Since 1984 the National Institute of Polar Research, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and collaborative scientists have conducted the long-term circumpolar balloon program that is called Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) project, and they also have developed ballooning technologies for this program.This project aims at establishing a stati
Poland is a country with very low labour force participation among people with disabilities.On the one hand, changes are visible in the attitudes and behaviour of people with disabilities, especially students and graduates who aim to have a professional career.On the other hand, one can observe Square Grillit a process of gradual withdrawal of fami
Calcium signals drive an endless array of cellular responses including secretion, contraction, transcription, cell division, and growth.The ubiquitously expressed Orai family of plasma membrane (PM) ion channels mediate Ca2+ entry signals triggered by the Ca2+ sensor Stromal Interaction Molecule (STIM) proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).The
The urea cycle functions to incorporate ammonia, generated by normal metabolism, into urea.Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are caused by loss of function in any of the enzymes responsible for ureagenesis, and are characterized by life-threatening episodes of acute metabolic decompensation with hyperammonemia (HA).A prospective analysis of interim HA ev