bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Some aspects of the management decision in the innovation activity of the entrepreneur
Authors: Khymenko Oleg
Published: October 2019

On the basis of generalization of results of researches of management process and decomposition of existing definitions of “management”, “decision”, “management decision” — a number of general provisions are formulated concerning: the process of management and its components, the environment in which it takes place; the subject of management and its subjects of work, features and nature of activity; the object of management; deployment of time and space management process. For consideration of the management process, a three-component model of “action-decision-action*” is proposed, based on three commonly accepted components of the management process: development, adoption and implementation of management decision. Using the model and taking into account the influence of the market on the results of the implementation of management decisions and on the achievement of the set goal, the processes of management of three entrepreneurs for adjustment of production and launching on the market for four years of competitive production were simulated. On the basis of modeling and formulated general provisions, it is emphasized the importance of taking into account the sequence at the time of making a management decision and achieving its intended result, which is proposed to be considered as another feature that must necessarily be present in the definition of “management decision”. The corresponding wording of the definition of “management decision” is given. The features of the classification of management decisions presented in different sources are discussed and the factors that lead to differences are commented. In particular, on the basis of the analysis of the concept of “innovation” as a process, as a result and as a change, the expediency of classifying a management decision as innovative is justified only in retrospect. It is proposed to consider the number of management decisions classified as innovative as an indicator of the development of innovative activity of the entrepreneur. The role of managerial decisions in the higher education system in the development of innovative activity in science-intensive markets is outlined4.
Keywords: innovation, higher education system, science-intensive market, competitiveness, entrepreneur, management process, management decision, modeling, definition, classification, indicator.
Development and formation of Denmark innovation system: statistical overview
Authors: Balanchuk I.S.
Published: October 2019

The author continues a series of research on the history, features and key moments of the emergence of innovative systems in Scandinavian countries. Scientific-innovative ecosystems have already been analyzed in such countries of Northern Europe as Sweden, Finland, Iceland. The next step is to familiarize you with the peculiarities of innovation in Denmark.
Since Denmark is in the northern part of Europe, part of the Scandinavian countries, it is natural that the development of the Danish political, economic and social systems was in close connection with the evolution of the same systems in other states of the region. The same can be said about the development of the scientific component of the Danish statehood. And although Denmark has a number of its own, not similar features – natural resources, population composition, relief, etc. – the formation of the innovation system in it was entirely under the so-called “Scandinavian” scenario, that is moderately, consistently and evenly.
In the course of studying this topic, the author tried to use already existing at present scientific work of foreign and domestic scientists. Unfortunately, with a large number of studies of innovative systems in Europe and its north, analytical reviews of the Danish subjects are practically absent. Therefore, the author widely used the statistical data and scientific reviews of the official sites of the European Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, etc. The informative reports and analytical publications edited by these organizations have greatly contributed to a deeper analysis of the process of becoming, and especially the current state of the Danish innovation system, comparing it with other countries in the region and the world.
In addition to the statistics, the study provides a brief historical background on the beginning of the country’s innovation – listed basic legal documents, analyzed the main components of the innovation system, called the leading “players” of the innovation process in Denmark.
Concluding and looking for parallels for Ukraine, it became clear that at this stage of development, our states are very different from each other. The population, the territory, the minerals, and most importantly, the political, economic, social situation and, above all, the security picture are the main factors that make Ukraine and Denmark completely different from each other. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to provide practical recommendations for reforms in Ukraine under the “Danish” scenario.
However, for today in Ukraine, we have a transition period, when a complete change of the state course in all directions is possible. Therefore, the author still hopes for at least a partial embodiment of the “Danish” (or “Scandinavian”) scenario in the development of the innovation system in Ukraine.
Penyuluhan Mengenai Ketahanan Pangan Rumah Tangga Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Masalah Gizi Kronis (Stunting) di Wanita Kaum Ibu (WKI) Jemaat GMIST Immanuel Dame Kabupaten Sitaro
Authors: Sanggelorang Yulianty , Rahman Asep
Published: October 2019

Ketahanan pangan rumah tangga merupakan salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi status kesehatan, secara khusus status gizi anggota rumah tangga. Masalah gizi kronis (stunting) lebih banyak ditemukan pada anak yang dari kelompok rumah tangga rawan pangan dibandingkan tahan pangan. Masalah ini muncul salah satunya karena kurangnya pengetahuan mengenai ketahanan pangan rumah tangga. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini yaitu untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat khususnya ibu-ibu tentang ketahanan pangan. Metode pelaksanaannya yaitu penyuluhan dan pembagian brosur. Luaran kegiatan ini yaitu peningkatan pengetahuan yang diukur dengan instrumen kuesioner (pretest dan posttest). Deskripsi data menunjukan bahwa sebanyak 72,7% peserta kegiatan yang pada pretest tingkat pengetahuannya kurang baik menjadi baik pada hasil post test, analisis lanjut dengan menggunakan Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan bermakna antara kelompok pretest dan posttest. Sehingga dapat disumpulkan bahwa kegiatan penyuluhan berhasil dengan baik dan lewat peningkatan pengetahuan ini peserta diharapkan dapat mengaplikasikan teori.
Inspection of Defects in CFRP Based on Principal Components
Authors:   Infrared Imaging Centre, KL Deemed to be university, Vaddeswaram ,Andhra Pradesh, India., Pasha* Md. M. , Rao G. V. Subba ,   Infrared Imaging Centre, KL deemed to be University, Vaddeswaram, Country, Suresh B ,   Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, KL Deemed to be University, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India., Tabassum S ,   Dept. of ECE, KL Deemed to be University, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Published: October 2019

Recent advances in thermal non-destructive testing (TNDT) witnessed improved defect detection capabilities in various fields. Active thermography enables fast and easy inspection of products made of composites. A number of post processing techniques are being developed with an aim to enhance the subsurface defects from the thermographic data. This paper explores the idea of applying principal component analysis (PCA) to thermal wave imaging for possible enhancement of subsurface defects in carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) material. The experimentation is carried over CFRP sample using quadrature frequency modulated thermal wave imaging (QFMTWI) excitation scheme and results are compared with conventional phase based methods. The results demonstrate the potential of this approach for detecting subsurface defects in CFRP.
Bottom-Up Parser: Look-Ahead LR Parser
Authors:   Department of Computer Science at HP University, Shimla, India., Rani* Pooja
Published: October 2019

Compiler is used for the purpose of converting high level code to machine code. For doing this procedure we have six steps. On these steps the syntax analyses is the second step of compiler. The lexical analyzer produce token in the output. The tokens are used as input to syntax analyzer. Syntax analyzer performs parsing operation. The parsing can be used for deriving the string from the given grammar called as derivation. It depend upon how derivation will be performed either top down or bottom up. The bottom up parsers LR (Left-to-right), SLR (simple LR) has some conflicts. To remove these conflicts we use LALR (Look ahead LR parser). The conflicts are available if the state contains minimum two or more productions. If there is one shift operation in state and other one is reduce operation it means that shift-reduce operation at the same time. Then this state is called as inadequate state. This Inadequate state problem is solved in LALR parser. Other problem with other parsers is that they have more states as compared to LALR parser. So cost will be high. But in LALR parser minimum states used and cost will automatically be reduced. LALR is also called as Minimization algorithm of CLR (Canonical LR parser).
Challenges of Internet of Things: Development and Application of Conceptual Framework
Authors:   Associate Professor, Mittal School of Business, Lovely professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab India, Singh* Harvinder , Sharma Abhishek ,   Research Scholar, Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab India
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential of internet of things and primary challenges like threat to personal information, Government surveillance and cybercrime faced by internet of things. This is conceptual paper that advances testable preposition based on the the technological overview and use of existing literature review. This paper concludes the challenges of internet of things that can be resolved by following the conceptual framework discussed in this paper. This framework suggests users to read privacy policy, make strong password, and manufacturers to provide proper security and government to make strict laws against it. This paper has conceptualised the challenges of internet of things and the steps that can be established to resolve the issues. If users, manufacturers and government follow these steps then the challenges faced by internet of things can be solved with some extent
Postural Evaluation and Hand Activity Level at Batik Cap Process using LUBA and ACGIH HAL Methods
Authors:   Senior Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia., Pratiwi* Indah , Brilliyanto Very ,   Industrial Engineering Staff, PT. Bintraco Dharma, Indonesia., Fitriadi Ratnanto ,   Senior Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia. Email: Ratnanto, Anis Muchlison ,   Senior Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia., Rahman Mohd Nasrull Abdol ,   Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: October 2019

The process of making Batik Cap in Batik ‘Supriyarso’ exposed to workers complaints of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), particularly on neck, shoulder, back, arms, wrists and hips. The present study evaluates the ergonomic risks at the hand activity level by using The Postural Loading on The Upper Body Assessment (LUBA) method and The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists-Hand Activity Level (ACGIH HAL) method. The object of research is five workers with a range of 48-64 years of age who work in the cap printing process. Determination of work activities using the LUBA method there are 14 activities and the ACGIH HAL method is available 13 activities. The results of data processing are done using Shapiro-Wilk Test, Spearman Test, Mann Whitney Test within Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) Version 21.0. The ergonomic evaluation using LUBA method obtained a mean risk value of 3, showing the risk is need for immediate corrective action. Meanwhile, the ACGIH HAL method obtained a mean risk value of 1, showing the risk is acceptable and no corrective actions are needed. Based on the ACGIH HAL method, repetitive motions are influenced by work speed and work fatigue, exposing the risk of MSDs. The worker’s right hand has higher risk compared to the left hand. In conclusion, the results shows that recommendation, working methods should be revised and supporting tool can be utilized to reduce muscle fatigue caused by repetitive motions.
The Impact of Generic Skills on Building Technology Graduates’ Employability
Authors:   Lecturer, Department of Technical Education, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, Kafanchan, Dogara* Gimba , Bin Saud Sukri Mohammad ,   Professor, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA., Kamin Yusri bin ,   Associate Professor, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA, Shola Bakare ,   Francis is a Lecturer at the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Published: October 2019

Stressing the generic skills among learners is an essential component of producing graduates who would be employable and highly competitive in the world of work situations. This study empirically examined the influence of soft skill elements on building technology graduates’ employability at technical colleges in Nigeria. The study tested six hypotheses on soft skill elements influencing building technology graduates’ employability. Data were collected through personal-administered questionnaire from 314 building technology teachers at technical colleges in the north-western States of Nigeria. The instrument was embraced from an earlier study and distributed to Building technology teachers at technical colleges in North West, Nigeria. The results revealed through Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis that ICT skills, and resource management skills have a significant positive relationship with building technology graduates’ employability while personal skills and problem-solving skills have a positive but insignificant relationship with building technology graduates’ employability at technical colleges in Nigeria. It is recommended that teachers or academicians should come out with more interactive ways to develop soft skills among students at every stage to make them become more employable hence, avert them from being unemployed in the future.
Effects of Nanoparticles on properties of Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) and Self Compacting Mortar (SCM)
Authors:   Assistant professor, Department of civil Engineering, Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai., M Sriraman , Ellappan Vinodhini ,   Assistant professor, Department of civil Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur,Chennai., L.V Umashankar ,   Assistant professor, Department of civil Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur,Chennai.
Published: October 2019

Nanotechnology is the most attractive research areas because of its useful applications that have gradually recognized itself in the recent time. Nanoparticles are potential materials in construction industry. Nanoparticles have excellent properties and high surface-to-volume ratio, are known to improve the microstructure of concrete, accelerate the CSH gel formation, and improve the properties of concrete. This study aims to understand the properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC) containing nanoparticles such as nano SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, CuO. Influence of nano particles to SCC and SCM has received extensive interest from both researchers and construction industry due to their interface improving effect, surface effect and smaller size. This study significantly reviews recent research carried out on the influence of Nano particles on properties of both SCC and SCM. Detailed review on the fresh, strength, microstructural and durability properties of Self Compacting Concrete containing Nano particles are presented. This paper also aims to provide a widespread knowledge insight into possible application of Nanopartices on SCC and SCM in the construction industry.
Development of a Cost Effective Catalytic Converter for Diesel Automobiles
Authors:   Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Deemed to be University, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram, Guntur – 522502, India and Assoc. Prof Dept. of Mech. Engg, Anurag Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, India, Chalapathi* K Srinivasa , Rao Dr. T Venkateswara ,   Principal, DBS Institute of Technology, Kavali, Nellore – 524201, India
Published: October 2019

The purpose of the work presented in this paper is to find and suggest a suitable solution to the exhaust pollution coming from the Diesel Automobiles particularly in the metro cities. Due to incomplete combustion of fuel oil pollutants like CO, HC, NOx are released into atmosphere causing negative impact on air quality, environment and human health. Researchers all over the world concentrated on how to reduce the pollutants. Euro norms specify the allowable percentages of CO, HC and NOx in the exhaust gases. Euro norms being implemented in the developed countries have given stringent values which has led to the development of catalytic converter which is an added equipment in automobile. Hitherto in the catalytic converters supplied in modern cars, Platinum and Rhodium metals are used for coating monoliths. These metals are rare and hence expensive. In the research carried out by the authors, suitable monolith substrates are tested and used in the catalytic converters with coating materials like CeO2, ZrO2 over clay marbles, Copper Monolith and SS Discs which help NOx¬ abatement and oxygen storage. These were designed, fabricated and tested on automobiles. The results are encouraging showing marked fall of pollutants in exhaust gases.
Mapping Leprosy Distribution with Geographically Weighted Bivariate Zero Inflated Poisson Regression Method
Authors:   Master Student of Statistics Departement, Brawijaya Universiy, Malang, Indonesia, Lubis* Siti Masliyah , Pramoedyo Henny ,   Lecturer of Statistics Departement, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia., Astutik Suci ,   department, Lecturer of Statistics Departement, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia
Published: October 2019

Geographically Weighted Bivariate Zero Inflated Poisson regression modelling has been developed to evaluate overdispersion and spatial heterogeneity in factors the number of PB Leprosy and MB Leprosy Cases in North Sumatera Province in 2017. The modelling results shows there are 25 different models for each district. PB Leprosy cases are mostly influenced by the percentage of poor people and the percentage of healthy houses and MB Leprosy cases are influenced by percentage of poor people, percentage of clean and healthy life behavior, the ratio of medical personnel and the percentage of healthy houses.
Intelligent Radio Resource Scheduling for LTE-Advanced using Wavelet Neural Network
Authors:   Electronics and Communication, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam University , Indore,India., Ali* Hashim , Pawar Santosh ,   Electronics and Communication, Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam University, Indore, India., Sharma Manish ,   Electronics and Telecommunication, D Y Patil College of Engineering, Pune, India.
Published: October 2019

This paper presents a novel technique for the efficient resource scheduling for Long Term Evaluation Advanced downlink transmission using wavelet neural network. The dynamism and the uncertainty in the resource scheduling due to the large scale of the network has been taken care through wavelet neural network. The proposed neural network based approach is trained to provide the best scheduling rule at every transmission time interval. Due to the superior estimation capability and better dynamic characteristics than conventional neural network, wavelet neural network offers a better radio resource scheduling. The objective of the proposed scheme is to enhance the system throughput, spectral efficiency and the system capacity. The simulation analysis is performed to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical development..
Management of Innovative Costs of Public Administration Institutions
Authors:   Department of Industrial Economics, Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, Odessa, Ukraine, Samofatova* Viktoriia , Slatvinska Maryna ,   Department of Finance, Odessa National Economic University, Odessa, Ukraine, Rodchenko Igor ,   Chief State Inspector of the Appeals Division Management ensure the functioning of a single account Department of Administration of Customs Payments and Customs Tariff Regulation State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Lebedieva Vira ,   Department of administrative management and market problems, Odessa National Polytechnic University, Odessa, Ukraine, Mordovets Mariya ,   Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Law, Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, Odessa, Ukraine, Orlova Viktoriia ,   Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Law, Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, Odessa, Ukraine
Published: October 2019

The growth of costs for innovation, as well as the growing role of public administration institutions, makes us take a fresh look at the cost management system. The article discusses the key point of the innovation cost management system at different levels of administration. Public administration institutions contribute to the implementation of innovation in the framework of both its own economic strategy and taking into account the strategy of higher governing bodies. The interaction and cooperation of various management structures within the framework of the implementation of a single innovative project can create an excessive expenditure of financial resources, which is why the issue of competent management of innovative costs becomes so significant. On a specific innovation project, possible problems in the interaction of various public administration institutions are considered, when planning and implementing a joint innovation project.
ITDS: An Intelligent Tissue Dispenser System
Authors:   Deputy Director at Research Management Innovation Centre (RMIC), UMT Malaysia, Man* Mustafa , Abu Bakar Wan Aezwani Bt Wan ,   Department Informatics & Computing, Besut Campus, Terengganu Malaysia, Hakim Mohd Mohd. Irfan ,   Noor Department of Computer Science Software Engineering.University Terengganu Malaysia
Published: October 2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology is the main contributor in numerous smart applications. The reason is because it offers for 24/7 hours of control and maintenance geographically apart, thus reduces labor or manpower cost significantly. The 3 main components for any IoT applications are the source of power (energy), the microcontroller and the sensor (s) involved. Previous issues mainly related to how long the source of power could last for the applications to continue its operation. This paper presents IoT technology for hygiene application to address the utilization of toilet tissue named as Intelligent Tissue Dispenser System (iTDS). The iTDS device relies on the microcontroller and sensor in order to operate the intended task. The microcontroller used is an IoT based device called ESP8266 which is a WiFi-embedded microcontroller that utilized standard everyday WiFi band frequency which is at 2.4 GHz. For the sensor, an ultrasonic distance measurement device is used. The ultrasonic sensor transmit an ultrasonic wave that hit the object to be measured. Upon hitting the surface of the object to be measured, the wave is then reflected to the receiver of the sensor and the time difference between transmitted wave and received wave is calculated to get the actual distance of the object from the sensor. The main contribution of iTDS is to monitor and track for the toilet tissue to be refilled. The implementation shows the iTDS ables to update for the status of each tissue which reducing the cost of manually human checking for tissue refill.
Information Communication Technology (ICT) based Business Correspondence Model: A Growing Avenue for Ensuring Financial Inclusion in Rural India.
Authors:   Research Scholar, K L Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, AP, India., Shaik* Gowsya , Babu Dr. P. Raja ,   Associate Professor, K L Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, AP, India.
Published: October 2019

There is a genuine demand for finance requirement in the remote rural areas, absence of formal banking forced private lenders exploit the rural public. Government of India made several attempts towards financial inclusion of the poor, since independence, particularly in rural areas. Lack of financial literacy and no bank branch operation in their remote location restrains them to have access to formal banking. To overcome these constraints the RBI introduced ICT based Business Correspondences as agent to undertake banking activity in the year 2006.Though BC model was successfully performing well, but the growth and share of Business correspondence decreasing gradually. Further, penetration of the usage of mobile technology even in the remote rural areas opens positively for the successful performance of BCs in rural. Hence this research paper is a descriptive study which focuses on understanding BCs as a growing avenue for ensuring financial inclusion in Rural India.
Stabilization of Expansive Soil using Rice Husk Ash and Lime
Authors:   Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering of Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Jayashree* J. , Roja S.Yamini ,   Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering of Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology
Published: October 2019

The high swelling and shrinking characteristics of expansive black cotton soils have posed several challenges for the construction works due to their low bearing capacity. Black cotton soils when exposed to changing moisture conditions exhibit high swelling and shrinking conditions. Hence, to overcome these problems, the soil needs to be stabilized. In this project, an experimental investigation is made to study the possibility of using Rice Husk Ash(RHA) and lime as a stabilizing material in the expansive black cotton soil by varying their concentrations. Laboratory tests were carried out to find the effect of RHA and lime in the index and engineering properties of the expansive soil. RHA is added and mixed with the soil at varying proportions of 10%, 15% and 20% and keeping lime concentration constant at 5% by weight of dry soil. The specific gravity test and grain size distribution tests are initially carried out for the virgin soil sample. The index properties such as liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit and strength properties using Standard Proctor compaction test, California Bearing Ratio test, Unconfined Compressive Strength tests of soil with and without these admixtures are found out. The various test results are compared and the optimum proportion of 5% Lime and 15% of Rice Husk Ash gave the maximum strength and improved index properties of the soil.
Affordable Housing Policies in India: Challenges and Reform
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India., Ghumare* Pavan N. , Chauhan Dr. K.A. ,   Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India., Yadav Dr. S. M. ,   Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India.
Published: October 2019

The housing sector is one of the most globally recognized sectors, which estimate the need for affordable housing of 96,150 units/day in urban areas at a global level. Although the task represents an enormous challenge, but it also constitutes a great opportunity for developing countries' economy. After agriculture, the housing sector is the second leading employer in India over a growth of 30 percent in the last decade. The aim of this paper is to study and provide a solution to the existing urban housing problem in India. It attempts to distinguish the problem of the massive urban housing shortage that exists mainly in the Low Income Groups and Economically Backward Sections and provide low-cost housing choices that can be made available with proper policies by Indian Government. The total housing shortage estimated after 2011 census was 18.78 million. The urban population of India has risen from 285 million to 377 million from 2001 to 2011with growth of 32 percent and by 2050; 900 million people will be surviving in urban areas. The rapid growth of urban migration is putting an enormous strain on urban planners to develop an infrastructure in Indian cities. Absence of urban planning can exacerbate existing scenario of housing shortage. Thus, the need arises for a broader and a more encompassing set of policies by which housing affordability can be measured. In this paper, different government schemes are discussed with existing and new reforms of tax policies like REITs, GST, RERA and Benami Transaction Act. A sustainable and accessible model for the affordable housing can be achieved in developing nations through proper implementation of government schemes.
Telugu Character Recognition using Adaptive Fuzzy Membership Functions With Adaptive Genetic Algorithm Based Techniques
Authors:   Associate Professor, Department of ECE, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India, Tallapragada* V. V. Satyanarayana , Sireesha V. ,   Associate Professor, Geethanjali Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Nellore, India., Kumar G. V. Pradeep ,   Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Published: October 2019

A novel Telugu character recognition technique is proposed in this paper where the given Telugu handwritten document is processed by normalizing the document and removing the noise. Then slant detection followed by correction process is conceded using the bilinear interpolation method to get more accurate result. Thus the de-skewed documents text lines and characters are separated by making use of Adaptive Histogram Equalization (AHE). In the next stage, the characteristics of the segmented characters are mined with the help of the zoning method. In zoning method, an adaptive fuzzy membership function will be developed by the Adaptive Genetic Algorithm (AGA). By using AGA in zoning method the characteristics are mined from the separated characters. The mined structures are applied to the Feed Forward Back Propagation Neural Network (FFBNN) for accomplishing the learning process. During testing, more number of handwritten segmented Telugu characters will be set to the FFBNN to verify whether the input character is recognized or not. Thus, the proposed method has given more accurate recognition results by using our proposed adaptive fuzzy membership function with AGA method. The proposed method performance is evaluated by getting more number of handwritten Telugu documents and compared with the GA-FFBNN and FFBNN.
Improved Reasoning with Uncertainty Based Significant Feature Subset Selection for Alzheimer’s Disease Detection
Authors:   Computer Science, Kongunadu Arts and Science College,, Yemunarane* K. , Hema Dr.A. ,   Computer Science, Kongunadu Arts and Science College
Published: October 2019

In this modern era neurodegenerative disorder of undefined causes affects the older adults and it becomes most cause of dementia. The Alzheimer’s disease is one of such neurodegenerative disorder which is very complex and hard to predict in the early stage. With evolving advancement in the field of machine learning, it is possible to predict the early stage of AD and diagnosing in initial stages may produce effect result for their further quality and healthy life. But uncertainty in determination of Alzheimer’s is a toughest challenge for the researchers in the field of machine learning. This paper aims to overcome the uncertainty in discovering dementia and non-dementia victims of Alzheimer’s by devising an improved reasoning with uncertainty based prominent feature subset selection using modified fuzzy dempster shafer theory (IRU-DST). For Alzheimer’s disease prediction the dataset is used form OASIS dataset. The performance of the proposed IRU-DST is validated using fuzzy artificial neural network. The simulation results proved the performance of the IRU-DST achieves better results comparing the other sate of arts, by gaining high accuracy rate and it also minimize the error rate considerably with the ability of handling uncertainty.
Muscle Activation during Unilateral and Bilateral Biceps Curl Exercises among Trained Men
Authors:   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Nadzalan Ali Md , Mohamad Nur Ikhwan ,   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Ishak Asmadi ,   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Malik Zulezwan Ab ,   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Chik Wan Firdaus Wan ,   Universiti Teknologi MARA, Samarahan Campus, Sarawak, Malaysia, Muthusamy Sivaguru ,   School of Physical Education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Published: October 2019

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the muscle activation during unilateral and bilateral biceps curl exercises. Thirty recreationally active, resistance-trained men (age: 20-23 years old) were recruited as research participants. Participants were asked to perform biceps curl exercise using 85% of their 1RM value unilaterally and bilaterally in a randomized order. Muscle activation of biceps brachii and triceps brachii were obtained during the movement using electromyography method. Repeated measure analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to compare the muscle activations between both unilateral and bilateral biceps curl. Results showed that no siginificant differences were found on both biceps brachii and triceps brachii muscle activation between both biceps curl methods. Despite our prediction that unilateral exercise create more instability to movement that will cause more muscle activation, it was not found in this study. The simple movement during this bicep curl exercise might be the possible reason of no differences that existed.
Enhanced Routing for Low Power and Lossy Network Based on Link Quality Estimation
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Annamalai University. Chidambaram., Kumar S. Nirmal , Suresh Dr. T. ,   Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Annamalai University. Chidambaram
Published: October 2019

Internet of Things (IoT) network is designed using a set of wireless sensor nodes connected together through a Base station. The sensor nodes capture the data about the surrounding environment and forward it to the base station (BS) along with the geotag and timestamp. For a better quality of service in a IoT network the intelligent routing becomes essential factor. The routing protocol must be energy efficient to prevent packet loss or packet drop, and early dying of certain nodes. Hence it also becomes necessary to balance the energy spending in the network by implementing optimal routing decisions derived from intelligent machine learning techniques. Many researchers have provided solutions for energy efficient routing in IoT network. However the solutions provided need to be enhanced or redesigned to address other challenges and issues in an IoT network. This paper proposes a link quality estimation mechanism when a node is considering it neighboring node as a parent node. Based upon the experiments conducted in this research by implementing the proposed routing protocol it is observed that the routing algorithm exhibits better performance with respect to the following performance metrics including average energy consumption, packet drop rate, overall network life time, and average end to end delay.
The Structural Performance of RCC Beams Made With M30 Grade SCC Mix While Fine Aggregate Is Partially Replaced By Crystal Stones
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India., SIvakumar* P. , Balasundaram Dr. N. ,   Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India., Karthik Dr. V. ,   Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SRk Institute ofTechnology, Vijayawada,India., Dr.Vivek  ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Paavai Engineering College, Namakkal, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: October 2019

The economy of a developing country depends to a great extent on the construction industry. Developing countries like India are investing heavily in infrastructure development. The excessive exploitation of natural resources for construction threatens the sustainability of aggregates and poses a number of serious problems. At the same time, the disposal of fly ash and stone residues in landfills cause several environmental crises and pollute the environment. This article deals with a study on the structural behavior of the partial replacement of fine natural aggregates by 0 -40% crystal stones in order to obtain the flow properties of fly-ash-based self-compacting concrete (SCC) by using super plasticizers. Many tests have been done to test the feasibility of using crystal stones in M30 grade SCC. On the basis of the results obtained, the optimum percentage of fine aggregates with crystal stone was calculated at 30% and it was concluded that the increasing percentage of crystal stone replacement by fine aggregates did not affect its workability. The structural performance of simply supported RCC beams of size 150 × 200 × 1500 mm made from SCC with crystalline stone was tested.
Seismic and Structural Behavior of RCC Beams Made With Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Self Consolidating Concrete
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India., Tamilselvan* K. , Balasundaram Dr. N. ,   Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: October 2019

Concrete is one of the significant building materials in the field of construction which plays an important role that it provides strength and durability properties to the structure. In recent days, modern construction is to improvise the above mentioned properties of concrete with the available sustainable building materials. Self consolidating concrete (SCC) has the ability to make a viscous concrete which can be considered as the pump able concrete with no segregation and compacted itself by its own weight. In this study, fly ash based SCC of grade M40 (1:1.85:1.14) was considered to produce RCC beams of cross section 150 x 200mm of length 1800mm. In order to increase the strength of SCC and to minimize the effect of micro cracks in the RCC beams, hybrid fibers which compose of steel and polypropylene fibers were added into the concrete mixes. Totally 12 beam specimens were prepared with fiber reinforced SCC to check the structural behavior of RCC beams. Finite element modeling software package of ANSYS was used to analyze the structural behavior of RCC beams numerically and the results were compared with the experimental results. From the experimental investigation, the seismic behavior of RCC beams under varying loading condition was examined such as ductility factor, energy absorption capacity and stiffness degradation of the beams.
Accessing Dynamic Health Records using K-Vertex Search Scheme Model towards Hierarchical Users mod Obscure Servers
Authors:   Asst. Professor, IT Department, holder of the BCA degree from Bharathiar University, Jebaseeli* K.Ketzial , Rani Dr.V.G. ,   Associate Professor, CS Department. She received her Ph.D in Computer Science from Bharathiar University
Published: October 2019

Improvement appertaining to automations paved a major way to the security systems which in turn revamps the quality and instigates services. In order to alleviate those challenges, attribute based encryption schemes have also ideated solutions to control contrivances. This proposed system accords the description of k vertex leading in the access control using encoded data over scrutinizing encryption model at the equivalent time stage. The K vertex is incapable of precise data retrieval. Orderly to rig out these issues, k-vertex search scheme has been proffered by building up a cipher text-policy hierarchical encryption (CP-HE) swank the R score counting from descending order to enumerate the file views. The data user retrieves hold, allow along with convinced strategical provisions. The previous works define the ensemble Signature paradigm that has been taken advantage of mulct signer formats. It is ascertained to take the edge off the quantum attacks. Though the data owner involves the reclamation of data, it necessitates the demand for a group of signatures. Generation of aggregate key and the arrangement in hierarchy comprehends to tortuous ingressions which are swamped down by the R score to the corresponding k values with illustrious security in the current paper with entailment of K-vertex trapdoor (TD=(K vertex(TF) & K vertex(IDF))). The results are gauged out by TF (U) and IDF (U) besides k-vertex (IDF).
Information Sharing By Spanning Trees of a Graph By Labelled Sequence as A Key
Authors:   Department of Software and Systems, School of Information Technology, VIT, Vellore -632014, India, Kumar* P. Bala Manoj , Teja K. Sai ,   Department of Software and Systems, School of Information Technology, VIT, Vellore -632014, India., Manimaran A. ,   Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT, Vellore – 632014, India., Deepa G. ,   Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT, Vellore – 632014, India., Praba B. ,   SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
Published: October 2019

Keeping the Information Sharing to manage cyber risks as a key, Security Intelligence speaks about secured data every day in today’s world. Hence it is considered that Cyber security is a Data Analytics challenge. For this reason, many researchers were effectively working on privacy protection and Liability protection. As a supporting hand for these global issues to secure data transfer, we propose a method to encrypt and decrypt the messages instantly by spanning trees of a graph with labelled tree sequences.
From Atheism to Anti- Colonialism: Fitrat’s Writings from the 1910s to the 1930ies
Authors:   Uzbek Language and Literature department, Tashkent State Uzbek Language and Literature University named after Alisher Navai, Tashkent, Uzbekistan., Inomovna* Mirzaeva Zulkhumor
Published: October 2019

In the beginning of the twentieth century Russian Empire in Turkistan strengthened propaganda against religion to separate people from their roots of religious faith, encouraging the imitation of European culture. In 1925 through the 1940s a number of organizations, newspapers and journals that focused on atheism such as Khudosizlar(“khudasizlar”- atheists) were founded and propaganda of atheism was spread among writers, and authors of “the best atheistic works” were appointed to high governmental positions and received state awards. Abdurauf Fitrat (1886-1938) is also wrote works touching on faith such as “Unfair Ishan”, “Faith of Zakhro”, “Judgement Day”, “Revolt of Satan Against God”. From the title and presumable content of these works, critics of soviet literature assessed his works as pieces written under the spirit of the struggle against religious prejudice and accepted him as a person “loyal to the Soviet position”, who had “changed his faith.” Such early interpretations paved the way for Fitrat to be canonized (before his repression) as a genuine atheist. Yet during the 1920s and 1930s in order to avoid repression and Soviet censorship Abdurauf Fitrat successfully used his religious knowledge forstruggle against Soviet colonialism. This study analyzes the process that Fitrat was canonized as masters of atheistic aesthetics by strategically using ambiguity and antimony as weapons and trying to prove how he succeeded in spreading his truth through his so-called “atheistic works.”
Description and Identification of Soil Quality Measuring Development using Uav's and E-Nose System
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of ECE, RVCE, Bangalore, India., Managuli* Manjunath , Deshpande Abhay ,   Associate Professor, Department of ECE, RVCE, Bangalore, India.
Published: October 2019

The development in soil quality measurement using E-nose system has proved to a reliable solution in monitoring and controlling the soil quality. This project aims at electronic nose system which can be used on universally at any scale to monitor the parameters in a given agricultural land. The evaluation of soil and camera devices with chemical sensor technologies remotely monitors the parameters such as pH level, soil moisture and amount of chemical nutrition contents in the soil. We will be using Raspberry-pi as our main board and through a camera it collects the real time data from land and this data will be fetched by the web server and displays on the monitor. User can access this data from anywhere through the internet. Using E-nose system the amount of soil content and suitable for crops information will be provided to agricultural field.
Effect of Social Media Marketing Practices of Personal Care Brands on Consumer Purchase Intention
Authors:   Department of Management Technology, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, India, Khan* Amir H , Joshi Rijuta P ,   Department of Management Technology, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, India, Gulhane Kimsy ,   Department of Management Technology, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, India
Published: October 2019

The purpose of the study is to test the effect of social media marketing practices (SMMPs) of personal care brands on user interaction, brand awareness and purchase intention. The study also aims to propose the model of integrated social media marketing practices thereby showing how SMMPs can influence the purchase decision among consumer and also ensuring that the model should be adaptable to the need of multiple industries planning to create social commerce impact. The findings of the study reveal significant relationship among social media marketing practices, user interaction, brand awareness, brand image and purchase intention of the consumer. For the conceptual framework, three indicators such as information, campaign, and electronic word of mouth were selected as social media marketing practices whereas user interaction, brand awareness and brand image were selected as the “value creation” asset for the brand which all impacts the purchase intention of the consumer. Factor analysis and Structural equation modeling were used to test the conceptual framework. The average variance extracted (AVE) has validated the reliability of selected factors as satisfactory whereas the Cronbach’s alpha value was also found to be good for internal consistency of the data. The multiple fit indices of structural equation modeling and parsimonious model fit have also satisfied the acceptable norms to consider the conceptual model as good fit. The values of R2 and path coefficients have shown the significant and positive relationship between indicators of SMMPs and purchase intention.