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Solvents for Green Pharmaceutical Liquid Chromatography - Possibilities and Limitations
(Elsevier, 2025-11) Bocian, Szymon; Studzińska, Sylwia
The pharmaceutical industry faces increasing pressure to adopt more sustainable practices, and liquid chromatography (LC), a cornerstone analytical technique in pharmaceutical analyses, is no exception. Traditional LC methods often rely on large volumes of hazardous organic solvents, posing significant environmental and health risks. This review explores the current landscape of eco-friendly solvent alternatives and strategies for their implementation in pharmaceutical analysis. We delve into the potential of green alternative solvents for reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP LC), aqueous mobile phases, bio-based solvents, and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), examining their chromatographic performance, compatibility with existing instrumentation, and regulatory acceptance. The review indicates the advantages of alternative solvents and their applicability. It also critically assesses the limitations of these green approaches, including challenges in method development, separation efficiency, and detection. Furthermore, it discusses the economic implications and the crucial role of analytical method transfer in transitioning to greener pharmaceutical LC. Ultimately, this article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the progress towards sustainable pharmaceutical analysis and highlight the future directions necessary for the widespread adoption of greener chromatographic practices.
Horyzont - w stronę kamienia granicznego"
(Galeria Sztuki Wozownia, 2025-11) Alicja Majewska; Stowarzyszenie Artystyczne "Otwarte"
Katalog wystawy „Horyzont – w stronę kamienia granicznego” w Galerii Sztuki „Wozownia” w Toruniu. Założeniem wystawy jest nie tylko przypomnienie postaci wybitnego rzeźbiarza prof. Adolfa Ryszki, (1935 – 1995), ale też twórczy dialog z jego koncepcjami. Punktem wyjścia dla artystów stała się problematyka rzeźby w krajobrazie – zagadnienie szczególnie bliskie Profesorowi. Jego dzieło „Kamień graniczny” stało się swoistym drogowskazem w poszukiwaniu współczesnych interpretacji tego tematu. Kuratorką wystawy jest A. Majewska (galeria Jacek Swiderski), głównym organizatorem Stowarzyszenie Artystyczne „Otwarte”, które zaprosiło do udziału w projekcie twórców i projektantów z Katedry Architektury Wnętrz i Rzeźby Wydziału Sztuk Pięknych Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Za aranżację wystawy odpowiada Aleksandra Truchel – architektka związana z katedrą.
W publikacji zaprezentowano dwa teksty: autorstwa Doroty Grubby-Thiede, historyczki i krytyczki sztuki, oraz Rafała Boetner-Łubowskiego, artysty sztuk wizualnych, zajmującego się również teorią sztuki i krytyką artystyczną.
Wydarzenie odbyło się pod honorowym patronatem Prezydenta Miasta Torunia Pawła Gulewskiego oraz JM Rektora Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu prof. dr hab. Andrzeja Tretyna. Patronat medialny objęło Radio PIK.
W wystawie biorą udział:
Katarzyna Adaszewska, Joanna Bebarska, Andrzej Borcz, Marcin Jędrzak, Stanisław Kośmiński, Ala Majewska, Grzegorz Maślewski, Krzysztof Mazur, Małgorzata Mazur, Sebastian Mikołajczak, Jarosław Perszko, Katarzyna Rudólff-Kanabaj, Bartłomiej Schmidt, Piotr Tołoczko, Aleksandra Truchel, Maciej Wierzbicki
Catalogue of the exhibition “Horizon – Toward the Boundary Stone” at the Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń.
The aim of the exhibition is not only to recall the figure of the outstanding sculptor Prof. Adolf Ryszka (1935–1995), but also to engage in a creative dialogue with his concepts. The starting point for the participating artists became the issue of sculpture in the landscape – a theme particularly close to the Professor’s interests. His work Boundary Stone has served as a kind of signpost in the search for contemporary interpretations of this subject.
The exhibition is curated by A. Majewska (gallery Jacek Świderski) and its main organizer is the “Otwarte” Art Association, which invited artists and designers from the Department of Interior Architecture and Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, to take part in the project. The exhibition design was created by Aleksandra Truchel, an architect affiliated with the department.
The publication features two texts: one by Dorota Grubba-Thiede, an art historian and critic, and another by Rafał Boettner-Łubowski, a visual artist also engaged in art theory and criticism.
The event was held under the honorary patronage of Paweł Gulewski, Mayor of the City of Toruń, and Prof. Andrzej Tretyn, Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
Radio PIK served as the media patron.
The exhibition features works by:
Katarzyna Adaszewska, Joanna Bebarska, Andrzej Borcz, Marcin Jędrzak, Stanisław Kośmiński, Ala Majewska, Grzegorz Maślewski, Krzysztof Mazur, Małgorzata Mazur, Sebastian Mikołajczak, Jarosław Perszko, Katarzyna Rudólff-Kanabaj, Bartłomiej Schmidt, Piotr Tołoczko, Aleksandra Truchel, Maciej Wierzbicki
Real patterns, the predictive mind, and the cognitive construction of the manifest image
(Springer Nature, 2025-10-22) Gładziejewski, Paweł
Dennett famously argued that constituents of the manifest (commonsense) image of the world are real patterns, where patternhood is grounded in data compressibility. This paper builds upon Dennett’s original formulation by connecting it with recent work in computational cognitive (neuro)science. The aim is to use the notion of real patterns to shed light on the genealogy of the ontological commitments of the common sense, arguing that the processes by which humans learn and update internal models of the environment can be understood as extracting real patterns from sensory data. In particular, I trace a conceptual and mathematical progression linking Kolmogorov-Chaitin complexity and minimum description length to predictive coding, Bayesian inference, and predictive processing accounts of cognition. Then, I argue that this cognitive interpretation of Dennett’s core idea suggests a structuralist (and Kantian) perspective on the relationship between mind and world, whereby the manifest image represents a structure present in sensory data. The paper concludes by sketching how this cognitive form of real-pattern view connects with (and possibly illuminates) metaphysical debates regarding the reality of two types of commonsense entities: selves and ordinary physical objects.
Interconnected Cities, Integrated Markets: Exploring the Impact of Transport Networks on Labor Market Integration in the Yangtze River Delta, China
(Wiley, 2025) Liu, Xueqing; Derudder, Ben; Wang, Bo; Witlox, Frank
This paper examines the impact of cities' network connections on regional labor market integration in megacity‐regions. By applying a panel model to data for the Yangtze River Delta between 2014 and 2021, we analyze the impact of transport networks on labor market integration and explore the (potential) mechanisms in terms of network externalities. Our empirical analysis suggests a positive association between connectivity in transport networks and labor market integration. We also observe evidence of indirect effects: transport networks allow cities to benefit from network externalities associated with effective labor matching, specifically by reducing geographical distance restrictions and lowering matching costs, thus contributing to the increased integration of labor markets. We reflect on the broader implications of our empirical findings for regional development strategies and discuss possible avenues for further research.
Programy lojalnościowe dla klientów i inwestorów : istota, ewolucja, wyzwania, 178 s.
(Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2021) Dziawgo, Danuta