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Stability of an imperfect truss loaded by wind
PublicationThe present paper is devoted to the numerical research of stability of a truss loaded by wind and stiffened by elastic supports located at the top chord. The lateral braces or lateral and torsional braces were taken into account. In this paper, the linear buckling analysis re- sults for the beam and shell model were presented. Two different shapes of initial geometric imperfections were considered in the non-linear static analysis...
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Modelling Signalised Intersections Reliability of Functioning
PublicationThe article addresses a fundamental aspect of traffic, i.e. the operation of traffic signals at intersections, in reference to the reliability theory. In many cases, when intersections carry substantial amounts of traffic, selecting control parameters to produce satisfactory traffic conditions is quite difficult. Design methods do not cover all possible situations which are the result of intersection geometry and location...
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THE PROBLEM OF THE BANKING SYSTEM STABILITY IN THE LITERATURE
PublicationThe article is an overview of the literature output in the field of banking sector stability. In the literature a plethora of definitions of the term may be encountered. There is no universal definition of the term. Therefore, the article proposes a unique division of the existing explanations into the following groups: stability determined by the quality of the banking sector, stability in terms of its influence on the macroeconomic...
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Selected problems of stability of steel structures.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczących stateczności wybranych konstrukcji stalowych. Prezentowane rozważania są oparte na klasycznych założeniach teorii prętów cienkościennych o nieodkształcalnym przekroju poprzecznym. Wyznaczono pierwszą wariację sił krytycznych pręta cienkościennego o bisymetrycznym otwartym przekroju poprzecznym uwzględniając następujące zmienne projektowe: ⎯wymiary przekroju poprzecznego, ⎯ charakterystyki...
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Stability of the FDTD scheme containing macromodels.
PublicationZaprezentowano analizę stabilnościową algorytmu różnic skończonych w dziedzinie czasu zawierającego makromodele. Pokazano, że dla uzyskania stabilnych makromodeli stabilność schematu FDTD połączonego z makromodelami zależy od sposobu przeprowadzenia interpolacji pól granicznych. Maksymalny dozwolony krok czasowy jest dużo większy niż dla subgriddingu.
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Neural reliability model of diesel engines
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki weryfikacji hipotezy zakładającej celowość zastosowania modelu niezawodnościowego silnika tłokowego z zapłonem samoczynnym w postaci sztucznej sieci neuronowej. Weryfikację przeprowadzono w oparciu o wyniki badań eksploatacyjnych.
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Chemical and biological stability of polyene macrolides
PublicationThe polyene macrolide antibiotics have been used in an-tifungal therapy since first o f them were discovered in 1950's. Up to now, four polyene macrolides are being used in medical practice, namely amphotericin B, nystatin, candi-cidin and pimaricin.The antifungal activity and mode of ac-tion of polyene macrolides is determined by their structure, chemical and physical properties.The main fragment of polyene...
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Reliability model of the crankshaft-piston assembly
PublicationThe laws that govern the durability of crankshaft-piston assembly friction nodes can be proved or at least derived or justified in an intuitive way. Operation of all the friction nodes is disturbed by external factors occurring with randomly changing intensity and also appearing at random. As the crankshaft-piston assembly friction nodes have a series structure and effects of those disturbances accumulate, their fitness for use...
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Usability of Mobile Applications: A Consolidated Model
PublicationMobile devices have become an integral part of the digital ecosystem, connecting people, businesses, and information around the world in ways never before possible. In particular, smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices equipped with mobile applications have changed every aspect of our lives. Today, a user can choose from nearly five million applications available for both Android and iOS operating systems. However, only...
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Structural Dynamics and Stability of Composite Structures
PublicationThis an editorial for a special Issue devoted to the application of dynamic and stability analysis of composite structures. In structural applications, past few decades have seen outstanding advances in the use of composite materials including Functionally Graded Materials (FGM). Most structures, whether they are used in civil, marine, or aerospace engineering, are subjected to dynamic loads during their operation.Therefore, dynamic...
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Eye-tracking Web Usability Research
PublicationIn this paper we present the results of a study that aims to evaluate the usability of three selected web services, based on eye–tracking and thinking aloud techniques. The gathered comments and observations, recapitulated and supported by particular measures, allow us to discover and describe typical user behavior pertaining to given tasks to solve.
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Flow cytometry as an estimation tool for honey bee sperm viability
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The critical factors of landfill fire impact on air quality
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Safety and security governance problems of critical systems and infrastructures
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono kilka problemów związanych z zarządzaniem bezpieczeństwem i ochroną informacji w systemach i infrastrukturach krytycznych.Bardzo ważne jest zidentyfikowanie i scharakteryzowanie infrastruktury krytycznej. Przedstawiono nowe wyzwania związane z łączeniem podejścia bezpieczeństwa i ochrony informacji w procesie podejmowania decyzji
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Wireless Networks as an Infrastructure for Mission-Critical Business Applications
PublicationDespite the dynamic growth of wireless network systems, their pres-ence in business-support infrastructure has been limited. In the article we provide an overview of generic corporate network architecture and examine usefulness of available wireless network solutions in such systems. Following this overview we analyze new wireless network architecture which currently undergoes standardization process - wireless mesh. It can result...
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Managing the security vulnerabilities of critical systems and hazardous plants
PublicationRozdział poświęcono aktualnym problemom zarządzania ochroną obiektów podwyższonego ryzyka jako ważnych systemów infrastruktury krytycznej. Zarządzanie odpornością na ataki takich obiektów jest oparte na ocenach ryzyka. Podkreśla się, że występują ważne instalacje i systemy wymagające specjalnej uwagi i zabezpieczeń, szczególnie systemy kontroli dostępu do sterowni i urządzeń komunikacji. Opisuje się przykładowe technologie ochrony....
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Critical Reappraisal of Casagrande and Taylor Methods for Coefficient of Consolidation
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Original article Polish normalization of the Body Esteem Scale
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Uniform Expansivity Outside a Critical Neighborhood in the Quadratic Family
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Sensitivity analysis of critical forces of trusses with side bracing
PublicationThe present research is devoted to the study of out-of-plane buckling of trusses with elastic side bracing. Inthis paper, a sensitivity analysis of critical buckling loads of a truss due to bracing stiffness is carried out. A method based on the sensitivity analysis for the determination of the threshold bracing stiffness conditionfor full bracing of a truss is proposed. The influence lines of the unit change of the bracing stiffness...
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Neutralising Responsibility: A Critical Analysis of an Airline’s Climate Disclosures
PublicationSustainability reporting provides companies with a medium through which they can communicate their non-financial impacts to stakeholders. The airline industry has been much at the centre of the climate change debate in recent years, which is why it is hardly surprising that airlines seek to take a proactive stance in such reporting. This study critically assesses how an airline based in the Scandinavian region constructs sustainability...
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Searching for Critical Conditions During Lifeboat Launching – Simulations
PublicationThe article describes numerical simulations of the process of lifeboat launching at the ship’s side. The research is aimed at finding the values of ship motion parameters which appear to be most dangerous for people in the lowered lifeboat due to the generated accelerations. The simplified model of ship hull motion adopted at this research stage bases on a superposition of harmonic motions with given amplitudes and periods in six...
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Integrated monitoring, control and security of Critical Infrastructure Systems
PublicationModern societies have reached a point where everyday life relies heavily on desired operation of critical infrastructures, in spite of accidental failures and/or deliberate attacks. The issue of desired performance operation of CIS at high security level receives considerable attention worldwide. The pioneering generic methodologies and methods are presented in the paper project for designing systems capable of achieving these...
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Approach to evaluation of time to the critical degradation of ship pipelines
PublicationIn the article an approach to the problem of estimating time to the critical degradation of ship pipelines is considered. Such an assessment would consist of six stages. The fundamental idea is to include to the estimation of time to failure of pipelines such elements like: materials that the pipelines are made, destructive physical phenomena taking place in them and applied means of protection. The result of that evaluation should...
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Security Evaluation of IT Systems Underlying Critical Networked Infrastructures
PublicationCritical infrastructures have become highly dependent on information and communication technology (ICT). The drawback of this situation is that the consequences of disturbances of the underlying ICT networks may be serious as cascading effects can occur. This raises a high demand for security assurance, with a high importance assigned to security evaluations. In this paper we present an experiment-centric approach for the characterisation...
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Algorithms and Tools for Intelligent Control of Critical Infrastructure Systems
PublicationCritical Infrastructure Systems (CIS) are spatially distributed and of a network structure. The dynamics are nonlinear, uncertain and with several time scales. There is a variety of different objectives to be reliably met under a wide range of operational conditions. The operational conditions are influenced by the disturbance inputs, operating ranges of the CIS, faults in the sensors and actuators and abnormalities occurring in...
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Agents in Simulation of Cyberattacks to Evaluate Security of Critical Infrastructures
PublicationIn the last years critical infrastructures have become highly dependent on the information technologies and exposed to cyberattacks. Because the effects of the attacks can be detrimental, it is crucial to comprehensively asses the security of the infrastructures' information systems. This chapter describes MAlSim - the simulator of malicious software based on software agents, developed for the needs of a testbed for critical infrastructures...
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Approach to security assessment of critical infrastructures' information systems
PublicationThis study presents an approach to the security assessment of the information systems of critical infrastructures. The approach is based on the faithful reconstruction of the evaluated information system in a computer security laboratory followed by simulations of possible threats against the system. The evidence collected during the experiments, stored and organised using a proprietary system InSAW, may later be used for the creation...
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Applying agiile practices to the development of safety-critical software
PublicationDevelopment of safety critical software is subjected to numerous restrictions and recommendations. To meet these requirements classical software development models (e.g. V-model) are usually applied. Agile methodologies, although rapidly increasing their popularity, were generally regarded as unsuitable for such projects. However, they offer potential benefits which provide a strong incentive to incorporate them into safety-critical...
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Heat and mass exchange in the process of condensation on critical droplets.
PublicationSformułowano model wzrostu kropli krytycznej podając równania zmiany masy i temperatury kropli. Pokazano formę zlinearyzowaną tych równań dobrze aproksymującą wzrost kropli w poblizu wymiaru krytycznego. Podano rozwiązanie układu zlinearyzowanego uzależniając zmianę temperatury od zmiany masy kropli i czasu charakterystycznego.
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Challenges in security and safety management of critical systems and infrastructures
PublicationReferat poświęcono aktualnym problemom zarządzania bezpieczeństwem systemów i infrastruktur krytycznych. Infrastruktury krytyczne szereguje się z uwzględnieniem kilku kryteriów. Zarysowuje się problematykę zarządzania podatnością obiektów podwyższonego ryzyka na działania z zewnątrz oraz zagadnienie analizy ryzyka na przykładzie systemu elektroenergetycznego. W końcowej części referatu opisuje się nowe wyzwania związane z zarządzaniem...
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Polysaccharide-based Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications: A Critical Review
PublicationPolysaccharides (PSA) are taking specific position among biomaterials for advanced applications in medicine. Nevertheless, poor mechanical properties is known as the main drawback of PSA, which highlights need for PSA modification. Nanocomposites PSA (NPSA) are a class of biomaterials widely used as biomedical platforms, but despite their importance and worldwide use have not been reviewed. Herein we critically reviewed application...
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in smoked fish - a critical review
PublicationDym wędzarniczy zawiera wśród setek składników co najmniej 100 wielopierścieniowych węglowodorów aromatycznych (WWA). Benzo{a}piren (BaP) jest uważany za wskaźnikowy, rakotwórczy WWA w wędzonych rybach. Współczesne procedury analityczne obejmujące ekstrakcję węglowodorów z matrycy, oczyszczenie, rozdzielenie metodą GC lub HPLC przy użyciu, odpowiednio, detektora MS albo FLD, umożliwiają oznaczenie indywidualnych WWA w wędzonych...
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ONLINE DISTRIBUTION OF INSURANCE OF CIVIL LIABILITY OF OWNERS OF VEHICLES, THE EXPERIENCE OF POLAND, OPPORTUNITIES OF UKRAINE
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English, French, and Polish Aliases of Criminals: Diversity of Inspirations in their Creation and Typical Nicknaming Schemes
PublicationThe present paper examines the topic of aliases of criminals, which seems to be understudied in linguistic research. Therefore, this article’s primary goal is to describe how criminals’ aliases are created and what are the differences and similarities in that process in English, French, and Polish. Firstly, the theoretical background concerning the topic of pseudonyms is presented. Then, the corpus gathered for this paper (available...
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Turning ability of hydrofoil crafts
PublicationPrzedstawiono metodę pozwalającą wyznaczać średnicę taktyczną, kąt przechyłu i kąt dryfu oraz siłę poprzeczną na sterze podczas ustalonej cyrkulacji wodolotu. W tym celu opracowano układ równań opisujących ruch wodolotu w płaszczyźnie poziomej. Współczynniki równań są wyznaczane na podstawie głównych parametrów geometrycznych jednostki oraz płatów. Przeprowadzono także szereg obliczeń dla różnych konfiguracji płatów oraz zespołu...
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GeoSPAR Project. Validation and selection methods of geoinformation analysis using GIS for ranking and forecasting of terrorist threats and criminal events
PublicationThe paper presents the description of work activities which have already been done within the first two stages – WorkPackage 1 and WorkPackage 2 - of the GeoSPAR Project. In such a context the general conceptual design of the GIS system and associate web service was presented and analysed. In addition, the operational and technical requirements for the GeoSPAR system have been specified and discussed; with special emphasis on system...
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The measurement of conformational stability of proteins adsorbed on siloxanes
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Recent breakthroughs in the stability testing of pharmaceutical compounds
PublicationPharmaceutical development is mostly focused on the research leading to approval of a new and viable active substance. However, there is a number of old generation compounds that are still being used in contemporary medicinal practice. So that new analytical developments should cover not only the safety of newly developed drug substances, which is obvious, but should also be directed into the search of individual stability issues...
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A history of the physical and chemical stability of pharmaceuticals : a review
Publication: There is a great need for a broad range review of stability tests of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in comparison with current requirements contained in the pharmacopoeia. This review focuses on a pharmaceutical history of physical and chemical stability determination. Traditional knowledge must be considered in the context of physical stability, while new knowledge must be applied and acquired in terms of identification...
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Stability of trusses with linear elastic side-supports
PublicationThe present research is devoted to study of a lateral buckling of truss with linear elastic side supports. The elastic support reaction in relation to force in compressed chord and coefficient of buckling length related to side support distance are also calculated. The effect of slope of side support on limit force is also considered. The nonlinear analysis of two roof trusses are carried out. The results are compared to design...
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Dynamics and stability of icosahedral Fe–Pt nanoparticles
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Thermodynamic properties and phase stability of wadsleyite II
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Stability of roof trusses stiffened by corrugated sheets
PublicationThe present parametric study is devoted to the stability analysis of a set of trusses stiffened by decking of corrugated steel sheets. For different parameters of corrugated sheets the critical loading of the roof is calculated. In the parametrical analysis the threshold bracing condition of the roof is obtained. Then the geometrically non-linear analysis of trusses braced by corrugated sheets was conducted. As a results of non-linear...
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Comparison of oxidative stability of different edible oils
PublicationCelem prezentowanych badań było porównanie stabilności oksydacyjnej olejów roślinnych z Polski, Finlandii i Hiszpanii. Na etapie przyspieszania utleniania zastosowano promieniowanie ultrafioletowe (UV). Po naświetlaniu olejów powstałe związki lotne ekstrahowano z fazy nadpowierzchniowej za pomocą techniki mikroekstrakcji do fazy stacjonarnej (HS-SPME) i analizowano z zastosowaniem chromatografu gazowego z detektorem płomieniowo-jonizacyjnym...
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Analysis of reliability of redundant ship power plants
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono możliwości wykorzystania teorii procesów semimarkowskich do określania charakterystyk niezawodnościowych złożonych układów napędowych o zadanym stopniu redundancji. Na przykładzie wybranego układu zaproponowano model niezawodnościowy w formie procesu stochastycznego dyskretnego w stanach i ciągłego w czasie. W oparciu o rozkład graniczny procesu wskazano na praktyczne aspekty wykorzystania uzyskanych w...
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Human reliability analysis in the context of accident scenarios
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia problematykę analizy niezawodności człowieka (HRA) w kontekście zidentyfikowanych scenariuszy awaryjnych. Podkreślono potrzebę kontekstowej analizy postępowania człowieka-operatora ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem błędów i uszkodzeń zależnych w rozważanych scenariuszach awaryjnych. Analizę bezpieczeństwa funkcjonalnego z uwzględnieniem oceny niezawodności człowieka zilustrowano na przykładzie warstw zabezpieczeń...
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The Stability of 4‐Chloromethcathinone in Blood and Vitreous Humor
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Wind farms influence on power system stability
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono analizę wpływu elektrowni i farm wiatrowych na stabilność systemu elektroenergetycznego. Pokazano wyniki pomiarów modów kołysań elektromechanicznych wykonanych w rzeczywistym systemie elektroenergetycznym.
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Human Preference Modelling in Usability of Graphical Interfaces
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