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First Order Performance Indicators For Quality of Behavior Culture and Perception (Qobcp)
Authors: Azeemi Naeem Z , Utaibi Ghassan Al , Srivastava Riktesh , Basheer Omar al , Naem Meraj
Published: December 2019

While trade scenario at the global trade hub in GCC, i.e., Middle East industry has to quickly concentrate maximum strength on a project of major importance, referred to internally as Flexible Critical Mass (FCM). The method enables the long term sustainability in industry to tackle outsized opportunities. We identify key indicators to drive technology enabled industrial performance, based on more understanding and agreement on its structure, strategy, and cultural definition, starting at the human capital to the mobile or immobile assets of an industry. We highlight the need to put processes into place to drive this new clarity and focus throughout the organization. The industrial practices needed increased accountability and a balance between the deployment of strategies, goals, and objectives and the maintenance of the culture.
An Integration of Knowledge Management Practices To Enhance Customer Relationship Management Performance
Authors: Utaibi Ghassan Al , Khasib Khalid , Basheer Omar al
Published: December 2019

Organizations today have no choice but to continually exhaust their efforts to exploit what they know and continue to explore new knowledge, so they are realizing that to remain competitive and able to achieve competitive advantage they must explicitly manage their intellectual resources and capabilities.
Predicting Consumer Behavior in A Block Chain To Encourage Chained-Product Shopping
Authors: Azeemi Naeem Z , Enoch Sharmini , Basheer Omar al , Srivastava Riktesh , Naem Meraj , Utaibi Ghassan Al
Published: December 2019

Catalyzed with overwhelming web-enabled on-the-go shopping trends, the understanding of technology- centric behavior of consumers holistically is a key to success. In this work we argue that a right blend of block chain per view can enable a detailed understanding of customers and their motivations. Theconsumer behavior and pre cursors to their motivations are considered for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Although, KSA has the largest and fastest growing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Middle East and the online shopping activities in KSA are increasing rapidly, it is still lagging behind the global development. The four factors – website design quality, perceived trust, perceived convenience and advertisings & promotions were selectedfrom the available literature. A
Position Control of Hybrid Stepper Motorbased PSD Fuzzy Controller
Authors: Ahmed MusaabMohammed , Habli M.A.
Published: December 2019

Most control systems are working on the measurement coordinates and trajectories of dynamic targets in the space need to particular type of motor to meet the accuracy. It has demanding requirements for tracking the performance of the system. The currently used different soft computing techniques for step response enhancement of hybrid stepper motor are used to build up a model using MATLAB software package. The objective of the present paper is to use    PSD fuzzy controller to enhance the performance of the open loop control system to control the speed and position of the hybrid stepper motor performance. It was represented by 2DOF with a fuzzy controller and received an excellent response and good result. The difficulties are great and real time implementation of control actuation the controlling of position of hybrid stepper motor and to improve motors efficiency. The fieldoriented for a PM stepper motor application is presented in order to demonstrate the effectiveness for this real time embedded controller, t the proposed control algorithm will realize better rise time and less overshootbetter and detailed analysis is carried out to confirm the viability of the proposed system.
Regulation of Industrial Process For Non-Invasive Scanning Instrumentation—A Novel Approach
Authors: Azeemi Naeem Z , Srivastava Riktesh , Naem Meraj , Utaibi Ghassan Al , Basheer Omar al , Habli M. A.
Published: December 2019

Despite the diversity in application of spectroscopic techniques ranging from pharmaceutical industries, food and beverage or petrochemical industries; scientific data produced by these instrument is still limited in accuracy and errors associated with the luminescence. Unlike Chemical Force Microscopy (CFM), non-invasive instrumentation provides reliable and precise control in Industrial Process Regulation (IPR), where a chemical compound is always a point-of-care. Additionally, growing trends in analytical instrumentation towards Lab-On-a-Chip (LOC) has shift the manufacturer’s emphasis on sensitivity as well as robustness.  Though expensive, but imaging spectrometer characterize a process or an object over a large range of luminescence  such as Visual, Ultra-Violet (UV), Near Infra-Red (NIR), Infra-Red (IR), and Raman, to name a few.
Business Sharing its Progress with Villagers Towards Developing Model Villages
Authors: Garain Swapan
Published: December 2019

In a developing country like India, village-centric development is very critical for improving Human Development Index of the country. In this direction, corporate contribution assumes significance for rehabilitation and resettlement of project affected people and overall intervention under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. Since India is a country of villages, CSR has to be more sensitive towards the economic, social and cultural needs of rural society of the country. In this paper, it is proposed to gear all interventions for promoting model villages. Model village presents a credible vehicle for bringing about sustainability of a village community unit. A model village must have three significant components of infrastructure development, livelihood promotion and provision of services. Infrastructure development must cater to creating basic physical as well as social infrastructure like approach road, school building, community centre and social capital. Promotion of livelihood includes skill training, self-employment, employment opportunities and village enterprise development, while provision for services for the villagers includes health care, education, sanitation, recreational and other community services. Model village plan envisages a self-contained village community at the apex of all the pillars of sustainability, namely, livelihood, infrastructure and services. The future of Indian economy and the prospect of industry are going to depend largely on building sustainable and self-maintained smallest self-governing units called model villages.
Sustainability Practices in Hotel Industry: A Study on Guest Awareness and Satisfaction
Authors: Mathur Shweta , Khanna Kavita , Saxena Sanjeev Kumar
Published: December 2019

The research paper is an empirical work to ascertain the awareness and satisfaction levels of the hotel guests on the sustainability practices in Five Star hotels in Delhi. This paper also aims to determine the extent to which certain sustainability practices influence customer preferences and requirements. The methodology used in this research included a survey method, combined with an extensive secondary research and descriptive methods. The survey was conducted in selected Five star and Five-star deluxe hotels in Delhi from June 2016 until September 2016. The results of the study establish a direct relationship of sustainability practices with customers satisfaction in Five Star Hotels in Delhi, however, it reveals that the prevailing sustainability practices do not satisfy the guests to a considerable extent. The research results can be used by hotel managers in order to improve and adopt sustainability strategy in their management policy in order to raise the level of awareness towards the hotels sustainability initiatives undertaken and then to meet the demands of cognizant guests and for the sake of its own business survival.
Energy Conservation Behaviour of Individuals: A New Age Imperative for Sustainable Development
Authors: Gandhe Rutwik J. , Pandey Satish C.
Published: December 2019

Role of human behaviour in mitigating climate change, controlling Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, reducing carbon footprint leading to sustainable development, is at the centre of all policy discussions across the globe, thereby tailoring human behaviour is considered imperative by contemporary scholarship. This study attempts to understand the psycho-social interaction of individuals that promote such a human action. Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) framework has been used to predict human behaviour assuming human behaviour for energy conservation is one of the pro-social low-cost behaviour. Value orientation of individuals, energy conservation beliefs, subjective norms, perceived behaviour control, and energy conservation attitude have been measured to gauge the behavioural intention, along with capturing the socio-economic realities pertaining to households and individuals therein. Awareness towards energy conservation efforts and social interaction are found to be key behaviour influencers, whereas energy conservation intent is found to be gender neutral. Study implies the underlying necessity to explore mediating and moderating models in order to decipher complex inter-play among key variables for predicting energy conservation behaviour intent.
Book Review- Sustainable Development: Local Issues and Global Agendas
Authors: Mishra Aditi
Published: December 2019

Sustainability is not only a matter of concern but also a vision to be achieved. Sustainable development aims to enhance the quality of human life by preserving the intrinsic value and beauty of nature with optimum resource depletion. It is tied with the issue of survival, poverty, deprivation and marginalization. Conservation and adequate use of resources can be ensured through the adoption of sustainable development and development process. It is essential agenda in development which required saving and sustaining the resources for coming generation, so that they also can utilize the way we do. The book answers sustainable development at two fundamental paradigms-local issues and global agendas. The present book is edited volume by Prof. R.B. Patil and contributed by 21 scholars. It discusses concept and approaches of sustainable development with its reference to industry, communication, health and agriculture. Also it highlights the concept of sustainable development through cases and comparative studies and innovative initiatives.
Book Review- Understanding Urban Poverty in India: Experiences from Mumbai
Authors: Rana Suman
Published: December 2019

The major theme of this book is to reflect on Urban Poverty in India with special reference to the city of Mumbai, 5th most populous city in the world containing half of the population in slums or is homeless. The book is compiled addressing several key elements which have direct correlation with the above said issue. The book has covered range of topics of social sciences, from economics to population studies and feminist epistemology. In this book, urban poverty is approached from multiple angles through different contributors in the different articles and each article is independent of its approach to the said issue. The broad topics cover in this book is on Economy, Health & Hygiene and Food & Shelter.
NGO Profile- Sahyadri Nature Foundation
Authors: Jagdale Sandeep
Published: December 2019

NGO a very word surrounded by different notions by different people from different walks of life. It is condemned by establishments on the grounds of transparency, accountability and feasibility. But there is also a line of thinking that there is more transparency, accountability and feasibility will come in the work of establishments due to NGOs because they represent the people. Then the debate goes on…
Scoping Social Entrepreneurship in India: Organisation, Technology, and Collaboration
Authors: Kumari Sunita , G.D. Bino Paul
Published: December 2019

We explore emerging contexts of social entrepreneurship in India. Social entrepreneurship is emerging as an important option in poverty reduction and social change wherein organizing societal responses to scenarios like entrenched deprivation, cumulative disadvantages, long extant institutional lock-in, and vulnerabilities enmeshed in social stratification, hiatus emanating from segmentation of labour market and inadequate coverage of social protection form the core of strategies/collectives/organisation. In this paper, first, drawing cues from the literature, we outline basic typology of social entrepreneurship while delineating pivotal role technology and collaboration play in social entrepreneurship. Second, we provide a glimpse of not profit organisations in India, based on the secondary data. We juxtapose select patterns from the data on non profit organisations with human development. Third, we discuss select cases of social entrepreneurship that diverge in characteristics and contexts, in particular how these initiatives work towards poverty reduction and social development.
Issues and Challenges in Implementation of MGNREGA: A Case Study from Maharashtra
Authors: Maske Sudhir
Published: December 2019

National Rural Employment Grantee Act (NREGA) is one of the progressive and transformative legislation passed by Indian Parliament in the year of 2005 by UPA government for ensuring employment guarantee and livelihood security to each rural household. In year 2007 it is renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The fundamental goal of this right based policy initiative is to provide employment guarantee and promote infrastructural development in the villages for the well-being rural household, it has also been considered as an integrated approach for rural poverty eradication and sustainable development. Since, nine years MGNREGA is being implemented in all 623 districts of the country, but it has not shown the result which had been expected and even put forward in MGNREGA objectives. Most of the evaluation studies shown that the scheme is not working properly at ground level because of its poor implementation. There are many issues and challenges are coming up in its implementation. It is observed that very few states like Andhra Pardesh, Rajasthan, etc. where programme is being implemented in successive mode. Maharashtra state is mile stone in MGREGA, the origin Of EGS scheme is a backbone of this act. In 1974, the Maharashtra state government had started Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and it was put into operation for entire year. At present the previous employment guarantee scheme has merged into MGNREGA guideline issued by the central government. Though the state has reach experience of EGS implementation, but the present merged MGNREGA programme is not working properly at ground level. There are many issues are coming up in its implementation process which are caused by different factors such as demand of work, identification of work site and planning, complicated administrative structure with less competent staff, delay in payment, lack of human resources. The author has made an attempt to analyze these factors based on case study of two villages, named Kashod Shivpur and Bhilkhed in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. FGD and interview schedule was used for data collection. This paper also trying to highlights if the act has implemented with spirit and commitment how it can help to regenerate the village resources to achieve the prime goals of sustainable development.
Day of Geodesy in Germany Tag der Geodäsie Deutschland
Authors: T Kötter,
Published: December 2019

Day of Geodesy in Germany Tag der Geodäsie Deutschland
Pro-Sosyal Davranışlarda Diğerkâmlığın (Özgecilik) Tanımı Ve Konumu
Authors: DÜZGÜNER Sevde
Published: December 2019

İnsanın duygu, düşünce ve davranışlarını inceleyen psikoloji, insanın pro-sosyal davranışlarını (olumlu sosyal davranış) da çeşitli açılardan araştırmaktadır. En genel haliyle karşılık beklemeden yardım etme davranışı olarak tanımlanan diğerkâmlık (özgecilik) da bu literatürde önemli bir yere sahiptir. Söz konusu literatür incelendiğinde, diğerkâmlık ile yardım davranışı, fedakârlık, îsâr gibi farklı davranış türlerini birbirinin yerine kullanıldığı görülür. Dahası İngilizce literatürde “altruism” olan kavramın, Türkçe literatüre “diğerkamlık”, “özgecilik”, “elseverlik”, “altürizm” gibi kavramların yanı sıra “fedakarlık” “isar” gibi yakın kavramlar şeklinde çevrildiği tespit edilmiştir. Bu durum da literatürde bir kavram karmaşasına neden olmuştur. Oysa psikolojinin; teori, araştırma ve uygulama alanlarının sağlam temellere oturması için kavramların sınır ve konumlarının net olarak çizilmesi önemlidir. Bu nedenle makale, pro-sosyal davranışlar özelinde diğerkâmlığın tanımını yapmayı ve konumunu belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Makalede, pro-sosyal davranışlar hakkındaki bilgilere değinilerek diğerkâmlığın tanımlarına yer verilmiştir. Diğer pro-sosyal davranışlar arasında diğerkâmlığın yerini belirlemek için birbirine yakın kavramların arasındaki nüanslara dikkat çekilerek diğerkâmlığın kavram haritası çıkarılmıştır. Buna dayanarak diğerkâmlığın net bir tanımı yapılmıştır. Bu noktada pro-sosyal davranışın bir şemsiye kavram olduğu, yardım etme davranışının onun altında yer aldığı, diğerkamlığın da bir tür yardım etme davranışı olduğu, îsârın ise diğerkamlığın daha spesifik hali olduğu ortaya konmuştur. Ardından diğer pro-sosyal davranışların tanımlanmasında dikkat edilmesi gereken kriterler belirlenmiştir. Makale, pro-sosyal davranışları tanımlarken kullanılabilecek bu kriterleri içeren bir tanım cetveli sunmaktadır. Bu cetvel, pro-sosyal davranış, yardım etme davranışı, işbirliği, sosyal sorumluluk, fedakârlık, özveri, diğerkâmlık ve îsâr kavramlarını içermektedir.
Ahlaki Çözülme, İdeal İnsan ve Hayatın Anlamı Bağlamında Atebetü’l-Hakâyık
Authors: TOKUR Behlül
Published: December 2019

İslami dönem Türk edebiyatının en önemli eserlerinden biri Atebetü’l-Hakâyık’tır. Edip Ahmed’in bu eseri ideal insan tipinin nasıl olması gerektiği hakkında kısa ve özlü bilgiler vermesinin yanında bulunduğu dönemin dini hayatını eleştirel bir gözle ele almıştır. O, ideal insanın sınırlarını bazı değerler üzerinden belirlemiştir. Bu değerler, bilgili olmak, dili korumak, alçak gönüllü olmak, yardımsever-cömert olmak, hilm sahibi (sakin, ağırbaşlı) olmak, iyi arkadaş edinmek ve hayatın anlamına vakıf olmaktır. Toplumsal düzenin bozukluğuyla ilgili ise şair öncelikle vefasızlığın üzerinde durmuştur. Daha sonra ise samimiyetsiz dini hayatın belirtilerini inandığı gibi yaşamamak, iyi insanların suskunluğu, sistemin bozukluğu, adaletsizlik ve dünya malına düşkünlük olarak sıralamıştır. Ayrıca şair, ideal insan ve ahlaki yozlaşma arasında gidip gelen insanın tarihsel serüvenini kader inancı çerçevesinde açıklamaya çalışmıştır. Şaire göre birey, her daim ideal insan hedefi doğrultusunda bir hayat yaşamaya çalışmalıdır. Bu hedeften uzaklaşmak sadece insanın değil toplumun da ahlaki bir çıkmaza girmesine ve dolayısıyla yozlaşmasına neden olabilir. Şaire göre bu durum acı bir gerçeklik olsa da insanın ve toplumlarının kaçamayacağı tarihsel kaderdir. Şöyle ki; insanın psikolojik zaafları dünyanın gidişatına göre her an baskın olabilir ve birey ideal insan hedefinden uzaklaşabilir.
Dini Başa Çıkma Ve Sabır Bağlamında İnsan Tipleri: Nitel Bir Araştırma
Authors: YAPICI Asım , DOĞANAY Süleyman
Published: December 2019

Dinî başa çıkma yöntemlerinden biri olan sabır, aniden şekillenen bir tutumdan ziyade bir süreçtir. Bu süreçte kaybettiğinin yasını tutan birey kendisine özgü bir şekilde bilişsel, duyusal, duygusal ve davranışsal haller yaşayabilir. Zira biyo-psiko-sosyal bir varlık şeklinde tanımlanan insan, maruz kaldığı dramatik ve travmatik hadiselere farklı tepkiler verebilir. Bu çalışma, bireyin hayatın zorluklarıyla başa çıkma sürecinde nasıl bir tutum takındığı sorusuna cevap aramaktadır. Amacı ise dinî başa çıkma ve sabır bağlamında ortaya çıkan insan tiplerini belirlemektir. Nitel bir desene sahip olan bu çalışmada veriler, amaçlı örneklem tekniği kapsamında yarı yapılandırılmış mülakat ve katılımlı gözlem yoluyla elde edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda doğrudan travmatik yaşantılara maruz kalan bireylerle görüşülmüştür. Veriler çözümlenirken betimsel analiz ve içerik analizi tekniklerinden faydalanılmıştır. Betimsel analiz tekniğinde bireylerin psikolojk yaşantıları uzun alıntılarla çözümlenmeye çalışılmış, içerik analizinde ise ortak temalardan hareketle tiplemelere ulaşmak amaçlanmıştır. Bu arada çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden “gömülü teori” yaklaşımına uygun bir hareket tarzı benimsenmiştir. Böylece başa çıkma sürecinde devreye giren kültürel öznelliklerle evrensellik, diğer bir deyişle yerellik ile evrensellik arasında nasıl bir ilişki olduğu sorgulanmıştır. Ulaşılan bulgulara göre dramatik ve travmatik hadiseler karşısında insanlar “Şaşkın”, “Kaygılı”, “Öfkeli”, “Suskun” ve “Teslimiyetçi” tutumlar göstermiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarından anlaşıldığı üzere insanlar bu halleri sıralı bir şekilde ve tedricen yaşamamaktadır. Esasen burada bahsi geçen her tip kendine özgü tek bir tutuma işaret etmektedir. Diğer bir ifadeyle hayatın öngörülemeyen getirileriyle karşılaşan insanlar bu hallerden herhangi birine belli bir sıra veya silsile gözetmeksizin geçebilir. Bu tiplerin bireyin yine kendine has bilinci, algısı ve duygusal yapısıyla ilgili olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu tutumlar aynı zamanda hayatın zorlukları karşısında tezahür eden insan tipleri olarak kavramlaştırılabilir. Bu noktada ulaşılan insan tiplerinin kültürel öznelliği yansıttığı söylenebilir. Aynı konuda, farklı örneklemlerde yapılacak nitel çalışmalarla bu araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlar karşılaştırılabilir. Böylece Müslüman Türk kültürüne özgü başa çıkma modelleri geliştirilebilir.
Ebeveyn Kaybı Yaşamış Bireylerde Otobiyografik Bellek, Allah Tasavvuru Ve Dini Başa Çıkma
Authors: GÖCEN Gülüşan , GENÇ Merve
Published: December 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ebeveyn kaybı yaşamış üniversite öğrencilerinin otobiyografik anıları üzerinden nasıl bir Allah tasavvuruna sahip olduklarını ve yaşadıkları zorluklarda sahip oldukları Allah tasavvurunun dini başa çıkma süreçlerine olan etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Derinlemesine bir bilgi alınabilmesi için durum nitel modelinde tasarlanmış bu araştırmanın çalışma grubu, amaçlı örnekleme çeşitlerinden olan ölçüt, maksimum çeşitlilik ve kartopu yöntemleri kullanılarak belirlenmiştir. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile birlikte görüşme yöntemi uygulanmıştır 18-24 yaş aralığında (ortalama yaş: 20,7), 8’i (%40) anne kaybı yaşamış ve 12’si (%60) baba kaybı yaşamış (%60) olmak üzere toplam 20 kız üniversite öğrencisi, çalışma grubunu oluşturmuştur.  Araştırmacı tarafından yüz yüze yapılan görüşmeler sonrasında elde edilen veriler içerik analizi ile incelenmiştir. Sonuçta, katılımcıların paylaştıkları otobiyografik anılarda sırasıyla “Yakın”, “Affedici/Bağışlayıcı”, “Koruyan-Gözeten”, “Yaratıcı-Kudretli”, “Kural Koyan-Adaletli”, “Sabır Veren” Allah tasavvurları öne çıkmıştır. Ebeveyn kaybı yaşamış katılımcıların karşılaştıkları zorluklar, bu zorluklarla başa çıkma süreçleri veya hayatta kendilerini yalnız hissettikleri zamanlar düşünüldüğünde; Allah’ın en çok “Yakın” özelliğiyle tanımlanmış olması anlamlı bir durumdur. Ayrıca çoğu katılımcı için zorluk içeren yaşam olaylarında “Rahatlatıcı” Allah tasavvurunun dini başa çıkma süreçlerine dâhil olduğu kaydedilmiştir. Paylaşılan anılar otobiyografik belleğin işlevleri yönünden incelendiğinde ise ebeveyn kaybı yaşamış üniversite öğrencilerinin, Allah’ın da dâhil olduğu otobiyografik anılarını, çoğunlukla davranışlarını yönlendirmek ya da başkalarına öğüt vermek amacıyla hatırladıkları tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların, cezalandırıcı bir Allah tasavvuruna sahip olmadıkları ve ebeveyn kaybını olası bir ceza olarak değerlendirmedikleri gözlemlenmiştir.
A New Financing Model for Carbon Emission Reduction Projects: The Use of Carbon Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements (ERPA) in the Private Pension System
Authors: ŞEN Gökhan , ÇELİK Mehmet Yunus , ULUSOY Tolga
Published: December 2019

As a result of the awareness of global climate change, many studies have been carried out to avoid this situation. These studies have been carried out intensely since the protocol signed in Kyoto in 2005. Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from engines operating on fossil fuels, the promotion of using the renewable natural sources such as wind, solar, etc. which are called clean energy, methane gas decompositions, and similar studies are some of these. As the studies increased, funding difficulties began to be seen in supporting the projects. In this context, especially project selection has started to gain importance. When the carbon emission reduction projects are examined, it is seen that forestry and especially forestation projects are very important. Especially, afforestation investments are very important in terms of increasing carbon sinks and many ecosystem services they provide are of great value. The aim of this study is to develop a new mechanism to create a source of financing for afforestation investments. In this context, the Private Pension System Funds was used as a fund-raising tool for the financing of afforestation investments. in this new mechanism, it was aimed that preventing climate change by making all actors gain income. With the implementation of this system, it is thought that the problems in the existing carbon markets will be prevented, the investments on afforestation will increase and also the environmental funds will become widespread.
The durability of parts of internal combustion engines under thermal stress loading
Authors: Mezhetsky Gennady  Dmitrievich , Chekmarev Vasily  Vasilyevich , Nikitin Dmitriy Anatolyevich
Published: December 2019

The paper analyzes the structural material-cast iron for diesel engines, from which the cylinder head covers are made. The main defect of these complex metal-intensive parts are heat-resistant cracks. The analysis of chemical composition of cast irons of various manufacturers is made. As a result of the conducted researches chemical compositions of the pig-irons having the greatest heat-fatigue durability are defined. It is established that to increase their strength and durability in operation, it is necessary to change the percentage of basic chemical elements (C, Si, Mn) in cast iron to use rare earth metals (Y, Ce, La).  Specific recommendations are given on the choice of the chemical composition of cast iron for cylinder heads and covers, providing an increase in their fatigue strength and durability during operation. The best combination of mechanical and thermal fatigue strength was shown by samples containing carbon C-4.0%, silicon Si-2.0%, manganese Mn-0.18%, yttrium Y-0.1%, and copper Cu-0.8% with sulfur s – 0.008% and phosphorus P – 0.1%.
Influence of increasing doses of nitrogen on feed productivity of perennial grasses
Authors: Ivanova Svetlana Vasil'evna , Kurdakova Olga Vasil'evna , Konova Aminat Msostovna , Gavrilova Anna Yurievna
Published: December 2019

In the course of the experiment, the effect of increasing doses of nitrogen fertilizers on the yield of clover of the meadow variety Nadezhny, entered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2012, was analyzed. A comparison is also made of this influence with the timothy of the meadow variety Leningradskaya 204. It was established that the pre-sowing introduction of mineral nitrogen for clover and timothy has influenced the productivity of these crops, but the nature of this effect varies depending on the type of grass. The introduction of N20 against the background of P30K90, which provided an increase in control of 51.2% for green mass and 33.6% for air-dry matter, was optimal for meadow clover of the first year of life. For grassland clover second year of life, the best option was N0P30K90, which gave an increase of 56.6% to the control on green mass and 50.6% on air-dry matter. A further increase in the dose of nitrogen on the options caused a decrease in yield increase. Timothy meadow for two years of life was traced responsiveness to the provision of nitrogen. The most productive in all respects was the option N120P30K90.
Nasal morphometry of a Bactrian camel in an age aspect
Authors: Dnekeshev Amanzhol Kusainovich
Published: December 2019

This article presents the morphometric rationale for changes in the nasal bone of a Bactrian camel in an age aspect. The nasal bone is present in the Bactrian camel, as in all farm and domestic animals, with a flat, paired bone, which is involved in the formation of the roof of the nasal cavity. Anatomically on the nasal bone, the outer and inner surfaces are distinguished. Changes in the length and width of the left and right sides of the interosseous sutures of the nasal bone in the Bactrian camel are similar in age.
Use of full-fat soy flour in mixed feeds for baseline’s meat chickens and broiler chickens selecting by BGC “Smena”
Authors: Egorov Ivan Afanasevich , Vertiprakhov Vladimir Georgievich , Lenkova Tatyana Nikolaevna , Manukyan Vardges Agavardovich , Egorova Tatyana Anatolyevna , Grozina Alena Andreevna , Nikonov Ilya Nikolaevich
Published: December 2019

The article presents the results of studies on the use of full-fat soy flour in mixed feeds for meat chickens of three baselines and broiler chickens selecting by BGC “Smena”. The feed was balanced in amino acids and other nutrients, which allowed increasing the productivity of poultry and digestibility of nutrients in the diet by increasing metabolism.
Substantiation of kinematic parameters and operating indicators of wide capture agricultural units
Authors: Boykov Vasiliy Mihaylovich , Startsev Sergey Viktorovich , Vorotnikov Igor Leonidovich , Bashmakov Igor Andreevich
Published: December 2019

Basic kinematic parameters and operational parameters of the wide arable units in trailers and outboard connection to the tractor are calculated. At the  classical “plow” arrangement of sixteen working bodies on the frame of the plow with a width of 0.38 m, the working width of the plough is 6.0 m, but the kinematic length of the unit is equal to 18.6 m. In a frontal arrangement in four rows of sixteen   working bodies on the frame of the plow width of plow is also 6.0 m, but the kinematic length of the unit is equal to 5.6 m. In the result of theoretical researches they are established graphic dependences of productivity of the arable unit with various kinematic length of the speed on the  movement of the arable unit and the length of the field.
Calculation of a volumetric liquid dispenser
Authors: Eliseev Mikhail Semenovih , Eliseev Ivan Ivanovich , Rybalkin Dmitriy Alekseevich , Maradudin Aleksey Maksimovich
Published: December 2019

The article considers the theoretical calculation of a volumetric liquid dispenser. As a result of the calculations, a formula was obtained that relates all the main parameters of the dispenser to the angular speed of rotation of the metering tank, which allows calculating design and operating parameters of the metering devices.
An Investigation of the Fundamental Period of Vibration for Moment Resisting Concrete Frames
Authors: Mohamed Ahmed Nader , El Kashif Khaled F. , Salem Hamed M.
Published: December 2019

The determination of fundamental period of vibration for structures is essential to earthquake design. The current codes provide empirical formulas to estimate the approximated fundamental period and these formulas are dependent on building material, height of structure or number of stories. Such a formulation is excessively conservative and unable to account for other parameters such as: length to width ratios, vertical element size and floors area. This study investigated the fundamental periods of mid-rise reinforced concrete moment resisting frames. A total of 13 moment resisting frames were analyzed by ETABS 15.2.2, for gross and cracked eigenvalue analysis and Extreme Loading for Structures Software® or ELS, for non-linear dynamic analysis. The estimated periods of vibration were compared with empirical equations, including current code equations. As expected, the results show that building periods estimated based on simple equations provided by earthquake design codes in Europe (EC8) and America (UBC97 and ASCE 7-10) are significantly smaller than the periods computed using nonlinear dynamic analysis. Based on the results obtained from the analyzed models, equations for calculating period of vibration are proposed. These proposed equations will allow design engineers to quickly and accurately estimate the fundamental period of moment resisting frames with taking different length to width ratios, vertical element size, floors area and building height into account. The interaction between reduction factor and the reduced period of vibration is studied, and it is found that values of maximum period of vibration can be used as an alternative method to calculate the inelastic base shear value without taking reduction factors in consideration.
An Evaluation of Barriers obstructing the Applicability of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Infrastructure Development
Authors: Rezouki Sedqi Esmaeel , Hassan Jinan Kata'a
Published: December 2019

Shortage in funds after the declining in oil prices since 2014, made Iraq government encourage private sector engagement in financing infrastructure projects through PPP. However, private sector reluctance was notable.  Therefore, this research is conducted to assess if Iraq is a supportive environment for PPP projects development. 25 risk factors of PPP projects have been listed and organized within a questionnaire that was conducted with a participation of 98 respondents from public, private institutions and academics. Means comparison was used to rank and identify respondent agreement on assessing the level of importance of these risk factors, also nonparametric tests were used. Findings indicated that all respondents groups have agreed on ranking corruption on the top of barriers that government should deal with to ensure the success of PPP projects. Afterward scarcity of private funds came in the first place followed by insufficient public administration processes and then by the lack of legal framework followed by the delays in acquisition of land and while the lack of sovereign guarantee came at the fifth place. The perceptions of survey groups’ respondents concerning the importance of risk factors differ , where both public and academics respondents have serious concerns regarding the private sector capacity to carry out the task and the availability of private funds. On the other hand the private sector concerns the availability of government incentives to support for infrastructure PPP projects. Overall findings indicated that government must work on building a solid enabling environment before the initiation of PPP approach in Iraq.
A New Approximate Method for Earthquake Behaviour of Worship Buildings
Authors: Usta Pinar , Bozdağ Özgür
Published: December 2019

Turkey is in seismically active region, so many earthquakes occur in this country in the last decades. Ancient worship buildings are vulnerable to seismic activity, as many historical buildings. So, it is important to understand that building’s behavior under seismic actions. In this paper, fifteen masonry worship building has been selected which are located and built-in different region in Antalya. The main reason for the paper is to assess the seismic vulnerability of worship building by using a new approximate method. The method which is proposed in this paper aims at a simple and fast procedure based on a simplified geometric approach for immediate screening of masonry buildings at risk.
Photosynthetic Microbial Desalination Cell to Treat Oily Wastewater Using Microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris
Authors: Jaroo Suhad Shamil , Jumaah Ghufran F. , Abbas Talib R.
Published: December 2019

Microbial desalination cell (MDC) offers a new and sustainable approach to desalinate saltwater by directly utilizing the electrical power generated by bacteria during organic matter oxidation. In this study, we used microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris in the cathode chamber to produce oxygen as an electron accepter by photosynthesis process for generate bioelectricity power and treat oil refinery wastewater by microorganisms in both anode and cathode.The power density generated by this Photosynthetic Microbial Desalination Cell (PMDC) with 1KΩ external resistance at the first 4th hr. of operation period was 0.678 W/m3 of anode volume and 0.63 W/m3 of cathode volume. It increased after one day to a peak value of (4.32 W/m3 of anode volume and 4.013 W/m3 of cathode volume). The microalgae growth in the biocathode chamber followed in terms of optical density. The optical density increased from 0.546 at the beginning of the system operation to 1.71 after 24 days of operation period. The percentage removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) of oil refinery wastewater was 97.33% and 79.22% in anode and cathode chamber, respectively. The microalgae in the biocathode were able to remove volatile compounds causing odor from the influent wastewater. TDS removal rate 159.722 ppm/h with initial TDS in desalination chamber of 35000 ppm.
Finite Element Analysis of Beam – Column Joints Reinforced with GFRP Reinforcements
Authors: R. Balamuralikrishnan , J. Saravanan
Published: December 2019

Glass Fibre Reinforcement Polymer (GFRP) reinforcements are currently used as internal reinforcements for all flexural members due to their resistance to corrosion, high strength to weight ratios, the ability to handle easily and better fatigue performance under repeated loading conditions. Further, these GFRP reinforcements prove to be the better alternative to conventional reinforcements. The design methodology for flexural components has already come in the form of codal specifications. But the design code has not been specified for beam-column joints reinforced internally with GFRP reinforcements. The present study is aimed to assess the behaviour of exterior beam-column joint reinforced internally with GFRP reinforcements numerically using the ABAQUS software for different properties of materials, loading and support conditions. The mechanical properties of these reinforcements are well documented and are utilized for modelling analysis. Although plenty of literature is available for predicting the joint shear strength of beam-column joints reinforced with conventional reinforcements numerically, but no such study is carried for GFRP reinforced beam-columns joints. As an attempt, modelling of beam-column joint with steel and with GFRP rebars is carried out using ABAQUS software. The behaviour of joints under monotonically increasing static and cyclic load conditions. Interpretation of all analytical findings with results obtained from experiments. The analysis and design of beam-column joints reinforced with GFRP reinforcements are carried out by strut and tie model. Strut and Tie models are based on the models for the steel reinforced beam-column joints.  The resulting strut and tie model developed for the GFRP reinforced beam-column joints predicts joint shear strength. Joint shear strength values obtained from the experiments are compared with the analytical results for both the beam-column joints reinforced with steel and GFRP reinforcements. The joint shear strength predicted by the analytical tool ABAQUS is also validated with experimental results.
The Effect of Using Sustainable Materials on the Performance-Related Properties of Asphalt Concrete Mixture
Authors: Albayati Amjad H. , Turkey Waleed Arrak
Published: December 2019

Sustainability is very important in this world at this time. One of the best materials used for sustainability in asphalt concrete pavements is the warm mix asphalt (WMA) as well as the reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). WMA technology has the ability to reduce production temperature to reduce the fuel usage and emissions. RAP is the old concrete asphalt mixture that is out of service and using it again leads to preservation of the virgin material. This search studied the viability of using WMA with different percentages of RAP (10%, 30%, and 50%) and compared them with control hot mix asphalt (HMA) and WMA. The Marshall properties, Tensile strength ratio (TSR), rut depth and fatigue life were determined in this work. The results showed that the tensile strength ratio (TSR) for HMA was better than that for WMA by 6%, rut depth for HMA was (4.37 mm) lower than that for WMA was (6.5mm), better fatigue life was obtained for WMA was (700 cycle) as compared to HMA was (500 cycle). In case of WMA with RAP (WMA-RAP), when the percentage of RAP increased with WMA, the moisture damage resistance improved by 2.5%, 13.3% and 15.4% for G1, G3 and G5 respectively, also the rutting resistance improved by 34.6%, 48% and 62.3% for G1, G3 and G5 respectively, but deteriorated of fatigue life by 45.8%, 74% and 88.5% for G1, G3 and G5 respectively.
Structural Behavior of High Strength Laced Reinforced Concrete One Way Slab Exposed to Fire Flame
Authors: Abdullah Anas Ibrahim
Published: December 2019

In this study, an experimental investigation had conducted for six high strength laced reinforced concrete one-way slabs to discover the behavior of laced structural members after being exposed to fire flame (high temperature). Self-compacted concrete (SCC) had used to achieve easy casting and high strength concrete. All the adopted specimens were identical in their compressive strength of ( , geometric layout 2000 750 150 mm and reinforcement specifics except those of lacing steel content, three ratios of laced steel reinforcement of (0.0021, 0.0040 and 0.0060) were adopted. Three specimens were fired with a steady state temperature of  for two hours duration and then after the specimens were cooled suddenly by spraying water. The simply supported slabs were tested for flexure behavior with two line loads applied in the middle third of the slab (four-point bending test). The average residual percentage of cubic compression strength and splitting tensile strength were 57.5% and 50% respectively. The outcomes indicated that the residual bending strength of the burned slabs with laced ratios (0.0021, 0.004, 0.006) were (72.56, 70.54 and 70.82%) respectively. However; an increase in the deflection was gained to be (11.34, 14.67 and 17.22%) respectively with respect to non-burned specimens.
Diseño de una planta piloto de extracción de pectina como gelificante a partir de residuos de la naranja. (Citrus Sinensis)
Authors: Palacios Cabrera Teresa Alejandra , Chamorro Armas Sonia Elizabeth , Almeida Cyntia , Carrillo Ivonne
Published: December 2019

En respuesta a la necesidad de una gestión para los residuos sólidos orgánicos generados en la ciudad de Quito, el siguiente trabajo propone un proceso para convertir las cáscaras de naranjas que son generadas por los vendedores de jugo en la ciudad de Quito, en materia prima para la obtención de pectina cítrica y de esta forma, darle valor agregado. En Ecuador no existe una planta productora de pectina, lo que obliga a las industrias que utilizan este producto, a importarlo a un costo desde 17 dólares el medio kilo.  En la ciudad de Quito, según el censo realizado por la Policía Nacional en el 2016, existen aproximadamente 600 vendedores ambulantes de jugo de naranja, quienes generan aproximadamente 16200 kg diarios de residuos lo que es igual a 5913 toneladas al año. Se propone el diseño de una planta piloto para la obtención de pectina por hidrólisis ácida a partir de los residuos de la naranja; para esto, como primer paso, se realiza en el laboratorio la optimización del proceso, con el fin de determinar el ciclo de producción, esto servirá como base para la realización del diseño a escala piloto, basándose principalmente en la termodinámica y la cinética de las reacciones. Finalmente, se presenta un estudio económico para determinar su viabilidad en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito.
Desarrollo y evaluación preliminar de un índice climático simple para detección estacional de incendios forestales para Victoria, Australia
Authors: Pazmiño Daniel , Pezza Alexandre Bernardes , Karoly David
Published: December 2019

El Índice de Incendios Forestales de McArthur (FFDI, por sus siglas en inglés), es la herramienta más utilizada para investigar el clima de incendios forestales en Australia. Sin embargo, son escasos los avances en este campo en Australia desde el desarrollo del FFDI en 1967. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo desarrollar un índice simple para el análisis del clima de incendios forestales en Victoria, Australia.El índice propuesto “Índice Estacional Victoriano de Incendios Forestales” (VSBI por sus siglas en inglés) incorpora conocimiento local y de precursores remotos del clima de incendios forestales en esta región. Este índice fue diseñado para Victoria debido a que esta es una de las regiones más propensas a la ocurrencia de incendios forestales en el mundo. La formulación del VSBI se basó en datos locales de clima de incendios e indicadores del “El Niño Oscilación del Sur”. Este índice es una alternativa al FFDI que se basa en una compilación simple. Usando observaciones de estaciones meteorológicas, el VSBI y métricas estacionales del FFDI, se demostró un incremento en la tendencia al peligro de incendios forestales en Victoria durante el período 1974- 2010. Adicionalmente, el VSBI demuestra capacidad para predecir el clima en temporadas extremas de incendios forestales. No obstante, la capacidad del VSBI para predecir incendios forestales per se es moderada. Estos resultados demuestran que un índice simple como el VSBI puede ser una alternativa útil a métricas tradicionales que miden el clima de incendios forestales en Australia.
Aplicación de nueva tecnología ácida no corrosiva biodegradable para limpieza de pozos petroleros de la cuenca oriente ecuatoriana
Authors: Cisneros Raúl Rodolfo , Jaramillo Espinoza Carlos
Published: December 2019

En el presente artículo se demuestra la eficacia en la aplicación de nueva tecnología acida no corrosiva biodegradable para la limpieza de pozos petroleros. Para ello se ha realizado ensayos de laboratorio sobre cupones metálicos con incrustaciones de carbonatos comparando frente a un ácido convencional. De los resultados obtenidos se evidencio que el ácido no corrosivo biodegradable obtuvo mayor eliminación de carbonatos y menor corrosión al metal. Posterior se muestra una prueba de campo sobre un equipo con corrosión y carbonatos, dejando en remojo por un lapso de 24 horas se observó una limpieza integra del equipo.

Adicional, se realizó un ensayo de compatibilidades con crudo de la cuenca oriente del ecuador observando excelente separación de fases, buena tensión interfacial y poca o nula adsorción en las paredes de la botella de prueba. Por último, se evidencia los resultados de un histórico de producción de un pozo al cual se realizó el cambio de limpiezas acidas convencionales a limpiezas acidas con producto biodegradable no corrosivo.

 El histórico de producción muestra que con ácido convencional se obtuvo una caída de producción de 150 bbpd mientras que con el producto no corrosivo biodegradable la caída de producción fue de 80 bppd. Dentro de las conclusiones se pone de manifiesto que el uso de ácido no corrosivo biodegradable elimina las incrustaciones presentes en los pozos petroleros sin causar corrosión en los equipos mecánicos y con su propiedad biodegradable facilita la operación en campo.