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The Impact of the Learner’s Meta-ability Changes on Interpersonal Relations with Teachers under COVID-19: A Lens of Computer-mediated Communication
(FuCoS, 2021)During the COVID-19 pandemic, the higher education institutions of South Korea have switched to a full-scale distance-learning paradigm. This study aimed to investigate the impact of changes in the learner's meta-ability ... -
A Relationship Between Bias, Lean Tools, and Waste
(Emerald, 2021)Purpose This study aims to highlight the system-wide potential relationships between forms of human bias, selected Lean tools and types of waste in a manufacturing process. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal ... -
Effect of a Stepped Piston on an Alpha Stirling Engine
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A Blockchain-Based Security Scheme for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks in Smart Cities
(IEEE, 2021)The development of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) has brought many advantages to facilitate the deployment of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). However, without proper protection, VANETs can be vulnerable to ... -
Improved Handshaking Procedures for Transport Layer Security in Software Defined Networks
(IEEE, 2021)Software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a new technology to enhance the flexibility, resilience, and automated centralized management of a network. Recently several reports have identified possible vulnerabilities, ... -
Digitisation of Conventional Water Meters Using Automated Number Recognition
(IEEE, 2021)It is desired to enhance traditional mechanical water meters with automatic meter reading (AMR) in the era of Internet of Things (IoT), In this paper, we propose and implement an add-on module using optical character ... -
A Compact Wideband Flexible Circularly Polarized Implantable Antenna for Biotelemetry Applications
(IEEE, 2021)Flexible implantable antennas have got much attention in the field of biotelemetry applications. So, a circularly polarized compact size wideband implantable antenna for the applications of biomedical telemetry is presented ... -
Vehicular Grouping Protocol: Towards Cyber Physical Network Intelligence
(IEEE, 2021)Vehicular network structures present a range of challenges and opportunities for efficiently managing awareness of road dynamics and network connectivity. An enhanced manageable organization can offer a better reaction to ... -
NeoMycelia: A Software Reference Architecture for Big Data Systems
(IEEE, 2021)The big data revolution began when the volume, velocity, and variety of data completely overwhelmed the systems used to store, manipulate and analyze that data. As a result, a new class of software systems emerged called ... -
Preemptive Admission Control Mechanism for Strict QoS Guarantee to Life-Saving Emergency Traffic in Wireless LANs
(Elsevier BV, 2021)The increasing usage of distributed emergency services (e.g. natural disaster or disaster caused by humans) in wireless local area networks requires the support of immediate channel access with strict quality of service ... -
Non-routine Mathematical Problem-Solving: Creativity, Engagement, and Intuition of STEM Tertiary Students
(2021)This study set out to evaluate an intervention that introduced a period of non-routine problem-solving into tertiary STEM lectures at four tertiary institutions in New Zealand for 683 students. The aim was twofold: to ... -
Viability of the Store-on Grid Scheme Model for Grid-tied Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Sub-Saharan African Countries
(Elsevier BV, 2021)The viability of the store-on grid (SoG) scheme model across 13 selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries was investigated. The individual country's datasets applicable to the SoG scheme and a typical industrial building ... -
Challenges and Strategies for Managing Requirements Selection in Software Ecosystems
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)In platform software ecosystems, organizations partner and innovate together. Success and innovation depend on managing complex sets of business relationships and stakeholders and using a requirements-selection process. ... -
Artificial Muscles Performance Based on TCP-NiCr Actuators
(IEEE, 2021)In the past years, artificial muscles (and or soft-actuators) have gained attention to be used in rehabilitation robots due to their inherent compliance. Twisted and coiled polymers (TCP) artificial muscles are one of the ... -
Predicting the Outcomes of the Korean National Accreditation System for Higher Education Institutions: A Method Using Disclosure Data for Outsiders
(Springer, 2021)For outsiders to higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Korea, predicting the outcomes of the International Education Quality Assurance System (IEQAS)—a Korean institutional accreditation system for HEIs—is challenging. ... -
Hybrid Model of Data Augmentation Methods for Text Classification Task
(SCITEPRESS, 2021)Data augmentation techniques have been increasingly explored in natural language processing to create more textual data for training. However, the performance gain of existing techniques is often marginal. This paper ... -
A Novel and Cost-efficient Energy Management System for Plug-in Electric Bus Charging Depot Owners
(Elsevier BV, 2021)The integration of renewable Distributed Generations (DGs) has been a serious concern over reliable and satisfactory operation of the distribution system due to the intermittent nature of DGs. One of the solutions being ... -
Smart City Taxi Trajectory Coverage and Capacity Evaluation Model for Vehicular Sensor Networks
(MDPI, 2021)In a smart city, a large number of smart sensors are operating and creating a large amount of data for a large number of applications. Collecting data from these sensors poses some challenges, such as the connectivity of ... -
Stirling-Engine in a Novel Alphagamma Configuration – A Key for Maintenance-Free Operation
(EDP Sciences, 2021)Since 2001, Frauscher Thermal Motors have been conducting research in the field of thermodynamic machines, in particular Stirling engines of various types. One important development step is the invention of a Stirling ... -
A Survey on Energy Harvesting Wireless Networks: Channel Capacity, Scheduling, and Transmission Power Optimization
(MDPI, 2021)This paper presents a survey on energy harvesting (EH) wireless communication networks focusing on channel capacity, transmission schemes, and power optimization. While many network researchers focus on energy management ...