bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
4 Factors Affecting the Need for Feasibility Analysis (For Local Construction Projects)
Authors: Anees Muneer , Hussain Syed Mustafa , Khan Kamran , Abbas Agha Taqi
Published: January 2019

In Pakistan, the majority of the local constructionprojects are opted without feasibility analysis on the basis ofpreviously worked data without examining the current scenario.However, for foreign-funded project feasibility analysis alongwith standard guidelines is conducted, but in case of domesticallyfunded projects, it is often omitted. This research has uncoveredcritical factors affecting feasibility for the local constructionindustry of Pakistan. Field data are extracted from ongoingconstruction projects which are domestically funded. RelativeImportance Index (RII) analysis was carried out first to rank thefactors in terms of their perceived importance. Spearman’s rankcorrelation analysis was also done in this regard. The findings ofthe study might promote construction practitioners to focus onthe need for feasibility analysis for local projects too.
5 Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Classifiers for Brain Tumor MR Images
Authors: Farhi Lubna , Zia Razia , Ali Zain Anwar
Published: January 2019

Brain cancer has remained one of the key causes ofdeaths in people of all ages. One way to survival amongst patientsis to correctly diagnose cancer in its early stages. Recentlymachine learning has become a very important tool in medicalimage classification. Our approach is to examine and comparevarious machine learning classification algorithms that help inbrain tumor classification of Magnetic Resonance (MR) images.We have compared Artificial Neural Network (ANN), K-nearestNeighbor (KNN), Decision Tree (DT), Support Vector Machine(SVM) and Naïve Bayes (NB) classifiers to determine theaccuracy of each classifier and find the best amongst them forclassification of cancerous and noncancerous brain MR images.We have used 86 MR images and extracted a large number offeatures for each image. Since the equal number of images, havebeen used thus there is no suspicion of results being biased. Forour data set the most accurate results were provided by ANN. Itwas found that ANN provides better results for medium to largedatabase of Brain MR Images.
1 A Novel Minimization Method for Sensor Deployment Via Heuristic 2-Sat Solution
Authors: Ahmed Waleed , Ali Rushdi Ali Muhammad
Published: January 2019

The tasks of guard placement or sensor deployment in an art gallery, a museum or in the corridors of public and security buildings pose the same problem, which requires placing the guards or sensors so as to cover a specified set of nodes with a minimum number of sensors or guards, thereby reducing the overall cost of the system as well assist power consumption. Generally, minimization can be done using optimization techniques such as linear programming, but in case of sensor deployment or guard placement there is a need either to place or not to place the sensor or guard, and hence only Boolean or binary values are used. Therefore, in order to optimize such a problem, we use the special case of linear integer programming known as Boolean integer linear programming (0-1 ILP). Other algorithms like Pseudo-Boolean SAT Solvers can also be used for the minimization purpose. In this paper, we introduce these minimization algorithms for the sensor deployment problem. We also contribute a greed-based heuristic, which utilizes the fact that the pertinent propositional formulas have variables of purely un-complemented literals. This heuristic has much less computational cost compared to those of 0-1 ILP and the Pseudo-Boolean SAT Solvers.
2 3D VIEW: Designing of a Deception from Distorted View-dependent Images and Explaining interaction with virtual World
Authors: Ali Syed Muhammad , Mahmood Zeeshan , Qadri Dr. Tahir
Published: January 2019

This paper presents an intuitive and interactive computer simulated augmented reality interface that gives the illusion of a 3D immersive environment. The projector displays a rendered virtual scene on a flat 2D surface (floor or table) based on the user’s viewpoint to create a head coupled perspective. The projected image is view-dependent which changes and deforms relative to user’s position in space. The nature of perspective projection is distorted and anamorphic such that the deformations in the image give an illusion of a virtual three dimensional holographic scene in which the objects are popping out or floating above the projection plane like real 3D objects. Also, the user can manipulate and interact with 3D objects in a virtual environment by controlling the position and orientation of 3D models, interacting with GUI incorporated in virtual scene and can view, move, manipulate and observe the details of objects from any angle naturally by using his hands. The head and hand tracking is achieved by a low cost 3D depth sensor ‘Kinect’. We describe the implementation of the system in OpenGL and Unity3D game engine. Stereoscopic 3D along with other enhancements are also introduced which further improves the 3D perception. The approach does not require head mounted displays or expensive 3D hologram projectors as it is based on perspective projection technique. Our experiments show the potential of the system providing users a powerful, realistic illusion of 3D.
3 Implementation of Fruit Grading & Sorting Station Using Digital Image Processing Techniques
Authors: Abro Ghulame Mustafa , Kumar Kundan
Published: January 2019

No doubt that today's technology has approximately solved many common as well as complex issues. Engineers and researchers are always in the quest for the best, brief and efficient methods to cope up the real world problems, hence fruit grading and sorting are one of the problems in export/import industry. In this regard industry requires a station that can check the skin of fruit, i.e. an apple whether it has rotten spots on it or not beside this whole procedure this specific station will also check the radius of an apple for sorting it further for packaging process. This whole procedure will be followed by a running conveyor belt, 2 AC plungers and a wooden box in between them, which will have 5 Mega pixel camera mounted on it. The camera will be triggered by a brief algorithm of digital image processing designed on the platform of MATLAB R2015a version and conclude whether the fruit, i.e. an apple is healthy or having some rotten spots on its skin. Once results are shown, then the algorithm will activate the respective plunger for grading and sorting of apples.
4 Audible Tool for Color Identification Using Arduino UNO
Authors: Tabassum Shafia , Hussain Muddasir , Saleem Darakhshan M.
Published: January 2019

This hardware tool is designed for assistance and training for visually impaired people to identify the surrounding colored objects. Several researches are conducted all over the world to design advanced, reliable tool and techniques to support sightless individuals. This paper describes designing of a handheld device to assist visually impaired people for color identification via generated speech. Vision is one of the five senses which is essential for a human being to survive independently. All individuals acquire the external information through the visual coding entering into the eye. The light rays penetrate and stimulate vision receptors to execute the processing of image formation. In response, the brain is able to identify the object. Unfortunately, any accidents or visual disorders with age can restrict the ability to sight the external environment. A visually impaired person can identify the texture, shape and size of an object by touching. But the sense of touch does not permit color identification. This proposed wearable tool, aid mainly focuses on individuals who are unable to observe colors due to visual disorder. A hardware device is presented which generates the speech for color detection. In this proposed work RGB sensor is used to capture the color information of the entity. An Arduino UNO card is programmed using Arduino software 1.6.3 to enhance the signal. It generates a clear audible speech for the specific color of the object. The benefit of this device is low power battery operated, portable, safe and easy to handle.
5 Detection and Measurement of Displacement and Velocity of Single Moving Object in a Stationary Background
Authors: R. Almaddah Amr Reda. , Ahmad Tauseef , Dubai Abdullah
Published: January 2019

The traditional Harris detector are sensitive to noise and resolution because without the property of scale invariant.  In this research, The Harris corner detector algorithm is improved, to work with multi resolution images, the technique has also been working with poor lighting condition by using histogram equalization technique. The work we have done addresses the issue of robustly detection of feature points, detected multiple of local features are characterized by the intensity changes in both horizontal and vertical direction which is called corner features.  The goal of this work is to detect the corner of an object through the Harris corner detector with multiple scale of the same image. The scale invariant property applied to the Harris algorithm for improving the corner detection performance in different resolution of the same image with the same interest point. The detected points represented by two independent variables (x, y) in a matrix (x, y) and the dependent variable f are called intensity of interest points. Through these independent variable, we get the displacement and velocity of object by subtracting independent variable f(x,y) at current frame from the previous location f ̀((x,) ̀(y,) ̀) of another frame. For further work, multiple of moving object environment have been taken consideration for developing algorithms.
2 Controlling Self-Directed Vehicle via Webpage using Raspberry Pi Lighttpd Webserver
Authors: Baloch Wajeeh , Shanker Bhawani , Ghulamani Sumbul
Published: January 2019

Internet of Things (IoT) and Tele-Robotics aremost advanced technologies that provide a vision where anyobject in this world can be connected to anything else. Thesetechnologies enable us to build communication among variousentities such as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) devices, homeappliances, medical equipment, RFIDs etc. An intelligent Self-Directed Vehicle (SDV) incorporated with features of Internet ofThings (IoT) is presented in this work. In order to manuallycontrol the SDV, a web page (embedded with google maps) isdeveloped and uploaded on Lighttpd server on Raspberry Pi.Lighttpd server can act like a normal apache server. User cannavigate SDV manually using maneuvering control buttons. Theonboard camera provides visual awareness. This technology canbe utilized and implemented in a number of areas such asmilitary, where SDV can undertake missions like dronesurveillance, border patrol etc. Furthermore, our work highlightsthe use of webservers for interconnecting devices and describesthe use of internet to control SDV from a remote end withRaspberry Pi Lighttpd Web Server.
1 Road User Vulnerability in Traffic Accidents, Featuring Full Day Data Collection – Comprehensive MACRO Analysis Study for the City of Karachi, Pakistan
Authors: Jafri Syed Faraz , Sheeraz Khawaja , Khan Kamran , Rao Zubair Iqbal , Abbasi Asif
Published: January 2019

It is an undoubted truth that the system oftransportation planning is associated with the key parameters oftraffic safety. This focuses the implementation of designedpolicies and standards. The relationship between road trafficaccidents and applied infrastructure facilities is proportional.This imparts the available geometric design considerations,pavement structure, environmental, human and vehiclecontributory factors. Traffic accidents are also affected onvarious 24hrs timings of the day and classified as dawn, daylight,dusk and dark in different research studies. Each time of the dayhas its own characteristics featuring with the driverperformance, site detection, visual acquaintance and informationprovided for decision sight distance.Accidents occurring in various timings with respect to differenttypes of road users are presented in this research. Possible rootcauses with significant recommended measures are the extensivedimensions of this research study. On the whole, three years datarecord is utilized in the analytical part as well. For the sake ofreason, macro analysis tools and techniques are used in order tojustify the results. The results are also formulated highlightingresponsible factors and liaison with the accidents carried out inmorning and dark.
3 SSUET Parking Facility, A Case Study; Current Scenario, Future Needs and Proposed Solution
Authors: Saeed Muhammad Arsalan , Zaidi Safdar Abbas , Nasir Muhammad Murtaza
Published: January 2019

This paper presents results of a study carried outfor planning a parking facility in order to mitigate trafficcongestion problem on Sardar Ali Sabri Road near Sir SyedUniversity of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) Chowk inGulshan-e-Iqbal town of Karachi city. American Association ofState Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)guidelines were used in planning of the parking facility. Theplanned parking facility has capacity to accommodate around700 cars and 2000 motorcycles. A traffic study has been carriedout to estimate the space required by vehicles for parking in theSSUET. Data analysis of traffic growth of Karachi city has beenperformed to study the co-relation between traffic growth rate ofKarachi and number of parking vehicles in SSUET. It is foundthat no such co-relation exists and the city’s traffic has no impacton number of parking vehicles in SSUET. It is found that theparameters, affecting growth of parking traffic in SSUET, arenumber of departments of the university and number of seats perdiscipline allowed by HEC/PEC. Finally, construction of aparking plaza in SSUET is proposed for improvement of parkingfacilities.
4 Impact of reformed RM Encoded data on PAPR of Multicode CDMA under MSK
Authors: Hasan S. Rizwan-ul- , Siddiqui Najeeb , Ahmed Shakil
Published: January 2019

In this research work, the effect of ReformedReed Muller Encoded Data (RRMED) on Peak to Average PowerRatio (PAPR) of Multicode Code Division Multiple Access(MC-CDMA) systems was studied under Minimum Shift Keying(MSK) modulation. Simulation studies revealed thatimplementation of RRMED on PAPR with MSK modulation cansave up to 7dB of transmitter power compared to the un-codedPAPR of MC-CDMA systems.Simulation results further proved that MSK modulation alsoplays an important role in reducing PAPR as compared to binaryPhase Shift Keying (PSK).
5 Identification of Factors Affecting Construction Productivity in Pakistan Industry
Authors: Anees Muneer , Saqib Muhammad , Memon Darya
Published: January 2019

Construction productivity is significantrequirement which is point of focus for every constructionmanager. The main purpose of this study is to understand andhighlight the factors which affect the labor productivity inPakistan focusing Karachi which is the financial hub of thecountry. Karachi generates a big chunk of revenue andcontributes to gross domestic product (GDP) of Pakistan. Themain objective of this study is to identify the main factorsaffecting labor productivity of contractor, consultant andperspective of client. The data collection was carried out by onehundred sixty (160) questionnaire surveys. The results showedthat feeble management and worst site conditions are solelyresponsible for degradation in both efficiency and output of theproject.
1 Benchmarking of Data Communication Protocol for Integration of Telecontrol Interface with RTU
Authors: Aamir Muhammad , Khan Nishat Ahmad , Chowdhry B. S.
Published: January 2019

The outcome of this research work is focused onoptimized the design of wireless link for an FPGA based RemoteTerminal Unit (RTU). A situation representing multiple RTUscommunicating with one Telecontrol Interface (TCI) developedto address optimized implementation of wireless SCADA. It wasthen further verified by means of benchmarking. The hardwareimplementation and verification of this particular RTU designhas been done using a starter kit based on XILINX Spartan-3Series FPGA with 500K logic gates and MHX-2400 frequencyhopping2.4 GHz spread-spectrum communications modulewhich is used as Telecontrol Interface. The FPGA based RTU isflexible in terms of I/Os, CPU and radio related configurationsand any expansion in design can be accommodated quickly ifneeded as FPGA based designs are reconfigurable. However, theintegration of MHX-2400 had been examined and found suitableas Telecontrol Interface for this development.
2 Loss Analysis in Optical Fiber Transmission
Authors: Mushtaque Anusha , Memon Abi Waqas , Mushtaq Zarlish , Memon Aftab A. , Chowdhry B. S.
Published: January 2019

Most of telecommunication traffic (voice and data)around the globe is carried over the optical fiber cable. Theinternational traffic through various countries is carried overoptical fiber cables laid under the sea. Similarly the long-haultraffic within the country is through optical fiber laidunderground. Stress, strain, humidity, temperature, bending atacute angles affects the propagation of light energy in the opticalfiber cable. All such factors increase the optical loss andattenuate the signal. The attenuation, especially in the long-haulcommunication increases the bit error rate and degrades thequality of service. In this paper, different optical losses areanalyzed by setting up several experiments at a single modeoptical fiber spool of 4 km. The optical fiber segment wassubjected to various stress, temperatures and acute bendingconditions. The resulting losses and degradation of the signal wasmeasured using OTDR and Power meter.
3 Augmenting Walkability, Visibility and Arrangement for Korean ICU
Authors: Shaikh Javaria Manzoor
Published: January 2019

Clinical teams are facing increasing demands toperform more consistently and efficiently in delivering improvedhealth outcomes. Hospital management team in Korea facedifficulties in complex routine task for nurse, which result inworkforce burnout, fatigue, foot and hip ailments from thenecessary walking during a single shift on corridors asquestionnaire suggested.Three analysis of variance as walkability, visibility andarrangement are applied as programmed attributes from a set ofseven Korean adult intensive care units (ICUs), namely SNUH,SSMU, SCC, DUIH, KUMC, PNUH, YUHS. These ICUs areaccepted as the best- performing prototypes by the KoreanInstitute of Healthcare Architecture as Acute Care Medicine.This study systematically analyses the Nurse Station (NS) visit tothe patient bed, than calculates minimum round route on theICUs depth map plan; with aid of the connectivity on supplychain simulation analytical tool ‘route stop’ of LogWare. It wasfound that the maximum walk was calculated for the singular NSat KUMC where primary NS walks 542.005 feet zigzag path andsecondary NS walks 214.814 feet linear path. Conclusively,ANOVA predicted three optimum arrangements which wereconcentric around NS: L-Shape, U- Space or O- Shape scored 5/5thus walking for nurse reduces and utmost visibility wasillustrated. On the contrary I shape and zigzag pattern wasrecognized as not very efficient arrangement with 2/5 score, dueto an increase in walking and reduction in visibility to the lastpatient in the row.
4 Labview Based Automated External Defibrillator
Authors: Hamid Tehreem , Ali Hassan , Mustafa Ghulam , Qadri Tahir , Din Zia MohyUd
Published: January 2019

In today's era when precise, accurate and timeefficient systems are in great demand, automated techniquessupersede manual practices. As a need of time, we introduce awireless, automated, cost effective, yet reliable and efficientsystem of fluid dispensing. Our prototype system can dispensevarying amounts of fluids in milliliters (maximum 1L) as perdemand of the user. It uses the principle of time based fluiddispensing achieved through the built-in timer property of theAT89C51 microcontroller. To satisfy the principle used andverify the system's accuracy, fluids of varying viscosities weredispensed and monitored. The experimental results of thewireless fluid dispensing system when tested showed linearrelationship between the dispensing time and desired volumes offluids having differing viscosities. The added feature of wirelesscontrol using HM-TRP series transceiver module along with onsitecontrol via a keypad eliminated the need of physical presenceof operator within the range of 10 meters in order to make thesystem operational. This system can be used in pharmaceuticaland beverage industries as well as in different laboratories fordispensing and filling volumes of fluids with varying viscosities.
1 Optimizing the Material, Inter-distance and Temperature Effect of Intramuscular Electrodes used to Stimulate the Thoracic Diaphragm
Authors: Fatima Uruj , Woo Sang Hyo , Kim Jee Hyun , Cho Jin Ho , Qadri M. Tahir , Din Zia Mohy-Ud-
Published: January 2019

The technique of electrically stimulating thethoracic diaphragm is conducted by implanting a diaphragmaticpacemaker, in which the phrenic nerve is stimulated, resulting instimulating the diaphragm. A diaphragmatic pacemaker isusually implanted for a long period of time. Intramuscularelectrodes can be used for stimulating the diaphragm, for suchconditions in which phrenic nerve stimulation cannot be done.The material and inter-distance of the stimulation electrodes arevery important in order to stimulate the diaphragm in efficientmanner. This paper explains the Optimization of material, interdistanceand temperature effect of intramuscular electrodes usedto stimulate the thoracic diaphragm. A model has beenconstructed and simulated on the software COMSOL Multiphysics,whose results shows that the threshold musclestimulation is achieved when 1 volt is applied at the electrode, 15cm apart from each other. The result further suggested that thiskind of electrical stimulation cannot produce significant thermaleffect on the tissues.
2 Efficient AES-XTS Pipelined Implementation on FPGA
Authors: Ahmed Shakil , Naseem Muhammad
Published: January 2019

In past years, it has been considered that only datacommunicated via networks need to be secured. This paradigmnow shifted towards securing data at rest. With its increasingsignificance, IEEE has introduced a mode of AdvancedEncryption Standard (AES) named as XTS-AES. Few of itsimplementations exist. This paper presents a high throughputand highly efficient fully unrolled pipelined design of AES-XTSon FPGA. The proposed implementation incorporates only oneAES core for both tweak value encryption as well as dataencryption. Further our proposed design calculates tweak valuein parallel to data encryption/decryption process. The resultshave achieved a throughput of 35.8 Gbps with an efficiency of 8.4Mbps/slice. This design offers the best result forThroughput/Area that is 4.641 Mbps/area.
3 Barrier free visibility for staff in ICU Focused on space syntax for circulation in Asian ICU
Authors: Shaikh Javaria Manzoor
Published: January 2019

The main contribution of paper is for designersthrough identification of appropriate shape geometry required forcare givers in a hospital by using space syntax technique.Healthcare management field is at a boom now a days, andfacilitating nurse is one of the important aspect coming up infuture, thus a lot of new courses in this field are also beenintroduced and management is in demand. Focus is on creatingthe optimal conditions for innovation in healthcare, which hasmore to do with team dynamics and mindset than standardprocesses and tools. Researchers are rigorously working toimprove patient safety by increasing and improving interface withnurse. This study systematically analyses the Nurse Stationtypo-morphology, and simulates nurse vision. The visualconnectivity is measured on depth map graphs. Hence the aim isto reduce staff stress and fatigue by support space distribution byincreasing effectiveness in delivering care. A depth mapcomparative analysis of three types of the Surgical Intensive CareUnit (SICU), Medical Intensive Care Unit MICU and CriticalCare Unit CCU found at hospitals Hallym University MedicalCenter, South Korea (HUMC), is analyzed here. Concussively, itwas proved that L-Shape provides maximum visibility, where as Ishape provides vast vista of a panoramic view from the NurseStation.
4 Fluid Dispenser Prototype: A Time Based Approach
Authors: Omair S. M. , Shahid Nageen , Haleem M. A. , Azam M. , Munir M. W. , Ul Haque M. Z.
Published: January 2019

In today's era when precise, accurate and timeefficient systems are in great demand, automated techniquessupersede manual practices. As a need of time, we introduce awireless, automated, cost effective, yet reliable and efficientsystem of fluid dispensing. Our prototype system can dispensevarying amounts of fluids in milliliters (maximum 1L) as perdemand of the user. It uses the principle of time based fluiddispensing achieved through the built-in timer property of theAT89C51 microcontroller. To satisfy the principle used andverify the system's accuracy, fluids of varying viscosities weredispensed and monitored. The experimental results of thewireless fluid dispensing system when tested showed linearrelationship between the dispensing time and desired volumes offluids having differing viscosities. The added feature of wirelesscontrol using HM-TRP series transceiver module along with onsitecontrol via a keypad eliminated the need of physical presenceof operator within the range of 10 meters in order to make thesystem operational. This system can be used in pharmaceuticaland beverage industries as well as in different laboratories fordispensing and filling volumes of fluids with varying viscosities.
1 Design, Development & Evaluation of a Prototype Tracked Mobile Robot for Difficult Terrain
Authors: Ilyas Muneeb , Ali Muhammad Ehsan , Rehman Nasir , Abbasi Abdul Rehman
Published: January 2019

This paper reports the design, development andevaluation of a prototype tracked mobile robot for task executionin both natural and human-made environments with stairclimbing feature. First, different types of locomotion systems usedfor mobile robots are compared and their pros and cons arepresented. Then the mechanism designed for the prototypetracked mobile robot is described with the aid of a CAD model.Finally, the results of field testing of the actual robot are presentedand the behavior of tracked mobile robots in presence of slippageis discussed.
2 Wireless Security Threats
Authors: Jilani Umair , Khan Muhammad Umar , Afroz Adnan , Ahmed Khawaja Masood
Published: January 2019

Wireless Communication Technologies hascompletely revolutionized the world. Wireless CommunicationTechnologies provide ease to the users such as portability of thedevices and mobile access to the internet. These portable wirelessdevices include PDAs, laptops, smart phones etc. offers somevaluable features. These features include accessing the e-mails,SMS, MMS, calendars, addresses, phone numbers list and theinternet. These entire devices store large amount of data and theirwireless connection to network spectrum exhibit them asimportant source of computing. These devices are alwaysvulnerable to attacks. Mobile devices are the new frontier forviruses, spam and other potential security threats. All theseviruses, spam, Trojans and worms are out there in our vicinity togain access to our personal data. This research aims to analyze thethreats of viruses in the wireless communication systems andsecurity including their role in the service outbreak, laying downthe possible scenarios and also identifying possible remedies.
3 Bio-Mimetic Vision System For Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation
Authors: Safwan Muhammad , Zaheen Muhammad Yasir , Ahmed M. Anwar , Kamal Muhammad Shujaat , Kumar Raj
Published: January 2019

Bio-Mimetic Vision System (BMVS) for AutonomousMobile Robot Navigation encompasses three major fields, namelyrobotics, navigation and obstacle avoidance. Bio-mimetic vision isbased on stereo vision. Summation of Absolute Difference (SAD)is applied on the images from the two cameras and disparity mapis generated which is then used to navigate and avoid obstacles.Camera calibration and SAD is applied on Matlab software.AT89C52 microcontroller, along with Matlab, is used to efficientlycontrol the DC motors mounted on the robot frame. It is observedfrom experimental results that the developed system effectivelydistinguishes objects at different distances and avoids them whenthe path is blocked.
4 Pattern Recognition for Healing Burns to Compute Evidence: Space Syntax and Machine Learning Analysis of Burns Center Karachi
Authors: Shaikh Javaria Manzoor , Park JaeSeung
Published: January 2019

Usually elongated hospitalization is experienced byBurn patients, and the precise forecast of the placement of patientaccording to the healing acceleration has significant consequenceon healthcare supply administration. Substantial amount ofevidence suggest that sun light is essential to burns healing andcould be exceptionally beneficial for burned patients andworkforce in healthcare building. Satisfactory UV sunlight isfundamental for a calculated amount of burn to heal; this delicaterather complex matrix is achieved by applying patternclassification for the first time on the space syntax map of the floorplan and Browder chart of the burned patient. On the basis of thedata determined from this specific healthcare learning technique,nurse can decide the location of the patient on the floor plan, hencepatient safety first is the priority in the routine tasks by staff inhealthcare settings. Whereas insufficient UV light and vitamin Dcan retard healing process, hence this experiment focuses onmachine learning design in which pattern recognition andtechnology supports patient safety as our primary goal. In thisexperiment we lowered the adverse events from 2012- 2013, andnearly missed errors and prevented medical deaths up to 50%lower, as compared to the data of 2005- 2012 before this techniquewas incorporated.In this research paper, three distinctive phases of clinicalsituations are considered—primarily: admission, secondly: acute,and tertiary: post-treatment according to the burn pattern andhealing rate—and be validated by capable AI- origin forecastingtechniques to hypothesis placement prediction models for eachclinical stage with varying percentage of burn i.e. superficialwound, partial thickness or full thickness deep burn. Conclusivelywe proved that the depth of burn is directly proportionate to thedepth of patient’s placement in terms of window distance. Ourfindings support the hypothesis that the windowed wall is mosthealing wall, here fundamental suggestion is support vectormachines: which is most advantageous hyper plane for linearlydivisible patterns for the burns depth as well as the depth map isused.
1 Parametric Comparison of Selected Dual Elements PIR Sensors
Authors: Rafique Faisal , Siddiqui Najeeb
Published: January 2019

Most of the warm blooded animals emanatethermal radiations in the MWIR to LWIR (Medium Wave toLong Wave Infrared) range from 3μm to 18μm. If the object iswarmer than the surroundings, its thermal radiation is shiftedtoward higher frequency within the band and the thermal fluxrate becomes stronger. To detect radiation in this band, singleand multi-elements pyroelectric sensors utilized in the scanningsystems to detect, with background contrast, the presence of stillor moving thermal objects emitting thermal flux in thebandwidth specified. PIR sensors are commonly used to detectthese radiation, their response is further processed by electronicsystems and generally analyzed by software embedded systems.Here we present a comparative study of commercially availablePIR sensors. In this study we evaluated dual element PIR sensorsfor their electrical and thermal parameters. Two types of testprocedures were used, which can be used for any type of PIRsensors.
2 Deployment of Sensors to Optimize the Network Coverage Using Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Khan Fozia Hanif , Shams Rehan , Umair M. , Waseem M.
Published: January 2019

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are commonly used in various pervasive applications. Wireless communication is the fastest growing segment of the communication industry that has captured attention of the media and imagination of the public. The purpose of this study is to develop a Genetic algorithm that provides a proper deployment of sensors in order to optimize the coverage problem. The genetic algorithm optimizes the operational modes of sensors nodes for transmitting signals. In this paper we will present the optimum method for the mobile sensors nodes placement, so that transmission of signals and the field coverage can be improved. One of the critical issues of today’s world is to ensure that the quality of services requirement is at an acceptable level and genetic algorithm give the best solution for the above discussed problem. The algorithm has been implemented in MATLAB using its genetic algorithm tool box along with the custom code.
3 Introducing Primality Testing Algorithm with an Implementation on 64 bits RSA Encryption Using Verilog
Authors: Shams Rehan , Khan Fozia Hanif , Jillani Umair , Umair M.
Published: January 2019

A new structure to develop 64-bit RSA encryption engine on FPGA is being presented in this paper that can be used as a standard device in the secured communication system. The RSA algorithm has three parts i.e. key generation, encryption and decryption. This procedure also requires random generation of prime numbers, therefore, we are proposing an efficient fast Primality testing algorithm to meet the requirement for generating the key in RSA algorithm. We use right-to-left-binary method for the exponent calculation. This reduces the number of cycles enhancing the performance of the system and reducing the area usage of the FPGA. These blocks are coded in Verilog and are synthesized and simulated in Xilinx 13.2 design suit.
4 Maximum Likelihood Decoder for Variable Length Codes
Authors: Misbahuddin Syed , Simsim Mohammed Talal
Published: January 2019

Variable Length Codes (VLC) are used to transfer same amount of digital information in relatively short period of time. In variable length coding, the characters with higher probability of occurrence are assigned shorter bits sequence and the characters with less probability of occurrence are assigned relatively longer bits sequence. However, due to variable length nature of codes, the decoding circuitry at the receiving end loses the synchronization due to single or multiple bit inversions. This typically happens when data is transmitted through a Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC). This paper investigates synchronizing scheme to control the error propagation due to single or multiple bit inversions through BSC. The hardware implementation of the proposed algorithm has been presented using a hardware description language. The functional level simulation of the implementation is discussed to test the proposed algorithm.
5 Home Energy Management within Smart Grid via WSN
Authors: Rajput Pooja , Rajput Kiran , Shaikh Muhammad Zakir , Chowdhry B. S. , Aamir M.
Published: January 2019

This paper presents a framework for a home automation scenario within a Smart Grid System. The framework is designed to schedule appliances at less expensive hours to decrease the cost of energy usage at home. The important factor of comfort degradation is also addressed using proposed framework. The framework consists of a Wireless Automatic Metering System that helps in solving various issues of electricity expenses and provides the user with information such as different schemes and tariff packages. Through the proposed framework for home automation, the user will be able to control and reduce the energy expenses using an interactive GUI.
6 RF Based Wireless Fire Security System for Hospitals
Authors: Khan Muhammad Arsalan
Published: January 2019

Wireless Fire Security System increases the secu-rity against fire as compared to conventional fire security systems. Conventional fire security systems are wired and they usually contain smoke detectors and control panel. The control panel is sometimes hard to operate. It’s hard to understand the control panel and operation of security systems. In hospitals and other health care institutions high security against fire is required in order to protect the expensive equipments and chemicals. Every organization needs proper insurance and safety for their equipments and patients. Radio frequency based fire security system was designed to provide high securi-ty against fire with easy to use, hand-held portable control unit. Anyone can easily operate the portable receiver without additional training or knowledge. Wireless fire security system for hospitals is also very low cost device.
Fault Detection and Tolerance in Cluster of Workstations using Message Passing Interface
Authors: Misbahuddin Syed
Published: January 2019

A Cluster of Workstations (COW) is network based multi-computer system aimed to replace supercomputers. A cluster of workstations works on Divisible Load Theory (DLT) according to which a job is divided into n subtasks and delegated to n workstations in the COW architecture. To get the job completed, all subtasks must be completed.  Therefore, for satisfactory job completion, all workstations must be functional. However, a faulty node can suspend the overall job completion task until and unless some fault avoidance and correction measures are taken.  This paper presents a fault detection and fault tolerant algorithm which will use Message Passing Interface (MPI) to identify faulty workstations and transfer the subtask being performed by them to a normally working workstation. The assigned workstations will continue their original subtasks in addition to assigned subtasks on time sharing basis.
Performance Evaluation of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) in terms of Power Measurement and Reduction
Authors: Hasan Syed Rizwan-ul- , Ahmed Shakil
Published: January 2019

In this research paper the performance of the CDMA system has been analyzed with respect to PAPR (Peak to Average Power Ratio) measurement and its reduction. Simulation results verify that high peaks degrade the performance of CDMA, application of codes reduced high peaks and PAPR is a good measure for CDMA.
A Region-based Approach to the Automated Marking of Short Textual Answers
Authors: Siddiqi Raheel
Published: January 2019

Automated marking of short textual answers is a challenging task due to the difficulties involved in accurately “understanding” natural language text. However, certain purpose-built Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques can be used for this purpose. This paper describes an NLP-based approach to automated assessment that extends an earlier approach [1] to enable the automated marking of longer answers as well as answers that are partially correct. In the extended approach, the original Question Answer Language (QAL) is augmented to support the definition of regions of text that are expected to appear in a student’s answer. In order to explain the extensions to QAL, we present worked examples based on real exam questions. The system’s ability to accurately mark longer answer texts is shown to be on a par with that of existing state-of-the-art short-answer marking systems which are not capable of marking such longer texts.
Importance of Information Availability, its effects on Business & the proposed Model
Authors: Alvi Bilal , Qureshi M. Wasim , Karim Shakir
Published: January 2019

Many a time the irony one can face is the unavailability of the resources when they are needed the most causing unavoidable/irreversible loss. These kinds of scenarios can cost organizations their business. Enterprises suffered and are still suffering a huge loss in terms of revenue, customers’ dissatisfaction and more.  Though availability is one of the three basic components of security besides Confidentiality and Integrity, it could not get its due share and remained under the back- drop. In this paper, the importance of the information availability and its key determinants are discussed, analyzed and a conceptual model is proposed. The model is validated by carrying out an in-depth study of three major multinational oil enterprises of Pakistan. The study proved that if information availability is taken care in true sense, success in business could be assured.
Performance Assessment of High Availability Clustered Computing using LVS-NAT
Authors: Shaikh Muhammad Kashif , Khan Muzammil Ahmad , Imam Mumtaz -ul-
Published: January 2019

High availability cluster computing environment attempts to provide high availability to computing services. This paper evaluates building and investigating a highly available computing environment that provides a solution to achieve high availability. A prototype of cluster computing environment is developed in Linux environment to provide a single but highly available point of entry. The cluster of computers run web based application to provide services to HTTP users.
PKM Pertanian Organik di Desa Tawangargo Kecamatan Karangploso Kabupaten Malang
Authors: Susanti Sri - , Karamina Hidayati , Murti Ariani Trisna
Published: January 2019

Upaya mewujudkan Tawangargo sebagai kawasan organik perlu didukung oleh segenap masyarakat termasuk seluruh kelompok tani dengan memberdayakan seluruh potensi sumberdaya yang dimiliki. Program kemitraan masyarakat (PKM) dilaksanakan untuk mendukung segera terwujudnya target tersebut. Kelompok tani (Poktan) Tani Mulya dan Rukun Damai Desa Tawangargo memiliki potensi besar yang bisa dioptimalkan dan ditingkatkan produktivitasnya, namun masih mempunyai beberapa kendala yang perlu diberikan solusi oleh tim PKM. Secara keseluruhan, masyarakat petani telah mengenal sistem pertanian organik namun belum semua melaksanakannya. Fasilitas yang telah tersedia masih perlu ditingkatkan pemanfaatannya. Untuk meningkatkan kontinyuitas produksi pupuk organik, mitra perlu dukungan berupa sarana naungan. Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan bibit yang berkualitas, perlu fasilitas, keterampilan dan kemampuan untuk menyemaikan benih dengan benar. Tim PKM memberikan bantuan berupa mendirikan bangunan naungan sehingga proses pembuatan pupuk organik tidak lagi terkendala musim hujan. Pelatihan dan pendampingan juga dilakukan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan mitra baik dalam pembuatan pupuk organik ataupun persemaian benih tanaman sayuran. Melalui pendampingan dari tim PKM, maka kegiatan usaha produksi pupuk organik plus semakin berkembang, dan ketersediaan pupuk untuk pertanian organik dapat berkelanjutan. Di samping mampu memenuhi sebagian kebutuhan bibit dari internal kelompok, kemampuan menyemaikan benih yang dimilliki kelompok memberikan peluang usaha pembibitan tanaman sayuran secara organik.
PENGARUH BEBAN KERJA DENGAN PELAKSANAAN PERILAKU CARING PERAWAT PELAKSANA MENURUT PERSEPSI PASIEN DI RS HUSADA JAKARTA
Authors: Saragih Enni Juliani
Published: January 2019

Beban kerja yang tinggi pada perawat pelaksana dapat menyebabkan kelelahan yang berakibat pada menurunnya perilaku caring. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan beban kerja perawat pelaksana dan pelaksanaan perilaku caring yang dipersepsikan oleh pasien di RS Husada Jakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan  cross sectional  yang melibatkan 35 perawat pelaksana dan 35 pasien. Hasil analisis univariat menunjukkan pasien  mempersepsikan  pelaksanaan perilaku caring perawat pelaksana dengan kategori rendah yaitu 54,2%. Beban kerja lebih dari standar waktu optimum produktif (80%) terutama  pada shift pagi  95,13% diikuti shift sore 93,45% dan shift malam 71,58% serta rata-rata dari ketiga shift ini adalah 86,2%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara beban kerja dengan pelaksanaan perilaku caring perawat pelaksana (p value 0,004). Implikasi dari penelitian ini diharapkan caring menjadi inti dari praktik keperawatan dengan terus meningkatkan pengajaran dan sosialisasi konsep caring dalam praktek keperawatan melalui pelatihan-pelatihan kepada perawat yang memberi pelayanan keperawatan  kepada pasien.
KORELASI BEBAN KERJA PERAWAT PELAKSANA DAN KESELAMATAN PASIEN DI RUMAH SAKIT HUSADA JAKARTA
Authors: Prawitasari Shinta
Published: January 2019

Pelayanan keperawatan harus berfokus pada keselamatan pasien baik dalam tatanan rumah sakit, komunitas maupun perawatan di rumah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan gambaran tentang hubungan beban kerja perawat pelaksana dengan keselamatan pasien di Rumah Sakit Husada Jakarta. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif korelasi dengan pendekatan restrospective, descriptive cross sectional. Sampel yang digunakan berjumlah 93 data dinas perawat pelaksana dan 93 dokumen rekam medik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan proporsi beban kerja tinggi pada perawat pelaksana paling banyak pada bulan Januari 53.7%, diikuti oleh bulan Mei 51.6%, Juli 39.8% dan Maret 35.3%. Sedangkan beban kerja adekuat pada perawat pelaksana paling banyak terjadi pada bulan Maret 64.5%, Juli 60,2%, Mei 48,4%, dan Januari 46,2%. Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara beban kerja perawat pelaksana dengan keselamatan pasien. Departemen keperawatan harus memperhatikan peningkatan pasien untuk setiap unit keperawatan dan menggunakan data untuk menghitung tenaga keperawatan setiap shift, untuk mengalokasikan tenaga keperawatan, dan mengawasi sebagai jadwal.Perlunya dikembangkan budaya keselamatan dan mengikis budaya menghukum, memilih champion sebagai motor penggerak keselamatan pasien serta tidak membebani perawat dengan pekerjaan non keperawatan.
Nursing services should focus on patient safety in both the order of the hospital, community and home care. The purpose of this study is to describe the relationship of nursing workload and patient safety at Husada Hospital Jakarta. This research is descriptive correlation with retrospective approach, descriptive cross sectional. This study used 93 samples of nursing schedule data and 93 patient documents. The result shows that proportion of high nursing workload was in January 53,7%, May 51,6%, July 39,8%, and March 35,3%.Proportion of adequate nursing workload was in March 64,5%, July 60,2%, May 48,4%, and January 46,2%. The proportion of patient safety was 19,4%. There is a significant association between the workload of nurses with patient safety. The department of nursing should assess the trend of patient acuity for each nursing unit and using the data to calculate of nursing personnel every shift, to allocate nursing personnel, and supervise as schedule. Develop the culture of safety and eliminate punitive culture from her unit, choosing the champion for patient safety and eliminate non nursing tasks.
STATUS FUNGSIONAL SEBAGAI FAKTOR DETERMINAN KUALITAS HIDUP LANSIA PASCA STROKE DI JAKARTA SELATAN
Authors: Lestari Puspita Hanggit
Published: January 2019

Perubahan fungsional pada lansia pasca stroke dapat mempengaruhi lansia dan keluarga secara fisik, psikologis, sosial, dan spiritual. Berfokus pada dampak stroke bagi lansia dan keluarga, maka tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi status fungsional sebagai faktor yang mempengaruhi kualitas hidup lansia pasca stroke. Penelitian cross-sectional ini menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan 70 responden lansia pasca stroke yang tinggal bersama keluarga di Jakarta Selatan. Penelitian mengkaji status fungsional dengan instrumen IADL  dan kualitas hidup lansia pasca stroke dengan SS-QOL12. Peneliti mengkaji faktor lain yang memiliki hubungan signifikan dengan kualitas hidup yaitu dukungan sosial dan beban pelaku rawat. Model regresi linear digunakan dalam penelitian untuk mengetahui factor yang paling mempengaruhi kualitas hidup. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa status fungsional, dukungan sosial dan beban pelaku rawat keluarga mempengaruhi kualitas hidup lansia pasca stroke. Status fungsional merupakan faktor yang  paling berpengaruh terhadap kualitas hidup lansia pasca stroke. Kesimpulan penelitian adalah tingginya status fungsional lansia pasca stroke berhubungan dengan meningkatnya kualitas hidup lansia pasca stroke. Perawat komunitas dan keluarga memiliki peran penting dalam proses rehabilitasi lansia pasca stroke.

 

Kata kunci  : lansia pasca stroke, pelaku rawat keluarga, kualitas hidup, beban rawat