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The history of Lake Rzecin and its surroundings drawn on maps as a background to palaeoecological reconstruction
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The use of the static thermography in monitoring flap perfusion in breast reconstruction with TRAM flap
PublicationThis paper shows results of the static thermography for intraoperative and postoperative imaging of TRAM flap perfusion. The results were compared with the clinical examination of flap perfusion. The study was conducted on a group of 38 female patients who underwent breast reconstruction.
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Emotion Monitor - Concept, Construction and Lessons Learned
PublicationThis paper concerns the design and physical construction of an emotion monitor stand for tracking human emotions in Human-Computer Interaction using multi-modal approach. The concept of the stand using cameras, behavioral analysis tools and a set of physiological sensors such as galvanic skin response, blood-volume pulse, temperature, breath and electromyography is presented and followed...
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The profit as in-company evaluation of the construction site effectiveness
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Cost approach to the flow-shop construction scheduling
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Simulation model for resource-constrained construction project
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Optimization of inventory costs management in the construction enterprise
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Incremental construction of Minimal Tree Automata [online]
PublicationWe describe an algorithm that allows the incremental addition or removal of unranked ordered trees to minimal frontier-to-root deterministic tree automaton (DTA). The algorithm takes a tree t and a minimal DTA A as input; it outputs a minimal DTA A' which accepts the language L(A) accepted by A incremented (or decremented) with the tree t. The algorithm can be used to efficiently maintain dictionaries which store large collections...
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The moonuments of gdynia post-war construction pace
PublicationThe impresive pace of building objects realisation in the 1950s and 1960s was a continuation of the traditional gdynia building pace of the pre-war period. A particular attention and admiration must the reserved for the use at almost every construction site in Gdynia of a considerable quantify of prototypical meterial/construction solutions implemented above all in order to simplify technology and accelerate the pace of building...
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Game Theory Analysis of Bidding for a Construction Contract
PublicationThe authors are concerned with a bidding problem. There are two companies (P1 and P2) bidding for a highway construction project. In order to be more competitive, P1 considers buying a new gravel pit near the construction site. The basic cost of the pit is known to both companies. However, there is also an additional, hidden, cost (C) known only to P1. P2 is uncertain whether the hidden cost is C = 0 or C = x. P1 plans to bid for...
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Construction and development of IT Competence Centers - organizational structure
PublicationThe author presents the situation of the current units working between academic environment and business. the paper presents the possibility of using a dynamic structure to develop UCC.
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Is the Concept of Zero Waste Possible to Implement in Construction?
PublicationThe scientifically treated problem of reusing building materials appeared in the literature more than 50 years ago. This paper includes an analysis of the characteristics of recycled building materials, which is a prerequisite for rational recycling. The analysis and simulation of building stocks at different scales has led to the conclusion that the most important link in the transformation of the construction industry towards...
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Digitalization of Building Site Management in the Construction Industry
PublicationWith Industry 4.0, a digital transformation has started in the construction industry. However, 4.0 technologies have difficulties in the integration of digital systems due to the diversity and complexity of the processes in the construction industry. Multidisciplinary work in architectural projects and the need for high productivity require digital renovation planning in the construction industry. The application of the technologies...
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Construction work on the vaults of the Green Gate in Gdańsk
PublicationW ARTYKULE OPISANO NIEKTÓRE PRACE REMONTOWO-BUDOWLANE W ZIELONEJ BRAMIE, PRZEPROWADZONE W LATACH 2001-2002.DOTYCZYŁY ONE SPOSOBU ODBUDOWY I REKONSTRUKCJI SKLEPIENIA ORAZ FILARA, ZNAJDUJĄCYCH SIĘ W PIERWSZYM OD POŁUDNIA PRZEJEŹDZIE.
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Modeling of Accidental Bunker Oil Spills as a Result of Ship's Bunker Tanks Rupture - a Case Study
PublicationAIS (Automatic Identification System) data analysis is used to define ship domain for grounding scenarios. The domain has been divided into two areas as inner and outer domains. Inner domain has clear border, which is based on ship dynamic characteristics. Violation of inner domain makes the grounding accident unavoidable. Outer domain area is defined with AIS data analyzing. Outer domain shows the situation of own ship in compare...
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A probabilistic model for accidental cargo oil outflow from product tankers in a ship–ship collision
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A framework for onboard assessment and monitoring of flooding risk due to open watertight doors for passenger ships
PublicationPost-accident safety of ships is governed by damage stability, affected by watertight subdivisions which limit accidental flooding. This is important for passenger ships with watertight doors (WTDs) often fitted in the bulkheads. Awareness of the ship flooding risk due to open WTDs and the conditions under which the associated risk level changes are prerequisites for proactive risk mitigation. Accident risk is often expressed as...
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Ancient settlements-atavistic solutions for present water supply and drainage problems engendered by urbanism
PublicationWater is the most valuable resource available on earth. Although it is present in abundance, its usable volume is very scarce. This is the reason behind the existence of both floods and droughts around the world. However, human settlements face water scarcity issues that are primarily engendered by improper town planning measures. To create a balance between the available fractions of water, it is therefore imperative to have proper...
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Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics
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Priorities in the risk assessment and risk management during the ship accident at sea /Priorytety w ocenie ryzyka i zarządzaniu ryzykiem w czasie katastrofy statku na morzu
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Post‐Second World War Reconstruction of Polish Cities: The Interplay Between Politics and Paradigms
PublicationBy the end of the Second World War, many of the Polish cities—and especially their historic centres—were in ruins. This was caused by both bombings and sieges conducted by the Nazis and Soviets. The particular group of cities is associated with former German lands—now called the “Recovered Territories”—which were incorporated into the borders of Poland as compensation for its Eastern Borderlands lost to the Soviet Union. These...
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Impact of the Time Window Length on the Ship Trajectory Reconstruction Based on AIS Data Clustering
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3D seafloor reconstruction using data from side scan and synthetic aperture sonar
PublicationSide scan and synthetic aperture sonars are widely used imaging systems in the underwater environment. They are relatively cheap and easy to deploy, in comparison with more powerful sensors, like multibeam echosounders. Although side scan and synthetic aperture sonars does not provide seafloor bathymetry directly, their records are finally related to seafloor images. Moreover, the analysis of such images performed by human eye...
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Active dynamic thermography method for TRAM flap blood perfusion mapping in breast reconstruction
PublicationThis paper presents the new method of the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap blood perfusion mapping based on the active dynamic thermography. The method is aimed at aiding a surgeon during breast reconstruction procedure. A pair of dTnorm and t90_10 parameters were used as parametric image descriptors of the flap blood perfusion. The method was tested on 38 patients that were subjected to breast reconstruction procedure....
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A new type of (TiZrNbTaHf)N/MoN nanocomposite coating: Microstructure and properties depending on energy of incident ions
PublicationA novel (TiZrNbTaHf)N/MoN nanocomposite coatings, which consist of the nitride of the high-entropy alloy and the binary nitride, were synthesized by vacuum-arc deposition at various substrate biases. The elemental composition, chemical bonding state, phase structure, microstructure and mechanical properties of the coatings were studied by high-resolution experimental methods: SIMS, GDMS, XPS, XRD, HR-TEM and nano-indentation. It...
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Fragmentation of Tetrahydrofuran Molecules by H+, C+, and O+ Collisions at the Incident Energy Range of 25–1000 eV
PublicationWe have studied fragmentation processes of the gas-phase tetrahydrofuran (THF) molecules in collisions with the H+, C+, and O+ cations. The collision energies have been varied between 25 and 1000 eV and thus covered a velocity range from 10 to 440 km/s. The following excited neutral fragments of THF have been observed: the atomic hydrogen H(n), n = 4–9, carbon atoms in the 2p3s 1P1, 2p4p 1D2, and 2p4p 3P states and vibrationally...
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WASTE INCINERATORS: CORROSION PROBLEMS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - A REVIEW
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Universal construction of genuinely entangled subspaces of any size
PublicationWe put forward a simple construction of genuinely entangled subspaces – subspaces supporting only genuinely multipartite entangled states – of any permissible dimensionality for any number of parties and local dimensions. The method uses nonorthogonal product bases, which are built from totally nonsingular matrices with a certain structure. We give an explicit basis for the constructed subspaces. An immediate consequence of our...
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The potential of raw sewage sludge in construction industry – A review
PublicationExcess sewage sludge produced in any municipal or industrial wastewater treatment plant becomes a serious problem due to its increasing amount. This increase is related to the improvement of treatment technologies, expansion of sewage systems and the development of new industrial plants. The implementation and development of new technologies related to the utilization of sewage sludge is currently based on treating it as a substrate....
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Construction and purification of his6-Thermus thermophilus MutS protein.
PublicationGen mutS z termofilnej bakterii Thermus thermophilus zamplifikowano przy użyciu PCR, sklonowano i przeprowadzono jego ekspresję w E. coli. Rekombinantowe białko MutS zawierające oligohistydynową domenę na N-końcu oczyszczono w jednoetapowej procedurze przy wykorzystaniu chromatografii powinowactwaNi(2+). Zdolność do rozpoznania niekomplementarności białka his(6)-MutS potwierdzono w eksperymentach ochrony DNA przed trawieniem...
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Construction and purification of his6-Thermus thermophilus MutS protein
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The construction of bifunctional fusion proteins consisting of MutS and GFP
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The bridge over Regalia River in Szczecin - design and construction.
PublicationNowoclowa Route is the largest projekt in Szczecin, that consists of 11 km of roads 3,3 km bridges and viaducts, including three parallel bridges across Regalica River (the east arm of Odra River), 535 m long, with the spans: 59+90+90+116+116+64m. The bridge structure consist of two steel plate girders composite with reinforced concrete deck slab. The design and the construction of the bridge are described in the paper.
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Incremental and Semi-Incremental Construction of Pseudo-Minimal Automata
PublicationPrzedstawione zostają modyfikacje trzech algorytmów przyrostowego i półprzyrostowego tworzenia automatów minimalnych w taki sposób, aby tworzyły automaty pseudominimalne. Istniejący od dawna algorytm Revuza tworzy takie automaty szybciej i zużywając mniej pamięci, ale wymaga kłopotliwego sortowania. Nie nadaje się też do dodawania nowych słów do automatu - ważnej czynności w realizacji dynamicznej doskonałej funkcji mieszającej....
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Module architecture as alternative approach to traditional construction processes
PublicationModule architecture today is a special type of building construction process that combines repetitive design, low-cost production based on prefabricated elements and fast erection. Module does not mean the same as modular. In general, module architecture today refers to the design of any system composed of separate components, manufactured before in factory, that can be connected together at the building site much faster than normally....
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Problems of construction projects regarding historic road bridges
PublicationThe paper describe the comparison of different approaches to reconstruction and the problems in the selection of implementation for a historic bridge over the Vistula River in Tczew. A compromise reconstruction is shown, taking technical, historical and aesthetic aspects into account, as well as needs of the local community.
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ANALYSIS OF THE INCREASE OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN URBAN REGENERATION PROJECTS
PublicationThe subject of this paper is the analysis and evaluation of the reasons for construction costs increases in urban regeneration projects. The analysis considers major refurbishments of real estates’, as well as heavy repair and modernization of the road system. For the period mentioned, the costs from works and expenditure schedules were compared with the costs of additional works, which shows the percentage cost increase in relation...
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Design and construction of an industrial robot controlled by the ROS environment
PublicationThis engineering thesis focuses on the recognition of modern budgetary solutions of roboticarms and on the design and implementation of one of them. Historical solutions are discussedusing the example of the IRB6 robot and the modern approach - the Omron Viper 850. Thepaper includes a description of the design thought of the different parts. Mechanical, electrical andsoftware aspects are presented. In...
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The role and construction of educational agents in distance learning environments
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia definicję oraz klasyfikację agentów edukacyjnych. Wskazuje typowe cele i zadania agentów, a także omawia schemat ich budowy i funkcjonowania. Wskazano także różnorodność możliwości, jakie stwarzają różne rodzaje agentów w procesie nauczania. W artykule opisano także wytworzony w ramach badań prototyp agenta WAS, którego zadaniem jest wspomaganie uczniów w zakresie pracy z materiałami edukacyjnymi.
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The optimal construction of fiber-optic Fabry-Perot interferometer
PublicationTematem artykułu jest optymalizacja sensorów światłowodowych, wykorzystujących interferometer Fabry-Perota, pracujących w modzie odbiciowym. Celem optymalizacji była maksymalizacja rozdzielczości i dokładności sensora. Autorzy przedstawili analizę teoretyczną oraz wyniki eksperymentalnej optymalizacji światłowodowego interferometru Fabry-Perota, zaprojektowanego i zrealizowanego w laboratorium KOiSE PG.
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The influence of historical conditions on time and cost of construction project
PublicationConducting construction works in a building or in an area entered in the historic register is associated with the contracting authority's risk of incurring higher than planned costs of works, as well as delays in their implementation. In many cases, these deviations are completely independent of contracting authority and contractor. The aim of this article is to indicate the reasons for cost and time changes in the construction...
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Metal implants in ostheosynthesis - construction solutions, materials and applications
PublicationThe aim of the article is to present two case studies on intramedullary nails. The research included the evaluation of the type of fracture and the analysis of microstructure, chemical composition and hardness of the implant material.
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A NEW WORK SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CONSTRUCTION SITES
PublicationThe hazards on the list are assessed on two levels, namely as minor and serious, and the risk relating to work at the site at three levels: small, average and high, within the range from 1 to 10, where 1 is the lowest value meaning a small risk, and 10 the value meaning a high risk.
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Application of Game Theory to Conflict Management in a Construction Contract
PublicationInterest has recently grown in the application of game theory (GT) to solve a number of diverse problems in the field of construction. The use of GT by a general contractor (GC) of construction works to indicate the best strategy leading to winning court proceedings in a situation of conflict with investor (IN), has not been investigated until now. Thus the aim of this paper is to indicate the optimal strategy from the GC viewpoint...
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Superstitions and customs in construction - a contribution to the discussion on the disappearance of this tradition
PublicationConstruction is one of the most important, but also the most extensive areas of the economy. That is why we encounter superstitions and customs related to this discipline of the economy quite often:we blew and repeat them, not even knowing what their origin is and what according to old beliefs resulted in their lack of application. This situation applies in practice to all buildings, including residential buildings implemented...
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ROLE OF GREEN LOGISTICS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
PublicationThe global supply chain has been growing strongly in recent years. This development brings many benefits to the economy, society, and human resources in each country but also causes a large number of concerns related to the environment since traditional logistics activities in the supply chain have been releasing significant amount of emissions. For that reason, many solutions have been proposed to deal with these environmental...
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Design of thermal cutting table - welding technology and construction
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono pionierską pracę dyplomową stopnia inżynierskiego, wykonaną przez dwoje studentów Wydziału Mechanicznego Politechniki Gdańskiej zgodnie z systemem CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate). W ramach pracy studenci zaprojektowali stół do cięcia termicznego metali (rysunki i obliczenia wytrzymałościowe metodą elementów skończonych), opracowali technologię spawania stołu oraz samodzielnie go wykonali. Stół...
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The construction of bifunctional fusion proteins consisting of MutS and GFP
PublicationSkonstruowano białka chimeryczne zawierające białko MutS z Thermus thermophilus i białko zielonej fluoresceiny GFP z Aequorea victoria, posiadające dla łatwiejszego oczyszczania domeny oligo-histydynowe na N- lub C-końcu. Fuzyjne białka rozpoznawały niekomplementarności w DNA podobnie do MutS T. thermophilus. Fluorescencyjne białka rozpoznające niekomplementarne DNA mogą być użyteczne w wykrywaniu jednonukleotydowych polimorfizmów...
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Incremental and pseudo-incremental construction of pseudo-minimal automata.
PublicationAutomaty pseudominimalne mają dla każdego słowa w języku automatu co najmniej jeden element własny (stan lub przejście), który nie jest współdzielony z żadnym innym słowem. Przedstawiamy przyrostowe i półprzyrostowe algorytmy tworzenia takich automatów.
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Management of culture globalization message from the past. Ancient heritage as a tool for civilization development and improvement.
PublicationPraca zawiera propozycję odwołania się do kultury celtyckiej - jako wzorca w zarządzaniu rozmaitością kulturową.