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  • Inflation Forecast or Forecast(s) Targeting?

    The paper refers to L.E.O. Svensson’s concept of inflation forecast targeting (IFT) and its implementation by central banks of Sweden, Norway and the Czech Republic. The study focuses on (1) inflation forecasts published by selected central banks, i.e.headline inflation and core or monetary policy-relevant (MPR) inflation, which are made on the assumption of endogenous instrument rate, (2) one-year consumer...

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  • The process of fuzzy model development for the case of polish internet mortgage market

    The aim of the paper is to present the conceptual description of fuzzy model representing the Polish Internet mortgage market. The first part of the paper consists of assessment and verification of model variables which are important for the Polish Internet Mortgage Market. This process begins with the initial set of variables which was used previously for the rule based model of the same market. As numerous aspects of the market...

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  • Search engine marketing jako istotne narzędzie komunikacji marketingowej

    Komunikacja marketingowa firmy w Internecie musi uwzględniać tzw. marketing w wyszukiwarkach internetowych (SEM). O efektywnej obecności przedsiębiorstwa w Sieci można mówić, gdy łatwo znaleźć serwis internetowy uwzględniając organiczne wyniki wyszukiwania wyszukiwarek, reklamy typu pay-per-click, optymalizację kluczowych fraz, istotność linków przychodzących (zewnętrznych) oraz wartość zamieszczonych treści. Każdy element projektu...

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  • Endocrine Disrupting Compounds – Problems and Challenges

    In this chapter, information about some of the estrogenic compounds and their environmental fate and biological influence can be found. Special attention is paid to the review of the analytical approaches used at the stages of detection and determination of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) in the environmental samples. Also, a brief characterization of both cellular and non-cellular bioassays is presented. The discovery of...

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  • A design framework and a digital toolset supporting the early-stage explorations of responsive kinetic building skin concepts

    In this paper we present the first phase of our research on the development of a framework for early-stage responsive kinetic building skin design. The aims of this study were: to formulate a methodological and instrumental basis for the construction of the framework, to conduct an initial pre-assessment of its features, and finally to provide the first example of how the framework could be applied in practice. Importantly, at...

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  • Real-time simulator of agricultural biogas plant

    This article presents a real-time simulator of an agricultural biogas plant. The project contains biogas and biomass circuits simulation, as well as heating circuit simulation with a complete control system and visualization interface of the whole process. The software tool used to simulate the plant work is CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), which enables a user to create and test simulation objects based on fundamental physical...

  • On EM-driven size reduction of antenna structures with explicit constraint handling

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    Simulation-driven miniaturization of antenna components is a challenging task mainly due to the presence of expensive constraints, evaluation of which involves full-wave electromagnetic (EM) analysis. The recommended approach is implicit constraint handling using penalty functions, which, however, requires a meticulous selection of penalty coefficients, instrumental in ensuring optimization process reliability. This paper proposes...

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  • Effects of Column Base Flexibility on Seismic Response of Steel Moment-Frame Buildings

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    - Year 2022

    Steel Moment Resisting Frames (SMRFs) are very popular lateral load resisting systems in many seismically active regions. However, their seismic response is strongly dependent on the rotational fixity of column base connections. Despite many studies (both experimental and numerical) in this particular area, available approaches for estimating column base flexibility have been validated only against laboratory test data. In the...

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  • Ionic liquids-based microextraction techniques

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    In recent years, the development of highly efficient analytical techniques is of great importance, however, the direct analysis of complex sample matrix is still impossible in many cases. Therefore, the step of sample preparation is commonly involved in an analytical procedure. Over the years, it has been realized that the major source of inaccuracy and imprecision on general analysis results from the operations associated to sample...

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  • Determination of rectification corrections for semi gantry crane rail axes in the local 3D coordinate system

    Electronic tacheometers are currently the standard instruments used in geodetic work, including also geodetic engineering measurements. The main advantage connected with this equipment is among others high accuracy of the measurement and thus high accuracy of the final determinations represented for example by the points’ coordinates. One of many applications of the tacheometers is the measurement of crane rail axes. This measurement...

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  • Algorithms and Tools for Intelligent Control of Critical Infrastructure Systems

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    - Year 2015

    Critical Infrastructure Systems (CIS) are spatially distributed and of a network structure. The dynamics are nonlinear, uncertain and with several time scales. There is a variety of different objectives to be reliably met under a wide range of operational conditions. The operational conditions are influenced by the disturbance inputs, operating ranges of the CIS, faults in the sensors and actuators and abnormalities occurring in...

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  • Compatibility of Crude Oil Blends─Processing Issues Related to Asphaltene Precipitation, Methods of Instability Prediction─A Review

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    Processing crude oil of variable composition, especially due to the need to process crude oil blends obtained from various sources, presents a tremendous process challenge. This is mainly due to the destabilization of the colloidal system manifested mostly by the precipitation of the asphaltene fraction. The precipitation of asphaltenes from crude oil is a serious problem during extraction, transport, and processing. In the latter...

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  • Greencoin as an AI-Based Solution Shaping Climate Awareness.

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    Our research aim was to define possible AI-based solutions to be embedded in the Green- coin project, designed as a supportive tool for smart cities to achieve climate neutrality. We used Kamrowska-Załuska’s approach for evaluating AI-based solutions’ potential in urban planning. We narrowed down the research to the educational and economic aspects of smart cities. Furthermore, we used a systematic literature review. We propose...

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  • A Method for Determination and Compensation of a Cant Influence in a Track Centerline Identification Using GNSS Methods and Inertial Measurement

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    At present, the problem of rail routes reconstruction in a global reference system is increasingly important. This issue is called Absolute Track Geometry, and its essence is the determination of the axis of railway tracks in the form of Cartesian coordinates of a global or local coordinate system. To obtain such a representation of the track centerline, the measurement methods are developed in many countries mostly by the using...

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  • Analysis of metals in air particles from Gdańsk and London with EDX/EDS detectors in electron microscope

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    - Year 2010

    Electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX/EDS) is the example of non-destructive analytical method for surface elemental analysis, with a potential detection limit of 0.1-0.5 wt.% for most elements. A spatial resolution <10 nm can be achieved using this technique, which provides a basis for the generation of quantitative and qualitative elemental data for individual particles. In order to obtain quantitative...

  • Mobile Security: Threats and Best Practices

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    - Mobile Information Systems - Year 2020

    Communicating mobile security threats and best practices has become a central objective due to the ongoing discovery of new vulnerabilities of mobile devices. To cope with this overarching issue, the goal of this paper is to identify and analyze existing threats and best practices in the domain of mobile security. To this extent, we conducted a literature review based on a set of keywords. The obtained results concern recognizable...

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  • Green chromatography

    Analysis of organic compounds in samples characterized by different composition of the matrix is very important in many areas. A vast majority of organic compound determinations are performed using gas or liquid chromatographic methods. It is thus very important that these methods have negligible environmental impact. Chromatographic techniques have the potential to be greener at all steps of the analysis, from sample collection...

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  • New Complementary Resonator for Permittivity- and Thickness-Based Dielectric Characterization

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    - SENSORS - Year 2023

    The design of high-performance complementary meta-resonators for microwave sensors featur-ing high sensitivity and consistent evaluation of dielectric materials is challenging. This paper presents the design and implementation of a novel complementary resonator with high sensi-tivity for dielectric substrate characterization based on permittivity and thickness. A comple-mentary crossed arrow resonator (CCAR) is proposed and integrated...

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  • Using On-line Measurement by Electronic Nose and Computer Simulations for Real-time Control at WWTP

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    • G. Łukasz
    • J. Drewnowski
    • G. Łagód
    • A. Piotrowicz
    • Z. Suchorab
    • K. Jaromin-Gleń

    - Year 2016

    Continuous investigation of wastewater quality can be carried out by a device called an e-nose. One important feature of the proposed real-time control system for WWTP is that using on-line measurements by e-nose together (Figure 1) with technological sets picked on this basis by means of computer models, it is possible to change treatment process parameters, depending on the current quality of wastewater. It can be used for the...

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  • Music information analysis and retrieval - a review

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    - Year 2008

    W referacie przedstawiono wybrane zagadnienia związane z analizą i wyszukiwaniem informacji muzycznej. Przegląd ten został oparty na literaturze związanej z dziedziną informatyki muzycznej i koncentruje się wokół problemu parametryzacji dźwięków muzycznych i sygnałów fonicznych oraz analizie przydatności wybranych metod tzw. sztucznej inteligencji (ang. computational intelligence) do akwizycji i rozpoznawania obiektów muzycznych...

  • Comparison of the Physical and Sensory Properties of Hybrid Citrus Fruit Jaffa® Sweetie in Relation to the Parent Fruits

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    In the presented study, an overall Jaffa sweetie evaluation was made to find a correlation between Citrus grandis Osbeck × Citrus paradisi Macf. and its parent fruits’ (Citrus grandis Osbeck, Citrus paradisi Macf.) properties. Based on the sensory analysis, it was found that the taste and aroma of the new hybrid fruit are close to pummelo. By the use of chromatographic analysis, the selected monoterpenes present in the fruits were...

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  • Deep-Learning-Based Precise Characterization of Microwave Transistors Using Fully-Automated Regression Surrogates

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    - Scientific Reports - Year 2023

    Accurate models of scattering and noise parameters of transistors are instrumental in facilitating design procedures of microwave devices such as low-noise amplifiers. Yet, data-driven modeling of transistors is a challenging endeavor due to complex relationships between transistor characteristics and its designable parameters, biasing conditions, and frequency. Artificial neural network (ANN)-based methods, including deep learning...

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  • Unormowania prawne ochrony środowiska naturalnego w Portugalii a działania przedsiebiorców związane z Euro 2004

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    W rozdziale omówiono niektóre aspekty portugalskiego prawa ochrony środowiska naturalnego w zakresie ochrony przyrody, odpadów, gospodarki wodno-ściekowej, które powinny być uwzględnione w działaniach inwestycyjnych przed i w trakcie EURO 2004. Omówiono formy współpracy w ramach PPP w usługach komunalnych (gospodarka wodno-ściekowa, gospodarka odpodami i transport drogowy). Współpraca PPP na zasadach kontraktu w sektorze wodno-kanalizacyjnym...

  • Investigation of tetrabutylammonium bromide-glycerol-based deep eutectic solvents and their mixtures with water by spectroscopic techniques

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    - JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS - Year 2021

    Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are formed by an acceptor and a donor of hydrogen bonds. They are generally considered as a possible alternative to hazardous organic solvents in various fields. Very recently they have also appeared in analytical chemistry, used mainly for the separation of analytes before instrumental quantification. For the development of new extraction procedures, it is important, among other things, to understand...

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  • Prognostic and diagnostic capabilities of OOBN in assessing investment risk of complex construction projects

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    Modelling decision problems using Bayesian networks is extremely valuable especially in case of issues related to uncertainty; it is also very helpful in constructing and understanding visual representation of the elements and their relations. This approach facilitates subsequent application of Bayesian networks, however there can be situations where using simple Bayesian networks is impractical or even ineffective. The aim of...

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  • Size Exclusion Coupled to Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography for the Characterization of Cranberry Products

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    - Food Analytical Methods - Year 2019

    A combination of solvent extraction, size exclusion purification, and reversed-phase liquid chromatography with UV absorption and fluorescence detection was here used for the determination of flavan-3-ols and related oligomeric compounds in cranberry products. The method relied on robust, simple, and inexpensive instrumental equipment present in most of routine analytical laboratories. Sample extracts in methanol/water/hydrochloric...

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  • Decyzje przedsiębiorstwa na rynku finansowym

    Prowadzenie działalności gospodarczej, w tym realizowanie zamierzeń rozwojowych oraz bieżących, wiąże się z ryzykiem niezrealizowania wytyczonego celu. Oznacza to, że firma działa w warunkach ryzyka, a niekiedy niepewności. Główne ryzyka dotyczą utrudnień w pozyskaniu niezbędnych środków finansowych, wahań kursów walut, zmian stóp procentowych itp. Przedsiębiorstwo musi więc znaleźć miejsce, w którym firma pozyska niezbędne kapitały...

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  • Presence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment in Europe and their analytical monitoring: Recent trends and perspectives

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    • U. Szymańska
    • M. Wiergowski
    • I. Sołtyszewski
    • J. Kuzemko
    • G. Wiergowska
    • M. K. Woźniak

    - MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL - Year 2019

    The presence of antibiotics and their metabolites in the aquatic environment exerts a negative impact on all organisms. Moreover, the easy migration of these substances to drinking water may also have serious consequences for public health, such as drug resistance. Although antibiotics and their metabolites are detected in surface waters and wastewater, there are still no systemic solutions preventing environmental pollution with...

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  • Ryzyko bankowe i metody jego ograniczenia

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    - Year 2002

    W pracy przedstawiono bank jako podmiot systemy. Takie ujęcie wymagało zdefiniowania pojęcia ''system'' oraz oznaczenia jego cech. Zgodnie z przyjętą koncepcją, założono, że bank funkcjonuje w warunkach permanentnego ryzyka. Ponieważ jest on instytucją zaufania publicznego, rozważono konieczność podjęcia działań zmierzających do minimalizowania zagrożeń tkwiących w jego działalności. W monografii określono sposoby ograniczania...

  • Klimatyzacja i wentylacja szpitalnych zespołów operacyjnych

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    Utrzymywanie czystości i higieny w obiektach ochrony zdrowia jest nieodłącznym elementem troski o zdrowie pacjentów i personelu medycznego. W szpitalu codziennie nawet kilkudziesięciu pacjentów może być poddawanych zabiegom operacyjnym, czasem skomplikowanym, trwającym długo i wymagającym dużego wysiłku od personelu medycznego i lekarzy operatorów. Podczas zabiegów inwazyjnych – szczególnie trudnych i długotrwałych – poziom emisji...

  • Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in house dust using standard addition method and gas chromatography with electron capture and mass spectrometric detection

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    Monitoring of the environmental fate of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) involves determination of their concentration in air, airborne particles and settled dust. This requires the implementation of appropriate analytical tools like measuring instruments, reference materials and analytical procedures. In this study an analytical procedure was developed for determining PBDEs in samples with a complex matrix composition. The...

  • Time window based features extraction from temperature modulated gas sensors for prediction of ammonia concentration

    Electronic gas recognition systems, in literature commonly referred as electronic noses, enable the recognition of a type and a concentration of various volatile compounds. Typical electronic gas-analyzing device consists of four main elements, namely, gas delivery subsystem, an array of gas sensors, data acquisition and power supply circuits and data analysis software. The commercially available metal-oxide TGS sensors are widely...

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  • Integration and verification of meteorological observations and NWP model data for the local GNSS tomography

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    • J. Bosy
    • W. Rohm
    • A. Borkowski
    • K. Kroszczynski
    • M. Figurski

    - ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH - Year 2010

    GNSS meteorology applies the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to derive information about the state of the atmosphere (particularly troposphere). The tomography is one of the methods used in GNSS meteorology. The input data of GNSS tomography are the signal troposphere delays, results of GNSS data processing and additionally meteorological observations and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models data. Different types...

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  • Emerging strategies for enhancing detection of explosives by artificial olfaction

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    - MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL - Year 2021

    Explosives detection systems need to be able to reliably detect a wide range of explosive materials and their vapours. The continued development and improvement of artificial olfaction techniques, including electronic nose (EN), remains important to overcome existing challenges and meet requirements posed by new improvements in the field of explosives. There is an increasingly popular trend aimed at improvement of fundamental metrological...

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  • PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS’ ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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    - Współpraca Europejska - Year 2021

    The payment system and infrastructure is a sector that is not given enough attention today in the context of energy efficiency. This sector plays a big role in organizing and ensuring money circulation and funds. It has its value consisting on the one hand of the cost of payment equipment, infrastructure, payment instruments. On other hand, its value consists of the cost of energy for their manufacture and maintenance. The European...

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  • Expermental investigation on adsorption of methylene blue dye from waste water using corncob cellulose-based hydrogel

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    - Scientific Reports - Year 2024

    Hydrogel from corncob cellulose was synthesized in this investigation. The synthesized Hydrogel was characterized by SEM, XRD, and FTIR instruments. As the results indicate the synthesized hydrogel has required and important features, these suggest the suitability of hydrogel for the adsorption of methylene blue dye (MBD). Three important process variables (dosage, contact time, and initial concentration) with three levels were...

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  • Level of public finances decentralization in European Union countries

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    - Year 2019

    Research background: Despite of the universality of the implementation in democratic countries the principle of decentralization resulting from the belief that it is an instrument to improve the efficiency of public funds management, both the scope of public services and the level of decentralization in individual countries are not identical. Purpose of the article: Comparison the scope of fiscal decentralization...

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  • In vivo imaging of the human eye using a two-photon excited fluorescence scanning laser ophthalmoscope

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    • J. Boguslawski
    • G. Palczewska
    • S. Tomczewski
    • J. Milkiewicz
    • P. Kasprzycki
    • D. Stachowiak
    • K. Komar
    • M. J. Marzejon
    • B. L. Sikorski
    • A. Hudzikowski... and 6 others

    - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION - Year 2022

    BACKGROUND. Noninvasive assessment of metabolic processes that sustain regeneration of human retinal visual pigments (visual cycle) is essential to improve ophthalmic diagnostics and to accelerate development of new treatments to counter retinal diseases. Fluorescent vitamin A derivatives, which are the chemical intermediates of these processes, are highly sensitive to UV light; thus, safe analyses of these processes in humans...

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  • CONSUMERS’ APPROACH TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THE INFLATION FORECASTS PUBLISHED BY CENTRAL BANKS: A NEW METHODOLOGICAL SOLUTION

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    Modern monetary policy focuses on credibility and shaping inflation expectations. In keeping with the concept of inflation forecast targeting, the inflation forecasts published by central banks play a crucial role in the instrument rate decision-making process and may be treated as a specific intermediate target. This study proposes an inflation forecast credibility index, the scope of which is narrowed to non-specialists’ approach...

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  • How does environmental regulation affect the city's domestic value-added rate of export? New spatial evidence from Chinese cities

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    - Year 2023

    Protecting the environment and increasing the domestic value-added rate of exports (DVARE) are hot issues for high-quality economic development. This paper explores how environmental regulation affects the DVARE. This paper constructs a dynamic spatial econometric model using the data of 285 Chinese cities from 2000 to 2020. It empirically tests the impact of environmental regulation on the DVARE. The research results show that...

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  • Robust Parameter Tuning of Antenna Structures by Means of Design Specification Adaptation

    Parameter tuning through numerical optimization has become instrumental in the design of high-performance antenna systems. Yet, practical optimization faces several major challenges, including high cost of massive evaluations of antenna characteristics, normally involving full-wave electromagnetic (EM) analysis, large numbers of adjustable variables, the shortage of reasonable initial solutions in the case of topologically complex...

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  • Charakterystyka podatku od zysków kapitałowych w Polsce na tle innych krajów Unii Europejskiej i możliwości jego ograniczania

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    - Year 2007

    Podatek od dochodów z kapitałów pieniężnych jest instrumentem, który silnie oddziałuje na inwestorów, szczególnie w okresie ekspansji i rozwoju rynku kapitałowego. Dlatego też postuluje się wprowadzenie zmian, mających na celu jego ograniczenie, lub też całkowite zniesienie. Interesujące w tym względzie jest porównanie charakterystyk tego podatku w Polsce i pozostałych krajach Unii Europejskiej.W zdecydowanej większości państw...

  • Działania dla rozwoju zrównoważonej mobilności miejskiej w Gdyni

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    - Year 2015

    Współczesne planowanie mobilności, ze względu na konieczność silnego zaangażowania interesariuszy, szerokich konsultacji społecznych i przygotowania kompleksowego planu, jest procesem niezwykle złożonym i czasochłonnym. W odróżnieniu od tradycyjnego planowania transportu proces ten powinien koncentrować się nie tylko na zapewnieniu lepszych warunków ruchu, ale przede wszystkim na dążeniu do zapewnienia jak najwyższej jakości życia...

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  • FEM modelling of screw displacement pile interaction with subsoil

    Predicting the-settlement characteristics of piles is an important element in the designing of pile foundations. The most reliable method in evaluating pile-soil interaction is the static load test, preferably performed with instrumentation for measuring shaft and pile base resistances. This, however, is a mostly post-implementation test. In the design phase, prediction methods are needed, in which numerical simulations play an...

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  • Multi-Criterial Design of Antennas with Tolerance Analysis Using Response-Feature Predictors

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    - Year 2022

    Imperfect manufacturing is one of the factors affecting the performance of antenna systems. It is particularly important when design specifications are strict and leave a minimum leeway for a degradation caused by geometry or material parameter deviations from their nominal values. At the same time, conventional antenna design procedures routinely neglect to take the fabrication tolerances into account, which is mainly a result...

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  • Assessment of the Bulgarian Wastewater Treatment Plants’ Impact on the Receiving Water Bodies

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    - MOLECULES - Year 2019

    Deterioration of water quality is a major problem world widely according to many international non-governmental organizations (NGO). As one of the European Union (EU) countries, Bulgaria is also obliged by EU legislation to maintain best practices in assessing surface water quality and the efficiency of wastewater treatment processes. For these reasons studies were undertaken to utilize ecotoxicological (Microtox®, Phytotoxkit...

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  • QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

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    Based 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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  • The work-family interface: Job demands, work engagement and turnover intentions of Polish nurses

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    - Year 2016

    A conflict between one's professional life and one's family life may lead to lower well-being both at work and home. Most nurses are women who have traditionally reconciled their professional life with family life. One aim of this study was to examine the relationships between the work-family conflict (WFC),the family-work conflict (FWC), and the perception of job demands (quantitative workload and interpersonal conflicts at work)....

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  • Methodology for implementing power plant efficiency standards for power generation: potential emission reduction

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    • T. Mahlia
    • J. Lim
    • L. Aditya
    • T. Riayatsyah
    • A. Pg Abas
    • A. Nasruddin

    - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy - Year 2018

    Some methods of generating power such as power generation through coal, natural gas, oil result in inevitable emissions of greenhouse gases. While power generation is necessary due to its increasing demand, it is important for power companies to generate their power in an efcient manner to reduce its efect on the environment. One of the most efective ways of tackling inefciency issues is through the implementation of efciency standard....

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  • Pealizacija inicjatiw wostocznogo partnerstwa w Azerbajdżane

    Azerbaijan established political relations with the EU during the implementation of TACIS Programme projects and signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the EU in 1996. It joined the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2004 and the Eastern Partnership programme in 2009. Despite the sceptical attitude taken by Azerbaijan's government towards the Eastern Partnership initiative, the EU earmarked further funds for Azerbaijan for 2011 – 2014 as part of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. During the third Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in November 2013, Azerbaijan signed only an agreement concerning visa facilitations and readmission. However, it also undertook certain measures as part of the five Eastern Partnership initiatives. In the framework of the Integrated Border Management Programme, Azerbaijan implemented projects connected with improving the access of resettled people to the judicial system, creation of electronic border control systems, social protection, increasing public awareness to eliminate domestic violence, improving assimilation of asylum - seekers and immigrants, and supporting occupational health organisations. Activities aimed at supporting SMEs included training for entrepreneurs, promotional conferences and loans to the SME sector. Recommendations of the initiative promoting the creation of regional electrical and renewable energy markets were implemented by Azerbaijan in the form of 33 projects as part of the INOGATE Programme. With respect to environmental management, Azerbaijan developed a digital regional atlas of natural disasters, and with respect to natural disaster mitigation it planned population protection measures. Azerbaijan was ranked last but one in the evaluation presented in the annual report prepared by the EU. The transformation process in this country has been slow and illusory in certain aspects. Nevertheless, the EU has continued its Eastern Partnership initiative activities, allocating between EUR 252,000 and 308,000 for transformations in Azerbaijan

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