In recent years, the technological landscape has undergone a profound metamorphosis catalyzed by the widespread integration of drones across diverse sectors. Essential to the drone manufacturing process is comprehensive testing, typically conducted in controlled laboratory settings to uphold safety and privacy standards. However, a formidable challenge emerges due to the inherent limitations of GPS signals within indoor environments, posing a threat to the accuracy of drone positioning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerson re-identification (Re-ID) is a method for identifying the same individual via several non-interfering cameras. Person Re-ID has been felicitously applied to an assortment of computer vision applications. Due to the emergence of deep learning algorithms, person Re-ID techniques, which often involve the attention module, have gained remarkable success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmergency remote teaching in the immediate wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenging situation for both students and teachers. The purpose of this research is to identify the perceptions and challenges that university students faced during online classes in a women only university in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected by circulating Google forms among students from different colleges, and a total of 542 students submitted their responses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn arrhythmia happens when the electrical signals that organize the heartbeat do not work accurately. Most cases of arrhythmias may increase the risk of stroke or cardiac arrest. As a result, early detection of arrhythmia reduces fatality rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent developments in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have led to the introduction of a wide variety of innovative applications, especially in the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) field. UAV swarms are suggested as a promising solution to cope with the issues that may arise when connecting Internet of Things (IoT) applications to a fog platform. We are interested in a crucial aspect of designing a swarm of UAVs in this work, which is the coordination of swarm agents in complicated and unknown environments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe discovery of a new form of corona-viruses in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, commonly named COVID-19, has reshaped the world. With health and economic issues at stake, scientists have been focusing on understanding the dynamics of the disease, in order to provide the governments with the best policies and strategies allowing them to reduce the span of the virus. The world has been waiting for the vaccine for more than one year.
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