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  • Psychometric properties of the polish version of the job-related affective well-being scale

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    Objectives: The aim of this study was to verify psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS). Specifically, theoretical 4-factor structure (based on the dimensions of pleasure and arousal) and reliability of the original – 20-item JAWS (van Katwyk et al., 2000) and the shortened – 12-item (Schaufeli and Van Rhenen, 2006) versions were tested. Material and Methods: Two independent...

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  • The effect of job-related stress on psychological well-being = Wpływ stresu zawodowego na dobrostan psychiczny

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    - Year 2008

    The aim of the investigation was to evaluate the effect of job stress factors on psychological well-being of firemen. Goldberg's GHQ-12 for well-being evaluation, the Perceived Job Stress Questionnaire by Dudek et al. for job stress assessment, and indicator of participation in traumatic events were used. 19% of the firemen were qualified to the group with increased risk of mental disorders. Occupational stress had a strong impact...

  • Job-related emotions and job burnout among civil servants: examining the shape of the relationship in cross-sectional and longitudinal models

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    - MEDYCYNA PRACY - Year 2019

    Wstęp: Związek pozytywności, czyli proporcji między pozytywnymi a negatywnymi emocjami, z wypaleniem zawodowym może przybierać kształt krzywoliniowy. Ponadto z perspektywy teoretycznej jest to relacja przyczynowo - skutkowa, w której pozytywność jest proksymalnym, a wypalenie – dystalnym wymiarem dobrostanu zawodowego. Dotychczasowe badania były jednak prowadzone najczęściej w planie poprzecznym i testowały relacje prostoliniowe....

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  • The Polish adaptation of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-PL) by W. Schaufeli et al.

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    - Psychiatria Polska - Year 2021

    Aim. The study aimed to present the Polish version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-PL) by Schaufeli et al. and to assess its validity and reliability. The tool measures the core symptoms of burnout (BAT-C): exhaustion, mental distance, cognitive and emotional impairment, and its secondary symptoms (BAT-S): psychosomatic complaints and psychological distress. Method. The participants were 255 nursing staff members. The construct...

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  • Polska adaptacja Metody Oceny Wypalenia Zawodowego (BAT-PL) autorstwa Schaufeliego i współpracowników

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    - Psychiatria Polska - Year 2021

    Aim. The study aimed to present the Polish version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-PL) by Schaufeli et al. and to assess its validity and reliability. The tool measures the core symptoms of burnout (BAT-C): exhaustion, mental distance, cognitive and emotional impairment, and its secondary symptoms (BAT-S): psychosomatic complaints and psychological distress. Method. The participants were 255 nursing staff members....

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  • Fatigue and burnout in police officers: the mediating role of emotions

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    Purpose – The policing profession is associated with psychosocial hazard. Fatigue and burnout often affect police officers, and may impair the functioning of the organization and public safety. The relationship between fatigue and burnout may be modified by job-related emotions. While negative emotions have been extensively studied, the role of positive emotions at work is relatively less known. Additionally, there is insufficient...

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  • Positivity and job burnout in emergency personnel: examining linear and curvilinear relationship

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    - Polish Psychological Bulletin - Year 2017

    The aim of this study was to examine whether the relationship between the ratio of job-related positive to negative emotions (positivity ratio) and job burnout is best described as linear or curvilinear. Participants were 89 police officers (12% women) and 86 firefighters. The positivity ratio was evaluated using the Job-related Affective Wellbeing Scale (Van Katwyk, Fox, Spector, & Kelloway, 2000). Exhaustion and disengagement,...

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  • Job satisfaction in the multicultural environment of multinational corporations

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    - Baltic Journal of Management - Year 2015

    Purpose – Since prior research into the effects of multiculturalism on job satisfaction in multinational corporations (MNCs) is rather scant and inconclusive, the authors attempt to review the literature and explain why these results are inconsistent as well as propose a new model aimed at responding to these irregularities. Design/methodology/approach – In the narrative review of the prior research and the proposed model the...

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  • Compliance with the restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland and Sweden

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    • K. Adamska dr hab.
    • D. Sendlak Brundin
    • P. Jurek

    Our study is aimed to check if the difference between Sweden and Poland in trust is related to negative affective reactions to authorities and law antipathy being manifestations of lack of trust and related to value-based legitimacy, behavioral legitimacy and prosocial justification of compliance with the restrictions put on citizens to limit the spread...

  • THRIVING AND JOB SATISFACTION IN MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS OF MNCS

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    - Year 2016

    Purpose of the article The aim of the paper is to analyze the relationship between thriving and job satisfaction in multicultural environments of multinational corporations (MNCs). Methodology/methods The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted on the sample of 128 individuals from subsidiaries of various MNCs located in Poland involved in intercultural interactions. Scientific aim The aim of this study was to examine...

  • Thriving in multicultural workplace

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    - Year 2017

    Thriving at work is defined as the psychological state that links both a sense of vitality and learning. The vitality component of thriving may be seen as positive energy, while learning enhances a sense of competence and efficacy. Thriving sheds new light on individual psychological functioning and the experience of growth in the work context. Thriving at work promotes growth through playing an active role in interaction with...

  • Psychological capital and happiness at work: The mediating role of employee thriving in multinational corporations

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    - CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY - Year 2022

    Working in multicultural work environments of multinational corporations (MNCs) creates challenges whose expected impact on happiness is equivocal. In the following paper, we examine the relationship between psychological capital and happiness at work in the specific MNCs’ context. We assume that thriving (eudemonic well-being) at work fosters individuals’ development and enhances their happiness composed of both the affective...

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  • Measuring Consumers' Engagement With Brand-Related Social-Media Content. Development and Validation of a Scale that Identifies Levels of Social-Media Engagement with Brands

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    - JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH - Year 2016

    The purpose of the current study was to develop a scale to measure the consumer's engagement with brand-related social-media content, based on three dimensions established in the framework of an earlier theoretical construct, “Consumer's Online Brand-Related Activities” (Muntinga, Moorman, and Smit, 2011). Qualitative techniques were used to generate an initial pool of items that captured different levels of consumer engagement...

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  • Magdalena Apollo dr inż.

    2017 - PhD in Civil Engineering, thesis: Risk management in construction investments related to urban regeneration projects, Gdansk University of Technology IX 2012–VI 2013 - Postgraduate Studies at Gdynia Maritime University: Research Project Management (IPMA D Certificate) 2010 – MSc in Management and Marketing, Gdansk University of Technology 2007 – MSc in Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology 2007-2010 - structural...

  • P.1.a.027 Association between the polymorphism of 5-HTTLPR gene and affective temperament dimensions using the TEMPS-A scale in obesity

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    • A. Borkowska
    • M. Bieliński
    • S. Gołota
    • M. Tomaszewska
    • A. Kałwa
    • R. Junik
    • M. Gołębiewski
    • M. Sikora
    • A. Tretyn

    - EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY - Year 2015

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  • Mariusz Kaczmarek dr hab. inż.

    Received M.Sc., Eng. in Electronics in 1995 from Gdansk University of Technology, Ph.D. in Medical Electronics in 2003 and habilitation in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering in 2017. He was an investigator in about 13 projects receiving a number of awards, including four best papers, practical innovations (7 medals and awards) and also the Andronicos G. Kantsios Award and Siemens Award. Main research activities: the issues...

  • The Polish Version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Modified to Reflect Obsessions and Compulsions Related to Heavy Drinking (YBOCS-hd-PL)

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    - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research - Year 2016

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  • Beata Basińska dr hab.

    She is a work and organizational psychologist. Her main research interests include occupational health psychology (job-related well-being and emotions) and positive organizational behaviour. She is an active participant of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, European Health Psychology Society and the Division of Health Psychology, Polish Psychological...

  • Piotr Jamroz dr hab. inż.

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    Piotr Jamroz graduated from Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry in 1998 and obtained his PhD from the same university in 2003. Currently he works as an associate professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy. His research interests are related to generation and diagnostics of different kinds of plasma sources, including...

  • Agnieszka Landowska dr hab. inż.

    Agnieszka Landowska works for Gdansk University of Technology, FETI, Department of Software Engineering.  Her research concentrates on usability, accessibility and technology adoption, as well as affective computing methods. She initiated Emotions in HCI Research Group and conducts resarch on User eXperiene evaluation of applications and other technologies.

  • Piotr Paradowski dr

    Dr Piotr Paradowski's areas of expertise in quantitative social science methods include truncated and censored models, quantile regressions, survival analysis, panel data models, discrete regressions and qualitative choice models, instrumental variable estimation, and hierarchical modeling. He is also an expert in statistical matching and statistical methods to handle missing data. In addition, he conducts research on income and...

  • The work-family interface: Job demands, work engagement and turnover intentions of Polish nurses

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    - Year 2016

    A conflict between one's professional life and one's family life may lead to lower well-being both at work and home. Most nurses are women who have traditionally reconciled their professional life with family life. One aim of this study was to examine the relationships between the work-family conflict (WFC),the family-work conflict (FWC), and the perception of job demands (quantitative workload and interpersonal conflicts at work)....

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  • Work Values of Police Officers and Their Relationship With Job Burnout and Work Engagement

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    - Frontiers in Psychology - Year 2019

    Values represent people’s highest priorities and are cognitive representations of basic motivations. Past research shows that levels of both aspects of job-related well-being, job burnout and work engagement, are related to work values. The policing profession is associated with high engagement and a risk of burnout. There is a gap in the literature regarding the hierarchy of work values in police officers, how work values are...

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  • Krzysztof Goczyła prof. dr hab. inż.

    Krzysztof Goczyła, full professor of Gdańsk University of Technology, computer scientist, a specialist in software engineering, knowledge engineering and databases. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics Technical University of Gdansk in 1976 with a degree in electronic engineering, specializing in automation. Since then he has been working at Gdańsk University of Technology. In 1982 he obtained a doctorate in computer science...

  • Piotr Lorens prof. dr hab. inż. arch.

    Prof. Piotr Lorens - PhD, DSc., urban planner. Lecturer in urban design and development and - since 2007 - Head of the Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology. His university activities also include coordination of the research and EU Social Fund projects. Based on these projects he was responsible for organization and coordination of the post-graduate studies...

  • Employees’ self-expansion as a mediator between perceived work conditions and work engagement and productive behaviors

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    - Year 2019

    There has been increasing scientific interest in the relationships between self-perception and group identity development processes as well as the behavioural implications of these processes in organizational contexts. Recently, the concept of workplace self-expansion has been introduced to work and organizational psychology. That is, the self-expanding characteristics of work and the workplace have been related to job satisfaction...

  • Affective Learning Manifesto – 10 Years Later

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    - Year 2014

    In 2004 a group of affective computing researchers proclaimed a manifesto of affective learning that outlined the prospects and white spots of research at that time. Ten years passed by and affective computing developed many methods and tools for tracking human emotional states as well as models for affective systems construction. There are multiple examples of affective methods applications in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)....

  • Influence of algorithmic management practices on workplace well-being – evidence from European organisations

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    Purpose Existing literature on algorithmic management practices –defined as autonomous data-driven decision making in people's management by adoption of self-learning algorithms and artificial intelligence – suggests complex relationships with employees' well-being in the workplace. While the use of algorithms can have positive impacts on people-related decisions, they may also adversely influence job autonomy, perceived justice...

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  • Affective computing and affective learning – methods, tools and prospects

    Every teacher knows that interest, active participation and motivation are important factors in the learning process. At the same time e-learning environments almost always address only the cognitive aspects of education. This paper provides a brief review of methods used for affect recognition, representation and processing as well as investigates how these methods may be used to address affective aspect of e-education. The paper...

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  • Human emotion recognition with biosignals

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    - Year 2022

    This chapter presents issues in the field of affective computing. Basic preliminary information for the recognition of emotions is given and models of emotions, various ways of evoking emotions, as well as their theoretical foundations are discussed. The particular attention is given to the use of physiological signals in recognizing emotions. This subject is outlined further below by presenting selected biosignals, their relationship...

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  • Employees’ self-expansion, work conditions, work engagement and productive behaviours: study 1&2

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    In the following studies conducted in Poland, we examined the importance of workplace self-expansion and found that it is a significant mediator between job resources (e.g. compensation and benefits, job tasks) and work engagement (Study 1) as well as task-oriented engagement (Study 2). At the same time, our findings prove that job demands (e.g. role...

  • How to Design Affect-aware Educational Systems – the AFFINT Process Approach

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    - Year 2016

    Computer systems, that support learning processes, can adapt to the needs and states of a learner. The adaptation might directly address the knowledge deficits and most tutoring systems apply an adaptable learning path of that kind. Apart from a preliminary knowledge state, there are more factors, that influence education effectiveness and among those there are fluctuating emotional states. The tutoring systems may recognize or...

  • Ontological Model for Contextual Data Defining Time Series for Emotion Recognition and Analysis

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    One of the major challenges facing the field of Affective Computing is the reusability of datasets. Existing affective-related datasets are not consistent with each other, they store a variety of information in different forms, different formats, and the terms used to describe them are not unified. This paper proposes a new ontology, ROAD, as a solution to this problem, by formally describing the datasets and unifying the terms...

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  • Dariusz Mikielewicz prof. dr hab. inż.

    Professor Dariusz Mikielewicz – born on February 6, 1967. in Gdansk. Here in 1974 he enrolled first to the Elementary School No. 17, and then in the Grammar School No. 5, named after Stefan Żeromski in Gdansk-Oliwa. After graduating from the Secondary School, with honors, in 1985 he successfully passed the entrance exams to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Technical University of Gdansk, where he graduated with a very good...

  • PPAM 2022

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    11-09-2022 07:00 - 14-09-2022 13:56

    The PPAM 2022 conference, will cover topics in parallel and distributed computing, including theory and applications, as well as applied mathematics.

  • Practical issues for the implementation of survivability and recovery techniques in optical networks

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    • G. Ellinas
    • D. Papadimitriou
    • J. Rak
    • D. Staessens
    • J. P. Sterbenz
    • K. Walkowiak

    - Optical Switching and Networking - Year 2014

    Failures in optical networks are inevitable. They may occur during work being done for the maintenance of other infrastructures, or on a larger scale as the result of an attack or large-scale disaster. As a result, service availability, an important aspect of Quality of Service (QoS), is often degraded. Appropriate fault recovery techniques are thus crucial to meet the requirements set by the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between...

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  • Inclusive Communication Model Supporting the Employment Cycle of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Difficulties with interpersonal communication experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) significantly contribute to their underrepresentation in the workforce as well as problems experienced while in employment. Consistently, it is vital to understand how communication within the employment cycle of this group can be improved. This study aims to identify and analyze the possibilities of modifying the communication...

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  • Rafał Łangowski dr inż.

    Rafał Łangowski received the M.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees (Hons.) in control engineering from the Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology in 2003 and 2015, respectively. From 2007 to 2014, he held the specialist as well as manager positions at ENERGA, one of the biggest energy enterprises in Poland. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Intelligent Control and...

  • Limitations of Emotion Recognition in Software User Experience Evaluation Context

    This paper concerns how an affective-behavioural- cognitive approach applies to the evaluation of the software user experience. Although it may seem that affect recognition solutions are accurate in determining the user experience, there are several challenges in practice. This paper aims to explore the limitations of the automatic affect recognition applied in the usability context as well as...

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  • Social Aspects of Information Technology

    e-Learning Courses
    • M. Wróbel
    • R. Bogdanowicz
    • M. Gnyba
    • M. Szczerska
    • D. Majchrowicz
    • A. Sękowska-Namiotko
    • K. Karpienko

    Subject of the course includes history of science and technics as well as social, economic, medical, health and legal aspects of Information Technology and related fields of science and technology.

  • Social Aspects of Information Technology - Nowy

    e-Learning Courses
    • M. Wróbel
    • R. Bogdanowicz
    • M. Gnyba
    • M. Szczerska
    • D. Majchrowicz
    • A. Sękowska-Namiotko
    • K. Karpienko

    Subject of the course includes history of science and technics as well as social, economic, medical, health and legal aspects of Information Technology and related fields of science and technology.

  • Main Outlines of Lightning Research Development in Poland

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    • Z. Flisowski
    • M. Łoboda
    • G. Masłowski
    • S. Wojtas

    - Year 2018

    The paper deals with the historical development of lightning protection research, lightning protection ideas and investigations in Poland. The main achievements of lightning research performed at the technical universities in Gdansk, Warsaw and Rzeszow have been characterized. Exemplary main achievements related to natural lightning observations and measurements as well to those performed in laboratory scale tests have been shortly...

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  • The role of rewards and demands in burnout among surgical nurses

    Objective: Job rewards have both, an intrinsic and an extrinsic motivational potential, and lead to employees’ development as well as help them to achieve work goals. Rewards can balance job demands and protect from burnout. Due to changes on the labour market, new studies are needed. The aim of our study was to examine the role of demands and individual rewards (and their absence) in burnout among surgical nurses. Materials and...

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  • Internet Technologies in Infosystems - lecture 2022/23

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    • A. Szewczyk

    The aim of the course "Internet technologies in infosystems" is to familiarize students with issues related to the use of Internet technologies in the implementation of infosystems, including languages and web development tools, as well as application and transmission protocols.

  • Internet Technologies in Infosystems

    e-Learning Courses
    • A. Szewczyk

    The aim of the course "Internet technologies in infosystems" is to familiarize students with issues related to the use of Internet technologies in the implementation of infosystems, including languages and web development tools, as well as application and transmission protocols.

  • Graph Representation Integrating Signals for Emotion Recognition and Analysis

    Data reusability is an important feature of current research, just in every field of science. Modern research in Affective Computing, often rely on datasets containing experiments-originated data such as biosignals, video clips, or images. Moreover, conducting experiments with a vast number of participants to build datasets for Affective Computing research is time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, it is extremely important to...

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  • Professional prospects of polish logisticians in the light of the higher education: students’ opinion research.

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    - Research in Logistics & Production - Year 2016

    The paper focuses on a topic concerning the students’ professional future. Students more often and more are prepared to leave the labor market. In addition to the ongoing higher education they get their education at a variety of courses and trainings; they increase their skills in workshops or attend internships and practices to become attractive candidates for the job in the eyes of a potential employer. At this point a number...

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  • Karolina Sobieraj mgr inż.

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    MSc. Karolina Sobieraj graduated in 2018 in the field of Renewable Energy Sources and Waste Management in the specialization of Waste Management, with a scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for students for outstanding scientific achievements in the 2017/2018 academic year. From October 2019, she started studies at the UPWr Doctoral School in the discipline of environmental engineering, mining and energy....

  • Integrated spatial and energy planning – importance of a problem for contemporary architects and urban planners with focus on environmental factors

    Along with respecting basic sustainable development goals, planners will also be obliged to meet more stringent provisions related to energy efficiency in the coming years. In Poland, a crucial year will be 2021, when the EU directive on the energy efficiency of buildings comes into force. In this matter, not only the characteristics of individual objects are of great importance, but their whole complexes and the overall approach...

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  • Percentage of the working age population in selected EU countries in 2006 and 2017

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    The phenomenon of aging of the society, and thus changes in the structure of the share of population in pre- and post-working age, is typical for all European Union countries. The median age of the population in the European Union countries in 2001-2016 increased from 38.5 years to 43 years. This is the scale of the aging of the population (Median age...

  • A new optimal algorithm for a time-dependent scheduling problem

    In this article a single machine time-dependent scheduling problem with total completion time criterion is considered. There are n given jobs j_1, ..., j_n and the processing time pi of the i-th job is given by p_i = 1 + b_is_i, where si is the starting time of the i-th job, i = 1, ..., n. If all jobs have different and non-zero deterioration rates and bi > bj => bi >= (b_min+1)/(b_min) b_j + 1/b_min, where b_min = min{b_i}, then...

  • A Review of Emotion Recognition Methods Based on Data Acquired via Smartphone Sensors

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    In recent years, emotion recognition algorithms have achieved high efficiency, allowing the development of various affective and affect-aware applications. This advancement has taken place mainly in the environment of personal computers offering the appropriate hardware and sufficient power to process complex data from video, audio, and other channels. However, the increase in computing and communication capabilities of smartphones,...

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  • Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska

    Head of the Scientific and Technical Information Services at the Gdansk University of Technology Library and the Leader of the Open Science Competence Center. She is also a Plenipotentiary of the Rector of the Gdańsk University of Technology for open science.  She is a PhD Candidate. Her main areas of research and interests include research productivity, motivation, management of HEs, Open Access, Open Research Data, information...

  • Gravity-related research (2020/21)

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    • A. Dąbrowski
    • E. Wittbrodt

    The goal of the subject is to extend of the knowledge gained in the framework of general mechanics (statics, kinematics, dynamics). Students will be familiarized with the description of the kinematics and dynamics of motion in typical gravity-related research conditions (microgravity in parabolic flights, drop towers, sounding rockets) as well as gravity-related research platforms, its opportunities and limitations. Additionally,...

  • Gravity-related research (Engineering and Management of Space Systems) 21/22

    e-Learning Courses
    • E. Wittbrodt

    The goal of the subject is to extend of the knowledge gained in the framework of general mechanics (statics, kinematics, dynamics). Students will be familiarized with the description of the kinematics and dynamics of motion in typical gravity-related research conditions (microgravity in parabolic flights, drop towers, sounding rockets) as well as gravity-related research platforms, its opportunities and limitations. Additionally,...

  • IoT for healthcare applications

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    • K. Sayrafian
    • S. J. Ambroziak
    • D. Bajic
    • L. Berbakov
    • L. M. Correia
    • K. Cwalina
    • C. Garcia-pardo
    • G. Gardašević
    • K. Katzis
    • P. Kulakowski
    • K. Turbic

    - Year 2021

    This chapter summarizes IRACON contributions related to the application of IoT in healthcare. It consists of the following three sections. Section 8.1 presents the measurement campaigns and the related statistical analysis to obtain various channel models for wearable and implantable devices. In addition, the importance of physical human-body phantoms used for channel, Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), and Electromagnetic (EM) exposure...

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  • Investigation of educational processes with affective computing methods

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    This paper concerns the monitoring of educational processes with the use of new technologies for the recognition of human emotions. This paper summarizes results from three experiments, aimed at the validation of applying emotion recognition to e-learning. An analysis of the experiments’ executions provides an evaluation of the emotion elicitation methods used to monitor learners. The comparison of affect recognition algorithms...

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  • IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS AND GROUP PROJECTS DURING ENGINEERING STUDIES IN COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS

    The quality of education is one of most important factors determining the job opportunity for graduates. The authors present the possibility of carrying out the diplomas in cooperation with employers and institutions interested in employment of students who graduated Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management (major:...

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  • Job Demands, Engagement, and Turnover Intentions in Polish Nurses: The Role of Work-Family Interface

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    - Frontiers in Psychology - Year 2016

    Background: Poland has lower ratios of employed registered nurses per 1,000 inhabitants than the EU average. Polish nurses work under miserable conditions without assisting personnel, and they reconcile their professional demands with responsibilities for their families; 96% of them are women. Rationale/Aims: This study uses Hobfoll’s conservation of resources (CORs) theory to explain the role of various resources in the improvement...

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  • Economic growth_winter2022_2023

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    • J. Wolszczak-Derlacz

    By the completion of the course student should be able to: a) identify and use key concepts related to the growth theories and process of convergence, b) apply comparative analytical skills necessary for cross-cultural analysis, c) curry an independent research on selected topics and to present the results in a well-organized way.

  • How Specific Can We Be with k-NN Classifier?

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    This paper discusses the possibility of designing a two stage classifier for large-scale hierarchical and multilabel text classification task, that will be a compromise between two common approaches to this task. First of it is called big-bang, where there is only one classifier that aims to do all the job at once. Top-down approach is the second popular option, in which at each node of categories’ hierarchy, there is a flat classifier...

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  • On time-dependent nonlinear dynamic response of micro-elastic solids

    A new approach to the mechanical response of micro-mechanic problems is presented using the modified couple stress theory. This model captured micro-turns due to micro-particles' rotations which could be essential for microstructural materials and/or at small scales. In a micro media based on the small rotations, sub-particles can also turn except the whole domain rotation. However, this framework is competent for a static medium....

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  • A note on the affective computing systems and machines: a classification and appraisal

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2022

    Affective computing (AfC) is a continuously growing multidisciplinary field, spanning areas from artificial intelligence, throughout engineering, psychology, education, cognitive science, to sociology. Therefore, many studies have been devoted to the aim of addressing numerous issues, regarding different facets of AfC solutions. However, there is a lack of classification of the AfC systems. This study aims to fill this gap by reviewing...

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  • Quiet Quitting and its Link With Knowledge Risks in Organizations – Theoretical Insights

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    Purpose: Quiet quitting has become a widely publicized concept, driven by social media in the United States and other countries in 2022. It is a term used to describe the phenomenon by which employees do the least amount of their work, just enough to meet the requirements of one’s job description (Mahand and Caldwell, 2023). The trend is spreading quickly among young workers. It can potentially harm individuals, job performance,...

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  • Electromodulation and magnetomodulation of exciton dissociation in electron donor (starburst amine) : electron acceptor (bathocuproine) system

    Electric field dependencies of electromodulated photoluminescence and photocurrents as well as the magnetic field effects on photocurrents, photovoltaic characteristics, electromodulated photoluminescence and photoluminescence have been investigated in vacuum evaporated films of m-MTDATA:BCP (4,4',4''-tris(N-(3-methylphenyl)-N-phenylamino)triphenylamine and bathocuproine) system. The electromodulation processes do remain in accordance...

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  • Student model representation for pedagogical virtual mentors

    The paper concerns technological aspects of virtual mentors construction, especially concentrating on the student model representation. The article distinguishes several types of information that is gathered by the pedagogical agents and other educational platforms, including student knowledge model, student progress tracking, interaction process patterns and learner preferences. A set of technologies used for the student model...

  • From Regenerative Buildings to Regenerative Urban Projects: Design frameworks to scale up within the area of regenerative practice

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    - Year 2021

    In this chapter, a discussion will be presented of design frameworks and assessment tools that are useful for boosting the scale jumping of regenerative design practices and the paradigm shift. Our main objectives will be to identify existing design and assessment frameworks, to describe the way they work and how they can contribute to scale-jumping regenerative design, as well as to identify shortcomings and opportunities. We...

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  • Intercultural interactions at multinational corporations' workplace: Grounded theory.

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    - Journal of Positive Management - Year 2016

    environments is a new challenge for employees and managers. The aim of the paper is to analyze the social interactions in multicultural environments of multinational corporations (MNCs) as well as to propose a model of intercultural social interactions in MNCs’ specifi c context. Design/methodology/approach: The grounded theory approach was applied to create a model of intercultural interactions in MNCs. The data was obtained during...

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  • Individual Resources and Intercultural Interactions

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    - Year 2017

    The work environment in multinational corporations (MNCs) is specific and demanding including intercultural interactions with co-workers and clients and using a foreign language. Some individual resources can help in dealing with these circumstances. Individual resources refer to personal dispositions, competencies and prior experiences. With regard to previous studies, a caravan of personal resources, namely Psychological Capital...

  • Consumerism and the Quality of Life

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    High level of consumption, driven by marketing activities, the pleasure and joy of possession and the accumulation of material goods are often associated with prosperity, sense of happiness and fulfilment in life. On a broader scale, economic indicators related to production and consumption are used to define the well-being and quality of life in societies. Unfortunately, the phenomenon of consumerism entails negative social and...

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  • Infobrokerstwo w Polsce.

    Przełom XX i XXI wieku stał się bezsprzecznie wiekiem informacji, sama informacja natomiast najważniejszym zasobem gospodarczym dzisiejszych przedsiębiorstw. Rozwój technologii informacyjnych i komunikacyjnych, powszechność dostępu i nieograniczony przyrost publikacji, powoduje niekontrolowany rozrost zasobów informacyjnych. Odpowiedzią na smog informacyjny jest powstanie nowego zawodu - brokera informacji, który jest pośrednikiem...

  • Quiet Quitting and its Link With Knowledge Risks in Organizations – Theoretical Insights

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    Purpose: Quiet quitting has become a widely publicized concept, driven by social mediain the United States and other countries in 2022. It is a term used to describe thephenomenon by which employees do the least amount of their work, just enough tomeet the requirements of one’s job description (Mahand and Caldwell, 2023). The trendis spreading quickly among young workers. It can potentially harm individuals,...

  • Impact of Work on the Well-Being of Police Officers and Firefighters

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    - Internal Security - Year 2013

    Work is one of the most important spheres of human functioning and has a significant impact on individual overall well-being. The purpose of this study is to assess the positive and negative impact of the work of police officers and firefighters on their well-being in different spheres of life. In particular, the study examines the relationship between the type of occupation and the elements that generate a feeling of well-being,...

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  • Shales Leaching Modelling for Prediction of Flowback Fluid Composition

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    The object of the paper is the prediction of flowback fluid composition at a laboratory scale, for which a new approach is described. The authors define leaching as a flowback fluid generation related to the shale processing. In the first step shale rock was characterized using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray diractometry and laboratory analysis. It was proven that shale rock samples taken from the selected sections of horizontal...

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  • Diurnal variability of atmospheric water vapour, precipitation and cloud top temperature across the global tropics derived from satellite observations and GNSS technique

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    - CLIMATE DYNAMICS - Year 2024

    The diurnal cycle of convection plays an important role in clouds and water vapour distribution across the global tropics. In this study, we utilize integrated moisture derived from the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), satellite precipitation estimates from TRMM and merged infrared dataset to investigate links between variability in tropospheric moisture, clouds development and precipitation at a diurnal time scale. Over...

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  • Grzegorz Szwoch dr hab. inż.

    Grzegorz Szwoch was born in 1972 in Gdansk. In 1991-1996 he studied at the Technical University of Gdansk. In 1996 he graduated as a student from the Sound Engineering Department. His thesis was related to physical modeling of musical instruments. Since that time he has been a member of the research staff at the Multimedia Systems Department as a PhD student (1996-2001), Assistant (2001-2004), Assistant professor (2004-2020) and...

  • The effect of different accelerators on the reclaiming efficiency of ground tire rubber

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    The presented results concern the influence of different accelerators on the reclaiming efficiency of ground tire rubber (GTR). All the specimens were prepared using a two-roll mill and each sample was prepared in the same manner. Samples were submitted to curing analysis via Rheometer Monsanto 100S after 24 hours of aging. The attached data are related...

  • Jacek Ryl dr hab. inż.

    I have obtained my PhD in chemical technology in 2010. In the same year, I was employed at the Department of Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Chemistry. In 2018 I received habilitation at the Faculty of Chemistry GUT in technical sciences in the discipline of chemical technology. From 2021, he was employed at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Science at the Faculty of Technical...

  • Restricted open shop scheduling

    In the real applications the open shop scheduling models often require some additional constraints and adequate models. We concern the restrictions in the open shop scheduling related to an instance of the problem and to a feasible solution. Precisely, we require that each jobs consists of the bounded number of operations and each machine has a bounded load (i.e., the total number of operations executed on this machine in a schedule)....

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  • Justyna Szostak dr inż.

    I Gdańsk University of Technology: Chair of the Rector’s Internationalization Committee (October 2020 - Present) Erasmus + Coordinator for students and staff members, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics (Mar 2017 - Present) Dean's Proxy for Internationalization, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics (October 2020 - Present) Coordinator of the International Relations Office of the Faculty of Applied Physics and...

  • Human Resource Management Digitalisation in Multidisciplinary Ship Design Companies

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    The digitalisation in the ship design sector is currently applied to the design process itself and is well defined, partially standardised and practically implemented by both independent design companies and the design departments of shipyards. The situation is similar in other sectors of engineering. However, the requirements for the digitalisation of other processes in design and engineering companies have not previously been...

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  • Smart Weighing Scale with Feet-Sampled ECG

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    In a smart home, health and well-being monitoring systems could be embedded in everyday devices providing a pervasive care. A home bathroom scale is an example of such a device, typically used to measure body weight and very often its composition (e.g. body water/fat percentage). In this paper, we analyzed a potential use of the bathroom scale to measure electrocardiogram (ECG) from electrodes located on the scale's tile. In particular...

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  • Uncertainty quantification of modal parameter estimates obtained from subspace identification: An experimental validation on a laboratory test of a large-scale wind turbine blade

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    - ENGINEERING STRUCTURES - Year 2022

    The uncertainty afflicting modal parameter estimates stems from e.g., the finite data length, unknown, or partly measured inputs and the choice of the identification algorithm. Quantification of the related errors with the statistical Delta method is a recent tool, useful in many modern modal analysis applications e.g., damage diagnosis, reliability analysis, model calibration. In this paper, the Delta method-based uncertainty...

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  • Video recordings of static hand gestures for gesture based interaction

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    This data set contains video recording of selected simple hand gestures related to sign language. The purpose of the data set is to evaluate different computer algorithms design for hand gesture detection as well as for hand features and hand pose detection and identification. The data set contains 5 video recordings in mp4 format.  Each recording is...

  • Multimodal Approach For Polysensory Stimulation And Diagnosis Of Subjects With Severe Communication Disorders

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    is evaluated on 9 patients, data analysis methods are described, and experiments of correlating Glasgow Coma Scale with extracted features describing subjects performance in therapeutic exercises exploiting EEG and eyetracker are presented. Performance metrics are proposed, and k-means clusters used to define concepts for mental states related to EEG and eyetracking activity. Finally, it is shown that the strongest correlations...

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  • RECODIS: Resilient Communication Services Protecting End-user Applications from Disaster-based Failures

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    • J. Rak
    • D. Hutchison
    • E. Calle
    • T. Gomes
    • M. Gunkel
    • P. Smith
    • J. Tapolcai
    • S. Verbrugge
    • L. Wosinska

    - Year 2016

    Disaster-based failures can seriously disrupt any communication network, making its services unavailable. Such disruptions may be caused by natural disasters, technology-related failures, or malicious attacks, and they are observably increasing in number, intensity and scale. When network services that are a part of critical infrastructure become unavailable, commercial and/or societal problems are inevitable. The issue of limiting...

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  • Role of Sports Facilities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields

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    The paper gives an evidence that building a large sports facility can generate beneficial urban space transformation and a significant improvement in the dilapidated urban areas. On the basis of theoretical investigations and case studies it can be proved that sports facilities introduced to urban brownfields could be considered one of the best known large scale revitalization methods. Large urban spaces surrounding sport facilities...

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  • Optymizm przedsiębiorców a ich postawy wobec zmian

    Artykuł dotyczy postaw przedsiębiorców wobec wprowadzania zmian w zarządzanych przez nich firmach. Celem podjętych badań była weryfikacja hipotezy, że poziom optymizmu przedsiębiorcy wpływa na akceptację sytuacji zmian w organizacji i otwartość na jej wdrażanie. Badaniom kwestionariuszowym poddano przedsiębiorców działających na terenie Trójmiasta. Wykorzystano Skalę Orientacji Pozytywnej oraz adaptację Skali Postaw Pracowniczych...

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  • Psychosocial risks associated with the profession of train driver

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    Excellent competencies as well as a good physical and mental health are required in train drivers’ profession. Despite the changes in the structure of employment the train drivers above 46 years and job tenure longer than 30 years are the largest group. The generation gap is becoming more pronounced, and its fulfilment will not be easy. It is related not only to training of new personnel but also promotion of healthy work environment...

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  • Polish Adaptation of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire—Revised 2 for All Pregnant Women

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    • A. Michalik
    • L. Wójcicka
    • A. Zdun-Ryżewska
    • A. Czerwińska-Osipiak
    • M. Krzemiński
    • J. Olszewska
    • D. Klasa-Mazurkiewicz
    • A. C. Huizink

    - Healthcare - Year 2021

    Pregnancy-related anxiety (PrA) is a specific type of anxiety characteristic of the perinatal period. PrA can affect pregnancy and birth. However, no validated tool exists to measure PrA in Polish obstetric practice. The aim of this study was to translate the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire—Revised 2 (PRAQ-R2) into Polish and to evaluate its reliability and factorial and construct validity. This study was conducted in Poland...

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  • Jaroslaw Spychala dr

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    Oprócz bardzo dobrego wykształcenia osoba posiada również wieloletnie doświadczenie zawodowe, które jest poświadczeniem tego, że potrafi wykorzystać swoją wiedzę teoretyczną w praktycznych działaniach. Doświadczenie zawodowe jest bardzo bogate i rozbudowane. Ze względu na nabyte całkiem nowe umiejętności zwiększa się atrakcyjność doświadczonego pracownika. Są to między innymi kreatywne myślenie, zorientowanie na cel, odporność...

  • The number of students in public and private universities in 1990-2011

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    From the 2005/2006 academic year - when the number of students reached a record value of 1,953.8 thousand - the number of students is systematically decreasing. Within 5 years, this number decreased by 5.8%, and over the last year, the decrease amounted to 3.1%. These changes are related to the constantly decreasing number of people aged 19-24. Despite...

  • TensorHive: Management of Exclusive GPU Access for Distributed Machine Learning Workloads

    TensorHive is a tool for organizing work of research and engineering teams that use servers with GPUs for machine learning workloads. In a comprehensive web interface, it supports reservation of GPUs for exclusive usage, hardware monitoring, as well as configuring, executing and queuing distributed computational jobs. Focusing on easy installation and simple configuration, the tool automatically detects the available computing...

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  • Education of Logisticians in Poland: Problems and Prospects in Students’ Opinion

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    - Logistics and Transport - Year 2019

    Logistics is one of the key sectors of the Polish economy. Its value reflects not only its own capacity, but also the role it plays in ensuring the proper functioning of the entire economy. The rapid development of the industry and the highest demands on logistics solutions bring to the fore the problem of preparing a new generation of specialists in logistics. That is why the question of compliance to learning expectations of...

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  • Practical aspects of design and operation of amphibious craft for rescue purposes

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    - Mechines Technologies Materials - Year 2013

    The paper presents the selected problems of design and operation of amphibious craft for rescue purposes. The result of research on the amphibious rescue units allowed formulating the general conclusions with respect to the proper selection of the main design parameters, program of model tests and full scale trials for the amphibious craft. The most important design problems related to the water characteristics are presents and...

  • The Mediation Function of Job Satisfaction's between Organizational Culture Dimensions and Knowledge Sharing

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    - Year 2018

    It is commonly acknowledged that organizational culture is a valuable element of intellectual capital and as a hidden source of competitive advantage can considerably affect the achieving of strategic business goals. The axiological dimension of organizational culture is mostly identified with a set of shared assumptions and values, while work practices mainly define its behavioral dimension. Both these dimensions influence, among...

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  • Attitudes to tree removal on private property in rural and urban Polish municipalities.

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    • A. Inglot
    • P. Przewoźna
    • M. Mielewczyk
    • K. Mączka
    • P. Matczak
    • P. Wężyk
    - series: Public Participation GIS study on Ecosystem Services provided by trees in Polish case studies.

    The urban-rural divide is an important factor known to affect public opinion on issues related to environmental protection and management. The present data set allows for a deeper understanding of this issue with respect to policies dealing with tree removal on private property in two municipalities located in southern Poland: Racibórz (an urban municipality)...

  • Shape-Based Pose Estimation of Robotic Surgical Instruments

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    - Year 2017

    We 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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  • Maciej Sac dr inż.

    Maciej Sac received his M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications from Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland in 2009. In 2022 he received his Ph.D degree in Information and Communication Technology. His research interests include IP QoS, VoIP, IMS/NGN, SDN networks as well as multimedia services and teletraffic engineering. Currently, he is employed as an assistant professor at Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics,...

  • Looking for the Optimal Location of an Eco-District within a Metropolitan Area: The Case of Tricity Metropolitan Area

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    Compact housing structures located in city centers are considered to be the most energy and environmentally eective, mainly due to the access to services, transport networks and municipal infrastructures. There is the question of why so many of the acknowledged ecological housing complexes are located on the outskirts of cities or suburbs. Numerous cities decide to introduce strategies either to densify city centers, hoping to...

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