Urbanization in cities is striding at an incomparable and irreversible rate and is mostly driven by the population migration, which eventually imparts a significant pressure on the local environment, weather and climate in many ways. Therefore, the study on urban meteorology, climatology, and extreme weather is quite important in the current scenario as the country is evolving towards becoming an advanced economy. In this context, urban growth dynamics and future projection over Indian cities...

Building classification is pivotal in various applications, such as urban planning, navigation, and campus management. This paper presents a novel approach for building classification using a transformer-based model. The proposed framework integrates convolutional neural networks and selfattention mechanisms, leveraging the capabilities of both local and non-local feature extraction. We have curated a diverse dataset by taking images of various buildings at the National Institute of Technolog...

People are more concerned about their health these days, and the accuracy of medical information has come into focus. Since medical data frequently contains missing values, the field of medical data imputation has recently seen a surge in activity. This work presents a method that combines data imputation and clustering optimization to handle these challenges. Missing values are filled using matrix factorization with Truncated Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), which estimates the missing en...

Mammography is crucial for detecting breast cancer, but noise can hinder accurate interpretation. This paper proposes a two-stage hybrid de-noising algorithm for digital mammograms. First, the Adaptive Modified Median Filter (AMMF) removes noise, and then Guided Filter (GF) is applied to preserve edges and details. Experiments on Mammographic Image Analysis Society (MIAS) dataset show the filter effectively removes salt-and pepper noise. Performance is evaluated using metrics like Mean Square...

Agriculture robot has emerged as a transformation field, promising to revolutionize traditional farming practices by enhancing efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. Weed free condition during the critical period of crop is absolute important for getting maximum yield. Weeds can be effectively managed by physical, chemical, and biological method. Among all those methods, hand weeding is an effective method of weed management. At the same time, increased labour wages and unavailability ...

Leaf protein contains up to 48% soluble proteins but is difficult to extract using conventional methods due to rigid cell wall structure. Therefore, mechanical pretreatment could be a better option to increase the protein yield. Meanwhile, Moringa oleifera leaves are a rich source of protein and contain an adequate amount of amino acid (AA). Hence, moringa leaf flour was subjected to ball milling (BM) for 1, 3, and 5 h and measured the effect of BM on the protein yield, structural and functio...

Among different legume proteins, guar germ proteins is underexplored. So, isolated guar germ proteins were treated with cold plasma (CP) to understand the impact on nutritional, functional properties, and rheological behaviour. Moderate CP treatment improves digestibility and has a minor impact on amino acids. The higher applied voltage could induce the formation of protein aggregates, as observed in the SDS-PAGE model. At the same time, noticeable changes in functional properties were identi...

Load flow analysis is an essential computational technique used for purposes such as power system design, expansion, and efficient control. The results of a load flow analysis consist of voltage phasors at network buses, active and reactive power flow in transmission lines, and reactive power injections at generator buses. However, it is imperative to calculate the power system frequency for a specific loading condition, a task that none of the load flow techniques have tackled. This work pre...

India’s rapid transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is driven by government initiatives, environmental concerns, and technological advancements. A robust EV charging infrastructure is critical for sustaining this shift. Utility score analysis provides a systematic method to evaluate the effectiveness of charging stations by assessing factors such as accessibility, energy availability, and cost efficiency. This study highlights the unique challenges of deploying EV infrastructure in India and ...

Purpose/Motivation: Sustainability has become an increasingly important consideration for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they navigate the complex and dynamic entrepreneurial landscape of an organisations. The present study investigates the critical components of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems for small and medium enterprises. Recognizing SME’s vital role in economic development and sustainability, the research identifies and prioritizes key factors that contribute to lo...

Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials have drawn a lot of interest from the scientific community due to their numerous device applications in electronic and optoelectronic industries. Lead-based ferroelectric materials are widely used for various device applications. The toxic nature of lead is known to cause hazardous and irreversible damages to kidney, brain and nervous systems. Thus lead-free ferroelectric perovskite materials are being actively researched upon to replace lead based on...

Hydrogen storage technology is crucial for the rapidly expanding hydrogen-based energy infrastructure, production, and delivery. Among the numerous efforts to develop safe hydrogen storage solutions, solid-state hydrogen storage using metal hydrides is widely favored due to its high hydrogen storage capacity (e.g., MgH~7 wt.% and LiH~12.6 wt.%) and significant reaction kinetics. However, developing a solid-state storage system is challenging due to the effect of numerous parameters. The metal...

Polycrystalline samples of Y1-xSmxCrO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) are synthesized through an ethylene glycol-assisted sol-gel auto-combustion route. All the samples crystallize in orthorhombic structure with Pnma symmetry. Magnetic measurement shows intriguing properties, i.e. spin reorientation (SR) followed by exchange bias (EB) effect below TSR. This result is attributed to competing interaction between the Sm and Cr below TSR. Moreover, magnetic transition temperature (TN) is shifted towards higher te...

Microneedles (MNs) are emerging as a transformative technology in transdermal drug delivery, offering a minimally invasive alternative to traditional hypodermic needles. The current work focuses on design and optimization of hollow microneedle arrays, engineered for precise and efficient drug delivery. Utilizing advanced simulation tools such as COMSOL Multiphysics® and Autodesk Fusion 360™, we investigated various microneedle geometries to access their mechanical properties, and drug deliver...

Vegetation degradation caused by mining activities is a significant environmental issue, particularly in coal mining regions. The present study aims to analyse vegetation degradation and regrowth in the Rajmahal coal mine region (India) from 1988 to 2020 using time-series Landsat satellite data. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was used along with Sens slope (SS) test to assess changes in vegetation trends over two periods: 1988–2000 and 2000–2020. The results of the study in...

Microstrip antennas are popular for their conformability on non-planar mounting surfaces. A Plethora of investigations is present in the open literature. However, the main focus of those contributions has been on convex structured conformal antennas. In this work, we take the opportunity to investigate on concave microstrip antenna. In this work, a rectangular microstrip antenna on a concave cylindrical surface is designed and simulated using commercially popular 3D EM software HFSS. Input im...

This study explores a budget-friendly H-plane horn antenna based on a Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) based technology for wideband applications. The antenna is designed using FR4 substrate material, which has a thickness of 1.6 mm. A small arc is placed at the front side of the antenna aperture for proper matching with the free space. It is found that the horn antenna can work from 6.39 to 19.15 GHz, which can cover X and Ku – bands. In addition, the flaring angle of the H-plane horn an...

Vehicle platooning is a cooperative driving technology that can be supported by 5G enhanced Vehicle-toEverything (eV2X) communication to improve road safety, traffic efficiency, and reduce fuel consumption. eV2X communication among the platoon vehicles involves the periodic transmission of Cooperative Awareness Messages (CAMs) containing vehicle information under strict latency and reliability requirements. These requirements can be maintained by administering the assignment of resources, in ...

Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), a drought-resistant crop, offers significant benefits in soil erosion mitigation, making it an ideal choice for sustainable agriculture in arid and semiarid regions. While the global demand for jojoba oil continues to grow due to its extensive industrial and cosmetic applications, the oil extraction process generates a largely underutilized, protein-rich by-product: jojoba oilcake. This study investigates the extraction and characterization of jojoba proteins, h...