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Degradation and damage of advanced polymer composites due to environmental effects and low velocity impact
PublicationPrzedstawiono zagadnienie wpływu srodowiska wody oraz niskoenergetycznego udaru na właściwości mechaniczne laminatów epoksydowych wzmocnionych włóknami węglowymi, szklanymi, aramidowymi i hybrydowymi. Na tle krótkiego przeglądu literatury na dany temat przedstawiono oryginalne wyniki badań eksperymentalnych autorki.
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Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Low-Energy Residential Houses
PublicationRozdział omawia jakość powietrza i termiczny komfort w naturalnie wentylowanych energooszczędnych budynkach mieszkalnych. Obliczenia wykonano metoda elementów skończonych dla wentylacji naturalnej. Uwzględniono 2 różne położenia wlotów powietrza oraz system grzewczy kaloryferowy i podłogowy. Wyniki MES porównano z doświadczeniami.
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Corrigendum to “Fatigue life improvement using low transformation temperature weld material with measurement of residual stress” [Int. J. Fatigue 164 (2022) 107137]
PublicationWelding processes often produce high levels of tensile residual stress. Low transformation temperature (LTT) welding wires utilise phase transformation strains to overcome the thermal contraction of a cooling weld. In this paper, the residual stress within each weld was quantified using the milling/strain gauge method, being the strain change measured as the weldment was milled away. The fatigue tests were conducted under uniaxial...
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A new B-D-galactosidase with a low temperature optimum isolated from the Antarctic Arthrobacter sp. 20B: gene cloning, purification and characterization.
PublicationA psychrotrophic bacterium producing a coldadaptedB-galactosidase upon growth at low temperatureswas classiWed as Arthrobacter sp. 20B. A genomic DNAlibrary of strain 20B introduced into Escherichia coliTOP10F' and screening on X-Gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-B-D-galactopyranoside)-containing agar plates ledto the isolation of B-galactosidase gene. The B-galactosidasegene (bgaS) encoding a protein of 1,053 amino acids,with a...
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Joint experimental and theoretical study on low-energy elastic electron scattering by gaseous alkynes: Differential cross sections, shape resonances, and methylation effects
PublicationA detailed comparison of experimental and theoretical elastic cross sections for low-energy electron scattering by ethyne, taken earlier in our group by Gauf et al. [Phys. Rev. A 87, 012710 (2013)], and some of its methylated derivatives, propyne, and the isomers 1-butyne and 2-butyne, taken here, are presented. The present differential cross sections were measured at incident electron energies ranging from 1 eV to 30 eV and...
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The role of microbial coagulants on the physicochemical, proteolysis, microstructure and sensory properties of low-fat Edam cheese manufactured from ultrafiltered buffalo milk
PublicationThis work investigates the influence of using microbial coagulants, including Rhizomucor miehei (MCR) protease and Cryphonectria parasitica (MCC) protease, on the quality characteristics of low-fat Edam cheese made from ultrafiltered buffalo milk (LFUE). Concurrently, a benchmark with calf rennet (CR) has been also performed. Throughout a 90-day ripening period, the cheeses were assessed for their physicochemical features, proteolysis,...
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Electrochromic foil-based devices: optical transmittance and modulation range, effect of ultraviolet irradiation,and quality assessment by 1/f current noise
PublicationPrzedstawiono technologię wytwarzania elementów wykazujących zjawisko elektrochromizmu - zmiany transmitancji optycznej pod wpływem gromadzenia ładunku. Pokazano, że zastosowanie warstwy odbijającej może poprawić stopień zmian transmitancji optycznej. Ponadto, pokazano, że zjawiska losowe generujące szum typu 1/f w tych elementach może być wykorzystane do oceny ich jakości.
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Low-power microwave-induced fabrication of functionalised few-layer black phosphorus electrodes: A novel route towards Haemophilus Influenzae pathogen biosensing devices
PublicationIn this paper, various passivation schemes were applied at few-layer black phosphorus (FLBP) to achieve covalent functionalisation with 4-azidobenzoic acid, improving its electrochemical response intended for analytical and biosensing applications. The thermal and microwave assisted modification procedures in toluene and dime-thylformamide resulted in high reversibility of reactions on functionalised FLBP using a ferricyanide/ferrocya-nide...
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Statistical Data Pre-Processing and Time Series Incorporation for High-Efficacy Calibration of Low-Cost NO2 Sensor Using Machine Learning
PublicationAir pollution stands as a significant modern-day challenge impacting life quality, the environment, and the economy. It comprises various pollutants like gases, particulate matter, biological molecules, and more, stemming from sources such as vehicle emissions, industrial operations, agriculture, and natural events. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), among these harmful gases, is notably prevalent in densely populated urban regions. Given...
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Effect of interlayer bonding quality of asphalt layers on pavement performance
PublicationThe quality of interlayer bonding at the interfaces between the asphalt layers in flexible pavements affects the overall pavement performance. Lack or partial lack of interlayer bonding between asphalt layers can cause pavement's premature failures such as rutting, slippage of the wearing course, cracking or simply a reduction in the calculated fatigue life of the pavement structure. This paper shows the case studies of investigation...
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Mixed algorithm in searches of mechanical system steady-state conditions for low precision of the state estimation
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano algorytm poszukiwania rozwiązania układu równań nieliniowych. Nieliniowe funkcje lewych stron znane są z ograniczoną dokładnością, a wzory określające ich pochodne względem czasu nie są znane. Wartości pochodnych wyznaczane są numerycznie za pomocą różnic skończonych. Z uwagi na niską precyzje wyznaczania wartości funkcji, wartości pochodnych znane są jedynie z ograniczoną dokładnością., pochodne zawierają...
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Utilisation of bleed steam heat to increase the upper heat source temperature in low-temperature ORC
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono możliwość dogrzewu obiegu ORC za pomocą pary upustowej.
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The system combined of low-speed marine diesel engine and steam turbine in ship propulsion applications
PublicationPrzedstawiono koncepcje okrętowego układu kombinowanego silnik wolnoobrotowy tłokowy- turbina parowa, wykorzystującego ciepło zawarte w spalinach wylotowych.Porównano układ kombinowany dużej mocy dla dwóch silników tłokowych porównywalnych mocy z punktu widzenia termodynamicznego.
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Experimental study and numerical simulation of low calorific fuel combustion at different oxygen content in the oxydizer
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych oraz obliczeń numerycznych procesu spalania paliwa gazowego niskokalorycznego w utleniaczu o podwyższonej temperaturze i zmiennej zawartości tlenu. Badanym paliwem był gaz o składzie zbliżonym do paliwa pochodzącego z gazyfikacji biomasy. Spalanie przeprowadzano dla zmiennej wartości temperatury utleniacza oraz zawartości tlenu. Obliczenia numeryczne wykonano z wykorzystaniem...
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High temperature corrosion of steel equipment in modern rafinery environments with high and low sulphur content
PublicationPrzedstawiono charakterystykę i mechanizmy procesów wysokotemperaturowej korozji elementów ze stali we współczesnych rafineriach ropy naftowej podczas eksploatacji we frakcjach węglowodorowych o niskiej i wysokiej zawartości siarki. Zwrócono uwagę na procesy korozji siarkowej w obecności wodoru i bez obecności wodoru oraz proces pylenia metalu pod wpływem węgla ze środowiska - w wypadku niskiej zawartości siarki w środowisku.
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f-Cycles - a new approach to providing fast service recovery at low backup capacity overhead
PublicationW artykule zaproponowano klasowy algorytm doboru tras przeżywalnych, wykorzystujący autorską koncepcję f-Cykli ochronnych. Celem podejścia było zminimializowanie wartości czasu odtwarzania uszkodzonych strumieni ruchu. Cel ten został osiągnięty poprzez dostosowanie wielkości obszaru ochrony w zależności od klasy usług. Badania symulacyjne pokazały, że wykorzystując autorką koncepcję f-Cykli ochronnych, możliwe jest również jednoczesne...
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Chapter 15 : Methods of determination of correct operation area for hydraulic component in low ambient temperatures
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych zespołów hydraulicznych: silników satelitowych, silników orbitalnych, pomp i silników zębatych, rozdzielaczy suwakowych w tym proporcjonalnych, pomp tłoczkowych, siłowników w warunkach szoku termicznego w celu określenia obszarów parametrów prawidłowego i nieprawidłowego rozruchu nie tylko tych badanych zespołów. Została stworzona baza danych z wartościami współczynników...
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Nasal endoscopy: an adjunct to patient selection for preoperative low-dose CT examination in chronic rhinosinusitis
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Alkyl Monolayers on Silica Surfaces Prepared Using Neat, Heated Dimethylmonochlorosilanes with Low Vapor Pressures
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Low Frequency Electromagnetic Interferences Impact on Transport Security Systems Used in Wide Transport Areas
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Synergistic effects of low-/medium-vacuum carbonization on physico-chemical properties and stability characteristics of biochars
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Dissociative Low-Energy Electron Attachment to the C–S Bond of H3CSCH3 Influenced by Coulomb Stabilization
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A spectroscopic study into the decomposition process of titanium isopropoxide in the nitrogen–hydrogen 100kHz low-pressure plasma
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Spectroscopic study of the decomposition process of tetramethylsilane in the N2–H2 and N2–Ar low pressure plasma
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An Analysis of Low Frequency Discharge in a CH3SiCl3-Ar-H2 Mixture by Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Actinometry
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New Low-Cost Video Camera Pointing Mechanism for Stratospheric Balloons: Design and Operational Tests
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Low-dose radiation accelerates aging of the T-cell receptor repertoire in CBA/Ca mice
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High-order compact difference algorithm on half-staggered meshes for low Mach number flows
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Cold Start Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines at Low Ambient Temperatures as an Air Quality Risk
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Excess Emissions and Fuel Consumption of Modern Spark Ignition Passenger Cars at Low Ambient Temperatures
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Thermo-mechanical reclaiming of ground tire rubber via extrusion at low temperature: Efficiency and limits
PublicationThermomechanical reclaiming of ground tire rubber (GTR) was performed at different temperatures (60, 120, and 180°C) using a co-rotating twin-screw extruder. Obtained samples were used in styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) blends. As reference samples, SBR compounds containing untreated GTR were used. Curing characteristics, static and dynamic mechanical properties, and morphology of the obtained blends were determined. The results...
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Low-cost EM-Simulation-based Multi-objective Design Optimization of Miniaturized Microwave Structures
PublicationIn this work, a simple yet reliable technique for fast multi-objective design optimization of miniaturized microwave structures is discussed. The proposed methodology is based on point-by-point identification of a Pareto-optimal set of designs representing the best possible trade-offs between conflicting objectives such as electrical performance parameters as well as the size of the structure of interest. For the sake of computational...
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Testing for NRAS Mutations in Serous Borderline Ovarian Tumors and Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas
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Perspective Chapter: Reducing the Social Inequality Gaps in Older Ages in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Factors determining accumulation of bisphenol A and alkylphenols at a low trophic level as exemplified by mussels Mytilus trossulus
PublicationThe aim of the study was to investigate abiotic and biotic factors influencing the accumulation of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) such as bisphenol A (BPA), 4-tert-octylphenol (OP) and 4- nonylphenol (NP) in mussels Mytilus trossulus from the Gulf of Gdansk (Southern Baltic). The key abiotic factor influencing BPA, OP and NP accumulation in mussels is their hydrophilicity/lipophilicity, which affects their main assimilation...
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Charge Transfer, Complexes Formation and Furan Fragmentation Induced by Collisions with Low-Energy Helium Cations
PublicationThe present work focuses on unraveling the collisional processes leading to the fragmentation of the gas-phase furan molecules under the He+ and He2+ cations impact in the energy range 5–2000 eV. The presence of different mechanisms was identified by the analysis of the optical fragmentation spectra measured using the collision-induced emission spectroscopy (CIES) in conjunction with the ab initio calculations. The measurements of...
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A non-adiabatic wavepacket dynamical study of the low energy chargetransfer process in the S3+ + H collision
PublicationThe collisional system S3+ + H?S2+ + H+ has been studied using a time-dependent wavepacket methodologyin two-dimensions. Using available potential energy surfaces and coupling matrix elementsobtained from multireference ab initio calculations, five non-adiabatically coupled electronic states of1P symmetry have been included in the dynamical simulations. The collision has been studied in thelow energy regime of 1-10 eV. The wavepacket...
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Study of Aliphatic Polyurethanes by the Low-Field 1H NMR Relaxometry Method with the Inversion of the Integral Transformation
PublicationIn this paper, the distributions of the 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin–lattice and spin–spin relaxation times are used to characterize the mobility of different sections of macromolecules of aliphatic polyurethanes and the cross-linking density of polymer chains. The NMR relaxometry method with inversion of integral transformation is applied to study the effect of poly (ethylene glycol) and glycerol phosphate calcium...
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Fracture Areas Quantitative Investigating of Bending-Torsion Fatigued Low-Alloy High-Strength Steel
PublicationIn this study, the impact of pseudo-random non-proportional bending-torsion fatigue loadings proportion on the fatigue life and the fracture surface topography was analyzed. Investigation was carried out for 24 specimens made of S355J2 steel with 11 different ratios of maximum stresses λ. For these cases, after the fatigue tests, the surface topography measurements were carried out using an optical profilometer, using the focus...
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Machine-Learning-Powered EM-Based Framework for Efficient and Reliable Design of Low Scattering Metasurfaces
PublicationPopularity of metasurfaces has been continuously growing due to their attractive properties including the ability to effectively manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves. Metasurfaces comprise optimized geometries of unit cells arranged as a periodic lattice to obtain a desired EM response. One of their emerging application areas is the stealth technology, in particular, realization of radar cross section (RCS) reduction. Despite...
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Harnessing digital technologies for poverty reduction. Evidence for low-income and lower-middle income countries
PublicationThis paper contributes to understanding the relationship between ICT deployment and poverty alleviation in developing countries. It assess the digital technologies contribution to poverty reduction, through different channels of impact, like education, labor market, income and ICTtrade related activities. Using the sample of 40 developing countries between 1990 and 2019, it relies on macro data extracted from the World Bank Development...
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Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bond Determines Target-Binding Affinity and Specificity of the Antitubercular Drug Bedaquiline
PublicationThe role of short strong hydrogen bonds (SSHB) in ligand-target binding remains largely unexplored, thereby hin- dering a potentially important avenue in the rational drug de- sign. Here, we investigate the interaction between bedaquiline (Bq), a potent anti-tuberculosis drug, and the mycobacterial ATP synthase, to unravel the role of a specific hydrogen bond to a conserved acidic residue in the target affinity and specificity....
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Experimental study of the fuel jet combustion in high temperature and low oxygen content exhaust gases
PublicationPrzeprowadzono badania eksperymentalne spalania pojedynczego strumienia paliwa gazowego. Paliwo podawano współosiowo do generowanych przez konwencjonalny palnik gazowy spalin o wysokiej temperaturze i niskiej zawartości tlenu. Badano wpływ zawartości tlenu w utleniaczu na widzialność płomienia i skład produktów spalania.
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Interactions of amphotericin B derivative of low toxicity with biological membrane components - the Langmuir monolayer approach
PublicationMetodą monowarstw Langmuira zbadano naturę oddziaływań nowej pochodnej antybiotyku przeciwgrzybowego amfoterycyny B o niskiej toksyczności, tj. estru metylowego N-metylo-N-D-fruktopiranozyloamfoterycyny B (MF-AME)z komponentami błon biologicznych: ergosterolem, występującym w komórkach grzybowych i cholesterolem występującym w komórkach zwierzęcych oraz z modelowym fosfolipidem DPPC i na tej podstawie stwierdzono, że zróżnicowanie...
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Similarities and differences in d6 low-spin ruthenium, rhodium and iridium half-sandwich complexes: synthesis, structure, cytotoxicity and interaction with biological targets
PublicationIn this paper, we discussed the similarities and diferences in d6 low-spin half-sandwich ruthenium, rhodium and iridium complexes containing 2,2′-biimidazole (H2biim). Three new complexes, {[RuCl(H2biim)(η6 -p-cymene)]PF6}2·H2O (1), [(η5 - Cp)RhCl(H2biim)]PF6 (2), and [(η5 -Cp)IrCl(H2biim)]PF6 (3), were fully characterized by CHN, X-ray difraction analysis, UV–Vis, FTIR, and 1 H, 13C and 15N NMR spectroscopies. The complexes exhibit...
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Cost-effective methods of fabricating thin rare-earth element layers on SOC interconnects based on low-chromium ferritic stainless steel and exposed to air, humidified air or humidified hydrogen atmospheres
PublicationMost oxidation studies involving interconnects are conducted in air under isothermal conditions, but during real-life solid oxide cell (SOC) operation, cells are also exposed a mixture of hydrogen and water vapor. For this study, an Fe–16Cr low-chromium ferritic stainless steel was coated with different reactive element oxides – Gd2O3, CeO2, Ce0.9Y0.1O2 – using an array of methods: dip coating, electrodeposition and spray pyrolysis....
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Driver influence on tyre/road noise generated by vehicle in road traffic.Wpływ kierowcy na hałas generowany przez pojazd w ruchu drogowym.
PublicationW pracy omówiono wkływ stylu jazdy kierowcy oraz stanu technicznego wybranych zespołów pojazdu na jego hałas generowany w ruchu drogowym. Wpływ został przeanalizowany w aspekcie takich parametrów, jak: prędkość jazdy, obciążenie kół siłami wzdłużnumi i poprzecznymi, ciśnienie w ogumieniu, obciążenie pionowe kół, zbieżność i inne.
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Span's low damped vibrations and vibration's damping by modal disparity inducted by cable stays temporal addition
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono problem obecności słabo tłumionych drgań przęseł mostów wraz z metodą ich aktywnego tłumienia. Badania przeprowadzono korzystając z analizy numerycznej. Analizowany mechanizm zamodelowano korzystając z metody elementów skończonych. W praco przedstawiono zwarty opis wykorzystanej metody. Następnie, zbudowano dwa alternatywne modele, różniące się liczbą odciągów usztywniających przęsło. Wyznaczono postaci i...
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O 1s excitation and ionization processes in the CO2molecule studied via detection of low-energy fluorescence emission
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