Quantifying the effectiveness of ITS in improving safety of VRUs

This paper presents the results of a safety impact assessment, providing quantitative estimates of the safety impacts of ten intelligent transport systems (ITS) which were designed to improve safety, mobility and comfort of vulnerable road users (VRUs). The evaluation method originally developed to assess safety impacts of ITS for cars was now...

False alarm rates of liquid explosives detection systems

Restrictions on the carriage of liquids, aerosol, and gels (LAGs) by airline passengers have been in place since November 2006, following the discovery of a terrorist plot involving homemade liquid explosives to be used on transatlantic flights (Wikipedia, 2006). Restrictions on the carriage of LAGs remain today, and the operational impact of...

Emotion recognition from speech by combining databases and fusion of classifiers

We explore possibilities for enhancing the generality, portability and robustness of emotion recognition systems by combining data-bases and by fusion of classifiers. In a first experiment, we investigate the performance of an emotion detection system tested on a certain database given that it is trained on speech from either the same database,...

High throughput defect detection with multiple parallel electron beams

A new concept for high throughput defect detection with multiple parallel electron beams is described. As many as 30 000 beams can be placed on a footprint of a in.2, each beam having its own microcolumn and detection system without cross-talk. Based on the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors requirements, some high level...

Benchmarking operational SAR ship detection

The performances of eight satellite SAR ship detection systems (most of them operational) are compared, by running a benchmark test on RADARSAT images of various modes. No single system is best under all circumstances.

The EUV program at ASML: an update

With the realisation of the alpha-tool, ASML is progressing with the pre-commercialisation phase of its EUVL development. We report on the progress in the development of several key modules of the alpha-tool, including the source, wafer stage and reticle stage, wafer handling, baseframe, and optics modules. We demonstrate that the focus sensor...

Sensor fusion for antipersonnel landmine detection, a case study

In this paper the multi sensor fusion results obtained within the European research project GEODE (Ground Explosive Ordnance Detection system) are presented. The lay out of the test lane and the individual sensors used are described. The implementation of the SCOOP algorithm improves the ROC curves, as the false alarm surface and the number of...

TEMPO-mediated oxidation of pullulan and influence of ionic strength and linear charge density on the dimensions of the obtained polyelectrolyte chains

The applied pH during the TEMPO-mediated (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl) oxidation of the polysaccharide pullulan has a substantial influence on the molar mass distribution of the products. The least degradation was found in the pH range 9.2-9.7 and especially at higher pH, significant degradation occurs due to β-elimination. Four samples...