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Expert system for automatic classification and quality assessment of singing voices
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Expert system for automatic classification and quality assessment of singing voices
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Surface water quality assessment by the use of combination of multivariate statistical classification and expert information
PublikacjaThe present study deals with the assessment of surface water quality from an industrial-urban region located in northern Poland near to the city of Gdansk. Concentrations of thirteen chemicals includingtotal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), halogenated volatile organic compounds (HVOCs) and major ions in the samples collected at five sampling points during six campaigns were used as variablesthroughout the study. The originality...
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Nonquadratic quality indices in estimation, approximation and control
PublikacjaZaproponowano wykorzystanie niekwadratowych miar jakości w zagadnieniach estymacji parametrów modeli, aproksymacji funkcji okresowych oraz syntezy układów sterowania. Rozważono funkcje celu w postaci ważonych sum lub całek wartości bezwzględnej błędu predykcji. Ponieważ tego typu wskaźniki jakości są w swoich ekstremach nieróżniczkowalne, zadanie minimalizacji funkcji celu rozwiązano stosując iteracyjny algorytm kolejnych przybliżeń....
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Automatic classification of singing voice quality
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono zagadnienia związane z automatyczną klasyfikacją jakości i rodzajów głosów śpiewaczych. Na potrzebę takiej klasyfikacji stworzono bazę głosów śpiewaczych, w której dokonano parametryzacji nagrań samogłosech śpiewanych przez różnych wokalistów (zarówno profesjonalistów jak i amatorów) na różnych wysokościach i z różną głośnością. W celu ograniczenia wymiaru wektora opisu zastosowano statystykę Behrensa Fishera...
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Classification of high-voltage varistors into groups of differentiated quality
PublikacjaThe research was aimed on defining a factor of quality for high-voltage varistors using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques, which could be applied during the production testing. The newly proposed parameter Q determined on the basis of the lowest resonant frequency fr measured within the preselected frequency range was taken into account. The parameter Q was defined for ZnO structures after firing, without metallized contacts....
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Methodology of semiconductor devices classification into groups of differentiated quality
PublikacjaZaproponowano klasyfikację przyrządów półprzewodnikowych do grup o zróżnicowanej jakości na podstawie ich szumów własnych z zakresu małych częstotliwości. Przedstawiono metodologię umożliwiającą stwierdzenie, czy zaproponowany parametr szumowy X dla danego typu przyrządu półprzewodnikowego może być stosowany do określenia jakości. Sprecyzowano przebieg badań wstępnych bazujących na ocenie wyników pomiarów szumów własnych z zakresu...
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Electronic noses in classification and quality control of edible oils: A review
PublikacjaThe growing demand for wholesome and nutritious food leads to intensification of production, which in turn can have a detrimental effect on quality and well-being of consumers. For that reason, it is important to develop novel methods of food control which would be characterized by a short time of analysis, adequate sensitivity and relatively low cost. One such technique involves the use of multi-sensory devices called electronic...
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Identification and classification model of the quality perception determinants and tourist services attributes
PublikacjaW niniejszym rozdziale zaprezentowano model identyfikacji oraz klasyfikacji zarówno determinant percepcji jakości jak i cech charakterystycznych dla usług turystycznych. Wykorzystano w tym celu zarówno cechy charakterystyczne dla usług dowolnego rodzaju zaadaptowane na potrzeby usług turystycznych jak i te które są specyficzne wyłącznie dla tej branży.
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The possibility of application of the potentiometric sensor with all-solid-state electrodes containing lipid-polymer membranes for classification of tested black leaf teas in terms of their quality
PublikacjaPotentiometric sensor with all-solid-state electrodes containing lipid-polymer membranes for a set of black leaf teas coming from four countries (China, India, Sri Lanka and Kenia) classification was applied. The tested tea samples were reassigned to quality classes marked with numbers I–V according to the information available. The sensor results of tea samples are presented in the form of radar charts. It was observed that, in...
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Indeksy demokracji i stan zaawansowania ich rozwoju dla pomiaru jakości demokracji na poziomie lokalnym - Democracy indices and current state of their advancement for measuring quality of democracy at a local level
PublikacjaJak mierzyć demokrację? Jak ocenić, czy jeden ustrój demokratyczny jest bardziej de-mokratyczny od innego i na jakiej podstawie to stwierdzić? Pomiary jakości demokracji na poziomie państw istnieją już od 1946 roku, a na ich podstawie powstawały indeksy demokracji jak np. Freedom House, Polity IV, czy też Varieties of Democracy. Poza poziomem państw jest zdecydowanie mniej narzędzi tego typu, a istniejące – jak np. Local Autonomy...
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Differentiating patients with obstructive sleep apnea from healthy controls based on heart rate-blood pressure coupling quantified by entropy-based indices
PublikacjaWe introduce an entropy-based classification method for pairs of sequences (ECPS) for quantifying mutual dependencies in heart rate and beat-to-beat blood pressure recordings. The purpose of the method is to build a classifier for data in which each item consists of two intertwined data series taken for each subject. The method is based on ordinal patterns and uses entropy-like indices. Machine learning is used to select a subset...
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Prediction of Wastewater Quality at a Wastewater Treatment Plant Inlet Using a System Based on Machine Learning Methods
PublikacjaOne of the important factors determining the biochemical processes in bioreactors is the quality of the wastewater inflow to the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Information on the quality of wastewater, sufficiently in advance, makes it possible to properly select bioreactor settings to obtain optimal process conditions. This paper presents the use of classification models to predict the variability of wastewater quality at...
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External Validation Measures for Nested Clustering of Text Documents
PublikacjaAbstract. This article handles the problem of validating the results of nested (as opposed to "flat") clusterings. It shows that standard external validation indices used for partitioning clustering validation, like Rand statistics, Hubert Γ statistic or F-measure are not applicable in nested clustering cases. Additionally to the work, where F-measure was adopted to hierarchical classification as hF-measure, here some methods to...
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Machine Learning-Based Wetland Vulnerability Assessment in the Sindh Province Ramsar Site Using Remote Sensing Data
PublikacjaWetlands provide vital ecological and socioeconomic services but face escalating pressures worldwide. This study undertakes an integrated spatiotemporal assessment of the multifaceted vulnerabilities shaping Khinjhir Lake, an ecologically significant wetland ecosystem in Pakistan, using advanced geospatial and machine learning techniques. Multi-temporal optical remote sensing data from 2000 to 2020 was analyzed through spectral...
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Ocena stopnia degradacji termicznej olejów jadalnych z wykorzystaniem techniki ultraszybkiej chromatografii gazowej
PublikacjaPod wpływem podwyższonej temperatury oleje jadalne ulegają procesowi degradacji termicznej. W tym przypadku ilość lotnych związków organicznych, charakteryzujących się dużą polarnością, występujących w olejach jadalnych jest większa. Zmiany składu olejów jadalnych mogą stanowić zagrożenie dla zdrowia człowieka. Obecnie istnieje możliwości wykorzystania techniki ultraszybkiej chromatografii gazowej do oceny stopnia degradacji olejów...
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Systematic Assessment of Product Quality
PublikacjaThe article describes an innovative metrizable idea for systemic assessments of product quality within the baking industry. Complex product quality analysis requires the employment of metrizability criteria for factors that impact the quality of the product, and these are called determinants. Therefore, such analysis is only possible with the use of systems engineering. A system represents the potential of a manufacturing process,...
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New patterns in the position of CEE countries in global value chains: functional specialisation approach
PublikacjaResearch background: High servitisation of manufacturing makes it impossible to separate services from manufactured goods properly, which implies difficulties in the assessment of the position of the country on the smile curve, i.e. in the proper assignment of products or services to one of the industrial process steps: pre-production, pure fabrication or post-production services. Therefore, we propose to use the business functions...
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Smartphones as tools for equitable food quality assessment
PublikacjaBackground: The ubiquity of smartphones equipped with an array of sophisticated sensors, ample processing power, network connectivity and a convenient interface makes them a promising tool for non-invasive, portable food quality assessment. Combined with the recent developments in the areas of IoT, deep learning algorithms and cloud computing, they present an opportunity for advancing wide-spread, equitable and sustainable food...
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Electronic noses: Powerful tools in meat quality assessment
PublikacjaMain factors that are considered by consumers when choosing meat products are colour and aroma, of which the latter is a more reliable indicator of quality. However, a simple sensory evaluation of hedonistic qualities is often not sufficient to determine whether protein is past its shelf life, and consumption of spoiled meat can lead to serious health hazards. Some volatile compounds can be used as spoilage indicators, and so a...
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Assessment of Supercapacitor’s Quality by Means of Low Frequency Noise
PublikacjaLow frequency noise is a well-known tool for quality and reliability assessment of electronic devices. This phenomenon is observed in different electrochemical devices as well (e.g., smart windows, electrochemical corrosion processes). Thus, we can assume that the same tool can be used to asses quality of supercapacitors. Their quality is usually determined only by capacitance and/or equivalent series resistance (ESR), or impedance....
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Development of novel smartphone-based methods of wine quality assessment
PublikacjaThe doctoral dissertation concerns the development of novel smartphone-based analytical methods of wine quality evaluation, which would be in line with the stipulations of green and equitable analytical chemistry. This solution is based on the analysis of biogenic amines and selected bioactive compounds. The dissertation is based on four articles containing the results of research which led to the development of smartphone-based...
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Multi-Aspect Quality Assessment Of Mobile Image Classifiers For Companion Applications In The Publishing Sector
PublikacjaThe paper presents the problem of quality assessment of image classifiers used in mobile phones for complimentary companion applications. The advantages of using this kind of applications have been described and a Narrator on Demand (NoD) functionality has been described as one of the examples, where the application plays an audio file related to a book page that is physically in front of the phone's camera. For such a NoD application,...
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Quality assessment of experimental knowledge
PublikacjaPrzedstawiono model wieloagentowy oceny jakosci wiedzy zdobytej na podstawie doswiadczenia. Poddano analizie wyniki eksperymentow modelowych oraz sformulowano dalszy plan badan w tym zakresie.
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Portable Electronic Nose Based on Electrochemical Sensors for Food Quality Assessment
PublikacjaThe steady increase in global consumption puts a strain on agriculture and might lead to a decrease in food quality. Currently used techniques of food analysis are often labour-intensive and time-consuming and require extensive sample preparation. For that reason, there is a demand for novel methods that could be used for rapid food quality assessment. A technique based on the use of an array of chemical sensors for holistic analysis...
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Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Fast and Accurate Assessment of Transthoracic Echocardiogram Image Quality
PublikacjaHigh-quality echocardiogram images are the cornerstone of accurate and reliable measurements of the heart. Therefore, this study aimed to develop, validate and compare machine learning and deep learning algorithms for accurate and automated assessment of transthoracic echocardiogram image quality. In total, 4090 single-frame two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram...
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Assessment of TFP in European and American higher education institutions – application of Malmquist indices
PublikacjaIn this study we apply Malmquist methodology, based on the estimation of distance measures through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), to a sample of 500 universities (in 10 European countries and the U.S.) over the period 2000 to 2010 in order to assess and compare their productivity. On average, a rise in TFP is registered for the whole European sample (strongest for Dutch and Italian HEIs), while the productivity of American HEIs...
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Identification, Assessment and Automated Classification of Requirements Engineering Techniques
PublikacjaSelection of suitable techniques to be used in requirements engineering or business analysis activities is not easy, especially considering the large number of new proposals that emerged in recent years. This paper provides a summary of techniques recommended by major sources recognized by the industry. A universal attribute structure for the description of techniques is proposed and used to describe 33 techniques most frequently...
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Assessment of River Water Quality and Pollution Status Using Physicochemical and Biometrics, Awetu River, Ethiopia
PublikacjaThe surface water is contaminated by a variety of synthetic organic and inorganic compounds, chemicals, and nutrients; due to this reason, the quality of the water resources of Ethiopia is declining at an alarming rate, resulting in severe environmental degradation. The main objective of the study was to recognize the pollution status river for the study area by physicochemical parameters and the extent of microbial environmental...
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Standards for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area versus Common Assessment Framework in education. Conflict or harmony?
PublikacjaThe aim of the research was to analyze the assumptions of Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ENQA) and the criteria of Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for the educational sector and based on that to find out the main differences and similarities (conflicts and harmony) between them. The results of the research showed that the current trends of the quality movement evolution in...
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Assessment of Lipophilicity Indices Derived from Retention Behavior of Antioxidant Compounds in RP-HPLC
PublikacjaReverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography was employed in order to evaluate the lipophilicity of antioxidant compounds from different classes, such as phenolic acids, flavanones, flavanols, flavones, anthocyanins, stilbenes, xantonoids, and proanthocyanidins. The retention time of each compound was measured using five different HPLC columns: RP18 (LiChroCART, Purosphere RP-18e), C8 (Zorbax, Eclipse XDBC8), C16-Amide (Discovery...
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On-line assessment of oil quality during deep frying using an electronic nose and proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry
PublikacjaWe describe a novel method for the quality assessment of oil utilized for deep frying. The method is based on the analysis of frying fumes using a custom electronic nose. The quality score could be obtained after less than 3 min of analysis and without interrupting the frying process or sampling the oil directly. The obtained results were correlated with the peroxide value using a multivariate linear regression model. The most...
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The risk assessment of adverse events of nursing activities as the element of quality management in healhcare
PublikacjaThe purpose of the paper is to present MedCARVER+Shock method and Pareto analysis and its usability for the risk assessment of adverse events of nursing activities. 888 activities carried out by all 190 nurses working at the District Hospital X located in Poland were taken into account. During the research the qualitative approach was used. As the result sixteen groups of nursing activities causing the highest risk of adverse events...
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Assessment of sources of uncertainty in macrophyte surveys and the consequences for river classification
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Sediment-quality assessment by intelligent data analysis
PublikacjaCoraz powszechniej do oceny jakości próbek środowiskowych osadów wykorzystuje się analizy chemometryczne. Ich głównym zadaniem jest znalezienie zależności pomiędzy wynikami analiz chemicznych oraz oszacowanymi parametrami toksyczności.Zastosowanie chemometrii w ocenie jakości próbek środowiskowych umożliwiłoby zredukowanie kosztów biomonitoringu prowadzonego na badanym obszarze poprzez optymalizację procedury badawczej.
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Instrumental techniques used for assessment of food quality
PublikacjaW artykule scharakteryzowano dwie techniki instrumentalne stosowane w ocenie jakości produktów spożywczych, tj. chromatografię gazową w połączeniu z detekcją olfaktometryczną oraz nos elektroniczny. Opisano zasady działania obu technik oraz typowe procedury analityczne stosowane w ocenie zapachu. Ponadto, podano przykłady praktycznego zastosowania obu technik, włącznie z tymi, które wykorzystano w pracowni autorów.
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Potential Methods of Electrochromic Materials Quality Assessment
PublikacjaPublikacja zawiera potencjalne metody oceny jakości prototypowych maateriałów wykonanych z warstw elektrochromowych. Warstwy te mogą zostać ocenione za pomocą anlizy sygnałów elektrycznych jak również metodami przetwarzania obrazów.
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Real-Time Skin Quality Assessment System
PublikacjaThis thesis presents a real-time skin assessment system with the main aim of detecting inflammatory acne lesions and tracking skin conditions. A facial acne lesion detection algorithm was developed, using a pre-trained YOLOv8 model for lesion detection and a Mediapipe detector for face detection. The proposed solution aims to create a system used in smart mirrors to help users self-monitor and monitor their skin condition in real...
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Electronic Noses for Indoor Air Quality Assessment
PublikacjaThis chapter presents a proposal of the use of electronic noses in the monitoring of indoor air quality. The main focus is put on the detailed characteristics of today’s indoor air quality control methods, the types of pollution in the air, and the development of electronic noses for air testing. Currently, scientists seek methodological and structural solutions that would enable real-time online indoor air control. It has been...
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Problems of varistor quality assessment during exploitation
PublikacjaVaristors are commonly used elements which protect power supply networks against high-voltage surges or lightning. Therefore, quality and endurance of these elements is important to avoid losses when an expensive laboratory equipment would not be protected from random overvoltages. Additionally, excessive leakage currents generate serious costs due to high energy consumption. The paper presents shortly properties of varistors that...
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Quality assessment of low voltage surge arresters
PublikacjaUsers expect reliable operation of the surge arrester during overvoltages, which may originate from a switching process or a lightning discharge. The necessary conditions to guarantee these expectations are: appropriate construction of the surge arrester, its production being maintained in accordance with technical standards, and a positive results of the type test (as well routine and acceptance tests). The recipient, especially...
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NUMERICAL MODEL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PublikacjaAs a structure degrades some changes in its dynamical behavior can be observed, and inversely, observation and evaluation of these dynamical changes of the structure can provide information of structural state of the object. Testing of the real structure, besides of being costly, can cover only limited working states. It is particularly considerable in case of hardly accessible, and randomly/severely dynamically loaded offshore...
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Quality assessment of mobile host services in IP networks
PublikacjaW pracy opisano podstawowe protokoły wspierające komunikację stacji ruchomych w sieciach IP. Przedmiotem zainteresowania były w szczególności rozwiązania MIP oraz Calkular IP i HAWAII - wspierające mobilność w skali makro bądź mikro. Przeprowadzono badania symulacyjne wskazujące na przydatność powyższych protokołów w przypadku różnych konfiguracji sieci.
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Determination of some off-flavors for vodka quality assessment
PublikacjaW pracy zostały przedstawione wyniki analizy wybranych związków karbonylowych w wódkach czystych z wykorzystaniem procedury HS-SPME/GC-ECD poprzedzonej derywatyzacją aldehydów za pomocą odczynnika PFBHA. Przeprowadzone badania wykazały, że obecność 2,3-pentanodionu i 2-butenalu skutkuje pogorszeniem jakości analizowanych wódek.
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An assessment of teeth quality of the mini gang saw blade
PublikacjaIn this work, the assessment of the effect of the operating time (90 min.) of the mini gang saw blades during sawing Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) samples upon changes of the saw blade teeth sharpness (bluntness), which was defined as an effective radius of the nose ρ , has been described. The research activities have been carried out on the Nikon Ti-S optical microscope equipped with the Nikon DS-30W camera allowing high-speed...
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The Use of Ultra-Fast Gas Chromatography for Fingerprinting-Based Classification of Zweigelt and Rondo Wines with Regard to Grape Variety and Type of Malolactic Fermentation Combined with Greenness and Practicality Assessment
PublikacjaIn food authentication, it is important to compare different analytical procedures and select the best method. The aim of this study was to determine the fingerprints of Zweigelt and Rondo wines through headspace analysis using ultra-fast gas chromatography (ultra-fast GC) and to compare the effectiveness of this approach at classifying wines based on grape variety and type of malolactic fermentation (MLF) as well as its greenness...
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A new approach for an automatic assessment of a neurological condition employing hand gesture classification
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Optimisation and field assessment of poroelastic wearing course bond quality
PublikacjaCompared to typical asphalt mixtures, poroelastic mixtures are characterised by high porosity and high flexibility, which are desirable for traffic noise reduction. However, the same properties increase the risk of debonding from the lower layer, which is a significant source of premature damage. The study investigates which of the factors – tack coat agent, type and texture of the lower layer – have the greatest impact on interlayer...
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Assessment of water quality based on multiparameter fiber optic probe
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Quality assessment of high voltage varistors by third harmonic index
PublikacjaHigh voltage varistors that consist of grained ZnO have to be tested before assembling into a surge arrester. The existing methods demand a usage of high voltages and intensive currents that is inconvenient, destructive and needs extensive power consumption. Additionally, these methods require metallization of the prepared varistor structures that increases costs. We propose another method of varistors quality assessments by a...