The Mars Polar Lander (MPL) mission was the first planetary mission to use Internet-based distributed ground operations where scientists and engineers collaborate in daily mission operations from multiple geographically distributed locations via the Internet. This paper describes the operations system, the Web Interface for Telescience (WITS), which was used by the MPL mission for Internet-base...

The Web Interface for Telescience (WITS) Paul G. Backes and Gregory K. Tharp Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California Kam S. Tso1 InfoAge Technologies Los Angeles, California Abstract The Web Interface for Telescience (WITS) has been developed to enable scientists to participate in planetary rover missions from their home institutions, rather than having...

OBJECTIVE The combination of generalized Procrustes superimposition (GPS) and principal component analysis (PCA) has been hypothesized to solve some of the problems plaguing traditional cephalometry. This study demonstrates how to establish the currently unclear relationship between the shape space defined by the first two principal components to the ANB angle, Wits appraisal, and GoGnSN angle,...

Much recent innovation in teaching economics has focused around active learning strategies, which are often difficult or impossible to implement in large classes. We have developed a system that uses handheld devices and wireless technology to facilitate interactive learning in large classes by putting technology in the hands of the students during class. The Wireless Interactive Teaching Syste...

سابقه و هدف: امروزه صنعتی شدن توسعه شهرنشینی باعث آلودگی هوا در اکثر کلان‌شهرهای جهان شده است سالانه میلیون­ ها نفر به ­علت جان خود را از دست می­ دهند. ﺑﺎ ﺗﻮﺟﻪ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺤﺪود ﺑﻮدن ﺷﺒﻜﻪ اﻳﺴﺘﮕﺎه‌ﻫﺎى ﭘﺎﻳﺶ آﻻﻳﻨﺪه‌ﻫﺎى ﻫﻮا ﻏﻴﺮ اﻗﺘﺼﺎدى اﻓﺰاﻳﺶ ﺗﻌﺪاد این اﻳﺴــﺘﮕﺎه‌ﻫا سطح شهرها، دﺳﺖ‌ﻳﺎﺑﻰ ﭘﻮﺷــﺶ ﻣﻜﺎﻧﻰ زﻣﺎﻧﻰ ﻣﻨﺎﺳــﺐ برای ﻧﺸﺎن دادن ﺗﻐﻴﻴﺮات ﻏﻠﻈﺖ ذرات آلاینده ﺑﺴﻴﺎر دﺷﻮار اﺳﺖ. بر اساس پژوهش حاضر با هدف تهیه نقشه ­ها...

This paper proposes representation dimensions of models of eXtensible Web-based Informationintensive Task-oriented Systems (X-WITS). The proposal is expressed in a unifying language that acts as the base for the construction of extensions and generation of texts, which are descriptions or narratives of interaction flows between end-users and X-WITS. The general architecture of XWITS is presente...