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  • Changes in the addiction prevalence in Polish population between 1990-2019: Review of available data

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    - Year 2020

    The 1989 collapse of the socialist political system in Poland initiated an avalanche of modifications regarding healthcare policy resulting with new institutions and programs dedicated to monitoring and preventing addiction. In the current article, we look at the available data allowing to track changes in (1) the prevalence of exposure to addictive substances and behaviors, and (2) changes of addictions prevalence in Poland...

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  • Balanced Spider Monkey Optimization with Bi-LSTM for Sustainable Air Quality Prediction

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    - Sustainability - Year 2023

    A reliable air quality prediction model is required for pollution control, human health monitoring, and sustainability. The existing air quality prediction models lack efficiency due to overfitting in prediction model and local optima trap in feature selection. This study proposes the Balanced Spider Monkey Optimization (BSMO) technique for effective feature selection to overcome the local optima trap and overfitting problems....

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  • Vision Zero in Poland

    Poland’s experience of road safety work is relatively short. In the early 1990s road deaths soared to a staggering 8000 a year. A diagnosis found that Poland’s lack of systemic road safety action was to blame for those figures. In response, the state set up road safety bodies and commissioned road safety programs. In 2005, Poland followed the example of Sweden and adopted Vision Zero as a far-reaching concept of changes in road...

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  • Determinants of the incidence of non-academic staff in European and US HEIs

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    - HIGHER EDUCATION - Year 2023

    In this article, we contribute to the scant literature covering quantitative studies on the determinants of the non-academic staff incidence in higher education institutions by analysing how the proportion of non-academic staff is related to key features such as size, prestige, year of foundation and financial structure of universities. We apply nonlinear regression analysis to compare HEIs across Europe and the USA, taking into...

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  • The culture of excellence and its dimensions in higher education

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    - The TQM Journal - Year 2024

    Purpose To recognize the existing state of knowledge on a culture of excellence (CoE) in higher education institutions (HEIs) and to define the CoE in HEI and the dimensions that make up that culture. A subsidiary goal is to propose a qualitative tool to measure CoE maturity. Design/methodology/approach The study was based on the qualitative method, the preferred reporting system of systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA)....

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  • Determinanty i efekty uczenia się wydziałów ekonomicznych publicznych szkół wyższych województwa pomorskiego

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    - Year 2018

    Publiczne uczelnie wyższe jako twory przez lata bardzo zhierarchizowane, ze znacznymi przejawami biurokratyzmu i silnie scentralizowaną władzą, w XXI wieku mają przed sobą długą drogę w dążeniu do doskonalenia własnej zdolności do uczenia się. Głównym celem pracy było zdiagnozowanie stanu determinant i efektów uczenia się badanych organizacji. Postawiono następujące hipotezy badawcze: poziom determinant uczenia się wydziałów ekonomicznych...

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  • Nietechnologiczne nie znaczy gorsze. Rzecz o innowacjach

    Innowacje nietechnologiczne nie zajmują istotnego miejsca w dyskursie naukowym jak i praktycznym. Zauważona luka badawcza oraz brak praktycznych rozwiązań wspierających innowacje nietechnologicznie, były motywem podjęcia tego tematu przez międzynarodowy zespół, składający się z badaczy z czterech krajów (Danii, Finlandii, Litwy i Polski) oraz szeregu instytucji wspierających biznes, w tych krajach, pełniących funkcje pośredników...

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  • Determinants of export diversification: an empirical investigation

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    - RED. ZAGR. ANGIELSKI - Year 2008

    Empirical findings confirm that relatively high specialisation of economic structures tends to be associated with low levels of income per capita, but countries diversify their export structures along their path of growth. However, usually only per capita income, and eventually, country-specific fixed effects are the sole explanatory variables taken into consideration in the estimation of specialisation curves. We extend the analysis...

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  • Chat GPT Wrote It: What HCI Educators Can Learn from their Students?

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    - Year 2024

    Recently students, teachers, and researchers equally have become impressed by Generative AI (GenAI) tools, with ChatGPT at the top. However, numerous concerns about the GenAI-related threats to academic integrity and the validity of learning outcomes are emerging. This problem is also vivid in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) education since students can use GenAI tools to rapidly generate ideas, user interface templates, screen...

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  • Regional resting state perfusion variability and delayed cerebrovascular uniform reactivity in subjects with chronic carotid artery stenosis

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    • A. Szarmach
    • M. F. Kaszubowski
    • A. Sabisz
    • A. Frydrychowski
    • G. Halena
    • M. Piskunowicz
    • J. Dzierzanowski
    • M. Studniarek
    • E. Szurowska
    • P. Winklewski

    - Acta Biochimica Polonica - Year 2018

    The aim of this study was to assess regional perfusion at baseline and regional cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) to delayed acetazolamide challenge in subjects with chronic carotid artery stenosis.Sixteen patients (ten males) aged 70.94±7.71 with carotid artery stenosis ≥90% on the ipsilateral side and ≤50% on the contralateral side were enrolled into the study. In all patients, two computed tomography perfusion examinations were...

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  • Wpływ kierowcy na opór toczenia samochodu

    W pracy omówiono wpływ zachowań kierowcy na opory toczenia pojazdu w ruchu drogowym. Można tu wyróżnić styl jazdy kierowcy oraz jego dbałość o pojazd. Przedstawiono wzrost oporu toczenia w aspekcie dynamicznego przyspieszania oraz szybkiej jazdy na zakręcie. Przeanalizowano także wpływ na opór toczenia takich czynników jak: ciśnienie w ogumieniu obciążenie promieniowe, zbieżność kół jezdnych samochodu oraz zużycie ogumienia.

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  • Metodyka 2022/23

    e-Learning Courses
    • M. Szeluga-Romańska

    Szanowni Państwo, kurs Metodyka jest wspólny dla wszystkich Studentów 1.stopnia Analityki i Zarządzania. Konkretne zadania dla poszczególnych kierunków będą odpowiednio oznaczone. Ze slajdów wyciągnęłam kilka linków do materiałów i filmików, które mogą się Państwu przydać na początku pisania. Pozdrawiam,  Marta Romańska (adres email: msr@zie.pg.gda.pl)  

  • Novel, Fully Biobased Semicrystalline Polyamides

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    - MACROMOLECULES - Year 2011

    Novel, semicrystalline polyamides and co(polyamides) were synthesized from biobased sebacic acid (SA), 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxy-1,4;3,6-dianhydroiditol (diaminoisoidide, DAII) as well as from 1,4-diaminobutane (DAB), also known as putrescine in nature. Low molecular weight polyamides were obtained by melt polycondensation of the salts based on these monomers or by interfacial polycondensation. In order to increase their molecular...

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  • IMPACT OF THE FINANCING STRUCTURE ON EFFICIENCY OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN THE FORMER EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES

    Out-of-pocket expenditures are a significant barrier in accessing health services. This paper aims to analyse the structure of financing system in the context of the performance indicators of healthcare systems. The study was conducted for the 28 countries of the former Eastern bloc in the years 2000 and 2013, based on data from the World Health Organization. In the DEA-CCR input-oriented model, inputs are the percentage share...

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  • FPGA realization of fir filter in residue arithmetic

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    - Year 2009

    w pracy zaprezentowano realizację fpga przepływowego filtru fir o stałych współczynnikach w arytmetyce resztowej z użyciem 8 5-bitowych modułów o łącznym zakresie liczbowym 37.07 bita. zastosowano formębezpośrednią fir. mnożenia wykonywane są przy użyciu odczytu z pamięci. sumowania w każdym z kanałów są realizowane przy zastosowaniu wielopoziomowej struktury sumatora opartego o 4-operandowe sumatory csa. w stopniu końcowym wykonywane...

  • Influence of H2S on degradation of 9Cr-1Mo steel in advanced stage of metal dusting process

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    - Advances in Materials Science - Year 2007

    Przedstawiono wyniki badań stali 9Cr-1Mo w zaawansowanym stadium procesu pylenia metalu po 10 latach eksploatacji w piecu rafineryjnej instalacji platformingu CCR, przeprowadzonych w celu podjęcia decyzji o dozowaniu związków siarki do wsadu instalacji. Na podstawie długotrwałej ekspozycji próbek stali w 600C w mieszaninie wodoru i siarkowodoru wykazano, że siarka może być powodem procesów wpływających niekorzystnie na stan materiału...

  • OIL-ASSISTED THERMO-MECHANICAL RECLAMATION OF GROUND TIRE RUBBER

    Nowadays, it is crucial to seek for the methods of by-products and waste utilization, considering both environmental and economic factors. The example of waste material generated in the massive amounts, which requires the attention is ground tire rubber generated during recycling of post-consumer car tires. It can be applied as a filler into different polymer matrices, but to enhance its effectivity proper modifications should...

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  • Cylindrical orifice testing in laminar flow with the orifice diameter ratio β = 0.5

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    The paper presents the results of an experimental study of a cylindrical orifice with the orifice diameter ratio β = 0.5 and the flow opening length‑to‑diameter ratio L/d = 1, with hydraulic oil flowing in the DN50 measuring channel. The measurements of the values characterising the oil flow were made in the laminar flow regime, for the Reynolds numbers ranging between Re = 100 to 950. Based on the experimental tests, standard...

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  • AdvIQwater Improving the quality of BSR waters by advanced treatment processes

    Projects

    Project manager: prof. dr hab. inż. Anna Zielińska-Jurek   Financial Program Name: Europejska Współpraca Terytorialna 2021-2027

    Project realized in Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology

  • Effects of consecutive apneas on pial artery pulsation and subarachnoid width in healthy subjects

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    • M. Wszędybył-Winklewska
    • J. Wolf
    • E. Świerblewska
    • K. Kunicka
    • M. Gruszecki
    • W. Gumiński
    • P. J. Winklewski
    • A. F. Frydrychowski
    • L. Bieniaszewski
    • K. Narkiewicz

    - JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY - Year 2014

    Hypercapnia is known to dilate the pial artery, disrupt cerebral autoregulation and increase pial artery pulsation. The cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) response to hypercapnia is biphasic. Below the threshold for the increase of blood pressure (BP) with carbon dioxide partial pressure (pCO2), the CBFV measurement reflects vascular reactivity to pCO2 alone at a constant BP. Above this threshold, the CBFV measurement provides...

  • Intelligent monitoring the vertical dynamics of wheeled inspection vehicles

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    The problem of intelligent monitoring of the vertical dynamics of wheeled inspection vehicles is addressed. With the independent MacPherson suspension system installed, the basic analysis focuses on the evaluation of the parameters of the so-called quarter car model. To identify a physically motivated continuous description, in practice, dedicated integral-horizontal filters are used. The obtained discrete model, which retains...

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  • Model zarządzania projektami informatycznymi w jednostkach sądownictwa powszechnego w Polsce

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    - Year 2023

    Projekty mają istotny wpływ na funkcjonowanie sądów powszechnych. Przyjrzenie się projektom informatycznym realizowanym w sądach wraz z raportem Najwyższej Izby Kontroli dot. sprawności realizowanych projektów informatycznych wymiaru sprawiedliwości doprowadziło do zidentyfikowania głównych problemów podczas realizacji inicjatyw informatycznych. Ponadto przegląd literatury dotyczący zarządzania projektami dla wymiaru sprawiedliwości...

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  • A novel degree-hour method for rational design loading

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    Cooling degree-hours (CDH) received the broadest application in evaluation of the ambient air cooling efficiency in power engineering (engine intake air cooling systems) and air conditioning. The current CDH numbers are defined as a drop in air temperature multiplied by associated time duration of performance and their summarized annual number is used to estimate the annual effect achieved due to sucked air cooling in power plants...

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  • Romanika Okraszewska dr inż. arch.

    Romanika Okraszewska, Ph.D., Eng. Arch., is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT). Graduated from the mathematical and informatical class at the National Education Commission High School in Gdańsk. Graduated from two faculties of Gdańsk University of Technology, Architecture and Urban Planning (2002) and Management and Economics (2004). Participant...

  • Wybrane rozwiązania prawne z ustawy z 2019 roku – Prawo zamówień publicznych w ocenie polskich przedsiębiorstw

    Przedmiotem analizy w niniejszym artykule jest instytucja zamówień publicznych, uregulowanych aktualnie obowiązującą ustawą – Prawo zamówień publicznych z 2019 r . Analiza ta dotyczy w szczególności nowoprzyjętych w niej zapisów prawnych – nowych w stosunku do obowiązujących poprzednio. Uzasadnieniem wprowadzenia przez ustawodawcę wielu nowych rozwiązań była chęć ułatwienia przedsiębiorcom uczestniczenia...

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  • Rolling Resistance And Tire/Road Noise on Rubberized Asphalt Pavement In Poland

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    The paper presents results of tire/road noise and rolling resistance measurements performed on stone-matrix asphalt (SMA) that contains rubberized asphalt developed and produced by the company in Poland. Bituminous binder was modified with polymer and additive of crumb rubber. First observations of asphalt mixture with the new kind of modified bitumen used on the field section are presented. Rolling resistance of passenger car...

  • Speed management on local government managed roads – research, recommendations and guidelines

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    - MATEC Web of Conferences - Year 2017

    Commissioned by the National Road Safety Council Secretariat, the project “Guidelines for speed management on local government managed roads” studied car driver be haviour when subjected to selected speed management measures such a local speed restrictions, surveillance, traffic calming and restricted speed areas. In addition, analyses were conducted on the impact of selected me asures...

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  • Two‐functional μBIST for Testing and Self‐Diagnosis of Analog Circuits in Electronic Embedded Systems

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    The paper concerns the testing of analog circuits and blocks in mixed‐signal Electronic Embedded Systems (EESs), using the Built‐in Self‐Test (BIST) technique. An integrated, two‐functional, embedded microtester (μBIST) based on reuse of signal blocks already present in an EES, such as microprocessors, memories, ADCs, DACs, is presented. The novelty of the μBIST solution is its extended functionality. It can perform 2 testing functions:...

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  • The differential impact of a density of Polish pine wood on cutting forces with its origin region taken into consideration

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    In the article the dependence of cutting forces in a function the density of wood with regard to the wood origin are presented. Samples used in experiment were with Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) originating from four provenances in Poland (Figure 1). Wood density was measured by two methods: stereometric method (global density) and radiometric method (local density). Stereometric method consists in measurements the volume...

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  • Music Data Processing and Mining in Large Databases for Active Media

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    - Year 2014

    The aim of this paper was to investigate the problem of music data processing and mining in large databases. Tests were performed on a large data-base that included approximately 30000 audio files divided into 11 classes cor-responding to music genres with different cardinalities. Every audio file was de-scribed by a 173-element feature vector. To reduce the dimensionality of data the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with variable...

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  • Multicomponent layers for aluminium alloys surface consolidation

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    The main reason of the surface modification of the components such as pistons and cylinder blocks made of cast aluminium alloys is to obtain high hardness, wear and corrosion resistance of the working surface for larger lifetime of the motor-car and aircraft engines. In that aspect, the new conception of development - by hybrid method - of surface layers containing manganese, nitrogen, sulphur (Mn-N-S) and manganese, nitrogen,...

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  • Zastosowanie metodologii wnioskowania z bazy przypadków w tworzeniu atrakcyjnych witryn biznesowych

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    - Year 2006

    Przedstawiono podstawowe założenia metodologii wnioskowania z bazy przypadków (ang. Case Based Reasoning). Zaakcentowano możliwości jej wykorzystania w sytuacjach, gdy zawodzą metody o charakterzetypowo analitycznym. Zaproponowano zastosowanie CBR dla uatrakcyjnie-nia biznesowych witryn internetowych w sektorze handlowo-usługowym, a w szczególności dla obsługi niekompletnie sprecyzowanych wymagań stawianych przez klientów. Podano...

  • Content-Based Approach to Automatic Recommendation of Music

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    - Year 2011

    This paper presents a content-based approach to music recommendation. For this purpose, a database which contains more than 50000 music excerpts acquired from public repositories was built. Datasets contain tracks of distinct performers within several music genres. All music pieces were converted to mp3 format and then parameterized based on MPEG-7, mel-cepstral and time-related dedicated parameters. All feature vectors are stored...

  • Implementation of multi-operand addition in FPGA using high-level synthesis

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    The paper presents the results of high-level synthesis (HLS) of multi-operand adders in FPGA using the Vivado Xilinx environment. The aim was to estimate the hardware amount and latency of adders described in C-code. The main task of the presented experiments was to compare the implementations of the carry-save adder (CSA) type multi-operand adders obtained as the effect of the HLS synthesis and those based on the basic component...

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  • VARIABLE KINEMATICS OF HONING PROCESS – INFLUENCE ON MACHINED WORKPIECE

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    - Year 2018

    Surface quality of holes plays an important role in machine manufacturing industry especially in the production of car engines and hydraulic cylinders. Investigations of honing process were carried out by 6 years on horizontal CNC Sunnen’s honing machine HTH 4000S, on vertical conventional honing machine WMW’s SZS 200 and on CNC milling machine of Haas VF 3SS with equipment of Honingtec for honing. Measurements of cylindricity...

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  • Rolling resistance and tyre/road noise on rubberised asphalt pavement in Poland

    The paper presents results of tyre/road noise and rolling resistance measurements performed on stone mastics asphalt (SMA) that contains rubberised asphalt, developed and produced by a refinery in Poland. Bituminous binder was modified with polymer and addition of crumb rubber. The first observations of asphalt mixture with the new kind of modified bitumen used on the field section are presented. Rolling resistance of passenger...

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  • Mind the Gender Wage Gap – the Impact of Trade and Competition on Sectoral Wage Difference

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    This article examines differences between women’s and men’s wages in 18 selected OECD countries in the period 1970-2005. The study is based on 12 manufacturing sector- and skill-specific sets of panel data on the gender wage gap. We apply a system GMM estimator to the extended version of the conditional gender wage gap convergence equation, controlling for sector concentration and industry-specific measures of openness using a...

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  • Międzynarodowa konferencja IATUL Seminar 2019 „Organizacyjne i prawne aspekty Otwartej Nauki” / International IATUL Seminar 2019 "Organizing the Open Science Framework – Strategies and Legal Aspects”

    IATUL Seminar 2019 was held in Gdańsk/Sopot, Poland (December 10-11th, 2019). The theme of the Seminar was „Organizing the Open Science Framework – Strategies and Legal Aspects”. The event was co-organized by Gdańsk University of Technology Library and International Association of University Libraries (IATUL). IATUL Seminar 2019 event attracted delegates, including directors and senior managers of university and research libraries...

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  • Design principles for creating digital transparency in government

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    - GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY - Year 2021

    Under pressure to fight corruption, hold public officials accountable, and build trust with citizens, many governments pursue the quest for greater transparency. They publish data about their internal operations, externalize decision-making processes, establish digital inquiry lines to public officials, and employ other forms of transparency using digital means. Despite the presence of many transparency-enhancing digital tools,...

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  • Proximity and Innovation in Clusters: How Close, How Far?

    The concept of proximity, whilst attractive cognitively, is still a poorly explored area in management sciences. The earliest publications on proximity were published at the end of the twentieth century and the development of this concept was strongly influenced by The French School of Proximity (Kirat & Lung, 1999; Rallet & Torre, 1999; Torre & Gilly, 2000; Carrincazeaux et al., 2001; Torre & Rallet, 2005). However, the most influential...

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  • Pluralist View on Inequality from Luxemburg Income Study (LIS)

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    - Year 2023

    The authors start by reviewing the history of the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), originating from an interdisciplinary project involving economists, sociologists, and political scientists, centered on the cross-country perspective in inequality analysis. They then conduct a meta-analysis of the papers produced by scholars who have taken advantage of the data availability, showing how the theme of income/wealth inequality has been...

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  • CDIO IN GDANSK: PEOPLE-ORIENTED STRATEGY

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    The CDIO system implementation in Poland meets problems and Gdansk University of Technology (GUT) is still a single higher education institution in Poland accepted as the member of CDIO Initiative. The paper detects and characterizes the existing problems to be solved. In particular, the different groups of people are considered as supporters or fighters against CDIO idea, their attitudes being considered and applied strategy demonstrated. The...

  • Analysis of server-side and client-side Web-GIS data processing methods on the example of JTS and JSTS using open data from OSM and geoportal

    Publication

    - COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES - Year 2019

    The last decade has seen a rapid evolution of processing, analysis and visualization of freely available geographic data using Open Source Web-GIS. In the beginning, Web-based Geographic Information Systems employed a thick-client approach which required installation of platform-specific browser plugins. Later on, research focus shifted to platform-independent thin client solutions in which data processing and analysis was performed...

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  • An Investigation of Polyamides Based on Isoidide-2,5-dimethyleneamine as a Green Rigid Building Block with Enhanced Reactivity

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    • J. Wu
    • L. Jasińska-Walc
    • D. Dudenko
    • A. Rozanski
    • M. Ryan Hansen
    • D. Van Es
    • C. E. Koning

    - MACROMOLECULES - Year 2012

    Novel, semicrystalline polyamides and copolyamides were synthesized from a new carbohydrate-based diamine, namely isoidide-2,5-dimethyleneamine (IIDMA). In combination with 1,6-hexamethylene diamine (1,6-HDA) as well as the biobased sebacic acid (SA) or brassylic acid (BrA), the desired copolyamides were obtained via melt polymerization of the nylon salts followed by a solid-state polycondensation (SSPC) process. Depending on the...

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  • Selected anionic and cationic surface active agents: case study on the Kłodnica sediments

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    - Limnological Review - Year 2017

    Surface active agents (surfactants) are a group of chemical compounds, which are used as ingredients of detergents, cleaning products, cosmetics and functional products. After use, wastes containing surfactants or their degradation products are discharged to wastewater treatment plants or directly into surface waters. Due to their specific properties of SAAs, compounds are able to migrate between different environmental compartments...

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  • Landscape Rurality: New Challenge for The Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Poland

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    The standard of country living was a matter of Polish elites’ concern from the eighteenth century. In different historical conditions different concepts of the rural renewal were formed. Today in rural areas of Poland some spatial processes that threaten the quality of life occur. The disadvantageous changes are the result of national or local governments spatial policy and they are an inhabitants’ response to it. The political...

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  • IMPROVING STUDENT SKILLS WITH ENGAGING IN HERITAGE PROTECTION PROJECTS. CASE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY WORKS AT WISŁOUJŚCIE FORTRESS, POLAND (2017)

    Publication

    - Year 2019

    Today's educational offer at universities contains a lot of theoretical and general knowledge, which becomes less understandable and less suitable for students of the new generation. Student's educational needs aimed at increasing the practical experience necessary for future professional life. Heritage conservation projects are a good opportunity to implement project-based learning methods. Such projects can be scientific and...

  • Understanding the Ukrainian Migrants Challenges in the EU: A Topic Modeling Approach

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    - Year 2024

    Confronted with the aggression against Ukraine in 2022, Europe faces one of the most important humanitarian challenges - the migration of war refugees from Ukraine, most of them women with children and the elderly. Both international institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations, but also national governments and, above all, local governments, which are the main providers of services and resources for refugees,...

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  • Bio-based semi-aromatic polyesters for coating applications

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    • E. Gubbels
    • J. P. Drijfhout
    • C. Posthuma-van Tent
    • L. Jasińska-Walc
    • B. A. J. Noordover
    • C. E. Koning

    - PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS - Year 2014

    Linear and branched bio-based semi-aromatic (co)polyesters were evaluated as resins for solvent-basedand powder coatings. Dimethyl-2,5-furandicarboxylate (DMF), 2,3-butanediol and various multifunc-tional comonomers were used to synthesize amorphous hydroxyl-end-capped (co)polyesters. The resinswere cross-linked using the -caprolactam blocked trimer of isophorone diisocyanate. Both the solvent-based and powder coatings proved to...

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  • Examining Influence of Distance to Microphone on Accuracy of Speech Recognition

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    The problem of controlling a machine by the distant-talking speaker without a necessity of handheld or body-worn equipment usage is considered. A laboratory setup is introduced for examination of performance of the developed automatic speech recognition system fed by direct and by distant speech acquired by microphones placed at three different distances from the speaker (0.5 m to 1.5 m). For feature extraction from the voice signal...

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