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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) ...
The significance of industry experience in civil engineering education
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Students pursuing their civil engineering degree usually learn the theory part in class but may struggle relating theory to practice if the instructor have no industry experience. Engineering graduates can benefit more ...
Integrating ethics into the chemical engineering curriculum: The Qatar University experience
(2013 , Conference Paper)
Qatar is growing at an unprecedented rate due to the utilization of its vast gas reserves. The country's wealth stems from oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Engineers are in high demand in all specializations and Qatar ...
Nematic opto-mechanical actuators for the fabrication of refreshable tactile systems
(2013 , Conference Paper)
Nematic elastomers are promising materials for the fabrication of actuators due to their ability to reversibly contract and expand during phase transitions triggered by external stimuli. We present a refreshable tactile ...
Detection of perinatal hypoxia using time-frequency analysis of heart rate variability signals
(2013 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a time-frequency approach to detect perinatal hypoxia by characterizing the nonstationary nature of heart rate variability (HRV) signals. Quadratic time-frequency distributions (TFDs) are used to represent ...
Principles of excellence in Engineering education applied to GCC/MENA Engineering Colleges and comparison with Australia and France: A thesis with analysis, results, observations
(2013 , Conference Paper)
This invited paper aims at reviewing the current status of Engineering education in the GCC countries and proposing a few guidelines for reform and improvement. The principles applied to this process have been developed ...
Applying statistical antenna approach in jet engine electromagnetic field analysis
(2013 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, statistical antenna approach is applied to develop an equivalent model for the fields generated by a fixed excitation inside a jet engine with dynamic rotating blade. The equivalent model is represented by ...
Energy-aware joint power, packet and topology optimization by simulated annealing for WSNs
(2013 , Conference Paper)
Energy-aware connectivity in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can increase their network lifetime. This can be achieved by optimizing the power control, a particular communication mechanism and the topology control. To this ...
A hybrid spectrum sensing technique with multiple antenna based on GLRT
(2013 , Conference Paper)
Spectrum sensing is the core for any cognitive radio network. Quick detection of the primary user signal allows for higher spectrum efficiency. In this paper, we introduce and implement a new hybrid spectrum sensing technique ...