Quality of Life in Yoga Practitioners-Research Conducted on a Population of Polish Yogis.

The aim of the study is to determine the quality of life of a population of healthy adult yoga practitioners and the correlation between the features of yoga practice and the quality of life. A total of 300 people aged 35-50 years were examined and divided into two groups. The respondent (SG; = 150) was a yoga practitioner, and the control (CG; = 150) did not practice yoga.

[Burnout in officers of the prison service units. The role of personality and selected professional characteristics].

Background: The researchers involved in the studies of burnout indicate its 3 sources: the structure of the personality, the specificity of interpersonal relationships, and the organizational factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of burnout and personality characteristics of prison officers, as well as to determine predictors of burnout in this occupational group.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted among prison officers, who were divided into 2 groups, the officers working in direct contact with prisoners (group I) and those employed in the prison administration (group II).

[Deafness and mentality in Francisco Goya's paintings].

The famous painter Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) suffered during his life one or several diseases, the nature of which has not been determined with certainty. At age of 46, Goya suffered from severe illness that lasted a few months. It caused loss of vision and hearing, tinnitus, dizziness, a right-sides paralysis, weakness and general malaise.

[Rehabilitation after total laryngectomy--vision and realization].

Universality, early initiation, complexity and continuity - should be the main attributes of rehabilitation in patients after laryngectomy. The authors discuss the problem of universality and accessibility of rehabilitation in Poland. A great role in realization of this attributes played since 20 years the Polish Society of Laryngectomees.