University of Szczecin

Energy-Security Pathways in the Global Energy Transition: Latent-Class Evidence on Import Dependence, Renewables and Generation Diversity

Energy security has re-emerged as a central challenge of the global energy transition because countries must simultaneously reduce import exposure, integrate renewables, diversify electricity systems and maintain a reliable and affordable energy supply. This study aims to identif...

Hierarchical Temporal Runtime Assurance for Controlled Agentic AI Systems: Safety Shielding, Auditable Action Repair, and Bounded Recovery

Agentic artificial intelligence requires safeguards that remain effective across trajectories rather than only at individual decisions. This study introduces MARIS-TRA, a hierarchical temporal runtime assurance extension of Controlled Agentic AI Systems. A compact, auditable frag...

Regulatory Mismatch and Transboundary Governance of Migratory Game Birds: A Comparison of Poland and Germany

Abstract Hunting governance in Europe blends territorial and licensing traditions, producing hybrid regulatory regimes. We compared Poland’s centralised hunting act with Germany’s federal state-level regulations to examine how governance architecture was associated with season de...

Coordination is not admixture: gene flow in the European mink requires staged genomic and risk-based justification

This Letter comments on Nummert-Meister et al. (2026) and their recommendation for closer management of eastern and western captive populations of the critically endangered European mink Mustela lutreola . It agrees that demographic urgency, fragmentation and continuing genetic e...

Pelargonium graveolens and Pelargonium zonale as Valuable Sources of Antioxidants to Be Applied in Cosmetic Preparations

Pelargonium graveolens and Pelargonium zonale are promising sources of natural antioxidants and other bioactive compounds that may find future use in topical cosmetic preparations. The aim of our study was to investigate the antioxidant properties and chemical composition of extr...

Optimization and Validation of a Multitrait Physiological Drought Mitigation Index (PDMI) for Screening PGPR-Induced Drought Tolerance in Strawberry

Drought mitigation by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is commonly assessed using individual physiological traits, although plant responses to water deficit are intrinsically multivariate. We developed a Multitrait Physiological Drought Mitigation Index (PDMI) to summa...