This thesis aims to improve the ontology engineering process, by providingbetter semi-automatic support for constructing ontologies and introducingknowledge reuse through ontology patterns. The thesis introduces a ty-pology of patterns, a general framework of pattern-based semi-automaticontology construction called OntoCase, and provides a set of methods tosolve some specifi...


 The aim of the article is to present similarities and differences in approaches field ludol- ogy (also known as games research, game studies) Poland abroad, on basis an analysis publications papers presented at conferences two representative contemporary academic ludological associations – Polish Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Associa- tion Poland), Digital Games Associ...

The spatial understanding of vascular information obtained with CT and MR is tremendously assisted by direct volume rendering since it provides semi-transparent views of the entire data giving insight to hidden structures. Ensuring a convenient diagnosis of complex vessel topol-ogy, we propose an approach based on 3D texture mapping which ensures interactive frame rates. The method proved to be...

524 the use of new oral anticoagulants (NOACs; dabi­ gatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban), to be taken for 3 weeks prior to cardioversion, just as in the case of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). In clinical practice, a significant number of pa­ tients admitted to undergo DCC are not prop­ erly treated with oral anticoagulants (OACs).3,4 Scheduled patients have a nontherapeutic level of Int...

We introduce a computation model for developing and analyzing parallel algorithms on distributed memory machines. The model allows the design of algorithms using a single address space and does not assume any particular interconnection topol-ogy. We capture performance by incorporating a cost measure for interprocessor communication induced by remote memory accesses. The cost measure includes p...

Background Recently, development of chaos theory brings up scientist into a new era in analyzing nonlinear systems. It is known that the chaos exhibits a deterministic random behavior. In particular, the OGY (OttGrebogi-Yorke) method drove the research of chaos control to nonlinear analyst. Yet it needs more investigation on such nonlinear systems in designing control algorithms. Recently, Vinc...