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The emissions of monoaromatic hydrocarbons from small polymeric toys placed in chocolate food products
PublicationThe article presents findings on the emissions of selected monoaromatic hydrocarbons from children's toys placed in chocolate food products. The emission test system involved the application of a new type of microscale stationary emission chamber, μ-CTE™ 250. In order to determine the type of the applied polymer in the manufacture of the tested toys, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis coupled...
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Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography - promising technique for analysis of complex food matrices
PublicationThe present paper is focused on brief description of operational principle of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) technique, instrumentation and data processing. Furthermore, the examples of application in the field of food analysis, performed also in the author's laboratory, are given. The detailed discussion of GC×GC characterization and comparison of the volatile composition of berries of different blue...
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Determination of total mercury in raw petrol using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry
PublicationPresence of different forms of mercury in petroleum based products may impair the proper operation of the equipment or led to poisoning of automotive catalysts. However much more important problem is environmental pollution with mercury emitted from different types of fossil fuels. Although the average mercury concentration in petroleum based products (automotive fuels) is on the level around 1 ppb, taking into account annual...
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Visible-light-induced photocatalysis through surface Plasmon excitation of gold on titania surfaces
PublicationPietnascie komercyjnych probek tlenku tytanu(IV) zostalo zmodyfikowanych zlotem za pomoca fotodepozycji oraz scharakteryzowanych. Fotoaktywnosci proszkow Au/TiO2 zostaly przebadane dla fotodegradacji kwasu octowego i 2-propanolu podczas naswietlania promieniowaniem widzialnym oraz ultrafioletowym. Wykazano, ze fotokatalityczne aktywnosci scisle zaleza od wlasciwosci nanoczastek zlota i tlenku tytanu. Analizy spektrum działania...
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Biodegradable polymers for food packaging - factors influencing their degradation and certification types - a comprehensive review
PublicationIn the paper an overview of novel biodegradable polymers for food packaging can be found. The aim was to present factors influencing polymer degradation and biodegradation in various environments. It was noted that biodegradable polymers are imperfect alternative for classical polymers and its decomposition strongly depends on degradation environment.
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Determination of total mercury in fish and cormorant using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry
PublicationW pracy opisano technikę CV-AAS do oznaczania zawartości rtęci całkowitej w tkankach ryb i kormorana. Przedstawiono proces walidacji zastosowanej procedury analitycznej, w ramach którego wyznaczono takie parametry walidacyjne jak:- selektywność,- liniowość (r>0,993),- zakres pomiarowy (0,29-100 ng),- poprawność (odzysk 98%),- powtarzalność (CV <10%).Wartość rozszerzonej niepewności <13%.Przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów dla 8 gatunków...
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Antarctic marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. 22b as a source of cold adapted á-galaktosidase.
PublicationAntarktyczny morski szczep Pseudoalteromonas sp. 22b. jest źródłem wewnątrzkomórkowej beta-galaktozy. Enzym ten wykazuje wysoką aktywność hydrolizy laktozy w zakresie temperatur od 0 do 20 st. C oraz pH 6,0-8,0. W niniejszej pracy opisano metodykę uzyskania homogennego preparatu tego enzymu, oraz pełną charakterystykę jego własności enzymatycznych i kinetycznych.
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Membrane technologies assisting plant-based and agro-food by-products processing: A comprehensive review
PublicationBackground Nowadays, membrane-based technologies (e.g. microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, membrane distillation, and pervaporation) have demonstrated to meet the requirements to be involved in different food and bioproduct processes. Scope and approach Several applications have been developed, including either separation, recovery or concentration of bioactive molecules from agro-food products and by-products,...
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The dependence of linear viscoelasticity limits of cold-recycled mixtures on time of curing and compaction method
PublicationCold-recycled mixtures are currently among the most widely used and investigated methods that enable recycling of old pavement structures in an environmentally friendly manner. Upon milling, the old pavement structure – whose gradation can be improved with addition of virgin aggregate – is mixed and compacted at ambient temperature. The main binding agents are bituminous emulsion and cement. Due to their dual binding behaviour,...
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Microscopic Imaging to Visualize the Distribution of Dietary Nucleic Acids in Food Products of Various Origins
PublicationDietary nucleic acids (dietNAs) are being increasingly recognized as important food components with nutritional value. However, the precise dietary recommendations for dietNAs are limited, because established methods for determining the quantity and nutritional role of dietNAs are still lacking. One of the tools to narrow this gap could be microscopic imaging, as a convenient approach to visualize the abundance and distribution...
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Nanofiltration-Assisted Concentration Processes of Phenolic Fractions and Carotenoids from Natural Food Matrices
PublicationIn new food formulations, carotenoids and phenolic compounds are likely to be the most sought after food ingredients according to their bioactivity, nutraceutical, nutritional value, and compatibility properties once incorporated into food formulations. Such solutes are naturally present in many plant-based sources, and some portions are directly consumed when enriching food products and formulations; however, some portions, which...
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Cavitation-based technologies for pretreatment and processing of food wastes: Major applications and mechanisms – A review
PublicationConversion of food wastes to valuable products is an important topic for sustainable development. Feedstock hydrolysis is a stage strongly affecting the anaerobic digestion process, and resistance of food waste towards hydrolysis causes a decrease in product yield. Such as biomethane, biohydrogen, biohythane, VFAs, and lactic acids. Moreover, mass transfer is a serious limitation of transesterification for the production of biodiesel....
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Cyclic behavior of FeCoCrNiMn high entropy alloy coatings produced through cold spray
PublicationeCoCrNiMn high entropy alloy powders were employed to produce coatings on carbon steel through high pressure cold spray (at 1100 °C and 7 MPa in temperature and pressure respectively). X-ray diffraction of the sprayed material revealed a dense coating with the retention of the original crystallographic structure. Once splatted, particles revealed high flattening ratio with consequent excellent adhesion of the coating to the substrate....
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The Idea of Using Adhesive Bonds in Shaping of Cold-formed Thin-walled Beam-columns
PublicationThe chapter concerns the idea of using adhesive bonds in the shaping of cold-formed thin-walled beam-columns. The idea of adhesive-bonded connections is not new but is unlikely to have been used in the design and shaping of thin-walled beam-columns in civil engineering up to date. Metal bar structures, including (due to economic reasons) thin-walled structures, are the most common and effective means to build engineering superstructures/loadbearing...
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By-Products from Food Industry as a Promising Alternative for the Conventional Fillers for Wood–Polymer Composites
PublicationThe present paper describes the application of two types of food-industry by-products, brewers’ spent grain (BSG), and coffee silverskin (ŁK) as promising alternatives for the conventional beech wood flour (WF) for wood–polymer composites. The main goal was to investigate the impact of partial and complete WF substitution by BSG and ŁK on the processing, structure, physicochemical, mechanical, and thermal properties of resulting...
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Photolysis for the Removal and Transformation of Pesticide Residues During Food Processing: A State-of-the-Art Minireview
PublicationPesticide residues are of great significant issue that exerted adverse effects on humans. There is a need for effective and non-toxic decontamination of pesticide residues during food processing. In this minireview, the recent advances in the degradation of pesticide residues by photolysis have been firstly described during food processing. The mechanisms of pesticide residues destruction by photolysis were discussed accordingly....
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Study on population dynamics for triple-linked food chain using a simulation-based approach
PublicationThe procedures based on simulation have become a feasible testing method that does not require investing valuable resources to create a concrete prototype, especially with the increasing computational power of computers. Thus, design changes can be adopted and design errors can be fixed before it is too late. Simulation turns to be a cheap, safe and often more acceptable from an ethical perspective. In our work we summarize the...
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Buckling and initial post-local buckling behaviour of cold-formed channel member flange
PublicationThe initial post-buckling behaviour of a cold-formed channel member flange after its local buckling is investigated. An axially compressed column or beam subjected to pure bending is considered. The member material is assumed to follow a linear stress-strain relationship. The governing non-linear differential equation of the problem is derived using the minimum total potential energy principle. An approximate solution for the equation...
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The buckling analysis of a cold-formed steel C-sectional column resting on an elastic foundation
PublicationThe paper is focused on stability analysis of different models of steel cold-formed C-section column. The analysed element may be applied as a primary load-bearing member in steel trusses or silo columns. The column can be used as a support for a wall of roof plates made of corrugated sheets. The wall sheeting that restrains the column against buckling may be considered as an elastic foundation. Due to the design solutions the...
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Local buckling of compressed flange of cold-formed channel members made of aluminum alloy
PublicationThe paper deals with local buckling of a compressed single flange of thin-walled channel cold- formed columns and beams made of aluminum alloy. Material is described by means of the Ramberg-Osgood constitutive equation. Axial compression of the columns and beams undergoing bending is taken into consid- eration. A simple model of the member flange in the form a long beam elastically connected to the web is used to find the critical...
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Effect of Maximal Breath Hold Apnea on Pial Artery Pulsation and Subarachnoid Width in Human
PublicationLittle is known about intracranial pressure (ICP)-cerebral hemodynamic interplay during maximal breath-hold apnea. A recently developed method based on near-infrared transillumination/backscattering sounding (NIR-T/BSS) noninvasively measures changes in pial artery pulsation (cc-TQ) as well as subarachnoid width (sas-TQ) in humans. Changes in sas-TQ correlate with ICP to a considerable extent, whereas cc-TQ reflects the functional...
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Application of Barkhausen method to determine internal stresses in cold-rolled and hot-rolled sheets
PublicationThe paper presents investigations on internal stress distribution in plane hot—or cold-rolled sheets dedicated for the cold-formed profiles. The motivation of the research is a new profile design whose bending technology, incorporating a longitudinal welded joint and hot-dip galvanization after bending and welding introduces additional internal stresses. In order to identify the entirety of stresses in the process of sheet production...
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Semantic technologies based method of collection, processing and sharing information along food chain
PublicationIn the paper the method of collecting, processing and sharing information along food chain is presented. Innovative features of that method result from advantages of data engineering based on semantic technologies. The source to build ontology are standards and regulations related to food production, and data collected in databases owned by food chain participants. It allows food chain information resources can be represented in...
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Masked arterial hypertension in a 64-year-old man with primary aldosteronism
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Villages and their old farmsteads are hot spots of bird diversity in agricultural landscapes
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Novel approaches in the synthesis of batracylin and its analogs: rebirth of an old player?
PublicationW pracy opisano batracylinę (BAT), jej syntezę i aktywność biologiczną oraz otrzymane analogi. BAT została wyselekcjonowana przez NCI (Bethesda, USA) w programie poszukiwań nowych potencjalnych leków przeciwnowotworowych. Związek ten w badaniach in vivo na myszach okazał się bardzo aktywny przeciw nowotworowi okrężnicy 38 (Colon 38), trudnemu do wyleczenia przez dotychczas znane leki przeciwnowotworowe. Jest ona skuteczna również...
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What about the multidrug resistance in fungi? - comparison of voriconazole and ''old'' azoles.
PublicationPorównano wyniki oznaczeń aktywności przeciwgrzybowej voriconazolu- nowego leku przeciwgrzybowego z pierścieniem azolowym, z lekami poprzedniej generacji. Zaobserwowano znaczny spadek aktywności biologicznej voriconazolu (podobnie jak starszych leków, takich jak fluconazol czy ketoconazol) względem komórek wielolekoopornych, co stanowi przesłankę, że nowy lek jest substratem dla głównych pomp kształtujących zjawisko wielolekooporności...
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Germination improvement of fenugreek seeds with cold plasma: Exploring long-lasting effects of surface modification
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Unwinding Au+···Au+ Bonded Filaments in Ligand-Supported Gold(I) Polymer under Pressure
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Cold Start Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines at Low Ambient Temperatures as an Air Quality Risk
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A novel green one-step synthesis of gold nanoparticles using crocin and their anti-cancer activities
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Ammonium Enhances Food Waste Fermentation to High-Value Optically Active l-Lactic acid
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Cold atmospheric plasma-induced chemical vapor generation in trace element analysis by spectrometric methods
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Ochratoxin A, deoxynivalenol, T-2 and HT-2 toxins – occurrence in food and their effect on the human body
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Rod-shaped gold nanoparticles exert potent candidacidal activity and decrease the adhesion of fungal cells
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Comparison of Gold Nanoparticles Deposition Methods and Their Influence on Electrochemical and Adsorption Properties of Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes
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Enterococci isolated from plant-derived food - Analysis of antibiotic resistance and the occurrence of resistance genes
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Inhalation risk to PAHs and BTEX during barbecuing: The role of fuel/food type and route of exposure
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Usage of Over-the-Counter and Herbal Products in Common Cold in Poland: Findings from Consumer Survey
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Application of magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic solid-phase extraction in preparing biological, environmental and food samples
PublicationThe need to obtain meaningful results as the basis for determining the content of trace amounts of analytes has become the driving force behind the development of modern analytical techniques, including sample-preparation techniques, such as solid-phase extraction (SPE). Recently, great interest was aroused in the use of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) in SPE. These materials exhibit high selectivity, and, in small amounts, can provide...
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A spectroscopic study of the cis/trans-isomers of penta-2,4-dienoic acid attached to gold nanoclusters
PublicationIn this theoretical work, we present a spectroscopic analysis of the cis/trans-isomers of a molecular switch, penta-2,4-dienoic acid, attached to gold clusters of different size (1, 2 and 20 gold atoms). We have simulated 4 different spectroscopic techniques: Infrared spectroscopy, normal Raman scattering, absorption spectra and resonance Raman scattering. We discuss how the position and the conformation of the molecule determine...
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Effect of long-term cold storage on physicochemical attributes and bioactive components of kiwi fruit cultivars
PublicationVarious kiwi fruit cultivars, bred in Korea, were kept in cold storage for 8–24 weeks for possible increase of their quality. Firmness significantly decreased at initial time in all cultivars.The rate of softeningwas the slowest in “Hayward”, followed by “Hort16A”, “Haenam”, “Daheung”, “Bidan”, “Hwamei”, and “SKK 12”. Sensory value increased with decreasing of firmness. Soluble solids content increased with storage time while acidity gradually...
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A Combined Analysis of Gut and Skin Microbiota in Infants with Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis: A Pilot Study
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Antimutagenic activity of white cabbage, raw and processed, juices towards food mutagens MeIQx and PhIP.
PublicationPrezentowane badania pokazały, że soki z kapusty wykazują bardzo silne właściwości przeciwutleniające. Najaktywniejszy był sok ze świeżej kapusty, który eliminował działanie użytych mutagenów w ponad 80%. Obróbka kulinarna nieco obniżała przeciwmutagenne właściwości pozostałych soków, ale i tak wykazywały one silne działanie ochronne.
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An additional result of Monsuur`s paper about intrinsic consistency thres-hold for reciprocal matrices
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy zagadnienia szeregowania czynników z wykorzystaniem metody porównywania parami. Pokazuje, że metoda logarytmicznych najmniejszych kwadratów, stosowana w procesie aproksymacji macierzy ocen w celu obliczenia uszeregowania nie powoduje utraty wagi w przeciwieństwie do powszechnie stosowanej metody maksymalnej wartości własnej.
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ASSESSMENT OF GOLD AND/OR CRUDE OIL AS INVESTMENTS FOR PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION. A WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE CASE STUDY
PublicationThe purpose of the study is to assess whether the inclusion of investments in gold and/or crude oil improves an investment portfolio consisting of shares of enterprises included in the WIG20 index (traditional invest-ments). All possible combinations of investment portfolios with minimal risk and maximum efficiency were tested. The portfolios were determined based on Markowitz’s portfolio theory. All results were compared...
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Alphitobius diaperinus larvae (lesser mealworm) as human food – An approval of the European Commission – A critical review
PublicationDue to the increasing threat of climate change and the need for sustainable food sources, human consumption of edible insects or entomophagy has gained considerable attention globally. The larvae of Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), also known as the lesser mealworm, have been identified as a promising candidate for mass-rearing as a food source based the on evaluation on several aspects such as the production...
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Normal stress distribution in built‑up cold‑formed column in relation to interconnecting bolt spacing
PublicationIn order to increase a stiffness of cold-formed steel (CFS) elements it is practised to built-up the cross-section. In the analysed case, a main element is strengthened by adding extra chord in contact partially along the column. This additional chord acts as a longitudinal stiffener connected with the main section by series of bolts. Authors check whether rules applied over the years, for hot-rolled elements, can be indiscriminately...
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Integrated Experimental and Theoretical Approach for Efficient Design and Synthesis of Gold-Based Double Halide Perovskites
PublicationApplied cutting-edge electronic structure and phonon simulations provide a reliable knowledge about the stability of perovskite structures and their electronic properties, which are crucial for design of effective nanomaterials. Gold is one of the exceptional elements, which can exist both as a monovalent and a trivalent ion in the B site of a double perovskite such as A2BI BIIIX6. However, until now, electronic properties of Cs2AuI AuIIIX6...
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The Toolbox of Methods for Multidirectional Characterization of Dietary Nucleic Acids; Verification for Raw and Processed Food Products
PublicationCurrently, the nutritional value of food is associated mainly with components such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. However, another important macromolecules present in many foods are dietary nucleic acids (dietNA), i.e., DNA as well as both coding and non-coding RNAs. In the context of food chemistry and nutrition, dietNA are nowadays vastly neglected. In consequence, there are no dedicated methodologies to characterize...