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  • Hybrid piezoelectric motor based on electroactive lubrication principle

    A novel conception of hybrid piezoelectric motor is presented in this paper. Proposed conception required synchronised work of quasi-static and resonant piezoelectric actuators that results in a rotary movement. The motor's working principle is explained and the main characteristics are described. Studied topology is compared to the existing piezoelectric motors with regards to its field of applications. The assembling process...

  • On Configurability of Distributed Volunteer-Based Computing in the Comcute System

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    - Year 2012

    The chapter proposes additional solutions that can be implemented within the Comcute system to increase its configurability. This refers to configuration of the reliability level in the W and S server layers, static or on-the-fly data partitioning and integration, configuration of the system for processing in the data streaming fashion, extending the system for selection of a project that the client wants to contribute to, ease...

  • Lexicon Based Algorithm for Domain Ontology Merging and Alignment

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    More and more systems contain some kind of knowledge describing their field of operation. Such knowledge in many cases is stored as an ontology. A need arises for ability to quickly match those ontologies to enable interoperability of such systems. The paper presents a lexicon based algorithm for merging and aligning of OWL ontologies. The proposed similarity levels are being presented and the proposed algorithm is being described....

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  • Hybrid battery based on arylated carbon nanotubes and laccase

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    - BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY - Year 2012

    Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were covalently modified with anthracene and anthraquinone and used for the construction of cathodes for biocatalytic reduction of dioxygen. The nanotubes with aromatic groups casted onto the electrode increased the working surface of the electrode and enabled efficient direct electron transfer (DET) between the enzyme and the electrode. The aryl groups enter the hydrophobic pocket of the...

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  • Hybrid biobateryy based on arylated carbon nanotubes and laccase

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    - BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY - Year 2012

    Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were covalently modified with antracene and antraquinone and used for the construction of cathodes for biocatalytic reduction od dioxygen. The nanotubes with aromatic groups casted onto the electrode increased the working surface of the electrode and enabled efficient direct electron tarnsfer (DET) between the enzyme and the electrode. the aryl groups enter the hydrophobic pocket of the T1...

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  • A Clustering-Based Methodology for Selection of Fault Tolerance Techniques

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    Development of dependable applications requires selection of appropriate fault tolerance techniques that balance efficiency in fault handling and resulting consequences, such as increased development cost or performance degradation. This paper describes an advisory system that recommends fault tolerance techniques considering specified development and runtime application attributes. In the selection process, we use the K-means...

  • Interoperability Description of Web Services Based Application Servers

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    - Year 2012

    Web services standards were designed to enable interoperability of heterogeneous application servers in the Service Oriented Architecture. Although the standards proved to be highly successful, there are still difficulties in effective services integration. The paper presents a methodology that enables description of application servers interoperability in order to improve the service integration process. The methodology proposes...

  • Experience based enhanced decision support for business processes

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    - Year 2012

    Przedstawiono koncepcje wspomagania procesow biznesowych poprzez wprowadzneie do modelu zbioru doswiadczen.

  • Intelligent turbogenerator controller based on artifical neural network

    The paper presents a desing of an intelligent controller based on neural network (ICNN). The ICNN ensures at the same time two fundamental functions : the maintaining of generator voltage at the desired value and the damping of the electromechanical oscillations. Its performance is evaluted on a single machine infinite bus power system through computer simulations. The dynamic and transient operation of the proposed controller...

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  • Project Team Management Supported by an Agent-Based Model

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    This work is a continuation of a series of works about research into the use of multi-agent systems to support IT project management. Previous studies have shown the possibility of using a multi-agent in order to optimize management decisions concerning the selection of methods for project implementation. It was noted that the project manager's decisions are influenced by three fundamental parameters: the entropy of the project,...

  • Naval mine detection system based of FPGA circuit

    Electrochemical processes take place in a metal object immersed into sea water even if an anticorrosive coating is applied [1]. As a result, flowing field appears around the object. There are naval mines between many other objects situated in the sea. Naval mines can be put in the seabed in order to be more difficult to detect by sonars. Such a mine is located on the line demarking two environments of different electrical conductivity....

  • Hybrid biobattery based on arylated carbon nanotubes and laccase

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    - BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY - Year 2011

    Jednościenne nanorurki węglowe modyfikowano resztami antracenu i antrachinonu Otrzymany materiał posłużył do modyfikacji elektrody węglowej w celu jej zastosowania do redukcji tlenu w bioogniwie paliwowym. Nanorurki z aromatycznymi grupami zwiększyły powierzchnię elektrody oraz przyczyniły się do zwiększenia bezpośredniego przeniesienia elektronów. Grupy arylowe mogą wnikać do hydrofobowej kieszeni enzymu, w której znajduje się...

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  • FFT spectrum based matching algorithm for activedynamic thermography

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    - QIRT Journal - Year 2010

    In Active Dynamic thermography (ADT) sequences of consecutive temperature distributions are analyzed. In biomedical applications of ADT, the problems of a patient's movements in front of a thermal camera should be eliminated before data analysis. Complete mechanical stabilization of the patients is impossible due to natural voluntary and involuntary moves caused by pulse breathing, etc. This paper presents a simple and efficient...

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  • Action-reaction based synthesis of acoustic wavefield equations

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    - HYDROACOUSTICS - Year 2011

    The analysis of acoustic fields is usually based on the well-known mathematics of second order partial differential equations called wave equations. The author explores the duality and symmetry of linear fluid mechanics and develops two distinct equations of acoustics on the basis of a causal approach to local small-scale phenomena. Wavefields that are solutions of these equations have different composition, the spherical pressure...

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  • Distributed Representations Based on Geometric Algebra: the Continuous Model

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    - Informatica - Year 2011

    Authors revise the concept of a distributed representation of data as well as two previously developed models: Holographic Reduced Representation (HRR) and Binary Spatter Codes (BSC). A Geometric Analogue (GAc - ''c'' stands for continuous as opposed to its discrete version) of HRR is introduced - it employs role-filler binding based on geometric products. Atomic objects are real-valued vectors in n-dimensional Euclidean space...

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  • Multiscalar Model Based Control Systems for AC Machines

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    - Year 2011

    Contents of the Chapter: Nonlinear transformations and feedback linearization. Models of the squirrel cage induction machine: Vector model of the squirrel cage induction machine. Multiscalar models of the squirrel cage induction machine.Feedback linearization of multiscalar models of the induction motor.Models of the double fed induction machine: Vector model of the double fed induction machine. Multiscalar model of the...

  • Port-based approach to distributed transfer function method

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    In the paper there is presented an uniform, port-based approach to modeling of both lumped and distributed parameter systems. Port-based model of distributed system has been defined by application of distributed transfer function method (DTFM). The approach proposed combines versatility of port - based modeling and accuracy of distributed transfer function method. It enables to formulate appropriate input data for computer analysis...

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  • Fourier based stabilization of thermal images in dynamic thermography

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    - Year 2010

  • Agent-based social network as a simulation of a market behaviour

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    - Year 2010

    Recent years and the outbreak of world's economic crisis in 2008 proved the crucial importance of reliable analysis of market dynamics. However, werarely apply models of proper detail level (the global prosperity forecast of 2007 can be seen as a grim proof). The behaviour of individuals and companies is far from being ideal and rational. Many claims that the economic paradigm of rational expectations (coming from J. Muth and R....

  • Porous biomaterial for orthopaedic implants based on titanium alloy

    Tytan i jego stopy są szeroko stosowane jako biomateriały dla zastosowań ortopedycznych. Badania związane z ich najlepszą odpornością na korozję i ścieranie, biozgodnością i bioaktywnością są stale prowadzone. Obecne badania koncentrują się również na projektowaniu i produkcji materiałów porowatych w oparciu o stopy np. Ti-13Nb-13Zr, które mogą być stosowane do wytwarzania implantów. Jedną z najbardziej efektywnych metod wytwarzania...

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  • Reexamination of determinant-based separability test for two qubits

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    Przeanalizowano wyznacznikowy test splątania dwukubitowego pod kątem związku z inną miarą splątania- zgodnością. Udowodniono prawo faktoryzacji i przeformułowano relację monogamii splątania przy użyciu wyznacznikowego parametru splątania.

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  • Creating a modern educational system based on IT competence centers

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    This article indicates the need to support University Competence Centers. These are specialized cen-ters which aim to support teaching and the development of the latest software technologies, educating students, PhD students and scientific workers and also raising the competitiveness of the university on the higher education market. The article presents the characteristics of: IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational Requirements...

  • Quality of Resilience in IP-based Future Internet Communications

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    - Year 2011

    Internet Przyszłości (zwany również Internetem 3.0 czy też NGN) jest następnym krokiem ewolucji Internetu. Prace badawcze związane z nową architekturą obejmują szerokie spektrum zagadnień, a zwłaszcza: architekturę sieci (protokoły), technologie sieciowe, aplikacje, itd. W tym artykule zakładamy wykorzystanie koncepcji Differentiated Services (DiffServ). W szczególności, proponujemy podejście ochrony zróżnicowanej ruchu. Jest ono...

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  • Eye-Gaze Tracking-Based Telepresence System for Videoconferencing

    An approach to the teleimmersive videoconferencing system enhanced by the pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera, controlled by the eye-gaze tracking system, is presented in this paper. An overview of the existing telepresence systems, especially dedicated to videoconferencing is included. The presented approach is based on the CyberEye eye-gaze tracking system engineered at the Multimedia Systems Department (MSD) of Gdańsk University of Technology...

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  • Evaluation of Path Based Methods for Conceptual Representation of the Text

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    Typical text clustering methods use the bag of words (BoW) representation to describe content of documents. However, this method is known to have several limitations. Employing Wikipedia as the lexical knowledge base has shown an improvement of the text representation for data-mining purposes. Promising extensions of that trend employ hierarchical organization of Wikipedia category system. In this paper we propose three path-based...

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  • Challenges in providing support for management of evidence-based arguments

    The paper considers selected challenges related to the application of evidence based arguments and maps them on the tool support level. In particular, we consider: communication and teamwork, handling large arguments, evidence management and integration, argument assessment and communication, change control and reporting, evidence reuse, user data security and argument portfolio management. Then we explain how these challenges...

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  • A Measurement-Based Approach for Speed Control of Induction Machines

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    • M. A. Fnaiech
    • S. Khadraoui
    • H. N. Nounou
    • M. N. Nounou
    • J. Guziński
    • H. Abu-Rub
    • A. Datta
    • S. P. Bhattacharyya

    - IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS - Year 2014

    This paper presents an approach to design a measurement-based controller for induction machines. The proposed control approach is motivated by the fact that developing an appropriate mechanical model of such induction machines is a challenging task. Since our proposed control methodology is only on the basis of measured data, the controller design does not require any information about the model of the mechanical part. The control...

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  • Pedestrian safety management using the risk-based approach

    The paper presents a concept of a multi-level pedestrian safety management system. Three management levels are distinguished: strategic, tactical and operational. The basis for the proposed approach to pedestrian safety management is a risk-based method. In the approach the elements of behavioural and systemic theories were used, allowing for the development of a formalised and repeatable procedure integrating the phases of risk...

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  • Shape-Based Pose Estimation of Robotic Surgical Instruments

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    - Year 2017

    We describe a detector of robotic instrument parts in image-guided surgery. The detector consists of a huge ensemble of scale-variant and pose-dedicated, rigid appearance templates. The templates, which are equipped with pose-related keypoints and segmentation masks, allow for explicit pose estimation and segmentation of multiple end-effectors as well as fine-grained non-maximum suppression. We train the templates by grouping examples...

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  • An Archaeological - Architectural Documentation Based on Close Range Photogrammetry

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    - Year 2017

    Wisłoujście Fortress is a historical defensive object located on the southwest coast of the Gulf of Gdańsk. Fort Carre, Eastern Sconce and Ravelin are parts of this postmediaeval fortification. In view of planned regeneration of this fortification complex, at the initiative of the Gdańsk History Museum and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of Gdańsk it was decided to perform a documentation of one Fortress...

  • A Framework of a Ship Domain-based Collision Alert System

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    The paper presents a framework of a planned ship collision alert system. The envisaged system is compliant with IMO Resolution MSC.252 (83) “Adoption of the revised performance standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS)”. It is based on a ship domain-oriented approach to collision risk and introduces a policy of alerts on dangerous situations. The alerts will include cautions, warnings and alarms, which will be triggered...

  • Measurement system based on USB Z-Wave controller

    A wireless measurement system based on the Z-Wave standard is presented in this paper. The system is composed of a U SB Z-Stick Gen5 controller connected to a Personal Computer and a Fibaro controller FGRGBWM-441. Operation of the system is controlled by software written in C++ using OpenZWave library. Some metrological aspects of the system are evaluated: accuracy, linearity, resolution and frequency of voltage measurements.

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  • Analysis of allophones based on audio signal recordings and parameterization

    The aim of this study is to develop an allophonic description of English plosive consonants based on recordings of 600 specially selected words. Allophonic variations addressed in the study may have two sources: positional and contextual. The former one depends on the syllabic or prosodic position in which a particular phoneme occurs. Contextual allophony is conditioned by the local phonetic environment. Co-articulation overlapping...

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  • River flow simulation based on the HEC-RAS system

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    This work considers the problem of river floods, and presents a computer solution that can be used to predict such a threat. The basic tool, called Hydrologic Engineering Centers for River Analysis System (HEC-RAS), and created by the US Army Corps of Engineering, is well developed; and the models created in the system HEC-RAS are quite realistic. For the purpose of solving practical national flood problems, simplified static and...

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  • River Flow Simulation Based on the HEC-RAS System

    This work considers the problem of river floods, and presents a computer solution that can be used to predict such a threat. The basic tool, called Hydrologic Engineering Centers for River Analysis System (HEC-RAS), and created by the US Army Corps of Engineering, is well developed; and the models created in the system HEC-RAS are quite realistic. For the purpose of solving practical national flood problems, simplified static and...

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  • Novel cast polyetherurethanes based on dispersed polymeric polyols

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    - POLYMER TESTING - Year 2018

    Our study was focused on obtaining polyetherurethanes synthesized with using polymeric polyether based polyols differing in dispersed copolymer content (10, 20 and 40 wt%). The polyetherurethane materials were synthesized via two step method. The influence of different polymeric polyether based polyols on the chemical structure, morphology, mechanical and thermal properties of the obtained polyetherurethanes was investigated. The...

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  • An electronic nose based on the semiconducting and electrochemical gas sensors

    The practical application of human nose for fragrance recognition is severely limited by the fact that our sense of smell is subjective and gets tired easily. Consequently, there is a significant need for an instrument that can be a substitution of the human sense of smell. Development of an electronic nose devices is an active area of research starting from pioneering research of Dodd and Persuad in the mid-1980s. Such systems...

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  • Autonomous Driver Based on an Intelligent System of Decision-Making

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    The paper presents and discusses a system (xDriver) which uses an Intelligent System of Decision-making (ISD) for the task of car driving. The principal subject is the implementation, simulation and testing of the ISD system described earlier in our publications for the task of autonomous driving. The design of the whole ISD system is a result of a thorough modelling of human psychology based on an extensive literature study. Concepts...

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  • 3D porous graphene-based structures- synthesis and applications

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    Porous carbon-based materials are of the great industrial and academic interest due to their high surface area, low density, good electrical conductivity, chemical inertness and low cost of fabrication. Up to now, the main approach to obtain porous carbon structures has involved the pyrolysis of carbonaceous natural or synthetic precursors. After the isolation of graphene, the interest in 3D porous graphene-based structures (called...

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  • Decisional DNA Based Conceptual Framework for Smart Manufacturing

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    - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Year 2016

    This paper presents the conceptual framework for systematic knowledge representation, storage and reuse of manufacturing information in a production scenario. This knowledge structure is designed for three levels in a manufacturing set up viz. first at the engineering objects level, second at process and finally at factory level. Virtual engineering object (VEO) deals with knowledge at the individual object/component/machine level...

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  • Novel stationary phases based on asphaltenes for gas chromatography

    We present the results of investigations on the possibility of the application of the asphaltene fraction isolated from the oxidized residue from vacuum distillation of crude oil as a stationary phase for gas chromatography. The results of the investigation revealed that the asphaltene stationary phases can find use for the separation of a wide range of volatile organic compounds. The experimental values of Rohrschneider/McReynolds...

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  • Evaluation of organic coatings condition with AFM-based method

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    The paper presents an atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based approach to evaluation of local protective properties of organic coatings. Apart from topography, it provides local ac and dc characteristics of examined coating. The method consists in application of ac voltage perturbation signal between conductive AFM tip and coated metal substrate. The resulting current is used to determine local impedance characteristics. Both impedance...

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  • Wikipedia and WordNet integration based on words co-occurrences

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    - Year 2009

    The article presents a method for automatic integration of two lexical resources: semantic dictionary WordNet and electronic encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Our goal is to add automatically an semantic tags - a WordNet synset identifier to the title of the Wikipedia article. We've analyze several different ap-proaches to these problem and implement our own solution, based on word occurrences in synsets descriptions and the article body....

  • Asynchronous distributed state estimation based on covariance intersection

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    W artykule rozważa się problem estymacji stanu w rozproszonym systemach wieloczujnikowym. W systemach takich stan obserwowanego obiektu jest estymowany przez pewien zbiór estymatorów lokalnych. Każdy estymator lokalny wykonuje fuzję danych pochodzących ze skojarzonego z nim czujnika lub czujników z danymi pochodzącymi z innych lokalnych estymatorów. W wyniku operacji fuzji oraz dodatkowo operacji filtracji korzystając np. z filtru...

  • Hydro Lubricants: Water-based lubricants for hydropower applications

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    • W. Litwin
    • V. Balasubramaniam
    • E. von Hoersten
    • S. Martin
    • K. Marius

    - Year 2018

    Several different base oil types exist in the market including mineral and synthetic oils (e.g. polyalphaolefins, ester, polyglycol, etc.) and are currently widely in use. Although synthetic oils have drawn great attention over the past few decades in terms of their tribological benefits, mineral oils are still widely used in hydropower applications due primarily to their low cost and easy miscibility with other oils. However,...

  • Biopolymer based nanomaterials in drug delivery systems: A review

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    - Materials Today - Year 2018

    Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal toxicological effect and these systems consists of liposomes, microspheres, gels, prodrugs and many. Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing multi-disciplinary science that ensures the fabrication of the polymers to nanometer scale for various medical applications. Uses...

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  • EGNOS-based receiver for precise positionint in restricted areas

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    Positioning accuracy is very important in many areas. EGNOS improves accuracy, but

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  • Spectral Clustering Wikipedia Keyword-Based search Results

    The paper summarizes our research in the area of unsupervised categorization of Wikipedia articles. As a practical result of our research, we present an application of spectral clustering algorithm used for grouping Wikipedia search results. The main contribution of the paper is a representation method for Wikipedia articles that has been based on combination of words and links and used for categoriation of search results in this...

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  • Anti-theft lab security system based on RFID

    The aim of the project is to design and create an electronic system, which can be used to protect laboratory equipment against theft. The main task of the system is to warn a person responsible for the facilities about any attempts made to steal equipment from a laboratory. In a case of an alarm situation, the system emits a sound signal. The concept of the anti-theft security system based on RFID was developed on the basis of...

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  • 1,3,4-Thiadiazole-based diamides: Synthesis and complexation properties

    Aromatic diamides, derivative of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid and isophthalic acid, bearing 1,3,4-thiadiazole residue were prepared with satisfactory yields in conventional procedures and microwave stimulated reactions. X-ray structure of N,N-bis (1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide (2) DMSO solvate (2DMSO) was described. Selective zinc(II), lanthanum(III), terbium(III) and L-tyrosine recognition was found for N,N-bis(1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide...

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