Ayman M. Abdalla^1,*, Mohammad Abu Awad², Omar AlZoubi², La'aly A. Al-Samrraie³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 797-814, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024913

Abstract The enlarged veins in the pampiniform venous plexus, known as varicocele disease, are typically identified using ultrasound scans. The medical diagnosis of varicocele is based on examinations made in three positions taken to the right and left testicles of the male patient. The proposed system is designed to determine whether a patient is affected. Varicocele is more frequent on the left side of the scrotum than on the right and physicians commonly depend on the supine position more than other positions. Therefore, the experimental results of this study focused on images taken in the supine position of the left testicles… More >

Changsung Lee^1,3, Junsung Kim^2,3, Jaewook Jung³, Jungsuk Baik³, Jong-Moon Chung^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 727-738, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024824

Abstract Packet duplication (PD) with dual connectivity (DC) was newly introduced in the 5G New Radio (NR) specifications to meet the stringent ultra reliable low latency communication (URLLC) requirements. PD technology uses duplicated packets in the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer that are transmitted via two different access nodes (ANs) to the user equipment (UE) in order to enhance the reliability performance. However, PD can result in unnecessary retransmissions in the lower layers since the hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) operation is unaware of the transmission success achieved through the alternate DC link to the UE. To overcome this issue,… More >

Elias Hossain¹, Mohammed Alshehri², Sultan Almakdi^2,*, Hanan Halawani², Md. Mizanur Rahman³, Wahidur Rahman⁴, Sabila Al Jannat⁵, Nadim Kaysar⁶, Shishir Mia⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1713-1746, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024822

Abstract Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most severe diseases, and many studies have been conducted to anticipate diabetes. This research aimed to develop an intelligent mobile application based on machine learning to determine the diabetic, pre-diabetic, or non-diabetic without the assistance of any physician or medical tests. This study's methodology was classified into two the Diabetes Prediction Approach and the Proposed System Architecture Design. The Diabetes Prediction Approach uses a novel approach, Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), to ensure a faster diagnosis. The Proposed System Architecture Design has been combined into seven modules; the Answering Question Module is a natural… More >

Muhammad Mateen Yaqoob¹, Waqar Khurshid¹, Leo Liu², Syed Zulqarnain Arif¹, Imran Ali Khan¹, Osman Khalid^1,*, Raheel Nawaz²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1089-1103, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024798

Abstract Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) technologies are emerging with extensive applications in several domains. Health is a fascinating domain of WBAN for smart monitoring of a patient's condition. An important factor to consider in WBAN is a node's lifetime. Improving the lifetime of nodes is critical to address many issues, such as utility and reliability. Existing routing protocols have addressed the energy conservation problem but considered only a few parameters, thus affecting their performance. Moreover, most of the existing schemes did not consider traffic prioritization which is critical in WBANs. In this paper, an adaptive multi-cost routing protocol is proposed… More >

Anwer Mustafa Hilal^1,*, Jaber S. Alzahrani², Ibrahim Abunadi³, Nadhem Nemri⁴, Fahd N. Al-Wesabi^5,6, Abdelwahed Motwakel¹, Ishfaq Yaseen¹, Abu Sarwar Zamani¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 333-348, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024794

Abstract In recent times, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) experiences a high risk of cyber attacks which needs to be resolved. Blockchain technology can be incorporated into IIoT system to help the entrepreneurs realize Industry 4.0 by overcoming such cyber attacks. Although blockchain-based IIoT network renders a significant support and meet the service requirements of next generation network, the performance arrived at, in existing studies still needs improvement. In this scenario, the current research paper develops a new Privacy-Preserving Blockchain with Deep Learning model for Industrial IoT (PPBDL-IIoT) on 6G environment. The proposed PPBDL-IIoT technique aims at identifying the existence of… More >

N. A. Koma'rudin¹, Z. Zakaria^1,*, A. A. Althuwayb², H. Lago³, H. Alsariera¹, H. Nornikman¹, A. J. A. Al-Gburi¹, P. J. Soh^4,5

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 983-998, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024782

Abstract This work proposes a wideband and unidirectional antenna consisting of dual layer of coplanar waveguide based on the circular parasitic element technique. The design procedure is implemented in three stages: Design A, which operates at 3.94 GHz with a bandwidth of 3.83 GHz and a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 97.2%; Design B, which operates at 3.98 GHz with a bandwidth of 0.66 GHz (FBW of 56.53%); and Design C as the final antenna. The final Design C is designed to resonate at several frequencies between 2.89 and 7.0 GHz for microwave imaging applications with a bandwidth of 4.11 GHz (79.8%)… More >

Zuozheng Lian¹, Hong Zhao^2,*, Qianjun Zhang¹, Haizhen Wang¹, E. Erdun³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1515-1528, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024779

Abstract For scanning electron microscopes with high resolution and a strong electric field, biomass materials under observation are prone to radiation damage from the electron beam. This results in blurred or non-viable images, which affect further observation of material microscopic morphology and characterization. Restoring blurred images to their original sharpness is still a challenging problem in image processing. Traditional methods can't effectively separate image context dependency and texture information, affect the effect of image enhancement and deblurring, and are prone to gradient disappearance during model training, resulting in great difficulty in model training. In this paper, we propose the use of… More >

Mahmoud Ragab^1,2,3,*, Samah Alshehri⁴, Hani A. Alhadrami^5,6,7, Faris Kateb¹, Ehab Bahaudien Ashary⁸, S. Abdel-khalek^9,10

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1323-1338, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024775

Abstract Rapid advancements of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) pose serious security issues by revealing secret data. Therefore, security data becomes a crucial issue in IIoT communication where secrecy needs to be guaranteed in real time. Practically, AI techniques can be utilized to design image steganographic techniques in IIoT. In addition, encryption techniques act as an important role to save the actual information generated from the IIoT devices to avoid unauthorized access. In order to accomplish secure data transmission in IIoT environment, this study presents novel encryption with image steganography based data hiding technique (EIS-DHT) for… More >

Muhammad Hameed Siddiqi^1,*, Helal Alshammari¹, Amjad Ali², Madallah Alruwaili¹, Yousef Alhwaiti¹, Saad Alanazi¹, M. M. Kamruzzaman¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 611-634, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024760

Abstract Human activity recognition (HAR) can play a vital role in the monitoring of human activities, particularly for healthcare conscious individuals. The accuracy of HAR systems is completely reliant on the extraction of prominent features. Existing methods find it very challenging to extract optimal features due to the dynamic nature of activities, thereby reducing recognition performance. In this paper, we propose a robust feature extraction method for HAR systems based on template matching. Essentially, in this method, we want to associate a template of an activity frame or sub-frame comprising the corresponding silhouette. In this regard, the template is placed on… More >

Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeidabadi¹, Mohammad Dehghani², Pavel Trojovský^2,*, Štěpán Hubálovský³, Victor Leiva⁴, Gaurav Dhiman⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 399-416, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024736

Abstract Finding a suitable solution to an optimization problem designed in science is a major challenge. Therefore, these must be addressed utilizing proper approaches. Based on a random search space, optimization algorithms can find acceptable solutions to problems. Archery Algorithm (AA) is a new stochastic approach for addressing optimization problems that is discussed in this study. The fundamental idea of developing the suggested AA is to imitate the archer's shooting behavior toward the target panel. The proposed algorithm updates the location of each member of the population in each dimension of the search space by a member randomly marked by the… More >