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  • Projekt optymalnego łuku poziomego jako element nauczania kształtowania układów geometrycznych toru

    Aspekt geometryczny stanowi ważny element w nauczaniu projektowania dróg szynowych na studiach 1-go i 2-go stopnia na Wydziale Inżynierii Lądowej i Środowiska Politechniki Gdańskiej. Podstawowym, najczęściej spotykanym w praktyce elementem linii kolejowej w planie jest łuk poziomy z krzywymi przejściowymi. Z tego względu na Wydziale Inżynierii Lądowej i Środowiska Politechniki Gdańskiej wdrożono ćwiczenie projektowe ujmujące to...

  • Francesco Fedele M.D.

    People

    Francesco Fedele is a Medical Resident in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. Previously, he held the same position at Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan. He received his surgical training at Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata in Verona, Italy from 2022 to 2024.He graduated with honors from the 6-year International MD Program Degree in Medicine and Surgery...

  • Semi-definite programming and quantum information

    This paper presents a comprehensive exploration of semi-definite programming (SDP) techniques within the context of quantum information. It examines the mathematical foundations of convex optimization, duality, and SDP formulations, providing a solid theoretical framework for addressing optimization challenges in quantum systems. By leveraging these tools, researchers and practitioners can characterize classical and quantum correlations,...

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  • Wpływ wybranych właściwości maszyny badawczej na wynik eksperymentu tribologicznego z tarciem ślizgowym

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    - Year 2017

    Niniejsza monografia stanowi podsumowanie przekrojowych badań związanych z wpływem właściwości stanowiska badawczego (tribometru) na przebieg i rejestrowane wyniki eksperymentu tribologicznego z tarciem ślizgowym ciał stałych smarowanych cieczą w warunkach tarcia bez efektów smarowania hydrodynamicznego. Autor przedstawia wyniki kompleksowych analiz właściwości dynamicznych stanowiska badawczego w kontekście efektów obserwowanych...

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  • Bilansowanie lokalne w systemie elektroenergetycznym

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    - Rynek Energii - Year 2023

    Wprowadzenie rozliczeń rynkowych w handlu energią elektryczną wymusiło nowe podejście do krótkookresowego bilansowania energii w systemie elektroenergetycznym. Dla sprawnego funkcjonowania handlu energią, konieczne było wprowadzenie Rynku Bilansującego, łączącego realizację zadań technicznych i handlowych. Obecnie bilansowanie systemu rozwiązywane jest ogólnosystemowo. Decentralizacja procesu wytwarzania energii, rozwój niespokojnych...

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  • Social Entrepreneurship through Cooperatives: Founder Insights

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    • B. Huybrechts
    • T. Nelson
    • D. Nelson
    • G. Trasiani
    • K. Harris
    • R. Pashov
    • M. Starnawska
    • G. Esposito
    • A. Carobolante
    • F. Dufays
    • N. O’Shea

    - Year 2013

    In this research we are interested in how social entrepreneurs think about their organizational creation process in the context of cooperatives, and how cooperatives conceptualize and actualize their ‘care for community’ social principles. In this interface of organizational purpose and form, we find a variety of interesting issues presented by our interview sample of founders of young, global organizations from six nations. Discussing...

  • Choosing the Right Cybersecurity Solution: A Review of Selection and Evaluation Criteria

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    - Year 2022

    Information technologies evolve continuously reaching pioneering areas that bring in new cybersecurity challenges. Security engineering needs to keep pace with the advancing cyberthreats by providing innovative solutions. At the same time, the foundations that include security and risk assessment methodologies should remain stable. Experts are offered with an extensive portfolio of solutions and an informed choice of a particular...

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  • A Canonical Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter. A look at how the historical SC synthesis problem is getting solved

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    - Year 2014

    We reconsider a solution to the historical problem in switched capacitor (SC) DC-DC converter synthesis. Specifically, we retackle the problem of constructing an SC twophase network realizing arbitrary voltage conversion ratio within rational bounds defined. Theoretical foundations are available in our earlier research [3] where a nonconstructive proof of existence was given. We briefly review and comment on known circuit solutions...

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  • Miasto jako marka – analiza wybranych działań marketingowych miasta Lublin

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    W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono mechanizmy i proces kształtowania się miasta jako marki. Celem przeprowadzonych badań była analiza wybranych działań marketingowych Lublina od 2007 r. do 2014 r. Zbadano strategię tworzenia się marki „Lublin Miasto Inspiracji” oraz przedstawiono wybrane kampanie promocyjne. Stwierdzono, że dzięki narzędziu Brand Foundations możliwe było skuteczne stworzenie i wprowadzenie marki miasta na rynek....

  • Inline Microwave Filters With N+1 Transmission Zeros Generated by Frequency-Variant Couplings: Coupling-Matrix-Based Synthesis and Design

    A general coupling-matrix-based synthesis methodology for inline Nth-order microwave bandpass filters (BPFs) with frequency-variant reactive-type couplings that generate N+1 transmission zeros (TZs) is presented in this brief. The proposed approach exploits the formulation of the synthesis problem as three inverse nonlinear eigenvalue problems (INEVPs) so that the coupling matrix is built from their sets of eigenvalues. For this...

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  • Identification of Unstable Reference Points and Estimation of Displacements Using Squared Msplit Estimation

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    - MEASUREMENT - Year 2022

    The article presents a new version of the method for estimating parameters in a split functional model, which enables the determination of displacements of geodetic network points with constrained datum. The main aim of the study is to present theoretical foundations of Msplit CD estimation and its basic properties and possible applications. Particular attention was paid to the efficacy of the method in the context of geodetic...

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  • Smart Specializations as Innovative Ecosystems

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    - Year 2018

    In the article it is showed that regional smart specializations that are currently the most important tool of the European innovation policy may be perceived, and if effective should constitute, innovative ecosystems. The article presents the concepts of smart specializations and innovative ecosystems. The concept of innovative ecosystem is, in the article, presented from the perspective of its foundation and relations to other...

  • An in situ technique for the assessment of adhesive properties of a joint under load

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    - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE - Year 2011

    Slow crack propagation in adhesive bonded joints has been characterised using an asymmetric wedge test. Crack position was evaluated from strain gauge measurements, both in the debonded partof the joint and in the bonded zone. Test temperature was changed during loading, giving insight into bond evolution. The technique allows accurate, and virtually continuous, determination of crack position to be made, and therefore the evaluation...

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  • Multi-functional sensor based on photonic crystal fiber using plasmonic material and magnetic fluid

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    - OSA Continuum - Year 2022

    A unique highly sensitive photonic crystal fiber is investigated based on plasmonic material and magnetic fluid (MF) for the simultaneous measurement of temperature and magnetic field sensor. The designed sensor is explored by tracing the different parameters such as birefringence, coupling length, power spectrum, and the peak wavelength of the transmission intensity. The magnetic field and temperature computation are attained...

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  • Gdańsk’s Cultural Heritage. The City Centre District and Municipal Historical Policy

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    The current municipal historical policy of Gdańsk focuses on two major museum projects purported to be a unique embodiment of the city’s cultural heritage. Their underlying narrative, which is told from the European perspective, is based on two great events of the 20th century and seems to disregard the cultural heritage recorded in the urban structure of the city centre. However, it is precisely this urban structure that exerts...

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  • The experience of movement in orbital space architecture: A narrative of weightlessness

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    Based upon a combination of architectural theories, the knowledge of space environment, and psychology of isolated and confined environments, this qualitative research aims to study orbital space settlement in a way to get the built space congenial to the human experience of movement. In this sense, sensors, self-propulsion or mechanical actuators, the inhabitant’s mental and visual capacity for movement, as well as the represented...

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  • The experience of movement in orbital space architecture: A narrative of weightlessness

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    - Cogent Arts & Humanities - Year 2020

    Based upon a combination of architectural theories, the knowledge of space environment, and psychology of isolated and confined environments, this qualitative research aims to study orbital space settlement in a way to get the built space congenial to the human experience of movement. In this sense, sensors, self-propulsion or mechanical actuators, the inhabitant’s mental and visual capacity for movement, as well as the represented...

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  • INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE IN “SACRIFICE ZONES”. THE POTENTIAL OF BOCAMINA I & II THERMOELECTRIC IN CORONEL, CHILE

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    - Przestrzeń Ekonomia Społeczeństwo - Year 2023

    This work aims to present the recovery potential of the Chilean Sacrifice Zones, urban areas affected by high amounts of pollution caused by industrial activities. It centers in the case of “Bocamina I & II”, two Thermoelectric based in the city of Coronel, southern Chile. A settlement historically related to the mining processes. These plants operated for decades supplying the national energy grid and are seen as both symbols...

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  • Dominika Krechowicz dr hab. sztuki

  • Ella4Life Ella4Life your Virtual Personal Assistant for home and on the road

    Projects

    Project manager: dr hab. inż. Mariusz Kaczmarek   Financial Program Name: AAL

    Project realized in Department of Biomedical Engineering according to AAL2/4/Ella4Life/2019 agreement from 2019-07-25

  • Spatial and Regional Studies 2022/2023

    e-Learning Courses
    • Ł. Pancewicz
    • M. Arczyńska

    The objective of the course Spatial Planning is to teach the architects the key concepts of town planning as well as about its relationship with the architectural practice. The exercises are designed to familiarize the participants with the main concepts that directly impacts on the work of architects, regardless of their respective national context:planning control, role of the technical regulations and the planning permissions; zoning...

  • Rozprzestrzenianie się w podtorzu skutków katastrof kolejowych z udziałem materiałów niebezpiecznych

    Duża część przewozów materiałów niebezpiecznych prowadzona jest koleją. W związku z tym bezpieczeństwo tych przewozów nabiera coraz większego znaczenia. Każda katastrofa z udziałem materiałów niebezpiecznych ma negatywny wpływ na uczestników tego zdarzenia oraz na otaczające środowisko, bowiem jej zasięg na ogół nie jest lokalny. Z tego wynika, że w przypadku zaistnienia katastrofy należy minimalizować jej skutki oraz w dalszych...

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  • Social Learning in Cluster Organizations and Accumulation of Technological Capability

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    - Inzinerine Ekonomika-Engineering Economics - Year 2022

    The purpose of the paper is to present how members of cluster organizations perceive their role in the accumulation of technological capability through social learning. The paper presents the results of a qualitative study of four cluster organizations. The theoretical foundation of the study are the communities of practice and the organizational inertia theories. The study indicates that the dynamics of technological capability...

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  • High resolution optical and acoustic remote sensing datasets of the Puck Lagoon

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    • L. Janowski
    • D. Skarlatos
    • P. Agrafiotis
    • P. Tysiąc
    • A. Pydyn
    • M. Popek
    • A. M. Kotarba-Morley
    • G. Mandlburger
    • Ł. Gajewski
    • M. Kolakowski... and 2 others

    - Scientific Data - Year 2024

    The very shallow marine basin of Puck Lagoon in the southern Baltic Sea, on the Northern coast of Poland, hosts valuable benthic habitats and cultural heritage sites. These include, among others, protected Zostera marina meadows, one of the Baltic’s major medieval harbours, a ship graveyard, and likely other submerged features that are yet to be discovered. Prior to this project, no comprehensive high-resolution remote sensing...

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  • Analysis and improvement attempt of prof. Alan Fowler’s negotiation game

    The main goal of the following article is to design an improved version of the negotiation game created by prof. Alan Fowler (Fowler, 1997). I have tried to achieve this by constructing four separate versions of the game which represent different approaches while preserving rules, chosen basic technical assumptions and the simplicity of the base game. Each version of the game is supposed to i.a. make it less obvious, create new...

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  • Relating Information Culture to Information Policies and Management Strategies

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    - Year 2021

    Business and information managers have struggled to meet several challenges in aligning information strategies and business cultures. The consequences of a misalignment or misfit of strategy and culture are well known in business literature, and better guidance on how to better align strategy and culture is needed. This means expanding the puzzle to align business and information cultures, align business and information strategies,...

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  • Toward a unified model of mobile Business Intelligence (m-BI) acceptance and use

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    - Year 2022

    Factors affecting mobile business intelligence (m-BI) acceptance and use have become an increasingly important topic in practice due to the growing complexity of organizations, and their underlying information systems (IS). Since, one can notice considerable interest in m-BI, however, to the best of our knowledge few studies (if any) aim to synthesize the existing body of knowledge with regards to the factors affecting m-BI acceptance...

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  • PRELIMINARY FIELD TESTS AND LONG-TERM MONITORING AS A METHOD OF DESIGN RISK MITIGATION: A CASE STUDY OF GDAŃSK DEEPWATER CONTAINER TERMINAL

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    - Polish Maritime Research - Year 2017

    Appropriate risk assessment plays a fundamental role in the design. . The authors propose a possible method of design risk mitigation, which follows recommendations included in Eurocode 7. The so-called “Observational Method” (OM) can produce savings in costs and programmes on engineering projects without compromising safety. The case study presented is a complex design solution that deals with the heavy foundations of a gantry...

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  • The lemniscate knowledge flow model

    Knowledge is seen as one of the main resources for organizations providing knowledge-intensive services. Therefore, sharing and reusing are the main goals of modern knowledge management (KM) approach, driven by information and communication technologies (ICT). However, one can ask for the details in order to provide means and tools to design and deploy environment able to fulfil these two goals. We observed that occurred interactions...

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  • Interpolation methods in GPR tomographic imaging of linear and volume anomalies for cultural heritage diagnostics

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    This paper presents results of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey conducted in St. Joseph’s Church in Gdańsk, Poland. The aim of the study was to produce tomographic imaging of a renovated floor as well as the objects buried under the floor to detect linear and volume inclusions. The assumed track spacing was meaningfully greater than the single signal spacing in each track, which induced the need for interpolation methods...

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  • Finite element modelling of a historic church structure in the context of a masonry damage analysis

    The paper includes a case study of modelling a real historic church using the finite element method (FEM) based on laser scans of its geometry. The main goal of the study was the analysis of the causes of cracking and crushing of masonry walls. An FEM model of the structure has been defined in ABAQUS. A non-linear dynamic explicit analysis with material model including damage plasticity has been performed. A homogenization procedure...

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  • Bending and buckling formulation of graphene sheets based on nonlocal simple first-order shear deformation theory

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    - Materials Research Express - Year 2018

    This paper presents a formulation based on simple first-order shear deformation theory (S-FSDT) for large deflection and buckling of orthotropic single-layered graphene sheets (SLGSs). The S-FSDT has many advantages compared to the classical plate theory (CPT) and conventional FSDT such as needless of shear correction factor, containing less number of unknowns than the existing FSDT and strong similarities with the CPT. Governing...

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  • Bahaa Bou Kalfouni

    People

    Bahaa Bou Kalfouni (1993 - Lebanese). Architect, urban designer, PhD candidate, and assistant professor at the Gdansk University of Technology (GUT). Architectural - Exhibition Curator, Facilitator, and plenary speaker. Member of ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) - Young Planner Professional (YPPs). Architect Volunteer at Humanitarian crises (2011 - 2022). Completed bachelor studies in Lithuania at Kaunas...

  • Projektowanie aplikacji komputerowych [Niestacjonarne][2021/22]

    e-Learning Courses
    • A. Wilk

    Kurs "Orojektowanie aplikacji komputerowych" dotyczy projektowania aplikacji desktopowych w oparciu o model projektowania Windows Presentation Foundation z wykorzystaniem jeżyków XAML oraz C#. Zakres kursu obejmuje: Programowanie zorientowane obiektowo - klasy i obiekty, Dziedziczenie, hermetyzacja, polimorfizm Interfejsy, delegaty, wyrażenia lambda. Projektowanie "Front-endu" - składnia XAML, Projektowanie "Back-endu" -...

  • Kultura jakości, doskonałości i bezpieczeństwa w organizacji

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    - Year 2019

    Kultura jakości, bezpieczeństwa oraz doskonałości to ważne, kategorie zasobów każdej organizacji, decydujące o jej niepowtarzalności. Kształtują one nie tylko tożsamość danej organizacji, ale także mają wpływ na jej zdolność do spełniania potrzeb różnych grup interesariuszy oraz na szeroko rozumianą reputację na rynku. Każda z tych kultur wyraża się poprzez swoiste założenia, normy, wartości oraz artefakty. Stanowią one fundament...

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  • Sub-regional service centres in reality and regional planning in Poland = Podregionalne osrodki obsługi w sferze realnej i planowaniu regionalnym w Polsce

    Sub-regional centres are defined as towns where the services of the sub-regional level are concentrated. In Poland these are such services that can be located in several towns in a voivodeship (region), but not in every capital of a poviat (county). The transformation of civilization has influenced changes in Christaller’s model of settlement network, but re-gularities are still valid. Models derived from Christaller's Central...

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  • Polityka Rozwoju/Development Policy 2022/23

    e-Learning Courses
    • G. Rembarz

    Course address the challenges of achieving the 11th goal of the Global Sustainable Development Policy (17 Sustainable Development Goals)_ Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Lectures are held in a remote formula in the layout of classes blocked according to an individual plan. Starting point TUE the 28th Feb 2023  8.30 am join here! https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTY2ZWNkMmItMWY1Yi00Y2NjLWEwMTQtNjY5ZjExYmExYjk4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2286760356-0022-486f-b793-a2d470bba5a5%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2247795e6d-82a8-484f-89a6-1d30ab1df5c5%22%7d teacher:...

  • Polityka Rozwoju/Development Policy 2023/24

    e-Learning Courses
    • G. Rembarz

    The course addresses the challenges of achieving Goal 11 of the Global Sustainable Development Policy (17 Sustainable Development Goals) to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. teacher: dr Gabriela Rembarz grem@pg.edu.pl Lectures are held remotely (TEAMS) in the arrangement of classes blocked according to an individual schedule. Starting point: Wed February 28, 2024, 8:30 a.m. Join under...

  • Application of Shape Memory Alloys in Retrofitting of Masonry and Heritage Structures Based on Their Vulnerability Revealed in the Bam 2003 Earthquake

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    - Materials - Year 2021

    For decades, one of the most critical considerations of civil engineers has been the construction of structures that can sufficiently resist earthquakes. However, in many parts of the globe, ancient and contemporary buildings were constructed without regard for engineering; thus, there is a rising necessity to adapt existing structures to avoid accidents and preserve historical artefacts. There are various techniques for retrofitting...

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  • Designing with Green and Blue – Climate Adaption Proposals for Lowland Areas of Gdańsk

    Publication
    • L. Nyka
    • R. Simões
    • P. R. Garcia
    • J. Rayss

    - Year 2021

    The paper gives insight into issues explored within the framework of the SOS Climate Waterfront workshop that took place in Gdańsk in June 2019. The aim of the study was to propose solutions that will decrease the number of flooding events and span the gap between flood prevention strategies and the provision of other benefits such as ecological, urban, cultural and social. Historical cartography enquiries and research by the design...

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  • Process zone in the Single Cantilever Beam under transverse loading. - Part II: Experimental

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    - THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS - Year 2011

    This paper describes an experimental arrangement to evaluate stress/strain fields in the process zone of asymmetric adhesively bonded joints. A transparent polycarbonate flexible beam was bonded to an aluminium alloy rigid block with an epoxy adhesive in a Single Cantilever Beam (SCB) configuration. The flexible adherend was loaded in the direction parallel to the initial crack front at constant rate. To monitor strains induced...

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  • SIMULATION OF PROCEED® SURGICAL MESH APPLIED TO VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR

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    In the present research, Proceed® implant is considered. The system is subjected to short-time dynamic pressure load, similar to post-operative cough naturally occurring in human abdomen. The model refers to a clinical case of 5cm of hernia operated by Proceed implant fixed by 15 joints every 3cm around the orifice. The simulations of the implanted mesh are performed by means of the Finite Element Method. The implant is modelled...

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  • Influence of soil–structure interaction on seismic pounding between steel frame buildings considering the effect of infill panels

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    - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering - Year 2019

    The present research aims to study the influence of the soil-structure interaction (SSI) and existence or absence of masonry infill panels in steel frame structures on the earthquake-induced pounding-involved response of adjacent buildings. The study was further extended to compare the pounding-involved behavior versus the independent behavior of structures without collisions, focusing much on dynamic behavior of single frames....

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  • Flood Modelling and Risk Analysis of Cinan Feizuo Flood Protection Area, Huaihe River Basin

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    • U. Farooq
    • A. Taha Bakheit Taha
    • F. Tian
    • X. Yuan
    • M. Ajmal
    • I. Ullah
    • M. Ahmad

    - Atmosphere - Year 2023

    This study evaluated multiple aspects of flood risks and effects on the Cinan Feizuo flood protection area in the Huaihe River basin. Flooding remains a leading problem for infrastructure, especially in urban, residential areas of the region. Effective flood modeling for urbanized floodplains is challenging, but MIKE (ID-2D) is paramount for analyzing and quantifying the risk in the vulnerable region. The Saint-Venant equation...

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  • Projektoanie aplikacji komputerowych [2021/22]

    e-Learning Courses
    • A. Wilk

    Kurs "Projektowanie aplikacji komputerowych" dotyczy projektowania aplikacji desktopowych w oparciu o model projektowania Windows Presentation Foundation z wykorzystaniem jeżyków XAML oraz C#. Zakres kursu obejmuje: Programowanie zorientowane obiektowo - klasy i obiekty, Dziedziczenie, hermetyzacja, polimorfizm Interfejsy, delegaty, wyrażenia lambda. Projektowanie "Front-endu" - składnia XAML, Projektowanie "Back-endu" -...

  • Complex Concrete Structures (CE) - 2021/2022

    e-Learning Courses
    • P. Ziółkowski

    The following issues in the field of concrete structures will be discussed in the lecture part: Mechanical properties of concrete and reinforcing steel; Calculation of reinforced concrete cross-sections bending; Calculation of reinforced concrete cross-sections shear; Serviceability limit state in reinforced concrete structures; Reinforced concrete slabs, one-way and cross-reinforced; Reinforced concrete stairs; Reinforced...

  • Complex Concrete Structures (CE) - 2023/2024

    e-Learning Courses
    • P. Ziółkowski
    • R. Ossowski

    The following issues in the field of concrete structures will be discussed in the lecture part: Mechanical properties of concrete and reinforcing steel; Calculation of reinforced concrete cross-sections bending; Calculation of reinforced concrete cross-sections shear; Serviceability limit state in reinforced concrete structures; Reinforced concrete slabs, one-way and cross-reinforced; Reinforced concrete stairs; Reinforced...

  • Badania empiryczne związane z ewolucją języków - wybrane zagadnienia

    Although language evolution is an area in science yet to be developed, its foundations lay on empirical research. The aim of this article is to present three categories of ways to get empirical data on language evolution: observing language in laboratory, monitoring animal communication and analysing pidgins and creoles. The part of the paper about language in laboratory bases on English-language articles presenting the experiments...

  • Intercultural interactions in multinational subsidiaries

    Publication
    • M. Rozkwitalska
    • M. Chmielecki
    • S. Przytula
    • L. Sulkowski
    • B. Basińska

    - Baltic Journal of Management - Year 2017

    Purpose - Our aim is to show how individuals perceive the quality of intercultural interactions at work in multinational subsidiaries, and to address the question of what actually prevails in their accounts, i.e. ‘the dark side’ or ‘the bright side’. Design/methodology/approach - We report the findings from five subsidiaries located in Poland and interviews with 68 employees of these companies. Findings - The ‘bright side’ dominated...

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  • Completeness and Consistency of the System Requirement Specification

    Although the System Requirement Specification, as a first formal and detailed document, is the base for the software project in classic software methodologies, there is a noticeable problem of assuring the completeness of this document. The lack of its completeness causes uncertainty of the project foundations. This was one of motivations for agile methodologies – if the SRS cannot be easily validated, if it can change in late project...

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