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Assessment of the devulcanization process of EPDM waste from roofing systems by combined thermomechanical/microwave procedures
PublicationEthylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) is a elastomer widely used in common industrial applications. EPDM can be shaped into sheets and employed as isolating material for roofing systems. In this study, scraps of EPDM from commercial, industrial and residential roofing systems were treated by combined thermo-mechanical and microwave devulcanization processes including peroxide of benzoyl (BPO). The devulcanized EPDM (Dev-EPDM)...
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On the use of the cumulative strain energy density for fatigue life assessment in advanced high-strength steels
PublicationIn this paper, the applicability of the cumulative strain energy density is explored as a fatigue indicator parameter for advanced high-strength steels subjected to strain-controlled conditions. Firstly, the cyclic stress-strain responses of nine steels, selected from three multiphase families, encompassing different elemental compositions and different heat treatment routes, were studied. Then, the predictive capabilities of the...
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Assessment of particular abdominal aorta section extraction from contrast-enhanced computed tomography angiography
PublicationThe aim of this work is to improve the accuracy of extraction of a particular abdominal aorta section and to reduce the distortion in three-dimensional Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) images. Imaging modality and quality plays crucial role in the medical diagnostic process, thus ensuring high quality of images is essential at every stage of acquisition and processing.Noise is defined as a disturbance of the image quality...
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Flood risk assessment for office and services building Alchemia II at Al. Grunwaldzka 409 in Gdansk.
PublicationThe aim of the study is to assess the risk of flood from natural meteorological and hy-drological phenomena, for office and services building Alchemia II in Gdansk at Al. Grun-waldzka 409. The project includes the analysis of potential sources of floods in Gdansk re-garding the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Gdansk, the Vistula River basin and excessive rainfall and snowmelt waters being a significant element of hydrological processes...
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Assessment of microstructure, physical and thermal properties of bitumen modified with LDPE/GTR/elastomer ternary blends
PublicationLDPE/GTR/elastomer ternary blends with variable LDPE/GTR ratio and constant elastomer content were prepared via melt-compounding. Obtained LDPE/GTR/elastomer blends were applied as thermoplastic modifiers into bitumen. Microstructure, physical and thermal properties of the modified bitumen were determined. It was observed that chemical composition of LDPE/GTR/elastomer blends has significant influence on their density and rheological...
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Chemometric Assessment and Best-Fit Function Modelling of the Toxic Potential of Selected Food Packaging Extracts
PublicationFood packaging materials constitute an ever more threatening environmental pollutant. This study examined options to specifically assess the ecotoxicity of packaged wastes, such as cans, subjected to various experimental treatments (in terms of extraction media, time of exposure, and temperature) that imitate several basic conditions of the process of food production. The extracts were studied for their ecotoxicity with bioluminescent...
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An assessment of health status and health behaviours in adolescents: main points and methods of the SOPKARD-Junior programme.
PublicationThe study involved preparing and implementing a model of screening assessments for adolescents and comparison of anthropometric examinations between the population of the SOPKARD-Junior programme and representative sample of Polish children in the same years.Additionally, data concerning attendance rates for particular examinations carried out under SOPKARD-Junior programme were presented.Revier2,comment 1
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The Influence of the Chemical Composition of Selected Waste Materials from the Production of Copper on the Final Environmental Assessment
PublicationThis article presents qualitative and quantitative analysis of the waste produced by KGHM Polska Miedź. The waste has been analyzed according to its chemical composition and balanced in order to be reused and recycled. Special attention has been paid to mining industries producing the biggest amount of waste and ore enrichment businesses generating waste, which isn’t reused nowadays. Laboratory reseach has been conducted on floatation...
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The determination of deformations and stresses of laser welds used for fatigue assessment of steel sandwich panel joints
PublicationPanele typu sandwich znajdują szerokie zastosowanie w wielu gałęziach przemysłu. W przypadku niektórych zastosowań wymagających ocenę ryzyka dużą rolę odgrywa ocena trwałości zmęczeniowej spoin laserowych paneli. W pracy prezentowane są metody wyznaczania lokalnych odkształceń i naprężeń w połączeniach spawanych w celu oceny trwałości zmęczeniowej według hipotez lokalnych naprężeń i odkształceń.
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Optical method supported by machine learning for urinary tract infection detection and urosepsis risk assessment
PublicationThe study presents an optical method supported by machine learning for discriminating urinary tract infections from an infection capable of causing urosepsis. The method comprises spectra of spectroscopy measurement of artificial urine samples with bacteria from solid cultures of clinical E. coli strains. To provide a reliable classification of results assistance of 27 algorithms was tested. We proved that is possible to obtain...
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Critical assessment of Eurocode approach to stability of metal cylindrical silos with corrugated walls and vertical stiffeners.
PublicationPrzedmiotem artykułu było krytyczne oszacowanie podejścia w Eurokodzie odnośnie stateczności metalowych cylindrycznych silosów z blachy falistej i słupów. Obliczenia 3D wykonane stosując MES. Symulowano blachę gładką ze słupami belkowymi o zastępczej sztywności. W obliczeniach uwzględniono falistość blachy. Pokazano, że wzory normowe znacznie odbiegają od wyników MES.
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Experimental and numerical assessment of size effect in geometrically similar slender concrete beams with basalt reinforcement
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono doświadczalne i numeryczne wyniki badań efektu skali w geometrycznie podobnych smukłych belkach betonowych ze zbrojeniem bazaltowym. Doświadczenia zostały symulowane stosując metodę elementów skończonych w oparciu o model sprężysto-plastyczny z degradacją sztywności i nielokalnym osłabieniem. Otrzymano dobrą zgodność wyników doświadczalnych z numerycznymi.
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Endodontic Treatment Outcomes in Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images—Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy of AI
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Work–life balance: Does age matter?
PublicationWork-life balance is a priority of EU policies but at the same time demographic change affects the labour market. Employers have to deal with the ageing of their employees and adjust human resource management to maintain their competitiveness. The purpose of the article is to answer research questions: whether the age of workers determines their assessment of the work-life balance, and whether there is a relationship between the...
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INFLUENCE OF THE DEGREE OF EJACULATE DILUTION ON THE RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF MOTILITY OF SPERM OF BREEDING BULLS OBTAINED BY TWO METHODS
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Two-phase flow phenomena assessment in minichannels for compact heat exchangers using image analysis methods
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PSMA-D4 Radioligand for Targeted Therapy of Prostate Cancer: Synthesis, Characteristics and Preliminary Assessment of Biological Properties
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Prenatal Clinical Assessment of NT-proBNP as a Diagnostic Tool for Preeclampsia, Gestational Hypertension and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
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The comparative study of micellar TLC and RP-TLC as potential tools for lipophilicity assessment based on QSRR approach
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Authenticity Assessment from Sesame Seeds to Oil and Sesame Products of Various Origin by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
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Assessment of the Global and Regional Land Hydrosphere and Its Impact on the Balance of the Geophysical Excitation Function of Polar Motion
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Comparison of radical-driven technologies applied for paraben mixture degradation: mechanism, biodegradability, toxicity and cost assessment
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Assessment of Odour Impact Range of Selected Waste Management Plant with the Use of Mathematical Tools (Model Tools)
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Assessment of Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil Anti-Insect Activity and Antimicrobial Protection in Fruit and Vegetable Quality
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Assessment of fatigue life of aluminized, coarse-grained MAR247 alloy supported by full-field ESPI measurements
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Principles for the Application of Vibration Intensity Scale for the Prediction and Assessment of Impact of Actions of Exploitation Mine on Buildings and People
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Toxicity Assessment by Microtox® in Sediments, Pore Waters and Sediment Saline Elutriates in the Gulf of Gdansk (Baltic Sea)
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Friction Tuned Mass Dampers in Seismic-Excited High-Rise Buildings with SSI Effects: A Reliability Assessment
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Initial assessment of suitability of MCF-7 and HepG2 cancer cell lines for AQP3 research in cancer biology
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A universal standard for health-promoting places. Example of assessment -on the basis of a case study of Rahway River Park
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to development of approaches to the evaluation of the design of public open green spaces (POS). This paper presents a universal standard for the design of health-promoting urban places. The standard is a conceptual framework which was developed after visiting over one hundred public parks and therapeutic gardens in Europe and the United States. The universal standard is a simple and...
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Assessment of Pain Management, Acceptance of Illness, and Adjustment to Life with Cancer in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
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A performance-oriented risk-based method for assessment of safety of ships. Modelling uncertainties in hazard and risk analysis
PublicationW artykule podano informacje na temat alternatywnej metody oceny bezpieczeństwa statków, opartej na ocenie zachowania się statku i ocenie ryzyka. Zaproponowano użycie metody do projektowania statków w oparciu o ocenę ryzyka. W takim podejściu do projektowania bezpieczeństwo powinno być celem projektowym. Ocena bezpieczeństwa w proponowanej metodzie powinna być dokonywana na podstawie oceny ryzyka. Do oceny ryzyka zastosowano elementy...
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In silico assessment and sonochemical synthesis of 2-alkynyl 3-chloropyrazines as prospective ligands for SARS-CoV-2
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Assessment of Interleukin 16 Serum Levels and Skin Expression in Psoriasis Patients in Correlation with Clinical Severity of the Disease
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Impact of Investments and R&D Costs in Renewable Energy Technologies on Companies’ Profitability Indicators: Assessment and Forecast
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Novel approach to ecotoxicological risk assessment of sediments cores around the shipwreck by the use of self-organizing maps
PublicationMarine and coastal pollution plays an increasingly important role due to recent severe accidents which drew attention to the consequences of oil spills causing widespread devastation of marine ecosystems. All these problems cannot be solved without conducting environmental studies in the area of possible oil spill and performing chemometric evaluation of the data obtained looking for similar patterns among pollutants and optimize...
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An Assessment of RASSCF and TDDFT Energies and Gradients on an Organic Donor−Acceptor Dye Assisted by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
PublicationThe excitation energies and gradients in the ground and the first excited state of a novel donor−(π- bridge)−acceptor 4-methoxy-1,3-thiazole-based chromophore were investigated by means of MS-RASPT2/RASSCF and TDDFT in solution. Within both methods, the excitation energies strongly depend on the employed equilibrium structures, whose differences can be rationalized in terms of bond length alternation indexes. It is shown that functionals with...
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ASSESSMENT OF ENGINE OPERATION WITH THE USE OF AN OPERATION INDICATOR BASED ON TEST BENCH RESULTS OF A ROBINSUBARU EX17 ENGINE
PublicationPaper presents results of an experimental verification of the method of quantitative evaluation of engine operation, presented in the literature, exemplified by a low-power internal combustion piston engine. In accordance with such interpretation, engine operation may be presented as a physical quantity defined as operation indicator. The paper presents results of preliminary tests, processed in that aspect, carried out on an engine...
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Assessment with mechanical Barkhausen effect of residual stress in grain oriented polycrystalline 3% Si-Fe sheet
PublicationW tym artykule zostały opisane badania naprężeń resztkowych w blachach wykonanych z 3% si-fe o zorientowanym ziarnie za pomocą mechanicznego efektu barkhausena (mebn). badano blachy o 3 różnych orientacjach ziaren względem głównej osi próbki: 0, 45, 90 stopni. badania mebn przeprowadzano wzbudzając drgania skrętne oraz drgania gięte. zmierzone maksima obwiedni napięcia skutecznego mebn znajdują się dla badanych próbek w regionie...
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Nuclear Activation Methods in the Estimation of Environmental Pollution and the Assessment of the Industrial Plant Impact on the Citizens of Gdansk (Poland)
PublicationNeutronowa Analiza Aktywacyjna została wykorzystana do oceny stanu jakości powietrza atmosferycznego na podstawie badań analitycznych stopnia kumulacji zanieczyszczeń nieorganicznych w mchu torfowca, a także składu wód opadowych. Ponadto przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczących szacowania ryzyka zawodowego pracowników zakładów przemysłowych na podstawie analizy próbek materiału biologicznego pobranego od osób narażonych.
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Application of the theory of energy transformation systems to fatigue assessment of steel elements under multiaxial periodic loading
PublicationPraca dotyczy symulacji odporności zmęczeniowej elementów stalowych poddanych wieloosiowym obciążeniom okresowym w zakresie wysokocyklowym. W tym celu zdefiniowano jednoosiowe naprężenie sinusoidalne, równoważne w sensie trwałości zmęczeniowej materiału naprężeniu aktualnemu gdy każda jego kartezjańska składowa jest dana w postaci szeregu Fouriera. Warunki równoważności wynikają z teorii systemów transformacji energii i wiążą się...
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Assessment of the impact of jet impingement technique on the energy efficiency of air-cooled BIPV/T roof tile
PublicationThe paper concerns a numerical analysis of cooling of the hybrid photovoltaic (PV) modules dedicated to Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPV/T) systems. Attention was focused on the photovoltaic roof tiles, using a jet impingement technique, in which the intensification of heat transfer is ensured by streams of air hitting the heat exchange partition. A series of numerical simulations were carried out to assess an influence...
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Assessment of phosphatic fertilizer production impact on occupational staff based on NAA of hair, nails, and inhald particles
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań nad wpływem zakładów fosforowych na zdrowie pracowników. W celu oszacowania narażenia zawodowego oznaczano 25 pierwiastków w próbkach włosów, paznokci i w cząstkach pyłu pobranych od pracowników i od grupy kontrolnej. Otrzymane wyniki badań porównano za pomocą testów statystycznych (t-studenta i nieparametrycznego testu U Manna - Whitneya).
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A multi-level risk-based method for safety assessment of ships in critical conditions. Option for preliminary design
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wybrane informacje na temat metody oceny bezpieczeństwa statków w warunkach krytycznych. Metoda umożliwia wielokryterialne i wieloparametryczne badanie bezpieczeństwa statków, w celu otrzymania wymaganego i optymalnego poziomu bezpieczeństwa. W metodzie wykorzystano podejście do projektowania oparte o ocenę osiągów statku i ocenę ryzyka. Istnieje możliwość dostosowania metody do oceny bezpieczeństwa statku...
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Safety assessment of ships in critical conditions using a knowledge-based system for design and neural network system
PublicationW pracy opisano wybrane elementy metody oceny bezpieczeństwa statków w stanie uszkodzonym, ukierunkowanej na ocenę osiągów statku i ocenę ryzyka. Metoda analizy osiągów i zachowania się statku w stanie uszkodzonym została wykorzystana do oceny charakterystyk hydromechanicznych statku uszkodzonego. Do oceny ryzyka wykorzystano elementy metodyki Formalnej Oceny Bezpieczeństwa. System ekspertowy został wykorzystany do analziy podziału...
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Effective assessment of biopolymer-based multifunctional sorbents for the remediation of environmentally hazardous contaminants from aqueous solutions
PublicationPersistent contaminants in wastewater effluent pose a significant threat to aquatic life and are one of the most significant environmental concerns of our time. Although there are a variety of traditional methods available in wastewater treatment, including adsorption, coagulation, flocculation, ion exchange, membrane filtration, co-precipitation and solvent extraction, none of these have been found to be significantly cost-effective...
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Safety assessment of ships in damaged conditions using a novel concept of a risk-based decision support system
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodę zarządzania bezpieczeństwem statków w stanie uszkodzonym opartej na ocenie ryzyka wypadku, zarządzaniu ryzykiem i ocenie bezpieczeństwa statku. Opisano model ryzyka nieprzetrwania kolizji przez statek. Opisano propozycję modelu systemu zarządzania ryzykiem i bezpieczeństwem statków w stanie uszkodzonym w czasie katastrofy na morzu.
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Assessment with mechanical Barkhausen effect of residual stress in grain oriented polycrystalline 3% Si-Fe sheet
PublicationZbadano za pomocą mechanicznego efektu Barkhausena poziom napręzeń wewnętrznych w plikrystalicznej płycie z 3% Si-Fe o zorientowanym ziarnie.
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Inverse Analysis as a Key Element of Safety Assessment under the Snow Load For The Large Suspension Roofs Structure
PublicationThe paper presents a concept and realization of monitoring system for the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow. The idea of the system lies in fusion of structure monitoring with a calibrated numerical FEM model [1]. The inverse problem is solved. On the base of measured selected displacements, the numerical FEM model of the structure combined with iterative method, develops the current snow load distribution. Knowing the load, we can calculate...
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In silico assessment and sonochemical synthesis of 2-alkynyl 3-chloropyrazines as prospective ligands for SARS-CoV-2
PublicationThe recent global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has triggered an intense effort worldwide towards the development of an effective cure for this disease. In our effort we have explored the 2-alkynyl substituted 3-chloropyrazine framework as a potential template for the design of molecules for this purpose. Our strategy was supported by the in silico studies of representative compounds to assess their binding affinities via docking...