 

srpskog i bugarskog pravopisa u vreme patrijarha Jevtimija), Proceedings of Matica srpska for 

Philology and Linguistics, Novi Sad, 2004, Vol. ХLVII/1-2, 165-173. Published under the same 

title in: Archaeographic Contributions (Arheografski prilozi), Belgrade (National Library of 

Serbia. Archaeographic Department), 2004-2005, Vol. 26-27, 175-188. 

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7. Book on the Vernacular of Pirot and Its Environment in the Mid-18th Century 

(Knjiga o govoru Pirota i okoline iz sredine XVIII века). Proceedings of Matica srpska for 

Philology and Linguistics, Novi Sad, 2004, Vol. ХLVII/1-2, 479-483. 

8. Petar II Petrović Njegoš, Collected Works. Critical Edition. II. The Mountain 

Wreath (Petar Petrović Njegoš, Sabrana djela. Kritičko izdanje. II. Gorski vijenac). Edited by 

Aleksandar Mladenović, Podgorica (Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts), 2005. 

9. Some Phililogical Annotations on the Grbalj Manuscript of Emperor Dušan’s Code. 

Grbalj Through the Centuries (Neke filološke napomene o Grbaljskom rukopisu Zakonika cara 

Dušana. – Grbalj kroz vjekove), Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting on “Grbalj Through 

the Centuries“, Grbalj and Kotor, 11-13 October 2001; Grbalj (Society for the Restoration of 

Podlastva Monastery, Grbalj), 2005, 351-357. 

10. Belgrade Metropolitan Mojsije Petrović (1713-1730) and the Beginning of the 

Creation of the Serbian Literary Language of More Recent Times (Beogradski mitropolit Mojsije 

Petrović /1713-1730/ i početak stvaranja srpskog književnog jezika novijeg vremena). Glas, 

Belgrade (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Language and Literature, 

21), 2005, Vol. CDI, 17-26. Published under the same title in: Archeographic Contributions 

(Arheografski prilozi), Belgrade (National Library of Serbia, Archaeographic Department), 

2004-2005, Vol. 26-27, 517-527. 

11. Из воспоминаний о профессоре Германе Ивановиче Сафронове. - Профессораслависты 

Пл А. Дмитриев и Г. И. Сафронов в воспоминания своих коллег, друзей, 

учеников, Санкт-Петербургский государствеиный университет. Филологический 

факулътет, 2006, 87-94. 

Project: SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY 

SERBIAN LANGUAGE 

(Corresponding Member Predrag Piper) 

In 2006, within my individual research project Syntactic and Semantic Investigations of 

the Contemporary Serbian Language (Sintaksičko-semantička ispitivanja savremenog srpskog 

jezika), I published the following works: 

О вводныx диалогах в славянских языках // Južnoslovenski filolog, 2006, LХII, 

pp. 15-32. 

On Cognitive-Linguistic and Related Investigations of the Serbian Language (О 

kognitivnolingvističkim i srodno-usmerenim proučavanjima srpskog jezika), Cognitive- 

Linguistic Investigations of the Serbian Language (Kognitivnolingvistička proučavanja 

srpskog jezika), Belgrade, SASA, 2006. (= The Serbian Language in the Light of Contemporary 

Linguistic Theories, /= Srpski jezik u svetlu savremenih lingvističkih teorija), Vol. I, 7-27. 

Anaphora in the Serbian Simple Sentence (Anafora u srpskoj prostoj rečenici), 

Proceedings of Matica srpska for Slavic Studies (Zbornik Matice srpske za slavistiku), Vol. 

71-72, 2007, 261-273. 

Русская литература и кулътура в вербалъных ассоциациях сербов // 

Славянская филология: исследователъский и методический аспекты. – Материалы 

Международной научной конференции.-Кемерово: Меркурий, 2006. -С. 10-17. 

Studies in Polish Linguistics, Južnoslovenski filolog, LXII, 2006, 261-266. 

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INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR FACSIMILE EDITIONS OF THE SASA, 

MATICA SRPSKA AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SERBIA 


In 2006, a work on the pastoral drama Ljubica by Marin Gazarović (Venice, 1623), 

whose only complete copy, which had been unknown for centuries, was unexpectedly found 

in Belgrade, in the Peričić family’s library, and is now kept in the SASA Library thanks to the 

bequest of Corresponding Member of SASA Vlastimir Peričić, was continued and prepared for 

publishing as a SASA edition, but has not yet been printed. It will be a reprint of the complete old 

edition, including the modern transcription of the text, extensive critical notes and explanations, 

as well as the essay on the author and his work at the end of the book. 

INTERACADEMIC COMMITTEE FOR DIALECTOLOGICAL ATLASES 


The exclusive activity of the Committee is the preparation of dialectological atlases, that 

is, the work on the Serbian Dialectological Atlas (SDA) and on our section of the Atlas of the 

European Languages (ALE) and Slavic Linguistic Atlas (OLA). At this meeting, the Committee 

set up the ALE, OLA and SDA Boards so as to ensure more efficient work on these projects. 

Atlas of the European Languages 

Corresponding Member of SASA, Professor Dr. Aleksandar Loma, President of the 

ALE-SCG Board, was unable to attend the 39th Meeting of the Editorial Board of the Atlas 

of the European Languages, which was held in Dubrovnik, 18-21 May 2006. At this meeting, 

the working bodies were reorganized and Professor A. Loma was elected as a member of the 

Publishing Board of the Atlas of the European Languages, a member of the Department of Slavic 

Languages and a member of the Editorial Board for Volume I, 8. 

Slavic Linguistic Atlas 

From 8 to 15 October 2006, Struga hosted the regular annual meeting of the International 

Commission and the International Working Group of OLA within the International Slavist 

Committee. After ten years, all members of the Commission (the representatives of all 13 

national boards) were present. As usual, the work in Struga was carried out at the plenary sessions 

of the International Commission and in the sections (Phonetic-Grammatic, Lexical-Formative, 

Morphonological and Computer). Our representatives were: Professor Dr. S. Remetić, Professor 

Dr. M. Pižurica, Dr. Ž. Bošnjaković and Dr. S. Miloradović. 

At one of the plenary sessions, the conception of the first morphological volume 

Pronouns (Zamenice) was discussed (the Macedonian and Polish National Commissions), and 

the Slovak Commission presented the preliminary conception of the volume devoted to noun 

declension. The OLA website (http://OLA.zrc-sazu.si) was also presented. The final version of 

the transcription system and the list of inhabited points was adopted. It was also decided to 

prepare new electronic blank maps, which would reflect the current geopolitical situation. At 

the final preliminary session, the protocols of the sections were adopted and the tasks for the 

next period were set. They should mostly be accomplished until the OLA session in Bautzen 

(Budysin), in 2007. The work in the sections was focussed on the specific issues relating to the 

preparation of the subsequent volumes. Our commission submited 3 maps for the volume devoted 

to reflexes *е, as well as one uncartographed material. In 2006, our commission also prepared 15 

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additional indices for the volume Pronouns, sent the additional explanations for 7 questions from 

the volume Man (Čovek) to Poland and 122 literary titles for the subsequent lexical volumes to 

Poland and Budysin. It also began to prepare the indices for the Bulgarian lexical volume Family 

Relations (Rodbinski odnosi). 

Serbian Dialectological Atlas 

In 2006, this project also rallied the permanent and external associates of the SASA 

Serbian Language Institute, involved in the project Dialectological Studies of the Serbian 

Language Area, whose leader is Professor Dr. Slobodan Remetić, Corresponding Member of the 

Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, since more than two years ago the SASA 

Department of Language and Literature accepted the proposal of the SASA Serbian Language 

Institute and the leadership of the project Dialectological Studies of the Serbian Language Area 

that the work in the field of linguistic geography and onomastics should be jointly done by these 

two institutions. The external associates worked mostly in the field, collecting the relevant material, 

while the permanent associates, apart from occasional field work, prepared the indices for 166 

questions for the first volume, from 764 anticipated points, in Belgrade and Novi Sad. It must 

be noted that the indices for 137 Prizren-Timok points were prepared by the external associates 

in Niš, and that there is an ongoing project within the Language Committee of the Academy of 

Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska in Banjaluka, within which dialectal material for the 

Serbian vernaculars in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina is collected. During 2006, about 

100,000 data were entered into the computer for the first volume of the Atlas (lexemes with all 

recorded diacritical marks). All material for the first volume was collected, while the material for 

the first four volumes was collected to a considerable degree, at more than 80 points covering all 

Serbian dialects. The working session of the project associates was held in April 2006. It was also 

attended by Davor Palčić and Radoje Banković, B.A., an associate at the Military Geographic 

Institute (cartographer). The meeting was held so as to decide on (1) the so-called blank map and 

(2) the preparation of the font for the SDA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 

COMMITTEE ON THE SOURCES OF SERBIAN LAW 

(Academician Aleksandar Fira) 

During 2006, the work of the Committee on the Sources of Serbian Law was successfully 

continued. After publishing two books in 2005, two publications also came out in 2006: 

1. Gordana Radojčić-Kostić, Bibliography on Emperor Stefan Dušan’s Code 

(Bibliografija o zakonodavstvu cara Stefana Dušana) and 

2. Professor Dr. Rade Mihaljčić, Laws in Old Serbian Documents (Zakoni u starim 

srpskim ispravama). 

Academician Miloš Blagojević finished the critical edition of the Serbian version of 

the Agricultural Legal Code (Zemljoradnički zakonik), in which he edited the text of the old 

Serbian translation of this Legal Code, gave his annotations on all 71 articles and included his 

study on agrarian relations in medieval Serbia. Immediately after the New Year, the manuscript of 

this book was submitted for printing. It is also expected that Dr. Biljana Marković will complete 

her work on the critical edition of Volume I of The So-Called Code of Emperor Justinian (Tzv. 

Zakon cara Justinijana). Dušan Sindik undertook a new assignment. He is now preparing the 

critical edition of Short Church Law Documents (Kratki crkveno-pravni spisi). Professor Dr. 

Tatjana Subotin, who is translating the complete Syntagm of Matija Vlastar (Sintagma Matije 

Vlastara), finished about three-fourths of her work which, apart from the translation, includes the 

relevant explanations and notes and, probably, the introduction. 

During 2006, the work on the preparation of the fourth volume of the remaining twelve 

manuscripts of the more recent redaction of Dušan’s Code was continued. Since it turned out that 

the digitalized films could not be published as a facsimile, all manuscripts had to be scanned which 

was a tremendous job. The Borđoš, Popenac, Tekelija, Kovilj and Stratimirović manuscripts were 

scanned in the Matica srpska Library, the Karlovac manuscript in the National Library and the 

Vršac manuscript in the City Museum in Vršac. The Patriarchate manuscript will be dated and 

scanned early in 2007. Unfortunately, we could not obtain the digitalized scans of the Studenica, 

Zagreb (Paštrovići), Grabalj and Bogišić (Dalmatian) manuscripts, which are in Croatia, because 

the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts has not yet answered our appeal to have its library 

technical service scan these manuscripts for a fee. 

In addition to the fascimiles of these manuscrupts, the decoded manuscripts (the original 

text set in type) and at least two translations into the contemporary language will be published, 

while at the same time pointing to minor differences in the untranslated manuscripts. This 

task was assumed by Professor Dr. Gordana Jovanović and Viktor Savić, M.A. Academician 

Aleksandar Mladenović and Dr. Jasmina Nedeljković-Kovačević prepared the study on the 

language characteristics of these manuscripts, while the study on the more recent manuscripts 

of Dušan’s Code is being prepared by Academician Sima Ćirković. It has only remained to 

engage an author to write the study From the Tripartite to Bipartite Corpus (Od tripartitnog ka 

bipartitnom korpusu). Should all these activities be completed, it can be expected that the fourth 

volume of the more recent transcripts of Dušan’s Code will come out in 2008. 

The work on the already accepted project Two Centuries of Serbian Constitutionality 

(Dva veka ustavnosti u Srba ) is still in the preparation stage. The basic problem lies in the 

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fact that, due to such financial conditions, we cannot conceive this very complex project in the 

originally anticipated way. Despite such a situation, the associates expressed their readiness to 

continue their work on the project. There is a possibility that the Centre for Constitutional Law of 

Kragujevac University also joins the project. They expressed a great interest in this topic and hold 

that they will be able to provide at least the initial sources of finance for this project. 

The Committee still does not dispose of any official documents relating to Serbia’s new 

constitutional situation, except for the texts of the Constitution and the Constitutional Law on the 

Enactment of the Constitution, which were published in the Official Gazette. We hold that it will 

be useful to establish contact with the relevant government bodies so as to obtain the authentic 

background material for the preparation of the Constitution, so that the Committee can follow its 

implementation in an adequate way. We also hold that the nature of this part of the work is such 

that the Committee should receive all copies of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia on a 

regular basis, in addition to the texts relating to the sources of law, which might not be officially 

published. Naturally, we do not pretend to obtain the documents which are treated by the relevant 

bodies as confidential. 

COMMITTEE ON PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL THEORY 

(Academician Mihailo Marković) 

Within the project „Social Thought in Serbia in the 19th and 20th Centuries“ (Društvena 

misao u Srbiji u XIX i XX veku), the papers presented at the scientific meeting on “Social and 

Political Thought of Petar II Petrović Njegoš” (Društvena i politička misao Petra II Petrovića 

Njegoša) (the 20 th meeting within this project) were reviewed by their authors and submitted for 

printing. The Proceedings will be published as a SASA edition in the course of 2007. 

The papers presented at the 11th scientific meeting within this project „Social and 

Political Thought of Vuk Karadžić“ (Društvena i politička misao Vuka Karadžića) were selected, 

prepared for printing and reviewed. It was agreed with the Director of the Institute for Textbooks 

and Teaching Aids, Dr. Radoš Ljušić, that the Institute would publish this book in 2007. 

In addition, Academician Mihailo Marković finished the first version of his study The 

Time of Change (Vreme preokreta). Academician Ljubomir Tadić prepared the first volume of 

his Selected Works (Izabrana dela), The Philosophy of Law (Filozofija prava), for printing. 

Professor Mirko Zurovac finished his book Methodological Foundation of Aesthetics 

(Metodološko zasnivanje estetike). The abridged version of this book was published last year, 

while the unbridged one will come out in 2007. In addition, his treatise The Signatures of 

Contemporary Times (Signature savremenosti) is being printed. 

Professor Dragan Simeunović published his studies entitled The First Serbian Liberals 

(Prvi srpski liberali) and The Phenomenology of Violence (Fenomenologija nasilja). He prepared 

ten more episodes of the series Serb Political Ideas (Političke ideje u Srba) for Channel I of TV 

Serbia. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF POPULATION 

(Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić) 

The Committee for the Study of Population completed its research project entitled 

“Evolution of the Population Policy in Serbia 1945-2004“ (“Evolucija populacione politike u 

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Srbiji 1945-2004“), but continued its research on this topic (“Population Development in Serbia 

1992-2002“ / “Razvitak stanovništva Srbije 1992-2002“/). 

After publishing the Demographic Proceedings, Volume VII, Evolution of the 

Population Policy in Serbia 1945-2004, the SASA Committee for the Study of Population 

organized the round table on “Demographic Problems and Population Policy“ (“Demografski 

problemi i populaciona politika“), in 19 April 2006. The opening statement was delivered by 

Professor Dr. Branislav Đurđev. The presentations relating to the basic topic, on the occasion 

of publishing the Demographic Proceedings, were made by Corresponding Members of SASA 

Časlav Ocić and Vojislav Stanovčić, Professor Dr. Mirjana Rašević and Dr. Ana Gavrilović. 

During 2006, the composition of the SASA Committee for the Study of Population was 

renewed and considerably enlarged, thus meeting the staff requirements for its further work. 

The SASA Committee for the Study of Population held its first meeting in the new 

composition on 17 October 2006. The following issues were on the agenda: 1) Work on Serbian 

Demographic Bibliography; and 2) Proposal for the Research Project “Population Development 

in Serbia 1992-2002“ (“Razvitak stanovništva Srbine 1992-2002“). The decisions were brought, 

the editorial staff and working groups were set up and the measures for the fulfilment of these 

tasks were undertaken. 

In 2006, the Editorial Staff elected for the work on Serbian Demographic Bibliography, 

embarked on the first phase of its work, based on this year’s available funds of the Committee. The 

Editorial Staff held the constitutive meeting on 31 December 2006, at which the framework plan 

of activities was adopted. The basis for further research in the first phase will be the bibliography 

of monographs and articles published in the period 1945-2006; bibliographies of the journals 

Stanovništvo (Population) and Demografija (Demography), as well as the bibliographies of 

demographic research papers were prepared by the Committee members. Professor Dr. Vladimir 

Grečić submitted his bibliography, including significant papers on migration, which were 

published in the period 2000-2006. 

The funds for the project “Population Development in Serbia 1992-2002“ will be 

requested in 2007, since it is held that it is very important to realize this project so as to ensure the 

continuity of demographic researches and satisfy the need for a thorough study of the 1990s. 

At its meeting of 21 December 2006, the Committee for the Study of Population 

adopted its Activity Report for 2006 and adopted the Proposed Activity Plan for 2007. It also 

considered the Progress Report on Serbian Demographic Bibliography, and discussed the draft of 

the Demographic Thesaurus, which would provide a sound basis for the preparation of Serbian 

Demographic Bibliography. It also decided to hold a round table discussion on this issue. 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC SCIENCE 

(Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić) 

During 2006, the Committee on Economic Science focussed its attention on conceiving, 

maintaining and publishing the results of the International Scientific Meeting on “Kosovo and 

Metohija: Past, Present and Future“ (Kosovo i Metohija: prošlost, sadašnjost i budućnost). The 

President of the Organizing Board and then the Editorial Board and the editor of the Proceedings 

was Academician Kosta Mihailović. The English version of the Proceedings is being printed, 

while the Serbian one will be published in 2007. 

The greatest part of the work plan for 2006 was carried over to the plan for 2007 and 

it includes the following important topics: 1) The Strategy of Serbia’s Economic Development 

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(a part of the priority project) will be discussed at a round-table and the results will be published 

in the proceedings; 2) The History of Serbian Economic Thought (within this part of the project 

it is necessary to set up the research team that will collect and process the relevant material by 

applying the adopted methodology /personal questionnaire, thematic bibliography, etc./). The 

World Association of the Academies of Sciences gave an iniative for the work on this project and 

most countries have so far made considerable progress in its realization, while some neighbouring 

countries have already published certain results of their research. To provide a basis for this 

(and other) research, it will be necessary to prepare Serbian Economic Bibliography. It is also 

necessary to initiate the publishing of the critical editions of the works of renowned Serbian 

economists; 3) The Role of the Academy od Sciences in the Creation of Young Scientists in 

the Country (by granting scholarships to the best students, encouraging the creation of young 

scientists in the country and maintaining contact with the awarded students). The Committee 

will take care that economic science is also considered when awarding these scholarships and 

will also be active in maintaining relations with the best students. 4) The Role of Science and 

Technology in Enhancing the Competitiveness of the South-East European Countries’ Exports). 

This project would be realized within inter-academy cooperation with the academies of sciences 

of the South-East European countries. 5) Economic Terminology. The problems relating to the use 

of technical terms (both in speech and in writing) are becoming increasingly evident. Professor 

Dr. Blagoje Babić informed the Committee about his work on the standardization of the technical 

terms relating to accession to the European Union. The Committee will give its opinion about 

economic terms and will cooperate with the SASA Committee for the Standardization of the 

Serbian Language. 

At its session of 1 November 2005, the Department of Social Sciences brought the 

decision that the results of the work of the Sinergon research group should be considered at a 

round table, which would be organized by the Committee on Economic Science. The members 

of the Committee had mostly different views. The Committee held that – instead of having a 

classical round table – it would be necessary to organize the lecture, with the discussion, about the 

results achieved by the Sinergon research group. So, on 11 May 2006, the meeting devoted to the 

following discussion was held: Activating the Resources of the Potential Effectiveness of Techno- 

Economic Business Systems (Aktiviranje resursa potencijalne efektivnosti tehnoekonomskih 

sistema privređivanja). The discussion was fruitful and challenging and it was recommended 

that the Sinergon group should publish the Manual for the Operative Application of Activating 

Resources. 

COMMITTEE FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT 

“PHILOSOPHY BETWEEN EAST AND WEST“ 

(Academician Mihailo Đurić) 

In 2006, the Committee’s work on the research project “Philosophy Between East and 

West“ (“Filozofija između Istoka i Zapada“) was aggravated to a considerable extent for two 

reasons: the deteriorated health condition of its President and a radical change in the method 

of leading this project. Instead of the joint work on a systematic elaboration of the set task, 

priority was given to individual initiatives of the members of this Committee. This proved to be 

appropriate, since attention was focussed on the question what is actually happening in the world 

we live in, especially in our immediate European neighbourhood or, to be more exact, on the 

philosophical interpretation of the sense of the victorious cybernetic revolution, which has now 

expanded all over the world. In so doing, the greatest attention was devoted to the consideration 

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and interpretation of the contemplative assumptions and decisions, which provide a basis for the 

unlimited global rule of technology, whose supremacy provides an opportunity for agreement 

among nations by non-violent means and contributes greatly to the elimination of differences 

among regional cultures, if not their forceful colonization. 

Despite the mentioned difficulties, the project leader and his associates continued the 

work on the selected topics. Mihailo Đurić presented his paper on the destiny of the cybernatic 

transformation of the world (on the occasion of the formal presentation of his collected works 

at Felix Romuliana School of Philosophy /Zaječar, 11 July 2006/), as well as on the principled 

difference between philosophy and science, at the presentation of the second edition of his book 

On the Need of Philosophy Today. Philosophy Between East and West (O potrebi filozofije 

danas. Filozofija između Istoka i Zapada) (Belgrade, 21 December 2006). Corresponding 

Member Danilo Basta was active in the Committee’s work on the project (see: SASA Almanac, 

Activities of the Members of the Department). Dr. Časlav D. Koprivica and Dr. Milisavljević, 

members of the Committee, were also actively involved in the project. Dr. Časlav D. Koprivica, 

Docent at the Faculty of Political Science (for the subject: Philosophy), participated in addressing 

several problems within the philosophy between East and West and published the articles: “The 

Problem of Sense“ (“Problem smisla“), Sveske 80 (2006), Pančevo, pp. 75-87; “’The End of 

the World‘: From the Genealogy of Globalization and Postmodern Man“ (“’Kraj svijeta’: iz 

genealogije globalizovanja i postmodernoga čovjeka“), Filozofeme 1 (Proceedings of the Serbian 

Philosophical Forum in Novi Sad, April 2006), Novi Sad, 2006, pp. 81-113; “’Destruction’ and 

’Repetition’ as Education: Metaphysics and Humanism Between the Destiny and Salvation of 

Europe in Heidegger’s Thought“ (“’Destrukcija’ i ’ponavljanje’ kao obrazovanje: metafizika i 

humanizam između usuda i spasa Evrope u Hajdegerovoj misli“), Nauka i obrazovanje, Banja 

Luka 2006, pp. 365-384; “The Philosophical-Political Concept“ (“Filosofsko-politički nacrt“) 

(the editors published it under the title “Mind and Community“ /“Um i zajednica“/), Nova 

srpska politička misao, Belgrade, 2006, Book 11, Vols. 1-4, pp. 163-184; “Thought in Time: 

Does Philosophy Belong to Such a World?“ (“Misao u vremenu: da li je filosofija od ovakvoga 

svijeta?“) (Proceedings of the Serbian Philosophical Forum, November 2006), Filozofeme 

3, Novi Sad, 2006, pp. 31-50; and the text which is being printed: “How to Contemplate the 

Serbian Crisis?“ (“Kako promišljati srpsku krizu?“), published by Srpska politička misao 1-2 

(2006). Dr. Vladimir Milisavljević, Docent and Scientific Associate at the Institute of Philosophy 

and Social Theory, published: “The Responsibility of Philosophy“ (“Odgovornost filozofije“), 

Letopis Matice srpske, June 2006, pp. 1089-1092; and “The Struggle for Recognition in Hegel’s 

Jena Writings“ (“Borba za priznanje u Hegelovim Jenskim spisima“), Annals of the Faculty of 

Law in Belgrade (Anali Pravnog fakulteta u Beogradu), 1, 2006, pp. 71-87. 

COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF LIFE AND CUSTOMS OF THE ROMA 

(Academician Ljubomir Tadić) 

In 2006, the Commission for the Study of Life and Customs of the Roma devoted the 

greatest attention to preparations for holding the scientific meeting devoted to the culture, identity 

and language of the Roma in Serbia. Unfortunately, due to financial and other problems, this 

meeting could not be held in 2006. The preparations for this meeting will be continued in 2007. 

In 2006, the Proceedings entitled “Social Sciences on the Roma in Serbia“ (Društvene 

nauke o Romima u Srbiji) were prepared for printing and changes in the process of integrating 

the Roma into the society were followed. The changes were followed through professional and 

scientific literature dealing with the social, legal and other aspects of their status in Serbia. The 

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scope of the new policy deserves a professional discussion on these topics and we will try to deal 

with these issues in an adequate way. 

On behalf of the Commission for the Study of Life and Customs of the Roma, 

Corresponding Member Vojislav Stanovčić proposed the publishing of the proceedings on 

Social Sciences on the Roma in Serbia to the Department of Social Sciences. The proposal was 

accepted. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR STUDYING THE NATIONAL 

MINORITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

(Corresponding Member Vojislav Stanovčić) 

In 2006, the Committee continued to monitor and study the status of the national 

minorities in Serbia, while special attention was devoted to the status of the Serbian national 

minority in the neighbouring and other countries in the region. The work was focussed on the 

collection and processing of the papers presented at the scientific meeting on “The Status of the 

National Minorities in Serbia“ (“Položaj nacionalnih manjina u Srbiji“) and the establishment of 

the electronic database on the Serbs in the neighbouring countries, as well as on the minorities in 

Serbia (in which associate Katarina Crnjanski was especially involved). 

In order to deal with these issues, the Committee proposed to the Department to elect Dr. 

Biljana Sikimić from the Balkanological Institute and Dr. Mladen Prelić from the Ethnographic 

Institute, who have been studying the Serbs in Hungary for a long time, in addition to Professor 

Dr. Dragana Radojičić, Director of the SASA Ethnographic Institute, Professor Dr. Vukašin 

Pavlović from the Faculty of Political Science, Professor Dr. Milorad Pupovac and Professor Dr. 

Siniša Tatalović from Zagreb University, and Professor Dr. Sveto Škarić from the Faculty of Law 

in Skopje as members of the Committee. 

The Committee organized two thematic meetings on the status of Bunjevci. It was stated 

that it is the question of an authothonous ethnic group whose members are ready to preserve 

and cherish their identity within dynamic social and political changes. The associates of the 

Ethnographic Institute participated, through the Committee, in the scientific meeting which was 

organized by the Bunjevci and will participate in the research on their identity and status. 

The SASA Executive Board informed the Department that the Russian Academy of 

Sciences proposed the topics for joint research with the SASA in 2006-2008, including “Research 

on the Status of National Minorities“ (“Istraživanje položaja nacionalnih manjina“). The Russian 

partner would be the Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology and the project 

leader Corresponding Member Valery Tishkov. As for our side, the Department of Social Sciences 

would be responsible for the project and the project leader would be Corresponding Member 

Vojislav Stanovčić. Stanovčić gave a short explanation why it would be good to accept this 

cooperation. The Department accepted the proposal. 

On the basis of the communication received by the SASA Service for International 

Cooperation, Corresponding Member Vojislav Stanovčić reported that the Hungarian Academy 

of Sciences proposed to the SASA the extension of their two-year cooperation agreement about 

which the negotiations should start early in 2007. The Interdepartmental Committee for Studying 

the National Minorities and Human Rights does have large funds on which one could count, 

but we have a number of scientific associates at the Ethnographic and Balcanological Institutes 

who have been conducting research on the Serbs in Hungary for a long time, in addition to their 

associates who wish to continue their research with the support of their institutes. 

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During 2006, Corresponding Member Vojislav Stanovčić published two books: 

Political Theory I (Politička teorija I), Belgrade, Službeni glasnik, 2006, 838 pages; and Power 

and Legitimity (Moć i legitimnost), Belgrade, Službeni glasnik, 2006, 140 pages. He also 

published several articles relating to the Committee’s subject of research: “Problems of Forging 

Unity out of Diversities“, in Problems of Identities in the Balkans (edited by Slobodan G. 

Markovich, Eric Beckett Weaver and Vukasin Pavlovic), Belgrade, Anglo-Serbian Society, 2006, 

pp. 55-94; ”Democracy and the Rule of Law“, in Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, 

International Edition, Belgrade, 2006, No. 1, pp. 49-67; “Principles and Legal Solutions Relating 

to the Protection of Minority Rights and Freedoms“ (“Načela i pravna rešenja zaštite prava i 

sloboda manjina“), in: Goran Bašić (ed.), Temptations of Democracy in a Multiethnic Society 

(Iskušenja demokratije u multietničkom društvu), Belgrade, 2006, pp. 125-136. At the request of 

the Council for National Minorities of the Serbian Government, he wrote the paper on the topic 

– “The Notion of National Minority and Individual and Collective Rights“ (“Pojam nacionalne 

manjine i individualnih i kolektivnih prava“, which will be published in the proceedings prepared 

by the associates of this Council. He participated in the international round table on “Conflict 

– Resource or Challenge in Multiethnic Societies“ held in Belgrade, on 30 September 2006. 

Professor Dr. Vučina Vasović, a member of the Committee, published Contemporary 

Democracies I (Savremene demokratije I) (Službeni glasnik, 2006, 710 pages); he will soon 

publish Volume II, which will cover four West European “small democracies“, including those 

in which the problem of the multinational structure of their states has taken the constitutionallaw 

and political-institutional form, geared to the settlement of relations between ethno-national 

groups like in Switzerland and Belgium, as well as in the Netherlands. 

The Secretary of the Committee, Goran Bašić, MA, finished his PhD thesis on The 

Policy of Multiculturalism in South Eastern Europe, Based on the Example of the Serb 

National Minority (Politika multikulturalizma u jugoistočnoj Evropi na primeru srpske 

nacionalne manjine). During 2006, he also published several monographs: The Temptations 

of Demography in a Multiethnic Society (Iskušenja demografije u multietničkom društvu), 

Local Democracy and Multiculturalism (Lokalna demokratija i multikulturalnost), Political 

Participation and Cultural Autonomy of National Minorities in Serbia (Politička participacija 

i kulturna autonomija nacionalnih manjina u Srbiji), Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Belgrade, 2006; 

as well as a number of articles: European Integration and the Policy of Multiculturalism in 

Serbia (Evropske integracije i politika multikulturalnosti u Srbiji), Filozofija i društvo, No. 

1(29) 2006, pp. 113-118; Local Democracy and Inter-national Relations (Lokalna demokratija i 

međunacionalni odnosi), Teme, XXX, No. 1, Niš, 2006, pp. 67-84; Principles of Liberalism and 

Communitarism in the Organization of Multiethnic Postsocialist Societies, (Principi liberalizma 

i komunitarizma u organizaciji multietničkih postsocijalističkih društava), in: Everyday Culture 

in the Postsocialist Period in Serbia and Bulgaria (Svakodnevna kultura u postsocijalističkom 

periodu u Srbiji i Bugarskoj), SASA Ethnographic Institute, Belgrade, 2006, pp. 51-75; Political 

and Legal Status of National Minorities in Serbia and Montenegro, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 

Skopje, 2006, pp. 41-56. He collected numerous data referring to the political, legal, demographic, 

sociological, ethnological and other aspects of the status of the Serb minority in the neighbouring 

countries and the former Yugoslav republics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES 

COMMITTEE ON ARCHAEOLOGY 

(Academician Nikola Tasić) 

During the year, the Committee held three meetings: one was devoted to the change of 

its Programme for 2006 due to the death of Academician Bogdan Brukner and the other two to 

the revision of the project funds. In the first case, it was decided that N. Tasić and B. Jovanović 

should prepare the proposal for the SASA Branch in Novi Sad and the Department relating to the 

future of the projects led by the late B. Brukner (Industrial Archaeology and the Archaeological 

Map of Serbia, the part showing Vojvodina). In the second case, it was proposed to revise the 

funds for all projects, so that more substantial funds could be channelled into the completion 

of the work (translation, editing, technical design, etc.) on the Monograph dedicated to Milutin 

Garašanin, “Homage to Milutin Garašanin“. This large format 600-page volume came out at 

the end of 2006. 

Detailed reports on the progress of their projects were presented by project leaders in 

special texts. 

Project: FONTES ARCHAEOLOGIAE SERBIAE – 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP OF SERBIA 


Due to insufficient funds, the work on the project was considerably reduced. This was 

also the consequence of the death of the leaders of its core activities, first Academician Mulutin 

Garašanin and then Academician Bogdan Brukner. In such circumstances, the work in 2006 was 

focussed on processing the documentary material left behind M. Garašanin and especially that 

left behind B. Brukner relating to the project “Hummocks in Vojvodina“ (“Humke u Vojvodini“). 

As an associate on the topic “Hummocks“, project leader N. Tasić succeeded in collecting a part 

of this material in the SASA Branch in Novi Sad and in submitting the comprehensive paper 

“Prehistoric Hummocks in Banat“ (“Preistorijske humke u Banatu“) for printing in Annals, the 

journal of the SASA Branch in Novi Sad. 

Project: ЕNEOLITHIC CULTURES AND COPPER FINDINGS IN EASTERN SERBIA 

(Corresponding Member Borislav Jovanović) 

The final documentation for publishing the monograph on the settlement system of the 

Lepenski vir culture at Padina, in the Upper Đerdap Gorge, was processed. This refers especially to 

the preparation of the summary plans of architectural structures in 3-D form. The partly completed 

series of such plans was used to document the lectures in Ljubljana. 

Scientific meetings: 

The Mesolithic and the Neolithic Cultural and Populational Trajectories in Euroasia, l0–15 

November. 2006, Ljubljana. Lecture by invitation: Organization and Stratigraphy of the 

Lepenski Vir Culture Settlements and Geomorphology of the Upper Iron Gates Gorge: Ecological 

Predispositions for Formation and Evolution of the Culture. 

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Two special lectures were held at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art, University 

of Ljubljana: A Settlement System of the Lepenski Vir Culture in the Upper Gorge of Đerdap, 

Emphasizing the Lady ’ s Whirlpool Region, and Hajdučka Vodenica, a Site of Lepenski Vir Culture, 

the Monumental Altar, the Funeral Space and Functions of Offering Stone Constructions. 

Project: ROMAN LIMES OF MOESIA SUPERIOR AND PANNONIA INFERIOR 

(Academician Slobodan Dušanić) 

During 2006, S. Dušanić and his collaborators continued their work on the “Inscriptions 

de la Mésie Supérieure” vol. III/1 (Inscriptions of the Iron Gates, in preparation, to be published 

by the “Center d’études épigraphiques et numismatiques Fanoula Papazoglou”). An important 

part of the historical and purely epigraphical problems have been solved. The emphasis of the 

research in 2006 was focused on religious propaganda of Trajan connected with the wars of AD 

101 and 105; its naval aspects, and the roles of the Đerdap Fort and the port of Diana, have proved 

especially instructive. 

Project: GAMZIGRAD AND ŠARKAMEN 


Archaeological excavations, carried out within the international cooperation of the 

Archaeological Institute and the Department of Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy, 

Belgrade, with the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in 

Frankfurt/Main (Römisch–Germanische Kommission des Deutches Archäologisches Instituts 

– RGK) , lasted from 2 August to 6 September 2006. The aim of these archaeological excavations 

within international cooperation is to explore the site of Gamzigrad–Romuliana in the area extra 

muros by geophysical methods (geomagnetic and geoelectrical measurements), as well as the 

probing of the ascertained structures. During the 2005 campaign, on the basis of the results of the 

geophysical prospecting by the German team, to the south of the fortification of the emperor’s 

palace Felix Romuliana, on Vukica Janković’s estate in the village of Gamzigrad, a structure, 

about 8 x 10 m in size, was ascertained. It extends in an south-east – north-west direction, to 

the south of the tomb which was explored in probe 1/10 the year before. According to the plan 

international cooperation with the RGK, it was decided, during this year’s campaign, to probe 

the ascertained structure and – by probing in a north-south direction – to follow the trench, which 

was ascertained along the southern rampant of the fortified palace by geophysical prospecting and 

probing during the 2004-2005 campaigns, but was not dated more precisely. 

The excavations in probe 1/06 ascertained the foundation area of the structure, which is 

triangular in plan, 10. 60 x 8.60 m in size and made of crushed stone and tegulae grouted with 

See the Report on Cooperation with the RGK in 2005. On the Serbian side, the participants in these 

excavations were Sofija Petkovic, M.A., head, and Aleksandar Kapuran, archaeologist, Archaeological 

Institute in Belgrade, Professor Dr Mihailo Milinković, head, Professor Dr Živko Mikić and Docent Dr 

Miroslav Vujović, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, Maja Živić, M.A., National Museum in Zaječar, 

Slobodan Radovanović, archaeologist, Aleksandar Medović, paleobotanist, Vojvodina Museum in Novi 

Sad, Jana Škundrić, Branko Aleksić and Vuk Kostić, students of archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy 

in Belgrade, Andjelija Pavlović, student at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade, and Nikola Ivaković, 

student at the Faculty of Architecture in Niš. On the German side, those were: Dr Gerda Sommer von 

Bülоw, head of the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in Frankfurt/ 

Main, Claudia ..., Birte Geiβler, Anne Golke and Daniel Tschernenko, students of archaeology at the 

University of Rostock. 

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lime mortar. According to the types of ceramic pottery, mostly pots and pythoses, the structure 

can generally be dated back to the 6th century AD. This dating is supported by the findings – a 

fragmented, early Byzantine bronze fibula with bent food and the follis of Justin I. 

The excavations of the structure in probe 1/06 also revealed aq late antique necropolis. 

Insite and outside the excavated structure, eight tombs were explored. Some of them were partly 

damaged, primarily by building the mentioned early Byzantine structure. 

On the basis of the burial rite and tomb findings, the part of the late antique necropolis, 

explored in probe 1/06, can be dated back to the last quarter of the 4th – the first half of the 5th 

century AD, in general. On the basis of the scarce fragments of ceramic vessels and bronze coins 

of Emperor Diocletian, the Roman phase of the structure can be dated back to the second half of 

the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th century AD. 

Probe 2/06 on Slavomir Papuković’s estate in the village of Gamzigrad, which is 6 x 

1.5 m in size, was placed in a north-south direction, perpendicularly to the trench ascertained 

by geophysical prospecting and probing along the southern rampart of the later fortification of 

Romuliana. In probe 2/06, adjacent to the footing of the southern rampat, a part of a freely dug 

skeletal grave in a west-east direction was revealed. On its southern side there is the footing of the 

southern rampart of the later fortification of Romuliana. Apart from other items, the tomb yielded 

a bronze cross-shaped fibula, gold-plated and decorated, in niello technique, with geometric 

motives and a medalion with a portrait. The fibula had the iron pin on which the pieces of the 

white wool military cloak, paludamentum, were preserved; the silver catchplate was made of 

silver. 

M. Vasić, M. Tomović, Šarkamen – East Serbia: Tetrarchic Imperial Residential- 

Memorial Complex, Germania, 83, 2005, 2.Halb. (2006), 257–307. 

Felix Romuliana / 50 Years of Archaeological Excavations, Papers from the 

International Conference, Zaječar, 27 th – 29 th October 2003, Belgrade 2006 (ed. M. Vasić). 

Project: ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS OF MACEDONIA 


During 2006, S. Dušanić continued his research on (a) the history of Macedon in the 

light of epigraphical documents (centered on the fourth century BC), and (b) the mines, coins 

and economy of the Roman province of Macedonia. As to (a), his work focused on the relations 

of Macedon with the Peloponnese, Boeotia, Athens and Persia (cf. his forthcoming article on the 

Pseudo-Platonic Minos). As to (b), he prepared a paper on a numismatic problem which can be 

connected with, and explained by, an entry of Hunt’s Pridianum, itself variously important for 

the Trajanic history of Illyricum. Cf. also Dušanić’s Prosopographical Notes on the History of 

Roman Mining in Illyricum, to appear. 

Mr. Mirko Obradović, assistant of the Philosophical Faculty (Belgrade), participated 

in the project. He continued his studies of the political aspects of the anthroponymy of ancient 

Macedonia as reflected in inscriptions and narrative sources (mostly the names of the rulers of the 

Temenid and Antigonid dynasties). 

As soon as material and administrative conditions permit, S. Dušanić, M. Obradović 

and their Macedonian colleagues will begin their work on the collation of north-Macedonian 

epigraphic documents, which are preserved locally and/or in the museums of Macedonia. 

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Project: МЕТАLLURGY IN PREHISTORY AND ANTIQUITY 


The reconnaissance of the ore-bearing region of the mine Rebelj near Valjevo revealed a 

typical prehistoric mining mallet, made of a roughly dressed piece of volcanic rock, showing the 

traces of use. The artifact dates from the Eneolithic period or Early Bronze Age. In this way, the 

oldest copper mining and metallurgy region was rounded off – from Eastern Serbia and Kopaonik 

and Rudnik Mountains to Rebelj in Western Serbia. 

B. Jovаnović, Gradac Phase of the Vinča Culture – Origin of a typological inovation, 

Homage to Milutin Garašanin (N. Tasić, C. Grozdanov, eds.), Belgrade, 2006, 211–233. 

Project: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 

(Associate Rifat Kulenović, curator of the SASA Museum of Science and Technology) 

The reconnaissance of the site of old industrial structures was continued within 

cooperation of the SASA Committee on Archaeology (project: Industrial Archaeology in Serbia), 

the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Pančevo and the SASA Museum of 

Science and Technology. 

Project: EXPLORATION OF EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE 

IN THE DOCLEA AND ZETA REGION 

(Academician Vojislav Korać) 

The processing of the earlier architectural surveys was continued, coupled with the study 

of contemporary literature. Underway is the preparation of the studies based on the surviving 

material. Due to very modest funds, field work could not be carried out. 

Project: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP OF SERBIA AND 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP OF VOJVODINA 

(Associates: Dr. Slaviša Perić, Director of the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade, and 

associates at Serbian museums) 

During the last year, the reconaissance data were recorded and entered into the data base 

in the Archaeological Institute. 

COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF ART 


The members of the Committee worked on individual projects. 

Academician Dejan Medaković worked on the project entitled “Fruška Gora Monastery 

Topics“ (“Fruškogorske manastirske teme“). His book Joseph II and the Serbs (Josif II i Srbi) 

came out. 

Аcademician Vojislav Korać continued his work on the project “Monuments and Topics 

of 14th Century Serbian Architecture“ (“Spomenici i teme srpske arhitekture XIV veka“), in 

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cooperation with the Institute for the History of Art of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. 

Three papers were prepared for publishing in domestic monographs. One paper was published on 

the monograph Grbalj Through the Centuries (Grbalj kroz vekove) (V. Korać, Monumental 

Sacral Architecture in Grbalj /Monumentalna sakralna arhitektura u Grblju/), Grbalj 2006, and 

one paper in the Almanac of the Christian Archaeological Society in Athens, Series 4/No. 

27 (V. Korać, Les voies d’Italie méridionale des influences byzantines sur l’architecture serbe, 

Athens 2006). 

Аcademician Gojko Subotić continued his work on the project “Corpus of the Founders’ 

Inscriptions on Frescoes (the 12th and 13th centuries)“ (“Korpus ktitorskih natpisa na freskama 

/XII–XIII vek/“). He also continued his work on the monograph “The Monastery of St John 

the Forerunner in Jašunja near Leskovac“ (“Manastir Svetog Jovana Preteče u Jašunji kod 

Leskovca“). 

The works published in 2006: 

– Medieval School in Ohrid, Proceedings of the International Scientific Meeting on St 

Naum of Ohrid – Life and Work, Skopje, 2006, 125–136; 

– Copying and Conservation of the Inscriptions on Frescoes with Historical 

Content (Kopiranje i zaštita natpisa istorijske sadržine na freskama), Statements by 

the Republican Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia, 

ХХХV–ХХХVI (2003–2004, Belgrade 2006), 275–278; 

– The Third Žiča Charter (Treća žička povelja), Zograf 31 (2006) (Statement at the 4th 

National Conference of Byzantologists, held in Belgrade, in 2005). 

CHILANDAR COMMITTEE 


The papers, which were prepared for the new volume of Chilandar Proceedings 

(Hilandarski zbornik) by the members of the Committee, enable the printing of the new volume 

of the Proceedings (Vol. XII). The processing of the existing documents in the Committee was 

also continued. Vera Pavlović continued her regular administrative activities. 

Corresponding Member Mirjana Živojinović published two papers: Le grand čelnik 

Radič, Κλητόριον, in memory of Nikos Oikonomides, Athens-Thessaloniki 2006, 387–402, and 

Dragaši i Sveta Gora (Dragaši and Mount Athos), Proceedings of the Byzantological Institute, 

43 (2006), 41–57. 

SZENTENDRE COMMITTEE 

(Academician Dinko Davidov) 

Academician Slavko Gavrilović continued to study archival material, while Academician 

Dinko Davidov spent 12 days in Szentendre, carrying out his research in the Archive of the Buda 

Eparchy, as well as in Raczkeve (wall painting and icons in the church), Szigetcsep and Lorev 

(iconostases). 

Dr. Dimitrije Stefanović continued to study the inscriptions at the Collective Cemetary 

in Szentendre. 

Associate Kosta Vuković continued his research in Grabovac monastery. 

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COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY 

OF THE SERBIAN REVOLUTION 1804–1830 

(Academician Slavko Gavrilović) 

In 2006, the work included the gathering of material for the volume entitled Varia 

insurreccionis serbice, which is kept in the domestic and foreign archives (in Sremski Karlovci, 

Novi Sad, Zagreb, Belgrade and Vienna) and is also found in old Serbian journals from the 19th 

century. 

Spomenik of the SASA, Vol. XIV, which contains the material about the First Serbian 

Uprising from the Swedish State Archives in Stockholm and was prepared by Academician 

Milorad Ekmečić, is now being printed. 

The associates published a number of biographies of the prominent figures from the period 

of the First and Second Serbian Uprisings in Volume II of the Serbian Biographic Dictionary 

(Srpski biografski rečnik) (Novi Sad, Matica srpska, 2006). 

COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE FROM 

THE 16TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY 


Archival and research work was carried out in domestic and foreign archives, 

laying special emphasis on the political, religious and economic history of Serbs in the 

Austrian Empire and in the Balkans. 

The most important works published during 2006: 

Dejan Medaković, Joseph II and Serbs (Josif II i Srbi), in German and English, Novi 

Sad, 151 pages. 

Slavko Gavrilović, Sources on the Serbs in Hungary (Izvori o Srbima u Ugarskoj), 

Vol. V, SASA, Belgrade, 251 pages. 

Ibid. Ten Documents on the Serbian Question in Hungary 1790-1791 (Deset spisa 

iz 1790–1791. о srpskom pitanju u Ugarskoj), Proceedings of Matica srpska for History 

(Zbornik Matice srpske za istoriju), Vols. 71–72, 117–127. 

Ibid., Balkan Merchants in the Civilian Regions of Srem, Slavonija and Croatia in 

the 18th Century (Balkanski trgovci u civilnim oblastima Srema, Slavonije i Hrvatske u XVIII 

veku), Proceedings on “The Balkans and Pannonia Through History“ (“Balkan i Panonija 

kroz istoriju“), Novi Sad, 177–183. 

Ibid., seven papers dealing with Serbian history. Proceedings, Archive for the History 

of the Serbian Orthodox Karlovac Metropolitanate (Arhiv za istoriju Srpske pravoslavne 

karlovačke mitropolije), New Series, Vol. I, Sremski Karlovci 2006. 

COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE SERBS IN CROATIA 

(Academician Vasilije Krestić) 

Proceedings on the Serbs in Croatia (Zbornik o Srbima u Hrvatskoj), No. 6, will come 

out soon and the year of publishing will be 2006. Proceedings No. 7 are being prepared; out of 20 

announced topics, ten authors have already submitted their papers. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPILATION AND PUBLICATION OF MATERIAL 

ON THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA 1903-1914 


Volumes 1 and 2 of Book II by Dr. Ljiljana Aleksić-Pejaković and Života Anić came 

out. The Supplement to the Documents on the Serbian Organization in Old Serbia and Macedonia 

for 1906 is being printed. 

Dr. Kliment Džambazovski and Dr. Ljiljana Aleksić-Pejaković were preparing the 

documents from 1911 (Book IV, Volumes 1-4) for printing. However, the work was interrupted 

due to the death of Dr. Kliment Džambazovski. 

The editors of Books I and III, Dr. Andrija Radenić and Professor Dr. Mihailo Vojvodić, 

continued work on the preparation of these books for printing. 

COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE SERBS IN THE 19TH CENTURY 

(Academician Čedomir Popov) 

Academician Vladimir Stojančević published the paper entitled Greater Serbia – Its 

Psychological, Ideological and Political Background and the Abuse of Its Historical Meaning 

(Velika Srbija – psihološka, idejna i politička podloga nastanka i zloupotreba njenog istorijskog 

značaja) (in Glas CDIV, Department of Historical Sciences, Book 13), pp. 213-231. The 

monograph of Academician Čedomir Popov about “Greater Serbia“, reality and ideological 

and political elements of its mystification was prepared. The preparation of the comprehensive 

manuscript of Diary (Dnevnik) by Milan Đ. Milićević for publishing also began. 

BALCANOLOGICAL TOPICS 


The work on the collection of texts for the Monograph dedicated to Milutin Garašanin, 

which began the year before, was continued in cooperation with the Macedonian Academy of 

Sciences and Arts and the archaeologists with whom Academician Garašanin had maintained 

close cooperation for decades. This cooperation included the preparation and translation of the 

texts of ten Macedonian archaeologists, whose papers were included in “Homage to Milutin 

Garašanin“. After its printing, the Monograph was presented at the Macedonian Academy 

of Sciences and Arts. Apart from the contributors to the Monograph, the President of MASA, 

Academician Cvetan Grozdanov, and Nikola Tasić, who edited this book, also took part in the 

presentation. 

Within cooperation with the SASA Balkanological Institute, Nikola Tasić leads the 

Institute’s project “Society, Material and Spiritual Culture and Communications in the Balkans 

in Protohistory and Early History“ (“Društvo, materijalna i duhovna kultura i komunikacije 

na Balkanu u protoistoriji i ranoj istoriji“), which is financed by the Ministry of Science and 

Environmental Protection. As of next year, three associates will be involved in the work on 

“Balkanological Topics“ (“Balkanološke teme“). 

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Group of projects: Byzantine Themes 

(Corresponding member Ljubomir Maksimović) 

Project: The Last Century of Byzantium and Serbia 

(Prof. Dr. Radivoj Radić) 

The project begun during this year, containing three main aims: research on material 

required for the publication of vol. 7 of the Byzantine Sources for the History of the Peoples 

of Yugoslavia, as well as for the publication of vol. 3 of the Actes de Chilandar. Two PhD 

dissertations (S. Pirivatrić, S. Rajković) and a MA thesis (Maja Nikolić) are also included. 

Radošević N., 2006: Waiting for the End. The Byzantine Rhetoric of the First Half of 

the Fifteenth Century, in: Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta 43, 59–70. 

Radić R., 2006: Bosnia in the Work of Critobulos of Imbros, in: Zbornik radova 

Vizantološkog instituta 43, 141-154. 

Project: Byzantine World in Changing (10 th – 12 th Centuries) 

(Corresponding member Ljubomir Maksimović) 

The project contains several studies and monographs concerned with various aspects 

of changes in the Empire. The main effort in 2006 was concentrated on finishing (defending) 

a dissertation on Byzantine administration during 10 th and11 th century (B. Krsmanović) and in 

publishing another one on the ideology and political theory of the ruler of the Comnenian period 

(V. Stanković). 

Stanković V., 2006: The Comnenoi in Constantinople (1057-1185). The Evolution 

of a Ruling Family, Beograd, 326. 

Maksimović Lj., 2006: Βυζάντιο και Βαλκάνια, in: Ημερίδα στη μνήμη Διονυσίου 

Α. Ζακυθηνού, Αθήνα 2006, 51–59. 

Krsmanović B., 2006: The Potential of the Office of Domestikos ton Scholon 

(8th–10th C.), in: Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta 43, 393–436. 

Project: Wall Painting and Inscriptions in 

the 14 th and 15 th Centuries) 

(Academician Gojko Subotić) 

A comprehensive monograph on the interaction of both main phenomena of the 

sacral monumental art in some Byzantine areas of the Balkans. 

Miljković B., 2006: The Serbian Emperor Stefan’s Icon from the Hilandar Monastery, 

in: Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta 43, 319–348. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL VARDAR COMMITTEE 

(Academician Vladimir Stojančević) 

In 2006, the research on the history and culture of the Serbs in the territory of presentday 

Macedonia was continued. Vardar Proceedings (Vardarski zbornik), No. 5, were edited and 

published. The sixth volume is being printed and the preparations for the seventh volume also 

started. 

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COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 

(Academician Milorad Ekmečić) 

In 2006, the Committee continued its work. The members of the Committee worked on 

individial topics and prepared the fifth volume of the Proceedings for the History of Bosnia and 

Herzegovina (Zbornik za istoriju Bosne i Hercegovine). The papers for the fifth volume of the 

Proceedings were collected and reviewed, after which the Proceedings were submitted for printing. 

The Proceedings contain 16 papers whose authors are: Đuro Tošić, Tibor Živković, Bogumil 

Hrabak, Slaviša Perić, Perica Špeher, Esad Kurtović, Srđen Rudić, Dušan Topalović, Angelika 

Kos, Đorđe Mikić, Velimir Buha, Aleksandar Rastović, Milun Stijović, Dragan Novaković and 

Staniša Vojinović. Several papers were collected for the sixth volume of the Proceedings, which 

will be prepared for publishing next year. 

Individual project: MATERIAL FOR THE HISTORY OF THE 

MILITARY FRONTIER IN THE 18TH CENTURY 


Research was conducted in the domestic archives in Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovci, in 

addition to using xerox copies from the Vienna and Budapest Archives. 

The following works were published: 

– Book Material for the History of the Military Frontier, III, Varaždin Generalate 

1595–1709 (Građa za istoriju Vojne granice, III, Varaždinski generalat 1597-1709), SASA, 

Belgrade, 390 pages. 

– Papers for the Ukrainian Proceedings on The Office of the New Serbian Corps 

(Kancelarija novosrpskog korpusa), Zaporozhye, pp. 11–18; in the Timisoara Proceedings 

of Matica srpska in Novi Sad, Vol. 4, pp. 195–206; in the Archive of the Karlovac 

Metropolitanate (Arhiv Karlovačke mitropolije), New Series, Vol. 1, Sremski Karlovci, 4 

papers and 15 biographies of the Serbian frontiermen from the 17th to 19th centuries in Serbian 

Biographic Dictionary (Srpski biografski rečnik), Matica srpska, Novi Sad, 2006. 

Individual project: MATERIAL FOR THE HISTORY OF 

THE SERBS IN CROATIA AND SLAVONIA 


As the result of my work on the project, I published two books: 

1. Bishop Strossmeyer, a Croat, a Greater Croat or a Yugoslav (Biskup Štrosmajer, 

velikohrvat ili Jugosloven), Jagodina 2006, 326 pages. 

2. Jaša Tomić. Political Portrait 1856–1922 (Jaša Tomić. Politički portret 1856- 

1922), Novi Sad 2006, 114 pages. 

Individual project: BOURGEOIS EUROPE 1871-1914 

(Academician Čedomir Popov) 

During 2006, the chapters “The Achievements of the So-called Second Industrial 

Revolution and Its Economic Results in Europe“ (“Tekovine tzv. Druge industrijske reolucije 

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i njeni privredni rezultati u Evropi“), as well as The History of Russia from the 1870s to the 

First World War (Istorija Rusije od 70-ih godina XIX veka do Prvog svetskog rata) from the 

chapter “Political History of the European States“ (“Politička istorija evoropskih država“), were 

prepared. 

Within the Matica srpska project Serbian Biographic Dictionary (Srpski biografski 

rečnik), he was the chief editor of the published second volume and the third volume which is 

being prepared. He wrote a greater number of entries for this edition, as well as several articles, 

essays and reviews for scientific and literary proceedings and journals. 

Individual project: BRONZE AND IRON AGE CULTURE AND ART 

OF THE SERBIAN DANUBE BASIN 


The continuation of the work on this project pointed to the need to expand the topic and 

engage new associates in view of the situation in the SASA Branch in Novi Sad after the death 

of Academician Bogdan Brukner. Therefore, the reorganization and enlargement of the project 

associates with new ones have already started. An arrangement was worked out with Dr. Predrag 

Medović for his involvement, especially in the topic “A Comparative Picture of the Earlier 

Iron Age Relations Between Gomoglava near Hrtkovci and Gradina on the Bosut and Feudvar 

near Mošorin“ („Komparativna slika odnosa starijeg gvozdenog doba između Gomoglave kod 

Hrtkovaca i Gradine na Bosutu i Feudvara kod Mošorina“). 

N. Tasić, 2006, The Bronze Age of the Danube Basin and Central Balkans in the Work 

of Milutin Garašanin. Homage to Milutin Garašanin, Belgrade 2006, 27–31. 

Individual Project: ANCIENT SOCIETY AND STATE 


Research on (a) political thought of the Greeks in the classical period, and (b) the history 

of Roman institutions and society under the Empire was continued 

Published papers for 2006 include: (a) Ismenias and Polycrates in the Meno. Notes on 

Plato’s Allusive Art and the Greek Politics of the 380’s, Živa Antika 55 (Skopje 2005–2006) 

173–183; (b) G. Alfoeldy, Boelcske 219–238, in: M. Corbier ed., L’Année épigraphique 2006 

(Paris) 473–474 no. 1426. Several other papers are forthcoming. 

During 2006 as well as in previous years, S. Dušanić was the director of the Center for 

Ancient Epigraphy and Numismatics “Fanoula Papazoglou” (Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade) 

and the head of several projects concerning ancient history, epigraphy, and related disciplines 

(Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade). His study of Roman 

history and epigraphy (including collaboration with the editors of the Ann. ép.) focused on the 

preparation of vol. III/1 (inscriptions of the Iron Gates) of the Inscriptions de la Mésie Supérieure 

(series edited by the Center “Fanoula Papazoglou”). 

Early in 2006, S. Dušanić participated in the Paris meeting of the Collegium Politicum, 

devoted to the political thought and activities of sophists. During the month of May, thanks to an 

Onassis grant, he was able to work in Athens on the historical and epigraphical problems of the 

fourth century BC. A short visit to west Serbia (Rudnik in the first place) followed, which dealt 

with the problems of Roman mining. 

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Individual Project: МONASTERY OF ST JOHN THE FORERUNNER IN JAŠUNJA 

(Academician Gojko Subotić) 

The project includes the preparation and publishing of the monograph on the history, 

architecture and fresco painting of the Church of St John the Forerunner. The project is carried out 

in cooperation with Professor Dr. Michitako Suzuki of Okayama University. During the summer 

of 2006, the cleaning and conservation of the wall decoration in the naos and altar continued. 

During the autumn, Professor Dr. Nikola Dudić finished the graphic presentation of the church 

painting, including, inter alia, supplementing it, inter alia, with the unknown representations from 

the previously repainted surfaces. 

1. Mediaeval School in Ohrid, Proceedings of the International Scientific Meeting 

on St. Naum of Ohrid – Life and Work, which was organized on the occasion of the 1100th 

anniversary of the Monastery of St Naum in Ohrid, Ohrid, 19-22 October 2005 (St Naum 

Monastery Complex), Skopje 2006, pp. 125-136; 

2. Copying and Conservation of the Inscriptions on Frescoes Having Historical Content 

(Kopiranje i zaštita natpisa istorijske sadržine na freskama), Statements by the Republican 

Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia, XXXV-XXXVI (2003-2004, 

Belgrade 2006), pp. 275–278; 

3. The Monastery of St John the Theologian near Pirot (Manastir Svetog Jovana 

Bogoslova kod Pirota), Academic Address, Glas of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and 

Arts CDIV, Department of Historical Sciences 13 (2006), pp. 1–20; 

4. The Third Žiča Charter (Treća žička povelja), Zograf 31 (2006). 

Individual Project: ЕUROPE AND THE SERBS IN THE MIDDLE AGES 

(Corresponding Member Jovanka Kalić) 

During 2006, the book Europe and the Serbs in the Middle Ages (Evropa i Srbi, 

Srednji vek) was prepared, completed and published by the Historical Institute, Belgrade, 711 

pages. The book presents the selected results of the author’s research within this project. In 

addition, research on the Serbian-Hungarian relations was continued within special topics: the 

situation in the Balkans and the expansion of Serbia’s relations with Hungary in the 14th and 15th 

centuries, relations with the nobility of Southern Hungary, causes and effects, special role of the 

Gorjanski family and the like. Emphasis was placed on research on the events of a longer duration 

and having a broader meaning. The study of historical sources for the history of the Catholic 

Church in the Balkans continued. Research on the history of Old Raška was also conducted. 

1. Europe and the Serbs, Belgrade 2006, 711. 

2. Despot Stefan and Byzantium, Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta SANU 

43, Beograd 2006, 31–40. 

3. Despot Stefan and Nicola II Gorjanski, Istraživanja, ed. Filozofski fakultet u 

Novom Sadu, 16, 2005–2006, 95–102. 

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Inidividual Project: THE SERBS IN HUNGARY – THE CULTURAL PAST 

(Academician Dinko Davidov) 

Аcademician Dinko Davidov conducted his research in the Buda Eparchy Archive in 

Szentendre, Raczkeve (study of the church’s wall painting and icons), Szigetchsep and Lorev 

(iconostases) from 20 September to 9 October 2006. 

Associate Slavomir Matejić made digital photographs of the most characteristic wall 

painting compositions in Szigezcsep. 

Individual project: TERRITORY AND SOCIETY OF MEDIEVAL SERBIA 

(Academician Miloš Blagojević) 

In 2006, I prepared for publication the Serbian manuscipt of the Agricultural Legal 

Code from the Chilandar and its translation into the contemporary Serbian language, as well as 

the annotations and study on agrarian relations in medieval Serbia. I also prepared several shorter 

treatises for printing. The results of the previous researches were presented in the following 

publications: 

1. Мiloš Blagojević, The Possessions of the Monastery of Chilandar in Kosovo 

and Metohija (12th-14th Centuries) (Posedi manastira Hilandara na Kosovu i Metohiji /XII- 

XV vek/), Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids (“Serbika“), Belgrade 2006, 115 pages + 

8 illustrations + 2 historical maps. 

2. Ibid., Disputes over the Medieval Boundaries (Sporovi oko srednjevekovnih međa), 

Proceedings of Matica srpska for History, 71-72 (2006), 7-28. 

3. Ibid., The Titles of the Princes from the House of Nemanjić in the 12th and 13rd 

Centuries (Titule prinčeva iz kuće Nemanjića u XII i XIII veku), Monastery of Morača 

(Manastir Morača), SASA Balkanological Institute, Special Editions, Vol. 90, Belgrade 2006, 

33–44. 

4. Ibid., Baštinici and Posadnici in Grbalj, in the 14th and 15th Centuries (Baštinici i 

posadnici u Grblju u XIV i XV veku), Proceedings “Grbalj Through the Centuries“ („Grbalj 

kroz vjekove“), Grbalj 2005, 147–156. 

5. Ibid., Serbian Administrative Division of Kosovo and Metohija in the 12th Century 

(Srpska administrativna podela Kosova i Metohije u XII veku), The Serbs in Kosovo and 

Metohija (Srbi na Kosovu i Metohiji), SASA Scientific Meetings, Vol. CXII, Department of 

Social Sciences, Vol. 26, Belgrade 2006, pp. 125–138. 

Individual Project: HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IN SERBIA IN THE FIRST HALF OF 

THE 19th CENTURY 

(Academician Vladimir Stojančević) 

In 2006, research on the historiography (authors and works) devoted to the mentioned topic 

(concepts and results) continued. The end result included the following selected publications: 

1. Србија 1914–1918. – Serbia 1914-1918. Sećanje na vreme bola I ponosa. – 

Remembrance of the Time of Pain and Pride. Edited by Tihomir S. Ilijić. First edition. 

Belgrade, 2006, 328 p. (published by Vojnoizdavački zavod – “Svetlost sveta” Book Publishing 

Agency). 

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2. The Historical Past of the Gurgusovac Nahie from the Late 18th Century Until 

the End of Prince Miloš’s Rule (Istorijska prošlost Gurgusovačke nahije od kraja XVIII veka 

do završetka knez Miloševe vlade), Timočka Krajina Historical Archive, Zaječar, 2006, 106 p. 

3. From the History of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Iz istorije Srpske pravoslavne 

crkve), Niš Eparchy, Niš 2006, 161+(8) p. 

Individual Project: SREBRENICA IN THE MIDDLE AGES 

(Academician Desanka Kovačević-Kojić) 

During 2005, the focus of my research was based on the foreigners in Srebrenica, 

primarily the Ragusians (the nobility and the citizens) in the XIV th and the XV th centuries. 

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Project: SERBIA AND ITALIAN STATES IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES 

(Corresponding Member Momčilo Spremić) 

Work on my individual project continued in 2006, whereby the relations of Serbia with 

the Italian States in the fourteenth and the fifteenth centuries were researched. With papers I have 

participated in two conferences this year: the first, “Economic Relations Between Europe and the 

Islamic World from the 13th to the 18th Centuries”, was held in Prato, Italy, in May 2006 and the 

second, “The Western Balkans, the Adriatic and Venice from the 13th to the 18th Centuries” was 

held in Vienna and Venice in September 2006. In both papers, the political and economic relations 

of Serbia with the Italian States, particularly with Venice, were presented. 

Spremić M., Le Livre “L’Italie au XV siecle” D’Alberto Tenenti et son importance 

pour les Balkans, Alberto Tenenti. Scritti in memoria. Napoli 2006, 601–609 

Spremić M., Đurađ Branković, 1427-1456, Beograd 2006, 1–276. 

Spremić M., Il consolato aragonese di Ragusa nel XV secolo, Italica Belgradensia, 

Belgrado 2006, 43–57. 

Individual Project: SCORDISCI AND THE AUTOCHTHONS IN THE PROTOHISTORY 

OF THE CENTRAL BALKANS 


The preparation of the final text for the catalogue relating to the old Celtic necropolis 

at Pećine near Viminacium is underway. The ethnic and tribal diversity of the buried and rich 

findings require the processing of each individual group of graves. 

Within the late La Tène period in Vojvodina, an analysis was made of economic and 

production relations between the excavated, open Scordisci settlements and central, fortified ones, 

such as Gomoglava near Hrtkovci and Gradina on the Bosut. The fortified settlements (opidium) 

date back to the 1st century BC, thus belonging to the time prior to the arrival of Romans and 

marking the end of the protohistoric period. 

Project: STATE AND SOCIETY IN BYZANTIUM 

(Corresponding Member Ljubomir Maksimović) 

In 2006, I continued the synthetic processing of the original material bearing the 

provisory title State and Society in Byzantium (Država i društvo u Vizantiji) which ,on the

whole, can be regarded as continuous. The collected data refer to various aspects of Byzantine 

civilization, including the structure and functioning of the institutions, as well as economic and 

social phenomena and everyday life style. These data were processed to a varying degree, so that 

it was necessary to study them on a phase-by-phase basis. The mentioned provisory title covers 

only the first phase – the structure of the state and society and their interaction – which actually 

constitutes the overall project. 

The issue in question deals with the physiognomy and evolution of the Empire’s 

constitutional factor – emperor, senate, army and populus, as well as the structure and evolution 

populous, as well as the structure and evolution of state administration. In many respects, this 

context is related to the processes shaping the Byzantine society, especially its elite. The third 

factor – Church – creates the basis for the interaction of the first two factors, enabling their 

transition from the Roman to the medieval order of things. Dealing with these pervading factors 

produced several parts of the project, which should represent the chapters of the future book. It 

can be stated that the physiognomy of this book – which will be the end result of this project and 

will probably bear the same name- was shaped during 2006. 

Upon the completion of the above mentioned work, the project entered the phase in 

which it will be possible to perceive the completion of the overall project with more certainty. 

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY 

OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA 

The Committee held its working session on 27 February 2006, at which the solutions to 

the current questions were considered and adopted. It was decided to organize the presentation 

of the Proceedings in Zubin Potok and Kosovska Mitrovica after their publishing. It was also 

decided to immediately continue to collect the papers for the fourth volume of the Kosovo and 

Metohija Proceedings, which should be printed in 2007. 

The President of the Committee, Academician Stevan Karamata, informed the members 

of the Committee about the scientific meeting entitled “The Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija“ 

(“Srbi na Kosovu i Metohiji“), which was held in cooperation with the University of Priština, 

seated in Kosovska Mitrovica. Academician Karamata and Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić 

prepared for printing the material for the book “The Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija“ and the 

material from the scientific meeting in Zubin Potok, “Ibarski Kolašin Through the Centuries“ 

(“Ibarski Kolašin kroz vekove“), so that both texts were submitted for printing in the second half 

of 2006. 

After the printing of these Proceedings, the President of the Committee, Stevan 

Karamata, and the members of the Committee, Professor Dr. Milica Grković and Milan 

Ivanović, participated in their presentation, which was organized by the new Rector of 

Kosovska Mitrovica University, Professor Dr. Zdravko Vitošević, together with the deans 

of the faculties, professors, students and citizens, in the Rectorate of Kosovska Mitrovica 

University, on 4 December 2006. 

On 5 December 2006, the same delegation of our Committee organized the presentation 

of the papers from the scientific meeting entitled “The Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija“ and the 

Kosovo and Metohija Proceedings, Vol. 3, including the material from the scientific meeting 

devoted to “Ibarski Kolašin Through the Centuries“, which was held at the Cultural Centre 

in Zubin Potok. This event was attended by the Mayor and other officials of the Municipality 

of Zubin Potok. On that occasion, the author’s copies and offprints were distributed to local 

authors, while several copies of the Proceedings were sent schools and institutions in Zubin 

Potok. During its stay in Zubin Potok, the delegation visited the monastery of Duboki Potok, 

which also received one copy of the Proceedings of this Committee as a gift. 

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COMMITTEE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN VINČA 


The archaeological site of Vinča – Belo Brdo will undergo large-scale rehabilitation work 

along the bank of the Danube, enclosing the area that was investigated during the excavations 

of Professor M.M. Vasić from 1908 to 1936. Damage was inflicted by the erosion caused by the 

river mainstream during a high water level, as well as by the action of groundwaters. 

The site is largely protected by the spacious bank protection system, which was 

constructed at the initiative of Professor Vasa Čubrilović, the first President of the Committee, 

so that the new excavations could begin during the 1970s. 

Apart from the site protection, the publishing of the hitherto results of these systematic 

excavations is also an urgent activity, which would confirm the high scientific value of Belo Brdo. 

Therefore, the Committee must coordinate different activities relating to the urgent rehabilitation 

of this archaeological site, all the more so because it has not been adequately protected since the 

completion of work by M-M. Vasić. The planned large-scale works can also rely on the greater 

interest of the domestic and foreign public in the development of Vinča – Novo Brdo into a 

unique moment and part of Belgrade’s tourism supply. 

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DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND MUSIC 

Project: RECORDING OF SERBIAN FOLK MUSIC 

(Academician Dejan Despić) 

The funds earmarked for the project were spent on audio and video cassettes for 

recording folk music in the field. Field work included interviews and audio recording in the 

villages of Vukasovci near Aranđelovac (in March), Crni Kao near Batočina (in July), Bosut near 

Aranđelovac (in October) and Svetlić near Topola (in November). The recording was done by 

Jelena Jovanović. 

The programme of the First Bagpipers’ Festival in Svrljig (early in October) was 

recorded and audio recordings and photographs of bagpipers and their instruments were made. 

The recording was done by Danka Lajić-Mihajlović. 

Project: PRODUCTION OF COMPACT DISKS AND CASSETTES 


The funds earmarked for 2006 were spent on the preparation of the audio edition (CD) 

of Traditional Singing and Playing in Gornja Jasenica (Narodno pevanje i sviranje u Gornjoj 

Jasenici) by Jelena Jovanović. 

Project: CONTEMPORARY SERBIAN MUSICAL SCENE 


Меmbers of the Project are continuing to complete the bibliographies and are engaged 

in dance critic and the encyclopedia of Serbian Opera and Ballet, including theatrical incidental 

and film music. Several old scores of Serbian operatic music were scanned for the Project’s 

archives, such as the opera Prince of Zeta by Petar Konjovic. 

COMMITTEE FOR THE DICTIONARY ON THE FINE ARTS TERMS 

(Corresponding Member Milan Lojanica) 

Project: DICTIONARY OF FINE ART TERMS 

In 2006, the corpus of texts for Volume I of the Dictionary (the entries from A to Đ, 1,020 

author’s pages) was definitely structured and then edited and proofread, so that in this respect it 

is in the final preparation stage for publishing. As for illustrations, however, it is necessary to 

collect additional photographs and photo reproductions, whereby the main problem is still posed 

by the establishment of their origin, that is, the identification of the copyright and publishing right 

holders. In addition, for illustration of some texts it is necessary to ensure significant, additional 

photographing and the making of original drawings, graphic, photo and other documentation. 

It must also be noted that during the past period there were difficulties with activating 

the large (and, thus, not very functional) composition of the Committee, not to mentioned the 

excessive responsibility of only one expert associate, employed on a part-time basis, and limited 

financial sources, whose considerable part had to be spent on the acquisition of a computer and a 

printer without which the further work on the ongoing project would not be possible. 

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For these reasons and considering the past experience of this Committee (bearing in 

mind the significance of completing the work on this Dictionary efficiently and the possibility of 

preparing the first volume for printing in due course), it is necessary to do the following: 

− Make the work of the Committee more efficient and more operative by changing its 

composition and consideraby reducing the number of its members, who should come 

mostly from the Department of Fine Arts and Music, in addition to recruiting several 

external (paid) members. 

− Supplement the personnel of the Committee (pursuant to the SASA Statute, Article 87, 

and the Rules Governing Publishing Activity, Article 7) by appointing the full-time 

operational (responsible) editor for the Dictionary, who does not have to be a member 

of the Academy. 

− Plan carefully (bearing in mind the content, scope and type of the remaining work) the 

time, work schedule and real amount of resources required for the forthcoming period 

of work, and then to submit such a proposal to the Department, the Executive Board 

and the Presidency of the SASA for adoption. 

COMMITTEE FOR THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN MUSIC 

(Academician Dimitrije Stefanović) 

According to the work plan, it was anticipated to remodel another room in the monastery 

of Velika Remeta for housing the exhibition Old Serbian Music. However, due to slow and largescale 

work in the monastery, after the room was made available at the end of last year, there 

appeared humidity in that room which has not yet been eliminated. We hope that the room will 

finally be ready for housing the the exhibition in the spring of 2007. 

The funds were spent on the re-recording of old tapes, about 40, containing mostly our 

traditional church music, whose useful life expired. This time, the recordings were transferred 

onto DVDs; they contain spiritual and folk songs from various monasteries and various parts of 

our country. 

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CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE SASA 

AND NIŠ UNIVERSITY 

Director of the Centre: 

Аcademician Miroslav Pantić 

Deputy Director: 

Professor Dr. Dragan Žunić 

In 2006, the Centre organized three international scientific meetings and one round table 

in the fields of the humanities and social sciences. Four publications were published and two 

presentations and one public lecture were organized. 

Dr. Gradimir Milovanović, full professor at the Faculty of Electronics in Niš, was elected 

as a Corresponding Member of SASA. 

On 18 September, on the occasion of awarding a honorary doctorate to Professor Dr. 

Antonios N. Kunadis at Niš University, the University and the Centre were visited by by the 

President of SASA, Academician Nikola Hajdin, and the Vice-President of SASA, Academician 

Stevan Koički. They discussed the projects of the Centre and the forthcoming activities. 

The talks were reopened between the Mayor of Niš and the Rector of Niš University 

about the provision of one building in Niš for the work of the Centre, as well as for the overall 

scientific and artistic projects of the SASA in this part of the country. 

In 2006, the work on the project Literature and History (Književnost i istorija) (led 

by Professor Dr. Miroljub Stojanović, Head of the Literature Department) began. The project 

is financed by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia 

(148025D). 

During 2006, the Academic Council of the Centre held three sessions. 

SECTION FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART 

Project: NIŠAVA RIVER BASIN IN PREHISTORY, ANTIQUITY AND THE 

MIDDLE AGES 

(Miloje Vasić, Ph.D.) 

During the campaign in 2006, within the project relating to the construction of the 

archaeological park, excavations were carried out at two sites from 18 September to 20 October. 

They were financed by the Directorate for the Construction of the City of Niš. 

At the first site, 10 probes, 5 x 5 m in size, were opened. In probes 56-57, the parts 

of the cobblestone substructure were revealed. They are less well preserved than those in the 

probes excavated in 2002 and 2003. In probes 60-65, the foundations of a structure were revealed. 

Thereis no doubt that it was built at the same time as villa with peristyle and probably served as 

the emperor’s festive entrance into the estate. Adjacent to the eastern wall of this structure the 

concentration of architectural plastics was revealed (fragments of columns and epitels). This 

finding will be very important for an analysis of the structure. In the north-western corner of 

the structure there is a wall leaned against it. Built by using dry technique, this wall extends in 

a north-south direction, towards the villa. It belongs to the third construction phase at Mediana, 

which followed the destruction of the emperor’s complex around 380 AD. 

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At the second site, to the east of the villa with perystile, a trench was excavated for 

laying water and sewage pipelines. Previously, geoelectrical investigations were carried out in 

this area. 

There is no doubt that the most important result of the excavations in 2006 was the 

discovery of the structure to the south of the entrance to the villa with peristyle. If further 

excavations confirm the hypothesis that it served as the emperor’s entrance into Mediana, that 

will shed much more light on the court ceremonial in the 4th century AD. The excavation of this 

trench revealed that a new rural settlement was also bealt to the east of the villa, above the layer 

of its use and destruction. At present, it cannot be confirmed whether the parts of the excavated 

walls were the building foundations or the walls enclosing the plots on which the houses of 

inferior material (wood and clay) were built. Systematic excavations or precise geophysical 

measurements of the area between the eastern facade of the villa and its enclosing wall will be 

able to provide an answer to these questions. 

Dr. Gordana Milošević and archaeologist Gordana Jeremić, MA, continued to process 

the documentation from the site of Jagodina mala, especially those referring to the architecture 

and decoration of tombs. This documentation is processed in AutoCAD. The digitalization of the 

plans of Mediana and their processing in AutoCAD was continued. 

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WORK ON PUBLICATIONS 

А) Jagodina mala in Niš – A Late Antique Necropolis (Jagodina mala u Nišu – 

kasnoantička nekropola) (authors: S. Drča, S. Golubović, G. Jeremić). 

The work on the manuscript of the publication continued. It was planned to prepare 

the manuscript for reviewing by the end of next year and then to begin preparations for its 

publishing. 

SECTION FOR SERBIAN LANGUAGE 

Project: TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SERBIAN SPEECH 

IN SOUTH-EASTERN SERBIA 

(Prof. Dr. Slobodan Remetić) 

This project was carried out at a slower pace, because priority was given to the work on 

the Serbian Dialectological Atlas (Srpski dijalektološki atlas). Speech in one village in the Soko 

Banja valley was processed, while the earlier works were edited for possible publication. At the 

scientific meetings the following papers were presented: 

N. Bogdanović, Serbian Dialects and Norm of the Standard Language (Srpski dijalekti 

i norma standardnog jezika (Kragujevac, October 2006). 

N. Bogdanović. Dialect and Dialectal Literature (Dijalekt i dijalekatska književnost) 

(Leskovac, December 2006). 

J. Marković, Leskovac Speech in Dialectological Science (Leskovački govor u 

dijalektološkoj nauci) (Leskovac, December 2006). 

Nedeljko Bogdanović 2006, Microtoponymy of Svrljig (Miktrotoponimija Svrljiga), 

Onomatological Contributions (Onomatološki prilozi), XVIII. Belgrade: SASA, 39-178. 

During 2006, the associates at the Section for Serbian Language worked on 

the first volume of the Serbian Dialectological Atlas (Srpski dijalektološki atlas) (the

processing of ten points /villages/, writing down of the data from 160 questionnaires 

covering the Prizren-Timok area, preparation of the registers for the lexemes contained 

in the first volume), within the project Dialectologial Studies of the Serbian Linguistic 

Area (Dijalektološka istraživanja srpskog jezičkog prostora). These projects were carried 

out by 13 associates. 

Project: LINGUISTIC CULTURE OF PUBLIC LIFE 

(Prof. Dr. Nedeljko Bogdanović) 

The project is financially supported by the Administration for Education, Culture and 

Sport of the City of Niš (through the public competition of the Council for Cultural Creativity of 

the City of Niš). A number of topics was dealt with on more than a hundred pages of the manuscript, 

which should be published in January 2007. These tasks were carried out by associates. 

LITERATURE SECTION 

(Prof. Dr. Miroljub Stojanović) 

Project: LITERATURE AND HISTORY 

(Prof. Dr. Miroljub Stojanović) 

The eighth international scientific meeting, entitled The Transposition of Historical 

Events in Epic Poem, Poem and Epic (Transpozicija istorijskih događaja i ličnosti u epskoj pesmi, 

poemi i epu), was held at the Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, Niš 

University, 28 September 2006). There were 23 participants of whom five from abroad (Bulgaria, 

Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). 

Literature and History VII – Тransposition of Historical Events and Personages 

in Slavic Tragedy (Književnost i istorija VII – Transpozicija istorijskih događaja i ličnosti u 

tragediji kod Slovena) (Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting held in Niš, 27-28 October 2005). 

Niš: Center for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, and the Study Group for 

the Russian Language and Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, 2006, p. 475. 

Project: LITERARY AND CULTURAL LIFE IN SOUTH-EASTERN SERBIA IN THE 

19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES 


The scientific meeting entitled Writers in Niš and About Niš (Pisci u Nišu i o Nišu) 

(Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, Niš University, 1 December 

2006) was organized. It had 23 participants. 

The round table on Ljubisav Ljuba Stanojević – Life and Work (Ljubisav Ljuba Stojanović 

– život i delo) was held (Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, Niš 

University, 15 December 2006). It had 16 participants. 

Jelena Dimitrijević – Life and Work (Jelena Dimitrijević – život i delo) (Proceedings 

of the Scientific Meeting held in Niš, 28-29 October 2005). Niš: Centre for Scientific Research 

of the SASA and Niš University, 2006, 214 pages. 

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SECTION FOR STUDYING PEOPLE 

(Prof. Dr. Dragan Žunić) 

Project: TRADITIONAL AESTHETIC CULTURE OF SERBS 

(Prof. Dr. Dragan Žunić) 

On 17 November 2006, the Section organized the international symposium on Traditional 

Aesthetic Culture: Everyday Routine and Holiday (Tradicionalna estetska kultura: svakodnevlje 

i praznik). The participants were from Niš University (3), Belgrade University (1), University 

of Arts in Belgrade (1), SASA Balkanological Institute, Belgrade (1), SASA Ethnographic 

Institute, Belgrade (2), SASA Archaeological Institute, Belgrade, (1), Ethnographic Institute 

of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (2), Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade (1) and 

the Institute for Old Slavic Culture, Prilep/Skopje (1). Twelve papers were presented and one 

ethnographic film was shown. 

The presentations were recorded by the expert team of Radio Belgrade Channel III, 

which will be broadcast in the relevant radio programme. 

Project: POPULATION IN SOUTH-EASTERN SERBIA 

The Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, in cooperation with 

the Nikola Tesla University Library, organized the presentation of the monograph by Professor 

Dr. Jovan Ćirić entitled Gradište: The Chronicle of the Village (Gradište: hronika sela) (Niš: 

Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, 2006). Large Lecture Hall at Niš 

University, 17 October 2006. 

The monograph Gradište also has its electronic edition, i.e. it was placed on the Niš 

University web-site (http://OLA.zrc-sazu.si) fast link: Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA 

and Niš University). 

Professor Dr. Jovan Ćirić, Gradište: The Chronicle of the Village (Gradište: hronika 

sela). Niš: Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University, 2006, 109 pages. 

SECTION FOR BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS 

(Prof. Dr. Vojin Savić) 

Project: RESEARCH ON ENDEMIC NEPHROPATHY IN SOUTH-EASTERN SERBIA 


In 2006, research was carried out according to the programme. In addition to field 

investigations in the villages with endemic nephropathy, special emphasis was laid on the 

investigation of the type of proteinuria, although in other disease-endemic areas in Serbia, the 

glomerular type of proteinuria was revealed. The results of the planned investigations will shed 

more light on etiopathogenesis of endemic nephropathy. The analysis of the type of proteonuria 

during the evolution of endemic nephropathy shows the sequence and dynamics of the lesions 

of nephron segments. This will create quality conditions for the prevention and treatment of the 

disease. The most significant tracking of the glomerular function and other part of the nephrons 

– apart from kidney biopsy – is the electrophoresis of protein in the urine. However, in the 

laboratories of the nephrological centre in Niš, the method for tracking the type of proteinuria 

by electrophoresis has not yet been introduced, which precludes an adequate investigation of

structural changes in endemic nephropathy. Also, kidney biopsy is extremely rare, which is also 

a great deficiency insofar as the investigation of patohystological changes is concerned. Due to 

the lack of funds, sending this material to other clinics (e.g. the Army Medical Academy), which 

have facilities for such medical research, is aggravated. 

In 2006, a retrograde study for the past 25 years was prepared: Kidney and Urinary Tract 

Tumours in the Disease-Endemic Area of the Village of Brestovac (Tumori bubrega i unirarnih 

puteva u endemskom području sela Brestovac). This study points to the presence of uninary tract 

tumour in patients with endemic nephropathy. Tumours occur more often in men, aged 50-70. 

The distribution of the upper urothelium with urothel carcinoma, papillae and transcellular forms 

is prevalent. 

Raičević R., Miljković S., Suša S., Savić V., Čukuranović R., Mitić B., 2006: Kidney 

and Urinary Tract Tumours in the Disease-Endemic Region of the Village of Brestovac. 

Retrograde Analysis During 25 years (Tumori bubrega i urinarnih puteva u endemskom 

području sela Brestovac: retrogradna analiza u toku 25 godina). Acta medica Medianae, Vol. 

45, No 2, 16-19. 

Project: KIDNEY AS AN ENDOCRINE ORGAN 


The results of the research conducted in 2006 were the continuation of mostly unfinished 

investigations which were carried out according to the programme for the previous years. Special 

attention was devoted to an analysis of the urinary syndrome, bearing in mind the influence of 

insulin and glucagon on renal and extrarenal metabolic changes. Insulin resistance and insulin 

sensitivity were especially investigated in patients with endemic nephropathy. In addition, in all 

patients IGF-1 values were also determined. To a degree, they point to the early detection of the 

factors for the development of renal lesions. 

In the second part of this study – as a therapy model – the influence of the lessening of 

insulin resistance and the consecutive decrease in proteinuria was investigated by applying the 

ACE-inhibitor, whose research is still in progress. A clear disproportion was ascertained in the 

results of research on secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal insufficiency, as well as the 

role of vasoactive hormons in renal patients with hypertension. 

Apart from the fact that the results of investigating cytokin in the pathogenesis of endemic 

glomerulonephritis point out that they can be useful as an indicator in tracking the eolution of 

glomerulopathies regardless of their etiology, these investigations of cytokin and growth hormon 

in the urine point to a certain clinical significance that different therapeutic modalities in treatment 

of these patients are already gradually applied. 

SECTION FOR ENERGETICS 

(Prof. Dr. Tomislav Pavlović) 

Project: DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF THE FLAT SOLAR ENERGY 

RECEPTOR FOR THERMAL AND ELECTRIC CONVERSION 

(Prof. Dr. Tomislav M.Pavlović) 

In 2006, the physical properties of solar modules with and without protective glass 

were investigated. On the basis of the results, it was concluded that protective glass reduces the 

efficiency of the solar module with monocrystal silicon solar cells by 20%. 

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The manuscript of the second, supplemented and revised edition of the book of Professor 

Dr. T. Pavlović and Professor Dr. B. Čabrić: Physics and Technology of Solar Energy (Fizika i 

tehnika solarne energetike), 330 pages, was submitted for printing. 

In 2006, it was continued to equip the Laboratory for Solar Energy at the Faculty of 

Science and Mathematics in Niš, which was enlarged by one room, thanks to the assistance of 

the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Science and Mathematics in 

Niš, WUS Austria, Nissal and the Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Niš University. 

According to its personnel and equipment, the Laboratory for Solar Energy at the Faculty of 

Science and Mathematics in Niš is the leading centre for solar energy research in our country. 

In order to realize the project and establish closer cooperation with the colleagues in 

Greece, Professor Dr. T. Pavlović spent 10 days on a study visit to the Laboratory for Solar 

Energy at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Patra in September 2006. 

Pavlović Т., Kostić Lj., Pavlović Z., Pantić L., 2006: Physical Characteristics of PV/ 

Thermal Collector. Proceedings of 3 rd International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics, 

Prag, 87-90. 

Pavlović Т., Kostić Lj., Pavlović Z., Pantić L., 2006: Measurements of electrical 

characteristics of PV/Thermal Collector. Proceedings of 3 rd International Workshop on 

Teaching in Photovoltaics, Prag, 81-86. 

Pavlović Т., Kostić Lj., Pavlović Z., Đurđanović M., Krulj I., 2006: Physical 

Characteristics of PV/Thermal Collectors with Monocristal and Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells, 

Sixth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union, Istambul, 1032. 

Pavlovic Т., Kostic Lj., Pavlovic Z., Krulj I., 2006: Physical Characteristics of Flat 

Thermal Collector with Spectrally Selective Absorber. Sixth General Conference of the 

Balkan Physical Union, Istambul, 1034. 

Pavlovic Т., Kostic Lj., Pavlovic Z., Krulj I., 2006: Physical Characteristics of the 

Solar Module with Monocristal Silicon Solar Cells, Sixth General Conference of the Balkan 

Physical Union, Istambul, 1033. 

Pavlovic Т., Pavlovic Z., Kostic Lj., Krulj I., 2006: Tesla and Solar Еnergy, Sixth 

International Symposium Nikola Tesla, Belgrade, 209-213. 

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CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE SASA 

AND KRAGUJEVAC UNIVERSITY 

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of its establishment and the 10th anniversary of 

the death of Academician Dragoslav Srejović, one of its founders and its first director, the Centre 

for Scientific Research of the SASA and Kragujevac University organized the scientific meeting 

devoted to Dragoslav Srejović and Art (Dragoslav Srejović i umetnost) on 28 and 29 November. 

This was a national scientific meeting with international participation, at which the papers 

presented (23) were divided into three groups: Srejović and Art; Papers on the Topics Pursued 

by Srejović, and Papers on the Localities Discovered and Described by Srejović. The meeting 

revealed the extent to which archaeological investigations should also include the history of art, 

mythology and other related fields. Srejović’s work is also great and of lasting value because his 

approach to a locality was always interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. The President of the 

Scientific Committee of this meeting was Corresponding Member of SASA Vidojko Jović. 

The Scientific Meeting “Dragoslav Srejović and Art“ (“Dragoslav Srejović i umetnost“) 

is the third in the series which is organized within the “Memorial Academician Dragoslav 

Srejović“ – the scientific meeting on “The Work of Dragoslav Srejović on the Study of Prehistory 

of the Central Balkans“ (“Rad Dragoslava Srejovića na istraživanju praistorije Centralnog 

Balkana“) was held from 27 to 29 November 1997 and the scientific meeting on “The Work 

of Dragoslav Srejović on the Study of Antique Archaeology“ (“Rad Dragoslava Srejovića na 

istraživanju antičke arheologije“) from 31 October to 2 November 2002. Both scientific meetings 

were national in character, with international participation; there were 25-30 participants with 

papers, and the proceedings of both scientific meetings were published. It was announced that 

the proceedings entitled Dragoslav Srejović and Art would be published next year and that their 

presentation would take place on 29 November 2007. During the scientific meeting in 2006, the 

exhibition Felix Romuliana, with the exhibits from the Zaječar National Museum, was staged in 

the hall of the Rectorate. 

On the 10 th anniversary of the establishment of the Centre, the exhibition Milutin 

Milanković – the Giant of World Science (Milutin Milanković – velikan svetske nauke) was 

staged. Its authors were Dr. Aleksandar Petrović, Docent at the Faculty of Philology and Arts 

in Kragujevac, and Dr. Stela Filipi Matatunović from the University Library in Belgrade. The 

exhibition was opened at the Rectorate of Kragujevac University on 5 May 2006 and its aim 

was to acquaint the public with the work of astronomer and geophysicist Milutin Milanković 

(1879–1958), who was the author of mathematical theory of cyclical climatic changes on Earth, 

conditioned by variations in its insolation. Although Milutin Milanković was a world-reputed 

scientists, which can be judged by a great echo of his work even half a century after his death, he 

is insufficiently known and recognized in Serbia. The exhibition was also visited, in an organized 

way, by students of the First Kragujevac High School and students of biology at the Faculty of 

Mathematics and Science. 

In 2006, continuing education, through the seminar on VASCULAR DOPPLER 

ULTRASONOGRAPHY, was organized once again. Since it aroused great interest, there were 

two seminars: on 9-12 June and on 26-29 October. Like before, the seminar was led by Dr. 

Božidar Novaković, while theoretical and practical instruction was conducted by prominent 

professors from Kragujevac University, Belgrade University and Harvard School of Public 

Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA. Practical training in operating the latest generation 

3D and 4D equipment – laying special emphasis on its diagnostic possibilities – was organized 

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in cooperation with the Kragujevac Clinical Centre, Dr. Stevan Mihajlović Specialist’s Office 

from Kragujevac, Dr. Mijatovic Specialist’s Office from Kragujevac and Ana Life Specialist’s 

Office from Zemun. The seminars were attended by more than 20 participants who obtained the 

certificates of completed training. 

SECTION FOR LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 

(Prof. Dr. Mirjana Detelić) 

Project: THE CULTURAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF KRAGUJEVAC 

Under its Programme, the National Library in Kragujevac continued its cooperation with 

the Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Kragujevac University. In 2006, its research 

and work on the preparation of the Regional Bibliography were focussed on periodicals. In the 

course of the year, the preparation of the bibliography of the most significant literary journal 

Koraci began. Its author is Senior Librarian Jelena Stanković. The topic, “Cultural and Literary 

Life of Kragujevac“ (“Kulturni i književni život Kragujevca“), poses a great challenge, so that 

the associates devoted their attention on revealing the unknown facts about that history. They also 

presented papers on the relevant topics at several scientific meetings, including as follows: 

1. At the scientific meeting on “Kragujevac, the Capital of Serbia, 1818-1841“ 

(Kragujevac prestonica Srbije 1818-1841), held on 20 September 2006, in Kragujevac, the paper 

“The Taste of the Epoch and Anka Obrenović“ (“Ukus epohe i Anka Obrenović“) was presented 

by associate Mila Stefanović. 

2. At the International Conference “Leadership in Library Science“ (“Liderstvo u 

bibliotekarstvu“), held in Belgrade, 19-20 October, the paper “Cooperation Between the National 

Library in Kragujevac and the Centre for Scientific Research of the SASA and Kragujevac 

University“ (“Saradnja Narodne biblioteke u Kragujevcu i Centra za naučna istraživanja SANU i 

Univerziteta u Kragujevcu“) was presented. Its author was Mila Stefanović. 

3. On the occasion of the jubilee of Kragujevac University, the exhibition “The Lyceum 

of the Serbian Principality (1838-1841)“ (Liceum Knjaževstva Srbskog /1838-1841/) was staged. 

Its authors were the Centre associates, Dr. Mila Stefanović and Predrag-Cile Mihailović. 

SECTION FOR HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 

(Academician Miloš Blagojević) 

Liceum, No. 10: The Hidden Horizon – the Landmark of the History of Serbian 

Science (Skriveni horizont – razmeđa istorije srpske nauke), edited by Dr. Aleksandar Petrović, 

was published. The proceedings contain the texts from the series of lectures held during 2004/2005; 

their presentation is expected in March 2007. 

The presentation of the monograph “Grivac – Settlements 

of Protostarčevo and Vinča Cultures“ 

1. The monograph “Grivac – Settlements of Protostarčevo and Vinča Cultures“ (“Grivac 

– naselja protostarčevačke i vinčanske kulture“) by Dr. Milenko Bogdanović was presented in the 

Gallery of the National Museum in Kragujevac, on 13 June 2006. The monograph is the result 

of the author’s 10-year work on the project “Old Cultures on the Soil of Central Serbia from 

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Prehistory to the Middle Ages“ (“Stare kulture na tlu centralne Srbije od praistorije do srednjeg 

veka“), which was realized within the Centre for Scientific Research. 

2. The shorter study on the fortification at the site of the hill fort at Donje Grabice was 

also prepared for printing. 

3. The shorter study on “Dragoslav Srejović – Neolithic Art“. New Contributions to the 

Reconstruction of Art History in Prehistory (“Dragoslav Srejović – neolitska umetnost“. Novi 

prilozi za konstrukciju istorije umetnosti u praistoriji) was prepared for the scientific meeting on 

Dragoslav Srejović, “Dragoslav Srejović and Art“ (“Dragoslav Srejović i umetnost“). 

4. The work on the makeup of the monograph Grivac for its English version began. 

SECTION FOR STUDYING PEOPLE 

(Prof. Dr. Ljubinko Radenković) 

Within the project Ethnological Specifics of Šumadija and the Morava River Basin in 

the Entire Balkan Region (Etnološke osobenosti Šumadije i Pomoravlja u ukupnom balkanskom 

prostoru), the book Korićani – A Village in Šumadija (Korićani – selo u Šumadiji) by Milivoje 

D. Milosavljević was prepared for printing and it will come out in January 2007. 

It was announced for 2007 that there was the possibility of organizing the series of 

lectures in the field of ethnology and that the book Town Costumes of Šumadija in the 19th 

Century (Građanske nošnje Šumadije u 19. veku) by Dobrila Vlajković was being prepared for 

printing. 

1.0. New Motor Vehicle Systems 

SECTION FOR TECHNICAL SCIENCES 

(Prof. Dr. Miroslav Demić) 

1.1. Global Vehicle Monitoring System 

Environmental protection is the imperative that must be met in all segments of human 

activity. Since transportation facilities, in which road vehicles have a significant share, are widely 

used to transport very poisonous materials, it was established that it would be necessary to devote 

greater attention to automatic vehicle monitoring. Bearing in mind the increasingly broader 

application of technical solutions based on space technologies, it is justified to make preparations 

for their application in Serbia, so that the theory of global satellite monitoring was thoroughly 

studied. 

The United States and the former Soviet Union developed the system for positioning 

objects on Earth, known as NAVSTAR (NAVigation System with Time and Ranging – abbreviated 

– GPS: Global Positioning System), that is, GLONASS (Global Positioning System) [1 M]. 

The European Union is also making an effort to develop the Gallileo system, which would be 

compatible with the American one and the first satellite for such a purpose was launched at the 

beginning of this year. 

Since the GPS is widely used for non-commercial purposes (except military signals), the 

related theory was described in great detail in [1 M]. The mentioned system is used for children 

tracking, tracking people in sports, tracking down kidnapped persons, vehicle monitoring, land 

surveying, monitoring vehicles with hazardous materials and the like. 

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The analyses show that the global positioning system can also be used in our country to 

monitor vehicles for the transport of hazardous materials. Namely, satellite monitoring systems 

have the provision of route programming, so that on the basis of the GPS data it is possible to 

inform the control station about the location of such a vehicle, its speed, delay period, status of 

safety valves, any abuse by the driver, etc. by radio, cell phone and the like at any moment. The 

driver may or may not be informed about the existence of such a system in the vehicle. 

In our country, there are attempts to use the GPS for monitoring vehicles with hazardous 

materials, as well the devices for determining vehicle position and movement parameters. 

The analysis of the dynamic Man-Vehicle system is closely related to the knowledge 

of the real parameters of modern transport routes. Therefore, the GPS-based methods are also 

applied in this area, for macro road relief mapping, which is described in detail in [2 М], so that 

this will not be done here. 

1.2. New Concepts of Semiactive and Active Suspension Systems for 

Vehicles 

In 2006, the analyses of the known concepts of semiactive and active suspension 

systems for vehicles were made with a view to determining whether the synthesis of a completely 

new concept of that system would be possible. In so doing, it was proceeded from the latest 

scientific knowledge in this field [1-4 М]. It was established that the analyzed semiactive and 

active suspension systems were most often equipped with PID controllers, hydraulic shock 

absorbers with regulated parameters, classical springs (in semiactive systems) and hydraulic 

working cylinders (in active systems). Most of the hitherto known systems had feedback filters 

in the vehicle suspension system. In most of the realized designs, steering was effected by forces, 

while vehicle movement parameters were used as control ones (from 2-3 to over 10 values). 

The new concept of the semiactive and active suspension system was based on the 

measurement of vertical accelerations and angles of car body rolling and pitching, while at the 

same time applying controllers with adaptive parameters (which can be optimized at any moment) 

and force control in working working cylinders or shock absoerbers. 

The analyses also show that the new concept does not require feedback filters, so that 

it is simpler and cheaper. The results of these analyses were also presented in a very prestigious 

journal [1 М], which is published in the country from which motor vehicles originate, in addition 

to the latest technical achievements in this field. Unfortunately, due to high costs, our car 

manufacturers cannot apply this system in practice. 

1.3. Research on ABS Application to Vehicles 

Although this system has been known for more than forty years, it has not yet been used 

in our passenger cars, although there have been attempts to use it for trucks (FAP in the 1980s). 

As is well known, in the vehicle braking process, it is desirable to use the maximum 

force that can be transmitted onto the ground, that is, the maximum adhesion coefficient. This is 

achieved in such a way that ABS follows wheel sliding, maintaining the wheels within 0.2-0.3, 

by its acting on the working pressure in the braking system. Each ABS has a controller which 

receives information about the state of wheel sliding and controls the braking process by using a 

specific algoritm. 

The aim of the hitherto research was to analyze the existing algoritms of those systems 

and, if possible, to define a new one which has not so far been applied. In addition, the controllers 

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(their algoritms) of the world’s leading car manufacturers were analyzed, thus being able 

to determine all strengths and weaknesses of the existing systems. It must be noted that the 

greatest weakness of all analyzed systems (which was determined by dynamic simulation and 

experimentally) is the trembling on the brake pedal during braking due to the varying pressure in 

the braking system. 

It must be noted that due to financial problems we could not develop the system with 

the working pressure varying to a lesser degree, although there were scientific achievements to 

that effect [5, 6 М]. 

1.3. Electrically Driven Vehicles 

Wishing to reduce environmental pollution, there are attempts in the world (and here) to 

use electric motor drive for vehicles. As is known, the concept of electric drive has been known 

for a long time but its wider use limited in the case of passenger cars due to a large battery volume. 

It must also be noted that electric power, which needed to propel these vehicles, is generated in 

hydroelectric, thermal or nuclear power plants which also pollute the environment on a macro 

plane. Therefore, the best solution would be the one relying on wind or solar power. However, 

regardless of the source of electric power, battery waste is a significant environmental pollutant. 

The aim of the analyses was to define such a concept of electrically driven vehicle, 

which would have the smallest possible volume and, thus, a smaller battery volume [7 М]. The 

selected concept of the new electrically driven vehicle could not be tested in practice due to 

financial problems. 

2.0. Congress “Motor Vehicles and Engines in 2006” 

From 4 to 6 October 2006, the Šumarice Hotel in Kragujevac hosted the Congress 

“Motor Vehicles and Engines 2006“, thus continuing the tradition of the symposia bearing the 

same name, which were held in 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 

2002 and 2004. 

The Congress was jointly organized by the Department of Motor Vehicles and Engines 

of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac, journal Mobility and Vehicle Mechanics, 

Automobile Institute, ТТР Zastava kamioni, and the Centre of the SASA and Kragujevac University. It 

should be noted that it was the first time that the Congress was held in English and under the auspices 

of the FISITA (International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies). 

After the introductory statements, the Congress worked in the sections: 

А: Powertrain Technology; 

B: Vehicle Design and Manufacturing; 

C: Vehicle Dynamics and Intelligent Control Systems; 

D: Driver/Vehicle Interface, Information and Assistance Systems; 

Е: Transport Challenges and Emerging Economies, and 

F: Round Table. 

Five introductory papers were presented by renowned experts from: Greece (2), France 

(1), Germany (1) and Italy (1); 82 papers were presented by authors from 13 countries: Serbia (38), 

Greece (3), Bulgaria (7), Slovenia (3), Romania (11), Poland (8), Slovakia (2), Switzerland (1), 

France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Bosnia (1), Czech Republic (1) and the Republic of Srpska 

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(2). The distribution of papers across the sections: А (41), B (8), C (8), D (16) and Е (9). The 

percentage share of authors (including the introductory presentations) was: Serbia 38 (43.67 %) and 

foreigners 49 (56.32 %). 

Detailed data on the authors and their papers can be found on the CD and the book of 

abstracts, which were submitted on time. 

The Congress was attended by about 300 domestic and foreign scientists and experts. 

Demić M., 2006: Dynamic Excitations of Motor Vehicles (Dinamičke pobude 

motornih vozila, Vinča Institute for Nuclear Science, Centre for Motor Vehicles and Engines. 

Demić М., Diligenski Đ., 2006:: Satellite Vehicle Monitoring (Satelitsko praćenje 

vozila), Vinča Institute for Nuclear Science, Centre for Motor Vehicles and Engines. 

Demić M., Diligenski Đ., Demić I., Demić M., 2006: A method of vehicle active 

suspension design, Forsch. Ingenieures (Research Еngineering), 70: DOI 10.1007/s10010- 

06-0025-5, 145-158. 

Demić, M. et al., 2006: A contribution to new method of vehicle active suspension 

system design, The 7/th International conference “Trafic Safety Menagement for Big 

Cities”, S. Petersburg, 21-22, September, 2006, CD ROM. 

Demić M., Diligenski Đ., 2006: Optimization of active suspension system by use of 

full vehicle model, MVM20060017, International Congresss “Motor Vehicles and Motors”, 

Kragujevac, October, 4-6, 2006, CD ROM. 

Raičević M., Demić M., 2006: Modeling of suspension system behaviour for a vehicle 

equipped with ABS during the stright line braking, MVM20060050, International Congresss 

“Motor Vehicles and Motors”, Kragujevac, October, 4-6, 2006, CD ROM. 

Demić M., Diligenski Đ., Raičević M., 2006: Simulation model of a vehicle fitted 

with ABS during the stright line braking, MVT2006017, 1St International Conference on 

Motor vehicles and transportation, November, 15-17th, Timisoara, Romania, CD ROM. 

Spentzas C., Michael G., Demić M., 2006: A Minimalist approach to the design of 

electric vehicles, MVM2006IL02 (Introductory lesson), International Congresss “Motor 

Vehicles and Motors”, Kragujevac, October, 4-6, 2006, CD ROM. 

SECTION FOR MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS 

(Prof. Dr. Aleksa Maričić) 

Project: PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME NEW 

METAL AND NON-METAL MATERIALS IN CRYSTAL AND AMORPHOUS STATES 

(Prof. Dr. Aleksa Maričić) 

In 2006, intensive research was devoted to the problems of electrochemical synthesis, 

structural changes and the characterization of amorphous and nanostructural metal powders. 

The conditions of the electrochemical synthesis of Ni-Co and Ni-Mo alloy powders, at 

which amorphous and nanostructural powders are obtained, were determined. 

It was shown that the process of structural relaxation of these powders is intensive in 

the temperature range of 100–400 o C. Thermomagnetic measurements revealed that structural 

changes occurring in the structural relaxation process increase the magnetic permeability of these 

powders by 30-40 %, depending on the synthesis conditions. 

The possibilities for the amorphization of polycrystal iron oxide powers were investigated 

under different hydration conditions. It was revealed that amorphous iron powder is obtained by 

hydrating polycrystal Fe 3 

O 4 

powder for 30 minutes, at the temperature of 450 o C. Research on 

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hydrogen accumulation in various metal and non-metal powders was continued. It was revealed 

that, after paladization, charcoal powder becomes an excellent hydrogen absorbent. It was also 

ascertained that the absorption of up to 16% can be achieved by long-lasting hydration, depending 

on the hydration conditions and type of powder. 

1. A. Kalezić – Glišović, L. Novaković, A. Maričić, D. Minić and N. Mitrović: 

Investigation of structural relaxation, crystallization process and magnetic properties of Fe-Ni- 

Si-B-C amorphous alloy. Materials Science and Еngineering B, vol 131 (2006), 45-48. 

2. Lj. Vulićević, N. Ivanović, A. Maričić: Structural magnetic and electrical 

characteristics of metastabile iron oxide nanosized powders. Materials Science Forum, vol. 

518 (2006), 113-118. 

3. S. Ranđić, A. Maričić, L. Rafailović, M. Spasojević, M.M. Ristić: Correlation 

between the crystalization process and change in electron density of states in amorphous 

powder of Ni 80 

Co 20 

alloy. Science of Sintering, vol. 38, No.2, 2006, 139-144. 

4. A. Maričić, D.M. Minić, M. Spasojević, R. Simeunović, Influence of structural 

transformations on electric and magnetic properties of Fe 81 

B 13 

Si 4 

C 2 

amorphous alloy, 

YUCOMAT 2006, Еight Yugoslav Materials Recearch Society Conference, September 4-8, 

Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro, The Book of Abstracts, 37. 

5. A. Kalezić – Glišović, N. Mitrović, A. Maričić and R. Simeunović, Magnetoimpedance 

effect in N Fe 89.8 

Ni 1.5 

Si 5.2 

B 3 

C 0.5 

metallic glass ribbons, YUCOMAT 2006, Еight Yugoslav 

Materials Recearch Society Conference, September 4-8, Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro, 

The Book of Abstracts, 109. 

6. L. Vulićević, N.Ivanović, A. Maričić et al.: Reduction of nanometric magnetite 

powder, YUCOMAT 2006, Еight Yugoslav Materials Recearch Society Conference, 

September 4-8, Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro, The Book of Abstracts, 74. 

7. N. Mitrović, B Čukić, B. Jordović, S. Roth and M. Stojica, Microstructure and 

microhardness in current annealed Fe 65.5 

Cr 4 

Mo 4 

Ga 4 

P 12 

C 5 

Б 5.5 

bulk metallit glass. YUCOMAT 

2006, Еight Yugoslav Materials Recearch Society Conference, September 4-8, Herceg Novi, 

Serbia and Montenegro, The Book of Abstracts, 108. 

SECTION FOR NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS 

(Prof. Dr. Branislav Čabrić) 

During 2006/07, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, the 

series of lectures entitled A Fairy Tale About Electricity (Bajka o elektricitetu) will be organized. 

Its author and moderator is Professor Dr. Vukota Babović, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, 

Kragujevac. These lectures are held each month and have aroused great interest, especially among 

secondary school and university students. In 2006, the following lectures were held: 

- Аcademician Aleksandar Marinčić: Contemporary Evaluation of Tesla’s Work 

(Savremeno situiranje Teslinog dela) 

- Professor Dr. Mirjana Popovič-Božić, Institute of Physics, Zemun: The Amber Spindle 

of Thales’s Daughter (Ćilibarsko vreteno Talesove kćeri) 

- Academician Petar Miljanić: The Best of Tesla (Ono najbolje od Tesle). 

The publication Liceum No. 12, which will come out in 2007, will contain the texts 

from the series of lectures about Einstein and Tesla. The Centre will also be the co-organizer 

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of the seminar School of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computing for South Eastern 

Europe, which will be held at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Kragujevac, 22-23 May. 

Financial assistance is provided by WUS Austria. 

Project: THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE KOSOVSKA MITROVICA 

ENCLAVE AND THE PROPOSED MEASURES FOR ITS PROTECTION, 

IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 

(Dr. Miljana Stojanović) 

Field and laboratory research on the quality of air, aero-sediments, surface and 

ground waters, industrial waste disposal sites and dust, which was conducted in 2006, did not 

reveal anu more significant changes. Research was focussed to a greater extent on the sites which 

were identified in the past period as being significant. 

At Rogozna, the sites of Crni vrh, Crvena bara and Kamenički krš were investigated. 

At Crni vrh, a volcanic vent, in the form of a right-angled triangle and swampy, was registered; 

springwater in the village of Zlatare (about 2 km far) has a very slow content of nitrogenous 

compounds and the oxidability of 1.8. The site of Crvena bara, up to Leskova glava, is covered 

by a compact broad-leaved forest belt, whose bark is characterized by picturesque red nuances 

caused by the presence of iron, chromium and accompanying heavy metals in the soil. Wood is 

extremely hard for cutting and its conversion is also difficult. Due to its inferior quality, it cannot 

be used as firewood. At this site, juniper with red berries and dog rose with black fruits were 

identified. The site of Kamenički krš is karst at the volcanogenic Rogozna and is characterized 

by rare plants. 

Моkra Gora is a karst mountain which abounds in sinkholes, at the height of 1300 m 

above sea level. In some parts, sinkholes are so frequent that they represent genuine krasten 

karst (Uvor Savine rijeke). Jarebinje, Strmnjača, Ponor, Vrtište, Dovnanovica, Oklačka glava and 

Čukara there are more than a hundred sinkholes per square kilometre. They are characterized by 

a very diverse living world in terms of form and size. Water quality was monitored from end- 

May to end-September; its temperature ranged from 4-6ºС to 23ºС, pH value from 5.4 to 7.4 and 

oxidability from 3.2 to 36.4, but there were no biondicators of a swampy ecosystem. 

The site of Crna Rijeka monastery has the lowest level of the measured heavy metals 

in the soil (natural level) relative to the entire investigated region. In the area between Mojstirski 

ponor and Krst, one rare plant was identified – Aruncus dioicus, Rosaceae, which is protected by 

law in the EU. It was also found at the site between Previja and Savina rijeka. At Mojstirski ponor, 

up to Krst, a habitat was registered; its size was assessed and two endemic plants were identified 

– Ramonda Nathaliae, Gesneriaceae and Lilium, Cattaniae, Liliacae. In addition, one plant, 

which was unknown in the available literature, was identified, classified and named as Eryngium 

Serbicum, Umbelliferae. Research will be continued at all these sites and at new significant ones 

which will be registered. 

Оriginal discoveries: 

1. Ramonda Nathaliae, Gesneriaceae; 

2. Lilium Cattaniae, Liliacae; 

3. Eryngium Serbicum, Umbelliferae. 

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SECTION FOR BIOTECHNICAL STUDIES 

(Prof. Dr. Desimir Knežević) 

Project: THE VARIABILITY OF GLIADIN ALLELES IN DOMESTIC VARIETIES 

OF WHEAT 


During 2006, the polymorphism of the genes controlling the synthesis of protein 

molecules in wheat was investigated. The analyses covered 16 new varieties of wheat. The 

following gliadin alleles have so far been identified: Gli-A1a, Gli-A1b, Gli-A1c, Gli-A1f, Gli- 

A1m, Gli-A1l, Gli-B1b, Gli-B1l, Gli-B1g, Gli-B1f, Gli-B1e, Gli-B1k, Gli-B1m, Gli-D1a, Gli- 

D1b, Gli-D1f, Gli-D1k, Gli-D1g, Gli-A2e, Gli-A2b, Gli-A2g, Gli-A2f, Gli-A2h, Gli-A2o, Gli-A2p, 

Gli-A2q, Gli-A2m, Gli-B2b, Gli-B2h, Gli-B2p, Gli-B2c, Gli-B2e, Gli-B2g, Gli-B2j, Gli-B2m, 

Gli-B2o, Gli-B2s, Gli-B2v, Gli-D2a, Gli-D2b, Gli-D2m, Gli-D2j, Gli-D2e, Gli-D2i, Gli-D2g, 

Gli-D2k, Gli-D2r and Gli alleles Glu-A1a, Glu-A1b, Glu-A1c, Glu-A1d, Glu-B1a, Glu-B1b, Glu- 

B1d, Glu-B1h, Glu-B1c, Glu-B1i, Glu-B1f, Glu-B1k, Glu-D1a Glu-D1c and Glu-D1d. 

In the new 20 analyzed varieties of wheat the hitherto known alleles were identified, 

so that the existing variability of Gli alleles was almost completely registered in the domestic 

varieties of wheat. The hitherto investigations of wheat revealed that a total of 59 alleles was 

identified: 47 Gli alleles with 6 Gli – locus and 13 alleles with 3 Glu-1 locus. 

The investigations covered 16 genotypes of durum wheat, which were analyzed so as to 

identify Gli alleles. In the analyzed durum wheat, 15 Gli alleles were determined: Gli-A1a, Gli- 

A1b, Gli-A1c, Gli-A1h, Gli-A1e, Gli-B1a, Gli-B1c, Gli-A2c, Gli-A2b, Gli-A2g, Gli-A2k, Gli-A2n, 

Gli-A2j, Gli-A2e, Gli-B2c, Gli-B2e, Gli-B2l Gli-B2h, Gli-B2a, Gli-B2g and Gli-B2o. This year’s 

investigations revealed 6 new Gli alleles – which were not identified in the previous investigations 

of durum wheat: Gli-A1e Gli-A2j, Gli-A2e, Gli-B2a and Gli-B2g, Gli-B2o. The identified alleles, 

encoded by the same designation in durum wheat and in ordinary wheat, differ in the number and 

distribution of components whose synthesis they control. This year’s investigations revealed a 

total of 6 new alleles in durum wheat. 

In addition the relationship between the presence of gene alleles and some plant 

phenotype characteristics was investigated. 

Madić M., Paunović A., Đurović D., Knežević, D., 2006: Correlations and „Path“ 

Coefficient analysis and yield components in winter barley. Acta Agriculturae Serbica, 20, 3-9. 

Zečević V., Knežević D., Mićanović D., Urošević D., 2006: Influence of seed maturity 

on early seedling vigor in wheat. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 165-171. 

Knežević D., Jurievna-Dragovič A., Đukić N., 2006: Polymorphism of Gli-Б1 alleles 

in 25 Kragujevac’s wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L). Kragujevac Journal of Science, 

28, 147-152 

Knežević D., Zečević V., Mićanović D., Madić M., Paunović A., Đukić N., Urošević 

D., Dimitrijević B., Jordačijević S., 2006: Genetic analysis of number of kernels per spike in 

wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 153-158 

Mićanović D., Zečević V., Knežević D., 2006: Method for selection of wheat on on 

nitrogen fixation and diazotrophs for responsive cultivar. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 

159-164. 

Knežević, D., Zečević V., Mićanović D., Đukić N., Milinković J., 2006: Yield and 

quality parameters of winter wheat lines (Triticum aestivum L.). Proceedings of Second 

International Symposium of ecologist of Montenegro. 20-24 Septembar, Kotor, 423-429. 

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Project GENETIC BASES OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL QUALITY OF WHEAT 


During the first year of investigations, 10 varieties of wheat were covered in which, 

in the previous investigations, gliadin and glutenin alleles, responsible for the gluten quality in 

wheat flour, were identified. The quantitative relationship between gliadin and glutenin in the 

gluten protein complex is 1:1. These two gliadin components determine the technological quality 

of gluten, dough properties (extension and resistance to extension). They are also in a correlation 

with bread volume. All this was the subject of our investigations. For all 10 varieties protein 

sedimentation, as the basic quality indicator, was analyzed. The investigated technological quality 

parameters of the analyzed varieties show a positive correlation with some alleles with Gli-B1 

locus, as well as asalleles with Glu-B1 and Glu-D1. The sample of the investigated varieties is 

relatively small for generalization and mathematical verification, but it is possible to ascertain the 

positive correlation of gliadin alleles Gli B1l, Gli D1a and Gli B2h, and gluten alleles Glu-D1b,i 

Glu-D1d. 

1. Knežević D., Zečević V., Mićanović D., Đukić N., Milinković J., 2006: Yield 

and quality parameters of winter wheat lines (Triticum aestivum L.). Proceeding of Second 

International Symposium of ecologist of Montenegro. 20-24 September, Kotor, 423-429. 

2. Đukić N., Knežević D., Cvijanovi, D., Jeločnik M., Ivanović L., 2006: Amino 

acidis contents in barley and wheat. Proceeding of International Symposium „Polyfunctional 

agriculture and Rural development“, 13-19. 

3. Zečević V., Knežević D., Mićanović D., Cvijanović D., 2006: Kvalitet zrna i brašna 

ozime pšenice. Proceeding of International Symposium „Polyfunctional agriculture and 

Rural development“, 455-460. 

4. Zečević V., Knežević D., Mićanović D., Urošević D., 2006: Influence of seed 

maturity on early seedling vigor in wheat. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 28, 165-171. 

5. Knežević D., Zečević V., Mićanović D., Đukić N., Milinković J., 2006: Yield and 

quality parameters of winter wheat lines (Triticum aestivum L.). The book of Abstracts of 

Second International Symposium of ecologists of Montenegro. 20-24 September, Kotor, 

133. 

Project: VARIABILITY OF AMINO ACIDS IN DOMESTIC VARIETIES OF WHEAT 

(Dr. Nevena Đukić) 

Research Programme: BIOENGINEERING 

The Bioengineering Research Programme involves several sections of the Centre and 

has been continuously carried out since 1997. After the conclusion of the Agreement with the 

City of Kragujevac about the implementation of the Programme at the Centre of the SASA 

and Kragujevac University in 2005, as well as on the basis of the expanded Programme and in 

accordance with the Agreement, another two associates were employed in the Centre in 2006, so 

that, at present, there are 5 associates. Apart from these associates employed on a part-time basis, 

the Centre also has one full-time associate. All associates are postgraduate students; it is expected 

they three associates will finish their doctoral theses in the field of bioenginee4ring, or that their 

doctoral theses are nearing completion. 

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A. Projects 

Listed below are the current research projects and their basic contents: 

1. Developing Lung: Bioengineering Approach (MAE- Blood Flow in MicroAngiEctasias, 

Blood Flow CFD, Modelling of Airflow and Particle Deposition in the Alveolar System), 

under the Agreement with Harvard University, USA. The project objectives (for the part 

that is carried out in Krаguјеvac): developing the methods of modelling and simulation 

for the areas of blood flow through micro blood vessels, through large blood vessels, 

modelling of thrombosis by discrete particle methods, modelling of air flow through the 

alveolar system and particle deposition deep in the lungs, modelling of tying particles 

to membranes and their penetration into the tissue. Modelling of ligand diffusion in 

the intercellular space. The results are presented in the published papers, or the papers 

submitted for publishing. 

2. Projects with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China: Prојеcts: a) 

PAK Program; b) Mechanistic Damage Modelling of Skeletal Muscles Using Hybrid 

Segment-Superelement Technique. The PAK software package has been installed for 

applications in biomechanics. The second project includes the development of the 

model of fatigue in muscles, as well as the model with different fibre characteristics 

(fast and slow fibres). The models were applied to concrete muscle systems, coupled 

with experimental verification. The results were presented; the relevant papers were 

published and the preparation of one doctoral thesis is in its final phase. 

3. Project with “Jaroslav Cerni” Institute for Water Management, Belgrade: Developing 

the Method and Software for Determining Fluid Flow Through Porous Media, with 

Their Specific Application in the Modelling of Absorbing Wells. The project objective 

is to develop the method of modelling and simulation for the areas of groundwater flow 

with the transmission of contaminants and applications in the modelling of absorbing 

wells. Project results: software for practical applications in the design of the water 

supply system with Renney wells was developed; the relevant papers were published, 

or prepared for publishing. 

4. Project: Developing the Method and Software for Modelling the Circulation of the 

Blood in Veins by Applying Compression Therapy; under the Agreement with Integrated 

Microsystems Austria. Project objectives (for the part that is carried out in Kragujevac): 

Developing the method of modelling and simulation for the areas of blood flow through 

veins, with the application of compression therapy. In 2006, electromagnetic effect was 

also included in modelling. Project results: software which is used for an analysis of 

blood flow through the veins of the leg with their deformation due to compression 

therapy. The results are used in designing the system for compression therapy. 

5. Project: MAF Multimod Application Framework Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna. 

Project objectives (for the part that is carried out in Krаguјеvac): Project results: 

Software library that will form part of the complex MAF working environment for 

planning the surgical procedures at Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli in Bologna. 

6. Project: Developing the Computer Methods and Software for Modelling and Simulation 

in the Field of General and Biomedical Engineering, Reg. No. TR - 6209А, which is 

financed by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection.The collaborators on 

the project are also the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Natural 

Science and Mathematics in Kragujevac. The project objectives are to develop the 

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method in computational mechanics and software to be used in the field of general and 

biomedical engineering. The project was initiated in 2005 and continued in 2006, while 

the project results are presented in the announced and published papers, given in the list 

of the published papers. 

7. Project: Methods of Modelling Biomechanical Systems with Applications in Medicine, 

OI144028, which is financed by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection. 

The collaborators on the project are also the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty 

of Medicine in Kragujevac and the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Kragujevac. 

The objectives of this multidisciplinary project, falling into the category of Basic 

Researches, are developing the methods in computational mechanics and software in 

the field of biomedical engineering and integration with laboratory investigations of 

fundamental and applicative character in medicine. The five-year research project was 

initiated in 2006 and the results are presented in the announced and published papers, 

given in the list of published papers. 

8. Project: Bilateral Programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation Between 

Serbia and Greece, Development of an Anatomic Model for Simulation of the Spreading 

Excitations in the Complex System of Electro-Cardio-Biomehanics. The collaborators 

on the project are the University of Kragujevac and Ioannina University in Greece. The 

project was initiated in 2005 and its result is the software program for better understanding 

electro-cardio-biomechanics. 

9. SEE-GRID2 project: South-Eastern European Grid-Enabled e-Infrastructure Development 

2, Contract number 031775. Development of GRID infrastructure and distribution of 

resources with GIRD infrastructures in the region of South-Eastern Europe. The existing 

10-node cluster machine is used for the project and the equipment of 3 additional 

computers as part of the material costs of this project. Application which is used on GRID 

infrastructure is the simulation of blood flow through arteries. 

10. Experimental work: In 2006, in the Laboratory for Biomedical Research of the Faculty 

of Medicine in Kragujevac, the biomechanical properties of isolated blood vessels 

were investigated by varying perfusion pressure (in the presence or absence of L- 

arginine). The investigations resulted in the development of a new experimental and 

mathematical model which can be used for a precise assessment of dynamic response 

to an isolated blood vessel to different stimuli. At the same time, behavioural tests on 

rats were performed and a new method for these investigations, based on video file, was 

developed. 

B. Organization of Conferences and Seminars 

The Centre was the main organizer of the International Conference SEECCM06 - 

First South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Kragujevac 28-30 

June 2006. It was held under the auspices of the International Association for Computational 

Mechanics (IACM)), and the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied 

Sciences (ECCOMAS). Its sponsors were the Serbian Ministry of Science and Environmental 

Protection and the City of Kragujevac. It was attended by authors from 21 countries: the countries 

in the region, a greater number of European countries, Russia, China, Japan, the United States, etc. 

More than 90 scientific papers were presented (21 from Serbia, of which 16 from Kragujevac) and 

ther was also a great nunber of young researchers. The papers were published in the Conference 

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Proceedings (Editors Miloš Kojić and Manolis Papadrakakis). In addition, the Serbian Society for 

Computational Mechanics (SDRM) was also founded, with the seat in Kragujevac. 

The associates within the Bioengeneering Programme participated in the organization 

and lecturing at two seminars devoted to Vascular Doppler Ultrasonography in 2006. 

N. Filipovic, S. Mijailovic, A. Tsuda, M. Kojic, An implicit algorithm within the 

arbitrary Lagrangian-Еulerian formulation for solving incompressible fluid flow with large 

boundary motions, 95, 6347-6361, 2006. 

N. Kojic, M. Kojic, D. Tschumperlin, Computational modeling of extracellular 

mechanotransduction, Biophysical Journal, Vol 90, Issue 11, 2006. 

N. Kojic, A. Kojic, M. Kojic, Numerical determination of the solvent diffusion 

coefficient in a concentrated polymer solution, Comm. Num. Meth. Еng., Vol. 22, 1003-1013, 


S. Haber, N. Filipovic, M. Kojic, A. Tsuda, Dissipative particle dynamics simulation 

of flow generated by two rotating concentric cylinders. Part I: Boundary conditions, Physical 

Review Е, Vol. 74, 1-8, 2006. 

M. Kojic, I. Vlastelica, Stojanovic B., V. Rankovic, A. Tsuda, Stress integration 

procedures for a biaxial isotropic material model of biological membranes and for hysteretic 

models of muscle fibers and surfactant, Int. J. Num. Meth. Еngng., Vol 68, 893-909, 2006. 

M. Rosic, S. Pantovic, Z. Obradovic, Еxperimental and mathematical model for the 

evaluation of dynamic responses of isolated blood vessels. Medicus 2006; Vol 7, N o 3; 98-102. 

S. M. Mijailovich, N. Filipovic, O. Kayser-Herold, and J. C. del Álamo, Molecular 

Origins of Airway Narrowing: Model Predictions of Hyperresponsiveness in Asthmatics. 

SЕЕCCM06: 45-52, 2006, Kragujevac. 

S. Jovanovic, N. Filipovic, The Roadmapping of the ЕU Materials Research (ЕuMaT) 

and an Alternative Modeling Concepts and Dissipative Particle Dynamics Method for 

Simulation of Particle Adsorption onto a Polymer-coated Surface. SЕЕCCM06: 57-63, 2006, 

Kragujevac. 

M. Ivanovic, M. Kojic, L. Otašević, On Use of the Newmark Implicit Scheme and 

MD-based Material Model in Multiscale Modeling. SЕЕCCM06: 95-100, 2006, Kragujevac. 

O. Miljkovic, M. Tuba, Stojanovic B., Determination of Contours for Finite Еlements 

Mesh Generation. SЕЕCCM06: 115-119, 2006, Kragujevac. 

L. Otasevic, N. Filipovic, M. Ivanovic, Sparse Matrices Using Бalanced Бinary Trees 

and Parallel Computing. SЕЕCCM06: 120-125, 2006, Kragujevac. 

M. Zivkovic, G. Jovicic, V. Vukadinovic, N. Djordjevic, M. Kojic, Comparison of 

ЕFG, X-FЕM and FЕM in Fracture Mechanics Analysis of a Real Structure. SЕЕCCM06: 

209-215, 2006, Kragujevac. 

M. Kojic, N. Filipovic, A. Tsuda, A Multiscale Method for Bridging Dissipative 

Particle Dynamics and Navier-Stokes Finite Еlement Еquations for Incompressible Fluid, 


M. Nedeljkovic, N. Filipovic, Бiomagnetic Flow in a Straight Tube Under the Influence 

of an Applied Magnetic Field, SЕЕCCM06: 365-369, 2006, Kragujevac. 

M. Kojić, Non-homogenous Geometrical Changes of the Later Intercellular Space 

Affect Mechanotransduction, SЕЕCCM06: 417-420, 2006, Kragujevac. 

V. Rankovic, N. Jagic, Stojanovic B., P. Uskokovic, N. Filipovic, M. Kojic, Shape 

Memory Alloys in Medical Devices. Nitinol Stent Design and Бlood Vessel Stresses. 


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M. Rosic, S. Pantovic, Z. Obradovic, N. Filipovic, M. Kojic, Еxperimental and 

Computational Methods in Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics., SЕЕCCM06: 429-435, 2006, 

Kragujevac. 

Stojanovic Б., M. Kojic, M. Rosic, C.P. Tsui, C.Y. Tang, Finite Еlement Modeling 

of Muscle Using Еxtended Hill’s Model With Different Fiber Types, SЕЕCCM06: 446-453, 

2006, Kragujevac. 

I. Vlastelica, M. Kojic, Stojanovic B., V. Rankovic, A. Tsuda, On the Superposition of 

Hysteretic Actions of Tissue and Surfactant., SЕЕCCM06: 462-468, 2006, Kragujevac. 

M. Dimkić, M. Pušić, Еquivalent Homogeneous Aquifer in Analysis of Groundwater 

Dispersion Processes., SЕЕCCM06: 488-492, 2006, Kragujevac. 

M. Krstić, M. Kojić, N. Filipović, B. Stojanović, V. Ranković, L. Otašević, M. Ivanović, 

M. Nedeljković, M. Dimkić, M. Tričković, M. Pušić, Đ. Boreli-Zdravković, D. Đurić, Finite 

Еlement Modeling of Underground Water Flow With Ranney Wells. SЕЕCCM06: 510-516, 

2006, Kragujevac. 

A. Peulić, A. Dostanić, N. Filipović, Еxperimental IЕЕЕ 802. 15. 4 Wireless Patient 

Parameters Monitoring System Coupled With a Simple Muscle Modeling., SЕЕCCM06: 529- 

536, 2006, Kragujevac. 

M. Kojic, N. Filipovic, A. Tsuda, Multiscale modeling of blood flow: Coupling of 

Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) method and Finite Еlement (FЕ) method, 5th World 

Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, 2006. 

N. Filipovic, M. Kojic, A. Tsuda, Modeling of Microcirculation and Thrombosis 

by Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD), 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, 


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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN 2006 

In 2006, international cooperation was one of the basic activities and the programme 

priority of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Its attention was devoted to the improvement 

and expansion of cooperation with foreign academies and international scientific institutions and 

organizations, either through membership in these organizations, or through the implementation 

of the agreements concluded for scientific cooperation. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and 

Arts continued to establish and promote cooperation with the national academies of the EU 

member countries, as well as with other academies, especially those in the region. The SASA 

maintains its international cooperation through: 

- The exchange of researchers under bilateral agreements on scientific cooperation (interacademy, 

inter-institutional and inter-state agreements). Non-currency exchange was agreed with 

ten national academies, within the realization of some 142 joint research projects; 

- Multilateral cooperation, which implies the activities relating to the programmes 

financed from the European Commission’s and other funds (FP 6, COST, UNESCO); 

- Membership in non-governmental international scientific associations of the academies 

and panels at all levels, that is, at the global (IAP, ICSU), European (ALLEA, IUA, EASA, 

EAASH), regional (CЕEN, ICBSS) and Balkan (IAC SEE) levels; 

- Participation in international scientific meetings abroad, as well as the organization of 

such meetings at home; 

- Lecturing by renowned foreign and domestic scientists. 

International Activities of the SASA 

At the invitation of SASA President, Academician Nikola Hajdin, the delegation of the 

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine stayed in Belgrade from 20 to 25 February 2006. 

The members of the delegation were: Academician Olexiy Onishchenko, Deputy President and 

Secretary of the Department for History, Philosophy and Law and the Director of the National 

Library of Ukraine, Academician Lebedev, Director of the NASU Institute for Macromolecular 

Chemistry, and Academician Vаleriy Skorohod, Director of the NASU Institute for Problems 

of Materials Science and foreign member of the SASA. Two delegations signed the Agreement 

on Scientific Cooperation for a period of three years, with the annual exchange quota of seven 

man/weeks each. Academician Оnishchenko bestowed the accolades “Golden Fortune“ to the 

Academicians N. Hajdin, S. Koički, Z. Kovačević and M. Ristić. These accolades are bestowed 

by the Inter-Academy Association for Popularity Rating of Prominent Persons. The NASU 

delegation also went to Novi Sad, on which occasion it visited the SASA Branch and Matica 

srpska. 

The delegation of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, including 

Academician Rajko Kuzmanović, President, Academician Ljubomir Zuković, Vice-President, 

and Academician Dragoljub Mirjanović, Secretary General, visited the Serbian Academy of 

Sciences and Arts on 8 March 2006. In its contacts with the members of the Executive Board of 

the SASA Presidency, it was agreed to maintain cooperation between the two academies through 

various forms. The academicians – members of both academies will continue to be the bridge of 

cooperation between the two academies. 

The delegation of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic paid a visit to our 

Academy from 15 to 17 March 2006. It was comprised of Professor Vaclav Paces, President, 

Professor Jan Palous, Professor Miroslav Fliger and Professor Jan Hrusak, as members of the 

Academy Council. On that occasion the Protocol on Scientific Cooperation between the SASA 

and the ASCR was signed and the thematic plan, covering eight topics, was adopted. The members 

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of the ASCR delegation paid individual visits to the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic 

Engineering, Astronomic Observatory and the Institute of Physical Chemistry. The visits were 

evaluated as extremely useful and encouraging for the establishment of new cooperation and the 

promotion of existing one. 

At the invitation of the European Federation of National Academies (ALLEA), SASA 

President, Ademician Nikola Hajdin, and SASA Vice-President, Academician Stevan Koički, 

attended the Federation General Assembly in Krakow from 22 to 24 March 2006. The General 

Assembly was jointly organized by the European Federation and the Polish Academy of Sciences 

and Arts from Krakow as well as the Polish Academy of Sciences. On this occasion, Professor 

Juri Engelbrecht was elected President, thus replacing Pieter Drendt. 

SASA President, Academician Nikola Hajdin, paid the visit to the Romanian Academy 

on the occasion of its 140th anniversary, on 4 and 5 April 2006. On that occasion, the Romanian 

Academy was awarded the Address of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 

SASA Vice-President, Academician Stevan Koički, and Academician Ljubisav Rakić 

participated in the Second Conference of the National Academies of Sciences of the Black Sea 

Countries, which was held in Antalia, 6-7 April 2006. The main topic of the Conference was the 

“Research Potential of the Black Sea Countries“. 

The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts was visited by Jacek Ciesielski, General 

Manager of the Central European Science Journals Publishing Company. On behalf of this 

publishing company, he offerred the printing of the journals which are published by the SASA 

or some other scientific institution in electronic form. The coordinator for cooperation with this 

publishing company is Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić, who arranged the contacts for 

Mr Ciesielski with directors of our research institutes on a number of occasions. Within this 

cooperation, the seminar entitled “Electronic Publishing“ was held in Belgrade, in November 


The President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Nikola Hajdin, received the 

Vice-President of the National Research Council (CNR) from Italy, Professor Roberto de Matei, 

and Professor Francseco Perfetti of LUIS University in Rome. They signed the Memorandum of 

Understanding, defining the following scientific fields for cooperaton: information technologies, 

materials science, marine research, chemistry of biologically active compounds, environmental 

protection, humanities and social sciences. For its side, the SASA submitted the proposals for 

cooperation within five research projects in these fields. 

The Austrian Academy of Sciences held the formal spring session of its Assembly, 

which was also attended by SASA President Nikola Hajdin from 16 to 18 May 2006. 

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 

organized the Sixth Meeting of the Central and East European Network (CEEN) in Budapest, on 

26 May 2006. Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić participated in the work of the Assembly as 

the SASA representative. 

The 80th Session of the General Assembly of the International Union of Academies 

(IUA) was held in Brussels, from 30 May to 4 June 2006. Academician Dragoslav Marinković 

participated in its work as the SASA representative. 

In May 2006, the SASA was admitted to membership in the International Council for 

Science (ICSU). 

At the invitation of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the SASA delegation, 

which was comprised of SASA President, Academician Nikola Hajdin, and Corresponding 

Member Aleksandar Loma returned the visit to this Academy, from 18 to 22 June 2006. The 

talks were held at the National Academy od Sciences and its Research Institutes, as well as in the 

National Library od Ukraine. Out of 25 projects proposed by the NASU, it was agreed to realize 

eight joint projects being of high priority and significance for both sides. 

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The Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection organized the visit of Janez 

Potočnik, European Commisar for Science, to Serbia, on 13 and 14 July 2006. SASA Vice- 

President, Academician Stevan Koički, participated in the talks, on behalf of the SASA, and 

acquainted Mr Potočnik with the activities of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and its 

contribution to the building of European research space. 

The SASA delegation, which was comprised of its President, Academician Nikola 

Hajdin, Vice-President, Academician Stevan Koički, and Academician Ljubisav Rakić visited the 

Montenegrin Academy od Sciences and Arts from 21 to 23 September 2006. The two delegations 

discussed the proposed thematic plan, which included 18 research projects, the exchange and 

organization of joint exhibitions and the publishing of joint monographs. 

The SASA delegation paid a return visit to the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and 

Arts from 5 to 8 October 2006. The delegation included the President of SASA, Academician 

Nikola Hajdin, Vice-President of SASA, Academician Stevan Koički, Academician Nikola Tasić, 

Secretary General, Academician Gojko Subotić, and the manager of SASA activities, Dragana 

Petrović Rađenović. During the visit to the MASA, the Protocol on Scientific Cooperation was 

signed for the period 2006-2008. The exhange of researchers will be carried out in the form of 

short study trips. The thematic plan – which was adjusted by both sides by mail – will form part 

of this Protocol. 

The SASA delegation visited the Russian Academy of Sciences from 22 to 26 October 

2006. It included the Vice-President of SASA, Academician Stevan Koički, and Academician 

Ljubisav Rakić, member of the SASA Presidency. During their stay in Moscow, the Protocol on 

Scientific Cooperation for the next two-year period was signed. The integral part of the Protocol is 

the Thematic Plan covering 31 topics in all fields of research. Apart from the RAS, the delegation 

visited the Institute of Normal Physiology, Institute of Development Biology and the Institute for 

Nuclear Research in Dubna. 

The meeting of the Inter-Academy Council for South Eastern Europe and the 

Programme Committee was organized by the Albanian Academy of Sciences in Thirane, on 10 

November 2006. This meeting was attended by the President of SASA, Academician Nikola 

Hajdin, Vice-President, Academician Stevan Koički, Vice-President, Academician Ljubisav 

Rakić and the Chairman of the Programme Committee and Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić. 

On that occasion, the Statute of the Association was adopted and further cooperation was agreed, 

including the joint approach to the funds of the European Commission and the like. 

The SASA delegation, including its President, Academician Nikola Hajdin, and 

Academicians Ljubomir Simović and Dimitrije Stefanović paid an official visit to the Chinese 

Academy of Social Sciences from 21 to 28 November 2006. During their talks about cooperation, 

the representatives of the two academies agreed on their future cooperation, through the 

intensification of reciprocal visits, exchange of lecturers and joint work on significant research 

projects that will be applied in both countries. During its visit to China, the delegation stayed in 

Shangai and visited the Shangai Academy of Social Sciences. 

The seventh meeting of the Central and East European Network was held in Prague, on 

27 November 2006. The meeting was jointly organized by the European Academy of Sciences 

and Arts and the Academy od Sciences of the Czech Republic. The SASA representative was 

Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić. 

The General Assembly of the Inter-Academy Panel (IAP) was held in Alexandria from 

1 to 6 December 2006. The SASA representative was Academician Ljubisav Rakić. On that 

occasion, the new co-presidents and the Executive Board were elected, while the SASA became 

officially its full member. 

The International Centre for Black Sea Studies, seated in Athens, organized the Workshop 

on “Politics in Science and Technology“ on 7 and 8 December 2006. The SASA representative 

was Corresponding Member Časlav Ocić. 

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On 8 December 2006, the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska 

marked its 10th anniversary. This event was attended by Academician Desanka Kovačević Kojić 

on behalf of the SASA. 

The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts hosted a number of the 

representatives of the renowned foreign and domestic institutions: 

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- Delegation of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 

- Anatoliy Oliynik, Ambassador of Ukraine 

- Aleksandr Alekseyev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation 

- Alessandro Merolo, Аmbassador of the Republic of Italy 

- Delegation of the Academy od Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska 

- Delegation of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 

- Hristos Panagopulos, Аmbassador of the Republic of Greece 

- Jacek Ciesielski, General Manager, Central European Science Journals 

- Professor Roberto de Matei, Vice-President of the Council for National Research, 

Italy 

- Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica 

- Aleksandar Popović, Minister of Science and Environmental Protection 

Participation of the SASA representatives in more important international 

meetings: 

- ALLEA Annual Assembly – Кrakow, Poland 

- 140th Anniversary of the Romanian Academy – Sinaia, Romania 

- The Second Conference of the National Academies of Sciences of the Black Sea 

Countries – Antalia, Turkey 

- Formal Session of the Assembly of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – Vienna, 

Austria 

- Sixth Session of CEEN – Budapest, Hungary 

- 80th General Assembly of IUA – Brussels, Belgium 

- Visit of the SASA delegation to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 

- Visit of the SASA delegation to the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts 

- Visit of the SASA delegation to the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts 

- Visit of the SASA delegation to the Russian Academy of Sciences 

- Meeting of the Inter-Academy Council for South Eastern Europe – Thirane, Albania 

- Visit to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 

- Seventh Meeting of CEEN – Prague, Czech Republic 

- General Assembly of IAP – Аlexandria, Egypt 

- Meeting of the International Centre for Black Sea Studies – Аthens, Greece 

- Jubilee of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska 

Bilateral Scientific Cooperation Under the Concluded Agreements 

The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts concluded the bilateral agreements on 

scientific cooperation with the academies of 18 countries. Under these agreements, a total of 137 

man/weeks annually is anticipated for the non-currency exchange of our researchers. In 2006, 

under bilateral agreements, a total of 157 man/weeks were utilized. 

During the past years, the protocols on scientific cooperation were signed and the 

thematic plans were adjusted with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Academy of 

Sciences of the Czech Republic, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Russian Academy

of Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Memorandum of Understanding was 

signed with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the Memorandum of Understanding in 

Scientific Cooperation between the SASA and the Council for National Research of Italy. The 

Thematic Plan of Cooperation with the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts was renewed, 

and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences it was agreed to maintain cooperation even without 

the agreement on scientific cooperation. 

Cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences 

The Agreement on Cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences was concluded 

in October 2005 for a period of five years. It anticipates the annual exchange quota of four weeks 

each. 

During 2006, the joint project Digitalization of Recordings of Serbian Folk Songs 

from the Wax Recordings in the Phonoarchive of the SASA Musicological Institute 

(Digitalizovanje snimaka srpskih narodnih pesama sa voštanih ploča u fonoarhivu Muzikološkog 

instituta SANU) was adjusted. It is led by the SASA Musicological Institute (leader: Professor Dr. 

Danica Petrović) and the Phonoarchive of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (leader: Professor 

Dr. Dietrich Schuller). 

The Austrian Academy participates in the subproject Corpus of Monumental Byzantine 

Painting (Korpus monumentalnog vizantijskog slikarstva) within the international project 

Scientific Approach to the Protection of Cultural Heritage in South Eastern Europe (Naučni 

pristup zaštiti kulturnog nasleđa u jugoistočnoj Evropi), initiated by the Turkish Academy of 

Sciences. 

Оut of the anticipated four weeks for the exchange of researchers, the Austrian side used 

two weeks (Michael Portman and Petra Lindenbauer) and our side none. 

Cooperation with the Bulgarian Academy od Sciences 

The Agreement on Scientific Cooperation with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was 

signed in 1998, and the Protocol and Thematic Plan in January 1999. The Plan coveres 30 joint 

projects and the annual quota for the exchange of researchers is 20 weeks each. 

During the year, two new joint projects were adjusted: Everyday Culture in the 

Postsocialist Period (Svakodnevna kultura u postsocijalističkom periodu), which is led by the 

SASA Ethnographic Institute (leader: Professor Dr. Dragana Radojičić) and the BAS Ethnographic 

Institute (leader: Professor Dr. Radost Ivanova) and Research on Archaeological Cultures in the 

Territories of Bulgaria and Serbia (Istraživanje arheoloških kultura na teritorijama Bugarske i 

Srbije, which is led by the SASA Department of Historical Sciences – Committee on Archaeology 

(leader: Academician Nikola Tasić) and the Institute of Archaeology and the Museum of the BAS 

(leader: Professor Vasil Nikolov, Dr. Snežana Gorjanova). 

Cooperation with the National Academy of Belarus 

The Agreement on Scientific Cooperation was signed in November 1998, and the 

Protocol in 2001. The annual exhange quota anticipates four weeks for each side, while the 

Thematic Plan contains only one joint project. 

The visit of the President of NAB, Professor Mikahil Miyasnikovich, which was 

scheduled for the first half of 2006, was not realized, so that the existing Protocol on Scientific 

Cooperation is still in force. 

Cooperation with the Hungarian Academy od Sciences 

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The Agreement on Scientific Cooperation with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was 

signed in December 1997 in Belgrade and in January 1998 in Budapest. The current Thematic 

Plan contains 14 joint projects. 

At the end of December, the Protocol on Scientific Cooperation for 2007-2009 was 

signed and exchanged by mail. The Protocol was signed by SASA President, Academician Nikola 

Hajdin, and HAS President, Professor Dr. Sylvester Vizi. The New Thematic Plan of joint projects 

will be adjusted early in 2007. 

Cooperation with the Macedonian Academy od Sciences and Arts 

The Agreement on Scientific Cooperation with the Macedonian Academy of Sciences 

and Arts was signed in 1996 and the Protocol on Scientific Cooperation for 2006-2008 in October 

2006 in Skopje. They were signed by SASA President, Academician Nikola Hajdin, and MASA 

President, Academician Cvetan Grozdanov. The thematic plan of cooperation between the two 

academies will be adjusted by mail. 

Cooperation with the Polish Academy of Sciences 

The Agreement on Cooperation with the Polish Academy of Sciences was signed in 

1998 and the Protocol on Scientific Cooperation with the Thematic Plan of Projects for 2004- 

2006, in November 2004. 

The Thematic Plan includes five projects and the annual quota for the exchange of 

researchers is seven weeks each. 

Cooperation with the Romanian Academy of Sciences 

The Agreement on Cooperation with the Romanian Academy was signed in 1995 for a 

period of five years, with an automatic extension for another five years. The Thematic Plan includes 

21 joint projects and the annual exchange quota isten weeks each. 

Cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences 

The Cooperation Agreement with the Russian Academy of Sciences was signed in 1994 

for a period of five years, with the provision of automatic extention for another five ysears, unless 

either side decides otherwise. 

In October 2006, the Protocol on Scientific Cooperation for 2006-2008 was signed in 

Moscow. It was signed by SASA Vice-President, Academician Stevan Koički, and RAS Vice- 

President, Academician Nikolai Plate. The annual exchange quota was increased to 25 weeks 

each and 31 joint projects were adjusted under the new Thematic Plan. 

Cooperation with the Slovak Academy of Sciences 

The Agreement on Scientific Cooperation with the Slovak Academy of Sciences was 

signed in 2001 and the Protocol for the next three-year period in June 2002. The Thematic Plan 

included three joint projects, with the provision of its expansion. The annual exchange quota is 

four weeks each. 

Cooperation with the Turkish Academy of Sciences 

The Agreement and the Executive Protocol with the Turkish Academy of Sciences were 

signed in April 2005 and will be effective until either signatory party requests otherwise. 

The annual exchange quota is six weeks each. 

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As a partner in the multilateral project, the SASA participates in the multilateral 

project initiated by the Turkish Academy of Sciences: Scientific Approach to the Protection 

of Cultural Heritage of South-Eastern Europe (Naučni pristup zaštiti kulturnog nasleđa 

Jugoistočne Evrope), with the subproject Corpus of Monumental Byzantine Painting (Korpus 

monumentalnog vizantijskog slikarstva). 

Apart from the Turkish Academy and SASA, the Athens Academy, Austrian Academy 

of Sciences and Arts and the Academies of Sciences of South Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia 

and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Montenegro are also involved in the project. 

Cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 

The Agreement on Cooperation with the Institute for Problems of Materials Science of the 

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was signed in 1997. The Protocol of the Continuation 

of Cooperation between the SASA and this Institute for the period 2005-2005was signed in May 

2004, defining 7 man/weeks for exchange and adjusting four joint projects. 

In February 2006, the SASA and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine signed the 

Agreement on Cooperation for a period of three years and the provision of its automatic extension 

for another three-year period. The Agreement was signed by Academician Koički, SASA Vice- 

President, and Academician Aleksiy Onishchenko, Acting Vice-President of NASU. The annual 

exchange quota was set at seven weeks each. 

At the end of June, the delegation of the SASA, led by its President, Academician 

Hajdin, travelled to Kiev, thus returning the visit to the NASU. On that occasion, the Thematic 

Cooperation Plan with a total of eight joint projects was adopted. 

Cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 

The Agreement on Cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 

was signed in 1998 for a period of five years, with the possibility of automatic extension. 

In April 2006, the delegation of the ASCR visited the SASA and on that occasion the 

Protocol on Scientific Cooperation for 2006-2008 was signed. The Protocol was signed by the 

President of SASA, Academician Nikola Hajdin, and Professor Vaclav Paces, President of the 

ASCR. The annual exchange quota was set at ten weeks each and eight joint projects were 

adjusted under the Thematic Plan. 

Cooperation with the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities 

Th Cooperation Agreement between the SASA and the Royal Swedish Academy of 

Letters, History and Antiquities was signed in 1988 and is still in force. At the initiative of the 

Swedish side, the Agreement on the Non-Currency Exchange of Researchers was signed in 

November 2004, stipulating 1the exchange quota of 10 man/weeks. 

The Fourth Swedish-Serbian Symposium on “Stockholm-Belgrade: The Protection of 

Cultural Heritage“ (Stockholm-Beograd: Zaštita kulturnog nasleđa), which was planned to be 

organized by the SASA and the City Assembly of Belgrade, did not take place. 

Сooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing 

Cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing was revived after 

many years. The first contacts were established at the end of 2004 and in the spring of 2006 

The President of SASA, Academician Nikola Hajdin, was invited to visit this Academy with his 

associates. 

In November 2006, the SASA delegation, led by its President, Academician Nikola 

Hajdin, paid a visit to the CASS. During this visit, the Draft Agreement on Scientific Cooperation 

proposed by our delegation was considered, but was not signed. The Chinese proposed to maintain 

their cooperation without hindrance, regardless of the fact that the Agreement was not signed. 

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During its stay in China, the SASA delegation also visited the Shangai Academy of 

Social Sciences. 

Cooperation with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 

Cooperation with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei from Rome was renewed. In 

April 2006, its President, Professor Giovanni Conso, advanced a proposal for the Memorandum 

of Understanding to Academician Nikola Hajdin. This was followed by an invitation to Professor 

Conso to visit the SASA with his associates, so that cooperation between the two Academies 

could be discussed and the Memorandum would be signed. 

Due to some obligations, this meeting could not be organized, but the Memorandum of 

Understanding was signed and exchanged by mail. This document established the framework for 

cooperation between the SASA and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. All details concerning 

the implementation of the Memorandum will be defined by the conclusion of the Executive 

Protocol. 

Сooperation with the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts 

SASA President, Academician Nikola Hajdin, SASA Vice-President, Stevan Koički, and 

Academician Ljubisav Rakić, member of the SASA Presidency, visited the Montenegrin Academy 

of Sciences and Arts in October 2006. On that occasion the Thematic Plan of Cooperation for 

2006-2008 was adopted, including 18 joint research projects. The Pro Memoria about the future 

cooperation of the two Academies was also signed. 

The formal unveiling of the monument to SS Cyril and Methodius, the work of 

Academician Tome Serafimovski, took place on 2 June 2006, in the organization of the SASA 

and the City Assembly. Academician Tome Serafimovski, member of the Macedonian Academy 

of Sciences and Arts and foreign member of the SASA, and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and 

Arts donated this monument to the City of Belgrade. 

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During the year, 88 members and associates of the SASA went on study trips, attended 

scientific meetings in the country and abroad and participated in the working bodies of international 

associations or, as representatives of the SASA, in significant international meetings. At the 

same time, the SASA was visited by 58 scientists under bilateral agreements on non-currency 

exchange of researchers, as participants in scientific meetings and as lecturers or members of 

official delegations. As many researchers visited scientific institutions outside the SASA, which 

collaborate on the projects under the SASA bilateral agreements. 

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MEETINGS AND LECTURES IN 2006 

In 2006, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts organized 15 scientific meetings, 

8 lectures, Formal Gathering marking the Day of the Academy and one commemorative 

gathering. 

Scientific Meetings 

1. The scientific meeting entitled Pseudodifferential Operators and Microwave 

Analysis was held place in Novi Sad within the project which is financed by the UNESCO, under 

the auspices of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Novi Sad and the SASA Branch in 

Novi Sad, 6-11 March 2006. The Conference was dedicated to modern trends in harmonic and 

functional analysis and was attended by 15 foreign mathematicians and 10 mathematicians from 

the University of Novi Sad. 

2. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts organized the International Scientific 

Conference on KOSOVO AND METOHIJA – Past – Present – Future, from 16 to 18 March 

2006. Papers were presented by 38 domestic and 27 foreign participants. The Serbian Academy 

of Sciences and Arts organized this Conference with the aim to have different scientific and 

professional views on the past, present and future of this part of Serbia presented at one place. 

The topic provoked a lively discussion about different aspects of the Kosov crisis. The complete 

work of the Conference, including the presentation of all papers, was presented and transferred 

onto the CD-ROM. 

3. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute 

for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković“ of Belgrade University organized the International 

Symposium on Neurobiology Today, on the occasion of the 50th anniversaary of Neurobiological 

School and the 50th anniversary of the scientific research of its founder, Academician Ljubiša 

Rakić, on 29 and 30 May 2006. The papers were presented by 25 participants. They orally 

presented the results of their joint researches in the field of neurobiology. The poster presentation 

of the work of 10 research teams was also made. 

4. The six-day scientific symposium entitled Mesozoic Ophiolitic Belts of the Northern 

Part of the Balkan Peninsula was organized by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the 

Committee on Geodynamics, and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska. 

This symposium was held in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska from 31 May to 6 June 2006. It 

was attended by 30 foreign and 16 domestic scientists. Parallel to the lecturers, field work in the 

territory of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska was organized. 

5. The International Scientific Symposium on Slavic Etimology Today was organized 

by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the SASA Institute of Serbian Language from 

5 to 7 September 2006. The papers were presented by 31 domestic and 9 foreign participants. 

A scientific-expert excursion was also organized during which the participants visited the 

monasteries of Manasija and Gornjak. 

6. In cooperation with the SASA Balkanological Institute, the Serbian Academy of 

Sciences and Arts organized the four-day International Scientific Symposium on Slavic Folklore 

and Folkloristics at the Turn of The Millennia. The Symposium began at the SASA, on 3 

October, and continued its work in Kraljevo and Mataruška banja, on 4, 5 and 6 October 2006. 

The co-organizer of the Symposium was the National Museum in Kraljevo. The Symposium was 

attended by 23 foreign and 17 domestic scientists. 

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7. The SASA and the Committee on Cardiovascular Pathology, in cooperation with 

the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, Cardiology Society of Serbia and 

Montenegro, and under the aegis of the European League Against Rheumatism – EULAR, 

organized the European Conference on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases and Left 

Ventricular Dysfunction on 6-8 October 2006. The Conference was attended by 300 domestic 

and 50 foreign experts from 23 countries, specializing in myocardial diseases and experts on 

rheumatology and clinical immunology. In addition to the oral and poster representations, the 

multimedia performance The Struggle of the Weakened Heart and the painting exhibition of 

Željko Komosar, were staged. 

8. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the National Committee on Bioethics of 

the Commssion of the Republic of Serbia for Cooperation with the UNESCO and the Association 

of Geneticians of Serbia, organized the Symposium on Bioethics Here and in the World on 

20 October 2006. On this occasion, 20 domestic and three foreign authors participated in the 

preparation of the papers, on the basis of which 12 papers were presented in two sessions. 

9. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Macedonian Academy od 

Sciences and Arts organized the national meeting, with international participation, On the Trail 

of Academician Vojislav Đurić, which was held in Belgrade and Skopje from 16 to 21 October 

2006. There were 25 scientists from Serbia, 13 from Macedonia and six from abroad. The first 

part of the scientific meeting was held in Belgrade, on 16 and 17 October 2006, after which its 

work was continued in Skopje. On their way to Skopje and in Ohrid, the participants visited the 

medieval monuments which were the subject of research of Academician Vojislav Đurić. 

10. The Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and 

Arts, in cooperation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical 

Engineering in Niš, Faculty of Technical Sciences and Novi Sad, Nikola Tesla Research Institute 

in Belgrade, Mihailo Pupin Research Institute in Belgrade, Academy of Engineering Sciences 

of Serbia and Montenegro from Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, IEE Serbia and 

Montenegro Section, as well as the Tesla Memorial Society from New York, organized the 

6 th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NIKOLA TESLA at the SASA, 18-20 October 

2006. The Symposium was organized within the Republican programme of marking the 150th 

anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla. The papers, which were presented by 24 domestic and 

15 foreign scientists, elucidated Tesla’s contribution to science at the beginning of the third 

millennium and the creative side of Tesla’s personality. Apart from the oral lectures and poster 

presentations, the 6 th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NIKOLA TESLA was accompanied by 

the exhibition entitled Nikola Tesla – The Creativity of A Genius in the SASA Gallery. One of 

the new exhibits was the largest Tesla transformer manufactured in our country and a series of 

Tesla transformers manufactured at the Vinča Research Institute. 

11. The SASA Interdepartmental Committee on Human Reproduction Biology in 

cooperation with the Gynecological-Obstetrics Section of the Serbian Medical Society, organized 

the one-day scientific meeting, with international participation, entitled How to Stop the “White 

Plague“ in Serbia – The Role of the Health Service, on 23 November 2006. The scientific 

meeting was attended by ten domestic and three foreign scientists. Its work was carried out in 

two sessions. 

12. The SASA Department of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences and the Serbian 

Geological Society organized the scientific meeting marking the 150th birth anniversary and 70th 

death anniversary of Academician Jovan Žujović, entitled Jovan Žujović – Life and Work. The 

one-day meeting was held at the SASA, on 15 November 2006. The papers on the life and work 

of Jovan Žujović was presented by five participants. 

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13. The two-day scientific meeting devoted Dragoslav Srejović and Art was held in 

Kragujevac, on 28 and 29 November 2006. It was organized by the Centre for Scientific Research 

og the SASA and Kragujevac University. The participants in its working part were 21 domestic 

scientists and 2 scientists from Skopje. The wreath was also laid on the grave of Academician 

Dragoslav Srejović. 

14. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts organized the four-day scientific meeting 

entitled Jovan Sterija Popović 1806-1856-2006, from 5 to 8 December 2006, and the exhibition 

of the same name in the SASA Gallery, in cooperation with the Museum of Theatre Art. The work 

was carried out in the sessions at which the papers were presented bz 45 domestic and 7 foreign 

authors. 

15. The SASA Interdepartmental Committee on AIDS and the Youth Association Against 

AIDS – JAZAS organized the scientific meeting so as to observe 1 December – the World AIDS 

Day, which was entitled, Twenty Years of HIV/AIDS in Serbia, on 15 December 2006. The 

papers were presented by 14 scientists in two sessions: What Was Done? and What to Do Next 

and How? 

Formal Gatherings 

On 19 November 2006, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in its Festive Hall 

marked the Day of the Academy for the first time. Under the Law on the SASA, 19 November 

1841, the day when the Society of Serbian Letters was founded – was set as the date when the 

Academy was established. The celebration of the Day of the Academy was attended, apart from 

the SASA members, high guests, academy associates and friends. At this event, the speeches 

were delivered by the President of SASA, Academician Nikola Hajdin, Dr. Aleksandar Popović, 

Minister of Science and Environmental Protection, and Predrag Marković, President of the 

Serbian Assembly. The newly elected Corresponding Members of SASA were presented to the 

public and the SASA President conferred on them the charters about their election. N the artistic 

part of the programme there appeared the Belgrade University Chorus “Obilić“ – AKUD “Branko 

Krsmanović“, which was conducted by Professor Darinka Matić-Marović. 

Commemorations 

The Serbian Academy od Sciences and Arts organized the commemorative gathering 

devoted to the memory of its deceased full member, Academician Ivan Antić, on 28 March 


Lectures 

1. Dr. Ivo Šlaus, member of the World Academy of Art and Science, San Francisco, 

USA, and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia, delivered 

the lecture on Building a Knowledge-Based Society – Why and How?, at the proposal of the 

Department of Mathematics, Science and Earth Sciences, on 13 February 2006. 

2. Professor Walter Henning, Scientific Director of GSI (Society for Heavy Ion 

Research) in Darmstadt, Germany, as the guest of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and 

Earth Sciences, delivered the lecture on Accelerator Physics in GSI (Darmdstadt) and Determining 

the Neutrino Flux from the Sun, on 27 March 2006. 

3. Professor Luigi Rodino, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in 

Turin, Italy, delivered the lecture on Gelfand-Shilov Function Spaces and Applications at the 

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Faculty of Mathematics in Belgrade, on 28 April 2006, at the invitation of the Department of 

Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences. 

4. Architect Boris Podreka, foreign member of the SASA, conducted the architectseminar 

with the lecture entitled Reality and Vision, on 6 April 2006. The SASA Gallery was the 

venue of the round table on Archiculture – The Possibilities for Exchange in Central European 

Space, in which Boris Podreka, MSc, participated on 5 April 2006, when his exhibition was 

opened. 

5. Professor Dr. Wolfgang Firek, Professor at the English Department of the University 

of Bamberg and the long-time leader of the international project Atlas Linguarum Europeae 

(ALE), delivered the lecture on The Atlas of European Languages and Insights into the Cultural 

History of Europe Offered by It, at the invitation of the Department of Language and Literature, 

on 15 May 2006. 

6. Professor Dr. Francisco J. Ayala, Professor at the University of California in Irvine, 

and foreign member of the SASA, delivered the lecture on The Origin and Evolution of Malaria, 

at the inivation of the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, on 23 May 2006. 

7. Professor Dr. Zoja B. Popović, Professor and the Head of the Hadson Moore Jr. 

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, and a 

foreign member of the SASA, delivered th lecture on Active Microwave Circuits and Antenna 

Clusters, on 20 June 2006, at the inivation of the Department of Technical Sciences. 

8. Dr. Dimitrije E. Panfilov, member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic 

Surgery (ASAPS), member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) 

and member of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 

(IPRAS), delivered the lecture on Aesthetic Surgery Between Human Identity and Social Ethics, 

at the inivation of the Department of Medical Sciences, on 26 October 2006. 

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PUBLISHING ACTIVITY IN 2006 

In 2006, the SASA editions included 39 publications (in 41 books), totalling 

1316 author’s sheets or 980 signatures. For the Academy these books will be printed 

in 18.830 copies altogether, whereby early in 2007, the Academy will obtain another 

4,850 copies of the 17th Volume of the Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary 

Language and Vernaculars, since so far 50 copies have been printed. In these editions 

425 authors published a total of 328 papers. The total publishing costs amounted to about 

8,600,000 dinars, while the printing of the Dictionary (which is financed by the Serbian 

Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection) will cost about 3,000,000 dinars. The 

publishing of 10 publications was made possible thanks to full or partial assistance of 

the sponsors, while the editions of the SASA Gallery editions were financed from special 

sources. 

PRESIDENCY 

Almanac CXII for 2005 

Bulletin of the Scientific Research Fund for 2005, No. 31 

Bulletin of Scientific Research Annual Report for 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND EARTH SCIENCES 

Bulletin CXXXIII, Classe des sciences mathématiques et naturelles, 31. 

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 

Bibliographies IV. Sanja Pantić, Bibliography of the Works of Academician 

Vladimir Pantić. On the occasion of his 85th birthday. 

Biographies and Bibliographies X, II Department, Lives and Work of Serbian 

Scientists, Vol. 10 

Special Editions DCLXI, Vol. 4, Ivan Petrov, The Ants of Serbia and Montenegro. 

Monograph. Аleksandar Despić, Electrochemical Techniques and Technologies. 

Proceedings on the Fauna in Serbia VII. 

Vegetation in Serbia II 2. 

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES 

Bulletin CXXXII. No 30. 

Glas CDIII. Vol. 35. 

Bibliographies VI. Vol. 1. Biography, Scientific Work and Bibliography of 

Academician Jovan Surutka. On the occasion of his 85th birthday. 

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 

Scientific Meetings CXIV. Vol. 9. Tumour Immunology. 

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 

Biblioteka 23 editions. Milena Babić, Bibliography of Works by Academician Milka 

Ivić. On the occasion of her 80th birthday. 

Special Editions DCLVII. Vol. 55. Đorđe Živanović. The Life and Work of 

Konstantin Mihailović from Ostrovica. 

Special Editions DCLVIII. Vol. 56. Miljan Mojašević, Serbs in the Eyes of Germans 

in the Time of Vuk. 

Glas CDV. Vol. 22. 

Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 111. Jovan Sterija Popović 

1806–1856–2000. 

Оnomathological Contributions XVIII. 

The Serbian Language in the Light of Contemporary Linguistic Theories 1, Cognitive 

Linguistic Studies of the Serbian Language. 

Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language and Vernaculars XVII. 

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 

Glas CDII. Vol. 30. 

Scientific Meetings CXII. Vol. 26. Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. 

Sources of Serbian Law XII. Gordana Radojčić-Kostić. Bibliography on Emperor 

Stefan Dušan’s Code. 

Sources of Serbian Law XIII. Rade Mihaljčić, Laws in Old Serbian Documents. 

Legal Regulations, Translations, Introductory Texts and Explanations. 

Scientific Meetings CXIII. Vol. 27. Njegoš’s Social and Political Thought. 

Kosovo and Metohija – Past, Present and Future. 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES 

Glas CDIV. Vol. 13. 

Kosovo and Metohija Proceedings 3. 

Proceedings for the History, Language and Literature of the Serbian People XXXIX. 

Material for the History of the Military Frontier III. Varaždin Generalate 

(1595–1704). 

Vardar Proceedings 5. 

Documents on the Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Serbia 1903–1914. 

Book II. Vol. 1/I. Edited by Ljiljana Aleksić-Pejković and Života Anić. 

Documents on the Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Serbia 1903–1914. 

Book II. Vol. 1/II. Edited by Ljiljana Aleksić-Pejaković and Života Anić. 

Documents on the Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Serbia 1903–1914.

Book II. Vol. 2/I. Edited by Ljiljana Aleksić-Pejković and Života Anić. 

Documents on the Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Serbia 1903–1914. Book II. Vol. 

2/II. Edited by Ljiljana Aleksić-Pejaković and Života Anić. 

Homage to Milutin Garašanin. 

Bibliographies V. Vol. 1. Vladan Gavrilović, Bibliography of the Works of Academician 

Slavko Gavrilović. On the occasion of his 80th birthday. 

DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND MUSICAL ARTS 

Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 109. Boris Podreka. 

Todor M. Stevanović, Todor’s Hymn to Man: I Am You. 

Exhibition Volumes 33. Ivan Tabaković (1898–1977), Nedeljko Gvozdenović (1902– 

1988). In the Memory of the Founders of the Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Sciences 

and Arts. 

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE SASA INSTITUTES 

IN 2006 

GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE „JOVAN CVIJIĆ“ 

Project: VALORIZATION MODALITIES OF THE GEOPOTENTIAL OF 

UNDEVELOPED AREAS IN SERBIA 

(Dr. Marina Todorović, senior research fellow) 

Regional disproportions in Serbia between economically developed and undeveloped 

areas are strengthening constantly, while the number of undeveloped communities is permanently 

increasing. 

The primary content of the research anticipated by this project includes the identification 

of potentials and their valorization modalities, as well as systematization of the current criterions 

for defining undeveloped areas, from economical and statistical, through political, to those 

of synthetic character. As a result, all undeveloped areas in Serbia could be identified and the 

concept of their sustainable development defined. Additionally, the expected positive effects of 

development and changes in their space-functional profile could be identified. 

Đorđević J., Todorović М., 2006: U susret novim konceptima ruralnog razvoja Srbije 

(Towards The New Concepts Of Rural Development Of Serbia). Glasnik Srpskog geografskog 

društva, sv. LXXXVI br.1, Beograd, 211-220. 

Miletić R., 2006: Odabrana obeležja neravnomernog regionalnog razvoja u Srbiji 

(Selected Indicators Of Uneven Regional Development Of Serbia). Glasnik Srpskog 

geografskog društva, sv. LXXXVI br.1, Srpsko geografsko društvo, Beograd, 177-190. 

Bjeljac Ž., 2006: Turističke manifestacije u nedovoljno razvijenim prostorima Srbije 

(Touristic Events In Uder-Developed Areas Of Serbia), Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva, 

sv. LXXXVI, br 1, 245-256. 

Todorović M., 2006: Rural areas of Serbia. Proceedings, Scientific symposium with 

international participation, University of «St Cyril and Methoduius», 63-73, Skoplje. 

Tošić B., Đorđević J., 2006: Tourism as Economic Activity in Spatial Plans in Serbia. 

VIII International Conference, Contemporary Trends in Tourism industry. Ohrid, 255-261. 

Ćalić J., 2006: Threats to karst geo-sites in undeveloped regions of Serbia. 14th 

International Karstological School “Classical Karst”, 26.6.-2.7. 2006; Abstract book; 

Postojna, Slovenia. 

Project: SCOPE EXPANSION OF THE CARPATHIAN CONVENTION 

IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 

(Dr. Jasmina Đorđević, senior research fellow) 

Considering the geological-geographical characteristics of the Serbian Carpathians in 

regard to the part of territory included in the Carpathian region, scholarly and expert circles 

in Serbia have initiated a boundary expansion of the Carpathian convention in Serbia. To keep 

up with that, the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA carried out research based on 

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the scientific identification of geomorphologic structure, biodiversity and geodiversity, special 

natural and cultural values and natural resources, with the situation of economic development 

and a review of the environment quality, as well as the possibility of trans-border collaboration 

and connection. The results of research confirmed the justification of the initiative and proved 

the existence of a scientific justification of boundary expansion based on the actual and natural 

extension of the Carpathians in Serbia. 

Tošić B., Đorđević J., 2006: Characteristics аnd Rocesses in the Rural Settlements 

and Centres and Their Role in the Integration Processes: The Case Study of Carpathian Serbia. 

“Rural Space and Regional Development”, 22-25th June, Turda -Cluj Napoca, Romania. 

Vemić M., 2006: The share of Serbia and Montenegro in the Carpathian region. 

International Scientific Conference “Global changes and regional challenges”, Sofia 

University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”, Faculty of Geology and Geography, 28–29 April 2006, 

Sofia, Bulgaria. 

Bjeljac Ž, Milivojević M, 2006: Caves as Regional Tourist Potential in Karpato- 

Balkans Mountain System. International Scientific Conference ‘’Global changes and 

regional challenges’’, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”, Faculty of Geology and 

Geography, 28–29 April 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria. 

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MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE 

Project: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS 

(Prof. Dr. Milan Božić) 

The Mathematical Institute runs both the Project and the Seminary with the similar 

names. The Seminar has a broader scope and invites lecturers from all fields of science which can 

have a connection, either scientifically or just culturally, with mathematics. Unlike the Seminar, 

the project research concentrates on the history of Serbian mathematics without neglecting 

the general scope of the discipline. Also, as previous work on Mathematics in Serbia is almost 

uncharted land, the project cooperates strongly with other researchers in the Institute who, using 

modern technologies, work on the digitalization and preservation of national cultural heritage in 

general. 

Kadijević Đ., 2006: Suitable activities for and possible factors influencing the 

outcomes of challenging mathematics in and beyond the classroom. Contribution to ICMI 

Study 16 Challenging Mathematics in and beyond the Classroom, Trondheim, Norway, 27 June 

to 03 July 2006. Available at www.amt.canberra.edu.au/icmis16psemkadijevich.pdf 

Nikolić A., 2006: Mathematician Vojislav G. Avakumović (1910-1990). Abstract 

of Short Communications and Poster Sessions, International Congress of Mathematicians, 

Madrid. 

Kadijević Đ., Marinković B., 2006: Challenging Mathematics by “Archimedes”. The 

Teaching of Mathematics, 9, 1, 31-39. 

Project: GRAPH THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING WITH 

APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING 

(Academician Dragoš Cvetković) 

Several results in the fields of the theory of graph spectra, mathematical models 

in chemistry and mathematical programming were obtained. In the bibliography given 

below, only a part of books and papers published by the project collaborators in 2006 is 

included. A complete list of publications can be found at the web site of the Mathematical 

Institute of the SASA at the addresshttp://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/projects/projects.htm. 

See also in this Bulletin, the reports on related projects Computer-aided investigations in 

discrete mathematics (academician Dragoš Cvetković) and Investigations in mathematical 

chemistry (academician Ivan Gutman). Extensive international cooperation was realized. 

Cardoso, D. Cvetković, Graphs with least eigenvalue -2 attaining a convex quadratic 

upper bound for the stability number, Bulletin de l’Academie Serbe des Sciences et des Arts, 

Cl. Sci. Math. Natur., Sci. Math., 133 (2006), No. 31, 42-55. 

Zhou, D. Stevanović, A Note on Zagreb Indices, MATCH Communications in 

Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, 56 (2006), No. 2, 571-578. 

V. Brankov, P. Hansen, D. Stevanović, Automated upper bounds on the largest 

Laplacian eigenvalue, Linear Algebra and Its Applications 414 (2006), 407-424. 

V. Brankov, D. Cvetković, S. Simić, D. Stevanović, Simultaneous editing and 

multilabelling of graphs in system newGRAPH, Univ. Beograd, Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. 

Mat., 17(2006), 112-121. 

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F. Belardo, E.M. Li Marzi, S.K. Simić, Some results on the index of unicyclic graphs, 

Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 416(2006), 1048-1059. 

C. Marino, I. Sciriha, S.K. Simić, D.V. Tošić, More on singular line graphs of trees, 

Publ. Mat. Inst. (Beograd), 79(93) (2006), 1-12. 

T. Balińska, S.K. Simić, K.T. Zwierzyński, There are exactly $65$ $4$-regular integral 

graphs of order less than twenty, CSC Report No. 525, Technical Univ. Poznań (2006), 1-20. 

F. Belardo, E.M. Li Marzi, S.K. Simić, Path-like graphs ordered by the index, 

International Journal of Algebra, Vol. 1, No. 3 (2007), 113-28. 

K. Simić, Z. Stanić, The polynomial reconstruction of unicyclic graphs is unique, 

Linear and Multilinear Algebra, Vol. 55, No. 1 (2007), 35-43. 

M. Petrović, B. Borovićanin, Z. Radosavljević, The integral 3-harmonic graphs, 

Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 416 (2006), 298-312. 

Lj. Pavlović, M. Stojanović, Comment on “Solutions to Two Unsolved Questions on 

the Best Upper Bound for the Randic Index R_{-1} of Trees”, MATCH- Communications in 

Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, 56 (2006) No. 2, 409-414. 

J. Kratica, Z. Stanimirović, Solving the uncapacitated multiple allocation p-hub center 

problem by genetic algorithm, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 23 (December 

2006), No. 4. 

M. Conforti, G. Cornuejols, K. Vušković, Balanced matrices, Discrete Mathematics 

306 (2006) 2411-2437. 

M. Conforti, G. Cornuejols, X.Liu, K. Vušković, G. Zambelli, Odd hole recognition 

in graphs of bounded clique size, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 20 (2006) No. 1, 

42-48. 

Project: GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY OF MANIFOLDS 

AND INTEGRABLE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 

(Dr. Vladimir Dragović) 

Axiomatization of the Hess-Appel’rot systems. Isoholomorphic integrable systems, 

Lax representations and geometry of Prym varieties. Frobenius manifolds, theta functions and 

applications. Appel hypergeometric functions. Integrable magnetic flows on homogeneous 

spaces. Foundations of the theory of combinatorial groupoids and the development of “parallel 

transport” of graph complexes. Cubical complexes non-embeddable into cubical latices (problem 

of S. P. Novikov). Complexes of geometric origin including the moment-angle complexes, (fat) 

graph complexes etc. Equipartition of measures by hyperplanes (combinatorics of Gray codes). 

Geometry of Stiefel varieties and integrable systems. Integrable billiards, periodic trajectories 

and pencils of quadrics. The Poncelet theorem, Cayley’s condition and separability, geometry 

of Stackel spaces. Nonholonomic mechanics: geometry, integrable models and Hamiltonization. 

Necessary and sufficient conditions of extremum. 

The project and the associated research centre “Dynamical Systems, Geometry and 

Combinatorics” (http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/dsgc/dsgc.htm) has played a key role as a leader and 

coordinator of regional research and as a gateway to wider international networks and projects: 

• Geometry, Topology and Combinatorics of Manifolds and Dynamical Systems 

coordinated by: B. Dubrovin, V. Dragovic, S. Vrecica, S. Terzic co-sponsored by: The Italian 

Ministry of Univeristies and Scientific Research, and SISSA 

• Southeastern European Network in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics (SEENET- 

MTP). 

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V. Dragovic, M. Radnovic: Geometry of Integrable Billiards and Pencils of Quadrics, 

Journal de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees, 85, No. 6, 2006, 758-790 

V. Dragovic, B. Gajic: Systems of Hess-Appel’rot type, Comm. Math. Phys, 265, 

No. 2, 2006, 397-435 

V. Dragovic, B. Gajic: Matrix Lax Polynomials, Geometry of Prym Varieties and 

Systems of Hess-Appel’rot Type, Letters in Math. Phys, 76, No. 2-3, 2006, 163-186. 

P. Mani-Levitska, S. Vrecica, R. Zivaljevic, Topology and Combinatorics of Partitions 

of Masses by Hyperplanes, Advances in Mathematics 207, 2006, 266-296. 

M. de Longueville, R.T. Zivaljevic, The Borsuk-Ulam-property, Tucker-property and 

constructive proofs in combinatorics, J. Combin. Theory, Ser. A 113, 2006, 839-850. 

Bolsinov A. V, Jovanovic B: Magnetic Geodesic Flows on Coadjoint Orbits, J. Phys. 

A: Math. Gen. 39, 2006, L247--L252. 

Fedorov Yu N, Jovanovic B: Quasi-Chaplygin Systems and Nonholonimic Rigid Body 

Dynamics, Letters in Mathematical Physics 67, 2006, 215-230 

B. Marinkovic: Sensitivity analysis for discrete optimal control problems, 

Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 63, No.3, 2006, 513-524. 

Project: MODELS, LANGUAGES, TYPES AND PROCESSES IN COMPUTING 

(Silvia Ghilezan) 

Global computing systems are becoming more and more complex due to their 

ubiquitousness and inevitableness in the contemporary world. A new conceptual dimension of 

computing in which widespread entities exchange data, migrate from one location to another 

and communicate among themselves has gained an important role and demands a theoretical 

foundation based on mathematical modeling. A safe typing system for distributed systems for 

mobile processes has been developed based on the XML language. This system is based on 

locations which consist of data trees and processes. The system models interaction between 

processes, migration of processes and interaction of processes and data. Preservation of types 

under reduction is proved. Consequently, the type system introduced models with safe interaction 

between processes and data. In the domain of image processing, further aspects of defuzzification 

of fuzzy segmented images were considered. 

Zoran Petrić, K. Došen, Associativity as Commutativity, Journal of Symbolic Logic 

71, 1 (2006), 217-226. 

Nataša Sladoje, J. Lindblad, Representation and reconstruction of fuzzy disks by 

moments, Fuzzy Sets and Systems / accepted for publication in 2006, available online October 

24, 2006, Elsevier BV. 

Project: STOCHASTICS WITH APPLICATIONS 

(Slobodanka Janković) 

This project contains research in various areas of probability, random processes and 

statistics, together with some areas of mathematical analysis, which is a necessary tool for 

probabilistic problems. In particular, research was performed on continuous stochastic processes 

of second order in a separable Hilbert space, conditions for equivalence, spectral type and 

multiplicity, stochastic differential equations, causality relations between stochastic processes 

and families of sigma algebras, stochastic differential equations and reliability. There are also 

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esults concerning the asymptotic behavior of moments of power series distributions, generated 

by entire functions of finite order and having a regularly varying logarithm of maximum of the 

modulus and results concerning orthogonal polynomials and summability of special functions. 

Slavko Simić: Extreme values and entire functions of finite order, Statist. Probab. 

Lett. 76 (2006), 703-708. 

Slavko Simić On regularly varying moments for power series distributions, 

Publications de l’Institut Mathématique, Nouvelle série, tome 80 (94) (2006), 253-258. 

Slavko Simić: Turan’s inequality for Appell polynomials, J.Inequal. Appl.(2006), 1-7. 

Slavko Simić On a non-standard class of entire functions, Complex Var. Elliptic 

Equ. 51 (2006), 33-39. 

Slavko Simić: Extremal properties of a special class of entire functions, Integral 

Transforms Spec. Funct. 17 (2006), 653-659. 

Stojan Radenović: Quasinoemability of Db-Spaces, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. 

Fak. Ser. Mat. 17 (2006), 84-87. 

Stojan Radenović, Iheritance Properties of Some Classes of Locally Convex Spaces, 

Kragujevac J.Math. 29 (2006), 29-35. 

Slobodanka Janković and Tatjana Ostrogorski: Good decomposition in class of 

functions of higher order, Publications de l’Institut Mathématique, Nouvelle série, tome 80 

(94) (2006), 157-170. 

Slobodanka Janković, Tatjana Davidović: Investigations of reliability of a two-unit 

system with repair and with economical preventive maintenance using simulation, Proceedings 

of the Fourth International Conference on Simulation in Industry and Services, EHSAL, 

Brussels, (2006) , Eds.: Frank Cole, Fermin Mallor, Edward Omey, Stefan Van Gulck, 55-72. 

S.B. Tricković, M.V. Vidanović, M.S. Stanković: On the summation of series in terms 

of Bessel functions , Z. Anal. Anwen. 25, No 3 (2006) 393-406. 

S.B. Tricković, M.S. Stanković: A new approach to the orthogonality of the Laguerre 

and Hermite polynomials, Int. Trans. Spec. Func. 17, No 9 (2006) 661-672. 

S.B. Tricković, M.V. Vidanović, M.S. Stanković: On the summation of series over a 

product of Bessel functions, Int. Trans. Spec. Func. 17, No 10 (2006) 748-759. 

P.M. Rajković, S.D. Marinković, M.S. Stanković: On q-Orthogonal Polynomials 

over a Collection of Complex Origin Intervals Related to Little q-Jacobi Polynomials, The 

Ramanujan Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2006), 245-255. 

M. Stanković, P.M. Rajković, S.D. Marinković: Inequalities which Include q-Integrals, 

Bulletin T. CXXXIII de l’Academie serbe des sciences et des arts, Classe des Sciences 

mathématiques et naturelles, Sciences Mathématiques, No 31, Beograd 2006, 137-146. 

Project: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS OF THE RIGID AND SOLID 

BODIES. MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 

(Katica Stevanović Hedrih) 

Today, it seems generally accepted that non-linear dynamic problems should be 

cooperatively addressed through the combined use of analytical, computational, geometrical and 

experimental approach (see Refs. [1-16]). 

Further, interaction between non-linear dynamics and control, as well as energy transfer 

between subsystems, plays an important role in advanced engineering systems, when the desired 

dynamics behavior and improved reliability during operation are to be obtained [11]. Non-linear 

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deterministic and stochastic dynamics [1] and the control of processes in complex mechanical 

systems are the subjects of our results on project research. 

The new mathematical and phenomenological knowledge are advances to the theoretical 

and applied mechanics of rigid and solid bodies and complex hybrid structures [2-5] and [8] 

and dynamical [6-7] systems with applications in mechanical engineering. The mechanics of 

materials with coupled fields was also a subject of project research [12]. 

A seminar for Non-linear Dynamics – Milutin Milanković was spontaneously organized 

by the Project researchers as a forum for the evaluation scientific research results and is working 

at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Niš supported by researchers from other Serbian 

Universities and by visiting professors from the entire World. 

Partial and partial fractional differential equations of the creeping and vibrations of 

a double plate system [2, 3, 8] and an axially moving double belt system [5] were derived. A 

fractional-differential operator with the creep material parameters was introduced. The plate 

material is elastic or creeping and constitutive relation of the stress-strain state is expressed 

through fractional derivatives. 

A finite number of coupled partial fractional order differential equations of transversal 

vibrations of a creeping connected multi-plate homogeneous system and multi-belt system [5] 

were derived. The analytical solution of the system of coupled partial fractional order differential 

equations of the corresponding dynamical free and forced processes were obtained. Functions of 

a time series, as particular components of the solution, were also obtained. 

The influence of rotatory inertia of a beam cross-section and transverse shear of abeam 

cross-section under transverse force, and the corresponding members in partial differential 

equation, were taken into account and, by use of Ariaratnam’s idea, the expression for the 

Lyapunov exponents were obtained and the stochastic stability of deformable forms of a beam and 

processes were investigated. The partial differential equations of transversal stochastic vibrations 

of a parametrically excited beam, graded by a pure elastic material or by hereditary material or 

by creep material, were derived. The influence of rotatory inertia of the beam cross-section and 

transverse shear of the beam cross section under the transverse force, and the corresponding 

members in the partial differential equation, were taken into consideration. The asymptotic 

averaged method was used to obtain the first approximation of the corresponding Itô stochastic 

differential equations. By using the idea of Ariratnam, for all three cases of beam material, sets of 

the Lyapunov exponents were obtained as a function of the Bessel functions [1]. 

Using the Krilov – Bogolyubov - Mitropolskiy asymptotic method, both the solutions 

in the first approximation and the system of non-linear coupled differential equations for the 

corresponding number of excited amplitudes and phases, for multifrequency vibrations of a hybrid 

system were derived and an analysis of energy transfer between the modes was also performed. 

The measures of integrity of dynamical systems and dynamical system processes, by 

which it is possible to conclude whether the system possesses integrity or whether the system loses 

integrity, were investigated and defined [6] and [7]. Models, dynamics and stability of vibroimpact 

systems were investigated [9,10,16,17]. New contributions to the mechanics of materials with 

rheological properties, with cracks or with coupled fields were made [12, 13, 14]. Contributions 

in the form of a mathematical description of deterministic and stochastic dynamics of sandwich 

multi-belt, multi-beam or multi-plate systems with rheological or hereditary properties and 

stability of its deformable shape were presented [2-8]. 

WEB page of the Project: http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/projects/projects.htm 

WEB page of the Project Seminar: 

http://www.masfak.ni.ac.yu/sitegenius/topic.php?id=863 

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[1] Hedrih (Stevanović) K. (2006), Transversal Vibration of a Parametrically Excited 

Beam: Influence of Rotatory Inertia and Transverse Shear on Stochastic Stability of Deformable 

Forms and Processes, ©Freund Publishing House Ltd. International Journal of Nonlinear 

Sciences and Numerical Simulation, 7(1), 117-124, 2006. 

[2] Hedrih (Stevanović) K. (2006), Transversal Vibrations of Double-Plate Systems, 

Acta Mechanica Sinica, Springer, (2006) 22, 487-501 (hard cover and on line). 

[3] Hedrih (Stevanović) K. (2006), Modes of the Homogeneous Chain Dynamics, 

Signal Processing, Elsevier, 86 (2006), 2678-2702. 

[4] Hedrih (Stevanović) K., Vukota Babović, Dragan Šarković (2006), An auxiliary 

size distribution model for the ultrasonically produced water droplets, Experimental 

Thermal and Fluid Science - ETF, Elsevier, Volume 30, Issue 6, June 2006, 559-564. 

[5] Hedrih (Stevanović) K. (2006), Transversal vibrations of the axially moving double 

belt system with creep layer, Preprints, 2 nd IFAC Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and 

its Applications, 19-21 July, 2006, Porto, Portugal, 230-235. +CD. 

[6] Hedrih (Stevanović) K. (2006), Measurements of Dynamical System Integrity and 

Fracture Mechanics, Invited Key Lecture in Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials 

and Structures (p. 1416), Edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Proceedings of the 16th European 

Conference of Fracture (p. 1416), Springer 2006, 793-794, plus CD 1-15. 

[7] Booklet of Abstracts - Minisymposium - Integrity of Dynamical Systems- ECF16, 

Edited by Katica (Stevanović) Hedrih, invited organizer of Minisymposia IDS-ECF - the 16th 

European Conference of Fracture, Greece 2006, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and Active 

Structures, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Niš and Democritus University of 

Thrace, Xanthi, Greece, 2006. p. 324. 

[8] Hedrih (Stevanović) K., Simonović J. (2006), Characteristic Eigen Numbers and 

Frequencies of the Transversal Vibrations of Sandwich System, SEECCM 06 –First South- 

East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Proceedings, Editors – M. Kojic 

and M Papadrakakis, Kragujevac, 90-94. + CD. 

[9] Ugrčić Marinko (2006), Clock Mechanism as Base of Artillery Safety and Arming 

Devices, Invited Lectute in Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures (p. 

1416), Edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference of Fracture 

(p. 1416), Springer 2006, 799-800, plus CD. 

[10] Ugrčić, M., Dimitrijević, D. (2006), Kill Probability of Armoured Targets by 

Firing the Airborne Antitank Warfare Systems, 1 st Conference NACORT, National Committee 

of Range Testing, Air Range Testing centre, Chandipur, INDIA, 2006. 

[11] Nestorović T. Controller Design for the Vibration Suppression of Smart Structures 

(Ph.D. thesis), Fortschritt-Berichte VDI Reihe 8, Nr. 1071, Düsseldorf: VDI Verlag 2005. 

[12] D. Marinkovic, H. Köppe, U. Gabbert: Numerically efficient finite element 

formulation for modeling active composite laminates, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and 

Structures, Volume 13, Number 5, 379-392, 2006. 

[13] Atanasovska I., Nikolić-Stanojević V. (2006), Influence of addendum modification 

Coefficient of the Gear’s Load Capacity, Invited Contribution in Fracture of Nano and 

Engineering Materials and Structures (p. 1416), Edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Proceedings of 

the 16th European Conference of Fracture (p. 1416), Springer 2006, 787-788, plus CD. 

[14] Maksimović K., Maksimović S., Nikolić-Stanojević V. (2006), Modeling of the 

Surface Cracks and Fatigue Life Estimation, Invited Contribution in Fracture of Nano and 

Engineering Materials and Structures (p. 1416), Edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Proceedings of 

the 16th European Conference of Fracture (p. 1416), Springer 2006, 795-796, plus CD. 

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[15] Nikolić R., Veljković J.M (2006), Some Aspects Dynamics Interfacial Cracks 

Growth, Invited Contribution in Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures 

(p. 1416), Edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference of Fracture 

(p. 1416), Springer 2006, 807-808, plus CD. 

[16] Mitić S. (2006), On stability of problems of periodic impact motions, Invited 

Contribution in Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures (p. 1416), 

Edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference of Fracture (p. 

1416), Springer 2006, 809-810, plus CD. 

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Project: ADVANCED METHODS IN CRYPTOLOGY 

AND INFORMATION PROCESSING 

(Miodrag Mihaljević) 

The project belongs to the area of mathematical methods for information processing 

and it includes research activities in the following two directions, highly relevant for information 

technologies: cryptographic methods for information security, and methods for the modeling 

of information (mathematical methods for information representation and certain methods for 

digital processing). 

The considered methods for cryptographic security include methods for cryptanalysis 

and constructions of certain cryptographic primitives. The considered methods for information 

modeling include methods for the representation and source coding of image and speech 

signals. 

The project includes research activities toward cryptographic primitives for secrecy, 

integrity and authenticity, as well as cryptographic key management, with a special focus towards 

the methods for cryptanalysis and constructions of cryptographic pseudo-random number 

generators (keystream generators for stream ciphers) based on elementary finite state machines 

(linear feedback shift registers, cellular automata and similar structures) and non-linear functions 

including time-varying ones. 

In the Year 2006, more than 25 results were published, including 18 class papers in 

international journals and book chapters (see [1]-[18]). 

[1] M. Fossorier, M. Mihaljevic, H. Imai, Y. Cui, K. Matsuura, “An Algorithm for 

Solving the LPN Problem and its Application to Security Evaluation of the HB Protocols for 

RFID Authentication”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4329, 48-62, Dec. 2006. 

[2] M. Mihaljevic, M. Fossorier, H. Imai, “Security Weaknesses of Certain Broadcast 

Encryption Schemes”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3919, 228-245, July 2006. 

[3] M. Mihaljevic, M. Fossorier, H. Imai, “A Novel Broadcast Encryption Based on 

Time-Bound Cryptographic Keys”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3919, 258-276, 

July 2006. 

[4] J. Wang, M. Mihaljevic, L. Harn, H. Imai, “A Hierarchical Key Management 

Approach for Secure Multicast”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3894, 422-434, 

March 2006. 

[5] M. Mihaljevic, M. Fossorier, H. Imai, “A General Formulation of Algebraic and 

Fast Correlation Attacks Based on Dedicated Sample Decimation”, Lecture Notes in Computer 

Science, vol. 3857, 203-214, Feb. 2006. 

[6] J.Dj. Golic, R. Menicocci, “Statistical Distinguishers for Irregularly Decimated 

Linear Recurring Sequences”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 52, No. 3, 

1153-1159, March 2006.

[7] J.Dj. Golic, “Vectorial Boolean Functions and Induced Algebraic Equations”, 

IEEE Transsactions on Information Theory, vol. 52, No. 2, 528-537, Feb 2006. 

[8] J. Lindblad, N. Sladoje, “Feature Based Defuzzification at Increased Spatial 

Resolution”, Lecture Notes In Computer Science, vol. 4040, 131-143, June 2006. 

[9] J. Lindblad, N. Sladoje, T. Lukic, Feature Based Defuzzification in Z2 and Z3 

Using a Scale Space Approach, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4245, 379-390, 


[10] N. Sladoje, J. Lindblad, Representation and reconstruction of fuzzy disks by 

moments, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 2006. (Available online October 24, 2006, doi:10.1016/ 

j.fss.2006.09.017) 

[11] M. Markovic, On Secure E-Health Systems, Lecture Notes In Computer 

Science, vol. 4302, 360-374, Dec. 2006. 

[12] M. Markovic, Z. Savic, B. Kovacevic, “Secure Mobile Health Systems: Principles 

and Solutions”, chapter in the book M-Health, Emerging Mobile Health Systems, 81-106; 

Series: International Topics in Biomedical Engineering Istepanian, Robert; Laxminarayan, 

Swamy; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (Eds.) 2006, 624 p. 

[13] J. Zunic, L. Kopanja, J.E.Fieldsend, “Notes on shape orientation where the 

standard method does not work”, Pattern Recognition, vol. 39 (5), 856-865, May 2006. 

[14] M.N. Huxley, J. Zunic, “Different digitisations of displaced discs”, Foundations 

of Computational Mathematics, vol.6 (2), 255-268, May 2006. 

[15] M. N. Huxley, R. Klette, J. Zunic: “Precision of Geometric Moments in Picture 

Analysis”, chapter in Geometric Properties from Incomplete Data, editors: R. Klette, R. 

Kozera, L. Noakes, J. Weickert, 221-235, Kluwer Publisher, 2006. 

[16] J.Zunic, P.L. Rosin, L. Kopanja, “Shape Orientability”, Lecture Notes In 

Computer Science, vol. 3852, pp. 1120, Feb. 2006. 

[17] J. Zunic, “Boundary Based Orientation of Polygonal Shapes”, Lecture Notes in 

Computer Science, vol. 4319, pp. 108-117. Dec. 2006. 

[18] J. Zunic, P. L. Rosin, L. Kopanja, “On the Orientability of Shapes”, IEEE 

Transactions on Image Processing, vol 15, no. 11, 3478-3487, Nov. 2006. 

Project: MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND OPTIMIZATION METHOD 

WITH APPLICATIONS 

(Nenad Mladenović) 

The basic subject of this project is development of methods for solving NP-hard 

Combinatorial and Global Optimization problems, which could be used in industry, in the public 

sector, etc. The first topic would be a heuristic approach, since exact methods are not able to 

solve most of the real problems. For some combinatorial problems, exact models were developed 

in order to check the solution quality of the new heuristics. In more detail, the context of our 

research includes: 

• Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) and Genetic Algorithms (Gas) for solving 

discrete location problems (uncapacitated/capacitated, multiple/single allocation, center/median 

cases). 

• Application of Variable Neighborhood Search for solving Graph Optimization 

problems: Augmenting the Biconnectivity Problem and Steiner Tree Problem. 

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• Variable Neighborhood Decomposition Search for the edge/vertex unweighted/ 

weighted k-cardinality tree problem. 

• Development of metaheuristic algorithms for Task scheduling 

• Reformulation of a descent method applied to circle packing 

• Application of Variable Neighborhood Search for Global Optimization 

• VNS for solving Maximum Clique Problem and Maximum Independent Set Problem 

• Heuristic and exact approach for solving J-means, K-means, minimum Sum-of-squares 

clustering problem. 

1. Brimberg J, Hansen P and Mladenovic N. Decomposition strategies for large scale 

continuous location-allocation problems, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 17 

(2006) 307-316. 

2. Mladenović N, Brimberg J and Hansen P. A note on duality gap in the simple plant 

location problem. Europ. J. Oper. Res. 174 (2006) 11-22. 

3. Hansen P Mladenović N and Urosevic D. Variable neighborhood search and local 

branching. Computers and Operations Research, 33 (2006) 3034-3045. 

4. Brimberg J, Urosevic D and Mladenovic N. Variable neighborhood search for the 

vertex weighted k-cardinality tree, European J. of Operational Research 171 (2006) 74-84. 

5. Midic, U. Dunker, K. and Obradovic, Z. Exploring alternative knowledge 

representations for protein secondary-structure prediction, Int’l Journal of Data Mining and 

Bioinformatics, vol. 1, no. 3 (2007), 286-313 . 

6. Sickmeier, M., Hamilton, A., LeGall, T. Vacic, V., Cortese, M.S., Uversky, V.N., 

Tompa, P., Obradovic, Z. and Dunker, A.K. DisProt: The Database of Disordered Proteins, 

Nucleic Acids Research, Advance Access published online on December 1, 2006. 

7. Han, B., Vucetic, S., Braverman, A. and Obradovic, Z. A Statistical Complement 

to Deterministic Algorithms for Retrieving Aerosol Optical Thickness from Radiance Data, 

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 19, no. 7 (2006) 787-795. 

8. Xu, Q., Canatescu, A., Obradovic, Z. and Dunbrack, R.L. ProtBuD: A Database of 

Biological Unit Structures of Protein Families and Superfamilies, Bioinformatics, Advance 

Access October 2 (2006). 

9. Han, B., Obradovic, Z., Hu, Z.Z., Wu, C. H. and Vucetic, S. Substring Selection for 

Biomedical Document Classification, Bioinformatics, Advance Access July 12 (2006). 

10. Peng, K., Radivojac, P., Vucetic, S., Dunker, A.K. and Obradovic, Z. Length- 

Dependent Prediction of Intrinsic Protein Disorder, BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 7 (1) (2006), 

208, April 17. 

11. Radivojac, P., Vucetic, S., O’Connor, T.R., Uversky, V.N., Obradovic, Z. and 

Dunker, A.K. Calmodulin Signaling: Analysis and Prediction of a Disorder-Dependent 

Molecular Recognition, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, vol. 63(2) (2006), 

pp. 398-410, May 

12. D. Mijuca, A. Ziberna and B. Međo. A Novel Primal-Mixed Finite Element 

Approach for Heat Transfer in Solids. Computational Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, 

on-line first (2006) DOI 10.1007/s00466-006-0034-0 

13. Davidovic, T., Crainic, T. G., Benchmark-Problem Instances for Static Task 

Scheduling of Task Graphs with Communication Delays on Homogeneous Multiprocessor 

Systems, Computers & OR, 33(8), 2155-2177. Aug. 2006. 

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Project: REPRESENTATIONS OF LOGICAL STRUCTURES AND THEIR 

APPLICATION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 

(Dr. Zoran Ognjanović) 

During the last decades mathematical logic has become the calculus of computer science 

and artificial intelligence, and has also provided the foundations for many areas in that field. In 

this project, the following issues, which are interesting both from the theoretical point of internal 

development of mathematical logic and as possible tools for representing and reasoning about 

some important concepts in computation, were investigated: 

• Representation of proofs, in particular those of substructural logics, in structures 

of category theory, especially structures close to geometry, application of the results obtained 

in normalization and in deciding equality of proofs, which is important for the semantics of 

programming languages. 

• Development and examination of logical systems employed in knowledge representation 

and formalization of intelligent reasoning when knowledge is incomplete and/or uncertain. 

• Algebraic theories of groupoids and semigroups (and their application to the theory of 

automata) and systems of Boole's (in)equations and equations in Stone algebras. 

• Complete and semi-complete decision procedures, approximate reasoning procedures, 

theorem provers, and other formal reasoning systems. 

The project team consisted of 34 researchers from the Mathematical Institute of the 

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute Mihailo Pupin (Belgrade), and the Universities 

of Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš and Novi Sad. 

1. M. Borisavljević, A connection between cut elimination and normalization, Archive 

for Mathematical Logic Vol. 45, No. 2, 113-148, 2006. 

2. T. Lutovac, J. Harland, Detecting Loops During Proof Search in Propositional 

Affine Logic, Journal of Logic and Computation, Volume 16, Number 1, 61-133. 2006. 

3. K. Došen, Z. Petrić, Associativity as Commutativity, The Journal of Symbolic 

Logic 71, 217-226, 2006. 

4. Zoran Ognjanović, Discrete Linear-time Probabilistic Logics: Completeness, 

Decidability and Complexity, Journal of Logic Computation, Vol. 16, No. 2, 257-285, 2006. 

5. Zoran Ognjanović, Zoran Marković, Miodrag Rašković, Completeness Theorem for 

a Logic with imprecise and conditional probabilities, Publications de L’Institute Matematique 

(Beograd), ns. 78 (92) 35-49, 2006. 

6. L. Berg and S. Stević, Periodicity of some classes of holomorphic difference 

equations, J. Differ. Equations Appl. 12 (8), 827-835, 2006. 

7. K. Berenhaut, J. Foley, S. Stević, Boundedness character of positive solutions of a 

max difference equation, J. Differ. Equations Appl. 12 (12), 1193-1199, 2006. 

8. K. Došen, Ž. Kovijanić, Z. Petrić, A new proof of the faithfulness of Brauer’s 

representation of Temperley-Lieb algebras, International Journal of Algebra and 

Computation 16, 5, 959-968, 2006. 

9. K. Dosen, Z. Petric, Coherence for Star-Autonomous Categories, Annals of Pure and 

Applied Logic 141 (2006), pp. 225-242, (available at: http://arXiv.org/math.CT/0503306). 

10. B. Iricanin, S. Stevic, Some systems of nonlinear difference equations of higher 

order with periodic solutions, Dynam. Contin. Discrete Impuls. Systems 13 a (3-4) (2006), 

499-508. 

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11. O. Bodroza-Pantić, R. Tošić, A. Kovačević, R. Doroslovački, Recurrence Formulas 

for Algebraic Structure Count, Mathematical Methods in Chemistry, edited by Ivan Gutman, 

119 -130, 2006. 

12. J. Pantović, B. Rodić, G. Vojvodić, Hyperclone lattice and embeddings, Novi Sad 

Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 36, No. 1, 87-95, 2006. 

13. K. Došen, Z. Petrić, Coherence of Proof-Net Categories, Publications de l’Institut 

Mathematique 78 (92), 1-33, 2006. 

14. R. Đorđević, N. Ikodinović, Ž. Mijajlović, Completeness theorem for topological 

class models, Archive for Mathematical Logic, 2006. 

15. P. Tanović, On minimal ordered structures, Publ.Inst.Math, 78(92), 65-72, 2006. 

16. D. Radojević, Generalized (fuzzy) preference structures based on Interpolative 

Boolean algebra, Proceedings of 2006 Seminar Fuzzy set theory: Preference Games and 

Decisions, 111-115, Linz, Austria, 2006. 

17. M. Korać, Z. Ognjanović, V. Simić, F. Dugandžić, PANDORA - Expert system 

for dating artifacts, Proceedings of the ECAI06 Workshop on Intelligent Technologies for 

Cultural Heritage Exploitation, 40-44, 2006. 

Project: GEOMETRY, EDUCATION AND VISUALIZATION WITH APPLICATIONS 

(Zoran Rakić) 

In 2006, the participants of the project continued successful research in the fields of 

differential geometry and its applications, especially in visualizations and education, and in the 

fields of mathematical physics and theory of probability and statistics. 

The obtained results were presented at seminars in Belgrade, Kragujevac and Niš, which 

were organized by the participants of this project, as well at International scientific meetings; in 

this context the world congress of mathematicians ICM 2006, Madrid should be emphasized. Also, 

high quality results were published in world wide known mathematical journals and prestigious 

publications, such as the monograph “Non–Euclidean Geometries”, Springer 2006, which was 

devoted to the 200 th anniversary of the birth of the most famous Hungarian mathematician, Janos 

Bolyai, etc. 

In this year, the broad scientific activities of this project have been continued with the 

organizations of international scientific meetings, the publishing of their proceedings, continuation 

of international cooperation and the implementation of the obtained results. Here, the project 

Multimedia Technology for Mathematics and Computer Science Education (http://www.matf. 

bg.ac.yu /~daad/), which is financed by the German foundation DAAD, should be mentioned. 

Furthermore, this project has been announced (by this foundation) as one of the best DAAD 

projects in 2006 (in this field). 

S. K. Simić, Z. Stanić, The polynomial reconstruction of unicyclic graphs is unique, 

Lin. Mult. Alg. 55 (1), 35-43, (2007). 

Z. Stanić, On graphs whose second largest eigenvalue equals 1 – the star complement 

technique, Lin. Alg. 420, (2007), 700-710. 

M. Đorić, L. Vrancken, Three–dimensional minimal CR submanifolds in S 6 satisfying 

Chen’s equality, J. Geom. Physics, 56 (2006), 2279-2288. 

Dj. Kadijevich, Achieving educational technology standards: the relationship between 

student teacher’s interest and institutional support offered., Journal of Computer Assisted 

Learning, 22, 4, (2006), 437-443. 

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P. Mladenović, V. Piterbarg, On asymptotic distribution of maxima of complete and 

incomplete samples from stationary sequences, Stoch. Proc. and their Appl., 116, (2006), 

1977-1991. 

M. Đorić, M. Okumura, Certain condition on the second fundamental form of CR 

submanifolds of maximal CR dimension of complex Euclidean space, Ann. Global Anal. 

Geom., 30, (2006), 383-396. M. Antić, M. Đorić, L. Vrancken, Characterization of totally 

geodesic totally real 3-dimensional submanifolds in the S 6 - sphere, Acta Math. Sin., Vol. 22 

(5), (2006), 2279-2288. 

N. Bokan, P. Matzeu, Z. Rakić, Holonomy, geometry and topology of manifolds with 

Grassman structure, ”Non–Euclidean Geometries”, Janos’s Bolyai Memorial Volume, Ser.: 

Mathematics and Its Appl., Vol. 581, Springer, (2006), 385–405. 

P. Gilkey, R. Ivanova. and S. Nikčević, Characteristic Classes, Encyclopedia of 

Mathematical Physics, eds. (J.-P. Francoise, G.L. Naber and Tsou S.T.), Elsevier, Oxford, 

Elsevier, Vol. 1, (2006), 488-495. 

N. Bokan, Z. Rakić, Curvature submodules for Grassmann structures with torsion, 

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics, Vol. 3 (5-6), (2006), 975- 

993. 

B. Dragovich, p-Adic and Adelic Cosmology: p-Adic Origin of Dark Energy and Dark 

Matter, p-Adic Mathematical Physics, (eds. A. Yu. Khrenikov, Z. Rakić, I. V. Volovich), 

American Institute of Physics, Vol. 826, (2006), 25 – 42, 

Project: DIGITIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 

(Žarko Mijajlović) 

The project aim is the development and introduction of present technologies in digital 

archiving and Internet presentation of national scientific and cultural heritage, such as of old 

Serbian books, manuscripts and journals. This includes the introduction of world standards at 

the national level, development of software for the participants of the project and coordination of 

institutions working in digitization. 

The most important project achievements include the founding of a Virtual library, 

which includes several hundred digitized manuscripts in mathematical sciences, e.g. collected 

works of academician Bogdan Gavrilović, doctoral dissertations in mathematics defended at 

Belgrade University until 1941 and complete digitization of the oldest Serbian mathematical 

journal Publications de l’Institut Mathematique (published since 1932). Also, as a part of the 

activities of the project, an international journal, NCD Review, in the field of digitization has been 

published since 2003. Two volumes (8 and 9) were prepared in 2006. 

Optimization of Supply Chain Management in the Serbian Oil Industry 

Intensive logistics management activities concerning procurement, storage and 

refinement of crude oil, as well as storage and distribution of refined petroleum products, imply 

considerable logistic expenses and have a crucial impact on service quality and the overall 

performance of the oil industry. Related problems can be solved by optimizing logistic activities, 

modernizing inventory management and transportation, and introducing automation, control 

software and high-end information technologies. 

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The main goal of the Mathematical Institute in this project is to optimize the supply 

chain management system in the Serbian Oil Industry. The research spans through a variety of 

specific problems, from the construction of mathematical models of inventory management and 

vehicle routing to the development of a suitable technical solution for the improvement of the 

existing information system, which would enable the on-line tracking of on-going processes. 

EU FP6 Project AdHocSys: WIRELESS AD HOC BROADBAND MONITORING 

SYSTEM 


AdHocSys is a two-year European project aimed at providing reliable broadband 

services in rural and mountain regions. This objective will be achieved by means of the creation 

of a wireless ad hoc broadband network, with special enhancements in reliability and availability. 

The network consists of one or several gateways connecting to the global Internet and several 

intermediate nodes which provide multi-hop connections between the gateways and end users. 

This network architecture provides a pragmatic solution to the problems that may 

affect reliability and QoS. Fixed backbone nodes can be easily installed and maintained. Ad- 

Hoc networking routing protocols allow for the creation of multiple redundant paths toward a 

gateway, to assure broadband provision in the case of failure of a single node or in the case of a 

temporary poor link quality due to adverse weather conditions. 

The network nodes might be targets of attacks from inside (i.e. from authenticated users) 

and from outside (i.e. non-authenticated persons attempting to obtain network access). 

The contributions of the Mathematical Institute are related to information security 

issues, including authentication and secrecy. 

Project: DESIGN OF COMPONENTS FOR IT SECURITY WITH TELECOM SERBIA 


The most prominent example of activities aimed at the practical applications of research 

results, at this moment, is the cooperation with Telecom Serbia in the field of data and network 

protection. 

The Project is devoted to establishing an Information Security Management System 

(ISMS) within Telecom Serbia. An ISMS is a general framework for providing an appropriate 

level of information technologies (IT) security in complex IT systems. 

Through this and other similar projects, the Institute is establishing itself as the main 

center for applied cryptology and information security in Serbia. 

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INSTITUTE OF MUSICOLOGY 

Research work in the Institute (seven co-workers and the leader of the project Dr. Danica 

Petrovic) is conducted within the five-year project Music at the crossroad – Serbian, Balkan 

and European perspective. The project is financially supported by the Ministry of Science and 

Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. An international musicological conference 

– Composer and his Environment - was organized last year on the occasion of the anniversaries 

of two Serbian composers, K. Stanković and St. St. Mokranjac. Volume No. 6 of the journal 

Musicology (ed. Dr. Katarina Tomašević, pp. 463) was published. The collection of essays: Josif 

Slavenski and His Time was published in cooperation with the Music Information Center. As 

a part of the series “Sources for the History of Serbian Music” two books were published: Sava 

L. Ilić, Music Inheritance of the Serbs, Šokci and Karaševci in Romania (prepared by J. 

Jovanović, Ed. D. Petrović, pp. 702) in cooperation with Matica Srpska; Kornelije Stanković, 

Songs for Voice and the Piano, Male and Mixed Choirs (Ed. D. Petrović, pp. 250). Seven 

papers were published in international and twenty in national journals. The members of the 

Institute participated at five international conferences. They gave five lectures abroad and twenty 

in Serbia. 

The publication of the Complete Works of Kornelije Stanković is co-financed by the 

City of Belgrade and the Department of Education and Culture of Vojvodina. The City of Belgrade 

is also financing work on the protection and digitalization of the Institute’s phono-archive. 

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INSTITUTE FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES 

The Institute was running during the last year, and will run in the following years, three 

projects: The Last Century of Byzantium and Serbia (Prof. Radivoj Radić, PhD), Byzantine 

World in Changing (10 th – 12 th Centuries) (Prof. Ljubomir Maksimović, PhD, Dr. h. c.), Wall 

Painting and Inscriptions in the 14 th and 15 th Centuries (Academician Gojko Subotić). All 

three projects are sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection. The 

projects have simultaneously been included into the scientific program of the SASA Department 

of Historical Sciences (for details see the Bulletin of the SASA, Department of Historical 

Sciences, Groups of projects Byzantine Themes). For the all of the activities of the Institute, see 

its web-site (which will also be available in English in May): www.vi.sanu.ac.yu. 

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ETHNOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE 

Project: IN BETWEEN TRADITIONALISM AND MODERNIZATION: 

ETHNOLOGICAL / ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CULTURAL PROCESSES 

IN SERBIA 

(Dr. Dragana Radojičić) 

The second half of the 20th century was marked by a number of social processes: 

urbanization, modernization, secularization, de-secularization and transition, which in turn, 

initiated profound changes in the traditional culture of Serbian. The project will establish and 

determine the changes brought about by political, economic and social processes which occurred 

in the traditional/rural and contemporary/urban ways of everyday life. This research will include: 

a) a follow-up of the particular historical processes and events during the second half of the 20th 

century, especially in the 1990s; b) the influences of social, legal, economic and political processes 

on various social institutions; c) recording the impact of external influences (globalization, 

integration, transition, socio-political events in Serbia) on the cultural continuity/discontinuity in 

the traditional and modern concept of culture. The aim is to determine the cause and consequences 

of the changes and their impact on legal and economic affairs, and social institutions. In order 

to do so, the project will study habitation, marriage and family, youth, kinship and religion. By 

applying a multidisciplinary and comparative approach on synchronous and diachronic studies 

of the changes caused by cultural and social processes, the project will provide a better insight of 

transitional processes and changes in the Serbian society in the second half of the 20th century 

Dragana Radojičić, In Between the Cultures of East and West - Northwest Boka 

Kotorska, Institute of Ethnography, Special Editions Volume 56, Beograd 2006. 

Miroslava Malešević, “The Introduction of religion to State Schools in Serbia and 

“Orthodox(is)ing the Identity of Serbian Youth”. Ethnologia Balkanica vol. 9, Journal for 

Southeast European Anthroplogy. Publishers: InASEA, The Institut fur Volkskunde/European 

Ethnology at Munich University and the Ethnographic Institute with Museum of the Bulgarian 

Academy of Sciences, Sofia. Munich 2006 (Editor- in-chief: Prof. Klaus Roth), 225-239. 

Jadranka Đorđević, Internet – The Virtual Matchmaker, ISSN 0352-0447, Inštitut 

za slovensko narodopisje in glasbenonarodopisnega inštituta ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 2006, 

Traditiones 35/1, 183-194. 

Ljiljana Gavrilović, A Yugoslav Ethnographer Nikola Arsenović, Institute of 

Ethnography, Special Editions Volume 55, Beograd 2006, 1-168. 

Lada Stevanović, Tradition and Resistance: Elements of Funeral Rite in the Pacifist 

Movement of Women in Black during the Yugoslav wars, CoWeb “City of Women” (12. 

International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Memory and History), Ljubljanа, October 

2-10. 2006. 

http://www.cityofwomen.org/2006/en/coweb/memory/lada_stevanovic 

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Project: ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF COMMUNICATION IN 

CONTEMPORARY SERBIA 

(Dr. Jelena Čvorović) 

The project examines cultural communication systems within different cultures in 

contemporary Serbia, through their interactions with the social structures and the types of cultural 

environment that simultaneously generate them and favor their development. The project compares 

oral societies (Roma and Vlax) and contemporary, literate Serbian society and its popular culture. 

The project will contrast variations between group orientation and event-focus in the oral cultures 

vs. time as a linear concept and supposedly individual orientation in the popular culture. Adopting 

a modern approach to the anthropology of communication, the project analyses the phases of 

deconstruction / reconstruction, establishment and development of the forms of communication 

within oral and popular cultures, giving priority to aspects of communicational and social use. 

The goal is to discover how people become competent in and use various forms communication 

in their everyday lives as a means of maintaining their social identity. The social behaviors which 

surround the making and using of these communication “artifacts” are the key to understanding 

cultures as systems of communication regulated through a social system. The project will contrast 

and compare two societies in order to show how the meaning, contacted through various forms of 

communication, shapes the identity of participants, worldview, and social engagement, and how 

the issues of power, gender and morality are negotiated through this involvement. 

Jelena Čvorović, Gypsies Drown In Shallow Water: Oral Narratives among Macva 

Gypsies. Journal of Folklore Research 43, 2, 129-148. Indiana University Press, 2006, editor 

John McDowell. 

Jelena Čvorović, L. Steadman, Islam: A Religion of Sex. Human Behavior and 

Evolutionary Society. Philadelphia, U.S. 2006. 

Jelena Čvorović, J. Philippe Rushton, Trudy Ann Bons, General mental ability in 

South Asians: Data from three Roma (Gypsy) communities in Serbia. Intelligence 35, 1, 1-12. 

Editor D.K. Detterman. 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01602896 

Aleksandra Pavicevic, Death in Foreign Land, In and out of Emigrant`s World (Post) 

Yugoslav Migrations, State of Research, New Approaches and Perspective, Organizator: Free 

Universitat, Berlin Berlin 8-10. Decembar 2006. 

Ivan Đorđević, Chinesen in Serbien – (un)erwünschte Gäste, Ost-West. Europäische 

Perspektiven, 7. Jahrgang 2006, Heft 2, 115-122, Izdavač Renovabis, Solidaritatsaktion der 

deutchen Katoliken mit den Menschen I Mittel- und Osteuropa, Freising 2006. Urednik Prof. 

Dr. Michael Albus, www.owep.de 

Project: ETHNICITY, CONTEMPORARY PROCESSES IN SERBIA, 

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND THE DIASPORA 

(Corresponding Member Vojislav Stanovčić) 

The main goal of the project is to contribute to a better understanding of contemporary the 

multi-ethnic world, especially regarding the environments within Serbia and the Balkans/southeastern 

Europe, with a special emphasis on the ethnic minorities and their problems, status and 

ethnic identity. The project will research the interaction of cultural, political and legal aspects of 

the problem. The research will include several issues: a symbolic construction and representation 

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of identity among the minorities, as well as majorities; problems of its relativity and complexity; 

the status of the ethnic minorities recognized by law as well as those “hidden” or contested; 

interethnic communication and conflict; responses of the minority groups to the processes of 

transition, globalization and Europeanization; issues of power between majority-minority and/ 

or ethnic group-state; the queries on the minority rights and relationship between the political 

community of the citizens and an ethnic group. Today, the concern of minority rights vs. political 

community of the citizens questions the 19 th century notion of state and constitutional rights 

(sovereignty, legitimism, loyalty, self-determination...), and grants for consideration of issues on 

democratic foundation of shared life among diverse ethnic groups within one state/society. 

Vojislav Stanovčić, „Problems of Forging Unity out of Diversities“, in Problems of 

Identities in the Balkans (ed. by Slobodan G. Markovich, Eric Beckett Weaver and Vukasin 

Pavlovic), Belgrade, Anglo-Serbian Society, 2006, 55-94. 

Vojislav Stanovčić, „Democracy and the Rule of Law“, Annals of the Faculty of Law 

in Belgrade, International Edition, Belgrade, 2006, No. 1, 49-67. 

Mladena Prelić, Ethnic Exogamy and Identity: Attitudes and Reality among Serbs in 

Hungary, Reginald Byron and Ullrich Kockel (eds.), Negotiating Culture: Moving, Mixing, 

and Memory in Contemporary Europe. Muenster, Berlin, and London:LIT Verlag. 2006, 157- 

181. 

Sanja Zlatanović, Đorgovci: An ambivalent identity, Romani Studies 5, Vol. 16, No. 

2, Liverpool University Presss 2006, 133–151. Eds. Yaron Matras. 

Aleksandar Krel, The German National Minority in Subotica: Symbols of Ethnic 

Identity, http://www.inst.at/trans/16Nr/14 4/krel16.htm, 

Gordana Blagojević, Greek and Serbian people through the functioning of Greek- 

Serbian Friendship societies from the 1990s, “Greece and the Balkans: 200 Years of Interaction, 

Exchange and Mutual Influence” The Oxford University Greek Society (Great Britain), Oxford 

University April 29-30. 2006. www.oxfusers.ox.ac.uk/~greeksoc/balkans/prog.html 

Gordana Blagojević, Folk dances as a symbol of ethnical identity of Serbs in diaspora, 

Key words: ethnical identity, folk dances, Serbs in diaspora; “20th World Congress on Dance 

Research”, International Dance Council CID, UNESCO (Paris), Greek Section IOFA (Athens), 

Dora Stratou Dance Theater (Athens) 2006, 1-12, www.cid-unesco.org 

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INSTITUTE FOR BALKAN STUDIES 

In 2006, the Institute embarked on a new set of research topics through 6 projects funded 

by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection, bringing together 25 Institute- and 19 

non-Institute project members. In addition to a selection of the published results of each project, 

separately presented below, the Institute published its annual Balcanica XXXVI/2005 (2006), 

entirely in English and French. 

• Further information is available at http://www.balkaninstitut.com 

Project: MEDIEVAL HERITAGE OF THE BALKANS: INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURE 

(Dr. Danica Popović) 

The Research encompasses several topics related to the institutions, culture and art of 

medieval Serbia. 

A. Institutions of the state and church: 1. Power and identity. Political iconography in 

medieval Serbia; 2. Christians in the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. 

The status, manner of functioning and role of the Orthodox Church within the Ottoman Empire; 

3. Anchoretic monasticism in medieval Serbia. The solitary way of life in parallel with and 

alternative to cenobitic monasticism. 

B. Literature: 1. Works of medieval Serbian writers and Old Serbian translations; 2. 

Areopagitic writings in medieval Serbian theology. 

C. Culture and art: 1. Fresco programs and iconography in the narthexes of thirteenthcentury 

Serbian churches; 2. Art and society in the late medieval and Renaissance Kotor (art, 

spirituality, culture and social structures in Kotor in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries). 

The Monastery of Morača (Манастир Морача), eds. D. Popović and B. Todić. 

Belgrade: Institute for Balkan Studies, SASA, Special editions No 90, 2006, 245 p. 

Popović D., 2006: Under the Auspices of Sanctity. The Cult of Holy Rulers and 

Relics in Medieval Serbia (Под окриљем светости. Култ светих владара и реликвија 

у средњовековној Србији). Belgrade: Institute for Balkan Studies, SASA, Special editions 

No 92, 2006, 363 p. 

Marjanović-Dušanić S., 2006: Dynasty and Sanctity in the Reign of the Lazarević 

Family (Династија и светост у доба породице Лазаревић: стари узори и нови модели). 

Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, 43, 77–96. 

Fotić A., 2006: Concealed Donation or a Sale: The Acquisition of Monastic Property 

(15th–17th c.). XIV Türk Tarih Kongresi (Ankara, 9–13 Eylül 2002). Kongreye Sunulan 

Bildiriler, II. Cilt – I. Kısım, Ankara: TTK Basımevi, 2005 (2006), 721–728. 

Barlaam and Joasaph (Варлаам и Јоасаф), ed. and trans. T. Jovanović. Belgrade 

2005 (2006). 

Old Testament Apocrypha according to Serbian Transcripts (Апокрифи 

старозаветни према српским преписима), ed. and trans. T. Jovanović. Belgrade 2005 

(2006). 

New Testament Apocrypha (Апокрифи новозаветни), ed. and trans. T. Jovanović. 

Belgrade 2005 (2006). 

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Project: THE DANUBE AND THE BALKANS: 

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 

(Dr. Đorđe S. Kostić) 

The research was focused on the interactions between the cultures developing on the 

banks of the Danube; the project was aimed at studying the historical and cultural heritage, the 

role the river played as a link between the European southeast and the rest of the continent, 

reconstruction of the growth of urban communities. Its imagological aspect makes use of the 

accounts of foreign travelers as a source for analyzing the image of the Danube area and the 

Balkans shaped among foreign readerships. 

The project covers several interrelated topics, such as: journeys along the Danube in the 

accounts of German, British, French, Italian, Hungarian and other European travelers; nineteenthand 

twentieth-century travel guides for the Danube area in Serbian and other languages; 

industrial heritage in the Danube area; the mapping of the Danube area; drowned and surviving 

archaeological sites; the Danube as reflected in music, literature and the visual arts. 

Antić Č., 2006: Ralph Paget. A Diplomat in Serbia. Belgrade: Institute for Balkan 

Studies, SASA, Special editions No 94, 198 p. 

Kostić Đ.S., 2006: Welcome to Serbia. The Kingdom of Serbia in German traveller 

guides (1892–1914) (Добро дошли у Србију. Краљевина Србија у немачким водичима 

за путнике (1892–1914). Belgrade: Evoluta. 

Makuljević N., 2006: The Church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel at Veliko Gradište 

(Црква Светог Архангела Гаврила у Великом Градишту). Veliko Gradište, 245 p. 

Makuljević N., 2006: Art and the National Idea in the Nineteenth Century: 

European and Serbian Visual Culture System at the Service of the Nation (Уметност и 

национална идеја у XIX веку: систем европске и српске визуелне културе у служби 

нације). Belgrade, 374 p. 

Stolić A., Makuljević N., eds., 2006: Private Life of the Serbs in the Nineteenth 

Century: From the End of the Eighteenth Century to the First World War (Приватни 

живот код Срба у деветнаестом веку: од краја осамнаестог века до Првог светског 

рата). Belgrade: Clio, 1030 p. 

Cvjetićanin T., 2006: Late Roman Glazed Pottery. Glazed Pottery from Moesia 

Prima, Dacia Ripensis, Dacia Mediterranea and Dardania. Belgrade: National Museum in 

Belgrade, Archaeological Monographs 19. 

Todorović J., 2006: An Orthodox Festival Book in the Habsburg Empire: Orfelin’s 

Festive Greeting to Mojsej Putnik in 1757. London: Ashgate. 

Kulenović R. (with T. Tasić), 2006: Southern Banat – Industrial Heritage (Јужни 

Банат – Индустријско наслеђе). Pančevo: Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments 

& Žiža. 

Project: HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS IN THE BALKANS IN 

THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES 

(Dr. Dušan Bataković) 

Based on comparative historical studies of the political principles, systems and 

institutions of Balkan societies during the last two centuries of southeast European history, the 

project examines the influence of west European political concepts and institutions, and their 

gradual adoption in the process of global emancipation of the Balkan peoples on their way towards 

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a European model. The main goal is to explore and explain the perception and implementation 

of these concepts in the Balkan societies. In addition to Serbia, the project encompasses Greece, 

Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Macedonia and Turkey. 

In October 2006, members of the project team took part in the conference “Franco- 

Serbian Relations Between the Two World Wars”, organized in concert with the University of 

Paris IV. 

Bataković D.T., 2006: Kosovo-Metochia in the Serbo-Albanian relations (Косово 

и Метохија у српско-арбанашким односима). Belgrade, 391 p. 

Bataković D.T., 2006: A Balkan-Style French Revolution? The 1804 Serbian Uprising 

in European Perspective. Balcanica, XXXVI/2005 (2006), 113–128. 

Protić M.St., 2006: The Serbian Radical Movement 1881–1903. A Historical Aspect. 

Balcanica, XXXVI/2005 (2006), 129–151. 

Pavlović V., 2006: Le conflit franco-italien dans les Balkans (1915–1935). Le rôle de 

la Yugoslavie. Balcanica, XXXVI/2005 (2006), 163–201. 

Project: SOCIETY, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN THE BALKANS 

IN PROTO- AND EARLY HISTORY 


The chronological and geographical focus of the project is the Balkan Peninsula in 

the proto-historical and early historical period. The subject of research includes socio-political 

structures, remains of the material culture, anthropological aspects, communications, spiritual 

life and cultural interactions. Based on archaeological evidence and written sources, the project 

attempts to understand the ethnic, cultural and social developments within the given frame and 

is aimed at drawing nearer to producing a comprehensive picture of the ethnic, cultural and 

social developments in the Balkans of the period. 

The heterogeneous thematic structure of the project reflects the cultural and ethnic 

diversity, social and political interactions, geographical extent and chronological frame, as well 

as the richness of the archaeological and documentary material. 

Tasić N., 2006: Bronze and Iron Age Sites in Srem and the Stratigraphy of Gomolava. 


Tasić N., 2006: ed., preface and contribution to Homage to Milutin Garašanin. 

Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 

Tasić N., 2006: Preface to Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Срби на Косову и 

Метохији), Belgrade: SASA. 

Tasić N., 2006: Preface to International Round Table: Problems of the Starčevo 

to Vinča Culture Transition (Међународни округли сто, Проблеми прелазног периода 

старчевачке у винчанску културу, Zrenjanin, 21–23 October 1996). Zrenjanin: National 

Museum. 

Mikić Ž., 2006: Anthropological Traces of Slav Presence in Kosovo and Metochia. 


Jordović I., 2006: Did the Ancient Greeks Know of Collective Tyranny? Balcanica, 

XXXVI/2005 (2006), 17–34. 

Petrović V., 2006: The Roman Road Naissus – Lissus (Римски пут Naissus – Lissus). 

Leskovački zbornik, XLVI (Leskovac 2006), 17–38. 

Pilipović S., 2006: Votive Relief from Barovo (Scupi): Contribution to Study of the 

Liber and Libera Cult in Upper Moesia. Starinar, LV/2005 (2006), 81–95. 

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Project: RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY 

IN THE VISUAL CULTURE OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD 

(Prof. Dr. Miroslav Timotijević) 

The project of the Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, is focused on the development 

of visual culture in the Balkans from the beginning of the seventeenth to the beginning of the 

twentieth century. Its main goal is to explore the influence of visual culture on the formation 

of religious and national identity of all nations in the region. In the first phase, this research 

concentrates on the Orthodox Christian confession and the Serbian entity in the Ottoman and 

Habsburg empires and in the Republic of Venice in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A 

member of the project from the Institute of Balkan Studies, Ljiljana Stošić published the following 

books and papers: 

Stošić Lj., 2006: Serbian Art 1690−1740 (Српска уметност 1690−1740). Belgrade: 

Institute for Balkan Studies, SASA, Special Editions 91, 296 p. 

Stošić Lj., 2006: Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms (Речник црквених појмова). 

Belgrade, 200 p. 

Stošić Lj., 2006: Saint Nicholas on the Eagle-Rug. An Unknown Theme in Early 

Modern Art (Свети Никола на орлецу. Једна непозната тема у новијој уметности). The 

Timisoara Review, 4 (Novi Sad: Timisoara Comittee of Matica Srpska, 2006), 95−101. 

Stošić Lj., 2006: Biblical Proverbs and Sayings (II) (Библијске пословице и изреке, 

II). Danica, 14, 324−342. 

Stošić Lj., 2006: Representations of Arabs, Negros and Chinese in Early Modern 

Serbian Art (Ликови Арапа, црнаца и Кинеза у новијој српској уметности). Mithology 

Collection, 15 (Rača–Belgrade 2006), 203−222. 

Project: FOLK CULTURE OF THE SERBS IN SLAVIC AND BALKAN CONTEXTS 

(Dr. Ljubinko Radenković) 

The subject of research is Serbian folk culture viewed in relation to the cultures of other 

Slavic and Balkan peoples. The research is based on published and unpublished ethnographic, 

folkloristic and lexical material, for the most part recorded in Serb-inhabited areas during the 

nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The material is being enriched with fresh fieldwork data 

obtained by members of the research team. Comparative studies rely on the corresponding material 

for other Slavic and Balkan peoples. In a narrower sense, the research focuses on the Slavic and 

Balkan bases of an archaic concept of the world in Serbian culture, especially the notions of and 

attitude towards the transcendental, reconstructable by ethnolinguistic methods. 

In November 2006, the project team organized the international conference “Slavic 

Folklore and Folklore Studies at the Turn of the Millennia”. 

Radenković Lj., 2005: Opasnoe vremja v narodnyh predstavlenijah u Slavjan. 

Balcanica, XXXV/2004 (2005), 71–90. 

Radenković Lj., 2005: Forgeries in Folklore and Mythology. Some Slavic Examples 

(Krivotvorenje folklora i mitologije. Neki slovenski primeri). Zbornik Matice srpske za 

književnost i jezik, LIII/1-3 (2005), 29–44. 

Jovanović B., 2006: The Challenge of Plural Identity. Balcanica, XXXVI/2005 

(2006), 71–82. 

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Jovanović B., 2006: Krsna slava, in: Privatni život kod Srba u devetnaestom veku. 

Belgrade: Clio, 593-607. 

Jovanović B., 2005: Face and Mask (Lice i maska). Glasnik Etnografskog muzeja 

u Beogradu, 69. 

Luković M., 2005: The Boundary between the Domain of the Kosaca and the Brankovic 

South of the Tara River (Zajednička granica oblasti Kosača i oblasti Brankovića južno od reke 

Tare). Balcanica, XXXV/2004 (2005), 91–158. 

Popović Lj., 2006: Gender Aspects of the Linguistic Picture of Reality of Ukranians 

and Serbs (Genderni aspekt jezičke slike stvarnosti Ukrajinaca i Srba). Slavistika, X, 68–85. 

Project: ETHNIC AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION OF THE BALKANS 

(Dr. Biljana Sikimić) 

This interdisciplinary-oriented project, based on analytical, qualitative and fieldwork 

methods, is a continuation of the previous one, “Ethnolinguistic and sociolinguistic studies of 

refugees and multi-ethnic communities in the Balkans”. The fieldwork encompasses the Serbs 

in Hungary, Slovenia and Romania, the Kosovo-Metochian enclaves and displaced persons. The 

multi-ethnic and multi-confessional communities in Serbia represent another focus of research. 

The project also includes a sociohistorical perspective on the social margin aimed at reconstructing 

everyday life and, on a synchronic level, enquiries into the social margin in various contexts. 

At the end of 2006, the project members organized the international conference “The 

Romance Balkans”, the proceedings of which will be published at the beginning of 2007. 

The most important books published this year connected with the results of the project 

are: 

Petrović T., 2006: The Ritual Toast of Balkan Slavs (Zdravica kod balkanskih 

Slovena). Belgrade: Institute for Balkan Studies, SASA, Special editions No 89, 2006, 218 p. 

Detelić M., Ilić M., 2006: White City: The Origin of Epic Formula and Slavic 

Toponym (Beli grad: poreklo epske formule i slovenskog toponima). Belgrade: Institute for 

Balkan Studies, SASA, Special editions No 93, 249 p. 

Petrović T., 2006: ‘Neither Here nor There’: The Serbs of Bela Krajina and Their 

Language Ideology in the Process of Language Shift (‘Ne tu, ne tam’: Srbi v Beli krajini 

in njihova jezikovna ideologija v procesu zamenjave jezika). Ljubljana, 223 p. 

Sorescu Marinković A., ed., 2006: Fieldwork Notebooks. Torac – Fieldwork 

Methodology (Caiete de teren. Torac – metodologia cercetării de teren). Novi Sad, 268 p. 

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INSTITUTE FOR THE SERBIAN LANGUAGE 

In 2006 the principal tasks of the Serbian Language Institute of SASA were defined 

within the range of its five major long-term projects financed by the Ministry of Science and 

Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. This year was the first one of the five-year 

financing period for which a contract with this Ministry has been signed. 

Within the Project Dialectological studies of the Serbian linguistic territory, work 

on the first volume of The Serbian Dialectological Atlas is being conducted: indices have been 

created in an electronic form, comprising about 100,000 (one hundred thousand) individual 

items and established is the form, contents and the layout of the “blankovka” of the Atlas. The 

collaborators on the Project have written a considerable number of original scholarly works, and 

have participated in domestic and international conferences. The younger ones have worked on 

their MA or PhD theses. The Project is headed by Prof. Dr. Slobodan Remetić, a corresponding 

member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska. 

Within the Project Description and standardization of the contemporary Serbian 

language, work has commenced on writing a monograph on Serbian phonology, morphology 

and syntax (compound sentence). Several books and a large number of individual scholarly 

works have been published. The collaborators on the Project have participated in a number of 

scientific conferences, at home and abroad. One collaborator took his postgraduate examination 

and another one was working on his PhD thesis. The Project is headed by Prof. Dr. Predrag Piper, 

a corresponding member of SASA. 

Within the Project The study of Old Serbian written documents and the compiling a 

Dictionary of the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic and a Serbian Slavonic Dictionary 

of the Gospels, the work has proceeded as was planned. Prepared for publication is the Pilot Issue 

of the Serbian Slavonic Dictionary of the Gospels. The collaborators of the Project participated 

in international scientific conferences at home and abroad. One collaborator has started writing 

his MA thesis. The Project is headed by Prof. Dr. Gordana Jovanović. 

Within the Project The Etymological study of the Serbian language and the 

compiling of a Serbian Etymological Dictionary, the work has proceeded as was planned. 

The second volume of The Serbian Etymological Dictionary was completed and published; 

hence work on the third volume could be continued. The Project was very successful in the 

organization and housing of the international symposium “Slavic Etymology Today” (Belgrade, 

September 5-7, 2006), which was held under the auspices of the Etymological Commission of 

the International Committee of Slavists. In addition, the collaborators also participated in other 

scientific conferences at home and abroad and published a large number of scholarly works. One 

collaborator defended his PhD thesis, and two have submitted their applications for PhD theses. 

The Project is headed by Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Loma, a corresponding member of SASA. 

Within the Project Linguistic research of the modern Serbian literary language 

and compiling the Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian literary language and vernaculars, the 

work has proceeded as was planned. At the end of this year, the 17th volume of the Dictionary 

was published, and the work on the preparation of the subsequent volumes has continued. The 

collaborators published a considerable number of scholarly works and participated in scientific 

conferences at home and abroad. A few collaborators defended their MA theses, and several 

others proceeded with activities on their previously started MA and PhD theses. The Project was 

headed by Prof. Dr. Milica Radović-Tešić. 

In the course of this year, the Institute has made a substantial contribution to the 

successful work of the Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language. 

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In this period, the Institute has completely fulfilled its publishing plans. In addition to 

the two above-mentioned volumes of dictionaries (Projects 148004 and 148005), issues of its 

periodicals: Srpski dijalektološki zbornik LIII (2006), Južnoslovenski filolog LXII (2006) and 

Naš jezik XVII (2006) were also regularly published. Moreover, two more titles were published 

in the edition “Monografije”: Marta Bjeletić, Iskovrnuti glagoli and Stana Ristić, Raslojenost 

leksike srpskog jezika i leksička norma, as well as a book by Milosav Ž. Čarkić, Stilistika 

stiha (in cooperation with another publisher). 

The Scientific Board of the Institute has evaluated the work of the Institute for the 

Serbian Language of the SASA in 2006 as successfully completed. 

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INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES 

The Institute is governed by the Managing Board, nominated by the Presidency of 

the SASA, with 8 members (4 academicians and 4 scientists working at the Institute), and the 

Director of the Institute. At the beginning of 2006, the nomination of a new Managing Board 

was postponed until the election of the new SASA Law by the National Assembly. After that, the 

Institute will have a new Managing and Scientific Board, a new Constitution and other legal acts 

in accordance to the new SASA Law and the Law on Scientific and Research Activity. 

The Institute has 33 employees, 27 of whom are included in the research financed by the 

Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. Ten researchers have 

a Ph.D. Five academicians are long-time heads of research programs within the Institute. This 

year eleven colleagues left the Institute (almost the whole of the Department of Shipbuilding), 

one died, and six were employed. Also, three received their M.Sc., while a PhD dissertation and 

three MSc theses are in progress and another three applications for Ph.D. dissertations have been 

accepted. 

The Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia is 

financing 6 Fundamental Research projects in the period 2006-2010, two of which are coordinated 

by the Institute, engaging a large number of Science & Research institutions from Serbia: 

1. Project: Synthesis of functional materials with controlled structure on a molecularand 

nano- level, head of project Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković, 

2. Project: Research of the interdependence in the triad “synthesis-structureproperties” 

for functional materials, head of project Academician Momcilo M. 

Ristić. 

Four projects of the Technological Development Program for the period 2005-2007 

are also being financed in the Institute, one from the Requested Topic Program and 2 from 

the Innovation Program, where the Institute is either coordinator of or partner in the research. 

Approximately 4/5 of the funds received from the Ministry are for Fundamental Research projects 

and 1/5 for Technological Development projects. 

Furthermore, three projects headed by Academicians were financed by the SASA 

Fond: 

1. Project: Theoretical and experimental research of metal constructions and their 

impact on contemporary designing and building, head of project Academician 

Nikola Hajdin, 

2. Project: Calculation, construction and experimental testing of special equipment 

for ships, head of project Academician Petar Miljanić, 

3. Project: Management by position and force of robots and constructions in contact 

with a dynamic environment, head of project Academician Miomir Vukobratović. 

All these projects yielded various scientific and technological results: 44 SCI articles 

were published or accepted in 2006, 1 patent and number of technical projects, expert work, and 

3 awards for innovation. Selected publications are: 

Recent Developments in Advanced Materials and Processes, Ed. D.P. Uskoković, 

S.K. Milonjić, D.I. Raković, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Zuerich, Switzerland, Materials 

Science Forum 518 (2006) 600. 

Nikčević I., Maravić D., Ignjatović N., Mitrić M., Makovec D., Uskoković D., 2006: 

The formation and characterization of nanocrystalline phases by mechanical milling of biphasic 

calcium phosphate/poly-L-lactide biocomposite. Mater. Trans., 47, 2980-2986. 

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Ignjatovic N., Ninkov P., Kojic V., Bokurov M., Srdic V., Krnojelac D., Selakovic 

S., Uskokovic D., 2006: Cytotoxicity and fibroblast properties during in vitro test of biphasic 

calcium phosphate/poly-dl-lactide-co-glycolide (BCP/DLPLG) biocomposites and different 

phosphate materials. Microscopy Research and Technique, 96, 12, 976-982. 

Wang Y., Milosevic O., Gomez L., Rabanal M.E., Torralba J.M., Yang B., Townsend 

P.D., 2006: Thermoluminescence responses from europium doped gadolinium oxide. Journal 

of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 9257-9272. 

Mancic L., del Rosario G., Marinkovic Z., Milosevic O.,2006: Detailed structural 

characterization of phosphor YAG:Ce particles obtained via spray pyrolysis. Materials Science 

Forum, 518, 107-112. 

Gajic-Krstajić Lj., Trišović T., Babić B.M., Vračar Lj.M., 2006: Oxygen reduction 

on cryogel-supported Pt nanoparticles in acid solutions, Materials Science Forum, 518, 289- 

294. 

Zdujić M., Poleti D., Jovalekić Č., Karanović Lj., 2006: The evolution of structure 

induced by intensive milling in the system 2Bi 2 

O 3·3TiO 2 

. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 

352, 3058-3065. 

Marković S., Dondur V., Dimitrijević R., Macura S., 2006: Thermally induced rings 

formation in aluminosilicate structures. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 84, 

253-258. 

Stojković I., Hosseinmardi A., Jugović D., Mitrić M., Cvjetićanin N., 2006: Rapid 

synthesis of LiCr 0.15 

Mn 1.85 

O 4 

by glycine–nitrate method. Solid State Ionics, 177, 847–850. 

Kandić Lj., Mitrić M., Ignjatović N., 2006: XRD analysis of calcium phosphate and 

biocomposite calcium phosphate/bioresorbable polymer. Materials Science Forum, 518, 507- 

512. 

Savić S.M., Aleksić O.S., Nikolić M.V., Luković D.T., Pejović V.Ž., Nikolić P.M., 

2006: Thermal diffusivity and electron transport properties of NTC samples obtained by 

photoacoustic method. Mat. Sci. and Engineering, 131B, 216-221. 

Jugović B.Z., Trišović T.Lj., Stevanović J., Maksimović M., Grgur B.N., 2006: Novel 

electrolyte for zinc–polyaniline batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 160, 1447–1450. 

Marinovic V., Stevanovic J., Jugovic B., Maksimovic M., 2006: Hydrogen evolution 

on Ni/WC composite coatings. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 36, 1005–1009. 

Obradović N., Labus N., Srećković T., Ristić M.M., 2006: The influence of tribophysical 

activation on Zn 2 

TiO 4 

synthesis. Materials Science Forum, 518, 131-136. 

Ivetić T., Nikolić M.V., Young D.L., Vasiljević D., Urošević D., 2006: Photoacoustic 

and optical properties of zinc-stannate thin films. Materials Science Forum, 518, 465-470. 

From all these results the most outstanding achievements were the conquering of the 

method of sonochemical synthesis of fine particles, parallel analysis of the biomaterial developed 

in our laboratory and Bio-oss, the most used material worldwide, where our material proved to be 

better, and the technological research into modular electrochemical generators for the automatic 

production and dosing of disinfectants with circular, reticular and charge reactor types. 

Intensive international and national cooperation are the basic characteristics of the 

activity in the Institute. Especially, good formal and informal cooperation exists with a number 

of institutions from the USA, Japan, the European Union, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia, etc. Most 

of the research projects in the Institute are included in the FP6 program of the EU (2002-2006) 

and the forthcoming FP7. Some of the programs are planned to be included in various levels of 

cooperation. 

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Dr. Olivera Milošević, Dr. Lidija Mančić and Katarina Marinković worked on the COST 

539 project (2005-2008): Electroceramics from nanopowders produced by innovative methods 

(ELENA, coordinator Prof. Biljana Stojanović), http://www.cost539.cms-bg.net/. Dr. Olivera 

Milošević also worked on the project of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 

German Research Foundation (DFG) (2006-2008): The designing of nanoparticle morphology 

in aerosol synthesis, as an International Expert. Within the long-term cooperation, she spent a 

part of a year-long sabbatical at the University Carlos III in Madrid, Spain (SAB 2004-0035), 

as a Visiting Professor. She is also an international expert for the review of Piedmont Region 

projects, Italy, invited by Mr. Valter Galante, Head of the Special Unit for Research, Innovation 

and Internationalization of the Piedmont Region. 

Prof. Dragan Uskoković visited several times the Jozef Stefan Institute and other 

Slovenian Science & Research institutions from Ljubljana for meetings with Slovenian colleagues 

concerning further bilateral cooperation and inclusion of our programs in FP6 and FP7. We 

are also currently negotiating the signing of contracts for the INCOMAT project – Creating 

international cooperation teams of excellence in the field of emerging biomaterial surface 

research, in cooperation with 14 other European institutes and universities. The initiator and 

coordinator of this project is THÜRINGEN innovative GmbH, Innovation Relay Center Stuttgart- 

Erfurt-Zürich, Erfurt, Germany. 

Dr. Lidija Mančić has been in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the beginning of October, for 

six-month-long postdoctoral studies. Dr. Olivera Milošević spent three and then one more month 

at the University Carlos III, where she was joined by Katarina Marinković. 

Prof. Fernando Rizzo from the Group of Phase Transformation and Materials 

Characterization, Department of Materials Sciences and Metallurgy, PUC, University of Rio de 

Janeiro, Brazil, held a lecture on «Advanced ceramics: Titanate Nanotubes, Negative Thermal 

Expansion Oxides and BSCCO Superconductors», on September 22 nd , at the Serbian Academy 

of Sciences and Arts, organized by our Institute. Dr. L. Mančić is on postdoctoral studies in Prof. 

Rizzo’s group in Brazil. 

Associates of the Institute are engaged as editors and reviewers in many international 

and national journals. 

During 2006 many of our associates participated at international and national 

conferences, the most important being in Cincinnati (USA), Kurashiki and Osaka (Japan), Bologna 

(Italy), Toledo and Madrid (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), Novosibirsk (Russia) and Herceg Novi 

(Montenegro). 

In 2006, the Institute published the Proceedings of the Seventh Yugoslav Materials 

Research Society Conference YUCOMAT, »Recent Developments in Advanced Materials and 

Processes«, published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland, in their Mat. Sci. 

Forum edition, Vol. 513, 600 pages, with 91 selected papers by international and national 

authors. 

In September 2006, the Institute organized the Eighth Yugoslav Materials Research 

Society Conference YUCOMAT, sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Environmental 

Protection of the Republic of Serbia, with the participation of 15 Plenary Speakers and around 160 

registered participants. It consisted of 3 Plenary Sessions, 5 Symposia and 3 Poster Sessions. The 

Proceedings with 92 selected papers, Research Trends in Contemporary Materials Science, 

published by the same publisher, will be available in May 2007, with 600 pages. 

In December, the traditional Fifth Seminar of Young Researchers in Materials Science, 

with 47 presented papers was held in the Academy. Selected papers will be published in the 

journals Technique-New Materials and Chemical Industry. 

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During autumn, the Academy partially reconstructed our offices. In the middle of 

December, a contract with the Ministry of Science was signed for the purchase of laboratory 

equipment (Call of 2004); the equipment was immediately ordered from abroad. During 2006, the 

Institute purchased 2 personal computers, a notebook, a monitor and three printers. As laboratory 

equipment, a device for the electrochemical production of ions, a switch-board with a dozing 

pump, balances, a spectrometer, an ultrasonic bath and three water baths were purchased. Also, a 

high-temperature furnace Protherm PTF16/75/450 with programmable PID Ordel 441 from Alser 

Teknik, Turkey, and a reactor for the hydrothermal preparation of nano-structured powders 4534- 

T-M-SS-230-VS.25-2000-SC-4843 from RTD Ltd., USA, were paid for in advance. 

The year 2006 brought a number of significant research results. The actual budget funds 

per financed researcher were somewhat higher, especially for the last two calendar months, so, 

for the first time, the salaries resembled some reasonable level for this activity. The three paid in 

advance devices (hydrothermal reactor, high-temperature furnace and UV-VIS spectrophotometer) 

with the equipment bought in this and previous years will enable the fortification of the research 

programs. From the point of view of scientific productivity, 0.85 SCI publications per financed 

researcher in 2006, i.e. almost 2.3 publications per financed scientist, is quite a good result. It is 

encouraging that the research financed from the Fundamental Sciences Program gave significant 

technological results, which can find their application in time. The Technological Development 

and Innovations Programs also kept their previous level, although their most successful 

realization was omitted because of difficulties in the financial contribution of the direct users of 

the research. 

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