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Pupillometry in conjugation with automatic parking as a tool of automobile safety

This abstract proposes a novel approach to prevent accidents when the driver becomes unconscious or if he is in an intoxicated state. An integrated system of sensors and alarms are designed for the same. Using a high-resolution eye camera, pupil dilation is detected and tested against a pre-determined set of data value to confirm the persons mental stability. A non-invasive method is employed to check the pulse rate and body temperature and they are recorded and juxtaposing monitored in real time for any pre-indication of a cardiac arrest and other conditions. Using real-time parking availability, the automobile is parked in pilot areas using robust lane detection method which is done by extracting the lane edges. Infra-red automobile anti-collision device, detects the obstacles surrounding the vehicle, calculating its impact on the vehicle and thus automatically enabling the anticollision function, resulting in smooth parking of automobile in pilot area. Instantly an indication is sent from the Bluetooth of the automobile, to the emergency contact, calling in for the attention to the driver.
Water for a Changing World - Developing Local Knowledge and Capacity : Proceedings of the International Symposium "Water for a Changing World Developing Local Knowledge and Capacity", Delft, The Netherlands, June 13-15, 2007

PART 1: Background Knowledge and capacity development (KCD) as tool for institutional strengthening and change PART 2: A Sector Analysis Water security: What does it mean, what may it imply? The environmental integrity of freshwater resources Water for a crowded planet: An emerging global challenge for earth system science and technology Challenges for urban water supply and sanitation in developing countries Glocal water governance: Controversies and choices PART 3: Knowledge and Capacity Development Capacity and capacity development: Breaking down the concepts and analyzing the processes Thinking out of the ordinary-promoting knowledge generation and research on water Challenges in knowledge and capacity enhancement: A southern perspective The role of knowledge generation at UNESCO-IHE: Past-present-future Capacity challenges on the path towards water security Water knowledge networking: Partnering for better results Enhancing nations' capacity: From theory to practice. The role of the World Bank Institute Toward good water governance: Knowledge is power? A negotiated approach in ensuring use of local knowledge and capacity for water resources management Knowledge modelling for the water sector: Transparent management of our aquatic environment Innovative education: Integrating a new educational concept and e-learning Knowledge transfer and sharing at UNESCO-IHE: The next 25 years African experiences: Learning and success Closing speech for "Water for a changing world: Enhancing local knowledge and capacity"
An Extensible Framework for Efficient Document Management using RDF and OWL

In this paper, we describe an integrated approach towards dealing with various semantic and structural issues associated with document management. We provide motivations for using XML, RDF and OWL in building a seamless architecture to serve not only as a document exchange service but also to enable higher level services such as annotations, metadata access and querying. The key idea is to manifest differential treatments for the actual document structure, semantic content of the document and ontological document organization. The deployment of this architecture in the PROTEUS project provides an industrial setting for evaluation and further specification.
Microscopic Foundations of Ohm and Joule's Laws - The Relevance of Thermodynamics

We give a brief historical account on microscopic explanations of electrical conduction. One aim of this short review is to show that Thermodynamics is fundamental to the theoretical understanding of the phenomenon. We discuss how the 2nd law, implemented in the scope of Quantum Statistical Mechanics, can be naturally used to give mathematical sense to conductivity of very general quantum many-body models. This is reminiscent of original ideas of J.P. Joule. We start with Ohm and Joule's discoveries and proceed by describing the Drude model of conductivity. The impact of Quantum Mechanics and the Anderson model are also discussed. The exposition is closed with the presentation of our approach to electrical conductivity based on the 2nd law of Thermodynamics as passivity of systems at thermal equilibrium. It led to new rigorous results on linear conductivity of interacting fermions. One example is the existence of so-called AC-conductivity measures for such a physical system. These measures are, moreover, Fourier transforms of time correlations of current fluctuations in the system. I.e., the conductivity satisfies, for a large class of quantum mechanical microscopic models, Green-Kubo relations.
Considerations on Using Ontologies in Complex Systems

Many complex systems need in an explicit or in an implicit form the ontologies. One of the major problems consist in that the need to obtain an ontology from some others using appropriate operations. In many domains the ontologies are in some way related. The ontology derivation allows obtaining one ontology from another. Paper analyzes some related previous works and suggests some primary formalism that allows deriving one ontology from other one.
New analysis tools for the comprehensive assessment of the coronary arteries and myocardial viability in CT data sets

In recent years the diagnosis of the coronary artery disease is supported by non-invasive imaging methods such as CT, MRI, PET or SPECT. Today, CT is the leading modality for morphology imaging of the heart. Moreover, iodine-based contrast agents enable a visualization of myocardial viability with CT. In this work, we present new software assistants, that enable a comprehensive result exploration of cause and effect of an ischemia from one imaging modality. Therefore, we adapted our current methods for the detection and segmentation of myocardial scars to CT data and compare the results with measurements from advanced coronary artery analysis. Results on several pig data demonstrate the ability to automatically detect infarctions and to relate them to the causative coronary arteries. Furthermore, preliminary results with two patient data sets illustrate that accurate patient-specific information can be achieved in addition to the standardized AHA 17-segment model.
K‐band CMOS VCO using a wide tuning range varactor

This article presents a K‐band CMOS voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) using a wide tuning range MOSFET varactor. The proposed varactor consists of a MOSFET in which the source and drain are connected to each other through a large resistor, the body is grounded through another large resistor, and the gate and source are connected through a capacitor. The newly proposed varactor improves the tuning range of the capacitance compared to that in a conventional MOSFET varactor and a resistors‐added varactor because two large resistors partially cancels the parasitic capacitances of the MOSFET in the depletion mode, and the external capacitor supplements additional capacitance in the inversion mode. The proposed varactor achieves a capacitance tuning range of ±64.5%. The voltage controlled oscillator using the proposed varactor features a wide tuning range characteristic of 11.7% in the K‐Band and shows a good figure‐of‐merit of −186.5 dBc/Hz. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:2751–2754, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27164
Associations of Hospital and Patient Characteristics with Fluid Resuscitation Volumes in Patients with Severe Sepsis: Post Hoc Analyses of Data from a Multicentre Randomised Clinical Trial

Purpose Fluid resuscitation is a key intervention in patients with sepsis and circulatory impairment. The recommendations for continued fluid therapy in sepsis are vague, which may result in differences in clinical practice. We aimed to evaluate associations between hospital and patient characteristics and fluid resuscitation volumes in ICU patients with severe sepsis. Methods We explored the 6S trial database of ICU patients with severe sepsis needing fluid resuscitation randomised to hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.42 vs. Ringer’s acetate. Our primary outcome measure was fluid resuscitation volume and secondary outcome total fluid input administered from 24 hours before randomisation until the end of day 3 post-randomisation. We performed multivariate analyses with hospital and patient baseline characteristics as covariates to assess associations with fluid volumes given. Results We included 654 patients who were in the ICU for 3 days and had fluid volumes available. Individual trial sites administered significantly different volumes of fluid resuscitation and total fluid input after adjusting for baseline variables (P<0.001). Increased lactate, higher cardiovascular and renal SOFA subscores, lower respiratory SOFA subscore and surgery were all independently associated with increased fluid resuscitation volumes. Conclusions Hospital characteristics adjusted for patient baseline values were associated with differences in fluid resuscitation volumes given in the first 3 days of severe sepsis. The data indicate variations in clinical practice not explained by patient characteristics emphasizing the need for RCTs assessing fluid resuscitation volumes fluid in patients with sepsis.
Understanding the Roles of Money, or When is the Friedman Rule Optimal, and Why?

In this paper, we study the optimal steady state monetary policy in overlapping generations (OG) models. In contrast to economies populated by inthnitely-lived representative agents (ILRA), the Friedman Rule is frequently not the policy that maximizes the welfare of two-period lived consumers. Our principal goal is to understand why the Friedman Rule is suboptimal in OG economies. To this end, we construct a mechanism.specithcally, a monetary policy regime.that renders money useless in the sense of executing intergenerational transfers. Under this governmental regime, we show that the optimal monetary policy is the Friedman Rule. Our thnding is robust to alternative rationales for valued that money; specithcally, whether money is held voluntarily or involuntarily.
Global imbalances and the financial crisis

Did global imbalances cause the financial crisis? A number of influential figures have argued that inflows of foreign capital into the US due to the current account deficit helped to trigger the crisis. This paper argues that the evidence for this position is weak. The capital inflows into the US associated with the current account deficit were also not the key factor driving foreign purchases of US toxic assets. The so-called global savings glut was not as significant a pattern as is often presented. Macroeconomic policies that reduced global imbalances could have been adopted but these would probably not have prevented the crisis. Global policy efforts to prevent a recurrence of the financial crisis need to focus on improved banking regulation. Reducing global imbalances should be of secondary importance.
De Novo Molecular Design Using Graph Kernels

Erklärung Hiermit erkläre ich, dass ich diese Abschlussarbeit selbständig verfasst habe, keine anderen als die angegebenen Quellen/Hilfsmittel verwendet habe und alle Stellen, die wörtlich oder sinngemäßaus veröffentlichten Schriften entnommen wurden, als solche kenntlich gemacht habe. Darüber hinaus erkläre ich, dass diese Abschluss-arbeit nicht, auch nicht auszugsweise, bereits für eine andere Prüfung angefertigt wurde. Acknowledgements First I would like to thank Dr. Fabrizio Costa who proposed the subject of this thesis and closely supervised me through out the process. He came up with a lot of ideas that literally made this project possible. I would also like to thank him for the code of the NSPDK kernel which plays a major role in GraSCoM implementation. In the end I want to thank him for offering me the opportunity of working on such an interesting project. I cannot imagine a topic that I could have enjoyed more working on for my Master Thesis. I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Rolf Backofen for having me part of the group (as a student assistant) over the years of my study. I have learned a lot and I definitely enjoyed this experience. Another big thank you needs to go to the group of Dr. Hauke Busch from the ZBSA for allowing me to run some of the experiments on their cluster. I want to also thank my parents for encouraging and supporting me over the years. A final but very special thanks goes to my girlfriend Ilinca, who supported me and made my days working on the thesis a lot nicer. Summary Synthesis of small molecules that improve on the curative properties of existing drugs or that are effective in curing previously untreatable illnesses is a very hard task on which pharmaceutical companies are investing enormous amounts of resources. Despite this, studies show that only one out of 5000 screened drug candidates reaches the market and therefore the pharmaceutical companies are looking for fail fast, fail cheap solutions. In this context, computational methods become an interesting alternative if they manage to replace the expensive and time consuming phases of design, synthesis and test. Among such methods, the computer-aided de novo molecular design approaches are particularly interesting as they produce from scratch novel molecular structures with desired pharmacological properties in an incremental fashion. One of the biggest challenges such systems have to face is the exploration of a practically infinite chemical space. In this …
Research of cloud computing based agriculture virtualized information database

Agriculture information resources such as multimedia files, remote sensing images and monitoring data stream, are characterized with distributed and massive storage. This paper presents virtualized information database which organize heterogeneous resources distributed in multiple storage nodes based on open source cloud computing platform. With three virtualized database access interface, the transparent user resource access had been realized by XML metadata service, resource information service and resource server monitoring service. The database is scalable and high fault tolerance, which can automatically handle failed storage node.
Analyses of the Impact of Learning Styles and Strategies of Learners in Distance Education: Educational Issues into Digital Opportunities

In order to asses and determine the general issues and barriers in online distance education this research focuses in assessing the impact of learners learning style and strategies and based on these results proposes solutions and recommendations. The data for this research was gathered from interviews with focus group and a web based survey of students, participants in online distance education courses. The main contribution of this study is the proposed DEVC methodology and recommendations in avoiding the assessed and evaluated barriers in distance education in regards with enhanced and lifelong learning.
Long Non-Coding RNA Expression Profiling of Mouse Testis during Postnatal Development

Mammalian testis development and spermatogenesis play critical roles in male fertility and continuation of a species. Previous research into the molecular mechanisms of testis development and spermatogenesis has largely focused on the role of protein-coding genes and small non-coding RNAs, such as microRNAs and piRNAs. Recently, it has become apparent that large numbers of long (>200 nt) non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcribed from mammalian genomes and that lncRNAs perform important regulatory functions in various developmental processes. However, the expression of lncRNAs and their biological functions in post-natal testis development remain unknown. In this study, we employed microarray technology to examine lncRNA expression profiles of neonatal (6-day-old) and adult (8-week-old) mouse testes. We found that 8,265 lncRNAs were expressed above background levels during post-natal testis development, of which 3,025 were differentially expressed. Candidate lncRNAs were identified for further characterization by an integrated examination of genomic context, gene ontology (GO) enrichment of their associated protein-coding genes, promoter analysis for epigenetic modification, and evolutionary conservation of elements. Many lncRNAs overlapped or were adjacent to key transcription factors and other genes involved in spermatogenesis, such as Ovol1, Ovol2, Lhx1, Sox3, Sox9, Plzf, c-Kit, Wt1, Sycp2, Prm1 and Prm2. Most differentially expressed lncRNAs exhibited epigenetic modification marks similar to protein-coding genes and tend to be expressed in a tissue-specific manner. In addition, the majority of differentially expressed lncRNAs harbored evolutionary conserved elements. Taken together, our findings represent the first systematic investigation of lncRNA expression in the mammalian testis and provide a solid foundation for further research into the molecular mechanisms of lncRNAs function in mammalian testis development and spermatogenesis.
Toward a Wirelessly Powered On-Lens Intraocular Pressure Monitoring System

This paper presents a wireless on-lens intraocular pressure monitoring system, comprising a capacitance-to-digital converter and a wirelessly powered radio-frequency identification (RFID)-compatible communication system, for sensor control and data communication. The capacitive sensor was embedded on a soft contact lens of 200 μm thickness using commercially available biocompatible lens material, to improve compliance and reduce user discomfort. The sensor chip was shown to achieve effective number of bits greater than 10 over a capacitance range up to 50 pF while consuming only 64-μW power. The on-lens capacitive sensor could detect dielectric variation caused by changes in water content from a distance of 2 cm by using incident power from an RFID reader at 20 dBm. The maximum detectable distance was 11 cm with 30-dBm incident RF power. The rise in eye tissue temperature under 30-dBm RF exposure over an interval of 1 s was simulated and found to be less than 0.01°C.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN TRANSPORT IN AUSTRALIA

Environmental pollution is one of the main restrictions of sustainable development. We examine whether or not freight transport is sensitive of the environment in Australia, particularly in the state of Victoria. Because, freight transports is one of the significant factors of environmental pollution. In the study we discuss the decision taken by the government of Victoria; and what kind of measurement is applied by the government. We also discuss which policy should be followed to achieve green transportation. The aim of the study is to determine the effects of environmental measurement on growing of the transport sector. The economics of Australia has a structure growing fast, in order to parallel the increasing growth of the transport sector. It tries to apply Kyoto protocol to the transport sector. In conclusion, the environmental pollution and CO2 emissions decrease in Australia although the transport sector grows day by day.
Inter-Firm Collaboration, Learning and Networks: An Integrated Approach

1. Introduction 1.1 Aims and scope 1.1.1 Questions 1.1.2 Scope 1.1.3 Disciplines 1.2 Concepts and theory 1.2.1 Competence 1.2.2 Knowledge 1.2.3 Decision heuristics 1.2. 4 Organization 1.2. 5 Institutions 1.2. 6 Complementary cognition 1.2. 7 Tacit knowledge, absorptive capacity and firm size 1.2. 8 Knowledge transfer to small firms 1.2. 9 Governance 1.3 Advanced 1.3.1 Cognitive distance 1.3.2 Empirical tests 1.3. 5 Evolutionary psychology 1.3. 6 Institutions and evolution 1.3. 7 Methodological interactionism 1.3. 8 Incommensurability 2. Goals 2.1 Goals 2.1.1 Efficiency 2.1.2 Competence 2.1.3 Positioning 2.1.4 Performance 2.2 Concepts and theory 2.2.1 Economies of scale and scope 2.2.2 Economies of time 2.2.3 Innovation 2.2. 4 Learning, exploration and exploitation 2.2. 5 Communities of practice 2.2. 6 Internationalization 2.3 Advanced 2.3.1 Threshold costs 2.3.2 Cycle of discovery 2.3.3 Leaning by internationalization 3. Structure 3.1 Forms 3.1.1 Structure 3.1.2 Ties 3.1.3 Concentration of ownership and control 3.1.4 Cobwebs 3.2 Choice 3.2.1 MA or alliance? 3.2.2 Bad reasons 3.2.3 Joint ventures 3.2. 4 Network structure 3.2. 5 Licensing 3.2. 6 Structures of buyer-supplier relations 3.2. 7 External corporate venturing 3.3 Concepts and theory 3.3.1 Third parties 3.3.2 The revelation problem 3.4 Advanced 3.4.1 Location 4. Governance 4.1 Risk analysis 4.1.1 Governance 4.1.2 Relational risk 4.1.3 An audit of hold-up risk 4.1.4 Network effects 4.2 Instruments 4.2.1 Risk control 4.2.2 Strategic orientations 4.2.3 Instruments 4.2. 4 Contingencies 4.3 Concepts and theory 4.3.1 Trust 4.3.2 Go-betweens 4.3.3 Hostages 4.4 Advanced 4.4.1 Detailed risk audit 4.4.1.1 Value 4.4.1.2 Switching costs 4.4.1.3 Room for opportunism 4.4.1.4 Intent towards opportunism 4.4.1.5 Overall system 4.4.2 Detailed choice 4.4.2.1 Conditions 4.4.2.2 Problems of governance 4.4.2.3 Examples 4.4.3 Empirical tests 5. Process 5.1 Stages of relations 5.1.1. Beginning 5.1.2. Management 5.1.3. Adaptation 5.1.4. The end 5.2 Networks for exploration and exploitation 5.2.1 Networks for exploration: the competence side 5.2.2 Networks for exploration: the governance side 5.2.3 Networks for exploitation 5.2. 4 Contingencies 5.2. 5 Conclusion 5.2. 6 Empirical evidence 5.2. 6.1 Multimedia 5.2. 6.2 Biotechnology 5.2. 7 Development of clusters 5.2. 8 Development of MNC's 5.2. 9 Keiretsu5.3 Advanced 5.3.1 Opening game 5.3.2 Closing game 5.3.3 Generic forms of outsourcing 6. Summary and Conclusions 6.1 Integrated theory 6.2 Dyads and networks 6.3 Goals of collaboration 6.4 Forms of collaboration 6.5 Governance 6.6 Process 6.7 Further research
A Domino Theory of Regionalism

Regional liberalization sweeps the globe like wildfire while multilateral trade talks proceed at a glacial pace. Why are countries eager to liberalize regionally but reluctant to do so multilaterally? The answer of the GATT-is-dead school is that multilateralism is too cumbersome for contemporary trade issues. This paper proposes a very different answer. Recent regionalism is caused by two idiosyncratic events multiplied by a domino effect. The triggering events – the U.S.-Mexico FTA and the EC's 1992 programme – had nothing to do with GATT's health. The domino effect is simple. Political equilibria, which balance anti- and pro-membership forces, determine governments' stances on regional liberalization. Domestic exporters to regional blocs are a powerful pro-membership constituency. An event that triggers closer integration within an existing bloc harms the profits of nonmember exporters, thus stimulating them to boost their pro-membership political activity. The extra activity alters the political equilibrium, leading some countries to join. This enlargement further harms nonmember exporters since they now face a disadvantage in a greater number of markets. This second round effect brings forth more pro-membership political activity and a further enlargement of the bloc. The new political equilibrium is marked by larger regional trading blocs. In the meantime regionalism appears to spread like wildfire.