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Interfacial water controls the process of adsorption of hyperactive antifreeze proteins onto the ice surface
PublicationA mechanism of interactions between the ice-binding surface of a hyperactive antifreeze protein molecule and the ice surface is proposed, involving the influence of water present between the two surfaces on the behavior of the approaching molecule. It is demonstrated that the interfacial water, even before its full solidification, can act as a factor that pushes away or pulls nearer the protein molecule to ensure its proper positioning....
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Experimental Study of the Resistance to Influence of Aggressive Liquids on Lightweight Concrete
PublicationIn light of the scientific research, the corrosion of concrete structures is one of the main problems that may reduce their durability due to the negative impact of the natural environment. The paper analyzes the influence of the type of component on the selected properties of lightweight concrete subjected to the influence of aggressive liquids. Four concrete mixes were prepared with a granular aggregate made of foamed glass (GEGA)...
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Mechanism of Binding of Antifungal Antibiotic Amphotericin B to Lipid Membranes: An Insight from Combined Single-Membrane Imaging, Microspectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamics
PublicationAmphotericin B is a lifesaving polyene antibiotic used in the treatment of systemic mycoses. Unfortunately, the pharmacological applicability of this drug is limited because of its severe toxic side effects. At the same time, the lack of a well-defined mechanism of selectivity hampers the efforts to rationally design safer derivatives. As the drug primarily targets the biomembranes of both fungi and humans, new insights into the...
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Social benefits valuation of hosting non-mega sporting events
PublicationPurpose In the study, an attempt was made to estimate the social benefits resulting from three non-mega sporting events organized in Ergo Arena located on the border of two cities in Poland. By attributing a value to intangible social benefits, the intangible effect was determined and compared to the expenditure incurred in the construction of Ergo Arena Hall. Design/methodology/approach In order to value social intangible effects...
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Assessment of codes recommendations for the evaluation of the seismic gap of buildings founded on different soil types
PublicationSeveral equations have been proposed in the literature to evaluate the seismic gap preventing earthquake-induced structural pounding, such as the ones based on the absolute sum of the peak displacements (ABS), the square root of the sum of the squares (SRSS), the double difference method (DDC), Australian code and the approach proposed by Naderpour et al. The aim of this paper is to investigate the accuracy of these equations taking...
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Aggregation of Rhodamine 6G in titanium dioxide nanolayers and bulk xerogels
PublicationNanolayers and bulk xerogels of Rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) in titanium dioxide (Rh6G/TiO2) were prepared using the sol–gel method. The spectroscopic and structural properties of these two types of hybrid matrices were studied as a function of dye concentration. In both cases absorption, fluorescence and time resolved emission spectra show the formation of fluorescent aggregates. The observed stronger changes in characteristics of bulk...
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Effective Equations for the Optimum Seismic Gap Preventing Earthquake-Induced Pounding between Adjacent Buildings Founded on Different Soil Types
PublicationThe best approach to avoid collisions between adjacent structures during earthquakes is to provide sufficient spacing between them. However, the existing formulas for calculating the optimum seismic gap preventing pounding were found to provide inaccurate results upon the consideration of different soil types. The aim of this paper is to propose new equations for the evaluation of the sufficient in-between separation gap for buildings...
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Radioactivity of drilling cuttings from shale resources of the Lower Paleozoic Baltic Basin, Poland
PublicationFractionated drilling wastes originating from shale gas exploration in the Baltic Basin in Pomerania were subjected to the measurements of mean activity concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs).To better understand rock structure and texture, the X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) observation were used. To compare activity concentration of radionuclides in bulk wastes...
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Nadzór naukowo-techniczny nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynku wody powrotnej w Łęgu wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi. Sprawozdanie końcowe za 2016 rok
PublicationOpracowanie stanowi sprawozdanie za rok 2016 z nadzoru geotechnicznego i geodezyjnego prowadzonego nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynku wody powrotnej w Łęgu wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi.
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Nadzór naukowo-techniczny nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynku wody powrotnej w Łęgu wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi. Sprawozdanie końcowe za 2017 rok
PublicationOpracowanie stanowi sprawozdanie za rok 2017 z nadzoru geotechnicznego i geodezyjnego prowadzonego nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynku wody powrotnej w Łęgu wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi.
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Nadzór naukowo-techniczny nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynku wody powrotnej w Łęgu wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi. Sprawozdanie końcowe za 2018 rok
Publicationopracowanie stanowi sprawozdanie za rok 2018 z nadzoru geotechnicznego i geodezyjnego prowadzonego nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynku wody powrotnej w Łęgu wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi.
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Analysis of floor-to-column pounding of buildings founded on different soil types
PublicationThe aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the soil type on buildings experiencing floor-to-column pounding during earthquakes. Five buildings with 4-storeys, 6-storeys, and 7-storeys were considered. Three types of the 4-storey building with different total heights were taken into account which leads to floor-to-column pounding at 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3 of the height of the impacted column. Two pounding scenarios were considered,...
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Shaking table experimental study on pounding between adjacent structures founded on different soil types
PublicationThe aim of this study is to extensively investigate the effect of the soil type on the response of colliding structures based on shaking table experimental tests. Two single-storey models of steel buildings with different dynamic parameters were considered in this study. Three pounding scenarios were taken into account by applying different seismic gaps (0.5 cm, 1 cm and 1.5 cm as well as the no pounding case). First, the effect...
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Nondestructive global corrosion measurement using guided wavefield data
PublicationMetallic structures often face degradation, and corrosion ranks among the most prevalent forms of deterioration. Accurate quantification of corrosion is crucial, especially for structures exposed to harsh environmental conditions, such as marine vessels and offshore installations. Because the traditional measurement methods based on scanning by ultrasonic gauge are time-consuming and provide only rough information on the thickness...
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Comparative study of numerical modelling and experimental investigation for vessel-docking operations
PublicationA comparative study between numerical modelling and experimental investigation is performed to validate the developed numerical method for simulating floating dock operations with a vessel on board. Both model-scale and full-scale experimental tests are performed on floating docks with a vessel on board, and the draughts using draught meters, floating positions and bending of the floating dock are measured. The present numerical...
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Experimental Investigations of Fracture Process Using DIC in Plain and Reinforced Concrete Beams under Bending
PublicationThe fracture behaviour of concrete and reinforced concrete beams under quasi-static three-point bending was comprehensively investigated with experiments at laboratory scale. The eight various concrete mixes were tested. The influence of the shape, volume and size of aggregate particles and reinforcement on concrete fracture under bending was studied. Displacements on the surface of concrete beams were measured by means of the...
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Possibilities and benefits of a new method of modifying conventional building materials with phase-change materials (PCMs)
PublicationThe paper presents a current study devoted to the optimization of the amount of PCM present within traditional building materials, utilized in this case in hollow-brick walls. Authors focus on proposing an alternative to typical direct addition of PCM to existing building materials: introducing two- and three-component mixtures, based on a porous PCM carrier, which in this case was construction aggregate. Preliminary studies of...
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Emotion Recognition from Physiological Channels Using Graph Neural Network
PublicationIn recent years, a number of new research papers have emerged on the application of neural networks in affective computing. One of the newest trends observed is the utilization of graph neural networks (GNNs) to recognize emotions. The study presented in the paper follows this trend. Within the work, GraphSleepNet (a GNN for classifying the stages of sleep) was adjusted for emotion recognition and validated for this purpose. The...
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Two bacterial small heat shock proteins, IbpA and IbpB, form a functional heterodimer
PublicationSmall heat shock proteins (sHsps) are a conserved class of ATP-independent chaperones which in stress conditions bind to unfolded protein substrates and prevent their irreversible aggregation. Substrates trapped in sHsps-containing aggregates are efficiently refolded into native structures by ATP-dependent Hsp70 and Hsp100 chaperones. Most γ-proteobacteria possess a single sHsp (IbpA), while in a subset of Enterobacterales, as...
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Seismic gap between buildings founded on different soil types experiencing pounding during earthquakes
PublicationSeveral formulas have been suggested in the literature to evaluate the minimum seismic gap that would prevent collisions between adjacent buildings during earthquakes, including those based on the absolute sum of the peak displacements (ABS), square root of the sum of the squares (SRSS), the double difference method (DDC), Australian code, and approach proposed by Naderpour et al. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the...
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Poprawa nośności platform roboczych
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono zagadnienia związanie z zastosowaniem geosyntetyków oraz materiałów wiązanych hydraulicznie (HBM) do stabilizacji platform roboczych pod ciężki sprzęt budowlany.
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Charakterystyka hydrogeochemiczna wód podziemnych rejonu Przylądka Rozewie na podstawie badań ich naturalnych wypływów
PublicationW niniejszym artykule zostały przedstawione wyniki badań, które były prowadzone w strefie brzegowej rejonu Przylądka Rozewie. Prowadzone w latach 2013-2014 badania miały charakter monitoringu podstawowych właściwości fizykochemicznych oraz oznaczenia składu jonowego wód wypływających ze zbocza w obrębie badanego terenu. Warunki hydrogeochemiczne rejonu Przylądka Rozewie są kształtowane pod wpływem specyficznego nadmorskiego klimatu,...
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Sztywność pali prefabrykowanych stosowanych w budownictwie hydrotechnicznym
PublicationPrzedstawiono wartości sztywności podpór, obiektów posadowionych na żelbetowych palach prefabrykowanych, wbijanych, bazujące na wynikach próbnych obciążeń statycznych wykonanych na obiektach hydrotechnicznych w Gdańsku i Gdyni.
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Prefabrykowane pale wbijane
PublicationOmówiono zastosowanie prefabrykowanych, żelbetowych pali wbijanych w różnych rodzajach budownictwa. Zakres pracy obejmuje dotychczasowe oraz współczesne zastosowania pali prefabrykowanych. Zawarto następujące zagadnienia: materiały do produkcji pali, charakterystykę geometryczną, sposoby łączenia, metody prefabrykacji, metody kontroli, omówiono sprzęt do wbijania, scharakteryzowano zjawiska towarzyszące wbijaniu. Podsumowaniem...
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Numerical simulation of asphalt mixtures fracture using continuum models
PublicationThe paper considers numerical models of fracture processes of semi-circular asphalt mixture specimens subjected to three-point bending. Parameter calibration of the asphalt mixture constitutive models requires advanced, complex experimental test procedures. The highly non-homogeneous material is numerically modelled by a quasicontinuum model. The computational parameters are averaged data of the components, i.e. asphalt, aggregate...
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Visualization and quantification of soil laboratory impact compaction
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Elastic scattering of electrons by water: An ab initio study
PublicationIn this work we devise a theoretical and computational method to compute the elastic scattering of electrons from a non-spherical potential, such as in the case of molecules and molecular aggregates. Its main feature is represented by the ability of calculating accurate wave functions for continuum states of polycentric systems via the solution of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, including both the correlation effects and multi-scattering...
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Poroelastic Road Surfaces - State of The Art
PublicationPoroelastic Road Surfaces (PERS) constitute a specific group of pavements containing a great amount of crumbled rubber. In most cases rubber aggregate constitutes about 20% of the mixture (by weight) and a polyurethane resin is used as a binder. As a result, PERS is characterized by a much higher elasticity than asphalt and a high porosity typical for drainage pavements. Due to this, tire/road noise is greatly reduced and on top...
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Numbers, Please: Power- and Voltage-Related Indices in Control of a Turbine-Generator Set
PublicationThis paper discusses the proper selection and interpretation of aggregated control performance indices values mirroring the quality of electrical energy generation by a turbine-generator set cooperating with a power system. Typically, a set of basic/classical and individual indices is used in energy engineering to ensure the mirroring feature and is related to voltage, frequency and active or reactive power deviations from their...
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The impact of global value chains on wages, employment, and productivity: a survey of theoretical approaches
PublicationThis study presents a systematic literature review to provide a collection of theories explaining the impact of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes. Due to the complex nature of GVCs and the interconnectedness of wages, employment, and productivity, many direct and indirect effects are at play. To ensure a transparent and systematic flow of the review process, I follow the PRISMA guide. Eventually, 36 records out...
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Numerical investigations of discrete crack propagation in Montevideo splitting test using cohesive elements and real concrete micro-structure
PublicationThe paper is aimed at accurately predicting the discrete fracture process in concrete specimens under complex stress states in two dimensional (2D) simulations. Plain concrete specimens subjected to Montevideo splitting test (MVD) were used for consideration due to non-negligible shear stresses impact in this type of test. In order to reflect the heterogeneous nature of the concrete, the meso-structure of the samples was included...
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Bifractal receiver operating characteristic curves: a formula for generating receiver operating characteristic curves in credit-scoring contexts
PublicationThis paper formulates a mathematical model for generating receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves without underlying data. Credit scoring practitioners know that the Gini coefficient usually drops if it is only calculated on cases above the cutoff. This fact is not a mathematical necessity, however, as it is theoretically possible to get an ROC curve that keeps the same Gini coefficient no matter how big a share of lowest...
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Report no WOiO/II/67/2015 - Expertise about load capacity of twistlock foundation and sliding foundation
PublicationCustomer delivered to Laboratory 17 elements - twist lock foundations and sliding lock foundations (ship equipment for container lashing). Elements were selected from production series. Each element was loaded for braking load. After test visual inspection had been performed. The expertise contains: description of tested elements, test assumptions, test stand, results and conclusions
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Standard and modified falling mass impact tests on preplaced aggregatefibrous concrete and slurry infiltrated fibrous concrete
PublicationAlthough several studies have been conducted to evaluate the impact response of concrete using theAmerican Concrete Institute (ACI) 544-2R falling mass impact test, the variations in test results are themain drawback of this testing method. This study aims to reduce the variations in experimental impacttest results by introducing two simple test setup modifications; (1) using coarse or fine aggregate bed-ding as an alternative...
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Discrete element method simulations of fracture in concrete under uniaxial compression based on its real internal structure
PublicationThe paper describes experimental and numerical results of concrete fracture under quasi-static uniaxial compression. Experimental uniaxial compression tests were performed on concrete cubic specimens. Fracture in concrete was detected at the aggregate level by means of three non-destructive methods: three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography, two-dimensional scanning electron microscope and manual two-dimensional digital...
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Graph Representation Integrating Signals for Emotion Recognition and Analysis
PublicationData reusability is an important feature of current research, just in every field of science. Modern research in Affective Computing, often rely on datasets containing experiments-originated data such as biosignals, video clips, or images. Moreover, conducting experiments with a vast number of participants to build datasets for Affective Computing research is time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, it is extremely important to...
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Fracture simulations in concrete beam under bending using a mesoscopic model with cohesive elements
PublicationThe main aim of this paper was to investigate a complex fracture process in a concrete beam subjected to 3-point bending test by means of the 2D meso-scale FEM with 4-node cohesive elements embedded in the initial mesh of 3-node solid elements. The material heterogeneity was taken into account by considering 3 different phases (aggregate, cement matrix, ITZs) on the basis of randomly generated internal structure of concrete and...
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Badania stanu technicznego ścianek szczelnych strony południowej i północnej komory południowej śluzy Dzierżno
PublicationPrace dotyczyły badań nieniszczących łączników (zamków) Paine`a oraz ścianek szczelnych. Ściany boczne komory południowej śluzy Dzierżno zbudowane są ze stalowych pasów blachy o grubości około 16mm i długości 22m połączonych ze sobą wzdłuż dłuższej krawędzi za pomocą zamków Peine`a. System ten umożliwia uzyskanie szczelnego połączenia na całej długości ścianki. Zaawansowany proces korozji spowodował rozszczelnienie połączenia...
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Nondestructive corrosion degradation assessment based on asymmetry of guided wave propagation field
PublicationThe article presents the results of numerical and experimental investigation of guided wave propagation in steel plates subjected to corrosion degradation. The development of novel procedures allowing for the assessment of the corrosion degradation level is crucial in the effective diagnostics of offshore and ship structures that are especially subjected to aggressive environments. The study’s main aim is to investigate the influence...
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The Influence of Global Corrosion Degradation on Localized Damage Detection Using Guided Waves
PublicationThis paper presents the results of a numerical analysis of the influence of corrosion degradation of metal plates on the wave propagation phenomenon. There are several different corrosion types, but general and pitting corrosion are the most common. General corrosion is more or less uniformly distributed over the entire exposed surface of the metal while pitting corrosion takes the form of localized cracks. Because the general...
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Pierwsza prezentacja obrazu na wystawie "Differentia specifica" w Galerii Feininger w Trzebiatowskim Ośrodku Kultury w Trzebiatowie w terminie 31 lipca do 31 sierpnia 2021. Obraz "Bez tytułu", technika akrylowa na papierze. Wymiary: 75 x 75 cm. Rok powstania: 2021.
PublicationObraz "Bez tytułu", technika akrylowa na papierze. Wymiary: 75 x 75 cm. Rok powstania: 2021
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Systemy krążenia wód podziemnych w rejonie Zalewu Kamieńskiego, Pomorze Zachodnie
PublicationSystemy krążenia wód podziemnych w rejonie Zalewu Kamieńskiego zależą od budowy geologicznej, ukształtownia terenu a także ascenzji solanek i ingresji wód morskich.Do obliczenia czasu przepływu wody w rozpatrywanych warunkach w ośrodku o znanej porowatości aktywnej posłuzono sie programem TFS opracowanym przez K. Burzyńskiego.Model przepływu wód podziemnych opracowano dla przekroju hydrogeologicznego wzdłuż linii Miedzywodzie -...
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Influence of Urea and Dimethyl Sulfoxide on K-Peptide Fibrillation
PublicationProtein fibrillation leads to formation of amyloids—linear aggregates that are hallmarks of many serious diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. In this work, we investigate the fibrillation of a short peptide (K-peptide) from the amyloidogenic core of hen egg white lysozyme in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide or urea. During the studies, a variety of spectroscopic methods were used: fluorescence spectroscopy...
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Nadzór naukowo-techniczny nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynków z uwzględnieniem funkcjonowania systemu odwodnienia i problematyki kanalizacji głębokiej wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi w Elektrowni Ostrołęka. Sprawozdanie końcowe za rok 2016
PublicationOpracowanie stanowi roczne podsumowanie stałego nadzoru geotechnicznego nad zachowaniem się podłoża, który ma na celu przeciwdziałanie zagrożeniom stateczności obiektu na skutek zmian położenia zwierciadła wody gruntowej pod fundamentami i posadzką Budynku Głównego Elektrowni Ostrołęką, z nawiązaniem do ocen z lat poprzednich pozwalających na określenie trendów długookresowych.
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Nadzór naukowo-techniczny nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynków z uwzględnieniem funkcjonowania systemu odwodnienia i problematyki kanalizacji głębokiej wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi w Elektrowni Ostrołęka. Sprawozdanie końcowe za rok 2017
PublicationOpracowanie stanowi roczne podsumowanie stałego nadzoru geotechnicznego nad zachowaniem się podłoża, który ma na celu przeciwdziałanie zagrożeniom stateczności obiektu na skutek zmian położenia zwierciadła wody gruntowej pod fundamentami i posadzką Budynku Głównego, z nawiązaniem do ocen z lat poprzednich pozwalających na określenie trendów długookresowych.
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Nadzór naukowo-techniczny nad pracą i stanem podłoża gruntowego pod kątem wpływu na konstrukcję budynków z uwzględnieniem funkcjonowania systemu odwodnienia i problematyki kanalizacji głębokiej wraz z niezbędnymi opracowaniami dokumentacyjnymi i badaniami geodezyjnymi w Elektrowni Ostrołęka. Sprawozdanie końcowe za rok 2018
PublicationOpracowanie stanowi roczne podsumowanie stałego nadzoru geotechnicznego nad zachowaniem się podłoża, który ma na celu przeciwdziałanie zagrożeniom stateczności obiektu na skutek zmian położenia zwierciadła wody gruntowej pod fundamentami i posadzką Budynku Głównego, z nawiązaniem do ocen z lat poprzednich pozwalających na określenie trendów długookresowych.
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A method for the three-dimensional and synchronous resolution of functional and spatial matters in architectural design
PublicationThe article discusses the issue of applied methods of teaching architectural design at Polish universities. The authors review the common methods based on conceptual drawings solving design problems in only two dimensions. After completing the floor plans' sketching process carried out in 2D way the 3D virtual models are made - seldom cardboard mock-ups - to illustrate the final spatial form of the designed object. At the Faculty...
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Temperature modeling in activated sludge systems: a case study
PublicationPrzedstawiono model dynamiki temperatury jako część ogólnego modelu komory osadu czynnego. Transport ciepła opisano za pomocą jednowymiarowego równania adwekcyjno-dyspersyjnego z członem źródłowym opisującym teoretyczny bilans ciepła dla komory. Model został zweryfikowany w oczyszczalni ścieków Rock Creek w stanie Oregon (USA) w oparciu o dane eksploatacyjne oraz pomiary meteorologiczne z pobliskiej stacji meteorologicznej. Wyniki...
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A procedure for elastoplastic hardening function identification.
PublicationThe inverse analysis method for identifying a nonlinear hardening function,which governs a plastic yielding of soil and rock materials in the framework of elastoplastic theory is presented. A concept of two stage finite element based on spatial discretization of computational space and hardening function space is introduced. The proposed inverse analysis can be classified as the output least squares method. The Levenberg Marquard...
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Nowy mechanizm dynamicznego sterowania mocą w systemie UMTS.
PublicationW referacie zaprezentowano nowy mechanizm dynamicznego sterowania mocą, pracujący z częstotliwością 3000 rozk/sek, możliwy do zastosowania w interfejsie radiowym WCDMA/FDD systemu UMTS. Na podstawie badań, przeprowadzonych w oparciu o własne oprogramowanie symulujące pracę systemu i kanał, dokonano porównana nowego mechanizmu z mechanizmem zaproponowany w specyfikacji systemu UMTS, pracującym z częstotliwością 1500 rozk/sek. Ponadto...