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ASSESSMENT OF RAIN WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM
Authors: Shah Syed Adnan , Khan Dr Mujahid , Qayuum Ikramullah , Ashar Malik
Published: July 2021

The life of the inhabitants of the globe is greatly dependant on water. Providing portable water to communities is of prime interest. Scarcity of water is a threat in near future in Pakistan. There is a need to search for alternate sources of water to fulfil the community requirement. Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) system is a better alternative.  Keeping in view the vast application of this system, it is adopted as an alternative source of water in a village of Abbottabad city where there is scarcity of water.  According to Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), the currently available gravity system and three tube wells are not sufficient to supply water to all the population. For this study, first, the rainfall data is collected and then by using the principle of rainwater harvesting system, the quantity of available water is calculated. The calculations were made using SCS curve number method using mean monthly rainfall depth. From calculation, we found that not only for current population but for population in 2028 can also be served by storing the water that we get from Rainwater Harvesting system if stored in a reservoir. But after 20 years i.e. in 2038, there will be deficiency of 146, 449 gallons per day of water for entire community which can easily be arranged from a small tube well. Therefore, on the basis of this study, it was recommended to the PHED of Abbottabad city to store the rainwater in a reservoir so that it can be easily utilised.
Fuzzy evaluation model of software project performance based on grey clustering analysis
Authors: Wang Wei
Published: July 2021

This paper introduces the general principles that should be followed in project performance evaluation: through the analysis of the main factors affecting software project performance evaluation, it provides a guiding principle for the construction of project performance evaluation index system including software project characteristics and project characteristics. The empirical study shows that the model can effectively evaluate software project performance and knowledge. It provides decision support information for software organizations to formulate risk aversion strategies, improve project performance level and other risk factors.
Regional renewable energy resource potential in Pakistan
Authors: Ahmed Salik uddin , Memon Abdul Hameed , Kamboh Amjad Ali
Published: July 2021

Pakistan is currently recovering from a severe, decade-long power crisis which affected the country’s economy and disrupted its’ development. On the other hand, the environmental concerns faced by the South-East Asian region combined with the sustainable development goals to be implemented by Pakistan under the Paris Agreement puts further emphasis on renewable energy deployment. This research investigates the solar, wind and hydro resource potential for power production in different regions of the country. A total of 15 data sources have been reviewed and meta-analytic review techniques is used for analysis. It is found that 13 sources out of 15 (86.67%) have reinforced availability of wind, 12 (80%) have indicated the availability of solar potential and 11 (73.33%) have supported hydro resource potential. With the help of the Spearman correlation test, it is found that wind potential is correlated to RE potential in Sindh and has a correlation coefficient of 0.643 with a significance value of 0.010. In KPK province, the availability of wind and hydro resources are found to be statistically significant. The correlation coefficient for wind potential in KPK is 0.511 with a significance value of 0.052 and the correlation coefficient for hydro potential in KPK is 0.788 having a significance value of 0.001. Unfortunately, statistical significance between any of the investigated RE sources and RE potential in Punjab and Balochistan could not be found. It is recommended that policymakers should design policies and strategies to maximize country’s RE harnessing power and researchers should work towards finding more evidence to support RE deployment in an informed manner.
Water Quality Assessment of district Bagh(Tehsil Dhirkot) Azad Jammu and Kashmir using multivariate statistical methods
Authors: Kanwal Madiha Madiha
Published: July 2021

The present study is conducted to identify the physical and chemical characteristics of District Bagh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir surface water. Fifteen locations were selected from study area to collect the water samples. The various physico-chemical parameters of water tested are pH,Temperature, Total dissolved solids (TDS), Sodium, Potassium, Sulphate, Nitrate, Calcium, Magnesium and Bicarbonates. The heavy metals including Cr, Cu, and Cl are also the part of our current research on the basis on the outcome of previous studies conducted in the urban areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The final results concluded that bicarbonate was present in high concentration in all samples whereas the other parameters were in the compliance of prescribed World Health Organization standards. Furthermore, Cluster analysis and Principal Analysis were performed which shows similar results and effects of bicarbonates and hardness of water as major contributor of altering the concentration of other variables.
Sustainable Viability for Restoration and Adaptive Reuse of Sikh Era Havelis in Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Farooq Dr Sadia , Qureshi Amna Khalid
Published: July 2021

This research is concept based investigation of assessing the practical viability in terms of sustainability, for restoration and adaptive reuse of Sikh Era historic Havelis in Lahore. The timeless history, architecture and unique features of interior built environment of Sikh Era havelis are considered to be as an ideal aspiration for conservation and adaptive reuse in the recent times. History reveals that there are several examples of reused historic buildings that illustrate the practicality of the concept in terms of sustainability; economic impact, vitality of social life, and usability of existing urban resources including energy saving. A heritage survey of Sikh Havelis in Lahore, expert interviews and a review of literature concerning adaptive reuse of historic buildings is used as a tool of conducting qualitative and comparative research. The research recommends key implications for local governments in Lahore and eventually provide a theoretical research framework that can be incorporated in the decision-making processes for adaptive reuse projects. The expert opinion directs that adaptive reuse is important for quality enhancement, practicing sustainability principles, renew the old resource with future demands. The experts were agreed that adaptive reuse increases the age of building, provides safe and healthy environment and feasibility stage of adaptive reuse give direction to decision process.
COMPARITATIVE ANALYIS OF IPVE & IPV6 INTENDED FOR LEARNING OBJECT REPOSITORY TO SETUP AN E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Khan Imran Ullah
Published: July 2021

In this modern era of Internet, E-learning is very popular among Internet users, users utilize Internet to learn from their homes with little or less effort. However the need to upgrade the suite to counter the ever increasing needs of internet was recognized and IPv6 suite was approved in 1994. IPv6 not only overcomes the issue of depletion of network addresses but also provides various other features such as automation, scalability, security, and others such as multicasting etc. Migration to IPv6 is dependent on its performance against the IPv4 implemented system. In this paper evaluation of various performance metrics of e-learning network performance on IPv4 vs IPv6 implemented system were considered. The results show the difference in the performance which must be considered when adopting the newer version and/or its implication on the end-system application. A comparison of performance of IPv6 on the Linux operating system against other popular operating system such as Windows and MacOS was noted. Overall it was shown by results that the Linux implementation of e-learning over IPv6 outperformed the other commodity operating system.
Effects of Rising Temperature on Microwave Communications in Ducting Environment over the Southern Region of Pakistan in the Northern Arabian Sea
Authors: Khan Imran Ullah
Published: July 2021

The propagation of microwave (MW) of frequencies above 300 MHz is affected by the existence and properties of the atmospheric duct. Atmospheric ducts exist in many areas of the world ocean, including the Arabian Sea. Located in the Hadley Cell and monsoon region, different seasons bring air masses of different properties into the area under investigation, which has a significant impact on the formation and strength of the atmospheric duct. In this paper, we have done the modeling to analyze the patterns of electromagnetic ducting, which is significant in the southern region of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea. To analyze the real-time scenario, data were collected from three different areas off the southern coast of Pakistan in the northern Arabian Sea to observe the electromagnetic wave's effect on the evaporation ducts. Our analysis results reveal that rising temperature plays a significant role where ducts occur above 30% in the summer months and less than 7% in the spring, autumn, and winter months. It is due to an increase in temperature, especially in summer and autumn months, where humidity gradients play an essential role in creating a higher frequency of duct. The same observations were simulated to view the time analysis of pressure, humidity, and potential temperature in this region, depending upon the refractive index.
FSO Communication: Benefits, Challenges and Its Analysis in DWDM Communication System
Authors: Khan Muhammad Faisal Nadeem , Khalil Haleema , Qamar Farhan , Ali Mudassar , Shahzadi Romana , Qamar Nouman
Published: July 2021

Free-space optical (FSO) communication is one of the choice of researchers for most of the bandwidth hungry applications in evolving networks where the deployment of optical fiber is not directly possible as a transmission medium. In this research article, benefits, challenges, applications and role of FSO is discussed in detail for evolving networks. Further, performance of FSO communication system is tested using four channels of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM). Various simulations are performed on FSO including different weather conditions, that directly affect the link performance. Many important parameters such as distance, data rate, bit error rate, amplifier gain, transmitter power, and attenuation under different weather conditions are tested in this research work. The operation of FSO communication system is carried out in the range 760-850 nm where equal channel spacing is considered for the working of DWDM communication system. Moreover, a fair comparison of proposed system is also presented for its operation in two more bands i.e. C and L-band, to show which one offers better performance. Simulation are performed in licensed version of Optisystem 14.0 and MATLAB. For the analysis of proposed system, results are presented in the form of BER and Q-factor plots.
Online classified Advertisements & consumer Buying Behavior: A case of analyzing the behavior of Karachi Buyers towards “OLX”
Authors: Rafiq Asim
Published: July 2021

The aim of this case study is to evaluate the impact of classified online ads available to shoppers for their convenience and to examine their buying behavior in Karachi. In this study sample size of 270 respondents has been taken by using a convenient sampling technique. Internet is a feasible option of buying products so, the variables used in this study as an independent variable are usability, interactivity, trust, marketing mix, aesthetics, and the dependent variable is consumer buying behavior. Factor analysis, Regression analysis and Reliability analysis are the statistical methods used in this study to analyze the results.  Results show that usability, interactivity, trust and marketing mix has a positive impact on consumer buying behavior while classified ads webs are weak in the aesthetics area and also lacking in retaining consumer interests in purchasing. After including demographics variables and excluding the limitation of this study for a specific area, a researcher could expedite research from a new perspective. The findings of this study contribute to the existing body of knowledge as it is the first case study that targets the online medium of purchase in the context of Karachi.
Intra-Net Cognitive Radio Intelligent Utility Maximization using Adaptive PSO-Gradient Algorithm
Authors: Khan Imran Ullah
Published: July 2021

Artificial intelligence now days are mainly dependent on deep learning techniques as it is rapidly growing and capable to outperform other approaches and even human at various problems. Intelligently utilizing resources that meets the growing need of demanding services as well as user behavior is the future of wireless communication systems. Autonomous learning of wireless environment at run time by reconfiguring its operating mode that maximize its utility, cognitive radio (CR) can be programmed and configured dynamically and their utility maximization inside a building is a challenging task. Re-configurability and perception are the key features of cognitive radio while latest machine learning techniques like deep learning is used for system adaptation. In this paper an adaptive model to enhanced cognitive radio utilization to be maximized is proposed, that is, Particle swarm optimization (PSO) in combination with Gradient-method and intends to maximize the utility of CR. For this purpose the primary objective is allocation of optimum powers to base stations (BSs), which is achieved in an iterative manner keeping in view power constraints. A novel Distributed power PSOGradient Algorithm (DPPGA) is introduced, which assures utility maximization under network power constraints. The information regarding utility and interference of an individual BS is available to all of BSs, which is a key parameter, exploited in the proposed algorithm. Simulations are carried out by considering different scenarios and results are compared with existing algorithms. The performance of proposed algorithm is remarkable.
Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle with Robotic Gripper
Authors: Juzer Huzefa
Published: July 2021

This paper has been endeavoring to enforce modern technique in the field of electronics. It is focused on a 6Degree of Freedom (DOF) and an under actuated system. For the underwater controlling and modeling of the vehicle, it has used an Internet Protocol (IP) camera for underwater surveillance. The most important task which the project will do is that it has an image processing feature that will enable the vehicle to find and detect lost or floating objects and picked it out through robotic arm. The Sonar sensor shows the depth of the vehicle and the distance from objects and the barometer shows the surrounding pressure, temperature and altitude of the vehicle. The real time controlling is carried out with the prototype and the results shows that the system is fully capable of accomplishing tasks such as wireless communication, object detection, object recovery and can detect major environmental changes such as pressure, temperature, obstacle avoidance and other real time information processing effectively and efficiently. This report has been so devised to be of special value to research organizations. It introduces a model for simulation and control purpose. The Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles (ROVs) are remote control underwater robots, driven by an individual on the surface. The whole system model is discussed and finally the results are conveyed.
Low latency Montgomery multiplier for cryptographic applications
Authors: Javeed Khalid , Huzaifa Muhammad , Khan Safiullah , Jafri Atif Raza
Published: July 2021

In this modern era, data protection is very important. To achieve this, the data must be secured using either public-key or private-key cryptography (PKC). PKC eliminates the need of sharing key at the beginning of communication. PKC systems such as ECC and RSA is implemented for different security services such as key exchange between sender, receiver and key distribution between different network nodes and authentication protocols. PKC is based on computationally intensive finite field arithmetic operations. In the PKC schemes, modular multiplication (MM) is the most critical operation. Usually, this operation is performed by integer multiplication (IM) followed by a reduction modulo M. However, the reduction step involves a long division operation that is expensive in terms of area, time and resources. Montgomery multiplication algorithm facilitates faster MM operation without the division operation. In this paper, low latency hardware implementation of the Montgomery multiplier is proposed. Many interesting and novel optimization strategies are adopted in the proposed design. The proposed Montgomery multiplier is based on school-book multiplier, Karatsuba-Ofman algorithm and fast adders techniques. The Karatsuba-Ofman algorithm and school-book multiplier recommends cutting down the operands into smaller chunks while adders facilitate fast addition for large size operands. The proposed design is simulated, synthesized and implemented using Xilinx ISE Design Suite by targeting different Xilinx FPGA devices for different bit sizes (64-1024). The proposed design is evaluated on the basis of computational time, area consumption, and throughput. The implementation results show that the proposed design can easily outperform the state of the art
Suitability of Waste Poly-Vinyl-Chloride (PVC) Pipes as a Modifier in the Construction of Pavements in Hot Climates
Authors: Rahman Zia ur , Abbas Asim , Ahmad Izaz , Khan Fayaz Ahmad , Badrashi Yasir Irfan
Published: July 2021

Waste Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipes from sewerage system, bottles, credit cards etc. is a non-biodegradable material and adds to the quantity of solid wastes on annual basis. This study aims at its useful deployment as an additive to the bitumen which is used to construct pavements. Waste PVC pipes when used as a modifier in bituminous mixtures, satisfied the requirements as per the standards as indicated by the results. The properties of bitumen mixed with PVC were studied and compared with those of the ordinary bitumen. The performance characteristics of the the conventional and modified bituminous mixes were investigated and comparative study was carried out. It was shown by the results that waste PVC has got no issue when utilized in road construction. Flow and Stability of the mix was found to be within the acceptable limits after the PVC waste pipes have been incorporated. On the basis of experimental work it is concluded that the asphalt mixtures with waste PVC modifier can be used up conveniently in the construction of flexible pavement in hotter regions regarding their stability and flow characteristics.
Groundwater Arsenic and Cancer Risk Assessment Prediction model via Machine Learning: A Step Towards Modernizing Academic Research
Authors: Iftikhar Sobia , Bhatti Sania , Bhatti Zulfiqar Ali , Memon Mohsin Ali , Memon Faisal
Published: July 2021

Ground water contamination with Arsenic (As) is one of the foremost issues in the South Asian countries where ground water is one of the foremost sources of drinking water. In Asian countries, especially people of Pakistan living in rural areas are devouring ground water for drinking purpose, and cleaned water is not accessible to them. This arsenic contaminated water is hazardous for human health. The persistence of this study is to study the increasing level of arsenic in ground water in coming years for Khairpur, Sindh Pakistan, which is also increasing the cancer rate (skin cancer, blood cancer) gradually in human body. To predict the arsenic value and cancer risk for the next five years, we have developed two models via Microsoft Azure machine learning with algorithms include Support Vector Machine (SVM), Linear Regression (LR), Bayesian Linear Regression (BLR), Boosted Decision tree (BDT), exponential smoothing ETS, Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA). The developed predictive model named as Arsenic Contamination and Cancer Risk Assessment Prediction Model (ACCRAP model) will help us to forecast the arsenic contamination levels and the cancer rate. The results demonstrated that BLR pose highest prediction accuracy of cancer rate among the four deployed machine learning algorithms.
Q-switched EDF LASER Cavity using ITO as Saturable Absorber
Authors: Nizmani Bilal , Memon Faisal Ahmed , Chowdhary Bhawani Shankar , Fizza Ghulam , Harun Suleiman Wadi
Published: July 2021

In this work, we have experimentally reported Q-switched pulse generation by indium tin oxide as a saturable absorber. First the glass slide was placed in electron beam deposition chamber and indium tin oxide layer was coated over the glass slide. Then the indium tin oxide was exfoliated from the glass slide, over the fiber ferrules in erbium doped fiber laser cavity. The Q-switched laser operated at center wavelength of 1562.6 nm. The repetition rate and pulse width were obtained to be 48.31-64.52 kHz and 5.65-4.23 µs, respectively.
Deployment of Sensors to Optimize the Network Coverage Using Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Khan Fozia Hanif , Shams Rehan , Umair M. , Waseem M.
Published: July 2021

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are commonly used in various pervasive applications. Wireless communication is the fastest growing segment of the communication industry that has captured attention of the media and imagination of the public. The purpose of this study is to develop a Genetic algorithm that provides a proper deployment of sensors in order to optimize the coverage problem. The genetic algorithm optimizes the operational modes of sensors nodes for transmitting signals. In this paper we will present the optimum method for the mobile sensors nodes placement, so that transmission of signals and the field coverage can be improved. One of the critical issues of today’s world is to ensure that the quality of services requirement is at an acceptable level and genetic algorithm give the best solution for the above discussed problem. The algorithm has been implemented in MATLAB using its genetic algorithm tool box along with the custom code.
Home Energy Management within Smart Grid via WSN
Authors: Rajput Pooja , Rajput Kiran , Shaikh Muhammad Zakir , Chowdhry B. S. , Aamir M.
Published: July 2021

This paper presents a framework for a home automation scenario within a Smart Grid System. The framework is designed to schedule appliances at less expensive hours to decrease the cost of energy usage at home. The important factor of comfort degradation is also addressed using proposed framework. The framework consists of a Wireless Automatic Metering System that helps in solving various issues of electricity expenses and provides the user with information such as different schemes and tariff packages. Through the proposed framework for home automation, the user will be able to control and reduce the energy expenses using an interactive GUI.
RF Based Wireless Fire Security System for Hospitals
Authors: Khan Muhammad Arsalan
Published: July 2021

Wireless Fire Security System increases the secu-rity against fire as compared to conventional fire security systems. Conventional fire security systems are wired and they usually contain smoke detectors and control panel. The control panel is sometimes hard to operate. It’s hard to understand the control panel and operation of security systems. In hospitals and other health care institutions high security against fire is required in order to protect the expensive equipments and chemicals. Every organization needs proper insurance and safety for their equipments and patients. Radio frequency based fire security system was designed to provide high securi-ty against fire with easy to use, hand-held portable control unit. Anyone can easily operate the portable receiver without additional training or knowledge. Wireless fire security system for hospitals is also very low cost device.
Design, Development & Evaluation of a Prototype Tracked Mobile Robot for Difficult Terrain
Authors: Ilyas Muneeb , Ali Muhammad Ehsan , Rehman Nasir , Abbasi Abdul Rehman
Published: July 2021

This paper reports the design, development andevaluation of a prototype tracked mobile robot for task executionin both natural and human-made environments with stairclimbing feature. First, different types of locomotion systems usedfor mobile robots are compared and their pros and cons arepresented. Then the mechanism designed for the prototypetracked mobile robot is described with the aid of a CAD model.Finally, the results of field testing of the actual robot are presentedand the behavior of tracked mobile robots in presence of slippageis discussed.
Efficient AES-XTS Pipelined Implementation on FPGA
Authors: Ahmed Shakil , Naseem Muhammad
Published: July 2021

In past years, it has been considered that only datacommunicated via networks need to be secured. This paradigmnow shifted towards securing data at rest. With its increasingsignificance, IEEE has introduced a mode of AdvancedEncryption Standard (AES) named as XTS-AES. Few of itsimplementations exist. This paper presents a high throughputand highly efficient fully unrolled pipelined design of AES-XTSon FPGA. The proposed implementation incorporates only oneAES core for both tweak value encryption as well as dataencryption. Further our proposed design calculates tweak valuein parallel to data encryption/decryption process. The resultshave achieved a throughput of 35.8 Gbps with an efficiency of 8.4Mbps/slice. This design offers the best result forThroughput/Area that is 4.641 Mbps/area.
Fluid Dispenser Prototype: A Time Based Approach
Authors: Omair S. M. , Shahid Nageen , Haleem M. A. , Azam M. , Munir M. W. , Ul Haque M. Z.
Published: July 2021

In today's era when precise, accurate and timeefficient systems are in great demand, automated techniquessupersede manual practices. As a need of time, we introduce awireless, automated, cost effective, yet reliable and efficientsystem of fluid dispensing. Our prototype system can dispensevarying amounts of fluids in milliliters (maximum 1L) as perdemand of the user. It uses the principle of time based fluiddispensing achieved through the built-in timer property of theAT89C51 microcontroller. To satisfy the principle used andverify the system's accuracy, fluids of varying viscosities weredispensed and monitored. The experimental results of thewireless fluid dispensing system when tested showed linearrelationship between the dispensing time and desired volumes offluids having differing viscosities. The added feature of wirelesscontrol using HM-TRP series transceiver module along with onsitecontrol via a keypad eliminated the need of physical presenceof operator within the range of 10 meters in order to make thesystem operational. This system can be used in pharmaceuticaland beverage industries as well as in different laboratories fordispensing and filling volumes of fluids with varying viscosities.
Augmenting Walkability, Visibility and Arrangement for Korean ICU
Authors: Shaikh Javaria Manzoor
Published: July 2021

Clinical teams are facing increasing demands toperform more consistently and efficiently in delivering improvedhealth outcomes. Hospital management team in Korea facedifficulties in complex routine task for nurse, which result inworkforce burnout, fatigue, foot and hip ailments from thenecessary walking during a single shift on corridors asquestionnaire suggested.Three analysis of variance as walkability, visibility andarrangement are applied as programmed attributes from a set ofseven Korean adult intensive care units (ICUs), namely SNUH,SSMU, SCC, DUIH, KUMC, PNUH, YUHS. These ICUs areaccepted as the best- performing prototypes by the KoreanInstitute of Healthcare Architecture as Acute Care Medicine.This study systematically analyses the Nurse Station (NS) visit tothe patient bed, than calculates minimum round route on theICUs depth map plan; with aid of the connectivity on supplychain simulation analytical tool ‘route stop’ of LogWare. It wasfound that the maximum walk was calculated for the singular NSat KUMC where primary NS walks 542.005 feet zigzag path andsecondary NS walks 214.814 feet linear path. Conclusively,ANOVA predicted three optimum arrangements which wereconcentric around NS: L-Shape, U- Space or O- Shape scored 5/5thus walking for nurse reduces and utmost visibility wasillustrated. On the contrary I shape and zigzag pattern wasrecognized as not very efficient arrangement with 2/5 score, dueto an increase in walking and reduction in visibility to the lastpatient in the row.
Labview Based Automated External Defibrillator
Authors: Hamid Tehreem , Ali Hassan , Mustafa Ghulam , Qadri Tahir , Din Zia MohyUd
Published: July 2021

In today's era when precise, accurate and timeefficient systems are in great demand, automated techniquessupersede manual practices. As a need of time, we introduce awireless, automated, cost effective, yet reliable and efficientsystem of fluid dispensing. Our prototype system can dispensevarying amounts of fluids in milliliters (maximum 1L) as perdemand of the user. It uses the principle of time based fluiddispensing achieved through the built-in timer property of theAT89C51 microcontroller. To satisfy the principle used andverify the system's accuracy, fluids of varying viscosities weredispensed and monitored. The experimental results of thewireless fluid dispensing system when tested showed linearrelationship between the dispensing time and desired volumes offluids having differing viscosities. The added feature of wirelesscontrol using HM-TRP series transceiver module along with onsitecontrol via a keypad eliminated the need of physical presenceof operator within the range of 10 meters in order to make thesystem operational. This system can be used in pharmaceuticaland beverage industries as well as in different laboratories fordispensing and filling volumes of fluids with varying viscosities.
Road User Vulnerability in Traffic Accidents, Featuring Full Day Data Collection – Comprehensive MACRO Analysis Study for the City of Karachi, Pakistan
Authors: Jafri Syed Faraz , Sheeraz Khawaja , Khan Kamran , Rao Zubair Iqbal , Abbasi Asif
Published: July 2021

It is an undoubted truth that the system oftransportation planning is associated with the key parameters oftraffic safety. This focuses the implementation of designedpolicies and standards. The relationship between road trafficaccidents and applied infrastructure facilities is proportional.This imparts the available geometric design considerations,pavement structure, environmental, human and vehiclecontributory factors. Traffic accidents are also affected onvarious 24hrs timings of the day and classified as dawn, daylight,dusk and dark in different research studies. Each time of the dayhas its own characteristics featuring with the driverperformance, site detection, visual acquaintance and informationprovided for decision sight distance.Accidents occurring in various timings with respect to differenttypes of road users are presented in this research. Possible rootcauses with significant recommended measures are the extensivedimensions of this research study. On the whole, three years datarecord is utilized in the analytical part as well. For the sake ofreason, macro analysis tools and techniques are used in order tojustify the results. The results are also formulated highlightingresponsible factors and liaison with the accidents carried out inmorning and dark.
SSUET Parking Facility, A Case Study; Current Scenario, Future Needs and Proposed Solution
Authors: Saeed Muhammad Arsalan , Zaidi Safdar Abbas , Nasir Muhammad Murtaza
Published: July 2021

This paper presents results of a study carried outfor planning a parking facility in order to mitigate trafficcongestion problem on Sardar Ali Sabri Road near Sir SyedUniversity of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) Chowk inGulshan-e-Iqbal town of Karachi city. American Association ofState Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)guidelines were used in planning of the parking facility. Theplanned parking facility has capacity to accommodate around700 cars and 2000 motorcycles. A traffic study has been carriedout to estimate the space required by vehicles for parking in theSSUET. Data analysis of traffic growth of Karachi city has beenperformed to study the co-relation between traffic growth rate ofKarachi and number of parking vehicles in SSUET. It is foundthat no such co-relation exists and the city’s traffic has no impacton number of parking vehicles in SSUET. It is found that theparameters, affecting growth of parking traffic in SSUET, arenumber of departments of the university and number of seats perdiscipline allowed by HEC/PEC. Finally, construction of aparking plaza in SSUET is proposed for improvement of parkingfacilities.
Audible Tool for Color Identification Using Arduino UNO
Authors: Tabassum Shafia , Hussain Muddasir , Saleem Darakhshan M.
Published: July 2021

This hardware tool is designed for assistance and training for visually impaired people to identify the surrounding colored objects. Several researches are conducted all over the world to design advanced, reliable tool and techniques to support sightless individuals. This paper describes designing of a handheld device to assist visually impaired people for color identification via generated speech. Vision is one of the five senses which is essential for a human being to survive independently. All individuals acquire the external information through the visual coding entering into the eye. The light rays penetrate and stimulate vision receptors to execute the processing of image formation. In response, the brain is able to identify the object. Unfortunately, any accidents or visual disorders with age can restrict the ability to sight the external environment. A visually impaired person can identify the texture, shape and size of an object by touching. But the sense of touch does not permit color identification. This proposed wearable tool, aid mainly focuses on individuals who are unable to observe colors due to visual disorder. A hardware device is presented which generates the speech for color detection. In this proposed work RGB sensor is used to capture the color information of the entity. An Arduino UNO card is programmed using Arduino software 1.6.3 to enhance the signal. It generates a clear audible speech for the specific color of the object. The benefit of this device is low power battery operated, portable, safe and easy to handle.
Secure Architecture for E-commerce Websites
Authors: Ahmed Tooba , Rana Tauseef
Published: July 2021

With the rapid growth of Information Technology(IT), the current markets are being transformed into e-markets/ecommerce.This has created a need for a secure approach toimplement e-commerce and to keep its security. To meet thisneed, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), is one of the bestproficiencies to opt to, because it is flexible and easy to use.However, together with the advantages of SOA, there is also apossibility of unauthorized access of data, and interfering withkey data is also easy. It is therefore a challenge for someorganizations to implement secure e-commerce. This paper willexplore/highlight the significance of SOA for e-commerce andalso the issues/faults in the current e-commerce systems. Animplementation design of a secure architecture for an ecommercesystem supported by SOA has also been suggested inthis paper.
Lifespan and Decomposition Effects of 1st and 3 rd Generation Silicon Solar Cell with respect to Environment and Health
Authors: Faryal Sadaf , Ali Amjad , Memon Abdul Hameed
Published: July 2021

— Utilization of solar photovoltaic is increasing dayby day to reduce dependence on the power grid. Decompositionof 1st and 3rd generation silicon solar cells not only depends uponthe plastic and other materials but also the hazardous elementmainly used as their character on the bases of which they arecategorized as 1st , 2nd and 3rd contemporaries solar cells. Theseingredient are mostly carcinogenic and some of them having lifespan of more than 100 years. After abjection of solar cells, theyremain in the soil for many years and cause serious problem toland environment and also responsible for causing carcinogenicdisease in human and other living beings. This paper exploresdecomposition rates of the chemical element mainly used in 1stand 3rd generation solar cells throughout the past years, possibleenvironmental and health effects by the hazardous elements usedin them typically silicon (atomic number 14) and focusing onpossible suggested solutions or alternatives.
Techno-economic Study for Water Pumping by Solar Power Driven Three Phase Induction Motor
Authors: Abdullah Muhammad , Naqvi Armughan Hassan
Published: July 2021

The paper primarily focuses on water pumpirrigation by operating the three phase induction motor, usingphotovoltaic supply. In many far away regions, mainly invillages, the main hindrance in agricultural production is the soledependence on electricity. Up till now, solar application employedfor DC motors throughout the world because of its simplicity andtorque controlling techniques. In addition to it, regularmaintenance of brushes and commutator is mandatory. Also it isnot possible to replace all, already installed three phase inductionmotors with DC motors. A three phase induction motor with thehelp of inverter performs robustly. The primary goal of thispaper is to study a DC-DC converter and DC-three phaseinverter, to integrate three phase induction motor. Theexploratory results satisfied the targets as it was effectivelymanaged as a water pump with optimal efficiency and cost, usingthree phase induction motor
Seasonal habitat use of a lagoon by ringed seals Pusa hispida in Svalbard, Norway
Authors: Vacquié-Garcia J , Lydersen C , Lydersen E , Christensen GN , Guinet C , Kovacs KM
Published: July 2021

Climate change is impacting ice-affiliated marine mammal habitats throughout the Arctic, with sea ice declines reducing traditional haul-out and breeding habitats, putting a premium on alternative useable areas. In the Arctic, ice forms early in the season and is retained late into the spring in coastal lagoons, but little information is available regarding how this nature type is used by marine mammals. This study documents use of a lagoon by 20 ringed seals tracked for an average of 188 d via satellite-linked GPS tags. Overall, tagged seals spent 8.9 ± 0.4% (±SD) of their time per day inside the lagoon, with strong summer and autumn peaks that dropped off in winter and ceased in spring. Inside the lagoon, seals spent significantly larger proportions of their time hauled out and less time diving in comparison to when they were outside the lagoon. Additionally, the seals dove deeper (19 vs. 7 m) and for longer periods (4 vs. 2.5 min) when outside the lagoon, indicating that most feeding took place out in the fjord. However, residency periods in the lagoon of up to 43 d as well as more intense diving than would be expected for transport to and from haul-out areas within the lagoon suggest that ringed seals also feed in the lagoon. Regular opportunistic sightings of ringed seals in lagoons around Svalbard, Norway, together with the quantitative behavioural documentation of lagoon use in the present study, suggest that lagoons may serve as refugia areas, which might become increasingly important as climate change continues to alter Arctic marine ecosystems.
SALE AND VALUATION OF A PART OF A BUSINESS UNIT IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF OPERATING ASSETS
Authors: ŠULEŘ PETR , HORÁK JAKUB , ROWLAND ZUZANA
Published: July 2021

The aim of this paper is to value a portion of a company which is able to turn a profit even after separation from the whole. The assets of the company are identified, which are operationally necessary for the further functioning of the valuated part as a separate accounting unit. The earnings and asset valuation methods are used to valuate the part of the company. The results of the market value of the company achieved using both methods are compared in the end and the reasons for the differences in the achieved results are stated. The difference in the results achieved by different valuation methods is due to modifications of the input data, which enter the calculation of the value of the company using the individual valuation methods used. The reason for these modifications is also explained.
Improving Performance Loan Fraud Model Prediction Using Mean Decrease Accuracy and Mean Decrease Gini
Authors: Akhmad Arsandi , Lukas Lukas , Mahawan Bagus
Published: July 2021

The purpose of this research is to develop a fraud detection model on loan transactions at failed banks in the context of deposit and deposit guarantees mandated to the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (IDIC). The data used in this study is the data of a bank in the Jakarta area that had liquidated at the end of 2015. Meanwhile, data on loan transaction ranges ranged from 2010 to 2015. This research also focuses on improving the performance of detection models by using feature selection. With the feature selection, it expected that the impact of the reduced performance of the model exposed to high variance and high bias due to the many features used can handled better.
Monitoring & Evaluation Model Framework for IT Project Management at PT. XYZ
Authors: Saputro Fattah Hadi , Soetomo Mohamad Amin
Published: July 2021

There are projects implementation that have not been run accordance with the objective of desired project. Evaluation Model Framework in project management is very important to get the desire goals such as quality, cost and delivery. The main requirement to start the project implementation is a business case study where investment must be validated with related objectives of the project carried out. Investment in a company is not easy to implement, especially in the planning phase of project management. Nowadays technology is growing rapidly, investment in a company continues growing every year along with the company's business needs to be competitive with appropriate investment. This study aims to propose a new design IT framework on project management, starting alignment business strategy, IT goals, business requirements and business case by validating functional specification based on criteria and the project that have passed business cases meet the expectations of stakeholder needs.
Core Banking System Scalability Review
Authors: Fakhrudin Achmad , Ipung Heru P. , Soetomo Mohamad Amin , Lim Charles
Published: July 2021

In carrying out the digital transformation, bank has to find their optimal routes to exploit the Open Banking opportunity and minimize or manage any threat. However open Banking models will be making implication on the increasingly hit from the external parties. It will be new and more unpredictable data volumes as third parties request access to the banking system. Bank has to prepare their Banking system on the Enterprise Architecture, and one of the concerns is on the scalability. For the traditional core banking system, the platform of mainframe and other legacy technology could remain the bottleneck to agility and scalability. In this paper, scalability testing and analysis are carried out to verify whether the traditional banking core system running on the power platform can be scalable to support open banking strategy. The results found were that the core banking system could be scalable, but needed a lot of enhancement on the core banking application side, as well as capacity upgrading on the server side.
Medical Gases Cylinder Risk Evaluation To Prevent Risk
Authors: Ivan Ivan
Published: July 2021

Medical gases for medical treatment, are used to give gas therapy to the patient. They are widely used in hospitals, clinics, dental clinics, homes, and other healthcare facilities. They are essential and request zero faults. Because of the impact of medical gases fault, may could someone injury or even death. The incidents of using medical gases are still founding in several countries, including Indonesia. This research paper was conducted to give a perspective of risk evaluation, so medical gases cylinder management could get attention. Normally the incidents in using medical gases are caused by human error and fraud. Human error in using medical gases could make somebody death, and fraud could make financially lost which could affect operational cost. The explanation will be shown on the risk heat map and also the risk scorecard. This is facilitating to make it easier to take a decision for the priority of risk that should be mitigated or manage.
Ruang Belajar Online Sebagai Implementasi Pembelajaran Daring Pada Murid Sekolah Dasar Muhammadiyah 22 Meranjat
Authors: Tian Muhamad , Kusmindari Christofora Desi , Hardini Septa , Indriani Poppy
Published: July 2021

Pembelajaran daring dengan menggunakan berbagai macam aplikasi pembelajaran merupakan inovasi pendidikan untuk menjawab tantangan akan ketersediaan sumber belajar yang variatif. Keberhasilan dari suatu model ataupun media pembelajaran tergantung dari karakteristik peserta didiknya. Sebagai mana yang literatur dalam e-learning mengindikasikan bahwa tidak semua peserta didik akan sukses dalam pembelajaran online. Ini dikarenakan faktor lingkungan belajar dan karakteristik peserta didik.Sehinga adanya kegiatan yang dapat membantu dalam hal pembelajaran daring anak sekolah dasar Muhammadiyah 22 Meranjat akibat dari adanya pandemik COVID-19. Tujuan yang ingin dicapai yaitu membantu penerapan pembelajaran daring siswa sekolah dasar ditengah wabah covid -19. Metode pengembangan dari PKM-M yang akan dilaksanakan merupakan sebuah rangkaian tahapan yang disusun secara sistematis, berikut adalah gambaran flow map. Hasil yang di Capai yaitu Sebagai Ruang Pembelajaran Daring, membantu orang tua dalam mengajari anaknya, Membantu Murid dalam memahami pelajaran. Sehingga aspek ekonomi murid tidak perlu datang ke sekolah dan bisa menabung uang jajan mereka untuk membeli kuota internet. Aspek kesehatan dengan pembelajaran online murid menghindari Resiko terdampak covid-19 dengan tidak bertemu langsung dengan orang lain.