Traditionally, a stand-alone client application is rendered collaborative for members of a team either by sharing its view or by re-writing it as a collaborative client. However, it may not be possible to anticipate in advance all preferences for collaboration, hence such a client may appear confusing to some of the team members. We propose a novel client/server architecture for tkbased applica...

The stand-alone microbeam at Columbia University presents a novel approach to biological microbeam irradiation studies. Foregoing a conventional accelerator as a source of energetic ions, a small, high-specific-activity, alpha emitter is used. Alpha particles emitted from this source are focused using a compound magnetic lens consisting of 24 permanent magnets arranged in two quadrupole triplet...

A system has been developed, the primary function of which is to continually display the position, shape, and intensity of the charged particle beam being delivered to the experiment. The system is modular for easy maintenance and is a stand-alone device independent of any computer.

One of foremost problems in stand-alone photovoltaic systems consists on the election of a strategy for charge controllers. The charge controllers main function is the accumulation system protection, and this leads to an extension of the batteries lifetime, thus reducing, the long term economic cost of the installation. This document describes a Fuzzy Logic based charge controller. In order to ...

We introduce a Query-by-Example (QbE) application for smart-phone devices that implements a recently proposed memory-efficient dynamic programming algorithm [1] for the task of keyword search. The application compares acoustic keywords with the audio input from the microphone and reacts to detected keywords with actions in the phone. These keywords are recorded by the user, who also defines wha...

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive cortical imaging technique that provides many of the advantages of cortical fMRI with additional benefits of low cost, portability, and increased temporal resolution-features that make it potentially ideal for clinical diagnostic applications. However, the usefulness of NIRS is contingent on the ability to reliably localize the measured signal...

This paper deals with the optimal design of a stand-alone hybrid system composed of wind turbines, solar photovoltaic panels and batteries. To compensate for a possible lack of energy from these sources, an auxiliary fuel generator guarantees to meet the demand in every case but its use induces important costs. We have chosen a two-stage robust approach to take account of the stochastic behavio...

We present a survey of the current OWL reasoner landscape. Through literature and web search we have identified 35 OWL reasoners that are, at least to some degree, actively maintained. We conducted a survey directly addressing the respective developers, and collected 33 responses. We present an analysis of the survey, characterising all reasoners across a wide range of categories such as suppor...

Small-scale hybrid stand-alone power systems are becoming popular alternatives in remote and island areas where grid connection is not economically or technically viable. Harnessing the abundant supply of wind and solar energy can play an important role in ensuring an environmentally friendly and clean energy generation for remote and isolated communities. However, renewable energy sources are ...