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Variable Fractional Delay Filter Design Using a Symmetric Window
PublicationIn this paper a numerically efficient method for designing a nearly optimal variable fractional delay (VFD) filter based on a simple and well-known window method is presented. In the proposed method a single window extracted from the optimal filter with fixed fractional delay (FD) is divided into even and odd part. Subsequently, the odd part is discarded and symmetric even part of the extracted window is used to design a family...
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Cross-layer mDNS/ARP integration for IEEE 802.11s Wireless mesh Network
PublicationPopularization of mobile computing devices created a need for robust, efficient and ubiquitous methods of communication and network access. At the same time, evolution and standardization of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies made them an attractive solution for building of complex network systems. Moreover, growing maturity of WLAN standards such as IEEE 802.11 allows for introduction of WLAN architectures other than...
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Computational aspects of greedy partitioning of graphs
PublicationIn this paper we consider a variant of graph partitioning consisting in partitioning the vertex set of a graph into the minimum number of sets such that each of them induces a graph in hereditary class of graphs P (the problem is also known as P-coloring). We focus on the computational complexity of several problems related to greedy partitioning. In particular, we show that given a graph G and an integer k deciding if the greedy...
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Natural carbon-based quantum dots and their applications in drug delivery: A review
PublicationNatural carbon based quantum dots (NCDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials in the carbon family. NCDs have gained immense acclamation among researchers because of their abundance, eco-friendly nature, aqueous solubility, the diverse functionality and biocompatibility when compared to other conventional carbon quantum dots (CDs).The presence of different functional groups on the surface of NCDs such as thiol, carboxyl, hydroxyl,...
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Bioelectronic nose: Current status and perspectives
PublicationA characteristic feature of human and animal organs of smell is the ability to identify hundreds of thousands of odours. It is accompanied by particular smell sensations, which are a basic source of information about odour mixture. The main structural elements of biological smell systems are the olfactory receptors. Small differences in a structure of odorous molecules (odorants) can lead to significant change of odour, which is...
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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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The Influence of the Depth of Cut in Single-Pass Grinding on the Microstructure and Properties of the C45 Steel Surface Layer
PublicationThe paper contains the results of a metallographic examination and nanoindentation test conducted for the medium carbon structural steel with low content of Mn, Si, Cu, Cr, and Ni after its grinding to a depth ranging from 2 μm to 20 μm, at constant cutting speed (peripheral speed) of vs = 25 ms−1 and constant feed rate of vft = 1 m/min. Applied grinding parameters did not cause the surface layer hardening, which could generate...
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Controling w zarządzaniu bezpieczeństwem pracy
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono możliwość wykorzystania controllingu do badania zagrożeń w procesie pracy. Dla oceny rozwiązań usprawniających wprowadzono pojęcie oszczędności zasobu typu praca i typu materiał, zużywanych w procesie realizacji zadań wytwórczych. Artykuł podkreśla możliwość osiągania efektów ekonomicznych (ograniczenia kosztów) w wyniku poprawy warunków pracy.CONTROLLING IN WORK SAFETY MANAGEMENTThe article presents the...
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Energy consumption estimation of low-power devices using an integrating coulombmeter
PublicationThe main problem in designing devices powered with Energy Harvesting is an estimation of energy demand of low-power devices as well as quantity of energy provided by the selected energy transducer in the assumed work conditions. Due to the work characteristic of each block of the device and properties of the measured signal, measurement is not trivial. The paper presents the proposal of the micro-charge measurement device based...
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Leszek Dąbrowski dr inż.
PeopleLeszek Dabrowski Senior Lecturer in the Chair of Machine Design and Automotive Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He graduated in 1985 and obtained PhD in mechanical engineering, specializing in the field of tribology in 1997. His scientifical interests also include computational methods in engineering, biomechanics, medical engineering. His recent work focuses on the use of CT data in FEM and its application...
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Mechanika [Niestacjonarne][2020/21]
e-Learning CoursesWybrane zagadnienia z mechaniki: statyka i wytrzymałość materiałów. Kierunki studiów: Elektrotechnika sem 1 (stacjonarne i niestacjonarne), Automatyka i Robotyka sem 1 stacjonarne.
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Informal Workplace Learning and Employee Development. Growing in the Organizational New Normal
PublicationThe new paradigm in employee development assumes that employees should proactively direct their learning and growth. Most workplace learning is basically informal and occurs through daily work routines, peer-to-peer interactions, networking, and typically brings about significant positive outcomes to both individuals and organizations. Yet, workplace learning always occurs in a pre-defined context and this context has recently...
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Jacek Ryl dr hab. inż.
PeopleI have obtained my PhD in chemical technology in 2010. In the same year, I was employed at the Department of Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Chemistry. In 2018 I received habilitation at the Faculty of Chemistry GUT in technical sciences in the discipline of chemical technology. From 2021, he was employed at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Science at the Faculty of Technical...
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Parallel Background Subtraction in Video Streams Using OpenCL on GPU Platforms
PublicationImplementation of the background subtraction algorithm using OpenCL platform is presented. The algorithm processes live stream of video frames from the surveillance camera in on-line mode. Processing is performed using a host machine and a parallel computing device. The work focuses on optimizing an OpenCL algorithm implementation for GPU devices by taking into account specific features of the GPU architecture, such as memory access,...
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DESIGN THINKING ORIENTED METHODOLOGY IN GROUP PROJECT AS A STEP IN THE CDIO APPROACH
PublicationRecently much scientific research and industrial work is conducted in multidisciplinary teams, where cooperation between specialists from different areas of expertise is required in order to successfully address the challenging goals. Moreover, in start-up small companies the lack of supporting departments calls for additional multidisciplinary, economic and networking skills known as T-shaped personality. Recognizing these shortcomings...
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Peptydy penetrujące – rodzaje i mechanizmy przenikania przez błony komórkowe
PublicationPeptydy penetrujące z pewnością są wyjątkową i ciekawą grupą związków peptydowych. Zostały odkryte ponad dwadzieścia lat temu, ale wiedza na ich temat wciąż jest rozbudowywana. Liczne badania nad mechanizmami ich przenikania do wnętrza komórek pozwalają zrozumieć jakie cechy strukturalne warunkują ich zdolność do penetracji komórek. Wiedza ta pozwala na projektowanie nowych, bardziej efektywnych peptydów penetrujących., które mogą...
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Jakub Szczepański prof. dr hab. inż. arch.
PeopleJakub Szczepanski is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology and since 2016 a Vice-Dean for Scientific Research. Architect, historian of architecture and monuments’ conservator. His research focused on the history of both Gdańsk and Baltric Sea cities’ architecture as well as monuments’ conservation and the contemporary problems of cities. Parallelly with the academic work on the GUT,...
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The potential of urban agriculture in the revitalisation of a metropolis
PublicationIn Poland, the topic addressing urban areas of agricultural production and gardening activity is still viewed in two main blocks: 1) a shift of the urbanized zone’s boundaries, causing dispersion of suburban buildings as well as creates conflict zone between the residential area and the production and post-production zones; 2) a socially contentious issue of restructuring the inner-city complexes of former employee allotments....
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Wisłoujście Fortress. Architectural investigation and analysis (2013)
PublicationIn 2013, as part of archaeological and architectural reserch conducted in the Area of Wisłoujście Fortress, an inventory and architectural studies of the rooms of tenement houses in the Ring, serving as kitchen, were performed. Work consisting in preparing measurement documentation, drawings and descriptive documentation was the first such study conducted inside buildings at Fort Carre. The article presents preliminary results...
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Viscoplastic damage analysis of structures subjected to impact loading. Plate and shell structures. - Ł. Pyrzowski.
PublicationThe work presents the investigation in the response of plate-shell structures subjected to impact loading (gas mixture explosions). This phenomenon is studied in the context of its mechanical aspects, mainly the ductile fracture prediction. The work starts with the literature review and the description of theories, which are nowadays the most popular in the damage and failure modelling. After selecting the theoretical models and...
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Effects of Laser Remelting at Cryogenic Conditions on Microstructure and Wear Resistance of the Ti6Al4V Alloy Applied in Medicine
PublicationThe titanium and its alloys can be subjected to surface treatment, including laser treatment. In this work a new laser treatment at cryogenic conditions of Ti6Al4V alloy has been described. The work has been aimed at establishing whether such surface treatment could be suitable for implants working under wear in biological corrosive environment. The remelting has been made with the use of CO2 continuous work laser at laser power...
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"Born Poland, Gone Global". The case of successful Polish ICT company - Aiton Caldwell
PublicationThis work examines the pathway to global markets of Polish ICT company Aiton Caldwell
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Context of Digitalized Employment for Older Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the New Normal
PublicationEmployers are actively considering how to normalize remote work technology across different industries. The residual risk of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) will necessarily lower the bar for allowing some workers to stay remote on a more permanent basis. This is based on the realization that many essential jobs can be teleworked while retaining or enhancing productivity. The decisions employers make regarding future work arrangements...
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Strain gauges monitoring of arch bridge over the Vistula river in Toruń during construction
PublicationIn 2013 one of the biggest Polish road bridges over the Vistula was built in Torun. Considering the use of original engineering solutions and innovative assembly it was decided on monitoring of strain gauges and assessment of building’s behaviour during its construction. The research was aimed at determining the degree of strain and the assessment of proper work of main arch girders during assembly phases. This work presents the...
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GOOD HEALTH PRODUCTS AND POLYMER COMPOSITES OBTAINED WITH THE USE OF NATURAL ORIGIN MICRO- AND NANOFIBERS
PublicationThe aim of this work was focused on good health products and polymer composites obtained with the use of natural origin micro- and nanofibers. Many different type of the natural plants are used in the production of good health products and polymer processing like curcuma, cellulose, microalgae and others. Often are used as a antioxidants and fillers. In this work the effect of algae and cellulose as a microfillers on the chosen...
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PROPERTIES OF DOPED ALKALINE-EARTH STANNATES
PublicationThe lanthanum doped barium stannate properties are investigated in this work. Including electrical and microstructural properties.
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Bio based PUR-PIR foams thermal degradation (TG) and isoconversional kinetics
Open Research DataIn the present work, we perform a thorough thermogravimetric (TG) analysis of the bio-based polyurethane – polyisocyanurate (PUR-PIR) foams in both nitrogen and oxygen atmosphere. A sustainable element of the foam was a biopolyol obtained via acid-catalyzed liquefaction of Zostera Marina and Enteromorpha Algae biomass. Based on isoconversional analysis...
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The luminescence study of Sr2−xSrxPN3:Eu2+ nitridophosphate.
Open Research DataIn this work, a series of Ca2−xSrxPN3:Eu2+ nitridophosphate phosphors through a solid-solution strategy involving a hot isostatic press was developed by collaborators from National Taiwan University. Unexpected dual emissions in the red and infrared regions are observed, different from previous research results. The unique change in red and near-infrared...
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Microscopic examination of CuNiFeR pipeline
Open Research DataCopper and nickel alloys called cunifers (Cu, Ni, Fe and R – rest of alloy elements) have found wide application in the production of ship pipeline components in contact with sea water, such as, for example, the main engine cooling system. These alloys are characterized by a very high corrosion resistance, which is ensured by appropriately carried out...
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The cyclic voltammetry studies of CB-PLA electrode after surface activation by electrolysis in 1M NaOH
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the electrochemical studies performed for surface activation of the CB-PLA 3D printed electrodes by electrolysis in 1M NaOH solution. The studies were performed after treatment at an anodic overpotential of 1V, found to be optimal for surface activation. The measurements were carried out with cyclic voltammetry (CV) under different...
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Macroscopic examination of CuNiFeR pipeline
Open Research DataCopper and nickel alloys called cunifers (Cu, Ni, Fe and R – rest of alloy elements) have found wide application in the production of ship pipeline components in contact with sea water, such as, for example, the main engine cooling system. These alloys are characterized by a very high corrosion resistance, which is ensured by appropriately carried out...
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Endocrine disrupting compounds in the baby's world - A harmful environment to the health of babies
PublicationGlobally, there has been a significant increase in awareness of the adverse effects of chemicals with known or suspected endocrine-acting properties on human health. Human exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) mainly occurs by ingestion and to some extent by inhalation and dermal uptake. Although it is difficult to assess the full impact of human exposure to EDCs, it is well known that timing of exposure is of importance...
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On implementation of fibrous connective tissues’ damage in Abaqus software
PublicationConnective fibrous tissues, such as tendons and ligaments, in humans and animals exhibit hyperelastic behaviour. The constitution of the material of these tissues is anisotropic due to the presence of the collagen fibres, where one family of fibres is the typical case. Traumatic events and/or aging may sometimes lead to the damage of the tissue. The study of motion of affected joints or limbs is usually not permitted in vivo. This...
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Application of the Chimney Cap as a Method of Improving the Effectiveness of Natural Ventilation in Buildings
PublicationAdequately designed natural ventilation is the cheapest and easiest way to effectively remove indoor pollutants and keep the air inside a building fresh. A prediction of the performance and effectiveness of ventilation in order to determine the design of a ventilation system can provide real and long-term cost savings. The worst time in terms of the efficiency of natural ventilation is the spring-autumn transition period [7]. In...
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Principles and Practices of Corporate Governance in the Global Economy
PublicationThe book places ownership at the centre of all relevant choices that the company makes. In particular, it addresses the issue of governance from the perspective of ownership, and in a broader and more articulated sense than most Anglo-Saxon studies do. The authors analyse the relationship between ownership, governance, and corporate strategy, with a dual objective. On the one hand, the aim is to identify the consistency relationships...
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Self-Supervised Learning to Increase the Performance of Skin Lesion Classification
PublicationTo successfully train a deep neural network, a large amount of human-labeled data is required. Unfortunately, in many areas, collecting and labeling data is a difficult and tedious task. Several ways have been developed to mitigate the problem associated with the shortage of data, the most common of which is transfer learning. However, in many cases, the use of transfer learning as the only remedy is insufficient. In this study,...
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Quantum metrology: Heisenberg limit with bound entanglement
PublicationQuantum entanglement may provide a huge boost in the precision of parameter estimation. However, quantum metrology seems to be extremely sensitive to noise in the probe state. There is an important still open question: What type of entanglement is useful as a resource in quantum metrology? Here we raise this question in relation to entanglement distillation. We provide a counterintuitive example of a family of bound entangled states...
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Towards sugar-derived polyamides as environmentally friendly materials
PublicationAs part of our ongoing study investigating isohexide-based polyamides, we have synthesized isosorbide(bis(propan-1-amine)) (DAPIS) and studied its reactivity in the polymerization towards fully biobased polyamides. Polycondensation of nylon salts with various contributions of DAPIS afforded a family of homo- and copolyamides, which were characterized using complementary spectroscopic techniques. The chemical structure of the materials...
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Towards Digital Anti-Corruption Typology for Public Service Delivery
PublicationDigital anti-corruption refers to a family of digital technology tools that are used to fight corruption. Many such tools have not performed well in practice due to their non-alignment with forms of corruption they are supposed to fight against and persistence of corruption-enabling conditions. The aim of this paper is to contribute to filling this gap by offering a typology of digital anti-corruption in public service delivery...
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Tomasz Wąsowicz dr hab.
PeopleTomasz Wąsowicz's research was first related to high-resolution atomic spectroscopy and focused on measurements and analysis of the transition probabilities of the forbidden lines, the hyperfine and isotopic structure of spectral lines of heavy elements, Stark effect in the helium atom. Tomasz Wąsowicz currently studies physicochemical processes occurring during interactions of various forms of radiation with atoms and molecules...
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Redesign of the Research Platform for Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems
PublicationCritical Infrastructure Systems (CISs) play a key role in modern societies. Their sustainable operation depends heavily on the performance of dedicated structures and algorithms targeting monitoring, control and security aspects. In previous work a Research Platform (RP) for the design and simulation of such systems was presented. This works updates the information on the RP through the description of major hardware and software...
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Collaborative urban studios in Poland. Teaching collective problem solving via live projects
PublicationThe requirements of contemporary architectural and urban design practice places a growing importance on the ability to generate new solutions to complex design challenges. Such an approach is particularly relevant in the context of contemporary urban projects in need of urban innovation and socially engaged practice, i.e. urban regeneration or street quality improvement projects. Meaningful involvement in such topics requires a...
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Implementing Change Management Processes in an Enterprise
PublicationThis work demonstrates how to implement change management processes in a company, based on the suitability of IBM software.
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YSZ Thin film deposited on porous substrate by spray pyrolysis
PublicationIn this work the results of deposition of YSZ layer on a porous substrate using an ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis are presented.
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Differential analysis of dynamic immittance spectra
PublicationThis work presents a new approach to the analysis of immittance spectrograms of systems characterised by non-stationarity. The possibility of linking the evolution of the immittance response with changes in the parameters describing the system is achieved by introducing a spectrum in differential form. By using the above procedure, it becomes possible to separate elements with a dependence (or lack thereof) from an independent...
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Thermodynamic and geometrical characteristics of mixed convection heat transfer in the shell and coil tube heat exchanger with baffles
PublicationThe article presents passive heat transfer enhancement method in the form of baffles to increase the energy efficiency of the shell coil heat exchanger. Conducted literature review shows that, despite numer- ous studies, there is little work on the intensification of heat transfer at the shell side. Most of the work focuses on the impact of geometrical parameters of the coil itself. This article successfully proves that it is possible...
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Support for Employees with ASD in the Workplace Using a Bluetooth Skin Resistance Sensor–A Preliminary Study
PublicationThe application of a Bluetooth skin resistance sensor in assisting people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), in their day-to-day work, is presented in this paper. The design and construction of the device are discussed. The authors have considered the best placement of the sensor, on the body, to gain the most accurate readings of user stress levels, under various conditions. Trial tests were performed on a group of sixteen...
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The aggregation of objects representing Katowice district buildings - scale 1:25000
Open Research DataThe process of automatic generalization is one of the elements of spatial data preparation for the purpose of creating digital cartographic studies. The presented data include a part of the process of generalization of building groups obtained from the national geodesy and cartography resource from BDOT10k (10k topographic database) [1].
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The aggregation of objects representing Katowice district buildings - scale 1:10000
Open Research DataThe process of automatic generalization is one of the elements of spatial data preparation for the purpose of creating digital cartographic studies. The presented data include a part of the process of generalization of building groups obtained from the national geodesy and cartography resource from BDOT10k (10k topographic database) [1].
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Storing thermal energy from solar collectors for the needs of a detached house
PublicationThis work evaluates the possibility of meeting a single familu household's need for hot water and heat year round, using solar collectors as the sole energy sourse. The main flaw of energetic systems based on solar energy is that the energy supply is usually insufficient in winter, when it is most needed. This work is going to show thatm for a house surface of 150 m2 and base dimension of 10x10m, it is possible to supply sufficient...