From a Well-Defined Organozinc Precursor to Diverse Luminescent Coordination Polymers Based on Zn(II)-Quinolinate Building Units Interconnected by Mixed Ligand Systems.

Introduction of photoactive building blocks into mixed-ligand coordination polymers appears to be a promising way to produce new advanced luminescent materials. However, rational design and self-assembly of the multi-component supramolecular systems is challenging from both a conceptual and synthetic perspective. Here, we report exploratory studies that investigate the potential of [Zn(q)2]2[tBuZn(OH)]2 complex (q = deprotonated 8-hydroxyquinoline) as an organozinc precursor as well as a mixed-ligand synthetic strategy for the preparation of new luminescent coordination polymers (CPs). As a result we present three new 2D mixed-ligand Zn(II)-quinolinate coordination polymers which are based on various zinc quinolinate secondary building units interconnected by two different organic linker types, i.e., deprotonated 4,4'-oxybisbenzoic acid (H2obc) as a flexible dicarboxylate linker and/or selected bipyridines (bipy). Remarkably, using the title organozinc precursors in a combination with H2obc and 4,4'-bipyridine, a novel molecular zinc quinolinate building unit, [Zn4(q)6(bipy)2(obc)2], was obtained which self-assembled into a chain-type hydrogen-bonded network. The application of the organometallic precursor allowed for its direct reaction with the selected ligands at ambient temperature, avoiding the use of both solvothermal conditions and additional base reagents. In turn, the reaction involving Zn(NO3)2, as a classical inorganic precursor, in a combination with H2obc and bipy led to a novel 1D coordination polymer [Zn2(q)2(NO3)2(bipy)]. While the presence of H2obc was essential for the formation of this coordination polymer, this ditopic linker was not incorporated into the isolated product, which indicates its templating behavior. The reported compounds were characterized by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis as well as UV-Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy

Factors associated with quality of life in systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

© 2019, The Author(s). Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, leading to their failure and disturbances in the morphology and function of blood vessels. The disease affects people in different ways, and identifying how the difficulties and limitations are related to quality of life may contribute to designing helpful interventions. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with quality of life in people with SSc. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 11 rheumatic centres in Poland. Patients diagnosed with SSc were included. Quality of life was measured using the SSc Quality of Life Questionnaire (SScQoL). The following candidate factors were entered in preliminary multivariable analysis: age, place of residence, marital status, occupational status, disease type, disease duration, pain, fatigue, intestinal problems, breathing problems, Raynaud’s symptoms, finger ulcerations, disease severity, functional disability, anxiety and depression. Factors that achieved statistical significance at the 10% level were then entered into a final multivariable model. Factors achieving statistical significance at the 5% level in the final model were considered to be associated with quality of life in SSc. Results: In total, 231 participants were included. Mean age (SD) was 55.82 (12.55) years, disease duration 8.39 (8.18) years and 198 (85.7%) were women. Factors associated with quality of life in SSc were functional disability (β = 2.854, p < 0.001) and anxiety (β = 0.404, p < 0.001). This model with two factors (functional disability and anxiety) explained 56.7% of the variance in patients with diffuse SSc and 73.2% in those with localized SSc. Conclusions: Functional disability and anxiety are significantly associated with quality of life in SSc. Interventions aimed at improving either of these factors may contribute towards improving the quality of life of people with SSc

The Late Cretaceous sedimentation and subsidence south-west of the Kłodawa Salt Diapir, central Poland

The Upper Cretaceous sequence in the area located between Uniejów, Kłodawa and Ozorków, Central Poland, is dominated by carbonate and carbonate-siliceous deposits. They are represented by limestones, marly limestones, marls and opokas with local gaize intercalations in the uppermost part of the sequence. There is also a complex of Santonian-Campanian clastics immediately adjoining the present-day Mid-Polish Swell near the Kłodawa Salt Diapir. The clastics may represent gravity flow deposits associated with a strong uplift of the Izbica -Kłodawa-Łęczyca Zone due to salt movements during inversion of this structure related to the incipient phase of the Late Cretaceous inversion of the whole Mid-Polish Swell. These processes caused increasing morphological gradients when passing south-westwards to the neighbouring subsiding trough. Detailed sedimentological studies of the clastic series cannot be made due to insufficient material and poor core condition. Investigations of the regional facies distribution and sedimentation, performed both along the areas adjoining the present-day Mid-Polish Swell and in local inversion structures, may help in the elucidation of timing of the incipient tectonic inversion phase of the Mid-Polish Trough which was ultimately transformed into the Mid-Polish Swell during the Early Tertiary

Late Cretaceous inversion and salt tectonics in the Koszalin-Chojnice and Drawno-Człopa-Szamotuły zones, Pomeranian sector of the Mid-Polish Trough

Late Cretaceous inversion processes and their relation to salt movements in the Pomeranian sector of the Mid-Polish Trough are described, based on deep boreholes. Two tectonic zones, inverted in the Late Cretaceous, located in the Mid-Polish Trough, were selected for study: the Koszalin-Chojnice Zone situated NE of the present-day Mid-Polish Swell in the Pomeranian Trough, within an area of non-salt anticlines, and the Drawno-Człopa-Szamotuły Zone located in the Szczecin Trough, SW of the Mid-Polish Swell, in an area of strong salt tectonics. The stratigraphic gaps present indicate that the first pulse of Late Cretaceous inversion might have occurred in the Coniacian-early Santonian in this area. Another pulse can be dated at late Campanian-early Maastrichtian. Intra-Cretaceous stratigraphic gaps reached their maximum areal extent in the Coniacian (Inoceramus involutus Zone) and Upper Campanian (Koszalin-Chojnice Zone). Over large areas, Santonian (mostly upper Santonian) deposits rest upon Turonian (including Inoceramus schloenbachi Zone), and locally on older rocks. The lithofacies maps show that thickness and lithofacies distribution in the Cenomanian was independent of the strike of the Koszalin-Chojnice Zone. Such a dependence began and was accentuated in the Coniacian. Santonian and Campanian clastic deposits, extending along the SW boundary of the Mid-Polish Swell and absent in the SW part of the Pomeranian Trough, suggest local tectonic inversion within the central part of the Mid-Polish Trough

Lithofacies evolution of the Late Cretaceous Basin in the Polish Lowlands

Praca jest podsumowaniem wieloletnich badań autora prowadzonych nad stratygrafią, litologią i paleogeografią kredy górnej Niżu Polskiego. W wyniku syntezy danych z 1018 otworów wiertniczych skonstruowano 6 map litofacjalno-paleogeograficznych, odpowiadających wydzielonym dla basenu późnej kredy na obszarze Niżu Polskiego cyklom transgresywno-regresywnym: K3-II–K3-III (wczesny cenoman–starszy późny cenoman), K3-IV (najmłodszy cenoman–środkowy turon), K4-I (późny turon–koniak), K4-II (santon–najstarszy kampan), K4-III (młodszy wczesny kampan–najstarszy mastrycht) i K4-IV–K4-V (młodszy wczesny mastrycht–późny mastrycht). Na mapach zastosowano jakościowe rekonstrukcje litofacjalne, ze wskazaniem na dominujący składnik litologiczny oraz składniki litologiczne towarzyszące. Wydzielono dziewięć kategorii litofacjalnych, odpowiadających określonym środowiskom i systemom depozycyjnym. Są to litofacje: kredy piszącej, węglanowa (wapienna), węglanowo-krzemionkowa, marglista, ilasto-marglista, mułowcowo-marglista, mułowcowo-piaszczysto-marglista, węglanowo piaszczysta i piaszczysta. W ramach prac nad prezentowaną w artykule wersją map, autor dokonał też kompleksowej analizy materiałów z wierceń Niżu Polskiego, uwzględniając przede wszystkim profilowania geofizyki wiertniczej. Niektóre profile wierceń zostały zweryfikowane i ponownie zinterpretowane. W szczególności, akcent położono na analizę poziomów twardych den, przerw sedymentacyjnych i wszelkich przejawów cykliczności sedymentacji. Umożliwiło to, w kilku przypadkach, logiczne korelacje odpowiadających sobie kompleksów litologicznych, które wcześniej stwarzały problemy interpretacyjne i były niewłaściwie skorelowane. Scharakteryzowano ogólne następstwo litofacji w basenie, zaprezentowano uwagi o subsydencji i batymetrii basenu oraz przedyskutowano pokrótce problem inwersji tektonicznej bruzdy śródpolskiej. Przedstawiona także została historia rozwoju litofacjalnego basenu późnej kredy.The report is a general overview of the author’s many-year studies on the Late Cretaceous stratigraphy, lithology and paleogeography of the Polish Lowlands. Six lithofacies maps are presented for individual transgressive-regressive cycles in the Late Cretaceous of the Polish Basin: K3-II–K3-III (Early–early Late Cenomanian), K3-IV (latest Cenomanian–Middle Turonian), K4-I (Late Turonian–Coniacian), K4-II (Santonian–earliest Campanian), K4-III (late Early Campanian–earliest Maastrichtian), K4-IV–K4-V (late Early–Late Maastrichtian). The maps were constructed using qualitative lithofacies reconstructions with the dominant lithofacies component and accessory components indicated. Nine lithofacies types, corresponding to specific sedimentary environments and depositional systems, have been identified within the Upper Cretaceous succession of the Polish Lowlands: chalk, carbonate, carbonate-siliceous, marl, claystone-marl, mudstone (siltstone)-marl, mudstone-sandstone-marl, sandy-carbonate and sandstone lithofacies. The present version of the maps is based on an integrated analysis of drilling materials, mainly wireline logs. Lithology and stratigraphy in some boreholes were verified and reinterpreted by the author. In particular, special emphasis was laid on analysing hardgrounds, sedimentary breaks and any signs of sedimentary cyclicity. It enabled logical correlations between corresponding lithological complexes, which were previously incorrectly correlated. General succession of lithofacies in the basin is characterised, remarks on its subsidence and bathymetry are presented and a brief discussion of the problem of Late Cretaceous tectonic inversion of the Mid-Polish Trough is given. The report also presents the history of lithofacies evolution in the Late Cretaceous basin

Evolution of the Nasielsk–Dębe Graben (Eastern Central Poland) during Cretaceous times

Badania nad kredową ewolucją rowu tektonicznego Nasielsk–Dębe oparto na danych z otworów wiertniczych Dębe 1, 2, 5, 6, i 7 oraz Nasielsk 1 i 2. W analizie profili otworów wiertniczych wykorzystano tylko krzywe pomiarów geofizycznych oraz materiały archiwalne (opisy rdzeni wiertniczych) i publikowane, ponieważ nie zachowały się rdzenie z tych otworów. Na podstawie analizy miąższościowej zaprezentowano etapy rozwoju rowu w kredzie i skorelowano je z cyklami depozycyjnymi. Zaobserwowano większe różnice miąższości poszczególnych pięter i ogniw po obu stronach północno-wschodniego uskoku rowu, co świadczy o jego większej aktywności w stosunku do południowo-zachodniego uskoku, zasadniczo w ciągu całej kredy. Stwierdzono istnienie przynajmniej dwóch powierzchni nieciągłości (reprezentowanych być może przez powierzchnie twardych den): na granicy kampan/mastrycht i na granicy dolny/górny mastrycht. W obrębie cyklu niższego rzędu K4-IV zaproponowano wyodrębnienie dwóch osobnych cykli najniższego rzędu: K4-IVa korelowanego w przybliżeniu z późnym wczesnym mastrychtem i K4-IVb odpowiadającego przypuszczalnie wczesnemu późnemu mastrychtowi.The paper portrays the geological evolution of the Nasielsk–Dębe tectonic graben during Cretaceous times. The analysis is based on data from the Dębe 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 and Nasielsk 1 and 2 boreholes. Only well logs, archived borehole materials (drill core description) and published data have been used because the drill cores are no longer available. The graben’s Cretaceous evolutionary stages have been identified based on thickness analysis, and correlated to depositional cycles. The analysis shows that greater thickness gradients are observed at the north-eastern graben-bounding fault, which indicates its higher activity compared to the south-western fault throughout nearly the entire Cretaceous. The upper part of the Cretaceous succession reveals the presence of at least two discontinuity surfaces (possibly even hardgrounds): approximately at the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary, and near the lower Mastrichtian/upper Maastrichtian boundary. It is suggested to distinguish two separate lowest-order cycles within the lower-order cycle K4-IV: cycle K4-IVa correlated approximately with the late early Maastrichtian, and cycle K4-IVb corresponding roughly to the early late Maastrichtian