The Republic of Srpska, which is an integral part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was affected by intense precipitation during May 2014 and May 2015. The northern part of the Republic of Srpska is located between the plain area of the Sava River and the mountain massif of the inner Dinarides, while the eastern and western parts are confined to the river...

By Neđo Đurić, Dijana Đurić

The iron ore of the Ljubija ore region for decades has a very great impact on the overall social reproduction in the area of the city of Prijedor, RS, BiH, which is clearly connected with the constant renewal and intensification of the production process. We have systematic geological explorations last over 135 years and exploitation with certain i...

By Ranko Cvijić, Aleksej Milošević, Miodrag Čelebić, Žarko Kovačević

Researched section of the railway route presents a part of the route from Sarajevo to Doboj, built with two tracks. First track was built in 1947, and the second in 1978. In construction methods are present differences, considering the time when it was constructed and the way of construction. Both tracks were used for years for movement of trains o...

By Neđo Đurić, Svetlana Stevović, Dijana Đurić, Milan Perišić

The “product” of architecture, as something that is created by the architect in a “design process”, along with other effective materialistic and environmental factors, depends on the worldview of the architect as the pioneer and director of the process. In fact, the architect‟s definition of human being and his aspects of existence on one hand and ...

By Sepide Abbasi Yusefabad, Behnaz Aminzade, Mohammad Naghizade

The major task of multi-purpose reservoir „Modrac“ operation is to decide how much water should be released now and how much should be retained for future use given some available and/or forecasted information at the beginning of the current time period. In practice, reservoir operators usually follow rule curves, which stipulate the actions that s...

By Nedim Suljić, Omer Kovčić

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

The natural bentonite and bentonite/iron oxide composite were used as sorbents of Cu(II). Their sorption properties were examined under the different conditions such as pH of the solution, initial metal ion concentration. The bentonite removed 71 % Cu(II) while composite 90 %. Their maximum adsorption capacities were 34.1 and 44.4 mg Cu(II) g -1, r...

By Zuzana Danková, Zuzana Dakos, Iveta Štyriaková, Alexandra Bekényiová

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 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