Microbiological evaluation of hospital textiles and textiles from the food-processing industry

Authors: Sabina FIJAN, Sonja ŠOSTAR-TURK Corresponding author: Sabina FIJAN Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Abstract: Industrial laundries have a goal of maintaining and constantly improving the quality of their services. The main aim of laundering hospital textiles and textiles from the food-processing industry is to remove soiling and microorganisms from…

Survival of francisella tularensis subsp. novicida after exposure to different high temperatures

Authors: Iva LAZARIĆ, Diana JURČIĆ MOMČILOVIĆ, Martin BREZOVEC, Vildana SEMIĆ, Marina ŠANTIĆ Corresponding author: Marina ŠANTIĆ Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Abstract: Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium that can cause a fatal disease, tularaemia, in human and animals. This organism has been isolated from over 250…

Comparison of virulence of L. longbeachae to other legionella strains in an animal model

Authors: Ivana GOBIN, Marina ŠaNTIĆ, Kaća SELENIĆ, Martina ŠAREC, Milorad ŠUŠA, Miljenko DORIĆ Corresponding author:  Ivana GOBIN Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Photo: Trend100.tk Abstract: Legionella species are one of the causing agents of bacterial pneumonia. Legionella pneumophila accounts for the vast majority of cases in most of the world,…

Personal hygiene awareness among food handlers

Authors: Špela HAJDINJAK, Mojca JEVŠNIK Corresponding author: Špela HAJDINJAK Type of paper:  Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 1 – 2008 Photo: kenkuscher.com Abstract: In the globalization and rapid industrial development times food safety assurance is one of the basic conditions for protection of public health. For this purpose knowledge and awareness of personal hygiene among food…

The amount of active hydrogen in selected juices and teas on the Slovenian market

Authors: Borut POLJŠAK Type of paper:  Original scientific article Issue: Volume 2 | number 1 – 2008 Photo: matanzaschiro.com Abstract: The ageing process is influenced by increased oxidative stress, which causes damage to cellular components, such as DNA, proteins and lipids. Many studies claim that use of antioxidant might prevent intracellular oxidative damage formation and thus…

Leftover bread as a substrate for pleurotus ostreatus cultivation

Authors: Andrej GREGORI, Andrej KRAŠEVEC ,Bojan PAHOR, Dušan KLINAR Corresponding author:  Andrej GREGORI Type of paper: Scientific original paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Photo: Consumerist.ocm Abstract: Many different leftover materials have been used as substrates for mushroom cultivation in the past decades, solving problems with their deposition, their negative impact on the environment,…

The amount of active hydrogen in selected juices and teas on Slovenian market

Author: Borut POLJŠAK Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 1 – 2008 Foto: Medicaldaily.com Abstract: The ageing process is influenced by increased oxidative stress, which causes damage to cellular components, such as DNA, proteins and lipids. Many studies claim that use of antioxidant might prevent intracellular oxidative damage formation and thus decrease…

Removal of Cu, Cd, Zn, Ni and Fe from wastewater comparison of three different substrates used in model scaled constructed wetland

Authors: Maja ZUPANČIČ JUSTIN, Alenka ŠAJN SLAK,Tjaša GRIESSLER BULC Corresponding author: Maja ZUPANČIČ JUSTIN Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 1 – 2008 Abstract: Different wastewaters contain metals that, unlike organic pollutants, are not degradable in the biological treatment system. Primary removal mechanisms can be achieved via sorption with a use of effective sorption media…

Impact of illegal dumping sites on the groundwater of Ljubljansko polje

Authors: Mateja BREG, Viktor GRILC, Brigita JAMNIK, Drago KLADNIK, Aleš SMREKAR Corresponding author: Mateja BREG Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 1 – 2008 Photo: gibanje.org Abstract: Due to dense settling and the concentration of numerous economic and other activities, gravel aquifers are threatened. The key conflict on Ljubljansko polje is between the need…

Food safety assurance on tasting field

Authors: Andreja ZABUKOVEC, Mojca JEVŠNIK, Kristina LIKAR Corresponding author:  Andreja ZABUKOVEC Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 1 – 2008 Photo: prozessagenten.org Abstract: Hygiene and technical requirements, which must be met by the tasters and people who organize tasting are clearly presented in this article. A hygiene-technical estimation of the actual situation in…