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  • Design of Microstrip UWB Balun Using Quasi-TEM Approach Aided by the Artificial Neural Network

    Publikacja

    The design procedure for UWB balun realized in the microstrip technology is proposed in the paper. The procedure applies Artificial Neural Network which corrects the dimensions of the approximate design found by appropriate scaling of the dimensions of the prototype. The scale coefficients for longitudinal and transverse dimensions of microstrip lines are determined from electromagnetic modeling based on transmission line equations....

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  • Social Entrepreneurship through Cooperatives: Founder Insights

    Publikacja
    • B. Huybrechts
    • T. Nelson
    • D. Nelson
    • G. Trasiani
    • K. Harris
    • R. Pashov
    • M. Starnawska
    • G. Esposito
    • A. Carobolante
    • F. Dufays
    • N. O’Shea

    - Rok 2013

    In this research we are interested in how social entrepreneurs think about their organizational creation process in the context of cooperatives, and how cooperatives conceptualize and actualize their ‘care for community’ social principles. In this interface of organizational purpose and form, we find a variety of interesting issues presented by our interview sample of founders of young, global organizations from six nations. Discussing...

  • Do online reviews reveal mobile application usability and user experience? The case of WhatsApp

    The variety of hardware devices and the diversity of their users imposes new requirements and expectations on designers and developers of mobile applications (apps). While the Internet has enabled new forms of communication platform, online stores provide the ability to review apps. These informal online app reviews have become a viral form of electronic wordof-mouth (eWOM), covering a plethora of issues. In our study, we set ourselves...

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  • Revising Entrepreneurial Orientation Construct in Social Enterprise

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    - Rok 2017

    Entrepreneurial behavior and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) have received significant scholarly attention in entrepreneurship and management research, but mainly in the commercial context. However, some attempts discussing such behavior and EO among non-profit organizations, but limited in the social enterprise context. The literature argues that EO is higher in such contexts (Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum & Shulman, 2009; Lumpkin,...

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  • Nicole Nawrot dr inż.

    Dr inż. Nicole Nawrot jest zatrudniona w Katedrze Inżynierii Sanitarnej od 2016 roku. W 2021 uzyskała tytuł naukowy doktora z wyróżnieniem w dziedzinie nauk inżynieryjno-technicznych w dyscyplinie inżynieria środowiska, górnictwo i energetyka. Pracę doktorską pt. „Heavy metals in urban retention tanks bottom sediments: distribution, source tracking, and evaluation of phytostabilisation adaptability and performance of P. australis...

  • Sizes of iron hydroxide particles formed during ferric coagulation processes

    The aim of the study was to apply laser granulometer for measuring sizes of particles formed in iron-based coagulation process in water, which did not contain significant amounts of organic compounds. The research was conducted using tap water, obtained from underground sources. Iron sulfate in doses of 2.0–10.0 mgFe L–1 was added to water. During initial stage of flocculation, iron hydroxide particles reached dimensions between...

  • EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION ON SPECIMEN GEOMETRY EFFECT ON THE CTOD VALUE FOR VL-E36 SHIPBUILDING STEEL

    Publikacja

    There are special cases in the marine industry, where additional material tests, such as the fracture toughness test, must be performed. Additional fracture toughness tests, such as CTOD (Crack Tip Opening Displacement), are typically performed on three-point bend specimens. The dimension that defines all the specimen dimensions is the thickness of the material to be tested. It is recommended by classification societies (e.g. DNVGL)...

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  • Greencoin Project - open phase application dataset

    Dane Badawcze

    This dataset captures detailed transactional records of the Greencoin project, focusing on rewarding pro-environmental behavior in the Tricity region of Poland. It includes data on user interactions such as quiz completions, challenges, and other sustainable actions, with corresponding timestamps and wallet balances. This data supports research on gamification...

  • Increased Certification of Semi-device Independent Random Numbers using Many Inputs and More Postprocessing

    Publikacja
    • P. A. Mironowicz
    • A. Tavakoli
    • A. Hameedi
    • B. Marques
    • M. Pawłowski
    • M. Bourennane

    - NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS - Rok 2016

    Quantum communication with systems of dimension larger than two provides advantages in information processing tasks. Examples include higher rates of key distribution and random number generation. The main disadvantage of using such multi-dimensional quantum systems is the increased complexity of the experimental setup. Here, we analyze a not-so-obvious problem: the relation between randomness certification and computational requirements...

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  • Modelling and computer animation of geodetic field work

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2014

    3D modelling of objects is a way of obtaining information, while the visualization of geospatial data is becoming a production task in the scope of surveying. Visualization of geospatial data provides effective tools for analysis information about the land surface, land cover, its features, properties etc. Computer animations, both 2D images and 3D are becoming additional, expected and clear form for presentation results of geodetic...

  • Thanos Of Titan

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  • Move into the open space – what can we expect from moving artistic interventions to open urban spaces?

    Publikacja

    - Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - Rok 2017

    The paper discuses the role of incorporating creative engagement into the processes of urban and social development using cultural means of action and expression and the potential of artistic interventions in public space. The block of initiatives within the People’s Smart Sculpture EU project, realized by Gdańsk City Gallery, has been named “Move Into The Open Space”. This paper will provide...

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  • Justyna Signerska-Rynkowska dr inż.

    Since 2021 visiting assistant professor in Dioscuri Centre in Topological Data Analysis (Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, IMPAN)  Since 2016   assistant professor at Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics and                      Mathematics, Department of Differential Equations and Mathematics Applications  2020 - 2023  Principal Investigator in "SONATA" grant “Challenges of low-dimensional...

  • Self-standing Nanoarchitectures

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2020

    Despite there are structures invisible for the human eye, they mastered the world of advanced electronic devices, sensors, novel cosmetics or drugs. When the dimensions of the materials go down to the nanometres scale, their properties change dramatically comparing to the observable objects. Because of their tiny size, they gained the name of nanomaterials but simultaneously their importance has significantly grown up. Nanomaterials...

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  • Investigating Feature Spaces for Isolated Word Recognition

    Publikacja
    • P. Treigys
    • G. Korvel
    • G. Tamulevicius
    • J. Bernataviciene
    • B. Kostek

    - Rok 2020

    The study addresses the issues related to the appropriateness of a two-dimensional representation of speech signal for speech recognition tasks based on deep learning techniques. The approach combines Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and time-frequency signal representation converted to the investigated feature spaces. In particular, waveforms and fractal dimension features of the signal were chosen for the time domain, and...

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  • A Study of Cross-Linguistic Speech Emotion Recognition Based on 2D Feature Spaces

    Publikacja
    • G. Tamulevicius
    • G. Korvel
    • A. B. Yayak
    • P. Treigys
    • J. Bernataviciene
    • B. Kostek

    - Electronics - Rok 2020

    In this research, a study of cross-linguistic speech emotion recognition is performed. For this purpose, emotional data of different languages (English, Lithuanian, German, Spanish, Serbian, and Polish) are collected, resulting in a cross-linguistic speech emotion dataset with the size of more than 10.000 emotional utterances. Despite the bi-modal character of the databases gathered, our focus is on the acoustic representation...

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  • Zaufanie w zespole badawczym – studium przypadku (projekt CD NIWA realizowany na Politechnice Gdańskiej)

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2016

    Artykuł dotyczy tematyki klimatu pracy zespołowej, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem zaufania w zespole jako czynnika warunkującego zaangażowanie, efektywność i innowacyjność zespołu. Przeanalizowano znaczenie oraz wymiary zaufania w zespole badawczym na podstawie koncepcji International Team Trust Indicator, czyli dziesięciowymiarowego modelu zaufania. Celem artykułu jest analiza klimatu współpracy i poziomu zaufania w interdyscyplinarnym...

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  • GROUPS OF GERMAN DOMESTIC APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS ACCORDING TO NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES

    Finding the best way to develop new products has been always a hot topic for practitioners and academics. However, so far only a few of these kinds of studies have concentrated on a single industry. In this paper, we group German domestic appliance manufacturers with regards to their new product development (NPD) practices to discover their attitude to NPD effort. By conducting a survey we found that three different groups of manufacturers...

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  • Driving the Image of an Electricity Supplier through Marketing Activities

    Publikacja

    - Forum Scientiae Oeconomia - Rok 2023

    The aim of this study is to determine how marketing actions undertaken within the marketing mix by electricity providers influence their image. Referring to the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) theory, research hypotheses were formulated, and a regression model was constructed, assuming positive impacts of selected marketing actions of electricity providers on their image. A quantitative approach was employed to test the research...

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  • Self-adwokatura jako forma wolontariatu osób z niepełnosprawnością

    Self-advocacy is both a competence necessary for independent adult life and a form of activity of people with disability in terms of exercising their rights to self-determine. It is also a form of social inclusion and participation, often having a character of volunteer engagement of people with disability in work for their minority group. Although the access of people with disability to the sphere of supporting other people...

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  • Surface Science - 2021/2022

    Kursy Online
    • L. Piotrowski

    The goal of the subject is the presentation of basic problems resulting from he existence of interfacebetween material objects and its surroundings. Discussion of the consequences arising from the existenceof surface energy. Analysis of possible applications of surface phenomena in technology. Understanding ofproblems and benefits resulting from decreasing dimensions of objects with the special emphasis on thesemiconductor band...

  • Symbiosis of Art and Technology – From Renaissance to Interactive Art,

    Publikacja

    The article presents the mutual relations between art and technology from the Renaissance to the interactive art of today. It indicates important factors influencing the possibilities of imaging and interpreting reality by artists, ranging from the development of oil painting techniques, linear perspective, the invention of printing and photography, to achievements related to the development of information technologies (computers,...

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  • Structural and Temporal Topic Models of Feedbacks on Service Quality – A Path to Theory Development?

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2020

    There is growing interest in applying computational methods in analysing large amount of data without sacrificing rigour in Information Systems research. In this paper, we demonstrate how the use of structural and temporal topic modelling can be employed to produce insights of both theoretical and practical importance from the analysis of textual comments on the quality of services in hospitals. As a first step, we revealed the...

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  • OCENA DOBROSTANU W KRAJACH OECD Z WYKORZYSTANIEM DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

    Dobrostan (well-being) jest pojęciem wieloaspektowym obejmującym czynniki wpływające na satysfakcję z życia. Celem artykułu jest ocena dobrostanu społeczeństw krajów OECD w 2013 roku, na podstawie danych z bazy OECD Regional Well-Being. Uwzględniono 9 obszarów: dochody gospodarstw domowych, miejsce pracy, warunki zamieszkania, poziom wykształcenia, zdrowie, środowisko, bezpieczeństwo, zaangażowanie obywatelskie i dostęp do usług....

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  • A Compact Basis for Reliable Fast Frequency Sweep via the Reduced-Basis Method

    A reliable reduced-order model (ROM) for fast frequency sweep in time-harmonic Maxwell’s equations by means of the reduced-basis method is detailed. Taking frequency as a parameter, the electromagnetic field in microwave circuits does not arbitrarily vary as frequency changes, but evolves on a very low-dimensional manifold. Approximating this low-dimensional manifold by a low dimension subspace, namely, reduced-basis space, gives...

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  • Projektowanie układów ramowych z zastosowaniem analizy wrażliwości

    W pracy przedstawiono przykład projektowania układów ramowych z zastosowaniem analizy wrażliwości. Rozważane układy ramowe rozwiązano autorskim programem napisanym w środowisku MATLAB, metodą elementów skończonych. Badano wpływ zmiany modułu Younga oraz wpływ zmiany wielkości przekroju poprzecznego na wybrane przemieszczenia ramy. Przedstawiono wyniki dla analizy wrażliwości jedno i wieloparametrycznej.

  • Applying molecular dynamics simulation to take the fracture fingerprint of polycrystalline SiC nanosheets

    Publikacja
    • F. Molaei
    • M. Zarghami Dehaghani
    • A. Salmankhani
    • S. Fooladpanjeh
    • S. M. Sajadi
    • M. Esmaeili Safa
    • O. Abida
    • S. Habibzadeh
    • A. Hamed Mashhadzadeh
    • M. Saeb

    - COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE - Rok 2021

    Graphene-like nanosheets are the key elements of advanced materials and systems. The mechanical behavior of the structurally perfect 2D nanostructures is well documented, but that of polycrystalline ones is less understood. Herein, we applied molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) to take the fracture fingerprint of polycrystalline SiC nanosheets (PSiCNS), where monocrystalline SiC nanosheets (MSiCNS) was the reference nanosheet....

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  • How do personality traits influence Open Government Data (OGD) adoption and usage? Investigating the indirect and moderating effects

    Publikacja
    • N. Rizun
    • C. H. Alexopoulos
    • S. Saxena
    • F. Kleiman
    • R. Matheus

    - Rok 2023

    Open Government Data (OGD) research has focused for a long on the adoption and usage from the perspectives of users across different contexts. The underlying rationale for this specific focus is that OGD initiatives are undertaken to further citizen engagement with OGD for value generation and innovation purposes. Conceding that usage propensity is different across individuals, it is important to understand the influence of personality...

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  • Aleksandra Parteka dr hab. inż.

    About me: I am an associate professor and head of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology (GdanskTech, Poland).  I got my MSc degree in Economics from Gdansk University of Technology (2003) and Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche (2005), as well as MA degree in Contemporary European Studies from Sussex University (2006, with distinction).  I received my PhD in Economics...

  • Expedited Geometry Scaling of Compact Microwave Passives by Means of Inverse Surrogate Modeling

    In this paper, the problem of geometry scaling of compact microwave structures is investigated. As opposed to conventional structures (i.e., constructed using uniform transmission lines), re-design of miniaturized circuits (e.g., implemented with artificial transmission lines, ATSs) for different operating frequencies is far from being straightforward due to considerable cross-couplings between the circuit components. Here, we...

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  • Polska adaptacja Metody Oceny Wypalenia Zawodowego (BAT-PL) autorstwa Schaufeliego i współpracowników

    Publikacja

    - Psychiatria Polska - Rok 2021

    Aim. The study aimed to present the Polish version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-PL) by Schaufeli et al. and to assess its validity and reliability. The tool measures the core symptoms of burnout (BAT-C): exhaustion, mental distance, cognitive and emotional impairment, and its secondary symptoms (BAT-S): psychosomatic complaints and psychological distress. Method. The participants were 255 nursing staff members....

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  • Estimates for minimal number of periodic points for smooth self-maps of simply-connected manifolds

    Dane Badawcze
    open access

    We consider a closed smooth connected and simply-connected manifold of dimension at least 4 and its self-map f. The topological invariant Dr[f] is equal to the minimal number of r-periodic points in the smooth homotopy class of f. We assume that r is odd and all coefficients b(k) of so-called periodic expansion of Lefschetz numbers of iterations are...

  • Sensitivity analysis of critical loads of I-columns

    Publikacja

    The first order variation of critical buckling load of thin-walled columns with bisymmetric open cross-section due to some variations of the design variables such as: cross-section dimensions, or material characteristics is derived. The influence of the residual welding stresses is taken into account. In the numerical examples dealing with I-column the functions describing the effect of the variation of the dimensions of the flange...

  • Collaborative planning? Not yet seen in Poland. Identifying procedural gaps in the planning system 2003–2023

    Publikacja

    Collaborative planning aims to increase the legitimacy of decision-making in spatial development. In this approach, planning involves debate and engagement in discourse, and participation and interaction between actors are thus at the heart of the planning process. This article examines whether the planning system in Poland as defined for the period 2003–2025 provides a level of participation and deliberation and other qualities...

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  • Rural Landscape Planning for Sustainable Development. The Case of Poland

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2014

    This text results from theoretical study on the possibilities of rural landscape renovation in Poland. The introduction marks new spatial phenomena and the scope of their influence. It indicates social and cultural reasons of the changes, and states the need of their renewed interpretation. The second part of the article contains a description of the degrading cultural landscape of the country and presents its features. It then...

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  • The impact of ICTs on women’s economic empowerment

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2016

    It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women, people with disabilities, and workers at the base of the pyramid (BoP), in the labor market. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of female participation in the labor market in developing countries with a focus on the impact of the use of ICTs on female labor force participation. We conduct a panel study...

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  • The Impact of ICTs on Women’s Economic Empowerment

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2017

    It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women, people with disabilities, and workers at the base of the pyramid (BoP), in the labor market. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of female participation in the labor market in developing countries with a focus on the impact of the use of ICTs on female labor force participation. We conduct a panel study...

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  • The methodology of design of axial clearances compensation unit in hydraulic satellite displacement machine and their experimental verification

    A new methodology of calculating the dimensions of the axial clearance compensation unit in the hydraulic satellite displacement machine is described in this paper. The methods of shaping the compensation unit were also proposed and described. These methods were used to calculate the geometrical dimensions of the compensation field in an innovative prototype of a satellite hydraulic motor. This motor is characterized by the fact...

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  • Relationship between semi- and fully-device-independent protocols

    Publikacja
    • H. Li
    • P. A. Mironowicz
    • M. Pawłowski
    • Z. Yin
    • Y. Wu
    • S. Wang
    • W. Chen
    • H. Hu
    • G. Guo
    • Z. Han

    - PHYSICAL REVIEW A - Rok 2013

    We study the relation between semi and fully device independent protocols. As a tool, we use the correspondence between Bell inequalities and dimension witnesses. We present a method for converting the former into the latter and vice versa. This relation provides us with interesting results for both scenarios. First, we find new random number generation protocols with higher bit rates for both the semi and fully device independent...

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  • Zyed Achour Phd

    Osoby

    Zyed Achour has a PhD in Management Science and is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Labour and Social Studies, University of Carthage. He is member in the "Gouvernance d'Entreprise Finance Appliquée et Audit" (GEF2A) Laboratory- (Higher Institute of Management- University of Tunis). Among his Reserach interest are social dimensions of Strategic Management, Firm Performance, Sustainability and Corporate Social...

  • Discrete element method simulations of fracture in concrete under uniaxial compression based on its real internal structure

    The paper describes experimental and numerical results of concrete fracture under quasi-static uniaxial compression. Experimental uniaxial compression tests were performed on concrete cubic specimens. Fracture in concrete was detected at the aggregate level by means of three non-destructive methods: three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography, two-dimensional scanning electron microscope and manual two-dimensional digital...

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  • CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF EVIDENCE-BASED HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS

    Purpose: This paper aims at providing comparative analysis of the influence of cultural determinants on the managers’ perceptions of human resources management practices, as a factor conditioning application of evidence-based management. Design/methodology/approach: This article presents the study of 121 managers in Poland, on their perception of HRM practices and analyses the consistency of findings with the Hofstede cultural...

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  • Social enterprises as a fertile ground for reducing social and economic exclusion - good practice examples from Poland

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2014

    The work briefly outlines the two dimensions of value generated by social enterprises to the economy and society. This is done in reference to the social cooperatives in Poland that are good examples of social enterprises according to EMES indicators

  • Youth Civic Participation in the South Baltic Region. Example of Lithuania, Poland and Sweden

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2020

    The aim of this study was to show youth civic participation as a social inclusion element in the Southern Baltic region in need of reinforcement, based on the examples of selected municipalities from Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. The authors focused on the diagnosis of key elements of youth civic engagement at local and cross-border level, taking into account the context of national youth policies and the European Union policy....

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  • On relations between gradient and classical equivariant homotopy groups of spheres

    We investigate relations between stable equivariant homotopy groups of spheres in classical and gradient categories. To this end, the auxiliary category of orthogonal equivariant maps, a natural enlargement of the category of gradient maps, is used. Our result allows for describing stable equivariant homotopy groups of spheres in the category of orthogonal maps in terms of classical stable equivariant groups of spheres with shifted...

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  • Boron doped Nanocrystalline Diamond-Carbon Nanospike Hybrid Electron Emission Source

    Publikacja

    - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces - Rok 2019

    Electron emission signifies an important mechanism facilitating the enlargement of devices that have modernized large parts of science and technology. Today, the search for innovative electron emission devices for imaging, sensing, electronics, and high-energy physics continues. Integrating two materials with dissimilar electronic properties into a hybrid material is an extremely sought-after synergistic approach envisioning a...

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  • Among Friends: The Role of Friendship in Alternative Organizations

    Publikacja

    - Zarządzanie Mediami - Rok 2021

    Friendship, a mutual and profound relationship, permeates history of human culture and occurs in all social situations, including professional and informal human activities. In organizations, it devel­ops through processes of communication and generates a communication culture of kindness and support. Organizational friendship enhances work engagement and satisfaction, as well as helps to promote individual ends. This article investigates...

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  • City walk: a didactic innovative experiment in architectural education

    Walking is an activity that involves studying physical space and requires careful observation to be immersed in the surrounding reality. City walks are popular ways of encountering an urban space, spatial relation, its history, and recognising the problems and needs of space users, as well as future development of the city. City walks also may be educationally p owerful: the exploration of certain...

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  • Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: An exploratory study

    Volunteerism is a sustained prosocial activity, and young adults are one of the most important targets for organizations recruiting volunteers. Empathy and altruistic social value orientation measured by a decomposed game are dispositional traits that might foster engagement in volunteerism. Using a self-report online-based questionnaire study on two groups of young adults (aged 18-35, N = 224 non-volunteers and N = 178 volunteers...

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  • Wpływ struktur wsparcia na efektywność nauczania języka pisanego w środowisku e-learningowym

    Publikacja

    The process of knowledge and language skills development during an online course can be very effective if student engagement in learning is achieved. This can be attained by introducing general and specific support mechanisms prior to the commencement of the course and during it. The former relates to the technological aspect, that is to familiarizing students with the functionalities of the virtual learning environment they will...