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  • Zarządzanie strategiczne (wykład on-line)

    e-Learning Courses
    • J. Kreft

  • Integracja gospodarcza Europy on-line

    e-Learning Courses
    • N. Daszkiewicz

  • Zarządzanie strategiczne (ćwiczenia on-line)

    e-Learning Courses
    • J. Kreft

  • A Multi Rig Screening Test for Thin Ceramic Coatings in Bio - Tribological Applications

    A method is presented for the comparative testing of wear resistance of ceramic coatings made from materials potentially feasible in tribo - medical applications, mainly orthopaedic implants made from ceramics coated metals for low cost, long life and low wear particle emission into the body. The method was devised as the main tool for use in research and is comprised of flat on flat and ball on flat surface (sliding) tests. Seven...

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  • Wearable system supporting navigation of the blind

    Improving blind people comfort of life is a problem ofgreat importance. Fortunately, new technolgies provide us withadditional methods to improve everyday life of the blind and visuallyimpaired. The paper presents experimental system made byresearchers from Department of Geoinformatics of Gdansk Universityof Technology, which is capable of finding the route from theindicated source to chosen destination, using dedicated digital...

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  • Tribological model of porous bearings with particular attention given to the lubricant lubricity

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    - Journal of KONBiN - Year 2011

    The friction and wear problems, accompanying all the tribological systems, lead to reduced service life. In order to prevent such situation, it is necessary to maintain fluid friction, which improves durability of all friction nodes in a tribological system. In the paper, the tribological system consists of porous bearings and the model deals with their weakest spots - the oil outflow points in the porous wall. A kinetic model...

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  • Upper Limb Bionic Orthoses: General Overview and Forecasting Changes

    Using robotics in modern medicine is slowly becoming a common practice. However, there are still important life science fields which are currently devoid of such advanced technology. A noteworthy example of a life sciences field which would benefit from process automation and advanced robotic technology is rehabilitation of the upper limb with the use of an orthosis. Here, we present the state-of-the-art and prospects for development...

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  • How pesticides affect neonates? - Exposure, health implications and determination of metabolites

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    - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT - Year 2023

    This review covers key information related to the effects of pesticides on fetal and child health. All humans are exposed to environmental toxicants, however child's health, due to their high vulnerability, should be of special concern. They are continuously exposed to environmental xenobiotics including a wide variety of pesticides, and other pollutants. These compounds can enter the child's body through various routes, both during...

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  • The Dilemmas of Choosing a Suitable Technology for Low Energy and Passive Houses in the Context of their Overheating Issues

    In compliance with European Union directives, numerous countries are introducing increasingly stricter legal limits on the estimated energy consumption of newly designed residential buildings. However, the fact, that regulations and designers' efforts are focused on decreasing energy consumption (and consequently carbon dioxide emissions) only at the post-occupancy stage, may lead to a significant increase in the carbon footprint...

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  • The Sustainable Link - the Haze of the Past in the Future

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    - Year 2018

    The aim of the topic is to explore the site by focusing on historical elements and life cycle thinking. The history and sustainability will thereby be the core approach and method during the ongoing design process. These themes will encourage the interdisciplinary and iterative design process.

  • Using LSTM networks to predict engine condition on large scale data processing framework

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    - Year 2017

    As the Internet of Things technology is developing rapidly, companies have an ability to observe the health of engine components and constructed systems through collecting signals from sensors. According to output of IoT sensors, companies can build systems to predict the conditions of components. Practically the components are required to be maintained or replaced before the end of life in performing their assigned task. Predicting...

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  • Chapter 8 – Active Sampling of Air

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    - Year 2016

    This chapter reviews the literature information on analytical techniques and laboratory equipment used for active sampling of air (atmospheric and indoor) in regular monitoring research. It describes popular analytical devices applied for sample collection using various types of polymeric bags, e.g. Tedlar bags, Teflon or Nafion bags, and/or stainless steel vacuum containers. It reviews literature data about the application of...

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  • STABILITY ANALYSIS OF A TRUSS WITH SLOPING ELASTIC BRACES

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    - Year 2014

    Steel trusses have a much greater strength and stiffness in their plane than out of their plane, and therefore should be braced against lateral deflection and twisting. Such elements like purlins apart from bearing vertical load are part of bracing that stabilize roof trusses against distortional buckling. The stability of trusses with elastic bracing was investigated in an experimental research. Braces situated at some angle measured...

  • Self-adwokatura jako forma wolontariatu osób z niepełnosprawnością

    Self-advocacy is both a competence necessary for independent adult life and a form of activity of people with disability in terms of exercising their rights to self-determine. It is also a form of social inclusion and participation, often having a character of volunteer engagement of people with disability in work for their minority group. Although the access of people with disability to the sphere of supporting other people...

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  • Arsenic-Based Warfare Agents: Production, Use, and Destruction

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    - CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2014

    Since the beginning of time, civilizations have looked for more creative ways to dominate and defeat their enemies. The rapid development of the chemical industry just before the Second World War started the era of modern chemical weapon production based on poisons, including toxic arsenic compounds. This paper provides a detailed overview of the production, usage and destruction of this dangerous chemical weapon. Milestones include:...

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  • Visual content representation and retrieval for Cognitive Cyber Physical Systems

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2019

    Cognitive Cyber Physical Systems have gained significant attention from academia and industry during the past few decade. 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...

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  • Earth wires currents calculation by tableau analysis

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    The paper presents a new method to compute a phase-to-earth fault current distribution in overhead transmission line. The method is based on the tableau analysis of an unbalanced, multi-wire model of a transmission line. It allows for the calculation of current distribution in overhead earth wires along the transmission line. Additionally, it may be used to calculate currents in a tower’s earthing system as well as voltages over...

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  • Laboratory fatigue assessment of large geocomposite-reinforced double-layered asphalt concrete beams

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    - Year 2022

    Geosynthetic reinforcement of asphalt layers has been used for several decades. Evaluation of the influence of these materials on pavement fatigue life is still ongoing, especially for new types of geocomposites. This paper presents the evaluation of fatigue performance of large asphalt concrete beams reinforced with a new type of composite in which square or hexagonal polypropylene stiff monolithic paving grid with integral junctions...

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  • Laboratory fatigue assessment of large geocomposite-reinforced double-layered asphalt concrete beams

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    - Year 2022

    Geosynthetic reinforcement of asphalt layers has been used for several decades. Evaluation of the influence of these materials on pavement fatigue life is still ongoing, especially for new types of geocomposites. This paper presents the evaluation of fatigue performance of large asphalt concrete beams reinforced with a new type of composite in which square or hex­agonal polypropylene stiff monolithic paving grid with integral junctions...

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  • Approximation strategies for routing edge disjoint paths in complete graphs

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    - Year 2006

    Praca dotyczy problemu ścieżek krawędziowo rozłącznych w nieskierowanych grafach pełnych, dla którego podano nowe algorytmy przybliżone: 3.75-przybliżony (model off-line) i 6.47-przybliżony (model on-line). Stosując podobną metodologię, uzyskano algorytm 4.5-przybliżony (off-line) i 6-przybliżony (on-line) dla problemu routingu i kolorowania ścieżek w grafach pełnych.

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  • Ocena wpływu polityki zdrowotnej na jakość życia starzejącego się społeczeństwa w krajach UE

    Starzenie się społeczeństw w Europie powoduje wiele problemów społecznych i ekonomicznych. Polityka zdrowotna i jakość opieki zdrowotnej wpływają na stan zdrowia osób starszych, a tym samym na jakość ich życia. Artykuł jest próbą oceny polityki zdro-wotnej w krajach Unii Europejskiej w kontekście jakości życia. Wykorzystano metodę Data Envelopment Analysis i koncepcję helmsmana, powszechnie stosowane do oceny różnych rodzajów polityki....

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  • Principles of smoking

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    Treatment of a large variety of foods with wood smoke has been practiced for centuries—predominantlymeats, poultry, and fish, but also scallops, cheeses, prunes, paprika, and themalt used to produce whiskey and some sorts of beer.The process usually includes salting and partial drying; it may also be coupled with heating. The aim is to increase the shelf life of the products, prevent food poisoning, and add a desirable smoky flavor....

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  • Identification of Kinematic Excitation Function by the Modal Coordinates Estimation of the System's Dynamics

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    The paper presents a method of the kinematic excitation courses’ identification in excitation points, based on the car road test acceleration at different measurement points. For the purpose of the laboratory fatigue life investigation of contemporary complex structures (e.g. cars bodies) and components of these structures (i.e. cars roofs), only a few first vibration modes are usually taken into account. During real life tests...

  • Kształtowanie tożsamości na przykładzie małych miast województwa pomorskiego

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    Small towns form an important element of the landscape, economy, both social and cultural life of our regions. Moreover, the way they develop determine regional indicators of the quality of life. These centers take today attempt to redefine its role and place in the spatial structures of the region, looking for new impulses and development opportunities to improve the living conditions of the local public. They have deeply divergent...

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  • Optimal fractional sample delay filter with variable delay. [online] W: On- line Symposium for Electronics Engineers. Techonline Bedford, Massachu- setts, USA. [Dostęp: 15 stycznia**2002]. Dostępny w World Wide Web: http: //www.techonline.com/community/ed_resource/feature_article/14917[6 s.5 rys.] Optymalny filtr ułamkowo-opóźniający o zmiennym opóźnieniu.

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    - Year 2002

    W pracy zaprezentowano koncepcję filtru ułamkowo-opóźniającego o zmiennym o-późnieniu optymalnego w sensie Czebyszewa. Najpierw przedstawia jest numery-cznie wydajna metoda projektowania optymalnych filtrów ułamkowo-opóźniają-cych oparta na zespolonym algorytmie Remeza. W pracy pokazano, że można jąuprościć w przypadku projektowania filtrów ułamkowo-opóźniających. Pokazuje-my również, że jest możliwe dalsze zmniejszenie...

  • Credibility of Business Operations via Internet: Customer Perspective

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    - Year 2012

    Tourism plays an important role in economy of Mediterranean countries. Year after year, more and more people spend or like to spend their vacations (and money) in the Mediterranean region. Hiring private apartments or houses by individual persons for themselves and their families becomes more and more popular way of vacation arrangement and, in the result, constitutes an important factor of the countries' incomes. Versatile and...

  • Daylight recommendation for building interiors in the selected national building and lighting regulations in the EU

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    The quality of life within building environment is closely linked to the quality of daylight effectively delivered into the living space. The paper describes the results of the normative documents review and a comparative analysis, based on which daylight recommendations present in national regulations have been compiled.

  • Jarosław Krajewski dr

    Doctor of economics in the discipline of economics. In 2007, he completed his master's degree at the Faculty of Economics and Management, majoring in management and marketing, specializing in IT in management. He defended his doctoral dissertation in 2012. Author of several scientific publications on the application of quantitative methods in macroeconomics and insurance. In his professional life, he has many years of experience...

  • Functionalized polyolefins, synthesis application and industrial relevance

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    - Year 2019

    Polymers play a key role in our modern life full of technical advances and a continuous request for new materials with tailored properties for a low price. Their excellent mechanical properties, good processability, chemical stability and low price make polyolefins the polymers of choice for most commodity and some more specialized applications. As a result, polyolefins account for over 65% of the total world demand of plastic...

  • Isolation and structure of a covalent cross-link adduct between mitomycin C and DNA

    Publication
    • M. Tomasz
    • R. Lipman
    • D. Chowdary
    • J. Pawlak
    • G. L. Verdine
    • K. Nakanishi

    - SCIENCE - Year 1987

    A DNA cross-link adduct of the antitumor agent mitomycin C (MC) to DNA has been isolated and characterized; the results provide direct proof for bifunctional alkylation of DNA by MC. Exposure of MC to Micrococcus luteus DNA under reductive conditions and subsequent nuclease digestion yielded adducts formed between MC and deoxyguanosine residues. In addition to the two known monoadducts, a bisadduct was obtained. Reductive MC activation...

  • Emotional experiences of family caregivers of children with Dravet syndrome

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    Background: Since the psychosocial implications of Dravet syndrome (DS) are much more serious and far-reaching than in other types of epilepsy, caring for a DS child seriously affects the entire family. This study describes the emotional experiences of family caregivers of DS children and evaluates the way caregiving affects their perceived quality of life. Methods: An anonymous, self-administered...

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  • METHODS OF TEACHING NOISE PROTECTION AT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

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    Noise strongly influences both our health and behavior in everyday life and as employees or employers. The lost of hearing and other effects of noise on humans result not only in a significant decrease in the quality of life or work efficiency but have also have economic consequences. As noise can be preventable in part by the Environmental Engineers, but it is necessary to introduce them noise issues during their education process....

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  • Chronographic Imprint of Age-Induced Alterations in Heart Rate Dynamical Organization

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    • D. Makowiec
    • D. Wejer
    • A. Kaczkowska
    • M. Żarczyńska-Buchowiecka
    • Z. R. Struzik

    - Frontiers in Physiology - Year 2015

    Beat-to-beat changes in the heart period are transformed into a network of increments between subsequent RR-intervals, which enables graphical descriptions of short-term heart period variability. Three types of such descriptions are considered: (1) network graphs arising from a set of vertices and directed edges, (2) contour plots of adjacency matrices A, representing the networks and transition matrices T, resulting from A, and (3)...

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  • Low-volume label-free SARS-CoV-2 detection with the microcavity-based optical fiber sensor

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    • M. Janik
    • T. Gabler
    • M. Koba
    • M. Panasiuk
    • Y. Dashkevich
    • T. Łęga
    • A. Dąbrowska
    • A. Naskalska
    • S. Żołędowska
    • D. Nidzworski... and 3 others

    - Scientific Reports - Year 2023

    Accurate and fast detection of viruses is crucial for controlling outbreaks of many diseases; therefore, to date, numerous sensing systems for their detection have been studied. On top of the performance of these sensing systems, the availability of biorecognition elements specific to especially the new etiological agents is an additional fundamental challenge. Therefore, besides high sensitivity and selectivity, such advantages...

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  • From fluid mechanics backgrounds to modern field theory

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    - ACTA MECHANICA - Year 2022

    Our presentation keeps a historical line of reasoning, since we start from old concepts of fluid mechanics and finish on concepts of modern field theory. We want to show that some facts from the nature phenomena, which have firstly been discovered on the ground of fluid mechanics, were next incorporated into physics and later become the important pattern for whole mathematical physics. Especially, well-known continuum models, which...

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  • Place identity in socialist-modernist building

    Open Research Data
    open access

    The data include 96 individual response of falowiec's residents on the following  scales (1) social identification, (2) falowiec’s place identity (3) interest in history of place. Each line represents responses obtained from one participant and his or her demographic characteristics. like gender, age, and education level. 

  • Recognition of Hand Drawn Flowcharts

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    - Year 2013

    In this paper the problem of hand drawn flowcharts recognition is presented. There are described two attitudes to this problem: on-line and off-line. A concept of FCE, a system for recognizing and understanding of freehand drawn on-line flow charts on desktop computer and mobile devices is presented. The first experiments with the FCE system and the planes for future are also described.

  • Detecting type of hearing loss with different AI classification methods: a performance review

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    • M. Kassjański
    • M. Kulawiak
    • T. Przewoźny
    • D. Tretiakow
    • J. Kuryłowicz
    • A. Molisz
    • K. Koźmiński
    • A. Kwaśniewska
    • P. Mierzwińska-Dolny
    • M. Grono

    - Year 2023

    Hearing is one of the most crucial senses for all humans. It allows people to hear and connect with the environment, the people they can meet and the knowledge they need to live their lives to the fullest. Hearing loss can have a detrimental impact on a person's quality of life in a variety of ways, ranging from fewer educational and job opportunities due to impaired communication to social withdrawal in severe situations. Early...

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  • Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework

    Purpose The purpose of this research was to investigate ways to reduce the average amount of exceeded guaranteed service time for external trucks at Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk Sp z o.o. (DCT Gdańsk) via dosing the gate activities, in particular IN-Gate entry process of trucks carrying import/export/transit containers. Design/methodology/approach A Six Sigma methodology with the DMAIC methods along with the SIPOC chart,...

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  • IN SEARCH OF A NEW EXHIBITION SPACE

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    The buildings considered as raising the prestige and promoting cities are those related to culture. Their impact on urban life is undeniable, which is reflected in a continuous increase in the number of new museum buildings. Apart from places intrinsically linked with culture, which, as such, may be considered as standard - like museum, theatres or galleries - there also appear alternative places of development and promotion of...

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  • Neurodiversity and remote work in times of crisis: lessons for HR

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    - Personnel Review - Year 2023

    Purpose The rich qualitative study builds on 11 semi-structured interviews with nine neurodivergent employees and two business professionals supportive of neurodiversity to understand the lived experiences of dealing with crisis in a remote working environment. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of the reported research is to understand how neurominorities experience remote working in the times of crisis and what the implications...

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  • Cohousing: the place of community

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    - Year 2011

    The crisis of social bonds, which affects living environment, has lead to the revival of traditional neighbourly relations. The idea of cohousing is included in this trend. Its inspiration may be found in the tradition of rural community, which used to adjust the system of rural settlements to the needs of community life.

  • Cognitive neuroscience: Theta network oscillations coordinate development of episodic memory

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    Our ability to remember life events matures through childhood and adolescence. A new study has revealed how theta oscillations between two anatomical brain regions supporting memory and executive functions are synchronized and develop across age through functional and structural connectivity.

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  • Prosociality in relation to developmental tasks of emerging adulthood

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    Prosociality, understood as the capacity to act in a way that benefits others, is an important feature for emerging adults to fulfill their personal needs and fulfill developmental tasks. This life period is a time of exploration within various areas of life, enabling individuals to try out and choose own worldview, lifestyle, work and preferred patterns of interpersonal relationships. This review aims at bringing together the...

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  • Evaluation of the Electronic Nose Used for Monitoring Environmental Pollution

    Air 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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  • Fuzzy Sets in the GIS Environment in the Location of Objects on the Surface of Water Bodies

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    The issue presented here focuses on concerns about the localization of the object on water surface. The article shows how to facilitate localization process by applying mathematical solutions characterized by simplicity, rapid action and delivering credible results. The paper shows the results of background experiments, which enabled to collect technical parameters needed for conducting simulation testing. The research has been...

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  • Quality of limes juices based on the aroma and antioxidant properties

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    - FOOD CONTROL - Year 2018

    Kaffir (Citrus hystrix) and Key (Citrus aurantifolia) limes juices were investigated and compared. Two dimensional gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-TOF-MS) was applied to assess the botanical origin of Kaffir and Key limes juices, based on volatile substances. The biggest differences in the contents of selected terpenes in Kaffir and Key limes occur in chemical compounds such as Limonene,...

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  • Set of Experience and Decisional DNA: Toward Brains for Cyber-physical Systems and Industry of the Future

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    - Year 2015

    The concept of Decisional DNA is decade old. This article introduces the initial idea of Set of Experience Knowledge Structure, its advancement into Decisional DNA, and its potential for real life applications in divers domains. The most current and future research steps into Industry 4.0 are also presented and discussed

  • Make lighting healthier

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    Life on Earth evolved in day-and-night cycles. Plants and animals, including insects such as the fruit fly, have a biological clock that controls their circadian rhythms — as the 2017 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine showed. Now, humans’ increasing reliance on artificial lighting is changing those rhythms.

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  • On my way to global science - 1933-2015 memoirs". A volume of memoirs by professor Wiesław Maria Grudzewski

    I wish to express my graditude for the oportunity to read excellent on the life and academic work of Professor Grudzewski, and outstanding scientist and unquestioned authority on economic sciences in the area of management science. Professor Grudzewski had an influence on the events presented in his memoirs through his acquaintances and associates.

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