Perceptual Dialectology and the Future of Slovene Dialects

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsYa. I. KolesnichenkoYa. I. Kolesnichenko [D.Sci., physics, Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (KINR) of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, USSR, 1978] is head of KINR’s Division of Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development. His current research interests include alpha-particle physics and current drive in tokamaks.Ezio BittoniEzio Bittoni (MS, physics, University of Bologna, Italy, 1963) has been a principal scientist at ENEA since 1963. He has been involved in the computational aspects of neutron blankets in nuclear reactors and numerical simulation of fluid dynamics and plasma physics problems, with a particular emphasis on impurity transport and alpha-particle containment in toroidal machines.Marcel HaegiMarcel Haegi (PhD, physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1968) is a principal scientist at the Euratom-ENEA Fusion Laboratory in Frascati. His research interests include plasma physics, alpha-particle transport and containment, and their application to thermonuclear fusion reactors.Gerald KamelanderGerald Kamelander (PhD, theoretical physics, Technical University of Vienna, 1969) is working at the Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf and teaching plasma physics as an assistant professor at the Technical University of Vienna. His main fields of interest include nuclear physics, transport theory, and plasma physics. He is currently involved with fusion alpha-particle transport problems in predictive codes.Glenn T. SagerGlenn T. Sager (BS, mathematics, San Diego State University, 1983; MS, nuclear engineering, University of Illinois) is a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois, on assignment at General Atomics. His current interests include plasma transport, kinetic modification of plasma stability, optimization, and control theory.George H. MileyGeorge H. Miley (PhD, University of Michigan, 1958) is a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Illinois. In addition to research on fusion, he is well known for his research on energy conversion and nuclearpumped lasers.Keith H. BurrellKeith H. Burrell (BS, Stanford University, 1968; MS, 1970, and PhD, 1974, California Institute of Technology) is a senior technical advisor at General Atomics in the D III-D physics group. He has worked primarily on experimental investigations of transport in tokamak plasmas, including impurity, energy, and angular momentum transport studies. He has also done theoretical calculations of impurity and angular momentum transport in tokamak plasmas. At present, he is in charge of transport studies and charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy measurements on D III-D.S. V. BulanovS. V. Bulanov (general and applied physics, Moscow Physical and Technical Institute, USSR) is head of the Division of Nonlinear Phenomena Theory of the plasma physics department of the General Physics Institute.L. M. KovrizhnykhL. M. Kovrizhnykh (physics, Moscow State University, USSR) is head of the plasma physics department of the General Physics Institute.S. G. ShasharinaS. G. Shasharina (physics, Moscow State University, USSR) is a research scientist in the plasma physics department of the General Physics Institute. She is currently at the University of Colorado at Boulder.Sergei I. KrasheninnikovSergei I. Krasheninnikov (Moscow Physical Technical Institute, USSR, 1976; Candidate of Science, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, USSR, 1979) has worked in plasma physics theory and its applications to tokamaks. His current interests are in the field of the divertor plasma behavior. He is also a member of the ITER research staff.Tatyana K. SobolevaTatyana K. Soboleva (Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute, USSR, 1966; Candidate of Science, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, USSR, 1973) has worked on development and application of computational models for plasma physics. Her current interests are in the area of stochastic modeling of charged-particle kinetics as applied to tokamaks. No photograph or biography is available for K. Gac.V. Ya. Goloborod’koV. Ya. Goloborod’ko [D.Sci., physics, Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (KINR) of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, USSR, 1978] is head of KINR’s Division of Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development. His current research interests include alpha-particle physics and current drive in tokamaks.Ya. I. KolesnichenkoYa. I. Kolesnichenko [D.Sci., physics, Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (KINR) of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, USSR, 1978] is head of KINR’s Division of Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development. His current research interests include alpha-particle physics and current drive in tokamaks.V. V. LutsenkoV. V. Lutsenko (MS, physics, Kiev University, USSR, 1987) is a junior scientist in the Division of the Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development of KINR. He is currently working for his PhD on thermonuclear burn and noninductive current drive in tokamaks.S. N. ReznikS. N. Reznik (D.Sci., physics, KINR, USSR, 1979) is a senior scientist in the Division of Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development at KINR. His current research interests include stability of thermonuclear burn and current drive in tokamaks.V. A. YavorskijV. A. Yavorskij (D.Sci., physics, KINR, USSR, 1979) is a senior scientist in KINR’s Division of Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development. His research areas include transport in toroidal systems and alpha-particle physics.V. S. BelikovV. S. Belikov [D.Sci., physics, Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (KINR) of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, USSR, 1975] is a senior scientist in KINR’s Division of Theory on Future Nuclear Power Development. His current research interests include alpha-particle physics in fusion reactors. He is also working on the radio-frequency current drive and heating of toroidal plasmas.C. Z. ChengC. Z. Cheng (BS, physics, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 1969; MS, 1972, and PhD, 1975, physics, University of Iowa) has been a physicist at the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory since 1975. He has worked primarily in theoretical and computational plasma physics with applications in magnetic fusion research and space physics.Nobuo MizunoNobuo Mizuno (BS, 1978; MS, 1980; and DS, 1983; physics, Nihon University, Japan) is currently a research associate at College of Science and Technology, Nihon University. His research interests include alpha-particle confinement and thermonuclear instability in mirror reactors.James W. Van DamJames W. Van Dam (PhD, physics, University of California-Los Angeles, 1979) is a research scientist and the assistant director of the Institute for Fusion Studies (IFS) at the University of Texas-Austin. His interests include kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics, plasma waves, and equilibrium and stability in toroidal confinement devices.Guo-Yong FuGuo-Yong Fu (BS, physics, China University of Science and Technology, 1983) is a research assistant and doctoral candidate in the IFS. His thesis work concerns transport limitations on access to ballooning-mode second stability in tokamaks with auxiliary heating, as well as alpha-particle effects on Alfven waves in ignition plasmas.C. Z. ChengC. Z. Cheng (BS, physics, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 1969; MS, 1972, and PhD, 1975, physics, University of Iowa) has been a physicist at the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory since 1975. He has worked primarily in theoretical and computational plasma physics with applications in magnetic fusion research and space physics.Donald A. SpongDonald A. Spong (BS, nuclear engineering, University of Arizona, 1970; PhD, nuclear engineering, University of Michigan, 1976) is a research staff member in the Theory Section of the Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He has been with ORNL about 14 years and has worked in the areas of runaway electron physics in tokamaks, neoclassical transport, and hot electron stability in the Elmo Bumpy Torus device, alpha physics in tokamak reactors, and kinetic effects on toroidal stability. His more recent work has specifically been in the areas of the effects of alpha-particle populations on tokamak ballooning stability and an analysis of neoclassical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pressure-gradient driven instabilities.Jeff A. HolmesJeff A. Holmes (PhD, physics, California Institute of Technology, 1976) is a computational physicist in the Computer Sciences Division at ORNL. He is a member of the MHD group with experience in equilibrium, stability, and resistive MHD calculations applied to tokamaks, stellarators, and reversed-field pinch devices.Jean-N. LeboeufJean-N. Leboeuf (PhD, Institut National de la Recherche, Quebec, Canada, 1976) is a research staff member in the Fusion Energy Division of ORNL. His research interests include computational plasma physics and plasma turbulence.Peggy Jo ChristensonPeggy Jo Christenson (no photograph available) (BS, nuclear engineering, University of Arizona, 1988) is a graduate student in nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan. She spent a summer working in the Fusion Theory Section at ORNL during the practicum period of a U.S. Department of Energy Magnetic Fusion Energy Fusion Technology Fellowship.Radomir IlićRadomir Ilić (Dipl. Ing., 1971; MS, 1978; and Dr. Sc., 1984; metallurgy, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is a senior research associate at the J. Stefan Institute and assistant professor of the faculty of natural sciences and technology, University of Ljubljana. In 1979-1980, 1980, and 1988, he was with the University of Illinois; Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG); and the Reactor Fuel Fabrication Plant, Hanau, FRG, respectively, as a fellow of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He has been involved in the development of nuclear imaging methods utilizing solid-state nuclear track detectors and their application to material science and nuclear technology. His current interests are fusion diagnostics, radon dosimetry, and light elements in solids.Jože RantJože Rant (Dipl. Ing., physics; MSc, nuclear physics, 1974, and Dr. Sc., mechanical engineering, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is a senior research associate at the J. Stefan Institute. In 1974 he was with Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a fellow of International Atomic Energy Agency. His past activities have included fast neutron spectroscopy, neutron radiography, and nuclear fuel. His current interests are nuclear nondestructive techniques and dosimetry in nuclear fusion.Tomaž šutejTomaž šutej (Dipl. Ing., physics, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1984; MS, nuclear engineering, University of Maribor, Yugoslavia, 1988) is a research assistant at the J. Stefan Institute. His current interests include research in solid-state nuclear track detectors and their application to radon monitoring and neutron dosimetry.Mirko DoberšekMirko Doberšek (Dipl. Ing., 1971; MS, 1979; and Dr. Sc., 1986; metallurgy, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is head of the Research Division of Gold Factory, Celje, and assistant professor of the faculty of natural sciences and technology, University of Ljubljana. His main interests are the constitution of alloy systems and development of new alloys. He is currently interested in the influence of thermomechanical conditions on physicochemical characteristics of alloys made of noble metals for jewelry, dental alloys, and special alloys for electronics.Edvard KrištofEdvard Krištof (Dipl. Ing., physics, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1970) is a professional fellow at the J. Stefan Institute. His main interest has been in the development of non-destructive methods for assessment of nuclear fuel and neutron scattering. He is currently engaged in ion cluster beam epitaxy.Jure SkvarčJure Skvarč (Dipl. Ing., physics, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1989) is a research assistant at the J. Stefan Institute and a graduate student in physics at the University of Ljubljana. His interests are the development of automatic systems for the evaluation of solid-state nuclear track detectors and computational physics.Matjaž KoželjMatjaž Koželj (Dipl. Ing., physics, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1979) is a professional fellow at the J. Stefan Institute. From 1980 to 1986, he was with the faculty for natural sciences and technology of the University of Ljubljana and from 1986 to 1989 with the Microelectronics Division of ISKRA. His past experience includes the development of research methods and instrumentation in microelectronics and vacuum technology. His current interest is ion cluster beam epitaxy.Peter H. HandelPeter H. Handel (MS, atomic and theoretical physics; PhD, solid-state theory, Bucharest, Romania, 1965) was a scientist at the Institute of Physics of the Romanian Academy (1960-1967), a scientist at the Laue-Langevin Institute (1967-1969), and has been a professor of physics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis since 1969. He is best known for the quantum theory of 1/f noise (1975) and for the infrared divergence effect of 1/f fluctuations in physical cross sections and process rates. He is also known for his polarization-catastrophe theory of atmospheric electricity and many other contributions to solid-state, plasma, and noise theory.Peter MarquardtPeter Marquardt (BS, 1973, and PhD, 1976, physics, Cologne University, FRG) has held postdoctoral positions at Kernforschungsanlage Jiilich and the University of Saarbrucken. His research activities include the physics of thin films, nano-crystals and -droplets, and other mesoscopic structures.Jacob JorneJacob Jorne (BS, 1963, and MS, 1967, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; PhD, chemical engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1972) is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester. His research interests include electrochemical engineering, semiconductor processing, energy conversion and storage, and the theoretical biology of ecosystems.

The establishment of a new Faculty of Medicine at the University of Maribor in Slovenia in 2003 was preceded by a complex policy process. This policy process was analysed by applying a theoretical framework that combines Teisman's Rounds Model, Ostrom's Institutional Analysis & Development Framework and behavioural assumptions. The results demonstrate how times of growth and dynamic societal reforms provide space for innovative initiatives. Actors from the edge of the higher education system could achieve their long-standing ambition to establish a new Faculty of Medicine in spite of many hurdles to be taken. Medical education is expensive, the medical sector rather conservative and the existing medical faculty at the University of Ljubljana – in the capital – held on to its monopolistic position. Moreover, it was found that more institutionalised action arenas offer less opportunities for innovation and change. Nevertheless, the strongly motivated, influential, determined and purpose-seeking actors from Maribor developed a coherent, creative and flexible strategy to overcome obstacles and resistance. Besides following the official accreditation procedures, they used political forces to integrate the sheer need for more medical doctors into the national Master Plan for Higher Education. This paved the way for a second medical faculty. Years of lobbying and using the formal and informal rules of the higher education, health and political systems paid off. The Faculty of Medicine started enrolling students from October 2004.

The scientific monograph is oriented towards LSP for the field of criminal justice and security studies and also focuses on subfields, namely police, law, security, administration, etc. The monograph contains contributions from the field of criminal justice and security studies prepared by Slovenian and foreign authors, namely Jelena Gugić from the University of Pula, Mojca Kompara Lukančič from the University of Maribor, Nives Lenassi from the University of Ljubljana, Dragoslava Mićović from the University of Belgrade, Eva Podovšovnik from the University of Primorska, Jasna Potočnik Topler from the University of Maribor, Vanja Slavuj from the University of Rijeka, and Tilen Smajla from the University of Maribor. The work offers an insight into English and Italian through the prism of contents that focus on the language for specific purpose for the field of criminal justice and security.

Developing clinical scenarios from a European perspective: Successes and challenges

Learning programming languages and developing software is important part of curricula at many educational institutions. Directly connected to that is a peer-to-peer sharing of program's source codes which is not always allowed. The article discusses the problem of plagiarism, especially the source code plagiarism and presents an excerpt of the results of the survey among students at Faculty of Education and Faculty of Computer and Information Science at University of Ljubljana and among students at Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at University of Maribor. Results are revealing alarming situation. In addition, advices for the teachers to avoid the plagiarism as much as possible are presented.

Purpose The aim of the study was to review national and international professional literature on the impact of knowledge management factors on the quality of care in healthcare systems. Methodology A review of national and international professional literature was conducted using Scopus, CINAHL, ScienceDirect, and ProQuest databases to search for freely accessible scientific articles and doctoral dissertations. We searched for doctoral dissertations in the Slovenian language of the University of Primorska, the University of Ljubljana, the University of Maribor, and the electronic library of the Faculty of Organizational Studies in Novo Mesto. We further searched for doctoral dissertations in English in the PQDT Open database. We identified 201 articles and 9 doctoral dissertations. After the screening phase, we included 19 full-text articles in the study. Results We identified the following key knowledge management factors that impact the quality of patient care in the healthcare system: knowledge acquisition, knowledge sharing, knowledge application, knowledge storage, and leadership. Conclusion The literature review showed that the application of knowledge management factors contributes to more productive and efficient work within the healthcare system. Additionally, these knowledge management factors have a positive impact on the implementation of improvements, job performance, job satisfaction, and the quality of healthcare services.

The 2024 Student Computing Research Symposium (SCORES 2024), organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Maribor (UM FERI) in collaboration with the University of Ljubljana and the University of Primorska, showcases innovative student research in computer science. This year’s symposium highlights advancements in fields such as artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning algorithms, computational problem-solving, and healthcare data analysis. The primary goal of SCORES 2024 is to provide a platform for students to present their research, fostering early engagement in academic inquiry. Beyond research presentations, the symposium seeks to create an environment where students from different institutions can meet, exchange ideas, and build lasting connections. It aims to cultivate friendships and future research collaborations among emerging scholars. Additionally, the conference offers an opportunity for students to interact with senior researchers from institutions beyond their own, promoting mentorship and broader academic networking.

Dr. Andrej Šorgo is Associate Professor of Biology Didactics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and a part time researcher at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor. He got his Masters and PhD degrees in Biology from the University of Ljubljana. He has published textbooks and research articles and presented his work at a number of conferences. He has additionally over 20 years of experience as a secondary and higher vocational school teacher. He has won the award “Most innovative secondary school teacher”. More information is available online at: http://biologija.fnm.uni-mb.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=7&lang=en

Forum Renewal of higher education in Slovenia with special attention to quality

Marija Bohinc, BSc, RN, e-mail: [email protected], Lecturer, University of Ljubljana, University College for Health Care, Miro Gradisar, PhD, Associate Professor, e-mail: [email protected], University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia.

During the last three decades, chemical education in Slovenia has developed mainly in two chemistry education research groups, one located at the University of Ljubljana and the other at the University of Maribor. The present study aims to identify research papers in the field of chemical education published between 1991 and 2019 through a database survey. From a total of 273 identified research papers in the field of chemical education, an analysis of the papers published in respected international and Slovenian journals and monographs revealed four main research fields: (1) Submicrorepresentations, Models and Animations, (2) Chemistry Teacher Education, (3) Experimental Work, and (4) Conceptions of Basic Chemical Concepts. For further analysis, only papers published in English in respected peer-reviewed international journals were used (N = 41). Based on citations in Web of Science or Scopus, it seems that papers published in the first field have the greatest impact on the international research community. Some research monographs published in Slovenian aim specifically at contributing to bridging the gap between chemical education research and classroom practice, but further actions are necessary to achieve this goal in the future.

Simple SummaryPersonality is a relatively constant and exclusive set of mental, behavioral, and physical characteristics that distinguish individuals. Personality assessment is a well-researched scientific field in which a number of theories have been developed to interpret diverse personality types. The Myers–Briggs Model (MBTI) is the most widely used self-assessment tool in the world to identify the different personality types of individuals. Since personality, with its unique characteristics, distinguishes people from each other, it also influences communication between different types of people and has an impact on attitudes toward animals. The purpose of this study was to examine the MBTI types of veterinary students compared to criminal justice students. In addition, we were interested in the attitudes of both types of student toward animals. Overall, the MBTI types and preferences of veterinary students were very different. Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging were the predominant preferences. When ethical profiles related to animals were examined, the viewpoints differed significantly between the comparison groups. The utilitarian viewpoint was most veterinary students, and the animal rights perspective was most prevalent in criminal justice students. This study highlights the importance of personality traits for better communication and work in veterinary science as well as criminal justice.Personality types are related to trustworthy, reliable, and competent communication, especially when dealing with clients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether the Myers–Briggs (MBTI) indicator could be used to detect differences in the personality preferences of students at the Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana (VS) compared to students at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor (CJS). Our aim was to profile the two cohorts of students in Slovenia, to compare profiles of students from the social and natural sciences with similar personality traits, and to compare them with published results. CJS are considered well-established, well-studied, non-science ombudsman profiles of students in Slovenia for whom care and safety will play important roles in their future work, similar to VS. Views of people’s duties to animals and the implications for animal care, safety, and welfare are also very important, especially for VS. For this reason, we tested the ethical viewpoints of the two cohorts of students using an interactive web-based program. Our results show that both VS and CJS had different MBTI types, with ISTJ (Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging) preferences predominating, followed by INFJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging) in VS and ESTJ (Extraverted, Observant, Thinking, and Judging) in CJS. Between the two cohorts, the ratio between ISFJ and INFJ was statistically different. In the animal ethics study, the utilitarian viewpoint was most prevalent and statistically higher in VS compared to CJS, where the animal rights perspective was most prevalent. Compared to previous profile studies, some differences were found that could be related to the COVID-19 pandemic and/or the different generations of students. Overall, this study highlights the importance of personality traits for better communication, work, and animal research in veterinary science as well as criminal justice.

Hogen-kukaku-ron, the theory of the 'dialectal region', developedas a subdiscipline of the study of Japanese language, established at the beginning of this century, by Japanese linguist Tojo Misao (1884-1966). He tried to classify Japanese language into some localdialects, by considering various factors including phones, vocabule, idiomatic usage, and so on, as a whole. He believed it useful to geta better comprehension of the Japanese language.It was a very unique method to Japan, but the discipline was disputed by Yanagita Kunio, the author of the book Kagyu-ko. First, the criteria of demarcation are neither clear norobjective. Second, the regional differences language exist actually, not in the dialect itself, but in each phenomenon of the language. And third, it was ambiguous whether the standpoint of Tojo's method was synchronic or diachronic.Since the 1970's, Hogen-kukaku-ron became less popular, and now it only is reviewed in some introductions and anthologies about Japanese language studies. There, some Japanese linguists, particulary linguistic geographers, criticize the idea that the 'dialectal region' is equal to the division of regions, not of language itself. Nevertheless, the language can be divided into some dialects, but never into some regions. Such misunderstanding or abuse hasderived from the fact that Tojo first expressed his idea concerning-division of dialects by using maps.The dialectal region is not a regional division, because there is not any causal relation at all between the dialects as divided and the region as expressed on a map.

Dialectologists may rightly view perceptual dialectology with suspicion as its declared purpose is the study of people's knowledge rather than that of scholars. At any rate, perceptual studies confirm that such research does not simply aim at integrating research on ethnography and/or attitudes, but broadens the basic knowledge of classic dialectology. For example, in socio-phonetical studies, experimental work singles out which characteristics of a dialect are more significant in assigning a regional or ethnic identity, or how certain social factors interfere with the perception of those characteristics. The exact understanding of linguistic saliency in the first case, and of social power in the second is undoubtedly important with regard to dialectal changes. In particular, this article focuses on the example of the state of Ohio as proof of the use of perceptual items in defining and identifying linguistic borders

The speech signal provides information on talker characteristics including socio-ethnic affiliation and racial identity. Regional variation, both similar and divergent from White American English, has been described in African American English. However, it is unknown if such regional dialect variation influences listeners’ racial categorization or word identification accuracy. This work evaluated the influence of listeners’ sex, race, and regional dialect on racial categorization and word identification for Black and White talkers from two dialect regions within North Carolina. Black and White listeners (n = 23) from eastern and central North Carolina participated. In the racial categorization task, listeners heard /hVd/ words produced by male and female Black and White talkers from eastern and western North Carolina. Listeners categorized the perceived talker race for each token as Black or White. In the word identification task, the same listeners matched the speech tokens from the same talkers to one of fourteen /hVd/ words. Results showed an effect of listener sex on word identification accuracy such that female listeners were more accurate than male listeners. No effect of listener race or regional dialect was observed for either task. Follow-up analyses will investigate the interaction between listener and talker sex, race, and regional dialect.