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ROYAL CHAPEL IN GDANSK. STUDY OF FACILITY INVENTORY WITH THE USAGE OF LASER SCANNING WITHIN THE FRAMES OF STUDENT PROJECT
PublicationThis article presents the photogrammetric works carried out during the architectural inventory of the Royal Chapel in the Main Town of Gdansk (Poland). The facility has the status of a monument of architecture and since decades it is covered by geodetic monitoring, realized with the participation of the Department of Geodesy of Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Gdańsk University of Technology . For several years,...
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Student Perspectives on the 2017 ESA Concurrent Engineering Challenge
PublicationIn September 2017, the first ESA Academy’s Concurrent Engineering Challenge (CEC) was held, giving 88 Master’s and PhD-level students from twelve ESA Member and Associate States a powerful platform to experience system engineering in an intense, fast paced, and real-world environment. Within four days, teams of physics and engineering students in Concurrent Design Facilities (CDF) located in Politecnico di Torino, Universidad Polit´ecnica...
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Dynamic Analysis of Enterprise Business Scenarios
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono system wspomagający projektowanie i poprawęscenariuszy procesów biznesowych. Scenariusze są wykonywane oraz monitorowane w środowisku SOA. Zaproponowany system oferuje dynamiczne gromadzenie i ocenianie metryk scenariuszy. Na podstawie wyników analizy wydajność, jakość oraz użyteczność scenariuszy są ulepszane. Dzięki elastycznemu API, system obsługuje dowolną rozszerzalną technologię wykonania scenariuszy...
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Family business succession – the practical or also theoretical problem. Bibliometric analysis
PublicationFamily businesses, in various forms, have existed since societies began to be created. However, family business research has a decidedly shorter tradition. In favorable conditions, family enterprises develop for many generations, and their fate is intertwined with the fate of the families. The topics of family businesses are raised by researchers around the world. Estimates regarding the number of family businesses are a frequent...
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The work-family interface: Job demands, work engagement and turnover intentions of Polish nurses
PublicationA conflict between one's professional life and one's family life may lead to lower well-being both at work and home. Most nurses are women who have traditionally reconciled their professional life with family life. One aim of this study was to examine the relationships between the work-family conflict (WFC),the family-work conflict (FWC), and the perception of job demands (quantitative workload and interpersonal conflicts at work)....
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Hey student, are you sharing your knowledge? A cluster typology of knowledge sharing behaviours among students
PublicationKnowledge Sharing (KS) is crucial for all organisations to better face current and future challenges. It is justifiable to assume that after graduation, students will have to face the coming challenges at societal and business levels, and that they will need the adequate KS skills to do so. Though the importance of KS is established, the understanding of how students pass on their knowledge is still fragmented and underdeveloped....
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Education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Gdańsk University of Technology
PublicationFaculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the largest departments of the Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), currently educating about 3 000 student. Lectures are conducted in five Chairs, which include 18 Divisions. In 2000 GUT introduced the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). Each student should get during one academic year 60 ECTS points. Obtaining a diploma of BEng requires the acquisition of no less...
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Education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Gdańsk University of Technology
PublicationFaculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the largest departments of the Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), currently educating about 3 000 student. Lectures are conducted in five Chairs, which include 18 Divisions. In 2000 GUT introduced the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). Each student should get during one academic year 60 ECTS points. Obtaining a diploma of BEng requires the acquisition of no less...
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Job Demands, Engagement, and Turnover Intentions in Polish Nurses: The Role of Work-Family Interface
PublicationBackground: Poland has lower ratios of employed registered nurses per 1,000 inhabitants than the EU average. Polish nurses work under miserable conditions without assisting personnel, and they reconcile their professional demands with responsibilities for their families; 96% of them are women. Rationale/Aims: This study uses Hobfoll’s conservation of resources (CORs) theory to explain the role of various resources in the improvement...
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An assessment of Islamic banking in Bosnia and Herzegovina – a comparative analysis using the CAMELS approach
PublicationThis paper examines the phenomenon of Islamic banking in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although almost half of the Bosnian population is recognized as Islamic, there is only one bank purely based on Sharia operating in this country. The aim of the article is to conduct a comparative analysis of the financial standing of this bank and the banking sector in this country and region. The chosen method of analysis is CAMELS which examines...
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Creating Shared Value by the University
PublicationPurpose Works that link creating shared value (CSV) with the university are arising, and there is a hope for a great future of this combination. The main problem with these works is that they are based on the wrong assumptions of what CSV is. The aim of the paper is to properly explain the concept of CSV and match it with university social responsibility (USR) at a strategic level. Design/methodology/approach A literature review...
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The first International Comparative Social Enterprise Models Working Paper: Poland
PublicationIn this paper, social enterprise models: entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations, cooperatives and vocational enterprises for the disabled are presented. Their emergence and institutionalization in the Polish social enterprise organizations landscape is provided and analysed. Also, the authors point to the convergences and divergences between these three models. Additionally historical background and institutional trajectories...
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Comparative Analysis of Reactive Power Compensation Devices in a Real Electric Substation
PublicationA constant worldwide growing load stress over a power system compelled the practice of a reactive power injection to ensure an efficient power network. For this purpose, multiple technologies exist in the knowledge market out of which this paper emphasizes the usage of the flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) and presents a comparative study of the static var compensator (SVC) with the static synchronous compensator...
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THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL LUBRICANTS
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Comparative Analysis of Exoskeletal Actuators
PublicationSince the beginning of the development of exoskeletons in the early 1960s there was a constant need for improving their actuators technology. Requirements for high power and torque for the lower body and very high precision for the hand motion, while maintaining the flexibility of biological muscles, are still not fully satisfied. The problem lies not just in the lack of appropriate actuator technology, but also in the inability...
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COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS OF HISTORICAL BRICK ARCHES
PublicationThe article presents a comparative numerical analysis of various ways to strengthen historical brick arches. Five ways of strengthening brick arches with steel tie-rods have been proposed. Two of these involve the use of braces wrapped around pillars supporting the arch connected with a tie-rod; another two ways involve the use of the tie-rods with welded metal sheets of different sizes; the last way involves the use of the tie-rod...
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Estimating the Cost of Cybersecurity Activities with CAsPeA: A Case Study and Comparative Analysis
PublicationContemporary approaches to the estimation of cybersecurity costs in organisations tend to focus on the cost of incidents or technological investments. However, there are other, less transparent costs related to cybersecurity management that need to be properly recognised in order to get a complete picture. These costs are associated with everyday activities and the time spent by employees on cybersecurity-related actions. Such...
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Bankruptcy Law Severity for Debtors: Comparative Analysis Among Selected Countries
PublicationPurpose: The objective of this paper is to propose the new indicator of bankruptcy law severity for debtors (BLSI-Bankruptcy Law Severity Index). On the basis of this index we conducted comparative analysis of debtor/creditor friendliness of bankruptcy laws among 27 selected countries. Design/Methodology/Approach: In the research the following methods were used: analysis of legal acts, literature review and expert method. Findings:...
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Analysis of human negotiations for e-business improvements
PublicationW artykule zaproponowano ogólny model negocjacji oraz oparty na nim uproszczony model jakości negocjacji. Zaproponowany model jakości negocjacji umożliwia zdefiniowanie wielu scenariuszy negocjacji i ich ocenę w kategoriach kompletności, efektywności, wydajności i satysfakcji. Przeanalizowano 150 eksperymentów (f2f i czat) w celu określenia wpływu osobowości negocjatorów i strategii negocjacyjnych na ich rezultat.
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THE INFLUENCE OF QUESTION SET ON STUDENT QUIZ RESULTS
PublicationThe advent of e-Learning tools allowing for automated online test grading will probably increase the frequency of using tests in technical education. The same tools may provide for measures of test question quality. By purposely crafting question sets, test grading may serve different goals. The paper contains examples and test study with score histograms.
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Assessing business process complexity based on textual data: Evidence from ITIL IT ticket processing
PublicationPurpose This study aims to draw the attention of business process management (BPM) research and practice to the textual data generated in the processes and the potential of meaningful insights extraction. The authors apply standard natural language processing (NLP) approaches to gain valuable knowledge in the form of business process (BP) complexity concept suggested in the study. It is built on the objective, subjective and meta-knowledge...
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A new method of presosns identification based on comparative analysis of 3D face models
PublicationThe article presents the use of modern close range photogrammetry for possessing highly accurate 3D models of the human face (including the ears). Modern methods used to obtain precise data describing the construction of a human face, and even the whole human body, should allow to get finished measurement material in a very short time. Those features belong to the optical scanning technology. Comparative analysis of models of the...
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Wroclaw University of Technology Knowledge Repository - project objectives
PublicationKnowledge Repository is a project created in the Library and Scientific Information Centre of Wroclaw University of Technology (WrUT). Its main task will be collecting, sharing, and promoting scientific publications of researchers, postgraduates and students of WrUT. It will be also used for bibliometric analysis and reporting research output of WrUT scientific community.Knowledge Repository will closely cooperate with other databases...
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Comparative Analysis of Numerical and Experimental Studies of the Airflow Around the Sample of Urban Development
PublicationIn this paper, on the background of a short overview of the recent advances in the field of Environmental Wind Engineering (EWE), a comparison of wind tunnel experiment and numerical simulation for some cases of airflow around an urban layout have been reported. The purpose of the study is quantitative and qualitative comparison of measurements in the wind tunnel as well as numerical simulation using Ansys Fluent software. The...
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Comparative analysis of earthships and conventional buildings in terms of investment and operating costs
PublicationThe aim of the master's thesis is to present the idea of earthships and compare them with conventional buildings in terms of investment and operating costs. Earthships are buildings erected from tires and other wastes whose characteristic feature is their self-sufficiency. The first part of the master's thesis is to discuss the basic issues related to the earthship building. The beginnings of tire homes and their development are...
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A comparative analysis of methods and tools for low impact development (LID) site selection
PublicationThe site selection for Low Impact Development (LID) practices is a significant process. It affects the effectiveness of LID in controlling stormwater surface runoff, volume, flow rate, and infiltration. This research paper presents a comprehensive review of various methods used for LID site selection. It starts by introducing different methods and tools. Three main methods: index-based methods, GIS-based multi-criteria decision...
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Client co-production in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS): Case study analysis
PublicationPurpose: This paper aims to explore the topic of client co-production in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The paper first sketches a theoretical background and reviews previous studies on factors affecting successful client co-production in such companies and then examines these factors via case study research among a small KIBS company and its five customers. Methodology: The paper is based on an in-depth analysis...
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OF WATER TRAMS IN GDAŃSK, BYDGOSZCZ AND KRAKÓW
PublicationThe subject of this work is to identify and juxtapose solutions implemented in transport provided by water trams for the following cities: Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz and Kraków. As a result of the conducted analysis of transport factors, the degree of conformity of project objectives to the actual role of the water tram has been determined. It was found that the Kraków Water Tram (also known as Cracow Water Tram) is characterized by the...
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Valuation of architectural heritage by multicultural student groups
PublicationIn this article, the author addresses the education of architecture students in the field of architectural history and the determination of the value of architectural objects. Important changes at present are underway concerning this. Both the role of architectural history in architectural education and content in architectural history curricula is changing. The need for re-evaluation...
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Technical and economical analysis of combined cycles of gas turbine - steam turbine on pipeline compressor stations. Part I - Technical analysis
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono zagadnienie nadbudowy zespołów turbosprężarkowych, znajdujących się na tłoczni gazu ziemnego, odzyskowymi blokami parowymi. W analizie tego przedsięwzięcia wzięto pod uwagę kilka wariantów konfiguracji układu parowego oraz kilka wariantów uwzględniających zmienność obciążenia turbin gazowych napędzających kompresory. Dla układu parowego dobrano wszystkie podstawowe parametry, a następnie wykonano obliczenia...
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Efficiency of environmental taxation in European countries: comparative analysis
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Comparative analysis of coaxial magnetocumulative generators
PublicationThis paper presents the results of a computer simulation of coaxial magnetocumulative current generators (MCGs). The simulation tests were carried out for different values of the internal diameter, length and speed of the deformation of the MGP element.
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Comparative Analysis of Salient and Non-Salient Pole Brushless Synchronous Generator for Application in Autonomous Electric Power System
PublicationThis paper presents a comparative study of two types of brushless synchronous generator for application in autonomous electric power systems (e.g. airplane power grid). Commercially used salient pole and a prototype non-salient pole high speed multi-pole brushless synchronous generator (BSG) have been presented. Comparative analysis of both types of the generator has been performed. Chosen simulation (using FEM and circuit models)...
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Time-frequency analysis in optical coherence tomography for technical objects examination
PublicationOptical coherence tomography (OCT) is one of the most advanced optical measurement techniques for complex structure visualization. The advantages of OCT have been used for surface and subsurface defect detection in composite materials, polymers, ceramics, non-metallic protective coatings, and many more. Our research activity has been focused on timefrequency spectroscopic analysis in OCT. It is based on time resolved spectral analysis...
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Online brand communities’ contribution to digital business models
PublicationAbstract Purpose – There is limited research examining social drivers and mediators of online brand community identification in the context of business models development. This study aims to identify them behind the social mechanisms and present essential factors which should be applied in business models to foster value co-creation. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a convenience sample of 712 cases gathered among...
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Several notes on technical modernization of a historical building
PublicationThis paper describes methods and means used during the renovation process of several elements of a building – the assembly hall, inner courtyards and attics of the main building at Gdansk University of Technology, both in design and construction domains. A tissue of a historic building required special approach to these tasks, with special emphasis on good recognition of problems, careful planning and consistent implementing of...
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS – WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT FROM BUSINESS UNDERTAKERS
PublicationSocial entrepreneurs, very often operate with highly limited resources, not to say with virtually nothing. They possess motivation, but apart from financial or technical resources very often they also need complex set of skills, especially those connected with leadership. Social entrepreneurship is similar to business entrepreneurship in many way, however there are some differences. Both similarities and differences can be find...
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Assessment of student language skills in an e-learning environment
PublicationThis article presents the role of various assessment structures that can be used in a VLE. e-Learning language courses offer tutors a wide range of traditional and computer-generated formative and summative assessment procedures and tools. They help to evaluate each student’s progress, monitor their activities and provide varied support, which comes from the tutor, the course structure and materials as well as other participants....
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Knowledge risks inherent in business sustainability
PublicationSince the connection between business sustainability and knowledge risks has not been established in the literature so far, this paper provides a conceptual framework to demonstrate the possible impact of various knowledge risks on business sustainability and offers potential ways to manage and overcome these risks. The aim of this conceptual paper is to address two main questions: What are the potential effects of knowledge risks...
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Corporate Social Responsibility Culture in the University of Technology – Polish Students Perspective
PublicationPurpose: The view on CSR concept is constantly broadening and still the new perspective is needed. New challenges are imposed by social, environmental and economic changes. A stakeholder approach defining organizations’ responsibility is no more valid. There is a need to redefine CSR concept and its role in sustainable development. Higher education and its role in shaping future attitudes towards corporate social responsibility...
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Comparative Analysis of Text Representation Methods Using Classification
PublicationIn our work, we review and empirically evaluate five different raw methods of text representation that allow automatic processing of Wikipedia articles. The main contribution of the article—evaluation of approaches to text representation for machine learning tasks—indicates that the text representation is fundamental for achieving good categorization results. The analysis of the representation methods creates a baseline that cannot...
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Technical and economic analysis of energy storage in the compressed air technology with low capacity for the production plant
PublicationCompressed air energy storage (CAES) system is a promising technology due to its numerous advantages, including relatively low maintenance cost, a long lifespan and high operational flexibility. This article explores the possibility of designing a CAES power plant as a source of electricity and heat for an existing industrial plant. The study involves the technical analysis of the power plant parameters and the economic analysis...
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Evaluation of technical efficiency of heat and electric power generation
PublicationThis paper presents an evaluation of technical efficiency and time-dependent changes in productivity of Polish professional electric power and heat&electric power stations by using Data Envelopment Analysis non-parametric method. The research covered the enterprises whose total available electric power amounted to about 98% of that of all professional thermal electric power stations in this country. The analysis has concerned...
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Skłonność do rywalizacji a intencje przedsiębiorcze – o różnicach międzypłciowych
PublicationAccording to the person-environment fit model people are more inclined to choose particular careers paths over other depending on their individual characteristics. They are also more likely to be satisfied with a career path that matches their characteristics and less likely to experience negative consequences including strain. In previous research several characteristics of entrepreneurs which differentiate them from non-entrepreneurs...
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Interactive Prototypes in Teaching User-Centred Design and Business Process Modelling
PublicationThis publication describes experiences gathered during the use of interactive prototyping in two areas: design of user interfaces for a touch screen information kiosk and interactive prototyping of business processes. Prototyping is promoted here as a technique useful for both visualizing design concepts and for stimulating communication within relevant teams. Developing interactive prototypes of use interfaces is discussed here...
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Current risk analysis and management issues in technical systems.
PublicationDealing with the reliability and safety of industrial hazardous plants requires taking into account relevant interdisciplinary scientific knowledge and some existing approaches based on so-called good engineering practice, also those included in the international standards and guidelines. In this article an approach is proposed how to integrate the functional safety concept with information security aspects in the design and management...
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Technical and Economic Analysis of the Supercritical Combined Gas-Steam Cycle
PublicationCombined cycle power plants are characterized by high efficiency, now exceeding 60%. The record-breaking power plant listed in the Guinness Book of World Records is the Nishi-Nagoya power plant commissioned in March 2018, located in Japan, and reaching the gross efficiency of 63.08%. Research and development centers, energy companies, and scientific institutions are taking various actions to increase this efficiency. Both the gas...
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IT Business Standards as an Ontology Domain
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to report a selection of Semantic Web aspects pertaining to ontology development activities in the domain of the IT business standard (TOGAF 9) such as formulating competency questions, conceptualization of the domain, resolution of the source knowledge deficiency and applying common design patterns in the OWL formalization. Authors also try to determine target groups that may benefit from such ontology...
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Universities as Part of the Urban Transport System—Analysis Using the Example of the Gdansk University of Technology and Medical University of Gdansk
PublicationMany cities perceive academic function as a distinctive feature, representing the rank and prestige of the city. Universities provide places for work and learning for a high number of people and represent a significant proportion compared to the total city population (even 22%). Many of Polish universities are located in the urban structure in the form of spatially concentrated campuses, where the number of people working and studying...
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Za co płaci student?
PublicationAutor wskazuje, że w czasach szybkiego wzrostu liczby studentów można zaobserwować wyraźną asymetrię między udziałem studentów studiów odpłatnych a miejscem wyższej uczelni w rankingu, zwłaszcza wśród uczelni technicznych. Zachowanie odpowiednich proporcji jest niezbędnym warunkiem zapewnienia odpowiedniej jakości kształcenia. Rozwój studiów zaocznych i wieczorowych jest uzależniony od doskonalenia programów.