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72. FIRST EFFORT TO FIGHT LIGHT POLLUTION IN MACEDONIATanja Petrushevska, 2018, strokovni članek Opis: Light pollution is a serious problem in majority of European countries, with negative effects on the environment, animal life and human health. Not only light pollution is causing unnecessary electricity consumption, it also prevents the citizens to enjoy the dark night sky. Following the experience in Slovenia and Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy with approaching this problem, we proposed a joined effort to perform field measurements of the light pollution, increase the awareness of this issue to the public and the policy makers in Macedonia. Light pollution is a very interdisciplinary field that necessitates the collaboration of policy makers, environmentalist, amateur and professional astronomers.
The proposal was submitted to proESOF initiative in Trieste, Italy. This initiative consists of the organisation of collaborative events in North East Italy and the Balkan countries where the objective is to spread science for the benefit to the citizens. ProESOF events will happen before 2020, after which the main event “Trieste – European City of Science” will follow. Our proposal has been positively judged by the proESOF evaluators, and currently we are waiting for their decision regarding the financial support they will provide. The first step will to train a group of people to perform field measurements of light pollution. The second step is to share these results, so the target is the general public in Macedonia. To successfully fight light pollution, anti-light pollution laws have to be made and enforced, so relevant politicians and law makers in Macedonia will be included. We will use the local team who has experience and contacts with the media, so that this event gets covered well. This will be a first meeting of this kind in Skopje, Macedonia which will join experts of the region and offer new ideas to fight light pollution in Macedonia and the Balkans. Macedonia is one of the few countries that is lacking any initiative when it comes to light pollution. It is very important to act timely, also because in Macedonia there are still some regions with dark sky that can be saved. Italy and Slovenia have collaborated previously on several occasion regarding light pollution: the purpose of the project Public Lighting of the Future that was running from 2011 to 2014 was to create a common methodology and database. After our proposed workshop and measurement, the aim will be to include Macedonia in this common effort to fight light light pollution.
Ključne besede: light pollution
Objavljeno v RUNG: 11.09.2018; Ogledov: 3089; Prenosov: 0
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73. How to react to the necessity of a sustainable animal production? The EcoLamb projectTanja Peric, Martina Bergant Marušič, Ario De Marco, Petra Makorič, Sinan Ogun, 2018, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Opis: EcoLamb assesses the sustainability of diverse European sheep production systems focusing on the ecological footprint, animal welfare aspects and nutrition value of lamb meat. The outcomes of these assessments will be used to understand the potential future barriers that limit the innovative capacity and development of the sector and the opportunities that may provide a future market niche against competitive products from other global markets. Farm solutions that incorporate consumer expectations for animal welfare and meat quality will enhance the competitiveness of Europe's lamb meat sector. The project engages trans-national research and industry stakeholders from 6 countries made up of Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey to analyse on 20 case study farms resource-efficient, competitive and low-carbon lamb production models. Direct linkage between animal welfare, meat quality and pharmaceutical use will also be determined using innovative Precision Farming techniques. The project will produce a tool-box of recommendations for productive sheep farm management, supply chain and marketing on how to improve the acceptability of lamb meat by consumers. Thus, the multidisciplinary approach and the multi-actor involvement of the EU sheep sector will assist in re-designing critical aspects to increase society acceptance and the place of lamb meat in future diets and the outcomes of the project will be used by stakeholders to promote changes in farm management, marketing and processing of meat from sheep. Additionally, results will be used by farm consultants, farmer groups and policy officers to re-design consulting approaches and plan new initiatives to make all aspects of the European sheep industry more sustainable.
Ključne besede: sustainable, animal production, lamb, sheep, Jezersko-Solčavska, EcoLamb
Objavljeno v RUNG: 05.09.2018; Ogledov: 3720; Prenosov: 0
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74. Analiza mikroplastike v izbranih površinskih in podzemeljskih kraških vodahLara Valentić, 2018, magistrsko delo Opis: V okviru magistrskega dela smo se osredotočili na postojnsko in škocjansko območje, kjer so bila opravljena vzorčenja ponikalnic Pivke in Reke z delom njunih porečij ter jamami, ki so z rekama povezane. Vzorčenja smo opravili v površinskem toku obeh ponikalnic, iztoku iz čistilne naprave v Postojni in Ilirski Bistrici, v različnih vodnih telesih v jamah (ponvicah, lužah in podzemeljskem toku ponikalnic) ter deževnici na obeh območjih. V okolici Postojne smo vzorčili izvir Malni, ki celotno Pivško kotlino oskrbuje s pitno vodo, in površinski tok reke Unice na Planinskem polju. Na škocjanskem območju smo vzorčili iztok iz smetišča Globovnik pri Ilirski Bistrici, umetno jezero Mola, izvire Timave in izvir Brojenca, ki se neposredno izlivajo v Jadransko morje. Kjer je bilo mogoče, smo odvzeli tudi vzorce sedimenta.
Skupno je bilo z obeh območij zbranih 58 vzorcev vode in 29 vzorcev sedimenta. Izmed vseh 87 vzorcev je bila mikroplastika prisotna v 31 vzorcih – 26 je bilo vodnih vzorcev, mikroplastiko pa je vsebovalo tudi 5 vzorcev sedimenta. Vzorci sedimenta z mikroplastiko so bili najdeni izključno na škocjanskem območju. Mikroplastika je bila najdena tudi v vzorcih deževnice.
Ključne besede: mikroplastika, kraške vode, Postojnska jama, Škocjanske jame, porečje, vodni vzorci, vzorci sedimenta
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76. Prospects for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters with the James Webb Space TelescopeTanja Petrushevska, 2018, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Opis: Galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, can act as gravitational lenses and magnify the light of
objects behind them. The effect enables observations of very distant supernovae, that
otherwise would be too faint to be detected by existing telescopes, and allows studies of
the frequency and properties of these rare phenomena when the universe was young.
Under the right circumstances, multiple images of the lensed supernovae can be
observed, and due to the variable nature of the objects, the difference between the arrival
times of the images can be measured. Since the images have taken different paths
through space before reaching us, the time-differences are sensitive to the expansion rate
of the universe. One class of supernovae, Type Ia, are of particular interest to detect. Their
well known brightness can be used to determine the magnification, which can be used to
understand the lensing systems. I will also report our discovery of the first resolved
multiply-imaged gravitationally lensed supernova Type Ia. I will also show the expectations
of search campaigns that can be conducted with future facilities, such as the James Webb
Space Telescope (JWST) or the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
Ključne besede: Strong lensing, Hubble constant, measuring expansion history with time delays, lensed supernovae
Objavljeno v RUNG: 09.07.2018; Ogledov: 3646; Prenosov: 139
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77. Searching for supernovae in the multiply-imaged galaxies behind the gravitational telescope A370Tanja Petrushevska, Ariel Goobar, D. J. Lagattuta, R. Amanullah, Laura Hangard, S. Fabbro, C. Lindman, K. Paech, J. Richard, J.P. Kneib, 2017, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Aims. Strong lensing by massive galaxy clusters can provide magnification of the flux and even multiple images of the galaxies that lie behind them. This phenomenon facilitates observations of high-redshift supernovae (SNe) that would otherwise remain undetected. Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) detections are of particular interest because of their standard brightness, since they can be used to improve either cluster lensing models or cosmological parameter measurements.
Methods. We present a ground-based, near-infrared search for lensed SNe behind the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Our survey was based on 15 epochs of J-band observations with the HAWK-I instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We use Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry to infer the global properties of the multiply-imaged galaxies. Using a recently published lensing model of Abell 370, we also present the predicted magnifications and time delays between the images.
Results. In our survey, we did not discover any live SNe from the 13 lensed galaxies with 47 multiple images behind Abell 370. This is consistent with the expectation of 0.09 ± 0.02 SNe calculated based on the measured star formation rate. We compare the expectations of discovering strongly lensed SNe in our survey and that performed with HST during the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) programme. We also show the expectations of search campaigns that can be conducted with future facilities, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) or the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). We show that the NIRCam instrument aboard the JWST will be sensitive to most SN multiple images in the strongly lensed galaxies and thus will be able to measure their time delays if observations are scheduled accordingly.
Ključne besede: gravitational lensing: strong / supernovae: general / galaxies: clusters: individual: A 370
Objavljeno v RUNG: 28.06.2018; Ogledov: 3656; Prenosov: 142
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78. Bi-magnetic composite nanoplatelets combining hard-magnetic barium hexaferrite core covered with soft magnetic iron oxide layerBlaž Belec, Darko Makovec, Goran Dražić, Benjamin Podmiljšak, Tanja Goršak, Sašo Gyergek, Matej Komelj, Josep Nogues, vabljeno predavanje na konferenci brez natisa Ključne besede: bi-magnetic nanoparticles, composite nanoparticles, exchange coupling
Objavljeno v RUNG: 05.06.2018; Ogledov: 3881; Prenosov: 0
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79. Supernovae seen through gravitational telescopesTanja Petrushevska, 2018, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci (vabljeno predavanje) Opis: Galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, can act as gravitational lenses and magnify the light of objects behind them. The effect enables observations of very distant supernovae, that otherwise would be too faint to be detected by existing telescopes, and allows studies of the frequency and properties of these rare phenomena when the universe was young. Under the right circumstances, multiple images of the lensed supernovae can be observed, and due to the variable nature of the objects, the difference between the arrival times of the images can be measured. Since the images have taken different paths through space before reaching us, the time-differences are sensitive to the expansion rate of the universe. One class of supernovae, Type Ia, are of particular interest to detect. Their well known brightness can be used to determine the magnification, which can be used to understand the lensing systems. I will also report our discovery of the first resolved multiply-imaged gravitationally lensed supernova Type Ia.
Ključne besede: lensed supernovae, strong lensing
Objavljeno v RUNG: 03.05.2018; Ogledov: 3354; Prenosov: 0
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80. dr. Tanja Peric in dr. Sinan Ogun o projektu EcoLamb: ekološki odtis proizvodnje jagnjetine - možnosti in danostiMarija Brecelj, Tanja Peric, Sinan Ogun, 2018, radijska ali televizijska oddaja, podkast, intervju, novinarska konferenca Ključne besede: EcoLamb, ekološki odtis, jagnjetina, ovčjereja, dobrobit, kakovost, kortizol, dlaka, LCA, meso
Objavljeno v RUNG: 20.03.2018; Ogledov: 3952; Prenosov: 0 |
