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European counties continue to receive an increasing number of migrants and refugees from an also increasing number of both European and non-European countries. This results in a huge societal challenge which is societal inclusion of people speaking different languages and of diverse backgrounds. Key for their inclusion is job finding which comes with hurdles like…

Motivation significantly influences the outcome in the rehabilitation of patients. Several developments have been made to assess and increase patient motivation by addressing factors linked to motivation such as the personality of the patient, professional administering rehabilitation, and the rehabilitation environment. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the reliability of a gamified…

In this paper, we investigate and analyze parameters degradation in a typical photovoltaic (PV) cell, which lead to power loss under dark as well as light condition using measured current-voltage (I-V) data. A nonlinear least squares method to extract the parameters such as the reverse saturation currents, the ideality factors, the series and shunt resistances…

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are having large demands in enormous applications for the decade. The main issue in WSNs is estimating the exact location of unknown nodes. All applications are dependent on the location information of unknown nodes in WSNs. Location information of mobile anchor node is used to estimate the location of unknown nodes.…

This article proposes a compact and simple design of electronically adjustable voltage-mode biquadratic filter using fundamental active cell implemented on a single integrated circuit (IC) package as LT1228. The proposed circuit having triple inputs and single output (TISO) employs namely one resistor and two capacitors as the passive components. All the five possible biquadratic filtering…

The objective of this article is to determine if the self-perception of professional competences has been affected, in systems engineering students, during the health emergency declared in Peru by Covid-19; The results will allow the public university of Peru to make corrective decisions and formulate proposals to improve the functioning of the variable under study.…

Hearing impairments have a negative impact in the lives of individuals living with them and those around such individuals. Different applications and technological tools have been developed to help reduce this negative impact. Most mobile applications that have been developed that use Speech-to-Text technology have been inconsistent such that they are not inclusive of all…

This article presents an analytical model of a single-phase ferromagnetic core power in- ductor (reactor) based on a magnetic equivalent circuit (MEC). The MEC model consists of magnetomotive forces (MMFs) and reluctances for all flux paths: magnetic core and leakage flux paths. The MEC elements are found established on the characteristics of the ferromagnetic material…

Soil moisture is one of the most important variables to monitor in agriculture. Its analysis gives insights about strategies to utilize better a particular area regarding its use, i.e., pasture for cows (or similar), production forests, or even to answer what crops should be planted. The vertical structure of the soil moisture plays an important…

Vehicle accidents, particularly in small and large urban areas, are rising tremendously day by day worldwide. As a recent research subject in automaton transportation, the subsequent collision has become a vital issue and emergency. Internet of things (IoT) and the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) have become very popular these days because of their versatility, and…

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is the future of aviation. It is a vast system that provides situational awareness for the aviator and regulator at a very low cost and does so with the aid of multiple disparate systems working closely together and communicating with one another. ADS-B uses the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS/ GPS)…

With the features of the application system make it easier for users to transact, make the user feel comfortable in using the application system. The problem is that the intensity of application usage decreases judging by the application rating given by the user each time they perform a transaction, this is because the company initially…

Forest mapping by remote sensing is a hot topics in forestry. At present, many researchers focus on the research of forest type classification or tree species identification using different machine learning methods and try to improve the accuracy of classification of satellite image. However, forest type classification using deep belief network (DBN) is still limited…

The current online shopping system does not provide the actual shopping experience to the users where they scroll through the web pages and select an item to purchase, which becomes monotonous soon and lacks the shopping experience. This paper describes the development of the SmartMart, a 3D shopping mart where the user can navigate around…

This research shows the study carried out on the Health Related to Quality of Life (HRQL) focuses on aspects related to the perception of health experienced and declared by the person, in different dimensions such as physical, mental, social, general perception of health and satisfaction achieved measured at different levels; the objective of the study…

Background: The quality of care of the nursing professional in relation to the hospitalized patient refers to the set of knowledge and attitudes that the nursing professional must provide quality care, preventing risks and improving patient satisfaction, for which its objective is to determine the quality of nursing care in hospitalized patients at the LanFranco la…

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year destabilised the operations in the education sector, particularly in institutions of higher learning. Most of these institutions are now expected to teach online, assess their students using non-venue examinations and offer remote laboratory practical and experiments. However, many of these institutions were not prepared for such…

This paper proposes a photovoltaic (PV) integrated shunt active power filter (SAPF) for reactive power compensation, uneven loading and compensation of harmonic current. The control of SAPF is implemented by using adaptive based current estimation algorithm to maintain power factor near to unity and source current sinusoidal at source side. The weights are calculated online…

The filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC) technique is being considered as the major candidates for the 5G schemes. The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique is used in 4G but it has drawbacks such as higher Out-of-Band (OOB) power reduction, and higher peak to average power ratio (PAPR). OFDM uses cyclic prefix (CP) extension to overcome…

The heath-care sector has confronted significant difficulties in the past few years due to several issues such as insufficient human resources, budget cuts, and shortage of equipment and drugs. The logistics in the health-care sector take an extensive part of the budget, especially since it is the main axis to provide the hospital’s pharmacies with…

Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) is an integral device for tracking, protection, and regulation of the power network. PMU gives synchronised calculations of actual-time data for voltage phasor, current phasor, and the frequency. Placing PMU in every node to observe the power network is not realistic from an economic standpoint and even for big data management.…

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, a well-known robust technique to solve easily both a simple and multiple objective optimization problems. This article presents an application of the ACO in order to achieve the optimal sizing of analog circuit. The proposed technique is employed to optimizing the sizing of a positive second-generation current conveyor (CCII+). Results…

This article proposes a cost-aware autoscaler for microservices-based applications deployed with docker containers. This autoscaler decreases the cost of the application deployment as it reduces computing resources. In elastic treatment, microservice resources are scaled when the used metric as the central processing unit (CPU) exceeds the threshold. In case of threshold exceeding, an autoscaler adds…

Optical sensors exist in various forms and one of them is fiber bragg gratings (FBG). Performance evaluation was simulated for FBG sensing. The simulation involves different grating profiles tested with complete optical sensing system. The system involves a broadband light source, FBG of various profiles and optical spectrum analyser for data interpretation. Different profile of…

In this study, an adaptive nonlinear sensorless controller for doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) driven by a wind turbine is proposed. The aim is to maximize the extracted power by tracking the wind turbine optimal torque-speed characteristic without the need for rotor speed measurement. This controller ensures a satisfactory tracking of both stator flux and…