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Efficacious Alkaline Copper Corrosion Inhibition by a Mixed Ligand Copper(II) Complex of 2,2′-Bipyridine and Glycine: Electrochemical and Theoretical Studies
PublicationA mixed ligand copper(II) complex, namely, [Cu(BPy)(Gly)Cl]⋅2H2O (CuC) (BPy=2,2′-bipyridine and Gly=glycine), was synthesized and characterized. The synthesized CuC complex was tested as inhibitor to effectively mitigate the corrosion of copper in alkaline solutions using the linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and linear polarization resistance (LPR) techniques. For the sake of comparison, such two D.C. electrochemical techniques were...
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Modified and pristine biochars for remediation of chromium contamination in soil and aquatic systems
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Nickel in soil and water: Sources, biogeochemistry, and remediation using biochar
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Nickel loaded zeolites FAU and MFI: Characterization and activity in water-phase hydrodehalogenation of TCE
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Standard and Fast Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3on Zeolites Fe-BEA
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MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITY NEAR SELECTED TRANSMITTERS OF MOBILE TELEPHONY BASE STATIONS
PublicationWireless connectivity has become increasingly common in recent times. Day by day, there are more radiocommunication devices and new ideas for them. In the near future, when the fifth generation networks will be implemented, whose main feature will be continuous wireless communication, we must approach the issue of electric field measurements more and more carefully.
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Seaport equipment and facilities. An offer for today, an investment for the future
PublicationIn order to meet customers' requirements and to adapt to the changing market, producers of port equipment try to provide more and more automated solutions containing future-oriented options.
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The Impact of urban Localizations on the Growth Possibilities for Small Firms
PublicationThe purpose of this study was to identify the differences in the profiles of firms and their owners in urban and non-urban locations and also to asses the impact of those differences on the possibilities of growth for firms from both types of locations. Findings: urban entrepreneurs are better educated, more experienced and more positively motivated. Their firms are more innovative, with more qualified employeesadn better access...
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Realization of multi-operand modular adders in the FPGA technology
PublicationW pracy opisano projektowanie i realizację struktur wielooperandowych sumatorów modularnych (MOMA) w środowisku Xilinx FPGA z użyciem technologii Virtex-6. Projekt oparty jest na pamięciach LUT (26x1), które symulują małe pamięci RAM służące jako podstawowy komponent do realizacji sumatorów. W pracy pokazano MOMA dla dodawania modularnego operandów 5-bitowych. Najpierw rozważono ogólne struktury MOMA i następnie dwa podstawowe...
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Future of nature, our future. A preregistered report on future time perspective, social value orientation, and pro-environmental outcomes based on data from Poland and Sweden
PublicationIntroduction: The objective of the study was to examine the role of social value orientation and future time perspective to account for individual differences in pro-environmental behaviors, intentions, and opinions about the link between pro-environmental action and pandemic threat (three separate models) in Polish and Swedish samples expected to differ in rate of pro-environmental behaviors (higher in Sweden). We hypothesized...
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A characterization of peanut consumption in four countries: results from focus groups and their implications for peanut allergy prevalence
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European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Obesity Obesity-induced hypertension and target organ damage: current knowledge and future directions
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Biotransformation of Modified Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids: Boldine and Berberine and In Silico Molecular Docking Studies of Metabolites on Telomerase and Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: implementation process and indicators to evaluate effects on physical activity
PublicationBackground: Active mobility and public transport increase physical activity (PA) levels. With varying intensity and effectiveness, European cities implement Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) to spur transport-related PA. Therefore, we aim to examine drivers and barriers to SUMP implementation and assess its influence on PA across European cities. Methods: We screened policy reports to gain insights into SUMP implementation...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Analytical Protocols
PublicationLife cycle assessment is a relatively new tool for environmental management, which is becoming more and more important owing to the globalization of the world economy, where there is a need to develop standards in protecting the environment
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Complementary oriented allocation algorithm for cloud computing
PublicationNowadays cloud computing is one of the most popular processing models. More and more different kinds of workloads have been migrated to clouds. This trend obliges the community to design algorithms which could optimize the usage of cloud resources and be more effiient and effective. The paper proposes a new model of workload allocation which bases on the complementarity relation and analyzes it. An example of a case of use is shown...
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The propeptide of human thyroid peroxidase is not required for its cellular, enzymatic or immunological activity
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New Materiality-towards ‘Media Environments
PublicationArticle presents media solutions providing new materiality of architectural spaces. Media solutions in architecture evolve in new forms. Articlepresentsboth the developmentof new technological solutionsas well as new ways of application of media solutions in relation toarchitectural form. The aim of the article is to show technical aspects of new materiality - intelligent materials, allowing transmission of changeable visual content...
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Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured Polymeric Materials—PLA and PETG—For Biomechanical Applications
PublicationThe study presented herein concerns the mechanical properties of two common polymers for potential biomedical applications, PLA and PETG, processed through fused filament fabrication (FFF)—Material Extrusion (ME). For the uniaxial tension tests carried out, two printing orientations—XY (Horizontal, H) and YZ (Vertical, V)—were considered according to the general principles for part positioning, coordinates, and orientation typically...
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Structure–bioavailability relationship study of genistein derivatives with antiproliferative activity on human cancer cell
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The legal regulations of sewage sludge management
PublicationThe growing quantity of sludge, high costs of the altered version, as well as new legal adjustments needs more and more higher qualitative requirements, the necessity of search in sludge economy and new solutions. The paper contributes to the discusion about legal ways of sewage sludge managemant.
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Safety enhancement using 3D multibeam sonar imaging in shallow waters areas
PublicationSonary wielowiazkowe wykorzystanee byc moga do poprawy bezpieczenstwa zeglugi na obszarach wod plytkich. Dzieki istotnej poprawie rozdzielczosci horyzontalnej i wertykalnej pomiarow zastosowane byc moga do obrazowania wod plytkich szczegolnie niebezpiecznych pod wzgledem nawigacyjnym.
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Efficiency of gas mixtures detection by resistive gas sensors
PublicationResistive gas sensors are very popular and are commonly used to detect various gases and their mixtures. Theeir main disadvantage is very limited selectivity. Practical use of gas sensors in environenmental applications requires determination of concentration of a few mixed gases at the same time. We would like to present recent results of gas detection improvement by utilizing a single gas sensor and additional measurements to...
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Recent advances in assessing xenobiotics migrating from packaging material – A review
PublicationMigration of potentially toxic xenobiotics and their transformation products from packaging materials needs continuous monitoring efforts. This task requires utilizing both instrumental and biological methods as more and more novel materials reach market every year to serve consumers and reduce production costs. Unfortunately, these materials very often sneak past our legal regulations on their composition and emission of contaminants...
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Impact assessment culture in the European Union. Time for something new?
PublicationCurrent approaches and cultures for the economic evaluations of environmental and health policies may suffer from excessive reliance on a standard neoclassic economic toolbox that neglects alternative perspectives. This may prematurely limit the spectrum of available policy options. Here we show how the inclusion of neglected currents of thought such as non-Ricardian economics, bioeconomics and a set of qualitative-quantitative...
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Cognitive memory for intelligent systems of decision-making, based on human psychology
PublicationA model of memory, which allows to expand the functionality of autonomous decision-making systems for robotic and human-system-interface purposes, is discussed. The model provides functions and features which make the prospective robotic and interfacing systems more human-like as well as more efficient in solving interactive issues.
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Cognitive memory for intelligent systems of decision-making, based on human psychology
PublicationA model of memory, which allows to expand the functionality of autonomous decision-making systems for robotic and human-system-interface purposes, is discussed. The model provides functions and features which make the prospective robotic and interfacing systems more human-like as well as more efficient in solving interactive issues.
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Determinants of Firm Innovation in Indonesia: The Role of Institutions and Access to Finance
PublicationThis paper investigates the determinants of firm innovation in Indonesia. Using quality of local regulations index constructed by the Indonesia’s Regional Autonomy Watch (KPPOD) as measure of institutions, We found that better institutional quality at the local level was associated with more innovation and that firms experiencing major obstacle in access to finance were less likely to innovate. Access to finance is more critical...
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Modelling of the Movement of Designed Vehicles on Parking Space for Designing Parking
PublicationNowadays, in all cities there is an acute problem of lack of parking spaces. The vehicles are becoming more and more not only in megacities, but also in small cities of the country, and there are no more parking places - the pace of solving the problem is several times slower than the speed of transport growth among the citizens. The article is dedicated to determination of the optimum sizes parking place for designing vehicles...
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Philosophy of Symbolic Forms and a Mystery of “Appearing Itself ”. Cassirer in the Context of Phenomenology
Publicationin the publications concerning Cassirer, whose number has been increasing for about a dozen years, more and more space is devoted to the genesis of his philosophy, and more attention is paid to its linkage to Neo-Kantian Marburg school. Also, in addition to Kantian, Hegelian and Goethean heritage in Cassirer’s philosophy is indicated, while its discovered philosophical foundations make it possible to regard the author of The Philosophy...
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EFFICIENCY OF GAS MIXTURES DETECTION BY RESISTIVE GAS SENSORS
PublicationResistive gas sensors are very popular and are commonly used to detect various gases and their mixtures. Their main disadvantage is very limited selectivity. Practical use of gas sensors in environmental applications (e.g., in sewage systems to protect workers, in air conditioning systems to monitor atmosphere quality) requires determination of concentration of a few mixed gases at the same time. We would like to present recent...
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A EuroPrevall review of factors affecting incidence of peanut allergy: priorities for research and policy
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Generating actionable evidence from free-text feedback to improve maternity and acute hospital experiences: A computational text analytics & predictive modelling approach
PublicationBackground Patient experience surveys are a key source of evidence for supporting decision-making and quality improvement in healthcare services. These surveys contain two main types of questions: closed and open-ended, asking about patients’ care experiences. Apart from the knowledge obtained from analysing closed-ended questions, invaluable insights can be gleaned from free-text data. Advanced analytics techniques are increasingly...
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GAS SENSORS WITH TEMPERATURE MODULATION – AN OVERVIEW
PublicationAlthough different methods of improving semiconductor gas sensor properties have been proposed, a technique involving temperature modulation seems to be the most promising. Semiconductor gas sensors working with modulated temperature can be more stable and are more selective comparing with sensor working at one temperature. In this paper, various approaches to temperature modulation are reviewed.
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A new method for measuring the psychoacoustical properties of tinnitus
Publicationinformation, select the tinnitus treatment and quantitatively substantiate its effects, the measurement of the Tinnitus psychoacoustic parameters should be made an inherent part of the Tinnitus therapy. Methods For this purpose the multimedia-based sound synthesizer has been proposed for testing tinnitus and the results obtained this way are compared with the outcome of the audiometer-based Wilcoxon test. The method has been verified...
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Physical, Chemical and Biological Changes in the Gulf of Gdańsk Ecosystem (Southern Baltic Sea).
PublicationPrzedstawiono fizyczne, chemiczne i biologiczne zmiany zachodzące w ekosystemie Zatoki Gdańskiej (Południowy Bałtyk. Opisano klimat (temp. wody, opady poziom morza, zasolenie), fluktuację stężeń związków biogennych (azotany,fosforany, krzemiany), poziom organicznych zanieczyszczeń (POP´s, PcB´, pestycydy, WWA) oraz zmiany w biologicznym życiu morza.
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Działania reakcyjne wobec sytuacji kryzysowych w logistyce przepływu pacjenta w podmiotach leczniczych
PublicationNiniejsze opracowanie poświęcone jest podstawowym aspektom zarządzania kryzysowego w pomiotach leczniczych. Autorzy na popdstawie wcześniejszych badań zaproponowali zestaw działan reakcyjnych, które moga być wykorzystane jako pewnego rodzaju wskazówki dla podmiotów leczniczych, które moga pozwolić uniknąc negatywnych skutków pojawienia się tego typu sytuacji kryzysowych.
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The Influence of Binding Agents on Stiffness of Mineral-cement-emulsion Mixtures
PublicationThis paper attempts to determine the behavior of mineral-cement-emulsion mixture (MCE) under load, whether is it similar to asphalt mixtures (viscoelastic behavior) or to cement treated materials (elastic behavior). To answer this question nine mineral- cement-emulsion mixtures with different combinations of cement and emulsion content were tested in laboratory using Simple Performance Test (SPT). For each mixture stiffness moduli...
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Koncepcja modelu oceny ryzyka rewitalizacji obszarów miejskich
PublicationGłównym celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie założeń leżących u podstaw budowy Modelu Oceny Ryzyka (MORA), który ma być wykorzystywany do kontrolowania poziomu i sterowania ryzykiem technicznym projektów inwestycyjnych w ramach zarządzania ryzykiem rewitalizacji urbanistycznej. Jak wskazują dotychczasowe badania, kompleksowy i społeczny charakter rewitalizacji determinuje bowiem powstanie szeregu zagrożeń, mało charakterystycznych...
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Increasing K-Means Clustering Algorithm Effectivity for Using in Source Code Plagiarism Detection
PublicationThe problem of plagiarism is becoming increasingly more significant with the growth of Internet technologies and the availability of information resources. Many tools have been successfully developed to detect plagiarisms in textual documents, but the situation is more complicated in the field of plagiarism of source codes, where the problem is equally serious. At present, there are no complex tools available to detect plagiarism...
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MHD darcy-forchheimer nanofluid flow and entropy optimization in an odd-shaped enclosure filled with a (MWCNT-Fe3O4/water) using galerkin finite element analysis
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Test loadings of arch bridges
PublicationIn Poland an appreciable developement of bridge building can be seen in recent years. Arch structures are more and more common, because of the original geometrical and aesthetical form, aside with explicit structural system. Paper concerns the applied computational conceptions and researches on an example of two arch bridges. The goal of the studies is to check the correctness of the real construction work and design assumptions,...
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Toxicity of ionic liquid cations and anions towards activated sewage sludge organisms from different sources – Consequences for biodegradation testing and wastewater treatment plant operation
PublicationIonic liquids (ILs) have attracted great interest in academia and industry during the last decade. So far, several ILs have been used in technological processes, from small scale to industrial applications, which makes it more and more likely that they will be released into the environment. Researches have been actively studying the environmental and toxicological bevaviour of ILs, but their influence on the activated sewage sludge...
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Defense mechanisms and borderline personality organization among COVID-19 believers and non-believers during complete lock-down
PublicationThe aim of the current study was to investigate whether a specific social perception of the pandemic—believing or not in COVID-19—predicts borderline personality organizations and whether this relationship is mediated by more primitive maladaptive mechanisms—splitting, denial, and dissociation. The online study included 720 organization aged 25–45. Participants were diverse in terms of place of residence, being in a relationship,...
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Lexicon Based Algorithm for Domain Ontology Merging and Alignment
PublicationMore and more systems contain some kind of knowledge describing their field of operation. Such knowledge in many cases is stored as an ontology. A need arises for ability to quickly match those ontologies to enable interoperability of such systems. The paper presents a lexicon based algorithm for merging and aligning of OWL ontologies. The proposed similarity levels are being presented and the proposed algorithm is being described....
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A Set of Low-power Microcontroller-based Modules Used for Testing of Small Energy Measurement Methods
PublicationEstimation of energy consumption of low-power devices is not widely discussed in the scientific literature, but this topic is getting more and more popular. Evaluation process of newly developed methods and instrumentation requires carefull treatment. In order to fulfill this niche, the set of micro-power microcontroller based devices was proposed. The devices represent typical energy consuption profiles and allow experimental verification...
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Europa Bałtycka w ładzie międzynarodowym
PublicationObszar Europy Bałtyckiej (określany też jako: Region Morza Bałtyckiego, Region Bałtycki, Region Nadbałtycki) zajmuje szczególne miejsce w ładzie regionalnym współczesnej Europy. Jako przestrzeń kulturowo-cywilizacyjna wyznaczana przez cywilizacyjną rolę Morza Bałtyckiego stanowi obszar rozwoju społecznego, politycznego i gospodarczego. Obejmuje ona kraje położone w obrębie Morza Bałtyckiego o znaczącym zróżnicowaniu pod względem...
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NVRAM as Main Storage of Parallel File System
PublicationModern cluster environments' main trouble used to be lack of computational power provided by CPUs and GPUs, but recently they suffer more and more from insufficient performance of input and output operations. Apart from better network infrastructure and more sophisticated processing algorithms, a lot of solutions base on emerging memory technologies. This paper presents evaluation of using non-volatile random-access memory as a...
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THE IMPACT OF GROUND TIRE RUBBER TREATMENT ON THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE/GROUND TIRE RUBBER COMPOSITES
PublicationWaste car tires are burdensome waste, and their utilization is crucial for the natural environment. In many countries, the primary method of their recycling is energy recovery, performed by simple combustion. However, material recycling is much more effective and significantly more beneficial for the natural environment. It results in the generation of ground tire rubber, which can be used to produce polymerrubber composites. It...
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THE EFFECT OF NOTCH DEPTH ON CTOD VALUES IN FRACTURE TESTS OF STRUCTURAL STEEL ELEMENTS
PublicationIn elements of steel structures working at low temperatures, there is a risk of appearance of brittle fracture. This risk is reduced through the use of certified materials having guaranteed strength at a given temperature. A method which is most frequently used to determine brittle fracture toughness is the Charpy impact test, preformed for a given temperature. For offshore structures intended to work in the arctic climat e, the...