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Innovative Solutions in Surface Water Quality Monitoring
PublikacjaIn 2010 a project entitled "Integrated Support System for Management and Protection of Water Dam Reservoir (ZiZOZap)” was initiated, to aid solving water management problems on a river and dam reservoir formed on it. An innovative system of continuous monitoring was created, that encompassed selected physical and chemical parameters of river and lake waters in three chosen sites. This article presents a selection of results, that...
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Spatial Differences in the Chemical Composition of Surface Water in the Hornsund Fjord Area: A Statistical Analysis with A Focus on Local Pollution Sources
PublikacjaSurface catchments in Svalbard are sensitive to external pollution, and yet what is frequently considered external contamination may originate from local sources and natural processes. In this work, we analyze the chemical composition of surface waters in the catchments surrounding the Polish Polar Station in Svalbard, Hornsund fjord area. We have pooled unpublished and already published data describing surface water composition...
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Occurrences, sources, and transport of organochlorine pesticides in the aquatic environment of Antarctica
PublikacjaWe review information on the concentration levels of organochlorine pesticides in the abiotic aquatic environment (in seawater, sea ice, surface freshwater, snow, firn, and glacial ice) and the organisms inhabiting those, in Antarctica. Particular attention is given to the environmental fate of these pollutants, which modifies their impact on the organisms living in the Antarctic. OCPs have been delivered to the Antarctic environment...
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Seasonal and spatial differences in metal and metalloid concentrations in the snow cover of Hansbreen, Svalbard
PublikacjaMetals and metalloids in snow on glaciers, depending on the season of deposition, may come from various sources: local rock dust (erosion of the geological substratum), marine aerosol, local human activity (e.g. fuel combustion, waste incineration) and long-range atmospheric transport. Hansbreen glacier, located close to the Polish Polar Station in Svalbard, is a perfect site to study metals and metalloids: it has complex geological...
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Occurrence and gas chromatographic determination of volatile fatty acids in landfill leachate. The case of two landfills in Gdansk Pomerania, Poland
PublikacjaWażnymi związkami pośrednimi degradacji materii organicznej na składowisku odpadów komunalnych są lotne kwasy tłuszczowe (LKT) i ich oznaczanie w wodach odciekowych pozwala monitorować procesy zachodzące na składowisku odpadów. Opracowano metodykę oznaczania LKT w próbkach wodnych polegającą na ekstrakcji LKT rozpuszczalnikiem organicznym i oznaczeniu w otrzymanym ekstrakcie za pomocą sprzężonego układu chromatograf gazowy-spektrometr...
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Chlorinated solvents in a petrochemical wastewater treatment plant: Anassessment of their removal using self-organising maps
PublikacjaThe self-organising map approach was used to assess the efficiency of chlorinated solvent removal frompetrochemical wastewater in a refinery wastewater treatment plant. Chlorinated solvents and inorganicanions (11 variables) were determined in 72 wastewater samples, collected from three different purificationstreams. The classification of variables identified technical solvents, brine from oil desalting andrunoff sulphates as pollution...
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Metodyka rozdzielania i oznaczania lotnych inhibitorów fermentacji w brzeczkach fermentacyjnych ciemnej fermentacji, techniką GC-MS
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono opracowaną w wyniku badań metodykę identyfikacji i oznaczania inhibitorów fermentacji w brzeczkach fermentacji ciemnej z biomasy ligno-celulozowej, z wykorzystaniem ekstrakcji ciecz-ciecz w sprzężeniu z chromatografią gazową ze spektrometrem mas (LLE-GC-MS). W ramach badań dokonano doboru korzystnych warunków ekstrakcji ciecz-ciecz, w tym: pH, objętości rozpuszczalnika ekstrakcyjnego, czasu ekstrakcji oraz warunków...
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Mapowanie poziomu zanieczyszczenia powietrza atmosferycznego przez związki z grupy BTEX - prezentacja wyników pomiarów monitoringowych
PublikacjaW krajach Unii Europejskiej troska o jakość powietrza nabiera coraz większego znaczenia. W tym zakresie obowiązują liczne uregulowania prawne w postaci dyrektyw o charakterze międzynarodowym oraz polityki rozwoju regionalnego i lokalnego. Te akty prawne tworzą podstawy dla działań mających na celu polepszenie stanu jakości powietrza oraz jego ochronę. W krajach UE monitoring jakości powietrza jest podstawą określania działań mających...
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Nowe metody instrumentalne oceny jakości olejów jadalnych
PublikacjaW publikacji przedstawiono nowe podejście do oceny jakości olejów jadalnych. W ostatnich latach prowadzi się szereg badań w celu opracowania szybkiej, taniej i łatwej do wykonania metody oznaczania jakości produktów spożywczych. W przypadku oceny roślinnych olejów jadalnych obiecująca wydaje się technika analizy lotnych składników badanych próbek z wykorzystaniem chromatografii gazowej i nosów elektronicznych. Substancje lotne...
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Monitorowanie lotnych związków organicznych w powietrzu atmosferycznym
PublikacjaObecne w powietrzu atmosferycznym lotne związki organiczne mogą wywoływać niekorzystne efekty zdrowotne u osób narażonych oraz są prekursorami fotochemicznych utleniaczy. Dążenie do uzyskania wiarygodnych informacji na temat zawartości związków z grupy LZO w powietrzu atmosferycznym spowodowało wprowadzenie do praktyki analitycznej nowych rozwiązań metodycznych oraz urządzeń kontrolno pomiarowych. Próbki powietrza mogą być pobierane...
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Investigation of stability of aqueous solutions containing trace amounts of volatile organic analytes
PublikacjaOznaczając lotne związki chlorowcoorganiczne w matrycy wodnej należy uwzględnić specyficzne właściwości, którymi charakteryzują się te związki, a mianowicie:- niska temperatura wrzenia; - wysoka prężność pary nad roztworem; - stosunkowo niska rozpuszczalność w wodzie.Właściwości te należy uwzględnić w trakcie przygotowania wodnych roztworów wzorcowych wykorzystywanych na etapie kalibracji i badań modelowych. Ze względu na istotność...
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Prevalence of food neophobia in pre-school children from southern Poland and its association with eating habits, dietary intake and anthropometric parameters: a cross-sectional study
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Glaciers as an Important Element of the World Glacier Monitoring Implemented in Svalbard
PublikacjaGlaciers are not only contributors to the sea level rise but also important players in the circulation of pollutants. Over a billion people apply glacial waters for domestic purposes; hence, both the quality and quantity of this water should be monitored. In this chapter, we concentrate on the archipelago Svalbard in the Arctic, a typical target area for xenobiotics from long range atmospheric transport (LRAT), holding an important share...
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POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO ENVIRONMENT
PublikacjaDuring last years an interest in the processes of transport and fate of pollutants to the polar regions located distantly from industrial centers, has significantly increased. The current analytical techniques enabling conducting studies prove that the Arctic regions (in the past considered as a pollution free area) have become an area of highly intensive anthropopresion. Svalbard archipelago stands out from the other polar regions...
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Trace elements content of surface peat deposits in the Solovetsky Islands (White Sea)
PublikacjaPeatlands form environmental archives of trace element deposition. In this regard they are particularly valuable for areas such as the Arctic, where regular pollution monitoring is either impossible or extremely costly. The aim of this study was to assess pollution in the Solovetsky Islands (65° 05' N, 35° 53' E) by examining the spatial variability in trace element content of the uppermost layer of peat, immediately below the...
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Thermal dewetting as a method of surface modification of the gold thin films for surface plasmon resonance based sensor applications
PublikacjaHere, we report a quick and simple approach with low, optimized production costs to obtain surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based sensors fabricated through a time- and resource-effective method based on thermal dewetting of thin Au films. From the applicative point of view, the method of detection presented here should be easier to implement, since light transmission measurements seem to be much less challenging than light refractive...
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Amine-Catalyzed Direct Aldol Reactions of Hydroxy- and Dihydroxyacetone: Biomimetic Synthesis of Carbohydrates
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Reducing Monitoring Costs in Industrially Contaminated Rivers: Cluster and Regression Analysis Approach
PublikacjaMonitoring contamination in river water is an expensive procedure, particularly for developing countries where pollution is a significant problem. This study was conducted to provide a pollution monitoring strategy that reduces the cost of laboratory analysis. The new monitoring strategy was designed as a result of cluster and regression analysis on field data collected from an industrially influenced river. Pollution sources in...
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Environmental characteristics of a tundra river system in Svalbard. Part 2: Chemical stress factors
PublikacjaBacterial communities in the Arctic environment are subject to multiple stress factors, including contaminants, although typically their concentrations are small. The Arctic contamination research has focused on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) because they are bioaccumulative, resistant to degradation and toxic for all organisms. Pollutants have entered the Arctic predominantly by atmospheric and oceanic long-range transport,...
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Environmental characteristics of a tundra river system in Svalbard. Part 1: Bacterial abundance, community structure and nutrient levels
PublikacjaThe Arctic hosts a set of unique ecosystems, characterised by extreme environmental conditions and undergoing a rapid change resulting from the average temperature rising. We present a study on an aquatic ecosystem of the Revelva catchment (Spitsbergen), based on samples collected from the lake, river and their tributaries, in the summer of 2016. The landscape variety of the study site and the seasonal change in the hydrological...
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Monitoring strategy for industrially contaminated rivers - A study of all year round behaviour of Klodnica river catchment, upper Silesia, Poland
PublikacjaThe study was undertaken to thoroughly characterise the contamination of water in industrially influenced river Klodnica, in order to explore monitoring strategies in case of limited analytical capacity. Statistical analysis undertaken after a short study was found to be helpful in reducing monitoring efforts in the future.Klodnica river is located within area of dominating coal mining, metallurgy, and additionally being influenced...
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Substrate Dependence in the Formation of Au Nanoislands for Plasmonic Platform Application
PublikacjaIn this work, the influence of the various substrates on Au nanoisland formation has been studied. Nanostructures were obtained via annealing of thin Au films. In order to determine nanoisland formation mechanisms, correlation between an initial film thickness and temperature of formation, shapes, and dimensions of nanostructures was examined. For the surface morphology studies, nanograin structure, and chemical composition analysis,...
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High-Speed Serial Embedded Deterministic Test for System-on-Chip Designs
PublikacjaThe paper presents a high-speed serial interface between external tester and Embedded Deterministic Test (EDT) compression logic hosted by SoC designs. With only a single bidirectional link, the system is capable of feeding distributed heterogeneous cores with hundreds of test channels. Moreover, it synergistically supports EDT bandwidth management to improve the overall test performance. A detailed study indicates a high potential...
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Two kinds of oxygen vacancies in lithium titaniate doped with copper as detected by EPR
PublikacjaLithium titanate (Li1+xTi2-xO4) doped with Cu2+ ions was synthesized by sol-gel processing method. The structure and morphology are characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR). Spin Hamiltonian parameters describing Zeeman and hyperfine interaction for 63Cu2+ ions were obtained from EPR spectra simulations. The spectra...
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The interaction between bacterial abundance and selected pollutants concentration levels in an arctic catchment (southwest Spitsbergen, Svalbard)
PublikacjaPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been a topic of interest in environmental sciences for > 60 years. POPs in the Arctic have been investigated since the 1970s, when first atmospheric measurements revealed the presence of these pollutants in the polar regions. Major contaminant transport routes to the Arctic include atmospheric and oceanic transport, as well as inflow from rivers and sea ice. The sources of pollutants, such...
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Badania emisji lotnych związków organicznych z asfaltów drogowych z wykorzystaniem techniki dynamicznej analizy fazy nadpowierzchniowej i chromatografii gazowej sprzężonej ze spektrometrią mas (DHS - GC - MS)
PublikacjaAsfalty drogowe pochodzenia naftowego są wytwarzane z pozostałości z destylacji próżniowej ropy naftowej. Ze względu na częciowy kraking termiczny mający miejsce na etapie destylacji próżniowej oraz jej utleniania (oksydacji) prowadzącego do powstania finalnegoproduktu, w gotowej masie bitumicznej występują lotne związki organiczne. Podczas dalszego wykorzystania asfaltu, na etapie jego ekspedycji oraz budowy dróg, z gorącej masy...
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Application of gas chromatography,mass spectrometry and olfactometry for quality assessment of selected food products = Zastosowanie chromatografii gazowej, spektrometrii mas i olfaktometrii w ocenie jakości wybranych produktów spożywczych
PublikacjaStosując mikroekstrakcję do fazy stacjonarnej z fazy nadpowierzchniowej jako metodę przygotowania próbek i chromatografię gazową (GC) ze spektrometrią mas (MS) i olfaktometrią (O) jako metodę oznaczeń końcowych oznaczono lotne związki w spirytusach i miodach. Identyfikację przeprowadzono przez porównanie widm masowych z widmami z biblioteki NIST. Dodatkowo, wykrywane przez panel oceniający związki zapachowe rejestrowano w formie...
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Pegylated Fluorescent Peptides as Substrates of Proteolytic Enzymes
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High resolution model for assessment of contamination by chemical warfare agents dumped in the Baltic Sea
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Organic Pollution in Surface Waters from the Fuglebekken Basin in Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
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A High-Arctic flow-through lake system hydrochemical changes: Revvatnet, southwestern Svalbard (years 2010–2018)
PublikacjaLake ecosystems are strongly coupled to features of their surrounding landscapes such as geomorphology, lithology, vegetation and hydrological characteristics. In the 2010–2018 summer seasons, we investigated an Arctic flow-through lake system Revvatnet, located in the vicinity of the coastal zone of Hornsund fjord in Svalbard, characterising its hydrological properties and the chemical composition of its waters. The lake system...
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Two-photon double ionization of atoms in attosecond x-ray radiation fields
PublikacjaWe consider two-photon double ionization of helium with 100, 200, and 400 eV excess energy for the two ejected electrons, corresponding to photon energies of 89.5, 139.5, and 239.5 eV, respectively. We focus on the case of ultrashort pulses (two oscillations of the field) and develop an approach to calculate the two-photon transition matrix elements within the lowest order of the time-dependent perturbation theory. One of the...
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Nanoparticle-free tissue-mimicking phantoms with intrinsic scattering
PublikacjaWe present an alternative to the conventional approach, phantoms without scattering nanoparticles, where scattering is achieved by the material itself: spherical cavities trapped in a silicone matrix. We describe the properties and fabrication of novel optical phantoms based on a silicone elastomer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and glycerol mixture. Optical properties (absorption coefficient µa, reduced scattering coefficient µs',...
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Byłe porty lotnicze jako element dziedzictwa architektonicznego i urbanistycznego
PublikacjaTematyka niniejszej rozprawy dotyczy wpływu byłych, cywilnych portów lotniczych na kształtowanie nowej zabudowy na ich dawnym terenie. Przebadane zostają wartości kulturowe oraz społecznoekonomiczne pozostałej po nich infrastruktury. Rozwój i dzieje lotnictwa są przedmiotem zainteresowania historyków, a kwestie związane z budową nowych portów lotniczych - urbanistów, co czyni zagadnienia te przedmiotem licznych badań. Niemniej...
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Studies of the complex formation between some proton sponges and Cu(II) cations
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Anthropopressure’s intensification with reference to Arctic ecosystems
PublikacjaThis paper concerns issue of long range atmospheric transport of pollutants to polar areas and intensification of their toxic effect on biota in the face of climate change. Arctic which was for years seen as a pristine and not affected by antropopressure region became a sink of xenobiotics. Atmospheric circulation facilitates transport of chemicals from Eurasia to Arctic. Influence of climate change on crucial balance of polar...
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Organic Pollution in Surface Waters from the Fuglebekken Basin in Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
PublikacjaThe Fuglebekken basin is situated in the southern part of the island of Spitsbergen (Norwegian Arctic), on the Hornsund fjord (Wedel Jarlsberg Land). Surface water was collected from 24 tributaries (B1-B24) and from the main stream water in the Fuglebekken basin (25) between 10 July 2009 and 30 July 2009. The present investigation reveals the results of the analysis of these samples for their PAH and PCB content. Twelve of 16 PAHs...
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Przegląd aplikacji zużytych łopat turbin wiatrowych na potrzeby budownictwa infrastrukturalnego
PublikacjaArtykuł zawiera przedstawienie aktualnego stanu wiedzy na temat recyklingu i ponownego użycia łopat wirników turbin wiatrowych na potrzeby budownictwa infrastrukturalnego. Poruszana problematyka stała się w ostatnim czasie bardzo istotna, a prognozy i statystyki pokazują, że najbliższe lata, będące jednocześnie okresem intensywnego rozwoju energetyki wiatrowej, będą jeszcze bardziej niż kiedykolwiek wymagały opracowania metody...
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Protein oligomerization is the biochemical process highly up-regulated in porcine oocytes before in vitro maturation (IVM)
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Crystal structure and physical properties of new Ca2TGe3 (T = Pd and Pt) germanides
PublikacjaThe crystallographic, electronic transport and thermal properties of Ca2PdGe3 and Ca2PtGe3 are reported. The compounds crystalize in an ordered variant of the AlB2 crystal structure, in space group P6/mmm, with the lattice parameters a = 8.4876(4) Å/8.4503(5) Å and c = 4.1911(3) Å/4.2302(3) Å for Ca2PdGe3 and Ca2PtGe3, respectively. The resistivity data exhibit metallic behavior with residual-resistivity-ratios (RRR) of 13 for...
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Enhancing chain-elongating microbiomes: Sequential fungi-bacteria cooperation for efficient food waste upgrading using endogenous electron donors
PublikacjaThe upgrading of organic waste such as food waste (FW) into medium-chain carboxylates (MCC) is within a bio-based circular economy concept. An efficient chain elongation (CE) microbiome is difficult to obtain, which normally requires long-term acclimatization and an exogenous supplement of electron donor (ED, especially ethanol). In this study, the CE microbiome was rapidly shaped within 18 days and an efficient endogenous ethanol-based...
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A new proteinase 3 substrate with improved selectivity over human neutrophil elastase
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Measurements of fundamental properties of homogeneous tissue phantoms
PublikacjaWe present the optical measurement techniques used in human skin phantom studies. Their accuracy and the sources of errors in microscopic parameters’ estimation of the produced phantoms are described. We have produced optical phantoms for the purpose of simulating human skin tissue at the wavelength of 930 nm. Optical coherence tomography was used to measure the thickness and surface roughness and to detect the internal inhomogeneities....
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Sea spray as a secondary source of chlorinated persistent organic pollutants? - Conclusions from a comparison of seven fresh snowfall events in 2019 and 2021
PublikacjaSecondary sources of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) gain in importance worldwide as primary sources decline. In this work, we aim to determine whether sea spray may be a secondary source of chlorinated POPs to the terrestrial Arctic, since a similar mechanism was proposed there only for the more water-soluble POPs. To this end, we have determined polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides concentrations in fresh...
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The role of atmospheric precipitation in introducing contaminants to the surface waters of the Fuglebekken catchment, Spitsbergen.
PublikacjaAlthough the Svalbard Archipelago is located at a high latitude, far from potential contaminant sources, it is not free from anthropogenic impact. Towards the Fuglebekken catchment, in the southern part of Spitsbergen, north of Hornsund fjord, contaminants can be transported from mainland pollution sources. In the precipitation and surface water collected in the catchment, the following elements were detected and quantified: Ag,...
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Evolution of Ag nanostructures created from thin films: UV–vis absorption and its theoretical predictions
PublikacjaAg-based plasmonic nanostructures were manufactured by thermal annealing of thin metallic films. Structure and morphology were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). SEM images show that the formation of nanostructures is influenced by the initial layer thickness as well as the...
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Structure and the Biochemical Potential of the Bacterial Community in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent and in Receiving Waters: Northern Poland Case Study
PublikacjaWastewater treatment processes are monitored mainly in terms of biogenic substance removal efficiency. Little is known about the treated wastewater microbiome and its influence on the recipient. In this study, a wide range of methods (cultivation, microscopic analysis, New Generation Sequencing and Real Time PCR) were employed to determine the bacterial community composition of the treated wastewater and its receiver. Preliminary...
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Tuning of the plasmon resonance location in Au nanostructures coated with a ultrathin film of Al2O3 – Optical measurements and FDTD simulations
PublikacjaThe Au nanostructures have been coated with an ultra-thin films of amorphous aluminium oxide. Optical absorption spectra show the influence of the thickness of Al2O3 on plasmon resonance wavelength. The observed red-shift of the resonance location with the increase of the thickness of the Al2O3 film, can be explained by the change in the dielectric function of this film. It allows control of the optical spectra of the coated particles....
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Pobieranie próbek analitów z grupy BTEX z powietrza atmosferycznego w celu uzyskania informacji analitycznych niezbędnych do ich mapowania na terenach zurbanizowanych
PublikacjaDziałalność człowieka związana z realizacją jego potrzeb stała się przyczyną zwiększenia emisji do powietrza atmosferycznego substancji szkodliwych, jakimi są związki z grupy BTEX (benzen, toluen, etylobenzen, ksyleny), uznane za markery narażenia organizmu ludzkiego na lotne związki organiczne. W ostatnich latach szerokie zastosowanie w monitoringu jakości powietrza atmosferycznego na obszarach zurbanizowanych znalazła technika...
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Measurements of glucose content in scattering media with time-of-flight technique: comparison with Monte Carlo simulations.
PublikacjaZbadano możliwości pomiaru koncentracji glukozy w materiale silnie rozpraszającym światło z wykorzystaniem techniki czasu przelotu. Badania przeprowadzono wykorzystując ''Intralipid'' będącym fantomem tkanki. Stężenie glukozy wynosiło 100, 200, 300, 500, 1000, 2000,4000 lub 8000 mg/dl. Wyniki pomiarów porównano z wynikami uzyskanymi na drodze modelowania matematycznego.