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  • Can popular films instil carcinophobia? Images of cancer in popular Polish cinema

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    Introduction: Although cancer is currently considered a serious socio-medical challenge and health education in Poland has been positioned as a public health priority, the impact of popular culture on people’s ideas about cancer has been neglected. This study therefore aims to analyse the way popular Polish films portray cancer and the experience of cancer.Material and Methods: Seven popular Polish films featuring cancer...

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  • Evaluation of ChatGPT Applicability to Learning Quantum Physics

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    - Year 2023

    ChatGPT is an application that uses a large language model. Its purpose is to generate answers to various questions as well as provide information, help solve problems and participate in conversations on a wide range of topics. This application is also widely used by students for the purposes of learning or cheating (e.g., writing essays or programming codes). Therefore, in this contribution, we evaluate the ability of ChatGPT...

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  • The need for linear revitalization. Gdynia case

    The aim of the article is to discuss the need of defining and implementation of the linear revitalization - the new approach related to the revitalization processes. The results of the preliminary investigations indicate that this kind of revitalization seems to be an important tool supporting city management and planning, especially in cases of cities fragmentation - causing lack of physical, social, economic and ecological cohesion....

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  • Pedestrian protection, speed enforcement and road network structure the key action for implementing Poland's Vision Zero

    Since 1991 Poland's road safety has been systematically improving with a 60% reduction in road deaths. Despite the progress Poland continues to be one of the European Union' worst performing countries. The country's main road safety problems remain unchanged: dangerous behaviour of road users, underdeveloped system of road safety management and low quality of road infrastructure. This is why subsequent road safety programmes (implemented...

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  • Planning the City Against Barriers. Enhancing the Role of Public Spaces

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    Contemporary cities are being fragmented by growing number of technical barriers like roads, railways, infrastructural objects, that generate variety of problems of different nature. The aim of the research is to present the issues connected with such barriers in the city and the ways of solving them. Main problems are e.g.: the destruction of the complexity of urban fabric, functional disadvantages, environmental and landscape...

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  • Scheduling of compatible jobs on parallel machines

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    - Year 2021

    The dissertation discusses the problems of scheduling compatible jobs on parallel machines. Some jobs are incompatible, which is modeled as a binary relation on the set of jobs; the relation is often modeled by an incompatibility graph. We consider two models of machines. The first model, more emphasized in the thesis, is a classical model of scheduling, where each machine does one job at time. The second one is a model of p-batching...

  • Evaluating the challenges and needs of parents caring for children with Williams syndrome: A preliminary study from Poland

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    Background: Although physical, cognitive and behavioural manifestations of Williams syndrome(WS) affect every dimension of caregivers lives, no studies on the parental experiences of caringfor a WS child have to date been carried out in Poland.Methods: In order to identify the challenges and needs of Polish carers of WS children a survey wasconducted...

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  • Potentials of Water Usage in urban Neighbourhood Structures

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    - Year 2014

    This paper will treat about water influence and possibility of its usage in the urban neighborhood structures (e.g. districts, real estate properties, town parts) in the context of actual regional environmental problems and according to directories determined by European targets. It is not rare yet in the basic stage of urban design that water is treated as a threat, not a chance. In result planned structures are often built,...

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  • The Finite Elements Method application to assesment the impact of turbulence generated by wind turbines on their lacation inclose proximity of overhead high voltage power transmissionlines

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    The paper presents selected aspects of construction of wind turbines location concerning aerodynamic impact on power lines. Reaserch is based on the source data concerning the aerodynamic impact of a wind farm consisting of 8 turbines and 400 kV power line, an analysis of the possibility of wind farm locating in the immediate vicinity of the line was carried out. There are serious problems with locating higher capacity wind farms...

  • SOLAP GIS in maritime research

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    Multidimensional Geographical Information System is a system especially designed to acquire, distribute, analyze and visualize complicated spatio-temporal data. Modern Geographical Information System technology can provide easy-to-use, near real-time solutions to many problems from different areas of research. In the article, authors summarize recent works on Spatial Online Analytical Processing (SOLAP) and multidimensional Geographical...

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  • Innovative Solutions in Surface Water Quality Monitoring

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    - Year 2014

    In 2010 a project entitled "Integrated Support System for Management and Protection of Water Dam Reservoir (ZiZOZap)” was initiated, to aid solving water management problems on a river and dam reservoir formed on it. An innovative system of continuous monitoring was created, that encompassed selected physical and chemical parameters of river and lake waters in three chosen sites. This article presents a selection of results, that...

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  • Numerical investigations of the engine cooling system in a small power vesel pod propulsion system

    The development of electronics and electrotechnology enabled to put electric motors of the alternating current in the pod and to use them for the main drive of ships. A lot of heat which must be picked up from the system is a problem which is turning up at applying the system of this type. Many big ships lately contended with these problems. Building the small propeller for the boat powered with solar power we decided to check...

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  • A reliable synthesis of discrete-time H-inf control. Part I: basic theorems and J-lossless conjugators

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    The paper gives a basis for solving many problems of numerically reliable synthesis of sub-optimal discrete-time control in H-inf. The approach is based on J-lossless factorisation of the delta-domain chain-scattering description of continuous-time plants being controlled. Relevant properties of poles and zeroes of chain-scattering models are given. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of stabilising J-lossless...

  • Gemba Kaizen: Influencing individuals behavior for better - an approach to social marketing

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    - Year 2011

    The idea of providing the Gemba Kaizen philosophy to a social level can benefit not only individuals, but the society as well. The Japanese philosophy for improvement or change for better may serve companies that are looking for increasing its value by quality management. The same principles when implemented in a society may improve quality of life of its inhabitants and help solving social problems. The use of social marketing...

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  • Hybrid piezoelectric motor based on electroactive lubrication principle

    A novel conception of hybrid piezoelectric motor is presented in this paper. Proposed conception required synchronised work of quasi-static and resonant piezoelectric actuators that results in a rotary movement. The motor's working principle is explained and the main characteristics are described. Studied topology is compared to the existing piezoelectric motors with regards to its field of applications. The assembling process...

  • Weldability of high strength steels in wet welding conditions

    In this paper are characterized problems of high strength steel weldability in underwater wet welding conditions. Water as a welding environment intensifies action of unfavourable factors which influence susceptibility to cold cracking of welded steel joints. The susceptibility to cold cracking of S355J2G3 steel and S500M steel in wet conditions was experimentally estimated (by using Tekken test). It was concluded that the steels...

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  • Modification of the operating point of residual current transformers for high frequency earth fault currents detection

    For protection against electric shock in low voltage systems residual current devices are commonly used. However, their proper operation can be interfered when earth fault current with high frequency components occurs. Serious hazard of electrocution exists then. One of the most important element of residual current devices is a residual current transformer with iron core. Tripping characteristic of residual current devices strictly...

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  • Entanglement and Nonlocality are Inequivalent for Any Number of Parties

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    - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS - Year 2015

    Understanding the relation between nonlocality and entanglement is one of the fundamental problems in quantum physics. In the bipartite case, it is known that these two phenomena are inequivalent, as there exist entangled states of two parties that do not violate any Bell inequality. However, except for a single example of an entangled three-qubit state that has a local model, almost nothing is known about such a relation in multipartite...

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  • System for tracking multiple trains on a test railway track

    Several problems may arise when multiple trains are to be tracked using two IP camera streams. In this work, real-life conditions are simulated using a railway track model based on the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (PKM). Application of automatic clustering of optical flow is investigated. A complete tracking solution is developed using background subtraction, blob analysis, Kalman filtering, and a Hungarian algorithm. In total,...

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  • System for tracking multiple trains on a test railway track

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    Several problems may arise when multiple trains are to be tracked using two IP camera streams. In this work, real-life conditions are simulated using a railway track model based on the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (PKM). Application of automatic clustering of optical flow is investigated. A complete tracking solution is developed using background subtraction, blob analysis, Kalman filtering, and a Hungarian algorithm. In total,...

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  • Modified DNA polymerases for PCR troubleshooting

    PCR has become an essential tool in biological science. However, researchers often encounter problems with difficult targets, inhibitors accompanying the samples, or PCR trouble related to DNA polymerase. Therefore, PCR optimization is necessary to obtain better results. One solution is using modified DNA polymerases with desirable properties for the experiments. In this article, PCR troubleshooting, depending on the DNA polymerase...

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  • Design of horizontal axis wind and water turbines

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    - Year 2016

    The basic hydrodynamic principles of horizontal axis turbines are presented. Computational methods based on vortex theory for design of such turbines and for calculation of their hydro or aerodynamic characteristics are described in detail. These methods are applicable both to wind and water turbines. The influence of detailed turbine geometry on its characteristics is presented. Several practical computational examples of different...

  • KOALA Graph Theory Internet Service

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    KOALA has been created with the idea of C++ library templates, implementing a broad set of procedures in the fields of algorithmic graph theory and network problems in discreate optimization. During the C2NIWA project, a library has been greatly ectended, the code refactored and enclosed with the internet service available in the public repository of thr project. Today it contains interconnected educational materials in the form...

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  • Application possibilities of LBN for civil engineering issues

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    Bayesian Networks (BN) are efficient to represent knowledge and for the reasoning in uncertainty. However the classic BN requires manual definition of the network structure by an expert, who also defines the values entered into the conditional probability tables. In practice, it can be time-consuming, hence the article proposes the use of Learning Bayesian Networks (LBN). The aim of the study is not only to present LBN, which can...

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  • Test Design Patterns for Embedded Systems,

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    • J. Zander
    • A. M. Perez
    • I. Schieferdecker
    • Z. R. Dai

    - Year 2007

    Test suites for embedded systems are typically created from scratch using dif- ferent, often inadequate methods. In consequence, industry branches dealing with software-intensive embedded systems have to cope with quality problems, even though test processes are particularly time-consuming and costly. Based on an evolving model-based testing methodology we introduce test design patterns for simplifying and accelerating...

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  • Environmental consequences of emulsifying properties of biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas sp.

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    Biosurfactants are natural surfactants produced by variety of microorganisms. They are very prospective product due to good biodegradability, low toxicity, good physicochemical properties and high efficiency in many applications. Moreover, they are efficient in wide range of pH, temperatures and salinity. Thus, they have potential to be used in many applications. However, their later presence in municipal and industrial wastewater...

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  • Numerical estimation of the pile toe and shaft unit resistances during the installation process in sands

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    Numerical simulations of a pile jacking were carried out. A Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian (CEL) formulation was used to treat with large deformation problems. An Abaqus, a commercial Finite Element Method software suit, was used as a computing environment. The Mohr–Coulomb constitutive model was applied and the Coulomb model of friction was used to describe pile-soil interaction. Calculations were made for three different pile diameters....

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  • Nanotechnologia w architekturze – korzyści i problemy wynikające z zastosowania nanotechnologii w aspekcie cyklu życia budynku

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    - Year 2014

    Dynamiczny rozwój technologii zawsze odgrywał ważną rolę w procesie kształtowania architektury. Postęp w dziedzinie inżynierii materiałowej już od Rewolucji Przemysłowej pozwalał na osiąganie co raz bardziej skomplikowanych i jednocześnie wytrzymałych konstrukcji budynków. Obecnie, w dziedzinie architektury, zaczyna pojawiać się pojęcie nanotechnologii, która pozwala zmieniać stosowane materiały w bardziej wydajne i odporne....

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  • Zastosowanie podejścia holistycznego w zrównoważonej rewitalizacji nabrzeży i terenów poportowych

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    Geneza zdegradowanych nabrzeży i obszarów poportowych. Problemy rewitalizacji obszarów nadwodnych. Aspekty organizacyjne rewitalizacji. Holistyczne podejście w rewitalizacji nabrzeży i terenów poportowych. Zasoby i potencjał terenów nadwodnych.

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  • Дослідження проблем зайнятості випускників навчальних закладів

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    - Year 2019

    У зв'язку зі зниженням загального рівня зайнятості та з огляду на кризові явища в українській економіці актуальною залишається проблема працевлаштування молоді. Спільність проблеми зайнятості випускників вишів як в Україні, так і в Європі дала змогу провести міжнародне дослідження, щоб виявити основні причини її виникнення. Результати досліджень підтвердили гіпотезу авторів. В її основі лежить комплекс причин, що пов’язані як зі...

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  • Weighted 2-sections and hypergraph reconstruction

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    In the paper we introduce the notion of weighted 2-sections of hypergraphs with integer weights and study the following hypergraph reconstruction problems: (1) Given a weighted graph , is there a hypergraph H such that is its weighted 2-section? (2) Given a weighted 2-section , find a hypergraph H such that is its weighted 2-section. We show that (1) is NP-hard even if G is a complete graph or integer weights w does not exceed...

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  • Audio-visual aspect of the Lombard effect and comparison with recordings depicting emotional states.

    In this paper an analysis of audio-visual recordings of the Lombard effect is shown. First, audio signal is analyzed indicating the presence of this phenomenon in the recorded sessions. The principal aim, however, was to discuss problems related to extracting differences caused by the Lombard effect, present in the video , i.e. visible as tension and work of facial muscles aligned to an increase in the intensity of the articulated...

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  • Hybrid Method Analysis of Unshielded Guiding Structures

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    A combination of mode matching, finite element methods and generalized impedance matrix is presented in a context of propagation problems for open guiding structures. The computational domain is divided into two regions: the first one is a circular cylinder containing whole guiding structure and the second one surrounds this artificial cylinder. The impedance matrix is calculated with the use of finite element method in the first...

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  • Weak Solutions within the Gradient-Incomplete Strain-Gradient Elasticity

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    - Lobachevskii Journal of Mathematics - Year 2020

    In this paper we consider existence and uniqueness of the three-dimensional static boundary-value problems in the framework of so-called gradient-incomplete strain-gradient elasticity. We call the strain-gradient elasticity model gradient-incomplete such model where the considered strain energy density depends on displacements and only on some specific partial derivatives of displacements of first- and second-order. Such models...

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  • On Applications of Fractional Derivatives in Electromagnetic Theory

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    - Year 2020

    In this paper, concepts of fractional-order (FO) derivatives are analysed from the point of view of applications in the electromagnetic theory. The mathematical problems related to the FO generalization of Maxwell's equations are investigated. The most popular formulations of the fractional derivatives, i.e., Riemann-Liouville, Caputo, Grünwald-Letnikov and Marchaud definitions, are considered. Properties of these derivatives are...

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  • Image simulation and annotation for color blinded

    In this paper methods for image simulation as seen by a color blinded and a method for constructing images of perceived color difference are presented. The work is also focused on the interactive color description of an image contents. As a result, the individuals having problems with color discrimination can identify colors in an image.W artykule prezentowane są metody symulacji kolorów w obrazach postrzeganych przez osoby ze...

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  • Voltage Harmonic Distortion Measurement Issue in Smart-Grid Distribution System

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    - Year 2012

    This paper presents the investigation results ofvoltage harmonic transfer accuracy problems through voltagetransformers which are widely used in power quality monitoringsystems in medium and high voltage grids. A simplified lumpedparameters circuit model of the voltage transformer is presentedand verified by simulation and experimental investigations. Anumber voltage transformers typically used in medium voltagegrid has been tested...

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  • When Neural Networks Meet Decisional DNA: A Promising New Perspective for Knowledge Representation and Sharing

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    - CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS - Year 2016

    ABSTRACT In this article, we introduce a novel concept combining neural network technology and Decisional DNA for knowledge representation and sharing. Instead of using traditional machine learning and knowledge discovery methods, this approach explores the way of knowledge extraction through deep learning processes based on a domain’s past decisional events captured by Decisional DNA. We compare our approach with kNN (k-nearest...

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  • Shielded coupled strip and slot guides with a thin omega pseudochiral medium layer

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    A method of moments combined with mode matching technique is applied to analyze the shielded coupled strip and slot line structures containing a thin plate of Omega pseudochiral medium. The boundary problems are simplified by introducing for omega medium the approximate continuity conditions. Such mathematical model allows to examine the field displacement effect appearing in the considered guide resulting from the coupling between...

  • SENSORY GARDENS INCLUSIVELY DESIGNED FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS.

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    - Year 2014

    This paper discusses the design of sensory gardens, created especially to provide for the needs of sight impaired children and youth. These gardens should be inclusively available to general public. A sensory garden may have both therapeutic and educational effects. The research findings concerning therapeutic effects of contact with nature on children and youth are reviewed. The design problems related to providing a space for...

  • “Project-factor-decision”. Decisive factors in IT projects and their impact on its success

    The aim of this article is to indicate the need for a deepening, systematizing and codifying of the theoretical and practical knowledge on IT project management, in the area of management decision-making processes. The scope of decisions made by managers is constantly on the increase. Project managers make decisions not only within the classic triangle of constraints, which consists of a schedule, a budget and the project scope,...

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  • Degradation of protective coatings in steel chimneys of flue gas desulfurisation system

    This paper presents problems associated with corrosion of steel stacks and changes in philosophy of corrosion protection when implemented into flue gas desulphurization systems. In-situ tests were taken by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy at the stack which discharges flue gas before wet lime/limestone desulphurization. A very quick electrolyte absorption by the spherical infill vinylester coating was found using...

  • Evaluation of Face Detection Algorithms for the Bank Client Identity Verification

    Results of investigation of face detection algorithms efficiency in the banking client visual verification system are presented. The video recordings were made in real conditions met in three bank operating outlets employing a miniature industrial USB camera. The aim of the experiments was to check the practical usability of the face detection method in the biometric bank client verification system. The main assumption was to provide...

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  • Modeling DAC Application Execution Time

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    - Year 2016

    An application written in the Divide And Conquer paradigm is more difficult to model than SPMD application because of complex algorithm, causing use of many coefficients in a computational complexity function. Processors are divided into various layers, each layer contains different number of processors. Data packets processed in different layers and transferred between layers have different length. Moreover first layer processors use...

  • Important Facts and Observations about Pairwise Comparisons (the special issue edition)

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    • W. W. Koczkodaj
    • L. Mikhailov
    • G. Redlarski
    • M. Soltys
    • J. Szybowski
    • G. Tamazian
    • E. Wajch
    • K. K. F. Yuen

    - FUNDAMENTA INFORMATICAE - Year 2016

    This study has been inspired by numerous requests for clarification from researchers who often confuse Saaty’s Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with the pairwise comparisons (PC) method, taking AHP as the only representation of PC. This study should be regarded as an interpretation and clarification of past investigations of PC. In addition, this article is a reflection on general PC research at a higher level of abstraction: the...

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  • Forecasted climate changes and their influence on cities and regions in 2050 in terms of extreme hydrological events

    Global climate change is a problem which arises numerous theories and uncertainties, especially in terms of speculated human impact. Independent from the fact, what is the main driver for the changes, some of the climate shifts are visible already nowadays. Both contemporary and future cities will have to face such problems. Although climate change may cause numerous effects on different fields, a special stress in this article...

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  • Large thermo-elastic displacement and stability FEM analysis of multilayered plates and shells

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    The paper concerns the load capacity analysis of thermally loaded multilayered plates and shells. The multilayered body is treated as an equivalent single layer whose kinematics is consistent with first order shear deformation theory. The authors focus on the thermo-elastic stability problem of the thin-walled structures. The equilibrium paths are traced with the use of Riks-Wempner-Ramm algorithm. By making use of the Tsai-Wu...

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  • Numerical tests of time-stepping schemes in the context of FEM for 6-field shell dynamics

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    The paper deals with integration of dynamic equations of irregular shells performed with relatively long time steps. Numerical instability appearing often in this kind of analysis motivated the authors to present some studies based on numerical tests referring to convergence problems of finite element analysis as well the applied stability conditions. The analysis is carried out on simulations of shell dynamics with the where the...

  • Dynamic Response of the Suspended on a Single Cable Footbridge

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    The article presents numerical simulations, dynamic in situ load tests and a structural health monitoring (SHM) system installed in a suspended on a single cable footbridge. Numerical simulations performed prior to construction indicated the possibility of structural dynamics problems, finally confirmed in the course of dynamic test loading. In the dynamic load course the bridge deck developed vibrations displaying accelerations...

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  • Absorbing Boundary Conditions Derived Based on Pauli Matrices Algebra

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    - IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters - Year 2024

    In this letter, we demonstrate that a set of absorbing boundary conditions (ABCs) for numerical simulations of waves, proposed originally by Engquist and Majda and later generalized by Trefethen and Halpern, can alternatively be derived with the use of Pauli matrices algebra. Hence a novel approach to the derivation of one-way wave equations in electromagnetics is proposed. That is, the classical wave equation can be factorized...

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