Stone “Tenelija” is categorized as oolitic limestone. This stone was used to build a number of constructions in Herzegovina, and one of the most famous is the “Old Bridge” in Mostar. The stone is characterized by its specific physical and mechanical characteristics. Stone “Tenelija” has low uniaxial compression strength, low modulus of elasticity, ...

By Kenan Mandžić, Adnan Ibrahimović, Enver Mandžić

More than 60 years ago, six countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the    Netherlands) have established a Coal and Steel Community and have reached an agreement that with creating a unified market for coal and steel, they will attain common prosperity, by developing national and economic interests of these countries. T...

By Saša Stamenkovic, Svetlana Stevovic, Milan Stamatovic

The Aladza Mosque in Foca was built in the middle of the seventeenth century and it was destroyed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Given that it is a monument protected by the state and included in the World Heritage by UNESCO, it is necessary to carry out its rehabilitation. It is essential to construct the religion building of the same m...

By Neđo Đurić, Dijana Đurić

First two paramount problems of the world are food security and energy. Permaculture is a new interdisciplinary branch of the science, which has positive synergistic effects and solves both problems, including environmental care. The paper analyzed the holistic principles of permaculture design and possible application in the flats, gardens in the ...

By Svetlana Stevovic, Jovana Jovanovic, Dijana Djuric

Mineral resources as natural resources constitute the backbone of the development of the national economy of each country, and their valorization should be classified into its strategic development plans. Polyvalent industrial branches of the economy today are unthinkable without adequate supply of raw materials, analysis of raw material base, thei...

By Damir Baraković

The main goal of the research was to determine to which extent the copper (Cu) is dominant in the topsoils of Tuzla's area. Considering the defined goal, the detailed soil analyze for the presence of this element in the area of Tuzla, was carried out. The terrain work was based on soil sampling (240 samples) from the area of about 303 km2 . The sam...

By Željka Stjepić Srkalović

This study examined the impact of climate, altitude and landforms on humic acids (HA) optical properties (E4/E6, ∆logK, RF indexes) in Serbian Rendzina soils. HA humification degree of calcareous and decarbonated Rendzinas under natural vegetation (forest and grassland, separately) decreased with altitude increasing. This particular rule was not ma...

By Svjetlana Radmanović, Nataša Nikolić, Aleksandar Đorđević

Noise pollution may have negative impacts on human health and environmental. The primary aim of this study is was to determine and mapping the noise pollution in the urban part of the city Banja Luka in Bulevar Cara Dušana by evaluating noise levels in the boulevards. The aim of this investigation is also compare measured noise levels in the boulev...

By Predrag Ilić, Dragana Nešković Markić, Ljiljana Stojanović Bjelić

Levels of SO2 in air samples from urban zone of Banja Luka were determined at locality Center in Banja Luka (administrative center of the Republic of Srpska, in Bosnia and Herzegovina) which is highly populated area, with intensive traffic and industry. Through experimental measuring, daily and weekend variation of SO2 concentration was determined....

By Predrag Ilić, Dragana Nešković Markić, Ljiljana Stojanović Bjelić

The research and determination of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) have been carried out in the area of Semberija (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in several locations, which included 35 open shadoof wells incurred by the anthropogenic activity many decades ago, and they represent artificial fresh water ecosystems. The algological material has been collected from...

By Milenko Ćurčić, Dragica Milinković, Olivera Petrović-Tomanić, Dijana Đurić