University of Wrocław

Bridging policy and implementation science: operationalising political and structural determinants for health policy implementation evaluation

Abstract Background Despite their critical role in shaping public health policy implementation, key political and structural determinants within implementation frameworks are often poorly defined, underreported, or treated as background rather than as core implementation variable...

Non-Deterministic Abstract Machines

We present a generic design of abstract machines for non-deterministic programming languages such as process calculi or the lambda calculus with full non-deterministic \(\beta\) -reduction. Such a machine traverses a term in the search for a redex, making non-deterministic choice...

Reassessment of Miocene putative coprolites from Poland suggests a biogenic origin and probable squamate (reptilian) producers

Additional ferruginous excrement-shaped masses interpreted as putative coprolites were recovered from Miocene deposits of the Kleszczów Graben, central Poland. Earlier studies favored an abiotic origin, but our reassessment provides evidence supporting a biogenic interpretation....

Indeterminate Jacobi operators II

Abstract We consider the Jacobi operator ( T , D ( T )) associated with an indeterminate Hamburger moment problem, and present countable subsets S of the domain D ( T ) such that $${{\,\textrm{span}\,}}(S)$$ span ( S ) is dense in $$\ell ^2.$$ ℓ 2 . As an example we have $$S=\{(p...

Phylogeny of Mastigitae sheds light on a hundred‐million‐year‐long morphological stasis of the extant genus Clidicus Laporte (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)

Mastigitae comprise 15 genera, of which seven are extinct, and species of two extant genera are also documented as fossils. The rich fossil record makes Mastigitae exceptional among Staphylinidae. Based on results of phylogenetic analyses comprising 33 extant species, 10 dated fo...

Targeting biglycan–TLR2/TLR4 interaction with synthetic peptides mitigates inflammation and ameliorates renal function in ischemia–reperfusion injury

Renal ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI), characterized by enhanced inflammation, is a leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) with limited treatments beyond supportive dialysis. Biglycan through toll-like receptors (TLR)2/TLR4 signaling aggravates tissue damage in acute renal...

Characteristics of Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolated from Humans and Animals

Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important opportunistic pathogen and a potential reservoir of antimicrobial resistance determinants, yet comparatively little is known about isolates originating from both humans and companion animals. This study characterized 320 S. epidermidis i...

Lowering Coordination Symmetry as a Strategy for Tuning Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Quasi-Isotropic Mn(II) Systems

Abstract Two pentacoordinate Mn(II) complexes containing tridentate 2.2′-[oxybis(methylene)] bis(1H-1,3-benzimidazole) (OMeBB) ligand and pseudohalide coligands, [Mn(OMeBB)(NCS)2] (1) and [Mn(OMeBB)(NCO)2] (2), exhibit a very rare {MnIIN4O} coordination mode involving semicoordin...

High-content image-based screening reveals vaccinia virus membrane proteins as potential regulators of LC3 lipidation

Autophagy is a catabolic process used for the degradation of organelles and proteins, and it also functions as a cellular defense mechanism, known as xenophagy, during infection. Vaccinia virus (VACV), the prototypic poxvirus, replicates exclusively in the cytoplasm of host cells...

A small Radon–Nikodým compact space from a parametrized diamond

A compact space K is Radon–Nikodým if there is a lower semicontinuous metric fragmenting K. In this note, we show that, under ♢(non(M)), there is a Radon–Nikodým compact space of weight ℵ1 with a continuous image that is not Radon–Nikodým, which partially answers a question posed...

Strong Coupling in Bulk Nanoplasmonic Nanoplatelet Perovskite Scintillators

ABSTRACT Control of light emission underpins photonics and radiation detection. Strong coupling between excitons and confined electromagnetic modes forms light–matter states known as polaritons, enabling emission control. In scintillators, such effects have been investigated main...

The Bidirected Cut Relaxation for Steiner Tree Has Integrality Gap Smaller than 2

Abstract. The Steiner tree problem is one of the most prominent problems in network design. Given an edge-weighted undirected graph and a subset of the vertices, called terminals, the task is to compute a minimum-weight tree containing all terminals (and possibly further vertices...

Spin effects in superfluidity, neutron matter, and neutron stars

We review selected aspects of the interior physics of compact stars, focusing on the microscopic and macroscopic manifestations of spin, magnetic fields, and nucleonic superfluidity and superconductivity. Spin statistics of fermions allow quantum degeneracy pressure to determine...

Olfactory Threshold Can Be Reliably Tested With Sniffin' Sticks in Non‐Clinical Settings: Associations Shown in a Diverse, General Population

ABSTRACT Objective The olfactory threshold part of the Sniffin' Sticks test is widely used to assess chemosensory function, yet most studies are conducted in controlled laboratory or clinical environments with selective samples. This study examined odour threshold performance wit...

Inferential learning explains association between self-relevance cues and overlap in chimpanzee visual bodily gesture repertoires

We investigated whether the association of self-relevance cues with overlap in visual bodily gestures is better explained by inferential learning or experience-based reinforcement of gesture–outcome contingencies. Inferential accounts predict that self-relevance cues facilitate c...

Olfactory Training and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: A Randomized Placebo‐Controlled Trial With Exploratory Evidence in Moderate Depression

ABSTRACT The risk of developing depressive symptoms increases with age. The following study aimed to verify if olfactory training may relieve symptoms of depression in the older population. Older participants ( N = 101, M age = 72.6, SD = 5.44, 88% women) participated in this stu...

Functionalized peptides incorporating non-canonical ɑ–amino acids: copper(II) coordination and cytotoxic activity

Unusual ɑ–amino acids, owing to their ability to accommodate diverse substituents while preserving a chiral center, constitute valuable building blocks in peptidomimetic design. Their incorporation enables fine-tuning of physicochemical and biological properties, while also provi...

Charges of supergravity

A bstract We study conserved charges of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 supergravity formulated as a constrained BF theory based on the OSp(1|4) superalgebra. Using the covariant phase space formalism, we derive bulk and boundary contributions to the symplectic structure and construct ch...

Effects of medium-induced osmotic and nutrient stress on cyanogenic glycosides in flax (Linum usitatissimum)

<title>Abstract</title> Background Cyanogenic glycosides (CGs) are multifunctional plant metabolites involved in defense, nitrogen turnover, and stress responses. Study examined effects of medium-induced osmotic and nutrient stress on cyanogenic glycosides in flax (Linum usitatis...

Habit, choice, priming, and activity as flow: rethinking metaphorical models of action and cognition in cognitive linguistics

Abstract This article proposes a reconceptualization of action and cognition within Cognitive Linguistics (CL) by re-examining its foundational metaphorical models. While meaning in the field is often defined as embodied and usage-based, its dominant metaphors remain static, priv...