Use of Common Areas and Their Association with the Physical Environment in a High-Rise Housing See

Extensive use of information and communication technology and overall dynamics of smart cities may hamper the use of common areas in a residential environment. Hence gaining knowledge of types of use of common areas in a modern residential environment in cities and also the association (if any) between the attributes of the physical environment and the types of use becomes necessary. This research investigates the common areas of high-rise group housing complexes in the city of Kolkata in In...

Disciplining children: Parental concerns and strategies See

The process of socialization in family starts with disciplining the child at a nearly age. Discipline is often associated with nouns like control, regulation, order, authority, restriction, punishment, and verbs like train, drill, teach, coach, educate, indoctrinate. Oxford dictionary defines discipline as “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of a behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience”. The definition entails disciplinary practices are aimed at undesirable beh...

Wireless Body Area Network Sensor Faults and Anomalous Data Detection and Classification using Machine Learning See

Sensor Networks are very much vulnerable and prone to faults and external attacks. Sensor networks used for Healthcare Monitoring are termed as Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN), which is used for collecting various vital physiological parameters of patients from remote locations. However, WBAN sensors are prone to failures because of noise, hardware misplacement, patient‘s sweating. Sensed data from these sensors are sent from the Local Processing Unit to Medical Professionals. It would be...

Field experimental trial of communication system for monitoring of slope stability See

This paper presents field experimental trial of modern technique including wireless system for online monitoring of sub-surface movements in atypical opencast metal mine in India. Innovative real time monitoring of ground deformation was accomplished with Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) to interrogate coaxial cables installed in three Holes. Surface monitoring was also conducted with total station measurements at these locations. Coaxial cables were connected to a TDR system that automaticall...

Detection of Breast Cancer Thermograms based on Asymmetry Analysis using Texture features See

Breast Cancer is one of the most frequent diseases that occurs in every third woman in the world. Different measures of technology help in diagnosing the presence of the tumor in the breast. One of the most effective and early diagnosis methods is Thermography which records temperature values of the surface and creates an image called thermogram. In this paper, images are extracted from the temperature matrix, dataset available at DMR visual labs and the texture features based on different g...

Studies on effects of selected phytochemicals on hen egg white lysozyme amyloidogenesis See

Amyloids are a class of ordered protein aggregates which have been implicated in the onset of several degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Type II diabetes and so on. Despite extensive research, the exact mechanism and the driving factors for the amyloidogenesis process remain elusive. Identifying molecules which can effectively inhibit and/or disaggregate the fibrils may be one effective therapeutic strategy against amyloidosis. In the current study, few ph...

An interval type-2 fuzzy based dtc of imd using the hybrid duty ratio control See

This paper provides an interval type-2 fuzzy based DTC (IT2FDTC) of the induction motor drive (IMD) in which a duty ratio control (HDRC) technique is used to activate a two-level inverter. Moreover, it is implemented with the help of DSPACE-1104 controller in real-time application using 2HP induction motor and compared its overall performance with a conventional proportional integral DTC (CPIDC) using SVM technique. The IT2FDTC can be provided less torque and flux ripples with fast dynamic p...

Synthesis and characterization of BaFe12O19-CoFe2O4 ferrite composite for high frequency magnetic application See

Recently, magneto-dielectric ferrite composite ceramics have received much attention for high frequency device applications since they have both magnetic and dielectric properties, as well as high electrical resistivity and good chemical stability [1]. BaFe12O19 (BaM) and CoFe2O4 (CoF) ferrites composites; (BaM)1-x(CoF)x (x= 0, 0.25,0.5, 0.75 and 1) were successfully synthesized by co-precipitation method. The XRD analysis confirms the formation of pure phase BaM ferrite at 800oC and CoF ferr...

Behaviour of metakaolin modified concrete paver blocks See

The current study involves the experimental investigation on the mechanical properties of high strength concrete paver blocks prepared with concrete containing commercially available metakaolin as mineral additive. A concrete mix of M40 grade , suitable for making concrete paver blocks for medium traffic was designed following IS 15658:2006 . Three different shapes Zig Zag , Dumbbell and I-shape paver blocks were considered for the study. The effect of replacing cement partially by 5% ,10% a...

Stability of Proteins in Solutions: A Microscopic Investigation on the Role of Surrounding Water/Cosolvent See

Preservation of protein’s native folded form is important to conserve its biological activities. The folded native structure of a protein is highly sensitive towards the nature of solvent under specific environmental conditions. With the change of solvent’s physicochemical properties protein’s native structure can be disrupted.1-2 Although water is a common solvent in biological systems that maintains the structure and function of proteins, the use of cosolvent in experiments has become popul...

Viscosity modeling of aquafeed dough in a single screw extruder See

During extrusion, the shearing effects of screws with thermal energy generated by viscous dissipation modifies the rheological properties of raw materials due to the physical and chemical changes of biopolymers. Therefore, it is essential to investigate the rheological properties of dough during extrusion. In the present study the viscosity of dough within the extruder was analyzed and the effect of extrusion processing parameters on the viscosity was evaluated. A viscosity model was develop...

Expression of Oil From Lagenaria siceraria Seed Using Mechanical Oil Expeller See

Edible oil plays a major role in the diet as a source of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Oils are stored in human body in the form of fats and can be utilized as fuel/energy for various biochemical reactions whenever necessary. One of the feed-stocks, Lagenaria siceraria (Bottle gourd) seed, from which oil can be extracted, has many applications in various food as well as non-food industries. The Lagenaria siceraria seed’s oil is considered as the most dietetic oil since it contains o...

Development of online quality control of fermentation process during leaving of dough using FT-NIR and E-Nose See

Dough Proofing has a important role in texture formation and overall acceptability of the bread. The evaluation of kinetics during leaving of bread is essential prior to achieve a targeted quality of final product. The main challenge is the modeling of simultaneous heat and mass transfer happening spontaneously during proofing. In turn, a combination of rapid technique such as FTNIR spectroscopy and electronic nose seems to be fruitful for the online checking of degree of proofing and maintai...

Competence and confidence through technology enhanced language learning-The impact of technology among rural and semi-urban undergraduates of engineering in India: A study See

— The present study is an assessment of the efficacy of technology enhanced language learning (TELL) in teaching English to undergraduates pursuing third year of Engineering program using specific modules based on 'Internet and Smart Phone' in the Advanced English Communication Skills Lab (AECS). After a pilot study, students were divided into two groups and a group of them were deliberately asked to use internet both in their computers and smart phones whereas others were exposed to designed...

Evaluation of extrudates from sorghum-grape pomace blends by extrusion processing See

Extrusion cooking is recognized as a smart technology for food processors. It is a high temperature, short-time process and requires few ingredients to create a puffed snack. Grape pomace (GP) is a fiber and polyphenol-rich by-product of wine industry. It has the potential to serve as an important source of insoluble fiber and phenolic antioxidant for functional food development. This study investigated the effects of extrusion parameters and examined the addition of GP into a sorghum and cor...

Solid particle erosion wear of plasma sprayed NiTi alloy used for aerospace applications See

Erosion is a severe wear phenomenon of compressor blade in aircraft where continuously solid dust particles strike the surface. So coating is essential to increase the life of the blade materials as well as the casing. In the aircraft engine, we have to keep focus on high wear resistance and high temperature resistant before choosing the materials to be coat. In this present investigation, Ni-Ti powder have been taken as coating materials due to its advanced properties like pseudoelasticity, ...

Fraudulent Transaction Detection in Credit Card by Applying Ensemble Machine Learning techniques See

In the present day scenario, fraudulent activities associated with financial transactions, particularly while using credit card, are observed to be occurring in a fast rate. Hence, a fraud detection system involving various detection techniques is very much essential for the financial institutions to sustain the goodwill from the customers. Several fraud detection techniques have been proposed by researchers as well as practitioners with application of various algorithms to find the pattern ...

Causes and Correlates of Delinquency in Adolescent Girls See

Adolescence is considered to be highly crucial stage in human life which may engender deviancy in behavioral patterns. Neighborhood disorder, ineffective parenting, poor school achievement and youths’ involvement with deviant peers are considered to be major risk factors associated with deviant behavior during adolescence. Both girls and boys experience similar risk factors during adolescent phase. The influence of certain risk factors like abuse in the family, prior victimization, lack of pa...

Incorporation of WPI solution in cocoa butter matrix improves the viability of the probiotics See

Probiotics have recently emerged as effective therapeutic agents to improve intestinal health. In this research work, we have developed cocoa butter (CB) and Whey protein isolate (WPI) based emulgels through hot‐emulsification technique. The formulations were thoroughly characterized. Microscopic evaluation confirmed the formation of biphasic systems. X‐ray diffraction studies illustrated WPI solution improved the crystallinity of the emulgels. The IR spectroscopic studies suggested a conside...