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Performance Enhancement and Health
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Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
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Nanotechnology for Enhancement of Food Value
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Integration of speech enhancement and coding techniques
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A system for multitask noisy speech enhancement.
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono ogolną charakterystyke opracowanego systemu rejestracji i rekonstrukcji mowy. Artykuł zawiera opis składników systemu, ktory jest oprogramowaniem zawierającym zaawansowane narzędzia służące poprawie zrozumiałości mowy. Zaimplementowane narzędzia systemu umożliwiają wyszukiwanie nagrań dźwiękowych i ich obróbkę przy pomocy zaimplementowanych pluginów. W artykule przedstawione wykorzystane w systemie algorytmy...
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Multitask Noisy Speech Enhancement System
PublikacjaW referacie opisano Wielozadaniowy System Poprawy Jakości Sygnału Mowy. Jest to wyspecjalizowany pakiet oprogramowania przeznaczony do rejestrowania sygnału mowy i do poprawy jego jakości oraz zrozumiałości mowy, przy użyciu zaawansowanych procedur cyfrowego przetwarzania sygnału. Pakiet oprogramowania składa się z programów: Rejestrator, Przeglądarka oraz Rekonstruktor. Oprogramowanie to może być użyte w przypadkach, gdy zrozumiałość...
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Multi-task Video Enhancement for Dental Interventions
PublikacjaA microcamera firmly attached to a dental handpiece allows dentists to continuously monitor the progress of conservative dental procedures. Video enhancement in video-assisted dental interventions alleviates low-light, noise, blur, and camera handshakes that collectively degrade visual comfort. To this end, we introduce a novel deep network for multi-task video enhancement that enables macro-visualization of dental scenes. In particular,...
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Experience oriented enhancement of smartness for Internet of Things
PublikacjaIn this paper, we propose a novel approach, the Experience-Oriented Smart Things that allows experiential knowledge discovery, storage, involving, and sharing for Internet of Things. The main features, architecture, and initial experiments of this approach are introduced. Rather than take all the data produced by Internet of Things, this approach focuses on acquiring only interesting data for its knowledge discovery process. By...
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The modelling and enhancement of water hydrodynamics: general discussion
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Power enhancement of the Brayton cycle by steam utilization
PublikacjaThe paper presents thermodynamic analysis of the gas-steam unit of the 65 MWe combined heat and power station. Numerical analyses of the station was performed for the nominal operation conditions determining the Brayton and combined cycle. Furthermore, steam utilization for the gas turbine propulsion in the Cheng cycle was analysed. In the considered modernization, steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator unit is directed...
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Intelligent video and audio applications for learning enhancement
PublikacjaThe role of computers in school education is briefly discussed. Multimodal interfaces development history is shortly reviewed. Examples of applications of multimodal interfaces for learners with special educational needs are presented, including interactive electronic whiteboard based on video image analysis, application for controlling computers with facial expression and speech stretching audio interface representing audio modality....
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Information management enhancement with simulation: case studies.
PublikacjaW rozdziale omówiono rolę symulacji w procesach zarządzania wiedzą i informacją, wskazując na jej znaczenie jako podstawowego narzędzia w tym obszarze.Przybliżono wybraną platformę symulacyjną opartą na systemie Visual SLAM.
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Pitch etection enhancement employing music prediction.
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono przegląd metod detekcji częstotliwości podstawowej we frazach muzycznych. Wskazano też główne problemy występujące w procesie estymacji dźwięków muzycznych. W celu zmniejszenia błędów oktawowych zaproponowano uwzględnienie w systemie predyktora neuronalnego. Opracowana przez Autorów metoda predykcji zdarzeń muzycznych wykorzystywana jest jako moduł wspomagający pracę systemu. Proponowane podejście pozwala...
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A review of phase change materials and heat enhancement methodologies
PublikacjaPhase change materials (PCMs) are an efficient alternative to store and release heat at a specific range of temperature. Here PCMs and heat enhancement methodologies for PCM storage are reviewed. A short overview of PCMs and their applications is presented in addition to the progress during the last 10 years. Heat enhancement techniques, that is, extended surfaces, multiple and composite PCMs, and encapsulation techniques, are...
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Visual Data Encryption for Privacy Enhancement in Surveillance Systems
PublikacjaIn this paper a methodology for employing reversible visual encryption of data is proposed. The developed algorithms are focused on privacy enhancement in distributed surveillance architectures. First, motivation of the study performed and a short review of preexisting methods of privacy enhancement are presented. The algorithmic background, system architecture along with a solution for anonymization of sensitive regions of interest...
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Enhancement of the Brayton cycle efficiency by water or steam utilization
PublikacjaIn the paper, thermodynamic analysis of two modifications of a Brayton cycle into enhancement cycles with water/steam injection are discussed. The first one deals with a STIG modified system with both interstage compressed air cooling and air heating (heat regeneration) before combustion chamber. The second one, mainly devoted to higher steam/air ratio, is connected with separate steam production in a HRSG. The analysis has been...
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Enhancement of computer character animation utilizing fuzzy rules
PublikacjaRozdział przedstawia nową metodę przetwarzania komputerowych animacji postaci. Wykorzystuje ona wnioskowanie rozmyte, oparte na regułach i funkcjach przynależności uzyskanych w procesie analizy wyników testów subiektywnej oceny jakości animacji. W trakcie przetwarzania do animacji automatycznie dodawane są nowe fazy ruchu, co skutkuje poprawą jakości wizualnej oraz zmianą płynności i stylizacji ruchu w sposób zamierzony. W referacie...
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Scent emitting multimodal computer interface for learning enhancement
PublikacjaKomputerowy interfejs aromatyczny stanowi ważne uzupełnienie procesu stymulacji polisensorycznej. Stymulacja ta odgrywa kluczową rolę w terapii i kształceniu dzieci z zaburzeniami rozwoju (np. w przypadku autyzmu czy ADHD). Opracowany interfejs może stać się elementem wyposażenia tzw. sal doświadczania świata, ale może być także stosowany niezależnie stanowiąc znaczące wzbogacenie komputerowych programów edukacyjnych. Dzięki możliwości...
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Detection of dialogue in movie soundtrack for speech intelligibility enhancement
PublikacjaA method for detecting dialogue in 5.1 movie soundtrack based on interchannel spectral disparity is presented. The front channel signals (left, right, center) are analyzed in the frequency domain. The selected partials in the center channel signal, which yield high disparity with left and right channels, are detected as dialogue. Subsequently, the dialogue frequency components are boosted to achieve increased dialogue intelligibility....
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Utilisation of Post-Activation Performance Enhancement in Elderly Adults
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Software Factory project for enhancement of student experiential learning
PublikacjaProviding opportunities for students to work on real-world software development projects for real customers is critical to prepare students for the IT industry. Such projects help students to understand what they will face in the industry and experience real customer interaction and challenges in collaborative work. To provide this opportunity in an academic environment and enhance the learning and multicultural teamwork experience,...
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Magnetization enhancement in magnetite nanoparticles capped with alginic acid
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Human memory enhancement through electrical stimulation in the temporal cortex
PublikacjaDirect electrical stimulation of the human brain can elicit sensory and motor perceptions as well as recall of memories. Stimulating higher order association areas of the lateral temporal cortex in particular was reported to activate visual and auditory memory representations of past experiences (Penfield and Perot, 1963). We hypothesized that this effect could be used to modulate memory processing. Recent attempts at memory enhancement...
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Evaluation of Lombard Speech Models in the Context of Speech in Noise Enhancement
PublikacjaThe Lombard effect is one of the most well-known effects of noise on speech production. Speech with the Lombard effect is more easily recognizable in noisy environments than normal natural speech. Our previous investigations showed that speech synthesis models might retain Lombard-effect characteristics. In this study, we investigate several speech models, such as harmonic, source-filter, and sinusoidal, applied to Lombard speech...
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Smart innovation process enhancement using SOEKS and decisional DNA
PublikacjaProduct innovation always requires a foundation based on both knowledge and experience. The production and innovation process of products is very similar to the evolution process of humans. The genetic information of humans is stored in genes, chromosomes and DNA. Similarly, the information about the products can be stored in a system having virtual genes, chromosomes and decisional DNA (DDNA). The present paper proposes...
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Music genre classification applied to bass enhancement for mobile technology
PublikacjaThe aim of this paper is to present a novel approach to the Virtual Bass Synthesis (VBS) algorithms applied to portable computers. The proposed algorithm is related to intelligent, rule-based setting of synthesis parameters according to music genre of an audio excerpt. The classification of music genres is automatically executed employing MPEG 7 parameters and the Principal Component Analysis method applied to reduce information...
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Heat transfer enhancement through nanofluids with applications in automobile radiator
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Enhancement of SrSi2O2N2:Eu2+ phosphor by means of oxygen to nitrogen control
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Noise profiling for speech enhancement employing machine learning models
PublikacjaThis paper aims to propose a noise profiling method that can be performed in near real-time based on machine learning (ML). To address challenges related to noise profiling effectively, we start with a critical review of the literature background. Then, we outline the experiment performed consisting of two parts. The first part concerns the noise recognition model built upon several baseline classifiers and noise signal features...
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Bioprospecting endophytic fungi for antifeedants and larvicides and their enhancement by gamma irradiation
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Nanotubular Ti Oxide Layers for Enhancement of Bone-Implant Bonding and Bioactivity
PublikacjaAbstrakt artykułu pt. ''Nanotubular Ti Oxide Layers for Enhancement of Bone-Implant Bonding and Bioactivity''. The paper describes techniques to improve the bioactivity of titanium and ehnahnce the bone-implant bonding ability by the electrochemical anodization to fabricate titania nanotubular oxide layer.
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Seeding enhancement for microcrystaline diamond layers growth on non-diamond substrates
PublikacjaThe present paper gives an overview on the possible methods of seeding substrates for diamond layers growth. Diamond in reason of his properties is very desirable material in microelectronic, biomedical and waste treatment sensors. Microcrystalline diamond for these applications must be grown on silicon substrate in microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (MPACVD). To grow diamond on non-diamond surface pre-growth...
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Bass Enhancement Settings in Portable Devices Based on Music Genre Recognition
PublikacjaThe paper presents a novel approach to the Virtual Bass Synthesis (VBS) applied to mobile devices, called Smart VBS (SVBS). The proposed algorithm uses an intelligent, rule-based setting of bass synthesis parameters adjusted to the particular music genre. Harmonic generation is based on a nonlinear device (NLD) method with the intelligent controlling system adapting to the recognized music genre. To automatically classify music...
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Laser Surface Treatment of Sintered Stainless Steels for Wear Resistance Enhancement
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Nanotubular Titanium Oxide Layers for Enhancement of Bone-Implant Bonding and Bioactivity
PublikacjaThe present paper describes the techniques to improve the bioactivity of titanium and enhance the bone-implant bonding ability by the electrochemical anodization to fabricate titania nanotube arrays (TiO2).
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High Performance Tubular Heat Exchanger with Minijet Heat Transfer Enhancement
PublikacjaIn the paper, the original cylindrical heat exchanger with minijets (MJHE) was introduced. The systematic experimental analysis of the prototype heat exchanger was described with special attention paid to such parameters as the heat transfer effectiveness, heat transfer rates, overall heat transfer coefficients, and pressure drop. The heat transfer coefficients were determined based on Wilson plot method, the most suitable approach...
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Post-Isometric Back Squat Performance Enhancement of Squat and Countermovement Jump
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Enhancement of the structure stability of MOF‐5 confined to multiwalled carbon nanotubes
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Effects of Unilateral Conditioning Activity on Acute Performance Enhancement: A Systematic Review
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Hybrid evolutionary partitioning algorithm for heat transfer enhancement in VLSI circuits
PublikacjaW niniejszym artykule przedstawiono metodę pozwalającą na polepszenie transferu ciepła z układu scalonego do otoczenia poprzez zwiększenie liczby połączeń zewnętrznych, co pozwoliło na polepszenie przewodności cieplnej układu scalonego. Dla osiągnięcia tego celu opracowano nowy, hybrydowy, ewolucyjny algorytm podziału (ang. Hybrid Evolutionary Partitioning Algorithm - HEPA). Obliczenia przeprowadzone dla wybranych przykładów testowych...
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Gas selectivity enhancement by sampling-and-hold method in resistive gas sensors
PublikacjaCommercial resistive gas sensors exhibit various sensitivity to numerous gases when working at different elevated temperatures. That effect is due to a change in velocity of adsorption and desorption processes which can be modulated by temperature. Thus, to reach better selectivity of gas detection, we propose to apply a known method (called the sampling-and-hold method) of cooling down the gas sensor in the presence of the investigated...
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EM-driven topology evolution for bandwidth enhancement of hybrid quadrature patch couplers
PublikacjaA broad operational bandwidth is one of the key performance figures of hybrid patch couplers. Due to the lack of systematic design procedures, bandwidth enhancement is normally obtained through manual modifications of the structure geometry. In this work, an optimization-based topology evolution for EM-driven design of patch couplers with enhanced bandwidth has been proposed. The method exploits a novel spline-based EM model where...
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Enhancement of the Magnetoresistance in the Mobility‐Engineered Compensated Metal Pt 5 P 2
PublikacjaThe magnetoresistance (MR) in nonmagnetic materials continues to be a fertile research area in materials science. The search for giant, positive MR has been limited to a rather small window of materials such as high-mobility semimetals in single-crystalline form. Here, the observation of a very large positive MR in metallic Pt5P2 in polycrystalline form is reported. The observations reveal that improvement of the crystallinity...
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VREA PROJECT - A DIGITAL CURATOR FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES FOR HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT
PublikacjaThinking about architectural education, one must face the challenges of the ever-changing and digital world and bear in mind the figure of the architect of the future - the curator of digital data. Nowadays the aim is to train specialists who know how to manage the production of digital products and are able to face the challenges of digital change in the field of architecture and architectural heritage management. Virtual Reality...
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Enhancement of ibuprofen solubility and skin permeation by conjugation with l-valine alkyl esters
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THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AND STRATEGIES FOR ITS ENHANCEMENT: A TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS
PublikacjaThe aim of this article is to identify clusters of countries with similar levels of competitiveness among the EU-27 countries and to identify for each of the 27 EU countries the path to growth in competitiveness. The taxonomic cluster analysis conducted confirms the hypothesis that the European Union is an area with a high differentiation in terms of levels of competitiveness. The analysis shows that the strategy to increase competitiveness...
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The Effects of Resisted Post-Activation Sprint Performance Enhancement in Elite Female Sprinters
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Evaluation of Sound Enhancement in Mobile Device Using Virtual Bass Synthesiss Algorithm
PublikacjaAn experiment conducted to validate possibility of use virtual bass synthesis (VBS) algorithm in a portable computer is presented. The subjective listening tests based on the procedure of pairwise comparison between VBS, based on the so-called missing fundamental phenomenon, and standard bass boost technique are employed. The evaluation was carried out in two types of conditions: in a professional listening room and employing an...
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Heat transfer enhancement, flow visualization and friction characteristics in rib-roughened channels
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych związanych z intensyfikacją wymiany ciepła w kanałach wyposażonych w żebra, które poprawiają warunki przejmowania ciepła od ścianki do przepływającego medium. W badaniach wykorzystano system PIV oraz termografię ciekłokrystaliczną.
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Symmetry-Dependent Vibrational Circular Dichroism Enhancement in Co(II) Salicylaldiminato Complexes
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