University of Zagreb

The conditional costs of tourism success: Making the Croatian disease visible

This commentary reflects on the cumulative societal impact of four studies published in Annals of Tourism Research between 2021 and 2026. Using Croatia as an exceptionally tourism-dependent economy, the studies examined housing affordability, international emigration, economic le...

Pelvic fractures in dogs

The aim of this review article was to describe the most common surgical procedures used to treat pelvic fractures in dogs. Pelvic fractures account for approximately 25% of all fractures in dogs and are typically caused by high-energy trauma, most often road traffic accidents. In...

FEDCODE: A Framework and Experimental Study of Model-Update Compression for Communication-Efficient Federated Learning

Federated learning trains shared models without centralizing local data, but repeated model exchange can become a bottleneck in bandwidth-, energy-, and latency-constrained edge systems. This paper presents FEDCODE, a communication-aware federated learning simulation framework fo...

Operationalising the observer in psychotherapy: a second-order cybernetic process framework

Purpose This paper translates Heinz von Foerster's second-order cybernetics into an explicit process framework for psychotherapeutic practice. It examines how therapists can account for their own participation in observation, identify recursive interactional loops and design inte...

Generative AI, Technology and the Ecology of Persistence: A Response to Tække

Jesper Tække’s article addresses a genuine conceptual problem. Rather than treating generative AI as either a continuation of deterministic technology or a newly autopoietic entity, he argues that it is better understood as a form of non-trivial technology whose stochastic operat...

Observation of Discrete 1D Solitons in an Optically Induced Lattice in Rubidium Atomic Vapor

ABSTRACT The manipulation of light in periodic structures is fundamental to the development of discrete photonics and provides a versatile platform for controlling light propagation in integrated and quantum photonic systems. This work reports the experimental observation of disc...

A Critical Methodological Review of Clinical Scores, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models for the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Appendicitis

Background/Objectives: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of childhood, yet its diagnosis remains difficult because presentations are atypical, inflammatory markers are nonspecific, and the consequences of error run in both directions, from negative appendec...

Certain families of series involving Hurwitz and Lerch zeta functions

Abstract This paper deals with a certain family of series which is derived from generating functions of the Frobenius-Euler and Apostol type polynomials and numbers. When special cases of this series are examined, it is shown that it generates some well-known families of zeta fun...

Community-led regeneration of urban heritage: exploring the New Patrons principles for heritage management

Purpose The integration of sustainability principles into urban heritage management reframes conventional priorities centred on physical conservation and economic development by bringing socio-cultural considerations to the forefront. In this context, the role of participatory me...

Local Mesh Density of Maxillary First Molar Occlusal Surfaces in an Intraoral Scanning and ROI-Processing Workflow

Background/Objectives: Local mesh density characterizes the polygonal representation of digital surface models; however, reference values and clinically relevant thresholds for posterior occlusal meshes generated through intraoral scanning and subsequent software processing have...

Increasing topical sunscreen use in German outdoor workers: results of a non-randomised controlled intervention study

BACKGROUND: Occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a major environmental risk factor for skin cancer. Outdoor workers accumulate high lifetime UVR exposure and therefore face an increased risk of developing actinic keratoses and skin cancer. Despite establi...

Biochemical Quality of Garlic Differs by Accession Provenance and Growing Season Rather than Morphotype

Preservation of plant genetic resources has become crucial for agricultural sustainability, particularly for vegetatively propagated crops like garlic. Modern agricultural practices, monoculture farming, environmental degradation, and climate change have led to genetic erosion, a...

From personal to organisational addressability: swift trust in early-stage Romanian ICT ventures

Purpose The goal of this study is to explore how trust manifests in early-stage Romanian ICT ventures and navigates from personal to organisational addressability. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research examined narrative interviews to investigate experiences related to...

Coach and athlete perceptions of internal training load in U-16 male water polo: an exploratory single-team mixed-methods case study

The coach-player relationship plays a role in determining athletes’ performance and development. Monitoring internal training load (ITL) through the session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) scale offers an accessible way to assess exertion, but discrepancies often arise betwee...

Acute Neuromuscular Responses and Interlimb Asymmetry Following 5 km and Half-Marathon Running in Recreational Runners

Acute neuromuscular responses to running may vary according to exercise duration and physiological demands. This study compared changes in vastus medialis contractile properties, quadriceps maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC), and interlimb asymmetry following 5 km and...

Rabi profile framework: A simple analytical and graphical toolkit for quantum control

We introduce the Rabi profile, the Rabi spectrum, and the Rabi leak as triad of mathematically rigorous but conceptually transparent quantum-control tools that provide a framework for assessing the feasibility and selectivity of coherent state control in quantum systems with arbi...

An urban evolved invasive plant tolerates experimental climate change

Societal Impact Statement Urbanization may drive invasive species evolution, resulting in greater invasion risks as global conditions change. We compared urban populations of the invasive Erigeron annuus in Zagreb, Croatia, to surrounding rural populations and found that urban‐ev...

Navigation in cross-reality: the effects of VR teleportation visualizations on MR participants in a collaborative setting

Abstract Effective collaboration across virtual and mixed reality environments depends heavily on how users perceive and understand one another’s actions and movements. In this paper, we evaluate how different teleportation visualization techniques for a virtual reality (VR) user...

Quantifying genetic load through joint modelling of inbreeding depression and inbreeding load for litter size in rabbits

Abstract Background Genetic load, defined as the burden of deleterious variants carried by a population, has two components: a realized one that is expressed as reduced fitness, and a hidden one that is masked in heterozygotes. The hidden component, arising from recessive (or par...

Personal Narrative Assessment to Guide Clinical Practices in the Assessment and Support of Children With Developmental Language Disorder: A Tutorial

Purpose: This tutorial demonstrates how personal narratives elicited using the Global TALES (Talking About Lived Experiences in Stories) protocol can be analyzed using the four components of the Linguistic Underpinnings of Narrative in Aphasia (LUNA) framework for discourse analy...