University of Prishtina

Climate-Driven Transformation of Vernacular Buildings: A Typology-Based Energy Retrofit Approach

Climate change poses significant challenges to the built environment, particularly in rural and mountainous regions where vernacular architecture represents an important part of cultural heritage. Traditional buildings, although originally adapted to local climatic conditions, of...

Evaluation of Systemic Pharmacotherapy in Bacterial Skin Infections: Adherence to Clinical Guidelines and Factors Associated with Treatment Outcomes

Background: Bacterial skin infections frequently require systemic antibiotic therapy, and adherence to clinical guidelines is important for optimizing treatment outcomes and antimicrobial stewardship. This study evaluated systemic pharmacotherapy for bacterial skin infections, gu...

6G Ultra-High Frequency Propagation Characteristics and Radio Channel Modeling in Dense Urban Environments

Abstract The aim of Sixth Generation (6G) is to jointly satisfy the requirements of ultra-high reliability, capacity, efficiency, and low latency, and deliver both customizable and sector-specific communications. To achieve such improved capabilities, 6G explores a plethora of ne...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

The institutional logic of news source selection in clentelistic media systems: A comparative study of Albania and Kosovo

This study examines source diversity in broadcast news in Albania and Kosovo’s hybrid clientelist media systems. Drawing on institutional theory, we explore how sourcing practices reflect competing logics of power, professionalism, and market pressures under conditions of uncerta...

Prediction models for dynamic respiratory muscle strength in COPD and asthma patients based on fixed-pressure inspiratory muscle performance

Dynamic inspiratory muscle strength, assessed using the S-Index, reflects pressure generation during flow-dependent inspiration and may provide functional information beyond static respiratory muscle strength measures. However, its routine clinical use is limited by the need for...

Integrated Chemical, Computational, and Cellular Profiling of a Dual-Oil Melanoma Formulation: An Exploratory Life-Science Study

Background: Previous studies have examined bioactive constituents of Prunus dulcis oil, Pinus sylvestris essential oil, and related phytochemical matrices separately; however, their combined chemical profile, comparator-context molecular-docking landscape, and comparative cellula...

Finite-Observation Conditional Guarded Language Operators: Kannan Contractions Beyond Banach Contractivity

We introduce finite-observation conditional guarded language operators on the complete length-based ultrametric space of formal languages over a finite alphabet. A finite observation map selects a guarded branch according to the membership of prescribed test words. Although each...

Short-term inspiratory muscle training, aerobic exercise, and detraining in women with COPD: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Inspiratory muscle dysfunction, exercise intolerance, dyspnea, and reduced well-being contribute to the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We compared the short-term effects of inspiratory muscle training (IMT), aerobic exercise (AE), comb...