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  • Improvements and Spatial Dependencies in Energy Transition Measures

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    This article aims to improve one of the newest energy transition measures—the WorldEconomic Forum WEF Energy Transition Index (ETI) and find its driving forces. This paper proposesa new approach to correct the ETI structure, i.e., sensitivity analysis, which allows assessing theaccuracy of variable weights. Moreover, the novelty of the paper is the use the spatial error modelsto estimate determinants of the energy transition on...

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  • Adiabatic potential energy curves of the KRb molecule

    Adiabatic potential energy curves (APEC) of the singlet (s) and triplet (t) Sigma+, Sigma-, Pi, and Delta electronic states have been calculated for the KRb molecule. Presented APECs correlate with 11 atomic asymptotes, starting from ground K(4s)+Rb(5s) atomic limit and ending on double-excited K(4p)+Rb(5p) atomic limit. All results of the presented...

  • Stabalization of solar-panel energy system for Pakistani household

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    - Year 2018

    Renewable energy resources such as Sun and wind are getting popular and easier to use day by day. It is a better method to fulfill our demands as sun is a continuous source of energy for Earth. Many countries are fulfilling their demands by Solar Panels. Solar panel is used as a converter between sunlight and electrical energy. This research paper is going to tell that how to obtain electrical energy from sunlight more efficiently...

  • Proposed Amendments to Reactive Energy Billing

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    This paper describes possible amendments to the rules of reactive energy billing in the tariffs in Poland. Modifications in the tariffs to improve their motivational function for distribution system users are identified as the most expedient. New problems arising from distributed generator operations are also indicated. A billing method that can be effectively implemented at the occurrence of distorted voltage and current waveforms...

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  • Hybrid electrode materials for fast performance devices

    Energy storage devices such as Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors and other types of the electrochemical capacitors require chemically stable, non-soluble, electrochemically active electrode materials compatible with appropriate electrolytes. Factors which determine their applicability are derived from so called electrochemical window of electroltes, nature of charge accumulation and their kinetics. On the other hand technological...

  • Scrutiny of power grids by penetrating PV energy in wind farms: a case study of the wind corridor of Jhampir, Pakistan

    This study examines the problems caused by intermittent renewable energy sources, especially wind farms, and suggests a different solar energy penetration strategy to improve their loading capacity. The study uses real-time data from a wind farm in Jhampir, Pakistan, to analyse and assess various aspects of grid stations connected to wind farms. Electrical Transient Analyzer Program is used to validate the results by linking...

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  • Scrutiny of power grids by penetrating PV energy in wind farms: a case study of the wind corridor of Jhampir, Pakistan

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    - Frontiers in Energy Research - Year 2023

    This study examines the problems caused by intermittent renewable energy sources, especially wind farms, and suggests a different solar energy penetration strategy to improve their loading capacity. The study uses real-time data from a wind farm in Jhampir, Pakistan, to analyse and assess various aspects of grid stations connected to wind farms. Electrical Transient Analyzer Program is used to validate the results by linking these...

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  • Potential energy surfaces of the low-lying electronic states of the Li+LiCs system

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    This data presents potential energy surfaces of Li atom interacting with LiCs dimer for the ground and first excited state. They were calculated using effective core potentials and MRCI method and include relativistic effects. The interatomic distance in the dimer is kept constant and equal to experimental value of 6.931704423 bohrs (3.6681 A). Energy...

  • Energy Modeling of Single-Family Houses in the Conceptual Phase

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    - Year 2018

    The aim of the article is to identify the potential impact of the latest commercial digital tools for building energy analysis on the everyday architectural practice in Poland in the context of typology and energy optimization of single –family houses. The reason for this survey is that “architect friendly” interfaces simulation results’ visualization and energy analysis tools are not given deserved attention in the architectural...

  • Technology and Energy Conversion Machines - Nowy kopiuj 1

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    • Z. Kneba

    The course covers the basics of mechanical, electrical and thermal energy production in industry and maritime transport. Describes installations supporting high-power engines. Particular attention has been paid to the fuel systems of internal combustion engines. The treatment of engine exhaust gases is described.

  • Market knowledge and new product performance: the mediating effects of new product performance

    Market knowledge is recognised as an important predictor of new product performance, which existing studies have proven. However, a missing link in this relationship is creativity, and specifically, as a natural process in product innovation. This study aims to examine a model that includes two mediating mechanisms between market knowledge scope and two new product outcomes, respectively: a new product’s competitive advantage and...

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  • The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance of some FTO/MoS2/SnO2 electrodes

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    To demonstrate the electrochemical performance of the FTO/MoS2/SnO2 for HER (hydrogen evolution reaction), the LSV (linear sweep voltammetry) was performed. The polarization curves of the obtained composite were measured in 1 M H2SO4 at room temperature with a scan rate 10 mV/s. For comparison, the LSV for the FTO, pure MoS2 and Pt plate electrode were...

  • THE CONCEPT AND THE STATE OF RESEARCH ON THE PERFORMANCE OF FAMILY BUSINESSES

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    Purpose: This study's primary goal is to present the theoretical concept of family enterprises. Specifically, the results of earlier studies and the issues facing this field of research now will be described. The article also examines the underlying impacts that family control has on business management in order to fill the research gap left by earlier studies on the performance differences between family and non-family enterprises....

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  • Low energy electron mass stopping power in H2

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    We present experimental mass stopping powers of electrons in gaseous H2 obtained with a newly developed electron time-of-flight spectrometer, for the incident electron energy range of 10eV to 25eV. In our procedure the average energy loss is derived from our conversion of measured electron time-of-flight spectra into equivalent electron energy loss spectra so as to obtain the values of mass stopping power for electron scattering...

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  • BUILT IN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR AN ADAPTIVE NOTCH FILTER

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    The problem of estimating instantaneous frequency of a non- stationary complexsinusoid (cisoid) buried in wideband no ise is considered. The proposed approach extends adaptive notc h filtering algorithm with a nontrivial performance assessme nt mechanism which can be used to optimize frequency tracking performance of the adaptive filter. Simulation results confi rm that the proposedextension allows one to improveaccuracyo f frequency...

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  • Alternative Energy: Photovoltaic Solar Cells

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    Solar radiation is a fuel for photovoltaic cells and modules, which are a source of electric energy. Viable solar technologies that have been developed in the past are starting to be adopted on a broader and more meaningful global scale across different sectors with ever-increasing market penetration. In this entry, a brief overview of the material properties relevant to solar cell operation, the structure of the solar cell, and electrical...

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  • Energy Consumption Modeling in SPMD and DAC Applications

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    - Year 2016

    In this chapter, we show a study of energy consumption during execution of SPMD and DAC application – the same applications which time of execution we modeled in the previous two chapters. We measured an average power usage at a single node of the GALERA+ cluster during application execution and then we modeled the total energy consumption by the application. Next we simulated the applications using MERPSYS and we compared the...

  • The Energy of Finance in Refining of Medical Surge Capacity

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    The availability of resources and their concentration in the place of greatest need, will not allow us to successfully overcome a medical surge without the energy required to activate these resources and activities, and increase their quantities if necessary, that is why the staff and management of healthcare institutions are forced to making ethical crisis decisions about who wins and who loses. This study highlights the versatility...

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  • Effectiveness of a dual surface modification of metallic interconnects for application in energy conversion devices

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    - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY - Year 2022

    A dual surface modification of an SOFC metallic interconnect with a Gd2O3 layer and an MnCo2O4 coating was evaluated. The tested samples were oxidized for 7000 h in air at 1073 K. Oxidation products were characterized using XRD, SEM-EDS, and confocal Raman imaging, and ASR was measured. The effect of gadolinium segregation at grain boundaries in Cr2O3 was evaluated using S/TEM-EDS. Area specific-resistance was measured and fuel...

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  • Tuning the photocatalytic performance through magnetization in Co-Zn ferrite nanoparticles

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    - JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS - Year 2022

    In this work, the link between the photocatalytic performance of Co-Zn ferrite nanoparticles and the net magnetic moment is analyzed. CoxZn1-xFe2O4 nanoparticles (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) were synthesized by co-precipitation method and different physicochemical techniques were employed to characterize the samples (X-ray diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), BET surface area, Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS), Photoluminescence spectroscopy,...

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  • Energy, water detailed usage. Living lab testing for sustainable urban food-water-energy cycle. Jan. 2022

    Data set contains detailed, continuous measurements of the usage of water and electrical energy (AC power) in an experimental facility set up in a scientific laboratory (Laboratorium im. B.Niemkiewicza) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology.  The test bed was established in co-operation...

  • Energy, water detailed usage. Living lab testing for sustainable urban food-water-energy cycle. Dec. 2021

    Data set contains detailed, continuous measurements of the usage of water and electrical energy (AC power) in an experimental facility set up in a scientific laboratory (Laboratorium im. B.Niemkiewicza) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology.  The test bed was established in co-operation...

  • Mathematics Energy tech

    e-Learning Courses
    • D. Beger
    • M. Szyszkowski

  • ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES

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    • A. D. Dettlaff
    • A. Kuczyńska-Łażewska

  • Nuclear energy (WChem)

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    • M. Jaskólski

    The course is created for the Green Technologies field of study

  • Performance of the domestic micro ORC equipped with the shell-and-tube condenser with minichannels

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    In this paper, the original compact shell-and-tube heat exchanger with circular minichannels of in-house design and manufacturing is presented as the condenser for the domestic micro heat and power plant investigations as well as other future technical applications. The heat exchanger is equipped with turbulizing baffles inside the shell. The shell itself is made of a tubular sleeve having an inner diameter of 0.067 m and the length...

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  • Born-Oppenheimer potential energy curves of the NaK molecule

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    Adiabatic potential energy curves (APEC) of the singlet (s) and triplet (t) Sigma+, Pi, and Delta electronic states have been calculated for the NaK molecule. All results of the presented molecular states have been obtained by the nonrelativistic multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method used with pseudopotentials describing the interaction...

  • Alternative Energy: Photovoltaic Modules and Systems

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    Use of solar energy does not contribute to global warming. The light-to-current conversion (photovoltaic conversion) takes place within solar cells, which in most cases are made of silicon. Solar module consists of many solar cells, which are electrically connected and placed between glass or Tedlar® and framed by an aluminium frame. A number of solar modules and other components form photovoltaic systems. In this entry, a brief...

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  • Advanced Potential Energy Surfaces for Molecular Simulation

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    • A. Albaugh
    • H. Boateng
    • R. Bradshaw
    • O. Demerdash
    • J. Dziedzic
    • Y. Mao
    • D. Margul
    • J. Swails
    • Q. Zeng
    • D. Case... and 10 others

    - JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B - Year 2016

    Advanced potential energy surfaces are defined as theoretical models that explicitly include many-body effects that transcend the standard fixed-charge, pairwise-additive paradigm typically used in molecular simulation. However, several factors relating to their software implementation have precluded their widespread use in condensed-phase simulations: the computational cost of the theoretical models, a paucity of approximate models...

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  • Energy Losses Due to Imperfect Payment Infrastructure and Payment Instruments

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    One of the strategic objectives of the European Union is a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and improvement of energy efficiency by at least 32.5% in different areas of the economy by 2030. However, little is known about the impact of payment in retail on energy consumption. The purpose of this paper is to assess the chain of losses of time and energy, and therefore financial losses, that occur due to the imperfection of payment...

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  • Simulation of perovskite-based CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 solar cell performance

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    The presented data set is part of the theoretical research on novel thin-layer lead-halide perovskite solar cells with different inorganic transparent conductive oxides used as charge transport layers. In this study CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 model structure (Model 1) was investigated by the use of the SCAPS-1D simulation method (https://scaps.elis.ugent.be/). 

  • Simulation of perovskite-based CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/SnO2 solar cell performance

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    open access

    The presented data set is part of the theoretical research on novel thin-layer lead-halide perovskite solar cells with different inorganic transparent conductive oxides used as charge transport layers. In this study CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/SnO2 model structure (Model 2) was investigated by the use of the SCAPS-1D simulation method (https://scaps.elis.ugent.be/). 

  • Simulation of perovskite-based CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/ZnO solar cell performance

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    open access

    The presented data set is part of the theoretical research on novel thin-layer lead-halide perovskite solar cells with different inorganic transparent conductive oxides used as charge transport layers. In this study CuI/CH3NH3PbI3/ZnO model structure (Model 3) was investigated by the use of the SCAPS-1D simulation method (https://scaps.elis.ugent.be/). 

  • Simulator for Performance Evaluation of ASON/GMPLS Network

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    The hierarchical control plane network architecture of Automatically Switched Optical Network with utilization of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching protocols is compliant to next generation networks requirements and can supply connections with required quality of service, even with incomplete domain information. Considering connection control, connection management and network management, the controllers of this architecture...

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  • Renewable Energy Sources - W/C/L, E+MiBM, sem.05, (PG_00042100) - Nowy

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    • J. Kropiwnicki

    Presentation of the modern achievements and tendencies in the area of renewable energy resources utilization. Classification of renewable energy resources. Possibilities of renewable energy resources utilization. Discussion of theoretical backgrounds of selected technologies.

  • 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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  • Jarosław Guziński prof. dr hab. inż.

    Jaroslaw Guzinski received M.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from the Electrical Engineering Department at Technical University of Gdansk, Poland in 1994, 2000 and 2011 respectively. Since 2016 he is Associate Professor at Gdansk University of Technology. Currently he is the head of the Department of Electric Drives and Energy Conversion. From 2006 to 2009 he was involved in European Commission Project PREMAID Marie Curie, ‘Predictive...

  • THE MODELLING OF ACCUMULATION AND DISSIPATION OF ENERGY IN MECHANICAL DRIVE SYSTEM

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    This paper presents a modelling of accumulation and dissipation energy in simple drive system. The simple drive system is presented by laboratory stand designed for calculate fatigue life of material for bending and rotation tests pieces. The laboratory stand was prepared to diagnosis of fatigue life of material by use energetic methods. This idea was submitted as utility model to Polish Patent Office. This laboratory stand gives...

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  • Traffic Type Influence on Performance of OSPF QoS Routing

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    - Year 2012

    Feasibility studies with QoS routing proved that the network traffic type has influence on routing performance. In this work influence of self-similar traffic for network with DiffServ architecture and OSPF QoS routing has been verified. Analysis has been done for three traffic classes. Multiplexed ON-OFF model was used for self-similar traffic generation. Comparison of simulation results were presented using both relative and...

  • Microgrid Energy Management System

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    In the era of rapid development of "green energy” and storage devices, microgrids implemented in line with the concept of distributed generation can be an effective form of power management. There is a need for an efficient, optimal and reliable control of the combined infrastructure. The article presents a flexible, configurable microgrid's resources control system, which executes the task of meeting the electricity demand of...

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  • Determining an Architectural Character for Durban Residential Streetscapes

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    • L. du Plessis

    - Year 2024

    In the current global context and in consideration of the Sustainable Development Goals, there is a strong need for urban densification. However, this development is also driven by processes linked to the idea of capitalism and 'economic growth'. Such development often leads to the loss of the 'genius loci' of a place and sometimes even overlooks the fact that the quality of the built environment greatly influences the health and...

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  • Influence of separation gap on the response of colliding models of steel structures under seismic and paraseismic excitations

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    As a result of high urbanization, the need to erect closely-spaced buildings forces designers to consider collisions between structures taking place during ground motions. Experimental and numerical studies have confirmed that such collisions (often referred to as structural pounding) may cause serious damage to the structural elements and even lead to total collapse of colliding structures. The main reason of earthquake-induced...

  • Analysis of Historic Brick Walls' Strengthening Methods

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    Analysis of the behavior of historical brick walls is difficult and complicated. However, computer calculations are being increasingly used in the evaluation of cultural heritage buildings and some of their elements. The aim of this paper is to analyze the historic brick walls reinforcement. Different methods of strengthening are compared and discussed. Numerical analysis, based on finite element method, was conducted on the assumption...

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  • Powojenny rozdział w historii architektury i zagospodarowania portu gdyńskiego

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    - Year 2022

    The port of Gdynia, considered one of the largest civil construction projects of the 20th century in Europe, was built at an express pace for only a dozen or so years from the mid-1920s to the end of the 1930s. Unusual solutions from the construction period in the port engineering category, as well as outstanding architectural works The industrial area quickly became architectural symbols of economic growth and the general rebirth...

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  • Traffic Type Influence on Performance of OSPF QoS Routing

    Feasibility studies with QoS routing proved that the network traffic type has influence on routing performance. In this work influence of self-similar traffic for network with DiffServ architecture and OSPF QoS routing has been verified. Analysis has been done for three traffic classes. Multiplexed On-Off model was used for self-similar traffic generation. Comparison of simulation results was presented using both relative and non-relative...

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  • On the use of a charge balancing method for low energy measurements

    The paper presents the method for the estimation of the energy consumption of the low-power microcontroller-based devices. Due to high dynamics of the changes of the supply current of the tested devices during the operational cycle, the consumed energy estimation is not easy. In order to avoid disadvantages of known methods, the charge balancing method was employed similarly like in some types of A/D converters.

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  • HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM FOR A CLASSIC SHIP POWER PLANT

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    The article presents a brief overview of hybrid energy systems used on ships. The area of their application is outlined. The benefits of using such systems are also indicated. Then, the classic ship power plant is defined. The most important part of the article is a proposal how to modify a classic engine room by using a hybrid energy system. The idea is: to accumulate a part of electricity in areas where it is allowed to burn...

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  • Evaluation of ASON/GMPLS Connection Control Servers Performance

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    Performance aspects have always been very important in telecommunications, especially in control elements. That problem also regards ASON/GMLPS network, which is one of the propositions for Next Generation Network (NGN) transport stratum. In this paper we investigate performance of ASON/GMPLS Connection Control Servers (CCSs) in laboratory testbed, which architecture and operation are also described. In order to evaluate the performance...

  • The linkage between knowledge risk management and organizational performance

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    - JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH - Year 2019

    The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of knowledge risk management (KRM) on organizational performance, with measures considered as “softer” measures of performance, i.e. innovativeness, responsiveness, sustainability, and agility. Data were collected using an online questionnaire sent to private and public orga- nizations located all over the world. The analysis and hypotheses testing were performed using structural...

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  • Buildings & Landscapes-Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum

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    ISSN: 1936-0886 , eISSN: 1934-6832