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  • Microstructure of barium-vanadate glasses

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    The structure of barium-vanadate glasses was measured by SEM and XRD techniques. Samples of the composition of xBaO-(100-x)V2O5 where x= 30, 40 and 45 (in %mol) were prepared by the conventional melt quenching technique. Appropriate amounts of reagents: BaO (≥99.9%, P.P.H STANLAB Sp.J.) and V2O5 (≥99.9%, POCH) were thoroughly mixed in an agate mortar....

  • Morphology and structure of ammonium vanadates synthesis by hydrothermal method

    The DataSet contains the XRD patterns, FTIR spectra, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs of ammonium vanadates synthesis by hydrothermal method from different NH4VO3 precursors. The results reveal that a mixture of (NH4)V4O10xH2O and(NH4)0.76V4O10 was obtained for both precursors, however the contribution of each phase was different for...

  • Alternative way of the main reinforcement anchorage in reinforced short cantilevers

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    The results of the experimental investigation of the reinforced corbels and dapped end beams with steel studs were introduced in the work. The efficiency of this type of the reinforcement was compared with the typical reinforcenet applied in reinforced conctrete construcions.

  • On some problems in determining tensile parameters of concrete model from size effect tests

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    The paper presents results of numerical simulations of size effect phenomenon in concrete specimens. The behaviour of in-plane geometrically similar notched and unnotched beams under three-point bending is investigated. In total 18 beams are analysed. Concrete beams of four different sizes and five different notch to depth ratios are simulated. Two methods are applied to describe cracks. First, an elasto-plastic constitutive law...

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  • CYP19 mRNA and protein levels in nontumorogenic breast epithelial cells (MCF10A) treated with active components of cabbage juices

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    - Acta Biochimica Polonica - Year 2009

    Zbadano wpływ soków z kapusty na poziom ekspresji genu CYP19 w nietumorogennych komórkach nabłonka gruczołu mlekowego MCF10A kodującego enzym aromatazę uczestniczący w biosyntezie estrogenów i w związku z tym wpływający na zagrożenie rakiem piersi. Soki z kapusty oraz bioaktywne związki w nich występujące stosowane w niskich dawkach obniżały poziom ekspresji tego genu, a zatem miały działanie chemoprewencyjne. Wyższe dawki zarowno...

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  • The effect of cabbage juice and its active components on transcription factor Nrf2 in breast cell lines

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    - Acta Biochimica Polonica - Year 2009

    Obniżenie zagrożenia chorobami nowotworowymi w przypadku diety bogatej w kapustę wiąże się ze zdolnością bioaktywnych związków tego warzywa do indukowania enzymów ochronnych 2. fazy będacych pod kontrolą czynnika transkrypcyjnego Nrf2. Zbadano wpływ soków z kapusty na poziom Nrf2 w komórkach unieśmiertelnionych i nowotworowych linii odpowiednio MCF10A i MCF-7. W obu przypadkach obserwowano wzrost poziomu tego czynnika oraz jego...

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  • The effect of cabbage juice and it's active components on the protein level and expression of CYP19 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells

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    - Acta Biochimica Polonica - Year 2009

    Wiadomo, że bioaktywne skladniki kapusty mają chemoprewencyjne działanie w przypadku nowotworów piersi, między innymi ze względu na hamowanie aktywności enzymu aromatazy uczestniczącego w biosyntezie estrogenów. Badania prowadzono przy użyciu komórek raka piersi i stwierdzono, że soki z kapusty, zarówno pochodzącej z uprawy ekologicznej jak i przemysłowej, znacząco hamowały ekspresję genu CYP19 kodującego wspomniany enzym. Sugeruje...

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  • Estimation of blood pressure parameters using ex-Gaussian model

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    - Year 2016

    The paper presents an example of model-based estimation of blood pressure parameters (onset, systolic and diastolic pressure) from continuous measurements. First, the signal was low pass filtered and its quality was estimated. Good quality periods were divided into beats using an electrocardiogram. Next, the beginning of each beat of the blood pressure signal was approximated basing on the function created from the sum of two independent...

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  • Angelica Pegani mgr

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    A graduate of the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. She completed a postgraduate management studies in the field of operational management in enterprises, including formulating an operational strategy and effective management of production and service processes, from the Gdańsk University of Technology and completed the Entrepreneurship Program from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....

  • Nonlinear strain gradient and micromorphic one-dimensional elastic continua: Comparison through strong ellipticity conditions

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    We discuss the strong ellipticity (SE) conditions for strain gradient and micromorphic continua considering them as an enhancement of a simple nonlinearly elastic material called in the following primary material. Recently both models are widely used for description of material behavior of beam-lattice metamaterials which may possess various types of material instabilities. We analyze how a possible loss of SE results in the behavior...

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  • Free Vibration of Flexomagnetic Nanostructured Tubes Based on Stress-driven Nonlocal Elasticity

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    - Year 2020

    A framework for the flexomagneticity influence is here considered extending the studies about this aspect on the small scale actuators. The developed model accommodates and composes linear Lagrangian strains, Euler-Bernoulli beam approach as well as an extended case of Hamilton’s principle. The nanostructured tube should subsume and incorporate size effect; however, for the sake of avoiding the staggering costs of experiments,...

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  • Influence of Dielectric Overlay Permittivity on Size and Performance of Miniaturized ESPAR Antenna

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    In this paper, influence of dielectric overlay permittivity on miniaturized ESPAR antenna parameters is presented. ESPAR antenna is a low-cost and energy-efficient way to implement beam steering capability to a node and improve network performance. The antenna size reduction is obtained by embedding its active and passive elements in ABS based materials of relative permittivity equal to 4, 5.5 and 7.5 in order to achieve network...

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  • Stability of a truss under upward wind loading

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    - Year 2016

    The present paper is devoted to the numerical investigations of stability of a truss under upward wind load. The truss is braced at its the upper cord. A structural variant including lateral braces, or lateral and torsional braces is considered. The research presents the problems of linear buckling and non-linear static analysis of the truss shell and beam model with geometric and material non-linearity are presented. The initial...

  • As- built inventory of the office building with the use of terrestrial laser scanning

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    Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) is an efficient tool for building inventories. Based on the red- laser beam technology it is possible to provide the high accuracy data with complete spatial information about a scanned object. In this article, authors present the solution of use a TLS in as-built inventory of the office building. Based on the provided data, it is possible to evaluate the correctness of built details of a building...

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  • Modal analysis of temporary steel grandstand equipped with different bracing systems

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    The aim of this paper is to present the results of numerical analysis focused on temporary steel scaffolding grandstand. The investigation has been devoted to modal analysis where modes of free vibrations and corresponding natural frequencies have been estimated and compared. The structure was equipped with different types of stiffener members. One on them is a typical tubular stiffener, while the second one is spe-cially designed...

  • The modelling method of discrete-continuous systems

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    The paper introduces a method of discrete-continuous systems modelling. In the proposed method a three-dimensional system is divided into finite elements in only two directions, with the third direction remaining continuous. The thus obtained discrete-continuous model is described by a set of partial differential equations. General difference equations of discrete system are obtained using the rigid finite element method. The limit...

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  • Two tests for adhesive bonding long term characterization: principles and applications

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    • J. Jumel
    • M. Budzik
    • S. Chauffaille
    • M. Shanahan

    - Advances in Materials Science - Year 2011

    This article describes recent refinement of the traditional wedge test technique used to characterize durability of the adhesive joints. We propose two types of measuring protocols to monitor precisely and continuously the propagation of an "effective" crack during long term mode I fracture mechanic test. First method is directly derived from the traditional wedge test technique and consist in monitoring the surface strain of adherent...

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  • REINFORCED CONCRETE SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION OF THE STADIUM COVER FOR EURO 2012 IN GDAŃSK

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    - Year 2014

    In the article structural issues that connected with the reinforced concrete supporting construction of the stadium roofing for EURO 2012 in Gdańsk were described. In the first part of the article the concept of stadium foundation were described. In the second the static - strength analysis for two variants fastening together individual foundation elements were made. The two assumed geometrically different concept of foundation...

  • Mesoscopic simulations of crack propagation in concrete using cohesive elements

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    The paper presents results of two-and three-dimensional meso-scale simulations of fracture in notched concrete beams subjected to three-point bending test. Concrete was assumed as a 3-phase material composed of aggregate grains placed in the cement matrix with Interfacial Transitional Zones (ITZs) between then. In 2D simulations macro-voids were also taken into account. The particle distribution was taken from real concrete beams...

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  • Adopting Collaborative Games into Agile Requirements Engineering

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    In agile software development, where great emphasis is put on effective informal communication involving diverse stakeholders, success depends on human and social factors. Not surprisingly, the Agile Manifesto advocates principles and values such as “individuals and interactions over processes and tools”, “focus on the customer”, “collaborate regularly”, “communicate face-to-face within the team” and “have regular team introspection”....

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  • Effective Collaboration of Entrepreneurial Teams—Implications for Entrepreneurial Education

    In the situation of a permanent change and increased competition, business ventures are more and more often undertaken not by individuals but by entrepreneurial teams. The main aim of this paper is to examine the team principles implemented by eective entrepreneurial teams and how they dier in nascent and established teams. We also focused on the relationship between the implementation of these rules by entrepreneurial team members...

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  • Student Perspectives on the 2017 ESA Concurrent Engineering Challenge

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    • K. Doerksen
    • T. van‘t Klooster
    • W. Ferguson
    • S. Pepper
    • D. van Paridon
    • R. Amorim
    • R. Chotalal
    • K. Ciechowska
    • A. Dąbrowski
    • V. Kunbrger... and 4 others

    - Year 2018

    In September 2017, the first ESA Academy’s Concurrent Engineering Challenge (CEC) was held, giving 88 Master’s and PhD-level students from twelve ESA Member and Associate States a powerful platform to experience system engineering in an intense, fast paced, and real-world environment. Within four days, teams of physics and engineering students in Concurrent Design Facilities (CDF) located in Politecnico di Torino, Universidad Polit´ecnica...

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  • On time-dependent nonlinear dynamic response of micro-elastic solids

    A new approach to the mechanical response of micro-mechanic problems is presented using the modified couple stress theory. This model captured micro-turns due to micro-particles' rotations which could be essential for microstructural materials and/or at small scales. In a micro media based on the small rotations, sub-particles can also turn except the whole domain rotation. However, this framework is competent for a static medium....

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  • The Hanseatic City Challenge

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    14-06-2017 00:00 - 15-06-2017 23:59

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  • Playing the Sprint Retrospective: A Replication Study

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    - Year 2020

    The Sprint Retrospective is a vehicle for continuous process improvement. Even though it is a well established agile practice, running effective retrospective meetings is challenging. There have been a lot of identified problems that commonly occur during these meetings. To address them, Przybyłek & Kotecka [20] successfully revitalized retrospective meetings by adopting collaborative games, which represent a powerful tool in improving...

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  • Hat problem on the cycle C4

    The topic of our paper is the hat problem. In that problem, each of n people is randomly tted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultanously his own hat color looking at the hat colors of the other people. The team wins if at least one person guesses his hat color correctly and no one guesses his hat color wrong, otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of win. In this version every...

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  • The hat problem on a union of disjoint graphs

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    The topic is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of winning. In this version every player...

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  • On the hat problem, its variations, and their applications

    The topic of our paper is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of a win. There are known many...

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  • Zaufanie w zespole projektowym a (kobiecy) model przywództwa

    Artykuł prezentuje wyniki badań dotyczące znaczenia czynników kształtujących zaufanie w pracy zespołowej, do których należą: adekwatne nagradzanie, dzielenie się informacjami, ustalone cele i zasady pracy, przejrzystość środowiska i otwarta komunikacja. Wyniki koncentrują się na zachowaniach lidera/ przywódcy, które maja wpływ na kształtowanie zaufanie w zespole i pokazują różnice w zależności od płci.

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  • Electron attachment to hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO)

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    • M. Zawadzki
    • A. Chachereau
    • J. Kočišek
    • C. Franck
    • J. Fedor

    - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS - Year 2018

    We probe the electron attachment in hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO), C3F6O, a gas widely used in plasma technologies. We determine the absolute electron attachment cross section using two completely different experimental approaches: (i) a crossed-beam experiment at single collision conditions (local pressures of 5 × 10−4 mbar) and (ii) a pulsed Townsend experiment at pressures of 20–100 mbar. In the latter method, the cross sections...

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  • Buckling and initial post-local buckling behaviour of cold-formed channel member flange

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    The initial post-buckling behaviour of a cold-formed channel member flange after its local buckling is investigated. An axially compressed column or beam subjected to pure bending is considered. The member material is assumed to follow a linear stress-strain relationship. The governing non-linear differential equation of the problem is derived using the minimum total potential energy principle. An approximate solution for the equation...

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  • Dissociative electron attachment to benzoic acid (C7H6O2)

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    - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS - Year 2020

    The dissociative electron attachment (DEA) to benzoic acid (C6H5COOH) has been studied using an experimental crossed beam setup of a quadrupole mass spectrometer and a trochoidal electron monochromator. Relative partial cross sections for the DEA to produce negative ion fragments show the main channels for dissociation. The comparison of the present results with the ultraviolet photoelectron spectrum of benzoic acid [J. Meeks,...

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  • Flexural buckling and post-buckling of columns made of aluminium alloy

    The paper concerns flexural buckling and initial post-buckling of axially compressed columns made of aluminium alloy described by the Ramberg-Osgood relationship. The non-linear differential equation of the problem is derived using the stationary total energy principle and the assumptions of classical beam theory within a finite range. The approximate analytical solution of the equation leading to the buckling loads and initial...

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  • Improved jamming resistance using electronically steerable parasitic antenna radiator

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    This paper presents an idea of using an Electronically Steerable Parasitic Antenna Radiator (ESPAR) for jamming suppression in IEEE 802.11b networks. Jamming (intentional interference) attacks are known to be effective and easy to perform, which may impose connectivity problems in applications concerning Internet of Things (IoT). In our paper, theoretical considerations are presented and the results of experiments performed in...

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  • generation of the vorticity mode by sound in a bingham plastic

    This study investigates interaction between acoustic and non-acoustic modes, such as vorticity mode,in some class of a non-newtonian fluid called Bingham plastic. The instantaneous equations describinginteraction between different modes are derived. The attention is paid to the nonlinear effects in the fieldof intense sound. The resulting equations which describe dynamics of both sound and the vorticity modeapply to both periodic...

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  • An influence of the ship's block coefficient implementation on the evaluation of it's hull girder bending

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    • A. Pająk

    - Year 2012

    An influence of the three different ways of implementation ship's block coefficient δ (three geometrical models) on the stresses due to wave bending moment have been investigated. Two models have been applied and compared: beam one (description of the shape usingparameters) and FEM shell model (direct representation of the shape). The outcomes have been compared to Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) rules. The results show that...

  • GNSS INVENTORY OF HISTORIC NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY LINE IN KOSZALIN UNDER EXTREMELY UNFAVORABLE MEASUREMENTS CONDITIONS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SATELLITE SIGNALS AVAILABILITY

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    - Year 2015

    A team of academic researchers from the Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdynia Maritime University and the Polish Naval Academy have been working since 2009 on the methodology of using active GNSS geodetic networks for geodetic inventory of railways and on adapting this measurement technique for designing geometric layouts of railway and tram lines. Over the years, the team tested a variety of configurations of receivers and settings...

  • Maximum temperature of 0.5-W infrared laser-Illuminated gold nanorod platforms

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    Data concern a system consisted of two pieces of borosilicate glass surrounded by air and joined together by a transparent glue, which is to serve as a thermal transducer. On the top and bottom sides of the smaller piece, gold nanorods are dislocated. Glass is prepared here due to its high transparency, facilitating heat to be produced within the system....

  • The hydrodynamic pressure field of the ship Zodiak, measurements and calculations

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    The article presents the results of measurements of the slowly changing hydrodynamic pressure field HPF generated by the movement of the ship, Zodiak, in the Bay of Gdansk. The measurement results have been obtained in the framework of the program of the work in Siramis, under the auspices of the European Defence Administration of the EU, by the research team of the Naval Academy in Gdynia. The measurement results were compared with...

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  • A more colorful hat problem

    The topic is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of winning. We consider a generalized hat...

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  • The hat problem on cycles on at least nine vertices

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    The topic is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of winning. In this version every player...

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  • Teaching High Performance Computing Using BeesyCluster and Relevant Usage Statistics

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    - Year 2014

    The paper presents motivations and experiences from using the BeesyCluster middleware for teaching high performance computing at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology. Features of BeesyCluster well suited for conducting courses are discussed including: easy-to-use WWW interface for application development and running hiding queuing systems, publishing applications as services...

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  • The topography of Bi2VO5.5 ceramic measured with SEM and confocal microscope

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    The topography of Bi2VO5.5 ceramics was measured by SEM and confocal microscope.

  • Measurements of photoionization of mercury atoms into the 6s 2S1/2, 5d96s2 2D5/2 and 5d96s2 2D3/2 ionic states over the energy range from 10.5 eV to 18.7 eV

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    • H. Rojas
    • M. Zubek
    • G. Dawber
    • G. C. King

    - JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS - Year 2014

    Photoionization of mercury atoms into the three lowest ionic states, 5d106s 2S1/2, 5d96s2 2D5/2 and 5d96s2 2D3/2 has been studied in the photon energy ranges from their respective thresholds to 18.7 eV. The photoionization spectra were obtained with high energy resolution at an angle of 0° with respect to the polarization vector of the photon beam. The high energy resolution and sensitivity achieved in the measurements permitted...

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  • Fast Collaborative Graph Exploration

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    - LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Year 2013

    We study the following scenario of online graph exploration. A team of k agents is initially located at a distinguished vertex r of an undirected graph. At every time step, each agent can traverse an edge of the graph. All vertices have unique identifiers, and upon entering a vertex, an agent obtains the list of identifiers of all its neighbors. We ask how many time steps are required to complete exploration, i.e., to make sure...

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  • Fast collaborative graph exploration

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    - INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION - Year 2015

    We study the following scenario of online graph exploration. A team of k agents is initially located at a distinguished vertex r of an undirected graph. At every time step, each agent can traverse an edge of the graph. All vertices have unique identifiers, and upon entering a vertex, an agent obtains the list of identifiers of all its neighbors. We ask how many time steps are required to complete exploration, i.e., to make sure...

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  • A study on microcrack monitoring in concrete: discrete element method simulations of acoustic emission for non-destructive diagnostics

    The research is focused on the monitoring of fracture evolution in concrete beams under three-point bending using the acoustic emission technique and the discrete element method. The main objective of the study was to numerically and experimentally investigate the mechanism behind the generation of elastic waves during acoustic emission events and their interaction with micro- and macro-cracking in concrete beams under monotonic...

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  • Selection of material for X-ray tomography analysis and DEM simulations: comparison between granular materials of biological and non-biological origins

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    - GRANULAR MATTER - Year 2018

    Physical properties and X-ray tomography images of five different granular materials: glass bead, glass grit, short grain white rice, sorghum and clay granules (Seramis) are investigated to select the most promising materials for numerical simulations and time-lapse X-ray tomography imaging. The examined materials represent granular materials of non-biological origin (glass bead, glass grit and Seramis) and granular plant materials...

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  • Two-dimensional simulations of concrete fracture at aggregate level with cohesive elements based on X-ray lCT images

    The paper presents results of two-dimensional meso-scale simulations of fracture in notched concrete beams subjected to three-point bending test. Concrete was assumed as a 4-phase material composed of aggregate grains placed in the cement matrix, interfacial transitional zones (ITZs) and macro-voids. The particle distribution was taken from real concrete beams on the basis of X-ray lCT images. Comprehensive numerical analyses were carried...

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  • The role of low-energy electrons in the charging process of LISA test masses

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    • S. Taioli
    • M. Dapor
    • F. Dimiccoli
    • M. Fabi
    • V. Ferroni
    • C. Grimani
    • M. Villani
    • W. J. Weber

    - CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY - Year 2023

    The estimate of the total electron yield is fundamental for our understanding of the test-mass charging associated with cosmic rays in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission and in the forthcoming gravitational wave observatory LISA. To unveil the role of low energy electrons in this process owing to galactic and solar energetic particle events, in this work we study the interaction of keV and sub-keV...

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