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Cold Start Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines at Low Ambient Temperatures as an Air Quality Risk
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Excess Emissions and Fuel Consumption of Modern Spark Ignition Passenger Cars at Low Ambient Temperatures
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Double layer adhesive silicone dressing as a potential dermal drug delivery film in scar treatment
PublicationThe present studies focused on the evaluation of design of an adhesive silicone film intended for scar treatment. Developed silicone double layer film was examined in terms of its future relevance to therapy and applicability on the human skin considering properties which included in vitro permeability of water vapor and oxygen. In order to adapt the patches for medical use in the future there were tested such properties as...
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Double layer adhesive silicone dressing as a potential dermal drug delivery film in scar treatment
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RSS-Based DoA Estimation Using ESPAR Antenna for V2X Applications in 802.11p Frequency Band
PublicationIn this paper, we have proposed direction-of arrival (DoA) estimation of incoming signals for V2X applications in 802. 11p frequency band, based on recording of received signal strength (RSS) at electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna's output port. The motivation of the work was to prove that ESPAR antenna used to increase connectivity and security in V2X communication can be also used for DoA estimation....
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A novel approach for processing CaAlSiON glass-ceramics by spark plasma sintering: Mechanical and electrical properties
PublicationLithium containing glassy materials can be used as solid electrolytes or electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries due to their high energy density. Conventional melt-quenched Ca11Al14Si16O49N10 glass powder containing 24 e/o N, doped with Li-ions (1, 3, and 6 wt. %) and sintered by spark plasma sintering technique (SPS) was studied. The benefits of using SPS to produce glass-ceramics are rapid heating rates compared to conventional...
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Efficient RSS-Based DoA Estimation for ESPAR Antennas Using Multiplane SDR Calibration Approach
PublicationIn this paper, we have introduced a new method to improve overall efficiency of direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation scheme relying on received signal strength (RSS) values measured at the output port of electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna. The proposed approach uses software-defined radio (SDR) setup and power pattern cross-correlation (PPCC) estimator involving multiple calibration planes. By placing...
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Load test of new European record holder in span length among extradosed type bridges
PublicationThe article presents acceptance load tests of a newly built extradosed MS-3 bridge located along the national road DK-16 near Ostróda (Poland). The structure features significant dimension in European reference scale. It is a new record holder in span length regarding this distinct bridge category. Its length ranges 206 m. Static and dynamic load tests were performed here. The program was extended by entire structural laser scanning...
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Influence of span length and impulse front time on earthing measurement accuracy of power line towers
PublicationThe article discusses the issue of measuring and assessing the features of power line tower earthings using fast-changing waveform. The study analyses the effect of impulse front time and the line span length on errors made during these measurements using impulse meters. It has been found that the assessment conditions similar to the static measurement results occur for the use of 4 μs current impulses and such procedure is useful...
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Piotr Chrostowski dr hab. inż.
PeoplePiotr Chrostowski – specjalizuje się w zagadnieniach infrastruktury transportu kolejowego. Główne kierunki działalności naukowej dotyczą właściwości mechanicznych elementów nawierzchni torowej oraz problematyki identyfikacji i oceny układów geometrycznych dróg szynowych z wykorzystaniem technik GNSS. W roku 2004 Uzyskał stopień magistra inżyniera na kierunku Budownictwo w specjalności Inżynieria Kolejowa na Wydziale Inżynierii...
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Influence of duration of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate profile
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Heart Rate Asymmetry, Its Compensation, and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Adults during 48-h Holter ECG Recordings
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Few Layered Oxidized h-BN as Nanofiller of Cellulose-Based Paper with Superior Antibacterial Response and Enhanced Mechanical/Thermal Performance
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Ferrocene-Labeled Carbon-Encapsulated Iron Nanoparticles: The First Magnetic Nanocatalysts for C–H Arylation toward 1,1′-Biphenyl Formation
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Icosahedral Carborane Superacids and their Conjugate Bases Comprising H, F, Cl, and CN Substituents: A Theoretical Investigation of Monomeric and Dimeric Cages
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Effect of ground plane size on radiation pattern in IFF/SSR microstrip antenna on thick substrate fed by H type slot
PublicationW pracy pokazano numeryczne i eksperymentalne wyniki badania wpływu rozmiarówmasy na charakterystyki promieniowania anteny dla zastosowań IFF/SSR, zrealizowanej na grubym podłożu i zasilanej przez szczelinę typu H. Pokazane wyniki dla anteny oryginalnej porównano z wynikami uzyskanymi po zmniejszeniu wymiarów masy (w każdym z kierunków). Pokazano jak dalece można zminimalizować wymiary anteny, przy założonym poziomie listków bocznych.
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Electrochemical detection of 4,4',5,5'-tetranitro-1H,1'H-2,2'-biimidazole on boron-doped diamond/graphene nanowall electrodes
PublicationWe present a promising approach to the electroanalytical detection of a specific nitroaromatic explosive in landfill leachates (LLs) that originated from a municipal solid waste plant. The paper is focused but not limited to the sensing of 4,4',5,5'-tetranitro-1H,1'H-2,2'-biimidazole (TNBI) using differential pulse voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry. Highly electroactive nanocarbon was applied to determine low concentrations of...
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A Wideband Rotary-Joint-Free H-Plane Horn Antenna With 360° Steerable Radiation Pattern Using Gap Waveguide Technology
PublicationConsidering the limitations of electronically steerable antennas such as limited steering span, gain degradation for large steering angles, complexity, and cost, this article is focused on the design of a simple mechanically steerable H-plane horn antenna. It is shown that since there is no need for an electrical connection between the top and bottom sections of a gap waveguide (GWG), if a sectoral horn is properly designed and realized...
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Cross-sections for electron-scattering from 2-methyl-1-buten-3-yne, C 5 H 6 , molecules
PublicationtCross-sections for electron collisions with the 2-methyl-1-buten-3-yne [H2C C(CH3)C CH] moleculewere measured and calculated. Absolute grand-total electron-scattering cross-section (TCS) was takenat impact energies from 0.6 to 300 eV in the linear electron-transmission experiment. The TCS energydependence for the electron–C5H6collision has two prominent enhancements separated with a deepminimum located near 1.8 eV. In addition,...
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Mechanism of Isomerization and Acid-Induced Transformations of 3-Hydroxy-4,4'-dimethoxy-3'-methyl-3-oxo-7,7'-bis(piperidino-carbonyloxy)-2,2'-spirobi-[2H,2'H,3H,3'H-benzo[b]thiophene]. Unusual Equilibrium between the Spiro and 3-Hydroxy-benzothiophene Systems.
PublicationStwierdzono, że 3'-hydroksy-4,4'-dimetoksy-3'-metylo-3-okso-7,7'-bis(piperydynokarbonyloksy)-2,2'-spirobi[2H,2'H,3H,3'H-benzo[b]tiofen] występuje w roztworach postaci mieszaniny dwóch diastereoizomerów pozostających w dynamicznej równowadze. Mechanizm tej równowagi oparty jest na odwracalnym otwarciu pierścienia z 1,5 przeniesieniem protonu i utworzeniu przjściowej formy 3-hydroksybenzotiofenu.
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Non-Destructive Testing of the Longest Span Soil-Steel Bridge in Europe—Field Measurements and FEM Calculations
PublicationThe article describes interdisciplinary and comprehensive non-destructive diagnostic tests of final bridge inspection and acceptance proposed for a soil-steel bridge made of corrugated sheets, being the European span length record holder (25.74 m). As an effect of an original concept a detailed and precise information about the structure short-term response was collected. Periodic diagnostics of bridge deformations was done one...
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Improved RSS-Based DoA Estimation Accuracy in Low-Profile ESPAR Antenna Using SVM Approach
PublicationIn this paper, we have shown how the overall performance of direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation using lowprofile electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna, which has been proposed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, can significantly be improved when support vector machine (SVM) approach is applied. Because the SVM-based DoA estimation method used herein relies solely...
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Pounding mitigation of a short-span cable-stayed bridge using a new hybrid passive control system
PublicationThis paper investigates the effectiveness of a new hybrid passive control system on the seismic response of an existing steel cable-stayed bridge considering the pounding effect. The proposed hybrid passive control system comprises a seismic isolator and a metallic damper. The bridge is located in a high seismic zone and has suffered several damages including the earthquake-induced pounding damage during the 1988 earthquake....
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The cellulose fibers functionalized with star-like zinc oxide nanoparticles with boosted antibacterial performance for hygienic products
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Photoconduction and magnetic field effect on photoconduction in hole-transporting star-burst amine (m-MTDATA) films
PublicationPhotoconduction and magnetic field effect on photoconduction have been investigated as a function of electric field strength, excitation light intensity and wavelength in vacuum evaporated films of m-MTDATA (4,4′,4″-tris(N-(3-methylphenyl)-N-phenylylamino) triphenylamine), the starburst amine commonly used as hole-transporting material in organic light-emitting diodes. The photocurrent is found to be generated by the singlet exciton...
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Design, Realization and Measurements of Enhanced Performance 2.4 GHz ESPAR Antenna for Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
PublicationThis paper presents the design, realization and measurements of an Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) antenna with enhanced performance of estimating the incoming signal direction. Designed antenna is dedicated for 2.4 GHz ISM applications with emphasis on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Proposed antenna provides different radiation patterns by proper configuration of the parasitic elements. Thus, several...
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Wpływ teorii chaosu na niektóre tradycyjne stanowiska ontologiczne oraz na spór o redukcjonizm
PublicationTeoria chaosu stanowi nie tylko nowy paradygmat w nauce, ale także inspirację do badań filozoficznych nad rzeczywistością. W artykule podjęto próbę zarysowania głównych założeń teorii chaosu oraz określenia jej wpływu na niektóre tradycyjne stanowiska ontologiczne oraz spór o redukcjonizm. Z punktu widzenia ontologii, w dynamice nieliniowej szczególnie interesujący jest powrót do ciągłościowego monoizmu w opozycji do atomizmu....
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Improved RSS-Based DoA Estimation Accuracy in Low-Profile ESPAR Antenna Using SVM Approach
PublicationIn this paper, we have shown how the overall performance of direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation using lowprofile electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna, which has been proposed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, can significantly be improved when support vector machine (SVM) approach is applied. Because the SVM-based DoA estimation method used herein relies solely on received signal strength...
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Relay-aided Wireless Sensor Network Discovery Algorithm for Dense Industrial IoT utilizing ESPAR Antennas
PublicationIndustrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applicationsrequire reliable and efficient wireless communication. Assumingdense Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) operating in a harshenvironment, a concept of a Time Division Multiple Access(TDMA) based WSN enriched with Electronically SteerableParasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) antennas is proposed andexamined in this work. The utilized...
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RSS-Based DoA Estimation in 802.11p Frequency Band Using ESPAR Antenna and PPCC-MCP Method
PublicationIn this paper, the concept of direction of arrival (DoA) estimation using electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna designed to operate in IEEE 802.11p vehicular communication standard has been investigated with respect to different possible elevation angles of a radio frequency (RF) signal impinging the antenna. To this end, two different possible sets of the 3D antenna radiation patterns have been used...
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An object-based SAR image iceberg detection algorithm applied to the Amundsen Sea
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Elektrochemiczny czujnik na bazie cieczy jonowej do oznaczania par benzaldehydu
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono prototypowy, laboratoryjny, elektrochemiczny czujnik do oznaczania par benzaldehydu w argonie. Cieczą jonową testowaną jako elektrolit i środowisko reakcji redox była: bis(trifluorometylosulfonylo)imidek 1-butylo,3-metyloimidazolinowy ([BMIM][Tf2N]). W pomiarach użyto komercyjnych elektrod firm: DropSens Co. i BVT Technologies. Walidacji poddano dwa parametry metrologiczne czujnika: granicę wykrywalności i...
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Złożone oddziaływanie smarów na własności warstw wierzchnich stalowych par ciernych
PublicationWęglowodory zawarte w smarach w specyficzny sposób działają na elementy par ciernych wykonane z metali i ich tlenków, będących katalizatorami. Znanymi katalizatorami są: żelazo, nikiel, platyna i pallad. W smarowanych, stalowych parach ciernych zachodzi katalityczna, chemisorbcyjna dysocjacja węglowodorów zawartych w smarze. Opisano badania wpływu tej dysocjacji na sprężyste i tłumiące własności próbek stalowych. Wynik tych badań...
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Floodsar: Automatic mapping of river flooding extent from multitemporal SAR imagery
PublicationFloodsar is an open-source tool for automatic mapping of the flood extent from a time series of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. Floodsar is unsupervised, however, it requires defining the parameters search space, geographical area of interest, and some river gauge observations (e.g. water levels or discharges) time series that overlap temporarily with the SAR imagery. Applications of Floodsar are mainly in real-time monitoring...
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Elastic cross-section calculations for electron collisions with XY4 (X=Si,Ge; Y=H, F, Cl, Br, I) molecules
PublicationObliczano elastyczne przekroje czynne dla tetraedrycznych związków krzemu i germanu. Otrzymane wyniki porównano z innymi dostępnymi wynikami obliczeń oraz z danymi doświadczalnymi; dla energii powyżej 100 eV uzyskano zadowalającą zgodność.
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Structure and the space vector modulation for a medium-voltage power-electronic-transformer based on two seven-level cascade H-bridge inverters
PublicationThis study presents the structure and the space vector pulse-width modulation (SVPWM) for power electronic transformer (PET) based on two seven-level cascade H-bridge (CHB) inverters. The DC links of CHB inverters are coupled with nine dual-active bridge (DAB) converters with medium-frequency transformers. The DC-link voltages are equalised with two methods – through the control of DAB voltages...
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A system for Direction-Of-Arrival estimation in ISM 2.4 GHz frequency band based on ESPAR antenna and SDR technology
PublicationDetermination of the direction of the signal arrival (DOA) finds many applications in various areas of science and industry. Knowledge of DOA is used, among others to determine the position of a satellite with a low Earth orbit (LEO), localization of people and things as well as in research of wireless communication systems, for instance the determination of the number of...
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Embedded device for indoor positioning of mobile terminals in ISM 2.4 GHz frequency band integrated with ESPAR antenna
PublicationIn the era of multifunctional mobile phones, wireless positioning is one of the most important branches of telecommunications development. This functionality is possible thanks to global positioning systems such as GPS, whose services are available to every average user. Global systems, however, suffer from their low accuracy in confined environments such as forests and building interiors. A popular...
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An examination of the effect of ethanol–gasoline blends' physicochemical properties on emissions from a light-duty spark ignition engine
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The Impact of Fuel Ethanol Content on Particulate Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles Featuring Spark Ignition Engines
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Physical and Mechanical Evaluation of Silicone-Based Double-Layer Adhesive Patch Intended for Keloids and Scar Treatment Therapy
PublicationGrowing interest in silicone elastomers for pharmaceutical purposes is due to both theirbeneficial material effect for scar treatment and their potential as drug carriers. Regarding their morphological structure, silicone polymers possess unique properties, which enable a wide range of applicability possibilities. The present study focused on developing a double-layer adhesive silicone film (DLASil) by evaluating its physical...
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Physical and Mechanical Evaluation of Silicone-Based Double-Layer Adhesive Patch Intended for Keloids and Scar Treatment Therapy
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Fast Calibration-Free Single-Anchor Indoor Localization Based on Limited Number of ESPAR Antenna Radiation Patterns
Publication— In this article, we investigate how the calibrationfree single-anchor indoor localization algorithm developed for base stations equipped with electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antennas can further be improved. By reducing the total number of ESPAR antenna radiation patterns used in localization process, one can significantly reduce the time needed for an object localization. Performed localization measurements...
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Flexible syngas-biogas-hydrogen fueling spark-ignition engine behaviors with optimized fuel compositions and control parameters
PublicationThis paper presents the results research on the optimal fuel compositions and the control parameters of the spark ignition engine fueled with syngas-biogas-hydrogen for the purpose of setting up a flexible electronic control unit for the engine working in a solar-biomass hybrid renewable energy system. In syngas-biogas-hydrogen mixture, the optimal content of hydrogen and biogas is 20% and 30%, respectively. Exceeding these thresholds,...
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Accurate PPCC-Based DoA Estimation Using Multiple Calibration Planes for WSN Nodes Equipped with ESPAR Antennas
PublicationIn this paper, we have introduced a new direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation method, which relies on received signal strength (RSS) values measured at the output port of electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna and uses the power pattern cross-correlation (PPCC) estimator. In the method, we have successfully incorporated measurements of ESPAR antenna's radiation patterns performed at multiple calibration...
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Investigation on air quality of specific indoor environments—spa salons located in Gdynia, Poland
PublicationDue to excessive application of essential oils and scented products in spa salons during aromatherapy and massage sessions, the elevated concentration of total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs), particularly terpenes, which are known as secondary organic aerosol (SOA) precursors, is expected there. This study was aimed at determination of VOCs with a particular regard to terpenes in air samples collected in selected spa salons...
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Floodplain inundation Mapping using SAR Scattering Coefficient Thresholding and Observed Discharge Data
PublicationInundation area time series are important for wetlands monitoring and hydrological model validation. This study is conducted in Biebrza floodplain, which is a natural wetland with complex inundation generation processes. In order to map 2014-2018 series of inundation in the floodplain we test our automatic thresholding method on Sentinel 1 data. The threshold value is optimized using correlation of the inundation area with observed...
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Metoda szybkiego wyznaczania par węzłowo rozłącznych tras dla ochrony transmisji unicast
PublicationW celu ochrony transmisji przed awarią węzłów/łączy wykorzystuje się alternatywne trasy transmisji. Jednakże, złożoność obliczeniowa dostępnych algorytmów doboru tras rozłącznych często istotnie wstrzymuje producentów sprzętu od implementacji tychże rozwiązań. W pracy prezentujemy nowe podejście wyznaczania par rozłącznych tras bazujące na transformacji grafu sieci w meta strukturę. Wyniki badań odnośnie czasu wyznaczania tras...
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Zuschrift zu Stiglat K.: Bauingenieure und ihr Werk: ein Arbeitsbericht. // Stahlbau 73 (2004), H. 11, S. 873-878
PublicationW dyskusji poruszono związki humanistyki, a głównie - poezji, z techniką.
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High-temperature oxidation of the Crofer 22 H ferritic steel with Mn1.45Co1.45Fe0.1O4 and Mn1.5Co1.5O4 spinel coatings under thermal cycling conditions and its properties
PublicationThe aim of the presented study was to deposit protective-conducting Mn1.45Co1.45Fe0.1O4 and Mn1.5Co1.5O4 spinel coatings on the Crofer 22 H ferritic steel by means of electrophoresis and to evaluate their physicochemical properties after high-temperature oxidation under thermal cycling conditions. When the Crofer 22 H steel – whether uncoated or coated with the two spinels – was oxidized in 48-h cycles involving a temperature of...