Rehabilitation of war victims in the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina with special reference to physical injuries.

The number of war victims in need of physical rehabilitation in Bosnia and Hercegovina is not exactly known but less than one per cent of the population. Anyhow physical rehabilitation services needs to be reorganized in the community taking care of about 70-80% of the patients. The rest are partly in need of institutional care, which is also important for training and research purposes. The reorganization of services for the mentally ill is aimed at both war victims and others and reorganized at Community Mental Health Centers. The number of mentally ill war victims is definitely exceeding the number of physically injured from the war.

[The effect of levels of alkali salts in Alginate-LF-250 on physico-mechanical properties of materials used in making impressions based on irreversible colloids]. / Uticaj koncentracije alkalijske soli Alginata LF-250 na fizicko-mehanicka svojstva materijala za uzimanje otisaka na bazi virevezibilnih koloida.

The aim of this paper is the examination of physical-mechanical properties of alginate composition regarding the change of alkali salt alginate composition in the limits of the presence from 8 to 20%, and after the standard ISO 1563, 1978 (E). The combinations make homogenized mixtures of micronized powders of the basic component, retarders, accelerators, system stabilizators, the means for colloides and constituents lowering, which are prepared in the relation of 16 gr/40ml. The change of alkali salt alginate concentration from 8 to 20% does not effect the working time and the time of alginate mash binding, while percentage of permanent deformation of the binding material is larger than the allowed standard after ISO 1563, 1978 (E) in case when alginate alkali salts in the composition are present in the smaller quantity than 12%.