Amorpha fruticosa L. (Fabaceae), known as indigo bush, false indigo bush, false indigo and desert false indigo, is deciduous shrub (1-6 m tall). The woody weed species A. fruticosa has a high environmental adaptability and is present in different environmental conditions. In Vojvodina region (Northern Serbia), it is mostly present near irrigation channels and river banks, especially in alluvial or marshy areas. Since A. fruticosa is continually spreading near river banks, the aim of research was to determine seed bank composition near the Danube River. In 2014, soil sampling was performed at localities with high population of A. fruticosa (3-4 plants at age over two years and 10-14 plants at age 1-2 years). Soil samples were taken from two localities (Futog and Šangaj) with alluvial sandy soil and chernozem near the Danube River. Each sample was sieved through a system of copper sieves of various diameters. After the separation of seeds from samples, they were identified. Significant presence of A. fruticosa seeds (1,914 seeds/m²) was established in a layer of 0-10 cm. In the same soil layer, the significant presence of seeds of Stellaria media (L.) Vill. and Urtica dioica L. were also established. Seeds of A. fruticosa were not found in soil layers 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm. The invasive weed species A. fruticosa produces a large number of seeds in two cycles. The majority of the seeds stay in the upper soil layer, being dispersed by water (hydrochory).

Alarm systems represent a combination of the various modern engineering solutions (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, etc.) with the primary goal to protect human lives, living and working environment, and material properties. Detectors are basic and common components of these systems. There are many different kinds of detectors which usage depends on system solutions, prices, and other technical properties of system application. Different types of non-typical lines can be used as detectors in alarm systems, such as coaxial cables or special constructed electrical lines. The change of some parameters of cables, such as capacity, impedance, resistance or similar, according to temperature, pressure, torsion or other disturbances, can be used for detection of intruder or fire. This work presents experimental results obtained on three different types of coaxial cables: in order to show changes of capacity as a consequence of heating due to growth of surrounding temperature, and consequently, possible application of cables as fire detector. Before an experiment, a simulation of fire in laboratory 113 in the Electrotechnical school Nikola Tesla in Niš was made in fire dynamic simulator software to show the possible spreading of fire, and consequently, to find optimal location for coaxial cables as fire detectors.

An idealized temperature curve of compartment fire has three, distinct phases: growth phase, steady-burning (or fully developed) phase, and decay phase. Standard temperature-time curves are not suitable for describing the fire phenomena because it does not take into account fire load nor ventilation conditions, and fire according to these curves never decays. The temperature curve of compartment fire, especially the growth phase, may be treated like pulse phenomena. This means that it is possible to approximate the fire development with some suitable function that satisfactory describes the pulse phenomena. The shape of the time-temperature curve for fire with flashover has characteristic peak before the decay phase, or slow decreases before the decay phase - in absence of flashover. In this paper we propose the definition of the time-temperature curve by means of a unique function in which the quantities of fuel and ventilation conditions are defined with parameters. This function is very convenient for approximation of the development of compartment fire with flashover, for smouldering combustion which has fire curve without characteristic peak, this function can be used only for approximation of growth period of fire.

Fire protection systems present very complex real time systems that comprehend many different parts. Fire detectors present one of those parts. Fire detectors could be divided on several different ways depended on criteria. Very frequently used detectors in many fire protection systems were heat and smoke detectors. Their main role is to detect fire at early stage. Their number and arrangement in object is strictly regulated by proper standards. For some cases, there were certain differences between standards. This paper has written to show the potential arrangement of smoke and heat detectors in object with hallways realized by simulation in PyroSim 2012 simulator. Key words: detector, arrangement, simulation

Finite element simulation of fluid-structure interaction was used to investigate patient-specific flow dynamics and wall mechanics at coronary artery bifurcations. Simulation model revealed that lateral walls of the main branch and lateral walls distal to the carina are exposed to low endothelial shear stress which is a predilection site for development of atherosclerosis. This conclusion is confirmed by the low values of oscillatory shear index in those places.