With the explosive advancements in wireless communications and digital electronics,some tiny devices,sensors,became a part of our daily life in numerous elds.Wireless sensor networks(WSNs)is composed of tiny sensor de...With the explosive advancements in wireless communications and digital electronics,some tiny devices,sensors,became a part of our daily life in numerous elds.Wireless sensor networks(WSNs)is composed of tiny sensor devices.WSNs have emerged as a key technology enabling the realization of the Internet of Things(IoT).In particular,the sensor-based revolution of WSN-based IoT has led to considerable technological growth in nearly all circles of our life such as smart cities,smart homes,smart healthcare,security applications,environmental monitoring,etc.However,the limitations of energy,communication range,and computational resources are bottlenecks to the widespread applications of this technology.In order to tackle these issues,in this paper,we propose an Energy-efcient Transmission Range Optimized Model for IoT(ETROMI),which can optimize the transmission range of the sensor nodes to curb the hot-spot problem occurring in multi-hop communication.In particular,we maximize the transmission range by employing linear programming to alleviate the sensor nodes’energy consumption and considerably enhance the network longevity compared to that achievable using state-of-the-art algorithms.Through extensive simulation results,we demonstrate the superiority of the proposed model.ETROMI is expected to be extensively used for various smart city,smart home,and smart healthcare applications in which the transmission range of the sensor nodes is a key concern.展开更多
Tuberculosis is a significant health problemin developing countries.Splenic tuberculosis usually occurs as a part of miliary tuberculosis,and ranks third after lung and liver involvement,respectively.Splenic involveme...Tuberculosis is a significant health problemin developing countries.Splenic tuberculosis usually occurs as a part of miliary tuberculosis,and ranks third after lung and liver involvement,respectively.Splenic involvement is more common in immunocompromised patients and is very rarely found in immunocompetent patients.Here we report a case of splenic tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient,which was managed successfully with conservative treatment.展开更多
基金supported by Korea Electric Power Corporation(Grant Number:R18XA02)。
文摘With the explosive advancements in wireless communications and digital electronics,some tiny devices,sensors,became a part of our daily life in numerous elds.Wireless sensor networks(WSNs)is composed of tiny sensor devices.WSNs have emerged as a key technology enabling the realization of the Internet of Things(IoT).In particular,the sensor-based revolution of WSN-based IoT has led to considerable technological growth in nearly all circles of our life such as smart cities,smart homes,smart healthcare,security applications,environmental monitoring,etc.However,the limitations of energy,communication range,and computational resources are bottlenecks to the widespread applications of this technology.In order to tackle these issues,in this paper,we propose an Energy-efcient Transmission Range Optimized Model for IoT(ETROMI),which can optimize the transmission range of the sensor nodes to curb the hot-spot problem occurring in multi-hop communication.In particular,we maximize the transmission range by employing linear programming to alleviate the sensor nodes’energy consumption and considerably enhance the network longevity compared to that achievable using state-of-the-art algorithms.Through extensive simulation results,we demonstrate the superiority of the proposed model.ETROMI is expected to be extensively used for various smart city,smart home,and smart healthcare applications in which the transmission range of the sensor nodes is a key concern.
文摘Tuberculosis is a significant health problemin developing countries.Splenic tuberculosis usually occurs as a part of miliary tuberculosis,and ranks third after lung and liver involvement,respectively.Splenic involvement is more common in immunocompromised patients and is very rarely found in immunocompetent patients.Here we report a case of splenic tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient,which was managed successfully with conservative treatment.
