The Workshop on Multi-modal Summarization for Trend information (MuST) has been encouraging researches on summarizing trends, which are an important first step of researches on technologies for supporting interactive and explorative information utilization. While MuST in the previous cycles provided the participants with a framework for encouraging researches by sharing the same research resour...

The aim of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of innovative programmes in construction. The term 'best practice' is commonly used in industry in to describe and disseminate cases where high levels of performance have been achieved. Several terminologies are used to describe this phenomenon, the best practice being the most widely used term. Best practices usually stimulate a desire in o...

The objectives of this study were to determine the mechanical work, the power output, and the angular kinematics of the lower limb and the linear kinematics of the barbell during the first and second pulls in the snatch lift event of the 2010 Women's World Weightlifting Championship, an Olympic qualifying competition, and to compare the snatch performances of the women weightlifters to those re...

This study is devoted to providing predictions of the pull-in parameters (pull-in voltage and pull-in displacement) of electro-statically actuated micro-beams based on a continuous model using Genetic Algorithm (GA) technique. A phenomenon in which the actuated electrode comes in direct contact with the fixed electrode due to the electrostatic force is called pull-in instability. Accurate deter...

reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for education or non-profit use without special permission of the copyright holder, if acknowledgement of the source is made. iv Acknowledgements The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) gratefully acknowledges the support of The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, which provided the initial funding for the push–pull programme ov...

Functional clustering of neurons is frequently observed in the motor cortex. However, it is unknown if, when, and how fine-scale (<100 μm) functional clusters form relative to voluntary forelimb movements. In addition, the implications of clustering remain unclear. To address these issues, we conducted two-photon calcium imaging of mouse layer 2/3 motor cortex during a self-initiated lever-pull...

Single-well reactive tracer tests, such as the push-pull test are useful tools for characterising in-situ bioattenuation processes in contaminated aquifers. However, the analytical models that are used to interpret push-pull data may be over-simplified, and potentially overlook important processes responsible for the frequent discrepancy between predicted and observed results obtained from push...