Samobójstwa w Tatrach w latach 2000-2010

The paper presents what the author believes to be the most important information concerning suicides in the Polish Tatra Mountains from 2000 to 2010. It presents the most frequent manners of committing suicide and suicide locations in the mountains. Moreover, the author decided to test whether gender, age, and social and atmospheric factors (especially of the halny [local foehn-type wind], blowing as a rule in spring and autumn in the Podhale region and the unfavourable biometeorogical situation accompanying it) could influence the victims’ attempts at selfdestruction

Praktyczne możliwości zastosowania kamery termowizyjnej

The use of infrared cameras (thermal vision) as a contact-free method of lie detection is a subject as controversial as interesting, which can be attested by recently conducted studies. The article introduces the subject, explains the basic notions, and provides a historical outline. The studies mentioned in the article give hope for a more extensive application of infrared cameras for future lie detection. Certainly, possibility of remote observation of a subject, especially without the subject being aware, may result in problems of ethical and legal nature. What appears a crucial option in this area, however, is the possibility o f combining such a test with polygraph examination

Suicides in the Tatra Mountains in 2000–2010

The paper presents what the author believes to be the most important information concerning suicides in the Polish Tatra Mountains from 2000 to 2010. It presents the most frequent manners of committing suicide and suicide locations in the mountains. Moreover, the author decided to test whether gender, age, and social and atmospheric factors (especially of the halny [local foehn-type wind], blowing as a rule in spring and autumn in the Podhale region and the unfavourable biometeorogical situation accompanying it) could influence the victims’ attempts at selfdestructio

Which Polish Cities Sprawl the Most

Spatial transformations stemming from urban sprawl are evident not only in the USA or Western Europe but also in Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland. Urban sprawl materialises mostly in land-cover and land-use change involving an increase in the proportion of urbanised areas and discontinuous urban fabric in the total area. The paper’s objective was to identify the degree of urban sprawl based on the area of discontinuous urban fabric. The spatial analysis was aimed at finding differences in land-cover ratios by individual urbanised land categories. The analysed data for 2006, 2012, and 2018 were retrieved from the Urban Atlas. The method employed was NUASI (normalised Urban Atlas sprawl indicator). A series of computations revealed that urban sprawl is found in Poland as well. Changes caused by the increase in the discontinuous urban fabric in the total urban fabric were the most pronounced from 2006 to 2012. From 2012 to 2018, the pace of the increase stabilised, but its dynamics declined. The study demonstrated a strong spatial variability of the indicator. Urban sprawl was found to be the most intense in southern and southeastern Poland

Which Polish Cities Sprawl the Most

Spatial transformations stemming from urban sprawl are evident not only in the USA or Western Europe but also in Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland. Urban sprawl materialises mostly in land-cover and land-use change involving an increase in the proportion of urbanised areas and discontinuous urban fabric in the total area. The paper’s objective was to identify the degree of urban sprawl based on the area of discontinuous urban fabric. The spatial analysis was aimed at finding differences in land-cover ratios by individual urbanised land categories. The analysed data for 2006, 2012, and 2018 were retrieved from the Urban Atlas. The method employed was NUASI (normalised Urban Atlas sprawl indicator). A series of computations revealed that urban sprawl is found in Poland as well. Changes caused by the increase in the discontinuous urban fabric in the total urban fabric were the most pronounced from 2006 to 2012. From 2012 to 2018, the pace of the increase stabilised, but its dynamics declined. The study demonstrated a strong spatial variability of the indicator. Urban sprawl was found to be the most intense in southern and southeastern Poland

Practical options for using infrared cameras for discovering heat traces in criminal studies

The use of infrared cameras (thermal vision) as a contact-free method of lie detection is a subject as controversial as interesting, which can be attested by recently conducted studies. The article introduces the subject, explains the basic notions, and provides a historical outline. The studies mentioned in the article give hope for a more extensive application of infrared cameras for future lie detection. Certainly, possibility of remote observation of a subject, especially without the subject being aware, may result in problems of ethical and legal nature. What appears a crucial option in this area, however, is the possibility of combining such a test with polygraph examination

Stroje ludowe jako fenomen kulturowy

Monografia zbiorowa wydana w serii Atlas Polskich Strojów Ludowych zawierająca 24 teksty. Dotyczą one zagadnień związanych z dokumentacją strojów ludowych w wybranych regionach etnograficznych Polski, archiwizacją oraz rekonstrukcją.Narodowy Program Rozwoju Humanistyk