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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN
1731-7401
Publishers
Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)


Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:


Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl

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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society

1 Contents
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society
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2 Editorial
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 3
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3 Thriving in the Internet
Krystyna Skarżyńska , Kamil Henne
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 4-6
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Abstract

The latest Polish research shows that Internet users have greater life satisfaction, more friends, and stronger social bonds than those who do not use the medium.
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Krystyna Skarżyńska
Kamil Henne
4 Gateway to the e-World
Jan Węglarz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 7-9
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PIONIER - the Polish National Research and Academic Network, which is based on the academic community's own optical fibers - enables extensive partnership in developing the new generation of network technologies, grids and portals, and in advancing the widely- defined field of computational sciences.
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Jan Węglarz
5 Earth: Planet of the Ants
Ewa J. Godzińska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 10-13
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Even if we are indeed the most advanced social species on this planet, we must remember that the greatest system of cooperating individuals to be found on Earth was not created by humans.
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Ewa J. Godzińska
6 Designing a New Heart
Roman Kustosz , Roman Major , Tadeusz Wierzchoń , Bogusław Major
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 14-17
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Artificial heart prostheses are a well-accepted method of end-stage heart failure treatment. Interdisciplinary work on constructing new internal prostheses highlights modern medicine's extensive dependence on materials science.
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Roman Kustosz
Roman Major
Tadeusz Wierzchoń
Bogusław Major
ORCID: ORCID
7 Welcome to the e-Society
Maciej D. Kryszczuk
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 18-19
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Abstract

Following the path taken by of the other countries Poland's occupational and economic structure changes due to expansion of information and communication technologies.
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Maciej D. Kryszczuk
8 Our Ever Warmer World
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 20-21
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Abstract

With more global warming imminent, the MICE project is trying to peer into the future of the Earth's climate and tell just what it holds for Europeans.
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Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
9 Harnessing Hydrogen
Robert Nowakowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 22-23
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Abstract

A common question currently linking specialists in various disciplines concerns new sources and carriers of energy that can be used globally in an ecological way in the future.
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Robert Nowakowski
10 To Ingest and to Digest
Tadeusz Michałowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 24-25
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Abstract

Ruminants ingest plants, but they in fact derive the main source of the nutrients they truly utilize from microorganisms inhabiting the first chamber of their complex stomachs.
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Tadeusz Michałowski
11 Technology in the Classroom
Stefan M. Kwiatkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 26-27
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Abstract

The Polish education system lags behind in terms of the number of computers in schools, access to the Internet, and teachers' computer skills. New programs are now being implemented to better prepare young people for the modern job market.
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Stefan M. Kwiatkowski
12 Human Phantom in Orbit
Paweł Bilski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 28-29
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Abstract

On January 29, 2004 an unmanned Progress spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading for the International Space Station (ISS). Scientists who study the radiation environment in space, including a group of Polish researchers, were watching this launch with special interest.
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Paweł Bilski
13 The Change Lab
Andrzej K. Koźmiński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 30-31
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Change has traditionally been one of the fundamental interests of management research and management practice. The debate between proponents of "revolutionary" and "evolutionary" change remains open. Rather unexpectedly, history has offered us a unique opportunity to study management change of the post-Communist transition economies.
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Andrzej K. Koźmiński
14 Fluids in Motion
Tomasz A. Kowalewski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 32-34
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Abstract

Fluid motions are responsible for most of the transport and mixing that take place in the environment, in industrial processes and vehicles, and within living organisms.
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Tomasz A. Kowalewski
15 Keeping the Landscape Running
Andrzej Kędziora , Lech Ryszkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 35-37
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Shelterbelts and forested patches surrounding cultivated fields are far more than just an aesthetic component of the rural landscape. They have an impact on vital cycles of matter and energy.
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Andrzej Kędziora
Lech Ryszkowski
16 Overcoming Cell Rejection
Waldemar L. Olszewski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 38-39
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The transplantation of adult or embryonic cells offers high hopes in the treatment of diabetes, burns or neurological diseases. But why is progress so slow?
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Waldemar L. Olszewski
17 Interface with Europe
Tomasz Komornicki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 40-41
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Abstract

While the people and enterprises of Poland have numerous international contacts, the extent, nature and direction of such contacts differ greatly across various regions. These patterns manifest a historical legacy that dates back to the 18th century, a time when Poland was missing from maps of Europe.
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Tomasz Komornicki
18 The Dream of a Fluorescent Brain
Jacek Jaworski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 42-44
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Jacek Jaworski
19 Modernizing Rural Areas
Andrzej Rosner
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 46-47
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Systemic change in Poland since 1989 and the EU integration process has brought new economic functions to rural areas. Our research projects focus on the problems of transformation and strive to identify the right path of development.
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Andrzej Rosner
20 Science in Eastern Poland
Jan Gliński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 48-49
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Abstract

The Lublin Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences is one of the Academy's seven regional branches. All of them are situated in large academic centers; in addition to Lublin, these include Kraków, Łódź, Katowice, Poznań, Gdańsk and Wrocław.
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Jan Gliński
21 Towards a Knowledge-Based Society
Michał Kleiber
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2004 | Nr 3 (3) 2004 e-Society | 50
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Michał Kleiber

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