Copernican Letters 4/2013

PREFACE

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CHAPTER 1 – BIOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES

• Karolina Bombolewska, Joanna Dróżdż, Piotr Kamiński, Maria Bogdzińska, Beata Koim-Puchowska - The role of molecular predictors of the diagnosis and treatment in women with gynecological cancer
• Joanna Dróżdż, Karolina Bombolewska, Piotr Kamiński, Maria Bogdzińska - Polymorphism of the glutathione S-transferases in prostate cancer
• Urszula Dziekońska, Piotr Patelski, Maria Balcerek, Katarzyna Pielech-Przybylska, Józef Szopa, Agata Czyżowska - Enzymatic hydrolysis of steam exploded and alkali pretreated birchwood chips
• Marta Głogowska - Mercury content in healthy and cancerous tissues of human’s large intestine
• Maciej Stanisz, Radosław Gruska, Stanisław Wawro - Concentrated and stored raw sugar beet juice as a raw material for the yearlong bioethanol production

CHAPTER 2 – CHEMISTRY

• Magdalena Blicharska, Anna Dobrzeniecka, Sylwia Żołądek, Jadwiga Stroka, Paweł Kulesza - Catalytic oxidation of glucose on gold nanoparticles in neutral pH
• Magdalena Jabłońska, Lucjan Chmielarz, Agnieszka Węgrzyn - Hydrotalcite-like materials containing manganese – a short review
• Adam Kasperski, Paweł Szabelski - Structure and stability of 2D molecular networks comprising asymmetric cross-shaped molecular building blocks
• Joanna Lasota - 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) as a component of low sensitive explosive compositions
• Radosław Plackowski, Wojciech Leonard Dziedzic, Andrzej Skrzypczak, Mariusz Bogacki - Influence of ultrasound on copper(II) transport through polymer inclusion membranes
• Marta Przewoźna, Anna M. Kubicka, Mariusz B. Bogacki - The influence of the type of polymer matrix on the transport of oxalic, tartaric and lactic acids using polymer inclusion membranes
• Jolanta Szymańska, Marianna Kańska - Deuterium isotope effects in reduction of β-fluoropyruvic acid catalyzed by L-alanine dehydrogenase
• Wojciech L. Dziedzic, Radosław Plackowski, Mariusz B. Bogacki - Mathematical modeling of metal ions extraction process using a single drop technique

CHAPTER 3 – PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Anna Kozłowska, Kamil Wyrąbkiewicz, Mirosław Boniewicz - Comparison of the speed of the ant algorithm on the processor and graphics card
• Kamil Wyrąbkiewicz, Anna Kozłowska, Mirosław Boniewicz - Example of use the Ethernet interface to computer – mobile robot communication