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A new hybridized algorithm that combines process optimisation with response surface mapping was developed and applied in an automated continuous flow reaction. Moreover, a photochemical cascade CSTR was developed and characterised by chemical actinometry, showing photon flux density of ten times greater than previously reported in batch. The success of the algorithm was then evaluated in the aerobic oxidation of sp3 C–H bonds using benzophenone as photosensitizer in the newly developed photo reactor.

Resiliency and adaptation are increasingly prevalent in climate change policy as well as scholarship, yet scholars have brought forward several critiques of these concepts along analytical as well as political lines. Pressing questions include: who resiliency is for, what it takes to maintain it, and the scale at which it takes place. The concept of "perverse resilience", for example, proposes that resiliency for one sub-system may threaten the well-being of the overall system. In this article, I propose the related concept of "perverse adaptation", where one actor or institution's adaptation to climate change in fact produces aftershocks and secondary impacts upon other groups. Drawing on ethnographic and sociolinguistic research in northern Arizona regarding artificial snowmaking at a ski resort on a sacred mountain, I elucidate resort supporters' and others' attempts to frame snowmaking as a sustainable adaptation to drought (and, implicitly, climate change). I counterpoise these framings with narratives from local activists as well as Diné (Navajo) individuals regarding the significant impacts of snowmaking on water supply and quality, sacred lands and ceremony, public health, and, ironically, carbon emissions. In so doing, I argue that we must interrogate resilience policies for their unexpected "victims of adaptation." Key words: climate change policy, adaptation, perverse resilience, sacred sites, Diné (Navajo)

In the years 1944–1948, the authorities of communist Poland, for tactical reasons abstained from direct attacks on the Catholic Church. After the establishment of the authorities’ structures and once the political opposition and armed forces underground were defeated, systematic restriction on the influence of the Church begun. Back then, the Catholic Church was the only independent social institution in the country. What was attacked then was, among others, religious education in schools (religious education, crosses and catechists were removed from schools, Catholic education was limited), catholic organisations, charitable and care activities of the Church (at the beginning of 1950, the state took over “Caritas” and kindergartens, children’s homes, hospitals were taken from the Church) as well as publishing activities (Catholic press releases were being restricted). The repressions were hindered by the signature of the Church-State Agreement in April 1950. When in 1952, the activities aimed at the removal of religious education from schools were intensified, several dozens of theological seminaries were dissolved and some of the boarding-schools run by the Church were taken over, then Primate Stefan Wyszyński defined the relations between the Church and the State as a “state of emergency”.

W artykule pokazano, jak koncepcja „dotyku” jest prezentowana w kulturze i komunikacji. Zjawisko to nie było jeszcze przedmiotem badań lingwistycznych, jednakże powstało na ten temat zaledwie kilka artykułów. Zmysł dotyku odgrywa ważną rolę we współczesnym świecie. Okazuje się, że jest to najważniejszy sposób budowania relacji lekarz-pacjent. Celem niniejszego tekstu jest ukazanie materiału zaczerpniętego ze starych poradników medycznych (XIX/XX w.), który przedstawia komunikację „dotykową” lekarza z pacjentem, techniki i sposoby leczenia, opis kontaktu lekarz-pacjent oraz analizę tego materiału . Klasyfikacja poznawcza aktów mowy pomogła w ukazaniu, jakie akty dyrektywne obecne są w starych przewodnikach medycznych (np. zakazy, nakazy, postępowanie manualne). W analizie pragmalingwistycznej występują przede wszystkim akty zobowiązujące. Warto zauważyć, że w materialnym pokazie dyrektywa działa również. Czynności te powodują presję na odbiorcę i konieczność wykonania przez niego czegoś (np. wiele zakazów, poleceń, a także ręczna procedura dotyku pacjenta).

This paper aims to chart the genesis of Czech political clericalism in the early 1860s, when there was a renewal of constitutionality and parliamentarianism in the Habsburg monarchy. Using the example of the clerical daily newspaper Pozor and its editors, it attempts to identify the staffing and ideological background of this newspaper and the composition of the politically engaged group of nationally oriented Czech clergy. It examines this group's changing relationship with the liberal-oriented National Party, led by František Palacký and František Ladislav Rieger as well as with the Czech conservative aristocracy and especially the church hierarchy headed by Cardinal Friedrich von Schwarzenberg. At the same time, this study examines the reception of the politically active and nationally oriented clergy activities by the contemporary Czech public, particularly in the context of a possible change in this perception between the "pre-March" period and the start of the 1860s.

W artykule przedstawiono analizę językową nazw wrocławskich restauracji. Wśród zbadanych nazw (ponad 100) możemy znaleźć kilka kategorii np. odnoszące się do serwowanych dań, dania specjalnego danego miejsca lub jego lokalizacji. Nazwy te mają przede wszystkim zapraszać klientów do odwiedzenia, ale także pełnić funkcję lokalizującą. Obok polskich nazw istnieje duża grupa nazw obcojęzycznych (włoski, francuski, angielski). Nazewnictwo, które jest zaliczane do urbochrematonimów, to bardzo duża grupa, której analiza pozwoliła na wskazanie trendów nazewnictwa jakie pojawiają się we współczesnym mieście.

Contemporary diagnostic categories and various modes of treatment of mood disorders contribute to the development of a managed form of selfhood in contemporary society, particularly as articulated with management in the workplace. This produces a new iteration of the normal in relation to psychopathology; instead of the normal as an absence of disorder or distress, normalcy becomes the private management, often stemming from an external or internalized social injunction, of symptoms through various available techniques of self-care. I support this claim through an analysis of the development of the category of the mood disorder under DSM-III and the functioning of common contemporary treatments such as antidepressant medications, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and alternative techniques such as mindfulness meditation. A new social problematic emerges, in part out of this convergence, in which the notion of mood becomes generalized and an object of vigilance. Everyone has moods; we always have moods; and moods are in principle always subject to the need of being managed.

W dniach od 17–21 września 2008 w Złotym Potoku koło Częstochowy odbyła się XXXVI Konferencja Teoretycznoliteracka skupiona wokół projektu badawczego pod nazwą Kulturowe wizualizacje doświadczenia. Konferencja została zorganizowana przez Pracownię Poetyki Historycznej Instytutu Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk oraz Pracownię Poetyki Historycznej i Sztuki Interpretacji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach.

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Introduction: Epithelial regeneration is a complex process. It can lead to the remodeling of the airway epithelium as in asthma, COPD or cystic fibrosis., Background: The development of in vivo and in vitro models has allowed the analysis of remodeling mechanisms and showed the role of components of extracellular matrix, proteases, cytokines and growth factors. Airway epithelial progenitors and stems cells have been studied in these models. However, their identification remains difficult., Conclusion: Identification and characterization of airway epithelial progenitor/stem-cells, and a better knowledge of the regeneration process may allow the development of new therapeutic strategies for airway epithelial reconstitution., (Copyright © 2013 SPLF. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

A research study was conducted in a francophone high school in Northern Ontario to examine students' perceptions of nursing and the influence of these perceptions on nursing as a career choice. All students in grades 11, 12 and 13 were invited to participate. Fifty-eight percent (n = 268) completed the questionnaire. Results showed that 37 percent of the respondents considered pursuing a career in the health sciences. Only 14% percent were interested in nursing. Respondents' comments suggest that the nurse is viewed favorably but the profession is perceived as a career that does not involve pleasant tasks, good working conditions or opportunities for professional advancement. Reasons advocated for choosing nursing were altruistic rather than career-oriented. Students saw nursing practice as occurring mainly in a hospital setting. Half of the respondents who had chosen nursing as a career opted to enroll in a university program and the other half chose a college program. Results suggest that nursing continues to face an image problem regarding its role in the health care system. In these times of job losses and budget cuts, the profession still needs to attract young recruits. This is the challenge we have to face.