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Rajko Igić

Rajko Igić is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Rajko Igić rather than just read about it. In short: Rajko Igić (born 1937) is a Serbian doctor, scientist, and writer. He is best known for discovery of angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) in the retina, the anti-tobacco movement in Yugoslavia, and a variety of non-scientific texts.

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Reference excerpt

Rajko Igić (born 1937) is a Serbian doctor, scientist, and writer. He is best known for discovery of angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) in the retina, the anti-tobacco movement in Yugoslavia, and a variety of non-scientific texts. Igić is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republic of Srpska.

Early life and education Igić was born in The Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He received his M.D. at the University of Belgrade and Ph.D. at the University of Sarajevo. He was a founding university professor of pharmacology at the University of Tuzla (1978-1992), and the Director of the Department of Scientific, Cultural, and Educational International Exchange for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990-1992), at that time a constituent state of Yugoslavia. His research career included stints in the United States and centered on the renin–angiotensin system. While at the University of Tuzla in the 1980s, Igić organized an early anti-smoking campaign aimed at the territories of former Yugoslavia. An experimental alphabet called "Slavica", fusing Latin and Cyrillic, was devised by linguistic amateur Rajko Igić in 1986 and published in his 1987 book Nova slovarica in a quixotic attempt to mend the linguistic differences and ambiguities between the two alphabets, carefully avoiding graphemes that look alike and following the principle of "one sound, one letter" already accomplished by the Cyrillic alphabet. He was, until retirement in 2007, a senior scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Cook County Hospital. Since then, Igić published several poetry books in English and Serbian.

Work

Books Igić R. Osnovi farmakografije. Sarajevo, Svjetlost, 1978. Igić R. Nova Slovarica. Tuzla, Univerzal, 1987. Igić R. Osnovi gerijatrije. Sombor, Fondacija, 2019.

Notable scientific papers Igić R, Erdos EG, Yeh HS, Sorells K, Nakajima T. Angiotensin I converting enzyme of the lung. Circulation Research 1972;30-31:51-61. Igić R, Robinson CJG, Erdos EG. Angiotensin I converting enzyme in the choroid plexus and in the retina. Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology. Helsinki, 1975, Abstract 408. Igic R, Robinson CJG, Erdos EG. Angiotensin I converting enzyme activity in the choroid plexus and in the retina. In: Buckley JP, Ferrario CM, eds. Central actions of angiotensin and related hormones. New York: Pergamon Press, 1977; pp23-27. Igić R., Robinson CJG, Milošević Ž, Wilson C, Erdos EG. Activity of renin and angiotensin converting enzyme in retina and ciliary body. (In Serbo-Croatian). Liječnički Vjesnik 1977; 99:482-4. Igić R. Four decades of ocular renin-angiotensin and kallikrein-kinin systems (1977-2017). Experimental Eye Research 2018; 166:74-83.

References

"Amid War, Scientific Publication Survives In Former Yugoslav Republics", The Scientist 1997, 11(1):11

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Rajko Igić

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Rajko Igić ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Rajko Igić

In research: Rajko Igić appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Rajko Igić in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Rajko Igić is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1937 births, Creators of writing systems, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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