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Investigation of Physico-Chemical Properties of Simaruoba Methyl Ester and Diesel Blends
Authors: R. Hosmani Basavaraj , V. Katti Vadiraj 
Published: November 2018

This paper presents the experimental study of physico-chemical properties of Simarouba methyl ester and diesel blends at the different temperatures and with varying volume percentage of Simarouba methyl ester in the blend. Blends are prepared adding different volume fraction of Simarouba methyl ester to neat diesel. The percentage of Simarouba methyl ester added to diesel is 10% to 90%, the prepared blends are stirred well for mixing of methyl ester and diesel. The prepared blends are kept in closed container for 24 hours for observation of separation of blends. It is observed that there is no separation of Simarouba methyl ester and diesel. Experiments are carried out to find density, kinematic viscosity, flash point and heating value of blends. These properties are investigated using standard equipments with standard procedure. Viscosity is determined by using standard Red-Wood viscometer with standard procedure of methyl ester and diesel blends at different temperatures. It is observed that as volume fraction of Simarouba methyl ester increases in the blend density, kinematic viscosity, flash point increases and heating value decreases. The percentage decrease in kinematic viscosity is more at lower temperature compared to higher temperature. Correlations for estimation of viscosity and density of blends at different temperatures are proposed.Â Â
A Semi-supervised Approach for Opinion Mining using Online Product Review
Authors: G. Bhongade Bhagyashree , V.Z Ashwini 
Published: November 2018

The growth of the internet as a secure online shopping channel has developed since 1994. With the Increasing number of e-commerce portal, we are now heavily inclined to online shopping. One of the benefits of online shopping is the ability to read reviews about the product purchased. This paper presents a semi-supervised approach for opinion mining using online product reviews obtained fromÂ Â Amazon website. A semi-supervised model regards identifying opinion relation as an alignment process and gives more precision in comparison to unsupervised model. Opinion mining of online reviews is needed for first-hand assessments of product information and direct supervision of their purchase actions. Manufacturers can obtain immediate feedback and opportunities to improve the quality of their products in a timely fashion.Â Â
Open Architecture Control for CNC System â€“ An Approach
Authors: M. Mankar Amit , L. Shrivastava R. , P. Giri Jayant 
Published: November 2018

The Open Architecture concept is gaining more attention because of growing demand from end users. Numerical Control systems are limited in terms of portability because they are dependent on vendor-specific environment, to overcome this limitation Open Architecture Control was introduced. Open Architecture improves portability, interoperability, scalability and ability to reconfigure of an existing CNC machine. Open control system increases the flexibility of CNC machine by allowing vendor-neutral environment. Open Architecture Controller allows the end user to modify the existing system by integrating components from different manufacturers which reduce cost as well as increase extendibility of the system. In this review paper, different initiatives and developments on Open Architecture Controller are presented. This paper also covers the approaches made by researchers in the field of simulation of table movement in CNC machine.Â Â
Modified Turbo and SDROM Method for Speech Processing for Cochlear Implants
Authors: S.Hallikar Rohini , Uttarakumari M , K Padmaraju , D Yashas 
Published: November 2018

A performance comparison of Signal Dependent Rank Order Mean (SDROM) method of speech signal enhancement with a speech enhancement method which makes use of a Turbo combination and SDROM filter referred to as modified Turbo and SDROM technique is made in this paper. Normally, speech signals are used as inputs to a cochlear implant signal processing unit.Sounds are corrupted by different noises such as AWGN, Impulsive noise and babble. The results are evaluated in terms of enhancements evaluations done by basically three parameters namely correlation coefficient, log spectral distortion (LSD) and segmental signal to noise ratio(SSNR). These parameters are calculated between the processed and the clean signals.. Results prove the superior performance of the new method especially for AWGN corrupted speech.Â Â Â
A Study on Use of Plastic Coated Aggregates (PCA) in Bituminous Concrete Mixes of Flexible Pavement
Authors: Mishra Brajesh , K. Gupta M. 
Published: November 2018

The continuous increase in road traffic and heavy loading in combination with insufficient maintenance due to paucity of funds has resulted in deterioration of road network in India. To improve this proper maintenance, effective and improved roadway design, use of better quality materials and use of effective and modern construction techniques should be put into practice. During last three decades in many countries around the world it has been tested that modification of the bituminous binder with plastic/polymer additives enhances the properties and life of bituminous concrete pavements. The present investigation was carried out to propose the use of plastic coated aggregate (PCA) in bituminous mix of flexible pavements in order to improve their performance and also to give a way for safe disposal of plastic wastes in order to counter environmental pollution as well. There are mainly two processes available for incorporation of waste plastic in bituminous concrete mixes namely wet and dry process. In this study the dry process was used for bituminous concrete mixes as it being simple and economical. Physical properties of conventional and plastic coated aggregates were compared. The Marshall method of mix design was adopted using VG-10 grade bitumen for conventional aggregates and plastic coated aggregates (PCA). Marshall Specimens were prepared at bitumen content ranging from 4% to 6% with a increment of 0.5% by weight of aggregates and with waste plastic content of 5%, 7%, 9%, 11%, 13% and 15% by weight of optimum bitumen content. Marshal stability, Flow value, Air voids (Vv), Voids in mineral aggregates (VMA), and Voids filled with bitumen(VFB) were determined and compared with conventional aggregates (without plastic) bituminous concrete mixes. It was found that there was a reduction in consumption of bitumen in bituminous concrete mix by use of plastic coated aggregates also a considerable improvement in the properties of aggregates and bituminous concrete mix leading to provide longer life and improved pavement performance.
Human Emotion Surveillance Using Computer Vision
Authors: R.Radha Dr. , M Atchatha. , B Kaushik. , Felix A Agassi , Staflin Betzy G. 
Published: November 2018

India, a land of marvels, is outstanding in many aspects, its culture, ecosystem, etc. Sadly, it also ranks among the top countries in the world to have an annual suicide rate. This project aims at the foundation of human emotion surveillance. This system assists in the facial recognition, feature extraction and the threshold detection of stress for emotions expressed through face using the viola-jones algorithms and weak classifiers. This focuses basically on segregation of positive and negative emotions, detecting stress based on a usual threshold value and possibly providing an alternate means to let loose the extra stress built up if possible.
A lightweight buyer-seller watermarking protocol based on time-stamping and composite signal representation
Authors: Kumar Ashwani , Jain Paras , Ali Jabir , Kumar Shrawan , Samuel Babu John 
Published: November 2018

The protocol allows a content provider to detect duplicate copy of a digital content and restrict the content provider who blames the innocent customer. This paper, proposed a lightweight protocol, which uses composite signal representation and time-stamping for watermark embedding and extraction. We have used timestamp, which tells at what time the digital content was created, signed or verified to digital watermarking algorithms and uses the composite signal representation for minimizing the overhead and bandwidth due to the use of composite signals. The suggested protocol uses composite signal representations and timestamp based methods with digital watermarking scheme for content authentication. Our watermark embedding and detection algorithm achieves a balance between robustness and image visual quality. Simulation results demonstrate that the algorithm used by proposed protocol has an increase robustness and good quality of watermark images as well and withstand against various image-processing attacks.
Self-Management and its Relation to Organizational Excellence
Authors: ABD ALL GHAL BATOOL , MIRI HABEEB LIQAA , DEKHN HAMZAH KHITAM 
Published: November 2018

The immense competition in organizations turns the business into huge innovation war. Every organization is searching for ways to achieve organizational excellence to better serve their consumers and survive in this competitive era. Employees are considered main source of innovation and excellence in any organization.Â Therefore, this study focuses on the employee self-management practices to explain its role in organizational excellence. Self-management of employees makes them more dedicated, vigorous and engaged them in their work. The results of this study explain that self-management of employees contributes in organizational success in a positive way. Findings of this study contribute existing literature on this missing link between self-management and organizational excellence.
Innovative Technologies of Teaching Business French
Authors: K. Kuzmina Elena , I. Nazarova Gulnara , R. Nizamieva Liliya , Leblanc CÃ©cile 
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the peculiarities of modern technologies in teaching professional French, taking into account the requirements of international examinations, specific language-learning needs of students and level of their language proficiency. Pedagogical technologies are demonstrated by the example of teaching business French in the sphere of tourism, hotel business, as well as the guide-interpreters training. The educational courses are aimed at the development of basic speaking skills and skills necessary for business communication in French. The developed pedagogical technology is based on French for specific purposes (FOS) methodology and cognitive-practical activity methods that allow to develop traineesâ€™ communicative competence and their cognitive independence effectively. One of the conditions for successful development of communicative competence in the field ofÂ business communication in a foreign language is to ensure that students do the necessary number of training exercises, in particular, connected with the use of business vocabulary, as well as with speaking exercises aimed at solving communication problems in real life situations of business communication. Similarity to the real life business environment is achieved through the use of information technologies and simulation games, which ultimately enhances the individual's ability to interact with others and adapt in the social and professional spheres of life. Successful completion of the end-of-course assessment is indicative of the fact that the students have reached high business communication competency.Â Â
The Ecological Estimation of Sredniy Kaban Lake Based on Molecular Methods
Authors: Khusainov M. , L.Frolova Ludmil 
Published: November 2018

Sredniy Kaban lake is part of the system of Kaban urban lakes, experiencing anthropogenic load, and being currently used for sporting events in rowing. Monitoring of the reservoir is carried out regularly with restoration and improvement activities, and green beaches landscaped. Assessment of the ecological state of the reservoir and the surrounding environment is carried out by different methods, one of the main is bioindication. The method is based on the study of indicator species, identified by obsolete methods based on their morphological features. As an alternative to the visual approach with the use of a microscope, the paper considers a method for identifying hydrobionts by the CO1 marker gene based on the DNA-barcoding method and modern sequencing methods. The sequenced sequences of the fragment of the CO1 hydrobiont gene of freshwater Sredniy Kaban lake in the autumn (2016) and summer (2017) sampling periods in the fastq format are included in the international database on the NCBIâ€™s website with unique numbers SRR5852708 (2016) and SRR5839796 (2017). The paper presents the results of the analysis and gives an assessment of the water quality of Sredniy Kaban lake (Kazan, Russia). Comparative analysis of metagenomic data shows that most of the animals of Sredniy Kaban lake are grouped near the b-mesosaprobic zone in 2016, and o-saprobic zone in 2017. By water quality Sredniy Kaban lake is transitional from b-o-saprobic to b-a-mesosaprobic as of the results of 2016, and according to the results of 2017 - from b-o-saprobic to o-saprobic, which is due to the restoration activities carried out during this period on Sredniy Kaban lake.Â Â
Roadmaps Classification
Authors: P. Loginov Mikhail , P. Ivanitsky Victor , S. Maramygin Maksim , A. Tatyann Vasiliy 
Published: November 2018

Creating modern maps is one of the methods for simplifying business and improving logistics. This research systematizes the main methods for making ties, object mapping, Ob-EKT planning, specific types of road maps and their features. Different roadmaps are systematized in four types: public, corporate, thematic (expert) and the project roadmaps (project/program/portfolio management plan). We introduce an original approach to identifying the road map maturity level. There are four maturity levels: network, expert opinion, the concept (strategy), management plan.Â Â
Research of the Technology for the Production of Modified Sulfur Bituminous Binders
Authors: Djimasbe R. , F. Kemalov A. , A. Kemalov R. 
Published: November 2018

In this article, a review of the literature on the technology of production of a paving material based on elemental sulfur was made, and a laboratory test of this technology was carried out at the Department of Highly Viscous Crude Oil and Natural Bitumen. Attempts to mix sulfur with bitumen in order to reduce the cost of road construction and sulfur utilization were undertaken earlier, however, the mixtures obtained did not provide the appropriate quality, and the process was difficult to implement. The article proposes a unique technology for obtaining not a physical mixture, but the formation of a chemical bond between sulfur and bitumen with the formation of bitumen polymers. This technology becomes possible with the use of a catalyst specially developed by the initiators of the project and has no analogues in the world practice. Thus, the scientific novelty of the study is determined by the fact that for the first time an analysis is made of the composition of the components of the complex, which are subsequently introduced into the mixture with the feedstock in order to obtain the target product, which is gray-bitumen.Â Â
Gait Recognition as Non-Intrusive Biometric Using View Invariant Methods in Multi Temporal Images
Authors: BEULAH DAVID D. , A.DORAIRANGASWAMY M. 
Published: November 2018

Gait patterns have been used widely in recent years to authenticate users. Because it doesnâ€™t require user intrusion, it is often used as a biometric to make authentication processes easier and hassle free. But there are various issues with this process. To start with, the viewing angle has to be constant which is quite difficult to achieve with limited number of cameras. Speed too can alter the way a person walks and cause inconsistencies in identification. Furthermore, complications might arise if the subject is carrying something. The weight can affect his walking pattern. Besides, a recent accident could also transform a personâ€™s walking pattern and lead to wrong identification. Other biometrics such as face detection can be combined with this technique to reduce the issues leading to erroneous identification. In this paper, we propose a system to overcome the viewing angle discrepancies. The system takes in walking sequences as input and processes them to create images. This is converted into 3D images by means of stereovision algorithms. Using which, we can effectively match the real-time image with various image sequences in the database. Side face detection can enhance the accuracy further..Â Â
Correlation of Spiritual Well-being Psychological Capital among University Students-Iran
Authors: Pourmirza Kalhori Reza , Mohammadzadeh Hakimeh , Foroughinia Azadeh , Kianipour Neda 
Published: November 2018

Psychological capital is one of the new concepts raised in positivism in psychology, which can play a major role in increasing oneâ€™s ability in different aspects of life, especially in spiritual well-being. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the components of spiritual well-being and psychological capital of students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2017. In this descriptive-correlational study, the statistical population consisted of 400 students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, who were selected through cluster sampling. To collect the required data, a demographic questionnaire, the spiritual well-beingÂ scale (SWB) by PaloutzianÂ & Ellison and the Â Psychological Capital QuestionnaireÂ (PCQ) by Luthans were used. In addition, the data were analyzed using the SPSS Statistics Software Version 23.0. The results of the present study revealed that the mean scores of students' spiritual well-being and psychological capital measured 3.60 Â± 0.49 and 3.55 Â± 0.44, respectively. Further, the results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that the students' spiritual well-being and psychological capital positively and significantly correlated (r=0.42). According to the findings of the present study, the studentsâ€™ spiritual well-being affects their psychological capital. So, it can be concluded that religious orientation and spirituality can promote the psychological capital of individuals, and this approach can be used to provide services relating to mental well-being.Â
Value Engineering for the Role of Internal Audit Quality in Activating the Principles of Corporate Governance: A Case of Non-financial Firms on Iraqi Stock Exchange
Authors: Hassan Sabbar Mohammed , Eltyaf Abdalamer Safa 
Published: November 2018

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the quality of internal audit on the effectiveness of corporate governance in Iraqi listed firms. The frequency of audit committee meeting and board size are in a negative and significant relationship of the audit committee and firm size are only variables which in negative relation with corporate governance index. Whereas all the other variables which independence of audit committee are, qualification if independent director in audit committee and audit committee to board independence are in positive relation to corporate governance. The results indicate that along with independence its mandatory to have qualified person on a board committee. Similarly, the frequency of audit committee also appears in positive relation to corporate governance practices for the sample of Iraqi firm. The results of the study provide support with agency theory. This study will be helpful for policymakers and corporate heads in formulating policies related to development and implementation of corporate governance.Â Â
Design and Comparison of Microstrip Patch Antennas for Wireless Body Area Network
Authors: Krishna Veni S , S K Gayatridevi G 
Published: November 2018

The Body Area Network (BAN) is a wireless technology in combination with wearables. It is a monitoring system which is mainly used in health care, children tracking, in car-assistance and sports science etc. Â For wireless monitoring and continuous data transfer, an antenna needs to be integrated with the Body Area Network. This paper explains the different designs of microstrip patch antennas which operates at 2.4GHz and are more suitable for BAN. The simulation results in terms of return loss, gain and radiation pattern are presented.Â Â
Fuzzy Deformable Based Fusion Approach for Tumor Segmentation and Classification in Brain MRI Images
Authors: Kumar Sharan , D.Jayadevappa Dr. , V Shetty Mamata 
Published: November 2018

In recent years, the automatic identification and classification of tumor regions have gained more interest due to accuracy and reduced time complexity. One of the important strategies in tumor identification is segmenting the image as tumor and nontumor region, and this helps the researchers more significantly, as the MRI image comes in different modalities. This work introduces novel optimization based strategy for segmenting and classifying the image. Initially, the MRI images in the database are subjected to pre-processing and given to the segmentation process. For segmentation, this work utilizes the deformable model, and Fuzzy C Means (FCM) algorithm and the resultant segmented images are hybridized through proposed Dolphin based Sine Cosine Algorithm, preferred to be Dolphin-SCA. After segmentation, the tumor and non tumor-related features are extracted using the power LBP operator. The extracted features are subjected to Fuzzy Naive Bayes classifier for the classification, and finally, the classifier finds the suitable tumor class labels. Here, the entire experimentation is done by taking the MRI images from the BRATS database, and evaluated based on sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and ROC metrics. The simulation results reveal the dominance of proposed scheme over other comparative models, and the proposed scheme achieved 95.249% accuracy.Â Â Â Â
The Error-Correcting Coding in Information Storage Modules with Increased Radiation Resistance
Authors: V.M Matveev , R.S Litvinenko 
Published: November 2018

This article is devoted to the study and analysis of various noise-resistant code structures, which are designed for use in miniature memory drives on spacecrafts. Error-correcting coding is aimed for correcting memory errors that occur due to ionizing radiation. The first part of the article provides information about the general memory architecture using error-correcting coding. The second part considers linear code constructions, such as Hamming code, convolutional code, PC and LDPC code, as well as nonlinear code constructions, which are promising means of correcting memory errors (Vasiliev code, Phelps code, switching code, AMD-code).Â Based on the research and analysis data, the conclusion is made about the most suitable code design for the development of the information storage module. It should be noted that the determining requirement for choosing the code for the drive used on the spacecraft is the presence of simple decoding algorithms that allow high decoding speed and low energy consumption.Â Â