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Health-Promoting Effects of Ethylene-Treated Kiwifruit ‘Hayward’ from Conventional and Organic Crops in Rats Fed an Atherogenic Diet
PublicationKiwifruit is a subtropical fruit that is very popular among consumers. Kiwifruit ‘Hayward’ (Actinidia deliciosa C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson) is an important source of bioactive compounds and possesses high antioxidant capacity, but its value can be changed during ripening. The aim of this study was to compare the levels of total polyphenols (TP), ascorbic acid (AA), and total antioxidant capacities (TACs) of ethylene-treated and...
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Conditions of Best Practice Transfer - Results of the Quick IGA Project
PublicationThe Quick IGA project supports the development of working and organizational structures in SMEs in order to increase the employment rate of women and elderly and concurrently increases innovation capacities. One of the main project’s tasks was to find best practices from SMEs in Nordic countries in that field (in the first step) and identify (in second step) possibilities and conditions of their implementation in SMEs in other...
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Snow Cover Studies: a Review on the Intensity of Human Pressure
PublicationSnow cover should be treated as a highly dynamic medium. A variety of physical and chemical processes interact to alter its chemical composition and affect the metamorphism of its individual crystals and layers; this, in turn, has a direct influence on their mutual adhesion, and ultimately on the stability of the entire snow cover. The literature data here reported provide basic information on the forms of solid precipitation,...
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40GbE und 100GbE als neue Generation des Ethernets
PublicationDie Erörterung der Hauptaspekte bei den neusten Entwicklungen des Ethernets bildet den Kern dieser Arbeit. Zuerst wird auf Anforderungen (teilweise bei Beibehaltung alter Eigenschaften, z.B. Vollduplex, Rahmenformat, BER=10-12, u.a.), für die neuen Versionen des Ethernets eingegangen. Dann folgt die Darstellung der Konzepte und der Lösungsmöglichkeiten innerhalb der physikalischen Schicht. Dem Thema "Verkabelung" (Kupfer, LWL,...
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Wykluczenie finansowe starszych konsumentów na rynku usług finansowych
PublicationCelem opracowania jest identyfikacja uwarunkowań wykluczenia finansowego starszych konsumentów na rynku usług finansowych. Dla realizacji tego celu zidentyfikowano m.in. podstawowe pojęcia dotyczące wykluczenia (w tym wykluczenia finansowego) osób starszych. Zagrożenia wynikające z wykluczenia finansowego starszych konsumentów zostały zilustrowane poprzez analizę danych statystycznych dotyczących starzenia się społeczeństwa. Podstawowy...
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Collective angst and collective action for progressive city policies: study1
Open Research DataPaweł Adamowicz, the liberal mayor of Gdańsk, died on January 14, 2019, after being stabbed by a man who rushed onstage during a charity event. Three studies were carried out to analyze the predictors of willingness to engage in collective action for the support of the progressive city policies he initiated. In this study 1 (N = 214), the questionnaire,...
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Metabolic activity of tree saps of different origin towards cultured human cells in the light of grade correspondence analysis and multiple regression modeling
PublicationTree saps are nourishing biological media commonly used for beverage and syrup production. Although the nutritional aspect of tree saps is widely acknowledged, the exact relationship between the sap composition, origin, and effect on the metabolic rate of human cells is still elusive. Thus, we collected saps from seven different tree species and conducted composition-activity analysis. Saps from trees of Betulaceae, but not from...
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Synthesis of anthraquinone-tuftsin analogues as potential topoisomerase inhibitors
PublicationZaprezentowano syntezę nowych analogów antrachinonów z pochodnymi tuftsyny i retro-tuftsyny oraz wstępne badania biologiczne (aktywność cytotoksyczną na wybranych liniach nowotworowych oraz zdolność hamowania topoizomerazy I).
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Mentor&Student Research Lab: new type of architectural and urban design workshops, new opportunities, valuable results
PublicationThe space around us has significantly changed during last years. Polish cities have undergone a major transformation following political, economical and social transition [8]. Similar change is noticeable at universities and their educational programmes for architecture and spatial planning students. Nowadays designers and activists tackle completely different problems and have different opportunities than their older colleagues...
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Organisatorische Probleme des Niederschlagwasser – Management in Polen
PublicationIn Polen dominiert in der Kanalisation das Trennsystem. Nur im Zentrum größerer Städte herrscht hauptsächlich das Mischsystem vor. Bezüglich Niederschlagswasser gibt es in Polen keine Festlegungen. Es gibt keine Definition der Verantwortlichkeiten für die Niederschlagswasserentsorgung sowie deren Finanzierung. Trotz Änderungen im Gesetz über die öffentliche Wasserver-und Abwasserentsorgung wurde dieses Problem bislang nicht...
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Nadmiarowe zgony podczas pandemii COVID-19 w Polsce i ocena skuteczności szczepień
PublicationZ powodu pandemii COVID-19 zmarły miliony ludzi na całym świecie. Jak wynika z wielu badań, szczepienia przeciw chorobie wywołanej wirusem SARS-CoV-2 okazały się środ-kiem ograniczającym skalę zachorowań i liczbę zgonów. Celem badania omawianego w artyku-le jest pomiar skali pandemii w Polsce za pomocą liczby nadmiarowych zgonów w podregio-nach według klasyfikacji NUTS 3 i w grupach wieku, a następnie określenie zależności pomiędzy...
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Bioactive compounds and the antioxidant capacity in new kiwi fruit cultivars
PublicationThe aim of this investigation was to find the best among seven different kiwi fruit cultivars (‘Hayward’, ‘Daheung’, ‘Haenam’, ‘Bidan’, ‘Hort16A’, ‘Hwamei’ and ‘SKK12’) for human consumption and to classify them as groups. Therefore, the contents of bioactive compounds and the level of antioxidant capacities of these cultivars were determined in four different extracts and compared. It was found that the contents of the bioactive...
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Piotr Grudowski dr hab. inż.
PeopleProfessor Dr hab. Eng. Piotr Grudowski heads the Department of Quality and Commodity Management at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Gdansk University of Technology. In the years 1987-2009 he worked at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Gdansk University of Technology, where he obtained a doctoral degree in technical sciences in the discipline of construction and operation of machines and he headed the Department...
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Energy Efficiency Analysis of Railway Turnout Heating With a Simplified Snow Model Using Classical and Contactless Heating Method
PublicationElectrical heating of railway turnouts is a considerable technical and economic challenge, hence the need to conduct research for optimisation of a railway turnouts heating system. This paper presents results of a numerical analysis and experimental research on heating systems mounted on rail turnouts in line with the classical method and including a heater thermally insulated from the base of a rail. The numerical calculations...
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A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus
PublicationSimulated gastro-intestinal digestion is widely employed in many fields of food and nutritional sciences, as conducting human trials are often costly, resource intensive, and ethically disputable. As a consequence, in vitro alternatives that determine endpoints such as the bioaccessibility of nutrients and non-nutrients or the digestibility of macronutrients (e.g. lipids, proteins and carbohydrates) are used for screening and building...
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Możliwości zamiany elektrycznych przepływomierzy powietrza stosowanych w silnikach spalinowych samochodów
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono podstawowe typy przepływomierzy powietrza, stosowane w silnikach spalinowych samochodów: z klapąspiętrzającą, HLM, HFM, Vortex i MAP. Przedstawiono wyniki badania tych przepływomierzy na specjalnie przygotowanym stanowisku pomiarowym. Przeanalizowano możliwość ich zamiany i zweryfikowano taką możliwość w praktyce.
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System pomiarowy spektroskopii impedancyjnej do diagnostyki obiektów technicznych
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono system pomiarowy ukierunkowany na testowanie i diagnostykę obiektów elektronicznych i nieelektrycznych. Charakterystyczną cechą systemu jest wyposażenie w bibliotekę metod spektroskopii impedancyjnej umożliwiających identyfikację elementów niedostępnych zaciskowo. Omówiono architekturę systemu, podstawy teoretyczne metod wyznaczania widma impedancji oraz przedstawiono wyniki weryfikacji praktycznej metod...
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Inwestycje alternatywne i ich korelacja z rynkiem inwestycji tradycyjnych
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono pojęcie oraz atrybuty inwestycji alter-natywnych w kontekście funkcjonowania inwestycji tradycyjnych. Wy-znaczone zostały również współczynniki korelacji liniowej Pearsona po-między stopami zwrotu inwestycji tradycyjnych (reprezentowanymi przez indeksy WIG, WIG20, mWIG40 oraz sWIG80) i alternatywnych (reprezentowanymi przez złoto, srebro, platynę, pallad i ropę naftową). W ten sposób zbadano, czy wybrane...
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THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE POLISH LABOUR MARKET IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGES IN THE PENSION SECURITY SYSTEM
PublicationThe aim of the study is to examine the opinion of a group of women on their economic activity and decisions related to retirement. The first part of the article reviews previous research related to the economic activity of older people with a special focus on women. In the empirical part of the article, women’s opinions on issues related to retirement were analyzed. The research was carried out in 2016 on a sample of 45 women,...
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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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Assessment of the Accuracy of Determining the Angular Position of the Unmanned Bathymetric Surveying Vehicle Based on the Sea Horizon Image
PublicationThe paper presents the results of research on assessing the accuracy of angular position measurement relative to the sea horizon using a camera mounted on an unmanned bathymetric surveying vehicle of the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) type. The first part of the article presents the essence of the problem. The rules of taking the angular position of the vehicle into account in bathymetric surveys...
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Comparison of luminescence (TL and OSL) dating results from selected loess profiles in SE Poland and the NW Ukraine
PublicationFive periglacial loess profiles, three from Poland and two from the Ukraine, were selected from dating luminescence methods (TL and OSL). In regional terms, they include loess of the Carpathin, peri-Carpathian and Podalia facies. 89 samples were collected for dating purposes from five profiles. Of these samples, 19 were OSL-dated. The function of TL and OSL date distribution for the same samples was presented on one chart. The...
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Factory Acceptance Test – Strain Gauge Measurement, Report no: WOiO /II/123/2014
PublicationTested object was 40 meters long jib and its foundation, placed in Gdansk Shiprepair Yard, manufactured by KMK. The contruction was dedicated to the passenger cruise vessel "Quantum of the Seas" The Strain Gauge measurement in different location and load situation was done in order to validate calculation finite element models used during strength analysis for project. The expertise contains: methodology of the measurements, description...
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Factory Acceptance Test – Strain Gauge Measurement - Report no: WOiO /II/88/2014
PublicationTested object was 40 meters long jib and its foundation, placed in Gdansk Shiprepair Yard, manufactured by KMK. The contruction was dedicated to the passenger cruise vessel "North Star" The Strain Gauge measurement in different location and load situation was done in order to validate calculation finite element models used during strength analysis for project. The expertise contains: methodology of the measurements, description...
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STANY NIEUSTALONE TOWARZYSZĄCE POMIAROWI IMPEDANCJI PĘTLI ZWARCIA W OBWODACH WYJŚCIOWYCH ZASILACZY BEZPRZERWOWYCH UPS
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodykę i wyniki pomiarów stanów nieustalonych w zasilaczu bezprzerwowym (UPS) typu on - line. Do rejestracji zdarzeń po stronie zasilania i na wyjściu UPS wykorzystano dwa przyrządy do pomiaru jakości energii elektrycznej zsynchronizowane czasowo. Rejestratory kompresują uzyskane dane pomiarowe, co może wprowadzać dodatkowe błędy pomiaru wielkości mierzonych – napięć i prądów. Dodatkowe rejestracje oscyloskopem...
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Modyfikacja właściwości fizykochemicznych triacylogliceroli na drodze enzymatycznego przeestryfikowania.
PublicationPrzeestryfikowano mieszaniny oleju rzepakowego i łoju wołowego (4:6w/w). Katalizatorami reakcji były immobilizowane enzymy lipolityczne: Lipozyme RM IM, Lipozyme TL IM oraz Novozym 435 (Novo Nordisk). Produkty reakcji rozdzielano przy pomocy chromatografii kolumnowej. Triacyloglicerole (TAG) eluowano mieszaniną eteru naftowego i eteru dietylowego(87:13). W otrzymanych produktach oraz w wyizolowanych z nich TAG oznaczano temperaturę...
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Determination of chlorine concentration using single temperature modulated semiconductor gas sensor
PublicationA periodic temperature modulation using sinusoidal heater voltage was applied to a commercial SnO2 semiconductor gas sensor. Resulting resistance response of the sensor was analyzed using a feature extraction method based on Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT). The amplitudes of the higher harmonics of the FFT from the dynamic nonlinear responses of measured gas were further utilized as an input for Artificial Neural...
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Employees 50+: How They Are Assessed and How They Assess Themselves
PublicationIn Poland, the older workers are valued for their knowledge and professional experience. Many of them, during transition period, actively participated in the creation of today’ s businesses and now occupy exposed managerial positions, being aware of their own value. On the other hand, old age is one of the main reasons for the limited access to work. The seniors are assigned stereotypical characteristics, such as low levels of...
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Fully Separated Flow Control Using DBD Plasma Actuators Located at the Leading Edge of an Airfoil
PublicationIn the framework of the PLASMAERO European project, experiments were conducted to investigate the authority of surface DBD plasma actuators to alter a fully separated flow around an airfoil in order to improve its aerodynamic performances in its natural stall regime. In this paper, unsteady excitation control is more specifically investigated. The key control parameter studied here is the burst frequency which periodically imposes...
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Influence of Self-Similar Traffic Type on Performance of QoS Routing Algorithms
PublicationProviding a Quality of Services (QoS) into current telecommunication networks based on packet technology is a big challenge nowadays. Network operators have to support a number of new services like voice or video which generate new type of traffic. This traffic serviced with QoS in consequence requires access to appropriate network resources. Additionally, new traffic type is mixed with older one, like best-effort. Analysis of...
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Hydrogen Bonds in Blends of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), Poly(N-ethylacrylamide) Homopolymers, and Carboxymethyl Cellulose
PublicationRecently, it was reported that the physical crosslinking exhibited by some biopolymers could provide multiple benefits to biomedical applications. In particular, grafting thermoresponsive polymers onto biopolymers may enhance the degradability or offer other features, as thermothickening behavior. Thus, different interactions will affect the different hydrogen bonds and interactions from the physical crosslinking of carboxymethyl...
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Deep learning for recommending subscription-limited documents
PublicationDocuments recommendation for a commercial, subscription-based online platform is important due to the difficulty in navigation through a large volume and diversity of content available to clients. However, this is also a challenging task due to the number of new documents added every day and decreasing relevance of older contents. To solve this problem, we propose deep neural network architecture that combines autoencoder with...
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Badania nowego czujnika wilgotności z filmem polimerowym
PublicationW pracy przedstawione zostały wyniki pomiarów widm impedancji czujników wilgotności z epoksydowymi filmami polimerowymi, zawierającymi czułe na wilgoć czwartorzędowe sole amoniowe. Filmy spreparowano z polietylenoiminy (PEI), usieciowanej przy pomocy eteru diglicydylowego 1,4-butanodiolu (BDDGE) z dodatkiem chlorku trójmetyloamoniowoglicydylowego (GTMAC).
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Occurrence and Determination of Volatile Fatty Acids in Wastewater of Different Origin
PublicationOpracowano metodykę oznaczania krótkołańcuchowych alifatycznych kwasów monokarboksylowych w ściekach rożnego pochodzenia stosując ekstrakcję za pomocą eteru metylo-tert-butylowego na etapie przygotowania próbek i chromatografię gazową z kolumną kapilarną Stabilwax-DA i Rtx-624, natomiast na etapie detekcji stosowano spektrometr mas.
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Morphology and degradation of polyurehanes in different environments.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań degradacji poli(estro-uretanów) (PEsUA i PEsUB) oraz poli(etero-uretano-mocznika)(PEtUU) w roztworach buforowych o zmiennym pH (168 godz., 70 oC), w środowisku trypsyny (37 oC, 1 m-c), Aspergillys niger (12 m-cy), kompoście z osadem czynnym (12 m-cy) i w wodzie morskiej (12 m-cy). Analizowano zmiany w morfologii i właściwościach fizykomechanicznych. Ustalono następujące sekwencje w zmianach zależności...
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In Situ Random Microseeding and Streak Seeding Used for Growth of Crystals of Cold-Adapted beta-D-Galactosidases: Crystal Structure of betaDG from Arthrobacter sp. 32cB
PublicationThere is an increasing demand for cold-adapted enzymes in a wide range of industrial branches. Nevertheless, structural information about them is still scarce. The knowledge of crystal structures is important to understand their mode of action and to design genetically engineered enzymes with enhanced activity. The most difficult task and the limiting step in structural studies of cold-adapted enzymes is their crystallization,...
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Cobalt(II) silanethiolato complexes with dimethylpyridines:crystal structures and spectroscopic studies
PublicationTri-tert-butoksysilanotiolany kobaltu(II) z 2,5-dimetylopirydną, 3,4-dimetylopirydną i 3,5-dimetylopirydną jako dodatkowymi ligandami zostały zsyntetyzowane w reakcji z bimetalicznym [Co{SSi(OtBu)3}(NH3)]2 z odpowiednią pochodną pirydyny. Kompleksy zostały zcharakteryzowane za pomocą rentgenografii strukturalnej, analizy elementarnej, spektroskopii FT-IR oraz UV-vis. Prezentowane kompleksy są cztero- i pięciokoordynacyjne o rdzeniu...
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Selective transport of Pb(II) across polymer inclusion membrane using imidazole azocrown ethers as carriers.
PublicationZbadano selektywność transportu jonów ołowiu(II) z równomolowych roztworów jonów Zn(II), Cd(II) i Pb(II) przez polimerowe membrany inkluzyjne (PIM) zawierające imidazolowe etery azokoronowe.Wykazano, że polimerowe membrany inkluzyjne z imidazolowymi azokoronami wykazują dużą stabilność, zależną w dużym stopniu od rodzaju jonoforu.
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Synthesis of linear tuftsin analogues modified at the epsilon-amino group of lysine
PublicationZsyntetyzowano na fazie stałej nowe analogi tuftsyny i retro-tuftsyny zawierające wiązanie isopeptydowe na epsilon-aminowej grupie lizyny jako potencjalne immunostymulatory. Do syntezy wykorzystano standardową procedurę Fmoc. Po zdjęciu osłon kwasem TFA końcowe związki były oczyszczane, liofilizowane i charakteryzowane: MS, HPLC i NMR.
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MAPPING SOUTH BALTIC NEAR-SHORE BATHYMETRY USING SENTINEL-2 OBSERVATIONS
PublicationOne of the most promising new applications of remote observation satellite systems (RO) is the near-shore bathymetry estimation based on spaceborn multispectral imageries. In recent years, many experiments aiming to estimate bathymetry in optically shallow water with the use of remote optical observations have been presented. In this paper, optimal models of satellite derived bathymetry (SDB) for relatively turbid waters of the...
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Simplified Method of Modelling Behaviour of Ship in Waves with Partially Flooded Compartments
PublicationThis paper contains a description of a numerical model for calculating behaviour of ships in waves. There are many models available, but the one described here can be characterised with a set of parameters that have a decisive impact on the final values of roll motion amplitude and frequency. In this paper, it is shown how a fitting of a standard-shape hull characterised by certain readily available parameters affects...
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Synthesis, spectroscopy and crystal structure determination of heteroleptic cobalt(II) silanethiolates with pyridine derivatives
PublicationCztery nowe tri-tert-butoksysilanotiolanowe kompleksy kobaltu(II) z 3- i 4-metylopirydyną zostały zsyntetyzowane i scharakteryzowane. Monometaliczne kompleksy otrzymano w reakcji bimetalicznego kompleksu [Co(SSi(OtBu)3(NH3)]2, który posłużył jako substrat kobaltu(II). Nowe związki zostały scharakteryzowane przy użyciu rentgenografii strukturalnej oraz spektroskopii UV-vis i FT-IR, a także za pomocą analizy elementarnej. Kompleksy...
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The analysis of raw spirits – a review of methodology
PublicationAgricultural distillates (raw spirits) are alc oholic l iquids obtained thro ugh dis till ation (preceded by alcoholic ferm entation)of specific agricultural products that do not have the properties of ethyl alcohol or a spirit, but still retain th e aroma andtaste of the raw ingredients used. This review is a brief overview of agricultural distillates and of some methods commonlyused (GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-O, electronic nose) for...
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Therapeutic biomaterials - application in neurology and cardiology
PublicationBiomaterials are of interest in most medical fields. It's hard to imagine life without them. And due to the ever-increasing demand, scientists are developing new materials. Diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems are still a big problem, which are associated with a limited ability to regenerate brain or heart tissues. Therefore, this review discusses the advancement in biomaterial engineering for the treatment of neurological...
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Therapeutic biomaterials – application in neurology and cardiology
PublicationBiomaterials are of interest in most medical fields. It's hard to imagine life without them. And due to the ever-increasing demand, scientists are developing new materials. Diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems are still a big problem, which are associated with a limited ability to regenerate brain or heart tissues. Therefore, this review discusses the advancement in biomaterial engineering for the treatment of neurological...
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The analysis of the conditions for best practices’ transfer
PublicationOne of the tasks of the Project Partners was identifying best practices in strengthening the economic activity of women and older people in the context of developing the competitiveness and innovation of SMEs, as well as determining the possibilities and conditions of their transfer. Transfer in this case is understood as the implementation of selected and described solutions in enterprises and public organizations from all the...
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Ageing Workforce – a Challenge for Organizations
PublicationAgeing and its consequences are most frequently analysed in macroscale. If the analyses apply to enterprises, they usually cover working conditions or motivations of the seniors’ choice between continuing employment and retirement. The article discusses slightly different themes, namely the awareness of demographic changes, their consequences for the organization and the new professional role of older people in the new demographic...
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Global value chains and wages under different wage setting mechanisms
PublicationThis study examines whether, and how, differences in wage bargaining schemes shape the relationship between global value chains (GVCs) and the wages of workers while considering both GVC participation and position in GVC. Our dataset is derived from the European Structure of Earnings Survey (SES), containing employee–employer data from 18 European countries, merged with sectoral data from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD)....
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Relicts of the 16th-century cellar by the St Mary's Church in Gdansk / Relikty piwnicy z XVI w. przy kościele Wniebowzięcia NMP w Gdańsku
PublicationSaint Mary’s church in Gdańsk, one of the largest brick Gothic temples in the World, has got no external chapels – except the House of Councils. Its architectural form, however, is not the result of implementation of one project, but realization of a few transforming concepts. The discovery of the relicts of the 16 th century cellars, located in the corner of the transept and the northern aisle, gives an idea of the process...
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GC-FID determination of C2-C4 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids in aqueous samples preceded by solvent extraction
PublicationEkstrakcja za pomocą eteru metylo-tert-butylowego (MTBE) została wykorzystana do izolacji krótkołańcuchowych alkanowych kwasów monokarboksylowych (2-4 atomy węgla w cząsteczce) z próbek o matrycy wodnej. Całkowita wydajność dwukrotnej ekstrakcji z próbek wodnych kwasów: octowego, propionowego i masłowego wynosiła odpowiednio ok. 55% , ok. 90% i ponad 90%. Wydajności ekstrakcji są porównywalne z wartościami uzyskiwanymi w przypadku...