bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Factors of Cronic Kidney Disease (CKD) on Public Transportation Drivers in Jember Regency
Authors: Firdaus Novita , Prayitno Hadi , Ma'rufi Isa
Published: June 2020

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition where the kidneys cannot filter waste properly as indicated by the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Identification of the Anthelmintic Power of Anting-anting Leaf and Starfruit Leaf
Authors: Astuti Sri Sulami Endah
Published: June 2020

Ascariasis is an intestinal infection caused by the parasitic worm Ascaris lumbricoides. Starfruit leaf (Averrhoa bilimbi) and leaf anting-anting (Acalypha indica L) is a plant that is often used as a worm remedy in the community. Starfruit leaves (Averrhoa bilimbi) and Leaf anting-anting (Acalypha indica L) contain several compounds that have the potential as anthelmintics, namely saponins, tannins and flavonoids. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of ethanol extention of starfruit leaf leaves (Averrhoa bilimbi) and leaf anting-anting (Acalypha indica L) as anthelmintic on the time of death of Ascaris suum Goeze worms in vitro. The method in this study is experimental with post test only group design. Test animals from the study are Ascaris suum. The study was conducted at the Parasitology Laboratory, Medical Laboratory Department, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya in 2019. This study used 6 treatment groups, NaCl 0.9% as a negative control and pirantel pamoate 0.25% as a positive control and ethanol extract of wuluh starfruit leaf and ethanol extract of Anting-anting with concentrations of leaves. 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%. Data were analyzed using the Kolmogrov-Smirnov test, the Anova two way Block Design test, then continued using the Post Hoc test to determine differences between blocks and between treatments, against the time of Ascaris suum worm's death. The average time of death of Ascaris suum caused by ethanol extract of starfruit leaves concentration of 40% for 492.3 minutes and ethanol extract of leaf anting-anting 396.5 minutes, concentration of 60% ethanol extract of wuluh starfruit leaves for 278.5 minutes and leaf extract ethanol leaf anting-anting for 283.5 minutes, 80% concentration of ethanol extract of wuluh starfruit leaf for 141.8 minutes and ethanol extract of anting-anting leaf for 174 minutes, 100% concentration of ethanol extract of wuluh starfruit leaves for 66.75 minutes and extract ethanol leaf anting-anting for 92 minutes. So it can be concluded that the ethanol extract of starfruit leaves has an anthelmintic effect on the Ascaris suum worm more optimum than the ethanol extract of the Anting-anting leaves, because the time required is close to positive control that is 60 minutes.

Keywords: anthelmintic; Ascaris suum; starfruit leaf; anting-anting leaf
Bioactive Compounds and Their Effect on Blood Pressure—A Review
Authors: Malinowski Bartosz , Fajardo Leighton Raul Ignacio , Hill Christopher George , Szandorowski Paweł , Wiciński Michał
Published: June 2020

Elevated blood pressure affects a great part of the elderly population and is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. New approaches have been taken in the fight against this growing problem, in the form of diets (Mediterranean, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and intermittent fasting). Recent research has shown the promising results regarding diets and their effect on the prevention and improvement of elevated blood pressure. This review attempts to take this a step further, reviewing 26 studies in the search for dietary elements that may be causing this improvement. Although good evidence was found in favor of lycopene, Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), fiber and anthocyanin, further evidence is needed before any conclusions can be made. In contrast, the evidence shows that licorice increases blood pressure.
The health status of the visual analyzer in university students and its correction by means of physical rehabilitation
Authors: Korytko Z.I. , Kopytko S.Yu. , Sobolev M.Yа.
Published: June 2020

The aim of the work is to analyze the state of health, in particular the state of problems with the work of the visual analyzer in students; get acquainted with the scientific basis of the method of restoring vision using exercises on Bates theory and conduct its testing with students in a university.

Material and methods. Analysis and synthesis of data from literary sources and our own research on the state of the visual analyzer in school children and students of higher educational institutions. Development of questionnaires and a survey of 142 students. Testing the method of restoring vision according to the method of W. Bates in two randomized groups of students (n = 15), which consisted in the daily performance of special exercises for 10–15 minutes for a month. Determination of visual acuity according to the tables of Sivtsev and Golovin and field of view using the Ferster perimeter for white, red, green and blue colors before and after rehabilitation intervention. Methods of mathematical statistics.

Results. It was revealed that problems with the visual analyzer of students are ahead of all pathologies combined and make up about 30%. Moreover, only 4% of students with visual pathologies were congenital, and in the remaining 28% of students - acquired recently. The use of exercises according to the method of W. Bates contributed to the improvement of the performance of the visual analyzer (visual acuity for the right and left eye, p <0.05 and field of view for all colors, p <0.05) among students of the study group.

Conclusions. The study showed that the implementation of exercises according to the method of W. Bates can be the basis for the development of a program of physical therapy, adapted to the conditions of its use by university students.
Determination of the functional state of the body using non-traditional research methods when performing the static exercise: "Prone press ups, static top position" (Cobra)
Authors: Musiyenko O.V. , Mykhats L.V. , Budynkevych S.N.
Published: June 2020

The aim of the work was to determine the electrical activity of the skin when performing a static exercise "Prone press ups, static top position (Cobra) ".

Material and methods. Investigation of the effect of the selected static exercise was performed using the method of determining the electrical conductivity of representative points of the human body. Ten female students of 18-20 years who perfectly mastered the technique of performing the exercise were surveyed. The measurements were performed during, after and after 6 minutes.

Results. Significant changes in indicators of electrical activity in representative points of the human body were revealed. Selected static exercise has a significant impact on the functional state of the person: according to Chinese folk medicine, stimulates the body points corresponding to the acupuncture meridians according to the classification of Chinese medicine cardiovascular, lymphatic and immune systems, colon and submucosa, mucosa spleen, small intestine.

Conclusions. During the study of the effect of static exercise, it was found that the increase of electrical activity of the human body points, which, according to the literature, are responsible for the functions of the respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic and immune systems, the large intestine. This exercise also causes a decrease in electrical activity at representative points of the liver, stomach, and inhibits the activity of the small intestine, spleen, and pancreas. It is possible to propose the use of methods for determining the activity of human body points for the study of the influence of static exercises on the human body, along with other generally accepted scientific methods.
IMPLEMENTATION OF C4.5 METHOD TO DETERMINE THE FACTOR OF BEING LATE FOR COMING TO SCHOOL
Authors: Puspitasari Cendana
Published: June 2020

Being late to school is a deviant act that violates the rules or regulations in the school both written and unwritten. The discipline of students coming to school is the first to see, some common factors that occur delays can occur include: distance to school, hours of wake up, hours of departure, travel conditions, and vehicles used. In this study, the authors used the Classification algorithm with the C4.5 method and the Forward selection method. The sample used was questionnaire data for students of class VIII (eight) in State Junior High School 271 totaling 270 students. Using training data, certain attributes are determined to form a classifier model. The results of this study are the results of the accuracy of the C4.5 method of 60.74% with the results of the tree showing congestion is a factor of school delay and the results of the accuracy of 65.93% for Forward selection and get the 3 best attributes.
SIPRESI: SISTEM INFORMASI PRESENSI SISWA SMP TAMAN SISWA BOGOR
Authors: Helling Lydia Salvina , Apriyani Helina
Published: June 2020

Taman Siswa Middle School is an educational institution in the city of Bogor that still uses manual recording on the student attendance list. The process of recording this presence requires time in running it and the recapitulation of student attendance lists is sometimes lost due to the negligence of the teacher on duty or the administrative staff. These things that underlie the creation of Student Presence Information System so that it can facilitate the teacher, and the administration section in processing student attendance data. This SiPreSi daily attendance data report will be provided to parents through social media groups in monitoring the presence of their children in each given subject. The principal can also make decisions about the percentage of attendance regulations that apply. The method used in this research is an experiment at the initial stage of the process of collecting data through interviews, observations, and literacy studies relating to student presence while developing software using RAD (Rapid Application Development). The results of this study are very influential in school decisions related to the presence of students at Taman Siswa Bogor Middle School
Factores asociados al nivel de riesgo ergonómico en músicos percusionistas de Lima
Authors: Arroyo-Castillo Mónica Milagros , Peralta-Gonzales Sadith Milagros
Published: June 2020

Objetivo: determinar los factores asociados al nivel de riesgo ergonómico en músicos percusionistas. Materiales y métodos: estudio de enfoque cuantitativo con alcance correlacional de diseño transversal no experimental. Fue aplicado a 91 percusionistas pertenecientes a la ciudad de Lima. Se empleó el instrumento RULA para evaluar los niveles de riesgo ergonómicos presentes en los percusionistas durante las presentaciones musicales, asimismo se consideraron otras variables como edad, tipo de percusión (altura determinada, altura indeterminada), total de horas por semana, frecuencia musical y años de experiencia. Resultados: el 38.46% presentó riesgo ergonómico muy alto, 34.07% riesgo alto y 27.47% nivel medio. Fueron factores asociados al riesgo ergonómico los años de experiencia, edad, tipo de percusión y frecuencia musical. Conclusión: casi cuatro de cada diez percusionistas se encontraban con un nivel de riesgo ergonómico muy alto. Igualmente, con un mayor rango de edad el nivel de riesgo ergonómico se incrementa.
Rfid Based Smart Trolley for Automatic Billing System
Authors:   Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India., Rao* G Manmadha , Preethi K ,   Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India., Krishna A Sai ,   Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India., Firdaus Afreen ,   Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India., Lokesh Ch ,   Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India.
Published: June 2020

The modern technology has increased the standard of living for the humans and the large crowds are seen at shopping malls. To save time for the customers,it is important to reduce the process of the billing time. This is done using smart shopping system based on RFID. Items that are put in a smart shopping cart are read one by one and the bill is generated and displayed. After the final bill is generated, the customer pays the bill by using their Pre-charged cards provided by the shopping mall. The aim is to reduce the time consumption needed for the billing system.
Rating Faculty for Foreign Student in Egypt by Bloom Filter Classifier and Collaborative Filtering
Authors:   Department of Computer Science, Jouf University, Tubarjal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,, Mahmood* Mahmood A. , Mohamed Tarek A. ,   Department of Information System Misr University for Science and Technology Faculty of Business,
Published: June 2020

This paper presents an approach of bloom filter classifier and collaborative filtering to help foreign student to choose the suitable faculty according to his nationality and number of years that need to study. Our approach consist of three phases are: input phase, classification phase, and recommendation phase. In Input phase, the student enters the nationality and number of suggested years study. In classification phase, the approach classifies the student according to input data based on bloom filter classifier. In recommendation phase, the approach recommended the top five faculty if exists based on collaborative filtering technique (CF). Our dataset collected from Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST) and the results of our approach suitable and has a good manner for the student with accuracy 90%.
Design and Fabrication of a Charcoal Fish Smoking KILN
Authors:   Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Kwara State University Malete., W.A. Issa, , O.E. Fatile ,   B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering, Kwara State University Malete, Kwara State., B. Abdulmumuni ,   B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering, Kwara State University Malete, Kwara State., O.B. Ologunye ,   Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal Polytechnic Ede; Osun State, Nigeria, I.N. Okpara ,   Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal Polytechnic Ede; Osun State, Nigeria
Published: June 2020

The fabricated charcoal fish smoking kiln was done to improve on the performance of the existing technology and determine its performance for future applications. The charcoal fish smoking kiln is made from rectangular mild steel of 2mm thickness and has three chambers such as the blower chamber, charcoal chamber, and the smoke chambers respectively. The chambers were insulated with 20mm thick thermosetting polymer welded in between two mild steel plates. The end of the smoke chambers is connected to a blower to assists in the heat convective flow mechanism during operation. The weight loss of the fish sample being calculated can be used to determine the smoking efficiency, including the smoking time by using charcoal and the temperature can as well be determined. The smoking kiln was tested by using two different species of fish: cat and panla smoked to an average moisture content of 62.5% within an average period of 4 hours, the average final weight of the dried fish was 0.24 Kg, weight loss 22.45Wb, residence temperature of 60-800C, heat exchanger temperature is 2430C, and heat different at chimney 2420C. The fabricated machine is highly efficient. It produced dried smoked fish that lasted for seven weeks without spoilage. The fish produced had a golden brown colour. The fish processing itself took less than one hour and the temperature of the heat supplied was quite higher than the traditional drum oven type.
Tuned Random Forest Algorithm for Improved Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, Nancy Dr.P. , Swaminathan Dr.B. ,   Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, Navina K. ,   UG Scholars ,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, Nandhine B. ,   UG Scholars ,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, Lokesh P. ,   UG Scholars ,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai
Published: June 2020

Data mining is becoming more and more popular and essential in the field of medicine. The large amounts of data produced everyday by the medical industry are very complex and voluminous to be processed and analyzed by the usual traditional means. In such cases data mining comes into play. Despite the presence of several prediction algorithms, the efficiency is questionable due to the presence high error rate. Therefore it is necessary to choose a prediction algorithm that gives higher accuracy with fewer errors. The aim of this paper is to create a system for efficient and accurate prediction of cardiovascular disease. The datasets for the process is taken from UCI machine learning repository. The datasets are tested for accuracy using ANOVA technique. The algorithms are investigated using the WEKA tool. The best features for prediction are obtained from feature selection algorithms. Various classification algorithms are applied on the datasets to identify the most efficient algorithm. We observe that random forest gives consistently better accuracy than other algorithms. Tuning is done on the random forest algorithm to further improve the accuracy of prediction system.
Wireless Room Sensing and Controlling using Google Assistant
Authors:   Department of Computer Science and Engineering,National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India, Anusa N. , Anitha R. ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering,National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India, Bharathi V. ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering,National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India, Rajkumar K. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science amd Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamilnadu,India.
Published: June 2020

There are many safety structures in the world to screen our home, office, schools, institutes and industries. However, our merchandise are mindful of the surroundings and refer to phrases such as temperature, gas, humidity, pace and sound. For our cell telephones (anywhere in the world). It additionally serves as a safety device by way of monitoring motion in that room or warehouse. The primary phase of the product is the manage machine with some digital blocks (controls, actuators, software program and ADAFRUIT). Control block runs the system, wi-fi block ensures verbal exchange and the records transfer, actuator aspect is treated through the manipulate block. Sensors decide primary facts about the environment, such as temperature, humidity, and gas. Control block helps wi-fi sensors and relays. The important phase of the machine is ESP8266 NodeMCU. The device communicates with the PC, smartphone, internet browser, etc. In addition, the interface of the gadget ought to be as easy and effortless to study as it can be used through the aged and disabled. Control the gadget the usage of Android apps or Google Assistant. Android apps are used to speak with the Firebase database and replace its values. This approves you to manage a variety of sensors and electrical gadgets in the house.
Design and Analysis of double- stacked Heat Exchanger for Brewery Application
Authors:   Student, MIT Academy of Engineering, Maharashtra, India., Khanzode Aentriksh , Kadus Tejashree ,   Student, MIT Academy of Engineering, Maharashtra, India., Patil Pranjal ,   Student, MIT Academy of Engineering, Maharashtra, India., Mali Suraj ,   Student, MIT Academy of Engineering, Maharashtra, India., Powar Sudesh ,   Assistant Professor, MIT Academy of Engineering, Maharashtra, India.
Published: June 2020

A heat exchanger is a device intensively used for enhancing the transfer of heat energy between two or more working fluids at different temperature, which are in thermal contact. The optimal design and efficient operation of heat exchanger and heat transfer network are of a great significance in any of the process industry. The heat transfer efficiency depends on both design of heat exchanger and property of working fluid. From various types of heat exchanger, the double stacked shell and tube heat exchanger with straight tube and single pass is to be under study. Here the redesign of heat exchanger takes place with the key objectives of optimizing the pressure drop, optimizing the heat transfer rate and reducing the saddle support weight used for cooling purpose in brewery application. The design calculations are carried out using the Kerns and Bell Delwar method and other important parameters dealing with material selection and geometries are also taken into consideration. FEA analysis for optimizing the saddle support weight is carried out using Dassault systeme’s Solidworks while the CFD analysis for optimizing pressure drop and heat transfer rate is carried out using Dassault systeme’s Solidworks analysis software and the design and working of Shell and tube heat exchanger is determined in terms of variables such as pressure ,temperature ,mass flow rate ,flow rate ,energy input output that are of particular interest in Shell and tube heat exchanger analysis.
Kinetics and Equilibrium for Adsorption of Atenolol from Water using Moringa Oleifera and Nirmali Seeds
Authors:   Pharmaceutical Engineering department, BVRIT, Narsapur, Medak, India, P* Archana Rao , Reddy Mayuka S. ,   Pharmaceutical Engineering department, BVRIT, Narsapur, Medak, India., J Yashwanth ,   Pharmaceutical Engineering department, BVRIT, Narsapur, Medak, India, Y Lokeshwar ,   Pharmaceutical Engineering department, BVRIT, Narsapur, Medak, India., S.V. Satyanarayana ,   Department of chemical engineering, JNTU, Ananthapur, India.
Published: June 2020

Water is the principal element needed in the formation and progress of healthy life. Pharmaceutical products and their associated metabolites devoted for humans or animals, land up in the aquatic environment after use. Small concentrations of pharmaceuticals are noticed in civic wastewater, surface water, and even drinking water as per the present day research. Development of resistance by microorganisms, pharmacological effects and ecotoxicological effects are the inherent risks due to exposure to small concentrations of pharmaceutical pollutants. Out of all the methods for treatment of water, Adsorption, with biomaterials such as natural adsorbents is an economical process that is simple and easy to carry out. In the present study natural adsorbents such as Moringa Oleifera and Nirmali seeds were used to remove pharmaceuticals (Atenolol) from water. The adsorbents used in this study were characterized by FTIR. The experiments were carried out in batch system and parameters such as time of contact and adsorbent dosage were optimized. A good Atenolol removal percentage of 86% with Nirmali seed and 77% with Moringa Oleifera were obtained. Results obtained recommend that the proposed process represent noteworthy potential for degradation of pharmaceutical contaminant Atenolol.
An Agile Security System for Automobiles using IoT
Authors:   Student, B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Bengaluru., Vaishnavi Ms. G. Sai , Reddy Ms. G Poornima ,   Student, B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Bengaluru., Reddy Mr. Surendra ,   Student, B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Bengaluru., Mr. Hanish  ,   Student, B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Bengaluru., S Ms. Manjushree ,   Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
Published: June 2020

Thieves are becoming smarter day-by-day which results in increase of looting of automobiles like scooters, cars and many other. To overcome this problem there is a crucial need for an effective system that diagnoses the vehicle theft. In this paper, an IoT based agile security system by using Raspberry Pi as the central processing unit of the entire system, a lightweight, cheap and efficient system is researched, built and explored. The Linux Embedded System gathers the data from Passive Infra-Red (PIR) motion sensors, pressure sensors, gas sensors, Global Positioning System (GPS), Pi camera, buzzer, and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The system has generally 2 modes. They are: Owner mode and Theft mode. If the system detects any intrusion in the vehicle it gives an alarm on detection, capture the image of the person by using image processing technique and identifies who is trying to unlock the vehicle and send coordinates of the vehicle when the intruder opens the vehicle door and starts moving the car, along with images of intruder to the owner by using a GSM module. By using GPS module, we can be to get the latitude and longitude of the vehicle remotely when the intruder has theft the vehicle.
Enhancing EVIEW Programming Development in Economic Practice Classrooms 4.0 through a Deviation from Proportional Growth (DPG) Analysis
Authors:   Economic & Tourism Department, Quang Binh University, Dong Hoi City, Vietnam, Nguyen* Van Chung
Published: June 2020

Enhancing Eview program development as well as extended programs in economic analysis in the 21st century is extremely necessary for university students during practical business lessons. Furthermore, Eview program development will help students apply their theoretical knowledge to make inferences based on logic and trends from given sets of data as well as complete their course project. This article conducts extensive program analysis of Eview software to help students gain the ability to aggregate and analyze big data to meet the extremely diverse economic development seen nowadays. The article builds a specific segment program based on DPG analysis for a case of four developed countries and builds up 32 specific steps for students to complete all stages from theory to practice. It also examines student feedback on their experience in learning in the economic practice classrooms 4.0 at 32 Business school in Vietnam.
Feature Selection Methods for Predicting Household Food Insecurity
Authors:   Professor, Department of Computer Science, Computer Science at Mangalore University., Dorsewamy  , Nigus Mersha ,   Master of Science in Information technology, Teachers Education (MSc), Adama Science and Technology University.
Published: June 2020

Feature selection is a method of dimension reduction that is used to select a specific subset of appropriate features from the original features by removing unnecessary and redundant features that do not have a benefit in classification or prediction. In this paper, the feature selection approach was conducted using three feature selection methods namely: Filter based, Wrapper based and Embedded based to predict household food insecurity from the household income, consumption, and expenditure survey data (HICE). To implement the above feature selection methods, we proposed new hybrid method by integrating the filter based feature selection methods which is Feature importance, Univariate (chi-square) and Correlation coefficient. To validate the efficiency of the proposed feature selection methods, we used five classification algorithms namely: K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Logistic Regression (LR), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and Naive Bayes (NB).
Differential Hiring using a Combination of NER and Word Embedding
Authors:   Computer Science, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India., E* Suhas H , A E Manjunath ,   Computer Science, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India.
Published: June 2020

In this data-driven world, AI is being used in almost all the tasks to automate processes and make human life more comfortable. One such industry where Artificial Intelligence (AI) importance is growing is the recruiting industry. This paper aims to propose a new and a better method to match the most suitable talent to jobs, which has been incorporated using two methods – suggesting top resumes to a job opening from a talent pool to a recruiter, recommending top jobs which match to a candidate based on the candidate's resume. Natural Language Processing techniques have been used in implementing this approach – Named Entity Recognition (NER), Word embedding model, and Cosine similarity using which a resume and job will be matched. The NER model is used to extract useful entities from documents, which is enhanced by the word2vec model by making the system more generic and the similarity is calculated using the cosine similarity algorithm.
Commutative l-fuzzy languages
Authors:   Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, B.J.M. Govt. College, Chavara, Kollam, Kerala, India., Kumari K Dr. Ajitha
Published: June 2020

Here we study variety of monoid and semiring recognizable l-fuzzy languages. A l-fuzzy language over an alphabet A is called commutative l-fuzzy language if it satisfies the condition (puvq) = (pvuq) , for all u,v,p,q ∈ A∗. We prove that the set of all commutative l-fuzzy languages is ∗-variety and conjunctive variety of l-fuzzy languages.
Design and Performance of a Parabolic trough System for Process Heat Application
Authors:   Energy Centre, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal 462003, M.P., India., Saxena* Lovebrat , Kumar Anil ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, Soni Archana ,   Energy Centre, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal 462003, M.P., India
Published: June 2020

The worldwide energy demand is rapidly increasing, increasing in turn the necessity of power generation. The generated power is used to fulfill domestic and industrial needs. Industries use electricity for medium scale heating applications, which is the worst use of electricity. Concentrated solar power can prove itself a superior alternative of electrical heating load, being the only technology which produces high quality heat. In this paper, a systematic design approach of a parabolic trough based solar field for a defined thermal load is presented. The performance simulation of the field has been done for a small scale, medium temperature industrial drying process of 290 kWth at 120oC, located in Bhopal using System Advisor Model (SAM), was found to be 23% efficient. The results can be used as a roadmap for designers for the feasibility analysis of local industrial application
Analysis of Perception Levels with Respect to Alternate Education Loan Repayment Plans in India.
Authors:   Department of Management Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita University, Kochi, Suresh Chandu , Pillai Smriti ,   Department of Management Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita University, Kochi, Gopal Vishnu V ,   Department of Management Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita University, Kochi
Published: June 2020

On account of high NPA’s in the education loan sector specially in the Southern states of India, efforts are being made to mitigate such losses. Countries like US., UK and many facing such problems had introduced income contingent plans to reduce the mounting losses from NPLs. In this paper, an effort has been made to check the viability of such a scheme in India by analysing the perception levels of the youth across financial literacy, risk aversion and future labour outcomes in India towards such alternative education loan repayment style. The results state that the sample is financially literate and expects favourable labour outcomes and have not shown willingness towards the take-up of the new scheme. It is an initial study conducted on a small sample base and requires extensive research on the same to gauge the willingness and if not, why.
Understanding Strategic Mindset of Pharmaceutical Companies in India
Authors:   Harjit Kaur Assistant Professor, Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, Kaur* Harjit , Kaushik Sanjay ,   Professor University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
Published: June 2020

Corporate strategy is used as a way to identify new rules and modifying existing rules of doing business. The present paper first discusses the concept of corporate strategy and various approaches followed by the organizations for strategy making. Properly recognized strategic processes help not only in improving the existing strategies but also in identifying the new ventures to enter. The objective of the present study is to understand the strategic mindset of the pharmaceutical companies operating in India and the extent to which they have succeeded in implementing the concept of corporate strategy using the literature on strategy formulation that describes various strategy-making modes as strategic mindsets. The study used a survey approach for data collection on a 7-point Likert Scale. The results of the study indicate that in the Indian pharmaceutical companies strategic outcomes are a result of an ad- hoc approach across various planning mindsets rather than an outcome of strategic management approaches.
Development of Kafka Messaging System and its Performance Test Framework using Prometheus
Authors:   department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, R V College of Engineering. Bengaluru, India., V* Tejas , V Dr. Kiran ,   department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, R V College of Engineering. Bengaluru, India
Published: June 2020

In today’s era of internet, communication plays a vital role in every aspect of daily activity, as the number of internet users increases an enormous volume of data is generated. This motivates to develop and use a messaging system that collects and analyzes large volume of generated data. Kafka is a distributed messaging system based on publish-subscribe model with high throughput and fault-tolerant mechanism. Around 40% of fortune 500 companies use Kafka messaging system for processing data. Kafka is used to stream real-time data and it is also used to process the data received from IOT sensors. This paper discusses about the procedure for developing and deploying the Kafka messaging system into the working environment based on container technology. The secure communication is enabled by configuring the Kafka with two security mechanisms. The performance of the developed system is evaluated considering QoS parameters for different test scenarios using Prometheus tool.
Text to Speech Synthesis using Fraction Based Waveform Concatenation and Optimal Coupling Smoothing Technique
Authors:   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India., S Saranya , Rathinavelu Dr.A. ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India., C Jayashree ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India.
Published: June 2020

Text to Speech System is a Speech Synthesis application that converts a text to speech. The current project focuses on developing a TTS System for the Tamil Language with the Synthesis Technique as Unit Selection Synthesis. Letter Level Segmentation of an input text helps in the reduction of corpus size compared to Syllable Level Segmentation. The segmented units are retrieved with respect to Unicode values, concatenated and the synthesized speech is produced. Intelligibility and Naturalness of the spoken word can be improved using the Smoothing Techniques. Optimal Coupling Smoothing Technique is implemented for the smooth transition in between the concatenated speech segments to create continuous Speech output like human voice. Fraction based Waveform Concatenation method is used to produce the intelligible speech segments as output from the pre-recorded speech database.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) as Claims Control Tool for Buildings Projects in Jordan
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Building Engineering, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441. Saudi Arabia., Qasem Dr. Altayeb , Hamad Eng. Areej Hamad Mahmoud ,   Civil engineering department, Isra University Amman Jordan, Alhashimi Eng. Eshaq Abdulrazaq ,   Department of Building Engineering, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441. Saudi Arabia, Alkelani Eng. Abdulaziz ,   Department of Building Engineering, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441. Saudi Arabia, Alkhater Eng. Mohammed A. ,   Department of Interior Design, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441. Saudi Arabia.
Published: June 2020

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been viewed as capable of addressing the problems of the construction industry. Hitherto, some firms have acknowledged BIM as a novel way to work and gone on to record success, others (which have not so done) have elevated such questions as: ‘How is BIM defined? Is it a tool or a process? Which breeds and sizes of organizations stand to value from BIM?’ These questions formulate the basis of this research. Most of the buildings projects suffered from cumulative total cost and duration in Joran, therefore, there is a dire need for implementing BIM to control the claims in buildings projects in Jordan. This research study was pragmatic to assess the impact of implementation of BIM in building projects and to clarify its effect on controlling the claims that can be avoided by using BIM. The proposed BIM adoption plan is developed to analyze in depth by strategic analysis tools. PESTEL analysis is apprehensive about six issues; political, economic, socio- cultural, environmental, technological, and legal. Complete SWOT analysis is used as planning tool to understand strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, these strategic analysis tools aids to propose BIM adoption plan for building project describes by ADKAR change management model ; awareness ,desire ,knowledge ,ability and reinforcement. The outcomes of the research demonstrated that successful projects performed in the organizations that have used BIM is established on its adoption as a tool of technology, rather than as a process; a tool that transform the way, work in the construction industry is archetypally done. Additionally, the accomplishments recorded in the firms researched give credibility to project success consequent upon adopting BIM. Nonetheless, the conclusions of this research illustrate that the foundation of this success is leadership-driven innovation.
A Critical Analysis on the Effectiveness of the Performance Appraisal System of the Private Banks in Jaipur
Authors:   Assistant Professor S.S. Jain Subodh P.G. College, Jaipur, Tiwari Dr. Swati
Published: June 2020

The organizations pay a lot of attention on the improved performance of the employee. For the purpose the organizations have well designed appraisal system, which not only evaluates the performance of the employee, but also lays emphasis on those areas which can be improved. The given study has been done to know the effectiveness of Performance Appraisal System on variables like Performance Improvement, Rewards, Culture, Job Satisfaction & Retention in private banks of Jaipur. Means, standard deviation, coefficient correlation, linear regression & one sample t-test has been used to validate the results. Comparative analysis of banks has been done. Results & discussions were drawn & it was concluded that though performance appraisal system is correlated & impacts the underlined dependent variables, yet there are some other reasons too for employee good performance.
Sentiment Analysis using Multiple Word Embedding for Words
Authors:   Computer Science and Engineering, DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, India., Shirgave* Dr. S. K. , Gavali Mr. P. M. ,   Computer Science and Engineering, DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, India.
Published: June 2020

Nowadays users express their opinions on different websites like e-commerce and special review websites. Analyzing customers' opinions and their responses is important for decision making. So the researchers worked on analyzing these reviews automatically using a classical machine learning approach like Support Vector Machine (SVM) and various modern deep neural networks. For these networks, words are represented by using vectors called word embeddings. The required word embeddings are taken from pre-trained Word2Vec or learned from a corpus of the given main task. But, each method has its demerits. In the case of pre-trained word embeddings, embeddings are learned from large general corpus so these embeddings are not task specific. While in the case of learning words from the corpus of the main task, it does not reflect the true semantics. To deal with these problems, we have proposed an embedding developer model. This model develops task specific word embedding which also reflects true semantics. Task specific word embeddings are generated from the given corpus using the embedding layer in Keras. It builds the embeddings by considering relationships between words in the window. While true semantics are taken from Word2Vec embeddings. The proposed model combines these two embeddings to generate true semantics and task specific word embeddings. Result analysis shows that the proposed system works better on many benchmark datasets.
Optimisation of Compression Moulding Parameter for NR/EPDM Material
Authors:   Advanced Manufacturing Center, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 D. Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Izamshah* R. , Kasman M. Z. ,   Royal Malaysian Maritime Police, 98700 Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia, Kasim M.S. ,   Advanced Manufacturing Center, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 D. Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Aziz M.S.A ,   Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 D. Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Rafiq M. ,   Advanced Manufacturing Center, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 D. Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
Published: June 2020

Natural Rubber/Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (NR/EPDM) elastomeric has gaining popularity in the automotive industry owing to the fact in term of sustainability. With extensive studies and an increasing number of applications for future advancement, the need for an accurate and reliable guide in processing this type of elastomer has increased enormously. The present work deals with the study of compression moulding parameters (i.e. temperature, pressure, heating time and pressure time) and its effects against NR/EPDM elastomeric mechanical properties (i.e. ultimate tensile strength (UTS), cross-link density and eccentricity error) aim on establishing optimized processing parameters setup. The optimizations are achieved through the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and mathematical model for each response is developed to access the relationship between the parameters. Adequacy of models is analysed statistically using analysis of variance (ANOVA) in the determination of significant input variables and possible interactions. Lastly, multi objectives optimization is performed through numerical optimization and predicted results are validated. Strong agreement between experimental and the selected solution are found in between 93% and 96%, thus validating the solution as an optimal run condition. The findings suggest that temperature and heating time is the main factor affecting ultimate tensile strength, whereas for cross-link density there is only one significant parameter which is temperature. UTS and cross-link density decrease with the increases of the temperature and heating time due to the degradation (temperature too high for NR/EPDM working temperature). Therefore, it is recommended to start the process below the NR/EPDM degradation point to avoid the scissoring rubber take place and subsequently improving the mechanical properties
RFID Enabled Virtual Guided Assistance System for Foreign Tourists
Authors:   Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India., Subrahmanyam Dr. Ch. , Nayak Aditi G ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vardhaman College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, Mouli AVSR Chandra ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vardhaman College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, Varshini Rayala ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vardhaman College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, India
Published: June 2020

The language of the traveler might not always be known to the tourist guides, or the information available about the place might not be right, and moreover the charges of the guides might be too high. In the end, the travel experience and the place does not satisfy the tourists. In this paper, the development of a portable device is described, so that the tourists can experience a hassle-free tour. The implementation and demonstration of a complete system is discussed, which provides accurate information to the tourists along with visual guidance and assists them during their tour. This system makes use of two concepts, namely RFID technology and context aware information. This system can be used in several different locations like museum, zoo, historic monuments, tourist spots, government offices to provide the user with directions and information relevant to their location. The system can also be used as a monitoring device at research centers and hospitals.
Modern Techniques for the Restoration and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Al Balqa Applied University/Industry, Amman, Jordan, Kasassbeh* Salam Al , Tamseh* Amani Al ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Al Balqa Applied University/Industry, Amman, Jordan, Kharabsheh Eslam Al ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Al Balqa Applied University/Industry, Amman, Jordan
Published: June 2020

Civil engineering not only deals with the construction of various structures but also works for their maintenance and rehabilitation. The current era requires efficient and sustainable methods for any job and given that concrete is a material that is heavily relied upon at the present time in construction, therefore its sustainability through the rehabilitation and restoration of buildings is a must and very important. There are many techniques that can be followed in the rehabilitation and restoration of damaged concrete sections, i.e. exposed to cracks, corrosion or disintegration, as each process has its advantages and limitations, which requires the engineer to know the type of damage, the main cause of it and the best way to repair it. Therefore, this paper uses the descriptive methodology to review the latest rehabilitation and restoration techniques used in the treatment of concrete structure including, repointing, grouting, reinforced injection, polymeric materials permitted by fibers and reinforcement of concrete structures, overlays, jacketing, base isolation and stitching. The researcher concluded that these techniques are effective, but each has its determinants of use that must be taken into account before applying them.