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Reliable routing and resource allocation scheme for hybrid RF/FSO networks
PublikacjaSignificant success of wireless networks in the last decade has changed the paradigms of communication networks design. In particular, the growing interest in wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is observed. WMNs offer an attractive alternative to conventional cable infrastructures, especially in urban areas, where the cost of new installations is almost prohibitive. Unfortunately, the performance of WMNs is often limited by the cluttered...
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Performance Assessment of Using Docker for Selected MPI Applications in a Parallel Environment Based on Commodity Hardware
PublikacjaIn the paper, we perform detailed performance analysis of three parallel MPI applications run in a parallel environment based on commodity hardware, using Docker and bare-metal configurations. The testbed applications are representative of the most typical parallel processing paradigms: master–slave, geometric Single Program Multiple Data (SPMD) as well as divide-and-conquer and feature characteristic computational and communication...
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An advanced tool integrating failure and sensitivity analysis into novel modeling of the stormwater flood volume
PublikacjaAn innovative tool for modeling the specific flood volume was presented that can be applied to assess the need for stormwater network modernization as well as for advanced flood risk assessment. Field measurements for a catchment area in Kielce, Poland, were used to apply the model and demonstrate its usefulness. This model extends the capability of recently developed statistical and machine learning hydrodynamic models developed...
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Największe osiedle mieszkaniowe międzywojennego Gdańska - stan obecny i perspektywy zachowania
PublikacjaZaprezentowane przykłady budynków modernistycznych pochodzą z największego gdańskiego osiedla mieszkaniowego z okresu dwudziestolecia międzywojennego – Osiedla Kościuszki. W analizowanym zespole zabudowy przeważa architektura mieszkaniowa wielorodzinna w zabudowie ciągłej. Chociaż charakteryzuje ją prostota i zharmonizowanie form, to poszczególne grupy budynków tworzące samodzielne podjednostki osiedla różnią się sposobem opracowania...
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Największe osiedle mieszkaniowe międzywojennego Gdańska - stan obecny i perspektywy zachowania
PublikacjaZaprezentowane przykłady budynków modernistycznych pochodzą z największego gdańskiego osiedla mieszkaniowego z okresu dwudziestolecia międzywojennego – Osiedla Kościuszki. W analizowanym zespole zabudowy przeważa architektura mieszkaniowa wielorodzinna w zabudowie ciągłej. Chociaż charakteryzuje ją prostota i zharmonizowanie form, to poszczególne grupy budynków tworzące samodzielne podjednostki osiedla różnią się sposobem opracowania...
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Przejazdy kolejowe na modernizowanych i rewitalizowanych liniach kolejowych - przepisy a rzeczywistość
PublikacjaPrzy modernizacji i rewitalizacji dróg szynowych jednym z elementów infrastruktury, wymagającym szczególnej uwagi już na etapie planowania inwestycji, są przejazdy i przejścia w poziomie szyn. Obowiązujące przepisy krajowe pochodzą z lat 90. ubiegłego wieku i w wielu aspektach nie uwzględniają specyfiki najczęściej obecnie występujących na liniach kolejowych inwestycji modernizacyjnych i rewitalizacyjnych. W przypadku linii należących...
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Usability of UML modeling tools
PublikacjaNarzędzia wspomagające modelowanie w UML pełnią istotną rolę w procesie wytwarzania i utrzymania oprogramowania. Badanie użyteczności tych narzędzi ma na celu poprawę produktywności oraz satysfakcji z ich użytkowania. W referacie zaprezentowano badania użyteczności za pomocą trzech metod: eksperymentalnego testowania efektywności, zapytań o aspekty użyteczności testowanych narzędzi oraz analitycznej metody GOMS (ang. Goals, Operators,...
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Distributed Architectures for Intensive Urban Computing: A Case Study on Smart Lighting for Sustainable Cities
PublikacjaNew information and communication technologies have contributed to the development of the smart city concept. On a physical level, this paradigm is characterised by deploying a substantial number of different devices that can sense their surroundings and generate a large amount of data. The most typical case is image and video acquisition sensors. Recently, these types of sensors are found in abundance in urban spaces and are responsible...
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The issues of participation in didactics of design. Case studies
PublikacjaThis article seeks to present and assess the usefulness of didactic methods aimed at preparing future architects for their role in the process of social participation. The article focuses on [a] a general overview of selected participation methods and tools, along with the examples of their application in the context of spatial management in Poland; [b] an overview of teaching methods used with a view to enhancing participation...
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Concept of 'Good Urban Governance' and Its Application in Sustainable Urban Planning
PublikacjaContemporary urban theory and practice in the post-industrial era is increasingly often turning towards an approach based on sustainable development. That concept bearing the traits of a paradigm has grown on the ground of broad quest for an alternative to the existing development model of the industrial civilisation. It has gained wide social acceptance and is the basis for many development and environmental programmes at the...
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Advanced Potential Energy Surfaces for Molecular Simulation
PublikacjaAdvanced potential energy surfaces are defined as theoretical models that explicitly include many-body effects that transcend the standard fixed-charge, pairwise-additive paradigm typically used in molecular simulation. However, several factors relating to their software implementation have precluded their widespread use in condensed-phase simulations: the computational cost of the theoretical models, a paucity of approximate models...
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Net-zero carbon condition in wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review of mitigation strategies and challenges
PublikacjaThe wastewater sector accounts for up to 7 and 10% of anthropogenic CH4 and N2O emissions, respectively. Nowadays wastewater treatment plants are going through a paradigm shift to approach a net-zero carbon condition. Numerous ongoing measures have taken place to identify the sources of greenhouse gases and minimize the carbon footprint. This paper systematically reviews all known practices leading towards net-zero carbon wastewater...
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On symmetric extendibility of quantum states and its applications
PublikacjaThis dissertation is focused on analysis of the symmetric extendibility of quantum states and its applications in the quantum information theory, with special attention paid to the area of quantum entanglement distillation, quantum channels theory, quantum security, and monogamy of quantum entanglement in time. We analyze geometry of the set of symmetric extendible states, i.e. such states that possess symmetric extensions and...
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Low-Cost and Highly-Accurate Behavioral Modeling of Antenna Structures by Means of Knowledge-Based Domain-Constrained Deep Learning Surrogates
PublikacjaThe awareness and practical benefits of behavioral modeling methods have been steadily growing in the antenna engineering community over the last decade or so. Undoubtedly, the most important advantage thereof is a possibility of a dramatic reduction of computational expenses associated with computer-aided design procedures, especially those relying on full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulations. In particular, the employment of...
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In vivoevaluation of the CB1allosteric modulator LDK1258 reveals CB1-receptor independent behavioral effects
PublikacjaIn the present study, we examined whether LDK1258, which produces strong CB1receptor allosteric effects ininvitroassays, would elicitin vivoeffects consistent with allosteric activity. In initial studies, LDK1258 reducedfood consumption and elicited delayed antinociceptive effects in the chronic constrictive injury of the sciaticnerve (CCI) model of neuropathic pain, which unexpectedly emerged 4 h post-injection. UPLC-MS/MS analysisquantified...
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Modelling AOB-NOB competition in shortcut nitrification compared with conventional nitrification-denitrification process
PublikacjaIn particular, mainstream deammonification and/or shortened nitrificationdenitrification via nitrite (so-called “nitrite shunt”) is a promising new treatment concept that has the potential to revolutionise how nitrogen removal is achieved at WWTPs. Understanding the role of the AOB/NOB competition in the nitrogen cycle in wastewater treatment systems will change operational strategies of the novel nitrogen removal processes. The...
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Improved Modeling of Microwave Structures Using Performance-Driven Fully-Connected Regression Surrogate
PublikacjaFast replacement models (or surrogates) have been widely applied in the recent years to accelerate simulation-driven design procedures in microwave engineering. The fundamental reason is a considerable—and often prohibitive—CPU cost of massive full-wave electromagnetic (EM) analyses related to solving common tasks such as parametric optimization or uncertainty quantification. The most popular class of surrogates are data-driven...
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Towards Resource Theory of Coherence in Distributed Scenarios
PublikacjaThe search for a simple description of fundamental physical processes is an important part of quantum theory. One example for such an abstraction can be found in the distance lab paradigm: if two separated parties are connected via a classical channel, it is notoriously difficult to characterize all possible operations these parties can perform. This class of operations is widely known as local operations and classical communication....
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Tubular House - Form Follows Technology, Concrete Shell Structure with Inner Thermal Insulation
PublikacjaThe aim of this paper is the theoretical analysis of the possibilities and limitations of using an unconventional technology and the original architectural form stemming from it – the building with external construction and internal insulation. In Central European climatic conditions, the traditional solution for the walls of heated buildings relies on using external thermal insulation. This stems from building physics: it prevents...
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ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT OF LIGHTING PARAMETERS AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN WARSAW
PublikacjaThe night time, based on many world studies, generates an increased risk of serious accidents (with fatalities and serious injuries). This is especially true for accidents with pedestrians. Pedestrian crossings are very sensitive to the influence of the time of day in terms of pedestrian safety, elements of road infrastructure. This is visible on the example of Poland, where numerous accidents at crosswalks are recorded, characterized...
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The Contemporary aspects of revitalization of the buildings and the port areas
PublikacjaPort cities are the forefront of globalization. The continued growth of international trade of goods and services has now played a major role in shaping the economic and social world. Strategies for mutual cooperation and follow-up between countries, cities and regions are increasingly complex. On the one hand it brings profits, on the other leads to destabilization and the need for transformation and constant modernization. Port...
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Mind the framing: Match purpose and context
PublikacjaIn several ways, the following chapters will allude to the concept of frames. The assumptions of a mathematical model tell us what it can explain and what it cannot (see chapter 5). The trade-off between the usefulness of a mathemati- cal model and the scale of complexity it seeks to capture further conditions the narrative, highlighting or downsizing cognitive elements relevant to responsible modelling (see ‘Mathematics and tales’...
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Polityki pamięci i tożsamości wobec (nie)chcianego dziedzictwa. Od Gdańska do Gdańzigu
PublikacjaCelem artykułu jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie, jak w zależności od polityki pamięci, pamięci zbiorowej i kultury historycznej kształtowano fizyczną przestrzeń miasta i jego obraz. Z przeprowadzonych dotychczas analiz wynika, że sposób, w jaki budowano narracje tożsamościowe, oparty był zasadniczo na konstrukcjach mitotwórczych, zwłaszcza na micie XVI–XVII-wiecznego „złotego wieku”. W Gdańsku, ze względu na bogatą przeszłość historyczną...
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Ukraine’s Energy Security in Strategies
PublikacjaDuring the independence period, the Ukrainian government has published two energy security strategies. The first strategy was adopted in 2006 and the second one in 2016. Both documents provided a similar definition of energy security. The aims of the first strategy, covering the period 2006–2030, were the restructuring of the fuel and energy complex using new technologies, increase of energy efficiency and ensuring market prices...
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IoT protocols, architectures, and applications
PublikacjaThe proliferation of embedded systems, wireless technologies, and Internet protocols have enabled the IoT to bridge the gap between the virtual and physical world enabling the monitoring and control of the environment by data processing systems. IoT refers to the inter-networking of everyday objects that are equipped with sensing, computation, and communication capabilities. These networks can collaboratively interact and perform...
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Multi-objective optimization of expensive electromagnetic simulation models
PublikacjaVast majority of practical engineering design problems require simultaneous handling of several criteria. For the sake of simplicity and through a priori preference articulation one can turn many design tasks into single-objective problems that can be handled using conventional numerical optimization routines. However, in some situations, acquiring comprehensive knowledge about the system at hand, in particular, about possible...
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Review of Recent Advancement on Nature/Bio-inspired Antenna Designs
PublikacjaThis article presents an extensive examination of antennas rooted in nature and biology, showcasing their remarkable performance across a wide spectrum of frequencies—from microwave to terahertz. The limitations of traditional antenna design have become increasingly evident in the face of burgeoning demands for novel communication technologies. Conventional analytical-equation-based approaches struggle to deliver the combined performance...
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Algorithmic Human Resources Management
PublikacjaThe rapid evolution of Digital Human Resources Management has introduced a transformative era where algorithms play a pivotal role in reshaping the landscape of workforce management. This transformation is encapsulated in the concepts of algorithmic management and algorithmic Human Resource Management (HRM). The integration of advanced analytics, predictive and prescriptive analytics and the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
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Management of Urban Waters with Nature-Based Solutions in Circular Cities—Exemplified through Seven Urban Circularity Challenges
PublikacjaNature-Based Solutions (NBS) have been proven to effectively mitigate and solve resource depletion and climate-related challenges in urban areas. The COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CA17133 entitled “Implementing nature-based solutions (NBS) for building a resourceful circular city” has established seven urban circularity challenges (UCC) that can be addressed effectively with NBS. This paper presents the outcomes...
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Potencjał kognitywno-kulturowy dzielnicy a innowacyjne strategie rehabilitacji w kontekście społecznej indywidualizacji. Studium przypadku: Mouraria, Lizbona = Innovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive-Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon
PublikacjaInnovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive- -Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon. This paper deals with the issue of sustainable urban rehabilitation interventions in city cores focused on value creation through culture-led development as a tool for building a cognitive city. The objective is to analyze cases of rehabilitation of public space by culture-led...
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Urban Mentoring as a new polish management technique in participatory planning
PublikacjaA decade of experience in implementation of numerous urban modernization projects in Poland resulted in a lively debate on socialization of the planning process, in which the matter of the public space quality has become the center of gravity. In those years, transformation from the classic administrative model of „bureaucracy planning” to the model of „management planning” has not been complete. The socialist primacy of the public...
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System of monitoring of the Forest Opera in Sopot structure and roofing
PublikacjaThe authors present a solution realized in Forest Opera (name in Polish: Opera Leśna) in Sopot (Poland) in connection with the modernization and construction of a new roof. The complicated structure of the roof of the facility and the used covering in form of membrane made of technical fabric required (for security reasons) to install the unit of devices allowing for the continuous geodetic monitoring of the facility. Monitoring...
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Scoreboard Architectural Pattern and Integration of Emotion Recognition Results
PublikacjaThis paper proposes a new design pattern, named Scoreboard , dedicated for applications solving complex, multi-stage, non-deterministic problems. The pattern provides a computational framework for the design and implementation of systems that integrate a large number of diverse specialized modules that may vary in accuracy, solution level, and modality. The Scoreboard is an extension of Blackboard design pattern and comes under...
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CMGNet: Context-aware middle-layer guidance network for salient object detection
PublikacjaSalient object detection (SOD) is a critical task in computer vision that involves accurately identifying and segmenting visually significant objects in an image. To address the challenges of gridding issues and feature...
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Towards Hybrid Urban Mobility: Kick Scooter as a Means of Individual Transport in the City
PublikacjaThe characteristic feature of a contemporary city is its inconvenience and oppressiveness caused by the hitherto dominant paradigm of urban planning based on car mobility. As a result, the inhabitants have to cope with air pollution, noise, spatial barriers, sedentary lifestyle and other factors which worsen their health and quality of life. Ecological and physically activating urban mobility thus plays an increasingly important...
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Anomaly Detection in Railway Sensor Data Environments: State-of-the-Art Methods and Empirical Performance Evaluation
PublikacjaTo date, significant progress has been made in the field of railway anomaly detection using technologies such as real-time data analytics, the Internet of Things, and machine learning. As technology continues to evolve, the ability to detect and respond to anomalies in railway systems is once again in the spotlight. However, railway anomaly detection faces challenges related to the vast infrastructure, dynamic conditions, aging...
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Dimensionality-Reduced Antenna Modeling with Stochastically Established Constrained Domain
PublikacjaOver the recent years, surrogate modeling methods have become increasingly widespread in the design of contemporary antenna systems. On the one hand, it is associated with a growing awareness of numerical optimization, instrumental in achieving high-performance structures. On the other hand, considerable computational expenses incurred by massive full-wave electromagnetic (EM) analyses, routinely employed as a major design tool,...
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Total Completion Time Minimization for Scheduling with Incompatibility Cliques
PublikacjaThis paper considers parallel machine scheduling with incompatibilities between jobs. The jobs form a graph equivalent to a collection of disjoint cliques. No two jobs in a clique are allowed to be assigned to the same machine. Scheduling with incompatibilities between jobs represents a well-established line of research in scheduling theory and the case of disjoint cliques has received increasing attention in recent...
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Direct Constraint Control for EM-Based Miniaturization of Microwave Passives
PublikacjaHandling constraints imposed on physical dimensions of microwave circuits has become an important design consideration over the recent years. It is primarily fostered by the needs of emerging application areas such as 5G mobile communications, internet of things, or wearable/implantable devices. The size of conventional passive components is determined by the guided wavelength, and its reduction requires topological modifications,...
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Molecular Design Using Selected Concentration Effects in Optically Activated Fluorescent Matrices
PublikacjaMolecular physics plays a pivotal role in various fields, including medicine, pharmaceuticals, and broader industrial applications. This study aims to enhance the methods for producing specific optically active materials with distinct spectroscopic properties at the molecular level, which are crucial for these sectors, while prioritizing human safety in both production and application. Forensic science, a significant socio-economic...
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Numerical Analysis of an Impact of Planned Location of Sewage Discharge on Natura 2000 Areas – The Dead Vistula Region Case Study
PublikacjaThis article presents results of an analysis of impact of a designed discharge of contaminated water into the Dead Vistula (Wisła Martwa) in the region of the Isthmus (Przesmyk) with the aim of determination of a possible effect of the pollution onto protected areas of Natura 2000 (bird habitats and sites, especially the Bird Paradise – Ptasi Raj) nature reserve. The analysis was conducted on the basis of the two-dimensional modelling...
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Double-diffusive natural convection energy transfer in magnetically influenced Casson fluid flow in trapezoidal enclosure with fillets
PublikacjaThe prime motive of this disquisition is to deal with mathematical analysis of natural convection energy transport driven by combined buoyancy effects of thermal and solutal diffusion in a trapezoidal enclosure. Casson fluid rheological constitutive model depicting attributes of viscoelastic liquids is envisioned. The influence of the inclined magnetic field governed by Lorentz field law is also considered. To raise the essence...
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Vehicle detector training with minimal supervision
PublikacjaRecently many efficient object detectors based on convolutional neural networks (CNN) have been developed and they achieved impressive performance on many computer vision tasks. However, in order to achieve practical results, CNNs require really large annotated datasets for training. While many such databases are available, many of them can only be used for research purposes. Also some problems exist where such datasets are not...
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Regenarative tourism – between theory and practice
PublikacjaPurpose: The aim of this article is to present a shift in thinking in terms of implementing the systems and practices needed to transition to a regenerative approach in tourism. The article aims to provide concrete ways to change thinking and move towards a regenerative paradigm in the tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach: This viewpoint paper defines regenerative tourism and explores its principles and the possibilities...
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Przestrzeń publiczna a przemiany miasta
PublikacjaPraca składa się z dwunastu rozdziałów. Pierwsza część ma charakter wprowadzający do problematyki przestrzeni publicznej. W rozdziale drugim autorka przywołuje wybrane i ważne dla przedmiotu badań koncepcje teoretyczne oparte na modelu wieloparadygmatycznym. Rozdział trzeci osnuty jest wokół antycznego wzorca przestrzeni publicznej, który ze względu na niezwykłe bogactwo rozwiązań w tym zakresie wywodzi się właśnie z tego pnia....
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Enzyme-conjugated MXene nanocomposites for biosensing and biocatalysis acuities
PublikacjaEngineered two-dimensional (2-D) MXenes-based materials with tunable characteristics and multi-functionalities have brought up new paradigms in the biosensing and catalysis of chemical compounds. The profusion of electroactive functional moieties on the surface of few/multi-layer MXenes facilitates their ability to retain biomolecules such as enzymes resulting in unique dimensions for bioanalytical and biosensing applications....
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Clickable polysaccharides for biomedical applications: A comprehensive review
PublikacjaRecent advances in materials science and engineering highlight the importance of designing sophisticated biomaterials with well-defined architectures and tunable properties for emerging biomedical applications. Click chemistry, a powerful method allowing specific and controllable bioorthogonal reactions, has revolutionized our ability to make complex molecular structures with a high level of specificity, selectivity, and yield...
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Władza misjonarzy. Zmierzch i świt świeckiej religii w Dolinie Krzemowej
Publikacja"Władza misjonarzy" to książka o misjonarskim zapale zmieniania świata i o kryzysie świeckiej religii towarzyszącej liderom nowych technologii, o ich świętokradztwach i sprofesjonalizowanej pokucie mającej przywrócić harmonię technologicznego raju na ziemi z Alphabetem, Metą, Apple i TikTokiem w roli głównej. Także o skruszonych inżynierach, żałujących każdej chwili, którą poświęcili na wymyślanie uzależniających algorytmicznych rozwiązań...
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Book Review
PublikacjaActing over the last three decades as an Editor and Associate Editor for a number of international journals in the general area of cybernetics and AI, as well as a Chair and Co-Chair of numerous conferences in this field, I have had the exciting opportunity to closely witness and to be actively engaged in the stimulating research area of machine learning and its important augmentation with deep learning techniques and technologies. From...
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Kreatywna destrukcja uniwersytetu = Creative destruction of the university
PublikacjaAutorzy podejmują problematykę zmian we współczesnym uniwersytecie. Wychodząc z założenia, że celem uniwersytetu jest, obok kształcenia masowego, wykształcenie elity przedsiębiorców intelektualnych przyszłych liderów społeczeństwa wiedzy, zaproponowano twórczą destrukcję organizacji uczelni, której istotą jest przeniesienie osi organizacyjnej z podstawowych jednostek uczelni, jakimi są wydziały na zespoły, a osi koordynacyjnej...