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Design and Implementation of IoT Energy Meter to Monitor Energy Flow at the Consumer End
Authors: Obulesu Dakka
Published: April 2022

This paper presents a device that uses the evolving IoT technology to design and implement an internet-based energy meter. This meter, being cheap and easy-to-implement solution, enables consumers to monitor the daily usage of electric power easily. This work primarily concerns the energy-monitoring aspect of IoT, along with discussing other advantages of this meter, such as its ability to overcome human errors and reducing dependency on manual labor, besides reducing costs in energy consumption. The proposed design, which comprises a low-cost wireless network and protocol for smart energy along with a web application capable of automatically reading the unit and then sending the data automatically provides great advantages to users by allowing them to keep a track of their meter reading. This system will help users by allowing them to not only take steps to reduce power wastage but also bring down costs of consumption, along with minimizing the threat of power theft, which is incurs great losses to power companies. Experimental results of this study show that the proposed IoT meter works efficiently and has proven its potential in practical applications at substantially reduced costs.
A Study on Optimal Design Feasibility of Microgrid Power System for Rural Electrification: Amhara Region in Ethiopia
Authors: Abebe Ahunim , Pushparaghavan A. , Gedefaye Edmealem
Published: April 2022

Power system is an essential energy domain in recent years which helps to converts non-electrical energy resources, such as hydraulic, thermal, solar, wind and other natural resources to electrical energy. It conveys the generated power to the consumers via transmission and distribution networks. The conventional power system has many problems, which are significant power loss at the transmission and distribution networks, poor power quality and reliability, and ultimately it is not an environmental friendly. These problems are resolved by using a microgrid which will provide electricity to the consumer economically with improved power quality, reliability, and minimum loss by integrating and optimizing different renewable energy sources. The main objective of this research study is to enable the optimal power provision and feasibility to design a microgrid. Based on this objective of Micro grid power system, the study has extended to deliver electricity to satisfy the location of Ethiopia, Bahir Dar Town, specifically the rural electrification as a model for the interior village Abay Mado-Gedro kebele primary school, health post and local communities demand by enhancing the power quality, reliability and minimum transmission / distribution line losses. The microgrid consists of solar, wind and battery storage sources. It is designed to operate in stand-alone mode of operation. Optimum designing and sizing of different components of the microgrid is taken as major contributions of this research work to the study for the Village Gedro as a rural electrification model. Hence it is observed through the analysis and design using HOMER Optimization tool, the total power consumptions for the site of optimal power is 25 kWh / day and 6 kW peak with the consideration of various environmental parameters like solar radiation, temperature and wind speed. Based on the optimal power energy consumption resulted out that the required various power resources are 7 kW Photo-Voltaic (PV), 3 kW Wind turbine, 104 kWh storage battery and 6 kW converter with the total investment cost $ 75993.
Analysis of Outage Probability for MC-CDMA Systems Using Different Spread Codes
Authors: Deshmukh Sanjay , Bhosle Udhav
Published: April 2022

Modern communication systems demand proper utilisation of bandwidth, high throughput, integration of services and flexibility. To meet these requirements, spread spectrum code-division multiple access (CDMA) techniques have been proposed for various wireless communication systems. Here the individual user is assigned a unique binary code called spreading code used to increase capacity and provide higher robustness to interference. This paper investigates outage probability performance of MIMO multicarrier spread spectrum code-division multiple access (CDMA) with different robust spreading codes namely Walsh-Hadamard (WH), Gold and Kasami codes. Outage probability Poutage is significant performance measure to evaluate the effect of co-channel interference. System’s performance is initially evaluated in terms of outage probability by varying spreading factor (code length L) L= 4, 16, 64,256 for the number of subcarriers (NC) NC =4. In the second case spread factor SF is kept constant at L=64 and Poutage is analysed for varying number of subcarriers NC = 4, 16, 64. Outage probability analysis for system shows that under similar load conditions Kasami spread sequences outperforms Gold codes and WH codes in terms of outage probability for different spreading factor (SF) of codes and for varying number of subcarriers. This is because of its improved peak isolation and low cross-correlation than other.
Design and Analysis of Optimal Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm using ANFIS Controller for PV Systems
Authors: Latha Mangeshkar P. , Gowri Manohar T.
Published: April 2022

The Photovoltaic cell is considered as one of the most promising devices in photovoltaic generation. It is used to convert solar energy into electrical energy. Nowadays, Photovoltaic generation is developing more rapidly as a renewable energy source. But, the drawback is that Photovoltaic generation is discontinuous because of it depends on the weather conditions. This paper presents a high performance tracking method for maximum power generated by photovoltaic (PV) systems. Based on adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS), this method combines the learning abilities of artificial neural networks and the ability of fuzzy logic to handle imprecise data. It is able to handle non-linear and time varying problems hence making it suitable for accurate maximum power point tracking (MPPT) to ensure PV systems work effectively. The performance of the proposed method is compared to that of a fuzzy logic based MPPT algorithm to demonstrate its effectiveness.
Design and Fabrication of Model of Tesla Coil
Authors: Pundlik Yogesh Yashwant , Pundlik Gauri Yogesh
Published: April 2022

This paper discuss the design, fabrication of scaled down of Model of Tesla Coil model for the purpose of explanation to the U.G. students. In Tesla coil gives the high voltage a.c.compared to the DC input to the circuit. The circuit was fabricated. The fabricated coil was tested for breakdown of various solid insulation materials and wireless power transmission.
Design and Development of Automatic Seed Sowing Machine
Authors: Premalatha P. , Singh Sharath
Published: April 2022

Indian economy is dependent on agriculture to a great extent. Increase in production, tends to improve social welfare, particularly in rural areas. This project aims to increase the productivity and to reduce the time for seed sowing process and wastage of seeds. Automatic seed sowing machine designed and developed, which uses Solar powered DC motors driven by L298N driver circuit with Aurdino UNO R3 control kit. An ultrasonic sensor is also installed to detect the obstacle in the path and end of each row.
Real Time Simulation of Doubly-Fed Induction Machine IGBT Drive on a PC-Cluster
Authors: Shree Ram Bhagwan , George Abraham
Published: April 2022

This paper has presented a device intended to fit in a wind mill based on a Doubly Fed Induction Generator connected to the grid. After a description of this device and its connection procedure, we have established a two-phase mathematical model of the DFIG. In order to control statoric active and reactive power exchanged between the DFIG and the grid, a vector-control strategy has been presented. Simulations have been investigated with two types of regulators: classical proportional-integral and polynomial RST based on pole-placement theory. The synthesis of the RST controller has been detailed. Simulations results have shown that performances are equivalent for the two controllers under ideal conditions (no perturbations and no parameters variations). The RST controller is more efficient when the speed is suddenly changed (which happens frequently in wind energy conversion systems) and is more robust under parameters variations of the DFIG (for example rotoric resistance in our study).
Identification of Robust Controller for 150hp 3 Phase Induction Motor
Authors: Sathishkumar H. , Parthasarathy S. S.
Published: April 2022

In this paper, comparative performance analysis of Neural network controller and Neuro-fuzzy controller for 150hp (Horse power) three phase induction motor which is used in cable industry (Ravicab cables private limited) at Bidadi is presented. Proportional integral derivative (PID) controller based voltage frequency drive (VFD) is used here to control the speed of 150hp three phase induction motor which is used in cable drawing process. Since VFD used in this industry is affected by several disturbances, robust speed controller is to be interfaced with the three phase induction motor. In order to identify and interface the robust controller, this paper deals with problem of the currently existing cable industry with real time data. Moreover this paper proposes two proposed controller to solve this problem. Performances of these two proposed systems are explained with the help of Simulation and comparison chart. At the end robust controller for this cable industry will be identified.
Motor Current Signature Analysis for Speed Estimation
Authors: Nambia Renjini E.
Published: April 2022

The induction motors are widely applied due to their low price and ruggedness. There are several methods for speed estimation in the literature. The optical tachometer is an expensive and less reliable method for the speed measurement. Hence sensor less method for speed estimation is an important topic of research. In this paper, speed estimation of induction motor using motor current signature analysis is done. The comparative study of different methods shows that the motor current signature analysis (MCSA) is more accurate in speed estimation. This technique is experimentally verified on a 5HP, 3.7kW, 1430rpm 415V, 50Hz, 7.5A, 3Ø squirrel cage induction motor using LabVIEW. The experimental and simulation results show that the overall speed estimation error is within 5 rpm.
Inductive Power Transfer to Charge Electric Bicycles
Authors: Revathi Shree K.
Published: April 2022

Inductive power transfer is nothing but wireless power transfer. That is transferring power from transmitter to receiver side without any physical contact. Nowadays this technique has wide applications. Mainly it is used to charge the batteries of the electric vehicles (EV). Due to the increasing pollution rate and scarcity of fuel in future days, the demand for the electric vehicles is increasing. Charging EV’s using IPT is simpler and risk free when compared to traditional wired charging systems. Using IPT technique the battery can be charged in constant current (CC) and constant voltage (CV) modes without using any feedback. A switch (consists of 2 AC switches and capacitor) is used to change the mode from CC to CV. The current output from the CC and the voltage output from the CV mode are load independent. This can be obtained by proper selection of inductances and capacitors. Here the feedback control techniques are not required to regulate the output according to charging profile. This IPT technique to charge battery is economical because using a single inverter many batteries can be charged at a time. The possibility of this method of charging is tested with an experimental prototype for efficiency and using MATLAB/SIMULINK software the simulation results are obtained for stability of current and voltage output of CC and CV mode.
Replenishing Water Source for Wildlife Using Hybrid Energy Sources
Authors: Nandhini Priya T.
Published: April 2022

This Paper presents the hybrid model of solar and wind turbine system for the power generation.The hybrid system can be used in forest area and in the remote area also which is unable to connect to the grid and its use can be extended to city streets lights also. It can also be operated as a standalone PV and wind models. The hybrid model is designed using MATLAB Simulink.
Design and Implementation of 5 kWSmart DC Microgrid
Authors: Chinmaya H. G. , Balachandra T. C.
Published: April 2022

This paper presents a design for electrification of a remote village with the help of locally generated renewable electricity from solar PV modules. The whole system setup works on DC. Regulated DC bus is efficiently used to power up DC fans, DC lights in the houses of the selected village. Remote Monitoring System is used in order to continuously monitor the power plant and control the power plant. The main reason to go for DC microgrid rather than AC grid is to avoid the problem of losses and power factor. A 5 kW DC microgrid consisting of a 5-kW solar PV array and a 96V, 200Ah battery bank is developed. The system is simulated in MATLAB for a variety of operating conditions and results are presented.
Economic Load Dispatch of Three Bus Thermal Generator Using Fuzzy Logic Technique
Authors: Kulkarni Dharati , Gaded Kishore Kumar , Ajay Nagendra B. S. , Koushik Karthik S. , Prabhu Kavya
Published: April 2022

This paper gives details/information about economic load dispatch using manual method and optimized fuzzy method. Using manual method, we get lambda ‘λ’ one of the inputs to the fuzzy by using different demand values. The calculations of manual method and fuzzy results are both mentioned in this paper. The whole analysis is done considering transmission losses.
Qualitative Assessment of Digital Forensic Tools
Authors: Singh Sakshi , Kumar Suresh
Published: April 2022

Forensic science is a study of science to criminals and civil laws. Digital forensics is the part of forensic science relating to proof found in computers and advanced storage media. Forensic examiners gather, protect and break down logical confirmations over the span of examination. Digital information contains data as content, pictures, sound, video and so on. These days numerous cybercrime cases, for example, hacking, banking cheats, phishing, email spamming, etc., have developed which are connected with a computerized information. Since the digital investigation is turning into an expanding concern, numerous digital forensic tools have been created to manage the difficulties of exploring computerized wrongdoings. The motivation behind digital forensics strategies is to look, protect and extract data on advanced frameworks to discover potential confirmations to exhibit them in the courtroom. In this paper, we have discussed five kinds of forensics namely Network Forensics, Live Forensics, Cyber Forensics, Database Forensics, and Mobile Forensics. The paper depicts a list of digital forensic tools in detail and looks at them based on the characterized parameters to figure out which tool suits better for any investigation. The paper looks at network, database and mobile forensic tools and examines the silent features and uniqueness of each of the tools along with their functionalities.
Citizens’ Readiness to Use Electronic Voting System in Oyo State, Nigeria
Authors: Omotayo Funmilola O.
Published: April 2022

The right to vote, which is identified as one of the fundamental human rights, encourages civic consciousness through political participation. Elections in Nigeria have been found to record low turnout, which has been partly attributed to problems identified with the traditional voting system used in the county. This study investigated the perception of Oyo state citizens about e-voting system, as well as their readiness to use the system. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Questionnaire data was collected from 390 respondents, while 20 respondents were also interviewed. Questionnaire data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences and presented using descriptive statistics in form of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The interview data was analysed using Nvivo software, version 10. Findings reveal that citizens perceived the current voting system as stressful and not transparent, and that e-voting system would be better than the present voting system because of the advantages associated with technology use. The citizens are ready to use e-voting system, if adopted by Nigerian government. The study recommends that Nigerian government could adopt and implement e-voting system to reduce the huge financial expenses associated with conduct of elections, as well as some other challenges that have been associated with elections in Nigeria.
The Art of Data Science and Big Data Analytics: Inspecting and Transforming Data
Authors: Subhadra Akella
Published: April 2022

Data Science is associated with new discoveries, the discovery of value from the data. It is a practice of  deriving insights and developing business strategies through transformation of data in to useful information. It has been evaluated as a scientific field and research evolution in  disciplines like  statistics, computing science , intelligence science , and practical transformation in the  domains like  science, engineering,  public sector, business and lifestyle. The field encompasses the larger areas of artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, pattern recognition, natural language understanding, and big data manipulation.
It also tackles related new scientific challenges, ranging from data capture, creation, storage, retrieval, sharing, analysis, optimization, and visualization, to integrative analysis across heterogeneous and interdependent complex resources for better decision-making, collaboration, and, ultimately, value creation. In this paper we entitled epicycles of analysis, formal  modeling, from data analysis to data science, data analytics -A keystone of data science, The Big data is not a single technology but an amalgamation of old and new technologies that assistance companies gain actionable awareness. The big data is vital because it manages, store and manipulates large amount of data at the desirable speed and time. In particular, big data addresses detached requirements, in other words the amalgamate of multiple un-associated datasets, processing of large amounts of amorphous data and harvesting of unseen information in a time-sensitive generation.
As businesses struggle to stay up with changing market requirements, some companies are finding creative ways to use Big Data to their growing business needs and increasingly complex problems. As organizations evolve their processes and see the opportunities that Big Data can provide, they struggle to beyond traditional Business Intelligence  activities, like using data to populate reports and dashboards, and move toward Data Science- driven projects that plan to answer more open-ended and sophisticated questions.
Although some organizations are fortunate to have data scientists, most are not, because there is a growing talent gap that makes finding and hiring data scientists in a timely manner is difficult. This paper, aimed to demonstrate a close view about Data science, big data, including big data concepts like  data storage, data processing, and data analysis of these technological developments, we also provide brief description about big data analytics and its characteristics , data structures, data analytics life cycle, emphasizes critical points on these issues.
Effectiveness of Online and Traditional Class: A Comparative Analysis
Authors: Micabalo Kingie G. , Cano Jesszon B. , Navarro June Ace P. , Atillo Lucilito A. , Montilla Ryan D.
Published: April 2022

Educating and learning modalities in virtual and customary classes can be best seen as a marker of proficiency and college adequacy. The examination decides the adequacy of online and traditional classes to the College of Business and Accountancy. The respondents were the 208 understudies from the University of Cebu Lapu and Mandaue utilizing the descriptive - comparative research method on a snowball sampling. Frequency and simple percentage, Mean, Chi- Square Test of Independence and Independent Samples T-test were utilized, to sum up, separate, and unwind the information assembled. The findings revealed that there is statistically significant difference on the level of effectiveness between online and traditional class. The understudies perceived online class as moderately effective while perceiving traditional class as highly effective. Moreover, it revealed that there is a statistically significant correlation on the respondents gender, course and year level on the level of perception either by traditional or online classes. The study concludes that Online and Traditional modalities of educating and learning extraordinarily assume an essential function on an understudy's useful term in school. However, refinement of approaches to these modalities is very important to portray student-teacher resiliency at any given situation.
Utilization of Chabot in an Educational System
Authors: Beenu  , Jindal Harsh , Kumar Rakesh , Kushawaha Meghul Kumar , Kumar Santosh
Published: April 2022

Chabot are recently being utilized in a variety of online applications such as education, marketing, supporting systems, cultural heritage and industry from e-commerce to travel. It provides several benefits, such as availability, personalization, etc. Chabot is appeared in very large numbers at the start of the present decade. In a present day, the usage of Chabot is increasing day by day in large scale of the application that is providing better intelligence to the user. In fact, to speed up the assistance these systems are equipped with Chatbots which can interpret the user questions and provide the right answers, in a quick and proper manner. Hence, it is not a part of virtual assistants, but it can be utilized for governments as well as organizations on websites, applications and instant messaging platforms to develop the products, ideas or services. This paper presents the realization of a chatbot in the educational system. In addition, the authors present the historical development, types of chatbot, applications and their future in education sector is described.
IT Risk Management based on ISO 31000 for BRImo Application (BRI Mobile) as a Transaction Processing Information System
Authors: Wati Fatma , Sari Sarmila , Utamajaya Joy Nashar
Published: April 2022

BRImo application is a software support system owned by Bank BRI in order to increase profits and provide maximum service to customers. With the BRImo application, it can make it easier for customers to register for new account openings and e-banking transactions anywhere without being limited by space and time. However, implementing information technology is not without risk, because banks are a highly regulated industry and must be carried out prudently. With the growing complexity of BRI's business activities and operations, the risks faced are also getting bigger. Threats that arise to operational activities can be triggered by various factors, both internal and external. Therefore, there is a need for risk management analysis on the BRImo Application using the ISO 31000 framework so that the possible risks that will occur can be minimized or eliminated by carrying out Risk Assessment and Risk Treatment. The results of this study are various possible risks in the identified application using a probability and impact matrix as well as the handling of the possible risks that exist. So that the results of this risk analysis can be used to help companies prevent, minimize risks, and treat these risks according to their priorities before the possibility of these risks hampering the company's performance.
COVID-19: Confronts Covers Detection on Face through Python with Computer Vision, Tensor Flow and Keras
Authors: Mathur Sonali , Agarwal Sohit
Published: April 2022

The corona virus COVID-19 widespread is causing an around the world wellness calamity so the effective safety techniques are wearing confronts covers in open locales agreeing to the field Wellbeing Organization The COVID-19 widespread constrained governments globally to force lockdowns to anticipate infection transmissions. Reports show that carrying a confront veil while at work essentially diminishes the danger of transmission. A proficient and financial method of utilizing AI to create a secure encompassing within the course of a production setup. Utilizing this recently discharged procedure, we are ready to help numerous to hit upon and pass on security safeguards, by implies of the utilization of this strategy numerous wellness and social workers will be able to find the COVID-19 influenced patients. In arranging that they may be privy to this and hold a remove from the person to diminish the unfurl of corona virus infection. This machine no longer as working on web locales be that as it may, this approach can more over be supportive of the domestic venture to find the influenced clients. A crossover adaptation utilizing profound and classical frameworks considering for mask discovery is getting to be given. A veil location dataset comprises of with covers and without cover pictures, we have gotten to be to apply OpenCV to undertake to real-time confront location from remain circulate thru our webcam. We are going to utilize the dataset to form a COVID-19 covers locator with PC vision with the use of Python, OpenCV, and Tensor flow, and Keras. Our purpose is to distinguish whether the character of photograph/video development is wearing a cover or not with the assistance of computer vision and profound picking up information.
Significant Journals and their Countries in the Field of Sports Medicine Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Ramakrishnan J. , Ravi Sankar G. , Thavamani K.
Published: April 2022

The literature in the field of Sports Medicine and identified significant journals and their countries were studied. A total of 43727 records on ‘Sports Medicine’ is covered in the MEDLINE database. 50.69% of records were journal articles in this study. Bradford Law has been used for this study and found significant journals in the field of Sports Medicine. The United States is dominated in the first rank and also covered fourth to eighth ranks and tenth rank in the study. The United States with the major publications of 62.5% of output in zone-1 study, which is in the first position followed by Germany, Denmark, England, Italy, and Turkey. In zone-2 study, the United States shared 40.6% in the first position followed by England, Switzerland, and Germany etc. In zone-1 and zone-2 combined study; it shows that United States shared 42.86% followed by England in the second position, Germany and Switzerland shared the third position, the Netherlands in the fourth position, and China in the fifth position.
Research on Electric Vehicles in India and USA: A Scientometric Study
Authors: Hulloli Praveen B. , Mani C.
Published: April 2022

This research paper aims to highlight quantitatively and qualitatively the growth and development of India and United States of America related to Publications and Citations in Electric Vehicles as per Web of Science (WoS) during research study taken for the period from 2011 to 2020. The objective of this study is to perform a Scientometric analysis of research Publications related to all Electric Vehicle in general. The parameters investigated were the growth rate of publications, author collaboration patterns, Co-Authorship Index, and Citation Profile. The Total paper published is 66,758 with 9,21,127 citations globally  and India alone constituting 3,131 papers with 21,057 citations,  USA authored 12,524 papers with 3,07,781 citations. With India’s higher growth rate of (26.93%), USA has only (7.74%) meeting global publications growth rate of (11.47%). The total Citation profile out of 15,655 publication papers were 4,112 (26.27%) which haven’t received any citations.  India has total of 3,131 publications but  1,328 (42.41%) papers with null citations and United States authoring 12,524 papers published, out of which 2,784 (22.22%) did not receive any citations. The Maximum papers cited were from India and United States with 3,733 (23.85 %) papers in the range of 11-50.
Online Education to the School Students of Kerala during Covid-19 Epidemic Period
Authors: Babu Harish
Published: April 2022

To address the school closure triggered by the Covid-19 outbreak, Kerala, one of the states in India, began online classes for the school students under the public education system. The study addressed the question whether the schools under the public education system in Kerala have the facilities to shift the conventional classroom teaching to the online class. And also examined how far the online classes in Kerala contented with the John Cable and Clara Cheung’s eight principles of effective online teaching. Findings show that the online classes through the television channel fail to comply with the eight principles of effective online classes. Instead of asynchronous teaching through the television channel, the government needs to take initiative to impart interactive classes. The government should try to use the possibilities of a learning management system that will help to improve the teacher - student interactions.
Information Overload: Causes, Symptoms, Consequences and Solutions
Authors: Efe Stanley Okolo
Published: April 2022

This paper looks at the concept of Information, over, load and information overload respectively, a brief history of how information overload came into existence. It also outlined some salient factors that are responsible for or causes information overload and they entail the followings as enshrined in the study: Multiple sources of information; the availability of too much information; the difficulty in managing information; the information's irrelevance or insignificance; The inability to comprehend the material due to a lack of time. Furthermore, massive amounts of fresh information are constantly being created on a daily basis; pressure to create and compete in the provision of knowledge, particularly in the academic setting. The lack of complexity and nascent simplicity of creating, duplicating, and sharing information online, leading to a quantity over quality effect in many institutions and businesses; the absence of complexity and nascent simplicity of creating, copying, and sharing information online; The exponential development of information delivery methods, such as radio, television, print media, websites, e-mail, mobile telephony, RSS feeds, and so on; the growing weight of historical data available to us; a plethora of inconsistent, contradicting, and simply wrong information; the lack of clear structure in groups of information and poor clues as to the relationships between those groups; the lack of simple procedures for quickly processing, comparing, and evaluating information sources; the lack of clear structure in groups of information and poor clues as to the relationships between those groups. The study pointed out some symptoms that can be seen as evidence or signs indicating that there is the presence of information overload thereafter, it brought out some consequences of information overload specifically to an individual and collectively to an organization. In this paper the researcher ended the work by outlining some remedies on how to combat information overload since it has become a matter that has come to stay.
Information Needs and Resource Utilisation by Medical Doctors of Federal Medical Centre Katsina State, Nigeria
Authors: Idris Suleiman , Maharazu Nafi'u
Published: April 2022

This study was carried out to find out the Information Needs and Resource Utilisation by Medical Doctors of Federal Medical Centre Katsina State. In order to achieve this objective, quantitative research method was adopted, whereas survey design was employed for the study. Data were collected from the respondents through the use of questionnaire. A total of seventy six (76) copies of questionnaire were administered to the respondents and seventy two (72) were returned and found useful. All data collected were categorized and presented in tabular forms. Analyses of categorized data were done through simple percentages. Ultimately, it was found that the main types of information sought by the respondents are information to satisfy curiosity and personal interest, information for formal course of study, information for research and business opportunities. Based on the findings of the research, it was recommended that management of the hospital should provide functional library within the hospital premises with adequate and relevant information resources. Secondly, more and reliable internet service should be provided in the hospital so that medical doctors can benefit from this information sources right from their various offices.
Factors Determining the Minds of Juvenile Based on Improved Reading Habits
Authors: Christal Dora D. , Balasubramanian P.
Published: April 2022

The habit of reading is a significant phase for creating a society of literate in this world. It natures an individual’s personality and it helps them to find creating new ideas and the proper method for thinking. At current situation, people cannot find much interest in reading books, magazines and journals etc., due to the domination of the media. As a result, there is the pressing need to develop the habit of reading among the people in the society. In this paper, the author has discussed the factors determining the minds of juvenile based on improved reading habits.
Normalcy in Library: The Stakeholders Prediction, Expectation and Librarian Activism on Post Covid-19 Pandemic Period
Authors: Bagavathi A.
Published: April 2022

Due to the spread of the novel corona virus (Covid-19) disease and the subsequent global lockdown presented unique challenges to everybody and in particular to all the stakeholders of education system. This contagious virus changed working Style of all in the institutions from offline to online because of the stoppage in all walk of life. The sudden and unexpected outbreak of the virus forced the institutions especially the library, to find out ways of working within a rapid time frame to embrace technology like shifting to online platform wherever possible and to provide remote services adequately to the users. The Lockdown started in India in the third week of March-2020 and it still continues after a brief relaxation. Still Educational Institutions are not opened and are not allowed to operate physically almost for more than a year. In this scenario almost all higher education institutions continue to function remotely. Faculties, Students, Research Scholars and Library Professionals adapt to this change and are used to this technology enabled remote functioning. This situation cannot continue for long and normalcy has to return. In this study online survey research design used and covers the stake holders of The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University and 5 of its affiliated institutions which are functioning in tire 2 or tire 3 cities. The collected data were analysed. Findings also revealed that highest percentage (97%) of the Library users and Library professionals have supported and are in favour of “New Normal” changes and only few respondents are relying on traditional services and printed collections. The study concluded that in this new information era library staff should always be ready to face a challenging situation. Further, most of the respondents suggested that the higher educational institutions should continue to adopt webinars services and focused on motivating, encouraging the librarians to enhance their digital skills to be in pace with the present digital age. The Article also suggested for Librarian Activism, and suggested the mobilization of librarians across the country to document and shares the challenges faced, their responses and their best practices during the Covid-19 crisis and during revival.
Awareness and Use Pattern of E-ShodhSindhu Resources: A Case Study of Sri Venkateswara University Library, Andhra Pradesh
Authors: Vijay Mahesh Kumar P. , Kishore A.
Published: April 2022

Library Consortia is a network for the purchasing and accessing e-information to provide immediate access to greater resources for users of individual libraries. The e-ShodhSindhu is the Consortium for Higher Education E-Resources merging three consortia, i.e. UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, INDEST-AICTE Consortium and N-LIST in December 2015. The e-ShodhSindhu is meant to supply current and depository access to E-Resources i.e. E-books, e-journals, e-journal archives, on-line databases to its member establishments at a negotiated rate of subscription. The purpose of this paper is to find out user awareness and usage of e-ShodhSindhu Digital Library Consortium by Faculty Members and Research Scholars of Sri Venkateswara University. A structured questionnaire was designed and randomly distributed to 350 respondents for data collection, among the faculty members and research scholars. Out of which, 274 filled-in questionnaires were returned. The study reveals that most of the respondents are aware and use digital library consortium but there is a need to conduct more awareness/training programs for enhancing the use of e-ShodhSindhu Digital Library Consortium.
Microfinancing and Entrepreneurship Growth among Women in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Oluwakemi Adeoti G. , Tunji Siyanbola T. , Folajimi Adegbie F. , Olubukola Adekola D.
Published: April 2022

Entrepreneurship has continually been a tenacious tool in responding to global poverty. The last few decades recorded tremedous activities of women entrepreneurs. Funding is a critical challenge to present and prospective women entrepreneurs. Microfinancing contitutes a principal source of easy access to funds. Microfinancing comprises financial and non-financial services which could possibly be a driving force to women entreprenuship and empowerment. However, the presence of microfinancing is though visible but there is lack of necessary investigation revealing the impact of microfinancing on entrepreneurial activities among women. Also, repayment problems pose threats of continuity to both microcredit institutions and entrepreneurs. A number of repayment strategies are in existence but there is lack of necessary investigation showing the influence of these repayment strategies on entrepreneurship growth among women. The focus of this study was to evaluate how Microfinancing has influenced entrepreneurship growth among women. This study adopted survey research design and convenience sampling technique. The study concluded that microfinancing has a significant impact on entreprenuship growth among women in Ogun State, Nigeria. Moreover, the developed model would serve as a useful inspiring construct for researchers.
Factor Analysis of Occupational Stressors among Academicians from Autonomous Colleges in Madhya Pradesh, India
Authors: Shrivastava Alka
Published: April 2022

Occupational stress or work stress is one of the major factors affecting employees at the workplace. It is evident from the available literature that occupational stress is present among the faculties of the higher education. It is increasing due to intense competitive pressure and new challenges in the academic environment. The objective of this paper is to identify the main factors or stressors of occupational stress among the academic faculty of higher educational institutions in India. This study was done on a sample of 400 faculty members, which was drawn randomly from different autonomous colleges of Madhya Pradesh. Exploratory factor analysis was applied for determining the stressors. The stress level was measured, and t-test was performed for data analysis. The study has confirmed five factors namely, Work-Related Stressors; Personal and professional development Stressors; Techno Stressors; Colleagues and Students Interaction Stressors and Organizational Climate Stressors. The results also revealed that major causes of occupational stress. The significant differences in stress level between Male and Female faculties and between Government and Private College faculties are also reported.
Determinants of Capacity Utilization among Agribusiness Firms in Nigeria
Authors: Ume Chukwuma , Ifeyinwa Opata Patience , Uche Felix Kalu , Charles Ikenna Ukwuaba , Chukwuemeka Ume Sunny , Amarachi Jacinta Agu
Published: April 2022

For agribusinesses in developing economies to realize their potential, enhancing their overall performance in terms of capacity utilisation is essential. The objective of thiepaper is to provide information on the determinants of capacity utilization among agribusinesses in Nigeria. Providing this information is necessary to deliver good policies and strategic support from governments as well as providing a favourable business environment that will help agribusinesses reach their potential. This study adopted the survey design. Data were collected from 2014 the World Bank Enterprise survey. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the agribusiness enterprise categories included in the World Bank data. These categories include food, tobacco, textiles, garments, leather, wood, and paper industries. The data were analyzed with instrumental variable estimation technique. Result from the analysis showed that size of enterprise and legal status were statistically significantly different from zero at 1% level of significance while Experience of top manager was found to be significant at 5% per cent level of significance. The result, therefore, revealed the existence of significant effects of firm characteristics on capacity utilization of agribusiness firms. Among other things, effort must be made to harness the potential of women agribusiness leaders, as well as small agribusinesses in the country as they appeared to be the most efficient and performing entity in the country. No previous study in the country has been carried out to uncover these determinants and how they can be improved to deliver a robust agribusiness sector.
The Impact of Exchange Rate and Exchange Rate Volatility on Foreign Direct Investment: An Econometric Investigation in Sri Lanka
Authors: Thujiyanthan Priyatharsiny
Published: April 2022

This paper aims to explore the impact of exchange rate volatility on the ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in the emerging economy of Sri Lanka. This investigation covers the period between 1978 and 2018. Exchange rate volatility is captured from the variance of the residuals by employing the testing procedure of ARCH (Engle, 1982) and GARCH (Bollerslev, 1986) models and its impact upon FDI is estimated by an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach which is developed by Pesaren et al. (2001). The estimated results indicated that exchange rate volatility exerted significant positive impact on FDI during the period between 1978 and 2018 and the results show that exchange rate, exchange rate volatility, inflation, infrastructure, local and foreign interest rate, real GDP, political stability, and trade openness are the crucial determinants of FDI inflow in Sri Lanka. These findings are supported with Goldberg and Kolstad (1994) and it helps to the policy makers to concentrate exchange rate volatility, other macro-economic stability and political stability are key to boom FDI inflow in Sri Lanka.
Socio-Economic Impact on the Working-Class during the Covid-19: A Comparative Study between Kolkata and Dhaka Cities
Authors: Bhunia Amalendu , Deb Santus Kumar , Siddika Humaira
Published: April 2022

This study compares the socio-economic impact on the working-class between Kolkata (West Bengal, India) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) Cities during the period of Covid-19 because the socio-economic characteristics’ are comparatively similar in nature. Workers in diverse sectors have undergone by reason of the closure of businesses, manufacturing and service sectors, and other sectors. This study is based on primary data collected from two cities of two countries using the structured questionnaire. In the course of analysis, exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling have been used. Exploratory factor analysis shows that five latent variables in terms of one economic factor, three societal factors and one working-class factor from Kolkata city and six latent variables in terms of two economic factors, three societal factors and one working-class factor from Dhaka city have been identified. The structural equation model demonstrates that both economic and societal factors/variables influence the working class in Kolkata and Dhaka cities during the pandemic situation.
Teaching Online: Challenges and Questions
Authors: Arya Shachinder , Pooja
Published: April 2022

This is a short research article based on the challenges and questions arising due to online education of government school students. It has been written in the light of online learning during the temporary shutdown of the schools in the unexpected situation of COVID-19. Data collection for this study was done during April and May, 2020. An interview schedule was prepared and seven government school teachers from Delhi participated, voluntarily. These teachers were concerned for the classes till high school. Interviews were based on the online teaching experience of teachers from disciplines of English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, and Social Sciences. With this piece the researchers tried to examine two main areas. Firstly, the methods and their impact used to teach different disciplines. Secondly, the student -   teacher relationship during online learning.
Development of an Approach to Assess the Success and Failures Influence in Middle Income Housing Projects: Case Study of Jalthara, Bambalapitiya and Dehiwala
Authors: Rajapaksha Sajini K. , Ranasinghe Gayani P.
Published: April 2022

Condominium is a complex of a building containing a number of individually owned apartments or houses. Condominiums can be identified as a western life style of living in urban areas. Based on high population density, lack of land availability, lack of serviced lands, easy service accessibility are the reasons for increasing condominium lives. Consequently, the satisfaction issues in Highrise buildings are considered to enhance the resident’s wellbeing among condominiums. All the housing projects are not becoming success. Successfully means that the scope, goals and objectives were met on time completed and the project came in at or under budget. The incomplete list of requirements, less involved stakeholders, lack usage of resources, high expectations, poor planning, influence for the failures. There are several factors that have identified performance after the implementation, Aesthetic appearance, Environmental impact, Client satisfaction, Project complexity for measure the project failures.  In Sri Lanka is also presently experiencing condominium concept predominantly in Colombo district. Since the middle-income condominium living is new to Sri Lanka, there is no such considerations or researches regarding project performances in condominiums. Subsequently, the aim of this study to assess the success and failures influence in middle income housing projects. The study focuses on three of middle-income condominiums in Colombo district. The methodology of this research is comprised of observations and questionnaire surveys. The date was analyzed by using Correlation analysis, Factor analysins and Full permutation Polygon Synthetic Indicator analysis. The findings reveal that success and failures of the housing projects through post performances. Accordingly, the results of this study serve as a basis for planners and developers to design and make polices for the future condominium housing projects.