Philosophers were reluctant to address interdisciplinarity during the 20th century. But things have changed in the 21st century, since a two-level relationship between philosophy and interdisciplinarity has been established: philosophy of interdisciplinarity and philosophy as interdisciplinarity. Thus far scholars have shown more interest in exploring the first level of that...
Studies discussing critical theory and post-colonialism consider only the works of Horkheimer and Adorno and are largely focused on revealing disparities between the two approaches. Writings of Herbert Marcuse in which we discover the same themes and issues as in postcolonial studies are totally disregarded, which makes the argument about disparities between critical theory and...
Sport organizations, like economic sectors, are currently particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ban on the organization of mass events of a sporting nature and subsequently also the operation of physical education and sports facilities significantly affected the activities of sport organizations or, to be precise, paralyzed their activities in almost all countries...
Social Media facilitates the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests to virtual communities and networks using interactive technologies. The benefits of such seamless communication are immense and critical to national growth and development. However national growth and development cannot be achieved without a sound value and moral system guiding the conducts of its...
Dubrovnik is one of the most visited destinations on the Adriatic coast. However, the large number of visits is affecting the heritage area of the city, and since the Old City of Dubrovnik have been under the UNESCO protection from 1979 it is important to achieve the balance between tourism and sustainability of the heritage site. The use of smart and open data can improve...
There has long been a struggle over how to increase student interest in careers in STEM and meet the labour market’s need for specialised knowledge and skills. The long-standing debate at the EU level about the role of formal, informal, and non-formal education in meeting these challenges has not yet reached a clear conclusion. In the last decade, there has been a significant...
The article discusses the interplay between the enterpriseness and higher education. Current attitudes toward enterpriseness of the Croatian undergraduate students of mechanical engineering were collected partially with a questionnaire. The attitudes are analysed and their alignment with the general technology trends discussed.
This paper presents a conceptual review of the kriging metamodel that is introduced for the design and analysis of computer experiments (DACE). Kriging is a statistical interpolation method to build an approximation model from a set of evaluations of the function at a finite set of points. The method originally developed for geostatistics, and it is now widely used in the domains...
Several complexity theorists draw a sharp and ontologically robust distinction between (merely) complicated systems and (genuinely) complex systems. I argue that this distinction does not hold. Upon fine-grained analysis, ostensibly complicated systems turn out to be complex systems. The purported boundary between the complicated and the complex appears to be vague rather than...
Information plays a key role in life and complex biological systems. It is hypothesized that information processing capabilities distinguish life from other so-called non-living matter. Dynamical systems underlie and can be used to represent many complex life-like systems. Dynamical systems and information processing may be the hallmarks of life-like systems. We combine dynamical...
The most appropriate learning results take place when the trained matter is unmistakably identified, understood and achieved by the student. An individual learning process should be developed by the trainee, in parallel, by self-inspiring and by involving his own capabilities through natural mind procedures. In addition to motivation and pertinent chances which operate as a...
Autonomous vehicles otherwise regarded as self-driving vehicles are poised to be the next generation of technological advancement in the transportation sector globally. They offer superior value for money with regard to the cost of operation, excellent safety records, and many other benefits. Cities around the globe have adopted it even as research and development efforts are...
Agriculture has long been a part of Indian culture. It is known as the Indian economy's backbone. Agriculture contributes to 17 % of the Indian GDP, but still, farmers confront several problems in growing their crops, one among them is insect pests. 'Computational Entomology' is a branch of data mining that assists farmers in overcoming the challenges of damaging insect pests by...
This article presents a method to develop an application based on Augmented Reality technology in a Unity development environment. The article presents two test scenarios that give an insight into the possibilities of augmented reality applications. The first scenario is a presentation of a simple game based on a graphic marker and its generated content in the form of a maze. By...
The level of progress of human civilization what it is now has been possible for, among other issues, the ever increasing use of pesticides in agriculture. The use of pesticides has made it easy to meet the target of one of the basic need i.e. food of such a huge population. Without the use of pesticides we may have to starve to death due to a severe food crisis. But too much use...
The aim of this research is to explore whether there is a relationship between sensory branding and brand awareness and blind taste. A questionnaire and an experiment were used together on 101 volunteers who were familiar with tea brands in the University of Düzce, Turkey. The questionnaire was applied to the participants to measure their sensory branding and brand awareness...
In the life of companies operating with hazardous substances, the daily task is to maintain the safety on a high level and to introduce actions to increase safety performance. The companies covered by the Disaster Prevention Act have a special task, to operate a safety management system that also satisfies industrial safety aspects. To make this as efficient as possible, good...
Tolerance is one of the ideals of a democratic and pluralistic society. It is a way of behaving which allows others the freedom to express opinions with which we do not agree, and the right of others to live according to their principles different from ours. Recently Europe is faced with political challenges caused by mass immigration to European countries. In such circumstances...
In response to increasing ecosystems degradation, many mountain countries have recently implemented harm-reduction policy measures in order to sustain their future economic development, which is partially dependent on a strong tourism sector. The objective of this article is to evaluate the policies that stem from Metropolitan Public Gardens Association aims in order to ascertain...
The impact of remittance inflows on economic development is contested in the existing literature. This article applies a panel auto regressive distributed lag to examine the impact of remittance inflows on economic growth and self-employment percentage in a panel of seven Southeast European countries between 1996 and 2020. The countries included in the panel are characterized by...
Leadership has been widely studied both in business schools and by scholars. However, little attention has been given to leadership specifics in project-based organizations, especially in the construction industry. Aiming to decrease the gap in aforementioned body of knowledge, this article intended to contribute by identifying competences that are crucial to the success of...
Augmented reality enhances the sensory experience of the real world, often across multiple senses such as visual, hearing, tactile and sensorimotor, with technology using computer-generated sensory input. Current literature reviews of augmented reality mainly focus on its generic usage or specific topics, such as medicine or tourism. However, augmented reality has become one of...
Although group buying daily deal sites are widely popular among consumers, it is unclear if deal promotions are profitable for merchants, especially for restaurants. The goal of this study is: (1) to investigate if restaurants make profit from a group buying deal, break even or make significant investment and (2) to find out what factors affect deal profitability. A model for...
Authentication is very much essential in managing security. In modern times, it is one in all priorities. With the advent of technology, dialogue with machines becomes automatic. As a result, the need for authentication for a variety of security purposes is rapidly increasing. For this reason, biometrics-based certification is gaining dramatic momentum. The proposed method...
The impact factor of scientific journals and the h-index depend on the citations. Therefore, the citation analysis is a very important part of scientometrics. The paper presents the 2022 ranking list of citation analysis researchers. The ranking is presented primarily according to the h-index of researchers. The advantage the h-index is that it combines both the quantity - number...