Agnieszka Osiecka’s Diaries and Notes as a Source for Research into the History of Girlhood

This review article refers to the publication of six volumes of personal notes by Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997), one of the most popular Polish poets, a songwriter, director, and journalist of the second half of the twentieth century. The collection under review covers mainly the 1950s and provides a space for the search for one’s own identity. While referring to the recent edition and highlighting selected themes, this review article puts forward a perspective on the entire body of documents published between 2013 and 2021. A particular emphasis is placed on the importance of analysis of such egodocuments in girlhood studies

Diet as an element of pro-health style of life in the conditions of toxic environmental hazards

Pasek Marcin, Wilk Barbara. Diet as an element of pro-health style of life in the conditions of toxic environmental hazards Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(2):286-295. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.344978 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4304 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 754 (09.12.2016). 754 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 16.02.2017. Revised 26.02.2017. Accepted: 28.02.2017. Diet as an element of pro-health style of life in the conditions of toxic environmental hazards Marcin Pasek1, Barbara Wilk2 1 Faculty of Tourism and Recreation, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Poland 2 Faculty of Public Health, Jozef Rusiecki Olsztyn University College, Poland Abstract In the times of progressing expansion of civilization diseases, more precise methods of fight against them are planned. In many cases this confrontation takes place only when effects occur. Thus deepening knowledge on the reasons of diseases and proper prevention, does not lose its validity. Procedures preceding as well as following occurrence of disease symptoms, refers to healthy life style with its inseparable elements: avoidance of stresses, physical activity, contact with natural environment, reasonably long sleep and balanced nutrition. The aim of this study is to assess the meaning of the selected food ingredients in detoxification of organism at the ecologically endangered areas. Diet is treated as a protection against environmental stressors, and apart from development of health awareness, it will also result by improvement of quality of life. Methods of fight of human organism against the symptoms of poisoning of the organism with specification of enzymatic and not enzymatic antioxidant mechanisms are discussed in the study. This analysis is supplemented by propositions of practical dealing with these threats by respecting rules of detoxification diet

Deoxyribonucleoside Phosphoramidites

The detailed preparation of deoxyribonucleoside phosphoramidites bearing a 4‐[N‐methyl‐N‐(2,2,2‐trifluoroacetyl)amino]butyl group for P(III) protection is presented. The use of this group circumvents nucleobase alkylation during oligonucleotide deprotection. Two syntheses of phosphoramidites starting from either a phosphordichloridite precursor or a bis‐(N,N‐diisopropylamino)chlorophosphine intermediate are described for the phosphinylation of suitably protected deoxyribonucleosides.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143622/1/cpnc0207.pd

Późna postać zespołu takotsubo w przebiegu zatorowości płucnej

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute condition characterized by transient decrease of regional contractility most often involving apical segments of left ventricle. We present the case report of 87-year old woman diagnosed with intermediate-high risk acute pulmonary embolism, previously discharged in a stable condition, who was presented again to the Emergency Department because of a syncope and increasing levels of troponin. After differential diagnostics including coronaroangiography and transthoracic echocardiography complemented by the longitudinal strain assessment with the use of speckle tracking echocardiography a diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy was made. This case shows the significance of strain echocardiography in diagnostics of TTS.Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute condition characterized by transient decrease of regional contractility most often involving apical segments of left ventricle. We present the case report of 87-year old woman diagnosed with intermediate-high risk acute pulmonary embolism, previously discharged in a stable condition, who was presented again to the Emergency Department because of a syncope and increasing levels of troponin. After differential diagnostics including coronaroangiography and transthoracic echocardiography complemented by the longitudinal strain assessment with the use of speckle tracking echocardiography a diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy was made. This case shows the significance of strain echocardiography in diagnostics of TTS

Europium Doping Impact on the Properties of MBE Grown Bi2Te3 Thin Film

The impact of europium doping on the electronic and structural properties of the topological insulator Bi2Te3 is studied in this paper. The crystallographic structure studied by electron di raction and transmission microscopy confirms that grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) system film with the Eu content of about 3% has a trigonal structure with relatively large monocrystalline grains. The X-ray photoemission spectroscopy indicates that europium in Bi2Te3 matrix remains divalent and substitutes bismuth in a Bi2Te3 matrix. An exceptional ratio of the photoemission 4d multiplet components in Eu doped film was observed. However, some spatial inhomogeneity at the nanometer scale is revealed. Firstly, local conductivity measurements indicate that the surface conductivity is inhomogeneous and is correlated with a topographic image revealing possible coexistence of conducting surface states with insulating regions. Secondly, Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) depth-profiling also shows partial chemical segregation. Such in-depth inhomogeneity has an impact on the lattice dynamics (phonon lifetime) evaluated by femtosecond spectroscopy. This unprecedented set of experimental investigations provides important insights for optimizing the process of growth of high-quality Eu-doped thin films of a Bi2Te3 topological insulator. Understanding such complex behaviors at the nanoscale level is a necessary step before considering topological insulator thin films as a component of innovative devices

Analysis of trace element in intervertebral disc by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry techniques in degenerative disc disease in the Polish population

Objective Although trace elements are regarded crucial and their content has been determined in number of tissue there are only few papers addressing this problem in intervertebral disc in humans. Most of the trace elements are important substrates of enzymes influencing metabolism and senescence process. Others are markers of environmental pollution. Therefore the aim of the research was to analyzed of the trace element content in the intervertebral disc, which may be a vital argument recognizing the background of degenerative changes to be the effect of the environment or metabolic factors. Material and Methods Material consist of 18 intervertebral disc from 15 patients, acquired in surgical procedure of due to the degenerative disease with Atomic Absorption Spectrometry content of Al, Cd, Co, Pb, Cu, Ni, Mo, Mg, Zn was evaluated. Results Only 4 of the trace elements were detected in all samples. The correlation analysis showed significant positive age correlation with Al and negative in case of Co. Among elements significant positive correlation was observed between Al/Pb, Co/Mo, Al/Mg, Al/Zn Pb/Zn and Mg/Zn. Negative correlation was observed in Al/Co, Cd/Mg, Co/Mg, Mo/Mg, Co/Zn and Mo/Zn. Conclusions This study is the first to our knowledge that profiles the elements in intervertebral disc in patients with degenerative changes. We have confirmed significant differences between the trace element contents in intervertebral disc and other tissue. It can be ground for further investigation

Cavity-QED tests of representations of canonical commutation relations employed in field quantization

Various aspects of dissipative and nondissipative decoherence of Rabi oscillations are discussed in the context of field quantization in alternative representations of CCR. Theory is confronted with experiment, and a possibility of more conclusive tests is analyzed.Comment: Discussion of dissipative and nondissipative decoherence is included. Theory is now consistent with the existing data and predictions for new experiments are more reliabl

Transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of cardiogenic causes of ischaemic stroke

Introduction. One of the leading causes of death in Poland is stroke. Cardiogenic stroke is known to be one of the most important reasons for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), comprising 25–30% of all AISs. Aim of study. Assessment of the prevalence of different risk factors of cardiogenic causes of AIS using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Material and methods. Transthoracic echocardiograms performed in patients with AIS admitted to a single neurological ward between October 2013 and September 2017 were analysed. Patients were assigned, based on the results of their TTE and their previous medical history of atrial fibrillation (AF), to one of three groups depending on the level of the risk of occurrence of cardiogenic causes of AIS. Ethical permission. According to Dz.U.2001, no. 126, 1381 no ethical permission was needed. Results. 663 patients with AIS were included in the study. Patients with high risk of cardiogenic cause of AIS: 26.7% (N = 177 patients [p]). Of these, 64.4% (114 p) were diagnosed with AF. 31.6% (56 p) with sinus rhythm during hospitalisation had a history of paroxysmal AF (PAF). In 11.9% (21 p) of the patients qualified to the high risk group, factors other than AF were found. Patients with moderate risk of cardiogenic cause of AIS: 10.1% (67 p). Patients with low risk of cardiogenic cause of AIS: 25.9% (172 p). Echocardiographic results led to a change in therapy in 1.21% of cases. Conclusions. 1. Transthoracic echocardiography performed routinely in all AIS patients affects the treatment in a very low percentage of cases. 2. The group that could benefit the most from TTE examination includes people without established indications for chronic anticoagulant therapy, in particular patients after myocardial infarction and people with additional clinical symptoms. 3. In patients with AIS, the diagnostic sensitivity of TTE in the detection of PFO is low. Young people with a cryptogenic ischaemic stroke should undergo a transoesophageal assessment