The Passage mechanism introduced in this paper provides an easy and intuitive way to transport various types of digital objects by using also normal physical objects without any special identification tags. The current implementation of the Passage mechanism utilizes electronic scales and contact-free identification devices and thus allows for identification of arbitrary physical objects as wel...

A horizontal hermetic scroll compressor has been developed for applications with high heatof-compression gases, including natural gas, air and helium (cryogenics). The compressor is a low profile horizontal design with oil-flooded cooling of the compression process. Combined with components required for oil separation and cooling, this design provides a smooth, continuous compression process fe...

A field soil water balance model is developed for non-ponded “aerobic rice” in North China Plain. Increasing water scarcity necessitates the development of irrigated rice systems that require less water than traditional flooded rice. The aerobic rice is an effort to save water in response to growing worldwide water scarcity with the pressure to reduce water use and increase water productivity i...

Urbanization and climate change are the main driving force in development of sustainable strategies for managing water cities, such as urban drainage systems (SUDS). Previous studies have identified necessity to develop decision-making tools SUDS order adequately implement these structures. This study proposes a simulation–optimization methodology that aims ease process when selecting placing S...

Cadastre is the essential land register and the basis for many services in the area of land administration and land management. Although European parcel based cadastral system is used in many countries, differences in business processes between countries exist. Through a long period of time these differences have been adapting to development of technology, legislation and other conditions withi...

This paper describes the structure of the LAND USE SCANNER model, a GIS based model developed to generate spatial forecasts for various types of land use for a large number of grids. The model basically allocates land according to bid prices for various types of land use. The possibility of government intervention in land use is taken into account among others by adding aggregate constraints. T...