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  • Małgorzata Zięba dr hab. inż.

  • The health impact of urban parks along waterways

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    - Year 2014

    Well designed parks along waterways could promote health and well-being of local inhabitants. The way the human settlements meet water bodies can influence the habits of local population. How people spend their time have significant impact on their health. For example, a team of Japanese scientists has proven that a well designed walk-able green spaces are crucial for the longevity of elderly citizens (Takano T. et al, 2002). Nature...

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  • Interactive and Media Architecture – From Social Encounters to City Planning Strategies

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    The paper searches into the potential of media and interactive projects to support participation and generate social encounters in public spaces. Moreover, it proposes implementation of media and interactive projects into city planning processes. On the basis of theoretical approaches, case studies and interdisciplinary surveys the paper gives insight how interactive and media architecture can engage people in activities in urban...

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  • Law regulation in Poland related to biofuels

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    The situation in the area of using biofuels in transport mostly the law aspects was presented and discussed. In Poland there are various legal issues with biofuel production, examination and use. These include among the others: quality inspection, production costs and market prices of biofuels, forms of public and legal service for biofuel producers or programs of biofuels promotion. In order to popularise biofuels it is significant...

  • The Effect of University Campuses on the Modal Split of Polish Cities

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    The article considers the effect Polish public universities have on the characteristics of urban traffic. The article describes how the public university community has changed over 25 years and its share in the urban population. The characteristics of the modal split in Polish university towns is given based on selected cases. The relation between the share of transport modes in the modal split and the size of towns or university...

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  • Contemporary issues in production and utilisation of the common urban areas

    This paper deals with issues in production and utilization of common urban areas within contemporary cities. Therefore, the main focus of it was put on the analysis of the possible models of development of spaces in the context of changing socio-economic environment of cities and evolution of their structure. This issue is discussed also in light of the changing definition of the contemporary public space, which no longer resembles...

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  • The impact of the overhead line's power supply system spatial differentiation on the energy consumption of trolleybus transport: planning and economic aspects

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    - Transport - Year 2017

    Nowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest, which is connected both with a growth in environmental awareness of the society and an increase in the prices of fuel and electricity. It can be achieved by reducing of the transmission losses in supply system or by the improving of the usage of the regenerative breaking. The spatial differentiation of the energy supply system of...

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  • An audio-visual corpus for multimodal automatic speech recognition

    review of available audio-visual speech corpora and a description of a new multimodal corpus of English speech recordings is provided. The new corpus containing 31 hours of recordings was created specifically to assist audio-visual speech recognition systems (AVSR) development. The database related to the corpus includes high-resolution, high-framerate stereoscopic video streams from RGB cameras, depth imaging stream utilizing Time-of-Flight...

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  • Modeling the global atmospheric transport and deposition of mercury to the Great Lakes

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    • M. Cohen
    • R. R. Draxler
    • R. S. Artz
    • P. Blanchard
    • T. M. Holsen
    • D. A. Jaffe
    • P. Kelley
    • H. Lei
    • C. P. Loughner
    • W. T. Luke... and 11 others

    - Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene - Year 2016

    Mercury contamination in the Great Lakes continues to have important public health and wildlife ecotoxicology impacts, and atmospheric deposition is a significant ongoing loading pathway. The objective of this study was to estimate the amount and source-attribution for atmospheric mercury deposition to each lake, information needed to prioritize amelioration efforts. A new global, Eulerian version of the HYSPLIT-Hg model was used...

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  • Elderly persons professional activity - substantive issues and methodical challenges

    Population ageing and mass withdrawal of persons around retirement age from the labour market constitutes a serious threat for European Union economy, especially in the so-called new member states. The coming years are expected to bring a considerable increase in public spending on pensions and health care, as well as changes in the structure and size of consumer demand and an increase in the number of socially excluded individuals....

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  • A Comprehensive Review of Phytonutrients as a Dietary Therapy for Obesity

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    • S. A. Siddiqui
    • I. Azmy Harahap
    • P. Suthar
    • Y. S. Wu
    • N. Ghosh
    • R. Castro Munoz

    - Foods - Year 2023

    Obesity is a complex medical condition mainly caused by eating habits, genetics, lifestyle, and medicine. The present study deals with traditional diets like the Mediterranean diet, Nordic diet, African Heritage diet, Asian diet, and DASH, as these are considered to be sustainable diets for curing obesity. However, the bioavailability of phytonutrients consumed in the diet may vary, depending on several factors such as digestion...

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  • Light Symposium. Connecting health research with lighting practice

    Thanks to state-of-the-art medical and environmental research, our current understanding about the impact of light and lighting is improving at a rapid rate. While the evolution of lighting technologies offers promising design possibilities, it also poses new challenges to planners and the general public. This is further complicated by the fact that today’s modern indoor lifestyle means we can be completely disconnected from nature...

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  • Public art in the era of urban transformations. A case study of Eduardo Paolozzi’s artistic output in Edinburgh and in London

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    - Przestrzeń i Forma - Year 2020

    Urban space dedicated to cultural life, entertainment or business is currently exposed to dynamic urbanistic transformations. Monumental works of art within the boundaries of cities, for years embedded in the urban landscape and awareness of viewers, are moved to other places or even destroyed. Decisions about a change of their location and context, which are fundamental aspects for the impression made by a given work of art, cause...

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  • A universal standard for health-promoting places. Example of assessment -on the basis of a case study of Rahway River Park

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    The purpose of this paper is to contribute to development of approaches to the evaluation of the design of public open green spaces (POS). This paper presents a universal standard for the design of health-promoting urban places. The standard is a conceptual framework which was developed after visiting over one hundred public parks and therapeutic gardens in Europe and the United States. The universal standard is a simple and...

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  • President and Manager of the court versus networking in justice system - "Extending of Delimitation"

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    - Year 2016

    Current knowledge and empirical studies concering the networks collaboration in public sector, the role of decision-making centre in the building of network structure, strategy formulation and evaluation is fragmentary.

  • Possibilities of applying standard tools of promotion in place marketing

    The purpose of this article is to present the tools of promotion that can be used by local government units in the developing and implementing of marketing strategies. The article evaluates a set of four basic tools of promotion comprising advertising, public relations and publicity, sales promotion and personal selling. This group was supplemented by direct marketing, presented from the point of view of communication via the Internet.

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  • The scope of fiscal decentralisation in EU countries: a comparative analysis

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    Motivation: Decentralization is one of the main challenges in public sector reform. In democratic countries the level of decentralisation in individual countries is not identical. The varying scope of decentralization affects the quality, quick and efficient decision-making by public leaders. Aim: Comparison of the extent of fiscal decentralisation in EU Member States; creation of groups of states with similar levels of decentralisation;...

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  • Etyczne dylematy PR-owca

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    - Year 2003

    Praca jest analizą wybranych dylematów etycznych osoby pełniącej funkcję specjalisty public relations, podstawowych wartości i zasad koniecznych do pełnienia tych funkcji.

  • Social benefits valuation of hosting non-mega sporting events

    Purpose In the study, an attempt was made to estimate the social benefits resulting from three non-mega sporting events organized in Ergo Arena located on the border of two cities in Poland. By attributing a value to intangible social benefits, the intangible effect was determined and compared to the expenditure incurred in the construction of Ergo Arena Hall. Design/methodology/approach In order to value social intangible effects...

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  • XXXVIII Wieczór z Ekonomią w formie zdalnej

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    27-05-2021 18:00 - 27-05-2021 20:00

    Zapraszamy na spotkanie naukowe online: Wieczór z Ekonomią, organizowane przez prof. Piotra Dominiaka, którego gościem będzie prof. Dominik Antonowicz z UMK w Toruniu.

  • Marzena Starnawska dr

    People

  • Unveiling the Pool of Metallophores in Native Environments and Correlation with Their Potential Producers

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    • F. Calderón Celis
    • I. González-Álvarez
    • M. Fabjanowicz
    • S. Godin
    • L. Ouerdane
    • B. Lauga
    • R. Łobiński

    - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - Year 2023

    For many organisms, metallophores are essential biogenic ligands that ensure metal scavenging and acquisition from their environment. Their identification is challenging in highly organic matter rich environments like peatlands due to low solubilization and metal scarcity and high matrix complexity. In contrast to common approaches based on sample modification by spiking of metal isotope tags, we have developed a two-dimensional...

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  • Pedestrian detection in low-resolution thermal images

    Over one million people die in car accidents worldwide each year. A solution that will be able to reduce situations in which pedestrian safety is at risk has been sought for a long time. One of the techniques for detecting pedestrians on the road is the use of artificial intelligence in connection with thermal imaging. The purpose of this work was to design a system to assist the safety of people and car intelligence with the use...

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  • IMPROVING STUDENT SKILLS WITH ENGAGING IN HERITAGE PROTECTION PROJECTS. CASE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY WORKS AT WISŁOUJŚCIE FORTRESS, POLAND (2017)

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    - Year 2019

    Today's educational offer at universities contains a lot of theoretical and general knowledge, which becomes less understandable and less suitable for students of the new generation. Student's educational needs aimed at increasing the practical experience necessary for future professional life. Heritage conservation projects are a good opportunity to implement project-based learning methods. Such projects can be scientific and...

  • Building Confidence and Trust in Ireland's National Maternity Services Workforce –What matters most and how?

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    • A. Ojo
    • N. Rizun
    • G. S. Grace
    • W. Przychodzen
    • M. Isazad Mashinchi
    • C. Foley
    • D. Rohde

    - HEALTH POLICY - Year 2023

    National surveys on care experiences are increasingly adopted as regulatory mechanisms for improving care quality and increasing public trust in healthcare services. Based on data collected as part of Ireland's 2020 National Maternity Experience Survey, this study investigates care-related factors that contribute most to confidence and trust in the professional workforce (or carers) within Irish maternity services. The survey covered...

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  • Rethinking non-governmental organizations – at the crossroad of economics and civil society

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    The article aims to close the existing knowledge gaps, show why non‑governmental organizations are founded and maintained, and elaborate and systematize the existing knowledge through an analysis of the existing subdisciplines within economics, laying the groundwork for the economics of non‑governmental organizations. The article was written based on a structured literature review with an approach similar to the grounded theory...

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  • THE ARCHITECTURE OF DAYLIGHT IN THE DISCOURSE ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY

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    The need to create ecological and energy efficient architecture is evident today. In the contemporary discourse on architecture more and more attention is dedicated to the aesthetics that expresses the idea of sustainability. The article is a voice in this debate, concentrating on the architecture that features daylight. Solar light comes from the natural environment and brings some substantial benefits for the architectural space,...

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  • CONTEMPORARY ART AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

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    - Year 2018

    The paper aims to explore the potential role of contemporary art as a catalyst for social transformation and civic engagement. The research focuses on the visual arts and their power to change social attitudes in contemporary society. On the basis of theoretical, transdisciplinary approaches and analysis of artwork the paper investigates emerging forms of art and how they address pressing social issues and concerns that would otherwise...

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  • How to fund an additional secular function in the monumental church?

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    - Year 2018

    The implementation of a new public function into the non-used church spaces like attics or cellars in context of revitalizing a lawfully protected historical city areas have diversified aspects. The article describes the financial aspect of adaptation of omitted spaces of monumental sacral buildings by presenting funding possibilities in the European Union countries available in period of 2017-2018 and the funds planned for the...

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  • Marek Wirkus dr hab. inż.

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    M. Sc. (1977 in the field of mechanical engineering technology and production management); Ph.D. degree in the field of Economic Sciences (1990; production management using IT techniques), habilitated doctor in the field of Economic Sciences, in the discipline of Management Sciences (2007 in the area of managing the portfolio of innovative projects); Co-creator of the Faculty of Management and Economics (1993); Vice Dean for Continuing...

  • Michał Tomasz Tomczak dr

    Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology. He worked as a visiting scholar at the University of North Texas, College of Health and Public Service. He is the first Polish researcher in the field of management who conducted research on neurodiversity and work. Author and coauthor of over 50 publications in the field of Human Resources Management, in particular,...

  • Mariusz Figurski prof. dr hab. inż.

    Mariusz Józef Figurski (born 27 April 1964 in Łasinie, Poland) - Polish geodesist, professor of technical sciences, professor at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Early life and education He passed the matriculation examination in 1983 after he had finished Jan III Sobieski High school in Grudziądz. He graduated the Military University of Technology on an individual mode at the Faculty of Electromechanics and Civil Engineering...

  • Wykorzystanie klasyfikacji funkcjonalnej usług do efektywnego zarządzania zasobami chmurowymi

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    - Year 2023

    Wykazano jak istotnym problemem jest zarzadzanie chmurą obliczeniową, w tym alokacja zasobów do wykonania usług (workloadów) zgłoszonych przez użytkownika. Przeanalizowano problem podziału usług wdrażanych w środowiskach chmurowych na klasy określające ich funkcjonalność. Zaproponowano oryginalną metodę alokacji workloadów wykorzystującą wprowadzoną klasyfikację funkcjonalną oraz identyfikację tych klas na podstawie wielkości generowanego...

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  • Effects of the Covid-19 travel restrictions on metropolises mobility: empirical evidence from the Tricity metropolis (Poland)

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    - Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG - Year 2023

    This paper aims to assess changes in mobility and modal shift caused by COVID-19 travel restrictions among the residents of Gdańsk Bay Metropolis (Poland). Measurement’s moments were assumed in periods differing in the level of restric- tions. The computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) was carried out in November and December 2020. The results did not confirm the expected modal shift. However, significant changes in the number...

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  • Etyka - o konieczności dyskursu etycznego w organizacjach

    Do budowania zasad dobrego funkcjonowania organizacji, do odkrywania mechanizmów jej funkcjonowania, analizowania ludzkich potrzeb i możliwości ich realizowania, do wpływu warunków ekonomicznych i kulturowych na sposób funkcjonowania organizacji – do tych problemów przywiązuje się wielką wagę w naukach o zarządzaniu. Czy równie dużą wagę przykłada się – i docenia – rangę zachowań ludzkich w sferze moralnej, wpływ zasad etycznych...

  • Knowledge Societies Policy Library

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    • R. Baguma
    • J. Á. Carvalho
    • G. Cledou
    • E. Estevez
    • S. Finquelievich
    • T. Janowski
    • N. Lopes
    • J. Millard

    - Year 2016

    The Knowledge Societies Policy Library is a collection of relevant research literature, policies, indicators, case studies and other resources relevant to the development of public policies for Knowledge Societies, and to support the use of the accompanying Knowledge Societies Policy Handbook.

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  • Assessment of Citizens’ Actions against Light Pollution with Guidelines for Future Initiatives

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    Due to the wide reach of media reports about scientific research and technological tools such as the world wide web (WWW), the Internet, and web browsers, citizens today have access to factual information about the negative impact of artificial light at night (ALAN) on their dark skies, and their health and well-being. This means they can now make educated decisions and take the necessary steps to help protect themselves and their...

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  • The Origins of the Concept of Ideology

    The concept of "ideology" as, firstly, a term that points at non-epistemological conditioning of cognitive processes, and, secondly, as a term which aimed at disclosing the ancillary role of given ideas in regard to specific political interests of certain groups, has long history. Since Francis Bacon's theory of idols modern philosophy endavoured to create a comprehensive classification of systematic cognitive errors which divert...

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  • Development of Intelligent Control for Annealing Unit to Ensure the Minimization of Retroactive Effects on the Supply Network

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    - Year 2015

    Research conducted by our team focused on the development of a complete annealing unit, using modern technologies and components, such as a programmable logic controller, an industrial computer and microcontrollers, ensuring an intelligent way to control power semiconductor elements (SSR relays), with regard to minimizing retroactive effects on the supply network. This modern configuration offers a number of new possibilities of...

  • Iranian future healthcare professionals’ knowledge and opinions about rare diseases: cross‑sectional study

    Background: Rare diseases are a new global health priority, requiring evidence-based estimates of the global prevalenceof diseases to inform public policymakers and provide a serious challenge to the healthcare system that must not be ignored. The purpose of this study is to investigate Iranian future healthcare professionals’ knowledge and opinions about rare diseases.Results: A total of 6838 students responded...

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  • Educational and cognitive aspects of adaptation of nonuse spaces in monumental sacral objects.

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    - Year 2018

    The area of attics and towers in historic churches in Europe are yet quite inaccessible places for visitors, shrouded in the atmosphere of mysticism, hiding many secrets. Introduction of the new public function into the non-used zones of the monumental sacral objects has many aspects including educational and cognitive ones which are discussed in the following article. The article indicates items that can be found in the zone above...

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  • LTE as a Trunking - Dispatch System

    In the paper solutions of trunking-dispatch systems based on the LTE system are presented. The solution in the form of separate LTE/TDD trunking system is discussed, and the concept of the LTE/FDD trunking system operating in the infrastructure of public, mobile networks is characterised.

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  • Niezgodność przekonań i działań menedżerów wobec pracowników w wieku 55+

    Artykuł dotyczy problematyki postaw i działań menadżerów wobec pracowników w wieku 55+. W literaturze dotyczącej zarządzania wiekiem przytaczane są wyniki badań na temat cech charakteryzujących starszych pracowników. Porównuje się je czasami z cechami przypisywanymi pracownikom młodym. Cel prezentowanych w artykule badań sformułowany został nieco inaczej i dotyczył zweryfikowania zbieżności zalet przypisywanych starszym pracownikom...

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  • Energy recovery effectiveness in trolleybus transport

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    - ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH - Year 2014

    Nowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest whichis connected both with a growth in environmental awareness of the society and an increase in the pricesof fuel and electricity. One of the possibilities to reduce energy consumption in urban public transport isto increase the extent of regenerative braking energy utilization. This can be achieved by its accumulationin the supercapacitors...

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  • The Impact of Ergonomic Guiding Principles on the Formation of Modern Monumental Art

    Commemoration of historic events is now a commonplace phenomenon both in culture and in academic research. The phenomenon is linked to an increase in the representation of the visualisation of the past in public sphere, which in turn leads to reformulation of monumental art. Modern monuments are often spatial forms consisting both of sculpture installation and bigger constructions. In case of these realisations, the designers,...

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  • A Comparison of STI Measured by Direct and Indirect Methods for Interiors Coupled with Sound Reinforcement Systems

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    This paper presents a comparison of STI (Speech Transmission Index) coefficient measurement results carried out by direct and indirect methods. First, acoustic parameters important in the context of public address and sound reinforcement systems are recalled. A measurement methodology is presented that employs various test signals to determine impulse responses. The process of evaluating sound system performance, signals enabling...

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  • Safety Assessment of Tram Stops

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    - Journal of KONBiN - Year 2019

    The safety of public transport stops is the subject of numerous studies in large agglomerations around the world. This is due to the fact that it is a passenger exchange zone where collisions and accidents involving people getting on or off public transport vehicles most often occur. For this reason, the purpose of the article is to present the results of the safety assessment of the stop zones for two selected tram lines in Wroclaw....

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  • Marek Czachor prof. dr hab.

  • Nanotechnologia w architekturze – korzyści i problemy wynikające z zastosowania nanotechnologii w aspekcie cyklu życia budynku

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    - Year 2014

    Dynamiczny rozwój technologii zawsze odgrywał ważną rolę w procesie kształtowania architektury. Postęp w dziedzinie inżynierii materiałowej już od Rewolucji Przemysłowej pozwalał na osiąganie co raz bardziej skomplikowanych i jednocześnie wytrzymałych konstrukcji budynków. Obecnie, w dziedzinie architektury, zaczyna pojawiać się pojęcie nanotechnologii, która pozwala zmieniać stosowane materiały w bardziej wydajne i odporne....

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  • Benchmark of the traffic congestion in electrical transport by means of multi criteria decision analysis

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    - Przegląd Elektrotechniczny - Year 2013

    Congestion of the road traffic is an important aspect related to the issues of energy consumption in public transport. Due to the multiattribute nature, the expression of traffic congestion in a quantitative valueis difficult to achieve. The article presents a method of estimation of traffic congestion by means of a multiattribute decision analysis.

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