VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3, MARCH 2016

Abstract: In this paper, two silicon solar cells p+-ii-n+ with homogenous and heterogeneous intrinsic absorber layers based on hydrogenated amorphous-nanocrystalline-microcrystalline silicon (a-Si:H/nc-Si:H/?c-Si:H) have been studied by computer modeling and simulation program (AMPS-1D - Analysis of Microelectronic and Photonic Structures). Various factors that affect cell efficiency performance have been studied such as layers absorption coefficients, band gap and layer thickness up to 1200nm. It was found that in the case of standard solar cell conditions a layers absorption coefficient has a major contribution to solar cell performance according to measurement on the actual solar cell samples. It is demonstrated that, for homogenous a-Si:H/nc-Si:H intrinsic absorber layer with constant crystal fraction of Xc=30% cell efficiency is higher than in case of heterogeneous intrinsic absorber layer which contains of arbitrary crystal fractions depending of absorber layer thickness. Second case scenario of silicon thin film composite structure is more common in solar cells production according to PECVD and HWCVD deposition technique proven by earlier X-ray diffraction and high resolution electron microscopy measurements.

Keywords: Amorphous-nanocrystalline-microcrystalline silicon, absorption coefficients, crystal fraction, efficiency.

Abstract: Objective: To explore and infer the phylogenetic position of the brown seaweed Turbinaria ornata based on the rbcl gene. Methods: The brown seaweed, T. ornata was collected from Nalupanai coast of Gulf of Mannar. DNA extraction was performed by Cetyl-Trimethyl-Ammonium-Bromide (CTAB) method. DNA fragments coding for rbcl gene were amplified from total genomic DNA with oligonucleotide primers (Paul et al., 2000). Automated sequencing was performed on an ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer (Applied Biosystems). A minimum of two strands were sequenced in both directions. Analysis was done using the protocol BDTv3-KB-Denovo version 5.2. Results: The phylogenetic analysis of Turbinaria ornata shows its evolutionary relationship to the common ancestor Sargassaceae. The evolutionary trees reveal monophyletic origin of Turbinaria along with Sargassum. The trees constructed by different methods such as Neighbor Joining, Maximum Likelihood and Maximum Parsimony and their bootstrap values also support that the Turbinaria species is closely related to Sargassum and the origin of T. ornata is recent. Conclusion: The molecular data proves that this Turbinaria species is related to Sargassaceae members and shares common ancestry.

Keywords: Turbinaria ornata, phylogeny, rubisco gene, rbcl.

Abstract: Aircraft maintenance is the one of the critical aspect in the aviation industry. Human error is cited as a major causal factor in most 80% aviation mishaps, including the 15% - 20% that involve aircraft maintenance error. In this paper, the analysis of human factors in aircraft maintenance (HFIAM) has done to reduce human errors and to improve the current maintenance practices in order to decrease the number of aviation mishaps caused by maintenance-related error. In this paper a Self Descriptive Method- A quantitative descriptive approach adopted to collect and assess the data. A survey administered to a sample population of aircraft maintenance engineers and technicians in regional airlines revealed a steady problem with aviation human errors and the need for a more unified structure to manage human errors in aircraft maintenance. Overall the method adopts a practical, cost-effective and balanced approach to applying Human factors to improve overall organizational effectiveness, culture, personal learning and growth.

Keywords: Aircraft Maintenance, Human Factors in Aircraft Maintenance (HFIAM), Aviation Mishaps, Self-Descriptive Method, Airlines, Survey.

Abstract: These days the term stress is considered to be one of the major factors leading to various health problems. The diagnosis largely depends on the physician and based on his interpretations and measurements. But it is not possible for the user to get the diagnosis done on a regular basis due to the hectic schedule. This problem can be dealt in an easy way when the human intervention gets replaced by an artificial intelligent system that will ensure a more better and a consistent diagnosis. Our system is proposed based on physiological signals. Parameters like heart rate variability, blood pressure and body temperature provide the information about the user's state of mind. This system will increase the accuracy level in the diagnosis. The response from the sensors reflects the reaction of individuals and their body to stressful events. Some individuals may react in a different manner to stressful events depending on their body conditions. Based on the proposed stress factors, the user's stress levels will be assessed on a regular basis and will be notified with respective safety measures. There can be some uncertainties and complexities that exist in the system which should be dealt with while defining stress. For this, the system makes use of fuzzy theory that will help make the stress outputs more optimum and precise.

Keywords: Stress, Heart Rate Variability, Physiological signals, Fuzzy logic.

Abstract: The genus Diospyros L. belongs to the family Ebenaceae is commonly known as "Persimmon". It is native to China and America but also found in almost every tropical parts of the world. The plant is attributed with medicinal properties like anti-fertility, anti-tumor, anti-malarial, anti-diarrheal, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory activities etc.. The present study was designed to evaluate the nutraceutical and antioxidant activity of the leaves of Diospyros lanceifolia Roxb.. The antioxidant activity was evaluated by using 1,1- diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radicals. The IC50 value of methanolic extract of D. lanceifolia was found to be 76.74 ± 1.9 µg/ml. The study has revealed that the leaves can be used as therapeutic agent as they exert several beneficial effects by virtue of their antioxidant activity.

Keywords: D. lanceifolia Roxb., Antioxidant activity, Total Phenolic compound, Ascorbic acid, Gallic acid, DPPH.

Abstract: This paper reports the diffusion coefficients of various dopant counter-anions into electro synthesised polypyrrole films, the cyclic voltammetry behaviour of the doped polymers and the effects of the electrolyte on the morphology of the polymer. The diffusion properties of electrochemically-prepared poly (N-dodecylpyrrole) and polypyrrole films were investigated in electrochemical cells containinglithium perchlorate, tetra methyl ammonium chloride and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, and the effects of the size of the ions on their diffusion coefficients are discussed.

Keywords: Polypyrrole, Cyclic Voltammetry, Dopant Diffusion.

Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the physical and chemical parameters prevailed in artificial pond at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) campus over a period of twelve months, in order to identify the main sources for the increase in nitrate and phosphate levels and their role in blooming growth of algae in this reservoir. Six sampling stations were selected for the investigation depending on water sources inlet and water outlet. All samples were tested for physical and chemical characterizations according to the standard methods. Parameters such as temperature, pH, water transparency, dissolved oxygen (DO), electrical conductivity (EC), and total dissolved solids (TDS) were measured on site. While other parameters such as nitrate, phosphate, chloride, chemical oxygen demand (COD), alkalinity, heavy metals including (Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu), and soft metals (Na and K) were measured in the laboratory. Results of PO4 and NO3 values for all stations lie within both WHO and Jordanian guidelines. Sometimes in winter season both effluents from Wadi Hassan wastewater treatment plant and JUST wastewater treatment plant reach the upper permissible limit for phosphate. For NO3 values for some cases; the input from JUST wastewater treatment plant exceeded the acceptable limits. Measurements of all others parameters, for all stations, were within permissible limits and do not have negative impact on water quality of the pond.

Keywords: Artificial pond, Eutrophication, Nitrate, Phosphate, JUST.

Abstract: A lot of money has been invested for predicting what the customer wants to buy next and what likely the customer is going to buy now. This opens up another branch called Customer Segmentation. Customer Segmentation is the division of customers into groups depending upon their shopping patterns and trends. Identifying different groups of customers based on several indicators like behavioural, demographic and others is the main goal of customer segmentation. This acts as a powerful tool to satisfy the unmet customer requirements. Every customer base requires a new selling strategy which depends on their buying potential. Verticals of all the industries aim at increasing their customer conversion rate. Our proposed model uses the above concepts along with the data mining algorithms. The ultimate aim of our system is to induce the customer to buy more products and also maintain accuracy in the predictions of what the customer wants to buy.The proposed model is a web based application which helps people to find and buy latest clothes and accessories. Our recommendation system facilitates them in selecting their products faster. The recommendation system is based on the concept of data mining. In this application we have two modules: Customer module and Admin module. The admin module contains the access of admin on the application. The admin can change everything in the application. He has the ability to add, delete, and update any information on the website. The customer can login into the website or can access the website without login also. He can view details of the clothes and accessories on the website. He can also add or remove products from the cart. After buying the product the customer can make payment through cash only.

Keywords: Customer conversion rate, potential to up sell, clustering, data mining, analytics, recommendations.

Abstract: A continuous up gradation of tools and methods is going on for archiving the web in a better way. Although, most accepted practices and common model for web archiving is yet to evolve.

Keywords: Web archiving, Harvesting, Multimedia, Technological tool.

Abstract: Time and attendance management technology with drowsiness detection brings efficiency to the workplace by keeping track employees in a given workplace. Punch cards can be handed to friends so that the workers can use company's time and money for their personal works. Labour Contract Management (LCMS) system makes use of face detection technology for marking the attendance of the employees with the help of camera recorder on each employee's working device such as laptop or desktop. Also this system keeps track on the drowsiness of a particular employee by detection and monitoring of his eyes and an alarm will ring if the employee has his eyelids closed for more than 10 minutes. Based on this monitoring employee's working hours are calculated and salary sheet is generated.

Keywords: Face Monitoring, Salary, Attendance, Haar classifier.

Abstract: This manuscript deals with multi quadrant operation of Fuzzy Logic Controller based Direct Torque Control (DTC) of three phase Induction Motor drive using MATLAB and its toolbox SIMULINK. The major problem that is usually associated with Direct Torque Controlled drive is presence of ripple in electromagnetic torque. To overcome the problem direct torque control method has been optimized by using fuzzy logic controller. The speed of the motor is estimated through motor model and it's compared with reference speed. The speed error is processed through fuzzy logic controller and the reference torque is obtained. According to the variation of speed, the reference torque is varied. Due to this, the reference torque is maintained within a limit and torque ripple is also reduced. The presented fuzzy based control scheme combines the benefits of fuzzy logic control technique along with direct torque control technique. With aid of the proposed model, the steady-state and dynamic characteristics of current, flux, speed and torque of three phase induction motor in all quadrants can be effectively examined and analyzed.

Keywords: Direct torque control, Induction Motor, Fuzzy logic controller.

Abstract: We have entered the era of internet of things. The number of devices connected to the Internet is increasing at a rapid pace and consequently. In this implementation of security systems ,when a person enters a monitored area, at the same time system will detect the motion then it will send an alert to the host via wireless communication. The concerned people can understand that an eventuality has happened in the host section. At the same time camera keeps on capturing what is going on there at the host place and saves it into the computer and sends a message to the admin if any kind of motion detects.

Keywords: wireless communication, Internet Of Things(IoT), Monitored area.

Abstract: The main objective of the study was to determine the validity, reliability and item analysis of the AMAIUB Admission test. A multiple-choice test of 150 items was finalized after pilot study. The test was administered to a sample of incoming college freshmen. Separate sheets were provided to students included in the sample. Several work sheets were prepared to perform item analysis. Classical test theory method was used in the analyses of the data. Item analysis, difficulty index, and discriminatory index were calculated. The reliability coefficient was 0.86 and 0.82 for English and Mathematics tests, respectively indicating high reliability of the whole instrument.

Keywords: development, validation, admission test, item analysis.

Abstract: Since the current demand for high-resolution and fast analog to digital converters (ADC) is driving the need for track and hold amplifiers (T&H) operating at RF frequencies. A very fast and linear T & H circuit is the key element in any modern wideband data acquisition system. Applications like a cable-TV or a broad variety of different radio standards require high processing speeds with high resolution. The track-and-hold (T&H) circuit is a fundamental block for analog-to-digital (A/D) converters. Its use allows most dynamic errors of A/D converters to be reduced, especially those showing up when using high frequency input signals. Having a wideband and precise acquisition system is a prerequisite for today's trend towards multi-standard flexible radios, with as much signal processing as possible in digital domain. This project is proposed to find the effect of various design schemes and circuit topology for track- and-hold circuit to achieve acceptable linearly, high speed, low power consumption, low chip area and low noise for high speed data communication. Proposed work will convert analog track and hold circuit into VLSI using mixed signal VLSI design.

Keywords: Track and Hold circuit, low power consumption, low chip area, sampling switch.

Abstract: As portable electronic devices become a part of daily life, it creates a huge market for electronic components for those battery driven devices. Low-power digitally operated (LPDO) voltage regulator is an important part that provides steady DC supplies for other components. Low power, low noise and high stability are the desired features of a regulator. Here, A Low-Power Digitally Operated (LPDO) Voltage Regulator that can operate with a very small Input-output Differential Voltage with 32nm CMOS technology has been proposed. It increases the Packing Density and provides the new approach towards power management. A voltage regulator is capable of providing 0.8V output under the supply voltage of 1.2V and the output voltage level is controlled externally by means of 2 1-bit control signals.

Keywords: Low Drop-Out, Voltage Regulator, Power management, Reduction in chip Area.

Abstract: Now day's illegal smuggling and fraud increases in government sector in which ration department involves manual work of material like sugar, rice, oil kerosene etc. This fraud is increases due to the manual involvement and manual measurement, this fraud happen due to the wrong entries in register without the knowledge to the ration card holder because of this large amount of money of government get wasted and needy person remains needy. To avoid this fraud we have developed system by using PLC, in this system we used smart card instead of ration card and also provide smart card detector to verify correct person or family member if the detected person is correct then next step takes place and then different material name is available on touch screen we have to click on required material name this system is connected to government and user via GSM due to such system information is send to the government and also to the user and require money is taken from bank account of the user. And user information can be is linked with AADHAR card.

Keywords: PLC module, PIC microcontroller, GSM, Solenoid valve, load cell.

Abstract: Cement is the main and costly ingredient of concrete. Study says that during manufacturing process of cement the global cement industry contributes large quantity of CO2 emission to the atmosphere. In order to address environmental effects associated with cement manufacturing, there is a need to minimize the use of cement. Extensive research is ongoing into the use of partial cement replacements using many waste materials. Keeping this in mind the work was planned to use the Manganese Sulphate Sludge (MSS) as a partial replacement for cement and strength was compare with ordinary concrete of same mix design. MnSo4 sludge is the waste generated from Manganese Sulphate solution manufacturing companies which is not hazardous. The results obtained are quite encouraging indicating the use of 15% MSS replacement for cement gives same compressive strength compare to ordinary concrete without MSS.

Keywords: Manganese Sulphate Sludge, Cement replacement, Concrete, Compressive strength.

Abstract: From the early days of the evolution, the journey of man was tied with Nature. Therefore, our ancestors have lived in harmony with nature and their demands were very limited. Primitive human societies like tribes and aboriginals depend on Nature for their livelihood and they are searching for drugs in Nature to treat the chronic diseases. In present days also, many tribes directly depend on plants for their medical requirements and health care. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out by Yanadhi Tribe of Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India during September 2015 to June 2016. The present study mainly focused on to collect information from the Yandhi tribe of Ananthasagaram mandal of Nellore District. Only a few people are being practiced herbal therapy with the traditional knowledge which was transmitted from their elders. The plants used for medicinal purposes by the Yandhi tribes were collected through direct interviews during the field survey. The present study revealed that the Yanadhi tribe used nearly 41 plant species belonging to 28 families to treat various diseases like jaundice, leucoderma, bronchitis, scorpion bite, skin diseases, cough, pains, stomachache and head-ache etc. The plant parts like Leaves, Seeds, Stem, Bark and other parts are used in the medical treatment. The present paper mainly focused on the document the plants and herbs used in medical therapy by Yanadhi tribes of Ananthasagaram Mandal, Nellore district.

Keywords: Traditional Knowledge, Yanadhi tibe, Ethnomedicine, Nellore.

Abstract: Recent studies show that the effects of Soil Structure Interaction (SSI) may be detrimental to the seismic response of structure and neglecting SSI in analysis may lead to un-conservative design. Despite this, the conventional design procedure usually involves assumption of fixity at the base of foundation neglecting the flexibility of the foundation, the compressibility of the underneath soil and, consequently, the effect of foundation settlement. Hence the SSI analysis of a multi-storey building is the main focus of this work; the effects of SSI are analysed for the building considered by using springs to model the foundation. In the present work, the analysis of the building (G+9) with and without considering infill has been carried out by incorporating the effect of SSI by springs for three different types of soils such as silty sand, dense sand and dense gravel, and three different earthquake intensities according to IS 1893:2002 using ETABS. The stiffness of the springs are determined by the formulas given by Gazetas and Mylonkais. The storey lateral displacements are evaluated. From the study it has been observed that as the soil stiffness is increasing, the storey lateral displacements are decreasing. Silty sand having less stiffness has pronounced effect on the seismic response. Dense gravel having high stiffness has almost the same effect of fixed base model.

Keywords: Storey Lateral Displacement, Soil Structure Interaction, ETABS, Stiffness.

Abstract: Cataplexy and excessive daytime sleep (EDS) are the common symptoms in the sleep disorder namely, narcolepsy. In this paper we give the brief description about, what is narcolepsy? How it is evenly found in both types of gender and at what age it starts to show up its symptoms? Apart from introduction and symptoms, Meditation for treatment of narcolepsy is also discussed. MSLT (Multiple sleep latency test) and MWT (Maintenance of wakefulness test) are the existing tests for measuring sleepiness. Sleep Latency (SL) is the main measures of sleepiness computed in these tests.

Keywords: Narcolepsy, Cataplexy, Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Hypocretin, EEG.

Abstract: Research has shown that increased temperatures and low ventilation rates in classrooms can have negative impacts on work performance and health of the students. Its known fact that the better thermal comfort conditions in any space will have positive effects on the wellbeing of the persons using it. The major factors affecting thermal comfort are both environmental and personal. Environmental factors include air temperature, radiant temperature, air velocity and humidity. Personal factors include clothing insulation and metabolic heat. Movement of air is one of the important factors influencing thermal comfort of a space. This paper discusses about the relevance of increased air movement at higher indoor temperatures and humidity, and how it can improve thermal comfort conditions in a class room. A class room of an Institution has been chosen to test the point.

Keywords: Thermal comfort, Air movement, ventilation, environment.

Abstract: Cloud computing is emerging as a new paradigm for the IT industries and it become so popular in a very short time. Virtualization is one of the core technologies in the cloud and enables the provider to deploy infrastructure services in cloud environment. Cloud provides the computing resources to the client as a service in the form of VM. VM is the logical entity which is similar to the PM and executing the user application. As the demands for the computing resources is increasing, proper resource consumption of the physical resources main challenge for the service provider. Since cloud resources are communal by the numerous users and the demands for the resources is change frequently, so there is a requirement for a valuable load balancing method that enlarge the resource utilization and amplify cloud services the performance. In the past few decades, various load balancing method have been proposed. These all methods use the VM migration approach for balance the load on the PM. Since cloud consist of several type resources i.e., CPU, memory and bandwidth, so if one type resource is utilize more than other resource will be wastage. This resource wastes diminish the resource utilization. This paper proposed a load balancing approach that amplify the physical resource utilization and curtail the energy consumption. To calculate the performance of the proposed approach it is compare with the existing load balancing approach and judge against the number of migration, energy consumption. CloudSim simulator is use as a simulation tool to create the cloud environment. Experiment results say that proposed approach gives better result as compare to the existing load balancing method.

Keywords: Cloud, virtual machine, physical machine, energy efficient, resource utilization, VM migration.

Abstract: A model for drying chickpea seeds in a batch fluidized bed has been dealt with in the present paper assuming that the bed is divided into a solid phase, an interstitial gas phase and a bubble phase with heat and mass transfer between the phases. The model considers further the bubble size, bubble rise velocity and bubble volume fraction in the rate equation for the constant rate and falling rate periods. The experimental set up consisting of an air heater and a fluidization column chamber with a provision of taking samples at a regular interval. The experimental runs for studying various effects of volumetric flow rate, initial moisture content of chickpea, its diameter, diffusivity have been compared with the simulated data found by running the listed MATLAB programme using the established working equations related with fluidized bed drying. Also the effect of varying the fluidized bed chamber-column has been studied using the MATLAB.

Keywords: Chickpea, Drying, Constant rate period, Falling rate period, Fluidized bed drying, Simulation, MATLAB.

Abstract: Textile dyeing industries are one of the major polluting industries that generate highly coloured wastewater containing exhausted dyestuffs. These unfixed dyes are in general refractory in nature and difficult to treat effectively by the existing conventional methods. In the present work, decolourisation and degradation of six real textile dyeing wastewater were experimented using fixed catalyst mode Photocatalytic-Ozonation (UV/TiO2/O3) processes. The experiments were carried out in a reactor of 15 L capacity. All the wastewaters were highly coloured with Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) ranging from 760 to 2080 mg/L and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from 210 to 458 mg/L. The low biodegradability ratio indicated that the wastewater samples were less biodegradable. The coupled photocatalytic-ozonation yielded complete colour removal with 64 % COD removal after 30 minutes of treatment. It was also observed that the maximum oxidation and biodegradability improvement occurred in coupled photocatalytic-ozonation process. The reaction kinetics followed pseudo-first order. The immobilized catalyst system developed was found to be stable for 10 consecutive runs.

Keywords: Photocatalytic-Ozonation, AOP, fixed-catalyst, biodegradability.

Abstract: In this paper the analysis of orthotropic skew plate under sinusoidal line load is investigated. The analysis is done with polynomial radial basis function base mess free method using first order shear deformation theory (FSDT). A MATLAB code is developed to obtain the solutions. The governing differential equations of plate are obtained using Hamilton's principle. Effect of orthotropic ration, skew angle and span to thickness ratio is presented.

Keywords: Skew plate, Mesh free, FSDT, sinusoidal line load.

Abstract: In this paper, we have proposed a dual frequency wide band circular patch antenna array of 4 elements for radar applications designed at Ka Band The antenna array simulations are carried out by using HFSS software. FR4 epoxy with dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness 0.21 mm is used as substrate. Details of the antenna array design are presented and simulation results are discussed. Antenna arrays at Ka Band are useful for many types of applications such as communication Satellites, Vehicle speed detection systems, High-resolution and close range targeting radars aboard military airplanes.

Keywords: Antenna Array, HFSS, Radar.

Abstract: Cloud offers resources to the users like hardware, software and allows users to access services from anywhere in the world at anytime through internet. Cloud also provides huge amount of space for the user to store their valuable data. Cloud users expect services from cloud service providers (CSP) in most of the time, so cloud providers should be always active. If a cloud service provider is failed due to some problem, then users can't access his/her data from cloud. This results in shifting the attention of the users from single cloud to multi-clouds. Even-though the cloud has many advantages, cloud users are still feeling insecure to use cloud. Security of the outsourced data to cloud is a major concern. This survey provides an in-sight on various multi-cloud security schemes which addresses some of the important security issues of cloud like integrity, confidentiality, service availability. The survey also provides the comparison of the schemes with respect to the issues they addressed.

Keywords: DNA Encryption, Trusted Third Party, CPDP, CSP, MCDB, VPC.

Abstract: Energy sector is one of the important areas in the economic development of any country. Meeting the growing energy demands at acceptable costs in various sectors like industries, commercial, transport, etc., is the challenge to the energy planner. Energy analysis helps to designer to find out to improve the performance of a system. The energy losses from individual components in the plant are calculated based on these losses. In this first law of thermodynamics analysis was performed to evaluate efficiency and various energy losses. In addition, variation in the percentage of carbon in coal content increases the overall efficiency of plant that shows the economic Optimization of plant.

Keywords: Energy, Boiler, First law of Thermodynamic, Efficiency, Energy losses, Optimization.

Abstract: The internet of things is a network of physical object that contain embedded technology essence communicate with extrinsic environment. The industrial internet of thing is part of internet of thing that focuses on devices and object used in business setting. It helps to connect everything around you to internet including wearable devices, metering devices and environmental sensor. These devices will connect to internet to share different types of data. We have proposed Industrial Automation using cloud computing and sensing based applications for Internet of Things. In these paper we use sensing device to check different behaviour like fire, humidity, temperature of room.

Keywords: industrial automation, sensing based applications, internet of things, etc.

Abstract: In this paper, the starting assumption is that there is more leverage to improve teaching through changing aspects of assessment than there is in changing anything else and, at the same time, the teachers know less about how students respond to assessment than about anything else. As this project progresses, teachers' insights and evidence of effective changes to courses will lead to these 'conditions' being developed further. Students tend to gain higher marks from coursework assignments than they do from examinations. success in the classroom there needs to be a breakdown of the standards in a way that will show the teacher the big ideas for the unit. This will allow the teacher to better prepare for what the students need to be able to accomplish at the end of the unit rather.

Keywords: Assessment, Learning, Engineering, Build.

Abstract: In this technical paper, analysis of functionally graded plates is presented. The bending response of simply supported functionally graded plate subjected to mechanical sinusoidal varying load is evaluated using higher order shear deformation theory in association with meshless approach. The governing differential equation of the plate is obtained using energy principle. Multiquadric radial basic function based on meshless method is applied for discreatization of the equation. The effects of material gradient index, span to thickness ratio on the sinusoidal varying pressure load of functionally graded material plates are highlighted.

Keywords: FGM, plates, Meshless method, MQ RBF, bending, sinusoidal varying load.

Abstract: Every year millions of tons of agricultural wastes are generated in the country. The percentage of Plastic waste is also increasing in the Municipal Solid Waste management system. These Biomasses or Agricultural wastes can be used as energy source directly. The problem is the energy efficiency and environmental pollution. Meanwhile waste plastics are recycled and a major portion of it goes to land filling. As plastics possess high fuel value, these can be combined with biomasses to prepare solid briquette. This current study looks to develop a good composition of Briquette which comprises of conventional Biomasses and Plastic waste. The total work is carried out in three segments; (i) Preparing a Lab grade Thermal Piston Press for Plastic-Biomass Briquette Manufacturing, (ii) Sample preparation with various proportion of Biomass and Waste Plastic, and (iii) Characterization of the prepared sample. From the study it is seen that the fuel value of Biomass Briquette increases with mixing of plastics, which minimizes water absorption and friability, increases storage capacity and strength. The characterization of Plastic-Biomass Briquette shows that with the addition of 10% waste plastic the calorific increases 40% by margin and doubles the compressive strength.

Keywords: Plastic Waste, Plastic-Biomass Briquette, Thermal Piston Press, Compressive strength.

Abstract: In many fields like, renewal process, life testing problem, stochastic modeling the assumption of exponentiality is heavily used. In many studies dealing with equipment of failure and repair time ,often these times are assumed to be exponentially distributed. However, considerable efforts have been dedicated to testing for exponentiality. Some of the workers in this fields are Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Von Mises (1931), Bartholomew (1957), Kuiper (1960), Epstein (1954,1960), Watson (1961), Lilliefors (1969), Gail and Gastwirth (1978), Dágostino and Stephen (1976) , Doksum and Yandell (1984) etc which are based on empirical distribution. Among the most recent approaches emphasized are based on entropy estimator ,divergence measures and Kullback-Laibler information's., In this paper we wish to study performance of some of these tests under different alternative hypotheses, viz. under lognormal distribution, Weibull distribution and gamma distributions etc. Results are obtained using Monte Carlo simulation technique and displayed in different tables and graphs. Discussions are made based on simulated results and conclusion is drawn accordingly.

Keywords: Goodness of fit test, Exponential distribution, Lognormal, Weibull and gamma distribution, Monte Carlo technique.

Abstract: The impact of technology has made strategic and competitive advantage of universal banks in a real time environment on the efficient and real time processing of bank data that eventually increase the banks' income. This is a new way of channel of accessing and doing transactions in banking industry who embraced the online banking as a new paradigm of communication and online transactions. The new technology where created so that the clients can access their accounts without delay anywhere and everywhere twenty four by seven in their own convenience. This kind of traditional transaction normally done inside the banks premises. In this paper, the researcher aims to recommend a new model of computing ROI as a function of three Independent variables like internet banking compliance, ratio of the bank's number of branches to the number of branches of all the five banks and ratio of bank's loan to its deposit liability were the factors contributors that affect the ROI. The ROI was based on Dupont formula where these three variables were being studied. The researcher also used multi-regression in predicting the effect, extent and impact of three independent variables in banking practices on five universal banks in the Philippines. This work is a contribution in the ongoing research towards adaptation of ROI model based on Dupont formula using data mining.

Keywords: e-banking, Internet Banking Compliance, Ratio-to-Total Branches, Ratio of Lending to deposit liabilities.

Abstract: This inter-correlation green IT computing highlights the significant factors that will affect the practices of stakeholders in the institution by means of adopting and implementing the practical techniques without spending too much resources in reducing the carbon emissions which are produced by the computer laboratories, servers and other devices connected to IT infrastructure used in the institutions.

Keywords: Adoption, Implementation, Green IT, Practices.

Abstract: Cloud computing is an innovative concept that has carried a paradigm shift into the IT industries. Security is the most critical issue in cloud computing. In security, authentication is the one of the important parameters to be addressed. Authentication is a key mechanism to establish proof of identities to get the sources from any type of system. Traditional security system does not provide enough security for the data which is stored in the cloud computing environment. This paper proposes a mechanism to improve the security in cloud using Authentication as a Service (AaaS). The paper provides a brief survey of existing authentication mechanisms. The proposed novel AaaS is used to ensure security in public cloud environment. The proposed mechanism is provided as an authentication service from a Cloud Service Provider (CSP). The AaaS identifies the users verify different level of authentication.

Keywords: Cloud Computing; Authentication; User Authentication System (UAS), Key Generating System (KGS).

Abstract: In recent years six sigma being widely adopted by various industries to achieve the expected goals, makes it an important subject of debate for quality management. This paper is an attempt to review the industries which are benefited by successful implementation of six sigma and explore the sectors where six sigma implementation should be emphasised. The review unveils that six sigma is largely implemented in manufacturing industry and emphasis should be given in successful implementation of six sigma in power industry as well.

Keywords: Six sigma, DMAIC, DPMO, Power industry.

Abstract: Mobile device interaction with users is now done for many purposes such as making calls/SMS, location service, road map, traffic information, etc and it also helps user connect to the search engines. But the search query is limited in case of mobile device due to small screen and limited spaces available for typing querying. Unlike those used when interacting with search engines through computers. As result of this user is not able to get the exact information which is expected on the mobile devices. Using the concept of GPS it helps the user even to search the information while the user is moving from one place to another, thus helping in location based. It also helps the user search according to their preferences. Hence the proposed solution aids in better and faster result retrieval from querying search engine through mobile by giving the user to search the information based on two key concepts i.e. Location and Content Based search results from the mobile.

Keywords: GPS, Mobile devices, Location &Content Based Search.

Abstract: Analysis of biochemical quality was carried out on ten indigenous fish species of North East India which were dried and preserved by traditional methods. The species included Noemacheilus beavani, Chanda ranga, Barilius tileo, Amphipnous cuchia, Anabas testudineus, Amblypharyngodon mola, Channa punctatus, Tor putitora, Puntius chola and Conta elongate. The samples were collected from several rural markets of the state of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. The parameters observed were moisture content, protein, lipid, ash content and pH. The biochemical analysis was done by the methods described in AOAC, 1980. Moisture content ranged between 2.77% (Barilius tileo) to 8.92% (Amblypharyngodon mola). Protein content varied in the range of 28.63% (Channa punctatus) to 53.84% (Chanda ranga). Lipid content exhibited wide variation in the range of 4.42% (Barilius tileo) to 16.52% (Chanda ranga). Ash content ranged between 8.96% (Noemacheilus beavani) to 30.30% (Tor putitora). Except Amblypharyngodon mola, Channa punctatus, Tor putitora and Conta elongate all the other samples have a pH value near neutral.

Keywords: Ash, Biochemical composition, Dried fish, Lipid, Moisture, NE India.