The increased motivation (by service providers) to offer user-centric and seamless communication services – that satisfies users’ quality of experience (QoE), has manifested a myriad of challenges in the field of wireless communication; and given the increased traffic capacity and sudden explosion of cellular devices, communication systems are constantly threatened by performance related issues –…

This paper is an extension of work originally presented in 2017 6th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management (ICITM) [53]. This research focuses on the mobilization of human resources in the Asian electrical industry and analyzes the impact of engineers’ international mobility on the innovation of enterprises in the host countries. I examine the…

Network security is often built on perimeter defense. Sophisticated attacks are able to penetrate the perimeter and access valuable resources in the network. A more complete defense strategy also contains mechanisms to detect and mitigate perimeter breaches. Deceptive systems are a promising technology to detect, deceive and counter infiltration. In this work we provide an…

Cloud computing is a power platform to deal with big data. Among several software frameworks used for the construction of cloud computing systems, Apache Hadoop, which is an open-source software, becomes a popular one. Hadoop supports for distributed data storage and the process of large data sets on computer clusters based on a MapReduce parallel…

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) employ Learning Management Systems (LMSs) primarily for greater efficiency, profitability, technological advancement or survival. The predominantly used LMSs, Moodle and Blackboard account for in excess of 60% usage by the top HEIs. However, the individual international regions do not necessarily bear the percentages of the overall total. Gaps are identified in…

This paper presents a literature review on data flow error detection and recovery techniques in embedded systems. In recent years, embedded systems are being used more and more in an enormous number of applications from small mobile device to big medical devices. At the same time, it is becoming important for embedded developers to make…

Nowadays, compliant micro-motion stages offer high positioning accuracy and repeatability. When assembled with conventional stages, the resulting dual-range positioning systems allow for nanometer scale accuracy within a centimeter scale working area. However, such systems invoke a high cost and large footprint. This paper presents a low-cost, compact compliant XY micro-motion stage where dual-range manipulation has…

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is mosquito-borne, alpha virus. It causes acute fever and acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain in humans. CHIKV has spread to 22 countries including Pakistan resulting in hundreds of thousands of death across the world. International travel stands out as one of the major risk factors for rapid global spread of the disease.…

This article is an extended version of the study presented at the IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM)-2016. At that time, a methodological proposal was designed, implemented, and applied in a group of industrial plants for the management of the information security of the Industrial control systems (ICS). The present study displays an adaptation and…