Search results for: CO-CREATION
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Building the Learning Environment for Sustainable Development: a Co-creation approach
PublicationEducation for sustainable development supports the improvement of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors related to global challenges such as climate change, global warming and environmental degradation, among others. It is increasingly taking place through projects based on information and communication technologies. The effectiveness of the actions taken depends not only on the quality of the project activities or the...
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Application of Text Analytics in Public Service Co-Creation: Literature Review and Research Framework
PublicationThe public sector faces several challenges, such as a number of external and internal demands for change, citizens' dissatisfaction and frustration with public sector organizations, that need to be addressed. An alternative to the traditional top-down development of public services is co-creation of public services. Co-creation promotes collaboration between stakeholders with the aim to create better public services and achieve...
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Value co‐creation (VCC) and value co‐destruction (VCD) via open government data (OGD): Empirical case of Tanzania
PublicationHaving emphasized upon the potential benefits of Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives via value derivation and innovation pursuits of the stakeholders, it falls in place to complement this line of OGD research in the specific case of Tanzania, a developing country, to support the inferences. Specifically, it is important to understand the manner in which OGD VCC-one of the hinges of OGD initiatives- and OGD VCD-a possible fall...
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Piotr Krajewski dr
PeoplePiotr Krajewski is a librarian at the Library of Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT) and a PhD student at the Medical University of Gdańsk. His research interests focus on the standardization of the e-resources usage data and Open Access publishing, especially the role of institutional repositories in the development of the OA initiative and the phenomenon of “predatory publishers”. He works at Scientific and Technical Information...
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Nina Rizun dr
PeopleNina Rizun is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology. In October 1999 she obtained a PhD degree in technical sciences in the Faculty of Enterprise Economy and Production Organization, National Mining Academy, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. PhD thesis title: Development of Complex Subsystem of the Organization and Planning of Mining and Transport Processes. In the years...
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How digital platforms support public values through government-citizen collaboration?
PublicationDigital platforms are becoming a popular means of multi-sided interactions between public institutions and their constituents. By enabling information sharing, consultation, and other forms of government-citizen collaboration, they facilitate co-decision-making and co-creation. Although digital platforms are not, the mechanism through which they can create public value, although important for government institutions and citizens...
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Online brand communities’ contribution to digital business models
PublicationAbstract Purpose – There is limited research examining social drivers and mediators of online brand community identification in the context of business models development. This study aims to identify them behind the social mechanisms and present essential factors which should be applied in business models to foster value co-creation. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a convenience sample of 712 cases gathered among...
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User-generated images and its impact on consumer-based brand equity and on purchase intention
PublicationResearchers and brand managers have limited knowledge of the effects that different types of user-generated content (UGC) have on consumers’ perception of brands and behavior. In this study we investigated 301 authors of a specific category of UGC, i.e., user-generated images (UGI) on a social networking site to confirm the relationships of four drivers reported in literature (co-creation, empowerment, community, and self-concept)...
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Preparation of methanation catalysts for high temperature SOEC by β-cyclodextrin-assisted impregnation of nano-CeO2 with transition metal oxides
PublicationThe aim of this work was to prepare and examine the catalytic activity of nanometric CeO2 decorated with transition metal oxides – Ni, Co, Cu, Fe and Mn – towards a high-temperature methanation process under SOEC CO2/H2O simulated co-electrolysis conditions. Samples were prepared using the wet impregnation method via the conventional process and with the addition of native cyclodextrin. The influence of β-cyclodextrin (βCD) onto...
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Patrycja Klimas dr hab.
PeoplePatrycja Klimas is an associate professor at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business in the Department of Advanced Research in Management. As a researcher, she researches within strategic management, focused on inter-organizational cooperation and coopetition considered under dyads, networks, and different types of ecosystems. Based on her research mainly on the aviation and the video game industry, she published several papers...
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Are you the change? Exploring citizen engagement for Smart Sustainable Cities
e-Learning CoursesThe purpose of this course is to explore citizen engagement in the context of smart, sustainable cities, with the goal of providing students with an understanding of the principles and practices involved in urban landscaping. Throughout the course, students will explore key concepts and practical applications across various domains, from understanding the principles of citizen engagement to analyzing the role of digital technologies...
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In Vitro Studies on Nanoporous, Nanotubular and Nanosponge-Like Titania Coatings, with the Use of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells
PublicationIn vitro biological research on a group of amorphous titania coatings of different nanoarchitectures (nanoporous, nanotubular, and nanosponge-like) produced on the surface of Ti6Al4V alloy samples have been carried out, aimed at assessing their ability to interact with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) and affect their activity. The attention has been drawn to the influence of surface coating architecture and its physicochemical...
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Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Personal Branding. How to Derive Innovation From Project Teams?
PublicationInnovation, relationships, cooperation, and knowledge are key factors which determine a competitive advantage in the networked economy. A network serves as a contemporary form of market process coordination. Network economy, according to the idea of prosumerism, is founded on collaboration of individual creators based on a network of values instead of hierarchical dependencies. Another feature of a network is that it imposes symmetry...
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Adam Inglot dr inż.
PeopleAdam Inglot (born October 3, 1984), studied Environmental Engineering and Geodesy and Cartography at the Faculty of Mine Surveying and Environmental Engineering of AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. He graduated in 2011 as a M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, defending his thesis "Verification of usefulness of GeoMod model for prediction of the urbanization process in Cracow agglomeration" under the guidance of...
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Employees 50+: How They Are Assessed and How They Assess Themselves
PublicationIn Poland, the older workers are valued for their knowledge and professional experience. Many of them, during transition period, actively participated in the creation of today’ s businesses and now occupy exposed managerial positions, being aware of their own value. On the other hand, old age is one of the main reasons for the limited access to work. The seniors are assigned stereotypical characteristics, such as low levels of...
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Participatory co-design approach for Greencoin educational tool shaping urban green behaviors.
PublicationOur main goal is to prepare assumptions of the Greencoin (GC) cybernetic system, implying pro-ecological attitudes and behavior of city residents. We used qualitative methods, including a literature review and action research -workshops attended by academics, representatives of private and business sectors, urban movements, municipal institutions’ partners, and residents. Our results defined functionalities of the GC, identified...
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Neural Modelling of Steam Turbine Control Stage
PublicationThe paper describes possibility of steam turbine control stage neural model creation. It is of great importance because wider application of green energy causes severe conditions for control of energy generation systems operation Results of chosen steam turbine of 200 MW power measurements are applied as an example showing way of neural model creation. They serve as training and testing data of such neural model. Relatively simple...
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“The Guardians of the Truth”: Journalists’ Resistance to the Algorithmization of Journalism
PublicationRegardless of the term used, be it “robot journalism,” “automated journalism,” “algorithmic journalism” or “machine-written journalism,” the process of automatic content creation and distribution is progressing in the newsrooms. Meanwhile, exercising control over the creation and distribution of news is considered a fundamental element of journalists’ professional identity. The article presents the results of research on the perception...
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Project of hip joint endoprothesis for an individual patient with materials selection
PublicationThis work includes the hip replacement design, based on the patient's medical records, the description of creation process and materials used for individual components.
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Consumer social network brand identification and personal branding. How do social network users choose among brand sites?
PublicationBrands’ social networking sites (fan pages) are increasingly attracting the attention of scientists and managers intrigued by their potential application for brand value creation. The aim of this research is to understand better how users choose among social networking sites as an act of brand identification. The study presents a new model whose structure of identification drivers for social networking brand sites varies for customer...
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Study of the Operation of Synchronous Generator Voltage Regulator During the Creation of Post Blackout Start-up Path
PublicationThis paper presents the influence of automatic voltage regulator (AVR) of synchronous generator on the process of creation of post black-out start-up path. Two elements of AVR have a significant impact on this process: underexcitation limiter (UEL) and load compensation (LC). The authors present a theoretical investigation and simulation results that illustrate how the mentioned elements of AVR affect voltage levels in a power...
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(Lost) Pride and Prejudice. Journalistic Identity Negotiation Versus the Automation of Content
PublicationThe objective of our research was to broaden the knowledge regarding the relationship between the work of journalists and their professional identity, and, in particular, to identify the attitudes of this professional group towards algorithmic content creation under conditions of liminality. Previously, the implementation of the technology of algorithmic content creation by media organisations was associated primarily with financial...
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The Successful Case of Social Cooperative 50+ as an Example of Value Creation
PublicationThe article presents the successful case of social cooperative 50+ as an Example of Value Creation. Authors discuss an idea of social enterprises and social cooperatives and success factors of them.
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Modern City Centre: Evolution of the Idea of Gdynia's "Premiere District" 1926-2007
PublicationThe article shows the evolution of the concept of the "Premiere District" in Gdynia in the years 1926-1939. It also shows the historical background of these changes and the history of creation the city centre in Gdynia
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Analysis of allophones based on audio signal recordings and parameterization
PublicationThe aim of this study is to develop an allophonic description of English plosive consonants based on recordings of 600 specially selected words. Allophonic variations addressed in the study may have two sources: positional and contextual. The former one depends on the syllabic or prosodic position in which a particular phoneme occurs. Contextual allophony is conditioned by the local phonetic environment. Co-articulation overlapping...
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Identification of Public Service Logic (PSL) and Public Service Motivation (PSM) elements in Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives
PublicationWhile previous research on Open Government Data (OGD) has primarily focused on reuse and adoption, this study aims to explore the implications of the Public Service Logic (PSL) and Public Service Motivation (PSM) dimensions in the context of OGD initiatives. This study is contextualized in Tanzania wherein the OGD initiatives are at an evolving stage. For the present study, the perspectives of the 15 public officials involved in...
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The Creation of an Antimicrobial Coating on Contact Lenses by The Use of Nanocopper
PublicationThe aim of the research was to creation an antimicrobial coating on contact lens and examine the ability of copper nanoparticles to decrease microbial adhesion and prevent the growth of bacteria. The creation was based on the immersion method in solution with dispersed nanoparticles of copper at concentration 200 pm. There were evaluated follows factors: time of immersion and base to dispersed nanoparticles. Three solutions: ethyl...
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Acquisition and indexing of RGB-D recordings for facial expressions and emotion recognition
PublicationIn this paper KinectRecorder comprehensive tool is described which provides for convenient and fast acquisition, indexing and storing of RGB-D video streams from Microsoft Kinect sensor. The application is especially useful as a supporting tool for creation of fully indexed databases of facial expressions and emotions that can be further used for learning and testing of emotion recognition algorithms for affect-aware applications....
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The Digital Tissue and Cell Atlas and the Virtual Microscope
PublicationWith the cooperation of the CI TASK (Center of lnformatics Tri-Citry Academic Supercomputer and network) and the Gdańsk University of Technology, the Medical University of Gdańsk undertook the creation of the Digital Tissue and Cell Atlas and the Virtual Microscope for the needs of the Bridge of Data project. In the beginning, an extensive collection of histological and cytological slides was carefully selected and prepared by...
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Photos and rendered images of LEGO bricks
PublicationThe paper describes a collection of datasets containing both LEGO brick renders and real photos. The datasets contain around 155,000 photos and nearly 1,500,000 renders. The renders aim to simulate real-life photos of LEGO bricks allowing faster creation of extensive datasets. The datasets are publicly available via the Gdansk University of Technology “Most Wiedzy” institutional repository. The source files of all tools used during...
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TRWAŁOŚĆ PROJEKTU ERASMUS+ SP4CE - STUDIUM PRZYPADKU
PublicationProjekt ERASMUS+ Partnerstwo Strategiczne na Rzecz Kreatywności i Przedsiębiorczości (ang. Strategic Partnership for Creativity and Entrepreneurship - SP4CE) dotyczył wdrażania i upowszechniania innowacyjnych rozwiązań wzmacniających współpracę europejską w dziedzinie kształcenia i szkolenia zawodowego. Działania projektowe były związane z promowaniem innowacyjnych praktyk w edukacji oraz szkoleniach poprzez wspieranie spersonalizowanych...
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Przestrzenie architektury w kontekście zamieszkiwania
PublicationPrzestrzeń architektoniczną można analizować w wielu równoległych rozwar-stwieniach zależnych od rozpatrywanego aspektu lub dokonującego się wyda-rzenia. Rozważając proces tworzenia: od idei do formy, poprzez zapis plastycz-ny, mamy do czynienia z przestrzenia kreacji. Związana z nią jest przestrzeń zamysłu odnoszona do ideowych poczynań współodpowiedzialnych za przeka-zywany w obiekcie komunikat. Z przestrzeni tej wywodzą się...
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Brand loyalty creation in the social network. Does the product category matter?
PublicationThe final goal of all marketers’ effort is to achieve a high level of loyalty toward their brands. Social network brand sites are increasingly attracting the attention of scientists and managers intrigued by their potential application for brand loyalty creation. The aim of this research, based on European sample, is to fill the gap in understanding the product category loyalty and brand loyalty relation as an output of brand identification...
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Urban space recovery. Landscape-beneficial solutions in new estates built in post-industrial and post-military areas in Bristol, Poznań and Gdańsk
PublicationThe limitation of territorial expansion and the implementation of the idea of a compact city are generally accepted paradigms of spatial development of contemporary cities. In consequence, actions are taken to improve the quality of city landscape and revitalise vacant areas. This study approaches the process of city regeneration as transformation and supplementation of the existing urban structure as well as creation of multifunctional, structurally,...
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Semantic Memory for Avatars in Cyberspace
PublicationAvatars that show intelligent behavior should have an access to general knowledge about the world, knowledge that humans store in their semantic memories. The simplest knowledge representation for semantic memory is based on the Concept Description Vectors (CDVs) that store, for each concept, an information whether a given property can be applied to this concept or not. Unfortunately large-scale semantic memories are not available....
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Artificial intelligence for software development — the present and the challenges for the future
PublicationSince the time when first CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) methods and tools were developed, little has been done in the area of automated creation of code. CASE tools support a software engineer in creation the system structure, in defining interfaces and relationships between software modules and, after the code has been written, in performing testing tasks on different levels of detail. Writing code is still the task...
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On Facial Expressions and Emotions RGB-D Database
PublicationThe goal of this paper is to present the idea of creating reference database of RGB-D video recordings for recognition of facial expressions and emotions. Two different formats of the recordings used for creation of two versions of the database are described and compared using different criteria. Examples of first applications using databases are also presented to evaluate their usefulness.
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Hydro Power Plant in the Process of Voltage Control in the Electric Power System and the System Restoration
PublicationThe article covers selected issues related to the share of hydroelectric power in the process of rebuilding the power system after black-out and voltage control during that process. Selected results of measurements made during the creation of the transmission chain for the need to start a block of a thermal power plant from a hydroelectric power plant were presented.
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Przemoc w stosunkach ukraińsko-rosyjskich w opinii polskiej prasy codziennej
PublicationThe five most widely read Polish newspapers informing about the creation Maidan in Kiev and protests against decisions of the Ukrainian authorities revealed the existence of internal political violence. The external violence is associated with the inclusion of Russia into the conflict. Since the turn of 2013/2014 in Ukrainian-Russian relations were recorded examples of economic violence.
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Yacht harbour as a part of city public space
PublicationTransformation of harbors opens opportunities to introduce new functions into city centers. Very often abandoned ports’ infrastructure is adopted into a yacht harbor. The article elaborates typology of yacht harbors and theirs’ potential which can be used in creation of city center. Thesis are illustrated by examples of Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain and Sundby Harbour, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Games and play with light in architecture
PublicationThe paper deals with the issue of the influence of daylight on the creation of architecture in the view of designers` play with light in the architectural space. Using the examples of contemporary realizations of some art museums, the work demonstrates the impact of exploration and experimentation conducted by the creators of visual arts on the design styles and architectural solutions. It also reveals the historical continuity...
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Social Media in the Fashion Industry. Fundamentals, Strategy and Research Methods
PublicationThis book introduces social network fundamentals in the fashion domain. It addresses the creation of social media marketing plans, highlighting strategic approaches that allow fashion brands to differentiate themselves in the ephemeral and challenging fashion context. Through a variety of academic and professional sources and by sharing the results of their own research, the authors present research methodologies, including netnography,...
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Tangible and intangible economic impact of hosting mega sporting events
PublicationDue to the fact that the impetus for the creation of this paper was inaccuracies in the results of research relating to the economic effects caused by the organisation of mega sporting events, an analysis of the impact of 1988-2008 mega sporting events on host economies was conducted. The research shows that in selected areas of the economy, sporting events can be identified, with occasional positive (SOG) and negative (WOG) economic...
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Application of Reverse Engineering Technology in Part Design for Shipbuilding Industry
PublicationIn the shipbuilding industry, it is difficult to create CAD models of existing or prototype parts, especially with many freeform surfaces. The paper presents the creation of the CAD 3D model of a shipbuilding component with the application of the reverse engineering technology. Based on the data obtained from the digitization process, the component is reconstructed in point cloud processing programs and the CAD model is created....
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Reshaping the Gdańsk Shipyard—The Birthplace of the Solidarity Movement. The Complexity of Adaptive Reuse in the Heritage Context
PublicationThe Gdańsk Shipyard—the birthplace of the Solidarity movement—is host to a unique example of a multi-layered brownfield redevelopment project, an area that is burdened by a complex history, overlapping heritage, and multiple memories. These circumstances require an integrated yet differentiated approach to the site’s heritage and make the creation of one homogeneous narration of its future impossible. At the same time, the size...
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Tacit knowledge influence on intellectual capital and innovativeness in the healthcare sector: A cross-country study of Poland and the US
PublicationThis study provides empirical proof that whole organizational innovativeness is rooted in tacit knowledge due to its potency of human capital creation and, that a learning culture composed of a learning climate and mistakes acceptance component fosters human capital development. The main practical implication is that if the IC components are externally rather than internally determined in the particular organization embedded in...
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A framework of open government data (OGD) e-service quality dimensions with future research agenda
PublicationPurpose This research paper aims to present a framework of open government data (OGD) relating to e-service quality dimensions. In addition, it provides a research agenda for the e-service delivery of OGD. Design/methodology/approach A literature review pertaining to e-service quality with special reference to e-government was delivered to deduce the key dimensions of e-service quality for OGD. Findings Five e-service quality dimensions...
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A New Method of the Load Compensation Use During Creation of Post Blackout Start-up Path in Power System
PublicationIn the paper a new method of effective use of load compensation during creation of post blackout start-up path is proposed. Theoretical assumptions and simulation results of an investigation are presented. An experiment performed in the Polish Power System is also described. This experiment proved that the method proposed by the authors is advisable. The method may be utilized by power system operators for power system restoration...
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Personal Branding and Brand Loyalty, Social Network Users Brand Identification: Polish-French Model
PublicationSocial network brand sites are increasingly attracting the attention of scientists and managers intrigued by their potential application for brand value creation. The aim of this research, based on a multinational sample, is to fill the gap in understanding how users choose among social networking sites as an act of brand identification. The authors of the paper point to the fact that creating a personal brand is becoming more...
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Implementing Integrated Territorial Investments
PublicationThe chapter presents the first experiences related to the implementation of the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI). In the case of the Pomeranian region in Poland, this process was associated with the creation of a broad partnership and bottom-up approach to the development strategy programming for Urban Functional Areas. In this paper, we try to assess the effectiveness of this process, by defining its strong points and bottlenecks,...