Abstract. Accurate traffic data are the basis for group control of elevators and its performance evaluation by trace driven simulation. The present practice estimates a time series of inter-floor passenger traffic based on commonly available elevator sensor data. The method demands that the sensor data be transformed into sets of passenger input-output data which are consistent in the sense tha...

Purpose. Although stair use in workplaces can provide an accessible means of integrating physical activity into work routines, there is little information available on how building design influences stair use. Design. This cross-sectional study assessed the relationship between stair use and the design and location of stairs. Setting. Ten threeor four-story academic buildings on two university ...

We propose a method for tracking multiple pedestrians using a binary sensor network. In our proposed method, sensor nodes are composed of pairs of binary sensors and placed at specific points, referred to as gates, where pedestrians temporarily change their movement characteristics, such as doors, stairs, and elevators, to detect pedestrian arrival and departure events. Tracking pedestrians in ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the informational, educational and instrumental environments among Mexican healthcare settings for their potential to promote physical activity (PA). MATERIALS AND METHODS The Environmental Physical Activity Assessment Tool for Healthcare Settings (EPATHS) was developed to assess the PA environments of 40 clinics/hospitals representing the three Mexican healthcare systems ...

One of the major impediments in using computer simulation to model and optimize construction processes has been the fact that decision makers often do not have the training nor the time to check the validity of simulation models prepared by others and thus have little confidence in the results. Animation is an increasingly popular technique that can be used to verify, debug and validate simulat...

Ten subjects served as their own controls in two conditions of continuous, centrifugally produced hypergravity (+2 Gz) and a 1-G control condition. Before and after exposure, open-loop measures were obtained of (1) motor control, (2) visual localization, and (3) hand-eye coordination. During exposure in the visual feedback/hypergravity condition, subjects received terminal visual error-correcti...

An instrument has been designed to combine a suction and an elevator for use in ear surgery.

A project work was done within the time frame of January to December 2004 in Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh. The main objective of this work is to design a Flexible Material Handling System (FMS) that can automatically synchronize its speed as per requirement. The system is designed for two types of conveyor system where the speed of the horizontal conveyor belt will be r...