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Identification of transition curves in vehicular roads and railways
PublicationIn the paper attention is focused on the necessity to systematize the procedure for determining the shape of transition curves used in vehicular roads and railway routes. There has been presented a universal method of identifying curvature in transition curves by using differential equations. Curvature equations for such known forms of transition curves as clothoid, quartic parabola, the Bloss curve, cosinusoid and sinusoid, have...
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Metaheurystyki sztucznej inteligencji w wybranych grach komputerowych
PublicationW pracy omówiono trzy metaheurystyki sztucznej inteligencji, które mogą stać się źródłem inspiracji dla projektantów gier komputerowych. Pokazano, w jaki sposób zastosowano algorytm mrówkowy, algorytm genetyczny i algorytm tabu search w grach komputerowych zaprojektowanych przez studentów Politechniki Gdańskiej. W szczególności, odniesiono się do problematyki wyznaczania trajektorii przemieszczających się obiektów...
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Innovative system for energy collection and management integrated within a photovoltaic module
PublicationThe dynamic development of battery technology and design based on the flow of lithium ions, mainly driven by the needs of the automotive industry, leads to the conclusion that these batteries are becoming a more viable alternative to traditional lead-acid batteries. Their use is driven by the ability to quickly charge and discharge, a higher durability, maintenance-free operation, much smaller dimensions and lighter weight. The...
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Architektura latarni morskich wczoraj i dziś
PublicationLatarnie morskie jako znaki nawigacyjne są niezwykle interesującymi obiektami architektonicznymi. Smukłe formy wynikające z ich funkcji oraz specyficzna lokalizacja sprawiają, że są one charakterystycznymi punktami w krajobrazie nadmorskim. Identyfikują go wizualnie i stają się magnesem przyciągającym turystów. Latarnie morskie, jak wszystkie obiekty korzystające z rozwoju budownictwa i techniki zmieniały swoją formę, nie zmieniając...
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Bioelectronic tongue: Current status and perspectives
PublicationIn the course of evolution, nature has endowed humans with systems for the recognition of a wide range of tastes with a sensitivity and selectivity which are indispensable for the evaluation of edibility and flavour attributes. Inspiration by a biological sense of taste has become a basis for the design of instruments, operation principles and parameters enabling to mimic the unique properties of their biological precursors. In...
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Striking elements - A lifebelt or a fad? Searching for an effective way of adapting abandoned churches.
PublicationAre avant-garde elements added to historical objects as a temporary fashion to fulfill the aspirations of designers or an attempt to draw attention to themselves? It may be the exact opposite, and this type of controversial project is the best lifebelt for such monuments. This article explores issues related to external avant-garde elements added to adapted churches and their influence on the efficiency of such adaptation projects....
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ARRIERE-GARDE IN ARCHITECTURE, AS A RESPONSE TO POST-POSTMODERN REALITY
PublicationThe article presents a general discussion on the direction of contemporary architecture. We can freely speak that postmodernity, understood in its philosophical core as a search for meaning in architecture, as a strategy of building our environment is over. What comes next? Some say, from lack of better naming, that we live in post-postmodern times. Term post-postmodernity is a call for new strategy of shaping our societies and...
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Recent Advancements in Cyclodextrin-Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Hazardous Pollutants from Waters
PublicationWater is an essential substance for the survival on Earth of all living organisms. However, population growth has disturbed the natural phenomenon of living, due to industrial growth to meet ever expanding demands, and, hence, an exponential increase in environmental pollution has been reported in the last few decades. Moreover, water pollution has drawn major attention for its adverse effects on human health and the ecosystem....
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Active Control of Highly Autocorrelated Machinery Noise in Multivariate Nonminimum Phase Systems
PublicationIn this paper, a novel multivariate active noise control scheme, designed to attenuate disturbances with high autocorrelation characteristics and preserve background signals, is proposed. The algorithm belongs to the class of feedback controllers and, unlike the popular feedforward FX-LMS approach, does not require availability of a reference signal. The proposed approach draws its inspiration from the iterative learning control...
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Bio-inspired approaches for explosives detection
PublicationDue to unique abilities of the animals regarding analysis of complex gas substances, they still remain a gold standard in analysis of explosives. Unusual capabilities of biological chemosensory systems, including both vertebrates and invertebrates, stimulate elaboration of the devices mimicking their activity and operation parameters as precisely as possible. The electronic analogues are a subject of investigation in many research...
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Gustav Oelsners Werk aus polnischer Perspektive. das Erbe der moderne in der polnischen Architektur und Stadtplannung
PublicationDie Leistungen des Architekten Gustav Oelsner sind ein Beispiel für das gemeinsame Erbe der Region, das gemeinsam betrachtet werden sollte – ohne eine de facto künstliche Aufteilung in die Aktivitäten deutscher und polnischer Künstler. Eine solche Herangehensweise ist notwendig bei der Analyse der Biographie nicht nur des Altonaer Architekten, sondern vieler anderer, die das Schicksal der Geschichte in die nationale Einteilung...
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The mediational role of future and past time perspectives in the relationship between negative affectivity and sense of coherence
PublicationSense of coherence (SoC) can promote positive coping, and one of its most prominent negative correlates is negative affectivity (NA). In the current study, we hypothesized that future and past time perspectives (TPs) will mediate the relationship between sense of coherence and negative affectivity, and the inverse relationship. The study was questionnaire-based, performed online. N = 719 participants aged 25-45 from...
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Mussel‐inspired biomaterials: From chemistry to clinic
PublicationAfter several billions of years, nature still makes decisions on its own to identify, develop, and direct the most effective material for phenomena/challenges faced. Likewise, and inspired by the nature, we learned how to take steps in developing new technologies and materials innovations. Wet and strong adhesion by Mytilidae mussels (among which Mytilus edulis—blue mussel and Mytilus californianus—California mussel are the most...
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Autistic Employees’ Technology-Based Workplace Accommodation Preferences Survey—Preliminary Findings
PublicationBackground: There has been an increase in the number of research studies focused on the design of accommodations aimed at improving the well-being and work performance of autistic employees. These accommodations took various forms; some of them were based on modification of management practices, for example, support in the area of effective communication, or involved modifications to the physical working environment aimed at limiting...
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Fashion Games, Fashion in Games and Gamification in Fashion. A First Map
PublicationFashion companies have been using different forms of entertainment such as film and television, sport, music, museums, and photography as inspiration sources and as communication and marketing channels for decades. However, in recent years, they have also started to consider the gaming world. While gaming offers a potential revenue stream from sales of physical and digital clothing, change in it is also the gateway to access new...
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Symbiosis of Art and Technology – From Renaissance to Interactive Art,
PublicationThe article presents the mutual relations between art and technology from the Renaissance to the interactive art of today. It indicates important factors influencing the possibilities of imaging and interpreting reality by artists, ranging from the development of oil painting techniques, linear perspective, the invention of printing and photography, to achievements related to the development of information technologies (computers,...
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Innovative Gathering and Energy Management System Integrated within PV Module
PublicationThe dynamic development of battery technology and design based on the flow of lithium ions, mainly driven by the needs of the automotive industry leads to the Conclusion That they are becoming a more viable alternative to traditional lead-acid batteries. Their use is driven by the ability it quickly charge and discharge times higher durability, maintenance-free operation and much smaller dimensions as well as weight. The emergence...
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‘Interspaces of the house | contextualized. our homes about ourselves’ cykl obrazów [w ramach:] międzynarodowa wystawa zbiorowa | ekspozycja hybrydowa Muestra de Arte Universitario - International MAU-I 2023, 'Interconexiones culturales: mirar cómo miras’
Publicationinterprzestrzenie domu: skontekstowane. nasze domy o nas samych W obrazie domu rodzinnego, z którym się utożsamiamy widzimy samych siebie. Tak też poznajemy naszych sąsiadów i ludzi z dalszych kręgów kulturowych. Sposób zamieszkiwania, tworzone schronienia współtworzą nasz wizerunek. Migracje, przemieszczenia, przenoszenie kulturowego wzorca domu i jego spasowywanie z realiami zastanymi tworzy przestrzeń innowacyjnych rozwiązań....
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Miasto jako marka – analiza wybranych działań marketingowych miasta Lublin
PublicationW niniejszej pracy przedstawiono mechanizmy i proces kształtowania się miasta jako marki. Celem przeprowadzonych badań była analiza wybranych działań marketingowych Lublina od 2007 r. do 2014 r. Zbadano strategię tworzenia się marki „Lublin Miasto Inspiracji” oraz przedstawiono wybrane kampanie promocyjne. Stwierdzono, że dzięki narzędziu Brand Foundations możliwe było skuteczne stworzenie i wprowadzenie marki miasta na rynek....
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Coupling between Blood Pressure and Subarachnoid Space Width Oscillations during Slow Breathing
PublicationThe precise mechanisms connecting the cardiovascular system and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are not well understood in detail. This paper investigates the couplings between the cardiac and respiratory components, as extracted from blood pressure (BP) signals and oscillations of the subarachnoid space width (SAS), collected during slow ventilation and ventilation against inspiration resistance. The experiment was performed on...