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Agent-based context-aware healthcare information retrieval using DROPT approach
(International Science Press, 2012)
As the volume of information available on the Web information systems is growing continuously, browsing
this content becomes a tedious task given the presentation of data that does meet user's aims and needs. In this
paper, ...
Using wearable sensors for remote healthcare monitoring system
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2011)
Recent technological advances in wireless communications and wireless sensor networks have enabled the design of low-cost, intelligent, tiny, and lightweight medical sensor nodes that can be strategically placed on human ...
A novel document ranking algorithm that supports mobile healthcare information access effectiveness
(Academic Journals Inc., 2011)
This study presented DROPT; an acronym for Document ranking Optmization algorithm approach, a new idea for the effectiveness of meaningful retrieval results from the information source. Proposed method extracted the frequency ...
Engaging ICTs as a “Tool” for eHealth prioritization on human development and poverty reduction in the African region
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2011)
The association connecting information and communication technologies (ICTs) and well-being
or poverty remains vague and research today has resulted to divergent conclusions. This paper
defines ICTs as “tools” that facilitate ...
Context-Aware Stemming algorithm for semantically related root words
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2012)
There is a growing interest in the use of context-awareness as a technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are
flexible and adaptable for users. In this context, however, information retrieval (IR) is ...
ICT and information security perspectives in E-Health Systems
(Medwell Journals, 2010)
This study examines issues pertinent to the rapidly evolving use of information as a currency of modern economies. Access to information has important benefits that can be achieved in many areas including, social-economic ...
A query-based SMS translation in information access system
(Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd., 2011)
Mobile technology has contributed to the evolution
of several media of communication such as chats, emails and
short message service (SMS) text. This has significantly
influenced the traditional standard way of expressing ...
A Mobile-Health Information Access System
(Telkom, 2013)
Patients using the Mobile-Health Information System
can send SMS requests to a Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) web server with the expectation of receiving an appropriate
feedback on issues that relate to their health. ...
A novel approach integrating ranking functions discovery, optimization and infernce to improve retrieval performance
(Medwell Journals, 2010)
The significant roles play by ranking function in the performance and success of Information Retrieval (IR) systems and search engines cannot be underestimated. Diverse ranking functions are available in IR literature. ...
UDCA: Energy optimization in wireless sensor networks using uniform distributed clustering algorithms
(Academic Journals Inc., 2011)
Transceivers are the major energy consumption in a Wireless Sensor Network which is made of low-power, small in size, low cost and multi-functional nodes. These sensor nodes are operated by batteries which put significant ...