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GPR investigation of the strengthening system of a historic masonry tower
PublicationIn this paper the condition assessment of the strengthening system of a masonry tower was carried out by the GPR method. The study provided unique experimental data acquired during measurements of the reinforced concrete frame embedded in masonry walls. Conducted numerical and experimental investigations were focused on the phenomenon of the diffraction-refraction scattering of the electromagnetic energy. A hyperbola resulting...
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Cavity-expansion approximation for projectile impact and penetration into sand
PublicationA one-dimensional problem of a spherical cavity expanding at a constant velocity from zero initial radius in an infinite granular medium, which has the first-kind self-similar solution, is considered. We are solving this dynamic spherical cavity-expansion problem to model rigid spheres penetrating into a granular media. Elastic–plastic deformation of the granular media is described in a barotropic approximation, using the high-pressure...
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Diiodo-BODIPY Sensitizing of the [Mo3S13]2– Cluster for Noble-Metal-Free Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution within a Polyampholytic Matrix
PublicationWe report on a photocatalytic setup that utilizes the organic photosensitizer (PS) diiodo-BODIPY and the non-precious-metal-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst (NH4)2[Mo3S13] together with a polyampholytic unimolecular matrix poly(dehydroalanine)-graft-poly(ethyleneglycol) (PDha-g-PEG) in aqueous media. The system shows exceptionally high performance with turnover numbers (TON > 7300) and turnover frequencies (TOF...
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Application of microturbines in CHP systems with reciprocating engines
PublicationThe analysis was carried out for Combined Heat and Power generation systems with micro-turbines power plants working on heat rejected from the reciprocating engine. The calculations were performed for GE Jerbacher engines of J320 GS- C05, J320 GS- C25 and J416 GS- B05 types. We considered different working media (both wet and dry fluids): water, ammonia, ethanol, methanol, methylacetylene (propyne), dimethyloether, sulphur dioxide,...
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Enhancing colloidal stability of nanodiamond via surface modification with dendritic molecules for optical sensing in physiological environments
PublicationPre-treatment of diamond surface in low-temperature plasma for oxygenation and in acids for carboxylation was hypothesized to promote the branching density of the hyperbranched glycidol polymer. This was expected to increase the homogeneity of the branching level and suppress interactions with proteins. As a result, composite nanodiamonds with reduced hydrodynamic diameters that are maintained in physiological environments were...
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Modelling and simulations in time-fractional electrodynamics based on control engineering methods
PublicationIn this paper, control engineering methods are presented with regard to modelling and simulations of signal propagation in time-fractional (TF) electrodynamics. That is, signal propagation is simulated in electromagnetic media described by Maxwell’s equations with fractional-order constitutive relations in the time domain. We demonstrate that such equations in TF electrodynamics can be considered as a continuous-time system of...
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Karta Przejrzystości Mediów - Public Relations a dziennikarstwo.
PublicationArtykuł zawiera analizę nowo powstałego zbioru zasad regulujących pracę dziennikarz - Charter on Media Transparency, wskazującego na najczęściej występujące naruszenia norm moralnych w tym zawodzie i ich przyczyny, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem relacji: dziennikarz - specjalista public relations.
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U wrót wartości wirtualnych - dylematy dydaktyczne. [online] [dostęp: 8.12. **2003], 10 s. bibliogr. 20 poz. Dostępny ze strony World Wide Web: http://www.bg.agh.edu.pl/BG/skrypty/index.html oraz http://winntbog.bg.agh.edu.pl/skrypty/0037/cz6-r54.pdf
PublicationDziedzictwo techniki, przemysłu i inżynierii jest integralnym składnikiemdziedzictwa kulturowego. Jego badanie, dokumentowanie, prezentacja i percep-cja wykorzystują technikę informacyjną. Studenci Wydziału Inżynierii Lądowejw ramach przedmiotu ''Kulturotwórcze aspekty budownictwa'' wykorzystują media elektroniczne do realizacji ćwiczeń projektowych.
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U wrót wartości wirtualnych - dylematy dydaktyczne.
PublicationDziedzictwo techniki, przemysłu i inżynierii jest integralnym składnikiem dziedzictwa kulturowego. Jego badanie, dokumentowanie, prezentacja i percepcja wykorzystują technikę informacyjną. Studenci Wydziału Inżynierii Lądowej w ramach przedmiotu ''Kulturotwórcze aspekty budownictwa'' wykorzystują media elektroniczne do realizacji ćwiczeń projektowych.
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Simulating coherent light propagation in a random scattering materials using the perturbation expansion
PublicationMultiple scattering of a coherent light plays important role in the optical metrology. Probably the most important phenomenon caused by multiple scattering are the speckle patterns present in every optical imaging method based on coherent or partially coherent light illumination. In many cases the speckle patterns are considered as an undesired noise. However, they were found useful in various subsurface imaging methods such as...
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A BODIPY‐Based Molecular Rotor in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles: A Case Study by Polarization‐Resolved Time‐Resolved Emission and Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
PublicationBODIPY and BODIPY-derived systems are widely applied as fluorophores and as probes for viscosity detection in solvents and biological media. Their orientational and rotational dynamics in biological media are thus of vital mechanistic importance and extensively investigated. In this contribution, polarization-resolved confocal microscopy is used to determine the orientation of an amphiphilic BODIPY-cholesterol derivative in homogeneous...
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Computational analysis of power-law fluids for convective heat transfer in permeable enclosures using Darcy effects
PublicationNatural convection is a complex environmental phenomenon that typically occurs in engineering settings in porous structures. Shear thinning or shear thickening fuids are characteristics of power-law fuids, which are non-Newtonian in nature and fnd wide-ranging uses in various industrial processes. Non-Newtonian fuid fow in porous media is a difcult problem with important consequences for energy systems and heat transfer. In this...
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On extending open source IMS platform for integrated IPTV and VoIP services over IPv6
PublicationEven when IMS is the most popular platform for multimedia services, the open versions of IMS ecosystem are lacking in specified functionalities for IPTVv6 and VoIPv6 services. In this paper, we extend current client and server open source software in order to provide reliability and security to these multimedia services. As a part of our work the IMS architecture for conferencing system with proposed mechanisms to improve system...
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Modeling and MANOVA studies on toxicity and endocrine potential of packaging materials exposed to different extraction schemes
PublicationThe stability of the linings of packaging that is in contact with the goods stored has been of major concern during decades of the development of packaging materials. In this work, an attempt was undertaken to assess the applicability of using two bioassays (Microtox® and XenoScreen YES/YAS) in estimating the stability of packaging (cans, caps, multilayer material) and the impact of their degradation on the toxicity of some simulated media....
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Multimode systems of nonlinear equations: derivation, integrability, and numerical solutions
PublicationWe consider the propagation of electromagnetic pulses in isotropic media taking a third-order nonlinearityinto account. We develop a method for transforming Maxwell's equations based on a complete set ofprojection operators corresponding to wave-dispersion branches (in a waveguide or in matter) with thepropagation direction taken into account. The most important result of applying the method is a systemof equations describing the...
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Rozwój mediów i systemów transmisyjnych.
PublicationPrzedstawiono rys historyczny rozwoju przewodowych technik transmisji sygnałów. Omówiono media transmisyjne: kable symetryczne i współosiowe o przewodach miedzianych oraz kable optotelekomunikacyjne ze światłowodami. Scharakteryzowano techniki transmisyjne: wielokrotne systemy analogowe FDM oraz systemy cyfrowe PCM, PDH i SDH oraz ATM.
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Quality Control of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles with Total Protein Content Assay, Nanoparticles Tracking Analysis, and Capillary Electrophoresis
PublicationExtracellular vesicles (EVs) were isolated from Pectobacterium zantedeschiae culturing media using direct ultracentrifugation (UC), iodixanol cushion ultracentrifugation (ICUC), and iodixanol density gradient ultracentrifugation (IDGUC) techniques. The isolates were characterized with total protein content assay (bicinchoninic acid assay, BCA), nanoparticles tracking analysis (NTA), and capillary electrophoresis (CE). A satisfactory...
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Introduction to Green Chemistry, by Albert Matlack
PublicationTemat tzw. ''zielonej chemii'' zyskuje coraz większą uwagę dlatego też wiekszośc uczelni skupia się na jego znaczeniu. Media coraz częściej podejmują ten temat i dzięki temu następuje powolny ale stopniowy wzrost świadomości społeczeństwa dlatego też skomentowana ksiązka wypełnia pustkę w klasycznej literaturze chemicznej.
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Organic Compounds: Halogenated
PublicationThe entry focuses on halogenated organic compounds, mainly short-chain chlorinated aliphatic organic compounds. It describes their occurrence in the different compartments of the environment and their environmental fate, presents the basic toxicological mechanisms, and discusses the different approaches to remediation processes as applied to soil and water pollution. Finally, basic analytical solutions for the determination of...
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A Note on Reduced Strain Gradient Elasticity
PublicationWe discuss the particular class of strain-gradient elastic material models which we called the reduced or degenerated strain-gradient elasticity. For this class the strain energy density depends on functions which have different differential properties in different spatial directions. As an example of such media we consider the continual models of pantographic beam lattices and smectic and columnar liquid crystals.
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Application of chemometric techniques in studies of toxicity of selected commercially available products for infants and children
PublicationThe goal of the present study is to assess the impact of the experimental conditions for extraction procedures (time of extraction, thermal treatment and type of extraction media) as applied to several baby and infant products checked for their possible ecotoxicological response when tested by various ecotoxicity tests(Microtox®, Ostracodtoxkit F™and Xenoscreen YES/YAS™). The systems under consideration are multidimensional by...
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Thermal-Hydraulic Studies on the Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with Minijets
PublicationIn this paper a patented design of a heat exchanger with minijets, with a cylindrical construction is presented. It is followed by the results of its systematic experimental investigations in the single-phase convection heat transfer mode. Based on these results, validation of selected correlations (coming from the literature) describing the Nusselt number was carried out. An assessment of the heat exchange intensification level...
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Chemometric Assessment and Best-Fit Function Modelling of the Toxic Potential of Selected Food Packaging Extracts
PublicationFood packaging materials constitute an ever more threatening environmental pollutant. This study examined options to specifically assess the ecotoxicity of packaged wastes, such as cans, subjected to various experimental treatments (in terms of extraction media, time of exposure, and temperature) that imitate several basic conditions of the process of food production. The extracts were studied for their ecotoxicity with bioluminescent...
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Quality Aspects in Digital Broadcasting and Webcasting Systems: Bitrate versus Loudness
PublicationIn this paper the quality aspects of bitrate and loudness in digital broadcasting and webcasting systems are examined. The authors discuss a survey concerning user preferences related with processing and managing audio content. The coding efficiency of a popular audio format is analyzed in the context of storing media. An objective study on a representative group of signal samples, as well as a subjective study of the perceived...
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Nanocrystalline CVD Diamond Coatings on Fused Silica Optical Fibres: Optical Properties Study
Publicationpre-treatment by dip coating in two detonation nanodiamond (DND) seeding media has been studied. The DND suspension in ethyl alcohol and dispersion of DND in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were chosen for the seeding purpose. The grain size distribution of nanodiamond particles in both seeding media was kept at the same level (approximately 1050 nm). After the seeding nanocrystalline diamond lms were deposited...
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Thermal Self-Action of Acoustic Beams Containing Several Shock Fronts
PublicationThermal self-action of an acoustic beam with one discontinuity or several shock fronts is studied in a Newtonian fluid. The stationary self-action of a single sawtooth wave with discontinuity (or some integer number of these waves), symmetric or asymmetric, is considered in the cases of self-focusing and self- defocusing media. The results are compared with the non-stationary thermal self-action of the periodic sound. Thermal self-action...
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Company versus consumer performance: does brand community identification foster brand loyalty and the consumer’s personal brand?
PublicationThis study investigates the effect of community identification in building brand loyalty (attitudinal and behavioural) and a personal brand via social networks. The proposed model explained the main community identification antecedents and how identification can lead to enhanced company and consumer performance. This study adopts the theoretical lens of uses and gratifications theory and identifies three motivational drivers of...
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Mechanical characteristics of welded joints between different stainless steels grades
Publicationnvestigation of mechanical characteristics of welded joints is one of the most important tasks that allow determining their functional properties. Due to the very high, still rising, cost of some stainless steels it is justified, on economic grounds, welding austenitic stainless steel with steels that are corrosion-resistant like duplex ones. According to forecasts the price of...
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Analiza sentymentu jako narzędzie monitorowania wyników finansowych przedsiębiorstwa
PublicationMedia społecznościowe tworzą globalną platformę do dzielenia się interesującymi pomysłami lub nowościami, komentarzami i recenzjami. Stanowią bogate źródło danych do eksploracji opinii w celu pozyskania wcześniej nieznanej i użytecznej wiedzy biznesowej, która umożliwi nie tylko zwinne zarządzanie na rzecz skutecznej obsługi klienta, ale również powinna mieć odzwierciedlenie w finansowych wynikach przedsiębiorstwa. Za główny cel...
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Analysis of the relationship between the length of eye fixation and the parameters of advertisements visible from the road
PublicationIn Poland, many advertising signs addressed to motorists are located along the roadside. Advertisements do not serve any traffic related purpose and can distract drivers making them less reliable and as a consequence, reduce road safety. The existing regulations only apply to the carriageway. The research is conducted as part of the RID project. The objective of the RID project is to create a "Manual for positioning roadside advertising...
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PROMOWANIE USUGI PRZELEWU NATYCHMIASTOWEGO BLUECASH W BANKACH SPÓŁDZIELCZYCH
PublicationCelem pracy jest prezentacja Systemu Płatności BlueCash, którego operatorem jest firma Blue Media S.A.. Wskazuje on również na charakterystykę usługi szybkiego przelewu. Celem szczegółowym jest wskazanie na formy promocji stosowane przez banki w celu poinformowania klientów o dostępności płatności natychmiastowych. Tytułem zebrania danych na temat form promocji, autor przeprowadził badanie ankietowe pośród banków uczestników systemu płatności.
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Interactive information and decision support system for urban and industrial air quality management based on multi-agent system
PublicationThis article presents conception of interactive information and decision support system for urban and industrial air quality management. The emphasis of the project is on real-time analysis and multi-media information, and the support of distributed and mobile clients through the Internet. The approach integrates meteorological data and forecasts, air quality and emission monitoring, dynamic 3D simulation modelling and forecasting,...
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Fluoroaromatic substituents attached to carbon nanotubes help to increase oxygen concentration on biocathode in biosensors and biofuel cells
PublicationBased on the known ability of perfluorodecalin/perfluorohydrocarbons to enhance oxygen solubility we modified oxygen sensitive biocathode by adding perfluorinated components to the catholite. This procedure improved the efficiency of the oxygen sensitive cathodes. Glassy carbon electrodes covered with single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with covalently bonded perfluoroaromatic groups were shown to be more sensitive to oxygen,...
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Efficient production of Staphylococcus simulans lysostaphin in a benchtop bioreactor by recombinant Escherichia coli.
PublicationLysostaphin is an enzyme with bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococcal species. In spite of many advantages and promising results of preliminary research, the enzyme is still not widely used in medicine, veterinary or as a food preservative. One of the most important factors limiting application of the enzyme in clinical or technological practice is the high costs of its production. In the present...
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Wykorzystanie mediów społecznościowych do promocji otwartości w badaniach naukowych na przykładzie Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej
PublicationMedia społecznościowe są jednym ze sposobów na skuteczną promocję zasobów oraz usług bibliotecznych w obecnym świecie cyfrowym. Stanowią również niedocenianą możliwość komunikacji pomiędzy naukowcami, bibliotekarzami a czytelnikami. Biblioteka akademicka może aktywnie angażować się w proces upowszechniania dorobku naukowego uczelni, podejmując w tym celu różnorakie działania marketingowe, wykorzystując takie serwisy jak: Facebook,...
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL numerical investigation of MHD nanofluid convective heat transfer inside a CUBIC porous container with corrugated bottom wall
PublicationSimultaneous use of porous media and nanofluid as a heat transfer improvement method has recently captivated a great deal of attention. The heat transfer and entropy production of the Cu-water nanofluid inside a cubic container with a heated bottom wavy wall and an elliptic inner cylinder were numerically analyzed in this study. The container is partitioned into two sections: the left side is filled with permeable media and...
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User experience evaluation study on the quality of 1K, 2K, and 4K H.265/HEVC video content
PublicationNowadays, most content creators focus on distributing rich media at the highest possible resolution. Currently, the majority of sold consoles, media players, computer hardware, as well as displays and TVs are advertised as 4K-compatible. The same trend is observed in the case of popular online streaming services and terrestrial TV broadcasts. Generally speaking, it is assumed that higher bitrates provide higher subjective judgements....
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Porous material-based sorbent coatings in Solid-phase microextraction technique: Recent trends and future perspectives
PublicationThe use of porous materials as sorbents in sample preparation techniques has gained recent scientific attention in the context of developing novel fibers for the Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) technique. SPME requires the appropriate selection of a robust sorbent for successful utilization under variable conditions. A deeper understanding of the nature of newly developed porous SPME coatings and the impact of their structures...
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Transmission Quality Measurements in DAB+ Broadcast System
PublicationIn the age of digital media, delivering broadcast content to customers at an acceptable level of quality is one of the most challenging tasks. The most important factor is the efficient use of available resources, including bandwidth. An appropriate way of managing the digital multiplex is essential for both the economic and technical issues. In this paper we describe transmission quality measurements in the DAB+ broadcast system....
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ANALIZA POSTAW INTERNAUTÓW WOBEC MARKI W MEDIACH SPOŁECZNOŚCIOWYCH
PublicationCelem opracowania jest ukazanie roli, jaką odgrywają media społecznościowe i wypowiedzi internautów w kształtowaniu wizerunku marki wśród użytkowników Sieci. Artykuł prezentuje także wyniki obserwacji aktywności polskich internautów dotyczące jednej z polskich marek spożywczych. Internauci zamieszczają w Internecie różnorodne treści powiązane pośrednio lub bezpośrednio z markami. Zadaniem organizacji, podobnie jak w przypadku pozostałych...
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SYSTEM NATYCHMIASTOWEGO PRZELEWU BLUECASH I JEGO PROMOCJA W POLSCE
PublicationCelem artykułu jest opis systemu szybkich przelewów w Polsce na przykładzie Systemu Płatności BlueCash (w skrócie: SPBC) dostarczanego przez firmę Blue Media SA. Celem szczegółowym jest zobrazowanie wzrostu zasięgu usługi oraz wylistowanie i opis form działań promocyjnych mających na celu wspieranie rozwoju usługi szybkich przelewów pośród klientów banków. Autorka obrazuje najbardziej popularne działania marketingowe stosowane...
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High Temperature Air Combustion and Gasification (HTAC; HTAG)
PublicationCombustion and gasification technology utilizing high-cycle regenerative air/steam preheater has drawn increased attention in many application areas. The process is to be realized at temperature level above ash melting point using highly preheated agent. The use of highly preheated media above 900oC provides additional energy in to conversion processes and results in considerable changes to the design of combustion and gasification...
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Secured wired BPL voice transmission system
PublicationDesigning a secured voice transmission system is not a trivial task. Wired media, thanks to their reliability and resistance to mechanical damage, seem an ideal solution. The BPL (Broadband over Power Line) cable is resistant to electricity stoppage and partial damage of phase conductors, ensuring continuity of transmission in case of an emergency. It seems an appropriate tool for delivering critical data, mostly clear and understandable...
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Surface finite viscoelasticity and surface anti-plane waves
PublicationWe introduce the surface viscoelasticity under finite deformations. The theory is straightforward generalization of the Gurtin–Murdoch model to materials with fading memory. Surface viscoelasticity may reflect some surface related creep/stress relaxation phenomena observed at small scales. Discussed model could also describe thin inelastic coatings or thin interfacial layers. The constitutive equations for surface stresses are...
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Long-term operation of Kickuth-type constructed wetland applied to municipal wastewater treatment in temperate climate
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the problem of changes of effectiveness of Kickuth-type constructed wetland with subsurface flow applied to domestic wastewater treatment. This study is based on an example of a wetland 3000 m2 in surface, serving 800 inhabitants, located in Poland. The results of chemical analysis showed that after an initial year of ‘start-up time’, the efficiency of pollutant removal gradually increased...
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Social commerce - nowy trend w handlu elektronicznym
PublicationSocial commerce wykorzystuje media społecznościowe dla potrzeb handlu elektronicznego. Serwisy społecznościowe o charakterze social commerce stanowią nie tylko platformę do wymiany informacji i opinii na temat różnych produktów, ale są także miejscem, w którym konsument może dowiedzieć się o różnego rodzaju wyprzedażach, promocjach cenowych, bonusach, gratisach. Dzięki tego typu witrynom użytkownicy mogą nie tylko kupować najtaniej,...
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The Realization of NGN Architecture for ASON/GMPLS Network
PublicationFor the last decades huge efforts of telecommunication,Internet and media organizations have been focusingon creating standards and implementing one common networkdelivering multimedia services - Next Generation Network.One of the technologies which are very likely to beused in NGN transport layer is ASON/GMPLS optical network.The implementation of ASON/GMPLS technology usingopen source software and its results are the subject...
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Application of ionic liquids in microextraction techniques: Current trends and future perspectives
PublicationIonic liquids (ILs) with their unique properties found so far numerous analytical applications. Among them ILs both in their liquid form and immobilized on the surface or within the pores of a solid support were successfully utilized in microextraction techniques. The scope of this review will cover a comprehensive summarizing of available literature data on selected properties of ILs playing a key role in analytical purposes,...
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Tracing of dynamic objects in distributed interactive simulation systems
PublicationDistributed interactive simulation systems require integration of several areas of computer science and applied mathematics to enable each individual simulation object to visualize effectively dynamic states of other objects. Objects are unpredictable,i.e., controlled by their local operators, and are remote, i.e., must rely on some transmission media to visualize dynamic scene from their local perspectives. The paper...
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On weak solutions of boundary value problems within the surface elasticity of Nth order
PublicationA study of existence and uniqueness of weak solutions to boundary value problems describing an elastic body with weakly nonlocal surface elasticity is presented. The chosen model incorporates the surface strain energy as a quadratic function of the surface strain tensor and the surface deformation gradients up to Nth order. The virtual work principle, extended for higher‐order strain gradient media, serves as a basis for defining...