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Seafloor Characterisation Using Underwater Acoustic Devices
PublicationThe problem of seafloor characterisation is important in the context of management as well as investigation and protection of the marine environment. In the first part of the paper, a review of underwater acoustic technology and methodology used in seafloor characterisation is presented. It consists of the techniques based on the use of singlebeam echosounders and seismic sources, along with those developed for the use of sidescan...
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Międzyuczelniany kierunek studiów technologie kosmiczne i satelitarne - edycja trzecia
Publicationpolitechnika gdańska już po raz trzeci rekrutuje kandydatów na interdyscyplinarny kierunek studiów II stopnia - technologie kosmiczne i satelitarne (TKiS). Jak w latach poprzednich, studia organizowane są we współpracy z Uniwersytetem Morskim w Gdyni oraz Akademią Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni. Od tego roku akademickiego w przedsięwzięciu weźmie udział także Uniwersytet Gdański. W poprzednich latach studenci osiągnęli wiele sukcesów...
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“Space & Satellite Technologies" intercollegiate master-degree courses of study in Tri-City (Poland)
PublicationSince summer semester of the academic year 2016/2017, two faculties of Gdansk University of Technology GUT (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics) together with the Gdynia Maritime University (Faculty of Electronics) and the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia (Faculty of Command and Naval Operations) have opened intercollegiate master -...
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SOLAP GIS in maritime research
PublicationMultidimensional Geographical Information System is a system especially designed to acquire, distribute, analyze and visualize complicated spatio-temporal data. Modern Geographical Information System technology can provide easy-to-use, near real-time solutions to many problems from different areas of research. In the article, authors summarize recent works on Spatial Online Analytical Processing (SOLAP) and multidimensional Geographical...
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DWUKIERUNKOWY PRZEWODOWY SYSTEM TRANSMISJI MOWY PRZY WYKORZYSTANIU TECHNOLOGII BPL
PublicationMonitorowanie pracowników w środowisku podziemnym jest niezwykle ważnym zadaniem. Z uwagi na możliwe zagrożenia, konieczne jest opracowanie niezawodnego systemu komunikacji głosowej pomiędzy personelem a przełożonym. Dzięki wysokiej odporności na uszkodzenia mechaniczne, kable zasilające pracujące w technice BPL (Broadband over Power Line) wydają się doskonałym rozwiązaniem. W pracy przedstawiono w pełni funkcjonalny dwukierunkowy...
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TRANSMISJA GŁOSOWYCH KOMUNIKATÓW DROGOWYCH W RADIOFONII CYFROWEJ DAB+
PublicationProces cyfryzacji radia jest nowym rozdziałem w historii radiofonii. Wiele rekomendacji i badań naukowych wskazuje na standard DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting plus), który w niedalekiej przyszłości ma zastąpić analogową radiofonię FM. Ten system cyfrowy wprowadza wiele zmian, oferując przy tym lepszą jakość dźwięku oraz szereg usług dodatkowych. W pracy postanowiono zbadać minimalną wymaganą przepływność bitową potrzebną do transmisji...
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Integrated acoustical-optical system for inventory of hydrotechnical objects
PublicationThe knowledge of the location, shape and other characteristics of spatial objects in the coastal areas has a significant impact on the functioning of ports, shipyards, and other waterinfrastructure facilities, both offshore and inland. Therefore, measurements of the underwater part of the waterside zone are taken, which means the bottom of the water and other underwater objects (e.g. breakwaters, docks, etc.), and objects above...
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Inertial Sensors Applications in Underwater Measurements
PublicationOver the past decades microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) researchers have demonstrated a number of microsensors for almost every possible sensing modality, including attitudes. Current MEMS inertial measurement units (IMU) come in many shapes, sizes, and costs — depending on the application, and performance required. MEMS sensors have proved and demonstrated performance exceeding those of their macroscale counterpart sensors. In...
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Multibeam data processing for 3D object shape reconstruction
PublicationThe technology of hydroacoustic scanning offers an efficient and widely-used source of geospatial information regarding underwater environments, providing measurement data which usually have the structure of irregular groups of points known as point clouds. Since this data model has known disadvantages, a different form of representation based on representing surfaces with simple geometric structures, such as edges and facets,...
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High precision and accuracy using low cost GNSS receivers and supporting technologies
PublicationThis chapter focuses on methods and techniques of positioning, based on the highly accurate and precise Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which are available at a relatively low price. In this context, a comparison of different positioning methods provided by the free and open source software (FOSS) package called RTKLIB is given. Other aspects related to price reduction are also considered, including availability and...
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On Algorithm Details in Multibeam Seafloor Classification
PublicationRemote sensing of the seafloor constitutes an important topic in exploration, management, protection and other investigations of the marine environment. In the paper, a combined approach to seafloor characterisation is presented. It relies on calculation of several descriptors related to seabed type using three different types of multibeam sonar data obtained during seafloor sensing, viz.: 1) the grey-level sonar images (echograms)...
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Multibeam Sonar Data Processing for Seafloor Classification
PublicationDespite many years of the development of methodology for sensing the seafloor by means of underwater acoustics, the currently used techniques are still not mature enough and not ready to be utilised in numerous different (i.e. with respect to a water region character, used equipment type etc.) tasks. Therefore the hydroacoustic methods, both utilising vertical observations (e.g. by singlebeam echosounders), as well as those relying...
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Study Analysis of Transmission Efficiency in DAB+ Broadcasting System
PublicationDAB+ is a very innovative and universal multimedia broadcasting system. Thanks to its updated multimedia technologies and metadata options, digital radio keeps pace with changing consumer expectations and the impact of media convergence. Broadcasting analog and digital radio services does vary, concerning devices on both transmitting and receiving side, as well as content processing mechanisms. However, the biggest difference is...
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Multidimensional GIS for satellite imagery analysis
PublicationMultidimensional Geographical Information System allows storing, querying and processing of multidimensional query data. It is able to process satellite imagery and provide tools for its analysis. In the article authors present the developed system that analyzes a time series of SENTINEL - 1 mission satellite imagery acquired over the coast of Poland. The algorithm used finds and detects changes in the shape...
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Processing of Satellite Data in the Cloud
PublicationThe dynamic development of digital technologies, especially those dedicated to devices generating large data streams, such as all kinds of measurement equipment (temperature and humidity sensors, cameras, radio-telescopes and satellites – Internet of Things) enables more in-depth analysis of the surrounding reality, including better understanding of various natural phenomenon, starting from atomic level reactions, through macroscopic...
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High-quality Experiment Dedicated to microGravity Exploration, Heat Flow and Oscillation Measurement from Gdańsk
PublicationIn this paper we propose HEDGEHOG (High-quality Experiment Dedicated to microGravity Exploration, Heat flow and Oscillation measurement from Gdańsk) REXUS experiment to investigate vibrational and heat flow phenomena during the whole (ascent, microgravity phase, descent and recovery) flight of a sounding rocket. First, a proposed system of cantilever beams is discussed to study dynamic behaviour of dummy payload. Dimensioning has...
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RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN DAB+ BROADCASTING SYSTEM
PublicationWith over two billion receivers operating worldwide, radio transmission is by far the most accessible medium. It has been a part of our lives since the 1920’s and has become one of the most trusted and friendly mass media. Today, its popularity is still strong, despite the outcome of many electronic media. In order to transform the radio into a viable medium of the 21st century, it will have to migrate from analogue to digital...
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BADANIE JAKOŚCI TRANSMISJI W SYSTEMACH RADIOFONII CYFROWEJ DAB I DAB+
PublicationW dobie mediów cyfrowych kluczowym elementem jest dostarczanie treści wysokiej jakości. Wśród systemów radiofonii cyfrowej do najpopularniejszych należą standardy DAB i DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting). Przy konfiguracji multipleksu ważne jest właściwe zarządzanie zasobami w ramach pojedynczego kanału radiowego. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań subiektywnych, dotyczących jakości transmisji w systemach DAB i DAB+, przeprowadzonych...
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Processing of Hydroacoustic and LiDAR Data for Three-dimensional Surface Reconstruction
PublicationThe technologies of sonar and laser scanning are commonly used for obtaining spatial information about underwater and over ground environments in the form of point clouds. Since this data model has known disadvantages, a more practical solution of visualising such data involves the creation of solid three-dimensional meshes composed of edges and facets. In this paper, several methods for 3D shape reconstruction of data obtained...
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Three-dimensional representation of geographic data in a Web-based GIS
PublicationPresenting geographic data in a web environment has been a long standing problem. For many years the low performance of web browsers has limited the visualization of spatial data to only two dimensions. More recently, the introduction of open standards for 3D acceleration of web applications sparked the emergence of new methods of presenting three-dimensional data in a web browser without using third-party extensions. However,...
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Client-server Approach in the Navigation System for the Blind
PublicationThe article presents the client‐server approach in the navigation system for the blind ‐ “Voice Maps”. The authors were among the main creators of the prototype and currently the commercialization phase is being finished. In the implemented prototype only exemplary, limited spatial data were used, therefore they could be stored and analysed (for path-finding process) in the mobile device’s memory without any difficulties. The...
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A novel method of time-frequency analysis: an essential spectrogram
PublicationA novel precise method of time-frequency analysis is presented. In the algorithm, a new energy distribution is estimated by simultaneously discard or displacement of the classical spec- trogram energy. A channelized instantaneous frequency and a local group delay are used in order to replacement in the same manner as formulated by Kodera et al. [1, 2]. Additionally, new representations: a channelized instantaneous bandwidth and...
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Quality of Satellite Communication in Selected Mobile Android Smartphones
PublicationToday, thanks to mobile devices, satellite communication is available to anyone and everywhere. Gaining information on one’s position using GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), particularly in unknown urban environments, had become an everyday activity. With the widespread of mobile devices, particularly smartphones, each person can obtain information considering his or her location anytime and everywhere. This paper is...
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Creating Polish space language dictionary - lessons learned
PublicationPolish space industry suffers from lack of space vocabulary. Since joining European Space Agency in 2012, the sector has expanded rapidly now employing over 1000 specialists focusing mainly on space sustainability, space debris detection and tracking, robotics and propulsion systems. The Polish Space Agency together with The Polish Committee for Standardization have committed to creating the first lexicon of space language, along...
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Using FreeFEM open software for modelling the vibrations of piezoelectric devices
PublicationModelling vibrations of piezoelectric transducers has been a topic discussed in the literature for many decades. The first models - so-called one-dimensional - describe the vibrations only near operating frequency and near its harmonics. Attempts to introduce two-dimensional models were related to the possibility of one transducer working at several frequencies, including both thickness vibrations and those resulting from the transducer...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - początki techniki wirtualnej rzeczywistości
PublicationIstnieje wiele definicji wirtualnej rzeczywistości (VR – Virtual Reality), które mniej lub bardziej pokrywają się ze sobą w różnych obszarach naukowych. Obecnie, gdy używamy określenia „VR”, odnosi się ono konkretnie do obrazów generowanych komputerowo, które zostały specjalnie zaprojektowane tak, aby dostarczyć jak najbardziej immersyjnych wrażeń. Sporo opracowań mówi również, że VR musi być interaktywna. To odróżniałoby ją od...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - jakość życia a jakość powietrza w miastach
PublicationObecne w powietrzu zanieczyszczenia biorą udział w procesach zmian klimatycznych, a także bezpośrednio wpływają na ludzkie zdrowie, przejawiając toksyczność w wyższych stężeniach oraz zwiększając ryzyko występowania szerokiej gamy chorób. Jest to szczególnie niebezpieczne dla mieszkańców dużych miast oraz tych znajdujących się w grupach ryzyka. Dlatego też bardzo ważna pozostaje kwestia monitorowania stanu zanieczyszczenia powietrza...
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Study on transmission quality in cellular 4G and 5G networks between 2019–2021: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of provided services by operating base transceiver stations
PublicationThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly limited user mobility, not least among students. Remote learning had a particular impact on resource allocation in relation to using terrestrial cellular networks, especially 4G systems in urban agglomerations. This paper presents the results of a quality evaluation of an outdoor environment, carried out between 2019 and 2021 on the campus of a technical university. Annual studies are conducted...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - ciekawe profesje w branży informatycznej
PublicationUmiejętność organizowania i przetwarzania informacji jest kluczowym elementem w dzisiejszych czasach. Komputery i inne urządzenia elektroniczne są zaprojektowane tak, aby szybko i efektywnie obsługiwać, przetwarzać i prezentować duże ilości informacji. Jednak nie mogą nic zrobić, dopóki ktoś nie powie im, co mają robić. Celem tego artykułu jest przybliżenie młodym adeptom technologii cyfrowych ciekawych zawodów w branży informatycznej.
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - strumieniowanie muzyki w sieci
PublicationNa początku konsumpcja treści multimedialnych, związanych początkowo z sygnałami audio, była możliwa tylko w sposób stacjonarny. Odtwarzacz muzyczny znajdował się w domu, wraz z niezbędnym nośnikiem fizycznym. Alternatywnym sposobem dla jednostki był udział w występie na żywo w sali koncertowej lub zorganizowanie prywatnego koncertu w domu. Podsumowując, efekty audiowizualne były zarezerwowane tylko dla wąskiego grona odbiorców.
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Reception of Terrestrial DAB+ and FM Radio with a Mobile Device: A Subjective Quality Evaluation
PublicationNowadays, terrestrial broadcasting enables to receive content anytime and everywhere. People can obtain information both with a portable or desktop receiver, which include pocket-sized devices as well as high-end Hi-Fi equipment, not to mention car audio systems. Numerous manufacturers include FM-compatible chipsets in a variety of user equipment (UE), including mobile phones. However, digital radio signal processing modules, such...
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Mobile Networks' Analysis in Terms of QoS Performance Assessment
PublicationQuality of service (QoS) assessment is one of the basic processes carried out by mobile network operators (MNOs) and regulators of the telecommunications market. Usually, professional companies carry out measurements for various country areas and use cases (scenarios). In this paper, we show exemplary measurement results carried out in drive tests in the vicinity of the Polish capital by a professional company. The measurement...
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Audio Content and Crowdsourcing: A Subjective Quality Evaluation of Radio Programs Streamed Online
PublicationRadio broadcasting has been present in our lives for over 100 years. The transmission of speech and music signals accompanies us from an early age. Broadcasts provide the latest information from home and abroad. They also shape musical tastes and allow many artists to share their creativity. Modern distribution involves transmission over a number of terrestrial systems. The most popular are analog FM (Frequency Modulation) and...
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Comparing Apples and Oranges: A Mobile User Experience Study of iOS and Android Consumer Devices
PublicationWith the rapid development of wireless networks and the spread of broadband access around the world, the number of active mobile user devices continues to grow. Each year more and more terminals are released on the market, with the smartphone being the most popular among them. They include low-end, mid-range, and of course high-end devices, with top hardware specifications. They do vary in build quality, utilized type of material,...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - zawód streamer
PublicationBezapelacyjnie nowe środki łączności i komunikacji bezprzewodowej oraz mobilne terminale użytkownika zmieniły nie tylko metody dostarczania treści, ale też sposób, w jaki postrzegamy samą informację. Obecnie, dzięki globalnej sieci, ludzie mogą z łatwością konsumować i wymieniać zdigitalizowane dane. Współcześnie większość z nas nie używa już fizycznych dysków do przechowywania plików, robią to za nas platformy chmurowe online.
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Detecting type of hearing loss with different AI classification methods: a performance review
PublicationHearing 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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Urban scene semantic segmentation using the U-Net model
PublicationVision-based semantic segmentation of complex urban street scenes is a very important function during autonomous driving (AD), which will become an important technology in industrialized countries in the near future. Today, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) improve traffic safety thanks to the application of solutions that enable detecting objects, recognising road signs, segmenting the road, etc. The basis for these functionalities...
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Review of Segmentation Methods for Coastline Detection in SAR Images
PublicationSynthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired by airborne sensors or remote sensing satellites contain the necessary information that can be used to investigate various objects of interest on the surface of the Earth, including coastlines. The coastal zone is of great economic importance and is also very densely populated. The intensive and increasing use of coasts and changes of coastlines motivate researchers to try to assess...
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Study of various machine learning approaches for Sentinel-2 derived bathymetry
PublicationIn recent years precise and up-to-date information regarding seabed depth has become more and more important for companies and institutions that operate on coastlines. While direct, in-situ measurements are performed regularly, they are expensive, time-consuming and impractical to be performed in short time intervals. At the same time, an ever-increasing amount of satellite imaging data becomes available. With these images, it...
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SUBIEKTYWNA OCENA MULTIPLEKSU RADIOFONII LOKALNEJ DAB+ DZIAŁAJĄCEJ W GDAŃSKU I WROCŁAWIU
PublicationStandard DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting plus) jest wiodącym systemem naziemnej radiofonii cyfrowej. W porównaniu do analogowej radiofonii FM wszystkie usługi, obejmujące tradycyjne programy radiowe oraz usługi transmisji danych, grupowane są w zbiór (ensemble). Praca ta przedstawia proces rekonfiguracji polskiego multipleksu na przykładzie lokalnej radiofonii DAB+ w Gdańsku i Wrocławiu. Opisuje wyniki badań subiektywnych dotyczących...
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Badanie jakości sieci komórkowych w przededniu technologii 5G na wybranym przykładzie
PublicationWraz z rosnącą popularnością i dostępnością urządzeń mobilnych, zwiększa się liczba abonentów w sieci. Fakt ten prowadzi do wzrostu świadomości użytkowników, pod kątem jakości treści, które konsumują. Wielu dostawców usług oraz operatorów skupia swoje działania na monitorowaniu parametrów jakościowych QoN (Quality of Network) i QoS (Quality of Service). Niniejsza praca przed-stawia wyniki badań przeprowadzonych na terenie kampusu...
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GEOINFORMATYCZNE NARZĘDZIE DO BADANIA ZASIĘGU LOKALNYCH STACJI NADAWCZYCH RADIOFONII CYFROWEJ DAB+
PublicationKwestia zapewnienia odpowiedniego pokrycia sygnałem multipleksu jest kluczowym aspektem zarówno dla nadawców publicznych jak i prywatnych, a w szczególności lokalnych stacji zainteresowanych procesem cyfryzacji. W pracy przedstawiono geoinformatyczne narzędzie, umożliwiające badanie zasięgu lokalnych stacji nadawczych radiofonii cyfrowej DAB+. Analizę przeprowadzono dla pionierskiej w Polsce stacji LocalDAB we Wrocławiu. Wyniki...
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Geospatial Coverage and Signal Quality Measurements of Terrestrial DAB+ Network in Northern Poland
PublicationModern signal coverage maps are prepared based on industry-standard radio propagation models, which take into account a number of parameters, including: type of antenna, distance from the transmitter, type of terrain, etc. However, such simulations are prone to location-specific inaccuracies, and should be verified with in-situ measurements. This paper presents results of a field test of a terrestrial DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting...
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Secured wired BPL voice transmission system
PublicationDesigning a secured voice transmission system is not a trivial task. Wired media, thanks to their reliability and resistance to mechanical damage, seem an ideal solution. The BPL (Broadband over Power Line) cable is resistant to electricity stoppage and partial damage of phase conductors, ensuring continuity of transmission in case of an emergency. It seems an appropriate tool for delivering critical data, mostly clear and understandable...
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Difference in Perceived Speech Signal Quality Assessment Among Monolingual and Bilingual Teenage Students
PublicationThe user perceived quality is a mixture of factors, including the background of an individual. The process of auditory perception is discussed in a wide variety of fields, ranging from engineering to medicine. Many studies examine the difference between musicians and non-musicians. Since musical training develops musical hearing and other various auditory capabilities, similar enhancements should be observable in case of bilingual...
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Różnica w subiektywnej ocenie jakości mowy pomiędzy nastolatkami dwujęzycznymi a jednojęzycznymi
PublicationProces percepcji mowy omawiany jest w szerokim zakresie dziedzin i dyscyplin naukowych, od nauk humanistycznych, technicznych, aż po nauki medyczne. Wiele badań skupia się np. na ocenie różnicy w grupach bez i z wykształceniem muzycznym. Skoro stwierdzono, że zdolności muzyczne wpływają na percepcję poszczególnych atrybutów dźwięku, autorzy postanowili zbadać, czy zdolności językowe także mogą mieć wpływ na ocenę jakości sygnału...
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Development of a tropical disease diagnosis system using artificial neural network and GIS
PublicationExpert systems for diagnosis of tropical diseases have been developed and implemented for over a decade with varying degrees of success. While the recent introduction of artificial neural networks has helped to improve the diagnosis accuracy of such systems, this aspect is still negatively affected by the number of supported diseases. A large number of supported diseases usually corresponds to a high number of overlapping symptoms,...
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DOP and Pseudorange Error Estimation in Mobile GNSS Systems for Android OS Applications
PublicationIn the near past, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) were only offered for a narrow group of recipients. Nowadays, thanks to mobile devices, they are available to anyone and everywhere. Personal navigation, searching for POI (Point of Interest), etc., had become a basic essential activity. Thanks to the widespread and availability of smartphones each user can obtain information considering his or her location even in an...
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STUDY OF ARRAY OF MEMS INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS UNDER QUASI-STATIONARY AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS
PublicationA measurement system includes all components in a chain of hardware and software that leads from a measured variable to processed data. In that context, the type and quality of the sensors or measuring devices are critical to any measurement system. MEMS/IMU sensors lag behind leading technologies in this respect, but the MEMS/IMU performance rapidly changes while is relatively inexpensive. For this reason, the paper proposes...
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Sieci neuronowe oparte na prawach fizyki
PublicationWiele fizycznie nieuzasadnionych sieci neuronowych, mimo zadowalają- cej wydajności, generuje sprzeczności z logiką i prowadzi do rozbieżno- ści wyników z rzeczywistością. Jedną z metod poprawy funkcjonowania typowego modelu typu “black-box” na etapie uczenia, jest rozszerzenie jego funkcji kosztu o zależność bezpośrednio inspirowaną wzorem fizycz- nym. Niniejszy rozdział wyjaśnia koncepcję budowy sieci neuronowych opartych na...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - phishing w mediach elektronicznych
PublicationPhishing to metoda oszustwa, w której przestępca podszywa się pod inną osobę lub instytucję w celu wyłudzenia poufnych danych, zainstalowania szkodliwego oprogramowania bądź też nakłonienia ofiary do wykonania określonych zadań. Jest to przestępstwo wykorzystujące zarówno metody socjotechniczne, jak i sztuczki technologiczne do osiągnięcia zaplanowanego celu. Działania hakerów żerują na nieostrożnych ofiarach, skłaniając je do...
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Study on Speech Transmission under Varying QoS Parameters in a OFDM Communication System
PublicationAlthough there has been an outbreak of multiple multimedia platforms worldwide, speech communication is still the most essential and important type of service. With the spoken word we can exchange ideas, provide descriptive information, as well as aid to another person. As the amount of available bandwidth continues to shrink, researchers focus on novel types of transmission, based most often on multi-valued modulations, multiple...
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Study on CPU and RAM Resource Consumption of Mobile Devices using Streaming Services
PublicationStreaming multimedia services have become very popular in recent years, due to the development of wireless networks. With the growing number of mobile devices worldwide, service providers offer dedicated applications that allow to deliver on-demand audio and video content anytime and everywhere. The aim of this study was to compare different streaming services and investigate their impact on the CPU and RAM resources, with respect...
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DOP and Pseudorange Error Estimation in Urban Environments for Mobile Android GNSS Applications
PublicationJust a couple of years ago, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) were available only for a narrow group of users. Currently, with the outbreak of mobile devices, they are accessible to anyone and everywhere. Urban navigation or searching for POIs (Points of Interest) had become an everyday activity. With the availability of consumer electronics and wireless technologies, each user can obtain information considering his or...
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Energy Efficiency Study of Audio-video Content Consumption on Selected Android Mobile Terminals
PublicationMobile devices are widely used by billions of users worldwide. Thanks to their main advantage, which is portability, they should be fully operational as long as possible, without the need to recharge or connect them to external power sources. This paper describes a study, carried out on four different mobile devices, with different hardware and software parameters, running the Android operating system. The research campaign involved...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera – proces i techniki uczenia
PublicationW obecnym świecie, z uwagi na wszechobecność cyfrowych urządzeń, odtwarzaczy multimedialnych itp., trudno jest skupić uwagę na pojedynczej czynności. Z kolei wzrost dostępnych źródeł informacji powoduje niekiedy rozproszenie i problemy z koncentracją. Naturalne wydaje się skorzystanie z urządzenia osobistego, które posiada niemal każdy z nas, czyli smartfona, w celu poprawy koncentracji i systematycznej pracy. W niniejszym artykule...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - metody i aplikacje wspomagające uczenie
PublicationW niniejszym artykule opisano metody uczenia się oraz popularne aplikacje wspomagające przyswajanie wiedzy. Jest to kontynuacja poprzedniej części, poświęconej procesowi uczenia oraz najpopularniejszym technikom. Zawarte informacje można traktować jako wskazówki dla osób w trakcie tzw. instytucjonalnej nauki - szkoła, studia, kursy doszkalające - związanej z ciągłą potrzebą samodoskonalenia i podnoszenia kwalifikacji.
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Przetwarzanie hydroakustycznych i lidarowych danych przestrzennych w celu konstrukcji trójwymiarowych modeli rzeczywistych obiektów
PublicationZautomatyzowana rekonstrukcja kształtu powierzchni reprezentowanych przez chmury punktów jest zagadnieniem badanym od wielu lat, jednak rezultaty osiągane za pomocą istniejących algorytmów odtwarzania modeli są dalekie od satysfakcjonujących, jeżeli wejściowe zbiory punktów cechują się nieregularną strukturą przestrzenną, co jest częstym zjawiskiem w przypadku danych pochodzących z sondowania hydroakustycznego czy skaningu laserowego....
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XVIII Międzynarodowe Sympozjum Inżynierii i Reżyserii Dźwięku
PublicationThe subjective assessment of speech signals takes into account previous experiences and habits of an individual. Since the perception process deteriorates with age, differences should be noticeable among people from dissimilar age groups. In this work, we investigated the difference of speech quality assessment between high school students and university students. The study involved 60 participants, with 30 people in both the adolescents...
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Application of Web-GIS and Cloud Computing to Automatic Satellite Image Correction
PublicationRadiometric calibration of satellite imagery requires coupling of atmospheric and topographic parameters, which constitutes serious computational problems in particular in complex geographical terrain. Successful application of topographic normalization algorithms for calibration purposes requires integration of several types of high-resolution geographic datasets and their processing in a common context. This paper presents the...
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Influence of YARN Schedulers on Power Consumption and Processing Time for Various Big Data Benchmarks
PublicationClimate change caused by human activities can influence the lives of everybody onthe planet. The environmental concerns must be taken into consideration by all fields of studyincludingICT. Green Computing aims to reduce negative effects of IT on the environment while,at the same time, maintaining all of the possible benefits it provides. Several Big Data platformslike Apache Spark orYARNhave become widely used in analytics and...
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MEMS Technology Evaluation for Submerged Vehicle Navigation
PublicationAnalysis of some vital aspects of inertial navigation using MEMS. The paper presents a few aspects of MEMS gyro errors, and their estimation process in the context of INS processing flow. These errors have a serious impact on overall inertial system performance. The results of undertaken researches in that area, and pointing out the main difficulties behind the INS when using a few top MEMS technologies, including sophisticated...
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Nauka w świecie cyfrowym okiem młodego inżyniera - wpływ pandemii na branżę transmisji strumieniowej
PublicationTrwająca pandemia znacznie ograniczyła mobilność użytkowników. Wiele osób zrezygnowało ze swobodnego przemieszczania się z powodów zdrowotnych, osobistych lub innych. Fakt ten dotyczył zwłaszcza studentów, którzy musieli przejść na kształcenie na odległość. Także wiele zawodów powiązanych z technologiami ICT postanowiło skorzystać ze zdalnych mechanizmów wymiany informacji i komunikacji z klientem. Czynniki te z pewnością dały...
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Comparison of 3D Point Cloud Completion Networks for High Altitude Lidar Scans of Buildings
PublicationHigh altitude lidar scans allow for rapid acquisition of big spatial data representing entire city blocks. Unfortunately, the raw point clouds acquired by this method are largely incomplete due to object occlusions and restrictions in scanning angles and sensor resolution, which can negatively affect the obtained results. In recent years, many new solutions for 3D point cloud completion have been created and tested on various objects;...
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The Application of a Mobile Unmanned Device for Monitoring Water and Sediment Pollution in the Port of Gdynia
PublicationPollution in the Port of Gdynia can encompass various types of substances and contaminants that affect the quality of water and sediment in this region. Ships entering and leaving the port can release pollutants such as oil, fuel, waste, and chemicals into the water. Controlling and monitoring these pollutants is a crucial part of environmental stewardship. In recent years, uncrewed units have been increasingly in use for in situ...
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Quality Evaluation of Speech Transmission via Two-way BPL-PLC Voice Communication System in an Underground Mine
PublicationIn order to design a stable and reliable voice communication system, it is essential to know how many resources are necessary for conveying quality content. These parameters may include objective quality of service (QoS) metrics, such as: available bandwidth, bit error rate (BER), delay, latency as well as subjective quality of experience (QoE) related to user expectations. QoE is expressed as clarity of speech and the ability...
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A Web-GIS tool for diagnosing spatial orientation of young adults: design and evaluation of Geo-Survey
PublicationSpatial orientation is the effectiveness with which one is able to assess the mutual location of objects relative to a point of reference or a system of coordinates. Traditionally, this ability has been evaluated through field navigation tests, which do not take into account the prevailing influence of free online maps and virtual walks on a person’s interpretation of space. In this context, this study presents a Web-GIS tool designed...