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Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Health Foundation, 26 M)Background Intravenous medication administrations have a high incidence of error but there is limited evidence of associated factors or error severity.Objective To measure the frequency, type and severity of intravenous ... -
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 ... -
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 Tactile Internet: Design Issues and Challenges, Applications, and Future Directions
(MDPI, 2021)The Tactile Internet (TI) is an emerging area of research involving 5G and beyond (B5G) communications to enable real-time interaction of haptic data over the Internet between tactile ends, with audio-visual data as feedback. ... -
The Use of Passive Baffles to Increase the Yield of a Single Slope Solar Still
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Despite their relative simplicity, single slope solar stills remain one of the most viable solutions to the production of freshwater from saline and non-potable water sources. Over the years, numerous researchers have ... -
Loosening Ties: Permanently Virtual Teams and the Melting Iceberg of Relationship
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Braille Recognition Using Deep Learning
(ACM, 2021)Text is the media to convey and transmit information. Braille is extremely important for vision impaired people to exchange information through reading and writing. A braille translator is crucial tool for aiding people ... -
FlexiNet: Fast and Accurate Vehicle Detection for Autonomous Vehicles
(ACM, 2021)Autonomous vehicle has come to reach on the road; however accurate road perception in real-time is one of the crucial factors towards its success. The greatest challenge in this direction includes occlusion, truncation, ... -
Architecting an Agent-Based Fault Diagnosis Engine for IEC 61499 Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems
(MDPI, 2021)IEC 61499 is a reference architecture for constructing Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS). However, current function block development environments only provide limited fault-finding capabilities. There is a need for ... -
Comparative Evaluation of Machine Learning Models and Input Feature Space for Non-intrusive Load Monitoring
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021)Recent advancement in computational capabilities has accelerated the research and development of non-intrusive load disaggregation. Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) offers many promising applications in the context of ... -
Multi Criteria Analysis Ranking of Solar Photovoltaic Modules Manufacturing Countries by an Importing Country: A Case of Uganda
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Although solar photovoltaic systems do not emit greenhouse gases (GHG) during their operation lifetime, their manufacturing, transportation, and construction involves energy use and GHG emissions. In this study a life cycle ...