The impact of the migration processes on the low cost airlines’ routs between EU countries and Poland after its accession to the EU, and on the territorial cohesion of Polish regions.

After the accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004 we could observe two phenomena: huge emigration of Poles to the old member states of the EU (mainly to United Kingdom and Ireland) and on the second hand a very dynamic increase in the number of flight destinations from regional airports served by low cost carriers (what meant also increase in the number of passengers). The aim of this article is to answer the question, whether directions of the emigration after accession of Poland to the European Union had a significant impact on the routes of low cost airlines in Poland. Whether we can say, that the migration forced LCCs to establish new flights and connections in a particular direction or not? And if yes - to what extent. What is happening when emigrants are coming back to Poland. If there are significant relation between movement of migrants and number of flights of low cost carriers from Polish airports? Finally, can we say, that growing emigration and growing number of LCCs flights helped to improve territorial cohesion of Polish regions with the core of Europe? What is the scale of this improvement and what is the mechanism of this? What kind of policy can regional authorities introduce in this area to strengthen territorial cohesion of Polish regions with the rest of Europe? To answer all these questions authors want to compare and analyze statistics of migration and original data concerning number and destination of LCCs flights from Polish regional airports. To answer questions stated above statistical methods will be used.

Altered functional and structural brain network organization in autism.

Structural and functional underconnectivity have been reported for multiple brain regions, functional systems, and white matter tracts in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Although recent developments in complex network analysis have established that the brain is a modular network exhibiting small-world properties, network level organization has not been carefully examined in ASD. Here we used resting-state functional MRI (n = 42 ASD, n = 37 typically developing; TD) to show that children and adolescents with ASD display reduced short and long-range connectivity within functional systems (i.e., reduced functional integration) and stronger connectivity between functional systems (i.e., reduced functional segregation), particularly in default and higher-order visual regions. Using graph theoretical methods, we show that pairwise group differences in functional connectivity are reflected in network level reductions in modularity and clustering (local efficiency), but shorter characteristic path lengths (higher global efficiency). Structural networks, generated from diffusion tensor MRI derived fiber tracts (n = 51 ASD, n = 43 TD), displayed lower levels of white matter integrity yet higher numbers of fibers. TD and ASD individuals exhibited similar levels of correlation between raw measures of structural and functional connectivity (n = 35 ASD, n = 35 TD). However, a principal component analysis combining structural and functional network properties revealed that the balance of local and global efficiency between structural and functional networks was reduced in ASD, positively correlated with age, and inversely correlated with ASD symptom severity. Overall, our findings suggest that modeling the brain as a complex network will be highly informative in unraveling the biological basis of ASD and other neuropsychiatric disorders

The impact of the migration processes on the low cost airlines' routs between EU countries and Poland after its accession to the EU, and on the territorial cohesion of Polish regions.

After the accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004 we could observe two phenomena: huge emigration of Poles to the old member states of the EU (mainly to United Kingdom and Ireland) and on the second hand a very dynamic increase in the number of flight destinations from regional airports served by low cost carriers (what meant also increase in the number of passengers). The aim of this article is to answer the question, whether directions of the emigration after accession of Poland to the European Union had a significant impact on the routes of low cost airlines in Poland. Whether we can say, that the migration forced LCCs to establish new flights and connections in a particular direction or not? And if yes - to what extent. What is happening when emigrants are coming back to Poland. If there are significant relation between movement of migrants and number of flights of low cost carriers from Polish airports? Finally, can we say, that growing emigration and growing number of LCCs flights helped to improve territorial cohesion of Polish regions with the core of Europe? What is the scale of this improvement and what is the mechanism of this? What kind of policy can regional authorities introduce in this area to strengthen territorial cohesion of Polish regions with the rest of Europe? To answer all these questions authors want to compare and analyze statistics of migration and original data concerning number and destination of LCCs flights from Polish regional airports. To answer questions stated above statistical methods will be used

Entre lapsus corporis et performance : fonctions des gestes somatiques dans l’expression des émotions dans la littérature altimédiévale

La littérature des premiers siècles médiévaux (vi-viiie siècle) attache peu d’attention aux émotions, et a fortiori aux gestes somatiques qui les traduisent. Cependant, malgré leur relative rareté dans les textes, ces derniers n’en jouent pas moins un rôle capital dans la fabrique des relations sociales et dans les négociations de pouvoir. C’est la triple fonction de ces gestes proprement émotionnels qui sera examinée ici. Certains, tels que le rougissement, sont des lapsus corporis qui, échappant à toute maîtrise, viennent révéler une intériorité inavouable. D’autres encore, ritualisés et normés, relèvent de la « performance émotionnelle » dans le sens goffmanien du terme. En dernier lieu, certains sourires ou larmes possèdent une dimension performative. Ils ont alors la capacité d’affecter les liens sociaux et d’instaurer de nouveaux rapports de force entre les interlocuteurs.Early medieval literature shows little interest in emotions, let alone in the somatic signs translating them. Nevertheless, despite their relative scarcity in the texts, these somatic gestures do play a major part in the making of social relationships and in power negotiations. This article will examine their threefold function. Some of them, escaping control, such as blushing, are lapsus corporis, revealing a shameful inwardness. Others, ritualized and normative, are similar to emotional performance in the Goffmanian tradition. At last, certain smiles or tears possess a performative effect changing social relationships and establishing a new balance of power between speakers

Les hontes mérovingiennes : essai de méthodologie et cas de figure

Longtemps ignorée, voire occultée, la honte médiévale, et plus particulièrement les hontes mérovingiennes, n’ont pas encore fait l’objet d’une étude systématique. Cette carence n’étonnera pas. Sentiment caché et polymorphe par essence, la honte ne se laisse pas aisément décrypter. Eu égard à cette difficulté, une mise au point méthodologique s’impose. Partant d’une critique de l’approche linguistique, qui consiste à rechercher et étudier les mots exprimant la notion de honte, cet article présente un premier travail de réflexion méthodologique fondé sur quelques cas de figure. Diverses méthodes, telles l’introspection et la contextualisation par le biais de la notion de script émotionnel, susceptibles à la fois de détecter la honte lorsqu’elle est tue ou de lui donner un sens lorsque les termes l’exprimant sont trop imprécis, seront expérimentées dans le contexte du corpus mérovingien.Long ignored, even hidden, medieval shame, and “Merovingian shames” in particular, have not yet been systematically examined. This lack of interest is not surprising. Usually veil, polymorphous by nature, shame is not easily decipherable. With regard to this difficulty, a methodological discussion is needed. Beginning with a critical assertion of the traditional lexical approach, which consists in searching for and analyzing emotion words, this article constitutes an attempt to provide a methodological framework, applied here to a number of case studies. Several methods, such as introspection and contextualization by means of emotional scripts, liable to detect shame when it is not actually expressed or to make sense of it when it is too vague, will be experimented in the Merovingian corpus

Extraction of Visual Information to Predict Crowdfunding Success

Researchers have increasingly turned to crowdfunding platforms to gain insights into entrepreneurial activity and dynamics. While previous studies have explored various factors influencing crowdfunding success, such as technology, communication, and marketing strategies, the role of visual elements that can be automatically extracted from images has received less attention. This is surprising, considering that crowdfunding platforms emphasize the importance of attention-grabbing and high-resolution images, and previous research has shown that image characteristics can significantly impact product evaluations. Indeed, a comprehensive review of empirical articles (n = 202) that utilized Kickstarter data, focusing on the incorporation of visual information in their analyses. Our findings reveal that only 29.70% controlled for the number of images, and less than 12% considered any image details. In this manuscript, we review the literature on image processing and its relevance to the business domain, highlighting two types of visual variables: visual counts (number of pictures and number of videos) and image details. Building upon previous work that discussed the role of color, composition and figure-ground relationships, we introduce visual scene elements that have not yet been explored in crowdfunding, including the number of faces, the number of concepts depicted, and the ease of identifying those concepts. To demonstrate the predictive value of visual counts and image details, we analyze Kickstarter data. Our results highlight that visual count features are two of the top three predictors of success. Our results also show that simple image detail features such as color matter a lot, and our proposed measures of visual scene elements can also be useful. We supplement our article with R and Python codes that help authors extract image details (https://osf.io/ujnzp/).Comment: 32 pages, 5 figure

Key economic effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Poland in 2020 compared to other EU countries

PURPOSE: The article aims to show what impact the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 had on the Polish economy compared to the situation in the EU member states. The idea is to show the main economic effects under the conditions of active support of the economy by the government’s anti-crisis program mitigating the adverse effects caused by the pandemic (the so-called Anti-Crisis Shield).DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The governmental program and business cycle statistics were analyzed, and labor market indicators – the unemployment rate and changes in the number of employed by the industry. The situation in the EU was discussed using fundamental macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth rate and debt and public finance sector output. Each of these indicators recorded the effects of closing the economy.FINDINGS: The “Accommodation and catering” and “Trade” and “repair of motor vehicles” Polish Classification of Business Activity (NACE) sections were most affected by the crisis. Some industries have seen positive activity despite the lockdown, such as information and communications. The “Anti-Crisis Shield” governmental program allowed to protect jobs and maintain minimum financial liquidity in companies that met the primary conditions for obtaining financial support. The program could not save the whole economy from the effects of the pandemic, but the adverse economic impact measured by the decrease in GDP was more minor in Poland than in other EU countries.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Observations derived from the pandemic behavior of specific industries can be used to model governmental protective and supportive actions for the future.ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The effects of the pandemic have been drastic for some industries but beneficial for others. The indicators of the situation in Poland in macroeconomic terms place it in the group of countries that effectively counteract the effects of the pandemic, which bodes well for the period of economic recovery after the pandemic.The project is financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland under the programme “Regional Initiative of Excellence” 2019–2022 project number 015/RID/2018/19 total funding amount 10 721 040,00 PLN.peer-reviewe

Evidence to impact: A community knowledge mobilisation evaluation framework

Many strategies guide knowledge-sharing to enhance uptake of evidence-based programs in practice, though few have been designed specifically for community settings. We highlight the importance of understanding and evaluating knowledge mobilisation in community settings and present a framework for evaluating knowledge mobilisation that captures short-term knowledge use as it relates to community stakeholders’ goals. To examine the utility of this framework, we applied it to the Pan-Canadian knowledge mobilisation activities of Better Beginnings, Better Futures, a community, university and government collaboration to support child development to its full capabilities. Participants included 31 community stakeholders who had attended a Better Beginnings workshop in one of six Canadian provinces and territories. Qualitative phone interviews were conducted to examine the extent to which knowledge mobilisation activities met participants’ learning needs, and how participants had applied the knowledge gained. Findings demonstrate that most participants had used the information, although the ways information was used varied greatly based on the community context. This application of the knowledge mobilisation framework shows it is useful for capturing diverse forms of short-term knowledge use in community settings. Lessons learned through the evaluation were used to refine the framework. The implications of this framework for academic researchers engaged in undertaking and evaluating community knowledge mobilisation are discussed