Recent research suggests that the resurgence of bed bugs in the U.S. has occurred at an alarming rate. Assumptions have been made that socioeconomic status is not associated with the prevalence of bed bug infestations. Little information is available at the local level, however, about the prevalence of bed bugs in private homes. The authors' pilot study aimed to identify prevalence, knowledge, ...

The paper outlines the concept of process intensification and integration, with a particular focus on sorption-enhanced, solid-catalyzed chemical processes. An alternative attractive solution to system parallel fixed-bed apparatuses is evaluated, which utilizes solids’ circulation in dual fluidized-bed reactor–regenerator system. This allows for continuous mode operation greatly simplifies cont...

This paper presents enhanced remote manipulation of tools for D&D tasks by extending teleoperation with teleautonomy and tele-collaboration. This work builds on a reactive, agent-based control architecture, which is well suited to unstructured and unpredictable environments, and cobot control technology, which implements a virtual fixture that can be used to guide the application of tools with ...

We propose new indicators for bivalve (oyster and mussel) beds on exposed intertidal flats, derived from dual-copolarization (HH + VV) TerraSAR-X, Radarsat-2, and ALOS-2 images of the German North Sea coast. Our analyses are based upon the Kennaugh element framework, and we show that different targets on exposed intertidal flats exhibit different radar backscattering characteristics, which mani...

Chemical looping gasification is a novel dual fluidized bed technology for the conversion of solid feedstock to nitrogen-free syngas without need pure oxygen. Recently, pilot plant has been erected advance chemical towards autothermal operation. For operation, solids flux between two reactors becomes important, as it transports required sensible heat in addition oxygen process. As reliable meth...

We report on the DynaSPOT (Dynamic Services Provisioned Optical Transport) test-bed – a next-generation metro ring architecture that facilitates provisioning of emerging services such as Triple Play, Video-on-Demand (VoD), Pseudo Wire Edge to Edge Emulation (PWE3), IPTV and Data Center Storage traffic. The test-bed is based on the recently proposed Strongly connected Light-trail (SLiT) technolo...