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Assessment of the Current Potential of Hydropower for Water Damming in Poland in the Context of Energy Transformation
Get PDFThis article belongs to the Special Issue Hydropower in the East European Region: Challenges and OpportunitiesThe present paper indicates that hydropower, including small hydropower plants (SHPs), may play a very important role in Poland’s energy transformation in the near future. The development of SHPs may also increase water resources in the steppe Poland. Additionally, the aim of the present research is to conduct the PEST analysis of SHPs in Poland, taking into account the SHP potential. For the first time, maps showing the power and location of potential SHPs on the existing dams in Poland are presented. SHPs should be an important element of energy transition in Poland, especially on a local scale—it is stable energy production. Our analysis shows that there are 16,185 such dams in Poland, while the total capacity of potential hydropower plants in Poland would be 523.6 MW, and the total number of new jobs is estimated at 524. It was calculated that the annual avoided carbon dioxide emissions will amount to 4.4 million tons, which will reduce Poland’s emissions by 1.4%. The construction of SHPs can bring significant environmental and economic benefits. As far as the PEST analysis is concerned, the political environment of SHPs in Poland can be described as unfavorable (2.86 points). The economical nature of PEST analysis (3.86 points) should be considered as friendly for the development of SHPs. The social nature of PEST analysis can be considered as neutral (3.36 points). The technological nature of the PEST analysis can be considered as neutral (3.21 points).UMK
O początkach parafii św. Antoniego
Get PDFArtykuł omawia początki parafii św. Antoniego w Toruniu. Parafia, zwana początkowo kuracją, została erygowana w 1937 roku
Honor a przemoc
No full textWywiad z dr Jaśminą Korczak-Siedlecką o jej badaniach i monografii "Przemoc i honor w życiu społecznym wsi na Mierzei Wiślanej w XVI-XVII wieku", Toruń 2021
Archival Appraisal in Community Archives
Get PDFArchival appraisal is one of the basic functions of archives. This chapter provides an initial analysis of the contexts in which community archives make appraisal decisions. The author draws attention to the different degrees of archival selection, how archival selection is perceived by community archivists, the importance of the human factor in this activity and how value is attributed to documentation. The chapter applies methods of analysis of texts and data from semi-structured interviews with community archivists
Zarządzanie informacją w lokalnym środowisku akademickim. Doświadczenia Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Toruniu w pracy w nowym systemie bibliotecznym
Get PDFArtykuł przedstawia doświadczenia Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Toruniu w wykorzystaniu systemu bibliotecznego Alma oraz multiwyszukiwarki Primo VE w gromadzeniu, zarządzaniu i udostępnianiu informacji. Wskazuje na zmiany, jakie dokonały się w tym zakresie, omawia liczne rozwiązania zastosowane w trakcie kilkunastomiesięcznej pracy w nowym środowisku technologicznym.The article presents experiences of Nicolaus Copernicus University Library in Toruń on the usage of Alma - a library system, as well as Primo VE, a multi-search engine, concerning collecting, managing and sharing information. It refers to changes made in this area and discusses multiple solutions applied during the time spent working in the new technological environment
Practical aspects of education and professional development of the Prison Service Staff
Get PDFThe presented article aims to show practical tips and recommendations
applicable in the process of planning and implementation of activities
related to the education and in-service training of Prison Service
personnel. The paper was written in reference to the research carried
out in 2021, within the research project “Pilot penitentiary complexes”
Improving business performance through TPM method: The evidence from the production and processing of crude oil
Get PDFNowadays, customers expect manufacturers to supply high quality products, on-time deliveries and competitive prices. The consequence of the increased market requirements is the need to maintain high reliability and efficiency of machines and the production process. The existing methods of production management have proved to be inefficient enough to maintain the company’s competitive position on the market. The Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) concept is one of the tools to maximize equipment efficiency by establishing an optimal relationship between people and machines. The aim of the article is to present the issues related to TPM and demonstrate in the process of empirical research that it serves the purpose of improving efficiency and supports quality in the enterprise. The considerations are based on the thesis that TPM is an economical variant of maintenance and guarantees stability, quality and maximization of production efficiency. The article presents the results of empirical research in an enterprise extracting and processing pre-crudes and gas from Caspian Sea. The data from the SAP management system of the investigated enterprise were used. Based on 146 maintenance orders for 40 devices, a correlation between preventive and corrective maintenance was determined using statistical tools. The main goal of the study was to show whether preventive maintenance reduces the occurrence of failures contributing to the elimination of disturbances in the production process. In addition, we analyzed real cases of equipment failures to answer the question whether the procedure of preventive maintenance of equipment in the studied population would prevent the occurrence of these defects. The empirical study demonstrated a clear impact of Preventive Maintenance on limiting the occurrence of equipment failures, and thus production disturbances
THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ON CYBER THREATS CHALLENGING STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS - PROPOSAL OF PREVENTION AND TRAINING AREAS
Get PDFCyber threats are a huge problem and a challenge for educators working in schools. As statistics show,
the probability of a specific threat varies with the age of the students. Younger children (owing to the
lack of mental and emotional maturity and awareness of threats) are more exposed to extortion, fraud,
cyber-pedophile attacks, misunderstanding of online messages, theft of personal data, or contact with
messages that are not adapted to their age. Older children - by establishing contacts with people they
do not know, they may become victims of such crimes as: extortion of funds, cybersex, pornography,
and prostitution, they may also be harassed or become victims of stalkers. These threats may be
transferred to the real life of a young person, resulting in depression and, in extreme cases, suicide
attempts. When establishing their first emotional and intimate relationships young people share their
personal photos that can be published or become the cause of blackmail. By participating in social life,
they comment, praise, but also ridicule, offend, and hurt the feelings of others. They are inspired by
fashion and behaviour promoted on line. Taking up online challenges, e.g. on TikTok, can result in bodily
harm, disability, and even loss of life. These threats and their physical and mental consequences may
be long-term and determine young people’s further lives and choices. In order to prevent the abovementioned
phenomena, preventive measures should be implemented in order to familiarize students
with the risks and ways of counteracting them. These measures should be undertaken as early as
possible by educating family and teachers.
The text of the article will present the results of a pilot study showing the state of teachers' knowledge
about cyber threats to which students are exposed. The research was carried out in 2021-2022 and
covered a group of 250 primary and secondary school teachers. On the basis of the research, the
authors prepared a report summarizing the state of teachers' knowledge about the risks to which
students are exposed in the Internet space. The text will define the areas related to the training needs
connected with the undertaken topic
The History of Selection : Polish Attempts to Make a Selection of Archival Materials While Preserving Their Organic Context Before 1939
Get PDFPolscy archiwiści w latach 1918–1939 prowadząc selekcję archiwalną, za powód trwałego przechowywania akt uznawali organiczne więzi łączące materiały archiwalne. W miarę masowego napływu dokumentacji do archiwów, związki wewnątrz całości archiwalnych zaczęły tracić na znaczeniu na rzecz wartości historycznej akt. W końcu lat 30. pojawiły się jednak pomysły na zachowanie w całości dokumentacji wybranych instytucji, by w przykładowych registraturach ochronić organiczne relacje łączące akta.In the years 1918–1939, when performing archival selection, Polish archivists considered the organic ties that bound archival materials to be the reason for permanent preservation of records. With the massive influx of records into archives, relationships within archival fonds began to lose importance in favour of the historical value of the records. In the late 1930s, however, ideas emerged that enabled the preservation of records in selected institutions in their entirety in order to protect the organic relationships that linked the records in exemplary registries
SLAVIC AND ORIENTAL LINGUISTIC RELATIONS IN THE ALYTUS TEFSIR
Get PDFThe purpose of the paper is to establish the genesis of Oriental words in The Alytus Tefsir and describe their further history, i.e. lending to the Polish language. It has been concluded that Tatar manuscripts contain primarily vocabulary of Arabic origin (borrowed directly from, or through, Turkish, specifically, Ottoman Turkish), while words of other Turkish and Persian origins are less frequent. Some Islamicisms derive from languages other than Oriental ones, but were incorporated into the monuments of Polish-Lithuanian Muslims from other Oriental languages, e.g. ǧahannam (Heb. Gehinnōm). Islamicisms include words that can be found only in Tatar literature. Most of them lack Slavic equivalents, and are thus untranslatable (especially, Oriental names and proper nouns). They were adopted into the grammatical and lexical system of the Polish language, undergoing Slavicisation processes. The other words that belonged to the semantic group of Islamicisms were adopted into the Polish lexical system, which was confirmed in lexicographic studies