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Metallurgical characterization and high-temperature tensile failure of Inconel 617 alloy welded by GTAW and SMAW—a comparative study
PublicationTwo types of the weld joint of Inconel 617 alloy were produced using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) processes with ERNiCrCoMo-1 filler metal and ENiCrCoMo-1 electrode, respectively. The weld metal showed the segregation of the principle alloying elements like Mo and Cr along the inter-dendritic spaces, triggering the formation of secondary phases. The microstructure characterization of the...
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Category-Based Workload Modeling for Hardware Load Prediction in Heterogeneous IaaS Cloud
PublicationThe paper presents a method of hardware load prediction using workload models based on application categories and high-level characteristics. Application of the method to the problem of optimization of virtual machine scheduling in a heterogeneous Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) computing cloud is described.
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Technologies for deodorization of malodorous gases
PublicationThere is an increasing number of citizens’complaints about odor nuisance due to production or service activity. High socialawareness imposes pressure on entrepreneurs and service providers forcing them to undertake effective steps aimed at minimi-zation of the effects of their activity, also with respect to emission of malodorous substances. The article presents informationabout various technologies used for gas deodorization....
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BeesyCluster as Front-End for High Performance Computing Services
PublicationThe paper presents the BeesyCluster system as a middleware allowing invocation of services on high performance computing resources within the NIWA Centre of Competence project. Access is possible through both WWW and SOAP Web Service interfaces. The former allows non-experienced users to invoke both simple and complex services exposed through easyto-use servlets. The latter is meant for integration of external applications with...
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A multi-agent method for periodicity detection in distributed events
PublicationMulti-agent systems working in constantly changing environments may be challenged by instantaneous unavailability of their autonomous agents caused e.g. by limited computing resources. A new method of self-organization of distributed service components is proposed, suitable for multi-agent systems. This method relies on particular agents carrying out separate analyzes of their individual processing loads or other specific events....
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Experimental Testbed of ASON/GMPLS architecture
PublicationThe paper presents the ASON/GMPLS architecture realized in the Department of Teleinformation Networks at Gdansk University of Technology based on the FSP 3000R7 ADVA Optical Networking platform. The FSP 3000R7 is a high-performance WDM networking system with GMPLS control plane for bidirectional transmission of optical signals. The system uses a modular structure which enables a flexible upgrade of capacity and functionality. The...
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Selected issues on inovativeness of enterprises in Poland
PublicationThe article presents the issue of innovative activities in company processes. The forms of innovative activity important from the point of view of industrial, trade and service enterprises were described. The influence of different types of implemented innovations on the possible benefits obtained by enterprises was also described.
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Development of a simulation model of the activities of a transport and forwarding enterprise in the organization of international road cargo transportation
PublicationThe object of this study is the process of planning the work of a transport and forwarding company when serving different categories of customers who need organizational support for the delivery of goods by road transport in international traffic. The solved problem is due to the need to devise recommendations for organizing the work of forwarders when interacting with customers of transport and forwarding services that export...
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Knowledge management approaches among KIBS companies and their determinants – case study analysis
PublicationThis paper aims to present knowledge management (KM) approaches manifested by knowledge intensive business service (KIBS) companies together with their potential determinants (company size, type of services offered, and organizational structure). In particular, two types of approaches have been selected and examined, i.e. emergent KM approach and deliberate KM approach. Indeed, although KM approaches have been abundantly investigated...
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The innovations services in Scania company
PublicationThis chapter shows us the service innovations in Scania company. Current research were based on actual situation on market and were supported by tools which help to generate innovative ideas. The new product will not only benefit the company and its clients, but also improve the situation on the market.
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A new concept of contemporary marketing
PublicationPurpose: This conceptual paper aims to propose a new concept of marketing that responds well to the needs of a changing world, taking into account the continuous development of the service economy and the revolution in the development of the Internet and related tools. Methodology/Approach: The proposed concept is based on well-researched theories: service marketing, experience marketing, relationship marketing and digital marketing...
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Extensions of ETSI performance measurements methodology for statistical results analysis =Rozszerzenia metodologii pomiarów wydajności zaproponowanej przez ETSI przy statystycznej analizy wyników
PublicationNext Generation Network (NGN) architecture was proposed by International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) to deliver telecommunication services satisfying the needs of modern society for an access to information. The core of NGN service stratum are IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) elements acting as service controls units. To assess performance of IMS components, European Telecommunications...
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Green Lean in Services
PublicationThe study presents the basic aspects of the improvement of the company useing Green Lean concept. The authors refer to the basics of the concept, present its theoretical aspects together with a revew of possible actions to eliminate the green waste. All these considerations refer to the service activities of any kind in order to maintain holistic approach of the research.
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Application of Shape Memory Alloys in Pipeline Couplings for Shipbuilding
PublicationThe aim of the study is to analyse shape memory alloy (SMA) pipeline joints in limited space applications for all kinds of ships. Generally, the space available in various areas on ships is strictly limited and service works usually meet many obstacles. If we consider a pipeline, the flange joints always require a larger free space around the pipe than the pipe alone. A simultaneous problem can occur with the propeller shaft line...
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Evaluation of reformer tubes degradation after long term operation
PublicationPurpose of this paper is to show the effect of long-term service at elevated temperatures on microstructural changes of cast steel reformer tubes made of the alloy IN-519 (24%Cr, 24%Ni, Nb). The relationship between mechanical properties and microstructure degradation is discussed. Investigations were performed on five tubes taken from ammonia reformer furnace. Tubes worked at temperature of 880C and 3,2 MPa pressure. The operation...
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Simulation model for evaluation of packet sequence changed order of stream in DiffServ network
PublicationCurrent packet networks use a large variety of mechanisms which should support QoS (Quality of Service). One of those mechanisms is routing (calculating connection paths for incoming service requests). The most effective mechanism in QoS context is dynamic routing, which is based on the current network state described by the offered traffic matrix and link states. After switching between calculated available paths, connection...
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Study on Speech Transmission under Varying QoS Parameters in a OFDM Communication System
PublicationAlthough there has been an outbreak of multiple multimedia platforms worldwide, speech communication is still the most essential and important type of service. With the spoken word we can exchange ideas, provide descriptive information, as well as aid to another person. As the amount of available bandwidth continues to shrink, researchers focus on novel types of transmission, based most often on multi-valued modulations, multiple...
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Study on CPU and RAM Resource Consumption of Mobile Devices using Streaming Services
PublicationStreaming multimedia services have become very popular in recent years, due to the development of wireless networks. With the growing number of mobile devices worldwide, service providers offer dedicated applications that allow to deliver on-demand audio and video content anytime and everywhere. The aim of this study was to compare different streaming services and investigate their impact on the CPU and RAM resources, with respect...
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Development of the New Polish Method for Capacity Analysis of Motorways and Expressways
PublicationThe paper presents development of the new Polish method for performing capacity analysis of basic segments of dual carriageway roads (motorways and expressways). The method is based on field traffic surveys conducted at 30 motorway and expressway sites (class A and S roads) in Poland. Traffic flows, composition and travel times were observed in 15-min intervals at each site using ANPR filming method. These data were used to calibrate...
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Integration of Services into Workflow Applications
PublicationDescribing state-of-the-art solutions in distributed system architectures, Integration of Services into Workflow Applications presents a concise approach to the integration of loosely coupled services into workflow applications. It discusses key challenges related to the integration of distributed systems and proposes solutions, both in terms of theoretical aspects such as models and workflow scheduling algorithms, and technical...
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Workbook for cooperative development of personnell and organisation for innovation in SME in the Baltic Sea Region
PublicationThis study highlights the potential for cooperative development of personnel and organisational innovations in SMEs and gives an example implemented by the University of Lund together with the Municipality of Astorp and local companies. This innovation field is of particular importance for all companies in the region, since it does apply to any professional sector, be it a service oriented company or a manufacturing business. This...
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Cellular network quality evaluation at a university campus on the eve of 5G
PublicationThanks to the availability of mobile devices and the spread of broadband access around the world, the number of network users continues to grow. This has raised user awareness when it comes to the quality of content they consume. Many service providers and operators focus on monitoring QoN (Quality of Network) and QoS (Quality of Service) parameters, particularly those influenced by bandwidth and latency. However, for most end-users,...
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Searching for innovation knowledge: insight into KIBS companies
PublicationThe paper analyses the activity of research for “innovation knowledge”—here defined as knowledge that can lead to the introduction of service innovations—by Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) companies. It proposes a classification of the possible search approaches adopted by those companies based on two dimensions: the pro-activity of search efforts and the source primarily used. Such classification is then discussed...
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Mobile Networks' Analysis in Terms of QoS Performance Assessment
PublicationQuality of service (QoS) assessment is one of the basic processes carried out by mobile network operators (MNOs) and regulators of the telecommunications market. Usually, professional companies carry out measurements for various country areas and use cases (scenarios). In this paper, we show exemplary measurement results carried out in drive tests in the vicinity of the Polish capital by a professional company. The measurement...
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Systemy Smart Cities - studium przypadku
PublicationThe paper presents the architecture of an enterprise service bus used in the construction of information systems processing large amounts of data for decision-making needs at the City Hall in Gdańsk. The key concept of processes of bus development involves installation of developing environment, database connection, flow mechanisms and data presentation. The issue was supported by models such as KPI (Key Processes Identifier) and...
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Reception of GNSS Signals Under Jamming Conditions
PublicationThe article focuses on performance of Global Navigation Satellite System receivers in environment where intentional interference is present. First part is a general description of GNSS systems. Secondly, types of positioning service disturbances are specified. In the third part authors present a scheme of measurement stand which is used to evaluate the influence of interference on reception of navigation signals. Next, research...
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Determinants of judges’ career choices and productivity: a Polish case study
PublicationThe goal of this paper is to identify factors which affect judges’ productivity and career choice motives with the view of increasing judicial efficiency. Specifically, the investigation focuses on such aspects as judges’ remuneration, promotion, threat of judgment revocation, service/mission, periodic assessment, the threat of a complaint about protracted proceedings or of disciplinary proceedings, the threat of destabilization...
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Sieciowy Monitor Obiektu – rozproszony system inteligentnego zarządzania złożonymi obiektami przemysłowymi
PublicationCelem pracy jest opracowanie kompletnego środowiska pozwalającego na budowę autonomicznych systemów diagnostyki, monitorowania, sterowania i zarządzania inteligentnymi budynkami. W ramach przeprowadzonych prac badawczych przedstawiono opracowaną koncepcję Sieciowego Monitora Obiektu (SMO) oraz metody komunikacji pomiędzy urządzeniami pomiarowo- diagnostyczno-sterującymi w oparciu o wspólną szynę danych Diagnostic Service...
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Study Analysis of Transmission Efficiency in DAB+ Broadcasting System
PublicationDAB+ is a very innovative and universal multimedia broadcasting system. Thanks to its updated multimedia technologies and metadata options, digital radio keeps pace with changing consumer expectations and the impact of media convergence. Broadcasting analog and digital radio services does vary, concerning devices on both transmitting and receiving side, as well as content processing mechanisms. However, the biggest difference is...
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Traffic Type Influence on QoS Network Performance of Streaming Traffic Class
PublicationFeasibility study on QoS routing proved that the traffic type influence the network performance. The performance is defined here as a number of packets serviced by the network. In the paper additional element - buffers lengths used in service system was verified in terms of dependencies with routing performance. We present results obtained by simulation for many simulation scenarios. Analysis was done for two different network...
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Online sound restoration system for digital library applications
PublicationAudio signal processing algorithms were introduced to the new online non-commercial service for audio restoration intended to enhance the content of digitized audio repositories. Missing or distorted audio samples are predicted using neural networks and a specific implementation of the Jannsen interpolation method based on the autoregressive model (AR) combined with the iterative restoring of missing signal samples. Since the distortion...
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Working conditions in small companies in the eyes of the employees. [Warunki pracy w małych firmach w ocenie pracowników]
PublicationThe article presents the results of the study concerning the employees' awareness of working conditions. 157 employees from small production and service companies took part in the research. The research showed differences in the employees' perception of their working conditions. The employees were more often dissatisfied with working conditions than managers. A significant number of respondents (more than 75%) believe that the...
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Wyznaczanie odpływu ze zlewni niekontrolowanych Kanału Raduni podczas powodzi w 2001 r.
PublicationMetoda SCS (ang. Soil Conservation Service) pozwalająca wyznaczyć wysokość opadu efektywnego. Metoda geomorfologicznego hydrogramu jednostkowego do wyznaczenia hydrogramu odpływu ze zlewni niekontrolowanej. Aplikacja metody do sytuacji w zlewni Kanału Raduni na przykładzie powodzi z 2001 roku. Wyniki obliczeń dla potoków zasilających Kanał Raduni, odniesienie uzyskanych przepływów do dopływu z 2001 roku.
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Dynamic ranking of cloud providers
PublicationThe paper focuses on how to create an effective dynamic ranking service for IaaS,PaaS and SaaS cloud providers. It considers building of a quality model for thispurpose along with definition of quality measurement procedures. The paper discussesseveral techniques known from already existing price comparison engines that couldbe modified and adopted for comparison of cloud providers. Furthermore, a tech-nique for filtering measured...
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Modelling Evolution of Knowledge-Based Information Technology Organization: The Concept and Perspective
PublicationIncreasing pressure on improving the efficiency of companies' operations leads to transformation of their Information Technology (IT) organizations from technology-oriented to service-oriented, based on the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) model. The evolution of these IT organizations can be supported by the knowledge-based systems centered on the rules determined through agregation and refinement of existing...
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Effects of safety barrier life cycle cost factors - identification and analysis
PublicationThe costs borne by road infrastructure authorities for managing and maintaining road devices such as safety barriers may be very high. This has prompted the need for identifying and analysing in detail all factors that influence the costs of safety barriers throughout their service life. To meet that need, the authors used international experience and field data collected under the LifeRoSE project to define the cost structure...
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BENEFITS FROM BREAKING UP WITH LINUX NATIVE PACKET PROCESSING WHILE USING INTEL DPDK LIBRARIES
PublicationThe Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in Linux. It is a dedicated framework for building efficient high-speed data plane applications supporting QoS features with poll mode drivers which are supporting virtual and physical NIC’s so environment can be used to build efficient data plane applications for packet networks. The results of test on Quality of Service Metering...
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PVM Web Cluster: integration of PVM clusters using Web services and CORBA.
PublicationProponujemy nową architekturę i jej implementację PVM Web Cluster, która umożliwia łatwe zrównoleglanie wykonania zadań PVM zarówno na geograficznie rozproszone klastry PVM jak i wewnątrz nich. Uruchamianie zadań jest wykonywane poprzez wywołanie usługi sieciowej (Web service), która negocjuje najlepszy klaster (klastry) dla danego zadania i komunikuje się z klastrami za pomocą standardu CORBA.
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Knowledge Exchange Between KIBS Firms and Their Clients: Case Study Analysis
PublicationPurpose: This paper aims to analyse knowledge exchange between KIBS firms and their clients, and their potential determinants (e.g. client’s education, type of the service offered, channel of the knowledge exchange, and willingness of the customer to accept the knowledge). The paper is based on a literature analysis and a case study research, examining 5 KIBS firms located in the Pomeranian region in Poland. Methodology: On the...
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Double-Blind Reputation vs. Intelligent Fake VIP Attacks in Cloud-Assisted Interactions
PublicationWe consider a generic model of Client-Server interactions in the presence of Sender and Relay, conceptual agents acting on behalf of Client and Server, respectively, and modeling cloud service providers in the envisaged "QoS as a Service paradigm". Client generates objects which Sender tags with demanded QoS level, whereas Relay assigns the QoS level to be provided at Server. To verify an object's right to a QoS level, Relay detects...
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Usługi Webowe dla zastosowań L2L.
PublicationPrzedstawiono problemy komunikacji pomiędzy systemami informatycznymi dla sektora B2B. Jako rozwiązanie zaproponowano technologię Usług Webowych (Web Service). Omówiono jej koncepcję oraz przykładową implementację przy pomocy protokołów: HTTP, SOAP czy WSDL. Problemy związane z integracją aplikacji zilustrowano na przykładzie aplikacji tworzonych w ramach w ramach projektu PBI. Wskazano dalszy możliwy kierunek rozwoju tego...
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On the Disaster Resiliency within the Context of 5G Networks : The RECODIS Experience
PublicationNetwork communications and the Internet pervade our daily activities so deeply that we strongly depend on the availability and quality of the services they provide. For this reason, natural and technological disasters, by affecting network and service availability, have a potentially huge impact on our daily lives. Ensuring adequate levels of resiliency is hence a key issue that future network paradigms, such as 5G, need to address. This...
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Specyfikacja Systemu IP QoS opartego na architekturze DiffServ
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia ogólną specyfikację systemu IP QoS (ang. Internet Protocol Quality of Service), który to system jest obecnie implementowany w ramach projektu krajowego "Zarządzanie ruchemw sieciach IP". System ten jest zgodny z architekturą DiffServ (ang. Differentiated Services) i architekturą NGN (Next Generation Networks). W szczególności, artykuł pokrótce omawia architekturęsystemu, oferowane klasy usług w systemie oraz...
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Methodology of Conformity Testing of VoIP Connections Scenarios for SIP Protocol
PublicationConformity and conformity testing have always had a crucial role in telecommunications. These issues are especially important in VoIP technology with SIP protocol as there are many hardware, software and service implementations. In this paper a methodology of automatic conformity testing of VoIP connections scenarios applying to any IP network is proposed. Example implementation of the methodology as Linux shell scripts is presented....
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QoS Resource Reservation Mechanisms for Switched Optical Networks
PublicationThe paper regards the problem of resource reservation mechanisms for Quality of Service support in switched optical networks. The authors propose modifications and extensions for resources reservation strategy algorithms with resources pools, link capacity threshold and adaptive advance reservation approach. They examine proposed solutions in Automatically Switched Optical Network with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching...
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TRAFFIC MODEL OF A MULTIDOMAIN IMS/NGN
PublicationIn this paper we continue our research and present an analytical traffic model of a multidomain Next Generation Network (NGN), which is standardized for delivering multimedia services based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The model takes into account several service scenarios (including registration, intra- and inter-operator calls) and a large set of network parameters. Using the model mean Call Set-up Delay and mean Call...
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Modelling of the viscoelastic properties of the technical fabric VALMEX
PublicationThe analysis of the Burgers model used for the constitutive description of the technical fabric VALMEX vis-coelastic behavior is presented. It has revealed that the correctness of the identification depends strongly on the level of the immediate strain taken for calculations. Moreover, it has been proven that the Burgers model can be used for modelling of the viscoelastic properties of the polyester reinforced PVC coated VALMEX...
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QoS/QoE in the Heterogeneous Internet of Things (IoT)
PublicationApplications provided in the Internet of Things can generally be divided into three categories: audio, video and data. This has given rise to the popular term Triple Play Services. The most important audio applications are VoIP and audio streaming. The most notable video applications are VToIP, IPTV, and video streaming, and the service WWW is the most prominent example of data-type services. This chapter elaborates on the most...
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Online sound restoration system for digital library applications.
PublicationAudio signal processing algorithms were introduced to the new online non-commercial service for audio restoration intended to enhance the content of digitized audio repositories. Missing or distorted audio samples are predicted using neural networks and a specific implementation of the Jannsen interpolation method based on the autoregressive model (AR) combined with the iterative restoring of missing signal samples. Since the distortion...
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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...