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  • Identification of continuous systems - Practical issues of insensitivity to perturbations

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    In this paper the issue of continuous systems estimation, insensitive to certain perturbations, is discussed. Such an approach has rational advantages, especially when robust schemes are used to assist a target system responsible for industrial diagnostics. This requires that estimated model parameters are generated on-line, and their values are reliable and to a great extent accurate. Practical hints are suggested to challenge...

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  • Identification of Continuous Systems - Practical Issues of Insensitivity to Perturbations

    In this paper the issue of continuous systems estimation, insensitive to certain perturbations, is discussed. Such an approach has rational advantages, especially when robust schemes are used to assist a target system responsible for industrial diagnostics. This requires that estimated model parameters are generated on-line, and their values are reliable and to a great extent accurate. Practical hints are suggested to challenge...

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  • Development of planning education in postcommunist Poland.

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    - Year 2018

    Although programs in spatial planning at university level have been developed in Poland only after the transformation of 1989, their roots can be traced back to the first half of the twentieth century when the first university departments with a focus on urban and regional planning were established and courses offered. Today, planning education in Poland presents a robust yet dynamic picture with degrees offered by a range of both...

  • The exposure to UV filters: Prevalence, effects, possible molecular mechanisms of action and interactions within mixtures

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    • A. Rafeletou
    • J. V. L. Niemi
    • F. A. Lagunas-Rangel
    • W. Liu
    • B. Kudłak
    • H. B. Schiöth

    - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT - Year 2024

    Substances that can absorb sunlight and harmful UV radiation such as organic UV filters are widely used in cosmetics and other personal care products. Since humans use a wide variety of chemicals for multiple purposes it is common for UV filters to co-occur with other substances either in human originating specimens or in the environment. There is increasing interest in understanding such co-occurrence in form of potential synergy, antagonist,...

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  • Student model representation for pedagogical virtual mentors

    The paper concerns technological aspects of virtual mentors construction, especially concentrating on the student model representation. The article distinguishes several types of information that is gathered by the pedagogical agents and other educational platforms, including student knowledge model, student progress tracking, interaction process patterns and learner preferences. A set of technologies used for the student model...

  • Konzepte zur Energieeffizienzsteigerung bei Internet-Zugangsgeräten

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    - Year 2008

    The key issue of this paper is the power management of Internet access devices. The paper commences with an outline on the energy consumption of today's IT devices. It is followed by a description of options to increase energy efficiency of computers. The paper proves that in practice network cards and other IT network components, such as modems, network access points, switches and routers have the maximum energy consumption -...

  • Porównanie wybranych algorytmów systemu APR dla potrzeb redukcji poboru mocy cyfrowych układów CMOS

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    Praca dotyczy porównania czterech wybranych algorytmów wchodzacych w skład systemu APR (ang. Adaptive Power Reduction). Przeprowadzono weryfikację zmodyfikowanych heurystycznych algorytmów IIOI, UNILO i MAREL oraz nowego algorytmu hybrydowego (HSA) dla potrzeb syntezy wysokiego poziomu (HLS od ang. High Level Synthesis) z redukcją poboru mocy układów cyfrowych CMOS. Pozwalają one na zwiększenie poziomu redukcji mocy rozpraszanej...

  • Detection and localization of selected acoustic events in 3D acoustic field for smart surveillance applications

    A method for automatic determination of position of chosen sound events such as speech signals and impulse sounds in 3-dimensional space is presented. The events are localized in the presence of sound reflections employing acoustic vector sensors. Human voice and impulsive sounds are detected using adaptive detectors based on modified peak-valley difference (PVD) parameter and sound pressure level. Localization based on signals...

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  • Transmission parameters of underwater communication channels

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    The underwater environment is tough and demanding as a communication channel for ultrasonic signals. The channel transmission characteristics in marine and inland waters depend much on local bathymetry and changing weather conditions. The architecture and performance of a reliable underwater acoustic communication (UAC) system should allow real-time adaptation of its transmission parameters to a large variety of possible channel...

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  • Detection and localization of selected acoustic events in acoustic field for smart surveillance applications

    A method for automatic determination of position of chosen sound events such as speech signals and impulse sounds in 3-dimensional space is presented. The evens are localized in the presence of sound reflections employing acoustic vector sensors. Human voice and impulsive sounds are detected using adaptive detectors based on modified peak-valley difference (PVD) parameter and sound pressure level. Localization based on signals...

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  • Quality Evaluation of Novel DTD Algorithm Based on Audio Watermarking

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    Echo cancellers typically employ a doubletalk detection (DTD) algorithm in order to keep the adaptive filter from diverging in the presence of near-end speech signal or other disruptive sounds in the microphone signal. A novel doubletalk detection algorithm based on techniques similar to those used for audio signal watermarking was introduced by the authors. The application of the described DTD algorithm within acoustic echo cancellation...

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  • Development and tuning of irregular divide-and-conquer applications in DAMPVM/DAC

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    - Year 2002

    This work presents implementations and tuning experiences with parallel irregular applications developed using the object oriented framework DAM-PVM/DAC. It is implemented on top of DAMPVM and provides automatic partitioning of irregular divide-and-conquer (DAC) applications at runtime and dynamic mapping to processors taking into account their speeds and even loads by other user processes. New implementations of parallel applications...

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  • Integrating modelling, simulation and data management tools to create a planning support system for the improvement of air quality by urban planning solutions

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    - Year 2023

    The urbanization pressure requires urban planners, designers, and policy makers to be more responsive to the challenges related to improving the quality of the urban environment and the living conditions of the inhabitants. One of the many environmental issues that need to be taken into account is urban air pollution. As the process of urban ventilation and air pollution dis-persion is significantly affected by the urban layout,...

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  • Estimation of the Ultimate Strength of FRP Strips-to-Masonry Substrates Bond

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    - Applied Sciences-Basel - Year 2023

    Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) were developed as a new method over the past decades due to their many beneficial mechanical properties, and they are commonly applied to strengthen masonry structures. In this paper, the Artificial Neural Network (ANN), K-fold Cross-Validation (KFCV) technique, Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS) method, and M5 Model Tree (M5MT) method were utilized to predict the ultimate strength of...

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  • Semi complex navigation with an active optical gesture sensor

    This paper presents the methods of diversified touchless interactions between a user and a mobile platform utilizing the optical gesture sensor. The sensor uses 8 photodiodes to measure the reflected light in the active mode (using embedded LEDs) or it measures shadows caused by fingers in the passive mode. Several algorithms were implemented: automatic mode switching, adaptive illumination level compensation, resolution improvements...

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  • Leveraging spatio-temporal features for joint deblurring and segmentation of instruments in dental video microscopy

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    - Year 2021

    In dentistry, microscopes have become indispensable optical devices for high-quality treatment and micro-invasive surgery, especially in the field of endodontics. Recent machine vision advances enable more advanced, real-time applications including but not limited to dental video deblurring and workflow analysis through relevant metadata obtained by instrument motion trajectories. To this end, the proposed work addresses dental...

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  • Weryfikacja i interpretacja wyników pomiarów akustycznych w obiekcie Filharmonii Kaszubskiej w Wejherowie w aspekcie zgodności z projektem akustyki

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    - Year 2013

    Przeanalizowano wyników pomiarów akustycznych zrealizowanych przez wykonawcę robót wykończeniowych (pomiary w zakresie akustyki wnętrz i akustyki budowlanej). Zalecono rozszerzenie zakresu pomiarów, po pełnym zakończeniu robót w obiekcie, oraz ich ponowną analizę w aspekcie zgodności z projektem akustyki.

  • Marek Szelągowski dr

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    Marek Szelągowski has participated in the creation and implementation of IT solutions in the fields of accounting, human resources management, production, IT infrastructure management, etc. As the CIO of the BUDIMEX Group in 2000–2008 he was responsible for the accommodation of informatization strategies to the changing needs of the business sector. He was managing and participating in analyses and optimizations of business processes...

  • Paweł Raczyński dr inż.

    Paweł Raczyński received the M.Sc.  degree in automatics and computer science from Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland, in 1977. He has been with Electronics, Telecommunication and Informatics Faculty, Gdańsk University of Technology since 1977. In 1986 he received the Ph.D. degree from the same faculty. His research deals with the issues of construction of control systems and technical diagnostics, in particular diagnosis...

  • Patch size setup and performance/cost trade-offs in multi-objective EM-driven antenna optimization using sequential domain patching

    Purpose This paper aims to assess control parameter setup and its effect on computational cost and performance of deterministic procedures for multi-objective design optimization of expensive simulation models of antenna structures. Design/methodology/approach A deterministic algorithm for cost-efficient multi-objective optimization of antenna structures has been assessed. The algorithm constructs a patch connecting extreme Pareto-optimal...

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  • Robert Zubel Dr

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  • Visual Content Representation for Cognitive Systems: Towards Augmented Intelligence

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    - Year 2020

    Cognitive Vision Systems have gained significant attention from academia and industry during the past few decades. One of the main reasons behind this interest is the potential of such technologies to revolutionize human life since they intend to work robustly under complex visual scenes (which environmental conditions may vary), adapting to a comprehensive range of unforeseen changes, and exhibiting prospective behavior. The combination...

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  • Modelling a 6-dof manipulator using Matlab software

    This paper presents an alternative approach to modelling a revolute robot. The manipulator in question is Kuka KR 16-2. The main problem in robot modelling is a kinematic analysis. The revolute robot consist of six rotary joints (6-DOF) with base, shoulder, elbow and wirst. The kinematics problem is defined as a transformation from the cartesian space to the joint space. The Denavit- Hartenberg (D-H) model of representation was...

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  • Analysis of the Possibilities of Applying 3D Print Methods for the Needs of Ship-Building Industry

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    - Year 2023

    Article presents the analysis of applying additive and hybrid manufacturing methods and its impact on dynamic stiffness of prepared samples. Dynamic analysis of the handle bracket specimens consisted in plotting the resonance curves and using these curves to estimate the dynamic stiffness of elements produced with additive manufacturing technology. Authors focused especially on 3D print in Fused Deposiotion Modeling/Fused Filament...

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  • Novel Cold Crucible Ultrasonic Atomization Powder Production Method for 3D Printing

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    • Ł. Żrodowski
    • R. Wróblewski
    • T. Choma
    • B. Morończyk
    • M. Ostrysz
    • M. Leonowicz
    • W. Łacisz
    • P. Błyskun
    • J. S. Wróbel
    • G. Cieślak... and 3 others

    - Materials - Year 2021

    : A new powder production method has been developed to speed up the search for novel alloys for additive manufacturing. The technique involves an ultrasonically agitated cold crucible installed at the top of a 20 kHz ultrasonic sonotrode. The material is melted with an electric arc and undergoes pulverization with standing wave vibrations. Several different alloys in various forms, including noble and metallic glass alloys, were...

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  • Direct electrical brain stimulation of human memory: lessons learnt and future perspectives

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    Modulation of cognitive functions supporting human declarative memory is one of the grand challenges of neuroscience, and of vast importance for a variety of neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases. Despite a recent surge of successful attempts at improving performance in a range of memory tasks, the optimal approaches and parameters for memory enhancement have yet to be determined. On a more fundamental...

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  • Artificial intelligence and productivity: global evidence from AI patent and bibliometric data .

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    In this paper we analyse the relationship between technological innovation in the artificial intelligence (AI) domain and macroeconomic productivity. We embed recently released data on patents and publications related to AI in an augmented model of productivity growth, which we estimate for the OECD countries and compare to an extended sample including non-OECD countries. Our estimates provide evidence in favour of the modern...

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  • New Two-center Ellipsoidal Basis Function Neural Network for Fault Diagnosis of Analog Electronic Circuits

    In the paper a new fault diagnosis-oriented neural network and a diagnostic method for localization of parametric faults in Analog Electronic Circuits (AECs) with tolerances is presented. The method belongs to the class of dictionary Simulation Before Test (SBT) methods. It utilizes dictionary fault signatures as a family of identification curves dispersed around nominal positions by component tolerances of the Circuit Under Test...

  • A New Fuzzy Sliding Mode Controller with PID Sliding Surface for Underwater Manipulators

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    Design of an accurate and robust controller is challenging topic in underwater manipulator control. This is due to hydrodynamic disturbances in underwater environment. In this paper a sliding mode control (SMC) included a PID sliding surface and fuzzy tunable gain is designed. In this proposed controller robustness property of SMC and fast response of PID are incorporated with fuzzy rules to reduce error tracking. In the control...

  • Rating mathematical models for first-pass of tracer in pCT lung studies

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    - Year 2014

    This paper presents a comparison of model based on the Gauss function and the most commonly used Gamma-variate model in perfusion computed tomography (pCT) lung studies. It also verifies whether used model affects value of blood volume parameter. Three mean concentration-time curves were created from actual pCT measurements: arterial input function, blood vessels in lungs and lung parenchyma. On the basis of these mean curves we...

  • The Impact of ICTs on Women’s Economic Empowerment

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    - Year 2017

    It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women, people with disabilities, and workers at the base of the pyramid (BoP), in the labor market. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of female participation in the labor market in developing countries with a focus on the impact of the use of ICTs on female labor force participation. We conduct a panel study...

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  • Fast surrogate-assisted simulation-driven design of compact microwave hybrid couplers

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    This work presents a robust methodology for expedited simulation-driven design optimization of compact microwave hybrid couplers. The technique relies on problem decomposition, and a bot-tom–up design strategy, starting from the level of basic building blocks of the coupler, and finishing with a tuning procedure that exploits a fast surrogate model of the entire structure. The latter is constructed by cascading local response surface...

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  • The point estimate method in a reticulated shell reliability analysis

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    The objective of this paper is to present an application of the point estimate method (PEM) that can determine the probabilistic moments for engineering structures. The method is reasonably robust and adequately accurate for a wide range of practical problems. It is a special case of numerical quadrature based on orthogonal polynomials. The main advantage of this method is that, unlike FORM or SORM, it is not necessary to carry...

  • The impact of ICTs on women’s economic empowerment

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    - Year 2016

    It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women, people with disabilities, and workers at the base of the pyramid (BoP), in the labor market. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of female participation in the labor market in developing countries with a focus on the impact of the use of ICTs on female labor force participation. We conduct a panel study...

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  • Airfoil Design Under Uncertainty Using Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos Theory and Utility Functions

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2017

    Fast and accurate airfoil design under uncertainty using non-intrusive polynomial chaos (NIPC) expansions and utility functions is proposed. The NIPC expansions provide a means to efficiently and accurately compute statistical information for a given set of input variables with associated probability distribution. Utility functions provide a way to rigorously formulate the design problem. In this work, these two methods are integrated...

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  • Generic appearance of objective results in quantum measurements

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    - PHYSICAL REVIEW A - Year 2017

    Measurement is of central interest in quantum mechanics as it provides the link between the quantum world and the world of everyday experience. One of the features of everyday experience is its robust, objective character, contrasting the delicate nature of quantum systems. Here we analyze in a completely model-independent way the celebrated von Neumann measurement process, using recent techniques of information flow, studied in...

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  • Optimization of Wireless Networks for Resilience to Adverse Weather Conditions

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    • M. Pióro
    • E. Fitzgerald
    • I. Kalesnikau
    • D. Nace
    • J. Rak

    - Year 2020

    In this chapter, we consider how adverse weather conditions such as rain or fog affect the performance of wireless networks, and how to optimize these networks so as to make them robust to these conditions. We first show how to analyze the weather conditions in order to make them useful for network optimization modelling. Using an example realistic network, we show how to optimize two types of wireless networks: free-space optical...

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  • Modelling of residential sales price with kriging using different distance metrics in different correlation functions

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    - Gazi University Journal of Science - Year 2016

    The modelling and estimation of sales prices based on economical conditions are important for housing sector especially in developing countries. Analysts are focused on the subject to analyze price movements and estimate the future trend of the sales prices for housing sector. In this study, we tried to generate a robust and efficient model related to the subject. Firstly, we investigated economic variables affecting housing sales...

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  • Improving the Survivability of Carrier Networks to Large-Scale Disasters

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    • A. de Sousa
    • J. Rak
    • F. Barbosa
    • D. Santos
    • D. Mehta

    - Year 2020

    This chapter is dedicated to the description of methods aiming to improve the survivability of carrier networks to large-scale disasters. First, a disaster classification and associated risk analysis is described, and the disaster-aware submarine fibre-optic cable deployment is addressed aiming to minimize the expected costs in case of natural disasters. Then, the chapter addresses the improvement of the network connectivity resilience...

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  • Molywood: streamlining the design and rendering of molecular movies

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    - BIOINFORMATICS - Year 2020

    Motivation High-quality dynamic visuals are needed at all levels of science communication, from the conference hall to the classroom. As scientific journals embrace new article formats, many key concepts – particularly in structural biology – are also more easily conveyed as videos than still frames. Notwithstanding, the design and rendering of a complex molecular movie remain an arduous task. Here, we introduce Molywood, a robust...

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  • Experiments and calibration of a bond-slip relation and efficiency factors for textile reinforcement in concrete

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    - CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES - Year 2022

    Textile reinforcement yarns consist of many filaments, which can slip relative each other. At modelling of the global structural behaviour, interfilament slip in the yarns, and slip between the yarns and the concrete can be considered by efficiency factors for the stiffness and strength of the yarns, and by applying a bond-slip relation between yarns and concrete. In this work, an effective and robust method for calibration of...

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  • A 1-nS 1-V Sub-1-µW Linear CMOS OTA with Rail-to-Rail Input for Hz-Band Sensory Interfaces

    The paper presents an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) with low transconductance (0.62–6.28 nS) and low power consumption (28–270 nW) for the low-frequency analog front-ends in biomedical sensor interfaces. The proposed OTA implements an innovative, highly linear voltage-to-current converter based on the channel-length-modulation effect, which can be rail-to-rail driven. At 1-V supply and 1-Vpp asymmetrical input driving,...

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  • Model Predictive Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for An Autonomous Surface Vehicle

    This paper presents a new robust Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for trajectory tracking of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) in presence of the time-varying external disturbances including winds, waves and ocean currents as well as dynamical uncertainties. For fulfilling the robustness property, a sliding mode control-based procedure for designing of MPC and a super-twisting term are adopted. The MPC algorithm has been...

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  • Earthworks calculations due to reconstruction of railway geometrical layout

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    - Year 2014

    The paper characterizes continuation of ongoing work of computer program MUGO which is connected with earthworks. The program is related to the modernization of the railway track layout. The methodology for the calculating the size of earthworks in the areas of embankments on the two way railway line is discussed in detail.

  • Damian Ciachorowski

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    PhD Candidate in the field of Sustainable Digital Transformation at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. Expert in the field of non-governmental organisations. He specialises in creating development strategies, building cross-cultural teams and accelerating and managing NGOs. Research interests Sustainable Digital Transformation  Creativity in Team Management Processes  AI Management / Management...

  • RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN DAB+ BROADCASTING SYSTEM

    With over two billion receivers operating worldwide, radio transmission is by far the most accessible medium. It has been a part of our lives since the 1920’s and has become one of the most trusted and friendly mass media. Today, its popularity is still strong, despite the outcome of many electronic media. In order to transform the radio into a viable medium of the 21st century, it will have to migrate from analogue to digital...

  • Measurements of transmission properties of Acoustic Communication Channels

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    Tough transmission properties of shallow water acoustic channels (SWAC) highly limit the use of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) systems. An adaptive matching of modulation and signaling schemes to instantaneous channel conditions is needed for reliabledata communications. This creates, however, unique challenges for designers when compared to radio transmission systems. When communication system elements are in move, the...

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  • Highly linear CMOS triode transconductor for VHF applications

    A high-speed, fully balanced complementary-symmetry metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) triode transconductor is presented. The proposed approach exploits a pseudo-differential-pair triode configuration with a simple adaptive circuit stabilising the drain-to-source voltages of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors. Since no additional active circuits (apart from the resistors made of the cut-off MOS devices) and no feedback...

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  • A New Approach to Capacitive Sensor Measurements Based on a Microcontroller and a Three-Gate Stable RC Oscillator

    A complete smart capacitive sensor solution basedA complete smart capacitive sensor solution based on a microcontroller was developed. This approach includes the development of both the hardware and software. The hardware part comprises an 8-bit microcontroller equipped with two timers/counters and a three-gate stable RC relaxation oscillator. The software part handles system configuration, measurement control, communication control,...

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  • Decoupled Kalman filter based identification of time-varying FIR systems

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    When system parameters vary at a fast rate, identification schemes based on model-free local estimation approaches do not yield satisfactory results. In cases like this, more sophisticated parameter tracking procedures must be used, based on explicit models of parameter variation (often referred to as hypermodels), either deterministic or stochastic. Kalman filter trackers, which belong to the second category, are seldom used in...

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