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The database of interpolated RR-intervals of original length 512 of 41 patients at rest hospitalized due to the episode of acute ischemic stroke
Open Research DataThis dataset contains the data that was a basis for the results discussed in the paper “Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability” by Grzegorz Graff, Beata Graff, Paweł Pilarczyk, Grzegorz Jabłoński, Dariusz Gąsecki, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Plos One (2021), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253851.
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The database of interpolated RR-intervals of length 512 of 46 healthy subjects at rest
Open Research DataThis dataset contains the data that was a basis for the results discussed in the paper “Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability” by Grzegorz Graff, Beata Graff, Paweł Pilarczyk, Grzegorz Jabłoński, Dariusz Gąsecki, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Plos One (2021), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253851.
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Designing everydayness: 4 objects, place, atmosphere / Elective design II
e-Learning CoursesStudents will become familiar with the principal theories within the philosophical trend called Everyday Aesthetics.They will learn how objects and places acquire an aesthetic value and produce aesthetic experience and how to create an atmosphere by stimulating all the senses.
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Technical Mechanics 2
e-Learning CoursesThe aims of lecture is to provide basic knowledge of strength of materials and its exploitation in assessmentof structural stress and deformation. Subject contents: 1) Introduction, 2) Stress-strain relations, physical interpretation, 3) Axial loading of rods, 4) Moments ofinertia, 5) Bending of beams, 6) Beams line of deflection, 7) Shearing, 8) Torsion, 9) Complex stress yieldcriterion, 10) linear buckling of column.
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Geomatyka B
e-Learning CoursesZapoznanie studentów z zagadnieniami pozyskiwania, analizowania, interpretowania i praktycznego stosowania geoinformacji poprzez wzajemne powiązanie aspektów geometrycznych i fizycznych przechodzących od zagadnień globalnych do regionalnych.
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Complementary use of GCxGC–TOF–MS and statistics for differentiation of variety in biosolid samples
PublicationFormation of biosolid cakes, which are one of the main wastes generated in wastewater treatment plants, is connected with emission of many hazardous chemical compounds, including odoriferous ones. To optimize particular processes of biosolid cake processing, it is necessary to assess chemical composition of the gas mixtures containing the compounds released from the cakes. The paper proposes application of two-dimensional gas chromatography...
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The miniaturised emission chamber system and home-made passive flux sampler studies of monoaromatic hydrocarbons emissions from selected commercially-available floor coverings
PublicationThe estimation of the emission rate of organic compounds released from various types of indoor materials can be performed using stationary environmental test chambers (ETC) classified as ex-situ methods or small-scale portable analytical devices based on the use of passive technique at the stage of analytes sampling from the gaseous phase (in-situ methods). The paper presents results of emissions of selected organic compounds from...
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Fungal co-culture improves the biodegradation of hydrophobic VOCs gas mixtures in conventional biofilters and biotrickling filters
PublicationThe present study systematically evaluated the potential of Candida subhashii, Fusarium solani and their consortium for the abatement of n-hexane, trichloroethylene (TCE), toluene and α-pinene in biofilters (BFs) and biotrickling filters (BTFs). Three 3.2 L BFs packed with polyurethane foam and operated at a gas residence time of 77 s with an air mixture of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were inoculated with C. subhashii,...
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The effect of Ag, Au, Pt, and Pd on the surface properties, photocatalytic activity and toxicity of multicomponent TiO2-based nanomaterials
PublicationMulticomponent TiO2-based nanomaterials (MC-NMs) show better physicochemical properties than their individual components or bulk materials. However, the same unique properties that offer innovative applications might also pose unknown risks to human health and the environment. In this context, TiO2- based nanomaterials with a mixture of noble metal precursors (Ag, Au, Pt, and Pd) for large-scale technological applications in air...
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Preparation and photocatalytic properties of BaZrO 3 and SrZrO 3 modified with Cu 2 O/Bi 2 O 3 quantum dots
PublicationIn this study, we report a novel method of BaZrO3 and SrZrO3 surface modification by two different types of quantum dots (QDs, Cu2O and Bi2O3), which improved the photocatalytic performance of the obtained materials under UV-Vis light irradiation. Pristine BaZrO3 and SrZrO3 were prepared by the hydrothermal method. The deposition of Cu2O- and Bi2O3-QDs was carried out by chemical reduction. The morphology of the nanoparticles was...
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Nutrients, oxygen and suspended matter - Gdansk Deep (2001-2005)
Open Research DataThe results show short-term changes in the concentration of nutrients (nitrates, nitrites, ammonium ions, phosphates and total forms of nitrogen and phosphorus), dissolved oxygen and suspended particulate matter - SPM and its main components (organic carbon - POC, nitrogen - PON, phosphorus - TPP) in the water column of the Gdańsk Deep (Gdańsk Bay).
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SpongeGrafen podbija nanoświat
PublicationInteresuje mnie to, jak SpongeGrafen sprawdziłby się jako bioelektroda w bioogniwach paliwowych. Urządzenia te wytwarzają prąd na drodze reakcji chemicznych. Jako paliwo wykorzystują np. glukozę oraz tlen, w które bogate są m.in. płyny ustrojowe i krew człowieka. Takie bioogniwo może więc służyć jako źródło prądu w małych urządzeniach, które można by wszczepić do organizmu człowieka.
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Image Segmentation of MRI image for Brain Tumor Detection
Publicationthis research work presents a new technique for brain tumor detection by the combination of Watershed algorithm with Fuzzy K-means and Fuzzy C-means (KIFCM) clustering. The MATLAB based proposed simulation model is used to improve the computational simplicity, noise sensitivities, and accuracy rate of segmentation, detection and extraction from MR...
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Engineering Challenges in the Design of Cochlear Implants
PublicationHearing aids such as cochlear implants have been used by both adults and children for a long time. In addition, cochlear implants are used by patients who have severe hearing loss either by birth or after an accident. This paper aims to investigate the engineering challenges bounding the design of cochlear implants and present its possible solution...
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Local buckling of composite channel columns
PublicationThe investigation concerns local buckling of compressed flanges of axially compressed composite channel columns. Cooperation of the member flange and web is taken into account here. The buckling mode of the member flange is defined by rotation angle a flange about the line of its connection with the web. The channel column under investigation is made of unidirectional fibre-reinforced laminate. Two approaches to member orthotropic...
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Comprehensive determination of flavouring additives and nicotine in e-cigarette refill solutions. Part I: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis
PublicationLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (HPLC-ESI–MS/MS) methods were developed for the simultaneous determination of 42 flavouring compounds and nicotine in liquids for e-cigarettes. The chromatographic separation was performed using an Ace® Ultracore™ SuperC18™ (100 × 2.1 mm, 2.5 μm) column in both acidic and alkaline pH conditions to separate all the compounds. A simple “dilute & shoot” approach...
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Recent Achievements in Constitutive Equations of Laminates and Functionally Graded Structures Formulated in the Resultant Nonlinear Shell Theory
PublicationThe development of constitutive equations formulated in the resultant nonlinear shell theory is presented. The specific features of the present shell theory are drilling rotation naturally included in the formulation and asymmetric measures of strains and stress resultants. The special attention in the chapter is given to recent achievements: progressive failure analysis of laminated shells and elastoplastic constitutive relation...
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The influence of sterilization with EnbioJet Microwave Flow Pasteurizer on composition and bioactivity of aronia and blue-berried honeysuckle juices
PublicationIn this study, fruit juices that are rich sources of anthocyanins, obtained from aronia (Am. chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa) and blueberry honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L. var. edulis) were used to examine the preservation of plant phytochemicals and bioactivity upon sterilization -either thermal, or with an EnbioJet microwave flow pasteurizer. The chemical properties verified included determinations of anthocyanins and other...
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Modelling and Analysis of the Positioning Accuracy in the Loading Systems of Mobile Cranes
PublicationIn this work, the authors analyse the influence of the order and range of sequential movements of a crane's working members on the accuracy of the final cargo positioning. The analysis was conducted on the basis of a specially developed method in which the authors proposed the introduction of a geometrical indicator of positioning the load in the intermediate positions (after completing each movement sequence) and in the target...
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Komunikatory sieciowe - nowe standardy i zastosowania
PublicationW rozdziale opisano nowe standardy i rozwiązania wykorzystywane do tworzenia komunikatorów sieciowych. Przedstawiono i dokonano porównania dwóch najbardziej "obiecujących" technologii: XMPP i SIMPLE. Oceniono krytycznie możliwości współpracy klasycznych komunikatorów (ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL/AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Tlen) między sobą i z nowymi rozwią-zaniami. Przedstawiono autorską aplikację, umożliwiającą wymianę wiadomości...
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Optoelektroniczny czujnik do oznaczania stężenia tlenu rozpuszczonego w roztworach wodnych
PublicationW artykule opisano koncepcję nowej konstrukcji czujnika tlenu rozpuszczonego w wodzie. Czujnik ten składa się z dwóch części : optoelekronicznej i elektrochemicznej. Pomiar tym czujnikiem sprowadza się do pomiaru zmiany natęzenia promieniowania monochromatycznego przechodzącego przez komorę wypełnioną roztworem zawierającym tlen rozpuszczony. Część elekrochemiczna czujnika umożliwa przeprowadzenia jego automatycznej kalibracji...
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The database of normal RR-intervals of length up to 512 of 41 patients at rest hospitalized due to the episode of acute ischemic stroke
Open Research DataThis dataset contains the data that was a basis for the results discussed in the paper “Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability” by Grzegorz Graff, Beata Graff, Paweł Pilarczyk, Grzegorz Jabłoński, Dariusz Gąsecki, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Plos One (2021), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253851.
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The database of normal RR-intervals of length up to 512 of 46 healthy subjects at rest
Open Research DataThis dataset contains the data that was a basis for the results discussed in the paper “Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability” by Grzegorz Graff, Beata Graff, Paweł Pilarczyk, Grzegorz Jabłoński, Dariusz Gąsecki, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Plos One (2021), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253851.
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Geodezja morska z nawigacją - 2022/2023
e-Learning CoursesZapoznanie studentów z zagadnieniami związanymi z wykorzystaniem geodezyjnych technik pomiarowych w gospodarce morskiej w tym technik satelitarnych w badaniach mórz i oceanów, podstawami nawigacji oraz hydrografii morskiej.
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Geodezja morska z nawigacją - 2023/2024
e-Learning CoursesZapoznanie studentów z zagadnieniami związanymi z wykorzystaniem geodezyjnych technik pomiarowych w gospodarce morskiej w tym technik satelitarnych w badaniach mórz i oceanów, podstawami nawigacji oraz hydrografii morskiej.
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Studies on Aryl-Substituted Phenylalanines: Synthesis, Activity, and Different Binding Modes at AMPA Receptors
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Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Technique based on Incremental Conductance (INCON) control algorithm
PublicationMaximum output power status can significantly improve the deployment rate of solar energy system. In order to get the maximum power output, issue of tracking maximum power point (MPP), reduced harmonics around MPP and improve efficiency of the solar power energy system, this paper presents the improved maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control...
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Maximum Power Point Technique (MPPT) for PV System Based on Improved Pert and Observe (P&O) Method with PI Controller
PublicationPhotovoltaic power generation system has key rule in electricity production. Although, it is clean renewable energy with unlimited resources but it has some drawbacks in efficiency. In order to maximize the efficiency, PV array must drive at maximum power point. For the reason so, several algorithms are used in PV system to track MPP and reduce the...
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Determination of cyanide in urine and saliva samples by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection
PublicationCommonly known as a highly toxic chemical, cyanide is also an essential reagent for many industrial processes. It naturally occurs in plant seeds as a cyanogenic glycosides. Another relatively common mode of cyanide exposure is inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke. This study concerns importance to determine cyanide ion in human biological samples. Urine and saliva samples were collected healthy volunteers exposed to tobacco...
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Assessment of Lipophilicity Indices Derived from Retention Behavior of Antioxidant Compounds in RP-HPLC
PublicationReverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography was employed in order to evaluate the lipophilicity of antioxidant compounds from different classes, such as phenolic acids, flavanones, flavanols, flavones, anthocyanins, stilbenes, xantonoids, and proanthocyanidins. The retention time of each compound was measured using five different HPLC columns: RP18 (LiChroCART, Purosphere RP-18e), C8 (Zorbax, Eclipse XDBC8), C16-Amide (Discovery...
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The influence of roasting and additional processing on the content of bioactive components in special purpose coffees
PublicationCoffee being the beverage consumed worldwide is also a very competitive commodity. Consequently, producers seek ways of attracting consumers by proposing e.g. novel ingredient combinations usually without evaluating their health quality. In this study, variations in health-promoting determinants for five special purpose coffee brews were characterized. The major bioactive components - chlorogenic acids (CAs) - detected by HPLC-DAD-MS...
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Just look at to open it up: A biometric verification facility for password autofill to protect electronic documents
PublicationElectronic documents constitute specific units of information, and protecting them against unauthorized access is a challenging task. This is because a password protected document may be stolen from its host computer or intercepted while on transfer and exposed to unlimited offline attacks. The key issue is, therefore, making document passwords hard to crack. We propose to augment a common text password authentication interface...
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Heavy Metals in a High Arctic Fiord and Their Introduction with the Wastewater: A Case Study of Adventfjorden-Longyearbyen System, Svalbard
PublicationLongyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard archipelago, with 2400 permanent residents and approximately 150,000 tourists visiting every year. The city annually releases approximately 285,000 m3 of untreated wastewater to the nearby Adventfjorden. To date, the environmental impact of this continuous input has been studied mainly regarding the sediments and benthic fauna in the fiord. Here, we present results from a study...
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Advanced operating methods
PublicationSelected operating methods of resistive gas sensors were presented. The methods utilize flicker noise (1/f noise), which gives additional information about ambient gas when compared with the recorded changes of DC resistance only. Methods of flicker noise measurements were outlined. Recently developed prototype gas sensors comprising golden nanoparticle functionalized with organic ligands can generate intense flicker noise induced...
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Predicting mobility of alkylimidazolium ionic liquids in soils
PublicationCiecze jonowe są nową grupą związków chemicznych stanowiących idealne, nielotne medium reakcyjne dla wielu procesów technologicznych jak synteza organiczna i biokataliza, będące alternatywnymi elektrolitrami, fazami reakcyjnymi lub modyfikatorami faz oraz smarami. Ich implementacja na szeroką skalę pociągnie za sobą zastosowania w rozmaitych procesach przemysłowych. Biorąc pod uwagę ich dużą stabilność, mogą one przedostać się...
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as test probes to investigate the retention behavior of 1,3-alternate calix[4]arene silica-bonded stationary phases
PublicationA series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) of different size and shape has been used to characterize the chromatographic behavior of five calix[4]arene stationary phases in 1,3-alternate conformation synthesized in our laboratory. The selection of linear, fourring nonlinear, and five-ring PAHs gave data on selectivity changes across range of the calix[4]arene columns. Retention of the 12 aromatic solutes has been evaluated...
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Chemical composition of shells from red (Strongylocentrotus franciscanum) and green (Strongylocentrotus droeba-chiensis) sea urchin
PublicationThe shells from red and green sea urchins accounted for 47.9 and 40.7% of their body weights, respectively. The red and green sea urchin shells contained 91.08 and 90.77% minerals and 4.06 and 4.99% proteins, respectively. The shells did not contain any chitin. Sea urchin shells had a relatively large amount of naphthoquinone pigments, 121 mg per 100 g in red and 163 mg per 100 g in green species. The small quantities of glucosamine...
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Determination of Selected Organic Acids in Animal Farm Water Samples by Ion Chromatography
PublicationLow molecular mass carboxylic acids (LCAs) occur in many environmental compartments due to natural processes and human activity. They are an important group of organic pollutants of waste water that mainly includes, volatile fatty acids, and also dicarboxylic, aromatic, hydroxy- and ketoacids. LCAs are present in the environment at concentrations between 1 to 5000 ppm and different methods have been reported for their determination...
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Gentiana asclepiadea exerts antioxidant activity and enhances DNA repair of hydrogen peroxide- and silver nanoparticles-induced DNA damage
PublicationExposure to high levels of different environmental pollutants is known to be associated with induction of DNA damage in humans. Thus DNA repair is of great importance in preventing mutations and contributes crucially to the prevention of cancer. In our study we have focused on quantitative analysis of Gentiana asclepiadea aqueous or methanolic extracts obtained from flower and haulm, their antioxidant potency in ABTS post-column...
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Chromatografia oddziaływań hydrofilowych HILIC/NH2 w rozdzielaniu mono i disacharydów oraz badaniu cukrowych frakcji eluatu z rozdzielania składników serwatki mleka
PublicationWysokosprawna chromatografia oddziaływań hydrofilowych - HILIC - HPLC, to alternatywne - w stosunku do warunków faz odwróconych RP - HPLC - warunki rozdzielania polarnych, rozpuszczalnych w wodzie składników mieszanin. Wykorzystywanie w warunkach HILIC jednocześnie kilku mechanizmów rozdzielenia, umożliwia rozdzielenie mieszanin polarnych składników, trudnych, albo niemożliwych do rozdzielania w warunkach RP, w...
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Infiltration in a double-porosity medium: Experiments and comparison with a theoretical model
PublicationThis paper presents experimental verification of the mathematical model of unsaturated flow in double‐porosity soils developed by the asymptotic homogenization method. A series of one‐dimensional infiltration experiments was carried out in a column filled with a double‐porosity medium composed of a mixture of sand and sintered clayey spheres arranged in a periodic manner. The unsaturated hydraulic properties of each porous material...
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Degradation kinetics and mechanism of pentoxifylline by ultraviolet activated peroxydisulfate
PublicationDegradation of pentoxifylline (PTX) by sodium peroxydisulfate (SPDS) assisted by UV irradiation has been investigated in deionized water. The treatment was more favorable over direct photolysis or peroxydisulfate oxidation alone. The effects of various parameters, including different dosage of oxidant agent, PTX concentration, initial solution pH levels, and the presence of inorganic ions like chloride, nitrate and carbonate have...
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Levels of 13 multi-class pesticide residues in Polish honeys determined by LC-ESI-MS/MS
PublicationLevels of 13 pesticides in 40 honey samples form Poland are reported. A rapid and sensitive method was developed for the LC-ESI-MS/MS determination of multi-class pesticide residues in honey samples. Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) on a diatomaceous earth support (requiring the use of small amounts of organic solvent), followed by chromatographic separation on a C18 column and gradient elution were employed. The method quantifies...
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Enhanced Visible Light Active WO3 Thin Films Toward Air Purification: Effect of the Synthesis Conditions
PublicationTaking into consideration, our current environmental situation in the world people should face with growing problem of air and water pollution. Heterogeneous photocatalysis is highly promising tool to improve both, air and water quality through decomposition/mineralization of contaminations directly into harmless CO2 and H2O under ambient conditions. In this contribution we focused on the synthesis of self-assembly WO3 thin films...
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Combination of hydrodynamic cavitation and SR-AOPs for simultaneous degradation of BTEX in water
PublicationHydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is an emerging technology gaining interest in water treatment for use in elimination of a wide range of organic pollutants. The energy released during cavitation phenomenon has number of applications and, particularly, it can be utilized for activation of persulfate (PS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS). In the present study, hybrid techniques: HC combined with persulfates – HC-PS and HC-PMS were tested...
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Linear and nonlinear impedance of iron containing silicate glasses
Open Research DataThe linear and nonlinear impedance ofglasses doped with iron oxide were measured. Glass samples (50 SiO2-50-xPbO-xFe2O3 in mol%) were prepared by the conventional melt quenching technique. The substrates were powdered in a mortar and melted in Al2O3 crucibles. The melting was conducted in air at 1623K. The melts were poured out on plate heated up to...
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Data from environmental sensors installed in two locations
Open Research DataThe dataset contains data gathered from environmental sensors installed in two locations:
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Studenci dla Ukrainy! Koncert charytatywny w AK Kwadratowa
EventsSamorząd Studentów Politechniki Gdańskiej zaprasza na wyjątkowy koncert charytatywny “Studenci dla Ukrainy” w wykonaniu 12 trójmiejskich artystów.
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Ze świata Lean: Małe zmiany w świecie wielkich gabarytów
EventsZapraszamy na spotkanie Ze Świata Lean, Małe zmiany w świecie wielkich gabarytów, czyli Lean w produkcji jednostkowej pociągów.
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Metal dusting phenomena of 501 AISI furnace tubes in refinery fractional distillation unit
PublicationThe purpose of this investigation was to conduct the failure analysis of 501 AISI furnace tubes places before distillation column in fractional distillation unit. The investigated furnace tubes were planned to work for ten years however after just two years of exploitation <30% of the material left. The observed corrosion process had the intense and complex character. The well-adhered shiny black deposits and deep, round pits were...