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Dementia is one of the three primary diseases that increases the level of nursing care required for the elderly. Dementia can lead to an increased burden not only on those who have contracted it, but also their families and the surrounding environment; initiatives for preventing dementia and slowing the decline of cognitive function are expected…
Read MoreHDR Image Tone Mapping Approach Using Multiresolution and Piecewise Linear Perceptual Quantization
This paper discusses a new Tone Mapping (TM) approach converting a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image into a Low Dynamic Range (LDR) image able at the same time to extract the relevant details and enhance the contrast of LDR images to ensure a good LDR image visual quality. This approach uses an advantage of multiresolution…
Read MoreSecuring Hybrid SDN-based Geographic Routing Protocol using a Distributed Trust Model
In this paper, the vulnerabilities and the security attacks against vehicular networks, SDN architecture and some security solutions for SDVN are studied. Secondly, a complete and improved version of the secure HSDN-GRA routing protocol based on a distributed trust model is proposed where public keys of the vehicles are managed in a distributed way. Besides,…
Read MoreObject Classifications by Image Super-Resolution Preprocessing for Convolutional Neural Networks
Blurred small objects produced by cropping, warping, or intrinsically so, are challenging to detect and classify. Therefore, much recent research is focused on feature extraction built on Faster R-CNN and follow-up systems. In particular, RPN, SPP, FPN, SSD, and DSSD are the layered feature extraction methods for multiple object detections and small objects. However, super-resolution…
Read MorePromoting Continuous Professional Development Among Academics from A Vocational College by Using A Practical Workshop Based on Arduino Technology
The internet of things has resulted in the design and development of many electronic sensors that need to be integrated with various technologies. Engineering academics need ongoing training relating to this integration as they need to subsequently teach their students. This relates to continuous professional development. The purpose of this article is to illustrate how…
Read MoreUsing Metaheuristics-Based Methods to Provide Sustainable Market Solutions, Suitable to Consumer Needs
Nowadays the buildings sector is one of the key sectors to achieve sustainability, with the correspondent consumers, in particular, the household consumers, having the need to perform sustainable choices every day, regarding the appliances to be acquired from the market. This is not only due to government’s growing concerns about sustainability but also with the…
Read MoreHybrid Autogyro: Model and Longitudinal Control for Wind Gust Energy Conversion Using Autorotation
In the new technologies for producing electricity from wind gusts, a new class of wind power converter has been proposed. The hybrid autogyro uses the principle of autorotation to generate lift. This paper proposes to take advantage of this rotation to also generate energy. There are systems that use flying wings or airplanes to reach…
Read MoreTerritorial Sales Redesign Using Geotechnical Tools
In recent years there has been technological growth in the field of facility location, considering it as a significant factor to achieve greater competition among companies. The present work gives a methodological solution for a territorial redesign in a Mexican automotive parts distribution company with the support of Geotechnological tools like Geographic Information Systems (GIS)…
Read MoreAntenna Radiation Performance Enhancement Using Metamaterial Filter for Vehicle to Vehicle Communications Applications
In this work, an integrated metamaterial filter design in close proximity with monopole antenna is proposed for vehicular communication applications. A cylindrical screen formed by an array of metamaterial cells is designed to be reflective at 5.9 GHz in order to enhance antenna performance in intelligent vehicle transport systems. The unit cell proposed design based…
Read MoreExtending Movable Surfaces with Touch Interaction Using the VirtualTablet: An Extended View
Immersive output and natural input are two core aspects of a virtual reality experience. Current systems are frequently operated by a controller or gesture-based approach. However, these techniques are either very accurate but require an effort to learn, or very natural but miss haptic feedback for optimal precision. We transfer ubiquitous touch interaction with haptic…
Read MoreMethodology for Assessing Synchronization Conditions in Telecommunication Devices
This paper represents analysis of principles providing maximally reliable delay estimation of signal synchronization devices in telecommunication. Clock synchronization schemes on the base of stochastic models, graph-analytic interpretation, analytical functional description and their parameters selection in case of real complex hindrance are analyzed. Dependences between dispersion of maximally reliable estimation of synchronization devices and signal…
Read MoreA Sustainable Multi-layered Open Data Processing Model for Agriculture: IoT Based Case Study Using Semantic Web for Hazelnut Fields
In recent years, several projects which are supported by information and communications technologies (ICT) have been developed in the agricultural domain to promote more precise agricultural activities. These projects account for different kinds of key ICT terms such as internet of things (IoT), wireless sensors networks (WSN), cloud computing (CC). These projects are used for…
Read MoreAnalyzing Job Tenure Factors in Private and Public Companies in Albania by Using Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Job tenure is an important factor for both employees and employers. Sometimes, for employees, this time is a criterion in starting new job, and also for employers when they have to hire new employees. It measures the length of time that employees have been in their current job or with their current employer. Analyzing factors,…
Read MoreControl of Electrostatic Suspension System Using Pulse Width Modulation
Electrostatic suspension systems have great potential applications in contactless transportation objects since they allow many different materials to be suspended. The electrostatic suspension will be widely applied in practice if the system cost is inexpensive. This paper presents an electrostatic suspension system controlled by using pulse width modulation (PWM). The use of PWM in electrostatic…
Read MoreBig Data Analytics Using Deep LSTM Networks: A Case Study for Weather Prediction
Recurrent Neural Networks has been widely used by researchers in the domain of weather prediction. Weather Prediction is forecasting the atmosphere for the future. In this proposed paper, Deep LSTM networks has been implemented which is the variant of RNNs having additional memory block and gates making them capable of remembering long term dependencies. Fifteen…
Read MoreA New Distributed Reinforcement Learning Approach for Multiagent Cooperation Using Team-mate Modeling and Joint Action Generalization
This paper focuses on the issue of distributed reinforcement learning (RL) for decision-making in cooperative multi-agent systems. Although this problem has been a topic of interest to many researchers, results obtained from these works aren’t sufficient and several difficulties have not yet been resolved, such as, the curse of dimensionality and the multi-agent coordination problem.…
Read MoreOptimization of the Stabilizer Bar by Using Total Scores Method
The stabilizer bar restricts the roll angle of the vehicle when the vehicle steers based on the load balance on both sides of the wheel. Usually, the bar is in the form of the symmetrical U-shaped with the diameter is circular or annular. In order to be able to calculate the diameter of the stabilizer…
Read MoreClassification System for the Interpretation of the Braille Alphabet through Image Processing
The Braille language system or also known as the language for the blind people was created so that these people can understand the vocabulary words depending on the country in which they are located, this system is based on points in which the points raised or also known as the largest points depending on their…
Read MoreNAO Humanoid Robot Obstacle Avoidance Using Monocular Camera
In this paper, we present an experimental approach that allows a humanoid robot to effectively plan and execute whole body motions, like climbing obstacles and straight stairs up or down, besides jumping over obstacles using only on-board sensing. Re- liable and accurate motion sequence for humanoid employed in complex indoor en- vironments is a necessity…
Read MoreFramework for Automation of Cloud-Application Testing using Selenium (FACTS)
A framework is an amalgamation of integrated tools, libraries, utilities and its coordination to interact with the other automation components. The motive of designing a test automation framework is to implement uniform standards towards automation throughout the organization to achieve the desired outcomes. Test automation framework is required to maintain the standardization of the activities…
Read MoreStability of Ionized Air Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) for High Voltage Engineering
In high voltage engineering, air is the one insulation gas that can ionized cause by electrical discharge. Air consisted of many gases such as O2, N2, CO2, H2, etc. In order to study the characteristic of the insulation gas, we can apply density functional theory (DFT) to determine gas ionization level such as charge distribution…
Read MoreClassification Model of Contact Center Customers Emails Using Machine Learning
E-mail is one of the media services used at the contact center. The challenge faced by e-mail services is how to handle e-mails that enter large quantities every day efficiently to provide fast and appropriate service to customers. The purpose of this study is to find which method has the best accuracy in classifying emails…
Read MoreInternalising Negative Self-Image Externalities: The First Objective for City Marketing as a Municipal Management Tool
In times of crisis or traumatic transformation processes, one of the most frequent negative externalities is that the self-image of a city deteriorates among its stakeholders, which affects their economic and social expectations and decisions. The internalisation of this externality must be a key objective for the local public manager so that any initiative can…
Read MoreSingle-leg Standing Ability and Lower Limb Movement Analysis of Collegiate Footballers and Sedentary Students
Stability or balance is an integral component to perform daily activities without incurring injury or to be dependent on others. Sportsmen tend to have better balance than non-sports people but less is known about the single-leg balance ability. Furthermore, few studies analyzed the dynamic phase of single-leg stance that may contribute to better overall balance.…
Read MoreAlleviation of Nonlinear Impact Using PAPR Hybrid Technique in CO-OFDM Systems
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation format that has recently attracted lots of consideration interior the long-haul fiber-optic transmission community. The most important advantage of optical OOFDM is its unlimited capability of canceling Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by Chromatic Dispersion (CD) and Polarization-Mode Dispersion (PMD). Specifically, Coherent OOFDM (CO-OFDM) presents a good and…
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