An interactive visualization tool, Visualizing Metra, was developed for Metra, Chicago’s regional commuter rail system, to support decision-makers in different departments requiring information about Metra’s stations, lines, ridership, land use, surrounding stations and connections to other transportation facilities. The application was developed as an intranet application in Macromedia Dreamwe...

The existence of inpatient public health centers in remote areas needs to be supported with a data communication telemedicine system. The system includes remote station at each public health center which consists of telemedicine sensors such as the blood pressure monitor, the body temperature sensor, the electrocardiograph, the psych meter, and the heart rate monitor. The sensor circuits are co...

The bulk of our current knowledge about articulatory/acoustic sig that elicit discrete prosodic variation intentionally produced by through continuous variation in tempo and hypo–hyper articulatio prosodic boundaries as a means of resolving low-level tempo an of structural affordance for a prosodic boundary comes under d tion patterns of the gestures in the vicinity of this affordance comprehen...

Based on the theory of hydraulic transients and the method of characteristics (MOC), a mathematic model of the differential surge tank with pressure-reduction orifices (PROs) and overflow weirs for transient calculation is proposed. The numerical model of hydraulic transients is established using the data of a practical hydropower station; and the probable transients are simulated. The results ...

The Viking Landers measured pressure, wind speed and direction, and air temperature with a small boom [1]. Mars Pathfinder had the Atmospheric Structure Instrument on its lander and recorded pressure, air temperature and wind direction [2]. MSL has environment sensors within its payload as well: it is the REMS (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) instrument, which is in charge of recording ...

Previous station pull through techniques of anal canal pressure measurement have not truly represented the differences among individuals and between sexes in the length and pressure profile of the anal canal. Furthermore, the techniques commonly used in anal canal pressure determination have not been adequately compared or standardised. Therefore, a mechanised rapid pull through technique using...

background: one of the most widely used equipments in harvesting hay and grains are four wheel mowers. the aim of the present study was to determine the levels of noise exposure in drivers and bystanders in different states, speeds and gear of four wheel mowers (bcs model 622).   methods: the iso 5131 and iso 6814 standards were used to assess noise exposure in drivers and bystanders, respectiv...

In her paper, "Television and Politics in the Former East Germany," Claudia Dittmar analyzes how in the former East Germany (GDR) while television audience was restricted severly by government, at the same time West German broadcasts acquired a substantial audience and what the impact of these broadcasts had on the audience. West German television programs enjoyed a high level of popularity wit...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) provides an optimization methodology for deriving an efficiency score for each member of a set of peer decision-making units. Under the original DEA model it was assumed that there is constant returns to scale (CRS). This idea was later extended to the more general case that allowed for variable returns to scale (VRS). In both of these structures, it is assumed t...