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  • Teoretyczne i eksperymentalne badania oraz modelowanie wewnętrznego odzysku ciepła w urządzeniach klimatyzacyjnych

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    - Year 2008

    W ramach prowadzonych wstępnych prac dotyczących badań wewnętrznego odzysku ciepła dokonano analizy psychrometrycznej porównawczej dla trzech rozwiązań konstrukcyjnych jednoprzewodowej centrali klimatyzacyjnej. Badaniom teoretycznym poddano, przy współudziale VBW Engineering Spółka z o.o., centrale klimatyzacyjno-wentylacyjne jednoprzewodowego systemu otwartego. Analizowano trzy warianty: klasyczna centrala - bez odzysku ciepła,...

  • Parallel implementation of the DGF-FDTD method on GPU Using the CUDA technology

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    The discrete Green's function (DGF) formulation of the finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD) is accelerated on a graphics processing unit (GPU) by means of the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) technology. In the developed implementation of the DGF-FDTD method, a new analytic expression for dyadic DGF derived based on scalar DGF is employed in computations. The DGF-FDTD method on GPU returns solutions that are compatible...

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  • Acceleration of the DGF-FDTD method on GPU using the CUDA technology

    We present a parallel implementation of the discrete Green's function formulation of the finite-difference time-domain (DGF-FDTD) method on a graphics processing unit (GPU). The compute unified device architecture (CUDA) parallel computing platform is applied in the developed implementation. For the sake of example, arrays of Yagi-Uda antennas were simulated with the use of DGF-FDTD on GPU. The efficiency of parallel computations...

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  • Quantum origins of objectivity

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    - PHYSICAL REVIEW A - Year 2015

    In spite of all of its successes, quantum mechanics leaves us with a central problem: How does nature create a bridge from fragile quanta to the objective world of everyday experience? Here we find that a basic structure within quantum mechanics that leads to the perceived objectivity is a so-called spectrum broadcast structure. We uncover this based on minimal assumptions, without referring to any dynamical details or a concrete...

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  • The Use of Photographs in the Teaching/Learning of Descriptive Geometry

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    The article presents the concept of enriching the Descriptive Geometry course with photographs and several simplified real-life engineering tasks. The photographic images used for the exercises are tightly linked to engineering structures, the given specialization and the surrounding world. The photo image as a record of central projection of a real space can be useful for presentation and analysis of the properties of perspective....

  • Modern technologies in energy demand reducing of public transport — Practical applications

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    - Year 2017

    City of Gdynia (Poland) exploits one of the most modern trolleybus network in Europe, which has been involved in many projects related to the reduction of energy consumption. Some of them are connected with the improving of energy breaking recovery usage. An experimental stationary storage system at Północna substation, which was tested in 2012-2014, is a bright example of a system which is connected with the improving of the...

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  • Creating a more conscious built environment for day- and night-time setting through interdisciplinary collaboration

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    - Year 2017

    The last decades have seen an increase in the speed, scale and scope of urbanisation, fundamentally shifting the character of the built environment and engendering a radical search for new and resilient design practices. Although we, as society, live in the age of technology, inventions and almost unlimited access to information, we rarely use these opportunities to our advantage to improve the quality of life. It seems that multidisciplinary...

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  • Locally Adaptive Cooperative Kalman Smoothing and Its Application to Identification of Nonstationary Stochastic Systems

    One of the central problems of the stochastic approximation theory is the proper adjustment of the smoothing algorithm to the unknown, and possibly time-varying, rate and mode of variation of the estimated signals/parameters. In this paper we propose a novel locally adaptive parallel estimation scheme which can be used to solve the problem of fixed-interval Kalman smoothing in the presence of model uncertainty. The proposed solution...

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  • Implementation of International Standards of Fiscal and Monetary Transparency - Case of Poland

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    - Year 2021

    Research background: Financial managers, investors, lenders, counterparties and citizens should have useful, reliable, timely, complete, comparable, readable information on fiscal and monetary policy. The actions taken and instruments used by fiscal and monetary authorities have an important impact on economic conditions. Purpose of the article: The aim of the article is to assess Poland's compliance with international standards...

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  • Novel Nonlinear High Order Technologies for Damage Diagnosis of Complex Assets

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    - Electronics - Year 2022

    For the first time worldwide, innovative techniques, generic non-linear higher-order unnormalized cross-correlations of spectral moduli, for the diagnosis of complex assets, are proposed. The normalization of the proposed techniques is based on the absolute central moments, that have been proposed and widely investigated in mathematical works. The existing higher-order, crosscovariances of complex spectral components are not sufficiently...

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  • Application of thin diamond films in low-coherence fiber-optic Fabry Pérot displacement sensor

    The novel fiber-optic low coherence sensor with thin diamond films is demonstrated. The undoped and boron-doped diamond films were elaborated by the use of the microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (μPE CVD) system. The optical signal from the Fabry–Pérot cavity made with the application of those thin films is sensitive to displacement. The sensor characterization was made in the range of 0–600 μm. The measurements...

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  • Analytical studies of spectrum broadcast structures in quantum Brownian motion

    Spectrum broadcast structures are a new and fresh concept in the quantum-to-classical transition, introduced recently in the context of decoherence and the appearance of objective features in quantum mechanics. These are specific quantum state structures, responsible for the objectivization of the decohered state of a system. Recently, they have been demonstrated by means of the well-known quantum Brownian motion model of the recoilless...

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  • Euro 2012 economic impact on host cities in Poland

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    - Year 2013

    The UEFA European Championship (Euro) is among the world's most important sporting events staged nowadays. Apart from tremendous excitement among football fans, such a major event has a number of other implications, above all of economic nature. This study, as one of the few concerned with the Polish circumstances, is intended to determine what significance should be attributed to stage the Euro 2012 in Polish host cities. aware...

  • Conditions and capacity for implementing Poland’s vision zero

    Since 1991 Poland has been systematically reducing its traffic hazard. Despite considerable progress Poland is still among the most dangerous countries in the European Union. The key types of actions that help to reduce fatalities include enhancement of pedestrian safety, reducing the number of speeding drivers and eliminating or reducing hazard on the road. The paper presents a brief diagnosis of the state of road safety in Poland...

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  • The influence of position of the post or its absence on the performance of the cable barrier system

    Road safety barriers are used to increase safety in potentially dangerous places on the roads. They are designed and installed on the roads to prevent any vehicle from getting outside the travelled way or from entering the opposite lane of the road. Barriers, which are used on European roads, have to undergo full scale crash tests according to the EN 1317 standards. Nowadays as a supplement to real crash tests, numerical simulations...

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  • Innovative rehabilitation lifts – mechanics in medical devices

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    - Mechanik - Year 2020

    Mechanical devices are now widely used in physiotherapy and other rehabilitation processes. Particular importance is attached to devices enabling easy and effective transport of disabled people. The article presents innovative designs of rehabilitation lifts offered by the Polish manufacturer of lifts and medical accessories, LeviCare company. Moreover, the main assumptions of the research and development project implemented by...

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  • Ocena stanu technicznego konstrukcji zgarniaczy będących na wyposażeniu osadników wstępnych Grupowej Oczyszczalni Ścieków „DĘBOGÓRZE

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    - Year 2021

    Osadniki wstępne typu DORRA – 4 szt., o pojemności 1830 m3, wyposażone są w elementy mechaniczne do kierunkowego przemieszczania się osadu w kierunku leja centralnego. Celem pracy jest ocena stany technicznego części mechanicznej, a w szczególności: - konstrukcji zespołu zgarniania części pływających oraz osadu. - zespołu napędu i sterowania, - zespołu napędu i jazdy. Pierwsze dwa zespoły będą oceniane również z punktu widzenia...

  • Mural - kiedy wandalizm staje się sztuką

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    - Year 2016

    Całość mojego referatu rozpoczęłam od przytoczenia opinii na temat tego czym tak naprawdę jest mural. Następnie skupiłam się na pochodzeniu współczesnego muralu. Odpowiedziałam na pytanie skąd, w jaki sposób i dlaczego pojawiły się rysunki ścienne. Przechodząc od malarstwa jaskiniowego sprzed 32 tysięcy lat, przez malarstwo starożytnego Egiptu, hasła wypisywane na murach starożytnego Rzymu, mural propagandowy Meksyku z lat 20....

  • 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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  • City scan as a tool to assess resilience challenges and vulnerabilities at the community level

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    - Year 2021

    The majority of the world’s population lives in cities and cities are the key to achieving resilience. Local governments own only part of the land and can only partially decide about measures that should be taken ‘on the ground’. Local governments are therefore highly dependent on individuals, communities, and businesses to adapt and transform and take action in their own backyards or neighbourhoods. Since, for many people, climate...

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  • CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN POLAND. CAN ART BECOME AN EFFECTIVE TOOL OF URBAN REGENERATION?!

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    - Year 2018

    The main aim of the paper is to examine the role of creative placemaking in shaping the urban environment in Polish cities. It also focuses on challenges and obstacles that creative placemaking projects encounter in Polish realities. Creative placemaking is a “micro-development” strategy (Johnson 2009) that focuses on cultural participation, com¬munity engagement and highlights the social role of arts and culture. Artistic interventions...

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  • Non-Satellite Broadband Maritime Communications for e-Navigation Services

    The development of broadband network access technologies available to users on land has triggered a rapid expansion of a diverse range of services provided by terrestrial networks. However, due to limitations of digital communication technologies in the off-shore area, the maritime ICT systems evolution so far has not followed that trend. Despite the e-navigation initiative defining the set of Maritime Services, the progress in...

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  • Capacity Transforming challenges into opportunities

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    - Year 2022

    The Urban Initiative Laboratory (UIL) aims to upgrade the smart city concept in Gdańsk by introducing the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) nexus to the city. It was agreed in the CRUNCH international consortium that projects on different scales would be implemented in the individual countries to test the Integrated Decision Supportive system platform, which would, in principle, concern urban scale. The regular urban scale was to be researched...

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  • Shaping the new planning curricula in the post-socialistic context lessons from Poland and Russia

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    Planning education is the issue widely discussed during various conferences and seminars, especially ones grouping the representatives of universities offering professional education in this field. But to large extend this discourse is dominated by the realities and specifics of the highly- developed countries, which is also reflected in the structure of the organizations of universities offering these. At the same time planning...

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  • Nadzór inwestorski - rodzaje i wpływ na jakość procesu wykonawczego

    Sprawowanie nadzoru inwestorskiego nad inwestycją jest jednym z aspektów przeprowadzania procesu inwestycyjnego na określonych przez ustawodawcę rodzajach obiektów. Jakość sprawowania nadzoru w dużej mierze definiuje poziom wykonawstwa i architektury, czyli uzyskanie zamierzonych i zakładanych w projekcie i specyfikacjach wartości użytkowych i parametrów technicznych dotyczących realizowanego obiektu, dlatego tak ważne jest, aby...

  • Heteroleptic tri-tert-butoxysilanethiolate complexes of manganese(II) - thermal studies

    The thermal behavior of Mn(II) silanethiolate series [Mn(SR)2L(MeOH)n], where R=SSi(OBut)3, L=heterocyclic nitrogen base and n=0, 1 or 2 has been comparatively investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry (TG) and TG-infrared spectoscopy (IR) techniques. The TG curves indicate the differences in the thermal decomposition due to presence of distinct N-donor ligands and labile MeOH molecules coordinated...

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  • Features of a radial user interface to search engines

    The paper is concerned with a new type of user interface to search engines. Instead of presenting search results in a form of a ranked list, the results are presented in radial arrangement. In the center of the interface the most relevant web page is presented. Other web pages are located around the central one. The location of a web page depends on two factors: its relevance to the query and its content. The relevance has influence...

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  • The efficiency of pollutants removal and concepts on improvement for single-family TWs

    In the rural areas building of sewerage systems and central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often brings too high costs, due to high distances from one farm to another and terrain configuration. Individual treatment systems for each farm are a good solution. Theteratment wetlands for nine individual farms were constructed in Kaszubian Lake District in summer and autumn 2009. Three configurations of hydrophyte beds were chosen....

  • Influence of Aggregating Window Size on Disparity Maps Obtained from Equal Baseline Multiple Camera Set (EBMCS)

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    - Year 2016

    This paper is concerned with obtaining disparity maps on the basis of images from Equal Baseline Multiple Camera Set (EBMCS). EBMCS consists of a central camera and side cameras. Algorithms for obtaining disparity maps with the use of EBMCS take advantage of aggregating windows similarly to stereo matching algorithms for a stereo camera, a camera matrix or a camera array. The paper analyzes the influence of aggregating window size...

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  • Comparison of elastic and viscoelastic analysis of asphalt pavement at high temperature

    There are many various rheological models which are used for modeling of asphalt layers in flexible pavement structures. It can be expected that the use of various models may affect different results of mechanical pavement calculations and analysis. The paper presents comparison of the use of Burgers’ and Huet-Sayegh’s viscoelastic models and Hooke’s elastic model to calculate pavement deflections and strains at the bottom of asphalt...

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  • Low-coherence sensors with nanolayers for biomedical sensing

    In this paper, we describe the fiber optic low-coherence sensors using thin film. We investigated their metrological parameters. Presented sensors were made with the use of standard telecommunication single mode optical fiber (SMF28). Different materials were applied to obtain thick layers, such as boron doped diamond, silver and gold. The thickness of layers used in the experiments ranged from 100 nm to 300 nm. Measurements were...

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  • Extended non-linear relations of elastic shells undergoing phase transitions

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    The non-linear theory of elastic shells undergoing phase transitions was proposed by two first authors in J. Elast. 79, 67-86 (2004). In the present paper the theory is extended by taking into account also the elastic strain energy density of the curvilinear phase interface as well as the resultant forces and couples acting along the interface surface curve itself. All shell relations are found from the variational principle of...

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  • Hydrological Dry Periods versus Atmospheric Circulations in the Lower Vistula Basin (Poland) in 1954–2018

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    - Quaestiones Geographicae - Year 2022

    The paper discusses the impact of atmospheric circulation on the occurrence of droughts. The research in-cludes mean monthly discharges for 7 rivers in 1954-2018. Dry periods were determined with Standardised Streamflow Indices (SSI-12). Additionally, the circulation type calendar for Central Poland was used to determine the atmospheric circulation indices: western zonal (W), southern meridional (S) and cyclonicity (C). The analyses...

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  • Methodology for assessing the lighting of pedestrian crossings based on light intensity parameters

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    - MATEC Web of Conferences - Year 2017

    One of the possible preventive measures that could improve safety at crossings is to assess the state of illumination of the lighting installation located in the transition area for pedestrians. The City of Warsaw has undertaken to comprehensively assess the pedestrian crossings to determine the level of road safety and the condition of lighting. The lighting conditions related to pedestrian crossings without traffic lights in...

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  • ZnO ALD-Coated Microsphere-Based Sensors for Temperature Measurements

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    - SENSORS - Year 2020

    In this paper, the application of a microsphere-based fiber-optic sensor with a 200 nm zinc oxide (ZnO) coating, deposited by the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) method, for temperature measurements between 100 and 300°C, is presented. The main advantage of integrating a fiber-optic microsphere with a sensing device is the possibility of monitoring the integrity of the sensor head in real-time, which allows for higher accuracy during...

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  • Shadow Economy in Poland Recent Evidence Based on Survey Data

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    - Year 2021

    The book provides an estimate of the size of the shadow economy in Poland. Using analogous data, it traces core determinants of the existence of the shadow economy in Poland. It compares results with neighbouring countries, and if possible, the remaining Central-Eastern economies. The book tells why the problem of the unreported economic activity matters; it presents the problem from different angles―economic, social and institutional....

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  • Buckling Analysis of a Micro Composite Plate with Nano Coating Based on the Modified Couple Stress Theory

    The present study investigates the buckling of a thick sandwich plate under the biaxial non-uniform compression using the modified couple stress theory with various boundary conditions. For this purpose, the top and bottom faces are orthotropic graphene sheets and for the central core the isotropic soft materials are investigated. The simplified first order shear deformation theory (S-FSDT) is employed and the governing differential...

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  • FPGA Acceleration of Matrix-Assembly Phase of RWG-Based MoM

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    In this letter, the field-programmable-gate-array accelerated implementation of matrix-assembly phase of the method of moments (MoM) is presented. The solution is based on a discretization of the frequency-domain mixed potential integral equation using the Rao-Wilton-Glisson basis functions and their extension to wire-to-surface junctions. To take advantage of the given hardware resources (i.e., Xilinx Alveo U200 accelerator card),...

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  • Innovative method for utilization of wastewater for security and safety in rural areas

    In the rural areas building of sewerage systems and central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often brings too high costs, due to high distances from one farm to another and terrain configuration. Individual treatment systems for each farm are a good solution. The teratment wetlands for nine individual farms were constructed in Kaszubian Lake District in summer and autumn 2009. Three configurations of reed beds were chosen. In...

  • Implementation of FDTD-Compatible Green's Function on Graphics Processing Unit

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    In this letter, implementation of the finite-difference time domain (FDTD)-compatible Green's function on a graphics processing unit (GPU) is presented. Recently, closed-form expression for this discrete Green's function (DGF) was derived, which facilitates its applications in the FDTD simulations of radiation and scattering problems. Unfortunately, implementation of the new DGF formula in software requires a multiple precision...

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  • Fiber optic displacement sensor with signal analysis in spectral domain

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    In this paper, a study of a low-coherence fiber optic displacement sensor is presented. The sensor consisted of a broadband source whose central wavelength was either at 1310 nm or 1550 nm, a sensing Fabry-Pérot interferometer operating in reflective mode and an optical spectrum analyzer acting as the detection setup. All these components were connected by a single-mode fiber coupler. Metrological parameters of the sensor were...

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  • Ship Resistance Prediction with Artificial Neural Networks

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    - Year 2015

    The paper is dedicated to a new method of ship’s resistance prediction using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). In the initial stage selected ships parameters are prepared to be used as a training and validation sets. Next step is to verify several network structures and to determine parameters with the highest influence on the result resistance. Finally, other parameters expected to impact the resistance are proposed. The research utilizes...

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  • Hierarchical random models in road transport safety

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    - Year 2015

    In this paper multilevel approach to the issue of road safety level on the road network of European regions, classified as NUTS 2 in statistical databases of the EU, has been presented. The risk calculated as the number of death casualties in road accidents per 100,000 inhabitants of a given region has Poisson distribution. Therefore, generalized Poisson model has been assumed in the modelling process. Multilevel stochastic analysis...

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  • Innovative design of hybrid powered inland vessel

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    - Year 2013

    One of the most demanding task for European countries is rational transportation system taking into account fuel efficient and ecological propulsion. The paper presents innovative design of hybrid powered inland vessel. The most important aspects regarding new design and technical solutions are being presented, including numerical and experimental research on hull form. Combined diesel-electric propulsion supported by solar panel...

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  • METHODOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SMART SPECIALISATION IN POMERANIAN VOIVODESHIP IN POLAND

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    The subject of the presented research was projects co financed with European Union funds realised in years 2007–2013 in small towns of Pomeranian Voivodship. Projects which were included belong to 3 programmes: Innovative Economy Programme, Infrastructure and Environment Programme and Regional Operational Programme. The aim of the researches was study of the structure of projects according to its kind and town division. The other...

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  • Gaseous products from scrap tires pyrolisis

    In European Union 75% of used tires should be recycled. The most common method of used tires disposal, is burning in cement kilns, which does not solve the problem. Pyrolysis process can be an alternative way of utilization of tires. The aim of the researches was to check the influence of pyrolysis products (gas and oil fractions) on environment. Samples from pyrolysis process, like light oil fractions or pyrolysis gases were analyzed...

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  • The Implementation of the Taxonomic Spatial Measure of Development in the Analysis of Convergence in the Standard of Living

    The main goal of this paper is to analyse the existence of the social convergence in the European Union between 19952012. The social convergence refers to a reduction in the dispersion of the standard of living across countries. A taxonomic spatial measure of development was used as the standard of living approximation. The use of the new approach proposed by E. Antczak allowed for an explanation of the disparities in the analysed...

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  • System of specific grants for local government units in Poland

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    - Year 2009

    The article analyses the system of specific grants in local governments in Poland. First, main revenue sources of local self-governments are presented. Their presentation is based upon the consideration of one of the basic important principles in democratic states today, i.e. decentralization. The text then, in more details, describes specific grants with respect to the European Charter of Local Self-Government. Subsequently, the...

  • Acoustical Standards Used in Design of School Spaces = Standardy akustyczne używane w projektowaniu przestrzeni szkoły

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    Artykuł prezentuje wytyczne projektowania akustyki wnętrz w pomieszczeniach szkolnych zawarte w europejskich i amerykańskich standardach technicznych. Opisane są także aktualne polskie przepisy odnoszące się do akustyki wnętrza. We wnioskach zaprezentowano wytyczne dla poprawy komfortu akustycznego w szkołach. // Design guidelines for interior acoustics in learning spaces included in European and American technical standards and...

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