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DNA barcoding of commercially important marine fish species Hipposcarus harid from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Get PDFIn this study, the collected fish species were identified based on morphological observations and then evaluated by DNA barcoding. The COI gene has been recognized as a biological marker for fish species identification and the objective of this study is to analyze the variable region of the COI gene in subunit I. The mitochondrial cytochrome (COI) oxidase subunit I gene was analyzed as a suitable molecular maker for the identification of three specimens of the fish species Hipposcarus harid, widely distributed in the Red Sea. The COI gene sequences in the variable region revealed variations among the fish species. The COI gene sequences in the variable region were similar to the variable region of Hipposcarus harid collected from the Northern Red Sea and all three were named: H. harid H13, H. harid H2c, and H. harid H12. The identification of the fish species collected from the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia would help ichthyologists improve the management, conservation and monitoring of economically important long-nose parrotfish species in Saudi Arabia.In this study, the collected fish species were identified based on morphological observations and then evaluated by DNA barcoding. The COI gene has been recognized as a biological marker for fish species identification and the objective of this study is to analyze the variable region of the COI gene in subunit I. The mitochondrial cytochrome (COI) oxidase subunit I gene was analyzed as a suitable molecular maker for the identification of three specimens of the fish species Hipposcarus harid, widely distributed in the Red Sea. The COI gene sequences in the variable region revealed variations among the fish species. The COI gene sequences in the variable region were similar to the variable region of Hipposcarus harid collected from the Northern Red Sea and all three were named: H. harid H13, H. harid H2c, and H. harid H12. The identification of the fish species collected from the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia would help ichthyologists improve the management, conservation and monitoring of economically important long-nose parrotfish species in Saudi Arabia
Crustacean species off the coast of Kıyıköy (Black Sea, Türkiye) with a new record
Get PDFExamination of hard- and soft-bottom samples collected off the coast of Kıyıköy (Black Sea, Türkiye) using grabs, quadrats and trawls revealed a total of 39 crustaceans belonging to eight orders. Among the species, Medorippe lanata was recorded in the Black Sea for the first time. Amphipoda dominated on hard and soft substrates in terms of the number of species and individuals. A total of 898 individuals belonging to 27 species were identified on the hard bottom, of which Ampithoe ramondi was the most dominant species (47.4%). On the other hand, a total of 123 individuals belonging to 16 species were recorded on the soft bottom, with Diogenes pugilator (21.1%) being the most dominant species (21.1%). A total of 441 individuals belonging to nine species were found following bottom and beam trawl hauls, with Liocarcinus navigator and L. depurator being the most frequent species. Community parameters were estimated in both hard- and soft-bottom samples.Examination of hard- and soft-bottom samples collected off the coast of Kıyıköy (Black Sea, Türkiye) using grabs, quadrats and trawls revealed a total of 39 crustaceans belonging to eight orders. Among the species, Medorippe lanata was recorded in the Black Sea for the first time. Amphipoda dominated on hard and soft substrates in terms of the number of species and individuals. A total of 898 individuals belonging to 27 species were identified on the hard bottom, of which Ampithoe ramondi was the most dominant species (47.4%). On the other hand, a total of 123 individuals belonging to 16 species were recorded on the soft bottom, with Diogenes pugilator (21.1%) being the most dominant species (21.1%). A total of 441 individuals belonging to nine species were found following bottom and beam trawl hauls, with Liocarcinus navigator and L. depurator being the most frequent species. Community parameters were estimated in both hard- and soft-bottom samples
Nutrient content in tissues of Groenlandia densa, Myriophyllum spicatum and Zannichellia palustris: an attempt to understand the intercompartmental relationships in a small stream in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Get PDFResearch has long focused on the relative importance of leaves and roots as sources of nutrient supply for macrophytes, as well as the function each stream compartment plays in their growth and development. This study aims to expand the debate on aquatic ecology and to better understand the connection between compartments in aquatic systems by highlighting the relationship observed in rivers between nutrients in macrophytes tissues, water, and sediments. We measured the concentrations of P-PO4, N-NO3 and N-NH4 in three different compartments of the Amengous stream in the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Myriophyllum spicatum (L.), Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr. and Zannichellia palustris (L.) were selected as plant species. Our results show that even if the species coexist in the same habitat, they respond differently to nutrient richness. G. densa has a higher nutrient accumulation capacity than M. spicatum and Z. palustris and prefers the water compartment as a nutrient source. Although M. spicatum can accumulate phosphate compounds from water and sediment, ammonium is not its preferred nitrogen source. Z. palustris shows a tendency to accumulate nitrogen compounds through the roots, while it prefers the assimilation of phosphorus compounds through the leaves rather than the roots.Research has long focused on the relative importance of leaves and roots as sources of nutrient supply for macrophytes, as well as the function each stream compartment plays in their growth and development. This study aims to expand the debate on aquatic ecology and to better understand the connection between compartments in aquatic systems by highlighting the relationship observed in rivers between nutrients in macrophytes tissues, water, and sediments. We measured the concentrations of P-PO4, N-NO3 and N-NH4 in three different compartments of the Amengous stream in the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Myriophyllum spicatum (L.), Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr. and Zannichellia palustris (L.) were selected as plant species. Our results show that even if the species coexist in the same habitat, they respond differently to nutrient richness. G. densa has a higher nutrient accumulation capacity than M. spicatum and Z. palustris and prefers the water compartment as a nutrient source. Although M. spicatum can accumulate phosphate compounds from water and sediment, ammonium is not its preferred nitrogen source. Z. palustris shows a tendency to accumulate nitrogen compounds through the roots, while it prefers the assimilation of phosphorus compounds through the leaves rather than the roots
Greenwashing jako przeszkoda w zielonej transformacji Unii Europejskiej
Get PDFDla rządzących Unią Europejską polityka klimatyczna stanowi priorytet. Poprzez regulacje i nowe akty prawne, UE wpływa na działania przedsiębiorstw i tym samym konsumentów, aby ich czyny były bardziej zrównoważone i przyczyniły się do zielonej transformacji. Niestety, ale są przedsiębiorstwa, dla których tematy ekologii są sposobem na tworzenie fałszywego wizerunku biznesu przyjaznego środowisku. Składanie nieprawdziwych deklaracji ekologicznych, zwane greenwashingiem, ma na celu przyciąganie konsumentów i potencjalnych inwestorów. Stanowi to poważny problem w zielonej transformacji UE, ponieważ szerzenie pseudoekologicznego marketingu sprawia, że konsumenci padają ofiarą zawyżonych cen, zagubienia i problemu z rozróżnieniem prawdy od kłamstwa. Konsumenci nie zdają sobie sprawy, że przedsiębiorstwa z których produktów i usług korzystają na co dzień, też dopuszczają się greenwashingu. Unia Europejska podejmuje walkę z takimi praktykami poprzez zaostrzanie prawa, aktualizowanie deklaracji i wprowadzanie nowych regulacji. Jednak nie tylko UE odgrywa tu ważna rolę, ale i media, organizacje pozarządowe oraz konsumenci, którzy demaskują fałszywe działania przedsiębiorstw i je nagłaśniają. Zwalczenie greenwashingu jest potrzebne do przeprowadzenia zielonej transformacji Unii Europejskiej i świata
Jakich zmian w polskich uczelniach doświadczają mistrzowie dydaktyki?
No full textIn 2023, the “Masters of Didactics” program was completed. Its goal was to improve the quality of academic didactics in Poland by training academics at renowned European universities. The program, which included tutoring and modern educational methods based on international experience and practice, has influenced the development of many academic teachers, but its sustainability and further implementation of innovative approaches are still a challenge.
The VIVA DIDACTICA 2024 conference included “networking” sessions of the alumni of the Masters of Didactics Program and representatives of the Centers for Didactic Excellence from all over Poland. The article holds the results of the discussions that took place during these sessions. The participants addressed the topic of changes in the approach to academic teaching in Poland, the impact of the “Masters of Didactics” on university environments, and the role of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in further support towards the professionalization of academic teaching.
Participants pointed out the need for systemic implementation of tutoring as an equivalent form of teaching, stressed the importance of changing the organizational culture of universities, and the need to support teaching professionals through training, mentoring, and networking. They made demands for a national system of mini grants to exchange teaching experience and integrate the academic community around innovative teaching methods.
Additionally considered was the establishment of a Foundation of Alumni of the “Masters of Didactics” Program, whose task would be to support academic teachers, promote good practices, and cooperate with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The article emphasizes the importance of professionalization of academic education and systemic changes in Polish universities, pointing to the need for further development and integration of the academic community around didactics, which is the essential pillar of developing science.W 2023 roku zakończono realizację programu „Mistrzowie Dydaktyki”, którego celem było podniesienie jakości dydaktyki akademickiej w Polsce poprzez szkolenia nauczycieli akademickich w renomowanych europejskich uniwersytetach. Program, obejmujący tutoring i nowoczesne metody kształcenia na bazie rozwiązań międzynarodowych, wpłynął na rozwój wielu akademików i akademiczek. Jednak jego trwałość oraz dalsze wdrażanie innowacji pozostają wyzwaniami.
W ramach konferencji VIVA DYDAKTYKA 2024 odbyła się sesja „sieciowania” Mistrzów Dydaktyki i Centrów Doskonalenia Dydaktycznego. Uczestniczący w niej absolwenci i absolwentki programu oraz przedstawiciele Centrów z różnych uczelni podjęli temat zmian w podejściu do dydaktyki akademickiej w Polsce, wpływu „Mistrzów Dydaktyki” na środowiska uczelniane oraz roli Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w dalszym wspieraniu profesjonalizacji nauczania akademickiego. Artykuł zawiera wyniki moderowanej dyskusji, jaka odbyła się w trakcie konferencji w grupach tematycznych.
Uczestnicy wskazali potrzebę systemowego wdrożenia tutoringu jako równoważnej formy dydaktycznej, podkreślili znaczenie zmiany kultury organizacyjnej uczelni oraz konieczność wsparcia dydaktyków poprzez szkolenia, mentoring i sieciowanie. Zgłoszono postulaty dotyczące krajowego systemu mini grantów, służących wymianie doświadczeń dydaktycznych oraz integracji środowiska akademickiego wokół innowacyjnych metod nauczania.
Rozważano także powołanie Fundacji Absolwentów programu „Mistrzowie Dydaktyki”, której zadaniem byłoby wspieranie akademików i akademiczek w procesie dydaktycznym (ze szczególną orientacją na tych zatrudnionych w grupie pracowników dydaktycznych), promowanie dobrych praktyk oraz współpraca z Ministerstwem Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Artykuł podkreśla znaczenie profesjonalizacji kształcenia akademickiego oraz systemowych zmian w polskich uczelniach, wskazując na potrzebę dalszego rozwoju i integracji środowiska akademickiego wokół dydaktyki, stanowiącej niezbędny filar rozwoju nauki
Franciszek Karpiński’s poetry in the “Ukrainsky Vestnik” newspaper
Get PDFThe article presents the reception of Franciszek Karpiński’s (1741–1825) poetry in Kharkiv’s newspaper “Ukrainsky Vestnik” (1819) from the perspective of translation and imitation. It discussed the following poems: Corydon, Daphnis and Corydon, Remembering Old Love and The Traveller and the Stream. They became of interest due to the activity of the Polish Language Department at the University of Kharkiv (Pyotr Hulak-Artemovsky was the department head, and Dmitry Safonov and Aleksander Sklabovsky were students).Artykuł zawiera opis recepcji poezji Franciszka Karpińskiego (1741–1825) w charkowskim czasopiśmie „Ukrainskij Wiestnik” (1819) z perspektywy problemu przekładu i naśladownictwa. Przedmiotem omówienia są wiersze Korydon, Dafne i Korydon, Przypomnienie dawnej miłości oraz Podróżny i strumień. Zainteresowanie nimi było związane z działalnością Katedry Języka Polskiego na Uniwersytecie Charkowskim (kierownikiem był Piotr Hułak-Artemowski, do studentów należeli m.in. Dmitrij Safonow i Aleksandr Skłabowski).The article presents the reception of Franciszek Karpiński’s (1741–1825) poetry in Kharkiv’s newspaper “Ukrainsky Vestnik” (1819) from the perspective of translation and imitation. It discussed the following poems: Corydon, Daphnis and Corydon, Remembering Old Love and The Traveller and the Stream. They became of interest due to the activity of the Polish Language Department at the University of Kharkiv (Pyotr Hulak-Artemovsky was the department head, and Dmitry Safonov and Aleksander Sklabovsky were students)
Stanislaw Brzozowski’s entry into the “Russian world”. A few reflections on the 'Flames' novel
Get PDFThe specific attitude and mentality of the Polish thinker, literary critic, publicist, writer and poet Stanisław Brzozowski (1878–1911), reflected, among others, in his novel Flames were the basis, the precondition for his entry into the “Russian world”. Failure to meet this condition could even mean closing the latter for the Polish creator. He did not identify himself with Tsarist Russia, presented in the novel as a dead structure, a denial of humanity, synonymous with violence and rape. He was closer to the Russia of revolutionaries, striving to restore freedom and justice through radical actions, and, at the same time, drawing from the treasury of European knowledge and ideas. It was with this Russia that he felt ideologically connected and – at least to some extent – through it and in its context, he identified himself with the real “here and now”. Both for young Russians – advocates of change and transformation, and for the Polish author, Russian literature was an important point of reference, including: Fathers and children by Ivan Turgenev. However, while the former treated this work and the “principles” of life of its main character – Bazarov – as a literary description of the first, initial stage of their activity, this novel enabled Brzozowski’s first adult entry into the ideological and mental reality of the era in which he lived. The article shows the phenomenon and specificity of the author’s entry into the “Russian world” of Flames, and presents the assessments that Brzozowski formulated about the faces of Russia, or rather two Russias, criticizing anachronistic and degenerate – in his opinion – forms of Polishness at the same time.Specyficzna postawa i umysłowość polskiego myśliciela, krytyka literackiego, publicysty, pisarza i poety Stanisława Brzozowskiego (1878–1911), znajdujące odzwierciedlenie w powieści Płomienie, stanowiły podstawę, warunek wstępny wejścia twórcy w „świat rosyjski”. Niespełnienie rzeczonego warunku mogłoby oznaczać nawet swoiste zamknięcie owego świata przed Brzozowskim. Nie utożsamiał się on z Rosją carską, przedstawioną w powieści jako martwa struktura, będąca zaprzeczeniem człowieczeństwa, synonimem przemocy i gwałtu. Bliższa była mu Rosja rewolucjonistów dążących do przywrócenia na drodze radykalnych działań swobody i sprawiedliwości, a przy tym czerpiących ze skarbca europejskiej wiedzy i idei. To właśnie z tą Rosją poczuł się związany ideowo i – przynajmniej w jakiejś mierze – poprzez nią i w jej kontekście identyfikował się z realnym „tu i teraz”. Zarówno dla młodych Rosjan-orędowników zmian i przeobrażeń, jak i dla polskiego autora ważnym punktem odniesienia była literatura rosyjska, zwłaszcza Ojcowie i dzieci Iwana Turgieniewa. O ile jednak ci pierwsi potraktowali to dzieło i „zasady” życia jego głównego bohatera – Bazarowa jako literacki opis pierwszego, początkowego etapu ich działalności, o tyle Brzozowskiemu powieść ta umożliwiła pierwsze dorosłe wejście w rzeczywistość ideowo-mentalną epoki, w jakiej żył. W artykule ukazano fenomen i specyfikę wejścia w „świat rosyjski” autora Płomieni; przybliżono oceny, które na temat wizerunków Rosji, czy raczej dwóch Rosji, sformułował Brzozowski, poddając zarazem krytyce anachroniczne, zwyrodniałe – w jego przeświadczeniu – formy polskości.The specific attitude and mentality of the Polish thinker, literary critic, publicist, writer and poet Stanisław Brzozowski (1878–1911), reflected, among others, in his novel Flames were the basis, the precondition for his entry into the “Russian world”. Failure to meet this condition could even mean closing the latter for the Polish creator. He did not identify himself with Tsarist Russia, presented in the novel as a dead structure, a denial of humanity, synonymous with violence and rape. He was closer to the Russia of revolutionaries, striving to restore freedom and justice through radical actions, and, at the same time, drawing from the treasury of European knowledge and ideas. It was with this Russia that he felt ideologically connected and – at least to some extent – through it and in its context, he identified himself with the real “here and now”. Both for young Russians – advocates of change and transformation, and for the Polish author, Russian literature was an important point of reference, including: Fathers and children by Ivan Turgenev. However, while the former treated this work and the “principles” of life of its main character – Bazarov – as a literary description of the first, initial stage of their activity, this novel enabled Brzozowski’s first adult entry into the ideological and mental reality of the era in which he lived. The article shows the phenomenon and specificity of the author’s entry into the “Russian world” of Flames, and presents the assessments that Brzozowski formulated about the faces of Russia, or rather two Russias, criticizing anachronistic and degenerate – in his opinion – forms of Polishness at the same time
The Global History of Ukraine
Get PDFThe paper presents the book titled Ukraine. Overcoming the Past by Yaroslav Hrytsak (translated by K. Kotyńska and J. Majewska-Grabowska, the series „The Library of Central Europe”, Kraków 2023, 597 p.). Yaroslaw Hrytsak (born on 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian historian, professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University. The book contains an outline of the history of Ukraine (from the Middle Ages to the present day) from the perspective of the global history and longue durée conceptions. Artykuł zawiera omówienie książki Jarosława Hrycaka Ukraina. Wyrwać się z przeszłości (przeł. K. Kotyńska i J. Majewska-Grabowska, seria „Biblioteka Europy Środka”, Kraków 2023, 597 s.). Jarosław Hrycak (urodzony 1 stycznia 1960 roku) to ukraiński historyk, profesor Ukraińskiego Uniwersytetu Katolickiego. Książka zawiera zarys dziejów Ukrainy (od średniowiecza do współczesności) z perspektywy koncepcji historii globalnej i koncepcji longue durée.The paper presents the book titled Ukraine. Overcoming the Past by Yaroslav Hrytsak (translated by K. Kotyńska and J. Majewska-Grabowska, the series „The Library of Central Europe”, Kraków 2023, 597 p.). Yaroslaw Hrytsak (born on 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian historian, professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University. The book contains an outline of the history of Ukraine (from the Middle Ages to the present day) from the perspective of the global history and longue durée conceptions.