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Analysis of the concept of an accessibility map for people with disabilities for the integrated transfer hub

Chruzik Katarzyna, Uchroński Piotr, Krzyżewska Iwona

Prace Naukowe Politechniki Warszawskiej. Transport

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2023

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z. 137

39--54

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Transportation accessibility for people with disabilities is the challenge of our time. In Poland, there are more than 3 million people with disabilities who have legal proof of disability. In reality, there are many more - from 4 to as many as 7 million. Thus, there is a need to actively include this group of people in social life, including in the area of public transportation. This work aims to present issues related to the accessibility of integrated interchanges for people with special needs. The work also points to a key issue for transport system managers related to and aggregation of knowledge necessary to implement the changes in transport infrastructure. Information about the needs of people with disabilities is, in turn, a prerequisite for proper universal design, which is already becoming noticeable in many areas of social and economic life. As technology evolves, so do the methods of obtaining information about the needs of people with disabilities. The difficulty here, however, is to develop tools that take into account the degree of disability of the specific people from whom we would like to obtain information. The authors in the paper justify, on the one hand, measures that aim to eliminate the difficulties that a person with special needs may encounter when traveling by various means of transportation, and on the other hand, point to certain solutions and tools that are used to acquire knowledge that will consequently allow the precise adaptation of the current infrastructure to the needs precisely defined by these people. The aggregation of knowledge also has additional significance in terms of increasing transportation accessibility for people with disabilities. It enables the informed design of new facilities and supporting infrastructure to take into account the changing needs of people with disabilities.

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Dostępność transportowa dla osób z niepełnosprawnością jest wyzwaniem naszych czasów. W Polsce osób z niepełnosprawnościami, które mają prawne potwierdzenie niepełnosprawności, jest ponad 3 mln. W rzeczywistości jest ich dużo więcej - od 4 do nawet 7 mln. Zachodzi więc konieczność aktywnego włączenia tej grupy osób do życia społecznego, również w obszarze transportu publicznego. Niniejsza praca ma na celu przedstawienie problematyki związanej z dostępnością zintegrowanych węzłów przesiadkowych dla osób o szczególnych potrzebach. Praca wskazuje również na kluczowe dla zarządzających systemami transportowymi zagadnienie związanie oraz agregacją wiedzy koniecznej do wdrożenia niezbędnych zmian w infrastrukturze transportowej. Informacje o potrzebach osób z niepełnosprawnościami są z kolei warunkiem właściwego projektowania uniwersalnego, które staje się już zauważalne w wielu obszarach życia społecznego i gospodarczego. W miarę rozwoju technologicznego, zmieniają się również metody pozyskiwania informacji o potrzebach osób z niepełnosprawnościami. Trudnością tutaj jest jednak opracowanie narzędzi, które uwzględnią stopień niepełnosprawności konkretnych osób, od których informację chcielibyśmy uzyskać. Autorzy w pracy uzasadniają z jednej strony działania, które zmierzają do eliminacji utrudnień, z jakimi może się spotkać osoba ze szczególnymi potrzebami podczas podróży różnymi środkami transportu, z drugiej strony wskazują na pewne rozwiązania i narzędzia, które służą do pozyskiwania wiedzy, pozwalającej w konsekwencji na precyzyjne dostosowanie bieżącej infrastruktury do ściśle określonych prze te osoby potrzeb. Agregacja wiedzy ma także dodatkowe znaczenie w zakresie zwiększenia dostępności transportowej dla osób z niepełnosprawnością. Umożliwia ona świadome projektowanie nowych obiektów i infrastruktury towarzyszącej z uwzględnieniem zmieniających się potrzeb osób z niepełnosprawnościami.

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Effects of Abietinella abietina Extracts on the Germination and Seedling Emergence of Picea crassifolia: Results of Greenhouse Experiments

Wang Q., Zhao C., Gao Y., Gao C., Qiao Y., Xie H., Wang W., Yuan L., Liu J., Ma W., Li W.

Polish Journal of Ecology

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2016

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Vol. 64, nr 3

357--368

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Moss cushion plays an important role in recruitment of vascular plants. In this study, we examined the effects of water soluble extracts (WSE) of Abietinella abietina on germination of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) and the effects of moss substrates (A. abietina) on seedling emergence of P. crassifolia in two greenhouse experiments. We found that the WSE of moss affected germination of P. crassifolia in two ways: (1) the WSE reducing the risk of fungal infection to the seeds, improve the germination rate; and (2) the WSE affects germination by its concentration, that is, low concentrations of WSE (i.e., 0.5 mg ml-1 and 5 mg ml-1) stimulate, while high concentrations (i.e., 50 mg ml-1) inhibit it. In seedling emergence experiments, we detected that the moss substrates (both thick and thin mosses) facilitate the emergence of P. crassifolia in dry and intermediate moisture conditions, but inhibit it in moist conditions. In bare soil, the P. crassifolia emergence was also controlled by moisture conditions; the highest (60%) and the lowest (35%) emergence occurred in the moist conditions and dry conditions, respectively. We also found that P. crassifolia seedlings were thinner and taller, but their number higher in moss cushion than in bare soil. Thus we conclude that there is nurse effect of A. abietina cushion on recruitment of P. crassifolia in both dry and intermediate moisture conditions.

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Can Potentilla fruticosa Linn. shrubs facilitate the herb layer of heavily grazed pasture on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Li P., Krusi B., Li S., Cai X., Yu F.

Polish Journal of Ecology

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2011

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Vol. 59, nr 1

129-140

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The facilitative and competitive effects of shrubs on herbaceous species have been extensively studied, but little is known about the roles of the shrub distribution patterns in such effects. On a heavily grazed pasture on the Tibetan Plateau, we investigated the effects of Potentilla fruticosa Linn. shrubs of different distribution patterns on the small-scale vegetation pattern of the herb layer. We made same-sized releves at five micro-site types, i.e., beneath and outside the canopies of solitary Potentilla individuals, beneath and outside the canopies of edge-of-patch individuals and at the central openings of torusshaped large Potentilla patches. Shrubs protected certain species by increasing their frequencies of occurrence or flowering. However, only few species benefited from shrubs and more occurred or flowered more frequently outside. The data at community level indicated that species richness and diversity index were higher outside. The patch openings did not benefit species richness, pooled cover, diversity index or evenness of central vegetations. No special species was found growing beneath shrubs exclusively and few species were found with higher occurrences beneath shrubs. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the two different distribution patterns at either community or species level. Vegetation ordinations confirmed this and vegetations beneath and outside the shrubs were distinguished merely. In conclusion, Potentilla facilitated some species in the herb layer and the patch openings did not show large protective effects. Also, distribution patterns of Potentilla did not affect the difference between vegetations beneath and outside shrub canopies.

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Benefits of low-intensive grazing : co-occurrence of umbelliferous plant (Hladnikia pastinacifolia Rchb.) and opilionid species (Phalangium opilio. L) in dry, calcareous grassland

Sajna N., Kusar P., Slana Novak L. L., Novak T.

Polish Journal of Ecology

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2011

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Vol. 59, nr 4

777-786

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The impact of grazing has been discussed in many organisms, and it has been shown that it has considerable influence on the structural variation of vegetation, resulting in its tussocky appearance. Such spatial heterogeneity results in plants formations that facilitate other species by providing safe sites against predation and physical stress. On the Trnovski gozd plateau in western Slovenia, a secondary habitat of the rare, monotypic endemic umbelliferous species, Hladnikia pastinacifolia, was colonized by a relatively isolated population of the wide spread opilionid species, Phalangium opilio. We hypothesized that in this stony pasture, the impact of the structurally heterogenous vegetation that results from low-intensity grazing benefits both species on hot summer days. For this purpose, we classified vegetation formation types (VFT) and measured temperature and relative humidity in places settled by Ph. opilio individuals during their daily rest. According to the predominant species, we recognized six VFTs: Carlina acaulis, Ruta divaricata, Koeleria pyramidata, Juniperus communis, understory vegetation and grazed turf. Only the spiny C. acaulis and unpalatable R. divaricata facilitated H. pastinacifolia, while also acting as nurse plants. On the other hand, Ph. opilio preferred the understory, but also settled on the other VFts, except Ruta. During the highest daily temperature of about 38[degrees]C, Ph. opilio avoided the grazed turf. Temperature preferences refer to frequencies of individuals rather than to absolute temperature values. The frequencies were independent of sex and the VFTs. Females were more frequently found in tussocks showing higher temperature profiles (Juniperus, Koeleria). During the hot daytime, Ph. opilio was most sensitive to relative humidity, and less so to temperature, whilst the height of settlement varied in adjusting these two environmental factors. The distribution of males significantly differed between the subsequent morning, midday and evening series, but not between the morning and evening ones, while in females it differed between all the three time series. In habitats, such as stony dry pastures, low grazing intensity can maintain persistent populations of H. pastinacifolia and Ph. opilio even in extremely hot weather. Such grazing is the most convenient measure for protecting both species, especially the highly endangered Hladnikia. The major threat to such habitats is afforestation by Pinus nigra, which deserves additional management. We found that in stony pastures, low grazing intensity assures the structural heterogeneity of vegetation required to maintain persistent populations, of both H. pastinacifolia and Ph. opilio.

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Excitatory and inhibitory effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Ni Z., Chen R.

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

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2011

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Vol. 31, no. 2

93-105

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This paper reviews the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in investigating intracortical circuits in the primary motor cortex (MI). TMS is a noninvasive and painless method of stimulating the human brain and has become a widely used technique in neuro-physiology and neurology. When TMS is applied to the M1, it generates a motor evoked potential (MEP) in the target muscles. TMS also activates different intracortical circuits within the M1 and connections from other cortical areas to the M1. These intracortical circuits interact with each other. Abnormalities in these circuits are found in neurological and psychiatric disorders and studies of these circuits are useful in understanding the pathophysiology of these conditions.