A transport system with passengers traveling between stations in periodically arriving cabins is considered. We propose and evaluate an access control algorithm that dynamically limits the number of passengers allowed to board the current cabin. Simulations of a ski resort lift with empirical passenger data suggests that such access control can balance out the average waiting times at different...

We extend the classic online ski rental problem, so that the rental price may change over time. We consider several models which differ in the knowledge given to the algorithm: whereas the price development is unknown, an algorithm may have full, partial or no knowledge about the duration of the game. We construct algorithms whose competitive ratios are up to constant or logarithmic factors opt...

This paper estimates hedonic price models for a sample of 610 vacation rental houses located in the vicinity of a lake and four-season ski-golf resort. Hedonic semi-logarithmic regression models are estimated for peak summer and peak winter rentals for 2008. The regression estimates for weekly rental prices are conditioned on explanatory variables for house size, house quality, and recreation f...

Human Pim1 kinase is a serine/threonine protein kinase that plays important biological roles in cell survival, apoptosis, proliferation, and differentiation. Moreover, Pim1 is up-regulated in various hematopoietic malignancies and solid tumors. Thus, Pim1 is an attractive target for cancer therapeutics, and there has been growing interest in developing small molecule inhibitors for Pim1. Here, ...

Take-off and transition phase were compared with the use of 2D videography by the competitors in ski-jumping and Nordic combined. The basic material was recorded at the events World Cup Liberec’99 and Championship of the Czech Republic. The quality of the motor abilities that are necessary for the performance was measured in the biomechanical laboratory tests. The take-off velocity as well as t...

The research project Smart Ski Goggles investigated how to enhance visitor experience while skiing on a mountain by delivering real-time information and a navigation system using state-of-the-art data ski goggles (Oakley Airwave). Information about lifts, slopes, weather, hospitality, social media and even navigation (e.g. to huts and lifts) were integrated into a single application allowing us...