46 research outputs found
RFID-based real-time smart waste management system
In an environmental context, the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) and load cell sensor technology can be employed for not only bringing down waste management costs, but also to facilitate automating and streamlining waste (e.g., garbage, recycling, and green) identification and weight measurement processes for designing smart waste management systems. In this paper, we outline a RFID and sensor model for designing a system in real-time waste management. An application of the architecture is described in the area of RFID and sensor based automatic waste identity, weight, and stolen bins identification system (WIWSBIS).<br /
Real-time early infectious outbreak detection systems using emerging technologies
The use of emerging technologies ( such as RFID - Radio Frequency Identification and remote sensing) can be employed to reduce health care costs and also to facilitate the automatic streamlining of infectious disease outbreak detection and monitoring processes in local health departments. It can assist medical practitioners with fast and accurate diagnosis and treatments. In this paper we outline the design and application of a real-time RFID and sensor-base Early Infectious (e.g., cholera) Outbreak Detection and Monitoring (IODM) system for health care.<br /
RFID-based Hospital Real-time Patient Management System
In a health care context, the use RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology can be employed for not only bringing down health care costs but also facilitate automating and streamlining patient identification processes in hospitals and use of mobile devices like PDA, smart phones, for design a health care management systems. In this paper, we outline a RFID model for designing a system in the health care. An application of the architecture is described in the area of RFID-based Real-time Hospital Patien
An empirical analysis of green supply chain management practices in Bangladesh construction industry
A new estimate of carbon for Bangladesh forest ecosystems with their spatial distribution and REDD+ implications
In tropical developing countries, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is becoming an important mechanism for conserving forests and protecting biodiversity. A key prerequisite for any successful REDD+ project, however, is obtaining baseline estimates of carbon in forest ecosystems. Using available published data, we provide here a new and more reliable estimate of carbon in Bangladesh forest ecosystems, along with their geo-spatial distribution. Our study reveals great variability in carbon density in different forests and higher carbon stock in the mangrove ecosystems, followed by in hill forests and in inland Sal (Shorea robusta) forests in the country. Due to its coverage, degraded nature, and diverse stakeholder engagement, the hill forests of Bangladesh can be used to obtain maximum REDD+ benefits. Further research on carbon and biodiversity in under-represented forest ecosystems using a commonly accepted protocol is essential for the establishment of successful REDD+ projects and for the protection of the country’s degraded forests and for addressing declining levels of biodiversity
Impact of Sensor Networks on Aquatic Biodiversity in Wetland: An Innovative Approach
Aquatic biodiversity is in the central field of environmental conservation issues in a wetland. Yet it
determinately faced aquatic conservation authorities the loss of biodiversity as a very important global issue for several years
due to misuse wireless sensor technology. The study attempts to re-look at the sensor networks that affect the aquatic
biodiversity within and around the Tanguar Haor- wetland study at Sunamganj district in Bangladesh. Key aquatic
conservation tools provided at the Tanguar Haor and its challenges with gaps in policies for wetland management practices are
highlighted. The study shows the aquatic biodiversity-related rules and regulations amended were apex in Bangladesh from
2010 to 2018. The study represents the impact of processed sensor networks on aquatic biodiversity in a wetland to be
compared to larger, medium, and smaller animals in a bright, dark and optimum environment, facilitating the design and
misuse of wireless sensor networks within GPS locations. Approximately 64% of the respondents agreed on the development
of aquatic biodiversity for managing the wetland at Sunamganj with secure peripheral sensor networks. The research also
found that the Tanguar Haor is at risk due to misuse of wireless sensor networks compared to other wetlands in the Sylhet
Division. Scientific knowledge is indispensable in wetland resource management but it poorly identified such knowledge
while various performances are still below par. The research is unique and represents the innovative idea to improve the
existing wetland policy linking with the appropriateness for the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Strateg