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Operation of the Hybrid Photovoltaic-Battery System on the Electricity Market—Simulation, Real-Time Tests and Cost Analysis
PublicationThis paper presents research on a hybrid photovoltaic-battery energy storage system, declaring its hourly production levels as a member of a balancing group submitting common scheduling unit to the day-ahead market. It also discusses the variability of photovoltaic system generation and energy storage response. The major research questions were whether the operation of a hybrid photovoltaic-battery energy storage system is viable...
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The influence of historical conditions on time and cost of construction project
PublicationConducting construction works in a building or in an area entered in the historic register is associated with the contracting authority's risk of incurring higher than planned costs of works, as well as delays in their implementation. In many cases, these deviations are completely independent of contracting authority and contractor. The aim of this article is to indicate the reasons for cost and time changes in the construction...
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Influence of passive house technology on time and cost of construction investment
PublicationDue to the changes in the energy standards for housing in Poland there are many concerns. Is the standard required by the regulation achievable and if it is, then at what cost? There are many solutions to construct a building in line with the requirements of passive house technology. They are differentiated by price and time required for implementation. This study is based on the solution proposed by one of Polish companies, offering...
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Low cost real time UAV stereo photogrammetry modelling technique – accuracy considerations
PublicationThe paper presents accuracy considerations regarding three 3D modelling techniques. The tested new consumer type stereo camera (ZED 3D Stereolabs) has been implemented info an aerial mapping system, on board micro air vehicle MAV) and tested object has been mapped using a real-time photogrammetry with original real-time software application. The evaluated results has been compared with model gained with a state of art unmanned...
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THE COST ANALYSIS OF CORROSION PROTECTION SOLUTIONS FOR STEEL COMPONENTS IN TERMS OF THE OBJECT LIFE CYCLE COST
PublicationSteel materials, due to their numerous advantages - high availability, easiness of processing and possibility of almost any shaping are commonly applied in construction for carrying out basic carrier systems and auxiliary structures. However, the major disadvantage of this material is its high corrosion susceptibility, which depends strictly on the local conditions of the facility and the applied type of corrosion protection system....
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Estimating the Cost of Cybersecurity Activities with CAsPeA: A Case Study and Comparative Analysis
PublicationContemporary approaches to the estimation of cybersecurity costs in organisations tend to focus on the cost of incidents or technological investments. However, there are other, less transparent costs related to cybersecurity management that need to be properly recognised in order to get a complete picture. These costs are associated with everyday activities and the time spent by employees on cybersecurity-related actions. Such...
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Technological innovation and cost-benefit analysis of safety-related solutions
PublicationW rozdziale przedstawia się aktualne zagadnienia dotyczące innowacji technologicznych oraz analizę kosztów i efektów rozwiązań związanych z bezpieczeństwem na przykładzie systemów elektrycznych, elektronicznych i programowalnych elektronicznych (E/E/PE), pełniących funkcje monitorowania, sterowania i zabezpieczeń w instalacjach podwyższonego ryzyka. Podkreśla się znaczenie kryteriów związanych z bezpieczeństwem, takich jak tolerowalność...
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Nuclear Co-generation: The Analysis of Technical Capabilities and Cost Estimates
PublicationThis paper presents a concept of the parallel connection of a nuclear power plant fitted to provide heat for district heating application, with the CHP and heat plants existing in the supply region, in this case with the heating systems of Wejherowo and Gdynia. Presented variant proposes to add heat to a nuclear power plant’s total output by supplying heat exchangers with the steam from bleeders of low pressure (LP) turbine stage...
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Efficient Calibration of Cost-Efficient Particulate Matter Sensors Using Machine Learning and Time-Series Alignment
PublicationAtmospheric particulate matter (PM) poses a significant threat to human health, infiltrating the lungs and brain and leading to severe issues such as heart and lung diseases, cancer, and premature death. The main sources of PM pollution are vehicular and industrial emissions, construction and agricultural activities, and natural phenomena such as wildfires. Research underscores the absence of a safe threshold for particulate exposure,...
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Joint time–frequency analysis of electrochemical noise
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Time series - the tool for traffic safety analysis
PublicationGłównym celem artykułu jest przedstawienie sposobu modelowania i modeli stosowanych w analizach i prognozowaniu odnośnie zmian śmiertelności w wypadkach drogowych w Polsce. W tym celu zastosowano teorię modeli strukturalnych szeregów czasowych przy założeniu, że zarówno ruch drogowy, jak i bezpieczeństwo na drogach są procesami dynamicznymi, w których przeszłość ma znaczący wpływ na teraźniejszość i przyszłość systemu.
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Medical transport of ambulances. Analysis of travel time
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Functional safety in the context of risk appraisal criteria and cost-benefit analysis
PublicationRozdział przedstawia aktualne zagadnienia dotyczące analizy kosztów i efektów rozwiązań związanych z bezpieczeństwem na przykładzie systemów elektrycznych, elektronicznych i programowalnych elektronicznych (E/E/PE) pełniących funkcje sterowania i zabezpieczeń w obiektach podwyższonego ryzyka. Podkreśla się znaczenie kryteriów związanych z bezpieczeństwem, takich jak tolerowalność ryzyka (TOR) w kontekście analizy kosztów i efektów...
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Cost Analysis of Prefabricated Elements of the Ordinary and Lightweight Concrete Walls in Residential Construction
PublicationGlobal economic growth causes an increase in natural resources exploitation, particularly in construction branch. The growing use of electricity contributes to climate change. Therefore, it is necessary to search the solutions, which will allow for reducing natural resources exploitation. One of the many opportunities to do that is the application of the recycled materials. The authors of the given article have analyzed three variants...
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Effects of safety barrier life cycle cost factors - identification and analysis
PublicationThe costs borne by road infrastructure authorities for managing and maintaining road devices such as safety barriers may be very high. This has prompted the need for identifying and analysing in detail all factors that influence the costs of safety barriers throughout their service life. To meet that need, the authors used international experience and field data collected under the LifeRoSE project to define the cost structure...
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Detection and time/frequency analysis of electric fields in the ground
PublicationThis paper sets out to detect and characterize electric fields in the ground (such as stray current fields) using a tandem time/frequency method of signal analysis. Results were obtained from investigations performed in the presence of a generated electric field with controlled variable characteristics, and in the presence of an electric field generated by a tramline. The analysis of measurement registers was performed using Short‐Time...
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A novel method of time-frequency analysis: an essential spectrogram
PublicationA novel precise method of time-frequency analysis is presented. In the algorithm, a new energy distribution is estimated by simultaneously discard or displacement of the classical spec- trogram energy. A channelized instantaneous frequency and a local group delay are used in order to replacement in the same manner as formulated by Kodera et al. [1, 2]. Additionally, new representations: a channelized instantaneous bandwidth and...
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Tolerance Analysis of Continuous Time Gm-C Filters.
PublicationW pracy opisano metodę analizy tolerancji dla filtrów Gm-C dowolnego typu i rzędu. Opracowano odpowiednie formuły analityczne korzystając z ogólnego modelu filtrów tej klasy oraz zunifikowanego opisu macierzowego. W końcowej części pracy przedstawiono wybrane przykłady zastosowań proponowanej procedury z włączeniem analizy metody najgorszego przypadku dla filtrów Gm-C wysokiego rzędu.
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Photodegradation of single and mixture of parabens – Kinetic, by-products identification and cost-efficiency analysis
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Time-frequency analysis of acoustic signals using concentrated spectrogram
PublicationThe paper presents improved method of time-frequency (TF) analysis of discrete-time signals. The method involves signal's local group delay (LGD) and channelized instantaneous frequency (CIF) to purposely redistribute all Short-time Fourier transform (STFT) lines. Additionally, the energy concentration index (ECI) and some histogram-like statistics are used to evaluate readability of estimated TF distributions of the energy. Recorded...
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Real-Time Gastrointestinal Tract Video Analysis on a Cluster Supercomputer
PublicationThe article presents a novel approach to medical video data analysis and recognition. Emphasis has been put on adapting existing algorithms detecting le- sions and bleedings for real time usage in a medical doctor's office during an en- doscopic examination. A system for diagnosis recommendation and disease detec- tion has been designed taking into account the limited mobility of the endoscope and the doctor's requirements. The...
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Application of time-frequency methods for analysis of dynamic silo flow
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono możliwość stosowania metod czasowo-częstotliwościowych w analizie dynamicznego przepływu materiału sypkiego w silosie. W pracy omówiono wyniki FT (Fourier Transform), STFT (Short Time Fourier Transform) oraz WT (Wavelet Transform)
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Irregular variations in GPS time series by probability and noise analysis
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Study on the time-frequency analysis of nonstationary, electrochemical and corrosion processes
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono możliwości zastosowania czasowo-częstotliwościowych metod analizy sygnałów do badania niestacjonarnych procesów elektrochemicznych, chemicznych i korozyjnych. Wnikliwej analizie z wykorzystaniem metod STFT, rozkładu Wignera-Ville'a oraz przekształceń z klasy Cohena poddano rejestry oscylacji chemicznych, elektrochemicznych i rejestry korozji wżerowej.
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Noise Analysis and Optimization of Continuous-Time OTA-C Filters
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono efektywną procedurę wyznaczania szumów w filtrach OTA C czasu ciagłego. Procedura wyprowadzona jest w oparciu o ogólny model filtru OTA C oraz jego opis macierzowy. Podano jawne formuły pozwalające okreslić odniesione do wejścia widmo szumów dowolnego filtru rozważanej klasy. Otrzymane wyniki teoretyczne zostały zweryfikowane poprzez porównanie z wynikami otrzymywanymi za pomocą symulatora SPICE dla wybranych...
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Analysis and Optimization of Noise in Continuous-Time OTA-C Filters
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono ogólną procedurę analizy szumów w filtrach klasy OTA-C czasu ciągłego. Procedura umożliwia analizę filtrów o dowolnej topologii i dowolnego rzędu w ramach rozważanej klasy. W oparciu o opis macierzowy ogólnej struktury filtru OTA-C wyprowadzono ogólne formuły pozwalające na wyznaczanie i optymalizację szumów dowolnego filtru OTA-C. Przedstawione wyniki są użyteczne nie tylko dla klasycznych (dyskretnych lub...
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Efficient tolerance analysis of continuous-time Gm-C filters
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono efektywną metodą analizy tolerancji dowolnych filtrów Gm-C. Przedstawiono ogólny model filtrów Gm-C oraz jego opis algebraiczny. Używając tego podejścia, wyprowadzono formuły pozwalające na wyznaczenie odchyłek funkcji przenoszenia filtru spowodowanych odchyłkami wartości elementów filtru od wartości nominalnych. Proponowana metoda charakteryzuje się niewielką złożonością obliczeniową, co pozwala na jej wykorzystanie...
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Analysis of exhaled breath for dengue disease detection by low-cost electronic nose system
PublicationThis paper presents a procedure and a set-up of an electronic nose system analyzing exhaled breath to detect the patients suffering from dengue – a mosquito-borne tropical disease. Low-power resistive gas sensors (MiCS-6814, TGS8100) were used to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the exhaled breath. The end-tidal phase of patients exhaled breath was collected with a BioVOCTM breath sampler. Two strategies were assessed...
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Statistical Data Pre-Processing and Time Series Incorporation for High-Efficacy Calibration of Low-Cost NO2 Sensor Using Machine Learning
PublicationAir pollution stands as a significant modern-day challenge impacting life quality, the environment, and the economy. It comprises various pollutants like gases, particulate matter, biological molecules, and more, stemming from sources such as vehicle emissions, industrial operations, agriculture, and natural events. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), among these harmful gases, is notably prevalent in densely populated urban regions. Given...
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Machine-learning-based precise cost-efficient NO2 sensor calibration by means of time series matching and global data pre-processing
PublicationAir pollution remains a considerable contemporary challenge affecting life quality, the environment, and economic well-being. It encompasses an array of pollutants—gases, particulate matter, biological molecules—emanating from sources such as vehicle emissions, industrial activities, agriculture, and natural occurrences. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a harmful gas, is particularly abundant in densely populated urban areas. Given its...
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Time-frequency analysis in optical coherence tomography for technical objects examination
PublicationOptical coherence tomography (OCT) is one of the most advanced optical measurement techniques for complex structure visualization. The advantages of OCT have been used for surface and subsurface defect detection in composite materials, polymers, ceramics, non-metallic protective coatings, and many more. Our research activity has been focused on timefrequency spectroscopic analysis in OCT. It is based on time resolved spectral analysis...
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On the Handling of Outliers in the GNSS Time Series by Means of the Noise and Probability Analysis
PublicationThe data pre-analysis plays a significant role in the noise determination. The most important issue is to find an optimum criterion for outliers removal, since their existence can affect any further analysis. The noises in the GNSS time series are characterized by spectral index and amplitudes that can be determined with a few different methods. In this research, the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) was used. The noise amplitudes...
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A Meta-Analysis of Pulse Arrival Time Based Blood Pressure Estimation
PublicationThe paper presents a preliminary meta-analysis of the sample correlation between pulse arrival time (PAT) and blood pressure (BP). The aim of the study was to verify sample correlation coefficient between PAT and BP using an affine model BP = a · P AT + b for systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The databases included in the search were the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Springer Link and Google Scholar. Only papers from 2005 to...
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Nonlinear Modeling in Time Domain Numerical Analysis of Stringed Instrument Dynamics
PublicationMusical instruments are very various in terms of sound quality with their timbre shaped by materials and geometry. Materials' impact is commonly treated as dominant one by musicians, while it is unclear whether it is true or not. The research proposed in the study focuses on determining influence of both these factors on sound quality based on their impact on harmonic composition. Numerical approach has been chosen to allowed independent...
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Road safety analysis in Poland using time-series modelling techniques
PublicationA number of international studies argue that there is a correlation between the number of traffic fatalities and the degree of public activity. The studies use the unemployment rate to support that argument. As unemployment grows miles travelled fall, a factor known to affect road safety. This relationship seems to be true for Poland, as well. The model presented in the paper is intended to prove it. It is a structural time-series local...
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A Novel Modal Technique for Time and Frequency Domain Analysis of Waveguide Components
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano, nową i szybką metodę analizy komponentów falowodowych. Metoda opiera się na kombinacji metody różnic skończonych, metody dekompozycji dziedziny obliczeniowej, redukcji rzędu modelu oraz dyskretnych rozwinięć funkcyjnych. Przedstawiona technika pozwala na skrócenie czasu analizy układu nawet o dwa rzędy wielkości w stosunku do poprzednich algorytmów.
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Application of PCA and time series analysis in studies of precipitation in Tricity (Poland).
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki monitoringu zanieczyszczenia atmosfery Trójmiasta. Próbki wody opadowej pobierano w cyklach miesięcznych przez 4 lata (1998-2001)w 10 punktach. Wyniki poddano statystycznej i chemometrycznej analizie (szeregi czasowe, analiza wariancji, analiza głównych składowych). Wykazano wpływ lokalizacji punktów monitoringowych i bliskości Morza Bałtyckiego na zawartość jonów nieorganicznych w analizowanych próbkach.
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A fast time-frequency multi-window analysis using a tuning directional kernel
PublicationIn this paper, a novel approach for time-frequency analysis and detection, based on the chirplet transform and dedicated to non-stationary as well as multi-component signals, is presented. Its main purpose is the estimation of spectral energy, instantaneous frequency (IF), spectral delay (SD), and chirp rate (CR) with a high time-frequency resolution (separation ability) achieved by adaptive fitting of the transform kernel. We...
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Analysis of cost structure of international road transport operators in West Pomeranian voivodship in the years 2008-2014
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On the Structure of Time in Computational Semantics of a Variable-Step Solver for Hybrid Behavior Analysis
PublicationHybrid dynamic systems combine continuous and discrete behavior. Often, computational approaches are employed to derive behaviors that approximate the analytic solution. An important part of this is the approximation of differential equation behavior by numerical integration. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the integration usually depend on the complexity of the method and its implicated approximation errors, especially...
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Numerical Analysis of Recharge Rates and Contaminant Travel Time in Layered Unsaturated Soils
PublicationThis study focused on the estimation of groundwater recharge rates and travel time of conservative contaminants between ground surface and aquifer. Numerical simulations of transient water flow and solute transport were performed using the SWAP computer program for 10 layered soil profiles, composed of materials ranging from gravel to clay. In particular, sensitivity of the results to the thickness and position of weakly permeable...
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High resolution liquid chromatography and time of flight mass spectrometry in perfume analysis
PublicationPerfumes consist of a wide range of natural and synthetic compounds that belongs to different chemical classes. Most of these compounds are generally determined by GC. However, in this study RP-HPLC-Q-TOF-MS and HILIC-Q-TOF-MS technique was applied for the determination of ingredients of original perfumes and their imitations. Antioxidants and compounds specific to fragrances of animal \origin were found in original...
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Ontological Model for Contextual Data Defining Time Series for Emotion Recognition and Analysis
PublicationOne 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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APPLICATION OF COHEN'S CLASS TIME-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE BELOUSOV–ZHABOTINSKY REACTION ANALYSIS
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Eficient multimode mixed time-frequency domain analysis and optimization of waveguide structures.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiona jest pełnofalowa analiza i optymalizacja struktur falowodowych o zadanej topologii. Nieciągłości falowodowe analizowane są z wykorzystaniem metody FDTD-IBC oraz scharakteryzowane uogólnioną macierzą rozproszenia. Efektywność metody zilustrowana jest na przykładzie filtru falowodowego siódmego rzędu.
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Eficient multimode mixed time-frequency domain analysis and optimization of waveguide structures.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiona jest pełnofalowa analiza i optymalizacja struktur falowodowych o zadanej topologii. Nieciągłości falowodowe analizowane są z wykorzystaniem metody FDTD-IBC oraz scharakteryzowane uogólnioną macierzą rozproszenia. Efektywność metody zilustrowana jest na przykładzie filtru falowodowego siódmego rzędu.
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Application of Cohen's class time-frequency distributions in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction analysis.
PublicationW publikacji przedstawiono analizę rejestrów potencjałowych chemicznej reakcji oscylacyjnej Biełousowa-Żabotyńskiego z wykorzystaniem czasowo-częstotliwościowych rozkładów z klasy Cohen'a. Do analizy zastosowano rozkład Wignera-Ville'a, Choi-Williams'a i stożkowy. Opisano zalety oraz wady powyższych metod oraz wnioski o częstotliwościowej kompozycji oscylacji jakie można wyciągnąć na podstawie uzyskanych spektrogramów.
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Price bubbles in commodity market – A single time series and panel data analysis
PublicationThis paper examines thirty-five commodities, grouped into three market sectors (energy, metals, agriculture & livestock) in terms of the occurrence of price bubbles. The study was based on monthly data for each commodity separately and, in a panel approach, for selected sectors and for all commodities combined. The GSADF test and its version for panel data – panel GSADF – were used to identify bubbles. The beginning and end of...