Rolniczy powiat wieluński w okresie międzywojennym był obszarem o mniejszym zróżnicowaniu religijnym i wyznaniowym niż Polska i województwo łódzkie. Zdecydowanie dominowało tu wyznanie ...rzymskokatolickie – zarówno pod względem liczby wiernych, liczby duchownych, struktur organizacyjnych, jak i bazy materialnej. Drugie miejsce zajmował judaizm, gdzie większość wiernych skupiona była wokół ośmiu gmin. Podium zamykali ewangelicy augsburscy rozsiani po całym powiecie z jedyną parafią w Wieluniu. Pozostałe wyznania były nieliczne, a wśród nich jedynie prawosławni posiadali własną parafię, która uległa likwidacji.
The aim of the study is to investigate the association between the prevalence of stroke, its risk factors, and occupational status, with a differentiation between voluntary and involuntary ...unemployment.
This is a cross-sectional study, which included 3013 individuals aged 40 to 65 years. We compared the prevalence of stroke, comorbidities, self-reported stroke-like symptoms, healthy behaviors, and knowledge about stroke among the voluntarily and involuntarily unemployed versus the employed.
Voluntary unemployment was associated with increased chances of stroke (odds ratio OR, 1.92; 95% confidence interval CI, 1.05-3.57), hypertension (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.06-1.32), diabetes (OR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.01-1.35), and obesity (OR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.05-1.29). Involuntary job loss was associated with increased odds of hypertension (OR, 1.69; 95% CI, 1.16-2.50) and more frequent self-reported stroke-like symptoms.
We found higher chances of stroke among the voluntarily unemployed middle-aged adults, presumably because of increased prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.
Antimicrobial peptides emerge as compounds that can alleviate the global health hazard of antimicrobial resistance, prompting a need for novel computational approaches to peptide generation. Here, we ...propose HydrAMP, a conditional variational autoencoder that learns lower-dimensional, continuous representation of peptides and captures their antimicrobial properties. The model disentangles the learnt representation of a peptide from its antimicrobial conditions and leverages parameter-controlled creativity. HydrAMP is the first model that is directly optimized for diverse tasks, including unconstrained and analogue generation and outperforms other approaches in these tasks. An additional preselection procedure based on ranking of generated peptides and molecular dynamics simulations increases experimental validation rate. Wet-lab experiments on five bacterial strains confirm high activity of nine peptides generated as analogues of clinically relevant prototypes, as well as six analogues of an inactive peptide. HydrAMP enables generation of diverse and potent peptides, making a step towards resolving the antimicrobial resistance crisis.
The West is changing profoundly and so is its cultural and community-building potential. When we observe the transformations of this civilization in such aspects as fertility rates, marriage and ...divorce statistics, single-parenthood and out-of-wedlock births, birth control and euthanasia, one may look for a common explanation of this phenomena. It seems that people care less for each-other and more about themselves, and spend less time in long-term relationships which demand engagement, devotion and readiness to serve. At the same time, they do not seem to be happier or wealthier.According to the thesis of my paper, in order to understand and explain the changes listed above it is necessary to analyze them in a wider framework of socio-cultural shifts that took place in recent centuries in the West. This paper concentrates on such phenomena as secularization, rise of individualism and transformations of family life. These elements are going to be tested as key processes which triggered and facilitated profound transformations of culture and social structure which manifest themselves today in such alarming trends as, for example, demographic imbalance due to declining fertility and population ageing, decreasing human capital due to low-quality socialization, population control as well as eugenic practices or feminization of poverty. It seems that the current socio-economic condition of the West calls for critical and thorough analysis of dominating norms, values and beliefs which influence everyday decisions and the actions of millions of people who, in general, do not want to see the decline of their welfare and well-being.The aim of this paper is to engage and combine different findings from such disciplines as economics, psychology, history, sociology and cultural studies in order to present the will to serve which can be described as a foundational dimension and conditionof life.
The purpose of this study is to discuss the possibilities of "migrating fertility" as a beneficial technique for planning and implementing pro-natalist and family policies, which may play a key role ...in regulating migratory patterns in European countries with low fertility. The article's analysis is based on a 2017 and 2018 pilot empirical study done in the United Kingdom. The goal was to get a sense of how migrants who had been in the UK for a long time felt about the "Family 500+" fertility-boosting financial aid scheme that was established in Poland in 2016. The inclusion of the fertility potential of those who emigrated from their home country in the analysis of future demographic trends is an important aspect of the adopted approach.
•Family history of stroke is related to higher prevalence of hypertension and TIA.•Women with family history of stroke more often suffer from atrial fibrillation.•Individuals with positive family ...history of stroke are less obese.•Subjects with family history of stroke more frequently self-report stroke symptoms.
Family history of stroke increases stroke risk, however mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. We investigated whether family history of stroke is related to increased prevalence of stroke risk factors, unhealthy behaviors and self-reported stroke symptoms in middle-aged adults.
In a cross-sectional study conducted from November 2018 to January 2021 in 100 primary care facilities in Poland we evaluated adults aged 40-65 years (n = 2207, women 57.4%, median age 55 years) for stroke risk factors, healthy behaviors, family history of stroke, self-reported stroke symptoms and stroke knowledge using structured questionnaires. Patients were categorized based on family history of stroke defined as ≥1 first-degree relative with documented stroke.
Family history of stroke was reported by 571 (25.9%) individuals who were older (median age 56 vs. 54 years, p = 0.00001) and after adjustment for age more frequently suffered from hypertension (61.5% vs. 53.7%, p = 0.024) and prior transient ischemic attack (2.1% vs. 0.9%, p = 0.019), but not other risk factors. However, they were less obese (34.5% vs. 39.1%, p = 0.03). Women, but not men, with family history of stroke (n = 339, 26.8%) had greater prevalence of atrial fibrillation (7.4% vs. 3.9%, p = 0.037). Family history of stroke was associated with higher prevalence of any self-reported stroke symptom (32.9% vs. 23.2%, p < 0.00001), but not with unhealthy dietary behaviors or low level of knowledge about stroke.
Family history of stroke is associated with greater prevalence of certain risk factors and self-reported stroke symptoms, which indicates the need for closer surveillance of middle-aged individuals at risk.
Consumer social responsibility Michalski, Michał A
Annales etyka w życiu gospodarczym,
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In our contemporary literature and academic discourse, we often see how popular the topic of corporate social responsibility is. It will be argued that another problem, tightly linked to this issue, ...and strongly influencing the business environment is the consumer behaviour. This second part of business relations is often associated rather with legal demands and customer protection. The purpose of my article is to show how consumer social responsibility can help not only the corporations but also those involved in the market exchange to contribute to the common good and improve quality of millions of transactions people make every day. To become real, this responsibility needs effort—courage to witness by expressing consumer’s opinion and education. The first aspect shows how important action is in revealing values and introducing ethics into everyday market activity, the second shows that emphasizing basic economic education and expecting thorough information from companies can help build and enhance consumer awareness. This article also attempts to demonstrate the contributions of Catholic Social Thought to the problem of social responsibility.
Current demographic trends indicate that the process of ageing is more and more advanced in Western societies. While the available literature addressing this issue concentrates most often on ...developing effective tools for socio-economic policy, this paper aims at exploring the dominating assumptions of economics and culture to find how they may influence the demographic process that was mentioned. The purpose of the analysis undertaken here is to verify the thesis which claims that basic anthropological assumptions present in neoclassical economics and modern culture somehow ignore or underestimate such essential aspects of human life as old age and the helplessness or weakness connected with it. The conclusions of the paper indicate that there is a need for intergenerational balance within society, which, e.g., facilitates socio-economic development. Some of the most important factors influencing this may or may not be present within the economic theory and culture it is based on. It means that without the adequate vision of man and the phases of human life, the process of building a mentally healthy and vibrant society where everyone has his or her place is hardly possible.
Introduction and objective: Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) remains an emerging problem in animals, and particular care is required in zoos to protect the health of the public visitors (zoonosis) and the ...unique animals kept in them, which may be endangered species. In larger zoos, the problem is controlled to a greater extent than in private animal collections. Such places pose a significant risk as visitors make direct contact with animals. The article presents the management, diagnostics of a case of BTB in a ‘private animal collection’, and discusses the legal implications. Material and methods: Briefly, a post-mortem examination was performed in two Reeves’s muntjacs (Muntiacus reevesi) in the private animal collection in Poland. Due to the suspicion of BTB, microbiological examination on Lowenstein-Jensen and Stonebrink media and subsequent genotyping was performed. Results: Post-mortem examination revealed BTB-like lesions. Tests showed that the animals were infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Conclusions: Taking into account the lack of obligation to monitor infectious zoonotic diseases, the often unknown origin of animals and, frequently, very close contact between people and animals in private animal collections, there is a need to clarify the legal obligations of owners of these private animal collections in Poland to ensure public health protection. The findings of this investigation demonstrate that due to the lack of precise epidemiological data for BTB, it is difficult to define the epidemiological status of private animal collections, and further management depends on the owner’s cooperation with veterinarians.
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