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  • Assessment of Road Restraint Systems in Polish Conditions

    Key to understanding the needs and tools of road infrastructure management is identifying the hazards and their sources involved in having no or faulty road restraint systems. Clarity is also needed on why the systems are wrongly designed, constructed, built and operated. To ensure that the problem is adequately understood, research and site observations were conducted and...

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  • Approach to evaluation of time to the critical degradation of ship pipelines

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    In the article an approach to the problem of estimating time to the critical degradation of ship pipelines is considered. Such an assessment would consist of six stages. The fundamental idea is to include to the estimation of time to failure of pipelines such elements like: materials that the pipelines are made, destructive physical phenomena taking place in them and applied means of protection. The result of that evaluation should...

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  • Exploring contexts of use of cultural objects in virtual museums

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    - Year 2008

    This paper presents a system which facilitates discovering knowledge about cultural objects. The system is based on semantic modeling of a virtual museum which consists of cultural objects placed in a virtual 3D space. The article describes an extension to the concept of cultural objects which includes information on the use of these objects. This extension enables to place objects in an appropriate context in a virtual museum....

  • Usage of Memi-Markov Process in Operation Evaluation of Diesel Engine

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    In paper, the proposition of quantitative evaluation of operation using semi-Markov processes theories has been presented. Basic assumptions, essential for creating mathematical model on example of diesel engine were shown. Special attention was given to practical aspects of using established mathematical model. Example of characteristic of analysed process - temporary distribution of probability was assigned.

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  • Concept of Compatibility Region for the Evaluation of IR UWB Electromagnetic Compatibility

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    - Year 2014

    This paper presents a new proposal for the unified evaluation of ultra wideband and narrowband radio communication systems electromagnetic compatibility, called “compatibility region”. The idea of compatibility region is based on the relation between the ratio of narrowband to ultra wideband signal power in a receiver and some transmission quality indicators (bit error rate, effective data rate).

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  • Use of Daylight and Aesthetic Image of Glass Facades in Contemporary Buildings

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    The paper deals with the architecture of contemporary buildings in respect to their aesthetic image created by the use of natural light. Sustainability is regarded as a principle of contemporary architecture, where daylighting is an important factor as it affects energy consumption and environmental quality of the space inside a building. Environmental awareness of architecture, however, involves a much wider and more holistic...

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  • Building collective intelligence through experience: a survey on the use of the KREM model

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    This article presents a survey on the use of KREM, a generic knowledge-based framework for building collective intelligence through experience. After a discussion on the disadvantages of the traditional architecture used to deploy intelligent systems, the KREM architecture (Knowledge, Rules, Experience, Meta-Knowledge) is presented. The novelty of the proposal comes from the inclusion of the capitalisation of experience and the...

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  • Active Dynamic Infrared Thermal Imaging in Burn Depth Evaluation

    The aim of this study was to find the relationship between active dynamic thermography (ADT) with cold excitation and burn depth. This new modality of evaluation of burns seems to be an attractive proposal for quantitative classification, allowing proper choice of burn wound treatment: conservative or surgical, especially compared with static thermography. The work was an in vivo experiment on domestic pigs, and a small number...

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  • Evaluation of Respiration Rate Using Thermal Imaging in Mobile Conditions

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    Respiratory rate is very important vital sign that should be measured and documented in many medical situations. The remote measurement of respiration rate can be especially valuable for medical screening purposes (e.g. severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), pandemic influenza, etc.). In this chapter we present a review of many different studies focused on the measurements and estimation of respiration rate using thermal imaging...

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  • Determination of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables using QuEChERS sample preparation method

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    - Year 2011

    The intensive development of agriculture means that more and more toxic organic and inorganic compounds are entering the environment. Because of their widespread use, environmental stability, selective toxicity and bioaccumulative capability, pesticides belong to the most hazardous substances contaminating the environment. They are particularly dangerous in fruits and vegetables, because they are one of the reasons why people are...

  • Profiling of polar ionogenic metabolites in Polish wines by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry

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    - ELECTROPHORESIS - Year 2022

    The composition of wine is determined by a complex interaction between environmental factors, genetic factors (i.e., grape varieties), and winemaking practices (including technology and storage). Metabolomics using NMR spec-troscopy, GC-MS, and/or LC-MS has shown to be a useful approach for assessing the origin, authenticity, and quality of various wines. Nonetheless, the use of additional analytical techniques with complementary...

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  • The use of Response Surface Methodology for reliability estimation of aluminum silo subjected to wind load

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    - Year 2014

    An axisymmetric aluminum silo model with a single, standardized geometric imperfection of its lateral surface is considered. The silo is wind – loaded only. The paper is focused on the critical, or limit value of wind pressure, both producing a loss of stability of the silo. This value is affected by vertical coordinate (position) of the imperfection and the angular relation between the imperfection and the wind direction. Reliability...

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  • Nutrient loss from three small-size watersheds in the southern Baltic Sea in relation to agricultural practices and policy

    Agriculture is the major contributor of waterborne nutrient fluxes into the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s most eutrophication-sensitive areas. Poland, as a large, densely populated state ohf the Baltic Region, with dominating agricultural land use, largely contributes to riverborne loads of N and P. The aim of our study was to examine the input of nutrients from three small first-order agricultural watersheds (Bladzikowski Stream,...

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  • THE USE OF GREEN LOGISTICS ELEMENTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSHORE VESSELS

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    - Transport Economics and Logistics - Year 2017

    The article is aimed at the presentation referring to the use of green logistics elements during the construction of the offshore vessels in the following aspects: collection, removal and utilisation of any waste that is harmful for natural environment, elimination of the negative impact that such waste can have on natural environment and the search for the optimal solutions as regards these aspects.

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  • Peculiarities of measurement uncertainty evaluation at calibrating a ring gauge

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    - Year 2023

    Example S13 from EA-4/02 M:2013 “Calibration of a ring gauge with a nominal diameter of 90 mm” is analyzed. The report uses the kurtosis method and the law of propagation of expanded uncertainty developed by the authors to the expanded uncertainty evaluation. It is shown that the introduction of a coaxiality correction for the ring gauge and the measuring axis of the comparator leads to the need to estimate its standard measurement...

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  • The literature review on boundary conditions of use for non-residential buildings

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    - Year 2022

    This paper describes the results of qualitative and quantitative literature reviews on boundary conditions within educational buildings, emphasising the users' perspective. The reviews were performed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using Scopus, Taylor& Francis, Web of Science databases. The boundary conditions understood as special characteristics for use and or precondition, determining specific features of buildings...

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  • Evaluation of Low Temperature Properties of Rubberized Asphalt Mixtures

    The paper presents low-temperature test results of asphalt mixtures designed with use of bitumen modified by crumb rubber and also SBS polymer. Laboratory tests were conducted on two types of asphalt mixtures for wearing course – stone matrix asphalt (SMA 8) and porous asphalt (PA 8). This paper presents results of the following laboratory tests at low temperatures: TSRST test, three point bending creep test, fracture toughness...

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  • E-Voting System Evaluation Based on the Council of Europe Recommendations: nVotes

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    - Year 2020

    E-voting implantation has been facing important challenges in recent years. Several incidents, together with a lack of evaluation methodologies social and cultural customs hinder a broader application. In this work, the authors aim to contribute to a safer introduction of e-voting tools by applying a practical evaluation framework strongly based on the security requirements issued by the Council of Europe (CoE) in 2017 to nvotes,...

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  • Use of Sensory Analysis Methods to Evaluate the Odor of Food and Outside Air

    Sensory analysis is applied in many areas of daily life. It is used to carry out the sensory evaluation of foodstuffs or other products and to evaluate the properties of odors present in the environment. The authors attempt to summarize the knowledge on the classification and application of sensory analysis methods to evaluate the odor nuisance of air, which allows the identification of sensory impressions and determination of...

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  • Dataset Related Experimental Investigation of Chess Position Evaluation Using a Deep Neural Network

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    The idea of training Articial Neural Networks to evaluate chess positions has been widely explored in the last ten years. In this paper we investigated dataset impact on chess position evaluation. We created two datasets with over 1.6 million unique chess positions each. In one of those we also included randomly generated positions resulting from consideration of potentially unpredictable chess moves. Each position was evaluated...

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  • Evaluation of technical efficiency of heat and electric power generation

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    - Polish Maritime Research - Year 2009

    This 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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  • Numerical Test for Stability Evaluation of Discrete-Time Systems

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    - Year 2018

    In this paper, a new numerical test for stability evaluation of discrete-time systems is presented. It is based on modern root-finding techniques at the complex plane employing the Delaunay triangulation and Cauchy's Argument Principle. The method evaluates if a system is stable and returns possible values and multiplicities of unstable zeros of the characteristic equation. For state-space discrete-time models, the developed test...

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  • Evaluation of Six Degrees of Freedom 3D Audio Orchestra Recording and Playback using multi-point Ambisonic interpolation

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    • T. Ciotucha
    • A. Rumiński
    • T. Żernicki
    • B. Mróz

    - Scopus - Year 2021

    This paper describes a strategy for recording sound and enabling six-degrees-of-freedom playback, making use of multiple simultaneous and synchronized Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) recordings. Such a strategy enables users to navigate in a simulated 3D space and listen to the six-degrees-of-freedom recordings from different perspectives. For the evaluation of the proposed approach, an Unreal Engine-based navigable 3D audiovisual...

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  • Hybrid use of the building as a method supporting epidemic safety

    The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changing organisational and technical requirements in the operation of treatment facilities. This paper summarises the available knowledge on the principles of hybrid design of the architecture of treatment units to ensure that different levels of sanitary and hygienic safeguards can be implemented. The basis of this narrative overview is an analysis of the existing Polish legislation on required...

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  • How can analysts use multicriteria decision analysis?

    Proper decision making in multifacitated situation is very challenging task. It is especially difficult if there are many alternatives and criteria that are often contradictory. Analytical chemistry and related sciences involve many situations where decisions on complex problems are made. The support tools may be the use of MCDA (Multi-criteria Decision Analysis) algorithms. They formalize the decision process, make it transparent...

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  • Moving object tracking algorithm evaluation in autonomous surveillance system

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    Results of evaluation of video object tracking algorithm being a part of an autonomous surveillance system are presented. The algorithm was investigated employing a set of benchmarks recorded locally. The precision of object detection, evaluated with such metrics as fragmentation, object area recall and object precision, is in focus. The experiments aimed at examining the detection quality using various object detection algorithm...

  • International Competitiveness of Czech Manufacturing: A Sectoral Approach with Error Correction Model

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    The main objective of this paper is to find the determinants of the international competitiveness of the manufacturing sectors of the Czech economy, using the database of 13 manufacturing subsectors in 1995–2011, with the aid of ECM model. The authors research the question of how much foreign and domestic demand, the level of labour costs, the level of sector innovation intensity, the level of sector openness to foreign markets...

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  • SafeCity – a GIS-based tool profiled for supporting decision making in urban development and infrastructure protection

    This paper presents a system for analysis of municipal Critical Infrastructures, which offers integrated tools for target analysis, hazard scenario simulations and spatial analysis within a remotely accessible Web-based Geographic Information System. The system has been applied to research conducted in the city of Gdansk with the aid of blast attack, chemical leakage and flood hazard scenarios, as well as a spatial density algorithm,...

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  • Utilizing online collaborative games to facilitate Agile Software Development

    Effective collaboration and interaction among the development team and between the team and the customer as well as proactive attitude in initiating and implementing improvements play vital roles in the success of agile projects. The challenge is how to address these social aspects since neither the Agile Manifesto nor the Scrum Guide specify techniques that aid the human side of software development. To fill this gap, we developed...

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  • Impedance evaluation of coatings from biobased material

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    The authors propose a modification of sodium caseinate edible coating for foodstuff protection. The aim was to improve the film’s barrier properties. It was achieved by the addition of propolis, which is a natural, environmentally friendly product known from its intrinsic sealing action. In the next step, propolis-admixed sodium caseinate films were exposed to elevated temperature for 10 min. This approach was meant to improve...

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  • Simulation model for evaluation of QOS dynamic routing

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    - Year 2009

    Current informational networks use a large variety of technologies to support data exchange. Most of them are focused on IP protocol and include mechanisms which by definition should supply demanded QoS. One of those mechanisms is efficient path calculation - routing. Traffic offered to the network can change very rapidly in short term. Routing should support such traffic changes and all the time calculate valid paths in terms...

  • USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

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    • G. Bartkowiak
    • K. Baszczyński
    • A. Bogdan
    • A. Brochocka
    • A. Dąbrowska
    • R. Hrynyk
    • E. Irzmańska
    • D. Koradecka
    • E. Kozłowski
    • K. Majchrzycka... and 6 others

    - Year 2021

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  • The Use of an Autoencoder in the Problem of Shepherding

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    This paper refers to the problem of shepherding clusters of passive agents consisting of a large number of objects by a team of active agents. The problem of shepherding and the difficulties that arise with the increasing number of data describing the location of agents have been described. Several methods for reducing the dimensionality of data are presented. Selected autoencoding method using a Restricted Boltzmann Machine is...

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  • The use of GIS tools for road infrastructure safety management

    There are many factors that influence accidents and their severity. They can be grouped within the system of man, vehicle and environment. The article focuses on how GIS tools can be used to manage road infrastructure safety. To ensure a better understanding and identification of road factors, GIS tools help with the acquisition of road parameter data. Their other role is helping with a clear and effective presentation of risk...

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  • ATTEMPTS OF THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA USAGE IN ESTIMATIONS OF THE CONVECTIVE HEAT LOSS FROM A VERTICAL PLATE

    In this paper a new method for determining heat transfer coefficients using a gradient method has been developed. To verify accuracy of the proposed method vertical isothermal heating plate with natural convection mechanism has been examined. This configuration was deliberately chosen, because of the fact that such case is historically the earliest and most thoroughly studied and its rich scientific documentation - the most reliable....

  • Kamila Kokot-Kanikuła mgr

    Kamila Kokot-Kanikuła is a digital media senior librarian at Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT) Library. She works in Digital Archive and Multimedia Creation Department and her main areas of interests include early printed books, digital libraries, Open Access and Open Science. In the Pomeranian Digital Library (PDL) Project she is responsible for creating annual digital plans, transferring files on digital platform, and promoting...

  • The use of spectrometric diagnostics in identification of the technical condition of tribological systems

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    The paper presents, as an effect of the analysis of investigation results, a possibility of using the spectrometric diagnostics in the tribological system technical condition supervision arrangement. A model, based on the emission of solid particles in tribological system operation, allows to identify the system technical condition. After the analysis of tests carried out with the use of that model, it has been found that the content...

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  • Bridging the gap between business process models and use-case models

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    - Year 2014

    Today's software development methodologies are equipped with a plethora of methods and techniques for business process engineering and Requirements Engineering. However, heavy investments in IT have not brought forth expected results. What seems to be lacking is a systematic approach that consolidates both disciplines to gain a synergistic effect. To address this challenge we extend Use-Case Driven Approach (UCDA) by binding use...

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  • Evaluation of respiration rate and pattern using a portable thermal camera

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    - Year 2016

    The goal of this paper was to analyze the accuracy of the proposed method for the evaluation of respiration rate and respiration rhythm patterns (e.g. inspiration slope) using the portable and mobile thermal camera module that could be a part of smart glasses. Parameters were analyzed for 12 volunteers in two experiments, when subjects speak and do not speak. The pressure, chest belt was used as a reference measurement method....

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  • Deep eutectic solvents microbial toxicity: Current state of art and critical evaluation of testing methods

    Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were described at the beginning of 21st century and they consist of a mixture of two or more solid components, which gives rise to a lower melting point compared to the starting materials. Over the years, DESs have proved to be a promising alternative to traditional organic solvents and ionic liquids (ILs) due to their low volatility, low inflammability, easy preparation, and usually low cost of compounds...

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  • Evaluation of Selected Innovation Policy Instruments on the Example of Poland

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    The main purpose of the paper is to analyze and evaluate the selected instruments of innovation policy in Poland: cooperative relations, business environment institutions and innovation centers, supported within Priority Axis V of OP IE 2007-2013. The evaluation was made on the basis of the four criteria: complementarity, adapting to the needs of businesses, the impact on the innovation and durability of the provided support. The...

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  • Estimation of structural stiffness with the use of Particle Swarm Optimization

    The paper presents the theoretical background and four applications examples of the new method for the estimation of support stiffness coefficients of complex structures modelled discretely (e.g. with the use of the Finite Element Model (FEM) method based on the modified Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. In real-life cases, exact values of the supports’ stiffness coefficients may change for various reasons...

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  • Functional specialisation and economic upgrading in GVCs

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    The dataset collected for selected Central Eastern European (CEE) countries (CZE, EST, HUN, LVA, LTU, POL, SVK, SVN) contains country-level and sector-level observations for the project implementation linked to the concept of functional specialization of economies. The aim of the project is to identify patterns of functional specialisation in global...

  • Increasing the lifetime of engineering structures through the use of composite laggings

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    The use of composite laggings prevents concrete (chemical and biological) corrosion. Columns coated with composite or reinforced composite are more resistant to negative environmental impact on concrete or steel. The mechanical properties of the reinforced casing also cause that these types of columns are more resistant to lateral forces. The applied casing limits carbonization of concrete and cyclical freezing and thawing with...

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  • Implementation of Business Intelligence in an IT organization - the concept of an evaluation model

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    - Foundations of Management - Year 2013

    This paper presents the issue of assessing the validity and effectiveness of implementing a Business Intelligence system in an IT Support Organization. This entity provides IT services to external clients involving, in particular, the storage and processing of large amounts of data. The vast amount of realized projects and also incidents reported in connection with those projects prevented effective decisions from being made without...

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  • Evaluation of multimedia applications in a cluster oriented environment

    In the age of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Web and the Internet have changed significantly the way applications are developed, deployed and used. One of recent trends is modern design of web-applications based on SOA. This process is based on the composition of existing web services into a single scenario from the point of view of a particular user or client. This allows IT companies to shorten product time-to-market....

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  • Toward a unified model of mobile Business Intelligence (m-BI) acceptance and use

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    - Year 2022

    Factors affecting mobile business intelligence (m-BI) acceptance and use have become an increasingly important topic in practice due to the growing complexity of organizations, and their underlying information systems (IS). Since, one can notice considerable interest in m-BI, however, to the best of our knowledge few studies (if any) aim to synthesize the existing body of knowledge with regards to the factors affecting m-BI acceptance...

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  • Rational Use of Primary Energy in Single-Family Residential Houses

    This work presents results of the primary energy use for heating residential single-family house. Analysis includes domestic hot water system (DHW) and heating, ventilation and air condition system (HVAC). During researches the conventional and alternative energy sources (natural gas, biomass, fuel oil, bituminous coal, lignite or electric energy obtained from electric power system – EPS) were used in DHW and HVAC systems. Furthermore...

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  • Detection of dialogue in movie soundtrack for speech intelligibility enhancement

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    - Year 2014

    A method for detecting dialogue in 5.1 movie soundtrack based on interchannel spectral disparity is presented. The front channel signals (left, right, center) are analyzed in the frequency domain. The selected partials in the center channel signal, which yield high disparity with left and right channels, are detected as dialogue. Subsequently, the dialogue frequency components are boosted to achieve increased dialogue intelligibility....

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  • SERVICE ORIENTED SCENARIOS FOR SUPPORT ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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    In the paper, a service oriented architecture is used to describe various scenarios of human-oriented enterprises. They can be modeled by BPMN to show basic information flow. We consider business scenarios to present another modeling solution called service orchestration or service mashup. That approach gives an opportunity for the right management through taking the best possible choice of services, or composition of services....

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