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Sounding rocket vibration mechanical filter and amplifier
PublicationMeasuring accelerations and vibrations of a sounding rocket provides both information for engineers on the launcher vehicle performance as well as environment description for future payload designers. Typically, information on the level of vibration and eigenfrequencies are required to properly design a payload. This paper presents a design of a novel mechanical filter and amplifier for mechanical vibrations. Its key feature is...
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Vehicle Detection and Speed Estimation Using Millimetre Wave Radar
PublicationThe dataset titled Data from 76- to 81-GHz mmWave Sensor located at S7 road contains data recorded employing an IWR1642 mmWave sensor from Texas Instruments. The data comes from two sessions lasting 24h each. The dataset provides the possibility to perform analyses related to car traffic intensity on one of the carriageways of the motorway heading to the Gdańsk metropolitan area. Based on the gathered data, it is possible to calculate...
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A navigation device utilizing body communication channel for mobile wearable systems
PublicationA novel touch sensor utilizing a body communication technology is presented in the paper. The proposed device accepts orders (gestures) only from a person wearing it. Moreover, when comparing it to a similar, however an optical one, it appears as a less power consumable. Preliminary results of its properties examination are presented and discussed. Additionally, the developed sensor allows to measure a human body the electrical...
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Handwritten signature verification system employing wireless biometric pen
PublicationThe handwritten signature verification system being a part of the developed multimodal biometric banking stand is presented. The hardware component of the solution is described with a focus on the signature acquisition and on verification procedures. The signature is acquired employing an accelerometer and a gyroscope built-in the biometric pen plus pressure sensors for the assessment of the proper pen grip and then the signature...
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Media architecture: participation through the senses
PublicationPervasive media and interactive technologies have become inseparable not only from our everyday life but also from architecture and city spaces. However, the generic use of new technologies in the design process and material production that affects contemporary architecture, results in buildings that become mere visual objects losing their hapticity and non-visual qualities. Despite the substantial advancement in the research studies...
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Chemorezystancyjny czujnik gazu na bazie polimeru przewodzącego PEDOT
PublicationPolimery przewodzące, takie jak Poli(3,4-etylenodioksytiofen) (PEDOT) są atrakcyjnymi materiałami elektrodowymi, które posiadają takie zalety, jak biokompatybilność, duża przewodność i elastyczność. Elektroprzewodzące polimery można otrzymać w wyniku chemicznej polimeryzacji lub elektropolimeryzacji. W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono zostanie koncepcja czujnika gazów składająca się z elektrody grzebieniowej oraz polimeru przewodzącego...
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Flood risk assessment for office and services building Alchemia II at Al. Grunwaldzka 409 in Gdansk.
PublicationThe aim of the study is to assess the risk of flood from natural meteorological and hy-drological phenomena, for office and services building Alchemia II in Gdansk at Al. Grun-waldzka 409. The project includes the analysis of potential sources of floods in Gdansk re-garding the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Gdansk, the Vistula River basin and excessive rainfall and snowmelt waters being a significant element of hydrological processes...
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Deep neural networks for human pose estimation from a very low resolution depth image
PublicationThe work presented in the paper is dedicated to determining and evaluating the most efficient neural network architecture applied as a multiple regression network localizing human body joints in 3D space based on a single low resolution depth image. The main challenge was to deal with a noisy and coarse representation of the human body, as observed by a depth sensor from a large distance, and to achieve high localization precision....
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Digits Recognition with Quadrant Photodiode and Convolutional Neural Network
PublicationIn this paper we have investigated the capabilities of a quadrant photodiode based gesture sensor in the recognition of digits drawn in the air. The sensor consisting of 4 active elements, 4 LEDs and a pinhole was considered as input interface for both discrete and continuous gestures. Index finger and a round pointer were used as navigating mediums for the sensor. Experiments performed with 5 volunteers...
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Investigation of some taste substances using a set of electrodes with lipid-modified membranes.
PublicationSkonstruowano 5-cio kanałaowy sensor smaku oparty na elektordach jonoselektywnych z membranami polimerowymi modyfikowanymi lipidem. Badano potencjał elektrod w roztworach kwaśnych zawierających różne stężenie kwasu cytrynowego, solnego i octowego. Sensor jest czuły na stężenia substancji kwaśnych z wyjątkiem kwasu octowego. Testowano nowy typ elektrod zawierających polimer przewodzący PEDT/PSS i kwas oleinowy. Stwierdzono, że...
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Alternative methods for dark fermentation course analysis
PublicationDark fermentation course analysis is crucial, as complexed matrix of gaseous components may be formed and revealed during the process. The paper considers key issues related to the microbiological process in which complex organic substances are transformed into hydrogen. For the purposes of hydrogen generation, the application of wastewater mixed sludge pre-treated according to Faloye method (Faloye et al. in Int J Hydrog Energy...
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A Point Set Connection Problem for Autonomous Mobile Robots in a Grid
PublicationConsider an orthogonal grid of streets and avenues in a Manhattan-like city populated by stationary sensor modules at some intersections and mobile robots that can serve as relays of information that the modules exchange, where both module-module and module-robot communication is limited to a straight line of sight within the grid. The robots are oblivious and move asynchronously. We present a distributed algorithm that, given...
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TWORZENIE MAP SIECI KOMPUTEROWYCH Z WYKORZYSTANIEM PROTOKOŁÓW TYPU LLDP
PublicationDla administratorów systemów sieciowych niezwykle istot-nym jest posiadanie narzędzia tworzącego dynamicznie mapę sieci do celów zarządzania, diagnostyki, zapobiegania awariom i włamaniom. Artykuł prezentuje protokoły wspierające tworzenie map sieci a także własne badania nad usprawnieniem istniejących algorytmów. Proponowane rozwiązania to: budowa map z użyciem protokołu LLDP i SNMP, odkrywanie wąskich gardeł w sieciach dzięki...
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Simultaneous determination of individual isothiocyanates in plant samples by HPLC-DAD-MS following SPE and derivatization with N-acetyl-l-cysteine
PublicationThe procedure for the isothiocyanates (ITCs) determination that involves derivatization with N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) and separation by HPLC was developed. Prior to derivatization, plant ITCs were isolated and purified using solid-phase extraction (SPE). The optimum conditions of derivatization are: 500 μL of isopropanolic eluate obtained by SPE combined with 500 μL of derivatizing reagent (0.2 M NAC and 0.2 M NaHCO3 in water)...
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Complex Corrosion Monitoring System for Crude Distillation Unit in Form of Neutral Network
PublicationComplex and successful corrosion monitoring of refinery processes can significantly reduce material losses and failure risk. The developed corrosion monitoring system is based on online ultrasonic sensors, ER (electrical resistance) probes, gravimetric method and multipoint analytical analysis of chemical composition of the fluids. Additional online LPR (linear polarization resistance) sensors controlling corrosiveness of sour...
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Annealing of indium tin oxide (ITO) coated optical fibers for optical and electrochemical sensing purposes
PublicationGlass and fiber structures with Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coating were subjected to annealing in order to identify impact of the thermal treatment on their optical and electrochemical properties. It is shown that the annealing process significantly modifies optical properties and thickness of the films, which are crucial for performance of optical fiber sensors. Moreover, it visibly improves electrochemical activity of ITO on glass...
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Technologie wytwarzania żywności funkcjonalnej. Metodyki badania jej składu. Kierunki rozwojowe- cz. I
PublicationObserwuje się rozwój technologii produkcji żywności w kierunku wzmocnienia funkcji jej składników, które wspomagają system odpornościowy, przyczyniają się do zapobiegania rozwoju chorób sercowo-naczyniowych czy dolegliwości żołądkowych. Można stwierdzić, że nastąpił coraz bardziej zauważalny postęp w dziedzinie nanotechnologii, której metody są przydatne w procesach produkcji żywności bezpiecznej, o dłuższym terminie przydatności...
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An odor-sensing system - powerful technique for foodstuff studies
PublicationThis work examines gas sensor array technology combined with multivariate data processing methods and demonstrates a promising potential for rapid, non-destructive analysis of food. Main attention is focused on detailed description of sensor used in e-nose instruments, construction, and principle of operation of these systems. Moreover, this paper briefly reviews the progress in the field of artificial olfaction and future trends...
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Preparation of fluorescent nanodiamond suspensions using bead-assisted ultrasonic disintegration
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System pozycjonowania dynamicznego morskich jednostek pływających jako system mechatroniczny
PublicationW artykule przedstawiano system pozycjonowania dynamicznego półzanurzeniowej platformy wiertniczej, który jest rozpatrywany jako system mechatroniczny. W szczególności zaś zaprezentowano systemy referencyjne utrzymania stanowiska pozycyjnego na morzu, urządzenia nawigacyjne, czujniki ruchów własnych jednostki pływającej i anemometry rozważane jako czujniki systemu mechatronicznego oraz pędniki azymutalne rozważane jako nastawniki...
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INFLUENCE OF A VERTEX REMOVING ON THE CONNECTED DOMINATION NUMBER – APPLICATION TO AD-HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS
PublicationA minimum connected dominating set (MCDS) can be used as virtual backbone in ad-hoc wireless networks for efficient routing and broadcasting tasks. To find the MCDS is an NP- complete problem even in unit disk graphs. Many suboptimal algorithms are reported in the literature to find the MCDS using local information instead to use global network knowledge, achieving an important reduction in complexity. Since a wireless network...
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Effect of Arc Strikes on High Strength Low Alloy Steels Welded by SMAW
PublicationWet welding with covered electrodes (Shielded Metal Arc Welding – SMAW) is the most commonly used method of carrying out welding repair works in a water environment. Limited visibility and the inability to move freely under water result in an increased risk of formation of welding imperfections such as lack of fusion, lack of penetration and arc strikes. The work focused on changes in the properties and structure of steel subjected...
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Structural Health Monitoring of Overhead Power Transmission Lines
PublicationStructural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a novel and continuously developing branch of science and technology that draws attention of scientists all over the world. It creates opportunities to detect, localize and identify structural damage of various types such as: line breakage, permissible sag, bolt loosening, fatigue cracking or insulator contamination. On the other hand the methods used to estimate the remaining operational...
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Mathematical Modelling in Diagnosis of Wastewater Treatment Plant
PublicationThe paper reports development of mathematical modeling in diagnosis of the WWTP. The algorithm is based on a comparition of data from the mathematical modeling and measurments of real datefrom WWTP, until it will detect any malfunction of the sensors in th case of study.
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A New Geodetic Method of Examination of Geometrical Conditions of a Crane Bridge
PublicationSafety is one of the key aspects related to crane-based material transport. In order to ensure safe crane operation and material transport, it is necessary to meet certain geometrical conditions. The authors addressed the geometrical conditions of a crane bridge, a substantial crane component. The paper presents the method to compute displacement components of points on the top of a bridge crane relative to their design position....
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Identyfikacja trajektorii obiektów dynamicznych w przestrzeni kartezjańskiej na podstawie informacji z wielu estymatorów stanu
PublicationW rozprawie przedstawiono metodologię umożliwiającą implementację rozproszonego asynchronicznego systemu wyznaczania trajektorii. System tego typu jest złożony ze zbioru tzw. węzłów (estymatorów lokalnych), które komunikują się ze sobą. Każdy węzeł wyznacza trajektorię obserwowanego obiektu/procesu na podstawie dwóch zbiorów danych. Pierwszym zbiorem są pomiary dostarczane przez skojarzone z danym...
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Gas sensing by resistance fluctuations in PdxWO3 nanoparticle films.
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań sensorów gazu wykonanych z nanocząstek WO3 z dodatkiem Pd. Stwierdzono, że badanie fluktuacji rezystancji tych sensorów może istotnie zwiększyć czułość wykrywania gazu w porównaniu z obserwacją wyłącznie rezystancji stałoprądowej.
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Propagation Loss and Interference Analysis for 5G Systems in the Context of C-ITS System Implementation
PublicationThe article presents the concept of implementing subsequent phases of services for the C-ITS system (the Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems), based on the European Parliament resolution of March 2018. Next, the 5G systems, in the context of their possible cooperation with C-ITS systems, were discussed. Numerical propagation analysis was performed for V2V and V2I type communication based on two different propagation models....
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Application of BAN Network to Increase Security in Transport Systems
PublicationIn the article general characteristics of the BAN network with M2M communications are presented. These are networks that enable the implementation of wireless transmission of signals using special sensors located on the body or implanted subcutaneously. These sensors allow monitoring of different type life parameters of a human. In the next part of work there is proposed the implementation of BAN networks to transport systems as...
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Wirelessly Interfacing Objects and Subjects of Healthcare System – IoT Approach
PublicationWireless sensor networks, WSN, for which development has begun by military applications, are nowadays applied to all human activities; e.g. in medicine for patience monitoring or to reduce the effects of disasters. Therefore, the WSNs area has been also one of the emerging and fast growing scientific fields. Increasing interest of WSNs is even caused by equally intense growth of interest in the Internet of Things domain, IoT, in...
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Determination Of Gas Mixture Components Using Fluctuation Enhanced Sensing And The LS-SVM Regression Algorithm
PublicationThis paper analyses the effectiveness of determining gas concentrations by using a prototype WO3 resistive gas sensor together with fluctuation enhanced sensing. We have earlier demonstrated that this method can determine the composition of a gas mixture by using only a single sensor. In the present study, we apply Least-Squares Support-Vector-Machine-based (LS-SVM-based) nonlinear regression to determine the gas concentration...
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Septic safe interactions with smart glasses in health care
PublicationIn this paper, septic safe methods of interaction with smart glasses, due to the health care environment applications consideration, are presented. The main focus is on capabilities of an optical, proximity-based gesture sensor and eye-tracker input systems. The design of both interfaces is being adapted to the open smart glasses platform that is being developed under the eGlasses project. Preliminary results obtained from the...
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Autistic Employees’ Technology-Based Workplace Accommodation Preferences Survey—Preliminary Findings
PublicationBackground: There has been an increase in the number of research studies focused on the design of accommodations aimed at improving the well-being and work performance of autistic employees. These accommodations took various forms; some of them were based on modification of management practices, for example, support in the area of effective communication, or involved modifications to the physical working environment aimed at limiting...
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Near-Field Wireless Sensing of Plastics and Papers Using Frugal Peel-Off Passive Tag
PublicationThis article presents a novel frugal approach of testing plastics and papers using a near-field microwave sensing technique with a peel-off tag. The proposed sensing technique involves two electrical entities: the sensor, which may be regarded as a reader, and a disposable tag. The reader is a modified design of a gap-coupled microstrip line (GCML) sensor, while the passive tag is a standard double-ring complementary split-ring...
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Zastosowanie elementów optyki zintegrowanej wykonanych w technice zol-żel w biochemicznych sensorach światłowodowych.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono zasadę działania światłowodowych sensorów biochemicznych wykorzystujących interferometrię polaryzacyjną. Zaproponowano wykorzystanie materiałów hybrydowych wykonanych w technologii zol-żel w konstrukcji jednorazowych przetworników pomiarowych. Omówiono technologię wytwarzania tych materiałów i wybrane zastosowania tych sensorów.
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Sustainable Fashion in Poland—Too Early or Too Late?
PublicationThis article presents an analysis of the concept of sustainable fashion from the Polish consumer’s perspective. The aim of this research is to investigate how Polish fashion consumers approach the concepts of sustainability, such as organic, fair-trade, and carbon emissions. Exploring the experience of the Polish consumption context provides a richer understanding of the evolution of fashion sustainability concepts in this and...
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Preliminary results from HEDGEHOG REXUS project – A sounding rocket experiment on accelerations, vibrations and heat flow
PublicationDuring flight, a sounding rocket is subject to a unique environment - severe vibrations and substantial heat flux. In order to design payloads, precise measurement of these conditions is required. This paper presents preliminary results from HEDGEHOG REXUS Project, whose scientific goal was to characterise the thermal and dynamic environment of REXUS sounding rockets. For this purpose, two new sensors have been designed - mechanical...
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Hydrographic Multisensory Unmanned Watercraft
PublicationThis article describes the design of the unmanned surface vessel (USV) and the algorithms for planning the trajectories to be followed on measurement missions. The algorithms take account of the dynamically varying impacts of external forces (wind and surface current) on the vessel's motion. Feedback loops enable the counteraction of external factors that cause disturbance to the desired trajectory. The sensors installed on the...
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Modelling an accelerometer for robot position estimation
PublicationThe article describes a new model of a MEMS accelerometer for usage in inertial measurement units (IMU). Such units allow to measure orientation and location of the sensor/system and therefore can be applied for systems positioning. The main purpose of the paper is to model pertinent accelerometer functions substantial in determination of the location of the sensor by means of double integration of acceleration. The model takes...
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Evaluation of position estimation based on accelerometer data
PublicationThe paper concerns the problem of integrating data from accelerometers. A suitable model of a MEMS accelerometer is presented which is a part of inertial measurement units (IMU). Such units allow to measure orientation as well as to localize systems. They also appear to be applicable for systems positioning. The main purpose of the paper is to discuss conditions that must be satisfied to calculate the location of the sensor by...
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PROJEKT TECHNICZNY BEZPRZEWODOWEGO SYSTEMU MONITOROWANIA OSOBY STARSZEJ
PublicationRozwój technologii dążący do miniaturyzacji oraz coraz niższy pobór mocy urządzeń elektronicznych umożliwił rozwój sieci Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), w której węzły znajdują się w pobliżu lub wewnątrz ciała człowieka (sensory nasobne lub wszczepione). Sieci WBAN mają szczególne zastosowanie w systemach opieki zdrowotnej, na które zapotrzebowanie jest coraz większe ze względu na starzenie się populacji w krajach wysokorozwiniętych.
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Carbon Nanohorns as Reaction Nanochambers – a Systematic Monte Carlo Study
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The effects of confinement in pores built of folded graphene sheets on the equilibrium of nitrogen monoxide dimerisation reaction
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Optical and structural properties of polycrystalline CVD diamond films grown on fused silica optical fibres pre-treated by high-power sonication seeding
PublicationIn this paper, the growth of polycrystalline chemical vapour deposition (CVD) diamond thin films on fused silica optical fibres has been investigated. The research results show that the effective substrate seeding process can lower defect nucleation, and it simultaneously increases surface encapsulation. However, the growth process on glass requires high seeding density. The effects of suspension type and ultrasonic power were...
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Effects of preheating on laser beam–welded NSSC 2120 lean duplex steel
PublicationDuplex stainless steels show sustainable alternative for the conventional austenitic grades, with higher strength, higher resistance against stress corrosion cracking, and lower purchase cost. Thus, duplex stainless steel gains more attention in construction, oil and gas, and chemical industries. Among duplex stainless steels, low nickel and low molybdenum alloyed lean duplex stainless steel are a cost-efective substitution of...
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SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF GRAPE WINE
PublicationDevelopment of the domestic grape wine market has been presented. The number of grape wine producing entities, acreage, and volume of production over last five years are presented. The composition of red grape wine has been discussed involving health promoting aspects. Two methods of wine quality determination: analytical and sensory meth ods have been described. Physicochemical parameters influencing wine quali ty (acidity, sweetness)...
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Identification of aromatic compounds in odours mixture by gas chromatography and field olfactometry techniques
PublicationThis paper shows the results of investigation on identification aromatic compounds present in odorous mixture in atmospheric air samples collected in a vicinity of the oil refinery LOTOS S.A., located in Gdansk, during March and April period have be presented. The studies were conducted by the use of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatograph equipped with a cryogenic modulator and coupled with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer,...
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Food analysis using artificial senses.
PublicationNowadays, consumers are paying great attention to the characteristics of food such as smell, taste, and appearance. This motivates scientists to imitate human senses using devices known as electronic senses. These include electronic noses, electronic tongues, and computer vision. Thanks to the utilization of various sensors and methods of signal analysis, artificial senses are widely applied in food analysis for process monitoring...
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Emotion Monitoring – Verification of Physiological Characteristics Measurement Procedures
PublicationThis paper concerns measurement procedures on an emotion monitoring stand designed for tracking human emotions in the Human-Computer Interaction with physiological characteristics. The paper addresses the key problem of physiological measurements being disturbed by a motion typical for human-computer interaction such as keyboard typing or mouse movements. An original experiment...
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Detection of gaseous compounds with different techniques
PublicationSensing technology has been developed for detection of gases in some environmental, industrial, medical, and scientific applications. The main tasks of these works is to enhance performance of gas sensors taking into account their different applicability and scenarios of operation. This paper presents the descriptions, comparison and recent progress in some existing gas sensing technologies. Detailed introduction to optical sensing...