Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems

List of Papers (Total 613)

Satisfaction with the School Environment and Involvement in Peer Violence and Cyberbullying in Croatian Vocational High School

Peer violence is a widespread phenomenon with focus of experts and prevention programs. Participating in peer violence and violence on the Internet can seriously damage a child’s well-being and mental health and leave long-term consequences. There is lack of the research that focuses on a specific context as the vocational technical school with predominantly male students...

Inclusion of Children with Down Syndrome in Social Life: Parents’ Perceptions

Understanding the position, role and influence of the family, and especially parental perceptions, on the development of a child with Down syndrome is important both for planning support for the child itself and for developing opportunities for parent empowerment, so that they become and remain as stable and active as possible support for their child. The aim of the research was...

The Impact of Scrum Methodology on Student Motivation and Problem-Solving Skills

This study investigates the impact of incorporating Scrum methodology into project-based learning on student motivation, knowledge retention, and problem-solving skills. Conducted with 40 third-year students, the research utilizes a combination of the Student Engagement Instrument, and custom survey questions developed by the authors. A pre-test and post-test were administered to...

Enhancing Sustainable Tourism through Cross-Border Cooperation: Insights from Interreg Projects Croatia and Neighbouring Countries (2014-2020)

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to assess the alignment of tourism stakeholders and institutions in Croatia with the strategic priorities set out in key tourism development strategies. Specifically, this evaluation focuses on identifying the extent to which cross-border cooperation projects funded by the Interreg programme between 2014 and 2020 have led to innovations in...

Deep Insights into AI perception in Croatia

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a new concept, but its wide recognition within the general population has started only recently, with publication of Open AI LLM platform ChatGPT, and has ever since intrigued public in terms of its influence on human life in general, and primarily its repercussions on labour market and the future of jobs. Fully aware of its capabilities and...

Cultural Sector in the Pandemic Period: A Case Study of Oksid Association

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up all aspects of socio-political systems. While some of these aspects were recognized as more priority and thus received special financial stimulus from public sources throughout the period of the global crisis, the cultural and artistic sector turned out to be one of the biggest losers. The ubiquitous uncertainty about the duration of such a...

AI and Writing Skills: Students' Attitudes towards Using AI to Enhance their Writing Based on the Example of Algebra University Students

The advent of publicly available AI in the last years has resulted in a major paradigm shift. Its use is starting to pervade most fields and aspects of life – including the world of academia. This article explores how Algebra University students use AI for writing and their attitudes towards this use. The research was done in two parts. The first part comprised one of the...

High Risk Artificial Intelligence Systems and Legal Doctrine of Essential Facilities: in Search for a Dynamic Model

The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence and amending certain Union Legislative Acts (Artificial Intelligence Act) targets high risk artificial intelligence systems as one of its primary areas of regulatory scope. High risk artificial intelligence systems are considered as software that is developed to...

Cybernetic Context of Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Justice Systems

With introduction of ChatGPT in 2022. and its superfast popularity, artificial intelligence systems became omnipresent in almost all aspects of our society. Mutually agreed expectation is that the implementation of artificial intelligence will radically improve and transform our way of life with huge economic gains. Wide scale introduction of artificial intelligence solutions in...

The Use of Artificial Intelligence by Young Entrepreneurs in the Republic of Croatia

This article examines the growing significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the entrepreneurial ventures of young entrepreneurs in the Republic of Croatia. Through surveys and interviews with young entrepreneurs from various economic sectors, the study identifies the most frequently used AI tools and assesses their impact on business success. The findings indicate that...

An Informal Settlement Case Study – A Systems Thinking Logic Applied to Energy Poverty Situations

This article applies a systems thinking logic to analyse energy poverty situations, using the Sofia informal settlement, a representative energy-poor community in South Africa, as a case study. Energy poverty in such communities transliterates into three interrelated energy poverty systems – material cultures, cognitive norms, and energy practices. The study investigates energy...

Financial Impacts of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on Selected Trade Partners: Cross-National and Cross-Sectoral Analysis

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an import fee levied by a region, i.e., the European Union (EU), that taxes carbon on goods produced in countries that do not tax carbon. This EU climate neutrality support mechanism, which should be implemented by 2050, has caused some concerns. For example, it could reduce the export of the EU’s trading partners, especially those...

Aahar Yojana: A perspective of Subsidised Meal Programme amid the Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic left millions to suffer its impact in the forms of unemployment, displacement, acute food shortage, and more. It kept migrants and urban poor to remain more vulnerable to food. This study examined the impact of coronavirus on the food security of the urban poor through the lens of Aahar Yojana, one of the government-led subsidised meal programs in Odisha...

Service Recovery in Tourism: A Bibliometric‐Based Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Purpose: This study aims to eliminate the gap in this field by examining the concept of service recovery in the field of tourism with bibliometric technique. Design/methodology/approach: This study, data was obtained from the Web of Science database was used in the study. From this perspective, 247 articles in the field of tourism were included in the study and a systematic...

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Self-Driving Cars

Automated vehicle acceptance is being promoted by linking it to improving road safety, minimising congestion, reducing emissions and, most importantly, fatalities. However, the acceptance of Self-Driving Car users is also mainly concerned with the security of their data, the processing of tragedies reported in the media, and the moral and legal programming of the vehicle and its...

Suitability of Blockchain for Storing Private Data from IoT Devices

The explosive growth of Internet of Things devices over the past two decades has created pressing challenges for storing the vast amounts of data generated by connected devices. Concurrently, blockchain technology has rapidly evolved, providing new avenues for storing data securely, efficiently, and in near real-time. This article investigates the suitability of various...

Development of Lifelong Learning in the Countries of the European Union: K-Means Cluster Analysis Evaluation

The article analyses lifelong learning development across EU countries, focusing on disparities in doctoral education. A cluster analysis methodology is used to identify homogeneous groups of countries based on various indicators, such as the number of doctoral graduates divided by age and gender and GDP per capita. The analysis categorises countries into clusters based on...

Rule of Law and Its Effects on Economic Growth

It is generally assumed that the rule of law is essential for economic growth. However, it is clearly a multidimensional concept, including a variety of discrete components. Literature has a huge amount of cross-national data claiming to measure the rule of law. Yet even the very best work in the field has not been adequately attentive to the multidimensionality of the rule of...

More Digitalized Health Services: A Blueprint for a Centralized Software Application in Smart City Context

This article introduces a new computerized solution designed to address the connectivity needs of a medical assistance system within the smart city context. To simulate the main developed functionalities, existing workflows from the medical system of Romania were selected as a case study. The developed information application is based on Java and Android ecosystems. It includes a...

Marketing Ethics and Customer Loyalty: The Serial Mediating Role of Relationship Quality and the Moderating Role of Voluntary Simplicity

Although there has been considerable theoretical support outlining a relationship between marketing ethics and customer loyalty, there is limited empirical evidence validating this relationship. This study examines the relationships among perceptions of marketing ethics and customer loyalty in a sample of Turkish consumers. The results demonstrate that marketing ethics is...

Is Meaning in Life Changing in Contemporary Croatian Socitey and what are the Possible Implications of this Trend for Medical Practice?

Aim: This article explores the changes observed in meaning in life in contemporary Croatian society based on the data collected in a population survey of VAL-DE-END project. Methods: The survey was conducted in 2019 on a three-stage random sample, stratified by regions, counties, and locations within those counties (N = 1203) with a maximum sample error of ±2,8 %. The response...

Examination of the Impact of Trust in Influencers and Perceived Content Quality on Brand Awareness, Consumer Interaction, and Purchase Intent: The Case of Türkiye

Nowadays, many brands are increasing their collaboration with Influencers. For this reason, many social media celebrities appear before social media users with new content every day. The ability of influencers to gain response is undoubtedly closely related to gaining the trust of users and the quality of the content they share. Otherwise, it will not be possible for Influencers...

Determining the Most Suitable Bus Model for the Urban Transportation Sector: A Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach

One of the key service elements of travel companies operating in the road transportation sector are passenger buses. Deciding to purchase a new bus requires managers to consider various aspects, complicating the decision-making process. In this context, implementing Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodologies in such decision problems can provide more accurate and...

Design and Manufacturing of a Simple Soft Caterpillar Robot

Soft robots are increasingly gaining attention not only within the scientific community, but also in various real-world applications, due to their inherent compliance, ease of manufacture and favourable mechanical properties. These robots can manipulate a wide range of objects without the need for precise feedback on position, orientation, force, and torque. Their low elastic...