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Crystal structures of the DsbG disulfide isomerase reveal an unstable disulfide
PublikacjaDsb proteins control the formation and rearrangement of disulfide bonds during the folding of secreted and membrane proteins in bacteria. DsbG, a member of this family, has disulfide bond isomerase and chaperone activity. Here, we present two crystal structures of DsbG at 1.7- and 2.0-Angstrom resolution that are meant to represent the reduced and oxidized forms, respectively. The oxidized structure, however, reveals a mixture...
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Corrigendum to “Impact of intense rains and flooding on mercury riverine input to the coastal zone” [Mar. Pollut. Bull. 127 (2018) 593–602]
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A New Approach for Investigating the Impact of Pesticides and Nutrient Flux from Agricultural Holdings and Land-Use Structures on Baltic Sea Coastal Waters
PublikacjaKnowledge related to land-use management impacts on the Baltic Sea ecosystem is limited. The constant release of pollutants into water bodies has resulted in water quality degradation. Therefore, only the innovative approaches integrated with research will provide accurate solutions and methods for proper environment management and will enable understanding and prediction of the impacts of land-use in the Baltic Sea region. Modelling...
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Innovative Web-Based Geographic Information System for Municipal Areas and Coastal Zone Security and Threat Monitoring Using EO Satellite Data
PublikacjaThe paper presents a novel design of a Web-based Safe City & Coastal Zone GIS (SCCZ-GIS). The system integrates data acquired from different remote sensing and geospatial data sources for the purpose monitoring the security of the coastal zone, its inhabitants and Critical Infrastructure. The system utilises several innovative technologies and solutions, and is capable of direct co-operation with different remote sensing data sources...
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A Vision of Sustainable Design Concepts for Upgrading Vulnerable Coastal Areas in Light of Climate Change Impacts: A Case Study from Beirut, Lebanon
PublikacjaRapid urbanization combined with the effects of climate change has increased the vulnerability of poor urban communities to natural hazards, particularly to informal settlements located in coastal areas. Apart from socio-economic challenges, the effects of climate change threaten the very existence of these settlements. They are particularly vulnerable due to their poor structural quality and lack of adequate infrastructure to...
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A new look at two polymorphic crystal structures of dibenzoylmethane: relationship between the crystal packing and the hydrogen atom position revealed by quantum chemistry and quantum crystallography methods
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Dual-wavelength polarimeter application in investigations of the optical activity of a langasite crystal
PublikacjaA method of high accuracy polarimetry, which includes optical activity measurements systematic errors, was realized with dual-wavelength polarimeter for two wavelengths of 635 and 650 nm. Simultaneous measurements with neighboring wavelengths significantly improved the data processing, by increasing the amount of data to eliminate the systematic errors. For langasite crystal La3Ga5SiO14 we measured temperature dependence of the...
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Crystal structure and physical properties of a novel ternary compound La15Mo Ge9
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High pressure and time resolved luminescence spectra of Gd3Ga5O12:Pr3+ crystal
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Influence of high hydrostatic pressure on Eu2+-luminescence in KMgF3:Eu2+ crystal
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Conformation-family Monte Carlo: A new method for crystal structure prediction
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Analysis of experimental and simulated vibrational spectra for the antiferroelectric liquid crystal 12OBBB1M6
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PbGa2GeS6 crystal as a novel nonlinear optical material: Band structure aspects
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Soliton trapping and orthogonal Raman scattering in a birefringent photonic crystal fiber
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Crystal growth and the influence of oxygen stoichiometry on electrical resistivity of single crystals
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Heat transfer and fluid flow visualization using liquid crystal thermography
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono możliwości wykrzystania termografii ciekłokrystalicznej do badań wymiany ciepła oraz wizualizacji pola przepływu w elementach urządzeń przemysłowych.
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The use of liquid crystal thermography for heat, fluid flow and biomedical research.
PublikacjaW ostatniej dekadzie termografia ciekłokrystaliczna (TLC) i cyfrowa analiza kolorowych obrazów była z powodzeniem stosowana w różnych aplikacjach technicznych, przemysłowych i biomedycznych. Cienkie warstwy ciekłokrystaliczne zastosowano dla uzyskania lokalnych pól temperatury, współczynników przekazywania ciepła i określenia rodzaju procesu. Materiał ciekłokrystaliczny można również zastosować do wizualizacji pól temperatury i...
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Hydrazinolysis Products of Selected Sugar Lactones—Crystal Structure and Microbiological Activity
PublikacjaCommercially available lactones, as well as those synthesized by us, turned out to be good substrates for the synthesis of sugar hydrazides. The exception was L-ascorbic acid, whose hydrazinolysis led to the formation of a hydrazinium salt, not the hydrazide as expected. The structure of all compounds was confirmed by NMR and X-ray analyses. The lower durability of hydrazinium L-ascorbate was additionally confirmed by thermogravimetric...
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Improved liquid crystal thermography by use true-colour imageprocessing technology
PublikacjaRozdział zawiera opis zastosowania termochromatycznych ciekłych kryształóworaz komputerowej analizy kolorowych obrazów w badanich wymiany ciepła. Au-torzy przedstawili wykorzystanie techniki ciekłokrystalicznej w badaniachgeometrii klasycznych wymienników ciepła.
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Single crystal growth and physical properties of MCo2Al9 (M= Sr, Ba)
PublikacjaSingle crystals of SrCo2Al and BaCo2Al9 were grown using a self-flux method. A LeBail analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction patterns show that both compounds crystallize in a hexagonal (P6/mmm) crystal structure with lattice parameters: a = 7.8995(1) Å, c = 3.9159(1) Å for SrCo2Al9, and a = 7.9162(2) Å, c = 3.9702(1) Å for BaCo2Al9 aluminide. The low temperature analysis of the heat capacity measurements give a Sommerfeld...
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Mechanical exfoliation and layer number identification of single crystal monoclinic CrCl3
PublikacjaAfter the recent finding that CrI3, displays ferromagnetic order down to its monolayer, extensive studies have followed to pursue new two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials. In this article, we report on the growth of single crystal CrCl3 in the layered monoclinic phase. The system after mechanical exfoliation exhibits stability in ambient air (the degradation occurs on a time scale at least four orders of magnitude longer than...
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Magnetic properties of α-KCoPO4 compound with a chiral polar crystal structure
PublikacjaWe have obtained polycrystalline samples of a metastable α variant of KCoPO4 by low temperature (350–400 °C) solid state metathesis reaction of potassium oxalate and ammonium cobalt orthophosphate. The material crystallizes in a polar chiral structure (sg. P63, no. 173). Measurements of magnetic properties reveal antiferromagnetic interactions and no ordering observed down to T = 1.9 K, well below the Weiss temperature |Θcw| =...
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Crystal Structure of N-(2-Benzoyl-4,5-dimethoxyphenethyl)-2-phenylacetamide
PublikacjaThe crystal structure of N-(2-benzoyl-4,5-dimethoxyphenethyl)-2-phenylacetamide indicates that the compound crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group with eight molecules in the unit cell. The heteroatoms from the amide group form a chain of intermolecular N-H ··· O hydrogen bonds propagating along the b axis. The carbonyl group from the benzoyl substituent participates in short contacts with two H-atoms from the ethyl or...
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Dehydration converts DsbG crystal diffraction from low to high resolution
PublikacjaDiffraction quality crystals are essential for crystallographic studies of protein structure, and the production of poorly diffracting crystals is often regarded as a dead end in the process. Here we show a dramatic improvement of poorly diffracting DsbG crystals allowing high-resolution diffraction data measurement. Before dehydration, the crystals are fragile and the diffraction pattern is streaky, extending to 10 Å resolution....
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Sposób wytwarzania pączków i donatów z ciasta drożdżowego z udziałem ciasta parzonego oraz mrożenia szokowego z nadziewaniem po wysmażeniu
PublikacjaOpinia o nowej technologii:" Sposób wytwarzania pączków i donatów z ciasta drożdżowego z udziałem ciasta parzonego oraz mrożenia szokowego z nadziewaniem po wysmażeniu."
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Studies on intercorrelation between selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and ions in sea water from the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea, Gdańsk Bay Region
PublikacjaMorze Bałtyckie jest zbiornikiem słonej wody a szacunkowy czas wymiany z innymi akwenami wynosi 25 lat. Woda morska jest zanieczyszczona wieloma nieorganicznymi oraz organicznymi substancjami. Opracowanie przedstawia wyniki badań monitoringowych oraz ocenę stanu zanieczyszczenia środowiska morskiego w południowej części Morza Bałtyckiego, w rejonie Zatoki Gdańskiej. W próbkach wody morskiej oznaczano: wielopierścieniowe węglowodory...
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Existence of solutions for a coupled system of difference equations with cousal operators
PublikacjaPraca dotyczy układów równań różnicowych. Podano warunki dostateczne na istnienie rozwiązań takich problemów. Badano również nierówności różnicowe.
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SIMPLY AND LOW COAST ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SIGNAL AMPLIFIER
PublikacjaRecently, there has been a noticeable increase in interest in solu tions utilizing electrical signals accompanying muscle activity. Electromyography (EMG) is a technique for recording, analysis and evaluating the electrical activity produced by striated muscle. Its great popularity is due, among other, to the ability to measure with non-invasive electrodes (calle d as sEMG surface electromyography)....
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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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Crystal structure and low-energy Einstein mode in ErV2Al20 intermetallic cage compound
PublikacjaSingle crystals of a new ternary aluminide ErV2Al20 were grown using a self-flux method. The crystal structure was determined by powder X-ray diffraction measurements and Rietveld refinement, and physical properties were studied by means of electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements. These measurements reveal that ErV2Al20 is a Curie-Weiss paramagnet down to 1.95 K with an effective magnetic...
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The Use of Liquid Crystal Thermography in Selected Technical and Medical Applications—Recent Development
PublikacjaThermochromic liquid crystals (TLC) and true-colour digital image processing have been successfully used in non-intrusive technical, industrial and biomedical studies and applications. Thin coatings of TLC at surfaces are utilized to obtain detailed temperature distributions and heat transfer rates for steady or transient processes. Liquid crystals also can be used to make the temperature and velocity fields in liquids visible...
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Silver complexes stabilized by large silanethiolate ligands – crystal structures and luminescence properties
PublikacjaBulky silanethiolate and disiladithiolate ligands were applied to synthesize one mononuclear and three trinuclear silver complexes including two cyclic “microclusters” and a linear tri-nuclear silanethiolate complex. All obtained compounds are characterized by X-ray diffraction and FT-IR. NMR and emission spectroscopies were used where possible. The first trinuclear anionic silver thiolate is structurally characterized. The influence...
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Utilization of oriented crystal growth for screening of aromatic carboxylic acids cocrystallization with urea
PublikacjaThe possibility of molecular complex formation in the solid state of urea with benzoic acid analogues was measured directly on the crystallite films deposited on the glass surface using powder X-ray diffractometry (PXRD). Obtained solid mixtures were also analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The simple droplet evaporation method was found to be efficient, robust, fast and cost-preserving approach for first...
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Crystal structures of the Bacillus subtilis prophage lytic cassette proteins XepA and YomS
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Crystal structure, chemical bonding, and physical properties of layered AIrSn2 (A = Sr and Ba)
PublikacjaWe report the experimental and theoretical investigation of structure, chemical bonding interactions, and physical properties of new ternary stannides AIrSn2 (A = Sr and Ba). AIrSn2 (A = Sr and Ba) crystallizes in the orthorhombic Re3B-type structure with the space group Cmcm (No. 64). According to single-crystal X-ray diffraction results, the structure of AIrSn2 (A = Sr and Ba) can be considered as a Zintl-type compound with heterogeneous...
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Synthesis, crystal structure and electrical properties of A-site cation ordered BaErMn2O5 and BaErMn2O6
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The Syntheses and Crystal Structures of the First Disiloxane-1,3-dithiol and Its Cadmium Complex.
PublikacjaThe new silicon–sulfur compound: disiloxane-1,3-dithiol was obtained from silicon disulfide and 2,6-diisopropylphenol in a reaction catalyzed by imidazole or 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP). Crystal structure of disiloxane–1,3-dithiol reveals a close-to-linear Si–O–Si angle and a mutual trans position of the two hydrosulfido groups. The compound forms a chelating mononuclear complex with cadmium ions.
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Size effects in wedge indentation predicted by a gradient-enhanced crystal-plasticity model
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Influence of phonon-phonon coupling on superconducting state in honeycomb-type crystal lattice
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Crystal structure and physical properties of NpRh2Sn, a new Np-based ternary compound
PublikacjaPoprzez syntezę w piecu łukowym został otrzymany nowy związek o stechiometrii NpRh2Sn. NpRh2Sn krystalizuje w strukturze ortorombowej i wykazuje przejście PM-AFM w temperaturze Neela T_N = 34K.
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The crystal and solution studies of glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase from Candida albicans
PublikacjaOkreślono strukturę krystaliczną domeny izomerazowej syntazy glukozamino-6-fosforanu z Candida albicans w stanie natywnym, oraz w kompleksie z inhibitorem allosterycznym UDP-GlcNAc, fruktozo-6-P, glukozo-6-P oraz analogiem stanu przejściowego reakcji enzymatycznej - 2-amino-2-deoksy-D-mannitolo-6-P (ADMP). Na podstawie wyników badań metodą niskokątowego rozpraszania promieni X (SAXS) wydedukowano przypuszczalną strukturę kompletnej...
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Crystal and molecular structure of lithium iodide complex of 13-membered azoxycrown ether
PublikacjaPublikacja zawiera uzupełniające informacje do znalezionej wcześniej korelacji między typem kationu, rozmiarem makrocyklu i cechami struktury krystalicznej kompleksów a selektywnością elektrod membranowych dotowanych odpowiednimi azo- lub azoksykoronami. Ustalono strukturę krystaliczną i molekularną kompleksu 13-członowej azoksykorony (L13-O) z jodkiem litu. Stechiometria kompleksu jest 1:1. Kryształ zbudowany jest z hydratowanych...
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Analysis of Corrugated Coaxial Line with the Use of Body of Revolution and Finite Element Method
PublikacjaA combination of the body-of-revolution and finite element methods is utilized to the analysis of coaxial lines with corrugated rod and wall. Both periodic and non-periodic structures can be investigated. As the structure is axially symmetrical the two dimensional scalar-vector finite element method can be used, which allows for the investigation of complex geometries and is computationally efficient. A generalized impedance matrix...
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Crystal structure and physical properties of AePd1-xP1+x (Ae = Ca, Sr)
PublikacjaWe report the discovery of two new compounds AePd1-xP1+x (Ae = Ca, Sr) crystallized in different hexagonal structures. Single crystals of AePd1-xP1+x (Ae = Ca, Sr) are obtained using the Bi-flux method. Crystallographic analysis by both powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction shows that CaPd1-xP1+x crystallizes in a non-centrosymmetric hexagonal structure with the space group P-6m2 (No.187) and lattice parameters a = b = 4.0391(9)...
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The Use of Liquid Crystal Thermography an Image Processing in Heat and Fluid-Flow Research
PublikacjaLiquid crystal thermography (LCT) have been used in many technical, industrial and biomedical applications [1]. During over 20 years it has been successfully applied in Department of Energy and Industrial Apparatus at Gdansk University of Technology for visualization of steady-state and transient temperature fields. In order to demonstrate feasibility of LCT techniques in practical heat transfer contexts, the authors have performed...
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Crystal and electronic structures of Ni(II) silanethiolates containing flexible diamine ligands
PublikacjaFive nickel(II) complexes containing aliphatic diamines and tri-tert-butoxysilanethiolate ligand have been synthesized for the purpose of studying their structural, spectral (IR, UV–Vis, HF EPR) and thermal properties. Complexes (1)–(5) have been prepared in high yield by reactions of [Ni{SSi(OtBu)3}2(NH3)(H2O)] with 1.3-propanediamine (L1), 1,6-hexanediamine (L2), or 1,7-heptanediamine (L3). The X-ray structures were determined...
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Cooperativity of Halogen- and Chalcogen-Bonding Interactions in the Self-Assembly of 4‑Iodoethynyl- and 4,7-Bis(iodoethynyl)benzo-2,1,3-chalcogenadiazoles: Crystal Structures, Hirshfeld Surface Analyses, and Crystal Lattice Energy Calculations
PublikacjaSeveral new 4-iodoethynyl- and 4,7-bis- (iodoethynyl)benzo-2,1,3-chalcogenadiazoles were prepared, and a comprehensive analysis of the most prominent secondary bonding interactions responsible for the crystal self-assembly was performed using X-ray diffraction. The presence of both the iodoethynyl and chalcogenadiazole moieties allows an evaluation of the preference of these molecules to aggregate through either chalcogen- or halogen-bonding...
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Numerical Analysis of Recharge Rates and Contaminant Travel Time in Layered Unsaturated Soils
PublikacjaThis study focused on the estimation of groundwater recharge rates and travel time of conservative contaminants between ground surface and aquifer. Numerical simulations of transient water flow and solute transport were performed using the SWAP computer program for 10 layered soil profiles, composed of materials ranging from gravel to clay. In particular, sensitivity of the results to the thickness and position of weakly permeable...
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Fabrication and Crystal Structure of Sol-Gel Deposited BST Thin Films with Compositional Gradient
PublikacjaIn the present research technology of compositionally graded barium strontium titanate Ba1-xSrxTiO3 thin films deposited on stainless steel substrates by sol-gel spin coating followed with thermal annealing at T = 650°C is reported. Results of thermal behavior of the sol-gel derived powders with compositions used for fabrication of graded structure (i.e. with Sr mole fraction x = 0.5, 0.4 and 0.3) are described. X-ray diffraction...
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Correlation between crystal and transport properties in LnBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+δ (Ln - selected lanthanides, Y)
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