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Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Parts and Their Injection Molded Alternatives Subjected to Environmental Aging
PublicationAdditive manufacturing is the technology used in medical, industrial, or lifestyle applications. The scientific literature include works reporting various manufacturing parameters’ influence on changes in additive manufacturing components’ mechanical behavior, especially with fused filament fabrication (FFF). The changes in mechanical strength and toughness of FFF compared to injection molding parts were studied. In the study,...
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Teeth as an Indicator of the Environmental Exposure of Silesia Province’s Inhabitants in Poland to Metallic Trace Elements
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The impact of environmental water on the potential application of core−shell titania−silica nanospheres as photocatalysts
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Abnormal features of Macoma balthica (Bivalvia) in the Baltic Sea: alerting symptom of environmental changes?
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Practical Applicability and Preliminary Results of the Baltic Environmental Satellite Remote Sensing System (Satbałtyk)
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Advanced coating of Tank Interior as means of Rising Environmental Safety of Tankers/RIM technology
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Potential threat to Polish lakes and reservoirs from contamination by objects of environmental flood risk
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A comprehensive review of climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation on environmental and natural calamities in Pakistan
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In‐milk inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by the environmental lytic bacteriophage ECPS‐6
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Environmental transformation and nano-toxicity of engineered nano-particles (ENPs) in aquatic and terrestrial organisms
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Transformation pathways and fate of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in distinct interactive environmental compartments: A review
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Implementation of the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Model for the Assessment of a Retrofitted Historical Masonry Building
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Environmental Factors and the Risk of Developing Type 1 Diabetes—Old Disease and New Data
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Application of Immunological Techniques (from Vaccination to FinalMeasurements) in Determination of Pharmaceutical Residues in Environmental Samples
PublicationWiele biologicznie aktywnych związków wytwarzanych przez człowieka trafia ostatecznie do środowiska. Ich los środowiskowy pozostaje nadal wyzwaniem dla analityków środowiskowych i osób odpowiedzialnych za szacowanie ryzyka. Artykuł przedstawia przegląd jednej z najszerszych i bezpośrednich metod analiz środowiskowych - immunoanalitykę - ze szczególnych uwzględnieniem jej zastosowania do oznaczania jakościowego i ilościowego pozostałości...
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Advanced coating of interior of tanks for rising environmental safety of tankers - novel applications of polyurethanes
PublicationOpisano technologię nanoszenia ciekłego systemu poliuretanowego na niewygrzewane elementy stalowe i stalowo-betonowe oraz sposób łączenia powłoki poliuretanowej z wymienionymi materiałami, a także między sobą przy użyciu odpowiednich środków adhezyjnych. Scharakteryzowano metodę utylizacji i odzysku polioli z zużytych w badaniach powłok poliuretanowych w recyklingu surowcowym poprzez zastosowanie małoczšsteczkowych glikoli jako...
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Estimation of the environmental risk posed by landfills using chemical, microbiological and ecotoxicological testing of leachates
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Selected Aspects Of Building, Operation And Environmental Impact Of Offshore Wind Power Electric Plants
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Exploring perceptions of pro environmental educational mobile applications based on semantic field analysis
PublicationThe paper aims to identify multidimensional perceptions of mobile apps by their users. Special attention has been paid to pro-environmental educational apps. Semantic field analysis and measurement of emotional temperatures were performed to achieve this goal. Transcripts from seven focus group interviews were used as research material. The results indicate that functionality based on a reward or benefit system reinforces environmentally...
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Identification of acoustic event of selected noise sources in a long-term environmental monitoring systems
PublicationABSTRACT Undertaking long-term acoustic measurements on sites located near an airport is related to a problem of large quantities of recorded data, which very often represents information not related to flight operations. In such areas, usually defined as zone of limited use, often other sources of noise exist, such as roads or railway lines treated is such context as acoustic background. Manual verification of such recorded data...
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The Current State-of-the-Art in the Determination of Pharmaceutical Residues in Environmental Matrices Using Hyphenated Techniques
PublicationSeveral thousand tons of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products (metabolites and degradation products) are introduced into the environment each year. They affect both human health and the environment, therefore, analytical procedures enabling the determination of a wide range of pharmaceuticals at trace levelswithminimal effort, time, and energy are required. Nowadays, hyphenated techniques are commonly applied in pharmaceutical...
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Multivariate statistical comparison of analytical procedures for benzene and phenol determination with respect to their environmental impact
PublicationThe studydescribesthepossibilityofapplicationofself-organizingmapstechniquetoassessthe greenness ofanalyticalmethodologies.Themetrologicaland “environmentalimpact” parametersof proceduresforbenzeneandphenoldeterminationinwatersamplesweresetsofinputdatafor chemometric analysis.Totally47objectsand8variablesformedthedatausedforanalysis.Themajor factors responsiblefornon-greencharacterofthemethodologyaretheamountoforganicsolventand amount...
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Aptamer based tools for environmental and therapeutic monitoring: A review of developments, applications, future perspectives
PublicationNucleic acids in the form of aptamers play a growing and significant role in the targeted and rapid analysis of environmental sample composition and medical analyses. In this paper, the review of both aptamers synthesis methods as well as application of these short chain oligonucleotides (with critical comments on their strong and weak features) are given. The first ones include: systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment...
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Accuracy of a low-cost autonomous hexacopter platforms navigation module for a photogrammetric and environmental measurements
PublicationA photogrammetry and environmental measurements from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are a low-cost alternative for a traditional aerial photogrammetry. A commercial off-the-shelf products (COTS) offers a variety of cheap components that a suitable to be used on board a UAV. In this paper a low-cost navigation module based on Ublox NEO-M8N GPS and Pixhawk flight controller have been described, as a main extrinsic parameters source...
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Characterization of Rapana thomasiana as an indication of environmental quality of the Black Sea coast og Bulgaria
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań próbek mięczaków morskich (brzuchonogów) na zawartość takich składników jak wielopierścieniowe węglowodory aromatyczne, polichlorowane bifenyle, mikroelementy tych składników oraz aktywność biologiczną. Oceniono różnice w zawartości tych składników w próbkach uzyskanych z tych mięczaków morskich zebranych na obszarach niezanieczyszczonych i obszarach charakteryzujących się dużą intensywnością...
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A Systematic Review for Establishing Relevant Environmental Parameters for Urban Lighting: Translating Research into Practice
PublicationThe application of lighting technologies developed in the 20th century has increased the brightness and changed the spectral composition of nocturnal night-time habitats and night skies across urban, peri-urban, rural, and pristine landscapes, and subsequently, researchers have observed the disturbance of biological rhythms of flora and fauna. To reduce these impacts, it is essential to translate relevant knowledge about the potential...
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Non-invasive biological fluid matrices analysed to assess exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
PublicationPalenie tytoniu stanowi istotne źródło zanieczyszczenia powietrza wewnętrznego. Szkodliwość palenia tytoniu potwierdzają zarówno badania doświadczalne, jak i liczne opracowania epidemiologiczne. Celem przeprowadzonych prac badawczych było oznaczenie zawartości wybranych jonów nieorganicznych (zwłaszcza jonów rodankowych jako biomarkerów narażenia na składniki obecne w środowiskowym dymie tytoniowym) w próbkach płynów biologicznych...
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The application of environmental issues in designing urban structures – a framework for comprehensive local planning policies
PublicationThe implementation of environmental issues in planning and designing urban structures is becoming a novel approach and a common practice consistent with the paradigm of sustainable development. Maintaining environmental quality in urban areas, managing natural resources and understanding the complexity of urban systems is becoming increasingly challenging. Therefore, it is important to develop strategies for the integration of...
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The influence of global climate change on the environmental fate of anthropogenic pollution released from the permafrost
PublicationThis article presents a review of information related to the influence of potential permafrost degradation on the environmental fate of chemical species which are relased and stored, classified as potential influence in future Antarctic environment. Considering all data regarding climate change prediction, this topic may prove important issue for the future state of the Antarctic environment. A detailed survey on soil and permafrost...
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Environmental characteristics of a tundra river system in Svalbard. Part 2: Chemical stress factors
PublicationBacterial communities in the Arctic environment are subject to multiple stress factors, including contaminants, although typically their concentrations are small. The Arctic contamination research has focused on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) because they are bioaccumulative, resistant to degradation and toxic for all organisms. Pollutants have entered the Arctic predominantly by atmospheric and oceanic long-range transport,...
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Assessment of the Environmental Impact of a Car Tire throughout Its Lifecycle Using the LCA Method
PublicationThere are numerous threats to the natural environment that pose a significant risk both to the environment and to human health, including car tires. Thus, there is a need to determine the impact of the life cycle of car tires on the environment, starting with the processes of raw materials acquisition, production, and ending with end-of-life management. Therefore, the authors of this study chose to do research on passenger car...
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Abnormal features of Macoma balthica (Bivalvia) in the Baltic Sea: alerting symptoms of environmental adversity?
PublicationOpisano badania zmian morfologicznych i histopatologicznych populacji mięczaków z Morza Bałtyckiego. Objawy te są związane z niekorzystnymi zmianami w środowisku (obniżenie poziomu stężenia rozpuszczalnego tlenu, występowanie siarkowodoru, podwyższona biodostępność zanieczyszczeń).
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Open source learning management systems at civil engineering and environmental department: TeleCAD and Moodle.
PublicationW rozdziale zaprezentowano dwa systemy zarządzania kształceniem, służące do przygotowania i prowadzenia e-kursów. Pierwszy z nich TeleCAD został opracowany w ramach projektu Leonardo da Vinci (1998-2001). Ostanie użycie systemu miało miejsce w roku akademickim 2003/2004 i był on wykorzystany w projekcie CURE (V Program Ramowy, 2003-2006). W roku 2003 dzięki wsparciu projektu Leonardo da Vinci EMDEL (2001-2005) Centrum Edukacji...
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Numerical simulations of triaxial test with sand using DEM. Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki symulacji badania trójosiowego dlamateriałów granulowanych. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu metodyDEM. Pokazano wpływ momentów kontaktowych na wytrzymałoć próbki. Zbadanowpływ parametrów mikroskopowych na zachowanie się materiału. Wynikiporównano z doswiadczeniami.
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Biodegradation of modified poly(î-caprolactone) in different environments
PublicationPorównano odporność na biodegradację różnych filmów poliepsilon kaprolaktonu w wodzie morskiej z Bałtyku, w roztworze soli, w wodzie morskiej z azydkiem sodu oraz w kompoście z osadem czynnym. Oceniano zmiany ubytku wagi, lepkość właściwości wytrzymałościowe, stopień krystaliczności i morfologię przed i po procesie degradacji. Filmy z dodatkiem środków antypoślizgowych, degradowane w środowiskach naturalnych ulegały rozkładowi...
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Characteristics of the Polarised Off-Body Channel in Indoor Environments
PublicationThis paper addresses the depolarisation effect in off-body Body Area Networks channels, based on measurements performed at 2.45 GHz in an indoor environment. Seven different scenarios, involving both static and dynamic users, were considered, taking a statistical perspective. The analysis of the cross-polarisation discrimination is performed, as well as the analysis of path loss in co- and cross-polarised channels. Results show...
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Bacterial Community Structures in Freshwater Polar Environments of Svalbard
PublicationTwo thirds of Svalbard archipelago islands in the High Arctic are permanently covered with glacial ice and snow. Polar bacterial communities in the southern part of Svalbard were characterized using an amplicon sequencing approach. A total of 52,928 pyrosequencing reads were analyzed in order to reveal bacterial community structures in stream and lake surface water samples from the Fuglebekken and Revvatnet...
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Application of Intelligent Conversational Agents in E-learing Environments
PublicationThe paper concerns intelligent tutoring systems and concentrates on apliaction of virtual mentors in distance learning environments. Different educational agent types are described. The prototype of an agent developed at Gdansk University of Technology is also presented, as well as its internal representation and construction. Benefits of virtual mentors applied in distance learning are also pointed out.
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The role and construction of educational agents in distance learning environments
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia definicję oraz klasyfikację agentów edukacyjnych. Wskazuje typowe cele i zadania agentów, a także omawia schemat ich budowy i funkcjonowania. Wskazano także różnorodność możliwości, jakie stwarzają różne rodzaje agentów w procesie nauczania. W artykule opisano także wytworzony w ramach badań prototyp agenta WAS, którego zadaniem jest wspomaganie uczniów w zakresie pracy z materiałami edukacyjnymi.
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Path Loss Modelling in the Untypical Outdoor Propagation Environments
PublicationIn the paper three ways of path loss modelling in the untypical outdoor environments are presented. The exemplary untypical outdoor environment is analyzed. The investigated environment is characterized, and the measurement campaign are shortly described. The following models have been analyzed: the COST231 Walfisch-Ikegami model, the modified COST231Walfisch-Ikegami model tuned on the basis of empirical data, and the empirical...
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Hybrid System for a Person Tracking in Harsh Indoor Environments
PublicationIn the article, the prototype of a system for a person tracking in a harsh indoor environment, especially when no other commercially available radiolocalization system can be used, was briefly described. The prototype realizes the data fusion, i.e. combines data from inertial and environmental sensors and radio distance measurements to estimate the position of a moving person. It is worth noting that the concept and practical realization...
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Characteristics of the polarised off-body channel in indoor environments
PublicationThis paper addresses the depolarisation effect in off-body body area networks channels, based on measurements performed at 2.45 GHz in an indoor environment. Seven different scenarios, involving both static and dynamic users, were considered, taking a statistical perspective. The analysis of the cross-polarisation discrimination is performed, as well as the analysis of path loss in co- and cross-polarised channels. Results show...
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The Role of a Software Product Manager in Various Business Environments
PublicationThe aim of the paper is to identify the role of the software product manager depending on the size of the company and the characteristics of the product they are working on. This has been achieved in cooperation with 15 experts from the IT industry. The companies were divided into 4 levels of size: micro-enterprises, small businesses, medium businesses and large enterprises. The characteristics of the products were divided into...
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Indoor air quality in public utility environments-a review
PublicationIndoor air quality has been the object of interest for scientists and specialists from the fields of science such as chemistry, medicine and ventilation system design. This results from a considerable number of potential factors, which may influence the quality of the broadly understood indoor air in a negative way. Poor quality of indoor air in various types of public utility buildings may significantly affect an increase in the...
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Chemical denudation and the role of sulfide oxidation at Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard
PublicationThis study aims to determine the rate of chemical denudation and the relationships between dominant geochemical reactions operating in the proglacial and subglacial environments of the polythermal glacier Werenskioldbreen (SW Svalbard) during an entire ablation season. Water sampling for major ion chemistry was performed at a proglacial hydrometric station and from subglacial outflows from May to September 2011. These data were...
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Analytical progress on emerging pollutants in the environment: An overview of the topics
PublicationThis overview discusses the ideas behind a collection of articles by invited authors on a diverse range of complex chemical mixtures and analytical methods which represent some of the most relevant and interesting issues on emerging contaminants of environmental health concerns. These chemicals, including those in high volume production, are released on an ongoing basis as a result of various human activities. Moreover, these emerging contaminants...
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Real-time simulation in non real-time environment
PublicationSimulation in real-time is a very useful tool because of didactical and practical benefits. Very important benefit of real-time simulation is a fact that operator’s decision can be taken into account in the same time scale as the real system would work. This enables construction of simulators, and opportunity to test control algorithms in Hardware in The Loop scheme using target industrial equipment. Professional real-time environments...
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Music Genre Recognition in the Rough Set-Based Environment
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to investigate music genre recognition in the rough set-based environment. Experiments involve a parameterized music data-base containing 1100 music excerpts. The database is divided into 11 classes cor-responding to music genres. Tests are conducted using the Rough Set Exploration System (RSES), a toolset for analyzing data with the use of methods based on the rough set theory. Classification effectiveness...
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A review of structures, properties and analysis of volatile amines in the environment
PublicationOmówiono właściwości i źródła wytwarzania lotnych amin alifatycznych. Uwzględniono również ich wpływ na organizmy żywe. Przedstawiono liczne naturalne i antropogeniczne źródła amin. Omówiono problemy analityczne związane z oznaczaniem amin w próbkach środowiskowych, przygotowaniem próbek do analizy chromatograficznej oraz nowe techniki oznaczania lotnych amin alifatycznych.
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Parallel implementation of a Sailing Assistance Application in a Cloud Environment
PublicationSailboat weather routing is a highly complex problem in terms of both the computational time and memory. The reason for this is a large search resulting in a multitude of possible routes and a variety of user preferences. Analysing all possible routes is only feasible for small sailing regions, low-resolution maps, or sailboat movements on a grid. Therefore, various heuristic approaches are often applied, which can find solutions...
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Species diversity and nestedness of ant assemblages in an urban environment
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