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Ocena odporności na pękanie podbudów drogowych z mieszanek mineralno-cementowo-emulsyjnych (MCE)
PublicationPodbudowy z mieszanek mineralno-cementowo-emulsyjnych (MCE) są jednym z wielu materiałów stosowanych do wykonywania warstw nawierzchni w ramach przebudów dróg w Polsce. Mieszanki MCE pozwalają na maksymalne powtórne wykorzystanie istniejących warstw konstrukcyjnych do budowy lub przebudowy nawierzchni. Do wykonania podbudów z MCE stosuje się materiał pochodzący z rozbiórki istniejących warstw (destrukt) bitumicznych, warstw związanych...
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Bilateral Multi-Issue Negotiation Between Active Documents and Execution Devices
PublicationMobile document-agents are often in conflict with execution devices when attempting to perform activities of the business process they implement, since preferences of device owners may change depending on their current location and the actual class of the device in use. The paper proposes a bilateral negotiation mechanism based on a simple bargaining game that can effectively resolve such conflicts without any third party support.
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Deflection measurement of field section with pavement with base course made of Cement Bitumen Treated Material Mixture C3E4 (28, 180, 270, 365 days after compaction)
Open Research DataDataset presents data of deflections determined for pavement with base course made of cold recycled mixture – cement bitumen treated material mixture with following binding agents: 3% cement, 4% emulsion (C3E4). Mixture was designed according to Polish requirements for the base course of pavement. Mixture was mixed in stationary plant and compacted...
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Fatigue data of Cement Bitumen Treated Material Mixture C3E5.5 (Direct tension, over 28 days of curing at 20C)
Open Research DataFatigue data of Cement Bitumen Treated Material Mixture C3E5.5 (Direct tension, over 28 days of curing at 20C)
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Tensor-product versus geometric-product coding
PublicationKodowanie przy pomocy iloczynów tensorowych, a kodowanie przy pomocy iloczynów geometrycznych. Formalizm jest zilustrowany przy pomocy paru przykładów.
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Two-state dynamics for replicating two-strand systems
PublicationDynamika dwustanowa została zastosowana do opisów układów dwuniciowych, analogicznych do DNA.
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Cartoon computation: Quantum-like algorithms without quantum mechanics
PublicationZaproponowano formalizm prowadzący do algorytmów analogicznych do kwantowych, lecz wykorzystujący jedynie struktury geometryczne. Jako przykład sformułowano odpowiednik kwantowego algorytmu Deutscha-Jozsy.
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Abstract DNA-type systems
PublicationAbstrakcyjny system typu DNA jest definiowany przez zestaw nieliniowych kinetycznych równań z wielomianowymi nieliniowościami, które przyjmują rozwiązania solitonowe związane z geometrią helis. Zestaw równań pozwala na dwie różne reprezentacje Laxa: forma von Neumanna i Darboux-kowariantna para Laxa. Wyjaśniamy dlaczego nie-Kolmogorowskie modele prawdopodobieństwa pojawiające się w kinetyce solitonowej są naturalnie związane z...
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First report on echinocandin resistant Polish Candida isolates
PublicationPurpose: Candida spp. are ranked as one of the four major causative agents of fungal infections. The number of infections caused by Candida species resistant to fluconazole, which is applied as the first line drug in candidiasis treatment, increases every year. In such cases the application of echinocandin is necessary. Echinocandin susceptibility testing has become a routine laboratory practice in many countries due to the increasing...
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Efficient parallel implementation of crowd simulation using a hybrid CPU+GPU high performance computing system
PublicationIn the paper we present a modern efficient parallel OpenMP+CUDA implementation of crowd simulation for hybrid CPU+GPU systems and demonstrate its higher performance over CPU-only and GPU-only implementations for several problem sizes including 10 000, 50 000, 100 000, 500 000 and 1 000 000 agents. We show how performance varies for various tile sizes and what CPU–GPU load balancing settings shall be preferred for various domain...
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Natural carbon-based quantum dots and their applications in drug delivery: A review
PublicationNatural carbon based quantum dots (NCDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials in the carbon family. NCDs have gained immense acclamation among researchers because of their abundance, eco-friendly nature, aqueous solubility, the diverse functionality and biocompatibility when compared to other conventional carbon quantum dots (CDs).The presence of different functional groups on the surface of NCDs such as thiol, carboxyl, hydroxyl,...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells. FA (folic acid) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028) at different concentration (50-200 µM).
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Synthesis and Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activity of N-Phosphorylated /N-Tiophosphorylated Tacrine
PublicationNovel phosphorus and thiophosphorus tacrine derivatives were designed, synthesized and their biological activity and molecular modeling was investigated as a new potential anti-Alzheimer's disease (AD) agents. All new synthesized compound exhibited lower toxicity against neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) in comparison with tacrine. Two analogues in the series, 7 and 9, demonstrated lack of cytotoxicity against hepatocellular cells...
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Inserts amplification for knockout cassette construction
Open Research DataThe goal of the study was to obtain optimal conditions for amplification of upstream and downstream genes fragments and introduce a cleavage site for restriction enzymes into them thanks to which it will be possible to clone fragments into a plasmid containing elements of the knockout cassette. The constructed cassettes will enable the removal of the...
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Occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in environment and the statistical analysis of this phenomenon
PublicationIntroduction: In this study the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance patterns among fecal indicators (Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp.) was analyzed in water and wastewater samples. The trends in antimicrobial resistance were analyzed using basic statistical methods. Methods: Samples were obtained from two local watercourses (Oliwski Stream and Reda River) as well as from the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) Gdansk - Wschod....
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Platforma agentowa JADE
PublicationRozdział opisuje agentowe środowisko programistyczne i wykonawcze JADE (ang.: Java Agent Developmnet framework).
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Mobile monitoring system for gaseous air pollution
PublicationThe concept of a mobile monitoring system for chemical agents control in the air is presented. The proposed system can be applied to measure industrial and car traffic air pollution. A monitoring station is relatively small and can be placed on cars or public transportation vehicles. Measured concentrations of air pollutants are collected and transferred via the GSM network to a central data base. Exemplary results from a measurement...
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Surface-dependent biological potential of spherical silver nanoparticles
Open Research DataThe growing interest in silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is largely driven by their significant antimicrobial potential. As carriers of reactive silver ions on a nanoscale, AgNPs are considered excellent candidates for specific antibacterial strategies. Numerous scientific studies have highlighted that AgNPs are broad-spectrum antimicrobials, with their...
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A Novel Approach to the Assessment of Cough Incidence
PublicationIn this paper we consider the problem of identication of cough events in patients suffering from chronic respiratory diseases. The information about frequency of cough events is necessary to medical treatment. The proposed approach is based on bidirectional processing of a measured vibration signal - cough events are localized by combining the results of forward-time and backward-time analysis. The signal is at rst transformed...
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Antifungal dipeptides incorporating an inhibitor of homoserine dehydrogenase
PublicationThe antifungal activity of 5‐hydroxy‐4‐oxo‐L‐norvaline (HONV), exhibited under conditions mimicking human serum, may be improved upon incorporation of this amino acid into a dipeptide structure. Several HONV‐containing dipeptides inhibited growth of human pathogenic yeasts of the Candida genus in the RPMI‐1640 medium, with minimal inhibitory concentration values in the 32 to 64 μg mL−1 range. This activity was not affected by multidrug...
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PCR-RFLP assays for species-specific identification of fungi belonging to Scopulariopsis and related genera
PublicationFungi of the Scopulariopsis genus, commonly found in the environment, are opportunistic pathogens that can cause various types of human infections. So far, no efficient molecular method has been developed for species differentiation among Scopulariopsis and related genera. In order to advance this field, we have evaluated performance of polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assays, based...
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‘Acridines’ as New Horizons in Antifungal Treatment
PublicationFrequent fungal infections in immunocompromised patients and mortality due to invasive mycosis are important clinical problems. Opportunistic pathogenic Candida species remain one of the leading causes of systemic mycosis worldwide. The repertoire of antifungal chemotherapeutic agents is very limited. Although new antifungal drugs such as lanosterol 14α-demethylase and β-glucan synthase inhibitors have been introduced into clinical...
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Cognitive motivations and foundations for building intelligent decision-making systems
PublicationConcepts based on psychology fit well with current research trends related to robotics and artificial intelligence. Biology-inspired cognitive architectures are extremely useful in building agents and robots, and this is one of the most important challenges of modern science. Therefore, the widely viewed and far-reaching goal of systems research and engineering is virtual agents and autonomous robots that mimic human behavior in...
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Novel Functionalization of Boron-Doped Diamond by Microwave Pulsed-Plasma Polymerized Allylamine Film
PublicationWe report the novel modification of a hydrogen-terminated polycrystalline boron-doped electrode with a microwave pulsed-plasma polymerized allylamine. Boron-doped diamond (BDD) was coated with a very thin layer of adherent cross-linked, pinhole- and additive-free allylamine plasma polymer (PPAAm) resistant to hydrolysis and delamination and characterized by a high density of positively charged amino groups. The pulsed microwave...
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Jarosław Przewłócki prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleJarosław Przewłócki jest profesorem na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki Gdańskiej, zastępca kierownika Katedry Technicznych Podstaw Projektowania Architektonicznego. Podstawowym kierunkiem jego działalności naukowej są badania zjawisk losowych i zastosowanie metod probabilistycznych oraz teorii niezawodności w budownictwie, a w szczególności w geotechnice. Autor i współautor około stu publikacji naukowych, w tym szeregu książek...
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Recent developmentsinthesynthesisand biological activityofacridine/acridoneanalogues
PublicationMany people in the world struggle with cancer or bacterial, parasitic, viral, Alzheimer's and other diseases. Therefore, many scientists seek new, more effective, more selective and less toxic drugs. Acridine/acridone derivatives constitute a class of compounds with a broad spectrum of biological activity and are of great interest to scientists. Todate, many acridine/acridone analogues have been obtained,which, inter alia, exhibit...
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A New Approach to Chemical Recycling of Polyamide 6.6 and Synthesis of Polyurethanes with Recovered Intermediates
PublicationA new efficient method for the chemical decomposition of polyamide 6.6 by the glycolysis and amino-glycolysis processes was proposed. The glycolysis was conducted using the mass excess of ethylene glycol (EG) as a decomposing agent in the presence of a catalyst. Also, a mixture of EG and triethylenetetramine was used as another decomposing agent in the amino- glycolysis process. The described process of decomposition did not...
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Properties of chitosan/CuNPs coatings electrophoretically deposited on TiO2 nanotubular oxide layer of Ti13Zr13Nb alloy
PublicationCoatings based on chitosan/CuNPs (chit/CuNPs) were obtained by a one-step electrophoretic deposition (EPD) on nanotubular oxide layer of Ti13Zr13Nb alloy. The deposition was carried out for 1 min applying voltages of 10 and 20 V with and without the addition of dispersing agent (Polysorbate 20) to the suspension. The coatings obtained for the lower voltage were more uniform than for the higher voltage. By adding a dispersing agent,...
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The SEM images of Ce0.8La0.2O2 nanocatalyst infiltrated with 10wt.% Ni prepared using soft template method
Open Research DataThe dataset includes SEM images of Ce0.8La0.2O2-s nanopowder (nanoparticles) prepared using soft template method and infiltrated to 10wt.% Ni in the catalyst. CTAB was used as a micelle-based templating agent. The powder was precipitated from aqueous nitrate solution using NaOH solution and 250xCMC (critcal micelle concentration) of CTAB. Precipitate...
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Team Strategies - sem. 2022/23
e-Learning CoursesThe main aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic problems in team strategies, such as: the use of the particle swarm optimization algorithms, the ant colony optimization, stochastic distributed searches, algorithms for team strategy, multi-agent systems, modeling intelligent cooperation, simulations of social behavior. The form of passing the course is passing the exam and completing a project task
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Team Strategies - sem. 2023/24
e-Learning CoursesThe main aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic problems in team strategies, such as: the use of the particle swarm optimization algorithms, the ant colony optimization, stochastic distributed searches, algorithms for team strategy, multi-agent systems, modeling intelligent cooperation, simulations of social behavior. The form of passing the course is passing the exam and completing a project task
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Phosphoroorganic Metal Complexes in Therapeutics
PublicationThe present mini-review highlights recent developments on antitumor activity of metal-based therapeutics which have been a subject of researches for the last few decades. In 1965, Rosenberg found that during an electrolysis on platinum electrodes a complex of Pt is generated which inhibited to a great extent a binary fission in Escherichia coli bacteria. This discovery started a new chapter in medicinal chemistry and the interesting...
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Electrochemistry meets enzymes: Investigation of the biotransformation pathway of C-1311 based on electrochemical simulation in comparison to in vitro methods.
PublicationThe knowledge of the metabolic pathways and the biotransformation of new drugs is one of the major challenges in pharmaceutical research. It is crucial for elucidation of degradation routes of the new biologically active compounds, especially in the area of possible toxicity. Conventional in vitro drug metabolism studies are based on incubating drug candidate with e.g. hepatocytes or, most importantly, liver cell microsomes and...
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Aneta Łuczkiewicz prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleI conduct research on the adaptive abilities of microorganisms and their potential use in supporting technological processes. I combine environmental engineering with elements of biomedical and materials engineering. I am interested in innovative methods for detecting clinically significant microorganisms in aquatic environments (so-called wastewater-based epidemiology) and advanced and practical solutions in the water management...
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The Taste of Waste: The Edge of Eggshell Over Calcium Carbonate in Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber
PublicationRubber technology experiences a new age by the use of biowaste or natural fillers. In this regard, taking properties of reinforcing agents from biowaste fillers remains as the challenging matter. Chicken eggshell (ES) biowaste has recently been introduced to substitute calcium carbonate (CaCO3) duo to its superior properties and low price. In this work, composites based on acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) reinforced with ES...
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Set of Experience and Decisional DNA: Experience-Based Knowledge Structures
PublicationThis chapter presents a description of Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and Decisional DNA (DDNA), argumentation for a knowledge representation, composition, configuration and metrics. SOEKS is a combination of filtered and amalgamated information obtained from formal decision events. It facilitates effective explicit representation of decisional experience taken from different technologies. SOEKS comprises variables,...
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XPS data of MXene catalyst
Open Research DataData contain results from XPS measurement of the Ti3C2Tx MXenes produced via acidic etching aluminum from MAX Phase (Ti3C2-Al-Ti3C2-Al-Ti3C2) using 48% HF etching agent (MXene HF). The X-ray spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were conducted using Mg Ka (hn = 1253.6 eV) radiation in a Prevac (Poland) system equipped with a Scienta SES 2002 (Sweden) electron...
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Model of management of knowledge bases in the information technology evaluation environment
PublicationThe paper presents the model of management of knowledge bases in multi-agent system for evaluation of information technologies (IT_MAS). Such system is being developed in Gdansk Uni-versity of Technology by Information Technology Management Team. Multi-agent system is supposed to support manager level specialists during decision processes when there is identified need to buy or change any information technology. The main goal of...
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Opioid Growth Factor and its Derivatives as Potential Non-toxic Multifunctional Anticancer and Analgesic Compounds
PublicationIn this paper, we review the structure-activity relationship of OGF and its analogues. We highlight also OGF derivatives with analgesic, immunomodulatory activity and the ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and may be used as safe agents enhancing chemotherapy efficacy and improving quality of life in cancer patients. The reviewed papers indicate that Met-enkephalin and its analogues are interesting candidates for the...
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Proposal of a method for effective tasks distribution in the execution of compolex problems
PublicationAn access to a great number of various services allows for decomposition of complex problems into smaller and less complex tasks. Those tasks can be presented in a form of a dependency graph. This paper shows an idea of executing such a problem using cooperating autonomous agents. Main focus of this work is cooperation covering effective tasks distribution among executors. This paper presents an algorithm for dynamic executor selection...
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Harmony Search to Self-Configuration of Fault-Tolerant Grids for Big Data
PublicationIn this paper, harmony search algorithms have been proposed to self-configuration of fault-tolerant grids for big data processing. Some tasks related to big data processing have been considered. Moreover, two criteria have been applied to evaluate quality of grids. The first criterion is a probability that all tasks meet their deadlines and the second one is grid reliability. Furthermore, some intelligent agents based on harmony...
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Tomasz Dziubich dr inż.
PeopleScientific projects and grants Internet platform for data integration and collaboration of medical research teams for the stroke treatment centers 2013 - 2016 MAYDAY EURO 2012 Supercomputer Platform for Context Analysis of Data Streams in Identification of Specified Objects or Hazardous Events – task 4.2 (Development of algorithms and applications supporting medical diagnosis), 2008-2012 Other GrandPrix on trade show ...
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Bogdan Wiszniewski prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleBogdan Wiszniewski graduated from Gdansk University of Technology in 1977 and was awarded an MSc in computer science and engineering with honours. In 1984 and 1998, respectively, has got his PhD and DSc. In 2006 was awarded a Professor title by the President of Poland. Lectured at the universities in Canada, US and UK. Principal investigator or coordinator in many national and international R&D projects with the significant...
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Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz dr hab.
PeopleI am an Associate Professor at Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Management and Economics. I gained my PhD in July 2006 for which I received the Polish Prime Ministry’s Award for the outstanding doctoral thesis. Between 2007 and 2008, I was a beneficiary of the Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. I conducted part of my research at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells. FA (folic acid) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028) at different concentration (50-200 µM).
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Porównanie cystouretrografii mikcyjnej i sonocystografii mikcyjnej z użyciem ultrasonograficznego środka kontrastującego drugiej generacji w badaniu prospektywnym
PublicationThe invasiveness and exposure to radiation in voiding cystourethrography led to the introduction of alternative methods of diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux, including contrast enhanced voiding urosonography. While there is a limited number of studies comparing these methods using new generation ultrasound contrast agents, none of them compared both methods simultaneously. This study is aimed at assessing agreement between contrast...
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Nanomaterials for photothermal and photodynamic cancer therapy
PublicationIn recent years, the role of optically sensitive nanomaterials has become powerful moieties in therapeutic techniques and has become particularly emphasized. Currently, by the extraordinary development of nanomaterials in different fields of medicine, they have found new applications. Phototherapy modalities, such as photothermal therapy (PTT) by toxic heat generation and photodynamic therapy (PDT) by reactive oxygen species, are...
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Bee Pollen and Bee Bread as a Source of Bacteria Producing Antimicrobials
PublicationThe principal objective of the study was the isolation and identification of bacteria that are present in mature bee bread (BB) and dried (ready for selling and consumption) bee pollen (BP). Obtained isolates were screened for their potential to inhibit select human pathogenic bacteria and their ability to produce enzymes of particular industrial importance. Four and five samples of BP and BB, respectively, were used for the study....
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Conjugates of Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin with Cell-Penetrating Peptide Exhibit Antifungal Activity and Mammalian Cytotoxicity
PublicationSeven conjugates composed of well-known fluoroquinolone antibacterial agents, ciprofloxacin (CIP) or levofloxacin (LVX), and a cell-penetrating peptide transportan 10 (TP10-NH2) were synthesised. The drugs were covalently bound to the peptide via an amide bond, methylenecarbonyl moiety, or a disulfide bridge. Conjugation of fluoroquinolones to TP10-NH2 resulted in congeners demonstrating antifungal in vitro activity against human...
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Robert Bogdanowicz dr hab. inż.
PeopleRobert Bogdanowicz received his Ph.D. degree with honours in Electronics from the Gdansk University of Technology. He worked as a post-doc researcher in Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald Institut für Physik. He has initiated optical emission imaging of muti-magnetron pulsed plasma and contributed to the development of antibacterial implant coatings deposited by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. He moved back to...