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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Proposed Framework for Reducing Electricity Consumption in Smart Homes using Big Data AnalyticsMira Tamer Shaker, Ayman E. Khedr, Sherif KholeifSmart homes with smart technologies can provide better insights into saving energy and improving the quality of our life. All connected appliances are Internet of Things (IoT) devices that support applications inside a smart home which produce an amount of data that shows what households are doing during their daily life. IoT and Big Data Analytics (BDA) became the most … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 4 · 26 Apr 2019 · 8,100 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleFuelwood Consumption and its Impact on Forests in the Teknaf Peninsula on the Southern Coast of BangladeshUllah SM Asik, Tani MasakazuThis study focuses on the household fuelwood in the Teknaf Peninsula of Bangladesh. Teknaf Peninsula has a protected forest area which is facing the threat of extinction due to the over dependency of the local people. Among the subsistence activities, harvesting fuelwood from the protected forest area is the most common and also a significant cause for the deforestation. This … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 28 May 2017 · 7,735 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleImproving the Approaches to Planning the Electricity Consumption in Budget InstitutionsNailya Malikovna Yakupova, Rezeda Muhtarovna Kundakchyan, Roza Nuriahmetovna Andreeva, Aleksey Vladimirovich AndreevThe technique of predicting the budget organizations' electrical power demands, which is currently used in Tatarstan Republic, based on the averaged norms for all educational establishments, does not reflect the impact of certain external and internal factors of environment influencing the volume of energy consumption, which results in the inefficient expenditure of the budget. This problem is especially topical for … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 12 · 26 Nov 2015 · 6,378 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleReducing Network Bandwidth Cost on End User Resources Consumption in Cloud EnvironmentBuchanagandi Enock Nyamajeje, Huiqun YuCloud computing has been envisioned as the next generation and attributed to the increasing growth of mobile devices. Rapid increment, increase demands and bandwidth cost of access cloud resources became essential user perceive incur higher cost for utilizing cloud services. Since researchers have proposed new methods, service provider need to collaborate to ensure reasonable level of QoS. In various methods, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 25 Nov 2015 · 7,105 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDeterminants of Sicilian Wine Consumption: Evidence from a Binary Response ModelFrancesco Caracciolo, Giuseppe Di Vita, Maurizio Lanfranchi, Mario D’AmicoThe growing importance of Sicilian wines in the Italian market provides the context in which this paper is set. This study presents the results of a recent survey on Sicilian wine consumption in Italy. By means of a binary response model, this paper evaluates the main determinants (demographic profile, preference and attitudes) that influence Italian consumers' preferences for Sicilian wines. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 11 · 5 Nov 2015 · 6,896 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEstimated Acrylamide Intake from Coffee Consumption in Latin AmericaAna Carolina Vieira Porto, Otniel Freitas-Silva, Jeane Santos da Rosa, Leda Maria Fortes GottschalkThe presence of acrylamide in foods such as coffee can pose risks to human health. Coffee consumption and production in Latin America have increased in recent years. According to the FAO, world coffee consumption is divided into five groups of countries according to average yearly per capita consumption: (i) between 8.0 kg and 12 kg; (ii) between 4.1 kg and … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 10 Jul 2015 · 7,939 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleOptimal Energy Consumption to Extend the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor NetworksN. Thangadurai, R. DhanasekaranRecent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) enable us to develop minimum energy consumption clustering algorithms. The WSNs can be used for various applications like battle field, disaster areas and military applications. The most important issue in WSNs is the limited battery of sensor nodes. When sensor nodes are placed in a field, it is difficult to replace their batteries. … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 5 · 27 May 2013 · 6,798 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleWhy is China the World’s Leader of Solar Water Heater Production and Consumption?Lee Liu, Jie LiuSustainable energy programs in developing countries face many challenges. The purpose of this research is to examine why China has been successful as the world’s leader of Solar Water Heater (SWH) production and consumption. The study is based on field work in China in the past two years in areas where SWHs are widely used. The results may help provide … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 18 Apr 2013 · 7,495 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEvaluation of Food Color Consumption and Determining Color Type by Thin Layer ChromatographyShayan Hosseini, Mehraban Sadeghi, Bahman Banaei Ghahferkhi et al.The aim of this research was to investigate the role of the social demographic parameters of the people in charge of the facilities producing pastry, poolak (a type of coin-shaped candy) and rock candy in the consumption of food colors and to determine color type by thin layer chromatography in Shahr-e-kord city in 2011. This research was an interventional-analytical study … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 17 Feb 2013 · 7,226 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAlcohol Consumption and its Correlates Among Residents of Mining Town, Kitwe, Zambia: 2011 Population Based SurveyCosmas Zyaambo, Olusegun Babaniyi, Peter Songolo et al.Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, liver cirrhosis and cancers. It has also been associated with risky sexual behaviors, hence, attributed as a factor in the increase of HIV incidence and prevalence. A cross sectional study was conducted using a modified World Health Organizations Global Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Surveillance Initiative NCD-STEPs 1and … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 29 Jan 2013 · 8,050 accessesView PDFCite