Rapid industrialization advancements have grabbed worldwide attention to integrate a very large number of electronic components into a smaller space for performing multifunctional operations.To fulfill the growing com...Rapid industrialization advancements have grabbed worldwide attention to integrate a very large number of electronic components into a smaller space for performing multifunctional operations.To fulfill the growing computing demand state-of-the-art materials are required for substituting traditional silicon and metal oxide semiconductors frameworks.Two-dimensional(2D)materials have shown their tremendous potential surpassing the limitations of conventional materials for developing smart devices.Despite their ground-breaking progress over the last two decades,systematic studies providing in-depth insights into the exciting physics of 2D materials are still lacking.Therefore,in this review,we discuss the importance of 2D materials in bridging the gap between conventional and advanced technologies due to their distinct statistical and quantum physics.Moreover,the inherent properties of these materials could easily be tailored to meet the specific requirements of smart devices.Hence,we discuss the physics of various 2D materials enabling them to fabricate smart devices.We also shed light on promising opportunities in developing smart devices and identified the formidable challenges that need to be addressed.展开更多
With the rapidly escalating use of smart devices and fraudulent transaction of users＇ data from their devices, efficient and reliable techniques for authentication of the smart devices have become an obligatory issue...With the rapidly escalating use of smart devices and fraudulent transaction of users＇ data from their devices, efficient and reliable techniques for authentication of the smart devices have become an obligatory issue. This paper reviews the security risks for mobile devices and studies several authentication techniques available for smart devices. The results from field studies enable a comparative evaluation of user-preferred authentication mechanisms and their opinions about reliability, biometric authentication and visual authentication techniques.展开更多
BACKGROUND Newer models of cardiac rehabilitation(CR)delivery are promising but depend upon patient participation and ability to use technological media including Internet and smart devices.AIM To explore the availabi...BACKGROUND Newer models of cardiac rehabilitation(CR)delivery are promising but depend upon patient participation and ability to use technological media including Internet and smart devices.AIM To explore the availability of smart devices,current utilization and proficiency of use among older CR program attendees.METHODS Study participants were enrolled from four CR programs in Omaha,Nebraska United States and completed a questionnaire of 28 items.RESULTS Of 376 participants approached,169 responded(45%).Mean age was 71.1(SD±10)years.Demographics were 73.5%males,89.7%Caucasians,52%with college degree and 56.9%,with income of 40 K$or more.Smart device ownership was84.5%;desktop computer was the most preferred device.Average Internet use was 1.9 h/d(SD±1.7);54.3%of participants indicating for general usage but only18.4%pursued health-related purposes.Utilization of other health information modalities was low,29.8%used mobile health applications and 12.5%used wearable devices.Of all participants,72%reported no barriers to using Internet.Education and income were associated positively with measures of utilization and with less perceived barriers.CONCLUSIONAmong an older group of subjects attending CR,most have access to smart devices and do not perceive significant barriers to Internet use.Nonetheless,there was low utilization of health-related resources suggesting a need for targeted education in this patient population.展开更多
The wide diffusion of mobile devices that natively support ad hoc communication technologies has led to several protocols for enabling and optimizing Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). Nevertheless, the actual utilizati...The wide diffusion of mobile devices that natively support ad hoc communication technologies has led to several protocols for enabling and optimizing Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). Nevertheless, the actual utilization of MANETs in real life seems limited due to the lack of protocols for the automatic creation and evolution of ad hoc networks. Recently, a novel P2P protocol named Wi-Fi Direct has been proposed and standardized by the Wi-Fi Alliance to facilitate nearby devices’ interconnection. Wi-Fi Direct provides high-performance direct communication among devices, includes different energy management mechanisms, and is now available in most Android mobile devices. However, the current implementation of Wi-Fi Direct on Android has several limitations, making the Wi-Fi Direct network only be a one-hop ad-hoc network. This paper aims to develop a new framework for multi-hop ad hoc networking using Wi-Fi Direct in Android smart devices. The framework includes a connection establishment protocol and a group management protocol. Simulations validate the proposed framework on the OMNeT++ simulator. We analyzed the framework by varying transmission range, number of hops, and buffer size. The results indicate that the framework provides an eventual 100% packet delivery for different transmission ranges and hop count values. The buffer size has enough space for all packets. However, as buffer size decreases, the packet delivery decreases proportionally.展开更多
CONSPECTUS:Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS)is a derivative of polythiophene and an intrinsically conductive polymer(CP).Due to its excellent conductivity,processability,and biocompati...CONSPECTUS:Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS)is a derivative of polythiophene and an intrinsically conductive polymer(CP).Due to its excellent conductivity,processability,and biocompatibility,it has received widespread attention in the past decade and has become a popular material for wearable electronic devices.Thin films and fibers are the two primary dimensions that PEDOT:PSS has been made into.Compared with two-dimensional(2D)thin films,1D fibers have natural advantages in integration and structural design,remarkably accelerating practical applications.Wet spinning has been considered the primary method to fabricate 1D PEDOT:PSS fibers,which can continuously produce fibers on a large scale with the outstanding capability of fine-tuning the compositions and morphologies to achieve the desired properties.For example,untreated wet-spun PEDOT:PSS fibers generally have relatively lower conductivity(0.1 S·cm−1),while the coagulation bath obtained by mixing acetone and isopropanol significantly increases the conductivity(310 S·cm−1),which has become a classic combination.Nevertheless,the extensive use of such solvents does not meet the requirements of environmental friendliness,and researchers have been searching for suitable alternatives.Even though the coagulation bath composed of ethanol,water,and metal salts compensates for improving that,the performance needs further enhancement,including conductivity,elongation at break,and capacitance.Thus,intensive efforts have been taken to boost the performance of PEDOT:PSS by changing the formula of the coagulation bath,blending other additives with the starting materials,and secondary treatment for the obtained fibers.In addition to ethanol and water,other coagulation baths are also being developed,such as sulfuric acid,N,N-dimethylacetamide,etc.,which play a critical role in the above solutions due to the excellent performance of the resultant fibers.In this Account,the efforts are mainly concentrated on the advancements and progress in achieving high-performance wet-spun PEDOT:PSS fibers,from coagulation bath regulation to secondary treatment of spinning solution blending.The fundamental electrochemistry and challenges of PEDOT:PSS fibers will also be discussed.It will then focus on the advantages and control mechanisms of preparing PEDOT:PSS fibers through wet spinning from three perspectives:(i)coagulation bath control;(ii)polymer blending;and(iii)post-treatment.For example,we will discuss:1)how different additives in the coagulation bath regulate the structure and properties of PEDOT:PSS fibers;2)how polymer blending can improve the stability and durability of PEDOT:PSS fibers;and 3)how post-treatment can endow PEDOT:PSS fibers with unique structures,enhancing their strength and conductivity.Finally,the key research directions required in this field and the remaining challenges to be addressed will be summarized and proposed.展开更多
Rapidly increasing capacities,decreasing costs,and improvements in computational power,storage,and communication technologies have led to the development of many applications that carry increasingly large amounts of ...Rapidly increasing capacities,decreasing costs,and improvements in computational power,storage,and communication technologies have led to the development of many applications that carry increasingly large amounts of traffic on the global networking infrastructure.Smart devices lead to emerging technologies and play a vital role in rapid evolution.Smart devices have become a primary 24/7 need in today’s information technology world and include a wide range of supporting processing-intensive applications.Extensive use of many applications on smart devices results in increasing complexity of mobile software applications and consumption of resources at a massive level,including smart device battery power,processor,and RAM,and hinders their normal operation.Appropriate resource utilization and energy efficiency are fundamental considerations for smart devices because limited resources are sporadic and make it more difficult for users to complete their tasks.In this study we propose the model of mobile energy augmentation using cloud computing(MEACC),a new framework to address the challenges of massive power consumption and inefficient resource utilization in smart devices.MEACC efficiently filters the applications to be executed on a smart device or offloaded to the cloud.Moreover,MEACC efficiently calculates the total execution cost on both the mobile and cloud sides including communication costs for any application to be offloaded.In addition,resources are monitored before making the decision to offload the application.MEACC is a promising model for load balancing and power consumption reduction in emerging mobile computing environments.展开更多
In this editorial,I comment on the article by Zhang et al.To emphasize the importance of the topic,I discuss the relationship between the use of smart medical devices and mental health.Smart medical services have the ...In this editorial,I comment on the article by Zhang et al.To emphasize the importance of the topic,I discuss the relationship between the use of smart medical devices and mental health.Smart medical services have the potential to positively influence mental health by providing monitoring,insights,and inter-ventions.However,they also come with challenges that need to be addressed.Understanding the primary purpose for which individuals use these smart tech-nologies is essential to tailoring them to specific mental health needs and prefe-rences.展开更多
This paper describes the research on the materials and design methods for advanced smart radiator devices （SRDs） on large-area flexible substrates utilized on spacecraft. The functional material is thermochromic van...This paper describes the research on the materials and design methods for advanced smart radiator devices （SRDs） on large-area flexible substrates utilized on spacecraft. The functional material is thermochromic vanadium dioxide. The coating design of SRD is similar to the design of broadband filter coatings in a mid-infrared region. The multilayer coatings have complex structures. Coating materials must be highly transparent in a required spectrum region and also mechanically robust enough to endure the influence from the rigorous environments of outer space. The number of layers must be very small, suitable for the deposition on large-area flexible substrates. All the coatings are designed initially based on optical calculation and practical experience, and then optimized by the TFCALC software. Several designs are described and compared with each other. The results show that the emittance variability of the designed SRDs is great than 400%, more advanced than the reported ones.展开更多
From an empirical point of view,this paper proposes research hypotheses and models based on the market situation of Xiaomi smart wearable devices in Guangxi,as well as the research status of consumers’purchasing deci...From an empirical point of view,this paper proposes research hypotheses and models based on the market situation of Xiaomi smart wearable devices in Guangxi,as well as the research status of consumers’purchasing decisions,combined with the empirical research of some researchers.This paper designs questionnaires and scales.The sampling survey method is used to investigate and analyze the influencing factors of Guangxi consumers’decision to purchase Xiaomi smart wearable devices.Questionnaires were distributed through Questionnaire Star,and 385 valid questionnaires were collected for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis.Conclusions are as follow:(1)Consumers in Guangxi who purchase Xiaomi smart wearable devices are between 19 and 32 years old,and most of them have a bachelor’s degree.Among the five factors of demographic characteristics,only income and marketing mix satisfaction have a positive correlation,indicating that customers are sensitive to Xiaomi smart wearable products.And among the customers of Xiaomi smart wearable products,the monthly income of less than 5,000 yuan accounted for 30.91%of the total number of surveys;the monthly income was 5,000-7,000 yuan,accounting for 34.29%.(2)The satisfaction of the marketing mix is positively correlated with the satisfaction of customer decision-making.The satisfaction of the marketing mix varies with the age,gender,education,income,and working years of each population,and only the income is positively correlated with the satisfaction of the marketing mix.Relationships,age,gender,education,and years of employment were not associated with marketing mix satisfaction.According to the above conclusions,relevant and reasonable product development and marketing suggestions are put forward for the enterprise,which provides a reference for the enterprise’s brand building and market development.Therefore,on the basis of comparing with other scholars at home and abroad,through the 7P marketing theory and purchasing decision theory and the research on the current situation of influencing factors for customers to purchase Xiaomi smart wearable devices in Guangxi,this paper compiled a questionnaire for 385 private colleges and universities in Guangxi.A questionnaire survey was carried out with customers,and the current situation of customers’purchasing decision-making behavior was obtained and analyzed and the following suggestions were put forward:continuously innovating products,targeting target customers,reasonably setting product prices,improving marketing mix.展开更多
Camera technology advancement and deployment continue to play a vital role in modern life and production,amongst other capabilities,generating relevant visual information.The challenge of optimizing the use and deploy...Camera technology advancement and deployment continue to play a vital role in modern life and production,amongst other capabilities,generating relevant visual information.The challenge of optimizing the use and deployment of camera networks in various applications(e.g.,surveillance,traffic monitoring,and public safety to name but just a few)has attracted considerable attention from both academia and industries.Camera planning is the first step in addressing this challenge.The surveillance objectives and scenes of a camera network dictate the modelling and optimization algorithms for camera planning.However,existing reviews have primarily focused on models or optimization algorithms,with insufficient attention given to surveillance scenes.This review aims to bridge this gap by 1)Classifying surveillance scenes into the urban environment and rural outdoor environment and comparing the surveillance requirements and challenges;2)Summarizing the details of camera coverage optimization in the relevant literature from the perspective of deployment scenes;and 3)Proposing a new surveillance scene-Solar Insecticidal Lamps with the Internet of Things—as a case study to analyze the surveillance requirement and challenges in agricultural outdoor environment.Finally,we state the technical outlook on the physical safety of outdoor electronic devices in agriculture settings and provide insights to draw more attention and effort into this area.展开更多
The development of smart textiles has presentend new requirements for integrated devices that can be compatible with both conductivity and deformation.At room temperature,liquid metal presents both metallic properties...The development of smart textiles has presentend new requirements for integrated devices that can be compatible with both conductivity and deformation.At room temperature,liquid metal presents both metallic properties and flexible properties,as well as low toxicity and biocompatible,which makes it more and more popular on the research of liquid metal based electronic devices.This review summarizes the basic physical properties,and the key points to be fabricated into fibers and fabrics including oxides and wettability.Meantime,the application in the field of textiles is presented.Liquid metal based electrical conductive fibers and flexible sensors can be fabricated mainly by injection and printing,as well as direct-writing for smart fabrics.Liquid metal can be integrated as functional components for smart wearable devices in the future by assembling the as-prepared fibers and fabrics with textile technology,such as twisting,sewing,knitting,and embroidering.展开更多
This study was carried out to examine the development of an “elderly tele-nursing model” for care provided in-home by family members and through remote nursing systems in a super-aging society. This model studied th...This study was carried out to examine the development of an “elderly tele-nursing model” for care provided in-home by family members and through remote nursing systems in a super-aging society. This model studied the travel time, cost, and means of transportation of care providers. The pre-survey results regarding elderly tele-nursing show that a son/daughter can visit a parent more than once a week. In the results, the time required for elderly tele-nursing was influenced by whether or not the visitor uses the shinkansen （bullet train of Japan）. In the main survey, based on 40 questionnaires, clear differences were observed according to whether visits were “every two weeks” or “once per month”. Furthermore, this result was also indicated by t-tests.展开更多
Control signaling is mandatory for the operation and management of all types of communication networks,including the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP)mobile broadband networks.However,they consume important a...Control signaling is mandatory for the operation and management of all types of communication networks,including the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP)mobile broadband networks.However,they consume important and scarce network resources such as bandwidth and processing power.There have been several reports of these control signaling turning into signaling storms halting network operations and causing the respective Telecom companies big financial losses.This paper draws its motivation from such real network disaster incidents attributed to signaling storms.In this paper,we present a thorough survey of the causes,of the signaling storm problems in 3GPP-based mobile broadband networks and discuss in detail their possible solutions and countermeasures.We provide relevant analytical models to help quantify the effect of the potential causes and benefits of their corresponding solutions.Another important contribution of this paper is the comparison of the possible causes and solutions/countermeasures,concerning their effect on several important network aspects such as architecture,additional signaling,fidelity,etc.,in the form of a table.This paper presents an update and an extension of our earlier conference publication.To our knowledge,no similar survey study exists on the subject.展开更多
In September,Hangzhou Lingban Technology Company(Rokid brand)will officially release its latest smart wearable device Rokid Glasses at the China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO)in Nanning.This smart product not only carries Lingban...In September,Hangzhou Lingban Technology Company(Rokid brand)will officially release its latest smart wearable device Rokid Glasses at the China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO)in Nanning.This smart product not only carries Lingban Technology's ambitions for the consumer AR(Augmented Reality)market but also serves as a microcosm of Chinese tech companies'in-depth cultivation of the ASEAN market.展开更多
New materials reshape daily life through safer,smarter technology From connected clothing to domestic objects and smart medical devices,new materials are permeating every aspect of our daily lives,transforming our rel...New materials reshape daily life through safer,smarter technology From connected clothing to domestic objects and smart medical devices,new materials are permeating every aspect of our daily lives,transforming our relationship with comfort,health and technology.展开更多
Emerging digital technologies continues to evolve posing unprecedented opportunities in health systems globally to improve healthcare services delivery.There has been significant progress in healthcare.However,the lac...Emerging digital technologies continues to evolve posing unprecedented opportunities in health systems globally to improve healthcare services delivery.There has been significant progress in healthcare.However,the lack of emotive recognition coupled with a dearth of personalized and pervasive health applications and emotive smart devices calls for the integration of intelligent sensors health systems through emerging technologies.Although there has been significant progress in smart and connected health care,more research innovation,dissemination and technologies are needed to unbundle new opportunities and move towards healthcare 5.0.Healthcare is at the dawn of a paradigm change to reach the new era of smart disease control and detection,virtual care,smart health management,smart monitoring,and decision-making.Therefore,this study discusses the roles and capacities of sensors,their capabilities and other emerging technologies such as nanotechnology,5 G technologies,drone technology,blockchain,robotics,big data,internet of things,artificial intelligence,and cloud computing.Healthcare 5.0 provides healthcare services including patient remote monitoring.tracking and virtual clinics,emotive telemedicine,ambient assisted living,smart self-management,wellness monitoring and control,smart treatment reminders,compliance and adherence,and personalized and connected health care.However,building resilience and robust healthcare 5.0 is not immune to challenges.Organizational challenges,technological and infrastructural barriers,lack of legal and regulatory frameworks and e-health policies,individual perceptions,misalignment with hospitals'strategy,lack of funding,religious and cultural bariers are identified as potential barriers to the successful implementation of healthcare 5.0.Therefore,there is a need for building resilient technology-driven healthcare systems.To achieve this,there is a need for expanding technological infrastructure,provision of budgetary support based on sustainable business models,develop appropriate legal and e-health policies,standardization and synchronization of protocols,improving stakeholders'engagement and involvement and establishment of private and public partnerships and investments.展开更多
Disasters such as conflagration,toxic smoke,harmful gas or chemical leakage,and many other catastrophes in the industrial environment caused by hazardous distance from the peril are frequent.The calamities are causing...Disasters such as conflagration,toxic smoke,harmful gas or chemical leakage,and many other catastrophes in the industrial environment caused by hazardous distance from the peril are frequent.The calamities are causing massive fiscal and human life casualties.However,Wireless Sensors Network-based adroit monitoring and early warning of these dangerous incidents will hamper fiscal and social fiasco.The authors have proposed an early fire detection system uses machine and/or deep learning algorithms.The article presents an Intelligent Industrial Monitoring System(IIMS)and introduces an Industrial Smart Social Agent(ISSA)in the Industrial SIoT(ISIoT)paradigm.The proffered ISSA empowers smart surveillance objects to communicate autonomously with other devices.Every Industrial IoT(IIoT)entity gets authorization from the ISSA to interact and work together to improve surveillance in any industrial context.The ISSA uses machine and deep learning algorithms for fire-related incident detection in the industrial environment.The authors have modeled a Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)and compared it with the four existing models named,FireNet,Deep FireNet,Deep FireNet V2,and Efficient Net for identifying the fire.To train our model,we used fire images and smoke sensor datasets.The image dataset contains fire,smoke,and no fire images.For evaluation,the proposed and existing models have been tested on the same.According to the comparative analysis,our CNN model outperforms other state-of-the-art models significantly.展开更多
Distribution feeder microgrid(DFM)built based on existing distributed feeder(DF),is a promising solution for modern microgrid.DFM contains a large number of heterogeneous devices that generate heavy network traffice a...Distribution feeder microgrid(DFM)built based on existing distributed feeder(DF),is a promising solution for modern microgrid.DFM contains a large number of heterogeneous devices that generate heavy network traffice and require a low data delivery latency.The information-centric networking(ICN)paradigm has shown a great potential to address the communication requirements of smart grid.However,the integration of advanced information and communication technologies with DFM make it vulnerable to cyber attacks.Adequate authentication of grid devices is essential for preventing unauthorized accesses to the grid network and defending against cyber attacks.In this paper,we propose a new lightweight anonymous device authentication scheme for DFM supported by named data networking(NDN),a representative implementation of ICN.We perform a security analysis to show that the proposed scheme can provide security features such as mutual authentication,session key agreement,defending against various cyber attacks,anonymity,and resilience against device capture attack.The security of the proposed scheme is also formally verified using the popular AVISPA(Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications)tool.The computational and communication costs of the proposed scheme are evaluated.Our results demonstrate that the proposed scheme achieves significantly lower computational,communication and energy costs than other state-of-the-art schemes.展开更多
Increase in the use of internet of things owned devices is one of the reasonsforincreasednetworktraffic.Whileconnectingthesmartdeviceswith publicly available network many kinds of phishing attacks are able to enter in...Increase in the use of internet of things owned devices is one of the reasonsforincreasednetworktraffic.Whileconnectingthesmartdeviceswith publicly available network many kinds of phishing attacks are able to enter into the mobile devices and corrupt the existing system.The Phishing is the slow and resilient attack stacking techniques probe the users.The proposed model is focused on detecting phishing attacks in internet of things enabled devices through a robust algorithm called Novel Watch and Trap Algorithm(NWAT).Though Predictive mapping,Predictive Validation and Predictive analysis mechanism is developed.For the test purpose Canadian Institute of cyber security(CIC)dataset is used for creating a robust prediction model.This attack generates a resilience corruption works that slowly gathers the credential information from the mobiles.The proposed Predictive analysis model(PAM)enabled NWAT algorithm is used to predict the phishing probes in the form of suspicious process happening in the IoT networks.The prediction system considers the peer-to-peer communication window open for the established communication,the suspicious process and its pattern is identified by the new approach.The proposed model is validated by finding thepredictionaccuracy,Precision,recallsF1score,errorrate,Mathew’sCorre-lationCoefficient(MCC)andBalancedDetectionRate(BDR).Thepresented approach is comparatively analyzed with the state-of-the-art approach of existing system related to various types of Phishing probes.展开更多
The impacts of the current digital era are growing more and more on the way in which higher education(HE)offers learning programs at every level.Smart learning(SL)represents the evolution of educational approaches and...The impacts of the current digital era are growing more and more on the way in which higher education(HE)offers learning programs at every level.Smart learning(SL)represents the evolution of educational approaches and techniques that capitalizes on all the opportunities deriving from new digital ecosystems.This study argues that the usefulness of HE can benefit from rethinking the traditional active learning(AL)model to smart ones.Thus,this research aims at investigating how to adapt the performance evaluation when the operations of HE turn to digitalized models.Therefore,this paper designs a research approach that allows accounting for the effects that the adoption of some SL strategies and tools has on the engagement of students and the aggregate performance of HE programs that adopt AL.The results of this study would help academics and HE managers assess the effectiveness of SL initiatives they plan to adopt.展开更多
文摘Rapid industrialization advancements have grabbed worldwide attention to integrate a very large number of electronic components into a smaller space for performing multifunctional operations.To fulfill the growing computing demand state-of-the-art materials are required for substituting traditional silicon and metal oxide semiconductors frameworks.Two-dimensional(2D)materials have shown their tremendous potential surpassing the limitations of conventional materials for developing smart devices.Despite their ground-breaking progress over the last two decades,systematic studies providing in-depth insights into the exciting physics of 2D materials are still lacking.Therefore,in this review,we discuss the importance of 2D materials in bridging the gap between conventional and advanced technologies due to their distinct statistical and quantum physics.Moreover,the inherent properties of these materials could easily be tailored to meet the specific requirements of smart devices.Hence,we discuss the physics of various 2D materials enabling them to fabricate smart devices.We also shed light on promising opportunities in developing smart devices and identified the formidable challenges that need to be addressed.
文摘With the rapidly escalating use of smart devices and fraudulent transaction of users＇ data from their devices, efficient and reliable techniques for authentication of the smart devices have become an obligatory issue. This paper reviews the security risks for mobile devices and studies several authentication techniques available for smart devices. The results from field studies enable a comparative evaluation of user-preferred authentication mechanisms and their opinions about reliability, biometric authentication and visual authentication techniques.
文摘BACKGROUND Newer models of cardiac rehabilitation(CR)delivery are promising but depend upon patient participation and ability to use technological media including Internet and smart devices.AIM To explore the availability of smart devices,current utilization and proficiency of use among older CR program attendees.METHODS Study participants were enrolled from four CR programs in Omaha,Nebraska United States and completed a questionnaire of 28 items.RESULTS Of 376 participants approached,169 responded(45%).Mean age was 71.1(SD±10)years.Demographics were 73.5%males,89.7%Caucasians,52%with college degree and 56.9%,with income of 40 K$or more.Smart device ownership was84.5%;desktop computer was the most preferred device.Average Internet use was 1.9 h/d(SD±1.7);54.3%of participants indicating for general usage but only18.4%pursued health-related purposes.Utilization of other health information modalities was low,29.8%used mobile health applications and 12.5%used wearable devices.Of all participants,72%reported no barriers to using Internet.Education and income were associated positively with measures of utilization and with less perceived barriers.CONCLUSIONAmong an older group of subjects attending CR,most have access to smart devices and do not perceive significant barriers to Internet use.Nonetheless,there was low utilization of health-related resources suggesting a need for targeted education in this patient population.
文摘The wide diffusion of mobile devices that natively support ad hoc communication technologies has led to several protocols for enabling and optimizing Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). Nevertheless, the actual utilization of MANETs in real life seems limited due to the lack of protocols for the automatic creation and evolution of ad hoc networks. Recently, a novel P2P protocol named Wi-Fi Direct has been proposed and standardized by the Wi-Fi Alliance to facilitate nearby devices’ interconnection. Wi-Fi Direct provides high-performance direct communication among devices, includes different energy management mechanisms, and is now available in most Android mobile devices. However, the current implementation of Wi-Fi Direct on Android has several limitations, making the Wi-Fi Direct network only be a one-hop ad-hoc network. This paper aims to develop a new framework for multi-hop ad hoc networking using Wi-Fi Direct in Android smart devices. The framework includes a connection establishment protocol and a group management protocol. Simulations validate the proposed framework on the OMNeT++ simulator. We analyzed the framework by varying transmission range, number of hops, and buffer size. The results indicate that the framework provides an eventual 100% packet delivery for different transmission ranges and hop count values. The buffer size has enough space for all packets. However, as buffer size decreases, the packet delivery decreases proportionally.
基金support from the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(Yangzhou University)(SJCX23_1909).
文摘CONSPECTUS:Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS)is a derivative of polythiophene and an intrinsically conductive polymer(CP).Due to its excellent conductivity,processability,and biocompatibility,it has received widespread attention in the past decade and has become a popular material for wearable electronic devices.Thin films and fibers are the two primary dimensions that PEDOT:PSS has been made into.Compared with two-dimensional(2D)thin films,1D fibers have natural advantages in integration and structural design,remarkably accelerating practical applications.Wet spinning has been considered the primary method to fabricate 1D PEDOT:PSS fibers,which can continuously produce fibers on a large scale with the outstanding capability of fine-tuning the compositions and morphologies to achieve the desired properties.For example,untreated wet-spun PEDOT:PSS fibers generally have relatively lower conductivity(0.1 S·cm−1),while the coagulation bath obtained by mixing acetone and isopropanol significantly increases the conductivity(310 S·cm−1),which has become a classic combination.Nevertheless,the extensive use of such solvents does not meet the requirements of environmental friendliness,and researchers have been searching for suitable alternatives.Even though the coagulation bath composed of ethanol,water,and metal salts compensates for improving that,the performance needs further enhancement,including conductivity,elongation at break,and capacitance.Thus,intensive efforts have been taken to boost the performance of PEDOT:PSS by changing the formula of the coagulation bath,blending other additives with the starting materials,and secondary treatment for the obtained fibers.In addition to ethanol and water,other coagulation baths are also being developed,such as sulfuric acid,N,N-dimethylacetamide,etc.,which play a critical role in the above solutions due to the excellent performance of the resultant fibers.In this Account,the efforts are mainly concentrated on the advancements and progress in achieving high-performance wet-spun PEDOT:PSS fibers,from coagulation bath regulation to secondary treatment of spinning solution blending.The fundamental electrochemistry and challenges of PEDOT:PSS fibers will also be discussed.It will then focus on the advantages and control mechanisms of preparing PEDOT:PSS fibers through wet spinning from three perspectives:(i)coagulation bath control;(ii)polymer blending;and(iii)post-treatment.For example,we will discuss:1)how different additives in the coagulation bath regulate the structure and properties of PEDOT:PSS fibers;2)how polymer blending can improve the stability and durability of PEDOT:PSS fibers;and 3)how post-treatment can endow PEDOT:PSS fibers with unique structures,enhancing their strength and conductivity.Finally,the key research directions required in this field and the remaining challenges to be addressed will be summarized and proposed.
基金Project supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research(DSR)at King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia(No.D-154-611-1440)。
文摘Rapidly increasing capacities,decreasing costs,and improvements in computational power,storage,and communication technologies have led to the development of many applications that carry increasingly large amounts of traffic on the global networking infrastructure.Smart devices lead to emerging technologies and play a vital role in rapid evolution.Smart devices have become a primary 24/7 need in today’s information technology world and include a wide range of supporting processing-intensive applications.Extensive use of many applications on smart devices results in increasing complexity of mobile software applications and consumption of resources at a massive level,including smart device battery power,processor,and RAM,and hinders their normal operation.Appropriate resource utilization and energy efficiency are fundamental considerations for smart devices because limited resources are sporadic and make it more difficult for users to complete their tasks.In this study we propose the model of mobile energy augmentation using cloud computing(MEACC),a new framework to address the challenges of massive power consumption and inefficient resource utilization in smart devices.MEACC efficiently filters the applications to be executed on a smart device or offloaded to the cloud.Moreover,MEACC efficiently calculates the total execution cost on both the mobile and cloud sides including communication costs for any application to be offloaded.In addition,resources are monitored before making the decision to offload the application.MEACC is a promising model for load balancing and power consumption reduction in emerging mobile computing environments.
文摘In this editorial,I comment on the article by Zhang et al.To emphasize the importance of the topic,I discuss the relationship between the use of smart medical devices and mental health.Smart medical services have the potential to positively influence mental health by providing monitoring,insights,and inter-ventions.However,they also come with challenges that need to be addressed.Understanding the primary purpose for which individuals use these smart tech-nologies is essential to tailoring them to specific mental health needs and prefe-rences.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No 60676033）.
文摘This paper describes the research on the materials and design methods for advanced smart radiator devices （SRDs） on large-area flexible substrates utilized on spacecraft. The functional material is thermochromic vanadium dioxide. The coating design of SRD is similar to the design of broadband filter coatings in a mid-infrared region. The multilayer coatings have complex structures. Coating materials must be highly transparent in a required spectrum region and also mechanically robust enough to endure the influence from the rigorous environments of outer space. The number of layers must be very small, suitable for the deposition on large-area flexible substrates. All the coatings are designed initially based on optical calculation and practical experience, and then optimized by the TFCALC software. Several designs are described and compared with each other. The results show that the emittance variability of the designed SRDs is great than 400%, more advanced than the reported ones.
文摘From an empirical point of view,this paper proposes research hypotheses and models based on the market situation of Xiaomi smart wearable devices in Guangxi,as well as the research status of consumers’purchasing decisions,combined with the empirical research of some researchers.This paper designs questionnaires and scales.The sampling survey method is used to investigate and analyze the influencing factors of Guangxi consumers’decision to purchase Xiaomi smart wearable devices.Questionnaires were distributed through Questionnaire Star,and 385 valid questionnaires were collected for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis.Conclusions are as follow:(1)Consumers in Guangxi who purchase Xiaomi smart wearable devices are between 19 and 32 years old,and most of them have a bachelor’s degree.Among the five factors of demographic characteristics,only income and marketing mix satisfaction have a positive correlation,indicating that customers are sensitive to Xiaomi smart wearable products.And among the customers of Xiaomi smart wearable products,the monthly income of less than 5,000 yuan accounted for 30.91%of the total number of surveys;the monthly income was 5,000-7,000 yuan,accounting for 34.29%.(2)The satisfaction of the marketing mix is positively correlated with the satisfaction of customer decision-making.The satisfaction of the marketing mix varies with the age,gender,education,income,and working years of each population,and only the income is positively correlated with the satisfaction of the marketing mix.Relationships,age,gender,education,and years of employment were not associated with marketing mix satisfaction.According to the above conclusions,relevant and reasonable product development and marketing suggestions are put forward for the enterprise,which provides a reference for the enterprise’s brand building and market development.Therefore,on the basis of comparing with other scholars at home and abroad,through the 7P marketing theory and purchasing decision theory and the research on the current situation of influencing factors for customers to purchase Xiaomi smart wearable devices in Guangxi,this paper compiled a questionnaire for 385 private colleges and universities in Guangxi.A questionnaire survey was carried out with customers,and the current situation of customers’purchasing decision-making behavior was obtained and analyzed and the following suggestions were put forward:continuously innovating products,targeting target customers,reasonably setting product prices,improving marketing mix.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62072248).
文摘Camera technology advancement and deployment continue to play a vital role in modern life and production,amongst other capabilities,generating relevant visual information.The challenge of optimizing the use and deployment of camera networks in various applications(e.g.,surveillance,traffic monitoring,and public safety to name but just a few)has attracted considerable attention from both academia and industries.Camera planning is the first step in addressing this challenge.The surveillance objectives and scenes of a camera network dictate the modelling and optimization algorithms for camera planning.However,existing reviews have primarily focused on models or optimization algorithms,with insufficient attention given to surveillance scenes.This review aims to bridge this gap by 1)Classifying surveillance scenes into the urban environment and rural outdoor environment and comparing the surveillance requirements and challenges;2)Summarizing the details of camera coverage optimization in the relevant literature from the perspective of deployment scenes;and 3)Proposing a new surveillance scene-Solar Insecticidal Lamps with the Internet of Things—as a case study to analyze the surveillance requirement and challenges in agricultural outdoor environment.Finally,we state the technical outlook on the physical safety of outdoor electronic devices in agriculture settings and provide insights to draw more attention and effort into this area.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51672141)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(No.ZR2018QEM004)+2 种基金Research and Development Program of Shandong Province of China(Nos.2019GGXI02022,2019JZZY010340,2019JZZY010335)Anhui Province Special Science and Technology Project,China(No.201903a05020028)Shandong Provincial Universities Youth Technology Plan Innovation Team,China(No.2020KJA013)。
文摘The development of smart textiles has presentend new requirements for integrated devices that can be compatible with both conductivity and deformation.At room temperature,liquid metal presents both metallic properties and flexible properties,as well as low toxicity and biocompatible,which makes it more and more popular on the research of liquid metal based electronic devices.This review summarizes the basic physical properties,and the key points to be fabricated into fibers and fabrics including oxides and wettability.Meantime,the application in the field of textiles is presented.Liquid metal based electrical conductive fibers and flexible sensors can be fabricated mainly by injection and printing,as well as direct-writing for smart fabrics.Liquid metal can be integrated as functional components for smart wearable devices in the future by assembling the as-prepared fibers and fabrics with textile technology,such as twisting,sewing,knitting,and embroidering.
文摘This study was carried out to examine the development of an “elderly tele-nursing model” for care provided in-home by family members and through remote nursing systems in a super-aging society. This model studied the travel time, cost, and means of transportation of care providers. The pre-survey results regarding elderly tele-nursing show that a son/daughter can visit a parent more than once a week. In the results, the time required for elderly tele-nursing was influenced by whether or not the visitor uses the shinkansen （bullet train of Japan）. In the main survey, based on 40 questionnaires, clear differences were observed according to whether visits were “every two weeks” or “once per month”. Furthermore, this result was also indicated by t-tests.
基金the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at Qassim University for financial support(QU-APC-2024-9/1).
文摘Control signaling is mandatory for the operation and management of all types of communication networks,including the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP)mobile broadband networks.However,they consume important and scarce network resources such as bandwidth and processing power.There have been several reports of these control signaling turning into signaling storms halting network operations and causing the respective Telecom companies big financial losses.This paper draws its motivation from such real network disaster incidents attributed to signaling storms.In this paper,we present a thorough survey of the causes,of the signaling storm problems in 3GPP-based mobile broadband networks and discuss in detail their possible solutions and countermeasures.We provide relevant analytical models to help quantify the effect of the potential causes and benefits of their corresponding solutions.Another important contribution of this paper is the comparison of the possible causes and solutions/countermeasures,concerning their effect on several important network aspects such as architecture,additional signaling,fidelity,etc.,in the form of a table.This paper presents an update and an extension of our earlier conference publication.To our knowledge,no similar survey study exists on the subject.
文摘In September,Hangzhou Lingban Technology Company(Rokid brand)will officially release its latest smart wearable device Rokid Glasses at the China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO)in Nanning.This smart product not only carries Lingban Technology's ambitions for the consumer AR(Augmented Reality)market but also serves as a microcosm of Chinese tech companies'in-depth cultivation of the ASEAN market.
文摘New materials reshape daily life through safer,smarter technology From connected clothing to domestic objects and smart medical devices,new materials are permeating every aspect of our daily lives,transforming our relationship with comfort,health and technology.
文摘Emerging digital technologies continues to evolve posing unprecedented opportunities in health systems globally to improve healthcare services delivery.There has been significant progress in healthcare.However,the lack of emotive recognition coupled with a dearth of personalized and pervasive health applications and emotive smart devices calls for the integration of intelligent sensors health systems through emerging technologies.Although there has been significant progress in smart and connected health care,more research innovation,dissemination and technologies are needed to unbundle new opportunities and move towards healthcare 5.0.Healthcare is at the dawn of a paradigm change to reach the new era of smart disease control and detection,virtual care,smart health management,smart monitoring,and decision-making.Therefore,this study discusses the roles and capacities of sensors,their capabilities and other emerging technologies such as nanotechnology,5 G technologies,drone technology,blockchain,robotics,big data,internet of things,artificial intelligence,and cloud computing.Healthcare 5.0 provides healthcare services including patient remote monitoring.tracking and virtual clinics,emotive telemedicine,ambient assisted living,smart self-management,wellness monitoring and control,smart treatment reminders,compliance and adherence,and personalized and connected health care.However,building resilience and robust healthcare 5.0 is not immune to challenges.Organizational challenges,technological and infrastructural barriers,lack of legal and regulatory frameworks and e-health policies,individual perceptions,misalignment with hospitals'strategy,lack of funding,religious and cultural bariers are identified as potential barriers to the successful implementation of healthcare 5.0.Therefore,there is a need for building resilient technology-driven healthcare systems.To achieve this,there is a need for expanding technological infrastructure,provision of budgetary support based on sustainable business models,develop appropriate legal and e-health policies,standardization and synchronization of protocols,improving stakeholders'engagement and involvement and establishment of private and public partnerships and investments.
基金supported by Kyungpook National University Research Fund,2020.
文摘Disasters such as conflagration,toxic smoke,harmful gas or chemical leakage,and many other catastrophes in the industrial environment caused by hazardous distance from the peril are frequent.The calamities are causing massive fiscal and human life casualties.However,Wireless Sensors Network-based adroit monitoring and early warning of these dangerous incidents will hamper fiscal and social fiasco.The authors have proposed an early fire detection system uses machine and/or deep learning algorithms.The article presents an Intelligent Industrial Monitoring System(IIMS)and introduces an Industrial Smart Social Agent(ISSA)in the Industrial SIoT(ISIoT)paradigm.The proffered ISSA empowers smart surveillance objects to communicate autonomously with other devices.Every Industrial IoT(IIoT)entity gets authorization from the ISSA to interact and work together to improve surveillance in any industrial context.The ISSA uses machine and deep learning algorithms for fire-related incident detection in the industrial environment.The authors have modeled a Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)and compared it with the four existing models named,FireNet,Deep FireNet,Deep FireNet V2,and Efficient Net for identifying the fire.To train our model,we used fire images and smoke sensor datasets.The image dataset contains fire,smoke,and no fire images.For evaluation,the proposed and existing models have been tested on the same.According to the comparative analysis,our CNN model outperforms other state-of-the-art models significantly.
基金This material is based upon work funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement OIA-1757207。
文摘Distribution feeder microgrid(DFM)built based on existing distributed feeder(DF),is a promising solution for modern microgrid.DFM contains a large number of heterogeneous devices that generate heavy network traffice and require a low data delivery latency.The information-centric networking(ICN)paradigm has shown a great potential to address the communication requirements of smart grid.However,the integration of advanced information and communication technologies with DFM make it vulnerable to cyber attacks.Adequate authentication of grid devices is essential for preventing unauthorized accesses to the grid network and defending against cyber attacks.In this paper,we propose a new lightweight anonymous device authentication scheme for DFM supported by named data networking(NDN),a representative implementation of ICN.We perform a security analysis to show that the proposed scheme can provide security features such as mutual authentication,session key agreement,defending against various cyber attacks,anonymity,and resilience against device capture attack.The security of the proposed scheme is also formally verified using the popular AVISPA(Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications)tool.The computational and communication costs of the proposed scheme are evaluated.Our results demonstrate that the proposed scheme achieves significantly lower computational,communication and energy costs than other state-of-the-art schemes.
文摘Increase in the use of internet of things owned devices is one of the reasonsforincreasednetworktraffic.Whileconnectingthesmartdeviceswith publicly available network many kinds of phishing attacks are able to enter into the mobile devices and corrupt the existing system.The Phishing is the slow and resilient attack stacking techniques probe the users.The proposed model is focused on detecting phishing attacks in internet of things enabled devices through a robust algorithm called Novel Watch and Trap Algorithm(NWAT).Though Predictive mapping,Predictive Validation and Predictive analysis mechanism is developed.For the test purpose Canadian Institute of cyber security(CIC)dataset is used for creating a robust prediction model.This attack generates a resilience corruption works that slowly gathers the credential information from the mobiles.The proposed Predictive analysis model(PAM)enabled NWAT algorithm is used to predict the phishing probes in the form of suspicious process happening in the IoT networks.The prediction system considers the peer-to-peer communication window open for the established communication,the suspicious process and its pattern is identified by the new approach.The proposed model is validated by finding thepredictionaccuracy,Precision,recallsF1score,errorrate,Mathew’sCorre-lationCoefficient(MCC)andBalancedDetectionRate(BDR).Thepresented approach is comparatively analyzed with the state-of-the-art approach of existing system related to various types of Phishing probes.
文摘The impacts of the current digital era are growing more and more on the way in which higher education(HE)offers learning programs at every level.Smart learning(SL)represents the evolution of educational approaches and techniques that capitalizes on all the opportunities deriving from new digital ecosystems.This study argues that the usefulness of HE can benefit from rethinking the traditional active learning(AL)model to smart ones.Thus,this research aims at investigating how to adapt the performance evaluation when the operations of HE turn to digitalized models.Therefore,this paper designs a research approach that allows accounting for the effects that the adoption of some SL strategies and tools has on the engagement of students and the aggregate performance of HE programs that adopt AL.The results of this study would help academics and HE managers assess the effectiveness of SL initiatives they plan to adopt.
