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A Novel Ru(II) Polypyridine Black Dye Investigated by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and TDDFT Calculations
PublicationThe optical properties of a new(bipyridine)2Ru(4H-imidazole) complex presenting a remarkablebroad absorption in the visible range are investigated. Thestrong overlap of the absorption with the solar radiationspectrum renders the studied complex promising as a blackabsorber and hence as a starting structure for applications inthe field of dye-sensitized solar cells. The correlations betweenstructural and electronic features for...
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Internationalization patterns of Polish family high-tech firms
PublicationThe objective of the article is to explore internationalisation patterns of family high-tech firms, especially their internationalisation motives, intensity, speed, and entry modes. The empirical part adopts a quantitative approach. The results of the survey are presented on the sample of 263 high-tech production firms from Poland, including 101 family firms. The survey was conducted in all 16 Polish regions. The calculations from...
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Electrical and mechanical characterization of two-phase alloys by means of scanning probe microscopy in dynamic impedance spectroscopy mode
PublicationDynamic impedance spectroscopy, evaluated for measuring non-stationary systems, was used in combination with scanning probe microscope. Using this approach, localized impedance measurements in the AFM contact mode could be carried out. Additionally, impedance–force curves were made at each phase of investigated materials to illustrate the relation between impedance and the force applied to a probe. Therefore, correlation of electrical...
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Comparison of predictive methods for flow boiling heat transfer in conventional channels and minichannels - the effect of reduced pressure
PublicationIn the paper are presented the results of follow on studies from [1]–[3] using authors own model to predict heat transfer coefficient during flow boiling. The model has been tested against a large selection of experimental data collected from various researchers to investigate the sensitivity of the in-house developed model. The collected experimental data came from various studies from literature and were conducted for the full...
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Acute hypoxia diminishes the relationship between blood pressure and subarachnoid space width oscillations at the human cardiac frequency
PublicationAcute hypoxia exerts strong effects on the cardiovascular system. Heart-generated pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid motion is recognised as a key factor ensuring brain homeostasis. We aimed to assess changes in heart-generated coupling between blood pressure and subarachnoid space width oscillations during hypoxic exposure.
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Perspectives for high resolution and high light output LuAP:Ce crystals
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The effect of reduced pressure on carbon dioxide flow boiling heat transfer in minichannels
Publication. In the paper presented are the results of the study on the effect of reduced pressure on flow boiling heat transfer data in minichannels as well as conventional ones. That effect renders that most of heat transfer correlations fail to return appropriate results of predictions. Mostly they have been developed for the reduced pressures from the range 0.1-0.3. The special correction has been postulated to the in-house model of flow...
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High-efficient, zero-emission energy production
PublicationThis paper presents innovative thermodynamiccycles with high-efficient, zero-emission energy production. The main aim of this work is to show the role of nano-phenomena in the enhancement of the power of thermodynamic cycles. For that purpose, the cycles using oxy-combustion and spray ejected condensation are first studied and, secondly hybrid cycles using fuel cells and gas turbines are presented. The role of nano-phenomena in...
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High-Temperature Tensile Behaviour of GTAW Joints of P92 Steel and Alloy 617 for Two Different Fillers
PublicationThis study explores the high-temperature (HT) tensile rupture characteristics of a dissimilar gas-tungsten-arc-welded (GTAW) joint between P92 steel and Alloy 617, fabricated using ER62SB9 and ERNiCrCoMo-1 fillers. The high-temperature tensile tests were performed at elevated temperatures of 550 ◦C and 650 ◦C. An optical microscope (OM) and a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) were utilized to characterize the...
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Determination of high-intensity sweeteners in beverages by high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry detection.
PublicationThe objective of the present study was to measure the concentration of nine high intensity sweeteners (acesulfame-K, aspartame, alitame, cyclamate, dulcin, neohesperidin dihydrochalcon, neotame, saccharin and sucralose) in different types of beverages available on the polish market. The proposed methodology reported here consists of a extraction with buffer composed of formic acid and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (pH 4.5) followed...
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Solvation of cobalt(II) and trifluoromethanesulfonate ions in N,N-dimethylformamide-methanol mixed solvent studied by means of FT-IR spectroscopy
PublicationWidma FT-IR roztworów Co(CF3SO3)2-N,N-dimetyloformamid-metanol były analizowane w zakresie pasm CO i OH za pomocą metody widm różnicowych. Wyznaczono liczbę cząsteczek DMF i MeOH w pierwszej sferze solwatacji jonu Co(II) w zależności od składu rozpuszczalnika. Stwierdzono także obecność drugiej sfery solwatacji jonu Co(II) i scharakteryzowano ją ilościowo. Zbadano również solwatację jonu tifluorometanosulfonowego oraz asocjację...
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Tinnitus Therapy Based on High-Frequency Linearization
PublicationThe aim of this work was to present problems related to tinnitus symptoms, its pathogenesis, hypotheses on tinnitus causes, and therapy treatments to reduce or mask the phantom noise. In addition, the hypothesis on the existence of parasitic quantization that accompanies hearing loss was recalled. The paper contains a description of experiments carried out with the application of high-frequency dither having specially formed spectral...
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Solid State Conductivity of Optimized Polypyrrole Coatings on Iron Obtained from Aqueous Sodium Salicylate Solution Determined by Impedance Spectroscopy
PublicationIn this work the optimization procedure for corrosion resistance, surface analysis and electrical properties of PPy-Fe electrodes have been examined. Polypyrrole (PPy) film was electrochemically synthesized in a one step process from an aqueous solution of sodium salicylate and pyrrole with certain concentrations, different parameters and type of polymerization...
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Classification of high-voltage varistors into groups of differentiated quality
PublicationThe research was aimed on defining a factor of quality for high-voltage varistors using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques, which could be applied during the production testing. The newly proposed parameter Q determined on the basis of the lowest resonant frequency fr measured within the preselected frequency range was taken into account. The parameter Q was defined for ZnO structures after firing, without metallized contacts....
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Weldability of high strength steels in wet welding conditions
PublicationIn this paper are characterized problems of high strength steel weldability in underwater wet welding conditions. Water as a welding environment intensifies action of unfavourable factors which influence susceptibility to cold cracking of welded steel joints. The susceptibility to cold cracking of S355J2G3 steel and S500M steel in wet conditions was experimentally estimated (by using Tekken test). It was concluded that the steels...
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Analysis of friction ridge evidence for trace amounts of paracetamol in various pharmaceutical industries by Raman spectroscopy
PublicationThe detection of potentially harmful substances presents a multifaceted challenge. On one hand, it can directly save lives, on the other, it can significantly aid and enhance police work, thereby increasing the effectiveness of investigations. The research conducted in this study primarily aims to identify paracetamol in fingerprints, considering situations involving direct contact of a person with paracetamol either chronically...
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Renal denervation achieved by endovascular delivery of ultrasound in RADIANCE-HTN SOLO or by radiofrequency energy in SPYRAL HTN-OFF and SPYRAL-ON lowers blood pressure
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Ordered titania nanotubes layer selectively annealed by laser beam for high contrast electrochromic switching
PublicationThe phase conversion from amorphous into crystalline one in the selected area of as-anodized titania nanotubes was achieved via laser treatment. The optimized processing parameters enable fast, one-minute crystallization of titania within an area limited by a shadow mask and without any morphology damage of ordered TiO2 tubular film. The laser annealed titania nanotubes could be easily overgrown by a conducting polymer without...
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Formation of high-carbon abrasion-resistant surface layers when high-energy heating by high-frequency currents
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Numerical analysis of high temperature minichannel heat exchanger for recuperative microturbine system
PublicationConsidering the development of energy sector, distributed small-scale power generation, e.g., gas micro-CHP, is attracting considerable interest. In such installations, the heat exchanger is one of the key components possessing a significant influence on overall performance. Most studies concentrate on units operating below 900C, which do not fulfil the requirements of gas micro-CHP. Therefore, there remains a challenge to design...
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Dynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (DEIS) as a Tool for Analyzing Surface Oxidation Processes on Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes
PublicationSurface oxidation processes play a key role in understanding electrochemical properties of boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes. The type of surface termination groups, which create the potential window of electrolytic water stability or hydrophobicity, influences such properties. In this study the kinetics of oxidation process under anodic polarization were studied in situ by means of Dynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy...
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The forming and emission of high power electromagnetic pulses
PublicationAn impulse energy source, a power conditioning system and an electromagnetic field emitter are essential to generate an electromagnetic field pulse (EMFP) with a specific frequency bandwidth. Selected simulation results for a power conditioning system consisting of a fuse opening switch and a paraboloidal electromagnetic emitter have been presented in this article. The synthetic system examined in the simulation is powered by an...
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Experimental study of pressure rise at the evaporator of capillary pumped loop with acetone and water as working fluids
PublicationIn this work studied is the possibility of fluid pumping using capillary forces in the capillary pumped loop. Experimental and theoretical studies have been performed to understand the phenomena associated with heat transfer in porous structure of the evaporator. The capillary effect was studied during operation of two different capillary porous structures with two different working fluids, namely water and acetone. The results...
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Impact of slow breathing on the blood pressure and subarachnoid space width oscillations in humans
PublicationThe aim of the study was to assess cardiac and respiratory blood pressure (BP) and subarachnoid space (SAS) width oscillations during the resting state for slow and fast breathing and breathing against inspiratory resistance. Experiments were performed on a group of 20 healthy volunteers (8 males and 12 females; age 25.3 ± 7.9 years; BMI = 22.1 ± 3.2 kg/m2). BP and heart rate (HR) were measured using continuous finger-pulse photoplethysmography....
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The forming and emission of high power electromagnetic pulses
PublicationAn impulse energy source, a power conditioning system and an electromagnetic field emitter are essential to generate an electromagnetic field pulse (EMFP) with a specific frequency bandwidth. Selected simulation results for a power conditioning system consisting of a fuse opening switch and a paraboloidal electromagnetic emitter have been presented in this article. The synthetic system examined in the simulation is powered by...
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Modelling of high frequency dynamic responses of engineering structures
PublicationModelling of high frequency dynamic responses of engineering structures, especially those related to wave propagation, is a real numerical challenge. Nowadays most of numerical models, used for that purpose, are based on the application of various finite element techniques. However, finite element discrete models may also be considered as possessing certain periodic structures, which may manifest themselves in particular scenarios....
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Determination of nine high-intensity sweeteners in various foods by high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection
PublicationAn analytical procedure involving solid-phase extraction (SPE) and high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry has been developed for the determination of nine high-intensity sweeteners authorised in the EU; acesulfame-K (ACS-K), aspartame (ASP), alitame (ALI), cyclamate (CYC), dulcin (DUL), neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC), neotame (NEO), saccharin (SAC) and sucralose (SCL) in a variety of food samples (i.e. beverages,...
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Performance-Driven Surrogate Modeling of High-Frequency Structures
PublicationThe development of modern high-frequency structures, including microwave and antenna components, heavily relies on full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation models. Notwithstanding, EM-driven design entails considerable computational expenses. This is especially troublesome when solving tasks that require massive EM analyzes, parametric optimization and uncertainty quantification be-ing representative examples. The employment of...
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Interictal high-frequency oscillations in focal human epilepsy
PublicationPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Localization of focal epileptic brain is critical for successful epilepsy surgery and focal brain stimulation. Despite significant progress, roughly half of all patients undergoing focal surgical resection, and most patients receiving focal electrical stimulation, are not seizure free. There is intense interest in high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) recorded with intracranial electroencephalography as potential...
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[PP.17.01] INCREASED INSPIRATORY RESISTANCE AFFECTS THE CARDIAC CONTRIBUTION TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD PRESSURE AND PIAL ARTERY PULSATION OSCILLATIONS
PublicationThere is increasing evidence that heart performance directly influences cerebral perfusion. We hypothesised that increased inspiratory resistance would affect the cardiac contribution to the relationship between blood pressure and pial artery pulsation oscillations.
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Discrimination of Apple Liqueurs (Nalewka) Using a Voltammetric Electronic Tongue, UV-Vis and Raman Spectroscopy
PublicationThe capability of a phthalocyanine-based voltammetric electronic tongue to analyze strong alcoholic beverages has been evaluated and compared with the performance of spectroscopic techniques coupled to chemometrics. Nalewka Polish liqueurs prepared from five apple varieties have been used as a model of strong liqueurs. Principal Component Analysis has demonstrated that the best discrimination between liqueurs prepared from different...
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Inhibition of the granular anammox process by the high concentration of free ammonia.
PublicationHigh concentrations of ammonia and nitrite, typical for reject water treatment in the anammox process with the use of high temperatures and pH, may cause free ammonia (FA) inhibition. In this study, the inhibitory effect of FA on anammox process rate was investigated in a bench-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with granular anammox biomass. Results of the study present that the anammox process could be successfully operated...
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A study of the electronic states of pyrimidine by electron energy loss spectroscopy
PublicationThe electron energy loss spectra were measured in pyrimidine at the constant electron residual energy varied from 15 meV to 10 eV and in the scattering angle range 0–180°. The spectra were analysed applying an iteration fitting procedure to resolve the energy loss bands corresponding to excitation of the electronic states of pyrimidine. The vertical excitation energies of the singlet states of pyrimidine and of a number of the...
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Raman spectroscopy study on concentrated acid treated carbon nanotubes
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Hydration of aprotic donor solvents studied by means of FTIR spectroscopy
PublicationThe paper attempts to explain the mutual influence of nonpolar and electron-donor groups on solute hydration,the problem of big importance for biological aqueous systems. Aprotic organic solvents have been used asmodel solutes, differing in electron-donating power. Hydration of acetonitrile, acetone, 2-butanone, andtriethylamine has been studied by HDO and (partially) H2O spectra. The quantitative version of...
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Conformational studies of neurohypophyseal hormones analogues with glycoconjugates by NMR spectroscopy
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Quality assessment of varistor ZnO structures by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
PublicationWarystory sa wytwarzane z tlenku cynku ZnO jako cylindrycznie uformowane struktury, a ich jakość zależy od zmieniających się uwarunkowań technologicznych na etapach formowania ich kształtu oraz spiekania. W związku z tym są one testowane w końcowej fazie produkcji, a elementy wadliwe się odrzuca. Proponujemy testowanie jakości struktur ZnO we wcześniejszej fazie ich wytwarzania w celu wyeliminowania elementów wadliwych z dalszej,...
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Corrosion rate measurements by non-linear electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
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Evaluation of pitting corrosion by means of dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
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Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of excited states of the pyridine molecules
PublicationElectron energy-loss spectra of the pyridine, C5H5N, molecules in the gas phase have been measured to investigate electronic excitation in the energy range 3.5–10 eV. The applied wide range of residual electron energy and the scattering angle range from 10 ◦ to 180 ◦ enabled to differentiate between optically-allowed and -forbidden transitions. These measurements have allowed vertical excitation energies of the triplet excited...
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Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Cryptolepine in the Nanocavity of Cucurbit[7]uril and DNA
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Vibrational spectroscopy of semiheavy water (HDO) as a probe of solute hydration
PublicationSpektroskopia oscylacyjna jest idealną metodą w badaniach zjawisk hydratacyjnych. Przy zastosowaniu techniki rozcieńczenia izotopowego, gdy mała ilość D2O zostaje wprowadzona do H2O lub vice versa i powstaje woda półciężka (HDO), ominąć można wiele problemów technicznych i interpretacyjnych związanych z pomiarem widm w podczerwieni wody ciekłej. Zwłaszcza izotopowe rozprzężenie drgań rozciągających ułatwia interpretację widm. Systematycznie...
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Dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of the first order electrode reaction
PublicationCiągłe transformaty STFT sinusoidalnego sygnału pobudzenia i odpowiedzi prądowej zostały wyznaczone dla reakcji elektrodowej pierwszego rzędu. Wyznaczono impedancję elektrody w łącznej dziedzinie czasu i częstotliwości. Wykonano pomiary dla reakcji redukcji Cd(II) na rtęciowej elektrodzie kroplowej w funkcji potencjału. Przedstawiono możliwość wyznaczenia chwilowych widm impedancyjnych. Opisano zależność rezystancji przeniesienia...
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Optical time of flight spectroscopy for highly scattering materials measurements.
PublicationW artykule omówiono możliwości wykorzystania optycznej spektroskopii czasu przelotu w wyznaczaniu podstawowych parametrów optycznych materiałów silnie rozpraszających światło. Wykorzystano tu metodę Monte Carlo i metodę dyfuzji.
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Evaluation of pitting corrosion by means of dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
PublicationPrzeprowadzono badania stali stopowej 304L metodą dynamicznej elektrochemicznej spektroskopii impedancyjnej w warunkach liniowo zmieniającego się potencjału. Określono ogólny schemat układu elektrycznego dla elektrody ulegającej korozji. Przeprowadzone badania pozwalają na jednoczesne badanie zachowania się stali stopowej w stanie pasywnym, podczas stanu przejściowego (metastabilne tworzenie się i repasywacja wżerów) oraz w stanie...
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Confined lead nanogranules investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
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Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy study of Nd2−xCexCuO4−y
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Applying of the optical time-of-flight spectroscopy for the paper and pulp characterization
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono korzyści wykorzystania optycznej spektroskopii czasu przelotu w badaniach papieru i miazgi drzewnej. Przedmiotem badań były różne gatunki papieru oraz miazgi drzewnej (bez obróbki cieplnej, po obróbce cieplnej lub po obróbce chemicznej). W pomiarach wykorzystano półprzewodnikowe lasery impulsowe oraz w charakterze fotoodbiorników kamerę smugową lub licznik fotonów.
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Electrooxidation of dissolved dsDNA backed by in situ UV-Vis spectroscopy
PublicationPrzeprowadzono badania elektrochemicznego utleniania dsDNA stosując metody cyklowoltametryczne na elektrodzie weglowej, platynowej, platynowej w formie siatki oraz z siatki platynowej osadzonej na węglu. Otrzymane wyniki analizy spektroelektrochemicznej wykazały, że wraz ze wzrostem potencjału i piku prądowego absorpcja roztworu dsDNA wzrasta w sposób zależny od typu elektrody. Jednak położenie maksimum absorpcji nie zmieniało...
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Vibrational Spectroscopy in Analysis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer–Water Systems
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