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  • Integrating Art into Places in Transition - Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston as a Case Study

    Among the many projects realized in public spaces, some are truly unique – and these are the ones that build the identity of a place. The aim of this paper is to examine how integrating art and cultural strategies into public space can enhance and reinforce the sense of a place. Particular attention is devoted to urban spaces that we call “places in transition”, where public art improves the city’s imaginative capacity, enlivens...

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  • Application of foam made of post-consumer pet materials for the construction of footbridges

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    The article presents the possibility of application in civil engineering of highly ecological PET foam, manufactured from 100% recycled plastic packaging. It may find uses in construction of numerous engineering structures, such as pedestrian and cycle footbridges. Properly processed waste from post-consumer PET packaging may constitute a quality structural core for use in multilayered composite materials, commonly referred to...

  • Program Erasmus Mundus : szansa na oryginalną formę kształcenia analityków

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    Nową formą dydaktyki prowadzonej w roku akademickim 2009/2010 na Wydziale Chemicznym Politechniki Gdańskiej w ramach programu Erasmus Mundus są studia magisterskie European Master in Quality in Analytical Laboratories - EMQAL. Program ten wychodzi naprzeciw potrzebom europejskiego szkolnictwa wyższego związanym nie tylko ze stałym podnoszeniem jakości, atrakcyjności i innowacyjności kształcenia, ale również naprzeciw potrzebom...

  • Nadzorowanie drgań podczas frezowania szybkościowego smukłymi narzędziami z wykorzystaniem zmiennej prędkości obrotowej wrzeciona

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    - Year 2007

    Praca dotyczy nadzorowania drgań samowzbudnych typu chatter podczas frezowania szybkościowego z wykorzystaniem zmiennej prędkości obrotowej wrzeciona. Główne cele pracy to opracowanie metody nadzorowania drgań narzędzie-przedmiot obrabiany przy zastosowaniu dużej, zmiennej prędkości obrotowej wrzeciona oraz weryfikacja jej skuteczności z wykorzystaniem symulacji komputerowej i badań eksperymentalnych. Zawarte w rozprawie rozważania...

  • High Signal Resolution Pulse Oximetry as a Prognostic Indicator of Radiotherapy Toxicity: A Pilot Study

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    - Pulse - Year 2021

    Introduction: Radiotherapy plays a prominent role in the multidisciplinary treatment of cancers. Despite new irradiation techniques, radiation-induced cardiotoxicity remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, prognostic indicators of radiotherapy toxicity are essential. This study aimed to investigate the influence of applied radiotherapy on the pulse wave recording and thereby on...

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  • Rheological, Mechanical, Microstructural and Radiation Shielding Properties of Cement Pastes Containing Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles

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    • P. Sikora
    • A. M. El-Khayatt
    • H. Saudi
    • M. Liard
    • D. Lootens
    • S. Chung
    • P. Woliński
    • M. Abd Elrahman

    - International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials - Year 2023

    This work examines the influence of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) on neutron and gamma-ray radiation shielding characteristics of Portland cement paste. Experimental evaluations were supplemented with theoretical studies using NXCom program. Portland cement pastes with 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 wt% of nanomagnetite cement replacement were produced. Moreover, rheological, early strength development, compressive strength, and...

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  • Analysis of energy efficiency of suburban railway transport network

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    Rising numbers of agglomeration residents cause increased need for people movement on daily basis. Because of congestion of local roads, air pollution and limited parking space, providing mass transit based on electric traction is reasonable. While the electric rail vehicles are considered highly efficient in themselves, they need to be analyzed as a part of a transport network, because energy consumption depends on operating conditions...

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  • Probabilistyczna ocena wrażliwości stanów granicznych konstrukcji inżynierskich na imperfekcje geometryczne i materiałowe

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    - Year 2018

    Tematem pracy jest analiza probabilistyczna wrażliwości mechanicznej odpowiedzi konstrukcji inżynierskich na imperfekcje geometryczne oraz zmianę własności materiałów. Z tematem tym ściśle związany jest problem estymacji niezawodności konstrukcji, również szeroko opisany w rozprawie. W pracy dokonano przeglądu metod wykorzystywanych w analizie probabilistycznej oraz zaproponowano procedury wykorzystujące te metody w analizie wrażliwości...

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  • Design of Cost-Efficient Optical Fronthaul for 5G/6G Networks: An Optimization Perspective

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    - SENSORS - Year 2022

    Currently, 5G and the forthcoming 6G mobile communication systems are the most promising cellular generations expected to beat the growing hunger for bandwidth and enable the fully connected world presented by the Internet of Everything (IoE). The cloud radio access network (CRAN) has been proposed as a promising architecture for meeting the needs and goals of 5G/6G (5G and beyond) networks. Nevertheless, the provisioning of cost-efficient...

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  • Properties of Oxygen Vacancy and Hydrogen Interstitial Defects in Strontium Titanate: DFT + Ud,p Calculations

    This work presents extensive theoretical studies focused on the mixed ion-electron transport in cubic strontium titanate (STO). A new approach to the description of this difficult system was developed within the framework of linear-scaling Kohn–Sham density functional theory, as realized in the ONETEP program. The description we present is free of any empirical parameters and relies on the Hubbard U and Hund’s J corrections applied...

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  • System monitoringu rozdzielnic kampusu Politechniki Gdańskiej

    W artykule opisano koncepcję, realizację programową oraz stanowisko testowe systemu monitoringu rozdzielnic kampusu Politechniki Gdańskiej. Zaproponowano realizację sprzętową oraz opracowano realizację programową systemu monitoringu rozdzielnic dla dwóch budynków: Gmachu Głównego i Centrum Obsługi Technicznej. Ważną cechą opracowanego rozwiązania jest jego skalowalność, gdyż docelowo system monitoringu będzie obejmował wszystkie...

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  • Hydroxyl and sulfate radical-based degradation of ciprofloxacin using UV-C and/or Fe2+-catalyzed peroxymonosulfate: Effects of process parameters and toxicity evaluation

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    • J. Iqbal
    • N. S. Shah
    • J. A. Khan
    • K. Khan
    • M. Wakeel
    • H. T. M. Abdelghani
    • Z. Ul Haq Khan
    • G. Boczkaj

    - JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY - Year 2024

    Ciprofloxacin (CIP) is a valuable antibiotic and discharged in huge quantities in aquatic environment. Different •OH and SO4•−-based advanced oxidation technologies (AOTs), e.g., Fe2+/PMS, UV-C/PMS, and UV-C/Fe2+/PMS are developed for treatment of CIP. The removal of CIP by Fe2+/PMS, UV-C/PMS and UV-C/Fe2+/PMS was 63, 77, and 87 %, respectively, under identical conditions which showed better performance of UV-C/Fe2+/PMS. The UV-C/Fe2+/PMS...

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  • W stronę postliberalizmu. Filozofia społeczna i polityczna Johna Milbanka

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    - Year 2023

    Celem rozprawy jest krytyczna analiza programu postliberalnego anglikańskiego teologa Johna Milbanka. Jego twórczość nie tylko wpisuje się w nurt teologii postliberalnej, która przyjmuje kulturowo-językową interpretację religii, uwydatniając pierwotność narracji w poznaniu, lecz także stanowi istotny wkład w postliberalną filozofię polityczną, który porzuca charakterystyczny dla liberalizmu indywidualizm, uniwersalizm i racjonalizm,...

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  • 5G/6G optical fronthaul modeling: cost and energy consumption assessment

    In fifth generation (5G) and the future beyond 5G (6G) radio access networks (RANs), the cost of fronthaul deployment is a main challenge for mobile network operators. Depending on different constraints, there are various solutions to deploy an efficient fronthaul. Fiber-optic-based fronthaul offers long-term support with regard to a rapid increase in capacity demands. When fiber connections, either point-to-point (P2P) or point-to-multipoint...

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  • Wpływ ukształtowania zbrojenia na zarysowanie i nośność żelbetowego węzła tarczowego ze wspornikiem

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    - Year 2023

    Praca ma charakter eksperymentalno-teoretyczny i dotyczy zagadnień związanych z żelbetowymi tarczami pracującymi w przestrzennym układzie konstrukcji budynków. Celem niniejszej dysertacji było określenie wpływu głównych parametrów jakimi są sposób ukształtowania zbrojenia i smukłość ścinania na zarysowanie i nośność żelbetowego przestrzennego węzła tarczowego ze wspornikiem. Na podstawie aktualnego stanu wiedzy, opracowano program...

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  • Improved energy management technique in pipe-embedded wall heating/cooling system in residential buildings

    Effective and environmentally responsive techniques of energy management in residential buildings are desirable for the resulting reduction of energy costs and consumption. In this paper, an improved and efficient technique of energy management in pipe-embedded wall heating/cooling systems, called the Thermal Barrier, is described. Specifically, the Thermal Barrier is a technique focused on the management and control of heat...

  • Improved energy management technique in pipe-embedded wall heating/cooling system in residential buildings

    Effective and environmentally responsive techniques of energy management in residential buildings are desirable for the resulting reduction of energy costs and consumption. In this paper, an improved and efficient technique of energy management in pipe-embedded wall heating/cooling systems, called the Thermal Barrier, is described. Specifically, the Thermal Barrier is a technique focused on the management and control of heat supply...

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  • Technologia radia programowalnego w procesie kształcenia studentów ICT

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    - Year 2015

    Technologie informacyjne i telekomunikacyjne ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) są współcześnie synonimem nowoczesności, innowacyjności oraz jednym z głównych czynników wzrostu społeczno-gospodarczego. Uczelnie wyższe stoją przed wyzwaniem, aby dostosować program studiów i metody nauczania do potrzeb rynku, przy jednoczesnym zachowaniu wysokiej jakości kształcenia. Obecnie studenci wyższych uczelni na kierunkach technicznych...

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  • Landscape Rurality: New Challenge for The Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Poland

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    The standard of country living was a matter of Polish elites’ concern from the eighteenth century. In different historical conditions different concepts of the rural renewal were formed. Today in rural areas of Poland some spatial processes that threaten the quality of life occur. The disadvantageous changes are the result of national or local governments spatial policy and they are an inhabitants’ response to it. The political...

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  • Proportional-Derivative and Model-based Controllers used for a Serial Type Manipulator in case of a Variable Mass Payload

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    - Year 2017

    In the paper, numerical analysis of dynamics of a variable mass system is considered. Its reference example is a serial-like manipulator composed of revolute joints and rigid bodies. Payload of its gripper is considered as its variable mass element (mass and inertia irregularly between subsequent payloads). For the rest of the system, inertia parameters are considered as known (precisely identified during the assembling process)....

  • Results of acoustic emission tests of corrosion protection degree of ship steel tanks covered by means of protective coatings (Phase I)

    This paper presents methods and results of the 1st series of tests of acoustic emission (AE) signals, aimed at assessing degree of corrosion protection of a tank made of hull structural steel, protected by means of a protective coating combined from polyurethane layer and concrete filler. The tests were carried outin compliance with a method specially elaborated for application to the work in question. In the method were used requirements...

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  • The ONETEP linear-scaling density functional theory program

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    • J. C. A. Prentice
    • J. Aarons
    • J. C. Womack
    • A. E. A. Allen
    • L. Andrinopoulos
    • L. Anton
    • R. A. Bell
    • A. Bhandari
    • G. A. Bramley
    • R. J. Charlton... and 26 others

    - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS - Year 2020

    We present an overview of the ONETEP program for linear-scaling density functional theory (DFT) calculations with large basis set (planewave) accuracy on parallel computers. The DFT energy is computed from the density matrix, which is constructed from spatially localized orbitals we call Non-orthogonal Generalized Wannier Functions (NGWFs), expressed in terms of periodic sinc (psinc) functions. During the calculation, both the...

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  • Personal branding of artists and art-designers: necessity or desire?

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    - Journal of Product & Brand Management - Year 2018

    Purpose Personal branding becomes a new in-demand skill for all professionals today. To be well-known helps to achieve success in the networked business environment. Personal relationships and a good reputation in the reality of network economy help young artists and art designers move up the career ladder. This paper aims to discuss a problem of artists who often find it difficult to define their artistic and self-distinction...

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  • Role of Sports Facilities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields

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    The paper gives an evidence that building a large sports facility can generate beneficial urban space transformation and a significant improvement in the dilapidated urban areas. On the basis of theoretical investigations and case studies it can be proved that sports facilities introduced to urban brownfields could be considered one of the best known large scale revitalization methods. Large urban spaces surrounding sport facilities...

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  • Programmes to Combat the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kazakhstan and Ukraine and Unemployment

    The following article presents economic programmes to combat the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysed programmes were undertaken by the governments of Ukraine and Kazakhstan. They contributed to reducing unemployment in both countries. The findings of Ukrainian researchers focused mainly on estimating losses in the SME sector, especially in the hotel, tourism and transport sectors. Scientific literature in Kazakhstan...

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  • Michał Michna dr hab. inż.

    Michal Michna received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Gdansk University of Technology (GUT), Gdansk, Poland, in 1998 and 2005, respectively. Since 2004, he was employed at the Department of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines of the Gdańsk University of Technology (assistant, assistant professor, senior lecturer). In 2010-2015 he was a deputy of head of the Department of Power Electronics and...

  • Dokumentacja projektowa konstrukcji stalowych w budowlanych przedsięwzięciach inwestycyjnych

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    Obowiązujące akty prawne regulujące wymagania odnośnie do formy i zakresu dokumentacji projektowej nie są całkowicie jednoznaczne, co pozwala na stosunkową dowolną ich interpretację. W rezultacie na placach budów i w wytwórniach konstrukcji stalowych wciąż są problemy związane z poprawnym wykonaniem, scaleniem i montażem konstrukcji stalowych, wynikające z niekompletnej lub niedopracowanej dokumentacji projektowej. W książce są...

  • Multimodal learning application with interactive animated character. [Multimodalna aplikacja edukacyjna wykorzystująca interaktywną animowaną postać]

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    - Year 2006

    The aim of this study is to design a computer application that may assist teachers and therapists in multimodal manner in their work with impaired or disabled children. The application can be operated in many different ways, giving to a child with special educational needs a possibility to learn and train many skills or treat speech disorders. The main stress in this research is on the creation of animated character that will serve...

  • Teaching simulation methods in a university

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    - Year 2006

    Zmiany, jakie zachodzą we współczesnym środowisku gospodarczym wymagają od menedżerów stosowania narzędzi umożliwiających identyfikację pojawiających się szans i zagrożeń oraz wspomagających procesy podejmowania decyzji. Symulacje komputerowe było stosowane przez firmy już w latach pięćdziesiątych w celu rozwiązywania problemów z zakresu zwiększenia wydajności, obniżki kosztów czy też zwiększenia dochodowości . Współcześnie modelowanie...

  • ENERGY AND EMISSION QUALITY RANKING OF NEWLY PRODUCED LOW-SULPHUR MARINE FUEL

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    The article describes the methodology of engine tests on new types of low-sulphur marine fuels in laboratory conditions in order to conduct a comprehensive assessment of their suitability for powering full-size marine engines. The innovativeness of the proposed solution consists of adapting the laboratory Diesel Engine Test Bed to carry out experimental tests using residual and alternative fuels so that it is possible to imitate...

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  • Experiment-Based Study of Heat Dissipation from the Power Cable in a Casing Pipe

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2022

    The paper deals with the important challenges in terms of electricity transmission by means of underground cable lines. The power cable’s performance is characterized by an ampacity that represents its maximum electric current-carrying capacity. The ampacity of power cables depends on their ability to diffuse the heat generated by the current flow into the environment. In the performed research, the analysis of the efficiency of...

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  • Modeling of unsaturated water flow in highly heterogeneous soils.

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    - Year 2004

    Tematem pracy jest modelowanie przepływu wody w gruntach nienasyconych o podwójnej porowatości, które charakteryzują się obecnością dwóch podobszarów porowatych o skontrastowanych parametrach hydraulicznych. Jako punkt wyjścia przyjęto, że w skali lokalnej przepływ w obu podobszarach jest opisany równaniem Richardsa. Przedstawiono wyprowadzenie dwóch modeli przepływu w skali makroskopowej przy użyciu metody homogenizacji asymptotycznej....

  • New digital aids for pateints after laryngectomy

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    - Year 2006

    Powrót do prawidłowej komunikacji z otoczeniem pacjentów po laryngektomii jest możliwy poprzez wykształcenie zastępczej mowy przełykowej lub gardłowej a w pozostałych przypadkach, kiedy się to nie udaje, poprzez zastosowanie elektronicznych protez (wibratorów szyjnych) wprowadzających w drgania tkanki dna jamy ustnej i szyi. Nawet, gdy dochodzi do wykształcenia mowy zastępczej, jakość mowy artykułowanej przełykowo jak i artykułowanej...

  • Renesans polskich dworców

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    - Year 2016

    Od 2009 r. prowadzony jest szeroko zakrojony program inwestycyjny przebudowy istniejących i budowy nowych dworców kolejowych w ramach modernizacji polskiej sieci kolejowej. Bazuje on na założeniach wdrażanych od końca lat 90. XX wieku programów dworcowych w innych krajach europejskich. Pierwsze pilotażowe projekty były realizowane w związku z programem EURO 2012. Do końca 2014 r. przebudowano 63 obiekty, w tym 47 objęte ochroną...

  • Public Spaces - Coexistence and Participation

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    The paper is an attempt to answer two questions: (1) how to develop positive social relations and citizenship among residents of cities in Poland and (2) howsuitable shaping of public space affects the activation and integration of local residents.The specificity of the post-war process of urbanization in Poland - a country traditionally agricultural - was its political dimension (forced 'nationalisation' of agriculture and industrialization...

  • Nauczanie matematyki w uczelniach technicznych w kontekście standardów kształcenia

    W dniach 22−24 września 2008 r. we Wrocławiu odbyła się XIII Ogólnopolska Konferencja Nauczania Matematyki w Uczelniach Technicznych, zorganizowana przez Instytut Matematyki i Informatyki Politechniki Wrocławskiej oraz Polskie Towarzystwo Matematyczne. Politechnikę Gdańską na tej konferencji reprezentowali nauczyciele akademiccy – dr Barbara Wikieł, dr Anita Dąbrowicz−Tlałka i mgr Mariusz Kaszubowski. W swoim referacie dr Barbara...

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  • Verification of the Parameterization Methods in the Context of Automatic Recognition of Sounds Related to Danger

    W artykule opisano aplikację, która automatycznie wykrywa zdarzenia dźwiękowe takie jak: rozbita szyba, wystrzał, wybuch i krzyk. Opisany system składa się z bloku parametryzacji i klasyfikatora. W artykule dokonano porównania parametrów dedykowanych dla tego zastosowania oraz standardowych deskryptorów MPEG-7. Porównano też dwa klasyfikatory: Jeden oparty o Percetron (sieci neuronowe) i drugi oparty o Maszynę wektorów wspierających....

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  • Trzej prorocy: Sołżenicyn, Friedman, Dugin. Część pierwsza: Sołżenicyn

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    - Year 2023

    Artykuł przedstawia na tle biograficznym dzieło i myśl profetyczną Aleksandra Sołżenicyna. Podstawą jej analizy jest mowa z okazji przyznania autorowi Oddziału chorych na raka literackiej Nagrody Nobla oraz jego wykład na temat stanu cywilizacji Zachodu wygłoszony na Uniwersytecie Harvarda – zatytułowany Zmierzch odwagi. Proroctwa Sołżenicyna dotyczące Zachodu pokazane są w kontekście jego pracy Jak odbudować Rosję? W artykule...

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  • AN ENERGY APPROACH TO THE FATIGUE LIFE OF SHIP PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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    The conducted research investigations aimed to carry out an identification of the constructional materials fatigue state of the ship propulsions’ rotational mechanical units for diagnostic purposes. The fatigue cracks of the elements transmitting mechanical energy streams from the propulsion engines to the ship propellers or to the generators of the ship’s electric power station stand for a primary reason for the secondary, usually...

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  • THE VIBRATION BASED DIAGNOSTICS OF SHIP PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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    The article has been worked out on the basis of the report devoted to the conducted diagnostic investigations of the ship main propulsion unit’s mechanical system. Gdansk University of Technology has been ordered with such investigations by the repair Shipyard carrying out the ship’s overhaul. Diagnostic tests involved measurements and analyses of the vibration signals generated in selected constructional kinematic pairs of the...

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  • Normal-form preemption sequences for an open problem in scheduling theory

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    - JOURNAL OF SCHEDULING - Year 2016

    Structural properties of optimal preemptive schedules have been studied in a number of recent papers with a primary focus on two structural parameters: the minimum number of preemptions necessary, and a tight lower bound on shifts, i.e., the sizes of intervals bounded by the times created by preemptions, job starts, or completions. These two parameters have been investigated for a large class of preemptive scheduling problems,...

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  • Energy efficiency of electric multiple units in suburban operation

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    - Year 2023

    This thesis presents approach to analysis of energy efficiency of a suburban rail network, using novel models developed on the Matlab/Simulink basis. Necessary features and requirements for such models were determined thru in-depth review of the source literature in all applicable fields: electrified transportation systems, electric multiple units construction, vehicle drivetrains and finally, existing simulation methods. Existing...

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  • From the Concept to Results: A Case Study on the Collection Development for the ODC–Opening Day Collection at Qatar National Library

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    - Year 2016

    "A library collection should fit the mission for which it is created. The number of books it holds does not determine its worth." (E. J. Loveland, 2000) If so, how do we create a national library, and how do we build its collection from scratch without making many mistakes? Since 2012, when the plans for the new national library were announced, Qatar National Library (QNL) envisioned as carrying out its mission to "spread knowledge,...

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  • TRANSFORMACJA ŚRÓDMIEŚCIA GDAŃSKA – WYBRANE ASPEKTY KREOWANIA NOWEGO OBLICZA CENTRUM METROPOLII

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    - Year 2018

    W ramach artykułu poruszono zagadnienia związane z uwarunkowaniami oraz specyfiką kształtowania obszaru Śródmieścia Gdańska. Obszar ten – podobnie jak ma to miejsce w odniesieniu do innych dużych polskich miast – łączy w sobie funkcje centrum kształtującej się metropolii, z obszarem, o niezwykle dużej atrakcyjności turystycznej. Równocześnie wskazać można na jego specyficzne cechy, odróżniające go od innych obszarów centralnych:...

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  • DEEP LEARNING BASED ON X-RAY IMAGING IMPROVES COXARTHROSIS DETECTION

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    • M. Maj
    • J. Borkowski
    • J. Wasilewski
    • S. Hrynowiecka
    • A. Kastrau
    • M. Liksza
    • P. Jasik
    • M. Treder

    - Year 2022

    Objective: The purpose of the study was to create an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based on X-ray images of the pelvis, as an additional tool to automate and improve the diagnosis of coxarthrosis. The research is focused on joint space narrowing, which is a radiological symptom showing the thinning of the articular cartilage layer, which is translucent to X-rays. It is the first and the most important of the radiological signs...

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  • Mechanical response of human thoracic spine ligaments under quasi-static loading: An experimental study

    Purpose This study aimed to investigate the geometrical and mechanical properties of human thoracic spine ligaments subjected to uniaxial quasi-static tensile test. Methods Four human thoracic spines, obtained through a body donation program, were utilized for the study. The anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL), posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL), capsular ligament (CL), ligamenta flava (LF), and the interspinous ligament and...

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  • Experimental validation of the rolling resistance measurement method including updated draft standard

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    • F. Anfosso-Ledee
    • V. Cerezo
    • R. Karlsson
    • A. Bergiers
    • S. Dauvergne
    • J. Ejsmont
    • L. Goubert
    • H. Lesdos
    • J. Maeck
    • U. Sandberg... and 2 others

    - Year 2016

    The main objective of ROSANNE is the harmonisation and standardisation of the measurement of skid resistance, noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements. Regarding rolling resistance characterisation, a draft for standardization of a harmonized procedure for classification of road surfaces across Europe has been prepared within WP3 (deliverable 3.5). The procedure deals with the direct measurement on real roads of...

  • Novel Resveratrol-Based Substrates for Human Hepatic, Renal, and Intestinal UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases

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    • A. K. Greer
    • N. R. Madadi
    • S. M. Bratton
    • S. D. Eddy
    • Z. Mazerska
    • H. P. Hendrikcson
    • P. A. Crooks
    • A. Radominska-Pandya

    - CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY - Year 2014

    Trans-Resveratrol (tRes) has been shown to have powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-aging properties; however, its use as a therapeutic agent is limited by its rapid metabolism into its conjugated forms by UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs). The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that the limited bioavailability of tRes can be improved by modifying its structure to create analogs...

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  • Does the chemical modification of Nystatin A1 affect the drug's ability to overcome the multidrug resistance of fungi?

    Although the contemporary medicine keeps moving forward, disseminated infections caused by fungal pathogens are an emerging challenge. The dramatic rise of fungal diseases, especially the most life-threatening systemic mycoses is associated with a permanently growing number of immunodeficient patients. Undoubted difficulties in the treatment of fungal infections are caused by lack of highly effective and selective antifungal drugs,...

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  • Testing of Software for the Planning of a Linear Object GNSS Measurement Campaign under Simulated Conditions

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    The precision of a linear object measurement using satellite techniques is determined by the number and the relative position of the visible satellites by the receiver. The status of the visible constellation is described by DOP. The obtained geometric coefficient values are dependent on many variables. When determining these values, field obstacles at the receiver location and satellite positions changing with time must be taken...

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