Authors: S. Panda, S. C. Swain, A. K. Baliarsingh, C. Ardil

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Optimal supplementary damping controller design for Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC) is presented in this paper. For the proposed controller design, a multi-objective fitness function consisting of both damping factors and real part of system electromachanical eigenvalue is used and Real- Coded Genetic Algorithm (RCGA) is employed for the optimal supplementary controller parameters. The performance of the designed supplementary TCSC-based damping controller is tested on a weakly connected power system with different disturbances and loading conditions with parameter variations. Simulation results are presented and compared with a conventional power system stabilizer and also with the TCSC-based supplementary controller when the controller parameters are not optimized to show the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach over a wide range of loading conditions and disturbances.

Keywords: Power System Oscillations, Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm (RCGA), Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC), Damping Controller, Power System Stabilizer.

Authors: Muhammad F. Yaqub, Iqbal Gondal, Joarder Kamruzzaman

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Occurrence of a multiple-points fault in machine operations could result in exhibiting complex fault signatures, which could result in lowering fault diagnosis accuracy. In this study, a multiple-points defect model (MPDM) is proposed which can simulate fault signature-s dynamics for n-points bearing faults. Furthermore, this study identifies that in case of multiple-points fault in the rotary machine, the location of the dominant component of defect frequency shifts depending upon the relative location of the fault points which could mislead the fault diagnostic model to inaccurate detections. Analytical and experimental results are presented to characterize and validate the variation in the dominant component of defect frequency. Based on envelop detection analysis, a modification is recommended in the existing fault diagnostic models to consider the multiples of defect frequency rather than only considering the frequency spectrum at the defect frequency in order to incorporate the impact of multiple points fault.

Keywords: Envelop detection, machine defect frequency, multiple faults, machine health monitoring.

Authors: Osama H. Ghazal, Yousef S. Najjar, Kutaeba J. AL-Khishali

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The current emission legislations and the large concern about the environment produced very numerous constraints on both governments and car manufacturers. Also the cost of energy increase means a reduction in fuel consumption must be met, without largely affecting the current engine production and performance. It is the intension to contribute towards the development and pursuing, among others on variable valve timing (VVT), for improving the engine performance. The investigation of the effect of (IVO) and (IVC) to optimize engine torque and volumetric efficiency for different engine speeds was considered. Power, BMEP and BSFC were calculated and presented to show the effect of varying inlet valve timing on them for all cases. A special program used to carry out the calculations. The analysis of the results shows that the reduction of 10% of (IVO) angle gave an improvement of around 1.3% in torque, BSFC, and volumetric efficiency, while a 10% decrease in (IVC) caused a 0.1% reduction in power, torque, and volumetric efficiency.

Keywords: Green transportation, inlet valve variable timing, performance, spark ignition engines.

Authors: Yuki Kondo, Takanori Nagano, Yuki Takeda, Young-Bok Choi, Hiromi Okada

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Keywords: leaky bucket, OBS, traffic control, token bucket.

Authors: Youkyung Park, SeungYup Kang, SungHo Kim, SimKyun Yook

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Keywords: Ethernet communication, DCS, power plant, ring buffer, data integrity

Authors: Y. Okude, S. Sakaki, S. Yoshihara, B. J. MacDonald

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Keywords: bending, draw bending, asymmetric channel section, restriction dies, axial tension, FEA

Authors: Y. Huang, Q. J. Tian, L. T. Du, J. Liu, S. S. Li

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Keywords: drought, MODIS, precipitation change, TVDI, winter wheat production

Authors: Xu Zhang, Qi Jiang, Liwei Li, Weiwei Cui, Jijun Cui, Yang Cao, Hairong Zhao

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Keywords: thin-walled tube structure, crash energy absorption, deceleration, finite element simulation

Authors: Xinyue Zhao, Yutaka Satoh, Hidenori Takauji, Shun'ichi Kaneko

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Keywords: Hybrid feature, adaptive Particle Filter, robust Object Tracking, Grayscale Arranging Pairs (GAP) feature.

Authors: Wan Hasrulnizzam Wan Mahmood, Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman, Baba Md Deros

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Keywords: Green supply chain practice, Manufacturing system performance, Malaysia

Authors: Victoria A. Bakhtina

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Keywords: Information Integrity, Information Quality, Business Rules, Portfolio Management

Authors: Victor E. Gromov, Evgenii A. Budovskikh, Ludmila P. Bashchenko, Yurii F. Ivanov, Anna V. Ionina, Nina A. Soskova, Guoyi Tang

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Keywords: nanoscale, phase, structure, titanium

Authors: Vasco A. P. Cadavez, Fernando C. Monteiro

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The objective of this study was to develop and compare alternative prediction equations of lean meat proportion (LMP) of lamb carcasses. Forty (40) male lambs, 22 of Churra Galega Bragançana Portuguese local breed and 18 of Suffolk breed were used. Lambs were slaughtered, and carcasses weighed approximately 30 min later in order to obtain hot carcass weight (HCW). After cooling at 4º C for 24-h a set of seventeen carcass measurements was recorded. The left side of carcasses was dissected into muscle, subcutaneous fat, inter-muscular fat, bone, and remainder (major blood vessels, ligaments, tendons, and thick connective tissue sheets associated with muscles), and the LMP was evaluated as the dissected muscle percentage. Prediction equations of LMP were developed, and fitting quality was evaluated through the coefficient of determination of estimation (R2 e) and standard error of estimate (SEE). Models validation was performed by k-fold crossvalidation and the coefficient of determination of prediction (R2 p) and standard error of prediction (SEP) were computed. The BT2 measurement was the best single predictor and accounted for 37.8% of the LMP variation with a SEP of 2.30%. The prediction of LMP of lamb carcasses can be based simple models, using as predictors the HCW and one fat thickness measurement.

Keywords: Bootstrap, Carcass, Lambs, Lean meat

Authors: V. Fayaz , F. Felegary

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Here, in this work we study correspondence the energy density New agegraphic and the energy density Gauss- Bonnet models in flat universe. We reconstruct Λ  and Λ ω for them with 0 ( ) 0 h a t = a t .

Keywords: dark energy, new age graphic, gauss- bonnet, late time universe

Authors: T. Denkçeken, M. Canpolat, Đ. Bassorgun, S. Yücel, M.A. Çiftçioğlu, M. Baykara Murat Canpolat , Tuba Denkçeken , Đbrahim Bassorgun , Selçuk Yücel , M. Akif Çiftçioğlu , Mehmet Baykara

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Keywords: Diagnosis, prostatic neoplasm, prostatectomy, spectrum analysis

Authors: Thomas V. Prevenslik

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Keywords: Ovshinsky, phase change memory, PC-RAM, chalcogenide, quantummechanics, quantum electrodynamics.

Authors: Takashi Sakai, Hitoshi Omata, Jun-Ichi Koyama

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Keywords: Pure Copper, Grain Refinement, Environmental Materials, SEM-EBSD Analysis, Texture, Microstructure

Authors: Stephen Akinlabi, Mukul Shukla, Esther Akinlabi, Marwala Tshilidzi

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This paper reports the evolving properties of a 3 mm low carbon steel plate after Laser Beam Forming achieve this objective, the chemical analyse material and the formed components were carried thereafter both were characterized through microhardness profiling microstructural evaluation and tensile testing. showed an increase in the elemental concentration of the component when compared to the as received attributed to the enhancement property of the LBF process Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) and the Vickers the formed component shows an increase when compared to the as received material, this was attributed to strain hardening and grain refinement brought about by the LBF process. The microstructure of the as received steel consists of equiaxed ferrit that of the formed component exhibits elongated orming process (LBF). To es of the as received out and compared; profiling, The chemical analyses formed material; this can be process. The microhardness of ferrite and pearlite while grains.

Keywords: Laser beam forming, deformation , deformation, elongated grains

Authors: Stefanos V. Fotopoulos, Harry V. Papapanagos, Fotios M. Siokis

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This paper tries to shed light on the existence of a bank lending channel (BLC) in South Eastern European countries (SEE). Based on a VAR framework we test the responsiveness of credit supply to monetary policy shocks. By compiling a new data set and using the reserve requirement ratio, among others, as the policy instrument we measure the effectiveness of the BLC and the buffering effect of the banks in the SEE countries. The results indicate that loan supply is significantly affected by shifts in monetary policy, when demand factors are controlled. Furthermore, by analyzing the effect of the Greek banks in the region we conclude that Greek banks do buffer the negative effects of monetary policy transmission. By having a significant market share of the SEE-s banking markets we argue that Greek banks influence positively the economic growth of SEE countries.

Keywords: Bank Lending Channel, Monetary Policy Transmission, Policy Buffering, South Eastern Europe

Authors: Stefano Straullu, Silvio Abrate, Antonino Nespola, Paolo Savio, Roberto Gaudino

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Keywords: Gigabit Ethernet, Home Networking, Step-Index Polymer Optical Fiber (SI-POF)

Authors: Stefaan Pauwels, Koen Inghelbrecht, Dries Heyman, Pieter Marius

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Literature reveals that many investors rely on technical trading rules when making investment decisions. If stock markets are efficient, one cannot achieve superior results by using these trading rules. However, if market inefficiencies are present, profitable opportunities may arise. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of technical trading rules in 34 emerging stock markets. The performance of the rules is evaluated by utilizing White-s Reality Check and the Superior Predictive Ability test of Hansen, along with an adjustment for transaction costs. These tests are able to evaluate whether the best model performs better than a buy-and-hold benchmark. Further, they provide an answer to data snooping problems, which is essential to obtain unbiased outcomes. Based on our results we conclude that technical trading rules are not able to outperform a naïve buy-and-hold benchmark on a consistent basis. However, we do find significant trading rule profits in 4 of the 34 investigated markets. We also present evidence that technical analysis is more profitable in crisis situations. Nevertheless, this result is relatively weak.

Keywords: technical trading rules, Reality Check, Superior Predictive Ability, emerging stock markets, data snooping

Authors: Shen Weishou, Ji Di, Zhang Hui, Yan Shouguang, Li Haidong, Lin Naifeng

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Based on a long-term vegetation index dataset of NDVI and meteorological data from 68 meteorological stations in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and their relations with major climate factors were analyzed. The results show the following: 1) The linear trends of temperature in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau indicate that the temperature in the plateau generally increased, but it rose faster in the last 20 years. 2) The most significant NDVI increase occurred in the eastern and southern plateau. However, the western and northern plateau demonstrate a decreasing trend. 3) There is a significant positive linear correlation between NDVI and temperature and a negative correlation between NDVI and mean wind speed. However, no significant statistical relationship was found between NDVI and relative humidity, precipitation or sunshine duration.4) The changes in NDVI for the plateau are driven by temperature-precipitation, but for the desert and forest areas, the relation changes to precipitation-temperature-wind velocity and wind velocity-temperature-precipitation.

Keywords: Qinghai-Tibet plateau, NDVI, climate warming.

Authors: Sharareh Mohseni, Reihaneh Ahmadzadeh Ghavidel

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Tomato powder has good potential as substitute of tomato paste and other tomato products. In order to protect physicochemical properties and nutritional quality of tomato during dehydration process, investigation was carried out using different drying methods and pretreatments. Solar drier and continuous conveyor (tunnel) drier were used for dehydration where as calcium chloride (CaCl2), potassium metabisulphite (KMS), calcium chloride and potassium metabisulphite (CaCl2 +KMS), and sodium chloride (NaCl) selected for treatment.. lycopene content, dehydration ratio, rehydration ratio and non-enzymatic browning in addition to moisture, sugar and titrable acidity were studied. Results show that pre-treatment with CaCl2 and NaCl increased water removal and moisture mobility in tomato slices during drying of tomatoes. Where CaCl2 used along with KMS the NEB was recorded the least compared to other treatments and the best results were obtained while using the two chemicals in combination form. Storage studies in LDPE polymeric and metalized polyesters films showed less changes in the products packed in metallized polyester pouches and even after 6 months lycopene content did not decrease more than 20% as compared to the control sample and provide extension of shelf life in acceptable condition for 6 months. In most of the quality characteristics tunnel drier samples presented better values in comparison to solar drier.

Keywords: Dehydration, Tomato powder, Lycopene, Browning

Authors: Shaikha AlSanad , Andrew Gale, Rodger Edwards

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Buildings and associated construction methods have a significant impact on the environment. As construction activity increases in Kuwait, there is a need to create design and construction strategies which will minimize the environmental impact of new buildings. Green construction is a design philosophy intended to improve the sustainability of construction by the minimization of resource depletion and CO2 emissions throughout the life cycle of buildings. This paper presents and discusses the results of a survey that was conducted in Kuwait, with the objective of investigating the awareness of developers and other stakeholders regarding their understanding and use of green construction strategies. The results of the survey demonstrate that whilst there seems to be a reasonable level of awareness amongst the stakeholders, this awareness is not currently well reflected in the design and construction practices actually being applied. It is therefore concluded is there is a pressing need for intervention from Government in order that the use of sustainable green design and construction strategies becomes the norm in Kuwait.

Keywords: Sustainability, Sustainable construction, Green Building, Environmental assessment

Authors: Seyed Alireza Valadabadi, Hossein Aliabadi Farahani

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Keywords: Drought stress, Glomus fasciculatum, physiological growth indices

Authors: Seid Ali Asghar Terohid, Vahid Fayaz

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Keywords: Absorbed Dose, Thyroid, Radiotherapy

Authors: Samir Khrais, Adel Mahammod Hassan , Amro Gazawi

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Keywords: Medium carbon steel, Prediction, Surface roughness, Taguchi method

Authors: Sadegh Masoudi , Vahid Fayaz , Hassan Zandi, Asieh Tavakol

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Keywords: Absorbed Dose , Spine , Radiotherapy, 3D treatment planning software

Authors: S. Onoda, S. Yoshihara, B. J. MacDonald, Y. Okude

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Keywords: Sheet forming, Compression test, Aluminum alloy sheet, Buckling behavior

Authors: S. Yaglikci, B. Salgara, F. Soysal, B. Cicek

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Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, chemical vapor deposition, GC/MS, species profile

Authors: S. Xiao, M. B. Shuai, M. F. Chu

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The hydrolysis kinetics of polycrystalline lithium hydride (LiH) in argon at various low humidities was measured by gravimetry and Raman spectroscopy with ambient water concentration ranging from 200 to 1200 ppm. The results showed that LiH hydrolysis curve revealed a paralinear shape, which was attributed to two different reaction stages that forming different products as explained by the 'Layer Diffusion Control' model. Based on the model, a novel two-stage rate equation for LiH hydrolysis reactions was developed and used to fit the experimental data for determination of Li2O steady thickness Hs and the ultimate hydrolysis rate vs. The fitted data presented a rise of Hs as ambient water concentration cw increased. However, in spite of the negative effect imposed by Hs increasing, the upward trend of vs remained, which implied that water concentration, rather than Li2O thickness, played a predominant role in LiH hydrolysis kinetics. In addition, the proportional relationship between vsHs and cw predicted by rate equation and confirmed by gravimetric data validated the model in such conditions.

Keywords: Hydrolysis kinetics, ‘Layer Diffusion Control’ model, Lithium hydride

Authors: S. Kittipongvises, T. Mino, C. Polprasert

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Keywords: Climate Change Mitigation, Local Perspective, Sustainability, Thailand

Authors: S. Khosravi, A. Afshar, F. Barazandeh

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Keywords: Fuzzy feed-forward controller, monitor HAGC system, dynamic mathematical model, entry strip thickness deviation compensation

Authors: Roberto Gaudino, Antonino Nespola, Dario Zeolla, Stefano Straullu, Vittorio Curri, Gabriella Bosco, Roberto Cigliutti, Stefano Capriata, Paolo Solina.

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Keywords: DFB lasers, Optical Coherent Receiver, Passive Optical Networks.

Authors: Ribeiro I., Tavares A.M., Sá E., Lopes M.

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The increased use of biodiesel implies variations on both greenhouse gases and air pollutant emissions. Some studies point out that the use of biodiesel blends on diesel can help in controlling air pollution and promote a reduction of CO2 emissions. Reductions on PM, SO2, VOC and CO emissions are also expected, however NOx emissions may increase, which may potentiate O3 formation. This work aims to assess the impact of the biodiesel use on air quality, through a numerical modeling study, taking the Northern region of Portugal as a case study. The emission scenarios are focused on 2008 (baseline year) and 2020 (target year of Renewable Energy Directive-RED) and on three biodiesel blends (B0, B10 and B20). In a general way the use of biodiesel by 2020 will reduce the CO2 and air pollutants emissions in the Northern Portugal, improving air quality. However it will be in a very small extension.

Keywords: air quality, biodiesel, emission scenarios, RED.

Authors: Reza Maddahian, Bijan Farhanieh, Simin Dokht Saemi

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In this research the separation efficiency of deoiling hydrocyclone is evaluated using three-dimensional simulation of multiphase flow based on Eulerian-Eulerian finite volume method. The mixture approach of Reynolds Stress Model is also employed to capture the features of turbulent multiphase swirling flow. The obtained separation efficiency of Colman's design is compared with available experimental data and showed that the separation curve of deoiling hydrocyclones can be predicted using numerical simulation.

Keywords: Deoiling hydrocyclone, Eulerian-Eulerian Model, Numerical simulation, Separation efficiency, Reynolds Stress Model

Authors: Ranjan Sarukkalige, Joseph Sanjaya Ma

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Keywords: Urban Flood, flood protection, water management, storm water, cost,

Authors: Ranjan Sarukkalige, Dinushi Gamage

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The aim of this study was to develop a storm water quality improvement strategy plan (WQISP) which assists managers and decision makers of local city councils in enhancing their activities to improve regional water quality. City of Gosnells in Western Australia has been considered as a case study. The procedure on developing the WQISP consists of reviewing existing water quality data, identifying water quality issues in the study areas and developing a decision making tool for the officers, managers and decision makers. It was found that land use type is the main factor affecting the water quality. Therefore, activities, sources and pollutants related to different land use types including residential, industrial, agricultural and commercial are given high importance during the study. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with coordinators of different management sections of the regional councils in order to understand the associated management framework and issues. The issues identified from these interviews were used in preparing the decision making tool. Variables associated with the defined “value versus threat" decision making tool are obtained from the intensive literature review. The main recommendations provided for improvement of water quality in local city councils, include non-structural, structural and management controls and potential impacts of climate change.

Keywords: Storm water quality, Storm water Management, Land use, Strategy plan

Authors: AlNPhannee Saengkaew, Armin Dadgar, Juergen Blaesing, Thomas Hempel, Sakuntam Sanorpim, Chanchana Thanachayanont, Visittapong Yordsri, Watcharee Rattanasakulthong, Alois Krost

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Keywords: AlGaN, UV-LEDs, seed layers, AFM, TEM

Authors: Phannee Saengkaew, Weerasak Ussawawongaraya, Sasiphan Khaweerat, Supagorn Rugmai, Sirisart Ouajai, Jiraporn Luengviriya, Sakuntam Sanorpim, Manop Tirarattanasompot, Somboon Rhianphumikarakit

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Keywords: Human-hair analysis, XRD, SAXS, breast cancer, health-state indicator

Authors: Peyman Shadman Heidari, Roohollah Ahmady Jazany, Mahmood Reza Mehran, Pouya Shadman Heidari, Mohammad khorasani

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Keywords: Continuity plate, FE models, Neural network, Panel zone, Plastic rotation, Rectangular haunch, Seismic behavior

Authors: Pei. P. Tan, Don. U.A. Galagedera, Elizabeth A.Maharaj

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Keywords: Asia-Pacific stock market, long-memory, return predictability, wavelet

Authors: Paul Crowther, Richard Hill

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Keywords: Computing, Masters dissertation, thesis, portfolio

Authors: Firouz Parvizian Ganje, Emad Hezbkhah, Behbood Maashkar

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Keywords: Climate Change, historic buildings, Iran

Authors: Olga Kononova, Andrejs Krasnikovs , Videvuds Lapsa, Jurijs Kalinka, Angelina Galushchak

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Keywords: fibers, orientation, high strength concrete, flow

Authors: Norma Rodrigues Gomes

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Keywords: Business Intelligence, Digital Library, Forensic Science, Knowledge Management

Authors: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, Joe Kasenga, Tiffany Jen, Bryan Colbourn

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Keywords: Sign Language, Animation, Ambient Occlusion Shading, Deaf Education

Authors: N. Barka, P. Bocher, A. Chebak, J. Brousseau, D. S. Ramdenee

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Keywords: 2D model, induction heating, spur gear, induced currents, experimental validation

Authors: Muhammad Naeem, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Asghar Bashir, Abir Ishtiaq, Qurat-ul-Ane Gillani and Asma Salam

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Keywords: Hybrid fish, Body composition, Condition factor, Predictive equations

Authors: Mona Masood, Zakiah Zain

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Keywords: explicit visual, implicit visual, visual interpretation, visual literacy

Authors: Michalis Menicou, Stavros Christofi, Niki Chartosia, Vassos Vassiliou, Marios Charalambides

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Keywords: Economic feasibility analysis, high pressure treatment, Halloumi cheese, technology assessment

Authors: Martin Steinberger, Martin Horn

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In this article, a high vacuum system for the evaporation of organic semiconductors is introduced and a mathematical model is given. Based on the exact input output linearization a deposition rate controller is designed and tested with different evaporation materials.

Keywords: Effusion cell, organic semiconductors, deposition rate, exact linearization.

Authors: Martin Ringdorfer, Martin Horn

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Keywords: Wheel slip control, sliding mode control, vehicle dynamics.

Authors: M.A. Calin, S.V. Parasca, M.R. Calin, D. Savastru, D. Manea

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Keywords: skin, wound, laser, thermal image

Authors: M. Sallam, A. Ramadan, M. Fanni, M. Abdellatif

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Keywords: bilateral teleoperation, Phantom premium 1.5, varying time delay

Authors: M. F. Yaqub, I. Gondal, J. Kamruzzaman

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Keywords: Envelope Detection, Wavelet Transform, Bearing Faults, Machine Health Monitoring.

Authors: M. Ali-Bey, N. Manamanni, S. Moughamir

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Keywords: Auto-stereoscopic display, camera calibration, multi-view cameras, visual servoing

Authors: L. Boukhris, A. Boudjemai, A. Bellar, R. Roubache, M. Bensaada

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Keywords: capillarity, condenser, evaporator, phase change, transfer of heat.

Authors: Kyogun Chang, Yoon Bok Lee

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Keywords: Two Layered Fault Detection, Stability Analysis, Fault-Tolerant Control

Authors: Irfan N. Umar, Yong Su-Lyn

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Keywords: instructional design, ID competencies, ID models, IBSTPI

Authors: Hsuan-Ming S Hu, Jolanta A Watson, Bronwen W Cribb, Gregory S Watson

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Keywords: Biomimicry, micro/nanostructures, self-cleaning surfaces, superhydrophobicity

Authors: Hong-fang Ma, Hai-tao Zhang, Wei-yong Ying, Ding-ye Fang

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Keywords: Cross-flow, Heat transfer, Fixed bed, Mathematical model

Authors: Hirich A., Choukr-allah R., Jacobsen S-E., Hamdy A., El youssfi L., El Omari H.

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Keywords: chickpea, crop stages, drought stress, water productivity

Authors: Hassan Haleh, Amin Ghaffari, Parisa Farahpour

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Keywords: Assessing students, Analytic network process, Clustering, Data mining, Fuzzy sets, Multi-criteria decision making, and Preference function.

Authors: H.M. El-Khayat, N.M. Ismail, K.M. Mahmoud, F.M. Ragb, K.M. El-Said, B. B. Mostafa, F. A. El- Deeb, A.A. Tantawy

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Keywords: chemical parameters, freshwater, snails, tolerance

Authors: Gabor Szendro, Maria Csete

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The effects of the transport sector on the environment are a well-recognized issue in the European Union and around the world. This area is a subject of much discussion as to how these negative effects could be minimized, especially with regards to impacts contributing to climate change. This paper aims to investigate the results of the economic crisis and how its consequences could be exploited to combat air pollution.

Keywords: Air pollution, climate change, recession, transport

Authors: G. Tanapornraweekit, W. Kulsirikasem

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Keywords: Detonation, Material Properties, Natural Fragment, Warhead

Authors: Fu-Hsuan Huang, Po-Jung Yuan, Kang-Ping Lin, Hen-Hong Chang, Cheng-Lun Tsai

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Keywords: Reflectance photoplethysmograph, Perfusion index, Signal-to-noise ratio

Authors: Fernando C. Monteiro, Vasco Cadavez

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This paper presents a method for the detection of OD in the retina which takes advantage of the powerful preprocessing techniques such as the contrast enhancement, Gabor wavelet transform for vessel segmentation, mathematical morphology and Earth Mover-s distance (EMD) as the matching process. The OD detection algorithm is based on matching the expected directional pattern of the retinal blood vessels. Vessel segmentation method produces segmentations by classifying each image pixel as vessel or nonvessel, based on the pixel-s feature vector. Feature vectors are composed of the pixel-s intensity and 2D Gabor wavelet transform responses taken at multiple scales. A simple matched filter is proposed to roughly match the direction of the vessels at the OD vicinity using the EMD. The minimum distance provides an estimate of the OD center coordinates. The method-s performance is evaluated on publicly available DRIVE and STARE databases. On the DRIVE database the OD center was detected correctly in all of the 40 images (100%) and on the STARE database the OD was detected correctly in 76 out of the 81 images, even in rather difficult pathological situations.

Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, Earth Mover's distance, Gabor wavelets, optic disc detection, retinal images

Authors: Fauzy M. Wan, Reem S.A. Baragash

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Keywords: Dynamic visualization, Procedural Task, Retention, Transference

Authors: Farshad Mehrabi, Ali kheirodin, Mohsen Gerami

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Keywords: period, concrete frame, irregularity in height, decrease in plan surface, dynamic behavior

Authors: Esther T. Akinlabi, Stephen A. Akinlabi

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Keywords: fracture location, friction stir welding, intermetallics, metallography,

Authors: Emad Hezbkhah, Ebrahim Akhlaghi

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Keywords: climate and architecture, energy Optimizing, Greenhouse

Authors: Do-Hwan Kim, Roberto Leon

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Keywords: Mid-America earthquake, Panel zone, PR connection, Probabilistic characteristics, seismic performance

Authors: Chao. Huo, Roger. Barènes, Jérémie. Gressier, Gilles.Grondin

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Keywords: Axisymmetric simulation, parametrical design, power loading, Shrouded Contra-Rotating Rotor.

Authors: Changyi Liu, Gui Wang, Matthew Dargusch

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Keywords: Helical milling, Hole machining, Cutting force, Analytical model, Time domain

Authors: C. Bisu, M. Zapciu, A. Gérard

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Keywords: diagnostics, envelope, milling, vibration

Authors: Bogdan Il. Bogdanov, Dimitar R.Rusev, Yancho H. Hristov, Irena G. Markovska, Dimitar P.Georgiev

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A newly designed gas-distributor for granulation of powdery materials in equilibrated fluidized bed and a system for collecting the granules prepared are suggested. The aim of these designs is to solve the problems arising by the granulation of powdery materials in fluidized bed devices. The gasdistributor and the collection system proved to be reliable at operation; they reduce the size of still zones, effectively disperse the binding solution in the bed and ensure the collection of granules of given diameter

Keywords: Distributor plate design, granulation, system design.

Authors: Baharak Khoshkholgh-Sima, Soroush Sardari, Jalal Izadi Mobarakeh, Ramezan Ali Khavari-Nejad

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Keywords: In Silico, Ligand-based Virtual Screening, Metabolic Pathways, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Authors: Anmin Zhao, Weiyong Yingı , Haitao Zhang, Hongfang Ma, Dingye Fang

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Keywords: Methanation; Nickel catalysts; Syngas methanation

Authors: Angelo Nodari, Ignazio Gallo

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The novelty proposed in this study is twofold and consists in the developing of a new color similarity metric based on the human visual system and a new color indexing based on a textual approach. The new color similarity metric proposed is based on the color perception of the human visual system. Consequently the results returned by the indexing system can fulfill as much as possibile the user expectations. We developed a web application to collect the users judgments about the similarities between colors, whose results are used to estimate the metric proposed in this study. In order to index the image's colors, we used a text indexing engine to facilitate the integration of visual features in a database of text documents. The textual signature is build by weighting the image's colors in according to their occurrence in the image. The use of a textual indexing engine, provide us a simple, fast and robust solution to index images. A typical usage of the system proposed in this study, is the development of applications whose data type is both visual and textual. In order to evaluate the proposed method we chose a price comparison engine as a case of study, collecting a series of commercial offers containing the textual description and the image representing a specific commercial offer.

Keywords: Color Extraction, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Indexing

Authors: Anastasia Katsamaki, Nikolaos Bilalis, Vassilis Dedoussis

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Keywords: End-of-life treatment, Lean thinking, WEEE

Authors: Amir Gandomkar, Tahereh Soltani Gord faramarzi, Parisa Safaripour Chafi, Abdol-Reza Amani

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Keywords: Trend, Climate changes, Sefid-roud, Mann-Kendall

Authors: Amir Atrian, Javad Jafari Fesharaki, Gh. Hossein Majzoobi, Mahsa Sheidaee

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Keywords: Analytical, FGM, Fourier series, Non-axisymmetric, Piezoelectric, Thermo-elasticity

Authors: Amin Abedi, Naser Vosoughi, Mohammad Bagher Ghofrani

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Keywords: Double Heterogeneity, HTR-10, MCNP, Pebble Bed Reactor, Stochastic Geometry.

Authors: Alireza Vakili, Ali Mortezaee, Mohsen Danesh Mesgaran

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Keywords: glucogenic, lipogenic, blood metabolites

Authors: Alexander B. Bichkov, Alla A. Mityureva, Valery V. Smirnov

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Keywords: Path integral, saddle point method, semiclassical approximation, transition probability

Authors: Akanksha Menon, Nesrin Ozalp

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Keywords: Aperture, Solar reactor, Optical analysis, Solar thermal

Authors: Ahmad Khalesizadeh, Alireza Vakili, Mohsen Danesh Mesgaran, Reza Valizadeh

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Keywords: apparent digestibility, essential oil, garlic oil, monensin, turmeric

Authors: Abdallah Al-Shammari

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Keywords: Linear programming, Petrochemicals, stability analysis, uncertainty

Authors: A. Rubiano F, N. Olarte, D. Lara

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Keywords: Acquisition, ECG Signal, Storage, Web Platform

Authors: Abu Bakar Sedek Abdul Jamak, Saridan Abu Bakar, Zulkipli Ghazali, Roselind Wan

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Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Micro-entrepreneurs, Transformation, Customers

Authors: Yoon-Hyuk Choi

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Keywords: CART analysis, Diversion, Discriminant model, Driving conditions, and preferred media

Authors: V. V. Zozulya

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New theory for functionally graded (FG) shell based on expansion of the equations of elasticity for functionally graded materials (GFMs) into Legendre polynomials series has been developed. Stress and strain tensors, vectors of displacements, traction and body forces have been expanded into Legendre polynomials series in a thickness coordinate. In the same way functions that describe functionally graded relations has been also expanded. Thereby all equations of elasticity including Hook-s law have been transformed to corresponding equations for Fourier coefficients. Then system of differential equations in term of displacements and boundary conditions for Fourier coefficients has been obtained. Cases of the first and second approximations have been considered in more details. For obtained boundary-value problems solution finite element (FE) has been used of Numerical calculations have been done with Comsol Multiphysics and Matlab.

Keywords: Shell, FEM, FGM, legendre polynomial.

Authors: V.Sivaraman, S. Sankaran, L. Vijayaraghavan

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Keywords: Multiphase microalloyed steel, chip formation, Taguchi technique, turning, cutting parameters

Authors: Syadiah Nor Wan Shamsuddin, Valerie Lesk , Hassan Ugail

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Keywords: Virtual Environment, spatial memory, design, guidelines

Authors: Subramaniam Chandran

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Keywords: Face-to-face session, online session, distance learning, multimedia

Authors: Soon-Tai Park, Haeryong Park, Myoung-sun Noh, Yoo-Jae Won

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Keywords: Wireless LAN Security, Wi-Fi Security, Wireless Access Point, Product Life-Cycle

Authors: Sook-Yeon Shim, Hwan-Su Seo, Tae-Hyun Kim, Hongkyu Kim

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Keywords: Cognition Difference, , Multi-Dimensional Scaling , Urban Design Elements , Waterfront

Authors: Seyed Mohammad Hossein Moossavizadeh, Mehran Mohsenzadeh, Nasrin Arshadi

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the data quality is a kind of complex and unstructured concept, which is concerned by information systems managers. The reason of this attention is the high amount of Expenses for maintenance and cleaning of the inefficient data. Such a data more than its expenses of lack of quality, cause wrong statistics, analysis and decisions in organizations. Therefor the managers intend to improve the quality of their information systems' data. One of the basic subjects of quality improvement is the evaluation of the amount of it. In this paper, we present a precautionary method, which with its application the data of information systems would have a better quality. Our method would cover different dimensions of data quality; therefor it has necessary integrity. The presented method has tested on three dimensions of accuracy, value-added and believability and the results confirm the improvement and integrity of this method.

Keywords: Data quality, precaution, information system, measurement, improvement.

Authors: Seongmin Yim, Hyun-Kyu Kang

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Keywords: Decision Making of New Government R&D Program, Feasibility Analysis Study

Authors: S. Ahmadnejad, Z. Monjamed, M. Pakravannejad, A. Malekian

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Keywords: Anxiety, Nursing students, Relaxation

Authors: Omar Salah, Ahmed A. Ramadan, Salvatore Sessa, Ahmed A. Abo-Ismail

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Keywords: Active walker, Assistive robotics, Standing Assistance, Walking Assistance

Authors: N. P. Dhanalakshmi, R. Nagarajan

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The sonochemical decolorization and degradation of azo dye Methyl violet using Fenton-s reagent in the presence of a high-frequency acoustic field has been investigated. Dyeing and textile effluents are the major sources of azo dyes, and are most troublesome among industrial wastewaters, causing imbalance in the eco-system. The effect of various operating conditions (initial concentration of dye, liquid-phase temperature, ultrasonic power and frequency and process time) on sonochemical degradation was investigated. Conversion was found to increase with increase in initial concentration, temperature, power level and frequency. Both horntype and tank-type sonicators were used, at various power levels (250W, 400W and 500W) for frequencies ranging from 20 kHz - 1000 kHz. A 'Process Intensification' parameter PI, was defined to quantify the enhancement of the degradation reaction by ultrasound when compared to control (i.e., without ultrasound). The present work clearly demonstrates that a high-frequency ultrasonic bath can be used to achieve higher process throughput and energy efficiency at a larger scale of operation.

Keywords: Fenton oxidation, process intensification, sonochemical degradation of MV, ultrasonic frequency.

Authors: Mohd. Khairil Sailan, Rosilah Hassan, Zuhaizal Zulkifli

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Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address is decreasing and a rapid transition method to the next generation IP address (IPv6) should be established. This study aims to evaluate and select the best performance of the IPv6 address network transitionmechanisms, such as IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, transport Relay Translation (TRT) and Reverse Proxy with additional features. It is also aim to prove that faster access can be done while ensuring optimal usage of available resources used during the test and actual implementation. This study used two test methods such asInternet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)ping and ApacheBenchmark (AB) methodsto evaluate the performance.Performance metrics for this study include aspects ofaverageaccessin one second,time takenfor singleaccess,thedata transfer speed and the costof additional requirements.Reverse Proxy with Caching featureis the most efficientmechanism because of it simpler configurationandthe best performerfrom the test conducted.

Keywords: IPv4, IPv6, network transition, apache benchmark andreverse proxy

Authors: Manop Vorasri, Komson Jirapattarasilp, Sittichai Kaewkuekool

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Keywords: High-speed milling, Tool steel, SKD 61 Steel, Surface roughness, Cutting speed, Feed rate, Depth of cut

Authors: Mahboobe Zardosht, Nasser Ghasem-Aghaee

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Keywords: Collaborative filtering, Cross-cultural, E-commerce, Recommender systems

Authors: Mahbobeh Hajirostamloo

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Keywords: Aquatic bird, Sattarkhan Lake, Identification, Iran

Authors: Kamel Hashem, David Mioduser

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Keywords: Complexity, Educational technology, Learning by modeling, Mental models

Authors: K. R. V. Manikantachari, Vasudevan Raghavan, K. Srinivasan

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Keywords: Diffusion flames, Natural flickering, flickering frequency, intermittent flickering

Authors: K. Hosseini, MD., R. Mazaheri, MD., H.R. Khoddami Vishteh, MD., M.A. Mansournia, MD., H. Angoorani, MD

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Keywords: Tissue Doppler Echocardiography, Diastolic function, Athlete's heart syndrome, Static exercise, Dynamic exercise

Authors: José A. D. Machuca, Bernabé Escobar-Pérez, Pedro Garrido Vega, Darkys E. Lujan García

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Keywords: Advanced Production Practices, Financial Indicators, Non-Financial Indicators

Authors: Jose J.CarreñoZagarra, Rodolfo Villamizar Mejía

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Keywords: Robust Control, Hydroelectric System Turbine, Control H∞, CACSD

Authors: J. Mlýnek, R. Srb

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Keywords: Genetic algorithm, mathematical model of heat radiation, optimization of radiation intensity, software implementation

Authors: Hansung Wan, Hyungkwan Cho, Kiho Sung, Hongkyu Kim

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Keywords: The amount of urban artificial heat, Urban growth management, Urbanization, Urban meteorology

Authors: Hanina M. N., Hairul Shahril M., Mohd Fazrullah Innsan M. F., Ismatul Nurul Asyikin I., Abdul Jalil A. K, Salina M. R., Ahmad I.B.

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Keywords: Bacillus subtilis ATCC 21332, Cymbopogon essential oils, protein

Authors: Haitao Yang

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Despite so many years- development, the mainstream of workflow solutions from IT industries has not made ad-hoc workflow-support easy or inexpensive in MIS. Moreover, most of academic approaches tend to make their resulted BPM (Business Process Management) more complex and clumsy since they used to necessitate modeling workflow. To cope well with various ad-hoc or casual requirements on workflows while still keeping things simple and inexpensive, the author puts forth first the TSM design pattern that can provide a flexible workflow control while minimizing demand of predefinitions and modeling workflow, which introduces a generic approach for building BPM in workflow-aware MISs (Management Information Systems) with low development and running expenses.

Keywords: Ad-hoc workflow, BPM, Design pattern, TSM

Authors: Hadeel S. Haj Aliwi, Saleh A. Alomari, Putra Sumari

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Nowadays, Multimedia Communication has been developed and improved rapidly in order to enable users to communicate between each other over the Internet. In general, the multimedia communication consists of audio and video communication. However, this paper focuses on audio streams. The audio translation between protocols is a very critical issue due to solving the communication problems between any two protocols, as well as it enables people around the world to talk with each other at anywhere and anytime even they use different protocols. In this paper, a proposed method for an audio translation module between two protocols has been presented. These two protocols are InterAsterisk eXchange Protocol (IAX) and Real Time Switching Control Protocol (RSW), which they are widely used to provide two ways audio transfer feature. The result of this work is to introduce possibility of interworking together.

Keywords: Multimedia, VoIP, Interworking, InterAsterisk eXchange Protocol (IAX), Real Time Switching Control Criteria (REW)

Authors: Feifei Lee, Qiu Chen, Koji Kotani, Tadahiro Ohmi

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Keywords: Fast search, Copy detection, Adjacent pixel intensity difference quantization (APIDQ), DC image, Histogram feature.

Authors: Eun-JungKo, Bur-Deul Yoon, Sung-Won Choi, Hong-Kyu Kim

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Keywords: Cityscape, Design Seoul Street, street, streetscape.

Authors: Emmanuel Selase Asamoah, Miloslava Chovancová

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When choosing marketing strategies for international markets, one of the factors that should be considered is the cultural differences that exist among consumers in different countries. If the branding strategy has to be contextual and in tune with the culture, then the brand positioning variables has to interact, adapt and respond to the cultural variables in which the brand is operating. This study provides an overview of the relevance of culture in the development of an effective branding strategy in the international business environment. Hence, the main objective of this study is to provide a managerial framework for developing strategies for cross cultural brand management. The framework is useful because it incorporates the variables that are important in the competitiveness of fast food enterprises irrespective of their size. It provides practical, proactive and result oriented analysis that will help fast food firms augment their strategies in the international fast food markets. The proposed framework will enable managers understand the intricacies involved in branding in the global fast food industry and decrease the use of 'trial and error' when entering into unfamiliar markets.

Keywords: culture, branding strategy, marketing mix, mass customization, standardization

Authors: Eduard Atkin, Alexander Klyuev, Vitaly Shumikhin

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An approach and its implementation in 0.18 m CMOS process of the multichannel ASIC for capacitive (up to 30 pF) sensors are described in the paper. The main design aim was to study an analog data-driven architecture. The design was done for an analog derandomizing function of the 128 to 16 structure. That means that the ASIC structure should provide a parallel front-end readout of 128 input analog sensor signals and after the corresponding fast commutation with appropriate arbitration logic their processing by means of 16 output chains, including analog-to-digital conversion. The principal feature of the ASIC is a low power consumption within 2 mW/channel (including a 9-bit 20Ms/s ADC) at a maximum average channel hit rate not less than 150 kHz.

Keywords: Data-driven architecture, derandomizer, multichannel sensor readout

Authors: E. Movahednejad, F. Ommi

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Keywords: Droplet, instability, Size Distribution, Turbulence, Maximum Entropy

Authors: Diana Cotoros, Mihaela Baritz, Anca Stanciu

Abstract:

Keywords: Insoles, plantar surface, rapid prototyping, correspondence concept

Authors: Christina Babatsou, Efthimios Zervas

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Keywords: European Union, Passenger cars, Social indicators, Correlations

Authors: Chi Jung Kim, Mincheol Whang, Eui Chul Lee

Abstract:

Keywords: Support Vector Machine, PPG, Emotion Recognition, Arousal, Relaxation

Authors: R. Ramli

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Keywords: Curriculum, Ethics, Internet Addiction, Social Issues

Authors: R. Matousek, S. Lang, P. Minar, P. Pivonka

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Keywords: Evolutionary design, Genetic algorithms, PID controller, Pole placement, Polynomial controller

Authors: Bin Cai, Shilong Wang, Haibo Hu

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Keywords: Artificial immune system, Job shop scheduling problem, Local search, Metaheuristic algorithm

Authors: Bilal Barakeh

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In this paper we discuss the effect of unbounded particle interaction operator on particle growth and we study how this can address the choice of appropriate time steps of the numerical simulation. We provide also rigorous mathematical proofs showing that large particles become dominating with increasing time while small particles contribute negligibly. Second, we discuss the efficiency of the algorithm by performing numerical simulations tests and by comparing the simulated solutions with some known analytic solutions to the Smoluchowski equation.

Keywords: Stochastic processes, coagulation of particles, numerical scheme.

Authors: Bakare Babatunde Femi

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Keywords: emissions, mechanical biological pretreatment, MSW, thermal pretreatment

Authors: Azmi Ibrahim, Nor Azan Mat Zin, Noraidah Sahari Ashaari

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Keywords: dengue fever, prediction, system dynamic, simulation

Authors: Assel S. Issabekova, Olga A. Berillo, Vladimir A. Khailenko, Shara A. Atambayeva, Mireille Regnier, Anatoly T. Ivachshenko

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Regulatory relationships of 686 intronic miRNA and 784 intergenic miRNAs with mRNAs of 51 intronic miRNA coding genes were established. Interaction features of studied miRNAs with 5'UTR, CDS and 3'UTR of mRNA of each gene were revealed. Functional regions of mRNA were shown to be significantly heterogenous according to the number of binding sites of miRNA and to the location density of these sites.

Keywords: 5'UTR, 3'UTR, CDS, miRNA, target mRNA

Authors: Johan Fredin, Anders Jönsson

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Keywords: Waterjet cutting, Piercing, Experimentation

Authors: Dimitar Georgiev, Bogdan Bogdanov, Irena Markovska, Yancho Hristov, Dencho Stanev

Abstract:

Keywords: Adsorption, adsorption capacity, kinetic sorption, Zeolite NaA

Authors: Orose Rugchati, Kanita Thanacharoenchanaphas

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Keywords: simulation, ambient ozone estimate, nutrient content, genetic changes , Thai soybean

Authors: F. Alborzi, H. Vafaei, M.H. Gholami, M.M. S. Esfahani

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Keywords: Mixed Integer Programming, Multi-objective Optimization, Stochastic Demand, Supply Chain Design, Two Stage Programming

Authors: Zahra Amirhosseini, Alireza Bashiri

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Keywords: All Share Price Index, Asymmetrical Market, Industrial Index, Symmetrical Market, Top Fifty Most Active Companies Index

Authors: Z. Popova, L. S. Pereira, М. Ivanova, P. Alexandrova, K. Doneva, V. Alexandrov, M. Kercheva

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Authors: Z. Noranai, M.Z. Md Yusof

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Keywords: building load profile, energy consumption, payback period, thermal energy storage

Authors: Yuji Kotani, Shunsuke Kanai, Hisaki Watari

Abstract:

Keywords: Pipe-Forming, Wall Thickness, Finite-element-method

Authors: Yueying Wu, Fengzhu Lv, Yihe Zhang, Zixian Xu

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Keywords: ATO particle, Conductivity, Distribution, Reverse emulsion

Authors: Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Kouichi Ono, Takeo Nakada, Yousuke Kubo, Hiroto Yasuura

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Keywords: SoC, Embedded Sytem, Energy Consumption, Dynamic behavior, UML, Modeling, Model-based simulation

Authors: Yoshifumi Ishizaki, Naoki Kanatani, Masaki Ito, Toshihiko Sasama, Takao Kawamura, Kazunori Sugahara

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Keywords: Route Bus, Path Planning System, GPS, Smart Phone.

Authors: Yongsei Lee, Hyunsu Park, Youngseob Yu, Heechan Yoo, Sungin Yoo

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Keywords: Biogas, Biological desulfurization, Horizontal anaerobic digester, Korean food waste

Authors: Yong-Gyu Lee, Gilwon Yoon

Abstract:

Keywords: bleeding, capsule endoscopy, image processing, real time analysis

Authors: Y.B.Gandole

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Keywords: Analog-to Digital Converter, Embedded system, Concurrent Testing

Authors: Y. F. Yang, B. T. Wang, J. J. Fan, J. Yin

Abstract:

Keywords: global warming, desert sand, extended surface, heat exchange, thermodynamics

Authors: Y. Araki, M. Kim, S. Okayama, K. Ikago, K. Uetani

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Keywords: long-period ground motion, P-Delta effect, high-rise steel moment resisting frame (SMRF), subduction earthquake

Authors: Won-Jun Choi, Seung-Jun Yu, Jung-In Baik, Hyoung-Kyu Song

Abstract:

Keywords: cooperation, diversity, M-DCM, OFDM.

Authors: Wei Hua Ho

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Keywords: Jet Engine Test Cell, Unsteady flow, Inlet Vortex

Authors: Wardah, T., Kamil, A.A., Sahol Hamid, A.B., Maisarah, W.W.I

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Keywords: MM5, Numerical weather prediction (NWP), quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF), WRF

Authors: Wanyu Mao, Qiwen Sun, Weiyong Ying, Dingye Fang

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Keywords: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, Fe-Cu catalyst, alcohols byproducts, reaction pathways

Authors: W. Wu, X. H. Wang, D. Paull

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Keywords: Australian Defence Force, effectiveness evaluation, Environmental Awareness Training, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Authors: W. Sutopo, M. Hisjam, Yuniaristanto

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Keywords: agri-food supply chain, corporate social responsibility, small-scale vegetables farmers, weighted goal programming.

Authors: W. Phanwanich, O. Kumdee, P. Ritthipravat, Y. Wongsawat

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Keywords: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT), Persons with disabilities, Canine tail language, Fuzzy emotional behavior model

Authors: Vít Lédl, Tomáš Vít, Pavel Psota, Roman Doleček

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Keywords: Holographic interferometry, pulsatile flow, temperature measurement, hot-wire anemometry

Authors: Viktorie Janečková, Petr Šnapka, Marie Mikušová

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Keywords: Cost analysis, economy, incentive pay system.

Authors: Vidyasagar Shilapuram, Nesrin Ozalp, Anam Waheed

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Keywords: Catalysis, Fluka 05120, Hydrogen production, Methane decomposition

Authors: Victor E. Gromov, Yurii F. Ivanov, Vadim B. Kosterev, Sergey V. Konovalov, Veronica I. Myasnikova, Guoyi Tang

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Keywords: nanosize, phase, steel, strengthening

Authors: Václav Voltr, Jan Leština

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Keywords: Nitrogen efficiency, winter wheat, regression model

Authors: V. Povilaitis, S. Lazauskas, Š. Antanaitis, S. Sakalauskien, J. Sakalauskait, G. Pšibišauskien, O. Auškalnien, S. Raudonius, P. Duchovskis

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World population growth drives food demand, promotes intensification of agriculture, development of new production technologies and varieties more suitable for regional nature conditions. Climate change can affect the length of growing period, biomass and carbon accumulation in winter wheat. The increasing mean air temperature resulting from climate change can reduce the length of growth period of cereals, and without adequate adjustments in growing technologies or varieties, can reduce biomass and carbon accumulation. Deeper understanding and effective measures for monitoring and management of cereal growth process are needed for adaptation to changing climate and technological conditions.

Keywords: carbon, climate change, modeling, winter wheat

Authors: Toyoyuki Honjo, Takeshi Hayashi, Akinori Nagano, Zhi-Wei Luo

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Keywords: Dynamic Bipedal Walking, Parametric Excitation, Target Trajectory Design.

Authors: Toshimi Munehira

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Keywords: SOA, BPM, Generic Model, MassCustomization

Authors: Toshihiko Sasama, Takao Kawamura, Kazunori Sugahara

Abstract:

Keywords: outlet, remote monitor, mobile ad hoc network, zigbee.

Authors: Toru Murayama, Akinori Nagano, Zhi-Wei Luo

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Keywords: Hybrid system, multi-vehicle system, receding horizon control, topology control.

Authors: Tomáš Ludík, Josef Navrátil, Alena Langerová

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Tackling emergency situations is performed based on emergency scenarios. These scenarios do not have a uniform form in the Czech Republic. They are unstructured and developed primarily in the text form. This does not allow solving emergency situations efficiently. For this reason, the paper aims at defining a Process Oriented Architecture to support and thus to improve tackling emergency situations in the Czech Republic. The innovative Process Oriented Architecture is based on the Workflow Reference Model while taking into account the options of Business Process Management Suites for the implementation of process oriented emergency scenarios. To verify the proposed architecture the Proof of Concept has been used which covers the reception of an emergency event at the district emergency operations centre. Within the particular implementation of the proposed architecture the Bonita Open Solution has been used. The architecture created in this way is suitable not only for emergency management, but also for educational purposes.

Keywords: Business Process Management Suite, Czech Republic, Emergency Scenarios, Process Execution, Process Oriented Architecture.

Authors: Tejinder Singh

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When earthquakes strike the city it results in great loss of lives. The present paper talks about a new innovative design system (MegEifel) for buildings which has a mechanism to mitigate deaths in case any earthquake strikes the city. If buildings will be designed according to MegEifel design then the occupants of the building will be safe even when they are in sleep or are doing day wise activities during the time earthquake strikes. The core structure is suggested to be designed on the principle that more deep the foundations are, the harder it is to uproot the structure. The buildings will have an Eifel rod dug deep into earth which will help save lives in tall buildings when earthquake strikes. This design takes a leverage of protective shells to save lives.

Keywords: Structure, MegEifel, Save, Life, Earthquake, Design

Authors: Tazibt W., Mialhe P.

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This paper presents ageing experiments controlled by the evolution of junction parameters. The deterioration of the device is related to high injection effects which modified the transport mechanisms in the space charge region of the junction. Physical phenomena linked to the degradation of junction parameters that affect the devices reliability are reported and discussed. We have used the method based on numerical analysis of experimental current-voltage characteristic of the junction, in order to extract the electrical parameters. The simultaneous follow-up of the evolutions of the series resistance and of the transition voltage allow us to introduce a new parameter for reliability evaluation.

Keywords: High injection, junction, parameters, reliability

Authors: Tariq T. Darabseh

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The transient thermoelastic response of thick hollow cylinder made of functionally graded material under thermal loading is studied. The generalized coupled thermoelasticity based on the Green-Lindsay model is used. The thermal and mechanical properties of the functionally graded material are assumed to be varied in the radial direction according to a power law variation as a function of the volume fractions of the constituents. The thermal and elastic governing equations are solved by using Galerkin finite element method. All the finite element calculations were done by using commercial finite element program FlexPDE. The transient temperature, radial displacement, and thermal stresses distribution through the radial direction of the cylinder are plotted.

Keywords: Finite element method, thermal stresses, Green-Lindsay theory, functionally graded material.

Authors: T. Santiboon

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Keywords: Climate Change, Global Warming, Udon Thani Province Weather

Authors: Suparna Karmakar, Ranjan Dasgupta

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Keywords: Business process, Petri net, Rail Station Emergency Management, Web service based system

Authors: Sorin Soviany, Cristina Soviany, Mariana Jurian

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The paper presents a multimodal approach for biometric authentication, based on multiple classifiers. The proposed solution uses a post-classification biometric fusion method in which the biometric data classifiers outputs are combined in order to improve the overall biometric system performance by decreasing the classification error rates. The paper shows also the biometric recognition task improvement by means of a carefully feature selection, as much as not all of the feature vectors components support the accuracy improvement.

Keywords: biometric fusion, multiple classifiers

Authors: Song Meng, Dianfu Ma, Yongwang Zhao, Jianxin Li

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Keywords: colllaborative framework; visual modeling; message handling mechanism

Authors: Shyam Kumar, Nannuri Srinivasulu, Ashok Khanna

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Keywords: Bubble column, Computational fluid dynamics, Gas holdup profile, k-ε model.

Authors: Sh. A. Yousif, M. Bhave

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Keywords: Aquaporins, homeologues, PIP, wheat

Authors: Seyed Mohyeddin Ghodratian, Mehdi Ghassemieh, Mohammad Khanmohammadi

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Keywords: bridge, ductility demand, irregularity, shape memory alloy

Authors: Seong-Mo An, Rohit Ramesh, Young-Sook Lee, Wan-Young Chung

Abstract:

Keywords: Interaxial, Convergence, Stereoscopic, Horizontal 3D Camera Rig

Authors: Sarma Cakula, Maija Sedleniece

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Keywords: E-learning, modeling, E-learning methods development, personal knowledge management

Authors: Sara Sharifi Rad, Hassan Haghighi

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Keywords: Concurrent systems, Formal methods, Formal specification, Z language

Authors: Sang-Chul Kim, Sung-Il Chien

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Keywords: Artifact suppression, Edge enhancement, Error diffusion method, Halftone image

Authors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jong Sue Bae, Taewan Kim, Jin Mo Song, Jong Ju Kim

Abstract:

Keywords: Tracking, Computational geometry, Homography, Filter

Authors: Sandu L., Topală F., Porojan S.

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Keywords: cast metal inlays, class II restoration, molars, 3D models, structural simulations.

Authors: S.H. Khoon, G.I. Issabayeva, L.W. Lee

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Keywords: acid deposition; atmospheric pollution; deposition fluxes; trajectories

Authors: S.Aksoy, Y.Caglar

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Keywords: CdO, heterojunction semiconductor devices, ideality factor, current-voltage characteristics

Authors: S. Ntalampiras, I. Potamitis, N. Fakotakis, S. Kouzoupis

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The present work faces the problem of automatic enumeration and recognition of an unknown and time-varying number of environmental sound sources while using a single microphone. The assumption that is made is that the sound recorded is a realization of sound sources belonging to a group of audio classes which is known a-priori. We describe two variations of the same principle which is to calculate the distance between the current unknown audio frame and all possible combinations of the classes that are assumed to span the soundscene. We concentrate on categorizing environmental sound sources, such as birds, insects etc. in the task of monitoring the biodiversity of a specific habitat.

Keywords: automatic recognition of multiple sound sources, enumeration of sound sources, computational ecology.

Authors: S. C. Căescu, I. Dumitru

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Keywords: change management, competitive environment, marketing management strategies, strategic marketing.

Authors: S. Bajalan, A. Shadaram, N. Hedayat, A. Shams Taleghani

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Keywords: Airfoil, Cylinder, Strouhal, Wake interaction

Authors: S. A. Razavian Amrei, G.Ghodrati Amiri, D. Rezaei

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Keywords: Seismic Hazard Assessment, Seismicity Parameters, PGA, Naghan, Iran

Authors: Ryu Watanabe, Yutaka Miyake

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Keywords: identity management, blind signature, privacy protection

Authors: Reihaneh Ahmadzadeh Ghavidel, Mehdi Ghiafeh Davoodi

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Keywords: malted legumes, weaning foods, nutrition, functional properties

Authors: Rakesh Kumar, A. K. Ghosh

Abstract:

Keywords: Maximum Likelihood, nonlinear, parameters, stall.

Authors: Rajesh Gupta, Anish Sachdeva, Arvind Bhardwaj

Abstract:

Keywords: 3PL, criteria, shipper, outsourcing

Authors: Rabah Haoui

Abstract:

Keywords: Supersonic flow, viscous flow, finite volume, nozzle

Authors: R.YadollahiFarsani, B. Ghasemi

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Keywords: Cavity, Magnetic Field, Mixed Convection, Magnetohydrodynamic

Authors: R. Songur, E. Bayraktar, U. Mehmetoglu

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Keywords: Adsorption, Reactive blue 4, Response surface methodology (RSM), Waste aluminium hydroxide sludge

Authors: R. Suzana, T. Wardah, A.B. Sahol Hamid

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The use of radar in Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) for radar-rainfall measurement is significantly beneficial. Radar has advantages in terms of high spatial and temporal condition in rainfall measurement and also forecasting. In Malaysia, radar application in QPE is still new and needs to be explored. This paper focuses on the Z/R derivation works of radarrainfall estimation based on rainfall classification. The works developed new Z/R relationships for Klang River Basin in Selangor area for three different general classes of rain events, namely low (<10mm/hr), moderate (>10mm/hr, <30mm/hr) and heavy (>30mm/hr) and also on more specific rain types during monsoon seasons. Looking at the high potential of Doppler radar in QPE, the newly formulated Z/R equations will be useful in improving the measurement of rainfall for any hydrological application, especially for flood forecasting.

Keywords: Radar, Quantitative Precipitation Estimation, Z/R development, flood forecasting

Authors: Prasad Senadheera, Younousse Saidi, Frans JM Maathuis

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Keywords: Rice seed expression, salt stress, prolamin, salinitytolerance, Oryza sativa

Authors: Pramote Paengkoum, Y. Han , S. Traiyakun, J. Khotsakdee, S. Paengkoum

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Keywords: Probiotic, conjugated linoleic acid, plasma fattyacid, goats

Authors: Porojan S., Sandu L., Topală F.

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Keywords: macroscopic visual inspection, electron microscopyimages, Ni-Cr dental alloys, laser welding.

Authors: Pinho C., Madaleno M.

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Keywords: Calibration, Electricity Markets, Implied Volatility, Lévy Models, Options on Futures, Pricing

Authors: Piercarlo Dondi, Luca Lombardi, Marco Porta

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Keywords: Gesture recognition, human-computer interaction, Time-of-Flight camera.

Authors: Pelaez Verdet, Antonio, Loscertales Sanchez, Pilar

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Keywords: Itinerary design, cruise programming, goalprogramming, linear programming

Authors: Payam Asadi, Ali Bakhshi

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In this study, a frame work for verification of famous seismic codes is utilized. To verify the seismic codes performance, damage quantity of RC frames is compared with the target performance. Due to the randomness property of seismic design and earthquake loads excitation, in this paper, fragility curves are developed. These diagrams are utilized to evaluate performance level of structures which are designed by the seismic codes. These diagrams further illustrate the effect of load combination and reduction factors of codes on probability of damage exceedance. Two types of structures; very high important structures with high ductility and medium important structures with intermediate ductility are designed by different seismic codes. The Results reveal that usually lower damage ratio generate lower probability of exceedance. In addition, the findings indicate that there are buildings with higher quantity of bars which they have higher probability of damage exceedance. Life-cycle cost analysis utilized for comparison and final decision making process.

Keywords: RC frame, fragility curve, performance-base design, life-cycle cost analyses, seismic design codes.

Authors: Pavel Dostrašil, Petr Jirásko

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Keywords: Cam mechanism, displacement diagram, intermittentmechanism, radial parallel cam

Authors: P. Pečlin, J. Rozman

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Keywords: Vagus nerve stimulation, multi-electrode nerve cuff.

Authors: P. Parvizi, S. Mohammadi

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Keywords: TehranBRT, RFID, Intelligent Transportation

Authors: P. Harazin, Gy. Horváth

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Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, Environmentalaccounting, Integration, Sustainability management

Authors: Osama A. Abdelaal, Saied M. Darwish

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Keywords: Biomanufacturing, Rapid prototyping, Solid FreeForm Fabrication, Scaffold Fabrication, Tissue Engineering

Authors: Oliver Grün

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Keywords: ERP, Requirements Management

Authors: Olfa.Ben Ahmed, Mahmoud. Mejdoub, Chokri. Ben Amar

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Keywords: Accordion, Bag of Features, Human action, Motion, Moving point, Space-Time Descriptor, SIFT, Video.

Authors: Oh-Yeol Kwon, Sung-Il Chien

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Keywords: Color contrast enhancement, color quantization, color segmentation, image posterization

Authors: Nouredine Bourahla, Farid Bouriche, Yacine Benghalia

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Keywords: floor spectra, response spectrum, seismicqualification testing, shaking table

Authors: Nasim Shaibani, Saba Ghazvini, Mohammad R. Andalibi, Soheila Yaghmaei

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Nowadays there is a growing interest in biofuel production in most countries because of the increasing concerns about hydrocarbon fuel shortage and global climate changes, also for enhancing agricultural economy and producing local needs for transportation fuel. Ethanol can be produced from biomass by the hydrolysis and sugar fermentation processes. In this study ethanol was produced without using expensive commercial enzymes from sugarcane bagasse. Alkali pretreatment was used to prepare biomass before enzymatic hydrolysis. The comparison between NaOH, KOH and Ca(OH)2 shows NaOH is more effective on bagasse. The required enzymes for biomass hydrolysis were produced from sugarcane solid state fermentation via two fungi: Trichoderma longibrachiatum and Aspergillus niger. The results show that the produced enzyme solution via A. niger has functioned better than T. longibrachiatum. Ethanol was produced by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) with crude enzyme solution from T. longibrachiatum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. To evaluate this procedure, SSF of pretreated bagasse was also done using Celluclast 1.5L by Novozymes. The yield of ethanol production by commercial enzyme and produced enzyme solution via T. longibrachiatum was 81% and 50% respectively.

Keywords: Alkali pretreatment, bioethanol, cellulase, simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, solid statefermentation, sugarcane bagasse

Authors: Naoki Kanatani, Masaki Ito, Takao Kawamura, Kazunori Sugahara

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Keywords: AR, navigation, Bus-Net, transport

Authors: Nader Sh. Kandelousi, Ooi. J., Abdollahi. A

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Keywords: Project Performance, Leadership, TopManagement Involvement

Authors: N. Z. Mohd Yunus, D. Wanatowski, L. R. Stace

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Keywords: Humic acid, kaolin, lime, organic clay

Authors: Muhammad Raza Ali, Tim Morris

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Keywords: Bayesian tracking, chromaticity space, optical flowgesture recognition

Authors: Mohd Zin Kandar, Mohd Sabere Sulaiman, Yong Razidah Rashid, Dilshan Remaz Ossen, Aminatuzuhariah MAbdullah, Lim Yaik Wah, Mansour Nikpour

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In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in using daylight to save energy in buildings. In tropical regions, daylighting is always an energy saver. On the other hand, daylight provides visual comfort. According to standards, it shows that many criteria should be taken into consideration in order to have daylight utilization and visual comfort. The current standard in Malaysia, MS 1525 does not provide sufficient guideline. Hence, more research is needed on daylight performance. If architects do not consider daylight design, it not only causes inconvenience in working spaces but also causes more energy consumption as well as environmental pollution. This research had surveyed daylight performance in 5 selected office buildings from different area of Malaysian through experimental method. Several parameters of daylight quality such as daylight factor, surface luminance and surface luminance ratio were measured in different rooms in each building. The result of this research demonstrated that most of the buildings were not designed for daylight utilization. Therefore, it is very important that architects follow the daylight design recommendation to reduce consumption of electric power for artificial lighting while the sufficient quality of daylight is available.

Keywords: Daylight factor, Field measurement, Daylighting quality, Tropical

Authors: Mohamed T. Sorour, Mohamed A. Abdellatif, Ahmed A. Ramadan, Ahmed A. Abo-Ismail

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Keywords: Automated roller painting, Construction robots, Mobile robots, service robots, two link planar manipulator

Authors: Mohamed Omar

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Keywords: Finite element analysis, seismic response, shapesmemory alloy, steel frame, superelasticity

Authors: Mohamed Hafez, Georg Hausner

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Keywords: Dutch Elm Disease, group II introns, mtDNA, species identification

Authors: Miodrag T. Manić, Dejan I. Tanikić, Miloš S. Stojković, Dalibor M. ðenadić

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Keywords: fuzzy logic, manufacturing, neural networks

Authors: Michiko Miyamoto, Shuhei Kudo, Kayo Iizuka

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Keywords: BPR, SEM, IS Success Model, user satisfaction

Authors: Michiharu Maeda, Shinya Tsuda

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Keywords: Particle swarm optimization, Global optimization, Metaheuristics, Reduction.

Authors: Mehrnaz Najafi, Hassan Haghighi

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Keywords: Formal method, Formal specification, Formalprogram development, Morgan's Refinement Calculus, Object-Z

Authors: Maysam Saidi, Reza Maddahian, Bijan Farhanieh

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Keywords: Deoiling hydrocyclones, k-epsilon model, Largeeddy simulation, OpenFOAM

Authors: May-Ling Tan, Yi Su, Chi-Wan Lim, Liang Zhong, Ru-San Tan

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Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Left Ventricle, ShapeRestoration, Principle Curvature, Optimization

Authors: Matteo Munaro, Stefano Michieletto, Edmond So, Daniele Alberton, Emanuele Menegatti

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In this work a dual laser triangulation system is presented for fast building of 2.5D textured models of objects within a production line. This scanner is designed to produce data suitable for 3D completeness inspection algorithms. For this purpose two laser projectors have been used in order to considerably reduce the problem of occlusions in the camera movement direction. Results of reconstruction of electronic boards are presented, together with a comparison with a commercial system.

Keywords: 3D quality inspection, 2.5D reconstruction, laser triangulation, occlusions.

Authors: Masaki Ito, Hideyuki Tokuda, Takao Kawamura, Kazunori Sugahara

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Keywords: Environmental Monitoring, Wireless Sensor Network, Field Experiment and Research Challenges.

Authors: Masahiro Taketa, Masaki Ito, Takao Kawamura, Kazunori Sugahara

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Keywords: Path Planning, Public Transportation, Smartphone, User Interface

Authors: Marzuki Khalid, RubiyahYusof, AnisSalwaMohdKhairuddin

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Keywords: Tropical wood species, nonlinear data, featureextractors, classification

Authors: Markus Reichhartinger, Martin Horn

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Keywords: higher order sliding-mode, throttle actuator, electromechanicalsystem, robust and nonlinear control.

Authors: Marie Mikušová, Petr Šnapka, Viktorie Janečková

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Keywords: Concept, crisis, element

Authors: Marco Raciti Castelli, Ernesto Benini

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Keywords: Annual Energy Output, micro-generationtechnology, urban environment, Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine

Authors: Marco Intelvi, Apolinar Picado, Joaquín Martínez

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Keywords: Agitated bed, Atmospheric pressure, Penetrationmodel, Vacuum

Authors: Mai Thanh Truc, Masao Yoshida

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Keywords: Global warming, Humic substances, Soil organicmatter, Zeolite.

Authors: Mahdi Shaneh, Arash Golibagh Mahyari

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Image enhancement is the most important challenging preprocessing for almost all applications of Image Processing. By now, various methods such as Median filter, α-trimmed mean filter, etc. have been suggested. It was proved that the α-trimmed mean filter is the modification of median and mean filters. On the other hand, ε-filters have shown excellent performance in suppressing noise. In spite of their simplicity, they achieve good results. However, conventional ε-filter is based on moving average. In this paper, we suggested a new ε-filter which utilizes α-trimmed mean. We argue that this new method gives better outcomes compared to previous ones and the experimental results confirmed this claim.

Keywords: Image enhancement, median filter, ε-filter – α-trimmed mean filter.

Authors: Mahdi Mazinani, S. D. Qanadli, Rahil Hosseini, Tim Ellis, Jamshid Dehmeshki

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Keywords: 3D coronary artery tree extraction, segmentation, quantification, fuzzy clustering, and Markov random field

Authors: M.Ghotbi, M.Ghotbi, Gh. Azari Takami

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Keywords: Astaxanthin, Flesh color, Rainbow trout, Vitaton, β- carotene,

Authors: M.G.A. Nassef, Linghan Li, C. Schenck, B. Kuhfuss

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Keywords: feed drive systems, least squares algorithm, onlineparameter identification, short time window

Authors: M.A. Calin, D. Voicu, M.R. Calin, D. Savastru, D. Manea

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Keywords: photodynamic inactivation, bacteria, pigs, wounds

Authors: M. Zeydan, G. Toğa

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Keywords: Artificial Neural Network, Grey Relational Analysis, Optimization, Response Surface Methodology

Authors: M. Michalska-Domańska, P. Jóźwik, Z. Bojar

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Keywords: hexane decomposition, methanol decomposition, Ni3Al thin foils, Ni nanoparticles

Authors: M. Haj Seyed Hadi, M. Taghi Darzi, Z. Ghandeharialavijeh, GH. Riazi

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Keywords: Vermicompost, amino acids, chamomile, yield

Authors: M. G. Albanesi, R. Amadeo

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Keywords: eye tracker, video compression, video qualityassessment, visual attention

Authors: M. Csete, G. Szendrö

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Keywords: adaptation, climate policy, mitigation, localsustainability.

Authors: M. Chomczyńska

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Keywords: ion exchanger, ion exchange substrate, soilrestoration

Authors: M. Challal, F. Labu, M. Dehmas, A. Azrar

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Keywords: Defected ground structure (DGS), triangular-head(TH) DGS, rectangular-head (RH) DGS, U-shape (US) DGS, lowpassfilter (LPF) and band-pass filter (BPF).

Authors: M. Benachour, N. Benachour

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Keywords: Fatigue crack, stainless steel, mean stress, amplitudeloading.

Authors: M. B. Shuai, S. Xiao, Q. S. Li, M. F. Chu, X. F. Yang

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Keywords: Hydrolysis, lithium compound, polycrystallinelithium hydride

Authors: M. Amir Abas, M. Dahlui

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Keywords: Ozone Layer, Monitoring, Global Warming, Measurement, Ultraviolet

Authors: Lucian Munteanu

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The move towards internationalization of accounting encountered a great boost, when in 2002 EU delegated the IASB to provide the accounting standards to be applied inside its frontiers. Among the incentives of the standardization of accounting on the international level, is the reduction of the cost of capital. Romania made the move towards IFRS before EU, when the country was not yet a member of it. Even if this made Romania a special case, it was scarcely approached. The leak of real data is usually the reason for avoiding. The novelty of this paper is that it offers an insight from the reality of Romanian companies and their view regarding the IFRS. The paper is based on a survey that the authors made among the companies listed on the first two tiers of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE), which are basically, the most important companies in the country.

Keywords: Cost of capital, IFRS, information asymmetry, transparency.