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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
Development of a hydrophilic interaction-based procedure for the extraction, separation, and determination of therapeutic oligonucleotides
(Elsevier, 2025-10-19) Vosáhlová, Zuzana; Bocian, Szymon; Studzińska, Sylwia
Background: For analyzing oligonucleotide impurities and metabolites in serum samples, where mass spectrometry detection is essential, hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography utilizing fully mass spectrometry compatible mobile phases is the best choice. However, reliable analysis must be preceded by a reliable extraction method providing sufficient and repeatable recoveries. Thus, this work aimed to develop a simple and repeatable methodology for extracting and analyzing modified oligonucleotides differing in length (4mer-14mer), both under hydrophilic interaction conditions.
Results: A comprehensive retention study examining the effects of mobile phase composition and temperature on retention and peak shape was conducted for the zwitterionic and amide columns. Based on the results, the amide column was chosen for further study, mainly because the zwitterionic column does not permit elution of longer oligonucleotides (>10mer). In addition, the amide column exhibits greater robustness (minor effects of tested parameters on chromatographic performance), which ensures higher repeatability. The optimization of mass spectrometry parameters was performed to obtain the highest possible sensitivity, which is well well-known issue because of adducts formation. A validated procedure was applied to analyze enriched serum extracts - a newly synthesized amide-based sorbent was used for the dispersive solid-phase extraction. The conditions for adsorption and desorption, which are driven by a weak ion-exchange mechanism and thus by pH change, were optimized to obtain the highest recoveries.
Significance: A fully hydrophilic interaction-based procedure was utilized for the first time f extraction and analysis of a mixture of 5 modified oligonucleotides differing in length from enriched serum. This method proved to be simple, repeatable, and provides recoveries higher than 75% (RSD <5%).