The purpose of the wastewater treatment plant project is to implement and achieve the goals set in the water management bases of the Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH, which identified the necessary sectoral investments and the development of the institutional capacity needed to meet the requirements of the European directives. By implemen...

By Nebojša Knežević, Dušica Pešević, Igor Milunović

Each local, self-government unit which is planning to develop and later implement the project of land consolidation is confronted with the problem of choosing the cadastral municipality for land management via land consolidation. The appliance of multi-criteria decision method enables and helps the decision makers to act regularly and correctly whe...

By Goran Marinković, Jelena Lazić, Ilija Grgić, Zoran Ilić

This paper shows organic matter composition (humic acids, fulvic acids, humins) and fractions of humic (free and bounded with mobile R2O3 (HA1), bounded with Ca (HA2), and bounded with clay and stabile R2O3 (HA3)), and fulvo acids (free and bounded with mobile R2O3), bounded with HA1, bounded with HA2, and bounded with HA3), in Rendzina soils on di...

By Svjetlana Radmanović, Aleksandar Đorđević, Nataša Nikolić

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

The mineral composition of plant extracts from the Boraginaceae family was examined in this paper. The research includes the plants: Anchusa officinalis L., Echium vulgare L. and Echium italicum L. Content analysis of the elements was done using inductively coupled plasma with a mass spectrophotometer. The results of the study showed that the extra...

By Ivana Bošković, Dragutin Đukić, Pavle Mašković, Leka Mandić, Svetlana Perović, Aleksandra Govedarica Lučić, Zoranka Malešević

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

Base isolation systems are among the most successful and widely applied methods of mitigating structural vibration and damage during seismic events. These systems have been installed in numerous full-scale structures all around. There are three principal types of base isolators: Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB), High Damping Rubber Bearing (HDRB), and Fri...

By Barghlame Hadi, Hojjat Hashempour Gavgani

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

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

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