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Frontier education for a sustainable future - speculative design in architecture as a transdisciplinary experiment
PublicationIn this article, the authors propose the term frontier education referring to the well-established notion of frontier research - one, that through opening unexpected transdisciplinary perspectives, may offer new insights and create a fertile ground for new discoveries and ground-breaking concepts. In answer to the question of how to get rid of normative thinking and extend architectural experimentations, a speculative design architectural...
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Digital Innovations and Smart Solutions for Society And Economy: Pros and Cons
PublicationRecent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) may involve significant potential threats to personal data privacy, national security, and social and economic stability. AI-based solutions are often promoted as “intelligent” or “smart” because they are autonomous in optimizing various processes. Be-cause they can modify their behavior without human supervision by analyzing data from the environ-ment, AI-based systems may be...
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The regional energy transformation in the context of renewable energy sources potential
PublicationThe topics addressed in the article concern the problem of exploiting the potential of renewable energy sources (RES) at the regional level and the problem of the course of regional energy transition processes. Throughout the world, energy transition proceeds in a specific way for each country, due to the different potential of the selected RES and political, institutional and socio-economic conditions. Energy transition processes...
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Paid work activity and entrepreneurial cognitions of students – evidence from European emerging economies
PublicationPurpose – This paper aims to investigate whether paid work activity (PWA) experience of students from five emerging economies is related to academic results and self-assessment of possessed entrepreneurial traits. Additionally, the authors verify the relationship between obtaining work experience and the willingness to start own business among students. Design/methodology/approach – Participants included 3,631 students of the first...
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Green Chemistry in Higher Education: State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Trends
PublicationNowadays, there is increasing interest in global sustainability, and thus, university students would like to know how human actions affect the health status of our planet. This is mainly due to their basic knowledge of problems such as global warming and greenhouse gases. Students would like to gain knowledge on how to safeguard the earth for future generations. This must involve changes in education programs at interested institutions...
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DAB+ Coverage Analysis: a New Look at Network Planning using GIS Tools
PublicationFor many years, the matter of designing a transmitter network, optimized for best signal coverage, has been a subject of intense research. In the last decade, numerous researchers and institutions used GIS and spatial analysis tools for network planning, especially transmitter location. Currently, many existing systems operate in a strictly two-dimensional manner, not taking into account the three-dimensional nature of the analyzed...
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CSR and small business from the international and national perspective
PublicationCorporate and social responsibility is nowadays quite a popular topic among large companies but thanks to numerous popularization activities undertaken by national and international institutions, also small entrepreneurs become more and more interested in exploring this fairly new approach. This paper outlines the main differences between the implementation of the CSR approach in large companies and in SMEs, which are not able...
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Knowledge economics and the demand for higher education
PublicationThis article suggests that the decreased demand for higher education in Poland is partially caused due to the changes in consumer preferences. The appearance of a cheap and highly accessible form of knowledge offered by the massive open online courses is presumed here to have an effect on the demand for formal higher education. This article proposes an additional perspective to the research on knowledge consumption, especially...
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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS AND GROUP PROJECTS DURING ENGINEERING STUDIES IN COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS
PublicationThe quality of education is one of most important factors determining the job opportunity for graduates. The authors present the possibility of carrying out the diplomas in cooperation with employers and institutions interested in employment of students who graduated Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management (major:...
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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS AND GROUP PROJECTS DURING ENGINEERING STUDIES IN COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS
PublicationThe quality of education is one of the most important factors determining the job opportunity for graduates. The authors present the possibility of carrying out the diplomas in cooperation with employers and institutions interested in employment of students who graduated Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management (major:...
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Development of banking sectors in Kosovo and Montenegro in the years 2000 - 2010
PublicationThe article presents main aspects of development of banking markets in two Balkan countries - Kosovo and Montenegro. Both of them are charaterised by similar recent history, both in political and economical fields. Their financial sectors have had to be built almost from scretch. The author describes stages of development of competition in the banking sectors, using the following ratios: performace, structure, liquidity. The data...
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Validation study on a new semi-empirical method for the prediction of added resistance in waves of arbitrary heading in analyzing ship speed trial results
PublicationThis paper describes an open and extensive validation study carried out by the Specialist Committee on Ships in Operation at Sea (SOS) of the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) on the newly developed SHOPERA-NTUA-NTU-MARIC (SNNM) wave-added resistance prediction method. The SNNM method aims at a simple, fast and transparent determination of the added resistance in regular waves of arbitrary encounter directions, even when...
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Participatory co-design approach for Greencoin educational tool shaping urban green behaviors.
PublicationOur main goal is to prepare assumptions of the Greencoin (GC) cybernetic system, implying pro-ecological attitudes and behavior of city residents. We used qualitative methods, including a literature review and action research -workshops attended by academics, representatives of private and business sectors, urban movements, municipal institutions’ partners, and residents. Our results defined functionalities of the GC, identified...
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The Importance of Demand and Environment for Defining and Establishing the Role of Data Stewards
PublicationData stewardship is now a central part of FAIR research data management. Although various types of positions called data stewards have been created at academic institutions over the last years, no demand-oriented, formal model of data stewardship and the associated roles exist so far. This workshop report presents the outcomes of the panel discussion “The Importance of Demand and Environment for Defining Data Stewardship” held...
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IATUL Seminar 2019 – ważne wydarzenie wpisujące się w rozwój działań Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej na polu współpracy międzynarodowej.
PublicationCelem IATUL Seminar 2019 (Organizing the Open Science Framework – Strategies and Legal Aspects) było podsumowanie aktualnego stanu otwartości w nauce w Polsce i na świecie. Problematyka podejmowana na konferencji skupiała się na przeglądzie polityki repozytoriów instytucjonalnych i usług związanych z zarządzaniem danymi badawczymi. Poruszano także zagadnienia dotyczące aspektów prawnych związanych ze zbieraniem, przechowywaniem...
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The Use of Big Data in Regenerative Planning
PublicationWith the increasing significance of Big Data sources and their reliability for studying current urban development processes, new possibilities have appeared for analyzing the urban planning of contemporary cities. At the same time, the new urban development paradigm related to regenerative sustainability requires a new approach and hence a better understanding of the processes changing cities today, which will allow more efficient...
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Macroeconomic functions of the Russian stock market
PublicationThe purpose of this article is to present the structure of the stock market in the Russian Federation and the significance of this part of national financial system for the whole economy, particularly the degree of main macroeconomic functions fulfillment. First part of the text includes an overview of the main theoretical concepts linked with the stock market roles as well as a brief description of results of selected studies...
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Enhancing Economic Development Through ICT-Based Governance: Evidence for Developing Countries
Publicationhis shows novel empirical evidence on how e-government solutions enhance the emergence of inclusive societies, increase institutional quality, and through that channels dynamize economic development in developing countries. With this aim we examine digital development inequalities adopting 2 core ICT indicators: mobile cellular telephony and Internet users; and gross per capita income and Human Development Index to show the level...
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Planning Around Polarisation: Components of Finding Common Ground Based on Regeneration Projects in London and Gdańsk
PublicationVarious forms of public participation in urban design and planning—as presented and discussed in literature—have recently been challenged by the needs and expectations of different stakeholders, including those coming from the private sector. This comes with a redefinition of the public good and the roles and responsibilities of municipal authorities in post‐liberal times. As a result, contemporary participatory processes need...
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Modern Material Solutions Applied in Pediatric Facilities
PublicationNew tendencies in forming of the health services functional buildings’ systems shaped along with the emergence of caring for patient’s mental condition in medical sciences. The interior design harmonized with the medical function became an incredibly important feature. This opened up new opportunities for the architecture of health care facilities. A positive architecture’s impact on the user’s well-being is remarkably important...
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Tworzenie sieci współpracy uczelni z otoczeniem przy wykorzystaniu zamówień przedkomercyjnych na przykładzie projektu e-Pionier
PublicationAutorzy podjęli temat nowatorskiego podejścia uczelni do zamówień publicznych z wykorzystaniem modelu poczwórnej helisy opartej na zamówieniach przedkomercyjnych (pre-commercial procurement). Celem publikacji jest wskazanie możliwości praktycznego zastosowania takiego podejścia na przykładzie pilotażowego projektu e-Pionier, realizowanego w latach 2017-2020 przez Politechnikę Gdańską we współpracy z innymi uczelniami, instytucjami...
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PROGRAMMABLE YANG - BASED INTERFACE IN CONTROL OF OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK
PublicationSince over a decade we observe intensive effort of research institutions and industrial consortia on extending flexibility and automation of the transport network control also known under the term network programmability. Key aspect of each programming interface is ability to evolve but also sensitivity to future modifications. As indicated in the past work in the specific context of optical transport networks an important criterion...
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Assessment of under power ed propulsion machinery in electrically driven small inland waterway passenger ships from classification society point of view
PublicationPaper presents short operat ional a nd engineering analysis of underpowered propulsion in small electrically propelled small inland passenger ships. There is evidence that in certain weather conditions the phenomena of added aerodynamic resistance of small water crafts may have seriou s influence on their speed and manoeuvrability. Existing regulations like class societies rules for ship classification and construction or EU Directive 2006/87/EC do...
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Preliminary Citation and Topic Analysis of International Conference on Agile Software Development Papers (2002-2018)
PublicationThis study utilizes citation analysis and automated topic analysis of papers published in International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP) from 2002 to 2018. We collected data from Scopus database, finding 789 XP papers. We performed topic and trend analysis with R/RStudio utilizing the text mining approach, and used MS Excel for the quantitative analysis of the data. The results show that the first five years of XP...
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Recent applications and future prospects of magnetic biocatalysts
PublicationMagnetic biocatalysts combine magnetic properties with the catalytic activity of enzymes, achieving easy recovery and reuse in biotechnological processes. Lipases immobilized by magnetic nanoparticles dominate. This review covers an advanced bibliometric analysis and an overview of the area, elucidating research advances. Using WoS, 34,949 publications were analyzed and refined to 450. The prominent journals, countries, institutions, and...
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What is the future of digital education in the higher education sector? An overview of trends with example applications at Gdańsk Tech, Poland
PublicationUniversities worldwide recognise the need to adapt to changes in society, the economy and the way young people prefer to learn. Additionally, the impetus to improve the digital approach in higher education intensifies as educational institutions have to remain competitive with commercial providers of education. Following the latest technological trends and implementing strategies to develop new digital solutions helps to improve...
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Ukrainian Market of Electrical Energy: Reforming, Financing, Innovative Investment, Efficiency Analysis, and Audit
PublicationThe aim of this research is to determine the influence of electrical energy market regulation reform in Ukraine on the competitive environment, the reproduction processes of financial and innovative support, and the energy efficiency of the national economy. The authors have put forward and verified the hypothesis that, under conditions of institutional maturity of the Ukrainian electrical energy market, its liberalization and...
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Sustainability reporting in justice systems: a comparative research in two European countries
PublicationPurpose – That on accountability in public organizations is quite an old debate. Its introduction in judicial systems is, however, still viewed with some suspicion, due to its potential trade-off with independence and impartiality. Nevertheless, the need to respond to the demands for greater transparency and accountability has also pushed judicial organizations to establish a dialogue with a wide range of subjects. This study aims...
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Hidden Champions of Poland
PublicationPoland is a country with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The hidden champions’ performance has been closely related to political and economic changes: the fall of communism in 1989 and the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. This led to the emergence of small private businesses focused on the domestic market. The accession to the European Union in 2004 created new perspectives for the hidden champions’...
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Short-term momentum (almost) everywhere
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Who should be afraid of infections? Pandemic exposure and the cross-section of stock returns
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ESG investing in good and bad times: An international study
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Changes in shares outstanding and country stock returns around the world
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Platforma edX - nowe podejście do kursów online
PublicationWspółczesne metody nauczania na odległość zmieniają się dynamicznie. Powstają światowe konsorcja podejmujące starania zapewnienia dostępu do edukacji na najwyższym poziomie z wykorzystaniem Internetu. Jedną z takich prób jest platforma edX. Jej rozwój zapoczątkowały niemal 2 lata temu MIT i Harvard. Obecnie zespół liczy już 30 uczelni z całego świata. Renoma ośrodków naukowych biorących udział w projekcie przyciągnęła już ponad...
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Briefing: Liquefaction potential of oil-contaminated silty sands
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Discussion:Horizontal stress increase induced by deep vibratory compaction
PublicationDeep compaction control of granular material using the results of field tests. The analysis include the CPTU and DMT tests terformed before and after compaction works.
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Economics of credit scoring management
PublicationCredit scoring models constitute an inevitable element of modern risk and profitability management in retail financial lending institutions. Quality,or separation power of a credit scoring model is usually assessed with the Gini coefficient. Generally, the higher Gini coefficient the better, as in this way a bank can increase number of good customers and/or reject more bad applicants. In...
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Programmatic Simulation of Laser Scanning Products
PublicationThe technology of laser scanning is widely used for producing three-dimensional digital representations of geographic features. The measurement results are usually available in the form of 3D point clouds, which are often used as a transitional data model in various remote sensing applications. Unfortunately, while the costs of Light Detection And Ranging scanners have dropped significantly in recent years, they are still considered...
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Benefit of the doubt approach to assessing the research performance of Australian universities
PublicationThis paper proposes a benefit of the doubt (BoD) approach to assess the research performance of 37 public Australian universities based on data from 2015. The primary activities of Higher Education institutions are teaching and research, but the prestige of a university depends mainly on the results of its research activities. The BoD method is rooted in the data envelopment analysis methodology, which enables the flexible and...
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Emotional distress, burnout and sense of safety during the COVID-19 pandemic in teachers after the reopening of schools
PublicationThe COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people's psychological well-being and mental health. This study aimed to identify factors linked to emotional distress, burnout and sense of safety in teachers related to the reopening of Polish schools after lockdown, remote work, and the holiday period between March and August 2020. A total of 1,286 teachers from different educational institutions participated in the...
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When Biobanks Meet Religion: Association Between Religiosity and Attitudes of Polish Medical Students Toward Biobanking of Human Biological Material for Research Purposes
PublicationWhile biobanking is expanding globally, the empirical evidence concerning the impact of religion on future healthcare professionals’ awareness and willingness to donate biospecimens for biobank research is lacking. To understand how medicalstudents’ religious beliefs can fuel their questions regarding how biospecimens would be stored, cared for, and used, we conducted a survey among 1500 medical students at Poznań University...
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Algorithms for Ship Movement Prediction for Location Data Compression
PublicationDue to safety reasons, the movement of ships on the sea, especially near the coast should be tracked, recorded and stored. However, the amount of vessels which trajectories should be tracked by authorized institutions, often in real time, is usually huge. What is more, many sources of vessels position data (radars, AIS) produces thousands of records describing route of each tracked object, but lots of that records are correlated...
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How to fund an additional secular function in the monumental church?
PublicationThe implementation of a new public function into the non-used church spaces like attics or cellars in context of revitalizing a lawfully protected historical city areas have diversified aspects. The article describes the financial aspect of adaptation of omitted spaces of monumental sacral buildings by presenting funding possibilities in the European Union countries available in period of 2017-2018 and the funds planned for the...
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Dynamics of productivity in higher education. Cross-European evidence based on bootstrapped Malmquist indices
PublicationThis study presents patterns of productivity change in a large set of 266 public higher education institutions (HEIs) from 7 European countries across the time period 2001-2005. We adopt consistent bootstrap estimation procedures to obtain confidence intervals for Malmquist indices of HEI productivity and their components. Consequently, we are able to assess statistical significance of the changes in HEIs' productivity, efficiency...
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Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Europe. The Polish Case
PublicationThe first aim of this paper is to analyze the features that have motivated Chinese outbound investments in the European Union. The paper outlines also the policies adopted by the European institutions and its member states to encourage the increase of the Chinese FDI without harming the internal European market, and consequently phase out all concerns that are afflicting the European public opinion. The second purpose is more focused...
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Playback detection using machine learning with spectrogram features approach
PublicationThis paper presents 2D image processing approach to playback detection in automatic speaker verification (ASV) systems using spectrograms as speech signal representation. Three feature extraction and classification methods: histograms of oriented gradients (HOG) with support vector machines (SVM), HAAR wavelets with AdaBoost classifier and deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) were compared on different data partitions in respect...
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The novel sterilization device: the prototype testing
PublicationCurrently, there are numerous methods that can be used to neutralize pathogens (i.e., devices, tools, or protective clothing), but the sterilizing agent must be selected so that it does not damage or change the properties of the material to which it is applied. Dry sterilization with hydrogen peroxide gas (VHP) in combination with UV-C radiation is well described and effective method of sterilization. This paper presents the design,...
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Should we publish in Chinese? –answers exemplified by articles on OSH and electromagnetism indexed in selected databases
PublicationThe article addresses the issues of scientific communication, including the indexing of articles in international databases (Web of ScienceCC, Scopus) and Chinese institutions, including technical universities. One of the important issues in assessing the quality of a scientist's work is the...
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Działalność w obszarze grantów realizowana przez Katedrę Sieci Teleinformacyjnych
PublicationPrzedstawiono działalność Katedry Sieci Teleinformacyjnych PG WETI w obszarze grantów finansowanych przez instytucje centralne, przy czym główny nacisk położono na scharakteryzowanie aktualnie realizowanych projektów. Opisano dwa projekty finansowane przez NCBiR. Pierwszy dotyczy koncepcji oraz implementacji integracji informacji w rozproszonych elementach systemu wymiany danych Straży Granicznej, natomiast drugi strumieniowej...
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Social Entrepreneurship Research – Challenges, Explanations and Suggestions for the Field Development
PublicationEmploying critical review and reflection on the key literature in the area of entrepreneurship and management studies in social entrepreneurship field, this paper aims to outline the current challenges this field is facing, while introducing related explanations and suggesting required changes. The current field of social entrepreneurship research is at its nascent stage, which is determined by ongoing definitional debates and...