Background for slow steaming A combination of factors have led to the past two years becoming hugely challenging for certain sectors of the global merchant shipping industry. Th ese factors include: Th e downturn in the global economy, resulting in reduced transportation capacity demand Th e substantial global order book for new tonnage, a legacy from the boom years, resulting in record-high de...

The delivery of educational content via a web browser over the Internet anytime and anywhere is emerging as a new education channel. Today's rapidly changing technological environment demands that faculty maintain technological currency. Computer based and other tutorials have demonstrated success in helping faculty maintain technological competence and currency in the academic arena in the pas...

The effective equations of motion for a point charged particle taking account of radiation reaction are considered in various space-time dimensions. The divergencies steaming from the pointness of the particle are studied and the effective renormalization procedure is proposed encompassing uniformly the cases of all even dimensions. It is shown that in any dimension the classical electrodynamic...

Mobile real-time video streaming for web-casting and video conferencing conforming to the ITU-T H.264 data compression recommendations format is emergent. However, the quality of the video services for typical applications is hard to foreseen and sustain. Qualities of Services (QoS) approaches, such as video frame skipping techniques, are thus attractive to address the problem. Many conventiona...

BACKGROUND Rhizoma Chuanxiong (RC) is the dried rhizome of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., and various types of processed Rhizoma Chuanxiong (PRC) are widely used in China. However, quality assurance and quality control of these processed medicines remain challenging. This study aims to investigate the chemical compositions of various PRC preparations by a high-performance liquid chromatography (H...

The effective equations of motion for a point charged particle taking account of radiation reaction are considered in various space-time dimensions. The divergencies steaming from the pointness of the particle are studied and the effective renormalization procedure is proposed encompassing uniformly the cases of all even dimensions. It is shown that in any dimension the classical electrodynamic...

Address correspondence to: Sharon Cameron, Ph.D., Research Scientist and NHMRC Research Fellow, National Acoustic Laboratories, 126 Greville Street, Chatswood, NSW, 2067, Australia, [email protected]. as variances in inter-aural time and intensity differences between speech streams to separate a target auditory stimulus from distracting auditory stimuli (a process referred to as spatial...

Modern marine propulsion systems must be reliable, energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and economical. Efforts to reduce fuel costs carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per nautical mile have a significant impact on the choice of system. Considering that there is no alternative for maritime transport, various technical technological solutions are being considered aim improve efficiency negati...