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Human Fall Detection Using Efficient Kernel and Eccentric Approach
Unintentional human falls are a very crucial problem in elderly people. If the fall goes unnoticed or undetected, it can lead to severe injuries and can even lead to death. Detecting falls as early as possible is very important...
Published by: IGI Global
Study of the Impact of the Rise and Fall of the Coal Industry on the Regional Economy
Coal has always been an important foundation for China’s economy. The booming and declining of the coal industry can directly impact the regional economy. This study researches the impact of the rise and fall of the coal...
Published by: IGI Global
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Extended Book Review On Exorbitant Privilege
Mickael Carmel
Feb 27, 2020
As the world’s only international currency, the US dollar continues to solidify the United States’ position in world finance and trade despite no longer contributing to the majority of industrial production as it once did. This...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Subject-Object Asymmetries and Verb Classes
In this paper the division between patterns of data with unaccusative and unergative verb classes is examined. It is shown that in Catalan patterns of data often assumed to belong to the Romance unaccusative side of the...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Fall of the Fourth Wall
Over the past several years, the live-streaming of digital games has experienced a vast increase in popularity, coinciding with the rise of eSports as an entertainment medium. For a rapidly growing audience, streamed content...
Published by: IGI Global
The Environmental Effects of FDI
Empirical work on the environmental effects of FDI has produced a mixed bag of results, with hardly any evidence for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. A theoretical model is presented, postulating that whether FDI...
Published by: IGI Global
Estimating Morphological Features of Plant Growth Using Machine Vision
Motivated by the fact that human visionary intelligence plays a vital role in guiding many of the agriculture practices, this article represents an effective use of machine vision technology for estimating plant morphological...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Training Effectiveness in Times of Austerity
Due to the fall in oil price, many companies are looking into ways to cut cost. Despite such cost-cutting efforts fuelled by the constant pressure for companies to stay competitive, the importance of training is still widely...
Published by: IGI Global
THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH
Jeff A. Webb
Jan 09, 2014
IN THE FALL OF 1982 the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (DNE) arrived in bookshops. It was the culmination of about 30 years of effort on the part of George Story, William Kirwin and John Widdowson, and was the greatest...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Clinical Decision Support System for Detection of Dengue
Dengue fever is caused due to the mosquito (Aedel aegypti) bite. The symptoms of this fever are similar to other fevers such as Malaria, Chikungunya and Zika. A common sign of Dengue fever is the sharp fall of blood platelet...
Published by: IGI Global
The Moderating Effect of Demographics on Patient Adherence and Beliefs
Medication adherence is a complex behavior, and interventions are often used for increasing the adherence of patients. Demographic characteristics are essential for any research. This study tries to find the mediating effect of...
Published by: IGI Global
Risk Reduction Privacy Preserving Approach for Accessing Electronic Health Records
In the healthcare field, preserving privacy of the patient's electronic health records has been an elementary issue. Numerous techniques have been emerged to maintain privacy of the susceptible information. Acting as a first...
Published by: IGI Global
Knowledge Retention Challenges in Information Systems Development Teams
Information systems development (ISD) is an integral part of organizational agility in today’s competitive business environment. High turnover, agile ways of working, and fluid work environments pose challenges for ISD. This...
Published by: IGI Global
Examining the Relationship Between Supply Chain Management Practices and Production Performance in Indian Handloom Industry
Kalyani Anumala
Apr 01, 2021
Clothing is one of the basic needs of human beings and first produced by using handlooms. Cloth can be produced by three ways: using handloom, power loom, and mills. Mill sector falls under organized sector, where as the...
Published by: IGI Global
A Model of Network Security Situation Assessment Based on BPNN Optimized by SAA-SSA
In order to address the problems that the accuracy and convergence of current network security situation assessment models need to be improved, a model of network security situation assessment based on SAA-SSA-BPNN is proposed....
Published by: IGI Global
Risk Reduction Privacy Preserving Approach for Accessing Electronic Health Records
In the healthcare field, preserving privacy of the patient's electronic health records has been an elementary issue. Numerous techniques have been emerged to maintain privacy of the susceptible information. Acting as a first...
Health Information Systems Security and Forensics Cyber and Network Security Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global
Blockchain-Enabled Electronic Health Records for Healthcare 4.0
Bipin Rai
Aug 11, 2022
Healthcare delivery is on the verge of a fundamental shift into the new era of smart and connected health care, termed Health Care 4.0. Sharing healthcare data is an important step in improving the healthcare system's...
Published by: IGI Global
The Role of Responsive Leadership in Meeting Customer Needs During Crises
This case study conducted to investigate the impact of a responsive leadership approach in meeting customers' needs in a higher education institution in the UAE during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, a mixed-method...
Published by: IGI Global
Potential Health Risks of Contaminants in Private Groundwater Sources in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador regularly tests public drinking water supplies to ensure the absence of any microbiological, physical or chemical contaminants. Private water supplies, including wells however, fall...
Review of Richard Kearney and Brian Treanor (eds.), Carnal Hermeneutics, New York
Samuel R. R. Underwood
Jan 04, 2019
Carnal Hermeneutics is a collection of essays published in 2015 in the “Perspectives in Continental Philosophy” series by Fordham University Press. The contributors fall into two categories: established French philosophers...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mobile Applications in China's Smart Cities
Aligned with the global trend of smartness, China has invested heavily in over 700 smart city projects across over 500 cities. Hundreds of smart city apps, initiated by local authorities, have so emerged in the daily lives of...
Published by: IGI Global
The River Lech—a Cyborg
Jens Soentgen
Jan 07, 2019
What is a river? Wikipedia describes a river as “a natural, linear body of water that flows over land surfaces.” This definition, however, is only an external and geometric definition; I would like to present an alternative. My...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Meeting in the Middle
As institutions of higher education began their full returns to campus in Fall 2021, questions arose about continuing the flexible student support services that emerged during the pandemic, the expectations students might have...
Higher Education Education Higher Education Social Sciences and Humanities Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global
“MacIntyre and Lonergan” Revisited
James Duffy
Feb 24, 2020
In the fall of 1999, I drafted two essays for the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (ACPA), which took place in St. Paul, Minnesota during the first week of November 1999. The essay that I...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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