A reliable requirement model for resource of multimedia collaboration called “RMCS_HNE” was proposed for situation-aware middleware such as home network environment. RMCS_HNE model was used to detect and recover the resource errors for smart multimedia collaboration system among actions in distributed home network environment. An example of situation-aware applications is a smart home network s...

BACKGROUND Inconsistent results continue to be reported from studies linking low-level prenatal lead exposure and child development. Because of limited earlier epidemiological studies with birth cohort follow up design, it still remains inconclusive that either the associations of cord blood level of toxic, and essential elements, and postnatal raising environment on neurodevelopment of childre...

Attempted to examine the generalizability of environment/development relationships among 3 ethnic groups across the first 3 years of life. Social status did not show a consistent relationship to either quality of home environment or children's developmental status across the various groups. Results indicated a fairly consistent relationship between HOME scores and children's developmental statu...

CONTEXT Of the members of a family, the mother is without doubt the most important one, which provides justification for including an evaluation of her mental health as one of the variables to be considered as determining factors in each child's level of development. OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of the application of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) on child development, home environment a...

An intelligent agent which is a software component for the efficient home network system is proposed in this paper. The agent consists of six modules such as the Agent Manager, the Data Collector, the Execution Controller, the Data Storage, the Data Queue and the User Interface. The Agent Manager manages the tasks of modules, and the Data Collector collects the data from home appliances through...

AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness of home visiting programmes on parenting and quality of the home environment. DESIGN Systematic review of the literature of randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies evaluating home visiting programmes involving at least one postnatal visit. SUBJECTS Thirty four studies reported relevant outcomes; 26 used participants considered to be at ...

The past decade has seen significant advancement in the field of consumer electronics. Various ‘intelligent’ appliances such as cellular phones, air-conditioners, home security devices, home theatres, etc. are set to realize the concept of a smart home. They have given rise to a Personal Area Network in home environment, where all these appliances can be interconnected and monitored using a sin...

Background: There is a striking lack of evidence about parents’/caregivers’ influence on their children’s dietary intake across Brazil and other middleand low-income countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the associations between adolescents’ dietary intake and home environment, family meals and parental support. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 14–18 years old adole...