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Aktywność Stowarzyszenia Młodzi Demokraci w życiu polityczno-społecznym województwa zachodniopomorskiego

Author(s): Janusz Jartyś / Language(s): Polish Issue: 26/2021

The Young Democrats Association is currently one of the strongest youth organisations connected with political life in Western Pomerania. The aim of this article is to present the role of this organisation in social and political life of Western Pomerania. Apart from the analysis of materials available in the Internet space, the author has conducted interviews with representatives of Young Democrats and participated in participant observation during undertakings organised by the Association. Another important element of the article is to show the specificity of the region and the City of Szczecin, where the above-mentioned organisation operates.

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Albanien. Das Land der Skipetaren

Author(s): Hugo Bernatzik / Language(s): German

If it were to my heart, I would begin this book with the words: It is untrue that Albania is a country full of robbers and dangers, ruled by an operetta king under the lictor's ax of the mighty Mediterranean, that it looks somehow like those Caucasian principalities that American film-kitsch wants to make us believe as the setting for the ever popular court intrigues. It is untrue that the Skipetarian population is divided into two classes, the urban proletariat of the intelligentsia, and all the rest of the rest, who scowl like astrologers in illustrated advertisements and handle the rifle with habitual determination. It is also untrue that forests and swamps are literally teeming with rare game, which European travel hunters, who are immortalized in the picture with their slain lions, could offer a welcome and easy change. So much is untrue that is being spread about this strange country and that is being used in Western ideas. TRUE IS MUCH MORE ... (this, the author is offering in his book)

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Alcoholism Among the Priests of the Đakovo-Osijek Archdiocese

Author(s): Stanislav Šota,Ivana Bendra / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

In many countries today, alcoholism is becoming an increasingly common problem, the number of alcoholics is increasing, and the disease occurs in all professions and occupations. Therefore, it is important to talk about the increasing presence of alcoholism not only among lay believers but also among the clergy of the Catholic Church. The aim of this paper is to point out the causes of alcohol addiction and the consequences of alcoholism on the life and work of priests from the area of the Đakovo-Osijek Archdiocese. Based on the results of qualitative-quantitative research conducted using a survey questionnaire (9 priests), sampled using the »snowball« technique, this paper will, for the first time, talk about a problem that has not been discussed in the Croatian scientific community. The conducted research points to stressful events, loneliness, and misunderstanding of superiors and the environment as the main causes of alcoholism among priests.

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Alexandru Ș. Bologa: Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Marină „Grigore Antipa” Constanţa – Repere

Author(s): Adrian Bavaru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 15/2022

The bilingual monographic book entitled Institutul Naţional de Cercetare Dezvoltare Marină “Grigore Antipa” Constanţa – Repere istorice /The National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” Constanţa – Historical highlights, presents the founding of this Research and Development Institute in Constanţa in 1970, reorganized in 1990, and its evolution to the present. After a brief introduction on the sea, seven chapters refer to the Black Sea and highlight the personalities of the founders of Romanian marine research, the marine research institutions prior to the establishment of the Romanian Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” Constanţa INCDM (1970), Romanian marine research over 100 years, Romania and the International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea and the Bystroe Navigation Canal in relation to the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve and the Black Sea ecosystem. Four narratives from France, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Italy are added. The volume is completed with 89 black and white and color illustrations, an exhaustive bibliography and 5 Annexes.

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Ali Kadri, Linda Matari(ed .), Syria. From national independence to proxy war

Author(s): Kamil Pietrasik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2021

Review of: Ali Kadri, Linda Matari(ed .), Syria. From national independence to proxy war, Wydawnictwo Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2019, ss. 296.

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Alieni in Corduba, Colonia Patricia: desde la fundación de la ciudad hasta la Antigüedad tardía

Author(s): José Ortiz Córdoba / Language(s): Spanish Issue: 1/2021

This paper aims to provide an overview of the immigration of extra-Peninsular origin recorded in Colonia Patricia (Córdoba, Spain) based on the analysis of the available literary and epigraphic documentation. Starting from the foundation of the Roman city and its subsequent conversion into a colonia civium Romanorum, we will carry out an analysis of those individuals who, from the 2nd century BC, arrived in the city from non-Hispanic territories. We will deal with important aspects such as the regions and cities of origin of these immigrants, their professional occupations, the causes that determined their mobility and the activity they developed in Corduba after their arrival. Chronologically, our contribution covers the long period of time between the foundation of Corduba in the 2nd century BC by the consul M. Claudius Marcellus and the 5th century AD, which is the date of the latest case of mobility we have documented.

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Allelopathic potential and cytostatic activity of Antarctic moss Sanionia georgicouncinata (Amblystegiaceae)

Author(s): O. Dziuba,A. Liubinska,P. Khoyetskyy,T. Bedernichek / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2021

From the first half of the XX century, the maritime Antarctic was a region with high regional warming rates. At the beginning of the XXI century, regional warming strongly slowed down, but during the next twenty years the near-surface temperatures and mean annual precipitation at the Antarctic Peninsula will most probably increase. Higher temperatures and precipitation make the conditions in the maritime Antarctic more favourable for plants, including invasive species. Moreover, the increasing number of Antarctic tourists unintentionally transport thousands of seeds to the Antarctic on their clothes and equipment. In such circumstances, it is important to evaluate possible defensive mechanisms of native plant species, including their allelopathic potential. The objective of this study was to evaluate the allelopathic potential and cytostatic activity of Sanionia georgicouncinata. This species is widespread in the maritime Antarctic and is one of the most abundant moss species on the Argentine Islands (Wilhelm Archipelago). Seeds of cucumber Cucumis sativus, radish Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, wheat Triticum vulgare, and amaranth Amaranthus paniculatus were used as bioassay species. Fresh green biomass of S. georgicouncinata was used to prepare aqueous extracts with 1 : 10, 1 : 50, and 1 : 100 plant to water ratios. The average root length of wheat sprouts and cucumber sprouts in distilled water did not differ significantly from those in plant extracts. The root length of radish sprouts in 1 : 50 plant extract was significantly shorter than in distilled water. Meanwhile, in 1 : 50 and 1 : 100 water extracts, roots of amaranth plants were significantly longer than in water. The number of lateral roots of cucumber sprouts in water and studied aqueous extracts varied from 1 to 6 with medians from 3 to 4. The medians of control (distilled water) and sample groups (aqueous extracts) did not differ significantly, but only 38.1 ± 6.1% of cucumber sprouts developed lateral roots in the 1 : 10 aqueous extract of S. georgicouncinata, and even less – 28.3 ± 7.5% in the 1 : 50 aqueous extract. The results of this study show that the allelopathic potential of S. georgicouncinata is low. However, a significant cytostatic activity of the studied extracts shows that this species may still affect other plants and animals. Further research is needed to evaluate the impact of the studied extracts on root growth and germination of the invasive plants, particularly Poa annua.

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Alternative Archaeology and New Age Traditionalism in Contemporary Russia

Author(s): Andrei Tiukhtiaev / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

This article examines how esoteric traditionalism in contemporary Russia searches for legitimisation using alternative archaeology. Although New Age spirituality is often considered a private religion, some of its manifestations have a significant impact on the public sphere. The author demonstrates that the New Age in Russia contributes to redefining of categories of religion, science, and cultural heritage through the construction of sacred sites and discursive opposition to academic knowledge. The research is based on analysis of media products that present esoteric interpretations of archaeological sites in southern Russia and ethnographic data collected in a pilgrimage to the dolmens of the Krasnodar region.

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ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITIES IN RURAL SPACES. A WORLD OF OTHERS

Author(s): Angel Paniagua / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

This contribution is an analysis of difference between alternative communities and a case study of others in a community of others. There is no academic consensus in the geographical field about others ruralities. Through the exam of the alternative spaces is possible to advance in the interpretation of the difference and the others. We seek to give a big picture of the alternative communities in depopulated areas and the differences between them. The alternative communities grouped in the Red Iberica of Ecoaldeas are the empirical example with a specific case study: Tierras Altas in Soria (Spain). The technique of investigation in the documentary interpretation of its own sources: leaflets, advertisements, propaganda and information leaflets. A systematic inventory and analysis of the journalistic reports on these initiatives is a secondary source. In addition, geo-ethnographic methods are used in the case of study. The study reveals different –and even contrasted- types of rural alternatives in Spain, based in new form of difference/alternative (rural) lives in a specific and special place and singular housing. It are concluded that among the other alternatives there is no convergence in its self-definition, an open category. It constitutes the symbiosis between nature, community and individual. The relationship between others alternatives and the nature/land is a central element in the discourse, tactics and strategies. In addition, social exclusivity is one of the characteristics of many alternative settlements. It eliminates the conflict between traditional rural communities and new comers.

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Amartya Sen, Home in the World. A Memoir

Author(s): Mihaela Gligor / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Review of: Amartya Sen, Home in the World. A Memoir, Allen Lane, an Imprint of Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2021, 464 pp., ISBN: 978-1- 846-14486-8.

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Amra Šačić Beća, Sjeverna Bosna u okvirima rimske Panonije

Author(s): Mersiha Imamović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 6/2022

Review of: Amra Šačić Beća, Sjeverna Bosna u okvirima rimske Panonije/Northern Bosnia within the bounds of Roman Pannonia, Udruženje za proučavanje i promoviranje ilirskog naslijeđa i drevnih i klasičnih civilizacija “BATHINVS”, 2022, Sarajevo, 568 str.

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Amra Šačić Beća, Sjeverna Bosna u okvirima rimske Panonije

Author(s): Dženana Kurtović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 21/2022

Review of: Amra Šačić Beća, Sjeverna Bosna u okvirima rimske Panonije / Northern Bosnia within the bounds of Roman Pannonia, Sarajevo: Udruženje za proučavanje i promoviranje ilirskog naslijeđa i drevnih i klasičnih civilizacija “BATHINVS”, 2022, 567 str.

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An analysis of the relationships among NASDAQ Baltic stock exchanges: VAR approach

Author(s): Łukasz J. Zięba / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2021

The author examines the relationships among three stock exchanges of selected Baltic countries: Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. The respective stock exchange indexes are used as variables, OMXR for Latvia, OMXT for Estonia, and OMXV for Lithuania. The regression equations are estimated with the use of Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model. The author employs 80 observations for the sample period from 2002 Q1 to 2021 Q4. After determining the optimal lag order, the impulse response function is calculated. The variance decomposition is carried out subsequently. A causality among the stock exchanges in question is determined.

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An Analysis of the Sources of COVID-19 Resilience and Vulnerability of Turkey in the First Wave of COVID-19

Author(s): İlhan Can Özen,Berna Tuncay Alpanda / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

This paper aims to analyze the effects of the macro prevention efforts undertaken in Turkey at three different levels. We particularly focus on the effect of COVID-19 prevention arrangements on the health system resilience and resistance at a systemic level. Similarly, the social and health vulnerability of the regional populations to COVID-19 was measured, to encapsulate, in the first wave, to what extent these populations were able to be protected from the worst of the epidemic. We use regional and provincial COVID-19 data set (Hayat-Eve-Sığar module) together with the socioeconomic parameters (TUIK), and health system parameters (Health Statistics Yearbook) to create a map for COVID-19 pandemic, prevention arrangements, and economic impact of the pandemic. The results suggest that especially the health equilibrium of the Southeastern and Eastern Anatolian sections of the health system was protected (for the duration of the 1st wave), as a result of the lockdowns, whereas the economic collateral effects have been much more equally distributed among the provinces. At this stage, it is possible to state that, for the next waves of COVID-19 in Turkey, there is a potential economic benefit to implement less prevention at a national level. Moreover, we look at the effect of COVID-19 testing capacity on controlling the pandemic in Turkey to investigate to what extent testing has been able to identify, and control outbreaks. We find that the Turkish testing capacity looks in line with the overall health system capacity in the country and provides a neutral effect for controlling the pandemic.

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An aspect of local lamp production in the western Pontic region : the case of lamps of types Hayes/Saraçhane 9 and 10

Author(s): Florin Topoleanu / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2019

Lamps of the Hayes 9 type were produced in huge quantities in the state workshops of the Eastern Roman Empire and in the Western Pontic ateliers, where the Hayes 8 lamps were also manufactured, especially in Constantinople and Halmiris. The shape of the lamps and the fabric argue in favor of this assumption, further supported by the dating of contexts recorded during the excavation of Dobrogean sites. Thus, the Halmyris workshop complex appears to stand out among the lamp-producing centers, at least in the Black Sea area, during Justinian’s reign.

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An attempt to optimize human resources allocation based on spatial diversity of the first wave of COVID–19 in Poland

Author(s): Andrzej Jarynowski,Monika Wójta-Kempa,Łukasz Krzowski / Language(s): English Issue: 7/2020

Aim. Our task was to examine the relationship between the SARS–CoV–2 arrival and the number of confi rmed COVID–19 cases in the fi rst wave (period from March 4 to May 22, 2020 (unoffi cial data)), and socio–economic variables at the powiat (county) level.Methods. We were using simple statistical techniques such as data visualisation, correlation analysis, spatial clustering and multiple linear regression.Results. We showed that immigration and the logarithm of general mobility was the best predictor of SARS–CoV–2 arrival times, while emigration, industrialisation and air quality explain most of the size of the epidemic in poviats. On the other hand, infection dynamics is driven to a lesser extent by previously postulated variables such as population size and density, income or the size of the elderly population.Conclusions. Our analyses could support Polish authorities in preparation for the second wave of infections and optimal management of resources as we have provided a proposition of optimal distribution of human resources between poviats. Although this isa retrospective analysis of the initial phase of the epidemic, similar patterns could repeat in case of new variants of SARS–CoV–2 or new respiratory disease for immunologically naive populations.

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An Empirical Analysis of the Working Capital Management Practices of South African Retail Firms

Author(s): Garikai Mandipa,Athenia Bongani Sibindi / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

Working capital is considered to be the ‘lifeblood’ of businesses. Working capital strategy can best be described as a strategy made by the firm for making decisions on two important things, namely how much to invest in each component of current assets, and how to finance those investments. Against this backdrop the present inquiry sought to examine the working capital management strategies employed by the South African retail firms. The study employed a panel of retail firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for the period 2010-2019 as the unit of analysis. Working capital management was proxied by cash conversion cycle (CCC), average age of inventory (AAI), average collection period (ACP), and average payment period (APP). Descriptive and correlational analyses were employed for empirical investigation. The data were derived from the Orbis dataset and taken from the financial statements of 16 retail companies listed on the JSE. The findings of the study revealed that South African retail firms predominantly employed conservative working capital policies. More specifically, the results of the study documented that ACP and AAI were higher than APP for the sample of South African retail firms. Thus, the firms were holding more current assets in the form of trade receivables and inventories, relative to current liabilities, which in turn increased the length of the CCC.

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AN ENERGY TRANSITION ANALYSIS FOR A PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS SYSTEM

Author(s): Juliano da Silva PEREIRA,Tatiana Maria Cecy GADDA,Eduardo Cesar AMANCIO,Jair URBANETZ JÚNIOR,Janine Nicolosi CORREA,Thiago Carvalho dos Reis SILVEIRA / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2021

Worldwide, Brazil is the seventh largest contributor to greenhouse gases emissions. Public transport, which is highly dependent on fossil fuels, accounts for 17% of all emissions from the Brazilian energy sector. This paper aims to identify the carbon dioxide emissions reduction potential by switching Curitiba's public transport bus fleet from diesel fueled buses to electric buses. The calculation, which was based on data collected from the system management company and from the literature, was applied into three scenarios. In the first, we estimate the system's CO2 emission for the current fuel choice, diesel; in the second, we consider the adoption of electric buses, by meeting the energy demand with the national energy matrix; and in the third, the demand would be fed by photovoltaic systems. The results indicated a CO2 emission reduction potential of about 81%, 90% and 93%, considering three different analysis: (1) buses energy demand supplied by the national electric matrix in a context of a rainfall worst-case; (2) buses energy demand supplied by the national electric matrix in a context of a rainfall best-case; and (3) energy demand supplied by solar energy. It would represent a reduction of, respectively, 68, 75 or 78 thousand tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere per year. The results suggest that a switch from fossil fuel run buses to electric buses has a great potential to contribute to decarbonising transport, especially in cities with a large bus fleet and distance traveled.

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An overview of helminths of the European fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina (Amphi-bia, Anura) in the Volga River Basin

Author(s): I. V. Chikhlyaev,A. B. Ruchin / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

The helminthofauna of Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761) has been studied to an unequal degree in different parts of the habitat. Thus, it has been studied in more detail in the west of its range (in the countries of central and eastern Europe) and in less detail in the center (in Belarus and Ukraine). There were few data on helminths of this host in the east of its range (in Russia). For the first time, an inventory of the helminthofauna in B. bombina was carried out for populations in the Volga River Basin. The results of our own research are presented and supplemented with information from other authors. We summarized scattered data on helminths from 390 specimens of amphibians collected over more than 40 years in the territory of five regions: Kaluga and Samara regions, the Republics of Mordovia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. The helminthofauna includes 21 species from three classes: Trematoda (15), Chromadorea (5) and Clitellata (1). For each species, we give the systematic position, localization, places of detection, geographical distribution and characteristics of the life cycle. The leech Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) was first recorded in the European fire-bellied toad in Europe. Four species of trematodes are new to this amphibian species in Russia: Haematoloechus abbreviatus (Bychowsky, 1932), Paralepoderma cloacicola (Luhe, 1909), larvae, Tylodelphys excavata (Rudolphi, 1803), larvae and Astiotrema monticelli (Stossich, 1904), larvae. Another species of trematode – Strigea strigis (Schrank, 1788), larvae – was first recorded in this host within the boundaries of the Volga Basin. A specific parasite is the trematode Haematoloechus abbreviatus (Bychowsky, 1932). The number and composition of the species of helminths of the European fire-bellied toad vary in different regions; the structure of the helminth fauna is generally stable and includes three groups of species: adult and larval stages of trematodes, adult nematodes-geohelminths. The results of the study create a database for further population studies and contribute to the development of ideas about the distribution and formation of the amphibian helminth fauna in Europe, Russia and the Volga Basin.

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ANADOLU’NUN XI. - XIII. YÜZYILLAR ARASINDAKİ TARİHÎ COĞRAFYASI HAKKINDA BİR KAYNAK: DÂNİŞMEND GAZİ DESTANI

Author(s): Mutlu Adak / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 75/2022

The number of studies on the “historical geography” discipline, which is developing in Turkey, is phenomenally finite. Especially, studies on the historical geography of Anatolia in the Middle Ages are very limited. For this reason, it is important to determine and evaluate the sources concerning the historical geography of Anatolia in the Middle Ages. The aim of this study is to determine that Danishmend Gazi Epic can be used as a historical geography source. Because our country of the sources of the historical geography is very limited regarding the Middle Ages of Anatolia, especially concerning the periods when Anatolia was conquered by the Turks. As a result, the knowledges of geographical features about the period are insufficient. Danishmend Gazi Epic has been discussed in many studies in the light of literature and history. however, the epic has not been evaluated with regard to historical geography till now. İn this paper, It will be given the information regarding the geographical features of the Central Black Sea region (especially the provinces of Tokat, Amasya, Çankırı and Çorum) based on the Danishmend Gazi Epic between XI.-XIII. centuries. Danishmend Gazi Epic gives significant information concerning the physical and human geography especially earthquakes, floods, plant species, important settlements, place names, physical conditions of settlements, topography of settlements, plant and animal species. Danishmend Gazi Epic between XI.-XIII. centuries with the study. These datas indicate us that Danismend Gazi Epic to can be used as a source about the historical geography of Anatolia in the Middle Ages, when the resources were limited.

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