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Advanced Bayesian study on inland navigational risk of remotely controlled autonomous ship
PublicationThe arise of autonomous ships has necessitated the development of new risk assessment techniques and methods. This study proposes a new framework for navigational risk assessment of remotely controlled Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS). This framework establishes a set of risk influencing factors affecting safety of navigation of a remotely-controlled MASS. Next, model parameters are defined based on the risk factors, and...
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A framework for risk matrix design: A case of MASS navigation risk
PublicationRisk matrix, a tool for visualizing risk assessment results, is essential to facilitate the risk communication and risk management in risk-based decision-making processes related to new and unexplored socio-technical systems. The use of an appropriate risk matrix is discussed in the literature, but it is overlooked for emerging technologies such as Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS). In this study, a comprehensive framework...
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Influence of COVID-19 on lifestyle behaviors in the Middle East and North Africa Region: a survey of 5896 individuals
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CMGNet: Context-aware middle-layer guidance network for salient object detection
PublicationSalient object detection (SOD) is a critical task in computer vision that involves accurately identifying and segmenting visually significant objects in an image. To address the challenges of gridding issues and feature...
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Low-Dimensional Magnetic Semimetal Cr0.65Al1.35Se3
PublicationWhile exploring novel magnetic semiconductors, the new phase Cr0.65Al1.35Se3 was discovered and characterized by both structural and physical properties. Cr0.65Al1.35Se3 was found to crystallize into orthorhombic CrGeTe3-type structure with space group Pnma (no. 62). Vacancies and mixed occupancies were tested, and the results show that one of the 4c sites accommodates a mixture of Cr and Al atoms, while the other 4c site is fully...
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A Preliminary Study and Analysis of Tidal Stream Generators
PublicationFor a sustainable future, tidal energy can play a vital role. Tidal energy relies on the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun along with the centrifugal forces created by the Earth. Tidal barrage uses the potential energy from the tide and has been very successful in electricity production. With the help of a turbine, kinetic energy can also be harnessed from tidal currents to generate electricity. However, it is not economically...
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ROLE OF GREEN LOGISTICS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
PublicationThe global supply chain has been growing strongly in recent years. This development brings many benefits to the economy, society, and human resources in each country but also causes a large number of concerns related to the environment since traditional logistics activities in the supply chain have been releasing significant amount of emissions. For that reason, many solutions have been proposed to deal with these environmental...
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A socially responsible university - an attempt to approach the system
PublicationIt is the author's thesis that social responsibility of university is an integrated system of both knowledge management (KM), quality management (QM) and organizational development (OD) processes. The author determined that the university "bond" is an institutional culture (IC). An integrated system is the way to create university an open system co-operated and co-opetited with stakeholders. The stakes are high in game - both students...
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On the hat problem, its variations, and their applications
PublicationThe topic of our paper is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of a win. There are known many...
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Hat problem on the cycle C4
PublicationThe topic of our paper is the hat problem. In that problem, each of n people is randomly tted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultanously his own hat color looking at the hat colors of the other people. The team wins if at least one person guesses his hat color correctly and no one guesses his hat color wrong, otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of win. In this version every...
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Badanie wpływu składowej stałej i kąta opóźnienia zapłonu prądu różnicowego na czułość wyłączników różnicowoprądowych typu AC i A
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań działania wyłączników różnicowoprądowych typu AC i A przy różnych prądach różnicowych jednokierunkowych i przy prądach dwukierunkowych o różnym kącie opóźnienia zapłonu. Jak wynika z badań, czułość wyłączników różnicowoprądowych istotnie zależy od kształtu przebiegu prądu różnicowego. Przy prądach różnicowych jednokierunkowych prąd zadziałania wzrasta tym bardziej, im bardziej prąd różnicowy...
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Badanie wpływu składowej stałej i kąta opóźnienia zapłonu prądu różnicowego na czułość wyłączników różnicowoprądowych typu AC i A
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono wyniki badań działania wyłączników różnicowoprądowych typu AC i A przy różnych prądach różnicowych jednokierunkowych i przy prądach dwukierunkowych o różnym kącie opóźnienia zapłonu. Jak wynika z badań czułość wyłączników różnicowoprądowych istotnie zależy od kształtu przebiegu prądu różnicowego. Przy prądach różnicowych jednokierunkowych prąd zadziałania wzrasta tym bardziej, im bardziej prąd różnicowy...
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Property revenues (PRs) and expenditures of local government units (LGUs) in Poland
PublicationPRs are new category of local government revenues, which was introduced by changing the law on public finances at the end of 2006 and which took effect in 2007. By principle, these revenues should be converted into property expenditures. Their formalisation did not only allow assessing their absolute size but also a comparison with the longer existing property expenditures. Both categories were subject of analysis in this article....
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Influence of water salinity on corrosion risk - the case of the southern Baltic Sea coast.
PublicationWater corrosivity in Gdansk Bay, Poland, the southern part of the Baltic Sea, was investigated. The analysed region is heavily industrialized, and the coastline is very diverse. Twenty-seven test points along the coastline were selected. Water parameters such as salinity, total dissolved solids content, resistivity, conductivity, oxygenation, pH and corrosion rate were determined. The results of the investigation are presented....
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Sessile droplet contact angle of water–Al2O3, water–TiO2 and water–Cu nanofluids
PublicationThis work presents measurements of the contact angle of sessile droplets for three nanofluids, i.e. water–Al2O3, water–TiO2 and water–Cu. The plates made of glass, anodized aluminium and stainless steel of different roughness served as substrates. Ultrasonic vibration was used for 30–60 min in order to stabilise the dispersion of the nanoparticles. Nanoparticles were tested at the concentration of 0.01%, 0.1%, and 1% by weight....
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Possible effects of the 1984 St. Clair River ice jam on bed changes
PublicationThis study examines the possible effect of the record ice jam of 1984 in the St. Clair River on river bed changes and conveyance. Numerical simulations were made to examine the flow and bed shear stresses during the jam formation and release periods. Simulation results indicate that the ice jam in the river did not cause a significant increase in bed shear stress compared to pre- and post-jam open water conditions. The insignificant...
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Chemosensitization of multidrug resistant Candida albicans by the oxathiolone fused chalcone derivatives
PublicationThree structurally related oxathiolone fused chalcone derivatives appeared effective chemosensitizers, able to restore in part sensitivity to fluconazole of multidrug-resistant C.albicans strains. Compound 21 effectively chemosensitized cells resistant due to the overexpression of the MDR1 gene, compound 6 reduced resistance of cells overexpressing the ABC-type drug transporters CDR1/CDR2 and derivative 18 partially reversed fluconazole...
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Ocena stanu technicznego głównego układu napędowego na jednostce ORP Piorun na podstawie pomiarów drgań
PublicationEkspertyza diagnostyczna dotycząca stanu technicznego 2 linii transmisji mocy (linii wałów) opracowana na podstawie przeprowadzonych pomiarów drgań w 10 punktach pomiarowych,przy jednoczesnej pracy silników napędowych L i PB (wspólnej pracy linii wałów obu burt), w III zakresach ustalonego obciążenia: n = 750, 1000 i 1200 min-1. Razem 30 pomiarów. Pomiary prędkości i przyspieszeń drgań generowanych przez węzły konstrukcyjne okrętowego...
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In vitro biodegradation of bacterial nanocellulose under conditions simulating human plasma in the presence of selected pathogenic microorganisms
PublicationThe Biodegradability of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) was assessed based on a change in its properties under conditions simulating human plasma in the presence or absence of the pathogens Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus. It was shown that the dry mass of BNC did not change during 6 months of incubation, except for samples stored in the presence of moulds, where the dry mass reduced by 40 %. The...
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The cytokine profile of mature milk from smoking and non-smoking mothers
PublicationZweryfikowano wpływ palenia kobiet na poziom cytokin (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 i TNF-α) w mleku ludzkim w 30-32 dni po porodzie. Badana grupa składała się z 24 kobiet po porodzie, które deklarowały palenie więcej niż pięciu papierosów dziennie. Grupę kontrolną stanowiło 45 niepalących kobiet. W porównaniu do kobiet niepalących w mleku kobiet palących stwierdzono znacznie wyższe stężenia cytokiny IL-1α (P = 0,04). Nie stwierdzono...
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Microstructure and residual stresses in surface coatings with PTFE reservoirs
PublicationThe paper presents the results of experimental study into the microstructure and changes in residual stresses resulting from sliding and rolling/sliding loaded interaction between metallic surface coatings with embedded PTFE reservoirs and various counter faces. It was found that before testing surface coatings had compressive residual stresses. Molybdenum coating with all types of PTFE reservoirs displayed, as a result of testing,...
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Deep neural networks approach to skin lesions classification — A comparative analysis
PublicationThe paper presents the results of research on the use of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) for automatic classification of the skin lesions. The authors have focused on the most effective kind of DNNs for image processing, namely Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). In particular, three kinds of CNN were analyzed: VGG19, Residual Networks (ResNet) and the hybrid of VGG19 CNN with the Support Vector Machine (SVM). The research was carried...
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Solvent-Free Synthesis of Phosphonic Graphene Derivative and Its Application in Mercury Ions Adsorption
PublicationFunctionalized graphene was efficiently prepared through ball-milling of graphite in the presence of dry ice. In this way, oxygen functional groups were introduced into material. The material was further chemically functionalized to produce graphene derivative with phosphonic groups. The obtained materials were characterized by spectroscopic and microscopic methods, along with thermogravimetric analysis. The newly developed material...
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Haemocompatibility of Modified Nanodiamonds
PublicationThis study reports the interactions of modified nanodiamond particles in vitro with human blood. Modifications performed on the nanodiamond particles include oxygenation with a chemical method and hydrogenation upon chemical vapor deposition (CVD) plasma treatment. Such nanodiamonds were later incubated in whole human blood for different time intervals, ranging from 5 min to 5 h. The morphology of red blood cells was assessed along...
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Pokolenie globalne, czyli otwieranie się na nowe możliwości
PublicationW roku 1998 kanadyjski badacz Internetu Don Tapscott ogłosił narodziny Pokolenia Sieci, dla którego podłączony do Internetu komputer jest naturalnym środowiskiem życia. Obecne pokolenie młodzieży, zwane globalnym, jest bardziej tolerancyjne wobec różnorodności niż generacja ich poprzedników. Dzisiejsza młodzież wymaga innego podejścia do nauczania niż kiedyś. Obecnie czynnikiem sukcesu staje się umiejętność przyswajania informacji...
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Wpływ przyłączania farm wiatrowych na lokalne sieci elektroenergetyczne w warunkach polskich
PublicationArtykuł koncentruje się na problemach związanych z opracowaniem ekspertyz wpływu elektrowni i farm wiatrowych na system ektroenergetyczny. Obowiązek opracowania takiego dokumentu przed przyłączeniem każdego źródła do sieci wynika z Rozp. Min. Gosp. z dnia 25 września 2000 r. (Dz. U. 85, poz. 975). Omówiono praktyczne aspekty opracowania ekspertyz, w tym ich zakres rzeczowy i problem pozyskiwania danych, a także niektóre problemy...
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Wpływ rozwinięcia powierzchni na przenoszenie ciepła podczas wrzenia R 22 wewnątrz rur
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań przejmowania ciepła i spadku ciśnienia podczas wrzenia czynnika chłodniczego R 22 w przepływie wewnątrz rur poziomych. Badanymi rurami były: rura miedziana niskożebrowana typu "micro-fin", rura ze stali nierdzewnej śrubowoformowana, a także miedziana i stalowa rura gładka. Średnica zewnętrzna rur wynosiła 10 mm. Eksperymenty prowadzono przy temperaturze nasycenia 0 stopni C, stopniu suchości na wlocie...
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Diagnostyka analogowych filtrów wielosekcyjnych oparta na magistrali testującej IEEE1149.1
PublicationPrzedstawiono nową koncepcję testera JTAG BIST do samo-testowania torów analogowych opartych na wielosekcyjnych filtrach wyższego rzędu w mieszanych sygnałowo mikrosystemach elektronicznych sterowanych mikrokontrolerami i wyposażonych w magistralę testującą IEEE1149.1 (JTAG). Bazuje ona na metodzie diagnostycznej opartej na przekształce-niu transformującym próbki odpowiedzi czasowych kolejnych sekcji filtra pobudzonego impulsem...
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Selectivity of amperometric gas sensors in multicomponent gas mixtures
PublicationIn recent years smog and poor air quality became a growing environmental problem. There is a need to continuously monitor the quality of air. The lack of selectivity is one of the most important problems limiting the use of gas sensors for this purpose. In this study, a selectivity of the six amperometric gas sensors is being investigated. Calibration of sensors has been performed in order to find a correlation between concentration...
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Functional Bi2O3/Gd2O3 Silica-Coated Structures for Improvement of Early Age and Radiation Shielding Performance of Cement Pastes
PublicationThis study presents a new approach towards the production of sol-gel silica-coated Bi2O3/Gd2O3 cement additives towards the improvement of early mechanical performance and radiation attenuation. Two types of silica coatings, which varied in synthesis method and morphology, were used to coat Bi2O3/Gd2O3 structures and evaluated...
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Wiadukt łukowy w Białymstoku
PublicationReferat prezentuje oddany do użytkowania w czerwcu 2011 wiadukt drogowy ,,Łuk Białostocki”. Konstrukcja ta z uwagi na lokalizację dźwigara łukowego względem osi pomostu – po przekątnej, jest w Polsce w swojej skali obiektem prototypowym. Ustrój nośny obiektu stanowi stalowy bezprzegubowy dźwigar łukowy, usytuowany w rzucie z góry po krótszej przekątnej konstrukcji, z podwieszonym za pomocą cięgien pomostem zespolonym. Rozpiętość...
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Household Ability of Expenditures on Electricity and Energy Resources in the Countries That Joined the EU after 2004
PublicationThe purpose of the following article is to present the situation of the energy market from a household perspective between 2010 and 2020 in selected EU countries (the group of member states which joined EU after 2004). The selected countries when joining the EU had similar economic indicators and to some extent were similar in other macro-economic situations (personal income, unemployment rate, GDP level and annual growth). This...
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Influence of PWHT Parameters on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Behavior of Multi-Pass GTAW Joints of P92 Steel
PublicationThe 9% Cr steels were developed for ultra-supercritical (USC) power plants to meet the requirements of high operating temperature and pressure. These steels are produced to operate at high temperatures where impact toughness is not a concern; however, it becomes important for the welded joints to have good impact toughness at room temperature for manufacturing. The present work investigates the effect of the post-weld heat treatment...
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The gaseous messenger carbon monoxide is released from the eye into the ophthalmic venous blood depending on the intensity of sunlight
PublicationCircadian and seasonal rhythms in daylight affect many physiological processes. In the eye, energy of intense visible light not only initiates a well-studied neural reaction in the retina that modulates the secretory function of the hypothalamus and pineal gland, but also activates the heme oxygenase (HO) to produce carbon monoxide (CO). This study was designed to determine whether the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) in the...
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Role of Human UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases in the Biotransformation of the Triazoloacridinone and Imidazoacridinone Antitumor Agents C-1305 and C-1311 : Highly Selective Substrates for UGT1A10
Publication5-Diethylaminoethylamino-8-hydroxyimidazoacridinone, C-1311 (NSC-645809), is an antitumor agent shown to be effective against breast cancer in phase II clinical trials. A similar compound, 5-dimethylaminopropylamino-8-hydroxytriazoloacridinone, C-1305, shows high activity against experimental tumors and is expected to have even more beneficial pharmacological properties than C-1311. Previously published studies showed that these...
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Shoreline Extraction Based on LiDAR Data Obtained Using an USV
PublicationThis article explores the use of Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) derived point clouds to extract the shoreline of the Lake Kłodno (Poland), based on their geometry properties. The data collection was performed using the Velodyne VLP‐16 laser scanner, which was mounted on the HydroDron Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). A modified version of the shoreline extraction method proposed by Xu et al. was employed, comprising of the following...
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A wireless network for off-shore marine research
PublicationThis paper presents functionality, the most important technology developments and potential use cases of digital communication system, developed to facilitate selected tasks commonly required during off-shore operations and marine research, including: broadband information sharing between platforms isolated from an on-shore communication infrastructure, acquisition of large data-sets from variety of off-shore...
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Galerkin Finite Element Process for Entropy Production and Thermal Evaluation of Third-Grade Fluid Flow: A Thermal Case Study
Publication: A fluid’s moving class improves its heat transmission capability, as well as its rigidity, owing to multivariate molecule suspension. In this way, nanofluids are superior to common fluids. In this study, we evaluated the features of ease and heat transfer. Furthermore, we investigated permeable media, heat source, variable heat conductivity, and warm irradiation results. A mathematical technique known as the Galerkin finite element...
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Wysokoczęstotliwościowy falownik napięcia z tranzystorami SiC JFET do zasilania silnika wysokoobrotowego
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono konstrukcję oraz wyniki badań trójfazowego falownika napięcia zbudowanego z wykorzystaniem diod Schottky oraz tranzystorów JFET z węglika krzemu (SiC). Znacznie krótsze czasy przełączeń tych elementów w porównaniu z tranzystorami IGBT i diodami na bazie krzemu (Si) umożliwiają pracę układu z częstotliwością 100 kHz i wyższą. Duża stromość narastania napięcia rzędu dziesiątek kV/µs powoduje problemy EMC...
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Effect of extracting time and temperature on yeild of gelatin from different fish offal
PublicationCelem pracy było określenie optymalnych warunków otrzymywania żelatyny z różnych rodzajów odpadów powstających podczas obróki wstępnej lub przetwarzania surowców rybnych. Wydajność ekstrakcji żelatyny w 45°C z surowych skór łososia i kręgosłupów wynosiła 71-75% oraz 86% ze skór łososia wędzonego. W przypadku skór z marynowanego i solonego śledzia przemianie do żelatyny ulegało w tych warunkach około 100% kolagenu. Optymalny czas...
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Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Austenitic Stainless Steel after Glow-Discharge Nitriding Process
PublicationThis paper presents investigation of cavitation erosion resistance of nitrided austenitic stainless steel X5CrNi18-10. The diffusion layers were produced by using different parameters of atmosphere (N2:H2). The microstructure, chemical composition and phase identification of the modified layer were examined using scanning electron microscopy, glow-discharge optical emission spectrometer and X-ray diffractometry, respectively. Cavitation...
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A preliminary study for identifying olfactory markers of fear in the rat
PublicationW sytuacjach stresowych wiele zwierząt wydziela feromony alarmowe aby ostrzec inne osobniki o nieuchronnym zagrożeniu. Autorzy szukali warunków doświadczalnych, mających na celu identyfikację feromonów alarmowych wydzielanych przez szczury. Szczury umieszczono w specjalnie zaprojektowanych komorach i narażono na różne dotykowe, wizualne i akustyczne bodźce w przeciągu kilku dni. Badacze obserwowali zachowanie szczurów i analizowali...
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Wysokoczęstotliwościowy przekształtnik z tranzystorami SiC JFET
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono konstrukcję oraz wyniki badań trójfazowego falownika napięcia zbudowanego z wykorzystaniem diod Schottky oraz tranzystorów JFET z węglika krzemu (SiC). Znacznie krótsze czasy przełączeń tych elementów w porównaniu z tranzystorami IGBT i diodami na bazie krzemu (Si) umożliwiają pracę układu z częstotliwością 100 kHz i wyższą. Duża stromość narastania napięcia rzędu dziesiątek kV/µs powoduje problemy EMC...
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Genotyping of clinical isolates of fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans
PublicationThe aim of the study was to compare the discriminatory power of RAPD-PCR method with using RSD10 primer and microsatellite analysis with using (GACA)4 primer for genotyping clinical isolates of fluconazole-resistant C. albicans. Isolates were received from patients of Children's Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw. However in the case of both tested methods low number of amplified fragments was generated, nine and six different...
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Zagospodarowanie frakcji organicznej w procesie przetwarzania metodą mokrą
PublicationCelem badań było określenie efektywności wymywania składników organicznych względem zadanych warunków prowadzenia procesu. Ługowanie biofrakcji odpadów komunalnych prowadzone jest w horyzontalnym reaktorze cylindrycznym, z bębnem perforowanym. Ustalona prędkość obrotowa bębna 50 obr./min. zapewnia kaskadowe opadanie odpadów, które umieszczone są w bębnie w worku z tworzywa sztucznego o wielkości oczka 1 mm. Podczas ługowania przenoszone...
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AUTOMATIC LEARNING OF STRATEGY AND RULES IN CARD GAMES USING IMAGE FROM CAMERA
PublicationBelow work tries to answer a question: if it is possible to replace real human with computer system in social games. As a subject for experiments, card games were chosen, because they require a lot of player interaction (playing and taking cards), while their rules are easy to present in form of clear list of statements. Such a system, should allow real players to play without constant worrying about guiding or helping computer...
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Adjusting Game Difficulty by Recreating Behavioral Trees of Human Player Actions
PublicationThis paper presents a proposition of a method for adjusting game difficulty to the current level of player's skills in one-on-one games. The method is based on recognition of human player's actions and recording of those actions in the form of behavioral trees. Such trees are later used to drive behaviors of computer-controlled opponents so that human player has beat hit own strategy and improve on it, to win subsequent games....
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DYNAMIC MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF GFRP COMPOSITES WITH SiO2 NANO PARTICLES REINFORCED EPOXY MATRIX
PublicationDynamic mechanic (DMA) tests were performed to compare the mechanical behaviour of glass fibre reinforced epoxy laminate composites with SiO2 nanoparticle reinforced matrix. The selection of the most promising nanoparticle concentrations was considered in terms of elastic modulus and glass transition temperature. The reference specimens (0% nanoparticles) did not contain diluent accordingly the results do not allow the exact comparison...
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Analysis of balancing of four stroke V6 engines
PublicationAnalysis of balance of V6 engines with a common-pin crankshaft depending on a cylinder bank angle and the crank radius to connecting rod length ratios , based on the relations derived, is presented in the paper. The bank angles providing the lowest moment of inertia forces in reciprocating motion, for selected values, were determined. The position of the plane of the main counterweights in order to maximum balance of the moment...
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Can Evaluation Patterns Enable End Users to Evaluate the Quality of an e-learning System? An Exploratory Study.
PublicationThis paper presents the results of an exploratory study whose main aim is to verify if the Pattern-Based (PB) inspection technique enables end users to perform reliable evaluation of e-learning systems in real work-related settings. The study involved 13 Polish and Italian participants, who did not have an HCI background, but used e-learning platforms for didactic and/or administrative purposes. The study revealed that the participants...