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Review ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsChallenges in Healthcare Waste Management of the UN 2030 Agenda in the COVID-19 EraGabriella Marfe, Stefania Perna, Arturo HermannToday, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a remarkable and sudden increase in global demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as masks, gloves, gowns. The growing biomedical and municipal streams of potentially infectious waste is a new challenge for every country since an inadequate waste management might have serious public health consequences and significant impact on the environment. In this … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 1 · 7 Mar 2022 · 7,576 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImproving the Detection of Mask-Wearing Mistakes by Deep LearningChahinez Mérièm BentaouzaThis study focuses on the detection of wearing mask errors after machine learning by a Multi-Layer Perceptron Mixer (MLP Mixer) applied to protect masks from COVID-19. To combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, facemasks have become an essential accessory, so it's necessary to identify individuals who follow this health protection. In this case, the most successful face-detection method Viola-Jones … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 7 · 25 Apr 2024 · 5,195 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeep Transfer Learning Approach for Student Attendance System During the COVID-19 PandemicSlimane Ennajar, Walid BouarifiMarking students' attendance has been a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a time-consuming task due to the abnormally high number of students present during a learning session; many studies have been proposed to improve the system. However, there are still issues with each of these systems; we have employed deep transfer learning techniques using six pre-trained convolutional neural … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 3 · 16 Jan 2024 · 6,010 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMasked Face Identification and Tracking Using Deep Learning: A ReviewShahad Fadhil Abbas, Shaimaa Hameed Shaker, Firas A. AbdullatifFacial recognition systems are becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. Based on artificial intelligence, computers play a very important role in the issue of identifying and tracking. This technology is mostly used for security and law enforcement. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, government directives have been issued to citizens to wear medical masks in crowded institutions and places, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 19, Issue 12 · 28 Oct 2023 · 5,851 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Visible and Near Infrared Polarized Lights on Spoofing Face DetectionAzim Zaliha Abd AzizFace spoofing countermeasure is vital to avoid an imposter from gaining access to security biometric systems by using face masks in various forms that mimic a valid user face. Recently, several studies have shown the ability of visible polarized light in distinguishing real and fake faces. In this paper, polarization imaging systems using visible and near infrared (NIR) are proposed … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 2 · 23 Feb 2019 · 7,893 accessesView PDF Cite