Computers, Volume 13, Issue 5

Hypertension, often termed “the silent killer”, is associated with cardiovascular risk and requires regular blood pressure (BP) monitoring. However, existing methods are cumbersome and require medical expertise, which is worsened by the n...

The automatic delineation and segmentation of the brain tissues from Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) is a great challenge in the medical context. The difficulty of this task arises out of the similar visual appearance of neighboring brain structures...

This research study aimed to evaluate the legibility of Arabic road signage using an eye-tracking approach within a virtual reality (VR) environment. The study was conducted in a controlled setting involving 20 participants who watched two videos usi...

Currently, in the digital era, critical infrastructure is increasingly exposed to cyber threats to their operation and security. This study explores the use of blockchain technology to address these challenges, highlighting its immutability, decentra...

Indoor scene classification plays a pivotal role in enabling social robots to seamlessly adapt to their environments, facilitating effective navigation and interaction within diverse indoor scenes. By accurately characterizing indoor scenes, robots c...

This paper describes an integrated monitoring system designed for individualized environmental risk assessment and management in the workplace. The system incorporates monitoring devices that measure dust, noise, ultraviolet radiation, illuminance, t...

Crabs and lobsters are valuable crustaceans that contribute enormously to the seafood needs of the growing human population. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of single- and multi-stage object detectors for the detection of crabs and lobst...

In smart cities, large amounts of multi-source data are generated all the time. A model established via machine learning can mine information from these data and enable many valuable applications. With concerns about data privacy, it is becoming incr...

In this systematic literature review, the intersection of deep learning applications within the aphasia domain is meticulously explored, acknowledging the condition’s complex nature and the nuanced challenges it presents for language comprehens...

Incorrectly diagnosing plant diseases can lead to various undesirable outcomes. This includes the potential for the misuse of unsuitable herbicides, resulting in harm to both plants and the environment. Examining plant diseases visually is a complex...

OpenFOAM is a CFD software widely used in both industry and academia. The exaFOAM project aims at enhancing the HPC scalability of OpenFOAM, while identifying its current bottlenecks and proposing ways to overcome them. For the assessment of the soft...

Within the dynamic realm of social media, the proliferation of harmful content can significantly influence user engagement and emotional health. This study presents an in-depth analysis that bridges diverse domains, from examining the aftereffects of...

Due to limited infrastructure and remote locations, rural areas often need help providing reliable and high-quality network connectivity. We propose an innovative approach that leverages Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) architecture to enh...

Fresh food is difficult to preserve, especially because its characteristics can change, and its nutritional value may decrease. Therefore, from the consumer’s point of view, it would be very useful if, when buying fresh fruit or vegetables, the...

The Grammatical Evolution technique has been successfully applied to some datasets from various scientific fields. However, in Grammatical Evolution, the chromosomes can be initialized at wide value intervals, which can lead to a decrease in the effi...

Neurofeedback (NF) is a brain–computer interface in which users can learn to modulate their own brain activation while receiving real-time feedback thereof. To increase motivation and adherence to training, virtual reality has recently been use...

The emergence of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China since 2019, has put the world in an exotic state of emergency and affected millions of lives. It is five times more deadly than Influenza and causes significant morbidity and mortality. COVID-19...