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  • Elderly persons professional activity - substantive issues and methodological challenges

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    Population ageing in Europe and mass withdrawal from professional activity leads to a number of adverse phenomena, such as increased public spending, reduced consumer demand and the growing problem of social exclusion. The study focuses on the problems of population ageing in Europe as well as on the feasible steps that may be taken with a view to professional activation of the elderly. The first part is concerned with the trends...

  • Stock Markets’ Reactions to the Announcement of the Hosts. An Event Study in the Analysis of Large Sporting Events in the Years 1976–2032

    This study attempts to estimate the impact of the announcements of hosts of large sporting events on domestic stock markets. The research problem is to establish a connection between the uniqueness of a sporting event and investors’ beliefs through stock price behavior. Using appropriate estimation windows, 13 different sporting events classified as large, including mega and major events, were tested. The obtained results show...

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  • Energy Efficiency and Economic Policy: Comprehensive Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Review

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2023

    In this paper, we analyze the role of economic policy in prompting energy efficiency. This study reviews three aspects, theoretical, empirical, and existing policies to evaluate the relationship of energy efficiency and economic policy. This study furthermore identifies the existing issues from a policy perspective in energy efficiency. Although not all public policies may be justified, it suggests that these types of financial...

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  • NETWORKS, STAKEHOLDERS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSYSTEMS IN CURRENT POLISH ECONOMYGUT

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    • B. Detyna
    • A. Gardocki
    • S. Kaczyński
    • M. F. Kaszubowski
    • U. Kobylińska
    • A. Mroczek-Czetwertyńska
    • Ł. Siemieniuk

    - Year 2019

    This book is dedicated to widely understood entrepreneurship and financial system in different polish ecosystems. In particular, there is described influence of supporting entrepreneurship to investment development in Walbrzych agglomerations communes with the results of questionnaires for varied groups of inhabitants, entrepreneurs and territorial self-governments. There is also presented analysis of relations within academic...

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  • MIEJSKIE PROJEKTY OŚWIETLENIOWE W KONTEKŚCIE REWITALIZACJI

    Urban Lighting in the Context of Regeneration Processes. The article presents how multi-layered urban lighting projects fi t into the programs of integrated activities to improve the living conditions of the local community, the surrounding space, and its economic relations. The role of the electric lighting in revealing the night image of the city, its promotion and public spaces transformations off ering new impressions to city...

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  • The principles of arturbain.fr for teaching sustainable urban design

    The article is an attempt to show how important it is in the contemporary education of architecture students to use an ordered repertoire of principles and concepts of a universal nature, at the same time, pointing to the new directions of solutions and answers to the problems of the 21st century. This task is implemented by the French Association L'Arturbain dans les Territoires. It is accompanied by an idea consisting in observing...

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  • Re-thinking the city in the context of suburban landscapes. The case of Visula River delta water - landscapes and urban transformation processes in Gdańsk

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    - GeoScape - Year 2010

    The text draws attention to the significant role of landscape formations surrounding the city and their role in marking out directions for the transformation and development of urban areas with the particular emphasis on public spaces. The article presents the need for a more conscious design strategies that are based on connectedness of urban spaces, which is built on landscape's characteristics, as an essential starting point...

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  • Street Art and Architecture

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    - Year 2011

    The paper explores both the areas of conflict as well as agreement between architecture and Street Art. The conflict arises from the fact that urban environment has always been a background for street art, which unavoidably jeopardizes the conceptual integrity of the building understood as a work of architecture. However, there are strong interrelations between these two domains of human creativity. Both street art and architecture...

  • Content-Based Approach to Automatic Recommendation of Music

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    - Year 2011

    This paper presents a content-based approach to music recommendation. For this purpose, a database which contains more than 50000 music excerpts acquired from public repositories was built. Datasets contain tracks of distinct performers within several music genres. All music pieces were converted to mp3 format and then parameterized based on MPEG-7, mel-cepstral and time-related dedicated parameters. All feature vectors are stored...

  • The role of urban movements in the process of local spatial planning and the development of participation mechanism

    In civil societies, urban movements are one of the tools in the process of spatial governance. In Poland, urban activism is beginning to develop together with a budding participation in public life. Therefore, there is a need to assess the scope and effects of the urban movements’ actions. The aim of the study was to determine and evaluate their impact on the spatial development in three Polish cities - Poznań, Gdańsk and Gdynia, especially...

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  • The structure of demand and its economic consequences for urban transport

    The structure of demand for urban transport services, determined by the share of passengers entitled to free and reduced fares, is an important factor influencing its economic condition. The aim of this article is to present the results of research into the structure of demand for urban transport as well as its economic consequences. The article begins by considering the nature of the determinants and consequences of the public...

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  • E-textbook technologies for academics in medical education

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    - Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric - Year 2018

    Public universities in Poland receive fairly limited financial support for creating e-textbooks and lack the appropriate ICT competences among teaching staff, especially in the case of non-technical universities. The authors propose a pedagogical and technological paradigm for e-textbooks in medical education using open source software with minimal IT skills required. Technologies used to develop e-textbooks are connected with:...

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  • SPECYFIKA OBLIGACJI ZAMIENNYCH EMITOWANYCH PRZEZ SPÓŁKI PUBLICZNE

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    Upublicznienie rynku instrumentów dłużnych przedsiębiorstw w Polsce umożliwiło spółkom bardziej efektywne pozyskiwanie środków finansowych poprzez zaciąganie długu u wierzycieli detalicznych, równolegle z istniejącą już możliwością pozyskiwania kapitałów własnych. Rynek ten otworzył także spółkom publicznym drogę do emisji obligacji zamiennych, które z kolei bez obecności instrumentów udziałowych emitenta na rynku publicznym, stają...

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  • Redefiniowanie przestrzeni medycznej = Redefining healthcare space

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    - Year 2015

    Szpital jest obiektem publicznym, budynkiem-miastem, jego architektura nakierowana jest na realizację procesu leczenia i zdrowienia, a jednocześnie formuje przestrzenne ramy mikrokosmosu interakcji społecznych rozgrywających się pomiędzy pacjentami i personelem, gośćmi i „mieszkańcami”. Współcześnie w podejściu do rozumienia czym jest szpital - a zatem również do kształtowania architektury obiektów medycznych - można zauważyć dwa...

  • Application tool for IP QoS network design

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    - Year 2010

    Despite the fact that differentiated-service-aware network implementation has been a widely discussed topic for quite some time, network design still proofs nontrivial. Well developed software could put an end to network designer's problems. This chapter describes work, which has been aimed at creating a comprehensive network design tool, offering a fair range of functionality and high reliability. The presented tool is able to...

  • Space syntax analysis - methodology of understanding the space

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    - Year 2014

    Nowadays space is considered as a net of connections between different areas. The questions how to delineate its character and how it is possible to objectively compare two spaces is the matter under consideration. This was the reason for creating new theories about the structure of place. "Space syntax analysis" (SSA) or simply "Space Syntax" defines a number of theories and research areas devoted to the analysis of space configuration....

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  • Guaranteeing Threshold Attendance of W/WSAN nodes in a reverted security paradigm

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    - Year 2014

    We consider a Wireline/Wireless Sensor and Actor Network composed of sensor/actor nodes and a data sink/command center (DSCC). Each node controls a generic device that can be in- or out-of-service, corresponding to the ENABLED or DISABLED node state. The node senses the device's intention to change state, and notifies and/or requests the DSCC for authorization to act upon the device. Motivated by requirements for critical infrastructures...

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  • Disruption of the communication process on the example of ALEP-PL web application

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    - Year 2013

    By creating a dedicated web service, such as the presented ALEP-PL solution, you can not assume that its users have suffcient knowledge of the energy sector. This application is dedicated to the local energy planning. The ALEP-PL makes it easier to incorporate in the planning of key players in the local energy market. This group of ALEP-PL users represents mainly the ocials of energy companies and specialist offcers. In the paper...

  • Implementacja płaszczyzny danych i płaszczyzny sterowania dla Równoległego Internetu IPv6 QoS

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    • P. Wiśniewski
    • H. Tarasiuk
    • M. Rawski
    • I. Olszewski
    • Ł. Ogrodowczyk
    • S. Hanczewski
    • A. Kaliszan
    • A. Brachman
    • K. Gierłowski

    - Year 2013

    W artykule przedstawiono aspekty związane z implementacją węzłów Równoległego Internetu (RI) IPv6 QoS na platformach umożliwiających wirtualizację. RI IPv6 QoS jest oparty na architekturze DiffServ i NGN. Zgodnie z architekturą DiffServ, w sieci IP wyróżniamy węzły brzegowe oraz szkieletowe, które wyposażone są w mechanizmy Quality of Service (QoS) wspierające gwarancje QoS dla przekazu pakie¬tów w sieci. Implementacja węzłów IPv6...

  • The Influence of the Aircraft Operating Fluids on the Mechanical Parameters of the Airport Surface Concrete

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    - Materials - Year 2020

    The authors of the article assessed the impact of operating fluids used to service aircraft on changing mechanical parameters of cement concrete intended for airport pavement. The research concerned concrete designed with the use of CEM I 42.5N LH NA low-alkali cement, broken granite aggregate, fine washed aggregate, and admixtures. The analysis included the assessment of changes in dierences in endurance parameters over various...

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  • Attempt to a Video-Transmission Capability in MV Mine Cable Network Using BPL-PLC Technology

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    • G. Debita
    • P. Falkowski-Gilski
    • M. Habrych
    • B. Miedziński
    • G. Wiśniewski
    • P. Jedlikowski
    • B. Polnik

    - Year 2020

    This article presents and discusses the attempt to transmit video content using the BPL-PLC (Broadband over Power Line - Power Line Communication) technology. It includes simulation results of a specially developed digital transmitter and receiver, dedicated to a given predefined 6 kV mining power cable. The effect of two different transmission modes (2-7 MHz and 3-7.5 MHz) and two types of coupling (capacitive-inductive and induction-inductive),...

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  • Interference between Land and Sea Logistics Systems. Multifunctional Building System Design Towards Autonomous Integrated Transport Infrastructure

    The research is focused on developing design theory towards efficient multifunctional facilities for logistics supply chains in the contemporary urban city structures. The development of modern systems based on autonomous transport creates new conditions for their management and generates an emerging need to define dedicated functional service structures. An important element of consideration also taken into account is the scenario...

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  • Evaluation of ASON/GMPLS Connection Control Servers Performance

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    Performance aspects have always been very important in telecommunications, especially in control elements. That problem also regards ASON/GMLPS network, which is one of the propositions for Next Generation Network (NGN) transport stratum. In this paper we investigate performance of ASON/GMPLS Connection Control Servers (CCSs) in laboratory testbed, which architecture and operation are also described. In order to evaluate the performance...

  • Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Recognition Systems

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    - LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Year 2011

    Computer perception of real-life situations is performed using a variety of recognition techniques, including video-based computer vision, biometric systems, RFID devices and others. The proliferation of recognition modules enables development of complex systems by integration of existing components, analogously to the Service Oriented Architecture technology. In the paper, we propose a method that enables integration of information...

  • Simulation model for assessment of IMS-based NGN call processing performance

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    In current telecommunications it is assumed that demands of information society for quickly delivered services will be satisfied by Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which includes IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) elements. To guarantee Quality of Service (QoS), proper design and dimensioning of NGN is absolutely necessary, for which appropriate models have to be proposed. As NGN architecture is very complicated, the most...

  • Security Information Sharing for the Polish Power System

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    - Year 2015

    The Polish Power System is becoming increasingly more dependent on Information and Communication Technologies which results in its exposure to cyberattacks, including the evolved and highly sophisticated threats such as Advanced Persistent Threats or Distributed Denial of Service attacks. The most exposed components are SCADA systems in substations and Distributed Control Systems in power plants. When addressing this situation...

  • Simulation model of IMS/NGN call processing performance

    In current telecommunications it is assumed that demands of the information society for quickly delivered services will be satisfied by the Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which includes IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) elements. To guarantee Quality of Service (QoS), proper design and dimensioning of NGN is absolutely necessary, for which appropriate models have to be proposed. As the NGN architecture is very complicated,...

  • Call processing performance in multidomain IMS/NGN architecture

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    The Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which bases on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) concept, is a proposition of a telecommunication network dedicated to the needs of the modern information society. The main goal of NGN is to provide Quality of Service (QoS), for which proper network design and dimensioning are necessary. This also requires appropriate traffic models, which should be efficient and not excessively complicated...

  • Rozproszony system akwizycji, prezentacji i analizy informacji przestrzennej

    W artykule przedstawiono skalowalny system prezentacji danych przestrzennych pochodzących z różnych źródeł, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem specyfikacji Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). System został zaimplementowany w technologii .NET i pracuje w środowisku rozproszonym w oparciu o Web Service. Aplikacja zrealizowana jest w formie apletu .NET, dzięki czemu można ją w prosty sposób osadzić w dokumencie HTML i umieścić na serwerze...

  • Message Inter-Arrival and Inter-Departure Time Distributions in IMS/NGN Architecture

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    - Year 2012

    Currently is it assumed that requirements of the information society for delivering multimedia services will be satisfied by the Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which includes elements of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution. In order to guarantee Quality of Service (QoS), NGN has to be appropriately designed and dimensioned. Therefore, proper traffic models should be proposed and applied. This requires determination...

  • Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Assessment of Engineering Lightweight Structures

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    - Year 2018

    The paper considers the probability-based analysis of structural safety measures. Two different numerical examples of representative lightweight structures are considered – a submerged truss tower supporting an offshore platform, and an overhead power line support truss tower. On the basis of these examples, the importance of a motivated selection of analysis method and a proper choice of the number of important variables is shown....

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  • Zmiany w systemach jakości BRC dedykowanych producentom żywności

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    - MARKETING I RYNEK - Year 2016

    W artykule przedstawiono zmiany wprowadzone w najnowszych wersjach standardu BRC Food wersja 7 i BRC/IoP wersja 5. Na podstawie danych zamieszczonych w ogólnodostępnym katalogu „BRC Global Standards Directory” dokonano oceny stopnia certyfikacji polskich przedsiębiorstw wg standardu BRC Food. Przeprowadzono analizę liczby akredytowanych jednostek certyfikujących w Polsce z uwzględnieniem stopnia ich wydajności.

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  • Attitudes of Lazarski University Medical Students towards Disaster Medicine; Questionnaire Survey

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    - Austin Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology - Year 2023

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  • Places of worship, spiritual healing and urban regeneration

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    Many researchers demonstrated that it is possible to help people achieve mental and physical regeneration with proper architecture, urban and landscape planning. The term therapeutic landscapes could also be applied to places of worship, where people gather for spiritual healing and renewal. Public space that they offer is inclusively open to all. Addition- ally, they serve to reinvigorate the places where they are located. Shrines...

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  • The Impact of EU Funds on the Development of Business Environment Institutions – Research Results in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland

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    - Year 2014

    The paper presents the main findings of the research conducted to assess the impact of EU funds on development of business environment infrastructure in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland, and – indirectly – on the growth of the innovation capacity of Pomeranian entrepreneurs. The research shows that support of ROP PV 2007-2013 contributed to the creation of multifunctional business infrastructure throughout the Pomorskie Voivodship,...

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  • Ultrawideband transmission in physical channels: a broadband interference view

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    The superposition of multipath components (MPC) of an emitted wave, formed by reflections from limiting surfaces and obstacles in the propagation area, strongly affects communication signals. In the case of modern wideband systems, the effect should be seen as a broadband counterpart of classical interference which is the cause of fading in narrowband systems. This paper shows that in wideband communications, the time- and frequency-domain...

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  • Landscape, EIA and decision-making. A case study of the Vistula Spit Canal, Poland

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    - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal - Year 2024

    Although landscapes are often considered public goods, they frequently receive inadequate attention in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), particularly in Poland. This neglect often leads to visible degradation during investment processes. This article examines the case of the Vistula Spit Canal, currently the largest engineering project under construction in Poland. We analysed whether the conclusions drawn in the EIA report,...

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  • Analysis of the influence of external conditions on temperature readings in thermograms and adaptive adjustment of the measured temperature value

    Measuring human temperature is a crucial step in preventing the spread of diseases such as COVID-19. For the proper operation of an automatic body temperature measurement system throughout the year, it is necessary to consider outdoor conditions. In this paper, the effect of atmospheric factors on facial temperature readings using infrared thermography is investigated. A thorough analysis of the variation of facial temperature...

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  • Identifying Selected Tram Transport Risks

    In the area of transport infrastructure risks, infrastructure is inspected for safety. It is an element of transport safety management based on risk management and forms part of preventative activities and measures. As regards tram infrastructure which is a component of urban transport infrastructure, there are potential collisions with cars, cyclists and pedestrians. Data from Gdansk Buses and Trams...

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  • REDUCING HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS WITH THE USE OF ARCHITECTURAL MEASURES

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    - Year 2024

    Healthcare facilities are architectural objects designed under the strong influence of sanitary and hygienic requirements and guidelines of medical technology. During the process of planning future healthcare facilities and modernising already existing units, the need to provide safety to all their users comes as a significant aspect. In medical objects, it depends on the standard factors observed in public utility buildings. The...

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  • Visual Detection of People Movement Rules Violation in Crowded Indoor Scenes

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    The paper presents a camera-independent framework for detecting violations of two typical people movement rules that are in force in many public transit terminals: moving in the wrong direction or across designated lanes. Low-level image processing is based on object detection with Gaussian Mixture Models and employs Kalman filters with conflict resolving extensions for the object tracking. In order to allow an effective event...

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  • Property revenues (PRs) and expenditures of local government units (LGUs) in Poland

    PRs are new category of local government revenues, which was introduced by changing the law on public finances at the end of 2006 and which took effect in 2007. By principle, these revenues should be converted into property expenditures. Their formalisation did not only allow assessing their absolute size but also a comparison with the longer existing property expenditures. Both categories were subject of analysis in this article....

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  • Driving Performance Indicators of Electric Bus Driving Technique: Naturalistic Driving Data Multicriterial Analysis

    The issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming the key area of interest. By improving of driving techniques and the implementation of eco-driving, it is possible to save electric energy. Systems that help to decrease energy consumption and to reduce fuel emissions are becoming popular in vehicles powered by diesel engines. However, these methods have not yet gained popularity in electric vehicles. Therefore,...

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  • The criteria for evaluation and selection the best tender applied by the authorities in Poland and selected EU countries

    The aim of the regulation in EU countries concerning public procurement is to ensure efficient spending of funds by evaluating and choosing the most advantageous offer. The aim of the conducted research is to determine the extent the Polish contracting entities benefit from the possibility of broad selection of various criteria for tender evaluation. On the basis of the analysis of 500 notices on work procedures conducted in the...

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  • Wpływ usług on-line na budowanie pozytywnych relacji i lojalności klienta

    W artykule omówiono wybrane problemy projektowe dotyczące współczesnych usług on-line w kontekście budowania trwałej lojalności klienta. Przedstawiono model warstwowego rozwoju usług on-line wraz z zaleceniami projektowymi zorientowanymi na budowanie i wzmacnianie lojalności klienta. Przedstawiono przykłady scenariuszy rozwoju usług e-zdrowia online. Przedstawiono możliwości dalszego rozwoju prezentowanego podejścia i plany dalszych...

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  • Which transport policies increase physical activity of the whole of society? A systematic review

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    - Journal of Transport & Health - Year 2022

    Purpose: There is strong evidence of the links between car-dependence and the physical inactivity pandemic. Physical inactivity accounts for 6–10% of major non-communicable diseases. Research consistently shows that unlike passive transport, active transport is associated with higher total daily physical activity (PA). While there are public policies that support PA in transport and, as a result, overall PA levels, the specific...

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  • CROWDFUNDING OF RESEARCH PROJECTS IN POLAND

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    Crowdfunding recently became a very popular way of funding, which allows funding almost everything, from minor personal projects to expensive commercial ones, as long as we can find investors. It may also be a new opportunity for entrepreneurial researchers, who may attract capital investment in companies that are promised to own developed technologies. Social financing of science is well suited to reduce some of the biggest problems...

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  • Automated Reasoning Based User Interface

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    - EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS - Year 2017

    Motivation: The ability to directly trace how requirements are implemented in a software system is crucial in domains that require a high level of trust (e.g. medicine, law, crisis management). This paper describes an approach that allows a high level of traceability to be achieved with model-driven engineering supported by automated reasoning. The paper gives an introduction to the novel, automated user interface synthesis in...

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  • Knowledge Sharing and Dynamic Capabilities: Does Gender Matter?

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    Knowledge sharing in organizations is a focal process leading to organizational adaptability and sustainable growth. Dynamic capabilities development is critical for this. Diversity, inclusive culture, and gender balance are seen as factors that also support organizations' development. The question of the role of gender in sharing and using knowledge to initiate change in organizations remains open. This study aims to fill this...

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  • Human Resource Management Digitalisation in Multidisciplinary Ship Design Companies

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    The digitalisation in the ship design sector is currently applied to the design process itself and is well defined, partially standardised and practically implemented by both independent design companies and the design departments of shipyards. The situation is similar in other sectors of engineering. However, the requirements for the digitalisation of other processes in design and engineering companies have not previously been...

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