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Visual Features for Improving Endoscopic Bleeding Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks
PublicationThe presented paper investigates the problem of endoscopic bleeding detection in endoscopic videos in the form of a binary image classification task. A set of definitions of high-level visual features of endoscopic bleeding is introduced, which incorporates domain knowledge from the field. The high-level features are coupled with respective feature descriptors, enabling automatic capture of the features using image processing methods....
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The development of an indirect ELISA for the detection of goose parvovirus antibodies using specific VP3 subunits as the coating antigen
PublicationIn Poland, the leader in goose production in Europe, goose parovirus infection, or Derzsy’s disease (DD), must be reported to the veterinary administration due to the serious economic and epizootic threat to waterfowl production. Prophylactic treatment for DD includes attenuated live or inactivated vaccines. Moreover, the control of DD includes the monitoring of maternal derived antibody (MDA) levels in the offspring and antibody...
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MultiRegional PCA for leakage detection and localisation in DWDS - Chojnice case study
PublicationThis chapter considers pipe leakage detection and localisation in Drinking Water Distribution Systems (DWDS) by using a novel approach the MultiRegional Principal Component Analysis (MR-PCA). The MR-PCA is an extension of well known PCA method. The main idea of MR-PCA consists in designing a number of regional PCA models and analysing their responses caused by the pipe faults. Moreover, DWDS is decomposed into suitable subnetworks...
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Template chart detection for stoma telediagnosis
PublicationThe paper presents the concept of using color template charts for the needs of telemedicine, particularly telediagnosis of the stoma. Although the concept is not new, the current popularity and level of development of digital cameras, especially those embedded in smartphones, allow common and reliable remote advice on various medical problems, which can be very important in the case of limitations in a physical contact with a doctor....
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Transformer-Capsule Model for Intent Detection
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Detection methods of dynamic spammer's behavior
PublicationPoczta elektroniczna ze względu na swoją naturę jest bardzo podatna na zjawisko spamu. Oddzielanie spamu od dobrych wiadomości jest zadaniem żmudnym i pracochłonnym. Dlatego jest rzeczą istotną opracowanie skutecznej metody walki ze spamem uwzględniającej nie tylko aktualne metody działania spamerów, ale również wzięcie pod uwagę dynamicznych aspektów zmieniających się stale ich zachowań.Artykuł opisuje metodę klasyfikacji wiadomości...
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Outlier Detection with the Use of Isolation Forests
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Ontology oriented threat detection system
PublicationW niniejszym artykule przedstawiony jest projekt opartego o ntologię systemu wykrywania zagrożeń w różnego typu monitorowanych środowiskach (OOTDS). Zakłada się, że umieszczone w środowisku czujniki na bieżąco dostarczają systemowi zdarzeń odzwierciedlających zmiany zachodzące w środowisku. Korzystając z sieci asynchronicznych bloków rosnącej złożoności OOTDS dokonuje analizy otrzymanych zdarzeń. Bloki wstępnego przetwarzania konwertują...
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On-Board Detection, Classification and Evaluation of Nonlinearities
PublicationArtykuł prezentuje tester wbudowany BIT przeznaczony do wydobywania informacji diagnostycznej z sygnału generowanego przy zastosowaniu oscylacyjnej metody testowania. Układ bazujący na technice modulacji Sigma-Delta i sztucznych sieciach neuronowych może wykrywać nieliniowość w sygnale testującym, określać rodzaj nieliniowości i szacować zawartość harmonicznych.
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Workflow application for detection of unwanted events
PublicationZaprezentowano rozproszoną aplikację do wykrywania potencjalnie niebezpiecznych zdarzeń z wejściowych strumieni wideo. Rozpoznanie niepożądanych zdarzeń wywołuje alarmy i wysyła powiadomienia do odpowiednich służb, jak również powoduje zarejestrowanie filmu. Model aplikacji składa się z węzłów z kamerami, pobierajacych strumienie danych, przetwarzajacych dane, wysyłajacych powiadomienia i zapisujacych dane. Zaimplementowana aplikacja...
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VIBRATION PARAMETERS FOR DAMAGE DETECTION IN STRUCTURES
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to examine how damage indicators are sensitive to changing number of frequencies and mode shapes and also to number and location of measurement points. The influence of measurement errors was also analyzed for all cases. For the analysis, those damage indicators are chosen which use changes in such modal parameters as natural frequencies and mode shapes and also differences between the curvatures of the damaged...
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Detection and localization of leaks in transmission pipelines
PublicationZadanie monitorowania przepływu mediów ciekłych lub gazowych przez rurociągiprzemysłowe realizuje się za pomocą algorytmów obserwacji, skonstruowanychodpowiednio do nieliniowego modelu procesu transportowego, z zastosowaniempomiarów ciśnienia i natężenia przepływu medium na krańcach nadzorowanegoodcinka rurociągu. Uwagę skupiono na dwu metodach analtycznej redundancji ifiltracyjnej generacji sygnału resztowego, będącego...
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The method of detection of electromagnetic fields in ground
PublicationW prezentowanej metodzie, detekcja pola polega na pomiarach i analizie zmian rozkładu potencjału. Różnice potencjałów są mierzone jako napięcie pomiędzy elektrodami umieszczonymi w różnych pozycjach na powierzchni ziemi. Analiza tych napięć przy pomocy krótkoczasowej transformaty Fouriera STFT umożliwia wyznaczenie zmian spektralnej gęstości mocy sygnału w funkcji czasu. Ten rodzaj łącznej analizy czasowo-częstotliwościowej daje...
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Optimal Sensor Placement for Damage Detection
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono dwie konfiguracje czujników PZT do detekcji uszkodzeń w płytach. Omówion zalety i wady obu konfiguracji.
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Directional sonobuoy system for detection of submarines.
PublicationW artykule omówiono ogólnie hydroakustyczne metody wykrywania i lokalizacji okrętów podwodnych. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono systemowi lotniczemu wykorzystującemu sonoboje kierunkowe. Omówiono zasadę pracy takiego systemu, przedstawiono metodę detekcji i estymacji kierunku przyjścia fali akustycznej emitowanej przez okręt oraz stosowane w praktyce metody zobrazowania. Powodem podjęcia tej tematyki jest zakończenie budowy prototypu...
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A New Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Signal Detection Method for Underwater Acoustic Communications in Shallow-Water Channel
PublicationDirect-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) is one of the modulation and coding techniques used in Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems for reliable data transmision even at low signal levels. However, in a shallow water channel, there is a strong multipath propagation which causes a phase fluctuation of the received signal, affecting the performance of the spread-spectrum system. The article presents a differential method...
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How Integration of a Brain-Machine Interface and Obstacle Detection System Can Improve Wheelchair Control via Movement Image
PublicationThis study presents a human-computer interaction combined with a brain-machine interface (BMI) and obstacle detection system for remote control of a wheeled robot through movement imagery, providing a potential solution for individuals facing challenges with conventional vehicle operation. The primary focus of this work is the classification of surface EEG signals related to mental activity when envisioning movement and deep relaxation...
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Ion Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection for Determining Cyanide in Urine and Meconium Samples
PublicationThe parents’ addictions and eating habits have a significant influence on the child’s growth. The first stool of a newborn baby provides a large amount of information about xenobiotics transmitted by the mother’s body. The analytical technique used in the study is ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (IC-PAD). The biological samples, which were obtained from women staying in a maternity ward and their partners,...
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Optical Detection of Ketoprofen by Its Electropolymerization on an Indium Tin Oxide-Coated Optical Fiber Probe
PublicationIn this work an application of optical fiber sensors for real-time optical monitoring of electrochemical deposition of ketoprofen during its anodic oxidation is discussed. The sensors were fabricated by reactive magnetron sputtering of indium tin oxide (ITO) on a 2.5 cm-long core of polymer-clad silica fibers. ITO tuned in optical properties and thickness allows for achieving a lossy-mode resonance (LMR) phenomenon and it can be...
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The role of additives in improving the flammability and calorific value of leather shavings and the binding of chromium compounds in ash
PublicationLeather processing companies are struggling with the problem of increasing costs of post-production waste disposal. Therefore, the issue of thermal waste disposal at the plant and the use of generated heat in the production process is becoming more and more popular. Leather waste on its own does not allow for autothermal combustion despite the sufficient higher heating value (HHV). Therefore the Authors proposed to improve the...
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Application of wavelet transform in analysis of guided wave propagation signals for damage detection in a steel plate
PublicationThe paper presents results of experimental investigations on damage detection using guided wave propagation technique. The tested specimen was a steel plate with a defect in the form of a rectangular notch. Lamb waves were excited by a PZT actuator and sensed by a laser vibrometer. Since reflections from damage in registered signals are often masked by measurement noise, for identification of time of reflections from damage, continuous...
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Rapid Assays for Specific Detection of Fungi of Scopulariopsis and Microascus Genera and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Species
PublicationPurpose Fungi of Scopulariopsis and Microascus genera cause a wide range of infections, with S. brevicaulis being the most prevalent aetiological agent of mould onychomycosis. Proper identification of these pathogens requires sporulating culture, which considerably delays the diagnosis. So far, sequencing of rDNA regions of clinical isolates has produced ambiguous results due to the lack of reference sequences in publicly available...
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Biomolecular influenza virus detection based on the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy using the nanocrystalline boron-doped diamond electrodes with covalently bound antibodies
PublicationNew rapid pathogen detection methods with improved cost-effectiveness and efficiency are currently in the focus of the scientists from all over the world. Based on the experiences from the rapid spread of the influenza virus pandemic in 2009 it is clear that the development of the system for early diagnosis of this infection is essential. The crucial stage of the treatment is the detection of the viral infection during its initial...
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Pupil detection supported by Haar feature based cascade classifier for two-photon vision examinations
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to present a novel method, called Adaptive Edge Detection (AED), of extraction of precise pupil edge coordinates from eye image characterized by reflections of external illuminators and laser beams. The method is used for monitoring of pupil size and position during psychophysical tests of two-photon vision performed by dedicated optical set-up. Two-photon vision is a new phenomenon of perception of short-pulsed...
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Damage Detection in the Wind Turbine Blade Using Root Mean Square and Experimental Modal Parameters
PublicationThe paper presents results of an experimental study related to a non-destructive diagnostic technique used for preliminary determination the location and size of delamination in composite coatings of wind turbine blades. The proposed method of damage detection is based on the analysis of the ten first mode shapes of bending vibrations, which correspond to displacements of rotor blades perpendicular to the rotor plane. Modal parameters...
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Determination of cyanide in urine and saliva samples by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection
PublicationCommonly known as a highly toxic chemical, cyanide is also an essential reagent for many industrial processes. It naturally occurs in plant seeds as a cyanogenic glycosides. Another relatively common mode of cyanide exposure is inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke. This study concerns importance to determine cyanide ion in human biological samples. Urine and saliva samples were collected healthy volunteers exposed to tobacco...
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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management
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Detection and localization of selected acoustic events in 3D acoustic field for smart surveillance applications
PublicationA method for automatic determination of position of chosen sound events such as speech signals and impulse sounds in 3-dimensional space is presented. The events are localized in the presence of sound reflections employing acoustic vector sensors. Human voice and impulsive sounds are detected using adaptive detectors based on modified peak-valley difference (PVD) parameter and sound pressure level. Localization based on signals...
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Feature Weighted Attention-Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory Model for Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images
PublicationIn remote sensing images, change detection (CD) is required in many applications, such as: resource management, urban expansion research, land management, and disaster assessment. Various deep learning-based methods were applied to satellite image analysis for change detection, yet many of them have limitations, including the overfitting problem. This research proposes the Feature Weighted Attention (FWA) in Bidirectional Long...
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CaZnO-based nanoghosts for the detection of ssDNA, pCRISPR and recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen and targeted delivery of doxorubicin
PublicationOverexpression of proteins/antigens and other gene-related sequences in the bodies could lead to significant mutations and refractory diseases. Detection and identification of assorted trace concentrations of such proteins/antigens and/or gene-related sequences remain challenging, affecting different pathogens and making viruses stronger. Correspondingly, coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mutations/alterations and spread could lead to overexpression...
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Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for PotentialWastewater Adsorption
PublicationPyrolysis of straw pellets and wood strips was performed in a fixed bed reactor. The chars, solid products of thermal degradation, were used as potential materials for activated carbon production. Chemical and physical activation processes were used to compare properties of the products. The chemical activation agent KOH was chosen and the physical activation was conducted with steam and carbon dioxide as oxidising gases. The eect...
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Effect of Thermal Processing on Antioxidant Activity and Cytotoxicity of Waste Potato Juice
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Municipal Waste Management in Poland Compared to Other European Union Countries
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Modeling of CO Accumulation in the Headspace of the Bioreactor during Organic Waste Composting
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Waste Fires in Poland and Some of their Environmental Implications: A Ten-Year Perspective
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Thermal properties of polyurethanes synthesized using waste polyurethane foam glycolysates
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki analizy termicznej (DMTA i TG-FTIR) glikolizatów i otrzymanych z nich poliuretanów. Glikolizaty uzyskiwano w reakcji odpadowej pianki poliuretanowej z 1,6 heksametylenodiolem (HDO) przy różnym stosunku masowym pianki do HDO (1:1 - 10:1). Poliuretany syntezowano metodą dwuetapową z prepolimeru (diizocyjanian MDI + glikolizat), który przedłużano handlowym małocząsteczkowym glikolem.
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The effectiveness of the mechanical treatment of municipal waste using the example of a selected installation
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The Impact of Technological Processes on Odorant Emissions at Municipal Waste Biogas Plants
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Sustainable carbon microtube derived from cotton waste for environmental applications
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Using adsorption chillers for utilising waste heat from power plants
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Utilization of waste expanded perlite as new effective supplementary cementitious material
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Lightweight Cement Mortars with Granulated Foam Glass and Waste Perlite Addition
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From dolomite waste to katoite-based binder: Synthesis, performance and characterization
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Use of waste heat to improve the conditions of the piston engines start up
PublicationZespoły prądotwórcze z tłokowymi silnikami spalinowymi są obecnie powszechne stosowane jako awaryjne źródła energii elektrycznej albo elektrownie uzupełniające niedobory energii czy stabilizujące częstotliwość. Ich czas rozruchu powinien być krótki - poniżej 5 minut w przypadku dużych mocy. Zużycie silnika, zużycie paliwa i emisji spalin są silnie uzależnione od stanu cieplnego przed rozruchem. Przedstawiono pomiary laboratoryjne...
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Lignocellulosic waste biosorbents infused with deep eutectic solvents for biogas desulfurization
PublicationThis paper introduces an innovative method for treating biogas streams, employing lignocellulosic biosorbents infused with environmentally friendly solvents known as deep eutectic solvents (DES). The primary focus of this study was the elimination of volatile organosulfur compounds (VSCs) from model biogas. Biosorbents, including energetic poplar wood, antipka tree, corncobs, and beech wood, were used, each with varying levels...
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Design, Synthesis, and Enzymatic Evaluation of Novel ZnO Quantum Dot-Based Assay for Detection of Proteinase 3 Activity
PublicationHerein, the synthesis and application of functionalized quantum dot-based protease probes is described. Such probes are composed of nontoxic ZnO nanocrystals decorated by amino groups followed by linker and labeled peptide attachment. Spherical NH2-terminated ZnO quantum dots (QDs) with the average size ranging from 4 to 8 nm and strong emission centered at 530 nm were prepared using the sol−gel method. The fluorescence of ZnO...
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New PCR test for detection of Candida glabrata based on the molecular target chosen by the RAPD technique
PublicationRapid, reliable diagnosis is a necessary condition for the successful treatment of infections. Such diagnostic assays are continually being developed. #e paper presents a method for selecting the molecular target for PCR-based diagnostics based on the comparison of RAPD patterns. A sequence encoding Candida glabrata CBS138 hypothetical protein was selected. The limit of detection for PCR and real-time PCR reactions with DNA extracted...
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Rapid determination of multiple aminoglycoside antibiotics in veterinary formulations by ion-pair chromatography coupled with evaporative light scattering detection
PublicationA fast and simple method for simultaneous determination of eight aminoglycoside antibiotics using ion-pairing liquid chromatography (IPLC) coupled with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) has been developed and validated. Separation of amikacin, apramycin, gentamicin (as a sum of gentamicin C1, C2 and C1A), kanamycin A, neomycin B, paromomycin, streptomycin and tobramycin was achieved using C18 column with H2O and MeOH/acetone,...
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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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Damage Detection Strategies in Structural Health Monitoring of Overhead Power Transmission System
PublicationOverhead power transmission lines, their supporting towers, insulators and other elements create a highly distributed system that is vulnerable to damage. Typical damage scenarios cover cracking of foundation, breakage of insulators, loosening of rivets, as well as cracking and breakage of lines. Such scenarios may result from various factors: groundings, lightning strikes, floods, earthquakes, aeolian vibrations, conductors galloping,...