IQRF Smart House - A Case Study

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sulc ◽  
Radek Kuchta ◽  
Radimir Vrba
Keyword(s):  
Smart House

Healthcare Oriented Smart House for Elderly and/or Disabled People

2010 ◽  
pp. 116-140
Author(s):  
Nicholas S. Samaras ◽  
Costas Chaikalis ◽  
Giorgios Siafakas
Keyword(s):  
Ieee 802.15.4 ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Medical Data ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
Medical Sensors ◽  
Smart House

Smart houses represent a modern technology which can secure and facilitate our life. The objective of this chapter is to adapt medical sensors to home automated systems, which collect medical data such as blood pressure, heart rate and electrical heart activity for elderly and/or disabled persons. Firstly, the collected data is transferred to a home server and to an external manager for further analysis. Subsequently, data is stored at a database where monitoring is available only for authorized users via a simple web interface. The IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard has been chosen as the preferred solution for communication in the smart house. Finally, two implementation scenarios of the smart house for an elderly and/or disabled person are simulated using the Custodian software tool. This case study shows that simulating the automation system of a smart house before the implementation is advantageous.

The use of Emotional Design Techniques in user oriented design of interfaces within a smart house environment: Case study

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José Such ◽  
Ricard Barberà ◽  
Rakel Poveda ◽  
Juan-Manuel Belda-Lois ◽  
Amelia Gómez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Design ◽  
Smart House ◽  
Design Techniques

OPC UA Information Modeling: A Case Study for Smart House

2012 ◽  
Vol 241-244 ◽  
pp. 2862-2866
Author(s):  
Myeong Jae Yi ◽  
Mai Son
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Process Data ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Modeling Concept ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Standard Information ◽  
Smart House

Nowadays automation systems become more and more heterogeneous with various technologies and standards from different companies and vendors. Each technology has its own concept to model and present process data, leading to the need of a uniform view for the whole systems. OPC UA specification, the next generation of Classic OPC Standards, was introduced as a promising standard that is a good solution to address the issue. Some remarkable advantages of OPC UA have attracted attention: (i) information modeling, (ii) high-performing communication, and (iii) enhanced security mechanism. This paper aims at contributing in the first and big advantage of OPC UA, information modeling concept. Whereas Classic OPC has a poor and simple meta-data model providing tags, OPC UA uses standard information models to lift interoperability to the next level. It allows not only interoperable data exchange but also interoperable model. In our work, information modeling concept based on object-oriented techniques is exemplified by means of a case study for Smart House.

Healthcare Oriented Smart House for Elderly and/or Disabled People

2012 ◽  
pp. 1227-1254
Author(s):  
Nicholas S. Samaras ◽  
Costas Chaikalis ◽  
Giorgios Siafakas
Keyword(s):  
Ieee 802.15.4 ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Medical Data ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
Medical Sensors ◽  
Smart House

Smart houses represent a modern technology which can secure and facilitate our life. The objective of this chapter is to adapt medical sensors to home automated systems, which collect medical data such as blood pressure, heart rate and electrical heart activity for elderly and/or disabled persons. Firstly, the collected data is transferred to a home server and to an external manager for further analysis. Subsequently, data is stored at a database where monitoring is available only for authorized users via a simple web interface. The IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard has been chosen as the preferred solution for communication in the smart house. Finally, two implementation scenarios of the smart house for an elderly and/or disabled person are simulated using the Custodian software tool. This case study shows that simulating the automation system of a smart house before the implementation is advantageous.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

Dual systems for all: Higher-order, role-based relational reasoning as a uniquely derived feature of human cognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Povinelli ◽  
Gabrielle C. Glorioso ◽  
Shannon L. Kuznar ◽  
Mateja Pavlic
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Reasoning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Important Case ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Relational Reasoning ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
First Order ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
Role Based

Abstract Hoerl and McCormack demonstrate that although animals possess a sophisticated temporal updating system, there is no evidence that they also possess a temporal reasoning system. This important case study is directly related to the broader claim that although animals are manifestly capable of first-order (perceptually-based) relational reasoning, they lack the capacity for higher-order, role-based relational reasoning. We argue this distinction applies to all domains of cognition.

Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Van Bergen ◽  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

Construction of plastic contact deformation maps on ceramics: a case study on aluminum nitride

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 636-637
Author(s):  
D. L. Callahan
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Aluminum Nitride ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Bright Field Image ◽  
Perfectly Plastic ◽  
Contrast Analysis ◽  
Deformation Patterns

Modern polishing, precision machining and microindentation techniques allow the processing and mechanical characterization of ceramics at nanometric scales and within entirely plastic deformation regimes. The mechanical response of most ceramics to such highly constrained contact is not predictable from macroscopic properties and the microstructural deformation patterns have proven difficult to characterize by the application of any individual technique. In this study, TEM techniques of contrast analysis and CBED are combined with stereographic analysis to construct a three-dimensional microstructure deformation map of the surface of a perfectly plastic microindentation on macroscopically brittle aluminum nitride.The bright field image in Figure 1 shows a lg Vickers microindentation contained within a single AlN grain far from any boundaries. High densities of dislocations are evident, particularly near facet edges but are not individually resolvable. The prominent bend contours also indicate the severity of plastic deformation. Figure 2 is a selected area diffraction pattern covering the entire indentation area.

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