bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Manipuri Morphological Analysis
Authors: Bablu Singh Y. , Mamata Devi Th. , Yashawanta Singh Ch.
Published: August 2021

Morphological analysis is the basic foundation in Natural Language Processing applications including Syntax Parsing, Machine Translation (MT), Information Retrieval (IR) and Automatic Indexing. Morphological Analysis can provide valuable information for computer based linguistics task such as Lemmatization and studies of internal structure of the words or the feature values of the word. Computational Morphology is the application of morphological rules in the field of Computational Linguistics, and it is the emerging area in AI, which studies the structure of words, which are formed by combining smaller units of linguistics information, called morphemes: the building blocks of words. It provides about Semantic and Syntactic role in a sentence. It can analyze the Manipuri word forms and produces grammatical information, which is associated with the lexicon. Morphological Analyzer for Manipuri language has been tested on 4500 Manipuri lexicons in Shakti Standard Format (SSF) using Meitei Mayek Unicode as source; thereby an accuracy of 84% has been obtained on a manual check.
Inside the Mind of the Machine: An Exploratory Study of Street Fighter Players Using Voice Recognition System
Authors: Arya Ashima , Juneja Sapna , Aggarwal Meenakshi , Juneja Abhinav
Published: August 2021

Computer games are part of our modern way of life. However, sure classes of human beings are excluded from this shape of leisure and social interaction because they're not able to use the interface of video games. The cause for this may be deficits in motor manage, vision or listening to. By the use of automated speech popularity structures (ASR), voice pushed instructions may be used to control the game, which may for that reason open up the opportunity for people with motor system trouble to be blanketed in- game communities. The aim of this paper is to discover a preferred way of using voice instructions in games which makes use of a speech popularity gadget within the backend and that can be universally applied for designing inclusive games.
Analysis on Machine Learning Techniques for Stress Detection among Employees
Authors: Kiranashree B. K. , Ambika V. , Radhika A. D.
Published: August 2021

Mental stress is a common and major issue nowadays especially among working professional, because employees have family commitments with their over workload, target, achievements, etc. Stress tends various health issues like heart attack, stroke, depression, and suicide. Mental stress is not only in employees even normal people also face this problem but the employees has so many stress management techniques to manage the stress like yoga, meditation etc., but still employees suffer from the stress. Stress calculated by the Traditional stress detection method has two types of physiological parameters one is questionnaire format and another one is physiological signals based on Heart rate variability, galvanic skin response, BP, and electrocardiography, etc., Machine learning techniques are applied to analyze and anticipate stress in employees. In this paper, we mainly focus on different machine learning techniques and physiological parameters for stress detection.
Comparative Study on the Evaluation of Wind Load on Buildings Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and IS: 875(Part-3)
Authors: Ashok J. , Charles Shirlin , Umarani C.
Published: August 2021

Tall Buildings are highly susceptible to wind induced lateral loads and is required to be designed with greater accuracy. The codal provision IS 875 (part 3) which is usually used, has a limitation that the coefficient of pressure Cpvalues available are, only for 0 and 90 degrees wind incidence angles and for standard cross sections of buildings only. Therefore wind tunnel experiments are carried out to measure wind loads which provide reliable results than the code. This Paper deals with, computational fluid dynamics, an alternative and highly dependable tool to predict the wind related phenomena on buildings. A numerical evaluation of wind pressure is done for the different cases of buildings in IS 875 part-3. Wind load obtained by using IS 875 part-3 are compared with the result obtained from CFD in ANSYS Fluent 15.0 and results are found to be in good agreement .The mean area weighted average values of Coefficient of pressure are also computed for various wind incidence angle.
A Study on Dredged Sea Sand as an Optimum Replacement for Fine Aggregate in Concrete
Authors: . R. Manigandan
Published: August 2021

This paper deals with the study and feasibility on utilization of dredged sea sand by conducting various experiments on physical properties like sieve analysis, gap grading. Chemical properties like percentage of organic content, chloride content, sulfur content, presence of deleterious material and volatile solids in dredged sea sand have been determined. The experiments like rapid chloride penetration test, water absorption test, alkalinity test, accelerated corrosion test, sulphur resistance test, acid resistance test, and sorptivity. Durability and strength of concrete have been studied by considering various properties of fine aggregate. The mix design have been done for M30 grade of concrete and the percentage of replacements 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of M-Sand (Manufacture Sand) of concrete specimen for all the experiments is considered. As we all know our current scenario of increase in demand of fine aggregate leads to scarcity of river sand. This has increased in research on dredged sea sand as a fine aggregate in concrete to reduce the demand on fine aggregate in construction industries. Comparative study of M-sand, river sand and dredged sea sand has been done. The dredged sand which is used for the study and testing is dredged to increase the sea bed depth of Ennor port for the accessibility of mother ship, it was collected from the coastal areas of Ennore Port (Kamarajar Port) and subjected to rain, and atmospheric conditions for a year.
Effect of pH and Electrolysis Time on Removal of Reactive Black B dye by Electrochemical Treatment
Authors: . S.Manikandan , . R.Saraswathi , . A.Mohammed Siraj Ansari
Published: August 2021

The electrochemical treatment was an effective technique in dye processing and it can be enforced to remove color from dye solution. An Experimental setup was made for electrochemical treatment of synthetically prepared Reactive Black B dye in batch mode operation using aluminum electrodes. Based on probability the operating parameters such as pH, Concentration, Electrolysis time, Retention time were determined from which the color removal efficiency (CRE) is optimized. The maximum color removal efficiency of Reactive black B dye was achieved at 98.23% for the concentration of 10mg/l.
Analysis of Traffic Related Environment Pollution in Indian Cities: Need of the Hour
Authors: Bansal Ankit
Published: August 2021

Urbanisation has led to rapid motorization and un-sustainable growth of transport infrastructure in developing countries like India. This increase in urban sprawl and heavy dependency on automobiles has caused high levels of air pollution. The emissions from road transport are partially responsible for ozone depletion, acid deposition and other climatic changes. In present scenario, the exhaust emissions of road traffic cause a lot of concern about the effects of air quality in urban areas on human health and the production of ozone in the troposphere. Central and State Governments have taken many corrective measures to reduce vehicle emissions. However, the development of scientific methods and rigorous emissions inventory is critical. Therefore, an attempt has been made to explore traffic control strategies to reduce emissions from road transport have been made. For the present study, pollutants are monitored outside for 24 hours (4-hourly sampling of gaseous pollutants like NOX and SOX and 8-hourly sampling of particulate matter) with frequency of two times a week in Jalandhar region in order to have 104 observations per year. The analysis of the data shows that the increase in the Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) with every passing year and being almost double than the permissible limit. It has been observed that with no or less public transport, more loads has come down on private vehicles and auto rickshaws which lead to increase in traffic congestion and pollution. Hence, it is suggested to implement new strategies and an increase in public transport in order to reduce vehicular emissions.
Optimization of Process Parameters of Shot Peening for AISI 4340 Steel
Authors: Singh Supinderjit , Gil Ankur , Dhiman Dhiraj Parkash
Published: August 2021

Surface modification is one of the important requirements of various components used in industrial applications. Shot peening is one of the surface modification techniques which is being widely used in automotive industry to enhance fatigue life and surface characterises of mechanical parts. In this thesis, the development of experimental set up for shot peening has been undertaken to investigate the effect of prominent process parameter on surface characterises of a given target surface. The major objective of this work is to investigate the effect of three prominent process parameters, namely Air pressure, Temperature of target surface and Stand-off distance on surface characteristics of AISI 4340 steel. The work material has been chosen keeping in view its applications in local industry related to automotive components. The performance of peening process has been measured in terms of surface hardness, surface roughness and residual stresses. An experimental design approach Response Surface Method (RSM) has been used for the design and analysis of experimental data. The effect of process parameters on performance characteristics has been depicted with the help of ANOVA. Optimal set of process parameters has been obtained on the basis of desirability approach. The optimised combination for best performance came as (Air pressure – 4.83 bars, Temperature of target surface – 30°C and stand-off distance-178 mm).
A Two-Fold Authentication Mechanism for Network Security
Authors: Selvamani D. , Selvi V.
Published: August 2021

Security is very important90 for any kind of networks. As a main communication mode, the security mechanism for multicast is not only the measure to ensure secured communications, but also the precondition for other security services. Attacks are one of the biggest concerns for security professionals. Attackers usually gain access to a large number of computers by exploiting their vulnerabilities to set up attack armies. This paper presents a double way authentication mechanism which uses the functionality of Elliptical Curve Cryptography, Kerberos System and RSA algorithm. ECC algorithm utilized to encrypt the user information whereas RSA used to encrypt the secret key itself to ensure the more security in the networks.
Ensuring the Security by Using Fuzzy Based Trust Routing Scheme in MANET
Authors: Lalli M. , Lawanya J.
Published: August 2021

MANETs are substantially more defenseless to different attacks due to receptiveness in network topology and being endless of a preferred performance in the network. As a result of that, more malicious nodes are regularly intruding without being recognized from the network topology. MANET needs exceptionally particular security techniques to detach the false passage. Also, no single solution is fit into various sorts of the network. The networks perform admirably if the nodes are trusty and act appropriately helpfully. The goal is to enhance the security of the network. This paper begins the new intriguing way to deal with assessing the trustworthiness of the nodes. Fuzzy Trust-based Secured Routing (FTSR) approach presented to deal with a select the trusted route to meet the necessity of the security of the information transmission. In this, the fuzzy logic rule prediction component is adapted to see the future conduct of the node by refreshing the node’s trust. We have additionally broken down the execution measurements, for example, the packet transmission rate, end-to-end delay and average throughput which can likewise increment in most up to date approach.
Detection of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Literature Survey
Authors: Saravanan A. , Sathiamoorthy S.
Published: August 2021

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is an endocrine issue attacking ladies at the age of reproduction. This indication has primarily found in ladies whose age is in the middle of 25 and 35. It is essential to diagnose and recognize diverse types of ovulatory failure that can add to infertility. There are numerous clarifications for ovulation failure. Without distinguishing the correct locality of the follicle, the risk seriousness of the patient can’t reveal. In line with this, many of the researchers focusing their research interest in PCOS. In this paper, literature review on polycystic ovarian syndrome using machine learning and image processing has exhibited.
Study of Microstructure 304L Austenitic Stainless Steel Weld Deposited by GTAW for Root Pass and SMAW for Filler Passes
Authors: Randhawa Harsimranjit Singh
Published: August 2021

In the present experimentation, a 10mm thick austenitic stainless steel plate type 304L is welded using single V-joint configuration and approaching the joint from one side. Back purging has been employed to protect the rear side of the root pass weld metal against oxidation. The root pass has been deposited by gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process. The filler passes are deposited by shielding metal arc welding (SMAW) process at 90A and 120A welding currents giving heat inputs of the order of 0.679 and 0.933 kJ/mm respectively while the speed of weld deposition was kept practically constant. The results of experimentation show that the micro-hardness of weld metal and heat affected zone (HAZ) of weldments produced at lower heat input is higher whereas impact toughness value of weld metal and HAZ is lower than that of joints produced at higher heat input. The microstructure of weld metal and heat affected zone developed at lower weld heat input has been observed finer in comparison to that resulted at higher heat input. This has primarily happened due to a higher rate of cooling at low heat input.
Effects of Higher Percentage of Stone Dust Used as a Fine Aggregate in Concrete and Variation of Strength due to the Variation of Cement Content and W/C Ratio
Authors: Paul Bikram , Ghosh Kushal
Published: August 2021

Abstract – Sustainability and Unavailability play an important role while we choose material for manufacturing of concrete. Nowadays, both Central and State Govt. have taken legal action on the extraction of sand from the river bed due to the bad impacts on the river like changes the shape, slope of the bed and also in the channel morphology. Due to the implementation of this type of law, legal sand quarries did not able to make balance with the rapid growth of the construction industry. That’s why, to make profit and supply extra needs of sand to the concrete industry “Sand Mafias” involved into the illegal trades of the sand. To counteract these sorts of socio-economic problems, we have to go for an alternative fine aggregate. Though it may not be possible to replace fully, we have to concentrate on the sand being replaced by the high percentage of alternative fine aggregate. Stone dust is a by-product from rock crusher and it can be recycled by using it in the concrete and maintained the sustainability. As stone dust has acceptable properties of fine aggregate sand with regard to shape and texture, it can be thought of as an alternate fine aggregate but research is needed on the extent of sand replacement by stone dust. The present study is done keeping in mind the use of stone dust as high as possible. That’s why two Design Mix have been designed M20 and M25. For M20 grade of concrete sand has been replaced by stone dust 25%, 30% and 35% by volume and the basic strength properties of concrete have been investigated for the above replacements like compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile strength etc. In case of M25 grade of concrete 30%, 40% and 50% replacement of sand have been done and variation cement content and water-cement ratio has been done by comparing the target mean strength of M25 grade of concrete.
A Novel Framework for Detection of Cervical Cancer
Authors: Pushpalatha V.
Published: August 2021

Today, Uterine Cervical Cancer is most general form of cancer for women. Prevention of cervical cancer is possible via various screening courses. Colposcopy images of cervix are analyzed in this study for the recognition of cervical cancer. An innovative framework is suggested to correctly identify cervical cancer by employing effective pre-processing, image enhancement, and image segmentation techniques. This framework comprises of five phases, (i) Dual tree discrete wavelet transform to pre-process the image (ii) Curvelet transform and contour transform to enhance the image (iii) K-means for segmentation (iv) features computation using Gray level co-occurrence matrix (v) classification using adaptive Support vector machine. The experimental results evident that proposed technique is superior to existing methodologies.
Coatings: A Review
Authors: . Divya , Mitta Rutash
Published: August 2021

To protect and safeguard a material from degradation, another material having better properties is applied on the base metal. The application of a coated material can propel the increase in life span, wear resistance or oxidation resistance of a material. Thermal spray coatings play an important role to protect the material from hot corrosion, erosion and wear. As it protects the material from this hazardous environment, it is helpful to increase service life of the material in any surrounding environment. This review paper presents the results of previous work done by different authors in the field of coating.
Application of Eco-Friendly Cutting Fluids Through Small Quantity Lubrication Technique: A Study
Authors: Pal Amrit , Sidhu Hazoor Singh
Published: August 2021

Owing to environmental concerns and growing regulations over contamination and pollution, the demand for renewable and biodegradable cutting fluids is rising. The aim of this paper is to review the eco-friendly and user-friendly minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) technique using vegetable-based oil and solid lubricant in different machining processes. It has been reported in various literature that the minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) method using vegetable oil-based cutting fluid shows superior performance as compared to dry and wet machining. The major benefits of MQL are reduction of consumption of cutting fluid, cost saving, reduction of impact to the environment and improved overall performances in cutting operation and the surface quality. To achieve improved thermal conductivity researchers focused attention on nano fluids. Nano fluids are nano-metered sized colloidal suspensions in the base fluid like water, oil, glycol, etc. The application of nano fluid controls the tool wear by reducing the temperature. Impingement of the nano-particles with high pressure in MQL enables entry of nano-particles at the tool chip interface. Thus it reduces the coefficient of friction and improves machining performance significantly.
Numerical Investigation of Slurry Erosive Wear Due to Multiple Particle Impact
Authors: Sharma Mithlesh , Goyal Deepak Kumar , Kaushal Gagandeep
Published: August 2021

In the present work, an attempt has been made to investigate the slurry erosion problem using numerical simulation approach. AISI304 steel has been chosen as the base material for the present study. Performance of AISI304 steel under the range of slurry erosion conditions such as an impact angle and impact velocity of the erodent particles are investigated using laboratory developed slurry erosion test rig. To simulate the similar conditions virtually as available in the hydropower plant, finite element analysis software named as Abaqus has been used. Model has been developed using explicit dynamic solver approach. For correlating the behavior of the material with real time conditions, Johnson cook material model and failure model has been used. To simulate the solid particles impact, general contact penalty method has been adopted. Erosive wear rate is correlated with material removal rate and depth of penetration. It has been observed that the simulated results using Abaqus explicit are in confirmation with the experimental results. Furthermore, to analyze the mechanism of erosion, substrate surface was analyzed with reference to stresses and plastic strains developed by the impact of erodent particles.
Comparative Analysis of Performance and Emission Characteristics of Compression Ignition Engine using Biodiesel and Microemulsion Based Bio Fuel Derived from Grape-seeds
Authors: Singh Chandanpreet , Singh Sandeep , Sarma A. K.
Published: August 2021

Rapid declining of fossil fuel resources has generated awareness towards the development of various alternates to the conventional fuel resources. Grapes being grown worldwide, with India have the potential of making up a good feedstock. Grape-seed oil from grape-seeds was extracted with the aid of Soxhlet apparatus with a maximum yield of 18%. In Biodiesel making, the viscosity of feedstock oil was reduced in a single step transesterification process. Bio Fuel prepared by microemulsification process named as Microemulsion Based Bio Fuel (MBBF). An addition of 1% 2- Ethylhexyl nitrate was done in MBBF to study its effect in comparison to MBBF itself. In this present work, the Performance and Emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with 4 fuels (B20, B100, MBBF and MBBF1%) were evaluated. The performance parameters studied include Brake Thermal Efficiency, Brake Power and Brake Specific Fuel Consumption, whereas Emissions parameters include Oxides of Nitrogen, Hydrocarbons, Carbon monoxide and Carbon dioxide. The results obtained in the experiment were compared with values of Petrodiesel. Major improvements had been observed in the performance parameters of the engine as well as exhaust emissions. It was concluded that B20 fuel amongst all the Bio Fuels acted as the best alternate fuel.
Effect of Rotary Tool on EDM Performance
Authors: Sidhu Manpreet Singh , Chatha Sukhpal Singh
Published: August 2021

Machining is a broad term which is used to describe removal of material from a work-piece. The rotary electrode discharge machining (EDM) has emerged as a successful technique to remove the material from the work surface of different materials such as tool steel, ceramic, metal matrix composite and inconel etc. In this study, the machining characteristics of the die steel of H-13 by using rotary electrode discharge machining (EDM) with a cylindrical electrode were investigated. Magnetic field assisted EDM has also been examined on the machining parameters (MRR, TWR and SR). From the results it is observed that rotary tool EDM showed the better results with regards to MRR and SR. The rotary electrode improves the machining performances due to better flushing of debris from the machining gap.
Finite Element Modelling of Erosion Parameters in Boiler Components
Authors: Singh Prashant Kumar , Hota Amit Ranjan , Mishra S. B.
Published: August 2021

Erosion wear of boiler components in power plant industry is a critical factor in predicting the life and durability of such components. In the aggressive environment, failure of components is accelerated by erosion wear. Various erosion resistant coatings have been developed in the recent past to improve the life of such components subjected to erosive wear. Among the various types of coatings, the development of WC-Co ceramic coatings for the protection against erosion wear require understanding of their complex failure mechanisms occurring during solid particle impact. Many experimental works have been done to find the effect of different parameters on the erosion wear of the WC-Co coatings however such data is insufficient as newer composition and processing methods are being developed every day. Further, experimentation requires a lot of human effort, machine hours, sophisticated equipment and is time consuming. The simulation of the erosion process parameters in available finite element modelling software enables the prediction of erosion behavior of different combination of materials. The factors affecting the erosion wear of WC-Co coating such as the particle size, the velocity of impacting particles, the coating thickness, angle of impact and the coating composition are considers in this work. The results for erosion wear are obtained and analysed using the Hashish model for erosion wear.
Determination of Metal Hazard in the Processed E-Waste Types, Floor Dust and Pulverized Epoxy Powder Generated at an E-Waste Handling Site in India
Authors: . P. Wagdevi , . R. Jayakumar , . P. Rajaguru , . S. Muralidharan
Published: August 2021

At the e-waste handling site, the obsolete electronic items are dismantled and it releases dust laden with fine metallic fragments, called as floor dust. Further, the broken cables are denuded from its plastic insulation and shredded to fine grained pulverized epoxy powder. These two-processed e-wastes appear to contain metal residues. Hence, the aim is to examine the metal composition and identify the hazard, if any. Pulverized epoxy powder measured high values of Cd (7.43±0.48 μg/g), Pb (338.85±0.13 μg/g), Ni (534.62±53.68 μg/g), Li (30.12±0.02 μg/g), K (508109.90±31605.89 μg/g), Ca (817395.40±2.52 μg/g) and Na (3528.00±539.07 μg/g) while floor dust had high levels of Cr (39.61±5.78 μg/g), Cu (4778.14±861.91 μg/g), Zn (4172.88±821.75 μg/g), Fe (11164.90±1111.61 μg/g) and Se (1613.00±259.04 μg/g) with significant differences (p<0.05). The worn out electronic oddments attributes to high levels of metals. Principal component analysis could extract two components accounting for 78% variance in total. Although the values are less in comparison with the statutory limits, the processed e-wastes still pose a risk of metal toxicity due to their high volume. The composition of metals in the processed e-wastes presents us a new challenge to handle them.
Cloud Computing: An Exploration on Data Integrity and Its Techniques
Authors: . R. K. Ramesh , . K. L. Neela
Published: August 2021

In the recent years, the cloud computing moves a step forward by providing more services for the individual users and organizations. Each and every technology and systems can be easily integrated with cloud environment. In future lot of new technology will come to play their role. But to make the new technology fulfill their role they surely need a small part of cloud computing. The cloud plays a vital role in managing the data of different users. Users may be individual or organization and they use any cloud deployment model. Cloud provides low cost unpredictable and untraceable storage space to store user’s data. The main aim is to keep the data reliable, available, secure and sharable for the authorized users. But keeping the data secure is a big issue .In a public cloud any one can access the cloud easily. But the CSP or data owner has to prevent the unauthorized user’s access to the cloud. CSP can easily modify or delete the data which are not used by the user for a long time so as to get the storage space .The data integrity problem can be overcome by some different techniques which are proposed in various models .We can surely say that this cloud computing technology will become popular than any other technology.
An Intelligent Multimedia Data Encryption and Compression and Secure Data Transmission of Public Cloud
Authors: Saidhbi Sheik
Published: August 2021

Data compression is a method of reducing the size of the data file so that the file should take less disk space for storage. Compression of a file depends upon encoding of file. In lossless data compression algorithm there is no data loss while compressing a file, therefore confidential data can be reproduce if it is compressed using lossless data compression. Compression reduces the redundancy and if a compressed file is encrypted it is having a better security and faster transfer rate across the network than encrypting and transferring uncompressed file. Most of the computer applications related to health are not secure and these applications exchange lot of confidential health data having different file formats like HL7, DICOM images and other audio, image, textual and video data formats etc. These types of confidential data need to be transmitted securely and stored efficiently. Therefore this paper proposes a learning compression- encryption model for identifying the files that should be compressed before encrypting and the files that should be encrypted without compressing them.
Experimental Investigation of Flow and Mechanical Properties of Fibrofor Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete
Authors: Arun Kumar H. R. , Shivakumaraswamy B.
Published: August 2021

Self Compacting Concrete is a material used in the construction that has excellent deformability in the fresh state and high resistance of segregation, and can be replaced and compacted under its self-weight without applying vibration which leads to substantial advantages related to better homogeneity, enhancement of working environment and improvement in the productivity by increasing the speed of construction. Concrete can be formulated with high compressive strength but always has lower tensile strength. Tensile strength and other properties of concrete can be enhanced by adding fibers due to which the workability of concrete mix reduces and in order to achieve the desired Workability super-plasticizers is added. In the present work the use of fibrofor fiber in the production of self-compacting concrete (SCC) has been studied to identify how fresh and hardened properties of SCC are affected by the addition of fibers. The fibrofor fiber of 19mm standard length is incorporated into the SCC mixtures as 0.5kg/m3, 1.0kg/m3, 1.5kg/m3of concrete. Test on fresh SCC like slump Flow test, T50, V-Funnel test, J-Ring slump test and L-Box test were performed for an understanding of flow of SCC and tests on hardened properties like flexural strength, compressive strength and split tensile strength have been conducted to identify the hardened properties of SCC produced with fibrofor fiber. A comparative study between plain concrete, SCC without fiber and SCC with fiber has been done. Mix design for M40 grade concrete has been done according to EFNARC guidelines. The results reveal that the use of fibro for fiber decreases the workability but increases the mechanical properties of SCC. The optimum volume fraction of fibrofor fiber is determined as 1kg/m3 considering the optimized flexural strength and split tensile strength based properties of SCC. Due to increase in strength properties of fiber reinforced SCC that can be used for pavement construction and various other structures such as buildings, water retaining structures, reservoir structures and tunnel etc.
Perturbation Analysis of Rivlin-Ericksen Fluid on Heat Transfer in the Presence of Heat Absorption
Authors: Sudarshan Reddy Y. , Balamurugan K. S. , Dharmaiah G.
Published: August 2021

The problem of visco-elastic Rivlin-Ericksen fluid flow past a semi- infinite vertical plate embedded in a porous medium with variable temperature and suction in the presence of a uniform transverse magnetic field and thermal buoyancy effect is considered. The plate is assumed to move with a constant velocity in the direction of fluid flow while the free stream velocity is assumed to follow the exponentially increasing small perturbation law. Time-dependent wall suction is assumed to occur at the permeable surface. The dimensionless governing equations for this investigation are solved analytically using two-term harmonic and non-harmonic functions. Numerical evaluation of the analytical results is performed and some graphical results such as visco-elastic parameter Rm, heat absorption parameter Q, Grashof number Gr, Prandtl number Pr, time t, suction velocity parameter A, moving velocity parameter Up and an exponential parameter ε, for the velocity and temperature profiles within the boundary layer are presented. Skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt numbers are also discussed with the help of the tables.
Key Factors for Online Branding Success in India: An ISM Approach
Authors: Kaur Mandeep
Published: August 2021

In today’s digital age it is essential to analyse the factors that influence the success of online branding. Pure play e-tailer, Brick and mortar, click and mortar companies are required to follow online branding strategy. As online branding is the need of the hour companies are moving on the track where the ultimate destination is to adopt online branding as the strategy to stay ahead. Online branding is moving at the pace of the light. To keep up, companies need a robust foundation with the judgment to think precariously about the critical success factors for online branding. The purpose of the paper is to identify factors that influence the success of online branding, interrelationship among those factors and categories them in line with its driving and dependence power. These factors will help to prepare the model for companies who are planning to go for online branding strategy. Interpretative Structural Modelling approach is used to construct this model. The result found that both online factors and offline factors influence the success of online branding. Future research may endeavour to statistically validate the proposed model and may also expand the model by suggesting other factors that are influencing the success of online branding. Little research has investigated the interrelationship among factors which are affecting the success of online branding and thereby inducing companies to go for online branding. In addition the present paper contributed insights developed from the model that would help companies in taking decision related to online branding.
Design and Development of Can Crushing Machine
Authors: Chakule Rahul , Patil Supriya , Talmale Poonam
Published: August 2021

A can crusher machine is used to crush the cans for storing in bin efficiently. The crushing of cans plays a significant role in economy and ultimately helps to society. The process of cans crushing is also human and environment friendly. From literature studies it was learnt that the existing cans crushing machines are automated and can overcome the limitation of manually crushing but cost of automated cans crushing machine is high. In present study, the can crusher machine is developed economically which is automatic and eco-environment friendly. The experiments were conducted for finding the optimal pressure and force values required for effectively crushing the cans. This work helps to increase the storing capacity of cans for user. Thus, transportation cost reduces significantly due to process improvement efficiency.
Factors Determining Adoption of Outsourcing Logistics Functions: A Study of Manufacturing and Trading Sectors in Sri Lanka
Authors: Liyanagamage C. , Ranasinghe R.
Published: August 2021

This study aims at identifying the determinants of adoption of outsourcing logistic functions in Manufacturing and Trading companies in Sri Lanka. After careful review of the existing literature perceived cost effectiveness, quality concerns of logistics outsourcing, perceived risk and perceived professionalism of logistics service provider were identified for the study as their high theoretical and empirical importance in determining outsourcing decision. Primary data was collected by means of semi structured questionnaire from 60 organizations that carry out manufacturing and trading businesses in Sri Lanka. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and simple and multiple linear regression analysis. Initial simple linear regression analysis proved the statistically significant impact that each of the identified variables have on the adoption of outsourcing. However the multiple regression estimated in this study to analyze the collective effect of the suggested model concludes that the decision makers perception about the cost effectiveness of outsourcing and their perception of risk of outsourcing better explain the adoption of outsourcing in Manufacturing and trading sector in Sri Lanka. Hence, the outsource decision depends on the careful assessment of the decision-making company on its cost effectiveness and possible risk. Therefore, the findings of the present study suggest that outsourcing partners should be carefully selected in order to get the benefit of outsourcing.
Mechanical Properties for Elephant Dung and its Utilization as a Raw Material Composites Sheet: A Study
Authors: Kumar Rohit , . Ramratan , Kumar Anupam , Smagh Rajinder Singh
Published: August 2021

Elephant dung is an excellent source of cellulosic fiber that is a basic requirement for paper making. But they contributed to very small percentage production of elephant dung. So, researchers are trying to find a new area of utilization of elephant dung fiber pulp as in reinforcement’s polymer composite. In this experiment element dung fiber pulp in the natural fiber component chemically treated with alkaline and soda AQ solution in this study, it has been aimed to use elephant dung fiber pulp in composite material and to study mechanical properties of the produced material. The produced composite samples were then characterized using tensile test, Izod impact test, thickness test. The fracture surface of the polymer composite sample was also inspected with the help of SEM. The content of elephant dung fiber pulp is varied (35%, 45%, 55%) weight percentage whereas the epoxy resin is varied (50%, 40%, 30%) percentage is kept constant 15% in hardener. The entire sample has been tested in a universal testing machine as per ASTM standard for tensile strength and impact strength. It is observed that composite with 35% fiber pulp is having the highest tensile strength of 4mm 6.445 Mpa and 8mm 11.80 Mpa. The impact strength of composite with 35% fiber pulp washes highest than 45% to 55% dung fiber pulp. This produces composite sheet will be used for the surfboards, sporting goods, building panel this not only reduces the cost but also save from environmental pollution.
Policy of Telangana Government for Business Development
Authors: Thirumala Rao D.
Published: August 2021

This paper focuses on the Telangana State Industrial Policy and its scope for business development. The new Telangana State Industrial Policy is providing a framework which will not only make the industries to stabilize and competitive but also increases its scope for national and international investments in industrial sectors. The focus will be more on core manufacturing sectors with the creation of employment for urban and rural youth and adding values to existing skills emphasized at all stages. The policy is aiming at producing high quality goods at the most competitive price, which establishes “Made in Telangana – Made in India” as a brand with high global recognition. The corner stone of the policy is the Zero graft and Zero tolerance to corruption. The high expectations of the people of Telangana State about the job opportunities, infrastructure development, and uplift of backward sections of the society are the priorities Telangana State Government. This is possible only by the development of industries which in turn provides the job opportunities to youth and thereby increasing their standard of living. The new Telangana Industrial Policy will be the instrument through which the vision of the Telangana State Government will be translated into action. The Telangana State Industrial Policy aims at integrating the State’s economy with global economy and to become world’s “Industrial State”.
Relationship between Public Debt and Economic Growth of a Country
Authors: Vinu Charles T. , Anandanatarajan K.
Published: August 2021

A country’s economic growth depends on its GDP, resources, and how perfectly it handles its finances as a whole. Specifically the public debt influences a lot on the economic growth, in the history the developed economy has testified as a lender to nations rather than the borrower. The key source on maintaining the economic growth is to take care of its debt, which will also increase its status on BoP and in turn bring in many FDI and FII into the country which has a direct reflect on the growth of the country as an increment in the GDP. The study is made to understand the influence of the public dept on the country’s economic growth.
An Assessment of Objectivity Convergence of Fuzzy TOPSIS Method Extended With Rank Order Weights in Group Decision Making
Authors: Chattopadhyay Ayan , Bose Upasana
Published: August 2021

Group decision making in a multi criteria environment is a familiar business situation where the decision makers identify an ideal choice, among many. The situation gets complex when decision makers do not have crisp data to deal with. The fuzzy TOPSIS method, and its likes, provides solution to such problems and the criteria weight plays a determinant role in the overall priority estimation. This paper presents an extended fuzzy TOPSIS approach by incorporating criteria weights derived from rank order. It considers three criteria weights; the rank order centroid, rank sum and rank reciprocal weights. The criteria weights are calculated separately and integrated with fuzzy TOPSIS method to rank choices. Finally, objectivity convergence of the alternative rankings is tested. The proposed method yields a fairly uniform and consistent result in the case of supply chain management and anticipates wide application in multi criteria environment, concomitant with uncertainty and vagueness.
Effective Marketing Channels of Paddy in Keerapalayam Block in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu
Authors: Ramesh C.
Published: August 2021

Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in agricultural development which is a pre-requisite for development in other sectors and for the overall development of the economy. The agricultural marketing is defined as the operations involved in the movement of food and raw materials from the farmers to the final consumer and the effect of such operations on producers and middlemen (Singh 1984). In India, there exists an elaborate and inter-connected system of agricultural produce markets through which the produce flows from the producer to the consumer. The market system in India comprises 30,000 rural primary markets, 7,000 wholesale assembling markets at the secondary stage and terminal distribution markets in every urban city or town (Ramaswamy 1995). An efficient marketing is a sine qua non in the economy of all countries, in general and of agricultural countries, in particular. It definitely exerts a powerful influence on country’s production and consumption pattern; it plays a prominent role in regulating supply and demand; and it helps in the elimination of duplication of services and wastages of valuable resources. The present study is confined to the study of marketing system of food crops namely paddy in Cuddalore District. Hence, the present chapter makes an attempt to study the marketing system in terms of storage, marketing channels and the like. Further, an attempt has been made to anlayse marketing cost, marketing margin, price-spread and marketing efficiency. For better exposition, the present study is organised under the following headings: Marketable surplus of paddy; Storage, cost of storage and Net gains earned by storage; Market Structure; Marketing cost, Marketing margin and Price-spread; Marketing Efficiency and Marketing problems
Sales Professionals’ Perspective on Digital Marketing in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
Authors: Kumar Manoj , Londhe Bhausaheb
Published: August 2021

Indian pharmaceutical industry is one amongst the leading players of pharmaceutical industry around the world. In present digital times, every aspect of the society has been digitalized. There are major transitions noted in pharmaceutical industry as well. Digital technology, has changed the working methods and emerged, as a cost effective means, with impressive target reach around the world. Yet, this platform, is not being utilized to its complete potential, due to the lack of awareness, acceptability and the deficient training of the working personnel. The marketing and sales professionals had a major impact of the digitalization on their working methods. It has changed the traditional marketing methods of industry, resulting in the urgent need of up-gradation of the skills of sales professionals. Hence, the views, trainings, awareness and acceptability of sales professionals regarding the digital technology is essential and must be kept into consideration for success of the industry. This is an indispensable component for any pharmaceutical company to attain growth and stand at par with the other pharmaceutical giants around the world. In this study, data of 303 sales professionals was collected and analyzed, recording their perspectives on digital marketing. We found that these professionals were aware and had good acceptability for the same. Most commonly used tools were website promotions, social media advertising, awareness campaigns, creation and management of subject related blogs. These professionals used it extensively on a day-to-day basis, for the maximal benefit of the company with providing the comfort of digitalization to their customers and other users.
Financial Inclusion of Marginalised Communities: A Study on Fisher Households in Kerala
Authors: Sunitha L. F.
Published: August 2021

Kerala, southern fringe of India has different story of development from the rest of Indian states. The implementation of different policies by the government has been resulted in the betterment of different marginalized communities, especially in the case of women empowerment. For women empowerment, state government has initiated many programs with the support of other local bodies including government and non-government organizations like Kudumbashree program, Gender park etc. It has created many opportunities for women to come forward to mainstream of the society and engaging in many public activities. This paper is an attempt to look at state sponsored program for fisher women empowerment called ‘Society for Assistance to Fisherwomen’ (SAF), for uplift of fisherwomen, with the support of both secondary material and ground reality. This paper also discusses about the need for an alternative model for the development of the marginalized fisher households sector.
Creating Wealth for Shareholders: Evaluating the Performance of Merging Companies
Authors: Shanthaamani V. , Usha V. B.
Published: August 2021

Mergers and Acquisitions as business strategies are widely used to increase the wealth of shareholders and the corporate performance. Shareholders wealth may be influenced by many factors such as the corporate performance, deal type, geographic location of the company and so on. The study is conducted with three main objectives of assessing the impact of merger announcements on merging companies’ share prices, analyse the nature of shareholders’ returns of the merging companies and assess the determinants of shareholders returns. NSE listed companies which have made merger announcements during the period of 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2017 shall constitute the sample population for the research, while 40 merger announcements of computer software industry have been taken as sample size. Mean adjusted model has been used for calculating the abnormal returns while the statistical tools of paired samples t-test, ANOVA and multiple regressions have been used for analyzing data. Results of the research reveal that merger announcements exert significant impact on share prices. Further, shareholders wealth has witnessed an increase after the merger announcements. Finally, shareholders wealth has not been affected by the company’s performance.