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The purpose of this paper is to present a smart interactive mirror interface. In this paper, we describe the design and development of a futuristic mirror that offers simplified and customisable services to the home environment. On a par with the recent advances in the Internet of Things standards and applications, the mirror is designed to enable residents to control the household smart appliances...
The process of hiding data in a medium that is insignificant, ordinary and not a secret is referred to as Steganography. This medium may be an image, text, video, audio, pdf, etc. The main advantage of Steganography is the fact that data is hidden in such a way that attackers find it hard to figure out exactly what the medium that carries the hidden message is. This is because the data is hidden in...
The internet has become a place where various on-line activities of different natures are carried out. Most activities require strict security measures to ensure the integrity of on-line systems such as e-commerce and business related websites. Furthermore, the proper functioning of a website is an integral part of its success. Thus, the risk of spammers and abusers is a critical one and needs to...
Vegetation is a key component of nearly all global ecosystems, having a role of regulating various biogeochemical cycles in nature, as well as maintaining the energy balance at the earth's surface and atmospheric boundary layer. Therefore, it is of wide importance to constantly monitor the changes in vegetation cover and structure, especially those that are due to human influence. Backed up by many...
This paper proposes a novel vegetation index for the monitoring and study of vegetation in arid environments. Our aim is to help maintain a record of the area of vegetation available in relation to the total area of the specified region and provide an understanding of vegetation growth. The study uses JAI AD-080GE multi-spectral 2-channel CCD camera for multispectral image sample collection and computer...
Mangrove forests in the United Arab Emirates and the rest of the world hold a vital importance to the environment. For example, the Environmental Agency of Abu Dhabi has several programs in place for the preservation and protection of these forests due to their importance as breeding grounds for several sea species as well as the role they plan in preventing coastline erosion and reducing the impact...
In this paper, we propose a method for automatic license plate detection and recognition in the city of Abu Dhabi. The proposed method starts by segmenting moving vehicles using background subtraction. Segmented vehicles are tracked using a color-based particle-filtering technique until the vehicle is in position for a high resolution image to be taken by a still camera. The license plate is detected...
With the proliferation of Web services. It is imperative to minimize spamming and security risks. Spammers use software to automate the process of creating fake online accounts to be used later as a source of spam and illegal activities or simply to waste the resources of the website.
Agile software development methods and techniques have gained attention in the recent few years. The main motive behind adopting agile software development approach is to improve end-product quality, enhance developer's moral and achieve stakeholder satisfaction. However, Agile adoption always comes with special challenges and thus fundamental organizational changes are necessary for successful outcomes...
Plants have a significant impact on human's life and development. Plant species identification is essential for scientists working in the agricultural and environmental fields. Recognizing a species is not a trivial task due to the vast number of plant species that exist on earth. In this paper we present a computer-vision based technique to recognize plants using the contour of the plant leaves....
Leaf area of a plant is an important indicator to analyze and assess the growth and estimate the production potential for the plant species under study. Leaf area measurements are important in estimating biomass productivity, adaptation to the environment, nutrition and soil-water relations. In this paper we propose a rapid, accurate and yet simple approach to estimate the leaf area using computer...
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