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HEALTH-AFFIRMING EVERYDAY LANDSCAPES IN SUSTAINABLE CITY. THEORIES AND TOOLS
PublikacjaAs cities and urban population continue to grow, causing serious threats to public health, the development of health-affirming urban landscapes becomes even more important topic than ever before. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question which qualities of urban landscape make it the health-affirming landscape. In the first part of the paper, a concept of health-affirming landscapes and a modern approach to sustainable...
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HEALTH-AFFIRMING EVERYDAY LANDSCAPES IN SUSTAINABLE CITY. THEORIES AND TOOLS
PublikacjaAs cities and urban population continue to grow, causing serious threats to public health, the development of health-affirming urban landscapes becomes even more important topic than ever before. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question which qualities of urban landscape make it the health-affirming landscape. In the first part of the paper, a concept of health-affirming landscapes and a modern approach to sustainable...
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IT Business Standards as an Ontology Domain
PublikacjaThe aim of this paper is to report a selection of Semantic Web aspects pertaining to ontology development activities in the domain of the IT business standard (TOGAF 9) such as formulating competency questions, conceptualization of the domain, resolution of the source knowledge deficiency and applying common design patterns in the OWL formalization. Authors also try to determine target groups that may benefit from such ontology...
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Bridging the gap between business process models and use-case models
PublikacjaToday's software development methodologies are equipped with a plethora of methods and techniques for business process engineering and Requirements Engineering. However, heavy investments in IT have not brought forth expected results. What seems to be lacking is a systematic approach that consolidates both disciplines to gain a synergistic effect. To address this challenge we extend Use-Case Driven Approach (UCDA) by binding use...
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Wykorzystanie obszarów morskich pod zabudowę o przeznaczeniu wielofunkcyjnym
PublikacjaW artykule opisano możliwości zagospodarowania obszarów wodnych na potrzeby rozwoju obszarów miejskich. W kontekście obecnych uwarunkowań ekologicznych oraz bogactwa zasobów obszarów wodnych budownictwo wielofunkcyjne na wodzie ma duże szanse na rozwiązanie problemów dotyczących braku przestrzeni na lądzie. Wiąże się to z rozszerzeniem tradycyjnego podejścia stosowanego przy projektowaniu o elementy związane ze specyfiką konstrukcji...
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GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - A CONTINUATOR OF THE LVIV SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTS' EDUCATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY TEACHING
PublikacjaThe new theory at the time was descriptive geometry, quickly reached the Polish lands. Her first lecture was held at the Warsaw School of Artillery and Engineering in 1809-1812, by a French teacher Jan Joachim Livet (1809-12). The new discipline was quickly adopted in all major centers of Polish science at that time, which include university cities - Warsaw, Krakow, Vilnius and the Krzemienieckie High School, which represent high...
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Assessment of Trajectories of Non-bankrupt and Bankrupt Enterprises
PublikacjaThe aim of this study is to show how long-term trajectories of enterprises can be used to increase the forecasting horizon of bankruptcy prediction models. The author used seven popular forecasting models (two from Europe, two from Asia, two from North America and one from Latin America). These models (five multivariate discriminant analysis models and two logit models) were used to develop 17-year trajectories separately for non-bankrupt...
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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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Extreme weather layer method for implementation of nature-based solutions for climate adaptation: Case study Słupsk
PublikacjaOne of the most severe climate risks that is expected to affect all regions is related to stormwater. Climate models, constructed based on long-term trends, show that extreme weather events such as storms, cloudbursts and a large rise in sea level will be significant in the coming decades. Moreover, even the frequency and intensity of “normal” rainfall events, such as microbursts, are expected to be remarkably higher than today...
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A review on analytical models of brushless permanent magnet machines
PublikacjaThis study provides an in-depth investigation of the use of analytical and numerical methods in analyzing electrical machines. Although numerical models such as the finite-element method (FEM) can handle complex geometries and saturation effects, they have significant computational burdens, are time-consuming, and are inflexible when it comes to changing machine geometries or input values. Analytical models based on magnetic equivalent...
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Advancing electrochemical impedance analysis through innovations in the distribution of relaxation times method
PublikacjaElectrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is widely used in electrochemistry, energy sciences, biology, and beyond. Analyzing EIS data is crucial, but it often poses challenges because of the numerous possible equivalent circuit models, the need for accurate analytical models, the difficulties of nonlinear regression, and the necessity of managing large datasets within a unified framework. To overcome these challenges, non-parametric...
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Symbolic multibody models for digital-twin applications
PublikacjaSymbolic generation of multibody systems equations of motion appeared in the 1980s. In addition to their computational advantage over their numerical counterparts, symbolic models can be very easily and straightforwardly interfaced with a wide range of software environments and hardware devices. These two features place this approach in a pole position to participate and intervene in the design of digital twins for systems such...
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THE CIRCUS SITE
PublikacjaThe location of project is a site of over 1,2 ha, situated on the southern fringes of Gdynia formerly used as an area to host a Circus. Here artists were performing for the public, newcomers were meeting the locals, the temporality of the event was enhancing the experience of exchange. Circus used to be the place where people live, work and create art. Currently the site stays empty but surely not for long. Its potential, attractive...
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Systemy Smart Cities - studium przypadku
PublikacjaThe paper presents the architecture of an enterprise service bus used in the construction of information systems processing large amounts of data for decision-making needs at the City Hall in Gdańsk. The key concept of processes of bus development involves installation of developing environment, database connection, flow mechanisms and data presentation. The issue was supported by models such as KPI (Key Processes Identifier) and...
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Computer-Aided Greenery Design—Prototype Green Structure Improving Human Health in Urban Ecosystem
PublikacjaIncreasing population and urbanization, with climate change consequences, such as rising temperatures, influence public health and well-being. The search to improve the quality of life in cities becomes one of the priority objectives. A solution can be found in the role of greenery in an urban environment and its impact on human health. This opens a path toward experimentation on microclimate green structures that can be inserted...
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ANALYSIS OF WIND CONDITIONS AROUND A BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AS A PART OF ITS FORM DESIGNING PROCESS, A CASE STUDY
PublikacjaAerodynamic phenomena that occurs around building developments exert a significant impact on the quality of climate in cities. Environmental wind engineering is a dynamically developing field of knowledge that offers a chance to study and, in consequence, regulates the air flow around buildings and complexes of building developments. The following paper discusses the issue of wind conditions that may be experienced on pedestrian...
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An Approach to Trust Case Development
PublikacjaIn the paper we present an approach to the architectural trust case development for DRIVE, the IT infrastructure supporting the processes of drugs distribution and application. The objectives of DRIVE included safer and cheaper drugs distribution and application. A trust case represents an argument supporting the trustworthiness of the system. It is decomposed into claims that postulate some trust related properties. Claims differ...
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Permanent traffic counting stations - Expressway S6 in Gdansk (dataset containing 5-min aggregated traffic data and weather information)
Dane BadawczeThe data includes traffic data from permanent traffic count station located on the expressway S6 in the Tri-City Agglomeration area in Poland. The data covers the three year period between 2014 and 2017 and one direction of traffic (southbound).
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A decision-making system supporting selection of commanded outputs for a ship's propulsion system with a controllable pitch propeller
PublikacjaThe ship's operators have to make decisions regarding the values of commanded outputs (commanded engine speed and pitch ratio) which ensure maximum vessel speed and minimum fuel consumption. Obviously, the presented decision problems are opposed. Therefore, there is a need for a compromise solution that enables more flexible vessel voyage planning. This paper deals with development of a computer-aided system supporting selection...
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Modele budowy wartości dla klienta - charakterystyka i rozwinięcie
PublikacjaRozwój form realizacji biznesu umożliwił zbadanie nowych obiektów związanych z generowaniem wartości dla klienta i przedsiębiorstwa. W pracy scharakteryzowano logiki tworzenia wartości będące podstawą modeli łańcucha wartości, sklepu wartości, sieci wartości oraz chmury wartości. Zaproponowano także wprowadzenie nowego składnika do struktury tych modeli w postaci węzła wartości.
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Hybrid approach to ontology specification and development
PublikacjaIn this chapter a first draft of a hybrid ontology development approach is presented. The context of this method encompasses the multi-agent system equipped with knowledge bases and inferring engine. The process of ontology engineering appears as a complex issue, as it addresses different point-views of both, a client and a modeler with a requirements/system analyst. Regarding this, an approach based on the knowledge preprocessing...
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Load Testing of GFRP Composite U-Shape Footbridge
PublikacjaThe paper presents the scope of load tests carried out on an innovative shell composite footbridge. The tested footbridge was manufactured in one production cycle and has no components made from materials other than GFRP laminates and PET foam. The load tests, performed on a 14-m long structure, were the final stage of a research program in the Fobridge project carried out in cooperation with: Gdańsk University of Technology (leader),...
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Marriage Better marina management, harbour network consolidation and water tourism marketing in the southern Baltic rim
ProjektyProjekt realizowany w Wydział Zarządzania i Ekonomii zgodnie z porozumieniem WTPB.02.03.00-56-024/11-00 z dnia 2012-01-25
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Intelligent Decision Forest Models for Customer Churn Prediction
PublikacjaCustomer churn is a critical issue impacting enterprises and organizations, particularly in the emerging and highly competitive telecommunications industry. It is important to researchers and industry analysts interested in projecting customer behavior to separate churn from non‐churn consumers. The fundamental incentive is a firm’s intent desire to keep current consumers, along with the exorbitant expense of gaining new ones....
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Mixed-use buildings as the basic unit that shapes the housing environment of smart cities of the future
PublikacjaThe contemporary approach to creating the residential function is confronted with the trend of increasing the volume of buildings and expectations regarding the future urban environment focused on sustainable development. This paper presents an overview of the residential structure in the context of defined thematic scopes. Namely, it is a systemic approach to the problem of designing mixed-use buildings which create a modern residential...
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Numerical simulations of novel GFRP sandwich footbridge
PublikacjaIn the following paper some aspects of numerical analysis and designing stages of a footbridge made of composite materials are elucidated. Because of the used materials the design process in this case is not ordinary and requires the development of concepts, material selections, identification of material properties, numerical simulations, strength calculations, serviceability and durability analyses. This contribution presents...
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Market Regeneration in Line with Sustainable Urban Development
PublikacjaThis article presents the study of the optimal design solutions for regeneration of marketplaces. It examines the design variants for the revitalisation of the marketplace, in particular, investment in their modernisation in order to find the most optimal model for transforming these public spaces to have a significant impact on the city’s development. The research is a comparative analysis of the implementation of regeneration...
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Computing methods for fast and precise body surface area estimation of selected body parts
PublikacjaCurrently used body surface area (BSA) formulas give satisfactory results only for individuals with typical physique, while for elderly, obese or anorectic people accurate results cannot be expected. Particularly noteworthy are the results for individuals with severe obesity (body-mass index greater than 35 kg/m2), for which BSA estimation errors reached 80%. The main goal of our study is the development of precise BSA models for...
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Lessons learned during SRAD hybrid motor development
PublikacjaStudent Researched and Developed (SRAD) hybrid rocket motor H-15 with total impulse of 15 $kNs$ was built. First version of the engine has average thrust of 3 $kN$, the second, improved one is prepared with an aim to have average thrust of 5 $kN$. Engine development was started from scratch and went through phases of: definition of design assumptions and constraints, numerical modelling to predict engine performance, CAD and CAM...
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Analysis-by-synthesis paradigm evolved into a new concept
PublikacjaThis work aims at showing how the well-known analysis-by-synthesis paradigm has recently been evolved into a new concept. However, in contrast to the original idea stating that the created sound should not fail to pass the foolproof synthesis test, the recent development is a consequence of the need to create new data. Deep learning models are greedy algorithms requiring a vast amount of data that, in addition, should be correctly...
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Coupled Urban Areas Inundation Model with Interaction Between Storm Water System and Surface Flow - Case Study of Sea Level Impact on Seaside Areas Flooding
PublikacjaInundations are becoming more frequent than ever. What is connected with increasing area of impervious surface in cities. This makes predicting urban flooding and its scale especially important. At the seaside we observe additional conditions such as sea level that makes accurate numerical modelling of issue even harder. With complex approach to the matter which is simultaneous calculation of storm water conduit flow and overland...
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Czynniki rozwojowe w dokumentach strategicznych miast powiatowych na obszarze peryferyjnym województwa pomorskiego
PublikacjaAutor postawił dwa cele: 1) zweryfikowanie hipotezy, że każde terytorium posiada endogeniczny potencjał rozwojowy; 2) sprawdzenie, czy sposób rozpoznawania i analizy czynników rozwojowych są odpowiednie dla sformułowanie właściwej strategii. Autor badał czynniki rozwojowe miast powiatowych ze względu na ich rolę w aktywizacji obszarów peryferyjnych (czyli poza obszarem metropolitalnym). Głównym źródłem informacji były elementy...
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Teaching architectural history through virtual reality
PublikacjaThe impact of implementing 3D models and virtual reality in teaching the theory of architecture and architectural history is the theme of this article. Virtual reality and easy-to-use 3D tools allow a whole historic object to be visualised. As a result, there is social and economic pressure to modernise present educational methods using this technology. Therefore, the authors have focused their research on an issue of significance...
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Potential for ITS/ICT Solutions in Urban Freight Management
PublikacjaThe article presents a study on applying ITS solutions in planning and management of urban freight transport in Gdynia. The traffic management system Tristar which is under implementation and its related systems show a potential to assist in development of freight transport measures. Recommendations for urban freight policy development supplementing Gdynia's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan were used as a basis for identification...
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Application of Diffusion Models in the Analysis of Financial Markets: Evidence on Exchange Traded Funds in Europe
PublikacjaExchange traded funds (ETFs) are financial innovations that may be considered as a part of the index financial instruments category, together with stock index derivatives. The aim of this paper is to explore the trajectories and formulates predictions regarding the spread of ETFs on the financial markets in six European countries. It demonstrates ETFs’ development trajectories with regard to stock index futures and options that...
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Enhancing women’s engagement in economic activities through information and communication technology deployment: evidence from Central–Eastern European countries
PublikacjaThis study takes a macro perspective to examine the associations between the economic deployment of information and communication technology (ICT), women’s labor market participation, and economic growth in Central–Eastern European countries between 1990 and 2017. We use data extracted from World Bank Development Indicators, World Development Reports, and the World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database. Our methodological framework...
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Lessons learned from developing an Industry 4.0 mobile process management system supported by Artificial Intelligence
PublikacjaResearch, development and innovation (RDI) projects are undertaken in order to improve existing, or develop new, more efficient products and services. Moreover, the goal of innovation is to produce new knowledge through research, and disseminating it through education and training. In this line of thinking, this paper reports and discusses the lessons learned from the undertaken project, regarding three areas: machine learning...
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Hybrid of Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models as a modern approach to speech recognition systems
PublikacjaThe aim of this paper is to present a hybrid algorithm that combines the advantages ofartificial neural networks and hidden Markov models in speech recognition for control purpos-es. The scope of the paper includes review of currently used solutions, description and analysis of implementation of selected artificial neural network (NN) structures and hidden Markov mod-els (HMM). The main part of the paper consists of a description...
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Modelowanie podziału zadań przewozowych w obszarach zurbanizowanych
PublikacjaNiniejsza rozprawa doktorska dotyczy problematyki modelowania podziału zadań przewozowych w procesie modelowania podróży. Wykonane analizy wykazały zasadność zastosowania dodatkowych czynników w modelowaniu wyboru środka transportu z uwagi na ich istotny wpływ na jakość modelu dla wybranych motywacji podróży. W pracy zawarto przykładowe modele uwzględniające każdy z analizowanych czynników. Z wykorzystaniem badań heurystycznych...
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Efficient Surrogate Modeling and Design Optimization of Compact Integrated On-Chip Inductors Based on Multi-Fidelity EM Simulation Models
PublikacjaHigh-performance and small-size on-chip inductors play a critical role in contemporary radio-frequency integrated circuits. This work presents a reliable surrogate modeling technique combining low-fidelity EM simulation models, response surface approximations based on kriging interpolation, and space mapping technology. The reported method is useful for the development of broadband and highly accurate data-driven models of integrated...
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IN SEARCH OF A NEW EXHIBITION SPACE
PublikacjaThe buildings considered as raising the prestige and promoting cities are those related to culture. Their impact on urban life is undeniable, which is reflected in a continuous increase in the number of new museum buildings. Apart from places intrinsically linked with culture, which, as such, may be considered as standard - like museum, theatres or galleries - there also appear alternative places of development and promotion of...
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A framework for Air Quality Management Zones - Useful GIS-based tool for urban planning: Case studies in Antwerp and Gdańsk
PublikacjaThere is a growing recognition of the importance of proper urban design in the improvement of air flow and pollution dispersion and in reducing human exposure to air pollution. However, a limited number of studies have been published so far focusing on the development of standard procedures which could be applied by urban planners to effectively evaluate urban conditions with respect to air quality. To fill this gap, a new approach...
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Planning of the green road system as an element of spatial management in suburbs and small towns
PublikacjaThe premise for the development of sustainable forms of road infrastructure in small towns is the appropriate plan at an early stage or modifi cation in the case of existing spaces. A multi-directional approach is extremely important, which takes into account the specifi city of the regional (country) road system, availability, and capacity of traffi c network, but also social and environmental factors. Effi cient management...
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The protocol for using elastic wall model in modeling blood flow within human artery
PublikacjaMedical diagnostic tools will play a major role in the future for an effective patient treatment and reduction their mortality, related to the cardiovascular system diseases (CVDs). There is an urgent need for developing diagnostic procedure to be robust, reliable, accurate and efficient, in the framework of a paradigm shift. Application of numerical techniques is seen as a perspective tool for such purpose. Nevertheless, existing...
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New technologies and diffusion of innovative financial products: Evidence on exchange-traded funds in selected emerging and developed economies
PublikacjaExchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the most rapidly-expanding categories of innovative financial products that have been introduced on many financial markets, in both emerging and developed economies. Our research contributes to the present state of knowledge by examining factors, including information and communication technologies (ICTs), influencing the diffusion of ETFs. In our research, we consider also the impact of...
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Data set generation at novel test-rig for validation of numerical models for modeling granular flows
PublikacjaSignificant effort has been exerted on developing fast and reliable numerical models for modeling particulate flow; this is challenging owing to the complexity of such flows. To achieve this, reliable and high-quality experimental data are required for model development and validation. This study presents the design of a novel test-rig that allows the visualization and measurement of particle flow patterns during the collision...
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Rozwój zrównoważony w planowaniu strategicznym w miastach powiatowych na obszarze peryferyjnym woj. pomorskiego
PublikacjaCelem pracy było rozpoznanie, czy i w jakim zakresie zasady rozwoju zrównoważonego są obecne w planowaniu strategicznym w miastach powiatowych na obszarach peryferyjnych województwa pomorskiego. Wybrano taki zestaw miast, ponieważ ich rozwój może odegrać istotną rolę w aktywizacji obszarów peryferyjnych (miasta w obszarach metropolitalnych mają odrębną specyfikę). Cechy rozwoju zrównoważonego opisane w teorii oraz dokumentach krajowych...
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Web component for automatic extraction of ontological information from informal description of web services
PublikacjaThis article treats about usage possibilities of Web Services and cooperation in development that leads to constant improvement of these components. It describes the semantic methods which can beused to create the description that is comprehensible for computers. It also presents the two models supporting the automatic generation of the semantic description based on informal description. Thepaper draws upon the comparison of two...
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3D Model Preparing Patterns for Interactive Urban Visualization - Guidelines for Graphic Designers Preparing 3D Models for Virtual Reality Applications
PublikacjaWhile working on architectural visualizations, the software developer often has to work with graphic designers who create models in a different environment what can cause many complications. For this reason, it is very important to have some guidelines which can protect both the developer and the designer from commixing mistakes. The paper presents a list of such guidelines based on the authors’ experience. The reader can treat...
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Application 2D Descriptors and Artificial Neural Networks for Beta-Glucosidase Inhibitors Screening
PublikacjaBeta-glucosidase inhibitors play important medical and biological roles. In this study, simple two-variable artificial neural network (ANN) classification models were developed for beta-glucosidase inhibitors screening. All bioassay data were obtained from the ChEMBL database. The classifiers were generated using 2D molecular descriptors and the data miner tool available in the STATISTICA package (STATISTICA Automated Neural...