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  • To i-vote or not to i-vote: Drivers and barriers to the implementation of internet voting

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    - Year 2021

    This paper investigates the drivers and barriers of internet voting and the implications of a global pandemic for the development of the respective technology. In contrast to the expected uptake in the early 2000s of internet voting, the technology is still rather seldomly used in election systems around the world. The paper at hand explores the different forces that drive or impede internet voting adoption from a political, social,...

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  • Emergency condition of the ceramic facade of a residential building

    The paper presents a description of the technical condition of the ceramic cladding of a residential building, the technical condition of which deteriorated significantly after only a few years of operation. The analysis of the influence of the applied design and working solutions on the façade failure frequency was analyzed. The article presents a conceptual solution to bring the building to the proper technical condition in terms...

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  • Emergency condition of the ceramic facade of a residential building

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    The paper presents a description of the technical condition of the ceramic cladding of a residential building, the technical condition of which deteriorated significantly after only a few years of operation. The analysis of the influence of the applied design and working solutions on the façade failure frequency was analyzed. The article presents a conceptual solution to bring the building to the proper technical condition in terms...

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  • Business Sentiment Analysis. Concept and Method for Perceived Anticipated Effort Identification

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    - Year 2019

    Representing a valuable human-computer interaction interface, Sentiment Analysis (SA) is applied to a wide range of problems. In the present paper, the researchers introduce a novel concept of Business Sentiment (BS) as a measurement of a Perceived Anticipated Effort (PAE) in the context of business processes (BPs). BS is considered as an emotional component of BP task contextual complexity perceived by a process worker after reading...

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  • EXPERIENCE-ORIENTED SMART EMBEDDED SYSTEM

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    - Year 2013

    The Experience-Oriented Smart Embedded System (EOSES) is proposed as a new technological platform providing a common knowledge management approach that allows mass embedded systems for experiential knowledge capturing, storage, involving, and sharing. Knowledge in the EOSES is represented as SOEKS, and organized as Decisional DNA. The platform is mainly based on conceptual principles from Embedded Systems and Knowledge Management....

  • The process of fuzzy model development for the case of polish internet mortgage market

    The aim of the paper is to present the conceptual description of fuzzy model representing the Polish Internet mortgage market. The first part of the paper consists of assessment and verification of model variables which are important for the Polish Internet Mortgage Market. This process begins with the initial set of variables which was used previously for the rule based model of the same market. As numerous aspects of the market...

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  • Conceptualizing Digital Government for Social Solidarity

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    This paper motivates the study of the impact of digital government on social solidarity; builds a conceptual foundation with four types of solidarity – group-based, compassionate, instrumental and emphatic; relates digital government to the type and moment – pre-technological, technological and post-technological of solidarity; and puts forward the type-moment frame to study how digital government is supporting social solidarity...

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  • A Perspective on Fast-SPICE Simulation Technology

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    - Year 2009

    This chapter presents an introduction to the area of accelerated transistor-level (‘fast-SPICE’) simulation for automated verification and characterization of integrated circuits (ICs) from technologist’s perspective. It starts with outlining goals, expectations and typical usage models for fast-SPICE simulators, stressing how they differ from regular SPICE tools. It continues with presenting and classifying core technologies typically...

  • Modern remote sensing and the challenges facing education systems in terms of its teaching

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    - Year 2015

    Currently the fastest growing area of geodesy is undoubtedly remote sensing. The importance that it has recently conducted on the effectiveness of worldwide research determines its huge success. Examination of the specific characteristics of objects without direct contact with them is a key feature has opened the way to the new very interesting areas of contemporary research. In this light, it seems reasonable to say that there...

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  • Lamp of adjustable spectrum for photographic usage

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    Photography is a unique rapidly growing interdisciplinary field encompassing aspects of science, art and technology. Expectations of photographers are steadily increasing with the development of technology. One of the areas playing a crucial role in photography is lighting. Consequently, several types of light sources for photographic use have been developed. The ongoing research in this field concentrates on lamps with tunable...

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  • Disruption of the communication process on the example of ALEP-PL web application

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    - Year 2013

    By creating a dedicated web service, such as the presented ALEP-PL solution, you can not assume that its users have suffcient knowledge of the energy sector. This application is dedicated to the local energy planning. The ALEP-PL makes it easier to incorporate in the planning of key players in the local energy market. This group of ALEP-PL users represents mainly the ocials of energy companies and specialist offcers. In the paper...

  • CSR and small business from the international and national perspective

    Corporate and social responsibility is nowadays quite a popular topic among large companies but thanks to numerous popularization activities undertaken by national and international institutions, also small entrepreneurs become more and more interested in exploring this fairly new approach. This paper outlines the main differences between the implementation of the CSR approach in large companies and in SMEs, which are not able...

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  • Participatory co-design approach for Greencoin educational tool shaping urban green behaviors.

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    - Year 2022

    Our main goal is to prepare assumptions of the Greencoin (GC) cybernetic system, implying pro-ecological attitudes and behavior of city residents. We used qualitative methods, including a literature review and action research -workshops attended by academics, representatives of private and business sectors, urban movements, municipal institutions’ partners, and residents. Our results defined functionalities of the GC, identified...

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  • Influence of the Widespread Use of Corten Plate on the Acoustics of the European Solidarity Centre Building in Gdansk

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    This paper describes the relationship between a strong architectural vision that is difficult to balance, and user expectations in terms of acoustics. The focus is on the use of corten steel as the dominant finishing material on façades and interiors to achieve an expressive, symbolic message through program-based design. The architectural premises justifying the adopted solutions are presented, especially the universality and...

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  • APPLICABILITY OF INLET AIR FOGGING TO MARINE GAS TURBINE

    The dependency of marine gas turbine on the ambient temperature leads to a decrease of the gas turbine power output in arid areas. Very often gas turbine power output demand is high and the power margins originally designed into the driver , has been exhausted. In such circumstances the inlet air fogging is an effective compensation of gas turbine power. In this paper an analysis of inlet air fogging applicability to marine gas...

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  • The Optimum Dataset method – examples of the application

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    - Year 2018

    Data reduction is a procedure to decrease the dataset in order to make their analysis more effective and easier. Reduction of the dataset is an issue that requires proper planning, so after reduction it meets all the user’s expectations. Evidently, it is better if the result is an optimal solution in terms of adopted criteria. Within reduction methods, which provide the optimal solution there is the Optimum Dataset method (OptD)...

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  • Adapting education to a changing climate: preparing architecture students for climate-resilient design

    In this article, the authors explore the connection between climate change and the fields of architecture and urban planning. With the increasing frequency of flooding and extreme weather events, the built environment is confronting challenges in terms of sustainability and resilience. To meet these problems, it is necessary to prepare various specialists to assume responsibility for making future decisions. The authors of this...

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  • Oczekiwania stron konfliktu i mediatorów wobec e-mediacji. Czy e-mediacja ma przyszłość?

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    - Year 2014

    Artykuł prezentuje możliwości prowadzenia mediacji – skutecznej i korzystnej, ale rzadko wykorzystywanej w Polsce metody pozasądowego rozstrzygania sporów - z wykorzystaniem profesjonalnej platformy internetowej. Na podstawie badań przeprowadzonych na grupie mediatorów oraz stron konfliktów określono oczekiwania dotyczące prowadzenia e-mediacji i wyzwania, jakie stawia przed mediatorami mediacja on-line.

  • CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TOWARDS RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE

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    - Year 2018

    Constantly changing environment pressures every living for a change, and response becomes a basic reaction of any living form. Change is a natural reaction that enables survivor of all the species. However, in architecture, the responsive structure did not take important role until the twentieth century. During that time many concepts and building introduced kinematics into the discipline. In the late 50 and 60 of XX century, visionary...

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  • Building modernization located in the conservation protection zone in the aspect of technical conditions

    The paper presents a description of the technical condition of the building after many years of operation and analyzes the impact of the current use and the lack of regular periodic repairs on the technical efficiency of the building. The influence of the technical solutions applied during the construction of the building on the current limitations related to the planned, target change in the way of use was discussed. Variant conceptual...

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  • Assessing Effectiveness of Recommendations to Requirements-Related Problems through Interviews with Experts

    Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis are known as very important to software project outcome but also difficult activities, coping with many problems and challenges. The work reported in this paper was preceded by a survey which revealed most common requirements-related problems in Polish IT industry. We addressed ten most frequently reported problems by reviewing the literature for recommen¬dations how to cope with...

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  • Social entrepreneurship and its hybridity determining resource challenges and chances

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    In this conceptual paper, the author aims to grasp what are the particular challenges and opportunities in social entrepreneurship, in terms of resource access and mobilization, considering the hybrid nature of social enterprise. To this end, the author points to the nature of hybridity and discusses what advantages and disadvantages are inherent in financial, human and physical resources access for social enterprises as hybrid...

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  • ENERGY STORAGE IN COMPRESSED AIR – SOLUTION SUPPORTING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

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    This article presents a brief description of a power system, the current national power system daily load, the use of wind power as a renewable energy source and its share in the national load. It also discusses the methods for storing energy, their characteristics and possible solutions. The power storage and generation solution proposed in the article is based on the collaboration between a gas turbine and an air storage system....

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  • Ontology-based text convolution neural network (TextCNN) for prediction of construction accidents

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    • S. Donghui
    • L. Zhigang
    • J. Zurada
    • A. Manikas
    • J. Guan
    • P. Weichbroth

    - KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Year 2024

    The construction industry suffers from workplace accidents, including injuries and fatalities, which represent a significant economic and social burden for employers, workers, and society as a whole.The existing research on construction accidents heavily relies on expert evaluations,which often suffer from issues such as low efficiency, insufficient intelligence, and subjectivity.However, expert opinions provided in construction...

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  • Direct brain stimulation modulates encoding states and memory performance in humans

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    • Y. Ezzyat
    • J. E. Kragel
    • J. F. Burke
    • D. F. Levy
    • A. Lyalenko
    • P. Wanda
    • L. O'Sullivan
    • K. B. Hurley
    • S. Busygin
    • I. Pedisich... and 16 others

    - CURRENT BIOLOGY - Year 2017

    People often forget information because they fail to effectively encode it. Here, we test the hypothesis that targeted electrical stimulation can modulate neural encoding states and subsequent memory outcomes. Using recordings from neurosurgical epilepsy patients with intracranially implanted electrodes, we trained multivariate classifiers to discriminate spectral activity during learning that predicted remembering from forgetting,...

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  • Identification of the Agile Mindset and Its Comparison to the Competencies of Selected Agile Roles

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    - Year 2020

    In this paper we present the results of the identification and evalua-tion of the elements of an agile mindset as well as its comparison to the compe-tence models for the roles of Scrum Master, Product Owner and agile analyst. We have identified 70 unique agile mindset elements from literature and 5 in-terviews with experts. Based on an opinion survey among 52 agile practitioners we evaluated the importance of 26 selected elements...

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  • Comparison of technology adoption models

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    - Year 2019

    There are several technology adoption models, that try to explain, how and why the technologies are adopted and used. Among those, that are widely used to explain, how the older adults accept technologies, there are some general models and models specific to the group of older users. Among the general ones I would recommend paying attention to the following models: Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) proposed by Davis...

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  • Traffic Model of IMS/NGN Architecture with Transport Stratum Based on MPLS Technology

    Growing expectations for a fast access to information create strong demands for a universal telecommunication network architecture, which provides various services with strictly determined quality. Currently it is assumed that these requirements will be satisfied by Next Generation Network (NGN), which consists of two stratums and includes IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) elements. To guarantee Quality of Service (QoS) all NGN stratums...

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  • Influence of the Addition of Selected Spices on Sensory Quality and Biological Activity of Honey

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    - JOURNAL OF FOOD QUALITY - Year 2017

    Bee honey is nutritious and has numerous health benefits, but its taste is for many people too bland. Honey with addition of spices could be important to the food industry as a functional product with positive health image and interesting taste. Such product would definitely meet health-driven consumers’ expectations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of addition of selected spices on sensory, antimicrobial,...

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  • Influence of low-temperature physical hardening on stiffness and tensile strength of asphalt concrete and stone mastic asphalt

    This paper presents laboratory testing of stiffness modulus and indirect tensile strength of three asphalt concrete (AC) and three stone mastic asphalt (SMA) mixes after isothermal storage at temperature of -20oC, at different time intervals up to 16 days. The tests under repeated dynamic loading showed physical hardening of all tested mixes which was manifested by an evident increase of their stiffness moduli after isothermal...

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  • Do online reviews reveal mobile application usability and user experience? The case of WhatsApp

    The variety of hardware devices and the diversity of their users imposes new requirements and expectations on designers and developers of mobile applications (apps). While the Internet has enabled new forms of communication platform, online stores provide the ability to review apps. These informal online app reviews have become a viral form of electronic wordof-mouth (eWOM), covering a plethora of issues. In our study, we set ourselves...

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  • Usability study of various biometric techniques in bank branches

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    The purpose of the presented research was to evaluate the performance of the prepared biometric algorithms and obtain information on the opinions and preferences of their users in bank branches. The study aimed to determine users' attitudes towards particular modalities and preferences on how to use biometrics after the bank customers had practical experience with the operation of the prototype solutions. The research results...

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  • Dotacje unijne jako źródło finansowania innowacji w małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwach

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    - Year 2016

    Artykuł dotyczy wskazania możliwości pozyskania źródeł finansowania innowacji małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw. Przykładem tego mają być dostępne obecnie lub w przyszłości granty i fundusze unijne. W artykule przedstawiono owe dotacje i ogólne ich zasady z uwzględnieniem programu z jakiego pochodzą i dla jakiego podmiotu mają być dedykowane. Ponadto zaprezentowano propozycje na co mogą być przeznaczone środki z poszczególnych...

  • Retrieval with Semantic Sieve

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    The article presents an algorithm we called Semantic Sieve applied for refining search results in text documents repository. The algorithm calculates socalled conceptual directions that enables interaction with the user and allows to narrow the set of results to the most relevant ones. We present the system where the algorithm has been implemented. The system also offers in the presentation layer clustering of the results into...

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  • AMO model for neuro-inclusive remote workplace

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    - Personnel Review - Year 2022

    Purpose The aim of this article is to extend current debates on organizational equality, diversity and inclusion to a consideration of neurodivergence in the remote workplace context. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the ability, motivation, and opportunity (AMO) model and an emerging strength-based approach to neurodiversity, this conceptual paper integrates research on neurodiversity at work and remote working to provide...

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  • Developing a Framework for the Implementation of Landscape and Greenspace Indicators in Sustainable Urban Planning. Waterfront Landscape Management: Case Studies in Gdańsk, Poznań and Bristol

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    - Sustainability - Year 2019

    Urban landscape (UL) management and urban greenspace (UG) delivery require effective planning tools. The aim of the study is to develop a conceptual framework for the implementation of ecological, structural and visual landscape and greenspace indicators (LGI) in spatial development of urban areas. The UL and UG management provisions in Poland are identified at various levels of urban planning (local, municipal and regional). Furthermore,...

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  • Klimat pracy zespołu wirtualnego

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    - Year 2015

    Artykuł dotyczy klimatu pracy zespołowej, rozumianego jako wspólna dla pracowników zespołu percepcja procesów, praktyk i zachowań, które towarzyszą pracy zespołowej i mają wpływ zarówno na satysfakcję jak i na efekty pracy zespołu. Celem artykułu jest weryfikacja założenia, że wymiary klimatu pracy zespołowej, rozpoznane jako istotne dla zespołów tradycyjnych, mają swoje odzwierciedlenie również we współpracy zespołów wirtualnych....

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  • Estetyka domu jak element warunkujący poczucie przynależności w procesie zamieszkiwania

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    - Year 2016

    Dom jest formą schronienia, która stanowi przedmiot w złożonym procesie zamieszkiwania. Jednym z aspektów decydujących o doświadczaniu poczucia utożsamiania w tym procesie jest estetyka tego domu. Dbałość o jej spójność z oczekiwaniami przyszłych mieszkańców i wpasowanie w zastane otoczenie wydają się oczywistym zadaniem architekta. Jednak w przypadku istniejących osiedli mieszkaniowych wielorodzinnych, zwanych potocznie blokowiskami,...

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  • Renovation works in buildings in the area of former defensive fortifications

    he paperpresents the Complex of Buildings which was created in Gdańsk as a result of the reconstruction and development of the remains of the defensive fortifications of Redita Napoleońska. Some of the buildings of the Building Complex, after many years of operation, were in an emergency condition and required urgent renovation and repair work. The papercontains a detailed analysis of the technicalcondition of individual...

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  • Towards Use of OntoClean for Ontology Contextualization

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    Ontologies are formal systems of concepts used to describe numerous domains of interest. Ontologies are usually very expressive, but it comes at a price of computationally expensive reasoning over them. In our previous work we discussed the possible performance benefits that can be obtained by decomposing an ontology into contexts. While the benefits are appealing, we discovered that, in our case, the main obstacle against using...

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  • TD (trans-disciplinarity) as a conceptual research approach to address complex collective action problems in governance and planning research

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    • R. Ruczyński
    • P. Lorens
    • I. Mironowicz

  • Including the Dark Side of Entrepreneurship in the Entrepreneurship Education

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    Pursuing an entrepreneurial career is often rewarding in terms of both economic and psychological outcomes. However, becoming an entrepreneur also has its darker side that affects professional and personal life. Meanwhile, the positivity bias is prevalent in entrepreneurial education and research. It is recognized as emphasizing the advantages of becoming an entrepreneur and giving considerably less attention to potential downsides....

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  • On the Consumption of Multimedia Content Using Mobile Devices: a Year to Year User Case Study

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    In the early days, consumption of multimedia content related with audio signals was only possible in a stationary manner. The music player was located at home, with a necessary physical drive. An alternative way for an individual was to attend a live performance at a concert hall or host a private concert at home. To sum up, audio-visual effects were only reserved for a narrow group of recipients. Today, thanks to portable players,...

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  • The need for new transport protocols on the INTERNET

    The TCP/IP protocol suite is widely used in IP networks, regardless of diverse environments and usage scenarios. Due to the fact of being the basic concept of organizing the work of the Internet, it is the subject of interest and constant analysis of operators, users, network researchers, and designers. The Internet is a "living" organism in which new needs appear all the time. This is particularly important due to the emerging...

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  • A universal standard for health-promoting places. Example of assessment -on the basis of a case study of Rahway River Park

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    The purpose of this paper is to contribute to development of approaches to the evaluation of the design of public open green spaces (POS). This paper presents a universal standard for the design of health-promoting urban places. The standard is a conceptual framework which was developed after visiting over one hundred public parks and therapeutic gardens in Europe and the United States. The universal standard is a simple and...

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  • Advanced Modeling of Management Processes in Information Technology

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    This book deals with the issues of modeling management processes of information technology and IT projects while its core is the model of information technology management and its component models (contextual, local) describing initial processing and the maturity capsule as well as a decision-making system represented by a multi-level sequential model of IT technology selection, which acquires a fuzzy rule-based implementation...

  • CONDITIONS OF THE GREEN TRANSFORMATION. THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

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    The main purpose of the paper is to identify the factors that determine the course of green transformation and to assess the current stage and possible directions of change in subsequent years in EU countries. The literature lacks comprehensive studies that show the impact of diverse types of factors on the course of green transformation. For this purpose, two perspectives of the research – economic and environmental – are usually...

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  • Towards a Framework for Context Awareness Based on Textual Process Data

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    - Year 2023

    Context awareness is critical for the successful execution of processes. In the abundance of business process management (BPM) research, frameworks exclusively devoted to extracting context from textual process data are scarce. With the deluge of textual data and its increasing value for organizations, it be-comes essential to employ relevant text analytics techniques to increase the awareness of business process (BP) workers,...

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  • Context-Aware Indexing and Retrieval for Cognitive Systems Using SOEKS and DDNA

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    - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Year 2019

    Visual content searching, browsing and retrieval tools have been a focus area of interest as they are required by systems from many different domains. Context-based, Content-Based, and Semantic-based are different approaches utilized for indexing/retrieving, but have their drawbacks when applied to systems that aim to mimic the human capabilities. Such systems, also known as Cognitive Systems, are still limited in terms of processing...

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  • Study Analysis of Transmission Efficiency in DAB+ Broadcasting System

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    - Year 2018

    DAB+ is a very innovative and universal multimedia broadcasting system. Thanks to its updated multimedia technologies and metadata options, digital radio keeps pace with changing consumer expectations and the impact of media convergence. Broadcasting analog and digital radio services does vary, concerning devices on both transmitting and receiving side, as well as content processing mechanisms. However, the biggest difference is...

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