Periodic thermodynamics of isolated systems [PDF]
The nature of the behaviour of an isolated many-body quantum system periodically driven in time has been an open question since the beginning of quantum mechanics.
Das, Arnab +2 more
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Describing the impact of health research: a Research Impact Framework. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Researchers are increasingly required to describe the impact of their work, e.g. in grant proposals, project reports, press releases and research assessment exercises.
Kuruvilla, Shyama +3 more
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Improving QoS in VANETs: A Survey [PDF]
The systems in which information and communication technologies and systems engineering concepts are utilized to develop and improve transportation systems of all kinds are called “The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)”. ITS integrates information,
Mohammadreza Pourkiani +3 more
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Exploring efficient seamless handover in VANET systems using network dwell time [PDF]
Vehicular ad hoc networks are a long-term solution contributing significantly towards intelligent transport systems (ITS) in providing access to critical life-safety applications and services.
A Bohm +30 more
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Ad hoc concepts, affective attitude and epistemic stance
AbstractIn relevance-theoretic pragmatics thelower-levelorfirst-order explicatureis a propositional form resulting from a series of inferential developments of the logical form. It amounts to the message the speaker communicates explicitly. Thehigher-levelorsecond-order explicatureis a description of the speech act that the speaker performs, her ...
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Constructing Domain-Specific Component Frameworks through Architecture Refinement [PDF]
Acceptance rate: 38%International audienceRecently, a plethora of domain-specific component frameworks (DSCF) emerges. Although the current trend emphasizes generative programming methods as cornerstones of software development, they are commonly applied
Loiret, Frédéric +4 more
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A Conceptual Representation of Documents and Queries for Information Retrieval Systems by Using Light Ontologies [PDF]
International audienceThis article presents a vector space model approach to representing documents and queries, based on concepts instead of terms and using WordNet as a light ontology.
da Costa Pereira, Célia +2 more
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Performance Analysis of Routing Protocols in Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Environments [PDF]
Ad-hoc and sensor networks are becoming an increasingly popular wireless networking concepts lately. This paper analyzes and compares prominent routing schemes in these networking environments.
L. Gavrilovska +4 more
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Overview of Neighbor Discovery Algorithms in Directional Wireless Ad Hoc Networks [PDF]
A systematic summary is provided for the research achievements in directional neighbor discovery algorithms within the current domain of wireless directional ad hoc networks.Initially,stemming from the crucial significance of directional ad hoc networks ...
LI Xiang, ZHU Xiaojun, FENG Simeng, DONG Chao, ZHANG Lei
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Modeling-framework for model-based software engineering of complex Internet of things systems
Internet of things (IoT) systems are composed of variety of units from different domains. While developing a complete IoT system, different professionals from different domains may have to work in collaboration. In this paper we provide a framework which
Khurrum Mustafa Abbasi +2 more
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