1. STEMI patients in the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Slovenia - a retrospective, single-center observational studyAndreja Sinkovič, Manja Kraševec, David Šuran, Martin Marinšek, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients in most countries. We aimed to retrospectively assess the admissions, treatments, complications, and mortality of STEMI patients in the northeast of Slovenia during the first (March–May 2020) and second waves (October–December 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic and to compare them with data from 2019 (March–October). Comparing 2019 and both waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed nonsignificant differences in the number of STEMI admissions, baseline characteristics, use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within the first 3 (40.5%* vs. 38.7% vs. 25%*, *p = 0.074) or 6 h, TIMI III flow after primary PCI, and hospital complications, as well as significant increases in hospital heart failure (23.3% vs. 42%, p = 0.015) and mitral regurgitation in the second wave (10% vs. 26.9%, p = 0.008) of the pandemic and a nonsignificant increase in hospital mortality (8.9% vs. 9.4% vs. 13.6%) during both waves of the pandemic. We conclude that, due to the increased severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second wave, there were longer delays to primary PCI in STEMI patients, resulting in significantly increased hospital heart failure and non-significantly increased hospital mortality. Keywords: ST-elevation myocardial infarction, COVID-19, time delay, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, heart failure, mortality, pandemic Published in DKUM: 04.07.2024; Views: 134; Downloads: 20
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2. Time delays shape the eco‑evolutionary dynamics of cooperationSourav Roy, Sayantan Nag Chowdhury, Srilena Kundu, Gourab Kumar Sar, Jeet Banerjee, Biswambhar Rakshit, Prakash Chandra Mali, Matjaž Perc, Dibakar Ghosh, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: We study the intricate interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes through the lens of the prisoner’s dilemma game. But while previous studies on cooperation amongst selfsh individuals often assume instantaneous interactions, we take into consideration delays to investigate how these might afect the causes underlying prosocial behavior. Through analytical calculations and numerical simulations, we demonstrate that delays can lead to oscillations, and by incorporating also the ecological variable of altruistic free space and the evolutionary strategy of punishment, we explore how these factors impact population and community dynamics. Depending on the parameter values and the initial fraction of each strategy, the studied eco-evolutionary model can mimic a cyclic dominance system and even exhibit chaotic behavior, thereby highlighting the importance of complex dynamics for the efective management and conservation of ecological communities. Our research thus contributes to the broader understanding of group decision-making and the emergence of moral behavior in multidimensional social systems. Keywords: cooperation, time delay, evolutionary dynamics, social dilemma, social physics Published in DKUM: 04.04.2024; Views: 191; Downloads: 16
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3. The relationship between delay in announcing quaterly forecasts of annual earnings and the type of earnings newsMahdi Moradi, Mahdi Salehi, Seyyed Saeed Mehrdad Ayask, 2013, original scientific article Abstract: The current study aims to examine the relationship between delay in the announcement of quarterly forecasts of annual earnings and the type of earnings news in a unique context. Running a multiple linear regression on data collected from Rahavard Novin software and the companies’ financial statements, is the method of this study to investigate this relationship. Consistent with the pattern of good news early, bad news late, it was found that there is a positive relationship between the bad news type and the amount of delay in announcing quarterly forecast of annual earnings; so that the firms with negative adjustments in earnings forecast (bad news), on average, have 12 more days delay in the announcement. Considering other variables showed that as coverage percentage - a sign of success - increases, the amount of delay in announcing earnings forecast decreases, but companies with losses per share, on average, have an additional delay of about 6 days. The results obtained indicate that at least, in some industries there is certain time for reporting. Finally, it became clear that in the period after the adoption of the new disclosure instruction, despite the increased deadline, the amount of delay in earnings announcement has declined by about 2 days. In this study, for the first time in Iran, one of the company’s financial news (quarterly forecasts of annual earnings), have been classified into good and bad, based on comparison with the market expectation, and the relationship between the news type and the amount of delay in announcing the news, has been examined. Keywords: reporting delay, good news, bad news, annual earnings per share quarterly forecast Published in DKUM: 22.01.2018; Views: 1273; Downloads: 215
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4. Specific behavioural phenotype and secondary cognitive decline as a result of an 8.6 Mb deletion of 2q32.2q33.1Hojka Gregorič Kumperščak, Danijela Krgović, Nadja Kokalj-Vokač, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: Chromosomal abnormalities involving 2q32q33 deletions are very rare and present with a specific phenotype. This case report describes a 37-year-old female patient with 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome presenting with the characteristic features, but with the addition of secondary cognitive decline. Molecular karyotyping was performed on the patient and her parents. It revealed an 8.6 megabase deletion with the proximal breakpoint in the chromosome band 2q32.2 and the distal breakpoint in 2q33.1. The deletion encompassed 22 known genes, including the GLS, MYO1B, TMEFF2, PGAP1 and SATB2 genes. The observed deletion was confirmed using a paralogue ratio test. This case report provides further evidence that the SATB2 gene, together with GLS, MYO1B, TMEFF2 and possibly PGAP1, is a crucial gene in 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome. The SATB2 gene seems to be crucial for the behavioural problems noted in our case, but deletion of the GLS, MYO1B and TMEFF2 genes presumably contributed to the more complex behavioural characteristics observed. Our patient is also, to our knowledge, the only patient with 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome with secondary cognitive decline. Keywords: 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome, behavioural problems, secondary cognitive decline, developmental delay, SATB2 gene Published in DKUM: 13.07.2017; Views: 1330; Downloads: 377
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5. Synchronous bursts on scale-free neuronal networks with attractive and repulsive couplingQingyun Wang, Guanrong Chen, Matjaž Perc, 2011, original scientific article Abstract: This paper investigates the dependence of synchronization transitions of bursting oscillations on the information transmission delay over scale-free neuronal networks with attractive and repulsive coupling. It is shown that for both types of coupling, the delay always plays a subtle role in either promoting or impairing synchronization. In particular, depending on the inherent oscillation period of individual neurons, regions of irregular and regular propagating excitatory fronts appear intermittently as the delay increases. These delay-induced synchronization transitions are manifested as well-expressed minima in the measure for spatiotemporal synchrony. For attractive coupling, the minima appear at every integer multiple of the average oscillation period, while for the repulsive coupling, they appear at every odd multiple of the half of the average oscillation period. The obtained results are robust to the variations of the dynamics of individual neurons, the system size, and the neuronal firing type. Hence, they can be used to characterize attractively or repulsively coupled scale-free neuronal networks with delays. Keywords: synchronization, neuronal networks, noise, stochastic processes, scale-free networks, information transmission delay Published in DKUM: 19.06.2017; Views: 1218; Downloads: 388
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7. Dimensioning of signalized intersections in realistic urban environmentMatej Dobovšek, Drago Sever, 2005, review article Abstract: It is very complex to assure the dynamics of traffic networkin urban environment because of the intensity of traffic flowsand the limited space in the urban area. Signalized intersectionsare undoubtedly very important and frequent element inroad traffic network in urban regions, which greatly influencesthe traffic flow dynamics on each section as in the whole trafficnetwork. The time (delay) a vehicle needs to drive through anintersection directly influences the travel comfort, fuel consumption,traffic pollution and so on. There are many methodsfor dimensioning signalized intersections in the world literature.One of the most applied methods is the HIGHWAY CAPACI1YMANUAL (HCM) 2000 which is based on competentinput traffic flows and other characteristics of traffic signalregulations. The intention of this paper is to establish whetherwe can use the HCM 2000 method directly in the Slovenian realenvironment. Based on the established methodology of researchand limited number of delay measurement in real environmentintersections, there have been some deviations. Thecompletion of the level of service criterion for signalized intersectionshas been proposed, with the intention for more suitabilityestimation in the realistic environment. Keywords: road traffic, intersections, signallization, control delay measurement, level of service Published in DKUM: 02.06.2017; Views: 1426; Downloads: 215
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8. Impact of hybrid queing disciplines on the VoIP traffic delaySaša Klampfer, Jože Mohorko, Žarko Čučej, 2009, original scientific article Abstract: Impact of hybrid queuing disciplines on the VoIP traffic delay Keywords: hibridne metode, načini uvrščanja, VoIP, zakasnitev, ožičeno omrežje, hybrid methods, queuing disciplines, VoIP, delay, wired network Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 1310; Downloads: 26
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9. Liu, Xin-Ge; Wu, Min; Martin, Ralph; Tang, Mei-Lan: Delay-dependent stability analysis for uncertain neutral systems with time-varying delays. (English). - [J] Math. Comput. Simul. 75, No. 1-2, 15-27 (2007). [ISSN 0378-4754]Miklavž Mastinšek, 2008, review, book review, critique Keywords: matematika, navadne diferencialne enačbe, asimptotična stabilnost, mathematics, ordinary differential equations, neutral delay-differential system Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 1498; Downloads: 39
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10. Balachandran, K.; Ravikumar, R.: Nonlocal Cauchy problem for time varying delay integrodifferential equations of Sobolev type in Banach spaces. (English). - [J] Tamkang J. Math. 37, No. 3, 193-205 (2006). [ISSN 0049-2930]Miklavž Mastinšek, 2008, review, book review, critique Keywords: matematika, navadne diferencialne enačbe, polgrupe nelinearnih operatorjev, mathematics, differential equations, delay integrodifferential equation, nonlocal condition Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 1013; Downloads: 43
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