Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
VISION ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY AND SCREENING OLDER DRIVERS: PAST PRACTICES AND EMERGING TECHNIQUES

Three topics related to the visual screening of motor vehicle operators are reviewed. First, procedures used to test driver vision in the United States are examined. The most frequently assessed visual functions and the technology typically used to test these functions are summarized. The second area of inquiry is research efforts to develop a "scientifically valid" technology for testing driver visual function. Coverage is given to the U.S. Department of Transportation's research initiatives, which led to the development of the MARK I and MARK II series of integrated devices for testing driver vision. The third, and major, topic covered in this paper is the description and evaluation of emergent technologies that could affect future developments in mass visual screening programs. This review is focused on recent advances in psychophysical data collection procedures as well as advances in visual imaging hardware and clinical testing devices. Finally, recommendations for implementation of new assessment approaches and critical research needs for driver vision testing are summarized. Throughout the paper, special emphasis is placed on the interactive influence of human aging and technology and its applications. Future research should include studies to quantify the effectiveness of contrast sensitivity techniques and low-contrast acuity testing for improving the mobility and productivity of the older driver population. In addition, standardized procedures for collecting and scoring contrast sensitivity function (CSF) data need to be developed. The costs and benefits of CSF procedures and low-contrast acuity tests need to be carefully examined. The potential for employing a glare stressor needs to be explored. Automated administration of existing vision and driving knowledge and information tests should be explored, and mandatory periodic retesting of older drivers should be initiated by all driver-licensing agencies. The feasibility and desirability of cognitive competence screening of driver's license and renewal applicants also need to be studied.
Update of the safety checklist for the assessment of in-vehicle information systems - a scoping study

A safety checklist for the assessment of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) (Stevens et al., 1999) was developed by TRL for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) in the late 1990s. The checklist was based upon codes of practice and international standards that were relevant at the time of development. A literature review and a questionnaire survey of experts was conducted to ascertain whether and how the checklist should be updated. Much research on the ergonomics of IVIS has been conducted since the publication of the checklist. Many new technologies have also emerged: touchscreens are now widely used, with head-up displays (HUDs) and device integration expected to become a more prevalent aspect of IVIS. As a result of these new technologies, new standards and guidance on the ergonomics and safety of in-vehicle technology have arisen, indicating that the checklist may no longer be current. The results also suggest that there are arguments for and against the alignment of the checklist with the European Statement of Principles (2008); however, the general consensus was that the checklist should remain broader in scope and depth to remain robust for the assessment of IVIS. (A)
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the skills to navigate through cultural differences and decode cultures foreign to your own. Renowned expert Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. When you have Americans who precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans who get straight to the point ("your presentation was simply awful"); Latin Americans and Asians who are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians who think the best boss is just one of the crowd--the result can be, well, sometimes interesting, even funny, but often disastrous. Even with English as a global language, it's easy to fall into cultural traps that endanger careers and sink deals when, say, a Brazilian manager tries to fathom how his Chinese suppliers really get things done, or an American team leader tries to get a handle on the intra-team dynamics between his Russian and Indian team members. In The Culture Map, Erin Meyer provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business. She combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice for succeeding in a global world.
Hybrid Energy Storage System with Vehicle Body Integrated Super-Capacitor and Li-Ion Battery: Model, Design and Implementation, for Distributed Energy Storage

In this paper, a distributed energy storage design within an electric vehicle for smarter mobility applications is introduced. Idea of body integrated super-capacitor technology, design concept and its implementation is proposed in the paper. Individual super-capacitor cells are connected in series or parallel to form a string connection of super-capacitors with the associated management unit to form a panel. These super-capacitor panels are shaped to fit the alternative concept of vehicle design, and it solves the design issues and prepares for configurable electric vehicles. Body integration of super-capacitors enhances the acceleration, and regenerative braking performances of the electric vehicle increases the operating life of the Li-ion battery and improves space utilization by giving more area for the main energy source, the Li-ion battery. Integrating super-capacitor into the car body involves special packaging technology to minimize space and promotes distributed energy storage within a vehicle. This pioneering design encourages future configurable electric vehicles. Model of both the Li-ion battery and the super-capacitor employed is studied with its series internal resistance determined at various C-rates. Loss and the efficiency analysis of the bi-directional converter, traits of body integrated super-capacitors system and control of the interleaved bi-directional converter to regulate the power-sharing in the hybrid energy storage system is presented.
Assessment of the Impact of PV-Systems for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development: The Case of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have shown their potential in rural electrification projects around the Wolaita Zone, especially concerning Solar Home Systems (SHS). With continuing price decreases of PV systems, other applications are becoming economically attractive and growing experience is gained with the use of PV in such areas as social and communal services, agriculture and other productive activities, which can have a significant impact on rural development. There is still a lack of information, however, on the potential and limitations of such PV applications. The main objective of this study is, therefore, to contribute to a better understanding of the potential impact of PV systems on sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD), especially concerning income-generating activities in Wolaita Zone. In addition, to identify the potential contribution of PV to rural development in order to gain further financial and political commitment for PV projects and programs and to design appropriate PV projects to study area. The preparation of the present study represents Solar photovoltaic systems, through their flexibility in use, offer unique chances for the energy sector to provide “packages” of energy services to remote rural areas such as for rural health care, education, communication, agriculture, lighting and water supply. It is hoped that this document contributes to the generation of ideas and discussions among the different institutions involved in providing these services to rural areas in Wolaita Zone to overcome affordability (cost of the technology relative to farmer income levels), awareness (knowledge about the technology), accessibility (options for obtaining the technology), and lack of customization (capacity to match farmer needs with technological solutions).
Folded waveguide resonator filter for communication and radar systems

I DEDICATION.II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. III TABLE OF CONTENTS. VI LISTS OF FIGURES . X LISTS OF TABLES . XV GLOSSARY.XVI LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY THE CANDIDATE . XVIII CHAPTER 1 . 1 1.1 Motivations . 1 1.2 Aims and Objective . 2 1.3 Thesis structure guide . 2 CHAPTER 2 . 5 2.
REDUCING YOUTHFUL DRINKING AND DRIVING: THE ROLE OF CONTROLLED ALCOHOL ACCESS

Considerable progress has been made in recent years to reduce impaired driving crashes among young drivers. In the United States, much of this progress has been associated with reducing access to alcohol by young people. This paper discusses some of the basic components that have contributed to this reduction in access: (1) Reduced alcohol availability to youth in the form of a uniform minimum purchase age of 21 and improvements in enforcement of minimum purchase age laws; (2) Changes in alcohol availability in general, in the form of price increases and controls on outlet location and conditions of sale; and (3) Expressions of norms against youthful drinking, including such things as controls on marketing and community sponsorship of alcohol-free events. For the covering abstract see ITRD E106992.
Renewable bioresources : scope and modification for non-food applications

List of Contributors.List of Abbreviations.Foreword. Preface.Chapter 1. Green Chemistry and Sustainability (Jeffrey Hardy). Chapter 2. Socio-Economical Aspects and Policy of Renewable Resources (Liisa Tahvanainen and Christian V. Stevens). Chapter 3. Integral Valorization (Werner Praznik and Christian V. Stevens). Chapter 4. Primary Production of Raw Materials (Waldemar Rymowicz). Chapter 5. Energy from Renewable Resources (Bio-Energy) (Mehrdad Rymowicz). Chapter 6. Identification and Quantification of Renewable Crop Materials (Anton Huber and Werner Praznik). Chapter 7. Industrial Products from Carbohydrates, Wood and Fibres (Christian V. Stevens). Chapter 8. Occurrence, Functions and Biosynthesis of Non-Carbohydrate Biopolymers (Christian O. Bramer and Alexander Steinbuchel). Chapter 9. Industrial Products from Lipids and Proteins (Roland Verhe). Chapter 10. High Value Added Industries (Jan Demyttenaere and Jozef Poppe). Chapter 11. Renewable Resources: Back to the Future (Christian V. Stevens.Index.
From Hierarchical Control to Flexible Interactive Electricity Services: A Path to Decarbonization

We propose to conceptualise electric energy systems as complex dynamical systems using physically intuitive multilayered energy modelling as the basis for systematic diverse technology integration, and control in on-line operations. It is shown that such modelling exhibits unique structure which comes from the conservation of instantaneous power (P) and of instantaneous reactive power ( _Q), (interaction variables (intVar)) at the interfaces of subsystems. The intVars are used as a means to model and control the interactive zoomed-out inter-modular (inter-area, inter-component) system dynamics. Control co-design can then be pursued using these models so that the primary control shapes intVars of its own module by using its own lowlevel detailed technology-specific model and intVar info exchange with the neighbours. As a result, we describe how the proposed approach can be used to support orderly evolution from today’s hierarchical control to a platform enabling flexible interactive protocols for electricity services. The potential for practical use of the proposed concepts is far-reaching and transparent. All that needs to be conceived is that intVar characterising any intelligent Balancing Authority (iBA) is a generalisation of today’s Area Control Error (ACE) characterising net energy balance of a Balancing Authority (BA). An iBA can be any subsystem with its own sub-objectives, such as distributed energy resources (DERs) comprising customers and grid forming microgrids; distribution systems; transmission systems; Independent System Operators (ISOs); and, ultimately, electric energy markets within large interconnection. Several industry problems are described as particular sub-problems of general interactive electricity services. These formulations help one compare models and assumptions used as part of current solutions, and propose enhanced solutions. Most generally, feasibility and stability conditions can be introduced for ensuring feasible power flow solutions, regulated frequency and voltage and orderly power exchange across the iBAs.
The New Competitive Runner's Handbook

Designed for the thousands of runners, from novices to world-class competitors, who participate or want to participate in the excitement of competitive running, this book includes: a basic training programme; special workouts to increase strength, endurance and power; and specific preparation programmes for all races, with special emphasis on the 10k and the marathon.
DEALING WITH THE HARD CORE DRINKING DRIVER

This report re-examines the problem of the hard core drinking driver -- those individuals who repeatedly drive after drinking, especially with high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) and who seem relatively resistant to changing this behaviour. It shows that there has been virtually no change in the magnitude of the problem since the release of the authors' previous report in 1991 (see TRIS 00624815 and the 1992 update, TRIS 00626827). Although hard core drinking drivers are a relatively small group in the total driving population, they continue to account for a very substantial proportion of drinking-driving problems, including fatal and injury-producing crashes. To illustrate, hard core drinking drivers account for only 1% of all drivers on the road at night during the weekend, but they represent nearly half of all the fatal crashes at that time. They also account for almost one-third (27%) of all fatally injured drivers and about two-thirds (65%) of all fatally injured drivers who are drinking. The report focuses on a variety of measures that offer promise for dealing efficiently and effectively with hard core drinking drivers. It recommends: The use of an efficient method for identifying and processing hard core drinking drivers when they enter the legal/administrative system; Assessment of DWI (driving while intoxicated) offenders to identify the problems they present, particularly those related to alcohol dependence; Treatment and rehabilitation programs as an essential and viable part of any strategy designed to deal with the problem of the hard core drinking driver; and Programs to prevent or limit the opportunity of the "hard core" to drink and drive prior to, during, and even following treatment.
Personal cars and China

1 Front Matter 2 Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Motorization from a Global Perspective 5 3. Structure and Capability of China's Automotive Industry 6 4. Present and Future Automotive Technologies 7 5. Energy and Fuels 8 6. Societal Effects of Potential Motorization Pathways 9 7. Environment and Health 10 8. The Role of Government 11 9. Findings and Recommendations 12 Appendix A: Memorandum of Understanding 13 Appendix B: Case Study: Shanghai, China
Pre-service teaching experiences during the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Summer Music Camp

Founded in 1983, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Summer Music Camp (SMC) is an annual residential summer youth program consisting of two, one-week sessions. Approximately 1,800 students participate in large and small ensembles, musicianship classes, recreational time, and evening activities. Instructors have included UNCG music faculty members, area band, orchestra, and chorus directors, and private piano faculty, in addition to pre-service teachers. Although unintentional, the SMC has become an effective field experience for pre-service teachers. Field experience is beneficial to the growth of future educators (Branyon, 2008). McGlamery and Harrington (2007) reported field experiences are critical components in the teacher education program. Pre-service music teachers who participate in the SMC teach within a controlled environment along with experienced master teachers who serve as mentors. Complete instructional responsibility is afforded to the pre-service teachers through situations that include teaching in individualized sessions, small group instruction, rehearsing large ensembles, monitoring student behavior, and various administrative tasks. Furthermore, the pre-service teachers collaborate with a master teacher and peers to develop teaching strategies and learning goals. These duties and responsibilities are similar, if not identical, to classroom situations. The SMC allows pre-service teachers to connect theories and practices learned and discussed in the teacher education program with actual teaching situations. Moreover, pre-service teachers have the opportunity to teach students in grades 5-12 rather than peers as often seen in the collegiate classroom. The SMC provides a microcosm of a school semester in a controlled, two-week long environment. To date, no document has been published formally on the SMC's history, success, and benefits to pre-service teachers. This project will examine the benefits of summer youth programs for pre-service teachers through an analysis of the UNCG Summer Music Camp, its history, success, and current organizational structure. Scheduling, curriculum design, and experiences of pre-service teachers will be discussed.
Accuracy Assessment and Hydrological Effect of GSMaP Precipitation Products in Xijiang River Basin

In order to analyze the application accuracy of satellite precipitation products in the Xijiang River Basin, provide data support for runoff simulation in data-free areas, combined with the daily precipitation product CGDPA based on rain gauge monitoring, the Multi-scale accuracy assessment of the GSMAP was evaluated in the Xijiang River Basin, and the CREST model was used to simulate the runoff and explore its hydrological effects. The results show: GSMAP can better reproduce the spatial distribution of daily precipitation in the Xijiang River Basin, the correlation coefficient on the daily scale is 0.82, and the correlation coefficient on the monthly scale is increased to 0.94. In the calculation of the frequency of each precipitation level in the Xijiang River Basin, except for the near-no-rain and micro-rainfall, the calculation results of other levels are similar to CGDPA. The GSMAP daily precipitation event detection capability: POD is 0.96, FAR is 0.33 CSI is 0.64. Among the hydrological simulation effects, the Nash efficiency coefficients and correlation coefficients of CGDPA and GSMAP during the whole observation period are 0.81 and 0.91, 0.81 and 0.83. From this, the following conclusions can be drawn: the correlation coefficient between GSMAP and CGDPA is higher on the daily and monthly scale, but it will change with the seasons. The daily precipitation detection ability of GSMAP is better, and it is better in the hydrological effect assessment. It turns out that GSMAP can replace ground rain gauge data in the Xijiang River Basin, thus facilitating the acquisition of precipitation data.
Marketing in the Cyber Age: The Why, the What and the How

From the Publisher: In this book the author shows you the way to start thinking digitally and puts you and your company firmly into the cyber age. It gives you the marketing basics for the cyber age, sets the perspectives and most importantly shares practical experience of implementation. It also enables you to minimise risk and control the pace of the implementation process. A summary of all key aspects of cyber marketing is provided to enable company leaders and marketing professionals to successfully exploit the rising electronic markets and achieve bottom-line success.
Joint Channel Tracking and Data Detection for Massive MIMO Uplink Over Time-Varying Channel

In this letter, we propose a novel joint channel estimation and data detection scheme for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) uplink, which operates in a time-varying fading channel. More specifically, at the receiver of the proposed scheme, a data frame is divided into multiple blocks, and in each block, a demodulated data block is used for updating channel state information (CSI) in an iterative manner. Furthermore, the initial CSI in the block of interest is given by the estimated CSI in the previous block, hence allowing accurate tracking of CSI in a time-varying channel without imposing additional pilot insertion inside the data frame. Since the length of the divided blocks affects both the achievable channel tracking and data detection performances, it is optimized so as to maximize the discrete-input continuous-output memoryless channel's (DCMC) capacity derived in this letter. It is demonstrated that the DCMC capacity of the proposed scheme is capable of nearly achieving those of the perfect CSI counterpart without imposing any substantial pilot overhead.
Improving Performance for CSMA/CA Based Wireless Networks

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) based wireless networks are becoming increasingly ubiquitous. With the aim of supporting rich multimedia applications such as high-definition television (HDTV, 20Mbps) and DVD (9.8Mbps), one of the technology trends is towards increasingly higher bandwidth. Some recent IEEE 802.11n proposals seek to provide PHY rates of up to 600 Mbps. In addition to increasing bandwidth, there is also strong interest in extending the coverage of CSMA/CA based wireless networks. One solution is to relay traffic via multiple intermediate stations if the sender and the receiver are far apart. The so called “mesh” networks based on this relay-based approach, if properly designed, may feature both “high speed” and “large coverage” at the same time. This thesis focusses on MAC layer performance enhancements in CSMA/CA based networks in this context. Firstly, we observe that higher PHY rates do not necessarily translate into corresponding increases in MAC layer throughput due to the overhead of the CSMA/CA based MAC/PHY layers. To mitigate the overhead, we propose a novel MAC scheme whereby transported information is partially acknowledged and retransmitted. Theoretical analysis and extensive simulations show that the proposed MAC approach can achieve high efficiency (low MAC overhead) for a wide range of channel variations and realistic traffic types. Secondly, we investigate the close interaction between the MAC layer and the buffer above it to improve performance for real world traffic such as TCP. Surprisingly, the issue of buffer sizing in 802.11 wireless networks has received little attention in the literature yet it poses fundamentally new challenges compared to buffer sizing in wired networks. We propose a new adaptive buffer sizing approach for 802.11e WLANs that maintains a high level of link utilisation, while minimising queueing delay. Thirdly, we highlight that gross unfairness can exist between competing flows in multihop mesh networks even if we assume that orthogonal channels are used in neighbouring hops. That is, even without inter-channel interference and hidden terminals, multi-hop mesh networks which aim to offer a both “high speed” and “large coverage” are not achieved. We propose the use of 802.11e’s TXOP mechanism to restore/enfore fairness. The proposed approach is implementable using off-the-shelf devices and fully decentralised (requires no message passing).