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Spring a Gift of Nature

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Article published by Nanjing University In winter sun rises not exactly from the east but a bit south of east and sets partly south of west, that causes the days to be shorter and less shiny. In winter sun rises not exactly from the east but a bit south of east and sets partly south of west, that causes the days to be shorter and less shiny. When sun changes it direction by shifting a bit towards the center of the horizon, it's light start to become pleasant, shiny and refreshing. It offers a very cheerful view of the environment after the short gloomy days of winter. With the start of spring, one can feel the wave of change in every creature on earth. The trees start to blossom, the grass transforms it's color towards green and the flowers tend to open up their petals to make the environment more vibrant and colorful.  Its around 2 am in Xianlin and sitting in the balcony of my room, I can hear the birds chirping and making the atmosphere majestic by signing ...

Life Goes On

I was feeling a bit emotional today. I recently received a call from my father he just left my son on his first day at school, and I can feel that he was intensely worried as my son was weeping while going to school. He told me that I will not go home after leaving him in the school will go to the vegetable market and drink tea at some restaurant to pass the two teasing hours worrying about my son. How time changes, it is reminding me about my grandmother, who used to drop me at the school and sit at a Dhaba (small restaurant) near my school until two hours pass by, and then she used to come to the teacher and asked her to leave me as it was enough for that day. I still remember how horrible was my initial days at school it was a kind of prison, you live freely without any responsibility and suddenly you need to start a routine that you never have thought about. All my memories have been recalled today, how I used to be anxious while starring towards the school gate waiting for my ...

Coursera Software Architecture for the Internet of Things Course Questions Answers

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Software Architecture for the Internet of Things Design Process Why is it important that needs, wishes, constraints, etc. are  clear from the beginning ? What can you do if this is not the case? Does every project need a  full-blown software architecture ? Why (not)? What is most important : the functional requirements or the non-functional requirements? Motivate your answer. Answers When all these aspects are clear further stages of software development can run smoothly,, however, if there are ambiguities, then it will create conflicts with some other software components. No, it depends on the size of the product to be developed, if the system is small, then you can start the development right away. You do not need to waste money on architecture development. Both are the most important in the software development, functional requirements instigate the product to be developed, while nonfunctional requirements provide you the relationship among differ...

My Experience in Coming to China

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My Experience in Coming to China This article has been published by Micro China Blog Hi, I want to share how was my first experience in China was. I wrote this article in October 2017 when I arrived in Nanjing.  It has been three weeks since I left my home for China, to pursue my Ph.D. studies. It has been ups and downs in the first few days as I was never away from my home for such a long in my whole life. I was missing my dearest family and friends and yeah obviously the food too. Arriving in China gives you a sudden change in your lifestyle in all aspects like climate, food, language, culture, and many more things tend to change entirely. Food habits are entirely different here, I was amazed to know about the eating routine here, as lunchtime starts at 1100 here, however, in Pakistan, I used to do my breakfast at 0700 in working days and lunch break from 1300 to 1400. The situation is entirely different here, most surprisingly, the dinner starts at 1700, which is quit...

Children Rights in the Digital Era

Libya is a country in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north and other African countries around having an overall population of around 7million. The humanitarian situation of children in Libya remained precarious with significant protection concerns and child rights violations continuously reported. The protracted conflict over the past seven years has left an estimated 1.3 million people, out of which 439,000 are children, in need of assistance. Insecurity, economic downfall, and violence across the country have created unsafe living conditions and damaged critical infrastructure, placing vulnerable children at heightened risk of harm and disrupting access to public services. Libyan children suffer from the risks of migration as they make the perilous journey from sub-Saharan Africa into Libya and across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe In the current digital world, Libyan children face huge child rights violations, including online recruitment by armed grou...

Latex code for adding sub-figures

This was a heck of a task for me so I saved it here for future use. Adding four images as subfigures \begin{figure*} \begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Figures/Evaluation/xxxx.png} \caption{} \end{subfigure} \hspace{\fill}  % for some horizotal separation \begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Figures/Evaluation/xxxx.png} \caption{} \end{subfigure} \hspace{\fill}  % for some horizotal separation \begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Figures/Evaluation/xxxx.png} \caption{} \end{subfigure} \hspace{\fill}  % for some horizotal separation \begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Figures/Evaluation/xxxx.png} \caption{} \end{subfigure} \vspace{-0.15cm} \caption{xxxx.} \vspace{-0.3cm} \label{Fig:timeDelay} \end{figure*} Adding 12 images as sub images \begin{figure*}[htb] \centerin...

Chinese Lantern Festival

This article has been published by Micro China blogs Well, it was my first experience of Chinese New Year festival in China in February 2018. My Chinese friends told me many stories about this festival, I heard that everyone goes to their native homes to enjoy this traditional festival of new year with their loved ones. So, I was kind of prepared for this lonely experience and was waiting for the holidays. It was the end of January, when the campus started emptying up. I used to witness students walking towards main gate carrying their luggage and observed everybody to be in a good mood in lab discussing pleasantly topics and preparing for their journey. I also used to ask my lab friends when they are leaving for their homes and they used to tell me excitedly about their preparation of going to their home. My friends used to tell exciting stories of the event like the fireworks, family gatherings and traditional foods. It remined me of Eid festival back in Pakistan wh...