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Status and trends of mercury pollution of the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems in Poland
PublicationThe 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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THE STUDY OF WATER POLLUTION OF THE LOWER VISTULA RIVER BY PLASTIC PARTICLES
PublicationSince the beginning of widespread use of plastic its consumption and production has been constantly increasing. As a result of human activity part of waste ends up in our environment and is deposited in each of the elements of the biosphere. These impurities can be in the form of large elements, small particles fragmented to macroscopic level (pellets, facial scrub grains) and the microparticles visible under a microscope. Particularly...
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Concentration of bioactive compounds in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis as an indicator of pollution
PublicationOznaczano zawartość związków cynoorganicznych oraz ksenobiotyków z grupy PCB i WWA w tkankach małży pochodzących z obszarów zanieczyszczonych i niezanieczyszczonych z regionu Mokpo Bay (Korea).Wyżej wymienione związki mogą być traktowane jako wskaźniki antropopresji.
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The fuzzy neural network: application for trends in river pollution prediction
PublicationPraca przedstawia zastosowanie rozmytych sieci neuronowych do przygotowywania prognoz zmian w stężeniu zanieczyszczeń w rzekach. Opisane są pokrótce inne narzędzia stosowane w tym celu.
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Micro and Macroelements in Honey and Atmospheric Pollution (NW and Central Poland)
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Analytical calculations of scattering lengths for a class of long-range potentials of interest for atomic physics
PublicationWe derive two equivalent analytical expressions for an $l$th partial-wave scattering length $a_{l}$ for central potentials with long-range tails of the form % \begin{math} \displaystyle V(r)=-\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}\frac{Br^{n-4}}{(r^{n-2}+R^{n-2})^{2}} -\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}\frac{C}{r^{2}(r^{n-2}+R^{n-2})}, \end{math} % ($r\geqslant r_{s}$, $R>0$). % For $C=0$, this family of potentials reduces to the Lenz potentials discussed in...
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Measurements of photoionization of mercury atoms into the 6s 2S1/2, 5d96s2 2D5/2 and 5d96s2 2D3/2 ionic states over the energy range from 10.5 eV to 18.7 eV
PublicationPhotoionization of mercury atoms into the three lowest ionic states, 5d106s 2S1/2, 5d96s2 2D5/2 and 5d96s2 2D3/2 has been studied in the photon energy ranges from their respective thresholds to 18.7 eV. The photoionization spectra were obtained with high energy resolution at an angle of 0° with respect to the polarization vector of the photon beam. The high energy resolution and sensitivity achieved in the measurements permitted...
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Long-range dependencies in heart rate signals—revisited
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Epitaph of George Posse in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataData set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to George Posse, a Swedish nobleman who came to Poland with the king of Sweden and Poland – Sigismund III Vasa, and died in Gdańsk on 8th of March 1616. The epitaph was erected by his son Gabriel. Data set contains one general photo of the...
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Electrochemical oxidation of landfill leachate using boron-doped diamond anodes: pollution degradation rate, energy efficiency and toxicity assessment
PublicationElectrochemical oxidation (EO), due to high efficiency and small carbon footprint, is regarded as an attractive option for on-site treatment of highly contaminated wastewater. This work shows the effectiveness of EO using three boron-doped diamond electrodes (BDDs) in sustainable management of landfill leachate (LL). The effect of the applied current density (25–100 mA cm−2) and boron doping concentration (B/C ratio: 500 ppm, 10,000...
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Enzymatic degradation and transport of endothiopeptides into Escherichia coli K12 mutant strains
PublicationZbadano transport trzech otrzymanych na drodze syntezy ditiopeptydów do komórek Escherichia coli K12. Ponadto zbadano szybkość hydrolizy tych związków. Wszystkie peptydy są transportowane przez permeazy, natomiast są bardziej oporne na hydrolizę enzymatyczną w stosunku do naturalnych peptydów.
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Global Approaches to Reduce Light Pollution from Media Architecture and Non-Static, Self-Luminous LED Displays for Mixed-Use Urban Developments
PublicationUrban environments have become significantly brighter and more illuminated, and cities now consider media architecture and non-static, self-luminous LED displays an essential element of their strategy to attract residents, visitors, and tourists in the hours after dark. Unfortunately, most often, they are not designed with care, consideration, and awareness, nor do they support the visual wellbeing and circadian rhythms of humans....
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Analytical studies on the environmental state of the Svalbard archipelago - critical source of information about anthropogenic global impact
PublicationThe Svalbard archipelago differs from other polar regions due to its specific environmental conditions and geographic location which make the area gather pollution from long-range transport. Due to the recent development in analytical techniques it is possible to determine the concentration of pollutants at the level present there. This paper collates and discusses the information from the literature about: pollutants present in...
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Transport Miejski i Regionalny
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Effect of Microplastics Pollution on Hydrogen Production from Biomass: A Comprehensive Review
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Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress, and the Risk of Development of Type 1 Diabetes
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Aspects of the biomonitoring studies using mosses and lichens as indicatorsof metal pollution.
PublicationWykazano, wbrew wszelkim ograniczeniom, że mchy i porosty są dobrymi narzędziami służącymi do monitorowania zanieczyszczenia powietrza. Najlepsze rezultaty przynoszą badania w których stosuje się zarówno mchy jak i porosty łącznie, ponieważ rośliny te różnią się retencją i przyswajalnością metali.W pracy przedstawiono pasywną oraz aktywną formę monitoringu z wykorzystaniem biowskaźników i omówiono zalety oraz ograniczenia...
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Changes in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis protein profile as a reaction of water pollution
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono zmiany w profilu białkowym małża Mytilus galloprovincialis jako odpowiedź na zanieczyszczenia wody. Określono pojemność przeciwutleniającą z wykorzystaniem testu TEAC. Stwierdzono różnice w poziomie inhibicji w białku pochodzącym od małży zebranych z regionów zanieczyszczonych w stosunku do małży pochodzących z regionów czystych.Zawartość cynku i kadmu w białkach małży pochodzących z regionów zanieczyszczonych...
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Assessment of atmospheric inorganic pollution in the urban region of Gdańsk, Northern Poland
PublicationProjekt wykonano w przemysłowej części Gdańska w celu zidentyfikowania głównych źródeł zanieczyszczeń. Próbki suchego oraz żywego (w hodowli hydroponicznej) mchu eksponowano równolegle w celu określenia ich właściwości kumulacji w aspekcie badań biomonitoringowych. Analizę chemiczną składu próbek mchu wykonano dzięki zastosowaniu techniki aktywacji neutronowej i reaktorze badawczym w Delft (Holandia). Uzyskane wyniki wskazują,...
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Urban city lights. Light pollution as one of the effects of incorrectly designed external illumination. How can a successful lighting masterplan diminish its impact?
PublicationIn the modern world, artificial lighting brings many tangible benefits such as the ability to extend working hours and so increase production, recreational use of the city after dark, or the possibility to travel regardless of the time of day. However, this flexibility comes at a price and negatively impacts on the environment. One such negative phenomenon is Light Pollution ‐ a term used to describe excessive nighttime artificial...
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Mathematical Modeling of the Impact Range of Sewage Discharge on the Vistula Water Quality in the Region of Włocławek
PublicationThe paper presents results of analysis of the industrial sewage discharge influence at km 688 + 250 of the Vistula River on water quality. During the analysis, two-dimensional models of flow, impurities and temperature transport were used. Hydrological conditions of the analyzed section of the river, characteristic flows and bathymetry of the riverbed in the first instance were defined. Calculations of velocity distribution at...
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Marek Biziuk prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleCURRICULUM VITAE Marek BIZIUK Born 1947 MSc 1969 GUT PhD 1977 GUT DSc 1994 GUT Professor 2001 Membership of scientific society - Gdansk Scientific Society - Romanian Society of Analytical Chemistry - Engineers and Techniques of...
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Measurements of angular distribution for photoionization of mercury into the 5d9 2D5/2 ionic state over the energy range from 15 eV to 17 eV
PublicationWykonano pomiary różniczkowych przekrojów czynnych na fotojonizację atomów rtęci do stanu 5d9 2D5/2 jonu w zakresie energii fotonów od 15 eV do 17 eV. Wyznaczono parametr β asymetrii dla stanu 2D5/2 jonu z pomiarów emisji fotoelektronów pod kątami 0˚ i 90˚ stopni względem osi głównej elipsy polaryzacji. Zarejestrowano trzy serie stanów autojonizacyjnych zbieżnych do energii jonizacji do stanu 2D3/2. Badania wykonano w ośrodku synchrotronowym...
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Tripped at the Finishing Line: The Åland Islands Internet Voting Project
PublicationThe Åland Islands spent years preparing an internet voting system, to be implemented for the first time in October 2019 for Parliamentary Elections. Despite this, the project was canceled the evening before the expected release date. In this paper, we explore the causes of this failure using a two-pronged approach including Information System failure perspectives and the approach to e-voting Mirabilis, focusing on organizational...
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Reemission of inorganic pollution from permafrost? A freshwater hydrochemistry study in the lower Kolyma basin (North-East Siberia)
PublicationPermafrost regions are under particular pressure from climate change resulting in widespread landscape changes, which impact also freshwater chemistry. We investi- gated a snapshot of hydrochemistry in various freshwater environments in the lower Kolyma river basin (North-East Siberia, continuous permafrost zone) to explore the mobility of metals, metalloids and non-metals resulting from permafrost thaw. Partic- ular attention...
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Asian Journal of Water Environment and Pollution
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Chemical pollution and toxicity of water samples from stream receiving leachate from controlled municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill
PublicationThe present study was aimed to determine the impact of municipal waste landfill on the pollution level of surface waters, and to investigate whether the choice and number of physical and chemical parameters monitored are sufficient for determining the actual risk related to bioavailability and mobility of contaminants. In 2007–2012, water samples were collected from the stream flowing through the site at two sampling locations,...
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Archives of Transport
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The method of multispectral image processing of phytoplankton processing for environmental control of water pollution
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Organic Pollution in Surface Waters from the Fuglebekken Basin in Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
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Integrated approach for evaluation of pollution level of underground water in the vicinity of a municipal landfill
PublicationCelem pracy była ocena stopnia zanieczyszczenia wód podziemnych pobranych wokół składowiska odpadów komunalnych. Zastosowano zintegrowane podejście polegajace na jednoczesnym wykorzystaniu badań chemicznych i biotestów. Najbardziej zanieczyszczone próbki okazały się również najbardziej toksyczne wobec badanych organizmów wskaźnikowych. Wykorzystanie biotestów umożliwia uzyskanie dodatkowej informacji na temat możliwych skutków...
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Sławomir Jerzy Ambroziak dr hab. inż.
PeopleSławomir J. Ambroziak was born in Poland, in 1982. He received the M.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in radio communication from Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech), Poland, in 2008, 2013, and 2020 respectively. Since 2008 he is with the Department of Radiocommunication Systems and Networks of the Gdańsk Tech: 2008-2013 as Research Assistant, 2013-2020 as Assistant Professor, and since 2020 as Associate Professor. He is...
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Revitalized Mill Island in Bydgoszcz - the identity of the place created by the Brda River and its tributary named Młynowka
PublicationMill Island in Bydgoszcz, Poland is an example of downtown public space where a meander of the Młynówka creates the identity of the area.Before 2005, the only outstanding local feature was the fact that its south and west ends resembled the Venetian canals. The way the other parts of Mill Island were managed was inappropriate for a downtown.A comprehensive revitalization programme is returning Mill Island public space to residents,...
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Atmospheric Pollution Research
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''Povery islands'' - a study on poverty concentration across nations
PublicationPoverty problems, its definition and measurement aspects, constitute a broadly identified discussion. However, there are some widely recognized poverty definitions and statistics, but the detailed overview still remains not clearly visible. There are many economies where the poverty problems lie in the very centre of policy makers` strategies. Also there exist many international statistic databases where some poverty data are reviled....
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AMCA to TAMRA long range resonance energy transfer on a flexible peptide
PublicationFörster resonance energy transfer between 7-amino-4-methyl-3-coumarinylacetic acid, (AMCA, donor) and 5- carboxytetramethylrhodamine, (TAMRA, acceptor) bound to Lys(AMCA)-Gly-Pro-Arg-Ser-Leu-Ser-Gly-Lys (TAMRA)-NH2 peptide is demonstrated by various spectroscopic techniques in glycerol at room temperature. In particular, nonexponential character of fluorescence intensity decay evidences the distance distribution between the donor...
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Stability analysis of a dike constructed of anthropogenic materials
PublicationNumerical analyses of stability are presented for a hypothetical dikes constructed of dredged materials and bottom ash, in varying proportions. The paper is related to the international research project DredgDikes, which focused on the use of anthropogenic materials in dikes construction and flood protection. The aim of this project was to investigate the possibility of using anthropogenic materials from rivers and sea dredging...
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Reducing nighttime light exposure in the urban environment to benefit human health and society
PublicationNocturnal light pollution can have profound effects on humans and other organisms. Recent research indicates that nighttime outdoor lighting is increasing rapidly. Evidence from controlled laboratory studies demonstrates that nocturnal light exposure can strain the visual system, disrupt circadian physiology, suppress melatonin secretion, and impair sleep. There is a growing body of work pointing to adverse effects of outdoor lighting...
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Analysis of catalitic reactors usefulness to reduce pollution generated by piston combustion engines with regard to ship main engines
PublicationThe article presents results which indicate that the use of catalytic reactors to reduce emissions of harmful compunds contained in the exhaust gas is important in the operation of vehicle motors operation. Efforts of the shipbuilding industry to reduce the toxicity of exhaust gas emitted by the main engines have been indicated and pointed to the desirability of the use of these catalysts in maritime transport. It has been pointed...
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Błażej Prusak dr hab.
PeopleBłażej Prusak is Head of the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Research on Enterprise in Modern Economy - theory and practice (REME), as well as a member of editorial boards of such journals as Intellectual Economics; Space. Economics. Society; Academy of Management. He is the author or co-author of several scientific monographs including:...
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An Island of Connectedness: Intra-Insular and Inter-Regional Communications of Rab Island (North-East Adriatic, Kvarner Gulf), Croatia
PublicationDrawing from archaeological data on Prehistoric and Roman settlement patterns, and respective sepulchral features, just as on later historic and cartographic sources, in this contribution it will be shown how movement along with mobility influenced on and were an integral part of settlement dynamics on the island of Rab (NE Adriatic, Croatia). The employed approach sees the practice of movement as dependent on specific social...
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GIS for remote sensing, analysis and visualisation of marine pollution and other marine ecosystem components
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono koncepcję oraz prototyp morskiego systemu GIS do zdalnego monitorowania w czasie rzeczywistym zanieczyszczeń środowiska morskiego. System pozwala na gromadzenie i integrowanie danych z różnego rodzaju sensorów, takich jak echosondy jednowiązkowe, sonary boczne i echosondy wielowiązkowe.
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Interactive visualization of marine pollution monitoring and forecasting data via a Web-based GIS
PublicationArtykuł prezentuje zastosowanie sieciowego Systemu Informacji Geograficznej do monitoringu i prezentacji wyników modelowania plam ropy na morzu. Omawiany system wykorzystuje technologie ESRI ArcIMS (Arc Internet Map Server) oraz Open Source GeoServer z biblioteką klienta OpenLayers w celu wizualizacji i mapowania rozprzestrzeniania się wycieku ropy w dwóch wybranych obszarach Morza Egejskiego w Grecji. Przedstawiony GIS stanowi...
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Health impacts of indoor air pollution from household solid fuel on children and women
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An assessment of wastewater pollution, treatment efficiency and management in a semi-arid urban area of Pakistan
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Influence of Exhaust System Setup on Working Zone Pollution by Dust during Sawing of Particleboards
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Identification of chemical pollution problems and causes in the Baltic See in relation to socio-economic drivers
PublicationOpisano możliwość wykorzystania nowego narzędzia do zintegrowanej oceny stanu środowiska w akwenie Morza Bałtyckiego. Takie możliwości stwarza narzędzie znane jako DPSIR czyli Drivers (sfery działalności człowieka będące źródłem potencjalnych zznieczyszczeń)-Pressures (ksenobiotyki i specyficzne czynniki szkodliwe emitowane do środowiska)-Stata (stann środowiska)- Impact (efekty niekorzystego oddziaływania na część ożywioną i nieożywioną...
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Reliability of flue gas desulphurisation installations - the essential condition of efficient air pollution control
PublicationW celu minimalizacji niekorzystnego wpływu SO2 i SO3 na środowisko naturalne w wielu instalacjach skrubery odsiarczające gaz spalinowy (FGD) stosowane są do usuwania tlenków siarki z gazów wylotowych. Ostre warunki pracy skruberów i dodatkowego osprzętu powodują problemy korozyjne w powszechnie stosowanych materiałach konstrukcyjnych a awarie wywierają długookresowy wpływ na środowisko. Opisano najnowsze doświadczenia związane...
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Sources of contamination in sediments of retention tanks and the influence of precipitation type on the size of pollution load
PublicationDensification of cities and urban population contributes to increased runoff and suspended solids and alteration of the urban water cycle. Nowadays, Blue-Green Infrastructure is promoted to increase a city’s resilience to floods; however, stormwater drainage systems, supported with retention tanks are still important in protecting urban areas against floods. Sediment accumulation in stormwater infrastructure relates to an issue...
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Nonradiative long range energy transfer in donor-acceptor systems with excluded volume
PublicationW pracy analizowano bezpromienisty długozasięgowy transfer energii w układach donor-akceptor z uwzględnieniem objętości wyłączonej. Stwierdzono, że zanik fluorescencji pierwotnie wzbudzonych donorów jest wolniejszy, jeżeli uwzględnia się objętość wyłączoną. Ten efekt jest znacznie wzmocniony, gdy akceptory znajdują się w pewnej objętości niedostępnej dla donorów. Analizę numeryczną przeprowadzono stosując metodę symulacji Monte...