Polish Academy Of Sciences Research Articles

CHARAKTERYSTYKA WYBRANYCH PARAMETRÓW POROZY DANIELI ZWYCZAJNYCH ( ˙ DAMA DAMA) HODOWANYCH W POLSCE

The aim of the study was to estimate antler parameters (mass, volume, density) of fallow deer (Dama dama) kept in in the Research Station of the Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kosewo Górne. The study involved 25 stags divided into 4 age groups: 2 years old (n=4); 3 years old (n=4); 4 years old (n=12); 5 years old (n=5). Antlers were cut before rutting when animals already rubbed velvet off. The analyses showed the significant differences in the mass and volume between age groups. Mass and volume increase with age while density was levelled.

Physical Activity and Dietary Habits in Young Females with Varying Levels of Body Fat and Fat Distribution

Abstract Introduction. Physical activity and good diet are the primary determinants of body weight. The aim of the study was to compare physical activity and eating behaviours of overweight and obese females (taking into consideration their body fat distribution) with individuals with normal levels of body fat. Material and methods. The study included females aged 20-35. The study group consisted of 449 subjects, who were categorised into groups based on their body fat percentage: underweight, normal body fat, overweight and obese. The WHR index was computed in individuals who were overweight or obese. The assessment of physical activity levels was conducted using data obtained from the IPAQ, while eating behaviours were examined using the Dietary Habits And Nutrition Beliefs Questionnaire developed by the Polish Academy of Sciences. Results. Females who were overweight or obese exhibited greater values of the examined physical characteristics in comparison to individuals with normal levels of body fat. Subjects with fat tissue in the abdomen area had higher values of somatic characteristics. There were no statistically significant differences in physical activity levels between individuals with normal body fat and overweight or obese females. However, when the second group was divided into those with abdominal fatness and those with peripheral fatness, it was observed that individuals with abdominal fatness had lower levels of physical activity, including both total activity as well as vigorous and moderate activity. There were no significant differences in eating behaviours found between the groups. Conclusions. The amount and placement of fat tissue in young females is more closely linked to their levels of physical activity rather than their eating habits and knowledge about food and nutrition.

Raising awareness on global environmental challenges by bringing polar research closer to the society

The effects of climate change are much more rapid and visible in the Arctic than in the rest of the globe. The Arctic is extremely attractive scientifically and cognitively. Therefore, polar regions may serve as some of the most captivating natural settings capable of engage society in discussions on environmental changes. The primary objective of this paper is to present selected initiatives implemented by the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences that aimed to connect polar research with schools and society, and show evidence on their effectiveness, with special focus on pupils from primary and secondary schools. In this paper, an overview of the educational and science communication initiatives undertaken by the Institute of Geophysics PAS for schools and whole society is presented, with the focus on polar research. Next, some results of the evaluation studies for those projects, that conducted detailed impact assessment, are discussed. Based on the evaluation studies and on general not-structured feedback received from diverse audiences of Institute’s activities, positive impact of bringing polar research closer to the society was observed. Using the Arctic and polar research as a vehicle to inspire interest in science and to raise societal awareness of the environmental challenges in various groups of non-specialists may be a very effective mean of science communication.

European Journal of Geography (Year 2023): Reviewer Appreciation & Publication Recap

European Journal of Geography (Year 2023): Reviewer Appreciation & Publication Recap

1975 – International Women’s Year and the Exhibitions Organised on this Occasion in Warsaw: A Case Study on State Feminism and Art Through a Revisionist Lens

The article centres around International Women’s Year IWY (1975) and the celebrations of this international event in Warsaw – the capital city of the People’s Republic of Poland. Based on archival documents held in the Department of the 20th and 21st Century Visual Arts Documentation at the Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences, correspondence and press reviews, this text describes plans and realisations of art exhibitions related to IWY. This case study aims to add to the growing body of research regarding IWY, especially to the research focused on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain. It adopts a revisionist approach to analysing the intersection of cultural policy and women’s emancipation in the state-socialist context. The 1970s is seen as a unique moment when feminist art rooted in the western second wave met state-socialist initiatives for women’s art.

XXIII CPSYS Interdisciplinary Topics in Mining, Geology and Geomatics

13-15 JUNE 2023 | WROCLAW, POLAND HYBRID EVENT The title of the Conference XXIII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists “Interdisciplinary topics in mining, geology and geomatics” The location and the date of the conference hybrid event – online and onsite conference, 13th to 15th June, 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland XXIIIrd Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists “Interdisciplinary topics in mining, geology and geomatics” continues a series of events that started in 2000 at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Scientific programme of the Conference focuses on four thematic panels:1. Mining Engineering: sustainable development, digitalisation in mining, problems of securing, protecting and using remnants of old mining works, underground mining, open-pit mining, mineral processing, waste management, mining machinery, mine transport, economics in mining, mining aeronautics, ventilation and air conditioning in mines2. Earth and Space Sciences: geology, hydrogeology, environmental protection, extraterrestrial resources, groundwater and medicinal waters, engineering and environmental protection, geotourism3. Geoengineering: environmental protection, applied geotechnics, rock and soil mechanics, geohazards4. Geoinformation: mining geodesy, GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing, geodata modeling and analysis.The XXIII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists was held as a hybrid event, that is as a traditional onsite conference with the possibility in on-line participation in real-time.The XXIII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists took place in 13th to 15th June, 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland. Because the conference focused on four thematic panels, four different special opening lectures were delivered by wellknown scientists:- Professor Tim Wright (University of Leeds, England)- Professor Rubén Galindo-Aires (Technical University of Madrid, Spain)- Professor Przemysław B. Kowalczuk (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)- Dr. Jakub Ciążela (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland).The Conference was divided into 7 oral sessions (with 29 presentations) and 1 poster session (with 40 posters). The amount of time provided to one presentation was 15 minutes, after presentation there was 5 minutes available for discussion. The poster session was available throughout the event, and the posters were available for online viewing on the Conference’s website with the possibility of make discussion and ask questions in real time via zoom meeting application as well.During this year’s Conference, Organizing Committee has prepared a unique opportunity to participate in onsite workshop. The aim of the workshop was to familiarize participants with the capabilities of ArcGIS Pro software in utilizing Deep Learning tools. They were learning how to create training samples, train models, and use them for their research.List of Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee Editorial Team are available in this Pdf.

Activity of Father Władysław Chotkowski (1843–1926) in the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

Władysław Chotkowski (1843–1926), a Catholic priest and patriotic activist, lectured on Church history at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The excellent preacher who addressed national and social issues from the pulpit, he delivered eulogies at the funerals of eminent Poles and notable Kraków figures. The article presents the relationship of Władysław Chotkowski with the Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1883, he was elected a member of the Historical Commission, and in 1901 appointed to the Commission for the History of Polish Literature. Since 1907, he was a corresponding member of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the Academy of Arts and Sciences. As a researcher of the Church history in Galicia, he participated in the meetings of the faculty, during which he presented the results of his research and scientific work that were published by the Academy of Arts and Sciences as dissertations and monographic works. The text, based on archival materials from the resources of the Archive of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU), fills the knowledge gap in the research on the scientific activity of prelate Władysław Chotkowski in the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Korespondencja Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara do Stanisława Tomkowicza z lat 1886–1916 ze zbiorów Biblioteki Naukowej PAU i PAN w Krakowie

Bishop Józef Sebastian Pelczar’s letters of 1886–1916 to Stanisław Tomkowicz from the collection of the Scientific Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow In the Scientific Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow there are rich collections of correspondence of famous people, including those connected with Przemyśl. In this paper the authors analyze 12 letters of Bishop Józef Sebastian Pelczar to Stanisław Tomkowicz of the years 1886–1916. They concern various matters: from religious art to the maintenance works in the Przemyśl Cathedral to political matters. They are a valuable testimony to the extensive interests of the Przemyśl Bishop.

BULGARIAN STUDIES IN THE POLISH LINGUISTICS TODAY: A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE

The object of this article is a number of Bulgarian linguistic research studies in Poland from the beginning of the 21st century until today. The aim is to present the new trends manifested in them, related to the aspect of research and the research methodology. The motive for proceeding to such an overview is dictated by the understanding that knowing the new realities in the Bulgarian studies helps in planning and implementing the policy of the Bulgarian institutions regarding the cooperation with Poland. A review of the most significant publications of recent years is made, which shows that in the Polish Bulgarian studies there is a reorientation of the academic interest - from history to modernity, from the language system to communication and from "pure" linguistics to cultural and cognitive linguistics. It is also characteristic that most of the studies are conducted in a comparative Bulgarian-Polish plan. As a proof of this statement, the most significant publications of Polish researchers of the last two decades are commented on. Among these are scientists from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw University, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Silesian University in Katowice, Mariа Curie-Sklodovska University in Lublin, etc. This reorientation of the academic interest was influenced both by the world processes of globalization and scientific international integration, and to a large extent by the scientific traditions and modern scientific schools existing in Poland.

Unlocking archival maps of the Hornsund fjord area for monitoring glaciers of the Sørkapp Land peninsula, Svalbard

Abstract. Archival maps are an important source of information on the state of glaciers in polar zones and are very often basic research data for analysing changes in glacier mass, extent, and geometry. However, basing a quantitative analysis on archival maps requires that they be standardised and precisely matched against modern-day cartographic materials. This can be achieved effectively using techniques and tools from the field of geographic information systems (i.e. GIS). The objective of this research was to accurately register archival topographic maps of the area surrounding the Hornsund fjord (southern Spitsbergen) published by the Polish Academy of Sciences and to evaluate their potential for use in studying changes in the geometry of glaciers in the north-western part of the Sørkapp Land peninsula in the following periods: 1961–1990, 1990–2010, and 1961–2010. The area occupied by the investigated glaciers in the north-western Sørkapp Land decreased in the years 1961–2010 by 45.6 km2, i.e. by slightly over 16 %. The rate of glacier area change varied over time and amounted to 0.85 km2 yr−1 in the period 1961–1990 and sped up to 1.05 km2 yr−1 after 1990. This process was accompanied by glacier surface lowering by about 90–100 m for the largest land-terminating glaciers on the peninsula and by up to more than 120 m for tidewater glaciers (above the line marking their 1984 extents). The dataset is now available from the Zenodo web portal: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4573129 (Dudek and Pętlicki, 2021).

체제 전환 이후 폴란드 학계에서 논의된 중유럽 지역 명칭 연구

The region called ‘Eastern Europe’ in Korea lies between three European seas - the Adriatic Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea. In the Polish academic world, this region was called Central Europe, Central-Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Southern Europe, or several other ways, depending on time and conditions. And each of these names had justification to be called that. In this paper, the authors will focus on the use of the term ‘Central Europe’ and make the argument. Based on the research achievements of the Institute of Political Studies, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the current discourse in Polish academic world is the subject of this thesis. Numerous attempts have been made to define the concept of Central Europe in Polish literature on international relations. In this process, controversy often arose over which countries should be included in the Central European region. In this paper, while developing the thesis on Central European terminology, it was divided into four stages by period. With the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War in 2022, the concept of ‘Central-Eastern Europe’, which was widely used in Polish academic world, began to lose its reason for existence. In the authors’ opinion, it seems logical to refer to the territory of the Three Seas Initiative as Central Europe. In other words, we conclude that it is reasonable to call Central Europe the group of 12 countries of the Three Seas Initiative, which are members of the European Union.

In Memoriam: Professor Jozef Zwislocki (1922–2018)

Biography of Jozef John Zwislocki (March 22, 1922 – May 14, 2018) – Polish-born American neuroscientist. Granted fellowship into the Acoustical Society of America, as well as membership to the United States National Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Association for Research in Otolaryngology (among others). He worked at Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, taught at the University of Basel, was on a research fellowship at Harvard University, and was member of the Syracuse University faculty. Owner of twelve patents.

A reappraisal of the distribution of the Yellow-headed Manakin (Chloropipo flavicapilla) in Colombia and Ecuador

The Yellow-headed Manakin (Chloropipo flavicapilla) is a rare and threatened species that is thought to occur between the Andes of Colombia and northeastern Ecuador. However, only three records support the presence of C. flavicapilla in Ecuador: a 19th-century specimen from Hacienda Mapoto, Tungurahua province, and two undocumented field observations from the early 1990s — one from Cordillera de Guacamayos and one from Volcán Sumaco. I investigated these records and found that the Mapoto specimen is a Green Manakin (Cryptopipo holochlora) deposited in the Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences (MIZ 22050). The correct specimen identity was reported by Hellmayr (1929), but his notes were overlooked. The two undocumented sightings occurred in well-surveyed areas populated with eBird hotspots that are frequently visited by birders. Furthermore, there are no publicly available records of C. flavicapilla for these locations or anywhere else in Ecuador. Lastly, I analyzed the species distributional limits in southern Colombia. Two biogeographical barriers limit its distribution to northern Ecuador: (1) The Patía Valley in the western Andes and (2) the Colombian Massif in the central and eastern Andes. In conclusion, there is no tangible evidence that C. flavicapilla has been recorded in Ecuador, and based on its current distribution, it should be considered endemic to Colombia.

Report from the debate: How to think with Heidegger against Heidegger?

From the initiative of the Institute of Philosophy of the Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow there was a debate last May that centred on a book by young author Filip Borek from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who is also a member of the board of the Polish Phenomenological Association. His book consists of a phenomenological interpretation of Vom Wesen der Wahrheit [On the Essence of Truth], an important work in which Heidegger explores the essential connection between truth as correctness and freedom. In attendance were the following guests: Maria Gołębiewska (Polish Academy of Sciences), Paweł Korobczak (University of Wrocław), Daniel R. Sobota (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Jacek Surzyn (Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow), as well as the author himself. The debate was led by Magdalena Kozak (Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow).

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).

Historians in the Museum

In the last two decades Poland has experienced a museum boom. The numbers of new, or significantly remade museums, has grown rapidly, along with the growing numbers of museum visitors. Before the pandemic, Polish museums recorded more than thirty-eight million visits a year, a number equal to the size of Poland’s population. Among the most popular, with more than five-hundred thousand visits annually, were newly opened history museums, offering a new, narrative type of exhibition and museum experience. Museums like Warsaw’s Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the European Solidarity Center in Gdańsk have also attracted international attention of museologists and media, earning enthusiastic reviews and major European museum awards. In recent years, however, they became objects of harsh criticism and pressure by politicians of the ruling Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Party (PiS). In this conversation, four Polish historians with substantial museological experience—three museum directors (present or former) and a museologist—talk about museums as institutions to practice history; they discuss what academic historians can learn working at museums, and they dwell on the challenges resulting from the success of museums as vehicles of public history. Piotr Cywiński is by instruction a medieval historian, who for several years has been the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum. Paweł Machcewicz and Dariusz Stola are historians of the twentieth century, currently professors at the Polish Academy of Sciences: Machcewicz was the founding director of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, and Stola was the director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Anna Ziębińska-Witek is a historian and museologist, and she has written extensively on Polish and Eastern European museum exhibitions of twentieth-century history. They met online to react to questions posed by Timothy Snyder, who has written extensively on the history of Poland and Eastern Europe; Snyder has also served on the academic council of the Museum of the Second World War. Stola has edited and translated, from Polish to English, the record of their conversation.

Global trends and hotspots of phage therapy for bacterial infection: A bibliometric visualized analysis from 2001 to 2021.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the main global threats to human health, and just the development of new antimicrobial medications is not enough to solve the crisis. Phage therapy (PT), a safe and effective treatment method, has reignited the interest of researchers due to its efficacy in the clinical treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections. There is, however, no bibliometric analysis of the overall trends on this topic. Therefore, this study aims to provide an overview of the current state of development and research in this area. We extracted all relevant publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database between 2001 and 2021. We performed bibliometric analysis and visualization using CiteSpace, VOS viewer, and R software. Annual trends of publications, countries/regions distributions, institutions, funding agencies, co-cited journals, author contributions, core journals, references, and keywords were analyzed. A total of 6,538 papers were enrolled in this study, including 5,364 articles and 1,174 reviews. Publications have increased drastically from 61 in 2001 to 937 in 2021, with 3,659 articles published in the last 5 years. North America, Western Europe, and East Asia were significant contributor regions. The United States, China, and the United Kingdom were the most productive countries. The Polish Academy of Sciences was the most contributive institution. Frontiers in Microbiology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology were the most productive and co-cited journals. A. Gorski and R. Lavigne published most articles in this field, while V. A. Fischetti was the author with the most cited. Regarding keywords, research focuses include phage biology, phage against clinically important pathogens, phage lysis proteins, phage therapy, biofilm-related research, and recent clinical applications. Phage therapy is a potential strategy for combating antibiotic resistance, and it will provide us with an alternative therapeutic option for bacterial infection. According to global trends, the scientific output of PT in bacterial infections is increasing, with developed countries such as the United States leading the way in this area. Although the safety and efficacy of PT have been proven, more clinical trials on the phages against infectious diseases caused by various pathogens are still needed.

Fifty years of rural and agricultural research. The Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development at the Polish Academy of Sciences (1971–2022)

Fifty years of rural and agricultural research. The Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development at the Polish Academy of Sciences (1971–2022)

Erinnerung an Danzig—kobiety w kulturze muzycznej Gdańska I poł. XX w. w świetle zbiorów PAN Biblioteki Gdańskiej

ABSTRACT Erinnerung an Danzig—Women in the Musical Culture ofDanzig in the First Halfofthe 20th Century in the Polish Academy ofScienc-es Gdańsk Library Collection The pre-war musical culture in Gdańsk / Danzig developed mainly in the Gdańska, kultura muzyczna Gdańska environment of German-speaking Gdańsk residents. After World War II, traces of this musical life remained to a limited extent in the collections of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Gdańsk Library. The preserved materials relating to the pre-war period, apart from books and scientific publications, include documents of everyday life, as well as scores. The testimonies of female musical activity in the city have survived to our times in these collections. In this article, I present the profiles of three women - composers, teachers and performers, who, in the light of the collected materials, can certainly be said to be significant figures in the pre-war musical and social life of Gdańsk. They are: Martha Re-incke, Ella Mertins and Lotte Prins. Their creativity and artistic activity fit into the wider historical perspective of the city, they are also an excellent contribution to the study of social moods for which musical culture was of fundamental importance.

Erinnerung an Danzig—kobiety w kulturze muzycznej Gdańska I poł. XX w. w świetle zbiorów PAN Biblioteki Gdańskiej

ABSTRACT Erinnerung an Danzig—Women in the Musical Culture ofDanzig in the First Halfofthe 20th Century in the Polish Academy ofScienc-es Gdańsk Library Collection The pre-war musical culture in Gdańsk / Danzig developed mainly in the Gdańska, kultura muzyczna Gdańska environment of German-speaking Gdańsk residents. After World War II, traces of this musical life remained to a limited extent in the collections of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Gdańsk Library. The preserved materials relating to the pre-war period, apart from books and scientific publications, include documents of everyday life, as well as scores. The testimonies of female musical activity in the city have survived to our times in these collections. In this article, I present the profiles of three women - composers, teachers and performers, who, in the light of the collected materials, can certainly be said to be significant figures in the pre-war musical and social life of Gdańsk. They are: Martha Re-incke, Ella Mertins and Lotte Prins. Their creativity and artistic activity fit into the wider historical perspective of the city, they are also an excellent contribution to the study of social moods for which musical culture was of fundamental importance.