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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
Transactions ID Number: 29-930
Full Name: Richard Snow
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 628 Vermont Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32118
Country: UNITED STATES
Tel: 386-226-7104
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Fax: 386-226-7739
E-mail address: snow4fc@erau.edu
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Title of the Paper: The Reestablishment of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mary Snow and Richard Snow
Email addresses of all the authors: snow4fc@erau.edu, snowm@erau.edu
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Conservation biology and restoration ecology are concerned not only with protecting fragile ecosystems but also with intervening in an attempt to repair what has been damaged largely through anthropogenic activities. As a result of high demand as a medicinal herb and the failure of harvesters to conserve, the federal government has placed American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) on the list of plants that may be in danger of extinction. Ginseng favors a habitat ranging from 30 to 50 degrees north latitude and minimum cold cycles of 45 days with temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius. Other specific criteria include 20 inches of annual precipitation, adequate shade, and slightly acidic, well-drained soil that is high in organic material content. Remote sensing, ground truthing, and an analysis of local climate data helped determine whether the study areas met these requirements. The role of remote sensing and the use of GIS in preserving forests and biodiversity are dis!
cussed. Although it could take from eight to ten years before harvest, the wild simulated ginseng roots command a price that is approximately the same as that of wild ginseng. The present body of knowledge concerning the optimal growing conditions of ginseng should be enhanced as a result of this research and could serve as a model for a viable economic alternative to clear cutting deciduous forests, which is among the long term goals of this project.
Keywords: Conservation biology, Restoration ecology, Endangered species, American Ginseng, Remote sensing, GIS
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Special (Invited) Session: Conservation Biology and the Reintroduction of Panax quinquefolius
Organizer of the Session: 639-166
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 32-907
Full Name: Tamás Marosits
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Magyar Tudósok krt. 2., H-1117, Budapest
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Title of the Paper: Characterization of Advanced Round Robin Scheduler
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Tamás Marosits and Sándor Molnár
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In this paper we show that Advanced Round Robin (ARR) scheduler is in the class of Latency Rate servers and it also belongs to the class of Guaranteed Rate servers. We present the latency parameter and the error term of ARR. Next, we evaluate the fairness characteristic. Finally, we describe the relationship between ARR and Generalized Processor Sharing. All of these results can make the comparison of ARR easily to other known schedulers and help designers to apply ARR.
Keywords: Round Robin scheduling, Latency Rate servers, GPS, fairness
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 32-906
Full Name: Xiao ming Ren
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
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Address: No. 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai
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Title of the Paper: Development and Calibration of an Impulse Magnetic Field Measurement System for Lightning Electromagnetic Pulse Investigation
Authors as they appear in the Paper: xiao-ming ren, zheng-cai fu, wei sun
Email addresses of all the authors: rxm_213@163.com, zcfu@sjtu.edu.cn, sw33@sjtu.edu.cn
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In order to evaluate the impulse magnetic field distribution inside buildings truck by lightning or by nearby stokes, a set of measuring system composed of self-made magnetic detection coil and fiber transmission system was developed. The sensitivity coefficient of the optical fiber transmission system was calibrated by sine wave generator. Connecting the output of a portable 8/20¦Ìs current generator with a circular coil whose diameter is 0.3 m to compose the magnetic field generator, the detection coil was fixed in the center of the circular coil for calibration. The B/V calibrated coefficient error of the system is less than 3%. The measuring system was used in the investigation of the shielding effectiveness of building metal frames under nearby lightning strokes. The test results of the shielding effectiveness on the grid metal frame model shows that the effectiveness coefficient will increase with the decrease of grid width. While the width of the grid cha!
nges from 0.5m to 0.25m, there is a change of approximately 10.2%. While the width of grid changes from 0.25 m to 0.125 m, is increased about 5%. When the 0.5 mm steel plate was used, the value of is 4.9. The test results show that the developed system can fulfill the requirements of the impulse magnetic field measurement.
Keywords: Impulse magnetic field, Calibration, Magnetic field generator, Magnetic field measurement, Lightning protection, fiber transmission system
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS
Transactions ID Number: 32-905
Full Name: Niladri Maity
Position: Assistant Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Head, Dept. of Electronics & Comm. Engineering, Mizoram University (A Central University, Govt. of India), Tanhril, Aizawl-796009, Mizoram
Country: INDIA
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Title of the Paper: Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Propagation Characteristics of Surface Plasmon Waves on Noble Metals at Optical Wavelengths
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Niladri Maity, Reshmi Maity
Email addresses of all the authors: maity_niladri@rediffmail.com, niladripratap@gmail.com,reshmidas_2009@rediffmail.com,reshmidas_2004@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The interface between a metal and a dielectric at optical frequencies supports longitudinal surface charge density oscillations, known as Surface Plasmons (SP). The existence of SPs is possible only if the metal have a negative dielectric constant at the corresponding optical frequency. In this paper the propagation characteristics of Surface Plasmon Waves (SPWs) which exists on noble metals like gold (Au), silver (Ag) and aluminium (Al) due to the formation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs), have been evaluated theoretically and simulated with the help of MATLAB programming language. The variation of the propagation constant, the attenuation coefficient, penetration depth inside the metal and the dielectric and the variation of the spot size width with the propagating wavelength have been determined. It has been found that highly conducting metals Au and Ag provide a strong confinement to the SPWs than Al at optical frequencies as the spot size width of the for!
mer is found to be nearly 10 µm less than that of the later.
Keywords: SPP, SPW, Propagation Constant, Attenuation Coefficient, Penetration Depth, Spot size
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Transactions ID Number: 29-929
Full Name: Laura Guerra
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: El Viñedo, Valencia
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Title of the Paper: Virtual Conversations
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Laura Guerra, Francisca Grimon
Email addresses of all the authors: lguerra@uc.edu.ve,lguerra14@gmail.com, grimon.francisca@gmail.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The formation of engineers involve enabling students in their own specialty knowledge, and, in skills related with critical thinking, reflection, argument development with verifiable and sustainable evidence, discussion management, negotiation and consensus solutions, and convincing, allowing them to improve the decision-making. This research contributes to the study of argumentative discourse, introducing a pilot scheme which is to characterize how students gathered in groups to argue their positions during a speech to their peers, via the Internet, to solve a mathematical problem. The study focuses on the connection between the academic performance of the students and the activities of building knowledge. Besides that, epistemological, argumentative aspects and pattern of dialogue are considered. The research is classified as exploratory, descriptive and experimental design. The methodology is a combination of proposals by Weinberger, Chang, and the author. A C!
ase Study was used, specifically the Problem Solving to design tasks. A Virtual Classroom was built under Moodle platform, where there were exercises materials, interactive program to study, and self-assessment links to related books, etc, available to the students. In this place, discussion forums were developed without a teacher's presence in order to save the students messages that come from the discussion to do the task. In order to analyze the results of the investigation, it is taken as an analysis unit the full message posted by each student: all messages were coded by two different researchers, and then the Kappa coefficient was 82%. Among the results obtained is a large proportion of interactions that reflects a correct handling of the relationship between the given problem and the theoretical foundations to applications in specific situations, showing a good level of knowledge construction. However, the new approaches and ways of solving problems were few. Often, !
the students ignored the messages of other members of the group, leadi
ng to a repetition of the issues that were previously raised and, therefore, most of the discussions were not focused on the task. No evidence different to the result of the mathematical calculation was presented. Although the social interactions were out of this research, it was clear that the members of the group did not get rapport between them and, consequently, the engagement to participate in the forum activities was not strengthened. For all these reasons, there is not a enough evidence to ensure that the academic performance of the students make be better using these strategies. Finally, to optimize the successful implementation of this type of methodological strategies, the presence of the teacher in the discussion forums should be considered so that he performs the necessary interventions to guide students towards constructing knowledge
Keywords: argumentation, discourse analysis, dialogue patterns, academic performance
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Special (Invited) Session: Virtual Conversations and Academic Performance´s Students
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 29-928
Full Name: Rui Ramos
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Campus Gualtar - Engineering School, University of Minho
Country: PORTUGAL
Tel: 235604726
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Title of the Paper: Multi-dimensional evaluation model of Quality of Life in Campus
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Daniel Rodrigues, Rui Ramos, José Mendes
Email addresses of all the authors: dsr@civil.uminho.pt, rui.ramos@civil.uminho.pt, jfgmendes@civil.uminho.pt
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: The quality of teaching and research activities in Universities are somehow related to the quality of the spaces where they take place, either when considering the buildings' facilities, or when taking into account the campus landscape. Some authors have concluded that the students' perception of their overall academic experience and the campus environment is related to academic accomplishment and success. Furthermore, keeping and increasing the quality of life in public spaces are also recognised as critical aspects concerning the urban sustainable development perspective. In that context, and when analysing characteristics, form, dimension and organisation of university campi, it can be concluded that they can be seen as urban spaces. Also, this fact is often enhanced due to their location: in urban areas or even merged in the city. In this context, based on concepts for urban spaces, a multi-dimensional evaluation model of the quality of life in campus is presen!
ted in this paper. Its main purpose is to provide conceptual bases for the implementation of a decision support system that evaluates the global index of the Quality of Life in the Campus (QlC). The process integrates users' perception and provides the ability to assess the impact of future interventions on the campus quality of life using scenarios. Those scenarios will express the changes in QlC through subsequent indicators values and global index update. The assessment of the QlC variation that would result from the scenario execution will serve as a decision support tool for campus management when studying several possibilities. The case study presented explores and shows the web based information system for monitoring the QlC of the Gualtar Campus of the University of Minho, located in Braga, Portugal. Basically, the model aims at determining a QlC variation and by comparing different moments in time. The system embodies two main functions related to its sustainable d!
evelopment process: (i) to inform the community, allowing any user to
know which are the considered indicators and their actual values, and how the QlC has evolved; (ii) to serve as a decision support tool, mainly in facilities planning and management, allowing to compare the impact of several scenarios on several quality of life dimensions, through an evaluation that integrates the users' perception.
Keywords: Quality of Life, Decision Support System, University Campus, Public Participation
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Special (Invited) Session: Campus quality of life information system: A case study applied to the University of Minho
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 29-927
Full Name: Rui Ramos
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Campus Gualtar - Engineering School, University of Minho
Country: PORTUGAL
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Title of the Paper: A global service quality index to evaluate the performance and sustainability in water supply utilities
Authors as they appear in the Paper: António Duarte; Gisela Rodrigues; Rui Ramos
Email addresses of all the authors: aduarte@civil.uminho.pt, giselamcr@gmail.com, rui.ramos@civil.uminho.pt
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: Water supply systems are a structural part of public utilities and as such are vital to the general well-being, public health, safe drinking water use, economic activities and environment protection. The principal objective of regulation is to protect the interests of users by fostering quality in the services provided by utilities and ensuring a fair balance in the charges levied, guaranteeing the essentiality, equity, indispensability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness principles. The use of performance indicators is widely recommended as a measure of the utility's effectiveness and efficiency. In Portugal, the regulation of service quality is conducted by ERSAR (Portuguese Authority for the Regulation of Water and Waste), which has decided to define its own set of performance indicators that is less comprehensive than those adopted by the IWA (International Water Association). Currently, the adopted system does not provide a quantitative and integrated evaluat!
ion leading to an overall ranking of utilities' performance and sustainability. The aim of this paper is to contribute for the improvement of the Portuguese performance assessment system, through the development and application of a complementary methodology to define a global index of service quality (GISEQ) for a given water supplier in order to achieve accurate performance rates. This methodology allows a truly quantitative evaluation in which each performance indicator represents a criterion to be considered and judiciously weighted, based on the results of an on-line questionnaire proposed to a selected set of academic and professional experts. The GISEQ values are calculated as a weighted linear combination of the normalised scores of each performance indicator, which is one of the most common aggregation procedures available in the context of multicriteria evaluation. The criteria normalisation process essentially based on fuzzy sets defined for each indicator, consi!
dering the established ERSAR or legislation standards. An innovative a
pproach to weights definition was also performed as well as a sensitivity analysis of GISEQ values to different weighting methods.
Keywords: Water supply systems; performance indicators; multicriteria analysis; weighting methods; service quality index (GISEQ)
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Special (Invited) Session: Effect of criteria weighting methods on the ranking of water suppliers' performance
Organizer of the Session: 619-423
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 29-926
Full Name: Flavius Dan Surianu
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Address: Bd. V. Parvan Nr.2, 300223 Timisoara
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Title of the Paper: Determination of the Induced Voltages by 220 kV Electric Overhead Power Lines Working in Parallel and Narrow Routes. Measurements on the Ground and Mathematical Model
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Flavius Dan Surianu
Email addresses of all the authors: flavius.surianu@et.upt.ro
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: The paper presents the measurements that the author has done in the South - West area of Romania for the 220 kV double circuit overhead power lines having a passive circuit and an active one. It also describes a mathematical simulation for determining the induced voltages by the active circuit into the disconnected one. The measurements are compared with those obtained through calculations in order to validate the mathematical model, becoming a useful tool for professionals in electric high voltage overhead power lines.
Keywords: electromagnetic interference, high voltage, induced voltage, electric capacity, mutual inductivity.
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Special (Invited) Session: Measurements on the Ground and Mathematical Modeling of Voltages Induced by Electrical High Voltage Overhead Power Lines Working on Parallel and Narrow Routes
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED AND THEORETICAL MECHANICS
Transactions ID Number: 29-925
Full Name: Domenico Guida
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Title of the Paper: Sommerfeld and Mass Parameter Identification of Lubricated Journal Bearings
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Domenico Guida, Pappalardo Carmine Maria
Email addresses of all the authors: guida@unisa.it,cpappalardo@unisa.it
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In this paper we propose a method for identification of two parameters that define the structure of lubricated journal bearings. In rotordynamics literature these parameters are named $\textit{Sommerfeld number}$ and $\textit{Mass Number}$, respectively. The system analyzed belongs to the class of systems that are described by $n$ nonlinear second order differential equations. We have obtained the analytical solutions of these equations using Lie series expansion. This method can be applied to a vast class of dynamical systems, provided that they are described by smooth equations. Lie series expansion is a mathematical tool that allows us to obtain the system response in recursive way using symbolic PC-codes. Besides, this procedure involves only a few experimental data and makes the identification process very quick. It is worth noting that the application that we propose does not take into account neither the issue connected to experimental data noise nor the una!
voidable disturbances that occurs in measurement process. Actually, in applied system identification one must always pay attention to the signal noise and to the robustness of the solution with respect to disturbances, but these issues are over the goal of this paper.
Keywords: Nonlinear System Identification, Parameter Identification, Lubricated Journal BearingsJ
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 32-904
Full Name: Kieran Greer
Position: Researcher
Age: ON
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Title of the Paper: Recent Developments with the licas System
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Kieran Greer
Email addresses of all the authors: kieran.greer@ntlworld.com
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: This paper describes recent developments with the licas (lightweight Internet-based communication for autonomic services) software package. In particular, it describes how the architecture and functionality have changed from the first version release. The autonomous nature of the system is focused on, which requires independent behaviour and metadata descriptions of each service. The system has now also been ported to the Java mobile environment. Then some open questions or problems will be discussed in the areas of metadata consistency, security and trust. Finally, some solutions to these problems will also be suggested.
Keywords: service-based network, architecture, autonomous, metadata, security, trust
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 32-903
Full Name: Hsukuang Chang
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
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Address: No.1, Sec. 1, Syuecheng Rd. ,Dashu Township, Kaohsiung,
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Title of the Paper: Incremental Singular Value Decomposition for Managing Dynamic Collections of Semantic Semi-structured Documents
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Hsu-Kuang Chang, I-Chang Jou, King-Chu Hung
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Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: The number of XML documents has been increasing as electronic document systems adopt XML as the standard format for document exchange. Like the weather, XML document databases are always changing. Information is constantly added or removed, meaning that catalogs and indexes become obsolete or incomplete, sometimes in a matter of seconds. With the tremendous increase in online information, the dynamic update of XML documents has become critical for efficient document organization and navigation and for the retrieval of large quantities of XML documents. XML documents can be modeled as a matrix, and a user¡¦s query and update of an XML database can be represented as a vector. Relevant XML documents in the XML database are then identified via vector operations. In the latent semantic indexing (LSI) model, LSI is used to recompute the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the new path-by-document matrix. This procedure is very costly in time and space for large XML do!
cument databases. This paper proposes a new method of folding-in combined with SVD updating. The folding¡Vupdating method offers a significant improvement in computation time compared with either recomputing or updating the thin SVD in practical operations. The folding¡Vupdating hybrid method applied to the thin SVD offers a significant reduction in CPU execution time and an increase in querying precision compared to either economic SVD or the original SVD. This is also true for the conventional methods of folding, updating, and recomputing the thin SVD.
Keywords: thin SVD, LSI, folding-in, SVD updating, SVD folding¡Vupdating, SVD recomputing
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
Transactions ID Number: 29-924
Full Name: Nigel Aylward
Position: Researcher
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Address: 7 Greenhill Grove, Daisy Hill, Queensland4128
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Title of the Paper: A prebiotic surface catalysed synthesis of alkyl imine precursors to the aminoacids, alanine, serine and threonine
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Nigel Aylward
Email addresses of all the authors: n.aylward@qut.edu.au
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: Alkynes such as ethyne and propyne form weak charge-transfer, į2 -alkynyl complexes with surface catalysts such as Mg.porphin in which the alkynyl group is positively charged and the porphin has a negative charge. The enthalpy changes are -0.018 and -0.002 h, respectively. Addition of ammonia to the complexes allows the formation of Mg.2-amino ethenyl.porphin and Mg.2-amino propenyl.porphin with small enthalpy changes. and subsequent cyclic formation to Mg.1H aziridin-2yl.porphin and Mg. 2-methyl 1H aziridin-3yl.porphin complexes. The former may undergo a prototropic ring opening to form the imino precursor to the amino-acid alanine. Both complexes undergo ring opening with hydroxide anion to give the imine precursors to the amino-acids, serine and threonine. where the activation energies and enthalpy changes are,respectively, 0.072 h and -0.159h, and 0.072 h and -0.167 h. This mechanism constitutes another method for the formation of reactive, and!
unstable, imines that could facilitate the formation of aziridine-2ones, which have been predicated as important in amino acid synthesis. The reactions have been shown to be feasible from the overall enthalpy changes in the ZKE approximation at the HF and MP2 /6-31G* level.
Keywords: Alkynes, 2-amino ethenyl, 2-amino propenyl, 1h aziridin-2yl and 1h 2-methyl aziridin-3yl complexes of mg.porphin
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Transactions ID Number: 32-902
Full Name: Hsukuang Chang
Position: Senior Lecturer
Age: ON
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Title of the Paper: semantic structural cluster validity for xml documents
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Hsu-Kuang Chang, I-Chang Jou, King-Chu Hung
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Abstract: The amount of XML data is increasing as electronic document systems adopt XML as the standard format in document exchange. With the marked increase in amount of online information, XML document clustering is playing a critical role in efficient document organization, navigation, and retrieval of large numbers of documents. A great deal of active research is being conducted on XML document clustering to facilitate efficient analysis of the information represented in XML documents. Clustering an XML document collection involves dealing with many ambiguous categories. A cluster, i.e., a set of XML document groups, depends on the chosen clustering algorithm as well as on the algorithm¡¦s parameter settings. To find the best among several clustering results, it is common practice to evaluate their internal structures with a cluster validity measure. Clustering is considered useful if particular structural properties are well developed. Nevertheless, the presence !
of certain structural properties may not guarantee usefulness from the standpoint of information retrieval, e.g., whether the found XML document groups resemble the classification of a human editor. Based on already classified XML document collections, we performed clustering and compared the predicted quality of these clusters to their real quality. Our analysis included the classical cluster validity measures, modified Bezdek (abbreviated as MB) and proposed modified Davies¡VBouldin (abbreviated as MDB). MDB was more accurate than was the Dunn measure. In addition, the new within-group variance (WGV)/ between-group variance (BGV) measure, which combines the distance measure with the ƒÝ membership within the cluster, showed results superior to those for MB and MDB.
Keywords: Dtd, Xml, Clustering Validity, Wgv, Bgv.
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Transactions ID Number: 32-901
Full Name: Defa Hu
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Title of the Paper: An efficient asymmetric fingerprinting scheme
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Abstract: Asymmetric fingerprinting has appeared as a technique for copyright protection, where the honest merchant can trace the traitor by means of the embedded fingerprint and the innocent customer is immune of being framed due to the asymmetric property of the fingerprinting. However, existing schemes are inefficient in practice for their high bandwidth usage. In this paper, we propose a new asymmetric fingerprinting scheme which is efficient from the bandwidth point of view. We reduce the bandwidth usage in two aspects. First, symmetric encryption along with a partial encryption algorithm instead of public-key encryption is performed on the media content, which can reduce the complexity and not expand the size of the ciphertext too much. Second, multicast that is an efficient transport technology for one-to-many communication is exploited to transmit the multimedia data, which can reduce the bandwidth usage significantly.
Keywords: Asymmetric fingerprinting, Digital copyright protection, Secure distribution, Multicast, Collusion attack, Traitor tracing
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Full Name: Y. C. LIN
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Abstract: The efficient storage of medical knowledge is critical for the advancement of medicine; a flexible platform for the storage of knowledge is the need of the hour. Therefore, this work focuses on clinical pathways¡Xtools that effectively maintain the quality and control the cost of medicine¡Xto formulate a model for knowledge storage. In this work, ontology was employed as the fundamental theory to facilitate the construction of a flexible system. Using task and domain ontologies, clinical pathway knowledge becomes more accessible, as domain and operation knowledge are available separately. Moreover, taking into account the continued refinement of clinical pathways, this work developed cost-effective and quality health care systems, using quartile and variance computations to identify problematic treatments and pathways and to refine decision support systems. The integration of an ontological approach with quartile and variance algorithms for clinical pathways was im!
plemented by system development, the outcome of which is presented in this paper.
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Full Name: Goran Martinovic
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Title of the Paper: Performance evaluation model of optimization methods for wireless sensor networks
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Abstract: Wireless sensor networks are often composed of large number of wireless sensor nodes that are mostly using battery supplies. Nodes are small and equipped with sensors that cooperatively monitor physical world. Communication, sensing and computing have the most influence on performance and power consumption of wireless sensor networks. Various optimization methods are used to decrease power consumption and improve performance of wireless sensor networks. One of the novel methods is cross-layer approach. In this paper, first we present the advantages of cross-layer approach. The articles that are using a cross-layer approach for improving performance and energy preservation in wireless sensor networks are reviewed and state of the art is presented. In their work, scientists propose various optimization methods that are improving performance and decreasing power consumption. One of the fundamental problems is how to systematically make the performance evaluation and g!
et the real contribution of these proposed optimization methods. In this paper, we develop benchmark methodology and performance evaluation model of various optimization methods for wireless sensor networks. Furthermore, we present the benchmark application for collecting and comparing performance measurement results of various optimization methods.
Keywords: Benchmark Application, Benchmark Methodology, Cross-layer, Metrics, Performance evaluation model, Wireless sensor networks
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Title of the Paper: Inter-operative Learning and Research with Quality Management: a Categorization
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Abstract: New types of action, integration and collaboration are required in higher education for the creation of innovation in services, technology, the economy and society. The objective of Integrative Action is to continuously integrate and actualize the three statutory tasks of the Finnish universities of applied sciences: education; research and development; and regional development. This study addresses the issue of design research for the utilization of action research and quality management systems (within an Integrative Action framework from the perspectives of research; education and development). The objective of this study is to describe categories of: analysis; interaction; learning; research; results; and the quality of the actualization that work as an inter-operational spine for the research framework of participatory and co-creative research between universities of applied sciences, national clusters and innovation systems. And also to use the categories as !
a case study sample of the research types within the higher education studies of information systems at Laurea.
Keywords: Action research, Categorization, Design research, Theory, Methodology, Networked expertise, Quality management
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Title of the Paper: Triple-Star £ºa coding scheme with optimal encoding complexity for tolerating triple disk failures in RAID
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Abstract: This paper presents a new coding scheme, called Triple-Star, for tolerating triple disk failures in Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) architecture. The size of the information part is nxn, the size of the parity-check part is nx3, and the minimum distance is 4, where n is the number of information disks, the number of parity-check disks is 3, and (n+1) is a prime integer. The code rate is R=n/(n+3) and the Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) property is proved. The key novelty in the presented scheme is that it has optimal encoding and lower decoding complexity. There need to be 3-3/n XOR operations per data symbol for encoding and 3n2+3n-11 XOR operations in total for decoding triple information disk failures.
Keywords: Array code; MDS; RAID; Efficient decoding; Decoding complexity; Tripe-disk fault-tolerance
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Title of the Paper: A Test Items Knowledge Library System for Adaptive Learning
Authors as they appear in the Paper: YI-HSING CHANG, SHIH-FENG HSU, RONG-JYUE FANG
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Abstract: A test items knowledge library system of for adaptive learning is proposed in this paper. The first step is to carry out the quantity and quality analysis of the test items by using the Bloom¡¦s revised taxonomy and scale anchoring respectively to produce the characteristics for test items. A smoothing method of arbitrary anchoring revised from scale anchoring is first proposed to make tests more accurate in distinguishing test levels. In addition, raised three dimensional indicators based on the Bloom¡¦s revised taxonomy are adopted to validate test contents and therefore it concretely describes the examining function of items. The items obtained have the precise and concrete properties; an item knowledge library is therefore constructed combining teaching materials and items using the technologies of ontology and knowledge management. Finally, a knowledge library system of test items is established to achieve the purpose of adaptive learning for learners. Three !
conclusions are illustrated as follows: smoothing method of arbitrary anchoring can more precisely represent the items¡¦ levels and indicates item¡¦s difficultness as well as the tester¡¦s ability of passing the test; the three dimensional models can concretely describe the specific characteristics of the test: items from instructional content, knowledge classification, classification of cognitive process; the test items of knowledge library system could provide references for teachers doing proposition and give students a better adaptive learning environment.
Keywords: Scale anchoring, Bloom¡¦s revised taxonomy, Test item knowledge library, Adaptive learning
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Title of the Paper: a combined method to improve image contrast using fuzzy entropy and fuzzy measure
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Abstract: Contrast is perhaps one of the most noticeable aspects of an image. This paper proposes a hybrid method for improving the contrast in an image. It describes the application of fuzzy measure to the maximization of fuzzy entropy in the combined fuzzy contrast (CFC), resulting in a much improved contrast. The proposed method is tested on various fingerprint images. The results have shown a significant improvement on both strong and weak edges compared to common edge detection algorithms.
Keywords: Fuzzy entropy, Fuzzy measure, Edge detection, Contrast.
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Abstract: Contrast is perhaps one of the most noticeable aspects of an image. This paper proposes a hybrid method for improving the contrast in an image. It describes the application of fuzzy measure to the maximization of fuzzy entropy in the combined fuzzy contrast (CFC), resulting in a much improved contrast. The proposed method is tested on various fingerprint images. The results have shown a significant improvement on both strong and weak edges compared to common edge detection algorithms.
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Abstract: Contrast is perhaps one of the most noticeable aspects of an image. This paper proposes a hybrid method for improving the contrast in an image. It describes the application of fuzzy measure to the maximization of fuzzy entropy in the combined fuzzy contrast (CFC), resulting in a much improved contrast. The proposed method is tested on various fingerprint images. The results have shown a significant improvement on both strong and weak edges compared to common edge detection algorithms.
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Transactions ID Number: 32-867
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Title of the Paper: A symmetry group approach to the Bring-Jerrard Quintic equation
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Abstract: The conception by some that the quintic equation is impossible to solve in radicals is revisited. A special case of this equation, the Bring-Jerrard quintic equation, is investigated for a formula. The equation is first transformed into a differential equation, making it possible to access through the Lie theoretical symmetry group method. A slight modification is introduced to the method to enhance it a little. In addition to the numerous applications and side-effects, a numerical experiment is conducted to test the the extent to which the modification can be useful.
Keywords: Quintic equation; Lie Groups; Black-Scholes equation; Error function.
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Title of the Paper: An Improvement Framework for E-learning Processing method Development at Centralized Organization Education
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Abstract: Abstract: In the past decade, E-learning has played an increasingly important role in modern education, Distance learning and E-learning are getting more attention, not only from enterprise organizations, but also from Seal and organizations such as the military. Thus, in the troops which is a Seal and centralization organization, the traditional education training should be changed and catch up the modern training method. This paper based on Web Service, that is by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Design and designated which is used for promoting and stepping the communication among the platforms. In addition, we using the TAM model with Perceived Usefulness and Ease of use and the user believed that the IT will strengthen his task performance in the degree. Based on the exploratory study in this research, we use interview and survey methods to collect data and analysis the research field explore viewpoint. The purpose of this study is three-fold. First, it heeds!
the call for theoretically-based empirical research on the TTPi. Second, it, examines the C Troop choice and usage perspectives in combination in an attempt to find their individual and combined effects on E-learning choice and usage. Finally, it attempts to synthesize research in this area by developing a model showing how TTPi influences troops. The results of this study lead us to develop some propositions and develop a Troop Training Process improvement (TTPi) model with some better strategies for such training. We hope this study can enhance troop training achievements and enhancing training efficiency.
Keywords: Key-Words: - E-learning, Seal and centralization organization, training efficiency
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Full Name: Yulin Li
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Title of the Paper: Rotary-code: efficient MDS array codes for RAID-6 disk arrays
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Abstract: Low encoding/decoding complexity is essential for practical RAID-6 storage systems. In this paper, we describe a new coding scheme, which we call Rotary-code, for RAID-6 disk arrays. We construct Rotary-code based on a bit matrix-vector product similar to the Reed-Solomon coding, and provide the geometry encoding method and detailed non-recursive decoding algorithms. The capability of two-disk fault-tolerance and the property of Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) are proved in Rotary-code. The key novelty in Rotary-code is that the Rotary-code has optimal encoding complexity and optimal decoding complexity comparing with existing RAID-6 codes.
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Title of the Paper: TANGENTIAL CONTACT PROBLEM FOR A TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC ELASTIC LAYER BONDED TO AN ELASTIC FOUNDATION
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Abstract: We consider a system consisting of elastic layer made of a transversely isotropic material bonded to an elastic half-space made of a different transversely isotropic material. An arbitrary tangential displacement is prescribed over a domain S of the layer, while the rest of the layer's surface is stress-free. The tangential contact problem consists of finding a complete field of stresses and displacements in this system. The Generalized Images method developed by the author is used to get an elementary solution to the problem. It is also shown that an integral transform can be interpreted as a sum of generalized images. The case of a circular domain of contact is considered in detail. The results are valid for the case of isotropy as well.
Keywords: Tagential contact problem; layered media, transversely isotropic body; potential theory; integral equations
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Transactions ID Number: 29-857
Full Name: António Duarte
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Title of the Paper: Estuarine hydrodynamic as a key-parameter to control eutrophication processes
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Abstract: Estuaries and coastal lagoons are commonly subjected to intensive anthropogenic stress due to massive pollutant loading from urbanised riparian areas. Nutrient enrichment is a key-factor for habitat degradation, leading to sensible structural changes in estuarine ecosystems with the consequent occurrence of eutrophication processes. The influence of hydrodynamics must not be neglected on estuarine eutrophication vulnerability assessment. In fact, flushing time affects the transport and the permanence of water and its constituents inside an estuary, so the increase of estuarine flushing capacity can be seen as a management measure to mitigate or to invert eutrophication processes, like the one observed in the Mondego River estuary (Portugal), during the last two decades. In this work, an integrated 2-DH water quality model was applied to calculate water residence time values, at different simulated management scenarios of the Mondego estuary. The results of the perf!
ormed simulations illustrate the strong asymmetry of flood and ebb duration time at the inner sections of this estuary, a key-parameter for a correct tidal flow estimation, as the major driving force of the southern arm flushing capacity, as well as a spatial and temporal variability of calculated RT values. The conclusions of this work confirm the crucial influence of hydrodynamics on estuarine water quality status and the usefulness of this hydroinformatic tool as contribution to support the design of a sustainable management plan, based on nutrient loads reduction and hydrodynamic circulation improvement. So, the proposed methodology, integrating hydrodynamics and water quality, constitutes a powerful hydroinformatic tool for enhancing estuarine eutrophication vulnerability assessment, in order to contribute for better water quality management practices and to achieve a true sustainable development.
Keywords: Water sustainable management, Estuarial modelling, Eutrophication, Hydroinformatics, Residence time, Mondego estuary.
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Full Name: Carmen Daniela Domnariu
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Title of the Paper: The Influence of the Socio-Economic and Genetic Factors on the Core Temperature of School Pupils, as an Indicator of Stress
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Abstract: The study aims at investigating the role of the genetic and socioeconomic factors on the core temperature as a measure of psychological stress impact on thermoregulation, taking into account the involvement of the hypothalamus on thermoregulation and psychological stress. I studied a number of 203 school pupils from the two secondary schools of the city of Sibiu (no. 6 and 21), personally investigated by measuring the ear drum temperature and by applying a questionnaire. I measured the ear drum temperature during two different periods of time, on the first day after vacation, seen as a normal activity period of time and during knowledge evaluation period of time, of maximum stress. The conclusion of my study was that psychical stress, as a result of knowledge evaluation, determines the decrease of the core temperature, observed through the ear drum temperature.
Keywords: Psychical stress, Ear drum temperature, Core temperature, Thermoregulation, Socio-economic factors, Genetic factors.
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ENERGY
Transactions ID Number: 19-186
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Title of the Paper: A Procedure for Assessment of Maximal Electromagnetic Field Values from Urban Power Substation
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Abstract: The paper deals with an assessment procedure of the maximal electromagnetic field values related to urban power substation. Assessment of maximal electromagnetic field values from urban power substations are of great interest for both power utilities and the general public. This work provides an assessment procedure for the maximal magnetic field values from urban power substations based on a limited number of measured values, thus reducing the required measurement effort. The technique used in this work comprises the multiquadric approximation of a field quantity obtained using the discrete measured data set. The approximation sufficiently handles multidimensional multiextreme functions by interpolating their discrete values accurately. Subsequently, the maximal value of a field quantity is evaluated by minimizing the negative multiquadric approximation via a stochastic optimization method - differential evolution. Therefore, the implemented procedure provides the!
maximal value assessment on the basis of a limited number of measured values, thus reducing the experimental cost. Moreover, measurement results of ELF magnetic fields produced by urban power substation are analysed for better understanding of the influence of various field sources.
Keywords: Electromagnetic fields, Differential evolution, Multiquadric approximation, Power substation
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Transactions ID Number: 32-864
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Title of the Paper: Optimum Single Input Fuzzy Proportional Integral Controller for dc-ac converter
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Abstract: Abstract: - In this paper, optimum single input Fuzzy Proportional Integral controller for dc to ac converter is presented. Contrary to conventional Fuzzy controllers, the proposed controller exhibits fewer numbers of rules and tuning parameters but capable to perform identically as the conventional. These lead to simpler design and optimum control performance. The controller is designed to be as PI controller for small-signal disturbances while for optimum large-signal performance, heuristic tuning is employed. The tuning is easy because one need only to tune two tuning parameters. To validate the optimum design, the proposed controller is applied to regulate a dc to ac converter. The system is simulated and hardware prototype is developed for comparison purposes.
Keywords: Fuzzy controller, dc to ac converter, PI controller
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Abstract: An Adaptive Quantum-based Multi-criterion Evolutionary Algorithm called AQMEA is a new paradigm of decision making for complex systems. Quantum-based algorithms utilize a new representation for the smallest unit of information, called a Q-bit, for the probabilistic representation that is based on the concept of qubits. Evolutionary computing with Q-bit chromosomes has a better characteristic of population diversity than other representations, since it can represent linear superposition of states probabilistically. Moreover, we consider the three-criterion problem of task assignment.
Keywords: Quantum algorithms, Multi-criterion optimization, Distributed systems
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Title of the Paper: Linking Perceptions and Water Management: Reflections from Cyprus
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Abstract: The predicted effects of climate change on regions with fragile ecosystems and high dependency on natural resources, such as the Mediterranean basin, call for an improved and holistic resource management Such a holistic approach would be enriched by the inclusion of the perceptions of the appropriators and the decision makers. The aim of this study is to identify the linkage between perceptions and water management at individual level, focusing on the case of Cyprus, an island characterised by strict top-down hierarchies and intense water shortage problems. To realise the aim, 20 in-depth interviews were conducted with students of the University of Cyprus and locals of Panagia, a village adjacent to a protected area. Additionally, empirical results were obtained by experimental techniques employed by the authors. As such a policy experiment on irrigation in the above mentioned locations was conducted and used as a triangulation means. The preliminary results illus!
trate that the perceptions of the sample differ substantially. These differences shape to a large extend the way water is managed by individuals but also the notion of water management as a whole.
Keywords: Common pool resources, Water Resource, Perceptions, Water management, Policy experiments, Cyprus
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Title of the Paper: Abstract Property Language for MDG Model Checking Methodology
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Abstract: Multiway Decision Graphs (MDGs) are a canonical representation of a subset of many-sorted first-order logic. It generalizes classical Binary Decision Diagrams (BDD's) with abstract data and uninterpreted functions. The original specification language of the MDG tool is called $\mathcal{L}_{MDG}$ that provides temporal operators and abstract data types to formalize properties. Meanwhile, the Property Specification Language (PSL) has a rich temporal operators but without abstract data types. In this paper, we propose a new specification language called Abstract Property Language (APL) suitable for the MDG model checking. This language replaces the $\mathcal{L}_{MDG}$ language of the MDG tool and introduces new operators borrowed from PSL to improve expressiveness. We provide the formal definition of this language in terms of BNF grammar format and formal semantics. APL is associated with a front-end translator that accepts APL specifications and builds veri!
fication-ready models to be handled by the MDG verification tool. Finally, experimental results are presented to show the performance of the APL-Tool and the analysis of the generated code executed on several test benches including Look-Aside Interface design.
Keywords: Abstract Property Language, MDGs, Property Specification Language, Generating Verification-Ready MDG Model
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Transactions ID Number: 29-854
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Title of the Paper: Flat-Plate Collector with Solar-Powered Pump and Problem of Boiling on Downward-Facing Surface
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Abstract: Conceptual design of flat-plate collector (FPC) with integrated solar-powered pump (SPP) has been carried out. SPP represents simple heat engine - membrane pump operating through alternating of processes of evaporation and condensation in its working chamber. It should provide circulation of water using part of absorbed by FPC heat returning it finally to the same heat carrier. Two basic versions of structural layout of FPC have been considered: the first - with flow-through absorber (with circulation of water through riser pipes welded to absorbing plate) and the second – with absorber with gravity-assisted heat pipes (GAHPs). Important role of proper organization of boiling heat transfer on downward-facing heating surface of working chamber, in terms of efficient operation of SPP, is stated. Thermo-hydrodynamic peculiarities of this process are considered. The ways of improvement of reliability and efficiency of SPP are outlined.
Keywords: Flat-Plate Collector, Solar-Powered Pump, Boiling, Downward-Facing Surface, Multifactoring
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Title of the Paper: Simple Hybrid Ant System for Traveling Salesman Problem
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Abstract: Ant System (AS) was the first Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, which converged too slowly and consumed huge computation. Ant Colony System (ACS) which converged rapidly was developed to overcome the backwards of AS, but it was in early stagnation usually. A novel algorithm Simple Hybrid Ant System (SHAS) which hybridizes the AS and the ACS was introduced in this paper. Experiments for Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) showed that better solutions were obtained at the same time when the convergence rate accelerated rapidly
Keywords: traveling salesman problem; ant colony system; ant system; combinatorial optimization
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Title of the Paper: Turbo-Generator Vibration Fault Diagnosis Based on PSO-BP Neural Networks
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Abstract: To overcome the flaws of traditional BP learning algorithm of its low convergence speed and easy falling into local extremum during turbo-generator vibration faults diagnosis, a novel algorithm called PSO-BP is proposed for artificial neural network (ANN) learning based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) in this paper. The algorithm covers the two phases. Firstly, PSO algorithm is applied to optimize the weight values of neural networks based on training samples. BP algorithm is then applied for farther optimization based on verifying samples till the best weight values are achieved. In addition, to simplify the structure of the networks, rough set theory (RST) is applied to implement the attributes reduction from the diagnostic decision table quantified by Kohonen networks. Thus the learning speed and the misjudgment rate of the diagnostic networks are improved, dramatically. Finally, the trials in turbo-generator vibration faults diagnosis indicate that the pro!
posed method possesses better forecasting accuracy and lower misjudgment rate, and is an ideal pattern classifier.
Keywords: Turbo-Generator; Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO); BP neural networks; Rough set; Kohonen networks; Evaluation
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Transactions ID Number: 32-859
Full Name: V.shanmuga sundaram V.shanmuga sundaram
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Title of the Paper: Economic load sispatch using particle swarm optimization
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Abstract: Abstract:- This paper proposes a novel approach for solving economic load dispatch (ELD) problem by using particle swarm optimization (PSO) method. The objective of the proposed method is to reduce the cost of generation. The PSO method was developed through the simulation of a simplified social system and has been found to be robust in solving continuous nonlinear optimization problems in terms of accuracy of the solution and computation time and it can out perform other algorithms. The proposed method was applied for solving three unit & six unit plant systems. The performance of the method is compared with the lambda-iterative method and was found indeed capable of obtaining higher quality solutions efficiently for ELD problems within less computation time.
Keywords: Load dispatch ,Lamda iterative,Particles , Thermal system, Optimization
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Title of the Paper: Evaluation biodiversity in relation to physiographical factors in mountain forest in Iran
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Abstract: Species diversity is an important characteristic of bio –communities .Organisms diversity, diversity measurement and hypothesis test in relation to diversity causes are issues which the ecologist are interested in for long period .In this research, diversity of plant species in forest region, numbers of 60 sample plots in 256.00 square meters have been considered in random – systematic inventory was considered. In each sample plot, four micro-plots in 2.25 square meters in order to study on herbal cover, were executed that totally 240 micro-plots were considered. At each plot six diversity indices (Simpson's reciprocal (N2), Shannon's (H1), Hill's (N1),Pielou's(J/) ,Alatalo's (F), Molinari's (G) ) in relation to physiographical factors (slope, geographical aspect and altitude from the sea level) were studied. The results showed that species diversity was the greatest at north aspect and slopes less than 30% has the most amounts. Factor of altitude from the sea le!
vel did not have meaningful relation with species diversity. Through study on correlation of the numbers of species in sample plots with indices and also process and role of indices in different processors of analysis, Simpson's reciprocal index was suggested as suitable index in this type of studies .
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Title of the Paper: Evaluation plant species diversity in relation to and physiographical factors in mountain forest in Iran
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Abstract: Species diversity is an important characteristic of bio –communities .Organisms diversity, diversity measurement and hypothesis test in relation to diversity causes are issues which the ecologist are interested in for long period .In this research, diversity of plant species in forest region, numbers of 60 sample plots in 256.00 square meters have been considered in random – systematic inventory was considered. In each sample plot, four micro-plots in 2.25 square meters in order to study on herbal cover, were executed that totally 240 micro-plots were considered. At each plot six diversity indices (Simpson's reciprocal (N2), Shannon's (H1), Hill's (N1),Pielou's(J/) ,Alatalo's (F), Molinari's (G) ) in relation to physiographical factors (slope, geographical aspect and altitude from the sea level) were studied. The results showed that species diversity was the greatest at north aspect and slopes less than 30% has the most amounts. Factor of altitude from the sea le!
vel did not have meaningful relation with species diversity. Through study on correlation of the numbers of species in sample plots with indices and also process and role of indices in different processors of analysis, Simpson's reciprocal index was suggested as suitable index in this type of studies .
Keywords: Diversity, Forest, Simpson's index, Slope, Aspect, Altitude.
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Transactions ID Number: 32-858
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Title of the Paper: Multiobjective hydro thermal scheduling optimization using weighting method
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Abstract: The paper aims at calculation of fuel cost & NOx emission based on multi objective optimization of two objective functions. Method has obtained multi objective evaluation together with economic & emission based load dispatch. The effect of applying weights with respect to cost & emission objectives, along with constraints of power generation limits & power balance equations are solved. Proposed method has tested a sample test system for two objectives also. Results obtained are in close comparison to those of fuzzy set theory strategy, based on the non inferior solution by the fuzzy set theory using the approximate Newton Raphson function method for short range hydro thermal objective. Paper has dealt with solution methodology as well as comparison with already established methods. Paper has successfully solved the multi objective problem with weighting method.
Keywords: Keywords: Multi Objective, Weighting method, Emission, Optimization, Hydro thermal
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Title of the Paper: A Novel application artificial bees for reconfiguring distribution network
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Abstract: In Power Systems, distribution networks really spend amount of power loss . To reduce the power loss there are some solutions such as upgrading networks, setting capacitors at some places in networks, etc. This paper is concentrated on re-configuring networks to reduce power loss. This means looking for a optimal configuration to operate the distribution system. This paper presents a new method which applies an artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) for determining the sectionalizing switch to be operated in order to solve the distribution system loss minimization problem. To demonstrate the validity of the proposed algorithm, computer simulations are carried out on 14, 33 bus systems and compared with different approaches available in the literature
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Title of the Paper: Design of a Configurable All Terrain Mobile Robot Platform
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Abstract: With the increased funding from various agencies, research conducted in the field of mobile robotics has significantly increased during the last couple of decades. Due to wide range of applications mobile robots of different sizes and capabilities are required in the field. Despite the wide spectrum of applications to be developed for mobile robots, available platforms on the market for research purposes are very few in number, and limited in their capability for multi-purpose use. Evidently purchasing new platforms for different applications is not a feasible solution for conducting research. Driven by the motive of having a configurable research platform, a mobile robot referred to as CoMoRAT (Configurable Mobile Robot for All Terrain Applications) has been designed and manufactured at METU. CoMoRAT can be driven by wheels, tracks or both. Besides its ability to ride effectively on various terrains, robot body is designed in such a way that adding new hardware to!
the platform requires minimal manufacturing and installation effort. This paper presents the design and construction details as well as the performance tests conducted on CoMoRAT.
Keywords: Mobile robot, design, construction, ground, platform, base, terrain, track, wheel
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Title of the Paper: The use of linear parametric smoothed curve Path planning for mobile robots
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Abstract: In this present work we present a linear parametric smoothed curve characteristic navigation approach of autonomous mobile robots. The proposed linear parametric curves of navigation are used for path planning where the smoothness of the trajectory around the control point is taken into account. The proposed method starts from an initial point to a target point establishing a control points for which connections are made to determine the form of the path. This algorithm provides the robot the possibility to move from the initial position to the final position (target). The robot moves within the unknown environment by sensing and avoiding the obstacles coming across its way towards the target. The obtained path is the shortest path from all possible free trajectories. This optimality is ensured by using the simulated annealing technique. The Simulation results show that the algorithm generates smooth, optimal path for the robot and the robot always successfully rea!
ches the target. The proposed algorithm can deal with any shape obstacles even if it is the case of circular obstacles. This case is the hardest one in any navigation problem. The problem is solved by proposing some useful solutions for each situation. For any proposed environment, the robot succeeds to reach its target without collisions. The results are satisfactory to see the great number of environments treated. The results are satisfactory and promising for next developments and more design.
Keywords: Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR), optimal path, parametric curves, and Simulated Annealing
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Title of the Paper: Detecting hornbeam trees phenological specification of deciduous broad leaf forest in North of Iran
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: phenology has emerged recently as an important focus for ecological research .The research has performed in selected plots of Guilan Province, in the North of Iran. The each selected plot area is one hectare. We selected 6 plots of hornbeam trees from 480 to 1170 meters above sea level were determined in mountainous region .This study was performed on different altitudes and different aspects .the six sample plots were selected in study area. Phenological studies were fulfilled during four years as from January 2003 to December 2006 trees by using ground observations and IRS1C/1D - LISS-IIÉ data in each plot. The statistical analysis One (Way-ANOVA) showed that there were significant differences between the phonological characteristics in respect to the different site physiographical characteristics. Furthermore there were significant negative correlation between average precipitation and average air temperature and there of the phonological characteristics. The co!
rrelation between average air temperature and leaf mature and fall date was significantly negative .Appearance of flowers has usually been begun in this species at the same time of Leaf appearance and from its beside, in such as a way that it continues as from the first of the third week of April and will continue up to first week of May. Leaves in this species complete usually 15 to 20 days after germination .Fruits mostly become ripe about 70 days after appearance meaning as from the first of the second week of November up to the end of the third week. Leaves in this species begin to fall as from the beginning of the fourth week of November and will continue up to the end of first week of December and sometimes up to the end of the first half of the December, too. The green-up of vegetation has advanced in the spring by 1.2 days yr_1 and the dormancy delayed in autumn by 0.6 days yr_1.The results show that over the study period, the growing season duration has lengthened !
by 1.8 days yr_1 in study region.
Keywords: Leaved period, Air temperature, NDVI, Leaf abscission, Anthesis, Fruit ripe
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Transactions ID Number: 19-183
Full Name: Waheed Hashem
Position: Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Geology Department, College of science, UAE University
Country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Title of the Paper: Late Cretaceous–Eocene Reactivations of the Hatta Shear Zone, Northern Oman Mountains
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Ali Abd-Allah, Waheed Hashem and Osman Abdelghany
Email addresses of all the authors: aliabdallah62@hotmail.com, osman.abdelghany@uaeu.ac.ae, w.hashem@uaeu.ac.ae
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Abstract: The NW-trending Hatta Shear Zone was formed in the Late Cretaceous during the emplacement of the Tethyan rocks and oceanic crust on the eastern margin of the Arabian plate. The western end of this shear zone is draped over by the Campanian-Lower Eocene carbonate rocks. These rocks were thrusted and folded later during the Tertiary Alpine deformation event. The folds are represented by two large plunging, asymmetrical NW-oriented anticlines that are interveined with a middle box-shape syncline, in addition to, four small NE and E-W trending folds. The syncline is characterized by a 3-segmented z-shape, as separated by the two bends; one of them is occupied by NE-oriented folds while the other is occupied by E-W oriented folds. The origin of this syncline may be controlled by the displacement over NW-trending, NE-dipping en echelon thrust faults bounding it. The estimated E-W regional compressive stress that initially accompanied the Cretaceous rock emplacement was l!
ocally adopted in later stages to NE-SW orientation. This deformation took place synchronous to deposition in three stages. It is commenced during the Campanian-Late Maastrichtian and renewed in Early Paleocene and in post Early Eocene times. This NE-SW compression produced El Rawdah structures, which reflect shortening values between 14% and 29.4%. The rock mechanical properties and bed thicknesses controlled the folding mechanisms. Whereas, buckling developed open folds in the thick and relatively brittle beds of the Campanian to Maastrichtian rocks, while flexural slip folding mechanism produced tight folds in the thin and ductile beds of the Maastrichtian to Early Eocene rocks.
Keywords: Cretaceous-Eocene deformations, Jabal El Rawdah, Hatta shear zone, Northern Oman Mountains.
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Transactions ID Number: 19-182
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Title of the Paper: Simulation of da Vinci Surgical Robot Using Mobotsim Program
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper presents a simulated control applications and remote perception, generically called telepresence and teleoperare. In essence, it is transmitted remotely by the IT environment, the signals captured by equipment and controls to the equipment, decided by an operator or an automatic system. In general, sending commands to remote equipment is called teleoperare, who decides whether the control is a human operator or an automatic driving system. An important issue of medical world concerns the creation of systems for online medical parameters monitoring. The solution is to pervade into computing systems which have the capabilities of monitoring, data acquisition and data transfer from medical devices. We describe in this paper the use of integrated planning and simulation for robotic surgery.
Keywords: Applications of telepresence, Biological parameters, Simulation, Mobotsim software.
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Title of the Paper: Simulation of da Vinci Surgical Robot Using Mobotsim Program
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Abstract: This paper presents a simulated control applications and remote perception, generically called telepresence and teleoperare. In essence, it is transmitted remotely by the IT environment, the signals captured by equipment and controls to the equipment, decided by an operator or an automatic system. In general, sending commands to remote equipment is called teleoperare, who decides whether the control is a human operator or an automatic driving system. An important issue of medical world concerns the creation of systems for online medical parameters monitoring. The solution is to pervade into computing systems which have the capabilities of monitoring, data acquisition and data transfer from medical devices. We describe in this paper the use of integrated planning and simulation for robotic surgery.
Keywords: Applications of telepresence, Biological parameters, Simulation, Mobotsim software.
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 29-850
Full Name: ANNOP MONSAKUL
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
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Sex: Male
Address: 52/347 Moung Ake,Hlakhok,Moung,Pathumthani,THAILAND,12000, Faculty of Information Technology, Rangsit University
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Title of the Paper: M-MENTOR: A Design Algorithm for IP Networks with Mixed Traffic
Authors as they appear in the Paper: ANNOP MONSAKUL , PISIT CHARNKEITKONG
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Abstract: Abstract: The design of IP networks to support traffic engineering for both unicast and multicast traffic is a very difficult problem. This paper proposes a heuristic design algorithm called M-MENTOR that concern routing of both types of traffic. However, since multicast traffic model could be employed in many situations and could be managed by various kinds of multicast routing protocols, this paper consider only the design process of the IP networks with following features: (1) network of within the same Autonomous System (AS), (2) routing protocol support multiple weight on each link, (3) the multicast traffic from different sources share the same multicast tree. The efficiency of M-MENTOR is evaluated for various traffic demands and networks of 10, 30 and 50 node and compared with MENTOR-II. The experimental results show that, in almost all cases, M-MENTOR give better performance in term of installation cost.
Keywords: Key-Words: - IP Network Design, MENTOR Algorithm, Unicast/Multicast Traffic, Traffic Engineering
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Special (Invited) Session: An IP Network Design Algorithm for Mixed Traffic
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Title of the Paper: A Sequential Design Method for Multivariable Feedback Control Systems
Authors as they appear in the Paper: TAIN-SOU TSAY
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Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: In this paper, a sequential design method is proposed for analyses and designs of multivariable feedback control systems. The overall compensator is implemented systematic- cally with a cascaded layer-wrapped structure and diagonal compensators. The method can take into consideration of stability, integrity, diagonal dominance and performance in a sequential manner. Roots of stability-equations are used to select parameters of compensators in the parameter plane. Three 2x2 and one 4x4 multivariable examples are given and comparisons with the methods in current literature are made.
Keywords: Sequential design, Integrity, Stability, Multivariable feedback control system
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Transactions ID Number: 29-849
Full Name: Rubén Martínez Alonso
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Address: Av. Tecnológico 1500, Col. Lomas de Santiaguito, Morelia Michoacán
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Title of the Paper: Parallel Architecture for the Solution of Linear Equations Systems Based on Division Free Gaussian Elimination Method Implemented in FPGA
Authors as they appear in the Paper: R. Martínez, D. Torres, M. Madrigal, S. Maximov
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Abstract: This paper presents a parallel architecture for the solution of linear equations systems based on the Division Free Gaussian Elimination Method. This architecture was implemented in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The division-free Gaussian elimination method was integrated in identical processors in a FPGA Spartan 3 of Xilinx. A top-down design was used. The proposed architecture can handle IEEE 754 single and double precision floating-point data and the architecture was implemented in 240 processors. Also, an algorithmic complexity of O(n2) was obtained using a n2 processors scheme that perform the solution of the linear equations. Moreover, the parallel division-free Gaussian elimination method, the architecture´s data distribution and the internal processor-element (PE) architecture are presented. Finally, this paper presents the obtained simulation results and synthesis of the modules designed in very high-speed integrated circuit hardware description !
language (VHDL) using 40 and 100 Mhz frequencies.
Keywords: Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Parallel Processing, Parallel Architectures, linear systems equations, Division Free Gaussian elimination Method.
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Special (Invited) Session: Parallel Processors Architecture in FPGA for the Solution of Linear Equations Systems
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Transactions ID Number: 19-180
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
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Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
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Title of the Paper: Applications of the Four Color Problem
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: It is debated the matter of the four colors, but also the way of solving by implementing of an algorithm in the MAP-MAN application. Also, it is tackled the maps drawing in real time within GPS system satellites, using more colors depending on the covered route and the landforms met.
Keywords: The issue of the fourth colors, The MAP-MAN application, Software for GPS.
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Title of the Paper: Applications of the Four Color Problem
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: It is debated the matter of the four colors, but also the way of solving by implementing of an algorithm in the MAP-MAN application. Also, it is tackled the maps drawing in real time within GPS system satellites, using more colors depending on the covered route and the landforms met.
Keywords: The issue of the fourth colors, The MAP-MAN application, Software for GPS.
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Transactions ID Number: 32-855
Full Name: Ali Al-Ibrahimi
Position: Assistant Professor
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Sex: Male
Address: APC P.O. Box. 1470, Amman, 11118, Jordan
Country: JORDAN
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Title of the Paper: E-Government in Jordan: Reality and Ambitions
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Ali Ibrahimi,Randa Khaldi,Ahmad Odat
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Abstract: Abstract Governments worldwide are adopting E-Government to improve their services to businesses and citizens, promoting economic and social development, and enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of government operations. E-Governments can make public services more convenient to citizens, reduce costs and attract investment to their countries. In Jordan, E-Government is a national program that is initiated by His Majesty King Abdullah II. Like other initiatives, it has opportunities and challenges that should be taken into consideration throughout the implementation phase. In this paper, these opportunities and challenges will be investigated by means of informal questionnaires. One thousand questionnaires had been distributed to the private, public, and educational sectors to explore the Jordanians needs of E-Government services and to find out the reasons why they still do not trust in E-Government.
Keywords: Keywords: E-Government, G2C, E-Services, B2B, Information technology Provider ITP
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Transactions ID Number: 29-848
Full Name: GYUNG-SUK KIL
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 1 Dongsam-dong, Youngdo-gu, Busan
Country: KOREA
Tel: +82-51-410-4893
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Title of the Paper: Application of High-Brightness LED on a Shipboard Lighting System
Authors as they appear in the Paper: HONG-KEUN JI, KWANG-SEOK JUNG, UN-YONG JANG, GYUNG-SUK KIL, SEONG-YEON KIM
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Abstract: This paper described a pre-experiment for the application of a high-brightness LED to a shipboard lighting system. To evaluate the adaptability of the high-brightness LED, a LED luminaire was designed and fabricated, and its illuminance, luminance, colorimetry, CCT (Correlated Color Temperature), and power consumption were compared with those of existing fluorescent and incandescent lamps. According to the experiment results, the prototype LED luminaire showed higher illuminance and 14% and 95% lower power consumption rates (than those of existing fluorescent and incandescent lamps, respectively. It is thus considered that the high-brightness LED would be suitable as a shipboard light source because it can be designed to be moisture-proof and explosion-proof and to have high lighting efficiency. To apply the LED luminaire as shipboard light source, further studies on heat dissipation, the design of the LED luminaire lens, and an EMI counterplan by SMPS (Switching M!
ode Power Supply) should be conducted.
Keywords: High brightness LED, Shipboard lighting system, Illuminance, Luminance, Colorimetry, CCT, Power consumption
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Title of the Paper: Analysis of the Photoreaction Characteristics of Squids
Authors as they appear in the Paper: JAE-SUNG CHOI, SUNG-KUK CHOI, SUN-JAE KIM, GYUNG-SUK KIL, CHUL-YOUNG CHOI
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Abstract: In this paper, the potential of high-brightness LEDs as energy-saving light sources in place of metal halide lamps (MHLs) was studied to promote fishery efficiency. The photoreaction characteristics of 20 common squids (scientific name: Todarodes pacificus) in a fish tank when LEDs, each with a different color, and an MHL were irradiated onto them were compared and analyzed. For the experiment, an acrylic fish tank was designed, and red, green, blue, and white 30[W] LED modules and a 1.5[kW] MHL were designed, which had recently been used in squid-jigging ships. From the results of the experiment on the squids¡¯ photoreaction characteristics in accordance with each LED, it was confirmed that the most squids gathered around the light source when blue LEDs were irradiated with wavelengths of 450-490[nm], with excellent seawater penetration characteristics. Also, the results of the comparative experiment of six blue LED modules and an MHL showed similar levels of effi!
ciency in fish-attracting effect.
Keywords: Fishing lamp, Phototaxis, Squids, High brightness LED, Metal halide lamp, Optical wavelength
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Title of the Paper: Disinfection of Tetraselmis sp. with UV LED application
Authors as they appear in the Paper: SUNG-KUK CHOI, SUNG-WOOK KIM, DAE-WON PARK, GYUNG-SUK KIL, CHUL-YOUNG CHOI
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Abstract: Ship ballast water affects various marine species in the port or near the coast. When ships come in and/or out of the port, the discharged ballast water contaminates the seawater and destroys the marine ecology system. Therefore, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the Convention on Ballast Water Management in February 2004 and insists that all ships be equipped with a ballast water treatment system beginning in 2010. In this paper, the disinfection characteristics of Tetraselmis sp. were analyzed using a deep ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV LED) as a basic study for the development of a ballast water treatment system. UV LED modules with peak wavelengths at 255, 265, and 280 [nm] were fabricated, and each module was exposed to the same UV dose of 100-400 [mJ/cm2]. The experiment results showed that the highest disinfection wavelength on the Tetraselmis sp. appeared at 265 [nm] with a constant UV dose.
Keywords: UV LED, Phytoplankton, Disinfection, Wavelength, Ballast water
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Transactions ID Number: 19-178
Full Name: Andrzej Chydzinski
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Sex: Male
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Title of the Paper: Interactions between AQM routers in the Internet
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Pawel Mrozowski Andrzej Chydzinski
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Abstract: In this paper we present a study on mutual interactions between queue management algorithms implemented in Internet routers. The aim of this research was to detect possible issues connected with deployment of the active queue management (AQM) algorithms in the Internet. For that purpose, we simulated a network with four routers and checked its performance in different configurations of queue management algorithms. In particular, three basic configurations were considered: all routers in the network use the passive queue management, only one router in the network uses the active queue management (other routers use the passive queue management), all routers in the network use the active queue management. Six different AQM algorithms were used and tested in two congestion scenarios. In every case the performance of all bottleneck links was observed as well as the average performance of the whole network. In all the simulations, the average performance of the networ!
k, measured in terms of the queueing delay, was improved by when at least one router used an AQM algorithm. Moreover, in most cases the performance of every bottleneck link was also improved. These results give strong arguments for using AQM in the Internet. However, in some experiments we observed a performance degradation of particular bottleneck links when an AQM algorithm was used, indicating that some problems may indeed arise due to the mutual interactions of AQM routers.
Keywords: Internet routers, Active queue management, Packet queueing, Performance evaluation
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Title of the Paper: Stability of AQM algorithms in low congestion scenarios
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Pawel Mrozowski Andrzej Chydzinski
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Abstract: It is well known that maintaining a stable queue size and high throughput in routers operating in high bandwidth-delay product networks is a difficult task. Fortunately, some newly proposed active queue management solutions (by Sun et al. and Ren et al.) seem to work quite well in such environments. In this paper we demonstrate that two additional factors make the task of achieving a stable queue size and high throughput very difficult. Namely, when the congestion level is low or the target queue size is short, none of the known AQMs performs reasonably well - the queue is very unstable and the throughput often goes far below fifty percent of the link capacity. Therefore, new AQM algorithms, able to work well in such scenarios, are needed.
Keywords: Active queue management, Internet routers, Packet queueing, Performance evaluation
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES
Transactions ID Number: 19-176
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
Position: Please, select:
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 0745438287
Tel prefix: 004
Fax: 0040251435255
E-mail address: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com
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Title of the Paper: Applications of Genetic Algorithms in Electrical Engineering
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Liliana Popescu-Perescu
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org, lpopi2001@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In this paper were presented the main directions of genetic algorithms. There is a large class of interesting problems that have not yet been developed fast algorithms. Many of these problems are problems which occur frequently optimized in applications. The studies of this work will allow us to compare the results from different methods of determining these parameters and especially those based on genetic algorithms.
Keywords: Asynchronous motor, Genetic operators, Genetic programming, Objective function.
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Special (Invited) Session: Solving Applications by Use of Genetic Algorithms
Organizer of the Session: 619-181
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Transactions ID Number: 19-175
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Title of the Paper: Applications of Genetic Algorithms in Electrical Engineering
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Liliana Popescu-Perescu
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org, lpopi2001@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In this paper were presented the main directions of genetic algorithms. There is a large class of interesting problems that have not yet been developed fast algorithms. Many of these problems are problems which occur frequently optimized in applications. The studies of this work will allow us to compare the results from different methods of determining these parameters and especially those based on genetic algorithms.
Keywords: Asynchronous motor, Genetic operators, Genetic programming, Objective function.
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Transactions ID Number: 29-845
Full Name: Cristina Petrescu
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Intrarea Sabinei, 3A, 18, 300424, Timisoara
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 740 825681
Tel prefix: 40
Fax: 256 492101
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Title of the Paper: Development of Children Aged 1.5-3 Years in Relation with Nourishment in a Children's Nursery in Romania
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Cristina Petrescu, Laurentiu-Marius Zavoianu, Oana Suciu
Email addresses of all the authors: cpetrescu64a@yahoo.com, hazzard_dr@yahoo.com, oana_suciu96@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Abstract: - In the present study we have investigated the anthropometrical indices (weight, height, thorax perimeter, cranial perimeter, body mass index) during infancy and their relation to nourishment (food intake, nutritive value of food). The study was performed on a group of 54 children (27 girls and 27 boys), aged between 1.5-3 years, in a children's nursery in Tîrgoviºte, Romania. The methods consisted of a transverse epidemiological inquiry using the anthropometrical indices of infant children and a nourishment inquiry, using the list of food released from the storehouse over 10 days, twice (in October 2008 and February 2009). WHO Child Growth Standards (Geneva 2006) were also used to analyze children's development. The relation anthropometrical indices – nourishment was investigated by aid of linear regression (SPSS 13 program). The anthropometrical indices indicate a decrease to below the minimum values for thorax perimeter and body mass index (BMI) in th!
e age group of 2.5-3 years. According to WHO Child Growth Standards (Geneva 2006), BMIs for age group 2.5-3 years are < 50 percentages for 11.1% of total investigated children and 42.18% of children included in this age group. There are not significant differences of anthropometrical indices between sexes. Nourishment of children is deficient in milk, eggs, animal fats, vegetables, and excessive in meat, cheese and vegetable fats, with normal intake of protein, deficient in carbohydrates and excessive in fats in both periods of the nourishment inquiry. In the second period of nourishment inquiry, food intake is very increased in potatoes, fruits and sugar. There is a statistically significant relation between milk and potatoes with BMI. Milk and potatoes are significant nourishment predictors of children development. Nourishment predictors of anthropometrical indices depend on groups of food, children's age and nourishment inquiry period. No predictor of cranial perimeter d!
evelopment is found. In conclusion, there is insubstantial association
anthropometrical indices–nourishment depending on children's age, group of food and season.
Keywords: Children aged 1-3 years, Anthropometrical indices, Group of food, Relation, Predictors
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Special (Invited) Session: Development during Infancy in Relation with Nourishment in Children from a Romanian Nursery
Organizer of the Session: 619-363
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Transactions ID Number: 29-844
Full Name: Cristina Petrescu
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Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Intrarea Sabinei, 3A, 18, 300424, Timisoara
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 740 825681
Tel prefix: 40
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Title of the Paper: Development of Children Aged 1.5-3 Years in Relation with Nourishment in a Children's Nursery in Romania
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Cristina Petrescu, Laurentiu-Marius Zavoianu, Oana Suciu
Email addresses of all the authors: cpetrescu64a@yahoo.com, hazzard_dr@yahoo.com, oana_suciu96@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Abstract: - In the present study we have investigated the anthropometrical indices (weight, height, thorax perimeter, cranial perimeter, body mass index) during infancy and their relation to nourishment (food intake, nutritive value of food). The study was performed on a group of 54 children (27 girls and 27 boys), aged between 1.5-3 years, in a children's nursery in Tîrgoviºte, Romania. The methods consisted of a transverse epidemiological inquiry using the anthropometrical indices of infant children and a nourishment inquiry, using the list of food released from the storehouse over 10 days, twice (in October 2008 and February 2009). WHO Child Growth Standards (Geneva 2006) were also used to analyze children's development. The relation anthropometrical indices – nourishment was investigated by aid of linear regression (SPSS 13 program). The anthropometrical indices indicate a decrease to below the minimum values for thorax perimeter and body mass index (BMI) in th!
e age group of 2.5-3 years. According to WHO Child Growth Standards (Geneva 2006), BMIs for age group 2.5-3 years are < 50 percentages for 11.1% of total investigated children and 42.18% of children included in this age group. There are not significant differences of anthropometrical indices between sexes. Nourishment of children is deficient in milk, eggs, animal fats, vegetables, and excessive in meat, cheese and vegetable fats, with normal intake of protein, deficient in carbohydrates and excessive in fats in both periods of the nourishment inquiry. In the second period of nourishment inquiry, food intake is very increased in potatoes, fruits and sugar. There is a statistically significant relation between milk and potatoes with BMI. Milk and potatoes are significant nourishment predictors of children development. Nourishment predictors of anthropometrical indices depend on groups of food, children's age and nourishment inquiry period. No predictor of cranial perimeter d!
evelopment is found. In conclusion, there is insubstantial association
anthropometrical indices–nourishment depending on children's age, group of food and season.
Keywords: Children aged 1-3 years, Anthropometrical indices, Group of food, Relation, Predictors
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Transactions: SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Transactions ID Number: 10-153
Full Name: Heinz Kohler
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Moltkestr. 30, 76133 Karlsruhe
Country: GERMANY
Tel: 07211282
Tel prefix: 049
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Title of the Paper: Wood energy for domestic heating: Extensive reduction of toxic gas and particulate matter emissions by optimised control of the firing process and use of gas sensors
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Heinz Kohler, Paul Butschbach, Thomas Trautmann, Hicham Belmir
Email addresses of all the authors: heinz.kohler@hs-karlsruhe.de, paul.butschbach@hs-karlsruhe.de, thomas.trautmann@hs-karlsruhe.de
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The emissions of uncombusted (toxic) gas components and of particulate matter of two different firewood-fueled low power high quality fireplaces were investigated. Complementation of the fireplaces with sensors for combustion temperature, residual oxygen concentration and CO/HC concentration and development of a new strategy of firing process control enabled lowering of the CO/HC-emissions by about 20% (tiled stove) and by more than 80% (central heater). The particulate matter emissions could be simultaneously reduced by about 33% and 66%, respectively. These results demonstrate that the quality of the firing process was effectively improved by sensor based control.
Keywords: Firewood combustion, Toxic emissions, Sensor, Firing process control
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Special (Invited) Session: Wood energy for domestic heating: Extensive reduction of toxic gas and particulate matter emissions by optimized control of the firing process and use of gas sensors
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 29-843
Full Name: Lasse Nielsen
Position: Researcher
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Franz-Liszt-Str. 35, 38106 Braunschweig
Country: GERMANY
Tel: 05313913037
Tel prefix: 0049
Fax: 05313915932
E-mail address: lasse.nielsen@tu-bs.de
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Title of the Paper: Dynamic Simulation of an Innovative Compressed Air Energy Storage Plant - Detailed Modelling of the Storage Cavern
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Lasse Nielsen, Reinhard Leithner
Email addresses of all the authors: lasse.nielsen@tu-bs.de,r.leithner@tu-bs.de
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: An innovative concept of an compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant is developed at the Institute for Heat- and Fuel Technology (IWBT) of the Technische Universität Braunschweig. This concept aims to minimise the negative Aspects of state-of-the-art CAES-plants and is named isobaric adiabatic compressed air energy storage plant with combined cycle (ISACOAST-CC). To increase the storage efficiency, one aspect of this concept is to reduce compressor losses due to high differences of the storage pressure within the cavern by the use of a brine shuttle pond at the surface to drive out the stored air at nearly constant pressure. The main focuses in the presented article are the modelling and the calculation results of the simulation of the isobaric air storage cavern which is used in this concept. Furthermore, the results of a complete dynamic simulation of an ISACOAST-CC cycle are presented. The storage efficiency as well as plant efficiency and specific storage cap!
acity are calculated.
Keywords: Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES), Enbipro, Dynamic simulation, Underground salt cavern
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Special (Invited) Session: Modelling and Dynamic Simulation of an Underground Cavern for Operation in an Innovative Compressed Air Energy Storage Plant
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 29-842
Full Name: Jyh-Horng Lin
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 151 Ying-Chuan Road, Tamsui, Taipei County 251,
Country: TAIWAN
Tel: 886-2-26215656ext.2878
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Fax: 886-2-26209732
E-mail address: lin9015@mail.tku.edu.tw
Other E-mails: jjlinster@gmail.com
Title of the Paper: optimal bank interest margin and shareholder interest conflicts under ceo overconfidence:a constrained option-pricing model
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Jyh-Horng Lin, Peirchyi Lii And Rosemary Jou
Email addresses of all the authors: lin9015@mail.tku.edu.tw,pclii@asia.edu.tw,893560135@s93.tku.edu.tw
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: Less is known about how equity returns allocated between current and new shareholders are altered to react to chief executive officer (CEO) overconfidence. This paper uses a nonlinear constrained contingent claim methodology of Black and Scholes (1973) and Merton (1974) to explore interest conflicts between current and new shareholders when an overconfident bank CEO overestimates returns on investment projects, and sequentially raises too much in external funds when internal resources become scarce. We show that low levels of bank interest margins or equity returns, which decrease the claims of current shareholders, are associated with investment distortions; but high levels of bank equity returns, which dilute the claims of current shareholders, are associated with external financing distortion.
Keywords: CEO Overconfidence, Bank Margin, Call Pricing
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Special (Invited) Session: optimal bank interest margin and shareholder interest conflicts under ceo overconfidence:a constrained option-pricing model
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS AND CONTROL
Transactions ID Number: 29-841
Full Name: Caio Fernando Fontana
Position: Doctor (Researcher)
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Av Prof. Luciano Gualberto Trav 3, 158, Sala A206
Country: BRAZIL
Tel: 11300915113
Tel prefix: 55
Fax: 1130915313
E-mail address: caioffontana@uol.com.br
Other E-mails: caio.fontana@poli.usp.br
Title of the Paper: Model for Solid Waste Management in the Port Area
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Eduardo Mario Dias, Caio Fernando Fontana, Carla Fontana, Maria Lidia Dias
Email addresses of all the authors: emdias@pea.usp.br, caioffontana@uol.com.br, cmmfontana@hotmail.com, ril@uol.com.br
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Although regulated by international conventions and specific laws, disposal of garbage in the oceans is a major problems facing the world today. The pollution of the ocean generates environment effects many different areas of society. As an illustration, it represents a healthy risks and both direct and indirectly economic losses. The different types of solid waste produced by port's areas and vessels are potentially oceanic environment polluters. Nevertheless, international trades by sea are an economical need to Brazil's development. That is the reason why it is so important a manager has means to use all his capability to achieve proper management over waste, ie, an effective segregation and special disposal system. Also, given the collective need to ensure the common good, Brazil has specific legislation that requires operators and terminals to meet a set of rules called the "Best Practices in Sanitary Solid Waste Management," which is basically the process of!
environmental management of the material produced in the course of their activities. In other words, the Brazilian law requires carriers and port terminals to perform procedures for segregation, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of solid waste in accordance with the guidelines laid down in legislation to protect the health and environment. However, few brazilian's ports have the technology required. This article presents a solution to allow identify, track and manage the solid waste produced while exercising activities in the port area.
Keywords: Solid waste management, Scanning, Tracking, Monitoring, Oceanic pollution
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Special (Invited) Session: MODEL FOR CONTROL OF SOLID WASTES FROM VESSELS
Organizer of the Session: 626-345
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Transactions ID Number: 29-840
Full Name: Jung-Ja Kim
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Chonbuk National University, Dukjin-dong, Jeonju, 561-756
Country: KOREA
Tel: +82-63-270-4102
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E-mail address: jungjakim@jbnu.ac.kr
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Title of the Paper: Relationship between Muscle Activities and Different Movement Patterns on an Unstable Platform using Data Mining
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Jung-ja Kim, Yong-jun Piao, Ah reum Lee, Tae-kyu Kwon, Yonggwan Won
Email addresses of all the authors: jungjakim@jgnu.ac.kr, kwon10@jbnu.ac.kr,yjpiao@hotmail.com, s5791@hanmail.net,ykwon@chonnam.ac.kr
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Association rule mining is widely used in the market-basket analysis. The association rule discovery can mine the rules that include more beneficial information by reflecting item importance for special products. Association rule mining could be a promising approach for clinical decision support system by discovering meaningful hidden rules and patterns from large volume of data obtained from the problem domain. The objective of this study was to analyze the muscle activities of different movement patterns on a training system for posture control using an unstable platform through association rule mining methodology. In this research, in order to find relational rules between posture training type and muscle activation pattern, we investigated an application of the association rule mining to the biomechanical data obtained mainly for evaluation of postural control ability. To investigate the relationship of the different movement patterns and muscle activities, fif!
teen healthy young subjects took part in a series of postural control training using a training system that we developed. The electromyography of the muscles in the lower limbs were recorded and analyzed under the different movement patterns. An improved association rule mining methodology was applied to analyze the relationship of the movement patterns and muscle activities. The results showed the significant differences in muscle activities for the different movement patterns. The experimental results suggested that, through the choice of different movement pattern, the training for lower extremity strength could be performed on specific muscles in different intensity. And, the ability of postural control could be improved by the training for lower extremity strength. Through the analysis results, we tried to find the best training method to improve the ability of postural control through improving the lower extremity muscular strength.The discovered rules could be used a!
s a more useful knowledge for the rehabilitation and clinical expert's

Keywords: Muscle activity, Association rule mining, Unstable platform, Postural control, Training
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Special (Invited) Session: Analysis on Muscle Activities of Different Movement Patterns on an Unstable Platform using Association Rule Mining
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Transactions: SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Transactions ID Number: 10-152
Full Name: Renato Silvano
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: CP 15007
Country: BRAZIL
Tel: 55 51 33087673
Tel prefix: 55 51
Fax: 55 51 33087626
E-mail address: renato.silvano@ufrgs.br
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Title of the Paper: Clean energy and poor people: ecological impacts of hydroelectric dams on fish and fishermen in the Amazon rainforest
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Renato A M Silvano, Anastacio A Juras, Alpina Begossi
Email addresses of all the authors: renato.silvano@ufrgs.br,anastacio.juras@eletronorte.gov.br,alpinab@uol.com.br
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Although regarded as a 'clean' energetic source, hydroelectric power generated from man-made reservoirs may cause environmental impacts. We provided a review on the ecological effects of large reservoirs to fish and fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and in the Lower Tocantins River, as a study case. Fisheries are the main source of animal protein and cash income to Amazon people. Some of the large reservoirs may had affected fish and fisheries down-stream from the dam, due to changes in the flooding regime, retention of nutrients in the reservoir and blockage of fish reproductive migrations. Interviewed fishers mentioned impacts of the Tucuruí reservoir in the Lower Tocantins River, such as decrease in the abundance of fish. Nevertheless, some commercial fishes have been able to cope with the reservoir effects, although the composition of fish catches changed compared to pre-impoundment period. Effects of a large dam may extend beyond the reservoir, and !
fishers have knowledge about their aquatic environments and changes to it. The effects of reservoirs on people and fish should be better acknowledged in political decisions regarding energy issues.
Keywords: Reservoirs, Energy production, Human ecology, Brazilian Amazon, Fish ecology, Environmental impact, Development, Tropical rivers
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Special (Invited) Session: Clean energy and poor people: ecological impacts of hydroelectric dams
Organizer of the Session: 619-209
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Transactions ID Number: 29-839
Full Name: Jiri Kucerik
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Purkynova 118, Brno, 621 00
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC
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Title of the Paper: Ultrasonic spectroscopy and fractal analysis in the study on progressive aggregation of humic substances in diluted solutions
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Jiri Kucerik, Martin Drastik, Oldrich Zmeskal, Anna Ctvrtnickova
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Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: : High resolution ultrasonic spectroscopy was used to study progressive aggregation and structural changes in diluted aquatic solutions of humic substances over the concentration range from 0.001 g/L to 3 g/L. For this purpose, both sodium salts (fulvates) and protonized forms of fulvic acids and sodium salts of humic acids (humates) were used; the origin of humic substances covered wide range of sources. Obtained results confirmed previously published statement about the progressive aggregation of humic substances in diluted solutions. The method allowing the treatment of obtained data by fractal analysis was developed and tested. Determined dependency of fractal dimension on concentration revealed clear differences in mechanisms of aggregation of individual humic and fulvic samples. In fact the value of fractal dimension 2.5 was determined for the concentration 3g/L; diluting the solution caused increasing in fractal dimension value up to 3 for concentrations aro!
und 0.01 g/L. The increase was not the same for all samples, in fact the most significant fluctuation in this concentration range was observed for fulvic acids. It was found out that despite the prevalence of hydrophobic forces in stabilization of humic substances in diluted solutions, also the nature of the counterion represents one of the crucial factors playing role in conformation and stability of humates and fulvates. In accordance with previous observations based on the measurement of lignite humates, also humates, fulvates and fulvic acids originating from various sources showed the change in their aggregates properties around the concentration 1 g/L.
Keywords: Humic and fulvic acids, aggregation, IHSS, ultrasonic spectroscopy, fractal analysis, micelle-like structures
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Special (Invited) Session: Aggregation of humic an fulvic acids in diluted solutions
Organizer of the Session: 619-224R
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Transactions: SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Transactions ID Number: 10-151
Full Name: Claudiu Popirlan
Position: Doctor (Researcher)
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: A.I. Cuza Street, no. 13, Craiova, Dolj
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: +40744259593
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Title of the Paper: Intelligent Data Modeling using Mobile Agents
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Claudiu Ionut Popirlan, Laura Stefanescu, Cristina Popirlan
Email addresses of all the authors: popirlan@inf.ucv.ro, laura.stefanescu@spiruharet.ro, cristina.popirlan@inf.ucv.ro
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The importance of intelligent data modeling in computational vision was a challenging subject and a long motivation for research-ers. The main idea of this paper is to develop a mobile agents system for intelligent data modeling (knowledge bases manage-ment). Using this system, sophisticated knowledge bases have been represented and processed without increasing the application size, and with a very good computational time.
Keywords: Mobile agents, Knowledge modeling, Intelligent data, Knowledge bases processing, Java implementation
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Special (Invited) Session: A Mobile Agents System for Intelligent Data Analysis
Organizer of the Session: 619-381
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 19-174
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
Position: Please, select:
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 0745438287
Tel prefix: 004
Fax: 0040251435255
E-mail address: mrpopescu@em.ucv.ro
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Title of the Paper: Testing and Simulation of a Motor Vehicle Suspension
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Testing the performance practice of suspension dampers is performed using a device. Simulation results are compared with experimental data, after which the developed model is validated.
Keywords: Testing suspension, Modelling and simulation.
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Special (Invited) Session: Road Vehicle Suspension Modelling
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 19-173
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
Position: Please, select:
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 0745438287
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Title of the Paper: Testing and Simulation of a Motor Vehicle Suspension
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The paper presents experimental results on modelling and simulation of vehicle suspension. Testing the performance practice of suspension dampers is performed using a device called Spider8, which is achieved by a mathematical model to assess the behaviour and performance suspension behaviour experimentally tested through simulation environment under MATLAB/ Simulink. From the experimental data damper, model coefficients are determined suspension. Simulation results are compared with experimental data, after which the developed model is validated.
Keywords: Testing suspension shock, Modelling and simulation.
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Transactions ID Number: 29-838
Full Name: Anna Sikharulidze
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 2, University St., 0143 Tbilisi
Country: GEORGIA
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Title of the Paper: Fuzzy Covering and Partitioning Problems Based on the Expert Valuations: Application in Optimal Choice of Candidates
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Gia Sirbiladze, Bezhan Ghvaberidze, Anna Sikharulidze, Bidzina Matsaberidze, David Devadze
Email addresses of all the authors: gsirbiladze@tsu.ge, b.ghvaberidze@gmail.com, anikge@yahoo.com, b.matsaberidze@gmail.com, David.devadze@gmail.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: A new approach in the discrete optimization (partitioning and covering) problems is presented based on the expert knowledge presentations. An a priori uncertain information on the alternatives is given by some probability distribution and an a priori certain information on the knowledge competitions is given by some weights. A new criterion is introduced for a minimal fuzzy covering or partitioning problem which is a minimal value of average misbelief in possible alternatives. A bicriterial problem is obtained using the new criterion and the criterion of minimization of average price of the covering or partitioning. The proposed approach is illustrated by an example for the partitioning problem.
Keywords: Minimal fuzzy covering or partitioning, Minimal compatibility level, Positive and negative discrimination measures, Average misbelief criterion, Bicriterial problem
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Special (Invited) Session: Fuzzy Covering Problem Based on the Expert Valuations
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Transactions ID Number: 29-837
Full Name: Ardeshir Anjomani
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: University of Texas at Arlington, School of Urban and Public Affairs, P.O. Box 19588, Arlington, TX 76012 USA
Country: UNITED STATES
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Title of the Paper: Integrated Land Use Transportation Modeling Needs and Legislative Mandates
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Ardeshir Anjomani
Email addresses of all the authors: anjomani@uta.edu
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Integrated land use transportation models have been evolved as the primary metropolitan planning vehicle in the last several decades as the world development and urbanization continues. Urban regions continue planning for development of their urbanized areas using these modeling processes. Land use/demographic forecasting models provide the main input for the travel demand models, yet until recently the rigorous application of such models in the integrated land use transportation process was scanty except for the largest metropolitan areas. Such models require consideration of environmental factors and modeling of metropolitan economic systems. Theoretical and technological advancement of the last few decades has instigated a new wave of attention, research and further developments of the models and techniques from a variety of disciplines. This article briefly discusses the advancements and provides a guideline for their future improvements. It also discusses impo!
rtance of role of national government and legislative mandates in ascertaining quality of planning process by reviewing some excerpts from U.S. legislation.
Keywords: Land-use planning, Integrated transportation models, Land-use and Demographic forecasting, Legislative mandates, Transportation planning, Metropolitan development, Environmental concerns, Economic development, Regional development, Regional policy
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Special (Invited) Session: Need for Land-Use Forecasting Improvements in Integrated Transportation-Land Use Planning
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICS
Transactions ID Number: 29-836
Full Name: Gabriela Mircea
Position: Associate Professor
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Sex: Female
Address: Pestalozzi Street, nr. 16A, 300115, Timiºoara
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Title of the Paper: Numerical Simulations for Dynamic Stochastic and Hybrid Models of Internet Networks
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Gabriela Mircea, Mihaela Neamtu, Aura Ciurdariu, Dumitru Opris
Email addresses of all the authors: gabriela.mircea@feaa.uvt.ro, mihaela.neamtu@feaa.uvt.ro, cloredana43@yahoo.com, opris@math.uvt.ro
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Abstract: In this paper, we consider Internet models, which respond to a congestion signal from the network described by a stochastic and hybrid differential equation. We consider Internet networks with one source and r access links, as well as with r sources and one access link. We analyze the conditions for the existence of a solution and the algorithms needed to determine the solution. We carry out numerical simulations for certain parameter values.
Keywords: Internet models, Networks, Dynamic stochastic models, Stochastic delay differential equation, Euler method, Numerical simulations
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Special (Invited) Session: Numerical Simulations for Dynamic Stochastic Models of Internet Networks
Organizer of the Session: 619-247 , APPLIED COMPUTING CONFERENCE 2009 (ACC '09), Vouliagmeni Beach, Athens, Greece, September 28-30, 2009,
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Title of the Paper: Numerical Simulations for Dynamic Stochastic and Hybrid Models of Internet Networks
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Gabriela Mircea, Mihaela Neamtu, Aura Ciurdariu, Dumitru Opris
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Abstract: In this paper, we consider Internet models, which respond to a congestion signal from the network described by a stochastic and hybrid differential equation. We consider Internet networks with one source and r access links, as well as with r sources and one access link. We analyze the conditions for the existence of a solution and the algorithms needed to determine the solution. We carry out numerical simulations for certain parameter values.
Keywords: Internet models, Networks, Dynamic stochastic models, Stochastic delay differential equation, Euler method, Numerical simulations
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Special (Invited) Session: Numerical Simulations for Dynamic Stochastic Models of Internet Networks
Organizer of the Session: 619-247, APPLIED COMPUTING CONFERENCE 2009 (ACC '09), Vouliagmeni Beach, Athens, Greece, September 28-30, 2009,
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT
Transactions ID Number: 19-172
Full Name: Despina Deligiorgi
Position: Assistant Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: University of Athens, Dep. of Physics, Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Panepistimiopolis, GR-15784 Athens
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Title of the Paper: Identification of pollution dispersion patterns in complex terrain using AERMOD modeling system
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Despina Deligiorgi, Kostas Philippopoulos, George Karvounis and Magdalini Tzanakou
Email addresses of all the authors: despo@phys.uoa.gr, kostasphilippopoulos@yahoo.com, gkarv@anadelta.com, magdalini.tzanakou@gmail.com
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Abstract: The scope of this work is to identify the dispersion patterns of air pollutant emissions in complex topography, using a steady-state dispersion model. The area under investigation is the Chania plain on the island of Crete in Greece and the modeled industrial source is a power generating plant. The meteorological assessment is based on a two year dataset (August 2004 – July 2006) from six automated surface meteorological stations. Case studies of the predicted ground-level distributions of SO2 are presented for days with commonly observed meteorological phenomena.
Keywords: Dispersion modeling, Air quality, AERMOD, Complex topography
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Special (Invited) Session: POLLUTION DISPERSION MODELING AT CHANIA, GREECE, UNDER VARIOUS METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
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Transactions ID Number: 32-854
Full Name: Dana Alexandrescu
Position: Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Avram Iancu, No 11 Brasov
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Title of the Paper: Staging of macronodular versus nodular non small cell lung carcinoma and the role of PET-CTi
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Dana Alexandrescu, Milena Man, Bogdan Ratiu-Duma, Liliana Rogozea
Email addresses of all the authors: adanaso1970@yahoo.com, manmilenaadina@yahoo.com, rdbogdan@gmail.com, r_liliana@yahoo.com
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Abstract: 18fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) imaging provides information on the biochemical processes that may precede gross anatomic change. PET imaging is potentially useful in tumor imaging in particular due to the uptake of the radiolabeled glucose analog 18fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) by tumor tissue as a result of increased glycolysis in some cancers as compared with most normal tissue. [18F]2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography is an important functional imaging technique for the diagnosis, staging and follow-up of patients with macronodular versus nodular nonsmall cell lung carcinoma. Thus, the authors tried to assess the role of PET-CTi to the staging of the non small cell lung cancer and to demonstrate the diagnose superiority, improveness and accuracy among other image methods such as CT, PET, PET-CTv by analyzing through comparison 2 groups of patients, first with nodules smaller than 3 cm and the second one with nodules larger!
than 3 cm. In a prospective study, integrated PETâ€"CT was performed in 50 patients with proven orsuspected nonâ€"small-cell lung cancer. CT and PET alone, visually correlated PET and CT, and integrated PETâ€"CT were evaluated separately, and a tumorâ€"nodeâ€"metastasis (TNM) stage was assigned on the basis of image analysis. The standard of reference was histopathological assessment of tumor stage and node stage. Extrathoracic metastases were confirmed histopathologically or by at least one other imaging method. A paired sign test was used to compare integrated PETâ€"CT with the other imaging methods. Integrated PETâ€" CT had better diagnostic accuracy than the other imaging methods. Tumor staging was significantly more accurate with integrated PETâ€"CT than with CT alone (P=0.001), PET alone (P<0.001), or visual correlation of PET and CT (P=0.013); node staging was also significantly more accurate with integrated PETâ€"CT than with PET alone (P=0.013).Integrated PETâ€"CT!
improves the diagnostic accuracy of the staging of nonâ€"small-cell l
ung cancer.
Keywords: Diagnostic accuracy, PET-CTi, Tumor staging, Macronodular nonsmall lung carcinoma, Nodular nonsmall lung carcinoma.
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Transactions ID Number: 19-171
Full Name: Vladimir Plestina
Position: Assistant
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Teslina 12, Split
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Title of the Paper: A modular system for tracking players in sports games
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Vladimir Pleština, Hrvoje Dujmiæ, Vladan Papiæ
Email addresses of all the authors: vladimir.plestina@pmfst.hr,vladan.papic@fesb.hr,hrvoje.dujmic@fesb.hr
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Abstract: Detection, recognition and tracking of the players in sports games which is based on image processing and computer vision is the topic of interest of various research groups. Different approaches regarding choice and placement of the acquisition hardware exist. Regardless of whether a custom set of static cameras is used or the images are acquired from directed TV coverage, player detection and tracking is a complex process. Robustness of such a system is the main goal of its designers. In this paper, a modular system for tracking indoor and outdoor team games using computer vision is proposed and described. Proposed approach is flexible and expandable so it can be said that overall system framework provides robustness of detection, recognition and tracking.
Keywords: modular system, tracking players, computer vision
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Special (Invited) Session: Proposal of a modular system for tracking indoor and outdoor sports
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Transactions ID Number: 32-853
Full Name: Alexander Chefranov
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: CMPE Department, EMU, Famagusta, North Cyprus, via Mersin 10
Country: TURKEY
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Title of the Paper: known plaintext-ciphertext attack on a matricial public key cryptosystem with digital signature
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Alexander Chefranov
Email addresses of all the authors: Alexander.chefranov@emu.edu.tr
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Recently proposed matricial public key cryptosystem with digital signature is shown to be vulnerable to the known plaintext-ciphertext attack built just in the same manner as for the Hill cipher.
Keywords: Public-Key, Digital Signature, Matrix cipher, Hill cipher, Known plaintext-ciphertext attack
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Transactions ID Number: 29-834
Full Name: Yevgeniya Heierle
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Franz-Liszt-Str. 35
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Title of the Paper: CFD code FLOREAN for industrial boilers simulations
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Heierle Yevgeniya, Leithner Reinhard, Mueller Horst, Askarova Aliya
Email addresses of all the authors: ye.lavrichsheva@tu-bs.de, r.leithner@tu-bs.de, h.mueller@tu-bs.de, Aliya.Askarova@kaznu.kz
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) becomes more and more reliable tool to analyze the furnace operation under different conditions. This paper provides and overview of the current possibilities of 3D–Finite Volume tool FLOREAN developed at the Institute for Heat and Fuel technology TU Braunschweig. This program is used for simulations of combustion processes in industrial furnaces. Distributions of different parameters such as temperature, fluid flow properties (velocities, pollutant substances such as CO, NOx) etc. are simulated. These simulations can be used to design furnaces, optimize furnace operation and minimize pollutant emissions.
Keywords: Computational fluid dynamics, Combustion, Pollutant Emission, Furnace design and operation
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Special (Invited) Session: CFD code FLOREAN for furnaces simulations in environmental and engineering study
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON FLUID MECHANICS
Transactions ID Number: 32-852
Full Name: Seyed Saied Bahrainian
Position: Assistant Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Mechanical Engineering Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran
Country: IRAN
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Title of the Paper: Adjustment of Dissipative Terms to Improve Two and Three- Dimensional Euler Flow Solutions
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Seyed Saied Bahrainian
Email addresses of all the authors: bahrainian@scu.ac.ir
Number of paper pages: 14
Abstract: The Euler equations are a set of non-dissipative hyperbolic conservation laws that can become unstable near regions of severe pressure variation. To prevent oscillations near shockwaves, these equations require artificial dissipation terms to be added to the discretized equations. A combination of first-order and third-order dissipative terms control the stability of the flow solutions. The assigned magnitude of these dissipative terms can have a direct effect on the quality of the flow solution. To examine these effects, subsonic and transonic solutions of the Euler equations for a flow passed a circular cylinder has been investigated. Triangular and tetrahedral unstructured grids were employed to discretize the computational domain. Unsteady Euler equations are then marched through time to reach a steady solution using a modified Runge-Kutta scheme. Optimal values of the dissipative terms were investigated for several flow conditions. For example, at a free strea!
m Mach number of 0.45 strong shock waves were captured on the cylinder by using values of 0.25 and 0.0039 for the first-order and third-order dissipative terms. In addition to the shock capturing effect, it has been shown that smooth pressure coefficients can be obtained with the proper values for the dissipative terms.
Keywords: Artificial Dissipation - Unstructured Grids - Finite volume – Euler Equations - Shock capturing
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
Transactions ID Number: 32-851
Full Name: MAN MILENA ADINA
Position: Senior Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Cluj , Street Caraiman 3
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Title of the Paper: The outcome of muscle-skeletal tumors with pulmonary metastases (osteosarcomas and soft tissue sarcomas)
Authors as they appear in the Paper: MAN MILENA ADINA*, DANA ALEXANDRESCU** DANA BADAU**, POP MONICA*, ANTIGONA TROFOR***, RUXANDRA RAJNOVEANU *
Email addresses of all the authors: manmilenaadina@yahoo.com, atrofor@yahoo.com, andra_redro@yahoo.com
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Abstract: A characteristic of patients with soft tissue sarcomas and osteosarcoma is the aggressive tendency of invasion of the surrounding tissue and precocious hematogenous dissemination, mostly within the lung. Metastases are incurable despite the currently available advanced therapies. We conducted a survey from January 2000 to December 2005 on patients with osteosarcomas (OS) and soft tissue sarcomas (STS)admitted in Cluj-Napoca Oncology Institute and "Leon Daniello" Pneumology Clinical Hospital. We introduced in the study patients diagnosed with sarcomas and pulmonary metastases, we analyzed risk factor and evolution of the diseases with survival function calculated since cancer diagnosis, and the other calculated since pulmonary metastases. Average age of the patients is 24,58 years for osteosarcomas and 48,04 for soft tissueand and did not influence the survival ((p=0,3734 for OS respectivly p=0,450 for STS) .Gender was not pronostic factor (p=0,984 for OS and !
p=0,121 for STS), urban areas was significant statistic for survival before the pulmonary metastases p=0,219 and not significant for survival after the apparition of metastases p=0,366.; time between the first symptoms and the doctor' presentation (more than 1 year) was significant statistic in both survival (p=0.002 ).Tumor localization (for OS p=0,1136 and for STS p=0,3597) primary tumor size STS p=0,040 and p=0,0303 for OS, type of metastases ( for OS p=0,3597, and for STS p =0,283) were analyzed like risk factor for survival . Serum LDH was poor pronostic factor for osteosarcomas for both survivals (p=0,0245 and p=0,0090) but not for soft tissue sarcomas (p=0,236). Performance status, type of metastases, good risk class, response at the treatment influence the survival calculated from tumor diagnosis and the survival calculated from the moment of lung metastases. Because the traditional pronostic factors can not evaluate well the risk of recurrence and dis!
ease specific mortality, the major goals of cancer biology studies are
to identify new pronostic factors and therapeutic targets
Keywords: muscle-skeletal tumors, osteosarcomas, soft tissue sarcomas, prognosis factors, survival , risk factor, performance index
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 29-833
Full Name: Tomislav Gelo
Position: Doctor (Researcher)
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Trg J. F. Kennedyja 6
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Title of the Paper: Possible Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Prices in Croatian Electricity Sector
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Ivona Štritof, Tomislav Gelo, Slavko Krajcar
Email addresses of all the authors: istritof@hera.hr, tgelo@efzg.hr, slavko.krajcar@fer.hr
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: A regulatory method chosen for setting allowed revenue in transmission and distribution of electricity in Croatia is a traditional Rate of Return method. The main feature and, at the same time, the main drawback of this method is that a price is in a direct relationship with the costs of regulated company. A parameter used in this method, which does not solely depend on the costs and management decisions, is the rate of return. The rate of return is usually calculated using the weighted average cost of capital formula (WACC). The WACC reflects two types of finance used to fund investments, debt and equity respectively. The cost of equity is calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). This Paper provides the WACC calculation based on the estimates of particular parameters which could be applied in the case of electricity transmission and distribution in Croatia. The estimates are given for two scenarios, for the period prior to and immediately after the!
beginning of domestic crisis (reflection of the global financial crisis) and secondly for the period throughout the domestic crisis. Thus, reflecting possible impacts of financial crisis on national and global level on cost of capital in transmission and distribution of electricity.
Keywords: Distribution, Transmission, Rate of return, WACC, CAPM, tariff system
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Special (Invited) Session: Estimation of weighted average cost of capital in transmission and distribution: Case of Croatia
Organizer of the Session: 626-222
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 29-832
Full Name: Mira Zovko
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Croatian Environment Agency, Trg maršala Tita 8, Zagreb 10 000
Country: CROATIA (HRVATSKA)
Tel: (0)1 4886 861
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Title of the Paper: Croatian Environment Information System - Estimation of usage of environmental data and information
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mira Zovko , Jasna Butuèi
Email addresses of all the authors: mira.zovko@azo.hr, jasna.butuci@azo.hr
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Abstract: - To be successful, environment protection activities require reliable and timely data and information. Following that active approach in preservation of environment, Croatian Environment Agency (CEA) has prepared by-law on Environment Information System. This legal instrument has been adopted by the Government in June 2008 (Official Gazette 68/08) setting up structure, content, format, functionality and Environment Information System (EIS) maintenance manner, together with prescription of data flow mode (delivery terms, means and obligations). Responsibility for by-law implementation lays to the Croatian Environment Agency. As institution responsible for establishment, conduct, development, coordination and maintenance of EIS, in June 2008, Agency initiated research named: Estimation of usage of environmental data and information. Main goals of this research were to determine who is Agency's audience, what is their field of interest, how Agency could ma!
ke modification in presentation of environmental data and information and also to help to perform education more successfully. Also the research has defined the usage of data and information from all sources at the disposal of Agency, as well as usage from other sources established at the national level. Their responses proved to be of great value that would help Agency to make its information system more efficient. Research ended by the end of year 2008 with valuable information that has been used to improve Agency's first approach to general public. By targeting specific environmental topics in the publication, this research provided clearer understanding of purpose in using environmental data and information. Also user profiles and their interest for specific environmental topic became more distinctive. All of these inputs are used to improve access to data and information about the environment and ultimately Agency's publication The Environment in Your Pocket, which is!
intended for the general public.
Keywords: Environment; Environment information system; Environmental data; Data base; Indicator; Education
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Special (Invited) Session: Croatian Environment Information System - How to reach a public?
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Transactions: SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Transactions ID Number: 10-150
Full Name: Arvind Dhingra
Position: Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Department of Electrical Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Gill Road, Ludhiana, Punjab
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Title of the Paper: Conserving Energy Using Efficient Lighting
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Arvind Dhingra, Tejinder Singh
Email addresses of all the authors: arvinddhingra@hotmail.com,sagguboyz@yahoo.co.in
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: We are living in an era which is energy intensive. We make use of tremendous amount of energy for every day use. But the available resources of the world are depleting very fast. In today's world usage of energy depicts the level of development of a nation. The energy resources of the world are under severe pressure to cope up with the growing need of energy. The technological changes and changes in the lifestyle have increased the demand for energy tremendously. In view of the pressure on the existing resources of energy, it becomes very important for us to conserve energy or to find out new ways to produce the energy. This article examines way to conserve energy in one of the most energy intensive industries i.e. the spinning. Although there are number of areas where the energy can be conserved, we take a look at only one of them i.e. illumination.
Keywords: Energy Cosnervation, T5 lighting
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Special (Invited) Session: Energy Conservation in a Spinning Unit
Organizer of the Session: 619-144
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Transactions ID Number: 29-831
Full Name: Nadim Asif
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Dept. of Computer Science,Bahawalpur
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Title of the Paper: Artifacts Recovery and Understanding Using High Level Models
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Nadim Asif, Faisal Shahzad, Najia Saher, Rafaquet Kazami, Waseem Nazar
Email addresses of all the authors: nasif@softresearch.org, faisalsd@gmail.com, najia_saher@hotmail.com,rafaquetkazmi@gmail.com, waseem@uol.edu.pk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The systems are required to understand and present at higher levels of abstractions to perform changes or re-engineer to meet the current requirements. The software systems drift away from the existing implemented source code and the documentations due to the changes. The high level models are used for the purpose of recovering the artifacts and understanding the system to perform the maintenance activities. This paper presents an approach to develop the high level models from the existing source code and documents.
Keywords: Design Recovery, Re-Engineering, Reverse Engineering, , Program Understanding, Software Maintenance
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 29-830
Full Name: Nadim Asif
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Dept. of Computer Science,The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur
Country: PAKISTAN
Tel: 331-4878203
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Title of the Paper: Artifacts Recovery and Understanding Using High Level Models
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Nadim Asif, Faisal Shahzad, Najia Saher, Rafaquet Kazami, Waseem Nazar
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The systems are required to understand and present at higher levels of abstractions to perform changes or re-engineer to meet the current requirements. The software systems drift away from the existing implemented source code and the documentations due to the changes. The high level models are used for the purpose of recovering the artifacts and understanding the system to perform the maintenance activities. This paper presents an approach to develop the high level models from the existing source code and documents.
Keywords: Design Recovery, Re-Engineering, Reverse Engineering, , Program Understanding, Software Maintenance
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Transactions ID Number: 29-829
Full Name: Nadim Asif
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Dept. of Computer Science,The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur
Country: PAKISTAN
Tel: 331-4878203
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Title of the Paper: Clustering the Source Code
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Nadim Asif, Faisal Shahzad, Najia Saher, Waseem Nazar
Email addresses of all the authors: nasif@softresearch.org, faisalsd@gmail.com, najia_saher@hotmail.com, waseem@uol.edu.pk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The systems are required to understand and present at higher levels of abstractions to perform the changes and meet the current requirements. When the changes are performed, the source code drifts away from the existing available system documentation (specifications, design, manuals), which represent the functionality of the software systems. The software systems are developed using the multi-languages with different dialects and scripts. This paper presents a clustering approach using the available source code, documentation, experience and knowledge about the domain and application to cluster the source code. The source code clustering is used for the purpose of recovering the artifacts, understanding the system and identifying the relationships among the source code to plan, design and execute the changes in the software systems.
Keywords: Source Code Clustering, Source Code Analysis, Re-Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Design Recovery, Program Understanding, Software Maintenance, Clustering.
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Transactions: SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Transactions ID Number: 10-149
Full Name: Mariko Mochizuki
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 1-7-1, Kyounan,Musashino, Tokyo180-8602
Country: JAPAN
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Title of the Paper: a new index for heavy metals in biological monitoring
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mariko Mochizuki, Makoto Mori, Ryo Hondo, Fukiko Ueda
Email addresses of all the authors: m-mochi@nvlu.ac.jp,acmmori@agr.shizuoka.ac.jp,r-hondo@nvlu.ac.jp,fueda@nvlu.ac.jp
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This study was designed to verify the usefulness of the cadmium (Cd) standard regression line (CSRL) in animals uncontaminated with lead (Pb), and to develop a new index for Pb if the CSRL could not be used. Although a significant regression line for Pb was obtained using a total of 69 data points cited in published references, four data points were eliminated by the statistical examination (min-Pb line), and the min-Pb line was significantly different from the CSRL. The data from animals to which Pb was administered and from wildlife obviously polluted with Pb diverged from the min-Pb line. The contents of other heavy metals, chromium, copper, manganese, zinc, arsenic, cobalt and selenium, in normal animals, cited from references, also fell on the min-Pb line, although the data for thallium fell on the CSRL. We named the min-Pb line the 'Mochizuki–Ueda line' because this line may become a widely used index for animals uncontaminated by multiple metals
Keywords: Biological monitoring, Cadmium, Experimental animal, Heavy metals, Index, Lead, Wildlife
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Transactions: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS – New Techniques and Methodologies in Engineering Problems
Transactions ID Number: 10-148
Full Name: Mohamed Sallam
Position: Researcher
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 23 brandfort street
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Title of the Paper: Multimodal Metaphors in E-learning Note-Taking
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mohamed S. Sallam and Dimitrios Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: Mssallam@dmu.ac.uk,D.Rigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper introduces an empirical study conducted to investigate the use and effect of multimodal metaphors in e-learning applications. This investigation involved two different interface platforms performed by forty users. The first interface platform (textual interface), based on three input modalities, namely text, graphic, and speech, was used to deliver information about note-taking. The second platform interface (multimodal interface) was based on five input modali-ties, including; text, graphic, speech, avatar and earcons to deliver the same infor-mation. The aim of the experiment was to measure and compare the level of usa-bility of textual and multimodal interfaces. The usability parameters, which are efficiency, effectiveness, and users' satisfaction, were considered in the experi-ment. The results obtained from this investigation have shown that the multimodal e-learning interface increased the level of usability as users took significantly less time to!
complete the tasks, performed successfully in a higher number of tasks, and were more satisfied than when using the textual interface. These input modalities could be used to improve the attractiveness of note taking which in turn will be reflected in increasing users' motivation and interest in the presented learning material.
Keywords: E-learning, Usability, User interface, Multimodal Interaction
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Transactions ID Number: 10-147
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Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 23 brandfort street
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Title of the Paper: Multimodal Metaphors in E-learning Note-Taking
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mohamed S. Sallam and Dimitrios Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: Mssallam@dmu.ac.uk,D.Rigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper introduces an empirical study conducted to investigate the use and effect of multimodal metaphors in e-learning applications. This investigation involved two different interface platforms performed by forty users. The first interface platform (textual interface), based on three input modalities, namely text, graphic, and speech, was used to deliver information about note-taking. The second platform interface (multimodal interface) was based on five input modali-ties, including; text, graphic, speech, avatar and earcons to deliver the same infor-mation. The aim of the experiment was to measure and compare the level of usa-bility of textual and multimodal interfaces. The usability parameters, which are efficiency, effectiveness, and users' satisfaction, were considered in the experi-ment. The results obtained from this investigation have shown that the multimodal e-learning interface increased the level of usability as users took significantly less time to!
complete the tasks, performed successfully in a higher number of tasks, and were more satisfied than when using the textual interface. These input modalities could be used to improve the attractiveness of note taking which in turn will be reflected in increasing users' motivation and interest in the presented learning material.
Keywords: E-learning, Usability, User interface, Multimodal Interaction
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Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 23 brandfort street
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Title of the Paper: Multimodal Metaphors in E-learning Note-Taking
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mohamed S. Sallam and Dimitrios Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: Mssallam@dmu.ac.uk,D.Rigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper introduces an empirical study conducted to investigate the use and effect of multimodal metaphors in e-learning applications. This investigation involved two different interface platforms performed by forty users. The first interface platform (textual interface), based on three input modalities, namely text, graphic, and speech, was used to deliver information about note-taking. The second platform interface (multimodal interface) was based on five input modali-ties, including; text, graphic, speech, avatar and earcons to deliver the same infor-mation. The aim of the experiment was to measure and compare the level of usa-bility of textual and multimodal interfaces. The usability parameters, which are efficiency, effectiveness, and users' satisfaction, were considered in the experi-ment. The results obtained from this investigation have shown that the multimodal e-learning interface increased the level of usability as users took significantly less time to!
complete the tasks, performed successfully in a higher number of tasks, and were more satisfied than when using the textual interface. These input modalities could be used to improve the attractiveness of note taking which in turn will be reflected in increasing users' motivation and interest in the presented learning material.
Keywords: E-learning, Usability, User interface, Multimodal Interaction
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Transactions ID Number: 10-145
Full Name: Khalid Alomar
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Flat 6, 10 Chelker Close
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Title of the Paper: Comparing User Satisfaction and Customisation for Variable Size Personalised Menus
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Khalid Al-Omar and Dimitrios Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: K.Al-omar1@Bradford.ac.uk, drigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper reports a comparative empirical investigation of the effects of content size on user satisfaction and customisation of five different personalised menu types: adaptable, adaptive split, adaptive/adaptable highlighted, adaptive/adaptable minimised and mixed-initiative menus. Two independent experiments were conducted, on small menus (17 items) and large menus (29 items) respectively. The experiment was conducted with 30 subjects and was tested empirically by four independent groups (15 subjects each). Results show that in small menus, the minimised condition was preferred overall, followed by the adaptable and hig-hlighted types. By contrast, in large menus, the mixed-initiative condition was the most strongly preferred, followed by the minimised approach.
Keywords: Adaptable, Adaptive, Customisation, Interactive systems, Menu, Mixed-initiative, Usability
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Special (Invited) Session: The Effect of Size of Personalised Menus on User Satisfaction
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Transactions: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS – New Techniques and Methodologies in Engineering Problems
Transactions ID Number: 10-144
Full Name: Khalid Alomar
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Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Flat 6, 10 Chelker Close
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Title of the Paper: A Controllability and Customisation Approach to Personalised Web Content
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Dimitrios Rigas and Khalid Al-Omar
Email addresses of all the authors: drigas@dmu.ac.uk, K.Al-omar1@Bradford.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper reports an empirical study which investigated the controllability of four interactive conditions: static, adaptive, adaptable and mixed-initiative. Each of these conditions was implemented separately as a web-based e-commerce application. These environments were tested independently by four separate groups, each consisting of 15 users. Results show that the mixed-initiative condition was the best in terms of controllability. In addition, surprisingly, subjects who used the adaptive condition were found to have a similar level of control to those using the static condition.
Keywords: Adaptive, Adaptable, Mixed-initiative, E-commerce, Performance, Interactive systems, Controllability
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Special (Invited) Session: Static, Adaptive, Adaptable, and Mixed-initiative approaches in e-commerce: Controllability and Customisation
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Transactions ID Number: 10-143
Full Name: Mohamed Sallam
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Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 23 brandfort street
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 7899802476
Tel prefix: 07899802476
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E-mail address: mssallam@dum.ac.uk
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Title of the Paper: Multimodal Metaphors in E-learning Note-Taking
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Mohamed S. Sallam and Dimitrios Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: Mssallam@dmu.ac.uk,D.Rigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper introduces an empirical study conducted to investigate the use and effect of multimodal metaphors in e-learning applications. This investigation involved two different interface platforms performed by forty users. The first interface platform (textual interface), based on three input modalities, namely text, graphic, and speech, was used to deliver information about note-taking. The second platform interface (multimodal interface) was based on five input modali-ties, including; text, graphic, speech, avatar and earcons to deliver the same infor-mation. The aim of the experiment was to measure and compare the level of usa-bility of textual and multimodal interfaces. The usability parameters, which are efficiency, effectiveness, and users' satisfaction, were considered in the experi-ment. The results obtained from this investigation have shown that the multimodal e-learning interface increased the level of usability as users took significantly less time to!
complete the tasks, performed successfully in a higher number of tasks, and were more satisfied than when using the textual interface. These input modalities could be used to improve the attractiveness of note taking which in turn will be reflected in increasing users' motivation and interest in the presented learning material.
Keywords: E-learning, Usability, User interface, Multimodal Interaction
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Transactions ID Number: 10-142
Full Name: Khaled Ayad
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Faculty of technology, De Montfort University, Leicester , LE1 9AB,United Kingdom
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 04407878049858
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Title of the Paper: Using edutainment in e-learning applications : an empirical study
Authors as they appear in the Paper: D. Rigas , K. Ayad
Email addresses of all the authors: d.rigas@dmu.ac.uk , khaled_geo@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This work investigates the role of edutainment using avatars as tool to represent the entertainment attributes in an e-learning framework. The empirical investigation aimed at measuring usability of two experimental interfaces: typical e-learning and multimodal e-learning system. The usability of these two environ-ments was analysed by one dependent group of users. The results presented here confirmed that edutainment interface as learning medium persuaded users more than the typical version.
Keywords: Avatar, Edutainment, E-learning, Human Computer Interface (HCI), Multi-modal, Non-edutainment, Virtual reality (VR).
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Special (Invited) Session: Edutainment in E-learning Interfaces
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Transactions ID Number: 10-141
Full Name: Khaled Ayad
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Faculty of Technology, De montfort University, Liecester, LE19BH , United Kingdom
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 04407878049858
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E-mail address: d.rigas@dmu.ac.uk
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Title of the Paper: Comparing Virtual Classroom, Game-Based Learning and Storytelling Teachings in E-learning
Authors as they appear in the Paper: K. Ayad , D. Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: khaled_geo@yahoo.com , d.rigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In this work three multi edutainment platforms were evaluated in order to explore usability aspects of edutainment in e-learning. These three platforms were Virtual classroom, Game-based and Storytelling. Entertainment features represented by speech, avatars with graphics and game activity was combined in these three different platforms. Moreover earcons were incorporated to help users resolve problems given efficiently and quickly. A dependent group was used to measure users' performance in terms of user achievement, correct answers and satisfaction. The experimental results collected indicated that the Game-based approach was the best in terms of users' achievement effectiveness as well as satisfaction with the interface and overall learning experience.
Keywords: Avatar, E-learning, Edutainment, Multi-modal, Human-Computer Interface.
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Special (Invited) Session: Learning with Edutainment: A Multi-Platform Approach
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Transactions ID Number: 10-140
Full Name: Khaled Ayad
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Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Faculty of Technology, De montfort University, Liecester, LE19BH , United Kingdom
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 04407878049858
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E-mail address: d.rigas@dmu.ac.uk
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Title of the Paper: Comparing Virtual Classroom, Game-Based Learning and Storytelling Teachings in E-learning
Authors as they appear in the Paper: K. Ayad , D. Rigas
Email addresses of all the authors: khaled_geo@yahoo.com , d.rigas@dmu.ac.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In this work three multi edutainment platforms were evaluated in order to explore usability aspects of edutainment in e-learning. These three platforms were Virtual classroom, Game-based and Storytelling. Entertainment features represented by speech, avatars with graphics and game activity was combined in these three different platforms. Moreover earcons were incorporated to help users resolve problems given efficiently and quickly. A dependent group was used to measure users' performance in terms of user achievement, correct answers and satisfaction. The experimental results collected indicated that the Game-based approach was the best in terms of users' achievement effectiveness as well as satisfaction with the interface and overall learning experience.
Keywords: Avatar, E-learning, Edutainment, Multi-modal, Human-Computer Interface.
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Transactions ID Number: 10-139
Full Name: Khaled Ayad
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Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 16 smith street,Coventry, CV6 5EL
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 04407878049858
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Title of the Paper: using edutainment in e-learning application: an enpirical study
Authors as they appear in the Paper: prof. D. Rigas, K.ayad
Email addresses of all the authors: D.Rigas@dmu.ac.uk, khaled_geo@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This work investigates the role of edutainment using avatars as tool to represent the entertainment attributes in an e-learning framework. The empirical investigation aimed at measuring usability of two experimental interfaces: typical e-learning and multimodal e-learning system. The usability of these two environ-ments was analysed by one dependent group of users. The results presented here confirmed that edutainment interface as learning medium persuaded users more than the typical version.
Keywords: Avatar, Edutainment, E-learning, Human Computer Interface (HCI), Multi-modal, Non-edutainment, Virtual reality (VR)
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Special (Invited) Session: Edutainment in E-learning Interfaces
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Address: 16 smith street,Coventry, CV6 5EL
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Title of the Paper: using edutainment in e-learning application: an enpirical study
Authors as they appear in the Paper: prof. D. Rigas, K.ayad
Email addresses of all the authors: D.Rigas@dmu.ac.uk, khaled_geo@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This work investigates the role of edutainment using avatars as tool to represent the entertainment attributes in an e-learning framework. The empirical investigation aimed at measuring usability of two experimental interfaces: typical e-learning and multimodal e-learning system. The usability of these two environ-ments was analysed by one dependent group of users. The results presented here confirmed that edutainment interface as learning medium persuaded users more than the typical version.
Keywords: Avatar, Edutainment, E-learning, Human Computer Interface (HCI), Multi-modal, Non-edutainment, Virtual reality (VR)
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICS
Transactions ID Number: 29-828
Full Name: Jyh-Jiuan Lin
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 151 Ying-Chuan Road, Tamsui, Taipei County 251,
Country: TAIWAN
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Title of the Paper: global diversification, hedging diversification, and default risk in bank equity: an option-pricing model
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Jyh-Horng Lin, Jyh-Jiuan Lin and Rosemary Jou
Email addresses of all the authors: lin9015@mail.tku.edu.tw,117604@mail.tku.edu.tw,893560135@s93.tku.edu.tw
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: Many banks diversify their operations, either across different national markets (global diversification), across different borrowers by offsetting credit risks (hedging diversification), or both. Can multiple diversifications provide greater safety for banks? This paper aims to answer this question by using an option-based pricing model to formulate the default risk in bank equity returns under global and hedging diversifications. In particular, we apply Vassalou and Xing¡¦s (2004) formula, which is a nonlinear option-based function of the default probability of an individual bank¡¦s equity return. This formula is calculated using the contingent claim methodology of Black and Scholes (1973) and Merton (1974). We find that the extent of global diversification may provide greater safety for banks, but also that the extent of hedging diversification may not.
Keywords: Default Risk, International Lending Diversification, Loan Portfolio Swap
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 29-827
Full Name: Jyh-Jiuan Lin
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 151 Ying-Chuan Road, Tamsui, Taipei County 251,
Country: TAIWAN
Tel: 886-2-2621-5656 ext. 2878
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E-mail address: 117604@mail.tku.edu.tw
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Title of the Paper: bank interest margins under information asymmetry and centralized vs. decentralized loan rate decisions:a two-stage option pricing model
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Jyh-Horng Lin, Jyh-Jiuan Lin and Rosemary Jou
Email addresses of all the authors: lin9015@mail.tku.edu.tw,117604@mail.tku.edu.tw,893560135@s93.tku.edu.tw
Number of paper pages: 16
Abstract: The behavior of outside portfolio managers of large money-center banks as analyzed to date is silent. In a centralized loan portfolio construction with decentralized loan portfolio management, changes in the bank¡¦s degree of capital market imperfection have direct effects on the bank¡¦s interest margin through the centralized as well as the decentralized loan rate determinations. We use a two-stage model of option-based analysis to study how information asymmetry and optimal bank loan rates relate to one another. We find that the decentralized loan rate managed by the outside loan manager is positively related to the bank¡¦s degree of capital market imperfection. The centralized loan rate managed by the bank is positively related to its degree of capital market imperfection under strategic complements, but negatively under strategic substitutes.
Keywords: Centralized vs. decentralized loan rate; Information asymmetry; Black-Scholes formula.
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Special (Invited) Session: bank interest margins under information asymmetry and centralized vs. decentralized loan rate decisions:a two-stage option pricing model
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 19-170
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
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Sex: Male
Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 0745438287
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Title of the Paper: Asynchronous Motors Drive Systems Command with Digital Signal Processor
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Ilie Borcosi, Liliana Popescu
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org, ilie_b@utgjiu.ro, lpopi2001@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The objectives of this paper consists in developing methods and technologies of command and protection of performant static power converters for the drive systems, which meet the quality of electricity requirements, using intelligent algorithms, performance computing system and DSP platforms.
Keywords: Asynchronous motors, Command, Digital signal processor.
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Special (Invited) Session: Analysis in Time-Frequency Domain of Asynchronous Motors Control with Inverter Switching at Zero Voltage
Organizer of the Session: 626-268
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING
Transactions ID Number: 32-850
Full Name: Ling Qin
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: No.4,Section 2,North Jianshe Road,Chengdu,P.R.China
Country: CHINA
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Title of the Paper: A New Method of DOA Estimation for Uniform Antenna Array
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Qin Ling Jia Yu Huiyong Li Zishu He
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: A novel method of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation based on subarray beamforming for uniform circular arrays is proposed. In this method, the beamform manifold of uniform circular arrays is transformed via virtual structure, and then the virtual array is divided into two subarrrays. The target DOA is estimated from the phase shift between the reference signal and its phase-shifted version by subarray beamforming. Since the reference signal is obtained after interference rejection, the effect of interference The computation of the proposed method is simple, and the number of the signal sources of target is not bounded by the number of antenna elements. Simulation results demonstrate that proposed method has significantly improved estimation resolution, capacity, and accuracy relative to other method.
Keywords: Direction of arrival(DOA),Estimation, Virtual array, Subarray beamforming,Capacity
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICS
Transactions ID Number: 32-849
Full Name: Saeed Al-Hajjar
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Sex: Male
Address: Hoora , Area 318 , Road 1805 , Bld 357 , Flat 34
Country: BAHRAIN
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Title of the Paper: Interactive Learning Is A Good Tool In Teaching And Learning Mathematics
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Saeed Al-Hajjar
Email addresses of all the authors: saidth2000@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: This study identifies the difference between the environments for which the old generation lives in comparing with that of the new one. This difference in environment push us to improve our traditional way of teaching-learning process by supplying it with more technology tools that fits our new generation who is drugged with computer and technology .And the interactive learning is a good tool in improving this process . In this study we will see the influence of interactive learning on giving students a physical grasp of the concepts, and that it is the best way to enforce the concepts that students need to learn throughout their educational career. Several mathematical instructors claimed that the use of interactive learning as a tool in the teaching-learning process is useless, while others insist on its use. To solve this conflict, a survey study is done on two high schools and one university. The results will be supported by experimental designs and statis!
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Keywords: interactive , teaching , software , e-learning , technology , website , internet , initiating, facilitating , probability .
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of MECHANICS
Transactions ID Number: 19-168
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
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Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
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Title of the Paper: Simulation of Evacuation Processes of Pollutants in the Room Using the Similarity Theory
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Liliana Popescu
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org, lpopi2001@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 14
Abstract: Tests on models can provide both information on the verification of calculation methods and solutions that theory currently can not provide. Climate processes occurring in a site are complex and not fully capture the phenomenon of mass transfer of fluid motion and heat. Those basic methods are used hydraulic moulding, which bypass the practical difficulties created by the incompatibility of the conditions of similarity (using areas of forging, hydraulic or geometric distortion).
Keywords: Modelation and Simulation, Polluants and climatisation.
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Special (Invited) Session: Variables Optimization of Building Air Conditioning System
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Title of the Paper: Simulation of Evacuation Processes of Pollutants in the Room Using the Similarity Theory
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Liliana Popescu
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org, lpopi2001@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 14
Abstract: Tests on models can provide both information on the verification of calculation methods and solutions that theory currently can not provide. Climate processes occurring in a site are complex and not fully capture the phenomenon of mass transfer of fluid motion and heat. Those basic methods are used hydraulic moulding, which bypass the practical difficulties created by the incompatibility of the conditions of similarity (using areas of forging, hydraulic or geometric distortion).
Keywords: Modelation and Simulation, Polluants and climatisation.
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Country: BAHRAIN
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Title of the Paper: Interactive Learning Is A Good Tool In Teaching And Learning Mathematics
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Saeed Al-Hajjar
Email addresses of all the authors: saidth2000@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: This study identifies the difference between the environments for which the old generation lives in comparing with that of the new one. This difference in environment push us to improve our traditional way of teaching-learning process by supplying it with more technology tools that fits our new generation who is drugged with computer and technology .And the interactive learning is a good tool in improving this process . In this study we will see the influence of interactive learning on giving students a physical grasp of the concepts, and that it is the best way to enforce the concepts that students need to learn throughout their educational career. Several mathematical instructors claimed that the use of interactive learning as a tool in the teaching-learning process is useless, while others insist on its use. To solve this conflict, a survey study is done on two high schools and one university. The results will be supported by experimental designs and statis!
tical analysis results.
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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ENERGY
Transactions ID Number: 19-167
Full Name: ARVIND DHINGRA
Position: Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab
Country: INDIA
Tel: 9814163429
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Title of the Paper: Energy Efficient Lighting- A way to conserve energy
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Arvind Dhingra Tejinder Singh
Email addresses of all the authors: arvinddhingra@hotmail.com, sagguboyz@yahoo.co.in
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: Energy is the source that has been driving the mankind in this technological era. Usage of energy depicts the level of development of a nation. The energy resources of the world are under severe pressure to cope up with the growing need of energy. The technological changes and changes in the lifestyle have increased the demand for energy tremendously. With the resources become scarce and energy costs growing, it becomes imperative for everyone to save energy or to use the available energy judiciously. The need is to either find new sources of energy or to use the energy available carefully. Lighting forms a major chunk of load on our electrical power system. Energy efficiency in lighting involves building architecture, selection of proper luminaries and light sources. This paper presents the study of energy conservation measures adopted in a spinning unit. The payback period is also calculated.
Keywords: Energy Conservation, Energy efficient luminaries, HID lamps, Payback period, T5 luminaries
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Special (Invited) Session: Energy Conservation in a Spinning Unit
Organizer of the Session: 619-144
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Transactions ID Number: 32-847
Full Name: Ramasamy Mariappan
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: AVIT, VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY
Country: INDIA
Tel: +91 9444812756
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Title of the Paper: Virtual Topology Reconfiguration for Wireless Optical Networks Using IP-over-WDM Technology with QoS Parameters
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Ramasamy Mariappan
Email addresses of all the authors: mrmrama2004@rediffmail.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Wireless networks become more popular nowadays because of wide range of applications. The wireless networks are applied in the miniature and sensitive elements, which form the network elements. The demand for bandwidth is growing at a rapid pace, and the Internet data traffic is expected to dominate voice traffic in the near future. With the Internet protocol (IP) playing a dominant role in wide area networking technology and advancements in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology to provide enormous bandwidth over and above the range of Tera bits per second, the IP-over-WDM networks become the right choice for the next generation Internet networks. On the other hand, wireless networks have flexible deployment. The next generation networking technology will be the hybrid wireless optical networks deploying the huge bandwidth of optical networks and the flexibility of wireless networks. This paper presents a new virtual topology reconfiguration algorithm f!
or wireless optical networks using IP-over-WDM technology. Further this paper investigates such networks under the consideration of QoS parameters.
Keywords: Reconfiguration, Wireless Optical Networks, WDM, and QoS
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 29-826
Full Name: Jing Xu
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: State Key Laboratory of Information Security,P.O.8718,Beijing,100190
Country: CHINA
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Title of the Paper: An Efficient Direct Anonymous Attestation Scheme with Forward Security
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Deng-guo Feng,Jing Xu,Xiao-feng Chen
Email addresses of all the authors: xujing@is.iscas.ac.cn
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Direct Anonymous Attestation (DAA) is a cryptographic mechanism adopted by the Trusted Computing Group in its specifications for trusted computing platforms (TCP). In this paper, we propose a new DAA scheme and prove it is secure under the strong RSA assumption and the decisional Diffie-Hellman assumption. While satisfying all the security properties proposed in previous DAA schemes, our scheme provides a new desired security property, forward security: compromise of the current private key of TPM does not enable an adversary to forge signatures pertaining to the past. Such forward security is important to mitigate the damage caused by private key exposure.
Keywords: Trusted computing platform, Direct anonymous attestation, Forward security, Trusted platform module
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Special (Invited) Session: A Forward Secure Direct Anonymous Attestation Scheme
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Transactions: SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Transactions ID Number: 10-137
Full Name: Ibolya Zsoldos
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Pater K. u. 1, 2103 Godollo
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Title of the Paper: Sorting algorithm by shape independently from geometrical measures
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Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: A new algorithm has been developed to sort two-dimensional figures by their shape. The algorithm can find the figures having equal or approximately equal shape independently from geometrical measures and the complexity of the shapes. It is based on the definition of the symmetry-diagram which was introduced for symmetry recognition originally.
Keywords: Symmetry-diagram, symmetry detection, shape detection
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Special (Invited) Session: Sorting algorithm by shape independently from geometrical measures
Organizer of the Session: 619-416
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 29-825
Full Name: Maria Ilinca Cheveresan
Position: Assistant
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Bd. Lacul Tei, 124, RO-020396
Country: ROMANIA
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Title of the Paper: Spatial data infrastructure for groundwater integrated management with application in three case studies in Romania
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Maria Ilinca Cheveresan, Marin-Nelu Minciuna
Email addresses of all the authors: maria.alexandrescu@utcb.ro, marian.minciuna@hidro.ro, drobot@utcb.ro
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: Groundwater resource represents a major component of the quantitative and qualitative integrated water resource management. In the context of the climate changes the surface water resources become scarce or too expensive even within complex hydraulic schemes. Consequently groundwater resource is extremely valuable for drinking water and other demands for clean water. In order to have an efficient management, an integrated approach is needed taking into consideration all aspects that are related to groundwater resource. GIS offers tools for such an objective like an Enterprise Geodatabase unitary structure. As EU member Romania has to adopt and apply EU regulations including technology (like spatial data formats). This paper presents a standard for storage of data regarding groundwater management at national level. Three different case studies based on this approach are presented in order to reveal the use of a common data source for different models and analysis.
Keywords: Geodatabase, integrated groundwater resource management, GIS, SDI, conceptual data model, pollution
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Special (Invited) Session: GIS database for groundwater integrated management
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Address: Bd. Lacul Tei, 124, RO-020396
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Title of the Paper: Spatial data infrastructure for groundwater integrated management with application in three case studies in Romania
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Maria Ilinca Cheveresan, Marin-Nelu Minciuna
Email addresses of all the authors: maria.alexandrescu@utcb.ro, marian.minciuna@hidro.ro, drobot@utcb.ro
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: Groundwater resource represents a major component of the quantitative and qualitative integrated water resource management. In the context of the climate changes the surface water resources become scarce or too expensive even within complex hydraulic schemes. Consequently groundwater resource is extremely valuable for drinking water and other demands for clean water. In order to have an efficient management, an integrated approach is needed taking into consideration all aspects that are related to groundwater resource. GIS offers tools for such an objective like an Enterprise Geodatabase unitary structure. As EU member Romania has to adopt and apply EU regulations including technology (like spatial data formats). This paper presents a standard for storage of data regarding groundwater management at national level. Three different case studies based on this approach are presented in order to reveal the use of a common data source for different models and analysis.
Keywords: Geodatabase, integrated groundwater resource management, GIS, SDI, conceptual data model, pollution
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Transactions ID Number: 29-823
Full Name: Irakli Shekriladze
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 77 Kostav Street, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi 0175
Country: GEORGIA
Tel: (995.32) 306-179
Tel prefix: 995.32
Fax: (995.32) 281-713
E-mail address: shekri@geo.net.ge
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Title of the Paper: flat-plate collector with solar-powered pump and problem of boiling on downward-facing surface
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Irakli. Shekriladze, Evtikhi Machavariani, Giorgi Gigineishvili, Jondo Rusishvili, David Shekriladze
Email addresses of all the authors: shekri@geo.net.ge,xutagtu@rambler.ru,gogigin@yahoo.com,jrusishvili@yahoo.com,lagoid70@gmail.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Abstract. - Conceptual design of flat-plate collector (FPC) with integrated solar-powered pump (SPP) has been carried out. SPP represents simple heat engine - membrane pump operating through alternating of processes of evaporation and condensation in its working chamber. It should provide circulation of water using part of absorbed by FPC heat returning it finally to the same heat carrier. Two basic versions of structural layout of FPC have been considered: the first - with flow-through absorber (with circulation of water through riser pipes welded to absorbing plate) and the second – with absorber with gravity-assisted heat pipes (GAHPs). Important role of proper organization of boiling heat transfer on downward-facing heating surface of working chamber, in terms of efficient operation of SPP, is stated. Thermo-hydrodynamic peculiarities of this process are considered. The ways of improvement of reliability and efficiency of SPP are outlined.
Keywords: Flat-plate collector, Solar-powered pump, Boiling, Downward-facing surface,
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Special (Invited) Session: Solar-Powered Water Pump and Related Problem of Boiling on Downward-Facing Surface
Organizer of the Session: 619219
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS
Transactions ID Number: 29-822
Full Name: Cheng-Jung Lee
Position: Senior Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 9F.-1, No.16, Ln. 576, Sec. 2, Beimen Rd., North Dist., Tainan City 70449, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Country: TAIWAN
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Title of the Paper: Innovation: Web 2.0, Online-Communities and Mobile Social Networking
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Cheng-Jung Lee, Chang-Chun Tsai, Shung-Ming Tang, Liang-Kai Wang
Email addresses of all the authors: rabbit66@ms61.url.com.tw, tangsm@yuntech.edu.tw, jimtsai@mdu.edu.tw, kai0915@gmail.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Recently, an online social network phenomenon has swept over the Web and the signs say that Social Networking Sites (SNS) are growing in importance not just as places for individuals to communicate, network, and express themselves but also as advertising and marketing vehicles. Combining social networks to the mobile environment is a growing interest as it allows users to be in their online social community despite their mobility. To date, several surveys and studies have brought some insights into this field. However, methods are often not general or detailed enough for evaluation and comparison. In this study we highlight latest trends and evolution of Mobile Social Networking and Online-Communities. The existing research is reviewed and organized to summarize what we know about their usage. This paper concludes with discussion of new developments, challenges and opportunities. There are many opportunities for future research and organizational applications of SN!
S as SNS adoption grows at incredible rates. What we present in this study can be generalized for other enterprise-grade Social Networks, either for their own business purposes or as a contract job for another company.
Keywords: Mobile, Social Networking, Web 2.0, E-Communities, Social Networks, Social Web
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Special (Invited) Session: Innovation: Mobile Social Networking and Web 2.0 Online-Communities
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 29-821
Full Name: Petr Hajek
Position: Senior Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Studentska 84, Pardubice 53210
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC
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Title of the Paper: Air quality indices and their modelling by hierarchical fuzzy inference systems
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Petr Hajek, Vladimir Olej
Email addresses of all the authors: petr.hajek@upce.cz, vladimir.olej@upce.cz
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: The paper presents the overview of current methods for air quality evaluation, i.e. air stress indices and, especially, air quality indices. Traditional air quality indices are determined as mean values of selected air pollutants. Thus, air quality evaluation depends on strictly given limits without taking into account specific local conditions and synergic relations between air pollutants and other meteorological factors. The stated limitations can be eliminated e.g. using systems based on fuzzy logic. Therefore, the paper presents a design of air quality indices based on hierarchical fuzzy inference systems. Tree and cascade hierarchical fuzzy inference systems of Mamdani type are proposed as alternative air quality indices. For selected localities, they provide both the resulting class of air quality and the degree of membership to each class.
Keywords: Air quality index, Air quality, Fuzzy logic, Hierarchical fuzzy inference systems
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Special (Invited) Session: An Air Pollution Index based on Hierarchical Fuzzy Inference Systems
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Transactions ID Number: 10-136
Full Name: Vladimír Olej
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Institute of System Engineering and Informatics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Pardubice, Studentska 84, 532 10 Pardubice
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel: 466 036 004
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Title of the Paper: Possibilities of air quality modelling based on IF-sets theory
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Vladimír Olej, Petr Hájek
Email addresses of all the authors: vladimir.olej@upce.cz, petr.hajek@upce.cz
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The paper presents a design of parameters for air quality classification of districts into classes according to their pollution. Therefore, the design of air quality classification is presented by IF-sets introduced by K.T. Atanassov. In the next part of the paper we present basic notions of IF-sets for the design of the tree hierarchical IF-inference systems of Mamdani type. Moreover, the paper describes air quality modelling, the design of membership functions and non-membership functions, if-then rules of individual subsystems, inference mechanism and analysis of the results.
Keywords: Air quality, IF-sets, hierarchical IF-inference systems of Mamdani type, classification
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Special (Invited) Session: Intuitionistic Hierarchical Fuzzy Inference Systems Design for Air Quality Modelling
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Transactions ID Number: 29-820
Full Name: Nicolae-Doru Stanescu
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Title of the Paper: chaos in grinding process
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Nicolae-Doru Stanescu
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: This paper presents a non-linear model for the external grinding of a cylindrical work-piece. A system of non-linear differential equations for the vibrations of the tool and the work-piece is obtained. Non-linearity comes from the cutting force dependence on the feeding velocity and depth of cut. We determine the number of the equilibrium positions, we proved that there exists only one equilibrium position and we study its stability. Results of simulation are discussed. A chaotic regime is found for realistic values of the grinding parameters.
Keywords: grinding, equilibrium, stability, chaos
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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 29-819
Full Name: Petr Dostalek
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Address: Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Nad Stranemi 4511, 76005 Zlin
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Title of the Paper: Direction of Sound Wave Arrival Determination Using Time-Delay Estimation and Beamforming methods
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Petr Dostalek, Vladimir Vasek, Jan Dolinay
Email addresses of all the authors: dostalek@fai.utb.cz, vasek@fai.utb.cz, dolinay@fai.utb.cz
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: This paper deals with direction of sound wave arrival determination using time-delay estimation and beamforming methods with utilization of static microphone array with fixed geometry configuration. Theoretical part describes main principle of both methods and possibility of program implementation. Experimental part proposes hardware design of the sensory systems separately for time-delay estimation and beamforming evaluation methods due to different requirements on microphone array structure. Developed localization system is based on standard personal computer equipped with Advantech PCI-1716 multichannel data acquisition device.
Keywords: Audio source localization, Microphone array, Direction of arrival, Time-delay estimation, Beamforming, Signal processing
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Special (Invited) Session: Acoustic Source Localization Based on Time-delay Estimation Method
Organizer of the Session: 620-408
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Transactions ID Number: 32-846
Full Name: Mukesh Kumar
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Title of the Paper: Consistency Enforcement Using Ontologies on Web
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Neelam Goyal, Mukesh Kumar, Renu Vig
Email addresses of all the authors: er_neelamgoyal@yahoo.com,mukesh_rai9@yahoo.com,renuvig@hotmail.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: As the web size grows handling the problem of consistency enforcement becomes very difficult. These days Consistency enforcement is a major challenge in front of World Wide Web. In recent years this field attracts the attention of many researchers. Users are continuously uploading, updating and removing the pages from the Web which makes consistency enforcement a necessity to retrieve relevant and up-to-date information from the Web. In this paper a new approach to handle the problem of consistency enforcement is proposed along with web personalization. In the proposed system ontologies are used for managing the data on the web, navigating the web, providing personalized contents to users and for handling the problem of consistency enforcement.
Keywords: Semantic Web, Ontologies, Content Management, Consistency Enforcement, Web Personalization
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Transactions ID Number: 19-166
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
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Address: CRAIOVA, PALTINIS, NR. 59, BL. K-7, AP. 2
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Title of the Paper: Modelling of Oil-filled Transformer
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Liliana Perescu-Popescu
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Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Based on the thermal model adopted by International Standards, small improvements to increase model accuracy are presented and a comparative study of resulted accuracy under different load and ambient temperature profiles is performed.
Keywords: Modelling transformer parameters, Oil-filled transformer, Loss of life models
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Special (Invited) Session: Simulations of Oil-filled Transformer Loss-of-Life Models
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Transactions ID Number: 19-165
Full Name: Marius-Constantin Popescu
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Address: Blv. DECEBAL, no.5, Craiova
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Title of the Paper: New Aspects Providing Transformer Models
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Marius-Constantin Popescu, Nikos Mastorakis, Liliana Perescu-Popescu
Email addresses of all the authors: popescu.marius.c@gmail.com, mastor@wses.org, lpopi2001@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: Thermal mechanisms are complex by their own and even more when applied to a complex system, either geometrically either physically, such as the transformer is. However, the required transformer thermal model must be as simple as possible without loosing representative ness of major phenomena involved; a compromise must then be achieved between accuracy and complexity.
Keywords: Modelling thermal parameters, Loss of life models, Transformer thermal.
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Special (Invited) Session: Assessment of Improved Transformer Thermal Models
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Transactions ID Number: 29-818
Full Name: Chenghua Dang
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 199 south guangming street Hebei university of engineering, Hadan, Hebei
Country: CHINA
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Title of the Paper: Research on the Stability Problem of Hydroelectric Station Penstock under External Pressure Based on Neural Network
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Chenghua Dang, Tieguo Ji and Xinpei Jiang
Email addresses of all the authors: dangchhua@yahoo.com.cn, rosemary1970@163.com, jiangxinpei@163.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Abstract: - The stability of steel penstock under external pressure is a main factor of penstock design in hydroelectric station. Since the assumption conditions and the boundary conditions are simplified in the currently existing methods, the obtained computing results have low accuracy level and every method has its limitation. In this present paper, we apply artificial neural network model and improved BP algorithm to this problem with more complicated conditions and factors. By analyzing the influences on losing stability and breach for reinforcing ring steel penstock caused by diameter-to-thickness ratio of the steel tube, size and space of reinforce rings, a new research approach is obtained and test results show this method is feasible and its validity is verified. This paper provides an efficient solving path for stability problem of reinforcing ring steel penstock under external pressure. Furthermore, we use this method to Chinese Yachihe hydroelectric pow!
er station design, the computing results show this method is reliable, economic and fully satisfies the project requirements.
Keywords: Penstock; Stability calculation under external pressure; Neural network; Simulated annealing algorithm
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Special (Invited) Session: Study on the Stability Problem of Hydroelectric Station Penstock under External Pressure
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Title of the Paper: Research on the Stability Problem of Hydroelectric Station Penstock under External Pressure Based on Neural Network
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Chenghua Dang, Tieguo Ji and Xinpei Jiang
Email addresses of all the authors: dangchhua@yahoo.com.cn, rosemary1970@163.com, jiangxinpei@163.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Abstract: - The stability of steel penstock under external pressure is a main factor of penstock design in hydroelectric station. Since the assumption conditions and the boundary conditions are simplified in the currently existing methods, the obtained computing results have low accuracy level and every method has its limitation. In this present paper, we apply artificial neural network model and improved BP algorithm to this problem with more complicated conditions and factors. By analyzing the influences on losing stability and breach for reinforcing ring steel penstock caused by diameter-to-thickness ratio of the steel tube, size and space of reinforce rings, a new research approach is obtained and test results show this method is feasible and its validity is verified. This paper provides an efficient solving path for stability problem of reinforcing ring steel penstock under external pressure. Furthermore, we use this method to Chinese Yachihe hydroelectric pow!
er station design, the computing results show this method is reliable, economic and fully satisfies the project requirements.
Keywords: Penstock; Stability calculation under external pressure; Neural network; Simulated annealing algorithm
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Transactions ID Number: 29-816
Full Name: Dimitris Tsamatsoulis
Position: Doctor (Researcher)
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Halyps Building Materials S.A., 17 th KLM Nat. Rd. Athens-Korinth
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Title of the Paper: Dynamic behavior of closed grinding systems and effective PID parameterization
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Dimitris Tsamatsoulis
Email addresses of all the authors: d.tsamatsoulis@halyps.gr
Number of paper pages: 22
Abstract: The object of the present study is to investigate the dynamic of closed circuit cement mills and based on that to tune robust PID controllers applied to three actual installations. The model that has been developed, consisting of integral part, time delay and a first order filter, is based exclusively on industrial data sets collected in a period more than one year. The model parameters uncertainty is also assessed varying from 28% to 36% as the gain is concerning and 34% to 42% as regards the time delay. As significant sources of model uncertainty are determined the grinding of various cement types in the same cement mill and the decrease of the ball charge during the time. The Internal Model Control (IMC) and M - Constrained Integral Gain Optimization (MIGO) methods are utilized to adjust the controller parameters. Specially by implementing the MIGO technique robust controllers are built deriving a daily average IAE 2.3-3% of the set point value. Due to the high !
flexibility and effectiveness of MIGO, the controllers can be parameterized by taking into account the cement type ground and the power absorbed. Subsequently the attenuation of main uncertainties leads to improvement of the regulation performance.
Keywords: Dynamic, Cement, Mill, Grinding, Model, Uncertainty, PID, tuning, robustness, sensitivity
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Special (Invited) Session: Dynamic Behavior of Closed Grinding Systems and Model Uncertainty
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Transactions ID Number: 32-845
Full Name: Shu-Fen Tu
Position: Associate Professor
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Sex: Female
Address: No.55, Huagang Rd., Shihlin District, Taipei City 11114, TAIWAN
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Title of the Paper: A joint ownership protection scheme for digital images based on visual cryptography
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Ching-Sheng Hsu,Shu-Fen Tu
Email addresses of all the authors: cshsu@mail.mcu.edu.tw,dsf3@faculty.pccu.edu.tw
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: When an image is created by multiple authors, it is reasonable that no single author monopolize the ownership. The ownership should be shared among these authors, and the ownership should be proved by a group of authors. In this paper, we propose a joint ownership protection scheme for co-authored images. Some of the authors or all of the authors can verify ownership. This scheme integrates discrete cosine transforms and visual cryptography to meet robustness and security requirements. The experimental results show this scheme successfully resists some common attacks.
Keywords: Joint ownership protection, Visual cryptography, Discrete cosine transform
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Transactions ID Number: 32-844
Full Name: Shahrir Abdullah
Position: Associate Professor
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Address: Dept. of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi
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Title of the Paper: Numerical simulation of the lattice Boltzmann method for lid-driven cavity flows at various Reynolds numbers
Authors as they appear in the Paper: M.A. Mussa, S. Abdullah, C.S. Nor Azwadi and N. Muhamad
Email addresses of all the authors: munther@eng.ukm.my, shahrir@ukm.my, azwadi@fkm.utm.my, hamidi@eng.ukm.my
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The lattice Boltzmann method is one of the most recent simulation techniques based on molecular theory which has been found to be a very efficient numerical tool due to its capability to go deeper into the particle's domain, simulating their interaction among groups of particle and relating the parameters back to macro condition. Hence, this paper presents the simulation of lid-driven cavity for deep and shallow flow using the lattice Boltzmann method where the effect of the Reynolds number on the flow pattern at aspect ratios of 0.25, 0.5, 1.5 and 4.0 was studied. These types of flow exhibit a number of interesting physical features but are scarcely simulated using the LBM scheme. The source code was established based on the BGK model on rectangular lattice geometry. The results were then compared with the FLUENT software and were found to be in excellent agreement even with relatively coarse grids applied to the numerical calculation.
Keywords: Lattice Boltzmann method, distribution function, microscopic velocity, lid-driven cavity flow, BGK model.
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