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Intangible Assets as Financial Performance Drivers of IT Industry: Evidence from an Emerging Market
Authors: Radonić Milenko , Milosavljević Miloš , Knežević Snežana
Published: June 2021

In the past few decades, IC has been viewed as a crucial factor for improved financial performance of IT companies. Globally, the IT industry has shown positive trendlines and the tremendous importance of intangible resources as part of intellectual capital. Intellectual capital per se may not be a novel topic in the IT industry. Nonetheless, this paper focuses on determining which type of intellectual capital is paramount for financial success, which has remained an open puzzle. The aim of this paper is to analyse the human, relational, structural and innovation capital of IT companies and to measure their impact on financial performance. Moreover, the authors have analysed the impact of the intellectual capital elements on several key performance indicators as the most frequently used in these kinds of studies. In order to address this aim, the study collected primary data from 101 respondents – business owners, managers and experts from a rapidly growing IT ecosystem in South-East Europe. Most research has focused on developed countries for addressing similar topics. Therefore, the authors call out for additional research of this topic in other emerging and developing environments. The findings of this study indicate a positive effect of intellectual capital on business performance. This study raises awareness among business experts in the field of intellectual capital, and supports decision-making through the concept of identifying, managing and analysing intellectual capital and its effect on overall business results. Even though the IT industry has become global, this study draws exceptional attention to the interplay between IC and financial performance in a developing IT ecosystem setting.
Consumer Behaviour Changes During Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Study on Slovak Consumers
Authors: Veselovská Lenka , Závadský Ján , Bartková Lucia
Published: June 2021

The humankind finds itself facing unparalleled situation since the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 created significant changes in societies worldwide. This paper aims to assess the initial response of consumers in the Slovak Republic during the early stages of the outbreak and emerged challenges for entrepreneurships. Major pandemics were proven to be a catalyst of changes in societies and economies. The main aim of this research was to examine the impacts of COVID-19 outbreak on consumers’ behaviour and draw recommendations for entrepreneurs. A survey was conducted as a method to collect data from consumers creating a representative sample of the population of the Slovak Republic. The rate of consumption has significantly increased when compared before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings show how people of different age, gender and income altered their shopping habits and how the factors influencing their consumers’ behaviour changed during this situation. This paper presents one of the first studies on consumer behaviour of Slovak consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic creating a unique image of new reality and emphasizing new trends that will become significant factors of success of entrepreneurs in the near future. It shares practical experiences which can enable organizations to understand consumer behaviour influenced by COVID-19 Pandemic, to investigate novel needs of their customers and to adapt their business to the situation. Some findings such as the increase in need for safety could had been expected, however changes in importance of some factor such as the drastic decrease in brand loyalty or the influence of colleagues, friends and previous experiences with products were surprising. Findings from this study provide useful information for all entrepreneurs that need to understand how their customers have changed and what new demands may arise in the aftermath of this crisis.
The Impact of Social Media on Sales Promotion in Entertainment Companies
Authors: Štreimikienė Dalia , Mikalauskienė Asta , Sturienė Urtė , Kyriakopoulos Grigorios L.
Published: June 2021

Social networks including various social media are one of the main online marketing tools that help to achieve marketing aims of the company. Most of social media overlap and have more than one characteristic, aim or purpose. It should be noted that interaction, user-friendliness, openness, freedom and real time are the main features of all social media. When starting to discuss sales promotion of a company on social media, the concept of social commerce becomes inevitable. Taking into account current trend of expansion of internet marketing because it unites the biggest number of users and has the means to implement different aims of the companies, it is necessary explore the impact of social media on sales growth in specific sectors. The paper analyses the impact of social media for sales promotion in entertainment sector. During the quantitative research, 385 respondents were surveyed. The questionnaire of the quantitative research has been prepared based on the marketing communication model for social media used by entertainment companies. The questionnaire included closed type of questions, most of them are provided in Likert scale. The empirical study found that elements (promotion of sales increase; brand strengthening), maintaining connections with present and potential company’s clients that are used by the entertainment companies on social media help to promote sales with users’ engagement. Regular communication of entertainment companies on social media has a positive impact on sales, because users tend to follow such type of accounts actively. The study emphasised the main elements to be applied by the entertainment companies using social media. Therefore, the regular communication and use of influencers are highly recommended for sales promotion of companies. It is also important to stress that companies are advised to communicate regularly, as regularity in communication is one of the most important drivers of sales promotion.
Party Adaptation Strategies for Provincial Standing Committees in Post-Mao China
Authors: Lee Jonghyuk
Published: June 2021

The Chinese Communist Party has been surprisingly successful in carrying out its plans in the face of various challenges in the post-Mao era. Compared to their central counterparts, the operating patterns of local institutions in tackling such difficulties have been less examined. This paper aims to fill this gap by exploring the party’s management of provincial standing committees (PSCs). As the highest level of local collective leadership, the PSC essentially sets the agenda for the province. Using a new database of PSC members from 1980 to 2016, this study provides a systematic illustration of the historical composition of provincial collective leadership. Instead of making drastic changes, the party has subtly shifted the roles of provincial leaders: it has redefined the role of the vice party secretary, adjusted the number of posts in the provincial government, and raised the level of professionalism.
Nina Simone as Poet and Orchestrator
Authors: Pyle Marcus R.
Published: June 2021

How do you fashion an identity in a society that, at every turn, tries to snuff you out? In this article, I address Nina Simone's praxis of renaming and reinvention to demonstrate strategies of resistance. To this point, I analyze the musico-poetic setting of Nina Simone’s songs “Images” (1964) and “Four Women” (1965) to argue that her artistic musical choices sonically orchestrate varying issues of Black female subjectivity, identity, and self-making. In Simone’s songs, she refuses to discount the materiality of the Black body; instead, she envelops the Black body with signifiance and significance. The sonic bearers of semantic content become extensions of the Self—transmutable and heterodox. The compositional and poetic subtleties in these songs claim that the gaze of the Other can potentiate exteriority and freedom—what I term the “exo(p)tic.”
Functional characterization of disease/comorbidity‐associated lncRNA
Authors: Tang Jing , Wang Yongheng , Fu Jianbo , Wu Xianglu , Han Zhijie , Wang Chuan , Guo Maiyuan , Wang Yingxiong , Ding Yubin , Yang Bo , Zhu Feng
Published: June 2021

Background

Functional characterization of the long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in disease attracts great attention, which results in a limited number of experimentally characterized lncRNAs. The major problems underlying the lack of experimental verifications are considered to come from the significant false‐positive assignments and extensive genetic‐heterogeneity of disease. These problems are even worse when it comes to the functional characterization in comorbidity (simultaneous/sequential presence of multiple diseases in a patient, and showing much wider prevalence, poorer treatment‐response and longer illness‐course than a single disease).

Methods

Herein, FCCLnc was developed to characterize lncRNA function by (1) integrating diverse SNPs that were associated with 193 diseases standardized by International Classification of Diseases (ICD‐11), (2) condition‐specific expression of lncRNAs, (3) weighted correlation network of lncRNAs and protein‐coding neighboring genes.

Results

FCCLnc can characterize lncRNA function in both disease and comorbidity by not only controlling false discovery but also tolerating their disease heterogeneity. Moreover, FCCLnc can provide interactive visualization and full download of lncRNA‐centered co‐expression network.

Conclusion

In summary, FCCLnc is unique in characterizing lncRNA function in diverse diseases and comorbidities and is highly expected to emerge to be an indispensable complement to other available tools. FCCLnc is accessible at https://idrblab.org/fcclnc/.
A PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN THE SPIRITUAL ODES BY MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV
Authors: Nikolaev Nikolay , Bezrukova Marina
Published: June 2021

The research is based on the analysis of Mikhail Lomonosov’s poetic works, which he himself designated as the general genre of ‘Spiritual Odes.’ In the beginning of the work, the authors reveal the differences in the interpretation of the “benefits of sciences” by the great Russian poet and scientist and his European predecessors (Francis Bacon, René Descartes). The originality of Lomonosov’s response to this question becomes evident when compared with the prior assessments that had emerged in the Russian literary discourse. All these differences are explained by the conceptually new solutions offered by Mikhail Lomonosov in the world modeling process. A detailed analysis of his spiritual odes from the viewpoint of the spatial organization of their artistic world indicates the emergence of a completely new subjective position, which is absent in the works of both his literary predecessors and contemporaries (Vassiliy Trediakovskiy, Alexander Sumarokov). This is the position of a scientist, the emergence of which leads to significant adjustments to the artistic description of the spatial positions of God and man (an ordinary “mortal”). This results in a radical change of the artistic view of the world itself, presented in Mikhail Lomonosov's spiritual odes. This event is considered to be one of the most important in the Russian literary history of the 18th century.
THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF THE "GOD'S FOOL" CONCEPT IN THE ESSAY "PEPINIERE" BY I. A. GONCHAROV
Authors: Bagautdinova Gulzada
Published: June 2021

The article attempts to analyze the semantic structure of the “God’s fool” concept in the essay Pepiniere by I. A. Goncharov. As a term, this concept is interpreted from the point of view of culturology. The essay reveals the basic structural components of the “God's fool” concept, as well as its core and additional semantic features. The author of the article believes that the religious component is embodied in the structure of the concept one way or another, but is not reflected directly in the word usage. The “God's fool” lexeme mainly comprises various secular meanings that are expressed via metaphors, repetitions and comparisons. The specific nature of the “God's fool” concept in I. A. Goncharov's Pepiniere is revealed in its periphery, which is formed by certain artistic techniques and categories (intertextual exchanges, comic elements). For instance, the function of the quote of Friday's nomination from Daniel Defoe's The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Written by Himself, as well as the comparative quote from Boris Godunov by A. S. Pushkin are considered in this article. Furthermore, quoting is an artistic technique that creates the game motive, to which I. A. Goncharov resorts indirectly. The gaming component not only creates and emphasizes the comical element, but also serves as one of the writer's artistic principles that contributes to the creation of the harmonious, negentropic worldview. The study of I. A. Goncharov's sphere of concepts allows to identify not so much the variability of the writer's worldview as its invariability.
KAMENNOOSTROVSKY CYCLE OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AS EASTER TEXT: MIMESIS, PARAPHRASIS, CATHARSIS. ARTICLE 2
Authors: Esaulov Ivan
Published: June 2021

The article is the second part of a dilogy devoted to the interpretation of Pushkin’s Kamennoostrovsky cycle. Pushkin's last cycle is a kind of testament of the poet. Essentially, as already noted in scientific literature, this “testament” has not yet been adequately read or understood. The first part of the work presented my reading of this “testament,” while the second article proposes the completion of the work based on a new understanding of “I have erected a monument not made by hands,” the last ode in the Kamennoostrovsky cycle. The catharsis that the lyrical hero of Pushkin already experienced in the very first work of the cycle, “trembling joyfully in the raptures of emotion,” can also be experienced by the reader as he goes through the trials of the Passion Week before Easter. This can happen if the reader, enriched with spiritual experience, consistently overcomes his own temptations on the path to liberation from the old (sinful) part of himself, together with the author of the Kamennoostrovsky cycle. This would be a true catharsis for the reader, following the author of the cycle, a kind of poetic mimesis of Easter Sunday, conveyed in this case as a paraphrastic “overcoming” of the Horatian (classical) attitude by Pushkin’s rootedness in the Russian spiritual tradition. This kind of pilgrimage becomes possible for the reader if Pushkin's cycle is considered in the larger context of Russian Christian culture. In cases when the dominant values of this culture are improper for the reader and the researcher, or their significance for understanding Pushkin’s poetics is ignored or underestimated, one can hardly count on an adequate understanding of the poet’s artistic world.
THE POETICS OF MADNESS IN PUSHKIN, GOGOL, DOSTOEVSKY (POLEMIC NOTES)
Authors: Zakharov Vladimir
Published: June 2021

The article attempts to analyze the semantic structure of the “God’s fool” concept in the essay Pepiniere by I. A. Goncharov. As a term, this concept is interpreted from the point of view of culturology. The essay reveals the basic structural components of the “God's fool” concept, as well as its core and additional semantic features. The author of the article believes that the religious component is embodied in the structure of the concept one way or another, but is not reflected directly in the word usage. The “God's fool” lexeme mainly comprises various secular meanings that are expressed via metaphors, repetitions and comparisons. The specific nature of the “God's fool” concept in I. A. Goncharov's Pepiniere is revealed in its periphery, which is formed by certain artistic techniques and categories (intertextual exchanges, comic elements). For instance, the function of the quote of Friday's nomination from Daniel Defoe's The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Written by Himself, as well as the comparative quote from Boris Godunov by A. S. Pushkin are considered in this article. Furthermore, quoting is an artistic technique that creates the game motive, to which I. A. Goncharov resorts indirectly. The gaming component not only creates and emphasizes the comical element, but also serves as one of the writer's artistic principles that contributes to the creation of the harmonious, negentropic worldview. The study of I. A. Goncharov's sphere of concepts allows to identify not so much the variability of the writer's worldview as its invariability.
Influence of modes of thermal hardening and the subsequent cryogenic processing on structure and properties of steel 38Ni3CrMoV
Authors:   Z.I. Nekrasov Iron and Steel Institute of NAS of Ukraine, Dnipro, Bobyr S.V. , Krot P.V. ,   Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland, Levchenko G.V. ,   Z.I. Nekrasov Iron and Steel Institute of NAS of Ukraine, Dnipro, Baranovska O.Ye. ,   Z.I. Nekrasov Iron and Steel Institute of NAS of Ukraine, Dnipro, Loshkarev D.V. ,   Z.I. Nekrasov Iron and Steel Institute of NAS of Ukraine, Dnipro
Published: June 2021

For the production of various machine-building products - rolling rolls, parts of power equipment, piercing mandrels - complex alloy steels containing chromium and a significant number of other deficient alloying elements (nickel, vanadium, molybdenum) type 38Ni3CrMoV are used. The paper presents the results of research on the influence of modes of hardening and subsequent cryogenic treatment on the parameters of the structure, hardness and wear resistance of this steel. Visible changes in the microstructure of thermally improved steel samples during cryogenic treatment were not found, which can be explained by the high thermodynamic stability of the sorbitol structure and the practical absence of residual austenite due to its decomposition during high tempering. It is shown that cryogenic treatment of thermally improved 38Ni3CrMoV steel contributes to an increase in the hardness, toughness and wear resistance this steel (~3.8 %). In this case, there is a slight increase in the parameter and magnitude of microstresses of the crystal lattice, an increase in the density of dislocations due to the removal of thermal stresses. To obtain a multiphase structure of 38Ni3CrMoV steel with retained austenite, isothermal quenching from the γ - α region has been proposed. The use of cryogenic treatment for the experimental mode of hardening of 38Ni3CrMoV steel samples promotes the transformation of retained austenite in the final structure of the samples into martensite with a significant increase in the microhardness of its structural components at the 22.3 %. The experimental hardening mode + cryogenic treatment provides a significant increase in the hardness and wear resistance of 38Ni3CrMoV steel at the 21.6 % while ensuring a certain level of its impact toughness (more than 4 J/cm2) and can be recommended for the implementation of the technology of differentiated hardening of large-sized products made of 38Ni3CrMoV steel. Keywords: steel, structure, hardness, wear resistance, isothermal hardening, cryogenic treatment.
Influence of magnesium on high-temperature structural-phase stability of Al-Ni-La system alloys
Authors:   Physico-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Voron M. M.
Published: June 2021

The paper considers a relevance of the Al-Ni-La system cast alloys development as promising materials for application at elevated temperatures. The influence of magnesium on the structural-phase characteristics of alloys-representatives with a nickel content of about 2% wt. and lanthanum - about 5,5 and 11,5% wt. were studied in the cast condition and after annealing at 425 ° C for 5 hours. It is shown, that the addition of magnesium in the amount of 0,6 wt%. to alloys with a lanthanum content of 5,5 % wt. helps to increase the size of the lanthanum-containing eutectic component in the cast state, but stimulates its grinding after annealing. Since doubling the lanthanum content, magnesium has almost no effect on the structure of the eutectic in the cast state, but intensifies the process of changing its structure during annealing. In this case, the size of the eutectic components is almost unchanged and can be compared with an undoped alloy. Increasing the magnesium content twice to 1,2% wt. in the alloy with a lanthanum content of 11% wt. leads to a noticeable enlargement of Al11La3 intermetallics. After annealing, this structural component retains the characteristics of a fibrous structure and at the same time increases in size by about half. The magnesium content in the eutectic zones and in the solid solution hardly changes after annealing. The obtained data indicate the possibility of using magnesium as an additional alloying element of cast heat-resistant alloys of the Al-Ni-La system, which is able to simultaneously contribute to their strengthening both under normal conditions and at elevated temperatures. In this case, magnesium, in the amount of about 0,6% wt., also helps to preserve the fine structure of the eutectic components at high temperatures. Keywords: Al-Ni-La, Al-Ni-La-Mg, alloying, structural stability, heat resistance.
Study of surface defects in tubes made from nondeformed continuously cast billets
Authors:   State Enterprise Ya.Yu.Osada Research and Design-Technology Institute of Pipe Industry, Dnipro, Ukraine, Opryshko L.V. , Golovnyak T.V. ,   State Enterprise Ya.Yu.Osada Research and Design-Technology Institute of Pipe Industry, Dnipro, Ukraine
Published: June 2021

Defects of outer and inner surfaces of hot-rolled tubes of various steel grades and sizes manufactured on tube-rolling unit with a continuous mill (TPA 30-102) at Interpipe Nikotube LLC from a nondeformed continuously cast billets produced by MZ Dniprostal LLC have been studied. Characteristic genetic and morphological signs of defects were revealed which makes it possible to reliably classify them, identify cause of defect formation and recommend measures to eliminate them. Defects on the outer and inner surfaces of tubes are of metallurgical origin and associated with quality of initial continuously cast billets (a consequence of violation of the smelting and continuous casting technology). Defects on the inner surface of tubes were caused on defects in the axial zone of original billets (unacceptable porosity, looseness, chemical inhomogeneity, liquation stripes and cracks, etc.) and are classified as steel-smelting films and bulges. It was found that displacement of the thermal center of crystallization (a feature of the machines for continuous steel casting of curvilinear type) had an additional negative effect on quality of the inner surface of the studied tubes. Defects on the outer surface of tubes are tears of burning in places of accumulation of low-melting inclusions and their eutectics, as well as steel-smelting scabs on rolled dirt and gas bubbles. Likelihood of formation of scabs on outer surface of the studied tubes over rolled crust introversions is not excluded. The study results will allow manufacturers to reliably classify defects, promptly reject tubes with unacceptable defects of metallurgical origin and minimize supply of low-quality products to consumers. These results will later be included in the classifier of defects in tubes manufactured on the TPA 30-102 unit from nondeformed continuously cast billets. The results of the study of natural signs of defects of metallurgical origin in the tube surface will be useful for elaboration of measures aimed at improvement of the technology of manufacturing initial tube billets. Keywords: tube surface defects, continuously cast billets, microstructure, rolled contamination, low-melting inclusions, eutectic, gas bubbles, decarburization, liquation.
Kultura organizacyjna jako moderator związków pomiędzy zaufaniem organizacyjnym a jego determinantami i następstwami
Authors:   dr, Katedra Psychologii i Dydaktyki, Kolegium Nauk o Zarządzaniu i Jakości, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Polska, Górniak Lech
Published: June 2021

The paper includes analysis of the results of field studies conducted among employees of 20 organizations (N=601). The analyses were aimed at determining the impact of organizational culture has on the relationships between the “soft” (psychological and social) factors that characterize them. In particular the impact of organizational culture was considered on the relationship between the antecedents and outcomes of organizational trust. The statistical method used was moderation analysis (Hayes, 2018). The studies were based on a questionnaire that included 13 scales as measures for the variables considered. The analyses provides two main conclusions. The first is for researchers dealing with the soft aspects of the organization’s functioning, especially those related to the role of trust in the organization. The second is addressed to practitioners and relates to the quality of knowledge on employee management. The conclusion for the researchers concerns the need to take into account the specificity of a given organization when describing organizational phenomena. This concerns the tacit factors that go beyond the standard characteristics (industry type, size of the organization, number of employees, etc.), in particular those aspects of the organizational culture related to organizational trust. The failure to do so may lead to inadequate advice for executives regarding the methods used to develop the organization’s potential. The conclusion for practitioners is the need to pay attention to how employees perceive the organizational culture of their company. The omission of this fact may adversely affect the strategy of building a climate of trust, which can lead to a decrease in teamwork quality and a reduction in the superior-subordinate relationship.
Społeczeństwo i kultura jako definicyjny kontekst badań nad wpływem technologii na ponowoczesnego człowieka
Authors:   mgr inż., Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania, Poznań, Polska, Nowak Paweł Piotr
Published: June 2021

Based on an analysis of selected definitions of the terms used for society and culture, the author creates the sociological theoretical framework for the article. In conjunction with the characterized phenomenon of digital transformation, extensive and far-reaching conclusions are formulated on the impact of new technology for postmodernity. In relation to the scientific achievements of Buber and Tischner, the author deeply analyzes the assumptions of philosophy of dialogue. This allows the observation of a wide dimension in the relationship between the relational nature of social relations, the condition of the individual, the durability of the systems humans create, the technocratic direction of civilizational development and the consumerist attitude to reality in contemporary society of the 21st century. The author describes technological worship and presents the negative consequences of digital transformation processes. On the example of the service sector, the transition is presented as symbolic culture based on the relations and dialogue with technical and functional culture. The research method used in the article is a review of the scientific literature. In the study, the author set the goal of determining the impact of digital transformation on humans in the context of the definition of culture and society. As a result of the research, the author states that technological insight (i.e. looking at technology as a way of resolving all contemporary problems) has the danger of successively weakening man, and could lead to a deepening of social inequalities. The author also emphasizes the need to deepen research on the consequences of the digital transformation on society and culture and to develop models that can reduce the negative consequences of the change process.
Wydatki budżetowe miast wojewódzkich a jakość życia ich mieszkańców
Authors:   mgr, Katedra Finansów i Rachunkowości, Instytut Ekonomii i Finansów, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Lublin, Polska, Mizak Anna
Published: June 2021

The study presents the definition and research aspects of quality of life, an interdisciplinary category that arouses widespread interest among representatives of various scientific disciplines as well as state and local government institutions. The main purpose of the work was to examine the relationship between the level of budgetary expenses of a voivodeship city and the quality of life of its inhabitants. To determine the objective quality of life, quantitative and valuable indicators were used in the field of: technical infrastructure, labour market, health protection, social welfare, public education / pro-family policy and culture, the level of which depends on the expenditure of local authorities. Based on data from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office, a multidimensional comparative analysis of voivodeship cities was carried out. Based on the selected diagnostic variables, a synthetic Perkal index was determined for individual provincial cities in 2019. The method used allowed the ranking of provincial cities to be determined in the analysed period of time and them to be grouped according to the level of quality of life achieved in four typological groups. The conducted research confirmed the existence of significant disproportions in the level of the quality of life of inhabitants of particular voivodeship cities. It was also found that with an increase in budgetary expenditure per capita, the level of quality of life may improve.
Cyfryzacja polskich przedsiębiorstw na tle wybranych krajów europejskich
Authors:   dr, Katedra Zarządzania i Marketingu, Politechnika Świętokrzyska w Kielcach, Polska, Witczak-Roszkowska Danuta
Published: June 2021

The article attempts to assess the level of use of information technologies in Polish enterprises against the background of selected European countries. This original research has shown inequalities in the use of information technologies by enterprises from European countries. Based on the results of the research, it was ascertained that the level of use of information and communication technologies by Polish enterprises is low. Poland was placed 24th in the ranking of countries covered by the study. A weakness of Polish enterprises is the relatively low level of use of cloud computing services and social media. Poland performs best in terms of Internet access and IT use in terms of integrating internal processes as well as contacts with customers, suppliers, and supply chain management. The adopted diagnostic features show that the highest level of use of information and communication technologies in enterprises can be found in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Ireland. The countries with the lowest levels of ICT use by enterprises are Greece, Latvia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.
Idea Paschy w sztuce średniowiecznej
Authors: Tabor Dariusz
Published: June 2021

Studies on medieval images of the life of Jesus Christ have so far focused either on the narrative perspective of the Christological cycle, presenting in a holistic and synthetic way the life and work of the Saviour, or isolated the Passion cycle revealing the suffering and death of Christ. However, in the Middle Ages there was a clear trend which focused on the events of last days of his life and events following his death. Such events are referred to as the Passover of Christ or the Paschal Mystery. This study is aimed not only to indicate sample presentations of the Passover but also attempts to interpret them.
Święty Maksymilian Maria Kolbe
Authors: Gogola Zdzisław
Published: June 2021

The article recounts the life and work of Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe.
Święty Rafał od św. Józefa (Józef Kalinowski)
Authors: Wanat Benignus Józef
Published: June 2021

The article recounts the life and work of St Raphael of St Joseph (Joseph Kalinowski).
Święta Jadwiga Andegawenka
Authors: Zawadzki Roman Maria
Published: June 2021

The article presents the life and work of Saint Jadwiga of Anjou.
Nowoczesne techniki analityczne źródłem informacji o dokumencie przeszłości na przykładzie analizy metalowych nici z piętnasto- i szesnastowiecznych aksamitów ze zbiorów skarbca katedralnego na Wawelu
Authors: Krupa Natalia
Published: June 2021

The article discusses the modern analytical techniques as a source of information on past documents as in the example of an analysis of metal threads from 15th and 16th century velvet from the collection of the Wawel Cathedral treasury
Bibliografia publikacji ks. profesora Bolesława Przybyszewskiego za lata 1985 - 1997
Authors: Prokop Krzysztof Rafał
Published: June 2021

Bibliografia ks. profesora Bolesawa Przybyszewskiego
Księdza profesora Przybyszewskiego lata młodości
Authors: Bieniarzówna Janina
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia początki kariery naukowej ks. prof. Bolesława Przybyszewskiego.
Arcybiskupi gnieźnieńscy XIII i XIV wieku
Authors: Wyrozumski Jerzy
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia dokonania arcybiskupów gnieźnieńskich w latach 1199 - 1382.
Łaskami słynący wizerunek Chrystusa niosącego krzyż z kościoła karmelitów bosych we Lwowie. Z badań nad recepcją grafiki w malarstwie polskim XVII w.
Authors: Frey-Stec Beata
Published: June 2021

In one of the side altars in the Cracow church of the Calced Carmelites ‘Na Piasku’ there is a miraculous image of Christ carrying a crucifix, brought after World War II from the Discalced Carmelites church in Lviv. The painting is one of the many examples o f using graphic models by painters as it was painted from a drawing made according to a composition of Peter de Witte, called Candid (born ca 1548 in Bruges, died in 1628 in Munich) by Raphael Sadeler I (born 1561 in Antwerp, died 1632 in Prague).
Bibliografia księdza profesora Jana Związka
Authors: Rusecki Innocenty
Published: June 2021

Bibliografia księdza profesora Jana Związka
Karmelici Bosi w kręgu zainteresowań aparatu bezpieczeństwa PRL na terenie województwa krakowskiego w świetle zachowanych sprawozdań kierowanych do MBP i MSW w latach 1947-1970
Authors: Marecki Józef
Published: June 2021

In the times of the Polish People’s Republic, national security issues and, at the same time, surveillance of the society and suppression of many institutions – the Catholic Church included - were in the hands of appropriate services, modelled on the Soviet NKVD. At first this was the Ministry of Public Security and since 1956 the Security Police. The first part of the article presents the organization of security units in the voivodship of Cracow and the distribution of monastic communities, while the second throws light on the activities of these units uh the basis of preserved reports sent from Cracow to the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Officials of the Security Police who worked in the voivodship and district departments took a close interest in the Discalced Carmelite monks, taking account of their wartime past, pastoral activity and connections with the Church hierarchy. To ensure influence upon the life of the Discalced Carmelite Province as well as access to information on monastic internal issues they gained several secret collaborators within the congregation itself and its lay associates. The article is the first attempt at showing the methods of the Security Police (SB) and the Security Office (UB) activities directed at monastic orders; methods aiming at subjugating to the authorities not only the orders themselves, but the whole Catholic Church in Poland.
Adoracja Matki Boskiej w asyście dwóch świętych Janów w zbiorach Katedry Wawelskiej
Authors: Piwocka Magdalena
Published: June 2021

There is a canvas (98,5 x 222,5cm) in the Wawel Cathedral that is not connected with any existing or historically documented altars inside the church (il. 1-3). Owing to its shape it has so far been considered to have been a predella, which - taking into account its size and proportions - seems rather unlikely. It may have been the top of the middle part of a retable, possibly in an altar dedicated to the two St. Johns. The painting presents the Virgin Mary with the Child seated under a canopy, attended by the two Saints, adored by kneeling angels with censers in their hands. A graphic model of the scene has been found; it is an engraving by Jan Sadeler (1550-1600) based on a design by Hans von Aachen (1552-1615), released in Munich in 1589 (il. 4). In Albertina, in Vienna, a working copy of the graphic made by Hans von Aachen has been preserved (il. 5) as well as a composition sketch by the same artist at the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. An inscription on the drawing from 1589 reads: POENA ET PROEMIVM; there are also quotations from psalms and a dedication to Phillip Wilhelm (1576-1598), bishop of Regenzburg in 1589, later cardinal (1596), son of a Bavarian ruler Wilhelm V Wittelsbach (1548-1626). The young hierarch got it in the year of his consecration as a bishop. A pendant to it is the plate by Jan Sadeler of 1590, after Peter Candid (1548-1628), which was dedicated to Phillip Wilhelm’s younger brother - Ferdinand (1577-1650), later bishop of Cologne. The engraving also shows St. Mary with the Child in the company of St. Stephen and St. Laurence. Both works coincide with the artistic activity of Jan Sadeler and Hans von Achen in Munich, where they were summoned by Wilhelm V, and represent strictly planned art created for his court. Another painted version of Sadeler’s engraving was found in a Polish private collection. This is a small, good painting on panel, faithfully reproducing physiognomy and inscriptions known from the prototype. The picture in the Wawel Cathedral, probably painted in Cracow between 1600-1630 and based on the Munich model, is one of the examples of assimilating mannerist engravings from southern Germany in the Cracow environment. Their large influx into Little Poland at the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century may be connected with animated contacts of Sigismund I ll’s court with Bavaria and its artistic centres such as Augsburg, the main purveyor of goldsmith’s work for the Polish king’s court.
Fundacje XV-wiecznych ołtarzy w kościele Mariackim w Krakowie i ich uposażenie do roku 1529
Authors: Piwowarczyk Elżbieta
Published: June 2021

The altars described in the article were the last - according to the preserved records – to be funded in the 15th century inside St. Mary’s Church. Procuring a new main altar for the church in Cracow testified, as it were, to the standing that this church gained at the end of the century. There is no doubt whatsoever that Cracow burghers treated the basilica with exceptional care manifested through their generosity when it came to funding altars and providing for ministers at the altars. Unquestionably, the most magnificent of all 15th century altars - and one that was at the same time an expression o f care of all burghers for the interior decoration of the church - was the main altar of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1477-1489), made by Wit Stwosz. At the end of the 15th century Cracow burghers were able to participate in services held at the main altar or any of the 32 side altars (11 of which were funded in the 14th and 21 in the 15thcentury) or in services in chapels. The altars were religious or votive offerings by Cracowburghers, who provided for the old and made new provisions in their legacies as well asmaintained the existing ones and made provisions for new ministers.
Działalność duszpasterska prymasa Stanisława Karnkowskiego
Authors: Bruździński Andrzej
Published: June 2021

W XVI stuleciu Kościół stanął wobec problemu wyzwania rzuconegomu przez Marcina Lutra i jego zwolenników. Na głęboki i wielowarstwowy kryzys w Kościele u progów czasów nowożytnych, kiedy nastąpiło także zubożenie duszpasterskiego oddziaływania, będącego źródłem reformacji, Kościół odpowiedział odnową podjętą na Soborze Trydenckim.  Również Kościół w Polsce dotknięty nauką reformatorów musiał poważnie przyjrzeć się swojemu obliczu i podjąć dzieło wewnętrznego odrodzenia w duchu odnowy soborowej. Warto więc prześledzić drogi, którymi „szło nowe” w naszej ojczyźnie w dwóch ostatnich dziesięcioleciach XVI wieku, w czasie których stał na czele polskiego episkopatu prymas Stanisław Karnowski (1581-1603).
Uroczystości pięćsetlecia kanonizacji św. Stanisława w Krakowie w r. 1753 okiem historyka sztuki
Authors: Walczak Marek
Published: June 2021

On September 8, 1753 a celebration took place in the Wawel Cathedral to commemorate the five-hundredth anniversary of the canonisation of St. Stanislaus. The main element of a specially prepared decoration was a structure of considerable size as sembled in the middle of the nave, opposite the martyr’s tomb. It served as a throne on top of which a late Gothic reliquary, made by a Cracovian goldsmith Marcin Marciniec, for Stanislaus’ head was placed. The structure was embellished with the Saint’s coats of arms and candelabras and over it a canopy with wings spread to the sides was hung. On both sides of the reliquary two eagles were placed. Two more, holding a mitre and a crosier, stood underneath. In the four comers of the structure four obelisks adorned with candelabras were placed, while the sides of the altar of St. Stanislaus had two more with lights and bishop’s insignia painted on them. Among various forms of relics veneration propagated by the Church after the Council of Trent, one was their solemn presentation to the congregation. The article analyses different examples of decorations connected with such presentations. As a close analogy to Cracow’s celebrations a jubilee of the nine-hundredth anniversary of the translation of St. Liborius from Le Mans to Paderbom celebrated in 1736 was chosen. The analysis includes annual celebrations inhonour of St. Florian at Sackingen and customs connected with the translations of relics from the catacombs in Rome to churches in the Habsburg countries. The examples listed and the analysis of the written sources about Cracow allowed a hypothetical  reconstruction of occasional architecture and an interpretation of its symbolic contents.
Studenci Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Wolnym Mieście Krakowie
Authors: Kanior Marian
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia jeden z aspektów historii Wydziału Teologicznego UJ, w czasach Wolnego Miasta.
Księdza Jana Salamuchy msza życia
Authors: Piech Stanisław
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia sylwetkę ks. prof. Jana Salamuchy a w szczególności jego postawę i bohaterską śmierć w trakcie powstania warszawskiego (zginął 11 sierpnia 1944 r.).
Pokuta w nauczaniu i praktyce kościoła dwóch pierwszych wieków
Authors: Janicki Jan
Published: June 2021

Analiza dokumentów Kościoła pierwszych wieków wskazuje na szczególne miejsce pokuty w jego nauczaniu i życiu. Zachowane teksty ukazują nam pouczenia Kościoła, który wskazuje na konieczność pokuty, przedstawia „katalogi” grzechów, mówi o odpuszczeniu grzechów i rozważa bardzo ważny problem praktykowania pokuty w odniesieniu do zbawienia. Analizowane dokumenty ukazują ponadto praktykę pokutną Kościoła, która obejmuje: wyznanie grzechów, wzajemne przebaczenie i pojednanie, braterskie upomnienie oraz jałmużnę, post i modlitwę.
Księdza Konstantego Michalskiego życie i dzieło. W pięćdziesiątą rocznicę śmierci
Authors: Piech Stanisław
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia życie i działalność ks. Konstantego Michalskiego, wykładowcy Wydziału Teologicznego UJ, w pięćdziesiątą rocznicę śmierci (zm. 1947).
Posługa chorym w myśli zakonotwórczej bł. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara
Authors: Podsadnia Olga Ewa
Published: June 2021

Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842-1924) był profesorem (1877-1899) i rektorem 1882/83 Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. W 1899 r. został biskupem pomocniczym, a od 1901 r. biskupem diecezjalnym w Przemyślu. Posługa chorym była ważną częścią jego działalności.
Książę Adam Stefan Sapieha Arcybiskup Metropolita Krakowski 1911-1951 jako duszpasterz
Authors: Groblicki Julian
Published: June 2021

Artykuł przedstawia duszpasterski aspekt posługi księcia Adama Stefana Sapiehy Arcybiskupa Metropolity Krakowskiego.
Kazanie jako źródło historyczne
Authors: Związek Jan
Published: June 2021

Artykuł wieloaspektowo rozpatruje kwestię kazania jako pełnowartościowego źródła historycznego.
Źródła do badań nad religijnością wiernych w okresie po II wojnie światowej pochodzące z parafialnych archiwów
Authors: Krętosz Józef
Published: June 2021

Artykuł zwraca uwagę na wartość parafialnych archiwów dla tematyki badań nad religijnością wiernych w okresie po II wojnie światowej.
Ksiądz Profesor Jan Związek. Sylwetka uczonego z perspektywy jubileuszu
Authors: Wycisło Janusz
Published: June 2021

Sylwetka ks. profesora Jana Związka.
Kilka aspektów pustelniczego doświadczenia wiary
Authors: Wencel Korneliusz
Published: June 2021

Powołanie kamedulskie sprowadza się w swej istocie do  posłuszeństwa głosowi Ojca, który wyprowadza człowieka na  pustynię, by Jezus stał się jedynym przedmiotem jego myśli,  pragnień, miłości. Eremickie doświadczenie samotności, postu i milczenia przenika w głąb paschalnego misterium Chrystusa, w którym wymiar hańby, ubóstwa i ogołocenia owocuje,  paradoksalnie, pełnią życia. Pustelnik z całą świadomością żyje niejako „na marginesie” społeczeństwa, z własnego wyboru staje się nie-użyteczny, by tym mocniej podkreślić prawdę ukazaną w świetle logiki Bożego królestwa, a jednocześnie obnażyć jałowość życia zamkniętego w ramach „czasu marnego”. Artykuł prezentuje apekty pustelniczego doświadczenia wiary kamedulskiej.
Księdza Profesora Jana Związka pasje naukowe
Authors: Piech Stanisław
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia zainteresowania i pasje naukowe ks. Jana Związka.
Polemika muzułmańsko-chrześcijańska na podstawie korespondencji przypisywanej kalifowi Umajjadzkiemu ‘Umarowi II (zm. 720) i cesarzowi bizantyjskiemu Leonowi III (zm. 741)
Authors: Kościelniak Krzysztof
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia polemiczne listy Umara II i Leona III, które dotykają większości aspektów teologicznych islamu i chrześcijaństwa. Ukrywający się pod imionami władców teologowie podnoszą nawzajem liczne zarzuty, ukazują wzajemne uprzedzenia i stereotypy. Na podstawie powyższych listów współczesny historyk może w pewnej mierze odtworzyć obraz chrześcijan w oczach muzułmanów i opinie wyznawców Chrystusa o islamie, które funkcjonowały w okresie od VIII do X wieku.
Działalność duszpasterska OO. Bernardynów z Krakowa w latach 1918-1939
Authors: Szmerek Agnieszka
Published: June 2021

Artykuł omawia działalność duszpasterską OO. Bernardynów z Krakowa w latach 1918-1939.
Mnisi pustelnicy ze Srebrnej Góry
Authors: Szczurowski Rafał
Published: June 2021

Artykuł przedstawia historię klasztoru kamedulskiego na Bielanach w Krakowie.
Godła wspólnot kamedulskich. Próba interpretacji
Authors: Marecki Józef
Published: June 2021

Artykuł podejmuje próbę wyjaśnienia godła Zakonu Kamedułów i Kongregacji Pustelników Kamedułów Góry Koronnej
Pariacoto - misja Braci Mniejszych Konwentualnych
Authors: Gogola Zdzisław
Published: June 2021

Pierwsze ślady obecności franciszkanów w Peru pochodzą sprzed 450-ciu lat. O. Marcos de Niza przybył na te ziemie wraz z ekspedycją Francisca Pizarra. Według kronik w roku 1532 wraz z dwunastoma współbraćmi rozpoczął pracę misyjną wśród tutejszej ludności.  W 1985 roku Kuria Generalna Zakonu Braci Mniejszych Konwentualnych OFMConv w Rzymie opracowała projekt założenia nowej placówki misyjnej w Ameryce Łacińskiej w Peru, w Pariacoto.
Bielany – ulubione miejsce Krakowa. Związki bielańskich kamedułów z Krakowem w okresie staropolskim
Authors: Bruździński Andrzej
Published: June 2021

Na początku XVII wieku pojawili się pejzażu krakowskim biali mnisi, kameduli, którzy przyszli do Krakowa po trudnym okresie reformacji i  niepokojów, jakie dotknęły wszystkie dziedziny ludzkiego życia, przede wszystkim religijnego, ale także społecznego, umysłowego i obyczajowego. Kameduli przyszli po  zaprowadzeniu ładu i porządku w Kościele poprzez postanowienia Tridentinum. Przyszli, aby poprzez przykład własnego umartwienia i milczenia wlać w rozgorączkowane sarmackie głowy spokój myślenia i postępowania – tak jak spokój bieli i harmonii ich monumentalnego klasztoru górującego nad miastem. Ich zakonna prostota i ubóstwo połączyła się tutaj z barokową „tendencją  zmagającego się nadmiaru”, a wszystko po to, aby umocnić wiarę i pobożność katolików, a zawstydzić protestanckie obrazoburcze ubóstwo.