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In this paper, we present a novel system for cognitive stimulation therapy to progressively assess cognitive impairment and emotional well-being of dementia patients in social care settings. The system assesses patients interactions and computes performance scores for different areas of cognitive stimulation. Patient interactions are initially classified into predefined performance categories through...
In recent years, the search of efficient and non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of diseases has grown among the scientific community. One of the explored areas for that purpose is the analysis of the pupillary response to light stimulus, obtaining results in areas such Diabetes, Alzheimer, Neurological Disorders, Melancholia and other different physiological states. However, each of those investigations...
In our current situation, intelligent energy management is essential, it is necessary not only change the way how it is delivered, but also how users use it. Small changes in our life daily, such as turning off lights or air conditioning when there are not people who use it, can result in substantial energy savings. In this document, we provide information about of a support system for energy conservation...
In recent years, the problem of cyclic instability has been investigated mainly using two approaches: analysing the topological properties of the system (finding loops or feedback) and bio-inspired optimization. One of the main disadvantages of analysing the topology of the system (i.e. The connectivity of the agents involved in the environment) is the computational cost (that could be increased if...
Powered by digital transmission advances in recent years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are beginning to experience a boom in different areas. Of special interest are those applications offering real-time tracking and monitoring of objects in motion, both indoors and outdoors. A WSN can have a large number of nodes, each with multiple neighbor nodes. These nodes work together to create a self-configuring...
The wireless sensor networks (WSNs) application scope has widened in recent years. For instance, the IEEE 802.15.4 technology allows establishing a mesh sensor network to support applications that increase the security of physical spaces, such as intruder detection, gas detection, and fire detection. In this paper, we focus on applications which require the support for mobility, including intruder...
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have proliferated significantly in recent years. Nowadays they are used in many fields, such as military, environmental and industrial. Reliability and low latency are desirable characteristics of many WSN applications. In particular, time-critical WSN applications must be able to act according to the observed changes in the environment as quickly as possible, assuring...
Different applications for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), such as intruder detection and pursuit scenarios, require the support for mobility. In this paper we propose the novel Mobile-drain Routing for Large Grids (MRLG) algorithm, which is intended to support drain mobility in WSNs in an efficient manner. MRLG allows reducing the routing load by relying on local route recovery processes, which provides...
Wireless sensor networks designed for critical tasks must be able to offer near real-time feedback about emergency events, allowing to supervise these events with a reasonable degree of accuracy within strict delay bounds. Achieving such high responsiveness in a distributed environment requires several improvements to currently available WSN protocols and technologies at different layers; such enhancements...
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