Intra-body communication (IBC) is a new,emerging,short-range and human body based communication methodology.It is a technique to network various devices on human body,by utilizing the conducting properties of human ti...Intra-body communication (IBC) is a new,emerging,short-range and human body based communication methodology.It is a technique to network various devices on human body,by utilizing the conducting properties of human tissues,suitable for currently fast developing Body area network (BAN)/Body sensor network (BSN).IBC is believed to have advantages in power consumption,electromagnetic radiation,interference from external electromagnetic noise,security,and restriction in spectrum resource.In this article,the authors develop two models,which are analytical and empirical approaches,for comparing the performance and accuracy of IBC on a human limb.Through in vivo experiment of five volunteers,both models basically match with the experimental result with equivalent circuit model superior than electromagnetic model in term of maximum error.展开更多
To study the influencing factors of traffic violations,this study investigated the effects of vehicle attribution,day of week,time of day,location of traffic violations,and weather on traffic violations based on the e...To study the influencing factors of traffic violations,this study investigated the effects of vehicle attribution,day of week,time of day,location of traffic violations,and weather on traffic violations based on the electronic enforcement data and historical weather data obtained in Shangyu,China.Ten categories of traffic violations were determined from the raw data.Then,chi-square tests were used to analyze the relationship between traffic violations and the potential risk factors.Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to further estimate the effects of different risk factors on the likelihood of the occurrence of traffic violations.By analyzing the results of chi-square tests via SPSS,the five factors above were all determined as significant factors associated with traffic violations.The results of the multinomial logistic regression revealed the significant effects of the five factors on the likelihood of the occurrence of corresponding traffic violations.The conclusions are of great significance for the development of effective traffic intervention measures to reduce traffic violations and the improvement of road traffic safety.展开更多
This paper proposes a redundancy optimization method for smart grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure(AMI) to realize economy and reliability targets.AMI is a crucial part of the smart grid to measure,collect,and analy...This paper proposes a redundancy optimization method for smart grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure(AMI) to realize economy and reliability targets.AMI is a crucial part of the smart grid to measure,collect,and analyze data about energy usage and power quality from customer premises.From the communication perspective,the AMI consists of smart meters,Home Area Network(HAN) gateways and data concentrators;in particular,the redundancy optimization problem focus on deciding which data concentrator needs redundancy.In order to solve the problem,we first develop a quantitative analysis model for the network economic loss caused by the data concentrator failures.Then,we establish a complete redundancy optimization model,which comprehensively consider the factors of reliability and economy.Finally,an advanced redundancy deployment method based on genetic algorithm(GA) is developed to solve the proposed problem.The simulation results testify that the proposed redundancy optimization method is capable to build a reliable and economic smart grid communication network.展开更多
Issues are arising regarding the large amount of money provided to top executives in many compames tor Uaetr bonuses and incentives. These huge amounts for executive compensation are being questioned in comparison to ...Issues are arising regarding the large amount of money provided to top executives in many compames tor Uaetr bonuses and incentives. These huge amounts for executive compensation are being questioned in comparison to the dividends received by stockholders. Four companies are analyzed： Citigroup, Starbucks, General Electric （GE）, and Kraft Foods. Present issues faced by Citigroup show that the company＇s provision in their executive compensation is not acceptable, On the other hand, Starbucks, GE, and Kraft Foods are the companies that follow legal rules provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission （SEC） in providing compensations to executives. Thus, they are good exemplars to other companies.展开更多
基金supported by The Science and Technology Development Fund of Macao under grant 014/2007/A1,063/2009/A and 024/2009/A1the Research Committee of the University of Macao under Grants UL012/09-Y1/EEE/VMI01/FST,RG077/09-10S/ VMI/FST,RG075/07-08S/10T/VMI/FST,and RG072/09-10S/ MPU/FSTthe Funds of Fujian Provincial Department of Science & Technology as 2007Y0024,2007T0009,2007I0018 and 2008J1005
文摘Intra-body communication (IBC) is a new,emerging,short-range and human body based communication methodology.It is a technique to network various devices on human body,by utilizing the conducting properties of human tissues,suitable for currently fast developing Body area network (BAN)/Body sensor network (BSN).IBC is believed to have advantages in power consumption,electromagnetic radiation,interference from external electromagnetic noise,security,and restriction in spectrum resource.In this article,the authors develop two models,which are analytical and empirical approaches,for comparing the performance and accuracy of IBC on a human limb.Through in vivo experiment of five volunteers,both models basically match with the experimental result with equivalent circuit model superior than electromagnetic model in term of maximum error.
基金The National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFB1600200).
文摘To study the influencing factors of traffic violations,this study investigated the effects of vehicle attribution,day of week,time of day,location of traffic violations,and weather on traffic violations based on the electronic enforcement data and historical weather data obtained in Shangyu,China.Ten categories of traffic violations were determined from the raw data.Then,chi-square tests were used to analyze the relationship between traffic violations and the potential risk factors.Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to further estimate the effects of different risk factors on the likelihood of the occurrence of traffic violations.By analyzing the results of chi-square tests via SPSS,the five factors above were all determined as significant factors associated with traffic violations.The results of the multinomial logistic regression revealed the significant effects of the five factors on the likelihood of the occurrence of corresponding traffic violations.The conclusions are of great significance for the development of effective traffic intervention measures to reduce traffic violations and the improvement of road traffic safety.
基金supported by the National HighTech ResearchDevelopment Program of China (863) under Grant No.2012AA050801
文摘This paper proposes a redundancy optimization method for smart grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure(AMI) to realize economy and reliability targets.AMI is a crucial part of the smart grid to measure,collect,and analyze data about energy usage and power quality from customer premises.From the communication perspective,the AMI consists of smart meters,Home Area Network(HAN) gateways and data concentrators;in particular,the redundancy optimization problem focus on deciding which data concentrator needs redundancy.In order to solve the problem,we first develop a quantitative analysis model for the network economic loss caused by the data concentrator failures.Then,we establish a complete redundancy optimization model,which comprehensively consider the factors of reliability and economy.Finally,an advanced redundancy deployment method based on genetic algorithm(GA) is developed to solve the proposed problem.The simulation results testify that the proposed redundancy optimization method is capable to build a reliable and economic smart grid communication network.
文摘Issues are arising regarding the large amount of money provided to top executives in many compames tor Uaetr bonuses and incentives. These huge amounts for executive compensation are being questioned in comparison to the dividends received by stockholders. Four companies are analyzed： Citigroup, Starbucks, General Electric （GE）, and Kraft Foods. Present issues faced by Citigroup show that the company＇s provision in their executive compensation is not acceptable, On the other hand, Starbucks, GE, and Kraft Foods are the companies that follow legal rules provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission （SEC） in providing compensations to executives. Thus, they are good exemplars to other companies.
