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Instruments
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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
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Virtual instruments for stroboscopic effects simulation
PublicationPrzedstawiono korzyści wynikające z wykorzystania edukacyjnych przyrządów wirtualnych w nauczaniu metrologii. Jako przykład pokazano przyrządy wirtualne umożliwiające zasymulowanie efektu stroboskopowego, m.in. do analizy działania częstościomierza rezonansowego.
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Seismic Instruments
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Instruments shaping sustainable mobility of urban residents
PublicationUrban development increases the demand for efficient, fast, safe ecological transport. Extensive development of urban transport system, in particular transport infrastructure, changed the point of view about transport needs. Research on the effectiveness of transport systems for years accompanied the study of mobility. The development of modern technology, the need to increase efficiency of transport and increase environmental...
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Application of ionic liquids in electronic nose instruments
PublicationAmong many applications in different fields of science and technology the ionic liquids (ILs) are also utilised in chemical sensors yielding improvement of their operation parameters (Buzzeo, 2004; Wei and Ivaska, 2008; Silvester, 2011; Gebicki et al., 2013). Some of these chemical sensors are the components of the devices, which resemble human sense of smell as far as their operation is concerned. These devices are named electronic...
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Recent developments in automatic classification of musical instruments
PublicationW referacie dokonano przeglądu aktualnego stanu badań w dziedzinie automatycznego rozpoznawania muzyki. Przedstawiono też eksperymenty prowadzone aktualnie w Katedrze Dźwięku i Obrazu PG. Prace te dotyczyły rozpoznawania klas instrumentów muzycznych i separacji duetów muzycznych. Pokazano przykładowe wyniki i przedstawiono projekt prac do zrealizowania w przyszłych eksperymentach.
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Evaluation of Selected Innovation Policy Instruments on the Example of Poland
PublicationThe main purpose of the paper is to analyze and evaluate the selected instruments of innovation policy in Poland: cooperative relations, business environment institutions and innovation centers, supported within Priority Axis V of OP IE 2007-2013. The evaluation was made on the basis of the four criteria: complementarity, adapting to the needs of businesses, the impact on the innovation and durability of the provided support. The...
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Hedging Strategies of Derivatives Instruments for Commodity Trading Entities
PublicationHedging as an outcome of risk management arises to account several questions. Mentioned aspect of size of the hedging is one of them. Latter questioning refers to whether producer of manufacturer are willing to secure entire exposure, when the hedging should start, now or later in the future, what is the vision on market like direction of market, time of interest, magnitude of exposure, what would be the preferred instruments of...
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Comparison of sound of organ pipes in contemporary and historical instruments
PublicationThe aim of this research is to examine the differences in the timbre of organ pipes’ sound between a historical and a contemporary organ instrument. The historical instrument is the Oliwa organ from Gdansk, Poland, and the contemporary one is from Kartuzy, Poland. Recordings are made of single notes played by an open labial pipe that belongs to the Principal rank. The analyses and comparison of several sound features compatible...
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Shape-Based Pose Estimation of Robotic Surgical Instruments
PublicationWe describe a detector of robotic instrument parts in image-guided surgery. The detector consists of a huge ensemble of scale-variant and pose-dedicated, rigid appearance templates. The templates, which are equipped with pose-related keypoints and segmentation masks, allow for explicit pose estimation and segmentation of multiple end-effectors as well as fine-grained non-maximum suppression. We train the templates by grouping examples...
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INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
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Prospects of ionic liquids application in electronic and bioelectronic nose instruments
PublicationThis paper addresses the problem of application of ionic liquids to chemical sensors and biosensors being an integral part of the electronic and bioelectronic-type instruments. The design and principle of operation of the electronic and bioelectronic noses are compared. Both the benefits and shortcomings of the application of ionic liquids in these type of instruments are described. The prospects of the development and application...
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Energy Losses Due to Imperfect Payment Infrastructure and Payment Instruments
PublicationOne of the strategic objectives of the European Union is a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and improvement of energy efficiency by at least 32.5% in different areas of the economy by 2030. However, little is known about the impact of payment in retail on energy consumption. The purpose of this paper is to assess the chain of losses of time and energy, and therefore financial losses, that occur due to the imperfection of payment...
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Instruments of supporting the innovation of small and medium enterprises in the Pomorskie Province
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Critical review of electronic nose and tongue instruments prospects in pharmaceutical analysis
PublicationElectronic nose (enose, EN) and electronic tongue (etongue, ET) have been designed to simulate human senses of smell and taste in the best possible way. The signals acquired from a sensor array, combined with suitable data analysis system, are the basis for holistic analysis of samples. The efficiency of these instruments, regarding classification, discrimination, detection, monitoring and analytics of samples in different types...
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Instruments for the support of the SME innovation-oriented activities (French and Polish experiences)
PublicationArtykuł jest próbą porównania instrumentów wsparcia innowacyjności małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw w Polsce i we Francji. Szczegółowo przedstawiono w nim zaproponowane w obu krajach systemy wsparcia, w podziale na instrumenty państwowe i regionalne.
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Microanalysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in water samples - methods and instruments
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono stan wiedzy nt. metodyk analitycznych oraz urządzeń kontrolno-pomiarowych, wykorzystywanych w badaniach próbek wody na zawartość lotnych związków organicznych. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na techniki izolacji i wzbogacania analitów przed etapem oznaczeń końcowych.
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Real and Virtual Instruments in Machine Learning – Training and Comparison of Classification Results
PublicationThe continuous growth of the computing power of processors, as well as the fact that computational clusters can be created from combined machines, allows for increasing the complexity of algorithms that can be trained. The process, however, requires expanding the basis of the training sets. One of the main obstacles in music classification is the lack of high-quality, real-life recording database for every instrument with a variety...
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The state of the art in the field of non-stationary instruments for the determination and monitoring of atmospheric pollutants
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono informacje oparte zarówno na danych literaturowych jak i własnych doświadczeniach dotyczące:-podstawowych tendencji rozwojowych w zakresie analityki i monitoringu zaneczyszczeń powietrza atmosferycznego-wymogów metrologicznych stawianych różnych typom urządzeń kontrolno-pomiarowych;-klasyfikacji analizatorów i monitorów wykorzystywanych w monitoringu powietrza.
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Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
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Comparison of different types of electronic nose instruments for evaluation of odour nuisance from landfill
PublicationThe paper presents and compares the results of investigation on classification of atmospheric air samples collected in a vicinity of municipal landfill with respect to their odour nuisance. The research was conducted using a prototype of electronic nose instrument and a commercial electronic nose of Fast/Flash GC type – HERACLES II. The prototype was equipped with six semiconductor sensors of TGS type. Classification of the air...
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Leveraging spatio-temporal features for joint deblurring and segmentation of instruments in dental video microscopy
PublicationIn dentistry, microscopes have become indispensable optical devices for high-quality treatment and micro-invasive surgery, especially in the field of endodontics. Recent machine vision advances enable more advanced, real-time applications including but not limited to dental video deblurring and workflow analysis through relevant metadata obtained by instrument motion trajectories. To this end, the proposed work addresses dental...
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Tackling microplastics pollution in global environment through integration of applied technology, policy instruments, and legislation
PublicationMicroplastic pollution is a serious environmental problem that affects both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Small particles with size of less than 5 mm, known as microplastics (MPs), persist in the environment and pose serious threats to various species from micro-organisms to humans. However, terrestrial environment has received less attention than the aquatic environment, despite being a major source of MPs that eventually...
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The influence of ICT instruments on a transmission of interest rates by business entities and public authorities – A scientific comment
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Discrimination of selected fungi species based on their odour profile using prototypes of electronic nose instruments
PublicationThe paper presents practical application of an electronic nose technique to fast and efficient discrimination of the samples of different fungi species such as: Penicillium chrysogenum, Cladosporium herbarum, Rhizopus oryzae, Alternaria alternata. Two prototypes of electronic nose instrument were utilized for investigation of discrimination capability with respect to odour profile of these fungi: the first prototype was based on...
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Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
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Kalibracja przyrządów analitycznych, wykorzystanie gazowych mieszanin wzorcowych. Calibration of analitycal instruments, utilization of gaseous standard mixtures
PublicationScharakteryzowano techniki kalibracji jakościowej i ilościowej. Przedstawiono również rolę gazowych mieszanin wzorcowych w procesie kalibracji przyrządów analitycznych oraz wpływ wyboru techniki sporządzania gazowych standardów na spójność pomiarową.
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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
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Derivative Instruments Dedicated for Agricultural Commodity Entities in Poland = Instrumenty pochodne stosowane na rynku rolnym w Polsce
PublicationCelem badań, których wyniki zostały przedstawione w pracy, było określenie, jaki wpływ mają zastosowane instrumenty pochodne na wyniki finansowe przedsiębiorstwa handlowego w obrocie zbożem. Artykuł składa się z dwóch części. W pierwszej przybliżono zagadnienia dotyczące wykorzystania instrumentów pochodnych na rynku rolnym w Polsce. Druga część zawiera wyniki badań dotyczących możliwości wykorzystania zabezpieczenia ceny transakcji...
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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
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PANTOGRAPH AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN CONSTRUCTING OF OLD DRAWING INSTRUMENTS = PANTOGRAF JAKO PRZYKŁAD ZASTOSOWANIA PRZEKSZTAŁCEŃ GEOMETRYCZNYCH W KONSTRUOWANIU DAWNYCH PRZYRZĄDÓW KREŚLARSKICH
PublicationThe article describes the pantograph, considered to be the ancestor of today's photocopier. This instrument draws the copies, enlarges or reduces any figure. The author presents its genesis, the scope of application in the past, explains the structure and geometrical transformations used during its action. Based on a specific example, the work illustrates practical application of geometry in the past inventions for designing.
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Number of devices accepting electronic payment instruments per million inhabitants in EU countries 2015
Open Research DataThis research data presents the number of devices accepting electronic payment instruments per million inhabitants in the EU countries in 2015. It is an element of the so-called the banking index, which in the subject literature is defined as the number of people actively using services banking. It is noted that this coefficient is also an expression...
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Tax on dividend income and income from investments in equity instruments in selected European Union countries
Open Research DataThe following data contains the information about the capital gains tax in selected EU countries. Capital gain is understood as an increase in the value of capital, e.g. as a result of an increase in the prices of securities held on the stock exchange, units of funds, exchange rate differences or other assets. This profit may be specified in nominal...
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Metrology and Instruments [ Метрологія та прилади / Metrologia ta prylady ]
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Musique, Images, Instruments. Revue Française d'Organologie et d'Iconographie musicale
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Recent developments in automatic classification of musical instruments. W:[CD-ROM] Collected papers. First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics. 144 Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. III Iberoamerican Cong- ress of Acoustics. 9o Mexican Congress of Acoustics. Cancun, Q. R. Mxico, 2-6 Dec. 2002. [B.m.:ASA]**2002 paper 2aMU4, 7 s. 6 rys. 1 tab. bibliogr. 21 poz. Automatyczne rozpoznawanie muzyki - przykłady eksperymentów.
PublicationW referacie dokonano przeglądu aktualnego stanu badań w dziedzinie automaty-cznego rozpoznawania muzyki. Przedstawiono też eksperymenty prowadzone aktu-alnie w Katedrze Dźwięku i Obrazu PG. Prace te dotyczyły rozpoznawania klasinstrumentów muzycznych i separacji duetów muzycznych. Pokazano przykładowewyniki i przedstawiono projekt prac do zrealizowania w przyszłych ekspery-mentach.
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An odor-sensing system - powerful technique for foodstuff studies
PublicationThis work examines gas sensor array technology combined with multivariate data processing methods and demonstrates a promising potential for rapid, non-destructive analysis of food. Main attention is focused on detailed description of sensor used in e-nose instruments, construction, and principle of operation of these systems. Moreover, this paper briefly reviews the progress in the field of artificial olfaction and future trends...
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Mobile system for on-road measurements of air pollutants
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano prototyp mobilnej stacji diagnostycznej do pomiarów stężeń typowych zanieczyszczeń powietrza (C6H6, NO2, NOx, CO i CO2) pochodzących z komunikacji w miastach. Nowością proponowanego systemu jest możliwość przeprowadzania pomiarów emisji zanieczyszczeń wzdłuż ciągów komunikacyjnych i w miejscach, w których nie mogą być zastosowane stacjonarne stacje monitoringowe. W proponowanym rozwiązaniu, urządzenie...
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Distance magnetic nanoparticle detection using a magnetoelectric sensor for clinical interventions
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Laser beam angular stabilization system based on a compact interferometer and a precise double-wedge deflector
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Double wedge prism based beam deflector for precise laser beam steering
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A review of design approaches for the implementation of low-frequency noise measurement systems
PublicationElectronic noise has its roots in the fundamental physical interactions between matter and charged particles, carrying information about the phenomena that occur at the microscopic level. Therefore, Low-Frequency Noise Measurements (LFNM) are a well-established technique for the characterization of electron devices and materials and, compared to other techniques, they offer the advantage of being non-destructive and of providing...
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Embedded gas sensing setup for air samples analysis
PublicationThis paper describes a measurement setup (eNose) designed to analyze air samples containing various volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The setup utilizes a set of resistive gas sensors of divergent gas selectivity and sensitivity. Some of the applied sensors are commercially available and were proposed recently to reduce their consumed energy. The sensors detect various VOCs at sensitivities determined by metal oxide sensors’ technology...
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Elastic cross-section calculations for electron collisions with XY4 (X=Si,Ge; Y=H, F, Cl, Br, I) molecules
PublicationObliczano elastyczne przekroje czynne dla tetraedrycznych związków krzemu i germanu. Otrzymane wyniki porównano z innymi dostępnymi wynikami obliczeń oraz z danymi doświadczalnymi; dla energii powyżej 100 eV uzyskano zadowalającą zgodność.
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Theoretical Auger and photoionization studies for open shell atoms andions.
PublicationWykorzystano program komputerowy RATIP do badań własności atomów i jonów o dowolnej konfiguracji. Położono nacisk na obliczenia szeregu własności elektronów Augera i fotojonizacji, aby dokonać porównań z ostatnio wykonywanymi doświadczeniami.
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Annihilation rates of low-energy positron scattering from simple diatomic molecules
PublicationWe discuss the calculations of Zeff coefficients for a series of diatomic molecules over the range of energies below the positronium formation. During the development of a general code for polyatomic, nonlinear molecules colliding with positrons, it was discovered that the earlier one, employed only for diatomic molecules, had an error. The error is corrected and the corrected results are presented here. We also discuss a way of...
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Correlation–polarization effects in electron/positron scattering from acetylene: A comparison of computational models
PublicationDifferent computational methods are employed to evaluate elastic (rotationally summed) integral and differential cross sections for low energy (below about 10 eV) positron scattering off gas-phase C2H2 molecules. The computations are carried out at the static and static-plus-polarization levels for describing the interaction forces and the correlation–polarization contributions are found to be an essential component for the correct...
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Polarisation effects in low-energy positron–molecule scattering
PublicationThe UK molecular R-matrix method has been adapted to treat positron collisions from polyatomic targets. A simple empirical enhancement factor which corrects for the underestimation of electron–positron polarisation and correlation effects in the calculations performed with the static-plus-polarization model at low scattering energies is presented. Application of this model to positron scattering from carbon dioxide at energies...