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A smart tool for the diagnosis of Parkinsonian syndrome using wireless watches
No full textThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.Early detection and diagnosis of Parkinson disease will provide a good chance for patients to take early actions and prevent its further development. In this paper, a smart tool for the diagnosis of Parkinsonian syndromes is designed and developed using low-cost Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos wireless watches. With this smart tool, Parkinson Bradykinesia is detected based on the cycle of a human gait, with the watch worn on the foot, and Parkinson Tremor shaking is detected and differed by frequency 0 to 8 Hz on the arm in real-time with a developed statistical diagnosis chart. It can be used in small clinics as well as home environment due to its low-cost and easy-use property
Smart Grid Technologies in Europe: An Overview
No full textThe old electricity network infrastructure has proven to be inadequate, with respect to modern challenges such as alternative energy sources, electricity demand and energy saving policies. Moreover, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) seem to have reached an adequate level of reliability and flexibility in order to support a new concept of electricity network—the smart grid. In this work, we will analyse the state-of-the-art of smart grids, in their technical, management, security, and optimization aspects. We will also provide a brief overview of the regulatory aspects involved in the development of a smart grid, mainly from the viewpoint of the European Unio
World premiere of Tarantella by Sophie Lacaze
No full textThis performance presented the world premiere of the piano adaptation of Tarantella by French composer Sophie Lacaze, written for Gabriella Smart. It was sponsored by the 2003 Melbourne International Arts Festival
Secure and energy-efficient multicast routing in smart grids
No full textA smart grid is a power system that uses information and communication technology to operate, monitor, and control data flows between the power generating source and the end user. It aims at high efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of the electricity supply process that is provided by the utility centre and is distributed from generation stations to clients. To this end, energy-efficient multicast communication is an important requirement to serve a group of residents in a neighbourhood. However, the multicast routing introduces new challenges in terms of secure operation of the smart grid and user privacy. In this paper, after having analysed the security threats for multicast-enabled smart grids, we propose a novel multicast routing protocol that is both sufficiently secure and energy efficient.We also evaluate the performance of the proposed protocol by means of computer simulations, in terms of its energy-efficient operation
Programming the smart home
No full textA smart home is a house that is responsive to its inhabitants and their actions by being aware of their context. Potential applications for smart homes address economic and comfort aspects of living, or could provide unobtrusive support for the elderly or disabled to promote independent living. The basic building blocks of such a smart home is a computing system consisting of distributed sensors and actuators. Programming and maintaining such an infrastructure is challenging because suitable programming abstractions are currently missing. In this paper we introduce the notion of programmable space that lets the application developer perceive the smart home as an integrated runtime environment. This approach is implemented in a system called RuleCaster. Applications are developed in a high-level rulebased language. Our approach shows a notable simplification of application development and maintenance. To verify the utility of RuleCaster we use a scenario-based evaluation method
Australian premiere of Scherzo by Jia Daqun
No full textExtent : 2 minutes, 30 seconds The performance on 11th March 2005 presented the Australian premiere of Scherzo by Jia Daqun, performed by Gabriella Smart. The concert promoter was Reckless Moments and it was sponsored by Arts SA. CD label/number/year : Move 3296 200
Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble: Cathedral Series
No full textExtent: 2 concerts The Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble: Cathedral Series presented new and innovative work by Kats-Chernin, Gorecki and Schnittke. It was sponsored by Arts SA and supported by Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble. The series was broadcast live on 5MBS.Gabriella Smart, Artistic Director/pianis
Angel’s Arc
No full textPianist : Gabriella Joy Smart The event included new works by John Polglase, Erik Griswold, Alvin Curran, Tan Dun, Michael Nyman, Howard Skempton and Sophie Lacaze. The 2003 Melbourne International Arts Festival sponsored the event. The event was also supported by the Australia Council
Predicting and improving smart mobility: a robust model-based approach to the BikeMi BSS = Prevedere e migliorare la mobilita smart: un approccio robusto di classificazione applicato a BikeMi
No full textI sistemi di Bike Sharing giocano un ruolo centrale nella mobilita sosteni- ` bile, uno dei sei pilastri che indentificano una Smart City. Motivati da un set di dati disponibile online, questo lavoro presenta l’utilizzo di due modelli di classificazione robusta per prevedere il manifestarsi di situazioni in cui una bike station sia piena e/o vuota, cos`ı creando perdita di domanda ed insoddisfazione nei clienti. Esperimenti di classificazione sulle stazioni BikeMi nel centro di Milano evidenziano l’efficacia dei metodi proposti.Bike Sharing Systems play a central role in what is identified to be one of the six pillars of a Smart City: smart mobility. Motivated by a freely available dataset, we discuss the employment of two robust model-based classifiers for pre- dicting the occurrence of situations in which a bike station is either empty or full, thus possibly creating demand loss and customer dissatisfaction. Experiments on BikeMi stations located in the central area of Milan are provided to underline the benefits of the proposed methods
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