1. The relationship between intercultural sensitivity, world music preferences and preferences for visual artwork from other culturesSnježana Dobrota, Marijo Krnić, Marija Brajčić, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: The results do not confirm the influence of the type of secondary education completed on intercultural sensitivity, world music preferences or on preferences for visual artwork from different cultures. Neither was the influence of participants’ year of study on their level of intercultural sensitivity confirmed, but we did confirm that older students show greater preferences for world music and visual artwork from different cultures when compared to younger students. Furthermore, the study confirmed a connection between intercultural sensitivity, on the one hand, and preferences for world music and visual artwork from different cultures, on the other.
Keywords: intercultural sensitivity, preference for world music, preference for artwork from different cultures, teaching music, teaching visual arts and fine arts
Published in DKUM: 24.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 1
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2. (De)globalisation and the new industrial policyPeter Vuk, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: The processes of economic and political cooperation since the Second World War have stimulated economic growth and improved living standards and prosperity, while intensified economic integration and contributed to a better response to global challenges. Following the 2008 global financial crisis, there is a trend towards deglobalisation or slowbalisation. The article provides a comprehensive literature review and examines data sources on the situation and trends related to the globalisation of the world economy and the rise of industrial policy measures in advanced economies. It was found that the world economy is facing several challenges, including the reshaping of global supply chains, mitigating the effects of economic inequality and climate change, and the rise of economic populism and nationalism. This article consequently provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on globalisation and industrial policy, examining the interplay between deglobalisation processes and industrial policy measures and their increasing prominence in advanced economies.
Keywords: world economy, industrial policy, globalisation, deglobalisation
Published in DKUM: 23.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 1
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3. The relation between intercultural sensitivity and world music preferences among grammar school and vocational school studentsDaniela Petrušić, Tonka Šešelj, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: The paper explores the influence of the type of secondary education chosen by the participants on the level of intercultural sensitivity and world music preferences, as well as the connection between intercultural sensitivity and world music preferences. The research employed a general data questionnaire, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and an assessment scale to examine music fragment preferences in a sample of 124 participants. The results have significant implications for music and pedagogical theory and practice, in terms of increasing intercultural sensitivity and the tolerance of students towards members of other cultures and their music.
Keywords: music pedagogy, intercultural sensitivity, musical preferences, world music, music education
Published in DKUM: 01.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 1
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4. The OpenScience Slovenia metadata datasetMladen Borovič, Marko Ferme, Janez Brezovnik, Sandi Majninger, Albin Bregant, Goran Hrovat, Milan Ojsteršek, 2020, other scientific articles Abstract: The OpenScience Slovenia metadata dataset contains metadata entries for Slovenian public domain academic documents which include undergraduate and postgraduate theses, research and professional articles, along with other academic document types. The data within the dataset was collected as a part of the establishment of the Slovenian Open-Access Infrastructure which defined a unified document collection process and cataloguing for universities in Slovenia within the infrastructure repositories. The data was collected from several already established but separate library systems in Slovenia and merged into a single metadata scheme using metadata deduplication and merging techniques. It consists of text and numerical fields, representing attributes that describe documents. These attributes include document titles, keywords, abstracts, typologies, authors, issue years and other identifiers such as URL and UDC. The potential of this dataset lies especially in text mining and text classification tasks and can also be used in development or benchmarking of content-based recommender systems on real-world data.
Keywords: metadata, real world data, text data, text mining, text identification, natural language processing
Published in DKUM: 22.05.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 8
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5. Multilingual framework for risk assessment and symptom tracking (MRAST)Valentino Šafran, Simon Lin, Jama Nateqi, Alistair G. Martin, Urška Smrke, Umut Arioz, Nejc Plohl, Matej Rojc, Dina Běma, Marcela Chavez, Matej Horvat, Izidor Mlakar, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: The importance and value of real-world data in healthcare cannot be overstated because it offers a valuable source of insights into patient experiences. Traditional patient-reported experience and outcomes measures (PREMs/PROMs) often fall short in addressing the complexities of these experiences due to subjectivity and their inability to precisely target the questions asked. In contrast, diary recordings offer a promising solution. They can provide a comprehensive picture of psychological well-being, encompassing both psychological and physiological symptoms. This study explores how using advanced digital technologies, i.e., automatic speech recognition and natural language processing, can efficiently capture patient insights in oncology settings. We introduce the MRAST framework, a simplified way to collect, structure, and understand patient data using questionnaires and diary recordings. The framework was validated in a prospective study with 81 colorectal and 85 breast cancer survivors, of whom 37 were male and 129 were female. Overall, the patients evaluated the solution as well made; they found it easy to use and integrate into their daily routine. The majority (75.3%) of the cancer survivors participating in the study were willing to engage in health monitoring activities using digital wearable devices daily for an extended period. Throughout the study, there was a noticeable increase in the number of participants who perceived the system as having excellent usability. Despite some negative feedback, 44.44% of patients still rated the app’s usability as above satisfactory (i.e., 7.9 on 1–10 scale) and the experience with diary recording as above satisfactory (i.e., 7.0 on 1–10 scale). Overall, these findings also underscore the significance of user testing and continuous improvement in enhancing the usability and user acceptance of solutions like the MRAST framework. Overall, the automated extraction of information from diaries represents a pivotal step toward a more patient-centered approach, where healthcare decisions are based on real-world experiences and tailored to individual needs. The potential usefulness of such data is enormous, as it enables better measurement of everyday experiences and opens new avenues for patient-centered care.
Keywords: multilingual framework, risk assessment, symptom tracking, chronic diseases, patient-centered care, real-world data
Published in DKUM: 12.08.2024; Views: 74; Downloads: 33
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6. Why are there six degrees of separation in a social network?I. Samoylenko, D. Aleja, E. Primo, Karin Alfaro-Bittner, E. Vasilyeva, K. Kovalenko, D. Musatov, A. M. Raigorodskii, R. Criado, M. Romance, David Papo, Matjaž Perc, B. Barzel, Stefano Boccaletti, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: A wealth of evidence shows that real-world networks are endowed with the small-world property, i.e., that the maximal distance between any two of their nodes scales logarithmically rather than linearly with their size. In addition, most social networks are organized so that no individual is more than six connections apart from any other, an empirical regularity known as the six degrees of separation. Why social networks have this ultrasmall-world organization, whereby the graph’s diameter is independent of the network size over several orders of magnitude, is still unknown. We show that the “six degrees of separation” is the property featured by the equilibrium state of any network where individuals weigh between their aspiration to improve their centrality and the costs incurred in forming and maintaining connections. We show, moreover, that the emergence of such a regularity is compatible with all other features, such as clustering and scale-freeness, that normally characterize the structure of social networks. Thus, our results show how simple evolutionary rules of the kind traditionally associated with human cooperation and altruism can also account for the emergence of one of the most intriguing attributes of social networks.
Keywords: degree distribution, network evolution, complex network, small-world network, social physics
Published in DKUM: 16.07.2024; Views: 111; Downloads: 23
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7. Monitoring website accessibility : evaluating current approaches and a proposal for improvementsMatjaž Debevc, Tilen Škraba, Bogdan Cerovac, Ines Kožuh, Nataša Rajh, 2023, original scientific article Keywords: accessibility, World Wide Web, web content accessibility guideline, web accessibility directive, accessibility monitoring, accessibility statement, feedback mechanism
Published in DKUM: 12.06.2024; Views: 112; Downloads: 3
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8. Safeguarding liberty? Repressive measures against enemy aliens and community resilience in WWI United States: : the Slovenian-American experienceDavid Hazemali, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: This article delves into the complexities of the U.S.’s treatment of enemy aliens during World War I, particularly illuminating the experiences of the Slovenian-American immigrant ethnic community, following the declaration of war on Austro-Hungary. It presents instances of repression, violence and internment suffered by members of the Slovenian-American community and other immigrant ethnic communities originating from Austria-Hungary, while also highlighting examples of their resilience and defiance. The study is firmly grounded in the archives of the Slovenian-American fraternal benefit society the Slovene National Benefit Society (SNPJ), and the Yugoslav Socialist Alliance (JSZ), housed at the Immigration History Research Center Archives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Keywords: Slovenian Americans, American Slovenians, Slovenian-American community, fraternal benefit societies, world war I, USA, enemy aliens
Published in DKUM: 17.05.2024; Views: 107; Downloads: 10
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9. The Phenomenon of (Sustainable) Tourism Activities on Farms in Slovenia During the COVID-19 PandemicMaja Borlinič Gačnik, Boris Prevolšek, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is the reason why the development trends of the tourism industry are changing today. The purpose of this article is to address issues of future tourism industry development, linking it to elements of sustainable development trends. The article presents the main elements of the sustainable concept of rural and farm tourism. Using the method of compilation and description, we want to check, based on statistical data related to farm tourism activities in Slovenia (before and during the COVID-19 pandemic), whether it is possible to detect development trends in Slovenia, in the direction of sustainability that are linked to the concept of farm tourism. This study also aims to identify a number of measures that can improve sustainability at the farming tourism level in Slovenia, in a post-COVID phase. According to the findings of numerous comparisons and statistical analysis, it can be stated that the future development trends show a great need to develop the decarbonisation of the industry, digitalisation of industry, and the involvement of the local population in the provision of services. In the present global situation, we have reached a point where it will be necessary to focus on sustainable and digital forms of the industry, in order to further post-COVID development of the tourism industry.
Keywords: COVID-19, post-COVID world, sustainable tourism, farm tourism, Slovenia, future development
Published in DKUM: 25.01.2024; Views: 322; Downloads: 13
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10. The role of religion in legends about Turkish attacksAnja Mlakar, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: An analysis of Slovenian legends about Turkish raids was made to identify and analyze religious elements in them. The legends express superiority of Christianity, but also contain belief elements that diverge from Christian teachings, such as traditional Slavic beliefs about the afterlife. The mixture of different beliefs can summarized under the term “vernacular religion”. The Turks in folklore represented an archetypal demonic “Other” and as such they threaten the “Our” world. In these legends traditional and pre-Christian beliefs were intermixed with Christian symbolism and characters and as such they express the diversity and flexibility of religious imagery.
Keywords: Turkish raids, vernacular religion, Christianity, otherness, sacred space, sacrilege, the world beyond, miracles
Published in DKUM: 25.01.2024; Views: 348; Downloads: 12
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