University of Rijeka

About: University of Rijeka is a education organization based out in Rijeka, Croatia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Tourism. The organization has 3471 authors who have published 7993 publications receiving 110386 citations. The organization is also known as: Rijeka University & Sveučilište u Rijeci.

Implementing responsive web design for enhanced web presence

Abstract: Modern companies, institutions, organizations, individuals, etc. have websites in order to extend their reach to audience or customers. However, it is not sufficient anymore just to have an appearance on web and to be recognized through various web search engines. People are increasingly using smartphones and tablets for accessing the Internet, not just desktop personal computers and notebooks, therefore websites need to be optimized for all these devices in order to provide the best user experience. Responsive web design provides a website with a flexibility to adapt to any of these devices, i.e. their resolutions. The paper presents statistics and predictions of market trends regarding the devices and user experiences in web browsing and m-commerce. Responsive web design is researched, along with its benefits and potential problems.

Nutritional Factors and Multiple Sclerosis in Gorski Kotar, Croatia

Abstract: An analysis was made of the possible influence of nutritional factors on the etiology of multiple sclerosis in Gorski Kotar (Croatia), a high-risk zone for this disease A total of 46 MS patients and 92 controls, native-born residents of the area studied, participated in a case-control study The questionnaire comprised 51 questions concerning dietary habits An odds ratio (OR) estimate was obtained for all the factors which were more frequently found in the patients than in the controls Large differences were found in the daily consumption of different quantities of full fat unskimmed milk (OR 217; χ2 4234; LL 712), potatoes with lard and fresh or smoked meat (OR 207; χ2 1552; LL 272), and new potatoes (OR 207; χ2 1552; LL 272) The consumption of unpasteurized milk, animal fat, smoked meat and potatoes are nutritional risk factors which could have an influence on the severity of primary demyelinization in a high-risk area for multiple sclerosis

3-D flow of a compressible viscous micropolar fluid with spherical symmetry: a global existence theorem

Abstract: We consider the nonstationary 3-D flow of a compressible viscous heat-conducting micropolar fluid in the domain to be the subset of $\mathbf{R}^{3}$ bounded with two concentric spheres that present the solid thermo-insulated walls. In the thermodynamical sense the fluid is perfect and polytropic. We assume that the initial density and temperature are bounded from below with a positive constant and that the initial data are sufficiently smooth spherically symmetric functions. The starting problem is transformed into the Lagrangian description on the spatial domain $]0,1[$ . In this work we prove that our problem has a generalized solution for any time interval $[0,T ]$ , $T\in\mathbf{R}^{+}$ . The proof is based on the local existence theorem and the extension principle.

Immunobiology of congenital cytomegalovirus infection of the central nervous system—the murine cytomegalovirus model.

Abstract: Congenital human cytomegalovirus infection is a leading infectious cause of long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae, including mental retardation and hearing defects. Strict species specificity of cytomegaloviruses has restricted the scope of studies of cytomegalovirus infection in animal models. To investigate the pathogenesis of congenital human cytomegalovirus infection, we developed a mouse cytomegalovirus model that recapitulates the major characteristics of central nervous system infection in human infants, including the route of neuroinvasion and neuropathological findings. Following intraperitoneal inoculation of newborn animals with mouse cytomegalovirus, the virus disseminates to the central nervous system during high-level viremia and replicates in the brain parenchyma, resulting in a focal but widespread, non-necrotizing encephalitis. Central nervous system infection is coupled with the recruitment of resident and peripheral immune cells as well as the expression of a large number of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Although infiltration of cellular constituents of the innate immune response characterizes the early immune response in the central nervous system, resolution of productive infection requires virus-specific CD8+ T cells. Perinatal mouse cytomegalovirus infection results in profoundly altered postnatal development of the mouse central nervous system and long-term motor and sensory disabilities. Based on an enhanced understanding of the pathogenesis of this infection, prospects for novel intervention strategies aimed to improve the outcome of congenital human cytomegalovirus infection are proposed.