简介:Withthedevelopmentofwirelessnetworksandmobilecomputing,moreadvancedapplicationswithcontext-awarenessandadaptabilitytotheirchangingcontextareneeded.However,buildingcontext-awareapplicationsisdifficultduetothelackofadequateinfrastructuresupport.Inthispaper,awebmiddlewarearchitectureforthedevelopmentofcontext-awarenessapplicationsusingnearfieldcommunication(NFC)isproposed.Basedonit,theefficientsupportforacquiring,interpreting,andaccessingcontextisprovided,andtheuser’squalityofexperienceisimproved.Moreover,amobilewebmiddlewareforthetestingandfullrealizationofNFCcontext-awarenessapplicationshasbeendevelopedtogetherwithtwoapplicationexamples.
简介:Evaluationofqualityofsingingisanissuesubjectivelyrealizedbytheexperts.Thispaperpresentstheresultsoftheanalysisofthevibratoparameterinthesinging.Thewell-knownfactistheexistenceofvibratoofsufficientqualityinthevoicesofprofessionalsingers.Theauthorsfocushereonthechoralvoicestoassessthequalityoftheirsingingfromthepointofviewofthevibratoparameter.Themethodpresentedhereisdevelopedtoevaluatethevibratowhilesingingunderconditionsclosetotherealones.Thestudywascarriedoutontherecordingsofthemembersofanacademicchoir.Asaresultoftestsitwasfoundthatnotallsingerspresentthesamequalityofvibratointermsofdeviationofvibratoconfidence(STDCV).
简介:Climatechangehasbecomewidelyacceptedasachallengethathumanswillfaceinthenot-too-distantfuture.Mountainecosystemsandtheirinhabitantsareamongthemostvulnerabletoclimatechange.ThispaperseekstoexplainmigrationdriversinspecificmountainregionsinthecontextofclimatechangebasedonForesight’sconceptualframework.AclimatechangesensitivefieldnamedShangnanCountyinsouthernShaanxiProvinceischosenasthecasestudyareatoinvestigatelocalmigrationdrivers.Aseriesofqualitativeresearchmethodsisemployedinthecasestudyincludingparticipantobservation,semi-structuredinterviews,andfocusgroupdiscussions.Theevidenceofsurveysuggeststhatmigrationdecisionsarenotonlyshapedbymacrofactorsinaspectsofenvironmental,economics,demographic,social,politicsandpsychological,butalsoinfluencedbyplaced-relatedbarriersandfacilitatingmechanismsandpersonalcharacteristics.