bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Development of Deep Learning Algorithm for Brain Tumor Segmentation
Authors:   Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of CSE, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF), Guntur, A.P.India., Patil Ms.Jyoti , Pradeepini Dr.G. ,   Professor, Department of CSE, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF), Guntur, A.P.India.
Published: November 2019

Medical imaging is an emerging field in engineering. As traditional way of brain tumor analysis, MRI scanning is the way to identify brain tumor. The core drawback of manual MRI studies conducted by surgeons is getting manual visual errorswhich can lead toofa false identification of tumor boundaries. To avoid such human errors, ultra age engineering adopted deep learning as a new technique for brain tumor segmentation. Deep learning convolution network can be further developed by means of various deep learning models for better performance. Hence, we proposed a new deep learning algorithm development which can more efficiently identifies the types of brain tumors in terms of level of tumor like T1, T2, and T1ce etc. The proposed system can identify tumors using convolution neural network(CNN) which works with the proposed algorithm “Sculptor DeepCNet”. The proposed model can be used by surgeons to identify post-surgical remains (if any) of brain tumors and thus proposed research can be useful for ultra-age neural surgical image assessments. This paper discusses newly developed algorithm and its testing results.
Effect of Lateral Loads and Soil Structure Interface on Structural Performance of RCC Chimney
Authors:   Reasearch Scholar, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India., Anchoori* Hari Devender , Bollapragada Sesha Srinivas ,   Professor and Retired Principal, University College of Engineering, Kakatiya University, Kothagudem, India.
Published: November 2019

Chimneys are distinguished requirements for Power generation and other Manufacturing areas which are vital to be constructed vertically to discharge combustion gases and chemical waste gases to the environment. Due to the hasty growth of mechanization and escalating the requirement to control of Air pollution, the construction of tall Chimneys becomes a regular structure in contemporary circumstances. Tall chimney shells generally designed to resist vertical and lateral loads especially due to the effect of Wind and Earthquake. RCC Chimney shell will transfer these vertical and lateral loads to its foundation system. Soil Structure Interaction (SSI) is the response of soil which impacts the behavior of the structure or behavior of the structure which affects on response of soil. Soil Structure Interaction is essential for tall structures which especially resting on soft soil strata. This review work presents a widespread appraisal of the research presented in the area of RCC chimney and communicates most recent enlightenments and improvements happened in the analysis and design. This paper makes an attempt on focusing the modeling features of RCC chimneys which contains analysis, design aspects and several case studies, with the help of various software programs with the effects of lateral loads and soil structure interaction. The present review paper also corresponds to a complete anthology of the research accomplished on RCC chimney and will gives rationalized technical information for the researchers.
Developing Soft Skills through Project Based Learning in Technical and Vocational Institutions
Authors:   Lecturer, Department of Technical Education, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, Kafanchan, Dogara Gimba , Saud Sukri Muhammad Bin ,   Professor, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA, Kamin Yusri bin ,   Associate Professor, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA, Hamid Mohd Zolkifli bin Abd ,   B.Sc (HONS) (Food Science & Nutrition), PGDip. Ed (Biology & Science) (UTM), M.Ed (Technical & Vocational Education) (UTM), Ph.D (Technical & Vocational Education) (UTM)., Nordin Mohd Safarin bin ,   Dip/Mech. Eng (UTM), B.Tech. Ed (Hons) (UTM), M.Ed (Technical & Vocational Education) (UTM), Ph.D (Technical & Vocational Education) (UTM),
Published: November 2019

Soft skills have become critical in the preparation of employable graduates. The education system must, therefore, aim to ensure quality training for the production of employable graduates. Soft skills are personal abilities that one retains and can adequately be nurtured through active participation of students in the teaching and learning process. It is validated by researchers that the prevalent employability skills deficiencies have been one of the main causes of unemployment globally. Consequently, soft skills have all the potentials for equipping graduates with adequate employability skills. Thus, this study investigated the effect of project-based learning on the development of soft skills among technical students at technical and vocational colleges, Kaduna State, Nigeria Smart PLS software was used to test the developed model. As the sample size for this study was relatively small, the researchers were not certain to have normally distributed data. Subsequently, Smart PLS is appropriate for non-normally distributed data and therefore, it was used to simultaneously evaluate the measurement model, structural models and to confirm the convergent and discriminant validity of the measure. The study revealed that collaborative skills construct have a significant positive relationship with soft skills of technical students at technical and vocational colleges, while communication skills, initiative skills, and problem-solving skills have a positive insignificant relationship with soft skills of technical students at technical and vocational colleges. The findings of this study suggest that the curriculum of technical programs in Nigerian technical colleges need to be reviewed and geared more towards activity-based teaching and learning to enable technical students effectively develop soft skills for employment.
Workability and Strength Analysis of Concrete with Brick Ballast as Coarse Aggregate
Authors:   Department of Civil Egg., Centurion University of Technology and Manangement, Bhubaneswar, India., Jena* Rakesh Kumar , Pani Pratap Kumar ,   Department of Civil Egg, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Dhenkanal, India., Singh Sudeep Kumar ,   Department of Mechanical Engg., Centurion University of Technology and Manangement, Bhubaneswar, India., Nayak Prasant Kumar ,   Department of Civil Engg., Centurion University of Technology and Manangement, Bhubaneswar, India.
Published: November 2019

The presented research focuses on the experimental investigation to calculate the suitability of using recycled brick ballast obtained as demolition debris to serve as partial substitute to coarse aggregates for concrete of different grades like M10, M15, M20, M25 and by varying the product mix in different replacement proportions as 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% by weight. The proposed methodology is based on a series of tests carried out, focusing mainly on the workability and characteristic strength analysis of concrete with graded brick ballast and comparing them with the conventional cement concrete. The experimental work included several types of concrete made keeping the water-cement ratio as 0.45 and with target slump value 70-100 mm. The influence of replacing different percentages of coarse aggregates to produce different concrete grades was closely observed. The conclusion drawn from the test results conforms, the possibility to use brick ballast in concrete for M25 grade with 25% by weight of the coarse aggregate as optimum value.
Novel Algorithm for Enhancing Bitrate in MANET for Topology Based Routing Protocol
Authors:   Pursuing Ph.D., Department of Computer Science & Applications, M. D. University, Rohtak, India, Ms. Munisha  , Gill* Dr. Nasib Singh ,   Professor, Department of Computer Science & Applications, M. D. University, Rohtak, India
Published: November 2019

Mobile computing is rapidly growing due to powerful, cheaper and smaller devices in a smart environment. By creating smart devices with mobile communication abilities, the idea of being connected anytime, anywhere and anyhow has become reality. Group of smart devices creates a mobile network (Ad Hoc Network) while communicating directly and wirelessly. When mobile nodes move, the topology changes frequently and dynamically, at that time security or some network management mechanism is required. By reviewing the functional mechanism, advantages, and disadvantages of previous routing protocols, new routing protocols can be designed for MANET and performance evaluation of different protocols is very important for the designing of a new mechanism. Various routing protocols have been designed for MANETS but these are not sufficient for all the needed requirements in MANET environment. Comparisons analysis of different protocols have been conducted in these networks using different scenarios, however, they are still not sufficient to make decisions as to which protocol is better for a specific scenario, that's why lot of research is still being conducted, in the design implementation and enhancement of novel protocols in network. This paper presents various securities and safety-related issues of MANET systems, and also advocate the requirement of enhancing routing protocols. MANET protocol has been enhanced to increase the bitrate of active protocol in mobile network and performance comparison carried out between the existing and proposed approach.
Automated Essay Scoring using Ontology Generator and Natural Language Processing with Question Generator based on Blooms Taxonomy’s Cognitive Level
Authors:   Computer Science, Far Eastern University Institute of Technology, Manila, Philippines., Contreras* Jennifer , Hilles Shadi ,   Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, Al-Madinah Internationa University, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia, Abubakar Zainab Binti ,   Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, Al-Madinah Internationa University, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
Published: November 2019

Essay writing examination is commonly used learning activity in all levels of education and disciplines. It is advantageous in evaluating the student’s learning outcomes because it gives them the chance to exhibit their knowledge and skills freely. For these reasons, a lot of researchers turned their interest in Automated essay scoring (AES) is one of the most remarkable innovations in text mining using Natural Language Processing and Machine learning algorithms. The purpose of this study is to develop an automated essay scoring that uses ontology and Natural Language Processing. Different learning algorithms showed agreeing prediction outcomes but still regression algorithm with the proper features incorporated with it may produce more accurate essay score. This study aims to increase the accuracy, reliability and validity of the AES by implementing the Gradient ridge regression with the domain ontology and other features. Linear regression, linear lasso regression and ridge regression were also used in conjunction with the different features that was extracted. The different features extracted are the domain concepts, average word length, orthography (spelling mistakes), grammar and sentiment score. The first dataset used is the ASAP dataset from Kaggle website is used to train and test different machine learning algorithms that is consist of linear regression, linear lasso regression, ridge regression and gradient boosting regression together with the different features identified. The second dataset used is the one extracted from the student’s essay exam in Human Computer Interaction course. The results show that the Gradient Boosting Regression has the highest variance and kappa scores. However, we can tell that there are similarities when it comes to performances for Linear, Ridge and Lasso regressions due to the dataset used which is ASAP. Furthermore, the results were evaluated using Cohen Weighted Kappa (CWA) score and compared the agreement between the human raters. The CWA result is 0.659 that can be interpreted as Strong level of agreement between the Human Grader and the automated essay score. Therefore, the proposed AES has 64-81% reliability level.
Time Series Based Crude Palm Oil Price Forecasting Model with Weather Elements using LSTM Network
Authors:   Faculty of Information Technology Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia., Kanchymalay* Kasturi , Salim N. ,   Faculty of Engineering, School of Computing, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia., Krishnan Ramesh ,   Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
Published: November 2019

In field of agro economic, Crude Palm Oil (CPO) price forecasting is still heavily relies on human expertise. This paper proposes a CPO price forecasting model to assist the palm oil plantation organization in anticipating more effectively monthly fluctuations and manage the supply and demand efficiently avoid problems of price going very low. The parameters used by the predictor consist of weather variables, namely, temperature, rain amount, pressure, humidity and radiation as well as past CPO price. CPO price for past 10 years collected from MPOC and the environmental parameters collected from meteorology department of Malaysia during the period 2005 to 2016, were used to model CPO price using a Long-Term Short Memory Network (LSTM). Our results showed that the LSTM model predicted monthly fluctuations of the price with an average accuracy of 90%. The contribution suggests that the LSTM based forecasting could assist worldwide palm planters in decision making on palm oil crop management and operation processes.
Detection of an Intruder and Protecting Automated Teller Machine using Seismic Sensor
Authors:   Embedded and VLSI design, Dr. D Y Patil School of Engineering, Pune, India,, Kumar* Avinash , Mahajan Dr. Rashmi P ,   Embedded and VLSI design, Dr. D Y Patil School of Engineering, Pune, India,
Published: November 2019

Main motive of this proposed work is to develop an accurate security system for the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). High security is achieved by detecting harmful movements at the location. The proposed system uses Fuzzy logic and KNN classifiers to detect the motion accurately and take appropriate action. Fuzzification is implemented to work on larger data set and to observe different smaller data. Furthermore data is processed through the k-NN classifier to get the nearest result like it is intrusive behavior or normal behavior. If it is intrusive behavior then the door is locked and camera starts recording simultaneously message will be sent to the concern authority to take the counter action. Sensing system is developed with the help of geophone sensors, microcontroller. The proposed system achieves the accuracy of 98 percent to detect the harmful action.
Design and Analysis of Biogas Powered Refrigerator for Dairy Farmers
Authors:   Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, Sankhla Er. Vijayendra Singh , Sharma Dr. Deepak ,   Professor, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, Kothari Dr. Surendra ,   Professor, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, Jain Dr. Sudhir ,   Professor, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, Agarwal Dr. Chitranjan ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur
Published: November 2019

Biogas operated refrigeration system is being designed, fabricated and installed at Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur for a 40 L capacity based on absorption principle. Developed biogas operated absorption refrigeration system has advantages of silent operation, no moving part. Developed system utilizes any heat source and therefore can operate anywhere, without electric utility infrastructure. In the presented research work analysis was done to identify the losses so that the performance of the developed refrigeration system can be evaluated & renewable energy resources can be used more efficiently to power refrigerators based on absorption principle.
Design, Simulation and Performance Analysis of a Battery Electric Vehicle Model
Authors:   Research Scholar, Dept. of EN, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India., Khan* Neha , Singh Dr. Bhupal ,   H.O.D , Dept of EN, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India.
Published: November 2019

Electric vehicles (EVs), in today’s scenario have become a replacement of conventional mode of transportation as they have shown an ability to minimize the carbon and sulfur emitting fuel operating vehicles. In this study, the components of the battery operated EV (BEV) systems are discussed and a model of BEV on the MATLAB-Simulink platform is simulated. Moreover, the relevant electrical system components as well as its corresponding equations for verification are identified. Furthermore, all simulation results were considered. Thus this study presents a foundation for higher researches in the field of EVs.
Data Security using Trust by Integrating WSN and CC and Reputation Calculation Technique
Authors:   Department of Computer Science and Engineering University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Bengaluru - 560001, India, Buddesab  , J Thriveni ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Bengaluru - 560001, India, R Venugopan K ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Bengaluru - 560001, India
Published: November 2019

Integration of Cloud Computing and Wireless Sensor Network led tremendous growth in the development of Information Technology, during the trust and reputation of service providers for information technology play an essential role. Cloud computing is web-based computing was in the services based on the internet such as data, storage, and computing resources are delivered to the local devices through the internet. Wireless sensor network deals with monitoring, gathering of the information about the physical or environmental conditions. The integration of these two domains has tremendous advantages to improve the business infrastructure and performance worldwide. The security of data on the cloud and calculation of trust and reputation of the Cloud Service Provides (CSP) and Sensor Network Providers (SNP) are the issues for this new paradigm. To fulfill these issues This paper presents novel techniques, for 1) trust and reputation calculation 2) data security on cloud 3) choosing desirable CSP and SNP for the service. This paper proposes Data Security by taking into account the services of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Cloud Service Providers. Our experimental results help users to choose the best service providers in case of both Cloud and Wireless Sensor Network. In addition to that, data security is provided using a data encryption algorithm.
Securing Fog Storage Nodes u sing a n Attribute b ased Encryption Scheme a nd Multi Factor Authentication
Authors:   Department of Information Technology, Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai, India. Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai,, Velmurugan* J. , Manjula S. ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology
Published: November 2019

Fog computing is an extended and distributed infrastructure where the application processes are managed between the end devices and the edge of the grouped system for better and reliable services. Fog computing is a non-insignificant augmentation of cloud which comes in to the same security and production difficulties of cloud computing. Existing conventional techniques like digital certificates and signature verification schemes suffers due to the advancement of cyber criminals in revoking the certificates. To enable authentication and confidentiality among a group of gathered fog nodes, in this paper, a novel CP-ABE based scheme along with multi-factor user authentication (CP-ABE-MA) is proposed. Further, the paper uses some obfuscation technique which obscures the data to evade the illegal user access. In general, the cloud is a RAW data type which consists of any data format, hence respective on the data type the encryption conversion can be used. CP-ABE can be connected to letters in order and alphanumeric sort of information and jumbling can be connected to a numeric kind of information. Applying encryption methods on the cloud information will give more security against unapproved use. Privacy could be accomplished with a blend of encryption and confusion. In order to evaluate the efficiency, the proposed protocol is implemented and tested in AVISPA and compared with the certificate-based schemes. Further, the proposed protocol outflanks the existing certificate based schemes with 97% accuracy.
Welding Behaviour of Graphene Oxide Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites
Authors:   Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, India,, R* Manivannan , C Moganapriya ,   Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, India,, A Mohankumar ,   Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, India,, R* Rajasekar ,   Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, India,, K Varun Kumar G ,   Mechanical Engineering , Kongu Engineering College, Erode , India
Published: November 2019

Welding is used to produce bonded joints with technical properties to the base material. The thermoplastic nanocomposites are more familiar in recent days due to their excessive automotive applications. The specimens were prepared by pure HDPE and various weight ratios HDPE with nanofiller composites by melt mixing method and required shape produced by using compression moulding. The nanofiller will be chosen in this study is Graphene oxide. The main scope of using Graphene oxide was to enhance the mechanical properties of the prepared specimens. In this work, Ultrasonic welding had been used to carry out the test on both pure HDPE and HDPE with grapheme oxide. Mechanical properties were analyzed for both pure HDPE and grapheme oxide filled HDPE of both body part and welded part joints are compared.The mechanical properties of tensile strength and youngs modulus and elongation of the body part for graphene oxide filled HDPE was substantially increased due to the presence of compatabilizer.Thus the result improves the weld strength of the nanofilled polymer matrix with compatabilizer
New Reconfiguration Technique for Ultracapacitor for Exchange of Energy At A Faster Rate
Authors:   Ph.D.Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, India, Kakde* Mr. Akshay A. , Tarnekar Dr. Shrikrishna G. ,   Retired Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, G.H.Raisnoi College of Engineering, Nagpur, India
Published: November 2019

This paper deals with the use of the maximum energy of ultracapacitor at a faster transaction rate. This paperalso deals with the system-modeling, controller design, and faster energy transaction from ultracapacitor bank used in a hybrid electric vehicle. The energy transaction to dynamic load is through parallel-connected ultracapacitor bank and battery combination. The parallel-series topology has been implementing for ultracapacitor and the controller is designed to control energy-transactions from ultracapacitors. The DC-DC converter is only used for voltage regulation. This topology has aimed at the design leading to the excellent energy economy. Further, the main objective is to attain maximum utilization of energy in ultracapacitors during a ride-through condition, in minimum time. Three simulations have been carrying out with hardware implementation to compare these results. This includes energy sharing by ultracapacitor, in case of dynamic load. Hence, the proposed control strategy can provide a satisfactory improvement in energy- efficiency of ultra-capacitors, assuring maximum utilization and faster energy transaction.
A Critical Appraisal of Mode Choice Model of Work Trips
Authors:   M.Tech student, Department of Civil Engineering,ParulUniversity,Vadodara,Gujarat,India., Faizi* Ahmad Javeed , Juremalani Jayesh ,   Assistant Professor, Department of CivilEngineering,ParulUniversity,Vadodara,Gujarat,India., Bagadia Sanket ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, ParulUniversity,Vadodara,Gujarat,India., Juremalani Dr. Dharmesh ,   Dean and Principal of G C Patel institute of Architecture, Surat, Gujarat, India.
Published: November 2019

In the present scenario in world, many mode choice models have been developed to predict the travelers mode choice in the available modes of transportation system .The mode choice model is one of a very significantcomponent in the urban transportation planning and policies,specifically in countries that are toward development and urbanization, likeSouth Asian countries(India, Bangladesh, Nepal,etc.)the increasing horizontal spread of cities that led to increased travel demand.The aim of this review is to study the developing of mode choice model for various transportation modes .The developed models cover different modes of transportation currently employed in cities,which are Private car,Taxi,Publicbus,Auto-rickshaw,Motorcycles,Shared car,Bicycles,Walking.They have been tried to be estimated for work, education,shopping and other trips .There are some factors that considerablyinfluence the choice of transport modes are:Socio economics variables such as age,gender, car ownership,and family monthly income.Network variables are such as travel time,travel cost,comfort,reliability, employment, driving licenseweather,and dust &noise. The data was collected for eachof the alternative modes through questionnaire by face to face interview or by using Google form. There are different methods that can be applied for the developing a mode choice model,multinomial logitmodel is the easiest method with simple mathematical calculations; this method was also used by many authors for analysis and for checking the validation the likelihood ration test .the application of mode choice model is significant to mode user to have best choice, and also such models can assist in the alleviation of traffic congestion and air pollution in the city.
Pose Invariant Hand Gesture Recognition using Two Stream Transfer Learning Architecture
Authors:   Assist. Prof., Electronics Engineering, DKTE‟s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, India, Patil Mrs. Anjali R. , Subbaraman Dr. S. ,   Professor, Electronics Engineering Department, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, Maharashtra, India
Published: November 2019

The hand gesture detection problem is one of the most prominent problems in machine learning and computer vision applications. Many machine learning techniques have been employed to solve the hand gesture recognition. These techniques find applications in sign language recognition, virtual reality, human machine interaction, autonomous vehicles, driver assistive systems etc. In this paper, the goal is to design a system to correctly identify hand gestures from a dataset of hundreds of hand gesture images. In order to incorporate this, decision fusion based system using the transfer learning architectures is proposed to achieve the said task. Two pretrained models namely ‘MobileNet’ and ‘Inception V3’ are used for this purpose. To find the region of interest (ROI) in the image, YOLO (You Only Look Once) architecture is used which also decides the type of model. Edge map images and the spatial images are trained using two separate versions of the MobileNet based transfer learning architecture and then the final probabilities are combined to decide upon the hand sign of the image. The simulation results using classification accuracy indicate the superiority of the approach of this paper against the already researched approaches using different quantitative techniques such as classification accuracy.
Early Detection of Diabetic Mellitus Based On Modeling Techniques
Authors:   Ph.D from GIT, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, University in Visakhapatnam, (A P) India., Laxmikanth P. , Ravi Dr. Bhramaramba ,   Ph.D from GIT, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, University in Visakhapatnam, (A P) India.
Published: November 2019

Rapid growth of population in particular in elderly, signifies the issues of healthcare have become a concern. Also the lifestyle changes together with social and economical factors influences the cause of disease generation among the generated diseases, diabetic disease is mostly populated. Therefore effective measures are to be taken so that the early wakeup with regard to disease treatment helps to minimize the after effects. In this article, a novel methodology based on Gaussian mixture model built for analyzing the patients and help to identify the disease during the primitive stage. The methodology is presented based on PIMA INDIAN DATASET.The Results derived showcase efficacy of the developed method.
Synthesis and Characterization of Cubi2o4 Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Its Antibacterial and Anticancer Activity
Authors:   Dept. of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Andhra University,Visakhapatnam, India., Jagadeesh Ch. , Ch M.L.V.Prasanna. ,   Dept.of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India., Kumar D.Anand ,   A.U. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India., Sudhakar Dr.Ch. ,   Asst.Professor Dept. of .Chemistry,Gitam (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam., India., Sailaja* Dr.B.B.V. ,   Associate professor, Dept. of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Andhra University,Visakhapatnam, India.
Published: November 2019

CuBi2O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by Co-precipitation strategy and portrayed by UV–noticeable spectroscopy, X-beam diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) examination. The blended NPs were exceptionally steady, circular and crystallite size was determined as 68.29 nm. In addition, hydroxyl radicals have been recognized in the photocatalytic response blend by utilizing Terephthalic acid in photoluminescence testing method. The proficiency of antibacterial movement of CuBi2O4 NPs was assessed against Escherichia Coli (MTCC-443).The cytotoxicity action of CuBi2O4 NPs was assessed by Sulforhodamine B (SRB) measure against A549 lung malignant growth cell lines and affirmed that CuBi2O4 NPs have cytotoxicity action.
NEPAGEIDAUTINI ĮVYKIAI LIGONINĖSE: PACIENTŲ NUOMONĖ
Authors: Vaikasaitė Agnė
Published: November 2019

Straipsnyje aprašoma pacientų nuomonė įvairiais nepageidautinų įvykių klausimais. Darbo tikslas – įvertinti pacientų požiūrį į nepageidautinų įvykių sampratą, vertinimą ir prevenciją. Aptartos įvairių šalių mokslinės publikacijos, nagrinėjančios nepageidautinus įvykius, teisės aktai, pacientų apklausos anketų duomenys. Pateikta pacientų nuomonė įvairiais aspektais, susijusiais su nepageidautinais įvykiais. Daroma išvada, kad dauguma nepageidautinų įvykių aspektų, pacientų nuomone, iš esmės sutapo su mokslinių įrodymų baze, išskyrus nepageidautinų įvykių išvengiamumą.
Pemetaan Lokasi Wisata Di Kota Cirebon Dengan Penerapan Aplikasi Sistem lnformasi Geografis
Authors: Setiawan Andi , Irma Purnamasari Ade , Suarna Nana
Published: November 2019

Tourism in the city of Cirebon is still tinged with a very diverse religious tour and culturation of culture that is still heavily influenced by Persia, Arabia and China. This can be seen from the palace architectural style which is still influenced by Chinese, Persian, and even Arabic cultures. The results of cultural culture with foreign nations, resulting in a variety of tourist attractions in the city of Cirebon. But the location information of the existence of tourist attractions in the city of Cirebon is still not well publicized. This research will develop an application by utilizing the geographical information system of tourist attractions in the city of Cirebon. The Geographic Information System is very appropriate to map the spread of tourist attractions in the city of Cirebon. The software development model in this study is the system life cycle or the System Development Life Cycle. The results of this study are the value of T count> T table (3,230> 1,665). This means that the probability is significant> α (0.002 <0.05). So that geographic information systems mapping tourist attractions in the city of Cirebon can meet expectations by users to find the shortest routes and safer locations.
ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN ANTIOKSIDAN (VITAMIN C DAN E) TERHADAP HITUNG JUMLAH EOSINOFIL DARAH PADA MENCIT PUTIH GALUR SWISS WEBSTER JANTAN YANG TERPAPAR ASAP GAMBUT
Authors: Azhari Muhammad Ahsan , Delvia Siska
Published: November 2019

Latar Belakang: Eosinofil merupakan sel inflamasi yang berperan utama dalam proses inflamasi kronik saluran pernafasan. Salah satu upaya untuk mencegah dampak akibat asap adalah dengan konsumsi antioksidan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui analisis konsumsi antioksidan terhadap hitung jumlah eosinofil darah mencit putih galur swiss webster jantan yang terpapar asap gambut.

Metode: Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimental laboratorium dengan rancangan Post Test Only Control Group Design. Penelitian dilakukan di animal house Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sriwijaya selam 30 hari pada bulan Juli 2019. Sampel penelitian yaitu mencit putih galur swiss webster jantan sebanyak 33 ekor yang dibagi menjadi 2 kelompok perlakuan dan 1 kelompok kontrol. Data di analisis dengan uji Kruskall-Wallis dan Mann-Whitney.

Hasil: Hasil penelitian membuktikan paparan asap gambut meningkatkan level eosinofil. Pemakaian masker dan konsumsi antioksidan mampu menurunkan hitung jumlah eosinofil darah mencit putih galur swiss webster jantan yang terpapar asap gambut (p value = 0,015).

Kesimpulan: Penggunaan masker dan konsumsi antioksidan yang diuji coba pada mencit putih mampu menurunkan hitung jumlah eosinofil darah mencit putih galur swiss webster jantan yang terpapar asap gambut. Perlu dilakukan penelitian lebih lanjut untuk unji coba pada manusia.
What should 6G be?
Authors: Dang Shuping , Amin Osama , Shihada Basem , Alouini Mohamed-Slim
Published: November 2019

The standardization of fifth generation (5G) communications has been completed, and the 5G network should be commercially launched in 2020. As a result, the visioning and planning of sixth generation (6G) communications has begun, with an aim to provide communication services for the future demands of the 2030s. Here we provide a vision for 6G that could serve a research guide in the post-5G era. We suggest that human-centric mobile communications will still be the most important application of 6G and the 6G network should be human centric. Thus, high security, secrecy, and privacy should be key features of 6G and should be given particular attention by the wireless research community. To support this vision, we provide a systematic framework in which potential application scenarios of 6G are anticipated and subdivided. We subsequently define key potential features of 6G and discuss the required communication technologies. We also explore the issues beyond communication technologies that could hamper research and deployment of 6G.
Adapting Agile DevOps for Strategic Information Systems Development: The Future of IS Development Methodologies
Authors: KAGAI FRANCIS
Published: November 2019

Despite continued evolution of information
systems methodologies for more than three decades, the rates of software
rejection and failure are still high. This paper investigates the technological
environment as a major cause of such disruptions. Additionally, the paper evaluates
Agile and DevOps as the remedial methodologies for managing the adverse impact
of technological disruptions. The main findings affirm both Agile and DevOps as
methodologies that emanated from improvements or re-engineering of earlier
methodologies. Further findings discern most methodologies; including agile and
DevOps; as not strategically focused but appraise DevOps as the most
progressive methodology towards this respect. Rather than re-invent the wheel
and come up with a new methodology, a framework that aligns DevOps for use in strategic
information systems development is proposed. Besides, a more realistic
definition of operations is postulated to bolster the alignment.
The Production, Consumption, and Sharing of Art, Knowledge, and Benefits Within the Network of a University-Community Choir
Authors: Adler Adam , Brown Natalya R.
Published: November 2019

A university-community choir is a hybrid of an institutional choir and a community choir, facilitating the creation, consumption, and sharing of art, culture, knowledge, and wealth between its various stakeholder groups. We surveyed and interviewed a variety of stakeholders of a university-community choir to illuminate the mutually bene cial relationships that exist between them. The bene ts of the university- community choir include enabling the artist-researcher-teacher, keeping music in postsecondary liberal arts education, facilitating lifelong music learning and serious leisure, and cultivating future artists. We demonstrate the value of such an organization, as it bridges the university-community divide through music education.
Commentary: School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Authors: Epstein Joyce L.
Published: November 2019

Joyce L. Epstein and her team at Johns Hopkins have been working with schools and school districts for two decades to guide them in developing school, family, and community partnerships that support students’ education. In this interview, she describes the origin of her work with schools and families and how this led to the development of models and tools that schools can use to ensure that every family is involved in its children’s education. She describes the importance of leadership, both at the school and district levels, as well as the use of evaluation tools to monitor a school’s progress. Finally, she gives recommendations to districts and schools wishing to pursue this type of work.
Commentary: Thinking With Stories: Reconsidering Community Development Work
Authors: Rogers Corinne
Published: November 2019

In the retelling of my experiences as a community development worker in Khao Lak, Thailand in 2004, I attend to possible shifts in community development practice through narrative pedagogy. In this moral space, I encounter the dominant community development story alongside the stories of displaced persons. Though this encounter I begin to retell the dominant community development story by thinking with stories, rather than about stories. It is here in the reconsideration that I wonder about the possibilities when one begins with the sacred stories of a sense of community as lived out in unfamiliar places.
Building an Urban Arts Partnership Between School, Community-Based Artists, and University
Authors: Low Bronwen , Carter Mindy R. , Wood Elizabeth , Mitchell Claudia , Proietti Melissa , Friedmann Debora
Published: November 2019

This paper explores a partnership between a high school, university researchers, and community artists in the service of improved student learning, empowerment, and self-expression through the urban arts. The Urban Arts Project partners teachers at James Lyng high school with hip-hop and other urban artists to develop units across the curriculum, supported by subject-area specialists from McGill’s Faculty of Education. In this article, we introduce the project and what we have learned about processes of school reform through cross-sectoral collaboration from the rst year of our partnership. This includes sharing the perspectives of the teachers and artists most actively involved in the rst year’s initiatives (with video interview links).
Editorial
Authors: Butler-Kisber Lynn
Published: November 2019

It is hard to believe that LEARNing Landscapes is celebrating its 10th anniversary and 20 issues of peer-reviewed, themed articles contributed locally, nationally, and internationally by members of the academic community, practitioners, and students. The thrust of LEARNing Landscapes has been to include diverse voices, multiple forms of representation, and to bridge theory and practice around topics that are pertinent and timely. The editorial staff has been supported enthusiastically by exceptional people in the field who have provided important and relevant commentary about the theme of each issue. This we believe has served to push the conversation further and reach out to a wider audience.
A Mindfulness Curriculum: High School Students’ Experiences of Yoga in a Nova Scotia School
Authors: Berezowski Karen A. , Gilham Christopher M. , Robinson Daniel B.
Published: November 2019

This article reports on results from a narrative inquiry into the experiences of four students who completed an elective yoga course as part of their high school program in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand the participants' stories of their yoga experiences. Overall, students were able to express and give examples of how yoga made them feel stronger, happier, kinder, and more self-confident. We suggest that Yoga 11 is a mindfulness curriculum, inherently. This research might be of particular interest to others similarly engaged in research related to mental health and mindfulness in education.
Living Tensions of Co-Creating a Wellness Program and Narrative Inquiry Alongside Urban Aboriginal Youth
Authors: Schaefer Lee , Lesard Sean , Lewis Brian
Published: November 2019

This paper is based on a three-year study that has a dual purpose: firstly, to create a program to attend to the health and wellness of Aboriginal children and youth, and secondly, to narratively inquire into the experiences of the children and youth who participate in the wellness program. In an attempt to disrupt intervention type models that position Aboriginal youth as at-risk, or in-deficit, we pose questions around how wellness programming and research begin in different commitments when we see Aboriginal youth as knowledge holders.
Blended Learning and Data Use in Three Technology-Infused Charter Schools
Authors: Mandinach Ellen B. , Miskell Ryan C.
Published: November 2019

This study examined how the affordances of technologies in the blended learning affected teaching and learning activities. The study used mixed methods to examine whether the blended learning environments provided enhanced access to and more diverse data for teachers and students from which to make educational decisions. The study found that the technologies provided more diverse data to administrators, teachers, and students and allowed for flexible adaptations to virtual and face-to-face learning to meet students’ needs. The blended environments helped to create data cultures within the schools where educators used data to communicate and have an impact on instructional activities.
Reflections From a Narrative Inquiry Researcher
Authors: Clandinin D. Jean
Published: November 2019

In this interview, author, researcher, and professor D. Jean Clandinin reflects on her many years of experience as a narrative inquiry researcher, teacher, and teacher educator. She believes that growing up in a large, extended family with rooted engagement in the community set the stage for her later interest in narrative inquiry. She describes the many varied scholars who have had an influence on her and explains the basic tenets of narrative inquiry in both the classroom and research contexts. The challenges that face narrative inquiry researchers are described and she shares her vision of how things are changing. Finally, she tells one of her favorite narrative inquiry stories.
Listening Across Difference: Oral History as Learning Landscape
Authors: High Steven
Published: November 2019

Oral history as a field of research, teaching, archival collection, community building or engagement, truth and reconciliation, and creative practice, emerged with the diffusion of the tape recorder in the 1960s and 1970s. This was a time of enormous social and political upheaval. As a result, oral history was quickly taken up by feminists, working-class and queer activists, racial minorities, and other marginalized people who sought to record the hidden stories that would otherwise be lost. This article introduces readers to the field of oral history, its methodology and ethics. Oral history is a creative practice, open to adaptation and experimentation. As it is a place of listening across difference, oral history interviewing presents itself as a unique learning landscape. Several pedagogical examples are also shared.
A Story in the Telling
Authors: Kovach Margaret
Published: November 2019

Story is experience held in memory and story is the spark for a transformative possibility in the moment of its telling. The words we use are equally significant. This commentary reflects upon why words, stories, and oracy are powerful in learning landscapes. Indigenous peoples have known the value of story and the significance of words in creating and sustaining relationships. In an era of Truth and Reconciliation as Canadian postsecondary institutions seek to indigenize, the words we use and the stories we share will matter.
Using Story to Understand Teacher Knowledge
Authors: Pinnegar Stefinee , Pinnegar Eliza , Lay Celina Dulude
Published: November 2019

The knowledge preservice teachers bring is experiential, grounded in stories they’ve lived and told. Because of the way story captures experience, it’s valuable in the learning-to-teach process. In this commentary, we return to narrative research we completed to consider the stories preservice teachers tell in learning to teach. We explore what we know about teaching from stories we’ve told and consider how story positions teacher educators. These explorations provide narrative insights that guide us in developing stronger teachers. These stories allow us to build on teacher knowledge as well as disrupt preconceptions and beliefs within their teacher education.
Storytelling as Self-Study: Exploring the Bildungsroman of Teacher Educators
Authors: Self-Study Group The
Published: November 2019

This article presents the reflections of The Self-Study Group, a community of teacher educators and scholars. In this article, we utilize the theoretical framework of Bildung and the literary genre of Bildungsroman to explore the work of being a teacher educator. Drawing upon the results of a narrative self-study, we explore how, for individual teacher educators, the significance of teacher education stems from one’s life story, including lived experiences from being a child, being a student, and being a teacher. We argue that the acts of authoring and telling of stories have the potential to illuminate the interconnected nature of the personal and the professional dimensions of teacher educator self-formation.
Global Robotics Competition Meets Inclusive Education: The Exceptional Journey of Five Resilient Students
Authors: Parent Simon , Iatauro Sara
Published: November 2019

The 2018 edition of RoboCup allowed young people from Centre de formation en entreprise et récupération (CFER) de Bellechasse to demonstrate their skills in programming and robotics. In this school, as in many schools, the use of technology is a particularly effective learning tool, especially for students facing challenges. The construction of a robotic device has allowed them to develop several skills, some of which can be reinvested in various contexts, whether at school or in their professional life. This commentary briefly presents the exceptional journey of Bellechasse students who were able to overcome many obstacles and compete with gifted students from around the world.