According to current development of internet technology, remote control over the internet becomes a heated discussed topic. Some recent technologies such as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), web service and ontology offer great opportunity for remote control over the internet and a lot of research has been done into this topic. However, there are still many challenges in architecture design and dynamic user interface generation. Architectures in this research field lack clear description of controlled machine model as well as related knowledge support. Also, there is little system support further control service development. There is little research on web user interface design for remote control system over the internet. The design of web user interface has the challenge of overcoming the limitations of web technology to satisfactorily support different machines, users and control process requirements. This work overcomes the limitations on architecture by offering a SOA based design which allows both multiple users and distributed machine access. The system applies a machine model for the description of the machine structure and functions, which help the system to reason about machine components and their relationships with instructions. With a web service based design, different machines can be connected via the system and execute user commands. Using semantic description and ontology based methods the system can automatically retrieve machine information and generate the structure and function descriptions for different machines. Moreover, the system provides services which can support further development in remote control services. The proposed architecture improves on former designs, and offers a flexible architecture for remote control services over the internet. An intelligent web user interface is also introduced in this work. The design separates the interface data structure from the data representation. Supported by the remote control service development environment, the user interface could adapt to the control sessions. Semantic descriptions are used to describe the page data structure, session context as well as control command. Therefore, control page content can be adapted by the computer to real time control session. At the same time, a session dependent navigation is designed to resolve the problem of changeable requirements for multiple-machine web user interface. With a message driven model and a session dependent semantic data structure, the required machine data can be analysed by the system and categorised according to user s requirements. Compare with other designs, this service offers a method for web user interface generation for different machines, users and can adapt to different control processes. The design is demonstrated in five evaluation scenarios aimed at testing different aspects of the system. Evaluation demonstrates the design proposed in this thesis is feasible. It also shows the design can be applied to different areas and adapted to different control related requirements well.

Fashion brands have always been avant-garde in embracing new technologies and new formats of retail business models. The rapid development in 3D digital technologies, including 3D scanning, 3D modelling and 3D web rendering, have brought many new opportunities to the fashion industry, especially in shaping the future fashion e-commerce. The traditional 2D user interface and 2D media content have limited ability of displaying every detail of a product in full 360 degree, and the color accuracy of products in pictures is also a common problem. This thesis focuses on how to use 3D technologies to enhance the brand identity and  to reduce return rate, by designing and implementing a web 3D user interface for fashion e-commerce. An interactive 3D product user interface were designed and used for test. The results presented the pros and cons of the designed 3D user interface, and evaluated to what extent can this approach help to solve the brand identity problem and the high return rate issue for fashion e-commerce. It turns out that indeed the 3D user interface is rich in detail storytelling and the product accuracy can be improved by using the Physically Based Rendering technology and dynamic virtual lighting environments. However, the results also indicate that there are still lots of technical constraints for developing the virtual showrooms and the 3D user interface. / Fashion varumärken har alltid varit avantgarde i att omfamna ny teknik och nya format av detaljhandel affärsmodeller. Den snabba utvecklingen inom 3D-digitalteknik, inklusive 3D-skanning, 3D-modellering och 3D-webbearbetning, har medfört många nya möjligheter till modebranschen, särskilt när det gäller att forma framtida fashion e-handel. Det traditionella 2D-användargränssnittet och 2D-medieinnehållet har begränsad förmåga att visa alla detaljer i en produkt i full 360 grader, och färgnoggrannheten hos produkter i bilder är också ett vanligt problem. Denna avhandling fokuserar på hur man använder 3D-teknik för att förbättra varumärkets identitet och minska avkastningsgraden genom att utforma och implementera ett webb 3D-användargränssnitt för mode-e-handel. Ett interaktivt 3D-produkt användargränssnitt designades och användes för test. Resultaten presenterade fördelar och nackdelar med det utformade 3D-användargränssnittet och utvärderades i vilken utsträckning kan detta tillvägagångssätt hjälpa till att lösa varumärkesidentitetsproblemet och problemet med hög avkastning för fashion e-handel. Det visar sig att 3D-användargränssnittet är rikt på detaljerad berättande och produktnoggrannheten kan förbättras med hjälp av fysisk baserad renderingsteknik och dynamiska virtuella ljusmiljöer. Resultaten visar emellertid också att det fortfarande finns många tekniska begränsningar för att utveckla virtuella showroom och 3D-användargränssnittet.

<p>Many Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) found in coding or regulatory regions within the human genome lead to phenotypic differences that make prediction of physical appearance, based on genetic analysis, potentially useful in forensic investigations. Complex traits such as pigmentation can be predicted from the genome sequence, provided that genes with strong effects on the trait exist and are known. Phenotypic traits may also be associated with variations in gene expression due to the presence of SNPs in promoter regions. In this project, the identification of genes associated with these physical traits of potential forensic relevance have been collated from the literature using a text mining platform and hand curation. The SNPs associated with these genes have been acquired from public SNP repositories such as the International HapMap project, dbSNP and Ensembl. Characterization of different population groups based on the SNPs has been performed and the results and data stored in a MySQL database. This database contains SNP genotyping data with respect to physical phenotypic differences of forensic interest. The potential forensicrelevance of the SNP information contained in this database has been verified through in silico SNP analysis aimed at establishing possible relationships between SNP occurrence and phenotype. The software used for this analysis is MATCH&trade / .</p>

Nowadays, the establishment of new touch screen technology has changed significantly the way we navigate on the Internet. The requirement to design websites that adapt to various artifacts such as touch screen computers are increasingly a need to consider. The purpose of this study is to discover - What are the specific usability requirements should be addressed in designing of websites for touch screen computers? - In order to examine the essay’s question, it presents a study where five people visiting three different websites on the touch screen computer Ipad. The study was conducted using a participant and structured interview observation in form of a think-aloud method. With the help of video equipment, information was gathered. Respondent's discussions are presented and the study's results are analyzed using a qualitative procedure. The research has contributed mainly to individualize the possible usability problems that concerned interaction with websites on the touch screen computer Ipad. Based on the analysis and the qualitative study it has come usability requirements related to aspects of the website's navigation, interaction and feedback. / I dagens samhälle har etableringen av ny pekskärmsteknik betydligt ändrat vårt sätt att navigera på internet. Kravet på att utforma webbplatser som skall anpassas till olika artefakter så som pekskärmsdatorer blir allt mer ett behov att ta hänsyn till. Syftet med denna studie är att upptäcka ”Vilka särskilda användbarhetskrav bör ställas vid utformning av webbplatser för pekskärmsdatorer?” För att undersöka uppsatsens frågeställning presenteras en studie där fem personer besöker tre webbplatser på pekskärmsdatorn Ipad. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av en deltagande och strukturerad observationsintervju i form av en tänk-högt-metod. Med hjälp av videoutrustning samlades informationen in. Respondenternas samtal presenterades och studiens resultat analyserades med en kvalitativ procedur. Forskningen bidrog framförallt med information om att individualisera de möjliga användbarhetsproblem som finns vid interaktion med webbplatser på pekskärmsdatorn Ipad. Utifrån analysen och den kvalitativa underökningen har det kommit fram användbarhetskrav som rör aspekter inom webbplatsens navigering, interaktion och återkoppling.

Šiame darbe sprendžiama mobiliųjų įrenginių internetinės vartotojo sąsajos vartojamumo problema, kuri kuo toliau, tuo labiau tampa aktualesnė, kadangi vis daugiau paslaugų bei veiklos procesų yra perkeliama į mobiliąją erdvę. Vartojamumas tampa vienas iš svarbesnių veiksnių, lemiančių internetinės sistemos išlikimo bei naudojimo perspektyvas. Tačiau išlieka atviras klausimas – ar kuriant internetinę sistemą tikslinga investuoti laiką bei resursus ir greta įprastinės vartotojo sąsajos vystyti dar ir mobiliesiems įrenginiams pritaikytą sąsają. Nagrinėjama sritis yra pakankamai nauja todėl tokio pobūdžio tyrimai arba bent jau jų rezultatai dar nėra plačiai paplitę bei skelbiami. Analizės metu buvo išnagrinėti vartojamumo tyrimo metodai bei mobiliųjų įrenginių internetinės vartojo sąsajos rekomendacijos. Pasitelkus dalį išanalizuotų metodų vartojamumo požiūriu buvo ištirtos dvi eksperimentinės tos pačios sistemos vartotojo sąsajos – mobilioji bei įprastinė, naudojamos mobiliajame įrenginyje. Eksperimentui reikalingos vartotojo sąsajos buvo realizuotos sukūrus bei įdiegus „naujienų tinklaraščio“ informacinę sistemą, turinčią tiek įprastinę tiek mobiliesiems įrenginiams pritaikytas vartotojo sąsajas. Vartojamumo tyrime buvo panaudoti trys vartojamumo tyrimo metodai, kurių pagalba sistemos vartojamumas tiriamas keliais aspektais: rekomendacijų laikymasis, sistemos techninės savybės, vartotojo sąveika su sistema. Gauti rezultatai leidžia daryti išvadą, jog kuriant internetinę... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Mobile technologies are evolving very fast and according to specialists they will become the main tool used to access the internet in the 10 next years. So it is natural that more and mode services are served through mobile internet. As all regular applications, mobile web applications should be usable and user friendly. These aspects make a quite big influence on success of software. The main goal of this work is to make a usability research on web user interface for mobile devices. This research will show if there is a sense to make separate user interface for mobile devices when you are going to develop web system which will be also used by mobile devices users. The field of this work is web user interface for mobile devices and its usability. The object of this work is user interface usability research methodology.

<p>Many Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) found in coding or regulatory regions within the human genome lead to phenotypic differences that make prediction of physical appearance, based on genetic analysis, potentially useful in forensic investigations. Complex traits such as pigmentation can be predicted from the genome sequence, provided that genes with strong effects on the trait exist and are known. Phenotypic traits may also be associated with variations in gene expression due to the presence of SNPs in promoter regions. In this project, the identification of genes associated with these physical traits of potential forensic relevance have been collated from the literature using a text mining platform and hand curation. The SNPs associated with these genes have been acquired from public SNP repositories such as the International HapMap project, dbSNP and Ensembl. Characterization of different population groups based on the SNPs has been performed and the results and data stored in a MySQL database. This database contains SNP genotyping data with respect to physical phenotypic differences of forensic interest. The potential forensicrelevance of the SNP information contained in this database has been verified through in silico SNP analysis aimed at establishing possible relationships between SNP occurrence and phenotype. The software used for this analysis is MATCH&trade / .</p>

Magister Scientiae - MSc / Many Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) found in coding or regulatory regions within the human genome lead to phenotypic differences that make prediction of physical appearance, based on genetic analysis, potentially useful in forensic investigations. Complex traits such as pigmentation can be predicted from the genome sequence, provided that genes with strong effects on the trait exist and are known. Phenotypic traits may also be associated with variations in gene expression due to the presence of SNPs in promoter regions. In this project, the identification of genes associated with these physical traits of potential forensic relevance have been collated from the literature using a text mining platform and hand curation. The SNPs associated with these genes have been acquired from public SNP repositories such as the International HapMap project, dbSNP and Ensembl. Characterization of different population groups based on the SNPs has been performed and the results and data stored in a MySQL database. This database contains SNP genotyping data with respect to physical phenotypic differences of forensic interest. The potential forensicrelevance of the SNP information contained in this database has been verified through in silico SNP analysis aimed at establishing possible relationships between SNP occurrence and phenotype. The software used for this analysis is MATCH™. Data management and access has been enhanced by the use of a functional web-based front-end which enables the users to extract and display SNP information without running complex Structured Query Language (SQL) statements from the command line. This Forensic SNP Phenotype resource can be accessed at http://forensic.sanbi.ac.za/alecia_forensics/Index.html / South Africa