SAN JOSE,Calif.-September 9,2004-Power Integrations,Inc.(NASDAQ:POWI),the leading supplier of high-voltageanalog integrated circuits used in power conversion, todayintroduced LNK302,a new member of the company'sLi...SAN JOSE,Calif.-September 9,2004-Power Integrations,Inc.(NASDAQ:POWI),the leading supplier of high-voltageanalog integrated circuits used in power conversion, todayintroduced LNK302,a new member of the company'sLinkSwitch-TN family of AC- DC power conversion ICs.Designed as a cost-effective replacement for bulky,energy-wasting capacitive droppers and linear transformers,the LinkSwitch-TN family is ideal for use in home applianceand industrial control applications.The addition of展开更多
Aim: The majority of guidelines recommended the significance of home-based blood pressure (home-BP) measurement. The present study explored that to what extent, general practitioners (GPs) were aware of the importance...Aim: The majority of guidelines recommended the significance of home-based blood pressure (home-BP) measurement. The present study explored that to what extent, general practitioners (GPs) were aware of the importance of home-BP in the daily clinical practice. Method: We sent out questionnaires to GPs who had been specialized in nephrology and hypertension. The questions focused on the awareness of home-BP and the selections of antihypertensive agents for refractory hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Results: 1) The majority (95.9%) of the responding GPs had utilized home-BP in their clinical practice. 2) When prescribing a single agent for hypertensive CKD patients, the majority of GPs (87.3%) chose ARB for the first line drug, and Ca channel blockers (CCB) were the second. 3) As an add-on drug to the pre-treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), the majority preferred CCB (82.7%) to diuretics (21.8%). In addition, a fixed combination formula of antihypertensive medication consisting of ARB plus diuretic was accepted by the majority of GPs (78.7%). 4) To improve morning hypertension in patients treated with two or more drugs, 87.8% of the doctors agreed that additional night-time dosing could be useful. The choices of the agents given at night-time varied, mainly with α1-blockers (40.6%), followed by α-blockers (30.5%) and α-methyldopa (19.8%). Conclusion: The majority of GPs in Japan are aware of the importance of the home-BP-based management of CKD. They mainly chose ARB as a first line drug, and ARB plus CCB as an add-on therapy.展开更多
The aim of this work was to investigate the electrical resistance change of electro-textiles manufactured using cotton fabrics with stainless steel and silver plated PA yarns incorporation after being subjected to hom...The aim of this work was to investigate the electrical resistance change of electro-textiles manufactured using cotton fabrics with stainless steel and silver plated PA yarns incorporation after being subjected to home laundering, i.e. detergent washing and silicone softening. Electrical resistances of conductive yams inside the fabric structure were compared and discussed statistically before and after washing and softener application. Greatest changes in electrical resistances were observed with samples including silver plated PA yams. After five washing cycles with detergent, silicone softening agent is removed from yarns by washing, and thus conductivity increases. Further washing of e-textiles with detergent for five more cycles causes decrease in conductivity, because of chemical effects of detergent and mechanical effects of washing process such as abrasion due to friction. Detergent which has negative reactive sites bonds with metal ions reduces conductivity.展开更多
从移动终端受限性出发,基于M ob ile A gent以实现个人移动性,对移动代理平台进行提取,将其作为移动终端操作系统的一部分。提出了使用与WAP协议有良好接口,且扩展性很强的外部功能接口(EF I)实现的移动代理平台以及提供业务和接口的移...从移动终端受限性出发,基于M ob ile A gent以实现个人移动性,对移动代理平台进行提取,将其作为移动终端操作系统的一部分。提出了使用与WAP协议有良好接口,且扩展性很强的外部功能接口(EF I)实现的移动代理平台以及提供业务和接口的移动代理。并给出了一个使用EF I实现的流媒体下载的实例。展开更多
Two artificial agents(a humanoid robot and a virtual human) are enriched with various similar intelligence,autonomy, functionalities and interaction modalities. The agents are integrated in the form of a cyber-physica...Two artificial agents(a humanoid robot and a virtual human) are enriched with various similar intelligence,autonomy, functionalities and interaction modalities. The agents are integrated in the form of a cyber-physical-social system(CPSS) through a shared communication platform to create a social ecology. In the ecology, the agents collaborate(assist each other) to perform a real-world task(search for a hidden object)for the benefits of humans. A robot-virtual human bilateral trust model is derived and a real-time trust measurement method is developed. The role of taking initiative in the collaboration is switched between the agents following a finite state machine model triggered by bilateral trust, which results in a mixedinitiative collaboration. A scheme is developed to evaluate the performance of the agents in the ecology through the CPSS.The results show that the robot and the virtual human perform satisfactorily in the collaboration through the CPSS. The results thus prove the effectiveness of the real-world ecology between artificial agents of heterogeneous realities through a shared platform based on trust-triggered mixed-initiatives. The results can help develop adaptive social ecology comprising intelligent agents of heterogeneous realities to assist humans in various tasks through collaboration between the agents in the form of a CPSS.展开更多
DCR-OL is a Distributed Collaborative Reasoning multi-agent model with an Online Learning thataims to identify human activities in smart homes from distributed, heterogeneous and dynamicsensor data. In this model, dis...DCR-OL is a Distributed Collaborative Reasoning multi-agent model with an Online Learning thataims to identify human activities in smart homes from distributed, heterogeneous and dynamicsensor data. In this model, distributed learning agents with diverse classifiers, detect sensorstream data, make local predictions, communicate and collaborate to identify current activities.Then, they learn from their collaborations to improve their own performance in activity recognition.Conflict resolution strategies are applied to generate one final predicted activity when thelocal predicted activity of an agent is different from received predicted activities of other agents.In this paper, two conflict resolution strategies using online learning, w-max-trust and w-maxfreq,are proposed. We experimentally test these strategies by performing an evaluation studyon the Aruba dataset. The obtained results indicate an enhancement in terms of accuracy and Fmeasuremetrics compared to the offline strategies max-trust and max-freq and also to the onlineexisting one max-wPerf .展开更多
As China’s population ages and the notion of contemporary people evolves,an increasing number of elderly people opt to spend their final years in a nursing home.Recently,there have been more fires in nursing faciliti...As China’s population ages and the notion of contemporary people evolves,an increasing number of elderly people opt to spend their final years in a nursing home.Recently,there have been more fires in nursing facilities for the elderly.As a result,using computer simulation technology,this paper creates an evacuation micro-simulation model for the elderly and nursing staff,investigates the impact of psychological characteristics and evacuation behavior of the elderly and nursing staffon fire escape during the fire evacuation process,and designs fire evacuation for nursing homes.Based on the nursing home’s regular evacuation paradigm,the study examines the behavioral elements.To simulate the three models and the influence of various behavioral and psychological features on fire evacuation,the authors utilized the MATLAB software,which is based on Agent theory and cellular automata.The simulation results show that the three models proposed in this study are capable of accurately describing reality.展开更多
文摘SAN JOSE,Calif.-September 9,2004-Power Integrations,Inc.(NASDAQ:POWI),the leading supplier of high-voltageanalog integrated circuits used in power conversion, todayintroduced LNK302,a new member of the company'sLinkSwitch-TN family of AC- DC power conversion ICs.Designed as a cost-effective replacement for bulky,energy-wasting capacitive droppers and linear transformers,the LinkSwitch-TN family is ideal for use in home applianceand industrial control applications.The addition of
文摘Aim: The majority of guidelines recommended the significance of home-based blood pressure (home-BP) measurement. The present study explored that to what extent, general practitioners (GPs) were aware of the importance of home-BP in the daily clinical practice. Method: We sent out questionnaires to GPs who had been specialized in nephrology and hypertension. The questions focused on the awareness of home-BP and the selections of antihypertensive agents for refractory hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Results: 1) The majority (95.9%) of the responding GPs had utilized home-BP in their clinical practice. 2) When prescribing a single agent for hypertensive CKD patients, the majority of GPs (87.3%) chose ARB for the first line drug, and Ca channel blockers (CCB) were the second. 3) As an add-on drug to the pre-treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), the majority preferred CCB (82.7%) to diuretics (21.8%). In addition, a fixed combination formula of antihypertensive medication consisting of ARB plus diuretic was accepted by the majority of GPs (78.7%). 4) To improve morning hypertension in patients treated with two or more drugs, 87.8% of the doctors agreed that additional night-time dosing could be useful. The choices of the agents given at night-time varied, mainly with α1-blockers (40.6%), followed by α-blockers (30.5%) and α-methyldopa (19.8%). Conclusion: The majority of GPs in Japan are aware of the importance of the home-BP-based management of CKD. They mainly chose ARB as a first line drug, and ARB plus CCB as an add-on therapy.
文摘The aim of this work was to investigate the electrical resistance change of electro-textiles manufactured using cotton fabrics with stainless steel and silver plated PA yarns incorporation after being subjected to home laundering, i.e. detergent washing and silicone softening. Electrical resistances of conductive yams inside the fabric structure were compared and discussed statistically before and after washing and softener application. Greatest changes in electrical resistances were observed with samples including silver plated PA yams. After five washing cycles with detergent, silicone softening agent is removed from yarns by washing, and thus conductivity increases. Further washing of e-textiles with detergent for five more cycles causes decrease in conductivity, because of chemical effects of detergent and mechanical effects of washing process such as abrasion due to friction. Detergent which has negative reactive sites bonds with metal ions reduces conductivity.
文摘从移动终端受限性出发,基于M ob ile A gent以实现个人移动性,对移动代理平台进行提取,将其作为移动终端操作系统的一部分。提出了使用与WAP协议有良好接口,且扩展性很强的外部功能接口(EF I)实现的移动代理平台以及提供业务和接口的移动代理。并给出了一个使用EF I实现的流媒体下载的实例。
文摘Two artificial agents(a humanoid robot and a virtual human) are enriched with various similar intelligence,autonomy, functionalities and interaction modalities. The agents are integrated in the form of a cyber-physical-social system(CPSS) through a shared communication platform to create a social ecology. In the ecology, the agents collaborate(assist each other) to perform a real-world task(search for a hidden object)for the benefits of humans. A robot-virtual human bilateral trust model is derived and a real-time trust measurement method is developed. The role of taking initiative in the collaboration is switched between the agents following a finite state machine model triggered by bilateral trust, which results in a mixedinitiative collaboration. A scheme is developed to evaluate the performance of the agents in the ecology through the CPSS.The results show that the robot and the virtual human perform satisfactorily in the collaboration through the CPSS. The results thus prove the effectiveness of the real-world ecology between artificial agents of heterogeneous realities through a shared platform based on trust-triggered mixed-initiatives. The results can help develop adaptive social ecology comprising intelligent agents of heterogeneous realities to assist humans in various tasks through collaboration between the agents in the form of a CPSS.
文摘DCR-OL is a Distributed Collaborative Reasoning multi-agent model with an Online Learning thataims to identify human activities in smart homes from distributed, heterogeneous and dynamicsensor data. In this model, distributed learning agents with diverse classifiers, detect sensorstream data, make local predictions, communicate and collaborate to identify current activities.Then, they learn from their collaborations to improve their own performance in activity recognition.Conflict resolution strategies are applied to generate one final predicted activity when thelocal predicted activity of an agent is different from received predicted activities of other agents.In this paper, two conflict resolution strategies using online learning, w-max-trust and w-maxfreq,are proposed. We experimentally test these strategies by performing an evaluation studyon the Aruba dataset. The obtained results indicate an enhancement in terms of accuracy and Fmeasuremetrics compared to the offline strategies max-trust and max-freq and also to the onlineexisting one max-wPerf .
文摘As China’s population ages and the notion of contemporary people evolves,an increasing number of elderly people opt to spend their final years in a nursing home.Recently,there have been more fires in nursing facilities for the elderly.As a result,using computer simulation technology,this paper creates an evacuation micro-simulation model for the elderly and nursing staff,investigates the impact of psychological characteristics and evacuation behavior of the elderly and nursing staffon fire escape during the fire evacuation process,and designs fire evacuation for nursing homes.Based on the nursing home’s regular evacuation paradigm,the study examines the behavioral elements.To simulate the three models and the influence of various behavioral and psychological features on fire evacuation,the authors utilized the MATLAB software,which is based on Agent theory and cellular automata.The simulation results show that the three models proposed in this study are capable of accurately describing reality.
