Dashboards which collect and display real-time streamed data from a variety of rudimentary sensors positioned in the built environment provide an immediate portal for decision-makers to get some sense of their city and environment. These devices are linked to previous renditions of control and management of real time services in cities, particularly transport, in control-room like setting but t...

With the use of smart mobile devices, learning opportunities have been greatly increased in education. Especially, digital textbooks are the new primary digital instructional resource for elementary and middle schools. The use of electronic textbooks in a mobile learning environment assists collaborative learning and increases access to educational resources. Learners are now able to share thei...

This paper describes a learning experience held with a class of primary school children who were introduced to a novel class of resources, named smart materials, and the interfaces built with them (Smart Material Interfaces). The pupils were guided along a multidisciplinary educational path in which traditional and innovative teaching methods were composed for educating while engaging the child...

increasing complexity and turbulence of the environment, is requires the quickly response and good reaction of organizations, this conditions has increased the need of organizations to think and act beyond their current issues have been solved. in today's competitive and changing environment, being smart and acting smart is the best guarantee for the success of any business. the present st...

a solution to the problem of identification and control of smart structures is presented in this paper. smart structures with build-in sensors and actuators can actively and adaptively change their physical geometry and properties. as a particular example, a representative dynamic model of a typical fighter vertical tail, identified as the smart fin, is considered. piezoelectric patches, which ...

Hunger and education are top listed in the millennium development goals and their significance cannot be ignored to achieve high living standards and economic development of the nations. Illiteracy has been termed as economic backwardness which is major cause of conflicts (Do and Iyer, 2009) leading to immobility of the people due to dread and resultantly cause food insecurity amongst them. Amp...

The study sought to find out the teachers’ views in the use of ICT in curriculum implementation in Bindura urban District. In this study the descriptive survey design was used in this study. One hundred and ten teachers participated as research subjects. Questionnaires were administered to one hundred teachers and ten were interviewed .Data were qualitatively analysed. Analysis was made basing ...

OBJECTIVE To determine if after-school nutrition workshops conducted in public libraries were related to lasting changes in food choice. METHODS "Snack Smart" workshops, based on Social Cognitive Theory, were conducted in 8 branch libraries (49 ethnically diverse children, ages 9 to 14) to assess changes in consumption of targeted food items by pretest, posttest, and follow-up food frequency ...

1 Information Technology, Pace University, Briarcliff, N.Y. 10510 2 Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570 Abstract This paper will discuss the second phase of a teaching / learning model utilizing interactive smart eclassrooms in higher education. This phase includes the administering two tools: the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST), and a modifie...

reaching an electricity system which is both economically efficient and environmentally friendly is motivating countries to design and execute different types of tou demand response programs. but there are certain deficiencies which prevent these programs to effectively modify the load shape. smart grid as a means could help the electricity system to reach the highest demand side management ...