In this project, I concentrate on critical event monitoring occur in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), most of the time small number of packets get transmit on network. When critical event occurs, an alarm message should be broadcast to the entire network as soon as possible. To elongate the network lifetime, in WSNs some sleep scheduling methods are always employed. Resulting in significant del...

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to reducing substance use in adolescents. An emerging literature shows the promise of school-based SBIRT. However, most school-based SBIRT has only targeted substance-using adolescents and used school-based health clinics, which most schools lack. This project aimed to describe the following: a model ...

Nowadays projects are more complicated involving huge contract values, participants from multi-discipline, more specialized works, tighter schedule, stringent quality standards, etc. Ultimately, cost and time are the two key parameters that plays significant role in a project success. The study focuses on multiple Design and Build (D&B) project which has complicated risk and is governed by fixe...

In the framework of the LHC project the concept has been developed of a global digital signal processing unit (DSPU) that implements in numerical form the architecture of low-level RF systems [1]. The approach, using an FPGA as core for the low-level system, is very flexible and allows the upgrade of the signal processing by modification of the original firmware [2]. The achieved performances o...

This paper presents the findings of a research project which has involved the establishment of a maternal health phone line in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Mobile phones and landline phones are key information and communication technologies (ICTs). This research study uses the "ICTs for healthcare development" model to ascertain benefits and barriers to the successful implement...

In this paper, a new wide-band mobile channel emulator for the CODIT project is designed and implemented. The UMTS code-division testbed (CODIT R2020) is a research project within the European RACE-II program set up by the Commission of the European Community. Our goal is to be able to simulate in the laboratory, in real time, the multipath propagation found in the mobile radio channel. As code...

Abstract Maintaining a stable productivity rate in construction project is challenge. Many external and internal factors influence it. Delay payment one of the representing cash flow mirrors company’s financial stability status. This study explores delay payments effects on small medium companies Oman. Also, it ranks among other factors. Sixty-five registered Oman Tender Board participated ques...

Schedule delays commonly occur in construction projects and often result in delay and low productivity. Several studies have proposed different schedule delay analysis methodologies. By using asplanned and as-built schedules most studies have concentrated on calculating and identifying the delay events on project but have neglected the low productivity. Loss in productivity, which is a primary ...

Abstact: In on-chip buses, the RC crosstalk effect leads to serious problems, such as wire propagation delay and dynamic power dissipation. Crosstalk noise is dominated by the coupling capacitance, resulting in wire propagation delay, logical malfunction and power dissipation on on-chip buses. Therefore, eliminating crosstalk effects have become a very important consideration in the development...