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Artykuł przedstawia wyniki badania mającego na celu diagnozę poziomu kapitału ludzkiego Polski na tle państw członkowskich Unii Europejskiej (EU-27). Krytyczny przegląd literatury wskazał na duże znaczenie kapitału ludzkiego w rozwoju gospodarczym. Ujawnił znaczenie nie tylko poziomu, lecz także jakości kapitału ludzkiego w budowaniu gospodarek opartych na wiedzy. Przesądziło to o doborze zmiennych wykorzystanych do budowy indeksu kapitału ludzkiego w założeniu odzwierciedlającego cele strategii Europa 2020. Za pomocą metod taksonomicznych porządkowania liniowego zbudowano ranking państw dla roku 2022. Analizę hierarchiczną uzupełniono analizą skupień wykazującą podobieństwa kapitału ludzkiego między poszczególnymi państwami. Wyniki wskazują na relatywnie niskie zaawansowanie kapitału ludzkiego Polski. W rankingu 27 państw Polska zajmuje 18 pozycję. Jeśli chodzi o sąsiedztwo wyłonione na podstawie analizy skupień, Polsce najbliżej jest do kapitału ludzkiego Węgier oraz Czech. Wnioski z przeprowadzonego badania wskazują na potrzebę rozwoju kapitału ludzkiego w Polsce poprzez dalsze inwestycje i wdrażanie polityk mających na celu poprawę jego jakości.

The country's sustainable development is focused on improving the quality of life at the global level, ensuring equal access to education and public goods, and caring for the environment and biodiversity, as well as responsible consumption and production. Digital technologies are among the main drivers of sustainable development. It is very important to develop government strategy and choose correct measures aimed at ensuring sustainable development of the countries in terms of the digitalization processes. The purpose of the research is to investigate the nature of the correlation between indicators of digital development and sustainable development of the European countries, as well as to identify policy directions and measures regarding their digital and sustainable progress. Methods of the research are principal component analysis, geometric aggregation, and cluster analysis. The positive correlation within the digital and sustainable development is observed. Most indicators of digital and sustainable development positively correlate with each other. Based on PCA, it was found that indicators of sustainable development have a stronger intercorrelation than those of digital development. Based on the construction of integral indicators of digital and sustainable development, a cluster analysis was conducted. The main digital tools that contribute to the achievement of each of the 17 goals of sustainable development were determined. The results of the analysis provide a suitable basis for comparing the digital and sustainable development of individual countries and offer opportunities to identify tools and strategy directions for policymakers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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According to the 2019 survey of migrants from Ukraine to Poland, the causes and prospects of their migration in categories of ‘ejection’ from the donor country and ‘attraction’ to the recipient country are analyzed. It was found that the reasons for relocation do not correlate with the respondents’ assessment of the prospects they had opened in Poland. We assume that this is a consequence of the reactive nature of migration decisions related to the survival values over the values of self-realization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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W artykule przedstawiono klasyfikację gmin w Polsce, dzieląc gminy w wymiarze przestrzennym na zurbanizowane i niezurbanizowane. Przedstawiono rozkład przestrzenny gmin zurbanizowanych i ich podstawowe charakterystyki. Klasyfikację wykonano za pomocą analizy skupień k-średnich danych przestrzennych pochodzących z baz danych Corine Land Cover. Porównanie klasyfikacji administracyjnej i klasyfikacji opartej na danych o pokryciu terenu w gminach w Polsce wskazuje istnienie największych różnic w obszarach funkcjonalnych miast oraz wzdłuż dynamicznie rozwijających się szlaków komunikacyjnych w zakresie identyfikacji terenów miejskich pod względem sposobu użytkowania terenu.

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The article presents the classification of municipalities in Poland, divided into urbanised and non-urbanised based on their spatial dimensions. The spatial distribution of urbanised municipalities and their basic characteristics are discussed. The classification was performed using the k-means clustering algorithm on the spatial data from Corine Land Cover databases. The comparison of the administrative and land-use driven classification of municipalities in Poland indicates that the widest differences occur between the functional areas of cities and along dynamically developing transport routes, when identification of urbanised areas in terms of land use is taken into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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W artykule przedstawiono metodykę klasyfikacji województw Polski pod kątem wybranych wskaźników, takich jak: wartość produkcji budowlano-montażowej, liczba osób zatrudnionych w budownictwie, liczba ludności danego województwa oraz liczba osób poszkodowanych w wypadkach przy pracy. Do rozwiązania postawionego zadania zastosowano analizę skupień, dostępną w oprogramowaniu Statistica.

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Ciało migdałowate jest parzystą strukturą podkorową zlokalizowaną w płatach skroniowych mózgu. Struktura ta wzbudza zainteresowanie badaczy ze względu na jej związek z emocjami i procesami uczenia się. Badania z udziałem zwierząt sugerują, że grupy jąder znajdujące się w różnych częściach ciała migdałowatego są elementami odrębnych sieci neuronowych i mogą pełnić odmienne funkcje w procesach emocjonalnych i poznawczych. Część autorów dochodzi wręcz do wniosku, że ciało migdałowate zostało uznane za jedną strukturę wyłącznie z powodu bliskiego położenia grup jąder. Zweryfikowanie tej hipotezy w odniesieniu do ludzi jest bardzo trudne, ponieważ do niedawna wyodrębnienie części ciała migdałowatego w ludzkim mózgu było możliwe jedynie dzięki badaniom anatomicznym wykonywanym pośmiertnie. Dopiero w ostatnich latach, za pomocą technik rezonansu magnetycznego, podjęto próby określenia części ciała migdałowatego na podstawie strukturalnych i funkcjonalnych połączeń z innymi obszarami mózgu. Dotychczas przeprowadzono nieliczne badania dotyczące tego zagadnienia, jednak ich wyniki nie są spójne – ani pod względem liczby wyodrębnionych części, ani pod względem ich lokalizacji. Przyczyn otrzymywania niejednoznacznych wyników można upatrywać w stosowaniu różnych metod określania połączeń, w różnych parametrach akwizycji danych oraz w posługiwaniu się różnymi technikami analizy, przede wszystkim zaś w wykorzystywaniu różnych algorytmów grupujących. Przyszłe badania powinny zatem koncentrować się na opracowaniu jak najbardziej wiarygodnego sposobu wyróżniania części ciała migdałowatego, który pozwoliłby na jednoznaczne ich zidentyfikowanie. Tylko wtedy możliwe będzie pełne poznanie funkcjonalnej organizacji ciała migdałowatego u ludzi.

The interaction of the wheel and rail is the main source of railway noise over a wide speed range. The relationship between wheel and rail noise on the overall level depends on the pass-by speed, with the dominance of noise from the rail at low speeds and the reverse relationship at higher speeds. Therefore, as part of the work the issue of analyzing the characteristic features of the acoustic signal generated on a selected section of the railway line from three different passenger trains TLK, Stadler and Pendolino was taken. The spectra of LEQ levels and their spread in 1/3 octave bands and spectral moments were adopted as the main distinctive features. The degree of aggregation of permanent features assigned to the track and variable features characteristic for passing-by trains were analysed. There were also tested their usefulness in the assessment of the impact of noise from wheels and rails on the overall level of railway noise from the tested units. The obtained results confirm the usefulness of the features based on the analysis of the spread of results in 1/3 octave bands in differentiating noise sources from rail and wheel, with slightly less usefulness of spectral moments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Despite the growing interest in the sustainability of long-term care (LTC) systems, only a few studies have investigated the differences in the LTC financing across European countries. The objective of this paper is to describe the financing of LTC in Europe. For this purpose, we use indicators on LTC financing taken from international databases and reports. Desk research was carried out to identify relevant indicators. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify typologies in LTC financing across the EU/EEA countries based on seven indicators selected. We found large differences in LTC financing across the EU/EEA countries in terms of total expenditure, the division of expenditure between the social and health care system, and in the role of in-kind and cash benefits. Four main financial models across the EU/EEA countries could be distinguished. Further, we identified some shortages in data reporting on the financing of LTC services. Some limitations and contradictions related to the indicators of LTC financing are highlighted. In particular, we stress the need for more comprehensive data to enable further cross-country comparisons and to provide valid input for policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Ważnym elementem oceny różnorodności w obrębie gromadzonych kolekcji zasobów genowych danego gatunku jest zastosowanie wielocechowych metod statystycznych. Umożliwiają one poszerzenie wiedzy o zmienności fenotypowej oraz genetycznej posiadanych materiałów kolekcyjnych. Przedmiotem badań było dziewięć linii wsobnych i trzy pokolenia F1 żyta ozimego (Secale cereale L.), rosnące na polu doświadczalnych Polskiej Akademii Nauk Ogrodzie Botanicznym - Centrum Zachowania Różnorodności Biologicznej w Powsinie, które oceniano w cyklu trzyletnim. Obserwacji poddano następujące cechy: długość źdźbła (LSM), długość kłosa (LSK), liczba węzłów na osadce kłosowej (NNSR), liczba ziarniaków w kłosie (NKS), masa ziarniaków w kłosie (WKS), masa 1000 ziarniaków (WTK), długość liścia flagowego (LFL), długość liścia podflagowego (LSL), długość trzeciego liścia (LTL), szerokość liścia flagowego (WFL), szerokość liścia podflagowego (WSL), szerokość trzeciego liścia (WTL), powierzchnia liści na źdźble (ALS), krzewistość (NSP) i powierzchnia liści na roślinie (ALP).

W artykule zaproponowano metodę badania podobieństwa geograficznych struktur eksportu i zastosowano ją na przykładzie wybranych krajów Unii Europejskiej. Celem artykułu było zbadanie, czy występuje związek pomiędzy strukturą przestrzenną eksportu i potencjałem gospodarczym kraju. Analizę przeprowadzono za pomocą opracowanego przez autora kompleksowego wskaźnika podobieństwa struktury, hierarchicznej analizy skupień i algorytmu eliminacji wektorów. Umożliwiło to wyodrębnienie krajów najbardziej podobnych pod względem struktury eksportu. Otrzymane wyniki dowiodły, że kraje o podobnym potencjale gospodarczym mają zbliżoną przestrzenną strukturę eksportu. W obliczeniach wykorzystano dane pochodzące z bazy Comext Eurostatu.

Konsolidacja fiskalna polega na działaniach zmierzających do zrównoważenia dochodów i wydatków w budżecie państwa. Można to osiągnąć, ograniczając wydatki publiczne bądź podnosząc podatki. Konsolidacja fiskalna ma istotne konsekwencje makroekonomiczne w długim i krótkim okresie. Celem artykułu jest określenie wzorców konsolidacji fiskalnej w krajach Unii Europejskiej, do czego zastosowano wielowymiarowe metody statystyczne: analizę korespondencji i analizę skupień. Dodatkowo przeanalizowano efekty makroekonomiczne konsolidacji fiskalnej. W badaniach wykorzystano dane pochodzące z Eurostatu.

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The objective of this study was to examine whether the Polish soil textural classification is useful for evaluation of soil water retention and hydraulic properties and, furthermore, for determining which textural classes are characterized by the highest diversity of soil water retention and hydraulic properties. The texture triangle was divided into a 1% grid of particle-size classes resulting in 5151 different data points. For each data point, soil water retention parameters and saturated hydraulic conductivity were obtained using the ROSETTA program. The silt classes showed the highest uncertainty in the estimation of the saturated water content based on the soil texture. These classes are characterized by high variations of saturated water content within the class. Estimations of field capacity and permanent wilting point on the basis of textural classes are encumbered with highest errors for gp, pg, pl and pyg soils, which are characterized by the highest values of coefficient of variation. Saturated soil hydraulic conductivity is better classified into homogeneous classes by the Polish texture classes than by the clusters obtained by the k-means cluster analysis based on the soil hydraulic and retention properties. Soil water retention parameters are better classified into homogeneous groups by the k-means cluster analysis than by the traditional textural classes. Cluster analysis using the k-means can be helpful for grouping similar soils from the point of view of their retention properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]