Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been forming very dynamically and intensively for several decades. The rapid development, as well as the relatively large scope of this concept, which is cross-sectionally related to a number of different social disciplines, so far causes a very significant terminological inconsistency. The paper focuses on the relationship between CSR and the financial performance of companies, or on the positive consequences of applying the concept of CSR in business on the example of a selected company Deutsche Telekom AG, which applies CSR in its business and which achieves positive results not only from this point of view, but also from the point of view of company profitability. When analyzing the company from the point of view of the global market, it quantitatively monitors the impact of the measured indicators on the profitability of total assets (ROA) and on net profit, by testing the basic assumptions made on the classical linear regression model. The main goal of the paper was to find out the impact of CSR on the financial results of the parent company Deutsche Telekom AG for the period 2001-2021 and to find the relationship between CSR and economic benefits.
The study was conducted to assess and substantiate the key systemic problems of the national engineering of different countries in the context of economic globalization. To achieve this goal, the study used the author’s method to assess the dependence of mechanical engineering in Ukraine, Poland and Germany on imports of intermediate goods. According to the results, it was determined that in the periods of increasing economic globalization of mechanical engineering in Ukraine, Poland and Germany has undergone systemic destructive changes and is in a threatening state, from the standpoint of economic security. In particular, in Ukrainian and Polish mechanical engineering, the dependence on imports of high-tech intermediate goods is excessively high. In contrast, German engineering, unlike Ukraine’s and Poland’s, is less dependent on imports of high-tech products, but requires much more resource-intensive intermediate goods. It is analytically substantiated that the identified problems with the import dependence of mechanical engineering in Ukraine, Poland and Germany are the result of irrational, one-sided perception of economic globalization by the main economic entities of these countries.
The most important indicators of the effectiveness of content protection systems are indicators of the achieved security level, i.e. functional properties of security. These indicators are: confidentiality, integrity, availability.Each of the indicators of the functional properties of content securityis distributed according to the methods of ensuring and the degree of its achievement. A significant drawback of such indicators is that they are qualitative. This significantly narrows the scope of their use and makes it impossible to use them in mathematical expressions for optimizing the parametersof protection means, obtaining quantitative estimates of the performance quality of the protection system or its components, etc. The work offers a number of quantitative indicators, which, depending on the purpose, can be probabilistic and temporal. Calculation of such indicators makes it possible to assess the degree of ensuring the functional properties of information security or the possible degree of ensuring the functional properties of protected information.
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Najważniejszymi wskaźnikami skuteczności systemów ochrony treści są wskaźniki osiągniętego poziomu bezpieczeństwa –właściwości funkcjonalne zabezpieczeń. Takimi wskaźnikami są: poufność, integralność, dostępność. Każdy zewskaźników właściwości funkcjonalnych bezpieczeństwa treści jest podzielony ze względu na metody zapewnienia i stopień ich osiągnięcia. Istotną wadą takich wskaźników jest to, że są one jakościowe. Zawęża to znacznie zakres ich stosowania i uniemożliwia wykorzystanie ich w wyrażeniach matematycznych do optymalizacji parametrów środków ochrony, uzyskania ilościowych ocen jakości działania systemu ochrony lub jego elementów itp. W pracy zaproponowano szereg wskaźników ilościowych, które w zależności od celu mogą mieć charakter probabilistyczny i czasowy. Obliczenie takich wskaźników pozwala ocenić stopień zapewnienia właściwości funkcjonalnych bezpieczeństwa informacji lub możliwy stopień zapewnienia właściwości użytkowych chronionych informacji.
HMD is widely used by industry in the manufacture of polyamide materials, as well as a substance in the production of epoxy resins and other substances. At the same time, HMD is a physiologically active, toxic and dangerous substance (hazard class II), which can cause burns, eczema-like dermatitis, diseases of the nervous system and gastrointestinal tract in humans. Wastewater contaminated with HMD, which is discharged into natural reservoirs, causes the death of aquatic organisms and aquatic vegetation, degrades the quality of water, which becomes unusable. HMDA is listed as a hazardous substance by the European Chemicals Agency and the American Conference of Government Hygienists of Industry.
Wraz ze wzrostem globalnego ruchu turystycznego, ważnym zagadnieniem staje się ocena negatywnego wpływu turystyki na różne aspekty rzeczywistości, w tym na krajobraz. Jednym z przejawów negatywnego wpływu turystyki jest zjawisko overtourismu. W artykule przestawiono ocenę stopnia przekształcenia krajobrazu parków narodowych stanu Utah na skutek zjawiska overtourismu. Do badań wykorzystano zestaw wskaźników turystycznego przekształcenia krajobrazu i nasilenia overtourismu, dotyczących wielkości ruchu turystycznego i rozwoju infrastruktury turystycznej. Ponadto wykonano pomiary natężenia ruchu turystycznego. Wyniki wskazują na sezonowe wzmożenie ruchu turystycznego, a co za tym idzie na okresowo wzmagające się zjawisko przeciążenia geosystemu. Zastosowana metodyka pozwoliła ocenić stopień przekształcenia krajobrazu na skutek nadmiernego ruchu turystycznego we wszystkich badanyc parkach narodowych. Mając na uwadze sezonowość ruchu turystycznego w obszarach chronionych, rekomenduje się zastosowanie narzędzi ograniczających i kanalizujących ruch turystyczny w wysokim sezonie turystycznym. Dotyczy to zwłaszcza najchętniej odwiedzanego Parku Narodowego Zion.
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With the increase in global tourism, assessment of the negative impact of tourism on various aspects of reality, including the landscape, has become an important issue. One of the symptoms of the negative influence of tourism is the phenomenon of overtourism. This article presents an assessment of the degree of landscape transformation of Utah national parks due to the phenomenon of overtourism. The research used a set of indicators of tourism landscape transformation and the severity of overtourism concerning the volume of tourism and the development of tourism infrastructure. Moreover, the intensity of tourist traffic was measured. The results indicate a seasonal increase in tourist traffic and, therefore, the phenomenon of periodic overloading of the geosystem. The methodology used allowed the degree of landscape transformation resulting from excessive tourist traffic to be assessed in all analyzed national parks. Considering the seasonality of tourist traffic in protected areas, using tools to limit and channel tourist traffic in high tourist season is recommended. This refers primarily to Zion National Park, which is the most visited in the state.
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The paper discusses the issues related to the measurement of the operating parameters of a conventional engine and the parameters of a conventional bus in motion. The measurements were performed under actual traffic conditions of a city bus in Poznań. It is noteworthy that onroad tests under actual operating conditions (PEMS) are one of the main trends of the development of the testing methodology and are gradually gaining in importance. Specific conditions were selected to ensure the highest possible reflection of the actual conditions: the traffic similar to the traffic typical of a regular bus route (average traffic on Poznań routes). The tests were conducted for two days (Friday and Saturday), characteristic of very high and very low number of transported people respectively as well as high and medium traffic congestion. During the tests the engine and the driving parameters were recorded continuously as sent from the diagnostic system of the vehicle and the GPS. The PEMS test method (portable emissions measurement system) presented in the article can be used in the measurement of exhaust emissions in rail vehicles with combustion engines.
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W artykule omówiono zagadnienia związane z pomiarem wskaźników pracy silnika oraz parametrów konwencjonalnego autobusu w ruchu. Pomiary wykonano w rzeczywistych warunkach ruchu autobusu miejskiego w Poznaniu. Warto zauważyć, że badania drogowe w rzeczywistych warunkach eksploatacyjnych PEMS (Portable Emissions Monitoring System) są jednym z głównych trendów rozwoju metodologii badań i stopniowo zyskują na znaczeniu. Specyficzne warunki zostały dobrane tak, aby jak najlepiej odzwierciedlić stan faktyczny: ruch zbliżony do ruchu typowego dla zwykłej linii autobusowej (przeciętny ruch na trasach poznańskich). Testy były prowadzone przez dwa dni (piątek i sobotę), charakteryzujące się odpowiednio bardzo dużą i bardzo małą liczbą przewożonych osób oraz dużym i średnim natężeniem ruchu. W trakcie testów silnik i parametry jazdy rejestrowane były w sposób ciągły przesyłane z systemu diagnostycznego pojazdu i GPS. Przedstawiona w artykule metoda badawcza PEMS (badania emisji spalin w warunkach rzeczywistych) może zostać wykorzystana w pomiarze emisji spalin także w pojazdach szynowych o napędzie spalinowym.
The Tachypleus tridentatus (Chelicerata: Xiphosura) is an arthropod that usually displays high site fidelity by restricting its distribution to natal vicinities. Briefly, shore perturbation from boating (Kudat), electric, cyanide and bombing (Kunak) and tourism (Semporna) in Sabah can impair the T. tridentatus growth and produce sexually mature adults with unusual size. The 8-point morphometry of Tachypleus tridentatus from Kudat (Sulu Sea), Kunak and Semporna (Celebes Sea), produces the final output constituting accurate size classification for the species. Meanwhile, T. tridentatus are sexually dimorphic (p = 0.968–0.989), where male T. tridentatus (from Kudat) has prosoma width (27.75 ± 2.68 cm) and weight (1050 ± 610 g) in smaller ranges when compared to the female (33.27 ± 4.68 cm; 3020 ± 1480 g) using the same comparison. In addition, the T. tridentatus populations from Kunak (prosoma width: male = 28.91 ± 1.48 cm, female = 29.44 ± 5.47 cm; weight: male = 800 ± 275 g; female = 2550 ± 155 g) and Semporna (prosoma width: male = 21.73 ± 1.34 cm, female = 24.42 ± 1.36 cm; weight: male = 485 ± 306 g, female = 1320 ± 640 g) differed site-wise. The descriptive statistics (average and standard deviation) relate 7.1–23.0% of T. tridentatus with negative size class. However, the applied statistics using stepwise analysis and regression curve (r2 = 0.566–0.833), relates 30.4% of T. tridentatus with negative size class. Considering weight to produce 100% T. tridentatus with positive size class, it is biased because some crabs are gravid with eggs and if attained unpaired (male and female), they may have recently fed. Therefore, the prosoma (male), interorbit (female) and telson lengths are identified as most appropriate for the size classification of T. tridentatus. Thus, the findings provide a novel baseline for conservation studies that monitor symmetrical and unusual growth in the T. Tridentatus wild stocks.
Heavy metals in the environment circulate among the different compartments and can accumulate, convert into organic complexes and biomagnify in the food chain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the distribution of heavy metals and arsenic in inland wetlands using multivariate statistical methods. Samples of water, sediment and aquatic vegetation were collected at 48 sampling sites established in the Paca and Tragadero lagoon wetlands. The determination of heavy metals and arsenic was carried out using the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry method. The decreasing order of heavy metal and arsenic concentration in sediment was Fe>Zn>Pb>As, in water it was Zn>Fe>Pb>As and in S. californicus it was Zn>Fe>Pb>As. Redundancy analysis (RDA) indicated that there are significant differences in heavy metal and arsenic concentrations in sediment between ponds and between sampling sites. Generalized linear model (GLM) analysis on vegetables indicated that the concentrations of heavy metals and arsenic in the vegetable increase as a function of their concentration in sediment.
Sustainable transport is about taking holistic approach by considering economic, society and environment along with the mobility and accessibility requirement of people. In case of Greater Mumbai, there is presence of inequity in provision of transport infrastructure and service. The first part of paper arrives at sustainability indicator by means of compounded economic, social & demographic, land use and transport access indicators. The second part of paper measures the extent of sustainability in various wards of Greater Mumbai. It was important to study the extent of sustainability by measuring the gap between sustainability & HDI indicator and sustainability & transport access indicator. In terms of transport access, the gap between transport access indicator and sustainability indicator is present in most of the wards of Greater Mumbai. The overall result proves that there is urgent need to address the provision of transport access in most of the wards of Greater Mumbai. Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to arrive at sustainability indicator and to measures the extent of sustainability in various wards of Greater Mumbai in transport. Methodology: The paper arrives at sustainability indicator by developing compounded economic, social and demographic, land use and transport access indicators. In order to calculate economic, social & demographic, land-use and transport access indicator considered normalized value of each indicators derived from maximum point normalization across all wards. Finally equal weighted average of all indicators was taken to calculate the overall sustainability indicator. To measure the extent of sustainability in various wards of Greater Mumbai was done by comparing aggregate sustainable indicator with HDI indicator and transport access indicator. Result: The overall result proves that there is urgent need to address the provision of transport access in most of the wards of Greater Mumbai. The theoretical contribution: This paper arrives at sustainability indicator by compiling economic, social and demographic, land use and transport access indicators. Practical implications: This paper calculates ward level sustainability in Greater Mumbai and identifies the need to make provision of different transport infrastructure.
As Industry 4.0 offers significant productivity improvements, its relevance has grown across various organisations. While it captures the attention of both the industry and the academia, very few efforts have been made to streamline useful indicators across stages of its implementation. Such work facilitates the development of strategies that are appropriate for a specific stage of implementation; therefore, it would be significant to a variety of stakeholders. As a result, this paper aims to establish an indicator system for adopting Industry 4.0 within the context of the three stages of the innovation adoption: (i) pre-adoption, (ii) adoption, and (iii) post-adoption. First, a comprehensive review was performed with a search expanding into the literature on innovation and technology adoption. Second, the resulting indicators were filtered for relevance, redundancy, description, and thorough focus discussions. Finally, they were categorised by their stage of adoption. From 469 innovation adoption indicators found in the literature, this work identified a total of 62 indicators relevant for the Industry 4.0 adoption, in which 11, 14, and 37 of them comprised the three stages, respectively. Case studies from two manufacturing firms in the Philippines were reported to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed indicator system. This work pioneers the establishment of an indicator system for the Industry 4.0 adoption and the classification of such indicators into three stages — pre-adoption, adoption, and post-adoption — which would serve as a framework for decision-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders in planning, strategy development, resource allocation, and performance evaluation of the Industry 4.0 adoption.
Podano charakterystykę mierników, które mogą być stosowane do oceny warunków pracy w przedsiębiorstwach budowlanych, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem ich przydatności do kontrolowania bezpieczeństwa pracowników na stanowiskach pracy. Oprócz opisu najczęściej stosowanych wskaźników wynikowych i wiodących, zwrócono uwagę na wskaźniki do oceny skuteczności systemu zarządzania bhp, zintegrowane wskaźniki bhp oraz wskaźniki ekonomiczne umożliwiające określenie strat ponoszonych w wyniku złych warunków pracy.
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The article presents a short characteristics of the indicators that can be applied to the assessment of working conditions in construction enterprises, with particular taking into consideration on their usefulness to the monitoring of the safty of workers in the workplaces. Beyond description of the most commonly used resulling and leading indicators, attention was paid to: indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of the safety management system, integrated health and safety indicators, and economic indicators for determination of losses incurred as a result of bad working conditions.
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the applicability of contemporary optoelectronic systems supported by image processing algorithms in aviation. Optoelectronic systems can support the pilot’s work or the work of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator after being installed in the cockpit of the pilot or in a ground station. The origin of the problem is related to the aspects of safe operation of the aircraft in the conditions of dynamically changing ambient light observed by the aircraft pilot or operator monitoring the monitor at the ground station and observing the image from the camera installed on the UAV. The proposed solution is to help avoid situations in which the pilot’s/operator’s situational awareness deteriorates due to strong optical phenomena.
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Celem niniejszego opracowania jest zademonstrowanie możliwości zastosowania współczesnych układów optoelektronicznych wspomaganych przez algorytmy przetwarzania obrazu w lotnictwie. Układy optoelektroniczne mogą wspomóc pracę pilota lub pracę operatora bezzałogowego statku powietrznego (BSP) po zainstalowaniu w kabinie pilota bądź w stacji naziemnej. Geneza problemu jest związania z aspektami bezpiecznej eksploatacji statku powietrznego w warunkach dynamicznie zmieniającego się oświetlenia otoczenia obserwowanego przez pilota samolotu lub operatora śledzącego monitor w stacji naziemnej i obserwującego obraz z kamery zainstalowanej na BSP. Zaproponowane rozwiązanie ma pomóc uniknąć sytuacji, w których świadomość sytuacyjna pilota/operatora pogarsza się na skutek silnych zjawisk optycznych.
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The main objective of the study is to analyze the availability of statistical and spatial data necessary to define a set of indicators of a modern compact city model, as well as, to propose a multi-criteria method to determine the importance of individual indicators. An accessible and relatively easy to use set of compact city indicators is a necessary tool, both at the stage of evaluating a unit for a selected concept, as well as, during the implementation of its main postulates. The modern compact city model is now the key direction of the Polish urban policy and has been implemented in many cities around the world for years in connection with the principle of sustainable development. The paper presents the previous interpretations of the selected urban concept, its main assumptions, as well as, the author’s set of measurable indicators with sample weights, which were analyzed in the framework of the case study. To determine the weights, multi-criteria decision-making method (AHP - Analytic Hierarchy Process) was used, while GIS technologies were used at the stage of presentation of the values of selected indicators.
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Explicit constructions in Extremal Graph Theory give appropriate lower bounds for Turan type problems. In the case of prohibited cycles, the explicit constructions can be used for various problems of Information Security. We observe recent applications of algebraic constructions of regular graphs of large girth and graphs with large cycle indicator to Coding Theory and Cryptography. In particular, we present a new multivariate platforms of postquantum Non-commutative Cryptography defined in graph theoretical terms.
To give full play to the circulation function of the port container logistics park, it is urgent to study the development intensity of the land in the port container logistics park and to guide the scientific development of the port logistics park with reasonable development intensity control index. The current situation of land development intensity control index of container logistics park at home and abroad is analysed, the PENT (politics, economy, society and technology) analysis method is used to analyse the factors influencing the land development intensity control index of container logistics park, and the index system structure of influencing factors is constructed. Finally, index value is obtained quantitatively with the proposed calculation method of the land development intensity index of the port container logistics park. Its practicability is verified in case analysis.
The paper proposes the use of the DEMATEL method (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) for the identification and analysis of cause and effect relationships between sustainable development indicators. The literature studies presented, among other things, the application potential of the selected multi-criteria method, with particular emphasis on the decision-making problems related to sustainable development. Then, on the selected example of the group of sustainable development indicators, the algorithm of the DEMATEL method was presented, its potential advantages and limitations in the context of update Sustainable Development Indicator modules of the Central Statistical Office. The priority objective of the work was to present the DEMATEL method and its main element, i.e. cause-effect chain (impact-relation map) as an alternative approach to the known P-S-R system, i.e. the division of indicators into three functional groups: pressure/cause indicators, state/effect indicators, and response indicators.
The article is dedicated to the concept of the walkable city as an alternative form of urban mobility. In the work, the authors present basic principles connected with the notion of walkability in the context of sustainable development and sustainable transport. The authors also discuss pro-pedestrian solutions implemented in the Polish cities of Łódź, Rybnik, Szczecin, Gdynia, Wrocław and Katowice, including examples of good practice regarding walkability and the “Walk Score” indicator. The article also introduces typical problems related to pedestrians’ movement around the city. The advantages of implementing the walkability concept and the factors related to making cities more “pedestrian-friendly” are mentioned as well. Overall, the aim of this work is to introduced the concept of walkability as an alternative form of smart mobility in the context of urban logistics.
In this paper colorimeter based on color sensor is considered. The developed colorimeter experimental utilization is shown on example of detection Cu2+, Co2+ ions and Neutral Red indicator. Realized measurement optical system in the colorimeter supports operation with different types of sorbents, as possibility is shown an operation with silica, polyurethane foam and the indicator paper. Dynamic range of device at 12 bit per channel and well stability of characteristic are enough to work with fine reliability that is no more 0.7% for analyzed test systems.
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W artykule przedstawiono kolorymetr zbudowany z wykorzystaniem czujnika barwy. Przedstawiono wykorzystanie przedstawionego kolorymetry na przykładzie detekcji jonów Cu2+, Co2+ i neutralnego wskaźnika barwy czerwonej. Zrealizowany system optyczny kolorymetru umożliwia pracę z różnymi rodzajami sorbentów. Możliwości te pokazano z wykorzystaniem krzemionki, pianki poliuretanowej i papierka wskaźnikowego.
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