Soil Mechanics 5 min read
Why Soil Mechanics ?
Soil mechanics has become a distinct and separate branch of engineering mechanics because soils have a number of special properties,…
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Soil Mechanics 5 min read
Introduction
Soil mechanics is the science of equilibrium and motion of soil bodies. Here soil is understood to be the weathered…
Smart Home Systems 29 min read
Virtual Place Framework for User-centered Smart Home Applications
In smart home systems, building facilities and networked appliances communicate and operate with the others to perform the home services.…
Smart Home Systems 26 min read
Memory management in smart home gateway
With the trend of making house-hold appliances network-enabled and the widespread use of the broadband connections to homes, Internet services…
Smart Home Systems 38 min read
Smart home with healthcare technologies for community-dwelling older adults
Traditional smart home (SH) technology combined with new monitoring technologies designed to prevent falls and detect health status changes is…
Smart Home Systems 27 min read
Aging in Place: Self-Care in Smart Home Environments
Older adults prefer living independently at home, in their familiar environment, over a longer period of time (Vermeulen, 2006). Facilitating…
Smart Home Systems 22 min read
Applying agent-based theory to adaptive architectural environment – Example of smart skins
Motivation and Goals Establishing a sustainable environment is an important mission for research on the next generation of intelligent houses.…
Smart Home Systems 29 min read
Selected Home Automation and Home Security Realizations: An Improved Architecture
Home automation activities are becoming increasingly important nowadays in providing more comfort and security for the home residents. Reports are…
Smart Home Systems 42 min read
Integrated Wireless Technologies for Smart Homes Applications
Due to the rapid advances in wireless communication and information technologies it is now possible to embed various levels of…
Smart Home Systems 29 min read
Smart Home Systems
The pervasive computing area has recently gained major importance from both industry and academia and is changing the way we…
Remote Sensing of Environment 31 min read
Air Pollution from Space
The South Eastern Mediterranean region is an atmospheric cross road where aerosols of different origins can be observed. Atmospheric pollution…
Remote Sensing of Environment 22 min read
Detection of Water Pipes and Leakages in Rural Water Supply Networks Using Remote Sensing Techniques.
Water leakages have been a major problem for many regions around the world (Weifeng et al. 2011). However, monitoring such…
