University of Zielona Góra

Functional Status, Quality of Life and Survival After Repeated Intrathecal Administration of Autologous Lineage-Negative Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Background/Objectives: Adjuvant cell-based strategies are still being explored in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Materials and Methods: In this open-label, single-arm study of intrathecal autologous bone marrow-derived lineage-negative (LIN−) cells, we report functional sta...

Structural and configurational analyses of GenAI-mediated informal digital learning of Chinese, multicultural personality traits, and willingness to communicate: evidence from plurilingual international students in China

This study examines how plurilingual international students’ generative AI-mediated informal digital learning of Chinese (GenAI-IDLC) interacts with dimensions of multicultural personality to predict their second language willingness to communicate (L2 WTC). Survey responses were...

Self-Reported Familiarity with ESG and Selected Sustainable Consumer Practices Among Students: Preliminary Evidence on the Familiarity-Behaviour Gap

This preliminary study uses a quantitative, cross-sectional, and exploratory design to examine the association between self-reported familiarity with ESG and six selected self-reported sustainable consumer practices among students, focusing on the prevalence and profiles of the f...

Assessment of Chip Shape and Hole Quality in Drilling of AISI 304 Stainless Steel Under Flood and HPC Conditions

Stainless steels are widely used in industry due to their favorable functional properties; however, their machining poses a significant technological challenge. This study analyzed chip shape, chip thickness ratio (Kh), hole dimensional accuracy, and surface topography of AISI 30...

Great saphenous vein arterialisation as a novel technique of vascular conduit preparation for an elective repair of a brachial artery aneurysm

This paper describes a technique used to treat an end-stage kidney disease patient, a kidney transplant recipient, who was diagnosed with an advanced aneurysmal degeneration of the brachial artery. The current report presents a novel, staged technique of surgical vascular repair...

RED-S IN ENDURANCE ATHLETES — SKELETAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHRONIC LOW ENERGY AVAILABILITY

Background. Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is an increasingly recognized health problem among endurance athletes. The main mechanism leading to the development of RED-S is low energy availability (LEA), resulting from insufficient energy intake in relation to exercis...

Cross-Platform Evaluation Reveals Sample Preparation-Driven Biological Biases despite Advances in Mass Spectrometry Performance in Serum Proteomics

Abstract Advances in mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation and protein extraction technologies are reshaping proteomics; however, whether improved analytical performance alters the biological information accessible from different sample preparation strategies remains unclear. He...

Assessment of the Effects of Deferred Maintenance on the Current Technical Condition of a Building: Case Study—A Former Fire Station in Nowy Raduszec

The degradation of building elements progresses with the age of a building as a result of natural ageing processes. The lack of regular maintenance, repair, and renovation works during the operational phase accelerates degradation processes, leading to the deterioration of the bu...

Survival Probability in Waveguides with Delta Barriers: A Study of Tunneling and Resonances

We study resonances and time decay in a quantum waveguide with two semitransparent barriers. The model is first analyzed as a one-dimensional Schrödinger operator with two delta interactions and then extended to a two-dimensional strip, where transverse Dirichlet modes reduce the...

Human–Machine Interaction in Self-Checkout Systems: User Experience, Technical Challenges and Future Directions

Self-checkout (SCO) systems have become an integral part of modern retail, yet their increasing popularity has also revealed a number of technical and usability challenges that influence customer experience and technology acceptance. This paper investigates human–machine interact...

Efficient nitrogen management as a win-win strategy for air quality, health, and climate

Reactive nitrogen (Nr) management links climate policy, air quality and food production, yet its combined impacts remain poorly quantified. Here, we conduct ensemble simulations with two global climate models, Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and Community Earth System...

Fuzzy Modeling as a Tool Supporting the Energy Policy of Selected Municipalities (Poland)

Energy planning should focus on actions to save energy and reduce consumption while also implementing renewable energy sources to support sustainable urban development. In addition to global regulations, individual countries also have documents that facilitate energy management a...

Gate-to-Gate Benchmarking of Electricity Use and Electricity-Related CO2 Emissions in Mechanical Cable Recycling: A Descriptive Industrial Case Report from Poland

Cable scrap is a high-grade secondary copper resource, but transparent plant-scale evidence on the operational energy and emissions performance of mechanical separation lines remains limited. This descriptive industrial case report presents a non-replicated comparison of complete...