Local and global dependencies and interactions between individuals, groups, and institutions are becoming increasingly opaque and risky. This is due to increased importance of highly complex abstract systems created and ...

This article presents a preliminary System Dynamics model developed to analyze the sustainability of a natural reserve in Mexico: the Tamiahua Wetlands. Wetlands are often referred to as nature’s kidneys because they filter ...

Paralela to udostępniony niedawno korpus równoległy polsko-angielskich i angielsko-polskich tłumaczeń. Korpus zawiera aktualnie ponad 260 milionów segmentów słów (blisko 11 milionów segmentów tłumaczeniowych) w wersji ...

The paper reports the results of the quasi-experiment conducted in a group of intermediate adult ESL learners, studying international relations at the University of Cardinal Wyszynski in Warsaw in the 2011-2012 academic ...

With its vision of how the possibility of enhancing the human brain by means of intelligent microbes would change the nature of humanity, Slonczewski‘s Brain Plague (2000) provides a fertile ground for multiple interpretations. ...

Although many specific aspects of the scope and functioning of disability remain insufficiently explored, it is clear that disability is systematically related to poverty in countries across the economic spectrum. Poverty ...

This paper presents an analysis of the role and significance of Expo2020 Dubai for UAE soft power in connection with the current and future global strategic challenges. The New World Order that emerged after the fall of ...

This article presents the extension of the one-dimensional Stoney algorithm to a two-dimensional case. The proposed extension consists in modifying the method of curvature estimation. The surface profile of the wafer before ...