physical activity is connected with adults’ health in many ways, and walking is the most popular form of physical activity among adults all over the world. the authors have previously studied this issue in an under-construction environment in a new town in a developing country. the present study investigates the impact of built environmental features and qualities on walkability in developed ar...

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Learning objects-based architectures often allows the creation of coarse-granular learning resources by aggregating learning objects retrieved mainly from well-structured public repositories. Nonetheless, the learning resource building process is not exactly trivial, since proper selecting and sequencing strategies must be applied in order to make it useful for learning purposes, as well as to ...

A major problem for applying self-test techniques to MEMS is the multi-domain nature of the sensing parts that require special test equipment for stimuli generation. In this work we describe, for three different types of MEMS that work in different energy domains, how the required non-electrical test stimuli can be induced onchip by means of electrical signals. This provides the basis for addin...

• Complete Engine Shop solution built to support the reduction in engine overhaul turnaround times and increase quality by supporting and considering all major processes within Engine Induction, Disassembly, NDT Testing, Component Routing, Third Party Maintenance, Material Marshalling and Assembly Maintenance. CMRO for Engine Shops The true value of any maintenance information system is reveale...

Agent-based models are now used in numerous application domains (ecology, social sciences, etc.) but their use is still impeded by the lack of generic yet ready-to-use tools supporting the design and the simulation of complex models integrating multiple level of agency and realistic environments. The GAMA modeling and simulation platform is proposed to address such issues. It allows modelers to...

Current means of transportation for daily commuting are reaching their limits during peak travel times, which results in environmental issues due to wasted fuel and loss of time and money. A study commissioned by the European Union entitled ‘Out of the Box’ considers a personal aerial transportation system (PATS) as a viable alternative for transportation to and from work. The study also acknow...

In many scientific investigatiti and commercial applications, the data collected directly cannot be used readily. They have to be processed, analyzed and amotated before they are ready for use. We present au Universal Books Management System that manages multiple related data sets using a data model called a book. A book includes holdings of com~nts that describe certain objeds (such as databas...

This paper, co-authored by BT and Telspec, describes the architecture, development and deployment of the recorded information distribution equipment (RIDE) replacement platform. The platform delivers large volumes of announcements into the PSTN yet has an internal architecture built on a multicast QoS-enabled VoIP network and provides a ready-made evolution path to terminate calls originated fr...