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  • Tuning matrix-vector multiplication on GPU

    A matrix times vector multiplication (matvec) is a cornerstone operation in iterative methods of solving large sparse systems of equations such as the conjugate gradients method (cg), the minimal residual method (minres), the generalized residual method (gmres) and exerts an influence on overall performance of those methods. An implementation of matvec is particularly demanding when one executes computations on a GPU (Graphics...

  • Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring with Raman spectroscopy: prospects for device miniaturization

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    - Year 2015

    The number of patients with diabetes has reached over 350 million, and still continues to increase. The need for regular blood glucose monitoring sparks the interest in the development of modern detection technologies. One of those methods, which allows for noninvasive measurements, is Raman spectroscopy. The ability of infrared light to penetrate deep into tissues allows for obtaining measurements through the skin without its...

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  • An Approach to Bass Enhancement in Portable Computers Employing Smart Virtual Bass Synthesis Algorithms

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    The aim of this paper is to present a novel approach to the Virtual Bass Synthesis (VBS) algorithms applied to portable computers. The developed algorithms are related to intelligent, rule-based setting of synthesis parameters according to music genre of an audio excerpt and to the type of a portable device in use. To find optimum synthesis parameters of the VBS algorithms, subjective listening tests based on a parametric procedure...

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  • Computational issues of solving the 1D steady gradually varied flow equation

    In this paper a problem of multiple solutions of steady gradually varied flow equation in the form of the ordinary differential energy equation is discussed from the viewpoint of its numerical solution. Using the Lipschitz theorem dealing with the uniqueness of solution of an initial value problem for the ordinary differential equation it was shown that the steady gradually varied flow equation can have more than one solution....

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  • From Linear Classifier to Convolutional Neural Network for Hand Pose Recognition

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    Recently gathered image datasets and the new capabilities of high-performance computing systems have allowed developing new artificial neural network models and training algorithms. Using the new machine learning models, computer vision tasks can be accomplished based on the raw values of image pixels instead of specific features. The principle of operation of deep neural networks resembles more and more what we believe to be happening...

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  • Efficient signal processing in spectroscopic optical coherence tomography

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    Spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (SOCT) is an extension of a standard OCT technique, which allows to obtain depth-resolved, spectroscopic information on the examined sample. It can be used as a source of additional contrast in OCT images e.g. by encoding certain features of the light spectrum into the hue of the image pixels. However, SOCT require computation of time-frequency distributions of each OCT A-scan, what is...

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  • A multi-agent method for periodicity detection in distributed events

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    - Year 2015

    Multi-agent systems working in constantly changing environments may be challenged by instantaneous unavailability of their autonomous agents caused e.g. by limited computing resources. A new method of self-organization of distributed service components is proposed, suitable for multi-agent systems. This method relies on particular agents carrying out separate analyzes of their individual processing loads or other specific events....

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  • Development of Domain-Specific Solutions within the Polish Infrastructure for Advanced Scientific Research

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    • J. Kitowski
    • P. Bała
    • A. Czyżewski
    • Ł. Dutka
    • R. Kluszczyński
    • J. Kotus
    • P. Kustra
    • N. Meyer
    • A. Milenin
    • Z. Mosurska... and 5 others

    - Year 2013

    The Polish Grid computing infrastructure was established during the PL-Grid project (2009-2012). The main purpose of this Project was to provide the Polish scientists with an IT basic platform, allowing them to conduct interdisciplinary research on a national scale, and giving them transparent access to international grid resources via international grid infrastructures. Currently, the infrastructure is maintained and extended...

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  • Cognitive Systems, Concepts, Processes, and Techniques for the Age of Industry 4.0

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    - CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS - Year 2021

    The aim of this Guest Edition of Cybernetics and Systems is to present a wide-ranging scale of concepts and processes being currently researched, developed, and evaluated in real life settings in anticipation of incoming Industry 4.0 era. With the fourth industrial revolution expectation, the broad spectrum of cognitive approaches have emerged as an attempt to mimic and augment, in some way, human intelligence. Intelligence, in...

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  • Development and tuning of irregular divide-and-conquer applications in DAMPVM/DAC

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    - Year 2002

    This work presents implementations and tuning experiences with parallel irregular applications developed using the object oriented framework DAM-PVM/DAC. It is implemented on top of DAMPVM and provides automatic partitioning of irregular divide-and-conquer (DAC) applications at runtime and dynamic mapping to processors taking into account their speeds and even loads by other user processes. New implementations of parallel applications...

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  • Kultura jakości, doskonałości i bezpieczeństwa w organizacji

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    - Year 2019

    Kultura jakości, bezpieczeństwa oraz doskonałości to ważne, kategorie zasobów każdej organizacji, decydujące o jej niepowtarzalności. Kształtują one nie tylko tożsamość danej organizacji, ale także mają wpływ na jej zdolność do spełniania potrzeb różnych grup interesariuszy oraz na szeroko rozumianą reputację na rynku. Każda z tych kultur wyraża się poprzez swoiste założenia, normy, wartości oraz artefakty. Stanowią one fundament...

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  • Organizational IT Competency, Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Sharing

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    - Year 2019

    IT competency plays a vital role in knowledge management processes. Information technology affects an organization’s ability to store and recall knowledge that has been made explicit through codification, including different forms such as written documents, reports, presentations, patents, formulas, etc. This study aims to measure the influence of a company’s IT competency dimensions such as IT-knowledge,...

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  • Analytical Steady-State Model of the Pipeline Flow Process

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    The paper addresses the issue of modeling the flow process in transmission pipelines. A base model used for numerical simulation is introduced. Under certain assumptions concerning steady state analysis, the differential equations describing the process are solved analytically for two cases: zero and nonzero inclination angle α. These equations describe a constant flow rate and a corresponding distribution of the pressure along...

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  • EVALUATION OF 3D MODEL OF REBAR FOR QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS

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    • A. H. Qureshi
    • W. S. Alaloul
    • A. Murtiyoso
    • S. J. Hussain
    • S. Saad
    • V. K. Oad

    - Year 2022

    The construction industry practices and processes are evolving constantly, and with the emergence of Industry 4.0, the use of technologies is expanding. Construction progress monitoring is an essential project lifecycle process; project success and timely completion are linked with effective progress monitoring operations and adopted tools. In the domain of automated construction progress monitoring, 3D modeling techniques have...

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  • Nitrofurazone Removal from Water Enhanced by Coupling Photocatalysis and Biodegradation

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    - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES - Year 2021

    (1) Background: Environmental contamination with antibiotics is particularly serious because the usual methods used in wastewater treatment plants turn out to be insufficient or ineffective. An interesting idea is to support natural biodegradation processes with physicochemical methods as well as with bioaugmentation with efficient microbial degraders. Hence, the aim of our study is evaluation of the effectiveness of different...

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  • Preparation and characterization of asphaltene based adsorbents for gas-solid adsorption systems

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    - Year 2022

    The dissertation presents results of the experimental research on asphaltene-based adsorbents (support coated with asphaltene layer) for gas-solid adsorption systems, with special reference to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) removal from gas streams. Analysis of gas adsorption properties revealed that asphaltenes isolated from oxidized bitumen have strong affinity toward VOCs. Interactions with target gas molecules, and selectivity...

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  • Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability

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    - PLOS ONE - Year 2021

    Heart rate variability (hrv) is a physiological phenomenon of the variation in the length of the time interval between consecutive heartbeats. In many cases it could be an indicator of the development of pathological states. The classical approach to the analysis of hrv includes time domain methods and frequency domain methods. However, attempts are still being made to define new and more effective hrv assessment tools. Persistent...

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  • Project-Based Learning as a Method for Interdisciplinary Adaptation to Climate Change—Reda Valley Case Study

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    The challenges of the global labour market require university authorities to extend traditional forms of education into more innovative and effective solutions. Project-based learning (PjBL) is one of highly effective methods for acquiring knowledge and teaching “soft” skills to future employees. This article describes an experimental use of PjBL at a university with a long history of teaching based on traditional methods—the Gdansk...

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  • In Vitro Biological Characterization of Silver-Doped Anodic Oxide Coating on Titanium

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    • O. Oleshko
    • I. Liubchak
    • Y. Husak
    • V. Korniienko
    • A. Yusupova
    • T. Oleshko
    • R. Banasiuk
    • M. Szkodo
    • I. Taranets
    • A. Kazek-Kęsik... and 2 others

    - Materials - Year 2020

    Despite the high biocompatibility and clinical effectiveness of Ti-based implants, surface functionalization (with complex osteointegrative/antibacterial strategies) is still required. To enhance the dental implant surface and to provide additional osteoinductive and antibacterial properties, plasma electrolytic oxidation of a pure Ti was performed using a nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)-based Ag nanoparticles (AgNP)-loaded calcium–phosphate...

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  • Dynamic ranking of cloud providers

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    - Year 2012

    The paper focuses on how to create an effective dynamic ranking service for IaaS,PaaS and SaaS cloud providers. It considers building of a quality model for thispurpose along with definition of quality measurement procedures. The paper discussesseveral techniques known from already existing price comparison engines that couldbe modified and adopted for comparison of cloud providers. Furthermore, a tech-nique for filtering measured...

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  • High temperature corrosion and corrosion protection of porous Ni22Cr alloys

    In this work corrosion kinetics of the porous IN625 alloy is studied in the temperature range of 700 °C – 800 °C in air and humidified hydrogen for up to 1000 hours. Moreover, an effective and simple method of reducing corrosion rates of porous alloys by the infiltration of the rare earths elements is shown. Modification by the yttrium containing precursor reduces the corrosion rate by a factor of 50 in air at 700 °C so that the...

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  • Direct algorithm for optimizing robust MPC of drinking water distribution systems hydraulics

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    Model-based predictive control is an effective method for control the large scale systems [1]–[6], [8], [16], [17]. Method is based on on-line solution of the control task over the control horizon using current and past measurements, as well as the system model. Only a first element of calculated control sequence is applied to the plant. At the next sampling instant, based on new process output measurements, control procedure is...

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  • Enhanced trap-assisted recombination in organic semiconductors

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    An analytical model to describe the interaction of excitons and charge transfer states with deep traps is formulated for the case of molecular materials. Here, we have considered the influence of a trap-assisted recombination on this phenomenon. The final expression for the effective recombination rate has been derived from the Shockley–Read–Hall theory and kinetic equations which characterize different photophysical processes....

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  • The Impact of Organizational Culture on Bicycle Commuting Frequency: The Research Based on Example of Three IT companies

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    - Year 2015

    This chapter describes a study on work-related factors affecting employees’ decision on bicycle commuting. Employees’ transport choices are related to organizational culture. This chapter refers to E. Schein’s definition of organizational culture model. The study was made in order to determine the impact of specific levels of organizational culture on the transport behavior of employees. It is based on a survey performed in three...

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  • The International Mercury Cartel, 1928–1954: Controlling Global Supply

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    - Business History Review - Year 2015

    This article describes the features of the international mercury marketduringthe firsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Itanalyzes the various market agreements made, their effectiveness, and their consequences. The period studied is little understood, although it was one in which mercury production greatly increased. It was also one that saw persistent efforts at market manipulation, owing to a series of agreements between Spanish and...

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  • Adaptive acoustic crosstalk cancellation in mobile computer device

    The cancellation of acoustic crosstalk is employed to enhance the stereo image in mobile listening conditions. A practical setup employing a mobile computer is employed. The adaptation of the crosstalk cancellation filter to the position of the listener's head is featured. The measurement evaluating the possibility of practical application of the method are described. The head and torso simulator was used for measurements. The...

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  • Influence of Property Division on the Technical Condition of a Building

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    In this article, the correlation between a technical condition of a building and property division is analyzed and assessed. In the course of the usage of a building, the process of its degradation and the increase in the demands of property occupants can be observed. There is a direct connection between the difficult technical condition of a building and the fragmentation of the ownership structure. Although not considered in...

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  • Water uptake analysis of acceptor-doped lanthanum orthoniobates

    In this work, lanthanum orthoniobates doped with either antimony, calcium, or both have been synthesized and studied. The water uptake of the investigated materials has been analyzed by means of thermogravimetric studies. The results show the difference between the thermodynamics of hydration between the lanthanum orthoniobate system and other proton conducting ceramics. The relation between the water uptake and effective acceptor...

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  • Density smoothness estimation problem using a wavelet approach

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    In this paper we consider a smoothness parameter estimation problem for a density function. The smoothness parameter of a function is defined in terms of Besov spaces. This paper is an extension of recent results (K. Dziedziul, M. Kucharska, B. Wolnik, Estimation of the smoothness parameter ). The construction of the estimator is based on wavelets coefficients. Although we believe that the effective estimation of the smoothness...

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  • USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR PREDICTING SHIP FUEL CONSUMPTION

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    • G. V. Nguyen
    • R. Sakthivel
    • K. Rudzki
    • J. Kozak
    • S. Prabhakar
    • N. D. K. Pham
    • P. Q. P. Nguyen
    • N. X. Phuong

    - Polish Maritime Research - Year 2023

    In marine vessel operations, fuel costs are major operating costs which affect the overall profitability of the maritime transport industry. The effective enhancement of using ship fuel will increase ship operation efficiency. Since ship fuel consumption depends on different factors, such as weather, cruising condition, cargo load, and engine condition, it is difficult to assess the fuel consumption pattern for various types...

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  • Autistic Employees’ Technology-Based Workplace Accommodation Preferences Survey—Preliminary Findings

    Background: There has been an increase in the number of research studies focused on the design of accommodations aimed at improving the well-being and work performance of autistic employees. These accommodations took various forms; some of them were based on modification of management practices, for example, support in the area of effective communication, or involved modifications to the physical working environment aimed at limiting...

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  • Treatment of bitumen post oxidative effluents by sulfate radicals based advanced oxidation processes (S-AOPs) under alkaline pH conditions

    Sulfate radicals based Advanced Oxidation Processes (S-AOPs), namely Persulfate and peroxymonosulfate, were used for the treatment of post oxidative effluents from a production of petroleum bitumens under alkaline pH. Studies on the identification and monitoring of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) along with COD, BOD and sulfide ions reduction were performed. Persulfate with a ratio between the oxygen from the oxidant and...

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  • Machine-aided detection of SARS-CoV-2 from complete blood count

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    - Year 2022

    The current gold standard for SARS-CoV-2 detection methods lacks the functionality to perform population screening. Complete blood count (CBC) tests are a cost-effective way to reach a wide range of people – e.g. according to the data of the Central Statistical Office of Poland from 2016, there are 3,000 blood diagnostic laboratories in Poland, and 46% of Polish people have at least one CBC test per year. In our work, we show...

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  • Porosity and shape of airborne wear microparticles generated by sliding contact between a low-metallic friction material and a cast iron

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    • O. Nosko
    • R. Borrajo-Pelaez
    • P. Hedström
    • U. Olofsson

    - JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE - Year 2017

    The wear of brakes in transport vehicles is one of the main anthropogenic sources of airborne particulate matter in urban environments. The present study deals with the characterisation of airborne wear microparticles from a low-metallic friction material / cast iron pair used in car brakes. Particles were generated by a pin-on-disc machine in a sealed chamber at sliding velocity of 1.3 m/s and contact pressure of 1.5 MPa. They...

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  • MXene-based composites for capacitive deionization – The advantages, progress, and their role in desalination - A review

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    MXenes, a novel large family of 2D transition metal carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides are currently a “hot topic” in science due to their several fascinating physical and chemical properties. It follows from a rich diversity of their elemental compositions and chemical functionalities. MXenes can form composites with many substances, including polymers or metal oxides, which allows to effective “tune” MXene characteristics to...

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  • An Optimal Power Point Tracking Algorithm in a Solar PV Generation System

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    - Acta Energetica - Year 2019

    The non-linearity in I-V characteristics of a PV panel requires to be operated at knee point to extract maximum power. In order to operate the panel at optimal point, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is employed in the control structure. The main objective of MPP tracking is to keep the operation at knee point of I-V characteristics under varying condition of temperature and solar insolation. Under non uniform solar...

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  • Predyspozycje zawodowe artysty a cechy przedsiębiorcze

    Artykuł stanowi analizę porównawczą cech osobowości przypisywanych artystom z charakterystyką skutecznego przedsiębiorcy. Podstawą zestawienia jest profil osobowości twórczej, typy osobowości zawodowych oraz profil osobowości przedsiębiorcy. Celem artykułu jest wskazanie zakresu kompetencji, które mogą być niedostępne dla twórców, a które warunkują realizację przedsięwzięć biznesowych. Potwierdzeniem konieczności integracji sylwetki...

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  • DIFFRACTION PHASE MICROSCOPY FOR OBSERVATION ON RED BLOOD CELLS FLUCTUATION

    Nowadays there is quite huge need for more and more precise and effective fast diagnostics methods in hematology diseases. One of the most important blood components are erythrocytes – RBCs (Red Blood Cells). Due to their size they are easy to observe using microscopy. It is commonly known that the shape and lifetime of RBCs allows for early disease identification. Authors present special measurement system for RBCs fluctuations observation...

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  • Community Road Safety Strategies in the Context of Sustainable Mobility

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    - Year 2018

    The paper presents an overview on the road safety strategies and action plans implemented in the framework of the “SOL - Save our lives: Comprehensive road safety strategy for Central Europe” project. It contains summarization of learned knowledge regarding the efficiency of measures applied and highlights examples of good practices. The purpose of the paper is to provide recommendations for effective and successful planning, formulation...

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  • Liquid residence time in vortex separators

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    - Year 2017

    Centrifugal force enhances gravitational separation of suspension (vortex separators), as well as allows regulation of liquid discharge (vortex flow controls). Furthermore, it elongates the effective residence time of liquid inside the chamber in comparison to non-circulative flow. Laboratorz measurements, described in the paper, indicate that average liquid residence time for circulative flow exceeds 50% of plug-flow time,...

  • History and Perspective of Treatment Wetland in Poland – Part One: Lesson learned

    Early implementation of treatment wetlands under supervision of the researchers from were quite promising. The constructed facilities ensured effective wastewater treatment and sludge dewatering. In the next years a number of treatment wetland s systems were constructed without following the designing principles and left without proper maintenance. In the consequence this lead to unsatisfactory treatment results. Investigations...

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  • Uczenie maszynowe do samoorganizacji systemów rozproszonych w zastosowaniach gospodarczych

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    - Współczesna Gospodarka - Year 2017

    W pracy omówiono uczenie maszynowe do samoorganizacji systemów rozproszonych w zastosowaniach gospodarczych ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem sieci neuronowych do predykcji finansowych oraz szacowania ratingu przedsiębiorstw. Oprócz sieci neuronowych, istotną rolę w przygotowaniu i testowaniu informatycznych systemów finansowych może pełnić programowanie genetyczne. Z tego powodu omówiono uczenie maszynowe w aplikacjach konstruowanych...

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  • Reply to Comment on ‘Nanodiamond incorporated human liver mimicking phantoms: prospective calibration medium of magnetic resonance imaging’

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    - MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE - Year 2024

    Dependence of the spin–lattice (T1) relaxation times on the nanodiamond concentration in human liver phantoms is discussed. Factors affecting stability and and reproducibility of these phantoms are presented. The need for comparative measurements on multiple MRI scanners for better understanding of potential variations in the obtained imaging data is emphasised.

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  • On the Matano Plane Position in Multicomponent Diffusion Couples

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    - Nano Hybrids and Composites - Year 2019

    Even though several methods of diffusion analysis avoid a necessity for the Matano plane determination, the Matano plane locations are of interest in the multicomponent couples and when tracer experiments are performed. The positions of the Matano plane calculated from the concentration profiles should be exactly the same. However, due to experimental errors, the results can differ significantly. In the paper we consider Matano...

  • On the Matano Plane Position in Multicomponent Diffusion Couples

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    - Nano Hybrids and Composites - Year 2019

    Even though several methods of diffusion analysis avoid a necessity for the Matano plane determination, the Matano plane locations are of interest in the multicomponent couples and when tracer experiments are performed. The positions of the Matano plane calculated from the concentration profiles should be exactly the same. However, due to experimental errors, the results can differ significantly. In the paper we consider Matano...

  • 3D Morphable Models Application for Expanding Face Database Limited to Single Frontal Face Per Person

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    1. Zaprezentowany materiał dotyczył badań nad rozszerzeniem dysponowanej bazy wzorców wizerunków twarzy, o dodatkowe wzorce z wariacją w ustawieniu. Dodatkowe wzorce były usyskiwane poprzez przejście z wizerunku twarzy 2D na model 3D, zasymulowanie zadanego ustawienia i powrót do dziedziny 2D (poprzez rzutowanie 3D->2D). W fazie konstrukcji modelu 3D, z wizerunku 2D była ściągana zarówno tekstura twarzy jak i siatka punktów charakterystycznych....

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  • Visual Traffic Noise Monitoring in Urban Areas

    The paper presents an advanced system for railway and road traffic noise monitoring in metropolitan areas. This system is a functional part of a more complex solution designed for environmental monitoring in cities utilizing analyses of sound, vision and air pollution, based on a ubiquitous computing approach. The system consists of many autonomous, universal measuring units and a multimedia server, which gathers, processes and...

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  • Vessel Energy Requirement Prediction from Acceleration Stage Towing Tests on Scale Models

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    One of the most crucial tasks for naval architects is computing the energy required to meet the ship’s operational needs. When predicting a ship’s energy requirements, a series of hull resistance tests on a scale model vessel is carried out in constant speed stages, while the acceleration stage measurements are ignored. Another important factor in seakeeping analysis is the ship’s hydrodynamic added mass. The second law of dynamics...

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  • Angle Tracking Observer for Filtering Rotor Position Estimates in Sensorless Electric Drives

    Sensorless electric drives use measurements of electrical quantities to estimate rotor position and speed. Measurement errors deteriorate the estimation accuracy, thus additional means are necessary to remove high-frequency components from estimated signals. This paper proposes to use an Angle Tracking Observer (ATO) for reducing noise in rotor position estimates, which is related to random errors in the measurements. A simplified,...

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  • Dynamic Data Management Among Multiple Databases for Optimization of Parallel Computations in Heterogeneous HPC Systems

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    - Year 2014

    Rapid development of diverse computer architectures and hardware accelerators caused that designing parallel systems faces new problems resulting from their heterogeneity. Our implementation of a parallel system called KernelHive allows to efficiently run applications in a heterogeneous environment consisting of multiple collections of nodes with different types of computing devices. The execution engine of the system is open for...

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