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  • Ionosphere variability I: Advances in observational, monitoring and detection capabilities

    Publikacja
    • I. Tsagouri
    • A. Belehaki
    • D. R. Themens
    • N. Jakowski
    • T. Fuller-Rowell
    • M. M. Hoque
    • G. Nykiel
    • W. J. Miloch
    • C. Borries
    • A. Morozova... i 3 innych

    - ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH - Rok 2023

    The paper aims to review recent advances regarding the observational and monitoring capabilities of the ionization conditions in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The analysis spans both ground and space-based experiments, seeking for new installations and/or missions, new or upgraded instrumentation and/or observational network establishments as means for advancing current understanding and prediction ability of the ionosphere variability....

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  • Muneer Ahmed Mr

    Osoby

    Looking for an organization where I can better utilize my scientific and technical skills in the arena of research or work as a faculty person. Besides, I am also willing to work as professional engineer with dedication and diligence in dynamic environment. Likewise, I've been a committed and tenacious candidate throughout my career. I am aware of the level of commitment, dedication and strength required. Despite the fact that...

  • IATUL Fall Seminar - Connecting in a disconnected world.

    Wydarzenia

    15-12-2021 12:00 - 15-12-2021 15:45

      We invite both current community members and other people interested in IATUL's activities to the online seminar on December 15, 2021. During the meeting, we will talk about the mission and activities of the organisation, as well as the benefits of belonging to the IATUL community. In addition, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), analysing...

  • Study on Polymer Elements for Mitigation of Earthquake-Induced Pounding Between Buildings in Complex Arrangements

    Publikacja

    Pounding between neighboring structures during seismic events has been revealed as one of the most commonly observed reasons for severe damage or even total collapse of the adjacent buildings. Therefore, pounding effects have recently become an issue of great interest of many numerical and experimental investigations in many earthquake-prone regions of the world. It has also been observed that the differences in dynamic characteristics...

  • The American Sign Language alphabet

    Dane Badawcze
    open access

    The American Sign Language dataset contains all static letters of the American alphabet, meaning those that do not require movement to perform (the entire alphabet except for the letters 'J' and 'Z', which are dynamic and require hand movement).

  • Evaluation of working spaces' technical condition of marine diesel engine on the basis of operation research

    Publikacja

    - Journal of Polish CIMEEAC - Rok 2010

    The paper presents the method of evaluation of the technical state of working spaces of a marine diesel engine at the reduced control susceptibility. The method foresees making diagnosis on the basis of the measurements of exhaust gas pressure in the channels connecting engine cylinders with turbocharger's turbine. In the beginning of the article the research objects are characterized i.e. ZVIEZDA main engine of M401 type and the...

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  • Application of dynamic time warping and cepstrograms to text-dependent speaker verification

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2009

    This work provides a description of an automatic speaker verification (ASV) system. In particular, it documents the evolution of all individual stages of the proposed ASV system design from the phase of preprocessing to an operational decision making system. The aim of this research was to achieve the system of the best safety and ease of use in view of users. The objective estimation of this target has been accomplished by assessing...

  • A Framework for Enhancing Supplier Selection Process by Using SOEKS and Decisional DNA

    Publikacja

    Abstract. Supplier selection process is one of the significant stages in supply chain management for industrial manufactured products. It plays an integral role in the success of any manufacturing organization and is an important part starting right from selecting raw material to dispatch of finished products. This paper contributes to enhance the supplier selection process by proposing a multi-criteria decision making framework...

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  • Decisional-DNA-Based Digital Twin Implementation Architecture for Virtual Engineering Objects

    Publikacja

    - CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS - Rok 2024

    Digital twin (DT) is an enabling technology that integrates cyber and physical spaces. It is well-fitted for manufacturing setup since it can support digitalized assets and data analytics for product and process control. Conventional manufacturing setups are still widely used all around the world for the fabrication of large-scale production. This article proposes a general DT implementation architecture for engineering objects/artifacts...

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  • Multi-Stage Video Analysis Framework

    The chapter is organized as follows. Section 2 presents the general structure of the proposed framework and a method of data exchange between system elements. Section 3 is describing the low-level analysis modules for detection and tracking of moving objects. In Section 4 we present the object classification module. Sections 5 and 6 describe specialized modules for detection and recognition of faces and license plates, respectively....

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  • Underwater Navigation Ssystem Based on Doppler Shift – Measurements and Error Estimations

    A new acoustic navigation system was developed to determine the position and speed of moving underwater objects such as divers and underwater vehicles. The path of an object and its speed were determined by the Doppler shifts of acoustic signals emitted by a transmitter placed on the object and received by four hydrophones installed at the periphery of the monitored body of water. The position and speed measurements were affected...

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  • Modelling of Objects Behaviour for Their Re-identification in Multi-camera Surveillance System Employing Particle Filters and Flow Graphs

    Publikacja

    An extension of the re-identification method of modeling objects behavior in muti-camera surveillance systems, related to adding a particle filter to the decision-making algorithm is covered by the paper. A variety of tracking methods related to a single FOV (Field of Vision) are known, proven to be quite different for inter-camera tracking, especially in case of non-overlapping FOVs. The re-identification methods refer to the...

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  • Diver Observations by Means of Acoustic Methods

    Publikacja

    Searching for objects, especially small ones, moving under water near its the free surface, is always not an easy task. Designing tools for the detection of such targets is a real challenge when the possibility of a terrorist attack is a real threat. This paper presents some aspects of diver detection by means of acoustics methods, both active (side scan sonar) and passive ones (linear receiving antenna). This approach is quite...

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  • Optimization model of agile team’s cohesion

    Publikacja

    - Procedia Computer Science - Rok 2014

    Team’s cohesion is one of the most important factors of IT project execution effectiveness. Optimization of team’s cohesion gives the possibility of reducing the risk of project failure. It also allows to increase the teamwork efficiency and thus optimize time of tasks execution, increase the guarantee of maintaining the scope of the project and the chance of achieving a given level of products quality. This article presents determination...

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  • Application of the Boundary Element Method for the Simulation of Two-dimensional Viscous Incompressible Flow

    The paper presents the application of an indirect variant of the boundary element method (BEM) to solve the two-dimensional steady flow of a Stokes liquid. In the BEM, a system of differential equations is transformed into integral equations. Thi smakes it possible to limit discretization to the border of the solution. Numerical discretization of the computational domain was performed with linear boundary elements, for which a...

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  • Konzepte zur Energieeffizienzsteigerung bei Internet-Zugangsgeräten

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2008

    The key issue of this paper is the power management of Internet access devices. The paper commences with an outline on the energy consumption of today's IT devices. It is followed by a description of options to increase energy efficiency of computers. The paper proves that in practice network cards and other IT network components, such as modems, network access points, switches and routers have the maximum energy consumption -...

  • Discovering patterns of Web Page Visits from Associaton Rules Viewpoint

    Publikacja

    The popularity of the Internet results from the almost unlimited resources of information stored in it. At the same time, Internet portals have become a widespread source of information and note very large number of visits. The list of web pages opened by users is stored in web servers' log files. Extraction of knowledge on the navigation paths of users has become carefully analyzed problem. Currently, there are a number of algorithms...

  • Multispectral impedance quality testing of coil-coating system using principal component analysis

    The task of quality checking of the coil-coated system was undertaken using impedance spectroscopy. In order to properly characterize the system the new impedance spectrum was calculated as an averaged result of 12 experimental spectra obtained from 12 different places of the sample at the same time of immersion in 3% of NaCl. The experimental spectra were recorded for a 24-h period at 1 h intervals between starting points of each...

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  • Status and trends of mercury pollution of the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems in Poland

    Publikacja
    • A. Jedruch
    • L. Falkowska
    • D. Saniewska
    • M. Durkalec
    • A. Nawrocka
    • E. Kalisińska
    • A. Kowalski
    • J. Pacyna

    - AMBIO - Rok 2021

    The goal of this paper is to assess the current status and trends of total mercury (THg) contamination of the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems in Poland. The study shows that the reduced domestic and worldwide atmospheric emission of Hg resulted in decreased THg level in the terrestrial biotope and biosphere. Considering that Poland is one of the main Hg emitters in Europe, the THg concentrations in its abiotic environment...

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  • Application Of Generative Adversarial Network for Data Augmentation and Multiplication to Automated Cell Segmentation of the Corneal Endothelium

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2024

    Considering the automatic segmentation of the endothelial layer, the available data of the corneal endothelium is still limited to a few datasets, typically containing an average of only about 30 images. To fill this gap, this paper introduces the use of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to augment and multiply data. By using the ``Alizarine'' dataset, we train a model to generate a new synthetic dataset with over 513k images....

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  • Three-Dimensional Printing of Bone Models

    Publikacja

    The trabecular bone occurs, for example, in the femoral heads. Understanding the phenomenon of bone tissue degeneration can be the basis for the possibility of looking for alternative methods of surgical treatment of bone loss. The paper presents the results of the trabecular bone model, which was produced in additive manufacturing method with fused filament fabrication technology. The verification of the mechanical behavior of...

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  • Selecting an Applicable Cybersecurity Assessment Framework: Qualitative Metrics-Based Multiple-Factor Analysis

    Recently, a survey of cybersecurity assessment methods focused on general characteristics was conducted. Among its major findings, it revealed the methods’ adoption issues. This paper presents a follow-up to the study. It provides an in-depth analysis of the methods’ adoption-related properties based on qualitative metrics. As a result, the proposals which demonstrate a higher adoption potential were identified. The methods are...

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  • Bridging the Gap Between Legitimacy and Neutralisation Strategies in Sustainability Reporting

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2024

    Amid global sustainability challenges, such as climate change, companies operating in different industries face increasing demands for accountability and transparency. To meet these demands, sustainability reporting (SR) has become a mainstream business practice in communicating companies’ positive and negative sustainability impacts. This short paper aims to increase our understanding of how companies may release negative information...

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  • Influence of User Mobility on System Loss and Depolarization in a BAN Indoor Scenario

    Publikacja
    • M. M. Ferreira
    • F. D. Cardoso
    • S. J. Ambroziak
    • M. Särestöniemi
    • K. Turbić
    • L. M. Correia

    - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION - Rok 2024

    In this article, an analysis of system loss and depolarization in body area networks (BANs) for body-toinfrastructure (B2I) communications based on a measurement campaign in the 5.8 GHz band in an indoor environment is performed. Measurements were performed with an off-body antenna transmitting linearly polarized signals and dual-polarized receiving antennas carried by the user on the body. A normal distribution with a mean of...

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  • Commitment Ladder in the Relationship between Service Providers and Customers as Added Value in Sustainable Services Development

    Publikacja

    The socioeconomic sphere and the relationships in which commitment occurs are important elements in the development of sustainable services. The study reported in this article identifies the elements that influence the development of the relationship between service providers and their customers and proposes a model that describes the state of the relationship between service providers and customers in terms of symmetrical commitment...

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  • The Influence of External Additional Loading on the Muscle Activity and Ground Reaction Forces during Gait

    Publikacja

    - Applied Bionics and Biomechanics - Rok 2021

    Asymmetrical external loading acting on the usculoskeletal system is generally considered unhealthy. Despite this knowledge, carrying loads in an asymmetrical manner like carrying on one shoulder, with one hand, or on the strap across the torso is a common practice. This study is aimed at presenting the effects of the mentioned load carrying methods on muscle activity assessed by using thermal field and ground reaction forces....

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  • System Loss Model for Body Area Networks in Room Scenarios

    Publikacja
    • M. M. Ferreira
    • F. D. Cardoso
    • S. J. Ambroziak
    • M. Särestöniemi
    • L. M. Correia

    - Rok 2023

    This paper presents an analysis of system loss in Body Area Networks for room scenarios, based on a wideband measurement campaign at 5.8 GHz. The measurements were performed with a fixed antenna transmitting vertically and horizontally polarised signals, while the user wears dualpolarised antennas. The average system losses in co- and crosspolarised channels are 41.4 and 42.6 dB for vertically polarised transmitted signals and...

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  • Parseval Wavelet Frames on Riemannian Manifold

    Publikacja

    We construct Parseval wavelet frames in L 2 (M) for a general Riemannian manifold M and we show the existence of wavelet unconditional frames in L p (M) for 1 < p < ∞. This is made possible thanks to smooth orthogonal projection decomposition of the identity operator on L 2 (M), which was recently proven by Bownik et al. (Potential Anal 54:41–94, 2021). We also show a characterization of Triebel–Lizorkin F sp,q (M) and Besov B...

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  • Katalizatory wykorzystywane w syntezie biodiesla

    Publikacja

    - Wiadomości Chemiczne - Rok 2022

    Rising prices of electricity, conventional fuels and heating require decisive steps in the further development of technologies based on renewable energy sources. These include geothermal-; hydrothermal-; aerothermal-; and solar energy. Due to the fact that the petrochemical industry is one of the fastest growing branches of the economy, we would like to expand on the topic related to biofuels. Biodiesel is an alternative fuel similar...

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  • Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of highly dispersible superparamagnetic silica coated magnetite nanoparticles

    Publikacja

    - JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS - Rok 2017

    Superparamagnetic behavior in aqueously well dispersible magnetite core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles is presented. The magnetic properties of core-shell nanoparticles were measured with use of the DC, AC magnetometry and EPR spectroscopy. Particles were characterized by HR-TEM and Raman spectroscopy, showing a crystalline magnetic core of 11.5 ± 0.12 nm and an amorphous silica shell of 22 ± 1.5 nm in thickness. The DC, AC magnetic...

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  • Experimental research on marine oil-lubricated stern tube bearing

    Bearings of propeller shafts are very crucial elements of the propulsion system of each of the ships. The safety of shipping depends on their durability and reliability. The new legal restrictions mean that today we are looking for environmentally friendly solutions. That is why water-lubricated bearings are becoming more and more popular. So, will oil-lubricated shaft bearings belong to the past? The bearing with a white metal...

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  • Response of high voltage disconnector under seismic excitation - experimental and numerical study

    Publikacja

    The efficiency of the energetic infrastructure system is a very import safety issue in the region experienced by the ground motion. The aim of the present paper is to show the results of the experimental and numerical study focused on the earthquake-induced response of the high voltage disconnector, which is an important element of energetic network. First, the impact tests as well as the sweep-sine shaking table tests were conducted....

  • Random field modelling of mechanical behaviour of corroded thin steel plate specimens

    Publikacja

    - ENGINEERING STRUCTURES - Rok 2020

    The objective of this work is to explore the possibility of corrosion degradation modelling of thin steel plate specimens with the use of random field approach. The mechanical properties are obtained via the nonlinear Finite Element Analysis with the use of an explicit dynamic solver. The fully nonlinear material model is adopted to obtain the proper stress-strain response. Sensitivity analysis considering the main statistical...

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  • Renewable natural resources as green alternative substrates to obtain bio-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes-review

    Commercially available polyurethanes are synthesized by the polyaddition of diisocyanates with polyols and low molecular weight chain extenders. A new approach to polyurethanes synthesis is realized via non-isocyanate routes. Negative impacts of petroleum-based chemicals on the environment and human health as well as gradual reduction of fuel-based resources, which leads to an increase in their prices, are an incentive to looking...

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  • Properties of Barium Cerate-Zirconate Thin Films

    Publikacja

    - Crystals - Rok 2021

    In this work, we review several experimental results showing the electrical properties of barium cerate-zirconate thin films and discuss them in view of the possible influence of various factors on their properties. Most of the presented Ba(Ce, Zr, Y)O3 thin films were formed by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique, however thin films prepared using other methods, like RF magnetron sputtering, electron-beam deposition, powder...

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  • Hydrogen Bonds in Blends of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), Poly(N-ethylacrylamide) Homopolymers, and Carboxymethyl Cellulose

    Publikacja
    • A. García-Peñas
    • W. Liang
    • S. Hashmi
    • G. Sharma
    • M. Saeb
    • F. J. Stadler

    - Journal of Composites Science - Rok 2021

    Recently, it was reported that the physical crosslinking exhibited by some biopolymers could provide multiple benefits to biomedical applications. In particular, grafting thermoresponsive polymers onto biopolymers may enhance the degradability or offer other features, as thermothickening behavior. Thus, different interactions will affect the different hydrogen bonds and interactions from the physical crosslinking of carboxymethyl...

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  • HEALTH SAFETY OF BREAD IN SMALL BAKERIES

    The aim of the article is to present the safety and health risks in the production process of bread, supported by research in small bakeries located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Health safety of bread is one of the features that decide its quality. This article additionally presents other determinants influencing the quality of bread. It also demonstrates opinions showing food safety as a separate attribute of quality. The paper...

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  • FINITE GROUND CPW-FED UWB ANTENNA OVER THE METALLIC CYLINDRICAL SURFACES

    The investigation of finite ground coplanar fed ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna and the influence of its curvature and the proximity of circular metallic screen on the reflection coefficients and radiation characteristics is presented. The antenna is composed of two circular coplanar strips which enclose slot aperture of similar shape and is designed on a thin and flexible substrate which allows its bending. The antenna configuration...

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  • Response of a steel tank during earthquakes and mining tremors - experimental investigation

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    Cylindrical steel tanks are very popular shell structures used to store the products of chemical and petroleum industries. Any failure might have disastrous consequences, therefore their safety and reliability is essential. Earthquakes are the most dangerous and also the most unpredictable dynamic loads acting on such structures. On the other hand, mining tremors are usually considered to be less severe due to lower acceleration...

  • A more colorful hat problem

    The topic is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of winning. We consider a generalized hat...

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  • The hat problem on cycles on at least nine vertices

    Publikacja

    The topic is the hat problem in which each of n players is randomly fitted with a blue or red hat. Then everybody can try to guess simultaneously his own hat color by looking at the hat colors of the other players. The team wins if at least one player guesses his hat color correctly, and no one guesses his hat color wrong; otherwise the team loses. The aim is to maximize the probability of winning. In this version every player...

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  • Kinetic analysis of the stage for a high speed steam turbine

    This article analyzes possibilites of resonances within a control stage for a high speed steam turbine. This stage hase been based on assembling of a single blade to a rotating disk and increasing of rigidity of the system by using of a bandage. In the analysis will be nd a possiblity of resonance frequency, and mistuning by showing safety working ranges. The calculations have bean used the3D modal and harmonic analysis by the...

  • CSR – A FASHION OR REAL COMMITMENT? THE CASE OF POLISH LISTED COMPANIES

    This article, without claiming to be the ultimate reference, aims at assessing the social commitment of the large and solid financially, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), Polish companies, on the eve of the implementation of the EU directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information (2014/95/EU). The selected companies seem perfect to form a vanguard of CSR in Poland, but the results of the analysis indicate...

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  • TERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS OF TURBINE STEAM PARAMETERS

    In this work a heat balance was made for the nominal conditions of a block working with 18K370 turbine. For the parameters obtained, the thermal-flow calculations of the steam turbine were performed, maintaining the actual geometry of its flow system. Based on the nominal values obtained, iterative thermal and flow calculations were made for both the heat cycle of the power plant block and the steam turbine itself, seeking to obtain...

  • Application of gas chromatography to evaluate the quality of rapeseed oil

    Two-dimensional gas chromatography is an analytical technique, which is increasingly being used in food research. Through the analysis of volatile fraction, it is possible to determine the quality of food products. One of the reasons for the deterioration of food is thermal degradation. Products that are often subject to degradation reactions due to temperatures are edible oils. In the thesis, the results of edible oils with different...

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  • Load testing of a suspended footbridge in Radom (Poland)

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    The footbridge in Radom is a suspended bridge of an interesting architectural form. The structure was de-signed for 4 kN/m2 of crowd loading. Dynamic calculations were not included in the design. The structure’s acceptance tests took place on the 14th of October 2016. The behaviour of the footbridge in static testing met the expectations. Unfortunately, as a result of dynamic tests, dangerous behaviour of the footbridge was revealed....

  • Kształtowanie tożsamości na przykładzie małych miast województwa pomorskiego

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    Small towns form an important element of the landscape, economy, both social and cultural life of our regions. Moreover, the way they develop determine regional indicators of the quality of life. These centers take today attempt to redefine its role and place in the spatial structures of the region, looking for new impulses and development opportunities to improve the living conditions of the local public. They have deeply divergent...

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  • Conditions for Multiple Acquisition of Echoes from Stationary Targets in Successive Transmissions of Active Sonars

    In echolocation, the highest possible number of contacts with a detected target is clearly decisive on the possibilities of echo processing to optimise the estimation of distinctive characteristics of the observed target. In hydrolocation, the slow propagation of acoustic waves in water reduces the number of contacts of echosounders and sonars with detected targets. The article considers model conditions for acquiring multiple...

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  • The role of governance to support smart community development: a systematic literature review

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    - Rok 2024

    This paper studies the interaction between the smart community and smart governance concepts to elaborate on the role of governance to support local governments in developing smart communities’ strategies and solutions. We perform a systematic literature review to analyse how the concept of smart community has advanced in terms of its definitions, context, benefits, challenges, and enablers and propose a unified term with a focus...

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  • Developing Novel Solutions to Realise the European Energy - Information Sharing & Analysis Centre

    Publikacja

    For more effective decision making in preparation for and response to cyberevents in the energy sector, multilevel situation awareness, from technical to strategic is essential. With an uncertain picture of evolving threats, sharing of the latest cybersecurity knowledge among all sector stakeholders can inform and improve decisions and responses. This paper describes two novel solutions proposed during the formation of the European...

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