Publications by authors named "Marcin Niemiec"

The increasing global demand for sustainable materials and circular economy solutions has driven research into innovative applications of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and their by-products. While PHAs are well-recognized biodegradable bioplastics, the potential reuse of waste streams generated during their production remains largely unexplored. This study investigates the feasibility of utilizing hydrolysates derived from PHA post-fermentation biomass as biostimulants for rapeseed (Brassica napus L.

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Food production is one of the most important sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, both in primary production and in processing and the logistics chain. The most problematic and risky is the optimization of environmental effects in the stage of primary production. This is due to the significant influence of factors related to climate and soil that are difficult to predict.

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Network function virtualization technology has long moved beyond the experimental phase to become a standard in the implementation of modern telecommunications networks. It is anticipated that in the near future all network services will be implemented in software based on cloud-native architecture. As a result, telecommunications service providers have started exploring containers and unikernels as alternative technologies to traditional virtual machines.

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Introduction: Smart management in crop cultivation is increasingly supported by application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM), which sustain soil fertility and plant performance. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the effects of consortia composed of ( BEG96, BEG92, BEG199, BEG 95, and BEG140) and PGPM ( - AZ, or sp. - S) on onion cultivated in growing media with a composition corresponding to a degraded soil.

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Raspberry fruits are a valuable source of bioactive compounds. The study used the modification of the substrate (coconut fibre), consisting of the use of various organic and mineral additives, in the soilless cultivation of raspberries. The additives influenced the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds in the raspberry fruits by modifying the sorption properties and the abundance of the substrate.

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Superoxide dismutases (SODs) belong to the group of metalloenzymes that remove superoxide anion radicals and they have been identified in three domains of life: , and . SODs in sp. PCC 6803, CCALA 979, and sp.

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Neural cryptography is the application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in the subject of cryptography. The functionality of this solution is based on a tree parity machine (TPM). It uses ANNs to perform secure key exchange between network entities.

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Article Synopsis
  • Crop fertilization with sulfur and increasing soil organic matter is crucial for agriculture, with waste materials providing a source of both sulfur and organic content.
  • An experiment over 240 days tested the effects of adding waste sulfur pulp and organic mixtures on different soil types, finding that sulfur levels rose initially but decreased after 60 days.
  • The results showed that while sulfur application lowered soil pH and affected enzyme activity differently based on soil type, it had limited impact on overall organic carbon levels in the soil.
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The utilization of municipal waste and sewage sludge as a source of energy is technically very difficult due to high variability of their physical and chemical properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of the conversion of biomass contained in the whitewater fraction of municipal waste and sewage sludge by means of methanogenesis. The second objective was to assess the chemical composition of the digestate in the context of its use for fertilizer purposes.

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There is a potential for using sulfur waste in agriculture. The main objective of this study was to design a granular fertilizer based on waste elemental sulfur. Humic acids and halloysite were used to improve the properties and their influence on soil properties.

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Plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPM) play vital roles in maintaining crop fitness and soil health in stressed environments. Research have included analysis-based cultivation of soil-microbial-plant relationships to clarify microbiota potential. The goal of the research was to (i) evaluate the symbiotic microorganism effects on tomato seedling fitness under stressed conditions simulating a fragile soil susceptible to degradation; (ii) compare the plant-microbial interactions after inoculation with microbial isolates and fungi-bacteria consortia; (iii) develop an effective crop-microbial network, which improves soil and plant status.

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The Internet is an inseparable part of our contemporary lives. This means that protection against threats and attacks is crucial for major companies and for individual users. There is a demand for the ongoing development of methods for ensuring security in cyberspace.

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Natural products have always enjoyed great popularity among consumers. Wild tea is an interesting alternative to tea from intensive plantations. The term "wild tea" is applied to many different varieties of tea, the most desirable and valued of which are native or indigenous tea plants.

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The fall of prices of the high-throughput genome sequencing changes the landscape of modern genomics. A number of large scale projects aimed at sequencing many human genomes are in progress. Genome sequencing also becomes an important aid in the personalized medicine.

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