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  • Marine propeller shaft bearings under low-speed conditions: water vs. oil lubrication

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    The bearings used in shipbuilding, hydropower, and water pumps have undergone a metamorphosis in recent decades. Because of environmental regulations, lubrication with grease or mineral oil is prohibited. Thus, the standard solutions include water-lubricated bearings with polymer bushings or sealed systems lubricated with oil. When properly designed, assembled, and operated, bearings can operate reliably for years. However, specific...

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  • STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TURBINE CONDENSER AIR EXTRACTION SYSTEM USING HYDRO EJECTORS

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    - Transactions of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery - Rok 2016

    The aim of the paper is to investigate the effectiveness of the 18K380 steam turbine condenser air extraction system using hydro ejectors. Motivation for the analysis is a need of improvement of the energy conversion ratio of the power plant. To achieve this goal it is necessary to establish efficiency of each subsystem of the energy cycle. The air extraction system is not a highly power consuming system but it has great impact...

  • Kinematyka jako odpowiedź na współczesną potrzebę tworzenia przestrzeni = KINEMATICS AS AN ANSWER TO THE CURRENT NEED TO CREATE A RE-CONFIGURABLE SPACE

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    - Rok 2014

    Przestrzeń re-konfigurowalna pojawiły się w sztuce i architekturze już w pierwszej połowie XX wieku jako forma odpowiedzi na na pytania, które stawia przed nią świat. Nasze życie i potrzeby zmieniają się niesamowicie dynamicznie. Postfordowski model społeczeństwa sprzyja generowaniu zjawisk, których jeszcze rok temu nie brano pod uwagę. Stąd architektura próbuje stanowić odpowiedź na problemy jeszcze niezaistniałe. Jedną z jej...

  • COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN FINANCE

    Colour symbolism plays an important role in everyday life and science. The subject is interdisciplinary and receives significant attention in the literature. It is increasingly entering the field of economics and finance. The authors are the first to research the connotations and symbolism of colours in finance. The following research aims to: identify and determine the meaning of col-ours in connection with the word “finance”,...

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  • Evaluation of Green Sample Preparation Techniques for Organic Compounds

    Nowadays, Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC) idea is of high importance, with impact on the rapid growth in the sample preparation area with special emphasis on sample preparation simplification, miniaturization and automation. Due to the fact that GAC is of high importance today, this study is focused on the evaluation of green sample preparation techniques for organic compounds. It is well known that sample preparation is considered...

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  • How to enhance perception of reassembled but incomplete works of ancient art? Eye-tracking study of virtual anastylosis.

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    - Arts - Rok 2023

    n 1964 the Venice Charter described anastylosis as the only acceptable method of reassembly of architectural remains. Although the scientific community has agreed with the Charter’s decision, many questions pertaining to the technical and aesthetic aspects of anastylosis remain unanswered. Virtual anastylosis seems one of the most promising digital solutions to finding at least some answers, as it permits testing various solutions...

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  • Belief in the importance of socially responsible behaviors – the significance of trust and personal experiences with COVID-19

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    - CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY - Rok 2022

    A vast number of studies have shown that trust is related to socially desirable traits and behaviors. In the present research we have investigated the relationship between generalized trust and beliefs about the importance of socially responsible behaviors (SRB) during the pandemic – namely, following the sanitary regime and getting vaccinated. Basing on the previous findings we assumed that trustful people...

  • Wystawy światowe w Barcelonie: Problemy zachowania dziedzictwa kulturowego

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    - Rok 2014

    W prezentowanej Państwu książce przedmiotem analizy są obiekty architektoniczne wystaw światowych, które - pomimo tymczasowego charakteru imprez wystawowych - pozostają jako obiekty stałe. Konstrukcja książki wykorzystuje zasadę od ogółu do szczegółu, gdzie na tle subiektywnie wyselekcjonowanych przykładów historycznych, tymczasowych obiektów wystawowych przedstawiam przypadek dwóch szczegółowo przeanalizowanych pawilonów hiszpańskich...

  • Automatyczna budowa taksonomii usług w oparciu o ich głosy w języku naturalnym oraz przy uzyciu zewnętrznych źródeł wiedzy

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    - Rok 2009

    Przedstawiono propozycję metody automatycznej budowy taksonomiiusług na podstawie ich opisów w języku naturalnym, w oparciu ometodę analizy formalnych koncepcji (FCA). Dodatkowo przedstawione rozwiązanie przewiduje możliwość skorzystania z zewnętrznych źródeł wiedzy takich jak Wikipedia, Word Net, ConceptNet lub globalnej sieci WWW w celu eliminacji problemu niepełnych danych wejściowych (ang. data sparseness).

  • The particle method for simulation of self-organization phenomena

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    - Rok 2011

    The aim of the work was to design, implement, and use, in a number of experiments, an abstract software environment (an artificial world)suitable for modelling systems consisting of many moving and interactingobjects distributed in space. The environment, named DigiHive, is directed towards modeling of complex systems manifested by processes of self-organization, self-reproduction and self modifications. The environment is mainly...

  • Konkurencyjność międzynarodowa krajów

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    - Rok 2019

    Za podstawę badań autorskich nt. konkurencyjności międzynarodowej przyjęto raporty World Economic Forum (WEF). W rozdziale pierwszym przedstawiono rozważania związane z teoretycznymi aspektami konkurencyjności międzynarodowej oraz zaproponowano autorską definicję pojęcia konkurencyjności międzynarodowej kraju. W rozdziale drugim omówiono metodologię pomiaru Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). Podjęto próbę krytycznej oceny GCI,...

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  • "3D-Breast System for Determining the Volume of Tissue Needed for Breast Reconstruction"

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    This article presents methods for surface reconstruction and volume determination based on the point cloud created by 3D imaging. Such a system would be used to accurately estimate breast volume in patients classified for breast reconstruction surgery at plastic surgery centers. To develop such a system, various methods of determining volume, based on images from the Intel D435i camera, were tested. In addition, an application...

  • Geo-location of the commune of an IP user

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    - Rok 2008

    This paper describes a system of geo-location of an IP user that would enable VoIP users to call 112. Basic requirement is fast (under 50ms) determination of the commune of the subscriber. To obtain as accurate information as possible aggregation of several methods was proposed: using a database of locations of IP ranges created by specialized companies, traceroute using history of user locations to assume his current one.It is...

  • How much is Impact Factor worth?

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    - Rok 2019

    The  purpose  of  this   work  is  to  present  an aspect  of  counting citations,  which is  correlated  to  the Impact  Factor,  very  important  for journals  in  scientific communication,   and   provides   information   about   the position of a scientific journal in a particular research area. Sometimes citations don’t count in a research output, e.g. if an article is  published  in a predatory  journal.  Those journals ...

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  • The modyfication of the dynamic characteristics of vibratory conveyor

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    The vibratory conveyors are used in the industry for continuous transportation of loose substances on distance up to 20meters. These conveyors are often suspended on expensive and massive frames, which are softly vibroisolated from the ground. As a result, they transfer significant dynamic forces on the ground. In case of 5 - 20 meter-long devices, the biggest construction problems are proper vibrations of the panel caused by bilateral...

  • Application of wavelength division multiplexing in sensor networks

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    - Rok 2012

    Over the past few years the need to acquire data on various parameters from a number of sensors grew. The need that led to the development of a network of sensors which enables simultaneous control and measurement in a wide range of applications. The aim of this article is to discuss a possibility of connecting a variety of sensors in a network that would utilize WDM technology. Wavelength Division Multiplexing is commonly used...

  • Assessment of risks introduced to safety critical software by agile practices - a software engineer's perspective

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    In this article we investigate the problem of applying agile practices into safety-critical projects.The goal of our research is to investigate potential benefits from introducing agile practicesinto safety-critical environment and to present a solution providing for balancing agileapproach with more disciplined assurance techniques, bringing the best of the two worlds together.In the article we present the supporting ideas such...

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  • Optimization of microstructure and properties of acceptor-doped barium cerate

    The presented research concerns acceptor doped barium cerate and the attempts of improvement of its production method that would allow obtaining the solid electrolyte characterized by the particular properties. The authors suggest combining two production methods, molten salt synthesis and self-combustion, in order to achieve the compound material that has some of the advantages of both of the initial methods. An impact of nickel...

  • Multidisciplinary Open System Transferring Knowledge for R2B Development

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    Despite many efforts, there is still a serious problem in transferring knowledge from research to business. The problem is especially visible in Poland – the cooperation of R2B is ineffective. We are trying to solve this problem using some IT support. The manuscript presents some solutions developed at the Gdańsk University of Technology. In particular, the platform called “MOST Knowledge” is deeply described. Its layer architecture,...

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  • Consumer social network brand identification and personal branding. How do social network users choose among brand sites?

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    Brands’ social networking sites (fan pages) are increasingly attracting the attention of scientists and managers intrigued by their potential application for brand value creation. The aim of this research is to understand better how users choose among social networking sites as an act of brand identification. The study presents a new model whose structure of identification drivers for social networking brand sites varies for customer...

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  • Issues of Measuring the Course of Batch Production Processes

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    In order to meet demands induced by development of manufacturing processes and production systems, new criteria and indicators that would allow a multiple aspect and realistic rating of batch production process courses are necessary. The objective of this paper is to present the correlation between production processes measurement, its rating and production control, basing on case study analysis from production enterprise. A new...

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  • Count Data Modeling About Relationship Between Dubai Housing Sales Transactions and Financial Indicators

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    - Rok 2017

    In this study, illustrating and comparing the performances of count data models such as Poisson, negative binomial (NB), Hurdle and zero-inflated models for the determination of factors affected housing sales in Dubai. Model comparisons are made via Akaike’s information criterion (AIC), the Vuong test and examining the residuals. Main purpose of this study is building reliable statistical model for relationship between Dubai housing...

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  • Evaluation of the Commercial Electrochemical Gas Sensors for the Monitoring of CO in Ambient Air

    Publikacja

    Air pollution is a growing concern of civilized world, which has a significant impact on human health and the environment. Recent studies highlight that the exposure to polluted air can increase the incidence of diseases and deteriorate the quality of life. Hence, it is necessary to develop tools for real-time air quality monitoring. For air pollution monitoring a wide range of stationary gas and particulate analysers can be used....

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  • Information content of systems as a physical principle

    Publikacja

    - PHYSICAL REVIEW A - Rok 2017

    To explain the conceptual gap between classical and quantum and other, hypothetical descriptions of the world, several principles have been proposed. So far, all these principles have not explicitly included the uncertainty relation. Here we introduce an information content principle ( ICP ) which represents a constrained uncertainty principle. The principle, by taking into account the encoding and decoding properties of a single physical...

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  • Overcoming gender bias in the digital economy. Empirical evidence for European countries

    This study aims to contribute to understanding the gender biases that emerge in the digital technology-related field. More specifically we concentrate on examining whether gender gaps are diminishing or are persistent in terms of women’s enrollment in technology-related programs at the tertiary level of education and for female STEM graduates. Next, this evidence is confronted with gender biases in the labor market regarding changing...

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  • An intelligent cellular automaton scheme for modelling forest fires

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    - Ecological Informatics - Rok 2024

    Forest fires have devastating consequences for the environment, the economy and human lives. Understanding their dynamics is therefore crucial for planning the resources allocated to combat them effectively. In a world where the incidence of such phenomena is increasing every year, the demand for efficient and accurate computational models is becoming increasingly necessary. In this study, we perform a revision of an initial proposal...

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  • Personal Brand Authenticity and Social Media: The Top 5 Football Players’ Case

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    he authenticity is a key factor which attracts the interest of young consumers in the more and more dominant virtual world full of “fake news”,“fake images”, and “fake impressions”. The celebrity authenticity is also important when it comes to gain the positive attitude of the audience and the success in the long term. The unique talent is crucial for all stars. According to football stars, the authenticity of their personal brands...

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  • Analysis of Airport Runoff Waters

    A particularly important facet of airport operation is the impact of the pollution caused byrunoff waters. Runoff waters at an airport may contain relatively high concentrations of differentcontaminants resulting from the various aspects of its operation: de/anti-icing operations,washing and cleaning operations, spills of fuel and lubricants, exhaust fumes, and weed removal.The pollution caused by airport operations affects soil,...

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  • Traffic model for evaluation of call processing performance parameters in IMS-based NGN

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    - Rok 2012

    In the modern world requirements for accurate and fast information distribution are becoming more and more important, which creates a strong necessity for appropriate telecommunication network architecture. Proposition of such an architecture is the Next Generation Network (NGN) concept, which in order to guarantee Quality of Service (QoS), should be correctly designed and dimensioned. For this reason proper traffic models must...

  • Digital divide - inequalities in level of implementation of new information and telecommunication technologies. Cross country study

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    - Rok 2010

    Tekst stanowi analizę nierówności stopnia wdrożenia oraz implementacji ICTs w różnych krajach świata. Autor szacuje wskaźnik GINI dla możliwych krajów świata.In the paper presented, the author considers few aspects of the so-called "digital divide". It is easily noticeable worldwide, that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) "possess" a great ability to spread, at high pace, among countries from all around the...

  • Reduction of vibrations of steel structure models with Polymeric Bearings - experimental study

    Publikacja

    Earthquake-induced ground motions are the most severe and unpredictable threats to the structures all around the world. Therefore, designing earthquake protective systems has become an extremely challenging problem in civil engineering. Base isolation is one of the most popular and widely adopted methods of protecting structures against earthquake forces. The present paper reports the results obtained from the shaking table experimental...

  • New First - Path Detector for LTE Positioning Reference Signals

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2014

    In today's world, where positioning applications reached a huge popularity and became virtually ubiquitous, there is a strong need for determining a device location as accurately as possible. A particularly important role in positioning play cellular networks, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). In the LTE Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) positioning method, precision of device location estimation depends on accuracy...

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  • Underwater Acoustic Imaging of the Sea

    Acoustic waves are a carrier of information mainly in environments where the use of other types of waves, for example electromagnetic waves, is limited. The term acoustical imaging is widely used in the ultrasonic engineering to imaging areas in which the acoustic waves propagate. In particular, ultrasound is widely used in the visualization of human organs - ultrasonography (Nowicki, 2010). Expanding the concept, acoustical imaging...

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  • Product diversification, relative specialisation and economic development: import-export analysis.

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    - JOURNAL OF MACROECONOMICS - Rok 2013

    This paper contributes to trade diversification literature by comparing changes in relative (i.e. assessed in comparison with world patterns) heterogeneity of import and export structures in the process of economic development. In particular, by focusing on the diversification of imports, we add a missing piece to already analysed export trends. We use highly disaggregated trade statistics (4963 product lines) for 163 countries...

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  • Selected issues related to the toxicity of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents—a review

    Green Chemistry plays a more and more important role in implementing rules of sustainable development to prevent environmental pollution caused by technological processes, while simultaneously increasing the production yield. Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) constitute a very broad group of substances. Apart from many imperfections, ILs and DESs have been the most promising discoveries in the world of Green...

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  • Utilization of rapeseed pellet from fatty acid methyl esters production as an energy source

    Rapeseed pellet – crushed seed residue from oil extraction is a by-product of fatty acid methyl esters production process. As other types of biomass, it can either be burned directly in furnaces or processed to increase its energetic value. Biomass is renewable, abundant and has domestic usage; the sources of biomass can help the world reduce its dependence on petroleum products, fossil coal and natural gas. Energetically effective...

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  • Objectivity in the non-Markovian spin-boson model

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    - PHYSICAL REVIEW A - Rok 2017

    Objectivity constitutes one of the main features of the macroscopic classical world. An important aspect of the quantum-to-classical transition issue is to explain how such a property arises from the microscopic quantum theory. Recently, within the framework of open quantum systems, there has been proposed such a mechanism in terms of the so-called spectrum broadcast structures. These are multipartite quantum states of the system...

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  • MARSTRUCT benchmark study on nonlinear FE simulation of an experiment of an indenter impact with a ship side-shell structure

    Publikacja
    • J. Ringsberg
    • J. Amdahl
    • B. Chen
    • S. Cho
    • S. Ehlers
    • Z. Hu
    • J. Kubiczek
    • M. Kõrgesaar
    • B. Liu
    • J. Marinatos... i 11 innych

    - MARINE STRUCTURES - Rok 2018

    This paper presents a benchmark study on collision simulations that was initiated by the MARSTRUCT Virtual Institute. The objective was to compare assumptions, finite element models, modelling techniques and experiences between established researchers within the field. Fifteen research groups world-wide participated in the study. An experiment involving a rigid indenter penetrating a ship-like side structure was used as the case...

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  • Synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 Analogs and their Biological Activities

    Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) is a natural product, which consists of two phenyl rings, linked by an ethylene bridge. CA-4, inhibitor of polymerization of tubulin to microtubules, possesses a strong antitumor and anti-vascular properties both in vitro and in vivo. Previous studies showed that disodium phosphate salt of CA-4, a water-soluble prodrug is well tolerated at therapeutically useful doses. However, it should be noted that...

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  • Expedited Feature-Based Quasi-Global Optimization of Multi-Band Antenna Input Characteristics with Jacobian Variability Tracking

    Design of modern antennas relies—for reliability reasons—on full-wave electromagnetic simulation tools. In addition, increasingly stringent specifications pertaining to electrical and field performance, growing complexity of antenna topologies, along with the necessity for handling multiple objectives, make numerical optimization of antenna geometry parameters a highly recommended design procedure. Conventional algorithms, particularly...

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  • Kombucha from alternative raw materials – The review

    Nowadays, people's awareness about the role of diet in maintaining well-being and good health has increased. Consumers expect that the products not only provide them with essential nutrients but will also be a source of biologically active substances, which are beneficial to their health. One of the "healthy trends," which has appeared among the consumers worldwide is kombucha, a tea drink with high antioxidant potential, obtained...

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  • Vehicle Detection with Self-Training for Adaptative Video Processing Embedded Platform

    Traffic monitoring from closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on embedded systems is the subject of the performed experiments. Solving this problem encounters difficulties related to the hardware limitations, and possible camera placement in various positions which affects the system performance. To satisfy the hardware requirements, vehicle detection is performed using a lightweight Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), named...

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  • Toward Robust Pedestrian Detection With Data Augmentation

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    In this article, the problem of creating a safe pedestrian detection model that can operate in the real world is tackled. While recent advances have led to significantly improved detection accuracy on various benchmarks, existing deep learning models are vulnerable to invisible to the human eye changes in the input image which raises concerns about its safety. A popular and simple technique for improving robustness is using data...

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  • Ancient settlements-atavistic solutions for present water supply and drainage problems engendered by urbanism

    Publikacja

    - ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY - Rok 2021

    Water is the most valuable resource available on earth. Although it is present in abundance, its usable volume is very scarce. This is the reason behind the existence of both floods and droughts around the world. However, human settlements face water scarcity issues that are primarily engendered by improper town planning measures. To create a balance between the available fractions of water, it is therefore imperative to have proper...

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  • Multiscale model for blood flow after a bileaflet artificial aortic valve implantation

    Publikacja

    - COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE - Rok 2023

    Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in the world, mainly due to atherosclerosis and its consequences. The article presents the numerical model of the blood flow through artificial aortic valve. The overset mesh approach was applied to simulate the valve leaflets motion and to realize the moving mesh, in the aortic arch and the main branches of cardiovascular system. To capture the cardiac system’s response...

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  • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN POLAND - PIONEERS AND INSTITUTIONS

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2021

    The aim of this chapter is to show the history of biomedical engineering education in Poland, from the beginning till today with special task to underline the role of modern information technology. This story is not very old, just around one century, that may be classified into four basic periods related to important historic events. First are the beginnings before the second world war. Then post-war recovery and development of...

  • Bimodal Emotion Recognition Based on Vocal and Facial Features

    Emotion recognition is a crucial aspect of human communication, with applications in fields such as psychology, education, and healthcare. Identifying emotions accurately is challenging, as people use a variety of signals to express and perceive emotions. In this study, we address the problem of multimodal emotion recognition using both audio and video signals, to develop a robust and reliable system that can recognize emotions...

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  • Detection of Water on Road Surface with Acoustic Vector Sensor

    Publikacja

    - SENSORS - Rok 2023

    This paper presents a new approach to detecting the presence of water on a road surface, employing an acoustic vector sensor. The proposed method is based on sound intensity analysis in the frequency domain. Acoustic events, representing road vehicles, are detected in the sound intensity signals. The direction of the incoming sound is calculated for the individual spectral components of the intensity signal, and the components...

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  • Fundamentals of Physics-Based Surrogate Modeling

    Publikacja

    Chapter 1 was focused on data-driven (or approximation-based) modeling methods. The second major class of surrogates are physics-based models outlined in this chapter. Although they are not as popular, their importance is growing because of the challenges related to construction and handling of approximation surrogates for many real-world problems. The high cost of evaluating computational models, nonlinearity of system responses,...

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  • Upgrading low value-added activities in global value chains: a functional specialisation approach

    This paper aims to identify patterns of functional specialisation (FS) in global value chains (GVCs) and determinants of upgrading them for selected Central Eastern European (CEE) economies. By combing the World Input-Output Database with data on occupations, we reveal a new FS pattern among subgroups of CEEs. Poland and Slovakia have an unfavourable GVC position and specialise in low value-added fabrication function. In contrast,...

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