Event-driven,pattern-based methodology for cost-effective development of standardized personal health devices

Experiences applying standards in personal health devices (PHDs) show an inherent trade-off between interoperability and costs (in terms of processing load and development time). Therefore, reducing hardware and software costs as well as time-to-market is crucial for standards adoption. The ISO/IEEE11073 PHD family of standards (also referred to as X73PHD) provides interoperable communication between PHDs and aggregators. Nevertheless, the responsibility of achieving inexpensive implementations of X73PHD in limited resource microcontrollers falls directly on the developer. Hence, the authors previously presented a methodology based on patterns to implement X73-compliant PHDs into devices with low-voltage low-power constraints. That version was based on multitasking, which required additional features and resources. This paper therefore presents an event-driven evolution of the patterns-based methodology for cost-effective development of standardized PHDs. The results of comparing between the two versions showed that the mean values of decrease in memory consumption and cycles of latency are 11.59% and 45.95%, respectively. In addition, several enhancements in terms of cost-effectiveness and development time can be derived from the new version of the methodology. Therefore, the new approach could help in producing cost-effective X73-compliant PHDs, which in turn could foster the adoption of standards.     

Adaptive training interfaces for less-experienced,elderly users of electronic devices

A great number of complex electronic devices are now part of our everyday lives. While many of us learn to handle these products by trial and error; others, especially older users with little experience in using electronic devices, need support. In order to allow the user maximum flexibility in terms of learning time and location, a training programme is presented which is implemented as part of the software embedded in the product itself. Particular focus is placed on the effect of adaptive training on learning. In this study, the training versions differed in their ability to adjust their complexity to the user's experience (adaptive user interface complexity) and their capability to support the learner by prompting them during the learning process (adaptive training advice). The results show that the adjustment of complexity had a positive effect on users’ experience: elderly users who trained with an adaptive interface were more successful in learning to use a mobile phone. Adaptive training advice, however, was found to have no significant effects on learners’ success and reduced their self-efficacy. This work offers guidelines on how to design integrated training applications for electronic devices that successfully help elderly users with little prior experience.     

基于三电平逆变的开关磁阻发电系统的研究

新型开关磁阻发电机具有发电容量大、效率高、起动和发电组合容易等优点,三电平逆变器具有能减少开关损耗和滤波电感损耗并有降低开关应力等特点。利用三电平逆变器转换效率高的优势,结合新型开关磁阻发电机低风速发电特点,降低开关损耗和开关器件电压应力,提高装置可靠性。仿真实验结果表明:用三电平逆变器能够很好的实现开关磁阻发电机的逆变要求。     

自升式钻井平台DCS集成配置的研究

自升式钻井平台DCS（集散系统）是平台自动化控制的核心,该系统可以实现对整个平台及其重要设备的状态监测、控制、报警、记录等功能。本文对现有部分自升式钻井平台的DCS配置情况进行分析,致力于形成一种功能相对完善,配置相对合理的集成配套形式,可为自升式钻井平台项目DCS的搭建提供一个有益参考。     

半钢子午胎硫化供汽系统改造

在原有供汽系统等压运行条件下，通过合理改造，加装减温减压装置，将原系统分类内胎锅炉房高压供汽系统和老锅炉房低压供汽系统，以满足半钢子午胎对高压蒸汽的需求，达到缩短硫化时间，提高生产能力的目的。     

火力发电厂仪用压缩空气带水带油探究

采用系统分析、数学及物理计算的方法,对火电厂仪用压缩空气带水带油的原因进行论证,找出最主要原因,并有针对性地采取了预防和改造措施,对改造效果进行了分析与总结。     

基于ANSYS的变刚度螺旋弹簧优化设计

结合现有的弹簧设计理论及方法和ANSYS软件的优化功能,采用APDL语言实现了一种变刚度螺旋弹簧参数化的优化设计,给出其基本设计过程。采用该程序对实例中的弹簧进行优化分析,实例表明,提出的设计方法简单易行,结果合理。     

高温环境下侧向弹性约束对钢柱稳定长度的影响

基于结构弹性稳定理论原理,导出了高温环境下钢柱在轴向荷载作用时具有弹性支座的稳定长度计算式,分析了弹簧刚度、耐火保护层、温度等参数对钢柱稳定长度的影响,进一步提出了在实际工程中应采取的有关措施。     

基于虚拟弹簧的欠驱动手指的动力学建模和控制

采用虚拟弹簧对2关节欠驱动手指进行了动力学建模。并使用该方法建立实际的3关节欠驱动手指的动力学模型,通过动态控制实验验证了动力学模型的正确性。该方法不仅避免了求解微分几何方程,并且直接派生出可解耦的动力学模型。可直接进行逆动力学分析、仿真和实时控制。同时,建立了基于动力学模型的速度观测器,用于轨迹跟踪,弥补了欠驱动手没有速度传感器的缺点,补偿了欠驱动环节造成的不确定因素。与PID或计算力矩法相比较,其轨迹跟踪误差更小,动态控制效果更好。     

玩具车轮胎气动推出注射模

气动推出注射模是注射模中的一种典型结构，它是利用压缩空气推出塑件；玩具车中的轮胎是结构独特而常用的一种塑件。用注射成型，脱模方法就是气动脱模。轮胎气动推出模的常用结构是由高压空气推开锥形阀门进入型腔，将塑件强行推出。阀门由弹簧复位。本文介绍另一种简单实用的气阀结构，经实践检验，非常稳定可靠。