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Application of hybrid signals processors to speech and hearing aids
PublicationDzięki postępowi w technice Cyfrowych Procesorów Sygnałowych (ang. DSP) stało się możliwe budowanie miniaturowych protez słuchu i mowy. Mimo niewielkich wymiarów procesory te są w stanie wykonywać złożone algorytmy. Ich dodatkową zaletą jest łatwość zmiany oprogramowania, a co za tym idzie łatwość zmiany dziedziny zastosowań. W pracy skupiono się na zagadnieniach związanych z projektowanie i implementacją algorytmów mających zastosowanie...
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Detection of dialogue in movie soundtrack for speech intelligibility enhancement
PublicationA method for detecting dialogue in 5.1 movie soundtrack based on interchannel spectral disparity is presented. The front channel signals (left, right, center) are analyzed in the frequency domain. The selected partials in the center channel signal, which yield high disparity with left and right channels, are detected as dialogue. Subsequently, the dialogue frequency components are boosted to achieve increased dialogue intelligibility....
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New approach to localization of clicks in archive speech signals.
PublicationPrzedstawiono problem lokalizacji zniekształceń impulsowych w archiwalnych sygnałach mowy. Pokazano, że detekcja oparta na dwuzakresowym modelu autoregresyjnym i przetwarzanie dwukierunkowe pozwala uzyskać znaczącą poprawę działania w stosunku do istniejących metod lokalizacji zniekształceń.
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Design of a compact planar transmission line for miniaturized rat-race coupler with harmonics suppression
PublicationThis paper presents an elegant yet straightforward design procedure for a compact rat-race coupler (RRC) with an extended harmonic suppression. The coupler’s conventional λ/4 transmission lines (TLs) are replaced by a specialized TL that offers significant size reduction and harmonic elimination capabilities in the proposed approach. The design procedure is verified through the theoretical, circuit, and electromagnetic (EM) analyses,...
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Optimal control at energy performance index of the mobile robots following dynamically created trajectories
PublicationIn practice, the problem of motion control of the wheeled mobile robots is often neglected. Wheeled mobile robots are strongly nonlinear systems and restricted by non-holonomic constraints. Motion control of such systems is not trivial task and usage of non-optimal control signals can lead to deterioration of the overall robot system’s performance. In case of autonomous application of the mobile robots all parts of its control...
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A Multifunctional Microwave Filter/Sensor Component Using a Split Ring Resonator Loaded Transmission Line
PublicationThis research is focused on the design and realiza2 tion of a microwave component with multifunctional filter/sensor 3 operation using a resonator-loaded transmission line (TL). It is 4 shown that while the structure acts as a bandstop filter, the 5 phase of the reflection coefficient from the loading resonator(s) 6 on a movable layer can be used for displacement sensing, thus 7 allowing for combining filtering with sensing in...
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Xanthone synthetic derivatives with high anticandidal activity and positive mycostatic selectivity index values
PublicationWith the current massive increases in drug-resistant microbial infection as well as the significant role of fungal infections in the death toll of COVID-19, discovering new antifungals is extremely important. Natural and synthetic xanthones are promising derivatives, although only few reports have demonstrated their antifungal mechanism of action in detail. Newly synthetized by us xanthone derivative 44 exhibited strong antifungal...
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Blue applicability grade index (BAGI) and software: a new tool for the evaluation of method practicality
PublicationIn this work, blue applicability grade index (BAGI) is proposed as a new metric tool for evaluating the practicality of an analytical method. BAGI can be considered complementary to the well-established green metrics, and it is mainly focused on the practical aspects of White Analytical Chemistry. This tool evaluates ten main attributes including the type of analysis, the number of analytes that are simultaneously determined, the...
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Determination of the refractive index and wavelength‐dependent optical properties of few‐layer CrCl3 within the Fresnel formalism
PublicationBased on previous reports on the optical microscopy contrast of mechanically exfoliated few layer CrCl3 transferred on 285 nmand 270 nmSiO2 on Si(100), we focus on the experimental determination of an effective mean complex refractive index via a fitting analysis based on the Fresnel equations formalism. Accordingly, the layer and wavelength-dependent absorbance and reflectance are calculated. Layer and wavelength-dependent optical...
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Image transmission in UAV MIMO UWB-OSTBC system over Rayleigh channel using multiple description coding (MDC)
PublicationOrthogonal Space-Time Block Codes (OSTBC) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communication system are new techniques with high performance that have many applications in wireless telecommunications. This chapter presents an image transfer technique for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a UWB system using a hybrid structure of the MIMO-OSTBC wireless environment in multiple description coding (MDC) deals. MDC technique...
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International Journal of Speech Technology
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Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech
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Index filtrations and Morse decompositions for discrete dynamical systems
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Fixed point index for $G$-equivariant multivalued maps
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The circular chromatic index of some class 2 graphs
PublicationW artykule został wyznaczony cyrkularny indeks chromatyczny dla dwóch rodzin grafów klasy 2. Co więcej, podano nie trywialne oszacowania tego parametru dla snarków Isaacsa i Goldberga. Na koniec artykułu rozważana jest złożoność obliczeniowa problemów związanych z cyrkularnym kolorowaniem krawędzi.
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Quantitative interpretation of energy-based systems and index of their reliability
PublicationW artykule zaproponowano interpretację wartościującą działania, które rozumiane jest jako wielkość fizyczna o jednostce miary zwanej dżulosekundą. Przedstawiono oryginalną metodę analizy i oceny tak rozumianego działania dowolnego systemu energetycznego z uwzględnieniem jego niezawodności i bezpieczeństwa. Do uzasadnienia przydatności tak interpretowanego działania zastosowano jednorodny proces Poissona. Proces ten umożliwił skonstruowanie...
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Conley index in Hilbert spaces and the Leray-Schauder degree
PublicationZdefiniowane są liczby Bettiego i charakterystyka Eulera LS-indeksu dla potoków generowanych przez pole zwarte w przestrzeni Hilberta. Główna teza pracy to wzór typu Poincare-Hopfa łączący wspomnianą chatrakterystykę Eulera ze stopniem Leray-Schaudera.
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Non-disjoint functional decomposition of index generation functions
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Linear and Non-linear Decomposition of Index Generation Functions
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The Conley Index and Rigorous Numerics for Attracting Periodic Orbits
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On homotopy Conley index for multivalued flows in Hilbert spaces
PublicationPodano aproksymacyjną definicję indeksu homotopijnego, otrzymując naturalne związki z podobnymi niezmiennikami. Zbadano własności tego niezmiennika i zastosowano do badania gradientowych potoków wykazując pewne geometryczne własności zbiorów niezmienniczych
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Operation of technical systems as the index of reliability and safety ofthem
PublicationPrzedstawiono propozycję ilościowej interpretacji działania systemów technicznych, która jest rozpatrywana jako wielkość fizyczna z jednostką miary zwaną dżulosekundą [dżulxsekunda]. Wykazane zostanie też, że taka interpretacja działania może być uznana za wskaźnik niezawodności, a w szczególnych przypadkach - wskaźnik bezpieczeństwa funkcjonowania takiego sytemu. Do uzasadnienia takiej przydatności wspomnianego działania silnika...
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Operation of gas turbine engines as the index of their reliability and safety.
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono propozycję ilościowej interpretacji działania turbinowego silnika spalinowego, które (podobnie jak przedstawione w fizyce działania Hamiltona i Maupertiusa oraz działanie wynikające ze zmiany pędu ciała) jest rozpatrywane jako wielkość fizyczna z jednostką miary zwaną dżulosekundą [dżulsekunda]. Wykazano też, że taka interpretacja działania może być uznana za wskaźnik niezawodności, a w szczególnych przypadkach...
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Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and optical microscope images of pristine and silica-coated bismuth oxide and gadolinium oxide particles
Open Research DataCollection of raw transmission electron microscope (TEM) micrographs and optical microscope images used in the associated manuscript. All data in accessible *.tif format. Zip package contains:
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Impulse Measurements of Tower Earthings of Overhead Transmission Lines
PublicationPrzepisy wymagają okresowego badania uziemień słupów elektroenergetycznych linii przesyłowych. pomiary takie metodami klasycznymi niskiej częstotliwości wymagają odłączania uziomów od konstrukcji słupa, co wiąże się z wyłączaniem linii. wykorzstanie metody udarowej do oceny uziemień nie wymaga odłączania uziomów i może byc przeprowadzane podczas pracy linii.
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Transmission and Reflection Coefficients for Damage Identification in 1D Elements
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Transmission and reflection coefficients for damage identification in 1D elements
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono mozliowści wykorzystania współczynnika odbicia i przejścia fali sprężystej w miejscu nieciągłości konstrukcji do identyfikacji jej rodzaju
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A New Approach For High Speed Data Transmission Monitoring
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono nowatorski sposób monitorowania szybkiej transmisji danych. Technika została zaprezentowana dla przypadku transmisji różnicowej na płycie drukowanej. Cechą szczególną rozwiązania jest możliwość pomiaru jakości transmisji w linii bez konieczności montowania dedykowanych złącz pomiarowych, które mogłyby degradować transmisję.
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Data transmission optical link for RF-GUN project
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Numerical Issues and Approximated Models for the Diagnosis of Transmission Pipelines
PublicationThe chapter concerns numerical issues encountered when the pipeline flow process is modeled as a discrete-time state-space model. In particular, issues related to computational complexity and computability are discussed, i.e., simulation feasibility which is connected to the notions of singularity and stability of the model. These properties are critical if a diagnostic system is based on a discrete mathematical model of the flow...
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Influence of the thermal modernization of window on transmission heat losses
PublicationThe article presents the results of calculations of the heat transfer coefficient for the state before and after renovation for the historic windows. The aim of the analysis was to obtain the values of thermal insulation parameters demanded by the regulations, while not losing the historical value of the window. The described example of the renovation of the existing window consisted in installing an additional window panel from...
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Wave transmission across surface interfaces in lattice structures
PublicationWithin the lattice dynamics formulation, we present an exact solution for anti-plane surface waves in a square lattice strip with a surface row of material particles of two types separated by a linear interface. The considered problem is a discrete analog of an elastic half-space with surface stresses modelled through the simplified Gurtin–Murdoch model, where we have an interfacial line separating areas with different surface...
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Digital Fingerprinting based on Quaternion Encryption for Image Transmission
PublicationIn this paper a new digital fingerprinting scheme for images is proposed. A proposed method is based on quaternion encryption with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode of operation. Quaternions are hyper-complex numbers of rank 4 and thus often applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. The encryption algorithm is designed for grey-tone images. For purpose of encryption, the algorithm uses the rotation of data vectors presented...
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A quaternion-based modified feistel cipher for multimedia transmission
PublicationIn this paper a quaternion-based modified Feistel Cipher is proposed. The algorithm is based on the scheme proposed by Sastry and Kumar (2012). Our algorithm uses special properties of quaternions to perform rotations of data sequences in 3D space for each of the cipher rounds. The plaintext (image in gray-tone) is divided into two square matrices of equal size which consist of Lipschitz quaternions. A modular arithmetic was implemented...
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Wireless data transmission for fiber optical sensor system
PublicationW artykule opisano możliwość wykorzystania bezprzewodowego systemu transmisji danych do transmisji sygnałów z czujników światłowodowych.
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Inline Waveguide Filter With Transmission Zeros Using a Modified-T-Shaped-Post Coupling Inverter
PublicationThis letter reports the design techniques for a class 2 of inline waveguide bandpass filters with sharp-rejection capabil3 ities at the lower stopband based on a novel nonlinear-frequency4 variant-coupling (NFVC) structure. The proposed NFVC consists 5 of a modified-T-shaped metallic post (MTP) that is placed at the 6 center of the waveguide broad wall with its open arms lying 7 along the waveguide width. The engineered NFVC structure 8...
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Selection of C-Type Filters for Reactive Power Compensation and Filtration of Higher Harmonics Injected into the Transmission System by Arc Furnaces
PublicationThis article presents a method for selecting the elements of a C-type filter working with a conventional LC-type filter for compensating reactive power and filtering out higher harmonics generated by arc furnaces and ladle furnaces. The study was conducted in a steel mill supplied by a 110 kV transmission system, where higher harmonic currents and nonlinear loads were measured. A series of computer simulations were performed under...
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A hybrid speech codec employing parametric and perceptual coding techniques
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono hybrydowy kodek mowy dla zastosowan w komunikacji VoIP wykorzystujący kodowanie parametryczne i percetualne. Sygnał mowy jest dzielony na składowe dźwięczne, które podlegają kodowania perceptualnemu, składowe bezdźwięczne, które kodowane są metodą parametryczną oraz transjenty, które nie są kodowane żadną stratną metodą. Dodatkowo przedstawiono architekturę kodeka, w której perceptualnie kodowana i przesyłana...
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Auditory-model based robust feature selection for speech recognition
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Real-time speech streching for supporting hearing impaired schoolchildren
PublicationA study of time scale modification algorithms applied to support hearing impaired schoolchildren is presented. Variety of algorithms are considered, namely: overlap-and add, two variations of synchronous overlapand- add, and the phase vocoder. Their effectiveness as well as real-time processing capabilities are examined.
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Automatic prosodic modification in a Text-To-Speech synthesizer of Polish language
PublicationPrzedstawiono system syntezy mowy polskiej z funkcją automatycznej modyfikacji prozodii wypowiedzi. Opisane zostały metody automatycznego wyznaczania akcentu i intonacji wypowiedzi. Przedstawiono zastosowanie algorytmów przetwarzania sygnału mowy w procesie kształtowania prozodii. Omówiono wpływ zastosowanych modyfikacji na naturalność brzmienia syntezowanego sygnału. Zastosowana metoda oparta jest na algorytmie TD-PSOLA. Opracowany...
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Fiber optic low-coherence Fabry-Pérot interferometer with ZnO layers in transmission and reflective mode: comparative study
PublicationA construction of a low-coherence fiber-optic Fabry-Pérot interferometer using a thin ZnO layer as a reflective surfaces was proposed and examined. In the investigated setup, the ZnO layer of thickness 200 nm were deposited on the face of the standard telecommunication single-mode optical fiber (SMF-28). Measurements of interference signal were performed for the interferometer working in the transmission and reflective mode, as...
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Schemes of transmission of classical information via quantum channels with many senders: Discrete- and continuous-variable cases
PublicationSuperadditivity effects in the classical capacity of discrete multiaccess channels and continuous variable (CV) Gaussian MACs are analyzed. Several examples of the manifestation of superadditivity in the discrete case are provided, including, in particular, a channel which is fully symmetric with respect to all senders. Furthermore, we consider a class of channels for which input entanglement across more than two copies of the...
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TEM (transmission electron microscopy) images and elemental mapping EDX (energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) of bulk boron and borophene obtained during ball milling
Open Research DataThese data contain TEM (transmission electron microscopy) images with corresponding elemental mapping EDX of bulk boron and borophene flakes after the ball-milling process (450 rpm, 6 h, 1 g). The data were collected to investigate the structure and morphology of the materials.
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The Physical Activity Environment Policy Index for monitoring government policies and actions to improve physical activity
PublicationBackground A multifaceted response, including government action, is essential to improve population levels of physical activity (PA). This article describes the development process of the ‘Physical Activity Environment Policy Index’ (PA-EPI) monitoring framework, a tool to assess government policies and actions for creating a healthy PA environment. Methods An iterative process was undertaken. This involved a review of policy...
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Evaluation of pounding effects between reinforced concrete frames subjected to far-field earthquakes in terms of damage index
PublicationIn this paper, three different damage indexes were used to detect nonlinear damages in two adjacent Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures considering pounding effects. 2-, 4- and 8-story benchmark RC Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) were selected for this purpose with 60%, 75%, and 100% of minimum separation distance and also without any in-between separation gap. These structures were analyzed using the incremental dynamic analysis...
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Heritability of Plasma Adiponectin Levels and Body Mass Index in Twins
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Computationally efficient index generation unit using a Bloom filter
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Heuristic Minimization of Symmetric Index Generation Functions utilizing their Properties
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Construction of index generation unit using probabilistic data structures
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