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Children were less frequently infected with SARS-CoV-2 than adults during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Warsaw, Poland
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Are We Facing a Tsunami of Vaccine Hesitancy or Outdated Pandemic Policy in Times of Omicron? Analyzing Changes of COVID-19 Vaccination Trends in Poland
PublicationIn this study, we analyzed Polish COVID-19 vaccination data until January 2023 from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to understand individual decision making during the milder Omicron wave. Our findings show a general decline in subsequent vaccine uptake. As the number of government-provided doses increased, completion rates among certain low-risk groups dropped to less than 1%. Elderly individuals, especially...
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Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study
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Effect of BMI on safety of bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, procedure choice, and safety protocols – An analysis from the GENEVA Study
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Are We Facing a Tsunami of Vaccine Hesitancy or Outdated Pandemic Policy in Times of Omicron? Analyzing Changes of COVID-19 Vaccination Trends in Poland
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Hybridization of valuation procedures as a medicine supporting the real estate market and sustainable land use development during the covid-19 pandemic and afterwards
PublicationCurrently we are facing the pandemic situation that occur all over the world. Regardless the country or even the region, the negative consequences that are expected could be very big and the level of crisis is not predictable. This situation is the challenge for the real estate market as well. Due to this fact, the authors believe that there is the time when deep transformation of approaches, procedures and awareness related to...
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Tweet you right back: Follower anxiety predicts leader anxiety in social media interactions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
PublicationRecent research has shown that organizational leaders’ tweets can influence employee anxiety. In this study, we turn the table and examine whether the same can be said about followers’ tweets. Based on emotional contagion and a dataset of 108 leaders and 178 followers across 50 organizations, we infer and track state- and trait-anxiety scores of participants over 316 days, including pre- and post the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic...
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Psychological burden and disease-related quality of life in dialysis patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic — a cross-sectional observational study
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The Portrait of Cyberchondria—A Cross-Sectional Online Study on Factors Related to Health Anxiety and Cyberchondria in Polish Population during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
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Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy
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30-Day Morbidity and Mortality of Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multinational Cohort Study of 7704 Patients from 42 Countries
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WPŁYW PANDEMII COVID-19 NA OBCIĄŻENIE POLSKIEGO SYSTEMU ELEKTROENERGETYCZNEGO ORAZ POTENCJAŁ WYKORZYSTANIA USŁUGI DSR
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wpływ restrykcji w funkcjonowaniu przemysłu, handlu i życia społecznego na obciążenie KSE podczas pierwszego lockdownu. W celu zbadania wpływu pandemii na obciążenie KSE dokonano analizy porównawczej dwóch analogicznych okresów trwających od połowy marca do końca maja w latach 2017 - 2019 i 2020. Porównano wartości charakteryzujące poszczególne tygodnie rozpatrywanego okresu. W roku 2020 zaobserwowano znaczne...
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Creating dynamic maps of noise threat using pl-grid infrastructure; materiały konferencyjne
PublicationThis paper presents functionality and operation results of the system for creating dynamic maps of noise thread with the use of the PL-Grid infrastructure integrated with distributed sensors network for measuring, modeling and rendering noise level distribution. The work presented provides a demonstration of the services being prepared within the PLGrid Plus project. Specific computational environments, so called domain grids,...
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Potential threat to Polish lakes and reservoirs from contamination by objects of environmental flood risk
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Automatic Threat Detection for Historic Buildings in Dark Places Based on the Modified OptD Method
PublicationHistoric buildings, due to their architectural, cultural, and historical value, are the subject of preservation and conservatory works. Such operations are preceded by an inventory of the object. One of the tools that can be applied for such purposes is Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). This technology provides information about the position, reflection, and intensity values of individual points; thus, it allows for the creation...
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Road Transport of High Consequence Dangerous Goods—Assessment of Terrorist Threat (Case Study)
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Micropropagation of cyclopia genistoides, an endemic south african plant of economic importance
PublicationOpracowano efektywną procedurę hodowli tkankowej dla komercyjnie ważnej rośliny gatunku Cyclopia genistoides.
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Investigation of Noise Threats and Their Impact on Hearing in Selected Schools
PublicationNoise measurements conducted in selected schools in Gdansk area are presented in this paper. The main aim of this research was to determine noise threats at schools. Some objective measurements of the acoustic climate were performed employing a noise monitoring station engineered at the Multimedia System Department, Gdansk University of Technology. Simultaneously, subjective noise annoyance examinations were carried out among pupils...
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Early detection of imminent threats in social relation graphs
PublicationWczesne wykrywanie zagrożeń i anomalii w sieciach społecznych jest dziś prawdziwym wyzwaniem. Ludzie w realnym świecie tworzą wiele złożonych relacji społecznych, które mogą być przedstawione za pomocą grafów, w których węzły reprezentują aktorów (pojedyncze osoby lub organizacje) a krawędzie wskazują na powiązania pomiędzy nimi. Analiza nieustannie zmieniających się relacji pomiędzy aktorami może wskazać konkretne nadciągające...
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Changes in Life Situations during the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Pandemic and Their Impact on Eating Behaviors for Residents of Europe, Australia as Well as North and South America
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Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members
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PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE POLISH VERSION OF THE GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7-ITEM SCALE (GAD-7) IN A NON-CLINICAL SAMPLE OF EMPLOYEES DURING PANDEMIC CRISIS
PublicationObjectives: The COVID-19 outbreak is an example of a crisis that triggered an increase in generalized anxiety disorder. The study aims to validate the Polish version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) by Spitzer et al. among a non-clinical sample of employees and examine the invariance depending on the gender and age of working adults. Material and Methods: For assessing factor structure of the Polish version...
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Health threat associated with Caucasian giant hogweeds: awareness among doctors and general public in Poland
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Aqueous Biphasic Systems Using Chiral Ionic Liquids for the Enantioseparation of Mandelic Acid Enantiomers
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An evaluation of endemic exposure of citizens living in near a Gdańsk Phosphatic Fertilizer Plant
PublicationPrzeprowadzono ocenę wpływu Gdańskich Zakładów Nawozów Fosforowych FOSFORY na mieszkańców różnych dzielnic Gdańska. Oznaczono - za pomocą Neutronowej Analizy Aktywacyjnej (NAA) stężenia Al, As, Au, Br, Ca, Cl, Cu, Dy, I, In, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, S, Sb, Sm, U, V, Zn w próbkach włosów i paznokci stóp, zebranych od 22 osób mieszkających w sąsiedztwie Zakładów oraz od jedenastoosobowej grupy kontrolnej. Podstawowe różnice pomiędzy...
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Chromoblastomycosis as an endemic disease in temperate Europe: first confirmed case and review of the literature
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Investigating the current environmental situation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic: urban vs. rural context
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Conspiracy beliefs about groups benefitting from the COVID-19 pandemic moderate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subjective assessment of the efficacy of preventive measures
PublicationDrawing on the protective motivation theory and parallel response model, in this cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study (N = 212) performed on the general public (age 18-65), we aimed to test the potential interaction effects of fear of COVID-19 and conspiracy beliefs about groups benefitting from the COVID-19 pandemic in predicting subjective assessment of the efficacy of three COVID-19 preventive measures. The results...
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Correction to: Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members
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WP1 of INDECT Project: Intelligent Monitoring and Automatic Detection of Threats
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WP1: Intelligent Monitoring and Automatic Detection of Threats - partners cooperation
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WP1: Intelligent monitoring and automatic detection of threats -introduction to the WP1
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A video monitoring system using ontology-driven identification of threats
PublicationIn this paper, we present a video monitoring systemthat leverages image recognition and ontological reasoningabout threats. In the solution, an image processing subsystemuses video recording of a monitored area and recognizesknown concepts in scenes. Then, a reasoning subsystem uses anontological description of security conditions and informationfrom image recognition to check if a violation of a conditionhas occurred. If a threat...
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Imminent threats analysis and security level evaluation in social networks
PublicationRozprawa doktorska poświęcona jest analizie nadciągających zagrożeń w sieciach społecznych. Dotyczy to takich zjawisk jak spam, phishing, kradzież tożsamości czy ataki na systemy reputacji w serwisach aukcji internetowych. W pracy zaproponowano metodę pozwalającą na wczesne wykrycie zagrożeń w sieciach społecznych w oparciu o zdefiniowane modele zachowań aktorów sieci. Modele zachowań tworzone są za pomocą podgrafów wzorcowych...
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Ad hoc routing protocols - security objectives, threats and solution
PublicationZaprezentowano przykładowe strategie routingu stosowane w bezprzewodowych sieciach ad-hoc z transmisją wieloetapową. Dokonanao przegladu protokołow routingu, zidentyfikowano podstawowe typy ataków i zagrożenia integralności i poufności transmisji w sieciach bezprzewodowych. Przedstawiono przykładowe rozwiazania algorytmów routingu.
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Teaching Architecture – contemporary challenges and threats in the complexity of built environment
PublicationThe complexity of the modern built environment is a problem n ot only of architectural and urban issues. This issue extends to many othe r disciplines as well as covering a wide range of social engagements. The idea of writing this pa per is generally initiated by the debate which took place in Gdańs k on 22.01.2016, and was prepar ed in order to meet representatives of the four circles of interest...
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Carsharing - Opportunities and Threats for Cities: Proposals of Solutions for Urban Policy
PublicationThe carsharing of a current generation is a short-term car renting service with a capability to find in the nearest surrounding a fleet car parked anywhere in the public space where the previous user left it, as well as to book, open, rent and pay of, with the use of a dedicated mobile application. Nowadays, only a minority of municipalities is considering implementing the carsharing in their policies. The lack of awareness of...
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Miejskie otwarte przestrzenie publiczne w kryzysie – percepcja i zachowania przestrzenne użytkowników w trakcie pandemii COVID-19
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A new methodological approach to the noise threat evaluation based on the selected physiological properties of the human hearing system
PublicationA new way of assessment of noise-induced harmful effects on human hearing system is presented in the paper. The method takes into consideration properties of the selected physiological human hearing system. On the basis of the hearing examinations and noise measurements results and psychoacoustical noise dosimeter performance the new indicators of the noise harmfulness were proposed. The evaluation of the proposed indicators were...
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL numerical investigation of MHD nanofluid convective heat transfer inside a CUBIC porous container with corrugated bottom wall
PublicationSimultaneous use of porous media and nanofluid as a heat transfer improvement method has recently captivated a great deal of attention. The heat transfer and entropy production of the Cu-water nanofluid inside a cubic container with a heated bottom wavy wall and an elliptic inner cylinder were numerically analyzed in this study. The container is partitioned into two sections: the left side is filled with permeable media and...
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF MHD NANOFLUID CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER INSIDE A CUBIC POROUS CONTAINER WITH CORRUGATED BOTTOM WALL
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of 1283 Pediatric Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 during the First and Second Waves of the Pandemic—Results of the Pediatric Part of a Multicenter Polish Register SARSTer
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Study on transmission quality in cellular 4G and 5G networks between 2019–2021: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of provided services by operating base transceiver stations
PublicationThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly limited user mobility, not least among students. Remote learning had a particular impact on resource allocation in relation to using terrestrial cellular networks, especially 4G systems in urban agglomerations. This paper presents the results of a quality evaluation of an outdoor environment, carried out between 2019 and 2021 on the campus of a technical university. Annual studies are conducted...
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Investigation of noise threats and their impact on hearing in selected schools - a pilot study.
PublicationNoise measurements conducted in selected schools in Gdansk area are presented in this paper. The main aim of this research was to determine noise threats at schools. Some objective measurements of the acoustic climate were performed employing a noise monitoring station engineered at the Multimedia System Department, Gdansk University of Technology. Simultaneously, subjective noise annoyance examinations were carried out among pupils...
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Zagrożenia starych budynków w sąsiedztwie nowej zabudowy = The threat of old buildings security in neighbourhood of new buildings
PublicationNa przykładzie jednego z budynków mieszkalnych, przedstawiono zagrożenia na jakie są narażone stare obiekty w zwartej zabudowie śródmiejskiej, podczas prowadzenia w ich sąsiedztwie prac budowlanych, którym często towarzyszą głębokie wykopy. Powoduje to powstawanie licznych uszkodzeń, uniemozliwiających ich prawidłową eksploatację lub stanowiących nawet zagrożenie bezpieczeństwa.
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Hybridized PWM Strategy for Three- and Multiphase Three-Level NPC Inverters
PublicationA simple hybridized pulsewidth modulation (PWM) algorithm for three- and multiphase three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) inverters is proposed. The proposed solution is based on classical space vector PWM (SVPWM) algorithms for two-level inverters but can also be based on sinusoidal PWM with min–max injection. An additional level of output voltage is obtained by modifying the resulting switching patterns taking into account...
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Desert Endemic Plants in Algeria: A Review on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Polyphenolic Compounds and Pharmacological Activities
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Porównanie efektów nauczania przed i w czasie nauki zdalnej spowodowanej pandemią SARS-CoV-2 na przykładzie przedmiotu Metrologia
PublicationPrzedmiot Metrologia jest wykładany na semestrze drugim na trzech kierunkach na Wydziale Elektroniki, Telekomunikacji i Informatyki Politechniki Gdańskiej. W ramach wykładu studenci poznają problematykę dokonywania pomiarów. W kolejnym semestrze, przekładają zdobytą teoretycznie wiedzę na praktykę, wykonując pomiary w laboratorium. Z uwagi na wybuch pandemii SARS-CoV-2 w 2020 roku oraz...
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HYDRODYNAMIC THRUST BEARINGS WITH POLYMER LINING
PublicationPolymeric linings of sliding surfaces of the hydrodynamic bearings have been used successfully for over 50 years. Despite of their long history of operation and research, they have not become wide spread in industrial applications. This fact may be surprising, considering th e conclusions that have been published concerning bearing operation and design. This paper summarizes the current...
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Operational analysis of threats to the security of NATO’s eastern flank. Context of hybrid activities
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