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Two-Step Model Based Adaptive Controller for Dissolved Oxygen Control in Sequencing Wastewater Batch Reactor
PublicationDissolved Oxygen (DO) concentration is a crucial parameter for efficient operation of biological processes taking place in the activated sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). High-quality DO control is difficult to achieve because of complex nonlinear behavior of the plant and substantial influent disturbances. A method to improve the Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control (DMRAC) technology in application to DO tracking for...
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Road Infrastructure Safety Management in Poland
PublicationThe objective of road safety infrastructure management is to ensure that when roads are planned, designed, built and used road risks can be identified, assessed and mitigated. Road transport safety is significantly less developed than that of rail, water and air transport. The average individual risk of being a fatality in relation to the distance covered is thirty times higher in road transport that in the other modes. This is...
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Anna Witkowska dr hab.
PeopleAnnaWitkowska holds an M.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the University of Gdańsk, Poland in 2001. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Technical University of Warsaw in 2011, and the D.Sc. (habilitation) degree in automation, electronic and electrical engineering from the Technical University of Gdańsk, in 2020. Currently she is a professor of the Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Control...
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The role of hydrodynamic cavitation in tuning physicochemical properties of food items: A comprehensive review
PublicationBackground: Today, food processing industries are looking for alternative technologies with an eco-friendly character for the processing of food, beverages and agricultural crops. Ideally, such technologies may preserve the original properties of the food products while reaching their primary target of application. Scope and approach: At this point, hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is recognized as one of the potential technologies...
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PARTIAL WHEAT FLOUR REPLACEMENT WITH GLUTEN-FREE FLOURS IN BREAD - QUALITY, TEXTURE AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
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Procedure based proactive functional safety management for the risk mitigation of hazardous events in the oil port installations including insurance aspects
PublicationThis article addresses selected technical and organization aspects of risk mitigation in the oil port installations with regard to functional safety requirements specified in standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511. The procedure for functional safety management includes the hazard identification, risk analysis and assessment, specification of overall safety requirements and definition of safety functions. Based on risk assessment results...
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Modelling selected road safety measures at the regional level in Europe
PublicationRegions are Europe’s basic levels of management. The literature was reviewed to identify regional safety analyses and some of the factors that are important for road safety in the regions. Next, data were collected atthe regional NUTS 2 level in Europe for the years 1999-2008. An analysis of the data helped identify f actors which have the strongest bearing on fatalities and other safety measures. This paper presents the initial...
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Current issues of functional safety and cybersecurity analysis of the industrial and critical infrastructures
PublicationThis article addresses some functional safety assessment procedures with cybersecurity aspects in critical industrial installations with regard to the functional safety requirements specified in standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511. The functional safety management includes hazard identification, risk analysis and assessment, specification of overall safety requirements and definition of safety functions. Based on the risk assessment...
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Comparison of the Measurement Techniques Employed for Evaluation of Ambient Air Odour Quality Influenced by Operation of Industrial Sewage Treatment Plant
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on ambient air quality evaluation with respect to concentration of odorants in a vicinity of a sewage treatment plant of the LOTOS Group S.A. petroleum plant. The investigation was performed during winter season using a prototype of electronic nose and the Nasal Ranger field olfactometers. The prototype was equipped with a set of six semiconductor sensors by FIGARO Co. and one PID-type...
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Functional safety and reliability analysis methodoloogy for hazardous industrial plants
PublicationThis monograph is devoted to current problems and methods of the functional safety and reliability analyses of the programmable control and protection systems for industrial hazardous plants. The results of these analyses are useful in the process of safety management in life cycle, for effective reducing relevant risks at the design stage, and then controlling these risks during the operation of given installation. The methodology...
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Accuracy of marine gravimetric measurements in terms of geodetic coordinates of land reference benchmark
PublicationThe article presents how the values of (3D) coordinates of land reference points affect the results of gravimetric measurements made from the ship in sea areas. These measurements are the basis for 3D maritime inertial navigation, improving ships' operational safety. The campaign verifying the network absolute point coordinates used as a reference point for relative marine gravity measurements was described. The obtained values...
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Jakość powietrza wewnętrznego - lotne związki organiczne jako wskaźnik jakości powietrza wewnętrznego = Indoor air quality - volatile organic compounds as an indicator of the quality of indoor air
PublicationPomieszczenia zamknięte z jednej strony są barierą chroniącą przed negatywnymi czynnikami środowiska, zmiennymi warunkami pogodowymi - deszczem, wiatrem, niską lub wysoką temperaturą, z drugiej jednak strony - w zamkniętych wnętrzach nastepuje często kumulacja toksycznych związków organicznych i nieorganicznych, co nie pozostaje bez wpływu na ludzkie zdrowie.Głównym celem badań jest oszacowanie jakości powietrza wewnętrznego pod...
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Self-optimizing narrowband interference canceller - can reference signal help?
PublicationSONIC (Self-Optimizing Narrowband Interference Canceller) is an acronym of the recently proposed active noise control algorithm with interesting adaptivity and robustness properties. SONIC is a purely feedback controller, capable of rejecting nonstationary sinusoidal disturbances (with time-varying amplitudes and/or frequencies) in the presence of plant (secondary path) uncertainties. We show that even though SONIC can work reliably...
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Functional Safety Analysis including Human Factors
PublicationIn this paper selected aspects of human factors are discussed that should be taken into account during the design of safety-related functions for a complex hazardous installation and its protections. The layer of protection analysis (LOPA) methodology is used for simplified risk analysis based on defined accident scenarios. To control the risk the safety instrumented functions (SIFs) are identified and their safety integrity levels...
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Approaching Secure Industrial Control Systems
PublicationThis study presents a systematic approach to secure industrial control systems based on establishing a business case followed by the development of a security programme. To support these two fundamental activities the authors propose a new method for security cost estimation and a security assessment scheme. In this study they explain the cost evaluation technique and illustrate with a case study concerning the assessment of the...
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Towards systemic functional safety and security management in hazardous plants
PublicationThe aim of this article is to identify and discuss some issues related to functional safety and security management in hazardous industrial plants. The safety functions are to be realised using the electric / electronic / programmable electronic systems (E/E/PESs) or the safety instrumented systems (SISs) that are designed and operated respectively according to IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 requirements in life cycle. Although the role...
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Control design for slow speed positioning
PublicationThe problem under study is a synthesis of position and heading control system for low frequency model of surface vessel described by 3 DOF mathematical model. The recursive vectorial backstepping control design was used to keep fixed position and heading in presence of wave disturbances. The controller has been simulated on computer model of scaled supply vessel. It has been assumed that the actuators produce generalized forces...
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Assessment of Life Quality, Stress and Physical Activity Among Patients with Psoriasis
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Increased expression of PELP1 in human sperm is correlated with decreased semen quality
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Quality of life in long-term survivors of early stage endometrial cancer
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Diagnostics of high-voltage varistor quality using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
PublicationResonant spectroscopy is an effective nondestructive testing method focused on defects detection in tested objects. Resonance spectrum contains an information about the mechanical properties and particularly about the structural homogeneity of the whole object. A swept frequency method has been used to measure the selected resonant frequencies range. The system for measurement of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy of high-voltage...
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Accounting Quality and Audit Attributes on the Stock Price Crashes in an Emerging Market
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Influence of the substrate loading on the quality and diameter distribution of SWCNT in alcohol‐CVD
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Assessment of river water quality in the South Baltic coast by multivariate techniques
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Quality of service games in an IEEE 802.11 ad hoc wireless LAN
PublicationW pracy wykazano, że gdy wymaganie na minimalną przepływnośc stacji przekracza wielkość wyznaczoną przez punkt optimum w sensie Pareto, okazjonalna egoistyczna konfiguracja MAC pozwala stacjom uczestniczyć w grze typu kolejkowego, w której wypłatą jest uzyskana przepływność. Zaprezentowano przykładowe scenariusze takiej gry oraz dokonano jej analizy przy pomocy modelu gry stochastycznej, wykazując istnienie punktu równowagi oraz...
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Simulation of electric hearing - influence of simulation parameters on quality of output signal
PublicationW środowisku programistycznym Matlab stworzono symulację słuchu elektrycznego pacjenta implantowanego. W symulacji zastosowano algorytm przetwarzania wykorzystywany w komercyjnych systemach implantów ślimakowych - CIS (Continuous Interleaved Sampling). W pracy zbadano wpływ ilości kanałów, jak i innych parametrów sygnałów wyjściowych przy zastosowaniu sygału mowy jako sygnału wejściowego symulacji.
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Quality and environmental management systems in polish shipbuilding industry - methods of implementation
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodę wdrażania systemu zarządzania jakością i środowiskiem, którą wykorzystano przy realizacji projektu BALTECOLOGICALSHIP. Metoda oparta była o wzory i doświadczenia szwedzkie. Rezultatem było wykonanie przeglądu środowiskowego w 50 organizacjach z obszaru przemysłu stoczniowego oraz wdrożenie w 13 firmach systemu zarządzania jakością i środowiskiem. Praca zawiera również wskazanie barier we wdrażaniu obu...
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Metrological analysis of surface quality aspects in minimum quantity cooling lubrication
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Quality of roof runoff waters from an urban region (Gdańsk, Poland)
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań analitycznych próbek wód spływnych z powierzchni dachów budynków z terenu miasta Gdańska. W próbkach oznaczano stężenia jonów (Na+, K+, NH4+, Mg2+, Ca2+, F-, Cl-, NO2-, PO4-, SO4-) oraz związków organicznych (pestycydy, węglowodory ropopochodne i lotne związki chlorowcoorganiczne). Dodatkowo mierzono pH oraz toksyczność próbek. Próbki zbierano przez okres 6 miesięcy w okresach po zakończeniu opadów....
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Nondestructive Characterization of 2CR-1Mo Steel Quality Using Magnetoacousting Emission
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań własności emisji magneto-akustycznej (EMA) oraz własności magnetycznych (pętla histerezy magnetycznej, efekt Barkhausena, magnetostrykcja) dla wycinków rur stali 2Cr-1Mo o różnym stopniu degradacji. Wykazano, iż początkowy etap degradacji skutkuje w obniżeniu natężenia EMA oraz magnetostrykcja także niewielką zmianą pola koercji i nie monotoniczną zmianą natężenia efektu Barkhausena).
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Quality problems in determination of organic compounds in environmental samples, such as PAHs and PCBs
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Manifesto [Intellectual Output 5] for High-quality Baukultur in the Digital Age
PublicationThe aim of the Manifesto is to extract the most important messages of the work on the BuildDigiCraft project and to translate them into a public declaration of views, intentions and policy recommendations directed at the academic, professional and policy-making community responsible for the shaping of the built environment (on local, regional, national and European/international level). With the BuildDigiCraft Manifesto the project...
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Sawing frozen wood with narrow kerf saws: Energy and quality effects.
PublicationOpór skrawania zależy podczas przecinania nie tylko od wilgotności drewna lecz również od jego temperatury. W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych przecinania drewna sosnowego zmrożonego na pilarce ramowej wielopiłowej. Dla porównania wykonano również testy dla drewna o temperaturze pokojowej. Czynnikami badanymi były: moc skrawania, dokładność przecinania w postaci grubości elementów, a także chropowatość powierzchni....
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Passive sampling as a tool for obtaining reliable analyticalinformation in environmental quality monitoring
PublicationSpośród technik pobierania próbek analitów technika dozymetrii pasywnej wydaje się być interesującą alternatywą w stosunku do powszechnie stosowanych technik dynamicznych. Dozymetria pasywna łączy w sobie etap pobierania próbki z etapem izolacji i wzbogacania analitów, które są zatrzymywane w odpowiednim medium zatrzymującym. Prowadzi to do znacznego uproszczenia operacji analitycznych wykonywanych in situ. W odróżnieniu od aktywnych...
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The fundamentals of narrow-kerf sawing; the mechanics and quality of cutting / K. A. Orłowski.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono ekonomiczne i ekologiczne uwarunkowania dokładnego przecinania drewna za pomocą pił cienkich (o niewielkiej wartości rzazu). Opisano współczesne technologie wykorzystujące cienkie piły: pilarki tarczowe wielopiłowe, pilarki taśmowe i ramowe. W rozdziale drugim omówiono siły skrawania w ujęciu klasycznym, w którym do ich szacowania przyjmuje się przede wszystkim wartości właściwego powierzchniowego oporu skrawania,...
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Quality problems in the determination of organic compounds in environmental samples, such as PAHs and PCBs
PublicationPrzedstawiono i skomentowano wyniki badań międzylaboratoryjnych w zakresie oznaczania wybranych związków organicznych w próbkach środowiskowych. Oznaczenia wykonane były przez niezależne laboratoria analityczne, które stosowały różne procedury przygotowania próbek do analizy.Badania wskazują, że wynik oznaczania poszczególnych analitów zależny był od stosowanej przez laboratorium procedury izolacji i oznaczania. Stwierdzono różnice...
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Narrowband Transmission Quality in Presence of Modified IEEE 802.15.4a UWB Signal
PublicationPublikacja przedstawia opis stanowiska laboratoryjnego użytego do badania wpływu zakłóceń impulsowych na jakość odbioru sygnałów wąskopasmowych. Przedstawione zostały przykładowe wyniki pomiaru jakości transmisji wąskopasmowych wraz z wykazaniem, że modyfikacja widma zakłócającego sygnału IR UWB powoduje poprawę jakości odbioru sygnałów wąskopasmowych.
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Improving of Cherry Fruit Quality and Bearing Regularity by Chemical Thinning with Fertilizer
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Analysis of Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Maxillofacial Fractures
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Separation of variables in molecular-dynamics simulations: A criterion to estimate the quality of the approximation
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EFFECT OF CHITOSAN-BASED SPRAYING ON THE QUALITY OF HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRIES (SUNRISE CULTIVAR)
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Assessment of the sea buckthorn growing in urban conditions – the quality of berries and leaves
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Polymer based thick films - material quality and interface resistance evaluation
PublicationThe properties of polymer based thick film layers mede using different resistive pastes and dipping silvers have been studied. The composite of carbon and graphite (C/Gr) conducting particles suspended in different polymer vehicles were used for preparation resistive layers. Interface resistance Rc created between dipping silver (DiAg) contact layer and resistive layer was determined from the surface potential distribution measurements...
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Substance Flow Analysis of Mercury Affecting Water Quality in the European Union
PublicationW pracy zastosowano metodę SFA (Substance Flow Analysis) do oceny źródeł transportu i składowania rtęci w wodzie na terenie UE. W wyniku analizy stopnia zanieczyszczenia środowiska w przeszłości jak i scenariuszy zmian tego zanieczyszczenia w przyszłości stwierdzono, że spalanie paliw zawierających rtęć, takich jak węgiel i olej stanowi główne źródło zanieczyszczenia wody rtęcią.
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Identification and classification model of the quality perception determinants and tourist services attributes
PublicationW niniejszym rozdziale zaprezentowano model identyfikacji oraz klasyfikacji zarówno determinant percepcji jakości jak i cech charakterystycznych dla usług turystycznych. Wykorzystano w tym celu zarówno cechy charakterystyczne dla usług dowolnego rodzaju zaadaptowane na potrzeby usług turystycznych jak i te które są specyficzne wyłącznie dla tej branży.
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Review on the quality of sediments from the stormwater drainage system in the urban area
PublicationThe main task of the stormwater drainage system is a safe drainage of rainwater and snowmelt from the urban area to the receiver. The flow of rain water in the drainage pipes is directly related with the formation of sediments in the whole stormwater system. In addition, pollutants from land runoff get adsorbed to the sediments. The sludge is mainly formed in those elements of stormwater drainage system, wherein the flow conditions...
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On Guard for Lighting Quality. The establishment of the first association of professional lighting designers
PublicationNot many people in the lighting community are aware of the fact, that after electricity was invented and in general use in the United States from the late nineteenth century, only electrical engineers were responsible for the illumination of architecture. After 1906, when the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) was established in the USA, companies and individuals professionally involved in the field of gas...
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Treatment Wetland effluent quality improvement by usage sorbents of various origin
PublicationTWs are finding as low-cost and also effective system to treat domestic wastewater. The aim of this study is to find suitable adsorbing material for application in an additional treatment unit where treatment wetlands do not provide sufficient PO4 3- reduction level. Material M1 is a fine-grained by-product of thermal treatment of carbonate-siliceous rock (opoka) with high content of calcium carbonate CaCO3 in temperature 700°C....
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Functional Materials
e-Learning CoursesPrerequisites: The course is primarily open to all PhD students at Gdansk University of Technology. This course is compulsory for PhD students assigned to Automation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Space Technologies tracks at Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology Content During the course students will learn about different classes of intelligent materials and a strong emphasis will be placed on their practical...
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A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus
PublicationSimulated gastro-intestinal digestion is widely employed in many fields of food and nutritional sciences, as conducting human trials are often costly, resource intensive, and ethically disputable. As a consequence, in vitro alternatives that determine endpoints such as the bioaccessibility of nutrients and non-nutrients or the digestibility of macronutrients (e.g. lipids, proteins and carbohydrates) are used for screening and building...