University of Silesia in Katowice

Geographies in flux - how time and location influence shrinking medium-sized cities

Urban shrinkage has emerged as a significant challenge across Europe, particularly for medium-sized cities (MSCs) with populations between 20,000 and 100,000. While previous research has largely focused on demographic decline in large cities, the spatial and institutional dynamic...

Partial to Complete Decoupling of Th-U-Pb Ages, Chemical Domains, and Monazite-Xenotime Immiscibility Gap Thermometry in Orthogneiss Monazite (Khanom Core Complex, Southern Thailand)

Abstract We investigate the relationships between monazite Th-U-Pb ages, chemical domains, and monazite-xenotime immiscibility gap thermometry from two Indosinian orthogneisses from the Khanom Core Complex (Southern Thailand), with the aim of better understanding the relationship...

Direct evidence for scavenging as a primary feeding strategy in Pliocrocuta, an extinct genus of bone-cracking hyaenas

Abstract The carnivoran family Hyaenidae exhibits a complex evolutionary history of diverse trophic adaptations, including the consumption of almost entire carcasses, either predated or scavenged. The associated durophagy peaked within the subfamily Hyaeninae in a clade of ‘fully...

Barium gallo-germanate glasses co-activated with Cr3+/Er3+ and Cr3+/Er3+/Ln3+ (Ln = Yb, Ho) for near-infrared luminescence applications

Abstract Near-infrared luminescence properties of barium gallo-germanate glasses co-activated with Cr 3+ /Er 3+ and Cr 3+ /Er 3+ /Ln 3+ (Ln = Yb, Ho) have been studied for the first time. Compared to Cr 3+ /Er 3+ co-doped sample, near-infrared emission of Er 3+ at 1534 nm in Cr 3...

Selected clinical parameters of cardiology patients, their health-promoting behaviors and quality of life in relation to body mass index

Taking into account the significant role of weight disorders and various preventive measures in maintaining human health, as well as the ever-increasing importance of assessing quality of life during the therapeutic process, an interesting research area seems to be analyses compa...

Stand Age, Standard Retention Density and Site Conditions as Drivers of Shoot Biomass Accumulation in Mediterranean Oak Coppices

ABSTRACT Mediterranean oak coppices represent an important fuelwood resource in Central Italy, but management decisions are often constrained by limited quantitative evidence on the relative importance of stand development, standard retention, site conditions, and climate in driv...