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Axiological Dimension of Consumption in the Context of Sustainable Development and Environmental Ethics
PublicationPodjęta próba odpowidzi na pytanie, w jaki sposób krytyka konsumpcjonizmu i modelowanie wzorów eko-konsumpcji odwołują się do koncepcji zrownoważonego rozwoju i etyki środowiskowej.Przedstawiona argumentacja na rzecz tezy, że holistycznie ujęty zrownoważony rozwoj oraz wyzwania na rzecz cywilizacyjnej zmiany w kierunku paradygmatu ekologizmu mogą być zrealizowane poprzez przesunięcie ontologiczne...
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Compact broadband multi-way 1:6 power divider
PublicationThis paper introduces a design flow of a microstrip multi-way 1:6 power divider incorporating photonic bandgap (PBG) structures. Themethod proposed has enabled the achievement of considerable miniaturization (15%) together with transmission characteristics enhancement(141% bandwidth). Measured results show significant similarity to theoretical characteristics, which proves the attractiveness of presented design methodology.
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The content of butyl- and phenyltin derivatives in the sediment from the Port of Gdansk
PublicationPróbki osadów portowych były pobierane dwukrotnie (2003 i 2005)z różnych nabrzeży w Porcie Gdańsk. Rdzenie o długości 25 cm były dzielone na warstwy o grubości 2 i 5cm i po odpowiednim przygotowaniu (w tym także analizie sitowej) były poddawane analizie na zawartość związkow cynoorganicznych.W analizowanych póbkach (o różnej granulacji cząstek osadu) wykryto i oznaczono względnie duże stężenie TBT, DBT, MBT oraz MPhT. Osady portowe...
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Usability and socio-organizational context of on-line services in intranet portals
PublicationPublikacja omawia problemy postrzeganej jakości usług on-line, dostępnych w intranetowych portalach pracowniczych. Zaproponowano poszerzone podejście ocenowe wykraczające poza typową ocenę jakości użytkowej. Poszerzenie to polega na uwzględnieniu w projektowaniu i w ocenie czynników organizacyjnych i ekonomicznych, związanych z budową relacji na linii pracodawca-pracownicy. Zaproponowano również metodykę projektowania portali intranetowych...
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Dedicated Geographical Information System in the context of Critical Infrastructure Protection
PublicationNowe zaawansowane narzędzia Technologii Informacyjnych i Komunikacyjnych mogą stanowić bardzo użyteczną pomoc podczas przewidywania różnego rodzaju zagrożeń jak również minimalizacji związanego z nimi ryzyka. Artykuł prezentuje Sieciowy System Informacji Przestrzennej dla Szacowania i Wizualizacji Infrastruktur Krytycznych i ich Zagrożeń, stworzony dla Urzędu Miejskiego w Gdańsku przez Politechnikę Gdańską. System ten jest przeznaczony...
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The Effect of Welding Conditions on Diffusible Hydrogen Content in Deposited Metal
PublicationThe article presents the results of a literature survey and preliminary tests which set out effects of welding conditions on the amount of diffusible hydrogen in deposited metal. Experiments were conducted by using rutile coated electrodes which generate high contents of diffusible hydrogen in deposited metal. The amount of diffusible hydrogen was determined by a glycerin test.Eleven factors were considered: the electrode angle,...
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Layers of protection analysis in teh context of functional safety management
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Introducing the concept of Decisional DNA-Based web content mining
PublicationPrzedstawiono koncepcje zastosowania struktury reprezentacji wiedzy opartej na decyzyjnym DNA w procesie wyszukiwania informacji w internecie. Dokonano analizy eksperymentow tak wspomaganego wyszukiwania oraz sformulowano wnioski na temat przyszlych badan prowadzacych do dalszej integracji procesu wyszukiwania z doswiadczeniami zdobytymi w trakcie tego wyszukiwania.
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Effect of biostimulants and storage on the content of macroelements in storage roots of carrot
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Setups for measurement of thermal time constant of bolometers and resistive layers
PublicationPrzedstawiono dwa układy do pomiaru termicznej stałej czasowejbolometrów i warstw rezystywnych, umożliwiające pomiar wartości tego parametru w zakresie od pojedynczych milisekund do kilku sekund. Przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów termicznej stałej czasowej wybranych warstw rezystywnych wykonanych w technologii LTCC z niestechiometrycznych tlenków lantanowo-strontowo-żelazowych oraz bolometru cienkowarstwowego wykonanego w tej samej...
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Dependence of bimolecular recombination rate constant on different experimental parameters
PublicationZ otrzymanych wzorów analitycznych oraz przeprowadzonych obliczeń numerycznych wynika, że dla wysokich natężeń pola elektrycznego stała szybkości rekombinacji bimolekularnej jest funkcją zewnętrznego pola elektrycznego oraz koncentracji nośników ładunku. Szczególnie interesujący jest wynik dotyczący obniżania się stałej szybkości rekombinacji wraz ze wzrostem natężenia pola elektrycznego, który różni się zupełnie od przewidywań...
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Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research
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Diffusible hydrogen content in deposited metal of multilayer welded joints
PublicationThe article describes manufacturing technology of multilayer joints in terms of control the diffusible hydrogen content. Diffusible hydrogen content in deposited metal for multilayer welded joints made of covered rutile electrodes or covered cellulosic and basic electrodes was determined. It was found that after four beads, the diffusible hydrogen content decreases in the case of the first technology from 36 ml/100 g to 18 ml/100...
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A Concept and Design Optimization of Compact Planar UWB Monopole Antenna
PublicationA novel structure concept of a compact UWB monopole antenna is introduced together with a low-cost design optimization procedure. Reduced footprint is achieved by introduction of a protruded ground plane for current path increase and a matching transformer to ensure wideband impedance matching. All geometrical parameters of the structure are optimized simultaneously by means of surrogate based optimization involving variable-fidelity...
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Cost-Efficient Design Methodology for Compact Rat-Race Couplers
PublicationIn this article, a reliable and low-cost design methodology for simulation-driven optimization of miniaturized rat-race couplers (RRCs) is presented. We exploit a two-stage design approach, where a composite structure (a basic building block of the RRC structure) is first optimized using a pattern search algorithm, and, subsequently, the entire coupler is tuned by means of surrogate-based optimization (SBO) procedure. SBO is executed...
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Challenges of overcoming ageism towards elderly people in healthcare context
PublicationRESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the impact ageism may have on providing healthcare to elderly people. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The article investigates the consequences of ageism in medical settings, where the elderly are particularly vulnerable to discrimination, distinguishing ageism from appropriate practice variation as well as giving suggestions to improve the situation. The paper analyses...
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Pr-doped TiO2: The effect of metal content on photocatalytic activity
PublicationThe Pr-TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared by using the sol-gel method. As-prepared samples were characterized by BET measurements, X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRD) and UV-Vis spectra. Visible and ultraviolet light photocatalytic activity of the sample was studied by photodegradation of phenol while considering the influence of the dopant concentration. TiO2 doped with 0.25 mol% of praseodymium showed the highest photocatalytic...
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Migrants vs. stayers in the pandemic – A sentiment analysis of Twitter content
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Towards a Framework for Context Awareness Based on Textual Process Data
PublicationContext awareness is critical for the successful execution of processes. In the abundance of business process management (BPM) research, frameworks exclusively devoted to extracting context from textual process data are scarce. With the deluge of textual data and its increasing value for organizations, it be-comes essential to employ relevant text analytics techniques to increase the awareness of business process (BP) workers,...
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Design and Optimization of a Compact Planar Radiator for UWB Applications and Beyond
PublicationA compact monopole antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) and beyond applications has been proposed. The radiator is based on the monopole topology. The super-wideband behavior has been achieved using a combination of spline-based modifications applied to the driven element, as well as utilization of a tapered feed and a slot-modified ground plane. The electrical performance of the structure has been tuned using a numerical optimization...
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Simulation-driven design of compact ultra-wideband antenna structures
PublicationPurpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate strategies and algorithms for expedited designoptimization and explicit size reduction of compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas.Design/methodology/approach–Formulation of the compact antenna design problem aiming atexplicit size reduction while maintaining acceptable electrical performance is presented. Algorithmicframeworks are described suitable for handling various design situations...
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Limitations of Emotion Recognition in Software User Experience Evaluation Context
PublicationThis paper concerns how an affective-behavioural- cognitive approach applies to the evaluation of the software user experience. Although it may seem that affect recognition solutions are accurate in determining the user experience, there are several challenges in practice. This paper aims to explore the limitations of the automatic affect recognition applied in the usability context as well as...
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Lefschetz periodic point free self-maps of compact manifolds
PublicationLet f be a self-map of a compact connected manifold M. We characterize Lefschetz periodic point free continuous self-maps of M for several classes of manifolds and generalize the results of Guirao and Llibre [J.L.G. Guirao, J. Llibre, On the Lefschetz periodic point free continuous self-maps on connected compact manifolds,
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Spinning Fluids Reactor: A new design of a gas – liquid contactor
PublicationCurrent trends in chemical reactor design are based on adapting these to the requirements of a particular chemical process. Processes involving reactions between the gas and liquid phase in particular require precise adjustment of all parameters. The common denominator for most modern design solutions is enhancement of the mass transfer area and the overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient. Gas – liquid contactors evolved from...
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Computationally Efficient Design Optimization of Compact Microwave and Antenna Structures
PublicationMiniaturization is one of the important concerns of contemporary wireless communication systems, especially regarding their passive microwave components, such as filters, couplers, power dividers, etc., as well as antennas. It is also very challenging, because adequate performance evaluation of such components requires full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation, which is computationally expensive. Although high-fidelity EM analysis...
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Rapid surrogate-assisted statistical analysis of compact microstrip couplers
PublicationIn this paper, a technique for low-cost statistical analysis and yield estimation of compact microwave couplers has been presented. The analysis is executed at the level of a fast surrogate model representing selected characteristic points of the coupler response that are critical to determine satisfaction/violation of the prescribed design specifications. Because of less nonlinear dependence of the characteristic points on geometry...
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Wood Moisture-Content Measurement Accuracy of Impregnated and Nonimpregnated Wood
PublicationThe influence of the impregnation process of pine wood (Pinus sylvestris L.) samples on the electrical resistance changes and the moisture-content measurement accuracy is presented in this paper. In this study, the resistances of impregnated and nonimpregnated green pine timber harvested from northern Poland were compared. An impregnation method based on a vacuum-pressure chamber was used. Copper salts were applied as the impregnated...
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Compact and Integrated High-Power Pulse Generation and Forming System
PublicationThis paper presents comprehensive analytical, numerical and experimental research of the compact and integrated high-power pulse generation and forming system based on the flux compression generator and the electro-explosive forming fuse. The paper includes the analysis of the presented solution, starting from the individual components studies, i.e., the separate flux compression generator tests in field conditions and the forming...
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Neuroeconomy and Neuromarketing: The Study of the Consumer Behaviour in the COVID-19 Context
PublicationTo address the study of consumer behavior in the post-COVID-19 era, the present Research Topic brings together a set of papers that attempt to study how different factors triggered by the pandemic have achieved a significant effect on consumers' behavioral intentions. These papers examine different subtopics related to food, health products, collaborative economy and, of course, neuroscience. Globally, the objectives of this special...
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Low-Cost Automated Design of Compact Branch-Line Couplers
PublicationBranch-line couplers (BLCs) are important components of wireless communication systems. Conventional BLCs are often characterized by large footprints which make miniaturization an important prerequisite for their application in modern devices. State-of-the-art approaches to design of compact BLCs are largely based on the use of high-permittivity substrates and multi-layer topologies. Alternative methods involve replacement of transmission-line...
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Visual Content Representation for Cognitive Systems: Towards Augmented Intelligence
PublicationCognitive Vision Systems have gained significant attention from academia and industry during the past few decades. One of the main reasons behind this interest is the potential of such technologies to revolutionize human life since they intend to work robustly under complex visual scenes (which environmental conditions may vary), adapting to a comprehensive range of unforeseen changes, and exhibiting prospective behavior. The combination...
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Compact Dual-Polarized Corrugated Horn Antenna for Satellite Communications
PublicationIn this paper, a structure and design procedure of a novel compact dual-polarized corrugated horn antenna with high gain and a stable phase center for satellite communication is presented. The antenna incorporates an Ortho-Mode Transducer (OMT), a mode converter, and a corrugated structure. The compact OMT section is designed to be fed by standard WR-75 waveguides. The proposed compact design utilizes only ten corrugated slots...
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Evaluation of Lombard Speech Models in the Context of Speech in Noise Enhancement
PublicationThe Lombard effect is one of the most well-known effects of noise on speech production. Speech with the Lombard effect is more easily recognizable in noisy environments than normal natural speech. Our previous investigations showed that speech synthesis models might retain Lombard-effect characteristics. In this study, we investigate several speech models, such as harmonic, source-filter, and sinusoidal, applied to Lombard speech...
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Otopy Classification of Gradient Compact Perturbations of Identity in Hilbert Space
PublicationWe prove that the inclusion of the space of gradient local maps into the space of all local maps from Hilbert space to itself induces a bijection between the sets of the respective otopy classes of these maps, where by a local map we mean a compact perturbation of identity with a compact preimage of zero.
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Urban regeneration vs. urban sprawl - is the ''compact city'' possible?
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy zagadnień zrównoważonego rozwoju miast i konceptu ''miasta kompaktowego''. Poruszone zostały zagadnienia zasad urbanistycznych współczesnego rozwoju miasta oraz problem rewitalizacji urbanistycznej.
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Investigation method and mathematical model of pressure losses in hydraulic rotary motor
PublicationTis paper presents a way of determining the coefcient k of the pressure losses Δp (fow drag) in internal ducts 8 Mp of SWSB-63 hydraulic motor. Te coefcient is determined at a fow rate equal to the theoretical capacity Q of the Pt pump feeding the motor , the losses are related to the nominal pressure p in the hydraulic system. Te investigations n followed a model of energy performance of hydraulic rotary motor, proposed by...
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The expansion wave of an invasive predator leaves declining waterbird populations behind
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Energy losses reduction in the medium voltage cable line – case study
PublicationThe paper presents an analysis of energy losses in a power cable system, which is composed of two 30 kV cable lines. This cable system is located at the seaside holiday area, so the load profile during a year is specific. Energy losses related to reactive power transmission, as well as to currents induced in the sheaths of the cables, are subject to analysis. Measurements were made in the system in order to prepare a computer model...
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Phytochemical Examination of Woolly Burdock Arctium tomentosum Leaves and Flower Heads
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Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins as Markers of Temperature Stress in the Leaves of Brachypodium distachyon
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Changes in the phenolic contents and composition of Persicaria odorata fresh and dried leaves
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Determination of norflurazon concentration in wheat leaves using a modified QuEChERS method
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Losses Model of the WPT System with Single-Phase T-Type Inverter
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SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION OF MUSIC GENRES IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between perception of music genres and subjective features of music that can be assigned to them. For this purpose a group of subjective features such as loudness, melody, rhythm, volume, instrumentation was chosen to describe music genres. A group of 30 listeners with normal hearing, ranging from 20 to 40, was created. Each sub-ject participating in listening tests was asked...
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Evaluation of losses in a hydraulic motor based on the SWSB - 63 motor tests
PublicationIn this paper are compared two models of energy losses: that suggested by Prof. Paszota,Z. in monograph "Energy losses in the hydraulic displacement motors - definitions and relations serving the evaluation of the efficiency of hydrostatic drive" [18] and that ofProf. Balawender, A. in "Energy analysis and methodology of testing of low-speed hydraulic motors" [1]. By using the data obtained from the tests of SWSB-63 hydraulic motors...
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Theoretical models of the torque of mechanical losses in the pump used in a hydrostatic drive
PublicationPrzedstawiono modele teoretyczne i matematyczne momentu strat mechanicznych występujących w pompie o stałej teoretycznej wydajności qPt na obrót wału (o stałej teoretycznej objętości roboczej VPt) bądź o zmiennej geometrycznej wydajności qPgv na obrót wału (o zmiennej geometrycznej objętości roboczej VPgv). Modele mają służyć badaniom laboratoryjnym i symulacyjnym strat energetycznych w pompie umożliwiającym ocenę sprawności energetycznej...
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Sravnitel'no-sopostavitel'nyj analiz cifrovoj reprezentacii leksem s differencirovannoj akcentuaciej
PublicationArtykuł poświęcony jest językoznawczej analizie kontrastywnej dźwięków mowy systemów języka cechujących się "płynnym" akcentowaniem homograficznych leksemów. Język rosyjski jest na wskroś reprezentatywnym przykładem takiego właśnie systemu. W prezentowanej tu metodzie analizy materiałem wyjściowym są cyfrowe nagrania mowy żywej artykułowanej przez lektorów języka rosyjskiego. Akustyczna (cyfrowa) reprezentacja leksemów o tożsamej...
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Partial characterization of indigo (Polygonum tinctorium Ait.) plant seeds and leaves
PublicationThe aim of this study was to assess the contents of indigo's bioactive compounds, its antioxidant and anticancer activities in acetone, hexane and DMSO extracts and to compare the overall bioactivity with another more used medicinal plant named prolipid. It was found that the contents of the bioactive compounds in the studied extracts from different parts of indigo plant varied (P < 0.05): the significantly highest content of polyphenols...
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Determination of Flavonoids, Tannins and Ellagic acid in leaves fromRubus L. species
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Assessment of the sea buckthorn growing in urban conditions – the quality of berries and leaves
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