Traditionally, references to web content have been made by using URL hyperlinks. However, as links are 'broken' when content is moved to another location, a reference system based on URLs is inherently unstable and poses risks for continued access to web resources. To create a more reliable system for referring to published material on the web, from the mid-1990s a number of schemes have been d...

One of the major obstacles in developing high quality content for learning is the substantial development cost and effort. In addition, the return on investment is often low, as developed learning materials are difficult to reuse and adapt to new and different educational contexts. In this paper, we present a semi-automatic content assembly methodology to automate, at least partially, the reuse...

We describe prototype production of sheet-type thermoelectric power generation modules using the printable thermoelectric materials and flexible sheet substrate. By the use of the printed electronics processes, the degree of freedom in designing the size and shape of the modules were improved. The power generation scale of a module has about 60 cm active area reached to sub m W order at a tempe...

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A new and innovative approach is presented to integrate sensors in materials and set up “smart materials”. Semi-finished parts are functionalized by printed sensors and printed interconnects. These functionalized parts are then further processed to components. This is a new and simple approach to integrate sensors in a material. Two examples of printed sensors and the process of integration are...

In this paper, we have investigated printed monopole antennas, which is basically printed microstrip antenna with etched ground plane for UWB applications. In particular, we have simulated two types of UWB printed monopole antennas: circular and modified circular disk monopole antennas. Simple rectangular microstrip lines are used for feeding the printed monopole antennas. This UWB monopole ant...

BACKGROUND Communication between families and providers in the ICU affects patient and family outcomes and use of health-care resources. Recent research studies have tested interventions designed to improve communication quality and outcomes between providers and families of patients in the ICU. We conducted a systematic review of these studies. METHODS We searched the MEDLINE, PsychInfo, Coc...

Digital Watermarking is a labeling technique for digital images which embeds a code into the digital data so the data is marked. Watermarking techniques previously developed deal with on-line digital data and have been developed to withstand digital attacks such as image processing, compression and geometric transformations. In this paper we deal with printed images rather than on-line data. An...