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Instant messaging on handhelds: an affective gesture approach
(SAICSIT in association with ACM, 2005)
Text communication can be perceived as lacking in chat spontaneity, or plastic, due to medium limitations during interaction. A form of text messaging, Instant Messaging (IM), is now on the uptake, even on mobile handhelds. ...
Automatic voice relay with open source Kiara
(Telkom, 2009)
One way for Deaf people to communicate with hearing people over the telephone is to use a voice relay. The service is often provided with a human relay operator that relays text into voice, and vice versa, on behalf of the ...
SoftBridge: an architecture for building IP-based bridges over the digital divide
(Telkom, 2002)
Users and computing equipment have varying capabilities that include the abilities to exchange text and audio, engage in high bandwidth communication, etc. As the technological options increase, e ective communication ...
Guaranteed delivery of semi-synchronous IP-based communication
(Telkom, 2004)
This research aims to find an empirical solution for guaranteeing the delivery of synchronous and asynchronous messages within a semi-synchronous IP-based communication domain. The communication infrastructure that is ...
Cell phone notification via bluetooth for Web 2.0 applications
(Telkom, 2009)
This paper discusses how an Instant Messaging application on a computer can use Bluetooth in order to provide vibration notification on a mobile phone. The initial motivation was to aid Deaf1 office workers to know when ...
Browser-based video communication for deaf people
(Telkom, 2009)
This paper describes work in progress to to provide browser-based sign language communication for deaf users. The paper introduces the communication requirements for a disadvantaged Deaf community in Cape Town, describes ...
Multiple regression of GRB luminosity on light-curve properties
(Oxford University Press, 2009)
Statistical relations between the luminosity L of gamma-ray burster (GRBs) and several of
their other observable properties have been discovered. Four of these properties are considered
here: the spectral lag; a measure ...
Secure contactless smart card transactions on mobile devices
(Telkom, 2009)
This paper presents work in progress to explore the utility of Near Field Communication technology to secure mobile financial services. The objective is to evaluate the potential of this approach as an upcoming technology ...
The nonstructural protein 8 (nsp8) of the SARS coronavirus interacts with its ORF6 accessory protein
(Elsevier, 2007)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused a severe outbreak in several regions of the world in 2003. The
SARS-CoV genome is predicted to contain 14 functional open reading frames (ORFs). The ...
Over-expression of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 3b protein induces both apoptosis and necrosis in Vero E6 cells
(Elsevier, 2006)
The genome of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus encodes for eight accessory viral proteins with no known homologues in other
coronaviruses. One of these is the 3b protein, which is encoded by the second ...