The purpose of building smart home system is some home devices (audio and video equipment, lighting systems, air conditioning control, security systems, digital cinema systems, network appliances, etc.) through smart home network automation, broadband and wireless networks, and we can achieve remote control home devices. The paper proposes application of RFID technology and ontology model in de...

AIMS To examine biomarkers of oxidative stress (oxs), and endothelin (ET)-1, in hypertensive patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) and to evaluate the effect of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA). METHODS Baseline measurements were made immediately before renal angiography in patients with suspected ARAS (significant ARAS, n = 83, and non-RAS, n = 59) and ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The contribution of emergent cardiovascular risk factors to atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is debated. We investigated the relationship of lipoprotein(a) and prothrombotic factors with ARAS in hypertension. METHODS In 50 hypertensive patients with angiographic evidence of ARAS and 58 hypertensive patients who had comparable cardiovascular risk factor burden but n...

Prediction is an important component in a variety of domains in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, in order that Intelligent Systems may make more informed and reliable decisions. Certain domains require that prediction be performed on sequences of events that can typically be modeled as stochastic processes. This work presents Active LeZi (ALZ), a sequential prediction algorithm tha...

The Smart Grid is an evolution of the existing electricity grid. It comprises of a two-way communication where electricity and information is exchanged by the consumer and utility to maximize efficiency. Home automation is an important milestone in achieving smart grid and is ever exciting field that has exploded over the past few years. Advancement in technologies have made homes more convenie...

Smart-home conception has emerged in recent years and played a very important part in the formation of future houses. Since the beginning of the smart-home era, home automation benefits have never overshadowed the cost of such systems. One of these costs is that there is always the need for home inhabitants to program the system to perform daily tasks. In this paper we present prototype of a sy...

Integrating high shares of renewable resources into the electricity system requires a more flexible demand, especially more load-shifting in residential households. In order to achieve that different technologies, especially smart meters with various feedback functions, are tested on the market. So far little is known about the effects of a combination of different smart home technologies, such...

S mart-home technology has evolved beyond basic convenience functionality, such as automatically controlled lights and door openers, to provide tangible bene ts. For instance, water ow sensors and smart meters facilitate energy e ciency. IP-enabled cameras, motion sensors, and connected door locks o er be er control of home security. However, a ackers can manipulate smart devices to cause users...

The Internet of Things is becoming increasingly widespread in home environments. Consumers are transforming their homes into smart homes, with internet-connected sensors, lights, appliances, and locks, controlled by voice or other user-defined automations. Security experts have identified concerns with IoT and smart homes, including privacy risks as well as vulnerable and unreliable devices. Th...