objective: to systematically review the current literature of simulation in healthcare including the structured steps in the emergency healthcare sector by proposing a framework for simulation in the emergency department. methods: for the purpose of collecting the data, pubmed and acm databases were used between the years 2003 and 2013. the inclusion criteria were to select english-written arti...

The power electronics inverter can be considered as the weakest link in an electric drive system, hence the focus of this research work is on the detection of fault conditions of the inverter. A machine learning framework is developed to systematically select torque-speed domain operation points, which in turn are fed to an electric drive model to generate signals for training an artificial neu...

We present an introduction to the rapidly growing field of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide, tracing its development from the original proof-of-concept experiments a decade ago to its present, highly evolved state. The potential of epitaxial graphene as a new electronic material is now being recognized. Whether the ultimate promise of graphene-based electronics will ever be realized remain...

This paper presents a mailbox-based scheme for designing flexible and adaptive message delivery protocols in mobile agent (MA) systems. The scheme associates each mobile agent with a mailbox while allowing the decoupling between them, i.e., a mobile agent can migrate to a new site without bringing its mailbox. By separating the concerns of locating the mailbox of a mobile agent and delivering a...

This paper deals with architecture of highly reliable digital circuits based on totally self checking blocks implemented in FPGAs. A duplex system is used as a basic structure of this reliable design. The whole design implemented in FPGA is divided into individual functional parts. Every part is modified to ensure totally self checking properties, which are calculated using our method of detail...

Advances in power electronics enable efficient and flexible interconnection of renewable sources, loads and electric grids. While targets concerning efficiency of power converters are within reach, recent research endeavors to predict and improve their reliability to ensure high availability, low maintenance costs, and therefore, low Levelized-Cost-of-Energy (LCOE) of renewable energy systems. ...

This paper presents a vision-based obstacle avoidance algorithm for a small indoor mobile robot built from low-cost, and off-the-shelf electronics. The obstacle avoidance problem in robotics has been researched extensively and there are many well established algorithms for this problem. However, most of these algorithms are developed for large robots with expensive, specialised sensors, and pow...

The smart textiles field, which includes e-textiles, has seen rapid development in recent years due to its wide market applications such as wearables, architecture, energy and product design. Electronic circuits of e-textiles involve devices LEDs, sensors batteries that are embedded within the yarns. Since temperature is a crucial element causing profound problems electronic when it exceeds cer...