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Desiccation Avoidance and Hummock Formation Traits of rich fen Bryophytes
No full textThe aim of this study was to understand the variation in traits relevant for desiccation avoidance among bryophyte species dominant in rich fens and to assess whether these traits explain the formation of a hummock-hollow gradient within peatlands. In samples of 10 species (Aulacomnium palustre, Calliergonella cuspidata, Climacium dendroides, Hamatocaulis vernicosus, Helodium blandowii, Marchantia polymorpha, Plagiomnium ellipticum, Sphagnum teres, S. warnstorfii, Tomentypnum nitens) collected in rich fens of NE Poland, we calculated: canopy bulk density of wet (CDW) and dry (CDD) colonies, maximum water content of bryophyte colonies (WCmax), desiccation rate (K), shoot area index (SAI), canopy dry mass per surface-projected area (CMA), and specific leaf area of a whole living bryophyte part (SLA). The hummock-forming frequency was quantified for each species in the field. Sphagna had the highest WCmax, SAI and CDW, T. nitens and C. dendroides had the lowest WCmax and SLA, P. ellipticum had the highest K, the lowest CMA and CDD. Hummock-forming frequency was positively correlated with CMA and generally negatively related to K, with exception of H. vernicosus showing a high water-retaining ability (low K) despite a hollow or lawn form of growth.The research leading to these results has received funding from the Polish-Norwegian Research Programme operated by the National Centre for Research and Development under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009–2014 in the frame of Project Contract No Pol-Nor/199522/86/2013 (project MIRACLE).
Bryophyte samples were collected following the permission WPN.6400.52.2014.AP of the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Białystok. This work was supported by the Polish-Norwegian Research Programme operated by the National
Centre for Research and Development under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009–2014 in the frame of Project Contract No PolNor/199522/86/2013 (project MIRACLE). We would like to thank Marina Abramchuk, Zygmunt Jabłoński and Marcin Kułak for help in moss samples analyses
Intonation of Conversational English (Educated Southern British) by Wiktor Jassem (1952)
No full textBook.Author: Jassem, Wiktor.Date: 1952.Title: Intonation of Colloquial English (Educated Southern British).Publisher: Wrocław, Nakładem Wrocławskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego; Skład Glówny: Dom Ksiązki.Series: Prace Wrockławskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego. Travaux de la Société des Sciences et de Lettres de Wrockław Seria A.Number: 45.Pages: 122Livre.Auteur: Jassem, Wiktor.Date: 1952.Titre: Intonation of Colloquial English (Educated Southern British).Editeur: Wrocław, Nakładem Wrocławskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego; Skład Glówny: Dom Ksiązki.Series: Prace Wrockławskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego. Travaux de la Société des Sciences et de Lettres de Wrockław Seria A.Numéro: 45.Pages: 12
Impact of fen restoration with topsoil removal on habitat conditions, primary productivity and greenhouse gas balance
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Impact of fen restoration with topsoil removal on habitat conditions, primary productivity and greenhouse gas balance
No full textWiktor Grygorenko
No full textWiktor Grygorenko was born on March 6, 1927. He passed his final high school exam in Katowice in 1949 and after a military training he began his studies at the Military School of Topographers. Then he studied geodesy at the Military Engineering Academy in Moscow. Having returned to Warsaw in 1959, he worked in the Military Cartographic Works and later in the Topographic Board of the General Staff of the Polish Army. Simultaneously, he took a lecturer post at the Military Technical Academy in Warsaw where he elaborated student textbooks on maps editing, cartographic reproduction, and mathematical cartography. His comprehensive manual Elaboration of general geographical maps was published in 1970. He was a member of the editorial staff at the popular World Atlas, published in 1962-1968 and also known under the name of Pergamon World Atlas. A new and innovative projection devised by Wiktor Grygorenko was used in the World Atlas, nowadays known as the projection of the Polish Army Topographical Service. In 1971 he obtained the degree of a Doctor of Technical Sciences in cartography at the Warsaw University of Technology. The subject of his thesis were theoretical fundamentals of the automatic cartographic data processing. Wiktor Grygorenko was one of the Polish pioneers of computer usage in cartography and was the author of many valuable papers on the subject. He began to work at University of Warsaw in 1972, In 1978 he completed his habilitation procedures on the basis of his dissertation entitled Quantitative Parameters of the Cartographic Content Composition in which he formulated the idea of the quantitative model of a map, thus drawing a new direction of theoretical and practical works in cartographic design and evaluation. Many papers on cartographic generalisation with usage of computer methods were created under his guidance. In 1980, three years after the unexpected death of professor Lech Ratajski, Wiktor Grygorenko became the Head of the Chair of Cartography at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies. In 1981 he became the Vice-dean for student affairs and served two terms. His first term fell in the difficult period of the martial law when he defended students on many occasions, gaining their gratitude and respect. In autumn 1982 he also became the Head of the Department of Cartography at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, which he administered until 1992. Making a good use of his broad didactic experience, he published several absorbing articles on educating cartographers with the geographic training. He actively participated in conferences, conventions, and cartographic trainings, animating discussions with his inspiring speeches. In summer 1982, during the 11th conference of the International Cartographic Association in Warsaw he presented the paper Cybernetic model of cartographic communication that was in certain degree a continuation and an explication of professor Lech Ratajski's idea of communication model. The main field of professor Grygorenko's (he obtained the professorship in 1992) scientific interest were theoretical issues related to the automation of the maps editing and usage processes. His interest in the history of cartography resulted in the publication of several interesting papers on the subject and participation in meetings of cartography historians. He served many social functions both at the University of Warsaw and among the geodesists and cartographers. Professor Wiktor Grygorenko died on February 25, 2008
Wiktor Steffen i jego Słownik warmiński
No full textThe paper presents Słownik warmiński of Wiktor Steffen as an unique work of the Polish dialect lexicography. It shows also the figures of the author and his brother Augustyn who rendered great service in research of the culture of Warmia. It discusses the editorial principles of the dictionary and its rich content. It relates to the charges of the first critics of the vocabulary. The paper treats Słownik warmiński as a personal, subjective work strongly influenced by the biography of the author – autochthon. It presents the different ways of use the content in the dialectological studies on multi-volume Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur conducting in the Institute of the Polish Language in the Polish Academy of Science (IJP PAN)
A Small Form – the Big Vision. Medals by Wiktor Tołkin
No full textThe article concerns the medals by Wiktor Tołkin, a sculptor known especially as the author of huge monuments commemorating the victims of the World War II, less known as a medallic artist. His first medallions the artist engraved during the War as a prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau – a Nazi concentration camp. Within 40 years the artist became the author of 32 medals of different types: anniversary medals, commemorating medals, and medals of honour. There are a few characteristic subject matters appearing on the medals' surfaces: a city view, a portrait, a human figure, graphic symbols, the Polish emblem… Medals by Wiktor Tołkin are quite far from avant-garde in form, however the artist combines synthesis and decorative forms at the same time. Sometimes he contrasts these both features in one medal: one on the averse and the other one on the reverse. The art of medals is an unappreciated domain by the art historians although it requires an enormous discipline and clarity of composition
Stanisław Moniuszko, Wiktor Każyński, and adaptations of Lithuanian folk songs.
No full textStraipsnio objektas – dviejų žinomų XIX a. viduryje Vilniuje gyvenusių ir kūrusių muzikų, Stanisławo Moniuszkos (1819–1872) ir Wiktoro Każyńskio (1812–1867), tikslingai pasirinktų biografinių faktų bei dokumentų analizė, leidžianti peržiūrėti jų kūrybinio palikimo duomenis bei nustatyti, kuriam iš jų priklauso rankraštis, įvardytas „Medžiaga tolesniam lietuvių liaudies dainų perdirbimui“ (Materiały dalsze do obrabiania pieśni ludu litewskiego). Dokumentas, kurio pavadinimas ir turinys suponuoja reikšmingą kompozitorių vykdytą veiklą – lietuvių liaudies dainų rinkimą, yra svarbus atskiro kūrėjo biografijos faktas bei įdėmesnio žvilgsnio vertas Lietuvos muzikos istorijos tyrimų objektas. Publikacijos tikslas – verifikuoti istoriografijoje įsitvirtinusį galimai klaidingą teiginį apie rankraščio autorystę, priskiriant ją Moniuszkai. Straipsnyje pateiktos naujos įžvalgos bei išvada, teigianti, kad minimo rankraščio autorius yra Każyńskis, papildo ir koreguoja žinias apie šių vilniečių kompozitorių kūrybines biografijas, liudija kūrėjų dėmesį savo krašto muzikiniam folklorui. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Wiktoras Każyńskis; Stanisławas Moniuszko; 19 amžius; Vilnius; Lietuvos muzikos istorija; Wiktor Każyński; Stanisław Moniuszko; Nineteenth century; Lithuania; Vilnius; Music history of LithuaniaThe article analyses carefully selected and research-focused biographical facts and documents of two prominent musicians, Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872) and Wiktor Każyński (1812–1867), who lived and created in Vilnius in the middle of the nineteenth century. The research enables us to identify which one of them is the author of the manuscript titled “Material for Further Adaptations of Lithuanian Folk Songs” (Pol., “Materialy dalsze do obrabiania pieśni ludu litewskiego”). The publication highlights the importance of this document the title and content of which entail the activity of collecting Lithuanian folk songs that is so significant for the studies into the music history of Lithuania. New insights into the biographies, creative work, and correspondence of the two musicians provide an opportunity to verify the possibly erroneous statement established in historiography, according to which the authorship of this manuscript is attributed to Stanisław Moniuszko. Clarification of various circumstances associated with the origin of the above-mentioned document presented in the article leads to the conclusion that its authorship should be attributed to Wiktor Każyński, a composer and contemporary of Stanisław Moniuszko
Fen communities. Ecological mechanisms and conservation strategies
No full textFens belong to the most treatened European ecosystems, being at the same time inhabited by a high number of rare plant species. Together with other types of wetlands, fens used to be widespread in lowland river valleys, but due to agricultural development, commonly accompanied by drainage, their area has decreased dramatically. In addition, fen biodiversity is declining today due to a cessation of traditional agricultural management, which has largely contributed to the development and stabilisation of species-rich plant communities.
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From Zenon Przesmycki’s Norwidian archive (3). Descriptions of Norwid’s drawings from Wiktor Gomulicki’s collection
No full textThe article brings an edition of two Zenon Przesmycki's documents (a typescript and a manuscript) that are kept in the collection of the National Library. They contain descriptions of Norwid's artistic works that once belonged to Wiktor Gomulicki. Their greater part is now considered to be lost. The first of these documents gives a list of 20 artistic works by Norwid (drawings, engravings, and one photography of a drawing) that about 1904 belonged to Gomulicki, and the other one – descriptions of 40 Norwid's drawings bought by Wanda and Aleksander Naumann from Wiktor Gomulicki in 1916. The documents allow reconstructing the Norwidian collection the author of Wspomnienia niebieskiego mundurka had gathered, and which then became dispersed, and one part of which, preserved till today, is constituted by works bought by the famous collector, Dominik Witke-Jeżewski; now in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.
The editorial study of Przesmycki's texts is preceded by introductory remarks, in which a characteristic of Wiktor Gomulicki's collection, the circumstances of gathering it, and then of its dispersion are given
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