Issue 10 Volume 41 May 16, 2003

20030033111 Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA
An IEEE-1394 Based Outlet for Home Automation and Health Care Networks
Martel, S.; Hunter, I.; Oct 2001; 5 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A410603; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A01, Hardcopy
This paper describes a new outlet intended for a future home and/or office network based on the IEEE-1394 serial bus.
The new outlet has been built and tested. Several units can be distributed throughout the home to provide high-speed inter
connection among various systems designed for home automation and/or health care applications.
DTIC
Computer Networks; Connectors
20030034656 Patras Univ., Greece
Tele-Medicine Applications of an ISDN-Based Tele-Working Platform
Economou, G.; Sotiriades, P.; Charokopos, N.; Lymberopoulos, D.; Oct 2001; 6 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A410372; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A02, Hardcopy
The Tele-Medicine sub-services backed up by a novel, open-architecture Tele-Working platform, are evaluated. This
multimedia platform, developed over the Hellenic Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), is based on user terminals
(personal computers), networking apparatus, and a central database. The developed product equips the Hellenic PTT
Organization (OTE) with a ready-to-be applied novel service that would supply future subscribers (MDs) the means to
remotely collaborate in real time, exchange data on- and off-line, enhance their diagnoses, electronically fix, accept, or modify
patient visits, build’ virtual rooms to meet, etc. The platform, especially focused to implement a Tele-Medicine system, was
tested for a period of over nine (9) months through a network of twenty-two (22) nodes situated in remote counties of Hellas.
DTIC
Communication Networks; Data Transmission; Multimedia; Telemedicine
20030034691 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA
Initial Requirements for a Software Tool to Support the Use of Operational Sequence Diagrams (OSDs)
Wallace, Daniels; Winters, John; Nov. 2001; 30 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A410509; NSWCDD/TR-01/134; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
In order to produce systems to meet the needs of the end users, frequent and detailed inputs and feedback from the user
community and domain experts should be integrated into the development process. Current methods for soliciting user input
are largely anecdotal or reactive, but a structured tool to document and organize such information can permit the systematic
integration of the real end-user requirements. Based on experiences in using a modified version of operational sequence
diagrams (OSDs) on several projects at the Dahlgren Laboratory of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
(NSWCDD), proposed requirements for a software tool to support the use of OSDs were produced as part of the ONR/SC-21
Science and Technology Manning Affordability Initiative. This report documents the initial requirements for a software tool
to support this process. An introductory description of the revised OSD symbology is also provided.
DTIC
Human Factors Engineering; Software Development Tools; Diagrams; Operations
20030038790 Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
Database Design for Developing Pavement Performance Equations (on CD-ROM)
Aug. 04, 1998; In English
Report No.(s): PB2002-500116; FHWA/OH-99/002; No Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
A comprehensive Database Management System (DBMS) software called ‘RESEARCH’ was developed to manage the
data which will be collected by ODOT to develop the Pavement Performance Prediction Models. This software uses ‘Visual
FoxPro Version 5.0, Windows’ and incorporates all the latest features of a PC-based DBMS as well as Windows. The database
was designed to perform all the necessary functions of a comprehensive DBMS, such as: data entry and editing, retrieval of
the data, and reports. To facilitate the data entry, a menu driven feature call ‘FORM’ was used in this system. Each data table
is displayed on the screen as a Form and valid data entry is displayed as the user enters the data. This allows the user to check
the data immediately and correct any typing errors before storing the data in the database. It also contains lookup tables to
help the user in entering the proper codes, when necessary. A description of various fields of the database is also included in
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