Green public finance in Poland : current situation and proposals of changes

Głównym celem artykułu jest analiza działań polskiego rządu w zakresie emisji zielonych obligacji. Autorzy na podstawie badań z wykorzystaniem badań jakościowych (analiza danych zastanych, wywiad) podjęli próbę wskazania podstawowych celów i rezultatów działań sprzyjających ochronie środowiska oraz wskazania możliwości rozwoju instrumentów finansowych w obszarze zielonych finansów.The main aim of the article is to analyse the activities of the Polish government in the field of issuing green bonds. The authors attempted, on the basis of qualitative research (research desk, interview), to indicate the basic objectives and results of activities conducive to environmental protection, as well as to indicate the possibilities of developing financial instruments in the area of green finance

Professionalization of the journalist profession in the context of media convergence

The aim of this article is to broaden the current knowledge about changes in the profession of a journalist caused by the digitization and convergence of the media. The authors carried out surveys among journalists, exploring issues related to their opinion on professionalization, the process of changes in the media as well as opportunities and threats indicated by new media

Anti-crisis activities in the area of culture during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic : current status and de lege ferenda conclusions in the scope of increasing civic and institutional participation

Celem artykułu jest analiza różnych rozwiązań prawnych w zakresie wsparcia instytucji kultury w trakcie stanu epidemii. Przeprowadzono przegląd działań Ministerstwa Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego wspierających instytucje kultury w Polsce w czasie epidemii według stanu na maj 2020 r. Na podstawie analizy wskazano wnioski de lege ferenda co do nowych możliwości finansowania działań takich instytucji. Autorzy prezentują rozwiązania prawne dotyczące przekazywania 1% PIT, odliczania darowizn, emisji obligacji przychodowych i dofinansowania w formie skarbowych papierów wartościowych. Wnioski z badań prowadzonych przez autorów osadzone są w obszarze ekonomicznej analizy prawa (Law&Economics).The aim of the article is to analyse alternative legal solutions in the field of supporting cultural institutions during the epidemic. A review of the activities of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in the area of supporting cultural institutions in Poland during the epidemic as of May 2020 was carried out. Based on the analysis, de lege ferenda conclusions regarding new possibilities of financing the activities of such institutions were identified. The authors present legal solutions concerning the transfer of 1% PIT, deduction of donations, issue of revenue bonds and financing in the form of treasury securities. The conclusions of the research conducted by the authors are embedded in the area of economic analysis of law (Law&Economics)

Anthropometric profile of pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a single center one-year follow-up study

Introduction: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an aggressive form of therapy which leads to malnutri­tion requiring nutritional support. The aim of our study was to evaluate if the growth of children is affected by HSCT and what the relevant factors are. Methods: We analyzed changes in anthropometric measures of 79 pediatric patients who underwent allogeneic HSCT. Nutritional status was assessed based on weight and height measurements collected prior to HSCT and within 12 months post-transplantation. Body weight and height were referred to the age of patients using available z-score calculators. Results: Compared to the first measurement, the weight-for-age and height-for-age z-scores were significantly reduced in all following measurements within a 1-year follow-up. The most severe weight loss occurred on the last day of hospitalization related to HSCT, while the height gain declined progressively after HSCT. The presence of acute graft versus host disease (GvHD) and the use of a total body irradiation-based regimen were found to be risk factors for a severe slowdown of weight gain, while acute GvHD of the gastrointestinal tract, chronic GvHD and the use of parenteral nutri­tion were risk factors for a decline in height gain. Conclusions: Patients treated with allogeneic HSCT demonstrate a reduction in the pace of growth. HSCT recipients complicated by GvHD require prolonged and close weight and height monitorin

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4C Mortality Score correlates with in-hospital functional outcome after COVID-19-associated ischaemic stroke

Aim of the study. The 4C Mortality Score was created to predict mortality in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and has to date been evaluated only in respiratory system disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate its application in patients with COVID-19-associated acute ischaemic stroke (AIS).Clinical rationale for study. COVID-19 is a risk factor for AIS. COVID-19-associated AIS results in higher mortality and worse functional outcome. Predictors of functional outcome in COVID-19-associated AIS are required.Materials and methods. This was a retrospective observational study of patients with AIS hospitalised in seven neurological wards in Małopolska Voivodship (Poland) between August and December 2020. We gathered data concerning the patients’ age, sex, presence of cardiovascular risk factors, type of treatment received, and the presence of stroke-associated infections (including pneumonia, urinary tract infection and infection of unknown source). We calculated 4C Mortality Score at stroke onset, and investigated whether there was a correlation with neurological deficit measured using the National Health Institute Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and functional outcome assessed using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at discharge.Results. The study included 52 patients with COVID-19-associated AIS. The 4C Mortality Score at stroke onset correlated with mRS (rs = 0.565, p < 0.01) at discharge. There was also a statistically significant difference in the mean 4C Mortality Score between patients who died and patients who survived the stroke (13.08 ± 2.71 vs. 9.85 ± 3.47, p = 0.04).Conclusions and clinical implications. 4C Mortality Score predicts functional outcome at discharge in COVID-19-associated AIS patients

Systematic, continental scale temporal monitoring of marine pelagic microbiota by the Australian Marine Microbial Biodiversity Initiative

Sustained observations of microbial dynamics are rare, especially in southern hemisphere waters. The Australian Marine Microbial Biodiversity Initiative (AMMBI) provides methodologically standardized, continental scale, temporal phylogenetic amplicon sequencing data describing Bacteria, Archaea and microbial Eukarya assemblages. Sequence data is linked to extensive physical, biological and chemical oceanographic contextual information. Samples are collected monthly to seasonally from multiple depths at seven sites: Darwin Harbour (Northern Territory), Yongala (Queensland), North Stradbroke Island (Queensland), Port Hacking (New South Wales), Maria Island (Tasmania), Kangaroo Island (South Australia), Rottnest Island (Western Australia). These sites span ~30° of latitude and ~38° longitude, range from tropical to cold temperate zones, and are influenced by both local and globally significant oceanographic and climatic features. All sequence datasets are provided in both raw and processed fashion. Currently 952 samples are publically available for bacteria and archaea which include 88,951,761 bacterial (72,435 unique) and 70,463,079 archaeal (24,205 unique) 16 S rRNA v1-3 gene sequences, and 388 samples are available for eukaryotes which include 39,801,050 (78,463 unique) 18 S rRNA v4 gene sequences

Multidifferential study of identified charged hadron distributions in ZZ-tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at s=\sqrt{s}=13 TeV

Jet fragmentation functions are measured for the first time in proton-proton collisions for charged pions, kaons, and protons within jets recoiling against a $Z$ boson. The charged-hadron distributions are studied longitudinally and transversely to the jet direction for jets with transverse momentum 20 $< p_{\textrm{T}} < 100$ GeV and in the pseudorapidity range $2.5 < \eta < 4$. The data sample was collected with the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.64 fb$^{-1}$. Triple differential distributions as a function of the hadron longitudinal momentum fraction, hadron transverse momentum, and jet transverse momentum are also measured for the first time. This helps constrain transverse-momentum-dependent fragmentation functions. Differences in the shapes and magnitudes of the measured distributions for the different hadron species provide insights into the hadronization process for jets predominantly initiated by light quarks.Comment: All figures and tables, along with machine-readable versions and any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-013.html (LHCb public pages