New Trends in Networking, Computing, E-learning, Systems Sciences, and Engineering

This book provides the latest in a series of books growing out of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering. It includes chapters in the most advanced areas of Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences and Engineering. It has accessible to a wide range of readership, including professors, researchers, practitioners and students. This book includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of Computer Science, Informatics, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering. It includes selected papers form the conference proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2013). Coverage includes topics in: Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, Telecommunications and Networking, Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning.

Distance education in transition

In his most recent publication, Against the Tide: Critics of Digitalisation, Otto Peters brings together some of the most formidable and critical voices and compelling perspectives on the potential hazards of digitalization. The viewpoints presented range from personal, anthropological, and pedagogical to more scientific and technical, and arise from multiple disciplines. Peters has long been a respected scholar in the field of distance education, and while Peters’ earlier work has advocated the affordances of digitalization, this latest book is an abrupt shift to the darker side of digitalization. The assembly of critics Peters has gathered come from around the world and different walks of life: journalists, educators, scientists, philosophers, lawyers, mathematicians, and computer scientists, to name a few. Their one shared bond is a deep-seated belief that digitalization will have a profound and lasting impact on humankind – and not only in positive ways. ...

Untersuchungen Gewichtsreduktionspotentiale Gegengewichtsgabelstapler

Die Masse eines Gegengewichtstaplers beeinflusst den Energieverbrauch beim Fahren maßgeblich. Steigende Energiepreise und steigendes Umweltbewusstsein führen zu grünen Trends in Logistik. Durch Reduktion der Gesamtmasse eines Gabelstaplers können große Einsparungen erreicht werden. Eine Machbarkeitsstudie soll mithilfe der numerischen Simulationen zeigen, dass neuartige Fahrzeuge mit aktiven Systemen trotz geringerer Masse hinreichend hohe Standsicherheit aufweisen können. In diesem Beitrag sollen die ersten Ergebnisse dieses Forschungsvorhabens vorgestellt werden.