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Research of Accuracy of RSSI Fingerprint-Based Indoor Positioning BLE System
PublicationRadio localization in indoor environment is still a challenging task due to environment volatility. In the paper are compared achieved localization accuracies for RSSI-Fingerprinting method utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for two different environments: large empty hall and narrow corridor. Measurements were done by 6 different smartphones of 3 different producers, which makes those measurements unique as accuracies achieved...
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Research of Accuracy of RSSI Fingerprint-Based Indoor Positioning BLE System
PublicationRadio localization in indoor environment is still a challenging task due to environment volatility. In the paper are compared achieved localization accuracies for RSSI-Fingerprinting method utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for two different environments: large empty hall and narrow corridor. Measurements were done by 6 different smartphones of 3 different producers, which makes those measurements unique as accuracies achieved...
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Variability in the distribution of phytoplankton as affected by changes to the main physical parameters in the Baltic Sea**The study was financially supported by the Polish State Committee of Scientific Research (grants: No. N N305 111636, N N306 353239) and ECOOP IP WP 10.1.3 Project. Partial support for this study was also provided by the Satellite Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Environment – SatBatłyk project founded by the European Union through European Regional Development Fund contract No. POIG 01.01.02-22-011/09.
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Rozdział 2.4. Synteza - wynikowa waloryzacja przyrodniczo-kulturowych jed-nostek przestrzennych. W: [Praca zbiorowa] Materiały do monografii przyrod- niczej regionu gdańskiego. Gdańsk: Marpress**2002 s. 55-56, 2 rys. Tom 8 Diagnoza stanu i koncepcja ochrony środowiska przyrodniczo-kulturowe- go w województwie pomorskim. Diagnosis of natural-cultural environment´scondition and the idea of its protection in Pomeranian Voivodship. Red. A.Kostarczyk, M. Przewoźniak.
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Rozdział 1.1. Podstawy teoretyczne i cele ochrony środowiska przyrodniczo-kulturowego w województwie pomorskim W: [Praca zbiorowa] Materiały do mo-onografii przyrodniczej regionu gdańskiego. Gdańsk: Marpress**2002 s. 10- 12, 1 rys. Tom 8 Diagnoza stanu i koncepcja ochrony środowiska przyrodniczo-kulturowe- go w województwie pomorskim. Diagnosis of natural-cultural environment´scondition and the idea of its protection in Pomeranian Voivodship. Red. A.Kostarczyk, M. Przewoźniak.
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Potrzeby osób z niepełnosprawnością a budżet obywatelski. Wyniki ankiety opinii wśród społeczności warszawskiego Muranowa
PublicationThe participatory budget in Warsaw is a form of citizen involvement in city planning. The projects submitted in the budget concern, among other things, the physical transformation of space, organizing events integrating the community, and educational programs. Each of the above categories may determine the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. Social inclusion in the perspective of city change is an interesting and...
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“Don’t call it work”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of volunteer firefighting in young adults based on the volunteer process model
PublicationThe number of people engaging in volunteer firefighting is on the decline. It is important to understand what factors on a personal and social level and from the three stages of the volunteer process model: antecedents, experiences and consequences, might be linked to starting and sustaining such engagement. To address this problem, a qualitative, interview-based study was performed on a sample of 10 volunteer firefighters from...
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Correlation between chemical composition and the presence of selected groups of bacteria in freshwater samples collected from Isfjorden and Billefjorde
PublicationThe average concentrations of pollutants in the arctic water, snow and the atmosphere are much lower than those observed in the temperate climate. Specific conditions occurring in the polar regions have apotential to accumulate the pollutants transported from other parts of the world. In this study, attempts were made to find a correlation between selected chemical components and the bacterial population. The analysis involved...
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UAV IN TODAYS PHOTOGRAMMETRY – APPLICATION AREAS AND CHALLENGES
PublicationThere a few important factors, that nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are used by wider community, and for cases and applications, that cannot be performed never before. Small UAVs, as a photogrammetry measurement tool provide flexibility, reliability, are safe and easy to use, can be deployed in minutes, initial measurement can be delivered yet on the field, and final accurate measurements are calculated in a very short...
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Acceptance Testing of Software Products for Cloud-Based On-Line Delivery
PublicationSoftware products intended for on-line delivery by distributors serving an open community of subscribers are developed in a specific life-cycle model, in which roles of the major stakeholders are strongly separated, unlike in any other software development model known in software engineering. Its specificity underlines the fact that a distributor of the final product, responsible for its acceptance for publication and delivery...
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Teaching infrastructure urbanism to aid participatory planning
PublicationThe teaching of urban planning at faculties of architecture entails constant tension, caused by issues related to the priorities among urban design (the form) and urban planning (the process). The authors note that knowledge of the relationship between urban design and infrastructure planning, particularly within the realm of public debate within the local community, is of key importance in educating young urban planners. Described...
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Researching Digital Society: Using Data-Mining to Identify Relevant Themes from an Open Access Journal
PublicationOpen Access scholarly literature is scientific output free from economic barriers and copyright restrictions. Using a case study approach, data mining methods and qualitative analysis, the scholarly output and the meta-data of the Open Access eJournal of e-Democracy and Open Government during the time interval 2009–2020 was analysed. Our study was able to identify the most prominent research topics (defined as thematic clusters)...
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Researching Digital Society: Using Data-Mining to Identify Relevant Themes from an Open Access Journal
PublicationOpen Access scholarly literature is scientific output free from economic barriers and copyright restrictions. Using a case study approach, data mining methods and qualitative analysis, the scholarly output and the meta-data of the Open Access eJournal of e-Democracy and Open Government during the time interval 2009–2020 was analysed. Our study was able to identify the most prominent research topics (defined as thematic clusters)...
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Recent advances in compatibilization strategies of wood-polymer composites by isocyanates
PublicationWood-polymer composites technologies are gaining more and more attention in the scientific community, positively affecting the increase in their industrial applications, for example, automotive, building, 3D printing, etc. Many research works are focused on the improvement in matrix–lignocellulosic filler interactions to produce highly filled composites with satisfying performance properties. In this field of research, using isocyanates...
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Experimentally feasible semi-device-independent certification of four-outcome positive-operator-valued measurements
PublicationRecently the quantum information science community devoted a lot of attention to the theoretical and practical aspects of generalized measurements, the formalism of all possible quantum operations leading to acquisition of classical information. On the other hand, due to imperfections present in quantum devices, and limited thrust to them, a trend of formulating quantum information tasks in a semi-device-independent manner emerged....
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Methods of selenium supplementation. Bioavability and determination of selenium compounds
PublicationIn This paper the method of supplementation of selenium in the environment and analytical methods of determining selenium were described
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Evolution of chemotaxis in single-cell artificial organisms
PublicationThe model of a liquid two-dimensional environment, which is based on physics of diffusion, allows us to simulate the diffusion of morphogenes. Artificial organisms move using a chemotaxis reacting to concentration difference. Organisms are controlled by a gene regulatory network coded in a linear genome and reproduce by division. We made a lot of experiments presenting organisms’ behaviour in various environment conditions. We...
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Selection of Organic Coating Systems for Corrosion Protection of Industrial Equipment
PublicationThe most important element of corrosion protection in industrial conditions is the protective coating system. However, selecting the right coating can often be a real problem due to the sheer number of coating manufacturers and their products on the market. A quantitative approach based on the data mining technique used to analyze the obtained multi-site exposure data has been proposed. This was demonstrated by the example of the...
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Editorial for the special issue on advances in forward and inverse surrogate modeling for high-frequency design
PublicationThe design of modern‐day high‐frequency devices and circuits, including microwave/RF, antenna and photonic components, historically has relied on full‐wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation tools. Initially used for design verification, EM simulations are nowadays used in the design process itself, for example, for finding optimum values of geometry and/or material parameters of the structures of interest. In a growing number of...
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Układ informatyczny systemu diagnostycznego ciągników kołowych
PublicationPodstawowym elementem systemu diagnostycznego jest komputer pokładowy Fujitsu FUTRO S100 z chłodzeniem pasywnym w wykonaniu odpornym na drgania i wstrząsy, z pamięcią Compact Flesh 16Gb. Do komputera dołączony jest monitor dotykowy NVOX LCD 10" VGA/FVAT. Oprogramowanie komputera obejmuje system operacyjny Windows XP-2000, driver konwertera USB/DeviceNet oraz opracowany program diagnostyczny. Komputer połączony jest łączem USB z...
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The Prospects of Retail Payment Developments in the Metaverse
PublicationIn the age of technological development, rapid technological progress, and the metaverse development in which humans interact with each other and with the environment using virtual real-world metaphors, payment systems may also need to be re-considered. The study aims to find an answer to the question of what should be retail payments in the metaverse and to begin interdisciplinary discussions about...
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A proposal for a knowledge market based on quantity and quality of knowledge
PublicationThe paper proposes an autonomous market environment in which it is possible to trade knowledge based on its quantity and quality.
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Path Loss Modelling in the Untypical Outdoor Propagation Environments
PublicationIn the paper three ways of path loss modelling in the untypical outdoor environments are presented. The exemplary untypical outdoor environment is analyzed. The investigated environment is characterized, and the measurement campaign are shortly described. The following models have been analyzed: the COST231 Walfisch-Ikegami model, the modified COST231Walfisch-Ikegami model tuned on the basis of empirical data, and the empirical...
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Urban Mentoring as a new polish management technique in participatory planning
PublicationA decade of experience in implementation of numerous urban modernization projects in Poland resulted in a lively debate on socialization of the planning process, in which the matter of the public space quality has become the center of gravity. In those years, transformation from the classic administrative model of „bureaucracy planning” to the model of „management planning” has not been complete. The socialist primacy of the public...
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Framework for gamification of specialized subjects within engineering studies
PublicationGamification is a relatively new term forged along with the occurrence of new information technology, especially easy access to internet and smartphones. Gamification is a use of game mechanics, to modify the behavior of people in non-games situations to increase the involvement of individuals. The method is based on the pleasure that comes from overcoming the obstacles to reach next achievable level, which consists of challenges,...
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Wstępna ocena wielkości stężeń związków azotu i fosforu odprowadzanych z wodami powierzchniowymi do Zatoki Puckiej z terenu gminy Puck
PublicationThe ferilizers used in agriculture negatively affect the surface and groundwater quality. The Bay of Puck is a semi-closed part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, which is particularly vulnerable to eutrophication caused by the inflow of nutrient substances. The Bay is surrounded by the lands intensively used in agriculture. Also a number of touristic resorts is located on its coast. The streams and rivers carry the load of nitrogen and phosphorus...
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Public Spaces - Coexistence and Participation
PublicationThe paper is an attempt to answer two questions: (1) how to develop positive social relations and citizenship among residents of cities in Poland and (2) howsuitable shaping of public space affects the activation and integration of local residents.The specificity of the post-war process of urbanization in Poland - a country traditionally agricultural - was its political dimension (forced 'nationalisation' of agriculture and industrialization...
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Cooperation areas between universities and industry - case studies in the area of civil engineering
PublicationThe paper describes the areas of cooperation between universities and industry in the area of civil engineering. Presented examples are related to didactics, research grants and commissioned works. On the basis of the authors own experiences the mutual benefits of cooperation in different areas are described. As well as the assessment criteria of the areas of cooperation by the scientific community. The first area of cooperation...
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Mercury emission to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in Europe in 2000 and their scenarios until 2020
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Impact of forecasted changes in Polish economy (2015 and 2020) on nutrient emission into the river basins
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Degradation of polycaprolactone modified with TPS or CaCO3 in biotic/abiotic seawater
PublicationThis paper is an investigation of the polymer degradation process in two types of seawater (with and without microorganisms) sourced from the Baltic Sea. The chosen polymeric materials were polycaprolactone modified with either thermoplastic starch (PCL/TPS>85%) or calcium carbonate (60% PCL/40% CaCO3) compared directly against unmodified polycaprolactone. All samples were incubated for 28 weeks in seawater with and without microorganisms...
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The influence of local temperature and air velocity changes on the thermal sensations of users' working in surgical clothing
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Daphnia magna model in the toxicity assessment of pharmaceuticals: A review
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Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners - a mass balance approach. 3. An update
PublicationPoprzednie prace autorów zawierały bardzo istotne informacje do oceny stężeń związków polychlorobifenylowych (PCB) w rejonach oddalonych od dużych źródeł emisji tych związków jak i w środowisku globalnym. Okazało się, że niezbędna jest modyfikacja emisji PCB po roku 2000. Przedstawiono nowe dane o produkcji PCB w Polsce oraz nowe dane nt. składu chemicznego różnych produktów technicznych opartych na PCB. Ulepszono też metody oceny...
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Comparison of the Effects of Conventional and Alternative External Carbon Sources for Enhancing of the Denitrification Process
PublicationFood industry effluents are considered a potential alternative for methanol when seeking external carbon sources to enhance denitrification in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The aim of this study was to determine the immediate effects of dosing different carbon sources on the denitrification capability of process biomass from the "Wschod" WWTP in Gdansk (northern Poland). Five carbon sources, including settled wastewater,...
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Evaluation of surfactant and biosurfactant mixture usefulness in oil removal from soil, based on physicochemical studies and flushing experiments
PublicationZbadano aktywność powierzchniową i właściwości zwilżające surfaktantu niejonowego - Rokanolu NL6, biosurfaktantu - JBR 425 i ich mieszanin. Na podstawie tych badań określono zdolność tych surfaktantów do usuwania oleju syntetycznego (PAO 6) z piasku. Roztwory surfaktantów zostały użyte do przemywania złoża piaskowego w kolumnie oraz odmywania piasku metodą dynamiczną. Testy kolumnowe z roztworami Rokanolu NL6 i JBR 425 dały niskie...
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Sorption of ionic liquids
PublicationCiecze jonowe przyciągają rosnącą uwagę a zakres ich potencjalnych zastosowań nieustannie się rozszerza. Aby ciecze jonowe mogły spełniać nie tylko wymagania technologiczne ale również wymagania odnośnie ochrony środwiska, ich oddziaływanie z poszczególnymi jego elementami powinno zostać poznane. Niniejsza publikacja zawiera szerokie studium literaturowe dotyczące oddziaływań cieczy jonowych z glebą. Ponadto przedstawiono wyniki...
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Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in indoor air in the Gdansk area using permeation passive samplers.
PublicationDozymetria pasywna, znana od wielu lat, jest użytecznym narzędziem w monitoringu poziomu zanieczyszczeń. Do określenia jakości powietrza wewnętrznego w 22 pomieszczeniach mieszkalnych, zlakoalizowanych na terenie Gdańska, wykorzystano dozymetry pasywne typu permeacyjnego na etapie pobierania próbek analitów. Uzyskane wyniki porównano z wynikami uzyskanymi przy wykorzystaniu matedy dynamicznej. Podjęto również próbę identyfikacji...
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Combining Computational Fluid Dynamics with a Biokinetic Model for Predicting Ammonia and Phosphate Behavior in Aeration Tanks
PublicationThe aim of this study was to use computational fluid dynamics for predicting the behavior of reactive pollutants (ammonia and phosphate) in the aerobic zone of the bioreactor located at the Wschod wastewater treatment plant in Gdansk, Poland. The one-dimensional advection-dispersion equation was combined with simple biokinetic models incorporating the Monod-type expressions as source terms for the two pollutants. The problem was...
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The first Polish interlaboratory comparision of the luminescent bacteria bioasssay with three standard toxicants
PublicationBadania biegłości laboratoriów z zastosowaniem odpowiednich materiałów referencyjnych powinny być regularnie wykonywane dla potwierdzenia jakości stosowanej procedury. W pracy zaprezentowano rezultaty pierwszych badań przeprowadzonych dla 9 polskich laboratoriów w zakresie oznaczania toksyczności z zastosowaniem bakterii Vibrio fischeri.Wyniki pokazują, że pierwsze polskie porównania międzylaboratoryjne biotestu opartego o bakterie...
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Effects of management on invertebrates and birds in extensively used grassland of Poland
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Determination of pharmaceutical residues in drinking water in Poland using a new SPE-GC-MS(SIM) method based on Speedisk extraction disks and DIMETRIS derivatization
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Heavy-metal tolerance of photobiont in pioneer lichens inhabiting heavily polluted sites
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Simultaneous analysis of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and estrogenic hormones in water and wastewater samples using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and gas chromatography with electron capture detection
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Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of diclofenac in Mytilus trossulus
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Influence of Cd(II), Cr(VI) and Fe(III) on early steps of deetiolation process in wheat: fluorescence spectral changes of protochlorophyllide and newly formed chlorophyllide
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Uptake, accumulation, and translocation of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Cr by P. australis seedlings in an urban dredged sediment mesocosm: Impact of seedling origin and initial trace metal content
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Effects of five sulphonamides on duckweed (Lemna minor) after prolonged exposure time and their dependency on photoradiation
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Simultaneous determination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and oestrogenic hormones in environmental solid samples
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Anti-inflammatory drugs in the Vistula River following the failure of the Warsaw sewage collection system in 2019
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