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Influence of selenium and/or magnesium on alleviation alcohol induced oxidative stress in rats, normalization function of liver and changes in serum lipid parameters
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The role of intestine and liver in glucuronidation of the imidazo- and triazoloacridinone antitumor agents, C-1311 and C-1305: High affinity substrates for UGT1A10
PublicationCelem przeprowadzonych badań było określenie roli poszczególnych izoform UDP-glukuronylotransferazy (UGT)oraz mikrosomów jelita(HIM)i wątroby (HLM) wyizolowanych od różnych pacjentów w metabolizmie pochodnych akrydonu, związków C-1311 i C-1305. Wykazano, że rodziną UGT katalizującą przemiany C-1305 i C-1311 jest UGT1A, z najwyższą aktywnością wykazywaną przez pozawątrobowy izoenzym UGT1A10. Rozkład aktywności frakcji mikrosomalnych...
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The Goosander as potential indicator of naturalness and biodiversity in submontane river valleys of northern Carpathians
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Determination of PCBs in river sediment samples—proficiency test for selected Polish laboratories
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Application of the simplified models to inverse flood routing in upper Narew river(Poland)
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono rozwiązanie zagadnienia odwrotnej transformacji przepływów z zastosowaniem uproszczonych modeli. Zastosowano model fali kinematycznej oraz równanie retencji. W pierwszym przypadku równanie całkowano w kierunku malejącego czasu zaś w drugim w kierunku przeciwnym do przepływu. Wykazano, że obydwa podejścia są równoważne. Modele zastosowano dla górnego odcinka Narwi.
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Lake surface changes of the Osa River catchment, (northern Poland), 1900–2010
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Monitoring Trends of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Rajang River Basin
PublicationIn this study, the spatiotemporal changes in land use and land cover (LULC) were evaluated from 1992 to 2015 for the Rajang River Basin (RRB) located in the Sarawak State of Malaysia. The changes in water bodies cropped lands, and forests were assessed based on the available remotely sensed satellite data. Supervised classification with the Maximum-Likelihood-Algorithm technique was adopted for monitoring the LULC changes using...
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Full Implementation of the River Information Services of Border and Lower Section of the Odra in Poland
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Assessment of the water quality of Kłodnica River catchment using self-organizing maps
PublicationRisk assessment of industrial areas heavily polluted due to anthropogenic actions is of increasing concern worldwide. So is the case of Polish Silesia region where mostly heavy industry like smelters, mining, chemical industries as well as heat and electricity production facilities are being located. Such situation raises numerous questions about environmental state of local water bodies with special attention paid to the Kłodnica...
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Annual changes of basic parameters of bottom sediments from the Klodnica River Catchment
PublicationThe Klodnica River Catchment is heavily contaminated ecosystem located in area of the Upper Silesia Industrial Region. In this area various forms of human activity can be observed (e.g. mining coal underground, metallurgy, power/heat plants, wastewater discharged directly into the river). The impact of industrial and municipal wastes on this aquatic system causes to changes in the hydrographic network of river and the waters quality. In...
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SURFACTANTS IN KLODNICA RIVER (KATOWICE, POLAND). PART II. QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
PublicationThe paper presents methods of determination of analytes of the cation group (alkyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium (BDDA-C12-C16), alkyl trimethyl ammonium (TMA), hexadecyl piridinium (HP)) in surface water and bottom sediment samples. In the sample preparation phase the solid phase extraction (SPE) or accelerated solvent extraction/ultrasound assisted extraction (ASE/UAE)-SPE technique was used and in the identification phase and quantitative...
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Determination of PCBs in river sediment samples - proficiency test for selected Polish laboratories
PublicationW pracy opisano wyniki badań międzylaboratoryjnych dotyczących oznaczania zawartości analitów z grupy polichlorowanych bifenyli w próbkach osadu rzecznego. Badania organizowane były przez Katedrę Chemii Analitycznej Wydz. Chemicznego PG we współpracy ze Stowarzyszeniem RefMat oraz firmą LGC Promochem Sp. z o.o.
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River valley in planning documents. The case of towns in the northern part of Gdansk agglomeration
PublicationW strukturach zurbanizowanych doliny rzek pełnią funkcję korytarzy ekologicznych - jako element systemu ekologicznego zapewniają połączenie z obszarami zasilającymi. Niektóre z nich mają znaczenie ponadlokalne. Jednocześnie doliny rzek mogą być użytkowane jako przestrzeń integracji i rekreacji lokalnej społeczności. Strategie ochrony i kształtowania powyższych funkcji są ustalane w dokumentach planistycznych różnych szczebli....
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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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Static and dynamic properties of light PU foam for building the shallow river barges
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań wytrzymałości statycznej na rozciąganie, ściskanie i ścinanie oraz zmęczeniowej przy obciążeniach ściskających jednostronnie tętniących pian poliuretanowych o gęstości 53 i 62 kg/m3, mierzonych w kierunku podłużnym i prostopadłym do kierunku wzrostu piany w procesie jej otrzymywania. Stwierdzono wyraźną anizotropię własności mechanicznych piany. Obserwowano znacznie silniejsze zniszczenie zmęczeniowe...
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Characteristics of the Lakes in Radunia River catchment according to the EU Water Framework Directive
PublicationPrzedstawiono charakterystykę hydrologiczną Raduni i jej dopływów. Określono typologię jezior zlokalizowanych w zlewni zgodnie z wymogami Ramowej Dyrektywy wodnej UE.
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Unlocking the Secrets of River Pollution: Analyzing Organic Pollutants in Sediments—Experimental Study
PublicationUntreated wastewater released into rivers can result in water pollution, the spread of waterborne diseases, harm to ecosystems, contamination of soil and groundwater, as well as air pollution and respiratory problems for nearby humans and animals due to the release of greenhouse gases. The current study aims to investigate the recent input of anthropogenic loads into the rivers using linear alkylbenzene (LAB), which is one of the...
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Analysis of the construction, assembly and usage of specialized fixtures illustrated with an example of machining a lever
PublicationThe paper presents a method of quantitative assessment of manufacturability of the construction of specialized fixtures used in machining. The assumed, simplified assessment criteria include both the complexity of the construction with respect to time-consumption of manufacturing the components and their assembly, as well as the features of the usage of fixtures. The paper contains a study case connected with variably designed...
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Possible effects of the 1984 St. Clair River ice jam on bed changes
PublicationThis study examines the possible effect of the record ice jam of 1984 in the St. Clair River on river bed changes and conveyance. Numerical simulations were made to examine the flow and bed shear stresses during the jam formation and release periods. Simulation results indicate that the ice jam in the river did not cause a significant increase in bed shear stress compared to pre- and post-jam open water conditions. The insignificant...
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MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF A FLOOD WAVE PROPAGATION ON THE KACZA RIVER IN GDYNIA IN NORTHERN POLAND
PublicationKacza river is located in northern Poland in the neighborhood of the Gulf of Gdansk and the Baltic Sea. A Kacza having length of 15 km and catchment area of 53 km2 collects the water into the Gulf mostly from inhabited and forested areas within the administrative boundaries of the city of Gdynia. On the 14th and 15th of July 2016 in northern Poland on the large area of Tri-City agglomeration (Gdynia, Gdansk and Sopot) total daily...
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Hydrological responses to large-scale changes in land cover of river watershed: Review
PublicationDespite many studies on the hydrological responses to forest cover changes in micro and mesoscale watersheds, the hydrological responses to forest cover alterations and associated mechanisms through the large spatial scale of the river watershed have not been comprehensively perceived. This paper thus reviews a wide range of available scientific evidence concerning the impacts exerted by the forest removal on precipitation, water...
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Comparison of Polypropylene and Ceramic Microfiltration Membranes Applied for Separation of 1,3-PD Fermentation Broths and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeast Suspensions
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New and potent production platform of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor huperzine A by gamma-irradiated Alternaria brassicae under solid-state fermentation
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Removal of phenolic inhibitor compounds from hydrolysates and post-fermentation broths by using a Hydrophobic Magnetic Deep Eutectic Solvent
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Solid-state fermentation for enhanced production of selenium nanoparticles by gamma-irradiated Monascus purpureus and their biological evaluation and photocatalytic activities
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Impact of selected parameters of the fermentation process of wine and wine itself on the biogenic amines content: Evaluation by application of chemometric tools
PublicationThe demand for safer foods has promoted more research into biogenic amines (BAs) over the past few years, however, there are still some questions that remain unanswered. Despite the fact that BAs are present in wine and can cause toxic effect to the body, a shared regulation limiting the amounts of BAs in wine is still lacking. A detailed understanding of their presence in wine is also important for the food trade sector. Therefore,...
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Comparison and Optimization of Saccharification Conditions of Alkaline Pre-Treated Triticale Straw for Acid and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Followed by Ethanol Fermentation
PublicationThis paper concerns the comparison of the efficiency of two-stage hydrolysis processes, i.e., alkaline pre-treatment and acid hydrolysis, as well as alkaline pre-treatment followed by enzymatic hydrolysis, carried out in order to obtain reducing sugars from triticale straw. For each of the analyzed systems, the optimization of the processing conditions was carried out with respect to the glucose yield. For the alkaline pre-treatment,...
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Evaluation of solid phase extraction for downstream separation of propane-1,3-diol and butan-1-ol from fermentation broth
PublicationGlycerol is mainly a by-product of fat splitting and biodiesel production. This study examined the use of chemically modified silica gels for downstream separation of propane-1,3-diol and butan-1-ol from fermentation broths obtained through the glycerol fermentation process. The developed method was found to be simple and efficient for the isolation and purification of butan-1-ol from the other components in the fermentation mixture....
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Removal of phenolic inhibitor compounds from hydrolysates and post-fermentation broths by using a Hydrophobic Magnetic Deep Eutectic Solvent
PublicationHydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), furfural (FF), hydroquinone (HQ), and vanillin (VAN) are among the main inhibitors generated during most of biomass pre-treatments prior to fermentation processes. They are recognized as toxic to several fermentative microorganisms and therefore cause a decrease in biohydrogen or biofuel production (after hydrolysis). Moreover, if they are released into aqueous solutions (after fermentation), they can...
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Implementing fermentation technology for comprehensive valorisation of seafood processing by-products: A critical review on recovering valuable nutrients and enhancing utilisation
PublicationFermentation technology is a biorefining tool that has been used in various industrial processes to recover valuable nutrients from different side streams. One promising application of this technique is in the reclamation of nutritional components from seafood side streams. Seafood processing generates significant amounts of waste, including heads, shells, and other side streams. These side streams contain high quantities of valued...
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Overcoming carboxylic acid inhibition by granular consortia in high-load liquefied food waste fermentation for efficient lactate accumulation
PublicationGranular sludge, a self-aggregating spherical biofilm, possesses better stability compared to flocculent sludge under extreme conditions. This study compared the ability of anaerobic granular sludge (AnGS) and flocculent waste activated sludge (WAS) to convert food waste (FW) into highly-valuable optically active lactic acid (LA), a central and versatile intermediate platform molecule. Different loadings (30–60 g volatile suspended...
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iTVP: large-scale content distribution for live and on-demand video services
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Interspecific distribution and co-associations of chemical elements in the liver tissue of marine mammals from the Polish Economical Exclusive Zone, Baltic Sea
PublicationPrzeprowadzono analizy próbek wątroby ssaków morskich z Polskiej Strefy Ekonomicznej Morza Bałtyckiego w celu oznaczenia szerokiej gamy pierwiastków (mikro- i makroelementy) z wykorzystaniem takich technik analitycznych jak ICP-MS, ICP-AES oraz CV-AAS.Badano zależności pomiędzy zawartością poszczególnych pierwiastków a wiekiem, płcią, miejscem bytowania, sposobem odżywiania i gatunkiem ssaków.
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Impact of hydrotechnical works on outflow of mercury from the riparian zone to a river and input to the sea
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Contribution to the bryoflora of the Roztocze National Park (SE Poland)– Bryophytes of the Świerszcz river valley
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Linking the diversity of native flora to land cover heterogeneity and plant invasions in a river valley
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Impact of forecasted changes in Polish economy (2015 and 2020) on nutrient emission into the river basins
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Numerical investigation of flooding of real-topography developed areas following river embankment failure
PublicationPrzedstawiono numeryczne symulacje hydrodynamiki przepływu powodziowego na terenie zabudowanym po przerwaniu wału przeciwpowodziowego. Zaprezentowano porównanie obliczeń z wynikami własnych pomiarów laboratoryjnych przeprowadzonych w Laboratorium Hydrauliki Inżynierii Środowiska Politechniki Gdańskiej.Zaproponowano wykorzystanie modelu przepływu do oceny zagrożenia powodziowego obszarów zabudowanych zlokalizowanych na terenach...
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Cable stayed bridge over Vistula river in Plock. Dynamic analysis and site test
PublicationBudowę mostu przez rzekę Wisłę w Płocku ukończono w 2006 roku. Główne przęsło o długości 375 m zaprojektowano jako stalową konstrukcję podwieszoną. W celu weryfikacji konstrukcji zbudowano przestrzenny model MES. Badano zachowanie się konstrukcji mostu pod wpływem statycznego i dynamicznego obciążenia. W dalszym etapie przeprowadzono badania in - situ weryfikujące analizy numeryczne oraz założenia projektowe. Na bazie modelu MES...
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SURFACTANTS IN KLODNICA RIVER (KATOWICE, POLAND). PART I. LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULPHONATES (LAS)
PublicationSurfactants are a group of compounds with specific physico-chemical properties and therefore they are used in many spheres of human activity. Surface-active substances undergo various physico-chemical transformations, what enables their migration between different elements of the environment and may lead to its pollution. Selected anionic surfactants were determined in samples of water from the Klodnica river (25 samples) and bottom...
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Environmental characteristics of a tundra river system in Svalbard. Part 2: Chemical stress factors
PublicationBacterial communities in the Arctic environment are subject to multiple stress factors, including contaminants, although typically their concentrations are small. The Arctic contamination research has focused on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) because they are bioaccumulative, resistant to degradation and toxic for all organisms. Pollutants have entered the Arctic predominantly by atmospheric and oceanic long-range transport,...
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Effect of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation on changes in climatic conditions and river flow in Poland
Publication: The purpose of this study is to find connections between the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (NA THC), climate elements, such as cloud cover, precipitation, air temperature, sunshine duration, and relative humidity, and flow of rivers in Poland. The intensity of NA THC was characterized by the DG3L index, which was established to assess changes in the amount of heat transported by NA THC along with the transport of water...
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Numerical simulation of rapidly varied water flow in the ´Wild River´ type water slide
PublicationPrzedstawiono numeryczną analizę przepływu w zjeżdżalni wodnej typu "Dzika Rzeka". Jako model matematyczny przyjęto równania przepływu wody płytkiej. Wobec szybkozmiennego ruchu wody do rozwiązania zastosowano metodę objętości skończonych. Numeryczną symulację przepływu wykonano na trójkątnej siatce niestrukturalnej. Wyniki obliczeń porównano z obserwacjami na obiekcie rzeczywistym zainstalowanym w parku wodnym w Sopocie. Dodatkowo...
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An attempt to identify volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds present in the Odra river waters.
PublicationCelem pracy była identyfikacja związków z grup lotnych i średniolotnych związkó organicznych. W badaniach wykorzystano technikę Pt-TD-GC-MS. Komputerowa analiza widm masowych wykazała obecność wielu związków organicznych pochodxenia naturalnego i antropogenicznego. W powłokach wód pobranych w okolicy Brzegu Dolnego oznaczono stężenia związków chloroorganicznych na poziomie pojedynczych prób. Nieco wyższe spektrum związków chloroorganicznych,...
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Distribution of pollutants in the Odra River system part III. Organic pollutants in bottom sediments
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań próbek osadów dennych pobranych (w okresie 1997-2000) w ramach Międzynarodowego Programu Badań Dorzecza Rzeki Odry (w trakcie 8 Kampanii) na zawartość szerokiej gamy związków organicznych (pestycydy, lotne związki organiczne, wielopierścieniowe węglowodory aromatyczne, chlorobenzeny, polichlorowane bifenyle).
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Strain gauges monitoring of arch bridge over the Vistula river in Toruń during construction
PublicationIn 2013 one of the biggest Polish road bridges over the Vistula was built in Torun. Considering the use of original engineering solutions and innovative assembly it was decided on monitoring of strain gauges and assessment of building’s behaviour during its construction. The research was aimed at determining the degree of strain and the assessment of proper work of main arch girders during assembly phases. This work presents the...
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Selected anionic and cationic surface active agents determined in river sediments – the Klodnica catchment
PublicationSurface active agents (SAAs) are specific compounds that contain hydrophilic/ hydrophobic group in their molecules named as amphiphilic structures. According to charge on the hydrophilic part of surfactants they can be classified into three main groups: anionic, cationic and non-ionic compounds. Due to the amphiphilic structure of SAAs they have specific properties (e.g. ability to adsorption at different surfaces, reduction of...
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Bridge over Vistula river in Kiezmark. Practical application of nonlinear shell FEM system
PublicationPo 40 latach eksploatacji, most drogowy przez rzekę Wisłę w Kiezmarku wymagał wzmocnienia, wynikającego z podniesienia klasy obciążenia do aktualnych wymogów klasy "A". W trakcie prac nad modernizacją konstrukcji, stwierdzono ponad normowe deformacje środników we wszystkich dźwigarach przęseł mostu. Miały one charakter pierwotny i były wynikiem niedbałego wykonania konstrukcji. W referacie przedstawiono wyniki analiz numerycznych...
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Predicting Ice Phenomena in a River Using the Artificial Neural Network and Extreme Gradient Boosting
PublicationForecasting ice phenomena in river systems is of great importance because these phenomena are a fundamental part of the hydrological regime. Due to the stochasticity of ice phenomena, their prediction is a difficult process, especially when data sets are sparse or incomplete. In this study, two machine learning models—Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network (MLPNN) and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost)—were developed to predict...
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Microorganisms from starter and protective cultures - Occurrence of antibiotic resistance and conjugal transfer of tet genes in vitro and during food fermentation
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