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Effect of mean grain diameter on vortices, force chains and local volume changes in granular shear zones
PublicationW artykule pokazano rozwój różnych zjawisk mikrostrukturalnych na poziomie ziarna materiału granulowanego podczas parcia pasywnego piasku na sztywną ściankę przemieszczającą się poziomo. Obliczenia wykonano stosując metodę DEM. Wyniki na poziomie globalnym porównano z wynikami MES. Szczególna uwagę zwrócono na rozwój wirów i łańcuchów sił miedzy ziarnami.
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FE-analysis of the beaviour of concrete elements with coupled elasto-plastic-damage models with non-local softening
PublicationArtykuł omawia wyniki symulacji zachowania sie elementów betonowych poddanych cyklicznemu obciążeniu. Do symulacji zastosowano połączone modele sprężysto-plastyczne z degradacją sztywności i z nielokalnym osłabieniem. Wyniki symulacji porównano z doswiadczeniami.
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FE-modelling of concrete behaviour under mixed mode conditions with non-local and cohesive constitutive models.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki symulacji rys zaokrąglonych w elementach betonowych w warunkach mieszanego sposobu obciążenia. Symulacje wykonano przy zastosowaniu modelu rys kohezyjnych i modeli mechaniki ośrodka ciągłego z nielokalnym osłabieniem.. Wyniki symulacji porównano z doświadczeniami.
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FE-investigations of granular flow in silos using an uncoupled ALE-formulation and a non-local hypoplastic model
PublicationArtykuł omawia wyniki naporu materiału sypkiego podczas przepływu w silosach z i bez wkładek. Obliczenia wykonano wykorzystując niepołączone sformułowanie ALE na bazie prawa sprężysto-plastycznego według Druckera-Pragera. Zbadano wpływ kształtu i położenia wkładki na wielkość naporu i rodzaj przepływu.
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Analysis of concrete behaviour under cycling within coupled elasto-plastic-damage with non-local softening
PublicationArtykuł omawia wyniki symulacji zachowania sie elementów betonowych poddanych cyklicznemu obciążeniu. Do symulacji zastosowano 3 połączone modele sprężysto-plastyczne z degradacją sztywności i z nielokalnym osłabieniem. Wyniki symulacji porównano z doświadczeniami laboratoryjnymi..
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Investigations of local/global buckling of cylindrical metal silos with corrugated sheets and open-sectional column profiles
PublicationArtykuł zajmuje się problemem lokalnego/globalnego wyboczenia w cylindrycznych metalowych silosach z blachy falistej z otwartymi cienkościennymi profilami słupowymi. Obliczenia wykonano w ramach liniowej teorii bifurkacji stosując metodę elementów skończonych w programie ABAQUS. Zbadano obszernie wpływ różnych parametrów (średnica i wysokość silosów, grubość blachy falistej, wielkość fali blachy, rozstaw słupów, przekrój słupów)...
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General grants and development – a relationship without a future? The effects of the structure of general grants on the development of local government units in Poland
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to attempt to identify the reasons for the lack of relationship between general grant revenue and investment expenditure of local government units. The author formulated the hypothesis that there is no link between general grants and investment expenditure and that the reason for this are the current spending on education, absorbing the entire amount of general grants received by local government units....
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SUPPORT FOR OLDER ADULTS DURING COVID19 PANDEMIC – HOW DID LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE POMERANIAN REGION RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE?
PublicationThe COVID-19 pandemic, apart from health threats, has shown the problem of older adults’ social isolation and loneliness in aging societies that has been progressing for several decades. Older adults’ singularisation, loosening family relations, diminishing families’ caring potential, caused that during the lockdown, many older adults – without the neighbours’ or NGOs’ support or the activities undertaken by local authorities –...
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Calculations of notch stress factor of a thin-walled spreader bracket fillet weld with the use of a local stress approach
PublicationPresence of geometric notches in welded joints causes concentration of strains and stresses, therefore reducing fatigue strength of such joints. This article presents an analysis of stress concentrations in a fillet weld of a spreader mounting bracket on a small sailing yacht. The aim of this article is to direct the attention of designers, manufacturers and regulatory bodies to issues of fatigue cracks that form in brackets fastening...
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Nondestructive Methodology for Identification of Local Discontinuities in Aluminide Layer-Coated MAR 247 during Its Fatigue Performance
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Social and Infrastructural Conditioning of Lowering Energy Costs and Improving the Energy Efficiency of Buildings in the Context of the Local Energy Policy
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Cumulant-based expressions for the multibody terms for the correlation between local and electrostatic interactions in the united-residue force field
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Local heaviside weighted mlpg meshless method approach to extended flamant problem using radial basis functions
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono rozwiązanie uogólnionego zagadnienia Flamanta za pomocą bezsiatkowej metody MLPG z wykorzystaniem funkcji o bazie radialnej. Sprawdzono wydajność metody dla dwóch klas funkcji kształtu: klasycznych funkcji radialnych i lokalnych funkcji radialnych. Porównano wyniki obliczeń oraz przedstawiono wnioski.
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Disturbances of magnetic field in surrounding of mobile, metallic plate. Detection of ferromagnetic objects in strong local magnetic anomaly
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Systems of General Grants for Local Governments in Selected EU Countries Against the Background of the General Theory of Fiscal Policy
PublicationFiscal policy, including its expenditure aspect, is often discussed and analysed from a variety of angles in the literature on public finances, undoubtedly due to the major importance of this topic. However, not all areas of the expenditure part of fiscal policy have been subjected to in-depth analysis. One of the less discussed tools of fiscal policy consists of general purpose transfers, which are a certain type of expenditure...
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Fast Re-Design of Multi-Band Antennas by Means of Orthogonal-Direction Geometry Scaling and Local Parameter Tuning
PublicationApplication-driven design of antenna systems fosters a reuse of structures that have proven competitive in terms of their electrical and field performance, yet have to be re-designed for a new application area. In practice, it most often entails relocation of the operating frequencies or bandwidths, which is an intricate endeavor, normally requiring utilization of numerical optimization techniques. If the center frequencies of...
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Trastuzumab-Modified Gold Nanoparticles Labeled with 211At as a Prospective Tool for Local Treatment of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
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Can local infiltration analgesia supplemented with tranexamic acid reduce blood loss during total knee arthroplasty?
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Combined Single Neuron Unit Activity and Local Field Potential Oscillations in a Human Visual Recognition Memory Task
PublicationGOAL: Activities of neuronal networks range from action potential firing of individual neurons, coordinated oscillations of local neuronal assemblies, and distributed neural populations. Here, we describe recordings using hybrid electrodes, containing both micro- and clinical macroelectrodes, to simultaneously sample both large-scale network oscillations and single neuron spiking activity in the medial temporal lobe structures...
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Parametrized Local Reduced-Order Models With Compressed Projection Basis for Fast Parameter-Dependent Finite-Element Analysis
PublicationThis paper proposes an automated parametric local model-order reduction scheme for the expedited design of microwave devices using the full-wave finite-element method (FEM). The approach proposed here results in parameterized reduced-order models (ROMs) that account for the geometry and material variation in the selected subregion of the structure. In each subregion, a parameter-dependent projection basis is generated by concatenating...
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Rapid multi-objective antenna design using point-by-point Pareto set identification and local surrogate models
PublicationAntenna design is inherently a multicriterial problem.Determination of the best possible tradeoffs between conflicting objectives (a so-called Pareto front), such as reflection response, gain, and antenna size, is indispensable from the designer’s point of view, yet challenging when high-fidelity electromagnetic (EM) simulations are utilized for performance evaluation. Here, a novel and computationally...
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Rapid and Reliable Re-Design of Miniaturized Microwave Passives by Means of Concurrent Parameter Scaling and Intermittent Local Tuning
PublicationRe-design of microwave passive components for the assumed operating frequencies or substrate parameters is an important yet a tedious process. It requires simultaneous tuning of relevant circuit variables, often over broad ranges thereof, to ensure satisfactory performance of the system. If the operating conditions at the available design are distant from the intended ones, local optimization is typically insufficient, whereas...
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Coupled elasto-plastic-damage model with non-local softening enhanced by viscosity to describe dynamic concrete behaviour
PublicationW artykule zaproponowano model do opisu betonu podczas dynamicznego obciążenia. Przyjęto model sprężysto-plastyczny z degradacją sztywności i nielokalnym osłabieniem rozszerzony o lepkość. Obliczenia MES dla elementów betonowych pod obciążeniem dynamicznym o różnej prędkości obciążenia porównano z doświadczeniami.
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Influence of a characteristic length on shear zone formation in granular bodies within a polar, non-local and gradient hypoplasticity
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń lokalizacji odkształceń stycznych w materiałach granulowanych w ramach teorii hipoplastycznej rozszerzonej o efekty gradientowe, nielokalne i mikro-polarne. Analizę MES wykonano dla ściskania i rozciągania w płaskim stanie odkształcenia.
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Concrete beams under bending - calculations of size effects within stochastic elasto-plasticity with non-local softening
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki numerycznej analizy efektów skali (efektu deterministycznego i stochastycznego) w belkach betonowych nacięciem poddanych zginaniu z uwzględnieniem lokalizacji odkształceń. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu metody elementów skończonych i sprężysto-plastycznego modelu z nielokalnym osłabieniem. Pokazano wpływ wielkości belek betonowych na nośność.
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FE investigations of the effect of fluctuating local tensile strength on coupled energetic-statistical size effect in concrete beams
PublicationThe effect of fluctuating local tensile strength on a coupled energetic-statistical size effect in plain concrete beams under bending was numerically investigated. First, the influence of varying autocorrelation length of the random field describing a spatial variation of local tensile strength was studied. Next, the influence of the coefficient of variation of local tensile strength was analyzed. The numerical FE investigations...
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Local and global response of sandwich beams made of GFRP facings and PET foam core in three point bending test
PublicationIn the paper behaviour of laminated sandwich beams (FRP face sheet – PET foam core – FRP face sheet) subjected to three point bending is studied. The paper aim is to find practical descriptions enabling effective and accurate estimation of the elastic response, damage and failure of the beams, basing on experiments and static calculations. Therefore a number of tests are described, that were done on laminated coupons and foam specimens...
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Spatial Differences in the Chemical Composition of Surface Water in the Hornsund Fjord Area: A Statistical Analysis with A Focus on Local Pollution Sources
PublicationSurface catchments in Svalbard are sensitive to external pollution, and yet what is frequently considered external contamination may originate from local sources and natural processes. In this work, we analyze the chemical composition of surface waters in the catchments surrounding the Polish Polar Station in Svalbard, Hornsund fjord area. We have pooled unpublished and already published data describing surface water composition...
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A diode rectifier with a Special Coupled Reactor and additional Active Power Filter in the Marine Local Power Network Supply Conditions
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Empirical Versus Targeted Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infections in Southern Poland According to the Results of Local Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring
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Elucidating photoluminescent properties of Eu‐doped Ca–Al–Si–O(–N) glasses and the local structures of Eu ions
PublicationEuropium (Eu) ion–doped luminescent materials have attracted considerable attention for their numerous optical applications. Eu-doped Ca–Al–Si–O(–N) glasses were synthesized from a mixture of oxynitride glasses and Eu2O3 powder using a standard melt-quenching technique in a radiofrequency furnace. The source Eu trivalent ions primarily changed to Eu2+ during melting, and the ratio of Eu2+ ions increased with an increase in Eu content...
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Efficacy of tranexamic acid supplemented with local infiltration analgesia in reducing blood loss in patients undergoing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
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Efficacy of tranexamic acid supplemented with local infiltration analgesia in reducing blood loss in patients undergoing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
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Computational simulations of concrete behaviour under dynamic conditions using elasto-visco-plastic model with non-local softening
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Multi-region fuzzy logic controller with local PID controllers for U-tube steam generator in nuclear power plant
PublicationIn the paper, analysis of multi-region fuzzy logic controller with local PID controllers for steam generator of pressurized water reactor (PWR) working in wide range of thermal power changes is presented. The U-tube steam generator has a nonlinear dynamics depending on thermal power transferred from coolant of the primary loop of the PWR plant. Control of water level in the steam generator conducted by a traditional PID controller...
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Local Conformation and Cocrystallization Phenomena in Renewable Diaminoisoidide-Based Polyamides Studied by FT-IR, Solid State NMR, and WAXD
PublicationBiobased polyamides synthesized from diaminoisoidide (DAII), 1,4-diaminobutane, and sebacic acid are investigated by FT-IR, 13C{1H} magic-angle spinning/cross-polarization (CP/MAS) NMR spectroscopy, and WAXD. Their molecular conformation and mobility undergo distinct changes as a function of temperature and diaminoisoidide content in the compositions. The presence of randomly distributed diaminoisoidide (DAII) in the polyamides...
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Modeling of patterns of shear zones during granular flow in silos using uncoupled ALE-formulation and non-local hypoplasticity
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki numerycznej analizy lokalizacji odkształceń w materiałach granulowanych podczas przepływu w silosach. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu metody elementów skończonych w podejściu ALE i mikropolarnego modelu hipoplastycznego. Pokazano wpływ szorstkości ścian silosu i zagęszczenia materiału sypkiego na typ lokalizacji.
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Notched concrete beams under bending - calculations of size effects within stochastic elasto-plasticity with non-local softening
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki numerycznej analizy efektów skali (efektu deterministycznego i stochastycznego) w belkach betonowych nacięciem poddanych zginaniu z uwzględnieniem lokalizacji odkształceń. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu metody elementów skończonych i sprężysto-plastycznego modelu z nielokalnym osłabieniem. Pokazano wpływ wielkości belek na nośność z uwzględnieniem stochastycznego rozkładu wytrzymałości na...
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Computational simulations of concrete behaviour under dynamic conditions using elasto-visco-plastic model with non-local softening.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki obliczeniowych symulacji zachowania betonu w warunkach dynamicznych stosując sprężysto-lepko-plastyczny model z nielokalnym osłabieniem. Wykonano obliczenia dla ściskania jednoosiowego, rozciągania jednoosiowego i zginania. Dla dużych prędkości obciążenia uwzględniono fragmentację materiału. Wyniki porównano z doswiadczeniami.
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Immunocytochemical and biochemical detection of EMMPRIN in the rat tooth germ: differentiation-dependent co-expression with MMPs and co-localization with caveolin-1 in membrane rafts of dental epithelial cells
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Comparison of different one-parameter damage laws and local stress-strain approaches in multiaxial fatigue life assessment of notched components
PublicationThis paper aims to compare the predictive capabilities of different one-parameter damage laws and local stress-strain approaches to assess the fatigue lifetime in notched components subjected to proportional bending-torsion loading. The tested fatigue damage parameters are defined using well-known stress-based, strain-based, SWT-based and energy-based relationships. Multiaxial cyclic plasticity at the notch-controlled process zone...
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Students’ soft urban planning skills and local development are the benefits from the Fair of Good Practice. Small cities - big challengesprogramme
PublicationThe urban planner in practice needs soft skills when dealing with public consultations connected to local development plans. To improve the abilities of architecture and urban planning students to discuss solutions and to support the development of local public spaces of small towns in the Pomeranian voivodeship ( province) in Poland, the Fair of Good Practice. Small cities - big challenges programme...
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Local variability in snow concentrations of chlorinated persistent organic pollutants as a source of large uncertainty in interpreting spatial patterns at all scales
PublicationSingle point sampling, a widespread practice in snow studies in remote areas, due to logistical constraints, can present an unquantified error to the final study results. The low concentrations of studied chemicals, such as chlorinated persistent organic pollutants, contribute to the uncertainty. We conducted a field experiment in the Arctic to estimate the error stemming from differences in the composition of snow at short distances...
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Simple Computational Methods in Predicting Limit Load of High-Strength Cold-Formed Sections due to Local Buckling: A Case Study
PublicationCold-formed thin-walled sections are prone to local buckling caused by residual stresses, geometrical imperfections and inconsistency of material properties. We present a real case of buckling failure and conduct a numerical and experimental study aimed to identify methods capable of predicting such failures. It is important because designers of structures are getting more FEA-oriented and tend to avoid lengthy procedures of cold-formed...
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An integrated approach to optimization of fermentation conditions for bioethanol production from local leftover Injera waste using central composite design
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Local structural and chemical ordering of nanosized Pt(3±δ)Co probed by multiple-scattering x-ray absorption spectroscopy
PublicationThis work reports a detailed investigation of the local structure and chemical disorder of a Pt(3±δ)Co thin film and Pt(3±δ)Co nanoparticles. We have used a combination of techniques including x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The important effect of chemical ordering on pair and three-atom configurations has been studied using computer simulations...
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Improvement of the Treatment of Loop Structures in the UNRES Force Field by Inclusion of Coupling between Backbone- and Side-Chain-Local Conformational States
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Comparison of different one-parameter damage laws and local stress-strain approaches in multiaxial fatigue life assessment of notched components
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Wpływ cewek kompensujących na lokalne wartości pola własnego okrętu = Influence of compensation coils on local magnetic field of ship
PublicationObiekt ferromagnetyczny umieszczony w polu magnetycznym Ziemi powoduje lokalne zaburzenie równomierności rozkładu tego pola. Kształt i rozmiary zaburzenia zależy od wielu czynników, w tym m.in. od rozmiarów i kształtu obiektu, od jego właściwości ferromagnetycznych i od położenia względem wektora ziemskiego pola magnetycznego. W celu minimalizacji pola własnego okrętu na rzeczywistych obiektach umieszcza się uzwojenia kompensacyjne....
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Corrosion Inhibition of Aluminium Alloy AA6063-T5 by Vanadates: Local Surface Chemical Events Elucidated by Confocal Raman Micro-Spectroscopy
PublicationChemical interactions between aqueous vanadium species and aluminium alloy AA6063-T5 were investigated in vanadate-containing NaCl solutions. Confocal Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments were utilised to gain insight into the mechanism of corrosion inhibition by vanadates. A greenish-grey coloured surface layer, consisting of V+4 and V+5 polymerized species, was seen to form on the alloy surface, especially on...