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Terminal and hindered settling of solid particles in O/W emulsions
PublicationProwadzono badania szybkości opadania swobodnego cząstek stałych w emulsjach typu O/W oraz sedymentacji zawiesin ciało stałe - emulsja. Zbadano wpływ stężenia zawiesiny na szybkość sedymentacji. Opracowano zależność na prędkość opadania cząstek stałych w zawiesinacjh w emulsjach O/W w zakresie ruchu laminarnego.
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Interactions of selected mono- and disaccharides with precipitated calcium carbonate particles
PublicationCalcium carbonate is a widespread compound in nature and it can be produced by living organisms in the biomineralization process. Calcite, aragonite and vaterite are anhydrous polymorphic forms of calcium carbonate, wherein the calcite is the most thermodynamically stable. Vaterite is the metastable crystalline phase, which can be a precursor of calcite and aragonite, because it can easily transformed by dissolution and re crystallization...
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An algorithm to generate high dense packing of particles with various shapes
PublicationDiscrete Element Method (DEM) is one of available numerical methods to compute movement of particles in large scale simulations. The method has been frequently applied to simulate the cases of grain or bulk material as the major research issue. The paper describes a new method of generating high dense packing with mixed material of two different shape used in DEM simulation. The initial packing is an important parameter to control,...
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THE STUDY OF WATER POLLUTION OF THE LOWER VISTULA RIVER BY PLASTIC PARTICLES
PublicationSince the beginning of widespread use of plastic its consumption and production has been constantly increasing. As a result of human activity part of waste ends up in our environment and is deposited in each of the elements of the biosphere. These impurities can be in the form of large elements, small particles fragmented to macroscopic level (pellets, facial scrub grains) and the microparticles visible under a microscope. Particularly...
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Zero-range potentials for Dirac particles: Bound-state problems
PublicationA model in which a massive Dirac particle in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ is bound by $N\geqslant1$ spatially distributed zero-range potentials is presented. Interactions between the particle and the potentials are modeled by subjecting a particle's bispinor wave function to certain limiting conditions at the potential centers. Each of these conditions is parametrized by a $2\times2$ Hermitian matrix (or, equivalently, a real scalar and a...
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Thermal and strength properties of lightweight concretes with the addition of aerogel particles
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Properties of electrode modified with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxytiophene) and Pt particles.
PublicationWłaściwości warstw polimerowych poli(3,4-etylenodioksytiofenu)z cząstkami platyny zbadano pod względem zastosowania do reakcji utlenienia związków organicznych. Stwierdzono, bez wnikania w mechanizmy i kinetykę reakcji, że właściwości fizyczne jak i chemiczne (zdolność do katalizowania reakcji utlenienia alkoholi) zależą od materiału podłoża: Pt, węgiel szklisty, tytan, złoto.
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Badanie efektywności mechanizmu HARQ II
PublicationW referacie zostały przedstawione hybrydowe mechanizmy realizujące retransmisje błędnie odebranych bloków (HARQ). Przedstawiono również wyniki badań symulacyjnych hybrydowego mechanizmu retransmisyjnegoHARQ II w interfejsie radiowym z modulacją 8PSK i kodowaniem splotowym o sprawności 1/3.
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Data gathering methods : card sorting
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia koncepcję, pochodzenie oraz zastosowania dla jednej z metod oceny użyteczności i budowania menu w aplikacjach informatycznych - sortowania kart. Stanowi część przeglądu dostępnych metod poprawy użyteczności.
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Hand Exoskeleton—Development of Own Concept
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Raman investigation of hybrid polymer thin films
PublicationPrzestawiono problemy diagnostyki ramanowskiej transparentnych struktur cienkowarstwowych wykonanych metodą zol-żel z polimerów hybrydowych. Analizowano możliwości badania struktury molekularnej i grubości, a także określania jakości wykonania struktur falowodowych. Przedstawiono wyniki badań wykonanych mikroskopem ramanowskim dla polimerowych struktur cienkowarstwowych osadzonych na podłożach szklanych i krzemowych.
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Raman system for monitoring of dye doping to hybrid polymer network
PublicationZrealizowano i przedstawiono system ramanowski do zdalnego monitorowania procesu zol-żel, dedykowany do monitorowania procedury wprowadznia cząstek barwnika do sieci polimeru hybrydowego. System umożliwia wykonywanie pomiarów zdalnych, bez zakłócania i przerywania przebiegu procesu technologicznego. Zademonstrowano i skomentowano wyniki pomiarów dla przykładowego procesu.
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Optimised Allocation of Hard Quality Sensors for Robust Monitoring of Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
PublicationA problem of optimised placement of the hard quality sensors in Drinking Water Distribution Systems for robust quality monitoring is formulated. Two numerical algorithms to solve the problem are derived. The optimality is meant as achieving a desired trade off between the sensor capital and maintenance costs and resulting robust estimation accuracy of the monitoring algorithm. The robust estimation algorithm recently developed...
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In vitro dissolution test of ketoprofene: development and evaluation of release from soft and hard gelatine capsules
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Preparation of silver nanoparticles with controlled particle size
PublicationNanocząstki srebra wykazują zdolność absorpcji promieniowania widzialnego, która jest efektem istnienia powierzchniowego plazmonu. W zależności od kształtu i wielkości cząstek obserwuje się różną barwę koloidów srebra. W wyniku przeprowadzonych badań otrzymano nanocząstki srebra metodą chemicznej redukcji. Zaobserwowano wpływ rodzaju reduktora (kwas askorbinowy, borowodorek sodu), stabilizatora (PVP, PVA) oraz prekursora srebra...
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Acoustic radar employing particle velocity sensors
PublicationA concept, practical realization and applications of a passive acoustic radar to automatic localization, tracking of sound sources were presented in the paper. The device consist of the new kind of multichannel miniature sound intensity sensors and a group of digital signal processing algorithms. Contrary to active radars, it does not emit the scanning beam but after receiving surroundings sounds it provide information about the...
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The particle method for simulation of self-organization phenomena
PublicationThe aim of the work was to design, implement, and use, in a number of experiments, an abstract software environment (an artificial world)suitable for modelling systems consisting of many moving and interactingobjects distributed in space. The environment, named DigiHive, is directed towards modeling of complex systems manifested by processes of self-organization, self-reproduction and self modifications. The environment is mainly...
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Modal parameters identification with Particle Swarm Optimization
PublicationThe paper presents method of the modal parameters identification based on the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm [1]. The basic PSO algorithm is modified in order to achieve fast convergence and low estimation error of identified parameters values. The procedure of identification as well as algorithm modifications are presented and some simple examples for the SISO systems are provided. Results are compared with the results...
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Designing Particle Kalman Filter for Dynamic Positioning
PublicationThe article presents a comparative analysis of two variants of the Particle Kalman Filter designed by using two different ship motion models. The first filter bases only on the kinematic model of the ship and can be used in many types of vehicles, regardless of the vehicle dynamics model. The input value to the filter is the noisy position of the ship. The second filter makes use of the kinematic and dynamic models of the moving...
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Particle shape dependence in 2D granular media
PublicationParticle shape is a key to the space-filling and strength properties of granular matter. We consider a shape parameter eta describing the degree of distortion from a perfectly spherical shape. Encompassing most specific shape characteristics such as elongation, angularity and non-convexity, eta is a low-order but generic parameter that we used in a numerical benchmark test for a systematic investigation of shape dependence in sheared...
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Treatment Wetland for Overflow Stormwater Treatment: The Impact of Pollutant Particles Size
PublicationThe problem of stormwater treatment in urban areas has become increas- ingly crucial. It has been widely recognized that both mechanical and biological treatment of stormwater is necessary to protect surface water against pollution. Moreover, technology must be applied to ensure effective treatment in changing hydraulic conditions and to serve, to the extent possible, as a retention volume. Treatment wetland (TW) could be...
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Sizes of iron hydroxide particles formed during ferric coagulation processes
PublicationThe aim of the study was to apply laser granulometer for measuring sizes of particles formed in iron-based coagulation process in water, which did not contain significant amounts of organic compounds. The research was conducted using tap water, obtained from underground sources. Iron sulfate in doses of 2.0–10.0 mgFe L–1 was added to water. During initial stage of flocculation, iron hydroxide particles reached dimensions between...
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Tailoring of Optical Properties of Methacrylate Resins Enriched by HPHT Microdiamond Particles
PublicationDiamond particles have great potential to enhance the mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of diamond–polymer composites. However, the improved properties of diamond–polymer composites depend on the size, dispersibility, and concentration of diamond particles. In the present study, diamond–polymer composites were prepared by adding the microdiamond particles (MDPs) with different concentrations (0.2–1 wt.%) into polymers...
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Self-assembled concentric stripes of diamond particles by a pinning-depinning mechanism
PublicationWe describe the novel mechanism of spontaneous formation of the concentric stripe patterns of microdiamonds via gradual solvent evaporation from a suspension confined in a teardrop well. The self-organized patterns exhibit a series of arcs with regular spacings varying between hundreds of micrometers and millimeters. They result from an interplay between the directional forced circulation of the solvent and a stick-slip movement...
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Characterization and Technical Application of Fine Photocatalytical Particles - A Study of the Immobilization of Photocatalysts
PublicationThe main aim of this dissertation was the transfer of photocatalytical laboratory scale experiments to semi-technical scale. Preliminary experiments of the purification of organic chlorine-loaded waters and the immobilization of photocatalysts were performed, which yielded the research back to the roots of synthesis. The first applied research was carried out on treatment of recreational water. Several light sources, particularly...
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Mechanical, thermo-mechanical properties of epoxy/glass composites with submicron particles
PublicationIn this research the influence of submicron zinc oxide and silicon dioxide particles on mechanical, thermo-mechanical properties of epoxy matrix composites reinforced with glass fibres was investigated. Composites were fabricated using hand lay-up method. Materials contained 39-41 wt.% of glass fibres. The bending tests, dynamic mechanical analysis and tribological tests were performed on each group of composites and also for...
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Controlling the size and morphology of precipitated calcite particles by the selection of solvent composition
PublicationCalcium carbonate particles were obtained in the reaction of calcium hydroxide with carbon dioxide at 65°C. Initial Ca(OH)2 suspensions were prepared in pure water and aqueous solutions of ethylene glycol or glycerol of the concentration range up to 20% (vol.). The course of reaction was monitored by conductivity measurements. Precipitated solids were analyzed by FTIR, XRD, SEM and the particles size distribution was determined...
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Emission of 1.3–10 nm airborne particles from brake materials
PublicationOperation of transport vehicle brakes makes a significant contribution to airborne particulate matter in urban areas, which is subject of numerous studies due to the environmental concerns. We investigated the presence and number fractions of 1.3–10 nm airborne particles emitted from a low-metallic car brake material (LM), a non-asbestos organic car brake material (NAO) and a train brake cast iron against a cast iron. Particles...
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Effective density of airborne wear particles from car brake materials
PublicationPeople living in urban environments are subject to high health risks due to various anthropogenic sources of airborne particulate matter, including wear of transport vehicle brakes. Studies of airborne particles often require an estimate of the effective particle density, a property that allows correct matching of mass and size characteristics measured by different aerosol instruments. In this study we investigated the effective...
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Zero-range potentials for Direc particles: scattering and related continuum problems
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono rozszerzenie metody potencjałów zerowego promienia, szeroko wykorzystywanej w nierelatywistycznej mechanice , na przypadek cząstek Diraca. Nacisk położono na zagadnienie rozproszeniowe, do analizy którego zastosowano metodę kanałów własnych.
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Luminescent properties of LiF crystals for fluorescent imaging of nuclear particles tracks
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Cold sintering of colloidal silica particles using different alkali solutions
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Scattering of Dirac particles from nonlocal separable potentials: The eigenchannel approach
PublicationZastosowano nowe sformułowanie metody kanałów własnych [R. Szmytkowski, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 311, 503 (2004)] w rozpraszaniu cząstek Diraca na nielokalnych potencjałach separowalnych.
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Heavy stable charged particles search by novel pattern comparator processor
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Imprinted polymer particles for iron uptake: Synthesis, characterization and analytical applications
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Acceleration of Electromagnetic Simulations on Reconfigurable FPGA Card
PublicationIn this contribution, the hardware acceleration of electromagnetic simulations on the reconfigurable field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) card is presented. In the developed implementation of scientific computations, the matrix-assembly phase of the method of moments (MoM) is accelerated on the Xilinx Alveo U200 card. The computational method involves discretization of the frequency-domain mixed potential integral equation using...
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Music Mixing Process Controlled by Hand Gestures
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono system umożliwiający sterowanie procesami miksowania śladów nagrania muzycznego za pomocą gestów rąk. Przybliżono podstawy wielomodalnej percepcji argumentujące potrzebę powstania tego typu systemu oraz założenia przyjęte w trakcie jego tworzenia. Część sprzętowa systemu składa się z rzutnika multimedialnego, kamery internetowej, komputera klasy PC z zainstalowanym oprogramowaniem systemu oraz ekranu dla...
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Wykorzystanie mechanizmu HARQ w systemie UMTS
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono charakterystykę mechanizmu HARQ, stanowiącego jedną z kluczowych funkcjonalności szybkiego dostępu pakietowego HSDPA w systemie komórkowym trzeciej generacji. Przedstawiono ogólną klasyfikację rodzajów mechanizmu HARQ oraz opisano szczegóły implementacyjne dla systemu UMTS. Przeprowadzono także analizę porównawczą różnych rodzajów mechanizmu HARQ przy zastosowaniu modelu systemu zrealizowanego zgodnie ze...
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Efektywność mechanizmu HARQ w systemie UMTS
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono analizę różnych metod mechanizmu HARQ określonego dla szybkiego dostępu pakietowego HSDPA systemu UMTS. Przedstawiono charakterystykę oraz zawarto opis implementacji mechanizmu HARQ w HSDPA. Analizę porównawczą różnych metod mechanizmu HARQ przeprowadzono na podstawie wyników symulacji modelu zrealizowanego zgodnie ze specyfikacją techniczną standardu.
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Innovations in the payment card market: The case of Poland
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Optimised Robust Placement of Hard Quality Sensors for Robust Monitoring of Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
PublicationA problem of optimised robust placement of the hard quality sensors in Drinking Water Distribution Systems under several water demand scenarios for robust quality monitoring is formulated. Numerical algorithms to solve the problem are derived. The optimality is meant as achieving at the same time a desired trade off between the sensor capital and maintenance costs and resulting robust estimation accuracy of the monitoring algorithm...
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An optimised placement of the hard quality sensors for a robust monitoring of the chlorine concentration in drinking water distribution systems
PublicationThe problem of an optimised placement of the hard quality sensors in drinking water distribution systemsunder several water demand scenarios for a robust monitoring of the chlorine concentration is formulatedin this paper. The optimality is understood as achieving a desired trade off between the sensors and theirmaintenance costs and the accuracy of estimation of the chlorine concentration. The contribution of thiswork is a comprehensive...
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Hard carbon derived from rice husk as low cost negative electrodes in Na-ion batteries
PublicationHere, we report the synthesis of hard carbon materials (RH) made from natural rice husk through a single pyrolysis process and their application as an anode in sodium-ion batteries. The studies show that the electrochemical properties of RHs are affected by the treatment temperatures, which determine the materials morphology, in particular, their degree of graphitization and extent of continuous channels (nanovoids). The latter...
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The Green Approach to the Synthesis of Bio-Based Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers with Partially Bio-Based Hard Blocks
PublicationBio-based polymeric materials and green routes for their preparation are current issues of many research works. In this work, we used the diisocyanate mixture based on partially bio-based diisocyanate origin and typical petrochemical diisocyanate for the preparation of novel bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (bio-TPUs). We studied the influence of the diisocyanate mixture composition on the chemical structure, thermal,...
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Medical polyurethanes with different hard segments content obtained from polycaprolactone diol, aliphatic diisocyanates and butanediol.
PublicationW artykule opisano syntezę 3 serii segmentowych poliuretanów o przeznaczeniu medycznym otrzymanych z polikaprolaktonodiolu, alifatycznych diizocyjanianów: 1,6 heksametylenowego lub 4,4'-dicyklohesametylenowego oraz butanodiolu. Przedstawiono charakterystykę PU uzyskaną na podstawie badania pęcznienia w wodzie, oleju oraz soli fizjologicznej, właściwości powierzchniowych (kąt zwilżania i profilometria), a także badania IR i DSC....
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Planning Recreation around Water Bodies in Two Hard Coal Post-Mining Areas in Southern Poland
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Investigation of the Dynamism of Nanosized SOA Particle Formation in Indoor Air by a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer and Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry
PublicationTerpenes are VOCs of particular importance, since they are emitted from a wide range of indoor sources and are considered to be precursors of Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) formation. It has been proven that SOA particles, especially nanosized ones, pose a threat to human health. In this research, experiments with the application of an environmental chamber and real-time measurement techniques were carried out to investigate in...
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Analysis of airborne metal containing particles with EDX/EDS detectorsin electron microscopes
PublicationIn years 2006-2010 particulate matter analysis was undertaken for dust samples collected from Gdansk and London area in orderto compare their morphology and composition. Part of those studies was devoted to analysis of particulate matter (PM) bearingmetals. Characterization of the morphology and size of the particles collected onto the filters was performed using a scanning electronmicroscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope...
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Shape-dependent enhanced photocatalytic effect under visible light of Ag3PO4 particles
PublicationSilver phosphate (Ag3PO4) could be considered as visible light induced photocatalyst for pollutants degradation, due to its narrow band gap (∼2.4 eV). However, Ag3PO4 photoactivity depends on surface properties and synthesis route. In this study, differently shaped Ag3PO4 photocatalysts have been synthesized through the precipitation, ion exchange, soft-chemical or hydrothermal method. To correlate surface properties with photoactivity all...
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A Study on Emission of Airborne Wear Particles from Car Brake Friction Pairs
PublicationThe emission of airborne wear particles from friction material / cast iron pairs used in car brakes was investigated, paying special attention to the influence of temperature. Five low-metallic materials and one non-asbestos organic material were tested using a pin-on-disc machine. The machine was placed in a sealed chamber to allow airborne particle collection. The concentration and size distribution of 0.0056 to 10 μm particles...