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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"AAL"”.
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(Re)mixin’ & flowin’: Examining the literacy practices of African American language speakers in an elementary two-way immersion bilingual program
… the ways in which African American Language (AAL) speakers utilized AAL in various discursive contexts in an elementary two-way immersion (TWI) Spanish/English dual-language program. In this study, I problematize the notion of TWI programs as an additive program for AAL speakers by …
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Middleware for assisted living homes (MiddAALware)
… a challenge that ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies aim to mitigate. Typically, AAL systems employ middleware to facilitate integration among diverse devices. However, current middleware solutions tend to be large and are designed for expansive smart systems, which is less than …
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Optimal capital structure and share repurchases: a case study of Anglo American Plc
During 2006, AAL adopted and implemented its first share repurchase program, which continued up until its suspension in 2008. While management stated that share repurchases would only be done in the interest of shareholders, the repurchase program was disastrous for shareholder value. Management …
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Privacy Modelling and Preservation for Assisted Living within Smart Homes
… has created a need for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions that allow people to continue living and ageing in their own homes comfortably and safely. AAL solutions typically combine IoT technologies and machine learning to provide services that are context-aware and personalised. However, …
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The Learning Ultimatum: Why facilitated learning is vital for nurturing authentic-agape, uplifting, indelible, future intelligent leaders who collaborate meaningfully and innovate purposefully.
… of change that ‘authentic agape-leadership’ (AAL) could propagate. 1. Our education system has the potential to enhance collaborative behaviour by focusing on purpose-driven, facilitative, and peer-to-peer learning exemplified in (Hargreaves, Boyle et al. 2014b). 2. Facilitative and …
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A Big Bang Big Crunch Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System for Machine Vision-Based Event Detection and Summarization in Real-world Ambient Assisted Living
… healthcare and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) among others. This is so as to realize intelligent environments which are capable of detecting users’ actions and gestures so that the needed services can be provided automatically and instantly to maximize user comfort and safety as well as to …
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Wireless sensor networks for ambient intelligence : contributions in the sensing and computing layers
… en el hogar (del inglés Ambient Assisted Living, AAL), una rama de la inteligencia ambiental que trata de mejorar la vida en el hogar mediante técnicas de inteligencia artificial. El objetivo global de la tesis es lograr avances significativos en eficiencia y prestaciones en las tecnologías …
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Variation in thoracic wall thickness on multi-detector CT in adult patients and its implications in needle thoracostomy for tension pneumothorax
… CWT of the 3rd ICS MCL, 4th ICS MCL, 4th ICS AAL, 4th ICS MAL, 5th ICS MCL, 5th ICS AAL, 5th ICS MAL were 33.95, 27.18, 34.41, 41.31, 21.68, 28.42 and 36.31mm, respectively. The location with the highest needle decompression failure rate was the right 4th ICS MAL (26.1%), whereas the lowest …
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A holistic intelligent environment quality traceability approach for user-centric context-aware systems
… For example, in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and the Internet of Things (IoT), context-awareness can be applied to deliver life-critical systems that empower users by reducing their dependence on others. Appreciating this role and the impact of context-aware systems (CaSs), especially in …
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Smart and Secure Augmented Reality for Assisted Living
… useful in the area of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). AR-based AAL solutions are designed to support people in maintaining their autonomy and compensate for slight physical and mental restrictions by instructing them on everyday tasks. The discovery of visual attention for assistive aims is a big …
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Specification and verification of the Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol
… which resides in the ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL). A specification of the SSCOP has been developed in Estelle. In addition, testing modules representing the action of the user, the action of the management entity and the fault module of the underlying unassured data delivery service have been …
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Inferring Complex Activities for Context-aware Systems within Smart Environments
… provisioning. Thus, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) using Smart Homes (SH) technologies has been rigorously investigated to help address the aforementioned problems. Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is a critical component in AAL systems which enables applications such as just-in-time …
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MintEra : a testing environment for Java programs
… easy-to-read yet expressive language called AAL, users can specify representation- invariants and assertions within programs. MintEra uses the representation-invariant to generate testcases and translates assertions into Java run-time checks, which verify testcases. The tool then graphically …
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Investigation of High Latitude Ionospheric Irregularities utilizing Modeling and GPS Observations
… Adaptive Low-Power Instrument Platforms (AAL-PIP) experimental setup. These space science instrument platforms are being deployed in remote locations in Antarctica, improving the coverage of GNSS data availability. We explain in detail the method developed for analyzing high rate …
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Classification of 4D fMRI Images Using ML, Focusing on Computational and Memory Utilization Efficiency
… 90 region Automated Anatomical Labeling atlas, AAL-90, in establishing Regions of Interest, ROIs that are subsets of voxels in the AAL-90 atlas. The functional connectivity is measured by the correlation of BOLD signal aggregates for the ROIs. In the data reduction step, we represent the 4D data …
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The Untried Path: Exemplary Elementary School Teachers’ Understanding of and Experiences with Classroom Assessment
… understanding of and experiences with AfL, AaL, and AoL when using 21st Century approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment. Purposeful sampling was used to select 4 exemplary Canadian elementary school teachers who had a history of using a professional blog for reflective practice. …
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Thermal expansion of chemically modified mullite
… by about 10%; That corresponds to a reduction in AAl₂O₃/SiO₂ molar ratio ( < 1.5) compared to stoichiometric mullite (3Al₂O₃·2SiO₂). The formation of TiO₂-modified mullite depends on processing condition and heat treatment. The possible mechanism of lowering the CTE of mullite by the addition of …
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A tailored smart home for dementia care
… (SH), as an instance of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies, for dementia care could potentially facilitate the care and consequently improve the quality of PwDs’ well-being. Nevertheless, most of the studies view dementia care as a straight application of standard SH technology without …
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Discovery of Glyco-biomarkers for Diabetes and Complications in Diabetes
… level by quantitative Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL) pull-down experiments. Fucosylated fetuin-A and α-1-acid glycoprotein were selected as candidate glyco-biomarkers. A lectin ELISA using F(abʹ)2 fragments as capture antibody was developed to validate the fucosylation changes by screening 20 …
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A new location-based service architecture with efficient transmission method using control channels
Location-based services (LBS) are services that are provided to users according to their location; these services can either be provided to the user when requested (pulled), for example, when the user asks, “Where is the nearest hospital?” or sent automatically (pushed) when the user’s location …
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