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A fuzzy logic based irrigation system enhanced with wireless data logging applied to the state of Qatar
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2013 , Article)
In arid regions, developing environment and crop-specific irrigation scheduling that reduces water lost via evapotranspiration is a key to a sustainable and better managed irrigation. This paper presents a practical solution ...
Towards u-health: An indoor 6LoWPAN based platform for real-time healthcare monitoring
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IEEE
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Ubiquitous healthcare is the key to handle the challenges of the growing population around the world. A variety of u-healthcare systems have been developed using various short-range technologies and proprietary protocols ...
A comparative analysis of BLE and 6LoWPAN for U-HealthCare applications
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IEEE
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
For decades, there exist a variety of low-power wireless technologies deployed for healthcare applications such as Zigbee/IEEE802.15.4, Bluetooth, ANT, NFC, IrDA. However, the recently announced Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) ...
U-healthcare system: State-of-the-art review and challenges
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SpringerLink
, 2013 , Article)
With the increase of an ageing population and chronic diseases, society becomes more health conscious and patients become "health consumers" looking for better health management. People's perception is shifting towards ...
Effects of environmental and climatic conditions on PV efficiency in qatar
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European Association for the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality (EA4EPQ)
, 2013 , Article)
The sensitivity of various solar photovoltaic technologies towards dust, temperature and relative humidity is investigated for Qatar’s environment. Results obtained show that dust accumulation has the great effect on ...
Hybrid thin-films of graphene materials and metallic nanowires for next generation transparent electrodes
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Optics InfoBase
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
We report advances in the fabrication and characterization of transparent conductive electrodes based on thin-films of metallic nanowires (copper and silver) encapsulated with graphene, graphene oxide, and reduced graphene ...