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Green Chemistry - current and future issues
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono 12 zasad Zielonej Chemii oraz wybrane przykłady stosowania zasad w życiu codziennym, przemyśle, laboratoriach i edukacji. Pokrótce opisano historię Zielonej Chemii oraz przyszłe wyzwania. ZCH dotyczy nowego podejścia do zagadnienia syntezy, przeróbki i wykorzystania związków chemicznych, związanego ze zmniejszeniem zagrożenia dla zdrowia i środowiska. Istnieje wiele publikacji opisujących metodyki analityczne...
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Impact of surface skin temperature change on blood flow characteristics in palm
PublicationHeating a human palm during 3 minutes period causes changes in superficial skin temperature and leads to thermoregulation system response. The response time and level of flow characteristics change depend on the subject hand size and health of his vascular tree. A solution of Pennes bioheat propagation model was analyzed in order to see how much heat has to be transferred into the tissue to extort the observable reaction. The reflective...
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Multi-stage magnetic-fluid seals for operating in water - life test procedure, test stand and research results. Part II Results of life tests of multi-stage magnetic - fluid seal operating in water
PublicationThe edge criteria for magnetic-fluid seals durability research were described in previous article [24] and now the tests results are presented. The tests were made with three magnetic fluids using various magnets quantity in magnetic assemblies. If values obtained in the repeated test deviated by more than 10 % from results of the first test an additional control test was made for final characteristics. The characteristics are:...
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Determination of Pesticide Residues in Honeybees using Modified QUEChERS Sample Work-Up and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
PublicationIncreasing emissions of chemical compounds to the environment, especially of pesticides, is one of factors that may explain present honeybee colony losses. In this work, an analytical method employing liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was optimized for the simultaneous screening of 19 pesticides which have not been yet determined in honeybee samples from northern Poland (Pomerania). The sample preparation,...
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An analysis of the characteristics of Indonesian industrial sectors: 2005-2010
PublicationThe purpose of the current study is to analyze the characteristics of Indonesian industrial sectors from 2005 through 2010. The study employs the analysis instruments from the Input-Output (IO) analysis, namely the indices of the power of dispersion, and the sensitivity of dispersion. For 2005 and 2010, the study focuses on nine and seventeen industries, respectively. The results show that industry 3, manufacturing, placed the...
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Parallelization of Selected Algorithms on Multi-core CPUs, a Cluster and in a Hybrid CPU+Xeon Phi Environment
PublicationIn the paper we present parallel implementations as well as execution times and speed-ups of three different algorithms run in various environments such as on a workstation with multi-core CPUs and a cluster. The parallel codes, implementing the master-slave model in C+MPI, differ in computation to communication ratios. The considered problems include: a genetic algorithm with various ratios of master processing time to communication...
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An analysis of the characteristics of Indonesian industrial sectors: 2005-2010
PublicationThe purpose of the current study is to analyze the characteristics of Indonesian industrial sectors from 2005 through 2010. The study employs the analysis instruments from the Input-Output (IO) analysis, namely the indices of the power of dispersion, and the sensitivity of dispersion. For 2005 and 2010, the study focuses on nine and seventeen industries, respectively. The results show that industry 3, manufacturing, placed the...
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Flood Classification in a Natural Wetland for Early Spring Conditions Using Various Polarimetric SAR Methods
PublicationAbstract--- One of the major limitations of remote sensing flood detection is the presence of vegetation. Our study focuses on a flood classification using Radarsat-2 Quad-Pol data in a natural floodplain during leafless, dry vegetation (early spring) state. We conducted a supervised classification of a data set composed of nine polarimetric decompositions and Shannon entropy followed by the predictors' importance estimation to...
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SPECTRAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A STATIONARY JACK-UP PLATFORM
PublicationThe paper refers to the dynamic short-term response analysis of the Baltic steel drilling platform (see Fig.2) in a random sea-state represented by one-dimensional wave spectrum proposed by Striekalov and Massel and it is recommended for the Baltic Sea area. The Baltic drilling platform is a jack-up type platform for the exploration and exploitation of oil under the Baltic Sea. The analysis presented deals with the stationary...
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Frequency Selective Surface Based MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Millimeter-Wave Applications
PublicationAbstract: In this paper a radiating element consisting of a modified circular patch is proposed for MIMO arrays for 5G millimeter-wave applications. The radiating elements in the proposed 2×2 MIMO antenna array are orthogonally configured relative to each other to mitigate mutual coupling that would otherwise degrade the performance of the MIMO system. The MIMO array was fabri-cated on Rogers RT/Duroid high frequency substrate...
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Determination of nine high-intensity sweeteners in various foods by high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection
PublicationAn analytical procedure involving solid-phase extraction (SPE) and high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry has been developed for the determination of nine high-intensity sweeteners authorised in the EU; acesulfame-K (ACS-K), aspartame (ASP), alitame (ALI), cyclamate (CYC), dulcin (DUL), neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC), neotame (NEO), saccharin (SAC) and sucralose (SCL) in a variety of food samples (i.e. beverages,...
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Ekstrakcja do fazy stałej niejedno ma imię
PublicationW czasach, gdy we wszystkich przejawach aktywności człowieka trzeba się odnieść do przesłanek leżących u podstaw zrównoważonego rozwoju trudno jest uzasadnić stosowanie w praktyce analitycznej takich procedur i operacji, które pociągają za sobą konieczność:użycia dużych ilości rozpuszczalników i odczynników chemicznychdużych nakładów energii czy też przyczyniają się do wzrostu ekspozycji pracowników laboratoriów na niekorzystne...
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Dlaczego tak mało wiemy o wzroście małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw - subiektywizm w badaniach
PublicationRozwój przedsiębiorstwa jako przedmiot badań, doczekał się wielu opracowań literaturowych (patrz: Birch, Storey, Davidsson, Demar, Wiklund, Coad, Wasilczuk, Matejun itd.), jednak cały czas brakuje odpowiedzi na pytanie dlaczego małe firmy wzrastają i jakie czynniki na ten wzrost wpływają. Brak wiedzy na ten temat nie wynika z braku chęci badawczych, a raczej z nadmiaru problemów z takimi badaniami związanymi. Osoby prowadzące badania...
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Analysis of drinking water
PublicationOpisano źródła organicznych i nieorganicznych zanieczyszczeń wody do picia w tym: lotnych związków chlorowcoorganicznych, pestycydów, wielopierścieniowych węglowodorów aromatycznych, polichlorowanych bifenyli, fenoli, kwasów chlorooctowych, aldehydów, ketonów itp. a także metody ich oznaczania. Przedstawiono schemat technik izolacji i oznaczania końcowego oraz schemat metod wykorzystujących analizę fazy nadpowierzchniowej. Opisano...
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Paintings
PublicationThe painting as a curtain (...) A contradiction is therefore what constitutes a painting, and ambiguity is its right. As a young artist, I intuitively defined the work of art as a boundary. Over the years that intuition changed into a conviction that the particular form of art which is painting at the same time reveals and hides; it exists at this intersection of functions as a see-through curtain. We don’t know why there are some...
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Water: Drinking
PublicationOpisano źródła organicznych i nieorganicznych zanieczyszczeń wody do picia w tym: lotnych związków chlorowcoorganicznych, pestycydów, wielopierścieniowych węglowodorów aromatycznych, polichlorowanych bifenyli, fenoli, kwasów chlorooctowych, aldehydów, ketonów itp. a także metody ich oznaczania. Przedstawiono schemat technik izolacji i oznaczania końcowego oraz schemat metod wykorzystujących analizę fazy nadpowierzchniowej. Opisano...
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A solid phase extraction–ion chromatography with conductivity detection procedure for determining cationic surfactants in surface water samples
PublicationA new analytical procedure for the simultaneous determination of individual cationic surfactants (alkyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chlorides) in surface water samples has been developed. We describe this methodology for the first time: it involves the application of solid phase extraction (SPE – for sample preparation) coupled with ion chromatography–conductivity detection (IC-CD – for the final determination). Mean recoveries of...
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Analysis of drinking water
PublicationOpisano źródła organicznych i nieorganicznych zanieczyszczeń wody do picia w tym: lotnych związków chlorowcoorganicznych, pestycydów, wielopierścieniowych węglowodorów aromatycznych, polichlorowanych bifenyli, fenoli, kwasów chlorooctowych, aldehydów, ketonów itp. a także metody ich oznaczania. Przedstawiono schemat technik izolacji i oznaczania końcowego oraz schemat metod wykorzystujących analizę fazy nadpowierzchniowej. Opisano...
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Digital divide - inequalities in level of implementation of new information and telecommunication technologies. Cross country study
PublicationTekst stanowi analizę nierówności stopnia wdrożenia oraz implementacji ICTs w różnych krajach świata. Autor szacuje wskaźnik GINI dla możliwych krajów świata.In the paper presented, the author considers few aspects of the so-called "digital divide". It is easily noticeable worldwide, that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) "possess" a great ability to spread, at high pace, among countries from all around the...
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Selected concentration techniques for gas chromatographic analysis of environmental samples
PublicationThe paper describes the role and tasks of environmental analysis and monitoring. It emphasises the leading role played by gas chromatography, especially when coupled with suitable sample preparation. This is demonstrated by some literature evidence and mainly by the author's original work on the design of sample preparation apparatus and development of GC-based methods of determination of a wide variety of organic pollutants in...
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Deep eutectic solvents in analytical sample preconcentration Part B: Solid-phase (micro)extraction
PublicationOne of the key challenges of modern analytical chemistry is the monitoring of trace amounts of contaminants using sensitive and selective instrumental techniques. Due to the variety and complexity of some samples, it is often necessary to properly prepare a sample and to perform a preconcentration of trace amounts of analytes. In line with the principles of Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC), it is important for an analytical procedure...
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Modal analysis of a steel grandstand
PublicationAmong the issues related to the idea of sustainable society is the safety of civil engineering structures devoted to satisfy different needs of people. One of the types of structures devoted to satisfy recreational needs are grandstands, which are used during sport events or music concerts. It is obligatory to consider interaction between structure and crowd load especially when the crowd movement involves rhythmic jumping, dancing,...
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Stale odporne na korozję i ich spawalność
PublicationW monografii przedstawiono charakterystykę podstawowych grup stali odpornych na korozję, a zwłaszcza stali nierdzewnych, oraz szczegółowe analizy wpływu cykli cieplnych spawania na strukturę i właściwości złączy w aspekcie spawalności metalurgicznej, technologicznej i konstrukcyjnej stali. Poza analizą dostępnej literatury, w monografii zawarto opis doświadczeń Autora dotyczących badań spawalności stali austenitycznych oraz stali...
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Sample preparation for gas chromatographic determination of halogenated volatile organic compounds in environmental and biological samples
PublicationPodstawowym elementem przygotowania próbek środowiskowych i biologicznych do analizy jest etap izolacji i/lub wzbogacania polegający na przeniesieniu analitów z matrycy pierwotnej charakteryzującej się złożonym i często zmiennym składem (próbka oryginalna) do matrycy wtórnej z równoczesnym usunięciem substancji przeszkadzających (izolacja)i zwiększeniem stężenia analitów do poziomu powyżej granicy oznaczalności stosowanego przyrządu...
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Opracowanie metodyk oznaczania zawartości substancji farmaceutycznych w próbkach środowiskowych
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczących możliwości wykorzystanie różnych technik ekstrakcji kokcydistatyków (na przykładzie robenidyny) z próbek pasz zwierzęcych. Oznaczenia analitu wykonano z wykorzystaniem techniki HPLC - DAD - MS. Uzyskane wyniki pozwaliły nie tylko ocenić efektywność poszczególnych technik ekstrakcji robenidyny z próbek pasz zwierzęcych lecz również przeprowadzić pełną ocenę statystyczną uzyskanych wyników....
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Multi-stage magnetic-fluid seals for operating in water - life test procedure, test stand and research results
PublicationThe edge criteria for magnetic-fluid seals durability research are critical for the seal'stechnological usefulness. The magnetic fluid seal technology in water is much moredifficult technological problem in comparison to gas or vacuum environment. There isalways problem with immediate contact between magnetic fluid and the environmentaluninspected liquids. In the paper are presented ways of experiments definitions carried outwith...
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New Trends in Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of the Residues of Pharmaceuticals in Environmental Samples
PublicationPharmaceutical residues in the environment is a field of special interest due to the adverse effects to either human health or aquatic and soil environment. Pharmaceuticals have been already detected in underground, surface and wastewaters, soils, manure and sediments. The growing awareness of environmental pollution arising from human activity forces the need for their comprehensive determination. Environmental samples are complex...
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An Empirical Propagation Model for Corridors in Office Buildings
PublicationThis paper presents an empirical propagation path loss model for corridors in office buildings. The proposed model estimates changeable character of radio signal attenuation, based on a special approach as a combination of the simple free-space model with the author’s model. The measurement stand and measurement scenario are described. The propagation path loss research have been made in corridor for different frequencies in range...
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About the Noether’s theorem for fractional Lagrangian systems and a generalization of the classical Jost method of proof
PublicationRecently, the fractional Noether's theorem derived by G. Frederico and D.F.M. Torres in [10] was proved to be wrong by R.A.C. Ferreira and A.B. Malinowska in (see [7]) using a counterexample and doubts are stated about the validity of other Noether's type Theorem, in particular ([9],Theorem 32). However, the counterexample does not explain why and where the proof given in [10] does not work. In this paper, we make a detailed analysis...
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A new dilution-enrichment sample preparation strategy for expanded metabolome monitoring of human breast milk that overcomes the simultaneous presence of low- and high-abundance lipid species
PublicationThe complex nature of human breast milk (HBM) makes samples difficult to analyze, requiring several extraction techniques and analytical platforms to obtain high metabolome coverage. In this work, we combined liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) techniques to prepare HBM samples to overcome the challenge of low- and high-abundance lipid species, enabling the semiquantitative analysis of total HBM lipids...
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The impact of shipping 4.0 on controlling shipping accidents: A systematic literature review
PublicationMaritime shipping, with a significant role in global trade, confronts various accidents leading to loss of lives, properties, and the environment. Shipping 4.0 technologies are scaling up to address this problem by employing real-time data-driven technologies, including cyber-physical systems, advanced tracking and tracing, intelligent systems, and big data analytics. Despite growing attention, there is a general lack of clarity...
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Multivariate Assessment of Procedures for Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Synthesis for Pesticides Determination in Environmental and Agricultural Samples
PublicationIn the case of quantitative and qualitative analysis of pesticides in environmental and food samples, it is required to perform a sample pre-treatment process. It allows to minimalize the impact of interferences on the final results, as well as increase the recovery rate. Nowadays, apart from routinely employed sample preparation techniques such as solid-phase extraction (SPE) or solid-phase microextraction (SPME), the application...
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Changing patterns in export of goods versus international competitiveness. A comparative analysis for Central-East European countries in the period 2000-2011.
PublicationThis paper discusses the existing links between changing patterns in the export of goods, broken down by technology-intensity, versus intrenational competitiveness. The study covers nine Central-East European (CEE) economies: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the Slovak Republic, in the time span 2000-2011. We examine the hypothesis of a strong, positive and statistically significant...
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Levels of creativity in architectural education
PublicationArchitectural design combines engineering science and art, thus stimulating creativity is a challenge in the didactic process. There are various levels of creativity that can be attained through architectural education. From idea to architecture (FITA) is a teaching method based on metaphorical and analogical reasoning that was developed, implemented and tested during architectural design classes in the Faculty of Architecture...
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Sensitive simultaneous determination of 19 fluorobenzoic acids in saline waters by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
PublicationA solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure using C18 stationary phase was optimized for the preconcentration of 19 fluorinated derivatives of benzoic acid (FBA): mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrafluorosubstituted in the ring, trifluoromethylbenzoic acid and 3,5-bistrifluoromethyl benzoic acid from undiluted salt-rich (>20%) reservoir waters. Quantitative (>90%) retention/elution of 16 out of 19 analyte compounds was achieved allowing a...
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Application of multivariate statistics in assessment of green analytical chemistry parameters of analytical methodologies
PublicationThe study offers a multivariate statistical analysis of a dataset, including the major metrological, “greenness” and methodological parameters of 43 analytical methodologies applied for aldrin determination (a frequently analyzed organic compound) in water samples. The variables (parameters) chosen were as follows: metrological (LOD, recovery, RSD), describing the “greenness” (amount of the solvent used, amount of waste generated)...
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Analytical procedures for the determination of fuel combustion products, anti-corrosive compounds, and de-icing compounds in airport runoff water samples
PublicationThe purpose of this study is to propose and evaluate new procedures for determination of fuel combustion products, anti-corrosive and de-icing compounds in runoff water samples collected from the airports located in different regions and characterized by different levels of the activity expressed by the number of flights and the number of passengers (per year). The most difficult step in the analytical procedure used for the determination...
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Smart sustainable cities : Reconnaissance Study
PublicationThe global urban population is expected to grow by 63 percent between 2014 and 2050 – compared to an overall global population growth of 32 percent during the same period. Megacities with over 20-million inhabitants will see the fastest increase in population – and at least 13 new megacities are expected by 2030, in addition to the 28 existing today. The fastest growing urban centres contain around one-million inhabitants, and...
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Analytical procedures for the determination of surfactants in environmental samples
PublicationBecause of their specific physical and chemical properties (amphiphilicity, solubility in polar and nonpolar liquids, ability to form micelles, adsorption at phase boundaries, low toxicity) surfactants (surface-active compounds) are widely applied in industry and in the household. As their applications are on a very large scale, it has become necessary to acquire a more detailed understanding of their environmental fate.In the...
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Enabling Deeper Linguistic-based Text Analytics – Construct Development for the Criticality of Negative Service Experience
PublicationSignificant progress has been made in linguistic-based text analytics particularly with the increasing availability of data and deep learning computational models for more accurate opinion analysis and domain-specific entity recognition. In understanding customer service experience from texts, analysis of sentiments associated with different stages of the service lifecycle is a useful starting point. However, when richer insights...
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Żuławski dom podcieniowy - przykłady i skala współczesnych działań konserwatorskich
PublicationPoczątki zainteresowania architekturą regionalną na terenach Prus Zachodnich sięgają przełomu XIX/XX wieku i związane są z osobą Bernharda Schmida. Koniec II wojny światowej przyniósł na Żuławach zniszczenie ponad 2 744 zagród chłopskich. Ze względu na priorytet ratowania zabytków Gdańska, historyczne obiekty z okolicznych wsi doczekały się szerszej uwagi służb konserwatorskich dopiero w połowie lat pięćdziesiątych. Opracowanie...
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Studies on selectivity of hydrocarbon group type separation of petroleum vacuum distillates and base oils by HPLC.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań nad doborem selektywnego chromatograficznego układu HPLC, umożliwiającego rozdzielenie grupowe produktów naftowych otrzymanych z destylacji próżniowej ropy naftowej, w tym, mineralnych olejów bazowych. Stwierdzono, że konieczny układ chromatograficzny wymaga wykorzystania dwóch kolumn wypełnionych żelem krzemionkowym ze związanymi grupami nitrofenopropylowymi, połączonych szeregowo z dwiema...
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Statistics with R A Handbook for Statistical Analysis with R and R-Studio
PublicationIf you are to perform any kind of data (statistical) analysis and use tools in the data science ecosystem, you may have seen a variety of tutorials, handbooks online (I’m not mentioning traditional bibles of statistics). Unfortunately most of them is written intentionally for specific purposes and/or target group of people and does not include many aspects, data types, difficult aspects, usually hiding them trying to solve theoretical...
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Modern approach for determination of lactulose, mannitol and sucrose in human urine using HPLC-MS/MS for the studies of intestinal and upper digestive tract permeability
PublicationA new analytical procedure was described for the simultaneous determination of lactulose, mannitol and sucrose in urine, in which HILIC chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry detection are used. Sugars are orally administered for the estimation of intestinal permeability in children digestive tract. Samples were purified by dispersive solid phase extraction (d-SPE) using Amberlite MB150 resin. Raffinose was selected as an...
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Wyzwania związane z analityką surfaktantów obecnych w różnych elementach środowiska
PublicationSurfaktanty (Surface Active Agents, SAAs) stanowią grupę związków, które ze względu na swoje specyficzne właściwości fizykochemiczne (zdolność do tworzenia micelli, rozpuszczania się w cieczach polarnych i niepolarnych oraz adsorpcji na granicy faz), mogą być stosowane w różnych celach, zarówno w gospodarstwach domowych jak i w przemyśle. Szerokie spektrum zastosowania oraz specyficzne właściwości surfaktantów powodują konieczność...
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Presence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment in Europe and their analytical monitoring: Recent trends and perspectives
PublicationThe presence of antibiotics and their metabolites in the aquatic environment exerts a negative impact on all organisms. Moreover, the easy migration of these substances to drinking water may also have serious consequences for public health, such as drug resistance. Although antibiotics and their metabolites are detected in surface waters and wastewater, there are still no systemic solutions preventing environmental pollution with...
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Introduction to MIP synthesis, characteristics and analytical application
PublicationOne of the trends in analytical chemistry is associated with designing and developing new types of sample preparation techniques, which might significantly increase the efficiency and selectivity of the analytes isolation or/and preconcentration process. One of the most widely employed solutions are selective sorption materials, defined as molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), as well as the sorbents with the molecular fingerprint....
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Znaczenie potencjału energetycznego osadów ściekowych w aspekcie gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym – przykład oczyszczalni w Gdańsku
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono ciepło spalania, wartość opałową oraz skład pierwiastkowy osadów ściekowych na kolejnych etapach przeróbki w oczyszczalni ścieków "Wschód" w Gdańsku. Osad ściekowy jest cennym źródłem energii. Średnia wartość ciepła spalania (HHV) osadów ściekowych w oczyszczalni ścieków w Gdańsku wynosi 14-15 MJ/kg dla osadów przefermentowanych i 17,5 MJ/kg dla osadów przed fermentacją. Niestety wysoka ich wilgotność,...
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Optimized conditions for hydrocarbon group type analysis of base oils by thin-layer chromatography - flame ionisation detection
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań nad opracowaniem optymalnych warunków oznaczania składu grupowego mineralnych olejów bazowych z wykorzystaniem chromatografii cienkowarstwowej oraz detektora płomieniowo-jonizacyjnego (TLC-FID). W przypadku mineralnych olejów bazowych, które otrzymywane są po wielu etapach rafinacji frakcji pochodzących z destylacji próżniowej ropy naftowej oznaczenie ich składu grupowego (z uwzględnieniem podgrup...
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Lipopeptides - synthesis and their properties
PublicationPrzedstawiono syntezę nowych peptydów zawierających Hyp, Met, Gly podstawionych w miejscu histydyny tripeptydu o sekwencji Gly-His-Lys oraz ich odpowiednie modyfikacje na N- i C-końcach. Syntezę zaprojektowanych analogów prowadzono na fazie stałej z zastosowaniem procedury Fmoc. Po otrzymaniu zaplanowanego łańcucha peptydowego metodą karbodiimidową (z zastosowaniem DIC oraz HOBt), przystąpiono do wprowadzania na N-koniec glicyny...