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Particulate Material Analysis in Air
PublicationThe chapter presents the methods and techniques used to asses the PM10 in air and different instruments typically used in analysis of PM, including sampling of particle by using filters and other systems. Besides the methods recommended by different national standards the other methods, especially electronic microscopy are also described.
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Sensitivity analysis of a composite footbridge
PublicationThis work include an example of sensitivity analysis for the design of a composite footbridge. A sandwich structure is used, consisting two high-strength skins separated by a core material. The analysis was conducted for two numerical models. The first one is a simple, single-span beam of a composite cross-section (laminate and foam), with different Young’s modulus for each material. Calculations were made by means of a MATLAB-based...
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Multibody models for gait analysis
PublicationThe aim of this study was to create multibody biomechanical models to analyze a normal gait of the human. Proposed models can be used to identify joint moments of the lower limbs during normal gait in the single and double support phases. Applying Newton-Euler formulation, following planar models were developed: 1) a mathematical 6DOF model describing a gait in the sagittal plane of the body for single support phase and double...
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Analysis of human behavioral patterns
PublicationWidespread usage of Internet and mobile devices entailed growing requirements concerning security which in turn brought about development of biometric methods. However, a specially designed biometric system may infer more about users than just verifying their identity. Proper analysis of users’ characteristics may also tell much about their skills, preferences, feelings. This chapter presents biometric methods applied in several...
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Flow Analysis of a Kaplan Turbine
PublicationThis monograph is a guide to a method of experimental and numerical flow investigations for Kaplan - type turbines. The numerical calculations were compared with the test results of the model Kaplan turbine. The tests were carried out on the model test rig in the Gdańsk University of Technology. The turbine has been thoroughly experimentally investigated, resulting in the identification of optimum setting combination of the stator...
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On analysis of nanocomposite conical structures
PublicationThis research examines the analysis of rotating truncated conical baskets reinforced by carbon nanotubes around the two independent axes. A time-dependent analysis is considered, and the nonlinear dynamic governing equations are extracted using the energy method. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced the conical basket, and the structure's mechanical properties are determined based on the several distributions of carbon nanotubes....
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Data Analysis in Bridge of Data
PublicationThe chapter presents the data analysis aspects of the Bridge of Data project. The software framework used, Jupyter, and its configuration are presented. The solution’s architecture, including the TRYTON supercomputer as the underlying infrastructure, is described. The use case templates provided by the Stat-reducer application are presented, including data analysis related to spatial points’ cloud-, audio- and wind-related research.
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Alien Abductions: A Case of Sleep Paralysis
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Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Isochroman Derivatives
PublicationThe isochroman scaffold constitutes an important structural unit, which is present in various bioactive natural products and synthetic pharmaceutical compounds exhibiting wide arrays of biological properties. Hence the synthesis of this class of heterocyclic compounds in a stereoselective fashion is highly significant and desirable. In the last decade, a substantial advancement has been witnessed ln the catalytic asymmetric...
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The analysis of firms’ involvement in internationalisation and determinants of its intensity – an analysis for developing and post-transition economies
PublicationThe study presents the empirical analysis of firms’ involvement in different forms of internationalisation: export, indirect export, import, indirect import and finally simultaneous exporting and importing. The analysis is based on firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (March 2017 release). The empirical part is divided into two stages. Firstly account is taken of firms’ heterogeneity and then a Melitz type analysis...
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The isomerization of α-pinene over the Ti-SBA-15 catalyst—the influence of catalyst content and temperature
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Numerical Study of Concrete Mesostructure Effect on Lamb Wave Propagation
PublicationThe article presents the results of the numerical investigation of Lamb wave propagation in concrete plates while taking into account the complex concrete mesostructure. Several concrete models with randomly distributed aggregates were generated with the use of the Monte Carlo method. The influence of aggregate ratio and particle size on dispersion curves representing Lamb wave modes was analyzed. The results obtained for heterogeneous...
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Study of the Kinetics of Ammonia Synthesis and Decomposition on Iron and Cobalt Catalysts
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Kinetics studies of recrystallization process of metallic catalysts for ammonia synthesis
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On the distribution of aluminium and magnesium oxides in wustite catalysts for ammonia synthesis
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The impact of graphene on the electrochemical performance of BiMeVOx catalysts in water splitting
PublicationThe development of efficient catalysts for electrochemical water splitting has become a significant contemporary challenge. Transition metal oxides, due to their unique electrochemical properties, have emerged as promising candidates. Among these, a group of BiMeVOx-based compounds shows particular potential for practical applications in hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. However, improvement is still necessary to achieve...
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Oxide catalysts for carbon nanotube and few layer graphene formation
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Carbon Nanotubes Grown with Non-Ferromagnetic Catalysts in Alcohol CVD
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On the use of Cu catalysts for tailoring carbon nanostructures in alcohol‐CVD
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Ti3C2 MXenes-based catalysts for the process of α-pinene isomerization
PublicationIn this study, the catalytic performance of Ti3C2 MXene materials in the reaction of α-pinene isomerization was demonstrated. The influence of etching agents (HF, HF/H2SO4, and HF/HCl; weight ratios of mixed acids: 1 : 3, 1 : 4, and 1 : 5) on removing Al atoms from MAX phase, creation of an accordion-like structure typical...
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Carbon catalysts from pine cones – Synthesis and testing of their activities
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Synthesis, structure and application of a new class of Tr-podands derived in phase-transfer catalysis
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Catalysis on polymer supports: ESR of molybdenum (V) dispersed in poly(acrylic acid) matrices
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Structural and electrochemical heterogeneities of boron-doped diamond surfaces
PublicationThis brief review is focussed on the recent progress in studies of the heterogeneous electrochemical behaviour of various boron-doped materials extending from zero-dimensional particles through polycrystalline or nanostructured three-dimensional surfaces. A boron-doped diamond reveals large heterogeneities induced by numerous factors, inter alia multi-faceted crystallinity, inhomogeneous boron concentration, sp2/sp3-carbon ratio,...
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Quantification of Compatibility Between Polymeric Excipients and Atenolol Using Principal Component Analysis and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
PublicationAn important challenge to overcome in the solid dosage forms technology is the selection of the most biopharmaceutically efficient polymeric excipients. The excipients can be selected, among others, by compatibility studies since incompatibilities between ingredients of the drug formulations adversely affect their bioavailability, stability, efficacy, and safety. Therefore, new, fast, and reliable methods for detecting incompatibility...
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ENERGY ANALYSIS OF THE PROPULSION SHAFT FATIGUE PROCESS IN A ROTATING MECHANICAL SYSTEM PART III DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
PublicationThis article presents the third and last part of the problem of diagnosing the fatigue of marine propulsion shafts in terms of energy with the use of the action function, undertaken by the authors. Even the most perfect physical models of real objects, observed under laboratory conditions and developed based on the results of their research, cannot be useful in diagnostics without properly transferring the obtained results to the...
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Fe-promoted CuO/CeO2 catalyst
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Structural Analysis of 3,5-Bistrifluoromethylhydrocinnamic Acid
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Green adsorbents and solvents in food analysis
PublicationGreen analytical chemistry aims to minimize the negative impact of analytical procedures on the environment and human health. This can be achieved through the use of non-toxic and environmentally friendly reagents. Classical green solvents include water, ethanol, acetone, and supercritical fluids. Water has been used for the extraction of water-soluble compounds (sugars, amino acids). Ethanol and acetone have been used for the...
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An Analysis of Airline GRI and SDG Reporting
PublicationThis study aims to increase our understanding of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) topic-specific disclosures and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) addressed in the global passenger airline industry’s sustainability reporting (SR). Based on a quantitative content analysis of the industry’s sustainability reports from the financial year 2019 (FY19), this study reveals that airlines focused more on reporting environmental...
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Measurement cell - current density analysis.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono model celki do pomiarów elektrycznych parametrów szkliwa i innych tkanek zęba. Wyniki otrzymano za pomocą metody elementu skończonego. Wykazano, że możliwa do osiągnięcia dokładność pomiaru jest zdeterminowana przez prąd upływu celki.
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Electrochemical analysis of aluminium passive layer
PublicationZbadano proces pękania warstwy pasywnej na aluminium dla liniowo narastających naprężeń rozciągających oraz różnych warunków elektrochemicznych. Badania prowadzono w 0.1M NaCl metodą dynamicznej elektrochemicznej spektroskopii impedancyjnej przy różnych poziomach polaryzacji anodowej. Określono progową wartość naprężeń, przy której następowało zniszczenie warstwy pasywnej wskutek działania sił rozciągających.
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Exploratory analysis - extraction of dispersed information
PublicationWiększość analityków środowiska uważa, że ich praca kończy sie z chwilą uzyskania wiarygodnych danych o zawartości w próbce poszukiwanego analitu. Jest to jednak przestarzały punkt widzenia. W typowej próbce środowiskowej oznacza się zwykle kilkanaście lub więcej analitów. ''Ręczna'' analiza wyników uzyskanych dla zestawu takich próbek jest praktycznie niemożliwa. Ponadto w takich wielowymiarowych danych najbardziej użyteczne informacje...
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Distorsional analysis of I-section beam
PublicationAn elastic stiffness matrix was derived in the case of distortion of a restrained thin-walled I-section beam using the minimum total stationary elastic energy condition. The function describing the angle of distortion was adopted form the solution of differential equation in the case of restrained distortion. The example presented in the paper helps to assess the correctness of the proposed solution. The proposed elastic stiffness...
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Analysis and simulation of the reliable multicast protocol.
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia badania dotyczące protokołu grupowego porządkowania wiadomości-RMP. Opisana została podstawowa idea algorytmów działania protokołu oraz jego najważniejsze własności. Ponadto został on zimplementowany jako część symulatora protokołów komunikacji grupowej. Wyniki badań i dogłębna analiza mechanizmów działania protokołu pozwoliła na wprowadzenie szeregu modyfikacji w stosunku do oryginalnej specyfikacji,...
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3D Macromodels in the FDTD filter analysis.
PublicationW artykule pokazane jest zastosowanie makromodeli 3D do analizy filtrow metoda FDTD. Makromodele tworzone są w oparciu o opis objętości metodą FDFD, a następnie redukcję równań stanu metodą ENOR. Metoda pozwala na uzyskanie dużych dokładności przy czasie obliczeń zbliżonym do siatki podstawowej.
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The analysis of mechanical vibrations with use of the MATHCAD.
PublicationPrzedstawiono zagadnienie analizy drgań mechanicznych ze wspomaganiem komputerowym za pomocą programu MATHCAD. Omówiono zagadnienia zastosowania programu w edukacji i w obliczeniach inżynierskich.
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The parallel environment for endoscopic image analysis
PublicationThe jPVM-oriented environment to support high performance computing required for the Endoscopy Recommender System (ERS) is defined. SPMD model of image matching is considered and its two implementations are proposed: Lexicographical Searching Algorithm (LSA) and Gradient Serching Algorithm (GSA). Three classes of experiments are considered and the relative degree of similarity and execution time of each algorithm are analysed....
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Application of discriminant analysis to feature extraction.
PublicationPierwotnie uzyskiwane wektory cech są wysokowymiarowe. Redukcja wymiarowości jest często osiągana poprzez transformacje przestrzeni cech. Niniejsza praca prezentuje uogólnione kryterium Fishera i jego podstawowe własności, dyskutowana jest także możliwość wyprowadzania i oceny heurystycznych metod ekstrakcji cech. Przedstawiono również nowy sekwencyjny algorytm selekcji cech dyskryminacyjnych.
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UE ETS: an in-depth descriptive analysis.
PublicationThe European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) plays a pivotal role in the EU’s strategy to address climate change, serving as a fundamental instrument for cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Notably, it inaugurated the word’s first major carbon market and it continues to the largest one. Chapter 1 provides an in-depth examination of the EU ETS, spanning from its inception in 2005 to 2020. After providing a descriptive...
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Multi-Stage Video Analysis Framework
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The method of quantitative automatic metallographic analysis
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Modal analysis of cylindrical steel tanks
PublicationCylindrical steel tanks are very popular structures used for storage of products of chemical and petroleum industries. Their safety and reliability is crucial because any failure could have serious consequences. The aim of present paper is to show the results of the first phase of investigation of seismic behaviour such structures. Modal analysis using Finite Element Method (FEM) for three models of real tanks used in Poland has...
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Dynamic Analysis of Enterprise Business Scenarios
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono system wspomagający projektowanie i poprawęscenariuszy procesów biznesowych. Scenariusze są wykonywane oraz monitorowane w środowisku SOA. Zaproponowany system oferuje dynamiczne gromadzenie i ocenianie metryk scenariuszy. Na podstawie wyników analizy wydajność, jakość oraz użyteczność scenariuszy są ulepszane. Dzięki elastycznemu API, system obsługuje dowolną rozszerzalną technologię wykonania scenariuszy...
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PBDEs in environmental samples: Sampling and analysis
PublicationThe paper reviews the subject literature concerning analytical procedures routinely sed for monitoring polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in environmental samples. It describes and summarizes subsequent stages of analytical procedure including sample collection and preparation, extraction, clean-up and final determination. Different approaches with their advantages and limitations are presented. Special attention is drawn to...
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Analysis of arsenic species in environmental samples
PublicationMany analytical methods for determining arsenic in various forms in environmental samples have been developed in recent years. The main objective of this review article is the presentation and comparison of the three principal techniques for the determination arsenic compounds, namely: hydride generation (HG), voltammetry and chromatography (liquid chromatography including high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and gas...
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Music information analysis and retrieval - a review
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono wybrane zagadnienia związane z analizą i wyszukiwaniem informacji muzycznej. Przegląd ten został oparty na literaturze związanej z dziedziną informatyki muzycznej i koncentruje się wokół problemu parametryzacji dźwięków muzycznych i sygnałów fonicznych oraz analizie przydatności wybranych metod tzw. sztucznej inteligencji (ang. computational intelligence) do akwizycji i rozpoznawania obiektów muzycznych...
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Music information analysis and retrieval techniques
PublicationCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie kluczowych zagadnień gwałtownie rozwijającej się gałęzi multimediów, reprezentowanej przez systemy automatycznego wyszukiwania informacji muzycznej MIR - Music Information Retrieval, która urasta do samodzielnej dziedziny zastosowań w obrębie informatyki muzycznej. W artykule przedstawiono wybrane systemy wyszukiwania informacji muzycznej oraz przedstawiono przykład takiego systemu, zrealizowanego...
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Dryout in annular flow - theoretical analysis
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano model kryzysu wrzenia w przepływie pierścieniowym, obowiązujący dla wysokich wartości stopnia suchości i stanowiący modyfikację wcześniejszej wersji modelu zaproponowanego przez Sedlera i Mikielewicza. Model ten uwzględnia bilans masy w filmie cieczowym i bilans masy dla kropel cieczy w rdzeniu przepływu oraz zawiera dodatkowy człon odpowiedzialny za odparowanie filmu na ściance kanału. Rozwiązanie układu...
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The use of bioassays in the analysis of environmental samples
PublicationToxicological tests are increasingly used as effective tool to complement the information obtained during the environmental monitoring. Moreover bioassays provide basic knowledge about the health effects of exposure to harmful factors associated with the environment. Toxicity tests might be a source of information about the content of pollutants in the sample, and the possibility of their interactions. They can be considered as...