The analysis of convergence process of voivodships’ efficiency in Poland using the DEA metod

Since 1999 – when the new administrative division in Poland was introduced – it has been possible to measure and compare standard of living between Polish and other European regions (NUTS II). In 2004 Poland has joined the European Union. Since that year voivodships have become main beneficiaries of the EU funds. The essential part of that aid is related to the EU cohesion policy (convergence objective). According to the fifth cohesion report “cohesion policy has made a significant contribution to spreading growth and prosperity across the Union, while reducing economic, social and territorial disparitiesâ€. However, the differences in standard of living still remains significant between countries as well as between regions within one country. In many researches the level of welfare is measured using “classic†indicators (GDP per capita, GNI per capita, unemployment rate, etc.). In this paper the authors focus on the regional economies’ efficiency. The efficiency will be measured using the Data Envelopment Analysis. Due to the method used, the efficiency will be measured as relative in nature, i.e. will be compared between voivodships within the period of research. The goal of the paper is to analyze variety of relative voivodships’ efficiency in order to answer the question if the dispersion in efficiency is increasing or decreasing over time.

St. John Damascene. Tradition and originality in Byzantine theology. [Reseña]

Reseña de Louth ANDREW, St. John Damascene. Tradition and originality in Byzantine theology, Oxford University Press («Oxford Early Christian Studies»), Oxford- New York 2002, 327 pp. + XVII, 14 x 22, ISBN 0-19-925238-6

Die Transzendetalien des Seins als onto-theologische Grundsãtze des Seienden. Ein Beitrag zu Metaphysik und Anthropologie Bonaventuras. [Reseña]

Reseña de Gerald CRESTA, Die Transsxndetalien des Seins als onto-theologische Grundsdtze des Seienden. Ein Beitragzu Metaphysik und Anthropologie Bonaventuras («Europaische Hochschulschriften», XX/674), Peter Lang, Frankfiirt am Main 2004, 196 pp., 15 x 21, ISBN 3- 631-52579-6

Scripture and metaphysics. Aquinas and the renewal of trinitarian theology. [Reseña]

Reseña de Matthew Webb LEVERING, Scripture and metaphysics. Aquinas and the renewal of trinitarian theology, Blackwell («Challenges in contemporary theology»), Oxford- Malden-Victoria 2004, 254 pp., 15 x 23, ISBN 1-4051-1734-6

The analysis of convergence process of voivodships' efficiency in Poland using the DEA metod

Since 1999 - when the new administrative division in Poland was introduced - it has been possible to measure and compare standard of living between Polish and other European regions (NUTS II). In 2004 Poland has joined the European Union. Since that year voivodships have become main beneficiaries of the EU funds. The essential part of that aid is related to the EU cohesion policy (convergence objective). According to the fifth cohesion report "cohesion policy has made a significant contribution to spreading growth and prosperity across the Union, while reducing economic, social and territorial disparities". However, the differences in standard of living still remains significant between countries as well as between regions within one country. In many researches the level of welfare is measured using "classic" indicators (GDP per capita, GNI per capita, unemployment rate, etc.). In this paper the authors focus on the regional economies' efficiency. The efficiency will be measured using the Data Envelopment Analysis. Due to the method used, the efficiency will be measured as relative in nature, i.e. will be compared between voivodships within the period of research. The goal of the paper is to analyze variety of relative voivodships' efficiency in order to answer the question if the dispersion in efficiency is increasing or decreasing over time

Paradoxical brain embolism in a young man: Is it only a patent foramen ovale?

Paradoxical embolism is considered the major cause of cerebral ischemic events in young patients. The most common cause of paradoxical embolism, which has been widely described, is right-to-left shunting (RLS) at cardiac level through a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Rarely paradoxical embolism can also be caused by RLS at pulmonary level due to pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF). Herein, we present a case of a young man, who experienced transient ischemic attack (TIA) due to paradoxical embolism, in whom both abovementioned abnormalities coexisted. This coincidence is very rare (noted in only 1% of patients with cryptogenic stroke or TIA), but it highlights the importance of searching for extracardiac RLS in patients with cryptogenic stroke, even if a PFO has been detected

Real-Time Detection of Optical Transients with RAPTOR

Fast variability of optical objects is an interesting though poorly explored subject in modern astronomy. Real-time data processing and identification of transient celestial events in the images is very important for such study as it allows rapid follow-up with more sensitive instruments. We discuss an approach which we have developed for the RAPTOR project, a pioneering closed-loop system combining real-time transient detection with rapid follow-up. RAPTOR's data processing pipeline is able to identify and localize an optical transient within seconds after the observation. The testing we performed so far have been confirming the effectiveness of our method for the optical transient detection. The software pipeline we have developed for RAPTOR can easily be applied to the data from other experiments.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, to appear in SPIE proceedings vol. 484