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  • Quantitative assessment of the influence of tensile softening of concrete in beams under bending by numerical simulations with XFEM and cohesive cracks

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    Results of the numerical simulations of the size effect phenomenon for concrete in comparison with experimental data are presented. In-plane geometrically similar notched and unnotched beams under three-point bending are analyzed. EXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) with a cohesive softening law is used. Comprehensive parametric study with the respect to the tensile strength and the initial fracture energy is performed. Sensitivity...

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  • Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability

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    - PLOS ONE - Year 2021

    Heart rate variability (hrv) is a physiological phenomenon of the variation in the length of the time interval between consecutive heartbeats. In many cases it could be an indicator of the development of pathological states. The classical approach to the analysis of hrv includes time domain methods and frequency domain methods. However, attempts are still being made to define new and more effective hrv assessment tools. Persistent...

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  • Timed rolling and rising tests in Duchenne muscular dystrophy ambulant boys: a feasibility study

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    • A. Sobierajska-Rek
    • J. Jabłońska-Brudło
    • A. Dąbrowska
    • W. Wojnicz
    • J. Meyer-Szary
    • J. Wierzba

    - MINERVA PEDIATRICA - Year 2024

    BACKGROUND: Functional activities are extensively used in motor assessments of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The role of timed items has been reported as an early prognostic factor for disease progression. However, there are two functional activities that are not widely assessed in clinical practice among Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients: rolling and bed rising. This study aimed to investigate whether the 360-degree...

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  • Mind the Gender Wage Gap – the Impact of Trade and Competition on Sectoral Wage Difference

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    This article examines differences between women’s and men’s wages in 18 selected OECD countries in the period 1970-2005. The study is based on 12 manufacturing sector- and skill-specific sets of panel data on the gender wage gap. We apply a system GMM estimator to the extended version of the conditional gender wage gap convergence equation, controlling for sector concentration and industry-specific measures of openness using a...

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  • „Space, architecture and infrastructure “in-between cities”.

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    The article presents contemporary city problems, like division of the city, infrastructural barriers, empty spaces, chaotic development, cuting-off areas, threatening the city image and functioning. These problems can be best observed in the areas in-between cities. One of the main questions for urban planners and architects seems thus to be: how to connect the city spaces instead of creating the barriers, how to create the areas...

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  • Automatic singing quality recognition employing artificial neural networks

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    Celem artykułu jest udowodnienie możliwości automatycznej oceny jakości technicznej głosów śpiewaczych. Pokrótce zaprezentowano w nim stworzoną bazę danych głosów śpiewaczych oraz zaimplementowane parametry. Przy pomocy sztucznych sieci neuronowych zaprojektowano system decyzyjny, który oceniono w pięciostopniowej skali jakość techniczną głosu. Przy pomocy metod statystycznych udowodniono, że wyniki generowane przez ten system...

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  • Strategic risk measures in road traffic = Miary ryzyka strategicznego w ruchu drogowym

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    Ryzyko strategiczne jest ryzykiem długookresowym, związanym z podejmowaniem decyzji długofalowych, przez instytucje zarządzające bezpieczeństwem ruchu drogowego na analizowanym obszarze. Ryzyko strategiczne na sieci dróg wybranego kraju jest niepewnością dotyczącą realizacji celu strategicznego, jakim jest ochrona życia i zdrowia uczestników ruchu drogowego. Istotnymi problemami w szacowaniu ryzyka w inżynierii ruchu drogowego...

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  • Model zaangażowania w relacji usługodawca-klient

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    - Year 2020

    W niniejszej monografii przedstawiono rozwiązania pozwalające lepiej zrozumieć złożoność relacji występujących pomiędzy usługodawcami a klientami oraz metody, które pozwalają tę wiedzę wykorzystać w doskonaleniu procesów organizacji usługowych. Monografia podejmuje problem kształtowania zaangażowania na styku usługodawca–klient jako wstępnego i koniecznego warunku rozwijania relacji w usługach. Opierając się na klasycznej drabinie...

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  • Narrowband Transmission Quality in Presence of Modified IEEE 802.15.4a UWB Signal

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    - Year 2011

    This paper presents results of measurement of narrowband transmission quality in presence of impulse radio UWB interference. In the first part of paper, unmodified IEEE 802.15.4a IR UWB signal is used. Then some modification of transmitted pulse sequence is proposed, which allow to reduce UWB power spectral density at frequency of narrowbandtransmission. Finally narrowband transmission quality in presence of modified ultrawideband...

  • Waveguide model of the hearing aid earmold system

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    - Year 2006

    Background The earmold system of the Behind-The-Ear hearing aid is an acoustic system that modifies the spectrum of the propagated sound waves. Improper selection of the earmold system may result in deterioration of sound quality and speech intelligibility. Computer modeling methods may be useful in the process of hearing aid fitting, allowing physician to examine various earmold system configurations and choose the optimum one...

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  • Waveguide model of the hearing aid earmold system

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    Background The earmold system of the Behind-The-Ear hearing aid is an acoustic system that modifies the spectrum of the propagated sound waves. Improper selection of the earmold system may result in deterioration of sound quality and speech intelligibility. Computer modeling methods may be useful in the process of hearing aid fitting, allowing physician to examine various earmold system configurations and choose the optimum one...

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  • Ship model resistance - KCS

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    Ship model instantaneous resistance, velocity, pitch and heave measured data for a KCS built and tested in the towing tank of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology of Gdansk University of Technology under regular head waves.

  • Indeksy demokracji i stan zaawansowania ich rozwoju ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem projektu Varieties of Democracy - Democracy indices and their state of development with a special focus on the Varieties of Democracy project

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    - Year 2022

    Indeksy demokracji już od wielu lat pomagają naukowcom w klasyfikowaniu reżimów politycznych na całym świecie. Czy jednak projekty tego typu mierzyły i mierzą jakość demokracji w sposób adekwatny? Na podstawie przeglądu literatury przedmiotu można stwierdzić znaczny rozwój metodologii w tym zakresie od końca XX wieku w odpowiedzi na wcześniejsze braki.Autor artykułu opisuje rozwój indeksów demokracji od pierwszych...

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  • Narrowband Transmission Quality in Presence of Modified IEEE 802.15.4a UWB Signal

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    - Year 2010

    This paper presents results of measurement of narrowband transmission quality in presence of impulse radio UWB interference. In the first part of paper, unmodified IEEE 802.15.4a IR UWB signal is used. Then some modification of transmitted pulse sequence is proposed, which allow to reduce UWB power spectral density at frequency of narrowband transmission. Finally narrowband transmission quality in presence of modified ultrawideband...

  • Quality Aspects in Digital Broadcasting and Webcasting Systems: Bitrate versus Loudness

    In this paper the quality aspects of bitrate and loudness in digital broadcasting and webcasting systems are examined. The authors discuss a survey concerning user preferences related with processing and managing audio content. The coding efficiency of a popular audio format is analyzed in the context of storing media. An objective study on a representative group of signal samples, as well as a subjective study of the perceived...

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  • Quality prediction of foil capacitors by acoustic emission signals

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    - Year 2010

    Jakość i trwałość kondensatorów foliowych jest zależna od ich warunków pracy (np. nadmiarowego napięcia pracy, temperatury, wilgotności) oraz od potencjalnych defektów wprowadzonych na różnych etapach wytwarzania kondensatorów. Nieustanny nacisk na wzrost jakości wytwarzanych elementów przy jednoczesnej redukcji kosztów wytwarzania oznacza, że nowe, tanie i szybkie metody predykcji jakości tych elementów są mocno poszukiwane. W...

  • Static Series and Shunt-series PE Voltage-quality Controllers

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    - Year 2007

    As presented in the Chap. 7 static shunt power electronics (PE) voltage-quality controllers protect the utility electrical system from the unfavorable impact of customer loads. Shunt controllers, as shown in Chap. 6, are recommended mainly for mitigation of the causes of disturbances, and not their effects in distanced nodes of a power-electronics system. In the case when reduction of disturbances effects is required, which leads...

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  • Advancing Knowledge Quality and Quantity in Knowledge Markets

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    - Year 2012

    Zaproponowano modelowe podejscie do oceny jakosci i ilosci wiedzy na powstajacych rynkach wiedzy. Przedstawiony model oparty jest na systemach wieloagentowych.

  • Quality evaluation of agricultural distillates using different types of electronic noses

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    The paper presents the results of investigation on quality evaluation of agricultural distillates using a prototype of electronic nose instrument and a commercial electronic nose of Fast/Flash GC type – HERACLES II. The prototype was equipped with TGS type semiconductor sensors. HERACLES II included two chromatographic columns with different polarity of stationary phase and two FID detectors. In case of the prototype volatile fraction...

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  • Modeling of Performance, Reliability and Energy Efficiency in Large-Scale Computational Environments

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    - Year 2013

    Large scale of complexity of distributed computational systems imposes special challenges for prediction of quality in such systems. Existing quality models for lower-scale systems include functionality, performance, reliability, flexibility and usability. Among these attributes, performance and reliability have a particular significance to the large-scale systems computing quality modeling due to their strong dependence on the...

  • The Suzuki model of the multipath fading channel

    The dataset contains the results of simulations that are part of the research on modelling the multipath fading in the communication channel. The Suzuki fading envelope is generated using the Monte-Carlo simulation (MCS) in the LabVIEW programming environment.

  • Development of novel smartphone-based methods of wine quality assessment

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    - Year 2024

    The doctoral dissertation concerns the development of novel smartphone-based analytical methods of wine quality evaluation, which would be in line with the stipulations of green and equitable analytical chemistry. This solution is based on the analysis of biogenic amines and selected bioactive compounds. The dissertation is based on four articles containing the results of research which led to the development of smartphone-based...

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  • Validation of lumbar spine finite element model

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    The functional biomechanics of the lumbar spine have been better understood by finite element method (FEM) simulations. However, there are still areas where the behavior of soft tissues can be better modeled or described in a different way. The purpose of this research is to develop and validate a lumbar spine section intended for biomechanical research....

  • Quality control in flexible manufacturing cell.

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    - Year 2004

    Publikacja dotyczy procesu produkcyjnego w środowisku komputerowo zintegrowanego wytwarzania. Ukazuje ona aspekty kontroli jakości wykonania części na różnych etapach procesu wytwórczego. W celu dokonania szczegółowej analizy problemu zebrano dane o jakości wykonania części na poszczególnych poziomach wytwarzania. Analizy dowiodły, że jakość wykonania części zależy od jakości użytych narzędzi a sterowanie nią wymaga optymalizacj...

  • Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory: A Practical Approach.

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    Nowe opracowanie książkowe z zakresu QA/QC to praktyczny podręcznik zarówno dla studentów jak i pracowników laboratoriów. Opisano systemu jakości wyników pomiarów analitycznych i poszczególnych jego składników: spójności pomiarowej, niepewności pomiaru, walidacji procedury analitycznej, materiałów odniesienia i badań międzylaboratoryjnych. Opisano i przedstawiono narzędzia statystyczne służące do obliczania parametrów walidacyjnych,...

  • Trust-Based Model for the Assessment of the Uncertainty of Measurements in Hybrid IoT Networks

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    - SENSORS - Year 2020

    The aim of this paper is to introduce a NUT model (NUT: network-uncertainty-trust) that aids the decrease of the uncertainty of measurements in autonomous hybrid Internet of Things sensor networks. The problem of uncertainty in such networks is a consequence of various operating conditions and varied quality of measurement nodes, making statistical approach less successful. This paper presents a model for decreasing the uncertainty...

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  • Estimation of transmission quality in cellular systems based on indicators measured by the radio module

    The article presents a measurement stand for testing transmission quality in cellular systems such as LTE, NB-IoT, UMTS and GSM. The results of BLER and throughput measurements for various propagation conditions as well as results of quality indicators appropriate for mentioned technologies measured by commercial radio module are presented. Those measurements were utilized to analyze the possibility of estimating the transmission...

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  • High quality academic teacher of 21st century - Polish students' perspective

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    - Year 2014

    The aim of the study is to determine the characteristics of the academic teacher quality level from the perspective of Polish universities students’ in 21st century.

  • Potencjał strategii slow city dla rozwoju miast kształtujących się metropolii polskich. Na przykładzie Pucka i Kartuz miast Obszaru Metropolitalnego Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia

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    - Year 2017

    W artykule wskazano możliwości wykorzystania filozofii ruchu Slow, do wykształcenia nowego modelu Metropolitalnych Slow City (MSC). Odniesiono się do założeń ruchu Cittaslow, pokazując potencjały dla alternatywnego kierunku strategii rozwojowej w duchu „miast dobrego życia” dla ośrodków w granicach obszarów metropolitalnych. W podsumowaniu założenia teoretyczne zilustrowano przykładem innowacyjnego modelu projektu rewitalizacji...

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  • Integration of a Multilevel Transport System Model into Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning

    When planning their transport policy, cities usually focus on developing sustainable transport systems and reducing the negative consequences of transport. One way to deliver transport policies is to use the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), a strategic document designed to meet the demand for mobility whilst ensuring adequate quality of life for the residents. The process of Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP process)...

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  • Optimisation and field assessment of poroelastic wearing course bond quality

    Compared to typical asphalt mixtures, poroelastic mixtures are characterised by high porosity and high flexibility, which are desirable for traffic noise reduction. However, the same properties increase the risk of debonding from the lower layer, which is a significant source of premature damage. The study investigates which of the factors – tack coat agent, type and texture of the lower layer – have the greatest impact on interlayer...

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  • Tworzenie miejskości po 1990r., Geneza niemieckiej urbanistyki współczesnych założeń mieszkaniowych

    Artykuł jest przyczyną do przypomnienia genezy współczesnej formy niemieckich miejskich struktur mieszkaniowych w kontekście zmian rozumienia ich wymiaru miejskości. Niemiecka myśl urbanistyczna łączy w sobie dwie wyraziste tradycje dwudziestego wieku - Gründerzeit i KlassischeModerne. Pozostaje jednak silnie otwarta na innowację generowaną nie tylko dzięki postępowi technicznemu, ale przede wszystkim poprzez planowanie interdyscyplinarne...

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  • Quality of analytical results

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    - REVUE ROUMAINE DE CHIMIE - Year 2002

    W pracy przedstawiono podstawowe informacje dotyczące kontroli i zapewnienia jakości wyników analitycznych (QC/QA). W postaci odpowiednich schematów zaprezentowano: ideę spójności pomiarowej; zasady walidacji metodyk analitycznych; rolę materiałów odniesienia w procesie analitycznym.

  • Water and food quality

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    - Year 2002

    Rozdział zawiera opis podstawowych właściwości fizykochemicznych wody, rolęwody jako składnika żywności, wymagania odnośnie wody stosowanej w przemyśleżywnościowym, charakterystykę wody odpadowej, ścieków i ich neutralizację.

  • 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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  • Diagnostic Model of Crankshaft Seals

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    T he paper presents a research stand being a diagnostic model of radial lip seals used, among others, on crankshafts of piston combustion engines in order to identify the correctness of their operation. The possibility of determining the technical condition of lip seals on the basis of the proposed coefficient of correctness of operation has been described. T he basic features of seals influencing their correctness of...

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  • TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT - LECTURE AND EXERCISES 2022/2023

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    • A. Wendt
    • E. Marjańska

  • Transmission Quality in MC-CDMA Radio Interface with Turbo Codes

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    - Year 2012

    Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access techiques is a combination of two radio access techniques: Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Orthogonal Frequency-called Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and has the advantages of both techniques. The paper presents the design of transmitter and receiver for MC-CDMA radio interface and the simulation results of the transmission quality in AWGN channel.

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  • A comprehensive review of open data platforms, prevalent technologies, and functionalities

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    - Year 2022

    Open data can play a crucial role in different sectors of the world,such as government, science, research, technology, culture, andfinance. There are several necessary measures that every organiza-tion needs to consider before opening data. There are three majorsteps to opening the data: (1) Preparation stage, and (2) launchingthe open data initiative (3) In this case, the feedback mechanismstudy such as expand and sustain stage,...

  • Employment and export specialization patterns versus GDP per capita performance - unifying approach

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    This paper analyses the evolution of specialization patterns along the process of economic development. The scope of the paper is twofold: first of all, it aims at understanding if the evolution of employment specialization is reflected in the same manner in trade specialisation patterns. Secondly, it explores the link between the degree of specialization on one side and cross country GDP per capita performance on the other. We...

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  • Facilitating free travel in the Schengen area—A position paper by the European Association for Biometrics

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    • C. Busch
    • F. Deravi
    • D. Frings
    • E. Kindt
    • R. Lessmann
    • A. Nouak
    • J. Salomon
    • M. Achcar
    • F. Alonso-Fernandez
    • D. Bachenheimer... and 38 others

    - IET Biometrics - Year 2023

    Due to migration, terror-threats and the viral pandemic, various EU member states have re-established internal border control or even closed their borders. European Association for Biometrics (EAB), a non-profit organisation, solicited the views of its members on ways which biometric technologies and services may be used to help with re-establishing open borders within the Schengen area while at the same time mitigating any adverse...

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  • Threats to Armenia’s Security in the National Strategy and Practice with Special Emphasis on External Security,

    The national security strategy adopted in 2007 provided a detailed definition of security and identified its threats. The key threat to the Armenian state was considered to be the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The document indicated the Collective Security Treaty Organisation main guarantor of security, with Russia being Armenia’s main partner in bilateral relations. The second position in the strategy was assigned to cooperation...

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  • Protection of Pedestrians as the Key Action for Implementing - Poland’s Vision Zero

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    - Year 2015

    WHO reports show that pedestrians account for 10 to 70% of total road crash fatalities. In Poland, pedestrians also represent a significant road safety problem. For many years, pedestrian collisions have accounted for approx. 30% of total road crashes with more than 30% of pedestrians killed. Therefore, pedestrian safety has been one of Poland’s main objectives in its road safety programs implemented over the past 20 years. The...

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  • Detecting coupling directions with transcript mutual information: A comparative study

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    - DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS-SERIES B - Year 2019

    Causal relationships are important to understand the dynamics of coupled processes and, moreover, to influence or control the effects by acting on the causes. Among the different approaches to determine cause-effect relationships and, in particular, coupling directions in interacting random or deterministic processes, we focus in this paper on information-theoretic measures. So, we study in the theoretical part the difference between...

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  • Assessing Highway Travel Time Reliability using Probe Vehicle Data

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    - TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD - Year 2018

    Probe vehicle data (also known as “floating car data”) can be used to analyze travel time reliability of an existing road corridor in order to determine where, when, and how often traffic congestion occurs at particular road segments. The aim of the study is to find the best reliability performance measures for assessing congestion frequency and severity based on probe data. Pilot surveys conducted on A2 motorway in Poland confirm...

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  • Process layout planning and optimised product range selection in manufacture of wooden construction sets

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    - Maderas-Ciencia y Tecnologia - Year 2019

    This paper introduces a systematic deterministic framework for planning and the analysis of facility layouts aimed at manufacturing a variety of parts, as components of specific end products. The essence of the proposed approach lies in the decomposition of a traditional job-shop into layout modules of generic material flow patterns, that inherently yields improved efficiency of the entire system. It entails the use of a relevant...

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  • Determination of COD Fractionation as a Key Factor for Appropriate Modelling and Monitoring of Activated Sludge Processes

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    - Year 2016

    An operation of wastewater treatment plant is usually controlled by global parameters such as flow, solids retention time, sludge age, concentration of ammonia and dissolved oxygen, etc. It is considered that, together with the chemical and biological oxygen demand (COD and BOD), those parameters indirectly exhibit the effectiveness of activated sludge processes. Especially the BOD indicate the amount of organic pollution that...

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  • Comprehensive analysis of low-temperature methods for reclaiming of ground tire rubber

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    - Year 2022

    Management of waste tires has become an important topic for decades. The lack of an effective method to manage the materials as mentioned above leads to illegal landfills. This problematic waste can be divided into two main categories depending on the physical condition of the waste: (i) partially used tires; (ii) end-of-life tires. While the first group can be reused or retreaded, the second group requires special measures to...

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  • Changes in the structure of Armenia’s labour resources between 1993 and 2020

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    The article characterises the structure of Armenia’s labour resources in the period between1993 and 2020. It aims to assess the changes on the Armenian labour market by means of a deductive analysis of historical data and observation of changes in the structure of resources based on generally available macroeconomic data. The authors evaluate these processes against the background of demographic and economic changes, by presenting...

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  • Shape-Memory Polyurethane Polymers

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    - ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES - Year 2021

    Polyurethanes (PUs) are one of the most widely used polymers in research and industry. They can be synthesized from chemical sources and natural sources. PUs are a very useful class of polymers and exhibit many desirable properties that can be exploited in various applications. PUs are formed by the reaction between polyols and isocyanates. A wide variety of polyols and isocyanates are available for synthesis, and hence we can...

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