Frey's syndrome: A review of the physiology and possible role of neurotrophic factors. [PDF]
Abstract Objectives Frey's syndrome (FS) describes the phenomenon of gustatory sweating and is a cause of significant social embarrassment for sufferers. It has been attributed to aberrant growth of parasympathetic salivatory fibers in the auriculotemporal nerve toward overlying sweat glands.
Hignett SM, Judd O.
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Ludwik Hirszfeld: A pioneer of transfusion and immunology during the world wars and beyond. [PDF]
Abstract Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884–1954) was a Polish physician, immunologist and microbiologist. Together with Emil von Dungern, he showed that blood groups are heritable traits and established the terminology of the ABO blood group system. He discovered A1 and A2 blood groups, and showed for the first time, in a large‐scale population study, that blood ...
Czerwinski M, Kaczmarek R, Glensk U.
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Uremic Pruritus Is Not Associated with Endocannabinoid Receptor 1 Gene Polymorphisms. [PDF]
Uremic pruritus (UP) is a frequent and bothersome symptom in hemodialysis patients. Its etiology is not fully understood and that is why there is no specific treatment. The endocannabinoid system plays a role in many pathological conditions. There is reliable evidence on the association between cannabinoid system and pruritus. In our study, we aimed to
Heisig M +4 more
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Supervision without regulation: Discount limits at the Austro–Hungarian Bank, 1909–13
Abstract We show that nineteenth century central banks could use credit limits for discount loans as a means to enforce supervisory standards long before they had any formal regulatory powers. Drawing on novel microdata from the Austro–Hungarian Bank's archives, we document that credit limits were continuously monitored and that their size was ...
Clemens Jobst, Kilian Rieder
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Cannabinoid receptor 1 gene polymorphisms and nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and in healthy controls. [PDF]
Context. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is frequently associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The endocannabinoid system may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD. Polymorphism of the cannabinoid receptor 1 gene (CNR1) may be responsible for individual susceptibility to obesity and related conditions. Objective.
Kuliczkowska Plaksej J +8 more
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Absoluteness of Truth and the Lvov–Warsaw School (Twardowski, Kotarbiński, Leśniewski, Łukasiewicz, Tarski, Kokoszyńska) [PDF]
According to Twardowski, truth is if it is independent of temporal coordinates. This understanding was one of the main arguments against truth-relativism. Kotarbiński rejected this view as far the issue concerns sentences about the future, but he did not
Woleński, Jan
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Confluence: the Galician Origins of Polish Analytic Philosophy [PDF]
Separate Austrian influences, those of Bolzano and Brentano, came together in the work of Kazimierz Twardowski, the founder of the Lvov–Warsaw School and Polish analytic philosophy.
Simons, Peter
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Kościańskie, lwowskie i poznańskie losy Sylwestra Czarneckiego
Sylwester Czarnecki (1877–1923) w pierwszych latach swego życia zajmował się dziennikarstwem pracując w redakcjach poznańskiego „Orędownika”, gliwickiego „Głosu Śląskiego”, „Dziennika Polskiego” w Dortmundzie i „Gazety Polskiej” w Kościanie.
Gzella Grażyna
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Działalność akademicka Henryka Batowskiego we Lwowie (1925-1927)
Henryk Batowski’s academic activity in Lvov (1925-1927)The article is a contribution to the biography of an eminent Polish historian and Slavist Henryk Batowski (1907-1999).
Sebastian Grudzień
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Architecture of Jesuit Churches in the Former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1564–1773 [PDF]
The article presents the history and accomplishments of Jesuit architecture in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth century.
Betlej, Andrzej
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