53 research outputs found
NewConnect - an alternative platform for new innovative companies
The article discusses the attributes of innovation in the context of creating a knowledge-based economy and presents the alternative stock market NewConnect where the small and medium-sized firms may seek funds to finance their innovative projects. NewConnect's functions and goals are shown with respect to capital circulation, stock market training, education and promotion of SMEs aspiring to enter the Warsaw Stock Exchange in the future, as well as the expansion of the financial infrastructure in Poland and the EU.W artykule zaprezentowano atrybuty innowacyjności w kontekście kreacji Gospodarki Opartej na Wiedzy oraz alternatywny parkiet NewConnect, stanowiący szanse pozyskiwania kapitału na nowatorskie projekty przez małe i średnie firmy. Wskazano na realizowane funkcje i zadania NewConnect w dziele przepływu kapitału, treningu giełdowego, edukacji i promocji małych i średnich spółek aspirujących w przyszłości do zajęcia pozycji na GPW oraz rozbudowy infrastruktury finansowej Polski i Unii Europejskiej
The −930A>G polymorphism of the CYBA gene is associated with premature coronary artery disease. A case–control study and gene–risk factors interactions
Estimation of the relationship between the polymorphisms of selected genes: ACE, AGTR1, TGFβ1 and GNB3 with the occurrence of primary vesicoureteral reflux
Charakteristics of food fortified with magnesium, availabe on the Polish market
Asortyment produktów żywnościowych wzbogacanych w magnez jest niewielki. Najczęściej wzbogaca się napoje gazowane
i kawy, dlatego stosowanie produktów wzbogacanych ma nieznaczny wpływ na całkowite spożycie magnezu z dietą i nie może
być skutecznym środkiem w zapobieganiu niedoborom tego pierwiastka. Potrzebne jest powiększenie asortymentu żywności
wzbogaconej w magnez, szczególnie o produkty zbożowe i mleczne.Range of fortified food products is small, most fortified
products are carbonated drinks and coffee. However, fortified
products have a negligible effect on total intake of magnesium
from food ration and may not be an effective means to
prevent deficiency of this element. There is a need to produce
an enlarged range of food enriched in magnesium, especially
cereals and milk products
Environmentally friendly replacement of mature 200 MW coal-fired power blocks with 2 boilers working on one 500 MW class Steam Turbine Generator (2on1 unit concept)
The paper covers problems of the owners of a fleet of long-operated conventional power plants that are going to be decommissioned soon in result of failing to achieve new admissible emissions levels or exceeding pressure elements design lifetime. Energoprojekt-Katowice SA, Siemens AG and Rafako SA presents their joint concept of the solution which is a 2on1 concept – replacing two unit by two ultra-supercritical boilers feeding one turbine. Polish market has been taken as an example
No associations between rs2030712 and rs7456421 single nucleotide polymorphisms of HIPK2 gene and prevalence of chronic kidney disease. Results of a family-based study
Introduction: Different pathological processes can deteriorate kidney function and cause ireversible degeneration of its
structure; however, an optimal way to inhibit or slow down progression of renal damage is unforunately not available. In the
light of promissing data concerning homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) upregulation in damaged kidneys
animal model, and increased levels of this protein in patients with various kidney diseases, the influence of rs7456421 and
rs 2030712 single nucleotide polimorphisms of HIPK2 gene on chronic kidney disease incidence and progression was studied.
Material and methods: In 109 family ‘trios’, consisting of an affected child with CKD (48 females and 61 males, mean age
15.5 ±6.45 years) and both his/her parents, using Transmission Disequilibrium Test allele was used for the transfer of aforementioned
SNPs from biological parents to their affected offspring.
Results: No statistical significance of allele transfer was found, which means that there were no associations between
rs7456421 and rs 2030712 SNPs of HIPK2 gene and the incidence of renal dysfunction. Multiple stepwise regression showed
a history of chronic glomerulonephritis (OR=17.3), chronic interstitial nephritis without urinary tract defect (OR=4.4), and
CT genotype of rs 2030712 SNP (OR=2.6) as determinant of a more rapid progression of renal dysfunction, in contrast to
the protective action of body mass index (OR=0.86).
Conclusions: On the basis of TDT results, the influence of rs7456421 and rs 2030712 SNPs of HIPK2 gene on prevalence of
chronic kidney disease was not identified. Further studies are needed to ascertain the tight relationships of HIPK2 gene
polymorphisms with CKD of different etiologies
Transient anuria in a patient with chronic renal failure and liver affection after a single oral dose of diclofenac
Characterization of the aortic echo-Doppler profile in normal children during maximal treadmill exercise.
Common ophthalmic problems of urban and rural postmenopausal women in a populatin sample of Raciborz district, a RAC-OST-POL Study
Introduction and objective. We wished to establish the prevalence of eye diseases and eye disease risk factors at postmenopausal age and to compare ophthalmic problems in urban and rural areas of Raciborz.
Patients and methods. The study was performed in 2010. Out of the whole population of Raciborz, Poland, 10 percent (1750) of women were randomly selected for the reported study. Finally, ocular diseases, ophthalmic agents, health status (physical activity level, body mass index – BMI, reproductive history, the use of psychotropic drugs and hormone replacement therapy – HRT) were recorded in 623 women. The women underwent visual acuity test and anterior segment examination, applanation tonometry and indirect ophthalmoscopy.
Results. The mean age of the selected patients was 66.01±7.76 years, 275 (44%) of them originating from rural and 348 (56%) from urban regions. The average woman was obese (BMI=30.54±5.38 kg/m2), with near normal agility and reproductive history of 2.59±1.55 births, 147 (24%) subjects remained under regular HRT support. According to the WHO, the visual acuity was classified as normal or near normal in 87.5%, while no blindness was recorded at all. Visual acuity depended, first of all, on lens status and was better among subjects with good agility (R=-0.31, p=0.001). Dry eye prevalence increased significantly over age of 67 years (p=0.000) and HRT seemed to be a dry eye protective factor (p=0.010). Except age, No other risk factors of cataract, other than age, were identified. Normal agility (p=0.003) and HRT (p=0.032) were associated with lower AMD (age-related macular degeneration) prevalence rates. The differences between urban and rural participants were presented only in education, reproductive history, hypertension and frequency of ophthalmic examinations.
Conclusions. Older adult women living in neighboring urban and rural areas present no differential in ophthalmic health problems
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