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TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ECONOMY AFTER THE END OF COLD WAR - Nowy
e-Learning CoursesThe course focuses the main trends of the world economy in the last 30 years. National and macro-regional, as well as sectorial case studies will be used to offer a clearer understanding of the main global dynamics. The approach is multidisciplinary and mainly qualitative, including economic and business history, international political economy, economic sociology and political science.
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TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ECONOMY AFTER THE END OF COLD WAR - semester 2022-23
e-Learning CoursesThe course focuses the main trends of the world economy in the last 30 years. National and macro-regional, as well as sectorial case studies will be used to offer a clearer understanding of the main global dynamics. The approach is multidisciplinary and mainly qualitative, including economic and business history, international political economy, economic sociology and political science.
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Le trasformazioni economiche globali
PublicationThe chapter highlights the main economic trasformations of the world economy after the end of Cold War until 2018
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World Politics
e-Learning CoursesThe course aims to familiarize stdnets with the most important theories of the international relations. This instrument will enable them to understand a series of case studies that will be presented starting with the first wordl war and going until today. The case studies will include the main aspects of the Cold War period, the role of USA and Soviet Union in shaping the international relations according to a political and ideological...
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Big Beautiful Buildings: Eine Schönheit, viele Maßstäbe - urbane Landschaften der Nachkriegsmoderne in Europa / Big Beautiful Buildings: one beauty, many scales - urban landscapes of the post-war modernism across Europe
PublicationMassive urbanization in Europe is not a phenomenon that began only in the 20th century. The roots of this process can be traced back two centuries. With the end of the Second World War the specific conjunction of powerful forces together changed the landscape of European cities. Urbanization was undoubtedly one of them. Among other factors, Musterd and van Kempen (2005) correctly itemized not only objective processes that can be...
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Post‐Second World War Reconstruction of Polish Cities: The Interplay Between Politics and Paradigms
PublicationBy the end of the Second World War, many of the Polish cities—and especially their historic centres—were in ruins. This was caused by both bombings and sieges conducted by the Nazis and Soviets. The particular group of cities is associated with former German lands—now called the “Recovered Territories”—which were incorporated into the borders of Poland as compensation for its Eastern Borderlands lost to the Soviet Union. These...
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Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk as an Example of Contemporary Design Trends in Museum Buildings
PublicationAt a time when history gives us one of the last opportunities to confront our knowledge of World War II, with the knowledge of people living in those days, there are buildings created with strong transmission not only architectural, but also of a great emotional load. At the same time, when the political system does not forbid to speak openly about the past period, and the technology allows you to create structures, about which...
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A New Canon of the Modernist Villa of the 1930s - a Villa with a Semicircular Veranda. The Post-War Continuation of the Idea
PublicationThe articcle presents a new type of villa, which started to be popular in Gdynia in the 1930s. It was a villa with a semicircular veranda. Villas of that type were continously built also after the II World War
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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TILTED WALLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODES' PROVISIONS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUSEUM OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN GDAŃSK
PublicationThe purpose of this article was to introduce the design and construction of tiled walls in accordance to codes' restrictions. The construction of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk was chosen to be an example of its successful use in practice. Theoretical knowledge was based on PN-EN 1992-1-1:2008 and fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010. Although codes' recommendations seem curt, practice prove structural advance....
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Cold War History
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The moonuments of gdynia post-war construction pace
PublicationThe impresive pace of building objects realisation in the 1950s and 1960s was a continuation of the traditional gdynia building pace of the pre-war period. A particular attention and admiration must the reserved for the use at almost every construction site in Gdynia of a considerable quantify of prototypical meterial/construction solutions implemented above all in order to simplify technology and accelerate the pace of building...
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Where the Second World War in Europe broke out: the land-scape history of Westerplatte, Gdańsk/Danzig
PublicationWesterplatte is known as the place where the Second World War in Europe broke out. However, its history covers many other events involving Polish, German, Russian and even French politics over the last three centuries - neglected by many papers published in the current discussion. Due to its location at the entrance to the main harbour on the Baltic Sea entrance, Wester-platte-Peninsula is cartographically the best-documented part...
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Buckling and initial post-local buckling behaviour of cold-formed channel member flange
PublicationThe initial post-buckling behaviour of a cold-formed channel member flange after its local buckling is investigated. An axially compressed column or beam subjected to pure bending is considered. The member material is assumed to follow a linear stress-strain relationship. The governing non-linear differential equation of the problem is derived using the minimum total potential energy principle. An approximate solution for the equation...
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Journal of Cold War Studies
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Data accompanying the paper: "Productivity effects of trade in natural resources – comparison with mechanisms of technological specialization" (Zarach and Parteka, The World Economy, 2023)
Open Research DataThe folder contains the data and codes used in the analysis described in the paper: Zarach Z.H., Parteka A. (2023). Productivity effects of trade in natural resources – comparison with mechanisms of technological specialization. The World Economy, 00, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13456
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German Jews in Jelenia Góra immediately After the End of the Second World War
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WORLD ECONOMY
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Fourth industrial revolution and new challenges in post-pandemic world
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Analysing By-Products Interaction as an Industry Resource of Circular Economy in Ukraine and the World
PublicationThe paper analyses existing and current scientific developments and literature sources, which show the advantages and disadvantages of many different influences of waste in Ukraine and other countries of Europe and the world. As a research result, stable connections have been established between the factors and criteria in assessing the by-product interaction as an industry resource. In our research, we used programs R.Studio and...
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R&D in a post centrally-planned economy: The macroeconomic effects in Poland
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First World War Studies
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China & World Economy
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JAPAN AND THE WORLD ECONOMY
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Research in World Economy
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Thailand and the World Economy
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Diasporic Identity in the Face of Trauma — Diasporic Identity and the Second World War Trauma in Kerri Sakamoto’s “The Electrical Field” (1998)
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World Review of Political Economy
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Geneva Reports on the World Economy
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Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy
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L'economia mondiale dopo la guerra fredda
PublicationChe cosa è successo negli equilibri economici mondiali a partire dal 1989 e dalla dissoluzione del vecchio ordine sovietico? Dopo aver esaminato gli Usa e i suoi competitori asiatici, Giappone e Cina, il libro si concentra sull’Europa e sulle grandi trasformazioni portate dalla riunificazione tedesca, da Maastricht e dalla nascita dell’euro. Infine analizza, nell’ambito della globalizzazione, il ruolo dei BRICS, lo sviluppo economico...
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Ewa Lechman prof. dr hab.
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Joanna Kabrońska dr inż. arch.
PeoplePhD with honours: Forma architektoniczna jako droga realizacji idei biblioteki przyszłości (Form of Architectural Solutions as a Means of Implementing the idea of Libraries of the Future), 1994 IV International Biennale of Architecture in Cracow Prize winner, 1991 DAAD post-doctoral scholarship, Berlin, 2002 Author of publications on architecture, art and memory, including the monograph Architektura jako forma pamięci. Rola architektury...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Analytical Protocols
PublicationLife cycle assessment is a relatively new tool for environmental management, which is becoming more and more important owing to the globalization of the world economy, where there is a need to develop standards in protecting the environment
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A Panel Analysis of the Impact of Green Transformation and Globalization on the Labor Share in the National Income
PublicationThis study aims to examine the impact of green transition and globalization processes on changes in the labour share. The study covers 76 national economies diversified in development, global production share and energy transition stage from 2000 to 2018. Based on the Total Economy Database data, panel models of the relationship between green transition, globalization and the labour share in the national income were estimated....
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Zieleń miejska Gdyni okresu międzywojennego oraz problematyka jej zachowania = Urban greenery of Gdynia of interwar period and the issues of its retaining
PublicationURBAN GREENERY OF GDYNIA OF INTERWAR PERIOD AND THE ISSUES OF ITS RETAINING The subject of this article is the urban greenery arrangement in interwar Gdynia and the issues of its retaining after the II World War. The article will concern retaining the authenticity and integrity of the historic urban greenery of Gdynia, both greenery layouts and the plant material creating it. The author of the article will present in what...
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy: Current State and Prospects
PublicationThe last two decades of the twentieth century represented a period of above-average, systematic growth of formal and informal interdependencies between economies of different countries and between world markets. The intensity, magnitude, and diversity of these interdependencies have never been recorded before in economic history, and the market transformations taking place have been referred to in the literature as the process...
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Globalisation and world economic poverty: The significance of hidden dimensions
PublicationThe aim of our research is to examine how individual dimensions of globalization affect economic poverty in the World. for this, regression models are estimated with FGT0 or FGT1 poverty measures as dependent variables and KOF indices of globalization as despendent variables. The poverty indices are estimated for 119 countries' income didtributions assuming log-normality and using Gini estimates from the WID2 database and GDP/capita...
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Share of people working in the enterprise sector by ownership sector at the end of 2016 (%).
Open Research DataThe dynamic development of small and medium-sized enterprises, which was observed in the past century - in particular in the past two decades - is the phenomenon of the development of the world economy intriguing many researchers and research centers. These figures present the share of workforce according to the ownership sector at the end of 2016.
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Estimating the Impact of Globalization on International Competitiveneess : a Multidimensional Approach
PublicationThis paper examines the effects of globalization on international competitiveness (IC). The aggregated and disaggregated indices of IC (World Economic Forum) and globalization (KOF) for 132 countries in 2008 are used for the estimation of regression functions. The results show that globalization positively influences IC at the highest aggregation levels of the indices used. Social and political globalization affect IC at intermediate...
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The two ring road complexes of Gdansk
PublicationThe urban structure of Gdańsk city centre is determined by two ring road complexes. The first of them, the Gdańsk Ring, has been designed by Hermann Josef Stübben as a result of a defortification at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This new modern zone of the city centre was destroyed like the rest of Gdańsk in the end of World War Two and had not been reconstructed as a result of de-Germanization of the Recovered Territories....
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Targ Węglowy as the keystone of two ring road complexes of Gdańsk city centre
PublicationThe urban structure of Gdansk city centre is determined by two ring road complexes. The first of them, the Gdansk Ring, has been created as a result of a city defortification at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and has been destroyed in the end of World War Two with the rest of Gdansk. The second, the Main Town Green Belt, has been formed in place of the medieval fortification system of the city’s most important historical...
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Shaping the spatial structures of post-socialist cities
PublicationThis paper deals with issues and problems associated with transformation of spatial structures of post-socialist cities. The special attention is paid to the cases of Polish cities and towns and the analysis of their evolution – from the “post-communist structures” to the “cities in the age of globalization”. In the light of this the factors influencing the spatial transformation of these are analyzed. The paper is concluded with...
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L'Italie. Gagner à tout prix. L'industrie de l'armenent italien pendant la Grande Guerre
PublicationThe chapter outlines the economic and technological transformations of the Italian armament industry during the First World War
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Fortifications of Hel Peninsula in Poland – history, preservation and contemporary adaptation.
PublicationThe Hel Peninsula fortifications are one of the largest and most interesting historic coastal fortification complexes in Poland. Built from the 1930s until demilitarisation at the end of the Cold War, they are now one of the biggest tourist attractions of the region. The article attempts to describe the history of their development, current state and selected problems related to their protection and adaptation for touristic purposes....
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Arsenic-Based Warfare Agents: Production, Use, and Destruction
PublicationSince the beginning of time, civilizations have looked for more creative ways to dominate and defeat their enemies. The rapid development of the chemical industry just before the Second World War started the era of modern chemical weapon production based on poisons, including toxic arsenic compounds. This paper provides a detailed overview of the production, usage and destruction of this dangerous chemical weapon. Milestones include:...
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN POLAND - PIONEERS AND INSTITUTIONS
PublicationThe aim of this chapter is to show the history of biomedical engineering education in Poland, from the beginning till today with special task to underline the role of modern information technology. This story is not very old, just around one century, that may be classified into four basic periods related to important historic events. First are the beginnings before the second world war. Then post-war recovery and development of...
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Zmiany udziału pracy w dochodzie narodowym a nierówności społeczne na przykładzie państw Grupy Wyszehradzkiej
PublicationDokonująca się liberalizacja handlu, rynków pieniężnych i kapitałowych, umiędzynaro-dowienie produkcji oraz szybkie i szerokie wykorzystanie technologii stanowiące siłę napędową globalizacji włączyły, transformującą się gospodarkę polską w ten proces. Globalizacja określa rozprzestrzenianie się charakterystycznych trendów światowej ekonomii, polityki, życia społecznego i kultury na całym świecie, niezależnie od stopnia zaawansowania...
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Tomasz Szymański dr inż. arch.
PeopleTomasz Szymanski (Ph.D.) is an architect and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Gdansk. Graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Gdansk. Studies completed with a diploma with honors. Research Interests Dr. Tomasz Szymanski are centered around the issue of industrial heritage, re-use, adaptation and revitalization of industrial buildings and objects...
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Tomasz Janowski dr
PeopleTomasz Janowski is the Head of the Department of Informatics in Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Invited Professor at the Department for E-Governance and Administration, Faculty of Business and Globalization, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria; and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier. Previously, he was the first and founding Head...
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Productivity effects of trade in natural resources—comparison with mechanisms of technological specialisation
PublicationThis paper compares two alternative growth paths, assessing the effects on productivity of specialisation in natural resources (NR) and in technologically advanced products. The empirical analysis exploits product-level export data for 109 developing and 51 developed economies over the period 1996–2018. We document two distinct types of specialisation, based on exports either of natural resources or of technological products, and...
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What Determines Export Diversification in the Development Process? Empirical Assessment
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What determines export diversification in the development process? Empirical assessment.
PublicationThis paper assesses the role played by country-specific factors as determinants of relative export diversification. Using a panel data set for 60 countries and 20 years (1985–2004), we confirm that even after clearing out differences in income per capita, cross-country variability in the degree of export diversification is significant. In general, apart from per capita income, features influencing the size of accessible markets...
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Mind the Gender Wage Gap – the Impact of Trade and Competition on Sectoral Wage Difference
PublicationThis article examines differences between women’s and men’s wages in 18 selected OECD countries in the period 1970-2005. The study is based on 12 manufacturing sector- and skill-specific sets of panel data on the gender wage gap. We apply a system GMM estimator to the extended version of the conditional gender wage gap convergence equation, controlling for sector concentration and industry-specific measures of openness using a...
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Nomination Dossier, The Modernist Centre of Gdynia, Part 2b, History and Development
PublicationHistory and development of Gdynia, from Medieval times up until today. The project concerns such chapters as: Introduction; The village of Gdynia; Gdynia as a seaside resort; Construction of the port and the city in the interwar period; The modernist city centre – layout; architecture;Architecture of the city centre; South Pier and Grand District; Post-war development of Śródmieście: a continuation
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ANALYZING TITLES OF ECONOMY NEWS TO UNDERSTAND IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ECONOMICAL SITUATION
PublicationCovid-19 affected the whole world in a short time, causing serious panic and uncertainty in society. Because it was an unprecedented disease, the medical community has worked hard to find out how to deal with it, and it continues to do so. The rapid spread of the disease, the shortage of hospital capacity and the increase in deaths drove the whole world to a closure, so to speak. In this time period, life in the world came to a...
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Architektura pomników poświęconych ofiarom ataków terrorystycznych jako kontynuacja realizacji komemoratywnych kształtowanych w postpamięci
Publicationarchitecture of Memorials Dedicated to the Victims of terrorist attacks as a continuation of commemorative Structures created within Post-memory Having the rich art of commemorating events of the Second World War as a key reference, this article will try to show how contemporary architectural interven- tions in public space make attempts to respond to the social need of dealing with traumatic events and formulating a new attitude...
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Authenticity of Architectural Heritage in a Rebuilt City. Comments to Vaclav Havel’s Impression after His Visit in Gdansk in 2005
PublicationThere is no doubt that authenticity is a cardinal feature of architectural heritage and should be protected in the same way as historical and cultural value of monuments or their integrity. Sometimes, one decides to reconstruct a destroyed historical building due to important emotional, scientific, artistic or political reasons (e.g. the Zwinger Palace in Dresden or the Royal Castle in Warsaw). However, the solution which should...
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Una egemonia instabile
Publicationil ruolo degli Stati Uniti nell'economia globale e la sfida giapponese e cinese
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Local buckling and initial post-buckling behaviour of channel member flange - analytical approach
PublicationThe local buckling and initial post-buckling behaviour of the cold-formed channel member flange is investigated. The governing nonlinear differential equation for axially compressed columns and beams undergoing pure bending is derived using the stationary total potential energy principle. The critical stress and initial post-buckling equilibrium path is determined by means of a perturbation approach. The results obtained allow...
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The role of investments in economic development
PublicationIn the modern world, one may observe diversification of economies of given countries. Many of them, considered to be less developed,are aspiring to diminish the gap between them and well developed countries, one of such countries is Poland, which is trying hard to boots its competitive position in the worldwide market and achieve the constant and well-balanced development. It can be attained by building knowledge economy. Therefore,...
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Gender, education and motivation of onwers of small firms and their growth
PublicationAlmost every article on the growht of SMEs begins with noting the lack of a unified theory or a model of growth in thei group of companies, although the growth of small and medium sized enterprises has been the subject of research for many years and early theories about it appeared already before the Second World War. In the paper some conlusions about the relation between gender, education and motivation of owner and the small...
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Architectural expression in designing museums as places of remembrance
PublicationMuseums commemorating tragic historic events require the application of particular means of architectural expression. Both the form of the building, the interior design, lighting and materials and its surroundings became a part of the exhibition. In this article the narrative role of architectural components is discussed based on three museums located in different cultural and geographical areas. These are: the Nanjing Massacre...
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UN’IPERTROFIA INEVITABILE? LA MOBILITAZIONE INDUSTRIALE E LA TRASFORMAZIONE DELL’APPARATO AMMINISTRATIVO PER LO SFORZO BELLICO
PublicationIl capitolo esamina le trasformazioni dell'apparato amministrativo in relazione alle esigenze dello sforzo bellico
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Powojenny rozdział w historii architektury i zagospodarowania portu gdyńskiego
PublicationThe port of Gdynia, considered one of the largest civil construction projects of the 20th century in Europe, was built at an express pace for only a dozen or so years from the mid-1920s to the end of the 1930s. Unusual solutions from the construction period in the port engineering category, as well as outstanding architectural works The industrial area quickly became architectural symbols of economic growth and the general rebirth...
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Environmentally friendly polymer-rubber composites obtained from waste tyres: A review
PublicationThe paper is transdisciplinary. The complex overview on changes in policy and approach to waste tyres that leads to both solving environmental problem of post consumer tyres and creating environmentally friendlier novel materials are presented. It is shown that in the world, the amount of polymer wastes increases every year. Most of them are in the form of post-consumer tyres. Recycling and recovery of such tyres is a serious environmental...
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DEFORMATIONS OF INNOVATIVE COLD-FORMED GEB SECTIONS
PublicationPermanent urban growth of the world of today world implies demanding challenges for the steel construction industry. Nowadays, one of the most important issues is the cost optimization of steel structures. Since the weight of building materials is a major component of the total cost, engineers and designers try to reduce structural weight, without compromising durability and sustainability of a steel structure. Therefore, light...
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Gdańsk’s Cultural Heritage. The City Centre District and Municipal Historical Policy
PublicationThe current municipal historical policy of Gdańsk focuses on two major museum projects purported to be a unique embodiment of the city’s cultural heritage. Their underlying narrative, which is told from the European perspective, is based on two great events of the 20th century and seems to disregard the cultural heritage recorded in the urban structure of the city centre. However, it is precisely this urban structure that exerts...
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Биополитика согласно Чеславу Милошу
PublicationThe paper shows the origins of the transformation of history into biohistory as well as politics into biopolitics in the writings of Miłosz. It takes into account his view of history when he was a child and his social experiences when he was at school. It proves that the fact that Miłosz comprehends the world within the categories of biopolitics results from projecting Darwinism on the historical past, and then projecting on...
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International Trade winter 2022
e-Learning CoursesMain aim of the subject is to transfer knowledge on theoretical and empirical aspects of international trade. During the lectures we will cover patterns of international trade, main models of international trade and topics related to trade policy. During labs students will analyze current issues concerning trade flows in globalized world economy.
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International Trade - winter 2023
e-Learning CoursesMain aim of the subject is to transfer knowledge on theoretical and empirical aspects of international trade. During the lectures we will cover patterns of international trade, main models of international trade and topics related to trade policy. During labs students will analyze current issues concerning trade flows in globalized world economy.
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Transformation of the Odesa Waterfront
PublicationOdesa is a unique city: it is the third-largest city in Ukraine and the second in the Black sea region. During its short but eventful history, it gathered a variety of cultural layers within its boundaries, what had reflected in its architecture, urban life, and unique accent of its inhabitants. The city`s waterfront is considered to be the Pearl of the Black Sea. Starting with the receiving of the Porto Franco status in 1819,...
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LE STIME ECONOMICHE DELLA CIA E L’IMPREVEDIBILE FINE DELL’URSS
PublicationIn this article, we will analyze the debate that took place around the assessments that the CIA gave of the economic situation in the Soviet Union, a clearly decisive key to understanding the overall health of the main political-military opponent of the United States. The article will include the discussions that flared up in the American political establishment starting in 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the initial...
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Historic centre of Gdańsk as a unique example of postwar socialist city creation = Historyczne śródmieście Gdańska jako unikalny przykład powojennej kreacji miasta socjalistycznego
PublicationThe historic centre of Gdańsk, totally destroyed towards the end of the Second World War, became an area of postwar creation of a socialist town. During over a dozen first years, three projects were prepared for implementation within its borders, first in the convention of reconstruction and rest simply as development, for three consecutive historic city complexes: The Main Town (1948), The Old Town (1955) and The Old Suburbs (1958),...
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Coastal Cliffs Monitoring and Prediction of Displacements Using Terrestial Laser Scanning
PublicationCoastal cliffs are very sensitive to degradation caused by erosion and abrasion. Thus, it is very important to monitor susceptibility of the cliffs in terms of slope angles and ground fall resulting from vertical morphology of the cliffs. The results could be used for example to establish the boundaries of the safe investments zone or retreat infrastructure buildings in case of real threat such as degradation of the objects of...
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GIUSEPPE VOLPI. IL GRANDE MEDIATORE TRA ISTITUZIONI, POLITICA ED ECONOMIA
PublicationGiuseppe Volpi di Misurata represented a mediation point between different interests both in the economic field and in the complex national – but also regional and local – political balance that long underpinned the fascist regime. This article intends to revisit this figure between the 1920s and the Second World War. The attempt will be made to identify, through an approach that will be chronological and thematic, the passages...
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QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
PublicationBased on the analysis of the impact of quantitative easing policies on the global economy, there was concluded that the world’s largest central banks and widespread debt stimulation have created the model of economic growth. This model was based on the productivity growth. The lack of productivity growth in the developed world, the active integration of developing countries (first of all China and India) in the global economy have...
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Paulina Duch-Zebrowska MSc
PeopleI spent 15 years of my professional life in London working my way up as an architect to become a design and construction manager. I have designed and supervised the construction of apartments in the legendary Soho, shops on Oxford Street in London and exclusive residences in Windsor. I have a great ability to establish contacts based on mutual respect, at every level of investment, including with the Investor, Designers, and Contractors....
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Płyty przedprożowe z elewacji dawnego budynku jatek mięsnych w Gdańsku?
PublicationPodczas badań archeologicznych prowadzonych w latach 2004-2005 na terenie historycznych jatek mięsnych głównomiejskiego cechu rzeźników w Gdańsku, kierujący badaniami Robert Krzywdziński postawił tezę, że fragmenty płaskorzeźbionej dekoracji ściany szczytowej od strony ulicy Mariackiej, zniszczonego w 1945 roku budynku jatek, zostały wykorzystane jako elementy dekoracyjnych płyt przedprożowych podczas powojennej odbudowy kamienicy...
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DIRECTIONS OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND POWER PLANTS OF THE FACULTY OF OCEAN ENGINEERING AND SHIP TECHNOLOGY OF THE GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
PublicationIn this article the short historical outline of the Department of Marine and Land Power Plants of the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology was introduced. Its activity beginnings, in the post-war history of the University, reach 1952. The leading scientific issues, which have been developed for years in three principal directions: design, manufacture and operation of machines and...
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ASSESSMENT OF CLIFF STABILITY AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF THE ENGINEERING FACILITIES
PublicationAs a part of an experiment, cliff in Gdynia Redlowo (southern coast of Baltic Sea, Gdansk Bay) was measured using terrestrial laser scanner. The main reason for taking up the subject of the Orlowo Cliff’s stability was a decision about controlled removal one of the war fortification elements. The main purpose of that analysis was to specify suitability of laser scanning in determination of slope’s stability after a violent event....
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Paweł Śliwiński dr hab. inż.
PeopleDiplomas and academic degrees. Training 2017: degree of habilitated doctor;2006: PhD in Technical Sciences. PhD thesis defended with distinction. Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.2000: Master of Science. Graduated from the university with distinction. Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.1995: Mechanical technician. Graduated from a Technical Secondary School...
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Global Trends 2022
e-Learning CoursesThe course reflects on the different models of capitalism, starting with the debate on "Varieties of capitalism". It will deal with the relationships between historical dimension, juridical and economic cultures, institutions, financial markets and ownership structures in today's world economy. The aim of the course is trying to give an answer to a couple of very simple questions: why economic systems react in a different way...
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Piotr Figura dr inż.
PeoplePiotr Figura is employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. He is a member of Commission for the Verification of Learning Outcomes, as well as an academic reviewer of the Central Exemination Booard. He is the author or co-author of several scientific monographs including: Standard financial indicators for stock enterprises; Classical...
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A new concept of contemporary marketing
PublicationPurpose: This conceptual paper aims to propose a new concept of marketing that responds well to the needs of a changing world, taking into account the continuous development of the service economy and the revolution in the development of the Internet and related tools. Methodology/Approach: The proposed concept is based on well-researched theories: service marketing, experience marketing, relationship marketing and digital marketing...
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Definition of urban regeneration projects in Russian cities
PublicationUrban regeneration is extremely important process for Russian cities, which faced to the challenges of post-industrial economy. In an attempt, to explain needs of urban regeneration in Russian megacities author analyzed the social and economic trends and some historic features of Russian cities development. The article identified the key areas for regeneration such as the regeneration of historic core, the regeneration of the urban...
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Renewable Energy in the Pomerania Voivodeship—Institutional, Economic, Environmental and Physical Aspects in Light of EU Energy Transformation
PublicationIn the era of globalization and rapid economic growth, affecting most world economies, increased production and consumption are leading to higher levels of energy production and consumption. The growing demand for energy means that energy resources from conventional sources are not sufficient; moreover, its production generates high costs and contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases and waste. In view of the above, many...
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Suspended-sediment transport related to ice-cover conditions during cold and warm winters, Toudaoguai stretch of the Yellow River, Inner Mongolia, China
PublicationThe presence of winter ice in cold regions changes the water level, flow rate, velocity distribution, and other parameters of the river, which in turn affects the sediment concentration and channel evolution. Based on data obtained from Toudaoguai Hydrological Station from 1959 to 2021, this study examines the characteristics of the ice regime during cold and warm winters and the water and sediment transport processes along the...
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Redesigning Informal Beirut: Shaping the Sustainable Transformation Strategies
PublicationLebanon is distinguished by its strategic geographical location among the Arab countries. Beirut, as the capital city and the major commercial and cultural centre of the country, is a point of interest for migrants. The region has witnessed many changes since the end of World War II, which have resulted in internal and external conflicts, migrations, the centralization of the country’s economy, etc. Furthermore, the city has witnessed...
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Badania i możliwości adaptacji ruin kościoła we Wocławach
PublicationW artykule opisano wyniki badań ruin kościoła z XIV w. we Wocławach. Przedstawiono też problem adaptacji ruin obiektów sakralnych, możliwości zagospodarowania oraz możliwe warianty odbudowy ruin. Po wojnie trzynastoletniej kościół został rozbudowany o nawy boczne i wieżę. Układ świątyni został zredukowany w czasie odbudowy po pożarze w XVIII w. W czasie II wojny światowej kościół został zniszczony. Do dziś nie został odbudowany...
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Architectural Symbols of a City – Case Study
PublicationThe identity of a city is understood as a collection of individual features, which give the city its individual character and distinguish it from other places; it undoubtedly constitutes a cultural value, which should be cherished. In the case of Sopot – a spa located on the Bay of Gdansk, the mosaic of its geographical location, landscape values, urban layout and historic architecture has created a unique image of a seaside resort....
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Anna Rzeczycka dr hab.
PeopleAnna Rzeczycka is the deputy head of the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Publications are situated in the field of social sciences in the discipline of economics and finance. They include books, monographs, articles, publications and scientific editions of monographs and scientific journals. In terms of numbers, it includes the following items: 12 monographs...
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Context-aware User Modelling and Generation of Recommendations in Recommender Systems
PublicationRecommender systems are software tools and techniques which aim at suggesting new items that may be of interest to a user. This dissertation is focused on four problems in recommender systems domain. The first one is context-awareness, i.e. how to obtain relevant contextual information, how to model user preferences in a context and use them to make predictions. The second one is multi-domain recommendation, which aim at suggesting...
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Revitalization of Sopot - The Seaside Spa Town in Poland
PublicationSopot is a Polish seaside resort. In the past - as early as at the beginning of the 20th century - this town was famous for the healing opportunities they created: good conditions for resting and recreation. This town was places where everyone with enough selfesteem was willing to be seen. Since the post-war reconstruction until 1989 (establishment of local governments in Poland), not much has happened in Polish cities in terms...
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Mural i jego rola w przestrzeni zurbanizowanej
PublicationCzym tak naprawdę jest mural? Definicji jest bardzo wiele. Według Słownika języka polskiego PWN mural to „wielkie malowidło wykonane bezpośrednio na ścianie budynku”. Pierwotnymi malowidłami tego typu były prace naskalne z epoki paleolitu. Następnie ważnymi epokami dla rozwoju tego typu prac był starożytny Egipt i starożytny Rzym. Samo słowo „mural” pochodzi z języka hiszpańskiego (h. mural – ścienny; malarstwo ścienne). To dzięki...
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Dzielnica Reprezentacyjna Gdyni i jej powojenne oraz współczesne interpretacje
PublicationThe concept of the Premiere District in Gdynia was first conceived in the 1920s and from that time on it constantly accompanied the history of the city. It derivated from the idea of creating a symbol of Poland's regaining independence after the first World War and the successful creation of the new port and city on the Baltic coast. As the result of that development, Gdynia was named the maritime capital of Poland and was treated...
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Architectural & Urban Heritage 2021/2022
e-Learning CoursesParticipation in the course ARCHITECTURAL & URBAN HERITAGE gives an opportunity of knowing political, economic, and cultural issues of Polish Architecture in the 19th and 20th century. This period includes the fall of feudalism, the flourish of the industrial era, the birth of modernism, two totalitarian systems, and the rebuilding of Poland after II World War. Mentioned circumstances caused deep changes which gave a strong...
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Selfie and Personal Branding Phenomena in the Context of the Network Economy. A Literature Review
PublicationSelf-taken pictures called “selfies” shared in social media have become a worldwide phenomenon. This is due to the increased need of human being to share to other people their daily lives and to build their own personal brand in the networked world. Despite that, the subject of personal branding has not been sufficiently discussed in academic marketing literature over the past decade. The objective of the study is to present the...
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Spurring the community involvement in planning - lessons from post-socialist cities
PublicationPublic participation and community involvement in planning processes is – in general – not a new topic for contemporary planners. But in many parts of the world – including the post-socialist countries like Poland or Russia – we can still face the lack of understanding of importance of proper community involvement in planning and development processes. Situation in these countries is significantly different from both highly-developed...
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Katalizatory wykorzystywane w syntezie biodiesla
PublicationRising prices of electricity, conventional fuels and heating require decisive steps in the further development of technologies based on renewable energy sources. These include geothermal-; hydrothermal-; aerothermal-; and solar energy. Due to the fact that the petrochemical industry is one of the fastest growing branches of the economy, we would like to expand on the topic related to biofuels. Biodiesel is an alternative fuel similar...
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The Contemporary aspects of revitalization of the buildings and the port areas
PublicationPort cities are the forefront of globalization. The continued growth of international trade of goods and services has now played a major role in shaping the economic and social world. Strategies for mutual cooperation and follow-up between countries, cities and regions are increasingly complex. On the one hand it brings profits, on the other leads to destabilization and the need for transformation and constant modernization. Port...