This work presents an Ambient Intelligence system that targets energy consumption awareness and savings. The system was deployed at the School of Science and Technology of the International Hellenic University and follows a three-layer approach. The first layer hosts devices (currently smart plugs, sensor boards and smart clampers) suited for the purpose. The second layer, namely the aWESoME mi...

This paper describes an innovative energy management methodology to support intelligent decision-making that ensures both energy efficiency and savings. At the core is the EC VERYSchool project, a result-oriented and industry led and market driven project co-funded by the European Commission under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP-ICT-PSP 2011). VERYSchool demonstrated how an ef...

The importance of the agricultural sector to Nigerian economy is highly invaluable, although, it responsive and vulnerable climate change. Climate change has caused decline volatility in production, thereby exacerbating food insecurity hunger countries such as Nigeria. Most farmers are rainfed conservative towards technological change, this calls for need develop curriculum contents on smart ag...

The decision to implement new technologies such as smart glasses, smart phones, and tablets in an educational setting without determining optimal use scenarios is an evident universal problem as the adoption of such mobile platforms becomes widespread. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with two Science and Technology (S & T) and three Information Technology (IT) public school instructors...

This paper proposes an idea for advanced learning system to school children using virtual character recognition for smart class rooms. The proposed technique has two phases, the first phase involves in creating numerals or character input virtually. The virtual input is obtained by tracking the movement of colored blob in front of the webcam. The blob can be detected with the help of Region of ...

BACKGROUND In 2013, around 40 % of the schools in Sweden had structured programs to prevent tobacco and alcohol debut in compulsory school. There has unfortunately been a lack of scientific evidence to support most of the prevention methods focusing on primary prevention in schools in Sweden. The aim and purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Governmental Organ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of various caries removal techniques in mandibular primary molars using Smart Burs, atraumatic restorative technique (ART) (mechanical caries removal) and Carie-care (chemomechanical caries removal [CMCR]) among primary school children in clinical and community-based settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 80 carious primary mandibular molars were sel...

BACKGROUND Jackson, Michigan (population 36,000) started active living interventions to help solve residents' low physical activity levels. Jackson's experience can serve as a case study for beginning similar efforts in smaller communities. METHODS In 2003, Jackson began a 3-prong community intervention utilizing the 5P model to increase safe physical activity opportunities and encourage walk...