WSEAS/CIEO International Conference on

URBAN REHABILITATION AND SUSTAINABILITY (URES '10)

CLIMATE CHANGES, GLOBAL WARMING, BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS (CGB '10)

NATURAL HAZARDS (NAHA '10)

MATERIALS SCIENCE (MATERIALS '10)

MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS (MACMESE '10)

DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS (DNCOCO '10)

SENSORS and SIGNALS (SENSIG '10)

VISUALIZATION, IMAGING and SIMULATION (VIS '10) 

Faro , Algarve, Portugal, November 3-5, 2010 

  

Wednesday, November 3rd 2010  

8:30-10:00 REGISTRATION: CIEO, Faculty of Economics, Campus de Gambelas, Building 9, University of Algarve, Faro

9:00-9:30 OPENING CEREMONY: Red Amphitheatre Faculty of Economics

Opening Ceremony Speakers:

Efigénio Rebelo, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of AlgarveTeresa Noronha Vaz, Director of the Research Centre for Spatial and

Organizational Dynamics (CIEO)Thomas Panagopoulos, CIEO Vice-Director

WSEAS Representative

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break

Plenary Lecture 1 on URBAN REHABILITATION AND SUSTAINABILITY3/11, 9:30-10:15, Faculty of Economics, Red Amphitheatre, Building 9

Creating Disaster Resiliency in Tropical Storm Regions: Re-Building for Flood Resilient and Sustainable Coastal Louisiana Communities and the Mexican Gulf Coastby Prof. Bruce G. Sharky, Louisiana State University, USA.

Plenary Lecture 1 on CLIMATE CHANGES, GLOBAL WARMING, BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

10:15-11:00 Red Amphitheatre FE, Building 9

Contribution of Portuguese Agriculture to the Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for the Sectorby Mrs. Corina Carranca, INRB, PORTUGAL.

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

3/11, Faculty of Economics, Red Amphitheatre 11:30-13:30Session: Climate changes and biological problemsChair: Corina CarrancaClimate Change in the XXIst Century: Mechanisms and Predictions

Igor Khmelinskii and Peter Stallinga

638-191

Landscape science and global environmental change Olav Slaymaker 638-097Formation of Agreements on Climate Change: The Impact of Uncertainty

Michael Finus, Pedro Pintassilgo

638-540

Technology for Decision Support during Biological Incidents Responses

Tereza Otcenaskova, Vladimir Bures, Pavel Cech, Karel Antos

638-421

Vegetation Changes in the Pine Forests of the Nature Park Tervete, Latvia

Inga Straupe, Vija Kreile 638-309

The Effect of PAM (Polyacrilamid) on Wind Blown Sand Abrasion Injury and Production of Vegetables

Jiftah Ben-Asher, Arthur Genis, Leonid Vulfson

638-526

Break for lunch

Plenary Lecture 2 on CLIMATE CHANGES, GLOBAL WARMING, BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

14:30-15:15 Red Amphitheatre FE, Building 9, Chair Prof. Bruce G. Sharky

Effects of Global Climate Change on Development and Growth of Cropsby Prof. Jose Paulo de Melo-Abreu , Technical University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL.

Plenary Lecture 2 on URBAN REHABILITATION AND SUSTAINABILITY15:15-16:00 Red Amphitheatre FE, Building 9, Chair Prof. Bruce G. Sharky

Economic Viability of Passive Houses and Low-Energy Housesby Assist. Prof. Amaryllis Audenaert , Artesis University College of Antwerp, BELGIUM.

16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break

3/11, Faculty of Economics, Red Amphitheatre 16:30-18:10Session: Rehabilitation and sustainable developmentChair: Amaryllis Audenaert, Bruce G. SharkyThe Flat and the Knurled Space in the Reconstruction of Cities

Maria Bostenaru Dan 638-325

Linear Infrastructures in Complex Landscapes: The Case of A22 Highway, Portugal

Elena Berte, Thomas Panagopoulos

638-356

The Urban-Rural Interface and the Natural Risk Management

Susana Freiria, Alexandre O. Tavares

638-330

Residential Interior Occupant Health Criteria in West Michigan

Morna Hallsaxton, Jon Burley

638-296

Learning by Experience: Using Case Study Research towards the Definition of a Postindustrial Redevelopment Approach

Luis Loures, Jose Nunes, Thomas Panagopoulos

638-547

Plenary Lecture 1 on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING

3/11, 10:00-10:30 Green Amphitheatre FCT, Building 8

Normal Forms Theory with Applications to the Non-linear Oscillations in Mechanicsby Prof. Nicolae-Doru Stanescu, University of Pitesti, ROMANIA.

Plenary Lecture 2: on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING

3/11, 10:30-11:00 Green Amphitheatre FCT, Building 8

Some Mathematical and Computational Methods in Solid Mechanicsby Prof. Tamaz S. Vashakmadze, Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, GEORGIA.

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

3/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 11:30-13:10Session: Computational methods in engineeringChair: Maria Bostenaru DanMeasurement of Ultrasound Attenuation for Normal and Pathological Mice Breast Tissue using 10MHz Ultrasound wave

Maheza Irna Mohamad Salim, M. Azizi Tumiran, Siti Nor Zawani Ahmmad, I. Ariffin, Abdul H. Ahmad, B. Rosidi, Eko Supriyanto

638-352

Application of Hadamard's Variation to Numerical Solutions of a Free Boundary Problem

Nuha L. Othman, Takashi Suzuki, Takuya Tsuchiya

638-245

Minimax Robust RHC Method for Two Mobile Robots Cooperative Carrying Task Problem

Tohru Kawabe 638-190

Software Guide Suggestion to Assist Clinical Medical Diagnosis in Human Trichinellosis in Primary Care

Maria-Elena Cocuz, Codruta Nemet, Mihaela Idomir, Roxana Miclaus

638-315

Model Based Predictive Control for a Class of Maximum Phase Nonlinear SISO Systems

Siller-Alcala, A. Ferreyra-Ramirez, R. Alcantara-Ramirez, J. Jaimes-Ponce

638-396

3/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 14:20-16:00Session: Computational methods in scienceChair: Jose BeltraoA General End-Point Detection Algorithm for Cardiac Sounds

D. Della Giustina, M. Fanfulla, M. Malcangi, F. Belloni, M. Riva

638-329

Dynamics of Automatic Weapon Mounted on the Tripod

Jiri Balla, Marek Havlicek, Ludek Jedlicka, Zbynek Krist, Frantisek Racek

638-251

Euclidian Edge Length and Topology of Networks Generated by Random Transports on One-Dimensional Lattice

Nobutoshi Ikeda 638-221

Recommendation of Environmental and Industrial Services

Sylvia Encheva 638-213

Method and Program for Automatic Calculation Forces and Momentum to Asymmetric Longitudinal Rolling

Vasile Alexa, Sorin Ratiu, Gabriel Nicolae Popa

638-398

16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break

3/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 16:30-18:50Session: Mathematical and computational methodsChair: Maria de Belem MartinsNormal Forms Theory with Applications to the Non-Linear Oscillations in Mechanics

Nicolae–Doru Stanescu 638-278

Accelerating the Local Search Algorithm for the Facility Location

Jiri Skala, Ivana Kolingerov 638-214

Faculty Evaluation using Multicriteria Value Measurement

C.A. Bana E. Costa, Paulo Martins, M.D. Oliveira, A. Sernadas, C.A. Mota Soares

638-394

A New Digital Stethoscope with Environmental Noise Cancellation

F. Belloni, D. D. Giustina, M. Riva, M. Malcangi

638-326

A Mathematical Model for the Fire-extinguishing Rocket Flight in a Turbulent Atmosphere

Cristina Mihailescu 638-402

Six Sigma Methodology with Fraud Detection Andrej Trnka 638-560Lava Flows Impact Prediction at Mount Etna by Cellular Automata

V. Lupiano, Rocco Rongo, M.V. Avolio, W. Spataro

638-409

Plenary Lecture 1 on MATERIALS SCIENCE3/11, Faculty of Economics Room 3B 13:00-13:30

Principle of Polysaccharide Gelsby Prof. Masakuni Tako, University of the Ryukyus, JAPAN.

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3B 13:30-16:10Session: Materials ScienceChair: Dagmar MerinskaBarrier Properties of Filled High-Impact Polystyrene Zuzana Dujkova, Dagmar

Merinska, Miroslav Slouf, David Pistek

638-195

Shape and Size of Filler vs. Mechanical Properties and Flammability of Polystyrene Nanocomposites

Dagmar Merinska, Zuzana Dujkova, Hana Kubisova, P. Svoboda, Miroslav Slouf

638-184

The Optical Properties of Magnesium Oxide Containing Transition Metal Ions and Defects Produced by Fast Neutron Irradiation

Vera Skvortsova, Laima Trinkler

638-521

Preparation of (Ethylene-Methacrylic Acid) Copolymer/Vermiculite Composites

P. Zadrapa, J. Zykova, E. Tripska, J. Malac, L. Kovarova

638-252

Structural Characterization by HRXRD and Raman Scattering of AlxGa1-xSb/GaSb Heterostructure

A. Mendez-Lopez, J. Diaz-Reyes, J. Martinez-Juarez, M. Galvan-Arellano

638-297

Secondary Powder Materials – Raw Material Alternative for Steel Making in EAF

Mirela Sohaciu, Cristian Predescu, Avram Nicolae, Daniela Nagy

638-206

Characterization of a multilayer GaAs/AlGaAs broadband quantum well infrared photodetectors

Ugur Serincan, Bulent Aslan, Burcu Arpapay, Tugce Karakulak,Bulent Arýkan, Hulya Kuru

638-368

Effect of deposition temperature on the crystalline structure and surface morphology of ZnO films deposited on p-Si

Seval AKSOY, Yasemin CAGLAR, Saliha ILICAN, Mujdat CAGLAR

638-363

Coffee Break 16:00 – 16:30

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3B 16:30-19:10Special Session: Materials Science IIChair: Prof. Masakuni Tako, J. Diaz-ReyesImproved Impact-Echo Approach for Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation

R. Zhang, L. D. Olson, A. Seibi, A. Helal, A. Khalil, M. Rahim

638-386

Structural and Optical Characterization of ZnO Layers Grown by Chemical Bath Deposition Activated by Means Microwaves

J. Diaz-Reyes, J. Martinez-Juarez, R. Galeazzi, G. Juarez-Diaz, M. Galvan-Arellano, P. Rodriguez-Fragoso, E. Lopez-Cruz

638-295

Optical and Structural Properties of WO3 as a Function of the Annealing Temperature

J. Diaz-Reyes,J. E. Flores-Mena, J. M. Gutierrez-Arias, M. M. Morin-Castillo, H. Azucena-Coyotecatl, M. Galvan, P. Rodriguez-Fragoso, A. Mendez-Lopez

638-294

Optical and Structural Properties of GaAs Highly Doped with Carbon

J. Diaz-Reyes, J. E. Flores-Mena, J. M. Gutierrez-Arias, M. M. Morin-Castillo, H. Azucena-Coyotecatl , P. R. Fragoso

638-293

The Influence of Transient Strain Rate Deformation on the Microstructure of AA2024 Aluminum Alloy in the Low Temperature Range

H. Arabshahi, M. Ghorji 638-331

Influence of Kaolinite Modification on the PVC Composites Properties

Jitka Zykova, Alena Kalendova, V. Matejka, Petr Zadrapa, Jiri Malac

638-197

The Mechanical and Optical Properties of the PVB Nanocomposites with Modified Nanofiller

D. Pistek, D. Merinska, Z. Dujkova, M. Tupy

638-196

Nanostructuration of black nickel low cost solar absorbing electrodeposited on c81100 high conductive copper

Ricardo luiz perez Teixeira,Renata antoun Simão,Bruno Coelho,A. Oliveira

638-124

Plenary Lecture 1 on SENSORS and SIGNALS3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3C 10:00-10:30

Collaborative Sensors Data Processing and Environment Information Infrastructure as Means to Support Autonomous Actions of Service Robotsby Prof. Vitaliy Rybak, Tecnological University of the Mixteca, MEXICO.

Plenary Lecture 2 on SENSORS and SIGNALS3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3C 10:30-11:00

Novel Fluorescence Methods for Biotechnological and Biomedical Sensoring: Assessing Antioxidants, Reactive Radicals, Superoxide and NO Dynamics, Immunoassay and Biomembranes Fluidityby Prof. Gertz I. Likhtenshtein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL.

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3C 11:30-13:30Session: SENSORS and SIGNALSChair: Vitaliy RybakAdequacy of Identification of Controlled Phenomena in Alarm Systems

George Popov, Tasho Tashev, Vanya Ivanova

638-096

Increasing Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks using Adaptive Scheduling Technique

Dragos Mihai Ofrim, B.A. Ofrim, Dragos Ioan Sacaleanu, Rodica Stoian

638-250

The TDOA system topology optimization from signal source position error estimation point of view

Jiri Vesely, Petr Hubacek 638-243

Investigation of Optical Correlation Based Velocity Sensors

H. Luo, U. Ricklefs 638-360

An Experimental Comparison of Source Location Privacy Methods for Power Optimization in WSNs

G. S. Tangil, E. Palomar, B. Ramos, A. Ribagorda

638-255

Analysis of Non-ideal Effects of Pipelined ADC by Using MATLAB-Simulink

Vilem Kledrowetz, Jiri Haze 638-264

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3C 14:00-16:20Session: SENSORS and SIGNALSChair: Prof. Gertz I. LikhtenshteinNovel Fluorescence Sensing of Molecules of Biomedical Importance and Biomembranes Fluidity

Gertz I. Likhtenshtein 638-130

Motion Sickness Assessment with Bio-Signal Indices on Korean Train

Yongsoo Song, Suk-Moon O, Yongkyu Kim

638-357

Development of Odor Recorder for Practical Odor Recording Application

Pakpum Somboon, Takamichi Nakamoto

638-276

Design and Fabrication of an Intelligent Irrigation Control System

A. Algeeb, A. Albagul, A. Asseni, O. Khalifa, O.S. Jomah

638-349

Evaluation of Implicit Contextual Memory with EEG Methods

Andreea Catalina Enache 638-397

Measurement of CO2 Using Refractometric Fiber Optic Sensors

C. Gouveia, A. Markovics, J. M. Baptista, B. Kovacs, P. A. S. Jorge

638-410

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3C 16:30-18:00Special Session: Optical SensorsChair: Orlando FrazãoPhotonic Crystal Fibres for Sensing Applications Orlando Frazao 638-336Fiber-Optical High-Resolution Esophagus Manometry Based on Drawing-Tower Fiber Bragg Gratings

Martin Becker, Manfred Rothhardt, Kerstin Schroder, Hartmut Bartelt, Sebastian Voigt, Andreas Teubner, Thomas Lupke, Christoph Thieroff

638-200

Fiber Lasers for Optical Sensing Applications Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera, Manuel Lopez-Amo Sainz

638-350

Electrical Dynamic Interrogation System for Long Period Gratings

J. P. Carvalho, L. Coelho, O. Frazao, J. L. Santos

638-400

Fiber Optic Refractometric Configurations for Environmental Sensing

Pedro A. S. Jorge 638-523

Wireless Communicated Smart Wind Sensor Zdenek Bohuslavek 638-320

Plenary Lecture 1 on DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3A 9:30-10:00

How to Model Software Generator for Information System in Order to Support Normative Organizational Activitiesby Prof. Dzenana Donko, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3A 10:00-11:00Session: DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERSChair: Dzenana DonkoFrameworks for Model-Driven Development of Web Applications

V. Okanovic, Dzenana Donko, Tadej Mateljan

638-267

Specific Modeling of the Business Processes Dzenana Donko, S. Sabeta 638-266Using Social Network Services as an Input for a Trust Clustered - Collaborative Filtering Recommendation System

Teo Eterovic, Benjamin Kapetanovic, Dzenana Donko

638-319

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3A 11:30-13:00Session: DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERSChair: Petr Tucnik, Dimo BoyadzhievMulticriterial Decision Making in Multiagent Systems – Limitations and Advantages of State Representation of Behavior

Petr Tucnik 638-359

A New Approach in Fractal Image Compression Based on Honey Bee Mating Optimization and Quadtreetion

Elham Afarandeh, Mahdi Yaghoobi

638-272

Initial Testing and Assessment of the First Share.TEC Repository System

Dimo Boyadzhiev 638-406

On the Dynamic Decode-and-Forward Relay Listen-Transmit Decision Rule in Intersymbol Interference Channels

Stefan Maagh, Mohammad Y. Sharif, A. E. A. Almaini

638-204

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3A 14:00-16:00Session: DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERSChair: Silvia FernandesUser Acceptance of the Microsoft Ribbon User Interface

Martin Dostal 638-427

Communication Security for SCADA in Smart Grid Environment

Rosslin John Robles, Tai-Hoon Kim

638-212

Comparison of Digital Libraries Systems Michal Kokorceny, Agata Bodnarova

638-285

A Gradual Data Acquisition Replacement Strategy for the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant

Ramon Montellano-Garcia, Ilse Leal-Aulenbacher, Hector M. Bernal

638-218

Information Systems in Healthcare: Potential of Mobile Systems. The Case of INEM

Silvia Fernandes, Vitor Vieira

638-529

3/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3A 16:30-18:00Session: DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERSChair: Inga StraupeGender Influence in Perception and Adoption of e-Learning Platforms

Jorge Arenas-Gaitan, F. J.R. Cataluna, P.E. R. Correa

638-205

Building robust web-based systems by managing exceptions through logging, reporting and analysis

Sharil Tumin, Sylvia Encheva

638-271

Categorization of Semantic Web Applications – The Basis for Defining Semantic Web Application Development Process

Lidia Rovan, Tomislav Jagust, Mirta Baranovic

638-273

Isolation Solution for Insecure Information Systems M.Balitanas, Tai-Hoon Kim 638-265

Thursday, November 4th 2010 Plenary Lecture 3: on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS

in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING9:00-9:30 Green Amphitheatre FCT, Building 8

Ethics, Mathematical Methods, Informatics Pattern, Bioterrorismby Prof. Liliana Rogozea, University Transilvania of Brasov, ROMANIA.

4/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 9:30-11:10Session: Mathematical methods Chair: Tsuyoshi TakayamaWaiting/Cruising Location Recommendation Based on Mining on Occupied Taxi Data

Tsuyoshi Takayama, Kenji Matsumoto, Ayaka Kumagai, Nobuyoshi Sato, Yoshitoshi Murata

638-354

Computational methods used for information technology impact in scientometric studies for scientific production

Angela Repanovici, Liliana Rogozea, Gabriela Ratulea

638-292

Analysis of Dental Implants Behaviour in Mobilizing Prosthesis

Mihaela Baritz, Diana Cotoros, Luciana Cristea

638-284

Store-Level Latent Segmentation Models: A Case Study

G. Trindade, M. Magalhaes Hill, Jose G. Dias

638-208

Application of Generative Algorithms in Architectural Design

Stavric Milena, Marina Ognen

638-328

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

4/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 11:30-13:30Session: Computational methods in engineeringChair: Stavric MilenaStatistical Methods used in Measuring Impact of Copyright Ownership Author Behaviour Regarding Open Access

Luciana Cristea, Angela Repanovici, Carmen Gheorghe

638-290

Computational Methods Used in the Study of Border Breast Lesions Diagnosed by Mammography and Ultrasound

Gabriela Sechel, Andreea Fleancu, Liliana Rogozea, Dana Sorina Alexandrescu

638-289

Portfolio Decision Analysis with PROBE: Addressing Costs of not Financing Projects

J.C. Lourenco, Carlos A. B. Costa, Joao Oliveira Soares

638-518

Stochastic Resonance in the Case of a Generalized Langevin Eq. with a Mittag-Leffler Friction Kernel

Katrin Laas, Romi Mankin, Eerik Reiter

638-404

Some Properties of Nonlinear Continuous Time Generalized Predictive Control

I.I.S. Alcala, A.F. Ramirez, R A. Ramirez, J. J. Ponce

638-395

Fast Frame Decomposition and Sorting by Contour Tracing for Mobile Phone Comic Images

Yusuke In, Takashi Oie, Masakazu Higuchi, Shuji Kawasaki, Atushi Koike, Hitomi Murakami

638-210

4/11 FCT Green Amphitheatre 14:00-16:00Session: Mathematical ModelingChair: Joao Oliveira Soares, Diogo BaltazarRequirements on the Accuracy of Determination of Target Position and Movement Parameters

Ludek Jedlicka 638-358

Planning and Control of Logistics for Offshore Wind Farms

Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Michael Lutjen, Jens Heger, Anne Schweizer

638-361

Evaluation of Real Options in an Oil Field Joao Oliveira Soares, Diogo Baltazar

638-098

Speed Booms Detection for a Ground Vehicle with Computer Vision

Juan Martin Raya Bahena, C.A. Cruz, Arturo Zuniga Lopez, A. Ferreyra-Ramirez

638-379

An Investigation of Preferential Flow Path in Case of Urban Flooding, Using 2D Mathematical Hydrodynamical Modeling

Marie-Alice Ghitescu, David Ioan

638-392

Error Analysis of the Mobile Phone GPS and its Application to the Error Reduction

Yuki Odaka, Yusuke In, Mayuko Kitazume, M. Higuchi, Shuji Kawasaki, Hitomi Murakami

638-198

16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break

4/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3B 14:00-16:00Session: New and Friendly Mathematical and Computational Methods in Biological Science and MedicineChair: Liliana RogozeaHospital Web Pages – A Brasov Case Study L. Dima, Cezar Podasca, L.

Rogozea, A. Balescu, Victoria Burtea

638-477

Information Network and Data Base in Clinical Diagnosis and Bacterial Sensibility Surveillance – A Special Requirement in Acute Diarrhoea Control and Monitoring into a Regional Area

Scarneciu Camelia, Maria-Elena Cocuz, Scarneciu Ioan, Roxana Miclaus

638-369

Applying Engineering in Healthcare: A Proposed Computer-Assisted Mathematical Model for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Alina Mihaela Pascu, D. M. Barbu, Ion Barbu, Ligia Neica, Andreea Fleancu

638-370

IT Monitoring of Determinative Factors in Adherence to Treatment of Patients Having Tuberculosis

Felicia Dogariu, Antonella Chesca, M.C. Luculescu, Mihaela Elena Idomir

638-342

E-Communication – A Modality to Improve the Hospital Management

Liliana Rogozea, Cezar Podasca, Rudolf Derczeni, Daniela Adriana Ion

638-384

Online Informing and Self-Appointment of Population – A Method to Improve Patient's Access to Health Services

Livia Sangeorzan, Mihai Varciu, Razvan Peste, Roxana Miclaus, Dana Sorina Alexandrescu

638-522

4/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3B 16:30-18:00Session: New and Friendly Mathematical and Computational Methods in Biological Science and MedicineChair: Liliana RogozeaStatistic Study Regarding the Correlation of Ischemic Stroke Etiologic Diagnosis with the Computer-Tomographic Imaging of Initial Scans

Andreea Fleancu, Gabriela Sechel, Lorena Dima, Calin Fleancu

638-343

The Employment Field of the Patients Suffering of Tuberculosis as Part of an IT System of the Disease Causing Decisive Factors

Antonella Chesca, Felicia Dogariu, M.C. Luculescu, Daniela Diaconescu

638-344

Analysis of Results and Optimization of a WEB-based Program used for the Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in a Romanian Universitary Hospital

Mihaela Elena Idomir, Maria Elena Cocuz, A. Chesca, C. Gabriela Nemet

638-345

Volume Fraction-Corrected Mitotic Index in Prostate Cancer

Daniela Diaconescu, Sorin Diaconescu, Antonella Chesca, Sebastian Toma

638-346

4/11 Faculty of Economics Room 2A 14:00-16:00Session: DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERSChair: Prof. Peter MikuleckySIP Threats Detection System Miroslav Voznak, Filip

Rezac638-419

Possibilities for Formal Models of Smart Environments

Peter Mikulecky 638-423

Ambient Intelligence and Knowledge Management: Perspectives from the Czech Reality

Richard Brunet-Thornton, Vladimir Bures

638-425

Feasibility Analysis upon the Implementation of GSM Based Date Transfer Systems in Precision Agriculture

Ciprian Pirna, Simona Lache 638-422

Testing of a Microwave Transmission Link System at 2.45 GHz

L. Ekonomou, V. Vita, G. E. Chatzarakis

638-187

E-model Improvement for Speech Quality Evaluation Including Codecs Tandeming

M. Voznak, M. Tomes, Z. Vaclavikova, Michal Halas

638-417

16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break

Plenary Lecture 2 on DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS4/11, 16:30-17:15 Faculty of Economics, Room 3A, Building 9

Large-Scale Ambient Intelligenceby Prof. Peter Mikulecky, University of Hradec Kralove, CZECH REPUBLIC.

Plenary Lecture 4: on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING

4/11, 16:30-17:15 Green Amphitheatre FCT, Building 8

Softcomputing Methodologies Applied to Audio-Based Information Retrievalby Prof. Mario Malcangi, Universita degli Studi di Milano, ITALY.

Plenary Lecture 2 on VISUALIZATION, IMAGING and SIMULATION4/11, 9:00-9:30 Red Amphitheatre Faculty of Economics, Building 9

Some Relevant Aspects of Developing a Customized Remote Control Systemby Assoc. Prof. Mihaiela Iliescu , "POLITEHNICA" University of Bucharest, ROMANIA.

4/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 9:30-11:10Session: Visualization and simulationChair: Mihaiela Iliescu,Event-Based Semantic Visualization of Trajectory Data in Urban City with a Space-Time Cube

Chen Zhong, Chamseddine Zaki, Vincent Tourre, Guillaume Moreau

638-306

Urban Environment Quality Indicators: Application to Solar Radiation and Morphological Analysis on Built Area

Claudio Carneiro, Eugenio Morello, Gilles Desthieux, Francois Golay

638-549

BAS2, an In-House Developed Stand Alone GIS Application for the Estimation of Burned Area Statistics

I. Z. Gitas, Thomas Katagis, Anastasia Polychronaki, Marcel Mateescu

638-177

CFD Modeling of Tree-induced Effects on Flow and Dispersion of Traffic Emissions in City Centres

J. H. Amorim, V. Rodrigues, R. Tavares, C. Borrego

638-562

3D FEM Analysis of Cutting Processes Corina Constantin, S.Mihai Croitoru, G. Constantin, Claudiu Florinel Bisu

638-232

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

4/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 11:30-13:10Session: Visualization, imaging and simulationChair: Irina Jackiva Developing an Innovative System for Skates Iliescu M., Tiganu I., Boboc

D., Ploscan C.638-231

Performance Evaluation of Visual Cryptography Schemes with Intensity Transformations for Gray-Scale Images

Masakazu Higuchi, Shuji Kawasaki, Jonah Gamba, Atsushi Koike, Hitomi Murakami, Aya Emori

638-327

Geographic Information System for Railway Management

Hazem M. El-Bakry, Wael A. Awad

638-555

Application of Enterprise Modeling Method for Continuing Education Design and Development

Ginta Stale, Sarma Cakula 638-270

3D Visualization Framework Based on MVC for In-Situ OLAP Knowledge/Information Interpretation

Sung Gook Kim, Kyeong Deok Woo, Beom Seok Lee, Kyoung Il Kang, Cheolwhan Lee, Sung Kyun Lee, Sung Wook Baik

638-253

4/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 14:20-16:00Session: Shrinking citiesChair: Ana Paula BarreiraUrban Rehabilitation and Sustainability in Slovene Cities

Mojca Sasek Divjak 638-283

The role of urban design in the process of regeneration of suburbs: The case of Puglia Region

Francesco Selicato, Francesco Rotondo

638-300

Postindustrial Land Transformation: From Theory to Practice and Vice-Versa

Luis Loures, Thomas Panagopoulos, Jon Burley

638-546

Challenges and Prospects of Urban Allotments in Latvia and Portugal

Ilze Jankovska, Thomas Panagopoulos

638-532

Coastal Areas also Shrink: Main Determinants for the Case of Southern Portugal

Ana Paula Barreira 638-186

4/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 16:30-17:50Session: Landscape and sustainabilityChair: Jon Burley, Thomas PanagopoulosReinventing Landscape in Postindustrial Sites: Three Sites Revised

Luis Loures, Ana Viegas, Tiago Ramos, Sandra Silva

638-548

Reclamation and Landscape Design Suggestions for a Mine Tailing in Cartagena, SE Spain

Sebla Kabas, Jose A. Acosta, Raul Zornoza, Dora M. Carmona, Silvia M.

638-216

Martinez, Angel Faz CanoVisual and Environmental Quality Perception and Preference in the People's Republic of China

Fei Mo, Jon Burley 638-530

Parks' Planning and Local Development between Biodiversity and Sustainability

Antonio Scarpino, Milena Lopreite

638-317

18:00-20:00 Welcome reception in the Municipality of Faro Museum (old city, downtown), with the presence of Macario Correia, President of the Municipality of Faro and Rogério Bacalhau

Dinner at 20:00 Hotel EVA (rich social program).

Friday, November 5th 2010Plenary Lecture 5: on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS

in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING9:00-9:30 Green Amphitheatre FCT, Building 8

Analytical and Boundary Elements based Integral Representation for Numerical Solution of 3-D Potential Problems in Heterogeneous Media Containing Singularitiesby Prof. Ioan David, POLITEHNICA University Timisoara, ROMANIA.

5/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 9:30-11:10Session: Mathematical methods Chair: Ioan DavidTwo Degrees of Freedom Model for Non-Linear Vibrations of the Automobile

Nicolae–Doru Stanescu 638-217

Combined Disaggregation of Agricultural Land Uses, Livestock Numbers and Crops' Production: An Entropy Approach

Antonio Xavier, Maria De Belem Martins, Rui Manuel De Sousa Fragoso

638-338

A Multivariate Analysis of the Relative Impact of Performance and Relationship Attributes on Customer Satisfaction

Carlos M. F. Monteiro, Joao Oliveira Soares, Helena M. P. Teixeira

638-381

Application of Cubic Spline to Determine Changes in the Solid Solution of Metronidazole

G.Flores Marcos, Cortez Jose Italo, G.C. Marco Antonio, Moreno R. Jose Albino, H.A. Miguel Angel, Gomez V. Hillary Sacnite

638-473

Over a New Approach on Investment Strategies Razvan Raducanu 638-193

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

5/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 11:30-13:30Session: Computational methods in engineeringChair: Carlos GuerreroAnalysis and Quantification of Human Subject Stability Behaviour under Visual and Motor Perturbations

Cotoros Diana, Baritz Mihaela, Ligia Neica, Lorena Dima, G. Sechel

638-480

Estimating Local Thickness for Finite Element Analysis

Vanio Ferreira, Luis Paulo Santos, Ricardo Simoes, Markus Franzen, Omar O. Ghouati

638-165

Numerical Solution of Iterative Ordinary Differential Equation by Integration Method

Maitree Podisuk 638-164

A New Method of Multiple Imputation for Completely (or almost Completely) Missing Data

Arkady Bolotin 638-139

Application of Quick Response (QR) Codes in Mobile Tagging System for Retrieving Information about Genetically Modified Food

Tan Shiang Yen, Long Yoon Foo, Rosnah Idrus

638-413

Generalization of Sequential Wald's Test for more than two Hypotheses

Boris Darkhovsky 638-156

5/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 14:00-16:00Session: Mathematical ModelingChair: Prof. Egils Ginters, Jose G. DiasA Two-Phase Local Search for the K Clusters with Fixed Cardinality Problem

Graca Marques Goncalves, Lidia Lampreia Lourenco, Margarida Vaz Pato

638-211

A New Solution of Spiral Chambers and Aspiration Elbows of Welded Double Shells for Pumps, Provided by Mathematical Modeling

Teodor Eugen Man, David Ioan, Mihai Dimitriu, Gheorghe Vertan

638-544

Single-Allocation Hub Location Problems with Capacity Decisions and Balancing Requirements

Isabel Correia, Stefan Nickel, Francisco Saldanha-Da-Gama

638-158

A New Approach about Lu System Camelia Pop, Ioan David, Alina Ioana Popescu Busan

638-391

Numerical Solution of the Initial Value Problem of the Ordinary Differential Equation with Singular Point by Multi-Step Integration Method

Kanoknapa Erawun 638-414

Smart Gun with Implantable RFid Match System. A practical approach

Gazziro, M.A., Almeida, L.O.B., Pedrazzani, C.D. Machado, C.G.C.F

638-335

16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break

5/11, FCT Green Amphitheatre 16:30-18:30Session: Mathematical & Computational methods in engineeringChair: Rui GuerraStatistical Measurement System Analysis of Ruston TA1750 Gas Turbine 1st Stage Nozzle

R. Shojaei, M. Sohrabi, M. A. Amjadi

638-123

Effect of the Temperature Profile on the Fluid Flow and Interface Deflection in the Case of Crystals Grown by Bridgman Technique

Simina Maris, Liliana Braescu

638-333

Measurement of the Stereoscopic Rangefinder Beam Angular Velocity using the Digital Image Processing Method

Roman Vitek 638-355

Qualitative Analysis of ODEs Describing Cavitation Erosion

Constantin Patrascoiu 633-522

Application of Helical and Energetic Characteristics of the Velocity Field to Predict and Evaluate Tropical Cyclones’ Formation and Development

Ekaterina Glebova 638-155

Modeling Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data by Latent Class Models: An Application

Jose G. Dias 638-207

Plenary Lecture 1 on VISUALIZATION, IMAGING and SIMULATION5/11, 9:00-9:30 Red Amphitheatre Faculty of Economics, Building 9

Distributed Simulation Environment Accessby Prof. Egils Ginters, University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera, LATVIA.

5/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 9:30-11:10Session: Visualization and simulationChair: Peter NdajahEasy Communication Approach for Data Exchange in Distributed Simulation Environment

Artis Silins, Egils Ginters, Dace Aizstrauta, Juris Binde

638-313

SSIM Image Quality Metric for Denoised Images Peter Ndajah, Hisakazu Kikuchi, M. Yukawa, H. Watanabe, S. Muramatsu

638-241

Agent and Mobile Technologies and Their Usage in Development of Learning Environment Supportive System

Kaspars Osis, Janis Grundspenkis

638-242

A Visual Language Framework for Music Rendering Using L-System

Lim Chen Kim, Abdullah Zawawi Talib

638-237

Visualization Methods in Emergency Medical Bruno Jezek, Jan Vanek, 638-405

Services Readiness Evaluation Karel Antos

11:00-11:30 Coffee-Break

5/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 11:30-13:10Session: Visualization, imaging and simulationChair: Dulce AntunesRobotics Tools for Constructing Stereo Systems Using off-the-Shelf Cameras

Vitaliy Rybak, Ismael De J. Perez V.

638-303

Shadow Image and Special Effects Implementation Techniques for Virtual Shadow Puppet Play

Tan Kian Lam, Abdullah Zawawi Talib

638-262

Personalized Expressive Embodied Conversational Agent EVA

Izidor Mlakar, Matej Rojc 638-390

Soil Erodibility Assessment at the Alqueva Dam Watershed, Portugal

Vera Ferreira, Thomas Panagopoulos

638-533

Refrigeration Needs for Sustainable Preservation of Horticultural Products

C.Gago,A.Sousa, M. Julião, G. Miguel, D. Antunes

650-158

5/11, Faculty of Economics Room 3C 14:00-16:00Session: Visualization and simulationChair: Aldo CumaniImproving the Accuracy of Visual Odometry from Point Features

Aldo Cumani 638-160

Boundary-Based Depth Image Improvement Yang-Keun Ahn, Young-Choong Park, Kwang-Soon Choi, Kwang-Mo Jung, Ji-Man Hong

638-246

A Study About Daylight Perception by the Human Eye

Toadere Florin, Radu Arsinte, N.E. Mastorakis

638-403

Measurement of Eye Reaction and Eyelid Movement

Frantisek Racek, Teodor Balaz, Jan Komenda

638-248

Simulation and Modeling of Packet Loss on Self-Similar VoIP Traffic

Homero Toral, Jaime S. Ortegon, Julio C. Ramirez, Leopoldo Estrada

638-510

An Approximate Solution Corresponding to a Quasi-Stationary State during Nitriding

J.L. Bernal, F. Castillo, J. Oseguera, A.Fraguela, A. Medina, L. Bejar, A. Barranon, A. Juanico

638-517

5/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 14:00-16:00Session: Rehabilitation and sustainabilityChair: Nuno PintoThe Impacts of Urban Regeneration Companies in Portugal: The Case of Porto Vivo SRU

Luis Neto, Nuno Pinto, Malcolm Burns

638-531

Informing the Rehabilitation Process in Urban Landscapes

Bibiana Ramos, Thomas Panagopoulos

638-528

The Silent Language of Artistic Representations in Landscape: Alentejo (Portugal) and Yellowstone

Fabienne Jeanne Joliet, Wes Landon, Jon Burley

638-542

Spatial Modeling of Urban Environmental Vulnerability to Seismic Risk. Case Study: The Historical Center of the Bucharest Municipality – Romania

Iuliana Armas, Marian Dardala, Adriana Reveiu, Titus Felix Furtuna

638-298

Early Urban Water Management of Gdansk, Poland Piotr J. Kowalika, Simo Laakkonenb, Ziemowit Suligowskia

638-114

Iran and the World Trend of Urbanization in the 21st Century

Heydar Lotfi, P. Azizi, S. Hemmati, Reza Pourali

638-185

5/11 Faculty of Economics Room 3D 14:00-16:20Session: DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERSChair: L. Ekonomou, V. Vita, G. E. ChatzarakisMethod describing system management operations and its use in evaluating energy saving operations

Matsuki Yoshino, Norihisa Komoda, Michiko Oba

638-238

Datanetworking aspects of power substation automation

Josef Horalek, Vladimir Sobeslav

638-240

CryptoNET: Security Management Protocols Abdul G. Abbasi, S. Muftic 638-128Process Analysis as an Optimalization Support in Public Administration

Pavel Vlcek 638-557

Automated Risk Assessment: A Hierarchical Temporal Memory Approach

Ricardo J. Rodriguez, James A. Cannady

638-244

Managing NetLogo Models in CLIPS Kamila Olsevicova, Agata Bodnarova, Pavel Cech

638-514

Compensating the Nonlinearity of Laser Diode in Optical Wireless Transmission Using OFDM

Haleh Karkhaneh, S. M.Hassan Javadzadeh, Abubakar Sadiq Hussaini, A. Ghorbani, J. Rodriguez

638-279

5/11, Faculty of Economics Room 3C 16:30-19:30Session: Climate – Global changeChair: Manuel CostaThe Climate and History of Algarve - Interactions Manuel Costa 638-341Carob-Tree as CO2 Sink in the Carbon Market Daniel Geraldo, P. Correia,

J. Filipe, Luis Nunes638-534

Changes in the Structure of Zooplankton Communities in the Freshwater Ecosystems in Latvia over the Last Five Decades

Arturs Skute, R. Deksne, Jana Paidere, Natalja Skute, Aija Brakovska

638-416

Seasonal Fluctuations of the Fine Fraction of PM1.0 in Urban Conglomerations

Josef Navratil, Vladimir Adamec, Alena Bumbova, A. Langerova, L. Jesonkova

638-415

Visual Appearance of Turfgrass under Different Water Regimes

Manuel Costa, Jose Beltrao, J.C. Brito, Carlos Guerrero

638-226

Salt Removing Crops in Arid Climates Gulom Bekmirzaev, Mukhamadkhan Khamidov, Jose Beltrao, M. A. Neves

638-263

The Zonal Interpolation Of Socioeconomic Statistics: An Application of a Dasymetric Mapping Methodology to the Region of Algarve

Antonio Xavier, Maria De Belem Martins

638-340

The Agro-Forestry Farms’ Socioeconomic Characterization for a Forest Fire Prevention and Management Model

Antonio Xavier, Maria De Belem Martins

638-339

Climate Changes and Their Effects on the Vegetation Recovery in the Pre-Aral Region

Zhanna V. Kuzmina, Sergey E. Treshkin

638-152

5/11, Faculty of Economics Red Amphitheatre 16:30-18:50Session: The Institutional Dimension of SustainabilityChair: Teresa NoronhaRegional Distribution of Public Incentives for Firms Support in Portugal

Purificacion Vicente Galindo, T. Noronha Vaz

638-535

E-Work, Corporate Management and Sustainability: New Challenges, New Opportunities

Maria Do Rosario Almeida, Jose Antonio Porfirio

638-539

Gravitational Models and Spatial Foresight: From Agricultural Policy to Agricultural Loss

Eric de Noronha Vaz, Teresa de Noronha Vaz

638-536

Horticulture in Algarve: A Case Study for Sustainable Development

Emilia Madeira, Joao Pinto Guerreiro, Agostinho de Carvalho

638-537

The Agricultural District: A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Development Issues

Jose Porfirio, Marc Jacquinet, Tiago Carrilho

638-538

Desertification and Sustainability in Calabria: An Economical Analysis

Antonio Scarpino, Milena Lopreite

638-310

Study of the impact of the global financial crisis on selected local residential property market in poland in the context of the attractiveness of locations

Dariusz Pechorzewski 638-307

Pos-conference tour. At 6/11 Saturday. Optional, about the history of Algarve and go till Sagres the most western part of the continent, organized by Abreu tours. Cost 40euro. The tour will start from the Hotel EVA at 9:00 and finish at 18:00.

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