The national goal of the federal government of Germany is to have one million fully electric vehicles in use until year 2020. Since an average tour of vehicles in inner-city logistic is about 80km, it is promising that such logistic companies use electric vehicles for their tours. However, there are some reasons for doubts in companies: unknown behaviors, inaccurate range forecasts, and high co...

This contribution wishes to contribute to the present controversies and discussions about smart cities by sketching a framework for the affective smart city.

Toona sinensis Roem has an important value as a type of traditional vegetable and Chinese medicinal herb, and is also a valuable source of wood in China. In this study, we used the inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers to assess the level and pattern of genetic diversity in five domesticated T. sinensis populations in China. Our results i...

Air pollution over coastal port areas has become a major concern of today's world. As one the largest shipping countries, China issued series emission control policies to regulate air in these areas. This study investigated effectiveness by exploring spatiotemporal variations NO2 and SO2 five clusters i.e., Bohai Rim Area (BRA), Yangtze River Delta (YRD), Pearl (PRD), Southeast Coast (SEC) Sout...

The European Parliament has continuously supported these goals. It is a common understanding that this change will require a transition from monopolised hierarchically controlled Power networks to customer oriented Smart Grids operating in deregulated energy markets. However, this poses several regulatory, organizational and technical challenges to be identified and addressed. To that end sever...