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Design and Implementation of an Automated Microscope Stage
Optical microscopes remain keen instruments for scientific research nowadays. Widely used in hospitals and laboratories, such equipment helps people deal with various kinds of tasks, most of which, however, are both onerous and tedious; therefore, operations on these manually executed instruments are lengthily and subject to human errors. To alleviate this problem, we equip an optical microscope with two stepper motors and implement the automatic control of the microscope stage. This paper introduces the control system architecture and discusses in detail the development of the communication subsystem and the stepper motor controllers. Test results with a practical application are also provided to illustrate the performance of this system.
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DJ DreamFactory
DJ DreamFactory is a web-based integrated platform for interactive broadcasting over the Internet. In DJ DreamFactory, users are able to set up Internet-based broadcasting stations with minimal effort. Audience not only can receive broadcasting programs from multiple stations through this unified platform, but can also "talk" and "write" to the broadcasters as well as to other audience via real-time text and/or audio interactions.
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A web-based aggregated platform for user-contributed interactive media broadcasting
In this paper, we present a web-based aggregated platform, DJ DreamFactory, which enables average users to effortlessly participate in and contribute to interactive media broadcasting over the Internet. The platform overcomes several shortcomings of existing Internet-based broadcasting systems, such as inconvenience in channel surfing and content browsing due to the scattering and isolating of broadcasting stations, difficulties in setting up a broadcasting station, lack of communications between broadcasters and audience, and little support for personalized experience. The proposed platform facilitates users' media access by seamlessly aggregating sporadic broadcasting stations run by individual hosts, and enables a virtual community where grassroots users can contribute to media broadcasting, sharing, organizing and annotating through social networking. In addition, it supports real-time multimodal interaction between audience and hosts, provides customized services for both broadcasters and audience, supports personalized media experiences by mining and managing audience's preferences, and facilitates the organization of unstructured media data collections as well as collective human intelligence on the Web.
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A Robust Iris Localization Algorithm via Radial Symmetry for Nonideal Capturing Condition
Iris localization is a key component of practical iris recognition system. Previous algorithms show good localization performances for iris images captured in the ideal conditions. However, in practice, the quality of iris image is greatly influenced by luminance, eyelashes, hair or glasses frame, which will cause mislocalization. In order to improve the robustness of iris localization, this paper proposes a new localization algorithm based on the radial symmetry transform, in which the radial symmetry characteristic of the pupil is utilized to realize iris localization. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can efficiently avoid the interference of luminance and other bad conditions, and realize robust precise localization in a real-time system.
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Construct Teacher Community in E-Learning System
At present, most universities had completed the basic facilities and services of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and installed e-learning system. What should be done to facilitate teachers' transition to employ ICT to their new teaching practices? We believe that virtual communities for Teacher Professional development (TPD) and socialization are supposed to be an excellent solution. We also deem that e-learning system could be a place for TPD as well as assisting teaching. In this paper, we present our past attempts, and the rationale behind the design of the Zjiao.Com virtual community.
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An ID-based Anonymous Proxy Signature From Bilinear Pairings
Abstract: A new ID-based anonymous proxy signature scheme from bilinear pairings was proposed in this paper. Anonymous proxy signature is suitable for the situation that the proxy signer’s identity needs to be kept secret. The verifier needs to reveal the real identity of the proxy signer with the help of the original signer. The signature is based on Gap Diffie-Hellman group problems and meets the security requirements such as verifiability, unforgeability, undeniability, anonymity and traceability.
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A research on open CNC system based on architecture/component software reuse technology
By analyzing the current development situation of open computer numerical control (CNC) system and architecture/ component software reuse technology, this paper researches on open CNC system based on this technology. Adopting domain engineering method, a CNC system is always organized with its data communication, which plays a role of key link. Furthermore, from which the reusable architecture of an open CNC system is extracted. Also the architecture is instanced to reusable data communication components, which differs from general architecture. The facet modal sorting, expression, storage and retrieval of CNC system components are introduced. Combined with all useful information as above, the integrated development platform of open CNC system is constructed. Supported by this platform, the workflow of developing open CNC systems includes two correlated courses: the development of reusable CNC components, and the construction of an application system with these reusable components. Furthermore, the real-time capability of a CNC application system on MS-Windows can be tested by this platform. # 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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An E-Government Platform Based on Multi-Tier Architecture
With the development of dynamic e-government and the network, the application system becomes more complicated. Traditional e-government system will have an inherent scalability problem as the number of applications increases continuously. To solve this problem, an e-government platform based on multi-tier architecture is presented. By integrating applications, resources and system modules, the platform provides an effective mechanism to reduce the development and communication cost. This paper intensively discusses the design rationale and practical solutions of the platform, including structured data models, a secure data exchange model, uniform interface specifications, a topic based publish/subscribe communication mechanism and an asynchronous execution mechanism. The security of the platform is also evaluated by formal logic method.