Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2018 Edition


Publication for Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2018.

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Influence of Furnish Characteristics on Strength Properties of Date Fiber Ceiling boards[ ]


The objective of this study was to evaluate the density, water absorption, modulus of elasticity and rupture from static bending, and tensile strength of medium-density fiberboards manufactured using Date fiber virgin pulp. Chemo-thermo-mechanical pulping of the Date fibers furnished pulp samples which were further blended with waste papers obtained from newspaper vendors which were earlier soaked in water for 24 hours and pounded into waste paper paste. CMC was equally prepared and incorporated in the mixture as the binder in the research work. The panels’ mechanical properties were affected due to the fiber wall characteristics of the Date fiber virgin pulp and interaction with waste paper paste and CMC. Various samples of Medium Density Fiber/ ceiling boards were produced by varying the compositions of the furnished mixtures. To compare the properties of different board samples produced and predict their end use performance criteria, the boards were formed into sheets and tested for strength characteristics using the FIIRO Instron testometer. Testing was carried out at 20oC and 65% relative humidity; the board samples were conditioned in this atmosphere for about 3 ½ hours before testing.

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Real-Time Anomalous Behavior Detection of Students in Examination Rooms Using Neural Networks and Gaussian Distribution[ ]


The anomalous behavior is hard to be detected simultaneously in a complex scene such as detecting abnormal movements of examinees in examination rooms. Modeling activities of moving objects and classifying them as normal or anomalous is a major research problem in video analysis. In this paper, we make use of the neural networks and Gaussian distribution to help solve this problem by building a prototype of a monitoring system that consists of three stages; face detection using haar cascade detector, suspicious state detection using a neural network and lastly anomaly detection based on the Gaussian distribution. The main idea is to decide on whether the student is in a suspicious state or not using a trained neural network and then decide that a student performs an anomalous behavior based on how many times he was found in a suspicious state in a defined time duration. The complete system has been tested on a proprietary data set achieving 97% accuracy with 3% false negative rate.

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Osmotic Dehydration of Papaya (Carica papaya L.): Factors of Influence, Kinetics and Mass Transfers[ ]


The objective of this study was to conserve papaya (Carica papaya) by osmotic dehydration. To do this, influencing factors, dehydration kinetics and mass transfers were determined. Papaya samples from the city of Daloa (Côte d’Ivoire) were used. A Plackett-Burmann plan was used to identify factors that significantly affect the process. In addition, the kinetics were monitored at various temperatures (30 and 60 °C) and sucrose solution concentrations (30 and 60 °Brix).

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Un-ethical Behaviors in Science or Scientific Misconduct[ ]


Ethics is a branch of philosophy which develops concepts about right and wrong behavior, advocates these concepts and proposes their use, and is directly related to morality. Business ethics and ethics are a separate research topic for all professions. The most important of these are the attitudes and problems related to ethics in the scientific world. Progress in scientific research, which is necessary for the advancement of humanity, can only take place in an environment based on trust.

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Simulink: An Efficient Method for Solving Differential Equations[ ]


In this paper, we present an efficient graphical method for solving differential equations known as Simulink. The method is fast, simple and offers us the opportunity to spend more time exploring the behaviour of the solutions rather than in solving the differential equation as it is often the case with analytical and numerical methods. The differential equation is represented by means of a model diagram which comprises of three sections namely: the input, computational and output sections. A convenient approach in which the model diagram is drawn using the differential equation parameters instead of their values is considered.

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Comparative study on designs of air propelled rocket for achieving higher altitude[ ]


Model rockets are essentially unguided models of a rocket that are a paramount mode to learn and simulate the concept of physics and all the other parameters that can be applied on a guided missile and guided rocket. There are many model rockets available that use different propellants like water, motor engines, and diverse fuels. Implementing these propellants in a model rocket is difficult and sometimes risky. This paper delivers a solution to the problem by proposing a model rocket where the air is used as a propellant.

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Evaluation of Seepage Losses in Some Selected Local Canal Lining Materials[ ]


Seepage rates of some selected local materials for canal lining were evaluated. These materials were: (i) concrete (GC); which comprised of Cement, Sand and Granite of average size of 12mm, in a ratio of 1:2:4. (ii) Termite Mound (TM) (iii) Clay Cement (CLC) (iv) Burnt Cementitious Clay (BCCL) and (v) Clay Soil (CLS). Concrete had the lowest seepage rate, while clay has the lowest. The losses ranged from 0.72 x 10-3 - 1.11 x 10-3 m3 m-2 day-1 for Clay soil lining, 0.82 x 10-3 - 1.05 x 10-3 m3 m-2 day-1 for Termite Mound lining, 0.74 x 10-3 - 0.97 x 10-3 m3 m-2 day-1 for Clay - Cement, 0.69 x 10-3 - 0.85 x 10-3 m3 m-2 day-1 for Burnt Cementitious Clay and 0.68 x 10-3 - 0.83 x 10-3 m3 m-2 day-1 for Concrete lining. It can be concluded that in terms of seepage reduction these materials performed adequately and can be used as canal lining.

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Escalation Cost Management in Building Projects[ ]


Historically construction projects have been inundated by cost and schedule overruns. In too many cases, the final project cost has been higher than the cost estimates prepared and released during initial planning, final design and estimation or even at the start of construction. Over the time span between project initiation, concept development and the completion of construction many factors may influence the final project costs. Organizations face a major challenge in controlling project budgets over the time span between project initiation and the completion of construction.

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About the Analogy Thinking Mode[ ]


There is in human thought made of ideals and logical principles in which come discourse and analogy thought, there is an individual who thinks by inductions and inferences, while being involved in a world of universal thought. logico-classificatory type!

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EFFICIENCY OF USING CFRP LAMINATES WITH AND WITHOUT MECHANICAL END ANCHORAGE IN SHEAR STRENGTHENING OF STEEL I-BEAMS[ ]


Strengthening of steel structural elements using CFRP laminates has been applied widely in the last few years. The main goal of this research is to evaluate the efficiency of using CFRP laminates in shear strengthening of I-section steel beams. Six steel I-beams were experimentally investigated using four-point load arrangement. First beam was used as a control beam without any shear strengthening. Second and third beams were strengthened in shear by CFRP laminates in two different directions (90º& 45º) without any end-anchorage.

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Screening for cancer in primary care by family physicians[ ]


This article focuses on the role of primary care physicians in cancer screening. Due to fact that primary care physicians are in a unique position to decrease cancer morbidity and mortality by providing preventive services, including screening and counseling. We searched EMBASE, PubMed and the Cochrane databases for all articles of cancer risk assessment tools in primary care up to August 2018. Primary care is the main setting where cancer is diagnosed, or at least suspected.

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Management of acute cholangitis and surgical treatment[ ]


AC is dangerous life-threating inflammation of bile duct. Due to this reason there is a need to explain the background of disease and possible treatment methods, as antibiotics and surgery. Medline and PubMed database searches were performed for articles about acute cholangitis published in English to August 2018. Acute cholangitis is a clinical syndrome characterized by high temperature, jaundice, and also stomach pain that creates as a result of stasis and infection in the biliary system. Bacterial infections are known as one of the most common reason for AC. Acute cholangitis is a severe condition caused by bile infection and biliary tree obstruction, which can lead to sepsis and also fatality.

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MODELLING AND FABRICATION OF ELECTRIC BIKE USING SOLAR ENERGY STAND ALONE PV SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL[ ]


This project describes the modeling, fabrication and analyzing the performance characteristics of electric Bike, and application of Brushless DC (BLDC) Hub motor technology in a solar energy powered electric Bike with illustrating special emphasis over MPPT technique using Fuzzy Logic Controller for effective operation of D.C. - D.C. Boost Converter in Stand-alone Photo Voltaic (PV) system for charging the Battery used in electric Bike through MATLAB.[1]

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DEVELOPMENT OF A STAND FOR TEST OF ELECTRICAL MOTORS AND GENERATORS[ ]


The aim of this work was the development (study, project and construction) of a stand for test of rotating electrical machines, for both motor and generator functions. The stand is composed by frequency inverters, ammeters, voltmeters and wattmeter’s, charge cell (torque sensor), tachometer and resistive load bank and motor/generator functioning as a primary machine. In tests as generator, a motor, activated by the inverter, turns the axis of the generator, and the charge cell detects the torque in the axis between the machines. Through a tachometer the angular speed of the axis is measured. With this data, it is possible to obtain the mechanical power.

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Simulation Approach of Algorithm Theories for Predictive Model’s Reliability[ ]


In recent times, wide adoption of machine learning algorithms for predictive modeling has been successfully used in numerous classification problems. While most of them outperform classification accuracy to an approximately hundred percent but are never use in real world situations. This is attributed to the difficulty of obtaining unbiased accuracy of predictive model’s reliability due to machine learning techniques sensitive to worse-case scenarios yielding unreliable results.

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Decision Support System for Network Traffic Control Risk Management[ ]


Risk management is a constant and necessary practice in the daily operation of traffic systems, especially since they are vulnerable to everyday risks that can cause failures in their performance. The concept of risk analysis and management is therefore necessary in traffic management and it is important to develop strategies, methods and tools for risk management to aid decision makers through a systematic process based on Decision Support Systems (DSS).

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Big Data Video through Efficient Dynamic Frame Aggregation over WLAN[ ]


There is rapid development in IoT based analytics applications such as hotel, hospital and traffic control. The Big Data collection has started using Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) for visualizing and analyzing real time video through Wi-Fi network, which reduces the network deployment cost.

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AUTONOMOUS SWARM ROBOTIC SYSTEM[ ]


Paper gives overview of swarm robotics, how it works, requirement, advantages, limitations, and implementation. This system helps to automate most of the works. The basic principle of operation is simple and it uses simple programming knowledge and helps to coordinate group of robots. In today's technology driven industry, many a times a same task needs to be carried out at multiple places at once.

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DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF MRI FOR LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF NARROW LUMBAR CANAL: APPLICATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND PREVENTIVE CARE[ ]


Purpose: Evaluate the value of MRI in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis associated with lumbar spondylolisthesis for application in clinical practice and preventive care.

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Removal of Pb (ii) Ions from Water Sources in Kadna Using Sawdust/MnFeo4 Continuous Column Adsorption[ ]


The research entitled The Removal of Pb (Ii) Ions from Water Sources in Kadna Using Sawdust/MnFeO4 Continuous Column Adsorption was carried out with the aim of removing heavy metals from water sources in Kadna using continuous adsorption column method. At the end of the research, the result was analysed and some parameters were determined. The moisture content was 11.41 %, the ash content was 4.46 %, the crude fibre gave 46.15 %, crude protein resulted in 4.825 % and oil extract 6.22 %.

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Performance analysis of AODV and GPSR Routing Protocols in WSN[ ]


Wireless sensor networks(WSNs) are the contribution of many randomly distributed sensor nodes(source node or destination node), with features of high mobility, dynamic topology and frequent disconnection of nodes. These nodes are capable of measuring geographical and physical characteristics of the surrounding environment using radio waves as links between them. The physical characteristics they measure may be whether, humidity, earthquakes, surveillance, tracking etc.

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MHD Mixed Convection-Radiation Interaction in Porous Medium within a Rough Channel with Navier and Thermal Slip[ ]


This work is focused on the modeling of the problem on steady, laminar, mixed-convection flow of a viscous incompressible, electrically conducting dissipative fluid through porous medium between cool sinusoidal roughened wall and a hot parallel flat wall in the presence of radiative heat transfer in an optically thin environment, taking fluid temperature gradient dependent heat generation into account. The fluid is assumed to satisfy thermal and velocity slip boundary conditions on the wall. The dimensionless governing equations are perturbed and then solved numerically; utilizing mid-point method with Richardson Extrapolation (MMRE) by software MAPLE. Impacts of key non-dimensional parameters on axial velocity u, secondary velocity v and temperature profiles have been analysed in detail and results shown graphically.

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Variants mining of Kappa casein (K-CN) and Prolactin (PRL) genes among four indigenous cattle breeds in Nigeria[ ]


The study determined the allele and genotype frequencies of genetic variants in two genes associated with milk production traits in four indigenous cattle breeds (N’dama, White Fulani, Muturu and Keteku) in Nigeria. Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique was used to detect genetic polymorphisms in two milk genes (kappa casein (K-CN) and Prolactin (PRL)). Three genetic variants (AA, AB and BB) of K-CN gene were detected in White Fulani and Muturu cattle breeds among the four breeds considered in this study.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A STAND FOR TEST OF ELECTRICAL MOTORS AND GENERATORS[ ]


The aim of this work was the development (study, project and construction) of a stand for test of rotating electrical machines, for both motor and generator functions. The stand is composed by frequency inverters, ammeters, voltmeters and wattmeter’s, charge cell (torque sensor), tachometer and resistive load bank and motor/generator functioning as a primary machine.

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Envisaging Maintenance Costs of Hydraulic Press in the Ceramic Industry with Regression Modelling[ ]


The increased frequencies in failures of industrial machines cause disorders in planned production schedule ensuing in a financial loss of the company which repeatedly upturns periodic maintenance costs. Due to fronting a superior competition in market place, industrial, production, planning and maintenance engineers continuously attempt to increase production frequency effectively and uninterruptedly.

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Morphological and Tensile Properties of Modified Surface Ukam Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites[ ]


Polyester resin composites reinforced with treated ukam fiber at various fiber contents are prepared by hand lay-up process. The microstructures of the composites are characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM and their mechanical properties are investigated by tensile strength. The morphological and mechanical results indicate an improvement in adhesion between the polyester resin and ukam fiber upon alkali treatment.

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TRAVELOGUE OF PREGNANT TEENAGERS IN ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES[ ]


The study explored the journey of teenagers leading to pregnancy. Data is collected from September 2017 to June 2018. This study used the descriptive phenomenological method of research.

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A Review of Supply Chain Performance Measurements with Special Reference to the Supply Chain Partnership (SCP)[ ]


This concept paper has been developed with the overall purpose of evaluating the contextually existing Supply Chain Performance Measurements in Literature and its influence on supply chain partnerships. Therefore, an initial review has been undertaken by the researcher to review supply chain performance followed by the contextual supply chain performance methods and models that exits that could be effectively applied and deployed. Thereafter, based on both past research findings as well case study reviews, how the performance and effectiveness of supply chain partnerships can be undertaken to measure, paper attempts to devlop a simple combined view of how supply chain partnerships can be effectively measured by giving special reference to the concept of supplier-buyer behavior. Also this paper focuses on future research areas that could be undertaken in the light of this concept of performance measurements of Supply Chian Partnership’s (SCP’s).

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Review of Giardiasis in Punjab, Pakistan[ ]


Giardiasis is a gastro-intestinal disease caused by Giardia lambila. The disease is commonly found in children. The basic purpose is to check the prevalance of gastro intestinal parasite in <15 years children of both sexes. Almost all people in Pakiatan affected through this by using contaminated food, water, through feces and sexual contact. ELISA, Stool microscopy and rectal digital techniques are commonly used to identify, separate and study eggs, cyst and trophozoites. In Pakistan rural aeras are the major source of Giardiasis due to unavailability of pure water. The pervalanceof Giardia lambila was higher in females than males. It was observed that its prevalance is reduced the increasing age but mostly 1-15 years young individuals was more affected.

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Molecular Studies on Evaluation of Phytol as Cytoskeleton Targeting Element in Cancer[ ]


The aims of the present in-vitro and in-silico studies were to isolate Phytol compound from that active crude extract of Nymphaea pubescens [Family Nymphaeaceae] leaf as well as to evaluate the anticancer effects of Phytol of Nymphaea pubescen, antioxidants activities, anti-inflammatory and lethality. The Hexane: Petroleum ether, Ethyl acetate and Methanol extracts of Nymphaea pubescens were used for DPPH, Super oxide scavenging Activity, Brine shrimp lethality method and 5-lipoxygenase inhibition.

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SECURED CRYPTOGRAPHY USING RETINAL IMPLEMENTATION IN VLSI[ ]


In recent days Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has become a popular tool for the implementations of cryptographic block ciphers, a well-designed FPGA solution can combine some algorithmic flexibility and it is cost efficiency with equivalent software implementation with throughput that can be comparable to custom ASIC designs. In recent days selected Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is slowly replacing older ciphers as building block of choice for the secure systems and is well suited to an FPGA implementation.

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Prospects of public green spaces in the context of Mymensingh city: A perspective from space syntax[ ]


Green and public spaces offer inventive approaches to increase the quality of urban settings, enhance local resilience and promote sustainable lifestyles, improving both the health and the well-being of urban residents. Lack of proper accessibility and connection to other natural resources like water body creates unpleasant situation sometimes decreases frequent use of the space. In urbanizing countries green spaces are decreasing at an alarming rate and becoming less accessible day by day. In Mymensingh it is found that a few numbers of large and medium scale green spaces are located in the riverside of the city. Some of the green spaces are intensely connected with both of the city and river and some are not. This paper aims to the study of the green spaces in the context of Mymensingh city, their potentialities and in some cases the reason of failure to work as a potential green space using space syntax.

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Types and efficiency of dental bridge supporting implants[ ]


A dental bridge is the fixed dental restoration used to replace the missing teeth. However, after introduction of implants, dentist replace many of missing teeth in this method. Nevertheless, dental bridges can, certainly, still be utilized efficiently, and this article will briefly discuss the many approaches of bridge construction and relate them to their applicability and current acceptance of the practicing dentist and the treated patient. And specifically focus on efficiency and risk associated with tooth-implant FPDs.

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Tamarindus indica. - A Review Paper on Efficacy of Tamarind plant in Water Treatment and Purification[ ]


This work is aimed at analyzing the efficacy of tamarind seed in water purification. The plant is widely distributed across Asia, Africa, North and South America. Tamarind fruits are used for several nutritional and herbal purposes and the seed are disposed as waste. Antibacterial, antiviral as well as antifungal properties in addition to its coagulation potentials, tamarind seed and other parts of the plant showed a promising step in water treatment and purification and a potential solution to current problem in developing countries.

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Flange Leakage Analysis[ ]


With the current market scenario, all the projects that we do are highly Schedule driven. And to help us meet this crucial deadline, we are utilizing various technologies and high-end software’s. But seldom we do a backhand check, if the result delivered by these software’s are accurate and if it takes care of all the requirements as mentioned in the code. In this paper, we are discussing about two different topics concerned to Flange leakage analysis done using Autopipe Stress Analysis Software. The first part is, if this software performs flange leakage calculation as per the code requirement that all calculations shall be made on dimensions in the corroded condition. And the second part is, if the software takes the Allowable for Austetic stainless steel and Nickel alloys pipe flanges as per the code requirement.

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