Edinburgh Napier University

About: Edinburgh Napier University is a education organization based out in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 2665 authors who have published 6859 publications receiving 175272 citations.

FPDP: Flexible Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing Scheme for Smart Agriculture

Abstract: The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5th generation wireless network (5G) is set to push the smart agriculture to the next level since the massive and real-time data can be collected to monitor the status of crops and livestock, logistics management, and other important information. Recently, COVID-19 has attracted more human attention to food safety, which also has a positive impact on smart agriculture market share. However, the security and privacy concern for smart agriculture has become more prominent. Since smart agriculture implies working with large sets of data, which usually sensitive, some are even confidential, and once leakage it can expose user privacy. Meanwhile, considering the data publishing of smart agriculture helps the public or investors to real-timely anticipate risks and benefits, these data are also a public resource. To balance the data publishing and data privacy, in this article, a privacy-preserving data aggregation scheme with a flexibility property uses ElGamal Cryptosystem is proposed. It is proved to be secure, private, and flexible with the analysis and performance simulation.

Pulsed high voltage electric discharge disinfection of microbially contaminated liquids

Abstract: Aims: To examine the use of a novel multielectrode slipping surface discharge (SSD) treatment system, capable of pulsed plasma discharge directly in water, in killing micro-organisms. Methods and Results: Potable water containing Escherichia coli and somatic coliphages was treated with pulsed electric discharges generated by the SSD. The SSD system was highly efficient in the microbial disinfection of water with a low energy utilization (η ≈ 10 –4 kW h l –1 ). Conclusions: The SSD treatment was effective in the destruction of E. coli and its coliphages through the generation of u.v. radiation, ozone and free radicals. Significance and Impact of the Study: The non-thermal treatment method can be used for the eradication of micro-organisms in a range of contaminated liquids, including milk, negating the use of pasteurization. The method utilizes multipoint electric discharges capable of treating large volumes of liquid under static and flowing regimes.

State assignment of finite state machines using a genetic algorithm

Abstract: The use of genetic algorithms for the generation of optimal state assignments for synchronous finite state machines (FSM) is proposed. Results are presented to show that, in all examples attempted, the resulting state assignments are better than or at least as good as those produced by SPECTRAL, NOVA and MUSTANG and also closed partition assignments. On average, the genetic algorithm produced assignments with 33% less logic than the best produced by other algorithms.

Robotics for rehabilitation of hand movement in stroke survivors

Abstract: This article aims to give an overall review of research status in hand rehabilitation robotic technology, evaluating a number of devices. The main scope is to explore the current state of art to he...