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Upowszechnianie wyników badań naukowych w międzynarodowych bazach danych : analiza biometryczna na przykładzie nauk technicznych, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem elektrotechniki
The issues of bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics and webometrics have an important
place among research subject undertaken by Polish and foreign scholars. Initially,
these notions were used only by researchers in the fields of library science, scientometrics
and information science. However, at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, quantitative
methods became a fundamental tool for evaluation of, among others, sources of academic
communication, academic research, research and academic centers. One of the elements of
the evaluation is a quantitative analysis of academic publications in databases with international
access. It is of particular importance in the case of technical sciences. This work is
an attempt at a quantitative analysis of publications by Polish authors (affiliated to Polish
technical universities) and Polish journals on electrotechnics in international databases. The
contents are organized into four chapters with an introduction, conclusions, bibliography,
name index and a list of figures and illustrations. Chapters one and two are devoted to
theoretical issues, whereas chapters three and four – to practical issues.
In the first chapter, selected issues concerning quantitative methods were presented,
including an analysis of literature and a discussion over terminology carried out in book
publications and journals. Moreover, selected examples of research conducted with the use
of quantitative methods (including rankings and scientific reports) were discussed in this
chapter). In chapter two, sources of information on academic publications, their origins
and development (from bibliographic bases to citation indexes) were presented. A separate
subchapter was devoted to databases of academic publications created by libraries of technical
universities, and to indicators in the assessment of academic publications.
Chapter three deals with electrotechnics as a field of science. An analysis was conducted
with regard to the place of electrotechnics in science classifications based on selected
examples, and the development of the teaching of electrotechnics at university level was
shown. In this chapter, early and contemporary Polish journals on electrotechnics were
presented, including journals published by technical universities themselves.
Chapter four contains the results of an analysis of international databases (Scopus,
WoS, CC), focusing on the representation of Polish journals, including their citations, and
publications of authors with affiliation to Polish technical universities. Final conclusions of research and analyses have brought an answer to questions raised
with regard to the assessment of representation in international databases of publications
by Polish authors affiliated to Polish technical universities (in its various aspects, e.g.,
a publication type, language of publication, publication dynamics taking into account years
of publications, cooperation with representatives of other European and non-European
countries), and of Polish journals
Hybrid wheelchair controller for handicapped and quadriplegic patients
In this dissertation, a hybrid wheelchair controller for handicapped and quadriplegic patient is proposed. The system has two sub-controllers which are the voice controller and the head tilt controller. The system aims to help quadriplegic, handicapped, elderly and paralyzed patients to control a robotic wheelchair using voice commands and head movements instead of a traditional joystick controller. The multi-input design makes the system more flexible to adapt to the available body signals. The low-cost design is taken into consideration as it allows more patients to use this system