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Games and play with light in architecture
PublicationThe paper deals with the issue of the influence of daylight on the creation of architecture in the view of designers` play with light in the architectural space. Using the examples of contemporary realizations of some art museums, the work demonstrates the impact of exploration and experimentation conducted by the creators of visual arts on the design styles and architectural solutions. It also reveals the historical continuity...
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Architektura Parametryczna/ Parametric Architecture
PublicationPierwsze systemy CAD przeniosły tradycyjne sposoby projektowania do przestrzeni wirtualnej. Modelowanie algorytmiczne z kolei pozwoliło na wykonywanie powtarzających się zadań w sposób zautomatyzowany, a praca z wykorzystaniem tych narzędzi wymaga wypracowania nowego podejścia.
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Dominika Wróblewska dr inż. arch.
PeopleDr. Eng. arch. Dominika Wróblewska, university professor, obtained the title of doctor of technical sciences in 2000. In 2002, she started working at the Faculty of Hydro and Environmental Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology (currently the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering) as an assistant professor. Since 2019, he has been working as a university professor. The areas of interest are changes, introducing...
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
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Landscape and Ecological Engineering
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International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics
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Modern design solutions of cooling systems, as an example of energy efficiency rationing, operational safety and environmental protection
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Threats to Rural Landscape and Its Protection in Poland
PublicationThe article describes the premises and conditions for the implementation of a pro-landscape spatial policy in rural areas in Poland. It presents the erosion of spatial order in a large part of the country’s territory. Firstly, the state of protection of the rural landscape and the legal aspects of shaping the space of rural areas are described. Secondly, the location is depicted, and the main physiognomic and environmental threats...
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Navigating the treatment landscape in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
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Local Development Strategies in Shaping Rural Landscape
PublicationDlaczego krajobraz kulturowy wsi jako zintegrowana całość wymyka się procedurom planistycznym i zarządzaniu? Dlaczego praktyka życia społecznego w dziedzinie gospodarowania przestrzenią na terenach wiejskich przeciwstawia się i zaprzecza równie powszechnie deklarowanej intencji kształtowania harmonijnego krajobrazu?Profesjonalne diagnozy kryzysu krajobrazu kulturowego wsi koncentrują się zwyczajowo na nieskuteczności, często rzeczywiście...
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Polish Suburban Landscape made of Enterpereneurial Tissue
PublicationDwa ostatnie dekady w Polsce to okres ekspansywny rozwój małych przedsiębiorstw i równolegle dynamiczne przekształcenia przestrzeni wokół miasta . Rozwój tych dwóch zjawisk nastąpiło w okresie transformacji gospodarczej po 1989 roku . Głównym celem pracy jest zbadanie poziomu interakcji między procesem suburbanizacji i rozwojem sektora MSP w wybranych podmiejskich obszary, na przykładzie Metropolii Trójmiejskiej.
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The Housing Pattern and Entrepreneurship in Polish Suburban Landscape
PublicationAbstract. Housing stimulates the development of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in the suburbs. The multidisciplinary research in fields of urban planning and economics, carried out by the Authors, confirms this trend. The purpose of this paper is to present the multidisciplinary results of the research on the determinants of SME localization in the suburban areas of Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot (the Metropolitan Area Gdansk–Gdynia-Sopot...
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Transcriptomic landscape of blood platelets in healthy donors
PublicationBlood platelet RNA-sequencing is increasingly used among the scientific community. Aberrant platelet transcriptome is common in cancer or cardiovascular disease, but reference data on platelet RNA content in healthy individuals are scarce and merit complex investigation. We sought to explore the dynamics of platelet transcriptome. Datasets from 204 healthy donors were used for the analysis of splice variants, particularly with...
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Transcriptomic landscape of blood platelets in healthy donors
PublicationBACKGROUND Blood platelet RNA-sequencing is increasingly used among the scientific community. Aberrant platelet transcriptome is common in cancer or cardiovascular disease, but reference data on platelet RNA content in healthy individuals are scarce and merit complex investigation. METHODS We sought to explore the dynamics of platelet transcriptome. Datasets from 204 healthy donors were used for the analysis of splice variants,...
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Green and Sustainable Membranes: A review
PublicationMembranes are ubiquitous tools for modern water treatment technology that critically eliminate hazardous materials such as organic, inorganic, heavy metals, and biomedical pollutants. Nowadays, nano-membranes are of particular interest for myriad applications such as water treatment, desalination, ion exchange, ion concentration control, and several kinds of biomedical applications. However, this state-of-the-art technology suffers...
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Strategies for the identity of sustainable suburbs
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Polyisocyanates from Sustainable Resources
PublicationIsocyanates, next to polyols, constitute the major components essential for polyurethane (PU) production. They have a significant impact on physicochemical, mechanical, and thermal properties of PU materials. They also have an impact on those materials’ purposes, forms, textures, and other features. The available and used isocyanates are of a petrochemical origin. With the development of a trend toward green chemistry in the science...
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Gender Through the Lens of Culture
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Gender Through the Lens of Culture
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Role of culture in urban revitalization
PublicationArtkuł dotyczy zagadnienia rewitalizacji urbanistycznej. Omówiono w nim najważniwejsze cechy tego procesu, w tym - założenia i cele programów rewitalizacyjnych, a także rolę działań artystycznych i związanych z animacją kultury w procesie rewitalizacji struktur miejskich.
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Optimization of the UNRES Force Field by Hierarchical Design of the Potential-Energy Landscape. 1. Tests of the Approach Using Simple Lattice Protein Models
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Organic compounds in indoor environments
PublicationPraca jest przeglądem literaturowym dotyczącym obecności lotnych związków organicznych w powietrzu wewnętrznym. Zaprezentowano główne źródła zanieczyszczeń powietrza wewnętrznego, poruszono tematykę sumarycznej zawartości LZO oraz wpływu zanieczyszczeń powietrza atmosferycznego na jakość powietrza wewnętrznego.
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Special Fibres For Application Environments
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Trace Elements in Aquatic Environments
PublicationA trace element is defined as a chemical element whose the average concentration is less than 100 ppm (mg/kg, mg/L – in the case of a water matrix). In aquatic environments the concentrations of trace elements are usually at the level of picomoles per liter and lower. This causes extreme analytical problems, especially in situations where low content is in the range of background levels. Taking into account the role of trace elements...
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Konferencja HER CITY: Housing – Environment – Resilience
EventsZorganizowana przez Politechnikę Gdańską oraz amerykański Program SPURS DUSP MIT. Organizowane wydarzenie ma na celu podkreślenie znaczenia i roli planowania urbanistycznego w budowaniu wielowymiarowej demokracji.
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COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION (COLED)
PublicationCollaborative Learning Environment for Engineering Education is a European project implemented under the Erasmus + program, The main goal of 5 partners from 4 different European countries – Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal and Romania is to develop an innovative collaborative training approach, encompassing curricula related to the introduction of enterprise automation. Project activities are carried out in the period from Dctober 2018...
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Effect of the Road Environment on Road Safety in Poland
PublicationRun-off-road accidents tend to be very severe because when a vehicle leaves the road, it will often crash into a solid obstacle (tree, pole, supports, front wall of a culvert, barrier). A statistical analysis of the data shows that Poland's main roadside hazard is trees and the severity of vehicles striking a tree in a run-off-road crash. The risks are particularly high in north-west Poland with many of the roads lined up with...
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Ubiquity of client access in heterogeneous access environment
PublicationWith popularization of mobile computing and diverse offer of mobile devices providing functionality comparable to stationary computers, the necessity of providing network access for such users cannot be disputed. The requirement is further reinforced by emergence of general purpose mobile operating systems which provide their full functionality only with network connectivity available and popular XaaS (Anything as a Service) approach....
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Pressure-Enhanced Environment Effects in Ferrocene Phases
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Removal of Dyes from the Environment by Adsorption Process
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Bioaccumulation and analytics of pharmaceutical residues in the environment: A review
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Anthelmintics in the Aquatic Environment: A New Analytical Approach
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Application of bioassays in studies on the impact of pharmaceuticals on the environment
PublicationDrug interactions are often desirable particularly in medicine, when treatment of a patient requires using a mixture of drugs in specific doses to produce the adequate therapeutic effect. Unfortunately, interactions between drugs in the environment are not as desirable, despite the fact that drugs are present in the environment at low concentration levels [1]. Pharmaceuticals are present in the environment in a mixture of compounds,...
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Weldability of high strength steel in underwater environment
PublicationThe article describes the problems with weldability of high-strength steels in the aquatic environment. The tendency of steel S355J2G3 and S500M to form cold cracks when welded in wet welding conditions has been experimentally evaluated. It was found that the tested steels have a high propensity to cracking. An experiment has been proposed and tested to evaluate the usefulness of the tempering bead technique as a method of improving...
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Strategy of collecting samples from an aquatic environment
PublicationW rozdziale opisano strategię, sposoby i urządzenia do pobierania próbek wód powierzchniowych i podziemnych, a także osadów dennych, które stanowią integralną cześć środowiska wodnego. Zwrócono uwagę na aktualne trendy w sposobach pobierania próbek do oznaczania zanieczyszczeń środowiska, szczególnie opartych na metodach pasywnych.
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Modeling of polarimetric sensors using LabVIEW environment
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono program do modelowania światłowodowych sensorów polarymetrycznych. Program ten, stworzony w środowisku LabVIEW, wyznacza odpowiedź nieidealnego światłowodowego sensora polarymetrycznego na siłę działającą na przetwornik pomiarowy. Omówiono problemy występujące w procesie tworzenia oprogramowania do modelowania zjawisk fizycznych w graficznym środowisku programistycznym. Przedstawiono wybrane wyniki modelowania.
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Context sensitive privacy management in a distributed environment
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia mechanizm zarządzania prywatnością stworzony dla systemu rozproszonego z założeniem, że węzły systemu mają ograniczone zasoby (moc procesora, pamięć). Podstawowy pomysł zakłada, że prywatne dane są filtrowane zgodnie z polityką prywatności użytkowników przed ich ujawnieniem innym użytkownikom. Te decyzje są silnie umiejscowione, co ogranicza narzut związany z zarządzaniem prywatnością na węzłach systemu. Sam...
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Analysis of IPv6 Handovers in IEEE 802.16 environment
PublicationZaprezentowano pełną analizę wpływu poszczególnych faz procesu przełączania w warstwie drugiej i trzeciej na przerwy w transmisji wynikające ze zmiany stacji bazowej BS przez przemieszczający się węzeł ruchomy MN. Zaproponowano i przebadano symulacyjnie 10 scenariuszy przełączania, w tym 8 różnych algorytmów stanowej autokonfiguracji węzłów MN, wspierających protokół IPv6 w środowiskach sieci WiMAX. W badaniach wskazano na możliwości...
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Parallel processing subsystems with redundancy in a distributed environment
PublicationW pracy rozważano problem podziału systemu rozproszonego na spójne podsystemy złożone z przynajmniej trzech jednostek, pozwalające na detekcję i skorygowanie pojedynczych błędów. Wykazano, że problem maksymalizacji liczby takich jednostek jest NP-trudny nawet dla dwuspójnych kubicznych topologii sieci. Podano też nowe algorytmy przybliżone.
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Analysis of IPv6 handovers in IEEE 802.16 environment
PublicationThe second generation of WiMAX solutions, based on IEEE 802.16-2005 standard, offers limited mobility support. Unfortunately, after quickly changing the point of attachment on the WiMAX data link layer (DLL), very slow and inefficient IPv6 reconfiguration takes place. Delays introduced by automatic configuration (DHCPv6 and IPv6 protocols) and Mobile IPv6 can easily diminish or even render useless all benefits gained using the...
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Biodegradable polymer packaging materials - influence on environment
PublicationAwareness of the waste problem and its impact on the environment has awakened new interest in the area of biodegradable polymers. Biodegradation of various polymers have been studied under diverse environments like in soil, in sewage sludge, in compost conditions and in sea water by different research groups. The aim of this paper is to present the research methods on the biodegradation of the commercially available biodegradable...
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Characteristics of Propagation Conditions in the Container Terminal Environment
PublicationIn the paper a characteristics of propagation conditions in the container terminal environment is presented. The investigated environment is characterized on the example of Gdansk Deepwater Container Terminal in Poland. An empirical propagation model for path loss calculation in mobile radio links in a container terminal environment is presented.
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Sources and Fate of PAHs and PCBs in the Marine Environment
PublicationThe assessment of a hazard resulting from the pollution of the environment by chemical compounds is in principle limited to the determination of their concentrations in its various compartments. But for solving many problems in this context, knowledge of the emission sources, transport pathways, and sites of deposition is of great benefit. By far the largest amounts of pollutants, regardless of where they were discharged, end up...
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Investigation on the behaviour of imidazolium ionic liquids in the environment
PublicationCiecze jonowe są solami o niskiej temperaturze topnienia, które mogą zrewolucjonizować przemysł chemiczny ponieważ w wielu przypadkach oferują zarówno ekonomiczny jak i ekologiczny zysk w porównaniu z dotychczas stosowanymi technologiami. Imidazoliowe cieczejonowe należą do najczęściej stosowanych co sprawia, że mogą stanowić źródło zanieczyszczenia środowiska glebowego i wodnego. Niektóre parametry środowiskowe (np. biodegradowalność,...
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Evaluation of multimedia applications in a cluster oriented environment
PublicationIn the age of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Web and the Internet have changed significantly the way applications are developed, deployed and used. One of recent trends is modern design of web-applications based on SOA. This process is based on the composition of existing web services into a single scenario from the point of view of a particular user or client. This allows IT companies to shorten product time-to-market....
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Limiting influence of wireless network emissions on environment
PublicationW pracy proponowany jest sposób zarządzania parametrami kanału radiowego w sieciach WiFi. Rozwiązanie oparte jest o niestosowaną dotąd w sieciach bezprzewodowych metodę pomiaru odległości stacji klienckiej od punktu dostępowego. Wymagane jest zmodyfikowanie warstwy MAC zarówno punktów dostępowych, jak i stacji klienckich. Możliwa jest także praca z typowymi kartami bezprzewodowymi.Zaproponowane rozwiązanie pozwala znacząco podnieść...
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Analysis of Position Calculating Methods in Indoor Environment
PublicationIn the paper a modified gradient method has been proposed for position calculation on basis of distance measurement in indoor environment. It is shown that the well-known Chan method of position calculation is inefficient in indoor circumstances. Author presents Chan and modified gradient methods and achieved results for each one for real measurements.
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Empirical Propagation Model for the Container Terminal Environment
PublicationIn the paper the empirical propagation model for mobile radio links in a container terminal environment is presented and the investigated environment Deepwater Container Terminal in Gdansk, Poland) is characterized. Described empirical model was elaborated on the basis of almost 290 thousand propagation path measurements in real conditions. The diversity of conditions occurring in different places of the container terminal has...
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Sensor data fusion techniques for environment modelling
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The influence of biological environment on the silver-coated implants
PublicationThis paper deals with implants covered with nanosilver
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Job satisfaction in the multicultural environment of multinational corporations
PublicationPurpose – 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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Biodegradable Polymer Packaging Materials in Seawater Environment
PublicationIn this chapter, our interest is directed into dea/ocean/lakes biodegradable environment for polymer packaging materials from two different points of view.
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MaliciousIDE – software development environment that evokes emotions
PublicationEmotions affect every aspect of human live, including work. Numerous studies in software engineering have shown that negative emotions can lower the productivity of programmers. Unlike traditional approaches to managing software development, modern methods, such as Agile and Lean, take into account human aspects of programming. To thoroughly investigate the impact of negative emotions on the work of programmers, a malicious integrated...
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Koncepcja Smart Cities - obszar Smart Environment
PublicationThe Smart Cities Concept– Smart Environment. The paper concentrates on the possibilities of checking the extent to which cities meet the smart city concept. The presented concept concentrates on one of the main smart cities characteristic: Smart Environment. This paper is a result of joint work of specialist from two diff erent areas: management and environmental protection. The interdisciplinary character of the paper is characteristic...
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Modelling and simulation of GPU processing in the MERPSYS environment
PublicationIn this work, we evaluate an analytical GPU performance model based on Little's law, that expresses the kernel execution time in terms of latency bound, throughput bound, and achieved occupancy. We then combine it with the results of several research papers, introduce equations for data transfer time estimation, and finally incorporate it into the MERPSYS framework, which is a general-purpose simulator for parallel and distributed...
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Performance Analysis of the OpenCL Environment on Mobile Platforms
PublicationToday’s smartphones have more and more features that so far were only assigned to personal computers. Every year these devices are composed of better and more efficient components. Everything indicates that modern smartphones are replacing ordinary computers in various activities. High computing power is required for tasks such as image processing, speech recognition and object detection. This paper analyses the performance of...
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METHOD OF ROUTING SHIPS SAILING IN DEDICATED ENVIRONMENT
PublicationThe method for determining the suboptimal route of sailing vessels operating in a restricted area of the sea are proposed in the paper. The dynamics of the environment including weather conditions and speed characteristics of ships sailing are considered. As optimiza-tion criterion, measure sailing time T, and the number of maneuvers performed ω, are taken into account. An heuristic algorithm, and the appropriate application routing...
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Simulation Environment in Python for Ship Encounter Situations
PublicationTo assess the risk of collision in radar navigation distance-based safety measures such as Distance at the Closest Point of Approach and Time to the Closest Point of Approach are most commonly used. Also Bow Crossing Range and Bow Crossing Time measures are good complement to the picture of the meeting situation. When ship safety domain is considered then Degree of Domain Violation and Time to Domain Violation can be applied. This...
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Fate and analysis of pharmaceutical residues in the aquatic environment.
PublicationObecność pozostałości farmaceutyków w poszczególnych elementach środowiska stanowi nowe wyzwanie zarówno z punktu widzenia technologii oczyszczania wód i ścieków, jak i dla analityków, których zadaniem jest opracowanie nowych metodyk analitycznych. Wiele stosowanych leków nie jest w organizmie całkowicie rozkładanych. Często są one wydalane po nieznacznym przekształceniu,lub nawet w niezmienionej postaci. Opisano drogi...
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Enviroment of Polish democratisation changes
PublicationW 1989 r. zapoczątkowany został w krajach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej proces demokratyzacji. Demokratyzacja oznacza zmianę systemu społecznego w kierunku ideałów i instytucji zakorzenionych w krajach Europy Zachodniej, USA i Kanady opierających się m.in. o zasady: 1. Suwerenności narodu; 2. Republikańskiej formy państwa; 3. Poszanowaniu zasad państwa prawa; 4. Reprezentacji politycznej; 5. Podziału władzy i równoważenia się władz;...
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International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design
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What drives sustainable investing? Adoption determinants of sustainable investing exchange-traded funds in Europe
PublicationDespite the growing interest in various topics related to sustainable (ESG) investing, some issues remain understudied, such as the determinants of their utilization at the macro level. This paper contributes to the state of knowledge two-directionally. First, it shows the development of sustainable investing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in European countries. Second, it traces the significant determinants of adopting sustainable...
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Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska dr inż. arch.
PeopleKarolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska, Ph.D., Eng. Arch., M. Arch., is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT). In 2002, she completed her studies of Architecture and Urban Planning at Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech) and in 2004, Architectural Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK) in Hildesheim, Germany. After graduation, she worked for several...
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Procesualne kryteria oceny zrównoważonego projektowania architektonicznego
Publicationimportance of participation in sustainable design is constantly increasing, as sustainable design becomes a basic idea in architecture. thus mentioning of sustainable design process criteria is authorized. they consist of three following levels: 1) participation in design, 2) participation design, 3) participation design based on the consensus. there is differentia specifica of participation in participatory design because of...
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Architecture, Urban Planing, Interior Design
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Concrete versus green corridors in road planning. Gdansk case
PublicationThe aim of an article is to present the threats which may be caused by the construction of the transit road inside the city structure, and some mitigation measures aiming to eliminate or minimize environmental and landscape damages and social problems. Theoretical guidelines and conclusions will be followed by the example illustrating the problem. As an answer, some guidelines enabling sustainable road planning will be presented....
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A Novel Multicast Architecture of Programmable Networks
PublicationIn the paper a multicast architecture for programmable networks based on separation of group management and network control tasks is proposed. Thanks to this separation, services which want to make use of multicast communications no longer have to implement low-level network functionalities and their operation is greatly simplified. Abstracting service’s view of the network into a fully connected cloud enables us to transparently...
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KASKADA - multimedia processing platform architecture
PublicationPrzedstawiono architekturę platformy KASKADA (skrót od: Kontekstowa Analiza Strumieni Danych z Kamer do Aplikacji Definiujących Alarmy), będącą częścią projektu MAYDAY EURO 2012. Opisano nowy wielowarstwowy model przetwarzania strumieni multimedialnych. Zaproponowano następujące warstwy: usług - prostych i złożonych, zadań obliczeniowych i procesów. Przedstawiono przykładowy scenariusz wraz ze szczegółami jego wykonania, jak również...
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Architektura i światło / Architecture and light
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy wpływu naturalnego oświetlenia na kreację współczesnej architektury. Światło słoneczne uwidaczniając architekturę, podkreśla jej walory estetyczno-przestrzenne oraz stanowi źródło energii. Od najdawniejszych czasów miało wpływ na powstające budowle. Postęp w nauce i technologii poszerzył możliwości i zakres wykorzystania światła. Wzrastające oczekiwania i wymagania wobec architektury sprawiają, że jego wpływ na...
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Architecture supporting security of agent systems
PublicationW rozprawie zaproponowano nową architekturę bezpieczeństwa wspomagającą anonimowość w systemach agentowych. Moduł I architektury zapewnia funkcjonalność protokołu ochrony przed tropieniem (ang. untraceability), z tą zaletą, że nie wprowadza ograniczeń wobec agentów samodzielnie ustalających trasę własnej wędrówki. Stanowi rdzeń architektury, który zaimplementowano jako rozszerzenie platformy agentowej JADE, udostępniane publicznie...
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„Space, architecture and infrastructure “in-between cities”.
PublicationThe article presents contemporary city problems, like division of the city, infrastructural barriers, empty spaces, chaotic development, cuting-off areas, threatening the city image and functioning. These problems can be best observed in the areas in-between cities. One of the main questions for urban planners and architects seems thus to be: how to connect the city spaces instead of creating the barriers, how to create the areas...
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SIMULATION MODEL OF ASON/GMPLS ARCHITECTURE
PublicationGrowing demands of information society concerned with sophisticated applications could be satisfied by ASON/GMPLS architecture comprehended as Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS). The ASON/GMPLS proposition represents the future direction of Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture. Therefore considerable work has to be done to examine this solution. In this aspect...
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Reasons for Implementing Movement in Kinetic Architecture
PublicationThe paper gives insights into different forms of movement in contemporary architecture and examines them based on the reasons for their implementation. The main objective of the paper is to determine: the degree to which the complexity of kinematic architecture results from functional and spatial needs and what other motivations there are. The method adopted to investigate these questions involves theoretical studies and comparative analyses...
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Lightweight structures in architecture: scenarios for the future
PublicationLightweight structures - structures with a reduced weight, which otherwise retain the qualities necessary for the building performance, ensuring a proper durability and strength, safety, indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency; stuctures which strive for the optimization of structural systems - are in tune with current trends and socio-economic, environmental and technological factors. The growing interest in the lightweight...
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Anonymity Architecture for Mobile Agent Systems
PublicationThe paper presents a new security architecture for MAS, which supports anonymity of agent owners. The architecture is composed of two main elements: Module I: Untraceability Protocol Infrastructure and Module II: Additional Untraceability Support. Module I is based on the recently proposed untraceability protocol for MAS and it forms the core of the anonymity architecture, which can be supported by the ele- ments of the second...
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Experimental Testbed of ASON/GMPLS architecture
PublicationThe paper presents the ASON/GMPLS architecture realized in the Department of Teleinformation Networks at Gdansk University of Technology based on the FSP 3000R7 ADVA Optical Networking platform. The FSP 3000R7 is a high-performance WDM networking system with GMPLS control plane for bidirectional transmission of optical signals. The system uses a modular structure which enables a flexible upgrade of capacity and functionality. The...
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Media architecture: participation through the senses
PublicationPervasive media and interactive technologies have become inseparable not only from our everyday life but also from architecture and city spaces. However, the generic use of new technologies in the design process and material production that affects contemporary architecture, results in buildings that become mere visual objects losing their hapticity and non-visual qualities. Despite the substantial advancement in the research studies...
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CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TOWARDS RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE
PublicationConstantly changing environment pressures every living for a change, and response becomes a basic reaction of any living form. Change is a natural reaction that enables survivor of all the species. However, in architecture, the responsive structure did not take important role until the twentieth century. During that time many concepts and building introduced kinematics into the discipline. In the late 50 and 60 of XX century, visionary...
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Uniqueness or uniformity - studies of media architecture
PublicationA development of media architecture is presented in light of to such phenomena as aesthetization, consumerism and digitization. This article deals with media architecture in commercial spaces. Media solutions impact on the architectural skin, making it into visible and dynamic points of the image of a post-modern city. This article presents the specificity of media solutions, depending on the function of commercial activity buildings...
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INDICES FOR ASSESSING POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD FROM FUTURE SHIP SCRAPPING PROCESS, DETERMINABLE IN SHIP DESIGN STAGE
PublicationThis paper shortly presents the issue of utilization of ships after their withdrawal from service. Information on number of floating units liquidated in previous years was presented. Hazards to the environment , health and life of workers employed in the Far East ship scrapping yards operating on the beaches, were indicated. Then, the most important rules which have to make the ship recycling process safe were referred to. This...
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Ellipsometric monitoring during the polarization studies of Mg corrosion in alkaline environment
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the ellipsometric results from the Mg polarization studies aiming at understanding the Mg(OH)2 passive layer formation mechanism and conditions. The single-wavelength ellipsometer ELX-02C from Dr Riss GmbH was utilized, operating He-Ne laser at 632.8 nm. The polarization conditions for the experiment are depicted in the related...
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Energy, water detailed usage. Living lab testing for sustainable urban food-water-energy cycle.
Open Research DataData set contains detailed, continuous measurements of the usage of water and electrical energy (AC power) in an experimental facility set up in a scientific laboratory (Laboratorium im. B.Niemkiewicza) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology. The test bed was established in co-operation...
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Landscape of the Vistula Estuary - searching for traces of ingenium embodied
PublicationArtykuł podaje skrótowe informacje o dawnym i współczesnym znaczeniu obiektów inżynieryjnych w krajobrazie delty Wisły, które znalazły się na trasie objazdu konserwatorskiego w dniu 5 maja w ramach realizacji programu konferencji HOT-GO 4 wraz z kalendarium ich dziejów: Most Lisewski przez Wisłę w Tczewie, wielki przekop Wisły w Świbnie, śluzy w Przegalinie, Gdańskiej Głowie i Białej Górze, relikty kanału w Piekle.
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Regulation of Plant Microprocessor Function in Shaping microRNA Landscape
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The dynamic Polish suburban landscape created by SME sector
PublicationWspółcześnie zaobserwować można dynamiczne przeobrażenia przestrzeni wokół miast polegające na przemieszczaniu się ludności i podmiotów gospodarczych z miasta centralnego do strefy podmiejskiej. Wydaje się, że charakterystycznym elementem krajobrazu polskich obszarów podmiejskich jest duża ilość działających w nich przedsiębiorstw sektora MSP.
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Landscape as the tool of coherence in the land management of rural communes
PublicationEconomic and social transformation of rural areas in Poland after 1990 reveals itself through disintegration of previous spatial order. Building a new pattern requires a vision, which would counteract complex causes of disintegration. The latter belong to institutional domain of planning strategies and the area of common practices. Therefore, agreement on aims and means between spatial policy strategies and tactics of space users...
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Environmental contamination of food
PublicationOpisano źródła zanieczyszczeń środowiska oraz obecność w środowisku szeregu związków organicznych i nieorganicznych podejrzewanych o właściwości rakotwórcze. W rozdziale skupiono się na: pestycydach, PCB, WWA, PCDD/F, fenolach, azbeście oraz metalach ciężkich (AS, Be, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb). Zestawiono typowe stężenia tych zanieczyszczeń w wodzie, deszczu i żywności, omówiono biokumulacje i biowzbogacanie w łańcuchu pokarmowym, a także...
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