Information technology is transforming travel behaviors and business in the hospitality and tourism industry by making all the actors more connected and creating " a smart, connected business " , i.e., " intelligently optimized for a specific need ". This is achieved by leveraging the information and communication infrastructure, and a range of new mobile and wearable user's devices. All of the...

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The microgravity experienced during space flight induces physiological changes that affect astronauts' health and performance. Simulations such as prolonged bed rest can mimic some of these changes and provide study conditions that are more accessible than during space flight itself. Previous studies, including several long and short-term bed-rest campaigns supported by ESA, have yielded signif...

OBJECTIVE Emergency Departments (EDs) worldwide face the challenges of crowding, waiting times, and cost containment. This review aims to provide a synthesis of the current literature focused on how Lean Thinking Principles and tools can be applied in an ED to address overcrowding and hospital admissions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Primary studies showing Lean interventions and implementation in E...

It is known that demand and supply power balancing is an essential method to operate power delivery system and prevent blackouts caused by power shortage. In this paper, we focus on the implementation of demand response strategy to save power during peak hours by using Smart Grid. It is obviously impractical with centralized power control network to realize the real-time control performance, wh...

This study implements an algorithm for the autonomous control of spinal alignment during sleep by the active adjustment of mechanical bed characteristics according to the adopted sleep posture. Bed systems were used that allow active control of the mechanical stiffness in eight comfort zones by means of separately adjustable actuators. Mattress indentation measurements provide the input to dete...

in a novel dual bed reactor fischer-tropsch synthesis was studied by using two diffrent cobalt catalysts. an alkali-promoted cobalt catalyst was used in the first bed of a fixed-bed reactor followed by a rutenuim promoted cobalt catalyst in the second bed. the activity, product selectivity and accelerated deactivation of the system were assessed and compared with a conventional single bed react...

As prices on renewable energy electricity generation and storage technologies decrease, previous standard home end-users are also becoming producers (prosumers). Together with the increase of Smart Home automation need to manage energy-related interaction between consumers Grid through different Demand Response approaches, management becomes a complex multi-faceted problem, calling for an exten...