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Optimization of using recuperative braking energy on a double-track railway line
PublicationIn the introduction, possible ways of reusing energy from recuperation are presented. Next, the paper investigates the possibility of using regenerative braking in the range allowed by the detailed timetable by adopting the method of transferring the recovered electric energy directly to the catenary and immediate use of this energy by another train at the same power section. In the main part of the work, it is shown, that the...
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Designing of Parking Spaces on Parking Taking into Account the Parameters of Design Vehicles
PublicationNowadays, in all cities, there is an acute problem of a lack of parking spaces. The number of vehicles is constantly increasing not only in big cities and megacities, but also in small towns of the country, and there are not enough parking places—the pace of solving the problem is several times slower than the growth rate of transport among citizens. The paper is dedicated to the determination of an optimal size of a parking place...
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Numerical analysis of high temperature minichannel heat exchanger for recuperative microturbine system
PublicationConsidering the development of energy sector, distributed small-scale power generation, e.g., gas micro-CHP, is attracting considerable interest. In such installations, the heat exchanger is one of the key components possessing a significant influence on overall performance. Most studies concentrate on units operating below 900C, which do not fulfil the requirements of gas micro-CHP. Therefore, there remains a challenge to design...
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Increase of the effective energy from the radiant tube equipped with regenerative system in comparison with conventional recuperative system
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych spalania HiTAC (High Temperature Air Combustion) z użyciem rury promieniującej w celu porównania systemu palników regeneracyjnych z konwencjonalnym systemem rekuperacyjnym.
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Multi-Option Model of Railway Traffic Organization Including the Energy Recuperation
PublicationThe article presents the issue of organization of railway traffic within the station, taking into account energy recuperation. We identified a number of factors which affect the energy efficiency of recuperation, including the issue of transfer of energy technology between a few vehicles. We presented some aspects of the decision problem of graphic train timetable construction with regard to recuperation. As an indicator of quality...
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DESIGNING OF PARKING SPACES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PARAMETERS OF DESIGN VEHICLES IN RUSSIA
PublicationNowadays, in all the cities, there is an acute problem of a lack of parking spaces. The number of vehicles are becoming more and more larger, not only in megacities, but in small cities of the country, as well and there are no more parking places - the pace of solving the problem is several times slower than the rate of the transport growth among the citizens. The article is dedicated to the determination of the optimum sizes parking...
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Internal heat recuperation in vapor compression and hybrid desiccant air conditioning systems
PublicationPraca przedstawia badania prowadzone w Katedrze Techniki Cieplnej Politechniki Gdańskiej nad wewnętrznym odzyskiem ciepła w parowo-spreżarkowych oraz adsorpcyjnych hybrydowych urządzeniach klimatyzacyjnych. Zaprezentowano wyniki analizy psychrometrycznej procesów realizowanych w urządzeniach, stanowiska badawcze urządzeń oraz uzyskane wyniki eksperymentalne.
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Numerical Determination of the Load-Bearing Capacity of a Perforated Thin-Walled Beam in a Structural System with a Steel Grating
PublicationThis article presents the results of numerical simulations of a structural system consisting of steel perforated thin-walled beams and a steel grating. The simulations were conducted using the finite element method. The analysis took into account physical and geometric nonlinearity as well as the contact between the steel grating and the beams. The main goal of the research was to develop load-bearing curves for the main beam in...
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Brain perfusion imaging with the use of parametric modelling basing on DSC-MRI data
PublicationW pracy do estymacji parametrów perfuzji mózgu: przepływu krwi mózgowej (cerebral blood flow, CBF), objętości krwi mózgowej (cerebral blood volume, CBV) oraz średniego czasu przejścia (mean transit time, MTT) wykorzystano pomiary DSC-MRI (Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging). W modelowaniu danych MRI zastoswoano model trzykompartmentowy. Przedstawiono i porównano dwa podejścia do identyfikacji modelu różniące...
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CyberEye: New Eye-Tracking Interfaces for Assessment and Modulation of Cognitive Functions beyond the Brain
PublicationThe emergence of innovative neurotechnologies in global brain projects has accelerated research and clinical applications of BCIs beyond sensory and motor functions. Both invasive and noninvasive sensors are developed to interface with cognitive functions engaged in thinking, communication, or remembering. The detection of eye movements by a camera offers a particularly attractive external sensor for computer interfaces to monitor,...
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On making operational decisions with taking into account value of operation applied to ship main propulsion engine as an example
PublicationObiektywizm i racjonalność w podejmowaniu decyzji eksploatacyjnych, są podstawowymi warunkami umożliwiającymi ich optymalny wybór. Zmusza to, do stosowania ocen ilościowych rozpatrywanych kryteriów, a tym samym do poszukiwania takich wskaźników, które w danej sytuacji pozwolą uznać jedną z wielu rozpatrywanych decyzji za najbardziej odpowiednią.Dokładne określenie zadania dla systemu energetycznego (np. zadania transportowego dla...
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Human Computer Interface for Tracking Eye Movements Improves Assessment and Diagnosis of Patients With Acquired Brain Injuries
PublicationOne of the first clinical signs differentiating the minimally conscious state from the vegetative state is the presence of smooth pursuit eye movements occurring in direct response to moving salient stimuli. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is one of the most commonly used diagnostic tools for acute phase assessment of the level of consciousness, together with a neurological examination. These classic measures are limited to qualitative...
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Ecological bearing systems for water turbines - two research programs aimed at making water turbines more "eco-friendly".
PublicationW pracy opisano próby wyeliminowania ropopochodnych środków smarowych z układów łożyskowania turbin wodnych. Próby dotyczą zastosowania bezsmarowych łożysk kierownic i smarowanych wodą łożysk wałów turbin. Wprowadzanie bezsmarowych łożysk kierownic wymaga stworzenia metod prognozowania ich trwałości w warunkach małych oscylacji. Do stosowania w łożyskach wałów zaproponowano smarowane wodą łożyska ceramiczne o oryginalnej konstrukcji,...
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Estimation of the Regenerative Braking Process Efficiency in Electric Vehicles
PublicationIn electric and hybrid vehicles, it is possible to recover energy from the braking process and reuse it to drive the vehicle using the batteries installed on-board. In the conditions of city traffic, the energy dissipated in the braking process constitutes a very large share of the total resistance to vehicle motion. Efficient use of the energy from the braking process enables a significant reduction of fuel and electricity consumption...
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The methods of braking forces measurement for e mechanical vehicle
PublicationPrzedstawiono metody pomiaru sił hamowania pojazdów samochodowych.
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Analysis of the regenerative braking process for the urban traffic conditions
PublicationIn a regular drive system, with an internal combustion engine, vehicle braking is connected with the unproductive dissipation of kinetic and potential energy accumulated in the mass of the vehicle into the environment. This energy can constitute up to 70% of the energy used to drive a vehicle under urban conditions. Its recovery and reuse is one of the basic advantages of hybrid and electric vehicles. Modern traffic management...
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Qualification of brazing procedure for furnace brazing of austenitic steel according to requirements of the ASME BPVC section IX
PublicationThe article presents the procedure for qualifying brazing technology in a vacuum furnace on the example of stainless steel elements joined with copper filler material from the F-No group. 105, in accordance with the ASME Sec. IX, part QB (ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing and Fusing; Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing and Fusing Operators). The essential variables...
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The UK's banking system as financial hub for Islamic banking
PublicationThis paper examines the phenomenon of London as "the Islamic banking hub". It contends that London has become not only an international centre for Islamic finance, but also that there is big interest and demand for Islamic banking products. The authors are also positive that Islamic banking may be a certain solution for the problems that Europe has been suffering since 2007 when the global debt crisis started. Our intention is...
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Branding caliphate
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Investigation of Anti-Lock Braking System failures using wavelet analysis
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Modelling of the Movement of Designed Vehicles on Parking Space for Designing Parking
PublicationNowadays, in all cities there is an acute problem of lack of parking spaces. The vehicles are becoming more and more not only in megacities, but also in small cities of the country, and there are no more parking places - the pace of solving the problem is several times slower than the speed of transport growth among the citizens. The article is dedicated to determination of the optimum sizes parking place for designing vehicles...
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On structural physical approximations and entanglement breaking maps
PublicationVery recently, a conjecture saying that the so-called structural physical approximations (SPAs) to optimal positive maps (optimal entanglement witnesses) give entanglement breaking (EB) maps (separable states) has been posed (Korbicz et al 2008 Phys. Rev. A 78 062105). The main purpose of this contribution is to explore this subject. First, we extend the set of entanglement witnesses supporting the conjecture. Then, we ask whether...
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Multiaspect measurement analysis of breaking energy recovery
PublicationNowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest, which is connected both with a growth of environmental awareness in the society and an increase in the prices of fuel and electricity. That is why the reduction of energy consumption by increasing electrified urban transport, such as trams, trolleybuses, light rail and underground is becoming an increasingly important issue. Energy...
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Target tracking in RIS
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Drawing maps with advice
PublicationW pracy podejmujemy temat konstrukcji algorytmu dla agenta, który zostaje umieszczony w dowolnym wierzchołku grafu (wierzchołki są nierozróżnialne, krawędzie mają etykiety portów), po czym realizuje algorytm zmierzający do znalezienia drzewa spinającego grafu lub izomorficznej kopii grafu. Dla obu problemów podajemy asymptotycznie dokładne lub prawie dokładne oszacowania na ilość bitów dodatkowej informacji, którą agent musi otrzymać...
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Drawing maps with advice
PublicationRozważamy następujący problem obliczeniowy. Agent zostaje umieszczony w wierzchołku nieznanego mu grafu. Wierzchołki grafu są nierozróżnialne, natomiast krawędzie posiadają numery portów. Zadaniem agenta jest wyznaczenie mapy, tzn. obliczenie izomorficznej kopii grafu, lub obliczenie dowolnego drzewa spinającego grafu. Bez dodatkowej informacji zadań tych nie można wykonać. W artykule wyznaczamy oszacowania na minimalną liczbę...
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Optimization of the efficiency of braking energy recovery in rail transport by changing arrival time
PublicationThe article refers to the previous work of the authors, in which the model of traffic organization of cooperating trains including the optimization of the use of energy returned to the catenary was presented. In the presented article, the model was modified by changing the main control variable, which affects the efficient use of energy. Departure time was changed for the arrival time of the train to the stop or station. The optimization...
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Activation maps of convolutional neural networks as a tool for brain degeneration tracking in early diagnosis of dementia in Parkinson's disease based on magnetic resonance imaging
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Truss imperfections in the design of bar and diaphragm bracing systems
PublicationIn the article three variants of roof bracing were considered: bar bracing, diaphragm bracing and the combination of bar and diaphragm bracing. Different analytical and numerical ways of taking into account the imperfections of the truss girder were compared. The entire 3D model of the roof (shell and beam elements with the eccentricities taken into account) was analysed numerically. Selected stressed-skin aspects were considered....
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Sensitivity analysis of critical forces of trusses with side bracing
PublicationThe present research is devoted to the study of out-of-plane buckling of trusses with elastic side bracing. Inthis paper, a sensitivity analysis of critical buckling loads of a truss due to bracing stiffness is carried out. A method based on the sensitivity analysis for the determination of the threshold bracing stiffness conditionfor full bracing of a truss is proposed. The influence lines of the unit change of the bracing stiffness...
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Brewing Science
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Journal of Trading
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Analysis of accumulation possibility of energy dissipated in the braking process of train driven by hybrid locomotive
PublicationW tradycyjnym procesie hamowania cała energia kinetyczna lub potencjalna pociągu napędzanego lokomotywą z silnikiem spalinowym jest rozpraszana do otoczenia w postaci energii cieplnej. W lokomotywach hybrydowych istnieje możliwość odzyskania części tej energii przez przekazanie jej do akumulatorów i ponowne wykorzystanie do napędu pociągu. W pracy przedstawiono model układu napędowego lokomotywy hybrydowej z silnikiem spalinowym,...
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Concept of managing quality in baking industry, in vector representation
PublicationThe author introduced an innovative metrisable method of describing a manufacturing process. The idea of vector structure of a manufacturing process allows to formulate quantitative relations between the activity of input streams, elements of product quality, and measurable effects of losses. The structure was basis for the formulation of the concept of the process of managing product quality in the baking industry in a vector...
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The complexity of list ranking of trees
PublicationUporządkowane kolorowanie grafu polega na takim etykietowaniu jego wierzchołków, aby każda ścieżka łącząca dwa wierzchołki o tym samym kolorze zawierała wierzchołek o kolorze wyższym. Jeśli każdy wierzchołek posiada dodatkowo listę dozwolonych dla niego etykiet, to mówimy wówczas o uporządkowanym listowym kolorowaniu wierzchołków. W pracy wskazano szereg klas grafów, dla których problem jest trudny: pełne drzewa binarne, drzewa...
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Bearing capacity for random subsoil.
PublicationW pracy zaproponowano modyfikację metody charakterystyk bazującej na stochastycznej metodzie różnic skończonych. Podejście takie pozwoliło na uwzględnienie przestrzennej zmienności podłoża gruntowego przy ocenie nośności granicznej ławy fundamentowej posadowionej na losowym podłożu. Przeprowadzono analizę wpływu dyskretyzacji ośrodka gruntowego na rozwiązanie oraz rozpatrzono jego zbieżności.
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Parallel scheduling by graph ranking
PublicationNr dokum.: 73017Praca dotyczy jednego z nieklasycznych modeli kolorowania grafów - uporządkowanego kolorowania. Celem było uzyskanie wyników, które mogo być wykorzystane w praktycznych zastosowaniach tego modelu, do których należą: równoległe przetwarzanie zapytań w relacyjnych bazach danych, równoległa faktoryzacja macierzy metodą Choleskiego, równoległa asemblacja produktu z jego części składowych. W pracy wskazano uogólnienia...
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On-line ranking of split graphs
PublicationA vertex ranking of a graph G is an assignment of positive integers (colors) to the vertices of G such that each path connecting two vertices of the same color contains a vertex of a higher color. Our main goal is to find a vertex ranking using as few colors as possible. Considering on-line algorithms for vertex ranking of split graphs, we prove that the worst case ratio of the number of colors used by any on-line ranking algorithm...
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Challenges of branding and marketing of clusters
PublicationClusters have proved to be powerful engine s of economic development in the European Union. Clusters and their stakehol ders can derive many benefits fr om a strong cluster brand. However, they face numerous branding and marketing challenges. Specifics of clusters, such as multiple stakeholders, make it difficult to forge a strong brand identity. This paper addresses the need to develop a cluster specific approach to branding and...
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Servo tracking of targets at sea
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono propozycje systemu sterowania układem śledzącym umieszczonym na okręcie. Przedstawiono dynamikę błędów śledzenia obiektu we współrzędnych LOS (ang., Line - Of - Sight). Zostało wykazane, że regulacja błędów śledzenia LOS jest możliwa przy pomocy sprzężenia feed-forward od prędkości śledzonego obiektu. Ponieważ prędkość ta nie jest mierzalna zastosowano filtr Kalmana w celu jej estymacji. Ponieważ problem...
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Dynamic ranking of cloud providers
PublicationThe paper focuses on how to create an effective dynamic ranking service for IaaS,PaaS and SaaS cloud providers. It considers building of a quality model for thispurpose along with definition of quality measurement procedures. The paper discussesseveral techniques known from already existing price comparison engines that couldbe modified and adopted for comparison of cloud providers. Furthermore, a tech-nique for filtering measured...
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Automatic Tracking with PTZ Cameras
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Framing the Temporal Dimensions of a Brand
PublicationDrawing on existing research dealing with time in brand and brand management, this paper aims at providing a comprehensive and coherent framework of some time-related concepts, with a special emphasis on what happens when a brand reaches the senescence stage. In addition, it strives to consider what happens when a brand becomes long-lived enough, looking at the brand’s customer base. While undoubtedly time affects customers’ age...
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Multipath Complex Root Tracing
PublicationThe problem of multipath root tracing is being addressed in this communication. The self-adaptive complex root tracing algorithm, which was previously utilized for the investigation of various propagation and radiation problems, is analyzed here for the cases when the traced characteristic bifurcates. A procedure of multiroute detection is proposed and demonstrated on the coaxially loaded cylindrical waveguide example.
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Smart grid technologies in electric traction: Mini inverter station
PublicationThe growing number of trams and trolleybuses equipped with recuperation systems contribute to the increase in the amount of energy recovered during braking. It raises questions about the possibility of its usage. One of such possibilities is the use of smart grid technology. The paper presents a case study of the use of braking energy in the trolleybus system for external loads by implementing mini inverter stations. Analysis is...
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BRAIN RESEARCH
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Stabilizing forces in trapezoidal sheeting used as a part of the bracing system
PublicationIn the analysis of bracing systems imperfections of the restrained elements should be considered. According to EC3 this effect can be calculated by means of the equivalent stabilizing force, which replaces (in simplified way) initial bow imperfection of the braced element. However, alternative suggestions of the equivalent stabilizing force calculations can be also found in the literature. In this paper segment of the pitched roof...
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Stabilizing forces in trapezoidal sheeting used as a part of the bracing system
PublicationIn the analysis of bracing systems imperfections of the restrained elements should be considered. According to EC3 this effect can be calculated by means of the equivalent stabilizing force, which replaces (in simplified way) initial bow imperfection of the braced element. However, alternative suggestions of the equivalent stabilizing force calculations can be also found in the literature. In this paper segment of the pitched roof...
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Old-timer Vehicle - Braking Efficiency Measurement at Vehicle Inspection Stations and Roadworthiness Validity Certificate.
PublicationObtaining the Roadworthiness Validity Certificate for an old-timer vehicle involves an appropriate test performance, namely, "Old-timer Vehicle Technical Specification Compliance Test". It seems obvious that this kind of test should include a considerable checklist, however, the current legal regulations connected with this test are not specific enough. One of the certificates issued on this test results is "Old-timer Vehicle Technical...
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Experimental research on a hydrodynamic thrust bearing with hydrostatic lift pockets: Influence of lubrication modes on bearing performance
PublicationThe aim of the study is to investigate the performance of a thrust bearing equipped with hydrostatic lift pockets under different lubrication modes. Three types of flat land bearing lubrication modes are studied experimentally: hydrostatic lubrication (HS; forced oil injection to the pockets), hybrid lubrication (HS + HD; hydrostatic lubrication combined with the external forced bearing oil supply) and hydrodynamic lubrication...