Rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) enables complete distribution of traveler information to end-users through the whole travel. European intelligent transportation system (ITS) architecture defines traveler information as specific functional area, and it comprises static and dynamic information about transport network condition, traveler information services a...

Maritime wireless mesh networks (MWMNs) are conceived to provide network connectivity for maritime users and enable them to communicate with correspondent users connected to terrestrial communication networks. The high cost and low data-rate of satellite and other legacy maritime communication technologies and systems deployed in MWMNs pose major limitation to establish reliable and affordable ...

A TERRITORY PROTECTED BY EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN NORTH AFRICA: THE CHAFARINAS ISLANDSThe archipelago of the Chafarinas Islands is easternmost Spanish territories in North Africa. It shares with rest rocks and islands fact that it outside framework Spain’s decentralised territorial administration depends directly on central State administration. Like Africa (including Ceuta Melilla), has b...

The International Maritime Organization has determined that more than 80% of maritime accidents are caused by human error. A variety of methods have been considered to reduce maritime accidents caused by such human error. Navigators operate by observing surrounding maritime situations and analyzing information using various navigational devices. This study proposes a system to ensure safe navig...

This would seem to contradict my earlier assessment of the 6th stage, but one should remember that in terms of the whole Australian maritime scene, it was but a drop in the ocean. Incidentally, while on the subject of the I.S.N., the reasons for its demise were improved road systems and haulage methods, but most of all, the excessive undercutting by the N.S.W. Railways. It is an indisputable fa...

Whole-genome sequencing has been hailed as the crucial next step in personalized medicine. It has also been described as likely violating hundreds—if not thousands—of pre-existing patents on individual genes. These claims of patent infringement, however, are usually made without detailed analysis. Instead of stating that infringement definitely occurs, or in what circumstances it occurs, the di...