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  • Multi-level Virtualization and Its Impact on System Performance in Cloud Computing

    The results of benchmarking tests of multi-level virtualized environments are presented. There is analysed the performance impact of hardware virtualization, container-type isolation and programming level abstraction. The comparison is made on the basis of a proposed score metric that allows you to compare different aspects of performance. There is general performance (CPU and memory), networking, disk operations and application-like...

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  • A method of measuring RLC components for microcontroller systems

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    A new method of measuring RLC components for microcontroller systems dedicated to compact smart impedance sensors based on a direct sensor-microcontroller interface is presented. In the method this direct interface composed of a reference resistor connected in series with the tested sensor impedance is stimulated by a square wave generated by the microcontroller, and then its voltage response is sampled by an internal ADC of the...

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  • NUTRITIONAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN TROPICAL FRUITS

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    • S. Poovarodom
    • R. Haruenkit
    • S. Vearasilp
    • P. Ruamsuke
    • S. Gorinstein
    • H. Leontowicz
    • M. Leontowicz
    • J. Namieśnik
    • S. Trakhtenberg

    - ACTA INFORMATICA - Year 2013

    During the past two decades our international scientific group investigated in vitro the physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of some cultivars of durian at various stages of ripening, mangosteen and new cultivars of snake fruit in comparison with widely used avocado, kiwifruit and mango, and in vivo their influence on laboratory animals. The main objective of the present study was to screen and compare the properties...

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  • Data Mining Applications and Methods in Medicine

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    In this paper we describe the research area of data mining and its applications in medicine. The origins of data mining and its crucial features are shortly presented. We discuss the specificity of medicine as an application area for computer systems. Characteristic features of the medical data are investigated. Common problems in the area are also presented as well as the strengths and capabilities of the data mining methods....

  • Price Diversification

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    - Year 2007

    The price diversification is a complex phenomenon. We show that price discrimination can have both positive and negative effects. The final result depends whether it makes competition more intense. As far as legal procedure is cocerned it is recommended to focus on the effects of compan's actions rather than on the form that these actions may take. There is a need to understand and distinguish between price discrimination as the...

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  • Resourcing in social enterprise – content analysis of 'good practices' profiled in 'Atlas of social economy' in Poland

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    - Year 2015

    The aim of this paper is to analyze and show what processes accompany resource mobilization among social enterprises. For this, the author uses a sample of 25 ‘good practice’ examples selected and presented in ‘Atlas of social economy’ in Poland, in the most popular and well-established knowledge base web portal on social economy and social enterprise in Poland. The author makes an attempt at deconstructing the profiles of the...

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  • A 3-dB coupler with UC-PBG structure

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    Przedstawiono nową konstrukcję sprzęgacza z liniami paskowymi sprzężonymi szerokim bokiem oraz zmodyfikowaną warstwą metalizacji masy. Modyfikacja metalizacji polega na periodycznym wytrawieniu dwuwymiarowej struktury szczelin, nazywanej strukturą uniplanarnej zwartej przerwy fotonicznej (UC-PBG: Uniplanar Compact Photonic BandGap). Potwierdzono przewidywane wcześniej zjawisko spowolnienia fali oraz powiększenia wielkości sprzężenia...

  • Low-Cost Surrogate Modeling of Miniaturized Microwave Components Using Nested Kriging

    In the paper, a recently reported nested kriging methodology is employed for modeling of miniaturized microwave components. The approach is based on identifying the parameter space region that contains high-quality designs, and, subsequently, rendering the surrogate in this subset. The results obtained for a miniaturized unequal-power-split rat-race coupler and a compact three-section impedance transformer demonstrate reliability...

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  • A novel cold-active beta-D-galactosidase from the Paracoccus sp. 32d - gene cloning, purification and characterization

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    - Microbial Cell Factories - Year 2011

    Beta-D-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) catalyze the hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing beta-D-galactose residues in beta-D-galactosides. Cold-active beta-D-galactosidases have recently become a focus of attention of researchers and dairy product manufactures owing to theirs ability to: (I) eliminate of lactose from refrigerated milk for people afflicted with lactose intolerance, (II) convert lactose to glucose and galactose which...

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  • Actual and reference evapotranspiration for a natural, temperate zone fen wetland – Upper Biebrza case study

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    • M. Kleniewska
    • T. E. Berezowski
    • D. Mitrowska
    • S. Szporak-Wasilewska
    • W. Ciezkowski

    - Journal of Water and Land Development - Year 2024

    Evapotranspiration is the key and predominant component of the water balance in wetlands. Direct evapotranspiration measurements are challenging in wetlands due to their remoteness and high surface water level. This article describes the actual (ETa and reference evapotranspiration (ET0) from a cultivated wet meadow located in the Biebrza National Park – the largest national park in north-east Poland, Central Europe. The data were...

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  • Modelling of blood flow: from macro to microscales

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    The aim of this paper it to review various scale approaches to blood flow modelling. Blood motion may be described by three types of mathematical models according to the observed scales or resolutions, namely microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic description. The above approaches are discussed together with their advantages and disadvantages. Several results of mesoscopic simulations are presented.

  • The influence of pre- and postharvest treatments on selected biological and epigenetic activities of Brassica sprouts

    Introduction The Brassica vegetables are rich in glucosinolates (GLs), which are enzymatically hydrolysed to bioactive isothiocynates (ITC) and indoles, regarded as the most promising chemopreventing agents. However, in the majority of brassica sprouts the GL conversion into these beneficial derivatives occurs at the level of about 1 %, while in cabbage leaves exceeds 70%. Since sprouts represent plant material, which is frequently...

  • Influence of finishing colour on the efficiency of automated production line for wooden doors

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    • Z. Kwidziński
    • M. Chodnicki
    • Ł. Sankiewicz
    • B. Knitowski
    • T. Rogoziński

    - Year 2023

    Porta KMI Poland S.A. company has implemented a fully automated intelligent technological line TechnoPORTA for customized mass-production of technical door leaves. Each door leaf is provided with a unique QR code. It allows the line modules to individually adjust the machining parameters to the currently processed element according to the IT controlling system. Before en-tering the TechnoPorta line, the door leaves are not sorted,...

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  • A method of Functional Test interval selection with regards to Machinery and Economical aspects

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    - Year 2018

    This paper discusses the problem of choosing the optimal frequency of functional test, including the reliability calculations and production efficiency, but also the effect of company risk management. The proof test as a part of the functional test interval is well described for the process industry. Unfortunately, this situation is not the case for the machinery safety functions with low demand mode. Afterwards, it is presented...

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  • Learning from Mistakes. A Study on Maturity and Adaptability to Change

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    - Year 2020

    Learning culture matters; company culture must support continuous improvement. Organizational learning is a process of identifying and modifying mistakes that result from interactions between co-workers. The article aims to explore the learning power via errors, using the level of organizational maturity as a moderator. Companies need to know how organizational maturity may moderate the adaptability to change via the acceptance...

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  • A novel calibration method for RSS-based DoA estimation using ESPAR antennas

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    In this paper, we introduce a new calibration method that can successfully be used in direction of arrival (DoA) estimation using electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antennas and employing power-pattern cross-correlation (PPCC) algorithm, which relies on received signal strength (RSS) values recorded at the antenna output port. Instead of the commonly used two-step approach, during which ESPAR antenna calibration...

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  • RSS-based DoA Estimation Using ESPAR Antennas and Interpolated Radiation Patterns

    In this letter, it is shown how an algorithm, which employs received signal strength (RSS) values in order to estimate direction-of-arrival (DoA) of impinging signals in wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes equipped with electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antennas, can easily be improved by applying an interpolation algorithm to radiation patterns recorded in the calibration phase of the DoA estimation process....

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  • Quadratic Cohen representations in spectral analysis of serration process in Al–Mg alloys

    Important from mechanical point of view the Portevin–Le Chatelier serration phenomenon is being characterized by a complicated spectral profile. As a typical example of nonstationary processes it demands a special treatment allowing to follow the evolution of energy of stress fluctuations as a function of strain. The authors suggest the utilization of a compact system of quadratic transformations, known as Cohen class, as a technique...

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  • Similarity Measures for Face Images: An Experimental Study

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    - Year 2016

    This work describes experiments aimed at finding a straightforward but effective way of comparing face images.We discuss properties of the basic concepts, such as the Euclidean, cosine and correlation metrics, test the simplest version of elastic templates, and compare these solutions with distances based on texture descriptors (Local Ternary Patterns). The influence of selected image processing methods (e.g. bilateral ltering)...

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  • MEASURE OF THE LEVEL OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PROVINCES

    The scope of Polish macro-economic data for assessing the level of socio-economic development of the country is largely limited because of the regional variation. Therefore there is a need for cyclic selection and the verification of criteria which allow identifying regions with a similar level of socio-economic development or those that clearly differ from the mean values. The aim of the study is to compare Poland’s provinces...

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  • Investigation of the Aerodynamics of an Innovative Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine

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    - FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION - Year 2015

    The paper presents the results of an experimental investigation and a three dimensional numerical analysis of the transient aerodynamic phenomena occurring in the innovative modification of classic Savonius wind turbine. An attempt to explain the increased efficiency of the innovative design a comparison with the traditional solution is undertaken. A vorticity measure based on the integral of the velocity gradient tensor second...

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  • Response features for fast EM-driven design of miniaturized impedance matching transformers

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    - Year 2016

    A framework for low-cost EM-driven design optimization of compact impedance matching transformers is presented. Our technique is based on a bottom-up design where design requirements for the transformer circuit are translated into specifications for its building blocks. These elementary cells are optimized using response features. Subsequently, the entire circuit is fine-tuned using local response surface approximation models and...

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  • OPTICAL STRAIN MEASUREMENT OF CONCRETE VERSUS MANUAL EXTENSOMETER MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE TEST RC DEEP BEAM IN A COMPLEX STATE OF STRESS

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    The purpose of this study is to compare the strain measurement techniques of concrete in R-C element subjected to the monotonic load up to the failure. In the analysis manual extensometer methods of measurements and the optical system ARAMIS for non-contact three-dimensional measurements of deformation was used. The test sample was a cantilever deep beam loaded throughout the depth which was a part of the reinforced concrete deep...

  • Evaluation of Six Degrees of Freedom 3D Audio Orchestra Recording and Playback using multi-point Ambisonic interpolation

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    • T. Ciotucha
    • A. Rumiński
    • T. Żernicki
    • B. Mróz

    - Scopus - Year 2021

    This paper describes a strategy for recording sound and enabling six-degrees-of-freedom playback, making use of multiple simultaneous and synchronized Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) recordings. Such a strategy enables users to navigate in a simulated 3D space and listen to the six-degrees-of-freedom recordings from different perspectives. For the evaluation of the proposed approach, an Unreal Engine-based navigable 3D audiovisual...

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  • Sugar Fee in Poland as an Example of New Fiscal Burdens and Stimulation of Consumer Behaviour

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    - Year 2021

    During the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount and structure of tax burdens imposed by the state on businesses continue to increase, as shown on the example of the newly introduced sugar fee. A new tax-related burden imposed on businesses and consumers producing and consuming sugar-sweetened beverages appeared at the beginning of 2021. The aim of the paper is to present the fiscal burdens that accompany...

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  • How much a geometrical model of a honeycomb seal can be simpli ed in the CFD calculation

    This paper presents the inuence of geometry simplication on the results obtained in the computational fluid dynamics simulation. The subject of simulation was part of the honeycomb seal located at the inlet to high pressure part of a steam turbine. There were three different geometrical models assumed in the calculations. First one was two-dimensional case and two others were three dimensional, one with the radius of curvature...

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  • Analysis of a gene expression model

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    - Year 2017

    We study a mathematical model of gene transcription and protein synthesis with negative feedback. We consider a system of equations taking into account the number of active binding sites, the way in which dimers bind to DNA and time delay in translation process. For a simplified model that consist of three ordinary differential equations with time delay we derive conditions for stability of the positive steady state and for the...

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  • Artificial Neural Network in Forecasting the Churn Phenomena Among Costumers of IT and Power Supply Services

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    This paper presents an attempt to use an artificial neural network to investigate the churn phenomenon among the customers of a telecommunications operator. An attempt was made to create a data model based on the customer lifetime value (CLV) rather than on activity alone. A multilayered artificial neural network was used for the experiments. The results yielded a 99% successful identification rate for customers in no danger of...

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  • The equivariant spectral flow and bifurcation of periodic solutions of Hamiltonian systems

    We define a spectral flow for paths of selfadjoint Fredholm operators that are equivariant under the orthogonal action of a compact Lie group as an element of the representation ring of the latter. This G-equivariant spectral flow shares all common properties of the integer valued classical spectral flow, and it can be non-trivial even if the classical spectral flow vanishes. Our main theorem uses the G-equivariant spectral flow...

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  • Variable Fractional Delay Filter Design Using a Symmetric Window

    In this paper a numerically efficient method for designing a nearly optimal variable fractional delay (VFD) filter based on a simple and well-known window method is presented. In the proposed method a single window extracted from the optimal filter with fixed fractional delay (FD) is divided into even and odd part. Subsequently, the odd part is discarded and symmetric even part of the extracted window is used to design a family...

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  • Bioelectronic nose: Current status and perspectives

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    - BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS - Year 2017

    A characteristic feature of human and animal organs of smell is the ability to identify hundreds of thousands of odours. It is accompanied by particular smell sensations, which are a basic source of information about odour mixture. The main structural elements of biological smell systems are the olfactory receptors. Small differences in a structure of odorous molecules (odorants) can lead to significant change of odour, which is...

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  • Natural carbon-based quantum dots and their applications in drug delivery: A review

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    - BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY - Year 2020

    Natural carbon based quantum dots (NCDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials in the carbon family. NCDs have gained immense acclamation among researchers because of their abundance, eco-friendly nature, aqueous solubility, the diverse functionality and biocompatibility when compared to other conventional carbon quantum dots (CDs).The presence of different functional groups on the surface of NCDs such as thiol, carboxyl, hydroxyl,...

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  • Computational aspects of greedy partitioning of graphs

    In this paper we consider a variant of graph partitioning consisting in partitioning the vertex set of a graph into the minimum number of sets such that each of them induces a graph in hereditary class of graphs P (the problem is also known as P-coloring). We focus on the computational complexity of several problems related to greedy partitioning. In particular, we show that given a graph G and an integer k deciding if the greedy...

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  • Cross-layer mDNS/ARP integration for IEEE 802.11s Wireless mesh Network

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    - Year 2016

    Popularization of mobile computing devices created a need for robust, efficient and ubiquitous methods of communication and network access. At the same time, evolution and standardization of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies made them an attractive solution for building of complex network systems. Moreover, growing maturity of WLAN standards such as IEEE 802.11 allows for introduction of WLAN architectures other than...

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  • Działania intuicyjne w praktyce przedsiębiorczej

    Intuicję definiuje się jako szybkie, nieświadome i holistyczne przeczucie, które jest dynamicznym procesem poznawczym opartym na doświadczeniu i wiedzy przedsiębiorcy. Intuicja pozwala rozpoznawać okazje biznesowe i uzupełnia racjonalne podejmowanie decyzji biznesowych. Korzystanie z intuicji jest wskazane szczególnie ze względu na permanentnie zmieniające się otoczenie prowadzenia firmy oraz duży poziom niepewności, towarzyszący...

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  • Zaufanie do siebie jako jeden z aspektów zaufania w aktywności przedsiębiorczej

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    - Year 2015

    Artykuł prezentuje znaczenie zaufania do samego siebie na tle zaufania w relacjach budowanych przez przedsiębiorcę w jego otoczeniu społecznym i biznesowym. Wyjaśniono koncepcję zaufania do samego siebie, odnosząc się do zróżnicowanych typów zaufania, na przykład: kalkulacyjnego, opartego na wiedzy i identyfikacyjnego. Wskazano jego potencjalne źródła i konsekwencje w kontekście budowania własnego wizerunku, podejmowania decyzji...

  • Shielded HMSIW-based frequency-tunable self-quadruplexing antenna using different solid/liquid dielectrics

    This article proposes a frequency-tunable self-quadruplexing antenna based on a shielded half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (S-HMSIW). In order to reduce the size of the HMSIW cavity resonator and to obtain quad-band characteristics, a modied E-shaped slot is engraved on the top of the metal. The experimental validation is carried out after analyzing the data using a circuit model. Flexibility of each resonant frequency is...

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  • Optimization-based antenna miniaturization using adaptively-adjusted penalty factors

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    - Electronics - Year 2021

    The continuing trend for miniaturization of electronic devices necessitates size reduction of the comprising components and circuitry. Specifically, integrated circuit-antenna modules therein require compact radiators in applications such as 5G communications, implantable and on-body devices, or internet of things (IoT). The conflict between the demands for compact size and elec-trical and field performance can be mitigated by...

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  • The influence of drying parameters on wood properties

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    Results of influence of gas-steam mixture drying process on wood mechanical properties are presented. Wood species, namely pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and beech (Fagus silvatica L.) from the northern part of Pomerania region in Poland, were subject of steam kiln-drying process in a laboratory kiln specially arranged for that reason.

  • Application of multistage treatment wetlands as a buffer for effluent from Anammox treatment for reject water from centrifugation

    According to the newest knowledge concerning TW technology multistage treatment wetland could be easily applied for ensuring stable and low concentration of biogenic compounds form the effluent of SBR reactor (with nitritation/annamox process) for treatment of digested sludge dewatering in side stream. The working condition and optimising of such MTW will be the issue of carried out investigation.

  • Teoria zbiorów rozmytych w zarządzaniu ryzykiem jako utylitarne narzędzie systemu zarządzania jakością

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    Działalność przedsiębiorstwa wiąże się z potrzebą analizowania ryzyka oddziałującego na procesy firmy. Norma PN-EN ISO 9001:2015 dokonuje identyfikacji czynników ryzyka i ich wpływu na jakość wyrobu. W szacowaniu ryzyka punktowe oceny wyrażające subiektywne opinie zastępowane są coraz częściej formalnym zapisem niepewności. Artykuł ukazuje zastosowanie rozmytego systemu wnioskującego w procesie zarządzania ryzykiem, umożliwiającego...

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  • A Study of Transport Behaviour of Academic Communities

    An important challenge to achieving sustainable university campuses is ensuring that the academic community makes sustainable transport choices. The objective of this study was to investigate the daily commuting patterns, identify the potential for change, and determine the factors and criteria affecting the transport decisions of academic communities of two universities located in Gdansk, Poland. This paper summarizes the results...

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  • Suitability study of hybrid model of electrodynamic actuator

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    - Year 2014

    This paper presents the proposal of the hybrid circuit-field model of an electrodynamic actuator. The field model uses the inductor current as the input data which is obtained from the circuit model or experimentally. The field model implemented using the FLUX program makes it possible to easily determine the pressure distribution acting on the disc. The results have been verified experimentally.

  • Distributed infrastructure of self-organizing service servers

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    - Year 2012

    This paper presents an idea of creating distributed system consisting of autonomous self-organizing service providers. It shows a real implemented system allowing for dynamic service search without interaction with client based on the inter-servers communication. Moreover presented system can be easily enriched with new elements without the need for restarting already existing servers.

  • Possibilities of heat transfer augmentation in heat exchangers with minichannels for marine applications

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    In the paper, new trends in development of microchannel heat exchangers are presented. The exchangers developed in this way can be applied in marine applications. Main attention was focused on heat exchangers design with reduced size of passages namely based on microchannels. In our opinion future development of high power heat exchangers will be based on networks micro heat exchangers.

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  • Attractors of dissipative homeomorphisms of the infinite surface homeomorphic to a punctured sphere

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    A class of dissipative orientation preserving homeomorphisms of the infinite annulus,pairs of pants, or generally any infinite surface homeomorphic to a punctured sphere isconsidered. We prove that in some isotopy classes the local behavior of such homeomor-phisms at a fixed point, namely the existence of so-called inverse saddle, impacts thetopology of the attractor — it cannot be arcwise connected

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  • The role of case studies and management experience in the education and personal developement of IT project managers

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    The purpose of this article is to indicate the need for project management experience and knowledge in order to improve the competence of IT project managers. In the first part of the article there is shown the impact of experience on the development of project management skills. Also the need for having historical data about the projects - in order to make better project decisions - is shown in the article.In the following parts...

  • Developing competences of IT project managers using simulation games

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    Project Management is a domain in which methodological approach is developing very rapidly. Project managers are required to present knowledge of the various methods of project management and apply them to the management of specific projects. It means that project managers must constantly develop their competence, mainly based on good practices from different formal methods of project management. The purpose of this article is...

  • Komputerowy projekt oświetlenia elektrycznego boiska piłkarskiego

    W artykule przedstawiono wybrane elementy komputerowego projektu oświetlenia elektrycznego boiska piłkarskiego o nawierzchni sztucznej. Obliczenia i wizualizacje wykonano z wykorzystaniem programu DIALux. W projekcie uwzględniono zalecenia m.in. FIFA i UEFA.

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  • Detekcja osoby w wannie

    Starzenie się społeczeństwa powoduje narastanie problemów chorób wieku starczego. Częstym problemem są zasłabnięcia w wannie podczas kąpieli. Celem publikacji jest przedstawienie metody identyfikacji tkanki ożywionej w wodzie z wykorzystaniem technik elektromagnetycznych. Obserwując zmiany amplitudy i częstotliwości pracy generatorów, pracujących w pętli sprzężenia zwrotnego z cewką, istnieje możliwość scharakteryzowania i określenia...

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