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Calculation of Kinetic Parameters of the Thermal Decomposition of Residual Waste of Coniferous Species: Cedrus Deodara
Authors: Dhaundiyal Alok , Hanon Muammel M. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This paper deals with pyrolysis decomposition of Cedrus deodara leaves with the help of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Experiments are performed in the presence of inert atmosphere of nitrogen. Experiments are conducted at three different heating rates of 5 °C∙min-1, 10 °C∙min-1 and 15 °C∙min-1 within temperature range of 35 °C to 700 °C. Arrhenius parameters such as activation energy and frequency factor are estimated by Flynn Wall and Ozawa (FWO), Kissinger-Akahira-Sonuse (KAS) and Kissinger. The activation energy and frequency factor calculated by using Kissinger method are 67.63 kJ∙mol-1 and 15.06 . 104 min-1 respectively; whereas the averaged values of the same parameters through FWO and KAS methods are 89.59 kJ∙mol-1 and 84.748 kJ∙mol-1, 17.27 . 108 min-1 and 62.13 . 107 min-1 respectively. Results obtained through Kissinger method represent the actual values of kinetic parameters. Conversely, FWO and KAS methods reflect the apparent values of kinetic parameters, as they are highly influenced by the overlapping of competitive reactions occur during pyrolysis.
On xn + yn = n!zn
Authors: Jena Susil Kumar 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
In p. 219 of R.K. Guy's Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 3rd edn., Springer, New York, 2004, we are asked to prove that the Diophantine equation xn + yn = n!zn has no integer solutions with n ∈ N+ and n > 2. But, contrary to this expectation, we show that for n = 3, this equation has in finitely many primitive integer solutions, i.e. the solutions satisfying the condition gcd(x, y, z) = 1.
Nonlinear *-Lie Higher Derivations of Standard Operator Algebras
Authors: Ashraf Mohammad , Ali Shakir , Wani Bilal Ahmad 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
Let ℌ be an in finite-dimensional complex Hilbert space and A be a standard operator algebra on ℌ which is closed under the adjoint operation. It is shown that every nonlinear *-Lie higher derivation D = {δn}gn∈N of A is automatically an additive higher derivation on A. Moreover, D = {δn}gn∈N is an inner *-higher derivation.
The Properties of the Weighted Space Hk
2,α (Ω) and Weighted Set Wk
2,α(Ω, δ)
Authors: Rukavishnikov V. A. , Matveeva E. V. , Rukavishnikova E. I. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
We study the properties of the weighted space Hk
2α(Ω) and weighted set Wk
2α(Ω, δ)for boundary value problem with singularity.
Improving the Quality of Life with Rural Development Programmes in Germany (2007–2013): Evidence from the Evaluation
Authors: Moser Andrea , Peter Heike , Fengler Birgit , Strohm-Lömpcke Renate 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
Improving the quality of life is a strategic priority for the European Union (EU), and is, therefore also a stated goal of development policy for rural areas. The EAFRD Regulation provides the legal framework for this policy. As Germany has a federal structure, the federal states of Germany are responsible for implementing the aims of the rural development programmes (RDPs). As each federal state has taken a different approach to improving the quality of life in rural areas, the effects of these programmes differ. Until now, there was no plan for measuring the success of the RDPs. In this article, we will show how the multidimensional concept of quality of life - which was developed in the 1960s and 1970s and has been applied since then - primarily in the social sciences - was turned into a theory-based research concept for evaluating selected RDPs. The focus of the article is on the theoretical derivation and the development of the research concept; concrete results are presented as examples. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Verbesserung der Lebensqualität durch die EPLR nur in einzelnen Teilbereichen erreicht wurde. The results show that the improvement in quality of life realized by the EPLR was only achieved in individual areas. Across all of the federal states we observed, the greatest positive effects were found in the dimensions “conditions in residential locations” and “personal activities (leisure etc.).”
Analysis of Water Retention Changes in Selected Lake-Wetland Catchments of West Polesie Based on Historical Documents
Authors: Mięsiak-Wójcik Katarzyna 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The paper presents analysis results concerning changes in the range of areas of surface and transitional retention, here corresponding with wetlands, in two small lake catchments in the western part of West Polesie. The cartometric research was performed on maps covering the period from the 19th to the early 21st century. The analyses were referred to the modern state of investigation recorded on orthophotomaps in data bases disclosed in Geoportal Krajowy and in the Google Earth Pro application. Lake surface retention showed no substantial changes, and the differences result from the scale of maps used in the study, and therefore from the degree of detail of the presented objects. In the catchment of Lake Czarne Gościnieckie it occupied from 13.61 to 15.64% of its area, and in the catchment of Lake Brzeziczno from 0.96 to 1.28%. The greatest discrepancies in the area of wetlands result from the cartographic method of presentation, and generalisation of maps. In the catchment of Lake Czarne Gościnieckie, areas of transitional retention could be identified on 11 out of 13 maps, and in the catchment of Lake Brzeziczno on 12. In the case of the former catchment, transitional retention occupies from 17.35 to 34.00% of its area, and in the catchment of Brzeziczno from 4.81 to 24.00%. Such different surface areas of wetlands measured on maps, however, do not signify evident tendencies for change. Over the last 200 years, no substantial changes occurred in the studied catchments regarding the range of surface waters and wetlands, as confirmed by field research conducted in the years 2006-2012. The quantity and quality of maps and the variability of their scales encourage a careful interpretation of obtained information. In such a case, it is necessary to supplement cartographic analyses with investigating procedures of map preparation, and also to collect written documents concerning the entire area.
Hydrographic And Hydrochemical Characteristics of the Landslide Lake Jazerske (Spišska Magura, Northern Slovakia)
Authors: Molenda Tadeusz 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This article presents the hydrographic and hydrochemical characteristics of this lake. Lake Jazerske is located in the Western Carpathians (Spiš Magura) in northern Slovakia. It occupies a depression that was formed at the foot of the main scarp of a landslide. Below the lake, there are small intercolluvial depressions that have been transformed into wetlands (peat bogs). The studied lake is very small. Its area is 3600 m2 and its length is 85 m. The maximum depth of the lake is 7.2 m and its capacity is 17 000 m3. The lake is supplied by an inflow of groundwater via fractured aquifers. During periods of heavy rainfall and snow melting, the lake is also supplied by the water from surface runoff. On the main slope of the landslides, traces of ephemeral courses were also found. During the periods of increased supply (spring snow melting, summer rainfall), the outflow of water from the lake occurs both on the surface and underground. In terms of its hydrochemistry, the lake water represents the four-ion type - bicarbonate-sulphate-calcium-magnesium. The concentrations of various ions is characteristic of the shallow groundwater of the Carpathian flysch. The predominant cation, the average concentration of which is 52 mg dm-3, is calcium. The dominant anion is carbohydrates with an average concentration of 163 mg dm-3. What is interesting is the very low levels of chlorides, which do not exceed 2 mg dm-3. The electrolytic conductivity of the water flowing out of the lake ranged from 290 to 328 μS cm-1.
Interval cancers after negative immunochemical test compared to screen and non-responders’ detected cancers in Slovenian colorectal cancer screening programme
Authors: Mlakar Dominika Novak , Bric Tatjana Kofol , Škrjanec Ana Lucija , Krajc Mateja 
Published: July 2018

Abstract

Background
We assessed the incidence and characteristics of interval cancers after faecal immunochemical occult blood test and calculated the test sensitivity in Slovenian colorectal cancer screening programme.

Patients and methods
The analysis included the population aged between 50 to 69 years, which was invited for screening between April 2011 and December 2012. The persons were followed-up until the next foreseen invitation, in average for 2 years. The data on interval cancers and cancers in non-responders were obtained from cancer registry. Gender, age, years of schooling, the cancer site and stage were compared among three observed groups. We used the proportional incidence method to calculate the screening test sensitivity.

Results
Among 502,488 persons invited for screening, 493 cancers were detected after positive screening test, 79 interval cancers after negative faecal immunochemical test and 395 in non-responders. The proportion of interval cancers was 13.8%. Among the three observed groups cancers were more frequent in men (p = 0.009) and in persons aged 60+ years (p < 0.001). Comparing screen detected and cancers in non-responders with interval cancers more interval cancers were detected in persons with 10 years of schooling or more (p = 0.029 and p = 0.001), in stage III (p = 0.027) and IV (p < 0.001), and in right hemicolon (p < 0.001). Interval cancers were more frequently in stage I than non-responders cancers (p = 0.004). Test sensitivity of faecal immunochemical test was 88.45%.

Conclusions
Interval cancers in Slovenian screening programme were detected in expected proportions as in similar programmes. Test sensitivity was among the highest when compared to similar programmes and was accomplished using test kit for two stool samples.
The Function of Communication in Faculty Management
Authors: Beytekin Osman Ferda , Arslan Hasan 
Published: July 2018

Abstract This research intends to explain the nature of communication and its strategic role from the perspective of faculty deans. In other words, the aim of the research is to analyze the perspectives of faculty deans on communication and its strategic functional role in the organization. The research theme is clarified by three subquestions: What is the function of communication in the organizations from the perspectives of deans? What are the principal advantages and disadvantages of the communication function in the organizations? Lastly, how does the faculty dean perceive himself/herself as a communicator in the management of the organization? Qualitative approach is applied through ten semistructured interviews of faculty deans in the university. The research findings reveal that the nature and functions of communication in the organization are important and are perceived as a vital element of university management. Moreover, the function of communication is confirmed as a key element to success in the strategic plans and in the organizational context of universities.
Integrating Multiple Intelligences in Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Seeu Experiences and Practices
Authors: Spirovska Elena 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The purpose of this article is to discuss the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and to answer the question of appropriateness of the MI theory in the field of foreign language teaching. The paper also exemplifies the adaptation of the theory in the context of teaching English as a foreign language and foreign language teaching and learning in general by describing a set of activities and a lesson plan using the MI approach. The article reviews the types of intelligences described and defined by Howard Gardner and authors who followed and revised the theory in terms of language teaching. In addition, the article discusses the different modes of application of the theory of Multiple Intelligences in language teaching with young adults and adult learners of foreign languages. The article proceeds by grouping and listing possible activities and tasks which are appropriate for language learners with different sets of abilities or intelligences. In addition, the article provides a brief summary of the potential issues recommendations and conclusions regarding the implementation of theory of Multiple Intelligences and provides a sample lesson plan which provides activities and language learning tasks for the majority of intelligences defined
Welcoming families by school – important factors for cooperation between school and family to prevent violence among students.
Authors: Sylaj Vlora 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This article aims to contribute to the growing interest and consideration for the importance of the welcoming family of schools to prevent violence among students.
This study reflects upon the importance of qualitative collaboration, namely to enrich the public opinion with the valuable information about the cooperation between school and family. The purpose of this article is to ascertain whether it affects the level of contacts between school and family for preventing violence among students by family welcoming at school.This study used quantitative method and aims to find answers to the following questions: What are the forms of violence among students in school? What are its dimensions? What are the reasons? What impact has the use of violence? What attitudes are being held towards violence? Are there school programs that deal directly with the study, prevention, rehabilitation? At what level is welcomed by the family of schools for prevention of violence among students. Research hypothesis: The level of contacts between the school and families affected by the welcoming family at school. We have included 400 teachers and 400 parents from rural areas in this study, as well as 300 teachers and 300 parents of fourth classes’ from the urban areas. Were made 98 interviews with parents and 97 with the teachers. 97 pupils are involved in focus groop. They come from the various city schools in Kosovo. Systematic sample was randomly selected, and we have compiled the questionnaire.
A team of pedagogues, who have been previously trained to use this questionnaire, took attitudes of both subjects. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 program. The study has reached some findings and conclusions. Participants' responses indicate that the level of contact between the school and families for preventing violence among students is affected by the factor family welcoming at school.
The Diminutive in Naim Frashëri’s Poetry and Ismail Kadare’s Works
Authors: Adili-Çeliku Luljeta , Rushidi-Rexhepi Jehona , Rushidi Jeta 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The works of Naim Frashëri and Ismail Kadare have had a great impact in the Albanian literature. We will not, however, discuss their literary value, but rather we will dwell on the linguistic impact and the gradual enrichment of the language by these authors. In this context, it is sometimes impossible to separate literature from language. This paper aims at explaining some of the aspects of the usage of the diminutive by the above-mentioned writers in their works. Therefore, in Frashëri’s poetry, we find it to be used for the purpose of derision or endearment of something or somebody, whereas in Kadare’s works we see it used only for derision and contempt of a thing or a person. The paper is divided into three parts, the first dealing with the usage of the diminutive by the authors, the second consists of examples of diminutive words, and the last section compares the words used by the former and latter of the authors in question
Changes in thermal and precipitation conditions in Poland in 1971–2010
Authors: Skowera Barbara , Kopcińska Joanna , Kopeć Bogumiła 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
Changes in thermal and precipitation conditions in Poland in 1971-2010. The article presents changes in thermal and precipitation conditions on Polish territory in the years 1971- -2010 based on data from six meteorological stations (Koszalin, Olsztyn, Poznań, Lublin, Opole and Kraków). These data concern the monthly average air temperature, precipitation and the number of days with precipitation per month. Based on the analysis of changing trends in the study of meteorological elements, authors observed an increase in the mean annual air temperature of about 0.9°C over 10 years in all localities. In contrast, trends in the average monthly air temperatures were characterised by temporal and spatial variation. As a result of the increase in temperature, there was a change in the dates signifying the beginning and the end of the thermal periods: farming (OG), vegetation (OW), intensive vegetation (OIW) and maturation or thermal summers (OD/L). A tendency for these periods to start earlier was noted. Statistically significant changes were found for the following periods: vegetation in Koszalin and Olsztyn, intensive vegetation at all stations and thermal summer only in Lublin. An increasingly later end to these periods was noted, and statistically significant trends were found for the dates of the end of the following periods: maturation (thermal summer) at all stations except Opole, intensive vegetation in Poznań and Lublin and vegetation in Lublin and Opole. Seasonal and monthly precipitation totals in the years 1971-2010 were characterised by cyclicality. Significant upward trends were found only in the case of monthly precipitation totals in August in Koszalin and the sum of precipitation in the cooler half of the year in Poznań. In contrast, there was more days with precipitation at all stations included in the study, but the statistical significance of trends varied by location. Changes in thermal and precipitation conditions were accompanied by, among other factors, an increase in temperature, changes in the length of thermal periods and an increase in the frequency of rainfall. All of this is important information for the agricultural sector regarding changing crop conditions
„Lekcje biologii”, czyli Miłosz czyta Szymborską
Authors: Grądziel-Wójcik Joanna 
Published: July 2018

Summary
Wisława Szymborska has a prominent presence in Czesław Miłosz’s essays, criticism, interpretations and anthologies. This article presents an overview of Miłosz’s assessment of her work. For the first time he turned to her poetry in ‘A Biology Lesson’, one of his lectures delivered in 1981/1982 at Harvard. To illustrate his point about modern man’s existence in a world determined by laws of nature and stripped of eschatology Miłosz quotes Szymborska’s poem ‘Autonomy’. Later, it is her poem ‘A little girl tugs at the tablecloth’ that acquires for him a programmatic importance. Nevertheless, a close analysis of his dialogue with Szymborska shows that in spite of some thematic and poetic common ground their philosophies of life are widely different. Miłosz’s misgivings about the ‘scientific worldview’ in Szymborska’s ‘poetry of consciousness’ are in fact an expression of a dispute about metaphysics and a defense of a Christian imagination.
Miłosz i Lévinas – modernistyczny dwugłos o zadaniach literatury
Authors: Telicki Marcin 
Published: July 2018

Summary
The article examines a parallel between Emmanuel Lévinas’s and Czesław Miłosz’s philosophical reflection about the duties of literature. The common ground can be found in Lévinas’s well-known idea of encountering the Other through the Face. This form of communication, which is by no means easy, is given extra depth by liminal experiences of transience and death. As the examples from the second part of this article show these experiences seem to mark the greatest achievements of twentieth-century literature. Finally, the question is asked about the two writers’ views on the place of philosophy and reflection on transcendence. Even though they do not see eye to eye on these points, the plurality of values and judgments expressed by them should not compel us to classify their work as completely disparate and incomparable.
Przyszłość poezji Czesława Miłosza – warunki i możliwości (dys)kontynuacji
Authors: Kałuża Anna 
Published: July 2018

Summary
This article attempts to position Czesław Miłosz’s beyond the borders of poetic modernism. The argument is based on a conjectural transfer of Miłosz’s work into the future, ie. putting it into the context of authors making their debut after 1989. This mental experiment assumes the both the continuous existence of the humanist tradition of poetry and its reconfiguration in the process of cultural change. Anchored in the traditions of high modernism, Miłosz’s poetry functions as a complement to the project of an anthropocentric art with its incontestable border between the human and the non-human. The relocation of his work out of its original sphere reveals that it does comprise an ‘anti-humanist’ element which, despite Miłosz’s efforts to displace it, gives rise to questions about the validity of the borderline between the human and the non-human world.
Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz w cieniu Miłosza
Authors: Dembińska-Pawelec Joanna 
Published: July 2018

Summary
This article tries to assess the influence of Czesław Miłosz on Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, whose poetic career - since his very debut - has developed in the shadow of his great predecessor. The complex bond and dialogically changeable relationship between the two poets are examined here with help of conceptual tools supplied by antithetical criticism, especially Harold Bloom’s ‘anxiety of influence’ theory. The article maps successive phases of Rymkiewicz’s poetic biography by matching them against a string of Miłosz’s poems. Already the poems in Rymkiewicz’s debut volume Konwencje (1957) (which includes a poem entitled ‘Czesław Miłosz’) show that his attitude towards his mentor is no means uniform. His responses range from a fascination which spurs creative effort, borrowings and imitation, to ironic dialogue, polemics, and gestures of rejection. Yet even in Rymkiewicz’s antithetical reactions one may detect traces of his youthful fascination with Czesław Miłosz’s Rescue (1945).
Eksperyment i awangarda. O „Różach w betonie” Mariana Promińskiego
Authors: Strycka Anna 
Published: July 2018

Summary
This article begins with an examination of the experimental handling of the characters’ speech and Promiński’s narrative voice in the title story of the collection Roses in Concrete. The analysis draws on some elements of constructivism - as it can be found in the early poems by Tadeusz Peiper and in the constructivist prose written by Jan Brzękowski - with the 3M catchphrase (“City - Mass - Machine”) from Peiper’s famous manifesto lurking in the background. In his short story Promiński creates a situation which enables him to lampoon the projects and visions formulated by Peiper and the Cracow Avant-garde; the total effect of “Roses in Concrete” is that of demolishing Peiper’s utopia of a new civilization. The analysis of “A specialist, Almost”, another story from the collection, focuses an its autothematic structure, as well as Promiński’s use of new, experimental narrative techniques (eg. simultaneous description, stream of consciousness). The discussion of the stream of consciousness technique reaches out to “Cracks”, a story where it marks the main character’s speech. The last of the stories taken up for discussion is “Timbert, the Traveller”, a story concerned with a case of mental illness. Here the article draws on the work of R. D. Laing, Michel Foucault and Thomas S. Sasz to argue that Timbert’s problem is not really medical, but the product of socio-cultural stereotyping and stigmatization.