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Travel Agencies in Łódź at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Their Origins, Types and Distribution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The article presents a continuation of research on the distribution of travel agencies in Łódź, carried out in the mid-1990s, 2006 and 2010 by academics from the Institute of Urban and Tourism Geography. Observations on Łódź travel agencies over the last
Latosińska, Jolanta Maria
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Why does school socio‐economic composition matter to adolescents’ academic performance? Role of classroom climate and school resources

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 49, Issue 6, Page 1291-1311, December 2023., 2023
Abstract A growing literature has documented the importance of school socio‐economic status (SES) composition to children's academic performance, but the channels through which school SES affects individual achievement remain poorly understood. We investigate differences in 15‐year‐old children's reading performance across schools with different levels
Yekaterina Chzhen, Julia Leesch
wiley   +1 more source

Processes of tourism space formation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The article is an attempt to name and define the processes which transform geographical space and result in the appearance or disappearance of tourism space as broadly understood. The processes include restructurization (modernization and revitalization)
Włodarczyk, Bogdan
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America's Parenting Economy: How the Ideal of Parental Investment Scaffolds Family‐Hostile Policy

open access: yesSociological Forum, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 1349-1360, December 2023., 2023
The American parenting economy is built around the notion that raising children is a matter of private parental investment. This essay outlines briefly the features of what is best characterized as, not family‐friendly, but rather family‐hostile policy in the United States, before it proposes two reasons for why the ideal of parental investment holds ...
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacologic Inhibition of Myostatin With a Myostatin Antibody Improves the Skeletal Muscle and Bone Phenotype of Male Insulin‐Deficient Diabetic Mice

open access: yesJBMR Plus, Volume 7, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023
This study on male insulin‐deficient diabetic mice treated with insulin or a myostatin inhibitory antibody demonstrates that myostatin inhibition is beneficial for muscle and bone and that it can have additive effects to insulin therapy. These data indicate that myostatin is a potential target for diabetic bone disease and diabetic myopathy.
R Clay Bunn   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

ACQUISITION AND CONSUMPTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY USED BY HEAT PUMPS IN 2010-2017 IN POLAND [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, 2019
The article focuses on energy carriers previously performing a marginal role in the structure of obtaining energy from renewable sources, i.e. heat pumps.
Arkadiusz Gromada, Paulina Trębska
doaj   +1 more source

Accessibility of Tourism Space from a Geographical Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The accessibility of tourism space is becoming an increasingly significant issue in geographical research due to, amongst other things, demographic changes (an ageing population, growing numbers of people with disabilities) alongside guaranteeing a ...
Zajadacz, Alina
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‘They don't realise how hard it is’. Investigating the lived experiences of higher education students with parental responsibilities during the Covid‐19 pandemic

open access: yesHigher Education Quarterly, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 638-654, October 2023., 2023
AbstractAnecdotal reports of student parents’ challenges during the Covid‐19 pandemic prompted this explorative study; investigating the lived experiences of UK student parents and the provision of Higher Education support. Data was derived from 91 online surveys, 20 follow‐up interviews, and analysis of 100 university websites.
Sarah E. Holmes, Zoi Nikiforidou
wiley   +1 more source

Spory o Młyn Górny w Bieńczycach w latach 1792-1838

open access: yesNasza Przeszłość, 2020
Podkrakowska wieś Bieńczyce stanowiła część uposażenia proboszcza parafii pw. św. Floriana na Kleparzu, stanowiąc przy tym główne źródło jego dochodu. W XVIII i XIX w. rozegrał się w niej konflikt pomiędzy młynarzami a gromadą i ks.
Andrzej Edward Godek
doaj   +1 more source

ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION FROM RENEWABLESOURCES IN POLAND AND 28 COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, 2017
The purpose of this article is to present the changes in the structure of production and consumption ofenergy from renewable energy sources in Poland and in the European Union. Renewable energy sourcesaccount for only about 16% of world energy production.
Paulina Trębska, Arkadiusz Gromada
doaj   +1 more source

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