bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
JALBTCX/NCMP emergency-response airborne Lidar coastal mapping & quick response data products for 2016/2017/2018 hurricane impact assessments
Authors: Eisemann Eve , Dunkin Lauren , Hartman M. , Wozencraft Jennifer
Published: December 2019

The Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) deployed to support regional-scale post-storm damage assessments following Hurricanes Irma (2017), Maria (2017), and Michael (2018) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) following Hurricanes Matthew (2016) and Florence (2018). The JALBTCX has a long history of providing regional coastal surveys after storm impacts in the United States. These high-resolution, regional datasets extend beyond project boundaries, providing critical data to quantify large-scale impacts associated with storm events. These regional datasets directly support missions within the USACE, other federal agencies, academia, and the broader coastal community.
Utilization of Testimonials Menu as Submission Media Information on Buyer Satisfaction on the Website E-Commerce Raharja Internet Café
Authors: Henderi Henderi , Zcull Harph , Putri Cheetah Savana
Published: December 2019

Raharja Internet Cafe is a facility at Raharja College, which provides various needs for Raharja's private lecture activities. Raharja Internet Cafe is used to help lecture activities by facilitating students such as computers, printers and scanners. Also helps students to install or service iPad. However, sometimes the facilities available at Raharja Internet Cafe are still experiencing problems so students are less interested in visiting Raharja Internet Cafe. This study uses 2 (two) methods, namely the literature review method and questionnaire. As a result, to make it easier for sellers and buyers to know the quality of services provided by Raharja Internet Cafe to Pribadi Raharja, Raharja Internet Cafe's website is used by adding testimonials menus. In the testimonials menu, there are many testimonials that have been given by Raharja Internet Cafe users. And the results obtained from the research conducted are that Raharja Internet Cafe is very helpful in lecturing activities
Saúde e alterações comportamentais de animais de equoterapia
Authors: Melo e Oña Cely Marini , Magalhães Luis Carlos Oña , De Jesus Lisiane Pereira , Caobianco Juliana , Rodrigues Janaina Lúcia , Neto Antonio Raphael Teixeira
Published: December 2019

O bem-estar dos animais tornou-se uma grande preocupação social e identificar os fatores que o afetam é de suma importância. Sendo assim, o presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar os aspectos de manejo, sanidade e comportamentais de animais de equoterapia. Para tanto foi elaborado um questionário e distribuído para diferentes centros de equoterapia no Brasil (n=127), filiados à instituição regulamentadora da atividade, a ANDE-BRASIL, dos quais 27 foram respondidos. Dentre os aspectos abordados foi considerado a incidência de doenças, assistência veterinária, controle sanitário (vermifugação e vacinação), controle de entrada dos animais, incidência de cólica e aspectos comportamentais. Com isso verificou-se baixa incidência de doenças visto que 14,28% adoeceram uma vez por trimestre. Em 40,74% dos centros de equoterapia o médico veterinário realizava visitas mensais, refletindo em baixa casuística de doenças (14,81%). Notou-se um controle sanitário eficiente, visto que 85,18% dos animais eram vacinados anualmente e 70,27% vermifugados em intervalos adequados. Alguns locais funcionavam como centros equestres e a equoterapia foi uma atividade paralela. Sendo assim, é importante haver um controle de entrada dos animais através dos exames de notificação obrigatória. Boa parte dos centros de equoterapia apresentava o controle com exames e também exigiam vacinas (40,74%). Ocorria acompanhamento da saúde bucal dos animais (74,07%), o que favorecia a digestão dos alimentos e fez com que os casos de cólica fossem esporádicos (59,26%). Os cascos também eram limpos e o casqueamento ocorria em intervalos adequados. Em relação ao comportamento, os animais possuíam pelo menos 2 horas de contato físico entre si (74,07%), o que favorecia com que os animais não manifestassem em sua maioria estereotipias e agressividade. Como base nos resultados obtidos, evidenciou-se que a formação de uma equipe com conhecimento acerca do cavalo, bem como a assiduidade do veterinário contribuiu para um bom manejo sanitário nos centros avaliados.
Optimización de la enseñanza de la Geografía mediante la estandarización de la Cartografía Táctil
Authors: Coll Escanilla Alejandra , Pino Silva Fernando
Published: December 2019

La enseñanza de la Geografía dispone actualmente de un apoyo conceptual, teórico, metodológico y tecnológico extraordinario, sin embargo, en el contexto de una sociedad cada día más inclusiva, un significativo número de estudiantes de todos los niveles y edades, así como personas con discapacidad visual, han ido quedando al margen del conocimiento de la geografía de su país, cuestión fundamental para desarrollar autonomía y seguridad en el manejo y movimiento de las personas en el espacio local y general.

El Centro de Cartografía Táctil (CECAT) de la Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana de Chile se ha preocupado durante los últimos años por investigar y desarrollar propuestas de optimización de la cartografía táctil, considerando que este instrumento es hasta hoy día la única forma de proporcionar a las personas ciegas o con baja visión un acercamiento, aunque sea parcial, del conocimiento de sus espacios locales y regionales y la posibilidad que generen mapas mentales de su entorno y de su país.

Desde la experiencia adquirida en el proyecto de investigación IPGH NºCART01/GEOG02 2017: “Propuesta de estandarización de simbología táctil para Latinoamérica: Aplicación en cartografía turística”, se acordó avanzar en el perfeccionamiento y estandarización de la dispersa y cuantiosa simbología usada en los mapas táctiles que se generan en los diferentes países de América Latina. La utilización de símbolos convencionales en la cartografía topográfica y regular de los países, ha facilitado en gran medida el uso y buen manejo de dicha cartografía y si bien es cierto,  la cartografía táctil es fundamentalmente temática, estamos seguros que un esfuerzo tendiente a estandarizar la multiplicidad de símbolos usados actualmente, ayudará a los personas con discapacidad visual a internalizar dichos  símbolos y por tanto a facilitar su decodificación  durante el proceso de manipulación táctil de los modelos cartográficos.
Métodos y técnicas para la construcción de símbolos táctiles hacia una Cartografía Inclusiva
Authors: Pérez de Prada Enrique , Ribeiro do Carmo Waldirene , Sena Carla R.G.
Published: December 2019

Este artículo presenta una reflexión sobre la experiencia de varios años de los autores con relación a la producción de representaciones gráficas táctiles, con énfasis en la generación de los símbolos (lineales, arenales y puntuales) empleados para representar informaciones geocartográficas. Se presentarán los símbolos que ya están estandarizados, así como las metodologías utilizadas para su definición y construcción. Aprovechando como ejemplo la simbología de algunos mapas táctiles turísticos serán discutidas las características necesarias para que los signos sean comprendidos por los usuarios, principalmente los que tienen deficiencia visual.Un producto cartográfico táctil permite al discapacitado visual acceder a la información y el conocimiento geográfico por medio de los símbolos táctiles y la escritura Braille que acompaña cada uno de los productos cartográficos. Este tipo de cartografía táctil permite representar la información de una forma adecuada y entendible para el usuario ciego, lo cual implica utilizar símbolos táctiles cuidadosamente diseñados lo que permitirá reconocer y generar una imagen mental del área geográfica representada.Es importante señalar, que la adecuada instrucción en la lectura táctil, en el lenguaje Braille y el conocimiento previo de la variable geográfica representada que tenga la persona ciega, le facilitará extraer información de un mapa táctil, de un gráfico o de imágenes en relieve.
On mm’ den küçük Proksimal Üreter Taşlarının Tedavisinde Fleksibl ve Semirijid Üreteroskopi Kullanımının Karşılaştırması
Authors: KARTAL İbrahim , ÇİMEN Sertaç , YİĞİTBAŞI Orhan , AKAY Emin Ozan , ERASLAN Aşır , ÖZENÇ Görkem , BAYLAN Burhan , YALÇINKAYA Fatih
Published: December 2019

Amaç: On mm
ve altındaki proksimal üreter taşlarında cerrahi gerektiren durumlarda fleksibl
üreteroskopi ve semirijid üreteroskopi kullanımı sonuçlarının ve
güvenilirliğinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Materyal ve Metod: Kliniğimizde
2013-2019 arasında 10 mm’ den küçük proksimal üreter taşı nedeniyle opere
edilen hastaların verileri retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Hastalar
cerrahide kullanılan üreteroskopi tipine göre fleksibl ve semirijid üreteroskopi
grubu olarak ikiye ayrıldı. Her iki grup demografik özellikler, operatif ve
postoperatif sonuçlar ve başarı oranları açısından karşılaştırıldı.Bulgular: On
mm’den küçük proksimal üreter taşlarının cerrahisinde kullanılan üretroskopi
tipine göre, toplam 382 hastada fleksibl (266) ve semirijid (116) üreteroskopi
grupları arasında demografik özellikler ve taş boyutu arasında fark
bulunmamaktaydı. Ortalama operasyon süresi fleksibl üreteroskopi grubunda 45±10,9
dakika iken semirijid üreteroskopi grubunda 37.2±10.2 dakikaydı (p= 0.001).
Fleksibl üretroskopi grubunda %91,4 (266/243) ve semirijid üreteroskopi
grubunda %79,3 (116/92) başarı oranına ulaşıldı (p= 0.001). Komplikasyon
oranları açısından fleksibl (%10,5) ve semirijid (%16,4) üreteroskopi grupları
arasında fark yoktu.

Sonuç: Küçük
proksimal üreter taşlarında cerrahi gerektiren durumlarda fleksibl üreteroskopi
kullanımı yüksek başarı oranları ile semirijid üreteroskopi kullanımına göre
daha avantajlı gözükmektedir.
The Determination of Upper Extremity Anthropometric Measurements in Healthy Subjects Aged Between 18-25 Years
Authors: ÖZANDAÇ POLAT Sema , KABAKCI Ayşe Gül , YÜCEL Ahmet Hilmi
Published: December 2019

Background: The present
study was aimed to analyze the morphometric measurements of upper extremity
dimensions and estimate the total body surface area, hand and palm area in
healthy subjects aged between 18-25 years. Materials and Methods: After taking
hand tracing, the length and width measurements were performed, and hand-palm
indexes were calculated from 407 adult subjects (243 females; 164 males) aged
18 to 25 years. Also, arm span, height and weight were measured. Additionally,
total body surface area was calculated using DuBois Formula and hand and palm
area was estimated from hand tracing and the percent of hand and palm surface
area were formulated.Results: In females,
the mean values of age, weight, height, BMI and arm span were found as
19.68±2.42 years, 55.96±8.32 kg, 164.12±5.93 cm and 20.79±3.03 kg/m2 and 1.60±0.06
m, respectively, whereas the same values were 20.22±3.40 years, 71.48±11.98 kg,
176.96±6.26 cm, 22.80±3.44 kg/m2, and 1.76±0.05 m, respectively in males.
Moreover, the significant difference was found between measurements such as
height, weight, body mass index and arm span and gender. Total body surface
area was estimated as 1.88±0.16 m2 and 1.60±0.12 m2 in males and females,
respectively. Also, hand area of males was found as 156.31±11.25 m2 and
154.71±11.92 m2 in right and left side, respectively, whereas the corresponding
value of females was measured as 128.15±11.14 m2 and 125.56±10.80 m2 in right
and left side, respectively. Palm area of males was estimated 88.30±8.11 m2 and
87.52±8.61 m2 in right and left side, respectively. The same values of females
were 71.51±6.19 m2 and 70.24±1.60 m2 in right and left side, respectively.
However, there were significant difference in measurements of hand area, palm
area, total body surface area, the percents of hand and palm surface area
between gender. The hand index was found as 42.33±2.97 (right), 41.67±2.91
(left) in females, whereas the same values were established as 41.95±3.56
(right) and 42.03±2.64 (left) in males.

Conclusions: The
observations presented in present study, can provide principal knowledge about
anatomic parameters. They need to be taken into consideration when surgical
procedures are performed in hand region for female and male population. Also,
the total body surface area, the percents of hand and palm surface area, hand
and palm area values help to determine burns area, or extent of burn and
wounds. Moreover, we can say that differences between measurements can depend
on some factors such as gender, age, race, ethnic groups, geographical
situations.
Kalp Yetersizliği Hastalarında Ürik Asit seviyeleri ile Etiyoloji arasındaki İlişkinin Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: GÜNGÖREN Fatih , BEŞLİ Feyzullah
Published: December 2019

Amaç: Ürik
asit, insanlarda pürin metabolizması sonucunda meydana gelen son üründür ve pek
çok çalışmada kardiyovasküler hastalıklar ile ilişkisi incelenmiştir. Ancak, iskemik
ve dilate kardiyomiyopati hastalarında serum ürik asit seviyelerinin
değerlendirildiği çalışmalar sınırlıdır. Çalışmamızın amacı, iskemik (İKMP) ve
dilate kardiyomiyopati (DKMP) hastalarında serum ürik asit seviyelerini
karşılaştırmaktır.Materyal ve Metod: Bu
çalışmaya kliniğimizde Ocak 2016 ile Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında düşük
ejeksiyonfraksiyonlu kalp yetersizliği nedeniyle yatmış olan 115 hasta ve
yaş-cinsiyet eşleştirmesi yapılan 55 kontrol hastası alındı. DEFKY’li hastalar
İKMP olanlar (n=69) ve DKMP olan hastalar (n=46) olarak iki gruba ayrıldı.Bulgular: İKMP ve
DKMP grupları arasında; cinsiyet, vücut kitle indeksi, kullanılan ilaçlar ve
aritmi görülme sıklığı açısından anlamlı bir farklılık saptanmadı. Ancak, İKMP
grubunda yaş, hipertansiyon, hiperlipidemi, koroner arter hastalığı (KAH)
varlığı, ailede KAH öyküsü ve sigara içiciliği sıklığı anlamlı olarak daha
fazla idi. Her iki grup, laboratuvar özellikleri açısından
karşılaştırıldıklarında; İKMP grubunda ürik asit değerinin anlamlı olarak daha
yüksek olduğu saptandı (6.9 ± 1.9’a karşın 6.3 ± 1.2, p=0.029).

Sonuç: Çalışmamızda,
İKMP’li kalp yetersizliği hastalarında serum ürik asit düzeyinin DKMP‘li kalp
yetersizliği hastalarına göre anlamlı olarak yüksek olduğu tespit edildi.
The Ontology of Documents, Revisited
Authors: Furner Jonathan
Published: December 2019

Three contributions are made to understanding the nature of documents. A survey of definitions of "document" from the last century shows that those definitions which most accurately reflect the ways in which the term "document" is used in practice are typically compound definitions, consisting of two or three elements that each refer to a different function of documents: medium, message, and meaning. Locating documents in E. J. Lowe's four-category ontology results in consideration of documents as universals rather than as particulars. Analysis of B. Smith's theory of document acts suggest that all documents, not just the ones that are involved in declarations, are creative in the special sense that they are generative of quasi-abstract entities of the kind that collectively comprise social reality.
Information Design: Textualization, Documentarization, Auctorialization
Authors: Zacklad Manuel
Published: December 2019

In this article on information design, we will begin by recalling our definition of information anchored in an anthropological vision of communication, and we will then present Buckland’s ternary approach to information, which is in tune with our typology. Secondly, we will return to the notion of device (dispositif) to introduce information and communication devices, of which we will give a few examples. This will allow us, in the third section, to present the design of recorded information in all its richness and complexity, combining the issues of textualization, authorialization, and documentarization.
When Might Human Indexing Be Strongly Justified
Authors: Warner Julian
Published: December 2019

The paper is concerned with the justification for human indexing, in the modern era. We understand human indexing in a classic sense, of human description of information objects in accord with a controlled vocabulary.

A justification for human indexing would be, when it yields a value commensurate with its cost. A long historically established value for retrieval systems is selection power, or an enhanced capacity for informed choice for the searcher.

The question of the justification for human indexing is made analytically tractable by reversing the historical order of development. We ask, what forms of selection power are not readily obtainable from human use of computationally generated selection processes in searching?

Selection processes widely available for searching written documents, for words, phrases, and combinations of words and phrases, are reviewed in ascending order of creativity.

Human indexing is strongly justified, when the exchange value involved in producing its use value (likely to be realized as generic power) are commensurate with the exchange value it can command.

The argument is conducted with written documents as examples but the possibility of extension of its conclusion to non-written documents is indicated.
Predicting the fabric width of single jersey cotton knitted fabric
using appropriate software
Authors: BHUVANESHWARRI I. , TAMILARASI A.
Published: December 2019

Prediction of any property of the material has attracted the attention of many scientists all over the world in order to
produce better products. Information Technology (IT) field has many applications and plays dominant role in the
production of various products in the industry. Knitted fabric should satisfy a number of requirements of consumer. Fabric
width is a very important property which affects knitted fabric comfort properties. The deviation from the fabric width will
either lead to more consumption of raw material or affect profit of the company. Hence, controlling the width of the fabric
has an adverse effect on company’s profit and usage of raw materials. An investigation of the prediction of the width of
the single jersey cotton knitted fabric in a fully relaxed state using Data mining technique in Rough set Computational
based Priority Prediction Model (RCPPM) is reported. The inputs were yarn count, machine diameter, required GSM,
machine gauge, actual yarn count, lea weight, lea strength, twist multiplier, loop length, course per cm, wales per cm,
length shrinkage, width shrinkage, and fabric width. The real-time textile dataset consisted of 7,505 single jersey cotton
knitted fabric samples. The results showed that the fabric width obtained by using aforesaid model was found to yield
very accurate values and compared favourably with the measured ones. This study will lead to the production of the
knitted fabric with better comfort and dimensional stability.
Fire safety in textile industries – A Review
Authors: VENKATARAMANAN PONNUSAMY , PRATHAP PAULRAJ , SIVAPRAKASH PALANISAMY , SIVAPRAKASH KANCHANA
Published: December 2019

Over the past decades, textile industries are playing an important role in the Indian economy, and moreover it is the
second largest revenue source for the country. The textile industry is the only industry that offers massive employment
for both skilled and unskilled labour. Fire accidents cost hundreds of workers’ lives and livelihoods along with huge
equipment and material loss. The stipulation of proper safety system would be the only option to increase the production
rate and quality of the product which in turn amplify the profit and good will of the company. In spite of various initiatives
taken to prevent fire accidents in the textile industry, there are still a significant number of fire occurrences in this
industry. Fire accident is the major source of accident in case of textile industries, and preventing the fire accident would
be the first and foremost choice and also it is mandatory to alleviate the fire accidents to safe guard raw materials and
employees. This paper presents a review on various hazards in textile industries. This article intends at studying each
of these issues in textile industries, along with the existing possible solutions for these problems. This study is essential
in exposing safety concerns in factories around the world.
Creativity, innovation and future ‒ the key points regarding the “architecture”
for the production of agro-textiles
Authors: CARPUS EFTALEA , DOROGAN ANGELA , MATACHE MIHAI-GABRIEL , VLADUT VALENTIN , MUSCALU ADRIANA
Published: December 2019

The twenty-first century represents the period of the most remarkable discoveries and transformations of the human
civilization, but also the period of the most important changes regarding the evolution of the environment. At the present
stage of the evolution of the society, the knowledge of the behaviour of the world economy cannot be conceived outside
the environmental approach, as a system, structure and dynamics, its connections and implications on life on earth.
Agriculture is an important source of emission of two greenhouse gases with a significant share in the influence of the
global warming process. The key to protecting the environment from the harmful effects of widespread and unsafe farming
practices is through implementing sustainable practices. Sustainable agriculture incorporates both the conservation of
available resources and the use of agricultural practices aimed at protecting the environment.
Given the increasing awareness of the environment and the specific knowledge of the various interdisciplinary
technologies, special attention has been paid to unconventional technical applications, such as the use of textile
structures in the agriculture and horticulture sectors to increase the quality and efficiency of agro-food products in terms
of ensuring a healthy environment, social economic equity and a profitable economy.
In this context, the textile sector and the field of technical textiles, through the potential of functionalities, can make a
special contribution to achieving a level of coherence between agriculture, environment and rural development through
the intelligent and sustainable capitalization of agricultural lands and labour force.
For agro-textiles ‒ weight domain for the technical textile sector ‒ design is a problem-solving approach, based on
common human technical/scientific skills or knowledge, which starts from understanding and observing the phenomena
of the field in which these textile elements/products will be used. In this sense, the paper presents the logical matrix
regarding the interactions between the problems that need to be solved, the elements that can influence the studied
phenomenon the functions that the designed product has to fulfill and the effects produced by its use under real
conditions of use.
Investigation of the effect of cotton knitted fabric structure of babywear
on moisture management properties
Authors: BILTEKIN SERAP , AYÇA AYÇA
Published: December 2019

In recent years, baby clothing has become an important role in the garment sector. The increasing importance of baby
clothing, along with the new designs, different fabric structures, accessories and clothing comfort is required to develop.
Due to the increasing importance given to baby health in the world, babywears have to be manufactured from materials
that are not harmful to health in accordance with the standards.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cotton knitted fabrics structure of babywear on moisture
management properties. For this reason, moisture management properties (wetting time, absorption rate, spreading
speed, accumulative one-way transport capability (OWTC) and overall moisture management capability (OMMC)) of
cotton knitted fabrics of different structures which are widely used in babywear have been examined. Moisture
management tester was used for liquid transport of the knitted fabric samples.
As a result of the study, it is observed that single jersey fabric had higher OMMC values than these of interlock and 1x1
rib knitted fabrics. Regarding the effect of yarn thickness, liquid transport increased with decreasing yarn thickness in
general. Regarding the effect of fabric weight and fabric thickness, liquid transport decreased with increasing weight and
thickness in general. Negative correlations were observed between fabric weight, fabric thickness and overall moisture
management capability.
Pengaruh Religiulitas Terhadap Komitmen Organisasi Ditinjau dari Komitmen Afektif, Komitmen Normatif dan Komitmen Berkelanjutan
Authors: Wardianto Muhammad , Amang Fathur Rohman  , Any Urwatul Wusko
Published: December 2019

Abstract

The rapidly changing business environment requires organizations to remain productive. thus, the organization continues to strive to improve the process. The organization is aware of the fact that the competitiveness of business processes depends on human resources. Thus, retaining competent employees in the organization becomes one of the main challenges for the organization. The purpose of this study is to determine and explain the effect of religiosity on affective commitment, normative commitment and ongoing commitment. This type of research is explanatory. with survey techniques. The population in this study was BMT Pasuruan Regency employees and the sampling technique was purposive sampling. The data analysis method used is PLS using WARPPLS 5.0 software. The study was conducted in Pasuruan Regency with the consideration that there are BMT Organizations with various levels of employee religiosity. The results showed that religiosity had a significant positive effect on affective commitment and normative commitment but did not significantly influence sustainable commitment.

Abstrak

Lingkungan bisnis yang berubah dengan cepat mengharuskan organisasi untuk tetap produktif. sehingga, organisasi terus berusaha memperbaiki prosesnya. Organisasi sadar akan fakta bahwa daya saing proses bisnis tergantung pada sumber daya manusia. Dengan demikian, mempertahankan karyawan yang kompeten dalam organisasi menjadi salah satu tantangan utama bagi organisasi. Tujuan pada penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskan pengaruh religiulitas terhadap komitmen afektif, komitmen normatif dan komitmen berkelanjutan. Jenis penelitian ini adalah eksplanatori. dengan teknik survei. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah pegawai BMT Kabupaten Pasuruan dan teknik pengambilan sampel adalah purposive sampling. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah PLS dengan menggunakan software WARPPLS 5.0. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Pasuruan dengan pertimbangan terdapat Organisasi BMT dengan berbagai tingkat religiuitas pegawainya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa religiulitas berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap komitmen afektif dan komitmen normatif namun tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap komitmen berkelanjutan.
Modeling and Simulation of Performance limits in IEEE 802.11 Point Coordination Function
Authors:   Communication Engineering Department, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan., Eyadeh* Ali , Jarrah Mohammad ,   Department of Computer Engineering, Yarmouk University, Jordan, Aljumaili Ahmad ,   Department of Computer Engineering, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
Published: December 2019

The IEEE 802.11 standard is based on prevalence of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology. The performance of Wireless network depends mainly on the network throughput and average delay. Network requirements change according to applications deployed. Thus, the performance limits of IEEE 802.11 WLAN system should be evaluated and analyzed under the fundamental access mechanism for medium access control (MAC) called point coordination function (PCF). In this paper, we study the performance limits of IEEE 802.11n standard in PCF MAC layer through calculating theoretical maximum throughput (TMT) and delay time using an analytical model. Moreover, we develop a simulation model to study the performance limits using OPNET modeler. In the simulation, we examine the effects of packet size and number of stations on the TMT and delay time. Results show that the Delay time and TMT increase as the packet size increases, and as the number of stations increases, the Delay time increases and the TMT decreases.
Strength and Ductility of Tyre Rubber Concrete Columns
Authors:   Research scholar of Civil Engineerieng Department, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India & Assistant Professor, Civil Engineerieng Department, Elitte College Of Engineering, Sodepur, Kolkata, India, Banerjee* Sulagno , Mandal Aritra ,   Research scholar of Civil Engineerieng Department, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India & Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Techno International Batanagar, West Bengal, India, Rooby Dr Jessy ,   Professor of Civil Engineering Department, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,
Published: December 2019

This paper describes the results of short columns with different eccentricities. The response of columns was examined to probe the influence of rubber aggregate as a partial substitution of coarse aggregate in concrete.. The experimental outcomes were contrasted with the finite element model to evaluate the failure pattern of the test units. Columns with 5% rubber aggregate replacement ratio showed a similar load behaviour compared to conventional aggregate concrete. The ultimate load of columns made with 5% recycled rubber aggregate concrete could be complemented and used because of the similar response as that of columns made with conventional concrete .
Estimating Cell Count in Overlapped Cluster of ThinPrep Pap Smear Cell Microscopic Image
Authors:   Research Scholar, SCOPE, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, T.P.* Deepa. , Rao A *Dr. Nagaraja ,   Associate Professor, SCOPE, VIT University, Vellore – 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: December 2019

The cell adequacy is one of the important factor is Pap smear test as per Bethesda reporting system. The adequate number of cells in a given sample helps to effectively check for abnormality of cells. The Pap smear sample with inadequate number of cells will be rejected and patient will be called for collecting sample once again. The cell adequacy is the number of squamous epithelial cells present in the given Pap smear sample. This paper presents an automated method which estimates the number of cells in a given Pap smear image. This method estimates a cell count even when cells are overlapped. The proposed approach first separates disjoint cells and overlapped cell cluster from cervical Pap smear image. Then the overlapped cluster is further segmented to obtain individual cells. The overlapped cluster is selected based on the area factor. That is area of overlapped cluster will be more than disjoint cells. This method uses Bitplane slicing technique for segmentation of overlapped cells. Then the total cell counts is estimated as sum of disjoint cells count and number of cells separated from overlapped cluster. The method is tested on the ThinPrep images publicly available in open access database.
Effect of Curing Conditions on the Compressive Strength of Self Compacting Concrete Incorporating Slag and Steel Fibres
Authors:   School of Civil Engineering, VIT, Vellore, Tamilnadu- 632014, India., Basheerudeen* Abibasheer , SEKAR Dr S.K. ,   School of Civil Engineering, VIT, Vellore, Tamilnadu- 632014, India.
Published: December 2019

The influence of different curing conditions on the compressive strength of Self compacting concrete in combination of Slag and Manufactured sand (MSand) is only little known, especially when subjected to steam accelerated curing process.Water immersion curing, Sealed curing, Curing compounds, Air Curing, Curing at site conditions and curing with steam were considered for the present study on the compressive strength of Self compacting concrete (SCC).The specimens were tested for 3,7,28&90 days. Out of the various curing methods, the highest compressive strength achieved is for Water immersion curing followed by Sealed curing (95%), curing compounds (93%), curing at site conditions (89%) and air curing (75%).Curing using steam was introduced to optimize the steam curing cycle for SCC. 36 different steam curing cycles were considered with varying temperatures of 50, 60 and 700C.The treatment period considered for the study were 8, 10, 12 &14 hours. From the experimental investigation, it is observed that increase in temperature and total cycle time led to higher immediate compressive strength. Out of the 36 curing cycles, the optimum cycle is having a temperature of 600c, delay period of 5 hours and a treatment period of 12 hrs.
An Improved Smart Traffic Signal using Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence
Authors:   department of CSE, Swami Vivekananda College of Engineering, Indore, India., Mishra* Shruti , Birchha Vijay ,   department of CSE, Swami Vivekananda College of Engineering, Indore, India.
Published: December 2019

The growth in population all over the world and in particular in India causes an increase in the number of vehicles which, create complications regarding traffic jam and traffic safety. The primary solution to recover the jam condition is the expansion of capacities of roads by building new streets. However, this requires extra efforts and more time that is a costly and ineffective solution. Therefore, there is a need for alternative solution methodologies that are being implemented. Intelligent traffic monitoring is a branch of intelligent transportation systems that focuses on improving traffic signal conditions. The key goal of such an intelligent monitoring system is to improve the traffic system in a way that reduces delays. Many cities facing these delays because of the inefficient configuration of traffic light systems which are mostly fixed-cycle protocol based. Therefore, there is a profound need to improve and automate these traffic light systems. The establishment of a mixed technique of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision (CV) can be desirable to develop an authenticated and scalable traffic system which can aid to solve such problems. Proposed work supports the use of computer vision technology to build a resource-efficient, synchronous and automated traffic analysis. Video samples were collected from multiple areas to use in the system. The system applied and the vehicle was counted and classified into different classes. Manually and automatically annotated patterns were used for the classification. The multi-reference-line mechanism employed to find the speed of the vehicle and analyze traffic. The system makes its decision based on a number of vehicles, backwards-forward synchronous data and emergency conditions.
Secure Cloud Storage of Text and Image Files by Giving Access Control to Users
Authors:   PG Student, Dept IT, PICT, Pune, India, Mahajan Madhura , Dharmadhikari Dr. S C ,   Associate Professor, Dept IT, PICT, Pune, India
Published: December 2019

Cloud computing is extensively used but it’s not completely trustworthy. It can be in terms of protecting or securing the confidential data from malicious attacks as well as from cloud providers. Also once the data is deployed on cloud, the user has no control over it. So rather than deploying the original text file the user encrypts the file and then uploads on the cloud. When this file needs to be shared with other it can be done using Cipher text Policy Attribute Based Encryption (CP-ABE). This gives the central access to the owner and secures the data from external attacks. Besides, the cloud provider serves both as the payee of resource consumption fee, lacking the transparency to data owners. So to reduce these factors a specific encryption strategy is been used and the time for encryption is also taken into account. The files are also encrypted by the priority that are given by the user during the file uploading section. A text file of size 1GB with the CP-ABE encryption strategy requires 174 seconds whereas encryption done using AES is 473 seconds and that of RSA is 330 seconds. Hence, this dissertation work proposes methodology to secure or protect encrypted cloud storage from Economic Denial of Sustainability attacks and give an efficient time constraint approach.
Perceived Price and Customer Satisfaction in of f-Premise Catering
Authors:   Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, University Tun Hussien Onn, Johor,Malaysia., Hasan* Norsuhada Mat , Sulong Siti Nurhanifah ,   Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, University Tun Hussien Onn, Johor,Malaysia., Ahmad Shariff Siti Nor Fadillah Binti ,   Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, University Tun Hussien Onn, Johor,Malaysia., Omar Massyittah Binti ,   School of Hospitality Management, Taylors College University, Lake Side Campus, Selangor, Malaysia, Kamal Ideris Muhamad Shah ,   School of Tourism, Hospitality and Environmental Management, Universiti Utara Malay-sia(UUM),Kedah.
Published: December 2019

Off-premise catering become an option for Malaysian in holding many events and this positive development leads to a wider choice of caterers among the customers. There are many caterers have involved in the recent years. This phenomenon provides better alternative besides creating de-mand on servicing attributes to satisfy customers. Price is one of the attributes that satisfies customer. Thus, in line with that, this study examined the effect of perceived price on customer satisfaction in Off-premise catering. 250 respondents participated in this survey; they are those who has experience of using Off-premise catering in their events. The result has shown that monetary price has a relationship towards customer satisfaction.
An Effective Battery Energy Management System in Hybrid Solar/Wind System using ANFIS Controlled Bi-Directional DC-DC Converter
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India., Nagaiah* M. , Sekhar Dr. K. Chandra ,   Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur, India.
Published: December 2019

This paper proposes and evaluates an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) based battery energy management system (BEMS). The proposed configuration consists of photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy conversion system (WECS) based hybrid renewable energy system as the primary source and battery system as the energy storage device. The all the primary sources is connected to the DC bus by a DC/DC converter whereas, Battery storage system is connected using Bi-Directional system for charging and discharging purpose. An ANFIS based supervisory control system is proposed in this paper which determines effective battery management system by analyzing the power demand by the load and the state of charge (SOC) of the battery furthermore, an fuzzy logic controller (FLC) based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is used in the PV and wind energy conversion system (WECS) to track the maximum available power for the different irradiance and wind velocity respectively. The obtained results are compared with the fuzzy logic-based energy management system to test the effectiveness of the system. A 500 W PV system and a 500 W Permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based WECS is implemented for its simplicity and high efficiency. The proposed control topology is designed and tested using MATLAB/Simulink.
Solid State Anaerobic Fermentation of Sorted Municipal Solid Waste under Thermophilic Condition
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, India, Pandiyan C* Palani , Nivas Arun ,   R, Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil.Engg, Muneeswaran, S, Professor and Sr.Scientist / Sr.Manager, Vimata Labs Limited, Coimbatore, India, S Mohan ,   Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, India, S Palanivelraja ,   Professor & Director, Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University, India
Published: December 2019

This study investigate the Solid state anaerobic digestion of Municipal Solid waste from Chidambaram Municipality with high solid content (20%) by using Solid state Anaerobic fermenter under thermophilic condition (550c). This study describes the digestion of the reactor which was conducted over a period of 40 days in a batch process. The fresh organic fraction of municipal solid waste is feeded (which is equal to 80% of the total reactor volume) with 20% TS and it was mixed with 30% of two different inoculums such as cow dung and anaerobic sludge with mixing proportion of 2:1 ratio. During the start up phase, the reactor was run under mesophilic condition (370c) and then it was shifted to thermophilic condition (550c) by gradually increasing the temperature rate by 20c per day. During the stat up phase, the gas production was fluctuated initially and gradually increased from 9th Day to 19th Day and the highest gas production of 225 L/d and the methane composition of 66% were achieved at the 20th Day.
“Examining the Role of Social Capital, Sustainability Orientation and Self-efficacy in Entrepreneurial Intention among Indian Students”
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, DIT niversity, Dehradun, Jain* Dr. Vijay Kumar , Kumar Dr. Pankaj ,   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, DIT University, Dehradun, Dube Dr. Praveen ,   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, DIT University, Dehradun, Naithani Dr. Jayati ,   Visiting professor, Department of Management Studies, Doon University, Dehradun
Published: December 2019

Although India has made great strides in economic growth but despite that there exist huge inequality gap in society and people are still devoid of basic amenities. The benefits of growth post liberalization has been only limited to rich and middle class in India. Over 60% of the Indian population still lives on less than $2 (about Rs.130 at current rates) a day. The presence of inequality and myriads of social and economic problems requires the need for social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurs can contribute in alleviation of social and economic issues by putting those less fortunate on the path towards a worthwhile life.Understanding the importance of social entrepreneurship in addressing social and economic issues, the current study aims at understanding how social entrepreneurship intentions are formed among Indian students. It further explore the relationship between intention and behavior. The conceptual model has been proposed to understand entrepreneurial intention formation. SEM is used to test the proposed hypotheses. All four hypotheses have been found positive and significant. Sustainability orientation is found to have the most significant impact of entrepreneurial intentions followed by self-efficacy and social capital.
Optimization of the ANOVA Procedure for Support Vector Machines
Authors:   Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria., Vrigazova* Borislava , Ivanov* Ivan ,   Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Published: December 2019

Feature selection is a powerful tool to identify the important characteristics of data for prediction. Feature selection, therefore, can be a tool for avoiding overfitting, improving prediction accuracy and reducing execution time. The applications of feature selection procedures are particularly important in Support vector machines, which is used for prediction in large datasets. The larger the dataset, the more computationally exhaustive and challenging it is to build a predictive model using the support vector classifier. This paper investigates how the feature selection approach based on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) can be optimized for Support Vector Machines (SVMs) to improve its execution time and accuracy. We introduce new conditions on the SVMs prior to running the ANOVA to optimize the performance of the support vector classifier. We also establish the bootstrap procedure as alternative to cross validation to perform model selection. We run our experiments using popular datasets and compare our results to existing modifications of SVMs with feature selection procedure. We propose a number of ANOVA-SVM modifications which are simple to perform, while at the same time, boost significantly the accuracy and computing time of the SVMs in comparison to existing methods like the Mixed Integer Linear Feature Selection approach.
Design of an Automated Smart Vehicle Fueling System
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 060, Tamil Nadu, India, Tamilarasu* P. , Kumaresan V. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 060, Tamil Nadu, India., Gunasekar Dr.T. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 060, Tamil Nadu, India., Logeswaran Dr.T. ,   Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 060, Tamil Nadu, India., Suresh M. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 060, Tamil Nadu, India., Suresh M. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 060, Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: December 2019

Today most fuel filling stations have a microcontroller to deal with the electrical pumps, drive the show, live the number and thus shut down the electrical pump. Yet at the same time an individual is expected to accumulate the cash. These fuel pumps are time overpowering and need a great deal of labor. To place fuel stations in far off space is remarkably expensive to create brilliant office to the consumers. Due to the less availability of the workers, 24*7 operation of the petrol stations is not possible. These problems can be sorted out by means of this work which requires less time to work and is powerful which can be introduced anyplace. Our work provides the way to eliminate the cost associated with manpower working at fuel filling stations. The principle point of this work is to create a framework which is able to do routinely deducting the money of oil administered from consumer’s card dependent on RFID equipment. This work mainly aims to come up with a postpaid card for fuel bunk system and fuel dispensing system with RFID technology. This will be helpful for common man in his busy scheduled life and avoids fuel theft in fuel filling stations.
Performance Emission of N-Octanol - Biodiesel Blend in Diesel Engine
Authors:   CASRAE ,Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India., Sinha* Sunil kumar , Kumar Naveen ,   CASRAE, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India., Kumar Rajesh ,   Mech. Deptt. Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India.
Published: December 2019

From last three decades scientists have explored the alternative fuel to substitute petroleum diesel for CI engine. One of the promising alternative fuel is biodiesel which has potential to substitute the conventional fossil fuels in near future. In the present study the author has considered Karanja biodiesel blended with n-octanol as an oxygenated blend to evaluate the performance, emissions and combustion features of diesel engine. The obtained results were improved relative to mineral diesel. The increment of BTE by 10.40% and decrement of BSEC by 13.20% were observed by using the blend KME80O20compared with neat JME at full load . Significant reduction in emission of HC-15.68%, CO-44.73%, smoke opacity -19.31%compared than diesel and reduction in NOx 3.04 % compare to neat KME were observed for KME80O20.This signifies improved combustion characteristics while utilizing n-octanol up to 20% as blend with KME in CI engine.