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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53146#.VLXdcMnQrzE Author(s)    Alexander Paz 1 , David Copeland 2 , Pankaj Maheshwari 1 , Kris Gunawan 2 , Mohammad Soroush Tafazzoli 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Transportation Research Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA . 2 Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA . 3 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA . ABSTRACT According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pedestrian and driver crashes are increasing at an alarming rate due to technological advancements and human errors. There is a need to improve existing driver education programs to mitigate the chances of crashes. The objectives of this research were 1) to examine the quality of Nevada’s driver education by evaluating the effectiveness of its programs, and 2) to provide recommendations to improve driv...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52973#.VK8sn8nQrzE Author(s)   Alessandro Buccolieri 1* , Gianluca Bozzetti 2 , Antonio Serra 2 , Daniela Manno 1 , Isabella Caneva 3 , Federico Manuelli 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy . 2 Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy . 3 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy . ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of the application of non-destructive techniques used in a comparative study of eighty pottery fragments of the Chalcolithic period (5000 BC ca.) and Late Bronze Age (1650 - 1200 BC ca.), found in Mersin-Yumuktepe (Southern Turkey) and Arslantepe (Malatya, Eastern Turkey). The use of a scanning electron microscopy, equipped with a system of energy dispersive X-ray spectroscop...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51353#.VGVhA2fHRK0 Author(s) Juliet Sánchez Galego , Omar Valle Casas , Alexandre Balbinot Affiliation(s) Electrical Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil . ABSTRACT A feasibility assay is conducted for electromyography measure in sternocleidomastoid and platysma, tenting to use it on Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) feedback. It is proposed a case of study for four healthy subjects with an average of 35 years old, two females and two males. Methodology proposed includes signal acquisition and processing with feature extraction of RMS, Mean and Variance. The data are acquired with the AD board ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48456 Author(s)    Rajani R. Joshi Affiliation(s) Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, India . ABSTRACT Emanated from the idea of reinvestigating ancient medical system of Ayurveda—Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM), our recent study had shown significant applications of analysis of arterial pulse waveforms for non-invasive diagnosis of cardiovascular functions. Here we present results of further investigations analyzing the relation of pulse-characteristics with some clinical and pathological parameters and other features that are of diagnostic importance in Ayurveda. KEYWORDS Pulse-Based Diagnosis , Spectral Parameters , TIM (Traditional Indian Medicine) Diagnostic Features , Statistical Analysis Cite this paper Joshi, R. (2014) Automated Pulse-Based Diagnosis: Role...