The Conflict over Białowieża Forest in the Light of Philip Kitcher's Ideal Deliberation.

Environmental conflicts involve many participants in the social life: citizens, foresters, the media, activists, politicians, officials and scientists. In this paper we pay special attention to scientists who provide the others with expert knowledge and proposals for solutions to ecological problems. Using the example of the ecological conflict around the strategy of protection of Białowieża Forest against the invasion of the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), we will present how these scientific functions were performed as well as what communication mistakes were made, and formulate a postulate to enrich forest management with a participatory model of social debate involving scientists representing all possible approaches to the problem.

Parasitic fauna of Polish konik horses (Equus caballus gmelini Antonius) and their impact on breeding: a review.

The influence of internal and external parasites on the health of Polish konik horses housed in different types of management strategies in Poland is discussed. This study includes consolidated data of different authors from the past 50 years, supplemented by results of more recent research. A total of 38 species of helminths (i.

Molecular surveillance of Theileria equi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in horses from Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.

A survey was undertaken to assess the prevalence of Theileria equi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in some regions of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia. Using a specific PCR assays, blood samples from 215 horses were tested. The prevalence of T.

A protein cross-reacting with anti-spectrin antibodies is present in higher plant cells.

Proteins that react with anti-human spectrin antibodies raised in rabbit were found in pea seedlings and leaves. The immunoreactive proteins seem to be associated with the membranes and can be extracted with low ionic strength solutions.

Preliminary studies on involvement of alpha-1-glycoprotein in the reaction of IgG-3 with leukocytes.

Alpha-1-glycoprotein (AGP) immobilized on Sepharose and human leukocytes, bound J125 IgG-3 and their fragments F(ab')2 at pH 7.0 and ionic strength 0.15.

Muscle adaptations and glucose control after physical training in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Six men and three women with insulin-dependent diabetes (without complications) participated in physical training three times a week for 20 weeks. Physical training did not change the concentration of fasting blood-glucose, glucose excretion in urine or glucosylated haemoglobin (HbA1). However, the glucose disposal rate during euglycaemic clamp increased after training.

Protein A and acid alpha-1-glycoprotein as factors discriminating immunoglobulins G in children suffering from leukemias.

The studies on IgG-3 subclass in the course of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children were performed. The presence of this IgG subclass was not shown, using chromatography on AGP-Sepharose for its isolation and Protein A-Sepharose for its identification. The possibilities of excretion of this IgG subclass with urine and proteolytic digestion in neutral pH by serum enzymes were excluded.

The effects of physical training on insulin secretion and effectiveness and on glucose metabolism in obesity and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus.

Obese subjects with normal glucose tolerance (n = 55), and, in another study, a group of patients with Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes (n = 33), and controls (n = 13) matched for body weight and age but with normal glucose tolerance, participated in an individualized physical training program for 3 months. Under controlled dietary conditions, metabolic studies were performed before and in steady state after the last exercise session after training in the subjects showing signs of physical training in VO2 max and heart rate measurements. No changes occurred in body weight, body cell mass, body fat or adipose tissue cellularity.

Non-response of muscle capillary density and lipoprotein-lipase activity to regular training in diabetic patients.

Ten obese women with normal glucose tolerance, 10 obese patients with sulphonylurea-treated non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDD) and 11 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes (IDD; treated for 3-31 yr) took part in a 10-week programme of physical training in 50-min sessions, 2-3 times a week. As a result of training, maximal oxygen uptake increased significantly by about 18, 13 and 8% in the 3 groups, respectively, and citrate synthase in muscle increased significantly by 27-42%. The lipoprotein-lipase activity in muscle tissue (sampled by a needle-biopsy technique from the lateral vastus muscle) did not change.

Physical training in obese women. Effects of muscle morphology, biochemistry and function.

Peripheral adaptations to 3 months of physical endurance training without food restrictions were studied in skeletal muscles of 14, middle-aged, physically untrained, obese women. In comparison to aged-matched controls of normal weight, the obese group showed significantly lower isometric endurance. In the obese group, physical training resulted in a significant increase of maximal isometric and isokinetic strength.

Complexes of acid alpha 1-glycoprotein with immunoglobulins G in normal human blood serum.

DEAE-cellulose chromatography was applied for isolation of the complexes of acid alpha 1-glycoprotein (alpha 1-AGP) with immunoglobulins G (IgG). The heterogeneous glycoprotein fraction V was found to contain 75% of total alpha 1-AGP complexed with IgG3, as identified by Protein A-Sepharose chromatography. The results obtained indicate that in normal blood serum 30% of IgG3 and 75% of alpha 1-AGP are bound in the IgG3 - alpha 1-AGP complexes, whereas the remaining parts of IgG3 and alpha 1-AGP are present in free form.

Interaction of acid alpha 1-glycoprotein with immunoglobulins.

1. The acid alpha 1-glycoprotein (alpha 1-AGP) immobilized on Sepharose binds selectively only those immunoglobulins (IgG) of total serum proteins which are eluted either with 0.75 m-NaCl or free alpha 1-AGP.

The influence of dimethylsulfoxide on level of serum sialoproteins in rats.

Intraperitoneal injection of DMSO in rats significantly lowered level of serum sialoproteins and caused appearance of seromucoid fractions devoid of NANA (asialoproteins). The influence of DMSO on sialoprotein metabolism in the liver is discussed.

Rat interferons. IV. Sialoproteins in rat serum.

Introduction of virus as inductor of interferon into rats caused a decline in serum levels of sialic acid in blood taken at the time of maximum interferon activity. Differences in the acute phase proteins were dependent on the type of virus used for induction. NDV injected intravenously did not lower serum levels of seromucoid, but given together with DMSO markedly depressed the content of this protein in the serum.