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Speed observer of induction machine based on backstepping and sliding mode for low‐speed operation
PublikacjaThis paper presents a speed observer design based on backstepping and slidingmode approaches. The inputs to the observer are the stator current and thevoltage vector components. This observer structure is extended to the integra-tors. The observer stabilizing functions contain the appropriate sliding surfaceswhich result from the Lyapunov function. The rotor angular speed is obtainedfrom the non‐adaptive formula with a sliding...
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Effects of Surface Energy and Surface Residual Stresses on Vibro-Thermal Analysis of Chiral, Zigzag, and Armchair Types of SWCNTs Using Refined Beam Theory
PublikacjaIn this article, vibration characteristics of three different types of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) such as armchair, chiral, and zigzag carbon nanotubes have been investigated considering the effects of surface energy and surface residual stresses. The nanotubes are embedded in the elastic substrate of the Winkler type and are also exposed to low and high-temperature environments. A new refined beam theory namely, one-variable...
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Transient response of oscillated carbon nanotubes with an internal and external damping
PublikacjaThe present works aims at modeling a viscoelastic nanobeam with simple boundary conditions at the two ends with the introduction of the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelasticity in a nonlocal strain gradient theory. The nanobeam lies on the visco-Pasternak matrix in which three characteristic parameters have a prominent role. A refined Timoshenko beam theory is here applied, which is only based on one unknown variable, in accordance with the...
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Application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to monitoring discharging process of nickel/metal hydride battery.
PublikacjaThis paper presents the possibility of applying impedance analysis to cell diagnostics. In order to obtain characteristic curves of both electrodes of a NiMH battery simultaneously, a reference electrode was added into the circuit. The authors analysed the cell under three cases, i.e. when its properties are determined only by the state of the positive electrode, only by the state of the negative electrode, or when both electrodes...
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Adoption of the F-statistic of Fisher-Snedecor distribution to analyze importance of impact of modifications of injector opening pressure of a compression ignition engine on specific enthalpy value of exhaust gas flow
PublikacjaThis article analyzes the effect of modifications of injector opening pressure on the operating values of a compression ignition engine, including the temperature of the fumes. A program of experimental investigation is described, considering the available test stand and measurement capabilities. The structure of the test stand on which the experimental measurements were conducted is presented. The method of introducing real modifications...
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Bacterial cellulose vs. bacterial cellulose nanocrystals as stabilizer agents for O/W pickering emulsions
PublikacjaThe growing interest in Pickering emulsions in functional food systems resulted in the need to find suitable stabilizers for them. The work considers the use of bacterial cellulose for this purpose, and its aim was to compare the properties of disintegrated bacterial cellulose, before and after freeze-drying, and its nanocrystals obtained using H2SO4 under variable of time and concentration conditions. The structure of nanocrystals...
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Implementation of an Adaptive Method for Changing the Frequency Division of the Counter Clock Signal in a Frequency-to-Code Converter
PublikacjaProcessing physical quantities into an indirect signal is a standard method of transferring information about the measured quantity to the master system, which analyzes the data obtained from the acquisition system. The intermediate signal is very often the voltage, but another transmission medium can be the frequency of the output signal of the “physical quantity-to-frequency” converter. The article presents the implementation...
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Molecular differences in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes of dogs with malignant mammary tumours
Dane BadawczeThe aim of this study was to determine molecular defects in mitochondrial DNA with the use of large-scale genome analysis in malignant canine mammary gland tumours and indicate whether these changes were linked with the carcinogenesis process. With the use of the NGS technology, we sequenced 27 samples of mtDNA isolated from blood and tumours obtained...
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Identification of intermetallic phases in the structure of austenitic steel with use of Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy
Dane BadawczeDelta ferrite is formed in austenitic steels during the solidification of the alloy and its welds. It can also occur as a stable phase in any temperature range in high-alloy austenitic-ferritic steels. Depending on the amount, it can change into gamma and sigma phases and into ferrite with variable chromium content. The main role of delta ferrite in...
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WERYFIKACJA KONCEPCJI PRZEGUBÓW PLASTYCZNYCH PROJEKTOWANYCH NA ODZIAŁYWANIA SEJSMICZNE WIADUKTU V6 OBWODNICY ISTAMBUŁU
PublikacjaW pracy zawarto wyniki analiz betonowego wiaduktu V6 budowanego w ciągu obwodnicy Istambułu w Turcji realizowanego w ramach projektu Northern Marmara Highway. Przeprawę stanowią dwie niezależne nitki o skrzynkowym przekroju poprzecznym i szerokości 22,00 m. Schemat statyczny obiektu to belka dziewięcioprzęsłowa o długości całkowitej 446,86 m oparta na podporach słupowych o zmiennej sztywności (rys.1) i wysokościach zmieniających...
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SZACOWANIE ZAWARTOŚCI BENZO(a)PIRENU W PYLE ZAWIESZONYM PM10 W AGLOMERACJI TRÓJMIEJSKIEJ ZA POMOCĄ WIELOWYMIAROWEJ REGRESJI LINIOWEJ=ESTIMATION OF BENZO(A)PYRENE CONTENT IN SUSPENDED DUST PM10 IN TRI-CITY AGGLOMERATION USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL LINEAR REGRESSION
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono próbę oszacowania przy pomocy wielowymiarowej regresji liniowej modelu empirycznego opisującego czynniki wpływające na zawartość B(a)P w pyle zawieszonym PM10 w Aglomeracji Trójmiejskiej w latach 2008-2011. Na przestrzeni tych lat średnioroczne stężenie B(a)P w PM10 wzrosło ponad dwukrotnie i ponad trzykrotnie przewyższa poziom docelowy. Z przeprowadzonych analiz wynika, że główną przyczyną wzrostu stężenia...
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SYNAT Music Genre Parameters PCA 19
Dane BadawczeThe dataset contains feature vector after Principal Component Analysis (PCA) performing, so there are 11 music genres and 19-element vector derived from music excerpts. Originally, a feature vector containing 173 elements was conceived in earlier research studies carried out by the team of authors [1-6]. A collection of 52532 music excerpts described...
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SYNAT_PCA_48
Dane BadawczeThere is a series of datasets containing feature vectors derived from music tracks. The dataset contains 51582 music tracks (22 music genres) and feature vector after Principal Component Analysis (PCA) performing, so there are 48-element vectors derived from music excerpts. Originally, a feature vector containing 173 elements was conceived in earlier...
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SYNAT_PCA_11
Dane BadawczeThe dataset contains 51582 music tracks (22 music genres) and feature vector after Principal Component Analysis (PCA) performing, so there are 11-element vectors derived from music excerpts. Originally, a feature vector containing 173 elements was conceived in earlier research studies carried out by the team of authors [1-6]. A collection of more than...
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Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bond Determines Target-Binding Affinity and Specificity of the Antitubercular Drug Bedaquiline
PublikacjaThe role of short strong hydrogen bonds (SSHB) in ligand-target binding remains largely unexplored, thereby hin- dering a potentially important avenue in the rational drug de- sign. Here, we investigate the interaction between bedaquiline (Bq), a potent anti-tuberculosis drug, and the mycobacterial ATP synthase, to unravel the role of a specific hydrogen bond to a conserved acidic residue in the target affinity and specificity....
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Comparison of Doppler Effect Estimation Methods for MFSK Transmission in Multipath Hydroacoustic Channel
PublikacjaUnderwater wireless communication remains a challenging topic, particularly for applications such as wreck penetration where multipath and Doppler effects are very intense. These effects are becoming even more difficult to mitigate for fast data transmission systems that utilize wideband signals. Due to the low propagation speed of acoustic wave in the water, there is a significant difference between the Doppler shift for lower...
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A Method for Underwater Wireless Data Transmission in a Hydroacoustic Channel under NLOS Conditions
PublikacjaWireless data transmission in the hydroacoustic channel under non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation conditions, for example, during a wreck penetration, is difficult to implement reliably. This is mostly due to the multipath propagation, which causes a reduction in the quality of data reception. Therefore, in this work an attempt has been made to develop a reliable method of wireless underwater communication test it under the NLOS...
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Time-domain description of point-source acoustic wavefields as a useful approach in ultrasonic techniques
PublikacjaIn traditional acoustics, field problems are usually treated in the frequency domain, broadband fields being reduced to superposition of harmonic spectrum components. However, this approach is inherently acausal and it is known that in case of arbitrary signals, the distribution-based, time-domain description can be more effective. The present paper is an attempt to expand the time-domain linear systems formalism onto space problems...
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An Assessment of RASSCF and TDDFT Energies and Gradients on an Organic Donor−Acceptor Dye Assisted by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
PublikacjaThe excitation energies and gradients in the ground and the first excited state of a novel donor−(π- bridge)−acceptor 4-methoxy-1,3-thiazole-based chromophore were investigated by means of MS-RASPT2/RASSCF and TDDFT in solution. Within both methods, the excitation energies strongly depend on the employed equilibrium structures, whose differences can be rationalized in terms of bond length alternation indexes. It is shown that functionals with...
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Automatic detection and correction of detuned singing system for use with query-by-humming applications
PublikacjaThe aim of the paper is to present an idea of using the automatic detection and correction of detuned singing as a subsystem in query-by-humming (QBH) applications. The common approach to searching for a requested song basing on the melody retrieved from hummed pattern usually employs the so-called Parsons code or melody contour. In such a case information about sound pitch is discarded. It was thought out that an additional module...
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Krajobraz nomadyczny w Muittalus samid birra (1910) Johana Turiego
PublikacjaThe article introduces Muittalus samid birra (1910, An account of the Sami) by Johan Turi, the fi rstbook with a secular content written in the sami language by a sami person. The author, a wolf hunterand reindeer-breeder, describes a broad spectrum of his people’s daily life. Pictures of everydayactivities are supplemented with stories about the sami people’s knowledge of the world (traditions,myths,...
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Analytics of Surfactants in the Environment: Problems and Challenges
PublikacjaSurfactants (surface active agents = SAAs) are a group of compoundswith specific physicochemical properties (amphiphilicity,solubility in polar and nonpolar liquids, ability to form micelles,adsorption at phase boundaries).1,2 Because of their properties,surface-active compounds are widely applied in industry and thehousehold (e.g., in detergents, personal-care products, paints,pesticides, petroleum products). As their applications...
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Time-Domain Description of Point-Source Acoustic Wavefields as a Useful Approach in Ultrasonic Techniques
PublikacjaIn traditional acoustics, field problems are usually treated in the frequency domain, broadband fields being reduced to superposition of harmonic spectrum components. However, this approach is inherently acausal and it is known that in case of arbitrary signals, the distribution-based, time-domain description can be more effective. The present paper is an attempt to expand the time-domain linear systems formalism onto space problems...
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Theoretical Investigation of the Electron-Transfer Dynamics and Photodegradation Pathways in a Hydrogen-Evolving Ruthenium-Palladium Photocatalyst
PublikacjaTime-dependent density functional theory calcula- tions combinedwith the Marcus theory of electron transfer (ET) were app lied on the molecular photocatalys t [(tbbpy) 2 Ru(tpph z)PdC l 2 ] 2 + in order to elucidate thelight-in- duced relaxation pathways populated upon excitation in the longer wavelength range of its absorption spectrum. The computational resultsshow that after the initial excitation, metal (Ru) to ligand (tpphz)chargetransfer...
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Chemical composition of shells from red (Strongylocentrotus franciscanum) and green (Strongylocentrotus droeba-chiensis) sea urchin
PublikacjaThe shells from red and green sea urchins accounted for 47.9 and 40.7% of their body weights, respectively. The red and green sea urchin shells contained 91.08 and 90.77% minerals and 4.06 and 4.99% proteins, respectively. The shells did not contain any chitin. Sea urchin shells had a relatively large amount of naphthoquinone pigments, 121 mg per 100 g in red and 163 mg per 100 g in green species. The small quantities of glucosamine...
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Reliable routing and resource allocation scheme for hybrid RF/FSO networks
PublikacjaSignificant success of wireless networks in the last decade has changed the paradigms of communication networks design. In particular, the growing interest in wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is observed. WMNs offer an attractive alternative to conventional cable infrastructures, especially in urban areas, where the cost of new installations is almost prohibitive. Unfortunately, the performance of WMNs is often limited by the cluttered...
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Green Sample Collection
PublikacjaThe term of “green sample collection” is directly associated with both passive and dynamic analytical tools which allow for simultaneous management of the stage of collection and isolation and/or enrichment of a broad spectrum of chemical compounds from environmental samples. The use of passive sampling techniques at the stage of sample collection makes it possible to obtain in a simple yet inexpensive manner an analytical information...
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Configurations of H 3 + (H2)n clusters and their energies
PublikacjaThe H-3(+) ion plays an important role in low temperature astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. It is considered as the initiator of many ion-molecule chemistries. Also its clusters with H-2 are quite interesting. We study configurations of the H-3(+)(H-2)(n) clusters for n = 1 up to n = 12 as a simple test system. Total energies for these structures, with zero point vibration corrections have been calculated. Stabilization energies...
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Photoelectron spectroscopy of a series of acetate and propionate esters
PublikacjaThe electronic state and photoionization spectroscopy of a series of acetate esters: methyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, butyl acetate and pentyl acetate as well as two propionates: methyl propionate and ethyl propionate, have been determined using vacuum-ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. These experimental investigations are complemented by ab initio calculations. The measured first adiabatic and vertical ionization energies...
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Non-Gaussian Resistance Fluctuations in Gold-Nanoparticle-Based Gas Sensors: An Appraisal of Different Evaluation Techniques
PublikacjaVolatile organic compounds, such as formaldehyde, can be used as biomarkers in human exhaled breath in order to non-invasively detect various diseases, and the same compounds are of much interest also in the context of environmental monitoring and protection. Here, we report on a recently-developed gas sensor, based on surface-functionalized gold nanoparticles, which is able to generate voltage noise with a distinctly non-Gaussian...
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Comparison of Two Methods for the Determination of Selected Pesticides in Honey and Honeybee Samples
PublikacjaDeveloped and validated analytical methods for the determination of a wide spectrum of pesticide residues in honey and honeybee samples after the modification of QuEChERS extraction in combination with gas chromatography–tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) and liquid chromatography–tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) were discussed and compared. The developed methods were evaluated regarding the utilized equipment...
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Electronic structure of intertwined kagome, honeycomb, and triangular sublattices of the intermetallics MCo2Al9 ( M = Sr, Ba)
PublikacjaIntermetallics are an important playground to stabilize a large variety of physical phenomena, arising from their complex crystal structure. The ease of their chemical tunabilty makes them suitable platforms to realize targeted electronic properties starting from the symmetries hidden in their unit cell. Here, we investigate the family of the recently discovered intermetallics MCo2Al9 (M=Sr, Ba) and we unveil their electronic structure....
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Emisyjność elektromagnetyczna przekształtników energoelektronicznych z modulacją rozproszoną
PublikacjaJednym z niepożądanych efektów ubocznych intensywnego rozwoju układów energoelektronicznych jest ich znaczna emisyjność elektromagnetyczna w zakresie zaburzeń przewodzonych i promieniowanych. Istnieje wiele metod ograniczania emisyjności tych układów, jednak ich skuteczność nie zawsze jest wystarczająca do spełnienia wymagań związanych z kompatybilnością elektromagnetyczna. W pracy zaprezentowano wyniki pomiarów skuteczności ograniczania...
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UAV spectrometer reflectance and leaf area index for vegetation near Gdynia, Poland
Dane BadawczeReflectance data from the UAV flights with UV-VIS spectrometer along with leaf area index measurements for vegetaion near Gdynia, Poland.
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XPS data of deuterium and hydrogen grown boron-doped diamond
Dane BadawczeThe high-resolution C1s X-ray absorption spectra of BDD@H and BDD@D samples were measured using the facilities of the HE-SGM beamline (HE-SGM) at the BESSY II synchrotron radiation source of Helmholtz–Zentrum Berlin (HZB).[90] The measurements were carried out under ultra-high vacuum conditions: P ≈ 2×10−9 Torr at T = 300 K. The NEXAFS spectra were...
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Refractive index measurement in the range of 1.3 – 1.5 for 1550 nm wavelength (2nd serie)
Dane BadawczeThe low-coherence refractive index measurements of certified liquid samples provided by Cargille Labs were performed. The measurement system consisted of a broadband light source (central wavelength of 1550 nm), an optical spectrum analyzer, a 2x1 fiber-optic coupler (50:50 power split), and single-mode telecommunication optical fibers. A micromechanical...
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Refractive index measurement in the range of 1.3 – 1.5 for 1550 nm wavelength (1st serie)
Dane BadawczeThe low-coherence refractive index measurements of certified liquid samples provided by Cargille Labs were performed. The measurement system consisted of a broadband light source (central wavelength of 1550 nm), an optical spectrum analyzer, a 2x1 fiber-optic coupler (50:50 power split), and single-mode telecommunication optical fibers. A micromechanical...
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Nondestructive corrosion degradation assessment based on asymmetry of guided wave propagation field
PublikacjaThe article presents the results of numerical and experimental investigation of guided wave propagation in steel plates subjected to corrosion degradation. The development of novel procedures allowing for the assessment of the corrosion degradation level is crucial in the effective diagnostics of offshore and ship structures that are especially subjected to aggressive environments. The study’s main aim is to investigate the influence...
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Scheduling for Industrial Control Traffic Using Massive MIMO and Large Intelligent Surfaces
PublikacjaIndustry 4.0, with its focus on flexibility and customizability, is pushing in the direction of wireless communication in future smart factories, in particular massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), and its future evolution Large Intelligent Surfaces (LIS), which provide more reliable channel quality than previous technologies. As such, there arises the need to perform efficient scheduling of industrial control traffic...
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Food Classification from Images Using a Neural Network Based Approach with NVIDIA Volta and Pascal GPUs
PublikacjaIn the paper we investigate the problem of food classification from images, for the Food-101 dataset extended with 31 additional food classes from Polish cuisine. We adopted transfer learning and firstly measured training times for models such as MobileNet, MobileNetV2, ResNet50, ResNet50V2, ResNet101, ResNet101V2, InceptionV3, InceptionResNetV2, Xception, NasNetMobile and DenseNet, for systems with NVIDIA Tesla V100 (Volta) and...
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Chromium‑based metal organic framework for pipette tip micro‑solid phase extraction: an effective approach for determination of methyl and propyl parabens in wastewater and shampoo samples
PublikacjaAbstract Background A chromium-based metal organic framework was synthesized and employed as an efficient sorbent for pipette tip micro-solid phase extraction and preconcentration of parabens from wastewater and shampoo samples up to sub-ppb level before their spectrophotometric analysis. Results Factors affecting preconcentration including volume and type of solvent, amount of sorbent, number of extraction, and volume and pH of...
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Examination of advanced isotropic constitutive laws under complex stress states in plain and reinforced concrete specimens
PublikacjaThe performance of advanced isotropic constitutive laws under complex stress states in plain and reinforced concrete specimens is investigated. Three different formulations are chosen: original Mazars model, Mazars mi model and model proposed by Pereira and coworkers. The degradation of the material in all formulations is described via a single variable, but a strain/stress state is taken into account via quite sophisticated relationships....
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Evaluation of the potential of Microwave Plasma–Atomic Emission Spectrometry for trace elements leaching assessment from the concrete matrix with sewage sludge ash additives
PublikacjaThe management of ash generated during the thermal utilization of sewage sludge is a significant environmental problem requiring an effective technological solution. One alternative way to dispose of sewage sludge is to bind it in concrete as a substitute for part of the aggregate. The properties of the C-S-H phase enable effective immobilization of harmful substances that sewage sludge contains. The amount of individual compounds...
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Minichannel and minigap classification criteria based on the aspect ratio of the minigeometry: A numerical study
PublikacjaA detailed numerical investigation has been carried out to analyze the diabatic flow distribution and velocity profile in 18 minigeometries with various aspect ratios for V-type and I-type flow configurations (for 36 cases) assuming ethanol as a working fluid. The aim of the study is to distinguish the value of the aspect ratio for which the flow in minigeometry starts to be two-dimensional (minigap). Cases with a constant Reynolds...
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Systematic Water Uptake Energetics of Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate—A High Resolution Thermochemical Study
PublikacjaA combination of surface area analyzer and microcalorimetry was employed to investigate the in situ water uptake energetics and the mechanism of proton incorporation in yttrium-doped barium zirconate in the temperature range 200–400 °C. The BaZr1–xYxO3 solid solutions are made with variable yttrium content (x = 10, 20, and 30 mol %) by a controlled oxidant-peroxo synthesis method. The water uptake increases as the partial pressure...
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Studying the Effect of Working Conditions on WEDM Machining Performance of Super Alloy Inconel 617
PublikacjaWire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) has been for many years a precise and efficient non-conventional manufacturing solution in various industrial applications, mostly involving the use of hard-to machine materials like, among other, the Inconel super alloys. The focus of the present study is on exploring the effect of selected control parameters, including pulse duration, pulse-off time and the dielectric flow pressure on...
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Multimodal Particle Swarm Optimization with Phase Analysis to Solve Complex Equations of Electromagnetic Analysis
PublikacjaIn this paper, a new meta-heuristic method of finding roots and poles of a complex function of a complex variable is presented. The algorithm combines an efficient space exploration provided by the particle swarm optimization (PSO) and the classification of root and pole occurrences based on the phase analysis of the complex function. The method initially generates two uniformly distributed populations of particles on the complex...
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Working Conditions in Global Value Chains: Evidence for European Employees
PublikacjaThis article investigates a sample of almost nine million workers from 24 European countries in 2014 to conclude how involvement in global value chains (GVCs) affects working conditions. We use employer–employee data from the Structure of Earnings Survey merged with industry-level statistics on GVCs based on the World Input-Output Database. Given the multidimensional nature of the dependent variable, we compare estimates of the...
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A fractionally delaying complex Hilbert transform filter
PublikacjaPrzedstawiono nowy, dyskretno-czasowy, ułamkowo-opóźniający (FD od ang. fractional delayor), zespolony filtr Hilberta (HTF od ang. Hilbert transform filter) nazwany FDHTF. Filtr ten jest oparty na parze obróconych filtrów o zmiennym opóźnieniu ułamkowym (VFD od ang. variable fractional delayor). Za pomocą filtru FDHTF realizuje się jednocześnie filtrację Hilberta i wprowadzanie ułamkowego opóźnienia do przetwarzanego sygnału. Dzięki...
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A Model of Thermal Energy Storage According to the Convention of Bond Graphs (BG) and State Equations (SE)
PublikacjaThe main advantage of the use of the Bond Graphs method and State Equations for modeling energy systems with a complex structure (marine power plants, hybrid vehicles, etc.) is the ability to model the system components of different physical nature using identical theoretical basis. The paper presents a method of modeling thermal energy storage, which is in line with basic BG theory. Critical comments have been put forward concerning...