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  • Aspect-Oriented Management of Service Requests for Assurance of High Performance and Dependability

    A new approach to service requests management in case of insufficient hardware resources is proposed. It is based on wide aspects of requests analysis and it assures reliable and fast access to priority services. Requests are analyzed for, among others, time of occurrence, category of user who made the request, type of service, current system load and hardware utilization. Deterministic but dynamic rules help to manage system load...

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  • Multi-source-supplied parallel hybrid propulsion of the inland passenger ship STA.H. Research work on energy efficiency of a hybrid propulsion system operating in the electric motor drive mode

    In the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, design has recently been developed of a small inland ship with hybrid propulsion and supply system. The ship will be propelled by a specially designed so called parallel hybrid propulsion system. The work was aimed at carrying out the energy efficiency analysis of a hybrid propulsion system operating in the electric motor drive mode and at...

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  • Parametric design in architectural education

    Educators dealing with architectural education must anticipate the changes in the discipline and act to prepare students to face the challenges of the future. Therefore, it is necessary to provide them with state-of-the-art knowledge and relevant skills. To achieve that for new design techniques requires education. One new technique is parametric design, which has become one of the commonly used tools in architectural design practice....

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  • MOST Wiedzy jako narzędzie promocji otwartych zasobów nauki

    Rośnie znaczenie wiedzy zgromadzonej w różnego rodzaju systemach, w tym w kursach on-line. Połączenie systemów je przetwarzających z Internetem w znaczącym stopniu usprawniło rozprzestrzenianie informacji i zwiększyło jej dostępność. Coraz szersze uznanie zyskują ruchy Otwartego Dostępu (ang. Open Access). Politechnika Gdańska w ramach projektu Multidyscyplinarny Otwarty System Transferu Wiedzy – MOST Wiedzy buduje platformę o...

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  • KNOWING WHEN TO SAY NO / SAPERE QUANDO DIRE NO

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    Ever since we began illuminating the exterior of the slender skyscrapers built during the of 20s and 30s in XX century, urban lighting has been considered a way to beautify cities, and make them more visually prominent and safe. At that time, we knew so little about the impact of lighting on humans, flora and fauna, so it never occurred to lighting designers then, that their actions would have harmful consequences. In those days,...

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  • CoRBAC – kontekstowo zorientowany model bezpieczeństwa

    Zaproponowano uogólniony model kontroli dostępu do usługowych systemów internetowych uwzględniający różne kategorie kontekstu. Określono wpływ kontekstu na model jak i architekturę systemu bezpieczeństwa. Podano przykład implementacji modelu i architektury bezpieczeństwa dla zestawu usług dotyczących e-uczelni i wstępnie oszacowano zalety takiego rozwiązania.

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  • Investigation into MPI All-Reduce Performance in a Distributed Cluster with Consideration of Imbalanced Process Arrival Patterns

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    - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Year 2020

    The paper presents an evaluation of all-reduce collective MPI algorithms for an environment based on a geographically-distributed compute cluster. The testbed was split into two sites: CI TASK in Gdansk University of Technology and ICM in University of Warsaw, located about 300 km from each other, both connected by a fast optical fiber Ethernet-based 100 Gbps network (900 km part of the PIONIER backbone). Each site hosted a set...

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  • The spatial planning of industrial areas in an urbanized area for cargo, in the development of inland waterway transport

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    - E3S Web of Conferences - Year 2018

    Spatial planning, taking into account the configuration of the surface, i.e. its shape (relief) and the presence and mutual location of objects and points of characteristic water ports, is a derivative of several natural, economic, market, technical, social and political factors. It depends on the destination port, the planned structure of trade in cargo, the forecasted traffic of ships, passageways, the technology of reloading...

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  • Information and Communication Technologies for Economic Development

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    - Year 2017

    This chapter is intended to explain why and how information and communication technologies may affect the process of socio-economic development, especially with regard to economically backward economies. It sheds light on why technological changes constitute prerequisites enabling advancements along the socio-economic development pattern. It is also designed to exhibit the special relevance of information and communication technologies...

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  • Green and equitable analytical chemistry

    Green analytical chemistry introduces the ideas of reduction ofanalytical activities impact on the environment. However, to bemore sustainable, analytical chemistry should include socialaspects in greater manner. In this light‘equitable’analyticalprocedures, which are easily available in terms of price andapplicability by everyday user, are developed. These positivetrends are observed as many procedures, based on commonlyused for...

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  • Evaluation of Batch Production Processes Based on Seven Criterions

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    To answer growing demand on products adapted to clients’ individual needs, it is required to develop new ways of measurement and rating for batch production processes. The researchers developed method which allows synthetic and complex evaluation, as well as improvement of these processes. Case study with participating observation, non-participating observation, interviews, and the analysis of historical data was conducted in order...

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  • Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles

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    Advanced mobile vehicles and robots have long been one of the main issues in engineering. They have various applications in emergency, lifeguarding and entertainment as well as in various industrial, civil and military systems. Among them, you can distinguish robots that can move in an open environment or operate only in predetermined confined spaces. Open world robots are very demanding because they have...

  • Podejście nauczycieli akademickich do rozwoju narzędzi e-learningowych na wyższych uczelniach technicznych

    Platforma edukacyjna na uczelni wyższej stała się już standardem. Jest wyznacznikiem nowoczesno- ści danej uczelni. Wpływa na jej konkurencyjność. Mimo to, istnieje przekonanie że środowisko nauczycieli akademickich nie jest gotowe do akceptacji nowych środków nauczania. Postanowiono zbadać ten problem. Artykuł zawiera odpowiedź na pytanie jaki stosunek do metod e-nauczania panuje wśród nauczycieli akademickich, nie posiadających...

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  • Blogi jako platforma komunikowania na przykładzie blogów uczelnianych

    W artykule stawiam tezę o istotnej roli blogów jako niezwykle skutecznej platformie komunikacyjnej w dobie konwergencji mediów. Szczególnie ważną rolę to specyficzne narzędzie komunikacyjne może odegrać w działaniach public relations uczelni: jako narzędzie za pomocą którego można najpełniej realizować funkcje uczelni i te, które realizuje najwyższy poziom rozwoju PR - w komunikacji dwukierunkowej symetrycznej zgodnie z modelem...

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  • Koncepcja doskonalenia marketingu nowych technologii w Politechnice Gdańskiej

    W rozdziale podjęto problem doskonalenia wykorzystania dorobku współczesnego marketingu w przygotowaniu i oferowaniu nowych technologii, oparte na doświadczeniach Politechniki Gdańskiej (PG). Omówiono pojęcia, cechy, korzyści i uwarunkowania współczesnego marketingu, jak też istoty nowych technologii i sposobów transferu z jednostek naukowo-badawczych do gospodarki. Przedstawiono dotychczasowe doświadczenia transferu i komercjalizacji...

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  • Active Dynamic Thermography imaging of wound healing processes in cardio surgery

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    - Year 2014

    The surgery is a branch of medicine, that is integrally connected to wounds. Despite using sterile tools and compliance with aseptic rolls, some of the surgery wounds become infected. In clinical practice there is a lack of cheap, objective methods and tools for quantitative definition and estimation of the surgery wound healing progress. This paper presents preliminary results of Active Dynamic Thermography (ADT) parametric imaging...

  • Blended Learning in Teaching Safety of Electrical Installations

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    - Year 2014

    Blended learning becomes more commonly used in teaching information technology or other subjects, which involve practice in computer laboratories. In case of subjects with no access to computer rooms blended learning supports lecturing and teaching classes e.g. interactive lessons. The article presents the use of blended learning forms in Gdansk University of Technology in teaching the subject of Safety of Electrical Installations....

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  • Ground-based, Hyperbolic Radiolocation System with Spread Spectrum Signal - AEGIR

    The most popular radiolocation systems in the world (at present), is the American GPS (Global Positioning System). It is managed by the Department of Defense and there is always the possibility of the occasional inaccuracies or deliberate introduction of errors that prevent its use by the special services or armies of other countries than the U.S.A. This situation has spawned the need to develop an autonomous, ground-based radiolocation...

  • BADANIA KOMPOZYTOWEGO MOSTU DLA PIESZYCH

    The paper presents in situ load testing of the innovative footbridge of FOBRIDGE grant mounted at Gdansk University of Technology. The span of composite sandwich structure (GFRP skins, PET core) and the scope of static and dynamic tests are presented. The selected, representative results of in situ measurements and data obtained from the SHM monitoring system are discussed. Besides the standard testing procedures on the full scale...

  • Multidisciplinary Open System Transferring Knowledge for R2B Development

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    Despite many efforts, there is still a serious problem in transferring knowledge from research to business. The problem is especially visible in Poland – the cooperation of R2B is ineffective. We are trying to solve this problem using some IT support. The manuscript presents some solutions developed at the Gdańsk University of Technology. In particular, the platform called “MOST Knowledge” is deeply described. Its layer architecture,...

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  • PG przykładem dobrych praktyk w zakresie Strategii HR4R dla czeskiego uniwersytetu w Zlinie

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    - Pismo PG - Year 2019

    Przedstawiciele czeskiego uniwersytetu w Zlinie (Tomas Bata University, UTB) gościli na Politechnice Gdańskiej w dniach 24–25 września 2019 r. Celem wizyty było poznanie dobrych praktyk PG i wymiana doświadczeń w zakresie wdrażania zasad Europejskiej Karty Naukowca i Kodeksu Postępowania przy Rekrutacji Pracowników Naukowych. Instytut Centrum Systemów Polimerowych UTB uzyskał prawo posługiwania się wyróżnieniem HR na początku 2019...

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  • Uczelnia organizacją z domieszka turkusu - sznasa czy iluzja?

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    - e-mentor - Year 2021

    Po kilkuletnich dyskusjach nad przyszłym kształtem szkolnictwa wyższego w Polsce, zarówno na poziomie systemowym, jak i instytucjonalnym, w 2018 r. uchwalono ustawę Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym i nauce, zwaną dalej Ustawą (2018). Regulacja ta wraz z pakietem rozporządzeń poszerzyła autonomię uczelni w zakresie organizacyjno-zarządczym, jednocześnie potęgując znaczenie ich rozliczalności. Wzmocnienie władzy rektora spowodowało zmianę...

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  • Estimating the Impact of Globalization on International Competitiveneess : a Multidimensional Approach

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    This paper examines the effects of globalization on international competitiveness (IC). The aggregated and disaggregated indices of IC (World Economic Forum) and globalization (KOF) for 132 countries in 2008 are used for the estimation of regression functions. The results show that globalization positively influences IC at the highest aggregation levels of the indices used. Social and political globalization affect IC at intermediate...

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  • De la façon dont les réseaux sociaux se croisent dans la vie des migrants

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    - Year 2022

    Éste es un texto muy complicado de titular. A pesar de lo sugerente de la idea de escribir acerca de dos conceptos intensamente relacionados, como son el de migración y el de redes. Esta misma intensidad en su interrelación implica una multiplicidad de sentidos que complican el trabajo explicativo del científico social, por su cuantioso número de opciones, y el trabajo comprensivo del lector, por la posible confusión que esta situación...

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  • A Universal Theory of Wisdom . A Mind - oriented Approach

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    - DIALOGUE AND UNIVERSALISM - Year 2020

    The purpose of the paper is to synthesize the issues of human wisdom in terms of minds which create knowledge-based judgment. We form a transdisciplinary, big-picture view of the wisdom of humans. Findings: Wisdom is the right judgment and choice in the context of the art of living. Practical implications: Wisdom can be developed within the set of minds. Social implications: To pursue wisdom in thinking and action, one must extend...

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  • Modernity and postmodernity in architectural education

    The purpose of this article is to present a philosophical education strategy for architecture and interior architecture faculties. The approach is the result of trial and error in lectures and debates with students of philosophical courses in these fields. The presented article is not a result of empirical research, but rather a report on the problems encountered and proposals for their solution. The experience gained from conducting...

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  • EFFICIENCY OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - THE DEA NETWORK APPROACH

    Healthcare systems in Europe are constantly undergoing reforms which adapt them to social, economic and political requirements. The aim of this article is to examine the efficiency of healthcare systems in 30 European countries in 2014. The Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) model was used. The efficiency of the countries’ overall health systems and their two main components were examined: the public health system and the...

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  • Myths and facts about women aged 50+

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    This study attempts to confront the three stereotypes attributed to women aged 50+ in Poland: the one related to women being interested in retiring as early as possible, the other related to the lack of educational activity and reluctance to acquire new knowledge and skills, and the third related to the image of a grandmother focused on looking after her grandchildren. The author’s aim is to present rational arguments in favour...

  • Fake News: Possibility of Identification in Post-Truth Media Ecology System

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    The main aim of the article is identification of the attitudes towards the processes of identification and verification of fake news in the environment of digital media. The subject of the research refers to the users’ attitudes towards fake news. As indicated by the research, the attitudes towards fake news are not unambiguous. About 2/3 of the respondents claim that they are not able to distinguish fake news from true information;...

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  • Most Uniwersytecki w Bydgoszczy. Teoretyczne podstawy decyzji o wyłączeniu obiektu z ruchu

    W artykule przedstawiono ogólny opis konstrukcji podwieszonego mostu Uniwersyteckiego nad rzeką Brdą w Bydgoszczy. Opisano również prace eksperckie dotyczące oceny nośności konstrukcji. W wyniku badań i analiz obiekt został uznany za niebezpieczny dla użytkowników i wycofany z eksploatacji. W artykule przedstawiono zasadnicze przesłanki, które doprowadziły zarządcę do podjęcia głównych decyzji i postępowania naprawczego.

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  • The Changing Nature of In‐Between Spaces in the Transformation Process of Cities

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    In the in‐between spaces of cities, there are many problems of various nature and scale: functional, spatial, economic, environmental, visual, and social. There are also some hidden potentials that can be activated. The aim of the article is to explore the possibilities of solving existing problems and to show the possibilities of using the potentials of in‐between spaces with regard to the changing nature of a city. The article,...

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  • The atlas of inequality aversion: theory and empirical evidence on 55 countries from the Luxembourg Income Study database

    Research background: In the distributive analysis, the constant relative inequality aversion utility function is a standard tool for ethical judgements of income distributions. The sole parameter ε of this function expresses a society’s aversion to inequality. However, the profession has not committed to the range of ε. When assessing inequality and other welfare characteristics, analysts assume an arbitrary level of ε, common...

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  • Consequences of russia’s military invasion of Ukraine for Polish-Ukrainian trade relations

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    - Journal of International Studies - Year 2022

    An accurate forecast of interstate trade volume allows for short-term and long-term planning, particularly deciding on state budget revenues, foreign exchange earnings, border arrangement, other infrastructure, migration and social policies. Hostilities are destructive so the russian military aggression against Ukraine in 2022 needs to be assessed in terms of its effects on key economic aspects of Polish-Ukrainian relations, as...

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  • Strategic aspects in spatial planning - theory and practice in largest cities of Poland

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    - Year 2018

    The rate of changes and the growing uncertainty rise to the need for a strategic approach to development planning, which is active and flexible in relation to the changing reality. Strategic planning, occurring in companies, was adapted by the social-economic development planning of self-government units. However, there are difficulties in applying the strategic planning in the spatial planning and integration of the two forms...

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  • Concrete versus green corridors in road planning. Gdansk case

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    The aim of an article is to present the threats which may be caused by the construction of the transit road inside the city structure, and some mitigation measures aiming to eliminate or minimize environmental and landscape damages and social problems. Theoretical guidelines and conclusions will be followed by the example illustrating the problem. As an answer, some guidelines enabling sustainable road planning will be presented....

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  • Mini-Cave Automatic Virtual Environment Application in Security, Safety, and Defence Studies

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    - Year 2021

    The aim of the article is to analyse the use of mini-Cave Automatic Virtual Reality Environment (mini-CAVE) in academic studies on security, safety, and defence. The literature review based on Web of Science database and the case study of the War Studies University research activities indicated the mini-CAVE can be used in two areas as a research infrastructure and as a didactic tool. It can be concluded that due to the development...

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  • A shared curriculum for daylighting education to meet the educational needs of society

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    • N. Gentile,
    • F. Giuliani
    • M. Khanie, Sarey
    • N. Sokół
    • V. R. M. Lo Verso
    • F. Caffaro
    • M. K. Pedersen
    • F. Pompili
    • P. Mattsson

    - Year 2022

    This article describes the collaborative creation of the curriculum for a new eLearning programme on daylighting design of buildings targeting both traditional and lifelong learners. The programme consists of an online platform integrated with a summer school for practical applications. The process was conducted through several workshops with professionals, representatives of national bodies on building regulations, academics,...

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  • OSC - domain oriented ontology creation system

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    Ontologies are, as part of semantic web, a basic component to enrich content available in the Internet with a meaning understandable for computers. In this publication an architecture and functionality of a domain oriented web portal for collaborative creation and storage of ontologies is presented. The system is being created by Gdańsk University of Technology Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics faculty's Department...

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  • ANALYSIS OF THE LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY OF A HYDRODYNAMIC WATER-LUBRICATED BEARING IN A HYDROELECTRIC POwER PLANT

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    - TRIBOLOGIA - Year 2018

    The paper presents an analysis of the load-carrying capacity of a historic hydrodynamic water-lubricated radial bearing of an unconventional segment design installed in the Braniewo Hydroelectric Power Plant. The aim of the calculations was to determine whether the bearing operates in the conditions of hydrodynamic or mixed lubrication, as well as to establish the optimal geometry of the axial grooves allowing for the highest load-carrying...

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  • Protection of bridges against stray current corrosion

    A case study of Siennicki Bridge stray current corrosion hazard is presented. A corrosion risk was caused by incorrectly designed tram line traction which goes over the bridge. No dielectric insulation between running rails and bridge steel construction was used. A variety of protection methods against stray currents are described. Characteristics of the endangered bridge were described. Impressed current cathodic protection system...

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  • Improvement of time difference of arrival measurements resolution by using fractional delay filters in a direct sequence-code division multiple access radionavigation system

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    This study presents a method of improving time measurements resolution in a direct sequence-code division multiple access receiver by using a fine code tracking loop based on fractional delay filtering of a despreading sequence. It briefly describes the structure of a generic digital code tracking loop and the proposed modification which allows to measure time difference of arrival values with the subsample resolution, together...

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  • Monitoring of underdeck corrosion by using acoustic emission method

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    This paper presents first short characteristics of underdeck corrosion process as well as a problem of its monitoring. Next is described an acoustic emission (AE) method elaborated by Department of Ship Technology , Quality Systems and Material Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology in cooperation with partners of CORFAT project realized within 7th EU Frame Program . Further are presented short characteristics of the emission...

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  • Methods of Tire Rolling Resistance Measurements

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    Tire rolling resistance is one of the factors related to tire/road interaction that has important influence on road vehicles performance. Raising fuel price and increased concern related to the environmental changes result in growing interest in reduction of tire rolling resistance that influences fuel consumption, especially in free-flowing highway traffic with moderate speeds. There are several methods of tire rolling resistance measurements....

  • Zarządzanie zaufaniem w bezprzewodowych sieciach czujników - studium przypadku

    W artykule przedstawiono studium przypadku dotyczące zastosowania bezprzewodowej sieci czujników do wspomagania pacjenta z nadwagą w jego środowisku domowym. Przyjęto, że sieć wykorzystuje metodę rozproszonego zarządzania zaufaniem i pokazano, że metoda ta umożliwia wykrycie i izolację czujników realizujących działania sprzeczne z polityką sieci. Ilościowe oszacowanie czasu niezbędnego do wykrycia takich...

  • The Comparison of the Web GIS Applications Relevant for 4D Models Sharing

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    - Year 2019

    The paper presents results of the project: Cultural Heritage Through Time (CHT 2, http://cht2-project.eu) realized accomplished within the framework of the “Joint Programming Initiative in Cultural Heritage” JPI-CH (http://www.jpi-culturalheritage.eu) by an international consortium: Politecnico di Milano (IT), Newcastle University (UK), Salamanca University (ES), and Stanislaw Staszic Scientific Association SSSA (a non-profit...

  • Publicly available lecture webcasts - e-learning or promotion tool? case study

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    - Year 2011

    This paper aims to show how universities interact with Internet users by webcasting selected courses. Paper has exploratory case-study character, presenting example of Berkeley Webcast initiative of University of California, Berkeley, webcasting undergraduate courses and on-campus events. On the base of short introduction to webcasting usage as an e-learning and promotional tool, the analysis of 3 purposely chosen different courses...

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  • Improvement of the thrust bearing calculation considering the convectional heating within the space between the pads

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    - Year 2017

    A modern thrust bearing calculation tool should consider not only the oil film between pad and rotating collar but also the space between the pads. The oil flow in the space has a significant influence on the oil film inlet temperature, the convectional cooling of pad and collar and should be included in the bearing calculation methods. The authors use a tool developed at Clausthal University of Technology in cooperation with the...

  • Introducing concurrent engineering to space and satellite technology undergraduate course

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    - Year 2018

    In recent decade concurrent engineering has become a de facto leading methodology of work in space, aeronautics and sometimes even automotive industry. It has been used in designing ESA space missions for 20 years now, with rst Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) built in ESTEC in 1998. Still, it has not become a universal standard in engineering, and universities are specically reluctant to adopt it into their curricula. As a result,...

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  • Application of foam made of post-consumer pet materials for the construction of footbridges

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    The article presents the possibility of application in civil engineering of highly ecological PET foam, manufactured from 100% recycled plastic packaging. It may find uses in construction of numerous engineering structures, such as pedestrian and cycle footbridges. Properly processed waste from post-consumer PET packaging may constitute a quality structural core for use in multilayered composite materials, commonly referred to...

  • Pilotażowa instalacja sieci bezprzewodowej bezprzewodowej standardu WiMax na Politechnice Gdańskiej

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    Rozdział przedstawia analizę teoretyczną oraz opis pilotażowego wdrożenia standardu IEEE 802.11 (WiMAX) na Politechnice Gdańskiej. Przedstawiono unikalną funkcjonalność oferowaną przez technologię WiMAX według ustaleń standaryzacyjnych oraz realizowaną na dostępnych w tej chwili na rynku urządzeniach, a także możliwe scenariusze zastosowania tego rodzaju systemów