Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713728
P. Ash, A. Bist, D. Sullivan, S. Chandran, Nikhil K. Kothurkar
This paper describes the dramatic success in the eco-restoration of a heavy-metal contaminated open garbage dump. A number of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cu, Co, Pb, Hg, Cr) were detected in the soil and river sediment at the site. The main restoration activities included mulching, surface-addition of compost and fresh soil and phytoremediation using vetiver and other plants. Within three years of the restoration activities, heavy metal concentrations in the contaminated soil reduced drastically. There was relatively low uptake of the heavy metals by the plants; however, they might have been crucially responsible for providing a favorable environment for soil-restoring microrganisms in their rhizosphere. Observable habitat-restoration continues at the site, including the return of birds and insects and other wildlife, making this an ideal site for further research and demonstration for community awareness and education.
{"title":"Rehabilitating former landfill sites: A case study in habitat restoration","authors":"P. Ash, A. Bist, D. Sullivan, S. Chandran, Nikhil K. Kothurkar","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713728","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the dramatic success in the eco-restoration of a heavy-metal contaminated open garbage dump. A number of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cu, Co, Pb, Hg, Cr) were detected in the soil and river sediment at the site. The main restoration activities included mulching, surface-addition of compost and fresh soil and phytoremediation using vetiver and other plants. Within three years of the restoration activities, heavy metal concentrations in the contaminated soil reduced drastically. There was relatively low uptake of the heavy metals by the plants; however, they might have been crucially responsible for providing a favorable environment for soil-restoring microrganisms in their rhizosphere. Observable habitat-restoration continues at the site, including the return of birds and insects and other wildlife, making this an ideal site for further research and demonstration for community awareness and education.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131478084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713705
R. K. Megalingam, A. P. Rajendran, Deepak Dileepkumar, Abhiram Thejus Soloman
Automatic navigation systems have a wide range of applications and are usually implemented in many robotic systems. The area of interest here is an automated powered wheelchair for the elderly and physically challenged individuals, which empower them to navigate inside their homes without having to continuously steer the wheelchair. Such a system dramatically reduces the amount of continuous physical effort the user has to apply. This is achieved by mapping the floor plan of a house into number of square grids, with each grid having a unique address. The Location Aware and Remembering Navigation (LARN) algorithm, which is based on the Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm, calculates the shortest path to a set of predefined locations inside the house. With sufficient hardware to measure the orientation of the wheelchair and distance traversed, LARN can dynamically calculate the shortest path to any of the predefined locations. The greatest advantage of implementing LARN is the fact that the system would require no wireless devices to function. This paper discusses the implementation of the LAN algorithm on MATLAB. Simulation and testing of the algorithm is done in MATLAB 2008 and 2010 in both Intel i3 and i5 processors.
{"title":"LARN: Indoor navigation for elderly and physically challenged","authors":"R. K. Megalingam, A. P. Rajendran, Deepak Dileepkumar, Abhiram Thejus Soloman","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713705","url":null,"abstract":"Automatic navigation systems have a wide range of applications and are usually implemented in many robotic systems. The area of interest here is an automated powered wheelchair for the elderly and physically challenged individuals, which empower them to navigate inside their homes without having to continuously steer the wheelchair. Such a system dramatically reduces the amount of continuous physical effort the user has to apply. This is achieved by mapping the floor plan of a house into number of square grids, with each grid having a unique address. The Location Aware and Remembering Navigation (LARN) algorithm, which is based on the Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm, calculates the shortest path to a set of predefined locations inside the house. With sufficient hardware to measure the orientation of the wheelchair and distance traversed, LARN can dynamically calculate the shortest path to any of the predefined locations. The greatest advantage of implementing LARN is the fact that the system would require no wireless devices to function. This paper discusses the implementation of the LAN algorithm on MATLAB. Simulation and testing of the algorithm is done in MATLAB 2008 and 2010 in both Intel i3 and i5 processors.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116931161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713698
Plinio Soares Paolinelli Maciel, Samuel Batista da Silva, G. B. D. Medeiros, Thelma Virgínia Rodrigues
This paper is intended to demonstrate a smart solution to control one of the most important variables controlling the water quality, which is its pH, thus allowing to treat any reservoir and also perform the reuse of rainwater. The proposal is to produce a low-cost electronic application capable of maintaining the properties of the water within the standards.
{"title":"Innovative pH control for water: Reusing rainwater","authors":"Plinio Soares Paolinelli Maciel, Samuel Batista da Silva, G. B. D. Medeiros, Thelma Virgínia Rodrigues","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713698","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is intended to demonstrate a smart solution to control one of the most important variables controlling the water quality, which is its pH, thus allowing to treat any reservoir and also perform the reuse of rainwater. The proposal is to produce a low-cost electronic application capable of maintaining the properties of the water within the standards.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"41 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120850800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713657
D. Frame, P. Dauenhauer, K. Tembo, C. Currie, G. Ault
Advantages and challenges of an integrated approach to energy for development are presented through the Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme (MREAP) within context of the development of the Malawian energy sector. Initial indications suggest synergies exist between sub-programs of work that would otherwise be less likely to occur in non-integrated programs. Likewise, additional challenges such as coordination and management are required to realize the potential benefits. This paper presents a survey of the Malawian energy sector, an energy for development research framework and a programmatic outcome strategy designed for MREAP.
{"title":"An integrated approach to energy for development: Case study of the Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme","authors":"D. Frame, P. Dauenhauer, K. Tembo, C. Currie, G. Ault","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713657","url":null,"abstract":"Advantages and challenges of an integrated approach to energy for development are presented through the Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme (MREAP) within context of the development of the Malawian energy sector. Initial indications suggest synergies exist between sub-programs of work that would otherwise be less likely to occur in non-integrated programs. Likewise, additional challenges such as coordination and management are required to realize the potential benefits. This paper presents a survey of the Malawian energy sector, an energy for development research framework and a programmatic outcome strategy designed for MREAP.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124076737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713651
S. Sinha, Phumudzo R. Bebwele, C. Mouton
This paper describes the design and implementation of a microsensor-based air-quality monitoring system intended for earth observations. Traditionally, air-quality monitoring systems are limited to centralized or static sites and thus obtain a limited amount of data for estimation of hazardous air pollutants. The system in this paper was designed to improve the shortcomings experienced by traditional air-quality monitoring systems. The system uses the wireless sensor network (WSNs) nodes to sense and transmit selected ambient air-quality parameters to a sensor sink, which relays these parameters to a data terminal where final data processing is completed and the user interface is situated. The project development team that was involved in the design comprised a senior undergraduate student at the University of Pretoria and a group of eight grade-11 secondary-school learners from St Alban's College, a boys' high school situated in Pretoria, South Africa. While the undergraduate final-year student designed an analogous system by first principles, the secondary-school learners used educational air-quality microsensor off-the-shelf components. The learners used an Android-based input/output sensor node to communicate to a mobile phone, which managed the upload to a Google drive folder. As a secondary outcome, the educational air-quality microsensor systems developed through this undertaking would serve as an educational tool for improving the public understanding of air-quality, including a new national air-quality act in South Africa. This project was completed as an endeavor of Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE.
{"title":"An EPICS-in-IEEE initiative: Learners of St Alban's College and students of the University of Pretoria seek earth observation solutions through air-quality microsensing","authors":"S. Sinha, Phumudzo R. Bebwele, C. Mouton","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713651","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and implementation of a microsensor-based air-quality monitoring system intended for earth observations. Traditionally, air-quality monitoring systems are limited to centralized or static sites and thus obtain a limited amount of data for estimation of hazardous air pollutants. The system in this paper was designed to improve the shortcomings experienced by traditional air-quality monitoring systems. The system uses the wireless sensor network (WSNs) nodes to sense and transmit selected ambient air-quality parameters to a sensor sink, which relays these parameters to a data terminal where final data processing is completed and the user interface is situated. The project development team that was involved in the design comprised a senior undergraduate student at the University of Pretoria and a group of eight grade-11 secondary-school learners from St Alban's College, a boys' high school situated in Pretoria, South Africa. While the undergraduate final-year student designed an analogous system by first principles, the secondary-school learners used educational air-quality microsensor off-the-shelf components. The learners used an Android-based input/output sensor node to communicate to a mobile phone, which managed the upload to a Google drive folder. As a secondary outcome, the educational air-quality microsensor systems developed through this undertaking would serve as an educational tool for improving the public understanding of air-quality, including a new national air-quality act in South Africa. This project was completed as an endeavor of Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129014151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713735
S. K. Chopra, N. Mandaleeka
In few months from now, world will have more number of mobile phones than the total human beings breathing on this earth. Technology has become very pervasive in our lives. From agriculture to education, from transportation to smarter cities, from human rights to government, technology has impacted enormously in the well-being of people. It has changed the face of business as well. However, in the recent past, corporates have woken up to new challenges where their markets and margins have shrunk and resources from the society and environment are hard to come by. In their pursuit to survive and thrive, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives could play a strategic role for business in creating shared value for all the stakeholders including bottom of the pyramid (BOP) population. But the issue is many CSR initiatives have not been impactful, neither for the business nor for the society. In this paper, authors have proposed a 3*3 Shared Value Matrix of business value and social value, and mapped different kinds of CSR initiatives on to the matrix depending upon the impact they create. Philanthropy, volunteering efforts and technology are the drivers in the matrix for determining the impact. This paper also explains that by leveraging technology, most CSR initiatives can be evolved to create shared value for all the stakeholders. Authors have elaborated the matrix with the help of five case studies where CSR initiatives based on technology created varied forms of impact for all stakeholders.
{"title":"Creating shared value by aligning business and social objectives through the application of technology","authors":"S. K. Chopra, N. Mandaleeka","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713735","url":null,"abstract":"In few months from now, world will have more number of mobile phones than the total human beings breathing on this earth. Technology has become very pervasive in our lives. From agriculture to education, from transportation to smarter cities, from human rights to government, technology has impacted enormously in the well-being of people. It has changed the face of business as well. However, in the recent past, corporates have woken up to new challenges where their markets and margins have shrunk and resources from the society and environment are hard to come by. In their pursuit to survive and thrive, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives could play a strategic role for business in creating shared value for all the stakeholders including bottom of the pyramid (BOP) population. But the issue is many CSR initiatives have not been impactful, neither for the business nor for the society. In this paper, authors have proposed a 3*3 Shared Value Matrix of business value and social value, and mapped different kinds of CSR initiatives on to the matrix depending upon the impact they create. Philanthropy, volunteering efforts and technology are the drivers in the matrix for determining the impact. This paper also explains that by leveraging technology, most CSR initiatives can be evolved to create shared value for all the stakeholders. Authors have elaborated the matrix with the help of five case studies where CSR initiatives based on technology created varied forms of impact for all stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"63 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120888620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713679
M. M. Islam, J. V. Vate, John Heggestuen, Alex Nordenson, K. Dolan
What's known as the second disaster, a result of unsolicited in-kind donations, has been a long-standing problem in disaster relief. Over the years, NGOs have tried to convince donors to contribute only cash in an effort to reduce the impact of this issue. The “cash only” approach, however, has not been fully successful and the burden of unsolicited donations continues to cripple NGO relief operations in all major disasters. Although cash giving is most convenient for NGOs, it does not have the same emotional appeal for donors. In-kind donations are more tangible, specific, and often the most economical way to give. Yet because there is no formal mechanism to ensure they are appropriate and productive, unsolicited in-kind donations pose a challenge in disaster response. By establishing an on - line donation registry with national retailers, NGOs can solicit targeted in-kind donations for disaster relief in a timely fashion. During the Superstorm Sandy response in 2012, a group in New York proved this concept can work by repurposing Amazon's wedding registry to solicit relief supplies. They were able to collect over 35,000 needed items through the registry in the first few weeks after the storm. This paper reviews the forces that lead to the second disaster, describes a successful implementation of the on-line registry as part of the Superstorm Sandy response, compares the registry with a donation portal such as the Aidmatrix national donation portal and discusses the challenges and opportunities for implementing a registry on a national scale.
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Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713678
Liliya I. Besaleva, A. Weaver
Emergency resources are often insufficient to satisfy fully the demands for professional help and supplies after a public disaster. Furthermore, in a mass casualty situation, the emphasis shifts from ensuring the best possible outcome for each individual patient to ensuring the best possible outcome for the greatest number of patients. Historically, various manual and electronic medical triage systems have been used both under civil and military conditions to determine the order and priority of emergency treatment, transport, and best possible destination for the patients [13][14][15][16]. Unfortunately, none of those solutions has proven flexible, accurate, scalable or unobtrusive enough to meet the public's expectations [6]. In this paper, we provide insights into the trends, innovations, and challenges of contemporary crowdsourced e-Health and medical informatics applications in the context of emergency preparedness and response. Additionally, we demonstrate a system, called CrowdHelp, for real-time patient assessment which uses mobile electronic triaging accomplished via crowdsourced information. With the use of our system, emergency management professionals receive most of the information they need for preparing themselves to provide timely and accurate treatments of their patients even before dispatching a response team to the event.
{"title":"CrowdHelp: A crowdsourcing application for improving disaster management","authors":"Liliya I. Besaleva, A. Weaver","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713678","url":null,"abstract":"Emergency resources are often insufficient to satisfy fully the demands for professional help and supplies after a public disaster. Furthermore, in a mass casualty situation, the emphasis shifts from ensuring the best possible outcome for each individual patient to ensuring the best possible outcome for the greatest number of patients. Historically, various manual and electronic medical triage systems have been used both under civil and military conditions to determine the order and priority of emergency treatment, transport, and best possible destination for the patients [13][14][15][16]. Unfortunately, none of those solutions has proven flexible, accurate, scalable or unobtrusive enough to meet the public's expectations [6]. In this paper, we provide insights into the trends, innovations, and challenges of contemporary crowdsourced e-Health and medical informatics applications in the context of emergency preparedness and response. Additionally, we demonstrate a system, called CrowdHelp, for real-time patient assessment which uses mobile electronic triaging accomplished via crowdsourced information. With the use of our system, emergency management professionals receive most of the information they need for preparing themselves to provide timely and accurate treatments of their patients even before dispatching a response team to the event.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122260725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713682
Rajan Vaish, S. T. Ishikawa, Jing Liu, Stephanie C. Berkey, Philip Strong, James Davis
We present a study that reviews current available methods for obtaining electronic health records (EHRs) to facilitate the provision of health services to patients from rural villages in developing countries. The study compares processes of digitizing health records by means of manual transcription, both by hiring a professional transcriptionist and by using online crowdsourcing platforms. Finally, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted to compare the studied transcription methods to an alternate technology-based solution that was developed to support in-the-field direct data entry.
{"title":"Digitization of health records in rural villages","authors":"Rajan Vaish, S. T. Ishikawa, Jing Liu, Stephanie C. Berkey, Philip Strong, James Davis","doi":"10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713682","url":null,"abstract":"We present a study that reviews current available methods for obtaining electronic health records (EHRs) to facilitate the provision of health services to patients from rural villages in developing countries. The study compares processes of digitizing health records by means of manual transcription, both by hiring a professional transcriptionist and by using online crowdsourcing platforms. Finally, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted to compare the studied transcription methods to an alternate technology-based solution that was developed to support in-the-field direct data entry.","PeriodicalId":168082,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127006394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-01DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713661
Y. Qudaih, Y. Mitani, Narima Amin
Energy poverty, defined as the lack of access to modern energy services such as electricity and clean cooking facilities, can escalate violence in areas of conflict especially where the borders close off access to fuel, as in the case of Gaza. Renewable Energy technology could help bring people the feeling of hope and security and offers positive impact to their health and to the environment. The strategy of approaching peace through providing clean and safe energy solutions to civilians that are affected by violence is crucial. Grameen Shakti Model, a social business developed by the 2006 Noble Peace Prize Winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh introduced Solar Home Systems (SHS), Biogas, and Improved Cookstoves to individual homes and has replicatied elsewhere. However, every country's situation is unique. In order to be effective and successful in expanding renewable energy in Gaza city, it is important to convince communities, researchers and governments to facilitate renewable energy applications in homes in the conflict area. The solar park as a social business integrating elements of the Grameen Shakti model is the first step to expose the Gaza city community and be a coordinating and training body for renewable energy initiatives. This paper illustrates statistical and technical elements of the Solar Park concept as well as the need for practical and demonstrative knowledge of the importance of renewable energy to offset the hazardous outcomes from the uses of existing fuel options.
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