Sensor Data Visualisation: A Composition-Based Approach to Support Domain Variability

International audienceIn the context of the Internet of Things, sensors are surrounding our environment. These small pieces of electronics are inserted in everyday life's elements (e.g., cars, doors, radiators, smartphones) and continuously collect information about their environment. One of the biggest challenges is to support the development of accurate monitoring dashboard to visualise such data. The one-size-fits-all paradigm does not apply in this context, as user's roles are variable and impact the way data should be visualised: a building manager does not need to work on the same data as classical users. This paper presents an approach based on model composition techniques to support the development of such monitoring dashboards, taking into account the domain variability. This variability is supported at both implementation and modelling levels. The results are validated on a case study named SmartCampus, involving sensors deployed in a real academic campus

Kapitel 28. Theorien des Wandels und der Gestaltung von Strukturen: Gesellschaftsperspektive

Die Gesellschaftsperspektive beschäftigt sich mit historisch entstandenen, tiefenwirksamen Treibern der Klimakrise. Ihr Fokus liegt auf klimaschädlichen Merkmalen von Natur-Mensch-Beziehungen, die für die westliche Moderne typisch und auch in Österreich wirksam sind. Dazu zählen Wachstumszwang, Kapitalakkumulation, dualistische Verständnisse von Natur und Mensch, Vorstellungen und Praktiken der Naturbeherrschung, sozial-ökologische Ungleichheit und disziplinäre Wissensproduktion

Kapitel 24. Theorien des Wandels und der Gestaltung von Strukturen

Abschnitt 5 nimmt eine Bestandsaufnahme von Theorien vor, die in einem weiten Sinne Wandel untersuchen. „Theorien des Wandels“ ist ein Überbegriff für all diejenigen Theorien, die helfen, aktuelle Dynamiken der Klimakrise zu verstehen und sowohl die stattfindenden als auch die notwendigen Transformationen zu fassen

Kapitel 2: Perspektiven zur Analyse und Gestaltung von Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben

Kapitel 2 systematisiert entlang von vier Perspektiven in den Sozialwissenschaften weit verbreitete Theorien zur Analyse und Gestaltung von Strukturen klimafreundlichen Lebens. Das Kapitel möchte Leser_innen des Berichts bewusst machen, mit wie grundlegend unterschiedlichen Zugängen Forscher_innen Strukturen klimafreundlichen Lebens analysieren. Dies ist wichtig, um zu verstehen, dass es nie nur eine, sondern immer mehrere Perspektiven auf Strukturen klimafreundlichen Lebens gibt. Dieses Bewusstsein hilft, die Komplexität der Sozialwissenschaften und damit die Komplexität der Aufgabe – Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben zu gestalten – zu erfassen. Unterschiedliche Zugänge zu sehen, bedeutet auch, ein besseres Verständnis von konfligierenden Problemdiagnosen, Zielhorizonten und Gestaltungsoptionen zu entwickeln und – idealerweise – damit umgehen zu können

Effects of amitriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant, on smooth muscle reactivity in isolated rat trachea.

PURPOSE: This study was designed to investigate the action of amitriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant, on airway smooth muscle reactivity and its underlying mechanisms. METHODS: In isolated rat trachea, isometric force was recorded to examine the effects of amitriptyline on the contractile response to acetylcholine (ACh), electrical field stimulation (EFS), calyculin A (a myosin light chain phosphatase inhibitor), and sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC; a Rhokinase activator). In addition, inositol monophosphate (IP1) accumulation was measured to examine its effects on inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) production during stimulation with ACh. RESULTS: Amitriptyline inhibited the contractile responses to ACh, EFS, calyculin A, and SPC, with the concentrations of amitriptyline (mean +/- SD) required to exert 50% inhibition (IC(50)) being 4.3 +/- 1.3 microM, 3.2 +/- 1.6 microM, 256.4 +/- 106.4 microM, and 98.2 +/- 21.8 microM, respectively. In addition, amitriptyline (10 microM) eliminated the ACh (10 microM)-induced IP(1) accumulation. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that amitriptyline does not influence tracheal smooth muscle reactivity at clinical concentrations ( or =1 microM). The attenuated response to ACh brought about by amitriptyline is presumably due, at least in part, to the inhibition of phosphatidylinositol (PI) metabolism. The ability of amitriptyline to inhibit the calyculin Ainduced contraction suggests that amitriptyline also inhibits the Ca(2+)-calmodulin-myosin light chain pathway independently of the inhibition of PI metabolism. Finally, the difference between the IC(50) values for SPC-induced contraction and those for calyculin A-induced contraction suggests that amitriptyline may also inhibit the Rho-kinase pathway

DOI: 10.1109/CLOUD.2012.79 A Federated Multi-Cloud PaaS

Abstract—Cloud platforms are increasingly being used for hosting a broad diversity of services from traditional e-commerce applications to interactive web-based IDEs. However, we observe that the proliferation of offers by cloud providers raises several challenges. Developers will not only have to deploy applications for a specific cloud, but will also have to consider migrating services from one cloud to another, and to manage distributed applications spanning multiple clouds. In this paper, we present our federated multicloud PaaS infrastructure for addressing these challenges. This infrastructure is based on three foundations: i) an open service model used to design and implement both our multi-cloud PaaS and the SaaS applications running on top of it, ii) a configurable architecture of the federated PaaS, and iii) some infrastructure services for managing both our multi-cloud PaaS and the SaaS applications. We then show how this multi-cloud PaaS can be deployed on top of thirteen existing IaaS/PaaS. We finally report on three distributed SaaS applications developed with and deployed on our federated multi-cloud PaaS infrastructure. Keywords-Federation; PaaS; SaaS; SCA; interoperability; I

A new occurrence of archosaur footprints from the Löwenstein Formation (Late Triassic, Middle Norian) of southern Germany

Two sandstone slabs from a new Norian tetrapod tracksite in the Löwenstein Formation of southern Germany preserve a set of tracks including both tridactyl and pentadactyl ichnites, referred to theropod dinosaur and sphenosuchian crocodylomorph trackmakers, respectively. A very large manus print hints at the presence of a hitherto unknown large quadrupedal archosaur in the Norian fauna of southern Germany. The material includes one of the oldest records of crocodylomorph tracks presently known, in agreement with the skeletal record from the same formation