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Zhuangzi and Personal Autonomy
I apply the Zhuangzi 莊子 to assess the contemporary value of personal autonomy. Focusing on two concepts, wuwei 無為 and you 遊, I clarify the “wandering ideal” in the Zhuangzi to challenge the ideal of autonomy as c...
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Open AccessGreen IoT for Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Smart Cities: Future Directions and Opportunities
The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology and their integration in smart cities have changed the way we work and live, and enriched our society. However, IoT technologies present several chall...
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Reference Work Entry At a glance
Morgan, Jeff
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Chapter
Three Faces of Fitz: Science, Communication and Leadership
In what follows we provide a brief overview of the life and work of Professor William Fitzgibbon ( University. of Houston)
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Chapter
Martin’s Problem for Volume-Surface Reaction-Diffusion Systems
We consider a question of global existence for two component volume-surface reaction-diffusion systems. The first of the components diffuses in a region, and then reacts on the boundary with the second compone...
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Article
Cyber physical process monitoring systems
Manufacturing process monitoring systems is evolving from centralised bespoke applications to decentralised reconfigurable collectives. The resulting cyber-physical systems are made possible through the integr...
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Multi-sensor process analysis and performance characterisation in CNC turning—a cyber physical system approach
High accuracy manufacturing requires the utilisation of advanced signal processing and analytics to monitor, manage, and control production processes. These systems vary in size, scope, and complexity and have...
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How Medical Tourism Enables Preferential Access to Care: Four Patterns from the Canadian Context
Medical tourism is the practice of traveling across international borders with the intention of accessing medical care, paid for out-of-pocket. This practice has implications for preferential access to medical...
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Simple Finite Element Methods for Approximating Predator–Prey Dynamics in Two Dimensions Using Matlab
We describe simple finite element schemes for approximating spatially extended predator–prey dynamics with the Holling type II functional response and logistic growth of the prey. The finite element schemes ge...
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Reference Work Entry At a glance
Morgan, Jeff
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Controlling Who Tracks Me
Many Ubiquitous Computing applications require tags and sensors that track the daily activates of people and things. For example, tags might be placed on objects to allow a system to remind people of the objec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Technical Approaches to Biological Agent Detection
One of the keys to deterring the use of biological weapons is real time detection and warning. In the event that these agents are utilized, it is even more important to classify and eventually identify the typ...
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People, Places, Things: Web Presence for the Real World
The convergence of Web technology, wireless networks, and portable client devices provides new design opportunities for computer/communications systems. In the HP Labs' “Cooltown” project we have been explorin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Global existence for semilinear parabolic systems via Lyapunov type methods
We consider semilinear parabolic systems of partial differential equations of the form
(1) $$u_t \left( {t,x} \right) = D\Delt...
