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  • Influence of Diosmin Treatment on the Level of Oxidative Stress Markers in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency

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    • M. Feldo
    • M. Woźniak
    • M. Wójciak-Kosior
    • I. Sowa
    • A. Kot-Wasik
    • J. Aszyk
    • J. Bogucki
    • T. Zubilewicz
    • A. Bogucka-Kocka

    - Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity - Year 2018

    Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathophysiology of many human disorders, while antioxidants prevent the development of various adverse symptoms. Diosmin is a natural flavonoid applied in vascular system disorders, especially in chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), and it plays a significant part in the alleviation of CVI symptoms. Due to antioxidant activity, it also has the ability to scavenge the oxygen free radicals...

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  • Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Treatment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern

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    • J. Khan
    • M. Sayed
    • K. Sanaullah
    • N. S. Shah
    • D. Dionysiou
    • G. Boczkaj

    - Year 2019

    The application of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, plasticizers, endocrine disruptors, surfactants, flame retardants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) became an indispensable requirement of the current era. Although the CEC are useful for wide-spectrum purposes, they can also result in undesirable effects on human health and other animals....

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  • RSM for pre-treatment optimisation

    Box Behnken Design was prepared to define optimal contitions for biomass pretreatment

  • Biopolymer based nanomaterials in drug delivery systems: A review

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    - Materials Today - Year 2018

    Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal toxicological effect and these systems consists of liposomes, microspheres, gels, prodrugs and many. Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing multi-disciplinary science that ensures the fabrication of the polymers to nanometer scale for various medical applications. Uses...

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  • Comparison of Ozonation and Evaporation as Treatment Methods of Recycled Water for Bioethanol Fermentation Process

    The paper compared the performance of the ethanol yield after alcoholic fermentation with samples of rejected (RW) and permeate water (PW), RW and PW treated by oxidation with ozone (O3) (5 and 15 min) and evaporation, aiming the recirculation back to the bioethanol process. RW and PW were collected after an anaerobic bioreactor (AnBR) used for stillage treatment. Nine types of fermentations were made, where one used 100% tap...

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  • Perforating systems in shale gas recovery

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    Hydraulic fracturing is common method of shale gas recovery. Due to environmental, economical and technological problems many alternative technologies have been developed. One of the most promising group of technologies is based on perforating systems. This paper describes theoretical and practical aspects of best known technologies used to create perforations. New perforating/fracturing technologies which can replace hydraulic fracturing...

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  • Optimization issues in distributed computing systems design

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    - Year 2014

    In recent years, we observe a growing interest focused on distributed computing systems. Both industry and academia require increasing computational power to process and analyze large amount of data, including significant areas like analysis of medical data, earthquake, or weather forecast. Since distributed computing systems – similar to computer networks – are vulnerable to failures, survivability mechanisms are indispensable...

  • Magnetic photocatalysts for water treatment

    The concept of magnetic photocatalysts with separation function requires ferromagnetic material with high magnetic susceptibility to an external magnetic field to enable recycling of composite nanoparticles. Currently, much attention is devoted to functionalization of photocatalyst using MFe2O3, where M =Fe, Zn, Co, Mn. However direct contact between photocatalyst and magnetic iron oxide particles leads to photodissolution of iron...

  • Storm Water Treatment in TWs

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  • Software tool for modelling of mechatronic systems with elastic continua

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    - Year 2011

    The paper presents a systematic computational package for modelling and analysis of complex systems composed of multiple lumped and distributed parameter subsystems. The constructed computer program enables the frequency domain analysis of a class of linear systems and to obtain reduced order model in the form of bond graph. Obtained modal bond graph can be directly exported into 20-Sim package to further processing including nonlinear...

  • Practical Evaluation of Internet Systems' Security Mechanisms

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    A proposed Internet systems security layer with context-oriented security mechanisms reduces the risk associated with possible vulnerabilities. A metric of the system trust level is proposed, and then evaluated according to a university Internet system.

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  • Marek Wójcikowski dr hab. inż.

    Marek Wójcikowski graduated in 1993 from the Department of Electronics at Gdansk University of Technology (GUT). In 2002 he obtained a doctoral degree in the field of electronics and in 2016 he obtained a habilitation at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at GUT. From the beginning of his career he is associated with GUT: first as an assistant (years 1994-2002) and then as assistant professor (since...

  • Financial Markets and Bankruptcy Systems: Is there a Relationship?

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    - European Research Studies Journal - Year 2021

    Purpose: Filling the cognitive gap in the theory of ex-post transaction costs, i.e., at the stage of enforcing market transactions by examining the relationship between friendliness/severity of the bankruptcy and restructuring law towards debtors, the level of development of financial markets, the effectiveness of the judicial system and the rate of debt recovery. Design/Methodology/Approach: In the research, the following methods...

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  • Affect-awareness framework for intelligent tutoring systems

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    - Year 2013

    The paper proposes a framework for construction of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), that take into consideration student emotional states and make affective interventions. The paper provides definitions of `affect-aware systems' and `affective interventions' and describes the concept of the affect-awareness framework. The proposed framework separates emotion recognition from its definition, processing and making decisions on...

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  • Flow cytometry analysis of DNA DSBs in telomerase positive and negative cell lines after treatment with TXT2 and TXT4

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    Flow cytometry analysis of DNA DSBs in telomerase positive (A549, H460) and negative (NHBE2594, U2OS) cell lines after treatment with equitoxic concentrations of TXT2 and TXT4. MTX and DMSO were used as positive and negative controls, respectively.

  • The use of LiFePO4 technology in autonomous PV systems

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    - Year 2014

    Battery manufacturing based on the flow of lithium ions is currently the fastest growing and the most promising technology. It is used in many applications - from the smallest electronic devices to the large-scale energy trays. However, in the PV systems lead-acid batteries are still the most commonly used. As they are much cheaper they also come with a number of significant disadvantages. It is anticipated that they will be replaced...

  • Surface treatment technologies, L, DaPE, sem. 06, summer 22/23 (PG_00053713)

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    • Ł. Pawłowski

  • Reliable testbed for indoor positioning systems

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    This paper proposes a test environment for indoor localization system, based on radio wave propagation prosperities. The following sections presents variety of problems from the assessment of the existing localization system to the analysis of inconveniences which occur when comparison of different localization systems is implemented. The problem is associated with different testing environments presented in published papers is...

  • Numerical Test for Stability Evaluation of Discrete-Time Systems

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    - Year 2018

    In this paper, a new numerical test for stability evaluation of discrete-time systems is presented. It is based on modern root-finding techniques at the complex plane employing the Delaunay triangulation and Cauchy's Argument Principle. The method evaluates if a system is stable and returns possible values and multiplicities of unstable zeros of the characteristic equation. For state-space discrete-time models, the developed test...

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  • Evaluation of respiration capacity of VF in hybrid constructed wetland systems.

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    Three VF-beds operating in hybrid constructed wetlands in configuration HF-VF-HF were analysed. These hybrid constructed wetlands provide the II stage biological treatment. They are located in Pommerania voivodship, in Sarbsk, Wiklino and Wieszyno, and their capacities are 29.5, 14.2 and 21.6 m3/d, respectively. The article focuses on performance and operation of VF-CW plants during one year. Based on removal of organic matter...

  • Complex multidisciplinary optimization of turbine blading systems

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    - ARCHIVES OF MECHANICS - Year 2012

    The paper describes the methods and results of direct optimization of turbine blading systems using a software package Opti_turb. The final shape of the blading is obtained from minimizing the objective function, which is the total energy loss of the stage, including the leaving energy. The current values of the objective function are found from 3D RANS computations (from a code FlowER) of geometries changed during the process...

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  • Michał Grochowski dr hab. inż.

    Professor and a  Head  of  the  Department  of  Intelligent Control and Decision Support Systems at  Gdansk  University  of  Technology (GUT). He is also a Member  of the Board of the Digital Technologies  Center  of  GUT.  He received  his M.Sc. degree in Control Engineering  in  2000  from  the  Electrical  and  Control Engineering Faculty at the GUT. In 2004 he received a Ph.D. degree in Automatic Control and Robotics from this...

  • The concept of knowledge bases supporting the it systems integration model

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    - Year 2012

    This paper presents main concepts regarding the design of a knowledge base in order to support IT systems integration. The main goal of the research is to develop a universal method of integration of various systems concerning any possible area of interest. The concept is based on creating a generic mechanism which would support the decision regarding the choice of the integration model. The most important tasks include: key factors...

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  • Methodology of Affective Intervention Design for Intelligent Systems

    This paper concerns how intelligent systems should be designed to make adequate, valuable and natural affective interventions. The article proposes a process for choosing an affective intervention model for an intelligent system. The process consists of 10 activities that allow for step-by-step design of an affective feedback loop and takes into account the following factors: expected and desired emotional states, characteristics...

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  • Pre-treatment of bio fraction waste prior to fermentation processes

    Current efforts are taken to increase resource efficiency, close material loops, and improve sustainable waste and by-products management. Thus, networking agro-food by-products and converting them into valuable products completely exhausting the potential of the raw material becomes significant. Model lignocellulosic and starch based biomass were subjected to pre-treatment with the application of acidic compounds, i.e. sulphuric...

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  • Applications of Geographic Information Systems

    e-Learning Courses
    • M. Kulawiak
    • M. Kulawiak

    First degree studies Data Engineering

  • Synergistic Effects of Bitumen Plasticization and Microwave Treatment on Short-Term Devulcanization of Ground Tire Rubber

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    - Polymers - Year 2018

    Ground tire rubber (GTR) was mechano-chemically modified with road bitumen 160/220 and subsequently treated using a microwave radiation. The combined impact of bitumen 160/220 content and microwave treatment on short-term devulcanization of GTR was studied by thermal camera, wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WD-XRF), static headspace, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SHS-GC-MS), thermogravimetric analysis...

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  • Diagnostics of thermal processes in antenna systems of broadcast stations

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    - Przegląd Elektrotechniczny - Year 2014

    Diagnostics is an important element associated with the operation of a radio antenna systems, allowing earlier detection of potential damage. Thermography is one of the diagnostic tools, which allows for non-invasive assessment of technical condition. It brings together both financial savings associated with the removal of the damage and the potential effects caused by it. The article presents an example of using a thermal imaging...

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  • Application of BAN Network to Increase Security in Transport Systems

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    - Year 2017

    In the article general characteristics of the BAN network with M2M communications are presented. These are networks that enable the implementation of wireless transmission of signals using special sensors located on the body or implanted subcutaneously. These sensors allow monitoring of different type life parameters of a human. In the next part of work there is proposed the implementation of BAN networks to transport systems as...

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  • Fractional-order Systems and Synchronous Generator Voltage Regulator

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    - Acta Energetica - Year 2015

    Modern regulators of synchronous generators, including voltage regulators, are digital systems, in their vast majority with standard structures contained in the IEEE standard. These are systems described with stationary differential equations of integral order. Differential equations of fractional order are not employed in regulators for synchronous generator control. This paper presents an analysis of the possibilities of using...

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  • Three-dimensional printed trachea helps to design tailored treatment for tracheobronchomalacia

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    - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine - Year 2020

    Tracheobronchomalacia is a rare respiratory disease that is manifesting by impaired ventilation with expiratory collapse of the tracheal wall due to softening of the supporting cartilage and hypotonia of myoelastic elements [1]. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment. We report the case of 39 -year old man with exacerbation of chronic respiratory distress. The membranous wall of the trachea and the large bronchi was stretched to...

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  • The use and development of e-learning systems in educational projects

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    - Year 2014

    The article introduces the problem of usage and development of e-learning systems among Polish universities. Easily accessible internet and IT development led to changes in education. Through the use of IT tools, e-learning has become an increasingly popular form of education. Presently, majority of Polish universities use an e-learning system of their own choosing designed to support the didactic processes. The goal of the article...

  • Anna Pietrenko-Dąbrowska dr hab. inż.

  • Systems Engineering Requirements for Rotating Machines (PG-00060237)

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    • J. Szwedowicz

    Turbiny wiatrowe, gazowe, mikroturbiny, silniki lotnicze, turbosprężarki i inne systemy mechaniczne to przykłady maszyn wirujących, które wymagają wysoko wykwalifikowanych inżynierów. Powinni oni zrozumieć złożoność procesów projektowania i produkcji, w tym wytwarzania przyrostowego, oraz konserwacji prognostycznej opartej na inżynierii cyfrowej dla bezawaryjnej pracy silnika. Wind, gas, micro turbines, aircraft engines, turbochargers,...

  • Integration of natural and artificial intelligence in production systems

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    - Year 2011

    Integration processes play an increasingly important role in modern economy, and seriously co-decide about the effectiveness of the company. Integration phase occurs in the system life cycle by preceding the final stages of its implementation and activation. In turn, used in software engineering (SE) iteration-evolutionary models, such as spiral model make that the integration activities can occur in varying degrees in all phases...

  • EFFICIENCY OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - THE DEA NETWORK APPROACH

    Healthcare systems in Europe are constantly undergoing reforms which adapt them to social, economic and political requirements. The aim of this article is to examine the efficiency of healthcare systems in 30 European countries in 2014. The Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) model was used. The efficiency of the countries’ overall health systems and their two main components were examined: the public health system and the...

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  • On noncausal identification of nonstationary stochastic systems

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    - Year 2011

    In this paper we consider the problem of noncausal identification of nonstationary,linear stochastic systems, i.e., identification based on prerecorded input/output data. We show how several competing weighted least squares parameter smoothers, differing in memory settings, can be combined together to yield a better and more reliable smoothing algorithm. The resulting parallel estimation scheme automatically adjusts its smoothing...

  • Microwave treatment in waste rubber recycling – recent advances and limitations

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    Environmentally-friendly microwave heating is increasingly used in polymer chemistry and technology. The selectivity and highly efficiency in the heat transfer present a huge advantage in systems based on recycling, improving their productivity and economic competitiveness. In case of the industrial recycling of waste rubbers, especially end-of-life tires, microwave-induced devulcanization and pyrolysis are nowadays considered...

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  • Listening to Live Music: Life beyond Music Recommendation Systems

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    - Year 2018

    This paper presents first a short review on music recommendation systems based on social collaborative filtering. A dictionary of terms related to music recommendation systems, such as music information retrieval (MIR), Query-by-Example (QBE), Query-by-Category (QBC), music content, music annotating, music tagging, bridging the semantic gap in music domain, etc. is introduced. Bases of music recommender systems are shortly presented,...

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  • Pawlak's flow graph extensions for video surveillance systems

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    The idea of the Pawlak's flow graphs is applicable to many problems in various fields related to decision algorithms or data mining. The flow graphs can be used also in the video surveillance systems. Especially in distributed multi-camera systems which are problematic to be handled by human operators because of their limited perception. In such systems automated video analysis needs to be implemented. Important part of this analysis...

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  • Testbed for development and verification of hybrid localization systems

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    - Year 2011

    In this paper a testbed for development and verification of hybrid localization systems is presented. It allows for systematic analysis of hybrid localization methods and speed up the development of new schemes. The proposed testbed platform is composed of subsystem for sequential data collection and testing infrastructure that can be used for investigating the localization mechanisms in controllable environment.

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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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  • Therapeutic Potential of Carnosine and Its Derivatives in the Treatment of Human Diseases

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    Despite significant progress in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, their occurrence and mortality are still high around theworld. The resistance of cancer cells to the drugs remains a significant problem in oncology today,while in the case of neuro-degenerative diseases, therapies reversing the process are still yet to be found. Furthermore, it is important to seek new...

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  • Application of the expanded clay aggregate in form of granular materials for water treatment

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    - Year 2017

    The paper aimed to evaluate the efficiency of Filtralite MonoMulti compared to the conventional dual-media filter beds comprising silica sand layer covered with anthracite coal. Filtralite media are composed of processed (expanded), highly porous clay products characterized by relatively rough grain surfaces. In order to compare these different media filters in a reliable way, the pilot filter columns operated in parallel, under...

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  • HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMPS – PERSPECTIVE HEATING SYSTEMS?

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    - Year 2017

    In the paper presented are authors own concepts of high temperature compressor heat pumps for the utilisation of medium and low temperature sources of heat. Working fluids for use in high temperature heat pumps are discussed, as well as the criteria for their selection. Analyses are presented for the production of in the upper steam source at 130 °C. One-stage systems and cascade systems were analyzed. An analysis of the coefficient...

  • Analysis of Agricultural and Engineering Systems using Simulation Decomposition

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    - Year 2022

    This paper focuses on the analysis of agricultural and engineering processes using simulation decomposition (SD). SD is a technique that utilizes Monte Carlo simulations and distribution decomposition to visually evaluate the source and the outcome of different portions of data. Here, SD is applied to three distinct processes: a model problem, a nondestructive evaluation testing system, and an agricultural food-water energy system....

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  • Simulation of Parallel Applications on Large-scale Distributed Systems

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    This chapter has a form of a review article in the field of simulating High-Performance Computing systems. We justify the need for a new versatile simulator considering heterogeneity, energy efficiency and reliability of HPC systems. We sketch the problems that need to be solved by such simulator and rationalize using discrete-event simulation for this purpose. Based on a review of existing discrete-event HPC simulation solutions...

  • Port-Based Modelling of Distributed-Lumped Parameter Systems

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    There in the paper is presented an uniform, port-based approach to modelling of both lumped and distributed parameter systems. Port-based model of the distributed system has been defined by application of bond graph methodology and distributed transfer function method (DTFM). The approach proposed combines versatility of port-based modelling and accuracy of distributed transfer function method. The concise representation of lumped-distributed...

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  • Parallel Programming for Modern High Performance Computing Systems

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    - Year 2018

    In view of the growing presence and popularity of multicore and manycore processors, accelerators, and coprocessors, as well as clusters using such computing devices, the development of efficient parallel applications has become a key challenge to be able to exploit the performance of such systems. This book covers the scope of parallel programming for modern high performance computing systems. It first discusses selected and...

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  • [ITiT] Transmission Channel in Radio Communication Systems - 2023/2024

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    • S. J. Ambroziak

    {mlang pl} Dyscyplina: informatyka techniczna i telekomunikacja Zajęcia fakultatywne dla doktorantów II roku Prowadzący:  dr hab. inż. Sławomir Ambroziak, prof. PG Liczba godzin: 15 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: technical informatics and telecommunications Elective course for 2nd-year PhD students Academic teachers: dr hab. inż. Sławomir Ambroziak, prof. PG Total hours of training: 15 teaching hours Course...