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We are interested in taking into account ambiguity in the analysis phase of data warehouses, using fuzzy logic. We want to offer decision makers the possibility of using natural language in this phase. We created in a previous work the Baccalaureate fuzzy data warehouse which we were able to query with seven natural language terms…

While it is commonly accepted that climate change needs to be addressed to protect both human and environmental health, it is not widely understood what steps need to be taken to accomplish this daunting task. Additionally, there is currently no formal definition of what constitutes a ‘green’ company or ‘green’ best practice, despite the rising…

Alzheimer’s disease has proven to be the major cause of dementia in adults, making its early detection an important research goal. We have used Ensemble ELMs (Extreme Learning Models) on the OASIS (Open Access Series of Imaging Studies) data set for Alzheimer’s detection. We have explored various single layered light-weight ELM networks. This is an…

This study aims to develop and validate a biological food preference task that simultaneously evaluates biological responses to visual stimuli of various food states and subjective evaluations of foods and to examine how these biological responses are related to food preference behavior. We recruited seventeen healthy male and female subjects to observe changes in cerebral…

This paper presents the results of a documentary research on the use of information technology in emergency remote teaching in 66 higher educational institutions in Brazil. The theoretical background of this study is based on the works of Feenberg, Bagglaey, Veloso & Mill, Castañeda & Selwyn and Hodges. The methodological approach consisted of analyzing reports…

Bird watchers and people obsessed with raising and taming birds make a kind of motivation about our subject. It consists of the creation of an Android application called ”Birds Images Predictor” which helps users to recognize nearly 210 endemic bird species in the world. The proposed solution compares the performance of the python script, which…

The South African government has embarked on the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI), to increase access to healthcare and improve service delivery. However, the project has being encountering various challenges, which are not empirically known. The aim of the study is to identify the factors that influence the implementation of the NHI from…

Seto Inland Sea is situated between Japanese islands Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. It is separated from the ocean by the Bungo Channel, Kii Channel, and other narrow straits around Shikoku Island. The objective of the article is to draw the attention to the question of how well the coastal population and infrastructure of those locations…

Process mining is an innovative technique through which inefficiencies in production systems can be eliminated. This technique has therefore become very important internationally in recent years and is also useful for pursuing the improvement of production systems by extrapolating process knowledge from event logs recorded by information systems. Process mining has easy application in production…

The constant evolution of Information and Communication Technologies, Internet, access to different free software, among others; they generate problems in the management of information security in companies; to mitigate risks, vulnerabilities, and information threats, an alternative was presented considering that information security systems are the basis for decision-making at the government, strategic, tactical, and operational…

This paper is an extension of the work originally presented in the 26th International Con- ference on Automation and Computing. This study regarding hardware prefetching aims at concealing cache misses, leading to maximizing the performance of modern processors. This paper leverages prefetch coverage improvement as a way to achieve the goal. Original work proposes two…

Having reasonable inventory control is a priority for any company because a lack of inventory could incur economic losses. Not having the necessary stock for the timely production of your orders could generate dissatisfaction in your customers and possibly cause them to lose them. Likewise, reasonable inventory control allows quick decision-making for the company’s benefit.…

The paper aims to describe a new technological and organizational approach in order to manage teleconsultation and telemonitoring processes involving a Physician, who remotely interacts with one or more Specialists, in order to evaluate and discuss the specific clinical conditions of a patient, based primarily on the sharing of digital clinical data, reports and diagnostic…

The knowledge and understanding of the technology of quantum computers and their superiority over classical computers are still insufficient or uncertain for many communities of researchers, manufacturers, investors and the general public. For this reason, we try in this article to present and explain some of the basic concepts of quantum computers. We explain how…

This paper presents a new software for stereometry training. Its name is StereoMV (Stereo Math Vision). It is results from a dissertation work on the topic “Stereoscopic Training System”. It introduces virtual reality systems that are both immersive and non-immersive. The difference between them is in the equipment and the stereo effect they offer. A…

In complex swarm robotic applications that perform different tasks such as transportation and observation, robot swarms should construct and maintain a formation to adapt and move as a single large-scale robot. For example, transportation and observation tasks require unique robot swarms with either high densities to support the weight of the transported objects or low…

The efficient processing of database applications on computing systems with multi-tiered persistent storage devices needs specialized algorithms to create optimal persistent storage management plans. A correct allocation and deallocation of multi-tiered persistent storage may significantly improve the overall performance of data processing. This paper describes the new algorithms that create allocation and deallocation plans for…

Before succumbing to the 2019 Coronavirus pandemic, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have sustained a ubiquitous presence in human lives and society. ICTs have changed the standards and dynamics of educational practices (EPs). Many academic institutions had already integrated technological-based pedagogical instructions into their educational practices but, in various cases, faced challenges of failing to…

The use of a battery to power an electrical or electronic system is accompanied by battery management, i.e. a set of measures intended to preserve it for preventative maintenance, thus the cost reduction. This management is generally based on two key parameters, the (remaining useful life) RUL and the (State-of-health) SOH, which relate respectively to…

Owing to technological development, the internet has become the world’s largest platform where an unaccountable amount of e-news information is freely available to use. Most of the time, e-newspaper readers have to examine the massive collection of e-news articles to locate necessary information relevant to them. Massive semi-structured and unstructured texts usually mislead the readers…

Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most common and benign methods for analyzing and identifying abnormalities in the human brain. EEG is an incessant measure of the activities of the human brain. In contrast, when the measurement of EEG is bounded by time and the EEG is synchronized to an exterior stimulus, is known as…

We present in this contribution the distribution of a global multi-input-multi-output system in a sensor and actuator network. Based on controllability and observability, the global system is decentralized and the system properties are preserved as a result. This results in multiple decentralized local single-input-single-output systems with the same system order as the global system. As…

Renewable energy is an essential source of green growth for countries facing a shortage of fossil fuels. They offer a sustainable, inexhaustible, carbon-free solution to the future energy dependency of nations. Morocco, which has no traditional energy resources, depends entirely on the international primary energy market to meet its growing demand. For this reason, Morocco…

The current paper focuses on the design of cascade control systems employed in photovoltaic (PV) powered microgrids (MG), which have been well received in remote agricultural farms in Ecuador. The study case is composed of a three-phase inverter powered by a DC-DC converter fed by a PV array and its control system. To simulate the…

Given the strict Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) criteria for video transmission, such as delivery ratio, transmission delay, and mean opinion Score (MOS), video streaming is one of the hardest challenges in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs). Additionally, VANET attributes, including environmental impediments, fluctuating vehicle density, and highly dynamic topology, have an…