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  • Shaping New Generations of Managers and Consumers: CSR Implementation and Higher Education System in Poland

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    - Year 2016

    Considering the Corporate Social Responsibility as a significant research and education topic for university staff, students, graduates and the whole society, has become a sign of our times. Universities and other education institutions, including the third sector, play an important role, incorporating CSR as a crosscutting issue, in particular into the curricula of future managers and graduate students, no matter the country we...

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  • Thriving in multicultural work settings

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    - Year 2015

    Owing to globalization and the global mobility of workforce, working in multicultural environments has become a daily reality for an increasing number of manpower. Such an environment does introduce unique challenges to individuals, enabling some of them to thrive. The aim of the paper, therefore, is to explore the antecedents of thriving and its components in multicultural work settings of multinational corporations (MNCs). The...

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  • Doped-TiO2 :a review

    Tlenek tytanu(IV) jest efektywnym fotokatalizatorem do oczyszczania wody i powietrza oraz w powierzchniach samoczyszczących. TiO2 wykazuje stosunkowo wysoką reaktywność i stabilność chemiczną pod wpływem promieniowania UV, którego energia jest większa od pasma wzbronionego (3,3 eV dla czystego anatazu). Opracowanie metody otrzymywania fotokatalizatora wykazującego wysoką reaktywność pod wpływem światła widzialnego pozwoli na wykorzystanie...

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  • Mechanisms positioned in a neighbourhood of their singular positions - velocity amplification in the electromagnetic damping. Part 1 - Background of the mechanical structure modeling

    W pracy przedstawiono metodę modelowania dynamiki drgającego hybrydowego układu mechanicznego złożonego z odkształcalnego podukładu ciągłego oraz z połączonego z nim mechanizmu. U układzie pojawiają się drgania części odkształcalnej. By je wytłumić, ich energia zamieniana jest w energię elektryczną (za pomocą prądnicy prądu stałego) i rozpraszana na oporności obecnej w układzie elektrycznym. Aby przyśpieszyć tłumienie, wprowadzony...

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  • Korozja naprężeniowa stopów aluminium i ich złączy spawanych

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    - Ochrona przed Korozją - Year 2002

    Przedstawiono rezultaty badań odporności na korozję naprężeniową stopów aluminium i ich złączy spawanych: AlMg4,5Mn, AlZn5Mg1, AlZn5Mg2CrZr, i stopu Al-Mg ALUSTAR. Ocenę podatności na korozję naprężeniową przeprowadzono dwiema metodami: przy stałej szybkości odkształcania w powietrzu i sztucznej wodzie morskiej oraz przy stałym obciążeniu w powietrzu i 3,5% NaCl. Parametrami mierzonymi były: wytrzymałość na rozciąganie, wydłużenie,...

  • Kinetics of photochromic reactions in a 10-membered dibenzoazo crown ether

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    - CHEMICAL PHYSICS - Year 2002

    Przedstawiono rezultaty pomiarów kinetyki fotochromowych reakcji dla jednego z serii eterów koronowych zawierających fragment azobenzenowy. Badano 10-członową dibenzoazokoronę, która ulega odwracalnej foto i termicznej izomeryzacji, podobnie jak macierzysty azobenzen. Eksperymenty były prowadzone w matrycy pMMA. Reakcja izomeryzacji monitorowana była spektrofotometrycznie. Czynnik przedwykładniczy dla termicznej izomeryzacji cis-trans...

  • Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: An exploratory study

    Volunteerism is a sustained prosocial activity, and young adults are one of the most important targets for organizations recruiting volunteers. Empathy and altruistic social value orientation measured by a decomposed game are dispositional traits that might foster engagement in volunteerism. Using a self-report online-based questionnaire study on two groups of young adults (aged 18-35, N = 224 non-volunteers and N = 178 volunteers...

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  • The best practices transfer part I

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    This expertise describes the possibilities of best practices implementation. These examples of best practices concern to improve the women’ entrepreneurship and were identified at the earlier stage of the project. One of the areas of activity within the QUICK IGA project was the selection of best practices related to strengthening the economic activity of women in the context of developing the competitiveness and innovation of...

  • Application of modern sample-preparation techniques to the determination of chloropropanols in food samples

    Chloropropanols are heat-induced food toxicants that recently caused concern among industrial and scientific experts. World and European organizations related to food safety asked researchers to investigate mitigation strategies regarding these contaminants. The essential objective of this project was development of fast analytical methods enabling reliable determination and quantification of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol, 2-monochloropropane-1,3-diol...

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  • Application of composite indicators and nonparametric methods to evaluate and improve the efficiency of the technical universities

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    Publicly funded universities, like commercial organizations are obliged to ensure their efficiency. This article presents a model to measure and assess the relative efficiency of technical universities. The analysis was performed using publically available data from 2011 for 18 universities using the Composite Indicators method and the SBM Data Envelopment Analysis model. Fourteen indicators for efficiency were defined in the five...

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  • The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Rise of Urban Social Movements in Poland

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    - Year 2015

    The chapter examines the relationship between the use of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) and the emergence of social movements focused on urban agenda in Poland. The aim is to investigate how and to what extent a growing body of smaller activist groups use opportunities provided by the ITC to achieve their political objectives. The research results indicate that Web-based media have helped to raise the profile...

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  • The Impact of Information and Communications Technology on the Rise of Urban Social Movements in Poland

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    - Year 2015

    The chapter examines the relationship between the use of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) and the emergence of social movements focused on urban agenda in Poland. The aim is to investigate how and to what extent a growing body of smaller activist groups use opportunities provided by the ITC to achieve their political objectives. The research results indicate that Web-based media have helped to raise the profile of...

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  • Integrating web site services into application through user interface

    The issue of integrating applications which are only accessible through visual user interface is not thoroughly researched. Integration of web applications running remotely and controlled by separate organizations becomes even more complicated, as their user interface can display differently in different browsers or change without prior notification as a result of application maintenance. While possible, it is generally not common...

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  • Studia Podyplomowe Efektywność Energetyczna w Sektorze Publicznym - Zarządzanie Energią w Gminach i Powiatach

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    • I. Prażuch

  • Robert Jankowski prof. dr hab. inż.

    He was born on December 26, 1968 in Gdynia. A graduate of the High School at the Consulate of Poland in Benghazi, Libya (1987), a student at the Gdańsk University of Technology (MSc studies, 1987-1991 and 1992-1993), University of Sheffield, England (BSc studies, 1991-1992), University of Roskilde, Denmark (MSc course, 1993) and University of Tokyo, Japan (PhD studies, 1994-1997). From the beginning of his professional career associated...

  • SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF STATIONARY JACK-UP PLATFORMS LOADED BY SEA WAVES AND WIND USING PERTURBATION METHOD

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    - Polish Maritime Research - Year 2021

    The paper addresses non-linear vibrations of offshore jack-up drilling platforms loaded by sea waves and wind in their stationary condition using the perturbation method. Non-linearity of dynamic equations of motion for fixed offshore platforms yields from two factors. The first is load excitation generating non-linear velocity coupling in a dynamic system. This coupling is inherent in the modified Morison equation, involving the...

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  • Concept of an Innovative System for Dimensioning and Predicting Changes in the Coastal Zone Topography Using UAVs and USVs (4DBatMap System)

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    - Electronics - Year 2023

    This publication is aimed at developing a concept of an innovative system for dimensioning and predicting changes in the coastal zone topography using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). The 4DBatMap system will consist of four components: 1. Measurement data acquisition module. Bathymetric and photogrammetric measurements will be carried out with a specific frequency in the coastal zone using...

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  • Project-Based Learning as a Method for Interdisciplinary Adaptation to Climate Change—Reda Valley Case Study

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    The challenges of the global labour market require university authorities to extend traditional forms of education into more innovative and effective solutions. Project-based learning (PjBL) is one of highly effective methods for acquiring knowledge and teaching “soft” skills to future employees. This article describes an experimental use of PjBL at a university with a long history of teaching based on traditional methods—the Gdansk...

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  • Patrycja Klimas dr hab.

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    Patrycja Klimas is an associate professor at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business in the Department of Advanced Research in Management. As a researcher, she researches within strategic management, focused on inter-organizational cooperation and coopetition considered under dyads, networks, and different types of ecosystems. Based on her research mainly on the aviation and the video game industry, she published several papers...

  • Teams tools. Leading high-performance teams with different types of intelligence

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    - Year 2018

    The subject of this paper is the analysis of necessary tools for global teams, image of the team leader, styles of leadership in global teams. The analysis is based on selected examples from high-performance teams with visible results. The purpose of the work is to answer for the following questions: What are the characteristics of the leading global teams? Which style of leadership use the global teams? Is a female leader different...

  • Krzysztof Goczyła prof. dr hab. inż.

    Krzysztof Goczyła, full professor of Gdańsk University of Technology, computer scientist, a specialist in software engineering, knowledge engineering and databases. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics Technical University of Gdansk in 1976 with a degree in electronic engineering, specializing in automation. Since then he has been working at Gdańsk University of Technology. In 1982 he obtained a doctorate in computer science...

  • Modeling SARS‐CoV‐2 proteins in the CASP‐commons experiment

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    • A. Kryshtafovych
    • J. Moult
    • W. M. Billings
    • D. Della Corte
    • K. Fidelis
    • S. Kwon
    • K. Olechnovič
    • C. Seok
    • Č. Venclovas
    • J. Won... and 79 others

    - PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS - Year 2021

    Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) is an organization aimed at advancing the state of the art in computing protein structure from sequence. In the spring of 2020, CASP launched a community project to compute the structures of the most structurally challenging proteins coded for in the SARS-CoV-2 genome. Forty-seven research groups submitted over 3000 three-dimensional models and 700 sets of accuracy estimates on...

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  • Exploring Impact of Requirements Engineering on Other IT Project Areas – Case Study

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    Requirements Engineering (RE) is recognized as one of the most important (yet difficult) areas of software engineering that has a significant impact on other areas of IT projects and their final outcomes. Empirical studies investigating this impact are hard to conduct, mainly due to the great effort required. It is thus difficult for both researchers and industry practitioners to make evidence-based evaluations about how decisions...

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  • Rapid development of custom web application with ruby on rails framework on the example of group project system

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    - Year 2010

    Technology industry labor market requires engineers with a good preparation for work with project's tasks and team cooperation skills. One of the way for achieve that abilities during technical university education are students group projects. Running of group projects at university brings new challenges, from recruitment of students with required skills for par-ticular project, to lack of industrial procedures and ready to use...

  • Conception for diagnosing SI engines fed with biofuel in operation conditions

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    The article deals with the question of diagnosing the high power self ignition (SI) engines fed with pro-ecologic fuels in an aspect of appearing operation problems. There has been presented the specific of action and techno-operation profile of the combustion engine foreseen as an investigations object. The preliminary conception of diagnostic investigations of the engine 7L35MC type produced in H. Cegielski - Poznan S.A. factory...

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  • Fuctional structure of diagnostic system for wheeled tractors

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    - Pomiary Automatyka Robotyka - Year 2012

    An application of computer controlled fuel injection systems in vehicle engines and growing demands concerning toxic substances emission and fuel consumption was a main reason for OBD (On Board Diagnosis) development. In spite of a great technological development, only some tractors are equipped in diagnostic systems. On board diagnosis is strongly connected with emission demands and does not concern other important vehicle functions.In...

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  • Self-Association of Amphotericin B: Spontaneous Formation of Molecular Structures Responsible for the Toxic Side Effects of the Antibiotic

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    • J. Starzyk
    • M. Gruszecki
    • K. Tutaj
    • R. Luchowski
    • R. Szlazak
    • P. Waśko
    • W. Grudziński
    • J. Czub
    • W. I. Gruszecki

    - JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B - Year 2014

    Amphotericin B (AmB) is a lifesaving antibiotic used to treat deep-seated mycotic infections. Both the pharmaceutical activity and highly toxic side effects of the drug rely on its interaction with biomembranes, which is governed by the molecular organization of AmB. In the present work we present detailed analysis of self-assembly of AmB molecules in different environments, interesting from the physiological standpoint, based...

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  • Zastosowanie zmodyfikowanej metody Prony'ego do detekcji dna morskiego i obiektów podwodnych

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    - Year 2017

    W artykule zaprezentowano zastosowanie nowej (zaproponowanej przez autorów) modyfikacji metody Prony'ego do określenia kierunku przyjścia sygnału echa fali akustycznej docierającego do odbiorczego przetwornika hydroakustycznego. Wykorzystanie zaproponowanej metody, umożliwia lepsze, niż za pomocą dotychczas znanych metod, określenie położenia wielu źródeł rewerberacji jednocześnie, zapewniając tym samym niezakłócone działanie w...

  • Interdisciplinary Design Teams in Poland - Architecture as a Tool for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections

    Hospital-acquired infections pose a problem, which directly affects the safe usage of healthcare facilities. On a global scale, the level of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) is estimated to affect 5–15% of those hospitalised. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, on an annual basis, procedures preventing hospital-acquired infections consume 80 billion dollars [1]. In this context, it becomes important to create...

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  • An application of simulation model of fuel consumption in diagnostic system of wheeled tractors

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    - Year 2013

    An application of computer controlled fuel injection systems in vehicle engines and growing demands concerning toxic substances emission and fuel consumption was a main reason for OBD (On Board Diagnosis) development. In spite of a great technological development, only some tractors are equipped in diagnostic systems. On board diagnostic is strongly connected with emission demands and does not concern other important vehicle functions. In...

  • ZASTOSOWANIE APLIKACJI INTERNETOWEJ W OCENIE JAKOŚCI DOPASOWANIA APARATÓW SŁUCHOWYCH

    W pracy opisano zastosowanie aplikacji internetowej do oceny jakości dopasowania aparatów słuchowych. Metoda oceny polega na badaniu ankietowym, uzupełnionym testem rozumienia słów jednosylabowych w polu swobodnym. Opisywana aplikacja internetowa pozwala na przeprowadzenie badania z dowolnego komputera z dostępem do sieci. Dzięki implementacji metody w postaci aplikacji internetowej, można w systematyczny i uporządkowany sposób...

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  • Tacit knowledge acquisition & sharing, and its influence on innovations: A Polish/US cross-country study

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    This study measures the relationship between tacit knowledge sharing and innovation in the Polish (n=350) and US (n=379) IT industries. Conceptually, the study identifies the potential sources of tacit knowledge development by individuals. That is, the study examines how “learning by doing” and “learning by interaction” lead to a willingness to share knowledge and, as a consequence, to support process and product/service innovation....

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  • Neurodiversity and remote work in times of crisis: lessons for HR

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    - Personnel Review - Year 2023

    Purpose The rich qualitative study builds on 11 semi-structured interviews with nine neurodivergent employees and two business professionals supportive of neurodiversity to understand the lived experiences of dealing with crisis in a remote working environment. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of the reported research is to understand how neurominorities experience remote working in the times of crisis and what the implications...

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  • Quantitative Risk Assessment in Construction Disputes Based on Machine Learning Tools

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    A high monetary value of the construction projects is one of the reasons of frequent disputes between a general contractor (GC) and a client. A construction site is a unique, one-time, and single-product factory with many parties involved and dependent on each other. The organizational dependencies and their complexity make any fault or mistake propagate and influence the final result (delays, cost overruns). The constant will...

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  • Refurbishment of a historical building - design issues

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    - Year 2013

    Over a 10-year modernization of the main building of Gdansk University of Technology is coming to the end. The ever increasing number of students requires not only the development of the campus with new facility buildings, also the existing buildings are subject to adaptation and modernization. In addition to high-impact solutions, as restoring the former glory of the building (reconstruction of the clock tower), or introducing...

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  • Psychosocial risks associated with the profession of train driver

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    Excellent competencies as well as a good physical and mental health are required in train drivers’ profession. Despite the changes in the structure of employment the train drivers above 46 years and job tenure longer than 30 years are the largest group. The generation gap is becoming more pronounced, and its fulfilment will not be easy. It is related not only to training of new personnel but also promotion of healthy work environment...

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  • Wytrzymałość Materiałów (PG00055882), Inż., En, 2023/2024, Zima, [W]

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    • B. Rozmarynowski

    Podstawy Wytrzymałości Materiałów, Stan naprężenia i odkształcenia, Rozciąganie i ściskanie osiowe pręta prostego, Momenty bezwładności figur płaskich, Skręcanie prętów zwartych i cienkościennych, Zginanie belek prostych, Ścinanie techniczne, Energia sprężysta kładów prętowych, Płaskie układy prętowe statycznie niewyznaczalne, Wyboczenie prętów osiowo ściskanych, Podstawy Metody Elementów Skończonych.

  • Maria Kamińska mgr

    People

    2008 - 2009Studia Podyplomowe - Broker InformacjiWydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznejna Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim1978 - 1982Wydział Filologiczny na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim,Bibliotekoznawstwo i Informacja Naukowa _ Autorka publikacji z zakresu infobrokerstwa, twóczyni serwisu dziedzinowego o kontrolowanej jakości ©Wikidot EKOLOGICZNY (polecany m.in. przez BazTOL). Trener/Wykładowca - projekt szkoleniowy „Bibliotekarz...

  • Wielkie wydarzenia jako katalizator procesów rewitalizacji

    Celem referatu jest naświetlenie procesów rewitalizacji towarzyszących organizacji wielkich wydarzeń w dwóch aspektach: 1) rewitalizacja jako motor lub jako skutek działań; 2) lokalność i regionalność procesów rewitalizacji. Omówieniu tych zjawisk służą przykłady miast-organizatorów wielkich wydarzeń, Sydney (IO 2000), Pekin (IO 2008), Londyn (IO 2012) oraz Gdańsk (Euro 2012) i Szczecin (The Tall Ships Races 2013). Kluczową kwestią...

  • Carbon nanotubes chemically derivatized with rebox systems as mediators for biofuel cell applications

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    - Year 2010

    Enzymatyczne bioogniwa paliwowe to urządzenia wykorzystujące enzymy do przemiany energii chemicznej w elektryczną. Zyskana w ten sposób energia może służyć do zasilania wszczepialnych urządzeń (np. czujników glukozy, rozruszników serca).Przedstawiono sposób otrzymywania i właściwości bioelektrod, w których wykorzystano nanorurki węglowe modyfikowane mediatorami enzymatycznych reakcji redoks. Do nanorurek przyłączano zarówno mediatory...

  • Gazowy kocioł kogeneracyjny – badania prototypu

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    W artykule zaprezentowano wyniki badań prototypowej parowej mikrosiłowni ORC zintegrowanej z kotłem gazowym. Jest to pierwsze w Polsce tego typu urządzenie w skali „domowej”, uhonorowane złotym medalem na targach Technicon Innowacje 2014. Pozwala realizować kogeneracyjną produkcję ciepła i energii elektrycznej w aspekcie pokrycia potrzeb indywidualnego gospodarstwa domowego. Domowy kocioł gazowy doposażony w układ realizujący obieg...

  • WYKORZYSTANIE SILNIKA STIRLINGA DO ODZYSKU ENERGII ZE SPALIN

    Silnik Stirlinga jest urządzeniem wytwarzającym energię mechaniczną, w którym nie występuje spalanie paliwa wewnątrz cylindra. Dzięki temu możliwe jest zasilanie silnika energią z dowolnego źródła. Takim źródłem może być promieniowanie słoneczne, spalanie niskokalorycznego paliwa zachodzące w zewnętrznej komorze spalania lub energia odpadowa z innego urządzenia cieplnego, np. silnika spalinowego autobusu lub pojazdu ciężarowego....

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  • Redukcja strat mocy w sieciowych systemach fotowoltaicznych za pomocą hybrydowych kolektorów PVT

    Energia promieniowania słonecznego, zaabsorbowana przez warstwy fotoaktywne systemów fotowoltaicznych (PV), podłączonych do sieci elektroenergetycznej, jest częściowo zamieniana na ciepło w skutek niepełnego procesu konwersji energii słonecznej na energię elektryczną. Na skutek znacznej pojemności cieplnej modułów PV, ciepło skumulowane jest w objętości materiału fotoabsorbera, co prowadzi do wzrostu temperatury roboczej systemu....

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  • Carbon Nanotubes Chemically Derivatize with Redox Systems as Mediators for Biofel Cell Applicatoions

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    - Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering - Year 2011

    Enzymatyczne bioogniwa paliwowe to urządzenia wykorzystujące enzymy do przemiany energii chemicznej w elektryczną. Zyskana w ten sposób energia może służyć do zasilania wszczepialnych urządzeń (np. czujników glukozy, rozruszników serca).Przedstawiono sposób otrzymywania i właściwości bioelektrod, w których wykorzystano nanorurki węglowe modyfikowane mediatorami enzymatycznych reakcji redoks. Do nanorurek przyłączano zarówno mediatory...

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  • Carbon Nanotubes Chemically Derivatized with Redox Systems as Mediators for Biofuel Cell Applications

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    - Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering - Year 2011

    Enzymatyczne bioogniwa paliwowe to urządzenia wykorzystujące enzymy do przemiany energii chemicznej w elektryczną. Zyskana w ten sposób energia może służyć do zasilania wszczepialnych urządzeń (np. czujników glukozy, rozruszników serca). Przedstawiono sposób otrzymywania i właściwości bioelektrod, w których wykorzystano nanorurki węglowe modyfikowane mediatorami enzymatycznych reakcji redoks. Do nanorurek przyłączano zarówno mediatory...

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  • Udział Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej w procesie umiędzynarodowiania uczelni

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    - Pismo PG - Year 2020

    Umiędzynarodowienie szkolnictwa wyższego definiowane jest zasadniczo jako podejmowanie studiów na zagranicznych uczelniach oraz udział w międzynarodowych projektach badawczych i szkoleniowych. Umiędzynarodowienie szkół wyższych jest jednym z elementarnych wskaźników, które określają dziś rozwój nauki i szkolnictwa wyższego. Biblioteka PG na różnych polach wspiera uczelnię w procesie internacjonalizacji. Strategia rozwoju usług...

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  • Edge-Computing based Secure E-learning Platforms

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    - Year 2022

    Implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in E-Learning environments have brought up dramatic changes in the current educational sector. Distance learning, online learning, and networked learning are few examples that promote educational interaction between students, lecturers and learning communities. Although being an efficient form of real learning resource, online electronic resources are subject to...

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  • The implementation of green transformation through clusters

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    - ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS - Year 2023

    The paper addresses a poorly documented issue in the literature, namely the role of clusters in green transformation, including processes related to green, low-carbon, and circular economies. The purpose was to identify and understand the practices of clusters in this area. The adopted mixed research strategy consisted of both qualitative and quantitative research. Both research phases were conducted in a group of Polish Key National...

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  • Challenges for universities in the face of the knowledge-based economy - Directions for higher education institutions in the Baltic Sea Region

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    - Year 2011

    The aim of this paper is to present new challenges that are faced by universities in the knowledge-based economy. There are several phenomena that can presently be observed like the need for life-long learning or interdisciplinary approach, and universities should prepare their graduates for those challenges. One of the crucial questions that universities need to ask is how to teach and what to teach. Knowledge becomes obsolete...

  • Challenges for universities in the face of knowledge-based economy - directions for higher education institutions in the Baltic Sea Region

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    - Year 2011

    The aim of this paper is to present new challenges that are faced by universities in the knowledge-based economy. There are several phenomena that can presently be observed like the need for life-long learning or interdisciplinary approach, and universities should prepare their graduates for those challenges. One of the crucial questions that universities need to ask is how to teach and what to teach. Knowledge becomes obsolete...