A decentralised low-power ZigBee-based localisation approach by Tareq Ali Alhmiedat, Shuang-Hua Yang

“…End-devices are collaborated in the tracking process in order to reduce the power-consumption for ZigBee networks. The proposed tracking system can be deployed in an area where the density of router nodes is very low. …”
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A time-synchronized ZigBee building network for smart water management by Chung K. Wu, Hongxu Zhu, Loi L. Lai, Anna Chang, Fengjun Li, Kim F. Tsang, Roy Kalawsky

“…The simulation result shows that the mean synchronization error and variance are low.…”
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A ZigBee-based mobile tracking system through wireless sensor networks by Tareq Ali Alhmiedat, Shuang-Hua Yang

“…Wireless sensor networks have been deployed widely. Sensor networks involve sensor nodes which are very small in size, low in cost and have a short battery-life. …”
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An improved energy efficient approach for wsn based tracking applications by Tareq Ali Alhmiedat, Shuang-Hua Yang

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Tracking mobile targets through Wireless Sensor Networks by Tareq Ali Alhmiedat

“…In recent years, advances in signal processing have led to small, low power, inexpensive Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). …”
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Low leisure-based sitting time and being physically active were associated with reduced odds of death and diabetes in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort st... by Zoe McKeough, Sonia Wing Mei Cheng, Jennifer Alison, Christine Jenkins, Mark Hamer, Emmanuel Stamatakis

“…Results The 584 participants had a mean age of 64 years (SD 12) and 52% were male. Over 5.5 years (SD 1.3) of follow-up, there were 81 all-cause deaths from 433 COPD participants with available data. …”
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Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedentary time with markers of cardiometabolic health in English adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the He... by Kishan Bakrania, Charlotte L. Edwardson, Danielle H. Bodicoat, Dale Esliger, Jason M.R. Gill, A. Kazi, Latha Velayudhan, Alan J. Sinclair, Naveed Sattar, Stuart J.H. Biddle, Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie J. Davies, Thomas E. Yates

“…Methods Using the 2008 Health Survey for England dataset, 2131 participants aged ≥18 years, who provided valid accelerometry data, were included for analysis and grouped into one of four behavioural categories: (1) ‘Busy Bees’: physically active & low sedentary, (2) ‘Sedentary Exercisers’: physically active & high sedentary, (3) ‘Light Movers’: physically inactive & low sedentary, and (4) ‘Couch Potatoes’: physically inactive & high sedentary. …”
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Wireless supervisory control and data acquisition system for photovoltaic installations by Michal Krawczynski, Ralph Gottschalg

“…In presented paper novel, wireless ZigBee technology has been applied to develop robust, accurate, easy to install, low cost and autonomous sensing solution for photovoltaic supervisory systems.…”
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