bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Optimization of Partial Replacement of Fly Ash with Cement and Fine Aggregate with Eco Sand in Normal Concrete
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode Tamil Nadu, India., Prakash* T.Ravi , Logeesh R. ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: October 2019

Eco sand is a very fine particle, which is a by-product from the cement manufacturing industry by semi-wet process and it can be a good alternative for natural river sand. Due to its very finely powdered crystalline silica particles present in that which can replace up to 50% of conventional sand usage in concrete and mortars. It can be used in the concrete by replacement of fine aggregates by a certain percentage which gives much more efficiency. In this paper, the hardened properties like cube compressive strength, cylinder split tensile strength, and prism flexural strength are studied with various replacements cement with fly ash like 0 % and 30% and sand with eco sand-like 0%,30%,40%,50% and 60%. The results are compared with conventional concrete specimens. Experimental results also show that the hardened properties of concrete are increased by a certain amount when compared with the normal placed concrete specimens. During the study Due to replacement of fine aggregate with eco sand for workability conditions by some amount of chemical admixtures have been added.
Security Improvement of AODV Routing Protocol through IPSO-IDRS Mechanism for Ad-hoc Networks
Authors:   Department of Electronics and Communication, UIT, RGPV, Bhopal, India., Dixit* Shruti , Singhai Rakesh ,   Department of Electronics and Communication, UIT, RGPV, Bhopal.
Published: October 2019

Ad-hoc network is vulnerable to different types of attacks because of its vigorously changing topology, limited storage capacity, absence of centralized infrastructure etc. Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV) is established protocol for routing for this type of networks. AODV is exposed to black hole attack due to the inadequacy of security consideration. The malicious nodes drop all information packets rather than sending it to the neighboring node. In this research paper, Anomaly based intrusion detection system (IDS) known as Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is purposefully utilized to detect the misbehavior activities in the network. In AODV routing protocol, swarm agents are used for identifying misbehavior activities of nodes based on dropping behavior of data packets. An intrusion response system (IRS) is activated after the detection of an intrusion. It is necessary to take action against black hole attack or reduce the effect of the damage caused by the attack. IDS and a response system are integrated for detection and removal of the source of an attack respectively. The guard nodes are placed in the network with the aim to oppose black hole attackers and in this way IR is initiated. The malevolent nodes detected by PSO are bypassed and new routing paths are established using guard nodes. This research has been carried out for analyzing the influence of malicious nodes and guard nodes on varying network size vice versa. The simulation study of proposed technique integrated particle swarm optimization intrusion detection response system (IPSO-IDRS) explains how it is better in terms of the performance metric like throughput and PDR.
Effect of Mixing Ratios in a Batch Reactor for Biological Hydrogen Production
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, India., Anantharaj* C. , Arutchelvan V. ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, India., Kumar N. Ashok ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: October 2019

This study was to evaluate the cause on the production of bio-hydrogen utilizing Distillery Spent Wash (DSW) and starch mixed wastewater in various mixing ratios under dark fermentation conditions with varying Hydraulic Retention Time in a batch reactor. The pH was kept constantly at 5.5 throughout the study. Thus the hydrogen production investigated in the batch reactor for following Hydraulic Retention Time 24h, 16h, 12h and 8h, the results revealed an extended and steady period of reactor operation with hydrogen percent in the biogas and hinders the methane production. The perfect mixing ratios and Hydraulic Retention Time were seen to be 50:50 (DSW: Starch wastewater) and 16h to 12h HRT with contrasting cumulative hydrogen yields of 3256.5ml and 2674.3ml with specific maximum production of hydrogen rate 468ml/L/d as well as 236.64ml/L/d with the best biomass improvement combination of 4.7g/l and 4.5g/l. The maximum Chemical Oxygen Demand removal rates of 68 and 50 percentage for the optimum HRT of 16h and 12h.
Enhancing the Prospective Teachers’ Higher Order Thinking Skills in Solving Pedagogical Problems
Authors:   Universitas Negeri Medan (UNIMED), Indonesia., Siregar* Budi Halomoan , Kairuddin  ,   Universitas Negeri Medan (UNIMED), Indonesia., Siregar Nurhasanah ,   Universitas Negeri Medan (UNIMED), Indonesia., Fudholi Ahmad ,   Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia.
Published: October 2019

A prospective teacher requires a Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in solving pedagogical problems. On the other hand, in reality, this ability was still relatively low. The general purpose of this study was to improve the quality of the learning process in the mathematics learning strategy course to strengthen students HOTS in solving pedagogical problems. Furthermore, the purpose of this research specifically was to determine the validity, practicality, and effectiveness of the module. This study was development research (Research & Development) using Thiagarajan, Semmel and Semmel model (4D model) which consist of four stages: defining, designing, development and disseminating. The instruments used were validation sheet, HOTS test, observation sheet, and questionnaire. The subject of this research was the undergraduate students of class A on trial I and class B on trial II, where each class consists of 48 and 39 people respectively. The finding of this study shows that the module developed was valid, practical, and effective to use. Moreover, students’ HOTS increased significantly.
Body Joints and Trajectory Guided 3D Deep Convolutional Descriptors for Human Activity Identification
Authors:   Ph.D Scholar, Department of Computer Science, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India., Srilakshmi* N. , Radha Dr. N. ,   Department of Computer Science, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: October 2019

Human Activity Identification (HAI) in videos is one of the trendiest research fields in the computer visualization. Among various HAI techniques, Joints-pooled 3D-Deep convolutional Descriptors (JDD) have achieved effective performance by learning the body joint and capturing the spatiotemporal characteristics concurrently. However, the time consumption for estimating the locale of body joints by using large-scale dataset and computational cost of skeleton estimation algorithm were high. The recognition accuracy using traditional approaches need to be improved by considering both body joints and trajectory points together. Therefore, the key goal of this work is to improve the recognition accuracy using an optical flow integrated with a two-stream bilinear model, namely Joints and Trajectory-pooled 3D-Deep convolutional Descriptors (JTDD). In this model, an optical flow/trajectory point between video frames is also extracted at the body joint positions as input to the proposed JTDD. For this reason, two-streams of Convolutional 3D network (C3D) multiplied with the bilinear product is used for extracting the features, generating the joint descriptors for video sequences and capturing the spatiotemporal features. Then, the whole network is trained end-to-end based on the two-stream bilinear C3D model to obtain the video descriptors. Further, these video descriptors are classified by linear Support Vector Machine (SVM) to recognize human activities. Based on both body joints and trajectory points, action recognition is achieved efficiently. Finally, the recognition accuracy of the JTDD model and JDD model are compared.
Photocatalytic Degradation of Allura Red by Mn-Ni co-doped Nanotitania under Visible Light Irradiation
Authors:   Lecturer in Chemistry at STSN Government Degree College, Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India., Miditana* Mr. Sankara Rao , Rao Prof. T. Siva ,   Professor and Research Director, Dept. of Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry, A.U. College of Science & Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, A.P, India., Alim Dr. Shaik Abdul ,   Ph.D. A.U. College of Science & Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, A.P, India., Manga Raju Mr. Imandi ,   M.Sc, A.U. College of Science & Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, A.P, India.
Published: October 2019

Photocatalyst has been extensive interest because of it’s new innovation to the reduce the contamination in the environment. A straight forward and economical procedure has been employed by sol-gel technique for the co-doping of Mn2+ and Ni2+ into TiO2. The co-doped and undoped photocatalysts were described by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-Visible Diffused Reflectance Spectroscopy (UV Vis-DRS), Transmission electron Microscopy (TEM) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET). The portrayal results shows that anatase and rutile mixed phase was observed for some co-doped nanocatalysts and the remaining catalysts exhibits anatase phase only. It was observed by FT-IR that the shifting of frequency of Ti-O-Ti in the catalysts was seen due to substitutional doping of Mn and Ni by replace Ti and O, further the photocatalysts shows rough morphology, irregular shape of particle with size (6.5nm) and having high surface area (135.70 m2/g), less band energy (2.7 eV). The photocatalytic action of these materials was assessed by the degradation of Allura red (AR) as a contaminant. The results shows that AR has degraded within 60 minutes at doping concentrations 0.25 Wt% of Mn2+ion and 1.0 Wt% of Ni2+ ion in TiO2 (NMT2) at an optimum reaction parameters pH-4, catalyst dose 0.070g/L and at AR initial dye concentration 0.010g/L.
Quality Evaluation of Speech Enhancement Algorithms for Normal and Hearing Loss Listeners
Authors:   Departmrnt of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Research Scholar, College of Engineering Pune, Pune, India, Faculty,AISSMS Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India., Shinde* Hemangi , Sapkal A.M. ,   Departmrnt of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, College of Engineering Pune, Pune, India., Phatak Aishwarya ,   Departmrnt of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, AISSMS Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India.
Published: October 2019

The subjective quality test of the enhanced speech from different enhancement algorithms for listeners with normal hearing (NH) capability as well as listeners with hearing impairment (HI) is reported. The subjective quality evaluation of speech enhancement methods in the literature survey is mostly done targeting NH listeners and fewer attempts are observed to subjectively evaluate for HI listeners. The algorithms evaluated are from four different classes: spectral subtraction class(SS), statistical model based class (minimum mean square error), subspace class(PKLT) and auditory class (ideal binary mask using STFT, ideal binary mask using gammatone filterbank and ideal binary mask using gammachirp filterbank). The algorithms are evaluated using four types of real world noises recorded in Indian scenarios namely cafeteria, traffic, station and train at -5, 0, 5 and 10 dB SNRs. The evaluation is being done as per ITU-T P.835 standard in terms of three parameters- speech signal alone, background noise and overall quality. The noisy speech database developed in Indian regional language, Marathi, at four SNRs -5, 0, 5 and 10 dB is used for evaluation. Significant improvement is observed in ideal binary mask algorithm in terms of overall quality and signal distortion ratings for NH and HI listeners. The performance of minimum mean square error is also observed comparable with the ideal binary mask algorithm in some cases.
Recognition of Position Group Relationship in Dynamic Social Networks
Authors:   Pursuing M.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, Narasaraopet Engineering College, Narasaraopet, AP-522601, India., Thabitha* D. , Vazram Dr.B. Jhansi ,   Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Narasaraopet, AP-522601, India
Published: October 2019

Mental stress is turning into a threat to people's health currently days. With the last step of life, a lot of and a lot of folks are feeling stressed. A novel hybrid model combined with Convolution Neural Network (CNN) to control tweet content and social interaction information for stress detection effectively. Network anomaly detection is an important and dynamic research area. Many network intrusion detection methods and systems (NIDS) have been proposed in the literature. Fake news detection on social media presents unique characteristics and challenges that make existing detection algorithms from traditional news media ineffective or not applicable. Based on the information that is provided by the online social network, the conditions are limited. This method can opinion investigation of Facebook post after Formation of point utilizing Support Vector Method (SVM). After grouping client is in pressure or not k-closest neighbor calculation (KNN) is utilized for proposal emergency clinic on a guide just as Admin can send letters of precautionary measure list for the client for end up solid and upbeat throughout everyday life
Technology and Wildlife Crime: An Appraisal in India
Authors:   Faculty Scholar, School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar ,Odisha, India., Mishra* Maneesha , Mitra Dr. Arpita ,   Associate Professor, School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Published: October 2019

Technology has proven to be a boon to the world after it has allowed us to virtually visit the diverse ecosystems on Earth. The wildlife diversity in the inaccessible mountain regions, the dense equatorial forests, the treacherous desert environment or the deep oceans is no more a surprise to us. With the world becoming apparently smaller and accessible through technological advancements, transnational crimes have considerably increased. These crimes transcend borders and are difficult to comprehend. Wildlife Crime can be distinctly noted to be on the list of Transnational Crimes which is on the rise on an alarming rate. In India, even after implementation of several laws, wildlife crimes are booming. It is targeting the lives of not only the wildlife but the human beings associated with it. It is therefore important to understand the significance of protection of wildlife. The present doctrinal study seeks to assess the manner in which technology is used as a tool and evaluate the need to adopt better technology to curb wildlife crime in India from government reports taken as primary data.
The Effect of Method of Instruction Given on Muscle Activation and Kinematic During Vertical and Horizontal Based Strength Training
Authors:   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Ahmad* Roshdan , Mohamad Nur Ikhwan ,   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Azizuddin Khan Thariq Khan ,   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Hemapandha Witthaya ,   Faculty of Health and Sports Science, Thaksin University, Thailand
Published: October 2019

Lunge and squat exercises are two exercises mainly used in strength training due to its multi-joint, structural and free weights nature and benefits. Main aim of this study is to determine the effect of verbal and video-based mode of instructions on both exercises. Joint angles and muscle activation were measured as an indicator or determinants of the effect of the exercises. Thirty male participants were recruited and involved in two testing occasions. Results of the study indicated no significant differences for both exercises in term of all determinants measured. As a conclusion, mode of instructions may give variety to teaching and learning approach for both exercises, but it produces similar effects. Most important is to ensure in any mode of instructions utilized, the technical aspects given are based on correct biomechanical ques for optimal mechanical effect.
Relationship of PSYCO-Sosial Maturity and Aggressive Behavior Among School Children
Authors:   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia., Shariff* Abd Rahim Mohd , Javed Saeed ,   Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan., Nadzalan Ali Md ,   Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia.
Published: October 2019

This study was conducted to determine the social support mechanism, emotional literacy and its relationship as a predictor of aggressive behaviour among secondary school students. Skor Keagresifan Pelajar Sekolah (English: student aggression score) or termed as SKiPS was used to obtain the data. The study had been conducted at three secondary schools (N=212) in Malaysia. The findings revealed that social competence of cooperation, social communication competence, emotional literacy, friend social support, and family social support were found negatively correlated with physical aggression, indirect aggression, verbal aggression and authority aggression. On the other hand, a positive relationship was found between the teacher's social support and the student’s physical aggression, indirect aggression, verbal aggression and authority aggression. Findings of this study suggested that increases in psycho-social maturity are associated with decreases in aggressive behaviour. Teachers and education authorities are recommended to include more moral values and provide comfortable and lively atmosphere in school as a way to reduce the tendency of students to develop aggressive behaviour.
Nonlinear Analysis of Circular Concrete Filled Steel Tube Columns under Axial Loading
Authors:   Civil Engineering Department, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, India., Tiwary* Aditya Kumar , Gupta Prof. Ashok Kumar ,   Civil Engineering Department, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, India.
Published: October 2019

Concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns are composite member mainly consists of concrete infilled in steel tube. In current construction industry, CFST columns are preferred to provide lateral resistance in both unbraced and braced building structures. In this paper, finite element studies were carried out on concrete filled steel tube columns under an axial composite loading by using ABAQUS/CAE. The inelastic behavior of concrete and steel tube was defined to the model by using concrete damaged plasticity model (CDP) and Johnson-cook model respectively which is available in ABAQUS/CAE. The diameters of columns were considered as 100 mm, 125 mm and 150 mm, whereas the length of columns was kept constant, i.e. 600 mm for all models. The thickness of steel tube was considered as 4 mm and 5 mm for all diameters of columns. The concrete infilled of grade M30 was used in this study. The simulations were carried out against composite loading to study the response of CFST columns in terms of load carrying capacity, displacement and von-mises stresses. The mesh conversion study was also carried out to obtain the best size of mesh corresponding to the experimental load carrying capacity of CFST columns.
Development and Testing of a Collision Avoidance Braking System for an Autonomous Vehicle
Authors:   Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute ", Kulikov* Ilya Aleksandrovich ,   NAMI",   (FSUE «NAMI»), Moscow, Russia., Ulchenko Ivan Alekseevich ,   Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute "NAMI" (FSUE «NAMI»), Moscow, Russia., Chaplygin Anton Vladimirovich ,   Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute "NAMI" (FSUE «NAMI»), Moscow, Russia.
Published: October 2019

The article describes the main development and testing aspects of an emergency braking function for an autonomous vehicle. The purpose of this function is to prevent the vehicle from collisions with obstacles, either stationary or moving. An algorithm is proposed to calculate deceleration for the automated braking, which takes into account the distance to the obstacle and velocities of both the vehicle and the obstacle. In addition, the algorithm adapts to deviations from the required deceleration, which are inevitable in the real-world practice due to external and internal disturbances and unaccounted dynamics of the vehicle and its systems. The algorithm was implemented as a part of the vehicle’s mathematical model. Simulations were conducted, which allowed to verify algorithm’s operability and tentatively select the system parameters providing satisfactory braking performance of the vehicle. The braking function elaborated by means of modeling then was connected to the solenoid braking controller of the experimental autonomous vehicle using a real-time prototyping technology. In order to estimate operability and calibrate parameters of the function, outdoor experiments were conducted at a test track. A good consistency was observed between the test results and simulation results. The test results have proven correct operation of the emergency braking function, acceptable braking performance of the vehicle provided by this function, and its capability of preventing collisions.
Experimental Research and Computer Simulation of Knock Onset in a Heavy-Duty Si Gas Engine
Authors:   Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute NAMI, Moscow, Russia., Kozlov* Andrey , Terenchenko Alexey ,   Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute NAMI, Moscow, Russia., Zuev Nikita ,   Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute NAMI, Moscow, Russia., Gattarov Ilmir ,   KAMAZ Publicly Traded Company, Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia.
Published: October 2019

The work describes the properties of natural gas as a engine fuel, as well as a method for evaluating knocking combustion at a test bench, a 3D numerical model of the combustion process of spark ignited (SI) gas engine and methods for assessing the probability of knocking combustion based on this model. The probability of knocking combustion, which characterizes the boundary condition between normal combustion and knocking, is determined (8%). An optimization study of the influence of adjustment parameters on the probability of knocking based on a three-dimensional numerical model is carried out. The developed and tested technique allows one to monitor the tendency of the influence of various adjustment parameters on the probability of knocking in a SI gas engine.
Modernization Potential Capacity of Great Reforms of Alexander Ii: Alcohol Reform of 1863
Authors:   Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia., Goryushkina* Natalia E. , Brezhnev Oleg V. ,   Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia., Khrushchev Evgeny G. ,   Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia., Rodionova Ekaterina A. ,   Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia., Sorokina Julia V. ,   Voronezh State University, Voronezh branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Russia., Voronkova Olga Yu. ,   Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia
Published: October 2019

Serfdom and alcohol tax farming emerged in Russia almost simultaneously – at the end of the XVI century. 250 years later again at the same time serfdom and tax farming were abolished. The alcohol reform of 1863 is one of the greatest events of the day. Despite the limitations of the proclaimed goals, this transformation had a significant modernization potential capacity and was systemic. In the course of its implementation not only did change the way of collecting alcohol charges. The entire related reality was radically altered: industrial production, agriculture, trading, system of public administration, social relations. The replacement of tax farming with the excise system, as well as the elimination of serfdom, was the basis and condition for future transformations of 1860s-1870s, which otherwise, like seeds thrown into the unprepared field, would be doomed to miserable stagnation or even death. Evaluation of the transformation effectiveness concerning the alcohol issue was made on the basis of a set of indicators related to modernization. In the economic sphere, the alcohol reform resulted in the development of new technologies based on the use of scientific (rational) knowledge, the enhanced division of labor, the complication of alcohol production organization, increasing incentives for the creation and implementation of technological and organizational innovations, the growth of production indicators; the social sphere witnessed a replacement of direct and direct control by universal regulators of activity, minimizing the dependence of professional growth on personal ties; in the political sphere there was the creation of effective management bodies, the growing number of channels of participation of public institutions in alcohol policy. But in the country itself there remained the traditional form of strong drinks consumption. Moreover, the process of modernization gave rise to a compensatory effect, which was expressed in the increase of people's drunkenness.
Development of Conceptual Information Systems Framework using Grounded Theory
Authors:   Faculty of ICT, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka., Ikram* Raja Rina Raja , Samad Rosleen Ab ,   Faculty of ICT, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka., Hamid Raihan Ab ,   Professor in Management Information Systems, UNITAR International University Malaysia., Salahuddin Lizawati ,   Faculty of ICT, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka., Ab Ghani Mohd Khanapi ,   Faculty of ICT, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka.
Published: October 2019

This paper shall present a research protocol to develop a conceptual framework in the information systems field using grounded theory method. The research protocol presented is an exploratory research using qualitative methods. The grounded theory based study was conducted via healthcare experts in the field of modern medicine, Traditional Malay Medicine, and information technology subject matter experts. A conceptual framework was initially proposed from the literature review and analysis of interviews of the current framework. The conceptual framework was then validated via healthcare practitioners and IT industry experts. A prototype system of electronic health record was also examined by the respondents to validate the proposed conceptual framework via exploratory prototyping. Consequently, the validation findings were analysed and new themes that emerged from the findings was highlighted to be included in the revised framework.
Novel Algorithm for V2v and V2i Security by Fuzzy Logic Decision in Vanet
Authors:   Department of Electronics and communication Engineering, Sona College of Technology, Salem, India., G* Ravi , S Sathish ,   Department of Electronics and communication Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College for Women, Telangana,
Published: October 2019

The recent developments in wireless communication technologies along with the costs of hardware allow both V2V and V2I communications for information exchange. Such a network is called Vehicular ad Hoc Network (VANET) which is very important for various road safety and non-safety related applications. However, Due to the wireless nature of communication in VANETs, it is also prone to various security attacks which are originally present in wireless networks. Hence to realize the highest potential of VANET, the network should be free from attackers, there by all the information exchanged in the network must be reliable should be originated from authenticated source. The system can be processed by the fuzzy logic method. It does not require any keys for data transmission. The system design is very efficient compared to other techniques. So the users prevent from road accident and traffic jam..
Effect of Shear Wall on RC Building of Varying Heights
Authors:   M. Tech in structural engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions, An Autonomous Institution, Venkatapur, Ghatkesar, Medchal Dist-TS, India, Mohiuddin* Gulam Hyder , Vimala Dr. A. ,   Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions, JNTUH, Hyderabad, India
Published: October 2019

Earthquake is an unexpected and expensive disaster for both livelihood and economy. In the modern day construction, there has been a lot of importance to make the structure resistant against lateral loads for multi storied building. Shear walls are an option of lateral load resisting system. The Concept of designing shear wall is to provide building structure with sufficient strength and deformation capacity to sustain the demands imposed by lateral loads with adequate margin of safety. The study focuses on effect of shear wall on R.C. building at different heights. For this purpose five models of different heights 15m, 30m, 45m, 60m and 75m and with different aspect ratios of 1.33, 0.66, 0.44, 0.33 and 0.26 respectively have been considered. All the models were designed for seismic zone V. For analysis purpose response spectrum method of analysis is considered as per IS: 1893-2002. The comparative study has been done for base shear, storey displacement, storey drift and storey stiffness. Utilization of shear walls when placed at corners of the building of low aspect ratio in high rise buildings is more effective compared to the low rise buildings of higher aspect ratio, as it gives the larger base shear and lesser displacement. The storey stiffness and storey drift is greatly improved when shear wall is placed at corners of the building.
Technological Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete Mixtures with Ground Quartz Sand
Authors:   Department of Building materials, Emperor Alexander I St.Petersburg State Transport University, Saint-Petersburg , Russia, Kazanskaya* L.F. , Fadeeva S.A. ,   Bachelor student, Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Isakovsky V.I. ,   present - Bachelor student, Industrial and Civil Engineering, Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Published: October 2019

Quantitative parameters of influence of grain composition of ground quartz sand and its quantity on the workability and segregation of self-compacting fresh concrete were determined at the constant amount of mixing water and water-cement ratio. Ground quartz sand in the amount of 50-150 kg/m3 was added instead of fine and coarse aggregates with changing the amount of polycarboxylate superplasticizer. It is stated that the use of ground quartz sand of finer grinding provides higher values of workability at the same quantity of water and superplasticizer. Segregation of the fresh concrete occurs when using increased amount of ground quartz sand of coarser grinding and increased amount of superplasticizer. Experimental studies have shown the effectiveness of the use of ground quartz sand to obtain self-compacting fresh concrete of different classes of workability SF1 and SF2 as well as classes of segregation resistance SR1 and SR2. The results of the experiments allow to state that the use of ground quartz sand of coarser grinding leads to segregation of fresh concrete at its low workability, while the use of ground quartz sand of finer grinding allows to obtain fresh concrete with resistance to segregation.
Prediction of Crowd in Three Levels: a Foot Step to Anomalies Prevention
Authors:   Master degree in Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India., P* Deepak , Krishnakumar S. ,   M.Sc.,Department of Physics with Electronics specialization, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Published: October 2019

Crowd is a huge number of people meet jointly in a disorganized or unmanageable way. Crowd in any atmosphere may leads to suspicious events. Nobody can predict the crowd and some anomalies might happen in the presence of crowd. So prevention of crowd well in advance is the only remedy to tackle the situation. Advance crowd detection is an important subfield in video surveillance. Prior detection or prevention of crowd has so much of importance while we are considering the present scenarios all over the world. So now-days, an automatic crowd prevention technique is needed for all the countries to protect their land, provide safety for their citizens and law enforcement. Crowd prevention system using manual operators are weak due to many physiological and non-physiological factors but it will provide better performance than automatic system in case of decision making. Many models have been developed so far to detect the crowd automatically. Our system aims to predict the crowd well in advance in three levels and so the automatic system or the operator will get enough time to respond or take a decision. To detect the formation of crowd well in advance, all the human objects in a frame was identified by Gaussian mixture model and object classification, shadow was eliminated and crowd was predicted using the object rectangle model and center vertical line model. The pixel distance between the each rectangles and center line is used to predict the formation of crowd. This paper also gives some suggestions to crowd modelling.
Models of Implementation of Enterprises in Agricultural Green Tourism in European Countries and Assessment of Their Efficiency
Authors:   department of Economics Pereiaslav -Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Ignatenko* M. M. , Sarapina O. A. ,   department of Accounting, Audit and Taxation Kherson National Technical University, Kherson, Ukraine., Sakun A. ZH. ,   department of Accounting and Taxation Kherson State Agrarian University Kherson, Ukraine., Marmul L. О. ,   department of Economics, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine., Pylypenko К.А. ,   department of accounting and economic control, Poltava State Agrarian Academy, Poltava, Ukraine.
Published: October 2019

The subject of the study is theoretical and practical aspects of the justification of the models of entrepreneurship in rural green tourism in European countries and the evaluation of their effectiveness. The aim of the work is to identify features of entrepreneurship models in rural green tourism and to develop practical recommendations for assessing their effectiveness. Methodological basis of the article became general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. Were used methods: dialectical, monographic, historical, system-structural analysis and synthesis, problem and program-target approaches. The article reveals peculiarities of entrepreneurship models in rural green tourism. Features of development and support of rural green tourism in different countries as one of the perspective types of tourism business are considered. Grounded trends and prospects of development of rural green tourism in Ukraine. Conclusions and results of the article can be used in the educational-scientific process of the economic faculties of higher educational institutions. It is expedient to transfer them for practical use in the management of tourism activities at the level of enterprises, in the activities of public organizations, rural communities. Comprehensive study and implementation of the European experience of small business in rural green tourism in Ukraine is aimed at achieving its strategic goal – creation of a competitive national and European and world markets for a national tourist product that can meet the needs of both compatriots and foreigners as much as possible. It is also an expansion of the internal and constant growth of volumes of inbound tourism in the countryside, ensuring the integrated development of rural areas and their tourist destinations, taking into account the socio-economic interests of the entire population of the country as a whole.
Enhancing QOSQOE in MANETs using OLSR Protocol
Authors:   Informatics, Systems and Optimization Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ibn Tofail, BP 133, Kenitra, Morocco, Ziani* Hind , Enneya Nourddine ,   Informatics, Systems and Optimization Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ibn Tofail, BP 133, Kenitra, Morocco
Published: October 2019

Video streaming over Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) has been on the fore as one of the most chiefly solicited web services. Within this context, the enhancement of the Quality of Experience (QoE) on such platforms, whose signature characteristic is the real-time fluctuation of their Mobile Nodes (MNs), remains a high-stakes challenge for high-fidelity transmission via the extant MANET routing protocols. Indeed, the free mobility of MNs (i.e. their real-time physical reallocation, viz. intra-network movement), renders network topology often subject to unpredictable fluctuations. It is this margin of relative unpredictability which lends itself to such instances where QoE, as perceived by the Customer/User, may be subject to varying degrees of depreciation.In this perspective, our contribution in this paper aims to optimize the MANETs' mobility system, through the re-adaptation of some extant MANET routing protocols, so as to afford safer routing courses (lower mobility thresholds equate to lower chances of noise and/or data corruption/loss); all for the capital purpose of improving subjective quality (i.e. the anticipated end-user's personal assessment of the service).For the implementation of our MANET network, our two-fold choice consisted of the NS2 version 2.9 (a powerful platform with highly reliable protocol support), supplemented by the Evalvid Framework (a field-proven tool according to many expert ratings, ideal for close monitoring of QoE metrics).We have considered various video transmission scenarios through the OLSR protocol, one of the most well-known and reliable proactive MANET routing protocols .As for QoE prediction, we expect the mean opinion scores (MOS) to provide a metric template for a rough estimation of the end-users' anticipated appraisal .The results are to demonstrate, as we shall see, that the modified heuristic algorithm of OLSR, leaning on the underlying criterion of mobility, can lead to a significant performance boost in MANETs and, by the same token, to higher returns of QoS and QoE.
The Rise and Growth of Digital Payments in India
Authors:   Assistant Professor in K L Business School, K L (Deemed to be University) K L E F, Vaddeswaram, Rao* Dr.P.Venkata Durga , Padmaja C.H. ,   Assistant Professor in St. Joseph Degree & PG College has 19 years of teaching experience.
Published: October 2019

India stepped into digital India. The digital India program taken up by the Government of India is mainly to transform India into a digitally empowered society. Faceless, paperless and cashless is one of the professed roles of Digital India. According to the Government of India, the digital payments will increase the employment, minimize risk related to cash like robbery, corruption and storage of huge amounts by way of cash and promotes transparency in operations and attains governance. This paper focuses how the transformation has taken place in the payment industry from coins to paper, to plastic money and now to e-wallets.
Operational Excellence in Pharmaceuticals – The Role of Human Resource Management Practices in Pharmaceutical Industry, Hyderabad, India
Authors:   Department of Management, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (K. L. University), Vaddeswaram, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India., Boya* Venkateswara Reddy , Rao Dr. K. S. Sekhara ,   (Research Guide), Associate Professor & RPAC Chairman, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (K. L. University), Vaddeswaram, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Published: October 2019

This research was carried out to understand the Role of Human Resource Management Practices in achieving Operational Excellence in Pharmaceutical Industry based at Hyderabad, India. This research aims to explain how an effective Human Resource Management system in an Organization can make a considerable change in accomplishing Operational Excellence. A research questionnaire on role of effective Human Resource Management practices in accomplishing Operational Excellence in Pharmaceutical companies 1, 2, 3 & 4 based at Hyderabad, India was developed to test the hypotheses on direct interview basis. In Pharmaceutical company 1, total 150 people were interviewed on the above topic. Out of 150, 63.33% (95 people) of the people Strongly agreed, 16.67% (25 people) of the people Agreed that effective Human Resource Management practices will help in accomplishing Operational Excellence in the Organization. The research was conducted at Pharmaceutical company 2, total 125 people were interviewed on the above topic. Out of 125, 71.2% (89 people) of the people Strongly agreed, 8.8% (11 people) of the people Agreed that effective Human Resource Management practices will help in accomplishing Operational Excellence in the Organization. The research was conducted at Pharmaceutical company 3, total 165 people were interviewed on the above topic. Out of 165, 66.06% (109 people) of the people Strongly agreed, 18.18% (30 people) of the people Agreed that effective Human Resource Management practices will help in accomplishing Operational Excellence in the Organization. Finally, the research was also conducted at Pharmaceutical company 4, total 143 people were interviewed on the above topic. Out of 143, 70.63% (101 people) of the people Strongly agreed, 14.69% (21 people) of the people Agreed that effective Human Resource Management practices will help in accomplishing Operational Excellence in the Organization.
The Aspect and Tense Verb Categories and Their Relations
Authors:   Buketov Karaganda State University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan., Kakzhanova* Fazira Aidarkhanovna
Published: October 2019

The paper aims at analyzing the problems of the verb categories: aspect and tense and their relations in the traditional aspect theory. The verb is one of the complicated parts of speech possessing several categories as aspect, tense, mood, voice, person, and number. The aspect category is one of the main verb categories. If verb category expresses action, the aspect category expresses its stages of internal development: process, result, fact, protracted and others. In spite of having the aspect category in their matrixes, some languages are considered to be temporal (Turkic) in spite of having a set of developed plans of expressions and plans of contents and some languages are considered to be aspectual (Slavic languages). All of these verb categories function in a single continuum of expression. It becomes the reason of some problems connected with aspect theory in general and the aspect category in particular. It is difficult subjectively to identify meaning, function of each discrete category of a verb because of single plane of expression. This reason affected the creation of an aspect category definition. According to traditional aspect theory, the aspect definition states, that aspect expresses ‘action occurs at the time or the distribution of the action in time’. On the basis of definition, the aspect category is created by tense category, when they are two independent categories with their discrete meanings. One concept is explained by another concept. It contradicts to logic laws. The main conclusion of the article is that the aspect category and tense category have two different discrete meanings and the role of tense category is not correctly defined in the aspect category, which leads to such division of languages as aspectual and temporal. All languages have the aspect category initially, because it is included in the matrix of a verb.
A Non-Polynomial, Non-Sigmoidal, Bounded and Symmetric Activation Function for Feed – Forward Artificial Neural Networks
Authors:   Research Scholar, University School of Information Communication and Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indrapratha University, N.Delhi, India and Assistant Professor, Netaji Subhash University of Technology, N. Delhi, India., Sood* Apoorvi , Chandra Pravin ,   University School of Information Communication and Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indrapratha University, N.Delhi, India., Ghose Udayan ,   University School of Information Communication and Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indrapratha University, N.Delhi, India.
Published: October 2019

Feed-forward artificial neural networks are universal approximators of continuous functions. This property enables the use of these networks to solve learning tasks. Learning tasks in this paradigm are cast as function approximation problems. The universal approximation results for these networks require at least one hidden layer with non-linear nodes, and also require that the non-linearities be non-polynomial in nature. In this paper a non-polynomial and non-sigmoidal non-linear function is proposed as a suitable activation function for these networks. The usefulness of the proposed activation function is shown on 12 function approximation task. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed activation function outperforms the logistic / log-sigmoid and the hyperbolic tangent activation functions.
Non-Coaxial 24-Speed Shaft-Planetary Gearbox
Authors:   Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia, Gorshkova* Oksana Olegovna , Nekrasov Vladimir Ivanovich ,   Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia
Published: October 2019

The article presents the results of the analysis of existing designs of non-coaxial planetary gearboxes, their advantages and disadvantages. The invention is related to transport machinery area, transmission of transport vehicles, land transport systems, including motor vehicles, tractor-trailers, construction and road machines, tractors and ground-based equipment for special purposes. The design and kinematic scheme of a non-coaxial multiple-speed shaft-planetary gearbox, type 24R10, are presented. The work describes the operation of a non-coaxial multiple-speed shaft-planetary gearbox, type 24R10 (24 direct gears and 10 reverse gears), as well as gear ratios for each gear. A technical and economic assessment of the non-coaxial multiple-speed shaft-planetary gearbox, such as 24R10, is given. It is shown that the task is solved by compacting the layout of the multiple-speed gearbox and the planetary mechanism both in gear and summing modes, as the torque enters two links and is removed from the third one. The research proves that the design of a non-coaxial multiple-speed shaft-planetary gearbox, type 24R10, provides an improvement in the layout and operational characteristics of the gearbox and, accordingly, the operational capabilities of the vehicle.