The voice of ethnic minorities on issues of education in interpellations of the members of the Parliament of the Second Republic of Poland (1919–1939)

In the Second Polish Republic the interpellations were one of main instruments of the political contention, with lever on the government, moreover showed with eyes of Members of Parliament fundamental gaps, weaknesses, deformations in the national life, social relations and economic. It depicted conditions, in which it revived the contemporary Polish state, reflected postures of individual social groups and professional and of national minorities. The outlined problems concerning the education and educations brought up in interpellations by Members of Parliament belonging to national minorities (Jewish, German, Ukrainian and Belarusian minority) stayed in the article interpellations concerned the reconstruction and the repair of schools in different towns, of salaries of teachers incessantly becoming poor with effect of inflation, problems of discrimination against minority rights in the issue of teaching in the one's mother tongue, the culture and the religion

The Archbishop’s Charitable Committee in Wrocław from 1981 to 2007. An Outline of the Social and Educational Activities

The article deals with the history of formation of The Archbishop's Charitable Committee (AKCh) in Wroclaw which was established in 1982 during the imposition of martial law in Poland. It describes its organizational structure and its activity in years 1982-2007. The author presents social and educational aspects of the activity of AKCh

Legislature on Schools in the First Parliament After the Restoration of Independence of the Second Republic of Poland (1919–1922)

The article contains legislative work pertaining to schooling and education of the Legislative Parliament of the Second Republic of Poland (1919–1922) with regard to the political situation after the restoration of independence

The Selected Problems of Public Transport Organization Using Mathematical Tools on the Example of Poland

Public transport plays an increasingly important role in satisfying the transport needs. Travellers’ requirements regarding the quality of services are increasing. In addition to passenger comfort, other parameters are important (timetable and the state of transport infrastructure). Therefore, methods that determine the appropriate organization of public transport for an area should be sought. The purpose of the article is to present the most commonly used optimization methods and tools that have been applied to the chosen problems of organization of public transport mainly in Poland (described in the articles of mainly Polish scientists), but against the background of global research. The article characterizes the functioning of public transport in Poland. The selected problems of public transport functioning, which can be solved by using optimization methods and tools were discussed. The chosen methods that were used to formulate and solve the identified problems were indicated. The effects of this article will form part of the work on the POIR.01.01.01-00-0970/17-00 project "IT system for computer-aided public transport planning" financed by the National Centre for Research and Development

Computer Techniques as Innovative Tool Supporting Decision Making Process Within Waste Collection in Cities

One of the priorities in modern concept of urban management is municipal waste management as a part of disposal or reverse logistics. Solving waste management problems as transport problems should embrace conditions of sustainable development. The paper presents aspects of organization of reverse logistics in Warsaw agglomeration including current situation and scale of the task. The selected aspects of multicriteria decision support are described and important elements of defining criteria preferences are pointed. The basis of MAJA method and rank method applied in  SuperChoose software are presented. Application is a computer tool supporting decision making within selecting alternative ways of organization waste collection in urban area. Paper includes calculation example for real data from Warsaw agglomeration

Supportive Role of Dynamic Order Picking Area in Distribution Warehouse

Abstract-Paper contains discussion about selected aspects of order picking systems in distribution warehouse and supportive role of dynamic order picking. The definitions and characteristics of static and dynamic order picking processes are given to compare these processes and determine rules for setting them in distributional warehouse. Warehouse activity profiling is presented in terms of assigning skus into dynamic and static order picking areas. The process of dynamic order picking is described and formally denoted. The simulation approach allowing investigation of dynamic order picking area is presented and used to obtain experimental data. Results are discussed. 1 Index Terms-designing order picking area, dynamic order picking, order picking efficiency, warehouse desig

Fetal activin A in labor complicated by meconium-stained amniotic fluid

Objective: During pregnancy the placenta and the fetal membranes are the main sources of activin A. An increased level of activin A has been found in the serum of women with preeclampsia, diabetes mellitus and intrauterine growth restriction. Meconium is the predictor for adverse perinatal outcome, such as meconium aspiration syndrome or brain damage. The aim of our study was to evaluate the levels of fetal activin A in labors complicated by meconium-stained amniotic fluid. Material and methods: Cord blood samples were collected from 65 full-term neonates from single pregnancies. In each case, the hematological parameters of cord blood and activin A (ELISA – Oxford Bio-Innovation Activin A Assay Kit) were assessed. Results: There were no significant differences in the concentration of activin A in cord blood between the group with and the group without meconium-stained amniotic fluid. The mean count of nucleated erythrocytes and white blood cells as well as the percentage of reticulocytes was significantly higher in the meconium group. There were no significant differences between concentration of fetal activin A in a vaginal delivery (0,58±0,38ng/ml) and cesarean section after labor (0,44 ±0,32ng/ml) or elective cesarean section (0,62±0,47ng/ml) groups. There were also no correlations between the levels of activin A and the parameters of fetal acid base status or cord blood hematological values. Conclusions: Fetal activin A has a limited significance for diagnosing fetal hypoxia in labors complicated by meconium-stained amniotic fluid. There were no correlations between the parameters of fetal acid base status and fetal activin A. The levels of fetal activin A do not depend on the mode of the delivery. Meconium-stained amniotic fluid resulted in significant changes of the hematological variables in cord blood

The application of the genetic algorithm to multi-criteria warehouses location problems on the logistics network

This paper presents multi-criteria warehouses location problem in the logistics network. In order to solve this problem the location model was developed. The limitations and optimization criteria of the model were determined. Optimization criteria refer to transportation costs, costs associated with warehouses, e.g.: local taxes, expenditure on starting the warehouse, the constant costs, the labour force costs, the purchase costs of the additional land for the expansion, the transition costs of the raw material via the warehouses. The final location of warehouse facilities was obtained using a genetic algorithm. The genetic algorithm was developed in order to solve the multi-criteria warehouses location problem. This paper describes the stages of the genetic algorithm i.e. the stage of designating the initial population, the crossover and mutation process, the adaptation function. In this paper, the process of calibration of this algorithm was presented. The results of the genetic algorithm were compared with the random results