Over the years, along with the progress and development of science and technology, the number and size of large vessels are enlarging continuously, which brings a lot of pressure to the pilots. To lighten the heavy burden of the pilots and decrease the possibility of the accident during the pilotage, the berthing system of large vessels is researched and implement. The system is an electronic c...

In this paper the satellite-based railway positioning systems are summarised. In the first part the advantages of the satellite-based railway systems, short summary of the GPS system and the application today are given. Further on a system model is presented which can help us to survey the whole transport process.

Besides assembling, processes like drilling, cutting and pasting are required in various operations to human bodies or micro-machines. Force control is essential to those dexterous operations even in the micro world. For this purpose, a prototype micro operation hand with two fingers constrained to parallel motion linkages was developed. It uses magnetic suspension technology so that fine force...

Environmental degradation is a global problem that requires the active and committed attention of many scholars. Green IS has emerged as the channel for IS scholars to contribute to resolving this problem. Five of the scholars who have done some early work in Green IS present their perspectives on the future directions of Green IS scholarship.

The explorations of individual films that have previously appeared in these pages have quite rightly sought to associate themselves with wider social issues, with the craft of filmmaking and with the vocation of the filmmaker; thereby positioning the film within a wide range of socio-cultural issues. It’s with a certain trepidation, then, that I dedicate the entirety of this piece to the study ...

This toolkit contains Z specifications for most known global constraints. The specifications are parameterised in order to remain as generic as possible, while providing a precise definition of the global constraint at hand.

This paper presents the findings from an ongoing research study on offshore IT outsourcing. Field work was carried out in India and in the UK to evaluate the scale and scope of outsourcing activities. CEOs and CIOs were interviewed in fifteen supplier firms in India and two customer firms in UK, about strategic positioning in the offshore outsourcing market; benefits and risks from outsourcing;...