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- Kanter, Theo, 1954-, et al.
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Distributed Context Support for Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness Services
- 2009
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Ingår i: 2009 Fourth International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China. ChinaCom'09.. - : IEEE conference proceedings. - 9781424443376 ; , s. 869-873
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Context-aware applications and services require ubiquitous access to context information about the users or sensors such as preferences, spatial & environmental data, available connectivity, and device capabilities. Systems for the brokering or the provisioning of context data via wireless networks do so with centralized servers or by employing protocols that do not scale well with real-time distribution capabilities. In other cases, such as the extending of presence systems, the data models are limited in expressive capabilities and consequently incur unnecessary signaling overhead. This paper presents a distributed protocol, the Distributed Context eXchange Protocol (DCXP), and an architecture for the real-time distribution of context information to ubiquitous mobile services: We present the architecture and its principle operation in a sample ubiquitous mobile awareness service. Preliminary results indicate that our approach scales well for the ubiquitous provision of context data in real-time to clients on the Internet via 3G wireless systems. Performed measurements show that DCXP can reduce the time to process context data with a factor of 20 compared to similar approaches.
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- Kanter, Theo, 1954-, et al.
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The MediaSense Framework
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 2009 4th International Conference on Digital Telecommunications, ICDT 2009. - New York : IEEE conference proceedings. - 9780769536958 ; , s. 144-147
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mobile telecommunication is evolving rapidly. People no longer only communicate with each other regardless of time and place, but also share other information that is important for tasks with which they are involved. In response to this growing trend the MediaSense framework addresses the intelligent delivery of any information to any host, anywhere, based on context-aware information regarding personal preferences, presence information, and sensor values. This includes another challenge to achieve seamless delivery, especially of multimedia content, and multimodal services via heterogeneous connections.
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- Kanter, Theo, et al.
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The MediaSense Framework
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 2009 4th International Conference on Digital Telecommunications, ICDT 2009. - : IEEE.
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- Kanter, Theo, et al.
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Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness from Sensor Networks
- 2009
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Ingår i: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Volume 12. - : Springer. ; , s. 147-150
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Users require applications and services to be available everywhere,enabling them to focus on what is important to them. Therefore, contextinformation (e.g., spatial data, user preferences, available connectivity anddevices, etc.) has to be accessible to applications that run in end systems closeto users. In response to this, we present a novel architecture for ubiquitoussensing and sharing of context in mobile services and applications. Thearchitecture offers distributed storage of context derived from sensor networkswirelessly attached to mobile phones and other devices. The architecture alsohandles frequent updates of sensor information and is interoperable withpresence in 3G mobile systems, thus enabling ubiquitous sensing applications.We demonstrate these concepts and the principle operation in a sampleubiquitous Mobile Awareness service.
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- Bill-Axelson, Anna, et al.
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Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in localized prostate cancer : the Scandinavian prostate cancer group-4 randomized trial
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. - : Oxford University Press. - 0027-8874 .- 1460-2105. ; 100:16, s. 1144-1154
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The benefit of radical prostatectomy in patients with early prostate cancer has been assessed in only one randomized trial. In 2005, we reported that radical prostatectomy improved prostate cancer survival compared with watchful waiting after a median of 8.2 years of follow-up. We now report results after 3 more years of follow-up.METHODS: From October 1, 1989, through February 28, 1999, 695 men with clinically localized prostate cancer were randomly assigned to radical prostatectomy (n = 347) or watchful waiting (n = 348). Follow-up was complete through December 31, 2006, with histopathologic review and blinded evaluation of causes of death. Relative risks (RRs) were estimated using the Cox proportional hazards model. Statistical tests were two-sided.RESULTS: During a median of 10.8 years of follow-up (range = 3 weeks to 17.2 years), 137 men in the surgery group and 156 in the watchful waiting group died (P = .09). For 47 of the 347 men (13.5%) who were randomly assigned to surgery and 68 of the 348 men (19.5%) who were not, death was due to prostate cancer. The difference in cumulative incidence of death due to prostate cancer remained stable after about 10 years of follow-up. At 12 years, 12.5% of the surgery group and 17.9% of the watchful waiting group had died of prostate cancer (difference = 5.4%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.2 to 11.1%), for a relative risk of 0.65 (95% CI = 0.45 to 0.94; P = .03). The difference in cumulative incidence of distant metastases did not increase beyond 10 years of follow-up. At 12 years, 19.3% of men in the surgery group and 26% of men in the watchful waiting group had been diagnosed with distant metastases (difference = 6.7%, 95% CI = 0.2 to 13.2%), for a relative risk of 0.65 (95% CI = 0.47 to 0.88; P = .006). Among men who underwent radical prostatectomy, those with extracapsular tumor growth had 14 times the risk of prostate cancer death as those without it (RR = 14.2, 95% CI = 3.3 to 61.8; P < .001).CONCLUSION: Radical prostatectomy reduces prostate cancer mortality and risk of metastases with little or no further increase in benefit 10 or more years after surgery.
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- Forsberg, Ann-Kristin, et al.
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An augmented-reality approach to co-located visual exploration of indoor climate data in real rooms
- 2005
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Ingår i: Indoor Air 2005: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. - 9787894948304 ; , s. 2860-2860
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- We live in two spaces, the visible space and the non-visible but otherwise sensed space. Both spaces must satisfy our needs and there is a relation between them. If parts of the room are too cold this will lead to a restriction of the use of the room. We cannot endure draft for any longer time. Draft caused by a ventilation supply frequently leads to blockage of the supply device, which in turn gives rise to a reduction of the ventilation rate. The final result may be a deterioration of the air quality. Therefore, to be able to guarantee the air quality it is necessary to make the invisible thermal climate visible. In this paper a novel method based on Augmented Reality for presenting die thermal climate is presented and discussed. The data, e.g. temperatures and velocities, are shown on a lightweight display. Several people can walk around in a real room and see on a screen where the hot and/or cold spots may appear. Different ventilation solutions could in that way be compared in a dialogue between different actors in the building process.
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