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Olga Koubrak: Protecting the Caribbean Sawfish
No full textStudent editor Patrick Sheppard sits down with Professor Olga Koubrak of the Schulich School of Law to discuss her work on the legal frameworks to protect sawfish in the Caribbean. Olga is the author of a 2018 paper titled “A Future for a Forgotten Predator: An Assessment of International Legal Frameworks for Protection and Recovery of the Caribbean Sawfishes,” and co-author of the more recent 2022 article titled “Strengthening Marine Species Protections in Cuba: A Case Study on the Critically Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish.” Patrick and Olga discuss the sawfish, means of protecting the animal domestically and internationally, problems in enforcement and international cooperation, and how the public perception of an animal affects how it is protected by authorities. To learn more about Olga and her work, check out her website at www.sealifelaw.org
The metaphysics of death in prose of Olga Tokarczuk
No full textThe article presents and analyses the motive of death in the works of Olga Tokarczuk. The author focuses on anthropological and philosophic grasp of that category in her narrative prose. The text included here is a fragment of one of the chapters of author’s doctoral thesis entitled: The metaphysics of death, time and love in the works of Olga Tokarczuk
The metaphysics of death in prose of Olga Tokarczuk
No full textThe article presents and analyses the motive of death in the works of Olga Tokarczuk. The
author focuses on anthropological and philosophic grasp of that category in her narrative prose.
The text included here is a fragment of one of the chapters of author’s doctoral thesis entitled: The metaphysics of death, time and love in the works of Olga Tokarczuk.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
The space in the literary work of Olga Tokarczuk
No full textThe article presents and analyses types of space existing in the literary output of Olga Tokarczuk. The author focuses on exploring two triple divisions of this phenomenon. First division deals with an area understood as both open and closed sites, and objects. The second division distinguishes realistic space (specific events and places), internal (a hero’s psychology and a relationship between a human being and a place) and mythical (placing reality in myth)
Olga Stychin and Nancy Appleby
No full textPhotograph - Olga Stychin and Nancy Appleby on a berry picking trip, Athabasca, Albert
Olga Stychin and Alice B. Donahue
No full textPhotograph - Olga Stychin and Alice B. Donahue on a berry picking trip, Athabasca, Albert
Impact of recipient-related factors on structural dysfunction of xenoaortic bioprosthetic heart valves
No full textOlga Barbarash, Natalya Rutkovskaya, Oksana Hryachkova, Olga Gruzdeva, Evgenya Uchasova, Anastasia Ponasenko, Natalya Kondyukova, Yuri Odarenko, Leonid Barbarash Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia Objective: To analyze the influence of recipient-related metabolic factors on the rate of structural dysfunction caused by the calcification of xenoaortic bioprostheses. Materials and methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical status, calcium–phosphorus metabolism, and nonspecific markers of inflammatory response in bioprosthetic mitral valve recipients with calcific degeneration confirmed by histological and electron microscopic studies (group 1, n=22), and in those without degeneration (group 2, n=48). Results: Patients with confirmed calcification of bioprostheses were more likely to have a severe clinical state (functional class IV in 36% in group 1 versus 15% in group 2, P=0.03) and a longer cardiopulmonary bypass period (112.8±18.8 minutes in group 1 versus 97.2±23.6 minutes in group 2, P=0.02) during primary surgery. Patients in group 1 demonstrated moderate hypovitaminosis D (median 34.0, interquartile range [21.0; 49.4] vs 40 [27.2; 54.0] pmol/L, P>0.05), osteoprotegerin deficiency (82.5 [44.2; 115.4] vs 113.5 [65.7; 191.3] pg/mL, P>0.05) and osteopontin deficiency (4.5 [3.3; 7.7] vs 5.2 [4.1; 7.2] ng/mL, P>0.05), and significantly reduced bone-specific alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme (17.1 [12.2; 21.4] vs 22.3 [15.5; 30.5] U/L, P=0.01) and interleukin-8 levels (9.74 [9.19; 10.09] pg/mL vs 13.17 [9.72; 23.1] pg/mL, P=0.045) compared with group 2, with an overall increase in serum levels of proinflammatory markers. Conclusion: Possible predictors of the rate of calcific degeneration of bioprostheses include the degree of decompensated heart failure, the duration and invasiveness of surgery, and the characteristics of calcium–phosphorus homeostasis in the recipient, defined by bone resorption and local and systemic inflammation. The results confirm the hypothesis that cell-mediated regulation of pathological calcification is caused by dysregulation of metabolic processes, which are in turn controlled by proinflammatory signals. Keywords: bioprostheses, calcium–phosphorus metabolism, inflammation, calcificatio
To Olga : an appreciation in verse.
No full textPoetic appreciation of Mrs. Olga Hunter, wife of the author. Bound in cream card covers with applied cover label
Selected Works of Olga Černá in Leisure Education for Reading
No full textThe thesis deals with the use of selected works of the contemporary Czech author Olga Černá in leisure education for reading. The work contains theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part presents the biography of the main author of the Baobab publishing house, Olga Černá and her literary work. The author's preferred literary genre, target group and selected methods of working with text, which are used in the practical part, are also described. The second part also contains worksheets with examples of excerpts from selected works by the author, their verification in practice and reflection
Olga Palagia National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
No full textBorn in October 1949, Professor Olga Palagia has been one of the main experts in Ancient Greek Sculpture for almost half a century. Once she obtained her Degree in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, she moved to Oxford to write her PhD in Classical Archaeology in 1977. After a brief lapse of years working as research assistant in the Acropolis Museum of Athens, she became Lecturer in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where she developed her whole academic career. Author of a huge amount of research on Greek sculpture, from handbooks to papers, her voice has been one of the most respected and authoritative concerning this field. Likewise, she has made excellent and invaluable contributions to our knowledge of the Argead society, art and culture.Nacida en octubre de 1949, la profesora Olga Palagia ha sido una de las principales expertas en escultura griega antigua durante casi medio siglo. Tras obtener su licenciatura en la Universidad Nacional y Kapodistria de Atenas, se trasladó a Oxford para realizar su doctorado en Arqueología Clásica en 1977. Tras un breve periodo trabajando como asistente de investigación en el Museo de la Acrópolis de Atenas, se convirtió en profesora de la Universidad Nacional y Kapodistria de Atenas, donde desarrolló toda su carrera académica. Autora de una gran cantidad de investigaciones sobre la escultura griega, desde manuales hasta artículos, su obra ha sido una de las más respetadas y autorizadas en este campo. Asimismo, ha realizado excelentes e invaluables contribuciones al conocimiento de la sociedad, el arte y la cultura argéadas
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