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Costume Lined by Words by Bronka Nowicka
No full textA column by Bronka Nowicka, an interdisciplinary artist, a graduate of the Film School in Łódź and the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and a winner of the Nike Literary Award. “What if people paraded in words. You would buy a bale of literary material of any genre, then go to order something really chic, to be worn on your naked body. You would throw a roll of text on your shoulders and, whistling, carry it to the studio with a sign: Linguistic Tailoring services, or Poetry Sewing Room - 24/7.
L'avanguardia poetica barocca
No full textTraduzione del capitolo introduttivo a uno studio comparato sul barocco italiano e polacc
Między „szarym przebraniem” a „trudnym znojem”. O włoskich tłumaczeniach Italii Marii Konopnickiej
No full textMaria Konopnicka’s poems inspired by her travels to Italy have been repeatedly
translated in Italian between 1916 and 1929 and published in literary magazines and
in book form. The team composed by the essayist and publisher Ettore Cozzani , the
historian and diplomat Maciej Lore t and his wife Władysława Zapolska produced
a version that reveals a signifi cant manipulation of the source text, often transforming
it by means of techniques such as amplifi cation, specifi cation, modulation, reduction,
rationalization. The translations made by the sisters Clotilde and Cristina Garosci tend
instead to reproduce word order, syntactic fi gures, and poetic imagery of the source
text, though raising its linguistic register through lexical ennoblement and archaization.
Though both teams translated poetry into prose and considered translation as ancillary
to the source text, a comparative analysis of their versions shows a different approach
to Konopnicka’s poems that ultimately depends on different views on language, work
methods, and attitude to the Italian poetic tradition. Their reception illustrates that
translation of poetry into prose was generally accepted by critics of that time, as it was
supposed to preserve the “soul” of the source text, though giving up its form
Po kładce nad urwiskiem, przymrużając oko. O tłumaczeniu poezji humorystycznej na przykładzie Rymowanek Szymborskiej
No full textThe article presents a practical-theoretical reflection on translating humoristic poetry on the basis of the Author’s experience as a translator of Wisława Szymborska’s Rymowanki dla dużych dzieci. Since humor is the dominant function of the text, and laugh is the expected reaction, functional equivalence - rather than semantic equivalence - is here to be pursued. The goal of any translator of humoristic texts is to produce an equivalent effect on the reader. In the case of Szymborska’s Rymowanki, the task is made more difficult by the poetic form, which plays a primary role in generating the comic effect. The Author notices that the three categories of joke – universal, cultural and linguistic - proposed by Debra Raphaelson-West do not take into account such highly formalized utterings as humoristic verses, in which the form is not a mere decoration aiming at potentiating the aesthetic effect, but definitely contributes to generate the humoristic effect. The article shows how the mechanisms of laugh/smile proper of these poetic texts were reproduced in translation following some simple principles, and ends with the proposal to add to Raphaelson-West’s classification a fourth category: the poetic joke
Identification of BRCA1 gene mutation variants in clinical samples without labeling step – comparison of functionality and sensitivity of SPR and SERS sensors
No full textSERS (surface-enhanced Raman scattering) and SPR (surface plasmon resonance) sensors for the identification of six the most popular in Poland variants of BRCA1 gene mutation without labelling have been constructed and tested with clinical samples. Both sensors were based on the selective hybridization of target DNA with the capture DNA immobilized on plasmonic substrates. Moreover, in both sensors the same thiolated capture DNA was used. The mutation identification process using SPR detector relied on the shape of the SPR sensorgrams, whereas for the SERS sensors, the intensity of the Raman band at about 715-735 cm-1 (this band is due to the superimposition of mainly the band due to the v(C-S) vibration of the alkanethiol chain in the trans conformation and the band due to the breathing vibration of adenine) was used as an analytical signal. The demonstrated biosensors are characterized by the low detection limit at the level of pg·uL–1, wide analytical range and high selectivity. It was found that for different DNA sequences, a SPR or SERS sensor achieves greater detection sensitivity, which means that the selection of the optimal sensor type depends on the sequence of the target DNA.</p
Memories of meals in the Grandparents Study : A work in progress
No full textThe Grandparent Study, an interview-based qualitative study in Eugene, Oregon, was launched in 2011 with the aim of exploring parents’ and grandparents’ roles in the food habits and physical activity of children in socioeconomically disadvantaged families. The data are collected through semi-structured interviews from 16 families which all centred around one child in the family (3-5 years of age). The sample consists of 49 participants: 22 parents (14 women) and 27 grandparents (21 women). Since the study’s initiation, several works have been published related to subjects such as perceptions about the children’s body weight (Eli, Howell, Fisher, & Nowicka, 2014a), the gendered and generational division of domestic food responsibilities (Neuman, Eli, & Nowicka, 2019) and the participants’ own memories of becoming aware of their bodies (Eli, Howell, Fisher, & Nowicka, 2014b). The latter publication connects to the present study, which is a work in progress about the participants’ meal memories. Drawing on research on commensality – the activity of sharing a meal – we explore how eating in the family is recounted in a variety of ways, positively and negatively, thus problematizing a priori assumptions about the family meal as a social knit. As argued by other scholars before us (e.g. Andersen, Holm, & Baarts, 2015; Grignon, 2001; Julier, 2013), commensality may facilitate social communion and is both desired and idealized among some, but it may also bring with it social exclusion, stigma or other undesirable social consequences. ReferencesAndersen, S. S., Holm, L., & Baarts, C. (2015). School meal sociality or lunch pack individualism? Using an intervention study to compare the social impacts of school meals and packed lunches from home. Social Science Information, 54(3), 394–416Eli, K., Howell, K., Fisher, P. A., & Nowicka, P. (2014a). “A little on the heavy side”: a qualitative analysis of parents' and grandparents' perceptions of preschoolers' body weights. BMJ Open, 4(12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006609Eli, K., Howell, K., Fisher, P. A., & Nowicka, P. (2014b). “Those comments last forever”: Parents and grandparents of preschoolers recount how they became aware of their own body weights as children. PloS one, 9(11), e111974. Grignon, C. (2001). Commensality and social morphology : an essay of typology. In P. Scholliers (Ed.), Food, drink and identity : cooking, eating and drinking in Europe since the Middle Ages (pp. 23-33). Oxford: Berg.Julier, A. P. (2013). Eating together : food, friendship, and inequality. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.Neuman, N., Eli, K., & Nowicka, P. (2019). Feeding the extended family: Gender, generation, and socioeconomic disadvantage in food provision to children. Food, Culture & Society, 22(1), 45-62. </p
Thin films of solvatomagnetic CN-bridged coordination polymers: from micro to nanoscale - research data
No full textDataset containing SEM images of film samples and magnetometric data for a series of film and bulk samples of microporous coordination networks [Ni(cyclam)]3[M(CN)6]2*nH2O, M=Cr, Fe, cyclam=1,4,7,11-tetraazacyclotetradecan
New insight into teratogenic effects of (S)-thalidomide in zebrafish embryos growing inside the chorion and subjected to electric pulses
No full textStudies of (S)-thalidomide were conducted on zebrafish embryos subjected to electroporation processes using a square wave pulse generator. The results showed that the electroporation increases the absorption of (S)-thalidomide through the chorion into the growing embryos, which was confirmed by increased thalidomide levels in the embryo bodies at different hours post-treatments using differential pulse voltammetry and controlled-growth mercury drop electrode techniques. (S)-thalidomide administered by electroporation produced structural body deformations in zebrafish embryos as showed by scanning electron microscopy studies. Detailed transmission electron microscopy analysis evidenced multiple deposits of the outer layer and translucencies in the chorion structure, which was also pronounced on the mitochondrial membranes. The results confirmed the spontaneous conversion of the (S)-thalidomide enantiomer to the (R)-enantiomer in embryos exposed to the (S)-thalidomide only and subjected to electroporation pulses. The electroporation was found as a promising method to increase the uptake of (S)-thalidomide in the developmental studies on early zebrafish embryos growing in the chorion.</p
Low-intensity family therapy intervention is useful in a clinical setting to treat obese and extremely obese children
No full textAims. To study the influence of low-intensity solution-focused family therapy with obese and extremely obese pediatric subjects on body mass index (BMI) z-scores and self-esteem. Materials and Methods. Fifty-four obese children, aged 6-17 years, were referred to an outpatient obesity clinic. The families received solution-focused family therapy provided by a multidisciplinary team. Height and weight were recorded; BMI and BMI z-scores were derived. Self-esteem was assessed with a validated questionnaire, "I Think I Am." Parents completed "The Family Climate Scale" assessing family dynamics. Results. Eighty-one percent of the children (n=44, mean age 11.9 years, mean BMI z-score 3.67, range 2.46-5.48) and their parents participated in the follow-up. Eleven children were treated for 6-12 months, and 33 for more than 12 months. On average, the families received 3.8 family therapy sessions. Intervention resulted in a mean decrease in BMI z-score of 0.12 (p=0.0001). Self-esteem on the global scale improved after intervention (p=0.002), and also on sub-scales, depicting physical characteristics (p<0.001), psychological well-being (p=0.026), and relations with others (p=0.046). The Family Climate Scale showed improvement in the sub-scales for Expressiveness (p=0.002) and Chaos (p=0.002). Conclusions. Solution-focused family therapy provided by a multidisciplinary team to obese and extremely obese children may prove useful in the clinical setting, with a positive impact on obesity and self-esteem
A Sleeping Giant: Late HBV Reactivation After Rituximab-Based Chemotherapy Despite Correct Prophylaxis
Get PDFAnna A Nowicka,1– 3 Anna Szymanek-Pasternak,1,2 Justyna Janocha-Litwin,1,2,4 Krzysztof Simon1,2 1Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; 2First Department of Infectious Diseases, J. Gromkowski Specialistic Regional Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland; 3Infermedica Sp. z o. o., Wrocław, Poland; 4Novum Clinic, sp. z o. o., Wrocław, PolandCorrespondence: Anna A Nowicka, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Koszarowa 5, Wroclaw, 51-149, Poland, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a recognized complication of long-term immunosuppressive or cytotoxic therapy, typically occurring during immunosuppression or within a few months after treatment. To mitigate this risk, hepatological societies recommend the use of nucleos(t)ide analogues (NA) for HBV reactivation prophylaxis, along with post-treatment monitoring; though, these recommendations are not universally consistent across different guidelines. We present a case of late HBV reactivation in a 76-year-old male with occult HBV infection who received rituximab-based therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. In accordance with HBV reactivation guidelines, the patient was prescribed entecavir 0.5 mg daily during chemotherapy and for 18 months following the completion of hematological treatment. Despite adherence to these recommendations, the patient developed HBV reactivation 2 years and 5 months after the cessation of rituximab-based therapy, which progressed to acute HBV hepatitis. Our case emphasizes the need for extended follow-up in patients undergoing rituximab-based immunosuppression. It highlights the critical importance of vigilance for HBV reactivation and the potential consequences of delayed treatment. This case supports evidence on the unpredictability of HBV reactivation timelines and underscores the need for standardized monitoring protocols.Keywords: HBV reactivation, hepatitis B, rituximab, leukemia, HBV reactivation prophylaxis, entecavi
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