Yiming Zhao^1,2, Hongsheng Zhao³, Zhili Wei⁴, Jie Yuan¹, Jie Jian¹, Fankai Kong¹, Haojiang Xie¹, Xingliang Xiong^1,2,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.11, pp. 2729-2746, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.019721

Abstract The flexible wearable sensors with excellent stretchability, high sensitivity and good biocompatibility are signifi- cantly required for continuously physical condition tracking in health management and rehabilitation monitoring. Herein, we present a high-performance wearable sensor. The sensor is prepared with nanocomposite hydrogel by using silk fibroin (SF), polyacrylamide (PAM), polydopamine (PDA) and graphene oxide (GO). It can be used to monitor body motions (including large-scale and small-scale motions) as well as human electrophysiological (ECG) signals with high sensitivity, wide sensing range, and fast response time. Therefore, the proposed sensor is promising in the fields of rehabilitation, motion monitoring and disease diagnosis. More >

Awad Ali^1,*, Reyazur Rashid Irshad¹, Ahmed Abdu Alattaab¹, Aamir Fatahayab²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 2663-2678, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028503

Abstract The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is regarded as the fastest expanding technological trend in recent years due its application in a variety of sectors. In the monitoring region, several sensor nodes with various sensing capabilities are installed to gather appropriate data and communicate it to the gateway. The proposed system of the heterogeneous WSN employing LoRaWAN-Zigbee based hybrid communication is explored in this research study. To communicate in a network, two Long–Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) sensor clusters and two Zigbee sensor clusters are employed, together with two Zigbee and LoRaWAN converters. The suggested Golden eagle shepherd optimization (GESO) method… More >

Muhammad Fahad Khan^1,2,*, Khalid Saleem¹, Mohammed Alotaibi³, Mohammad Mazyad Hazzazi⁴, Eid Rehman², Aaqif Afzaal Abbasi², Muhammad Asif Gondal⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 2679-2696, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.027655

Abstract Internet of Things is an ecosystem of interconnected devices that are accessible through the internet. The recent research focuses on adding more smartness and intelligence to these edge devices. This makes them susceptible to various kinds of security threats. These edge devices rely on cryptographic techniques to encrypt the pre-processed data collected from the sensors deployed in the field. In this regard, block cipher has been one of the most reliable options through which data security is accomplished. The strength of block encryption algorithms against different attacks is dependent on its nonlinear primitive which is called Substitution Boxes. For the… More >

Narit Hnoohom¹, Sakorn Mekruksavanich², Anuchit Jitpattanakul^3,4,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.1, pp. 1245-1259, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.028290

Abstract Smoking is a major cause of cancer, heart disease and other afflictions that lead to early mortality. An effective smoking classification mechanism that provides insights into individual smoking habits would assist in implementing addiction treatment initiatives. Smoking activities often accompany other activities such as drinking or eating. Consequently, smoking activity recognition can be a challenging topic in human activity recognition (HAR). A deep learning framework for smoking activity recognition (SAR) employing smartwatch sensors was proposed together with a deep residual network combined with squeeze-and-excitation modules (ResNetSE) to increase the effectiveness of the SAR framework. The proposed model was tested against… More >

Ningli An¹, Jingxuan Qin¹, Xing Zhou¹, Quandai Wang², Changqing Fang^1,*, Jiapeng Guo², Bin Nan²

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.9, pp. 2319-2334, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.021030

Abstract Flexible sensors are attractive due to potential applications in body exercise and ambient gas monitoring systems. Cellulose and its derivatives have combined superiorities such as intrinsic and structural flexibility, ease of chemical functionalization, moisture sensitivity, and mechanical stability, enabling them to be promising candidates as flexible supporting substrates and flexible sensitive materials. Significant progress consequently has been achieved to improve mechanical, electrical, and chemical performance. The latest advance in materials synthesis, structure design, fabrication control, and working mechanism of novel cellulose-based flexible sensors are reviewed and discussed, including strain sensors, humidity sensors, and harmful gas sensors. Various strategies were summarized… More > Graphic Abstract

Sakorn Mekruksavanich¹, Anuchit Jitpattanakul^2,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 1907-1925, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.027233

Abstract Numerous learning-based techniques for effective human activity recognition (HAR) have recently been developed. Wearable inertial sensors are critical for HAR studies to characterize sport-related activities. Smart wearables are now ubiquitous and can benefit people of all ages. HAR investigations typically involve sensor-based evaluation. Sport-related activities are unpredictable and have historically been classified as complex, with conventional machine learning (ML) algorithms applied to resolve HAR issues. The efficiency of machine learning techniques in categorizing data is limited by the human-crafted feature extraction procedure. A deep learning model named MBiGRU (multimodal bidirectional gated recurrent unit) neural network was proposed to recognize everyday… More >

Imran Ashraf¹, Muhammad Usman Ali², Soojung Hur¹, Gunzung Kim¹, Yongwan Park^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 1747-1768, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020610

Abstract Indoor positioning and localization have emerged as a potential research area during the last few years owing to the wide proliferation of smartphones and the inception of location-attached services for the consumer industry. Due to the importance of precise location information, several positioning technologies are adopted such as Wi-Fi, ultrawideband, infrared, radio frequency identification, Bluetooth beacons, pedestrian dead reckoning, and magnetic field, etc. Although Wi-Fi and magnetic field-based positioning are more attractive concerning the deployment of Wi-Fi access points and ubiquity of magnetic field data, the latter is preferred as it does not require any additional infrastructure as other approaches… More >

Omar Ben Bahri^*, Abdullah Alhumaidi Alotaibi

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.43, No.3, pp. 1315-1326, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.024979

Abstract The satellite technology proves its impact in the modern era with its wide benefits and applications. However, the cost of the development in this field presents gaps in many countries, almost the developed countries. Therefore, this paper provides a rich platform around low-cost sensors in order to improve maturity in space technology, mostly the system of attitude determination and control. The development of this knowledge turns out to be very interesting in order to achieve a space mission which leads to the progression of the spatial technology readiness level (TRL) defined by the international measurement scale which is able to… More >

Tamara al Shloul¹, Usman Azmat², Suliman A. Alsuhibany³, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi⁴, Ahmad Jalal², Jeongmin Park^5,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.2, pp. 715-732, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.025421

Abstract The physical and the mental health of a human being largely depends upon his physical life-routine (PLR) and today’s much advanced technological methods make it possible to recognize and keep track of an individual’s PLR. With the successful and accurate recognition of PLR, a sublime service of health education can be made copious. In this regard, smartphones can play a vital role as they are ubiquitous and have utilitarian sensors embedded in them. In this paper, we propose a framework that extracts the features from the smartphone sensors data and then uses the sequential feature selection to select the most… More >

Ahtsham Alam¹, Syed Ahmed Abdullah¹, Israr Akhter¹, Suliman A. Alsuhibany^2,*, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi³, Tamara al Shloul⁴, Ahmad Jalal¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.2, pp. 941-955, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024840

Abstract Robotics is a part of today's communication that makes human life simpler in the day-to-day aspect. Therefore, we are supporting this cause by making a smart city project that is based on Artificial Intelligence, image processing, and some touch of hardware such as robotics. In particular, we advocate a self automation device (i.e., autonomous car) that performs actions and takes choices on its very own intelligence with the assist of sensors. Sensors are key additives for developing and upgrading all forms of self-sustaining cars considering they could offer the information required to understand the encircling surroundings and consequently resource the… More >