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Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Coal Gasification in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor
(2019-10-09)
One of the applications of coal as a fuel is the production of gas through circulating fluidized bed technology. The modeling of these systems allows verifying and optimizing the design and operation parameters of gasifiers ...
An NFC approach for nursing care training
(02/22/2011)
Nowadays there is a need to improve the life quality of people in different social environments. One of the main fields to propose new improvements is healthcare. In this kind of scenario, health workers are doing a very ...
Semantic Localization of a Robot in a Real Home
(11/21/2018)
In social robotics, it is important that a mobile robot knows where it is because it provides a starting point for other activities such as moving from one room to another. As a contribution to solving this problem in the ...
Application of pedagogical robotics in learning for children with special needs APRoLeCSNe
(08/23/2013)
APRoLeCSNe is a project that presents the approach of pedagogical robotics to support the learning methods for children with special learning needs (CSLN). Pedagogical Robotics focuses on inductive learning and guided ...
Measurement Invariance of Personal Well-Being Index (PWI-8) Across 26 Countries
(09/08/2016)
This report examines the measurement invariance of the Personal Well-being Index with 8 items (PWI-8). University students (N = 5731) from 26 countries completed the measure either through paper and pencil or electronic ...
A plastic fiber optic liquid level sensor
(06/09/2004)
A system for measuring liquid level in multiple tanks using optical fiber technology has been developed. Oil field service industry or any sector requiring liquid level measurements in inflammable atmospheres can be benefited ...
Services through NFC technology in AmI Environment
(11/24/2008)
The use of Near Field Communications technology in AmI environments is a further step in achieving our particular proposal of the vision of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence. This work explores the single use ...
Camera and laser range finder fusion for real-time car detection
(10/29/2014)
This paper describes a car detection method by combining data obtained from a laser and a camera. Data from the camera and the laser range finder (LRF) are combined after a calibration method has been performed. The ...
Displays and Photonics Application Group Activities
(06/01/2004)
Displays and Photonics Application Group (GDAF) is devoted to design and development of passive and active devices and sensors for their applications in WDM networks, CWDM, POF, and RF over fiber networks using different ...
Optical reconfigurable demultiplexer based on Bragg grating assisted ring resonators
(08/11/2014)
A polarization independent reconfigurable optical demultiplexer with low crosstalk between adjacent channels and high number of potential allocated channels is designed on silicon on insulator technology. On to off state ...