An original electronic device for compensating ratio and phase-displacement errors, of measuring current transformers and clamp-on probes, is proposed. It is specially intended for low-frequency applications (power frequency and its harmonic components), where the magnetizing current is the main cause of measuring errors. This system reduces the magnetic flux in the transformer core, reducing i...

The introduction of a Central Reservation System (CRS) for Jersey was a key objective of the Island's government, a need whlch was strongly supported by the tourism industry. The aims of the Jersey Central Reservations System are to provide an easy, quick and cost-effective way for the off-island trade and consumer to book hotel by Emma Pallot Jersey Tourism and guest house accommodation in Jer...

In a multi-user communication system, cooperative diversity allows single-antenna mobile sets to achieve transmit diversity. Cooperative diversity improves the communication capacity and enhances the robustness of a wireless link when a single channel alone is not reliable. In this paper, a novel cooperative diversity scheme is introduced that enables simultaneous transmission of non-redundant ...

In recent years, various sensors are embedded into a so-called smartphone. A human-probe community is paying great attention to a smartpohne as a sensing node because it allows users to participate sensing activity easily. However, on-body localization of a sensor is critical issue if we utilize a smartphone as a sensing platform for human-probe. For instance, acceleration, temperature or humid...

Automatic test systems that check components “in-circuit” have reawakened interest in multiterminal techniques for measuring impedance, initially developed for laborato y applications. State-of-theart impedance measurement methods, incorporated in complex bridge configurations, use as many as ‘four-pair” (or eight-terminals “for determining a single component value. Starting with “two-terminal:...

This paper presents a software framework, called Collaborator, to provide a shared work-space supporting the activities of virtual teams. This system exploits seamless integration of standard Web technologies with agent technologies, enhancing the classic Web communication mechanisms to support synchronous sharing of applications, and its use through emerging technologies such as: third generat...

Car Logistics: The motivating case study is inspired by the operation of the sea port of Bremen, Germany. The port receives ships loaded with cars and has to organize their delivery. The operation of the system involves numerous entities (Ships, Cars, Gates, Landing Manager, Unloading Managers, Terminals, Treatment Areas, Delivery Managers, Delivery Gates, Trucks...), each responsible of specif...

This review paper presents analytical information regarding the transfer of TCP data flows on paths towards interconnected wireless systems, with emphasis on 3G cellular networks. The focus is on protocol modifications in face of problems arising from terminal mobility and wireless transmission. The objective of this paper is not to present an exhaustive review of the literature, but to filter ...

1Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA 2Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Baltimore, MD, USA 3National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods, National Institute of En...

INTRODUCTION There is an increased prevalence of back pain associated with professional drivers [1]. It has been shown that up to 50 percent or 6 hours of an urban police officer’s shift is spent seated in a vehicle and on average 40 percent of in vehicle time involves data entry or retrieval activities with the mobile data terminal (MDT) [2]. The purpose of this investigation was to quantify p...