It is widely recognized that temporal aspects are indispensable for Web Service modeling. Unfortunately, the current Semantic web Services description languages suffer from the lack of useful concepts needed for timing description. For this purpose, we propose a global methodology for the specification of timing behavior with an extended OWL-S ontology and verification of temporal properties wi...

Contrast in optical coherence tomography (OCT) images can be enhanced by utilizing surface plasmon resonant gold nanoparticles. To improve the poor in vivo transport of gold nanoparticles through biological barriers, an efficient delivery strategy is needed. In this study, the improved penetration and distribution of gold nanoparticles were achieved by microneedle and ultrasound, respectively, ...

Efficient road traffic incident handling is essential to the overall operations of transport management. Traffic incident handling requires fast and accurate retrieval of contact information for senior executives, as well as that for the intervention crew near the incident location. A user interface mock-up based on multimodal user interaction technology is presented to provide traffic control ...

This paper presents a migration strategy for a set of mobile agents (MAs) in order to satisfy customers’ requests in a transport network, through a multimodal information system. In this context, we propose an optimization solution which operates on two levels. The first one aims to constitute a set of MAs building their routes, called Workplans. At this level, Workplans must incorporate all no...

This paper describes a multimodal transportation network (MTN) in which several unimodal networks (AGVs, hoists, lifts, suspended monorail systems, etc.) interact each other via common shared workstations as to provide a variety of demand-responsive workpiece transportation/handling services. The set of transport modes provides connection support for production flows treated as agents trying to...

This paper concerns the domain of Supply Chain Network Infrastructure (SCNI) usually observed in the multimodal transportation systems such as Multimodal Passenger Transport Systems supported by lines of buses, trains, etc., and focuses on the scheduling problems encountered in these systems. SCNI can be modeled as a network of lines providing cyclic routes for particular kinds of stream-like m...

Flat panel detectors have revolutionized tomographic imaging in the angio suite. Recent developments in hardware and software have improved soft tissue resolution and acquisition time even further, enabling soft-tissue and perfusion imaging within the angio suite. The so called “one-stop-shop” stroke imaging with flat panel detector computed tomography (FDCT) will significantly improve door to ...

[1] Large rivers are major conduits for sediment and nutrient transport and play an important role in global biogeochemical cycles. While smaller rivers received attention in recent decades for hyporheic exchange and nutrient uptake, fewer studies have focused on the dynamics of surface storage zones in large rivers. We investigate transport dynamics in the St. Clair River, an international riv...

The road network constitutes the main part of transport system for both passenger and freight traffic. Achieving a sustainable including multimodal terminals, autonomous vehicles, intelligent systems, infrastructure are considered to be important design areas. efficient use is essential in terms economic, environmental social sustainability. Therefore, it necessary develop methods optimizing tr...

Route guidance is an emerging mobile computing application domain. Soundscapes or acoustic environments are a perceptually important part of people's location awareness and navigation. In this paper, we present how non-speech audio can be used to complement speech-based and graphical route information in mobile public transport guidance. We present TravelMan, a mobile multimodal pedestrian and ...