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COVID-19 Can Create Opportunity for IoT in the Caribbean
and logistics to supply each person ( which can become exponential in a consumer-based environment as a retail store ) as well as an individual ’ s understanding and compliance to continuously wear the device . Thus , social distancing is only effective if the device is used . An alternative is the use of physically mounted sensors . Al Hossain et al . ( 2020 ) 20 noted that “ FluSense uses a microphone array and a thermal camera along with a neural computing engine to passively and continuously characterize speech and cough sounds along with changes in crowd density on the edge in a real-time manner .” The FluSense concept can be applied in commercial business environments to detect specific parameters linked to the virus .
METHODOLOGY
Based on the work by Singh et al ., ( 2020 ) 21 that highlighted information linking IoT and COVID- 19 , this focus was to explore the relationship specific to the Caribbean region . Analysis was performed on secondary data using a scoping literature review 2223 of publicly available documentation ( journals , websites , blogs , etc ) published from the key date of 30 th Jan 2020 .
The search phrase “ IoT Caribbean COVID ” was performed via Google search on 19 th July 2020 and Google Scholar 24 on 26 th July 2020 . The results were reviewed for IoT based technologies and / or applications used in the Caribbean with either a direct relation to COVID-19 or being developed or implemented during the pandemic period .
Primary data was obtained in three phases . The first two were objective based . Remote One-to- One discussions with specific Caribbean ICT professionals identified their professional and personal perspectives of IoT use during COVID-19 as well as general IoT use in the Caribbean . The second was an anonymous Google Forms online survey to “ collect and analyze data ” 25 . The third phase was the researcher ’ s personal observations . Although subjective , this reflexive and
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Al Hossain , F . et al . ( 2020 ) ‘ FluSense ’, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive , Mobile , Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies , 4 ( 1 ), pp . 1 – 28 . doi : 10.1145 / 3381014 .
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Singh , R . P . et al . ( 2020 ) ‘ Internet of things ( IoT ) applications to fight against COVID-19 pandemic ’, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome : Clinical Research & Reviews . Elsevier Ltd , 14 ( 4 ), pp . 521 – 524 . doi : 10.1016 / j . dsx . 2020.04.041 .
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Tricco , A . C . et al . ( 2015 ) ‘ A scoping review of rapid review methods ’, BMC Medicine . BioMed Central Ltd ., 13 ( 1 ). doi : 10.1186 / s12916-015-0465-6 .
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Peterson , J . et al . ( 2017 ) ‘ Understanding scoping reviews ’, Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners . Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 29 ( 1 ), pp . 12 – 16 . doi : 10.1002 / 2327-6924.12380 .
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Cole , C . et al . ( 2018 ) ‘ Google Scholar ’ s Coverage of the Engineering Literature 10 years Later ’, The Journal of Academic Librarianship . JAI , 44 ( 3 ), pp . 419 – 425 . doi : 10.1016 / J . ACALIB . 2018.02.013 .
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Hsu , H . -Y . and Wang , S . -K . ( 2017 ) ‘ Using Google Forms to collect and analyze data ’, Science Scope . Washington : National Science Teachers Association , 40 ( 8 ), pp . 64 – 67 . Available at : http :// search . proquest . com / docview / 1884841278 /.
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