Poland’s Integration with the European Union

The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist them in their studies of the course module and encourage further search for relevant information and data. The papers collected in the book have been authored by academic teachers from the University of Łódź, specialists in such fields as history, geography, literature, sociology, ethnology, cultural studies, and political science. Each author presents one chapter related to a topic included in the module or extending its contents. The book contains the extensive bibliography

Big Data Privacy Context: Literature Effects On Secure Informational Assets

This article's objective is the identification of research opportunities in the current big data privacy domain, evaluating literature effects on secure informational assets. Until now, no study has analyzed such relation. Its results can foster science, technologies and businesses. To achieve these objectives, a big data privacy Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is performed on the main scientific peer reviewed journals in Scopus database. Bibliometrics and text mining analysis complement the SLR. This study provides support to big data privacy researchers on: most and least researched themes, research novelty, most cited works and authors, themes evolution through time and many others. In addition, TOPSIS and VIKOR ranks were developed to evaluate literature effects versus informational assets indicators. Secure Internet Servers (SIS) was chosen as decision criteria. Results show that big data privacy literature is strongly focused on computational aspects. However, individuals, societies, organizations and governments face a technological change that has just started to be investigated, with growing concerns on law and regulation aspects. TOPSIS and VIKOR Ranks differed in several positions and the only consistent country between literature and SIS adoption is the United States. Countries in the lowest ranking positions represent future research opportunities.Comment: 21 pages, 9 figure

Reaching Higher Ground

Examines outreach programs at postsecondary institutions that provide greater accessibility to college information for Latino parents. Includes information about the mission, operation, development, marketing, recruitment, and evaluation processes

Optimizing the efficiency: adverse impact trade-off in personnel classification decisions

Different subgroups display different means on specific performance predictors, leading to the quality- diversity dilemma in the personnel selection context. However, since classification situations still arise in practice, the reality of effect sizes will lead to adverse impact in these personnel decision situations as well. The current method to estimate the classification efficiency given a set of predictors, different subgroups and their characteristics, was extended to yield the adverse impact ratio as well. Additionally, this method was implemented in an algorithm that leads to predictor weights that result in optimal trade-offs between efficiency and diversity

Efficiency and adverse impact of general classification decisions

Classification decisions relate to situations in which a battery of predictors is used to assign individuals to a number of different trajectories. De Corte (2000) proposed a method to estimate the classification efficiency in case the assignment of individuals to trajectories is based on least square criterion estimates. The current paper extends this method to the case where the applicants come from several subpopulations and estimates are no longer only regression weighted. The extension is motivated by the fact that using other than regression based criterion estimates for assigning applicants to the different trajectories may result in classification decisions that show substantially less adverse impact as compared to classifications in which regression based criterion estimates govern the allocation process (De Corte, Lievens & Sackett, 2007). An application of the new analytic method indicates that while classifications based on regression weighted criterion estimates lead to optimal classification efficiency, they also yield substantial adverse impact because many of the most valid predictors, and cognitive ability predictors in particular, show large effect sizes in favor of the so-called majority applicants. Alternatively, general (non regression based) classification decisions lead to a wide range of possible trade-offs between efficiency and diversity where concessions in terms of classification efficiency are compensated by more advantageous levels of adverse impact. The proposed method may be used by practitioners to alleviate the quandary between efficiency and adverse impact in a classification context

In Vitro Cestocidal Activity of Thymol on Mesocestoides corti Tetrathyridia and Adult Worms

Nothing is known about the possible effect of thymol or other compounds of essential oils against the adult worms of cestodes. The aim of the present work was to determine in vitro cestodicidal activity of thymol against Mesocestoides corti adult worms. Moreover, the in vitro effect on tetrathyridia was also demonstrated. Tetrathyridia exposed to different concentrations of thymol showed a concentration and time-dependent effect. At lower concentrations, the main change observed was mainly in morphology, with larvae exhibiting an elongation of the body. When tetrathyridia were exposed to higher concentrations, increased surface alterations and damage were detected. The body appeared elongated and flattened, and a complete loss of morphology and microtriches was observed. Thymol was able to kill M. corti tetrathyridia, since following inoculation of treated parasites in mice no parasites could be recovered. The effect on M. corti adult worms was dose and time-dependent. Changes in motility coincide with the tissue damage were observed at the structural and ultrastructural level. Thymol caused severe damages to both developmental stages analyzed. Damages were more significant in fully segmented worms. The data reported in this paper demonstrate a clear in vitro effect of thymol against M. corti tetrathyridia and adult worms.Fil: Maggiore, Marina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; ArgentinaFil: Elissondo, María Celina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentin

Using Multiple Child Assessments to Inform Practice in Early Childhood Programs: Lessons from Milpitas Unified School District

This study examined program practices in a state-funded preschool in Northern California that had recently added a new assessment to its existing tools to measure and evaluate preschool students' school readiness. The study found that teachers might need a range of supports when given the opportunity to integrate a new assessment tool into their practice. Although teachers generally value the information from these tools, more opportunities for formal training, ongoing supervisory support, and collaboration with their colleagues -- both within and across classrooms and grades -- can help them to act effectively on the information