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    The influence of chemical composition of high-speed steels on the wear during cutting ad erosion tests

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    The paper presents the results of investigations of the 5% cobalt and 2% molybdenum additions in the W-Mo-V and W-V high-speed steels of the 9-2-2, 11-2-2 and 11-0-2 types with economically designed chemical composition on the wear mechanism during cutting and erosion tests. The 5% cobalt addition results in increasing the secondary hardness effect by 1.6 to 1.9 HRC, depending on a steel grade. Secondary hardness effect is caused by the dispersive carbides of the M4C3 type and martensite transformation of the retained austenite. The maximum secondary hardness effect about 66.3-67.6 HRC, depending on a grade of steel, occurs in each steel after tempering at 540oC and austenitizing at 1240oC. The 5% cobalt addition results in enhancing the working properties of tools, longer tool life and makes it possible to increase cutting speed by about 50%, compared with the steels of identical concentration of other alloying elements but without cobalt addition. Cobalt does not have any significant influence on erosion resistance, which is independent of the steel hardness but depends on molybdenum addition in steel

    The role of the state in creating voluntary retirement savings

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    This paper presents Polish solutions for voluntary individual and group retirement savings as a part of the entire pension system and the change in the system recently proposed by the state. It is evident that, facing deteriorating demographic situation, additional accumulation of pension capital becomes necessary. The article characterizes in detail the functioning of occupational pension schemes and individual retirement accounts, and presents some foreign solutions to this problem. It is emphasized that the role of the state is to create appropriate reliefs, exemptions and incentives for voluntary savings for future retirement benefits. The aforementioned project of changes in the legal regulations concerning the Polish pension system is also discussed, including the place of voluntary retirement savings sector. The article does not exhaust the large and controversial issue, outlined in its title, but rather contributes to further studies and discussion on the subject.Jan Adamiak: [email protected]żena Kołosowska: [email protected] Adamiak – Doctor of economic sciences, Department of Financial and Banking, WSB University in Toruń, Poland.Bożena Kołosowska – Professor of Finance companies, Department of Financial Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.Jan Adamiak - WSB University in Toruń, PolandBożena Kołosowska - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, PolanChybalski F. (2013), Dobrowolność przynależności do OFE a dywersyfikacja ryzyka w systemie emerytalnym w Polsce, [in:] F. Chybalski, E. Marcinkiewicz (eds.), Współczesne zabezpieczenie emerytalne – wybrane aspekty ekonomiczne, finansowe i demograficzne, Politechnika Łódzka, Łódź.Indywidualne konta emerytalne oraz indywidualne konta zabezpieczenia emerytalnego w I półroczu 2016 roku, KNF [online], www.knf.gov.pl/Images/IKE_IKZE_06_2016_tcm75-48507.pdf (accessed 9.06.2017).Informacja dotycząca pracowniczych programów emerytalnych w 2016 r., KNF [online], www.knf.gov.pl/Images/informacja_PPE_2016_tcm75-49281.pdf (accessed 5.06.2017).Kawalec S., Błażuk K., Kurek M. (2015), Jak mobilizować dodatkowe oszczędności na emeryturę, Capital Strategy, Warszawa.Mikulec A. (2010), Porównanie efektywności systemów emerytalnych krajów UE i EFTA w 2005 i 2006 r., “Przegląd Statystyczny” Issue 2–3.Ministry of Labour and Social Policy [online], www.emerytura. gov.pl/system-emerytalny/reforma-systemu-1999 (accessed 5.06.2017).Ministry of Labour and Social Policy [online], www.mpips.gov.pl/ubezpieczenia-spoleczne/ubezpieczenie-emerytalne/ppe-limit/rok-2016 (accessed 3.06.2017).Ministry of Labour and Social Policy [online], www.mpips.gov.pl/ubezpieczenia-spoleczne/ubezpieczenie-emerytalne/indywidualne-konto-emerytalne/co-trzebawiedziec-o-ike (accessed 3.06.2017).Ministry of Labour and Social Policy [online], www.mpips.gov.pl/ubezpieczenia-spoleczne/ubezpieczenie-emerytalne/ikze/indywidualne-konto-zabezpieczenia-emerytalnego (accessed 3.06.2017).Pracownicze programy emerytalne w 2015 roku, KNF [online], www.knf.gov.pl/Images/RAPORT_PPE_2015_tcm75-47390.pdf (accessed 29.05.2017).Prognoza ludności na lata 2014-2050 (2014), Główny Urząd Statystyczny [online], www.stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/ludnosc/trwanie-zycia (accessed 11.06.2017).Reforma OFE od stycznia. 75 proc. aktywów trafi na konta w III filarze [online], www.serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl/emerytury-i-renty/artykuly/1047383,reforma-ofe-odstycznia-iii-filar.html (accessed 5.06.2017).Rutecka J. (2014), Dodatkowy system emerytalny w Polsce. Diagnoza i rekomendacja zmian, TEP, Warszawa [online], www.czelnia.sgh.waw.pl/pl/uczelnia/badania/grupy_badawcze/ppg/Documents/Raport-DSE-TEP_Rutecka-www.pdf (accessed 2.06.2017).Samoń D. (2012), Kiwi na emeryturze poleci wyżej niż orzełek, “Analiza FOR”, volume 27.Skłonność Polaków do dodatkowego oszczędzania na emeryturę – mit czy rzeczywistość? (2014), Report of TNS Polska [online], http://www.tnsglobal.pl/coslychac/files/2016/03/Sklonnosc-do-oszczedzania-na-emeryture-pdf (accessed 11.06.2017).Szwedo Ł. (2016), Ewolucja i struktura systemu emerytalnego w Szwecji a konstrukcja zabezpieczenia emerytalnego w Polsce, „Rozprawy Ubezpieczeniowe. Konsument na rynku usług finansowych” volume 21.World Population Ageing 2015 (2015), Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, United Nations [online], www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/WPA2015_Report.pdf (accessed 11.06.2017).Wykowska J. (2014), III filar dla początkujących – poradnik przyszłego emeryta, KNF, Warszawa.Zmiany w powszechnym systemie emerytalnym [online], www.mpips.gov.pl/ubezpieczenia-spoleczne/zmiany-w-powszechnym-systemie-emerytalnym (accessed 5.06.2017).10152

    Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011

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    This video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer

    Innate immunity orchestrates the mobilization and homing of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells by engaging purinergic signaling—an update

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    Bone marrow (BM) as an active hematopoietic organ is highly sensitive to changes in body microenvironments and responds to external physical stimuli from the surrounding environment. In particular, BM tissue responds to several cues related to infections, strenuous exercise, tissue/organ damage, circadian rhythms, and physical challenges such as irradiation. These multiple stimuli affect BM cells to a large degree through a coordinated response of the innate immunity network as an important guardian for maintaining homeostasis of the body. In this review, we will foc++us on the role of purinergic signaling and innate immunity in the trafficking of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) during their egression from the BM into peripheral blood (PB), as seen along pharmacological mobilization, and in the process of homing and subsequent engraftment into BM after hematopoietic transplantation. Innate immunity mediates these processes by engaging, in addition to certain peptide-based factors, other important non-peptide mediators, including bioactive phosphosphingolipids and extracellular nucleotides, as the main topic of this review. Elucidation of these mechanisms will allow development of more efficient stem cell mobilization protocols to harvest the required number of HSPCs for transplantation and to accelerate hematopoietic reconstitution in transplanted patients

    "Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.

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    "Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states. By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement. To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports

    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

    Dr. Glendon Swarthout

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    Hosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
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