The understanding of human mobility patterns is key for the development and evaluation of ubiquitous applications. To overcome the scarcity and difficulties in capturing mobility data, models have been devised. In general, each model replicates some of the observed metrics, while neglecting others. However, all tend to ignore diversity, in the roles and goals of the users but also in the device...

Joint mobility was assessed in 80 consecutive adult noninsulin-dependent diabetic (NIDD) patients and 47 nondiabetic controls matched for age and sex. Impairment of mobility was observed in 36 NIDD patients but only 7 controls (p less than 0.01). There was no significant differences between diabetic patients with and without impaired mobility with regards to age, duration of diabetes, mean dail...

realistic mobility models can demonstrate more precise evaluation results because their parameters are closer to the reality. in this paper a realistic fuzzy mobility model has been proposed. this model has rules which are changeable depending on nodes and environmental conditions. it seems that this model is more complete than other mobility models.after simulation, it was found out that not o...

a chromium electroplating bath with the ability to produce homogenous mist was used to evaluate parameters influencing hexavalent chromium (cr+6) mist sampling methods. the results of 48 cr+6mist samples collected using the u.s. national institute for occupational safety and health method 7600showed that cr+6concentration was higher: (1) for sampling by closed-face filter cassettes than for sam...

the mobility of entrepreneurs, which is an integral part of human life, can occur in all aspects of occupation and location. finding out the general trends of mobility in entrepreneurship can be used in the effective motivational activities. as sylhet is a remittance and raw materials rich but industrially backward area, the mobility of entrepreneurship in both aspects in this area is to be ana...

We present an alternative method for measuring ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet pulses that can be synchronized with an intense infrared pulse. The method, based on photoionization of a target atom by the extremeultraviolet pulse in the presence of the infrared pulse, has a potential accuracy of close to 1 fs and is susceptible to single-shot operation. It is demonstrated on harmonic 15 of a tita...

Communication technology of future networks is predicted to provide a large variety of services including WiFi service in vehicular network. In this paper, we assume that vehicles are embedded with WiMAX antenna and in-vehicle terminals receive WiMAX traffic through WiFi interface. This assumption will impose severe performance degradation due to interference among mobile BSSs when WiFi access ...

The identification of quantitative tools to assess an individual's mobility limitation is a complex and challenging task. Several motor tasks have been designated as potential indicators of mobility limitation. In this study, a multiple motor task obtained by sequencing sit-to-stand and upright posture was used. Algorithms based on data obtained exclusively from a single force platform were dev...