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A Study Internet of Things Is A Revolutionary Approach for Future Technology Enhancement
Authors: G. Ananadharaj* , K. Balaji
Published: May 2021

The creation is pushing ahead on a quick leap, and
the recognition goes to regularly developing innovation. One
such idea is Internet of things with which robotization is never
again an augmented simulation. IOT interfaces different nonliving articles through the web and empowers them to impart data
to their locale system to computerize forms for people and makes
their lives simpler. The paper shows what's to come difficulties of
IoT ,, for example, the specialized (network , similarity and life
span , guidelines , insightful investigation and activities ,
security), business ( venture , unassuming income model and so
forth ), cultural (evolving requests , new gadgets, cost, client
certainty and so forth ) and lawful difficulties ( laws, guidelines,
methodology, approaches and so on ). An area additionally
examines the different fantasies that may hamper the
advancement of Internet of things, security of information being
the most basic factor of all. An idealistic way to deal with
individuals in embracing the unfurling changes brought by IOT
will likewise benefit in its development. Internet of Things (IoT)
is a new paradigm that has changed the traditional way of living
into a high tech life style. Smart city, smart homes, pollution
control, energy saving, smart transportation, smart industries are
such transformations due to IoT. A lot of crucial research studies
and investigations have been done in order to enhance the
technology through IoT. However, there are still a lot of
challenges and issues that need to be addressed to achieve the
full potential of IoT. These challenges and issues must be
considered from various aspects of IoT such as applications,
challenges, enabling technologies, social and environmental
impacts etc. The main goal of this review article is to provide a
detailed discussion from both technological and social
perspective. The article discusses different challenges and key
issues of IoT, architecture and important application domains.
Also, the article bring into light the existing literature and
illustrated their contribution in different aspects of IoT.
Moreover, the importance of big data and its analysis with
respect to IoT has been discussed. This article would help the
readers and researcher to understand the IoT and its applicability
to the real world.
A Study on Iot Based Flood Detection Management System
Authors: Gomathy C.K. , G G Lasya Priya, , Kumar Hemanth
Published: May 2021

Over the past few years we can see there is an
occurrence of floods at different parts of the world almost every
year. The technical advancements in recent years have made it
easier to get a solution for these natural disasters. One of such
technologies which takes us much closer to the internet is the
“Internet of Things”. This paper consists of flood detection and
avoidance system using the iot technology. The sensors present in
this are used to estimate the water levels, humidity, and
temperature and send the real-time data to the cloud and the users
can access the data via the mobile app. This model is widely used
to alarm the people before a flood occurs and necessary
precautions could be taken.
Effect of Polymer Materials (StyreneButadiene-Styrene) on Marshall Asphalt Mix Criteria
Authors: Mohamed R. Elshahat , Sherif Alaa G. , Elshafiey Mohamed M. , Tawhed Waleed F.
Published: May 2021

this research aims to identify the impact of using
polymer materials on physical properties of traditional bitumen
used in asphaltic mix based on Marshall Mix design proceedings.
During this research, traditional bitumen is modified by
Styrene- Butadiene-Styrene (SBS). Percentages of 1,3,5,7, and 9%
of SBS by weight of bitumen were mixed. Physical tests such as
Penetration Test, Viscosity Test, Softening Point Test, and Flash
Point Test were carried out to evaluate the enhancement in the
modified bitumen properties. After that, HMA is prepared with
polymer modified bitumen to study the change in Marshall
asphalt mix criteria.
Results show that, using SBS as a modifier agent has a positive
impact on the physical properties of traditional bitumen.
According to these results, it can be said that the use of SBS
polymers showed a significant and noticeable improvement in the
performance of the asphalt mixture. Also, modified asphalt mix at
any percentage of modifier agent recorded high improvement in
stability than the conventional asphalt mix.
Research Paper on Student Information System
Authors: Agarwal Pragun , Joshi Anubhav , Naib Bharat Bhushan
Published: May 2021

With the help of Student Information System (SIS),
student information can be stored and maintenance can be done.
It is useful for educational institutions to maintain the records of
students. The storage and management of information regarding
a students’ academics is crucial in any institution. This
system can be useful for all types of details, academic reports,
institutional details, curriculum, and other resource as
well. Student Information System software is very essential
nowadays for all the educational institutions to store the
information of students. For storing the student data, the
institutions are spending a lot of money on paper, files, and other
stationary stuffs including pens/pencil etc or some institutions
are purchasing expensive systems to do this stuff. But here we
are just creating software for the similar work it can save a lot of
expenditure of an institution and also it will save use of papers
which is ultimately beneficial for our environment also. This
system is very useful to sort and search student records because
sorting and searching in file system is time consuming also
difficult to conduct manually. This software was developed in
such a way that it remains to be user centric and
easily understandable and usable by the user. The software is
fully functional and tested over several testing techniques
available and the software is functioning smoothly.
The Voice Enabled Personal Assistant for Pc using Python
Authors: V. Geetha , C K Gomathy , Kottamasu Manasa Sri Vardhan , Kumar Nukala Pavan
Published: May 2021

Personal Assistants, or conversational interfaces, or
chat bots reinvent a new way for individuals to interact with
computes. A Personal Virtual Assistant allows a user to simply ask
questions in the same manner that they would address a human,
and are even capable of doing some basic tasks like opening apps,
reading out news, taking notes etc., with just a voice command.
Personal Assistants like Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri works by
Speech Recognition (Speech-to-text) and Text-to-Speech.
A Novel Wideband RDRA for WBAN Applications
Authors: Ekta Bhayana , Prasad Svav , Vasisht Parikshit , Uddin Moin , Sharma Taruna , Ranjan Sudhakar
Published: May 2021

A Wideband Rectangular Dielectric Resonator
Antenna (RDRA) is presented in this manuscript. The proposed
RDRA is designed for wideband body area network (WBAN)
applications due to its compact size and wideband characteristics.
The proposed antenna can be effectively integrated with modern
medical devices for transmitting biological signals. WBAN attract
variety of applications in monitoring human health in the
domains such as sports, entertainment, defense, and healthcare
industry. This manuscript presents a novel RDRA to meet recent
research challenges as well as applications for future generation
wideband RF-device technology for BANs. The miniaturized
RDRA Antenna is designed for biotelemetry using HFSS 13,
FEM based 3D EM Simulation Software
Load Balancing Model using Elastic Technique in Cloud Computing
Authors: Nisar Sovban , Arora Deepika
Published: May 2021

A structural design in which virtual machines are
implicated and connect to the cloud service provider is called
cloud computing. On the behalf of the users, the virtual machines
connect to the cloud service provider. The uncertainties overload
the virtual machines. The genetic algorithm is implemented for
the migration of virtual machine in the earlier study. The genetic
algorithm is low depicts latency within the network is high at the
time of virtual machine migration. The genetic algorithm is
implemented for virtual machine migration in this study. The
proposed algorithm is applied in MATLAB in this work. The
obtained results are compared with the results of earlier
algorithm. Various parameters like latency, bandwidth
consumption, and space utilization are used to analyze the
achieved results.
Bimodal Emotion Recognition using Machine Learning
Authors: S* Manisha , Nafisa H Saida , Gopal Nandita , Anand Roshni P
Published: May 2021

The predominant communication channel to convey
relevant and high impact information is the emotions that is
embedded on our communications. Researchers have tried to
exploit these emotions in recent years for human robot
interactions (HRI) and human computer interactions (HCI).
Emotion recognition through speech or through facial expression
is termed as single mode emotion recognition. The rate of
accuracy of these single mode emotion recognitions are improved
using the proposed bimodal method by combining the modalities
of speech and facing and recognition of emotions using a
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model. In this paper, the
proposed bimodal emotion recognition system, contains three
major parts such as processing of audio, processing of video and
fusion of data for detecting the emotion of a person. The fusion of
visual information and audio data obtained from two different
channels enhances the emotion recognition rate by providing the
complementary data. The proposed method aims to classify 7
basic emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happy, neutral, sad, surprise)
from an input video. We take audio and image frame from the
video input to predict the final emotion of a person. The dataset
used is an audio-visual dataset uniquely suited for the study of
multi-modal emotion expression and perception. Dataset used
here is RAVDESS dataset which contains audio-visual dataset,
visual dataset and audio dataset. For bimodal emotion detection
the audio-visual dataset is used.
The Weed Plant Detection
Authors: V. Geetha , CK Gomathy , Reddy Y.Padmini , V. Haripriya
Published: May 2021

The Knowledge about the distribution of weeds
within the sector could also be prerequisite for the
site-specific treatment. Optical sensors changes to detect vary
weed densities and species which can have mapped using GPS
data. Weeds are extracted from the pictures that are using the
image processing and therefore the report by the
form features. The classification supported the features
reveal the type and therefore the number of weeds per the
image. For the classification the sole maximum of sixteen
features out of the eighty-one computed ones is employed.
Which enables the optimal distinction of weed classes is used
the choice is usually done using processing algorithms,
which the speed discriminate of the features of prototypes. If
no prototypes are available, clustering algorithms are
often used to automatically generate clusters. Within the next
step weed classes are often assigned to the clusters. Such
procedure aids to select prototypes, which are completed
manually. Classes are often identified, that are distinct within
the feature space or which are overlapping, and thus not well
separable. The clustering is usually utilized in some, less
complex cases to work out automatic procedure for the
classification. By using the system weed plants are generated.
These are differentiating to the results of manual weeds sampling.
A Comparative Approach on Classification of Images with Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: Kholwal Ravikant , Maurya Shishir
Published: May 2021

Image degradation, such as blurring, or various
sources of noise are common reasons for distortion happening
during image procurement. In this paper, we will study in a
systematical manner the efficiency of various Convolutional
Neural Networks (CNN) approaches, in respects to the type of
architecture and optimization strategies, with two main
objectives in mind. Firstly, we examine the CNN performance in
classifying clean images, with a dataset containing 8 classes and
more than 18,000 images, observing comparatively the obtained
results from training on a standard architecture with those
obtained from training on a hyper parameters fine-tuned network
and lastly, from training on a wider pre fine-tuned network.
Secondly, training our model after a degradation function is
applied, and after analyzing the results, we propose an approach
which will gently balance the efforts stemming from difficult
architecture de-sign or adopting the best optimization decisions
with obtaining a satisfactory efficiency in a simple manner. We
have offered a standard convolution architecture as a solution for
classifying images which are distorted, and our results suggest
that, departing from a simple design, with possible alterations of
hyper parameters and other optimizing routes, the efficiency
could massively increase.
CFD Analysis of Torque and Power for Single Rotor, Dual Rotor, and Ducted Dual Rotor Wind Turbine
Authors: Mishra Vinay , Paliwal H.K.
Published: May 2021

With the present advancement, a wind turbine needs a
wind rotor with high torque and power. The present study aims to
enhance the torque and power of wind turbine by employing the
ducted dual rotor. In this regard, CFD analysis is performed to
analyze the torque and power produced for horizontal axis single
rotor bare wind turbine, dual rotor wind turbine, and
convergent-divergent ducted type dual rotor wind turbine. The
comparative study is conducted to enhance the power and torque
for the aforementioned rotor type. The results highlight the
maximum value of torque for a dual ducted wind turbine is 36.9%
more than a dual rotor at 16 m/s of wind velocity and 92.2 % more
than a single rotor at 16 m/s of wind velocity, and the maximum
value of the power produced for a dual ducted wind turbine is
40.48% more than a dual rotor at 16 m/s of wind velocity and
139.66% more than a single rotor at 16 m/s of wind velocity.
Therefore result suggested that a dual ducted wind turbine is
better than a single rotor wind turbine.
An Integrated Method for 3D Reconstruction, Dimensional Analysis and Manipulation of an Object Based on Image Processing
Authors: Pinge Soham , Wadhavkar, Nitish , Singh Amey , Deshpande Amol
Published: May 2021

Analysis of dimensions of a product, its visualization
as a 3D model & volume estimation, positively impact the
operations of manufacturing department in an industry. In this
paper, a system has been designed to integrate the proposed
features like 3D reconstruction, dimensional analysis & support
for manipulating the reconstructed model. Research was carried
out to estimate the volume of objects using their virtual 3D model
& allow the user to edit this model which later can be compared
with the original object, for manipulation. The pictures of an
object from different planes are captured and using image
processing, it is reconstructed in 3D, which is used to estimate
parameters like volume, surface area, maximum dimensions
across different planes. This edited 3D model will be utilized for
generating a binary file representing the changes. This system
provides detailed information to the user along with flexibility,
thus enhancing the way in which the manufacturing industry
works, as it requires no manual input or interaction once the
process begins.
Examine the Underlying Causes of Flexible Pavement Deteriorations, Methods of Maintenance and Pavement Condition Rating
Authors: Kherudkar* Pooja , Namdeo A. Hedaoo
Published: May 2021

In India, the deterioration of asphalt pavement is a
major issue in the road and highway sectors. It may occur due to a
variety of factors such as premature aging, improper mix design,
inadequate construction, and material quality, the improper
structure design of pavement considering traffic, and a lack of
preventive maintenance, among others. There are many types of
distress in asphalt pavements known as disintegration (raveling,
and potholes), fracture (spalling and cracking), and distortion
(slippage deformation of permanent). This research aims to
perform a physical survey for distress analysis and pavement
condition rating using the IRC method. As a case study, four
urban flexible pavement roads in the Pimpri Chinchwad Pune
area were chosen. The roads are visually inspected to measure the
severity to detect the types and extent of the distresses. Based on
the severity of the distresses, the IRC method assigns a grade of 0
to 1.0 for poor condition roads, 1.1 to 2.0 for fair condition roads,
and 2.1 to 3.0 for good condition roads. As per the pavement
condition rating, two of the four urban roads were found to be in
fair condition, while the other two were in poor condition. The
cost-effective treatments were recommended from a variety of
treatments such as slurry seal, fog seal, crack seal,
micro-surfacing, thin cold or hot mix bituminous overlays, and
surface dressing
Power Optimization for Spectrum Sharing in Vehicular Networks
Authors:   ECE Department, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India., Thulasimani Dr. L. , Daly A. Antinita Shilpha ,   ECE Department, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
Published: May 2021

The main goal of vehicular communication is to provide a more safe and efficient vehicular operation. The challenge in a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) network is to provide reliable connectivity for the Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) links and high data rate connectivity for the Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) links at the same time. This requirement leads to spectrum sharing in vehicular communication. As the vehicular systems increases, the transmit power levels increases in the environment which in turn causes harmful effects on the atmosphere. The objective of this paper is to analyze the graph-based spectrum sharing algorithms that are available for vehicular communication and to develop a power optimization algorithm based on Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and to incorporate it into these algorithms in such a way to achieve better sum capacity for the V2I links along with a guaranteed reliability for the V2V links.
Seismic Evaluation of Multi Storey Building with Ground Soft Story and with Infill Action
Authors:   Assistant professor, Civil Department, A.M. Reddy Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Guntur, India., Subhani Shaik Mahaboob , Beeraiah Budda ,   Assistant professor, Civil Department, Priyadarshini Institute of Technology and Management, Guntur, India.
Published: May 2021

The improvements in (3D) three–dimensional underlying examination and processing assets have permitted the effective and safe plan of taller constructions. These constructions are the outcome of expanding metropolitan densification and financial suitability. The pattern towards continuously taller constructions has requested a move from the conventional strength based plan approach of structures to an emphasis on obliging the general movement of the design. Presently a day’s supported cement (RC) divider outline structures are generally suggested for metropolitan development in zones with high SE danger. Presence of shear dividers bestows an enormous solidness to the sidelong power opposing arrangement of the RC building. Appropriate specifying of shear dividers can likewise prompt bendable conduct of such constructions during solid quake shaking. One of the remarkable boundaries impacting the shear divider (SD) SE (SE) conduct outline structures is the SD region proportion. In this manner a scientific examination is performed to assess the impact of Shear Wall Area to floor zone proportion (SW/FZP %) on the SE conduct of multistoried RC structures with delicate story at ground floor. For this reason, 12 structure plans that have Five, Eight and Twelve stories with SW/FZP % going somewhere in the range of 0.70% and 1.31% in the two ways are created. Here, the conduct of these plans under quake stacking is evaluated via doing Response Spectrum Analysis and Linear Time History Analysis utilizing primary examination programming E-TABS. Reaction Spectrum Analysis is finished by SE code IS 1893:2002. Straight Time History Analysis is completed by considering the three ground movement records to be specific Bhuj, Chamba and Uttarkasi. The primary boundaries considered in this investigation are the connection SW/FZP % has with base shear and rooftop dislodging, story uprooting and story float. The logical outcomes demonstrated that building plans with SW/FZP % equivalent to 1% acted sufficiently under tremor loads. Furthermore when the SW/FZP % expanded past 1% it is seen that the improvement of the SE presentation isn’t as huge.
A Review of Diabetes Mellitus Detection using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of CSE, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, (Tamil Nadu), Assistant Professor, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., R Kumar , Pazhanirajan Dr. S ,   Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, (Tamil Nadu), India.
Published: May 2021

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that can lead to a multi-organ malfunctioning in patients due to non-regulated diabetes. Recent advancements in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence, the early detection and diagnosis of DM is more advantageous than the manual diagnosis through an automated process. It this review, DM’s recognition, diagnosis and self-management techniques from six facets, namely DM datasets, techniques involved in pre-processing, extraction of features; identification through ML; classification and diagnosis of DM; intelligent DM assistant based on artificial intelligence; are thoroughly analyzed and presented. The findings of the previous research and their inferences are interpreted. This analysis also offers a comprehensive overview of DM detection and self-administration technologies that can be of use to the research community working in the field of automated DM detection and self-management.
Small Business Mobile App An Analytical Approach for Car Spare Parts
Authors:   Management Information Systems Department College of Business, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia., Nasr Osman A. , Alajab Abd Almajeed ,   Management Information Systems Department College of Business, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia., Mohiuddin Khalid ,   Management Information Systems Department College of Business, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia., Zafrah Faiz Bin ,   Business Administration Department College of Business, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia., Ahmed Ahmed A. ,   Management Information Systems Department College of Business, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Published: May 2021

The project entitled “Car Spare Parts Shopping Application” enables customer to buy car spare parts using mobile application. This application advertises a collection of branded and high-quality car spare parts available for shopping. For shopping, the intended customers must have an authentication. The customers with authentication will avail the entire benefits offer on the application. Customers who do not have the authentication credentials, such customers can access the application and view the products details and services for the customers. Necessary, a user must have an account to become a customer, meanwhile the intended customer can shop the items and place in the available shopping cart. Importantly, the application facilitates the users or customers with billing details and tracks the customers’ orders with successful shipment acknowledgement.
Annealing Effect on Structural, Morphological and Electrical Properties by Screen Printed Bunsenite Ni O Thick Films
Authors:   Department of Physics, H.P.T. Arts and R.Y.K. Science College, Nashik, (M.S.) India., Pagar Ujwala M. , Shinde U.P. ,   Department of Physics, L.V.H. Arts, Science and Commerce College, Nashik, (M.S.) India.
Published: May 2021

Thick films of NiO deposited on glass substrate by screen printing technique. The nano powder of AR grade NiO was used for the preparation of thick films. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy and Electrical Characterization was carried out for unannealed and annealed films. The annealed films were at 250 0 C-400 0 C in a muffle furnace. Using characterisation techniques, the success of the synthesised nanoparticles was confirmed. The x-ray diffraction was used for structural characterization which confirms the polycrystalline nature of the films with cubic structure. From the SEM analysis the films show uniformity, roughness, large crystals and agglomeration of particles. The SEM-EDS analysed morphology and chemical compositions. The correlations between structural and morphological properties are reported. The D.C. resistance of the films was measured by half bridge method in air atmosphere at 30OC to 350OC. From the electrical parameters the NiO films shows semiconducting nature. The TCR, activation energy and sheet resistivity, specific surface area were calculated at different annealing temperatures. The electrical conductivity at room temperature was calculated as 4.56 × 𝟏𝟎 −𝟒 (𝜴 ∙ 𝒎) −𝟏 .
Properties of Partially Replaced Cement Concrete with Rice Husk Ash
Authors:   Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering & Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, (C.G), India., Pandey Rochak , Kumar Dr. Shailendra ,   Professor of Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering & Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G), India.
Published: May 2021

This study investigates the progressions in mechanical properties of concrete by substitution of cement by Rice Husk Ash (RHA) in conjunction with superplasticizers. Rice husk is a by-product of the rice milling process, with inexact generation of 200 kg for every one ton of rice. Diffusion of Rice Husk Ash in the concrete matrix enhance the properties of the concrete. This investigation has been done to determine the strength parameters of concrete with various extents of cement supplemented by Rice Husk Ash. M20 grade concrete (Designed as per Indian standards) was tried with substitutions by weight of the cement amount by 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10% and 15%. Various strength Test results reveal enhancement of strength at 5% substitution of cement by rice husk with compressive strength and flexural strength having an increment of 9.78% and 25.09% respectively as compared to the control mix. Pulse velocity test of the modified concrete at 5% replacement of cement by rice husk ash confirms it as a “good” dense Concrete matrix.
Effects of Information Seeking Behaviour on Accessibility of Library Services by Students With Visual Impairment in Uganda Christian University, Mukono
Authors: Namugenyi Aminah , Wamea Peter
Published: May 2021

The major aim of the study was to investigate the effects of information seeking behaviour on accessibility of library services by students with visual impairment. The study was carried out at Hamu Mukasa Library of Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda. The study objectives were to weigh the needs of information to Students with Visual Impairment (SWVI) in UCU library, assess information seeking behaviors of SWVI at UCU library, to evaluate the library facilities and services currently available for SWVI, to interrogate the sources of information for SWVI and to analyze the challenges encountered by SWVI while seeking for information at UCU library. The researcher used a descriptive design confirming about the truthfulness of the matter of fact to give wright answers to the research questions in an understandable manner giving the exact picture of what transpires amidst the SWVI while seeking for information from the Library. The study applied the qualitative together with quantitative research methods venturing into and making use of questionnaires and extracting information from the documents. The target population in the study included SWVI and staff at Uganda Christian University (UCU) Hamu Mukasa library. The study targeted the visually impaired students plus library staff members who serve or train information search skills to the students.   A sample size of  100   participants    was  chosen   from the total population of 150 whereby sample size of library staff was 60 and a sample of 40 students with visual impairment. The findings revealed that the library staff have inadequacy skills to allow them understand the needs of SWVI and their information seeking behaviours, thus failure to serve SWVI diligently. In regard to this, the study is mandated to air out the services provided, the facilities available and showing how they are insignificant to suite the information requirements of these particular users of the library. The study was well-timed to handle the assessment on effects of information seeking behaviour while accessing library services by (SWVI) at Uganda Christian University. The study recommended to the government, academic libraries, Non-Government Organisations and other agencies serving visually impaired people; to work together on the strategies to improve library facilities and information services for the visually impaired students.
VAN DIJK, TEUN A. (comp.). (2000). El discurso como estructura y proceso. Estudios del discurso: introducción multidisciplinaria, vol. 1. 507 pp. Barcelona: Gedisa. ISBN: 84-7432-714-8
Authors: Soto Guillermo
Published: May 2021

VAN DIJK, TEUN A. (comp.). (2000). El discurso como estructura y proceso. Estudios del discurso: introducción multidisciplinaria, vol. 1. 507 pp. Barcelona: Gedisa. ISBN: 84-7432-714-8
CALSAMIGLIA BLANCAFORT, HELENA Y TUSÓN VALS, AMPARO. (1999). Las cosas del decir. Manual de análisis del discurso. 386 pp. Barcelona: Ariel. ISBN: 84-344-8233-9
Authors: Núñez Aldazoro Antonio
Published: May 2021

CALSAMIGLIA BLANCAFORT, HELENA Y TUSÓN VALS, AMPARO. (1999). Las cosas del decir. Manual de análisis del discurso. 386 pp. Barcelona: Ariel. ISBN: 84-344-8233-9.
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM PENYEWAAN BAJU DAN DEKORASI BERBASIS WEB PADA NITA WEDDING ORGANIZER
Authors: Wahyuni Tri , Indriyanti Indriyanti , Ermawati Erni , Fatah Haerul , Ichsan Nurul
Published: May 2021

Wedding Organizer merupakan suatu usaha untuk membantu calon pengantin dalam mempersiapkan rangkaian acara pernikahan. Tetapi saat ini, dalam pengelolannya masih banyak Wedding Organizer yang melakukan pencatatan secara konvensional, salah satunya adalah Nita Wedding Organizer. Hal tersebut mengakibatkan sering terjadinya kesalahan dalam penulisan informasi dan pelaporan data penyewaan. Oleh karena itu, penulis merancang sebuah sistem penyewaan baju dan dekorasi berbasis web untuk memudahkan Nita Wedding Organizer dalam pengelolaan data penyewaan. Sistem yang dibangun menggunakan metode waterfall dengan bebrapa tahap yaitu pengumpulan data, analisa kebutuhan data, perancangan sistem, pengujian dan implementasi. Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan antara lain studi pustaka, observasi dan wawancara dengan pemilik Wedding Organizer. Bahasa pemrograman yang digunakan adalah PHP dengan framework CodeIgniter dan Bootstrap. Fitur yang dihasilakan dari pengembangan sistem ini antara lain back-end penyewaan baju dan dekorasi pada Nita Wedding Organizer, sehingga mempermudah dalam mengelola data-data penyewaan, baik penyewaan baju maupun dekorasi pernikahan, serta memudahkan dalam pembuatan laporan pada Nita Wedding Organizer.
SISTEM INFORMASI PERHITUNGAN PENYUSUTAN AKTIVA TETAP MENGGUNAKAN METODE GARIS LURUS BERBASIS VB.NET PADA CV GINANJAR SEJAHTERA MANDIRI KARAWANG
Authors: Yusuf Arif Maulana , Hasmizal Hasmizal , Dini Nurul
Published: May 2021

Aktiva tetap adalah salah satu bagian utama dari kekayaan perusahaan yang berjumlah besar dan mengalami penyusutan dalam satu periode akuntansi (accounting period). Aktiva tetap dapat diperoleh dengan beberapa cara seperti membeli secara tunai, secara kredit atau angsuran, pertukaran, penerbitan surat berharga, dibangun sendiri, sewa guna usaha atau leasing dan donasi. Perhitungan penyusutan aktiva tetap terdapat beberapa metode yang digunakan salah satunya yaitu metode garis lurus dengan pembebanan yang sama disetiap penyusutannya. Dari hasil wawancara dan observasi pada CV Ginanjar Sejahtera Mandiri dalam proses operasionalnya menggunakan berbagai jenis aktiva tetap seperti mesin, alat-alat ringan maupun berat, inventaris kantor, dan sebagainya yang pastinya akan mengalami penyusutan. Sampai saat ini perusahaan sudah menerapkan penyusutan untuk semua aktiva tetap yang dimilikinya, namun masih diolah dengan Microsoft Excel dengan penilaian residu dari setiap pembelian aktiva tetapnya dinilai 50% atau setengahnya dari harga perolehan aktiva tetap. Pada penelitian ini untuk merancang sebuah program berdasarkan dengan permasalahan yang terjadi pada tempat penelitian digunakan SDLC (Sistem Development Life Cycle). Dengan banyaknya aktiva yang dimiliki maka diperlukan suatu aplikasi pencatatan penyusutan untuk memudahkan dang mengurangi kesalahan yang terjadi akibat salah memasukan daa kedalam rumus perhitungan. Setelah penulis mengidentifikasi kebutuhan mengenai perhitungan penyusutan aktiva tetap, maka penulis membuat rancangan aplikasi perhitungan penyusutan aktiva tetap menggunakan Microsoft Visual Basic.Net dengan database Microsoft SQL Server serta dilakukan pengaujian sistem dengan Black Box Testing.
Educando para la paz. La convivencia escolar en la educación inicial no es un problema de situación sino de decisión
Authors:   Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez, Coronel García Gladis Cecilia
Published: May 2021

La escuela es un escenario no sólo de construcción de saberes, en ella se fortalecen las emociones, sentimientos, valores, competencias y formación ciudadana, entre otros, necesarios estos para convivir en el aula. Es menester reconocer que la institución educativa es corresponsable de la formación integral de los educandos, por tanto, la educación inicial es el momento para fomentar la práctica de una sana convivencia, que se construya en el día a día, en las relaciones estudiantes-estudiantes y maestros- estudiantes. Ahora bien, no se puede desconocer que en medio de las interacciones surgen dificultades y la escuela no está exenta de ello. Las características de cada uno de los miembros del grupo, se encuentra con las unicidades de los otros y hay choque de intereses, creencias y saberes. Lo expuesto, permite plantear como objetivo, implementar estrategias psicopedagógicas para la disminución de los conflictos en el aula de clase. Para el logro del objetivo general se planteó el diseño metodológico desde el enfoque cualitativo y el tipo investigación acción; estos permitieron que en los hallazgos se evidenciara, no sólo las agresiones en el salón de clases, sino que además se observó que emergieron unas categorías, que no pertenecían al ámbito escolar sino a los contextos social y familiar, pero que se convirtieron en generadores de los comportamientos en la escuela. Afortunadamente las dificultades, quedan solo como conflicto escolar, donde no hay manifestación de la intención de causarle daño a su compañero(a), y tampoco es considerado acoso escolar.
Outside the Box
Authors: Miller Christine , Cruz Laura , Kelley Jacob
Published: May 2021

Can creativity be taught? Multiple sources attest that the business community values creativity in potential new hires, but a signature pedagogy of teaching for creativity in business classes has not yet emerged. To contribute to a body of evidence-based practice, this study assessed the impact of several in-class activities that were deployed among undergraduate business students to see if these enhanced their creative problem-solving abilities, as assessed by pre- and post-intervention measures. The results were moderately encouraging and suggest domain-specific teaching and learning strategies. Further, the results offer encouragement to all instructors, irrespective of any prior experience with creativity-enhancing efforts.
PORTAL HYPERTENSION IN OSLER-WEBER-RENDU SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT
Authors: Dhiman Himanshu , Katna Akhil
Published: May 2021

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant
vascular disorder characterized by epistaxis, mucocutaneous telangiectasias, and arteriovenous
malformations affecting various organs and systems. The liver is a commonly involved organ (74% of patients with hereditary
hemorrhagic telangiectasia), although symptomatic liver disease is quite infrequent. In symptomatic cases, clinical
manifestations relate most commonly to the predominant type of vascular shunting present (arteriovenous, arterioportal, or
portovenous). Clinically, liver disease can manifest as a high-output cardiac failure, portal hypertension, or biliary disease.
Imaging plays an important role in diagnosis, characterization, and follow-up of liver involvement, with ultrasound, computed
tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography being useful in this context. We present a case of patient with
Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome with portal hypertension without evidence of liver cirrhosis.
Evaluating the Quality of Spatial Data for the Analysis of Climate Variability in the Coastal Region of Nigeria
Authors: Agbonaye A.I. , Izinyon O.C.
Published: May 2021

The lack of truly reliable data for climate change analyses and prediction presents challenges in climate modeling. Needed data are required to be hydrologically/statistically reliable to be useful for hydrological, meteorological, climate change, and estimation studies. Thus, data quality and homogeneity screening are preliminary analyses. In this study, the homogeneity of the climatic data used for analyses of climate variability was conducted in the coastal region of Nigeria. Climatic Research Unit (CRU 0.5× 0.5) gridded monthly climatic data for sixty years (1956- 2016) for nine states of the coastal region of Nigeria obtained from internet sources were validated with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) data to assure adequacy for use. The data were tested for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk (S-W) test, D’Agostino-Pearson omnibus test, and skewness test. Four homogeneity test methods were applied to 257 locations in the nine states of the coastal region of Nigeria and they include Pettit’s, Standard Normal Homogeneity Test (SNHT), Buishand’s and Von Neumann Ratio (VNR) tests. The results of the validity analysis indicated that the CRU data are very reliable and thus justified their use for the further analysis carried out in the study. Also, the results obtained indicated that CRU climatic data series were normally distributed and parametric methods could be used in further analysis of the data. Rainfall data homogeneity was detected for Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, and Ondo states and inhomogeneity for Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, and Rivers States. Also, temperature data inhomogeneity was detected for all the states in the study area.
Protection of Ecosystem and Preservation of Biodiversity: The Geospatial Technology Approach
Authors: Ogunlade S. O.
Published: May 2021

he protection of ecosystem and preservation of biodiversity through the approach of geospatial technology was the aim of this research. The channel was monitoring the spatial transformation of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria between year 2002 and year 2018 using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System techniques. Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) plus of year 2002, Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) of year 2014 and year 2018 all of 32m resolution were the satellite images obtained for the study. These images were processed with supervised maximum likelihood classification algorithm using ArcGIS 10.3 software. To validate the classification and ensure high accuracy, an accuracy assessment was performed using training samples from 60 points on each of the satellite imagery on a reference image from google earth combined with ground data collected on actual visitation to the study area to verify the true land-cover type existing on the site. The resultant images deemed fit for analyses were classified into built-up, thick vegetation, light vegetation and bare land, land cover classes. Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was used to perform land cover area calculations through which the land cover dynamics and the spatial expansion were identified. The result showed built-up (13.58%, 14.59%, 20.75%); thick vegetation (33.78%, 26.26%, 12.18%); Light vegetation (24.57%, 32.29%, 30.51%); Bare land (28.08%, 26.26%, 36.56%) for the three years respectively. A special focus was put on the general depletion of the (thick and light) vegetation of which trees are a major actor. These depletion were adduced to the positive transformation of other land cover classes through the underlining landuse. The study concluded that alteration, depletion and consequent disappearance of trees in the green ecosystem is a threat to environment’s sustainability and the protection of ecosystem and preservation of biodiversity. The study recommended the research as a tool to controlling the removal of trees and thick forest, growing more trees and plants among other factors to protect ecosystem and preserve biodiversity.
Marx e a tripla crítica ontológica
Authors: Coelho Henrique Leão , Sousa Wesley
Published: May 2021

The text in question aims to outline the triple ontological criticism that marks the “Marxian turn” in the work of Karl Marx. The article seeks to define the pertinence and evolution of Marxian theory, which has been engaged from a settling of scores against the imputations of idealistic redoubts. In addition, the text demonstrates the ontological diapason of the work of the German author to the detriment of epistemological interpretations. The seminal works that we will grasp, respectively, and briefly, here are: Crítica da Filosofia do Direito de Hegel, Sobre a Questão Judaica and Manuscritos Econômico-filosóficos. These texts were produced during the years 1843 and 1844.
Wearable IoT based Distributed Framework for Ubiquitous Computing
Authors: V Suma
Published: May 2021

In Internet of Things (IoT) based systems, the multi-level user requirements are satisfied by the integration of communication technology with distributed homogeneous networks termed as the ubiquitous computing systems (UCS). The PCS demands openness in heterogeneity support, management levels and communication for distributed users. However, providing these features is still a major challenge. In wearable IoT (WIoT) based medical sensors based applications, the end users reliability of communication is enhanced using a scalable distributed computational framework introduced in this paper. The demand and sharing parameters forms the basis of analysis of resource allocation by means of recurrent learning in this framework. The rate of communication may be improved while reducing the time delay for the end users of WIoT based medical sensors with the help of UCS and estimated resource requirements. Other than data transfer, sharing and resource allocation, end-user mobility management may also be performed on the WIoT medical sensors using the proposed framework. Certain metrics are used for proving the consistency of the framework that are assessed with the help of experimental analysis and performance estimation. Parameters inclusive of storage utilization, bandwidth, request backlogs, requests handled, request failure and response time are estimated. Reduced response time, backlogs and request failure with improved storage utilization, bandwidth and requests handled are evident using the proposed framework when compared to the existing models.
Collaboration of Smart City Services with Appropriate Resource Management and Privacy Protection
Authors: Shakya Subarna
Published: May 2021

Smart city is a quickly developing approach that is powered by Internet of Things (IoTs), providing a number of services such as collaborative diagnosis and intelligent transportation. In general, in a smart city, the terminals have certain limitations that crib their capability of processing cross application and diversified services. Due to insufficient availability of resources that can be used to develop a collaborative smart city services, a novel methodology that is highly recommended is edge computing which holds facility with high processing ability in the city terminals. However, the threat of privacy and safety of information in the collaborative services is crucial in order to ensure a safer environment of edge computing. To address this privacy issue, we have proposed an offloading method that can be used in smarty city to strengthen the privacy, promote edge utility and improve offloading efficiency. In order to establish balance between the collaborative service and privacy preservation, edge computing is integrated with information entropy. The performance is further verified using simulation analysis in appropriate environment.
Development of Smart Cities with Fog Computing and Internet of Things
Authors: Lai Kong-Long , Zong Chen Joy Iong
Published: May 2021

In construction of smart cities, Internet of Things and Fog computing have a crucial role to play which requires the need for management and exchange of large amount of information. Both Internet of Things as well as Fog computing are two predominant fields that have emerged in recent years to enable the development of transportation, tourism, industries as well as business in a proficient manner. Hence the introduction of a smart city will require proper study as well as ways to improve the strength’s of the city using technological advancement. This will also enhance the strength of city in many fronts. In this paper, we have examined the positive aspects of fog computing using an IoT architecture that is integrated with fog computing in order to address the issues of network scalability and big data processing. Accordingly, the architecture of the IoT system is built such that the smart city will be able to function in a more efficient manner by means of network transmission, information processing and intelligent perceptions.
Excerpt of Law and Anti-Blackness
Authors: Goodwin Michele
Published: May 2021

Professor Michele Goodwin’s essay here (and the article from which it came, to be published in full in our Winter issue) explicitly identifies the development of American law as a project of cementing racial caste. This piece is a call for conversation and asks us all to consider: “How has the failure to acknowledge and address the carnage and prurience of America’s racial origin story impacted life today?” For 26 volumes, we have attempted to answer that question. In publishing this story in this issue, we are excited to be joined by our peers in that effort.
Lawyers as Social Engineers: How Lawyers Should Use Their Social Capital to Achieve Economic Justice
Authors: Thompson Dana
Published: May 2021

The Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review (MBELR) has always strived to provide a platform for legal scholars, professionals, and students to publish business-related legal scholarship. Yet, little legal business scholarship focusing on the Black business community exists, despite the extraordinary impact that Black communities have in the U.S. business landscape. In a year of revolutionary social change, we are excited to feature in this special issue the work of Professor Dana Thompson, a Michigan Law alumna, in an effort to remedy this gap. Professor Thompson’s career, professional values, and day-to-day work demonstrate genuine, commanding, and inspiring commitment to social justice and community-based organizations.