"Visual Systems: Visual Communication" was a solo exhibition devoted to the topic of dynamic visual identification, showcasing Mateusz Antczak's research and design work. The event took place at the University of South-Eastern Norway in Drammen from October 20 to November 28, 2025. The exhibition opened with a vernissage combined with a curatorial tour, attended by an international academic audience. The exhibition featured static and animated projects, as well as sketches, artifacts from the design process, standardization documents, and implemented visual identification system materials. A 57-page catalog, published in Polish and English, accompanied the exhibition, containing the author's text, project presentations, and photographic documentation. The exhibition was curated by Prof. Theo Sikkes (USN).
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Background: Breast cancer poses not only a physical health threat but also emotional and identity challenges for women, particularly regarding femininity and body image. Understanding how patients adapt psychologically can guide effective psychosocial interventions. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate psychological adaptation, coping strategies, illness acceptance, and body image in women with breast cancer and identify factors associated with better adjustment. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 30 women aged 22–66 undergoing treatment at the Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii, Poland. Standardized tools included the Mini-MAC scale (coping strategies), Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), and Body Image Scale (BIS). Descriptive statistics and correlations were analyzed. Results: Most participants exhibited a constructive coping style, with positive redefinition and fighting spirit being predominant. Some women simultaneously showed elements of a destructive coping style, including helplessness and hopelessness, indicating complex emotional reactions. Overall, participants demonstrated high illness acceptance, despite notable body image-related discomfort, particularly shame, reduced perceived attractiveness, and appearance-related anxiety. While age did not correlate significantly with coping or body image, a significant negative association was found between age and illness acceptance, with younger women showing better adjustment. Conclusions: Psychological adaptation to breast cancer is multidimensional and individualized, dependent on personality traits, internal resources, and social support. Findings highlight the need for holistic, patient-centered psychosocial care, addressing both emotional adaptation and body image-related distress, including support for intimacy and prosthetic interventions. Individualized strategies can improve quality of life and functional outcomes during and after cancer treatment.
The publication discusses Article 118 of the Executive Criminal Code (k.k.w.), in particular paragraphs 2 and 4 thereof, which constitute the legal basis for medical intervention against the will of a person deprived of liberty when the life of a convicted person is in serious danger or when there is an immediate risk of the convicted person’s death. The article describes the current practice of applying this provision in penitentiary settings, in view of the limited number of publications devoted to this issue. In order to present and assess this practice, a dogmatic legal method was applied and cases examined by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights were analysed. In addition, the article discusses international standards stemming from the case-law of the European Court of Human
Rights, recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and the standards developed by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). On the basis of these findings, conclusions are drawn as to the need for legislative amendments and for the implementation of changes at the level of practical application of the discussed provisions, which constitute the
basis for medical interventions with respect to persons conducting hunger strikes in prisons or refusing treatment in other types of situations. Since such action taken against a patient’s will constitutes a derogation from the general principle of personal autonomy and thus represents a serious interference with the right to personal dignity, potentially leading to degrading treatment, the application of Article 118 § 2 of the Executive Criminal Code requires particular caution and the taking of action at an appropriate time, that is, neither prematurely or preventively, nor too late. The article offers a new perspective on the use of Article 118 of the Executive Criminal Code in conditions of penitentiary isolation, not only in relation to persons refusing to take food but also with regard to persons
suffering from mental illness. It also highlights cases of long-term, over one-year, forced feeding carried out on the basis of this provision. Further-more, it discusses international recommendations on force-feeding, both those adopted several years ago and the most recent ones, which have so far not been addressed in the relevant literature.
The self-interest bias, the tendency to evaluate moral situations more leniently when personal benefit is at stake, is a robust phenomenon in moral judgment. However, little is known about which individual characteristics predict variation in susceptibility to this bias. Across three preregistered experimental studies (N = 1473), we examined how dispositional greed, self- versus other-interest motivation, and moral identity (Moral Self and Moral Integrity) moderate the self-interest bias in moral and justice judgments. Participants evaluated an unfair monetary decision that either benefited themselves or another person. Consistent with prior research, participants judged self-beneficial unfair decisions as more moral and just. Importantly, this bias was amplified among individuals high in dispositional greed and self-interest motivation, and attenuated among those high in other-interest motivation. Unexpectedly, Moral Self was associated with a stronger, rather than weaker, self-interest bias. Moreover, high Moral Integrity in combination with high Moral Self predicted increased leniency toward self-serving unfairness, consistent with motivated reasoning models. These findings highlight that moral judgment is not only shaped by objective norms but also by personal goals, identity, and self-relevance, revealing individual characteristics that are reliably associated with greater variation in moral reasoning when fairness conflicts with personal gain.
