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Nineteenth-century cholera epidemics as a factor in the modernization of pharmacy
(Pharmaceutical Association of Serbia, 2024) Magowska, Anita; Uniwersytet Medyczny w Poznaniu
The paper focuses on the beginnings of pharmacy modernisation, i.e., introducing statistical methods into pharmacotherapy assessment to meet the individual and population’s health needs. The work is based on the 19th-century archival records, medical press, doctoral theses on cholera, pharmacotherapy textbooks, and pharmacopoeias. The study covers 1817-1883, i.e. from the first cholera pandemic to the discovery of the bacterial aetiology of this disease by Robert Koch. In the 19th century, a high toll of death from cholera forced doctors to search for effective and safe anti-choleric drugs. They learned for the first time how the drugs they prescribed affected large populations of patients. Statistics proved that some anti-choleric drugs are deadly harmful and must be withdrawn from medical textbooks, pharmacopoeias and official drug registers. Despite the harmfulness of opium, calomel, and other drugs that were popular in anti-cholera treatment in the 19th century, the content of therapy textbooks remained unchanged until the end of the century. This persistence of harmful drugs in the textbooks and treatment regimens indicated the urgent need for regulatory changes, such as the approval of pharmacopoeias by pharmaceutical societies instead of medical boards.
The Elite Among Users: Identity Formation of Vendors and Customers on Darknet Drug Trade Sites
(Association of Internet Researchers, 2025) Siuda, Piotr; Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
Medical Cannabis Industry and the Refracted Public of Polish Drug Users Forum
(Association of Internet Researchers, 2025) Wanke, Michał; Siuda, Piotr; Uniwersytet Opolski; Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego
Self-exposure as a Way of Life. Privacy Tradeoff and Datafied Citizenship
(University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2025) Nowak, Jakub; Siuda, Piotr; Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin; Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
This empirical research-based paper, grounded in media sociology, seeks to advance how datafication transforms citizenship by reconstructing practices and accompanying tensions of “doing” privacy. Upon the analysis of 31 in-depth interviews with activists, we ask how privacy is approached and done by people who perceive it as both important and vulnerable and who compromise their privacy with public outreach. To encapsulate two strands of media research—on privacy and social media visibility—in the context of scholarship on datafied citizenship, we introduce the theoretical concept of self-exposure as a way of life. The concept, we argue, highlights ongoing tradeoffs between securing privacy and being visible in digital environments, and by this, helps to learn the complex status of datafied citizenship.
Exploring Esports from the Perspectives of Multiple Stakeholders: Introduction to the Esports Minitrack
(University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2025) Siuda, Piotr; Hedlund, David P.; Darvin, Lindsey L.; Witkowski, Emma; Kazimierz Wielki University; St. John’s University; Syracuse University; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
The esports research field continues to evolve rapidly, encompassing various interdisciplinary perspectives. For HICSS-58, we sought high-quality research across various methodologies examining diverse aspects of esports. We received 15 manuscripts spanning multiple disciplines and perspectives, and six were selected for inclusion. The papers cover player behavior analysis, environmental sustainability, fan experience technologies, sponsorship integration, public perceptions of esports in major sporting events, and character preferences in competitive games. These studies contribute to understanding the complex esports ecosystem, its leaders, technological innovations, and player behaviors shaping its future.

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