Designing Solutions-Based Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing: New Issues and Trends Francisco Milton Mendes Neto Rural Federal University of Semi-Arid, Brazil Pedro Fernandes Ribeiro Neto State University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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