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The discovery that the Universe is expanding faster than we previously thought is one of the most fundamental findings in cosmology of recent years, but we are still some way from understanding precisely how this expansion occurs. Our team from the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre and the Jagiellonian University is using quasars to try to unravel the mystery.
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Magdalena Krupa
Agnieszka Świętoń
Bożena Czerny
Agnieszka Pollo
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This article presents the historic town of Røros, which has been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1980. Røros is located on the river Glomma, in central and eastern Norway, in the Sør-Trøndelag region. Settlement in this area developed around the mid-17th century when rich copper deposits were discovered. Not only the mining tradition of the town from that period, but also timber houses, a water transport system and relics of a former foundry as well as machines used for copper mining have survived until the present. The indicated elements of the cultural heritage of the town confirm its unique character on the European scale, while the cooperation between the local community and authorities in order to protect and revalorise the complex is exemplary. According to the Authors, such cooperation is indispensable for the process of protection and revalorisation of cultural heritage to run smoothly, of which Røros is proof.
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Dominika Kuśnierz-Krupa
Kazimierz Kuśnierz
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The second decade of the 21st century is a period of intense development of various types of energy storage other than pumped-storage hydroelectricity. Battery and thermal storage systems are particularly rapidly developing ones. The observed phenomenon is a result of a key megatrend, i.e. the development of intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) (wind power, photovoltaics). The development of RES, mainly in the form of distributed generation, combined with the dynamic development of electric mobility, results in the need to stabilize the grid frequency and voltage and calls for new solutions in order to ensure the security of energy supplies. High maturity, appropriate technical parameters, and increasingly better economic parameters of lithium battery technology (including lithium-ion batteries) result in a rapid increase of the installed capacity of this type of energy storage. The abovementioned phenomena helped to raise the question about the prospects for the development of electricity storage in the world and in Poland in the 2030 horizon. The estimated worldwide battery energy storage capacity in 2030 is ca. 51.1 GW, while in the case of Poland it is approximately 410.6 MW.
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Krystian Krupa
Łukasz Nieradko
Adam Haraziński
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This article concerns church monuments, which are part of the cultural heritage of Dukla. This is a town with medieval origins, located within the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in the Krosno district. In the past it was an important centre of commerce on the Hungarian Route. Merchant traditions in Dukla are mainly associated with trade and storage of wine, which was kept in the cellars under the main market square in Dukla. Because of the rank, which the town used to have in the past, it can boast numerous monuments including objects associated with the administrative, commercial and economic functions of the town, as well as — or perhaps primarily — sacred objects. Among the latter, one has to mention firstly the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, the church and monastery complex of the Bernardine Order, and the synagogue of the Jewish community, that once used to live in Dukla. Those objects, their cultural value and issues related to their protection constitute the subject of this study.

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Dominika Kuśnierz-Krupa
Joanna Figurska-Dudek
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Disinfectants are commonly used in households, hospitals, in drug manufacturing, in food processing. With the ever-increasing antibiotic-resistance of microorganisms, it is crucial to rationally apply disinfectants in suitable concentrations, with proper active substance, as not all substances affect various organisms in the same way. Among the microorganisms that are particularly difficult to kill, there are bacteria producing spores - forms that have different structure and sensitivity to disinfectants than the vegetative forms. The aim of the study has been to examine the influence of frequently used disinfectant compounds upon the spores of bacteria of the Bacillus genus: B. cereus, B. mycoides, and B. subtilis. In the study of disinfectants the findings showed that the disinfectants with the best results against spores are: peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide in concentrations of 30% as well as 5%, and Lysoformin 3000. The least efficient in fighting spores proved to be Isopropanol and Promanum N. Differentiation has been found to exist in the reaction of specific species to the preparation Rafasept, as B. subtilis occurred to be very sensitive to that compound, whereas Rafasept turned out to be ineffective in the case of B. mycoides and B. cereus.

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P. Olesiak
M. Kostecki
A. Smyłła
P. Krupa
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Pelvic venous disorder (PeVD) is a prevalent chronic condition characterized by the presence of varicose veins in the pelvis, leading to the development of chronic pelvic pain. Despite the growing interest in assessing quality of life in PeVD, well-designed and validated disease-specific questionnaires are missing. The objective of this study was a linguistic and clinical validation of the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ) in a cohort of Polish females with pelvic vein incompetence. The Polish version of SQ was developed using a standardized validation process that involved a back-and- forth translation protocol.
A total of 58 female patients diagnosed with pelvic varicose veins, representing diverse educational back-grounds, participated in the study. Multiple issues were observed during linguistic validation, primarily originating from disparities between the Polish and British healthcare systems, as well as differing levels of sexual health education of those two populations. Cronbach α was calculated separately for each part of the questionnaire with results exceeded 0.6 for each section. Test-retest analysis indicated most Pearson correlation coefficients surpassing 0.70. The absolute agreement consistency between pretest and post- test measures, evaluated using the Intra Class Correlation (ICC), exceeded 0.8 in three sections and 0.7 in the remaining three sections.
However, the clinical validation failed due to the lack of standardized score calculation proposed by the authors of the questionnaire and inaccurately assigned values in the answer key for five questions. Consequently, the practical utility of SQ in daily clinical settings remains uncertain, highlighting the urgent need for the development of a new, user-friendly questionnaire specifically tailored to assess the quality of life in individuals with PeVD.
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Paulina Kłapacz
1 2
Mikołaj Maga
2 3
Łukasz Drelicharz
1 2
Jakub Krężel
2
Ewa Graczkowska
1
Kinga Krupa
1
Gabriela Trąd
1
Wojciech Maga
4
Łukasz Partyka
1 2
Paweł Maga
1 2

  1. Department of Angiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  2. Clinical Department of Angiology, University Hospital in Kraków
  3. Department of Rehabilitation in Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  4. Prosthodontic and Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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W pracy przedstawiono koncepcję wykorzystania koksu naftowego do produkcji metanolu. Wymieniono sposoby oraz omówiono istniejące instalacje przetwarzania koksu naftowego do gazu syntezowego dla produkcji metanolu i energii elektrycznej. Zaprezentowano możliwości rozwoju rynku metanolu w Polsce w kierunku chemii, paliw i dodatków dla paliw, a także produkcję olefin i benzyn. Przedstawiono koncepcję instalacji produkcji metanolu z koksu naftowego. Zaprezentowano model ekonomiczny oraz analizę wyników obliczeń przeprowadzonych w celu określenia opłacalności produkcji metanolu na bazie koksu naftowego, dla różnych scenariuszy dostaw węgla oraz opcji kosztów emisji dwutlenku węgla do atmosfery. Wykazano, że opłacalność projektu produkcji metanolu poprzez zgazowanie koksu naftowego jest możliwa jedynie w przypadku uzyskania darmowych uprawnień do emisji CO2 oraz redukcji kosztów inwestycyjnych w stosunku do aktualnych predykcji. Nie gwarantuje to jednakże sukcesu przedsięwzięcia w przypadku znaczących spadków cen metanolu poniżej wartości prognozowanych w scenariuszu zmiennych cen.
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Joanna Bigda
Józef Popowicz
Jarosław Zuwała
Andrzej Sikora
Marcin Krupa
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The prevalence of heavy metals in wastewater is the cause of death of numerous organisms which take part in biological treatment of wastewater, that is why the aim of the study has been to asses the influence of cadmium and copper ions upon the microfauna of activated sludge. 5, 10, 50, and 100 mg/l of Cd2+ and Cu2+ were added into the samples of activated sludge and then, after 24 hours, the microscopic observations of activated sludge microfauna were carried out, and all changes concerning the amount of microfauna, functional groups, and species composition were determined. The results obtained allowed to find a high level of toxicity of Cd2+ and Cu2+ ions to activated sludge microfauna, which resulted in the changes in the value of the Sludge Biotic Index and classes of sludge, survivability of microfauna, and reduction in the number of taxonomic units. It was observed that Cu2+ ions are more toxic to activated sludge microfauna than Cd2+ ions in identical doses. Organisms sensitive to Cd2+ and Cu2+ ions have been found to be testate amoebae, Aspidisca sp. and Epistylis sp., as well as organisms relatively sensitive to tested metals, which turned out to be ciliates of Opercularia and Vorticella convalaria genera.

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Aleksandra Smyłła
Maciej Kostecki
Piotr Krupa
Beata Malinowska
Anna Kliś
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Experimental modal analysis of a violin with three different tensions of a bass bar has been performed. The bass bar tension is the only intentionally introduced modification of the instrument. The aim of the study was to find differences and similarities between top plate modal parameters determined by a bass bar perfectly fitting the shape of the top plate, the bass bar with a tension usually applied by luthiers (normal), and the tension higher than the normal value. In the modal analysis four signature modes are taken into account. Bass bar tension does not change the sequence of mode shapes. Changes in modal damping are insignificant. An increase in bass bar tension causes an increase in modal frequencies A0 and B(1+) and does not change the frequencies of modes CBR and B(1-).

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Ewa B. Skrodzka
Bogumił B.J. Linde
Antoni Krupa
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Two violins were investigated. The only intentionally introduced difference between them was the type of varnish. One of the instruments was covered with a spirit varnish, the other was oil varnished. Experimental modal analysis was done for unvarnished/varnished violins and a questionnaire inquiry on the instrument’s sound quality was performed. The aim of both examinations was to find differences and similarities between the two instruments in the objective (modal parameters) and subjective domain (subjective evaluation of sound quality). In the modal analysis, three strongly radiating signature modes were taken into account. Varnishing did not change the sequence of mode shapes. Modal frequencies A0 and B(1+) were not changed by oil varnishing compared to the unvarnished condition. For the oil varnished instrument, the frequency of mode B(1+) was lower than that of the same mode of the spirit varnished instrument. Our two violins were not excellent instruments, but before varnishing they were practically identical. However, after varnishing it appeared that the oil-varnished violin was better than the spirit-varnished instrument. Therefore, it can be assumed with a fairly high probability that also in general, the oil-varnished violins sound somewhat better than initially identical spirit-varnished ones.
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Ewa B. Skrodzka
Bogumił B.J. Linde
Antoni Krupa
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In this paper, the influence of biomodification of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on some properties of concrete was studied. Sporosarcina pasteurii strain was chosen for biodeposition process. The RCA came from parent concretes with varying w/c ratio. Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) with two levels of w/c ratio, made from RCA not subjected to biomodification, was treated as reference. Compressive strength, water absorption and sorption of concretes were tested. The most significant influence of the aggregate biomodification was found in the case of sorption and this effect was highest for RAC made from the aggregate yielding from better quality parent concrete.

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A.M. Grabiec
D. Zawal
J. Starzyk
D. Krupa-Palacz
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This study characterizes mycorrhiza helper bacteria (MHB) from selected unpolluted locations as well as subjected to industrial emissions. To determine the species of bacteria isolated from the roots of ectomycorrhizal pine and birch, a method based on the sequence analysis of a 16S rRNA gene was used. The isolated bacteria were initially characterized by available biochemical methods and phenotypic observation. On the selected bacteria representatives isolation of DNA was performed, on which the PCR reaction was carried out. In this way amplified samples were automatically sequenced and the obtained results were compared to public databases. Among the isolated bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 and Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 species were dominant.

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Anna Ząbkiewicz
Magdalena Myga-Nowak
Katarzyna Bandurska
Justyna Paczyńska
Anna Szybecka
Piotr Krupa
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The article presents the issue related with a proper preparation of a data sheet for the

analysis, the way of verifying the correctness and reliability of input information, and proper

data encoding. Improper input or coding of data can significantly influence the correctness

of performed analyses or extend their time. This stage of an analysis is presented by an

authorship questionnaire for the study on occupational safety culture in a manufacturing

plant, using the Statistica software for analyses. There were used real data, obtained during

the research on the issue of occupational safety and factors having the greatest influence on

the state of occupational safety.

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Authors and Affiliations

Patryk Krupa
Izabela Gabryelewicz
Milan Edl
Peter Pantya
Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska

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