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Journal articles on the topic "Smart bricks"

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Meoni, Andrea, Antonella D’Alessandro, Felice Saviano, Gian Piero Lignola, Fulvio Parisi, and Filippo Ubertini. "Strain Monitoring and Crack Detection in Masonry Walls under In-Plane Shear Loading Using Smart Bricks: First Results from Experimental Tests and Numerical Simulations." Sensors 23, no. 4 (February 16, 2023): 2211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23042211.

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A diffuse and continuous monitoring of the in-service structural response of buildings can allow for the early identification of the formation of cracks and collapse mechanisms before the occurrence of severe consequences. In the case of existing masonry constructions, the implementation of tailored Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems appears quite significant, given their well-known susceptibility to brittle failures. Recently, a new sensing technology based on smart bricks, i.e., piezoresistive brick-like sensors, was proposed in the literature for the SHM of masonry constructions. Smart bricks can be integrated within masonry to monitor strain and detect cracks. At present, the effectiveness of smart bricks has been proven in different structural settings. This paper contributes to the research by investigating the strain-sensitivity of smart bricks of standard dimensions when inserted in masonry walls subjected to in-plane shear loading. Real-scale masonry walls instrumented with smart bricks and displacement sensors were tested under diagonal compression, and numerical simulations were conducted to interpret the experimental results. At peak condition, numerical models provided comparable strain values to those of smart bricks, i.e., approximately equal to 10−4, with similar trends. Overall, the effectiveness of smart bricks in strain monitoring and crack detection is demonstrated.
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D’Alessandro, Antonella, Andrea Meoni, and Filippo Ubertini. "Stainless Steel Microfibers for Strain-Sensing Smart Clay Bricks." Journal of Sensors 2018 (August 5, 2018): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7431823.

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Life cycle monitoring of structural health of civil constructions is crucial to guarantee users’ safety. An optimal structural health monitoring system allows to automatically detect, locate, and quantify any damage in structural elements, thus anticipating major risks of local or global failures. Critical issues affecting traditional monitoring systems are sensors’ placement, hardware durability, and long-term reliability of the measurements. Indeed, sensors’ deployment is crucial for an effective investigation of the static and dynamic characteristics of the structural system, whereby durability and long-term stability of sensing systems are necessary for long-term monitoring. A very attractive solution to some of these challenges is developing sensors made of the same, or similar, material of the structure being monitored, allowing a spatially distributed and long-term reliable monitoring system, by the use of self-sensing construction materials. Within this context, the authors have recently proposed new “smart clay bricks” that are strain-sensing clay bricks aimed at embedding intelligent monitoring capabilities within structural masonry buildings. While previous work focused on smart bricks doped with titanium dioxide and using embedded point electrodes, this work proposes an enhanced version of smart bricks based on the addition of conductive micro stainless steel fibers that possess higher electrical conductivity and a more suitable fiber-like aspect ratio for the intended application, as well as plate copper electrodes deployed on top and bottom surfaces of the bricks. The paper thus presents preparation and experimental characterization of the new smart bricks. The influence of different amounts of fibers is investigated, allowing the identification of their optimal content to maximize the gauge factor of the bricks. Both electrical and electromechanical experimental tests were performed. Overall, the presented results demonstrate that the new smart bricks proposed in this paper possess enhanced strain-sensing capabilities and could be effectively utilized as sensors within structural masonry buildings.
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Sabah Abed, Musaab, Sa'ad Fahad Resan, and Sajid Kamil Zemam. "Developing Lightweight Clay Brick Units Using Waste Materials." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 4.20 (November 28, 2018): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.20.25939.

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The study aims to develop specific lightweight brick units using locally available clay of traditional burned brick units publically used in the south of Iraq using solid wastes. Throughout the study, chemically inaction and difficult to recycling wastes was considered, they were classified into Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) and hardwood solid waste which is used to upgrade lightweight characteristic and maintenance required bricks' characteristics and to be introduced as a smart technical way to recycling solid waste. Solid waste is introduced as additive materials and firing fuel enhanced coefficient in the concept of its energy recovery useful in the production process. An experimental program was considered including five main series of samples, tested and analyzed in the scope of clay bricks units and in the scope of lightweight constructional related to aerated wall construction units. The verified compressive strengths and other properties of tested specimens were found to confirm bricks class C except for specimens of hardwood of 10% although it assigns less dry density (1.18 g/cm3). In general, as light weight bricks, the characteristics of developed units was found to be within the permitted limits of ASTM C 1389.
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Wang, Shiruo, Jiao Gao, Xiaomu Wang, Dan Wu, Yiting Pan, and Minmin Xu. "Historical and Physicochemical Analysis of the Clinker Bricks in the Smart Memorial Gymnasium of the Tiancizhuang Campus at Soochow University, China." Buildings 13, no. 1 (January 8, 2023): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010161.

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Clinker bricks were popular as a facade material in the United States between the 1890s and the 1930s. However, this material was unknown to Chinese builders and was seldom found in Chinese modern architecture from 1840 to 1949. The Smart Memorial Gymnasium built in the years 1934–1937 in the Tiancizhuang Campus of Soochow University (Suzhou, China) is one of the rare examples of a building featuring clinker bricks in modern China. Notably, those clinker bricks were not imported but locally manufactured. Despite the heritage significance of the Smart Memorial Gymnasium as part of a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level in China, the history and characteristics of those historical bricks have remained virtually unexplored. This study first provides a historical analysis of those bricks, giving insights into the general knowledge of this construction material around that time based on British and American historical sources from the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on historical treaties and documents. This analysis sheds light on the raw materials mixtures of clinker bricks, their manufacturing processes, and their architectural applications at the time. Moreover, this study presents a physicochemical analysis of the clinker bricks employed at Soochow University, focusing on the correlation between historical studies and physicochemical characteristics, as well as the materials’ characteristics that respond to the natural environment. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and total immersion tests were employed to investigate the physicochemical properties of the bricks at various locations of the Smart Memorial Gymnasium facades. Our findings deepen the knowledge and understanding of clinker bricks transferred from the West to China in the early 20th century. Additionally, our results reveal the chemical composition and physical characteristics of different types of clinker bricks used in the Smart Memorial Gymnasium, outlining practical implications and future research directions. Overall, this study lays a foundation for the heritage recognition and conservation of Chinese clinker bricks.
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Errichiello, Luisa, and Tommasina Pianese. "Toward a theory on workplaces for smart workers." Facilities 38, no. 3/4 (October 26, 2019): 298–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-11-2018-0137.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the main features of smart work centers (SWCs) and show how these innovative offices would support the implementation of smart working and related changes in workspaces (“bricks”), technologies (“bytes”) and organizational practices (“behaviors”). Design/methodology/approach In this study, scientific literature is combined with white papers and business reports and visits to 14 workplaces, including offices designed as SWCs, co-working spaces, one telecenter, one accelerator and one fab lab. Primary data were collected through interviews with managers and users and non-participant observation, whereas secondary data included web-sites, brochures, presentations, press releases and official documents. Findings The authors developed research propositions about how the design of spaces and the availability of technology within SWCs would support the “bricks” and “bytes” levers of smart working. More importantly, the authors assumed that this new type of workplace would sustain changes in employees’ behaviors and managers’ practices, thus helping to overcome several challenges traditionally associated with remote working. Research limitations/implications The exploratory nature of the research only provides preliminary information about the role of SWCs within smart working programs. Additional qualitative and quantitative empirical investigation is required. Practical implications This study provides valuable knowledge about how the design of corporate offices can be leveraged to sustain the implementation of smart working. Originality/value This study advances knowledge on workplaces by focusing on an innovative design of traditional offices (SWC). It also lays the foundations for future investigation aimed at testing the developed propositions.
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Downey, Austin, Antonella D’Alessandro, Simon Laflamme, and Filippo Ubertini. "Smart bricks for strain sensing and crack detection in masonry structures." Smart Materials and Structures 27, no. 1 (November 30, 2017): 015009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-665x/aa98c2.

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Yaqub, Rana Muhammad Shahid, Syed Farhan Gillani, Muhammad Murad, and Noor Sehar Ali. "Search Online and Purchase Offline: The Role of Instagram Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Webrooming in Building Brand Loyalty." Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences 5, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 291–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v5i3.241.

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In Pakistan, consumers’ brand loyalty is changing due to emergence of advanced and modern marketing strategies. Therefore, the bricks and clicks businesses are facing allot of challenges because of deviating consumer behaviors in showrooming and webrooming modes. This study aims to explore webrooming as an appropriate strategy for developing brand loyalty for bricks and clicks businesses in Pakistan. The target population of this study was the consumers who purchased different online brands in Pakistan. The data was collected on a five-point Likert scale questionnaire and analyzed through Smart PLS 3.0. This research concludes that bricks and clicks businesses can utilize webrooming to develop brand loyalty by modifying consumer behavior through Instagram marketing. This contribution to the body of literature is remarkable as this area of research was not considered by any earlier studies in consumer behavior domains. The academic and marketing implications of this study are appropriate for developing strategies to modify consumer behavior for brand loyalty with Instagram marketing and webrooming.
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Gregorczuk, Helen. "Retail Analytics: Smart-Stores Saving Bricks and Mortar Retail or a Privacy Problem?" Law, Technology and Humans 4, no. 1 (May 24, 2022): 63–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/lthj.2088.

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‘Bricks-and-mortar’ retailers are increasingly looking to retail analytics as a way of staying competitive with online counterparts. Retail analytics is a subset of big data analytics, and proponents contend that its use can provide a greater understanding of customer behaviours and patterns. To achieve this, retail analytics requires ‘smart-stores’ to collect and store as much data as possible about in-store customers, and to build detailed consumer profiles that can be used to sell products on an increasingly individualised basis. At the same time, enhanced efficiencies are gained by a better matching of staff resources and design of store layout that directly correspond to customer behaviours. The range of data collection and analysis technologies used in retail analytics is evolving and currently includes facial recognition software and video analytics, specially designed sensors, Bluetooth beacons, Wi-Fi data collections and point-of-sale systems, including loyalty cards. When these collection technologies are combined, a smart-store can, thus, resemble a sophisticated consumer surveillance system entailing numerous collectors and re-users of consumer-generated data. This article argues there is a disproportionate impact on privacy when compared to the benefits for retailers. It outlines the developing sphere of retail analytics and its manifestation through smart-stores. It considers some of the key privacy issues that emerge through retail analytics and the consequent surveillance and ‘datafication’ of everyday life. This includes the issue of whether collected data is personal information, the degree to which individuals can understand the multifaceted data collection processes of smart-stores, and the importance and weight to be attributed to privacy in any decision-making by stores in the uptake of various technologies.
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Liu, Xiaopeng, Zhang Chen, Guang Yang, Zongtao Zhang, and Yanfeng Gao. "Colorful Wall-Bricks with Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Enhanced Smart Indoor Humidity Control." ACS Omega 4, no. 9 (August 15, 2019): 13896–901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01588.

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AKBAR, NOREEN SHER, DHARMENDRA TRIPATHI, and O. ANWAR BÉG. "MODELING NANOPARTICLE GEOMETRY EFFECTS ON PERISTALTIC PUMPING OF MEDICAL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC NANOFLUIDS WITH HEAT TRANSFER." Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 16, no. 06 (September 2016): 1650088. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219519416500883.

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Magnetic nanofluid technologies are emerging in numerous areas including medicine, lubrication (smart tribology), pharmacology, etc. In this paper, we examine heat diffusion in hydromagnetic nanofluids in a peristaltic system, motivated by applications in medical drug delivery systems and gastric magnetographic monitoring. The mathematical formulation encompasses momentum and heat conservation equations with appropriate boundary conditions for compliant walls. Sophisticated correlations are employed for thermal conductivity of the nanoparticles. The nonlinear boundary value problem is normalized with appropriate variables and closed-form solutions are derived for stream function, pressure gradient and temperature profile. Analytical solutions are evaluated numerically with MATHEMATICA symbolic software. Validation of computations is performed for the nonlinear moving boundary value problem via a Chebyschev spectral collocation method (CSM). A detailed study is performed for the influence of various nanoparticle geometries (bricks, cylinders and platelets). With greater magnetic field, flow velocity is enhanced for platelet nanoparticles whereas it is depressed for brick particles. Temperature is dramatically modified with nanoparticle geometry and greater thermal conductivity is achieved with brick-shaped nanoparticles in the fluid, with implications for optimized medical device systems.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Smart bricks"

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Wamsler, Erika, and Linnea Jonsson. "Reinventing Traditional Shopping." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37739.

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Digitalization has impacted online retailing heavily, however traditional stores have not changed as much in comparison. Earlier studies have not only suggested how stores could reinvent themselves, but also indicated that brands could have great advantages by doing so. Furthermore, the customer experience and it’s reinforced importance within brick and mortar has been highlighted. It has also been established that the customer experience could be strengthen by implementing advanced technology. Due to the lack of research within the subject and a mainly theoretical discussion about how and why stores implement advanced technology in store, this study aims to investigate from more practical point of view how and why companies implement advanced technology. This study has a qualitative method, by conducting a total of 7 interviews. Five interviews were conducted with employees within different retailing companies implementing advanced technology in store; BMW, Clas Ohlson, Volvo Car Company, Volkswagen and Synsam Group. To continue, two complementary interviews from a rather general market perspective were conducted; one with AMF Fastigheter on their new project The Lobby focusing on the development of the future store and one with Curiat (NZ) Limited a subject specialist on Augmented Reality, which was one of the most common technologies in this study. The study identifies several factors correlating to how and why brands reinvent their physical stores through advanced technologies. In order to implement the technology successfully, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented reality and Interactive Digital Signage, traditional retailers have to modify their business models and their operational skills within the organization. One main motivation as for why traditional retailers implement advanced technology is a changed consumer behavior and market. This puts a new kind of pressure on traditional retailers and stresses the importance of the customer experience. The customer experience and relationships can be strengthened by implementing advanced technology and are two important factors as to why retailers utilize advanced technology in store. Traditional retailers also use the implemented advanced technology as a marketing tool, in order to market themselves as innovative and meet the new market. In addition to this, there has been a change in communication between customer and store. Retailers can use the advanced technology in order to not only interact in a new way with their customers, but also communicate through various of their channels. This creates a smoother and more seamless experience for the customer, and connect offline with online.
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Fujdiak, Radek. "Analýza a optimalizace datové komunikace pro telemetrické systémy v energetice." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-358408.

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Telemetry system, Optimisation, Sensoric networks, Smart Grid, Internet of Things, Sensors, Information security, Cryptography, Cryptography algorithms, Cryptosystem, Confidentiality, Integrity, Authentication, Data freshness, Non-Repudiation.
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Meoni, Andrea. "Smart brick for post-earthquake assessment of masonry buildings." Doctoral thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2158/1294499.

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A wide part of the European built heritage consists of masonry constructions originally designed with very limited if not completely absent earthquake resisting criteria, exposing the structures to possible fragile collapse mechanisms during earthquakes. Therefore, it is evident that the evaluation of the health state of these types of buildings after a seismic event plays a fundamental role in the preservation of human life and the historical and cultural building heritage. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems represent a possible solution to this problem by allowing the assessment of the structural performance of the monitored construction during its service life, even in real-time or rapidly after an earthquake, as well as enabling scheduling of maintenance and retrofitting interventions. Although the usefulness of such systems is widely recognized, their application on masonry constructions is still limited due to practical drawbacks experienced in the use of the off-the-shelf sensing technologies. Recent developments in materials engineering introduced in the field of SHM the use of smart materials obtained by doping traditional construction materials, such as cement-based ones, with conductive fillers capable of improving the electrical and sensing properties of the base matrix, giving to the composite the capability of detecting changes in its strain conditions through the output of specific electrical signals. This Ph.D. thesis extends a similar concept to masonry buildings investigating the innovative smart brick technology, which consists of clay bricks doped with suitable conductive fillers and thus capable of revealing changes in their strain conditions by leveraging on their improved piezoresistive capability, i.e. by varying their electrical outputs accordingly. The Thesis aims to promote the development of this newly conceived technology by addressing the missing/incomplete aspects in the reference literature, with the main objective of comprehensively designing, producing, and characterizing a reliable smart sensing device suitable for seismic SHM of masonry constructions. The choice of the most suitable conductive filler, the type of electrodes to be used for electrical measurements, the production process, and the sensing principle of the smart bricks are investigated. Furthermore, experiments are carried out to properly characterize the electrical, electromechanical, physical, and mechanical properties of such brick-like sensors. The Thesis also proposes two meaningful full-scale applications of the smart brick technology to demonstrate the effectiveness of the novel sensors in detecting and locating damages developed on masonry constructions, in particular, by focusing the attention on those induced by earthquake loading. Strategies for performing damage detection and localization by processing the measurements from the smart bricks are therefore proposed, while mechanical models are built to reproduce the performed experimental tests with the aim of numerically interpreting the outputs from the novel sensors physically installed within the tested specimens. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed new formulation of smart bricks can be effectively employed for the post-earthquake assessment of masonry constructions, bringing the technology to a readiness level that is mature for field validation.
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CHEN, SHIN-JOU, and 陳信州. "Using Technical Bricks in Junior High School’s Life Technology Course to Design a Smart Campus: An Action-Research Study." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70582988149495729897.

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The purpose of this action-research study is to report the experiences and challenges of how students use technical bricks to assemble intelligent robots and build a smart campus in order to solve natural disaster simulation problems in junior high schools’ Life Technology course. Various fields, such as construction technology, energy technology, transportation technology, manufacturing technology, and communication technology are integrated in the curriculum design of this course. Eighteen students were trained and observed in Shalu Junior High School in Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. from September, 2015 to February, 2016. The study serves as an example of how students can design an autonomous sensor system for disaster management, send data to the cloud operation system, and remote control the intelligent robot on various disaster simulation experimental sites. The conclusions of this research are as follows: 1.This course enables students to have better understanding of the smart campus. 2.This course enhances students’ practical abilities to build smart campus models. 3.This course helps students to learn the software/hardware of the Internet of Things (IOT) via the practical experience of using technical bricks.
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Books on the topic "Smart bricks"

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Mkomwa, Saidi, and Amir Kassam, eds. Conservation agriculture in Africa: climate smart agricultural development. Wallingford: CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245745.0000.

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Abstract This book is about Conservation Agriculture (the use of no tillage systems) to preserve soil structure and integrity. It has become an increasingly important step towards sustainable farming. This publication brings together conservation agriculture and climate smart decision making processes for the first time, focusing on Africa. This book brings to the fore scientific and empirical evidence about Conservation Agriculture in Africa, articulated by the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2ACCA) held in Johannesburg in 2018. It describes how farmers in Africa are successfully adopting Conservation Agriculture as an alternative to the unsustainable conventional farming practices and as a solution to loss of agricultural productivity, soil erosion and land degradation, climate change challenges and ever-increasing food insecurity. This work discusses how Conservation Agriculture can support the implementation of the African Union's Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063 which calls for climate smart agricultural development. It provides development-oriented case studies and scientific evidence relevant to all stakeholders in the public, private and civil sectors who are engaged in building policy, institutional and human capacity to accelerate the mainstreaming of Conservation Agriculture across Africa.
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Garvin, Kristina. The Brides Consumer Guide: Smart Shopping for Your Wedding. 3rd ed. Weatherford Pubns, 1988.

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Ciudades inteligentes totalmente integrales, eficientes y sostenibles. Editorial Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.35985/9789585522510.

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Smart Cities are the result of the increasingly urgent need to orient our lives towards sustainability. Therefore, these cities use infrastructure, innovation and technology to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, in order to improve the quality of life of their citizens. Being a strategic issue that brings new challenges, the organizers request participation in the I IberoAmerican Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2018), which will be a discussion forum that will create synergies among different research groups to favor the development of Smart Cities, and contribute to their knowledge and integration in different scenarios, their possible development and the strategies to address them.
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Colpaert, Jozef, and Glenn Stockwell, eds. Smart CALL: Personalization, Contextualization, & Socialization. Castledown Publishers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.29140/9781914291012.

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This book brings together some thought-provoking papers around the theme of “Smart CALL.” The term “smart” nowadays means “connected to and exchanging information with other devices.” The contributions in this volume focus on a more human-centered perspective, namely the definition of smartness in terms of three qualities or dimensions: personalization (adaptation to the learner and the teacher), contextualization (adaptation to the sociocultural, educational, and geotemporal context of the learner) and socialization (the extent to which CALL stimulates interaction and relatedness between the learner, co-learner, teacher, and other stakeholders). Contributing authors are established scholars coming from different continents, using different technologies, and representing different points of view. A smart initiative.
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Baars, Robert, and Marco Verschuur. Inclusive and climate smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains (CSDEK) : practice briefs : 2019-2020. Van Hall Larenstein, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31715/2020.2.

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This booklet presents sixteen 'practice briefs' which are popular publications based on 12 Master and one Bachelor theses of Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL). All theses were commissioned through the research project entitled 'Inclusive and climate smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains (CSDEK)'. The objective of this research is to identify scalable, climate smart dairy business models in the context of the ongoing transformation from informal to formal dairy chains in Kenya and Ethiopia.
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James, Harrison. Wedding Tips for Brides: Helpful Tips, Smart Ideas and Disaster Dodgers for a Stress-Free Wedding Day. Summersdale Publishers, 2023.

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Abásolo Guerrero, María José, and Gonzalo Olmedo Cifuentes, eds. Proceedings of the X Iberoamerican Conference on Applications and Usability of Interactive TV jAUTI2021. Facultad de Informática (UNLP), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35537/10915/143302.

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The X Ibero-American Conference on Applications and Usability of TVDI jAUTI 2021 is an organization of the Department of Electricity, Electronics and Telecommunications and the WiCOM-Energy Research Group of the University of the Armed Forces ESPE together with RedAUTI (Thematic Network on Applications and Usability of Interactive Digital Television). This year's edition was held from December 2 to 3, 2021 in the city of Sangolquí, Ecuador, taking place online. This book brings together 18 works presented on the design, development and experiences of applications for interactive digital television and related technologies (IPTV, Smart TV, Connected TV, and Web TV).
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Dinçer, İbrahim, and Mehmet Akif Ezan, eds. Energy: Concepts and Applications. Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.53478/tuba.978-625-8352-00-9.

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This edited book, which is a piece of artwork prepared TUBA-Energy Working Group, brings a holistic approach to energy and covers all aspects of it, ranging from its history and importance to fundamental thermodynamic concepts and from the dimensions of energy systems to the role of innovation in these systems. The topics covered in the book are extensive and include basic thermodynamic concepts and methods, traditional fossil fuels, renewable energy resources, nuclear energy, biofuels, and alternative fuels, hydrogen energy, waste-to-energy, energy conservation and efficiency, energy storage, energy materials, smart grids, energy policies and strategies, economics and effectiveness of energy systems, energy- environment-sustainability as well as energy innovation.
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Knieps, Günter, and Volker Stocker, eds. The Future of the Internet. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748902096.

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Strong dynamics and multifaceted innovations characterise the Internet. In this rapidly evolving ecosystem, challenges but also questions concerning innovation, integration and sustainability arise. The Internet of things brings disruptive innovations which are no longer limited to communication applications, but rather spur the transition of traditional network industries into intelligent (smart) networks. Critical requirements are QoS differentiated All-IP bandwidth capacities combined with sensor networks, geopositioning services and big data. In this volume, leading international researchers present their latest findings on the dynamics of the Internet in the future, covering a variety of current and highly relevant issues related to the Internet of things, 5G, interconnection, Internet ecosystem innovation and network neutrality. With contributions by Günter Knieps, Volker Stocker, Bert Sadowski, Onder Nomaler, Jason Whalley, Thomas Fetzer, Johannes M. Bauer, William Lehr, Iris Henseler-Unger, Falk von Bornstaedt, Marlies Van der Wee, ­Frederic Vannieuwenborg, Sofie Verbrugge, Christopher S. Yoo, Jesse Lambert­
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English, Bonnie, and Nazanin Hedayat Munroe. A Cultural History of Western Fashion. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350150928.

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Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect the politics and preoccupations of the society that produced it. A Cultural History of Western Fashion guides you through the relationships between designer fashions, popular culture, big business and high-tech production, as well as traditional and social media. Exploring fashion’s interdisciplinary nature, English and Munroe also highlight the parallel evolution of clothing design and the other visual arts over the last 150 years. This new edition includes expanded coverage of the build up to the First World War and brings this classic text up to date. There’s also a new chapter on ‘Smart Textiles and Technology’, exploring the work of Hussein Chalayan and Iris Van Herpen among others. There is also expanded coverage of the role of sustainability in the contemporary fashion industry, including biosynthetic textile production and Stella McCartney’s use of vegan leather.
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Book chapters on the topic "Smart bricks"

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Mohan, Harish T., Renjith Mohan, Francesca Whitaker, Daniel Gaskell, and Gaspard Gindt. "Design and Development of LDPE Plastic Bricks Through Triangulation Methodology." In IOT with Smart Systems, 551–59. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3945-6_54.

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Meoni, Andrea, Antonella D’Alessandro, Giorgio Virgulto, Nicola Buratti, and Filippo Ubertini. "Smart Bricks for Monitoring Strain in Full-Scale Masonry Structures: Recent Advances and First Field Application." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 835–43. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07254-3_84.

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Meoni, Andrea, Antonella D’Alessandro, Felice Saviano, Gian Piero Lignola, Fulvio Parisi, and Filippo Ubertini. "Seismic Monitoring of Masonry Structures Using Smart Bricks: Experimental Application to Masonry Walls Subjected to In-Plane Shear Loading." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 71–80. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07254-3_8.

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La Bella, Alessio. "Optimization-Based Control of Microgrids for Ancillary Services Provision and Islanded Operation." In Special Topics in Information Technology, 129–38. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62476-7_12.

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AbstractThe ongoing environmental crisis is pushing the electrical sector towards a radical transformation, as the wide diffusion of renewable sources requires the power system to be more distributed, cooperative, and flexible, being each portion of the grid now able to produce and absorb power. This poses much more coordination challenges with respect to the traditional centralized system, largely sustained by fully controllable fossil-based power plants. In this context, microgrids, i.e. intelligent small-scale grids equipped with distributed energy resources and smart loads, are considered as the fundamental bricks of this future paradigm. This is due to the opportunity of coordinating co-located sources and loads, and to the microgrids extreme flexibility, as they can be operated either connected to the main grid or in islanded mode. The contribution of this doctoral research consists in the design of dedicated control architectures for ensuring the efficient and secure operation of microgrids in these two modes, characterized by different challenges and opportunities.
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Meoni, Andrea, Antonella D’Alessandro, and Filippo Ubertini. "Recent Advances and Open Issues on the Use of Smart Bricks for Seismic Monitoring of Masonry Buildings: Experimental Tests and Numerical Simulations." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 851–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64594-6_82.

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Sharma, Amit Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, and Nitin Mishra. "Environmental Impact of Fly Ash Brick in Comparison with Traditional Brick." In Smart Technologies for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, 195–201. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6148-7_21.

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Rusakova, Ekaterina P., and Evgenia E. Frolova. "Current Problems of Digital Justice in the BRICS Countries." In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 143–53. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4621-8_12.

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Mirajkar, Naman, and Avlokita Agrawal. "Effect of Form Design on the Thermal Behavior of a Modular Fired Clay Brick." In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 265–75. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5974-3_23.

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Kundu, Amar, Lavanya Bachwal, Anshul Patle, Priyanka Rawal, and Gaur G. Ray. "An Ergonomic Assessment and Design Intervention on Mud-Transfer Activity in Brick-Making Industry, India." In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 505–17. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5974-3_44.

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Inshakova, Agnessa O., and Aleksey P. Anisimov. "Legal Regulation of the Development of Renewable Energy Sources in Russia, the BRICS, and EAEU Countries." In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 369–83. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4621-8_30.

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Conference papers on the topic "Smart bricks"

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HUANG, QIAO, DEBANGSU BHATTACHARYYA, RAJALEKSHMI PILLAI, KATARZYNA SABOLSKY, and EDWARD M. SABOLSKY. "Gasifier Health Monitoring using Smart Refractory Bricks." In Structural Health Monitoring 2017. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications, Inc., 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12783/shm2017/14160.

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D'Alessandro, Antonella, Filippo Ubertini, Austin Downey, Simon Laflamme, and Andrea Meoni. "Strain monitoring in masonry structures using smart bricks." In Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, edited by Hoon Sohn. SPIE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2297526.

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Grosseck, Gabriela, Laura Malita, Malinka Ivanova, and Carmen Holotescu. "MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES AS E-BRICKS FOR SMART CITIES." In eLSE 2014. Editura Universitatii Nationale de Aparare "Carol I", 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-14-033.

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Open Educational Resources and Massive Open Online Courses as e-bricks for Smart Cities Authors: Carmen Holotescu, Gabriela Grosseck, Laura Malita Nowadays when more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, when information and (mobile) communication technologies are real catalysts for innovations in all domains, there are a lot of studies and debates related to how our cities should become "Smart Cities", "Smarter Cities" or "Future Cities", in order to improve life quality and to reduce costs. The paper starts with a literature research related to definitions for the "Smart City" term and to the needed steps / action plans / strategies for such a transformation. The new citizens will have vital roles in building smart cities; they should be hyperconnected, creative, entrepreneurs, also they should actively participate and collaborate in the cities activities and decisions. The paper will explore: - How Open Educational Resources and Massive Open Online Courses can support the citizens engagement, learning and participation, also new skills and competencies development? - How the authorities can collaborate with universities and researchers to develop specific OER and to organize such courses? Which new policies are neeeded? - Which features should be offered by MOOCs platforms and how such courses can be facilitated? - What lessons can be learned from current projects targeting these issues? References: Bacsich, P., & Pepler, G. (2013). Learner Use of Online Content.Teaching and Learning Online: New Models of Learning for a Connected World, 2, 75. Buchem, I., & P?rez-Sanagust?n, M. (2013). Personal Learning Environments in Smart Cities: Current Approaches and Future Scenarios. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/sites/default/files/asset/In-depth_35_1.pdf Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, London. (2013). The Maturing of the MOOC. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/240193/13-1173-maturing-of-the-mooc.pdf Falconer, I., McGill, L., Littlejohn, A., Boursinou, E., & Punie, Y. (2013). Overview and Analysis of Practices with Open Educational Resources in Adult Education in Europe. ftp://ftp.jrc.es/pub/EURdoc/JRC85471.pdf
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Mir, Fariha, Mohammad Sadegh Saadatzi, Sourav Banerjee, and Riaz U. Ahmed. "The possibility of harvesting electrical energy from industrial noise barriers using meta-wall bricks." In Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, edited by Hoon Sohn. SPIE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2296422.

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Gu, Wenbiao, Junyang Wang, Jun Wen, Jingkun Yu, and Zhaoyang Liu. "Effect of different boron-containing additives on the oxidation resistance of carbon–bonded magnesia bricks." In International Conference on Advanced Sensing and Smart Manufacturing (ASSM 2022), edited by Zhisheng Zhang and Jianxiong Zhu. SPIE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2651934.

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D'Alessandro, Antonella, Andrea Meoni, Nicola Cavalagli, Massimiliano Gioffrè, and Filippo Ubertini. "APPLICATIONS OF SMART BRICKS FOR STRAIN FIELD RECONSTRUCTION IN MASONRY WALLS: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND SHAKING TABLE TESTS." In 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Athens: Institute of Structural Analysis and Antiseismic Research School of Civil Engineering National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7712/120119.6931.20032.

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Fonseca, Vinicius Prado da, and Paulo F. F. Rosa. "Tracking Objects in a Smart Home." In 2013 BRICS Congress on Computational Intelligence & 11th Brazilian Congress on Computational Intelligence (BRICS-CCI & CBIC). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/brics-cci-cbic.2013.101.

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Baryshev, Gennady K., Aleksandr V. Berestov, Ilya I. Rodko, Anton N. Tokarev, and Nadezhda A. Konashenkova. "Smart engineering training for BRICS countries." In the Internationsl Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3129757.3129760.

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Gračner, Tadej, Luka Herman, and Brigita Gajšek. "POTENTIAL OF IMPLEMENTING SMART GLASSES IN A BRICK AND MORTAR SHOP ENVIRONMENT." In 15th International Bata Conference for Ph.D. Students and Young Researchers. Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7441/dokbat.2019.029.

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Albuquerque, Otávio de Paula, Marcelo Fantinato, Sarajane Marques Peres, and Patrick C. K. Hung. "An exploratory research about ethical issues on a smart toy: The Hello Barbie case study." In Workshop sobre as Implicações da Computação na Sociedade. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/wics.2022.222803.

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Smart toys are becoming increasingly present in children's lives, reinforcing the relevance of this market niche. Advances in user interfaces and artificial intelligence have been incorporated into smart toys to provide greater autonomy and inductive reasoning skills through machine learning. However, machine learning embedded in smart toys not only brings benefits but also potential problems of bias, possibly related to prejudice and discrimination. This work aims to explore Mattel's Hello Barbie smart toy in a case study, seeking to analyze its knowledge base and conversational functionality to identify possible ethical issues that could cause harm to children. The intention is to show unknown risks that can occur in the evolution's process of smart toys.
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Price, Roz. Climate Adaptation: Lessons and Insights for Governance, Budgeting, and Accountability. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.008.

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This rapid review draws on literature from academic, policy and non-governmental organisation sources. There is a huge literature on climate governance issues in general, but less is known about effective support and the political-economy of adaptation. A large literature base and case studies on climate finance accountability and budgeting in governments is nascent and growing. Section 2 of this report briefly discusses governance of climate change issues, with a focus on the complexity and cross-cutting nature of climate change compared to the often static organisational landscape of government structured along sectoral lines. Section 3 explores green public financial management (PFM). Section 4 then brings together several principles and lessons learned on green PFM highlighted in the guidance notes. Transparency and accountability lessons are then highlighted in Section 5. The Key findings are: 1) Engaging with the governance context and the political economy of climate governance and financing is crucial to climate objectives being realised. 2) More attention is needed on whether and how governments are prioritising adaptation and resilience in their own operations. 3) Countries in Africa further along in the green PFM agenda give accounts of reform approaches that are gradual, iterative and context-specific, building on existing PFM systems and their functionality. 4) A well-functioning “accountability ecosystem” is needed in which state and non-state accountability actors engage with one another. 5) Climate change finance accountability systems and ecosystems in countries are at best emerging. 6) Although case studies from Nepal, the Philippines and Bangladesh are commonly cited in the literature and are seen as some of the most advanced developing country examples of green PFM, none of the countries have had significant examples of collaboration and engagement between actors. 7) Lessons and guiding principles for green PFM reform include: use the existing budget cycle and legal frameworks; ensure that the basic elements of a functional PFM system are in place; strong leadership of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and clear linkages with the overall PFM reform agenda are needed; smart sequencing of reforms; real political ownership and clearly defined roles and responsibilities; and good communication to stakeholders).
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