bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Czynnik rosyjski jako zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa narodowego Ukrainy i Polski
Authors: Krasiwski Orest
Published: December 2015

The Russian factor poses a real threat to the national security of Ukraine and Poland. The Russian expansion includes the dismemberment of the Ukrainian and Polish territories and formation of weak, non-viable and quasi-public entities there which would be dependent on Moscow. One of the important features of Russian strategy is to undermine national unity of Ukrainian and Polish societies within the countries, neutralize strategic partnership between our countries and to provoke a new Ukrainian-Polish conflict. Russia’s neo-imperialist policy is substantiated by A. Dugin's neo-Eurasian geopolitical doctrine. The analysis of the doctrine makes it possible to forecast the Russian policy towards Ukraine, Poland, European Union and the USA and to work out an effective counterstrategy. Deepening the Ukrainian-Polish equal partnership and joint efforts to neutralize and dismantle Russian imperial social system should become the response to common threat to the national security of Ukraine and Poland. Without taking such drastic measures the national security of Ukraine, Poland and other countries will always be at constant threat.
Ciągle tajemniczy Mitra…
Authors: Mrozewicz Leszek
Published: December 2015

Recenzja książki: Andreas Hensen, Mithras. Der Mysterienkult an Limes, Rhein und Donau, Theiss Verlag, Die Limes¬reihe – Schriften des Limesmuseum Aalen, 62, Aalen 2013, 96 s., w tekście liczne fotografie, rysunki i plany
W kręgu rzymskich reliefów bitewnych
Authors: Królczyk Krzysztof
Published: December 2015

Recenzja książki: Stephan Faust, Schlachtenbilder der römischen Kaiserzeit. Erzählerische Darstellungskonzepte in der Reliefkunst von Traian bis Septimius Severus, Tübinger Archäologische For¬schungen 8, Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, Rahden/Westf. 2012, 229 s.
Intelektualiści zachodnioeuropejscy od wybuchu II wojny światowej do współczesności
Authors: Tomczak Maria
Published: December 2015

This study aims to show the forms of political involvement of Western European intellectuals. In doing so, the paper attempts to answer the question about the role they played in Western and Central Europe in the discussed period. The paper also demonstrates the cultural and political causes of their decline.streszczenieFor the intellectuals of Western and Central Europe, World War 2 was an extremely difficult period. The genocidal policies of the totalitarian states induced them to take a position, while at the same time depriving them of the ability to express their views publicly. This engendered a sense of helplessness; also, apart for a few exceptions, only emigrants could actually perform the function of intellectuals. Among those, an important role to play fell to two groups: German emigrants who distanced themselves from their nation, and Jewish emigrants, who addressed the subject of the Holocaust. After the war, the Iron Curtain also restricted the actions of intellectuals. It soon turned out that the tenor of spiritual life was set by left-wing authors, fascinated with the USSR. The fascination petered out after the disclosure of Stalin’s crimes in 1956. It was terminated definitively by the ruthless suppression of the Prague Spring. It was at that time that conservatism and right-wing intellectuals returned to Europe. Their aim was to reverse the trend and prevent Western Europe from drifting leftward. The change of the paradigm served to settle the scores with the leftist intellectuals. They were accused of subversive activities against the state and nation or treason. Also, in the intellectual circles there emerged a conviction that the previous formula had been exhausted. A new formula of activities of intellectuals was considered particularly in France, by authors of such eminence as R. Aron, M. Foucault, or P. Bourdieu. The deconstruction of the figure of the intellectual was completed by J.-F. Lyotard, who pronounced the death of intellectuals. Involvement of intellectuals remained a valid notion only in the countries of the Eastern bloc. In post-Cold War Europe, the decline of intellectuals became even more discernible. This was occasioned by a number of political and cultural factors. In this respect, particular role should be attributed to postmodernism which, by disproving the Enlightenment understanding of culture, undermined the role played by intellectuals.
Kant und der Monotheismus der Vernunftreligion
Authors: Klingner Stefan
Published: December 2015

While Kant refutes the traditional proofs for the existence of God he uses the traditional monotheistic notion of God for his own moral teleological conception of rational religion. The essay discusses Kant’s implicit claim that the monotheistic notion of God is an integral part of (moral) rational religion. Against Kant’s strong approach the essay reveals monotheism as a mere possibility of representing the notion of God legitimately for rational religion – beside adjusted forms of nontheism and polytheism. Nonetheless, Kant’s arguments for a monotheistic representation seem to be appropriate from a pragmatic point of view.
Healing with Mercury: The Uses of Mercury in Arabic Medical Literature
Authors: Bachour Natalia
Published: December 2015

Three textual traditions can be discerned in Arabic medical literature: the early translations from Greek, Syriac and Indian sources; the autochthonous tradition, which reached its height between the tenth and thirteenth centuries; and the translations from Latin sources, beginning in the seventeenth century. This study traces the medical use of mercury and its derivatives within these traditions. The Greek works translated into Arabic like those of Galen or Paul of Aegina did not prescribe mercury as a remedy for human beings because of its toxicity. However, many scholars of the second period, including Rhazes (d. 925), Ibn al-Jazzār (d. 979), Avicenna (d. 1037), Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr (d. 1131) and Muḥammad al-Idrīsī (d. 1166), described the external application of mercury. Many terms were used to describe these varieties of mercury – the living (ziʾbaq ḥayy), the dead (ziʾbaq mayyit), the murdered (ziʾbaq maqtūl), the sublimated (ziʾbaq muṣaʿʿad) and the dust of mercury (turāb al-ziʾbaq). To reconstruct the meaning of these terms, I examine various recipes for mercurial preparation given in these works. The internal use of mercury is documented in the sixteenth century in a work by Dawūd al-Anṭākī (d. 1599), who used the term sulaymānī to refer to a sublimated derivative of mercury. I attempt to reconstruct the modalities of knowledge transmission from the Indian and Persian East into Arabic medicine, and from the Arabic world into the Latin West. I also address the impact of translations into Arabic of Latin works in the seventeenth century, such as the Practicae medicinae and Institutionum medicinae by Daniel Sennert (d. 1637), the Antidotarium generale et speciale by Johann Jacob Wecker (d. 1586) and the Basilica Chymica by the Paracelsian Oswaldus Crollius (d. 1608).
Mercury as an Antisyphilitic in Ayurvedic Medicine
Authors: Wujastyk Dagmar
Published: December 2015

In the sixteenth century, a new disease appeared in India. Described for the first time in the ayurvedic classic Bhāvaprakāśa by Bhāvamiśra, it was called phiraṅgaroga, “disease of the Franks”. Given the name and what we know from contemporary reports of European observers in India, this was very likely the correlate to the so-called “French disease” or “Morbus Gallicus”, i.e., syphilis. The Bhāvaprakāśa describes the symptoms and various stages of phiraṅgaroga and presents seven different cures. Five of these prescribe the use of mercury: Three recipes for the ingestion of mercury, one recipe for using mercury as a fumigant and one in which mercury is rubbed into the patient’s hands. In this chapter, I will discuss Bhāvamiśṛa’s representation of the disease and the therapies he proposes for it. I will in particular analyze the use of mercury in the anti-phiraṅgaroga medicines, contextualising them within the history of the use of mercury in ayurvedic medicine and exploring possible links with antisyphilitic therapies in European, Persian, Arabic and Chinese medicine.
Early Persian Medical Works on Antisyphilitic Mercury Medicines
Authors: Thomann Johannes
Published: December 2015

In this chapter, I examine the use of mercury with a special focus on its application as an ingredient in antisyphilitic medicines and therapies in a selection of medieval Persian scientific texts that represent either the earliest or the most influential works of their genre. Works examined include the earliest Persian pharmacological work, written by Abū Manṣūr Muwaffaq between 965 and 975 CE, which mentions mercury as a medicine against skin diseases and “killed mercury” (zībaq-i kušta)

Since there is no generally accepted transliteration of Persian, the system of the Swiss library network IDS is used, which is based on the ISO standard. Vowels are transliterated with their premodern values ā, ī, ū, a, i, u (without considering maǧhūl vowels ē and ō); in modern pronounciation they are/a/,/i/,/u/,/a/,/e/,/o/respectively.

as a poison; a general work on medicine written by Bahāʾ ad-Dawla Rāzī in 1501–2 CE, in which syphilis is described for the first time in Asia; a chapter from the Ǧāmiʿ al-fawāʾid (c.1511 CE) by Yūsufī, the earliest Persian work in which mercury plays an unmistakenly dominant role in the treatment of syphilis; and finally, the first Persian monograph on syphilis, written by Imād al-Dīn Maḥmūd Shīrāzī in the mid-sixteenth century, which lists recipes the author claims are derived from Chinese and European sources. This article will furthermore provide the first complete translation into a European language of Yūsufi’s chapter on syphilis in the Ǧāmiʿ al-fawāʾid, together with an edition of the Persian text.
Monitoring and control of flexible transport equipment
Authors: Schleipen Miriam , Okon Michael , Henßen Robert , Hövelmeyer Thomas , Wagner Andreas , Wolff Gerhard , Demir Halit , Jentsch Matthias , Gebhardt Marco , Stoll Thomas , Asi Dennis
Published: December 2015

Today modern production processes are monitored and controlled via process visualization systems. Engineering of these systems is done
manually and often results in high costs and a number of errors. The purpose of the research project “PCFF” is to
make a step towards “Industry 4.0” in this context and to increase flexibility of transport equipment and the corresponding
software. This paper deals with the basic concept and architecture and highlights project results.
Schaltende PI-Regler
Authors: Lunze Jan
Published: December 2015

Der Beitrag betrachtet Regler, die zustandsabhängig zwischen zwei Betriebsmodi umgeschaltet werden, aus der Sicht der Theorie hybrider
dynamischer Systeme. Es wird zunächst gezeigt, dass es für das Übergangsverhalten des hier betrachteten Regelkreises zweckmäßig ist,
den I-Anteil des Reglers nur zur Kompensation von Störungen zuzuschalten. Die Analyse des Regelkreises zeigt dann, dass das
Führungsverhalten durch das Abschalten des I-Anteils wesentlich verbessert wird und dass durch die Umschaltung des Reglers die
Stabilität des Regelkreises nicht gefährdet ist. Allerdings hat der erste, aus der Literatur entnommene Regler den Mangel, dass für
große Störungen die Sollwertfolge verloren geht. Dieser Mangel kann behoben werden, wenn die Aktivierung des Reglers nicht in
Abhängigkeit von der Regelabweichung, sondern in Abhängigkeit vom Einfluss der Störung auf die Regelgröße erfolgt. Die Ergebnisse
werden am Beispiel der Geschwindigkeitsregelung eines Fahrzeugs illustriert.
Von DVD zu Video-on-Demand: Bewegte Bilder in Bibliotheken und neue Wege des Zugangs zum audiovisuellen Kulturerbe
Authors: Bohn Anna
Published: December 2015

Wissen und Information werden zunehmend audiovisuell vermittelt. Bibliotheken werden sich als Folge der medientechnologischen Entwicklung zunehmend zu hybriden Mediatheken entwickeln. Der Bestandsaufbau von AV-Medien auf Vervielfältigungsträgern muss für alle Fachbereiche durch den Online-Zugang zu AV-Inhalten ergänzt werden. Um den Zugang zu audiovisuellen Sammlungen, hoch auflösenden Formaten und digitalen audiovisuellen Inhalten per Video-on-Demand zu gewährleisten, sind umfangreiche finanzielle, infrastrukturelle und rechtliche Voraussetzungen zu schaffen. Nur so können Bibliotheken auch in Zukunft ihrer Aufgabe gerecht werden, das Kulturerbe in seiner dynamischen Vielfalt zugänglich zu machen.
Die wissenschaftliche Vernachlässigung einer Handschrift und ihre Folgen
Authors: Cristea Hans-Joachim
Published: December 2015

Der vorliegende Artikel befasst sich eingehend mit der historischen Bedeutung und Entstehungsgeschichte der Petrus-Lombardus-Handschrift aus der Bibliothek des Klosters Himmerod, die zusammen mit wertvollen Frühdrucken im Herbst 2015 vom Kloster verkauft wurde. Der Beitrag bietet einen Überblick über die Literatur zum Thema und Überlegungen zu den Umständen des Verkaufs sowie seiner öffentlichen Wahrnehmung und Bewertung.
Tracking potential source areas of Central European loess:examples from Tokaj (HU), Nussloch (D) and Grub (AT)
Authors: Schatz Ann-Kathrin , Qi Yue , Siebel Wolfgang , Wu Jiade , Zöller Ludwig
Published: December 2015

There are several competing hypotheses for theorigin of loess in Europe but quantitative evidence is stillrare. Here, Sr-Nd isotopic and bulk elemental compositionof loess from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 fromthree study regions in Central Europe – Nussloch (Germany),Grub (Austria) and Tokaj (Hungary) - are analyzed.This study aims at examining differences and similaritiesof loess deposits throughout Europe, correlating loesswith potential source rocks from major mountain rangesand comparing loess with floodplain sediments from mainrivers as integrated samples of the drainage areas. The resultsshow that European loess deposits are largely uniformand that sediment sources have been rather stablein the Southern and Eastern parts of Central Europeand more variable in West Central Europe. However, themethods used are not sufficient to unequivocally confirmand reject potential sediment sources but, in combination,help to identify the most likely sediment origins. While adirect correlation of loess and potential source rocks is dif-ficult, the comparison with floodplain sediments is mostpromising and confirms previous hypotheses. Loess fromTokaj and Grub is most likely a mix of material transportedby the Danube River and sediments from the surroundingmountains. Rhine River sediments are probably the mainsource of loess at Nussloch.
Phytolith aided paleoenvironmental studies fromthe Dutch Neolithic
Authors: Persaits Gergő , Gulyás Sándor , Náfrádi Katalin , Sümegi Pál , Szalontai Csaba
Published: December 2015

There is increasing evidence for crop cultivationat sites of the Neolithic Swifterbant culture fromca. 4300 B.C. onwards. Presence of cereal fields at theSwifterbant S2, S3 and S4 sites has been corroborated frommicro morphological studies of soil samples. Swifterbantsites with evidence for cultivated plants are still scarcethough and only emerging, and have produced very lownumbers of charred cereals only. The major aim of ourwork was to elucidate the environmental background ofthe Dutch Neolithic site Swifterbant S4 based on the investigationof phytolith remains retrieved from soil samples.In addition to find evidence for crop cultivation independentlyfrom other studies. Samples were taken at1 cm intervals vertically from the soil section at the centralprofile of site S4. Additional samples were taken frompocket-like structures and adjacent horizons above andbelow. Pig coprolites yielded an astonishing phytolith assemblagewhich was compared to that of the soil samples.A pig tooth also yielded evaluable material via detailed investigationusing SEM. The evaluation of phytolith assemblagesretrieved from the soil horizons plus those endingup in the droppings of pigs feasting in the area enabledto draw a relatively reliable environmental picture of thearea. All these refer to the presence of a Neolithic horticulture(cereal cultivation) under balanced micro-climaticconditions as a result of the vicinity of the nearby floodplain.These findings corroborate those of previous soilmicro-morphological studies.
Nonlinear Interactions between Gravity Waves in Water of Constant Depth
Authors: Szmidt Kazimierz , Hedzielski Benedykt
Published: December 2015

The paper deals with interactions between water waves propagating in fluid of constant depth. In formulation of this problem, a nonlinear character of these interactions is taken into account. In particular, in order to simplify a solution to nonlinear boundary conditions at the free surface, a system of material coordinates is employed as independent variables in the description of the phenomenon. The main attention is focused on the transient solutions corresponding to fluid motion starting from rest. With respect to the initial value problem considered, we confine our attention to a finite fluid domain. For a finite elapse of time, measured from the starting point, the solution in a finite fluid area mimics a solution within an infinite domain, inherent for wave propagation problems. Because of the complicated structure of equations describing nonlinear waves, an approximate formulation is considered, which is based on a power series expansion of dependent variables with respect to a small parameter. Such a solution is assumed to be accurate in describing the main features of the phenomenon. Numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the approximate formulation developed in this paper.
Medical Care Before and During the Winter Paralympic Games in Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014
Authors: Gawroński Wojciech , Sobiecka Joanna
Published: December 2015

Medical care in disabled sports is crucial both as prophylaxis and as ongoing medical intervention. The aim of this paper was to present changes in the quality of medical care over the consecutive Paralympic Games (PG). The study encompassed 31 paralympians: Turin (11), Vancouver (12), and Sochi (8) competing in cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, biathlon and snowboarding. The first, questionnaire-based, part of the study was conducted in Poland before the PG. The athletes assessed the quality of care provided by physicians, physiologists, dieticians, and physiotherapists, as well as their cooperation with the massage therapist and the psychologist. The other part of the study concerned the athletes’ health before leaving for the PG, as well as their diseases and injuries during the PG. The quality of medical care was poor before the 2006 PG, but satisfactory before the subsequent PG. Only few athletes made use of psychological support, assessing it as poor before the 2006 PG and satisfactory before the 2010 and 2014 PG. The athletes’ health condition was good during all PG. The health status of cross-country skiers was confirmed by a medical fitness certificate before all PG, while that of alpine skiers only before the 2014 PG. There were no serious diseases; training injuries precluded two athletes from participation. The quality of medical care before the PG was poor, however, became satisfactory during the actual PG. The resulting ad hoc pattern deviates from the accepted standards in medical care in disabled sports.
Relationships Between Anaerobic Performance, Field Tests and Game Performance of Sitting Volleyball Players
Authors: Marszalek Jolanta , Molik Bartosz , Gomez Miguel Angel , Skučas Kęstutis , Lencse-Mucha Judit , Rekowski Witold , Pokvytyte Vaida , Rutkowska Izabela , Kaźmierska-Kowalewska Kalina
Published: December 2015

The aim of this study was to evaluate relationships between anaerobic performance, field tests, game performance and anthropometric variables of sitting volleyball players. Twenty elite Polish sitting volleyball players were tested using the 30 s Wingate Anaerobic Test for arm crank ergometer and participated in six physical field tests. Heights in position to block and to spike, as well as arm reach were measured. Players were observed during the game on the court in terms of effectiveness of the serve, block, attack, receive and defense. Pearson analysis and the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used. The strongest correlations were found between the chest pass test and mean power and peak power (r=.846; p=.001 and r=.708; p=.0005, respectively), and also between the T-test and peak power (r= −.718; p=.001). Mean power correlated with the 3 m test (r= −.540; p=.014), the 5 m test (r= −.592; p=.006), and the T-test (r= −.582; p=.007). Peak power correlated with the 3 m test (r= −.632; p=.003), the 5 m test (r= −.613; p=.004), speed & agility (r= −.552; p=.012) and speed & endurance (r=−.546; p=.013). Significant correlations were observed between anthropometric parameters and anaerobic performance variables (p≤.001), and also between anthropometric parameters and field tests (p≤.05). Game performance and physical fitness of sitting volleyball players depended on their anthropometric variables: reach of arms, the position to block and to spike. The chest pass test could be used as a non-laboratory field test of anaerobic performance of sitting volleyball players.
Standards of Conditions During Preparations for the Summer Paralympic Games Between 2004 and 2012 Assessed by Polish Athletes
Authors: Sobiecka Joanna , Gawroński Wojciech , Kądziołka Marta , Kruszelnicki Paweł , Kłodecka-Różalska Jadwiga , Plinta Ryszard
Published: December 2015

The quality of training conditions affects sporting success, injuries and health. The aim of the work was to present the conditions during the preparations of Polish athletes for the Summer Paralympic Games 2004-2012. The study encompassed 271 paralympians: Athens (91), Beijing (89) and London (91), competing in 13 disciplines. The research was based on a two-part questionnaire by Kłodecka-Różalska adjusted for disabled sports, and was conducted one month before each PG. Part 1 contained 20 closed-ended questions regarding conditions during preparations, while Part 2 concerned socio-demographic and sports-related data. Three levels of conditions: good, satisfactory and poor, were identified. The analysis showed that while the relationships between the athletes were good in all the preparatory periods, the co-operation with the paralympic coaches worsened. The standards of accommodation, food and sports facilities lowered. Personal orthopaedic supply was satisfactory in London; personal sporting equipment was good at all PG. The quality of medical care was the highest in London. The co-operation with physicians, physiotherapists and massage therapists was satisfactory. Consultations with the dietician were sporadic and assessed as poor. Psychological consultations were rare but satisfactory in Beijing and London. Contacts with the mass media were poor at all PG. Although combining private life, work, and education with sport was satisfactory, it was increasingly difficult to manage, particularly before London. The conditions during preparations for the PG 2004-2012 varied. Improvement was noticed only in the quality of medical care and personal orthopaedic supply.
Changes in Body Composition and Physical Performance in Wheelchair Basketball Players During a Competitive Season
Authors: Iturricastillo Aitor , Granados Cristina , Yanci Javier
Published: December 2015

The present study analyzed the changes in body composition and physical performance in wheelchair basketball (WB) players during one competitive season. Players from a WB team competing in the first division of the Spanish League (n = 8, age: 26.5 ± 2.9 years, body mass: 79.8 ± 12.6 kg, sitting height: 91.4 ± 4.4 cm) participated in this research. The upper limbs showed a decrease in subcutaneous adipose tissue and there was an improvement in physical abilities such as sprinting with the ball (5 and 20 m), handgrip and aerobic capacity. However, the changes in physical fitness concerning sprinting without the ball and agility tests were low. It would be interesting to study the effects of implementing specific programs to improve physical performance in WB and to establish more test sessions to monitor the effects of the programs followed.
Adsorption and Desorption Studies of Anthocyanins from Black Peanut Skins on Macroporous Resins
Authors: Zhao Zhenlei , Wu Min , Jiang Qi , Zhang Yuanyuan , Chang Xiulian , Zhan Kanghua
Published: December 2015

Adsorption of black peanut skin anthocyanins, a natural pigment, onto various macroporous resins was optimized to develop a potential approach for large-scale production of black peanut skin anthocyanins. Seven different macroporous resins (AB-8, SP-207, LS-305A, HP-20, LS-305, DM-21 and LS-610B) were evaluated for the adsorption properties of the anthocyanins extracted from the black peanut skins of Arachis hypogaea L. The adsorption experiment proved that compared to AB-8, SP-207 and LS-305A, four resins, i.e., LS-610B, DM-21, LS-305 and HP-20 have relatively higher capacity of adsorbing black peanut skin anthocyanins from the aqueous solution, which are verified by the related adsorption experiments. The adsorption isotherm data was successfully described by Langmuir isotherm model and the pseudo-second-order rate model simulates the kinetic process well. Column adsorption and desorption tests further proved DM-21 is a promising adsorbent for field applications to recover black peanut skin anthocyanins from aqueous solution. The overall yield of pigment product was 14% based on dried black peanut skin, and anthocyanins purity is at about 5.7% in the pigment product.
Softwarization of carrier networks
Authors: Kind Mario , Szabó Róbert , Meirosu Catalin , Westphal Fritz-Joachim
Published: December 2015

Carrier networks are faced with continuous transformations of their technology platforms in order to keep up with the changing customer demands. This paper will show how the transition from stovepipe networks to layered architectures enabled the shift to a future network design based on a network operation system (NetOS) operating the ICT fabric containing merely any kind of resources. Basic, underlying concepts are presented and detailed how they will be integrated in this environment. Software components and related development and management processes are becoming an integrated part of this future carrier environment, representing a softwarization of carrier networks. Key technology enablers are Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualisation as well as general availability of compute, storage and networking resources.

Existing “Network as a Service” approach benefit from this improvements with virtualization, control plane flexibility and adoption of Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) feature to the latest developments. But carrier services will need additional improvements, resulting in the the presented paradigm of “Generic Resources as a Service”. This novel concept will fulfill most demands for flexible service composition, multi-provider and -domain support, automated deployment and operation.
A characterisation of ideal weighted secret sharing schemes
Authors: Hameed Ali , Slinko Arkadii
Published: December 2015

Beimel, Tassa and Weinreb
[SIAM J. Discrete Math. 22 (2008), 360–397]
and Farràs and Padró
[Lecture Notes in Comput. Sci. 5978, Springer, 2010, 219–236]
partially characterised access structures of ideal weighted secret sharing schemes in terms of the operation of composition. They proved that any weighted ideal access structure is a composition of indecomposable ones. Farràs and Padró gave a list of seven classes of access structures – one unipartite, three bipartite and three tripartite – to which all weighted ideal indecomposable access structures may belong. In this paper we determine exactly which access structures from those classes are indecomposable. We also determine which compositions of indecomposable weighted access structures are again weighted and obtain an
if-and-only-if characterisation of ideal weighted secret sharing schemes. We use game-theoretic techniques to achieve this.
Analysis And Assessment Of The Security Method Against Incidental Contamination In The Collective Water Supply System
Authors: Szpak Dawid , Tchórzewska – Cieślak Barbara
Published: December 2015

The paper presents the main types of surface water incidental contaminations and the security method against incidental contamination in water sources. Analysis and assessment the collective water supply system (CWSS) protection against incidental contamination was conducted. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was used. The FMEA method allow to use the product or process analysis, identification of weak points, and implementation the corrections and new solutions for eliminating the source of undesirable events. The developed methodology was shown in application case. It was found that the risk of water contamination in water-pipe network of the analyzed CWSS caused by water source incidental contamination is at controlled level.
Aspect Of Reliability In Airport Business Continuity Management
Authors: Kozłowski Michał
Published: December 2015

The paper presents the issue of ensuring the continuity of the operation at the airport. Requirements and objectives relating to business continuity management have been defined in accordance with ISO 22301 international standard. Conducted a study of reliability issues operation of the airport. Defined the function of the reliability and operational readiness of the airport. Presented the concept of using function of operational readiness in the risk assessment for the continuity of the airport.
Reliability Of Routing Protocols
Authors: Polak Rafał , Laskowski Dariusz
Published: December 2015

The article refers to the impact of damage and dynamic variables on operation of routing protocols and consequently to the whole network. On this purpose, there was introduced the characteristic of the routing protocols and both an internal and an exterior gateway. Then, it was built the network architecture based on the TCP / IP stack. In the stack, there were created three autonomous systems and one of them was the backbone of the network. What is more, reliability tests, which have been performed, consisted of a resistance to physical damage to the network and dynamically changing parameters of the network as well as performance tests.
The Use Of Fuzzy Set Theory In Exploitation Management Process On The Water Supply Network
Authors: Piegdoń Izabela , Tchórzewska-Cieślak Barbara
Published: December 2015

Daily exploitation of the network, collected data base concerning the pipes failures and knowledge of employees forming the base of data using in effective failure removal process. The paper presents a methodology of assessment of technical condition of water pipes, based on ranking the failures and danger degree they present resulting the lack of water supply to the water consumers. Often decision making process take place under uncertainty conditions, therefore presented method is based on assessment of degree of danger pipe failure making by experts using fuzzy theory and fuzzy sets. In the paper a fuzzy graph including various types of failures causing lack of water supply was presented.
The Concept Of Fuzzy Modeling Of Safety In Collective Water Supply Systems Using Bayesian Network
Authors: Tchórzewska – Cieślak Barbara , Szpak Dawid
Published: December 2015

The paper presents the use of fuzzy Bayesian network in safety modeling with regard to collective water supply system (CWSS). The theoretical basis of Bayesian networks and fuzzy modeling were presented. The paper presents failure events threatening the CWSS safety. The probability of the risk of lack of water supply to the city was designated. The model allows to determine the fuzzy probability of the risk at a given level.
Sources Of Incidental Events In Collective Water Supply System
Authors: Szpak Dawid , Tchórzewska – Cieślak Barbara
Published: December 2015

The publication presents the main types of incidental events in collective water supply system. The special attention was addressed to the incidental events associated with a decrease in water quality, posing a threat to the health and life of inhabitants. The security method against incidental contamination in the water source was described.
Reliability And Maintenance Analysis Of CCTV Systems Used In Rail Transport
Authors: Siergiejczyk Mirosław , Paś Jacek , Rosiński Adam
Published: December 2015

CCTV systems are widely used across plethora of industrial areas including transport, where their function is to support transport telematics systems. Among others, they are used to ensure travel safety. This paper presented a reliability and maintenance analysis of CCTV. It led to building a relationships graph and then Chapman–Kolmogorov system of equations was derived to describe it. Drawing on those equations, relationships for calculating probability of system staying in state of full ability SPZ, state of the impendency over safety SZB1 as well as state of unreliability of safety SB were derived.
Use Of Bayesian Networks And Augmented Reality To Reliability Testing Of Complex Technical Objects
Authors: Wójcicki Tomasz
Published: December 2015

This paper presents a methodology developed to support the tests of reliability of complex technical objects. The presented methodology covers the use of modern information technologies in the form of algorithmic models and effective visualization techniques in the form of augmented reality. The possibility of using a probabilistic Bayesian network. The method of determining the probabilities for specific nodes, and the total probability distribution of graph structures are presented. The structure of the model and its basic functions are shown. The results of the verification work for connecting data processing methods and visualization techniques based on augmented reality are presented.
Differences in parental involvement in the care of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus on multiple daily insulin injections versus continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion
Authors: Cemeroglu Ayse Pinar , Timmer Scott , Turfe Zaahir , Davis Alan T. , Koehler Tracy J. , Can Argun , Kleis Lora , Daniel Maala S.
Published: December 2015

Assessing the degree of involvement of caregivers for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in their diabetes care, differences in the degree of involvement based on the method of insulin administration (multiple daily injections: MDI/continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion: CSII), and its effect on glycemic control.

: This was a cross-sectional study with T1DM patients, ages 6–13 years using a six question survey derived from the Diabetes Family Responsibility Questionnaire (DFRQ). All caregivers (n=140) and participants between ages 11 and 13 (n=60) completed the survey.

Significant differences between MDI and CSII caregiver responses were found for responsibility for giving insulin boluses, as well as for rotation of infusion/injection sites (p<0.001 and p=0.03, respectively). A sub-analysis of caregiver responses for caregiver versus child responsibility for giving infusion boluses (excluding shared responsibility) showed that 36% of children in the CSII group had primary responsibility for giving insulin boluses, compared to 17% in the MDI group (p<0.001). The median agreement for all questions combined between participants and caregivers for ages 11–13 (n=60 pairs) was “poor” (κ=0.18). No significant effect of parental involvement on last 2-year average HbA

Caregiver reported diabetes care responsibility (mostly parent, mostly child, shared between parent and child) varies for certain aspects of diabetes related care for children ages 6–13, depending upon the mode of insulin administration. Based on the reported degree of parental collaboration, HbA
Probleme des ‚kantianischen‘ Nonkonzeptualismus im Hinblick auf die B-Deduktion
Authors: Schulting Dennis
Published: December 2015

Recently, Allais, Hanna and others have argued that Kant is a nonconceptualist about intuition and that intuitions refer objectively, independently of the functions of the understanding. Kantian conceptualists have responded (e.g. with reference to KrV, A 89 ff./B 122 ff. (§ 13), which the nonconceptualists also cite as textual evidence for their reading) that this view conflicts with the central goal of Kant’s Transcendental Deduction: to argue that all intuitions are subject to the categories. I argue that the conceptualist reading of KrV, A 89 ff./B 122 ff. is unfounded. Further, I argue that the nonconceptualists are wrong to believe that intuitions as such refer objectively and that they are mistaken about the relation between figurative synthesis and intellectual synthesis.
Tracking the Law and Development Continuum through Multiple Intersections
Authors: Ordor Ada
Published: December 2015

Ideas expressed as law and development theories have sought to connect law and development by creating a framework within which the role of law in development may be better understood and perhaps even packaged as a kit to be recommended to governments as a way of advancing development. Over the years, thoughts on law and development have crystallised around various concepts such as economic growth, the rule of law, the empowerment of the poor and the growth of institutions. One thing that stands out clearly from these debates is that while there may be a measure of consensus around particular theses or propositions, unanimity among all thinkers, scholars and actors is not likely to follow, nor is it necessarily desirable. This paper draws out threads of thought that present various positions as facets of the law and development dynamic and at the same time, progressive points on the multi-dimensional development continuum. The first section on the progression of law and development summarises a number of themes at the forefront of law and development theorisation over the years. Reflections on these developments follow in the second segment, while a third segment describes various contexts for engaging with law and development studies. This segment, which leads into the conclusion, highlights some key dimensions of law and development thought that need to be further explored and given a place in the taxonomy of law and development scholarship.
Isotropic distributions in hcp crystals
Authors: Kontrym-Sznajd Grażyna
Published: December 2015

Some anisotropic quantities in crystalline solids can be determined from their knowledge along a limited number of sampling directions. The importance of the choice of such directions is illustrated on the example of estimating, from angular correlation of annihilation radiation data, the isotropic electron momentum density in Gd.
Investigation of corrosion defects in titanium by positron annihilation
Authors: Pietrzak Ryszard , Szatanik Roman
Published: December 2015

The positron annihilation method was used to study the formation of defects in titanium samples during their corrosion in the vapor of a 3% HCl solution. In particular, the distribution of defects depending on the distance from the corroding surface and the impact of an external magnetic field on the concentration of vacancies forming during the corrosion of titanium layers close to the surface were determined.
Fabrication of a superhydrophobic LLDPE film by thermal lamination and peeling
Authors: Zhang Zhen-Xiu , Zhao Xiao-pei , Li Ya-Nan , Ma Zhen-Guo , Xiang Xin Zhen , K. Prakashan
Published: December 2015

Fabrication of superhydrophobic films of polypropylene and of three different types of polyethylene was performed using a facile hot-press lamination and peeling process, which successfully fabricated a superhydrophobic film of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). The water contact angle on the superhydrophobic reached as high as 160°, and the roll-off angle decreased to below 7°. The superhydrophobicity of the LLDPE film was attributed to a special surface morphology comprising micron- and submicron-sized fiber-like structures fabricated on the film surface by the hot-press lamination and peeling process. The method is based on the mutual adhesion and interdiffusion of polymer chains at the film interface during hot-press lamination and on the subsequent unzipping of the morphology during the peeling at room temperature. The effects of varying hot-pressing temperature and time on the surface morphology and wetting characteristics of the fabricated LLDPE films were also investigated.
Bilder und Botschaften: die Darstellung der Interaktion von Mensch und Tier als ein gemeinsames Moment der Frühlatènekunst
Authors: Hess Marina Sarah
Published: December 2015

Die frühkeltische Kunst ist zwar von mediterranen, vorderorientalischen und einheimischen Impulsen durchdrungen, aber doch in so eigentüm licher Gestaltung, dass es sich bei ihr um keine Genese handeln kann. Die wiederkehrenden Motive Mensch, Tier und Pflanze lassen vermuten, dass die Kunst Chiffren beinhaltet, deren Botschaften sich der heutigen Forschung bislang entziehen. Der Beitrag nimmt sich diesem Problem an und schlägt als gemeinsames Moment der Frühlatènekunst eine Interaktion von Mensch und (Raub-)Tier vor. Es wird der Versuch unternommen, anhand mehrerer Varianten der Darstellungen herauszufinden, ob es sich bei den Bildern um die verkürzte Darstellung einer Geschichte handeln könnte.

L’art de La Tène ancienne a certes pénétré des impulsions méditerranéennes, Orient avant et indigènes, toutefois quand même si particulièrement qu’il ne peut pas s’agir de genèse. Les motifs périodiques comme l’homme, l’animal et le plante laissent supposer qu’il comprend l’art avec des codes dont l’ambassade se soustrait à la recherche actuelle. La contribution voudrait s’accepter ce problème et postule une interaction d’homme et (de vol) d’animal pour l’art de La Tène ancienne comme moment commun. La tentative est entreprise de découvrir au moyen de plusieurs variantes des représentations s’il pourrait s’agir en ce qui concerne les images de représentation réduite d’une histoire.

Early Celtic art is influenced by the Mediterrean, Near East and indigene inputs, but anyway so peculiar that it is clearly no genesis. The regular motives human, animal and plant give an idea, that this art contains codes, with clear messages, not known until now. This article focusses on this problem and follow the thesis for early Celtic art that the interaction of human and (wild) animal is the important common thing. It will be tried to focus on some options all these pictures follow to find out, if this images could be interpreted as a reduced presentation of a story.
Remains of a late Neolithic barrow at Kruszyn. A glimpse of ritual and everyday life in early Corded Ware societies of the Polish Lowland
Authors: Pospieszny Łukasz , Sobkowiak-Tabaka Iwona , Price T. Douglas , Frei Karin M. , Hildebrandt-Radke Iwona , Kowalewska-Marszałek Hanna , Krenz-Niedbała Marta , Osypińska Marta , Stróżyk Mateusz , Winiarska-Kabacińska Małgorzata
Published: December 2015

Das Grab aus Kruszyn, 2009 in Kujawien entdeckt, rechnet zu einer kleinen Regionalgruppe der Schnurkeramik. Es zeichnet sich durch einen verhältnismäßig guten Erhaltungszustand und untypisch zahlreiche, aus Knochen und Geweih gefertigte Werkzeugbeigaben aus. Die aufgedeckten sterblichen Überreste wurden anthropologisch und isotopisch analysiert (

La tombe de Kruszyn, découverte en 2009 dans la région de Cujavie, fait partie d’un petit groupe régional de la culture à céramique cordée. Elle est relativement bien conservée et se distingue par un riche assemblage d’outils, fabriqués en os et en cornes. Des analyses anthropologiques et des investigations isotope (

Excavated in 2009, the barrow from Kruszyn (the Kujawy region) is related to a small regional group of the Corded Ware culture. Noteworthy is a fairly good state of its preservation and a remarkably numerous assemblage of tools made of bone and antler. Unearthed human remains were anthropologically studied and examined isotopically (

Grób z Kruszyna, odkryty w 2009 r. na Kujawach, należy do niewielkiej regionalnej grupy kultury ceramiki sznurowej. Wyróżnia się on stosunkowo dobrym stanem zachowania oraz nietypowo licznym zbiorem narzędzi wykonanych z kości i poroża. Szczątki ludzkie poddano analizom antropologicznym i izotopowym (
„Tote Menschen und Tiere in finsteren Felsschächten …“ – neue Dokumentationsmethodik und erste Untersuchungsergebnisse zur Kirschbaumhöhle in Oberfranken
Authors: Seregély Timo , Burgdorf Phil , Gresik Gerhard , Müller Magdalena S. , Wilk Angelika
Published: December 2015

Schachthöhlen im Bereich der Fränkischen Alb erfuhren während prähistorischer Zeit sehr oft eine Nutzung als Deponierungsorte menschlicher und tierischer Körper sowie anderer Sachfunde. Die Deutung der Einbringungsmotive ist kontrovers, wobei die schlechte Forschungslage bislang keine eindeutigen Belege zuließ. Mit Hilfe dreidimensionaler Dokumentationsverfahren sowie akribischer Fundbergung und -analyse bietet die erst jüngst entdeckte Kirschbaumhöhle in Oberfranken erstmals die Chance, die genauere Ablagerungsgeschichte der Fundhorizonte und die rituellen Handlungsabläufe in Verbindung mit naturwissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen zu rekonstruieren.

Les grottes verticales ou gouffres du Jura franconien ont fréquemment été utilisées au cours de la préhistoire pout y déposer des corps humains et animaux ainsi que d’autres matériaux. Les raisons derrière ces dépôts sont mal comprises, et les données sûres manquent, étant donné l’état déplorable des recherches entreprises jusqu’à présent. Mais ceci est en train de changer, grâce à l’enregistrement en trois dimensions et à un relevé méticuleux des données et du mobilier. La grotte de Kirschbaumhöhle en Franconie supérieure, découverte seulement récemment, nous donne pour la première fois l’occasion de reconstruire, en intégrant les résultats obtenus par les sciences naturelles, la séquence détaillée des dépôts, des ensembles et des rituels accomplis dans ces gouffres.

Shaft caves (or vertical caves) in the Franconian Alb were frequently used in prehistory for the disposal of human and animal bodies as well as other assemblages. Interpreting the reasons behind such depositions is controversial; unequivocal evidence is hard to come by given the poor state of research conducted to date. But this situation is changing thanks to three-dimensional recording and a meticulous approach to finds recovery. The Kirschbaumhöhle in Upper Franconia, discovered only recently, provides for the first time an opportunity to reconstruct the detailed sequence of deposition of the assemblages and the rituals conducted there by relating them to the results of analyses stemming from the natural sciences.
Mimesis, Friendship, and Moral Development in Aristotle’s Ethics
Authors: Vakirtzis Andreas
Published: December 2015

The significance of imitation for moral development during childhood, in Aristotle’s ethics, has been recognized and studied. However, what role does