bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Smart solution to detect/prevent bridge accident
Authors: Al Shaibani Yousuf Yaqoob , Al Harthy Khoula
Published: September 2020

Due to increasing and expansion of logistics in Sultanate of Oman, transportation becomes one of main support for logistics in country. The height vehicles accidents become a serious issue that have huge impact on infrastructure and human lives. As the number of long vehicles increasing the over height accidents become more and more. The aim of this project is to propose a smart-solution to minimize the accidents/collision of vehicles over height that crosses the bridges and intersections in Oman. The vehicle driver can be notified by smart solution about his vehicle status. The system is proposing smart alarming solution to minimizing number of accidents and its effect. Also, by using smart system it will be easy to investigate current method to detect the accident and evaluate the proposed solution.

 

The design of the system is to IoT to build complete system can detect the vehicle height and warn the driver before reach the bridge. Passive infrared sensor, IR sensor will detect the height and motion of vehicles before cross the bridge or intersection. And will send a mail or SMS to the cloud to inform the relative authorities. An Arduino is used to program and control the system. On the other hand, CCTV is taking place in system by recording and capture plate number of over height vehicles. The data gathered from the system are stored and backup kept in server whenever required. Different types of methodologies have been chosen and applied in the system are Modified waterfall, Agile, and waterfall methodology. Modified water fall methodology selected as it has different strategies that will assist in managing the challenges in case they come up and maximizing the utilization of resources and time. The system is help full to reduce the over height accidents and it will be effective for ROP and Ministry of transportation and communication for study purpose and data gathering.
Solar Energy in Oman: Performance and Efficiency
Authors: Asmaa Khalfan Saif Al-Falahi
Published: September 2020

Solar energy is power uses in various techniques to concentrate the energy of the sun and converted into electricity and then supplies it for thousands of people. Furthermore, solar energy efficiency and performance still law it around 15% -21.5% ranging for solar crystalline silicon. Besides that, Oman has a good graphical location for applied solar energy technologies and an increase in efficiency and performance of using solar energy technologies can make economic future development which can help to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and create a sustainable environment that can make a change in Omani economic diversification. Acutely, the main objective of this research is to study the performance of solar energy in building and enhance solar energy efficiently in Oman. The research methods that used are qualitative and quantitative which are questionnaire and interview that analyzed by using SPSS program and narrative analysis. Moreover, the result analysis of this research display that the performance of solar energy can be improving by Make solar technology clean, install solar energy technology correctly, Provide solar concentrator and avoid the shaded area. Additionally, the efficiency of solar energy can be increased by using many technologies as solar cell glazing, cooling technique Concentrators, and Solar tracking.
The strategies used by SMEs to survive during economic crisis in the Sultanate of Oman
Authors: Syed Riyadul Mahi  , Jalila Khalaf Nasser Awlad Thani
Published: September 2020

It is said that 97% of the economy of the earth comes from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Most manpower employed worldwide are by SMEs. SMEs in general, play a very crucial role for the development of a country. In developed nations, SMEs contribute to 60% of the country’s economy while SMEs in Oman contribute only 15%. Oman is classed as a developing country hence the SME scene is still raw. Depreciation in the price of crude oil put a lot of pressure in Oman’s economy for the last couple of years since oil revenue accounts for about 60% of the country’s earnings. During the times of economic crisis, the SME section are the ones who are affected the most. They pass through a gloomy phase that create a negative impact on their business returns. This study delved into various approaches taken by SMEs to survive the economic crisis which is stunting the growth of the country. A qualitative research was conducted among several SMEs in Oman. In-person interviews were administered, and questionnaires were handed out to the SME owners. The results showed that the SME owners had to conduct major layoffs. Using only the core workforce was one of the major strategies utilized by the SMEs.  The owners didn’t expand their businesses, rather focused on expanding their products and services to reach a larger target audience. Discounts, offers, extensive external and social media marketing were also critical means of survival. Most of the SMEs are optimistic and are receiving a lot of assistance from the Public Authority for SME Development (Riyada) of Oman to ensure their survival
Green Economy and Sustainable Development in the Sultanate of Oman
Authors: Al Siyabi Ahlam Salim , AHakro Ahmad Nawaz
Published: September 2020

Green economy is considered to be the emerging economy of the twenty-first century, as the world is changing its development path from unjust development to environmentally sensitive green development. Making the economy environmentally sustainable is no longer an option but an urgent necessity to achieve a balanced vision between social justice and environmental future. This work highlights the statues of the environment in Oman and the efforts to overcome the difficulties that prevent the transition to a green economy. This will encourage people to consider innovation and think about the values that will be gained from the transformation of the economy. Due to increased greenhouse gas emissions from industries based on non-renewable sources of energy, harmful carbon effects and scarce resources will increase in the near future. It is necessary to know the extent to which the Omani economy is green and the extent of its growth policies corresponding’s to the transformation of the economy. It is equally important to analyze which mechanisms the government will adopt to reduce carbon emissions and global warming. This paper will explain the relationship between Green economy and Sustainable development in Oman and to what extant Oman is green. The objectives are to establish the relationship between green economy and sustainable development in the Omani context, to assess and measure the role of the green economy in achieving goals of sustainable benefits for the local economy. Also, it is important to inform the public about the importance of using green economy for the next generations and encouraging individuals to contribute to environmental protection on daily life routine, and to achieving a balanced vision between social justice and environmental future. The methodology considers the three types of indicators: Economic indicators, Environmental indicators related to economic activity, and Aggregate indicators on the path of progress and social welfare. In addition to primary and secondary data. The main outcome of this research is that the Sultanate is not green growing, as it is still highly dependent on non-renewable resources, therefore Oman should set a stronger lows on this issue.
The effect of shaft diameter on the surface quality in turning machine for different sets of cutting parameter
Authors: Al-Mahrouqi Saif Abdullah , Suhail Adeel H.
Published: September 2020

In the manufacturing industry, machining is the process which has been used widely within the industry for carrying out various operations. By putting the materials together, mechanical parts can be formed with the help of raw materials change and these mechanical parts used in the formation of heavy and small machineries for the personal used and for the industrial use as well.

Most of the metals are being manufactured with the help of machining. In the process of turning, the cutting parameters gained the opportunity to increase productivity. However, there also exists a consequence regarding the quality and deterioration risk and the life of the tool which need to be controlled to achieve greater efficiencies.

The selection of parameters is based on the materials used in workpiece, tools, and other stuff. Additionally, the size of the tool matters as well, therefore it should also be selected carefully by keeping in mind the need of the machine and capability of the users regarding managing that machine. Many factors could affect the machining performance and during turning process, workpiece diameter could be one of these factors which affect the surface quality. The main objective of this study is to investigate the role of shaft diameter on the surface quality in Lathe turning machine. Taguchi method and Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) were used for data analysis and to optimize the cutting parameters with several experimental runs well designed. The result shows the shaft diameter effect quality of workpiece surface and the researchers should take into account this effect during their study and compare it with other researcher results.
Student of Water Tanks Characteristics for Residential and Commerical Buildings in Oman
Authors: Al Ismaili Ahmed Rashid Said , Suhail Adeel H.
Published: September 2020

Water tank is an important element in water distribution system. The project is studied the characteristics of water tanks and the main objective of it to identify the selection criteria for the water tank. Furthermore, Selection of water tank is a challenge for many individuals and companies. The study is gathers information from many sources such as literature reviews, companies, questionnaire and experts in order to reach to the main important characteristic of water tanks. The selection of water tank depends heavily on the applications. As a result, it found that the best type of storage tanks for sweet water used for human consumption are two types, one of which is polyvinyl chloride to store a quantity of less than five cubic meters and the other is stainless steel tank to store more than five cubic meters. The study found that the best reservoir for irrigation and sewage uses is the carbon steel tank. On the other hand, the study found that the stainless-steel tank is best suited for storage of seawater, which requires a material that can withstand corrosion.
Designing and fabrication of a nozzle to reduce the consumption of water
Authors: Abdu Adham , Khidhir Basim
Published: September 2020

Reducing the consumption of water is very important in today’s world. Around 1.8 million people die every year due to lack of clean water. There are different ways to reduce the consumption of water in different aspects of daily life. This project report will be mainly dealing with the designing or fabrication of an already existing nozzle to conserve water from the tap waters. This report is an experimental study on comparison of existing nozzle with the designed nozzles in this paper. This is also a live project with Majid al Futtaim consultancy, MCC (Muscat city Centre). Different designs were made for this study.
Smart Technologies for Visually Impaired: Assisting and conquering infirmity of blind people using (AI) Technologies
Authors: Al-Muqbali Fatma Muhammad Salim , Al-Tourshi Noura Abdullah Said , Al-Kiyumi Khuloud Rashid Salim , Hajamohideen Faizal
Published: September 2020

Physical disability has affected many people’s lives across the world. One of these disabilities that strongly affected some large category of people is visual lose. Blind people often face difficulties in moving around freely such as: in crossing the street, in reading, driving or socializing. They often rely on using certain aid devices to reach certain places or perform any other daily activities such as walking sticks. There are ongoing scientific researches in the area of rectifying blindness, but it has to go long way to achieve the solution. Also, there are research unleashes the ideas of assisting the blind people deficiency but lacks in technological aspects of implementation. This research project aims at helping blind people of all categories to achieve their day to day tasks easier through the use of a smart device. By using artificial intelligent and image processing, this smart device is able to detect faces, colors and deferent objects. The detection process is manifested by notifying the visually impaired person through either a sound alert or vibration. Additionally, this study presents a palpable survey that entails visually impaired people from the local community. Subsequently, the project uses both Open CV and Python for programming and implementation. The exertion of this project prototype investigates the algorithms which are used for detecting the objects. Also, it demonstrates how this smart device could detects certain physical object and how it could send a warning signal when faced by any obstacles. Overall, this research will be a positive addition in the world of health care sector by supporting blind people with the use of smart technology
Multi-function e-scarecrow (MFeSC)
Authors: Alneimi Algaziya Abdullah , Alsaidi Munnira Jamil , Elahag Mohammed Fadlalla
Published: September 2020

Humans have taken the (scarecrow) as a protector for these crops from the birds. There are various different types and designs for the scarecrows around the world. In this project we will develop the traditional scarecrows to become electronic and do more than one function at the same time (Multi-functions mechanism) .The (MFESC) consists of several components, the most important of them is the sensor, which performs many functions, including sensing the presence of birds’ sounds, as well as indicator for measuring temperature and humidity around agricultural crops. Moreover, it will collect some statistical information about the number of birds by using digital camera and other important issues. The (MFESC) provides the collected information to a special information system that connects to it. There are also two arms in this scarecrow and each arm contains some pieces of cloth to move when the device senses the presence of birds. It also produces sound and light to keep birds away and scare them. There will be many electronic scarecrows around the crop, one of which will serve as the main scarecrow. Any place where bird’s scarecrow movement and sound and light also send a signal to the main scarecrow predicted the existence of birds issuing a signal to the rest of the scarecrows to issue movement, sound and light. The main scarecrow collects and sends information to the farm’s system associated with the (MFESC). As mentioned earlier, an electronic scarecrow will be designed to perform Multi-functions such as keeping birds away, collecting birds’ statistical information as well as collecting information that related to humidity, temperature, and more over it detects the smoke as an indicator for fire problem. For that reasons we will replace traditional scarecrow by electronic one.
Analyze and Enhance Sales in Lulu Supermarket using Data Mining Technology
Authors: Koofan Ahmed Abdullah Awadh , Kaleem Mohammed
Published: September 2020

-Data mining is a powerful technology for analyzing huge data, it has many techniques such as; classification, clustering, prediction and association rules etc., In this research Association rule will be used for analyzing data, which will help to extract the data related to combinations of items. Numerous customers tends to purchase items regularly, each time they visit supermarket, customer’s need to move around from shelf to shelf for the product of their interest which is time consuming. This research will help to minimize the time consumption for customers by analyzing the customer’s invoices and letting know the supermarket about the patterns of customer's orientations. In this work python tool will be used for data mining, by using association rule to analyze the customer’s purchases and retrieve the relevant information which will help to determine the customer’s pattern and know the association between products. In this rationale, the data of customer’s purchases were collected from Lulu hypermarket for data analysis and the outcomes of the analysis is to know the customer’s patterns and making the shopping easy by reorganizing the related items and the most buying items together on same shelf.
Emerging Technologies in Library Systems
Authors: Saqib Mohammad , Al Maskari Khadija Abdullah
Published: September 2020

Most of the libraries nowadays are using emerging technologies in their systems. They have started using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology that has changed the library tasks to be working practically and conveniently. This system helps librarians and library users to use the library systems more easily and more securely. In this paper, we have studied the current library system with the issues and challenges that they faced and we have proposed a new system using emerging technologies. This system will track the books and will take care of them from thefts. Also, will track the user who borrowed the books by his registered details, till he returns the books. Also, we have implemented a system to be using library services by users themselves.
Reducing the Impact of Wind Load with Shape of High Rise Buildings
Authors: Al-Azri Nasra Mohammed Nasser , Kuckian Sachin , Gaur Himanshu
Published: September 2020

Recent Years, Many high rise buildings are being constructed across the world due to the increase in population. From the design point of view, lateral load such as earthquake and wind load should be taken into consideration while designing process. Architectural design of buildings sometimes leads towards difficult and unusual shape that challenges structural designers. The objective of this study is to assess the building behavior when subjected to wind load. To achieve this objective, different shapes of building such as pentagonal, triangular and circular building are assessed for stability. Parameters such as storey drift and lateral displacement are considered in order to find most effective and stable shape. The computer program ETABS is used for analysis. As the height of the building increases, wind load effect becomes significant and should be considered for designing. This could also be achieved by selecting most stable shape and appropriate structural system for tall buildings.
Designing and manufacturing of a user friendly and affordable nasal suction machine for Acute Bronchiolitis treatment of children in Oman
Authors: Mahi Syed Riyadul , Khan Jibreal , Guangul Fiseha Mekonnen
Published: September 2020

Acute Bronchiolitis is a disease which usually infects children of the age 0 to 6 years old. The patients infected by this disease require medical attention at hospitals. The patients must be admitted in the hospitals for a period of 2-3 days. Parents of the patients must stay in the hospital along with them. This causes lack of hospital beds, more expense of the hospital to provide extra food for the parents. By a qualitative research, it was found that parents would want an affordable device so that they could care for their children from home instead of staying at the hospital. Parents from all over Oman come to the capital so that their children can be treated. Children also tend to get exposed to more sickness by being around sick children at the hospital. Taking this problem into consideration, a circuit has been designed in such a way it was easy to use and that it could be used by parents to treat their children at home without the need to visit a hospital. The circuit works on Arduino Uno and has various pre-existing modules attached to it , the estimated cost of the device is far lesser than what the mainstream industrial devices cost. The device consists of a Bluetooth Module for the purpose of connectivity via cellphone ,a 12V vacuum pump to suck the mucus out of the patient’s lungs, variable resistor to control the force of vacuum and a rubber tube capable of fitting into the nostril to allow suction of mucus. This simple device made from the counter parts can offer significant benefits to patients affected by Acute Bronchitis.
A qualitative study on the relationship between management and communication within organization
Authors: Almamari Lamees Talib Hilal Ali , Kolluru Mythili
Published: September 2020

Management and communication complement each other, and there is no successful management, without the existence of effective communication and its sophistication that serve the work of the management departments with high efficiency. As the management has gone through numerical stages today, we are witnessing the highest levels because they benefit from all the developments witnessed in life. Communications become the bearer and the carrier of the messages, concepts, and work of the management institutions efficiently and very quickly, making the productivity and work of the organization up to the form desired by the organization. Communication is the torch that illuminates the institutions' path by transmitting its light everywhere. There are three main objectives of this research. The first point is to understand the management process in organizations. How it ensures organization success, Management process leads the organization to achieve its plans and many more by focusing on every single detail that needs to be looked out for or managed. The second point is to understand the process of communication in organizations and how it ensures organizational success. Without communication, work will never be done, and these will result in organizational failure. ?The third point is to establish a relationship between management and communication processes in an organization and how this relationship is significant. Management and communication will forever complement each other because they are genuinely in need of each other. The research methodology used for this research is a qualitative research method; it involved researching secondary sources of data like textbooks, journals, newspaper clipping, and more. The paper proves that there is a substantial relationship between management and communication, and for an organization to be successful, this relationship needs to be adequately understood. Then only the organization ensures success in all its endeavors.
Transport Safety Mechanism of School Children Using IOT based Smart System
Authors: Al-Balushi Nada Abdul , Ali Kazmi Syed Imran , Al-Kalbani Faisal Khalifa
Published: September 2020

Most of the Students in Sultanate of Oman are using bus to reach their schools. Bus considered as one of the convenient way of traveling. As most of Students are traveling from home to school or vice versa by bus. Safety is the biggest concern and issue. Bus driver and parents are responsible for providing safety and security to the schoolchildren’s. Many of children went to school and never returned home afterwards. This is because the child feels tired and then sleeps after a hard school day. The bus driver did not pay attention to the presence of a sleeping child in the school bus and the bus driver closes the windows and the door, causing suffocation and death. There are also a lot of accidents that might happen on school buses, so researcher are working to find the way of tracking school bus which is very important for the monitoring of location and track students throughout journey from and to school. This research paper presents IOT smart transportation system for a children school. The system consists of IR sensors to calculate the number of students, RFID card and RFID reader to read student data and attendance recording as well as MQ3 sensor for alcohol sensing and to ensure the safety of the driver. It also contains a mobile application to get notifications and messages and shows other information such as the time of riding the student on the school bus and coming off the bus you can also take the latest coordinates and thus follow the bus via Google Map.
Parental Involvement in children’s education: A Proof of Concept Study at Elementary Schools
Authors: Almawaali Shahad Rashid , Noronh Herald
Published: September 2020

The research paper mainly focuses on the development of parental application for all elementary schools in Oman. This paper aims to promote and motivate the students in their study, as it also aims to make the relationship between teachers, parents, and their children intimate. Currently, all Omani elementary schools, especially the public schools are not having a mobile app where the parents can enter the system and start interacting and discussing with the faculties through several things such as behavior, grades, posts, and among others. The main goal of this papers is to strengthen the parent-child relationship so as to is to enhance the association amongst schools and parents to enable the kids to rise scholastically. The research analysis provides an effective technique for identifying all the problems that have been targeted. It also emphasizes the importance of a user-friendly system that can be easily operated by people. In this paper, an incremental model has been used since it focuses primarily on making the life cycle a “multi-unit” cycle. Such a model usually aims to divide the courses into smaller, more viable modules. After looking at all sources of literature, it turns out that developing this app is an essential and important step towards improving teachers, parents and even students. It not only seeks to improve the performance of all public schools, especially the first cycle, but also enhances the study and work experience. Under this proposed system, parents can access to view everting related to their children such as attendance, grades, behavior, and others.
Factors influencing the impact of knowledge sharing behavior in organizations across Sultanate of Oman
Authors: D’souza Safa Paulu D’souza , Ali Syed Zakir
Published: September 2020

This article is aimed at exploring factors that impact knowledge sharing behavior of employees in a small and medium scale (SME) building materials company located in Sultanate of Oman; and to extrapolate the findings over large organizations. The said SME has a problem of employees hoarding their knowledge and knowledge management is not in practiced. Through literature review, we have identified six factors that are of mutual relevance to SMEs and Large organizations. A survey has been conducted to test the practical implications of the identified factors at the selected organization. Results reveal that the factors such as (i) social media app for knowledge sharing (ii) enjoyment/satisfaction in helping others and (iii) effective utilization of free time; are the dominating factors in both SME and Large organizations. It is found that the factors (iv) rewards and (v) self-efficacy are very much significant in large organizations and are of low significance in SMEs. To strengthen the current study, the survey has to be extended to include respondents from few more SMEs and Large organizations.
Smart Monitoring System for Home Energy Consumption (SMEC)
Authors: Khabbush Yusuf Ibrahim , Abdulsalam Ahmed , Al-Makhzumi Mazen , AbdulWahhab Rasha Sh.
Published: September 2020

The issue of environmental protection and related issues has become a major concern for many people. Despite this concern, electricity consumption continues to pose several environmental pollutions. Electricity consumption leads to the need for natural gas, which in turn leads to many devastating consequences for the environment. Electricity, in itself, does not necessarily pose environmental damage, but on the contrary, it offers many benefits, such as lighting and the operation of many devices; but the problem with power consumption is the gas needed to produce it, which can be damaging to the environment. Indeed, natural gas is currently the most important sources of energy used to produce electricity, which is, create an enormous amount of carbon dioxide, which the environment cannot tolerate. Regardless of the method used to generate electricity, environmental issues related to the use of electricity will help to ensure that the method used is best suited to the environment as a whole. The best way to reduce environmental problems from electricity consumption is to minimize this use. In this research, we will try to solve this problem by developing a new application titled Smart Monitoring System for Energy Consumption (SMEC). SMEC will provide a management of power‘s consumption within the building anywhere and anytime in which users can see how much of electricity they use while  power’s consumption report would be provided automatically. The main advantages of SMEC is to avoid some problems like decrease consumption of electricity, help to detect abnormal use and controlling unneeded devices, save effort and time for monitoring and reading the amount of uses and finally such a new application will be more reliable and good for employee to check meter’s reading online. All this will be displayed in a friendly interface, which will have graphs and text to make the use of such application more efficient and simple to use. SMEC application will be developed using different languages such as C++, Java script, PHP, html and MySQL. Moreover, the proposed energy detection device uses Arduino UNO with some sensors such as ACS712, electric meter, GPS, LED and Wi-Fi adapter. The information is received by reading the power meter consumption and then handled through the Arduino device to perform the objectives of the research. By reading electricity’s consumption online, SMEC can analyze collected data that will help to make better decisions using Internet of Things.
Web Scrapping: Data Extraction from Websites
Authors: Almaqbali Iqtibas Salim Hilal , Al Khufairi Fatmah Mohammed Ali , Khan Mohamed Samiulla , Bhat Anjum Zameer , Ahmed Imran
Published: September 2020

Data is very important nowadays for almost all organizations for their existence as well as for their growth. The Internet has become the major source of data for individuals and almost all organizations. Authentic Websites are a major source of reliable data for many individuals and organizations. Extracting Data from websites is commonly referred as Web Scrapping, which refers to both manual and automated process.  Extracting large amount of meaning full data from the websites manually is very difficult, tedious and redundant task. Automated Scrapping is done by writing specific programs to extract the required data from the websites. These programs are usually called as web scrappers. Web scrappers are written using many programming languages like Python, Node.js, Ruby, C++, PHP etc. Each language has its own unique features and built in libraries for performing data extraction. There are many web scrapping tools like Beautiful Soup, Octoparse, Parsehub etc. In this article we are going to analyses few recent Web Scrappers tools used in scrapping the Web.
Perceptions of Access and Disability Services in Relation to Implementation and Usage of Assistive Technology in a Post-Secondary Institution
Authors: Ahmed Sarah , Avila Melissa , Bruns Stephanie , Kaczkowsli Anne , McMullin Kaitlyn , Sturgeon Ashley , Rortvedt Daniel
Published: September 2020

While existing research explores the use of AT in higher education, literature is lacking regarding students' and faculty feedback on AT and disability services. Further research is required to determine how to enhance implementation and reception of accommodations students receive from disability services at post-secondary institutions based on combined feedback from students and faculty. This study aims to provide better insight on the experiences of both students and faculty on their usage and guidance in accommodations provided. This includes assistive technology and aiding disability services in enhancing their delivery to achieve the most meaningful and effective student outcomes in academia.
Treatment for Pediatric Aphasia: A Critical Review
Authors: Cox K. L. , Froeschke L. O. , Schumacher R. E. , Gorman Brenda
Published: September 2020

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to summarize the current state-of-science for principles and practices of intervention in acquired pediatric aphasia (APA). A secondary aim was to identify gaps in research regarding interventional frameworks, and to identify key areas of future inquiry to optimize language outcomes. Conclusions: Although epidemiologic data indicate rising incidence in  APA, limited research on recovery and intervention exists. Results suggest that language intervention supports aphasia recovery; however, available data lack adequate description of methodologies to make crosscomparisons and dosage recommendations possible. Evidence from observational studies suggests that a) pediatric recovery is not necessarily more rapid nor complete than adult recovery; b) principles of neuroplasticity may be applied to pediatric aphasia; however prognostication may be affected by developmental stage and presence of immature language networks; and, c) aphasia symptoms related to literacy may extend into adulthood, even after functional communication has been established. Clinical implications as well as recommendations for research are discussed in light of evidence.
A Proposal for an Advanced Smart System of Vehicle Accidents Detection
Authors: AL Mukhaini Muna Khamis Juma , Al Harthy Khoula
Published: September 2020

In Oman, statistics show that vehicle accidents cause negative effects at the social and economic level resulting in high mortality and injuries. Heavy losses indirectly affect both people and the property of the country. Last year, the percentage of road accidents across Oman was about 33.3% compared to 2017, road accidents accounted for 28.8% less than in 2018. Furthermore, there were many minor accidents in difficult geographic areas in Oman that resulted in deaths because of delay and difficulty the rescues teams had to discover the accidents locations.  In order to reduce road traffic fatalities, the rescue teams? took an effective way. They reduced the time between accidents and the emergency team sending to the scene by using detection system via sensors connected in cars.  The aim of this project is to propose an advanced system for accident tracking and monitoring. This research targets the result to reduces the number of serious injuries and death tolls and enable the competent authorities to monitor any accident in all vehicles registered at the system. The modified waterfall methodology has been used. This methodology? contains five different stages that contribute to the successful implementation of this system by tracking the project step by step for these stages you can refer to any previous stage in order to amend documents and jobs therein.
Utilization of Polycrete in Manufacturing Manhole Covers: A Comparative Study
Authors: Tolba Omar , Farahaat Shady , Alani Mina , Moustafa Meryhan , Al Yawer Meena , Alobaidi Omar , Dawood Mahmoud
Published: September 2020

Sultanate of Oman focuses on its infrastructure development in the most sophisticated planning manner by preserving its precious landscape and terrains. Cities like Muscat, Al-Amerat, Sohar, etc. are now in high priority in its infrastructure development. Drainage and sewerage network play a vital role for cities and country's infrastructure development. The ETP (Enlarged Treatment Plant) or STP (Sewerage Treatment Plant) is very important to treat the industrial and domestic waste water and the conveyance of waste water flows through network of pipes, manholes and chambers. Portland or sulfur resistant cement concrete products were used to convey the waste water. But, the durability is a question for long term development plan due to corrosive effect on the product and give way for more renovation or rehabilitation program for the entire network which needs a re-budgeting plan. While an alternative and high corrosive resistant and durable product, polymer concrete products offer the best solution to avoid or eliminate renovation process for the network. As a result of its development over time, polymerized monomer can substitute Portland cement as a binder in concrete. Polymer concrete holds multiple effective properties to traditional concrete using Portland cement, such as high compressive strength, low permeability, resistance to corrosive agents as well as chemicals, and rapid curing. These properties provided polymer concrete with many uses in extremely specific sectors around the globe. This research is discussing the various types of Polycrete, assessing polycrete’s rheological properties and the properties of the normal cement used instead of Polycrete, comparing normal and Polycrete cement as well as analyze the environmental issues and the price of using Polycrete instead of normal cement
Possible Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on Oman’s Logistics Sector: A Review
Authors: Ahmed Muhammad , Khan Asma Ghafoor , Naidu Vikas Rao
Published: September 2020

Changing times require industries to adopt ever-changing technologies in order to stay afloat and compete at the global stage. The logistics industry is experiencing a global boom due to progress in the e-commerce sector and ever-increasing consumer needs of the modern world. Oman’s long-term vision includes logistic sector as one the main contributors to the country’s GDP. Sea Ports such as Sohar and Al Duqm are another indication of the Sultanate’s ambitions to diversify the economy for the post-oil era. The logistics sector in Oman needs to adopt technology that not only helps it with improving its operations but helps reshape the industry standards in Oman. Robot adoption is the latest trend in the global logistics industry and Oman’s leading logistics companies need to adopt it too. The combination of logistic robots and right artificial intelligent programming can do wonders for a company. Artificial intelligence complements robotics to achieve their tasks more efficiently and helps with better robot maintenance. Oman’s logistics sector can benefit greatly from the introduction of logistic robots on both practical fronts as well as the marketing front. A research was conducted based on one of Oman’s leading and most prominent logistics company to identify the level of robotics and artificial intelligence in use. The descriptive approach of research was applied to attain the required data through both quantitative and qualitative means. Interviews and surveys were conducted in order to justify the requirement of the proposed research. The aim of the study was to build a case for implementation of robotics in conjunction with artificial intelligence in Oman’s logistics sector in order for Oman’s logistics sector to fulfil its potential and compete at global stage.
Design and Implementation of Educational Application for Directorate of Traffic Safety, Oman
Authors: AL Hamdania Halima , Al Saadi Noof , Al-Moqbali Eqtibas , Naidu Vikas Rao , Hasan Raza
Published: September 2020

The world always faces multiple risk factors due to an increase in traffic accidents. This leads to the death of many people. Some of them get seriously injured and get permanent disabilities due to the negligence of persons in following traffic safety procedures. The General Directorate of Traffic in the Sultanate of Oman is responsible for regulating traffic in the country by monitoring the movement of traffic in the streets of inside cities and outside to preserve the safety of traffic in the streets of the Sultanate of Oman. This research paper aims to provide a solution in educating Omani residents about teaching driving laws, especially in Oman. The solution will raise awareness in the society with the rules and laws related to traffic safety. In order to justify and support the requirements of this research, the researchers  conducted interviews and surveys among the public. The methods of data collection included questionnaires and interviews.

The analysis showed that majority of the audience who participated in surveys strongly agreed that such kind of education system for the residents was really essential so that they could learn about the importance of traffic rules and regulations right from their childhood. Finally, the researchers have proposed to develop a mobile app, which would be one of its kind and exclusive in Oman by Royal Oman Police (ROP) – Traffic Safety Unit. The methodology used in the development of this project would be the spiral model. Relevant literature was reviewed in order to study the existing system and also the similar systems which are existing around the world.
Using Free and Open Source Tools in Smart Solution Development for the Agriculture Sector in Oman
Authors: Naidu Vikas Rao , AL Saadi Noof , Al Hamdani Halima , Al Moqbali Eqtibas , Hasan Raza
Published: September 2020

Technology is providing support to almost all the sectors around the world. The agriculture sector is also getting greatly benefitted with the advancements in technology. Automation has always been an issue with the various organizations associated with the agriculture sector. But, various organizations have now already started making use of smart technology in order to automate for faster delivery and more accurate results. This research paper also focuses on one such issue related to one of the agriculture based organizations in the Sultanate of Oman. With the advent of some free and open source tools such as LiveCode Community Edition, the development of such a solution has become much easier. The aim of this research is to provide an electronic channel for the user to receive various information and product updates. In order to make sure about the necessity of such system development, the researchers have conducted surveys and interviews among various people. The analysis held that such solution in the agriculture industry can make the operations highly fast along with transactions. Further, the usage of free and open source tools to develop such a solution could be very beneficial to the end users as well as the organizations. Researchers have suggested a methodology that suits the nature of research and the research requirements.
Merging Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies to Solve Academic Qualification Forgery Issues
Authors: Jose Manju
Published: September 2020

This paper emphasizes the possibility of merging artificial intelligence and Blockchain technologies to solve academic qualifications forgery issues in the educational sectors. Empirical data is collected through interviews with specialists and technical people who are interested in the emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and focus group discussions in the field, as well as from reports in the reviewed literary articles. Scientific journals have also been accessed to analyse the paper goals and objectives. The findings suggest that emerging technologies can be integrated to become more efficient and effective in detecting fraud and forgery before it occurs. Considerable attention should be given to reducing and combating these issues because they have significant negative impacts on the economy and education. Accordingly, the study makes recommendations based on the results and areas of future research, considering the establishment of a unified and integrated system. Initially it will be applied as a pilot in Sultanate of Oman, then gradually it will be extended to the Gulf Cooperation Council States (GCC) and internationally particularly the affiliated and the recognized educational institutions to avoid the phenomena that affects the reputation and quality of education institutions and academic qualifications. The conclusion considers the impacts of the proposed system in the education and economy as well in general.
Safety Wheel Chair for Paralysis Patient
Authors: Al-Sawaai Issa Saleh Ali , Lavanya Vidhya , Frank Aniloy
Published: September 2020

This paper aims to develop a wheelchair for paralysis patients. The objectives of the paper include Fall detection, Forward bending detection, and SMS service. All these technologies have been covered in terms of their requirements, costs, system design, and system analysis. Fall detection is done using Accelerometer sensor. It detects the fall from the wheelchair of the patient who is having spinal problems. The sensor sends a signal to the controller and activates the buzzer. SMS will also be sent to the caretaker. The second technology used is forward bending detection. It is used for those who are bending their backs in order to inform them to sit properly. Ultrasonic sensor is used for this detection, alarm will be activated and SMS also will be sent. Next technology is the use of SMS service. If the patient is able to move one hand, he can use a keypad and 10 different buttons can be provided for different services. Depending on the keypad pressed, the corresponding SMS will reach the caretaker and the patient will be served accordingly. The proposed work is started after a thorough literature review. Arduino controller is used for getting the signal from the sensor and provide the information to the caretaker and switch ON buzzer. The proposed work is simulated using proteus and then implemented in hardware.

As an extension to the work, fire alarm system and automated wheel movement, live camera can also be added to improve the advantages of the safety wheel chair. The proposed work is funded by Research Council, Oman.
Design and Implementation of a Smart Shopping Trolley Using RFID Technology
Authors: Al-Hakmani Amna Khamis Salim , Sajan Ajitha
Published: September 2020

This paper focuses on the design and implementation of a Smart Trolley Shopping in supermarkets to solve difficulties of customers whilst waiting in queues for billing.  The trolley is designed to develop market services and make them modern, healthy and easy to use. The remote controls the movement of the trolley automatically and reduces the load on the client during pulling the trolley. In addition, it helps in saving money by not buying unwanted products, with the help of the Liquid Crystal Display  in the trolley, which shows on the update of purchase limit. In this work the client writes the amount they have via the keypad, where the amount appears on the liquid crystal screen. The product used is then checked for price and RFID details. This information is sent to RFID in the product via radio to RFID reader which determines the radio waves. It has an antenna bar for receiving and transmitting data. It also contains a small memory for detailed information of up to 256 bytes. The total cost is summarized by the scanner for materials stored in memory, sent to Arduino. The cart moves according to the client's movements when shopping and then moves to the left, right, forward, backward, or even stops through the buttons. If the customer purchases the products more than the amount recorded on the keyboard, an alarm will serve as a reminder to the customer that he/she has exceeded the purchase limit. The smart trolley is characterized by the speed of accounting compared to conventional accounting and provides a quality  service. It reduces congestion  at the cashier counter and shortens the time and waste of effort during the accounting process.