Government Reports Annual Index


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Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.




Bibliothèque Canadienne Accessible II


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A workbook designed to help Canadian library staff evaluate how they are currently serving their clients with disabilities, and identify areas for improvement. Library staff are encouraged to work towards making their buildings, collections and services accessible for all Canadians.




Building Smart Home Automation Solutions with Home Assistant


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A step-by-step guide to building cost-effective and complete home automation DIY projects using tools such as Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, IoT devices, the Tasmota sensor, ESP32, and Grafana Key Features Learn by doing using real-life practical examples to build your own home automation system Create, hack, and configure IoT devices through hands-on projects to be used with or without Home Assistant Customize your home automation system using Home Assistant, Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionPicture a home where you can adjust the lighting based on the time of day or when movement is detected. In this same home, you can also detect when a door is unexpectedly opened or an alarm is triggered in response to any suspicious activity. Such automated devices form part of a smart home, and the exciting part is that this book teaches you how to create and manage these devices all by yourself. This book helps you create your own ecosystem to automate your home using Home Assistant software. You’ll begin by understanding the components of a home automation system and learn how to create, hack, and configure them to operate seamlessly. Then, you'll set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi to work as a home automation server, build your own IoT sensors based on ESP32/ESP8266, and set up real-life automation use cases using hands-on examples and projects. The chapters will also guide you in using software tools such as Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana to manage, present, and use data collected from your Home Automation devices. Finally, you’ll gain insights into new technologies and trends in the home automation space to help you continue with your learning journey. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build your own creative, IoT-based home automation system using different hardware and software technologies.What you will learn Understand the fundamental concepts of home automation systems Set up a home automation system using Home Assistant and Raspberry Pi Create and configure ESP8266-based sensors to work with Home Assistant Hack a commercial actuator to work with Home Assistant using Tasmota Create automations, customize, and use applications with Home Assistant Leverage IoT software tools to take your home automation to the next level Work on hands-on projects, including LED strip lights and an ESP32 five-zone temperature logger Explore home automation FAQs, emerging technologies, and trends Who this book is forThe book is for engineers, developers, students, makers, and enthusiasts who’re working on or interested in working with electronics and IoT devices, embedded systems, systems integration, computer software, and coding to develop their own smart home automation systems. Technicians, teachers, and other professionals who want to learn home automation–related technologies will also find this book useful. Prior experience of working with Raspberry Pi, creating hardware prototypes, and software programming will be beneficial.







Microlog, Canadian Research Index


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An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.




Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled


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What are the Key enablers to make this Home automation for the elderly and disabled move? What may be the consequences for the performance of an organization if all stakeholders are not consulted regarding Home automation for the elderly and disabled? How will variation in the actual durations of each activity be dealt with to ensure that the expected Home automation for the elderly and disabled results are met? What are the revised rough estimates of the financial savings/opportunity for Home automation for the elderly and disabled improvements? A compounding model resolution with available relevant data can often provide insight towards a solution methodology; which Home automation for the elderly and disabled models, tools and techniques are necessary? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Home automation for the elderly and disabled investments work better. This Home automation for the elderly and disabled All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Home automation for the elderly and disabled Self-Assessment. Featuring 701 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Home automation for the elderly and disabled improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Home automation for the elderly and disabled projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Home automation for the elderly and disabled and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Home automation for the elderly and disabled Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Home automation for the elderly and disabled areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Home automation for the elderly and disabled self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.




Smart Homes and Beyond


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The thought behind this publication is to continue to develop an active research community dedicated to explore how Smart Homes and Health Telematics can foster independent living and offer an enhanced quality of life for ageing and disabled people. As we begin to witness the effects of changing demographics on today’s society we begin to appreciate that the increase in the number of elderly and in the prevalence of those suffering from chronic disease and disabilities are likely to further increase in the next two to three decades. To react to the needs of this cohort to provide an environment within which the people can reside for as long as possible, whilst maintaining their quality of life and independence, is a widespread concern for all. As such, there is real benefit to further investigate the role of technologies to address these changes and subsequently offer practical solutions to support independent living. The editors feel that within the realms of Smart Homes and Health Telematics real, affordable and useful services can be developed which will have the necessary underlying technological and service delivery infrastructures to allow seamless integration into existing care delivery paradigms. The introduction of technology can provide a positive impact. However, it is necessary to avoid any detrimental effects if reliance upon technology within the home environment becomes so great that people will not leave their own home in fear of losing the support once outside of the home, or its close proximity. This publication focuses on promoting personal autonomy and extending the quality of life by considering including smart services inside and outside of the home.




Home Technology to Support Independent Living


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