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Smart Knowledge Engineering for Cognitive Systems: A Brief Overview
PublicationCognition in computer sciences refers to the ability of a system to learn at scale, reason with purpose, and naturally interact with humans and other smart systems, such as humans do. To enhance intelligence, as well as to introduce cognitive functions into machines, recent studies have brought humans into the loop, turning the system into a human–AI hybrid. To effectively integrate and manipulate hybrid knowledge, suitable technologies...
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Spatio-Temporal Validation of GNSS-Derived Global Ionosphere Maps Using 16 Years of Jason Satellites Observations
PublicationExisting ionospheric models perform very well in mapping the calm state of the ionosphere. However, the problem is accurately determining the total electron content (TEC) for disturbed days. Knowledge of the exact electron density is essential for single−frequency receivers, which cannot eliminate the ionospheric delay. This study aims to investigate temporal and spatial variability in the distribution of TEC based on differences...
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Creating a radiological database for automatic liver segmentation using artificial intelligence.
PublicationImaging in medicine is an irreplaceable stage in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The subsequent therapeutic effect depends on the quality of the imaging tests performed. In recent years we have been observing the evolution of 2D to 3D imaging for many medical fields, including oncological surgery. The aim of the study is to present a method of selection of radiological imaging tests for learning neural networks.
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Alicja Karaś mgr inż. arch.
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Abdalraheem Ijjeh Ph.D. Eng.
PeopleThe primary research areas of interest are artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision, as well as modeling physical phenomena (i.e., guided waves in composite laminates). The research interests described above are utilized for SHM and NDE applications, namely damage detection and localization in composite materials.
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Pawlak's flow graph extensions for video surveillance systems
PublicationThe 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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A new method for real-time monitoring of volatiles in frying fumes using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry with time-of-flight analyse
PublicationTo safeguard the consumers’ well-being, it is necessary to develop novel methods for determination of carcinogens in food, including volatiles generated during frying. The currently used procedures for analysis of volatile fraction of vegetable oils are not based on real-time measurements and thus do not enable the determination of carcinogenic compounds in frying fumes; instead, only the headspace or liquid fraction is sampled....
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Self-Organising map neural network in the analysis of electromyography data of muscles acting at temporomandibular joint.
PublicationThe temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the joint that via muscle action and jaw motion allows for necessary physiological performances such as mastication. Whereas mandible translates and rotates [1]. Estimation of activity of muscles acting at the TMJ provides a knowledge of activation pattern solely of a specific patient that an electromyography (EMG) examination was carried out [2]. In this work, a Self-Organising Maps (SOMs)...
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Dariusz Mikielewicz prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleProfessor Dariusz Mikielewicz – born on February 6, 1967. in Gdansk. Here in 1974 he enrolled first to the Elementary School No. 17, and then in the Grammar School No. 5, named after Stefan Żeromski in Gdansk-Oliwa. After graduating from the Secondary School, with honors, in 1985 he successfully passed the entrance exams to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Technical University of Gdansk, where he graduated with a very good...
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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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Society 4.0: Issues, Challenges, Approaches, and Enabling Technologies
PublicationThis guest edition of Cybernetics and Systems is a broadening continuation of our last year edition titled “Intelligence Augmentation and Amplification: Approaches, Tools, and Case Studies”. This time we cover research perspective extending towards what is known as Society 4.0. Bob de Vit brought the concept of Society 4.0 to life in his book “Society 4.0 – resolving eight key issues to build a citizens society”. From the Systems...
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Musical Instrument Tagging Using Data Augmentation and Effective Noisy Data Processing
PublicationDeveloping signal processing methods to extract information automatically has potential in several applications, for example searching for multimedia based on its audio content, making context-aware mobile applications (e.g., tuning apps), or pre-processing for an automatic mixing system. However, the last-mentioned application needs a significant amount of research to reliably recognize real musical instruments in recordings....
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DevEmo—Software Developers’ Facial Expression Dataset
PublicationThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased the relevance of remote activities and digital tools for education, work, and other aspects of daily life. This reality has highlighted the need for emotion recognition technology to better understand the emotions of computer users and provide support in remote environments. Emotion recognition can play a critical role in improving the remote experience and ensuring that individuals are able...
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Szkolenie elektroniczne narzędziem budowy kapitału ludzkiego.
PublicationAutorka ukazuje proces szkoleń pracowników począwszy od tradycyjnego do bardziej nowoczesnego typu e-learning. W nowoczesnych przedsiębiorstwach odchodzxi sie od typowego, tradycyjnego szkolenia na rzecz bardziej efektywnych,tańszych i skutecznych czyli elektronicznych. W artykule pokazane są zalety i korzyści szkoleń elektronicznych w przygotowaniu pracowników do efektywnej pracy.
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t-SNE Highlights Phylogenetic and Temporal Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Nucleocapsid Protein Evolution
PublicationWe propose applying t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding to protein sequences of SARS-CoV-2 to construct, visualize and study the evolutionary space of the coronavirus. The basic idea is to explore the COVID-19 evolution space by using modern manifold learning techniques applied to evolutionary distances between variants. Evolutionary distances have been calculated based on the structures of the nucleocapsid and spike proteins.
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ePBL – czyli nauka poprzez realizację projektu w środowisku wirtualnym
PublicationKształcenie inżynierów stanowi niezwykle istotny element systemu edukacyjnego każdego nowoczesnego państwa, ponieważ to właśnie dobrze przygotowana kadra inżynierska decyduje o tempie rozwoju i poziomie infrastruktury danego kraju. Wykorzystanie najnowszych technologii w procesie edukacyjnym jest naturalną konsekwencją „informatyzacji” życia. Pokolenia dorastające w świecie wszechobecnych komputerów, urządzeń mobilnych i cyfrowej...
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Knowledge pills in Education and Training: A Literature Review
PublicationObject and purpose: Knowledge pills (KPs) are a technique for transferring knowledge through short factual batches of content. In education and vocational training, they can help learners acquire specific pieces of knowledge in a few minutes, through a “microteaching” approach where learners can be involved in active and interactive exercises, quizzes, and games. Thanks to the advancements of multimedia platforms, they can contain...
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Limitations of Emotion Recognition in Software User Experience Evaluation Context
PublicationThis paper concerns how an affective-behavioural- cognitive approach applies to the evaluation of the software user experience. Although it may seem that affect recognition solutions are accurate in determining the user experience, there are several challenges in practice. This paper aims to explore the limitations of the automatic affect recognition applied in the usability context as well as...
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Distribution of the displacement sequence of an orientation preserving circle homeomorphism
PublicationIn some applications not only the knowledge of the behaviour of trajectories of a map is important, but also their displacements. We describe in detail the distribution of elements of the displacement sequence along a trajectory of an orientation preserving circle homeomorphism ϕ with irrational rotation number ϱ(ϕ). The values of displacement are dense in a set which depends on the map γ (semi-)conjugating ϕ with the rotation...
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Logistics of Transnational Corporations as the Basis of Cooperation Between Ukraine and EU (for Poland Example)
PublicationThe article describes the scientific and theoretical basis for the organization of logistics management of modern international corporations, owning by assets in mining and metallurgical business in Ukraine and Poland; it had been analyzed the influence of transfer pricing mechanism as one of the main factors affecting on the efficiency of the organization of supply chain of resources (Ukrainian semi-finished goods) to ensure uninterrupted...
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Low cost set-up for supercapacitors parameters evaluation
PublicationWe propose a use of a power amplifier in the circuit of voltage to current converter (current driver) for supercapacitor charging/discharging in controlled conditions. The current driver is controlled by DAC output of DAQ board and voltage of DUT is measured and a control loop is realized by software. In the circuit the DC current method of evaluation of capacitance and equivalent series...
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Revitalisation Living Lab as a Format to Accelerate an Energy Transition in Polish Rural Areas: The Case Studies of Metropolitan Outskirts Gdańsk-Orunia and Lubań
PublicationThe paper deals with the issue of energy transition in the revitalization process dedicated to the rural and semi-rural areas of the Pomerania Region (PR). Two distinct areas, located in sub- and ex-urban zones of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area (OMGGS), in which bottom-up community initiatives have been playing a key role in the transformation, have been focused on. The village of Lubań (Municipality of Nowa Karczma)...
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Przegląd metod szybkiego prototypowania algorytmów uczenia maszynowego w FPGA
PublicationW artykule opisano możliwe do wykorzystania otwarte narzędzia wspomagające szybkie prototypowanie algorytmów uczenia maszynowego (ML) i sztucznej inteligencji (AI) przy użyciu współczesnych platform FPGA. Przedstawiono przykład szybkiej ścieżki przy realizacji toru wideo wraz z implementacją przykładowego algorytmu prze-twarzania w trybie na żywo.
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Exemplary AFM application in cosmetology
Open Research DataAtomic force microscopy can be used in the diagnosis of the condition of human tissues such as skin, nails and hair. This is obviously related to the use of a variety of cosmetic products and can be understood as an attempt to assess their long-term impact on human appearance and health. An example may be the studies presented in [1] indicating the...
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Colvolutional calibration of AFM probe
Open Research DataAtomic force microscopy is based on the interaction of the examined surface with a probe of a pyramidal shape, tipped with a sharp end with a radius of curvature ranging from single nanometers to hundreds of nanometers. The resolution of the obtained image is of course dependent on the above-mentioned geometric size, and the resulting image is a convolutional...
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Porównanie systemu Ilias i Moodle - przypadek użycia.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono koncepcję wykorzystania darmowych systemów LMS (ang. Learning Management System) jako narzędzi wspomagających prowadzenie zajęć metodą tradycyjną F2F (ang. Face to Face). Omówiono eksperyment przeprowadzony przez dwie uczelnie trójmiejskie: Akademię Morską i Politechnikę Gdańską. Celem eksperymentu było porównanie systemu Ilias (wersja 2.4.4) z systemem Moodle (wersja 1.2).
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Are Pair Trading Strategies Profitable During COVID-19 Period?
PublicationPair trading strategy is a well-known profitable strategy in stock, forex, and commodity markets. As most of the world stock markets declined during COVID-19 period, therefore this study is going to observe whether this strategy is still profitable after COVID-19 pandemic. One of the powerful algorithms of DBSCAN under the umbrella of unsupervised machine learning is applied and three clusters were formed by using market and accounting...
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Medical Image Segmentation Using Deep Semantic-based Methods: A Review of Techniques, Applications and Emerging Trends
PublicationSemantic-based segmentation (Semseg) methods play an essential part in medical imaging analysis to improve the diagnostic process. In Semseg technique, every pixel of an image is classified into an instance, where each class is corresponded by an instance. In particular, the semantic segmentation can be used by many medical experts in the domain of radiology, ophthalmologists, dermatologist, and image-guided radiotherapy. The authors...
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How high-tech solutions support the fight against IUU and ghost fishing: a review of innovative approaches, methods, and trends
PublicationIllegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing is a major threat to human food supply and marine ecosystem health. Not only is it a cause of significant economic loss but also its effects have serious long-term environmental implications, such as overfishing and ocean pollution. The beginning of the fight against this problem dates since the early 2000s. From that time, a number of approaches and methods have been developed and reported....
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Detection of Anomalies in the Operation of a Road Lighting System Based on Data from Smart Electricity Meters
PublicationSmart meters in road lighting systems create new opportunities for automatic diagnostics of undesirable phenomena such as lamp failures, schedule deviations, or energy theft from the power grid. Such a solution fits into the smart cities concept, where an adaptive lighting system creates new challenges with respect to the monitoring function. This article presents research results indicating the practical feasibility of real‐time...
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A new multi-process collaborative architecture for time series classification
PublicationTime series classification (TSC) is the problem of categorizing time series data by using machine learning techniques. Its applications vary from cybersecurity and health care to remote sensing and human activity recognition. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-process collaborative architecture for TSC. The propositioned method amalgamates multi-head convolutional neural networks and capsule mechanism. In addition to the discovery...
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Deep Neural-Based Cerebral Microbleeds Detection System
PublicationMachine learning-based systems are gaining interest in the field of medicine, mostly in medical imaging and diagnosis. In this paper, we address the problem of automatic cerebral microbleeds (CMB) detection in magnetic resonance images. It is challenging due to difficulty in distinguishing a true CMB from its mimics, however, if successfully solved it would streamline the radiologists work. To deal with this complex three-dimensional...
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Jak wykraść złoto smokowi? - uczenie ze wzmocnieniem w świecie Wumpusa
PublicationNiniejszy rozdział zawiera łagodne wprowadzenie do problematyki uczenia ze wzmocnieniem, w którym podstawy teoretyczne wyjaśniane są na przykładzie przewodnim, jakim jest zagadnienie nauczenia agenta poruszania się w świecie potwora o imieniu Wumpus (ang. Wumpus world), klasycznym środowisku do testowania logicznego rozumowania agentów (problem nietrywialny dla algorytmów uczenia ze wzmocnieniem). Przedstawiona jest główna idea...
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Travel agents and destination management organizations: eLearning as a strategy to train tourism trade partners.
PublicationThis article offers an overview of the existing online courses run by national destination management organizations (DMOs) in order to better equip travel agents and tour operators in the sales activities of the tourism destinations. These online courses represent one of the B2B offers by DMOs and an interesting opportunity for travel agents, who are trying to find their identity and competitive advantage within the context of...
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An Intelligent Approach to Short-Term Wind Power Prediction Using Deep Neural Networks
PublicationIn this paper, an intelligent approach to the Short-Term Wind Power Prediction (STWPP) problem is considered, with the use of various types of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). The impact of the prediction time horizon length on accuracy, and the influence of temperature on prediction effectiveness have been analyzed. Three types of DNNs have been implemented and tested, including: CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks), GRU (Gated Recurrent...
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Diagnostyka łożysk silnika indukcyjnego na podstawie prądu zasilającego przy użyciu sztucznych sieci neuronowych
PublicationW artykule zawarto wyniki badań dotyczące diagnostyki łożysk silnika indukcyjnego na podstawie pomiarów prądu zasilającego z wyko-rzystaniem sztucznych sieci neuronowych. Zaprezentowano wyniki uczenia sieci oraz rezultaty testów przeprowadzonych na danych spoza zbioru uczącego. Badania wykonane zostały na obiektach z celowo wprowadzonymi uszkodzeniami łożysk. Przedstawiona nowa koncepcja zakłada użycie zestawu sieci neuronowych...
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Expedited Globalized Antenna Optimization by Principal Components and Variable-Fidelity EM Simulations: Application to Microstrip Antenna Design
PublicationParameter optimization, also referred to as design closure, is imperative in the development of modern antennas. Theoretical considerations along with rough dimension adjustment through supervised parameter sweeping can only yield initial designs that need to be further tuned to boost the antenna performance. The major challenges include handling of multi-dimensional parameter spaces while accounting for several objectives and...
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Emotion recognition and its application in software engineering
PublicationIn this paper a novel application of multimodal emotion recognition algorithms in software engineering is described. Several application scenarios are proposed concerning program usability testing and software process improvement. Also a set of emotional states relevant in that application area is identified. The multimodal emotion recognition method that integrates video and depth channels, physiological signals and input devices...
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Możliwości wykorzystania technologii zarządzania prawami autorskimi w systemach zdalnego nauczania
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono istniejące koncepcje zabezpieczania danych multimedialnych oraz opisano zasady działania systemów DRM (Digital Rights Management) zarządzania prawami autorskimi, mającymi na celu zapewnienie twórcy utworu w postaci elektronicznej sprawowania kontroli nad zdalną kopią utworu, zwłaszcza jego nieautoryzowanego rozpowszechniania. W pracy wskazano konieczność i możliwości wykorzystania DRM w systemach e-learning.
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Wojciech Chrzanowski dr hab. inż.
PeopleWojciech Chrzanowski was born in 1952 in Toruń. He completed his studies in Chemical Technology in 1975, getting his MSc in Inorganic Technology (specialty: Anti-Corrosion Protection) At the Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology (with distinction). Later this year he was employed in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of then Institute of Chemical Engineering and Measuring Techniques, initially as a technical...
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A headspace solid-phase microextraction method development and itsapplication in the determination of volatiles in honeys by gas chromatography
PublicationThe first part of the paper presents the detailed optimisation of all steps of the determination procedureof volatiles from Polish honeys by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) as the sample preparationmethod and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) as the method of final determination.The methodology of semi-quantative analysis allowed the isolation and identification of volatile fractioncompounds from popular...
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Smart innovation process enhancement using SOEKS and decisional DNA
PublicationProduct innovation always requires a foundation based on both knowledge and experience. The production and innovation process of products is very similar to the evolution process of humans. The genetic information of humans is stored in genes, chromosomes and DNA. Similarly, the information about the products can be stored in a system having virtual genes, chromosomes and decisional DNA (DDNA). The present paper proposes...
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Smart Innovation Engineering: Toward Intelligent Industries of the Future
PublicationKnowledge-based Engineering Systems are founded upon integration of knowledge into computer systems and are one of the core requirements for the future Industry 4.0. This paper presents a system called Smart Innovation Engineering (SIE) capable of facilitating product innovation process semi-automatically. It enhances decision-making processes by using the explicit knowledge of formal decision events. The SIE system carries the...
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Does the low optical band gap of yellow Bi3YO6 guarantee the photocatalytical activity under visible light illumination?
PublicationBi3YO6, which is known as an ionic conductor, was tested here as an electrode and photoanode in contact with aqueous electrolytes. Bi3YO6 was deposited onto the Pt substrate and the such prepared electrode was polarized in various aqueous electrolytes. The optical energy band gap of the material equal to 1.89 eV was determined using the Kubelka-Munk function resulting from the UV-Vis spectrum (allowed indirect transition) and also...
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Determination of terpene profiles in potential superfruits
PublicationThe aim of this work was to characterize and compare the profiles of volatile terpenes in four potential superfruits. These profiles were determined using headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography linked to time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The proposed technique allowed the separation and identification of 79 terpenes present in cape gooseberry, crabapple, cherry silver...
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How Specific Can We Be with k-NN Classifier?
PublicationThis paper discusses the possibility of designing a two stage classifier for large-scale hierarchical and multilabel text classification task, that will be a compromise between two common approaches to this task. First of it is called big-bang, where there is only one classifier that aims to do all the job at once. Top-down approach is the second popular option, in which at each node of categories’ hierarchy, there is a flat classifier...
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EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF DLC/STEEL SLIDING CONTACTS’ OPERATIONAL ENVELOPE
PublicationIn an industrial project concerning sliding bearings, a sliding pair was selected of high alloy steel vs. industrial grade DLC coated high alloy steel as a basis for an innovative design of high performance sliding bearings lubricated with a synthetic oil for use in geared transmission units. The development process required credible data on the ultimate resistance of the sliding pair to very high contact stress. An experimental...
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Dynamic characteristics of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell module
PublicationThe paper describes a fuel cell based system and its performance. The system is based on two fuel cell units, DC/DC converter, DC/AC inverter, microprocessor control unit, load unit, bottled hydrogen supply system and a set of measurement instruments. In the study presented in the paper a dynamic response of the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system to unit step change load as well as to periodical load changing cycles...
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Numerical investigation of the core eccentricity effect on wave propagation in embedded waveguide
PublicationThe paper presents results of theoretical and numerical investigation of guided wave propagation in two-layer bars with geometric imperfections in the form of eccentric location of steel core. Steel rod of diameter equal to 1 cm embedded in composite mortar-type cover with external diameter equal to 5 cm has been taken into consideration. Several different rods with variable size of eccentricity are analysed. Results for rods with...
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Waste Rubber Pyrolysis: Product Yields and Limonene Concentration
PublicationTires, conveyor belts, floor mats, and shoe soles form a main-stream of rubber waste. The amount of these used materials continuously increases due to development of the rubber market. Therefore, pro-ecological utilization (i.e., energy recycling instead of burning) and recovering valuable and recyclable materials becomes an urgent necessity. In this regard, this work was devoted to the chemical recycling of selected used rubber...