bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Promoção da saúde e higiene em berçário
Authors: Pereira Graciane Regina , Poli Rosana Regina Batista , Elias Marcelo Alberto
Published: December 2019

A Educação Infantil passa a ter respaldo legal e pedagógico a partir da Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação. Os espaços para essa fase etária, como os Centros de Desenvolvimento Infantil - CDIs, devem superar a dicotomia entre o cuidar e o educar, com propostas pedagógicas que busquem a formação integral da criança. Esse estudo, realizado em um Centro de Desenvolvimento Infantil de Gaspar (SC), buscou promover a conscientização das educadoras do berçário (crianças de 0 a 1 ano) sobre higiene e saúde. A pesquisa, um estudo de caso, se configurou como qualitativa, exploratória, realizada por meio de aplicação de questionários e observações. A maior parte dos respondentes avaliou como bom os aspectos de higiene no ambiente de trabalho. A formação inicial para trabalhar especificamente com bebês e a formação continuada para os cuidados com higiene e saúde não ocorreu com todos os envolvidos. Realizou-se uma roda de conversa, com participação de uma enfermeira e de uma médica, registrando os pontos mais significativos para o grupo e, posteriormente, elaborou-se uma proposta de cartilha informativa. Percebeu-se que a realização do projeto sensibilizou os educadores e equipe gestora para a importância da temática saúde e higiene em berçário. As ações em um CDI vão além do cuidar, o aspecto educativo deve ser priorizado, por meio de propostas pedagógicas sistematizadas e profissionais preparados.
Desenvolvimento de uma matriz de centralização para aumento de produtividade em uma empresa têxtil
Authors: Moura Cassiano Rodrigues , Círico Elvis
Published: December 2019

É imprescindível, para o sucesso e a sobrevivência das organizações, a busca por uma melhora significativa no desempenho das empresas, tornando os equipamentos propícios a oferecer um aumento significativo de performance e, consequentemente, uma melhor produtividade. O objetivo geral deste trabalho é desenvolver um dispositivo para melhorar um sistema de manutenção autônoma e reduzir o tempo de espera dos equipamentos de costura, minimizando as perdas produtivas do processo de uma empresa têxtil. Esse dispositivo está sendo utilizado para troca rápida de matrizes em máquinas de costura do tipo filigrana e poderá ser manuseado pela própria área produtiva. O fluxo metodológico utilizado neste trabalho foi baseado em 3 (macro) atividades: a “definição da melhoria”, “projeto de melhoria” e “avaliação dos resultados”. Foi observado nos resultados uma melhora significativa nas condições gerais das matrizes utilizadas para aplicação de aviamentos em máquinas de filigrana que foram adaptadas para a melhoria, sendo que 51% foram alcançados em redução nos índices de ocorrências de manutenção e 33% de redução no número de horas dedicadas ao dowtime.
Aplicação do Método SLP no desenvolvimento de um layout otimizado em uma empresa têxtil
Authors: Moura Cassiano Rodrigues , Borges William José , Meincheim Edson , Carlini Giovani Conrado , De Oliveira Luana
Published: December 2019

A indústria têxtil tem buscado fortemente se manter competitiva no mercado, sendo que um dos seus maiores desafios é a busca pela eficiência na produtividade. Diante disso, o desenvolvimento de um Layout otimizado pode contribuir para a melhoria das atividades das organizações, gerando benefícios para a competitividade. Com isso, o objetivo deste trabalho é desenvolver a metodologia SLP - Systematic Layout Planning para buscar um novo Layout para uma indústria da área têxtil, alinhando a eficiência produtiva aos conceitos de qualidade nos produtos acabados. A metodologia adotada no desenvolvimento deste estudo manteve uma abordagem qualitativa. Já a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas e questionários. Como resultado, constatou-se a importância de se analisar os modelos de layouts produtivos, visto que os resultados atingidos foram de extrema importância para a concordância do trabalho com os objetivos gerais da empresa. Os resultados apresentam as características do novo Layout que foi projetado, de modo a utilizar o espaço disponível, onde foi possível manter os corredores dentro do estabelecido pela norma, além de projetar os maquinários e postos de trabalho de modo a promover um fluxo mais objetivo e eficiente, reduzindo, assim, a movimentação desnecessária de materiais e pessoas.
Quais danos os raios podem causar em nossa vida? Uma sequência didática investigativa
Authors: Leite Juliana Gonçalves , Machado Cassiana Hygino , Caldas Renata Lacerda , Costa Simone Dias Pinto , Alencar Suzana Maria Santos de Oliveira
Published: December 2019

Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar quais implicações para a aprendizagem sobre eletrostática, na temática sobre raios, podem ser obtidas com o uso do método estudo de caso, na forma de sequência didática em três passos: 1) leitura e discussão de um caso baseado em fatos reais, sobre tempestades e raios; 2) exposição oral sobre eletrização, corrente elétrica e diferença de potencial na formação dos raios, com avaliação, por meio de um jogo via aplicativo Plickers; 3) retomada à problemática do caso, para solução final proposta pelos alunos. As respostas iniciais e finais foram analisadas com vistas à evolução do conhecimento. A análise das respostas evidenciou que todos os grupos responderam com base no conhecimento empírico. Na retomada do caso, após abordagem dos conceitos físicos, os alunos mudaram a concepção a respeito do caso e passaram a analisá-lo cientificamente. Dessa forma, foi possível verificar que a sequência didática embasada no método de estudo de caso contribuiu para a aprendizagem de conceitos científicos, colaborando para uma aprendizagem mais significativa dos conceitos de eletroestática, de uma forma mais dinâmica em sala de aula. Acredita-se que a eficácia e o sucesso do método possam colaborar para tornar as aulas de física mais motivadas e atraentes.
Proving the Associated Factor That Contributing the Caries Status among Pre-School Children in Bachok Kelantan
Authors:   School of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia., W. Ahmad* Wan Muhamad Amir , Hasan Ruhaya ,   School of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia., Khamis Mohd Fadhli ,   School of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia., Aleng Nor Azlida ,   School of Ocean Engineering Technology and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia., Mohamad Noraini ,   School of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Published: December 2019

This paper focuses on the proving of the associated factor for the caries status among preschool children in Bachok, Kelantan. This research paper is mainly focused on the potential factor that most contributing to Early Childhood Caries (ECC). There are two methodologies approaches in this research paper which is Decision Tree Analysis (DTA) and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP). The results from both analyses can be used to assist the public and also the stakeholder to control the prevalence of ECC in the future. Results from both analyses are also very useful to redesign the health treatment among pre-school children, to educate the parents, teachers, and to improve the service which offered by the ministry of health from time to time by focusing the most influential factors which lead to ECC in the local community. According to the result of Decision Tree Analysis, the most factor that leads to caries status among preschool children are father’s occupation, household income, children’s weight and the type of water used in their house. While using Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) neural networks modeling, the factor can be summarized as household income factor, children’s weight, father occupation and also the type of water used in their house. From the results of the Decision Tree and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) reveals that the top three factors lead to ECC were household income factor, children’s weight, father’s occupation. This information will provide a very useful information to forecast ECC status among preschool children.
Endoscopic Video Pre-Processing using Histogram Equalization and Canny Edge Detection Technique and Hough Transform Technique for Polyp Detection
Authors:   Research Scholar, Dept. of CSE, R N S Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, INDIA, B S* Nagesh , Kavya Dr. N P ,   Professor, Department of CSE R N S Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, INDIA
Published: December 2019

Paper An effective image processing approach has been shown to process real time endoscopic videos to support practitioners in taking vital decisions regarding cancer patients. The images are extracted from real time endoscopy videos using the available software and fed into Matlab for image processing, the results of the processed videos are returned back to the host software. Image processing techniques are used to recognize and enhance the visualization of the polyps present in gastro intestinal tract which help the practitioners in decision making. The intention of the system is to assist the physician or medical practitioner for better visualization and identifying abnormal structures like polyps and bleeding regions during the endoscopic procedures. This proposed system is experimented on the recorded gastrointestinal dataset which contains ten sequence videos with 7894 total frames.
Status of Village Regulations in the Indonesian Legislation System
Authors:   Departement of Law , University of muhammadiyah Gresik, Gresik, Indonesia, Wardana* Dodi Jaya , Rajiani Ismi ,   Economic and Bussines Departement , University of muhammadiyah Gresik, Gresik, Indonesia
Published: December 2019

This journal purposes to assess status of village regulation in the Indonesian Legislation System. This journal is a normative legal conducted through library or lbrary research, using the conceptual approach and the statute approach. The results showed that status of village regulations in the legislation system is still a Recognized and has a very strong Juridical footing with the start of Legislation Number 6 of 2014 on the Village. Although the Village Regulation number longer Appears in the hierarchy of legislation after the birth or enactment of Legislation Number 12 Year 2011 on the Establishment of Legislations and Regulations, but its existence is strictly regulated and the position of Village Regulation is stronger Because It has been used as the Juridical governance of the Village With the issuance of Legislation Number 6 Year 2014 on the Village. Legislation Number 12 Year 2011 Concerning the Establishment of Legislations and Regulations still Recognizes the existence of Village Regulations as stipulated in Article 8 paragraph (2) Stating the Legislations Regulation as intended in paragraph (1) is acknowledged to exist and possesses binding legal force as long as it is ordered by a higher Legal Regulation or constituted by authority. Elimination of Village Regulations from the hierarchy legislation does not have implications or impacts on the implementation of village governance, because the Village village governance can still form village regulations together with the village head on a strong basis, namely Legislation Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages.
Alternate Sexuality as a theme in Mahesh Dattani’s Play ‘On a Muggy Night in Mumbai’
Authors:   Dept. of English, GITAM School of Gandhian Studies, GITAM University,Visakhapatnam, Thomas* Shanice Anne , Raj Dr. S.Sushma ,   Dept. of English, GITAM School of Gandhian Studies, GITAM University., Rao Ch. Ganeswara ,   Dept. of English, GITAM School of Gandhian Studies, GITAM University.
Published: December 2019

In today’s context discussions on alternate sexuality find utmost significance considering the fact that people all around the world are becoming aware and open to the idea of it. This paper will explore this area looking at it from the Indian background by examining how society views homosexuality and how people belonging to this milieu become victims to societal expectations and norms through Mahesh Dattani’s play On A Muggy Night In Mumbai (2013). The play however, being written before the amendment of Section 377, throws light on the plight of the homosexual community that was subject to dehumanization and criminalization by the society as well as the law.
Hybrid Method of Document Image Encryption using ECC and Multiple Chaotic Maps
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of ECE, Jain University, Bangalore-562112, Karnataka, India., C R* Revanna , C Keshavamurthy ,   Professor of ECE, SRSIT, Bangalore-562157, Karnataka, India.
Published: December 2019

Document imaging is one of the most important technology used to preserve, retrieve and to transmit old documents over the internet. Since open network threatens the security of such documents from being intercepted, the proposed scheme intends to provide enhanced security for such documents. The proposed hybrid algorithm includes Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), and mixed chaotic system. The ECC encrypts the plain image based on the elliptic points generated by selecting a prime number. The mixed chaotic map includes two-dimensional logistic map and three-dimensional Lorenz map. The 2D logistic map is used for confusing the ECC encrypted image and 3D Lorenz map is used for diffusing the confused image. The two levels of confusion, first with byte level and second with bit level are introduced. The two levels of diffusion, first level with Lorenz map and second level with Fibonacci sequences are introduced. Better net pixel change rate and unified average change intensity with flat histogram and low correlation are achieved in this method. The key Sensitivity, Entropy, Mean Square Error, and Peak Signal to Noise Ratio analysis reveal that the proposed method is resistant to any external invasion. The encryption and decryption speed is increased by using programming techniques. The robustness of the algorithm is also checked and found to be robust against noise and loss of information.
Effect of Distributed Wind Generation on the Voltage Sag of Distribution Networks
Authors:   Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia., Shaaban* Mohamed , Benedict Christy E. A. ,   Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Published: December 2019

As the issue of global warming is worsening, the shift towards using renewable energy resources is becoming more of an obligation rather than an option. With the continual decline in the cost of distributed small and medium-scale renewables and government sponsored programs, the outlook of growth of these converter-based resources remain high. Renewable energy resources are connected at the end-user terminals, in close proximity to the load at the distribution network. Such connection in the locale brings perceived benefits of transmission loss reduction, increased energy efficiency and improved voltage regulation. Yet, distributed renewable generation have noticeable effects on system’s power quality. This paper investigates the impacts of distributed wind generation on the voltage sag of distribution systems. A systematic approach is constructed to capture voltage sag occurrence incidents, due to wind generation connected at distribution nodes, and trigger the dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) into active operation mode to rectify the voltage sag problem. A test feeder system is represented using MATLAB/Simulink with wind turbines connected at several nodes of the system. A model for the DVR is developed in Simulink. It was then integrated with the test feeder system. Simulation results show that the incorporation of increased proportions of wind generation into the distribution network may give rise to negative operating conflicts as far as the voltage sag is concerned. Results manifest that the DVR is capable of effective correction of the voltage sag, caused by a three phase short-circuit fault, in presence of high penetration levels of variable wind generation connected at disparate locations in the distribution network.
Extracting Novel Features for Skin Burn Image Classification
Authors:   Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia., Nei* Kuan Pei , Chua Stephanie ,   Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia., Safawi Ehfa Bujang ,   Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia., Chuon William Tiong Hok ,   Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia., Hui Wang Hui ,   Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia.
Published: December 2019

In this paper, the objective is to propose a set of novel features for the classification of different burn depths by using an image mining approach. Both colour and texture features were studied on skin burn dataset comprising skin burn images categorized into three burn depths by the burn specialist. The performance of the proposed feature set was evaluated using linear SVM on 10-fold cross validation method. The empirical results showed that the six proposed novel features, when used together with the common image features, was the best set of features that was able to classify most of the burn depths in terms of accuracy, precision and recall measures with the values of 96.8750%, 96.9697% and 96.6667% respectively. Automated classification of skin burn depths is essential because the initial burn treatment provided to patients are usually based on the first evaluation of the skin burn injuries by determining the burn depths. However, the burn specialist may not always be available at the accident site. In conclusion, the features extracted that represent the burn characteristics specifically in terms of colour and texture were able to effectively characterise the depth of burns in accordance to burn depth classification.
Quantitative Model for the Systematic Evaluation of Standard Form of Civil Engineering Contract
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Kota Samarahan, Malaysia., Ting* Sim Nee , Ng Chee Khoon ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan
Published: December 2019

This research presents a quantitative model for standard-form review that is systematic and concise with the aim to reduce dependency on individuals’ opinions and the subjectivity in standard-form review. Construction industry in Malaysia has always has a heavy reliance on the standard-forms of contract as its General Conditions of Contract to outline the obligations and the rights or the parties contracting in civil engineering projects. However, according to the literatures available, the existing forms and all their subsequent revisions are still falling short in certain areas. Studies on standard form including those of form revisions are typically conducted qualitatively and in a rather random manner but the search for contractual documents idealization still remains. In this research, eight (8) attributes for standard form study and their relevant parameters were selected. A structured questionnaire survey was done to establish the rankings of these attributes and their importance weighting, Wi. Then, a structured technique to evaluate the clauses based on the Level of Adequacy, Ai against the number of problematic issues, is designed for form reviewer to evaluate each clause. Each clause in the standard-form will have a final Total Evaluation Score (TES). Magnitude of Evaluation of TES is designed to check the magnitude of positivity or negativity of the clauses. It is hoped that with a structured and quantitative model for form evaluation, both the positive points and conversely the problematic areas and issues in standard-forms of contract, not only in Malaysia but worldwide, can be determined in an objective manner, which in turn enhances future form drafting and revisions in the quest for an ‘ideal’ form.
Problems Face by Cosmetic Product towards Online Purchasingin Nagercoil
Authors:   Ph.D*. Scholar, Department Of Commerce And Rescarch Centre, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India., Dhanalakshmi  , Singh I. Samuel Sundar ,   Rescarch Supervisor, Assistant Professor, Department Of Commerce And Research Centre, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this study was to discover if information sources, product and online shopping orientation influence which cosmetic product by a customer. Shopping orientation had the highly Famous products are cosmetics, of which nail polish, eyeliner and mascara account for the high sales. The current reading has made an intense effort to study the problem face by online cosmetic products in Nagercoil. Only 80 samples was choose on unplanned source for this study. Further, a study may also be taken to identify the variances in the stage of cosmetic products towards online buyer face by problems.
An Intelligent Energy Management Frame Work using Fuzzy Logic for Grid Connected Hybrid Energy System
Authors:   Research scholar ,Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Acharya Nagrajuna University College of Engineering and Technology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andra Pradesh ,India., Rajaji* V. Dega , Sekhar Dr.K.Chandra ,   Professor and Head, Department of EEE, R.V.R.& J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India.
Published: December 2019

India is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of energy consumption. Currently, it is the fifth largest consumer of energy in the world, and will be the third largest by 2030. The country is heavily dependent on fossil sources of energy for most of its demand. In response to present scenario of energy consumption, India is gradually shifting focus towards its renewable energy resources. Power can be delivered at maximum efficiency with maximum continuity through an effective energy management system. The energy management system should effectively and efficiently manage the power exchange among different units of systems and also reliably regulate the load to ensure that the load is always supplied. This paper proposes a Fuzzy Logic based optimal energy management Strategy for complex systems that comprises of PV Energy System, Wind Energy System, Fuel Cell and a Battery. The performance of the proposed approach is evaluated by simulation in different operating conditions. To this purpose some performance indexes are considered, such as: the frequency deviation, the stability of the DC bus voltage and the AC voltage total harmonic distortion.
The Influencing Factors that Impact the Buying Intention of Malaysian Students towards Samsung Smartphones
Authors:   Ph.D. in Business Management at Universiti Sains Malaysia., Abudaqa* Anas , AlMujaini Hasan ,   Ph.D. in Business Management at Universiti Sains Malaysia., Hilmi Dr. Mohd ,   Professor In Technology And Innovation Management at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Published: December 2019

Present study aims to review the factors that have an affect over the buying intention of Malaysian students towards Samsung smartphones. Key purpose is to review the effect of factors like reliability, price, product features and brand recognition on the intention of buying among students in Malaysia with respect to Samsung smartphones. To acquire the data needed to carry out the research, an empirical study was done using the quantitative research approach. An online questionnaire was created that includes combination of close ended and 5 point likert scale questions. The questionnaire was dispersed to 200 respondents from a research sample that was created by adopting simple random method of sampling. Data for this study that obtained from sample was then processed and analyzed using statistical tests in SPSS. The findings were discussed and conclusions were drawn.
Experimental and Numerical Delving Of Full Spiral Shell and Tube EGR Cooler
Authors:   Head of Department-Mech. Engg. at Matoshri College of Engineering & research Centre, Nasik, Pune University, India, Bhangale* Jayant H. , Krishnani Ajay L. ,   Assistant Professor in SND College of Engineering and Research Center, Yeola.
Published: December 2019

Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers can profoundly reduce hazardous NOx emissions from Diesel engines. In this project flow and heat transfer characteristics of Full spiral shell and tube EGR cooler is investigated experimentally and numerically using CFD (ANSYS FLUENT V16.4) software. Geometrical parameters of modification of spiral corrugated tubes include diameters (inside and outside), effective length, thickness, Pitch, number of revolutions were made by constructing 5 models of EGR coolers with A-7 tubes, B-9 tubes, C-11 tubes, D-13 tubes and E-15 tubes using ANSYS FLUENT. Model D with 13 tubes is found to be efficient and economical. Using spiral corrugated tubes shown improvement in Heat transfer effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient experimentally and numerically for 13 tubes EGR Cooler. Also almost 22% increase in effectiveness is observed using spiral corrugated tubes instead of plain tubes. Both experimental and numerical results are obtained and are compared. BS-VI is a significant advancements with regard to NOx limits having 0.06 gm/km. EGR cooler with spiral corrugated tubes can help in reducing NOx limits to great extent.
Ensemble Classification Model for Diabetes Prediction in Data Mining
Authors:   Research Scholar, IEC College of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida(U.P.), India., Kumar* Munendra , Kumar Anuj ,   Associate Professor, IEC College of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida(U.P.), India.
Published: December 2019

The prediction analysis is the approach which can predict the future possibilities based on the current information. The diabetes prediction is the approach which is applied to predict the diabetes based on the various attributes. The diabetes dataset has various attributes and based on that attributes diabetes can be predicted. In the previous years approach of SVM is applied for the diabetes prediction. To improve accuracy of diabetes prediction voting based classification is applied in this paper. The proposed model is implemented in python and results are analyzed in terms of accuracy, execution time
Performance Evaluation of Stress Concentration Factor for Shoulder Fillet on Round Bar under Bending Loading
Authors:   Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Ganpat University, Ganpat Vidyanagar, India., Prajapati* Hiren , Patel Bhavesh ,   Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Ganpat University, Ganpat Vidyanagar, India.
Published: December 2019

In industries, many unexpected failures of machine components occurs due to lack of proper design, sudden changes that happen during working conditions and pre-existing geometrical irregularities. The geometric discontinuities cannot be avoided as they fulfill functional requirements. The shaft or round bar with shoulder fillet is one of the machine components working under different loading conditions. In the present work, shoulder filleted shaft/round bar working under bending loading conditions is taken for study and the stress concentration factor was evaluated. Finite element analysis (FEA) is performed for a total of seven different geometries with different D/d ratios and analyzed them using ANSYS 19.0 workbench software. Based on the equivalent (Von Mises) stresses obtained from the FEA, stress concentration factor (SCF) for the shoulder filleted shaft is calculated and compared with the theoretical results obtained from derived modified Pilkey’s equations, Roark’s equations, and S. M. Tipton equations. The outcome of results shows that for lower D/d ratios both results were identical in nature but for higher D/d ratios, the results found deviated. The SCFs are decreased with increasing D/d ratios. The results of SCFs are presented in the form of graphs for comparison purpose as well as one can refer it for his/her applications.
Lab scale Footing Analysis on Stabilization of Black Cotton Soil
Authors:   Civil Department , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam,Tamil Nadu,India., V* Preetha. , V.M Gnanasundar ,   Civil Department , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam,Tamil Nadu,India.., M ArulSurya ,   Civil Department , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam,Tamil Nadu,India., R Ramya ,   Civil Department , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam,Tamil Nadu,India., S Nayannathara. ,   Civil Department , Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam,Tamil Nadu,India.
Published: December 2019

Expansive soil implies low bearing capacity and high swelling property perhaps causes serious problems during construction includes low stability, non-uniform settlements and shear distribution. The soil stabilization is one such method to improve the process and it depends upon the soil condition and the nature of soil according to the desired requirements of footing. This study aims to increase the index and engineering properties of soil by addition of the natural fiber (sisal), lime and silica fume. Soil stabilization by lime involves the admixture in the form of calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide to the soil and silica fume as an industrial waste by product acts as a pore filling material. The project is economically viable because the stabilizing materials are easily available and less cost. This project is also analyzed by using the PLAXIS software.
Prioritized Retransmission: A TCP Flow Control Mechanism
Authors:   Chairman (CSTT) & Director (CHD), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India, New Delhi, India., Kumar* Dr. Avanish , Kumhar Dharamdas ,   Department of Mathematical Sciences & Computer Applications, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P.), India.
Published: December 2019

Now-a-days, efforts have been made in the research of transmission control protocols to improve the performance of the flow control mechanism. Internet communication and services daily increase the variety and quantity of their capacity and needs. Therefore the flow control mechanism will have to consider valuable for traffic control, especially on high-speed networks. Initially there are some challenges, for instance, loss of packet, processing capacity, performance, buffer overflows and deadlocks with which daily traffic is confronted. This paper analyzes and reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of the different flow control mechanisms used in TCP. To overcome the weaknesses of these flow controls, we suggest a priority retransmission mechanism. Here we have priority on the Negative Acknowledgment (NACK), we resend the package on the basis of the minimum sequence number of the NACK. In buffer of priority retransmission Automatic Repeat request (ARQ) mechanism, the packet is released to the communication link in a First in First out (FIFO) manner. That is why the priority retransmission ARQ gives the optimum performance.
Fusion of brain MRI and CT images and Classification of brain tumor using Machine Learning Algorithm
Authors:   Professor in the Depart of Electronics and Communication Engineering at KIT-Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology., Jayasheela*  , Gomathi  ,   Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at KIT-Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology.
Published: December 2019

Brain tumor is the most common and destructive disease which reduces the life time of people. The earlier detection of brain tumor plays a most important role for better treatment of the patient. In this paper, a new technique for brain tumor classification using machine learning by fusion of MRI and CT images are proposed. Image fusion is a process of fusing two or more images (i.e. MRI and CT scan images) to obtain a new one which contains more accurate information of the brain than any of the individual source images. Initially fusion of MRI and CT scan images has been carried out using Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT). Then watershed transform is applied for image segmentation and discriminative robust local binary patter (DRLBP)is employed to extract the features exactly from the fused image. Classification of the tumor is done by Support Vector Machine (SVM) thereby reducing the generalization error and increasing the accuracy. The ultimate goal is to classify the tissues into normal and abnormal using machine learning algorithms .Image fusion process yields more accurate information of the brain than any of the individual source images.
Spatiotemporal Monitoring and Prediction of Land Use Integrating the Markov Chain and Cellular Automata in the Coastal Chaouia
Authors:   GIE Laboratory, Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco., Souidi* H. , Ouadif L. ,   GIE Laboratory, Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, Bahi L. ,   GIE Laboratory, Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, Habitou N. ,   Hydraulic Systems Analysis Team (HSAT), Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Published: December 2019

In the last decades, the world population rate has been gradually increasing, this population growth has faced intense urban expansion and the rapid development of the agricultural and industrial sectors. This change had an impact on the mode of land use. In the face of this problem, several strategies have been created for monitoring and predicting possible future scenarios on rhythm of land use change. The CA-Markov model used in this research allows to predict future land use trends on the basis of the classified maps of 1987, 1999, 2011 and 2019. Simulating and tracking these maps is a major challenge. The latter provides important information in terms of data, methods and models to be used to create a realistic and sustainable process of territory planning for environmentalists, planners and local authorities. The combination of the Markov chain and cellular automata has been used to qualitatively and quantitatively simulate and evaluate future land use trends in coastal Chaouia, Morocco. To achieve this purpose, two maps were developed for the two years of 2027 and 2035. By using kappa, the global success of the modelling was 89.22% and 82.12% respectively in 2011 and 2019 for the projected land use map. The results confirm that forests have been affected by intensive agricultural uses. This increase in agricultural use is due to the impact of the constant increase in the development of the agroeconomic and demographic sectors. This situation indicates the need to create new approach to management to protect the sustainability of land use in coastal Chaouia.
Mobile Banking – An Answer to Financial Inclusion in Hilly Rural India.
Authors:   Research Scholar, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India, Mehta Anil , Chakrabarti Dr. Deepankar ,   Professor and Dean, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India, Srivastava Dr. Rajeev ,   Head of Department, Decision Science Department, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India, Mehta Dr. Ranjeet ,   Principal Director, PHD Chambers, New Delhi, India
Published: December 2019

Financial Inclusion is still a major challenge for the India, despite of being one of major agenda since 2004-2005, due to difficulty in reaching far flung areas of the country comprising 600,000 villages. This has huge implications on economic development of the country. Therefore there is regular thrust from Government of India (GoI) to bring everyone to the ambit of formal banking system through various schemes. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) is one of the major GoI schemes that have contributed significantly to financial inclusion in India. India has more mobile connections compared to banking accounts, therefore GoI in Economic Survey 2014-15, proposed JAM (JanDhan Yojana, Aadhar Number and Mobile Number) trinity to use ICT for more efficient and effective spread of formal banking even to the hilly areas where brick and mortar banks are difficult to build and sustain. Hence to understand the constructs of mobile banking adoption for financial inclusion in Champawat district of Uttrakhand, India under MNREGA, this research discusses revised technology acceptance model (TAM) and carefully picked constructs from literature review which were weaved together by using Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (TISM) to form a conceptual model for Champawat District of Uttrakhand, India.
Intelligent Traffic Management using RFID Technology
Authors:   Research Scholar, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, P* Vijayaraman , Jayarin Dr. P Jesu ,   Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Published: December 2019

Vehicular traffic can hardly escape the list of critical problems in the world that demand to be resolved at the earliest. Attempting to eradicate the factors that led to this menace is a process too long for the current critical situation to wait for and stay unattended. Considering the serious consequences that ensue as a result of traffic jams, some solution that can bring an expeditious remedy needs to be found in order to handle the current situation. And this paper is aimed at proposing one such solution which can considerably ameliorate the degree of the mayhem that is prevailing, using Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology.
Performance Evaluation of Thermal-Hydro Hybrid system with Wind Energy Storage system
Authors:   Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, Arora* Krishan , Kumar Ashok ,   Department of Electrical Engineering, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Haryana, Kumar Vikram ,   Department of Electrical Engineering, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Haryana
Published: December 2019

In the research work, impactness of Renewable Energy source like Wind Energy is reinforced to enhance the dynamic performance of Thermal and Hydro power plant under various operating conditions in which steam act as a major contributor for generation of electricity and rest of the generation through water. This technique is helpful in agricultural as well as islet spaces. The uneven generation of power will cause fluctuation in load followed by large disturbance in frequency of power system. To overcome this nature of fluctuations, wind energy will offer and consume instantly the true and apparent powers. The execution and it’s testing are exhausted in a convenient MATLAB/Simulink condition with the application of step load and a continuing load perturbation of 1% within the system and whose results exposed that involvement of wind energy storage unit in the hybrid Thermal Hydro power system enhance transient performance of each thermal & hydro sides.
Color Removal and COD Reduction of Organic Effluent Stream from a Petrochemical Plant
Authors:   Research & Development, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (GSFC) Limited, Vadodara, India., Jain* Swati , Lenka Priyadarshini ,   Research & Development, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (GSFC) Limited, Vadodara, India., Vaishnav Pujan ,   Research & Development, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (GSFC) Limited, Vadodara, India.
Published: December 2019

The best known procedures for effluent treatment from petrochemical industry are to be discussed and systematized. This article briefs the concerns raised due to wastewaters released by petrochemical industry, treatment methods presently used for treating the petrochemical industrial effluents and new innovative processes proposed for the petrochemical industrial effluents. This paper investigates the various effluent treatment methods for the removal of color and COD reduction in caprolactam effluent. The results demonstrated that advanced oxidation processes are found to be effective for the removal of color and COD reduction from caprolactam effluent.
Design of Low Power, High Gain Fully Differential Folded Cascode Operational Amplifier for Front End Read Out Circuits
Authors:   School of Electronics & Communication,Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University,Katra, J&K, India, Sharma* Gaurav , Reddy Sushma ,   Bharti Vidya Peeth College of Engineering , New Delhi, India, Bhardwaj Anil Kumar ,   School of Electronics & Communication,Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University,Katra, J&K, India, Rehalia Arvind ,   Bharti Vidya Peeth College of Engineering , New Delhi, India Sumeet Gupta, School of Electronics & Communication,Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University,Katra, J&K, India, Pandit Amit Kant ,   School of Electronics & Communication,Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University,Katra, J&K, India
Published: December 2019

The Front end read out circuits are major block in the implementation of Capacitive MEMS accelerometer. Front end read-out circuits comprises of preamplifier block containing folded cascode fully differential operational amplifier which are required for the signal conditioning of the signals received from the MEMS sensors. The op-amps are prime elements in design and implementation of mixed signal integrated circuits. The high gain and low power of the designed circuits helps in the designing of high precision IC’s for numerous application. Amongst the available topologies folded cascode topology plays vital role in the design and development of low power, high gain read out circuits. This paper illustrates the design and analysis of low power, high gain fully differential Folded Cascode Operational Amplifier for front end read out circuits. The designed op-amp exhibits a power consumption or dissipation of 92.14 μW and relatively higher open loop DC gain value with a value calculated at 81.33 dB by employing folded cascode topology. The UGB and Phase Margin for the selected design are 35 MHz and 83.60 respectively. The design operates at 5V power supply with the bias current of 12.11 μA. The circuit design and simulations have been implemented using 0.18 μm CMOS technology.
Rule Based Morphological Variation Removable Stemming Algorithm
Authors:   Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Maheswari* S , MCA. Dr. K. Arthi ,   M.Phil.,Ph.D, Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Applications, Government Arts College, Coimbatore.
Published: December 2019

Sentiment analysis is a technique to analyze the people opinion, attitude, sentiment and emotion towards any particular object. Sentiment analysis has the following steps to predict the opinion of a review sentences. The steps are preprocessing, feature selection, classification and sentiment prediction. Preprocessing is the main important step and it consists of many techniques. They are Stop word Removal, punctuation removal, conversion of numbers to number names. Stemming is another important preprocessing technique which is used to transform the words in text into their grammatical root form and is mainly used to improve the retrieval of the information from the internet. It is applied mainly to get strengthen the retrieval of the information. Many morphological languages have immense amount of morphological deviation in the words. It triggered vast challenges. Many algorithms exist with different techniques and has several drawbacks. The aim of this paper is to propose a rule based stemmer that is a truncating stemmer. The new stemming mechanism in this paper has brought about many morphological changes. The new rule based morphological variation removable stemming algorithm is better than the existing other algorithms such as New Porter, Paice/Lovins and Lancaster stemming algorithm.
Fuzzy Logic Controlled Paddle Wheel Aerator
Authors:   Computer Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Abana* Ertie C. , Lorenzo Ariel M. ,   Electronics Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Argal Krizel Angelie ,   Electronics Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Bacud Ian Kim ,   Electronics Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Barcena Jeric ,   Electronics Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Anthony Berbano Mervin Gabriel ,   Electronics Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Littaua Khristian Russell ,   Electronics Engineering Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines., Tiangco Shawn Wayne ,   Information Technology Education Program, University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines.
Published: December 2019

Aeration, as an essential process in the aquaculture industry, has incorporated mechanical aerators especially paddle wheel which is dubbed as the most efficient type. However, an operation of such a device depends on traditional on/off mechanisms based on human intuitions when the need for aeration is necessary. In this paper, Mamdani Fuzzy Logic was integrated into automating the paddlewheel aerator to control and to ensure the correct level of dissolved oxygen in ponds. A microcontroller based on the received output from the dissolved oxygen sensor is capable of automatically controlling the impellers appropriate to the current environment condition. Series of testing was conducted to look at the accuracy of the sensing mechanism and a mean relative error of 1.32% was detected. The researchers compared theoretical and actual supply voltage for all possible dissolved oxygen readings and interpreted a 0.73% mean relative error. With the incorporation of Fuzzy Logic Controller, the system was able to maintain 6 parts per million in the test environment. The system can also reduce power consumption to 65.13% compared to traditional switching. The aerator developed in this study can be used in maintaining the dissolved oxygen in aquaculture farms without human intervention.
Corrosion Mitigation of Reinforcement in Concrete using Magnesium Anodes
Authors:   Sr. Bridge Engineer, Department of Civil Engineering, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore., Murthy* Mr. Yogesh Iyer , Kumar Dr. Abhishek ,   Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India., Gandhi Dr. Sumit ,   Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Jaypee University Of Engineering And Technology, MP, India.
Published: December 2019

In the present work, an attempt has been made for the cathodic protection of structural steel reinforcement using Magnesium anode. For the same, two slabs were casted using steel reinforcement mat of 10 mm diameter. First slab was casted with cement containing 3.5% NaCl by weight of cement was added, while the other was casted without NaCl. Magnesium anode with design life of three years was centrally placed in both the cases. Half-cell potential readings were taken on regular basis along with temperature and relative humidity. It could be concluded that the negative potential in both cases increased towards the center, i.e. towards the anode. Further, significant drop in negative potential could be observed in the slabs with increase in duration of cathodic protection. Relative humidity and temperature were found to play major role in HCP readings.