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Application of physicochemical data for water-quality assessment of watercourses in the Gdansk Municipality (South Baltic coast)
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Cold Start Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines at Low Ambient Temperatures as an Air Quality Risk
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Bulky DNA adducts in human sperm: relationship with fertility, semen quality, smoking, and environmental factors
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Sleep quality, chronotype, temperament and bipolar features as predictors of depressive symptoms among medical students
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Multi-objective optimization of water quality, pumps operation, and storage sizing of water distribution systems
PublicationA multi-objective methodology utilizing the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA2) linked to EPANET for trading-off pumping costs, water quality, and tanks sizing of water distribution systems is developed and demonstrated. The model integrates variable speed pumps for modeling the pumps operation, two water quality objectives (one based on chlorine disinfectant concentrations and one on water age), and tanks sizing cost...
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The effect of an active force while slide diamond burnishing of wooden shafts upon process quality
PublicationThe quality of the surface of wooden elements that have been turned and burnished has got a crucial meaning in the whole production process flow, since the obtained effects affect the quality of the wooden surface after finishing (coating, painting). In the paper, selected results of the investigation of the effect of the burnishing process on the surface quality of the elements after turning are presented. Research experiments...
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Quality Evaluation of Voice Transmission Using BPL Communication System in MV Mine Cable Network
PublicationThis article presents results of a quality evaluation study, considering voice transmission in a 6 kV medium voltage cable network using the BPL (Broadband over Power Line) communication system. The tests are carried out under real mining conditions for the selected power cable without voltage, earthed at both sides. Such a method of monitoring work conditions is of great importance, especially during a disaster. Power cables are...
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Evaluation of Ambient Air Odour Quality in Vicinity of Municipal Landfill Using Electronic Nose Technique
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on ambient air quality evaluation with respect to concentration of odorants in a vicinity of municipal landfill. The investigation was carried out with a prototype of electronic nose and a team of panelists utilizing the Nasal Ranger field olfactometers. The prototype was equipped with a set of six semiconductor sensors by FIGARO Co. and one PID-type sensor. Performed measurements...
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Methods for quality improvement of multibeam and LiDAR point cloud data in the context of 3D surface reconstruction
PublicationPoint cloud dataset is the transitional data model used in several marine and land remote-sensing applications. During further steps of processing, the transformation of point cloud spatial data to more complex models containing higher order geometric structures like edges and facets may be possible, if an appropriate quality level of input data is provided. Point cloud datasets usually contain a considerable amount of undesirable...
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NUMERICAL MODEL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PublicationAs a structure degrades some changes in its dynamical behavior can be observed, and inversely, observation and evaluation of these dynamical changes of the structure can provide information of structural state of the object. Testing of the real structure, besides of being costly, can cover only limited working states. It is particularly considerable in case of hardly accessible, and randomly/severely dynamically loaded offshore...
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Correlation of Polymorphism of AQP7 Gene with the Sperm Cells Quality Traits of the Polish Holstein Friesian Bulls
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Poles’ Nutritional and Health Behaviour and Quality of Life—A Pilot Study
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Effect of additives on the quality of a proecological grease developed in accordance with the experiment plan according to the Taguchi method
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Quality of Life Surveys as a Method of Obtaining Data for Sustainable City Development—Results of Empirical Research
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FERTILIZER CONTAINING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AFFECTS SOUR CHERRY FRUIT QUALITY AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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The Quality of Air in Polish Health Resorts with an Emphasis on Health on the Effects of Benzo(a)pyrene in 2015–2019
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Evaluation of quality of electric power distribution network elements in order to maintain functional and technical safety
PublicationPraca dotyczy wieloatrybutowego systemu oceny elementów sieci elektroenergetycznej do celów zapewnienia jej bezpieczeństwa funkcjonalnego i technicznego. Rozważana sieć składa się z dużej liczby elementów, ocenianych jakościowo i ilościowo. Zaproponowana metoda składa się z dwóch etapów: (i)wstępnego wyboru niewielkiej liczby elementów niebezpiecznych w oparciu o małą liczbę informacji (ii) wykonaniu uszeregowania wybranych elementów...
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Peripheral neuropathy and health-related quality of life in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a preliminary report
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Application of hidden Markov models to eye tracking data analysis of visual quality inspection operations
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Example applications of control charts as a quality tool for statistical process control in a small manufacturing company
PublicationPraca zawiera przykład wdrożenia kart kontrolnych w małym zakładzie produkcyjnym zajmującym się wytwarzaniem komponentów z blach. Pokazano jak z zastosowaniem dostępnego pakietu biurowego, można stworzyć statystyczną kontrolę procesu(SPC)w małej firmie. Artykuł zawiera wyniki z przykładowych analizowanych procesów.
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Application of gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O) in analysis and quality assessment of alcoholic beverages - a review
PublicationW ostatnich latach prowadzone są intensywne badania nad aktywnością sensoryczną poszczególnych składników zapachów napojów alkoholowych i nad zależnościami pomiędzy zapachem, a składem chemicznym lotnej frakcji tych produktów z wykorzystaniem techniki chromatografii gazowej z detekcją olfaktometryczną (GC-O). GC-O jest techniką wykorzystującą możliwość oceny sensorycznej eluatu z kolumny chromatograficznej, przy czym dla każdego...
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Conception of Interactive Information and Decision Support System for Urban and Industrial Air Quality Management: Extension
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In Vitro Anticariogenic Effects of Drymocallis rupestris Extracts and Their Quality Evaluation by HPLC-DAD-MS3 Analysis
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In vitro anticariogenic effects of Rubus caesius extracts and their quality evaluation by HPLC-DAD-MS3 analysis
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The influence of street conditions on sea buckthorn fruit quality and content of micro- and macronutrients in berries and in soil
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Stan czystości jezior na terenie województwa Pomorskiego = Water quality of the lakes in the Pomerania Province
PublicationW ramach części doświadczalnej pracy przeprowadzono analizę jakości wód z wybranych jezior. Wykonano analizy nastepujących parametrów: pH, NO3-, NO2-, F-, NH4+, Cl-, HS-, SO42-, Fecal, Mn2+, PO43-, SiO2, Al3+. Dla wybranych próbek zmierzono również parametr toksyczności. W przypadku dwóch próbek jego wysokość wskazywała na to, że badana woda zawierała substancje toksyczne. Na podstawie uzyskanych wyników badane próbki wody pochodzące...
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Value of Personalized Dementia-Specific Quality of Life Scales: An Explorative Study in 3 European Countries
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How Good Is My Project? Experiences from Projecting Software Quality Using a Reference Set
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Impact of a CPRMeter feedback device on chest compression quality performer by nurses: A randomized crossover study
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Effect of Attractants and Micronutrient Biofortification on the Yield and Quality of Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) Seeds
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Comparison of Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Distillates Using Prototype of Electronic Nose and Fast/Flash GC
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on quality evaluation of agricultural distillates using a prototype of electronic nose instrument and a commercial electronic nose of Fast/Flash GC type – HERACLES II. The prototype was equipped with a set of six semiconductor sensors by FIGARO Co.. In case of the prototype volatile fraction of the agricultural distillate was prepared via barbotage process. HERACLES II analysed the...
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Influence of geosmin, dimethyl trisulfide, 2- and 3-methylbutan-1-ol on raw spirits quality
PublicationJakość napojów alkoholowych jest bardzo istotna dla konsumentów. Destylarnie, chcąc wytwarzać wysokiej jakości trunki, muszą określić, które składniki są odpowiedzialne za nieprzyjemny zapach pogarszając jakość otrzymywanych alkoholi. Głównym celem przeprowadzonych badań było określenie profili zapachowych próbek destylatów rolniczych różniących się jakością organoleptyczną oraz wskazanie tych składników, których obecność może...
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Performance and Security Testing for Improving Quality of Distributed Applications Working in Public/Private Network Environments
PublicationThe goal of this dissertation is to create an integrated testing approach to distributed applications, combining both security and performance testing methodologies, allowing computer scientist to achieve appropriate balance between security and performance charakterstics from application requirements point of view. The constructed method: Multidimensional Approach to Quality Analysis (MA2QA) allows researcher to represent software...
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Potential of bacteriocins from lab to improve microbial quality of dry-cured and fermented meat products
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PARTIAL WHEAT FLOUR REPLACEMENT WITH GLUTEN-FREE FLOURS IN BREAD - QUALITY, TEXTURE AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
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Thermal processing of pasta enriched with black locust flowers affect quality, phenolics, and antioxidant activity
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A New Approach to Assess Quality of Motion in Functional Task of Upper Limb in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Publication(1) Background: This study presents a new method for the motion quantitative analysis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients (DMD) performing functional tasks in clinical conditions. (2) Methods: An experimental study was designed to define how different levels of external mass (light and heavy) influence the performance of the upper limbs of a tested DMD and reference subject (RS) during horizontal movements (level of the waist)...
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Assessment of River Water Quality and Pollution Status Using Physicochemical and Biometrics, Awetu River, Ethiopia
PublicationThe surface water is contaminated by a variety of synthetic organic and inorganic compounds, chemicals, and nutrients; due to this reason, the quality of the water resources of Ethiopia is declining at an alarming rate, resulting in severe environmental degradation. The main objective of the study was to recognize the pollution status river for the study area by physicochemical parameters and the extent of microbial environmental...
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A framework of open government data (OGD) e-service quality dimensions with future research agenda
PublicationPurpose This research paper aims to present a framework of open government data (OGD) relating to e-service quality dimensions. In addition, it provides a research agenda for the e-service delivery of OGD. Design/methodology/approach A literature review pertaining to e-service quality with special reference to e-government was delivered to deduce the key dimensions of e-service quality for OGD. Findings Five e-service quality dimensions...
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Analytical procedures for quality control of pharmaceuticals in terms of residual solvents content: Challenges and recent developments
PublicationResidual solvents play an important role in the synthesis of drugs and in product formulations. In addition, they pose a serious problem, that is toxicity, as many of them exhibit toxic or environmentally hazardous properties. Therefore, constant monitoring of quality control is needed. In this study, we present an overview of regulatory and general methods described by various pharmacopoeias. Then, the most commonly used methodologies...
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ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE PLANNED SEWAGE DISCHARGE FROM THE ‘NORTH’ POWER PLANT ON THE VISTULA WATER QUALITY
PublicationThe paper presents results of analysis of the industrial sewage discharge impact from the ‘North’ Power Plant on the Vistula water quality around 45+330 of the river kilometer. For the analysis, the two-dimensional models of flow, impurities and temperature transport were used. Hydrological conditions of the analyzed section of the river, characteristic flows and bathymetry of the riverbed in the first instance were defined....
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Assessment of wastewater quality indicators for wastewater treatment influent using an advanced logistic regression model
PublicationInfluent quality indicators play a significant role in wastewater treatment plant performance due to their correlation with reactor operations and effluent quality. However, selecting a specific/best parameter indicator for predicting influent wastewater quality is one of the challenges in wastewa- ter treatment. This study, therefore, focused on determining suitable variables as influent quality indicators. For this purpose, a...
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ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality
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Second Life - Problems with the Prolongation of Reality
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Personalized avatar animation for virtual reality
PublicationThe paper presents a method for creating a personalized animation of avatar for virtual reality application such as multiplayer on-line games. Animation is stored in a simplified version, containing only keyframes for important avatar poses. This version defines key movements, i.e. roughly describes the avatar's action. Animation is enriched by the user with new motion phases utilizing fuzzy descriptors.Various degrees of motion...
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Virtual reality technology in architectural education
PublicationContemporary virtual reality (VR) technology allows the recreation of non-existent architectural objects of which there may be no trace remaining. Virtual reality applications allow access to digital models, which visualise the lost architecture. The popularity of VR has resulted in it being applied not only to computer games, but also in visualising the past. Maps allow movement through historical trails and 3D models of architecture...
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Piotr Grudowski dr hab. inż.
PeopleProfessor Dr hab. Eng. Piotr Grudowski heads the Department of Quality and Commodity Management at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Gdansk University of Technology. In the years 1987-2009 he worked at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Gdansk University of Technology, where he obtained a doctoral degree in technical sciences in the discipline of construction and operation of machines and he headed the Department...
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An optimised placement of the hard quality sensors for a robust monitoring of the chlorine concentration in drinking water distribution systems
PublicationThe problem of an optimised placement of the hard quality sensors in drinking water distribution systemsunder several water demand scenarios for a robust monitoring of the chlorine concentration is formulatedin this paper. The optimality is understood as achieving a desired trade off between the sensors and theirmaintenance costs and the accuracy of estimation of the chlorine concentration. The contribution of thiswork is a comprehensive...
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Employment of passive sampling in monitoring indoor air quality in selected residences in a Tri-city area in Poland
PublicationTime-weighted average concentrations of selected volatile compounds were measured in chosen residences in a Tri-City area of Poland by means of passive sampling. The results were compared to those obtained by dynamic technique – sorption tubes filled with Tenax TA sorbent. Results obtained by employing the two techniques were similar. Total volatile organic compound (TVOC) parameters were also determined. An attempt was also...
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Is Easy Access Related to Better Life? Walkability and Overlapping of Personal and Communal Identity as Predictors of Quality of Life
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