Why Soil Mechanics ?
Soil mechanics has become a distinct and separate branch of engineering mechanics because soils have a number of special properties,…
Soil mechanics has become a distinct and separate branch of engineering mechanics because soils have a number of special properties,…
Soil mechanics is the science of equilibrium and motion of soil bodies. Here soil is understood to be the weathered…
In smart home systems, building facilities and networked appliances communicate and operate with the others to perform the home services.…
With the trend of making house-hold appliances network-enabled and the widespread use of the broadband connections to homes, Internet services…
Traditional smart home (SH) technology combined with new monitoring technologies designed to prevent falls and detect health status changes is…
Older adults prefer living independently at home, in their familiar environment, over a longer period of time (Vermeulen, 2006). Facilitating…
Motivation and Goals Establishing a sustainable environment is an important mission for research on the next generation of intelligent houses.…
Home automation activities are becoming increasingly important nowadays in providing more comfort and security for the home residents. Reports are…
Due to the rapid advances in wireless communication and information technologies it is now possible to embed various levels of…
The pervasive computing area has recently gained major importance from both industry and academia and is changing the way we…
The South Eastern Mediterranean region is an atmospheric cross road where aerosols of different origins can be observed. Atmospheric pollution…
Water leakages have been a major problem for many regions around the world (Weifeng et al. 2011). However, monitoring such…