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Ultra-rare ultra-care: The unique burden of ultra rare disease caregiving
PublicationBackground: We sought to assesses the impact of caring for children with ultra rare diseases (URDs) on familycarers and to analyse the way these experiences differ among the caregivers of children diagnosed throughprenatal or newborn screening, and those with symptom-based diagnosis.Methods: A total of 200 caregivers of 219 URDs children completed an on-line survey regarding the challengesand experiences...
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Fatigue and Professional Burnout in Police Officers and Firefighters
PublicationExcessive demands, work overload and the working time arrangements are an important cause of burnout and fatigue in employees. Specific working time arrangements are characteristic of the internal security services, such as police officers and firefighters. This applies to both the ordering of day and night shifts and the length of shifts. Depletion of personal resources is a common component for acute fatigue and burnout. However,...
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Innowacyjność firm z sektora wiedzochłonnych usług biznesowych.
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia zagadnienia związane z innowacjami w firmach oferujących wiedzochłonne usługi biznesowe (KIBS – knowledge intensive business services). Sektor biznesowych usług wiedzochłonnych ma rosnące znaczenie nie tylko z punktu widzenia firm, którym dostarcza swoje usługi, przyczyniając się do wzrostu ich konkurencyjności, ale również jako źródło innowacji. W artykule sformułowanie dwie hipotezy badawcze: H1. Firmy z...
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Functioning and legal regulations of perpetual usufruct right in Poland in relation to similar rights in other countries of the European Union
Publication1 May 2004, Poland became part of the European Union, which main aim is the political, economic and social integration of democratic European countries as well as the construction of a common market ensuring of persons, goods, services and capital move freely. The Accession Treaty provides some transitional periods for the adjustment of the right of Member States to the EU regulations. Next year, 12 years after joining the EU,...
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Siedmiokryterialny miernik oceny niepotokowych procesów produkcyjnych
PublicationGrowing expectations of clients, who demand products adapted to their individual needs is inducing the development of batch processes. The author developed a model of batch processes rating based on the following criterions: • Economical criterion applies to evaluation of the productions’ cost levels connected with the process subjected to analysis and necessary investment funds. • Ecological criterion is about means of natural...
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User experience evaluation study on the quality of 1K, 2K, and 4K H.265/HEVC video content
PublicationNowadays, most content creators focus on distributing rich media at the highest possible resolution. Currently, the majority of sold consoles, media players, computer hardware, as well as displays and TVs are advertised as 4K-compatible. The same trend is observed in the case of popular online streaming services and terrestrial TV broadcasts. Generally speaking, it is assumed that higher bitrates provide higher subjective judgements....
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Construction of a simulation model of goods delivery in international road transportation taking into account the functioning efficiency of logistics supply chain
PublicationThe object of this study is the process of goods delivery in international road transport using various types of logistics chains. The problem being solved is due to the need to develop recommendations for exporters of goods to reformat or design new supply chains during wartime. The expediency of organizing foreign trade operations by the cargo owners' own forces or with the involvement of enterprises providing logistics consulting...
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Functional Components Enhancing Clients Attractiveness and Commercial Profitability of Internet Tourist-oriented Commercial Websites
PublicationTourism constitutes an important branch of economy in Mediterranean countries. Great number of people spend or are planning to spend their free time in the Mediterranean area. Extensive rentals of private apartments or houses for individual persons and their families as well as all kinds of services provided for tourists, in result, generate substantial economical incomes. Variety and diversity of offers of private accommodations...
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Impact evaluation of a cycling promotion campaign using daily bicycle counters data: The case of Cycling May in Poland
PublicationThe promotion of active and sustainable transport modes as an alternative to motorised individual transport has become a key policy priority in Europe, to reduce air pollution, road congestion, noise, traffic injuries, and the adverse health outcomes of sedentary lifestyles. Policymakers are implementing a wide range of measures to encourage this shift in attitudes and behaviours. These interventions are most valuable when targeting...
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Towards High-Value Datasets Determination for Data-Driven Development: A Systematic Literature Review
PublicationOpen government data (OGD) is seen as a political and socio-economic phenomenon that promises to promote civic engagement and stimulate public sector innovations in various areas of public life. To bring the expected benefits, data must be reused and transformed into value-added products or services. This, in turn, sets another precondition for data that are expected to not only be available and comply with open data principles,...
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The Effectiveness of Basic Resuscitation Activities Carried out by Combat Paramedics of the Police, as Exemplified by Polish Counterterrorist Units
PublicationThe tasks carried out by Police officers are often accompanied by dangerous situations that threaten the life and health of the people involved, the police themselves, and bystanders. It concerns especially counter-terrorism police units whose activities are aimed at terrorists and particularly dangerous criminals, and their course is violent and aggressive. In conjunction with the inability to bring civilian rescue services into...
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Quality Analysis of Audio-Video Transmission in an OFDM-Based Communication System
PublicationApplication of a reliable audio-video communication system, brings many advantages. With the spoken word we can exchange ideas, provide descriptive information, as well as aid to another person. With the availability of visual information one can monitor the surrounding, working environment, etc. As the amount of available bandwidth continues to shrink, researchers focus on novel types of transmission. Currently, orthogonal frequency...
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Psychological and physical components in forming preferences on urban greenery management – The case of trees
PublicationPublic opinion is increasingly important in managing urban greenery. In this regard, this study demonstrates the importance of sociological (environmental worldviews), psychological (place attachment, perceived benefits of trees), and physical factors (type of building people live in, and urban greenery) in forming residents’ opinions on whether the municipality or landowners should decide about tree removal on private land. Logistic...
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Game theory-based virtual machine migration for energy sustainability in cloud data centers
PublicationAs the demand for cloud computing services increases, optimizing resource allocation and energy consumption has become a key factor in achieving sustainability in cloud environments. This paper presents a novel approach to address these challenges through an optimized virtual machine (VM) migration strategy that employs a game-theoretic approach based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) (PSO-GTA). The proposed approach leverages...
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Blanka Tundys dr hab.
PeopleBlanka Tundys is an Associate Professor at University of Szczecin, Poland. Her research interests span green supply chain, sustainable supply chain, close loop chain, eco-innovation, city logistics, logistics, transport systems, city economics, strategy in logistics, transportation, performance measurement in logistics and supply chain, efficiency in logistics, circular economy, smart city, risk management in the supply chain,...
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IATUL Seminar 2019 – ważne wydarzenie wpisujące się w rozwój działań Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej na polu współpracy międzynarodowej.
PublicationCelem IATUL Seminar 2019 (Organizing the Open Science Framework – Strategies and Legal Aspects) było podsumowanie aktualnego stanu otwartości w nauce w Polsce i na świecie. Problematyka podejmowana na konferencji skupiała się na przeglądzie polityki repozytoriów instytucjonalnych i usług związanych z zarządzaniem danymi badawczymi. Poruszano także zagadnienia dotyczące aspektów prawnych związanych ze zbieraniem, przechowywaniem...
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Człowiek zanurzony w rzeczywistości wirtualnej na przykładzie Laboratorium Zanurzonej Wizualizacji Przestrzennej
PublicationArtykuł opisuje Laboratorium Zanurzonej Wizualizacji Przestrzennej (LZWP), które umożliwia swobodną podróż w czasie i przestrzeni. Jego podstawowym wyposażeniem jest jaskinia rzeczywistości wirtualnej, czyli pomieszczenie o ścianach, suficie i podłodze stanowiących ekrany projekcyjne, wyświetlające generowane komputerowo obrazy 3D, tworzące spójny widok jednej sceny. Człowiek znajdujący się w takiej jaskini jest zatem zanurzony...
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Wartość dodana akademickiej biblioteki „mobilnej” w kontekście programu Erasmus+ na przykładzie Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej
PublicationMobilność wynikająca z założeń programu Erasmus+ w uczelniach i bibliotekach akademickich to wszelkie działania polegające na realizowaniu zagranicznych wyjazdów szkoleniowych w tzw. stażowych miejscach docelowych w krajach-sygnatariuszach programu. Erasmus+ w bibliotekach akademickich umożliwia szeroko pojęte doskonalenie zawodowe, rezultatem którego może być uzyskana wartość dodana uwidoczniona w nabywaniu nowych doświadczeń...
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Architektura współczesnego muzeum i jej znaczenie dla tożsamości krajobrazu miasta = The Architecture of Contemporary Museum and its Significance for the Identity of the Urban Landscape
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy architektury współczesnych muzeów, które pod koniec XX w. przeszły znaczący rozwój jako instytucje publiczne. Oprócz specyficznych wymagań technicznych, funkcjonalnych, estetycznych i kulturowych, ich charakterystyczną cechą jest wzrastające zapotrzebowanie na przestrzeń dodatkową służącą edukacji, odpoczynkowi, rozrywce i strefie komercyjnej (handlu i usług). Atrakcyjna przestrzeń publiczna zapewnia dostęp do wszystkich...
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Szkolenie z platformy eStudent - 2024/2025
e-Learning CoursesTen kurs został przygotowany przez Centrum Usług Informatycznych dla studentów i doktorantów Politechniki Gdańskiej. Odbycie kursu i rozwiązanie quizu jest warunkiem zaliczenia przedmiotu „Szkolenie z platformy eStudent". This course has been prepared by the Centre of Information Services for students and PhD students at Gdańsk University of Technology. To get a credit for “eStudent platform training” you have to do the course...
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Jacek Sikora mgr
PeopleJacek Sikora pracuje w Bibliotece Politechniki Gdańskiej od 2005 roku. Jest absolwentem Informacji Naukowej i Bibliotekoznawstwa na Uniwersytecie Gdańskim oraz Bezpieczeństwa Informacji Kolegium Jagiellońskiego w Toruniu. W Bibliotece Politechniki Gdańskiej pracował w Dziale Udostępniania Zbiorów, Dziale Gromadzenia, Sekcji Historycznej a obecnie w Sekcji Obsługi Czytelnika, jako koordynator działania Filii na Wydziale Inżynierii...
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Anna Zielińska dr
PeopleIn 2016, she started her work at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Since 2018, a member of the board of the International Project Management Association Young Crew Polska. Author of numerous scientific publications in the field of crisis management, project and health program management, and improvement of business entities. Scientific and research interests include program and project...
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COVID-19 and digital deprivation in Poland
PublicationResearch background: The problem of digital deprivation is already known, but the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted its negative consequences. A global change in the way of life, work and socialisation resulting from the epidemic has indicated that a basic level of digital integration is becoming necessary. During the lockdown, people were forced to use ICTs to adapt to a rapidly changing reality. Current experience with coronavirus...
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Big Beautiful Buildings: Eine Schönheit, viele Maßstäbe - urbane Landschaften der Nachkriegsmoderne in Europa / Big Beautiful Buildings: one beauty, many scales - urban landscapes of the post-war modernism across Europe
PublicationMassive urbanization in Europe is not a phenomenon that began only in the 20th century. The roots of this process can be traced back two centuries. With the end of the Second World War the specific conjunction of powerful forces together changed the landscape of European cities. Urbanization was undoubtedly one of them. Among other factors, Musterd and van Kempen (2005) correctly itemized not only objective processes that can be...
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Knowledge management approaches of small and medium-sized firms: a cluster analysis
PublicationPurpose This paper aims to categorise the approaches to knowledge management (KM) by companies. In the literature, there is no consensus on a universal or “best” approach to KM. Especially, this paper singles out and discusses the variegated features that characterise the implementation of KM by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) having different characteristics. Design/methodology/approach A cluster analysis was used...
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Level of public finances decentralization in European Union countries
PublicationResearch background: Despite of the universality of the implementation in democratic countries the principle of decentralization resulting from the belief that it is an instrument to improve the efficiency of public funds management, both the scope of public services and the level of decentralization in individual countries are not identical. Purpose of the article: Comparison the scope of fiscal decentralization...
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Forecasting risks and challenges of digital innovations
PublicationForecasting and assessment of societal risks related to digital innovation systems and services is an urgent problem, because these solutions usually contain artificial intelligence algorithms which learn using data from the environment and modify their behaviour much beyond human control. Digital innovation solutions are increasingly deployed in transport, business and administrative domains, and therefore, if abused by a malicious...
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Organizacja systemu opieki nad seniorami wyzwaniem dla samorządów lokalnych
PublicationA significant part of the activities undertaken so far under the senior policy, also at the local level, have been focused on seniors’ social (physical and educational) activation. The growing number of the oldest seniors, with limited independence, living alone in single‑person households, away from their families, will force the policy priorities to be reoriented in such a way as to develop efforts to provide different types...
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Intelligent Knowledge-Base Model for IT Support Organization Evolution
PublicationThe goal of the paper is building the knowledge-based model for predicting the state of the IT support organization. These organizations, critical for development of various business sectors, are facing the problem of their transformation. It is the result of the fundamental change in the role of the IT organizations in the current economy. The complexity of the processes, the difficulty adjusting the operations and limited ability...
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An Analysis of Contextual Aspects of Conceptualization: A Case Study and Prospects
PublicationIn this chapter we present a new approach to development of modularized knowledge bases. We argue that modularization should start from the very beginning of modeling, i.e. from the conceptualization stage. To make this feasible, we propose to exploit a context-oriented, semantic approach to modularization. This approach is based on the Structural Interpretation Model (SIM) presented earlier elsewhere. In the first part of thischapter...
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Potential for ITS/ICT Solutions in Urban Freight Management
PublicationThe article presents a study on applying ITS solutions in planning and management of urban freight transport in Gdynia. The traffic management system Tristar which is under implementation and its related systems show a potential to assist in development of freight transport measures. Recommendations for urban freight policy development supplementing Gdynia's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan were used as a basis for identification...
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Financial Consequences of the Introduction of the Fit For 55 on the Example of Poland
PublicationIn Europe and in Poland, there is a growing conviction that climate action is a necessity. When creating long-term strategies or making current decisions, companies are increasingly taking into account issues related to sustainable development and reducing CO2 emissions. Following the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, countries around the world pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 so that the average temperature...
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Credibility of Business Operations via Internet: Customer Perspective
PublicationTourism plays an important role in economy of Mediterranean countries. Year after year, more and more people spend or like to spend their vacations (and money) in the Mediterranean region. Hiring private apartments or houses by individual persons for themselves and their families becomes more and more popular way of vacation arrangement and, in the result, constitutes an important factor of the countries' incomes. Versatile and...
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Informal Settlements and International Migrants: The city of Rome (Italy) as Case Study
PublicationToday, urbanization is happening at an unprecedentedly rapid rate, owing heavily to the influx of migrants. Empirical evidence shows the development of informal settlements in cities as a result of migration, including Rome. Furthermore, information on informal settlements is either insufficient or inadequate, which makes it challenging for architects, urban planners, and policymakers to form viable solutions to deal with the situations...
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Narratives on cutting down trees on private land. A comparison of urban and rural municipalities in Poland using the Q-deliberation method
PublicationIncreased development in rural and urban areas leads to a decrease in tree cover and reduces the ecosystem services that trees provide. Municipal authorities must consider managing trees on private land to ensure that residents have access to trees and green spaces. In doing so, they must frequently confront conflicting stakeholder views, which are driven by diverse public and private interests and impacted by the type of landscape...
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Semantic modeling of contextual augmented reality environments
PublicationDespite significant progress in the field of augmented reality (AR), regarding both hardware and software, there is still a lack of universal models and methods that would enable building ubiquitous AR systems that could be used anywhere and anytime, covering different application areas. This dissertation describes a new approach to building AR systems, called the Contextual Augmented Reality Environment (CARE). The CARE approach...
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Ontologie vs. reguły — porównanie metod reprezentacji wiedzy na przykładzie dziedziny zarządzania usługami informatycznymi
PublicationTekst stanowi krótki przegląd wybranych konstrukcji służących reprezentacji wiedzy w postaci ontologii opartych na logice opisowej i porównanie ich z odpowiednikami opartymi na zapisie regułowym. Z powodu ograniczonej liczby stron pokazano tylko elementy związane z reprezentacją konceptów, bez uwzględniania ról. Do zapisu ontologii wykorzystano formalizmy języka OWL, zaś reguły wyrażono w Prologu. Dla lepszego zilustrowania tych...
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Wirtualne sieci 5G, NGN i następne. Radioinformatyczna metamorfoza sieci komórkowych
PublicationPrzedstawiono problematykę ewolucyjnej, a w zasadzie rewolucyjnej, metamorfozy komórkowych systemów radiokomunikacyjnych w kontekście architektury sieci 5G, zasad jej działania oraz nowych możliwości implementacyjnych usług sieci NGN. Artykuł dotyczy w szczególności istoty działania sieci 5G, łączącej w sobie cechy sieci radiokomunikacyjnych poprzednich generacji, zwłaszcza 4G, oraz nowe właściwości charakterystyczne dla 5G. Dotyczą...
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Attitudes of Polish physicians, nurses and pharmacists towards the ethical and legal aspects of the conscience clause
PublicationBackground: While healthcare professionals’ right to invoke the conscience clause has been recognised as a fundamental human right, it continues to provoke a heated debate in Polish society. Although public discourse is filled with ethical and legal considerations on the conscience clause, much less is known about the attitudes of healthcare professionals regarding that matter. The aim of this study was therefore...
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A Comprehensive Framework for Measuring Governments’ Digital Initiatives Including Open Data
PublicationDigital innovation and digital initiatives are generally recognized and considered to be the driving forces behind firm survival and success in the market. This is not the case in the public sector, where digital initiatives have suffered not only from a lack of research trying to explain them but also from a major lack of recognition of their importance. The government’s eagerness to introduce more digital initiatives for better...
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Potencjał kognitywno-kulturowy dzielnicy a innowacyjne strategie rehabilitacji w kontekście społecznej indywidualizacji. Studium przypadku: Mouraria, Lizbona = Innovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive-Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon
PublicationInnovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive- -Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon. This paper deals with the issue of sustainable urban rehabilitation interventions in city cores focused on value creation through culture-led development as a tool for building a cognitive city. The objective is to analyze cases of rehabilitation of public space by culture-led...
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Machine Learning-Based Wetland Vulnerability Assessment in the Sindh Province Ramsar Site Using Remote Sensing Data
PublicationWetlands provide vital ecological and socioeconomic services but face escalating pressures worldwide. This study undertakes an integrated spatiotemporal assessment of the multifaceted vulnerabilities shaping Khinjhir Lake, an ecologically significant wetland ecosystem in Pakistan, using advanced geospatial and machine learning techniques. Multi-temporal optical remote sensing data from 2000 to 2020 was analyzed through spectral...
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Identification of High-Value Dataset determinants: is there a silver bullet for efficient sustainability-oriented data-driven development?
PublicationOpen Government Data (OGD) are seen as one of the trends that has the potential to benefit the economy, improve the quality, efficiency, and transparency of public administration, and change the lives of citizens, and the society as a whole facilitating efficient sustainability-oriented data-driven services. However, the quick achievement of these benefits is closely related to the “value” of the OGD, i.e., how useful, and reusable...
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Drinking water safety evaluation in the selected sub-Saharan African countries: A case study of Madagascar, Uganda and Rwanda
PublicationIn the sub-Saharan region of Africa, access to safe drinking water remains limited in many countries. This study provides an overview of the quality of surface water and groundwater in rural and peri-urban areas of Madagascar, Uganda, and Rwanda. Selected physico-chemical parameters, inorganic species (including inorganic ions), and organic pollution indicators, such as total organic carbon, non-ionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, anionic...
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Understanding the Ukrainian Migrants Challenges in the EU: A Topic Modeling Approach
PublicationConfronted with the aggression against Ukraine in 2022, Europe faces one of the most important humanitarian challenges - the migration of war refugees from Ukraine, most of them women with children and the elderly. Both international institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations, but also national governments and, above all, local governments, which are the main providers of services and resources for refugees,...
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Bartosz Woliński dr inż.
PeopleCourses Informatization strategies (winter sem. 20/21, winter sem. 22/23) IT teams technologies (winter sem. 20/21) Decision analysis (winter sem. 20/21, winter sem. 21/22, summer sem. 22/23) Controlling in IT (summer sem. 20/21, 21/22, 22/23) Projects in enterprises (summer sem. 20/21, 22/23) Integrated enterprise information systems (winter sem. 20/21) Managing enterprise IT infrastructure and security (summer sem. 2021/22) Decision...
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Grażyna Musiatowicz-Podbiał dr
PeopleNotka biograficzna Ph.D. Grażyna Musiatowicz-Podbiał is employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics in Management, Faculty of Management and Economics of the Technical University of Gdańsk. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk. In 2005, she obtained a doctoral degree in economics...
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Wybrane elementy projektowania budynków wielofunkcyjnych stanowiących miejskie centra logistyczne
PublicationCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie wybranych aspektów dotyczących projektowania budynków wielofunkcyjnych stanowiących miejskie centra logistyczne. Centrum logistyczne lokalizowane w obszarze zurbanizowanym jest formalnie obiektem, który ma na celu zaspokojenie wielu potrzeb funkcjonalnych względem potencjalnych użytkowników. Miejskie centrum logistyczne stanowi swego rodzaju system, którego podstawą jest sprawna obsługa procesów...
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Redefiniowanie przestrzeni medycznej = Redefining healthcare space
PublicationSzpital jest obiektem publicznym, budynkiem-miastem, jego architektura nakierowana jest na realizację procesu leczenia i zdrowienia, a jednocześnie formuje przestrzenne ramy mikrokosmosu interakcji społecznych rozgrywających się pomiędzy pacjentami i personelem, gośćmi i „mieszkańcami”. Współcześnie w podejściu do rozumienia czym jest szpital - a zatem również do kształtowania architektury obiektów medycznych - można zauważyć dwa...