Kas yra lietuvis? Vladislavo Mickevičiaus tėvynės paieškos

Władysław Mickiewicz (1838–1926) was one of most active members of the Polish-Lithuanian diaspora: biographer, journalist, librarian, translator, political, social activist, and prolific publicist. Despite all this, he was mainly known as a son and a follower of his father, the great poet Adam Mickiewicz. The lives of these two men intertwined in many ways: both of their youth years were marked by great rebellions, and both had missed them, both having spent most of their adult lives in Paris, writing and dreaming about their motherland. However, while for Adam the motherland was the land of his childhood and youth, for Władysław, it was not that easy to define. For him, Lithuania, Poland, and his great Father had formed a certain ideal – an ideal to live for. Władysław Mickiewicz was a servant of this ideal all his life, constantly pre-serving, popularizing, and sometimes interpreting it – the legacy of his father. These ideals of an eternal Union between Poland and Lithuania, of an archaic Lithuanian Arcadia somewhere in a secluded part of the world, looked so natural in the Romantic days of the poet. It had grown less and less clear at the second part of the 19th century, and especially during the turbulent years of the First World War and the beginning of the interbellum, which brought such a sharp division between Polish and Lithuanian identities, making old ideals appear strange and antiquated. Yet despite this, Władysław Mickiewicz never renounced them. This article explores his life, writings, and the interpretations of the works of his father with the hope of finding his true motherland.Straipsnyje pristatomas Adomo Mickevičiaus sūnaus, leidėjo ir biografo Vladislavo Mickevičiaus gyvenimas, jo pažiūrų ir tautinio identiteto evoliucija, ypatingą dėmesį skiriant jo santykiams su Lietuva („Lietuvomis“ – realiu kraštu ir pusiau mitologine jo tėvo tėvyne). Amžių sandūroje kuriantis nepriklausomoms valstybėms, tautinio identiteto problema paliečia ir išeiviją. Atskleidžiama V. Mickevičiaus transformacija: nuo aktyvaus kovotojo už unijinę Lietuvos–Lenkijos valstybę iki idėjinio vizijoje likusios valstybės tėvynainių rėmėjo

Structural interpretations of empirical regularities in macroeconomics

Defence date: 25 October 2023Examining board: Prof. Evi Pappa, (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, supervisor); Prof. Leonardo Melosi, (University of Warwick, co-supervisor); Prof. Nadav Ben Zeev, (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev); Prof. Andrea Colciago, (University of Milano Bicocca & Dutch Central Bank)In the first chapter, joint with Andrej Sokol and Mario Porqueddu, we quantify the effects of wage bargaining shocks on macroeconomic aggregates. We identify exogenous variation in bargaining power from episodes of minimum wage introduction and industrial disputes. This narrative information disciplines impulse responses to a wage bargaining shock of unemployment and output, and sharpens inference. We also find that wage bargaining shocks explain a sizeable share of aggregate fluctuations in unemployment and inflation, that their pass-through to prices is very close to being full, and that they imply plausible dynamics for the vacancy rate, firms’ profits, and the labour share. In the second chapter, joint with Federica Brenna, we build a framework to extract judgement components from survey forecasts, and analyse to what extent it contributes to respondents’ disagreement. We find for average respondent a sizable contribution of judgement about current quarters, which steers unconditional forecasts towards the realisation, improving accuracy. We identify the structural components of judgement and give an economic interpretation to expected future shocks. For individual respondents, about one third of disagreement is due to differences in models used, the remaining comes from different assessments about future shocks; the latter mostly concern the size of shocks, while there is a general agreement on their source. Finally, in the third chapter, I focus on the extent to which public demand and procurement markets can affect individual firms. To do so, I build a novel database with firm-level data on US government procurement programs and establish the unpredictability of competitive contracts. I then explore the effects of procurement contracts on firms’ balance sheets and find a significant positive impact on winning firms’ sales, profits and investments. I show that public procurement can dampen perceived uncertainty and volatility associated with the firm in times of stringent financial conditions. I generalise my findings in a structural model, which provides a deeper understanding of the design of procurement markets and their interplay with public policies.-- 1. Striking a Bargain: Narrative Identification of Wage Bargaining Shocks -- 2. The Term Structure of Judgment: Interpreting Survey Disagreement -- 3. Consumer of Last Resort: Government procurement, firm-level evidence and the macroeconomy -- Appendix to chapter 1 -- Appendix to chapter 2 -- Appendix to chapter

Occurrence and biology of Pseudogonalos hahnii (Spinola, 1840) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) in Fennoscandia and the Baltic states

Pseudogonalos hahniiis the only known species of Trigonalidae in Europe. It is a hyperparasitoid of lepidopteran larvae via ichneumonid primary parasitoids. Possibly, it has also been reared from a symphytan larva. We report the species for the first time from Estonia, Lithuania and Russian Fennoscandia, and list all known observations from Finland and Latvia. An overview of the biology of the species is presented with a list of all known host records

LIETUVIŲ TRADICINIO DAINAVIMO DERMIŲ KITIMAS EKVITONIKOS IR DIATONIKOS SANTYKIO ASPEKTU

Musical scales in the Lithuanian vocal tradition and their transformations in the 20th century are discussed. Different ethno-musicological viewpoints of traditional music scales are reviewed. An alternative viewpoint of “loosely-knit” scales with intervals differing from tones and semitones is presented, in contrast to the paradigm of “Ancient Greek” diatonic modes, which is still prevalent in Lithuania. Non-diatonic scales with properties similar to equitonics (an equidistant scale) are found in some European folk musics, as well as in the Lithuanian vocal tradition (including old recordings). Thirty folk song recordings from different periods were explored. Acoustical measurements were performed and the scales were evaluated. The method of diatonic contrast was applied to quantify the equitonics/diatonics of the scales. Cluster analysis was applied to identify possible groups of the different scales. Research was carried out to find out the ratio of equitonics and diatonics in Lithuanian folk songs from different periods of the 20th century.KEY WORDS: diatonics, equitonics, ancient Greek modes, Lithuanian folk songs, acoustical analysis, diatonic contrast, cluster analysis

Artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging: how it can really affect diagnostic image quality and confuse clinical diagnosis?

Different kinds of artifacts can occur during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans due to hardware or software related problems, human physiologic phenomenon or physical restrictions. Some of them can seriously affecting diagnostic image quality, while others may simulate or be confused with different pathology. On another word artifact as an artificial feature appearing in an image that is not present in the original investigative object. It is important to recognize these artifacts according to a basic understanding of their origin, especially those mimicking pathology, as they can lead to incorrect diagnosis and cause serious after-effects on patient’s health and outcomes. We presented an overview of the most common MRI artifacts and methods to fix or rectify them. We also provide the original artifacts images and statistics from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinical Hospital, Dept of Radiology, mainly obtained from image databases and some images from data base of other Lithuanian hospitals

Artifacts in computer tomography imaging: how it can really affect diagnostic image quality and confuse clinical diagnosis?

Different kinds of artifacts can occur during a computer tomography (CT) scans due to hardware or software related problems, human physiologic phenomenon or physical restrictions. Some of them can seriously affecting diagnostic image quality, while others may simulate or be confused with different pathology. On another words artifact is an artificial feature appearing in an image that is not present in the original investigative object. It is important to recognize these artifacts according to a basic understanding of their origin, especially those mimicking pathology, as they can lead to incorrect diagnosis and cause serious after-effects on patient’s health. We presented an overview of the most common CT artifacts and methods to fix or rectify them. We also provide the original artifacts images and statistics from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinical Hospital obtained from image databases

Patient-Centered Care: An Examination of Provider–Patient Communication Over Time

Objective: To examine the quality of provider communication over time considering the increasing emphasis on patient-centered care (PCC). Patient-centered care has been shown to have a positive impact on health outcomes, care experiences, quality-of-life, as well as decreased costs. Given this emphasis, we expect that provider–patient communication has improved over time. Data Source: We collected primary data by self-report surveys between summer 2017 and fall 2018. Study Design: We use a quantitative retrospective cohort study of a national sample of 353 patients who had an ostomy surgery. Data Extraction Method: We measure provider communication from open-ended self-reports from patients of the number of stated inadequacies in their care. Principal Findings: Results show that the time since patients had their surgery is related to higher quality provider communication. That is, patients who had their surgery further back in time reported higher quality provider communication compared with patients who had their surgery performed more recently. Conclusion: Results suggest that the quality of provider communication has not improved even with an emphasis on PCC.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was funded by a “Graduate College Foundation Fellowship from the Department of Sociology and the Graduate College at the University of Oklahoma” to Leslie Miller. The funding does not impact the study in any way. Open Access fees paid for in whole or in part by the University of Oklahoma Libraries.Ye

Hyperfine Magnetic Field Measurement in Heusler Alloys by TDPAC Technique

This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grants PHY 76-84033A01, PHY 78-22774, and Indiana Universit