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    A Secure Healthcare 5.0 System Based on Blockchain Technology Entangled with Federated Learning Technique

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    In recent years, the global Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) industry has evolved at a tremendous speed. Security and privacy are key concerns on the IoMT, owing to the huge scale and deployment of IoMT networks. Machine learning (ML) and blockchain (BC) technologies have significantly enhanced the capabilities and facilities of healthcare 5.0, spawning a new area known as "Smart Healthcare." By identifying concerns early, a smart healthcare system can help avoid long-term damage. This will enhance the quality of life for patients while reducing their stress and healthcare costs. The IoMT enables a range of functionalities in the field of information technology, one of which is smart and interactive health care. However, combining medical data into a single storage location to train a powerful machine learning model raises concerns about privacy, ownership, and compliance with greater concentration. Federated learning (FL) overcomes the preceding difficulties by utilizing a centralized aggregate server to disseminate a global learning model. Simultaneously, the local participant keeps control of patient information, assuring data confidentiality and security. This article conducts a comprehensive analysis of the findings on blockchain technology entangled with federated learning in healthcare. 5.0. The purpose of this study is to construct a secure health monitoring system in healthcare 5.0 by utilizing a blockchain technology and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect any malicious activity in a healthcare network and enables physicians to monitor patients through medical sensors and take necessary measures periodically by predicting diseases.Comment: 20 pages, 6 tables, 3 figure

    Synthesis of Schiff bases derived from 2-hydroxy-1- naphth- aldehyde and their tin(II) complexes for antimicribial and antioxidant activities

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    The current studies were designed to prepare tin(II) complexes of various Schiff base derivatives of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde (HN) with L-histidine and sulfamethazine have been prepared and characterized by different physiochemical studies such as elemental analysis, atomic absorption, UV-Vis spectra, FTIR spectra, 1H–NMR, 13C-NMR and conductance studies. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities were also calculated. Antibacterial activity was evaluated by the agar-well diffusion method. Two Gram-negative (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli) and three Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacillus subtilis) bacterial strains were used. Antifungal activity was resolute against three fungal strains (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Alternaria solani) by using the agar tube dilution method. The antioxidant activity of ligands and their complexes was measured on the basis of the radical scavenging effect of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH)-free radical activity. Ligand HNSM exhibited excellent activities as antibacterial activity (22 mm), antifungal activity (55%) and antioxidant activity (119 ppm).               KEY WORDS: Schiff base, 2-Hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde, L-Histidine and sulfamethazine, Tin(II) complexes, Antimicrobial activities, Antioxidant activities Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2017, 31(3), 445-456. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v31i3.

    Development of intelligent air-conditioning system

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    This paper presents an air-conditioning system that regulates room temperature via the use of multiple-sensor system that is named as “Intelligent Air-Conditioning System”. Airconditioning system has become one of most important human comfort technologies especially for countries near the equator. Conventional methods of regulating room temperature by air-conditioning system using single sensor have been integrated into most of today’s split type and window type air-conditioner. The demands from customer now from air condition technology are for more human comfort, energy saving and smart gadgetry thus the trend in research is to incorporate artificial intelligent technology in this field. However, many research in this area concentrate on maximizing the use of a single located near the air intake area of the air-conditioning system. In this paper we present a case for the use of multiple sensors to determine the temperature distribution more accurately throughout the room and creating a system that will provide a higher degree of human comfort with less energy consumed

    Development of a New Concept for Fire Fighting Robot Propulsion System

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    An additional cost to human loss and property destruction during fire disaster is fire fighters injuries and death. The recent statistics of 63,350 fire fighters injuries that occurred during the year 2014 confirms that firefighting still presents great risks of personal injury to the fire fighters [1]. The lack of details on information about the victims trapped in fire and situation in the fire zone increase the risk to fire fighters [2, 3]. To reduce these fatalities fire fighting robots (FFRs) emerged as possible solutions therefore they are developed and researched on. The FFRs are designed for either prevention or emergency (same as intervention) tasks of fire and are applied indoor or outdoor. However, the prime movers of the majority of the FFRs are electrically powered [4] which made them to be suitable for preventive task alone and inappropriate for the emergency task. Their inappropriateness is due to the vulnerability in high temperature environment that characterised fire emergency. Thus, alternative propulsion systems for the mobility of fire fighting robots in emergency setting are evolving. Furthermore, literature survey reveals that water powered hydraulic propulsion system has been the only alternative to the drawbacks of dc motors in the hot environment. The mechanism was implemented on snake fire fighting robot for tunnel fire application [5]. In the mechanism, hydraulic motor was used to actuate the snake joints for mobility while water provides power for the hydraulic motors. However, the snake robot was designed for outdoor application. Consequently, the need for an autonomous fire fighting robot with a novel propulsion system becomes imminent
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