This paper presents Presence-based, Context-sensitive Real-Time Collaboration (RTC), a new and emerging eCollaboration technology that has its roots in both the telecommunications and groupware market. The aim of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it offers a conceptualisation of RTC consisting of usage scenarios and four main building blocks – integration of communication channels, presenceawarene...

Irrigation scheduling requires an operational means to quantify plant water stress. Remote sensing may offer quick measurements with regional coverage that cannot be achieved by current ground-based sampling techniques. This study explored the relation between variability in fine-resolution measurements of canopy temperature and crop water stress in cotton fields in Central Arizona, USA. Using ...

This paper presents Real-Time Collaboration (RTC), a new and emerging type of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system that has its roots in both the telecommunications and groupware market. The aim of the paper is twofold. First, it outlines the evolution of RTC systems and offers a conceptualization of RTC consisting of usage scenarios and four main building blocks – integration ...

Road Traffic Crash (RTC) mortality and morbidity is one of the major public health problems in Karachi. In this study we used geographic information systems (GIS) to visualize and quantify the spatial distribution of RTC mortality and yearly trend from 2008 to 2012, for all 24 administrative subdivisions of Karachi, using Road Traffic Injury Research and Prevention Center's (RTIRPC) data. Cumul...

PURPOSE The University of Missouri School of Medicine developed the Rural Track Pipeline Program (MU-RTPP) to increase the supply and retention of rural physicians statewide. The MU-RTPP features a preadmissions program for rural students (Rural Scholars), a Summer Community Program for rising second-year students, a six-month Rural Track Clerkship (RTC) Program for third-year students, and a R...

The paper addresses performance modelling of safety critical Ethernet networks with special attention to in-car networks. A specific Ethernet/IP based in-car network is considered as use-case. The modelling is based on the analytical method Real-Time Calculus (RTC), providing hard bounds on delay and buffer utilization. We show how RTC can be applied on the use-case network. Furthermore, we dev...

To evaluate the performance of Real Time Control (RTC) urban drainage systems (UDS) a comparison is made with pre-RTC situation, making RTC dependent on functioning th...

Once relegated to mundane roles as glue logic—linking the CPUs, memory and I/O in computerbased systems—field-programmable gate arrays are moving into prime time. Today’s leading FPGA products boast multi-million gate counts, I/O pins in the high hundreds and true system chip-level functionality including embedded CPUs. As they continue to bulk up in all these directions, they’re evolving into ...

BACKGROUND Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are a leading cause of death. In low and middle income countries (LMIC) data to conduct hotspot analyses and safety audits are usually incomplete, poor quality, and not computerized. Police data are often limited, but there are no alternative gold standards. This project evaluates high road utilizer surveys as an alternative to police data to identify RTC ...

This paper presents real-time communication patterns (RTC-patterns) for capturing real-time requirements. RTCpatterns are formalized by using Message Sequence Charts (MSCs). The application of RTC-patterns to testing is shown by an example.