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Quality assurance of alcoholic beverages by electronic nose
PublicationQuality is very important attribute of every alcoholic beverage. It is very significant to satisfy consumers and assure food quality. Flavour, colour and taste constitute a great matter not only for connoisseurs. Due to these features, the whole manufacturing process need to be monitored. This paper presents a high-class devices useful in assessing of beverage quality. Electronic noses offer quick real-time analysis, which is very...
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Visualizing the Dose Distribution and Linear Energy Transfer by 1D and 2D ESR Imaging: A Potassium Dithionate Dosimeter Irradiated with C6+ and N7+ Ions
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Performance evaluation of an improved optical computed tomography polymer gel dosimeter system for 3D dose verification of static and dynamic phantom deliveries
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Low frequency nois of supecapacitor
Open Research DataDataset contains noise measurement results on prototype electrochemical double layer capacitor. The measurement procedure is described in https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mms-2017-0059.
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Low frequency nois of supecapacitor
Open Research DataDataset contains results of low frequency noise observation during discharge of commercially available supercapacitor, type DRL 2.7V 10F, with a nominal capacitance 10 F and a nominal voltage 2.7 V. Supercapacitor was charged to various voltages and discharged through a resistor. In the experiment the 50 Ohm and 200 Ohm resistors were used. The supercapacitor...
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Noise level arrangement in determined zones of homogenous development of green areas on the example of the spa park in Inowrocław
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Resistant to correlated noise and outliers discrete identification of continuous non-linear non-stationary dynamic objects
PublicationIn this article, specific methods of parameter estimation were used to identify the coefficients of continuous models represented by linear and nonlinear differential equations. The necessary discrete-time approximation of the base model is achieved by appropriately tuned FIR linear integral filters. The resulting discrete descriptions, which retain the original continuous parameterization, can then be identified using the classical...
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Resistant to correlated noise and outliers discrete identification of continuous non-linear non-stationary dynamic objects
PublicationIn this study, dedicated methods of parameter estimation were used to identify the coefficients of continuous models represented by linear and nonlinear differential equations. The necessary discrete-time approximation of the base model is achieved by appropriately tuned FIR linear integral filters. The resulting discrete descriptions, which retain the original continuous parameterization, can then be identified using the classical...
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PREDICTION OF SHIP MOTIONS IN IRREGULAR WAVES BASED ON RESPONSE AMPLITUDE OPERATORS EVALUATED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NOISE WAVES
PublicationThe most common methods for predicting ship roll motions in a specified sea state are direct measurements of motions in a representative irregular wave realisation (time domain) or calculations of motions from response amplitude operators (RAOs) in the frequency domain. The result of the first method is valid only for the tested sea state, whilst the second method is more flexible but less accurate. RAO-based predictions are calculated...
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Theoretical and experimental investigation of low-noise optoelectronic system configurations for low-coherent optical signal detection
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki teoretycznej i eksperymentalnej analizy konfiguracji niskokoherencyjnego układu detekcji sygnałów optycznych. Zaprezentowano zaprojektowany układ detekcji optycznych sygnałów niskokoherencyjnych, który pozwala na pracę w konfiguracji zrównoważonej i niezrównoważonej, co umożliwia porównanie parametrów obu konfiguracji.
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Evaluation of sound event detection, classification and localization in the presence of background noise for acoustic surveillance of hazardous situations
PublicationAn evaluation of the sound event detection, classification and localization of hazardous acoustic events in the presence of background noise of different types and changing intensities is presented. The methods for separating foreground events from the acoustic background are introduced. The classifier, based on a Support Vector Machine algorithm, is described. The set of features and samples used for the training of the classifier...
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Four-state measurement method for direct-reading noise figure measurement of low-gain two-ports.
PublicationOmówiono problemy techniczne pomiaru współczynnika szumu dwuwrotników o małym wzmocnieniu mocy dysponowanej realizowanych przy stosowaniu znanych metod pomiaru współczynnika szumu. Przedstawiono nową czterostanową metodę pomiaru umożliwiającą uniezależnienie wskazań automatycznego miernika współczynnika szumu zarówno od wartośći wzmocnienia dwuwrotnika badanego jak i współczynnika szumu odbiornika pomiarowego. Wyprowadzone zależności...
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Low-frequency noise in Au-decorated graphene–Si Schottky barrier diode at selected ambient gases
PublicationWe report results of the current–voltage characteristics and low-frequency noise in Au nanoparticle (AuNP)-decorated graphene–Si Schottky barrier diodes. Measurements were conducted in ambient air with addition of either of two organic vapors, tetrahydrofuran [(CH2)4O; THF] and chloroform (CHCl3), as also during yellow light illumination (592nm), close to the measured particle plasmon polariton frequency of the Au nanoparticle...
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Elimination of impulsive disturbances from archive audio files – comparison of three noise pulse detection schemes
PublicationThe problem of elimination of impulsive disturbances (such as clicks, pops, ticks, crackles, and record scratches) from archive audio recordings is considered and solved using autoregressive modeling. Three classical noise pulse detection schemes are examined and compared: the approach based on open-loop multi-step-ahead signal prediction, the approach based on decision-feedback signal prediction, and the double threshold approach,...
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The analysis of resistante to noise and edge jitter of the chosen methodsof recovering the data transmitted over a radio link.
PublicationW artykule porównano odporność na szumy i zakłócenia wybranych metod synchronizacji danych przesyłanych drogą radiową. Wybrano następujące metody:próbkowanie nadmiarowe i decyzja większościowa w odniesieniu do ciągu danych NRZ oraz metoda korelacyjna przeznaczona dla ciągu danych zakodowanych sposobem Manchester. Efektywność wyrażono jako liczbę pakietów, które osiągnęły synchronizację ramki do całkowitej liczby nadanych...
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Non-Perfect Propagation of Information to a Noisy Environment with Self-Evolution
PublicationWe study the non-perfect propagation of information for evolving a low-dimensional environment that includes self-evolution as well as noisy initial states and analyse the interrelations between the degree of objectivization and environment parameters. In particular, we consider an analytical model of three interacting qubits and derive its objectivity parameters. The numerical analysis shows that the quality of the spectrum broadcast...
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An Efficient Noisy Binary Search in Graphs via Median Approximation
PublicationConsider a generalization of the classical binary search problem in linearly sorted data to the graph-theoretic setting. The goal is to design an adaptive query algorithm, called a strategy, that identifies an initially unknown target vertex in a graph by asking queries. Each query is conducted as follows: the strategy selects a vertex q and receives a reply v: if q is the target, then =, and if q is not the target, then v is a...
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Experimental Extraction of Secure Correlations from a Noisy Private State
PublicationWe report experimental generation of a noisy entangled four-photon state that exhibits a separation between the secure key contents and distillable entanglement, a hallmark feature of the recently established quantum theory of private states. The privacy analysis, based on the full tomographic reconstruction of the prepared state, is utilized in a proof-of-principle key generation. The inferiority of distillation-based strategies...
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Frequency based criterion for distinguishing tonal and noisy spectral components
PublicationA frequency-based criterion for distinguishing tonal and noisy spectral components is proposed. For considered spectral local maximum two instantaneous frequency estimates are determined and the difference between them is used in order to verify whether component is noisy or tonal. Since one of the estimators was invented specially for this application its properties are deeply examined. The proposed criterion is applied to the...
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Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences
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Pitting corrosion characterization by electrochemical noise measurements on asymmetric electrodes. [DOI 10.1007/s10008-008-0643-y]
PublicationObecność korozji wżerowej może być wykryta na podstawie występowania charakterystycznych przebiegów prądu płynącego między dwiema elektrodami, których wyprowadzenia są zwarte. Autorzy proponują nową metodę, która zachowuje informacje o stałej czasowej tych charakterystycznych dla procesów wżerowania przebiegów. Metoda została zastosowana do analizy szumów występujących podczas korozji stali 0H18N9 pod wpływem 1M roztworu FeCl3...
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Correlation between destruction of the metal surface caused by pitting corrosion and intensity of the observed electrochemical noise (Invited Paper)
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Multiparameter analysis of the Barkhausen noise signal and its application for the assessment of plastic deformation level in 13HMF grade steel
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia wyniki wieloparametrowej analizy właściwości sygnału szumu Barkhausena (BN). Poza powszechnie stosowanymi kwantyfikatorami sygnału szumu Barkhausena takimi jak amplituda, całka z obwiedni sygnału czy też wynikami analizy impulsowej sygnału proponujemy dodatkową analizę opartą na zmianach amplitudy prądu magnesującego. Jak się okazuje charakter zmian sygnału Barkhausena (w funkcji stopnia deformacji plastycznej)...
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Ultra-Wideband Vivaldi Antenna with an Integrated Noise-Rejecting Parasitic Notch Filter for Online Partial Discharge Detection
PublicationPower transformers and gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) play crucial roles in electrical power grids. However, they may suffer from degradation of insulation material due to wear and tear, leading to their imminent failure. Partial discharges (PDs) are an initial sign of insulation materials degradation which emit signals spanning various physical domains, including electromagnetic. PDs are temporally narrow, high-frequency, stochastic...
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"Creating a numerical model of noise conditions based on the analysis of traffic volume changes in cities with low and medium structure.
PublicationThe subject of this research study is to analyze noise conditions of the selected area in the city of Gdańsk using data related to traffic volume changes during a day. This is because daily distribution of noise levels is much more helpful for noise control and reduction than traditional maps with Lden levels indicated. Calculations are made with the use of a numerical model developed at the Gdansk Univ. of Technology and implemented...
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"Creating a numerical model of noise conditions based on the analysis of traffic volume changes in cities with low and medium structure.
PublicationThe subject of this research study is to analyze noise conditions of the selected area in the city of Gdańsk using data related to traffic volume changes during a day. This is because daily distribution of noise levels is much more helpful for noise control and reduction than traditional maps with Lden levels indicated. Calculations are made with the use of a numerical model developed at the Gdansk Univ. of Technology and implemented...
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Noise Analysis of Continuous GPS Time Series of Selected EPN Stations to Investigate Variations in Stability of Monument Types
PublicationThe type of monument that a GPS antenna is placed on plays a significant role in noise estimation for each permanent GPS station. In this research 18 Polish permanent GPS stations that belong to the EPN (EUREF Permanent Network) were analyzed using Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE). The antennae of Polish EPN stations are placed on roofs of buildings or on concrete pillars. The analyzed data covers a period of 5 years from 2008...
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Discrete identification of continuous non-linear and non-stationary dynamical systems that is insensitive to noise correlation and measurement outliers
PublicationThe paper uses specific parameter estimation methods to identify the coefficients of continuous-time models represented by linear and non-linear ordinary differential equations. The necessary approximation of such systems in discrete time in the form of utility models is achieved by the use of properly tuned `integrating filters' of the FIR type. The resulting discrete-time descriptions retain the original continuous parameterization...
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State of the art electronic nose technology and future trends
PublicationThis chapter briefly reviews the progress in field of artificial olfaction and demonstrates future trends in electronic nose technology. The discussion about e-nose concern also a big challenge for the pattern recognition (PARC) systems due to several particular problems they involve. Finally, the application of e-nose in different areas of life is given.
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Process Control of Biogas Purification Using Electronic Nose
PublicationNowadays, biogas produced from landfills and wastewater treatment plants or lignocellulosic biomass is important sustainable and affordable source of energy. Impurities from biogas stream can cause a serious odor problem, especially for residents of areas immediately adjacent to production plants. Therefore, biogas pre-treatment is necessary to protect engines that convert biogas into energy and in order to increase the specific...
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Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Distillates Using an Electronic Nose
PublicationThe paper presents the application of an electronic nose instrument to fast evaluation of agricultural distillates differing in quality. The investigations were carried out using a prototype of electronic nose equipped with a set of six semiconductor sensors by FIGARO Co., an electronic circuit converting signal into digital form and a set of thermostats able to provide gradient temperature characteristics to a gas mixture. A volatile fraction...
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The Use of Electronic Nose for Sunflower and Rapeseed Oil Classification
PublicationThe electronic nose is an analytical device often used in food industries to examine the authenticity of their products. The use of the electronic nose allows for a rapid assessment of the quality of food. The oil samples from sunflower and rapeseed were used in this study. Both oil samples were kept inside the thermostat incubator at different ranging from 20oC to 180oC with increment of 40oC. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)...
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The Use of Electronic Nose for Sunflower and Rapeseed Oil Classification
PublicationThe electronic nose is an analytical device often used in food industries to examine the authenticity of their products. The use of the electronic nose allows for a rapid assessment of the quality of food. The oil samples from sunflower and rapeseed were used in this study. Both oil samples were kept inside the thermostat incubator at different ranging from 20oC to 180oC with increment of 40oC. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)...
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An electronic nose based on the semiconducting and electrochemical gas sensors
PublicationThe practical application of human nose for fragrance recognition is severely limited by the fact that our sense of smell is subjective and gets tired easily. Consequently, there is a significant need for an instrument that can be a substitution of the human sense of smell. Development of an electronic nose devices is an active area of research starting from pioneering research of Dodd and Persuad in the mid-1980s. Such systems...
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Evaluation of the Electronic Nose Used for Monitoring Environmental Pollution
PublicationAir pollution is a one of the major concern of civilized world, which has a significant impact on human health and the environment. Recent studies highlight that the exposure to polluted air can increase the incidence of diseases and deteriorate the quality of life. Hence, it is necessary to develop tools for real-time air quality monitoring. Electronic-nose systems based on sensors are an interesting and promising technology in...
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Estimation of the short-term predictor parameters of speech under noisy conditions
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Objectivity in a Noisy Photonic Environment through Quantum State Information Broadcasting
PublicationRecently, the emergence of classical objectivity as a property of a quantum state has been explicitly derived for a small object embedded in a photonic environment in terms of a spectrum broadcast form—a specific classically correlated state, redundantly encoding information about the preferred states of the object in the environment. However, the environment was in a pure state and the fundamental problem was how generic and robust...
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Comparison of Acoustic and Visual Voice Activity Detection for Noisy Speech Recognition
PublicationThe problem of accurate differentiating between the speaker utterance and the noise parts in a speech signal is considered. The influence of utilizing a voice activity detection in speech signals on the accuracy of the automatic speech recognition (ASR) system is presented. The examined methods of voice activity detection are based on acoustic and visual modalities. The problem of detecting the voice activity in clean and noisy...
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Application of signal to noise ratio and grey relational analysis to minimize forces and vibrations during precise ball end milling
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Monitoring of Odour Nuisance from Landfill Using Electronic Nose
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on classification of atmospheric air samples collected in a vicinity of municipal landfill with respect to their odour nuisance. The research was conducted using a prototype of electronic nose instrument and a commercial electronic nose of Fast/Flash GC type –HERACLES II. The prototype was equipped with a set of six semiconductor sensors by FIGARO Co.. Classification of the air samples...
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Determination of authenticity of brand perfume using electronic nose prototypes
PublicationThe paper presents practical application of an electronic nose technique for fast and efficient discrimination between authentic and fake perfume samples. Two self-built electronic nose prototypes equipped with a set of semiconductor sensors were employed for that purpose. Additionally 10 volunteers took part in sensory analysis. The following perfumes and their fake counterparts were analysed: Dior – Fahrenheit, Eisenberg – J’ose,...
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Prospects of ionic liquids application in electronic and bioelectronic nose instruments
PublicationThis paper addresses the problem of application of ionic liquids to chemical sensors and biosensors being an integral part of the electronic and bioelectronic-type instruments. The design and principle of operation of the electronic and bioelectronic noses are compared. Both the benefits and shortcomings of the application of ionic liquids in these type of instruments are described. The prospects of the development and application...
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Electrical and noise responses of carbon nanotube networks enhanced by UV light for nitrogen dioxide sensing
Open Research DataNetworks consisting of randomly oriented carbon nanotubes (CNN) were investigated toward nitrogen dioxide detection by means of electrical and low-frequency noise measurements. UV-activation of CNN layers improved gas sensitivity and reduced the limit of detection, especially by employing 275 nm-LED. This data set includes DC resistance measurements...
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The AC motor voltage and audible noise waveforms in ship’s electrical drive systems with frequency converters
Open Research DataThe presented dataset is part of research focusing on the impact of the ship's electrical drive systems with frequency converters on vibrations and the level of audible noise on ships.
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Power grid frequency measurement in LabVIEW environment using the least mean squares method to signal phase approximation in the presence of noise
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Musical Instrument Tagging Using Data Augmentation and Effective Noisy Data Processing
PublicationDeveloping signal processing methods to extract information automatically has potential in several applications, for example searching for multimedia based on its audio content, making context-aware mobile applications (e.g., tuning apps), or pre-processing for an automatic mixing system. However, the last-mentioned application needs a significant amount of research to reliably recognize real musical instruments in recordings....
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SU‐GG‐T‐286: Performance of An Improved Optical Computed Tomography Polymer Gel Dosimeter System for 3‐D Dose Verification of Static and Dynamic Phantom Deliveries
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Prediction of the Biogenic Amines Index of Poultry Meat Using an Electronic Nose
PublicationThe biogenic amines index of fresh chicken meat samples during refrigerated storage was predicted based on the headspace analysis using an electronic nose equipped with an array of electrochemical sensors. The reference biogenic amines index values were obtained using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. A prototype electronic nose with modular construction and a dedicated sample chamber...
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Evaluation of the prediction ability of air pollutants based on the electronic nose responses
PublicationElectronic noses are able to perform on-line measurements of the toxic volatile compounds in air. Due to their low cost and compact size they can be placed in the areas exposed to pollution, outside the laboratory. Those advantages, on the other side, force the need for development of the reliable sensors data analysis procedures. One of the most important issues connected with electronic noses is the lack of stability of the gas...
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Application of an Electronic Nose Instrument to Fast Classification of Polish Honey Types
PublicationThe paper presents practical utilization of an electronic nose prototype, based on the FIGARO semiconductor sensors, in fast classification of Polish honey types—acacia flower, linden flower, rape, buckwheat and honeydew ones. A set of thermostating modules of the prototype provided gradient temperature characteristics of barbotage-prepared gas mixtures and stable measurement conditions. Three chemometric data analysis methods...