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Designing Aggregate KPIs as a Method of Implementing Decision-Making Processes in the Management of Smart Cities
PublicationThe aim of the paper is to present a concept of measuring the performance of city management processes by use of a concept of aggregate KPIs. In the management of organizations and, as a consequence of the use of a common design framework also in the management of cities, silo KPIs are commonly used to show the statuses of the processes of organizations/cities. Thus the question arises as to what extent aggregate KPIs, as proposed...
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Implementation of Business Processes in Smart Cities Technology
PublicationThe goal of the paper is to present the results of studies concerning the development of a method of implementation of business processes in Smart Cities systems. The method has been developed during studies carried out within the building of a Smart Cities system for Gdańsk, and is based on basic development project management mechanisms (drawing from best practices, and in particular from the RUP methodology) and business-oriented...
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Ontology of the Design Pattern Language for Smart Cities Systems
PublicationThe paper presents the definition of the design pattern language of Smart Cities in the form of an ontology. Since the implementation of a Smart City system is difficult, expensive and closely linked with the problems concerning a given city, the knowledge acquired during a single implementation is extremely valuable. The language we defined supports the management of such knowledge as it allows for the expression of a solution...
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Model of an Integration Bus of Data and Ontologies of Smart Cities Processes
PublicationThis paper presents a model of an integration bus used in the design of Smart Cities system architectures. The model of such a bus becomes necessary when designing high-level architectures, within which the silo processes of the organization should be seen from the perspective of its ontology. For such a bus to be used by any city, a generic solution was proposed which can be implemented as a whole or in part depending on the requirements...
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Smart Cities System Design Method Based on Case Based Reasoning
PublicationThe objective of this paper is to present the results of research carried out to develop a design method for Smart Cities systems. The method is based on the analysis of design cases of Smart Cities systems in cities, the selection of the city appropriate to the requirements for implementation and application. The Case Based Reasoning method was used to develop the proposed design methodology, along with mechanisms of the conversion...
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High-Level Model for the Design of KPIs for Smart Cities Systems
PublicationThe main goal of the paper is to build a high-level model for the design of KPIs. Currently, the development and processes of cities have been checked by KPI indicators. The authors realized that there is a limited usability of KPIs for both the users and IT specialists who are preparing them. Another observation was that the process of the implementation of Smart Cities systems is very complicated. Due to this the concept of a...
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A measurement method for lossy capacitive relative humidity sensors based on a direct sensor-to-microcontroller interface circuit
PublicationA new time-domain measurement method for determining the capacitance and resistance values of lossy relative humidity capacitive sensors is presented. The method is based on a direct sensor-to-microcontroller interface for microcontrollers with internal analog comparators and timers. The interface circuit consists only of four reference resistors (two reference resistors if a microcontroller includes a voltage reference source),...
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Evaluating Asymmetric N-Grams as Spell-Checking Mechanism
PublicationTypical approaches to string comparing marks two strings as either different or equal without taking into account any similarity measures. Being able to judge similarity is however required for spelling error corrections, as we want to find the best match for a given word. In this paper we present a bi2quadro-grams method for spelling errors correction. The method proposed uses different n-grams dimension for the source (checked)...
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Relikty słowiańskiej ludowości w poezji Syrokomli
PublicationThe paper discusses two models of reading the works by Władysław Syrokomla – one from the era of Positivism, the other – from the era of Young Poland. It displays the canvas of Polish dualism in the author’s poetry. The paper explains its lineage in terms of ethnogenesis. It shows the genesis as the evocation of primeval religious substance of Pre-Slavic origin. The paper refers to the findings of cultural anthropology and religious...
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Orthotropic membrane as a mechanical model of surgical implant in abdominal hernia repair
PublicationEven though the incisional hernia repair surgery is a well known procedure, mechanical properties of the tissue-implant system are unknown so the implantation of the repairing mesh is quite intuitive and, recurrences of the illness still take place. The main objective of the study is to define an operated hernia model that can be used for surgery planning and the assessment of the repair persistence. The load applied to the structure...
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Wage determination, Global Value Chains and role played by wage bargaining schemes: The case of Poland
PublicationThis study examines the linkages between GVC involvement and wages in Poland given different wage bargaining schemes. The analysis is based on microdata from the European Structure of Earnings Survey for Poland combined with sectoral data from the World Input-Output Database. In particular, two measures of GVC involvement were used: the share of foreign value added (FVA) to export and the measure of traditional offshoring. The...
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Interaction of SrTi0.65Fe0.35O3-δ with LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3-δ, La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ and Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-δ
PublicationIron doped strontium titanates SrTi1-xFexO3-δ are perovskites of versatile properties. They can be used in solid oxide fuel cells or high temperature oxygen sensors. Their reactivity with electrolyte materials, cathode buffer layer materials, other cathode materials or current collector layers has not been fully tested. In this study we use X-ray diffraction to check SrTi0.65Fe0.35O3-δ compatibility with Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-δ (used as...
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Words context analysis for improvement of information retrieval
PublicationIn the article we present an approach to improvement of retrieval informationfrom large text collections using words context vectors. The vectorshave been created analyzing English Wikipedia with Hyperspace Analogue to Language model of words similarity. For test phrases we evaluate retrieval with direct user queries as well as retrieval with context vectors of these queries. The results indicate that the proposed method can not...
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A survey of automatic speech recognition deep models performance for Polish medical terms
PublicationAmong the numerous applications of speech-to-text technology is the support of documentation created by medical personnel. There are many available speech recognition systems for doctors. Their effectiveness in languages such as Polish should be verified. In connection with our project in this field, we decided to check how well the popular speech recognition systems work, employing models trained for the general Polish language....
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Digital Transformation and Its Influence on Sustainable Manufacturing and Business Practices
PublicationThe paper focuses on the relationship between businesses and digital transformation, and how digital transformation has changed manufacturing in several ways. Aspects like Cloud Computing, vertical and horizontal integration, data communication, and the internet have contributed to sustainable manufacturing by decentralizing supply chains. In addition, digital transformation inventions such as predictive analysis and big data analytics...
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Bearing Capacity of aluminum bars with built-up cross section and glued or welded connections
PublicationThe paper is focused on numerical analysis and experimental test of aluminum bars with glued and welded connections between separate members. The connection properties were tested experimentally. The numerical analysis were conducted for the beam and shell model of the structure. The shape and magnitude of initial geometric imperfection was taken into account
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X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy studies of citric acid adsorption on aluminium alloy 5754 in alkaline media
Open Research DataThis dataset contains the results of high-resolution XPS obtained during evaluation of high corrosion inhibition efficiency of citric acid towards aluminium alloy 5754 in bicarbonate buffer pH=11. The exposition duration of samples to electrolytic environment was 100 min. Each sample was exposed at different citric acid concentration ranging from 0...
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Statistics of AFM current-voltage curves
Open Research DataMapping surface electrical conductivity offers enormous cognitive possibilities regarding the structure and properties of modern materials. The technique invented for this purpose (Conductive AFM) by Murrel's team and colleagues allows independent monitoring of the local conductivity of materials in correlation with the topographic profile. The mentioned...
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Imaging of biological samples: the ant Lasius Niger
Open Research DataThe world of arthropods continues to amaze researchers today. An example may be a relatively new report by a group of scientists on structures found in ant shells [1] Although calcareous anatomical structures have evolved in various groups of animals, little has been known so far about the occurrence of this type of form in insects. The authors of the...
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Miniaturized solid-phase extraction techniques
PublicationMore than 80% of analysis time is spent on sample collection and sample preparation, so sample preparation is a critical part of the analytical process. Traditionally, liquid-liquid extraction was developed and employed to screen for general unknowns. However, solid-phase extraction (SPE) is becoming highly popular as an alternative, due to its simplicity and economy in terms of time and solvent. This review summarizes the current...
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Comparison of different types of electronic nose instruments for evaluation of odour nuisance from landfill
PublicationThe paper presents and compares the results of investigation on classification of atmospheric air samples collected in a vicinity of municipal landfill with respect to their odour nuisance. The research was conducted using a prototype of electronic nose instrument and a commercial electronic nose of Fast/Flash GC type – HERACLES II. The prototype was equipped with six semiconductor sensors of TGS type. Classification of the air...
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Cross sections for ionization and ionic fragmentation of pyrimidine molecules by electron collisions
PublicationThe electron impact mass spectroscopy and the total ion collection measurements were used to investigate the ionization and ionic fragmentation of the pyrimidine, C4H4N2, molecules in the gasphase. The cation mass spectra were measured in the 10−85 amu range and the observed mass peaks assigned to corresponding ionic fragments. The most abundant cation in the mass spectra is the parent cation, C4H4N+2, at 80 amu. The appearance...
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Piotr Dworakowski dr
PeoplePiotr Dworakowski received the MSc degree and PhD degree with distinction in electrical engineering from Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, in 2007 and 2020 respectively. From 2008 to 2013 he was working in Alstom Transport, Tarbes, France on traction drives control. Since 2014 he has been a Power Converters Team Leader in SuperGrid Institute, Lyon, France. His research interests include high efficiency power converters for...
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Historical carpentry corner log joints—Numerical analysis within stochastic framework
PublicationThe paper presents the results of numerical analysis performed on historical, traditional carpentry corner logjoints of two basic topologies: the short-corner dovetail connection and the saddle notch connection. These types of carpentry joints are commonly used in currently preserved objects of wooden architecture. All connections have been modelled in pinewood, which has been defined in the Finite Element software MSC.Marc/Mentat...
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Computational analysis of power-law fluids for convective heat transfer in permeable enclosures using Darcy effects
PublicationNatural convection is a complex environmental phenomenon that typically occurs in engineering settings in porous structures. Shear thinning or shear thickening fuids are characteristics of power-law fuids, which are non-Newtonian in nature and fnd wide-ranging uses in various industrial processes. Non-Newtonian fuid fow in porous media is a difcult problem with important consequences for energy systems and heat transfer. In this...
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Verification of the method of reconstructing convective velocity fields on the basis of temperature fields in vertical, differential and equally heated, open and closed channels
PublicationThis paper describes a method of reconstructing velocity fields, i.e. a numerical reconstruction procedure (NRP) that involves the numerical processing of experimentally measured temperature distributions in free convection heat transfer. The NRP consists in solving only the continuity and Navier–Stokes equations with an additional source term. This term is proportional to a known temperature (e.g. from a thermal imaging camera)...
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BETWEEN IDEA AND INTERPRETATION - DESIGN PROCESS AUGMENTATION
PublicationThe following paper investigates the idea of reducing the human digital intervention to a minimum during the advanced design process. Augmenting the outcome attributes beyond the designer's capabilities by computational design methods, data collection, data computing and digital fabrication, altogether imitating the human design process. The primary technical goal of the research was verification of restrictions and abilities used...
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Improving platelet‐RNA‐based diagnostics: a comparative analysis of machine learning models for cancer detection and multiclass classification
PublicationLiquid biopsy demonstrates excellent potential in patient management by providing a minimally invasive and cost-effective approach to detecting and monitoring cancer, even at its early stages. Due to the complexity of liquid biopsy data, machine-learning techniques are increasingly gaining attention in sample analysis, especially for multidimensional data such as RNA expression profiles. Yet, there is no agreement in the community...
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Laser-textured cross-hatched surface topography analysis with evaluation of high-frequency measurement noise
PublicationThe precision of surface roughness determination using ISO 25178 parameters relies on various factors that directly impact the measurement process. In industry applications, the contactless roughness measurement reduces data collection time. However, it introduces several potential errors, including those stemming from the environment. One of the main types of errors encountered during topography analysis is measurement noise,...
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Justification of models of changing project environment for harvesting grain, oilseed and legume crops
PublicationAn analysis of the condition of implementation of projects in agricultural production is carried out. The disadvantages of existing methods and models of planning of the content and time of execution of works in the projects, which mostly do not take into account the changing components of their project environment, are substantiated. The proposed methodology for justifying the models of a changing project environment for harvesting...
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Karol Grębowski dr inż.
PeopleKarol Grębowski (M.Sc.) works as an assistant at the Department of Technical Fundamentals of Architecture Design of the Faculty of Architecture at Gdansk University of Technology. His scientific research deals with dynamic phenomena occurring during the vibration of structures, bridges, and studies the design methodology of the elements forming passive protection system of the vehicles degraded by struck or explosion in the context...
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Dekodowanie kodów iterowanych z użyciem sieci neuronowej
PublicationNadmiarowe kody iterowane są jedną z prostych metod pozyskiwania długich kodów korekcyjnych zapewniających dużą ochronę przed błędami. Jednocześnie, chociaż ich podstawowy iteracyjny dekoder jest prosty koncepcyjnie oraz łatwy w implementacji, to nie jest on rozwiązaniem optymalnym. Poszukując alternatywnych rozwiązań zaproponowano, przedstawioną w pracy, strukturę dekodera tego typu kodów wspomaganą przez sieci neuronowe. Zaproponowane...
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Effect of Temperature and Nanoparticle Concentration on Free Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids
PublicationA theoretical analysis of the influence of temperature and nanoparticle concentration on free convection heat transfer from a horizontal tube immersed in an unbounded nanofluid was presented. The Nusselt (Nu) number and heat transfer coefficient were parameters of the intensity of the convective heat transfer. For free convection, the Nu number was a function of the Rayleigh (Ra) number and Prandtl (Pr) number. The Rayleigh (Ra)...
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Developing an Ontology from Set of Experience KnowledgeStructure
PublicationWhen referring to knowledge forms,collecting for all decision eventsin a knowledge-explicit way becomes a significant ask for any company. Set of experience knowledge structure can assis in accomplishing this purpose.However,after collecting,distributing and sharing that knowledge as adecisional DNA is even a more important advance.Distributing and sharing companies' decisional DNA through an efficient development of Ontologies...
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On Some Aspects of Fish Target Strength Estimation in Shallow Waters
PublicationThe theory of acoustic surveys for determining fish abundance are well established in fishery acoustics. The origins of the estimation are related to overcoming the problem of unknown position of target in the beam using statistical inversion. Although recently researchers use more sophisticated echosounders that provides more informative data allowing for direct solution it is known that the results are biased due to not ideally...
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Simulation model for evaluation of packet sequence changed order of stream in DiffServ network
PublicationCurrent packet networks use a large variety of mechanisms which should support QoS (Quality of Service). One of those mechanisms is routing (calculating connection paths for incoming service requests). The most effective mechanism in QoS context is dynamic routing, which is based on the current network state described by the offered traffic matrix and link states. After switching between calculated available paths, connection...
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Sebastian Wilczewski dr inż.
PeoplePhD. Sebastian Wilczewski is employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Informatics in Management, Faculty of Management and Economics. Additionally, he has been working in IT companies for over 20 years, where he held positions from an system engineer and consultant, through the position of Project Manager, Portfolio Manager and Process Owner to the position of Team Leader for a team of about 30 IT analysts. Areas...
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Typing of Scopulariopsis and Microascus fungi by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)
PublicationOBJECTIVES Scopulariopsis species and their teleomorphs of the genus Microascus are commonly isolated from soil, decaying plant material and indoor environments. Moreover, certain Scopulariopsis and Microascus species are recognised as opportunistic human pathogens. Although most species can be identified by detailed morphological study, phenotypic characters appear to overlap in several cases and morphology seems to be insufficient...
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Pitch estimation of narrowband-filtered speech signal using instantaneous complex frequency
PublicationIn this paper we propose a novel method of pitch estimation, based on instantaneous complex frequency (ICF). New iterative algorithm for analysis of ICF of speech signal in presented. Obtained results are compared with commonly used methods to prove its accuracy and connection between ICF and pitch, particularly for narrowband-filtered speech signal.
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Pitch estimation of narrowband-filtered speech signal using instantaneous complex frequency
PublicationIn this paper we propose a novel method of pitch estimation, based on instantaneous complex frequency (ICF). New iterative algorithm for analysis of ICF of speech signal in presented. Obtained results are compared with commonly used methods to prove its accuracy and connection between ICF and pitch, particularly for narrowband-filtered speech signal.
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Optimization of Execution Time under Power Consumption Constraints in a Heterogeneous Parallel System with GPUs and CPUs
PublicationThe paper proposes an approach for parallelization of computations across a collection of clusters with heterogeneous nodes with both GPUs and CPUs. The proposed system partitions input data into chunks and assigns to par- ticular devices for processing using OpenCL kernels defined by the user. The sys- tem is able to minimize the execution time of the application while maintaining the power consumption of the utilized GPUs and...
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Mobility Management Solutions for IP Networks Comparative Analysis of IP-based Mobility Protocols and Handover Algorithms Invited Paper
PublicationA rapid growth of IP-based networks and services hascreated a vast collection of resources and functionalities availableto users by means of a uniform method of access offered by the IPprotocol. At the same time, advances in the design of mobileelectronic devices allowed them to reach a utility levelcomparable to desktop computers, while still retaining theirmobility advantage. Unfortunately, the base IP protocol does notperform...
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Floating treatment wetlands combined with microbial fuel cells (FTW-MFC) batch experiment: plant microscopy observations
Open Research DataThis data collection includes plant root microscope findings. Species chosen for observation: Iris pseudacorus (IP) and Phragmites australis (PA). The anatomical measurements were taken with an optical microscope (Delta Optical Genetic Pro with 3MP camera; Delta Optical, Poland) that had lens magnifications of 4x and 10x and an ocular magnification...
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Expedite EM-driven generation of Pareto-optimal trade-off curves for variable-turn on-chip inductors
PublicationThis work presents a novel approach to computationally efficient Pareto front identification for variable-turn on-chip inductors. The final outcome is a set of solutions that correspond to the best trade-offs between conflicting design objectives. Here, we consider minimising inductor area and, simultaneously, maximising its quality factor, while maintaining a specified inductance value at a given operating frequency. As opposed...
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Agnieszka Szymik mgr
PeopleAgnieszka Szymik is an e-resources librarian at Gdańsk University of Technology Library in Scientific Information Services. Agnieszka graduated from Jagiellonian University in Cracow with a major in Information and Library Science, specializing in Digital Resources and Electronic Publishing. Currently, she is responsible for managing online resources and databases and teaches an e-learning course on Information Literacy. Agnieszka...
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Audio Content and Crowdsourcing: A Subjective Quality Evaluation of Radio Programs Streamed Online
PublicationRadio broadcasting has been present in our lives for over 100 years. The transmission of speech and music signals accompanies us from an early age. Broadcasts provide the latest information from home and abroad. They also shape musical tastes and allow many artists to share their creativity. Modern distribution involves transmission over a number of terrestrial systems. The most popular are analog FM (Frequency Modulation) and...
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UKŁAD PRZENIESIENIA NAPĘDU TURBINY WIATROWEJ
PublicationIn a most commonly met design of a wind turbine the power is transmitted from the rotor to the generator through the system composed of the main shaft, friction connection, multiplicating gearbox and a flexible coupling. The driving system comprises almost a complete set of the machine elements being described during machine design lectures and can serve as an interesting illustration of the lectures.
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Influence of nanoparticle concentration on convective heat transfer of water-Al2O3 nanofluids inside horizontal tubes
PublicationThis work presents preliminary results of the experimental investigation of the forced convection heat transfer of water-Al2O3 nanofluids inside stainless steel tube with 8 mm internal diameter and 2000 mm length. Nanoparticles were tested at the concentrations of 0.01%, 0.1%, 1% and 5% by weight and the Reynolds number range encompasses laminar as well as turbulent flows.
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Drivetrain of a Wind Turbine
PublicationIn a most commonly met design of a wind turbine the power is transmitted from the rotor to the generator through the system composed of the main shaft, friction connection, multiplying gearbox and a flexible coupling. The driving system comprises almost a complete set of the machine elements being described during machine design lectures and can serve as an interesting illustration...
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Morse decompositions for a non-linear Leslie population model with 2 varying parameters
Open Research DataThis dataset contains selected results of rigorous numerical computations conducted in the framework of the research described in the paper "A database schema for the analysis of global dynamics of multiparameter systems" by Z. Arai, W. Kalies, H. Kokubu, K. Mischaikow, H. Oka, P. Pilarczyk, published in SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (SIADS),...