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  • Semantic Analysis and Text Summarization in Socio-Technical Systems

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    - Year 2018

    In this chapter the authors present the results of the development the methodology for increasing the reliability of the functioning of the Socio-Technical System. The existed methods and algorithms for processing unstructured (textual) information were studied. Taking into account noted above strengths and weaknesses of Discriminant and Probabilistic approaches of Latent Semantic Relations analysis in of the summarization projection...

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  • Quality Analysis of Audio-Video Transmission in an OFDM-Based Communication System

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    - Year 2022

    Application of a reliable audio-video communication system, brings many advantages. With the spoken word we can exchange ideas, provide descriptive information, as well as aid to another person. With the availability of visual information one can monitor the surrounding, working environment, etc. As the amount of available bandwidth continues to shrink, researchers focus on novel types of transmission. Currently, orthogonal frequency...

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  • A review of design approaches for the implementation of low-frequency noise measurement systems

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    - REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS - Year 2022

    Electronic noise has its roots in the fundamental physical interactions between matter and charged particles, carrying information about the phenomena that occur at the microscopic level. Therefore, Low-Frequency Noise Measurements (LFNM) are a well-established technique for the characterization of electron devices and materials and, compared to other techniques, they offer the advantage of being non-destructive and of providing...

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  • THE RISE OF FISCAL OPACITY IN POLAND IN THE ERA OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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    - Year 2021

    Research background: The quality of information provided by the fiscal authorities and the correct flow of this information between them and the society are very important especially in times of crisis, when there is an imbalance in public finances and an increasing public debt. Ensuring fiscal transparency (transparency of public finances) reduces fiscal risk and corruption and supports public acceptance of fiscal reforms. Purpose...

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  • Short-Term Price Reaction to Filing for Bankruptcy and Restructuring Proceedings—The Case of Poland

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    - Risks - Year 2021

    This study aims to check market reaction to filing for bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings and to verify the short-term effect of a price reversal in the Polish market in the years 2004–2019. The research was conducted by dividing the analysed companies according to the procedure (bankruptcy and restructuring) and market (the main market and the NewConnect market). The research methodology used in the study is the event analysis...

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  • Zarządzanie wiedzą w małych przedsiębiorstwach oferujących wiedzochłonne usługi biznesowe

    Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie praktyk zarządzania wiedzą oraz czynników wpływających na sukces, bądź porażkę w ich wdrażaniu na podstawie badania jakościowego przeprowadzonego w trzech firmach działających na terenie województwa pomorskiego. Firmy te należą do sektora małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw oraz oferują wiedzochłonne usługi biznesowe (knowledge-intensive business services – KIBS). W artykule podjęto próbę odpowiedzi...

  • Macrophytobenthos in the Puck Bay in 2010–2018 Dataset

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    - Year 2022

    The dataset titled Biomass of macrophytobenthos in the Puck Bay in 2010-2018 con-tains data on the qualitative composition and biomass of macrophytobenthos (flow-er plants and macroalgae) in samples collected in the Puck Bay area (Gulf of Gdańsk, southern Baltic Sea) at 20 stations between 2010–2018. The data was supplemented with additional information: values of measured parameters of water and sediment, e.g. tem-perature...

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  • Geo-location of the commune of an IP user

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    - Year 2008

    This paper describes a system of geo-location of an IP user that would enable VoIP users to call 112. Basic requirement is fast (under 50ms) determination of the commune of the subscriber. To obtain as accurate information as possible aggregation of several methods was proposed: using a database of locations of IP ranges created by specialized companies, traceroute using history of user locations to assume his current one.It is...

  • How much is Impact Factor worth?

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    - Year 2019

    The  purpose  of  this   work  is  to  present  an aspect  of  counting citations,  which is  correlated  to  the Impact  Factor,  very  important  for journals  in  scientific communication,   and   provides   information   about   the position of a scientific journal in a particular research area. Sometimes citations don’t count in a research output, e.g. if an article is  published  in a predatory  journal.  Those journals ...

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  • Indykatory dla modelu społeczeństwa informacyjnego.

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    - Year 2004

    W dobie postępującej informatyzacji, w czasach nazywanych często trzecią rewolucją technologiczną, synonimem ich jest społeczeństwo informacyjne IS (Information Society). Najpopularniejszy obecnie sposób, służący do szeregowania społeczeństw według ich stopnia rozwoju, jest oparty na HDI (Human Development Index). HDI jest wyliczany jako kombinacja trzech wyznaczników: longevity, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Postanowiono,...

  • A measurement system for nonlinear surface spectroscopy with an atomic force microscope during corrosion process monitoring

    In addition to traditional imaging the surface, atomic force microscopy (AFM) enables wide variety of additional measurements. One of them is higher harmonic imaging. In tapping mode the nonlinear contact between tip and specimen results in higher frequency vibrations. More information available from the higher harmonics analysis proves to be helpful for more detailed imaging. Such visualization is espe-cially useful for heterogeneous...

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  • SELECTION OF DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS IN A WHEELED TRACTOR

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    - Diagnostyka - Year 2013

    In a classical approach to damage diagnosis, the technical condition of an analyzed machine is identified based on the measured symptoms, such as performance, thermal state or vibration parameters. In wheeled tractor the fundamental importance has monitoring and diagnostics during exploitation concerning technical inspection and fault element localizations. The main functions of a diagnostic system are: monitoring tractor components...

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  • KM supported process improvement

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    - Year 2006

    The corporate universe nowadays is full of change initiatives andimprovement philosophies. However,only few have proved successful enough to be integrated into regular operations a worldwide leading companies.In this context Six Sigma projects and Lean action workouts emerge as he most effective practices.In this paper we argue that there is a considerable potential to enhance them using Knowledge Management methodology and benefit...

  • Pollutants in Airport Runoff Waters

    Runoff waters from airport areas constitute a serious environmentalproblem. It is essential to monitor levels of pollutants emitted intothe environment and measure their toxicity on a continuous basis.The authors' aim was to critically review data on pollution fromaviation fuel combustion, aviation fuel spillage, the washing andcleaning of aircraft and airport service equipment, and the useof de-/anti-icing agents published in...

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  • A Point Set Connection Problem for Autonomous Mobile Robots in a Grid

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    - COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS - Year 2012

    Consider an orthogonal grid of streets and avenues in a Manhattan-like city populated by stationary sensor modules at some intersections and mobile robots that can serve as relays of information that the modules exchange, where both module-module and module-robot communication is limited to a straight line of sight within the grid. The robots are oblivious and move asynchronously. We present a distributed algorithm that, given...

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  • A non-uniform real-time speech time-scale stretching method

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    An algorithm for non-uniform real-time speech stretching is presented. It provides a combination of typical SOLA algorithm (Synchronous Overlap and Add ) with the vowels, consonants and silence detectors. Based on the information about the content and the estimated value of the rate of speech (ROS), the algorithm adapts the scaling factor value. The ability of real-time speech stretching and the resultant quality of voice were...

  • Assessment of fitness for service of Cr-Mo steel tubes in catalytic reforming charge heaters

    In this paper characteristic features of metal dusting corrosion in high temperature gas mixtures of high carbon activity in catalytic reforming units, including Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) platformer are presented. Examples of 2.25Cr-1Mo and 9Cr-1Mo steel tubes at advanced stages of metal dusting process after long-term service in charge heaters are used to prove that destructive examinations are necessary to provide...

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  • 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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  • Intelligent equalizer solution employing music genre and the room characteristics analysis

    The paper presents an intelligent equalizer solution based on room acoustic conditions and music genre analysis. A series of acoustic characteristic measurements are performed for checking the concept proposed. White noise (reference signal) and audio excerpts belonging to six music genres are utilized as excitation signals in measurements. This results in registration of frequency responses of rooms and reverberation times. Signals...

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  • Reference FEM model for SHM system of cable-stayed bridge in Rzeszów

    The paper presents the references model for structural health monitoring system (SHM) of cable-stayed bridge recently constructed in Rzeszów over Wisłok River. The SHM system is design to provide on-line information on the structure state and facilitate its maintenance procedures. The main feature of the SHM system is permanent observation of the dynamic behavior of the bridge with focus on cable vibrations. The paper discusses...

  • Adaptive dynamic control allocation for over-actuated dynamic positioning system based on backstepping method in case of thruster faults

    The objective of the research considered in this paper is dynamic positioning of a nonlinear over-actuated marine vessel in the presence of limited information about thruster forces. First, the adaptive backstepping method is used to estimate the input matrix which will compensate partial loss of actuator effectiveness in the presence of actuator dynamics. Then, the adaptive commanded virtual forces and moment are allocated into...

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  • Techniques of acquiring additional features of the responses of individual gas sensors

    Gas sensors usually exhibit lack of selectivity, require fre quent calibration, exhibit drift of the response and a lot of factors, such as humidity or ambient temperature, influen ce their performance. Different approaches can be used to overcome this shortcomings. Building arrays of different sensors and usage of pattern recognition methods to analyze responses of elements...

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  • Residence time distribution in rapid multiphase reactors

    Residence time distribution (RTD) provides information about average hydraulic residence time and the distribution of material in the reactor. A method for determining RTD for reactors with very short hydraulic residence times is deconvolution based on extraction of real RTD by the analysis of a non-ideal input signal. The mean residence time and dispersion were determined for the spinning fluids reactor (SFR). For the first time...

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  • Count Data Modeling About Relationship Between Dubai Housing Sales Transactions and Financial Indicators

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    - Year 2017

    In this study, illustrating and comparing the performances of count data models such as Poisson, negative binomial (NB), Hurdle and zero-inflated models for the determination of factors affected housing sales in Dubai. Model comparisons are made via Akaike’s information criterion (AIC), the Vuong test and examining the residuals. Main purpose of this study is building reliable statistical model for relationship between Dubai housing...

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  • Electromagnetic Modeling of Microstrip Elements Aided with Artificial Neural Network

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    - Year 2020

    The electromagnetic modeling principle aided withartificial neural network to designing the microwave widebandelements/networks prepared in microstrip technology is proposedin the paper. It is assumed that the complete information is knownfor the prototype design which is prepared on certain substratewith certain thickness and electric permittivity. The longitudinaland transversal dimensions of new design...

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  • The concept of estimation of elevator shaft control measurement results in the local 3D coordinate system.

    Geodetic control measurements play an important part because they provide information about the current state of repair of the construction, which has a direct impact on the safety assessment of its exploitation. Authors in this paper have focused on control measurements of the elevator shaft. The article discusses the problem of determining the deviation of elevator shaft walls from the vertical plane in the local 3D coordinate...

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  • A competition between two- and three-body dissociation channels in photo-double-ionization of tetrahydro-2H-pyran and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran molecules

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    - Year 2021

    Various molecules possess structures consisting of the heterocyclic rings containing oxygen atoms. These substances often play a significant role in many different fields of chemistry, medicine, and biology. Due to a specific atomic composition and bond arrangement, many of these molecules retain unique electronic properties, which may be probed by diverse spectroscopic techniques, including those utilizing synchrotron radiation....

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  • Wdrożenie nowych regulacji prawnych w ochronie powietrza atmosferycznego w Polsce

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    - Year 2013

    W artykule przedstawiono zmiany prawne wynikające z przystosowania dyrektyw 2008/50/WE i 2004/107/WE do prawodawstwa polskiego. Nowe regulacje odnoszące się do ochrony powietrza stanowią jedynie rozbudowanie i modyfikację istniejacych dotychczas przepisów. W ratykule podano istotne informacje wynikajace z decyzji Komisji Europejslkiej 2011/850/UE

  • Projekt narzędzia typu guide-shoe w ramach Projektu NCBiR - testy otworowe

    Artykuł opisuje przebieg realizacji projektu mającego na celu stworzenie nowego typu narzędzia otworowego. Projekt ten o akronimie „PPPI” realizowany jest w ramach programu strategicznego „Blue Gas” Narodowego Centrum Badań i Rozwoju. Artykuł zawiera podstawowe informacje na temat problemów, którym przeciwdziałać ma projektowane narzędzie, opis wykonanych dotychczas prac oraz wstępne wyniki z przeprowadzonych badań na wywierconych...

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  • Spirometry measurement model - the diagnostic purpose support

    the paper presents a new model of respiratory mechanism based on the spirometry measurements. the spirometry test assesses the efficiency of the lung ventilation. the respiratory system functioning is based on the ventilation mechanism. thus the quality of the lung depends on the quality of lung ventilation. modelling of the respiratory system supports a diagnostic process. the model parameter estimates are obtained on the basis...

  • On the lower smoothing bound in identification of time-varying systems

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    - AUTOMATICA - Year 2008

    In certain applications of nonstationary system identification the model-based decisions can be postponed, i.e. executed with a delay. This allows one to incorporate in the identification process not only the currently available information, but also a number of ''future'' data points. The resulting estimation schemes, which involve smoothing, are not causal. Assuming that the infinite observation history is available, the paper...

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  • Diagnostics of high-voltage varistor quality using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

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    - Year 2008

    Resonant spectroscopy is an effective nondestructive testing method focused on defects detection in tested objects. Resonance spectrum contains an information about the mechanical properties and particularly about the structural homogeneity of the whole object. A swept frequency method has been used to measure the selected resonant frequencies range. The system for measurement of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy of high-voltage...

  • Wybrane problemy ochrony żeglugi (Maritime Security)

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    - Year 2005

    przedstawiono zagadnienia ochrony żeglugi w aspekcie uwarunkowań związanych z radiokomunikacją morską. Opisano Międzynarodowy Kodeks Ochrony Statków i Urządzeń Portowych - ISPS (International Ship and Port Facility Security Code) i Statkowy System Alarmowania - SSAS (Ship Security Alert System) oraz także scharakteryzowano system AIS (Automated Information System) i System Identyfikacji i Śledzenia Dalekiego Zasięgu - LRIT (Long...

  • Modeling the impact of surface currents in a harbor using graph theory

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    - Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie - Year 2016

    Ensuring security in a harbor requires research into its infrastructure using spatial environmental data. This paper presents a methodology that defines the design of a graph for modeling the interactions between surface currents and moving objects. Combining this graph with port charts that integrate electronic navigation charts with coastal orthophotographs allows us to perform a multidimensional analysis. In addition, the complete...

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  • ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF MASS FLOW EXTRACTION ON THE CHANGE OF PARAMETERS IN A LABYRINTH SEAL USING THE STODOLA METHOD

    Labyrinth seals are an important element of a steam turbine set design. The use of diagnostic extraction makes it possible to control the operation of a seal by providing information on the thermodynamic parameters along the length of the seal. Diagnostic extraction has a considerable impact on the change of the parameters, the amount of the extracted mass. This article describes the dependence of pressure in the clearance downstream...

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  • Validation of dynamic electrochemical impedance spectrograms using autocorrelation function

    Validation of impedance data is essential for checking the reliability of experimental data. Kramers – Kronig transformation is used to verify data obtained from classical Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. Data obtained from Dynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (DEIS) could be validated in the same way, but in this case, there is no information about internal consistency between every single spectrum...

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  • Comparing phylogenetic trees using a minimum weight perfect matching

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    - Year 2008

    A phylogenetic tree represents historical evolutionary relationshipbetween different species or organisms. There are various methods for reconstructing phylogenetic trees.Applying those techniques usually results in different treesfor the same input data. An important problem is to determinehow distant two trees reconstructed in such a wayare from each other. Comparing phylogenetic trees is alsouseful in mining phylogenetic information...

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  • Multimodal English corpus for automatic speech recognition

    A multimodal corpus developed for research of speech recognition based on audio-visual data is presented. Besides usual video and sound excerpts, the prepared database contains also thermovision images and depth maps. All streams were recorded simultaneously, therefore the corpus enables to examine the importance of the information provided by different modalities. Based on the recordings, it is also possible to develop a speech...

  • Technical evaluation of marine auxiliary diesel engine on the basis of parameters synchronous generator

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    - Combustion Engines - Year 2013

    The article presents a method for evaluating the technical condition of selected structural elements of the reciprocating internal combustion engine driving a synchronous generator. Th results of measurements of the electric generator parameters are the diagnostic information source. On this basis it is possible to determine the instantaneous angular speed marine engine crankshaft which, in turn, is the basis for reasoning about...

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  • Raman spectroscopic investigation of blood and related materials

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    This paper reports preliminary studies on use of Raman spectroscopy for investigation of blood. High quality blood spectra were recorded in-vitro with excitation wavelengths of 830 nm. Because of complex composition of the blood as well as by light attenuation and scattering in the tissues, spectra set up from wide, low-intensive Raman bands and intensive optical background. To get information about origin of bands in Raman spectra...

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  • Ultrasonic diagnostics of concrete T-beams used in bridge structures

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    This paper describes a method of ultrasonic diagnostics used for prefabricated concrete elements. The studies are focused on the applicability of nondestructive techniques based on impulse and wave packet induced elastic waves for the condition assessment of T-shaped bridge beams. Experimental tests were performed for the prestressed beam used for the superstructure of the viaduct on A1 highway near Toruń. In addition numerical...

  • Retrieval of Heterogeneus Sevices in C2NIWA Repository

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    The paper reviews the methods used for retrieval of information and services. The selected approaches presented in the review inspired us to build retrieval mechanisms in a system for searching the resources stored in the C2NIWA repository. We describe the architecture of the system, its functions and the surrounding subsystems to which it is related. For retrieval of C2NIWA sevices we propos three approaches based on: keyword...

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  • Polypyrrole based gas sensor for ammonia detection

    The nature of polypyrrole response to toxic gases does not allow using the sensor in a conventional way. The main aim of this study is to acquire the information about the concentration using different approaches: a linear approximation, a non-linear approximation and a tangent method. In this paper a two-steps procedure for sensor response measurements has been utilized. Polypyrrole films were electrochemically synthesized on...

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  • Modele semantyczne wymiany informacji o stanie systemu elektroenergetycznego

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    Zaprezentowano Common Information Model CIM opracowany w Electric Power Research Institute EPRI w USA. Model ten wypełnia brak uniwersalnego języka opisu topologii i stanu sieci elektroenergetycznej. Stworzony został na potrzeby integracji narzędzi stosowanych przez podmioty sektora elektroenergetycznego. CIM wykorzystuje RDF Schema Definition (RDFS) i RDF. Na tle tego standardu przedstawiono własny zestaw pojęć mapujący meta-ontologię...

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  • Directed percolation effects emerging from superadditivity of quantum networks

    Entanglement-induced nonadditivity of classical communication capacity in networks consisting of quantum channels is considered. Communication lattices consisting of butterfly-type entanglement-breaking channels augmented, with some probability, by identity channels are analyzed. The capacity superadditivity in the network is manifested in directed correlated bond percolation which we consider in two flavors: simply directed and...

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  • Performance Evaluation of Control Plane Functions in ASON/GMPLS Architecture

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    It is assumed that demands of information society could be satisfied by architecture ASON/GMPLS comprehended as Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) protocols. Introduction this solution must be preceded performance evaluation to guarantee society expectations. Practical realization is expensive and simulations models are necessary to examine standardized propositions....

  • Common methods for the chiral determination of amphetamine and related compounds I. Gas, liquid and thin-layer chromatography

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    This article reviews the most common, useful methods for the chiral determination of amphetamine (AM) and AM-deriveddesigner drugs in different of matrix, including blood, hair, urine, medicaments or standard solutions, taking into considerationarticles published in the past 15 years. We consider chromatographic methods (e.g., gas, liquid, high-performance liquid, and thinlayer). We describe several types of chiral derivatization...

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  • Snow Cover Studies: a Review on the Intensity of Human Pressure

    Snow cover should be treated as a highly dynamic medium. A variety of physical and chemical processes interact to alter its chemical composition and affect the metamorphism of its individual crystals and layers; this, in turn, has a direct influence on their mutual adhesion, and ultimately on the stability of the entire snow cover. The literature data here reported provide basic information on the forms of solid precipitation,...

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  • Characterizing the Performance of <span class="sc">xor</span> Games and the Shannon Capacity of Graphs

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    - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS - Year 2014

    In this Letter we give a set of necessary and sufficient conditions such that quantum players of a two-party xor game cannot perform any better than classical players. With any such game, we associate a graph and examine its zero-error communication capacity. This allows us to specify a broad new class of graphs for which the Shannon capacity can be calculated. The conditions also enable the parametrization of new families of games...

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  • Simultaneous grouping and ranking with combination of SOM and TOPSIS for selection of preferable analytical procedure for furan determination in food

    Novel methodology for grouping and ranking with application of self-organizing maps and multicriteria decision analysis is presented. The dataset consists of 22 objects that are analytical procedures applied to furan determination in food samples. They are described by 10 variables, referred to their analytical performance, environmental and economic aspects. Multivariate statistics analysis allows to limit the amount of input...

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