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  • Perspektywy rozowju elastycznych systemów produkcyjnych nowej generacji

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    - Year 2007

    Niniejszy artykuł pokazuje zmainy paradygmatu projektowania i eksploatacji elastycznych systemów produkcyjnych, na przykładzie róznych modeli systemów nowej generacji NGMS (next Genaeration Manufacturing System). Dokonano analizy prównawczej wybranych rozwiazań w przedmiotowym obszarze, formułując prognozy rozwojowe w oparciu o zaproponowane megatrendy rozwojowe: miniaturyzacji, sieciowości (networking), (microfactory) oraz wskazano...

  • Logistics aspects in the group of health care accreditation standards associated with patient nutrition

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    - Logistyka - Year 2014

    Medical services are currently one of the more popular branches of the service sector, both in Poland and worldwide. Along with direct impact on human health and life, they have influence on the necessity of constant search for forms of their improvement. Actions taken for improvement of health services quality are implemented with diversity, both as an obligatory action imposed in all medical services units, as well as, actions...

  • Application of Multivariate Analysis Methods in Welding Engineering

    Phenomena and processes taking place during welding are usually very complex and, for this reason, should be described using multivariate methods. The article discusses the methodological basis and selected application areas as regards the solving of welding problems using statistical multivariate methods. In addition, the article presents exemplary applications of the design of experiment, multiple regression analysis, cluster...

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  • State of the Art of Automated Buses

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    • J. Ainsalu
    • V. Arffman
    • M. Bellone
    • M. Ellner
    • T. Haapamäki
    • N. Haavisto
    • E. Josefson
    • A. Ismailogullari
    • E. Pilli-sihvola
    • O. Madland... and 13 others

    - Sustainability - Year 2018

    Urban transportation in the next few decades will shift worldwide towards electrification and automation, with the final aim of increasing energy efficiency and safety for passengers. Such a big change requires strong collaboration and efforts among public administration, research and stakeholders in developing, testing and promoting these technologies in the public transportation. Working in this direction, this work provides...

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  • Ontology-Driven Rule-Based Model for an Extension of Information Technology Infrastructure Library Processes

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    The aim of this study is to present the stages for building a development model to create information technology (IT) systems for IT service providers. In order to ensure the consistency of the model, a novel solution is proposed where the stages of the model's construction are controlled using ontologies dedicated to the ITIL standard. In this article, a description of models used to assess the provider organization, with particular...

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  • Centers of Excellence - initial conception

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    In literature, the most basic definition of centers of excellence is " CoE is a team of people that promote collaboration and use best practices around a specific focus area to drive business result". More broadly, center of excellence is defined as " a premier organization providing an exceptional product or service in an assigned sphere of expertise and within a specific field of technology, business, or government, consistent...

  • A MODEL FOR FORECASTING PM10 LEVELS WITH THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

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    - Year 2014

    This work presents a method of forecasting the level of PM10 with the use of artificial neural networks. Current level of particulate matter and meteorological data was taken into account in the construction of the model (checked the correlation of each variable and the future level of PM10), and unidirectional networks were used to implement it due to their ease of learning. Then, the configuration of the network (built on the...

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  • Security aspects in functional safety analysis

    A security level of distributed control and protection system may have a significant impact on the results of functional safety analysis. However, the issue of integrating the safety and security aspects is difficult and usually is neglected during the functional safety analysis. This article presents a method of functional safety analysis which takes into consideration a concept of integrating these two aspects. It is based on...

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  • Evaluation of Professional Demands and Financial Reward Through the Perception of Police Managers

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    - Internal Security - Year 2013

    The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between job demands and salary in the subjective perception of mid-level police managers. An occupational stress model in which effort spent on job demands are not balanced by the received reward, was adopted. The study comprised 51 police officers (4 women). The partial least squares method was used for the analysis, and the SmartPLS 2.0 program was applied. The income and...

  • Consumerism and the Quality of Life

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    High level of consumption, driven by marketing activities, the pleasure and joy of possession and the accumulation of material goods are often associated with prosperity, sense of happiness and fulfilment in life. On a broader scale, economic indicators related to production and consumption are used to define the well-being and quality of life in societies. Unfortunately, the phenomenon of consumerism entails negative social and...

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  • The data exchange between smart glasses and healthcare information systems using the HL7 FHIR standard

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    - Year 2016

    In this study we evaluated system architecture for the use of smart glasses as a viewer of information, as a source of medical data (vital sign measurements: temperature, pulse rate, and respiration rate), and as a filter of healthcare information. All activities were based on patient/device identification procedures using graphical markers or features based on visual appearance. The architecture and particular use cases were implemented...

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  • Does low price mean high competitiveness

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    We found a strong positive relationship between Comparative Price Level Index (CPL) and Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI). We do realize that the relation we have found does not have to indicate cause and effects relationship. Competitiveness is a process which goes far beyond price level but it is detemined by lots of different elemnts. We show the GCI composition that provides a concept explaining what exactly determines competitiveness...

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  • Life cycle theories of savings and consumption

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    Life cycle theories of savings and consumption are the economics theories explaining the changes in saving and consumption in the subsequent phases of the human life cycle. There are two main approaches: (1) indicating the dependence of the level of savings and consumption on the average level of income over a long period of human life (life cycle hypothesis; LCH) or (2) on psychological factors, in particular self-control and...

  • Hierarchical dissolved oxygen control for activated sludge processes

    A hierarchical controller for tracking the dissolved oxygen reference trajectory in activated sludge processes is proposed and investigated. The removal of nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater is considered. Typically, an aeration system itself is a complicated hybrid nonlinear dynamical system with faster dynamics compared to the internal dynamics of the dissolved oxygen in a biological reactor. It is a common approach to...

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  • Stress–strain model of lower corroded steel plates of normal strength for fitness-for-purpose analyses

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    This study investigates the mechanical properties of specimens made of normal strength steel subjected to lower marine immersed corrosion degradation levels (below 25 %). The specimens were corroded in laboratory conditions, and only natural factors were controlled to raise the corrosion rate (reaching the level of 1 mm/year). Three different thicknesses of plates made of normal strength of shipbuilding steel are investigated (between...

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  • Effective Decision-Making in Supply Chain Management

    Proper decision-making in Supply Chain Management (SCM) is crucial for an appropriately functioning mechanisms. The paper presents how IT technologies can impact on an organization and process realization. Especially Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) standard and the Cloud Computing (CC) paradigms are taken into account. A general model of decision-making is proposed and based on a specific practical example is analyzed using...

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  • Global Value Chains and Wages: International Evidence from Linked Worker-Industry Data

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    Using a rich dataset on over 110,000 workers from nine European countries and the USA we study the wage response to industry dependence on foreign value added. We estimate a Mincerian wage model augmented with an input-output interindustry linkages measure accounting for task heterogeneity across workers. Low and mediumeducated workers and those performing routine tasks experience (little) wage decline due to major dependency of...

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  • Application of Barkhausen effect in the impact assessment of welding to internal stress distribution in steel

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    - Year 2016

    The paper presents identification method of internal stresses in plane steel elements in the chase of deliverance and welding assembly. The assessment was made by means of a non-destructive experimental method based on measurements incorporating local external magnetic field and the measurement of induced voltage, including Barkhausen noise. This method allows a degradation assessment due to internal and external actions, causing...

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  • Application of Barkhausen effect in the impact assessment of welding to internal stress distribution in steel

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    - Year 2016

    The paper presents identification method of internal stresses in plane steel elements in the chase of deliverance and welding assembly. The assessment was made by means of a non-destructive experimental method based on measurements incorporating local external magnetic field and the measurement of induced voltage, including Barkhausen noise. This method allows a degradation assessment due to internal and external actions, causing...

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  • Architecture of ecumenical spaces in public buildings in the 21st century: Links among the architecture of multi-faith spaces, their names, and the functions they serve in Polish airports

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    This study explores the architecture and arrangement of prayer spaces in public buildings. It examines whether Polish airports have prayers spaces and whether a correlation exists between the name (e.g., “multi-faith space,” “place of prayer,” and “place of focus”) and design. The study is supported by analyses of ecumenical spaces, which have recently been brought into service andwhere a visible symbiosis exists between their...

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  • Resilience of 5G Mobile Communication Systems to Massive Disruptions

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    - Year 2020

    This chapter discusses vital techniques to enhance the resilience of 5G systems. It starts with dependability assessment of 5G networks. Next, it describes (a) the frequency fallback technique to improve availability and survivability of 5G services, (b) segment interleaving scheme to enhance communications resilience between base stations and the remaining part of the network and (c) multi-operator protection to address the resilience...

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  • Detection of Lexical Stress Errors in Non-Native (L2) English with Data Augmentation and Attention

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    - Year 2021

    This paper describes two novel complementary techniques that improve the detection of lexical stress errors in non-native (L2) English speech: attention-based feature extraction and data augmentation based on Neural Text-To-Speech (TTS). In a classical approach, audio features are usually extracted from fixed regions of speech such as the syllable nucleus. We propose an attention-based deep learning model that automatically de...

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  • JUST CULTURE MATURITY QUESTIONNAIRE VALIDATION IN A POLISH HOSPITAL

    Purpose: (To present the results of the statistical validation of just culture maturity questionnaire (JCMQ), used to recognize the maturity level of JC among nurses in the hospital in Poland. Methodology: (The case study and 5-stage research with the use of a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire with 28 statements, distributed among nurses. The results were statistically processed with Statistica 13.1 software. Findings: We confirmed...

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  • Low Cost Hexacopter Autonomous Platform for Testing and Developing Photogrammetry Technologies and Intelligent Navigation Systems

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    - Year 2017

    Low-cost solutions for autonomous aerial platforms are being intensively developed and used within geodetic community. Unmanned aerial vehicles are becoming very popular and widely used for photogrammetry and remote sensing applications. Today’s market offers an affordable price components for unmanned solution with significant quality and accuracy growth. Every year market offers a new solutions for autonomous platforms with better...

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  • Laboratory Load Model Based on 150 kVA Power Frequency Converter and Simulink Real-Time – Concept, mplementation, Experiments

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    - Acta Energetica - Year 2015

    First section of the paper provides technical specification of laboratory load model basing on 150 kVA power frequency converter and Simulink Real-Time platform. Assumptions, as well as control algorithm structure is presented. Theoretical considerations based on criteria which load types may be simulated using discussed laboratory setup, are described. As described model contains transformer with thyristor-controlled tap changer,...

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  • The concept of stream and system reliability on the example of the bakery industry

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    - Aparatura Badawcza i Dydaktyczna - Year 2019

    This article presents a new concept of technological system reliability based on the analysis of the relationship of associations of elements of energy streams, matter, information, time and finance. The method of stream specification and the method of determining the reliability values of significant and supporting relationships are given. Relevant relationships between elements of system streams were defined as having one-time...

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  • Knowledge‐Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and Their Role in the Knowledge‐Based Economy

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    - Year 2013

    The importance of the knowledge‐intensive business services sector for the development of the economy is growing. In the 80s and 90s this sector became the fastest growing sector in the OECD countries (OECD, 2001). Many publications stress its close relationship to the levels of innovation and performance of the whole economy (e.g. Hipp, 1999; Tomlinson, 1999; Aslesen and Isaksen, 2007). It is an increasingly common belief that...

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  • The effects of relational and psychological capital on work engagement: the mediation of learning goal orientation

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    - JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT - Year 2022

    Purpose – This paper proposes a research model in which learning goal orientation (LGO) mediates the impacts of relational capital and psychological capital (PsyCap) on work engagement. Design/methodology/approach – Data obtained from 475 managers and employees in the manufacturing and service industries in Poland were utilized to assess the linkages given above. Common method variance was controlled by the unmeasured latent method...

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  • Impact of maintenance of floodplains of the Vistula River on high water levels on the section from Włocławek to Toruń

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    This article describes the methodology of hydraulic calculations to estimate the water levels in open channels for steady gradually varied flow. The presented method has been used to analyse the water level on the Vistula River from Włocławek cross-section to Toruń cross-section. The HEC-RAS modelling system has been used for parameterization of the river channel and floodplains, as well as for flow simulation. The results obtained...

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  • Asymmetric Renyi Problem and > PATRICIA Tries

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    - Year 2016

    In 1960 R´enyi asked for the number of random queries necessary to recover a hidden bijective labeling of n distinct objects. In each query one selects a random subset of labels and asks, what is the set of objects that have theselabels? Weconsider here anasymmetric version of the problem in which in every query an object is chosenwith probability p > 1/2 and we ignore “inconclusive” queries. We study the number of queries needed...

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  • Investigating an Optimal Computational Strategy to Retrofit Buildings with Implementing Viscous Dampers

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    - Year 2022

    Civil engineering structures may seriously suffer from different damage states re-‎sult of earthquakes. Nowadays, retrofitting the existing buildings is a serious ‎need among designers. Two important factors of required performance level and ‎cost of retrofitting play a crucial role in the retrofitting approach. In this study, a ‎new optimal computational strategy to retrofit structures by implementing linear ‎Viscous Dampers (VDs)...

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  • Key logistics processes in project management based on organisation of an international training session-case study

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    Improvement of processes, including the logistics processes forms one of the essential aspects of modern business entities functioning. Search for the solutions allowing for quicker and less costly method of realisation of particular activities in highly significant, especially in the conditions of a dynamically changing environment in which the organisations have to function. It is a natural field occuring principally both in...

  • Orientation effects on the fracture behaviour of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L subjected to high cyclic fatigue

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    - THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS - Year 2024

    In this paper, stainless steel 316L (SS316L) bars were additively manufactured (AM) in three orientations (Z – vertical, XY – horizontal, ZX45 – midway between vertical and horizontal) by using the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Melting (LPBF-M) method. The AM specimens were subjected to load control fatigue testing under full tension and compression (R = -1) at stress amplitudes ±350, ±400 and ±450 MPa. The XY and ZX45 printing orientations...

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  • REINFORCED CONCRETE SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION OF THE STADIUM COVER FOR EURO 2012 IN GDAŃSK

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    - Year 2014

    In the article structural issues that connected with the reinforced concrete supporting construction of the stadium roofing for EURO 2012 in Gdańsk were described. In the first part of the article the concept of stadium foundation were described. In the second the static - strength analysis for two variants fastening together individual foundation elements were made. The two assumed geometrically different concept of foundation...

  • High quality academic teacher of 21st century - Polish students' perspective

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    - Year 2014

    The aim of the study is to determine the characteristics of the academic teacher quality level from the perspective of Polish universities students’ in 21st century.

  • Optoelectronic device for hematocrit measurements

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    An optoelectronic system for measurements of hematocrit level (HCT) in the whole human blood is presented. Proposed system integrates a dedicated optoelectronic sensor, a microcontroller and a small LCD display in a low cost, battery-powered, handheld device. Chosen method for determining blood hematocrit level is based on optical properties of whole blood in visible and NIR wavelength range. Measurements with the use of proposed...

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  • Effect of underwater wet welding conditions on the diffusible hydrogen content in deposited metal

    In the study mercury displacement method was used for determination of diffusible hydrogen amount in deposited metal obtained during underwater wet welding with covered electrodes in laboratory conditions according to a two-level full factorial design for three factors. The factors and their levels were chosen among conditions and parameters of welding in accordance with the results of own preliminary studies. A statistical analysis...

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  • Global value chains and inward FDI: An empirical investigation of European firms

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    - WORLD ECONOMY - Year 2024

    This paper empirically investigates whether and how the level of GVC integration of a given market may explain the presence of foreign-owned firms. Using firm-level data from 28 European Union countries during the period 2008–2014, we provide evidence that a greater country-sector-level GVC participation, via both backward and forward linkages, exerts a positive effect on a firm's likelihood to receive FDI. These findings appear...

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  • Systems engineering approach to functional safety and cyber security of industrial critical installations

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    - Year 2020

    This chapter addresses the systems engineering approach to integrated functional safety and cybersecurity analysis and management regarding selected references, standards and requirements concerning critical installations and their industrial automation and control system (IACS). The objective is to mitigate the vulnerability of industrial installations that include the information technology (IT) and the operational technology...

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  • CFFT columns in road through railroad crossings

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    There were 12801 road through railroad one-level crossings in Poland in 2018. 215 accidents happened at them in 2018. In order to increase safety in rail and road traffic two-level crossings should be used. They are definitely safer and make the traffic more smooth. In the design and construction of two-level intersections of railway and road or path columns of circular cross-section are often used. They can be successfully replaced...

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  • Systems engineering approach to functional safety and cyber security of industrial critical installations

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    - Year 2020

    This chapter addresses the systems engineering approach to integrated functional safety and cybersecurity analysis and management regarding selected references, standards and requirements concerning critical installations and their industrial automation and control system (IACS). The objective is to mitigate the vulnerability of industrial installations that include the information technology (IT) and the operational technology...

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  • Space vector modulation in multilevel inverters of the servo drives of the trajectory measurements telescopes

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    - Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy. Priborostroenie - Year 2017

    Using the MatLab/Simulink mathematical model of a three-phase three-level voltage inverter, the influence of the space-vector modulation (SVM) algorithm on the pulsations of the current (torque) of an AC motor in the range of low rotation speeds is considered. It is shown that the SVM of the second kind does not provide a pulsations level comparable to the pulsations of a sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM), both in the static...

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  • On Applications of Fractional Derivatives in Circuit Theory

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    - Year 2020

    In this paper, concepts of fractional-order (FO) derivatives are discussed from the point of view of applications in the circuit theory. The properties of FO derivatives required for the circuit-level modelling are formulated. Potential problems related to the generalization of transmission line equations with the use of FO derivatives are presented. It is demonstrated that some of formulations of the FO derivatives have limited...

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  • Comparison of Polish and Danish Approach to Promotion of Cycling

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    - Year 2017

    The article describes two different approaches to promotion of cycling from Denmark and Poland. In the former the promotion locally from 2009 to 2015 has been supported financially by the national government and where initiatives partly have been financed by the national level. In Poland, the promotion has been implemented often as a result of bottom up initiatives and financed solely on local level often with the support of EU...

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  • Multi-core processing system for real-time image processing in embedded computer vision applications

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    W artykule opisano architekturę wielordzeniowego programowalnego systemu do przetwarzania obrazów w czasie rzeczywistym. Dane obrazu są przetwarzane równocześnie przez wszystkie procesory. System umożliwia niskopoziomowe przetwarzanie obrazów,np. odejmowanie tła, wykrywanie obiektów ruchomych, transformacje geometryczne, indeksowanie wykrytych obiektów, ocena ich kształtu oraz podstawowa analiza trajektorii ruchu. Ang:This paper...

  • Building Information Modelling as an opportunity and risk for stakeholders involved in construction investment process

    The requirements to apply Building Information Modelling (BIM) in public investments worldwide are currently very high. Significant interest (sometimes formulated also as a requirement) in BIM technology can be observed also among private investors. Design technology that applies BIM is supported by many private investors due to its numerous advantages. A growing group of construction designers (steel, concrete and reinforced concrete...

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  • Sub-national structures matter when evaluating physical activity promotion: Lessons from Germany

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    • S. Forberger
    • P. Gelius
    • S. Messing
    • K. Volf
    • L. Kelly
    • S. J. E. Taylor
    • J. Żukowska
    • J. Lakerveld
    • C. Woods

    - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - Year 2020

    Background Public policies are increasingly acknowledged as important part of promoting physical activity (PA). However, especially in states with sub-national administrative structures such as Germany, national and sub-national approaches differ considerably. In Germany, sport for all (SfA) promotion is mostly organized at sub-national level, which is usually not covered in national evaluations. Knowledge of these structures helps...

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  • Transmission Quality Measurements in DAB+ Broadcast System

    In the age of digital media, delivering broadcast content to customers at an acceptable level of quality is one of the most challenging tasks. The most important factor is the efficient use of available resources, including bandwidth. An appropriate way of managing the digital multiplex is essential for both the economic and technical issues. In this paper we describe transmission quality measurements in the DAB+ broadcast system....

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  • Rola nowego tramwaju wodnego w Gdańsku

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    - Logistyka - Year 2014

    Streszczenie Tramwaj wodny – środek miejskiej komunikacji zbiorowej czy jednostka przewozów turystyczny? Identyfikacja, zestawienie i analiza czynników transportu nowopowstałej usługi przewozowej z komunikacją miejską i przewozem turystycznym tj. :cennik biletów, sposobu dystrybucji biletów, czasu przejazdu dostępności, przebieg trasy i częstotliwości kursowania. Wskazanie funkcji przewozowej tramwaju wodnego w Gdańsku.

  • The paradigm change of flexible production systems desing

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    - Year 2007

    Niniejszy artykuł pokazuje zmiany paradygmatu projektowania i eksploatacji elastycznych systemów produkcyjnych, na przykładzie różnych modeli systemów nowej generacji NGMS (Next Generation Manufacturing System). Dokonano analizy porównawczej wybranych rozwiązań w przedmiotowym obszarze, formułując prognozy rozwojowe w oparciu o zaproponowane megatrendy rozwojowe: miniaturyzacji, sieciowości (networking), mobilności, i wirtualizacji....