Social economy entities as a place to develop green skills – research findings

Background: Inner potential of social economy entities to drive an economy toward more circularity, energy renewability, sustainable food production opens their organizational schemes to green skills generation. Organizations operating in social economy can play a key role in learning-by-doing, rising consciousness, stimulating new solutions and operations. Research objectives: The aim of the research analyzed in this paper was to identify opportunities for the acquisition and development of green skills among those taking up employment or internship in social economy entities. Research design and methods: Various statistical methods were used to analyze the source material and verify the hypotheses, including: descriptive statistics, Pearson's linear correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA test. Testing was performed using Statistica 13.3 software. Results: The conclusions withdrawn from the research conducted confirm the existence of the potential for the development of green skills inherent in social economy entities. Conclusions: The organizational nature of the analyzed entities is conducive to the emergence of skills with less specialized requirements, but with possible qualities conducive to the development of circular behavior. Developing design thinking, creativity, the ability to adapt to future creeds and building resilience are seen as particular opportunities for the development of green skills, as activities involving circular behavior followed along with the desire to acquire these skills

Interdyscyplinarna opieka nad pacjentem z chorobą nowotworową

Praca recenzowana / peer-reviewed paperZ radością oddajemy do rąk Czytelników monografię, która powstała przy współpracy Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Pielęgniarek Onkologicznych oraz Wydziału Zdrowia i Nauk Medycznych Krakowskiej Akademii im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego. Celem niniejszej publikacji jest przygotowanie pielęgniarki do pełnienia specjalistycznej, profesjonalnej opieki nad chorym z chorobą nowotworową oraz nad jego rodziną. Monografi a składa się z części opracowanych zarówno przez praktyków, jak i teoretyków; jest pierwszą z cyklu publikacji przeznaczonych dla osób zajmujących się opieką nad chorym onkologicznie. Jej celem jest przedstawienie przede wszystkim modeli opieki nad pacjentami, praktycznych aspektów relacji pacjent – pielęgniarka, oraz doniesień z tych badań naukowych, których wyniki mają zastosowanie w praktyce pielęgniarskiej

Micelle-mediated extraction of elderberry blossom by whey protein and naturally derived surfactants

Classical methods of the extraction of active ingredients from the plant material are expensive, complicated and often environmentally unfriendly. The micelle-mediated extraction method (MME) seems to be a good alternative. In this work, extractions of elderberry blossoms (Flos Sambuci) were performed using MME methods. Several popular surfactants and whey protein concentrate (WPC) was applied in the process. The obtained results were compared with those obtained in extraction by means of water. Antioxidant properties of the extracts were analyzed by using two different methods: reaction with di(phenyl)-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)iminoazanium (DPPH) reagent and Follin's method. Furthermore, the flavonoid content in the extracts was determined. The results confirmed that the MME method with using whey protein might be an alternative method for obtaining, rich in natural antioxidants, plant extracts