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New Alternative Passive Networks to Improve the Range Output Voltage Regulation of the PWM Inverters
PublicationThis paper presents different topologies of buck-boost converters with passive input networks that have alternative topologies; this is known in the literature as a Z-source inverter. Alternative passive networks were named by the authors as T-inverters; these improve output voltage regulation of the PWM inverters. T-inverter has fewer reactive components in comparison to conventional Z-source inverter. The most significant advantage...
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Detection of the acoustic interferences during AFM operation
Open Research DataAtomic force microscopy is a particularly complicated surface imaging technique due to the large number of factors that affect the quality of the resulting images. They are obviously difficult and sometimes even impossible to control at the same time. One of such factors may even be the seismological location of the building or the influence of mechanical...
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Pączkowanie - metoda rozwoju interoperacyjnych komponentów dla systemów rozproszonych = Budding – the software development method of interoperable components for distributed systems
PublicationPrzedstawiono 2 współczesne metody wytwarzania oprogramowania: iteracyjno-przyrostową oraz techniki zwinne, ich zalety i wady w kontekście budowy interoperacyjnych platform i środowisk rozproszonych. Zaprezentowano metodę rozwoju oprogramowania przez pączkowanie, jej założenia, zalety i wady. Przedstawiono technologie, na bazie których działa metodologia wytwarzania oprogramowania przez pączkowanie: Software Product Line, Enterprise...
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Five-phase induction motor drive with sine-wave filter
PublicationThe paper presents closed loop ac drive with 5 phase induction motor operating with voltage source inverter and sine wave filter. The motor supply voltages and currents have sinusoidal shape. For well known adjustable electric drives the field oriented control method with flux and speed co ntrol can be applied. In the presence of output filter both control and estimation algorithms should be modified due to sine wave filter installation....
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Fusion-based Representation Learning Model for Multimode User-generated Social Network Content
PublicationAs mobile networks and APPs are developed, user-generated content (UGC), which includes multi-source heterogeneous data like user reviews, tags, scores, images, and videos, has become an essential basis for improving the quality of personalized services. Due to the multi-source heterogeneous nature of the data, big data fusion offers both promise and drawbacks. With the rise of mobile networks and applications, UGC, which includes...
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Evaluation of open drone map toolkit for geodetic grade aerial drone mapping – case study
PublicationAn open source tool’s popularity has increased considerably, as well as micro aerial vehicles (MAV) technologies based on open source hardware. An open source software and hardware delivers a wide variety of applications and technology. The world’s most successful open source projects have their roots in the academy, and now its participation includes a wide variety of academic programs and research. Based on open source technology,...
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Automatic Rhythm Retrieval from Musical Files
PublicationThis paper presents a comparison of the effectiveness of two computational intelligence approaches applied to the task of retrieving rhythmic structure from musical files. The method proposed by the authors of this paper generates rhythmic levels first, and then uses these levels to compose rhythmic hypotheses. Three phases: creating periods, creating simplified hypotheses and creating full hypotheses are examined within this study....
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Interaction between acoustic and non-acoustic mode in bubbly liquid
PublicationThe nonlinear interaction of acoustic and entropy modes in a bubbly liquid is the subject of investigation. Thedynamic equation governing an excess density of the entropy mode is derived. Nonlinearity and dispersion are the reasons forexcitation of the entropy mode. The nonlinear interaction of modes as a reason for bubble to grow due to sound, is discovered.Some numerical examples of the modes interactions are made.
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Ellipticity of gradient poroelasticity
PublicationWe discuss the ellipticity properties of an enhanced model of poroelastic continua called dilatational strain gradient elasticity. Within the theory there exists a deformation energy density given as a function of strains and gradient of dilatation. We show that the equilibrium equations are elliptic in the sense of Douglis–Nirenberg. These conditions are more general than the ordinary and strong ellipticity but keep almost all...
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Automatic evaluation of information credibility in Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
PublicationThis article presents a novel algorithm for automatic estimation of information credibility. It concerns information collected in Knowledge Grid and Semantic Web. Possibilities to evaluate the credibility of information in such structures are much greater than those available for WWW sites which use natural language. The rating system presented in this paper estimates credibility automatically on the basis of the following metrics:...
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Interictal high-frequency oscillations in focal human epilepsy
PublicationPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Localization of focal epileptic brain is critical for successful epilepsy surgery and focal brain stimulation. Despite significant progress, roughly half of all patients undergoing focal surgical resection, and most patients receiving focal electrical stimulation, are not seizure free. There is intense interest in high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) recorded with intracranial electroencephalography as potential...
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Application of non-classical operational calculus to indicate hazards in numerical solutions of engineering problems
PublicationThe article addresses the application of non- classical operational calculus to approximative solutions of engineering problems. The engineering-sound examples show that a continuous–discrete problem transformation from differential unequivocal problem to a differential wildcard problem, triggering a change in solution quality. A number of approximative methods are capable to alter both quantitative and qualitative...
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A Flexible Way of Coarse Coordinates Estimation for Sodars
PublicationThe publication presents a flexible approach to implementing coarse coordinate estimation of an object observed with a sodar. This flexibility permits any arrangement of sound sources as well as microphones. Only minimal requirements are imposed on the probing signal, which can particularly be broadband. The algorithms have been tested on both synthetic data and data recorded with an actual device.
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Przekształtnik prądu jako sterownik w układach napędowych z silnikami indukcyjnymi
PublicationThe circuits used for power conversion applied in drives with electric machines are classified into two groups: voltage source inverters (VSI) and current source inverters (CSI). Application of the current source inverter results in better properties of drive than application of voltage source inverter because there is no output filter. The development of power electronics and especially the IGBTs, in which on/off-times are very...
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Extending loophole-free nonlocal correlations to arbitrarily large distances
PublicationQuantum theory allows spatially separated observers to share nonlocal correlations, which enable them to accomplish classically inconceivable information processing and cryptographic feats. However, the distances over which nonlocal correlations can be realized remain severely limited due to their high fragility to noise and high threshold detection efficiencies. To enable loophole- free nonlocality across large distances, we introduce...
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RES - % share in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia
Open Research DataThe "RES in percentages" file shows the share of energy productionelectricity by source in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the years 2000 – 2022.
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Hałaśliwość silników asynchronicznych – podstawy nowych hipotez
PublicationArtykuł zawiera nowe spojrzenie na hałas emitowany przez silniki asynchroniczne. Poprzez wykonane badania akustyczne z analizami widmowymi określono związki przyczynowo-skutkowe powstawania drgań i hałasu przy zasilaniu sieciowymch i przekształtnikowym. Na podstawie wyznaczonych charakterystyk kierunkowych ciśnienia akustycznego silników sformułowano hipotezę, że rola tarcz łożyskowych w emitowaniu hałasu przez silnik może być...
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Further developments of parameterization methods of audio stream analysis for secuirty purposes
PublicationThe paper presents an automatic sound recognition algorithm intended for application in an audiovisual security monitoring system. A distributed character of security systems does not allow for simultaneous observation of multiple multimedia streams, thus an automatic recognition algorithm must be introduced. In the paper, a module for the parameterization and automatic detection of audio events is described. The spectral analyses...
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Decoding soundscape stimuli and their impact on ASMR studies
PublicationThis paper focuses on extracting and understanding the acoustical features embedded in the soundscape used in ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) studies. To this aim, a dataset of the most common sound effects employed in ASMR studies is gathered, containing whispering stimuli but also sound effects such as tapping and scratching. Further, a comparative analytical survey is performed based on various acoustical features...
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KLASYFIKACJA EMOCJI W MUZYCE FILMOWEJ Z WYKORZYSTANIEM TESTÓW SUBIEKTYWNYCH
PublicationCelem referatu było przedstawienie testów odsłuchowych, w których zadaniem osób ankietowanych było przypisanie danego fragmentu muzycznego do odpowiedniej klasy emocji. Kolejne kroki eksperymentu obejmowały wybór muzyki filmowej do testów (baza Epidemic Sound), przygotowanie założeń ankiety oraz modelu emocji wykorzystywanych w testach odsłuchowych, jak również konstrukcj ˛e ankiety. Ankieta została zrealizowana za pomoc ˛a formularzy...
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A reactive algorithm for deducing nodal forwarding behavior in a multihop ad-hoc wireless network in the presence of errors
PublicationA novel algorithm is presented to deduce individual nodal forwarding behavior from standard end-to-end acknowledgments. The algorithm is based on a well-established mathematical method and is robust to network related errors and nodal behavior changes. The proposed solution was verified in a network simulation, during which it achieved sound results in a challenging multihop ad-hoc network environment.
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Investigation of abdomen surface deformation due to life excitation: implications for implant selection and orientation in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
PublicationVentral hernia is a common medical problem. Statistically there are around 10% recurrences of the sickness. The authors' former investigation proved edges of the hernia orifice displacements to be one of the factors causing recurrence. Thus, experimental investigation of the abdomen surface deformation due to some normal activities of people is studied.The extreme strains, their localization and directions are identified. The acquired...
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Cartographic Representation of Route Reconstruction Results in Video Surveillance System
PublicationThe video streams available in a surveillance system distributed on the wide area may be accompanied by metadata are obtained as a result of video processing. Many algorithms applied to surveillance systems, e.g. event detection or object tracking, are strictly connected with localization of the object and reconstruction of its route. Drawing related information on a plan of a building or on a map of the city can facilitate the...
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Naphthyl-vs. anthrylpyridine-2,6-dicarboxamides in cation binding studies. Synthesis and spectroscopic properties
PublicationPyridine-2,6-carboxamides bearing - or -naphthyl- and - or -anthryl- residues were prepared using simple method from pyridine-2,6-carboxylic acid dichloride and the respective aromatic amines. For the obtained receptors selective binding of lead(II), and copper(II) was found. Ion-receptor interactions were studied using UV-vis spectroscopy, spectrofluorimetry, 1H NMR, and FTIR spectroscopy. The reversible lead(II) and copper(II)...
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A telemedical and an outpatient thoracic impedance measurements - a validation algorithm of the electrodes placement
PublicationThis paper presents the algorithm for validation of electrodes locations for the thoracic impedance measurements. In particular the presented algorithm was designed to perform the telemetric sleep apnea monitoring. One of the problems, during the clinical tests of a developed device, was to preserve the repeatability of measurements. It strongly depended on the appropriate electrodes placement on the examined person’s thorax. It...
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A testing method of analog parts of mixed-signal electronic systems equipped with the IEEE1149.1 test bus
PublicationA new solution of the JTAG BIST for testing analog circuits in mixed-signal electronic microsystems controlled by microcontrollers and equipped with the IEEE1149.1 bus is presented. It is based on a new fault diagnosis method in which an analog circuit is stimulated by a buffered signal from the TMS line, and the time response of the circuit to this signal is sampled by the ADC equipped with the JTAG. The method can be used for...
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A solution of the integrated µBIST for functional and diagnostic testing in mixed-signal electronic embedded systems
PublicationMain problem of the paper is testing of analog circuits and blocks in mixed-signal electronic embedded systems (EESs), using the built-in self-test (BIST) technique. The integrated mBIST based on reusing signal blocks already present in an EES, such as processors, memories, ADCs, is presented. The novelty of the solution is the extended functionality of the mBIST. It can perform 2 testing functions: functional testing and fault...
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Wykorzystanie sztucznych sieci neuronowych do wykrywania i rozpoznawania tablic rejestracyjnych na zdjęciach pojazdów
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono koncepcję algorytmu wykrywania i rozpoznawania tablic rejestracyjnych (AWiRTR) na obrazach cyfrowych pojazdów. Detekcja i lokalizacja tablic rejestracyjnych oraz wyodrębnienie z obrazu tablicy rejestracyjnej poszczególnych znaków odbywa się z wykorzystaniem podstawowych technik przetwarzania obrazu (przekształcenia morfologiczne, wykrywanie krawędzi) jak i podstawowych danych statystycznych obiektów wykrytych...
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Diagnostyka analogowych filtrów wielosekcyjnych oparta na klasyfikato-rach neuronowych z dwucentrowymi funkcjami bazowymi
PublicationPrzedmiotem artykułu jest zastosowanie klasyfikatora z dwucentrowymi funkcjami bazowymi do lokalizacji uszkodzeń w wielosekcyjnych torach analogowych elektronicznych systemów wbudowanych sterowanych mikrokontrolerem. Przedstawiono szczegóły procedury pomiarowej oraz metody detekcji i lokalizacji uszkodzeń toru analogowego z wykorzysta-niem klasyfikatora DB zaimplementowanego w postaci algorytmicznej w kodzie programu mikrokontrolera....
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MAGNETOACOUSTIC HEATING AND STREAMING IN A PLASMA WITH FINITE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
PublicationNonlinear effects of planar and quasi-planar magnetosound perturbations are discussed. Plasma is assumed to be an ideal gas with a finite electrical conductivity permeated by a magnetic filed orthogonal to the trajectories of gas particles. the excitation of non-wave modes in the filed of intense magnetoacoustic perturbations, i.e., magnetoaciustic heating and streaming, is discussed. The analysis includes a derivation if instantaneous...
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Modelling of the Heat Flux Density Distribution for Laser Beam Welding
PublicationGreat interest of the laser beam welding in industry is a new theoretical task, making planning the welding procedure specification and the quality control of welded joints easier. Estimating and calculating the dimensions of a weld pool and temperature distribution near weld mainly concern heat source modelling. In the presented work calculations of welding pool shape and thermal field for cylindrical-powered-normally model of...
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XRD database for SnS-based electrode material
Open Research DataXRD results of tin sulfide based material with chitosan as a source of carbon for battery application obtained by a) solvothermal method and b) solvothermal method followed by pyrolysis.
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Analysis of magnetic field of Helmholtz's coils
PublicationThe 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer requires conducting a precise calibration in the magnetic field whose value is determined and which is characterized by the high uniformity of the distribution of the field, especially along the axis of the sensors. The generation of the magnetostatic field characterized by the high uniformity, can be achieved by using the Helmholtz's coils. The requirements of the uniformity of distribution of...
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Real-time speech-rate modification experiments
PublicationAn algorithm designed for real-time speech time scale modification (stretching) is proposed, providing a combination of typical synchronous overlap and add based time scale modification algorithm and signal redundancy detection algorithms that allow to remove parts of the speech signal and replace them with the stretched speech signal fragments. Effectiveness of signal processing algorithms are examined experimentally together...
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Amplifying the Randomness of Weak Sources Correlated With Devices
PublicationThe problem of device-independent randomness amplification against no-signaling adversaries has so far been studied under the assumption that the weak source of randomness is uncorrelated with the (quantum) devices used in the amplification procedure. In this paper, we relax this assumption, and reconsider the original protocol of Colbeck and Renner using a Santha-Vazirani (SV) source. To do so, we introduce an SV-like condition...
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Anatomia systemu ERP. Rynek, praktyczne zastosowanie oraz bezpieczeństwo systemów Enterprise Resource Planning
PublicationTematem niniejszej pracy stał się rynek, praktyczne zastosowanie otwartych systemów ERP w przedsiębiorstwach oraz jego bezpieczeństwo dokonane na podstawie wybranych przykładów z artykułów naukowych oraz dostępnej literatury przedmiotu. Celem pracy jest udzielenie odpowiedzi na pytania: Jakie są dotychczasowe rozwiązania systemowe w przedsiębiorstwach? Jakie są zalety stosowania systemów ERP Open Source? Jakie...
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Physicochemial data of the faceted anatase TiO2 nanoparticles
Open Research DataRaw XRD, DR-UVvis and FTIR data of the faceted TiO2 nanoparticles, as extracted from the source files. Description of the basic measurements conditions and used quipment included in the file.
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The Proposition of an Automated Honing Cell with Advanced Monitoring
PublicationHoning of holes allows for small shape deviation and a low value of a roughness profile parameter, e.g., Ra parameter. The honing process heats the workpiece and raises its temperature. The increase in temperature causes thermal deformations of the honed holes. The article proposes the construction of a honing cell, containing in addition to CNC honing machine: thermographic camera, sound intensity meter, and software for collecting...
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Nonlinear Modeling in Time Domain Numerical Analysis of Stringed Instrument Dynamics
PublicationMusical instruments are very various in terms of sound quality with their timbre shaped by materials and geometry. Materials' impact is commonly treated as dominant one by musicians, while it is unclear whether it is true or not. The research proposed in the study focuses on determining influence of both these factors on sound quality based on their impact on harmonic composition. Numerical approach has been chosen to allowed independent...
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RF Indoor Positioning System Supported by Wireless Computer Vision Sensors
PublicationIn this paper the possibility of increase the accuracy of RF fingerprinting indoor tracking system by the use of additional information from simple vision system is examined. As the distances in signal space differs from ones in real environment the ambiguity in decision process of fingerprinting algorithm can occur when set of closest distances between tag and map points in signal space corresponds to big distances differences...
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Marcinkiewicz Averages of Smooth Orthogonal Projections on Sphere
PublicationWe construct a single smooth orthogonal projection with desired localization whose average under a group action yields the decomposition of the identity operator. For any full rank lattice \Gamma ⊂ R^d , a smooth projection is localized in a neighborhood of an arbitrary precompact fundamental domain R^d / \Gamma. We also show the existence of a highly localized smooth orthogonal projection, whose Marcinkiewicz average under the...
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AKUSTYCZNY ASPEKT ZASTOSOWANIA BLACHY KORTENOWEJ W EUROPEJSKIM CENTRUM SOLIDARNOŚCI W GDAŃSKU
PublicationArtykuł opisuje użycie blachy kortenowej jako dominującego materiału wykończeniowego na elewacjach i we wnętrzach budynku o przesłaniu symbolicznym. Przedstawiono architektoniczne przesłanki, uzasadniające jednorodność zastosowanego materiału. Na tym tle omówiono wpływ blachy kortenowej na akusty-kę pomieszczeń, wraz z podaniem kroków zaradczych redukujących nadmierną pogłosowość i zwiększających stopień rozproszenia dźwięku. Pozytywnym...
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STUDY OF SEASONAL ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF SEA WATER IN SELECTED WATERS OF THE SOUTHERN BALTIC
PublicationClimate Research of the globe is a current task, in particular to confirm the general hypothesis of global warming associated with an increase in average temperature. The sea acoustic climate is derived from the concept of climate and refers to the conditions of propagation of acoustic waves in a particular basin. In this paper, the results of systematic measurements of temperature, salinity and velocity distributions of sound...
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Sub-regional service centres in reality and regional planning in Poland = Podregionalne osrodki obsługi w sferze realnej i planowaniu regionalnym w Polsce
PublicationSub-regional centres are defined as towns where the services of the sub-regional level are concentrated. In Poland these are such services that can be located in several towns in a voivodeship (region), but not in every capital of a poviat (county). The transformation of civilization has influenced changes in Christaller’s model of settlement network, but re-gularities are still valid. Models derived from Christaller's Central...
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Excitation-independent constant conductance isfet driver
PublicationA new constant conductance driver for ISFETs sensors has been developed. The proposed circuit maintains the sensor operating point at constant drain-source conductance. The combination of a simple, self-balancing resistance bridge and the subtraction half (or similar fraction) of source-drain voltage from the gate-source voltage provides the independence of output signal from current and voltage drivers instability. The use of...
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Samotestowanie toru analogowego ze wzmacniaczem w pełni różnicowym w elektronicznych systemach wbudowanych sterowanych mikrokontrole-rami
PublicationPrzedstawiono nową metodę samotestowania toru analogowego opartego na wzmacniaczu w pełni różnicowym w elektronicznych systemach wbu-dowanych sterowanych mikrokontrolerami. Bazuje ona na nowej metodzie diagnostycznej opartej na przekształceniu transformującym próbki odpo-wiedzi czasowej badanej części analogowej na pobudzenie "ujemnym" impulsem prostokątnym na wejściu Vocm na krzywe identyfikacyjne w przestrzeni pomiarowej. Metoda...
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Verification of the Parameterization Methods in the Context of Automatic Recognition of Sounds Related to Danger
PublicationW artykule opisano aplikację, która automatycznie wykrywa zdarzenia dźwiękowe takie jak: rozbita szyba, wystrzał, wybuch i krzyk. Opisany system składa się z bloku parametryzacji i klasyfikatora. W artykule dokonano porównania parametrów dedykowanych dla tego zastosowania oraz standardowych deskryptorów MPEG-7. Porównano też dwa klasyfikatory: Jeden oparty o Percetron (sieci neuronowe) i drugi oparty o Maszynę wektorów wspierających....
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Thermal Self-Action of Acoustic Beams Containing Several Shock Fronts
PublicationThermal self-action of an acoustic beam with one discontinuity or several shock fronts is studied in a Newtonian fluid. The stationary self-action of a single sawtooth wave with discontinuity (or some integer number of these waves), symmetric or asymmetric, is considered in the cases of self-focusing and self- defocusing media. The results are compared with the non-stationary thermal self-action of the periodic sound. Thermal self-action...
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Evaluation of VSC Impact on Power System Using Adequate P-Q Capability Curve
PublicationRenewable energy sources, which are becoming increasingly popular, often use a voltage source converter (VSC) for connection to the power system. Assessing the effects of connecting such a source to the power system is essential to ensure the proper operation of the power system and the connected source. For this purpose, it is necessary to know the range of active and reactive power generation by the converter. The authors indicate...
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The shallow sea experiment with usage of linear hydrophone array
PublicationPurpose of this article is to present designed and made linear hydrophone array and the results obtained during in situ trails on Gulf of Gdańsk. The measuring system allowed to localize hydrophones in the selected points and perform measurements in both the horizontal antenna positioning and vertical. Made in this way recordings allow creating accurate 3D imaging of sound intensity/propagation. During research three floating objects...