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Preventing School Failure
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JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
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[Soft Skills] Basic didactic methods
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: Liczba godzin: 15 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplines Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: Total hours of training: 15 teaching hours Course type: lecture {mlang} Soft skills Area I - didactic skills
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Tensile validation tests with failure criteria comparison for various GFRP laminates
PublicationThe paper studies the mechanical properties of glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRP) with various types and orientation of reinforcement. Analyzed specimens manufactured in the infusion process are made of polymer vinyl ester resin reinforced with glass fibres. Several samples were examined containing different plies and various fibres orientation [0, 90] or [+45, –45]. To assess the mechanical parameters of laminates, a series...
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"Daughter and son: a completely different story”? Gender as a moderator of the relationship between sexism and parental attitudes
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Failure characterisation of sandwich beams using integrated acoustic emission and digital image correlation techniques
PublicationThe paper presents the experimental study of the failure behaviour of sandwich beams subjected to bending. The samples examined are sandwich beams made of polyethylene terephthalate foam core and glass fibre-reinforced polymer laminate face sheets. In a series of experiments, it has been proposed to integrate diagnostic techniques with acoustic emission and digital image correlation to accurately track the cracking process on the...
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Modes of Failure Analysis in Reinforced Concrete Beam Using Laser Scanning and Synchro-Photogrammetry
PublicationThe following paper reveal the limitations and possibilities of terrestrial laser scanning technology adaptation in diagnostics of reinforced concrete beams. In this paper, authors present potential spectrum of TLS use in modes of failure analysis of R-C beams and determines under which conditions the laser technologies might be applied. Research was carried out at the Regional Laboratory of Structural Engineering at Gdansk University...
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Failure mode prediction for composite structural insulated panels with MgO board facings
PublicationSandwich panels are readily used in civil engineering due to their high strength to weight ratio and the ease and speed of assembly. The idea of a sandwich section is to combine thin and durable facings with a light-weight core and the choice of materials used allows obtaining the desired behaviour. Panels in consideration consist of MgO (magnesium oxide) board facings and expanded polystyrene core and are characterized by immunity...
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Design and simulation of a new prototype of piezoelectric cantilever sensor/actuator for analysis of the soft tissues properties
PublicationThis paper is devoted to a new prototype of piezoelectric cantilever transducer dedicated for the characterization of the mechanical properties of soft tissues. General description of the actuator’s structure is presented including the basic principles of the measurement. The chosen geometry of the prototype is discussed and compared with the existing one. Constitutive equations are presented for the active and passive layer of...
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Nonlinear FEM 2D failure onset prediction of composite shells based on 6-parameter shell theory
PublicationWithin the framework of the nonlinear 6-parameter shell theory with the drilling rotation and asymmetric stress measures, the modifications of Tsai-Wu and Hashin laminate failure initiation criteria are proposed. These improvements enable to perform first ply failure estimations taking into account the non-symmetric stress measures. In order to check the validity of the proposed criteria, finite element analyses are performed with...
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Soft modelling support for information management
PublicationW artykule zaproponowano trzystopniowy proces modelowania przepływów informacji. Zaproponowane stopnie obejmują dekompozycje, reprezentacje i integracje. Przedyskutowano możliwości wspomagania każdego z powyższych stopni przypomocy systemów opartych na bazie wiedzy, głównie inteligentnego przeszuki-wania, systemów ekspertowych i sieci neuronowych.
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Applications of soft modelling and intelligent techniques
PublicationW edytorialu omówiono szeroko obecne praktyczne zastosowania modelowania miękkiego oraz technik inteligentnych, rozumianych jako takie techniki, które potrafią wspomagać podejmowanie decyzji w zmiennych warunkach otoczenia.
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Environmental failure of dental biomaterials
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono problematykę związaną z zagadnieniem trwałości biomateriałów stomatologicznych. Scharakteryzowano kryteria doboru materiałów i na przykładzie koron stomatologicznych pokazano wyniki oceny prawidłowości doboru w oparciu o metodę elementów skończonych. Przedstawiono wyniki weryfikacji doświadczalnej i wskazano na możliwości wykorzystania tej metody do konstruowania odpornych na zniszczenie koron metalowo-ceramicznych.
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FEM analysis of composite materials failure in nonlinear six field shell theory
PublicationThe monography deals with the problem of failure initiation in thin laminated composites. Known techniques of laminate structures modelling are briefly characterised. Eventually, shell based approach is chosen for the purpose of the description of the composite structures behaviour, as it predicts their deformation and states of stress effectively in a global sense. The nonlinear six parameter shell theory (6p theory) with asymmetric...
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[Soft Skills] Academic writing Group 2 (2023: 10x3h)
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: Soft Skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: CJO PG Liczba godzin: 30 {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: Soft Skills Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: CJO PG Total hours of training: 30 teaching hours {mlang}
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Analysis of Failure Mechanism in Joints with Positive Eccentricity in CFS Truss
PublicationThe paper presents studies concerning the load-bearing capacity of truss joints with a positive eccentricity resulting from the arrangement of geometric members and the failure mechanisms observed in the joints. Based on the previously conducted experimental study, a numerical model of the tested fragment of the CFS truss with eccentricity in the joint was created and validated. All structural details of the tested truss and the...
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Post-failure fracture surface analysis of notched steel specimens after bending-torsion fatigue
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Polyurethane porous scaffolds (PPS) for soft tissue regenerative medicine applications
PublicationTissue engineering requires suitable polymeric scaffolds, which act as a physical support for regenerated tissue. A promising candidate might be polyurethane (PUR) scaffold, due to the ease of the PUR properties design, which can be adjusted directly to the intended purpose. In this study, we report a successful fabrication of porous polyurethane scaffolds (PPS) using solvent casting/particulate leaching technique combined with...
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Tensile failure study of 3D printed PLA using DIC technique and FEM analysis
PublicationThe paper presents the experimental and numerical study of the failure behaviour of Fused Filament Fabricated (FFF) Polylactic Acid (PLA) samples subjected to tensile load. The examined samples are printed in flat orientation with 0◦, 45◦ and 90◦ raster angles. During the experiments the deformation of the specimens is continuously scanned with the 3D Aramis measuring system utilizing the digital imaging correlation technique,...
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Failure of austenitic stainless steel tubes during steam generator operation
PublicationThe article presents the failure process of austenitic stainless steels used in power devices, such as heat exchangers, steam generators, in terms of local corrosion: pitting, stress and intergranular corrosion, paying particular attention to welded joints area. The effect of steel chemical composition, microstructure, welding process and work environment was analyzed. The second part of the article presents the results of the...
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Impact of power electronic Var compensators installed in certain grid points on the voltage failure
PublicationThe article presents the test results of the various types of static compensators FACTS models in the power system. The basic case, which was analyzed, it was behavior of compensators which are installed in select points of the system during voltage failure. The article presents selected results of studies conducted as part of a work [2].
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Soft Tissue Retraction Maneuver in Cone Beam Computed Tomography Prior to Crown-Lengthening Procedure—A Technical Note
PublicationBackground: An accurate determination of the biological width and the relationship of the cemento-enamel junction with the border of the alveolar bone is crucial during a clinical crown-lengthening (CCL) procedure. The aim of this study was to present a technical note about the retraction techniques in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) prior to CCL, highlighting the significant enhancement in procedural accuracy and predictability...
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Piezoelectric Transducer for Mechanical Assessment of Soft Tissues. Concept, Implementation and Analysis
PublicationThe main goal of this work was following: preparation of a new concept, implementation and analysis of the piezoelectric resonant sensor/actuator for measuring the aging process of human skin. The research work has been carried out in the framework of cooperation between the INP-ENSEEIHT-LAPLACE, Toulouse, France, and at the Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Research Group of...
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Mitigating the seismic pounding of multi-story buildings in series using linear and nonlinear fluid viscous dampers
PublicationSeismic-induced pounding between adjacent buildings may have serious consequences, ranging from minor damage up to total collapse. Therefore, researchers try to mitigate the pounding problem using different methods, such as coupling the adjacent buildings with stiff beams, connecting them by using viscoelastic links, and installing damping devices in each building individually. In the current paper, the effect of using linear and...
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[soft skills] Intellectual property protection
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący: dr Justyna Pawłowska, Rzecznik patentowy na PG Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplines Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: Justyna Pawłowska, PhD, Patent Attorney at GUT Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours Course type: lecture {mlang} Soft skills Area...
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Failure Monitoring and Condition Assessment of Steel-Concrete Adhesive Connection Using Ultrasonic Waves
PublicationAdhesive bonding is increasingly being incorporated into civil engineering applications. Recently, the use of structural adhesives in steel-concrete composite systems is of particular interest. The aim of the study is an experimental investigation of the damage assessment of the connection between steel and concrete during mechanical degradation. Nine specimens consisted of a concrete cube and two adhesively bonded steel plates...
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Study on some of the strength properties of soft clay stabilized with plastic waste strips
PublicationIt is well known that if plastic wastes are not well managed, it has a negative impact on the environment as well as on human health. In this study, recycling plastic waste in form of strips for stabilizing weak subgrade soil is proposed. For this purpose, a weak clay soil sample was mixed with 0.2%, 0.3%, and 0.4% of plastic strips by weight of soil, and the experimental results were compared to the control soil sample with 0%...
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Failure of cylindrical steel silos composed of corrugated sheets and columns and repair methods using a sensitivity analysis
PublicationW artykule omówiono przypadek awarii metalowego silosu z blachy walcowej i pionowych słupów. Wykonano analizę wyboczeniową MES z uwzględnieniem imperfekcji geometrycznych. Omówiono metody naprawcze i ich optymalizację w oparciu o analizę wrażliwości.
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Influence of Soft Soil Samples Quality on the Compressibility and Undrained Shear Strength – Seven Lessons Learned From the Vistula Marshlands
PublicationThis technical article presents the influence of sample quality on the compressibility parameters and undrained shear strength ( c u ) of soft soils from the Vistula Marshlands. The analysis covers: (1) quality of soft soil according to three criteria: void ratio (Δ e / e 0 index), volumetric strain (Δ ɛ v ) and C r / C c ratio; (2) influence of storage time on quality; (3) influence of sample quality on undrained shear strength...
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Music Information Retrieval – Soft Computing versus Statistics . Wyszukiwanie informacji muzycznej - algorytmy uczące versus metody statystyczne
PublicationMusic Information Retrieval (MIR) is an interdisciplinary research area that covers automated extraction of information from audio signals, music databases and services enabling the indexed information searching. In the early stages the primary focus of MIR was on music information through Query-by-Humming (QBH) applications, i.e. on identifying a piece of music by singing (singing/whistling), while more advanced implementations...
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[soft skills] Commercialization of scientific outcomes
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów II roku Prowadzący: Damian Kuźniewski, Agnieszka Krawczyk-Kłos, Centrum Transferu Wiedzy i Technologii na PG Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplinesObligatory course for the 2nd-year PhD students Academic teacher: Damian Kuźniewski, Agnieszka Krawczyk-Kłos, Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer...
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Soft Sensor Application in Identification of the Activated Sludge Bulking Considering the Technological and Economical Aspects of Smart Systems Functioning
PublicationThe paper presented the methodology for the construction of a soft sensor used for activated sludge bulking identification. Devising such solutions fits within the current trends and development of a smart system and infrastructure within smart cities. In order to optimize the selection of the data-mining method depending on the data collected within a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), a number of methods were considered, including:...
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The values of Permutation Entropy for patients with Congestive Heart Failure
Open Research DataThe dataset consists of calculated values of entropy of 75 000 intervals between consecutive heartbeats (RR intervals) for 29 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). The original data were taken from PhysioNet Congestive Heart Failure RR Interval Database (cf. Goldberger A., Amaral L., Glass L., Hausdorff J., Ivanov P.C., Mark R., Mietus J.E.,...
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Pore Water Pressure Development in Soft Soil due to Installation and Loading of Controlled Modulus Columns
PublicationExcess pore water pressure (EPWP) development and decay due to the installation and static loading tests of controlled modulus columns (CMC) in soft soil was measured with piezometers equipped with low air entry (LAE) filters and a piezocone (CPTU) equipped with a high air entry (HAE) filter. The HAE filter allows for detailed detection of EPWP in short time intervals during construction of CMC. The influence zone due to the installation...
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A machine learning approach to classifying New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure
PublicationAccording to the European Society of Cardiology, globally the number of patients with heart failure nearly doubled from 33.5 million in 1990 to 64.3 million in 2017, and is further projected to increase dramatically in this decade, still remaining a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. One of the most frequently applied heart failure classification systems that physicians use is the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional...
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The PARAGON-Heart failure trial – another disappointment for heart failure patients with hypertension and preserved ejection fraction
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Vehicle classification based on soft computing algorithms
PublicationExperiments and results regarding vehicle type classification are presented. Three classes of vehicles are recognized: sedans, vans and trucks. The system uses a non-calibrated traffic camera, therefore no direct vehicle dimensions are used. Various vehicle descriptors are tested, including those based on vehicle mask only and those based on vehicle images. The latter ones employ Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) and gradient images...
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Soft soil overconsolidation and CPTU dissipation test
PublicationOkreślenie stanu naprężeń oraz historii naprężeń w słabym podłożu pod wałem przeciwpowodziowym na podstawie badań CPTU i DMT. Przeprowadzono badania dysypacji nadwyżki ciśnienia wody w porach w podłożu pod wałem oraz po stronie odpowietrznej i odwodnej. Kształt krzywej dysypacji zależy od prekonsolidacji gruntu słabego. Przedstawiono sposoby określania współczynnika konsolidacji oraz współczynnika filtracji w gruntach słabych w...
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Application of Soft Computing to Automatic Music Information.
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia problemy związane z automatyczną klasyfikacją instrumentów muzycznych. Przedstawiono w nim przegląd metod, które moga służyć temu celowi oraz przykłady eksperymentów.
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Soft modelling aspects of complex IT systems development.
PublicationZaproponowano metodykę opartą na teorii zbiorów rozmytych do zakresu wspomagania decyzji na etapie budowy złożonych systemów z obszaru information technology (IT). Omówiono wszystkie elementy proponowanego podejścia. Przedstawiona architektura ma zastosowanie głównie do zarządzania projektami IT na etapie ich powstawania.
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Models and soft modelling in economics and virtual markets.
PublicationPrzedstawiono wprowadzenie do rynków wirtualnych, następnie zaproponowano podstawy miękkiego opisowego modelowania tych rynków. Przedstawione podejście potraktowano jako pierwszy krok w procesie budowy docelowego modelu wyjaśniającego.
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Advances in soft modelling techniques and decision support
PublicationPostępy w technikach miękkiego modelowania i wspomagania decyzji. W edytorialu przybliżono najnowsze osiągnięcia w zakresie miękkiego modelowania opartego na teorii zbiorów rozmytych i systemów z bazami wiedzy. Omówiono postępy teoretyczne w tej dziedzinie, jak również obszary obecnych i przyszłych zastosowań.
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Soft – Partial Frequency Reuse Method for LTE-A
PublicationIn the paper a novel SPFR frequency reuse method is proposed which can be used for improvement of physical resources utilization efficiency in LTE-A. The proposed method combines both SFR and PFR giving the possibility of more flexible use of frequency band in different regions of a cell. First, a short study on the problem of frequency reuse in cells is discussed including bibliography overview....
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The values of Block Entropy for patients with Congestive Heart Failure
Open Research DataThe dataset consists of calculated values of entropy of 75 000 intervals between consecutive heartbeats (RR intervals) for 29 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). The original data were taken from PhysioNet Congestive Heart Failure RR Interval Database (cf. Goldberger A., Amaral L., Glass L., Hausdorff J., Ivanov P.C., Mark R., Mietus J.E.,...
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Performance of isotropic constitutive laws in simulating failure mechanisms in scaled RC beams
PublicationResults of numerical calculations of reinforced concrete (RC) beams are presented. Based on experimental results on longitudinally reinforced specimens of different sizes and shapes are investigated. Four different continuum constitutive laws with isotropic softening are used: one defined within continuum damage mechanics, an elasto-plastic with the Rankine criterion in tension and the Drucker-Prager criterion in compression, a...
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[Soft Skills] Smart metering - social risk perception and risk governance
e-Learning Courses{mlang pl} Dyscyplina: soft skills Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów II roku, Prowadzący: mgr Maciej Galik Liczba godzin: 10 Forma zajęć: {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: soft skills Obligatory course for 2nd-year PhD students Academic teacher: mgr Maciej Galik Total hours of training: 10 teaching hours Course type: {mlang}
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ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing
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INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING
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Estimation of Failure Initiation in Laminated Composites by means of Nonlinear Six-Field Shell Theory and FEM
PublicationThe monography deals with the problem of failure initiation in thin laminated composites. Known techniques of laminate structures modelling are briefly characterised. Eventually, shell based approach is chosen for the purpose of the description of the composite structures behaviour, as it predicts their deformation and states of stress effectively in a global sense. The nonlinear six parameter shell theory (6p theory) with asymmetric...
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SEI Growth and Depth Profiling on ZFO Electrodes by Soft X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
PublicationZnFe2O4 (ZFO) Li-ion batteries (LIBs) represent a reliable, affordable, and safe energy storage technology for use in portable application. However, current LIB active materials (graphite, lithium/transition metal spinel or layered oxides, olivine structures) can store only limited energy since they rely on insertion storage based on solid-state host-guest interactions. Moreover, performances and durability of the cells are strongly...