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    Letter, [Author unclear] to Paulina T. Merritt

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    Handwritten letter to Paulina Merritt from an unknown author, October 1, 1876.

    Poezye Adama Naruszewicza. T. 1-3

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    3 t. w 1 wol. (224 s., [1] k. tabl. : portr. ; 252 s. ; 224 s.) ; 15 cm

    Zmienić świat przez poezję. Wyznania, wiersze i banery Adama Borziča

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    This study focuses on Adam Borzič, one of the most distinctive contemporary Czech poets. The study contextualises his work within current Czech poetry but also examines his other work that is not strictly classified as art as though it were cultural work with avant-garde features. It investigates four volumes of Borzič’s work in terms of the changes in the author’s creative gesture, which expands from his conviction that the world is at a turning point and the avant-garde longing to change the world by poetry. In the four volumes of Borzič’s poetry (written so far), this gesture is embodied through delicately intimate, acutely physical, or even gigantically all-embracing positions, where he employs motives of the heart, head, hand and mouth. The study attempts to evaluate the change in Borzič’s work in the lightof T. S. Eliot’s understanding of the social role of poetry and avant-garde longing to change reality through art. The Czech poet, Adam Borzič, is one of the most distinctive figures of the current Czech literary scene. His poetry is distinct because of its unique gesture andalso represents a strong current in the poetry production of the past decade with its emphasis on the social function of poetry7 and the poet’s role as somebody who should nurture the world through his/her work or even change it. This study attempts to portray Borzič’s work as focused on the mentioned topics and related issues of the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century and renew interest in them, contextualise his work within current Czech poetry but also investigate his other work, which is not strictly artistic but which possesses some avant-garde features.Artykuł poświęcony został twórczości Adama Borziča, jednego z najbardziej wyrazistych przedstawicieli współczesnej poezji czeskiej. Poza usytuowaniem jego wierszy w kontekście współczesnej poezji czeskiej autorka dąży do zaprezentowania jego działalności artystycznej (i nie tylko) jako sui generis dzieła sztuki, mającego cechy awangardowe. Na podstawie czterech wydanych dotąd tomów poezji Borziča pokazane zostały zmiany widoczne w jego twórczości, oscylującej pomiędzy przekonaniem, że świat znajduje się w punkcie zwrotnym, a awangardowym pragnieniem jego zmiany przez poezję. Gest ten przyjmuje w poezji Borziča postać zarówno kruchych, intymnych, w tym fizycznych, jak i obszernych obrazów. Materializuje się on w motywach serca, głowy, ręki i ust. Borzič należy do wyrazistych osobowości współczesnej czeskiej literatury. Jego poezję charakteryzuje unikalny gest, jednocześnie jednak reprezentuje on jedną z bardziej zauważalnych tendencji poetyckich ostatnich dziesięciu lat – podkreślenie „społeczenej funkcji poezji” (T. S. Eliot) i roli poety jako jednostki, która za pośrednictwem twórczości powinna opiekować się światem, a wręcz zmieniać go. Autorka określa Adama Borziča właśnie jako poetę, dzięki któremu tematy te i powiązane z nimi kwestie nabierają aktualności pod koniec pierwszego dziesięciolecia XXI w

    System naturalnej wolności Adama Smitha

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    Autorka analizuje ideę wolności w poglądach Adama SmithaPublikacja dofinansowana ze środków przyznanych w ramach dotacji dla Wydziału Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego na rozwój młodych naukowców i doktorantó

    Handwritten biographical information on Paulina T. McClung Merritt

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    A handwritten biography of Paulina T. McClung Merritt by an unknown author, 1892.

    Heterogeneous and tissue-specific regulation of effector T cell responses by IFN-gamma during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection.

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    IFN-γ and T cells are both required for the development of experimental cerebral malaria during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection. Surprisingly, however, the role of IFN-γ in shaping the effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell response during this infection has not been examined in detail. To address this, we have compared the effector T cell responses in wild-type and IFN-γ(-/-) mice during P. berghei ANKA infection. The expansion of splenic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells during P. berghei ANKA infection was unaffected by the absence of IFN-γ, but the contraction phase of the T cell response was significantly attenuated. Splenic T cell activation and effector function were essentially normal in IFN-γ(-/-) mice; however, the migration to, and accumulation of, effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the lung, liver, and brain was altered in IFN-γ(-/-) mice. Interestingly, activation and accumulation of T cells in various nonlymphoid organs was differently affected by lack of IFN-γ, suggesting that IFN-γ influences T cell effector function to varying levels in different anatomical locations. Importantly, control of splenic T cell numbers during P. berghei ANKA infection depended on active IFN-γ-dependent environmental signals--leading to T cell apoptosis--rather than upon intrinsic alterations in T cell programming. To our knowledge, this is the first study to fully investigate the role of IFN-γ in modulating T cell function during P. berghei ANKA infection and reveals that IFN-γ is required for efficient contraction of the pool of activated T cells

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more sophisticated methods

    Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraceptives among Adama University Female Students, Ethiopia

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    BACKGROUND: Unwanted pregnancy followed by unsafe abortion is one of the major worldwide health problems, which has many negative consequences on the health and well-being of women. Information about women’s knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptives plays a major role in the reduction of unwanted pregnancy; however, there are no studies about this issue in the study area. This study assessed Adama University female students’ knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptives. METHOD: A cross-sectional study design was employed from February 1 to 30/2009, on 660 regular undergraduate female students of Adama University. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS for windows version 16.0. Logistic regression was used to identify the association between variables and emergency contraceptive knowledge, attitude and practice. P-value less than 0.05 at 95% CI was taken for statistical significance. RESULTS: Of the total, 660 respondents, 194(29.4%) were sexually active, 63(9.4%) had history of pregnancy and 49(7.4%) had history of abortion. About 309 (46.8%) of the students had heard about emergency contraceptives and from those who heard emergency contraceptives, 27.2% had good knowledge. Majority, four hundred fifteen (62.9%) of the students had positive attitude towards it. However, only 31(4.7%) had used emergency contraceptive methods. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated lack of awareness, knowledge and utilization of emergency contraceptives among Adama University female students. Hence behavioral change strategies should be considered by responsible bodies to improve knowledge and bring attitudinal change on use of emergency contraception

    Pelevin’s Trinity in the novel “t”: author – protagonist – reader

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    The article attempts to interpret Pelevin's artistic strategy in the novel "T" by exploring its subject organization and addressing the key problems of the author, the protagonist, and the reader as they are seen by the researcher. The article analyzes the peculiarities of constructing the narrative reality in the novel "T", and goes on to discuss Pelevin's philosophic models of the development of the humankind, and the emergence of his new anthropology
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