Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz

About: Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz is a education organization based out in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Luminescence & Population. The organization has 1109 authors who have published 2923 publications receiving 19548 citations. The organization is also known as: Casimir the Great University & Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy.

Comparison of the Efficiency of Time and Frequency Descriptors Based on Different Classification Conceptions

Abstract: Extraction and detailed analysis of sound files using the MPEG 7 standard descriptors is extensively explored. However, an automatic description of the specific field of sounds of nature still needs an intensive research. This publication presents a comparison of effectiveness of time and frequency descriptors applied in recognition of species of birds by their voices. The results presented here are a continuation of the research/studies on this subject. Three different conceptions of classification - the WEKA system as classical tool, linguistically modelled fuzzy system and artificial neural network were used for testing the descriptors’ effectiveness. The analysed sounds of birds come from 10 different species of birds: Corn Crake, Hawk, Blackbird, Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Meadow Pipit, House Sparrow and Firecrest. For the analysis of the physical features of a song, MPEG 7 standard audio descriptors were used.

Does the palliative medicine specialist cope better with stress than an anaesthetist, surgeon or general practitioner? A study on job-related experience and behaviour patterns

Abstract: Background. Long-lasting stress and its consequences, such as burnout syndrome, should be avoided by medical practitioners in any specialization. Stress, as a huge and increasingly common problem, has an influence on the well-being of medical practitioners, as well as on the quality of their services. The aim of the study was to determine how palliative medicine specialists (PAL), surgeons (SUR), anaesthetists (AN) or general practitioners (GP) cope with stress and whether their personality traits have an influence on job-related experience and behaviour patterns. Material and methods. A sample of 302 medical practitioners (PAL - 79, GP - 84, SUR - 74, AN - 65) was asked to complete an inventory: "Job-related experience and behaviour patterns" - AVEM/MECCA. Analysis included the distribution of preferred job-related experiences and behaviour patterns. A correlation between previously tested (with NEO-FFI) personal traits of PAL and these results was also examined. Results. There are two dominant patterns of behaviour helping to cope with overwork and stress among PAL: pattern G, beneficial to health and development at work, and type A, which shows risk due to severe strain. In comparison with AN, SUR and GP, PAL have the smallest predominance of risk patterns (A + B) over those beneficial to health (G + S). PALs are characterized by the strongest social support and satisfaction from life. Personal traits typical for PAL, such as the low level of neuroticism and high degree of extraversion and openness to experience, may serve as a buffer in situations of overload from prolonged stress. Conclusion. Results suggest that palliative medicine specialists cope better with job stress than medical practitioners in other studied specializations.

Recreational judo training, singing in the choir, or hip-hop dancing - the alternative opportunities to develop the human respiratory system. The pilot study

Abstract: Tlo. Jednym z najwazniejszych elementow fizycznego dobrostanu czlowieka jest komfort oddychania czyli nieograniczone korzystanie przez czlowieka z otaczającego go powietrza, bez duszności, bezdechu w dzien lub w nocy, mozliwośc korzystania z glosu w pelnym zakresie i pelną silą. Problem. Komfort oddychania mozna uzyskiwac w rozny sposob, na przyklad poprzez sport, rekreacje fizyczną lub tez śpiewanie. Wiele badan wskazuje niski poziom aktywności fizycznej mlodego pokolenia, ktora to sama komplikuje prawidlowy rozwoj fizyczny i ogranicza rozwoj uklad oddechowego. Czy śpiewanie w chorze, taniec hip-hop lub rekreacyjny trening judo poprawia funkcjonalności systemu oddechowego w podobny sposob, jak robi inną formy aktywności fizycznej? Material i metody. W badaniach spirometrycznych wziely udzial 24 studentki z Choru Kameralnego, 26 studentek z roznych wydzialow - grupa kontrolna, 24 studentki trenujące rekreacyjnie judo i 24 studentki trenujące taniec hip-hop. Wyniki. Wszystkie te osoby byly z Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy. Wyniki: Wyniki badania spirometrycznego sugerują, ze śpiewanie w chorze, rekreacyjny trening judo i taniec hip-hop istotnie poprawiają sprawnośc ludzkiego ukladu oddechowego. Wnioski. Uzyskane wyniki wykazaly, ze aktywnośc fizyczna realizowana przez rekreacyjny trening judo poprawia w wiekszym stopniu sprawnośc ludzkiego ukladu oddechowego niz badane tu, inne rodzaje ludzkiej aktywności. Dodatkowo nalezy zauwazyc ze rekreacyjny trening judo nie wymaga od cwiczących specjalnych zdolności jak „sluch muzyczny” (wymagany w chorze) lub „poczucie rytmu” (wymagane w tancu hip-hop)

Morphological and functional features of synchronous swimming sportswomen of high qualification

Abstract: Purpose : the studying of morphological and functional features of synchronous swimming sportswomen of high qualification, establishing of the interrelation between anthropometrical characteristics and functional characteristics of the external respiration system. Material: the research involved 12 sportswomen aged 17-18 years. Results : it is shown exceeding physiometric indicators (vital capacity of lungs by 64%, carpal dynamometry 21-22%) in synchronous swimming sportswomen have been compared to the standards of physical development. External breathing parameters illustrated adaptation of the organism to the specific loads: an increase in tidal volume by 40%, elongation of the duration of the expiration by 62.5%. A correlation between vital capacity of lungs and inspiratory duration (r = 0,47), with the frequency of breathing and duration of the inspiration (r = -0,83) and duration of the expiration (r = -0,93), is showing an increase in the functional reserves. Conclusions : have been found that morphological indicators of synchronous swimming sportswomen did not differ from the standards and indicators for physiometric and functional indices of the external respiratory system considerably exceed the same-age girls' indicators characterized the range of functional reserves and the resulting correlations reflected the direction of the adaptation process in specific environments of synchronous swimming.