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Financial prospective 2007-2013 was the first and most probably the last one to provide intensive support for development of all aspects of Information Society (IS). Innovative Economy Operational Programme (IE OP), Infrastructure and Environment (OP IE) and Regional Operational Programme of the Lodzkie Region for 2007- 2013 (RPO LR) gave interested parties opportunity to apply for financial support for projects related to the development of infrastructure and creating e-services with a view to build-up information society in the Lodzkie Region. Given the fact that the competition stage is already completed, we can already arrive at first conclusions and summaries. The aim of the present paper is to provide an overview of the winning projects prepared by the public finance sector units, non-government organizations and entrepreneurs from the Lodzkie Region that were selected to be realized within the above mentioned operational programmes as well as to attempt at measuring the effective use of the provided financing. The analytical part of this paper is prepared mainly based on the documentation provided by the Marshall's Office of the Lodzkie Region, the Ministry of Administration and Digitalization, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development and the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of the world economy is highly influenced by the steady progress of information and communication technologies. The aim of the article is to present the role of e-services in the economic development of Lithuania. The first part of the paper presents the issues related to the electronic economy, with special terms from the concepts of "information society" and "e-services". Discusses the results of the research, representing the state of e-services to businesses and households in the period 2005-2013, based on data from the Department of Statistics of Lithuania. In the empirical part of the paper it was also an attempt to identify and analyze the direction of the development of electronic services as new opportunities for the development of the information society in Lithuania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the present paper is to discuss the results of research in order to determine the directions of using the Internet to health purposes in a group of students. Obtained results confirm the assumed working hypothesis about the health information retrieval is the principal sign of seize the opportunities in health protection given by the use of Internet. It has been examined what kind of information is searched by the patients, what Internet sources are used, what is the reason of the searching for health information in Internet, what are the barriers encountered by the patients. Details are included in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper carries out an analysis of the fundamental parameters of the moving vehicle having a direct impact on the process of reconstruction of a road accident which recognizes the reasons for its occurrence. The traffic accident reconstruction process in order to determine the motion parameters of the vehicle values are the coefficients for a discretionary, which causes that, in practice, the actual value of the physical quantity is the same as adopted for the calculation or as a result of the calculation that is very unlikely. On the basis of the analysis in this paper should be noted that the selection of only the actual motion parameters of the vehicle and their corresponding registration will allow for clear and objective reconstruction of the accident. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the issues related to the diagnosis of injection system marine diesel engines, which are characterized by high unreliability. In this paper, based on the results of research, it has been shown an example of use the components of the injection system analysis indicator diagrams in the diagnosis. This method has been assessed critically. It has been shown the usefulness of the diagnostic indicator diagrams in-depth analysis obtained electronically, which allows the determination of the heat release characteristics. The characteristics of heat release contain information about the condition of the injection systems, which enable to diagnose their failures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents problem of brake systems diagnostics. Presents possibilities application of vibration diagnostics in assessment of the friction linings brake pads impact wear on the vibration level in the brake system. The paper presents a practical using of engineering application to analysis of the research results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the problem of air conditioning systems diagnostics. The paper presents the capability of impact air conditioning system resarch on vehicles parameters. The paper presents the developed and practically verified the air conditioning system diagnostic procedures [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the hybrid vision method for diagnostics of glass furnaces. The developed system enables simultaneous inspection in the visible and infrared spectral band. Thermovision allows for non-contact measuring of the temperature distribution on the outside surfaces of furnace. Detection of heat accumulations areas on the thermograms enables a localization of areas with increased risk for breakdown. The advantage of using visible light camera is to facilitate and speed up the location and identification of the controlled areas and the interpretation of the thermograms. The paper also presents a method for examination of large areas of furnace with use of laser markers. This solution enables to obtain the full mosaic of thermograms of the analysed surface without the risk of omission of relevant areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article describes two international standards: ETIM (technical description of products) and BMEcat (description of product catalogs). It shows the importance of standards in the domain of contents codification and within the overall knowledge management strategy. Advantages and benefits of the adoption of both standards are presented, as well as limitations of their use. The paper presents the possibility of their implementation on the example of application, developed for manufacturers and distributors who want to use these standards in their enterprises. The goal of the application is to quickly and efficiently classify products according to the standard ETIM with the possibility to export product data in the standard BMEcat. The last part of the paper presents opportunities and benefits of ETIM and BMEcat standards in databases and applications such as EDI, e-shops and desktop publishing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid expansion of electronic purchasing tools in private sector and the continuous development of electronic purchasing techniques have made an impact with the public sector. The EU Directives and the Polish Law of public procurement allow applying the electronic tools in the public procurement market. In the paper three typical procedures of e-procurement are used in practice: electronic bidding, electronic auction, and dynamic purchasing system. The main hypothesis of the paper is statement that e-procurement play insufficient role despite possibilities inherent in electronic public procurement. There are also presented the potential of e-procurement for the future. Electronic procurement can contribute in increasing efficiency to be achieved both in time and financial terms. In particularly, there are possibilities to accelerate the public procurement procedure, to increase competition and to streamline public purchasing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper were introduced parts of industrial accomplishments in range of production engineering management computer aid. Basis on data processing for knowledge gain in this paper were shown the ERP computer software class usage possibilities. Basic information about expert systems were introduced as well as applied ERP computer software class. The practical utilization of ProSeS system in production engineering was also shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper the methodological procedures required for preparation of certification tasks and required for evaluation of solved certification task are shown. As a primary certification task the closed task with five possible answers has been assumed. Among these five possible answers only one or two answers are correct. Also, in the paper the proposition of the template which is required for certification task submission into the certification system is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper the organizational procedures which are necessary to certification of professional skills of graduates in Computer Science degree course are presented. Also, the general idea of tools selection which are required in evaluation of educational effects at the level of IT concentrations are described. In presented paper, the compose procedure of certification tasks is shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper presents certain concept of expert system, called CIEPHANEX, which supports thermal energy distribution process. Fundamental establishments of system's construction, structure and functional description of that system is presented. Knowledge base structure is shown. Knowledge gathered in system's knowledge base is formed as rules and facts. This paper presents knowledge acquisition process and course of reasoning process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper was the point that in the budget for 2012 there appeared crisis in current positive trends of expenditures for realization of aims of agrarian policy. The mentioned above observation was made on the base of deliberations about long term dynamics of domestic and union budget funds inflowing into agrarian sector, with special consideration of expenditures on agriculture, agrarian markets, rural development and agriculture insurance. There were also presented detailed positions in agricultural budget, pointing on recourse of expenditures. In the paper there was also underlined reductions of expenditures from European Means Fund had priority meaning for agrarian sector and they contributed to lower budget of agricultural expenditures in Poland in 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper shows important criteria in assessing service quality in sanatoriums, as far as the patients needs are concerned. The usage of them can help an organization precisely estimate quality and prepare special offer for defined groups of patients (market segments). Apart from that, in the paper one can find some practical problems of measuring service quality in health care system and instruments of improving it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The deliberations presented in the paper refer to the distinctive features of a correctly conducted process of benchmarking. It is essential to interpret correctly the definition of benchmarking itself which is not perceived as an imitation but it constitutes a method which enables creating one's own, creative solutions based on somebody's experiences. Therefore, the key factor of the success of the process is the choice of a benchmarking partner who should be the best organization in a particular class. The proper use of benchmarking indicates the necessity of perceiving this method as a constant, systematical and dynamic process. Benchmarking is worth being made a regular strategy of knowledge management by means of including it into the process of learning of a company. The way benchmarking is implemented is also essential. The traditional solutions of benchmarking implementation suggested by professional literature are usually time-consuming and, as a consequence, expensive. Therefore, taking into consideration a difficult financial situation of Polish hospitals, the paper offers solutions which take into account the specificity of the functioning of health care centers. The rules and procedures outlined in the paper can be implemented in the process of managing of a hospital whose managers wish to facilitate the functioning of an organization by means of benchmarking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the essence and features of social advertising which has become increasingly popular in Poland. The subject of social advertising is very broad and it may cover numerous vital social problems. That is the reason why the paper focuses on one selected and very important aspect that is advertisements that popularize safety on Polish roads. The work discusses the concept and the range of this kind of advertising as well as the visual, textual and emotional aspects of promoting road safety. The last part of the paper presents the results of the nationwide research of Poles' perceptions and attitudes towards the advertising that promotes safety on roads. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main goal of the paper is to verify coherence of the degree of use of selected marketing communication channels in terms of estimated supply and declaratory demand in banks in the area of retail customer services. The paper presents a comparative analysis of the results of the survey carried out among the representatives of banking sector and retail banking customers at a local level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main aim of the paper is to present a videography as a new method in consumer research. This paper examines the role of videography, gives insight in techniques and tools and varieties of videography. Videography is the process of using video to conduct and present research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper it is presented the problem of customer loyalty and commitment in complex relationship with customer provider. When the nature of complex service relationship was presented, the author of the paper analysed mutual fit between customer and service provider in the beginning phase of relationship. Dependent on approach to define loyalty, the commitment notion might be identical or different than loyalty notion. The paper has conceptual character. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of the paper is answer the question whether and to what extent business objects, which a business subject is real estate's management, used integrated management information systems under legal and economical circumstances. In the paper legal regulations concerning profession of property managers and also rules and priorities of managing with real estate's which affected it's efficiency growth, were presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents chosen results of the research concerning damages of vehicles in the analysed real system of operation and maintenance of means of transport. The vehicles are used to perform passenger transportation over the determined communication routes. Random variables denoting times between the vehicle damages as well as times between damages of selected systems of the analysed vehicles were analysed. For the needs of the paper the vehicles in the research object were decomposed. The research work was carried out according to the passive experiment method in the natural maintenance and operation conditions. Technical aspects related to damages of the means of transport are analysed herein. However, no economic aspects of the transport task performance processes are analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper concerns application of logical decision trees and inductive decision trees for analysis of importance rank of service parameters of miling head. The paper presents comparison of optimal logical trees and decision trees of DeTreex software for the same KAPN of logical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is in the paper an analysis of the approaches using to assessment of quality management systems maturity. The paper concentrate on the three most commonly used approaches: PN-EN ISO 9004:2010, EFQM and PN-ISO 10014:2008. There is a characteristic and comparisons of mentioned approaches and prospects for future application in Polish organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents basic failures distributions of mechatronics devices components: exponential, Weibull, normal, log-normal. Some particular cases when up state time of system components have four listed distributions are considered. Three components that have serial structure and different types of distribution of components up state time build mechatronic device system. Order of elements is negligible. Case when in serial structure system operate four elements that have different up state time is presented in the end of the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The papers Mental barriers of Poles' innovation addresses the distance which Poland keeps to other countries including those in the EU. The paper indicates some of the mental barriers among Poles, contributing to anti-innovative incentives and obstructing creative attitudes. It concentrates on two issues: specificity of socialization and educational activities as the main factors determining innovative weakness of Polish society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the leading issues being in the area of interest by researchers representing the discipline of management sciences within the humanictic field are methods and technics leading to improvement of managers' efficacy who as far worked on the satisfying level. However sometimes researchers deal with managers whose efficacy decreases below expected level. These managers whose job results, based on both subjective and objective measures, significantly differ from the role they fulfil may be included to one of two separated categories: unadjusted managers and obsoleted managers. Unadjusted managers are these who never worked on the satisfying level, obsoleted managers on the other hand are these who previously operated well but at the present time gradually or suddenly lost their former effectiveness. Because managerial obsolescence is a phenomenon that in the middle and higher level of management hierarchy occurs more frequently, the content of this paper will be devoted to the first issue. Moreover the paper comprises the results of empirical research which conclusions determine competencies of the ideal manager [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents research results aimed at application of GIS technology insupporting the creation of safe public space. The study was carried out in two stages. The first stage were diagnostic researches which let to assess the security situation in the selected city. On the base of carried out diagnosis in the second phase the GIS technology was used to create danger maps. Danger maps are used for facilitating the organization of preventive services and thus for better using available resources. The paper drew attention to the needs of disabled and elderly people in the field public safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses types of underground fires and basic functions of telemetric systems used at Polish coal mines. The presented case studies exemplify the possibilities of using the information concerning physical and chemical parameters of the mine atmosphere provided by telemetric systems, for establishing the fire focus at headings and thus increasing the safety of the process of withdrawing miners from smoke zones. The paper points out to the necessity of automatic processing of information received from telemetric systems and relaying the information to the endangered miners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents neural networks in process quality control. The control is a very important step in the production process. There are different methods for checking the quality of the process. In some manufacturing companies quality is checked by machine operators or quality control departments. Here can be used method for manually checking the quality or tools of statistical control in the form of specialized computer programs. Another approach is to treat the control card as an image instead of a set of points. We have developed the models of analysis of process control charts. The models were created in the form of multilayer networks with error back propagation (MLP neural networks). The models were tested on real data from the production company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organizations decide to use the project approach for managing an internal initiatives because they see it can save money and time. Unfortunately big percentage of projects fail during implementation. This paper presents the three categories of a factors that reduce risk of the project failure which are: knowledge, methodology and software. Article also describes the key advantages of the Project Portfolio Management Software implementation as well as the role of the PPM Software in an organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The amount of data is growing exponentially, and organizations face also challenges from the environment - namely globalization, competition and changeability. Thus organizations have to consider not only structured data, but also to analyze the unstructured, so-called big data. The latter is so specific and differs so much from "classical" data in databases and data warehouses, that it is necessary to develop a new approach to big data implementation and analysis. The main aim of the paper is ordering of notions connected with big data, discussing of challenges of big data, as well as pointing out an effective strategy for organizations aiming at analyzing big data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management of tacit knowledge held by employees is a major challenge in business processes. Created EQF should create a system comparable measurements of knowledge, which will simplify the process of human resource management. Currently used system of certification of qualifications and skills is a good model for use in the development of qualifications frameworks. This paper describes the system of certification of ICT skills, and for the Polish Qualifications Framework created. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper presents the process of transformation knowledge and technology transfer, of technical in companies. Recognizing the need for raising investment funds for innovative products signaled at the beginning of the issue of the business plan and benchmarking shape of plan features of the product and its improvement. Knowledge (production, collection, transformation) a transformed the industry is the basis of modern techniques and technologies in the construction and operation of machines. Transfer of technology discussed multifaceted - from technology companies, to commercialize technologies give evidence of creative activities in the industry. Systematizing the issues of transformation processes of knowledge and technology in the construction and operation of technical systems and identify relationships between entities participant in this part indicate the scope necessary action a modern enterprise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper characterizes the financial support instruments provided for the Common Agricultural Policy, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework. The study covered two financial perspectives (2007-2013 and 2014-2020), when the new Member States participated in the full programming period. Carried comparative analysis of the level of direct payments between the EU-15 and the NUE-12 showed the existence of significant differences for unprofitibility of the new Member-States. Research suggests the possibility of reaching of area payments in 2020 but full convergence will not be achieved. In the framework of the second pillar of the CAP there has been studied directions of expenditures through the prism of the priority axes. Former Member States preferred activities related to the improvement of the environment, while new Members payed attention to the improvement of the competitiveness of the agricultural sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This papers presents the results of a case study, during which the activities of consultants during ERP implementation were analysed against the criterion of their relation to knowledge management. Basing on source documents from an ERP implementation project, phases of this project were also characterized, followed by the description of main activities performed in each phase as well as resulting effects. The results show that more than half of the activities of consultants were knowledge management related. The most knowledge management intensive phases were Business Blueprint and Support but knowledge management activities were present throughout the whole project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper the importance of intelligent logistic as added value has been presented. It is stated that this system is understand as a complex service of clients connected with proactive solutions in all supply chain use. It is connected with IT, individualization of service, flexibility of activity and modern management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the design goals of the system supporting the management of the quality of education at the University. Specification and characteristics of the basic elements of the system, and the rules of the knowledge base of the system are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present the major areas of changes in the methods and tools of the computer support of enterprises. The most important aspects of the application of information technologies for enterprises as well as problems related to the management of these enterprises have been discussed. Selected tools of analysis and modelling of the enterprises and their processes, the relations between the improvement of enterprises and the processes of the maintenance of IT systems as well as the methods of flexible software architectures construction have been evaluated. Selected software of enterprises and the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) have been used to present the possibilities of computerization of enterprises oriented to cooperate within logistic chains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays the network infrastructures of financial institutions/companies, are often reported as targets of cyber-attacks and risk to be attacked grows each year. The economic motives of performance of such a cyber-attack are very strong. The aim of this paper is to present the overview of current threats in the cyber world as well show possible economic damages caused by DDoS attacks on network structure of an enterprise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Accurate analysis of business processes and the analysis of information and communication systems are key to the success of software engineering. The study shows how important it is specification of the needs of users of ICT systems on the example part of the system virtual dean's office. Well-functioning processes of information exchange using traditional paper records need not be the optimal solution for the flow of information in electronic form. According to the authors of a well-conducted analysis of users' needs should include a specification of user needs without suggesting solutions to design business processes. In contrast, at the design stage is required for the analysis of alternative projects, taking into account all considerations arising from the analytical documentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internet of Things is a concept that enables permanent, ubiquitous communication between its participants, as well as gathering new, huge amounts of data. This solution offers higher quality of life, simultaneously bringing a threat of massive interference in privacy of subjects taking part in Internet of Things.The aim of this paper is to present possibilities of management of data collected by Internet of Things seen through ethical aspects, basing on energy sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The historic brick buildings are under considerable strain dynamic, well odzwierciedlanym the vibration generated processes. These vibrations can affect the condition of the works by reducing the comfort of the people working there, and they can reach the level of endangering the safety of the structure. [1,6,9,13,21]. Recognizing the need to improve methods of testing the quality of masonry building structures for the purpose of assessing their condition and assess the safety factors of the wall (PN -B- 03002 , pt.3.1.3 and 4.6) , in this paper attempts to study the destruction of some building structures using the method operational modal analysis [4,8,12,21]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increasing the share of renewables in the overall energy balance is one of the main lines of research. One of the fuels possible to be used is biogas, which can be obtained from different raw materials. Due to its properties biogas can be used as fuel for spark ignition engines. The utilization of biogas to a much more efficient compression ignition engine is difficult and requires application of dual fuel supply system. The article describes the developed laboratory test stand for examining efficiency of compression ignition engine powered by gaseous fuels including biogas, operating in cogeneration system. The paper also presents the results of preliminary tests of this engine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Heat, necessary for welding, casue to deformation and stresses. Right technology can decrease this deformation and stresses. With FEM simulation is possible to calculate his value. At the paper was shown simulation of butt welding of aluminum. Temperature-dependent material properties were used. Here were compared effects of different beads: one string, divided to 2,3, or 5 steps with centripetal, isotropy and back-reversed-steps, with combined welding sequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An original diagnostic signal - grinding debris average temperature was presented and described in this paper. Experimental set-up, experiment conditions and results were shown and discussed. Measurements were made using high-class testing equipment, e.g. Kistler 9257B dynamometer and Minolta-Land Cyclops optical pyrometer. A case study results based on grinding C45 (AISI 1045) with alumina grinding wheels can be useful for on-line grinding control systems, especially for low specific grinding energy processes also. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article applies to selected topics in the area of road safety including the methods of the origins and course of adverse virtual events with use of roads. For the safety of the road users affected by many factors, including road infrastructure, appropriate road markings, road geometry, elements affecting the visibility of the road and its close surroundings, etc. The paper presents an example analysis of the selected section of the road in terms of road safety. Road accident was put to analysis, which occurred on the test section of the road. Based on the analysis of it presents the concept of the existing solutions to improve safety by modifying road markings and traffic organization, which according to the authors contribute to improving the passive safety of pedestrians and motorists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents a variety of possibilities to limit energy expenditure through actions technical, organizational, and changing technology works in agriculture. Reducing fuel consumption has a positive effect both on the economic aspect of the business and to improve the environmental impact. Through the actions described in the article can get a total fuel savings of up to 25%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the method of initial assessment of the functionality of the subsystem airworthiness assurance and modernization solutions o that target. As an example of an object research, which was carried out in any consideration of selected company providing transport services. Using techniques which developed virtual model of spatial the undertaking concerned. Carried out to identify the object of research that has been demonstrated the need to create additional positions of the operating . Thus, the designed position of cleaning and washing vehicles, which later adorned the three-dimensional model of building technical research facility. Procedure presented in the article allows an initial assessment of the functionality and practicality of proposed solutions particularly in relation to the objects for which there is no technical documentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]