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Design And Fpga Implementation Of Intelligent Fault Detection In Smart Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohammed H. Hadi, Abbas Hussain Issa, Atheer Alaa Sabri Jul 2026

Design And Fpga Implementation Of Intelligent Fault Detection In Smart Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohammed H. Hadi, Abbas Hussain Issa, Atheer Alaa Sabri

Engineering and Technology Journal

In this paper, both the design and hardware of Fault Detection (FD) in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) was implemented using FPGA NI myRIO kit, wireless temperature sensors network with small size, low cost, and low power consumption. Work data processing was performed using pattern recognition methods to detect residual generation. LabVIEW software environment was employed for system performance. In this paper. The design of the hardware circuit NI myRIO kit received temperature from the sensors. The examined system showed an ability to monitor and track any fault or fire that may occur; based on the results, if collected data is …


A New Method Using Naive Bayes And Rgbd Facial Identification Based On Extracted Features From Image Pixels, Wisam H. Ali Jul 2026

A New Method Using Naive Bayes And Rgbd Facial Identification Based On Extracted Features From Image Pixels, Wisam H. Ali

Engineering and Technology Journal

Nowadays, life seems to have been resilient, particularly for those with physical disabilities. Recognition of AV letters is one of the critical and famously the difficult structures. This research has been developed based on the potential of the features in some applications than the statistical properties. While, these features have been resolved the lip movement for AV letters recognition, Naive Bayesian and Red green blue and depth RGBD have been adopted for visual letter identification. Naive Bayesian has 73.33% for usual recognition with three letters, each with ten frames, while RGBD classifier is 100%. Within that for this case, two …


Design, Fabrication, And Testing Of An Electromechanical High-Temperature Tensile Test Machine, Taif Y. Ghadhban, Hussain J.M Al-Alkawi, Ahmed H. Reja Jul 2026

Design, Fabrication, And Testing Of An Electromechanical High-Temperature Tensile Test Machine, Taif Y. Ghadhban, Hussain J.M Al-Alkawi, Ahmed H. Reja

Engineering and Technology Journal

The following paper presents a developed design and manufacturing of a servo-driven Electromechanical high-temperature tensile machine with an integrated environmental chamber. The maximum load capacity is set to be 20 kn with the possibility of future upgrades. The machine is automated by a computerized system that controls the entire operation of the designed machine. It is designed to be capable for testing a variety of materials at various temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 500℃. The machine was fully controlled using automated software to control the entire operation and to provide users with a certified test report. The main …


Assessment Of The Water Quality Index Of The Tigris River Between The University Of Baghdad And Diyala River, Ayat N. Abed, Gahyda Y. Al Kindi, Tariq A. Hussain Jul 2026

Assessment Of The Water Quality Index Of The Tigris River Between The University Of Baghdad And Diyala River, Ayat N. Abed, Gahyda Y. Al Kindi, Tariq A. Hussain

Engineering and Technology Journal

The Tigris River is considered as one of the two major rivers in Iraq. Many factories are located on both bank of the river such as the public company for soft drinks, Al-Dura oil refinery, chemical, plastic, and leather factories, Dura electricity station, and others. It is well known that most discharge effluents into the river do not match national standard specifications. In addition, the major aim of the presented work is to assess the Water Quality Index (WQI) for the Tigris River starting from The University of Baghdad to 0.5 km downflow the confluence of the Diyala River. The …


Optimal Placement And Size Of Distributed Generators Based On Autoadd And Pso To Improve Voltage Profile And Minimize Power Losses, Mustafa R. Nasser, Inaam I. Ali, Mohammed H. Alkhafaji Jul 2026

Optimal Placement And Size Of Distributed Generators Based On Autoadd And Pso To Improve Voltage Profile And Minimize Power Losses, Mustafa R. Nasser, Inaam I. Ali, Mohammed H. Alkhafaji

Engineering and Technology Journal

This work aims to improve the voltage profile and reduce electrical network losses through optimal planning of distributed generators. A new search algorithm (Autoadd) along with the (PSO) are introduced to choose the best location and size for distributed generators. Two systems are implemented; a 33-bus test network and a 30-bus of a local community in the city of Al- Diwaniyah. At the power flow, a solution is implemented using a fixed-point iteration method within an OpenDSS environment to check the performance of both networks. Moreover, the optimal location and size of the distributed generators are determined using Autoadd and …


Detection Of Confusion Behavior Using A Facial Expression Based On Different Classification Algorithms, Fatima I. Yasser, Bassam H. Abd, Saad M. Abbas Jul 2026

Detection Of Confusion Behavior Using A Facial Expression Based On Different Classification Algorithms, Fatima I. Yasser, Bassam H. Abd, Saad M. Abbas

Engineering and Technology Journal

Confusion detection systems (CDSs) that need Noninvasive, mobile, and cost-effective methods use facial expressions as a technique to detect confusion. In previous works, the technology that the system used represents a major gap between this proposed CDS and other systems. This CDS depends on the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) that is used to extract facial features. The FACS shows the motion of the facial muscles represented by Action Units (AUs); the movement is represented with one facial muscle or more. Seven AUs are used as possible markers for detecting confusion that has been implemented in the form of a …


Pattern Recognition Of Composite Motions Based On Emg Signal Via Machine Learning, Noof T. Mahmooda, Mahmuod H. Al-Muifraje, Sameer K. Salih, Thamir R. Saeed Jul 2026

Pattern Recognition Of Composite Motions Based On Emg Signal Via Machine Learning, Noof T. Mahmooda, Mahmuod H. Al-Muifraje, Sameer K. Salih, Thamir R. Saeed

Engineering and Technology Journal

In the past few years, physical therapy plays a crucial role during rehabilitation. Numerous efforts are made to demonstrate the effectiveness of medical/ clinical and human-machine interface (HMI) applications. One of the most common control methods is using electromyography (EMG) signals generated by muscle contractions to implement the prosthetic human body parts. This paper presents an EMG signal classification system based on the EMG signal. The data is collected from biceps and triceps muscles for six different motions, i.e., bowing, clapping, handshaking, hugging, jumping, and running using a Myo armband with eight electromyography sensors. The Root Mean Square, Difference Absolute …


Congestion Avoidance And Control In Internet Router Based On Fuzzy Aqm, Hanan M. Kadhim, Ahmed A. Oglah Jul 2026

Congestion Avoidance And Control In Internet Router Based On Fuzzy Aqm, Hanan M. Kadhim, Ahmed A. Oglah

Engineering and Technology Journal

The internet has made the world a little community, linking millions of people, organizations, and equipment for different purposes. The great impact of these networks in our lives makes their efficiency a vital matter to take care of, and this needs handling some problems including congestion. In this paper, the fuzzy-PID controller is used to control the nonlinear TCP / AQM model. This controller adjusts congestion of the computer network and commits controlled pressurized signaling features. Many experiments were carried out using different network parameter values, various queue sizes, and additional disturbances to verify the robustness and efficiency of the …


A New Proposed Coding Method For Steganography Purpose, Suhad Kadhem Jul 2026

A New Proposed Coding Method For Steganography Purpose, Suhad Kadhem

Engineering and Technology Journal

Transferring data in a safe way is one of the things that have been of interest since ancient times. Data hiding or steganography is a method used to protect the data during its transmission. Coding is a method to represent the data in another shape, so a high level of security is achieved by using coding and hiding data together. The proposed method is a hybrid between coding and hiding, but this paper focuses on proposed a data coding part only, such that the cover text (that used for information hiding) will be used to extract private information between the …


An Improved Method For Combine (Lsb And Msb) Based On Color Image Rgb, Sally A. Mahdi Jul 2026

An Improved Method For Combine (Lsb And Msb) Based On Color Image Rgb, Sally A. Mahdi

Engineering and Technology Journal

Image steganography is the art of hiding data into an image by using the secret key. This paper presents two techniques that combine the most significant bit (MSB) as well as the least significant bit (LSB) based on a color image (24bit for RGB). The presented study proposes a novel method to combine (LSB and MSB) bits based on check MSB values and replace bits from LSB with a secret message. The result of this proposed method that made not affect quality stego -image based on the resulting histogram that shows a match between the cover image and stego- image …


Smart Door For Handicapped People Via Face Recognition And Voice Command Technique, Hanaa M. Salman, Rana T. Rasheed Jul 2026

Smart Door For Handicapped People Via Face Recognition And Voice Command Technique, Hanaa M. Salman, Rana T. Rasheed

Engineering and Technology Journal

Smart home indicates an application for different technological implementations, it could indicate any system which controls the door lock and several other devices. Facial identification which is an important section to achieve surveillance and safety, especially for handicapped people, can be considered as one of the ways that deal with biometrics and performed to identify facial images via utilizing fundamental features of the face. A Raspberry Pi-based face recognition system using conventional face detection and recognition techniques is going to be supplied, so the method in which image-built biometrics uses a Raspberry Pi is described. The aim of the paper …


Encryption Voip Based On Generated Biometric Key For Rc4 Algorithm, Raya W. Abd Aljabar, Nidaa F. Hassan Jul 2026

Encryption Voip Based On Generated Biometric Key For Rc4 Algorithm, Raya W. Abd Aljabar, Nidaa F. Hassan

Engineering and Technology Journal

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls are susceptible to interfere at many points by many attackers, thus encryption considered an important part in keeping VoIP. In this paper, Encryption VoIP based on Generated Biometric Key for RC4 Algorithm is proposed to encrypt the voice data before transmitting it over the network. The system uses a stream algorithm based on RC4 encryption with the new method of biometrics based Key generation technique. This system has generated complex keys in offline phase which is formed depend on features extracted using Linear Discernment Analysis (LDA) from face images. The experimental work shows that …


Data Center Enhancement By Server Resources Utilization, Haider A. Ghanem, Rana F. Ghani, Mohammed N. Fadhil Jul 2026

Data Center Enhancement By Server Resources Utilization, Haider A. Ghanem, Rana F. Ghani, Mohammed N. Fadhil

Engineering and Technology Journal

Data centers are the main nerve of the Internet because of its hosting, storage, cloud computing and other services. All these services require a lot of work and resources, such as energy and cooling. The main problem is how to improve the work of data centers through increased resource utilization by using virtual host simulations and exploiting all server resources. In this paper, we have considered memory resources, where Virtual machines were distributed to hosts after comparing the virtual machines with the host from where the memory and putting the virtual machine on the appropriate host, this will reduce the …


A Proposal Video Encryption Using Light Stream Algorithm, Ataa R. Alawi, Nidaa F. Hassan Jul 2026

A Proposal Video Encryption Using Light Stream Algorithm, Ataa R. Alawi, Nidaa F. Hassan

Engineering and Technology Journal

Video encrypting is one technique to protect digital videos, it used to avoid unwanted interference and viewing of the transmitted videos. In this paper, a new selective video cryptography algorithm is suggested using light stream algorithm. As it known video size is large in size and it consume time in the encryption process, ChaCha a light encryption algorithm has been used to reduce the encryption time, encryption is done by Xoring frames of video with the key generated from ChaCha algorithm, it produced an acceptable results from robustness point view, but still encryption process consumed time, thus to speed up …


Intelligent Feature Selection Methods: A Survey, Noor Jameel, Hasanen S. Abdullah Jul 2026

Intelligent Feature Selection Methods: A Survey, Noor Jameel, Hasanen S. Abdullah

Engineering and Technology Journal

Consider feature selection is the main in intelligent algorithms and machine learning to select the subset of data to help acquire the optimal solution. Feature selection used an extract the relevance of the data and discarding the irrelevance of the data with increment fast to select it and to reduce the dimensional of dataset. In the past, it used traditional methods, but these methods are slow of fast and accuracy. In modern times, however, it uses the intelligent methods, Genetic algorithm and swarm optimization methods Ant colony, Bees colony, Cuckoo search, Particle optimization, fish algorithm, cat algorithm, Genetic algorithm ...etc. …


Survey Of Recent Video Watermarking Techniques, Taisir N. Hummadia, Nidaa F. Hassanb Jul 2026

Survey Of Recent Video Watermarking Techniques, Taisir N. Hummadia, Nidaa F. Hassanb

Engineering and Technology Journal

With the development of the Internet coupled with expanding the accessibility of multimedia, various copyright issues have resulted. Several researchers have been working on watermarks to provide the security, durability, and a perception of multimedia. This paper a review of some recent works is presented related to video watermarking techniques, this study focuses on the pros and cons of recent video watermarking, areas of application, and the different types and attacks that are standing against these watermarking techniques. The results obtained from this study showed that watermark techniques based on the transfer domain, are more popular than those of the …


A New Hybrid Technique For Face Identification Based On Facial Parts Moments Descriptors, Shaymaa M. Hamandi, Abdul Monem S. Rahma, Rehab F. Hassan Jul 2026

A New Hybrid Technique For Face Identification Based On Facial Parts Moments Descriptors, Shaymaa M. Hamandi, Abdul Monem S. Rahma, Rehab F. Hassan

Engineering and Technology Journal

Robust facial feature extraction is an effective and important process for face recognition and identification system. The facial features should be invariant to scaling, translation, illumination and rotation, several feature extraction techniques may be used to increase the recognition accuracy. This paper inspects three-moment invariants techniques and then determines how is influenced by the variation which may happen to the various shapes of the face (globally and locally) Globally means the whole face shapes and locally means face part's shape (right eye, left eye, mouth, and nose). The proposed technique is tested using CARL database images. The proposal method of …


License Plate Tilt Correction: A Review, Nada N. Kamal, Enas Tariq Jul 2026

License Plate Tilt Correction: A Review, Nada N. Kamal, Enas Tariq

Engineering and Technology Journal

Tilt correction is an essential step in the license plate recognition system (LPR). The main goal of this article is to provide a review of the various methods that are presented in the literature and used to correct different types of tilt that appear in the digital image of the license plates (LP). This theoretical survey will enable the researchers to have an overview of the available implemented tilt detection and correction algorithms. That’s how this review will simplify for the researchers the choice to determine which of the available rotation correction and detection algorithms to implement while designing their …


Motion Estimation For Gray Level Videos Using Different Block Matching Algorithms, Tareq Z. Hammood, Matheel E. Abdulmunim Jul 2026

Motion Estimation For Gray Level Videos Using Different Block Matching Algorithms, Tareq Z. Hammood, Matheel E. Abdulmunim

Engineering and Technology Journal

Motion Estimation (ME) is a very important operation in video coding. In order to reduce complexity of computations involved in ME and to increase quality of this process, many Block Matching Motion Estimation (BMME) Algorithms are proposed. The aim of this paper is to compare between these algorithms and find the best one. Seven BMME algorithms are used in this paper. The performance of each algorithm is evaluated for different types of motion to determine the best one of these algorithms. The evaluation is based on search points, and Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR). The simulation shows that Hexagonal …


Analysis And Implementation Of Kerberos Protocol In Hybrid Cloud Computing Environments, Turkan A. Khaleel Jul 2026

Analysis And Implementation Of Kerberos Protocol In Hybrid Cloud Computing Environments, Turkan A. Khaleel

Engineering and Technology Journal

The concept of cloud computing has recently changed how hardware, software, and information are handled. However, security challenges and credibility requirements have never changed and may have increased. Protecting cloud computing and providing security for its resources and users is one of the critical challenges. As a result, most users are afraid to use their resources, because many security problems must be met. For example, authentication and reliability are major security constraints and must be provided in a cloud computing environment. There is a wide range of authentication protocols in use, but the researcher has recommended the Kerberos protocol to …


A Proposed Speaker Recognition Method Based On Long-Term Voice Features And Fuzzy Logic, Iman H. Hadi, Alia K. Abdul-Hassan Jul 2026

A Proposed Speaker Recognition Method Based On Long-Term Voice Features And Fuzzy Logic, Iman H. Hadi, Alia K. Abdul-Hassan

Engineering and Technology Journal

Speaker recognition depends on specific predefined steps. The most important steps are feature extraction and features matching. In addition, the category of the speaker voice features has an impact on the recognition process. The proposed speaker recognition makes use of biometric (voice) attributes to recognize the identity of the speaker. The long-term features were used such that maximum frequency, pitch and zero crossing rate (ZCR). In features matching step, the fuzzy inner product was used between feature vectors to compute the matching value between a claimed speaker voice utterance and test voice utterances. The experiments implemented using (ELSDSR) data set. …


Assessing The Performance Of The Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Using Smart Curtain Through (Pso Based Pid) Controller And Nano Fluids, Hosham S.Anead, Khalid F. Sultan, Sura Abdul Jabbar Jul 2026

Assessing The Performance Of The Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Using Smart Curtain Through (Pso Based Pid) Controller And Nano Fluids, Hosham S.Anead, Khalid F. Sultan, Sura Abdul Jabbar

Engineering and Technology Journal

This research revealed control on Nano fluid temperature in the evacuated tube solar collector system, where Nano fluids used in ETSC as working fluid to increase heating system thermal efficiency. Smart curtain was used to shadow the evacuated tube solar collector and to control the temperature of the Nano fluid in heating or cooling condition which is moved by the stepper motor which is programmed to move through the Arduino board using an artificial intelligence method such as (PSO based PID) controller method . Where the curtain's main idea is to control the polarization of the sun's radiation, the work …


A Brief Survey On Modern Iris Feature Extraction Methods, Hanaa M. Ahmed, Mohammed A. Taha Jul 2026

A Brief Survey On Modern Iris Feature Extraction Methods, Hanaa M. Ahmed, Mohammed A. Taha

Engineering and Technology Journal

This paper presents a survey of some of the most recent research work on the extraction phase of the Iris recognition system. Iris biometric system has been used for person recognition in wide applications where person identity authentication required for its stability and uniqueness as compared to other biometric systems. Iris based recognition systems consist of stages are Iris localization, normalization, feature extraction, and matching. The extraction of features influences the precision and reliability of the biometric system, so several methods have been used.


Performance Evaluation Of Photovoltaic Panels By A Proposed Automated System Based On Microcontrollers, Mustafa Q. Ali, Monaf S. Tapoub, Hayder A. Dhahadc Jul 2026

Performance Evaluation Of Photovoltaic Panels By A Proposed Automated System Based On Microcontrollers, Mustafa Q. Ali, Monaf S. Tapoub, Hayder A. Dhahadc

Engineering and Technology Journal

In this paper, an automated test setup for PV panels using LabVIEW and several microcontrollers (μCs) based embedded systems has been designed, tested, and implemented. This PV testing system has been characterized as fully automated and the only human intervention required is to install the PV panel and to set the required testing conditions. Several PV panels were evaluated and tested, the obtained results showed a high degree of accuracy and conformity with several testing schemes that have been carried out numerically, manually and manufacturer specifications. The designed system is characterized by a high-performance standard with accuracy, precision, and resolution …


Evaluation Of Gridded Precipitation Products And Machine-Learning Models For Rainfall Prediction In Arid Regions - Case Study In Qassim Region, Ksa, Ragab Rabeiy Jul 2026

Evaluation Of Gridded Precipitation Products And Machine-Learning Models For Rainfall Prediction In Arid Regions - Case Study In Qassim Region, Ksa, Ragab Rabeiy

Yanbu Journal of Engineering and Science

Receiving rainfall predictions in dry regions such as Saudi Arabia is challenging due to limited observational stations and the temporal and spatial variability of rainfall events. This study explores the performance of nine remote sensing rainfall datasets over the Qassim region of central Saudi Arabia. High-resolution rainfall data from ground-based sources were used to evaluate the accuracy of CHIRPS, TRMM, GPM, PERSIANN, CMORPH, CFSR, TerraClimate, TerraClimate_Monthly, and ERA5 datasets. Performance metrics such as R2, RMSE, MAE, and bias were calculated to quantify the accuracy of each dataset. Analysis revealed that ERA5 generally demonstrated better accuracy than the other datasets with …


Dynamic Media Device Power Management Using Proximity Inferred From Wireless Signals, Nikita Agarwal Jul 2026

Dynamic Media Device Power Management Using Proximity Inferred From Wireless Signals, Nikita Agarwal

Defensive Publications Series

Power management for media devices can be inefficient when a user is listening to audio content but is not actively viewing the display, potentially leading to increased energy consumption. Systems and methods can manage display power by inferring user proximity. The technology can utilize wireless signal characteristics, such as a received signal strength indicator from a user's personal peripheral device (e.g., a smartwatch, smartphone, or earbuds), to establish virtual zones around a media playback device. When the system infers that a user has moved from a viewing zone to a listening zone, it can automatically deactivate the display panel while …


Implications Of Similarities And Differences Amongst Media Literacy Skills And Trust Across Communities Of Color, Erica Weintraub Austin, Nadia Ishrat Alamgir, Alexandra Elenitsa Fil, Sultana Ismet Jerin, Di Mu, Albert Junior Nyarko, Folake Racheal Okor, Pearl Omolara Oladele, Hae Yeon Seo, Andrew D. Sutherland Jul 2026

Implications Of Similarities And Differences Amongst Media Literacy Skills And Trust Across Communities Of Color, Erica Weintraub Austin, Nadia Ishrat Alamgir, Alexandra Elenitsa Fil, Sultana Ismet Jerin, Di Mu, Albert Junior Nyarko, Folake Racheal Okor, Pearl Omolara Oladele, Hae Yeon Seo, Andrew D. Sutherland

Journal of Media Literacy Education Pre-Prints

A 2020 survey of U.S. adults found that nonwhite respondents tended to report lower levels of media literacy than white respondents. However, their media literacy skills were associated with better COVID-19 knowledge and less acceptance of COVID-19 disinformation. This secondary analysis of the dataset (N=1264) explored how aspects of media literacy and media trust varied across communities of color. No significant differences in online information efficacy were found. White respondents scored higher than Hispanic/Latiné and Native American/Indigenous respondents on media literacy for source, and higher than Black and Hispanic/Latiné respondents on media literacy for content. White respondents also …


Imposter Syndrome And Self Determination In Clinical Social Work Supervision, Alexis Tarr Jul 2026

Imposter Syndrome And Self Determination In Clinical Social Work Supervision, Alexis Tarr

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This doctoral project is focused on the social work practice problem of limited understanding of how social workers experience clinical supervision in the context of imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome can affect confidence, decision making, and overall wellbeing, making it an important issue in clinical social work practice. The purpose of this study was to explore how social workers describe and make meaning of their supervision experiences involving feelings of imposter syndrome. Guiding practice-focused research questions were used to examine how social workers experienced clinical supervision and described autonomy, competence, and relatedness. This study was informed by the self-determination theory, which …


Southeastern United States Community College Instructors’ Perceptions In Implementing Universal Design For Learning, Marshalle Lockhart Jul 2026

Southeastern United States Community College Instructors’ Perceptions In Implementing Universal Design For Learning, Marshalle Lockhart

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem that was addressed through this study is that community college instructors struggle to implement universal design for learning (UDL) in Southeastern districts in the United States. Grounded in UDL, which was developed by the Center for Applied Technology, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore community college instructors’ perceptions on the challenges they face when implementing UDL in their classroom. For this basic qualitative study, semistructured interviews were conducted with eight community college instructors. Using deductive coding, the data were analyzed using a thematic approach with five themes emerging: (a) UDL improves access but does not …


Hotter Than The Fire: Analysis Of Indonesia's Forest And Peatland Fire Policy Contention, 2015–2024, Dede Setiono, Nunuk Retnandari, Putri Wulandari Jul 2026

Hotter Than The Fire: Analysis Of Indonesia's Forest And Peatland Fire Policy Contention, 2015–2024, Dede Setiono, Nunuk Retnandari, Putri Wulandari

Forest and Society

The catastrophic forest and peatland fires of 2015 served as a critical juncture for Indonesia, catalyzing an unprecedented wave of policy reforms aimed at fire prevention and ecosystem restoration. Despite this, major fire events recurred in 2019 and 2023, exposing a persistent gap between policy ambition and on-the-ground reality. This article investigates the underlying reasons for this continued policy failure. This study employs a qualitative, interpretive approach, drawing on 25 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders across government, the corporate sector, civil society, and local communities conducted between 2023 and 2024. The analysis reveals that Indonesia's fire crisis is not …