It is well known that the content management system (CMS) and the broadcast management system (BMS) are the most essential components of an IPTV system. An IPTV system retrieves container files from the CMS and delivers them to the end users through the BMS. Therefore, most of research works about IPTV systems handle container files. However, a container is a mix of video, audio, computer graph...

Convergence is one of the most popular buzzwords in the academic, research, and industrial fields. One of the most successful examples of convergence is Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), a convergence of communication and broadcast methodologies. In this study we introduce the ‘Open IPTV System’ that allows subscribers to easily open their own IPTV broadcasting station. We then investigated ...

Stent fracture (SF) has been suggested to be an unusual cause of restenosis after drug eluting-stent implantation. However, angiographically visible SF after bare metal stent (BMS) implantation is extremely rare. We present a case of a 58 year-old male patient who presented with unstable angina secondary to a SF of a BMS within two months of elective percutaneous coronary intervention for right...

burning mouth syndrome (bms) is a relatively common disease that can severely affect the quality of life of the patient. it causes chronic orofacial pain or oral burning sensation even in the absence of any detectable organic cause. the etiology of bms is complex and multifactorial. it has been associated with menopause, trigger events and even genetic polymorphisms. although its etiology remai...

There are many recent efforts in developing wireless or partially wireless Building Management Systems (BMS). A key difference from developing a brand new wireless sensor application, where one can design the system from scratch, is that there exist wired building management systems and there is a full set of upper layer protocols developed and standardized. On-going studies on wireless BMS usu...

Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) is a chronic pain syndrome that mainly affects middle-aged/old women with hormonal changes or psychological disorders. This condition is probably of multifactorial origin, often idiopathic, and its etiopathogenesis remains largely enigmatic. The present paper discusses several aspects of BMS, updates current knowledge, and provides guidelines for patient management....

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) provide two main functions with regards to bridge inspections: (1) high-quality digital imaging detect element defects; (2) spatial point cloud data for the reconstruction of 3D asset models. With UAS being a relatively new inspection method, there is little in way existing framework storing, processing and managing resulting data. This study has proposed novel met...

The aim of this paper is to present the idea and starting points for an innovative facility resource monitoring system, which will be realized in a recently started research project: NoFaRe. NoFaRe’s goal is to enable low cost monitoring of electrical devices in buildings using advanced Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) techniques and evaluate its value in facility management based on Buildi...

This paper presents a two-level approach for the maintenance management of aging highway bridges that integrates two different probabilistic deterioration prediction models. The level-1 management is based on Markovian cumulative damage models that predict the macro-response of bridge structures. The level-2 management is based on quantitative reliability-based mechanistic deterioration models ...