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Treatment Wetlands in Rural Areas of Poland for Baltic Sea Protection
PublicationWater and wastewater management, especially in rural areas, greatly affects loads of nutrients discharged to the Baltic Sea. In Poland, this management is unbalanced because of the dispersed development and in many locations construction of sewerage system is uneconomic or even impossible. For this reason, a significant part of sewage from single-family houses in rural areas must be discharged into domestic sewage systems. The...
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Determination of POPs in environmental matrices - proficiency tests for Polish laboratories
PublicationKatedra Chemii Analitycznej Wydziału Chemicznego PG we współpracy ze Stowarzyszeniem RefMat oraz firmą LGC Promochem Sp. z o.o. prowadzi od 2003 roku wieloletni projekt badań biegłości laboratoriów. Celem badań jest określenie biegłości laboratoriów w zakresie oznaczania związków organicznych (anality z grupy PCB, WWA, pestycydy) w próbkach środowiskowych. W ramach projektu przeprowadzono dotychczas trzy badania biegłości dotyczące...
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Optimized photodegradation of palm oil agroindustry waste effluent using multivalent manganese–modified black titanium dioxide
PublicationThis article presents a methodological approach to use manganese (Mn3+Mn7+)-modified black titanium dioxide (Mn/BTiO2) as a photocatalyst to optimize and improve visible-light-driven photodegradation of treated agro-industrial effluent (TPOME). A modified wet chemical process was used to prepare BTiO2. The BTiO2 was then wet impregnated with Mn and calcined at 300 °C for 1 h to produce Mn/BTiO2. The activity of Mn/BTiO2 was investigated...
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Detection of circulating tumor cells by means of machine learning using Smart-Seq2 sequencing
PublicationCirculating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that separate from the solid tumor and enter the bloodstream, which can cause metastasis. Detection and enumeration of CTCs show promising potential as a predictor for prognosis in cancer patients. Furthermore, single-cells sequencing is a technique that provides genetic information from individual cells and allows to classify them precisely and reliably. Sequencing data typically...
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Whether Carbon Nanotubes Are Capable, Promising, and Safe for Their Application in Nervous System Regeneration. Some Critical Remarks and Research Strategies
PublicationCarbon nanotubes are applied in or considered for different fields of medicine. Among them is the regeneration or rebuilding of nervous system components, which still lack substantial progress; this field is supported by carbon nanotubes to a great extent as the principal material. The limited research on this issue has involved PU/silk/MWCNTs, PCL/silk/MWCNTs, PCL/PGS/CNTs, chitin/CNTs, PGF/CNTs, CNTs/PGFs/PLDLA,MWCNTs chitosan,MWCNTs/PPy,...
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Novel primosomal protein B from Clostridium pastuerianum
PublicationPriB is a primosomal protein that catalyzes DNA replication in Procaryota. The replication pathway starts with PriA protein - the initiator protein that binds to a DNA replication fork, unwinds double-stranded DNA and role of PriB is to stabilize PriA on the DNA. However there are many biochemical differences in replication mechanism in bacteria and only some of them use PriB proteins. A few of PriB proteins were published and...
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Novel primosomal protein B from Clostridium pasteurianum
PublicationPriB is a primosomal protein that catalyzes DNA replication in Procaryota. The replication pathway starts with PriA protein - the initiator protein that binds to a DNA replication fork, unwinds double-stranded DNA and role of PriB is to stabilize PriA on the DNA. However there are many biochemical differences in replication mechanism in bacteria and only some of them use PriB proteins. A few of PriB proteins were published and...
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Preparation, morphology and properties of natural rubber composites filled with untreated short jute fibres
PublicationGreen composites were obtained by incorporation of short jute fibres in natural rubber matrix using a laboratory two-roll mill. The influence of untreated fibre content (1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 phr) on the mechanical properties, dynamic mechanical properties, swelling properties was examined. The behaviour of prepared green composites under cyclic compression was also investigated. Fibre dispersion in rubber matrix was studied by...
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The chemistry of river–lake systems in the context of permafrost occurrence (Mongolia, Valley of the Lakes). Part I. Analysis of ion and trace metal concentrations
PublicationThis study provides a description of water chemistry in river–lake systems located in central Mongolia, at the borderline of permafrost occurrence. The analysis involved water samples collected from two river–lake systems: Baydrag River–Böön Tsagaan Lake system, and Shargalyuut/Tuyn Rivers–Orog Lake system. In the water samples, ions and trace elements were detected and quantified. Additionally, the parameters of pH, electrical...
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Toughness augmentation by fibrillation and yielding in nanostructured blends with recycled polyurethane as a modifier
PublicationIn the present paper, we have carefully investigated the morphology and fracture mechanism of the recycled polyurethane (RPU) /epoxy blend system. The second phase (RPU) added to the epoxy resin has a positive effect on the overall mechanical properties. Interestingly, the recycled polymer has a remarkable effect on the fracture toughness of epoxy resin. The mechanism behind the fracture toughness improvement up on the addition...
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EVALUATION OF LIQUID-GAS FLOW IN PIPELINE USING GAMMA-RAY ABSORPTION TECHNIQUE AND ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING
PublicationLiquid-gas flows in pipelines appear in many industrial processes, e.g. in the nuclear, mining, and oil industry. The gamma-absorption technique is one of the methods that can be successfully applied to study such flows. This paper presents the use of thegamma-absorption method to determine the water-air flow parameters in a horizontal pipeline. Three flow types were studied in this work: plug, transitional plug-bubble,...
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Spatial Differences in the Chemical Composition of Surface Water in the Hornsund Fjord Area: A Statistical Analysis with A Focus on Local Pollution Sources
PublicationSurface catchments in Svalbard are sensitive to external pollution, and yet what is frequently considered external contamination may originate from local sources and natural processes. In this work, we analyze the chemical composition of surface waters in the catchments surrounding the Polish Polar Station in Svalbard, Hornsund fjord area. We have pooled unpublished and already published data describing surface water composition...
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Toward Mechanosynthesis of Diamondoid Structures: X. Commercial Capped CNT SPM Tip as Nowadays Available C2 Dimer Placement Tool for Tip-Based Nanofabrication
PublicationAccording to Drexler, advanced mechanosynthesis will employ advanced nano-machines, but advanced nano-machines will themselves be products of advanced mechanosynthesis. This circular relationship must be broken via TBN technology development. In this article, the possibility of using easily available commercial CNT tips to assemble carbon-based intermediate generations of nano-devices is considered. Mechanosynthesis of a target...
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Podatność na degradację poliuretanów z syntetycznym polihydroksymaślanem w środowisku utleniającym i hydrolitycznym
PublicationPoliuretany (PURs), zawierające w segmencie giętkim ataktyczny, telecheliczny poli([R,S]-3-hydroksymaślan) (a-PHB) oraz polikaprolaktonodiol (PCL) lub polioksytetrametylenodiol (PTMG), poddano degradacji hydrolitycznej i oksydacyjnej. Poliuretany poddano degradacji hydrolitycznej w buforze fosforanowym z dodatkiem NaN3 w czasie 36 tygodni oraz oksydacyjnej w roztworze CoCl2/H2O2 w czasie 16 tygodni inkubacji. Próbki inkubowano...
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Surface and Trapping Energies as Predictors for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Aromatic Organic Pollutants
PublicationIn this study, anatase samples enclosed by the majority of three different crystal facets {0 0 1}, {1 0 0}, and {1 0 1} were successfully synthesized. These materials were further studied toward photocatalytic degradation of phenol and toluene as model organic pollutants in water and gas phases. The obtained results were analyzed concerning their surface structure, reaction type, and surface development. Moreover, the regression...
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Lanthanide ions (Eu3+, Er3+, Pr3+) as luminescence and charge carrier centers in Sr2TiO4
PublicationA series of strontium orthotitanate (Sr2TiO4) samples doped with 2% of a mole of europium, praseodymium, and erbium were obtained using the solid-state synthesis method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique confirms the phase purity of all samples and the lack of the influence of dopants at a given concentration on the structure of materials. The optical properties indicate, in the case of Sr2TiO4:Eu3+, two independent emission...
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Determination of the substances potentially allergenic in water
PublicationPersonal care chemicals are continuously released into environment through domestic and industrial wastewater, causing adverse effects on human health. Their presence can be detected in different environmental compartments. A group of chemicals included in most personal care products are the allergen fragrances. In the present work, simple and rapid methodology based on ultrasound-assisted emulsification-microextraction (USAEME)...
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Fast multi-criterial statistical analysis and design optimization of compact microwave couplers
Publication—A rapid statistical analysis and yield estimation of compact microwave couplers involving multiple performance parameters has been presented. The analysis is realized using a fast surrogate model representing appropriate characteristic points of the coupler response. Because of less nonlinear dependence of the characteristic points on the structure geometry (compared to the original response, i.e., S-parameters vs. frequency),...
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REVITALIZATION PROJECT OF SLUM TRANSFORMATION: A CASE STUDY HAY-AL TANAK,BEIRUT,LEBANON
PublicationSlums are global phenomena that exist as a solution for those who couldn’t afford a house. This phenomenon is growing accompanying the rapid urbanization and the growth of the urban population, three-quarter of the world population anticipated to live in an urban environment by 2050 (Avis, 2016, p. 57). This paper reviews slum's evaluation of the revitalization project for one of the poorest slums in Beirut called Hay-Al Tanak....
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On DoA estimation for rotating arrays using stochastic maximum likelihood approach
PublicationThe flexibility needed to construct DoA estimators that can be used with rotating arrays subject to rapid variations of the signal frequency is offered by the stochastic maximum likelihood approach. Using a combination of analytic methods and Monte Carlo simulations, we show that for low and moderate source correlations the stochastic maximum likelihood estimator that assumes noncorrelated sources has accuracy comparable to the...
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Human Centric Lighting. The New X Factor?
PublicationWe live in challenging times, and one could even claim we’re experiencing a revolution in lighting with LED technology taking over the world. Part of this rapid change involves a concept called Human Centric Lighting (HCL). In Frankfurt this year, during Light+Building, it was the buzzword, with nearly every second manufacturer’s stand claiming they had figured out the special formula necessary to create perfect HCL illumination....
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Accurate Lightweight Calibration Methods for Mobile Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors
PublicationMonitoring air pollution is a critical step towards improving public health, particularly when it comes to identifying the primary air pollutants that can have an impact on human health. Among these pollutants, particulate matter (PM) with a diameter of up to 2.5 μ m (or PM2.5) is of particular concern, making it important to continuously and accurately monitor pollution related to PM. The emergence of mobile low-cost PM sensors...
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Lignin-based carbon fibers for renewable and multifunctional lithium-ion battery electrodes
PublicationLignin-based carbon fibers (LCFs) from the renewable resource softwood kraft lignin were synthesized via oxidative thermostabilization of pure melt-spun lignin and carbonization at different temperatures from 1000°C to 1700°C. The resulting LCFs were characterized by tensile testing, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and confocal Raman spectroscopy. The microstructure is mainly amorphous carbon with some...
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Możliwości sterowania mocą bierną elektrowni wiatrowej : Reactive power control methods in wind parks
PublicationReferat poświęcony jest zagadnieniu sterowania mocą bierną w elektrowniach wiatrowych. W pierwszej części referatu opisano tło problemu sterowania mocą bierną w parkach wiatrowych, podano powody, dla których moc bierna powinna podlegać regulacji oraz zarysowano metody, które mogą być do niej użyte. W celu sprawdzenia proponowanych metod kompensacji, zbudowano model matematyczny elektrowni wiatrowej, którego poszczególne elementy...
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Metoda głównych składowych w analizie wyników otrzymanych za pomocą dynamiki molekularnej
PublicationMetoda głównych składowych (ang. principal component analysis, PCA) jest jednym z najpopularniejszych statystycznych narzędzi do wielowymiarowej analizy dużego zestawu danych. Pozwala ona na przekształcenie danego zbioru wzajemnie skorelowanych cech (zmiennych) w nowy układ cech wzajemnie nieskorelowanych (tzw. głównych składowych), który jest porównywalny z układem pierwotnym - zastosowanie PCA upraszcza więc w znaczny sposób...
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From Scores to Predictions in Multi-Label Classification: Neural Thresholding Strategies
PublicationIn this paper, we propose a novel approach for obtaining predictions from per-class scores to improve the accuracy of multi-label classification systems. In a multi-label classification task, the expected output is a set of predicted labels per each testing sample. Typically, these predictions are calculated by implicit or explicit thresholding of per-class real-valued scores: classes with scores exceeding a given threshold value...
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Polymer journal bearings behaviour research under limited lubrication and cooling conditions conducted on high torque test rig
PublicationPolymer journal bearings are frequently used as a water-lubricated bearings of small marine units’ propeller shafts . Choice of these bearings is based on their simple construction and relatively low purchase and maintenance costs. Although properly designed and installed water lubricated bearings may well last for over a decade, rapid wear or failure of these bearings can be observed...
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ASIC Design Example of Complex SoC with FPGA Prototyping
PublicationThe paper presents an example of the System on a Chip design, where the FPGA prototyping has been used. Two FPGA prototypes have been realized. The first FPGA prototype uses AVNET board containing Xilinx Virtex4 device accompanied by custom board with required devices. The second FPGA prototype has been built using the custom PCB with Xilinx Virtex-4 XC4VLX60 FPGA accompanied by all needed external components. The final system...
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Fuzzy regresion approach to road safety analysis at regional level
PublicationRoad safety modelling on regional level of NUTS 2 in the EU is the complex issue and authors of this article indicate this in previous publications. NUTS 2 are basic regions for the application of regional policies (0.8-3 m inhabitants). During multivariate models development they discovered that it is difficult to make regression model well described all regions, even if they are from one country. In the first step Poisson model...
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Anonymous agreed order multicast: performance and free riding
PublicationPrzedstawiono protokół rozgłaszania wiadomości dla sieci lokalnych z usługą 1C, zapewniający całkowite uporządkowanie wiadomości przy zachowaniu anonimowości stacji. Wykorzystywane są raporty zawierające grafy częściowego uporządkowania wiadomości, otrzymywane na podstawie kolejności odbioru i wnioskowania o bezpośrednim następstwie par wiadomości. Wskazano, że kolektywna odpowiedzialność za utrzymanie stałego rytmu raportów sprzyja...
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Badanie znaczenia atrybutów bazy wiedzy.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono dwie metody umożliwiające wyznaczanie miary znaczenia wybranych atrybutów bazy wiedzy. W pierwszej metodzie wykorzystano teorię zbiorów przybliżonych i podano definicje miary znaczenia atrybutów oparte na liczbie reguł sprzecznych. Druga metoda wykorzystująca teorię zbiorów rozmytych pozawala na zdefiniowanie dwóch sposobów oceny miary znaczenia. Pierwsza miara opiera się na liczbie reguł sprzecznych,...
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Design of hight voltage busbar: trade off between electrical field and stray inductance
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy optymalizacji konstrukcji i technologii szyny doprowadzenia zasilania do pojedynczej gałęzi falownika średniego napięcia. Dla szeregowego układu złożonego z trzech modułów elektroizolowanych (6 par tranzystorów i diod) rozważono warianty geometrii szyny zasilania przy uwzględnieniu wypadkowej indukcyjności obwodu komutacyjnego. Wyznaczono główne składniki indukcyjności rozproszenia oraz wykazano jej wpływ na przepięcia...
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New Type of Small Broad-Band Internal Antenna for Third Generation Mobile Phone Handsets.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono nową szerokopasmową antenę łatową przeznaczoną dla telefonów komórkowych trzeciej generacji. Proponowana struktura zawiera obwód (rezonator) w kształcie litery U i zaliczana jest do klasy PIFA (planar inverted-F antenna). W trakcie procesu projektowania przeprowadzono szereg symulacji elektromagnetycznych (metoda momentów), których wyniki zweryfikowano w oparciu o pomiary charakterystyk wykonanego prototypu....
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Niezawodność sieci komputerowych o strukturach wielo-pętlowych.
PublicationZałożono, że sieć ma strukturę wielo-pętlową. Jako oceny niezawodności tych sieci przyjęto: 1) średnią liczbę sprawnych par węzłów, które mogą komunikować się wzajemnie; 2) prawdopodobieństwo zdarzenia, że sprawne węzły mogą komunikować się wzajemnie. przyjęto następujący model uszkodzeń: węzły sieci ulegają uszkodzeniom z okreslonym prawdopodobieństwem, kanały nie ulegają uszkodzeniom, uszkodzenia węzłów są od siebie statystycznie...
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Pin-on-Substrate Gap Waveguide: An Extremely Low-Cost Realization of High-Performance Gap Waveguide Components
PublicationConsidering the limitations of currently available technologies for the realization of microwave components and antennas, a trade-off between different factors including the efficiency and fabrication cost is required. The main objective of this letter is to propose a novel method for the realization of gap waveguides (GWGs) that take advantage of conventional PCB fabrication technology, thus are low cost and light weight. Moreover,...
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Analiza i wizualizacja aktywności osób na podstawie pomiarów z wykorzystaniem czujnika ruchu
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono propozycję budowy i analizy map aktywności na podstawie danych pomiarowych z czujników ruchu oraz z innych mierników mediów. Utworzono oprogramowanie w PHP, które automatycznie analizuje dane w bazie danych i dynamicznie (dla przekazanych parametrów) tworzy mapę aktywności. W celach testowych wykonano prosty system złożony z platformy Raspberry PI, urządzeń wejściowych oraz dołączanych czujników (np. detektor...
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Computational complexity and length of recorded data for fluctuation enhanced sensing method in resistive gas sensors
PublicationThis paper considers complexity and accuracy of data processing for gas detection using resistance fluctuation data observed in resistance gas sensors. A few selected methods were considered (Principal Component Analysis – PCA, Support Vector Machine – SVM). Functions like power spectral density or histogram were used to create input data vector for these algorithms from the observed resistance fluctuations. The presented considerations...
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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FREE CONVECTION OF GLYCOL-Al2O3 NANOFLUID FROM HORIZONTAL TUBE
PublicationNanofluids came to be seen as a new generation of coolants, both in single- and two phase systems. Furthermore, nanofluids or nanocomposites may be used as a media in a thermal energy storage (TES) in such systems as sensible heat storage (SHS) and phase change materials (PCM). In the SHS systems the dominating mechanism of the heat transfer is natural convection. However, in the literature only a few investigations of free convection...
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Experimental investigation of free convection of glycol-Al2O3 nanofluid from horizontal tube
PublicationNanofluids came to be seen as a new generation of coolants, both in single- and two phase systems. Furthermore, nanofluids or nanocomposites may be used as a media in a thermal energy storage (TES) in such systems as sensible heat storage (SHS) and phase change materials (PCM). In the SHS systems the dominating mechanism of the heat transfer is natural convection. However, in the literature only a few investigations of free convection...
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SPFR - metoda ponownego wykorzystania pasma w systemach radiokomunikacyjnych nowej generacji
PublicationW referacie zaproponowano nową metodę ponownego wykorzystania pasma częstotliwościowego SPFR (Soft-Partial Frequency Reuse) oraz przedstawiono wyniki badań symulacyjnych, które umożliwiają jej porównanie ze znanymi metodami SFR (Soft Frequency Reuse) i PFR (Partial Frequency Reuse). Metoda SPFR może być użyta do zwiększenia efektywności wykorzystania zasobów fizycznych w systemie LTE-A oraz systemach B4G. Zastosowanie metody SPFR...
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Measurement of expenditure efficiency of Polish cities with county rights in the context of quality of life
PublicationThe article is devoted to the measurement of efficiency of overall expenditures. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficiency of use of budget resources by local government units in the context of fostering quality of life. The subject of the study is 65 Polish cities with county rights (county status). Calculations were carried out using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results of analysis confirm the two research...
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ASIC Design Example of Complex SoC with FPGA Prototyping
PublicationThe paper presents an example of the System on a Chip design, where the FPGA prototyping has been used. Two FPGA prototypes have been realized. The first FPGA prototype uses AVNET board containing Xilinx Virtex4 device accompanied by custom board with required devices. The second FPGA prototype has been built using the custom PCB with Xilinx Virtex-4 XC4VLX60 FPGA accompanied by all needed external components. The final system...
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Environmental contamination of food
PublicationOpisano źródła zanieczyszczeń środowiska oraz obecność w środowisku szeregu związków organicznych i nieorganicznych podejrzewanych o właściwości rakotwórcze. W rozdziale skupiono się na: pestycydach, PCB, WWA, PCDD/F, fenolach, azbeście oraz metalach ciężkich (AS, Be, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb). Zestawiono typowe stężenia tych zanieczyszczeń w wodzie, deszczu i żywności, omówiono biokumulacje i biowzbogacanie w łańcuchu pokarmowym, a także...
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Blogi jako platforma komunikowania na przykładzie blogów uczelnianych
PublicationW artykule stawiam tezę o istotnej roli blogów jako niezwykle skutecznej platformie komunikacyjnej w dobie konwergencji mediów. Szczególnie ważną rolę to specyficzne narzędzie komunikacyjne może odegrać w działaniach public relations uczelni: jako narzędzie za pomocą którego można najpełniej realizować funkcje uczelni i te, które realizuje najwyższy poziom rozwoju PR - w komunikacji dwukierunkowej symetrycznej zgodnie z modelem...
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Modelling the malware propagation in mobile computer devices
PublicationNowadays malware is a major threat to the security of cyber activities. The rapid develop- ment of the Internet and the progressive implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) increase the security needs of networks. This research presents a theoretical model of malware propagation for mobile computer devices. It is based on the susceptible-exposed- infected-recovered-susceptible (SEIRS) epidemic model. The scheme is based on...
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The role of ergonomics in architectonic and marketing operations
PublicationThe 20th century, along with the development of mass culture, brought a rapid increase of marketing communications significance. At first, this branch of art had an informational function associated with advertising operations. Nowadays, an increase of marketing specialists’ interest in influencing a human being by the space they stay in may be observed. Ergonomics plays an important role in such operations. The aim of this article...
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Electronic noses in classification and quality control of edible oils: A review
PublicationThe growing demand for wholesome and nutritious food leads to intensification of production, which in turn can have a detrimental effect on quality and well-being of consumers. For that reason, it is important to develop novel methods of food control which would be characterized by a short time of analysis, adequate sensitivity and relatively low cost. One such technique involves the use of multi-sensory devices called electronic...
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Recognition and sensing of anions
PublicationMolecular ion recognition is one of the most intensively studied areas of supramolecular technology. The reason for this is the essential role that ions play in many biological as well as industrial processes. On the other hand, however, it has been proved that ions can have a negative impact on human health and the environment. For these reasons, it is extremly important to develop rapid and simple methods allowing the determination...
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Evaluation of the structures size in the liquid-gas flow by gamma-ray absorption
PublicationThe rapid development of tomography methods particularly electrical, X and gamma rays allows for a wide range of the information about flow structure. However, all of such methods are quite complicated. At the same time much simpler systems as the measuring system of gamma rays absorption, allows to obtain a all key flow information which describe the two-phase flow. In the article the results of analyzes of radiometric signal...
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Drewniane więźby dachowe żuławskich domów podcieniowych typu III – badania, stan zachowania, analiza
PublicationZabytkowe domy podcieniowe ujścia Delty Wisły były obiektem zainteresowań wielu badaczy, jednak ich prace koncentrowały się głównie na aspektach historyczno-architektonicznych. Nie ma publikacji skupiających się na szczegółach i dokładnych analizach ustrojów budowlanych dla tej grupy historycznych obiektów. Artykuł jest rezultatem badań terenowych, kwerendy archiwalnej i obliczeń wykonanych przez autora....