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The Case of Silesian Voivodeship, or Microgeography of the Pandemic

What is the article about?Implementation of UN goalsWhat is the article about? The article on COVID-19 epidemic in Poland, with particular focus on the Silesian Voivodeship, written by academics from the Institute of Social and Economic  Geography and Spatial Management at the University of Silesia – Assoc. Prof. Robert Krzysztofik, Professor of the University of...

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Michał Michalak | Relative infection risk modelling

Examination of spatial regularities in disease spread is a significant problem in spatial epidemiology. Equally important is the information about changes observed during the relative infection risk. Such an approach enables to follow trends in determined areas (e.g. voivodeships and municipalities), which may facilitate identification of the causes of occurrence of a particular phenomenon and...

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Marek Drąg | Review of Office 365 apps for education

Marek Drąg from the HR and Internal Communication Department at the University of Silesia in Katowice prepared a review of Office 365 apps for education, which are useful for remote work. | Marek Drąg | There are a number of apps intended to make remote work friendly, as well as to improve the effectiveness of...

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Prof. S. Sitek, Prof. S. Pytel, Prof. E. Zuzańska-Żyśko | Distribution and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Silesian Voivodeship

| dr hab. Sławomir Sitek, dr hab. Sławomir Pytel, prof. UŚ, dr hab. Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko, prof. UŚ | In view of the global phenomenon with local and regional aspects, the spread of coronavirus infections in the Silesian Voivodeship, which has specific spatial dimensions, has been analysed. Due to the large concentration of population, the set...

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Dominik Adamek | Preparation for work in the post-COVID age

| Dominik Adamek | The recent time is particularly difficult. The epidemiological situation brings us new challenges, and its low predictability causes fear and sense of threat. The changes affect every aspect of our lives, forcing us to take action, often in the atmosphere of panic. A lot has already been written about the improvement...

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Pandemic advice from ancient philosophers. An interview with Prof. Bogdan Dembiński

Has the world become an amusement park full of attractions which we don’t want to give up even in the case of a global threat, such as the coronavirus pandemic? Someone has cut off our electricity for a while. We have no idea how long it’s going to take. We are now experiencing a lot...

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Dr. A. Kossowska, A. Rumińska | Support and education for children with special educational needs (SEN) during the epidemic

| Aleksandra Rumińska, Dr. Agnieszka Kossowska | The period of social isolation is very hard for everyone – children, parents and teachers. In many families, pandemic brings additional burdens, stress caused by a loss of job or income source. Particularly difficult is the situation of single parents and those who look after patients under 24-hour...

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Dr. Ewelina Kawiak | Mathematical fairy tale, or how to learn maths at home in an interesting way

|Dr. Ewelina Kawiak| Maths is everywhere. It surrounds us and helps us operate in the world smoothly. Children get to know the world of mathematics from the earliest age, with their parents and grandparents as the first teachers. Having learnt the basics of mathematics in the family house, children later expand it in the kindergarten...

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