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Insight from Croatian Island Cohort
2022In 2015, the first birth cohort study in Croatia, named “Croatian Islands Birth Cohort Study (CRIBS)” was initiated. Our aim was to prospectively follow a sample of 500 pregnant women and their children in two sub-populations – island population (Croatian Dalmatian islands - Hvar and Brač) and mainland population (City of Split with its surroundings ...
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Geostrategic Importance of Croatian Islands
2011Adriatic Sea has had a major geostrategic role on the contact between continental and Mediterranean Europe since the antiquity. Its position and physical features like profound indentedness of the sea into the mainland, well-indented coastline, and numerous islands and islets were crucial factors that attracted maritime forces and caused their mutual ...
Blaće, Ante +2 more
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Diseases of sheep on Croatian islands
2008According to the Croatian Livestock Centre’ s data (2006) over 100.000 sheep are bred on the islands for the purpose of producing meat (lambs) and milk (cheese). The majority are raised on the islands of Krk, Cres, Rab, Pag and Brač. Autochthonous (island) breeds predominate on these islands while Istrian and crossbreed sheep are represented in ...
Cergolj, Marijan +6 more
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Vocational Education on Croatian Islands
Vocational education in Croatia encompasses a wide range of programs and schools that provide practical training and expertise for various industries and professions. There is continuous effort in Croatia to improve the quality of vocational education to ensure that it meets the needs of the labour market and enables young people to pursue successful ...Krpanec, Eta +2 more
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Croatian Islands in Littoralization Process
2004Littoralization, i.e. concentration of economic activities and population along the coast, is a global process which is also present in Croatia, considering its position along the Eastern Adriatic coast. Littoralization in Croatia can be observed through many indicators: intensive development of industry, development of maritime and land transport ...
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Stratification of Croatian island names
2019Contrary to the western, Italian side of the Adriatic, on the Croatian side, we find more than a thousand islands, islets, and rocks whose names clearly reflect the history of the people and languages that have lived for centuries in the eastern Adriatic.
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Croatian Islands in the Online Language Sources
2022This paper presents some of the online language sources in which language data connected to Croatian islands can be found. These data pertain to spelling, grammar, the linguistic norm while providing us with dialectological, onomastic, etymological, and normative information.
Hudeček, Lana, Ramljak, Ozana
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Developing Sustainable Energy Systems on Croatian Islands
2014Today, islands represent excellent places for demonstration of new clean technologies and new pathways for sustainable development. Islands in their nature are isolated systems so to organize life on them they usually have all elements of the big system but just operated on a smaller scale.
Krajačić, Goran +4 more
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Croatian Island's Birth Cohort Study - CRIBS
2016Birth cohort studies, together with long-term follow-up studies, are the most suitable way of investigating various factors associated with general health, growth and development. Specifically, adverse intrauterine factors are recognized to be associated with predisposition to the development of chronic disorders later in life: a phenomenon termed ...
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Outstanding landscapes on Croatian islands, examples of Vis Island and Krk Island, Croatia
2012The Mediterranean area has been under continuous human impact for thousands of years. Agricultural landscapes that resulted from traditional agricultural cultivation are an important part of the cultural heritage. These landscapes are one of the major cultural achievements and they represent the combined works of nature and man.
Krklec, Kristina +2 more
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