Dr Hab Research Articles

In memoriam of Prof. dr hab. med. Hans-Rudolf Henche the distinguished orthopedist and leading promoter of arthroscopic operations in Germany

The article presents the biography of Professor Hans-Rudolf Henche and his relations with the Polish orthopaedic community.

Report on the scientific conference Transformations

As the world today faces various contingencies connected with the results of the global pandemic, multiple economic challenges, military conflicts, and a major environmental crisis, the University Ignatianum in Krakow has offered a new academic platform to exchange opinions and ideas regarding the transformation occurring in the contemporary world. In this spirit, the Organising Committee (dr Sylwia Janina Wojciechowska; dr Agnieszka Cierpich-Kozieł; and dr Aleksandra Kamińska), with the assistance of the Advisory Board (dr hab. Anna Bugajska, prof. AIK; dr hab. Krystyna Zabawa, prof. AIK; dr hab. Gerard Kilroy, prof. AIK; dr hab. Grażyna Maria Teresa Branny; dr Dominika Ruszkiewicz; dr Marek Liszka), as the staff members of the Institute of Modern Languages UIK, had the pleasure to introduce a new series of international conferences to be held cyclically at the Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow. The Transformations Conferences will provide a discussion platform for literary and culture scholars as well as linguists specialising in the field of Anglophone studies, with each edition centred around a different topic.

Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Paweł Smolewski. 25 December 1960–19 March 2023

Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Paweł Smolewski. 25 December 1960–19 March 2023

AHP/ANP Applications in Economic Policy, Business, and Management with the T. L. Saaty Decision Making Hackathon at ICEFM 2022

Under the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Lima, Peru, and the Embassy of Peru in Poland, the city of Wieliczka hosted the 21st Polish-Peruvian conference in the series ECONOMY-FINANCE-MANAGEMENT, entitled "Contemporary Challenge in Economic Policy, Business and Management" on October 22–25, 2022 The conference was also under the Honorary Patronage of the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Peru and the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Krakow. The main organizers of this conference were the Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, IE PAS (Dr hab. Anna Ujwary-Gil, Conference Chair and Head of Scientific Committee), the Mayor of the City and Commune of Wieliczka (Dr. Artur Kozioł, Conference Chair - Wieliczka), and the Centrum PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú (Dr. Anna Florek-Paszkowska, Conference Chair - Perú).

Research profile and bibliography of Professor Łucja Biel

This article consists of two sections. The first outlines the research profile of Dr hab. Łucja Biel, Prof. ucz., a Polish linguist recognised nationwide and internationally who specializes in the analysis of legal varieties of Polish and English in the context of legal translation studies, corpus linguistics and translator training. The second part contains a detailed list of publications (co-)authored or co-edited by Łucja Biel and published between 2004 and 2022.

Good practice of making art and culture accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing, on the example of the Deafland exhibition at the Silesian Museum in Katowice

The issue of the accessibility of culture and art for deaf and hard of hearing people is the topic of the implementation doctoral dissertation conducted by the author of the article under the supervision of dr hab. prof. University of Lodz Aneta Pawłowska as part of the Doctoral School of Humanities at the University of Lodz and the Association Social Support "Ja-Ty-My" in Lodz entitled: The problem of accessibility of information in public institutions and social economy entities in the field of culture and art for people with hearing loss and disabilities in Poland. Recommendations and standards.
 The article is an attempt to look from the point of view of a researcher - a deaf person - insider, at the issue of the broadly understood accessibility and significance of the Deafland (Głusza) exhibition at the Silesian Museum in Katowice (a breakthrough in Poland in terms of the subject matter and the model of available technical solutions for people with special needs).

Działalność Ligi Kobiet na Białostocczyźnie w latach 1945–1989, ss. 456

Doctoral dissertation „The activity of the Women’s League in the Białystok region in the years 1945–1989”, written under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Dajnowicz, deals with the activity of a mass women’s organization operating in the period of People’s Poland. The aim of the work was to show the evolution of the activities undertaken by the Women’s League in the north-eastern part of People’s Poland in the light of socio-political and economic conditions in the country. The self-report of the doctoral dissertation covers the main assumptions of the doctoral dissertation, the source materials and research methods used, the structure of the work and final conclusions.

Polemic with the review of the publication entitled Methodology as a way out. Research approaches and educational practices in andragogical studies on motherhood (Wrocław 2020) published by dr hab. Edyta Zierkiewicz in the journal Ars Educandi 18/2021.

The text is a polemic review of the publication entitled Methodology as a way out. Research approaches and educational practices in andragogical studies on motherhood (Wrocław 2020) published by dr hab. Edyta Zierkiewicz in the Ars Educandi magazine. The discussion is the result of a different methodological worldview of the author of the monograph and the author of the review. Nevertheless, the priority of this text is to express disagreement with the aggressive tone of the reviewer's statements, as well as the practices she uses to discredit the reviewed monograph.

Guidelines of prevention, recognition and treatment of osteoporotic bone fractures.

Population aging makes osteoporotic fractures (OP) an increasingly serious healthcare problem. It is estimated that there are approximately 2,200,000 people with an osteoporotic fracture in Poland, and according to the NFZ (National Health Found) report 126,100 new fractures were registered in 2018, including 34,700 fractures of the proximal femur (PFF). Surgical treatment of OP fractures is difficult due to local conditions and the general health condition of the patients. Reduced bone strength makes it difficult to achieve permanent bone fixation and union.The current "Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporotic bone fractures" is an update of the 2017 version (previous versions: 2007, 2012) taking into account the progress made in this area of knowledge and practice. The latest principles of conduct have been created on the basis of contemporary world standards and publications. The recommended methods of treating fractures will be discussed: of the PFF, distal end of the radius, proximal end of the humerus and the spine. Particular attention has been paid to the management of patients with PFF, because the average age - 80 years causes that an average of 29.4% of patients in Poland die within a year after the fracture (data from the National Health Fund). After sustaining a fracture, the risk of a consecutive one increases 210 times, so the surgeon is required not only to treat the fracture, but also to implement fracture prophylaxis. The study will also present the principles of diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.The presented guidelines were adopted in August 2022 as an official document of the National Consultant in the field of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the bone and joints system and the President of the Polish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology. The leading author was Prof. dr hab. med. Edward Czerwiski.

Uprawnienia i obowiązki podmiotu habilitującego w postępowaniu o nadanie stopnia doktora habilitowanego

The issue of awarding academic degrees and titles has been regulated by law in Poland since 1920 and has evolved significantly over the course of the century. The promotion procedure, the effect of which is the award of the degree of habilitated doctor, is conducted at individual stages of the first-instance procedure by the Council of Scientific Excellence and the habilitation entity. It is worth bearing in mind that the purpose of this procedure is to issue a decision of great social im-portance, not only for the person concerned, but also for the scientific community, and even more broadly, for everyone who, as a university student, would like to formally put their knowledge to use. This publication introduces the role of the Scientific Excellence Council, the habilitation entity and the habilitation committee in this procedure. Within this framework, the entire procedure for awarding the degree of habili-tated doctor (dr hab.) falls within the remit of the habilitation entity. On the other hand, the tasks of the Scientific Excellence Council include only taking certain actions in the procedure for awarding the habilitation degree. This is because the application for the initiation of the procedure is submitted to this Council, which, having formally assessed it, transfers the application to the habilitation entity. The Council’s participation in the procedure at the stage of the first-instance procedure ends with it appointing part of the habilitation committee. The essential role of the Council may be revealed only after the end of the procedure. It is the Coun-cil that hears the case in secondary proceedings, should an appeal be lodged. If a postdoctoral researcher exercises their right to lodge an appeal to the Council of Scientific Excellence through the postdoctoral entity, this opens up the possibility of exercising a very important right, namely remonstration, which consists in making the self-verification of the decision issued by it pursuant to Art. 132 of the Code.

Organ accompaniment to silent films, Part 4 - Theater organ

The idea to write music for silent films, both in a form of written-down scores and composed live has experienced its renaissance for more than ten years. Thanks to a quite decent number of preserved theatre instruments and also due to the globalisation and wide data flow options connected with it, the knowledge and interest in Anglo-Saxon tradition of organ accompaniment in cinema were able to spread away from its place of origin. The article is the last part of four attempts to present the phenomenon of combination of the art of organ improvisation with cinematography and it was based on the fragments of the doctoral thesis entitled “Current methods of organ improvisation as performance means in the accompaniment for silent films based on the selected musical and visual work”. The dissertation was written under the upervision of prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Karolak and was defended at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in 2020. The article touches on the theatre organ.

Edukacyjna rola „Przyjaciółki” w życiu kobiet wiejskich PRL-u w latach 1956–1975, ss. 269

Self-report of the doctoral dissertation entitled The educational role of “Friend” in the life of rural women in the People’s Republic of Poland in the years 1956–1975 written under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Dajnowicz presents the activities of the most popular women’s magazine published during the People’s Republic of Poland for the dissemination of knowledge among rural women. The author presents the cognitive purpose of the work, research questions, sources used in the doctoral dissertation, as well as research methods. The self-report presents the structure of the dissertation along with a synthetic discussion of each of the chapters of the work, as well as the final conclusions contained in the dissertation.

Elżbieta Trela-Kieferling (ed.), Nakopalniane pracownie krzemieniarskie z okresu neolitu w Bęble, stan. 4, woj. Małopolskie [Neolithic Flint Workshops at the Mine in Bębło, Site 4, Małopolska]. Kraków 2021, Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie. Biblioteka Muzeum Archeologicznego w Krakowie vol. X, pp. 204, 68 illustrations (57 colour, 11 black-white), 72 plates and 37 tables

This monograph on the Neolithic flint workshops of the Bębło mining complex (Cracow district, Lesser Poland Voivodeship) appeared in 2021, published by the Archaeological Museum in Kraków with financial aid from the Ministry of Cultural and National Heritage, National Heritage Board of Poland and the Marshal’s Office of the Małopolska Region. The editor of the publication is Elżbieta Trela-Kieferling. The book appeared in the series „Biblioteka Muzeum Archeologicznego w Krakowie” [The Library of the Archaeological Museum in Kraków], edited by Dr hab. Jacek Górski. It is the tenth volume in the series, which has appeared since 2006, and is a commemorative volume, dedicated to the initiator of the series, Dr. Jacek Rydzewski.

Społeczna i polityczna rola kobiet z kręgów władzy w państwach krzyżowych i Bizancjum w okresie od pierwszej do czwartej krucjaty, ss. 353

The PhD dissertation “Social and political roles of Women connected with power and authority in Crusader States and Byzantium from the first to the fourth Crusade” was written under the supervision of dr hab. Rafał Kosiński prof. UwB. The work concerns women’s participation in power and authority and their hidden influence in Crusader States and Byzantium in the twelfth century. Its purpose is to compare women’s roles in politics in Western Europe, Outremer and Byzantine Empire. Moreover this work is concentrated on establishing differences and similarities between overmentioned countries and it attempts to explain their causes. It uses mostly narrative sources in Latin and Greek. Sociological theory of social roles (created by Florian Znaniecki and Erving Goffman) was used as an analytical method. Thanks to it the work established nine basic tasks connected to the social role of queen, empress or generally female ruler. Based on that were created models of ideal female ruler in the West, Crusader states and Byzantium, which could be compared relatively easily.

Kierunki badań historii kobiet w Polsce – stan badań i perspektywy na przykładzie wybranych zagadnień

The article is a report on the state of research carried out under the grant of the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the name DIALOG in 2019–2021 and participation in the research project entitled „Women’s History Research Center”, No. 0016/DLG/2019/10 – of the research team of prof. related dr hab. Jolanta Chwastyk-Kowalczyk with PhD students: Agnieszka Śliwa, Agnieszka Warzyńska, and Emilia Pobocha.

Painting in the exhibition space, interactions

The article is based on the author's search for the relationship between painting and architecture and experiencing the space in the context of using its potential for painting exhibition. This is a summary of research carried out in 2017- 2019 at the Faculty of Architecture of Poznań University of Technology, entitled "Artwork in architecture".
 This project aimed to explore the relationship between art and architectural space. Participation in the collective exhibitions, as a part of the first research stage, and the implementation of individual exhibitions in the second stage of the project, have become the basis for author's decisions in this field. The research findings were included in two monographs by a two-person research team, made up of prof. dr hab. Andrzej Maciej Łubowski and dr hab. Joanna Stefańska, titled "SPACES, artwork in architecture" and "RELATIONS, artwork in architecture", PUT Publishing House 2019, 2020. Searching for the best means of recording meaning and emotions connected with the theme of landscape undertaken by the author as well as the thoroughly analysed issue of the functioning of paintings series in the context of the exhibition space, translate into the process of exploration a relationship between artwork and architecture. The exhibition of paintings and selection of proper exhibition space affect an artwork’s reception. The exhibition’s design should exhaust the relationship between contemplation and dialogue in both the painting space and the broader architectural context. It can be stated that the mutual relationship of the artwork and the architectural space surrounding it affects the artwork’s meaning and aesthetics as well as the architecture’s perception.

Organ accompaniment to silent films, part 3 – the activity of Robert Hope-Jones and its importance

The idea to write music for silent films, both in a form of written-down scores and composed live has experienced its renaissance for more than ten years. Thanks to a quite decent number of preserved theatre instruments and also due to the globalisation and wide data flow options connected with it, the knowledge and interest in Anglo-Saxon tradition of organ accompaniment in cinema were able to spread away from its place of origin. The article is the third part of four attempts to present the phenomenon of combination of the art of organ improvisation with cinematography and it was based on the fragments of the doctoral thesis entitled “Current methods of organ improvisation as performance means in the accompaniment for silent films based on the selected musical and visual work”. The dissertation was written under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Karolak and was defended at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in 2020. The article focuses on the profile of Robert Hope-Jones, an eccentric creator of cinema organ. It describes the period preceding the time when typical theatre instruments called “Mighty Wurlitzer” acquired their final shape, i.e., from the introduction of first electromagnetic tracture innovations in England, to the establishment of Hope Jones’s collaboration with the Wurlitzer company in the United States of America and the creation of instruments of the Unit Organ type.

Organ accompaniment to silent films, part 2

The idea to write music for silent films, both in a form of written-down scores and composed live has experienced its renaissance for more than ten years. Thanks to a quite decent number of preserved theatre instruments and also due to the globalisation and wide data flow options connected with it, the knowledge and interest in Anglo-Saxon tradition of organ accompaniment in cinema were able to spread away from its place of origin. The article is the second part of four attempts to present the phenomenon of combination of the art of organ improvisation with cinematography and it was based on the fragments of the doctoral thesis entitled “Current methods of organ improvisation as performance means in the accompaniment for silent films based on the selected musical and visual work”. The dissertation was written under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Karolak and was defended at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in 2020. The article touches on the process of adding sound to silent films, creating publications containing the so-called genre music (i.e., music for specific tyles of scenes), as well as cue-sheets which appeared since 1909 and which were particularly useful for improvising pianists and organists. It also describes the practice of orchestra accompaniment and different sizes of lineups connected with it.

Rzeczpospolita Polska a współczesne wyzwania (globalnego) terroryzmu. Przyczynek do zrozumienia relacji terroryzmu, polityki i (edukacji dla) bezpieczeństwa

This article is a combination of reporting and analysis, constituting a relatively innovative approach in the scientific literature. It combines a report on a science-topical conference with the author’s attempt to weigh up and analyse the 16 years (as of 2017 – Z.M.) of the “war on terror” in terms of security (both external and internal) and the Republic of Poland’s raison d’état with particular emphasis on what are termed “contemporary challenges and threats”, dynamically occurring in the so-called “broad security environment” (in the perspective of Central and Eastern Europevs. the EU and NATO) (see: Summary and Conclusions). The author has used his own holistic analytical-synthetic and predictive method in accordance with the analytical paradigm proposed by Col. dr hab. Mirosław Banasik (Ph.D.), professor at UJK (Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland) (2018 – see especially: p. 13).

Authority as the Foundation for Managing the Formation of the Young Generation in the Age of Modern Threats

Purpose: The aim of the article is to represent the research methods applied within a framework of the research entitled “Authority as the Foundation for Managing the Formation of the Young Generation in the Age of Modern Threats” carried out by prof. dr hab. Jan Zimny and within the frame of the project for 2020 “Towards the Area of New Trends in Scientific Research”. Design/Methodology/Approach: The introduction of this article presents the justification of the needs to undertake the research in regards to the presented problem followed by the explanation of what authority is, how it should be understood, how authority is understood and expected by young generation. The use of selected research methods made it possible to achieve the aim of the research and confirm the initial research hypotheses in the form of the question, to what extent the authority of parents is still important today for the contemporary young generation. Findings: The research problem has been solved in the course of scientific process which concerned the role and the importance of authority in the process of managing the formation of the young generation in the era of contemporary threats. The research has verified the hypotheses and has given an unambiguous answer in respect to this topic. Practical Implications: The analysis of the research made it possible to clearly indicate which values of parental authority play an important role in the formation of the young generation. Originality/value: The application of the methods presented in the article contributed to the enrichment of knowledge in the field of the young generation’s expectations concerning the role of authority in the process of managing its formation, on the other hand, - in the axiological sense – there have been pointed out the challenges faced by those who form the young generation.