bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) value of statin drugs: A Systematic Review
Authors: Gupta Meenakshi , Kumar Anoop
Published: June 2018

Background:

Microbial infection and its resistance to clinically approved drugs create a huge
threat to human health. Emerging reports have indicated the potential of statin drugs in the treatment of
various types of microbial infections. However, it is still unclear, how much concentration of statin is
effective against microbial infections. In literature, Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values of
statin drugs vary according to strain, species, and the type of statins. Thus, the main aim of the current
study is to compare the MIC values of various types of statins against various types of micro-organisms.

The data related to statin and microbial infection has been extracted from Pub Med (from
September 1

Methodology:

987 to October 2017). A total of 662 studies have been published from 1987 -2017 regarding
statin and microbial infections. After inclusion and exclusion criteria, finally, 28 studies have been
selected for comparative analysis of MIC values.

Results:

All the statin drugs have shown a significant effect on various types of microbial infections.
Among all the tested statin drugs, Simvastatin has lower MIC value in almost all types of microorganisms
as compared to other statin drugs. However, on S. pneumoniae and aspergillus, Fluvastatin has
the lowest MIC values as compared to Simvastatin. Atorvastatin was found to be the most potent
against almost all strains of gram-negative bacteria. However, Rosuvastatin and Pravastatin have high
MIC value against all types of microorganisms. Further, FICI value indicated the synergetic effect of
Simvastatin with Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, and Fluconazole against various strains of Cryptococcus.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, Simvastatin, Atorvastatin, and Fluvastatin could be developed as potential
antimicrobial agents. However, further studies are required to understand its complete safety and efficacy
profile..
People’s Activities Related on Physical Environment of Public Plazas in China and the United States
Authors: Mao Maozhu , Kinoshita Isami
Published: June 2018

China’s fast development during the last several decades make public plazas in China considerably changed, much more people are using public plazas. This study focused on public plazas in Chongqing China and Boston United States, and analyses the research sites in neighborhood scale and spatial scale. Through field observations based on William H. Whyte’s research, data was collected regarding people’s activities in public plazas, and a discussion of how spatial factors affect people’s activities was down. The result demonstrated that Whyte’s elements are partly applied to China and some different ways using public space in China.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i8.1394
Public Perceptions and Behaviours towards Bicycle Sharing Offered by SMEs as a Mode of Transportation and the Way Forward
Authors: Rosnan Herwina , Abdullah Nuraisyah Chua
Published: June 2018

Bicycle sharing has gained popularity across the world especially in developed countries. Bicycle sharing is a non-polluting and healthy mode of transportation. Compared to motorised mode of transportation, bicycle sharing is seen as a good alternative for the environment. Particularly in urban areas where pollution from vehicles’ emission is a concern. Bicycle sharing is relatively new to Malaysian citizens. Hence, the primary objective of the study is to examine public perceptions towards bicycle sharing. Primary and secondary data was collected and analysed. The findings indicate that the public do not really appreciate the concept of bicycle sharing. Policy can be directed towards supporting bicycle sharing.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i8.1411
Does Internet of Things Affect on Sustainable Development? Investigation through Intermediate Applications
Authors: Mahmoudabadi Abbas , Farajzadeh Sareh
Published: June 2018

Since, the technology of Internet of Things (IoT) is utilized to facilitate new and improve existing applications in a large variety of domains, such as manufacturing, healthcare and energy, the main aim of this research work is to evaluate the role of IoT applications on Sustainable Development (SD). To conduct this research work, a conceptual model has been proposed by considering intermediate applications to connect internet of things attributes to the main aspects of sustainable development. Sustainability is divided into three main components of environment, economy and society as well as IoT has been also divided into information dissemination, communication and information technology and information transmission. The proposed conceptual model has been validated using a purpose designed questionnaire to gather experts’ opinions in Likert scale where each application connects IoT attributes to SD components. Analysing filled out questionnaires using the well-known statistical method of T-Test revealed that there are significant relations between IoT attributes and sustainable development component. It can be also concluded that the applications of IoT would improve sustainablity over development process. Therefore, IoT applications would be improved and renewed over the next years because sustainability is getting to be a serious concern all over the world.
Tratamiento integral en pacientes deprimidos o con ansiedad que padecen diabetes mellitus tipo 2
Authors: López Nájera Kristian , Acevedo Giles Oscar , Hernández Hernández Miguel Ángel
Published: June 2018

Objetivos: describir la respuesta a un tratamiento integral de pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (dm2) que padecen depresión o ansiedad. Métodos: estudio cuasiexperimental, se evaluó una muestra de 39 pacientes, derechohabientes de una clínica de medicina familiar en la Ciudad de México, durante el periodo de febrero a junio de 2017. Se incluyeron pacientes con dm2 descontrolada con diagnóstico de depresión o ansiedad evaluadas mediante las escalas de Zung y Beck, respectivamente. Se les otorgó manejo integral, que incluyó ajuste farmacológico, intervención psicoeducativa y nutricional. Se realizó una evaluación posterior al tratamiento y se recolectaron nuevos parámetros clínicos y bioquímicos. Se utilizó la prueba de rangos de Wilcoxon para relacionar los valores de hemoglobina glucosilada y para comparar los resultados del instrumento para depresión y ansiedad antes y después del tratamiento. Resultados: se obtuvo una media de edad de 52±8.12 años de edad, con 59% (n=23) del sexo femenino. Las medias en la preintervención fueron: 10.29±2.29% para HbA1c, 53.1±8.47 puntos para depresión y 14.82±8.08 puntos para ansiedad. Los resultados postintervención fueron: 7.53±1.56% para HbA1c, 45.12±8.83 puntos para depresión y 9.38±7.28 puntos para ansiedad; con diferencias estadísticamente significativas p<0.05 para HbA1c, depresión y ansiedad. Conclusiones: el tratamiento integral en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2, reduce los niveles de HbA1c y el grado de la sintomatología de la depresión o ansiedad; se requieren estudios más amplios para evaluar la efectividad del tratamiento.
Una historia sepultada: el Centro de Estudios Socioeconómicos de la Universidad de Chile, 1965-1973 (a 50 años de su fundación)
Authors: Cárdenas Castro Juan Cristobal
Published: June 2018

Entre 1965 y 1973, tuvo lugar una interesante experiencia de trabajo intelectual y construcción de pensamiento crítico en Latinoamérica, en el Centro de Estudios Socioeconómicos (ceso), de la Universidad de Chile. Su actividad se vio potenciada a partir de 1966 con la incorporación de varios académicos que se habían exiliado tras la persecución política desatada por los golpes de Estado y la intervención militar de las universidades en diversos países de la región. Con la llegada de Theotonio Dos Santos, Vania Bambirra, Ruy Mauro Marini, Emir Sader, Edimilson Bizelli, Tomás Amadeo Vasconi y -por motivos diferentes- André Gunder Frank, que se sumaron al grupo de jóvenes egresados de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas reclutados por el sociólogo Eduardo Hamuy –entre ellos, Orlando Caputo, Roberto Pizarro, Sergio Ramos, Pío García y Cristóbal Kay–, fueron creados varios equipos de investigación, entre los que destaca el dedicado al estudio de las relaciones de dependencia en América Latina. El esfuerzo teórico desplegado por los investigadores del ceso, que dio algunos de sus más notables desarrollos durante el gobierno de la Unidad Popular, fue interrumpido –y ese Centro definitivamente clausurado– tras el golpe militar que derrocó a Salvador Allende. 
“Mineirinho” de Clarice Lispector, una reflexión sobre la violencia
Authors: Hernández Escobar María Cristina
Published: June 2018

Este ensayo sobre una crónica de Clarice Lispector es una propuesta de revisar algunas ideas sobre la naturaleza de la violencia y su ejercicio, intrínsecamente vinculados con el concepto de justicia, todo ello a la luz de un texto clave de Walter Benjamin con el que parece desarrollarse un diálogo nacido de una preocupación vigente: la necesidad de entender qué es ser justos, lo que pasa por asumir que toda búsqueda de justicia conlleva algún tipo de violencia, pero que aún desconocemos casi todo sobre ese vínculo al que suelen oponerse la banalización del concepto de justicia y discursos alienantes como los propios de dos entidades autoritarias: las religiones y el Estado.
Tecnología y nueva ética
Authors: Gómez Ricardo J.
Published: June 2018

Los avances técnico-científicos de los últimos años han cambiado la manera de concebir no sólo las relaciones entre el ser humano y la naturaleza sino también la manera en cómo se relacionan entre ellos. El trabajo se enfoca en el análisis de la relación entre la ética y la tecnología para observar que los principios éticos de la ciencia y la tecnología hoy en día están regidos por la manera en que el pensamiento liberal hace de ellos una mercancía. La discusión ética pasa por considerar si el trans-humanismo puede ser una opción de desarrollo humano. El autor pone como centro de la discusión la manera en que la dimensión ética del trans-humanismo debería medirse en relación a la pobreza.
Estado y centralidad política en Fausto Reinaga y René Zavaleta Mercado: dos interpretaciones clásicas del pensamiento político para comprender el Estado Plurinacional en Bolivia
Authors: Ávila Rojas Odin
Published: June 2018

René Zavaleta y Fausto Reinaga, dos autores imprescindibles que deben ser estudiados, reflexionados y discutidos, para entender las dificultades por las cuales el proyecto del Estado Plurinacional todavía no llega a constituirse en un sentido pleno. Este artículo busca recuperar el debate sobre la idea de centralidad política que postulan Reinaga y Zavaleta para explicar la dimensión ideológica de la disputa con relación a la dupla movimiento indígena y Estado en Bolivia. La tesis indianista de las “dos Bolivias” que formula Reinaga en su obra para referirse al rasgo colonial que persiste, aun después de la colonización europea sobre la región andina, sigue vigente en sus alcances explicativos. A este planteamiento, hay que agregar, por supuesto, la condición aparente que teoríza Zavaleta con relación a la ausencia de materia estatal en un país complejo como el boliviano.
Cuerpo humano en el capitalismo: blanquitud, racismo y genocidio
Authors: García Conde Gustavo
Published: June 2018

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo exponer el tema de la blanquitud en la obra de Bolívar Echeverría y mostrar la relación de la blanquitud con el origen, desarrollo y expansión del capitalismo. El trabajo hace un análisis sobre la nueva forma de racismo que nace con la blanquitud y sostiene que se trata de una forma de genocidio practicada cotidianamente en el mundo actual. El tema de la blanquitud se enriquece con las propuestas de pensadores como Frantz Fanon y Peter McLaren.
La palabra y los silencios en una novela de Jesús Urzagasti
Authors: Daona María José
Published: June 2018

En este trabajo analizo las diferentes modulaciones del silencio y sus vínculos con la palabra en el país del silencio (1987), del escritor boliviano Jesús Urzagasti (1941-2013). A partir de los conceptos de memoria colectiva larga y corta de Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, trabajo los puntos de confluencias y las yuxtaposiciones que surgen entre ambas a partir de tres categorías: el silencio impuesto, el silencio necesario y el silencio solidario. Escrita durante los últimos anos de la dictadura de Luis García Meza, el silencio no sólo se vincula a las mordazas impuestas por el poder político, sino que también, se convierte en un mecanismo de resistencia y de encuentro con el prójimo para enfrentar una historia de opresión y sometimiento
Cambios y permanencias en el desarrollo político y económico de Chile
Authors: Rojas Martini Teresa Catalina
Published: June 2018

Desde sus inicios como nación independiente, la conducción político-económica chilena ha tendido a ser representada como un proceso “estable” en comparación a otras experiencias latinoamericanas. Sin embargo, es posible advertir que, hasta el golpe de Estado de 1973, existió una disputa constante en torno a las formas y proyectos con que se pensaba el desarrollo chileno. Durante la dictadura militar se impone un modelo en particular y se abandona la búsqueda de posibles alternativas. A partir de entonces el foco de atención cambia desde la discusión sobre el modelo implementado, a las formas y los actores políticos que conducen un proceso preestablecido y cuyas bases permanecen prácticamente inmutables. A lo largo de este artículo se discuten algunas de las características de dicho fenómeno, así como se pone en relieve el papel que ocupa el Estado dentro de éste
Meditaciones Dusselianas acerca de la teoría de la dependencia y su fundamento
Authors: Cárdenas Castro Juan Cristóbal
Published: June 2018

El artículo analiza dos asertos que han formado parte del núcleo de diferendos que han mantenido diversos científicos sociales latinoamericanos en torno a la cuestión de la dependencia. En primer lugar, la tesis sobre el fundamento de la dependencia; en segundo lugar, la tesis sobre el carácter de la superexplotación (o sobreexplotación) de la fuerza de trabajo. Para tales propó- sitos, se hace una revisión crítica de la manera en que el filósofo Enrique Dussel medita sobre esos asuntos, pues su intervención retoma seńeras discusiones teóricas sobre las que hasta ahora parece no existir acuerdo. El parteaguas de esas discrepancias puede ubicarse en el ańo 1972, particularmente tras la circulación del ensayo de Ruy Mauro Marini titulado Dialéctica de la dependencia, en el que el sociólogo brasileńo propuso avanzar hacia la elaboración de una teoría marxista de la dependencia.
Cine de memoria: del cine militante a Seré millones
Authors: García Aguilar Raúl Roydeen , García Ancira Astudillo José Axel
Published: June 2018

El estudio de la relación entre cine y memoria requiere la visibilización de diversos factores que intervienen en su constitución, tales como su distinción con el relato histórico oficial y los factores coyunturales, políticos y psicológicos que permiten que un suceso o proceso social se cristalice en el imaginario de una comunidad. Indagamos sobre las posibilidades de estas relaciones, mediante el reconocimiento de algunos rasgos formales que determinan formas sensibles que pueden ir desde la memoria anclada en la denuncia, o como hechos fijos del pasado, hasta un cine de memoria, con posibilidades de una memoria liberadora. Problematizamos la obra Seré millones (Mascaró cine, 2014) por sus estrategias intermediales, intertextuales y de fundamento metaficcional.
Todo lo que no te dirán, Mongo: Desarmando los mythscapes canadienses con la literatura de Dany Laferriére
Authors: Beaudoin Duquette Alexandre
Published: June 2018

En este trabajo, se busca contribuir a desarmar los principales mythscapes nacionales canadienses, el multiculturalismo y el interculturalismo, usando Tout ce qu’on ne te dira pas Mongo (Todo lo que no te dirán Mongo) de Dany Laferrière, un escritor haitiano establecido en Montreal. El autor parte de la hipótesis de que la novela ofrece elementos de información incompatibles con dichos mythscapes nacionales, por lo cual constituye una oportunidad de aprendizaje. Inspirándose en el giro de las movilidades, así como en las teorías de los regímenes de movilidad, el autor acude a los estudios literarios para cuestionar la imagen estereotipada propagada por actores sociales de poder representados por los aparatos estatales de Canadá y Quebec, con el afán de aprovechar la fuga de cerebro para fortalecer su ventaja competitiva en un mercado globalizado.
Período crítico de competencia de la Zanahoria (Daucus carota L.) y malezas asociadas al cultivo
Authors: Dotor R. Mónica Yadira , González Mendoza Leonardo Ariel , Morillo C. Ana Cruz
Published: June 2018

Las malezas constituyen uno de los problemas fitosanitarios que afectan la rentabilidad de los cultivos. El periodo crítico de competencia con el cultivo (PCC), permite prever el nivel de interferencia de las malezas sobre la producción del cultivo de interés. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar el PCC entre zanahoria y las plantas asociadas al cultivo, en el municipio de Ventaquemada, departamento de Boyacá, implementando un diseño en Bloques Completos al Azar, con 12 tratamientos y  cuatro repeticiones, el cual incluía un grupo de tratamientos  libres de malezas por un periodo de tiempo (10, 20, 30, 40 ó 50 días), al término del cual se permitía el crecimiento de las mismas en el cultivo, de modo que el cultivo estuviese primero libre y  luego en competencia (LC) y en el segundo grupo de tratamientos se permitía primero el desarrollo del proceso de  competencia entre la maleza y el cultivo por un intervalo de tiempo igual al del grupo anterior y luego se retiraban las malezas. El mayor número de plantas cosechadas se obtuvo en la parcela libre de competencia durante los primeros 50 días después de emergencia. El mayor rendimiento se obtuvo en el tratamiento que se mantuvo limpio durante todo el ciclo de cultivo, con una producción de 5810g m-2, superior en 2252g a la obtenida en el punto crítico de competencia. para las condiciones evaluadas, el periodo crítico de competencia en zanahoria, se sitúa entre los 20 a 45 días, después de la emergencia del cultivo.
Metales pesados en leche de vacas alimentadas con alfalfa producida en suelos irrigados con aguas residuales en Puebla y Tlaxcala, México
Authors: Castro-González Numa Pompilio , Moreno-Rojas Rafael , Calderón Sánchez Francisco , Moreno-Ortega Alicia , Tamariz-Flores José Víctor
Published: June 2018

El objetivo fue determinar la presencia de Cd, Pb, Ni, Cu, Cr, Zn y As en la cadena alimentaria de la leche de vaca, producida en zonas donde la alfalfa es cultivada en suelos irrigados con aguas residuales de procedencia industrial, doméstica y agrícola. Se muestrearon suelo y alfalfa de 16 sitios ubicados en cuatro zonas; la leche se colectó de 160 vacas, correspondiendo a 40 vacas de cuatro hatos diferentes por zona, todo en dos épocas del año y por triplicado. Se calculó el factor de bioacumulación (BCF), el factor de translocación (TF) y el valor de transferencia de los metales de la planta a la leche. Las plantas tuvieron un BCF <1, indicando que la alfalfa es resistente a los metales pesados. Sin embargo, el TF >1 en orden decreciente quedó de la siguiente manera: Zn; Cu; Ni; Pb y Cr, lo que muestra la existencia de gran movilidad de los metales dentro de la planta. La leche tuvo un contenido de Pb en un rango de 0.039 ± 0.02 a 0.059 ± 0.05 mg kg-1, valores por arriba del límite internacional permitido. Sin embargo, los niveles de Pb y As fueron inferiores a los valores permisibles por la Norma Oficial Mexicana. Se concluye que la alfalfa es una planta acumuladora y resistente a los metales pesados, y cuando es cultivada en suelos contaminados, se convierte en un medio importante para la trasferencia de metales pesados a los animales y son eliminados a través de la leche.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Make A Match pada Materi Ikatan Kimia pada Siswa Kelas X SMA Negeri 3 Palu
Authors: Usia Mirdawati , Tiwow Vanny M. A. , Sabang Sri Mulyani
Published: June 2018

This study aimed to determine differences the learning outcomes of students in class using the cooperative learning model type make a match with class using conventional in the chemical bonding material in class X SMA Negeri 3 Palu. Type of research was a quasi-experimental design with non randomized pretest-posttest control group design. This research was carried out in two class of class X MIA 6 as an experimental group (n = 32) and class X MIA 7 as a control group (n = 30). Testing of learning outcomes of students data used t-test statistical analysis of the two parties with the prerequisite test: test for normality and homogeneity of a written test given after learning (posttest). The results of the data analysis, the average values obtained of class experiment (X1) was 69.00 with a standard deviation 10.66 and control class (X2) was 64.73 with a standard deviation was 11.38. Results of hypothesis testing, obtained that tcalct = 2.14 and ttable = 2.00 with a= 0.05 and degrees of freedom of 60. Results of the calculation the express that H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that there were differences between the learning outcomes of students in chemistry class that using cooperative learning model type make a match, with the class using conventional on chemical bonding material in class X SMA Negeri 3 Palu.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kolaboratif dengan Teknik Learning Cell pada Materi Kelarutan dan Hasil Kali Kelarutan Pada Siswa Kelas XI SMA Negeri 6 Palu
Authors: Panontji Putri Ningsi A. , Sabang Sri Mulyani , Mustapa Kasmudin
Published: June 2018

This study was conducted to determine the difference on students learning outcomes in the classroom implemented with collaborative learning model using cell learning technique on the topic of solubility and solubility product in the class XI at SMAN 6 Palu. This study was a quasi-experiment research with pretest-posttest control group design. Population in this study were students of class XI IPA at SMAN 6 Palu enrolled in the academic year of 2015-2016 amounting to 43 student. Sampling technique was a sampling saturated. Samples in this study were 21 students in the class XI IPA2 as the experimental class, and 22 students in the class XI IPA1 as the control class. The results showed that the output rank for the mean value of the experimental class was bigger than the control class, 30.29> 14.09. The output statistic test showed sig. 2-tailed 0.00 < 0.05, and Zcount (-4.25) < Ztable (-1.64). These mean that H0 was rejected and Ha was received. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is significant difference in learning outcomes between the class which implement collaborative learning model with learning cell technique, and the classes which implement traditional learning model on the topic of solubility and solubility product in the Class XI at SMAN 6 Palu.
Bilateral abdominoscrotal hydrocele in childhood
Authors: Elek Zlatan , Mitrovic Boban , Dimic Sasa , Bozovic Aleksandar , Mladenovic Jovan , Marjanovic Zoran
Published: June 2018

Introduction. Bilateral abdominoscrotal hydrocele is a rare entity in childhood. The etiology of abdominoscrotal hydrocele has not been fully clarified. The diagnosis is based on clinical examination, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. The treatment is surgery. Case outline. This paper presents an eight-month-old boy who was admitted at the department of pediatric surgery due to bilateral swellings in the scrotum area. The changes were first noticed when he was three months old and the diagnosis of bilateral abdominoscrotal hydrocele was confirmed after the scrotum ultrasound examination. When the patient was six and eight months old, the symptoms have significantly increased, the magnetic resonance of the abdomen and the lesser pelvis was performed, and the bilateral abdominoscrotal hydrocele was successfully treated with inguinal surgery. The operative and postoperative course was uneventful. Conclusion. In this paper, we presented a rare form of hydrocele in children, as well as diagnostic evaluation that involved ultrasound and magnetic resonance examination. Surgical treatment by inguinal approach is also presented.
Selection of Airfoils for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for Low Speed, Low Altitude Regions of Central India
Authors: Singh Abhineet , Mitra Sonali , Nagendra S.V.H. , Jain Pragyan
Published: June 2018

The present paper deals with the selection of airfoil profile for VAWTs which is to be installed in the college campus, located in Central India region. Both experimental and numerical analysis he been carried out for the three selected airfoils, NACA 0012, NACA 0015 & S2027. The results show a good correlation with the existing literature. Airfoil profile S2027 has been chosen which best suits our condition.
EA Based Approach for Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing
Authors: . Ritika , Talwar Gantavya
Published: June 2018

Appealing to the requirement of energy savings, many approaches of energy-efficient locating sensing have been explored. Methods beyond the action of locating are somehow auxiliary, and most of the attentions are focused on locating sensing based methods. A class of lightweight positioning systems has been developed to explore a large part of the energy-accuracy trade-off space. These systems either reduce accuracy requirements, or aggressively use other cues to determine when and where to turn on EA. Implicitly or explicitly, these systems generally make several assumptions about the environment or about user activity. In this research, we proposed an energy efficient cloud based VM in which tasks can be achieved using better SLA and less energy.
A Novel Approach for Data Communication and Safety Concern in VANET Using Cognitive Radio
Authors: Bansal Ishu , Kansal Rajnish
Published: June 2018

VANET is branch of networking that is used for communication in intelligent transportation system. In this process of VANET various nodes are interconnected to each other and road side units. R2R, V2V and V2R communication has been done in VANET. Due to variouscommunications under VANET routing protocols have overhead for computation of shortest path and transmission of information with minimum delay. Delay in the network cause minimum safety. In this paper an approach has been proposed that can be used for transmission of safety message over the network with minimum delay. On the basis of proposed approach safety message can be transmitted in shortest interval of time so that safety can be achieved in the network.
Quantum Computing: A Primer
Authors: Sadiku Matthew N. O. , Tembely Mahamadou , Musa Sarhan M.
Published: June 2018

Quantum computing relies on quantum physics.  It takes advantage of the inherent ability of subatomic particles to exist in more than one state at any time. Increased interest from both private and public sectors has solidified this technology as a major advancement in the 21st century.  Every year quantum computing comes up as a candidate for the Breakthrough Technologies list, but quantum computers merely exist on paper.  This paper provides a brief introduction on quantum computing to young researchers and newcomers in the emerging field.
A Detailed Survey of Digital Watermarking Applications and Its Techniques
Authors: Jansirani G. , Senthilkumar A,
Published: June 2018

This paper describes the significance of digital water marking process. Watermarking is a process of hiding information in multimedia content like images and videos.  Now a day it is major research area. Digital watermarking is one of the best solutions to protect content in web, content authentication and managing copyright information. Watermarking has been proposed for a long while to embed the secret information with images to stop reduces unauthorized access of the content. Watermarking and image compression is quiet different area. Rest of this paper we are going to elaborate what are all techniques that are exist so far in watermarking technology and subsequent sections classifies from the different perspectives. Watermarking is not only protecting the content, it increases the value of the content. There are numerous algorithms and procedures available for watermarking of images and videos etc., although this paper limits watermarking with images only.
Digital Natives
Authors: Sadiku Matthew N.O. , Shadare Adebowale E. , Musa Sarhan M.
Published: June 2018

Digital natives are children who have had a significant exposure to technology, which has molded the way they interact with digital tools. Early exposure to technology like the Internet, computers, and mobile devices fundamentally changes the way digital natives learn and operate. They are highly literate with ICT (information and communication technology) and they gather information through their gadgets. This paper provides a short introduction to digital natives.
Implementation of Change Management in Software Development by using Scrum Framework
Authors: Pawar Rupali Pravinkumar , Mahajan Kirti Nilesh
Published: June 2018

This paper will focus on implementation of change management in Scrum software development framework . Scrum is one of the mostly used software development framework from the Agile software development methodology. Scrum is based on iterative and incremental process. It is suitable for unstable  requirements. The use of Scrum proved to be beneficial due to tight schedule and loosely defined user requirements that often changed during the development. The aim of the paper to study  implementation process of change management in  Scrum . First part of paper gives detailed information of Scrum framework.  The middle of the paper presented the organizational process of agile software development using Scrum. Finally, the paper point out key points for managing changes in Scrum implementation.  The primary data collection method was interviews of the industry expertise. The secondary source of data is reference books and Internet articles. This paper will help to understand basics of Scrum software development framework and process of change management in developing projects by using Scrum framework.
Characterization of Pancreas at Diabetic Patients in CT images using Texture Analysis
Authors: Elbashier Mona E. , Alameen Suhaib , Ayad Caroline Edward , Gar-Elnabi Mohamed E. M.
Published: June 2018

This study concern to characterize the pancreas areato head, body and tail using Gray Level Run Length Matrix (GLRLM) and extract classification features from CT images. The GLRLM techniques included eleven’s features. To find the gray level distribution in CT images it complements the GLRLM features extracted from CT images with runs of gray level in pixels and estimate the size distribution of thesubpatterns. analyzing the image with Interactive Data Language IDL software to measure the grey level distribution of images. The results show that the Gray Level Run Length Matrix and  features give classification accuracy of pancreashead 89.2%, body 93.6 and the tail classification accuracy 93.5%. The overall classification accuracy of pancreas area 92.0%.These relationships are stored in a Texture Dictionary that can be later used to automatically annotate new CT images with the appropriate pancreas area names.
Investigating and Statistical Analysis of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Survey
Authors: Priyadharshini S. , Sivaranjani K.
Published: June 2018

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the third most usually found developing disorder and occurs across cultures and socio-economic strata. Autism Spectrum Disorders profoundly affects an individual’s capacities for learning language, social interaction and imaginative faculties. It is well documented that the majority of persons with autism spectrum disorder do not receive a basic education. The biggest problem of autistic children is they do not aggressively search for information or strengthening from the social environment to the same extent as others. There are many testes focused attention on autistic children and discovery difference in the responses of children with and without autism spectrum disorder in this research makes it an ideal test case for a computational model of autism. It aims to analyze the autism spectrum disorder affected child and identify the activities to be carried out for those children were mentioned through this work. There is an insistent need to create and empower a unit of explained, trained employees to address the instructive needs of persons with the implementation of Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm and Hidden Markov Model (HMM) disability particularly complex, little unwritten ones like Autism spectrum disorder were analyzed better and the performance of the proposed system provides more efficiency.
Prototype Analysis for Business Intelligence Utilization in Data Mining Analysis
Authors: Rao M. Venkata Krishna , Suresh Ch , Kamakshaiah K. , Ravikanth M.
Published: June 2018

Tremendous increase of high availability of more disparate data sources than ever before have raised difficulties in simplifying frequent utility report across multiple transaction systems apart from an integration of large historical data. It is main focusing concept in data exploration with high transactional data systems in real time data processing.  This problem mainly occurs in data warehouses and other data storage proceedings in Business Intelligence (BI) for knowledge management and business resource planning. In this phenomenon, BI consists software construction of data warehouse query processing in report generation of high utility data mining in transactional data systems. The growth of a huge voluminous data in the real world is posing challenges to the research and business community for effective data analysis and predictions. In this paper, we analyze different data mining techniques and methods for Business Intelligence in data analysis of transactional databases. For that, we discuss what the key issues are by performing in-depth analysis of business data which includes database applications in transaction data source system analysis. We also discuss different integrated techniques in data analysis in business operational process for feasible solutions in business intelligence
“Glass ceiling escalating corporate ladder”: A study of Women Employees with reference to service industries in Marathwada Region
Authors: Kshirsagar Sonali Ramesh
Published: June 2018

Always being treated as a second gender even today in this century, a woman is trying to escalate corporate ladder by proving her potential at work spot. A woman, in every walks of her life, she experiences a glass ceiling from obtaining upper-level positions. Glass Ceiling is the unseen, unbreakable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements. Also it can be said as an intangible barrier within a hierarchy that prevents women or minorities from obtaining upper-level positions. Glass ceilings are most often observed in the workplace and are usually a barrier to achieving power and success equal to that of a more dominant population. A common manifestation of this is seen where a woman who has better skills, talent, and education than her male peers but is obviously being passed over for promotions. Or for a woman to get paid lesser for the same job that her male peers are doing despite holding similar qualifications. This research paper was an attempt to study the existence of Glass Ceiling for women employees with reference to service industries in Marathwada Region.
An Adaptive Privacy Policy Prediction for User Uploading Images and Shared Data
Authors: Yadagiri . , Dayakar G. , Nabi Shaik Abdul
Published: June 2018

An Adaptive Privacy Policy Prediction (A3P) system to support users to comprise privacy settings for their images. With the accumulative volume of images, user’s stake through social sites, sustaining privacy has become a major problem, as proven by a recent trend of publicized happenings where users unintentionally shared personal information. In such a case of incidents, the need of tools to help users control access to their shared content is superficial. Towards addressing this need, it is examined the role of social context, image content, and metadata as probable indicators of users’ privacy partialities. A two-level framework which is rendering to the user’s available history on the site, defines the best available privacy policy for the user’s images being uploaded. The solution depend on an image classification framework for image categories which may be accompanied with similar policies, and on a policy prediction algorithm to automatically generate a policy for each newly uploaded image, also according to users’ social features. Over time, the created policies will follow the evolution of users’ privacy attitude. It also provides the results of extensive evaluation which determine the efficacy of the system, with prediction accuracies.
Analysis of Penetration Testing Tools
Authors: Aar Palak , Sharma Aman Kumar
Published: June 2018

Penetration testing is defined as the procedure of imposing as an attacker to find out the vulnerabilities in a system that can be used to gain access to system for malicious use. This paper provides an overview of penetration testing and list out the criteria used to select the best tools for the given purpose. It also provides a brief description of the selected tools and furthermore we compare those tools. The results of the comparison are shown in terms of graphs and tables.
Towards a Goal Programming Methodology for Constructing Equity Mutual Fund Portfolios
Authors: Reddy D. Sarath Sen , G.A Harish Babu
Published: June 2018

The evaluation of the performance of mutual fund [MF] portfolios has been a very interesting research topic not only for researchers, but also for managers of financial, banking and investment institutions. In this paper, a multicriteria decision aid framework is proposed for the construction of MF portfolios. The proposed methodology is based on a Goal Programming approach to determine the proportion of each MF in the constructed portfolios. This methodology is applied on a sample of Indian MFs over the period 2007-2006 with encouraging results.
Review: Dermatological Skin Disease Detection and Classification Based on Wavelet Transform and Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Kadu Revati , Belorkar U. A.
Published: June 2018

One of the most common and augmenting health problems in the world are related to skin. The most  unpredictable and one of the most difficult entities to automatically detect and evaluate is the human skin disease because of complexities of texture, tone, presence of hair and other distinctive features. Many cases of skin diseases in the world have triggered a need to develop an effective automated screening method for detection and diagnosis of the area of disease. Therefore the objective of this work is to develop a new technique for automated detection and analysis of the skin disease images based on color and texture information for skin disease screening. In this paper, system is proposed which detects the skin diseases using Wavelet Techniques and Artificial Neural Network. This paper presents a wavelet-based texture analysis method for classification of five types of skin diseases. The method applies tree-structured wavelet transform on different color channels of red, green and blue dermoscopy images, and employs various statistical measures and ratios on wavelet coefficients. In all 99 unique features are extracted from the image. By using Artificial Neural Network, the system successfully detects different  types of dermatological skin diseases. It consists of mainly three phases image processing, training phase, detection  and classification phase.
Development of Dermatological Skin Disease Detection and Classification based on Wavelet and ANN
Authors: Kadu Revati , Belorkar U. A.
Published: June 2018

One of the most common and augmenting health problems in the world are related to skin. The most  unpredictable and one of the most difficult entities to automatically detect and evaluate is the human skin disease because of complexities of texture, tone, presence of hair and other distinctive features. Many cases of skin diseases in the world have triggered a need to develop an effective automated screening method for detection and diagnosis of the area of disease. Therefore the objective of this work is to develop a new technique for automated detection and analysis of the skin disease images based on color and texture information for skin disease screening. In this paper, system is proposed which detects the skin diseases using Wavelet Techniques and Artificial Neural Network. This paper presents a wavelet-based texture analysis method for classification of five types of skin diseases. The method applies tree-structured wavelet transform on different color channels of red, green and blue dermoscopy images, and employs various statistical measures and ratios on wavelet coefficients. In all 99 unique features are extracted from the image. By using Artificial Neural Network, the system successfully detects different types of dermatological skin diseases. It consists of mainly three phases image processing, training phase, detection  and classification phase.
Analytical Study on Big Data
Authors: Raich Vivek , Maurya Pankaj
Published: June 2018

in the time of the Information Technology, the big data store is going on. Due to which, Huge amounts of data are available for decision makers, and this has resulted in the progress of information technology and its wide growth in many areas of business, engineering, medical, and scientific studies. Big data means that the size which is bigger in size, but there are several types, which are not easy to handle, technology is required to handle it. Due to continuous increase in the data in this way, it is important to study and manage these datasets by adjusting the requirements so that the necessary information can be obtained.The aim of this paper is to analyze some of the analytic methods and tools. Which can be applied to large data. In addition, the application of Big Data has been analyzed, using the Decision Maker working on big data and using enlightened information for different applications.
Designing an Authentication Mechanism using Biometric System
Authors: . Anju , Saini Anuradha
Published: June 2018

Biometrics" designates "life quantification" but the term is conventionally associated with the utilization of unique physiological characteristics to identify an individual. The application to which most people associate with biometrics is security. A number of biometric traits have been developed and are habituated to authenticate the identity of a person. The conception is to utilize the special characteristics of a person to identify him. By utilizing these special characteristics, we mean utilizing the features such as iris, face, dactylogram, signature etc. The method of identification predicated on biometrics characteristics is preferred over traditional passwords and PIN predicated methods for sundry reasons such as: The person to be identified is required to be physically present at the time-of-identification. Here we have utilized dactylogram and iris traits at feature level extraction. The features are extracted from the pre-processed images of iris and dactylogram. The main goal of optimization in this scenario is to enhance the technique of feature extraction by utilizing better steps.
COMPUTATIONAL HUMANITIES
Authors: AMPAH NANA , Sadiku Matthew , Momoh Omonowo , Musa Sarhan
Published: June 2018

Computational humanities is at the intersection of computing technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. Research in this field has steadily increased over the past years. Computational tools supporting textual search, large database analysis, data mining, network mapping, and natural language processing are employed by the humanities researcher.  This opens up new realms for analysis and understanding.  This paper provides a brief introduction into computational humanities.
A Review on Introduction to Docker and its Features
Authors: Yasir Mohd
Published: June 2018

Docker is an open source platform that provides the facility of containerization. The applications that are built in the docker are packaged in a standard form called a container.1 It contains the technology that you need to build a container. The idea is to build an environment that you can package up in the Box. Let’s keep it that simple. You package up into Box and you ship it some where. You don’t care how to ship, as a developer your job is to create this box that is the container environment, and everything that’s needed for you to run it  successfully. It provides some facilities, which are useful for developers. It is an open platform can be used for building, distributing, and running applications in a portable, light weight, flexible and stackable, Docker Engine. Docker provides Docker Hub, which is a cloud service for sharing applications.
Conversion of Website Users to Customers-The Black Hat SEO Technique
Authors: Bello Rotimi-Williams , Otobo Firstman Noah
Published: June 2018

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a technique which helps search engines to find and rank one site over another in response to a search query. SEO thus helps site owners to get traffic from search engines. Although the basic principle of operation of all search engines is the same, the minor differences between them lead to major changes in results relevancy. Choosing the right keywords to optimize for is thus the first and most crucial step to a successful SEO campaign. In the context of SEO, keyword density can be used as a factor in determining whether a webpage is relevant to a specified keyword or keyword phrase. SEO is known for its contribution as a process that affects the online visibility of a website or a webpage in a web search engine's results. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a website appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users; these visitors can then be converted into customers. It is the objective of this paper to re-present black hat SEO technique as an unprofessional but profitable method of converting website users to customers. Having studied and understood white hat SEO, black hat SEO, gray hat SEO, crawling, indexing, processing and retrieving methods used by search engines as a web software program or web based script to search for documents and files for keywords over the internet to return the list of results containing those keywords; it would be seen that proper application of SEO gives website a better user experience, SEO helps build brand awareness through high rankings, SEO helps circumvent competition, and SEO gives room for high increased return on investment.