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A design concept of main propulsion system with hydrostatic transmission gear for inland waterways ship
PublicationCelem analizy jest przedstawienie koncepcji napędu głównego statku oraz określenie jego sprawności całkowitej. Zrealizowanie zamierzenia przedstawionego powyżej wymaga spojrzenia na opis strat i sprawności energetycznej przekładni hydrostatycznej, uwzględniający jak najdalej idącą jego prostotę. Obraz wzajemnego wpływu strat we wszystkich elementach układu hydraulicznego okazuje się bardzo złożony. Przy założeniu koniecznych uproszczeń...
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The concept of estimation of elevator shaft control measurement results in the local 3D coordinate system.
PublicationGeodetic control measurements play an important part because they provide information about the current state of repair of the construction, which has a direct impact on the safety assessment of its exploitation. Authors in this paper have focused on control measurements of the elevator shaft. The article discusses the problem of determining the deviation of elevator shaft walls from the vertical plane in the local 3D coordinate...
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Assessment of the Small Enterprise’s Maturity to Improvement Projects Based on the Lean Six Sigma Concept
PublicationThis paper explores the methodology to assess the maturity of small enterprise of building masonry sector to implement integrated approach of Lean Six Sigma. For this purpose survey data from senior managers were used. Quantitative method of the case organization’s needs and capabilities in the scope of Lean Six Sigma project implementation was applied. The value of maturity indicator for Lean Six Sigma projects dedicated to the...
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The new concept of capillary forces aided evaporator for application in domestic organic rankine cycle
PublicationThis paper presents studies on the possibility of applying capillary forces induced in the porous structure to a modern design of evaporator. The potential application of such heat exchanger is for example an evaporator of the domestic micro combined heat and power (CHP) unit. One of the problems in the micro-CHP is excessive demand for pumping power. The proposed design helps in overcoming that issue. In the evaporator outlined...
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The Concept of Accuracy Analysis of the Vertical Displacements Gained from the Hydrostatic Levelling Systems’ Measurements
PublicationAbstract: Nowadays, hydrostatic levelling is a widely used method for the vertical displacements’ determinations of objects such as bridges, viaducts, wharfs, tunnels, high buildings, historical buildings, special engineering objects (e.g., synchrotron), sports and entertainment halls. The measurements’ sensors implemented in the hydrostatic levelling systems (HLSs) consist of the reference sensor (RS) and sensors located on the...
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Concept of an Innovative Autonomous Unmanned System for Bathymetric Monitoring of Shallow Waterbodies (INNOBAT System)
PublicationBathymetry is a subset of hydrography, aimed at measuring the depth of waterbodies and waterways. Measurements are taken inter alia to detect natural obstacles or other navigational obstacles that endanger the safety of navigation, to examine the navigability conditions, anchorages, waterways and other commercial waterbodies, and to determine the parameters of the safe depth of waterbodies in the vicinity of ports, etc. Therefore,...
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A concept of zero-dimensional and three-dimensional thermodynamic modelling of steam storage in a steam cycle
PublicationThis work presents the thermodynamic model of steam storage in a steam cycle. The innovative steam storage is an integral part of the unit and thus responds quickly to changes in load. This enhances the primary control reserve while maintaining high efficiency of energy conversion. With regard to power plants, it improves the operational safety of generation units, as it prevents boiler and turbines overload in the case of steep...
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Smart Cities Concept - Readiness of City Halls as a Measure of Reaching a Smart City Perception
PublicationThe article presents a proposal for a new approach to the assessment of Smart Cities: testing the readiness of city halls to a Smart City. The approach is the result of two-year studies involving ten major city halls. Readiness is compared with the previously used Smart City assessment methods: rankings or ISO standards. The relationship between readiness and organization maturity was also presented. The key role of city halls...
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Onboard Energy Storage and Power Management Systems forAll-Electric Cargo Vessel Concept
PublicationThis paper presents an innovative approach to the design of a forthcoming, fully electric-powered cargo vessel. This work begins by defining problems that need to be solved when designingvessels of this kind. Using available literature and market research, a solution for the design of apower management system and a battery management system for a cargo vessel of up to 1504 TEUcapacity was developed. The proposed solution contains...
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Proof of Concept of Indoor Location System Using Long RFID Readers and Passive Tags
PublicationThe paper proposes a system for persons and objects location with the use of long radio-frequency identifications (RFIDs) readers. In order to investigate all aspects of the proposed location system, several key elements had to be analyzed, including the distance from which the tagged objects and the possibility of using more than one tag within one RFID range at the same time. When designing the system, it is also necessary to...
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Experimental Investigation of the Performance of an Innovative Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device—Proof of Concept
PublicationThis paper presents the results of experimental performance of an innovative left ventricular assist device working on a specially designed test stand. The introduced invention is mainly applied for supporting the heart in patients with end-stage heart failure accompanied by mitral valve regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension. Moreover, the developed device has the form of a flexible balloon forming an intracardiac inert gas-filled...
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Greening procedures and analytical parameters. The polychlorinated naphthalenes analysis in complex matrices as proof of concept
PublicationDue to the complexity of analytical procedures employed for the determination of wide spectrum of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), it is important to consider the green character of the applied protocols and propose the greenest solutions. In this review, the green aspects of several analytical procedures used for the determination of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) (as a representatives of POPs) in different types of...
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Bionic relations as features of the author’s original concept of biomorphic plastic forms that belong to a place
PublicationThe article concerns the search for an architectural formula for living organically in the area of Pojezierze Kaszubskie [the Kashubian Lake Dis- trict]. The original project consisted in creating a series of biomorphic plastic forms that belong to the place. In this way, a set of alternative solutions was created in the form of small clay sculptures that account for bionic relationships between the newly created cultural elements...
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Sleep bruxism: An interdisciplinary concern
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Wisdom in the context of globalization and civilization
PublicationThe book seeks to answer the question - what is wisdom and how should it be used in everyday life? A model of wisdom is presented in which wisdom describes three attributes: knowledge, qualifications (skills) and inspirations leading to consciously controlled processes of correct assessment of the situation and the correct choice of solution options in the context of the art of living. For each attribute, we can specify a set of...
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Applying Web 2.0 Concepts to Creating Energy Planning Portal
PublicationCommunity authorities in Europe are tasked to create Advanced Local Energy Plans (ALEP), which encompasses collecting local data on current energy use and generation, as well as generating future development scenarios. Both the data and the development scenarios must be publicly accessible as a basis for energy-related decisions taken by residents, local companies and other local institutions. The data must partially be collected...
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On Explaining Intuitiveness of Software Engineering Techniques with User eXperience Concepts
PublicationW referacie zawarto próbę wyjaśnienia intuicyjności technik inżynierii oprogramowania za pomocą pojęć zaczerpniętych z obszaru doświadczenia użytkownika. Analizy dotyczą zarówno intuicyjności przy pierwszym zetknięciu się użytkownika z daną techniką, jak i dynamiki transformacji epizodycznych doświadczeń na doświadczenie skumulowane i powiązane z nim postrzeganie intuicyjności. Przedyskutowano potencjalne zastosowania modelu i...
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POMERANIAN LANDSCAPES OF MODERNIST ZASPA. CONCEPTS OF REVITALISATION OF THE HOUSING ESTATE
PublicationZaspa is a neighbourhood in Gdansk with a long locational history and numerous build-ups. It is situated in a complex landscape between the coastal strip and moraine hills. The housing estates built here in the 1970s followed the postulates of modernist urbanism, ignoring the topographical and natural specifics and the regional heritage. The result was an ergonomic but anonymous space with many current strengths...
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The efficiency of pollutants removal and concepts on improvement for single-family TWs
PublicationIn the rural areas building of sewerage systems and central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often brings too high costs, due to high distances from one farm to another and terrain configuration. Individual treatment systems for each farm are a good solution. Theteratment wetlands for nine individual farms were constructed in Kaszubian Lake District in summer and autumn 2009. Three configurations of hydrophyte beds were chosen....
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Acoustics of concert hall at academy of music in Gdańsk, project and realization
PublicationArtykuł opisuje właściwości akustyczne sali koncertowej Akademii Muzycznej w Gdańsku, ukończonej w roku 2007. Przedstawiono zalecenia akustyczne do projektu architektonicznego w zakresie akustyki budowlanej i akustyki wnętrz. Podano wyniki pomiarów akustycznych na kolejnych etapach realizacji obiektu.
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Cognitive Systems, Concepts, Processes, and Techniques for the Age of Industry 4.0
PublicationThe aim of this Guest Edition of Cybernetics and Systems is to present a wide-ranging scale of concepts and processes being currently researched, developed, and evaluated in real life settings in anticipation of incoming Industry 4.0 era. With the fourth industrial revolution expectation, the broad spectrum of cognitive approaches have emerged as an attempt to mimic and augment, in some way, human intelligence. Intelligence, in...
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Modelling of some stealth features for a small navy ship at the concept design stage - part II
PublicationIn the paper a few problems associated with modelling the basic stealth features for a small ship at the concept design stage are introduced. One problem concerns the modification of the immersed ship hull using the rapid change of the ship loading condition. The second is associated with the modification of the ship boundary layer by the hull skin cover. The other stealth features of the ship are not presented in this paper. The...
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Implementation of Fluidized Bed Concept to Improve Heat Transfer in Ecological Adsorption Cooling and Desalination Systems
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A concept of drive and control system of a novel device for people evacuating from large passenger ships
PublicationRosnąca z roku na rok liczba oraz wielkość i szybkość pasażerskich statków morskich wymusza szukanie nowatorskich lub doskonalenie dotychczasowych metod bezpiecznej ewakuacji ludzi z tak dużych obiektów. W artykule zaprezentowano koncepcję jednej z takich oryginalnych metod, w której między innymi, zastosowano wyciągi łańcuchowe do utrzymywania na czas rejsu oraz do opuszczania w razie ewakuacji łodzi ratunkowych. Przedstawiono...
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Retro analog concept: comparative study on physico-chemical and biological properties of selected antimicrobial peptides
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Concept of Flocks Fragmentation and Averaging Method for the Application of Electrocoagulation in Process for Coke Oven Wastewater Treatment
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Towards mechanosynthesis of diamondoid structures: iv. The strategy for preliminary implementation of elenbogen's ''mater as software'' concept
PublicationOpublikowana wcześniej (Molecular Electronics and Molecular Electronic Devices, Vol. 1, Chap. 2, CRC Press, Inc. 1993, pp. 31-83) strategia budowy molekularnych urządzeń ulektronicznych w oparciu o polisilany jest rozszerzona w kierunku koncepcji Ellenbogena ''mater as software'' poprzez rozważenie użycia zamkniętej jednościennej nanorórki jako ostrza STM w celu umożliwienia manipulacji cząsteczkami sililenu.
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A concept of pusher - barge coupling device of two-segment ship for inland waterways and coastal service
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono założenia projektowe i koncepcję rozwiązania konstrukcyjnego oraz napędu i sterowania urządzenia sprzęgającego pchacz i barkę dwusegmentowego statku śródlądowego i przybrzeżnego. Zaprezentowane urządzenie umożliwia zarówno sztywne połączenie, jak i wzajemne kontrolowane wychylanie obu segmentów względem siebie, co w znacznym stopni zwiększa manewrowość, a tym samym bezpieczeństwo żeglugi, zwłaszcza na wąskich...
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Angiotensin receptor - neprilysin inhibiton (ARNI) – A novel therapeutic concept for management of hypertension and heart failure
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Implementing SP4CE Learning Rooms concept and AUTODESK online certification in the preparation of a new generation of engineers.
PublicationIn academia, educators do not always cope with rapidly changing technologies. Yet keeping up with new trends is essential to graduates’ success in a competitive job market. In the article, the author will answer the question of how Autodesk University Open Educational Resources and Certiport exams including GMetrix can enhance students’ academic progress and prepare them for future career. The concept of co-operation between Authorized...
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Revalorisation of the Szewalski’s concept of the law of varying the last-stage blade retraction in a gas-steam turbine
PublicationThe article presents the implementations of the free vortex law to the blade of the last stage of a gas-steam turbine. First, a thermodynamic analysis was carried out, determining the parameters at the inlet, then the number of stages of the high and low-pressure part of the turbine was constructed, together with the kinematics and velocity vectors for subsequent stages of the axial turbine. The last step of article was to take...
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Commercial systems for automatic detection of events. Features, limitations and potential solutions
PublicationVideo Content Analysis (VCA). Motion detection. Example of complex VCA system. Commercial VCA systems and their applications. Limitations and problems. Possible solutions.
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Social networks as a context for small business? A new look at an enterprise in the context of a smallness and newness liability syndrome
PublicationIn this paper we aim to propose and outline key ingredients to a small enterprise success, emerging from the social capital of small business owner-managers and their business networks. We employ resource based view of an organization as well as an embeddedness perspective along with new approach transaction costs to outline the pillars of an advantage of a small business entity. The analysis of survey data leads us to conclusion,...
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PCR-Based Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with New GC-Rich Repeated Sequences and IS6110 Inverted Repeats Used as Primers.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono nową metodę genotypowania Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Zastosowanie oligonukleotydu Mtb1 5'-CCG-GCG-GGG-CCG-GCG-G lub Mtb2 5'-CGG-CGG-CAA-CGG-CGG-C wraz z oligonukleotydami specyficznymi do terminalnych sekwencji elementu insercyjnego IS6110 pozwala na różnicowanie szczepów Mycobacterium tuberculosis w metodzie PCR. Opracowana metoda może być wykorzystana w badaniach epidemiologicznych gruźlicy.
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One-tube cell lysis and DNA extraction procedure for PCR based detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in aquatic insects, molluscs and fish.
PublicationMycobacterium ulcerans jest bakterią wywołującą choroby skóry u ludzi i zwierząt. W trakcie prowadzonych badań opracowano prostą w wykonaniu metodę ekstrakcji DNA Mycobacterium ulcerans z próbek środowiskowych oraz klinicznych. Opracowana metoda izolacji DNA może być przydatna w badaniu źródeł infekcji oraz dróg szerzenia się Mycobacterium ulcerans.
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PCR amplification with primers based on IS2404 and GC-rich repeated sequence reveals polymorphism in Mycobacterium ulcerans
PublicationOpracowano prostą w wykonaniu metodę genotypowania szczepów bakterii z gatunku Mycobacterium ulcerans. Polimorfizm genetyczny 32 badanych izolatów Mycobacterium ulcerans odzwierciedla ich geograficzne pochodzenie z rejonów Afryki Centralnej, Ameryki Południowej i Łacińskiej, Azji Południowo-Wschodniej, Malezji oraz Australii.
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Kryteria wytrzymałości gruntu na ścinanie w zagadnieniach geotechniki
PublicationPrzedstawiono wpływ zastosowania różnych kryteriów wytrzymałości gruntu na ścinanie w symulacjach numerycznych prostych praktycznych zagadnień geotechnicznych. Obliczenia wykonano metodą elementów skończonych w płaskim oraz osiowosymetrycznym stanie odkształcenia. Wyniki obliczeń porównano oraz poddano krytycznej dyskusji.
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Health in the context of martial arts practice
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Dynamic Content Internationalization in Web Applications
PublicationThis paper shows a concept for providing dynamic internationalization to web applications. Presented work is based on the Java Web Platform but described concepts can be successfully implemented on other platforms. It shows how textual data being part of web pages static and dynamic content can be localized dynamically during application runtime. All concepts presented were or are still being developed in an existing conference...
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Skills Mismatch in the Context of Technological Change
PublicationThis dissertation examines the impact of technological change (TC) on skills and competences and how higher education’s role has changed along the way. Quantitative research was conducted to reveal the perceptions of students and employers in Poland on the relevance of particular skills in an ICT based economy. The results of this research show that there is generally a rather insignificant discrepancy in these perceptions....
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Towards automatic classification of Wikipedia content
PublicationArtykuł opisuje podejście do automatycznej klasyfikacji artykułów w Wikipedii. Przeanalizowane zostały reprezentacje tekstu bazujące na treści dokumentu i wzajemnych powiązaniach. Przedstawiono rezultaty zastosowania klasyfikatora SVM.
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Evaluation of zinc content in children’s hair
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The Context of Public Policy on the Sharing Economy
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Towards context-semantic knowledge bases
PublicationW artykule dyskutujemy zagadnienie projektowania kontekstowych baz wiedzy. W oparciu o tezę, że kontekstualizacja jest integralną części procesu konceptualizacji, przeprowadzamy rozszerzenie wybranych pojęć metody OntoClean tak, by choć częściowo uwzględniała ten fakt. Wprowadzamy także definicję ważnego pojęcia semantycznej kontekstowej bazy wiedzy i pokazujemy, że bazy zgodne z modelem SIM spełniają tę definicję.
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Internationalization of SME's: context, models and implementation
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Information content of systems as a physical principle
PublicationTo explain the conceptual gap between classical and quantum and other, hypothetical descriptions of the world, several principles have been proposed. So far, all these principles have not explicitly included the uncertainty relation. Here we introduce an information content principle ( ICP ) which represents a constrained uncertainty principle. The principle, by taking into account the encoding and decoding properties of a single physical...
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MEMS Gyro in the Context of Inertial Positionning
PublicationThe article undertake some vital aspect in geodesy, namely an inertial positioning problem using MEMS. Although MEMS inertial sensors offer affordable, appropriately scaled units, and though their inherent measurement noise can be relatively easily mitigated, there are still parameters due to they are not currently capable of meeting all requirements for the accurate and precise inertial positioning. The article presents crucial...
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Skills mismatch in the context of technological change
PublicationThe main purpose of this dissertation is to assess the perception asymmetry of smart skills and formal education in ICT based economy. In other words, the goal of this research is to assess perceptions of smart skills and competences in the context of technological change from the perspectives of employers and students in Poland. Determining the fore-mentioned relationship gives insight into the hypothetical perception asymmetry...
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Mind the framing: Match purpose and context
PublicationIn several ways, the following chapters will allude to the concept of frames. The assumptions of a mathematical model tell us what it can explain and what it cannot (see chapter 5). The trade-off between the usefulness of a mathemati- cal model and the scale of complexity it seeks to capture further conditions the narrative, highlighting or downsizing cognitive elements relevant to responsible modelling (see ‘Mathematics and tales’...
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Building materials in context for sustainable development
PublicationInterpretacja pojęcia ''budownictwo zrównoważone''. Zadania, cele i przykłady interpretacji realizacji budownictwa w kontekście zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju. Wskaźniki zrównoważenia stosowane w budownictwie.