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  • Monitoring of the Process of System Information Broadcasting in Time

    One of the problems of quantum physics is how a measurement turns quantum, noncopyable data, towards copyable classical knowledge. We use the quantum state discrimination in a central system model to show how its evolution leads to the broadcasting of the information, and how orthogonalization and decoherence factors allow us to monitor the distance of the state in question to the one perfectly broadcasting information, in any...

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  • Aspect-Oriented Management of Service Requests for Assurance of High Performance and Dependability

    A new approach to service requests management in case of insufficient hardware resources is proposed. It is based on wide aspects of requests analysis and it assures reliable and fast access to priority services. Requests are analyzed for, among others, time of occurrence, category of user who made the request, type of service, current system load and hardware utilization. Deterministic but dynamic rules help to manage system load...

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  • GPU Acceleration of Multilevel Solvers for Analysis of Microwave Components With Finite Element Method

    The letter discusses a fast implementation of the conjugate gradient iterative method with ${rm E}$-field multilevel preconditioner applied to solving real symmetric and sparse systems obtained with vector finite element method. In order to accelerate computations, a graphics processing unit (GPU) was used and significant speed-up (2.61 fold) was achieved comparing to a central processing unit (CPU) based approach. These results...

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  • Impact of Spatial Noise Correlation on Bearing Accuracy in DIFAR Systems

    DIFAR type underwater passive systems are one of the more commonly used tools for detecting submarines. At the design stage, which usually uses computer simulations, it is necessary to generate acoustic noise of the sea. It has been shown that correlating noise significantly reduces these errors compared to the assumption that noise is uncorrelated. In addition, bearing errors have been shown to be the same in systems with a commonly...

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  • Implementation of Coprocessor for Integer Multiple Precision Arithmetic on Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC

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    - Year 2021

    Recently, we have opened the source code of coprocessor for multiple-precision arithmetic (MPA). In this contribution, the implementation and benchmarking results for this MPA coprocessor are presented on modern Zynq Ultrascale+ multiprocessor system on chip, which combines field-programmable gate array with quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit central processing unit (CPU). In our benchmark, a single coprocessor can be up to 4.5 times...

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  • Analysis of measurement uncertainty for contact-less method used to measure the position of catenary contact wire, performed with the use of Monte Carlo method

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    Currently the majority of main railway lines in Europe are electrified, and electric trains have the biggest share in the entire amount of rail transport. Reliability of electrified railways is closely related to the issue of supplying traction vehicles with energy. The problems connected with diagnostics of energy consumption node, namely the contact line and the current collector, are therefore of fundamental importance for maintaining...

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  • Architecture at the Sites of the Former Nazi Concentration Camps. Functional Changeability of Commemoration

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    The monograph presents a comprehensive analysis of the architectural structures created in the former concentration camps in Europe under the SS Main Economy and Administration Office. It delves into the history of memorial site creation in these areas, emphasizing the unique characteristics of monuments dedicated to the victims of terror. Additionally, the study covers the post-war architectural transformations in these areas,...

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  • The reliability of any-hop star networks with respect to failures of communication nodes.

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    - Year 2009

    This paper investigated the reliability of any-hop star networks. The any-hop star topology is used in centralized computer networks. We will assume that the all nodes fail independently, links are failure-free. Following measures of network reliability are assumed: the expected number of nodes, which can communicate with the central node; the expected number of node pairs, which are connected by a path through the central node;...

  • MINERAL MATTER IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

    Municipal solid waste (MSW) contains mineral materials which are seldom considered as a potential resource. Currently, the waste management sector pays attention to recyclable parts, biodegradable material, waste-to-energy fraction, and residues after waste reuse and recycle. In contrast, this study focus as on the mineral matter in MSW. The aim was to analyze and discuss the sources of mineral matter in MSW, the impact which the...

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  • Tomasz Janowski dr

    Tomasz Janowski is the Head of the Department of Informatics in Management, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Invited Professor at the Department for E-Governance and Administration, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria; and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier.  Previously, he was the founder and head of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance...

  • Tomasz Krolikowski dr hab. inż.

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    In 1996, I have graduated from the Faculty of Marine Science of Szczecin University and obtained a master's degree - ocean engineering engineer " - Control and Ocean Engineering Measurements". In 1994 I was hired as an assistant trainee at the Institute of Computer Science Technical University of Szczecin, and after graduating in 1996, I was employed as academic and teaching at the Institute of Computer Science in the Department...

  • Memory and Imagination: Artwork as a Form of Testimony

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    - Year 2016

    As the generation of witnesses is passing away and the testimonies of Shoah survivors are replaced by an inherited, culturally constructed memory - post-memory – art becomes a meaningful landmark in the landscape of memory. Although the narration of history - being the researchers’ discourse rather than an objective view - has been considered to a certain extent fictitious, the difference between real and fictional, between remembering...

  • The Analysis of Vodka: A Review Paper

    Vodka is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Poland, Russia and other Eastern European countries, made from ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin that has been produced via fermentation of potatoes, grains or other agricultural products. Despite distillation and multiple filtering, it is not possible to produce 100 % ethanol. The solution with a minimum ethanol content of 96 %, which is used to produce vodkas, also contains trace amounts...

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  • Volunteering in the front line of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. A brief report from Poland

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    - Frontiers in Public Health - Year 2022

    This study aims to analyse the experiences and motivations of volunteers who supported Ukrainian refugees who fled to Poland. Our study was conducted among 196 volunteers in Poznan, Poland who answered questions regarding their experiences with voluntary service during the current refugee crisis and  the reasons they became involved in volunteer efforts.We found that although the Polish state had no prior experience in welcoming...

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  • Using terrestrial laser scanning in inventorying of a hybrid constructed wetland system

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    • R. Obroślak
    • A. Mazur
    • K. Jóźwiakowski
    • O. Dorozhynskyy
    • A. Grzywna
    • R. Rybicki
    • K. Nieścioruk
    • Ż. Król
    • J. Gabryszuk
    • M. Gajewska

    - WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2017

    The goal of this paper was to evaluate the possibility of using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) for inventorying of a hybrid constructed wetland (CW) wastewater treatment plant. The object under study was a turtle-shaped system built in 2015 in Eastern Poland. Its main purpose is the treatment of wastewater from theMuseumand Education Centre of Polesie National Park. The study showed that the CW system had been built in compliance...

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  • L'economia mondiale dopo la guerra fredda

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    - Year 2018

    Che cosa è successo negli equilibri economici mondiali a partire dal 1989 e dalla dissoluzione del vecchio ordine sovietico? Dopo aver esaminato gli Usa e i suoi competitori asiatici, Giappone e Cina, il libro si concentra sull’Europa e sulle grandi trasformazioni portate dalla riunificazione tedesca, da Maastricht e dalla nascita dell’euro. Infine analizza, nell’ambito della globalizzazione, il ruolo dei BRICS, lo sviluppo economico...

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  • Night in a big city. Light festivals as a creative medium used at night and their impact on the authority, significance and prestige of a city

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    Cities in times of global urbanization, are looking for completely new marketing methods, one such tool is the creative use of artificial light after dark, in the form of light festivals. This paper aims to introduce the historical development of the phenomenon and contemporary as well as contemporary illuminations / projects of illuminations of Fete des Lumieres festival in Lyon, Luminale in Frankfurt or on a smaller scale Lights...

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  • The demand for skills and labour cost in partner countries. Evidence from the enlarged EU

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    - ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION - Year 2011

    We analyse the consequences of trade integration in Europe (1995-2005) detecting how the labour costs in partner countries affect the domestic demand for high- and low-skilled labour in 'Old' (EU-15) and five 'New' EU member states. In general, independently of the skill level of workers, the results suggest complementarity between domestic and foreign labour. However, when we take into account the typology of sectors, the demand...

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  • ENISA Study: Challenges in Securing Industrial Control Systems

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    - Year 2013

    In 2011, the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) conducted a study in the domain of Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Its objective was to obtain the current view on the ICS protectionprimarily in Europe but also in the international context. The portrait' included threats, risks, and challenges in the area of ICS protection as well as national, pan European, and international initiatives on ICS security. The...

  • Discrimination of workers aged 55+ in companies in Poland

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    The problem of discrimination on the grounds of age in the workplace is particularly topical not only in Poland but also in Europe as a whole. The paper presents the essence of the discrimination and its most common manifestations. The results of own research on the youngPoles' perception of the discrimination on grounds of age in the workplace, intergenerational competition in the labour market and some of the factors shaping...

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  • Fashion and Tourism: Parallel Stories of Two "Dream Marvels".

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    - Year 2023

    Fashion and tourism are two social, cultural, and economic phenomena that have both numerous connections and surprising similarities. These are not new: they have been built and developed since the beginnings of tourism as a modern social phenomenon, emerged in Europe in the context of the industrial revolution. They consolidated in the first decades of the 21st century, in a context where both phenomena have completed their “mass”...

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  • Modeling of subarachnoid space width change caused by blood circulation in brain vessels

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    - Year 2014

    The subarachnoid space is an anatomic space, lying in the central nervous system, between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater. It is filled with cerebrospinal fluid, which protects and nourishes the brain. The pathological disorder of the subarachnoid space (i.e. increase or decrease of its width) a ects the nervous system. Therefore, it is important to diagnose the width changes of the subarachnoid space. One way to support...

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  • Visual perception of vowels from static and dynamic cues

    The purpose of the study was to analyse human identification of Polish vowels from static and dynamic durationally slowed visual cues. A total of 152 participants identified 6 Polish vowels produced by 4 speakers from static (still images) and dynamic (videos) cues. The results show that 59% of static vowels and 63% of dynamic vowels were successfully identified. There was a strong confusion between vowels within front, central,...

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  • Innovative Railway Stations

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    In relation to modern demographic trends, evolving technologies and environmentfriendly solutions increases the potential of rail considered as sustainable form of public transport. Contemporary tendencies of designing railway stations in Europe are focused on lowering energy consumption and reducing carbon emission. The main goal of the designers is to create a friendly and intuitive space for its users and at the same time a...

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  • Applying Web 2.0 Concepts to Creating Energy Planning Portal

    Community authorities in Europe are tasked to create Advanced Local Energy Plans (ALEP), which encompasses collecting local data on current energy use and generation, as well as generating future development scenarios. Both the data and the development scenarios must be publicly accessible as a basis for energy-related decisions taken by residents, local companies and other local institutions. The data must partially be collected...

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  • Safety Assessment of the Regional Warmia and Mazury Road Network Using Time-Series Analysis

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    - Year 2017

    Warmia and Mazury still belongs to the areas with the smallest transport accessibility in Europe. Unsatisfactory state of road infrastructure is a major barrier to the development of the regional economy, impacting negatively on the life conditions of the population. Also in terms of road safety Warmia and Mazury is one of the most endangered regions in Poland. The Police statistics show that beside a high pedestrian risk observed...

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  • Digitalization and digital skills development patterns. Evidence for European countries

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    - Year 2023

    This chapter contextualizes the digitalization process and the digital skills concept. It discusses the very process of technology diffusion, emphasizing several unique features of digital technologies that make them globally available. Next, it turns to the digital skills concept, clarifying how and why they reshape the societal and economic landscape. It also briefly addresses the digital divide and skill-biased technological...

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  • Gdańsk: a City of Solidarity and Freedom

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    - disP - Year 2020

    Only a few cities can claim that they have changed Europe and indeed the World. Gdańsk is privileged to be one of them. It is not a “caprice of history” that the Solidarity movement which, in the end, got the iron curtain torn, was born in this particular place. It is a logical consequence of ten centuries of the collective wisdom of the people that built Gdańsk and the region of Pomerania. The tragic assassination of the Mayor...

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  • The Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost in public works contracts

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    An important goal, implemented by EU countries under the Europe 2020 strategy, is sustainable development, which includes supporting economy that effectively uses natural and environmentally friendly resources. Solutions in this area are also promoted in tender proceedings in the area of public procurement. The LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and LCC (Life Cycle Cost) analysis are indicated as the basis for decision-making by awarding...

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  • Noise emitted by SKM Trains in Gdansk

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    High intensity traffic of SKM trains in Gdansk carries a significant level of noise emission. SKM line runs through the central part of the city and therefore in the vicinity of residential areas and recreational facilities. This research was planned and performed to find out what was the real noise emission of SKM trains and to determine whether the measurement noise values are within allowed limits. Individual acoustic events...

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  • Scalable Maintenance of Address Mapping and Autodetecion in Environments Where Agents are Uncapable of Self-Registration

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    - Year 2013

    When working with multi-agent systems it is often desirable to manage the agent set. The existing methods of central monitoring stems from two different fields of application. The first has its roots in in computer network monitoring, the other in mutli-agent simulation environments. Both approaches are not general enough to cater for loosely controlled environments, where the total agent population is not known and often fluctuating,...

  • Rozproszony system zdalnego nadzoru urządzeń telekomunikacyjnych

    W artykule przedstawiono rozproszony system nadzoru przygotowany w firmie DGT do zarządzania uszkodzeniami urządzeń pracujących w ogólnopolskiej sieci telekomunikacyjnej. Opracowany od podstaw system wykorzystuje infrastrukturę i mechanizmy komunikacyjne sieci Intranet, pozwala na ciągły nadzór do kilkuset obiektów obejmujących łącznie kilkadziesiąt tysięcy nadzorowanych urządzeń (elementów składowych central i obiektów współpracujących)...

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  • Experimental study of the post tensioned prestressed concrete corbels

    The results of experimental investigation of 6 symmetrical double prestressed corbels of variable shear span to depth ratio and variable location of prestressing bars are presented in the paper. The post ten- sioned corbels were prestressed with Macalloy 1030 bars of 25 mm in diameter. The results of the tests were compared with the cracking and load carrying capacity of corbels reinforced with passive reinforce- ment. As a result...

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  • Analysis of air mass back trajectories with present and historical volcanic activity and anthropogenic compounds to infer pollution sources in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

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    This work analyses atmospheric transport of natural and anthropogenic pollution to the South Shetland Islands (SSI), with particular reference to the period September 2015 – August 2017. Based on data from the Global Volcanism Program database and air mass back trajectories calculated using the HySPLIT model, it was found that it is possible that in the analysed period volcanic pollution was supplied via long-range transport from...

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  • Biomass Production and Removal of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Processed Municipal Wastewater by Salix schwerinii: A Field Trial

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    - Water - Year 2021

    In many Baltic regions, short-rotation willow (Salix spp.) is used as a vegetation filter for wastewater treatment and recycling of valuable nutrients to upsurge bioeconomy development. In this context, a four-year field trial (2016–2019) was carried out near a wastewater treatment plant in eastern Finland (Outokumpu) to investigate the effect of the processed wastewater (WW) on biomass production as well as the nutrients uptake...

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  • Mechanochemical Energy Transduction during the Main Rotary Step in the Synthesis Cycle of F1-ATPase

    F1-ATPase is a highly efficient molecular motor that can synthesize ATP driven by a mechanical torque. Its ability to function reversibly in either direction requires tight mechanochemical coupling between the catalytic domain and the rotating central shaft, as well as temporal control of substrate binding and product release. Despite great efforts and significant progress, the molecular details of this synchronized and fine-tuned...

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  • Level of public finances decentralization in European Union countries

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    - Year 2019

    Research 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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  • Research of Emergency Modes of Wind Power Plants Using Computer Simulation

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    • M. Z. Qawaqzeh
    • O. Miroshnyk
    • T. Shchur
    • R. Kasner
    • A. Idzikowski
    • W. Kruszelnicka
    • A. Tomporowski
    • P. Bałdowska-Witos
    • J. Flizikowski
    • M. Zawada
    • K. Doerffer

    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    The aim of this study is to investigate changes in the wind power plant energy production parameters under the conditions of sudden wind changes and voltage drop. To achieve these goals, a simulation of operation of wind power plants was performed. Twelve wind turbines with variable rotational speed equipped with a Fuhrländer FL 2500/104 asynchronous double-fed induction generator (DFIG) were used, each with an installed capacity...

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  • Innovative Solutions for Immersive 3D Visualization Laboratory

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    The paper presents results of the work concerning the technical specification of Immersive 3D Visualization Laboratory to be opened in late summer 2014 at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland. The person immersed in VR space will be placed in a transparent sphere with a diameter of over 10 feet, supported on rollers and equipped with a motion tracking system....

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  • The selected hydrotechnical conditions of the Dnieper – Bug Channel and the Pripyat River in the development of the International Waterway E40

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    - Bulletin of the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk - Year 2017

    International waterway E40 (MDW E40) is included in the network of inland waterways of transnational importance. It is a link between two areas: the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. E40 route runs through three countries: Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. The article presents the results of the study on the analysis of two very important sections of the MDW E40 on the Belarusian section, it is:. the Dnieper – Bug Channel and the Pripy...

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  • Status and trends of mercury pollution of the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems in Poland

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    • A. Jedruch
    • L. Falkowska
    • D. Saniewska
    • M. Durkalec
    • A. Nawrocka
    • E. Kalisińska
    • A. Kowalski
    • J. Pacyna

    - AMBIO - Year 2021

    The goal of this paper is to assess the current status and trends of total mercury (THg) contamination of the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems in Poland. The study shows that the reduced domestic and worldwide atmospheric emission of Hg resulted in decreased THg level in the terrestrial biotope and biosphere. Considering that Poland is one of the main Hg emitters in Europe, the THg concentrations in its abiotic environment...

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  • Do the New Requirements for the Use of Energy Efficient Lighting Design Mean the End of Creativity?,

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    • K. M. Zielińska

    - Year 2009

    This paper addresses issues strongly connected to recent environmental discussions which are currently taking place in Europe, Asia, America, Australia and other parts of the world about global warming, the Greenhouse Effect, light pollution and other negative impacts artificial lighting has on our planet and what can be done about it. The author also attempts to answer indirectly two of the most important questions for lighting...

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  • Small Urban Hacks - Big Impact! Tackling major urban challenges through acupunctural smallness

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    • D. D. Kamrowska-Załuska
    • D. Calas
    • E. Haselsteiner,
    • M. Ferreira SILVA
    • A. Galán González
    • E. Giancola
    • M. Hărmănescu
    • S. Soutullo Castro

    - Year 2021

    Small urban hacks, acupunctural action and process-oriented planning approaches might appear to address quite a socio-romantic attitude towards our urban environments. In this chapter, our aim is to remedy such a biased view, demonstrating the impact and potential of smallness in the context of major urban challenges. Small urban hacks and their multi-faceted and creativity-driven approaches of small is beautiful are selected from...

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  • Hybrid energy storage forelectric multiple units to operate at the partially electrified line Gdynia -Hel

    The article presents calculations enabling the selection of an on-board energy storage device to replace diesel-powered trains with modern storage multiple units on the example railway line Gdynia Główna -Hel. The pioneering and currently used storage electric multiple units, mainly in Europe, were presented. The condensed results of the inventory of the line in question, including the technical condition...

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  • Interline power flow controller - properties and control strategy in dynamic states

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    - Year 2005

    High-power electronic converter topologies, in such forms as Unified Power Flow Controllers (UPFC), Static Compensators (STATCOM) and Interline Power Flow Controllers (IPFC), have been used to enhance and optimize the use of transmission facilities, under the concept of a flexible ac transmission system (FACTS). In Europe, the anticipated proliferation of distributed-generation (DG) in the near future, driven by governmental initiatives...

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  • Directions and Prospects for the Development of the Electric Car Market in Selected ASEAN Countries

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    The purpose of this article is to present the current situation and evaluate the opportuni‐ ties for the development of the electric car market in selected Southeast Asian countries in the con‐ text of the current situation in the rest of the world. Currently, the electric car market is at an ad‐ vanced stage of development in regions such as Western Europe, the USA, and China. It should be noted, however, that the number of electric...

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  • Landscape perception and the teaching of it in Poland

    A preliminary assessment of the state of knowledge of landscape perception is contained in this article. A survey was carried out of students of architecture and urban planning during the rural design course in the academic year 2017/2018. The pilot project involved the initial establishment of categories of the countryside image. It was assumed that the results represented students’ knowledge of the landscape characteristics and...

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  • The performance of ETFs on developed and emerging markets with consideration of regional diversity

    This study evaluates the performance of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) by using various tracking error calculation approaches. The aim of the paper is, on the one hand, an evaluation of the performance of ETFs relative to their benchmarking indexes and, on the other, an endeavour to specify any relationship between this performance and both geographical location and the degree of market development. The research was conducted on...

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  • Sewage gardens - constructed wetlands for single family households

    During the last 30 years the increase of interest in low-cost decentralized and small wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) is observed in Europe. For this purpose sand filters, stabilization ponds, mini reactors with activated sludge, trickling filters and treatment wetlands are used. Among the listed facilities treatment wetlands (TWs) offer effective and reliable treatment efficiency, being at the same time low-cost and simple...

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  • Anna Rzeczycka dr hab.

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    Anna Rzeczycka is the deputy head of the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Publications are situated in the field of social sciences in the discipline of economics and finance. They include books, monographs, articles, publications and scientific editions of monographs and scientific journals. In terms of numbers, it includes the following items: 12 monographs...