From Iser to Turner and beyond: reception theory meets cognitive criticism by Craig Hamilton, Ralf Schneider

“…<span>In this essay, we review the work of Wolfgang Iser, the major proponent of reception theory, and Mark Turner, the major proponent of cognitive criticism. …”
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Selected Aspects of the Local Authorities Debt Restructuring with Local Authorities of the Kujawy-Pomerania Province as the Example by Daniel Jurewicz

“…The limited nature of the revenue generated by local authorities and the vast needs make a definite majority of local and regional authorities acquire funds on the capital market by contracting credits or loans or issuing securities. …”
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Hair loss impact on quality of life of patients with oncological diseases – pilot study by Monika Szkultecka-Dębek, Katarzyna Oszajca, Mariola Drozd, Patryk Wania

“…Both women and men in the vast majority of respondents declared feeling discomfort and depression in connection with the hair loss. …”
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The positive value of personality. Pavel Novgorodtsev’s legal idealism by Natalia Daniłkina

“…Pavel Novgorodtsev was a professor of jurisprudence, politician, and a major representative of Russian philosophy of law. …”
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DEGREE OF ACIDIFICATION OF PRECIPITATION IN BIELSKO-BIAŁA REGION by Henryk Kasza

“…The range of pH of precipitation varied between 3.35 to 7.22. Majority of precipitation samples, because approximately 86% had pH < 5.6 i.e. lower than natural level, which indicated the presence of acidifying substances. …”
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A CIRCLE OR A SPIRAL? THE PRIMEVAL, TROPOLOGICAL SCHEME IDENTIFIED IN THE STRUCTURE OF TRUTH THEORIES by Giulia Cirillo

“…The following study demonstrates how metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony can be identified with five major theories of truth: the correspondence, pragmatic, coherence, deflationary and the semantic one. …”
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Ecotoxicological studies on the impact of copper smelter “Legnica” on living organisms by Dawid Kowalski, Magdalena Wróbel, Justyna Rybak

“…Heavy metals are one of the major pollution sources in the environment and pose constant threat to people and other living organisms. …”
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UNSPEAKABLE OTHERNESS—AN ESSAY ON THE FAILURE OF COGNITIVE AND EPISTEMIC COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN STANISLAW LEM’S SOLARIS by Sébastien Doubinsky

“…One can however choose this exegetic impossibility as a major theme in the novel, and reflect on the implications of the situation Kelvin faces, caught between a desire to understand the nature of Solaris’s ocean and the sheer failure of doing so. …”
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Role of military cooperation in Vietnam-Russia relations by Michał Zaręba

“…Paper is also focused on important arms trade contracts, agreements on military cooperation, includes statistics published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to show the scale of collaboration, and points out major challenges for future cooperation.…”
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Change in the Mass of Municipal Waste Collected from Households in Individual Voivodships by Daniel Zbroński

“…The greatest amount mixed municipal waste was collected in the Masovian Voivodship (15%) and the least in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship (2%), but the majority selected municipal waste was collected in the Silesian Voivodship (17%), whole the least amount – in Podlasie Voivodship (2%). …”
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Pathophysiology and management of renovascular hypertension by Łukasz Dobrek

“…Renovascular hypertension development is a consequence of hemodynamically significant narrowing (stenosis) of the renal artery or its major branches, most often determined by the presence of atherosclerotic changes or the fibromuscular dysplasia located in the renal vessels. …”
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The role of the Polish Army in the military settlement action in the years 1945–1948 by Witold Jarno

“…Of these, fewer than 180,000 people settled in the districts designated in June 1945 only for military settlements, while the vast majority (354,000) lived outside these districts. Nevertheless, the settlement of 180,000 people in border powiats can be considered a great success in the process of their development, conducive to better protection of the new Polish-German border. …”
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Dry age-related macular degeneration - therapeutic possibilities and research directions by Alicja Zajdel

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of vision loss in developed countries, especially in the elderly population. …”
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Challenges arising from cyber security in the dimension of modern global security (on the example of the Russia-Ukraine war) by Alika Guchua, Thornike Zedelashvili

“…As an example, we can cite such an aggressor state as Russia, which carries out major cyber attacks against Ukraine, Georgia and other states whose cyber security systems are less protected. …”
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The importance of mentoring in the process of professional adaptation by Natalia Czymerska, Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska, Agnieszka Zimmermann

“…Conclusions: The survey conducted in a group of professionally active nurses showed the need to support their professional development, especially at the beginning of their professional careers by introducing mentoring and the position of a Clinical Mentor. The majority of nurses indicated the need for such a program and willingness to participate. …”
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The fate of ancestors living in the countryside in family accounts and in-home archives. The “My Family” Project implemented in 2022 by students of the Institute of History of the... by Edyta Majcher-Ociesa, Hubert Czerw, Krzysztof Pierściński

“…The texts describe the realities of Kielce villages during World War II, as well as the hardships of everyday life. The overwhelming majority of the ancestors of the students participating in the project lived in the countryside, having peasant or landowning origins. …”
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The withdrawal of drugs from the market as a result of post-authorisation pharmacovigilance by Łukasz Dobrek

“…In the period 2013-2021, the inspectorate issued a total of 986 decisions and provisions, including only a few related to the permanent withdrawal of a given medicinal product from the pharmaceutical market, resulted from the disclosure of data changing the current safety assessment of a given drug. The vast majority of decisions to withdraw the drug from the market resulted from various qualitative and quantitative defects of a given medicinal product, incorrect labeling of the packaging, the presence of impurities or existing non-conformities in the content of Summary of Product Characteristics and leaflet and incorrect information placed on the outer packaging. …”
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Drugs most commonly used in chronic antithrombotic therapy and their impact on patients preparing for maxillofacial surgery. by Sylwia Wójcik, Katarzyna Mocny-Pachońska, Michał Wójcik, Tadeusz Morawiec

“…We can categorize the vast majority of antithrombotic drugs used in chronic therapy into antiplatelet drugs - which are inhibiting platelet activity, or into anticoagulants - which are affecting various factors of the clotting cascade. …”
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Rural land consolidation and management – the Polish dilemmas. Part 1 by Jan Siuta, Bogusław Żukowski

“…Pursuant to the Act of July 31, 1923 on land consolidation (Journal of Laws No. 92, item 118), 5,422,329 ha were consolidated in the years 1919–1938 (on average 27,116 ha annually), while the major consolidation work (1,144, 482 ha) was performed in the Białystok Province. …”
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Selected plant materials used in migraine therapy by Joanna Piotrowska, Bartłomiej Rospond, Bernadeta Szewczyk, Włodzimierz Opoka

“…The disease affects children and adults, with the vast majority (about 80%) of adult patients being women. …”
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