A Web Service Enabled Framework for RFID Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 3083-3086
Author(s):  
Sheng Pu Li ◽  
Xiao Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Virtual Object ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lightweight Framework ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Rfid Applications

RFID can give a unique digital identifier to real physical object, and bridges the physical world with the virtual digital world. Based on the analysis on our experience of RFID applications, some common key issues and requirements of RFID application are presented. A lightweight framework based on Web Service to support ubiquitous RFID application of medicine logistics is designed and implemented. This lightweight framework provides the integration of RFID technology and other holistic applications. Virtual object is used to map the real physical world object and the virtual digital object. Experiment result is given and some future research directions are discussed.

The Challenge of International Market Segmentation in Emerging Markets

2016 ◽  
pp. 2274-2293
Author(s):  
Ramazan Nacar ◽  
Nimet Uray
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
International Market ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Paradoxical Effects ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions

Increasing paradoxical effects of globalization resulted in the increased homogenization and heterogenization of international markets. Globalization with its varying effects also increased the significance of international market segmentation over the last few decades. Despite the increased presence and usage of international market segmentation, in recent times, the rise of emerging markets have challenged the concepts and methods of international market segmentation. In order to address key issues of international market segmentation in emerging markets, this study briefly examined and assessed foremost conceptual and methodological issues of international market segmentation in emerging markets. Suggestions and future research directions are also provided.

Social Media Corporate Policies for Government Organizations

2012 ◽  
pp. 458-474
Author(s):  
Salem Al Shair Al Suwaidi ◽  
Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Corporate Policies ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Social Media Tools

As government organizations increasingly recognize the fast growth and expanding influence of social media tools such as social networking sites, blogs, and wikis, they start involving in these tools to increase the value delivered to their citizens. Many government organizations have realized the importance of having corporate policies to guide them while involving in these social media tools. The main purpose of this chapter is to present the key lessons learnt from the process of formulating a government-wide social media policy in the United Arab Emirates. This covers how government officials perceive the adoption of social media by government entities, the main barriers face successful adoption of social media, and the key issues need to be covered by social media policies. The authors analyze the collected answers in light of some of the literature available on the topic. They conclude the chapter with a brief summary and recommendations for future research directions.

RFID Applications in Healthcare-State-of-the-Art and Future Trends

2016 ◽  
pp. 184-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Automatic Data ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Automatic Data Collection ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Rfid Applications

Implementation of RFID technology-based healthcare services is on the rise. The purpose of this chapter is a thorough, systematic review of the existing literature to provide a discussion of current trends and future directions in this domain. Findings indicate that tracking is the key RFID enabling function. Automatic data collection and transfer is an RFID function also frequently used in relation to assets, staff, and patients. Finally, RFID is employed for sensing, most often in relation to patients, but also to assets. The chapter concludes by highlighting future research directions where the deployment of RFID technology is likely to transform the healthcare sector.

HR Outsourcing Literature Review: Decisions, Outcome and Its Future Research Directions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandy Sim
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Human Resource Outsourcing ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Insight Into

<p>This study aims to systematically synthesize more than 20 years of human resource outsourcing (HRO) studies in a way that is meaningful, concise and, useful to HRO researchers and practitioners. Using<b> </b>grounded coding technique blended with integrative literature review, empirical papers published from 1997 to 2018 are examined. This is the first HRO literature review using such techniques to answer three key research questions: What has the existing empirical academic literature revealed about the determinants of HRO decisions and outcomes? What are the key issues emerged from the literature? What are the gaps in knowledge which warrant future HRO research? Other than providing a comprehensive insight into an emerging research area, this review also contributes to laying an important foundation for the initial descriptive HRO theory development. 36 dependent variables and 99 independent variables over 449 relationships were coded.</p>

A REVIEW OF 3D GESTURE INTERACTION FOR HANDHELD AUGMENTED REALITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (2-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cik Suhaimi Yusof ◽  
Huidong Bai ◽  
Mark Billinghurst ◽  
Mohd Shahrizal Sunar
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Potential Interaction ◽  
Virtual Object ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Gesture Interaction ◽  
Depth Cameras ◽  
Input Method ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Gesture Input

Interaction for Handheld Augmented Reality (HAR) is a challenging research topic because of the small screen display and limited input options. Although 2D touch screen input is widely used, 3D gesture interaction is a suggested alternative input method. Recent 3D gesture interaction research mainly focuses on using RGB-Depth cameras to detect the spatial position and pose of fingers, using this data for virtual object manipulations in the AR scene. In this paper we review previous 3D gesture research on handheld interaction metaphors for HAR. We present their novelties as well as limitations, and discuss future research directions of 3D gesture interaction for HAR. Our results indicate that 3D gesture input on HAR is a potential interaction method for assisting a user in many tasks such as in education, urban simulation and 3D games.

RFID Applications in Healthcare-State-of-the-Art and Future Trends

2017 ◽  
pp. 1490-1512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Automatic Data ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Automatic Data Collection ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Rfid Applications

Implementation of RFID technology-based healthcare services is on the rise. The purpose of this chapter is a thorough, systematic review of the existing literature to provide a discussion of current trends and future directions in this domain. Findings indicate that tracking is the key RFID enabling function. Automatic data collection and transfer is an RFID function also frequently used in relation to assets, staff, and patients. Finally, RFID is employed for sensing, most often in relation to patients, but also to assets. The chapter concludes by highlighting future research directions where the deployment of RFID technology is likely to transform the healthcare sector.

Applications of Crowdsourcing in Sustainable Urban Development Planning in Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
pp. 77-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions

To efficiently manage growth and changes arising from rapidly increasing population and urbanization trends, developing countries need to employ appropriate tools to analyze the key issues involved. Globally, crowdsourcing is increasingly being applied to facilitate sustainable urban development (SUD) planning process. Crowdsourcing has already proved capable of generating new models for urban planning and governance that source and mobilize diverse social actors working toward sustainable and innovation-oriented urban space. However, few studies have explored crowdsourcing applications in SUD planning in developing countries. Therefore, based on desktop study, this chapter examines applications of crowdsourcing in SUD planning in developing countries. The chapter reviews the conceptual and historical foundation of crowdsourcing, and highlights some exemplary applications of crowdsourcing in SUD planning worldwide. It then discusses the challenges and potentials of crowdsourcing as a tool in planning for SUD in developing countries and concludes with future research directions.

scholarly journals Dispensing-Based Bioprinting of Hybrid Scaffolds with Vessel-like Channels for Tissue Engineering Applications – A Brief Review

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saman Naghieh ◽  
Md Sarker ◽  
Mohammad Izadifar ◽  
Xiongbiao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Biological Molecules ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Hybrid Scaffolds

Over the past two decades, significant progress has been achieved in the field of tissue engineering (TE) to restore/repair damaged tissues or organs and, in this regard, scaffolds made from biomaterials have played a critical role. Notably, recent advances in biomaterials and three-dimensional (3D) printing have enabled the manipulation of two or more biomaterials of distinct, yet complementary, mechanical and/or biological properties to form so-called hybrid scaffolds mimicking native tissues. Among various biomaterials, hydrogels synthesized to incorporate living cells and/or biological molecules have dominated due to their hydrated tissue-like environment. Moreover, dispensing-based bioprinting has evolved to the point that it can now be used to create hybrid scaffolds with complex structures. However, the complexities associated with multi-material bioprinting and synthesis of hydrogels used for hybrid scaffolds pose many challenges for their fabrication. This paper presents a brief review of dispensing-based bioprinting of hybrid scaffolds for TE applications. The focus is on the design and fabrication of hybrid scaffolds, including imaging techniques, potential biomaterials, physical architecture, mechanical properties, cell viability, and the importance of vessel-like channels. The key issues and challenges for dispensing-based bioprinting of hybrid scaffolds are also identified and discussed along with recommendations for future research directions. Addressing these issues will significantly enhance the design and fabrication of hybrid scaffolds to and pave the way for translating them into clinical applications.

scholarly journals A Survey on Energy Harvesting and Integrated Data Sharing in Wireless Body Area Networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Xu ◽  
Lei Shu ◽  
Mohsen Guizani ◽  
Mei Liu ◽  
Junye Lu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Wireless Body Area Networks ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Body Area ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) are important branches of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). They promise unobtrusive ambulatory health monitoring for real-time updates of patients’ medical records that have aroused extensive attention in various fields. In recent years, one can find a lot of researches related to WBANs that have appeared in these literatures. But there are still many key issues that need to be further investigated. This paper briefly introduces the architecture and features of WBANs. In this attempt, we focus mostly on energy acquisition, data integration and data sharing, and collaboration of WBANs, from the viewpoint of energy harvesting development, the social network and smartphone application in WBANs, and the integration of WBANs and cloud system networks computing to analyze related issues of WBANs. Finally, we put forward concluding remarks with several future research directions.

New Evidence of Impacts of Cell Phone Use on Driving Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Chen ◽  
Zheng Yan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Car Accidents ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
New Evidence

Mobile phone use when driving is widely considered to be a major cause of car accidents. This paper attempts to review the existing literature by focusing on three key issues: (a) Whether and how seriously does mobile phone use impair driving? (b) How and why does mobile phone use impair driving? (c) What should be done to best prevent from accident? The authors identified a total of 90 epidemiological studies, experimental studies, and observational studies that were published during 2007 to 2012. These most recent studies were systematically reviewed in three major categories, (a) the effect of using a mobile phone when driving on drivers’ performance in terms of information processing and vehicle control, (b) variables related to driving, such as characteristics of drivers and mobile phone types, and (c) context and content of conversation during driving. Both limitations of existing research and future research directions are discussed.

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