Bezpieczeństwo: dyscyplina nauki wobec funkcjonowania państwa, pod red. R. Skarzyńskiego i E. Kużelewskiej

Bezpieczeństwo: dyscyplina nauki wobec funkcjonowania państwa, pod red. R. Skarzyńskiego i E. Kużelewskie

PARTICIPATION OF THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

The aim of the research is to explore various forms of participation of the EU Member States Parliaments in the political processes of the European Union. The assessment of the intensity of the analyzed participation will be made by applying the concept of classification of the distinguished participation, which includes passive and active participation. This study has a significant impact in the context of participation of citizens, whose direct representatives are elected members of the national Parliaments (NP). The article verifies the hypothesis that the variety of forms of participation of NP in the political processes in the EU strengthens the democratic legitimacy by increasing transparency and accountability of the EU institutions and by improving cross-level communication lines between the EU institutions and national authorities. Active forms of participation increase influence of NP on the EU political processes. However, a wide range of informal participation increases the effectiveness of supranational decision-making processes, in particular, reducing the technocratic nature of the decisions

Powielanie nałogu – trudności w funkcjonowaniu dorosłych dzieci alkoholików

The article highlights the difficulties most frequently mentioned in the literature on the subject that adult children of alcoholics experience in various spheres of functioning at the stage of adulthood. People from alcoholic families are considered to be particularly susceptible to addiction to psychoactive substances. In view of the accepted facts, the presented research problem focuses on the respondents' experiences regarding the presence of alcohol in their adult life.W artykule uwydatnione zostały najczęściej wzmiankowane w literaturze przedmiotu trudności jakich doświadczają dorosłe dzieci alkoholików w różnych sferach funkcjonowania na etapie dorosłości. Osobom pochodzącym z rodzin alkoholowych przypisuje się szczególną podatność na uzależnienia od substancji psychoaktywnych. Wobec przyjętych faktów postawiony problem badawczy skupia się na doświadczeniach respondentów dotyczących obecności alkoholu w ich dorosłym życiu

Marta Ryniejska-Kiełdanowicz, Dyplomacja publiczna Unii Europejskiej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2019, ss. 292.

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Language of responsibility : the influence of linguistic abstraction on collective moral emotions

Funding information: The research and the preparation of this article were funded by the National Science Center Sonata grant (2012/05/D/HS6/03431) and Beethoven grant (2014/15/G/HS6/04589). Writing of this paper by Karolina Hansen was supported by the Foundation for Polish Science scholarship (START 030.2015-W).Two experiments investigated the effects of linguistic abstractness on the experience of collective moral emotions. In Experiment 1 participants were presented with two scenarios about ingroup misbehavior, phrased using descriptive action verbs, interpretative action verbs, adjectives or nouns. The results show that participants experienced slightly more negative moral emotions with higher levels of linguistic abstractness. In Experiment 2 we also tested for the influence of national identification on the relationship between linguistic abstractness and emotional reactions. Additionally, we expanded the number of scenarios. Experiment 2 replicated the earlier pattern, but found larger differences between conditions. The strength of national identification did not moderate the observed effects. The results of this research are discussed within the context of the linguistic category model and psychology of collective moral emotions.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

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“Make it happen!” Verbs as markers of agency increase message effectiveness

Verbs may be attributed to higher agency than other grammatical categories. In Study 1, we confirmed this hypothesis with archival datasets comprising verbs (N = 950) and adjectives (N = 2115). We then investigated whether verbs (vs. adjectives) increase message effectiveness. In three experiments presenting potential NGOs (Studies 2 and 3) or corporate campaigns (Study 4) in verb or adjective form, we demonstrate the hypothesized relationship. Across studies, (overall N = 721) grammatical agency consistently increased message effectiveness. Semantic agency varied across contexts by either increasing (Study 2), not affecting (Study 3), or decreasing (Study 4) the effectiveness of the message. Overall, experiments provide insights in to the meta-semantic effects of verbs – demonstrating how grammar may influence communication outcomes

Comparative diagnostic value of the breath test and the urine test with ^{14}C-urea in the detection of the Helicobacter pylori infection

Among 92 patients with chronic gastritis we conducted a synchronous diagnosis of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection using a culture and a serological test (IFP), in conjunction with breath and urine tests involving 14C-urea (BTU-C14 and UTU-C14). The infection was confirmed by isolation in 71 persons (77.2%), the presence of specific IgG in the blood serum was found in 75 (81.5%). In comparison, the BTU-C14 indicated a group of 77 people (83.7%) as infected, and the UTU-C14 a group of 76 (82.6%). In order to determine the diagnostic value (sensitivity, specificity and efficiency) of the latter tests, the results were compared with those of the culture and of the serological tests. It was found that the BTU-C14 test used showed a 100% sensitivity, a 89.5% specificity and a 97.9% efficiency. The UTU-C14 test showed a 100.0% sensitivity, a 94.4% specificity and a 98.9% efficiency in the detection of the H. pylori infection