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The family Hippoboscidae is a less known group of blood-sucking flies. Deer ked are particularly important for animal health; they may act as potential vectors of disease to ungulates, and may transmit pathogens to animals and humans. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) DNA in deer keds using molecular methods. Results prove the presence of Megatrypanum trypanosome DNA in the studied winged adult deer keds and this is the first detection of this pathogen in Lipoptena fortisetosa. In addition, this paper evidences the occurrence of L. fortisetosa in two new locations: one in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, and another in the Strzałowo Forest Inspectorate (Piska Forest), both in north-eastern Poland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on Polish newspaper coverage of the corruption scandal involving movie producer Lew Rywin. Efforts of Rywin to bribe Adam Michnik, editor of the 'Gazeta Wyborcza' newspaper, in exchange for amendments to a media bill; Implications of the scandal for the Polish government.

In the paper methods for conducting Road Safety Inspections (SIs) in Italy and Poland are described and compared. The goal of the study is to improve the quality and efficiency of the safety inspections of road network by using low cost equipment (GPS, Tablet, Camera) and specific software. Particular attention was paid to the need for proper calibration of factors, causing traffic safety hazard associated with road infrastructure. The model developed according to the Italian procedures was adapted to comply with the checklists and evaluation criteria of the Polish guidelines. Overall, a good agreement between the two approaches was identified, however some modification was required to include new safety issues, characteristic for the Polish network for safety inspection of two lane rural roads. To test the applicability about 100 km of regional two lane roads in Poland were inspected with Polish and Italian procedures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents news items on science and discovery as of March 15, 2003. Launch of digital camera from software technology company, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Discovery of a method to make cellulose pulp for paper making by Polland-based company, Biotek SP.

Profiles Helena Luczywo, a newspaper publisher in Poland. Her involvement in the revolutionary movement Solidarity; How she became a political activist; Her experiences in editing newspapers for Solidarity; Details on the `Electoral Paper,' in relation to Solidarity.

This article focuses on the author's involvement in solving a problem facing a local newspaper in Ropczycka, Poland. The first issue of Ziemia Ropczycka was published in April 1990, and immediately the paper was in trouble with the mayor because of a story involving the village's medical clinic. Its director had retired and a contest was held to choose his successor. The contest committee selected a popular doctor, but the regional government rejected the nomination without explanation. Ziemia demanded a reason and asked whether it was because the doctor did not belong to the Solidarity Party. Mayor Stanislaw Hulek, who was a member of Solidarity, asked Ziemia to lay off the story, but the paper continued to demand an explanation. In the standoff between the mayor and the newspaper, it appeared that someone telephoned the American Embassy for advice, and I, supposedly an expert on press freedom, was dispatched to try to help resolve the situation. In a meeting with members of Ziemia's advisory council, I proposed that they seek a meeting with the mayor, since it was he who first suggested the need for a newspaper. Perhaps he could be persuaded of Ziemia's good will and potential for improving the quality of life for all citizens. But the mayor would not meet with us. Remembering some of my own experiences with mayors and business leaders in Battle Creek, Michigan, and New Brunswick, New Jersey, I could only advise Zbigniew Dobrowolski, the newspaper's editor, to keep trying. It would not be an easy trip, but press freedom in Ropczycka seemed off to a good start.