2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC)最新文献

Toward designing efficient application to identify objects for visually impaired 为视障人士设计高效的物体识别应用

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-09-11 DOI: 10.1109/CIT.2014.79

Hessah Almotiry, Hind Abahussain, Lama Alhammad, Masheal Alshehri, Reem Aldosari, Sara Alkathiri

引用次数: 3

Enhanced crowdsourcing for disasters through ham-radio operators 通过业余无线电操作员加强灾害的众包

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147544

W. Kinsner

引用次数: 1

Multi-sensor blind recalibration in mHealth applications 移动医疗应用中的多传感器盲校准

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147538

Atena Roshan Fekr, Majid Janidarmian, K. Radecka, Z. Zilic

引用次数: 7

Transmitting patient vitals over a reliable ZigBee mesh network 通过可靠的ZigBee网状网络传输病人的生命体征

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147531

Reza Filsoof, A. Bodine, Bob Gill, S. Makonin, Robert Nicholson

引用次数: 7

Augmentation of agricultural output using Farm Ambience Sensing Tool (FAST) 利用农田环境传感工具(FAST)提高农业产量

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147522

Aditya Khandelwal, V. Dileep, S. Chandar

引用次数: 0

Empowering users through privacy management recommender systems 通过隐私管理推荐系统授权用户

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147532

C. Rasmussen, R. Dara

引用次数: 3

The Engineering Access Program for Indigenous (First Nation/Metis/Inuit) students 为土著(第一民族/梅蒂斯/因纽特人)学生提供的工程准入计划

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147545

Randy Herrmann

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引用次数: 1

Maria Teixeira School

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147539

Thelma Virgínia Rodrigues, Elcie Helena Costa Rodrigues, Silvana Patricia de Vasconcelos, Plinio Soares Paolinelli Maciel

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引用次数: 0

Barriers thrusting e - learning to the backseat: Nigeria a case study 电子学习退居次要地位的障碍:尼日利亚的个案研究

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147520

Halima Aminu, S. Rahaman

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引用次数: 12

Failure analysis of micro-hydroelectric sites in the province of Ifugao, Philippines 菲律宾伊富高省微型水电站的失效分析

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC) Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147555

Mahmoud Kabalan, D. Tamir, Pritpal Singh

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引用次数: 10