236 research outputs found
Adaptable Techniques for Making IT-Related Investment Decisions
No full textThe author investigated the main methods used for making IT-related investment decisions. In the view of these methods it can be said that no method was found that would help to make investment decisions 'routinelike'. The use of traditional financial indicators – which would be suitable for so-called regular investments - has a lot of obstructions and it would be dangerous to base decisions only on them. Return on Investment (ROI) methods are used in the case of classical investments (buildings, machineries) to analyze capital investments. Their simplest explanation is that net profit is expressed in percentage of invested capital. If it is a planned investment, a quotient is used for comparing variations. Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) has gained upon from the 60’s (in case of several IT-related investments as well), as it made possible to consider certain not quantifiable factors and uncertain elements too, so it meant a great help for choosing between different alternatives. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)-model was created by GartnerGroup in the beginning of the 90’s, which is an excellent method for monitoring IT infrastructure and for analysing direct and indirect costs of possessed and used softwares and hardwares. An another method for making investment decisions, Rapid Economic Justification (REJ) is an attempt made by Microsoft and Intellectual Arbitrage to develop a better-balanced approach for examining and developing IT projects as it had been before. REJ offers the possibility of assessment balance against the cost-models dealing with only the cost side of a project
Temporal expressions in the Book of Psalms of Mikołaj Rej
No full textThe aim of this article is the characterization of chosen temporal expressions in the Book of Psalms of Mikołaj Rej. The author, who analyses the chosen fragments of the piece in a linguistic and stylistic way, depicts the originality and independence of Rej from Latin sources: the Wulgata and the Campensis in translations of those expressions that concern temporal relations. The author proves that the superior aim of the Rej’s translation piece was on the one hand the revision of Biblical realities and on the other hand the particular care of stylistic translation’s form
Mikołaj Rej a „sprawa litewska” – uwagi Pana z Nagłowic o unii (lubelskiej) i Litwinach
No full textMikolaj Rej was not only one of the most notable 16th century Polish writers, but also an active member of the parliament. Among others, he worked on the Polish-Lithuanian issues. Based on the governmental documentation, Rej was engaged in these issues from 1542 onwards. He also dedicated a few pieces of writing to the matter, the most important of which is a poem written around 1567 entitled ‘Union with Lithuania’. In the poem he condemned the sluggishness in debating the unification of the two countries, but emphasized that the Lithuanians should have taken a greater interest in the matter, since Poland could have helped their fights with the Eastern neighbours. As he did during the parliamentary sessions, the author also stressed the need for electing a common king.Despite hoping for a quick resolution and unification, Rej did not regard Lithuania as an equal parter for Poland. Based on a few poets, the author seems to think of the Lithuanians as of a backward nation (e.g. their table manners during the feasts and the use of primitive language). It is worth noting that Rej treated the Lithuanian aristocracy differently. While describing the clans and noble families (e.g. the Radziwiłł family or the Chodkiewicz family), he emphasised their patriotism and bravery. Rej’s remarks on the Lithuanians and the union did not stand out from the common opinion at the time. They could represent the feelings of a typical member of the Polish gentry
"Portrait of Mikołaj Rej from Nagłowice" by Adolf Nowaczyński - sources of hero's creation
No full textIn 1905 was publshed a biographical nowel written by Adolf Nowaczyński entitled Portrait
of Mikołaj Rej from Nagłowice. While the novel was being written, there were not enough
comprehensive and reliable materials about Rej’s life. The purpose of this work is to show
pieces of work which were used by Nowaczyński in his novel. Only thanks to searching analysis of those hypothetical available materials the author could manage to establish sources of the hero’s creation.
We are sure to say that while writing a novel about Rej, Nowaczyński took some pieces
information from Andrzej Trzecieski’s biograhy from the XVI century and Zbigniew
n‘aziohtcki’s biography from the XIX century. We can suppose that the author of the
Crcation knew the results of Beicikowski’s research.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej nauk
"Portrait of Mikołaj Rej from Nagłowice" by Adolf Nowaczyński – sources of hero's creation
No full textIn 1905 was publshed a biographical nowel written by Adolf Nowaczyński entitled Portrait of Mikołaj Rej from Nagłowice. While the novel was being written, there were not enough comprehensive and reliable materials about Rej’s life. The purpose of this work is to show pieces of work which were used by Nowaczyński in his novel. Only thanks to searching analysis of those hypothetical available materials the author could manage to establish sources of the hero’s creation.
We are sure to say that while writing a novel about Rej, Nowaczyński took some pieces information from Andrzej Trzecieski’s biograhy from the XVI century and Zbigniew Kniaziołucki’s biography from the XIX century. We can suppose that the author of the creation knew the results of Bełcikowski’s research
Evaluative vocabulary on image of an evil man in "David’s Psalter" by Mikołaj Rej
No full textThe article deals with evaluative vocabulary in the religious language in 16th century.The analysis focuses on the evaluative lexicon used by Rej to form an image of anevil man in David’s Psalter. The paraphrase used by Rej is rich with varied evaluativeexpressions in respect of the evil man, mainly adjectival elements. It is clearly visiblewhen compared to earlier medieval translations based on the verbal method of translatingwhich follow the Latin linguistic model which is not diverse. What attracts attention is notonly a big number of forms, but also the autonomy of the author’s lexical choices whichtestifies to the author’s free creation of a stereotypical idea of an evil man, to breakingwith the Latin shape of Wulgata and to a search of one’s own way of the art of translation.A tendency to avoid repetitions and to care for the synonymic diversity of the epithets haspaved a way in David’s Psalter for rare lexemes unknown to the literary language and formorphological doubles and lexemes formed with the use of rare formants. The materialanalysed has shown Rej as an artist who creates the text of his translation without anyrestraints and who applies synonymy as an important tool used to shade the meaning
The tinged words of wiseacres : Mikołaj Rej on art of embellishing words
No full textThe main purpose of the paper is to discuss Mikołaj Rej’s critic of rhetoric reduced to the art of embellishing words in his famous parenetical work The Image of a Good Man’s Life (Krakow 1567-68). Using the metaphor “the tinged words”, Renaissance author revoked well-know figure “colors of rhetoric” (colores rhetorici) in the context of contemporary sophists who were masters in multiplication of linguistic ornaments. For Rej, the simplicity of language (correlated in the light of the Good News with a Christian life) was the main condition of truth and truthfulness. Thus, the major rule of his rhetoric might be epitomized in two Latin words: sola veritas (‘only truth’)
Mikołaj Rej and his “Kupiec” and Religious Topics on the Polish Stage
No full textIm Beitrag versucht man die religiöse Thematik der ersten Phase polnischer Reformation in polemischen dramatischen Werken zu erläutern. Aus den zahlreichen Texten wurden nur zwei ausgewählt. Die Reformatorischen Strömungen wurden im von Mikołaj Rej verfassten Werk Kupiec (Kaufmann) deutlich vorgestellt. In der Tat ist Kupiec eine gelungene Überarbeitung des deutschen Werkes Mercator von Thomas Naogeorgus. Das polnische Werk ist viel größer und umfasst ca. 9000 Verse. Die katholische Seite wird von Vitusʼ Korczewski Werk Rozmowy polskie łacińskim językiem przeplatane (Polnische Dialoge mit Latein verflochtene) präsentiert. Beide Werke wurden in der Zeitspanne von vier Jahren veröffentlicht. In beiden fehlt es an genaue Regie- und Bühnenanweisungen, trotzdem haben diese Werke ein echtes Aufführungspotenzial. Die Rekonstruktion möglicher Aufführung bildet die Hauptfrage in diesem Beitrag. Andere, typisch theologische Frage, bezieht sich auf den Streit um die Rechtfertigungslehre. Sowohl diese als auch andere Forschungsfragen können leider nur teilweise beantwortet werden.The present paper focuses on the Polish religious polemic during the first phase of the Reformation period. Today we know only a few plays from this period. Fortunately, they do allow us, nevertheless, to analyse the main topic and to reconstruct their hypothetical staging.The present paper focuses on the Polish religious polemic during the first phase of the Reformation period. Today we know only a few plays from this period. Fortunately, they do allow us, nevertheless, to analyse the main topic and to reconstruct their hypothetical staging
Mikołaj Rej i jego epoka po japońsku. Rozważania na marginesie książki ミコワイ・レイ氏の鏡と 動物園 [Zwierciadło i Zwierzyniec pana Mikołaja Reja]
No full textMIKOLAJ REJ AND HIS EPOCH (POLISH RENAISSANCE) IN JAPANESE: SEVERAL THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE BOOK ミコワイ・レイ氏の鏡と動物園. ZWIERCIADŁO I ZWIERZYNIEC PANA MIKOŁAJA REJA
The article opens with remarks on Mikołaj Rej as outlined in Czesław Miłosz’s The History of Polish Literature, along with some observations on Rej’s language that became the material basis for the first grammatical description of the Polish language by Piotr Statorius-Stojeński in 1568. The next part of the article includes an outline of Professor Sekiguchi Tokimasa’s academic profile. Professor Sekiguchi is one of Japan’s foremost authorities in Polish Studies, as well as prolific writer and translator whose output includes translations of Rej’s literary legacy enclosed in the volume in question. The text also gives a detailed analysis of the original Japanese work, including its presentation of Mikołaj Rej as an author, but also commented fragments of his works: Speculum, Bestiary, Figliki (Facetiae), and The Image of a Good Man’s Life. The concluding part comments on Rej’s epoch which is commonly labeled “The Golden Age of Polish Culture”
Świat przyrody w Rejowym opisywaniu faz życia ludzkiego
No full textThe aim of the article is the presentation of the literary means selected by Mikołaj Rej in his writings, the means using the natural world to describe the stages of human life. On the basis of the conducted analysis it can be concluded that the author from Nagłowice, in order to describe the young age, maturity and the old age, uses references to the seasons, the times of day, animals, plants, water and atmospheric phenomena
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