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Quality control in flexible manufacturing cell.
PublicationPublikacja dotyczy procesu produkcyjnego w środowisku komputerowo zintegrowanego wytwarzania. Ukazuje ona aspekty kontroli jakości wykonania części na różnych etapach procesu wytwórczego. W celu dokonania szczegółowej analizy problemu zebrano dane o jakości wykonania części na poszczególnych poziomach wytwarzania. Analizy dowiodły, że jakość wykonania części zależy od jakości użytych narzędzi a sterowanie nią wymaga optymalizacj...
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Quality control procedures in Pomeranian Digital Library
PublicationThis paper concerns a quality control in digital libraries projects. At first, general goals of such projects are presented together with some restrictions concerning non-commercial projects. Then some quality factors for digital objects are presented. Finally, a quality control model for Pomeranian Digital Library (PDL) is proposed. The model assumes three levels of quality control and takes into account specific features of PDL....
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Expert systems in quality control of manufacturing processes
PublicationThe paper deals with quality control in conditions of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). It shows that quality of material stream items have to be analyzed on every stage of manufacturing process. Collecting and analyzing quantity of data with usage of expert systems make it possible to create a system for coordination of cell's work. The system contains error recovery algorithm and adaptive control subsystem based on fuzzy...
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Passive samplers in indoor air quality control
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań jakości powietrza wewnętrznego w 12 wybranych mieszkaniach usytuowanych na terenie aglomeracji Trójmiejskiej z wykorzystaniem techniki pasywnej (dozymetria pasywna typu permeacyjnego) oraz techniki dynamicznej (rurki sorpcyjne wypełnione sorbentem Tenax TA). Wykorzystując nowe podejście do sposobu kalibracji dokonano monitoringu zarówno poszczególnych lotnych związków organicznych jak i sumarycznej zawartości...
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Electronic noses in classification and quality control of edible oils: A review
PublicationThe growing demand for wholesome and nutritious food leads to intensification of production, which in turn can have a detrimental effect on quality and well-being of consumers. For that reason, it is important to develop novel methods of food control which would be characterized by a short time of analysis, adequate sensitivity and relatively low cost. One such technique involves the use of multi-sensory devices called electronic...
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Surface quality control of a thin SiN layer by optical measurements
PublicationFiber optic interferometers have a wide range of applications, including biological and chemical measurements. Nevertheless, in the case of a reflective interferometer setup, standard silver mirrors cannot be used in every measurement, due to their chemical activity. This work investigates the surface quality of a thin optical layer of silicon nitride (SiN), which can serve as an alternative material for silver mirrors. We present...
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Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory: A Practical Approach.
PublicationNowe opracowanie książkowe z zakresu QA/QC to praktyczny podręcznik zarówno dla studentów jak i pracowników laboratoriów. Opisano systemu jakości wyników pomiarów analitycznych i poszczególnych jego składników: spójności pomiarowej, niepewności pomiaru, walidacji procedury analitycznej, materiałów odniesienia i badań międzylaboratoryjnych. Opisano i przedstawiono narzędzia statystyczne służące do obliczania parametrów walidacyjnych,...
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Active Power Quality Controllers
PublicationDynamic Static Synchronous Compensator is the most important controller for distribution networks and probably in SEEN. It has been widely used since the 1990s to regulate system voltage precisely, improve voltage profile, reduce voltage harmonics, reduce transient voltage disturbances and load compensation. Rather than using conventional capacitors and inductors combined with fast switches, the D-STATCOM uses a power-electronics...
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Analysis the Parameters of the Adaptive Controller for Quality Control of Dissolved Oxygen Concentration
PublicationThe wastewater treatment plant can be considered a dynamic large scale complex system, in which the most important control parameter is the dissolved oxygen concentration in the aerobic zone. The air is supplied to this zone by the aeration system. In the paper, both the sequencing batch reactor and the aeration system are modelled and used as plant of control performed by the cascade nonlinear adaptive control system extended...
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Quality 5.0: A Paradigm Shift Towards Proactive Quality Control in Industry 5.0
PublicationIndustry 5.0, the latest wave of industrial revolution, is redefining the traditional manufacturing and production landscapes by leveraging advanced technologies, promoting sustainability, and fostering a human-centric approach. An inevitable consequence of this progression is Quality 5.0, the next phase of quality control and assurance. Quality 5.0 aims to transcend the limitations of conventional quality control techniques, which...
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Certified Reference Material - as a necessary tool for the quality control and quality assurance of measurements
PublicationReference materials are necessary to control and ensure the quality of the measurements. The demand for analytical information on the composition of different material objects makes it necessary to produce an even wider range of materials.
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Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory. A practical approach : Second edition
PublicationThe second edition defines the tools used in QA/QC, especially the application of statistical tools during analytical data treatment. Clearly written and logically organized, it takes a generic approach applicable to any field of analysis. The authors begin with the theory behind quality control systems, then detail validation parameter measurements, the use of statistical tests, counting the margin of error, uncertainty estimation,...
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The role and the place of method validation in the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) System
PublicationOznaczanie analitów na coraz niższych poziomach stężeń w próbkach charakteryzujących się coraz bardziej złożonym składem matrycy to jeden z głównych kierunków rozwojowych analityki chemicznej. Jest to zadanie niezwykle trudne i skomplikowane, w związku z czym stanowi wielkie wyzwanie dla analityków i wymaga zwrócenia uwagi na problem kontroli i zapewnienia jakości uzyskiwanych wyników (ang. Quality Assurance/Quality Control - QA/QC).W...
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The Role of and the Place of Method Validation in the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) System
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Static Shunt PE Voltage-Quality Controllers
PublicationThis chapter focuses on power electronics (PE)-based solutions used in distribution networks for reduction of supply-voltage-quality deterioration, from long interruptions to the harmonics. Various PE devices and their combinations are addressed for particular or a range of voltage disturbances. A particular solution is applied taking into account demands for voltage quality and network configuration. In general, there are three...
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Analytical procedures for quality control of pharmaceuticals in terms of residual solvents content: Challenges and recent developments
PublicationResidual solvents play an important role in the synthesis of drugs and in product formulations. In addition, they pose a serious problem, that is toxicity, as many of them exhibit toxic or environmentally hazardous properties. Therefore, constant monitoring of quality control is needed. In this study, we present an overview of regulatory and general methods described by various pharmacopoeias. Then, the most commonly used methodologies...
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The possibility of the application of a potentiometric sensor with all-solid-state electrodes for the quality control of different natural waters
PublicationThe quality of various natural waters was examined by a new potentiometric sensor with six all solid state electrodes containing an appropriate lipophilic compound in a polymer membrane. Physicochemical parameters such as conductivity and acidity of tested waters were also tested. All waters were neutral or slightly alkaline and contained different ions (e.g., Cl–) due to the place of their sampling (a coastal zone and a moraine...
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Static Series and Shunt-series PE Voltage-quality Controllers
PublicationAs presented in the Chap. 7 static shunt power electronics (PE) voltage-quality controllers protect the utility electrical system from the unfavorable impact of customer loads. Shunt controllers, as shown in Chap. 6, are recommended mainly for mitigation of the causes of disturbances, and not their effects in distanced nodes of a power-electronics system. In the case when reduction of disturbances effects is required, which leads...
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Kontrola i zapewnienie jakości wyników pomiarów analitycznych =Quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) of analytical results
PublicationWyniki, które winny być źródłem informacji analitycznej, są uzyskiwane w następstwie przeprowadzanych pomiarów. Na tym etapie stosuje się odpowiednie "narzędzia analityczne", które stanowią metodyki analityczne i urządzenia kontrolno-pomiarowe. "Narzędzia" muszą być właściwie przygotowane do pracy, tak aby uzyskiwane wyniki były miarodajne, czyli aby odzwierciedlały w sposób dokładny (jednocześnie precyzyjny i poprawny) rzeczywistą...
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Quality Control of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles with Total Protein Content Assay, Nanoparticles Tracking Analysis, and Capillary Electrophoresis
PublicationExtracellular vesicles (EVs) were isolated from Pectobacterium zantedeschiae culturing media using direct ultracentrifugation (UC), iodixanol cushion ultracentrifugation (ICUC), and iodixanol density gradient ultracentrifugation (IDGUC) techniques. The isolates were characterized with total protein content assay (bicinchoninic acid assay, BCA), nanoparticles tracking analysis (NTA), and capillary electrophoresis (CE). A satisfactory...
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Mobile monitoring system for air quality control along traffic routes = Monitoring zanieczyszczeń wzdłuż ciągów komunikacyjnych
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono budowę i zasadę działania mobilnej stacji monitoringu do badania i analizy zanieczyszczeń powietrza atmosferycznego wzdłuż ciagów komunikacyjnych. Przedstawiono również wyniki badań imisji substancji emitowanych z pojazdów poruszających się wzdłuż układu komunikacyjnego Trójmiasta stosując urzadzenie ETL 2000 Bus, zamontowane na dachu samochodu osobowego. Wcześniej, uzyskane wyniki porównano z wynikami...
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Urgent need to address quality control issues of out‐of‐office blood pressure measurement and patient risk assessment
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Quality control of cheese samples for the presence of natamycin preservative – A natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) based extraction coupled with HPLC
PublicationA new protocol for the determination of natamycin – an antifungal agent used as a food preservative - in cheese samples – is described. This new method is based on a natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) green extraction procedure. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used for detection and quantification. NADESs with different molar ratios were evaluated for efficient and selective extraction. NADES made of thymol...
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Solid phase extraction with flame atomic absorption spectrometry for determination of traces of Ca, K, Mg and Na in quality control of white sugar
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Stochastics and Quality Control
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Wastewater and water quality control 2023/24
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Wastewater and water quality control 2022/23
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Feedback control of water quality
PublicationSformułowano problem sterowania jakością wody w sieciach wodociągowych i następnie zaproponowano podejście do projektowania sterowania stężeniem chloru w takich sieciach, bazujący na estymacji parametrów oraz sterowaniu adaptacyjnym. Podejście wykorzystuje założenie, że w sieci wodociągowej istnieją punkty wstrzykiwania chloru. Zależność typu wejście-wyjście pomiędzy stężeniem chloru w węźle dozowania i monitorowania jest modelowana...
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Nonquadratic quality indices in estimation, approximation and control
PublicationZaproponowano wykorzystanie niekwadratowych miar jakości w zagadnieniach estymacji parametrów modeli, aproksymacji funkcji okresowych oraz syntezy układów sterowania. Rozważono funkcje celu w postaci ważonych sum lub całek wartości bezwzględnej błędu predykcji. Ponieważ tego typu wskaźniki jakości są w swoich ekstremach nieróżniczkowalne, zadanie minimalizacji funkcji celu rozwiązano stosując iteracyjny algorytm kolejnych przybliżeń....
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Mobile monitoring system for control of atmospheric air quality
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono ruchomy system monitoringu powietrza, który zapewnia możliwość ciągłego pomiaru stężenia takich zanieczyszczeń powietrza jak benzen, tlenek i ditlenek azotu oraz tlenek i ditlenek węgla. Opracowany zestaw pomiarowy może być zainstalowany na rożnych pojazdach (samochód, autobus, ciężarówka).System zbudowany jest z zestawu małych przenośnych jednostek pomiarowych (elektroniczne urządzenia pomiarowe, rejestrator...
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Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control
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Example applications of control charts as a quality tool for statistical process control in a small manufacturing company
PublicationPraca zawiera przykład wdrożenia kart kontrolnych w małym zakładzie produkcyjnym zajmującym się wytwarzaniem komponentów z blach. Pokazano jak z zastosowaniem dostępnego pakietu biurowego, można stworzyć statystyczną kontrolę procesu(SPC)w małej firmie. Artykuł zawiera wyniki z przykładowych analizowanych procesów.
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Quality of Service in ASON/GMPLS Network with Hierarchical Control Plane Structure
PublicationThe paper presents the problem of quality of service for hierarchical control plane structure of Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) utilizing Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS). The approach is implemented to control the multidomain network with required quality of service, in a use case of incomplete domain network information. The authors examine different factors, including resource reservation algorithms...
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On the synthesis of coupled-lossy resonator filters with unloaded quality factor control
PublicationA technique for fast synthesis of coupling matrix low-pass prototypes of generalized Chebyshev bandpass filters with lossy resonators is presented in this paper. The coupling matrix is found by solving a nonlinear least squares problem based on zeros and poles of filter's transfer functions. Additional constraints are introduced that allow one to control the level of unloaded quality factor of resonators.
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Quality Model for Integrated Security Monitoring and Control in Water Distribution Systems
PublicationThis article addresses the problem of drinking water distribution system (DWDS) security in the terms of water quality which in the era of terrorist threat is of high importance to the public. The contribution of this paper is the development of the so called security module to extend a multi-species water quality model. This gives an insight to the situation in DWDS not only under normal operational conditions but also in case...
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Influence of the method of the control of the hybrid contactless short-circuit limiter on power quality
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wpływ sterowania bezstykowego ogranicznika prądów zwarciowych na ograniczanie zapadów napięcia. Scharakteryzowano podstawowe własności ogranicznika oraz układu sterowania jego pracą. Ponieważ prąd zwarciowy jest detekowany przez dedykowany superkrótki bezpiecznik sterowanie musi być dostosowane do czasu przedrukowego i łukowego topika, które zależą od aktualnej wartości prądu i aktualnej konfiguracji obwodu....
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Hierarchical model predictive control of integrated quality and quantity in drinking water distribution systems
PublicationW artykule zaproponowane zostało zintegrowane podejście do sterowania ilością i jakością w systemach zaopatrzenia i dystrybucji wody. Sterowanie zintegrowane polega na optymalizowaniu kosztów operacyjnych zaspokajając zapotrzebowanie na wodę o wymaganej jakości i spełniając ograniczenia systemu. To zagadnienie sterowania optymalizującego jest zagadnieniem złożonym z powodu nieliniowości, dużego wymiaru, ograniczeń na wyjście, występowania...
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Two Time-Scale Hierarchical Control of Integrated Quantity and Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
PublicationThe paper considers a feedback optimising control of drinking water distribution systems (DWDS). Although the optimised pump and valves scheduling and disinfectant injection control attracted considerable attention over last two decades most of the contributions were limited to an open-loop optimisation repetitively performed during the DWDS operation. Also, while a strong interaction between the water quantity and quality exists...
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Multiobjective Water Distribution Systems Control of Pumping Cost, Water Quality, and Storage-Reliability Constraints
PublicationThis work describes a multiobjective model for trading-off pumping cost and water quality for water distribution systems operation. Constraints are imposed on flows and pressures, on periodical tanks operation, and on tanks storage. The methodology links the multiobjective SPEA2 algorithm with EPANET, and is applied on two example applications of increasing complexity, under extended period simulation conditions and variable energy...
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ANALYSIS OF IMPACT of SHIP model parameters on changes of control quality index in ship dynamic positioning system
PublicationIn this work there is presented an analysis of impact of ship model parameters on changes of control quality index in a ship dynamic positioning system designed with the use of a backstepping adaptive controller. Assessment of the impact of ship model parameters was performed on the basis of Pareto-Lorentz curves and ABC method in order to determine sets of the parameters which have either crucial, moderate or low impact on objective...
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Multi-Objective Water Distribution Systems Control of Pumping Cost, Water Quality, and Storage-Reliability Constraints
PublicationThis work describes a multi-objective model for trading-off pumping cost and water quality for water distribution systems operation. Constraints are imposed on flows and pressures, on periodical tanks operation, and on tanks storage. The methodology links the multi-objective SPEA2 algorithm with EPANET, and is applied on two example applications of increasing complexity, under extended period simulation conditions and variable...
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Genetic solver of optimization task of mpc for optimizing control of integrated quantity and quality in drinking water distribution systems
PublicationPredykcyjne sterowanie zintegrowana jakością i ilością wody pitnej umożliwia uzyskanie lepszej jakości sterowania niż w przypadku innych metod. Niestety wymaga rozwiązania nieliniowego, niewypukłego problemu optymalizacji. Z tego względu potrzebne jest wykorzystanie specjalizowanego solwera w celu rozwiązania problemu optymalizacji predykcyjnej w wymaganych czasie. W tym artykule przedstawiony jest dedykowany algorytm genetyczny...
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<title>Measurements of SIMCON 3.1 LLRF control signal processing quality for VUV free-electron laser FLASH</title>
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The Potential Use of Citrus aurantifolia L. Essential Oils for Decay Control, Quality Preservation of Agricultural Products, and Anti-Insect Activity
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The Effect of Acaricide Control of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch on the Cultivation of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) and on the Size and Quality of the Yield
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METHODS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROL
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Quality of bottled waters
PublicationBottled water is a product that is purchased by annually increasing numbers of people of all age groups. The quality control of mineral waters tends to concentrate on the determination of anion and cation levels, since it is these that govern the taste, smell and possible medicinal properties of the water. The constantly rising sales of mineral waters bring with them the ever increasing exploitation of their sources. The consequences...
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Cross-cultural problem of quality
PublicationThe paper, by presenting issues such as variability of reality, quality of life, quality and environmental management systems, emphasizes the opportunities of taking the socially important problem under control by utilization of efficient quality engineering analytical methods.
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Quality Expectations of Mobile Subscribers
PublicationMobile systems, by nature, have finite resources. Radio spectrum is limited, expensive and shared between many users and services. Mobile broadband networks must support multiple applications of voice, video and data on a single IP-based infrastructure. These converged services each have unique traffic holding and quality requirements. A positive user experience must be obtained through efficient partitioning of the available wireless...
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Electronic Noses for Indoor Air Quality Assessment
PublicationThis chapter presents a proposal of the use of electronic noses in the monitoring of indoor air quality. The main focus is put on the detailed characteristics of today’s indoor air quality control methods, the types of pollution in the air, and the development of electronic noses for air testing. Currently, scientists seek methodological and structural solutions that would enable real-time online indoor air control. It has been...