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Emerging and vector-borne diseases: Role of high spatial resolution and hyperspectral images in analyses and forecasts
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2002-03)
Many infectious diseases that are emerging or transmitted by arthropod vectors have a strong link to landscape features. Depending on the source of infection or ecology of the transmitting vector, micro-habitat characteristics ...
Vicher: A virtual reality based educational module for chemical reaction engineering
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996)
Virtual reality has the potential to be a powerful new tool in engineering education by bringing experience‐based learning to all students, addressing the needs of students with alternate learning styles, and providing ...
Finite element modeling of 3D turning of titanium
(Springer-Verlag, 2005-09-14)
The finite element modeling and experimental validation of 3D turning of grade two commercially pure titanium are presented. The Third Wave AdvantEdge machining simulation software is applied for the finite element modeling. ...
Fault recovery in distributed processing loop networks
(Elsevier, 1988-09)
A graph model is introduced to formalize the fault recovery process in distributed loop networks. This model is applicable to centralized as well as distributed recovery. Key fault tolerance and recovery parameters including ...
Higher knowledge for higher aspirations
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005)
With escalating expectations and opportunities for HR professionals to add greater value comes the mandate for greater knowledge about the fundamental driving forces of business. Business leaders and employees increasingly ...
Spatial process and data models: Toward integration of agent-based models and GIS
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2005-05)
The use of object-orientation for both spatial data and spatial process models facilitates their integration, which can allow exploration and explanation of spatial-temporal phenomena. In order to better understand how ...
The effect of surface relaxation and atomic vibration on the equilibrium shape of gold and copper crystallites
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; ESCOM Science Publishers B.V. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-04)
The free energy of surfaces along the <011> pole in gold and copper is determined to assess the effect of surface relaxation and atomic vibration on the equilibrium crystal shape of gold and copper. The Wulff construction ...
Experience with adaptive mobile applications in Odyssey
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-12)
In this paper, we present our experience with application-aware adaptation in the context of Odyssey, a platform for mobile data access. We describe three applications that we have modified to run on Odyssey – a video ...
An extended relational document retrieval model
(Elsevier, 1988)
Relational Data Base Management Systems offer a commercially available tool with which to build effective document retrieval systems. The full potential of the relational model for supporting the kind of ad hoc inquiry ...