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Smart Approach for Glioma Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging using Modified Convolutional Network Architecture (U-NET)
PublicationSegmentation of a brain tumor from magnetic resonance multimodal images is a challenging task in the field of medical imaging. The vast diversity in potential target regions, appearance and multifarious intensity threshold levels of various tumor types are few of the major factors that affect segmentation results. An accurate diagnosis and its treatment demand strict delineation of the tumor affected tissues. Herein, we focus on...
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Soft Sensor Application in Identification of the Activated Sludge Bulking Considering the Technological and Economical Aspects of Smart Systems Functioning
PublicationThe paper presented the methodology for the construction of a soft sensor used for activated sludge bulking identification. Devising such solutions fits within the current trends and development of a smart system and infrastructure within smart cities. In order to optimize the selection of the data-mining method depending on the data collected within a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), a number of methods were considered, including:...
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Architects and urban planners in the face of energy transition - smart cities energy aspects in shaping building structures and cities
PublicationContemporary architects and urban planners are facing steadily increasing challenges. The growing problems around environmental issues, shrinking natural resources and climate action are just some of them. Currently, planning should also include balancing with all the aspects of sustainable development such as not only the environmental issues, but also social and economic ones. How to meet them in the era of energy transition...
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Selected papers from the Smart Engineering of New Materials Conference, 22-25 June 2015, Lodz, Poland
PublicationEditorial to the special issue is a collection of the articles presented at Smart Engineering of New Materials (SENM2015) Conference, held in Lodz, Poland on June 22-25, 2015 (SENM 2015).
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RDE Testing of Passenger Cars: The Effect of the Cold Start on the Emissions Results
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Carbon dioxide potential reduction using Start-Stop system in a car
PublicationOperating fuel consumption increases significantly when the vehicle stops frequently while driving or when the engine is idling during braking. In such cases, the internal combustion engine consumes the fuel but the mechanical energy is not used by the drive system. The amount of fuel that is consumed in this time by the engine can potentially be saved if the car is equipped with a Stop-Start system. Start-Stop system automatically...
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Stanowisko do badania łożysk foliowych w cyklu start-stop
PublicationStreszczenie: W artykule przedstawiono stanowisko do badań typu Start-Stop, które zostało zaprojektowane do testów przydatności materiałów i rozwiązań konstrukcyjnych aerodynamicznych łożysk foliowych. Jest to jeden z modułów stanowiska badawczego wykorzystywanego w badaniach łożysk maszyn szybkoobrotowych opracowywanych w ramach projektu POIG.01.03.01-00-027/08 pt. "Wykorzystanie materiałów i konstrukcji inteligentnych do opracowania...
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Stanowisko do badania łożysk foliowych w cyklu start-stop
Publicationstreszczenie: w artykule przedstawiono stanowisko do badań typu start-stop, które zostało zaprojektowane do testów przydatności materiałów i rozwiązań konstrukcyjnych aerodynamicznych łożysk foliowych. jest to jeden z modułów stanowiska badawczego wykorzystywanego w badaniach łożysk maszyn szybkoobrotowych opracowywanych w ramach projektu poig.01.03.01-00-027/08 pt. "wykorzystanie materiałów i konstrukcji inteligentnych do opracowania...
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Use of waste heat to improve the conditions of the piston engines start up
PublicationZespoły prądotwórcze z tłokowymi silnikami spalinowymi są obecnie powszechne stosowane jako awaryjne źródła energii elektrycznej albo elektrownie uzupełniające niedobory energii czy stabilizujące częstotliwość. Ich czas rozruchu powinien być krótki - poniżej 5 minut w przypadku dużych mocy. Zużycie silnika, zużycie paliwa i emisji spalin są silnie uzależnione od stanu cieplnego przed rozruchem. Przedstawiono pomiary laboratoryjne...
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Influence of the low ambient temperature on the start-up process of hydraulic pumps
PublicationStarting hydraulic pumps in low ambient temperatures may cause: decreased hydraulic-mechanical efficiency, larger vibration of hydraulic installation, faster wear and more frequent damage to the elements of pumps, change of material properties of elements, increase of pressure drop. As a result of pressure drop in the suction pipe, large underpressure may be experienced, causing incomplete filling of pump working chambers with...
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RESEARCH OF HYDRAULIC PISTON PUMPS’ START-UP IN LOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURES
PublicationStarting hydraulic pumps in low ambient temperatures may cause: decreased hydraulic-mechanical efficiency, larger vibration of hydraulic installation, faster wear and more frequent damage to the elements of pumps, change of material properties of elements, increase of pressure drop. As a result of increase of resistance of cold oil flow in the suction pipe, large underpressure may be experienced, causing incomplete filling of pump...
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Numerical Studies on Propellers in Open Water and behind Hulls aiming to support the Evaluation of Propulsion Tests
PublicationA RANS based numerical analysis of propellers can contribute considerably to our understanding of propeller/hull interaction. It may also allow for a review of scaling procedures on results from experimental fluid dynamics (EFD). Using various RANS codes (Fluent, CFX, STAR-CCM+ and FreSCo+) on common test cases the authors first focused on propeller open water (POW) calculations. Next we simulated the propeller hull interaction...
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Machine Learning- and Artificial Intelligence-Derived Prediction for Home Smart Energy Systems with PV Installation and Battery Energy Storage
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A Review of Recent Advances in Human-Motion Energy Harvesting Nanogenerators, Self-Powering Smart Sensors and Self-Charging Electronics
PublicationIn recent years, portable and wearable personal electronic devices have rapidly developed with increasing mass production and rising energy consumption, creating an energy crisis. Using batteries and supercapacitors with limited lifespans and environmental hazards drives the need to find new, environmentally friendly, and renewable sources. One idea is to harness the energy of human motion and convert it into electrical energy...
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SMART AND RESILIENT CITIES – NEW CHALLENGES FOR POLISH CITIES IN TERMS OF 2020 BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION.
PublicationGlobal climate change action along with energy efficiency optimizations are becoming increasingly pressing principles in terms of moving towards sustainable development. As a member of EU and UN Poland is also obliged to follow restricted rules concerning energy efficiency of buildings which come to force in 2020. To meet new goals, innovative approaches - like moving towards smart and resilient cities -may be required. Through...
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Microbiological, Antioxidant, Nutritional Properties, and Health Safety of Juice from Organic and Conventional Vitis vinifera L. Farming
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Impact of active intra-complex rest intervals on post-back squat versus hip thrust jumping potentiation
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Acute Effects of High-Load vs. Plyometric Conditioning Activity on Jumping Performance and the Muscle-Tendon Mechanical Properties
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Effects of Complex Training on Jumping and Change of Direction Performance, and Post-Activation Performance Enhancement Response in Basketball Players
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Analytical expression between the impact damping ratio and the coefficient of restitution in the non-linear viscoelastic model of structural pounding
PublicationWyniki wcześniejszych badań pokazują, iż nieliniowy model lepko-sprężysty zderzeń konstrukcji budowlanych podczas trzęsień ziemi najdokładniej symuluje siłę zderzenia w czasie kontaktu oraz odpowiedź konstrukcji. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest wyprowadzenie wzoru na zależność pomiędzy liczbą tłumienia zderzenia (parametr wspomnianego modelu) a współczynnikiem odbicia, który jest parametrem często stosowanym i analizowanym w literaturze....
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Generating training data for SART-2 keystroke analysis module
PublicationAnaliza dynamiki pisania na klawiaturze jest jedną z technik biometrycznych, które uwzględniają cechy behawioralne. Trudność związana z informacja na temat dynamiki pisania na klawiaturzepolega na tym, że są to dane bardzo niestabilne. Artykuł prezentuje krótko rozwiązanie wykorzystane w celu zbierania danych uczących oraz ekstrakcji cech dla systemu uwierzytelniania użytkownika na podstawie sposobu korzystania z klawiatury. Następnie...
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Assessing Food Insecurity and Its Drivers among Smallholder Farming Households in Rural Oyo State, Nigeria: The HFIAS Approach
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Effects of Flywheel vs. Free-Weight Squats and Split Squats on Jumping Performance and Change of Direction Speed in Soccer Players
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Mechanisms positioned in a neighbourhood of their singular positions - velocity amplification in the electromagnetic damping. Part 1 - Background of the mechanical structure modeling
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodę modelowania dynamiki drgającego hybrydowego układu mechanicznego złożonego z odkształcalnego podukładu ciągłego oraz z połączonego z nim mechanizmu. U układzie pojawiają się drgania części odkształcalnej. By je wytłumić, ich energia zamieniana jest w energię elektryczną (za pomocą prądnicy prądu stałego) i rozpraszana na oporności obecnej w układzie elektrycznym. Aby przyśpieszyć tłumienie, wprowadzony...
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Are firefighters able to perform intraosseous access and start fluid resuscitation in an anaphylactic patient?
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Ocena rozwoju cech przedsiębiorczych uczestników projektu "Biznes na Start 8"
PublicationArtykuł prezentuje wyniki projektu realizowanego przez Gdańską Fundację Przedsiębiorczości, którego celem było przygotowanie beneficjentów do prowadzenia własnej działalności gospodarczej. Na trzech etapach projektu: preinkubacji, inkubacji i na zakończenie projektu. Badanie opierało sie na testach osobowości dotyczących między innymi takich cech jak: poczucie kontroli wewnętrznej, ekstrawersja, otwartość na doświadczenie, asertywność,...
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A Concept for Safe and Less Expensive Acceleration of a Marine Steam Turbine Start-up
PublicationThis paper analyses the issue of accelerated start-up of a marine steam turbine, which is an important problem because the start-up of a steam machine involves the combustion of fuel that is not transformed into useful energy. To find novel technologies that offer improvements in this aspect is essential due to restrictions on reducing ship emissions. Thus, the shorter the start-up time, the better for the environment and economy....
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Slowly-closing valve behaviour during steam machine accelerated start-up
PublicationThe paper discusses the state of stress in a slowly-closing valve during accelerated start-up of a steam turbine. The valve is one of the first components affected by high temperature gradients and is a key element on which the power, efficiency and safety of the steam system depend. The authors calibrated the valve model based on experimental data and then performed extended Thermal-FSI analyses relative to experiment. The issue...
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Volumetric and torque efficiency of pumps during start-up in low ambient temperatures
PublicationThe volumetric, torque and total efficiency of hydraulic pumps change during start-up in low ambient temperatures, as well as in thermal shock conditions, un-til they reach the set conditions. The time to reach steady-state conditions de-pends on many parameters: ambient temperature, flow rate, fluid temperature, design of hydraulic units. The author carried out tests of hydraulic pumps in the Hydraulics Laboratory of the Faculty...
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A fast start-up of the organotrophic anammox process inoculated with constructed wetland sediment
PublicationOrganotrophic anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria can utilize small volatile fatty acids with nitrate as electron acceptors with less energy consumption and no biomass production. To achieve a faster and stable start-up of organotrophic anammox process, in this study, the growth of organotrophic anammox bacteria seeded from hybrid constructed wetland (CW) sediment under different TOC/TN ratios and different chloramphenicol...
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Early farming settlement of the marginal zone of loess uplands and its palaeoenvironmental context – a case study of the Iłża Piedmont (S Poland)
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Evaluation of the Influence of Farming Practices and Land Use on Groundwater Resources in a Coastal Multi-Aquifer System in Puck Region (Northern Poland)
PublicationThis study focuses on the modeling of groundwater flow and nitrate transport in a multi-aquifer hydrosystem in northern Poland, adjacent to Puck Bay (Baltic sea). The main goal was to investigate how changes in land use and farming practices may affect groundwater recharge and submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to the sea and the associated N-NO3 fluxes. An integrated modelling approach has been developed, which couples the...
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Investigation of Exhaust Emissions from DI Diesel Engine During Cold and Warm Start
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Exhaust Emission from Passenger Cars During Engine Cold Start and Warm-Up
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The effect of a low ambient temperature on the cold-start emissions and fuel consumption of passenger cars
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Simulation of large thrust-bearing performance at transient states, warm and cold start-up
PublicationThe start-up of a large hydrodynamic thrust bearing of a vertical hydrogenerator is one of the most critical situations during the lifetime of a bearing. Hydrodynamic load capacity is low due to low speed and higher thermal deformations of the pad. A new approach to the simulation of a hydrodynamic bearing is shown in this article. A combination of finite elements method and computational fluid dynamics is used to perform the transient...
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Determination of ability of machines with hydraulic drive during start-up in low ambient temperatures
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono sposoby określania zdatności maszyn z napędem hydraulicznym podczas rozruchu w niskich temperaturach otoczenia. Przedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych i symulacji komputerowej nagrzewania się układów maszyny roboczych i zespołów hydraulicznych podczas rozruchu w warunkach szoku termicznego.
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Analysis of the Heating Process of Hydraulic Motors during Start-Up in Thermal Shock Conditions
PublicationConditions that prevail during harsh winters and hot summers pose a serious challenge for machine designers building devices suitable for operation in extreme weather. It is essential for the designers and the users to define the principles and conditions for the safe operation of machines and devices with hydraulic drive in low ambient temperatures. Bearing in mind the above, the author tested the hydraulic motors in thermal shock...
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The selective salinity and hydrazine parameters for the start-up of non-anammox-specific biomass SBR
PublicationThe presence of ammonium (NH 4+ ) in wastewater above the permissible limits leads to undesirable ecological impact and public health concerns. In this study, the anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria-mediated nitrogen removal was investigated using a sequential batch reactor (SBR). Effects of different salinity levels were evaluated on the bacterial activity at: mild (below 0.2 g NaCl/L), elevated (18.2 g NaCl/L) and...
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Evaluation and start-up of an electro-Fenton-sequencing batch reactor for dairy wastewater treatment
PublicationThis study examined the performance of an integrated wastewater (WW) treatment system, namely an electro-Fenton (EF)-sequencing batch reactor (SBR), for dairy industry WW. The EF process was used as the first stage of the SBR. It degrades bio-refractory compounds via advanced oxidation processes, thereby resulting in the formation of simple biodegradable intermediates. Several factors, including the hydraulic retention time (HRT),...
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An overview of the strategies for the deammonification process start-up and recovery after accidental operational failures
PublicationThe deammonification process has been universally acknowledged as an energy-efficient technology for sewage disposal. In contrast with traditional biological nitrogen removal technology, the deammonification process is able to remove ammonia from wastewater with the simplest nitrogen removal process because of its advantages of lower operating expenses, no organic carbon consumption, lower biomass production, lower carbon dioxide...
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Diagnostic tolerances' evaluation method of the start-up exhaust temperature of a naval gas turbine
PublicationThe conducted investigations aimed to elaborate the method of marking diagnostic tolerances of the exhaust temperature of a gas turbine observed during engine's start-up process. The diagnostic tolerances were determined by means of statistical inference by creating the hypothesis about a normal distribution of the start-up exhaust temperature's dispersion in the initial operation moment, which was subsequently verified applying...
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Nanoemulsion Structural Design in Co-Encapsulation of Hybrid Multifunctional Agents: Influence of the Smart PLGA Polymers on the Nanosystem-Enhanced Delivery and Electro-Photodynamic Treatment
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Cytocompatibility, antibacterial, and corrosion properties of chitosan/polymethacrylates and chitosan/poly(4‐vinylpyridine) smart coatings, electrophoretically deposited on nanosilver‐decorated titania nanotubes
PublicationThe development of novel implants subjected to surface modification to achieve high osteointegration properties at simultaneous antimicrobial activity is a highly current problem. This study involved different surface treatments of titanium surface, mainly by electrochemical oxidation to produce a nanotubular oxide layer (TNTs), a subsequent electrochemical reduction of silver nitrate and decoration of a nanotubular surface with...
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The Weather as an Indicator for Decision-Making Support Systems Regarding the Control of Cutworms in Beets and Cereal Leaf Beetles in Cereals and Their Adoption in Farming Practice
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Cold Start Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines at Low Ambient Temperatures as an Air Quality Risk
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Wpływ montmorylonitu na wartość granicy płynięcia smaru plastycznego wytworzonego na bazie roślinnej
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Wpływ smaru i wymuszeń mechanicznych i cieplnych na wytrzymałość zmęczeniową stopu łożyskowego
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań nad wytrzymałością zmęczeniową warstwy ślizgowej ze stopu AlSn11Cu1 w środowisku trzech olejów smarowych: bazowego, mineralnego i syntetycznego przy różnych wartościach temperatury i wymuszeniach mechanicznych odpowiadających różnym wartościom współczynnika stałości obciążenia κ. Badania przeprowadzono za pomocą testera SKMR-2. Przedstawiono metodykę badań, zaobserwowane pęknięcia zmęczeniowe badanych...
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Teaching management skills to software develop- ment teams through the lean start-up methodology
PublicationIn order for development teams to understand the impact of software development on value delivery it is important that all team members, including software engineers, possess adequate management skills which not always have been acquired during university education. The lean start-up methodology techniques enable new ventures to test hypothesis, gather customer feed- back and create a minimum viable product. The obtained information...
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Frequency of use, moral incongruence, and religiosity and their relationships with self-perceived addiction to pornography, internet use, social networking and online gaming
PublicationBackground and Aims Moral incongruence involves disapproval of a behaviour in which people engage despite their moral beliefs. Although considerable research has been conducted on how moral incongruence relates to pornography use, potential roles for moral incongruence in other putative behavioural addictions have not been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of moral incongruence in self‐perceived...