scholarly journals Development of an Automatic Contactless Thermometer Alert System Based on GPS and Population Density

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 7006-7010
Author(s):  
N. K. Al-Shammari ◽  
H. B. Almansour ◽  
M. B. Syed
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Test Equipment ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Automated Test Equipment ◽  
Measuring Techniques ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Disease Spreading ◽  
Temperature Test

In today's out-breaking Covid-19 circumstance, treatments are preferred to be contactless. Social distancing has become a mandate in order to prevent disease spreading. In such a scenario, checking the body temperature is preferable to be made contactless because it helps the doctors and social workers to stay away from the symptomatic patients. Infrared (IR) contactless thermometers are employed in measuring the temperature while preventing direct contact with the body. Improved functionalities in the contactless thermometer can provide accurate precision in measurements and calculations. Technological advancement in pharmacy has cohesively improved over time. Coupling Machine Learning (CML) will revolutionize the process of testing. The demand for automated temperature test equipment is likely to grow at a significant pace, with the continuous advancements in technology and the adoption of ATE (Automated Test Equipment). The Global Positioning System (GPS) easy tracking and navigation can be used for easy tracking. Population density can be used to calculate the amount of population in a particular area. The proposed automatic contact-less thermometer system has the potential to replace the traditional temperature measuring techniques and safeguard from human-to-human transmission diseases.

scholarly journals Ready for bed: pre-hibernation movements and habitat use by Fowler’s Toads (Anaxyrus fowleri)

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
David M. Green ◽  
Katharine T. Yagi
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
The Body ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Radio Tracking ◽  
Water Line ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Radio Transmitters ◽  
Early Fall

We used radio-tracking to investigate movement patterns and habitat use of Fowler’s Toads (Anaxyrus fowleri) during late summer and early fall in a relatively undisturbed lakeshore dune and beach habitat at Long Point, Ontario. Small radio transmitters were fitted to 11 adult toads with an external harness made from fine surgical plastic tubing wrapped around the body behind the front limbs. We located radio-tagged toads morning and evening, for a maximum of 9 days, recording their locations using Global Positioning System units. Initially, the toads were located on the upper beach or in the fore-dunes during the day, either dug in under the sand or hiding beneath debris; in the evening, they were generally active on the lower beach close to the water line. After a storm and the onset of cooler autumn weather, the toads tended to move further from the water line. They also curtailed their nightly activity and retreated deeper into the sand. As this sort of behaviour was not observed during the summer, we interpret it as pre-hibernation movement to more stable sites away from the beach where the animals can burrow deeply into the sand to lie dormant during the winter.

scholarly journals A Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Method for Head-Mounted Sensors

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 6349
Author(s):  
Xinyu Hou ◽  
Jeroen Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Dead Reckoning ◽  
The Body ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Emergency Rescue ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Pedestrian Dead Reckoning

Pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) plays an important role in modern life, including localisation and navigation if a Global Positioning System (GPS) is not available. Most previous PDR methods adopted foot-mounted sensors. However, humans have evolved to keep the head steady in space when the body is moving in order to stabilise the visual field. This indicates that sensors that are placed on the head might provide a more suitable alternative for real-world tracking. Emerging wearable technologies that are connected to the head also makes this a growing field of interest. Head-mounted equipment, such as glasses, are already ubiquitous in everyday life. Whilst other wearable gear, such as helmets, masks, or mouthguards, are becoming increasingly more common. Thus, an accurate PDR method that is specifically designed for head-mounted sensors is needed. It could have various applications in sports, emergency rescue, smart home, etc. In this paper, a new PDR method is introduced for head mounted sensors and compared to two established methods. The data were collected by sensors that were placed on glasses and embedded into a mouthguard. The results show that the newly proposed method outperforms the other two techniques in terms of accuracy, with the new method producing an average end-to-end error of 0.88 m and total distance error of 2.10%.

scholarly journals Analysis of the body conditions of free grazing cattles using global positioning system (GPS)

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Choi Eun Gyu ◽  
Sang Yoon Lee ◽  
Myeong Hun Kim ◽  
Ki Yeon Kim ◽  
Han Jong Ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Free Grazing

scholarly journals Real-Time Visual Feedback Control of Multi-Camera UAV

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-273
Author(s):  
Dongqing He ◽  
◽  
Hsiu-Min Chuang ◽  
Jinyu Chen ◽  
Jinwei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Obstacle Avoidance ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Visual Servoing ◽  
Visual Recognition ◽  
The Body ◽  
Flight Control System ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Visual Feedback Control

Recently, flight control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in non-global positioning system (GPS) environments has become increasingly important. In such an environment, visual sensors are important, and their main roles are self-localization and obstacle avoidance. In this paper, the concept of a multi-camera UAV system with multiple cameras attached to the body is proposed to realize high-precision omnidirectional visual recognition, self-localization, and obstacle avoidance simultaneously, and a two-camera UAV is developed as a prototype. The proposed flight control system can switch between visual servoing (VS) for collision avoidance and visual odometry (VO) for self-localization. The feasibility of the proposed control system was verified by conducting flight experiments with the insertion of obstacles.

Logan '92: an expedition to measure the height of canada’s tallest mountain

CISM journal ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Michael Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Service Environment ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
A Value ◽  
Measuring Techniques ◽  
Global Positioning

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), as well as Canada’s 125th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with the Geological Survey of Canada, the Surveys, Mapping and Remote Sensing Sector (both of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources) and the Canadian Parks Service (Environment Canada) undertook an expedition to determine the exact elevation of Mount Logan. In addition to measuring the elevation of the mountain the expedition also collected rock samples and positioned brass survey markers on the mountain. Since the first recorded sighting of the mountain in 1890 a number of different values for the height of the mountain have been quoted. Most of these values centered around 5950 metres. However a value of 6050 metres was very widely used. The differences in elevation can in large measure be attributed to the difficulties associated with conducting surveys in the extreme remoteness of the Saint Elias Mountains combined with measuring techniques of varying accuracies. The Logan '92 Expedition was the first expedition to attempt to measure the height of Mt. Logan using the Global Positioning System (GPS).

scholarly journals Global Positioning System–Derived Workload Metrics and Injury Risk in Team-Based Field Sports: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 931-943
Author(s):  
Natalie Kupperman ◽  
Jay Hertel
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
The Body ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Study Selection ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Field Sports

Objective To evaluate the current literature regarding the utility of global positioning system (GPS)–derived workload metrics in determining musculoskeletal injury risk in team-based field-sport athletes. Data Sources PubMed entries from January 2009 through May 2019 were searched using terms related to GPS, player workload, injury risk, and team-based field sports. Study Selection Only studies that used GPS metrics and had injury as the main outcome variable were included. Data Extraction Total distance, high-speed running, and acute : chronic workload ratios were the most common GPS metrics analyzed, with the most frequent sports being soccer, rugby, and Australian rules football. Data Synthesis Many distinct workload metrics were associated with increased injury risk in individual studies performed in particular sport circumstances; however, the body of evidence was inconclusive as to whether any specific metrics could consistently predict injury risk across multiple team-based field sports. Conclusions Our results were inconclusive in determining if any GPS–derived workload metrics were associated with an increased injury risk. This conclusion is due to a myriad of factors, including differences in injury definitions, workload metrics, and statistical analyses across individual studies.

scholarly journals An Intelligent System to Enhance Visually-Impaired Navigation and Disaster Assistance using Geo-Based Positioning and Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhua Liang ◽  
Ishmael Rico ◽  
Yu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Disaster Assistance ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Do So

Technological advancement has brought many the convenience that the society used to lack, but unnoticed by many, a population neglected through the age of technology has been the visually impaired population. The visually impaired population has grown through ages with as much desire as everyone else to adventure but lack the confidence and support to do so. Time has transported society to a new phase condensed in big data, but to the visually impaired population, this quick-pace living lifestyle, along with the unpredictable natural disaster and COVID-19 pandemic, has dropped them deeper into a feeling of disconnection from the society. Our application uses the global positioning system to supportthe visually impaired in independent navigation, alerts them in face of natural disasters, and remindsthem to sanitize their devices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WORKLOADS OF YOUNG SOCCER PLAYERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 199-210
Author(s):  
Karol Pilis ◽  
Krzysztof Stec ◽  
Zbigniew Witkowski ◽  
Arkadiusz Stanula ◽  
Tomasz Gabrys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Average Speed ◽  
Post Hoc Analysis ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Post Hoc

The purpose of this study is to present a comparison of the workload demonstrated by young soccer players during the phases of warm-up (WU), first half (FH) and second half (SH) of a league match. Eleven young Polish soccer players took part in this research, playing a league match after completing the WU. During the WU, FH and SH of the match the following variables were recorded: total distance run, maximal and average speed achieved during the runs, number of sprints, distances run in the different speed zones, durations of increased heart rate (HR) in specific ranges, and the maximal, mean and minimal HR. The variables were recorded by means of the Global Positioning System (GPS). The research showed that there were significant differences between the WU, FH and SH in the total distances run (F=30.107, p<0.001), the average speed achieved during the runs (F=37.731, p<0.001), the distances run at different speeds (p<0.001), the duration of increased HR in specific zones, and HRmean (p=0.002) and HRmin (p<0.001). Post hoc analysis confirmed that, for the majority of the analyzed parameters, the WU provided a smaller load for the body than did the FH or SH, the intensity of which in some part was higher than that encountered at the anaerobic threshold. In conclusion, it has been shown that the WU and the two halves of the match load the body to varying degrees, the former doing so to a lesser extent than FH or SH.

Logan '92: an expedition to measure the height of canada’s tallest mountain

CISM journal ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Michael Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Service Environment ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
A Value ◽  
Measuring Techniques ◽  
Global Positioning

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), as well as Canada’s 125th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with the Geological Survey of Canada, the Surveys, Mapping and Remote Sensing Sector (both of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources) and the Canadian Parks Service (Environment Canada) undertook an expedition to determine the exact elevation of Mount Logan. In addition to measuring the elevation of the mountain the expedition also collected rock samples and positioned brass survey markers on the mountain. Since the first recorded sighting of the mountain in 1890 a number of different values for the height of the mountain have been quoted. Most of these values centered around 5950 metres. However a value of 6050 metres was very widely used. The differences in elevation can in large measure be attributed to the difficulties associated with conducting surveys in the extreme remoteness of the Saint Elias Mountains combined with measuring techniques of varying accuracies. The Logan '92 Expedition was the first expedition to attempt to measure the height of Mt. Logan using the Global Positioning System (GPS).

scholarly journals An Intelligent System for the Enhancement of Visually Impaired Navigation and Disaster Assistance using Geo-Based Positioning and Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Wenhua Liang ◽  
Ishmael Rico ◽  
Yu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Disaster Assistance ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
The Masses ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Do So

Technological advancement has brought the masses unprecedented convenience, but unnoticed by many, a population neglected through the age of technology has been the visually impaired population. The visually impaired population has grown through ages with as much desire as everyone else to adventure but lack the confidence and support to do so. Time has transported society to a new phase condensed in big data, but to the visually impaired population, this quick-pace living lifestyle, along with the unpredictable nature of natural disaster and COVID-19 pandemic, has dropped them deeper into a feeling of disconnection from the society. Our application uses the global positioning system to support the visually impaired in independent navigation, alerts them in face of natural disasters, and reminds them to sanitize their devices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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