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Copyright of Economy & Market Communication Review / Casopis za Ekonomiju i Trzisne Komunikacije is the property of Pan-European University Apeiron and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Copyright of Sociology & Space / Sociologija i Prostor is the property of Institut za drustvena istrazivanja u Zagrebu (Institute for Social Research of Zagreb) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness about the importance of the library space as the place for reading in leisure time. Methodology: The method used in the research is a benchmarking analysis of library management and services, conducted on two comparable public libraries, the Pula City Library and Reading Room in Croatia and the Rovaniemi City Library in Finland, in order to determine the factors which influence reading in the library in leisure time. Findings: The results have shown that the Finnish library community is exceptionally well aware in regrading library space as a service, while the Pula City Library, thanks to the wholehearted engagement of its librarians, has recently been recognized as a considerable potential for raising awareness of the usefulness of library space utilization. Originality/value: In Croatian public libraries thinking about space as a service, the main purpose of which is spending leisure time reading in the library, has not been recognized enough. In order to follow global trends in librarianship and give an answer to the challenges of the contemporary library management, which include spending leisure time reading in library, raising awareness about the importance of planning and designing of the library space and the functionality of the interior is the fundamental contribution of the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a typological and stylistic analysis of five Roman capitals presently located in the area of Kaštel Sućurac. Relying on comparisons and analogies with published capitals from the territory of the Roman Empire, the authors suggest their approximate dating. As comparative materials, they also present related examples found in the area between Split and Trogir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Stratifying patients with paroxysmal or short-term persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) who are at greater risk of developing permanent AF is challenging. There are studies on predicting persistent AF in patients with paroxysmal AF, but studies evaluating natural course of progression to permanent AF are rare.1,2 Aim of our prospective study was to evaluate utility of routine demographic, clinical, laboratory and echocardiography parameters, together with evaluated risk scores in prediction of AF progression to a permanent form. Methods: In the period of 30 months we prospectively recruited 409 patients with paroxysmal or short-term persistent AF who were treated at discretion of the referral cardiologist in University Hospital Dubrava and followed them for a median follow-up time of 21 months. Clinical, laboratory, and routine echocardiographic parameters were collected. Endpoint was progression to permanent AF when further attempts to restore sinus rhythm were abandoned. Results: Out of 409 patients with non-permanent AF, 109 (26.6%) progressed to permanent AF during follow up. Patients who progressed had significantly lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), higher age, body mass index, CHA2DS2-VASc score, HATCH score, LADS score, LA diameter, C-reactive protein, red cell distribution width (RDW) and mean platelet volume (MPV) levels, and also higher proportions of arterial hypertension and previous stroke. In multivariate Cox regression model only increased left atrium (LA) diameter, and increased RDW showed significant independent association with progression. When corrected for LA size at 45 mm and RDW level at 14.5% LADS score dichotomized at <4 did not show significant effect on progression, whereas corrected HATCH score dichotomized at <3 did show significant independent effect on AF progression during follow up and had the best negative predictive value of 0.87. None of the observed parameters showed a positive predictive value for AF progression >0.60. Conclusion: LA size and RDW levels strongly moderate estimated risk of AF progression. Although it is still challenging to predict progression, patients with LA size ≤45 mm and RDW level ≤14.5% and a HATCH score <3 had the least probability of AF progression, and are most probably the best candidates for rhythm control strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]