bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Radiation heat transfer model using Monte Carlo ray tracing method on hierarchical ortho-Cartesian meshes and non-uniform rational basis spline surfaces for description of boundaries
Authors: Kuczyński Paweł , Białecki Ryszard 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
The paper deals with a solution of radiation heat transfer problems in enclosures filled with nonparticipating medium using ray tracing on hierarchical ortho-Cartesian meshes. The idea behind the approach is that radiative heat transfer problems can be solved on much coarser grids than their counterparts from computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The resulting code is designed as an add-on to OpenFOAM, an open-source CFD program. Ortho-Cartesian mesh involving boundary elements is created based upon CFD mesh. Parametric non-uniform rational basis spline (NURBS) surfaces are used to define boundaries of the enclosure, allowing for dealing with domains of complex shapes. Algorithm for determining random, uniformly distributed locations of rays leaving NURBS surfaces is described. The paper presents results of test cases assuming gray diffusive walls. In the current version of the model the radiation is not absorbed within gases. However, the ultimate aim of the work is to upgrade the functionality of the model, to problems in absorbing, emitting and scattering medium projecting iteratively the results of radiative analysis on CFD mesh and CFD solution on radiative mesh.
Lower limb laterality versus foot structure in men and women
Authors: Ilnicka Lidia , Trzaskoma Zbigniew , Wiszomirska Ida , Wit Andrzej , Wychowański Michał 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
Study aim: The aim of the study was to determine connections between the functional asymmetry of limbs and the morphological asymmetry of feet.
Material and methods: The study population consisted of 56 students: 30 females (mean age 20.29 ± 0.59 years) and 26 males (mean age 20.41 ± 0.78 years). The measurements of body build were taken with classical instruments. Body build was assessed on the basis of body height, body mass, and BMI. Seven features of the foot and 8 indices of foot arches were assessed. Assessment of laterality in upper and lower limbs was conducted on the basis of data from repeated interviews, and then verified with simple motor tests that imitated characteristic functions of the limbs. Asymmetry indices were calculated in order to determine asymmetries of the features. Mollison’s index was applied to assess dimorphic differences.
Results: Features that were statistically different in the foot of the dominant limb and in the foot of the non-dominant limb were: among the group of females, the foot length without hindfoot, and the Clarke’s angle; among the group of males - the foot length without toes. Analyses of results of this study do not allow for a claim that laterality of lower extremities has a considerable impact on indices of longitudinal and transverse foot arches.
Conclusions: The following conclusions were formulated on the basis of the conducted analysis regarding the group of subjects with homogeneous right laterality:
- in females, the dominant limb’s foot is characterized by a shorter bone arm lever for dorsiflexors;
- in males, the dominant limb’s foot is characterized by a shorter bone arm lever for plantaflexors.
Technical and tactical analysis of women’s volleyball
Authors: Inkinen Virpi , Häyrinen Mikko , Linnamo Vesa 
Published: December 2014

Summary
Introduction: The study aim was to construct a technical and tactical analysis of women’s volleyball based on notational analysis in top-level and junior women’s European volleyball matches, to compare these two levels, and to clarify the differences between the winners and losers of a set.
Material and Methods: Four matches from the 2010 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championships and 2010 CEV Junior Women’s European Championship 2010 were analyzed using Data Volley software. The number and performance level of different skills were recorded in total and were grouped according to the role of the players. Methods of scoring and attacking zones were also analyzed.
Results: There were only slight differences between the two levels in terms of success in different skills. When the skill executions were compared between the winning and losing teams of a set within the levels, less successful skill executions and more errors in different skills were found for the losing teams.
Conclusions: The results seem to indicate that there are only minor differences between adult and junior women’s volleyball at the highest level. Attacking seems to be the most important skill concerning winning in both levels. The efficiency of attacking seems to depend upon the quality and versatility of the setting and also from the physical abilities of the players.
Instrumentation optical fibres for wave transformation, signal processing, sensors, and photonic functional components, manufactured at Białystok University of Technology in Dorosz Fibre Optics Laboratory
Authors: Romaniuk R.S. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
Tailored, specialty optical fibres, made of complex glasses, called collectively as a non-telecommunications or instrumentation family, serve for various optical wave transformations for particular functional purposes and optical signal processing, rather than for long distance lossless and dispersionless, undistorted transmission. Research work on these fibres started during the late seventies of the last century in ITME/Warsaw and in Białystok University of Technology at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. The initiator of this research at Glass Works Białystok [39] and Białystok University of Technology [4] was, then a very young engineer, Jan Dorosz. Over 35 years of development of the technological team, under his skilful management, resulted in a top laboratory which today does research at the cutting edge of the photonics science. The Białystok Optical Fibre Technology Laboratory (OFTL) is now a pearl in the crown of his Alma Mater. The paper opens this special issue of the PAS Bulletin on Technical Sciences, devoted to professor Jan Dorosz, and shows some of the developments in the area of optical fibre photonics, which were carried out at his active laboratory.
Novel constructions of optical fibers doped with rare – earth ions
Authors: Dorosz J. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract.
In the paper the research on rare-earth doped and co-doped optical fibre conducted in the Laboratory of Optical Fiber Technology at the Bialystok University of Technology is presented. Novel active fibre constructions like multicore, helical-core and side detecting ribbon/core optical fibers were developed with a targeted focus into application. First construction i.e. multicore RE doped optical fibers enable supermode generation due to phase - locking of laser radiation achieved in a consequence of exchanging radiation between the cores during the laser action. In the paper a far - field pattern of 19 - core optical fiber-doped with Yb3+ ions, registered in the MOFPA system, showed centrally located peak of relatively high radiation intensity together with smaller side-lobes. Another new construction presented here is helical-core optical fibers with the helix pitch from several mm and the off-set ranging from 10 μm to 200 μm. The properties of helical-core optical fiber co-doped with Nd3+/Yb3+ were also discussed. In the field of sensor applications novel construction of a sidedetecting luminescent optical fiber for an UV sensor application has been presented. The developed optical fiber with an active core/ribbon, made of phosphate glass doped with 0.5 mol% Tb3+ ions, was used as a UV sensing element.
Efficiency of maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic system under variable solar irradiance
Authors: Marańda W. , Piotrowicz M. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
Field conditions decrease the energy output of photovoltaic (PV) systems, mainly due to excessive temperatures. However, in regions with moderate ambient temperatures, as in Poland, solar energy is commonly delivered with highly fluctuating irradiance. This introduces yet another source of energy losses due to the non-ideal tracking of actual position of Maximum Power Point (MPP).
Majority of PV-systems are equipped with DC/AC and grid-connected inverter. Since the solar energy flux is variable, an adequate MPP-tracking algorithm is required to handle a wide range of load levels and face rapid changes of input power. Along with the essential DC/AC conversion, the quality of MPP-tracking must also be taken into account in evaluation of inverter efficiency.
The tracking in dynamic conditions has been addressed only recently. Several algorithms has been studied theoretically, experimentally or in laboratory conditions by applying artificial input test-patterns. This work takes the opposite approach by applying the recorded real-life solar irradiance and simulating the tracking behavior to study the problem for true field conditions in Poland.
The simulation uses the unique high-quality irradiance data collected with 200 ms time resolution. The calculation of both static and dynamic MPP-tracking efficiency has been performed for representative variable-cloudy day, applying commonly used Perturb&Observe tracking algorithm.
Flexible, textronic temperature sensors, based on carbon nanostructures
Authors: Walczak S. , Sibiński M. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
The paper presents a comparative analysis of two types of flexible temperature sensors, made of carbon-based nanostructures composites. These sensors were fabricated by a low-cost screen-printing method, which qualifies them to large scale, portable consumer electronic products. Results of examined measurements show the possibility of application for thick film devices, especially dedicated to wearable electronics, also known as a textronics. Apart from general characterisation, the influence of technological processes on specific sensor parameters were examined, particulary the value of the temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and its stability during the device bending.
Numerical and experimental study of armour system consisted of ceramic and ceramic- elastomer composites
Authors: Chabera P. , Boczkowska A. , Morka A. , Niezgoda T. , Oziębło A. , Witek A. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
The paper presents numerical and experimental results in the study of composite armour systems for ballistic protection. The modelling of protective structures and simulation methods of experiment as well as the finite elements method were implemented in LS DYNA software. Three armour systems with different thickness of layers were analyzed. Discretization for each option was built with three dimensional elements guaranteeing satisfactory accuracy of the calculations. Two selected armour configurations have been ballistically tested using the armour piercing (AP) 7.62 mm calibre. The composite armour systems were made of Al2O3 ceramics placed on the strike face and high strength steel as a backing material. In case of one ballistic structure system an intermediate ceramic- elastomer layer was applied. Ceramic- elastomer composites were obtained from porous ceramics with porosity gradient using pressure infiltration of porous ceramics by elastomer. The urea-urethane elastomer, as a reactive liquid was introduced into pores. As a result composites, in which two phases were interconnecting three-dimensionally and topologically throughout the microstructure, were obtained. Upon ballistic impact, kinetic energy was dissipated by ceramic body The residual energy was absorbed by intermediate composite layer. Effect of the composite shell application on crack propagation of ceramic body was observed.
Entropy generation minimization in transient heat conduction processes PART II – Transient heat conduction in solids
Authors: Kolenda Z.S. , Szmyd J.S. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
Formulation and solution of the initial boundary-value problem of heat conduction in solids have been presented when an entropy generation minimization principle is imposed as the arbitrary constraint. Using an entropy balance equation and the Euler-Lagrange variational approach a new form of the heat conduction equation (non-linear partial difference equation) is derived.
Some New Random Effect Models for Correlated Binary Responses
Authors: Tounkara Fodé , Rivest Louis-Paul 
Published: December 2014

AbstractExchangeable copulas are used to model an extra-binomial variation in Bernoulli experiments with a variable number of trials. Maximum likelihood inference procedures for the intra-cluster correlation are constructed for several copula families. The selection of a particular model is carried out using the Akaike information criterion (AIC). Profile likelihood confidence intervals for the intra-cluster correlation are constructed and their performance are assessed in a simulation experiment. The sensitivity of the inference to the specification of the copula family is also investigated through simulations. Numerical examples are presented.
Emotion Monitoring – Verification of Physiological Characteristics Measurement Procedures
Authors: Landowska Agnieszka 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
This paper concerns measurement procedures on an emotion monitoring stand designed for tracking human emotions in the Human-Computer Interaction with physiological characteristics. The paper addresses the key problem of physiological measurements being disturbed by a motion typical for human-computer interaction such as keyboard typing or mouse movements. An original experiment is described, that aimed at practical evaluation of measurement procedures performed at the emotion monitoring stand constructed at GUT. Different locations of sensors were considered and evaluated for suitability and measurement precision in the Human- Computer Interaction monitoring. Alternative locations (ear lobes and forearms) for skin conductance, blood volume pulse and temperature sensors were proposed and verified. Alternative locations proved correlation with traditional locations as well as lower sensitiveness to movements like typing or mouse moving, therefore they can make a better solution for monitoring the Human-Computer Interaction.
An Unexpected Case of Heterospecific Altruistic Behaviour in a Non-Breeding Migrant Tern (Charadriformes, Sternidae)
Authors: Bruni Giacomo , Menchetti Mattia , Ricciardi Giulia , Vannini Andrea , Mori Emiliano 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
Observations of birds feeding chicks or fledglings of a different species have already been reported in many publications. However, the benefits of the altruistic behaviour are not easy to understand, as benefits and costs of this behaviour have been poorly identified. In May 2013, in a wetland in Central Italy (Piana Fiorentina, Tuscany), some cases of interspecific feeding of an Eurasian Coot Fulica atra chick by an adult non breeding Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida were witnessed. We suggest that the behaviour of the Tern was triggered by the begging of the chick or by its own hormonal status.
Identification of drought-induced transcription factors in Sorghum bicolor using GO term semantic similarity
Authors: Sekhwal Manoj Kumar , Swami Ajit Kumar , Sharma Vinay , Sarin Renu 
Published: December 2014

AbstractStress tolerance in plants is a coordinated action of multiple stress response genes that also cross talk with other components of the stress signal transduction pathways. The expression and regulation of stress-induced genes are largely regulated by specific transcription factors, families of which have been reported in several plant species, such as Arabidopsis, rice and Populus. In sorghum, the majority of such factors remain unexplored. We used 2DE refined with MALDI-TOF techniques to analyze drought stress-induced proteins in sorghum. A total of 176 transcription factors from the MYB, AUX_ARF, bZIP, AP2 and WRKY families of drought-induced proteins were identified. We developed a method based on semantic similarity of gene ontology terms (GO terms) to identify the transcription factors. A threshold value (≥ 90%) was applied to retrieve total 1,493 transcription factors with high semantic similarity from selected plant species. It could be concluded that the identified transcription factors regulate their target proteins with endogenous signals and environmental cues, such as light, temperature and drought stress. The regulatory network and cis-acting elements of the identified transcription factors in distinct families are involved in responsiveness to auxin, abscisic acid, defense, stress and light. These responses may be highly important in the modulation of plant growth and development.
On the role of irony in the films by Wojciech Jerzy Has, especially in The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, with particular reference to Romantic irony
Authors: Maron Marcin 
Published: December 2014

AbstractThe study discusses the problem of irony in the films by Wojciech Jerzy Has. The first part defines the function of irony in the films made by this director prior to The Manuscript Found in Saragossa [Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie] - (Noose [Pętla], 1957; Farewells [Pożegnania, 1958; Shared Room [Wspólny pokój], 1960; Goodbye to the Past [Rozstanie], 1961; Gold [Złoto], 1962; How to Be Loved [Jak być kochana], 1963). The second part of the study compares irony as the principle of artistic creation in The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and the concept of Romantic irony (Friedrich Schlegel, Novalis). This film can be termed as the quintessence of ironic traits of Has’s creative work.In the earlier works by this director irony manifests itself as the attitude of the film characters towards the reality, as their attitude to historical problems, and as an esthetic effect or Has’s game with the audience in the artistic and philosophical dimension. Intertextualism, verbal and situational humor, repeated motifs and stylistic devices are a way of expressing the double meaning of the work, i.e. a manifestation of the author’s irony. It combines seriousness and comedy, emotionality and intellectual distance, and finally, a critical and a creative attitude.All these traits gain special significance in The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1965). The poetics and form of the work resemble the Romantic concept of poetry (creative work) as an arabesque. The irony of Has’s film is similar to Romantic irony because its result is the narrative experience of the Self which can transcend its experiences. Irony also manifests itself in the author’s attitude towards his work which (attitude) consists in exposing the fictional nature of the presented world. In Has’s films, irony allows one to break free from the burden of actual existence and the problems of history, time, and memory in order to make them a subject of art.
Edward W. Said, « une énergie en mouvement » : musique et littérature
Authors: Mégevand Martin 
Published: December 2014

L’article porte sur les articles et les livres qu’Edward Said a consacrés, à la fin de sa vie, à la musique classique européenne. Il s’agit de montrer les bénéfices d’une prise en compte de ces textes, aussi bien pour revenir sur la question du rapport de Said à la culture et à l’engagement – la figure de l’artiste Glenn Gould, sorte de moi idéal pour Said, étant placée au service de la figure de l’intellectuel résistant – que pour examiner la méthode à l’œuvre dans ces articles, écrits dans une grande liberté associative qui permet à Said de proposer des méditations de grande ampleur sur des questions historiques, esthétiques et sociales. En outre, la lecture de ces textes permet d’éclairer le sens de concepts qu’il emploie souvent dans sa critique littéraire et politique, notamment sa fameuse « critique en contrepoint », la polyphonie, l’inclusion et enfin le plaisir qui occupe une place singulièrement importante dans ces textes.
Le thérapeute et les émotions dans la famille
Authors: Delage Michel 
Published: December 2014

Les émotions vécues au sein d’une famille sont souvent au centre des interventions thérapeutiques. Les constructivistes utilisent souvent des outils visant le dévoilement et le partage des émotions afin de faciliter un travail sur les représentations. Les cognitivistes se réfèrent à la notion de pensées automatiques constituées en schémas. La théorie de l’attachement permet de comprendre la régulation des émotions à travers les liens d’attachement qu’on peut s’efforcer de « mieux sécuriser « . Ce travail propose de centrer davantage de réflexion sur les émotions du thérapeute, et la manière dont il peut les utiliser dans le système thérapeutique, notamment lorsque dans une famille les émotions sont bloquées par le traumatisme, ou encore lorsqu’un adolescent ou un patient « état limite » sont en difficulté pour mettre les émotions en pensée, ou enfin lorsque certaines émotions comme la honte et la culpabilité demeurent marquées.
Flirte avec la mort
Authors: Fessaguet Dominique 
Published: December 2014

Les faits héroïques ont de multiples formes selon les acteurs et les époques. Aujourd’hui, le « binge-drinking » permet de lancer les dés de l’alcool : action sacrificielle, suicidaire ou source de renaissance pour les adolescents qui le pratiquent ? De sa double face possible, le « binge-drinking » signera les impasses de certains adolescents comme il leur ouvrira des voies de transformation.
Le roman mortuaire Mise en roman d'un sacrifice adolescent
Authors: Minari Marion 
Published: December 2014

À l’image du roman familial qui permet au sujet la narration fantasmatique de ses origines, le roman mortuaire engage quelque chose de la quête de l’inconnu, qui serait alors « moins derrière nous – l’insaisissable origine – que devant » (Pontalis, 1997, p. 61). L’impossible quête des origines se renverse alors en un roman mortuaire. Le questionnement reste toutefois le même : l’étranger et l’inconnu en soi. Quand le roman familial permet de fantasmer des origines et un avant-soi mythique, le roman mortuaire, quant à lui, ouvre sur une fantasmatisation d’un après-soi. Mode d’expression d’un fantasme d’immortalité, le roman mortuaire engage donc le travail de l’angoisse de castration, et plus généralement de la séparation, « dans cette évolution où le sujet a commencé à devenir étranger à ses parents » (Freud, 1909, p.158).
D'un nom à l'autre. La poétique de la nomination dans la poésie de Jean-Pierre Lemaire
Authors: Lorber Jean-Luc 
Published: December 2014

Résumé La dédicace, chez Jean-Pierre Lemaire, plus qu’un signe d’hommage ou de reconnaissance, donne un gage de fidélité paternelle, fraternelle ou filiale ; le poète donne ainsi une valeur biblique et liturgique à la nomination et fait ainsi entrer le dédicataire dans une perspective eschatologique. De même retrouve-t-on, dans la poésie de Jean-Pierre Lemaire, deux tendances spirituelles liées à son double prénom : la première, johannique, à dire la vie de la pâque dans le Christ et la seconde, placée sous le signe de l’apôtre Pierre, à accepter la faiblesse humaine. L’œuvre du poète ne trouve-t-elle pas sa dynamique dans l’incessant passage de l’une à l’autre ? La poétique de la nomination chez Jean-Pierre Lemaire est d’essence baptismale.
Mozart et l'archevêque de Salzbourg: les voies d'une incompréhension
Authors: Greiner Philippe 
Published: December 2014

Résumé Les mésententes entre Mozart et Hieronymus von Colloredo, archevêque de Salzbourg, sont connues. Divers facteurs sont souvent avancés pour expliquer ce conflit : la place des musiciens à Salzbourg, les exigences posées par Colloredo au sujet de la musique d’église ... Pour autant, l’incompréhension entre les deux hommes s’inscrit dans un contexte plus large et renvoie à des réalités complexes : le statut de principauté ecclésiastique de Salzbourg, les prescriptions du Concile de Trente en matière liturgique, l’émergence de l’ Aufklärung catholique dont Colloredo sera un des principaux représentants.