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Searching of the buried objects into the sea bottom by means of nonlinear acouctic methods
PublicationThe main goal of this paper is to introduce the methodology of preparing the area for investigations that will be carried out at the sea. As the first step there is recognition of the basic method both in the theory as well as experimental investigation. There were taken into account the nonlinear methods. These ones are very promising methods that have very interesting features, very convenient for examinations of the seabed structure....
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Beesybees-Agent-Based, Adaptive & Learning Workflow Execution Module for BeesyCluster
PublicationPrezentujemy projekt oraz implementację adaptacyjnego i uczącego się modułu przeznaczonego dowykonywania scenariuszy w środowisku BeesyCluster. BeesyCluster pozwala na modelowaniescenariuszy w formie acyklicznego grafu skierowanego, w którym wierzchołki oznaczają zadania,a krawędzie określają zależności między nimi. Przedstawiamy także kooperatywne wykonaniescenariusza przez grupę agentów zdolnych do zbierania, składowania i korzystania...
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Novel Analytic-Numerical Model of Free Convection: with Leading Edge Considered
PublicationA novel solution of the free convection boundary problem is represented in analytical form for velocity and temperature for an isothermal vertical plate, as an example. These fields are built as a Taylor Series in the x coordinate with coefficients as functions of the vertical coordinate (y). We restrict ourselves by cubic approximation for both functions. The basic Navier-Stokes and Fourier-Kirchhoff equations and boundary conditions...
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Seeding enhancement for microcrystaline diamond layers growth on non-diamond substrates
PublicationThe present paper gives an overview on the possible methods of seeding substrates for diamond layers growth. Diamond in reason of his properties is very desirable material in microelectronic, biomedical and waste treatment sensors. Microcrystalline diamond for these applications must be grown on silicon substrate in microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (MPACVD). To grow diamond on non-diamond surface pre-growth...
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Investigation of Sensing Mechanism of Nasicon Electrocatalytic Sensors in Nitrogen Dioxide and Ammonia
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań mechanizmu działania czujnika elektrokatalitycznego pracującego w ditlenku azotu i amoniaku.
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EVALUATION OF CAUSES OF CORROSION OF HEATING PIPES AND BALLAST CHAMBERS ON HLVJ INNOVATION
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Water-Lubricated Sintered Bronze Journal Bearings—Theoretical and Experimental Research
PublicationWater lubricated bearings are used from many years in shipbuilding, hydro power and other industries because of their advantages such as: extensive serviceable life, low coefficient of friction, longevity of shaft sleeve, good abrasion resistance, low maintenance required, unit simplicity, no danger of pollution and low price. Various types of water lubricated sliding bearings have been tested at the Technical University of Gdansk...
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On the Possibilities of Decreasing Power Loss in Large Tilting Pad Thrust Bearings
PublicationJournal Menu About this Journal Abstracting and Indexing Aims and Scope Article Processing Charges Articles in Press Author Guidelines Bibliographic Information Citations to this Journal Contact Information Editorial Board Editorial Workflow Free eTOC Alerts Publication Ethics Submit a Manuscript Table of Contents Abstract Full-Text PDF Full-Text HTML...
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Application of Shape From Shading Technique for Side Scan Sonar Images
PublicationSide scan sonar (SSS) is one of the most widely used imaging systems in the underwater environment. It is relatively cheap and easy to deploy in comparison with more powerful sensors like multibeam echosounder or synthetic aperture sonar. Although, the SSS does not provide directly the seafloor bathymetry measurements. Its outputs are usually in a form of grey level acoustic images of seafloor. However, the analysis of such images...
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E-learning - prawdziwa czy fikcyjna koncepcja edukacyjnego rozwoju uczelni
PublicationNie można zaprzeczyć, że wykorzystanie narzędzi multimedialnych oraz Internetu pozwala na dodanie istotnych, z punku widzenia dydaktyki, komponentów edukacyjnych tworzących kompetencje i umiejętności zawodowe, a także te czysto akademickie. Trzeba rozważyć, czy wszystkie strony procesu dydaktycznego na uczelni są przygotowane do e−learningu. Oczywistym wymogiem jest posiadanie odpowiedniej bazy sprzętowej i przygotowanej kadry...
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Rapid dimension scaling of compact microwave couplers with power split correction
PublicationIn this paper, a technique for rapid re-design ofcompact microwave couplers with respect to operating frequency is discussed. Our methodology involves an inverse surrogate model setup using several reference designs optimized (at the level of equivalent circuit representation of the coupler) for a set of operating frequencies within a range of interest. The surrogate establishes the relationship between the operating frequency...
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Extended phase diagram of RNiC2 family: Linear scaling of the Peierls temperature
PublicationPhysical properties for the late-lanthanide-based RNiC2 (R = Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm) ternary compounds are reported. All the compounds show antiferromagnetic ground state with the Néel temperature ranging from 3.4 K for HoNiC2 to 8.5 K for ErNiC2. The results of the transport and galvanomagnetic properties confirm a charge density wave state at and above room temperature with transition temperatures TCDW = 284, 335, 366, and 394 K for...
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Experimental comparison of hydrodynamic thrust bearings with different pad surface materials
PublicationBabbitt is the material most frequently used as the pad surface material for hydrodynamic bearings operating at usual operating conditions. It shows many advantages important for safe bearing operation, as for example: low friction coefficient, corrosion resistance, fair mechanical properties and outstanding conformability. On the other hand, it is not free from disadvantages, such as limited fatigue strength or limited resistance...
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Induction Motor Bearings Diagnostic Using MCSA and Normalized Tripple Covariance
PublicationDiagnosis of induction motors, conducted remotely by measuring and analyzing the supply current is attractive with the lack of access to the engine. So far there is no solution, based on analysis of current, the credibility of which allow use in industry. Statistics of IM bearing failures of induction motors indicate, that they constitute more than 40% of IM damage, therefore bearing diagnosis is so important. The article provides...
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Rapid EM-driven antenna dimension scaling through inverse modeling
PublicationIn this letter, a computationally feasible technique for dimension scaling of antenna structures is introduced. The proposed methodology is based on inverse surrogate modeling where the geometry parameters of the antenna structure of interest are explicitly related to the operating frequency. The surrogate model is identified based on a few antenna designs optimized for selected reference frequencies. For the sake of computational...
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Laser patterned platform with PEDOT–graphene composite film for NO2 sensing
PublicationThis work presents a simple and fully electrochemical route used for fabricating of a NO2 gas sensor made of reduced-graphene-oxide-poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) composite film. The sensing platform was fabricated from alumina substrate and equipped with gold interdigitated electrodes and built-in heater.The temperature distribution on the surface of interdigitated electrodes was investigated by a thermalimaging camera and compared...
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Smart heating system for home extending utilization of renewable energy sources
PublicationIn the paper a modern approach to smart home heating is presented. Proposed solution utilizes at least two low-polluting energy source technologies. The main idea is to connect well known ecological energy sources in a way that they can support each other and minimize risks of failure when using single system or even both of them but managed in separate way. Considered energy technologies, used separatelly, have disadvan-tages,...
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Analysis of 2D Feature Spaces for Deep Learning-based Speech Recognition
Publicationconvolutional neural network (CNN) which is a class of deep, feed-forward artificial neural network. We decided to analyze audio signal feature maps, namely spectrograms, linear and Mel-scale cepstrograms, and chromagrams. The choice was made upon the fact that CNN performs well in 2D data-oriented processing contexts. Feature maps were employed in the Lithuanian word recognition task. The spectral analysis led to the highest word...
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The New Silk Road: Seeking Opportunities for Polish Exports in the Chinese Market
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Foliar fertilization in shaping the potato yield in the conditions of south-eastern Poland
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Palladium nanoparticles deposited on graphene and its electrochemical performance for glucose sensing
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The concept of weighted mean friction angle in bearning capacity of footings of sands
PublicationZagadnienie średniej ważonej kąta tarcia wewnętrznego w nośności fundamentów posadowionych w gruntach niespoistych.
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Self-healing ATM networks based on preplanned restoration of virtual paths
PublicationW pracy omówiono klasyfikację metod odtwarzania usług w samonaprawialnych sieciach ATM opartych na ścieżkach wirtualnych i o topologii kratkowej. Przedstawiono model z zaplanowanymi z góry ścieżkami zabezpieczającymi i wyniki badań przykładowej sieci w Polsce.
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Innovative optimization algorithm of variable speed pumps in district heating systems.
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono innowacyjny algorytm matematyczny optymalizacji pracy pomp zmienno prędkościowych w systemach ciepłowniczych. Algorytm wykorzystuje procedurę iterecyjnego wyznaczania parametrów pracy pomp, których charakterystyki są linearyzowane odcinkami w układzie dwóch współrzędnych. Do rozwiązania modelu całkowitoliczbowego zaproponowano wykorzystanie systemu GAMS. W pracy przedstawiono podstawy metodologiczne i...
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Effect of laser heating on cavitation behaviour of Fe-Cr-Mn coating.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono badania odporności kawiracyjnej napoiny Fe-Cr-Mn po obróbce laserowej polegającej na przetapianiu napoiny wiązką lasera CO2 o mocy 1000W oraz jej nagrzewaniu w stanie stałym. Rezultaty badań wskazują,że po każdym rodzaju obróbki występuje inna podatność obrobionej powierzchni do odkształceń plastycznych pod działaniem obciążeń kawitacyjnych.
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Analysis of network infrastructure and QoS requirements for modern remote learning systems.
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono różne modele zdalnego nauczania. Podjęto próbę oceny wymagań nakładanych na infrastrukturę sieci. Ponadto przedstawiono mechanizmy QoS spotykane w sieciach teleinformatycznych oraz dokonano oceny możliwości ich współpracy w systemach edukacji zdalnej
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Detecting harmful gases using fluctuation-enhanced sensing with Taguchi sensors
PublicationTechniki sensorowe powinny być nie tylko wszechstronne ale także poprawiać dostarczaną informację.Artykuł przedstawia nowe podejście do analizy sygnałów obserwowanych podczas wykrywania gazów. Wykorzystuje się całe pasmo częstotliwości obserwowanych fluktuacji rezystancji sensora, w przecwieństwie do klasycznego podejścia wykorzystującego tylko obserwacje zmian rezystancji stałoprądowej. Nowe podej[cie pozwala zredukować liczbę...
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Developing ICT-rich lifelong learning opportunities trough EU-projects.
PublicationArtykuł opisuje doświadczenia Centrum Edukacji Niestacjonarnej Politechniki Gdańskiej od 1997 roku we wdrażaniu kształcenia na odległość. Głównym zadaniem CEN PG jest tworzenie dostępu do materiałów, skryptów, kursów i środowiska internetowego w sieciach LAN i WAN. Udostępniane moduły kursowe zostały opracowane głównie w międzynarodowych zespołach projektowych w wyniku realizowanych unijnych programów Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates...
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Impedance-based sensing of the interlayer adhesion loss in organic coating systems.
PublicationZmienne parametry środowiska takie jak: temperatura,wilgotność i promieniowanie UV powodują degradację własności ochronnych powłok organicznych. Stosując sensor w postaci elektrod wykonanych z prądoprzewodzącego tuszu umieszczonych pomiędzy warstwami zestawu oraz technikę spektroskopii impedancyjnej stwierdzono możliwość monitorowania utraty adhezji międzywarstwowej.
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Model of process of wear sidle bearings of self ignition combustion engine
PublicationW artykule została podjęta próba przeanalizowania praktycznej przydatności modelu procesu zużycia głównych łożysk ślizgowych silnika spalinowego o ZS, opisującego zmienną szybkość ich zużycia. Analizie został poddany problem częstych zatrzymań i rozruchów silnika, gdyż z badań statystycznych wynika, że w tym czasie występuje największe zużycie łożysk ślizgowych.
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Shaping of coherence function of sources used in low-coherent measurement techniques
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono zależność pomiędzy charakterystyką widmową źródła i ekwiwalentną długością drogi koherencji źródła. Wyniki analizy teoretycznej i symulacji komputerowych wykazały, że użycie źródła syntezowanego wpływa na zmniejszenie wartości ekwiwalentnej długości drogi koherencji. Dodatkowo wykazano, że zmniejszenie ekwiwalentnej długości drogi koherencji można otrzymać poprzez odpowiednie kształtowanie funkcji koherencji...
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Fast rns scaling of signed numbers based on the chinese remainder theorem
PublicationPrzedstawiono architekturę szybkiego skalera resztowego dla liczb ze znakiem dla modułów 5-bitowych opartego na chińskim twierdzeniu o resztach. W architekturze zastosowano wyznaczanie projekcji ortogonalnych przy użyciu funkcji logicznych 5 zmiennych, sumator kodulo m/k oraz wejściowy konwerter do systemu resztowego. Operacja modulo m/k jest wykonywana przy zastosowaniu drzewa 4-operandowych sumatorów modulo 2m/k i końcowego...
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Shaping coherence function of sources used in low-coherent measurement techniques
PublicationW niskokoherencyjnych technikach pomiarowych kształt funkcji koherencji wykorzystywanego źródła ma bezpośredni wpływ na parametry metrologiczne układu pomiarowego. Z tego względu, w wielu aplikacjach niezbędne jest użycie metod pozwalających na zmianę kształtu tej funkcji. W artykule przeanalizowano możliwości kształtowania funkcji koherencji, a przedstawione analizy teoretyczne i wyniki symulacji komputerowych wskazują, że kształtowanie...
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Modeling lignin extraction with ionic liquids using machine learning approach
PublicationLignin, next to cellulose, is the second most common natural biopolymer on Earth, containing a third of the organic carbon in the biosphere. For many years, lignin was perceived as waste when obtaining cellulose and hemicellulose and used as a biofuel for the production of bioenergy. However, recently, lignin has been considered a renewable raw material for the production of chemicals and materials to replace petrochemical resources....
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Informal Workplace Learning and Employee Development. Growing in the Organizational New Normal
PublicationThe new paradigm in employee development assumes that employees should proactively direct their learning and growth. Most workplace learning is basically informal and occurs through daily work routines, peer-to-peer interactions, networking, and typically brings about significant positive outcomes to both individuals and organizations. Yet, workplace learning always occurs in a pre-defined context and this context has recently...
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Bimodal deep learning model for subjectively enhanced emotion classification in films
PublicationThis research delves into the concept of color grading in film, focusing on how color influences the emotional response of the audience. The study commenced by recalling state-of-the-art works that process audio-video signals and associated emotions by machine learning. Then, assumptions of subjective tests for refining and validating an emotion model for assigning specific emotional labels to selected film excerpts were presented....
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MCSA with Normalized Triple Covariance as a bearings diagnostic indicator in an induction motor
PublicationStatistics of bearing failures in induction motors indicate, that they constitute more than 40% of IM damage, therefore bearing diagnosis is very important. Vibration methods for bearing diagnostics have one major disadvantage - they require the availability of the machine for sensors installation. This is the reason for seeking new methods based on motor supply current analysis. Diagnosis of induction motors, conducted remotely...
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THE PANTOGRAPH AND ITS GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS - A FORMER POPULAR TOOL FOR COPYING AND SCALING
PublicationDevelopment of digital technology has resulted in significant transformations of designer workshops. Computer applications replaced the previously existing tools and methods for drawing up of projects. Professional, sophisticated drawing instruments and tools for manual plotting, as well as basic drawing aids, have gradually fallen into oblivion and become relicts of a bygone era - the objects of collectors' interest. Gdansk University...
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Diagnosis of Damage in a Steel Tank Model by Shaking Table Harmonic Tests
PublicationDiagnosis of damage in civil engineering structures has recently become an important issue in the safety assessment procedure. Among a number of different approaches, a method of measuring the changes in natural frequencies is one of the most effective indicators of global damage. It has been successfully applied to relatively small. structures, however, the tests on large structures are very difficult and the practical application...
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The Method of a Two-Level Text-Meaning Similarity Approximation of the Customers’ Opinions
PublicationThe method of two-level text-meaning similarity approximation, consisting in the implementation of the classification of the stages of text opinions of customers and identifying their rank quality level was developed. Proposed and proved the significance of major hypotheses, put as the basis of the developed methodology, notably about the significance of suggestions about the existence of analogies between mathematical bases of...
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Limitations of Emotion Recognition from Facial Expressions in e-Learning Context
PublicationThe paper concerns technology of automatic emotion recognition applied in e-learning environment. During a study of e-learning process the authors applied facial expressions observation via multiple video cameras. Preliminary analysis of the facial expressions using automatic emotion recognition tools revealed several unexpected results, including unavailability of recognition due to face coverage and significant inconsistency...
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Salicylaldimine-based receptor as a material for iron(III) selective optical sensing
Publicationα,α-Bis(salicylimino)-m-xylene (L) was prepared using both conventional and microwave-assisted procedure. The compound exhibits ability to colorimetric recognition of iron(III) ions in aqueous environment, what is shown by significant color change from yellow to purple. In DMSO : water (9:1 v/v) solvent system receptor creates with iron(III) cations complexes of 2:1 stoichiometry (L:Fe3+) with stability constant (log K) 7.54±0.21....
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Experimental dynamic study on a timber-frame house using shaking table
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to show the results of the shaking table experimental study concerning the behaviour of the model of the timber-frame house under earthquake excitation and impact loading. In order to determine the basic dynamic properties of the undamaged structure, the free vibration and the sweep-sine tests were first conducted. Then, the model was excited using the time history record of the El Centro earthquake of...
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Tribological model of porous bearings with particular attention given to the lubricant lubricity
PublicationThe friction and wear problems, accompanying all the tribological systems, lead to reduced service life. In order to prevent such situation, it is necessary to maintain fluid friction, which improves durability of all friction nodes in a tribological system. In the paper, the tribological system consists of porous bearings and the model deals with their weakest spots - the oil outflow points in the porous wall. A kinetic model...
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Reliability model of slide bearings with particular attention given to lubricating oil
PublicationThe paper presents the slide bearing with circulating lubrication as a system of series three-element structure, where lubricating oil is the weakest link. In accordance with the Pierce statement that ''strength of chain is the strength of its weakest link'', a bearing reliability model has been developed. It allows to use the lubricating oil to evaluate the probability of correct working of the whole slide bearing, i.e. the reliability....
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Loosely-Tied Distributed Architecture for Highly Scalable E-Learning System
PublicationVast majority of modern e-learning products are based on client-server architecture and utilization of web-based technologies (WBT). Such approach permits easy creation of e-learning systems that do not require a complex, operating system dependant client software. Unfortunately there are also drawbacks of such solution. Because of the majority of mechanisms are located on the server, its usage levels trend to build up quickly...
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Diagnosis of Damage in a Steel Tank Model by Shaking Table Harmonic Tests
PublicationThe aim of the present paper is to show the results of the shaking table experimental study concerning the diagnosis of damage in a model of cylindrical steel tank with self-supported roof which is filled with liquid. During the tests, the base of the structure was excited under the harmonic loading with variable frequency. The tests were repeated for different stages of damage, which was introduced in the model by easing the bolts...
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Reduction of vibrations of steel structure models with Polymeric Bearings - experimental study
PublicationEarthquake-induced ground motions are the most severe and unpredictable threats to the structures all around the world. Therefore, designing earthquake protective systems has become an extremely challenging problem in civil engineering. Base isolation is one of the most popular and widely adopted methods of protecting structures against earthquake forces. The present paper reports the results obtained from the shaking table experimental...
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Active Dynamic Thermography imaging of wound healing processes in cardio surgery
PublicationThe surgery is a branch of medicine, that is integrally connected to wounds. Despite using sterile tools and compliance with aseptic rolls, some of the surgery wounds become infected. In clinical practice there is a lack of cheap, objective methods and tools for quantitative definition and estimation of the surgery wound healing progress. This paper presents preliminary results of Active Dynamic Thermography (ADT) parametric imaging...
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Shaping the New Vistula Spit Channel: Political, Economic, and Environmental Aspects
PublicationIn September 2022, the new shipping channel in Poland was opened for service. It connects the Port of Elbląg and the Gdańsk Bay in Poland, cutting through the Vistula Spit and the Vistula Lagoon. It was intended to enable direct access to the Baltic Sea from the Port of Elbląg without crossing Russian territory. Originally conceptualized decades ago, it has taken its final shape only recently. Its construction was associated with...