bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Measuring Young Professionals’ Housing Affordability in Greater Kuala Lumpur
Authors: Suzylah Sohaimi Nor , Abdullah Alias , Shuid Syafiee
Published: April 2019

A plethora of approaches applied for measuring the housing affordability. Undoubtedly, the housing cost and household income are ubiquitous predictors to address the housing affordability. Besides, housing policies also receive an enormous attention in debating this issue. This study, therefore, presents the predictors of transportation cost along with other factors in addressing housing affordability for young professionals. Equally, important, individual life event is also highlighted as this matter is being given less attention. By adopting these dimensions, it is idyllic in associating the study gap. Young professionals are individuals aged between 25 and 35 years old and either working or living in Greater Kuala Lumpur with at least a bachelor’s degree qualification and registered through the professional firm. The purpose of the study is first, to measure young professionals’ affordability by underpinning the residual income approach and second, to explore the affordability through the housing trajectories concept. Thus, 290 survey data were analysed using the binary logistic regression. The study found that the predictors such as the presence of children, professional for engineer and quantity surveyor, employment status of permanent and other, household expenditure, household income, housing cost, transportation cost, housing location of Petaling Jaya and Putrajaya, are statistically significant to the housing affordability.
Developing the Concept of Firm Success among Muslim SMEs in Malaysia: a Study of Islamic Religion Practices as Moderator
Authors: Nafisah Abdul Wahab Nadratun , Othman Shahrina , Binti Nasirun @ Hirun Noraini , Abdul Ghani Abdullah , Rushdi Idrus Mohd
Published: April 2019

This paper intended to develop the concept of firm success among Muslim SMEs in Malaysia. The researchers used entrepreneurial orientation multidimensional as independent variable (innovative, risk and proactive) to examine the relationship of these dimensions towards the success of Muslim SMEs by using Islamic religion practices as moderator. It is about developing the concept of Islamic success factors, as the failure of Muslim SMEs is alarming and the empirical references to Muslim SMEs success focusing on Islamic religion practices are limited. There were many attempts to connect entrepreneurial orientation to the Resource-Based View theory of firms. Resource-Based View, as underpinning theory, helps to describe the proposed research theoretical framework. Recent studies related to firm success have shown that entrepreneurial orientation is composed of innovation, risk and proactive having significant relationship with the firm success in the develop countries. However in Malaysia, there was only one study has documented the conceptual religiosity that influence relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business success of entrepreneurs among the Malay community. The methodology for this study uses quantitative analysis, specifically, the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) in processing the data. The population of the study is 2,286 PUNB (Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad) firms in Malaysia. Finally, this concept finding is able to facilitate future research proposals and to fill the knowledge gap in Resource-Based View concerning the relationship of Resource-Based View towards firm success. This study also contributed to the Resource-Based View literature on the perspective of Islamic religion practices as moderator.
Instructional Leadership in Malaysia
Authors: Hassan Roslizam , Ahmad Jamilah , Boon Yusof
Published: April 2019

Leadership of school leaders regardless principals or headmasters is among the key factors that can affect the academic achievement of students directly or indirectly. Based on previous research, a strong relationship between student achievement and leadership of school leaders was proven. The Ministry of Education Malaysia (MoE) has outlined three approaches to improving student achievement through the improvement of school leaders' performance. One of the approaches is school leaders should act as instructional leaders who are actively involved in teacher development activities by planning, coordinating and evaluating the teaching and learning process (T&L) at school. This concept paper will discuss several matters related to instructional leadership such as background and development of instructional leadership, instructional leadership definitions, the development of instructional leadership concepts, instructional leadership models and the issues and challenges that exist in implementing this leadership styles. The analysis was done in the context of Malaysia and abroad. The paper is written based on extensive secondary data analysis. After analyzing matters relating to instructional leadership, it can be concluded that instructional leadership is a form of leadership that every school leader needs to practice for excellence achievements in a school. With a lot of challenges nowadays, it needs to be addressed so that the direction of the school is on the right track and students’ achievement can be enhanced.
The Role of Leaders in Stimulating Innovative Work Behavior and its Impacts towards Job Performance (Case Study: PT. XYZ)
Authors: Harlianto Jefta , . Rudi , Afandy Dessy
Published: April 2019

Nowadays, companies are operating in a changing world and competitive market. PT. XYZ realizes that innovation is the key for company to be able to remain competitive. Creating an innovative environment within the company requires both leaders’ role and employees’ involvement. Leaders should have a role to empower employees to be innovative in the workplace. Employees with innovative work behavior will drive their individual job performance, thus improving organization performance. The aim of this study is to examine the role of PT. XYZ’s leaders in stimulating innovative work behavior of their employees. This study applied seven leader behaviors of J. P. J. De Jong & Hartog (2007) that have direct impact in stimulating innovative work behavior of employee. A paper based questionnaire was used to collect the data about employee perception about their leaders’ roles, innovative work behavior and job performance. Based on Slovin formula sampling technique, there were 299 respondents from 815 employees’ population taken for this study. Partial Least Square Method is used to find the significant level between multiple dependent variables and multiple independent variables. The result of this study found that Consulting (T-statistics=2.815, p-value=0.003), Providing Resources (T-statistics=2.510, p-value= 0.006) and Task Assignment (T-statistics=3.250, p-value=0.001) have significant effect on employee innovative work behavior. Although Delegating, Supporting for innovation, Recognizing, and Monitoring from the leaders have no significant effect on innovative work behavior, the organization might provide effect to these four behaviors. The result also shows that employee innovative work behaviors have significant effect on Job Performance (T-statistics=2.503, p-value=0.006).
Harmonic Analysis of Fuzzy Logic Controller Based Active Filter Unit Using Resonant Current Control in Distributed Power System
Authors: B Pattabhiram. , Veerraju. M Sai
Published: April 2019

Wide-ranging utilize of nonlinear loads creates harmonic resonance issues in radial distribution system. Harmonic     amplification occurring at different locations in the radial line are due to the behavior of active filter as a harmonic admittance rather conductance. This paper presents fuzzy logic controlled active filter by using resonant current control to damp a harmonic resonance. For controlling active filter as an approximately pure harmonic conductance, collections of different parallel band-pass filters are tuned for resonant current controller at harmonic frequencies. A MATLAB/SIMULINK results illustrate that the fuzzy logic controller based active filter improves higher damping performance correlated with alternative techniques.
Application of BFOA in Two Area Load Frequency Control
Authors: Sri Krishna Sarath P , Swetha Monica I
Published: April 2019

This paper   presents Bacterial foraging optimization algorithm which is based on food searching process of Escherichia coli bacteria, which is gaining popularity due to its effectiveness and providing solution to real world optimization problems .BFOA is applied to control the parameter optimization of load frequency controller for tuning the parameters of the proportional integral and derivative controller. A simple two area system with thermal-thermal generating units is considered for simulation study which is controlled with PID controller. The main objective of this work is to design the controller by minimizing objective function .simulation studies demonstrate that our proposed controller is effective and transients are suppressed predominantly
Transient Analysis of K-node Tandem Queuing Model with Load Dependent Service Rates
Authors: Rama Murthy M. Sita , Rao K. Srinivasa , V Ravindranath , Rao P. Srinivasa
Published: April 2019

This paper deals with the development and analysis of K-node series and parallel queueing model with load dependent service rates. Here it is assumed that the customers arrive to the initial queue and waiting line for service. After completing the service at first service station they may join one of the (K-1) queues which are parallel and connected to first queue in series. After getting service from the service station they leave the system. Here it is assumed that the service rates in each service station are dependent on number of customers in the queue connected to it .The arrival and service completions in each queue are assumed to follow Poisson processes. Using difference-differential equations the joint probability function of number of customers in each queue are derived. The system performance measures such as average number of customers in each queue ,throughput of each service station ,the probability of idleness of each server ,the waiting time of customer in each queue are derived explicitly. The sensitivity of the model with respect to parameters are analysed through numerical illustration. It is observed that the state dependent service rates has significant influence on performance measures. This model also includes the earlier models as particular cases for specific values of the parameters. This model is useful in analysing the communication networks , transportation systems ,production processes and cargo handling.
Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones of Visakhapatnam Urban Area using Integrating Multi Criteria Evaluation with Geographical Information System
Authors: M. Ganesh K , Jai Sankar G , Jagannadha Rao M , Subba Rao R
Published: April 2019

Groundwater forms very little quantity when compared to the total water available on the earth. Therefore it is very vital for all living beings especially for human beings. Visakhapatnam, one of the fastest growing industrial city, is situated on the East Coast of India between longitudes E83o11’ 30” and 83o 22’ 16” and latitudes. N170 39’ 16” and 170 45’ 58”.   The present study is aimed to evaluate the groundwater occurrence using Remote sensing and GIS. Remote sensing data interpretation of visual and digital images gave the immediate information about surface features. From this information the groundwater potential zones are identified. The present study used IRS-IC (March 99) and ID (November 99) LISS-III digital data for comparative land use and land cover categorization and  hydrogeomorphological features identification and lineament study. The layers created from Remote sensing data and available ancillary data for index overlay operations for identification of groundwater potential zones in the study area using GIS.
Study of Traditional Procession to Build Gorontalo Traditional House on Vernacular Architecture
Authors: Trumansyahjaya Kalih , S. Tatura Lydia , S. D. Banteng Beby , . Ernawati
Published: April 2019

The cultural form in architecture is an indication that the closer the work of architecture to the process of cultural creation. The work of architecture as an artifact is the final form arising from the existence of ideas and actions within a culture. The people of Gorontalo generally still hold the customary tradition in the process of building a house in Gorontalo which is a cultural idea and action that can reflect the traditional and cultural strength of Gorontalo people so that it can be used as a trace of Gorontalo architectural culture. This study aims to discuss the details of the implementation and understand how the process of building tradition in Gorontalo society based on technical, cultural and environmental aspects. The research method uses a qualitative approach as a process of collecting a number of actual and contextual field data to get a detailed picture. The process for analyzing the problem then uses descriptive and inductive research methods to focus its attention on actual phenomena and depicts in depth the conditions in the field. The result of this research is a thorough knowledge of traditional structural system of cultural process of building a house in Gorontalo society.
Development and Characterization of Microwave Absorber Composite Material
Authors: Al-Mattarneh Hashem
Published: April 2019

The rapid development of electronic systems and telecommunications has resulted in a growing and intense interest in microwave electromagnetic absorber technology and microwave absorbing composite material. This research was conducted to develop microwave absorber composites called thermoplastic natural rubber barium ferrite (TPNR-BF). The composite was characterized by determination of its physical, mechanical, magnetic and microwave properties. TPNR-BF with the fine particles barium ferrite filler content of 0-20% by weight were prepared using melt blending method. The microwave electromagnetic properties were measured using free-space microwave non-destructive testing system (MNDTS) in the frequency range of 7-13 GHz. The mechanical and Magnetic properties of the thermoplastic natural rubber-barium ferrite were also measured using Magnetometer. The effects of the different percentage of filler content on the mechanical and microwave properties of the composites have been evaluated. Both microwave dielectric constant and the reflection coefficient of TPNR-BF increase with increasing frequency and filler content while transmission coefficient decreases with increasing filler content which indicates that the composite absorbs more microwave energy by the filler. Barium ferrite contents show an inverse relation with the mechanical properties such as tensile strength and stiffness. MNDTS shows excellent capability for advanced characterization of a microwave composite material.
The Effect of Consumer Attitude toward Functional Food on Package Attributes and Ingestion Intention; Focused on Garlic
Authors: Kyoung Kim Hyun , Jeong Kim Hyun , Jong Cha Su
Published: April 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of prior knowledge and preference of garlic on the ingestion intention and selecting package attributes of garlic functional food. Surveys were conducted to verify the purpose of the study. One-way ANOVA was performed for data analysis; the following conclusions were reached.First, the prior knowledge and preference of garlic have a significant impact on the intention to ingest garlic functional food. Second, the prior knowledge and preference of garlic have a significant impact on the attitude toward package properties of garlic functional food.However, it was confirmed that the preference for garlic was a more significant influence on the selection of garlic functional food and garlic food packaging than the prior knowledge on the benefit of garlic. So this study casts significant implications for the marketing of functional food with strong flavors such as garlic.
Design of the Emergency Messages Integration for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Communications of Connected Cars
Authors: Young-Hyun Eom , Kim Inhwan , Yoo Hyunmi , Cho Sungguk , Jeon Byungkook
Published: April 2019

So far, international standardization of message specifications between V2X(Vehicle to Everything) safety communications are BSM(Basic Safety Message) by US-led SAE and CAM(Cooperative Awareness Message)/DENM(Decentralized Environmental Notification Message) by EU-led ETSI. However, in the emergency situation such as car accidents or road traffic jam, there may be insufficient time to process all messages. In this paper, we propose an integration of emergency messages for V2X communications of connected vehicles in VANETs(Vehicular Ad hoc Networks), To do this, we are using the Mobile Virtual Fence(MVF), which has been preliminarily researched and developed. So we extract and integrate only emergency messages as the fields of similar messages between BSM and CAM/DENM, and apply it to the MVF. If it will be the connected MVFs like connected cars in the future and any traffic accident or traffic jam occurs, the proposed messages will be communicated to each other to avoid the accident. Therefore the proposed integration of emergency messages between BSM and CAM/DENM specification will be contribute to improve the safety and reliability as the unified and integrated emergency messages.
Specification of Uneven Location by the Bound Resonance of Skin Substance on the Roll Transformation Realization System
Authors: Lae Kim Jeong , Ju Kim Hye , Young Lee Kee
Published: April 2019

Bound transformation technology is constructed the resonance status for point-ring pattern of the glimmer realization rate (GRR) and distinction realization rate (DRR) on the bound realization gestalt. The realization rate condition by the bound realization gestalt is associated with the roll resonance system.  As to check up on a point-ring pattern of the uneven transformation, we are constructed of the bound value with bound layer point by the roll-close-up structure on the skin substance. The concept of realization rate is made sure of the reference of glimmer rate and distinction rate for transformation signal by the bound resonance gestalt. Moreover to appear a uneven transformation of the GRR-DRR of the medium in terms of the bound-resonance gestalt, and bound point resonance that is to get the a bound value of the far transformation of the Wa-rm-FA-μAVG-MIN with 8.27±1.57 units, that was the a bound value of the convenient transformation of the Wa-rm-CO-μAVG-MIN with 3.43±0.01 units, that was the a bound value of the flank transformation of the Wa-rm-FL-μAVG-MIN with 1.06±0.50 units, that was the a bound value of the vicinage transformation of the Wa-rm-VI-μAVG-MIN with 0.21±0.07 units. The roll resonance will be to compute at the ability of the bound-resonance gestalt for the control degree realization rate on the GRR-DRR that is delimited the uneven glimmer and distinction gestalt by the realization rate system. Roll realization system will be supposition of a gestalt by the special signal and to count a bound data of roll resonance rate.
Certification of the Rough Resonance by the Wave Site of Matter for Welter Point on the Alteration Recognition System
Authors: Lae Kim Jeong , Dong Kim Kyu
Published: April 2019

Wave alteration technology is formatted the resonance status for point-star pattern of the sparkle recognition rate (SRR) and vacuum recognition rate (VRR) on the wave recognition gestalt. The recognition rate condition by the wave recognition gestalt is associated with the welter resonance system. As to investigate a point-star pattern of the rough alteration, we are formatted of the wave value with wave layer point by the welter-down structure. The concept of recognition rate is made sure of the reference of sparkle rate and vacuum rate for alteration signal by the wave resonance gestalt. Moreover to appear a rough alteration of the SRR-VRR of the medium in terms of the wave-resonance gestalt, and wave point resonance that is gained the a wave value of the far alteration of the Wa-rm-FA-σMEX-MED with 12.03±2.28 units, that was the a wave value of the convenient alteration of the Wa-rm-CO-σMEX-MED with 2.71±0.51 units, that was the a wave value of the flank alteration of the Wa-rm-FL-σMEX-MED with 1.41±0.19 units, that was the a wave value of the vicinage alteration of the Wa-rm-VI-σMEX-MED with 0.22±0.10 units. The welter resonance will be to assess at the ability of the wave-resonance gestalt for the control degree recognition rate on the SRR-VRR that is clarified the rough sparkle and vacuum gestalt by the recognition rate system. Welter recognition system will be conjecture of a gestalt by the special signal and to count a wave data of welter resonance rate.
City - Scale Spatial Data Infrastructure for Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generation Assessment
Authors: Gowri Shankar Rao R , K. Rayaguru N , G.Renganathan N , Kumar  Thakur Sunil
Published: April 2019

Spatial data plays an vital  role in decision-making for development of smart cities.  As it is very evident that  the development of   smart and sustainable city  mainly depends on its physical infrastructure such as intelligent transportation, smart energy, smart metering etc., This paper  provides an analysis  which aims  using the  spatial data infrastructure  tools  for estimation of  the  region  based  solar PV potential  generation  for a specific urban region . This analysis would afford a great insight in deciding a city scaled potential energy production and planning,  an estimate of the geographical PV potentials for solar power generation is adopted.  The total PV potential is evaluated for  a specific defined area and compared with the local electricity demand. The outcomes comprise of an initial valuation of the town's solar potential that can be used to upkeep organization decisions regarding reserves in solar systems.  Successful implementation of SDI  finally depends on the political governance and  their framing policies.
Gpad and Fuzzy Logic based Assistance System for Disabled People
Authors: Mumbaikar Harshal , Priya Guga
Published: April 2019

This paper presents an assistance system for differentially abled people. It consists of Fuzzy logic control system and GpaD hand gesture technique to provide smooth and automatic control of the wheelchair in the presence of obstacles. The ultrasonic sensor is used for detecting obstacles. Actions in forward, reverse, right and left directions are taken care by GpaD which is based on IR sensor. Fuzzy logic controls the breaking power. The breaking power is based on the speed of the wheelchair and the distance between the wheelchair and an obstacle. The main purpose of this paper is to improve the safety of the differentially abled people and can be supervised from long distances without anybody’s help.
Itaconic Acid Production by Novel Aspergillus Niveus in Solid State Fermentation Using Agrowastes
Authors: Gnanasekaran R , Saranya P , Yuvashree S , Yuvaraj D , Saravanan A , H. Smila K , Anli Dino A
Published: April 2019

Itaconic acid (IA) is an organic compound. This dicarboxylicacid is a white solid that is soluble in water, ethanol, and acetone. Historically, itaconic acid was obtained by the distillation of citricacid, but currently it is produced by fermentation. Itaconic acid is essentially utilized as a co-monomer in the generation of polymers, for example, tar, plastic, elastic, paints, surfactant with applications in the paper and structural covering industry.. The fermentative production of Itaconic acid was probably achieved by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus terrus, Aspergillus itaconicus and mainly by Aspergillus niger. In the present work, an attempt was made to produce IA by Aspergillus niveus employing Solid State Fermentation (SSF) from various agro wastes like rice bran, rice husk,tamarind seed,wheat stuff and sugarcane bagasse as carbon substrates, which was pretreated in order to soften it.10 g of each substrate was taken in a 500 ml conical flasks separately and supplemented with 40 mL nutrient solution containing glucose, at pH 3.5. One milliliter inoculum containing 1×107 spores was added and moisture was maintained at 70%. After incubation at 32°C for 14 days, the acid production was estimated by spectrophotometric method and by HPLC analysis. Interestingly, the yield of itaconic acid was promising with all the above substrates, where tamarind seed, sugarcane bagasse and rice bran supported higher yields.
Analysis of Energy Loss through Conventional Refractory Lining in Refinery Heater and its Conservation Measures
Authors: Prasanth R , Muralidharan M , Arun A , Ravi Shankar S , Vinoth S , Vinod Kumar Y
Published: April 2019

The work of this project is to analyze theinsulation materials currently used in the furnace of CPCL refinery which is a crude distillation unit heater to minimize the heat loss through the radiant wall section by substituting them with advanced insulating materials.There are some advanced materials whose properties are well suited for the insulation purpose in the furnace wall which could apparently reduce the heat loss through the walls. The general properties which include weight, thickness, thermal conductivity, are calculated to prove that these materials can be used as a replacement to those of the regular insulation materials.The materials which have been taken for analysis can reduce heat loss and improve thermal efficiency it will not require much maintenance activities compared to the old insulation and installing the new insulation is much easier than old as it can be handled easily.This paper will prove that replaced materials will act as an effective insulation than old type.
Connect Farmer
Authors: V.Juno Bella Gracia S , M.R Sonali , N Sowmya , P Suja
Published: April 2019

The issues faced by farmers has become the most paramount in these days, especially towards their profit rate. We intend to create an application in order to connect the farmers and the retailers directly and to provide regional languages for the farmers automatically, based on the location detected through GPS. This application also provides facility to farmers for buying seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. It also notifies to consumer and retailer about the amount of pesticides used.
Stabilization of UAV using Delta Sigma Modulator based controller
Authors: Vinoth kumar V , Diwakar K , Balasubramanian E
Published: April 2019

The design development and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) have stimulated great significance in the automatic control research for the past 2 decades.  In specific, Quad rotor systems are a promising platform in the area of Uthe AV research, due to its simple in construction, maintenance, ability to hover, and their vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability. The dynamics and control of quad rotor are highly nonlinear and under actuated so it is considered as a test-rig to verify any new proposed nonlinear control algorithm. Different control algorithms were proposed and implemented to stabilize the UAV attitude, and altitude. Adaptive control and navigation algorithms also implemented in UAV platform to ensure the maneuvering against the internal and external disturbances. The proposed research paper explains the implementation of the developed digital control algorithm Delta-sigma modulatoan r (DSM) based controller for UAV to enhance the robustness.
Knn Search with Location and Query Solitude Using Bit Exchanging Method
Authors: Suja K , A. Rengarajan Dr
Published: April 2019

In recent years, the need for sharing data containing user details is becoming a huge necessity. Maintaining those data becomes a complex task. In our project, we use a technique called â€œBit Exchanging Methodâ€ where the data are encrypted so that they can be protected from the adversaries. The updated records needed to be checked often so that they can be used by the encryption techniques. We use a search so called as LBS which a breakthrough concept and technology which offers us an innovative search based on the user current location. They help us to find the userâ€™s nearby pizza shop, restaurant, colleges, or any other service stations. Location based service provides the set of service which provides the geographic location of the user. Our project revolves around the HTML5 Geo Location which is an API used to find the location of the user. We utilize k closest neighbor questions where the portable client inquiries the area based specialist organization about surmised k closest purposes of enthusiasm on the premise of his present area. The installing of situating abilities in cell phones encourages the development of area based administrations which is considered as the following "executioner application" in the remote information advertise. Compared with our existing work, our solutions are efficient and provide secured privacy. Examinations have demonstrated that our answer is proper for KNN inquiries.Â Â
Panoramic Image Stitching with Efficient Brightness Fusion Using RANSAC Algorithm
Authors: Shin Jungpil , Abdur Rahim Md , Soo Yun Keun
Published: April 2019

Background/Objectives: Image stitching can enhance the picture very pleasant by modifying and mixing the different aspects.Therefore, we present panoramic image stitching with efficient brightness fusion which is challenging in different bright sequences taken from different angles.Methods/Statistical analysis:For the problem of brightness, the input image is mixed with sequential images in different brightness.In this works, we proposed atechnique that blends multiple brightness using simple quality measures like color, saturation and contrast.The resulting image quality is good, and most important thing is, the method is efficient since it is simple. Thanthe resulting fused images is applied for panorama image stitching. We used multiband blending to prevent the blurring, and BRIEF (binary robust independent elementary features) method for feature descriptors. We solved the multi-image matching problem using Hamming Distanceusing the binary string based descriptors which is most similar features compare with the second most similar images.We proposed FLANN based matcher to get the more accurate results for using large datasets. We estimate Homography with the matching images using RANSAC algorithms.Findings:An effective structure is performed when we are able to resolve the brightness correction in expose too much or expose for too short a time and the appearance ghost. To solve the unification of brightness, we have collected the input images in different exposures, and selection of the good parts of each picture to an input image for stitching.We removed the blurring from input images, and solved multi-image matching using Hamming distance method. We found better results comparing other methods. For large dataset, we used FLANN based matcher, and estimated the Homography using RANSAC algorithm.Improvements/Applications:We have shown the performance of panoramic image stitching with efficient brightness fusion. We performed stitching with high regulationimages. Finally, we were able to create a panoramic image with efficient brightness fusion.Â Â
Design and Fabrication of Lifting Beam for Air Pre Heater Centre Section Parts
Authors: R Manjunathan , N Gayathri , M Muralidharan , A Barathan , R Delhibabu , T Ilaiyarasu
Published: April 2019

The project deals with the reduction of using multiple cranes during the lifting of the Centre section parts and introducing a new system called lifting beam. The lifting beam is designed to carry a weight of 18- 20tons with the self weight of 2-2.5 tons ,reducing the involvement of more number of employees and eliminating the unwanted processes like gas cutting and welding during multiple crane usage, which results in making the Air pre heater (APH) to preheat the fresh Atmospheric air which takes the heat from outgoing Exhaust gas. APH is the device to improve the efficiency that is used generally in the thermal power plants, the main aim of this project also lies in making the lifting beam the versatile one which must be used for both the types of the centre section parts i.e., both the type of pre heaters that are being manufactured in the company of different power capacity of respective length 16 and 18 meters.
Investigation of Mechanical Properties of E-Waste Polymer Blend
Authors: Sharma Sanjay , Santhosh G , G Pradeepa K
Published: April 2019

E-waste collection has turned into a noteworthy worry for the greater part of the natural issues. The E-waste aggregation turns into a quick natural issue which can build up the human wellbeing risks, for example aggravation and oxidative pressure forerunner to cardiovascular illnesses, malignancy, skin ailments, and DNA harm and so forth. Supplanting the E-waste into the valuable items is the major testing process. In this study WEEE plastics and pure polypropylene is blended in different composition and investigation of its tensile flexural and impact properties is done in order to improve mechanical properties by optimizing the right composition which have larger volume than that of E-waste.
Experimental Study of Using Bentonite Concrete with and Without Crimbed Steel Fiber in Conventional Concrete.
Authors: Kalaiselvan R , Madhan kumar J , Raghul raj B
Published: April 2019

Cement manufacturing   pollutes atmosphere by release of greenhouse gases like carbondioxide and it depletes the ozone layer causing adverse affect on livings on earth by global warming. Due to this reason mineral  admixtures are added to concrete to reduce carbondioxide  emmision in  concrete.various type of mineral admixtures are available fly ash, silica fume, rice husk, sea shell and a cheaper  clay material  bentonite is considered and used in this project.This paper presents the result of an experimental investigation carried out to evaluate the properties of concrete with bentonite and steel fiber bentonite in which ordinary portland cement was partially replaced with bentonite by weight for a mix of M25 grade concrete. Replacing of cement by bentonite and bentonite with steel fiber was carrird out, concrete was casted and tested for the compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength. Mix of bentonite with conventional concrete for various percentage and the results have been tabulated and compared with conventional concrete. Then, the same properties were examined in concrete adding different percentages of crimed steel fiber by weight of concrete with constant amount of bentonite which in turn increases the strength of concrete
Wear and Water Absorption Behaviour of Banana and Sisal Hybrid Fiber Polymer Composites
Authors: V Badyankal Pramod , T S Manjunatha , B Veggar Gurushanth
Published: April 2019

Natural fibers are available naturally from geological, animals and plants. The composite materials can be produced by using these fibers for good properties. In this present work the hybridization of randomly oriented Banana [B] and Sisal [S] of proper composition 20%B 30%S, 30%B 20%S and 25%B 25 %S using 50% Epoxy L-12 resin with the hardener K6 in the 10:1 ratio under cold process method was used. According to ASTM G99 specimens are used to calculate the specific wear rate by pin on disc method and using Taguchi technique. The test specimen with 12 X 12 X 40 mm3 was used to calculate the percentage of water absorption.
Comparative Biosorption Capacity of Copper and Chromium by Bacillus Cereus
Authors: Raj A Saravana , Muthukumar P Vinosh , B Bharathiraja , M Priya
Published: April 2019

Biosorption of heavy metals by bacteria is one such effective and eco-friendly method being adopted frequently for environmental applications. The present work reveals the comparative adsorption capacity of Copper and Chromium on the surface of Bacillus Cereus, aerobic, gram positive bacteria. Hexavalent chromium is toxic, non-biodegradable and persistent in nature, Copper is equally toxic when exceeds the permissible limit. Batch experimental studies were conducted in shake flask method to optimize the parameters such as pH, Reaction time, Biosorbent dose and Initial metal concentration. One of four parameters was varied keeping the other three constants and the optimum reaction time was found to be 24 hours. At an Optimum pH level of 7Â±2 with the optimum initial metal concentration of 100ppm the biosorption capacity was found to be 54 percent and 60 percent for Copper and Chromium respectively. Â Â Â Â
Application of Multi Layer Neural Network in Medical Diagnosis: an Efficient Survey
Authors: Rana Arti , Singh Rawat Arvind , Bahuguna Himanshu , Bijalwan Anchit
Published: April 2019

A enormous extent of facts is presently accessible to medical proficient; diverge from information of medical signs to a assortment of varieties of biological facts as well as imaging machinesâ€™ results. All kind of facts gives statistics that which is assessed as well as allocated for exacting pathology throughout the investigative procedure. For restructuring the analytical procedure on a day-to-day basis practice and evade misdiagnosis, artificial intelligence techniques (artificial neural networks, computer aided diagnosis) are able to employ. These adaptive learning techniques could be hold different kinds of medicinal facts and amalgamate them into characterized outcomes.In this paper, we have concisely analyzed and deliberated about competencies, philosophy as well as restrictions of ANN in medicinal analysis concluded elected paradigms.Â Â
Influence of Social Construct on Consumersâ€™ Brand Purchase Intention: a Review of Research
Authors: Kumar Rup Bikash , Gochhayat Jyotiranjan , Samanta Sasmita
Published: April 2019

The aim of this study is to reveal the impact and influence of social construct on consumersâ€™ brand purchase intention. Within the study the latent idea is to illuminates the influence of social construct on brand personality, which leads to enhance the brand purchase intention. The flow of effect of social construct is directly to purchase intention or through brand attitude. In different cultural point of view the specific dimensions of brand personality, those are more influential on purchase intention need to be identified. The outcome of the study may helpful for marketers to redesign their marketing strategy in accordance with the consumers brand personality.Â Â
Study of an Authentication Methods for IoT Services
Authors: Lee Aeri , . .
Published: April 2019

The Internet of Things refers to an intelligent technology and service in which information is mutually communicated between men and things and between things by connecting all things based on the Internet. Recently, as the connections accelerate among heterogeneous terminals, networks, and applications through the opening of IoT platforms, many technical and managerial security threats occur in the IoT environment. To deliver information accurately and securely in the IoT environment, it is getting very important to solve the problems of the safe authentication system. This study proposes an efficient authentication method for IoT services and analyzes its safety.Â Â
Key Generation Techniques to Ensure User Data Integrity in Cloud Environments
Authors: Su Jeong Yoon , Ho Lee Sang
Published: April 2019

Background/Objectives: Cloud services are becoming popular with many users as they provide services based on the Internet. Users who use cloud services can integrate computing resources such as hardware and software, which exist in intangible form, through virtualization technology, and there is a great demand for security technologies related to security problems.Methods/Statistical analysis: As a result of the evaluation, the proposed method in the security evaluation and the performance evaluation resulted in better data integrity and security than the existing method. In addition, we checked the integrity of different cloud data and obtained the efficiency improved by O (logn) than the existing method.Findings: In this paper, we propose a robust data integrity protection scheme for various security attacks in the cloud environment. The proposed method effectively guarantees the integrity of the data used by the user through the generation and processing of low-load keys between the TPA, the user and the KGC. To protect the integrity of the data transmitted and received in the cloud environment, the proposed method generates the key through three processes (data generation process, encryption key generation process, and metadata attribute key pair generation process).Improvements/Applications: The key generated in this process is used by the anonymous key so that sensitive information of the cloud user is not exposed to a third party so that the important information of the user is not remembered. In addition, the proposed scheme keeps synchronization between the TPA and the user at a predetermined time interval so that the important information of the user is not illegally exploited from the third party.Â Â
Wear Studies of Al2O3-ZrO2∙5CaO Composite Coatings for Tribological Applications
Authors: . Abhinav , Krishnamurthy N , Jain Ranjana
Published: April 2019

A composite mixture of Metco 105 SFP, 99.9% Al2O3 and Metco 201 NS, ZrO2.5CaO were blended in the pursuit of high hardness and improved wear resistance characteristics for tribological applications. In this context a composite mixture of alumina and calcia stabilized zirconia in 50:50 by wt. % proportion was developed, and applied over Al-6061 substrates. Atmospheric plasma spray coating technique was used to develop the coating systems. The ASTM G132 standard, a pin-on-disk tribometer was used to determine the specific wear rate at different normal loads of 5 N, 10 N and 15 N. Experimental results revealed that the top coat primarily subjected to sliding and localized abrasion and also confirmed with SEM micrograph. Sliding has mainly occurs in the plane of <111>, <200>, <220>, <311>, <222> found in the XRD analysis. Irrespective of the applied normal loads the coefficient of friction doesn’t influences much in the abrasive wear studies. However, wear mechanism was found to primarily dependent on the phases and on the crystallographic structure of the material used.
Optimal Sitting and Sizing of PV Generation Connected to the Radial Distribution Feeders
Authors: Lincy G , M. Ponnavaikko Dr , Lenin Anselm W.A Dr
Published: April 2019

Electricity is a basic need for the daily life of everyone, and it serves as the main driver for the economic growth in any country. Coal-fired Electricity generation forms the major share of energy resources in the world.   In India, Coal-fired electricity generation represents about 78% of the total power generation in the country. Coal reserve is fast depleting in the world. This situation has necessitated many countries in the world to opt for Distributed Generation (DG), using renewable sources of energy, to meet, the growing demand for electricity and to meet the depleting situation of Coal. In the past, some studies have been carried out by the Researchers using different types of DG systems. This study considers installation of PV systems, making use of the abundant availability of Solar Energy Resources. Appropriate sitting and sizing of DGs could lead to many positive effects for the distribution systems concerned. However, at the same time, inappropriate sitting and sizing of DGs could lead to many negative effects on the distribution systems concerned, such as the voltage profiles, beyond permissible limits and increased network losses. Therefore, it becomes necessary to allocate DGs at optimal locations with optimal sizing. This paper presents the results of the study carried out in a 400 V distribution system as well as in an 11-kV feeder in the Kanchipuram Distribution System in Tamil Nadu, India. This paper also presents the economic impact of the system with PVCs regarding Internal Rate of Return (IRR)for the investment made.
Complementary Approach for Image Edge Detection Using Rough Mirror Mapping in Neural Network
Authors: Bhat Nagaraj , Eranna U , Kumar Singh Manoj
Published: April 2019

In this paper, a complementary approach has applied to obtain the available edges in the image. The complementary image has obtained by subtracting the rough mirror mapped image from the input image. The universal approximation capability of feedforward neural network has applied to define the rough mirror mapping. Multilayer perceptron network and radial basis function network have considered obtaining the mapping. Effect of better learning has also explored in both network by applying adaptivenesss in their transform function available in the active nodes. Single image based training has given for few number of iterations in the development of mapping process.  It is observed that proposed method has self adjusted content aware oriented edge detection where as many existing methods like Sobel, Prewitt have shown their limitations in observing the edges associated with contents having similar shade in the surroundings.
Vibrational Analysis of Composite Beam Embedded with Nitinol Shape Memory Alloy Wires
Authors: Muwafaq Mohmmed Ali Omer , Hamid Mohammed Al-Kalali Rawaa , Mohamed Mahdi Mubarak Ethar
Published: April 2019

In this paper, laminated composite materials were hybridized with fibers (E-glass) and shape memory alloy wires which considered a smart material. The effect of changing frequency on the (acceleration- frequency) response curve, the damping ratio of the vibration modes, the natural frequencies of the vibration mode, the effect of shape memory alloy wires number on the damping characteristics were studied. Hand lay-up technique was used to prepare the specimens, epoxy resin type was used as a matrix reinforced by fiber, E-glass. The specimens were manufactured by stacking 2 layers of fibers. Shape memory alloy, type Nitinol (nickel-titanium) having a diameter (1 and 2mm), was used to manufacture the specimens by embedding (1,2 and 3) wires into epoxy. Experimentally, the acceleration- frequency response curve was plotted for the vibration modes, this curve was used to measure the natural frequencies of the vibration modes and calculate the damping ratio of the vibration modes. ANSYS 15- APDL was used to determine the mode shape and find the natural frequencies of the vibration modes then compared with the experimental results. The results illustrated that, for all specimens increasing the natural frequency leads to decreasing the damping ratio. Increasing the number of shape memory alloy wires leads to increase the values of the damping ratio of the vibration modes and the natural frequencies of the vibration modes at room temperature.
Investigation of local materials on the durability of energy generating biomass cook stove for rural settlers
Authors: M.E Moses , O.D Okonkwo , Quincy S Jack
Published: April 2019

Energy demands in rural communities of developing countries are relatively low. The objective of this work is to provide a smart energy generation from available local materials. Biomass cook stoves are used in most rural communities in developing countries. Its durability and mode of pollution dispersion remains a major challenge. In this research, biomass cook stove was constructed using different local ma-terials. The heat sink sources that were used are steel, copper, iron and low grade steel. Two focuses of the research were the compatibility of the local materials to the thermoelectric (TE) module and its influence on the corrosion of its heat sink. The design specification of the biomass cookstove was to limit environmental pollution and control airflow to the biomass fuel. It was observed that the thermal effect on the heat sink has great influence on the thermoelectric module. The challenge of recurrent results in past research was resolved by the intro-duction of image analyzer to examine the thermal corrosion on the heat sink. The challenges facing the durability of the improved biomass cook-stove were highlighted in the study for further study.