Pro Libris: Lubuskie Pismo Literacko-Kulturalne, nr 4 (2010)

145 s. : il., portr.

The organist’s formation in the diocese of koszalin-kolobrzeg

Tematem niniejszego artykułu jest formacja organisty w diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej w świetle przepisów kościelnych dotyczących tej kwestii. Autor postawił sobie za zadanie zaprezentować przepisy dotyczące przygotowania i posługi organisty oraz przykłady wprowadzenia ich w życie, m.in. przez założenie Diecezjalnego Studium Organistowskiego. Dla bardziej wnikliwego przebadania tej kwestii autor ułożył ankietę, na podstawie której w latach 2010/2011 zostały przeprowadzone badania w celu uzyskania bardziej szczegółowych informacji na temat pracy organisty. Autor żywi nadzieję, że podjęcie tematu formacji organisty przyczyni się do podniesienia poziomu i usunięcia ewentualnych nadużyć czy braków w tym względzie w diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej.The subject of this article is an organist’s formation in the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg in the light of the law concerning this issue. The attempt is to present the diocese rules concerning the organists’ preparation and their ministry. Moreover, there are some examples that show the practical realization of these rules ( for example through the establishing of the Diocesan Study Centre for Organists) To reach this aim, questionnaires were framed to make possible to collect information about the ministry and formation of an organist in the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg. The questionnaire was conducted in 2010/2011 among parish priests and organists. The author of this article hopes that the undertaken topic of an organists’ formation be, at least to some extent, helpful to better the organists’ qualifications and exclude, if necessary, all misuses or deficiency

Non-Invasive Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma—A Systematic Review

Beyond laboratory, imaging and endoscopic procedures, new diagnostic tools are increasingly being sought for the diagnosis of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), especially those that are non-invasive. In this systematic review, we aimed to determine the effectiveness of non-invasive tests in the diagnosis of UTUC. PubMed and Embase electronic databases were searched to identify studies assessing effectiveness of non-invasive tests in the primary diagnosis of UTUC. The study protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020216480). Among 10,084 screened publications, 25 were eligible and included in the analysis. Most of them were conducted on small samples of patients and the control groups were heterogenous. The test used in the largest number of studies was voided urinary cytology, which has poor sensitivity (11–71.1%) with favorable specificity (54–100%). Fluorescence in situ hybridization in diagnostic cytology showed higher sensitivity (35–85.7%) with equally good specificity (80–100%). There were also studies on the use of tests known to diagnose bladder cancer such as NMP22, uCYT or BTA test. Other urine or blood tests have been the subject of only isolated studies, with varying results. To conclude, currently there is a lack of high-quality data that could confirm good effectiveness of non-invasive tests used in the diagnosis of UTUC

Thermal Diffusivity of Concrete Samples Assessment Using a Solar Simulator

The thermal properties of pavement layers made of concrete with varying bulk densities are a particularly interesting topic in the context of development road technologies. If a hybrid layer system is used as a starting point, with thin asphalt layers (from 1 cm to 4 cm) laid on top of a foam concrete layer, thermal properties begin to play a crucial role. The main research problem was to create a test method enabling the assessment of the influence of solar heating on the thermal parameters of the building material, especially cement concrete. For this reason, this paper is concerned specifically with the assessment of a new methodology for testing and calculating the value of the thermal diffusivity coefficient of samples made of concrete varying bulk densities. In this case, using the proprietary concept the authors built a solar simulator using a multi-source lighting system. The analysis of the results of laboratory tests and numerical analyses allowed the authors to observe that there is a strong correlation between the bulk density of samples heated and the thermal diffusivity parameter, which appears in the unidirectional heat transfer equation. The strength of this relationship has been expressed with the coefficient of determination and amounts to 99%. The calculated values of the coefficient of thermal diffusivity for samples made of foam concrete range from 0.16×10−6m2s to 0.52×10−6m2s and are lower (from 2.5 to 8 times) than the value determined for samples made of typical cement concrete

Thermal Diffusivity of Concrete Samples Assessment Using a Solar Simulator

The thermal properties of pavement layers made of concrete with varying bulk densities are a particularly interesting topic in the context of development road technologies. If a hybrid layer system is used as a starting point, with thin asphalt layers (from 1 cm to 4 cm) laid on top of a foam concrete layer, thermal properties begin to play a crucial role. The main research problem was to create a test method enabling the assessment of the influence of solar heating on the thermal parameters of the building material, especially cement concrete. For this reason, this paper is concerned specifically with the assessment of a new methodology for testing and calculating the value of the thermal diffusivity coefficient of samples made of concrete varying bulk densities. In this case, using the proprietary concept the authors built a solar simulator using a multi-source lighting system. The analysis of the results of laboratory tests and numerical analyses allowed the authors to observe that there is a strong correlation between the bulk density of samples heated and the thermal diffusivity parameter, which appears in the unidirectional heat transfer equation. The strength of this relationship has been expressed with the coefficient of determination and amounts to 99%. The calculated values of the coefficient of thermal diffusivity for samples made of foam concrete range from 0.16×10−6m2s to 0.52×10−6m2s and are lower (from 2.5 to 8 times) than the value determined for samples made of typical cement concrete