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Corrosion hazards and inhibitor protection in the seawater injection system on the Baltic sea rig
PublikacjaOil extraction efficiency in LOTOS Petrobaltic Company is increased by means of injection of seawater into an oilfield aquifer, which is implemented on the Baltic Beta rig, operating on the Baltic Sea. Operational experience has shown a significant degree of corrosion aggressiveness in the injected water, which necessitates frequent repairs of the seawater injection installation. Evaluation of the corrosion phenomena is crucial...
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Comparative assessment of two extraction procedures for determination of bioactive compounds in some berries used for daily food consumption
PublikacjaTwo extractions with methanol and water were used to determine the antioxidant and binding properties of some berries as a supplement to food. Fluorometry, FTIR spectra and radical scavenging assays were used for characterisation of bioactive compounds (polyphenols, flavonoids, flavanols and tannins) and the levels of their antioxidant activities (AAs). The contents of bioactive compounds and AAs in water and methanol polyphenol...
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The Education of Analytical Chemists in Polish Universities
PublikacjaAnalytical Chemistry plays a very important role in the modern world. The main reasons are; the need of environmental monitoring, quality of food and water control, human health, quality of industrial production control, nanotechnologies and material science. Together with Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry is a fundamental chemical course. The education of Analytical Chemists is...
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Electrodes array for contactless ECG measurement of a bathing person - a sensitivity analysis
PublikacjaAn applicability of a remote (contactless) electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements in a bathtub is presented in the paper. Possibility of ECG measurements in shallowly filled tube with a water was examined. A bathing person was, both, sitting and lying during experiments performed. The problem became non-trivial when the bathing person was moving in reference to a fixed set of electrodes and located at the longer walls of the bathtub....
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Stormwater and snowmelt runoff storage control and flash flood hazard forecasting in the urbanized coastal basin.
PublikacjaCity of Gdańsk is located in a coastal region where changing climatic conditions increase the frequency of extreme weather events. Developing urbanization affects the hydrology of natural basins by simplification of the drainage system and reduction of infiltration and base flow. Consequently greater runoff rates flow into storm water collection systems, reservoirs and surrounding water bodies. Not only infrastructures of urban...
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Chemometric Evaluation of WWTPs’ Wastewaters and Receiving Surface Waters in Bulgaria
PublikacjaWastewater treatment plant (WWTP) installations are designed and operated to reduce the quantity of pollutants emitted to surface waters receiving treated wastewaters. In this work, we used classical instrumental studies (to determine chemicals and parameters under obligations put with Directive 91/271/EEC), ecotoxicological tools (Sinapis alba root growth inhibition (SA-RG) and Heterocypris incongruens mortality (MORT) and growth...
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Integrated membrane bioreactors modelling: A review on new comprehensive modelling framework
PublikacjaIntegrated Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) models, combination of biological and physical models, have been representing powerful tools for the accomplishment of high environmental sustainability. This paper, produced by the International Water Association (IWA) Task Group on Membrane Modelling and Control, reviews the state-of-the-art, identifying gaps for future researches, and proposes a new integrated MBR modelling framework. In...
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Quality model for UML tools in application to UML tool selection and market analysis
PublikacjaJęzyki modelowania i wspierające je narzędzia odgrywają istotną rolę w procesie wytwarzania i utrzymania oprogramowania. Wraz ze wzrostem liczby narzędzi UML na rynku pojawia się potrzeba ich porównania i oceny. Artykuł prezentuje wielowymiarowy model oceny narzędzi UML, opisuje ankietę przydatną do oceny narzędzi UML oraz przedstawia system oceny narzędzi UML wraz ze studium przypadku jego zastosowania do poszukiwania narzędzi...
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The Maturity Level of Quality Management and Medical Service Improvement by Wielkopolska District Hospitals
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Impact of the Spirulina maxima extract addition to semen extender on bovine sperm quality
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Image Quality Assessment Tool for Conventional and Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquisitions
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The Quality of Freeze-Dried and Rehydrated Blueberries Depending on their Size and Preparation for Freeze-Drying
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Dependence between quality and removal effectiveness of organic matter in hybrid constructed wetlands
PublikacjaW procesie oczyszczania ścieków w Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland (VF-CW) jednym z czynników jest dopływ tlenu. Niewystarczający dopływ tlenu do złoża może być przyczyną braku efektywności usuwania zanieczyszczeń, a więc wskazywać na niewłaściwą eksploatację obiektu.Obiekty badań stanowiły złoża pionowe stanowiące jeden z elementów biologicznego oczyszczania dwóch hybrydowych systemów hydrofitowych zlokalizowanych w Wieszynie...
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Improving signal quality of a speech codec using hybrid perceptual-parametric algorithm
PublikacjaW artykule zaprezentowano hybrydową architekturę parametryczno-perceptualną kodeka mowy. Jego podstawę stanowi kodek CELP, który wspomagany jest kodekiem perceptualnym. Celem zastosowania proponowanej metody jest uzyskanie poprawy jakości kodowania sygnału mowy. Badaniom poddano dwie architektury, z których w jednej dźwięczne części sygnału rezydualnego kodeka CELP kodowane są perceptualnie. Drugi z proponowanych kodeków dokonuje...
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Quality and Nutritional/Textural Properties of Durum Wheat Pasta Enriched with Cricket Powder
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Trade potential of Rwanda: Policy implications from taxonomic analysis of quality of institutions
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The Use of Effective Microorganisms as a Sustainable Alternative to Improve the Quality of Potatoes in Food Processing
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Evaluation of the Quality of Raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) Grown in Balanced Fertilization Conditions
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Effect of added roach flesh on quality and shelf live of flour-and-fish snacks
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Association between changes in air quality and hospital admissions during the holi festival
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High Quality Medical Image-Guides By Mosaic-Assembling Optical Fibre Technology
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A comparison of indexing methods to evaluate quality of soils: the role of soil microbiological properties
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Multivariate evaluation by quality indicators of no-tillage system in Argiudolls of rolling pampa (Argentina)
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Mental state and quality of life after 10 session whole-body cryotherapy
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Importance of Illness Acceptance Among Other Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Acromegaly
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Influence of the method of the control of the hybrid contactless short-circuit limiter on power quality
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono wpływ sterowania bezstykowego ogranicznika prądów zwarciowych na ograniczanie zapadów napięcia. Scharakteryzowano podstawowe własności ogranicznika oraz układu sterowania jego pracą. Ponieważ prąd zwarciowy jest detekowany przez dedykowany superkrótki bezpiecznik sterowanie musi być dostosowane do czasu przedrukowego i łukowego topika, które zależą od aktualnej wartości prądu i aktualnej konfiguracji obwodu....
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Influence of Genotype on Meat Quality in Laying Hens after the Egg Production Season
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Surface quality and topographic inspection of variable compliance part after precise turning
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Shipowner’s Impact on Planned Maintenance System Database Quality Grades Resemblance Equalization
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Expression of estrogen receptors, PELP1, and SRC in human spermatozoa and their associations with semen quality
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EFFECTS OF 13 YEARS SOIL FERTILISATION ON STORAGE QUALITY OF âCORTLANDâ APPLES
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The quality management in precast concrete production and delivery processes supported by association analysis
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REAL-TIME VOICE QUALITY MONITORING TOOL FOR VOIP OVER IPV6 NETWORKS
PublikacjaThe primary aim of this paper is to present a new application which is at this moment the only open source real-time VoIP quality monitoring tool that supports IPv6 networks. The application can keep VoIP system administrators provided at any time with up-to-date voice quality information. Multiple quality scores that are automatically obtained throughout each call reflect influence of variable packet losses and delays on voice...
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Impact of influent wastewater quality on nitrogen removal rates in multistage treatment wetlands
PublikacjaNitrogen removal in treatment wetlands is influenced by many factors, and the presence of electron donors (biodegradable organic matter) and electron acceptors (nitrate ions) is the main limiting one; for obtaining these conditions, multistage treatment wetlands (MTWs) are required, where an extensive nitrification can be obtained in the first stages under aerobic conditions leaving then to the following anoxic/anaerobic stages...
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Narrowband Transmission Quality in Presence of Modified IEEE 802.15.4a Impulse Radio Interference
PublikacjaThis paper presents results of measurement of narrowband transmission quality in presence of impulse radio UWB interference. IEEE 802.15.4a UWB signal is being used as interferer, also with frame structure modifications which lead to change spectrum of the interference. Equations and coefficients which allow to calculate ratio between power of useful and interference signal are also presented.
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The Changes of Groundwater Quality on the ''Czarny Dwór'' Intake in the Light of Polish-Swedish Investigations.
PublikacjaW wyniku badań przeprowadzonych w latach 2002-2003 na ujęciu ''Czarny Dwór''stwierdzono zmiany składu chemicznego i pogorszenie jakości płytko występu-jących wód gruntowych oraz wód powierzchniowych. Objawiło się to przedewszystkim podwyższoną twardością wody oraz wysokimi i zmiennymi koncentrac-jami siarczanów i azotu amonowego. Stwierdzono, że zmiany te są spowodowanegłównie przez ogródki działkowe zlokalizowane w najbliższym...
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Effect of transregional transport of pollutants on atmospheric air quality in the Tricity area of Poland
PublikacjaDwuwymiarowa analiza wariancji wyników oznaczania jonów nieorganicznych, pH oraz przewodnictwa konduktometrycznego w próbkach wód opadowych zebranych w rejonie Trójmiasta pokazała, że transregionalny transport substancji zanieczyszczających środowisko ma wpływ na jakość powietrza w tym rejonie. W całym Trójmieście wahania stężeń analitów w wodach opadowych nie są spowodowane w znacznym stopniu przez lokalizacje miejsc pobierania...
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Honey antibacterial activity: A neglected aspect of honey quality assurance as functional food
PublikacjaBackground Honey is considered as a functional food with health-promoting properties. Its potent antibacterial and antibiofilm effects are the major attributes of so called ‘medical-grade honey’ which is topically used for the treatment of burns, wounds and skin disorders. Nevertheless, the current set of honey quality parameters adopted in the European Union do not include its biological properties. Furthermore, in light of the...
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Testing of the longest span soil-steel bridge in Europe – new quality in measurements
PublikacjaThe article describes interdisciplinary and comprehensive diagnostic tests of final bridge inspection and acceptance proposed for a soil – steel bridge made of corrugated sheets, being the European span length record holder (25.74 m). As an effect of an original concept a detailed and precise information about the structure response was collected. The load test design was based on the nonlinear numerical simulations performed by...
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Measurement of expenditure efficiency of Polish cities with county rights in the context of quality of life
PublikacjaThe article is devoted to the measurement of efficiency of overall expenditures. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficiency of use of budget resources by local government units in the context of fostering quality of life. The subject of the study is 65 Polish cities with county rights (county status). Calculations were carried out using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results of analysis confirm the two research...
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Structural and Temporal Topic Models of Feedbacks on Service Quality – A Path to Theory Development?
PublikacjaThere is growing interest in applying computational methods in analysing large amount of data without sacrificing rigour in Information Systems research. In this paper, we demonstrate how the use of structural and temporal topic modelling can be employed to produce insights of both theoretical and practical importance from the analysis of textual comments on the quality of services in hospitals. As a first step, we revealed the...
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Impact of Visual Image Quality on Lymphocyte Detection Using YOLOv5 and RetinaNet Algorithms
PublikacjaLymphocytes, a type of leukocytes, play a vital role in the immune system. The precise quantification, spatial arrangement and phenotypic characterization of lymphocytes within haematological or histopathological images can serve as a diagnostic indicator of a particular lesion. Artificial neural networks, employed for the detection of lymphocytes, not only can provide support to the work of histopathologists but also enable better...
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ENERGY AND EMISSION QUALITY RANKING OF NEWLY PRODUCED LOW-SULPHUR MARINE FUEL
PublikacjaThe article describes the methodology of engine tests on new types of low-sulphur marine fuels in laboratory conditions in order to conduct a comprehensive assessment of their suitability for powering full-size marine engines. The innovativeness of the proposed solution consists of adapting the laboratory Diesel Engine Test Bed to carry out experimental tests using residual and alternative fuels so that it is possible to imitate...
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Balanced Spider Monkey Optimization with Bi-LSTM for Sustainable Air Quality Prediction
PublikacjaA reliable air quality prediction model is required for pollution control, human health monitoring, and sustainability. The existing air quality prediction models lack efficiency due to overfitting in prediction model and local optima trap in feature selection. This study proposes the Balanced Spider Monkey Optimization (BSMO) technique for effective feature selection to overcome the local optima trap and overfitting problems....
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Geospatial Coverage and Signal Quality Measurements of Terrestrial DAB+ Network in Northern Poland
PublikacjaModern 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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Determination of Odor Air Quality Index (OAQII) Using Gas Sensor Matrix
PublikacjaThis article presents a new way to determine odor nuisance based on the proposed odor air quality index (OAQII), using an instrumental method. This indicator relates the most important odor features, such as intensity, hedonic tone and odor concentration. The research was conducted at the compost screening yard of the municipal treatment plant in Central Poland, on which a self-constructed gas sensor array was placed. It consisted...
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Estimation of transmission quality in cellular systems based on indicators measured by the radio module
PublikacjaThe article presents a measurement stand for testing transmission quality in cellular systems such as LTE, NB-IoT, UMTS and GSM. The results of BLER and throughput measurements for various propagation conditions as well as results of quality indicators appropriate for mentioned technologies measured by commercial radio module are presented. Those measurements were utilized to analyze the possibility of estimating the transmission...
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Developing the Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure as a Tool for Urban Air Quality Management
PublikacjaUrban structure is an important factor that shapes the process of urban ventilation and pollution dispersion. With proper planning of the urban spatial layout, city breathability can be effectively regulated, contributing to urban air quality improvement. This paper investigates the development and current management of urban systems of green and open spaces in four Polish cities: Gda ´nsk, Warsaw, Pozna ´n and Wrocław, with a...
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Application of auto calibration and linearization algorithms to improve sound quality of computer devices
PublikacjaAn application of auto calibration and linearization algorithms designed for correcting acoustic characteristics of selected computer devices was presented in the paper. The functionality of the algorithms were presented for two kind of computer devices: ultrabook class computer and portable device of All-In-One type. The algorithms were adjusted for the given type of the device on the basis of series of measurements conducted...
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Regional quality contests based on business excellence models – Pomeranian case study
PublikacjaCompetitions based on models of organizational excellence have significant potential. Organizations participating in these initiatives have the chance not only to get marketing benefits, but also gain comprehensive knowledge about their management systems. Moreover, thanks to the structure of models of excellence an organization can plan in detail the improvement activities in its main processes. The aim of the authors is to analyze...