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Talents, Competencies and Techniques of Business Analyst: A Balanced Professional Development Program
PublikacjaThis paper presents preliminary results of action research in which we search for fundamentals of an universal theory of balanced approaches to software process. It is developed on the basis of balanced approach for professional development program for business analysts which integrates approaches oriented on talents, competencies and techniques. This paper includes the description of key concepts in background approaches, components...
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Performance of thermally balanced photovoltaic module
PublikacjaIntensywność procesu wymiany ciepła na powierzchni modułu fotowoltaicznego ma istotny wpływ na osiąganą przez obciążone ogniwa temperaturę i zależy od zastosowanych materiałów i konstrukcji modułu. Ilość energii elektrycznej wytworzonej przez obciążony moduł fotowoltaiczny spada, gdy mechanizmy promieniowania i konwekcji są zaburzone ze względu na przepływ ciepła w składowych warstwach podłoża. Wartości pojemności cieplnej i opory...
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Consumer Bankruptcy Prediction Using Balanced and Imbalanced Data
PublikacjaThis paper examines the usefulness of logit regression in forecasting the consumer bankruptcy of households using an imbalanced dataset. The research on consumer bankruptcy prediction is of paramount importance as it aims to build statistical models that can identify consumers in a difficult financial situation that may lead to consumer bankruptcy. In the face of the current global pandemic crisis, the future of household finances...
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ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING FOR BALANCED LOCAL URBAN CENTERS
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Towards Synthetic and Balanced Digital Government Benchmarking
PublikacjaReliable benchmarking is essential for effective management of the government digitalization efforts. Existing benchmarking instruments generally fail to support this target. One problem is the diversity of instruments, resulting in a split image of digital progress and adding ambiguity to policy decisions. Another problem is disconnect in assessing progress between digital and traditional “analog” governance, lending support to...
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Hybrid dynamically balanced saw frame drive
PublikacjaW pilarkach ramowych, w których rama piłowa jest napędzana poprzez mechanizm korbowy, generowana przez ramę piłową siła bezwładności oddziaływuje na fundament pilarki oraz na jej układ napędowy. W niniejszym artykule przedstawiono sposób eliminacji tych niekorzystnych zjawisk. Autorzy zaprezentowali dynamicznie wyrównoważony hybrydowy układ napędu ramy piłowej, w którym występuje akumulator energii kinetycznej przyłączony równolegle...
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Edukacja Balanced Scorecard w Wirtualnej Polsce SA
PublikacjaAutor opisuje wejście Wirtualnej Polski S.A. w etap edukacji we wdrażaniu Strategicznej Karty Wyników. Wskazuje na aspekty związane z obiegiem informacji na poziomach strategicznym, taktycznym i operacyjnym oraz rozwojem organizacji.
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The balanced scorecard method applying in small and medium enterprise management
PublikacjaAutorzy podejmują dyskusję z poglądem, że Strategiczna Karta Wyników jako metoda zarządzania strategicznego przedsiębiorstwem powinna raczej być stosowana w sektorze dużych przedsiębiorstw, niż małych i średnich. Wskazują na istotne trudności związane z wdrażaniem BSC w aspektach: kosztów, czasochłonności, nadzwyczajnego wysiłku organizacji, nowego spojrzenia na komunikację w dół struktury, dalekiego horyzontu planowania, sceptycyzmu...
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Trends in Locally Balanced Energy Systems without the Use of Fossil Fuels: A Review
PublikacjaIn recent years, the idea of the operation of energy systems (power systems, heating systems) has changed significantly. This paper is an overview of locally balanced energy systems without the use of fossil fuels. The paper justifies the concept of local energy balancing in a new energy system that does not use fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and crude oil), based on European Union guidelines and formal documents as well as the...
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Checkpoints that regulate balanced biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide and its essentiality in Escherichia coli
PublikacjaThe outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, is essential for their viability. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) constitutes the major component of OM, providing the permeability barrier, and a tight balance exists between LPS and phospholipids amounts as both of these essential components use a common metabolic precursor. Hence, checkpoints are in place, right from the regulation of the first committed step...
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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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Evaluation of the Quality of Raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) Grown in Balanced Fertilization Conditions
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THE APPLICATION OF BALANCED SCORECARD METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF FACTORS USED IN THE EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN POLAND
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Nasz sposób na kartę - budowanie architektury Balanced Scorecard w Wirtualnej Polsce S.A.
PublikacjaJedną z metod przełożenia strategii na cele operacyjne firmy oraz kontroli jej wykonania jest ''strategiczna karta wyników'' (ang.Balanced Scorecard,skrót: BSC), w której odpowiednio dobrane mierniki pozwalają na mierzenie wykonania strategii w perspektywie nie tylko finansowej, ale także: klienta,procesów wewnętrznych oraz nauki i rozwoju. Celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie w sposób przystępny dla kadry menedżerskiej...
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Deep Learning-Based, Multiclass Approach to Cancer Classification on Liquid Biopsy Data
PublikacjaThe field of cancer diagnostics has been revolutionized by liquid biopsies, which offer a bridge between laboratory research and clinical settings. These tests are less invasive than traditional biopsies and more convenient than routine imaging methods. Liquid biopsies allow studying of tumor-derived markers in bodily fluids, enabling the development of more precise cancer diagnostic tests for screening, disease monitoring, and...
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Quality of Raspberry Fruit (<em>Rubus idaeus</em> L.) Cultivated under Balanced Fertilization Conditions: Commodity Evaluation
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Towards more (un)balanced trade. Production linkages between China and the Visegrad countries: country-level and sector-level analysis
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Wavelet transform-based approach to defect identification in railway carbon contact strips.
PublikacjaPantographs of electric rail vehicles are fitted with carbon contact strips, which slide along the contact wire of catenary to provide constant electrical contact. Contact strips are exposed to wear and damages. Using damaged contact strips significantly increases the risk of catenary rupture. Therefore, their technical condition has to be inspected frequently. In previous work a 3D laser scanning system was proposed for recording...
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Modified SPWM Technique with Zero-Sequence Voltage Injection for a Five-Phase, Three-Level NPC Inverter
PublikacjaThis article presents a modified sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM) scheme for a five-phase, three-level neutral-point-clamped inverter. The modulation scheme deploys a modified min–max function to inject the zero-sequence components into the reference modulating signals; hence enabling the effective utilization of the DC-link voltage. Balanced split-input DC-link voltages were achieved through further incorporation of adjustable...
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Multisine impedimetric monitoring with an in-depth distribution of relaxation times analysis of WE43 and AZ31 magnesium alloys corrosion
PublikacjaThis research aims to develop and utilize an impedance-based tool for monitoring non-stationary electrochemical processes, coupling the multisinusoidal perturbation signal approach and distribution of relaxation times (DRT) analysis for the first time. The approach was used to distinguish independent processes occurring at the surface of AZ31 and WE43 Mg alloys undergoing corrosion in Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution at 37 °C. We...
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Combined numerical and experimental approach to determine numerical model of abdominal scaffold
PublikacjaA proper junction of the prosthesis and the abdominal wall is important in successful hernia repair. The number of tacks should be balanced to assure appropriate mesh fixation and not to induce post-operative pain. Numerical simulations help to find this balance. The study is aimed at creating a proper numerical model of a knitted surgical mesh subjected to boundary conditions and load occurring in the abdominal cavity. Continuous,...
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Task Scheduling – Review of Algorithms and Analysis of Potential Use in a Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant
PublikacjaThe idea of task scheduling is to increase the efficiency of a system by minimising wasted time, evenly loading machines, or maximising the throughput of machines. Moreover, the use of appropriate scheduling algorithms often leads to a reduction in the energy costs of the process. Task scheduling problems are found in a variety of industrial areas, and their scale changes significantly depending on the problem. This review shows...
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Application of Analytic Signal and Smooth Interpolation in Pulse Width Modulation for Conventional Matrix Converters
PublikacjaThe paper proposes an alternative and novel approach to the PWM duty cycles computation for Conventional Matrix Converters (CMC) fed by balanced, unbalanced or non–sinusoidal AC voltage sources. The presented solution simplifies the prototyping of direct modulation algorithms. PWM duty cycles are calculated faster by the smooth interpolation technique, using only vector coordinates, without trigonometric functions and angles. Both...
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Deep Neural-Based Cerebral Microbleeds Detection System
PublikacjaMachine learning-based systems are gaining interest in the field of medicine, mostly in medical imaging and diagnosis. In this paper, we address the problem of automatic cerebral microbleeds (CMB) detection in magnetic resonance images. It is challenging due to difficulty in distinguishing a true CMB from its mimics, however, if successfully solved it would streamline the radiologists work. To deal with this complex three-dimensional...
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Highly linear CMOS triode transconductor for VHF applications
PublikacjaA high-speed, fully balanced complementary-symmetry metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) triode transconductor is presented. The proposed approach exploits a pseudo-differential-pair triode configuration with a simple adaptive circuit stabilising the drain-to-source voltages of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors. Since no additional active circuits (apart from the resistors made of the cut-off MOS devices) and no feedback...
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Single-phase, Five-level Inverter with SPWM-Based Neutral Point Voltage Balancing Scheme
PublikacjaMultilevel inverter topologies provide several advantages over two-level inverter configuration. These benefits are the reason for the growing interest in multilevel topologies among research society. One of the most popular topological concepts (diode and active switch clamping) requires neutral-point potential balancing due to series-connected capacitor banks across the input dc link in such derived inverter configurations. This...
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Automatic Detection of Nerves in Confocal Corneal Images with Orientation-Based Edge Merging
PublikacjaThe paper presents an algorithm for improving results of automatic nerve detections in confocal microscopy images of human corneal. The method is designed as a postprocessing step of regular detection. After the nerves are initially detected, the algorithms attempts to improve the results by filling unde-sired gaps between single nerves detections in order to correctly mark the entire nerve instead of only parts of it. This approach...
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PLANOWANIE BEZPIECZNYCH I „ZIELONYCH” SYSTEMÓW KOMUNIKACYJNYCH
PublikacjaIn order to achieve balanced forms of urban infrastructure, which ensure comfort, safety and spatial order, when designing new solutions it is necessary to adopt a multi-facet approach which will combine everything that the local residents need but will respond harmoniously to the existing cultural landscape. It is therefore necessary to work out complex undertakings for the sake of planning and developing urban space. Coherent...
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THE CONCEPT AND THE STATE OF RESEARCH ON THE PERFORMANCE OF FAMILY BUSINESSES
PublikacjaPurpose: This study's primary goal is to present the theoretical concept of family enterprises. Specifically, the results of earlier studies and the issues facing this field of research now will be described. The article also examines the underlying impacts that family control has on business management in order to fill the research gap left by earlier studies on the performance differences between family and non-family enterprises....
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Theoretical Assessment of Excited State Gradients and Resonance Raman Intensities for the Azobenzene Molecule
PublikacjaThe ground state geometries and vibrational frequencies as well as the excitation energies and excited state gradients of the S 1(nπ*) and S 2(ππ * ) states of trans - and cis -azobenzene are investigated by several DFT methods, namely B3LYP, PBE, M06-2X, CAM-B3LYP, and ω B97X. Excited state properties and in particular gradients are also assessed using the wave function based methods EOM-CCSD and RASPT2/RASSCF. Comparison with...
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The Role of Greenery and Traffic Calming Measures in Planning of Road Infrastracture
PublikacjaThe role of greenery and traffi c calming measures in road infrastructure planning. The “life” of a town is connected with its infrastructure. So it is that, apart from serving their principal function, motorways, roads, airports and other facilities which make transport possible largely determine contemporary urban design. To achieve balanced forms of urban infrastructure that ensure comfort, safety and spatial order, it is necessary when...
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Adaptive Hyperparameter Tuning within Neural Network-based Efficient Global Optimization
PublikacjaIn this paper, adaptive hyperparameter optimization (HPO) strategies within the efficient global optimization (EGO) with neural network (NN)-based prediction and uncertainty (EGONN) algorithm are proposed. These strategies utilize Bayesian optimization and multiarmed bandit optimization to tune HPs during the sequential sampling process either every iteration (HPO-1itr) or every five iterations (HPO-5itr). Through experiments using...
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Mutually polarizable QM/MM model with in situ optimized localized basis functions
PublikacjaWe extend our recently developed quantum-mechanical/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) approach [Dziedzic et al., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 124106 (2016)] to enable in situ optimization of the localized orbitals. The quantum subsystem is described with ONETEP linear-scaling density functional theory and the classical subsystem – with the AMOEBA polarizable force field. The two subsystems interact via multipolar electrostatics and are fully...
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Investigation into MPI All-Reduce Performance in a Distributed Cluster with Consideration of Imbalanced Process Arrival Patterns
PublikacjaThe paper presents an evaluation of all-reduce collective MPI algorithms for an environment based on a geographically-distributed compute cluster. The testbed was split into two sites: CI TASK in Gdansk University of Technology and ICM in University of Warsaw, located about 300 km from each other, both connected by a fast optical fiber Ethernet-based 100 Gbps network (900 km part of the PIONIER backbone). Each site hosted a set...
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Instructor Presence in Video Lectures: Preliminary Findings From an Online Experiment
PublikacjaMotivation. Despite the widespread use of video lectures in online and blended learning environments, there is still debate whether the presence of an instructor in the video helps or hinders learning. According to social agency theory, seeing the instructor makes learners believe that s/he is personally teaching them, which leads to deeper cognitive processing and, in turn, better learning outcomes. Conversely, according to cognitive...
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Architects and urban planners in the face of energy transition - smart cities energy aspects in shaping building structures and cities
PublikacjaContemporary architects and urban planners are facing steadily increasing challenges. The growing problems around environmental issues, shrinking natural resources and climate action are just some of them. Currently, planning should also include balancing with all the aspects of sustainable development such as not only the environmental issues, but also social and economic ones. How to meet them in the era of energy transition...
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Evaluation of Professional Demands and Financial Reward Through the Perception of Police Managers
PublikacjaThe aim of the study was to examine the relationship between job demands and salary in the subjective perception of mid-level police managers. An occupational stress model in which effort spent on job demands are not balanced by the received reward, was adopted. The study comprised 51 police officers (4 women). The partial least squares method was used for the analysis, and the SmartPLS 2.0 program was applied. The income and...
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Etap edukacji we wdrażaniu strategicznej karty wyników w Wirtualnej Polsce S.A.
PublikacjaW artykule przybliżono ulokowanie Balanced Scorecard w zarządzaniu strategicznym w Wirtualnej Polsce SA. Omówiono w szczególności etap edukacji BSC, na którym organizacja ta się obecnie znajduje. Autor opisał pokrótce obieg informacji strategicznej w firmie oraz wpływ BSC na rozwój organizacji.
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Strategy, effectiveness and quality of non-profit organisations as exempli-fied by Polish higher Education Institutions. VATT Governement Inst. Econ. Res. C**2002 [nr] 290 s. 189-202, 7 rys. bibliogr. 20 poz. Discussion papers. Workshopon Studies for Nordthern. Kalastajatorrpa,30-31 May 2002. Strategia, efektywność i jakość organizacji non-profit na przykładzie pol- skich wyższych uczelni.
PublikacjaW pracy wskazano, że do oceny jakości i efektywności organizacji niedochodo-wych zasadne jest wykorzystanie metod stosowanych w biznesie. W szczególno-ści zaproponowano zastosowanie metody balanced scorecard, benchmarkingu dooceny efektywności i jakości funkcjonowania instytucji szkolnictwa wyższego.Wskazano na możliwość wykorzystaniania analizy SWOT do opracowania strategiiuczelni.
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Working in harmony with nature. Green office buildings in a present-day city
PublikacjaMetropolis - as main point of people's migration, mostly because of work, have to face sustainable development as a strategy for the near future. This article describes possible ways leading to the best office building concepts in the design process. Searching for a workspace in harmony with nature is one of the aspects of a balanced development. The challenge is to create functional, compact, environmentally friendly and healthy...
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Prebiotics and probiotics in food
PublikacjaNowadays, food is not only used to satisfy hunger and is a source of nutrients, but is also considered a factor that directly affects human health. Consumers are looking for high-quality products that contain bioactive ingredients that affect the proper functioning of the body and good mood. Functional foods, which must exhibit health benefits when consumed as part of a balanced diet, are becoming increasingly popular among health-conscious...
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ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST A PANDEMICS
PublikacjaThe appropriate level of treatment during periods of increasing workload in the health care system or a particular hospital is ensured either by changing the organization of the system and the principles of use of resources such as space, staff and consumables or their redistribution, or by financial resources such resources are increased or replenished. This article contributes to improve the concept of resource allocation as...
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Vertical motions damping model test of a lifeboat lowered onto a flat sea surface
PublikacjaThe article presents the experiment’s results of the lifeboat model lowered with an initial speed and then released to fall onto a flat water surface. The purpose of the research is to determine the trajectory of the vertical boat motion and describe it with a mathematical model. This is closely related to determining the damping factor since the vertical motion is damped and the lifeboat gets balanced and stops moving after some...
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Metody budowania strategicznej karty wyników na przykładzie Wirtualnej Polski.
PublikacjaJedną z metod przełożenia strategii na cele operacyjne firmy oraz kontroli jej wykonania jest ''strategiczna karta wyników'' ( ang. Balanced Scorecard,skrót: BSC), w której odpowiednio dobrane mierniki pozwalają na mierzenie wykonania strategii w perspektywie nie tylko finansowej, ale także: klienta,procesów wewnętrznych oraz nauki i rozwoju. Celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie sposobu, w jaki prowadzono prace nad zbudowaniem...
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Space-vector pulsewidth modulation for a seven-level cascaded H-bridge inverter with the control of DC-link voltages
PublikacjaThe control strategy of DC-link voltages for a seven-level Cascaded H-Bridge inverter is proposed in this paper. The DC-link voltage balancing is accomplished by appropriate selection of H-Bridges and control of their duty cycles in Space-Vector Modulation (SVM) algorithm. The proposed SVM method allows to maintain the same voltage level on all inverter capacitors. Regardless of the balancing function, the...
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A Trisection Filter Design With Negative Slope of Frequency-Dependent Crosscoupling Implemented in Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW)
PublikacjaThis letter reports on a novel realization of a microwave bandpass filter in a triplet configuration with a frequency-dependent crosscoupling implemented in substrate integrated waveguide (SIW). The design involves implementing dispersive coupling with a negative slope, a feature that allows the capabilities of the classic triplet topology to be extended. In this particular case, the implementation of two transmission zeros on...
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The role of investments in economic development
PublikacjaIn the modern world, one may observe diversification of economies of given countries. Many of them, considered to be less developed,are aspiring to diminish the gap between them and well developed countries, one of such countries is Poland, which is trying hard to boots its competitive position in the worldwide market and achieve the constant and well-balanced development. It can be attained by building knowledge economy. Therefore,...
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Export diversification and economic development: a dynamic spatial data analysis
PublikacjaThis paper contributes to the empirical literature on the relationship between ‘export variety’ (export diversification) and economic development by relaxing the assumption of cross-country independence and allowing for spatial diffusion of shocks in observed and unobserved factors. Export variety is measured for a balanced panel of 114 countries (1992-2012) using very detailed information on their exports (HS 6-digit product...
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Optical and chemical characterization of thin TiNx films deposited by DC-magnetron sputtering
PublikacjaThin titanium nitride (tinx) films were deposited on silicon substrates by means of a reactive dc-magnetron plasma. Layers were synthesized under various conditions of discharge power and nitrogen flows in two operation modes of the magnetron (the so-called "balanced" and "unbalanced" modes). The optical constants of the tinx films were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry (se). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (xps) was...
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The Influence of the Chemical Composition of Selected Waste Materials from the Production of Copper on the Final Environmental Assessment
PublikacjaThis article presents qualitative and quantitative analysis of the waste produced by KGHM Polska Miedź. The waste has been analyzed according to its chemical composition and balanced in order to be reused and recycled. Special attention has been paid to mining industries producing the biggest amount of waste and ore enrichment businesses generating waste, which isn’t reused nowadays. Laboratory reseach has been conducted on floatation...