bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Relationship Between Big Five Personality Traits and Counterproductive Work Behaviour
Authors: Ismail Fadillah , Ashfaq Muhammad , Aisyah Panatik Siti , Jaes Lutfan , Mee Yan Wee
Published: April 2019

Employees are a group that plays an important role in determining the quality, reputation, and performance of an organization. Personality traits within them were seen to predict employees’ behavior towards organizations. This research aims to examine the relationship between big five personality traits and counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) among employees in the manufacturing industry. Five research hypotheses were examined while considering the Big Five dimensions of personality, which are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness, which are believed to influence the employees’ CWB. Present research specifically focuses on individual (CWB-I). 200 employees in the furniture manufacturing industry at Muar, Johor were randomly selected to complete the Big Five questionnaire. Software PLS -SEM was used to analyse the data collected. For CWB-I, the result showed negative relationship of neuroticism and agreeableness, whereas positive relationship with extraversion, openness and conscientiousness.
Three Dimensional Cube
Authors: Gothwal Pushpa , Singh Shekhawa Sandesh
Published: April 2019

Three dimensional cube is the 3D display device implemented using RGB LED. The objective of this paper to design a 3D CUBE using shift registers controlled by the microcontroller. It consists of using a 8-bit microcontrollers (Arduino Mega 2560, Arduino Uno and AT89s52) with on chip ADC, PWM and UART, RGB LEDs, pulse sensor (SEN-11574), shift registers (74HC595N) as core element of the system. It has six keys used for selecting the defined patterns like square, cube, heart traingle etc.. The application of this project is used for entertainment, display the measured physiological parameter (Heart beat), learning and teaching purpose. It can also help to medical professionals for teaching purpose, defence personals in RADAR and architects.
Indicators for Sustainable Development: Understanding the Criteria for a Successful Sustainability Relevant to Environmental Law in Malaysia
Authors: Maizatun Mustafa Maizatun , . .
Published: April 2019

The concept of `sustainable development’ emerges in almost every discussion of environmental issues, be it at national or international levels. Over the years, especially after the famous 1987 Brundtland Commission’s Report, this concept has become more widely accepted by the policy-makers all over the world, including Malaysia. However, despite having received much international recognition and acceptance, the concept is still enigmatic and elusive, and there appears to be significant vagueness about exactly what meaning its exact denotation supposed to convey. This article seeks to examine the emergence and development of the concept of sustainable development at the international level, and to peruse its possible or suitable definitions. The objectives of such examination are to identify indicators that have greatly influenced the major discourse in the legal theories derived from this concept. For Malaysia and elsewhere, these sustainability indicators can be applied to appraise the effectiveness of legal mechanism in environmental protection and pollution control. The article concludes that understanding the criteria of successful sustainability allows a nation to meet the ongoing challenge of balancing present needs against those of the future. It is through this understanding that challenges and opportunities for sustainable development become clear.
Recognition of Local Authority for Better Management of Drinking Water at the Langat River Basin, Malaysia
Authors: Farid Ahmed Minhaz , Mokhtar Mazlin , Lubna Alam Mohd , Choo Ta Goh , Khai Ern Lee , Md Khalid Rasyikah
Published: April 2019

Integrated Langat River Basin Management lacks appropriate leadership of appropriate agency due to the conflict among jurisdictions since Langat River drains through three different constituency. Meanwhile, pollution of the river and frequent shutdown incidents of water treatment plants in the basin are evident due to both point and non-point sources of pollutions. Moreover, the statistically significant trend of annual rainfall (2005-2016) and temperature (2005-2016) in the basin clearly indicates the impact of climate change because of uncertain rainfall and temperature patterns. Flood incidents (2004-2016) within the basin in comparison with the rainfall and temperature also indicate short duration heavy rainfall at local level to enhance the pollution of the river. Contrary, the review of literature and informal interviews with the public, private and civil sectors highlight the attitude problem of the stakeholders along lack of leadership of LUAS in managing the river and drinking water in the basin. Therefore, the ‘proactive’ leadership of Local Authority under the Local Government Act 1976 could be successful to coordinate with stakeholders through multi stakeholders’ platform and several stages of quality control and quality assurance to manage water resources. The study suggests a new Langat Basin Management Authority under the Local Authority leadership as well as a Two-Layer water filtration technology in basin management. Henceforth, implementing the recommendations will facilitate Malaysia to achieve SDGs 2030 and National Transformation 2050 within the stipulated timeframe.
Preserving a Healthy Ecohydrology: a Legal Perspective
Authors: Md Khalid Rasyikah , Jaria Maidin Ainul , Sarah Sulaiman Siti
Published: April 2019

Ecohydrology focuses on ecological processes within the hydrological cycle. It works under the assumption that an anthropogenically modified catchment or river basin can reverse environmental degradation and enhance the ecosystem service through improved climate cycle, controls erosion, soil formation, water purification, waste treatment and food production. Improved ecosystem services within the hydrological cycle can also serves human’s cultural and spiritual aspect as well as in the production of scientific knowledge. There has been call for countries to regulate the use of ecosystem as they are being degraded faster than they can recover. In 2001, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) initiated the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. It finds that 60% of 24 ecosystem services examined such as clean water, food, forest products, flood control and provision of natural resources has been badly degraded due to unsustainable development. It is submitted that law can play a role in ensuring preservation of a healthy ecohydrology as a tool used by respective authorities to achieve sustainable development and prevent excessive use of natural resources. This requires a new philosophy on the role of law in ecohydrological protection since environmental legislations fail to punish human activities that had either directly or indirectly disrupt the normal hydrological cycle. An analysis on earth jurisprudence, environmental ethics, equity and justice may elucidate the need to preserve a heathy ecohydrology as its own and other human’s right.
Quantum Learning of Eel Dr. C: Maximizing Students’ Civics Education Achievement
Authors: . Iswan , Hassan Zainudin
Published: April 2019

The aims of this research are: (1) to investigate the effectiveness of Quantum  Learning  of EEL Dr. C in maximizing students’ civics education achievement, (2) to find out to what extent Quantum Learning of EEL Dr. C influences students’ civics education achievement. This is a quantitative research study which applied quasi-experimental research design. A total number of 60 students of State Primary School 1 Cirendeu,  Ciputat, South Tangerang, Indonesia participated in this study.These subjects were directly assigned into experimental and control classes. A set of multiple choice pre- and post-test was used to collect the data after being validated. The independent t-test was used in analyzing the data. The findings of the research revealed that there is a significant difference of mean scores of students’ civics education achievement in which those in experimental group reached higher mean score than those in the control group. Thus, the conclusion of this study responsed to the aims of the research as follows: (1) Quantum Learning Cycles of EEL Dr. C is effective in maximizing students’ achievement; (2)
Public Engagement for Objective and Holistic Officials’ Evaluation: an Integrated Political-Social-Legal View
Authors: Anindyo Widhoyoko Samuel , . Sasmoko , Khan Aqeel , Chariri Anis
Published: April 2019

This research proposes new model of officials’ evaluation grounded on a belief regarding to the urgency of a framework which embraces socio-political aspects holistically. This is derived from national vision in sustainability development demanding a more transparent, reliable, and competent leadership. Regarding to this, distortions often occur due to governance malpractices in the form of corruption which impact officials’ performance as well as environment conduciveness. This phenomenon is taken as a fundamental paradigm of this research which results in a reasoning stating that officials’ objective evaluation. This research realizes that cannot be done by considering officials as a single-role entity. It must consider several roles which impacts and influences several different parties (political, social, and governmental). This research comprehends such gap through comprehensive literature review and transforms all theories in the purpose of building a systematic assessment methodology which captures various aspects from different perspective. In its discussion, this model is proven academically to be able to evaluate officials’ performance objectively through three broad parameters: (1) policies formulation, (2) social engagement, and (3) regulatory submission. In addition, those three categorical assessment would be integrated in a weighted-average system, enabling them to produce a numerical score. In this stage, this framework is applied through information technology is used to capture data from different respondents.
Towards Dynamic Policy for Early Childhood Development Enhanced the Growth of Self-Regulations
Authors: Rahimullah Miah Md. , Sharif Mustaffa Mohamed , Sabil Surena , Madihie Amalia , Saili Jamayah , Kiew Sayok Alexander
Published: April 2019

Dynamic education policy and value system can change only with growth and development. This education plays a key role in enhancing about these changes, and the right time to initiate this process of education is better from early childhood. The study explores the issues and challenges of doing early childhood development (ECD) policy for growth of self-regulations along with Sarawakian Primary Schools in Malaysia. Recently the problems of early childhood providing primary schools at Bau district have been starling due to lack of instruments for pre-school services. These issues are now then become more tangled because of its multiracial education policy integration with students’ self-regulations from cultural diversity conditions belonging to variety beliefs and attitudes. Quantitative and qualitative related data were obtained through field observation, interviews and field surveys while secondary data collected from diverse sources. Nearly 57% of the respondents agreed for improvement of ECD policy with sustainable mechanism of monitoring and implementation at each of developmental stages of child. The research has also shown that there are gaps between the aspired and implemented comprehensive education policies for more quality preschool classes and initiatives. The study suggests future research trajectories of a new collaborative alternative dynamic approach to drive the methodological agenda and recommendations on ways to further incorporate the demanding ECD policy instruments towards growth of self-regulations.
Item Analysis for Measuring Student and Academic Advisor’s Perspective towards the Function of Academic Advising in Malaysian Public Universities
Authors: Thuy Van Nguyen , Said Hamdan , Rustam Mohd Rameli Mohd , Khan Aqeel
Published: April 2019

In Malaysian public universities, academicians are appointed as academic advisors. This action often leads to misunderstandings on the function of academic advising among students and academic advisors. Previous studies examining this misunderstanding were conducted using standardized instrument. These instruments were developed by researchers from advanced countries where professionals are employed as academic advisors. These standardized instruments lack of local context, differentiatition between academicians and professionals, and statistical properties including individual item quality and ability. This study fills this gap by identifying the rank of each item of the self-developedquestionnaire regarding the function of academic advising from the perspective of student and academic advisor. The questionnaire in this study was developed based on the findings of the preliminary qualitative study. The questionnaire consists of three constructs: academic, social, and personal. A total of 400 students and 80 academic advisors from two public universities ranked each item of the questionnaire based on four-point scales. The questionnaire was analysed using Rasch measurement model. The findings showed that students perceive academic aspect while academic advisors perceive personal development aspect as the most important function of academic advising. Students and academic advisors perceived social aspect as the least important of academic advising. Finally, students perceived personal development aspect while academic advisors considered academic aspect as the second important function of academic advising. The findings could serve as a guideline to improve the quality of academic advising programme in Malaysian public universities.
Organizational Diagnostic Model in Higher Education: Literature Review of Organizational Diagnostic Model through Mckinsey 7s Framework Model, Weisboard 6 Boxes Model and National Education Standards in Indonesia
Authors: . Sasmoko , Indrianti Yasinta , Widhoyoko Anindyo , Wahab Rochmat
Published: April 2019

Organizational diagnosis is done for organizational development and change. This study aims to further examine the concept of an organizational model that tries to cultivate the McKinsey 7S Framework Model and the Weisbord Six Box Model with the National Standards of Higher Education. This research uses Neuroresearch research method, which is a research method that combines quantitative and qualitative research with an exploratory stage. The result of the research shows the design of Organizational Diagnostic Model for Higher Education in Indonesia which consists of Strategy, Structure, System, Skill, Staff, Leadership, Value and Purpose (SNPT) consisting of Education Standard, Research Standard, and Standard of Community Service.
Food Security of Farm Households in Indonesia’s Border Area, Sebatik Island
Authors: Handoyo Mulyo Jangkung , . Irham , . Jumeri , Heru Widodo Agus , Wirakusuma Gilang , Perwitasari Hani
Published: April 2019

Food is one of the main parts of Indonesian national interests which can determine national stability and sovereignty. Furthermore, every nation has to ensure that all of its citizens can fulfill their daily diet. Many people living in Indonesia’s border areas face challenges in fulfilling food demand, i.e. accessibility and high cost of farming. This study aimed; (1) to know food security level of farm households, (2) to know determinants of that food security level. This study was conducted in Sebatik Island, North Borneo Province, Indonesia. Purposive sampling was employed to define location of this study, while multi stage simple random sampling was used to define a sample of 81 farmer households who are living and cultivating in Sebatik Island. Data were collected with structured questionnaire. Food security level was identified by combining the amount of food consumption and share of food expenditure as the Johnson and Toole approach. Moreover, Logistic model was employed to define determinants of food security level. The result revealed that only 18.95% of farm households were ‘food secure’. Meanwhile, 24.21% and 21.05% of farm households were categorized as ‘vulnerable’ and ‘food insecure’; respectively. Other 35.79% of farm households were known as ‘questionable’ which were lack of food, but they have the ability to increase food consumption. Other result identified that size of household, consumed calorie, and non-food expenditure determined food security level of those farm households. It was recommended that controlling population growth, increasing access of food, and raising household income may improve food security level of farm households.
Child Delinquency on the Internet
Authors: Abd Rahman Shah Hendun , Abdul Shukor Syahirah , Mohamad Ali Norfadhilah , Abdul Ghafar Abidah , Mohammad Ahmad Nisar , Yusof Nabilah , Atira Musa Nurul
Published: April 2019

Recent reported cases and news on children and the Internet reflect the vulnerability of children when they are online, especially with in using the new medium of social networking websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The criminal justice system faces the dilemma when children break the law, as children are considered as minors who are not legally responsible for their actions. In most cases, the society tend to focus on protecting children from neglect, abuse or harms but often overlooked of protecting children who are involved in harming or causing injury to other people or cause damage to property. It is equally important to address the growing concern on children’s exposure to usage of the Internet. Thus, the question such as, can the child’s wrongs on the Internet be considered as a delinquent act, namely possible wrongful acts conducted by children that would otherwise be an offence if committed by an adult, is explored. The legal status and minimum age of criminal responsibility in Malaysia are also examined. In addition, the Shariah views will be discussed briefly. Then, the paper explores the problems and challenges face by children in using social media websites. Finally, the paper suggests that the government and the community in particular parents and teachers have vital roles to play in ensuring that the policies and rules provide mechanism not only to protect children but also to empower them as a citizen of the country. This may be done by advocating legal awareness and educating the children to be more responsible in their acts online and uphold respect in law, ethics and morality.
The Influence of Interest Rates on Rental Rate in the United States Islamic Home Financing
Authors: Jamilu A Salihu Jamilu , . .
Published: April 2019

The purpose of this paper is to investigate, whether the rental rate is free from the influence of interest rates on Islamic home financing. The study considers some selected macroeconomic variables to analyze the influence of interest rates on the rental rate. The study focuses on the United States data covering from the first quarter of 1990 to the last quarter of 2016. The study adopts Autoregressive distributed lags (ARDL) model to analyze the long-run and short-run relationships between the rental rate and the macroeconomic variables. The study finds consistent evidence that rental rate is free from the influence of short term and long term interest rates in both long-run equilibrium and short-run dynamic results in the United States Islamic home financing. Hence, the rental rate could be accepted as an alternative to interest rates in Islamic home financing. The result contributes towards finding that the rental rate is free from the influence of interest rate in Islamic home financing. To the best of the author’s knowledge, the present study is the first of its kind which empirically investigates the influence of interest rates on the rental rate in Islamic home financing.
The impact of globalization on Workers: an Analysis of Nigerian Public Service
Authors: Mohammed Lawan Aminu , Mohd Ramli Razlini
Published: April 2019

Globalization is the increasing interaction of peoples, states or countries through the growth of the global trade, international flow of capital, ideas and culture. The paper discusses how privatization of public corporations and invention of information and communication technology (ICT) lead to the retrenchment and casualization of public servant. The aim of this study is to examines the impact of globalization on the public servant in Nigeria. The methodology involves the use of secondary data, through a systematic literature review which entails the document analysis of related matters. The findings reveal that globalization infringes on the right of a public servant by making them vulnerable without job security. The paper concludes that government must stop unfair labor practice such as retrenchment and casualization of workers, and improve good working conditions to make public servant more productive.
The Development of Experiental Learning Model To increase the Capacity of Teaching of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Semarang Indonesian Schools
Authors: Buchori Achmad , . Muhdi , Ambarini Ririn , Widodo Suwarno , Fadhila Nur
Published: April 2019

In education there is nothing more impressive than direct experience, experiental learning is now getting a place in the process of learning in the classroom, experiental learning is the process of making meaning from the direct experience. Based on the experiential learning model, the  prospective teachers ofUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia in cooperation with the Universitas PGRI Semarang help each other to improve their teaching skills by learning from teaching experience in other countries, based on this need, the MOU will be conducted between the two universities.In this research development is done by plomp model with the step that started from the initial assessment, planning, realization / construction, and implementation. With the aim of increasing the capacity of teaching of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia students in vocational high schools in semarang city, eight students taught at SMKN 2 Semarang and SMKN 4 Semarang for 2 months. The sampling technique was taken with random sampling, while data were obtained from questionnaire and interview with students of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Based on the questionnaire, it is found that 92% of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia students are very pleased to be able to participate in the international PPL program in Indonesia. This is because their facilities and culture are similar to those in Indonesia, thus facilitating the adaptation process in the schools in Indonesia, while the questionnaire validation of the instructional design experts and learning materials obtained an average of 86% and 90% . It means that modification of experiential learning model is worthy of use in the process of learning in the classroom. The interviews with students shows: 1) 80% of students found difficulties in language terms in Indonesia as they are some terms different from Malaysia so they finally use English when explaining the word that is not understood by students, 2) 90% of UTM students are very happy to teach in schools in Semarang, 3) 90% of students feel the difference of curriculum taught in Indonesia and that in  Malaysia so they need adaptation first.
Developing Job Satisfaction which Support Improvement of Organizational Performance Private High Schools Located in Indonesia
Authors: Haryani Hatta Iha , Rini Setia
Published: April 2019

The objective of this research analysis leadership style, organizational culture, work motivation and competence, job satisfaction, and  organizational performance is to the perception senior high school teachers towards leadership style, organizational culture, work motivation, competence, job satisfaction and  organizational performance; identify the influence of leadership style, organizational culture, work motivation and competence partial towards job satisfaction and organizational performance; identify the influence of job satisfaction towards organizational performance. The respondents were 180 high school teachers from private schools in Jabodetabek (the Greater Jakarta Area), that were selected based on a multistage process, then analyzed with SEM, and using the Lisrel 8.5 program.  The research results show that leadership style, organization culture, and work motivation influenced job satisfaction, however competence did not.  Organization culture and competence affected the organizational performance, but leadership style and work motivation did not have influence on the organizational performance. The dominant path of effects showed that organizational culture affects job satisfaction and organizational performance.
How Significant Arabic Brand Name, Halal Logo and Manufacturer Country of Origin Image Trigger Consumer Purchase Decision on Halal Cosmetic
Authors: Utami Putri Telisiah , . .
Published: April 2019

Halal cosmetic is becoming a trend, not only directly targeted to muslim women as main consumer but non-muslim women also set as a target. Halal cosmetic is not only perceived as a product that meets islamic laws and proper to be used by muslim woman but more than that, it is perceived as a product that provides good quality assurance, does not contain with harmful substances, safe and ethical products.Some aspects from manufacturer side thought to have significant role as a trigger in purchase decision towards halal cosmetic. This study explores the variabels of Arabic brand name, halal logo and manufacturer country of origin image to be addressed deepen to check how those variabels influence consumer positive perception that lead to purchase decision on halal cosmetic.This study is conducted via on-line survey by using WhatsApp mobile application in Surabaya. Respondents are women 20 – 50 years old, muslim and non-muslim, users of mass-market cosmetic brand in IndonesiaCollected answers from 76 respondents within one week field project. The result of this study is expected to be a preliminary study used by cosmetic manufacturer as a reference to set up the most suitable product strategy to be competitive in halal cosmetic market.
Synthesis of Linear Array Antenna for Required Range of Beam Width Using Optimization Algorithms
Authors: Venkateswara rao N , Challa Ram G
Published: April 2019

In an application like radar there is a need for a wide range of Beam widths depending on whether the radar is operating in search mode or tracking mode. Wide range of beam widths can be achieved by using optimization algorithms like Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) and Differential Evolution Algorithm (DE). The desired beam width should be achieved without any significant increase in the side lobe level (SLL). This can be done by optimizing both SLL and FNBW simultaneously. Synthesis of linear array antenna for a fixed range of beam width is obtained by using the proposed methodology. The results for simultaneous optimization of FNBW and SLL using BBO and DE algorithms are compared.
Effective and High Computing Algorithms for Convolution Neural Networks
Authors: Syamala Rao P , G.P.SaradhiVarma Dr , Mutukuri Rajasekhar
Published: April 2019

Training a large set of data takes GPU days using Deep convolution neural networks which are a time taking process. Self-driving cars require very low latency for pedestrian detection. Image recognition constrained by limited processing resources for mobile phones. The computation speed of the training set determines that in these situations convolution neural networks was a success. For large filters, Conventional Faster Fourier Transform based convolution is preferably fast, yet in case of small, 3 × 3 filters state of the art convolutional neural networks is used. By using Winograd's minimal filtering algorithms the new class of fast algorithms for convolutional neural networks was introduced by us. Instead of small tiles, minimal complexity convolution was computed by the algorithms, this increases the computing speed with small batch sizes and small filters.  With the VGG network, we benchmark a GPU implementation of our algorithm and at batch sizes from 1 to 64 state of the art throughput was shown.
Integrated Management of Kovvada Kalva Watershed, West Godavari District, A.P., India using Remote Sensing & GIS
Authors: Rambabu T , Raghuram P , Sankara Pitchaiah P , A.R.K Raju P
Published: April 2019

Watershed management is an integrated approach where a balanced utilization of land and water resources for optimal production with least menace to natural resources. Geospatial Technologies can be played an important role for the organization of various natural resources in a watershed. For sustainable development of land and water resources, the Andhra Pradesh State Government is implementing development of watershed programmes on priority basis. The watershed management activities include construction of rainwater harvesting structures, soil conservation measures and environmental protection measures (TAWDEVA). The selected watershed area was Kovvada Kalava Watershed which is a part of West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh and was identified as drought and flood effected area because of sparse and variable rainfall. Collection of resource data includes digital imageries of study area for two seasons, Survey of India toposheets on 1:50000 scale, and other ancillary data / maps were conceded along with socio-economic data. The other datasets include levels of groundwater from concerned departments etc was collected. Various thematic maps on Settlements and Transport Network, Contours, Drainage Network, Slope, Geomorphology, Lithology, Structure and Land Use / Land Cover were generated by employing Arc GIS platform. After analyzing all maps integrated watershed analysis has been made aiming at generating sustainable developmental measures of land and water resources in the area.
Aadhar Card Based Double Identity Verification System for Railway
Authors: Gupta Saumya , Singh Sandhu Jaspreet , Deep Vikas , Sharma Purushottam
Published: April 2019

“The reservation system of the Indian Railways is an enormous database system dealing with about millions of passengers everyday. Many of these passengers travel with a reservation however a lot more travel with unreserved tickets. In  this measureless system, it is an extraordinary task to competently handle this data, which is the basic demand of the  management. The problems with the existing scenario are Corruption, User Authentication Security Issues, Over population, Inefficient Railway Management. This paper presents an approach to tackle these problems in a much efficient manner. In case  of Indian Railways, detailed passenger data is handled for reservations and in order to provide fast and efficient services, the data has to be processed and verified at a fast pace. For the Indian railways, enhancing the existent system with ADHAAR Card Identification will reduce manual intervention to a great extent. Also the verification of the passengers would be comprehensive and safe. The ADHAAR Card Based railway System will handle the passenger data more effectively and easily”.
Fixed Point Theorems Under Caristi’s Type Map on C∗ -Algebra Valued Fuzzy Soft Metric Space
Authors: Srinuvasa Rao B , N.V.Kishore G , Vara Prasad Trkd
Published: April 2019

In this paper, we present the extension of Caristi’s fixed point theorems for mappings defined on C∗-algebra-valued Fuzzy soft metric spaces. We establish the existence of simple proof of caristi’s type fixed point theorems in C∗-algebra-valued Fuzzy soft metric spaces and we give some examples which supports our main results.
Demographic Projections for India: Past, Present and Future
Authors: Subba Rao R , Jagannadhapuri Y , M. Ganes K , V. Ramanamurthy D
Published: April 2019

The growth or development of a country mainly depends on the present and future population scenario. Population projections help in the growth of the nation in various directions. Predicting the human fertility and mortality is very difficult, particularly when we are concentrating farther time. Various National, International and some individual demographers made projections for the entire nation and some parts of the country. The estimates of the population projections changes as and when new information added to the existing values. The perspective population growth and its impact were discussed by Visaria and Visaria, 1996 and noticed that population projections vary based on the parameters considered in their models. In our present work, by considering the 2001 India’s Census data, Registrar General (1996)[14], a new population projection of the country are estimated by allowing the age arrangement of the population. The mortality estimates of the whole country made by considering the impact of HIV / AIDS. Cohort component method was used for the projections from 2001 to 2051. Using the Sample Registration System (SRS) figures of 2001 census, state level figures are generated. Only two variants namely, average and high are used for making the population projections.
Study of Mechanical Properties of Pervious Concrete as a Pavement Material by Partial Replacement of Ggbs in Cement with Addition of Cellulose Fibers
Authors: M. Ganesh K , S. S. Vara Prasad A , S. Viswa Harish P , Subrahmanyam Raju A
Published: April 2019

Among all the transportation systems roadways is most commonly used transportation system. But in present scenario roads faces a lot of problems like potholes, cracks and many other distresses. Not even these but water is also the main enemy to the pavement which causes deformations and changes the texture of subgrade soil resulting in large variation in performance.The total Impervious Surface Change (ISC) in India for the decade 2000 to 2010 is 2274.62 km2. This is one of the most considerable problems due to rapid urbanization where there is a tremendous increase in construction of black topped and different types of impervious pavements. This has an adverse effect on the environment as the storm water becomes stagnant over the surface of the pavement due to inadequate drainage conditions.The necessity for reducing stagnation and the surface runoff has given the inception of pervious pavement surface. Pervious concrete pavement is a special type of its kind with high perviousness with no or minimal fines which allow water to percolate through it and thus the water which is accumulated over the surface can be collected and used for various purposes.The present work studied the mechanical properties and also the permeability of pervious concrete of mix 3:1 aggregate cement ratio. The control mix is altered by partially replacing 30% of cement with Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag (GGBS), included Cellulose fibers of 5% of weight of the cementitious material and combination of both in one mix and compared the results obtained.The properties such as compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and permeability are assessed by performing tests. It was observed that there is an increase in Compressive Strength, Split Tensile Strength, Flexure Strength and decrease in the permeability in the altered pervious concrete mixes when compared to the Pervious concrete with no additives.
Integration of Geology, Hydrogeology and Geomorphology for Groundwater Occurrence in A Hard Rock Region from Parts of Nalgonda District, Telangana State, India, Using Remote Sensing and G.I.S Techniques
Authors: M.Ganesh K , Jagannadha Rao M , Jai Sankar G , K.S.K. Sai Vadapalli V
Published: April 2019

The study area is located in and around Nalgonda town in Nalgonda district, Telangana state.  For the detailed investigation of the groundwater condition of a part of this district and covers an area of about 2880 sq.km. in Narkatpalli, Chityal, Katangur, Nakrekaletc. mandals have been selected. Survey of India toposheets on 56 0/4, 0/8, P/1, P/5, Scale - 1: 50,000, IRS ID LISS III satellite imagery using remote sensing and G.I.S. techniques.  A detailed study is carried out by classifying the wells into four categories.   The groundwater regime with reference to depth water table fluctuation has been evaluated in the study area.  The deeper wells mainly occur or observed to occur in the central and southeastern parts of the study area whereas the shallow wells are confined to northern, eastern and southeastern parts of the study area.  Also the drainage pattern is observed as medium to coarse textured and dendritic to subdendritic type, which is characteristic of hard rock terrain and develops in regions of homogeneity.   The field data provides the information about the depth to water table, and fluctuation of the groundwater.   The best suitable areas identified were mainly in shallow valley fill is mostly composed of sandy material, which are generally good to excellent of groundwater prospects.  Most of the area posed good groundwater recharge capacity.  Based on these studies on lineament density map of the entire study area has been prepared indicating areas of high, moderate and low density lineaments.  The important observation is that the deeper wells are having low fluctuation whereas the shallow wells are characterised by high fluctuation and high density lineaments.  To study the hydrogeological conditions in the area, field investigations were carried out and 94 wells were inventoried.  Groundwater occurs in the study area under water table and semi-confined conditions limited to weathered and fractured zones.  The zone of weathering ranges from 0 m (near inselbergs) to 17 m.  The joints and fractures, which act as conduits for the movement of groundwater are responsible for the good yield of water from the wells.
Finding the Reaction Constant Between Humic Acid and Metal Ions by Fluorescence Quenching Effect
Authors: Po Cheng Wen , Tsang Lu Yi , Fang Yu Ruey , Ru Lin Xin , Xin Li Han
Published: April 2019

Humic acid was used as the removal target for evaluating the coagulation efficiency in this study. When the metal ions mix with humic acid solution, a Fluorescence quenching effect may be observed conditionally. This effect can be described by Stern-Volmer linear equation which can be used for quantifying the quenching constant (KQ) of the Fluorescence quenching effect. In addition, the result of the quenching constant (KQ) was used to explain the electron-neutralization capability of the metal ions at different pH. The results indicated that there is no significant Fluorescence quenching effect between the additions of monovalent Na+ ion, divalent Ca2+ and humic acid. Otherwise, when pH of the FeCl3 solution was between 4.5 and 5.5, fluorescence quenching effect obviously occurred. The maximum KQ value was found to be 305,990 at pH 5. It means that the higher KQ value is, the better complex reaction between humic acid and aluminum salts will be. Through the KQ value study, the optimum pH can be quantified when humic acid solution is reacted with ferric ion.
Design of a Dual Band Coplanar Antenna for WiMax Applications
Authors: Cheng Lai Wen , Chuan Tsai Lin , Wen Li Chia
Published: April 2019

Ansoft HFSS electromagnetic simulation software was used in this study to simulate the design of two frequency band dual band coplanar antennas for WiMax (3.44GHz to 3.69GHz) and (5.25GHz to 5.85GHz) with center frequencies of 3.5GHz and 5.25GHz respectively. The steps of antenna design simulation are shown in figures of Return Loss, Current Distribution and 3D Radiation Pattern. Through continuous simulation, modification, and correction, the antenna can achieve the desired effect. Metal was used as the reflective material for the antenna designed, the antenna was covered by the material as a partition between the antenna and the metal, and FR4 was used as high-frequency circuit board (dielectric coefficient = 4.4). The simulation and measurement results were found to have consistent and good characteristics.
Tourism Sector in the Short-Run and Economic Growth in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Authors: Simatupang Parhimpunan , . . , . .
Published: April 2019

In many developing countries, tourism is used as a main strategy to achieve greater economic performance. Increased income, both directly and as a result of the multiplier effects of tourism revenues, earnings of foreign exchange, new employment opportunities, access to foreign direct investment and economic diversification are the potential economic benefits of tourism. Statistics on international tourist arrivals in Indonesia showed an upward trend over the past few years and reached the highest number in 2014, recording almost 9.44 million arrivals. The province of North Sumatra is well known as a tourist destination, as well as an economic hub and commercial centre.  Indeed, the province was able to attract almost 28% (237,830) of tourist arrivals in 2014, an increase of 4.12 % from 2013. With such a tourist arrivals trend, the tourism sectors has significantly contributed to the economic development of North Sumatera.  This paper examined the role of tourism receipts in the short-run economic growth in North Sumatra through error correction method (ECM) from 1986-2014. Econometrics method were used, such as Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) for unit root test, error correction method (ECM) for short run dynamics, and Granger causality test for causal relationships. The standard Granger causality test reveals that there is a unidirectional short-run Granger causality from tourism receipts to economic growth. This study provides evidence to support a tourism-led growth hypothesis in North Sumatra.
Vegetation Dispersion in Green Open Space of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Authors: Kastolani Wanjat , Setiawan Iwan , . Kusnadi , Paramita Beta
Published: April 2019

A study on the implementation of eco-campus in terms of vegetation suitability in green open spaces at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) had been conducted. The purposes of the study were to analyze the actual condition the vegetation in green open spaces at UPI and to analyze the suitable vegetation to be implemented in green open spaces at UPI to support eco-campus. The study employed a descriptive design using cross section approach which studies a certain object in a certain period of time. To distribute the plants, this study used block unit mapping with the help GPA and a program namely ArcGIS. The results of the study show that most (43.51%) of the existing plants at UPI were herbs; 32.82% of them were trees, 18.32% were shrubs, and 2.29% were bushes. In the meantime, in terms of the plants’ function, most of the vegetation at UPI were decorative plants (34.35%), followed by medicinal plants (15.27%) and crops (14.5%). In addition to the aforementioned categories, there were 131 species of vegetation around UPI which mostly lied in the east side of the campus particularly around Isola building. Some of them were Filicium decipiens, Pinus merkusii, Barringtonia asiatica, Artocarpus altilis, Terminalia catappa, Agathis dammara, Lagerstoemia flos-reginae, Tabebuia capitata, Cassuarina equisettifolia,  Mangifera indica, Delonix regi), Bougainvillea spectabillis, Muntingia callabura, and so on. Some were also plants that could only found in certain places such as Elaeocarpus grandiflorus, Mimusops elengi, Altingia exelsa, Elaeocarpus sphaericus, Pterocarpus indicus, Samanea saman, Claoxylon polot, Tectona grandis, Flacourtia inermis, Garcinia mangostana, Ponentia pinnata, Sandoricum koetjape, Brunfelsia uniflora, and Alstonia sholaris. Based on the results of the study, it was also proven that the distribution of the vegetation at UPI was uneven; it focused on certain areas such as gardens and main roads.
The Experimental Design of Stone Columns' Modelling using Small-Scale Unit Cells: A Review
Authors: A. Almaliki Bahaa , R. Selamat Mohamad
Published: April 2019

This paper presents a review of the experimental design of the small-scale single stone column that adopts the unit cell concept. Materials and methods used in experiments along with their effects and implication have been appraised. The reviewed cases showed that clayey soils were often used to construct the host ground. Steel cylindrical tanks were used with diameters ranging from 15 to 60 cm and heights ranging from 20 to 120 cm. For such scale, the used stone size is 2 to 10 mm. Plates load test can be carried out on the entire tank or on the stone column. The load has been imposed at a constant settlement rate of 1 to 1.25 mm/min in order to simulate the stage immediately after construction. The review shows that remoulding and replacement have been often practised for the construction of the host ground and the stone column, respectively.
Ranking the Factors that Influence the Construction Project Success: the Jordanian Perspective
Authors: A. Bakr Ghanim , . .
Published: April 2019

Project success is what must be done for the project to be acceptable to the client, stakeholders and end-users who will be affected by the project. The study of project success and the critical success factors (CSFs) are the means adopted to improve the effectiveness of project.This research is conducted in an effort to identify which factors influence the success of project accomplishment in Jordan. This study has selected, through an extensive literature review and interviews, (83) factors categorized into (7) main groups that the questionnaire respondents were required to score. The responses from 66 professionals with an average of 15 years of experience in different types of construction projects in Jordan were collected and analyzed using SPSS and the most important factors for success for various success criteria are presented depending on the relative importance index to rank the categories. The research revealed the significant groups of factors are: factors related to Client , factors related to Contractor’s, factors related to Project Manager (PM), and factors related to Project management. In addition the top ten sub factors are: Assertion of the client towards short time of the project, availability of skilled labor, Assertion of the client towards high level of the quality, capability of the client in taking risk, previous experience of the PM in similar projects, previous experience of the contractor in similar projects, decision making by the client/ the client’s representative at the right time, assertion of client towards low cost of project, experience in project management in previous projects, and flow of the information among parties. The findings of this study might be useful to construction project participants in taking decisions leading to successful finishing of construction projects in Jordan.