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  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,510 Views
45 Pages

A Middleware with Comprehensive Quality of Context Support for the Internet of Things Applications

  • Berto De Tácio Pereira Gomes,
  • Luiz Carlos Melo Muniz,
  • Francisco José Da Silva e Silva,
  • Davi Viana Dos Santos,
  • Rafael Fernandes Lopes,
  • Luciano Reis Coutinho,
  • Felipe Oliveira Carvalho and
  • Markus Endler

8 December 2017

Context aware systems are able to adapt their behavior according to the environment in which the user is. They can be integrated into an Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure, allowing a better perception of the user’s physical environment by colle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,637 Views
10 Pages

14 November 2014

In recent years, a large portion of smartphone applications (Apps) has targeted context-aware services. They aim to perceive users’ real-time context like his/her location, actions, or even emotion, and to provide various customized services based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,560 Views
10 Pages

19 October 2021

Expert systems, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), are typically designed to solve many real-world problems by reasoning through knowledge, which is primarily represented as IF–THEN rules, with the information acquired from humans or domain expe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,925 Views
45 Pages

29 June 2023

Smart living, an increasingly prominent concept, entails incorporating sophisticated technologies in homes and urban environments to elevate the quality of life for citizens. A critical success factor for smart living services and applications, from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,903 Views
23 Pages

Context-Aware System for Information Flow Management in Factories of the Future

  • Pedro Monteiro,
  • Rodrigo Pereira,
  • Ricardo Nunes,
  • Arsénio Reis and
  • Tiago Pinto

3 May 2024

The trends of the 21st century are challenging the traditional production process due to the reduction in the life cycle of products and the demand for more complex products in greater quantities. Industry 4.0 (I4.0) was introduced in 2011 and it is...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,635 Views
26 Pages

18 May 2020

Nowadays, communication engineering technology is merging with the Internet of Things (IoT), which consists of numerous connected devices (referred to as things) around the world. Many researchers have shown significant growth of sensor deployments f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,388 Views
16 Pages

Context Sensing System Analysis for Privacy Preservation Based on Game Theory

  • Shengling Wang,
  • Luyun Li,
  • Weiman Sun,
  • Junqi Guo,
  • Rongfang Bie and
  • Kai Lin

10 February 2017

In a context sensing system in which a sensor-equipped mobile phone runs an unreliable context-aware application, the application can infer the user’s contexts, based on which it provides personalized services. However, the application may sell the u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,252 Views
22 Pages

Modeling Patterns in Map Use Contexts and Mobile Map Design Usability

  • Mona Bartling,
  • Clemens R. Havas,
  • Stefan Wegenkittl,
  • Tumasch Reichenbacher and
  • Bernd Resch

Mobile map applications are increasingly used in various aspects of our lives, leading to an increase in different map use situations and, therefore, map use contexts. Several empirical usability studies have identified how map design is associated w...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,384 Views
22 Pages

An Analytics Platform for Integrating and Computing Spatio-Temporal Metrics

  • Luis E. Rodríguez-Pupo,
  • Carlos Granell and
  • Sven Casteleyn

In large-scale context-aware applications, a central design concern is capturing, managing and acting upon location and context data. The ability to understand the collected data and define meaningful contextual events, based on one or more incoming...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,375 Views
32 Pages

Application of Microextraction-Based Techniques for Screening-Controlled Drugs in Forensic Context—A Review

  • Samir M. Ahmad,
  • Oriana C. Gonçalves,
  • Mariana N. Oliveira,
  • Nuno R. Neng and
  • José M. F. Nogueira

The analysis of controlled drugs in forensic matrices, i.e., urine, blood, plasma, saliva, and hair, is one of the current hot topics in the clinical and toxicological context. The use of microextraction-based approaches has gained considerable notor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,131 Views
28 Pages

13 January 2023

Genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) have found numerous applications in different domains, ranging from biotechnology to systems medicine. Herein, we overview the most popular algorithms for the automated reconstruction of context-specific GEMs usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,574 Views
30 Pages

19 May 2022

The complex workflows and interactions between heterogeneous entities in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) call for the use of context-aware computing technology to operate effectively and meet the order requirements in a timely manner. In add...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,021 Views
24 Pages

Mobile Phone Middleware Architecture for Energy and Context Awareness in Location-Based Services

  • Hiram Galeana-Zapién,
  • César Torres-Huitzil and
  • Javier Rubio-Loyola

10 December 2014

The disruptive innovation of smartphone technology has enabled the development of mobile sensing applications leveraged on specialized sensors embedded in the device. These novel mobile phone applications rely on advanced sensor information processes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,716 Views
11 Pages

30 October 2020

This paper treats a so called pseudo exact or conditional approach of testing assumptions of a psychometric model known as the Rasch model. Draxler and Zessin derived the power function of such tests. They provide an alternative to asymptotic or larg...

  • Review
  • Open Access
126 Citations
11,680 Views
24 Pages

23 October 2019

Smart campuses and smart universities make use of IT infrastructure that is similar to the one required by smart cities, which take advantage of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing solutions to monitor and actuate on the multiple systems of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,760 Views
37 Pages

19 June 2022

Virtual Reality (VR) has been adopted as a leading technology for the metaverse, yet most previous VR systems provide one-size-fits-all experiences to users. Context-awareness in VR enables personalized experiences in the metaverse, such as improved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,698 Views
24 Pages

21 February 2025

Production changes enabled by Industry 4.0 (I4.0) allow industries to respond to customer needs in a much more precise and agile manner. It also permits companies to focus on the development of sustainable and more efficient solutions. The energy sec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,895 Views
24 Pages

Formalizing Parameter Constraints to Support Intelligent Geoprocessing: A SHACL-Based Method

  • Zhi-Wei Hou,
  • Cheng-Zhi Qin,
  • A-Xing Zhu,
  • Yi-Jie Wang,
  • Peng Liang,
  • Yu-Jing Wang and
  • Yun-Qiang Zhu

Intelligent geoprocessing relies heavily on formalized parameter constraints of geoprocessing tools to validate the input data and to further ensure the robustness and reliability of geoprocessing. However, existing methods developed to formalize par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,134 Views
27 Pages

RoomFort: An Ontology-Based Comfort Management Application for Hotels

  • Daniele Spoladore,
  • Sara Arlati,
  • Sara Carciotti,
  • Massimiliano Nolich and
  • Marco Sacco

22 November 2018

Business traveling is attracting growing attention due to the expansion of international markets. This fact calls for an increasing attention of the tourism sector toward the needs of business travellers, who often require services that are different...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,172 Views
37 Pages

AI Algorithms in the Agrifood Industry: Application Potential in the Spanish Agrifood Context

  • Javier Arévalo-Royo,
  • Francisco-Javier Flor-Montalvo,
  • Juan-Ignacio Latorre-Biel,
  • Rubén Tino-Ramos,
  • Eduardo Martínez-Cámara and
  • Julio Blanco-Fernández

17 February 2025

This research explores the prospective implementations of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms within the agrifood sector, focusing on the Spanish context. AI methodologies, encompassing machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, are in...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,748 Views
15 Pages

Application of the Rural Web Framework within the Context of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Godfred Addai,
  • Matthew Abunyewah,
  • Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie,
  • Seth Asare Okyere,
  • Michael Asiedu Gyensare and
  • Lawrence Guodaar

27 February 2023

In recent years, sustainability concerns have gained increasing attention among countries and stakeholders worldwide. Towards the transition to sustainable rural development, the rural web framework (RWF) has become a consistent tool. Indicators from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
160 Citations
14,168 Views
20 Pages

UAV-Based Photogrammetry and Integrated Technologies for Architectural Applications—Methodological Strategies for the After-Quake Survey of Vertical Structures in Mantua (Italy)

  • Cristiana Achille,
  • Andrea Adami,
  • Silvia Chiarini,
  • Stefano Cremonesi,
  • Francesco Fassi,
  • Luigi Fregonese and
  • Laura Taffurelli

30 June 2015

This paper examines the survey of tall buildings in an emergency context like in the case of post-seismic events. The after-earthquake survey has to guarantee time-savings, high precision and security during the operational stages. The main goal is t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,429 Views
16 Pages

7 November 2024

The biopharmaceutical industry has specificities related to the optimization of its processes, the effectiveness of the maintenance of the productive park in the face of regulatory requirements. and current concepts of modern industry. Current resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,833 Views
24 Pages

Context Relevant Prediction Model for COPD Domain Using Bayesian Belief Network

  • Hamid Mcheick,
  • Lokman Saleh,
  • Hicham Ajami and
  • Hafedh Mili

23 June 2017

In the last three decades, researchers have examined extensively how context-aware systems can assist people, specifically those suffering from incurable diseases, to help them cope with their medical illness. Over the years, a huge number of studies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,620 Views
26 Pages

Context-Aware Enhanced Application-Specific Handover in 5G V2X Networks

  • Faiza Rashid Ammar Al Harthi,
  • Abderezak Touzene,
  • Nasser Alzidi and
  • Faiza Al Salti

The deployment of Augmented Reality (AR) is a necessity as an enabling technology for intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), with the potential to boost the implementation of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) networks while improving driver experience...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,056 Views
23 Pages

Background: The application of Context Aware Computing (CAC) can be an effective, useful, feasible, and acceptable way to advance medical research and provide health services. Methods: This review was conducted in accordance with the principles of th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,053 Views
23 Pages

Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry: A Review on Its Application to the Red Meat Industry with an Australian Context

  • Robert S. Barlow,
  • Adam G. Fitzgerald,
  • Joanne M. Hughes,
  • Kate E. McMillan,
  • Sean C. Moore,
  • Anita L. Sikes,
  • Aarti B. Tobin and
  • Peter J. Watkins

15 March 2021

The red meat supply chain is a complex network transferring product from producers to consumers in a safe and secure way. There can be times when fragmentation can arise within the supply chain, which could be exploited. This risk needs reduction so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,192 Views
31 Pages

Kinematic IMU-Based Assessment of Postural Transitions: A Preliminary Application in Clinical Context

  • Cinzia Amici,
  • Joel Pollet,
  • Giorgia Ranica,
  • Roberto Bussola and
  • Riccardo Buraschi

9 August 2024

This study aims to develop a new methodology for assessing postural transitions, such as sit-to-stand movements, and to preliminarily apply it in a clinical setting. These movements provide valuable information about the state of movement effector sy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,081 Views
25 Pages

Impact of VR Application in an Academic Context

  • Stefania-Larisa Predescu (Burciu),
  • Simona Iuliana Caramihai and
  • Mihnea-Alexandru Moisescu

10 April 2023

Traditional learning has faced major changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the necessity for innovative education methods. Virtual reality (VR) technology has the potential to change teaching and learning paradigms by providing a gamifie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,764 Views
22 Pages

Sensory Preference and Professional Profile Affinity Definition of Endangered Native Breed Eggs Compared to Commercial Laying Lineages’ Eggs

  • Antonio González Ariza,
  • Ander Arando Arbulu,
  • Francisco Javier Navas González,
  • Francisco de Asís Ruíz Morales,
  • José Manuel León Jurado,
  • Cecilio José Barba Capote and
  • María Esperanza Camacho Vallejo

5 November 2019

This study aimed to compare Utrerana native hen eggs’ sensory properties to Leghorn Lohmann LSL-Classic lineage’s commercial and ecological eggs through free-choice profiling. Second, affine and non-affine profiles were defined using the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,783 Views
21 Pages

14 November 2024

The increasing adoption of advanced technologies and the growing demand for automation have driven the development of innovative solutions for smart Facilities Management (FM). The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this trend, highlighting the need for g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,572 Views
25 Pages

This study follows up on the article ‘Walkability Index for Elderly Health: A Proposal’, published in 2020, as well its validation in the Historic Center of Porto, published in 2021. The 2020 article presented the theoretical and methodol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,555 Views
25 Pages

(1) Background: Quality of care (QC) is not only about satisfying patients, but also about satisfying the various health system stakeholders (HSS). This makes it a complex and difficult objective to achieve. This study aims at proposing a methodologi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,202 Views
9 Pages

Application of the FANTASTIC Lifestyle Questionnaire in the Academic Context

  • Patrícia Batista,
  • João Neves-Amado,
  • Anabela Pereira and
  • João Amado

10 December 2022

Studying citizens’ lifestyles is extremely important for understanding society and the social conditions of the personal lifestyle. Understanding the lifestyles of university students is especially important because they will be the future citi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,564 Views
15 Pages

Application of Acyzol in the Context of Zinc Deficiency and Perspectives

  • Gjumrakch Aliev,
  • Yi Li,
  • Vladimir N. Chubarev,
  • Svetlana A. Lebedeva,
  • Lidiya N. Parshina,
  • Boris A. Trofimov,
  • Susanna S. Sologova,
  • Alfiya Makhmutova,
  • Marco F. Avila-Rodriguez and
  • Vadim V. Tarasov
  • + 2 authors

Zinc is one of the most important essential trace elements. It is involved in more than 300 enzyme systems and is an indispensable participant in many biochemical processes. Zinc deficiency causes a number of disorders in the human body, the main one...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,758 Views
21 Pages

Application Prospect, Development Status and Key Technologies of Shared Energy Storage toward Renewable Energy Accommodation Scenario in the Context of China

  • Weiqiang Qiu,
  • Sheng Zhou,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Xiaoying Lv,
  • Ting Lv,
  • Yuge Chen,
  • Ying Huang,
  • Kunming Zhang,
  • Hongfei Yu and
  • Zhenzhi Lin
  • + 2 authors

8 January 2023

With the promotion of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals and the construction of renewable-dominated electric power systems, renewable energy will become the main power source of power systems in China. How to ensure the accommodation of rene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,208 Views
8 Pages

Diabetes Type 2 and Physical Activity Program: Potential Application of Risk-Engine UKPDS Score in Out-Patient Context

  • Cristian Petri,
  • Alice Tantucci,
  • Gaia Angeloni,
  • Giacomo Bomboletti,
  • Gabriele Mascherini,
  • Vittorio Bini,
  • Massimiliano De Angelis,
  • Giorgio Galanti and
  • Laura Stefani

Diabetes mellitus Type 2 (DMT2) carries a high risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Physical activity (PA) is widely prescribed for this population. However, detection of the eventual risk level and the potential additional increase t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
201 Citations
29,900 Views
26 Pages

Chitosan: Properties and Its Application in Agriculture in Context of Molecular Weight

  • Ramón Román-Doval,
  • Sandra P. Torres-Arellanes,
  • Aldo Y. Tenorio-Barajas,
  • Alejandro Gómez-Sánchez and
  • Anai A. Valencia-Lazcano

28 June 2023

Chitosan is a naturally occurring compound that can be obtained from deacetylated chitin, which is obtained from various sources such as fungi, crustaceans, and insects. Commercially, chitosan is produced from crustaceans. Based on the range of its m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,306 Views
22 Pages

19 October 2021

Key application of an intelligent transportation system is traffic safety, and it provides driver assistance. Safety messages are of two types, beacon messages and event messages. The nodes broadcast these messages in the vehicular networks. The syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
127 Citations
18,108 Views
18 Pages

An Application of the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale in a Greek Context

  • Stamatios Ntanos,
  • Grigorios Kyriakopoulos,
  • Michalis Skordoulis,
  • Miltiadis Chalikias and
  • Garyfallos Arabatzis

14 January 2019

Measuring and analyzing public perceptions of the environment are becoming core elements in promoting environmental sustainability, which is a key goal to be achieved. The New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) is used as a unidimensional measure of env...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,359 Views
16 Pages

22 September 2020

In this paper, we introduce a new kind of Service Level Agreement(SLA) Template to better control dynamically quality of medical monitoring platform service. Our approach is based on Health care system and Health Information Technology (HIT) research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,099 Views
29 Pages

BIM Application for Sustainable Teaching Environment and Solutions in the Context of COVID-19

  • Iñigo Leon,
  • Maialen Sagarna,
  • Fernando Mora and
  • Juan Pedro Otaduy

23 April 2021

COVID-19 had a major impact on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and it produced a crisis in Goal 4, which is aimed at ensuring quality education, among others. In this work, a university experience that aims to solve the challenges in thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,257 Views
20 Pages

A Real Application of an Autonomous Industrial Mobile Manipulator within Industrial Context

  • Jose Luis Outón,
  • Ibon Merino,
  • Iván Villaverde,
  • Aitor Ibarguren,
  • Héctor Herrero,
  • Paul Daelman and
  • Basilio Sierra

In modern industry there are still a large number of low added-value processes that can be automated or semi-automated with safe cooperation between robot and human operators. The European SHERLOCK project aims to integrate an autonomous industrial m...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,012 Views
13 Pages

The Dairy Matrix: Its Importance, Definition, and Current Application in the Context of Nutrition and Health

  • Ana-Isabel Mulet-Cabero,
  • Moises Torres-Gonzalez,
  • Jan Geurts,
  • Ashley Rosales,
  • Bita Farhang,
  • Corinne Marmonier,
  • Ellen Kathrine Ulleberg,
  • Erica Hocking,
  • Isabelle Neiderer and
  • Stephan Peters
  • + 7 authors

31 August 2024

Nutrition research has shifted from single nutrients to examining the association of foods and dietary patterns with health. This includes recognizing that food is more than the sum of the individual nutrients and relates to the concept of the food m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,921 Views
13 Pages

29 October 2022

Schizochytrium sp. is a microorganism cultured for producing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Genome-scale metabolic modeling (GEM) is a promising technique for describing gen-protein-reactions in cells, but with still limited industrial application due t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
529 Views
24 Pages

Characteristics of the Novel Electron Beam Hardening Technology for Submicron Bainitic Steels in the Context of Its Application in the Production of Gears and Comparison with the Competitive Laser Beam Technology

  • Piotr Śliwiński,
  • Andrzej N. Wieczorek,
  • Emilia Skołek,
  • Marciniak Szymon,
  • Arkadiusz Pawlikowski,
  • Paweł Nuckowski,
  • Łukasz Reimann,
  • Marek S. Węglowski,
  • Jerzy Dworak and
  • Paweł Pogorzelski

12 November 2025

The objective of this study was to investigate electron beam hardening (EBH) technology and compare its performance with laser beam hardening (LBH) in the context of manufacturing components such as gears, which increasingly employ submicron bainitic...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,795 Views
15 Pages

The aeronautical sector is a vital part of the Brazilian industrial landscape, contributing to the development of new technologies and production techniques with potential applications in other industries. However, due to its restricted nature, there...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,560 Views
15 Pages

14 February 2023

This article attempts to assess the various ambiguities in the application of the principles of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) in Italy and is divided into two main sections. In the first, a theoretical framework is constructed, analyzing th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,787 Views
22 Pages

18 November 2022

The optimization of predictive maintenance relies mainly on the reduction of costs and risks, which can be of various types. The evaluation of risks cannot be realized independently of the psychology state and cognitive knowledge of the decision make...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,221 Views
13 Pages

2 February 2023

This paper presents the utilization of the Data Analysis Smart System (DASS) of ARMNANO in a nanotechnology application in electronic health. We made a special approach to the liver situation for patients that have been monitored with respect to two...

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