The cloud computing paradigm allows on-demand access to computing and storage services over the Internet. Multiple providers are offering a variety of software solutions in the form of virtual appliances and computing units in the form of virtual machines with different pricing and Quality of Service (QoS) in the market. Thus, it is important to exploit the benefit of hosting virtual appliances...

A variety of energy management systems are currently available for domestic domain, and many are concerned with real-time energy consumption monitoring and display of statistical and real time data of energy consumption. Although these systems play a crucial role in providing a detailed picture of energy consumption in home environment and contribute to influencing energy consumption behavior, ...

PURPOSE The relationship between unhealthy body mass index (BMI) and adherence to orthodontic treatment with removable appliances has not previously been evaluated. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to quantify the association between BMI and wear time of removable orthodontic appliances and to evaluate BMI changes during orthodontic treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-three normal-weig...

In this paper we propose a learning mechanism to build the behavior of electrical appliances in a smart home context. The aim of that mechanism is to reduce the consumption of appliances whose effect is delayed (for example the heating) while maximizing the inhabitants comfort. Our approach is based on a predictive model of home humans’ activities. That model is built from local information sen...

Number of the dentate subjects among the elderly is dramatically increasing, as is the elderly proportion in overall population. Such trends indicate more need for prosthodontic appliances in elderly. The aim of this investigation was to determine the distribution of various prosthodontic appliances in older age cohorts, subventioned by the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance. Data on vario...

—The Internet of things (IoT) applications are becoming one of the emerging smart grid enabling technologies. Smart home appliances are one the beneficiary of such applications. Machine-to-Machine and Man-to-Machine are the basic IoT communication platforms that enable home appliances to communicate with each other to be more efficiently operated. In a recent search for the IoT communication p...

Non Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is the method of obtaining information about appliance-level power consumption inside a building from voltage and/or current measurements made at a central location in the electrical system. The system that does this kind of power disaggregation typically relies on some sort of training step to help it recognize what types of changes in the observed signal c...

As the inclusion of more devices and appliances within the IoT ecosystem increases, methodologies for lowering their energy consumption impact are appearing. On this field, we contribute with the implementation of a RESTful infrastructure that gives support to Internetconnected appliances to reduce their energy waste in an intelligent fashion. Our work is focused on coffee machines located in c...

Twin Block appliance has been widely used for the treatment of Class II malocclusions in growing subjects, due to its versatility and its highly compliance nature. There are certain clinical indications where functional appliances can be used successfully in Class II malocclusion as in a growing patient. In using these appliances, the main concern is compliance of patients. This appliance simpl...