2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)最新文献

{"title":"Requirements of an Underwater Sensor-Networking Platform for Environmental Monitoring","authors":"Samuel Ryecroft, A. Shaw, P. Fergus, P. Kot, M. Muradov, Adam Moody, Laura Conroy","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00021","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless sensor networks have thrived over recent years, with conventional wireless sensor networks becoming an ever-growing area of research. However, underwater wireless sensor networks are underdeveloped in comparison with wireless sensor networks. This paper looks at several important considerations for wireless sensor networks and underwater sensor networking platform targeted at environmental monitoring. Many requirements are transferable from conventional wireless sensor networks and this paper looks at how these challenges have been tackled. However, considerations such as energy efficiency hold a greater weight where sensor nodes are more difficult to retrieve, consideration must also be given to other factors such as the impact of communication technologies, communication distances, data rates and ease of deployment.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"286 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122305610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Study About the Effect of Bond between Steel Reinforcement and Concrete Under Fire Conditions","authors":"Jamal Khalaf, Zhaohui Huang, M. Fan","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00031","url":null,"abstract":"This paper gives a parametric study on the bond behaviour of reinforced concrete beams under fire conditions. The study identified some most important factors, which can affect the bond behaviour between concrete and reinforcement for reinforced concrete beam at elevated temperatures. These factors such as: steel bar yielding, concrete cover, concrete compressive strength and concrete spalling. The results indicated that concrete cover has a great influence on the bond strength by providing the confinement to the reinforcement. Also, the impact of concrete spalling on the beam is significant for both full bond and partial bond cases. In this study, finite element software VULCAN is used to analyse the beam under fire condition.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115271020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms to Rank Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors by Importance","authors":"M. Mahyoub, M. Randles, T. Baker, Po Yang","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00008","url":null,"abstract":"People have always feared aging, and the increasing rate of dementia disease caused this fear to twofold. Dementia is irreversible, unstoppable and has no known cure. According to Alzheimer's Disease International 2015 and World Alzheimer Report 2015, the estimated financial cost for healthcare services of Alzheimer's Disease is $1 Trillion in 2018. This paper discusses the importance of investigating Alzheimer's Disease using machine learning, the need to use both behavioural and biological markers data, and a computational method to rank Alzheimer's Disease risk factors by importance using different machine learning models on Alzheimer's Disease clinical assessment data from ADNI. The dataset contains Alzheimer's Disease risk factors data related to medical history, family dementia history, demographical, and some lifestyle data for 1635 subjects. There are 387 normal control, 87 significant memory concerns, 289 early mild cognitive impairment, 539 late mild cognitive impairment and 333 Alzheimer's Disease subjects. We deployed different machine learning models on the dataset to rank the importance of the variables (risk factors). The results show that some risk factors in subjects genetically, demography and lifestyle are more important than some medical history risk factors. Having APOE4, education level, age, weight, family dementia history, and type of work rank as more influential among Alzheimer's Disease subjects.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"219 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115491242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Steganalysis System for Colour Steganographic Images Using Three Different Techniques","authors":"Ahd Aljarf, Saad Amin, Mudhafar M. Al-Jarrah","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00068","url":null,"abstract":"Various steganalysis methods have been introduced in the literature. These methods have been developed to combat specific steganography techniques and to detect data hidden in specific image formats. However, no single steganalysis method or tool can detect all types of steganography or support all available image formats. One of the problems is the need for a more general system to cover different types of image formats and the ability to detect a wider range of stego images, as blindly created by many steganography methods. This paper has presented an image steganalysis system to distinguished between clean and stego images using three different techniques. The first technique is the extraction of a large number of image features from the colour gradient cooccurrence matrix (CGCM). The second is the extraction of a number of histogram features by exploiting the histogram of difference image, which is usually a generalised Gaussian distribution centred at 0. Finally, the CGCM features and histogram features tested were merged to improve the performance of the system. Merging two different types of features allows one to take advantage of the beneficial properties of each in order to increase system ability in terms of detection. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system possesses reliable detection ability and accuracy. The proposed system is a more generalized detector than previous systems, covering a wider variety of stego image types and image formats. In addition, experimental results show that the proposed steganalysis system performed considerably better than some previous detection methods.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117074812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainability Analysis and Shear Capacity of BubbleDeck Slabs with Openings","authors":"N. Oukaili, Hammad Merie","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00051","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of sustainability has become very important in the construction process in recent decades. BubbleDeck slab system is a new innovation of sustainable structure element to be used as slab system. The advantages of using this system result in a significant reduction in construction costs and lead to economic, social, and environmental benefits up to (50%) compared to traditional slab alternatives, also, self-weight decreasing by (35%) leading to savings in the use of construction materials. Accordingly, smaller concrete quantities have to be produced and then transported to the final destination, a considerable saving on supporting members like foundation and column systems, regarding the concrete production and the transportation on road networks, energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions have limited. In this study an investigation was carried out on ten two-way BubbleDeck slabs, (2000x2000x230) mm dimensions with internal hollow plastic spheres of (180) mm diameter. This study orients to investigate the load carrying capacity and determine the impact parameters on increasing the sustainability effect through the input raw materials, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions for the BubbleDecks compared to solid slab. Calculation of amount of input raw materials, energy consumption, and CO2 emission for BubbleDeck slabs, showed that there is a reduction in the amount of the input raw materials by (20%-27%) and reduced the energy consumption and CO2 emission by (25%-27%) and (20%-23%) when bubble distributed inside or outside critical section, respectively.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123192626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Adding Waste Plastics on Some Properties of High Performance Concrete","authors":"A. Al-Hadithi, Mahamood Fawzi Al-Ani","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00055","url":null,"abstract":"Today, in the construction industry, the sustainability has got the top priority. Around the world, in current construction activities, concrete is classified as one of the most important materials; therefore, many issues pertaining to concrete long term sustainability arise. Pollution, consumption of natural sources with high quantities and large amounts of industrials wastes requires finding new sustainable solutions. Moreover, the growth of the world plastic industry has been tremendous. Among plastic, the most familiar user plastics used is Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). From drinking water bottles and beverages bottles, this type of plastic is obtained in massive quantity. The aims of this work is to study the possibility of using waste plastic got by shredded PET bottles as fine aggregate, which substituted part of natural sand in the manufacturing of the High Performance Concrete (HPC). For this purpose, this experimental study was carried out to evaluate some properties of HPC with and without plastic waste aggregate and compared between them. The natural sand is substituted with the PET-aggregate at dosages (0%, 2.5%, 5%, and 7.5% by volume of the sand) to produce High Performance Concrete mixes, in addition, using superplasticizer (SP), and 10% silica fume (SF), as a partial replacement by weight of cement. The results indicated that fresh concrete including PET-aggregate showed lesser workability and the reduction in slump reach to 68.75% for 7.5% replacement. The physical characteristics (bulk density, porosity, water absorption and ultrasonic pulse velocity testing) and static modulus of elasticity of HPC were evaluated. The ultrasonic pulse velocity, bulk density and water absorption slightly decreased with the increase of PET particles. Same trend appeared in static modulus results which dropped 6.85%, 7.43%, and 10.18% for M2.5, M5, and M7.5 respectively. Replacement of fine aggregate with Flaky PET-aggregates leads bridging the two separated concrete pieces and therefore prevented concrete from breaking apart after failure.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114954835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aerial Investigations Corroboration for Archaeology and Monuments","authors":"A. Chelmuș, R. Rădvan, L. Angheluta","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00024","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the applications and improvements that aerial investigations bring to the cultural heritage. These techniques can be used for archaeology (to identify or to map archaeological remains) or monuments (to analyze their conservation status). As a case study, data gathered at the Monumental ensemble \"Calea Eroilor\" from Romania are presented. The investigation was conducted using a thermal camera, LIDAR, a high resolution camera and a multi spectral camera mounted on a 8 propellers UAV. The data is corroborated as layers in a pack using a GIS software.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"256 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122883646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Network Failure Detection and Autonomous Return Algorithms for a Crawler Mobile Robot Navigation","authors":"Neil Alishev, Roman Lavrenov, K. Hsia, K. Su, E. Magid","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00040","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an algorithm for a mobile robot autonomous return. The algorithm involves a network failure detection module, which is based on analysis of incoming UDP packets. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and path planning algorithms were used as an integral part of the autonomous return algorithm. The algorithms were integrated into Russian mobile robot Servosila Engineer, and experiments were conducted in order to determine the best configuration of the algorithm parameters.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127126182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of a Preliminary Model Guide for Using Mobile Learning Technology in Resource – Limited Primary Schools in Thailand","authors":"S. Trongtortam, H. Francis, M. Taylor, S. Sudirman, Andrew Symons","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00019","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines a preliminary model guide for planning the use of Mobile Learning Technologies (MLT) in support of primary school teaching practice and delivery. A Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) approach is used in this study. The use of the SSM approach is aimed at allowing the analysis of participants' viewpoints to direct future developments in this area. Qualitative data has been collected through semi-structured interviews. The study sampled fifteen (15) primary schools from various urban and rural parts of the Phitsanulok Province in Thailand. The group of respondents consisted of seventeen (17) teachers and ten (10) school administrators, who were asked their opinion of and attitude towards the proposed use of Mobile Learning Technology (MLT) at their school. The results of this study have enabled the development of a model guide to facilitate the use of mobile learning technology to support and extend the reach of teaching in primary schools in Thailand.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129032315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Energy Efficient Tour Construction Using Restricted k-Means Clustering Algorithm for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"Aram Rasul, Abdulbasit K. Al-Talabani","doi":"10.1109/DeSE.2018.00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00022","url":null,"abstract":"abstract There has been much research on efficient energy utilisation to prolong the life-span of wireless sensor networks and other tiny devices, with various techniques deployed to address energy consumption issues. The aim of this paper is to build on previous research and further investigate the use of a mobile sink for data collection in wireless sensor networks. We aim to find an optimal path for a mobile sink to collect a single packet from each sensor via a single hop and return back to the starting point such that, subject to the length constraint L, total energy wastage is minimised. We have previously referred to this problem as the minimum energy cost mobile sink restricted tour problem and showed that this is NP-hard. We were inspired by the concept of the k-means clustering algorithm and propose a restricted k-means clustering algorithm. In this approach, we first divide the sensing field into a set of k clusters such that the radius of each cluster is R, where R is the maximum transmission range of the sensor. We iteratively increase the value of k until all the sensors are covered under the length constraint. Simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility are the most important and distinctive features of this algorithm. The technique is implemented to evaluate the algorithm and compare it to our previous algorithm. Our simulation results outperformed the previous technique.","PeriodicalId":404735,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127201205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}