A. Minamide, K. Takemata, H. Yamada, Arihiro Kodaka
{"title":"Development of Long-Distance-Controlled Robot System for Distance Education","authors":"A. Minamide, K. Takemata, H. Yamada, Arihiro Kodaka","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115451987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Pace, J. L. H. Ambato, D. D. Pasquale, G. Consentino
{"title":"Instrumentation for Innovative Semiconductor Power Devices Reliability Tests","authors":"C. Pace, J. L. H. Ambato, D. D. Pasquale, G. Consentino","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.14","url":null,"abstract":"An automated system, designed to perform innovative reliability tests on semiconductor power devices, is reported. Hardware and software modules have been specifically developed for the demonstration of the proposed methodology. Both High Temperature Reverse Bias (HTRB) and Electrical Characterization Test (ECT) are executed by the system on power transistors, increasing operation parameters beyond their rated temperature and voltage values in order to accelerate the device wearing out. Thanks to a purposely designed mini-heater, the system tightly controls the individual chip temperature, while allowing the testing of many devices at a time. Electrical parameters can be periodically measured in order to determine early warnings of device failure, being able to stop their stress, both thermal and electrical, avoiding uncontrolled thermal runaway effects that often lead to package explosion. This strategy, on one hand, can avoid interruption of the remaining device test and, on the other hand, make it possible to perform, after the test end, the most complete post-failure analysis. A non-standard procedure for HTRB tests, based on the division of the total stress time in several short periods, is proposed.","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"274 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131362057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Takemata, Sumio Nakamura, A. Minamide, K. Kagechika
{"title":"Design of a Motion Training Support System for Hemiplegic Upper Extremity","authors":"K. Takemata, Sumio Nakamura, A. Minamide, K. Kagechika","doi":"10.4156/ijei.vol4.issue2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/ijei.vol4.issue2.2","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to develop a system to support early rehabilitation training and homebased training. The subject is the rehabilitation training for hemiplegic upper extremities. During the rehabilitation training, motion training for the hemiplegic parts is carried out. The training also encompasses another hand (non-hemiplegic hand) to replace the function of the hemiplegic hand. Some patients are frustrated with operating small tools during the training. Some also want to carry out voluntary training in the patient room or at home under the guidance of occupational therapist. Thus, we developed a prototype system in which patients can conduct motion training of upper extremity while having fun. Our experience of developing the system is described in this article.","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127838331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual Learning Environment for Secondary Education on the Cloud","authors":"R. Balodis, I. Opmane","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.3","url":null,"abstract":"In this article there is viewed the strategy of how Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for general secondary education in Latvia can be gradually transformed from digital resources located in schools to overall Cloud Computing application. There is identified structure of VLE functional and technological blocks on Unified computing facility (Cloud) as main digital unit in research einfrastructure. The structure of research e-infrastructure for European Research Area is compared with composition of VLE on the Cloud.","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132030623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts of Transit-Oriented Development in a Small Community Setting","authors":"V. Sisiopiku, Md. Shah Imran, Abdul Muqueet Abro","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122094302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of Smoothing Constant of inimum Variance with Optimal Parameters of Weight in The Case of Bread","authors":"Hiromasa Takeyasu, K. Takeyasu, Yuki Higuchi","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131989397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Uthayopas, Ganid Srimool, J. Pichitlamken, N. Benjamas
{"title":"Speeding up the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows using GPU Cluster","authors":"P. Uthayopas, Ganid Srimool, J. Pichitlamken, N. Benjamas","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125272518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multimodality: an effective integration of information technology and language Teaching","authors":"Yulian Hu","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE2.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129313968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Down-and-Out-Call Option Model of Default Risk: An Application of Genetic Algorithms","authors":"Manu Gupta, P. Prakash","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper compares results obtained from two different structural option based models of credit risk derived from Merton (1974). The traditional Merton model is computed using calculus based algorithms and used as a benchmark. The Down-and-Out Call Equity (DOC) option model is solved using genetic algorithms (GA). Results for the DOC option model using GA are compared to a previous study which utilized a hybrid of branch-and-bound algorithm and bisection search method to solve the DOC option model. The paper finds GA yields better precision and convergence rates than the combinatorial methods based algorithm.","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"52 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116621183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combining Sequential Pattern Mining with Semantic Reasoning for Personalized Recommendation","authors":"Yi Li, Jian Wang","doi":"10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4156/IJEI.VOL4.ISSUE1.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223554,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering and Industries","volume":"331 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116442704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}