The Optimal Sample Size in Crosswise Model for Sensitive Questions

The problem is in the estimation of the fraction of population with a stigmatizing characteristic. In the paper the nonrandomized response model proposed by Tian, Yu, Tang, and Geng (2007) is considered. The exact confidence interval for this fraction is constructed. Also the optimal sample size for obtaining the confidence interval of a given length is derived

Rozmowa z samym sobą (do potomności)

A dialogue of the author with himself/herself, with his/her own text can proceed as an utterance about intentions or about something that has already been written. This is as if a meeting with the Other, and an attempt at understanding him. Or a rejection. What is meant in this work is to look at this on several selected examples. And so in Przyboś theory became rather a testing ground for the new ideas. Since Kundera wrote that a novel introduces "the wisdom of uncertainty" then one might ask, e.g. whether in his The Art of the Novel he takes up a polemic with his own texts, just there where they border on certainty? However, Immortality, written a little bit later than The Art of the Novel, is already a game with this programme, with one's own past. Here a game of unreality goes with the reader. In Stefan Chwin's Kartki z dziennika [Pages from a Diary] this form of loose pages is a particular form of utterance. Going back to his texts, Chwin clearly shows his reluctance to be subordinated to some one sense; he shows the polyphony of texts (Złoty Pelikan [A Golden Pelican]). These voices are even more multiplied along with every utterance of the author or of the critics.A dialogue of the author with himself/herself, with his/her own text can proceed as an utterance about intentions or about something that has already been written. This is as if a meeting with the Other, and an attempt at understanding him. Or a rejection. What is meant in this work is to look at this on several selected examples. And so in Przyboś theory became rather a testing ground for the new ideas. Since Kundera wrote that a novel introduces "the wisdom of uncertainty" then one might ask, e.g. whether in his The Art of the Novel he takes up a polemic with his own texts, just there where they border on certainty? However, Immortality, written a little bit later than The Art of the Novel, is already a game with this programme, with one's own past. Here a game of unreality goes with the reader. In Stefan Chwin's Kartki z dziennika [Pages from a Diary] this form of loose pages is a particular form of utterance. Going back to his texts, Chwin clearly shows his reluctance to be subordinated to some one sense; he shows the polyphony of texts (Złoty Pelikan [A Golden Pelican]). These voices are even more multiplied along with every utterance of the author or of the critics

Rozmowa z samym sobą (do potomności)

A dialogue of the author with himself/herself, with his/her own text can proceed as an utterance about intentions or about something that has already been written. This is as if a meeting with the Other, and an attempt at understanding him. Or a rejection. What is meant in this work is to look at this on several selected examples. And so in Przyboś theory became rather a testing ground for the new ideas. Since Kundera wrote that a novel introduces "the wisdom of uncertainty" then one might ask, e.g. whether in his The Art of the Novel he takes up a polemic with his own texts, just there where they border on certainty? However, Immortality, written a little bit later than The Art of the Novel, is already a game with this programme, with one's own past. Here a game of unreality goes with the reader. In Stefan Chwin's Kartki z dziennika [Pages from a Diary] this form of loose pages is a particular form of utterance. Going back to his texts, Chwin clearly shows his reluctance to be subordinated to some one sense; he shows the polyphony of texts (Złoty Pelikan [A Golden Pelican]). These voices are even more multiplied along with every utterance of the author or of the critics.A dialogue of the author with himself/herself, with his/her own text can proceed as an utterance about intentions or about something that has already been written. This is as if a meeting with the Other, and an attempt at understanding him. Or a rejection. What is meant in this work is to look at this on several selected examples. And so in Przyboś theory became rather a testing ground for the new ideas. Since Kundera wrote that a novel introduces "the wisdom of uncertainty" then one might ask, e.g. whether in his The Art of the Novel he takes up a polemic with his own texts, just there where they border on certainty? However, Immortality, written a little bit later than The Art of the Novel, is already a game with this programme, with one's own past. Here a game of unreality goes with the reader. In Stefan Chwin's Kartki z dziennika [Pages from a Diary] this form of loose pages is a particular form of utterance. Going back to his texts, Chwin clearly shows his reluctance to be subordinated to some one sense; he shows the polyphony of texts (Złoty Pelikan [A Golden Pelican]). These voices are even more multiplied along with every utterance of the author or of the critics

SPATIAL COMPARISON OF THE LEVEL AND RATE OF CHANGE OF FARM INCOME IN THE YEARS 2004-2012

The primary aim of this paper is to determine the income changes in agricultural regions in the period from 2004 to 2012. In the first part of the paper, we have summarised the income dynamics in various provinces in Poland. The dynamics is elaborated in terms of income’s level, pace and acceleration. In the second part, we take into account some predictor variables. We have investigated the time-varying impact on income using a functional concurrent regression model. We used data from the Polish FADN. Our conclusions relate to 50% of typical farms in Poland in terms of the time-varying mean income of provinces. The analysis was performed in the R-CRAN

Ankieta w sprawie rewizji Konstytucji polskiej

Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201

Učinci različitih aspekata koordinacije na način borenja i razinu sportske vještine kadetskih judo natjecatelja

The primary aim of this study was to determine the relationship between certain aspects of coordination, the time course of a bout and sport-related skill levels in cadet judoists. The study evaluated eight judokas with high sport skill levels. Based on the analysis of tournament matches (N=66), the authors determined the activity, effectiveness of actions and the level of achievement. Ten aspects of coordination were assessed by 28 indices. It was found that a high level of adaptive ability was a prerequisite for high levels of activity during the phase I of a bout. Shorter durations of complex reaction time were correlated with higher effectiveness in both the phase I and throughout a bout. High level of visual-motor coordination was correlated with high effectiveness and its increase during the phase II of a bout. Certain aspects of coordination seem to be necessary components of the technical and tactical coaching of cadets. However, they do not correlate directly with the level of achievement.Primarni cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi povezanost između pojedinih aspekata koordinacije, tijeka borbe i razine specifičnih motoričkih znanja u judaša kadetskog uzrasta. U istraživanju je testirano osam tehnički visokokvalitetnih judaša. Na temelju analize turnirskih borbi (N=66), autori su utvrdili aktivnost, učinkovitost akcija te razinu uspjeha sportaša. Deset aspekata koordinacije bilo je procijenjeno pomoću 28 pokazatelja. Utvrđeno je da je visoka razina sposobnosti adaptacije preduvjet za visoku razinu aktivnosti tijekom prve polovice judo borbe. Kraće vrijeme kompleksne reakcije bilo je u korelaciji s višom razinom učinkovitosti u prvom dijelu borbe, ali i tijekom cijele borbe. Visoka razina vizualno-motoričke koordinacije predstavlja preduvjet za visoku razinu učinkovitosti u borbi, a razina koordinacije povećavala se tijekom drugog dijela borbe. Čini se da su određeni aspekti koordinacije komponente potrebne za tehničko-taktičko usavršavanje kadeta. Ipak, aspekti koordinacije nisu izravno povezani s razinom uspjeha na natjecanju

European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests

Recent studies show that several tree species are spreading to higher latitudes and elevations due to climate change. European beech, presently dominating from the colline to the subalpine vegetation belt, is already present in upper montane subalpine forests and has a high potential to further advance to higher elevations in European mountain forests, where the temperature is predicted to further increase in the near future. Although essential for adaptive silviculture, it remains unknown whether the upward shift of beech could be assisted when it is mixed with Norway spruce or silver fir compared with mono-specific stands, as the species interactions under such conditions are hardly known. In this study, we posed the general hypotheses that the growth depending on age of European beech in mountain forests was similar in mono-specific and mixed-species stands and remained stable over time and space in the last two centuries. The scrutiny of these hypotheses was based on increment coring of 1240 dominant beech trees in 45 plots in mono-specific stands of beech and in 46 mixed mountain forests. We found that (i) on average, mean tree diameter increased linearly with age. The age trend was linear in both forest types, but the slope of the age–growth relationship was higher in mono-specific than in mixed mountain forests. (ii) Beech growth in mono-specific stands was stronger reduced with increasing elevation than that in mixed-species stands. (iii) Beech growth in mono-specific stands was on average higher than beech growth in mixed stands. However, at elevations > 1200 m, growth of beech in mixed stands was higher than that in mono-specific stands. Differences in the growth patterns among elevation zones are less pronounced now than in the past, in both mono-specific and mixed stands. As the higher and longer persisting growth rates extend the flexibility of suitable ages or size for tree harvest and removal, the longer-lasting growth may be of special relevance for multi-aged silviculture concepts. On top of their function for structure and habitat improvement, the remaining old trees may grow more in mass and value than assumed so far.The authors would like to acknowledge networking support by the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CLIMO (Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions—CA15226) financially supported by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020. This publication is part of a project that has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No 778322. Thanks are also due to the European Union for funding the project ‘Mixed species forest management. Lowering risk, increasing resilience (REFORM)’ (# 2816ERA02S under the framework of Sumforest ERA-Net). Further, we would like to thank the Bayerische Staatsforsten (BaySF) for providing the observational plots and to the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry for permanent support of the Project W 07 ‘Long-term experimental plots for forest growth and yield research’ (#7831-26625-2017). We also thank the Forest Research Institute, ERTI Sárvár, Hungary, for assistance and for providing observational plots. Furthermore, our work was partially supported by the SRDA via Project No. APVV-16-0325 and APVV-15-0265, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, the Project “EVA4.0” No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000803 funded by OP RDE and the Project J4-1765 funded by the Slovenian Research Agency and also by the Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) and the Project No. DCOST 01/3/19.10.2018