Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Energy Efficient Semi-Automatic Car Parking System using Raspberry -Pi

In latest days, the amount of cars has risen dramatically. As a result, free parking space has become a issue, particularly in metros. This raises the demand for the development of a semi-automated car parking system, which makes effective use of room and prevents traffic congestion. But the operation and maintenance of such a car parking system is very difficult. Earlier, the parking spaces available for parking were tracked by human staff, which was very time consuming. Here, we have created a semi-automatic parking scheme that provides a distinct parking slot for each vehicle. Therefore, the driver does not need to search for a vacant slot. This scheme also requires less manpower. Any number of cars entering or leaving the zone at the same time may also be accommodated. This stops the driver from stopping at the door. The system is extremely energy efficient by turning on the lamps in the parking area only when the vehicle is on the move, which makes it distinct from most parking schemes. A research on current systems shows that there are automated systems based on sensor networks or video systems that monitor the existence of vehicles and the accessibility of free parking spaces. They lack the benefit of giving each vehicle a distinctive slot, thus generating confusion when many vehicles arrive at the same time
Archiving for the future: the archivist as researcher

There has always been a strong argument for broad and deep collaboration between the research and data archiving communities. This paper argues that one of these forms of engagement—the archivist as active researcher—is an increasingly valuable element for modern data archives. In this paper, I examine several phases of archival processing, from pre-ingest to enabling access to preserved materials. Within each of the phases, I argue that closer linkages between archives and the research community can be enabled by supporting active researchers within the archive, and that the institutional strength of the archive, including its standing in the wider community, can only benefit as a result. In two areas, gaining researchers‟ trust to handle issues of confidentiality and developing materials to promote reuse, archivist-researcher skills seem to have the greatest benefits. Despite these apparent benefits, the practice is still rather limited. The paper discusses selected reasons for this and then argues that recent changes may be weakening these barriers and increasing the opportunities for archivists as research scholars
ELECTRONIC DRIVING LICENCES: KEY TO A NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY SYSTEM

Unlicensed driving is the largest single traffic safety problem in Sweden and elsewhere. In Sweden it causes 100 deaths and 2500 injured a year at a cost of more than 1 billion USD. On contract with the Swedish National Road Administration an electronic drivers license (EDL) has been developed which will eliminate all unlicensed driving, and as a consequence eliminate 60 percent of all drunken driving. The EDL which is based on smartcard technology can also carry medical information about the bearer, information about organ donations etc. It can also be used in conjunction with tachograph equipment and prevent the driver from driving more hours than stipulated. The EDL may also be combined with an alcotest unit to prevent drunken driving. (a) For the record of the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no 868581.
High performance manufacturing : global perspectives

Contributing Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Setting the Stage. Chapter 1: High Performance Manufacturing: Just Another Fad? Chapter 2: Paths of Improvement in Plant Operations. Chapter 3: Linking Practices to Plant Performance. Part II: Specific HPM Practices. Chapter 4: Manufacturing Strategy: Building Capability for Dynamic Markets. Chapter 5: Human Resource Management Practices. Chapter 6: Competitive Product and Process Technology. Chapter 7: Information Technologies for High-Performing Processes. Chapter 8: JIT Manufacturing: Development of Infrastructure Linkages. Chapter 9: Quality: Foundation for High Performance Manufacturing. Part III: High Performance Manufacturing by Country. Chapter 10: U.S. Manufacturing Renewal. Chapter 11: Japanese Manufacturing Organizations: Are They Still Competitive? Chapter 12: From Complacency to Competence: Lessons from the United Kingdom. Chapter 13: Manufacturing in Italy: Competing in a Different Way. Chapter 14: Germany: Pursuing the Technology Path. Part IV: Conclusions. Chapter 15: Conclusions and the Way Forward. Appendix. Index.
Wideband E-shaped dipole antenna with staircase-shaped feeding strip

A wideband E-shaped dipole antenna with a staircase-shaped feeding strip is presented. The antenna has wide impedance bandwidth (SWR<; 1.5) of 60%, which is ranged from 1.84 to 3.44 GHz. Stable unidirectional radiation patterns, low cross-polarisation level and high average gain are achieved over the passband.
Shallow-water acoustic communication with high bit rate BPSK signals

BPSK signals have been defined for transmission through a shallow-water acoustic communication channel. The signals were accompanied by two displaced carriers to facilitate carrier recovery. To correct for the adverse effects of time spreading, a pseudo-random learning sequence was transmitted ahead of the communication signal. The signal processing consists of a shift to baseband guided by the displaced carriers, a least-squares equalizer tuned to the received learning signal, coherent addition of reconstructed baseband signals (corresponding to selected channels of the receiving hydrophone array), and bit restoration with a decision-directed equalizer. In this manner, bit rates up to 4 kbit/s are successfully dealt with in moving-point-to-fixed-point communication. The main risk appears to be the fading of a displaced carrier.
Dynamic CFD Modelling of Thermal Mass and Air Movement

Abstract Recent work has begun to consider the potential for using freeze flow techniques in Computational Fluid Dynamics programs for carrying out long term simulations of time dependent flows. This paper describes and tests a new, adaptive control method which automatically adjusts the lengths of the frozen and unfrozen flow periods in the solution procedure, based on current and imminent conditions. The adaptive control method demonstrates improved performance compared with an invariable control method. Tests using the new method for different flow scenarios have shown good agreement with the results obtained using a traditional fully transient CFD simulation in which all equations are solved without interruption. Simulation CPU time and data storage requirements were reduced by up to 88% and 70% respectively when compared with a fully transient CFD simulation.
The effect of FeO activity on the material and energy flow in a novel suspension ironmaking process

A one-million ton hot iron per year suspension ironmaking plant has been simulated with the consideration of activity coefficient of FeO in slag by using Metsim simulation software package for calculating material balance and energy balance in this thesis. Mathematical models found in the literature for calculating the activity coefficient of FeO in slag were first selected, reviewed and assessed. Park and Lee’s regular solution model was evaluated to be the most appropriate model for this study, and was integrated with the Metsim simulation software for the simulation of the suspension ironmaking process. Six suspension ironmaking processes were simulated: one-step process with pure H2, two-step process with pure H2, one-step reformerless process with natural gas, twostep reformerless process with natural gas, one-step process with SMR-H2 and one-step process with SMR-syngas. The simulated results show that the suspension ironmaking processes with pure H2 and reformerless natural gas are more energy efficient than conventional blast furnace ironmaking process, mainly due to the direct use of iron ore concentrate and no need for coke in the suspension ironmaking processes. The reformerless suspension ironmaking process with natural gas would consume 30 – 41% less energy than the average blast furnace ironmaking process. On the basis of material balance and energy balance, the economical feasibility of the suspension ironmaking process was analyzed. Capital cost, operating cost, CO2 credit and net present value were used in analyzing economic feasibility of the suspension ironmaking process. The analyzed results show that pure H2 process would require the least capital cost and receive the largest CO2 credit, but need the highest operating cost. Even without considering CO2 credit, except pure H2 process, all other suspension ironmaking processes would be profitable with positive NPV values. With sufficient CO2 credit, all suspension ironmaking processes simulated would be profitable, among which reformerless natural gas would return the best economics. Capital cost for the one-million ton per year suspension ironmakng plant with reformerless natural gas would be $414 million for one-step and $537 million for twostep, operating cost $429/tHI and $418/tHI, and NPV $333/tHI and $177/tHI without CO2 credit and $813/tHI and $795/tHI with $100/t CO2 credit, respectively. Economic sensitivity was also analyzed. Lower fuel price, lower operating cost, higher hot iron price and larger CO2 credit would all help improve the economics of the suspension ironmaking process.
Practical algorithms for distributed network control

Optimal routing and scheduling algorithms have been studied for decades, however several practical issues prevent the adoption of these network control policies on the Internet. This thesis considers two distinct topics in distributed network control: (i) maximizing throughput in wireless networks using network coding, and (ii) deploying controllable nodes in legacy networks. Network coding is a relatively new technique that allows for an increase in throughput under certain topological and routing conditions. The first part of this thesis considers jointly optimal routing, scheduling, and network coding strategies to maximize throughput in wireless networks. We introduce a simple network coding strategy and fully characterize the region of arrival rates supported. We propose a centralized dynamic control policy for routing, scheduling, and our network coding strategy, and prove this policy to be throughput optimal subject to our coding constraint. We further propose a distributed control policy based on random access that optimizes for routing, scheduling, and pairwise coding, where pairwise coding captures most of the coding opportunities on random topologies. We prove this second policy to also be throughput optimal subject to the coding constraint. Finally, we reduce the gap between theory and practice by identifying and solving several problems that may occur in system implementations of these policies. Throughput optimal policies typically require every device in the network to make dynamic routing decisions. In the second part of this thesis, we propose an overlay routing architecture such that only a subset of devices (overlay nodes) need to make dynamic routing decisions, and yet maximum throughput can still be achieved. We begin by formulating an optimization problem that searches for the minimum overlay node placement that achieves maximum throughput. We devise an efficient placement algorithm which solves this problem optimally for networks not subject to interference constraints. Then we propose a heuristic control policy for use at overlay nodes, and show by simulation that this policy performs optimally in all studied scenarios. Thesis Supervisor: Eytan Modiano Title: Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
MAPS BETWEEN TANGENTIAL COMPLEXES FOR PROJECTIVE CONFIGURATIONS

Grassmannian bi-complex contains two types of differential maps and . This complex is related to the Tangent complex by Siddiqui for the differential map. In this article, we try to find morphisms in tangential configuration space to relate Grassmannian complex and first-order tangent complex for differential map d’.
Modeling of performance of wireless communication antennas in the vicinity of the user

Many wireless communication devices are used with their antennas in close proximity of the human head. This results in changes in the antenna characteristics that affect the communications performance and in the deposition of microwave energy in the user's head that for some devices may be in excess of the values allowed by health protection standards. These effects are evaluated using the FDTD method for two new types of antennas and the results are compared to those for a generic monopole handset.
Keratin-Based Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Carriers

Keratin is a structural protein of mammalian tissues and birds, representing the principal constituent of hair, nails, skin, wool, hooves, horns, beaks, and feathers, and playing an essential role in protecting the body from external harassment. Due to its intrinsic features such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, responsiveness to specific biological environment, and physical–chemical properties, keratin has been extensively explored in the production of nanocarriers of active principles for different biomedical applications. In the present review paper, we aimed to give a literature overview of keratin-based nanoparticles produced starting from human hair, wool, and chicken feathers. Along with the chemical and structural description of keratin nanoparticles, selected in vitro and in vivo biological data are also discussed to provide a more comprehensive framework of possible fields of application of this protein. Despite the considerable number of papers describing the production and use of keratin nanoparticles as carries of anticancer and antimicrobial drugs or as hemostatic and wound healing materials, still, efforts are needed to implement keratin nanoparticles towards their clinical application.
EFL/ESP teacher development and classroom innovation through teacher-initiated action research

This study is an investigation of the potential of teacher-initiated action research for EFL/ESP teacher development and classroom innovation. The Collaborative Academic Writing Research Project (CAWRP), on which it is based, was carried out at the ESP Centre, Damascus University, in 1996-1997. It was in two phases, Baseline and Main. The researcher, a teacher in the context, assumed a participatory and facilitating role. The pedagogic problem was the teaching of research paper writing to postgraduate students. The CAWRP was proposed to ease this problem and introduce classroom innovation through teacher-initiated action research, the long-term aim of which was continuous professional development. The baseline research aimed at articulating a picture of teacher and context needs and assessing project viability. The proposal was refined in the light of the findings, and a programme of teacher development activities was agreed with the participants. This was implemented in the Main Phase, which had three stages: Orientation, Research and Reporting, and Summative Evaluation and Follow-up. The role of the researcher was to facilitate the teachers to self-direct their professional learning and introduce needed pedagogic innovations. The thesis is in eight chapters and 32 appendices. Chapter One sets the scene and introduces the study. Chapter Two focuses on the baseline investigation: its methodology, findings, and their implications for the Main Phase study. Chapter Three is a review of the relevant literature in the fields of teacher development and classroom innovation. Chapter Four focuses on project design and methodology and gives more details on the principles, values, strategies, and procedures that guided project implementation and how they worked out in action. Chapter Five reports the findings, focusing on the contribution of the Orientation Stage activities to the development of the teacher group as a whole (a total of 20 out of 23 Centre teachers). Its main sources of data are recordings, feedback questionnaires, and participant observation. Chapter Six focuses on the teachers who carried out action research and reported on it (8 out of the 20 Orientation Stage participants). It presents two case studies of frill participants, starting with their entry points and showing how they developed in the Research and Reporting Stage. One case exemplifies the experienced teachers and those who did research individually, and the other the novices and those who worked in collaboration. Chapter Seven reports on the participants' sununative evaluation of the project and the effect of this evaluation on project continuity. Chapter Eight summarises the main findings and evaluates them with reference to the literature, on the one hand, and design principles and methodology, on the other. In this chapter, I have looked critically at the lessons learnt from the study, discussed its significance and limitations, and put forward some recommendations. The appendices include some of the materials and documentary evidence used in the research.
Empirical Study of Transient Freeway Traffic States Along Kinematic Waves

Data from several freeway locations reveal various features of transitions in traffic states. Two types of transitions are discussed in this paper; transitions near a merge and transitions along shock waves during the onset and dissipation of a queue. The former was studied by analyzing the spatial changes in flow, density and space-mean speed along kinematic waves near a merge. It was found that the length of transition in terms of flow, density and speed are respectively around 80m, 120m and 180m, indicating that the transition in flow occurs within a short distance while the transition in speed occurs in much longer space. The analyses of transitions along shock waves reveal that the durations of transitions due to regime changes are site-specific. One of the two freeway facilities analyzed in this study exhibited durations of 10–15 minutes while the second site exhibited durations in the range of 20–24 minutes. However, within each site, the transitions during the onset and dissipation of queues displayed similar durations. Finally, it was found that the transition durations are influenced by changes in speed before and after transitions, shock wave speed and the presence of freeway ramps.
New Environments for Working

Introduction. Modelling organisations, ways of working and the use of space over time. Models of organisational types and patterns of work. Models of time and space use. Implications for environmental servicing. Modelling the future. Modelling the supply of buildings and types of environmental servicing. Interactions between the models of organisation, buildings and technology. Case studies of innovative organisations and new forms of environmental services. Model design briefs for new kinds of working spaces and environmental services. Index.
Brand.

- As the times progress and the enhancement of the public educational level, life insurance has been paid much attention day by day. Especially, medical insurance plays an important role in all sorts of life insurance. Medical insurance is the invisible merchandise. While customers buy the invisible products, they usually place an importance on invisible factors. The study problem into the direct impact on service quality, brand image and price fairness; This research anticipates after applying structural equation modeling (SEM), while customers buying the medical insurance; service quality and brand image has direct and positive impact on the customer satisfaction, service quality and brand image has no direct and positive impact on the customer loyalty. But service quality and brand image has direct and positive impact on the customer loyalty through customer satisfaction. After analysis, customer satisfaction has a direct and positive effect on customer loyalty. Finally, after measure of price fairness, whether it is a direct impact on customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, or indirectly affect customer loyalty through customer satisfaction, all have no significant impact.
Injuries to the triceps surae muscle of elite rugby union front rowers: A qualitative video analysis and 3 dimensional kinematic analysis of the front row during live scrummaging

The increasing incidence of injury to the triceps surae muscle in high performance front row rugby union players has stimulated a need to investigate the events surrounding this injury. Previous research has linked TS muscle injuries with both scrummaging and activities which mimic those of scrummaging, but the possible mechanisms of injury remain unidentified. In addition, limited published data exists, that has reported the biomechanics of scrummaging techniques of high performance players. Of these studies the majority have been undertaken using scrummaging machines, with research on the biomechanics of live scrummaging less well documented. Accordingly, the purpose of this two part study was firstly to conduct an observational video analysis of TS injuries in a group of high performance front row players, and subsequently investigate the lower limb kinematics of a second cohort of high performance players during a series of live scrummaging drills. It was hypothesised that using mixed method analysis would provide a greater depth of understanding about the possible causes and mechanisms for TS injury.
Control of large commercial vehicle accidents caused by front tire failures.

The Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation is concerned with the loss of life, injury, and property damage that result from front tire failure on heavy-duty trucks. The Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety conducted an investigation of front tire failure on heavy trucks. This effort included an investigation of the magnitude of the front tire problem, baseline tire failure tests, and tests with devices commercially available which are designed to minimize the front tire failure problem. Baseline testing finalized the testing procedure and provided a comparative evaluation of variations in tire loading, tire construction, and misalignments. The device evaluation phase involved testing of twelve devices and concepts. A ranking of the devices tested and a cost-effective analysis summarize the findings of the program.