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Usability and relational factors in user-perceived quality of online services
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to identify the key determinants of con-sumer-perceived usability of online service websites and their impact on e-loyalty potential, expressed by customer’s willingness to return and to recommend the website to others. In this experimental usability study fifteen video-recorded users performed specific tasks in financial, travel and health online service websites. After completing the tasks users filled...
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Usability and socio-organizational context of on-line services in intranet portals
PublicationPublikacja omawia problemy postrzeganej jakości usług on-line, dostępnych w intranetowych portalach pracowniczych. Zaproponowano poszerzone podejście ocenowe wykraczające poza typową ocenę jakości użytkowej. Poszerzenie to polega na uwzględnieniu w projektowaniu i w ocenie czynników organizacyjnych i ekonomicznych, związanych z budową relacji na linii pracodawca-pracownicy. Zaproponowano również metodykę projektowania portali intranetowych...
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Impact of Usability Website Attributes on Users’ Trust, Satisfaction and Loyalty
PublicationThis paper presents the results of an experimental study aimed at identifying possible relationships among website usability characteristics, consumer satisfaction, trust and loyalty. These factors regard not only customer satisfaction in a transactional sense, but in the long term they may affect e-customer behavior, opinions, recommendations and attitudes toward using on-line services in general. The study was performed with...
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Usability Techniques Possible to Use in Diagnostic Tools Interface Improvement
PublicationThe development of diagnostic tools has caused a rapid increase in the amount of information generated and presented, necessitating the use of computer displays as an interface to data presentation and the use of modern diagnostic tools. The paper presents methods for testing usability that can be used in designing and improving the quality of interfaces of modern diagnostic tools that use communication through graphical user interfaces.
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Measuring the immeasurable: system usability, user satisfaction, and quality management.
PublicationZmierzyć niemierzalne: funkcjonalność systemu, satysfakcja użytkownika a zarządzanie jakością.W artykule przedyskutowano możliwości opracowania nowego podejścia badawczego łączącego badania funkcjonalności, badania konsumenckie oraz wybrane techniki zarządzania jakością. Perspektywa badań konsumenckich jest postrzegana jako szczególnie obiecująca w kontekście rozwijającego się rynku produktów interaktywnych oraz dalszego rozwoju...
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Overview of the Virtual Transcription Laboratory Usage Scenarios and Architecture
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Usage of parametric echosounder with emphasis on buried object searching.
PublicationThe purpose of this article is to present the results of investigation to search for buried objects. The paper will contain echograms and other means of visualization from buried pipe placed between area of W?adys?awowo and gas platform and interesting in terms of the number of small and medium-sized unidentified objects found in the muddy bottom at different depths localized in the Gulf of Puck - results will be presented also...
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The shallow sea experiment with usage of linear hydrophone array
PublicationPurpose of this article is to present designed and made linear hydrophone array and the results obtained during in situ trails on Gulf of Gdańsk. The measuring system allowed to localize hydrophones in the selected points and perform measurements in both the horizontal antenna positioning and vertical. Made in this way recordings allow creating accurate 3D imaging of sound intensity/propagation. During research three floating objects...
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Ranking Speech Features for Their Usage in Singing Emotion Classification
PublicationThis paper aims to retrieve speech descriptors that may be useful for the classification of emotions in singing. For this purpose, Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) and selected Low-Level MPEG 7 descriptors were calculated based on the RAVDESS dataset. The database contains recordings of emotional speech and singing of professional actors presenting six different emotions. Employing the algorithm of Feature Selection based...
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A survey of neural networks usage for intrusion detection systems
PublicationIn recent years, advancements in the field of the artificial intelligence (AI) gained a huge momentum due to the worldwide appliance of this technology by the industry. One of the crucial areas of AI are neural networks (NN), which enable commer‐ cial utilization of functionalities previously not accessible by usage of computers. Intrusion detection system (IDS) presents one of the domains in which neural networks are widely tested...
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Wpływ geometrii, właściwości magnetycznych oraz sposobu magnesowania próbki na rozkład przestrzenny magnetycznego pola rozproszonego
PublicationPraca dotyczy problematyki wpływu wybranych czynników na rozkład przestrzenny magnetycznego pola rozproszonego (MPR). Na podstawie wyników badań uzyskanych dla próbek charakteryzujących się przewężeniem i lokalnym spadkiem przenikalności magnetycznej (spowodowanym deformacją plastyczną) stwierdzono, iż oba czynniki wywierają podobny wpływ na rozkład przestrzenny MPR. Na bazie analizy wyników pomiarów MPR oraz symulacji wykonanych...
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Modelowanie magnetycznego pola rozproszonego z wykorzystaniem MES
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowano zalety oraz możliwości, ale i też ograniczenia jakie posiada MES. Z całą pewnością jest to bardzo użyteczna i obiecująca metoda numeryczna, pozwalająca na modelowanie zjawisk elektromagnetycznych, w szczególności zaś magnetycznego pola rozproszonego. Biorąc pod uwagę szybko postępujący rozwój możliwości obliczeniowych współczesnych komputerów oraz towarzyszący mu rozwój oprogramowania MES można stwierdzić,...
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Czynniki wpływające na magnetyczne pole rozproszone elementów konstrukcyjnych wykonanych ze stali węglowych
PublicationPrzeprowadzono badania próbek wykonanych ze stali węglowej lokalnie odkształconych plastycznie. Badano wpływ lokalnej deformacji na rozkład magnetycznego pola rozproszonego wokół próbek w zależności od warunków panujących podczas deformowania oraz wykonywania pomiarów. Na podstawie porównania rezultatów otrzymanych dla próbek o różnej historii stwierdzono, iż rejestrowane anomalie rozkładu MPR są spowodowane w głównej mierze przepływem...
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Isolation of the relative decrease in magnetic permeability contribution to reluctance of an open magnetic circuit based on stray field measurements
PublicationThe goal of the study was to evaluate a relative decrease in magnetic permeability in open magnetic circuits based on stray magnetic field measurements. The boundary element method was used to simulate magnetic circuits with variable geometry and variable magnetic permeability. The simulated magnetic circuits were rectangular or bone-shaped flat samples. Reluctance was increased in the middle of the samples resulting in leakage...
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Vector and Triangular Representations of Project Estimation Uncertainty: Effect of Gender on Usability
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Evaluating the Internal and External Usability of Mobile Technologies in Facilitating Knowledge Transfer
PublicationA worker’s performance and productivity depend on a variety of factors including knowledge, to be essential for self-effectiveness and self-efficacy. In the literature, knowledge transfer is argued to enhance the quality of work, and therefore, its value. When addressing this issue, the latest studies have considered and evaluated the use of mobile technologies, which are evidenced to improve a worker’s capacity and skills. However,...
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The evaluation of the vibration measurement usability of electronic indicator lemag "premet C"
PublicationThe measuring possibilities of modern compression and combustion pressure analyzers are extended with additional functions. One of them is parallel to the pressure measurement, the measurement of vibrations in the region of the cylinder head. The paper presents a general assessment of the vibration measurement function of the electronic indicator LEMAG "PREMET C". This feature is very rarely offered by manufacturers of these devices....
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Usage of Memi-Markov Process in Operation Evaluation of Diesel Engine
PublicationIn paper, the proposition of quantitative evaluation of operation using semi-Markov processes theories has been presented. Basic assumptions, essential for creating mathematical model on example of diesel engine were shown. Special attention was given to practical aspects of using established mathematical model. Example of characteristic of analysed process - temporary distribution of probability was assigned.
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Chemical modifications of natural oils and examples of their usage for polyurethane synthesis
PublicationNatural oils have been used in the production of plastics for a long time. However, the number of studies dedicated to polyurethane research has shown an increase only recently. Usually, petrochemical components are used in polyurethane synthesis. Nowadays, there have been attemptsmade to replace polyols in polyurethanes with the modified oils and other natural raw materials. It is a promising and important scenario because the...
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Interventions reducing car usage: Systematic review and meta-analysis
PublicationThis systematic literature review aimed to investigate the extent to which transport-related interventions induced a reduction in car use. Both qualitative synthesis and meta-analysis were employed. The synthesis included 31 original studies, while the meta-analysis included 21. Of the qualitatively synthesised studies, 74 % demonstrated that interventions were effective in reducing car use. The pooled estimates of the effects...
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The Goertzel filter-bank usage in the non-stationary impedance measurement.
PublicationArtykuł prezentuje metodę pomiaru parametrów impedancyjnych w warunkach niestacjonarnych bazującą na próbkowaniu sygnałów pomiarowych i przetwarzaniu cyfrowym. Zaproponowano i przeanalizowano zastosowanie banku filtrów Goertzela. Porównano zaproponowane podejście z tradycyjnie stosowaną metodą STDFT. Przedstawiono wynik symulacji i pomiarów.
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Eye Tracking Based Experimental Study on Basic Digital Control Panel Usability
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Analyze of Maldi-TOF Proteomic Spectra with Usage of Mixture of Gaussian Distributions
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Predictive method of improvement of the generators rated power usage in inductive heating
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Usage of the Gstreamer framework for generation, analysis, processing and visualization of sonar signal
PublicationIn this paper a novel method of the bearing estimation in a passive sonar system with a towed array is introduced. The classical approach of the bearing estimation based on the spatial spectrum is extended by using the synchrosqeezing method that is a part of the reassignment method introduced by Kodera et al. The usage of this method leads to the precise bearing estimation. The proposed method requires a relatively small amount...
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Teaching High Performance Computing Using BeesyCluster and Relevant Usage Statistics
PublicationThe paper presents motivations and experiences from using the BeesyCluster middleware for teaching high performance computing at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology. Features of BeesyCluster well suited for conducting courses are discussed including: easy-to-use WWW interface for application development and running hiding queuing systems, publishing applications as services...
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The usage of the openBIM idea in architectural design on the example of Blender and BlenderBIM add-on
PublicationThe aim of the article is the research about the method and advancement of the openBIM idea implementation, clearly defined by the buildingSMART organization. The conducted analysis are limited to the Blender program and the BlenderBIM add-on and has been embedded in the context of the work of an architect and other IT solutions. The article presents four aspects of the openBIM concept implementation. The first approach relates...
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Treatment Wetland effluent quality improvement by usage sorbents of various origin
PublicationTWs are finding as low-cost and also effective system to treat domestic wastewater. The aim of this study is to find suitable adsorbing material for application in an additional treatment unit where treatment wetlands do not provide sufficient PO4 3- reduction level. Material M1 is a fine-grained by-product of thermal treatment of carbonate-siliceous rock (opoka) with high content of calcium carbonate CaCO3 in temperature 700°C....
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The effect of laser on metal surfaces for multidisciplinary usage in material and thermal engineering
PublicationThe subject of heat transfer and cooling systems is still a matter of contention in many different fields of science and industry. Infrigidation is much more difficult than warming, and so, much more needed in more and more different devices, starting from massive industrial machinery and air conditioning in commercial buildings, up to micro and nano-surgery tools. In fact, the size of many cooling systems is still a problem. It...
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The Usage of the BP-Layers Stereo Matching Algorithm with the EBCA Camera Set
PublicationThis paper is concerned with applying a stereo matching algorithm called BP-Layers to a set of many cameras. BP Layers is designed for obtaining disparity maps from stereo cameras. The algorithm takes advantage of convolutional natural networks. This paper presents using this algorithm with a set called Equal Baseline Camera Array. This set consists of up to five cameras with one central camera and other ones aground it. Such a...
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Exploring the Usability and User Experience of Social Media Apps through a Text Mining Approach
PublicationThis study aims to evaluate the applicability of a text mining approach for extracting UUX-related issues from a dataset of user comments and not to evaluate the Instagram (IG) app. This study analyses textual data mined from reviews in English written by IG mobile application users. The article’s authors used text mining (based on the LDA algorithm) to identify the main UUX-related topics. Next, they mapped the identified topics...
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Do online reviews reveal mobile application usability and user experience? The case of WhatsApp
PublicationThe variety of hardware devices and the diversity of their users imposes new requirements and expectations on designers and developers of mobile applications (apps). While the Internet has enabled new forms of communication platform, online stores provide the ability to review apps. These informal online app reviews have become a viral form of electronic wordof-mouth (eWOM), covering a plethora of issues. In our study, we set ourselves...
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Tools, Methods and Services Enhancing the Usage of the Kepler-based Scientific Workflow Framework
PublicationScientific workflow systems are designed to compose and execute either a series of computational or data manipulation steps, or workflows in a scientific application. They are usually a part of a larger eScience environment. The usage of workflow systems, however very beneficial, is mostly not irrelevant for scientists. There are many requirements for additional functionalities around scientific workflows systems that need to be...
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The Possibility of Phase Change Materials (PCM) Usage to Increase Efficiency of the Photovoltaic Modules
PublicationSolar energy is widely available, free and inexhaustible. Furthermore this source of energy is the most friendly to the environment. For direct conversion of solar energy into useful forms like of electricity and thermal energy, respectively photovoltaic cells and solar collectors are being used. Forecast indicate that the first one solution will soon have a significant part in meeting the global energy demand. Therefore it is...
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Viscoplastic properties of coated textile material ''Panama'' and its usage for hanging roofs.
PublicationPodano sposób identyfikacji parametrów materiałowych lepkoplastycznego prawa Bodnera-Partoma i prawa Chaboche´a. Przedstawiono model sieci gęstej pozwalający na zastosowanie wyników prób jednoosiowego rozciągania do rzeczywistej tkaniny. Pokazano zastosowanie wyników w analizie statycznej i dynamicznej przekrycia wiszącego typu hypar poddanego wstępnemu naprężaniu. Przeanalizowano zmianę geometrii i częstości drgań własnych.
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Analysis of the construction, assembly and usage of specialized fixtures illustrated with an example of machining a lever
PublicationThe paper presents a method of quantitative assessment of manufacturability of the construction of specialized fixtures used in machining. The assumed, simplified assessment criteria include both the complexity of the construction with respect to time-consumption of manufacturing the components and their assembly, as well as the features of the usage of fixtures. The paper contains a study case connected with variably designed...
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Discussion of Derivability of Local Residual Stress Level from Magnetic Stray Field Measurement
PublicationThe NDT procedure dubbed ‘metal magnetic memory’ method and the related ISO 24497 standard has found wide industrial acceptance in some countries, mainly in Russia and China. The method has been claimed by some researchers (Roskosz and Bieniek in NDT&E Int 45:55–62, 2012; Wilson et al. in Sens Actuators A 135:381–387, 2007) as having potential for quantitative determination of local residual stress state in engineering structures,...
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Inspection of Gas Pipelines Using Magnetic Flux Leakage Technology
PublicationMagnetic non-destructive testing methods can be classified into the earliest methods developed for assessment of steel constructions. One of them is the magnetic flux leakage technology. A measurement of the magnetic flux leakage is quite commonly used for examination of large objects such as tanks and pipelines. Construction of a magnetic flux leakage tool is relatively simple, but a quantitative analysis of recorded data is a...
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Finite Element Method Applied in Electromagnetic NDTE: - A Review
PublicationThe paper contains an original comprehensive review of finite element analysis (FEA) applied by researchers to calibrate and improve existing and developing electromagnetic non-destructive testing and evaluation techniques, including but not limited to magnetic flux leakage (MFL), eddy current testing, electromagnetic-acoustic transducers (EMATs). Premium is put on the detection and modelling of magnetic field, as the vast majority...
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Evaluation of the impact of geometry and plastic deformation on the stray magnetic field around the bone shaped sample
PublicationInfluence of two factors: the variable cross-section and the localized plastic deformation, which affect the stray magnetic field profile of a ferromagnetic sample have been studied. Evaluation of an effect size is based on the analysis of the stray magnetic field component which is tangential to the longest dimension of a sample. However, in order to describe the nature of the stray magnetic field, the normal component (perpendicular...
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Kontrola parametrów obwodu wymuszającego w quasi-statycznych magnetycznych badaniach nieniszczących stali, cz. I: Model analityczny i 2D
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowane zostało dwuwymiarowe modelowanie Metodą Elementów Skończonych (MES) układu do badań nieniszczących (ang. non-destructive testing, w skrócie NDT), składającego się z elektromagnesu jarzmowego i płyty ferromagnetycznej magnesowanej w sposób quasi-statyczny. Wykazane zostały ograniczenia stosowalności opartych na równaniach Maxwella obliczeń analitycznych 1D, które przynoszą zadowalające wyniki jedynie w...
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The Effects of the Anthropological Race, Gender and Location of Verbal-Pictorial Stimuli on the Usability of Visual Information Conveyance
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A Study of the Impact of Internal and External Usability on Knowledge Transfer by the Means of Mobile Technologies: Preliminary Results
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Multi-Criteria Simulation-Optimization Analysis of Usage of Automated Parcel Lockers: A Practical Approach
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Usage of Two-Center Basis Function Neural Classifiers in Compact Smart Resistive Sensors
PublicationA new solution of the smart resistance sensorwith the Two-Center Basis Function (TCBF) neuralclassifier, for which the resistance sensor is a component ofan anti-aliasing filter of an ADC is proposed. Thetemperature measurement procedure is based on excitationof the filter by square impulses, sampling time response ofthe filter and processing measured voltage values by theTCBF classifier. All steps of the measurement procedure...
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Usability of accident and incident reports for evidence-based risk modeling – A case study on ship grounding reports
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Experimental Investigation of Adhesion Failure between Waterproof Coatings and Terrace Tiles under Usage Loads
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The Analysis of Container Vessel Service Efficiency in the Aspect of Berth and Handling Equipment Usage in Polish Ports
PublicationThe paper analyses the efficiency of container vessel service in Polish container terminals taking under considerations different berth layouts and handling equipment.
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Efficient Usage of Dense GNSS Networks in Central Europe for the Visualization and Investigation of Ionospheric TEC Variations
PublicationThe technique of the orthogonal projection of ionosphere electronic content variations for mapping total electron content (TEC) allows us to visualize ionospheric irregularities. For the reconstruction of global ionospheric characteristics, numerous global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers located in different regions of the Earth are used as sensors. We used dense GNSS networks in central Europe to detect and investigate...
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Usage of Over-the-Counter and Herbal Products in Common Cold in Poland: Findings from Consumer Survey
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