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Kształcenie inżyniera czy usługa edukacyjna, czyli KRK w praktyce
PublicationSystem szkolnictwa wyższego w Polsce przechodzi obecnie szereg zmian związanych z wdrażaniem Ram Kwalifikacji dla Europejskiego Obszaru Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Zostały one przygotowane w ramach Procesu Bolońskiego i przyjęte w 2005 roku na konferencji w Bergen. Uchwalona w ubiegłym roku ustawa o zmianie ustawy „Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym”, w ślad za ustaleniami unijnymi wprowadza szereg zmian w organizacji i prowadzeniu procesu...
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Road safety performance indicators and their explanatory value: A critical view based on the experience of Central European countries
PublicationCounts of road crashes and their victims represent essential information for road safety practitioners allowing them to analyse their spatial and temporal aspects. However, they cannot provide details on the factors causing road crashes. As a result, various road safety performance indicators (RSPIs) were introduced, making it possible to gather information on the effectiveness of interventions on road safety in given areas. However,...
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How digital technology affects working conditions in globally fragmented production chains: Evidence from Europe
PublicationThis paper uses a sample of over 9 million workers from 22 European countries to study the intertwined relationship between digital technology, cross-border production links and working conditions. We compare the social consequences of technological change exhibited by three types of innovation: computerisation (software), automation (robots) and artificial intelligence (AI). To fully quantify work-related wellbeing, we propose...
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Broadening the scope of measurement and analysis of vibrations of an organ pipe employing intensity probe, simulations, and highspeed camera
PublicationThis paper shows an integrated approach to measure, analyze, and model phenomena occurring in an organ pipe driven by pressurized air. The aim of this paper is two-fold, i.e., to measure the pressure signal and the intensity field around the mouth by means of an intensity probe and to visualize and observe the motion of the air jet, which represents the excitation mechanism of the system. This is realized through two techniques,...
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Intraday price reaction to filing bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings – the evidence from Poland
PublicationThis chapter presents the results of research on the price reaction of shares listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange to filing bankruptcy and/or restructuring applications. Event study was adopted as the research method, and it was performed at 10, 5, and 1-minute intervals. It was found that the reaction is rapid, as it takes 1–2 minutes after the information on bankruptcy and restructuring applications was made public. Significantly...
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Reshaping the Gdańsk Shipyard—The Birthplace of the Solidarity Movement. The Complexity of Adaptive Reuse in the Heritage Context
PublicationThe Gdańsk Shipyard—the birthplace of the Solidarity movement—is host to a unique example of a multi-layered brownfield redevelopment project, an area that is burdened by a complex history, overlapping heritage, and multiple memories. These circumstances require an integrated yet differentiated approach to the site’s heritage and make the creation of one homogeneous narration of its future impossible. At the same time, the size...
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Media architecture for post-modern society - new forms of participation
PublicationThe article shows the relationship between the characteristics of the post-modern society, and the development of media architecture with the function of interactivity. In this context, the duality of the features of post-modern society was emphasized: taking into account its location between creativity and consumerism, as well as on the border between the real and virtual word. The development of media architecture has been linked...
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Sounding Mechanism of a Flue Organ Pipe—A Multi-Sensor Measurement Approach
PublicationThis work presents an approach that integrates the results of measuring, analyzing, and modeling air flow phenomena driven by pressurized air in a flue organ pipe. The investigation concerns a Bourdon organ pipe. Measurements are performed in an anechoic chamber using the Cartesian robot equipped with a 3D acoustic vector sensor (AVS) that acquires both acoustic pressure and air particle velocity. Also, a high-speed camera is employed...
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Niederschalgswasser-Management in Polen. Aufgaben und organisatorische Strukturen am Beispiel der Stadt Danzig
PublicationDie wirksame Trennung der Abwasserströme sowie die extrem komplexen räumlichen Bedingungen sind das Hauptproblem der Niederschlagswasserbewirtschaftung in Danzig. In der Stadt gibt es sowohl Berg- als auch Tieflagen. Die bestehende Situation führte zu der Notwendigkeit, eine eigene kommunale Betriebsorganisation zu gründen, die sich um alle Bestandteile der Niederschlagswasserinfrastruktur (Kanäle im Innen- und Außenbereich, Bäche,...
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Organisatorische Probleme des Niederschlagwasser – Management in Polen
PublicationIn Polen dominiert in der Kanalisation das Trennsystem. Nur im Zentrum größerer Städte herrscht hauptsächlich das Mischsystem vor. Bezüglich Niederschlagswasser gibt es in Polen keine Festlegungen. Es gibt keine Definition der Verantwortlichkeiten für die Niederschlagswasserentsorgung sowie deren Finanzierung. Trotz Änderungen im Gesetz über die öffentliche Wasserver-und Abwasserentsorgung wurde dieses Problem bislang nicht...
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The impact of thermomechanical and chemical treatment of waste Brewers’ spent grain and soil biodegradation of sustainable Mater-Bi-Based biocomposites
PublicationDue to the massive plastic pollution, development of sustainable and biodegradable polymer materials is crucial to reduce environmental burdens and support climate neutrality. Application of lignocellulosic wastes as fillers for polymer composites was broadly reported, but analysis of biodegradation behavior of resulting biocomposites was rarely examined. Herein, sustainable Mater-Bi-based biocomposites filled with thermomechanically-...
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Methods of data extraction from sub-bottom profiler's signal
PublicationData obtain during sounding Gdansk Bay with SES-2000 Standard parametric sub-bottom profiler has two types of information: envelope and pure signal. First is used to plot echograms in real time and contain envelope of echo. The second one is stored during sounding and can be processed after recording data. Comparison of results will be shown and discussed. First step in investigation was proper configuration of small measurement...
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Advantageous conditions of saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels generation via fermentation processes
PublicationProcessing of lignocellulosic biomass includes four major unit operations: pre-treatment, hydrolysis, fermentation and product purifcation prior to biofuel generation via anaerobic digestion. The microorganisms involved in the fermentation metabolize only simple molecules, i.e., monosugars which can be obtained by carrying out the degradation of complex polymers, the main component of lignocellulosic biomass. The object of this...
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The Undisrupted Growth of the Airbnb Phenomenon between 2014–2020. The Touristification of European Cities before the COVID-19 Outbreak
PublicationAs a result of the Airbnb eruption, not only has the character of the short-term rental market been completely transformed, but the decades long growth in tourism has also been further accelerated. Therefore, due to the new demands of the tourism economy, the major shift in the usage of historic city centers occurred–the process of ‘touristification’, that results in the emergence of its new, unsustainable form. Despite the significance...
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Contour Analysis of Bleeding Regions in Endoscopic Images
PublicationThis paper investigates the problem of detecting bleeding regions in images acquired from endoscopic examinations of gastrointestinal tract. The purpose is to identify the characteristic features of bleeding areas' contours in order to develop an accurate method for discriminating between true bleeding regions and missed detections, which could lead to a significant reduction of the false alarm rate of existing blood-detection...
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A strategy for GPS data processing in a precise local network during high solar activity
PublicationThis paper presents the analyses connected with reduction of errors from ionospheric refraction using GPS data from local satellite networks. This is particularly essential during rising solar activity. The Bernese GPS Software v. 4.2 was used, as an analytical tool. The test data included measurements from a geodynamic network SUDETES situated in the Sudety Mountains across the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. A local...
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Telekomunikacyjne wsparcie narzędziowe działań zapobiegawczych w zakresie akwizycji, dystrybucji i wymiany informacji w procesie koordynacji i współpracy służb
PublicationPotrzeba prowadzenia efektywnego procesu współpracy służb i organów odpowiedzialnych za bezpieczeństwo narodowe i międzynarodowe wymaga wsparcia ze strony nowoczesnych systemów telekomunikacyjnych, uwarunkowanych ich specjalnym przeznaczeniem. Z uwagi na charakter działań, rozwiązania dla potrzeb koordynacji i współpracy muszą być realizowane jako systemy rozproszone umożliwiające przenoszenie i przetwarzanie informacji multimedialnych,...
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Permeability of Waterfronts—Contemporary Approach in Designing Urban Blue Spaces
PublicationThe constant struggle with rising sea levels and flood hazards has resulted in the change of the paradigm in shaping urban waterfronts towards increasing their permeability and creation of urban blue spaces. The aim of the paper was to indicate a new approach in designing public spaces at the sea–land interface by presenting a comparative study of the design solutions used in case of the four selected case studies: the Sea Organs...
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Shaping the City Responding to Climate Change – Concept of Development of the Right Bank of the Vistula River in Toruń, Poland,
PublicationThe problems of cities of the 21st century are caused by anthropogenic oppression of the environment, through the growth of economic activity and continuous urbanisation, and taking away ecologically important open areas and biologically active areas. Increasingly frequent and sudden rains, strong winds, turbulence and rising world water levels are some of the consequences of climate change that have a direct impact on the functioning...
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Synthesis and in silico characterization of artificially phosphorylated glycosaminoglycans
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Quality increase for single-welded joints of thin-walled structures by means of simulation modelling
PublicationThe Simulation calculation module and the SolidWorks software package have helped to define the optimal shape and dimensions of single-welded joints which may serve the basis for calculating the process parameters of welding. Having compared the models with different weld cross-sections the authors have defined that the weld height and width do not significantly affect the stress concentration, and the stress concentration and...
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Ionic liquids: predictions of physicochemical properties with experimental and/or DFT-calculated LFER parameters to understand molecular interactions in solution
PublicationPublikacja zawiera modele pozwalające na przewidywanie współczynnika podziału oktanol-woda (log P), rozpuszczalności w wodzie oraz krytycznego stężenia micelizacji (CMC) cieczy jonowych oraz współczynników aktywności anionowej i hydrofobowości w wodzie i w mieszaninie oktanolu z wodą. Modele oparte są na liniowych zależnościach energii swobodnej (LFER) i wykorzystują parametry zmierzone i/lub wyliczone na podstawie funkcjonalnej...
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In silico modelling for predicting the cationic hydrophobicity and cytotoxicity of ionic liquids towards the Leukemia rat cell line, Vibrio fischeri and Scenedesmus vacuolatus based on molecular interaction potentials of ions
PublicationIn this study we present prediction models for estimating in silico the cationic hydrophobicity and the cytotoxicity (log [1/EC50]) of ionic liquids (ILs) towards the Leukemia rat cell line (IPC-81), the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri and the limnic green algae Scenedesmus vacuolatus using linear free energy relationship (LFER) descriptors computed by COSMO calculations. The LFER descriptors used for the prediction model (i.e....
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Polyurethanes as a carrier of drugs for gentamicin
PublicationGentamicin is one of the most popular drug and is widely used due to its antibiotic properties. 3% of world production of polyurethanes (PU) is dedicated to biomedical applications, where they can serve are parts of orthopedic prosthesis or artificial organs, disposable medical devices, wound and burn dressing, contact lenses among others. In the study, to obtain drug carriers, a combination of these two materials were prepared...
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Thermodynamic Cycles of Air Microturbine Power Plants Working on Biomass Fuels
PublicationThe gas turbine engine is modified to work as an air turbine set which consists, in the simplest arrangement, of a compressor, a heat exchanger and a turbine. Air is a working medium for both: the compressor and the turbine. This kind of air turbine set can be applied in power plants working on biomass fuels. In this solution we can burn fuels of varying parameters in the external combustion chamber without any harmful effects...
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PRAKTYKA URBANISTYCZNA SEM. VI_2021/22
e-Learning CoursesPrzedmiotem zajęć jest wykonanie uproszczonej inwentaryzacji urbanistycznej, przedstawionej w postaci modelu 3D prezentującego studium zabudowy i wnętrz urbanistycznych wskazanego fragmentu przestrzeni miasta.
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PRAKTYKA URBANISTYCZNA SEM. VI_2020/21
e-Learning CoursesPrzedmiotem zajęć jest wykonanie uproszczonej inwentaryzacji urbanistycznej, studium zabudowy i wnętrz urbanistycznych wskazanego fragmentu przestrzeni miasta.
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Projekt urbanistyczny II. SEM. IV 2019/2020. Prowadzący zajęcia: Jakub Bladowski, Izabela Burda
e-Learning CoursesPrzedmiotem kursu jest zaprojektowanie zespołu zabudowy uzupełnionego małymi usługami towarzyszącymi oraz terenami rekreacyjnymi i przedszkolem. Teren projektowy objęty jest miejscowym planem zagospodarowania przestrzennego, z zapisami którego zespoły projektowe będą podejmować dyskusję. Studenci ponadto przyswoją podstawowe zasady, które niezbędne są do kształtowania kompleksowego środowiska zamieszkiwania.
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Projekt Architektoniczny II_ SEM 2 MGR 2020/21_Architektura połączeń i aktywizacji przestrzeni nadwodnych w Łebie
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Investigating the effects of structural pounding on the seismic performance of adjacent RC and steel MRFs
PublicationAn insufficient separation distance between adjacent buildings is the main reason for structural pounding during severe earthquakes. The lateral load resistance system, fundamental natural period, mass, and stiffness are important factors having the influence on collisions between two adjacent structures. In this study, 3-, 5- and 9-story adjacent reinforced concrete and steel Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) were considered to investigate...
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Źródła idei twórczych Ralpha Erskine'a
PublicationPublikacja przybliża biografię i projekty Ralpha Erskine'a, analizując źródła jego idei twórczych. Ralph Erskine (1914-2005) to angielski architekt, który przez większość swojego życia mieszkał i pracował w Szwecji. Zasłynął ze swego prospołecznego i proekologicznego podejścia do architektury. Źródeł jego idei twórczych trzeba poszukiwać w domu rodzinnym i szkole. Rodzice Erskine’a byli socjalistami i zwolennikami Towarzystwa Fabiańskiego....
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Geographic Information System for Flood Hazard Analysis and Early Warning Using Numerical Weather Predictions
PublicationFloods are a phenomenon which causes significant losses of lives as well as property damage, which in turn severely impact the local economy. The nature of a flooding has been well researched, and several methods of flood hazard simulation have been established over the last decades. The current legislation in the European Union requires the Member States to create, maintain and update flood risk and hazard maps, as well as identify...
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Experimental research on helical coil biomass boiler with oil as a heating fluid
PublicationThis paper presents an experimental research of helical coil biomass boiler with thermal oil heating agent. Heat exchanger consists of two coaxial helical coils swept by the flue gases. The burner is a single vertical retort connected to the fuel tank (wooden pellets). The boiler is a part of micro-power plant in which the heat from the boiler is exchanged with low-boiling HFE7100 to produce steam for a custom steam turbine. The...
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Facilitating free travel in the Schengen area—A position paper by the European Association for Biometrics
PublicationDue to migration, terror-threats and the viral pandemic, various EU member states have re-established internal border control or even closed their borders. European Association for Biometrics (EAB), a non-profit organisation, solicited the views of its members on ways which biometric technologies and services may be used to help with re-establishing open borders within the Schengen area while at the same time mitigating any adverse...
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Gustav Oelsners Werk aus polnischer Perspektive. das Erbe der moderne in der polnischen Architektur und Stadtplannung
PublicationDie Leistungen des Architekten Gustav Oelsner sind ein Beispiel für das gemeinsame Erbe der Region, das gemeinsam betrachtet werden sollte – ohne eine de facto künstliche Aufteilung in die Aktivitäten deutscher und polnischer Künstler. Eine solche Herangehensweise ist notwendig bei der Analyse der Biographie nicht nur des Altonaer Architekten, sondern vieler anderer, die das Schicksal der Geschichte in die nationale Einteilung...
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Nitric Oxide-Dependent Pathways as Critical Factors in the Consequences and Recovery after Brain Ischemic Hypoxia
PublicationBrain ischemia is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide. Nitric oxide (NO), a molecule that is involved in the regulation of proper blood flow, vasodilation, neuronal and glial activity constitutes the crucial factor that contributes to the development of pathological changes after stroke. One of the early consequences of a sudden interruption in the cerebral blood flow is the massive production of reactive...
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10 JAHRE LIGHT SYMPOSIUM WISMAR (LSW)
PublicationDie Zukunft von Licht und Beleuchtung stand im Mittelpunkt des international ausgerichteten Light Symposiums Wismar (LSW), das vom 4. bis 8. November 2008 im Rahmen des Festjahres zum hundertjährigen Bestehen der Hochschule Wismar an der Fakultät Gestaltung stattfand. Ein weitaus wichtigerer Grund war der Wunsch, das Thema Licht und Gesundheit ganzheitlich zu thematisieren. Licht, Raum und Ästhetik sollten in Kongruenz zum salutogentischen*...
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A special issue on Biophotonics in Europe
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Determination of LFER descriptors of 30 cations of ionic lquids - progress in understanding their molercular interaction potentials
PublicationW celu zrozumienia interakcji molekularnych trzydziestu kationów cieczy jonowych, zastosowano powszechnie znaną koncepcję liniowej zależności energii swobodnej (LFER). Deskryptory LFER dla nadmiarowej refrakcji molowej i objętości molowej, zostały obliczone in silico, natomiast kwasowość i zasadowość wiązań wodorowych, i polaryzowalność/dipoloarność kationów cieczy jonowych zostały oznaczone eksperymentalnie za pomocą wysokosprawnej...
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Thermal sequences database of the skin flaps in breast reconstruction and burns
PublicationThis paper presents a database of Active Dynamic Thermography (ADT) thermal sequences gathered throughout 6 year study on ADT application in skin flap blood perfusion monitoring and burn wounds diagnosis. For skin flap monitoring the database comprises of data collected during three different breast reconstruction procedures. The patients were monitored pre, intra and post surgically within 90 days period. The sequences were used...
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Thermal sequences database of the skin flaps in breast reconstruction and burns
PublicationThis paper presents a database of Active Dynamic Thermography (ADT) thermal sequences gathered throughout 6 year study on ADT application in skin flap blood perfusion monitoring and burn wounds diagnosis. For skin flap monitoring the database comprises of data collected during three different breast reconstruction procedures. The patients were monitored pre, intra and post surgically within 90 days period. The sequences were used...
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Acid–Base Equilibrium and Self-Association in Relation to High Antitumor Activity of Selected Unsymmetrical Bisacridines Established by Extensive Chemometric Analysis
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Anomalous pressure dependence of acoustic phonons of AgGaSe2 investigated by inelastic neutron scattering to 4.3 GPa
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Acid–Base Equilibrium and Self-Association in Relation to High Antitumor Activity of Selected Unsymmetrical Bisacridines Established by Extensive Chemometric Analysis
PublicationUnsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) represent a novel class of anticancer agents previously synthesized by our group. Our recent studies have demonstrated their high antitumor potential against multiple cancer cell lines and human tumor xenografts in nude mice. At the cellular level, these compounds affected 3D cancer spheroid growth and their cellular uptake was selectively modulated by quantum dots. UAs were shown to undergo metabolic...
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Biologia komórki nowotworowej IBM 2022/2023
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Laboratorium Kultur tkankowych 2023/2024
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Material Parameters Identification of Historic Lighthouse Based on Operational Modal Analysis
PublicationIn the present paper, the identification of the material parameters of a masonry lighthouse is discussed. A fully non-invasive method was selected, in which the material properties were determined via numerical model validation applied to the first pair of natural frequencies and their related mode shapes, determined experimentally. The exact structural model was built by means of the finite element method. To obtain experimental...
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Degradation of Kinematic PPP of GNSS Stations in Central Europe Caused by Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances During the St. Patrick’s Day 2015 Geomagnetic Storm
PublicationIn solar cycle 24, the strongest geomagnetic storm took place on March 17, 2015, when the geomagnetic activity index was as high as -223 nT. To verify the impact that the storm had on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)’s positioning accuracy and precision, we used 30-s observations from 15 reference stations located in Central Europe. For each of them, we applied kinematic precise point positioning (PPP) using gLAB software...
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Cast Iron Staircase in Aleksandrów Kujawski (Poland) - History, Construction, Architectural Form
PublicationThe text presents historic cast iron staircase, which is situated inside the railway station building in Aleksandrów Kujawski. Since the moment of creation in the 19th century for a long time that station, located at the border of Prussia and Kingdom of Poland, was an important transit point. Nowadays it is situated in the central of Poland. The staircase was built in 1870’s as a result of an extension of the railway station building...
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Understanding the early-stage release of volatile organic compounds from rapeseed oil during deep-frying of tubers by targeted and omics-inspired approaches using PTR-MS and gas chromatography
PublicationDuring deep-frying, a plethora of volatile products is emitted with the fumes. These compounds could act as oil quality indicators and change the indoor air composition leading to health risks for occupants. The presented experiments focus on deep-frying of different tubers in rapeseed oil at different frying temperatures. Here, two scenarios for real-time monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using proton transfer reaction...