Volume-5, Issue-3

Volume-5, Issue-3

May-June, 2019

Research Paper

1. Rule based Access control system in cloud based environment

These days, third-party cloud providers maintain Data distribution, Data Backups, and information sharing. So as to minimize the rate of management of the data. On the other hand, Security is the main reason the data backup or data distribution, since third-party maintains the cloud services. In the proposed work, we set up a method using Rule-based access control system which uses AES and RSA amalgamation and with the access control policy to attain a safe data manipulation. Our system is made of some set of cryptographic keys to avoid the involvement of third parties. Our proposed system, we introduce a role base sharing where access control lays in the organization itself, thus we assure with the security and confidentiality of the files that circulate in an organization where no third party involvement was encouraged.

Published by: M. Maheshkumar, C. Sai Hemant, Sk. Aseef Zaddari, A. JothimaniResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Key generation, Confidentiality, Authentication, Data sharing, Cloud storage

Research Paper

2. Stock market prediction using RNN and sentiment analysis

Predicting the stock Price is a challenging task. With an increase in data collection through the internet, data scientists try to extract valid data points for the prediction. However, these data points are one way affecting the stock market. Therefore the prediction for stock market index movements, we use real-time tweets from the twitter using their API and sentiment analysis to predict the stock market moments by correlating them with the Existing data set used to train a recursive neural network model Evaluations on the data from the year 2004 to present upon Bombay stock exchange to demonstrate our model. Hence making the predictions almost accurate.

Published by: Ambati Venkata Malla Reddy, Dinesh Y., Vamsi Krishna, Soundarya MiranamResearch Area: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: RNN, Twitter, Sentiment analysis, LSTM, BSE, Stock price

Research Paper

3. Overspeed detection with the help of speedbreaker

The main concern of this project is to overcome the road accidents and the safety of the peoples or the family members from road accidents. So to overcome this issue we are working on this project to detect the speed of the vehicles with the help of the ultrasonic system and Arduino board. When the vehicle has come in the range of the ultrasonic system then they start detecting their speed and if their speed has been exceeding from the speed limit of the road then they send the signals to Arduino and the motor turn on the speedbreaker and if the vehicle having in there normal speed then the speedbreaker remains constant.

Published by: Deendayal Joshi, Saurabh Singh, Rishabh KadhalaResearch Area: Information Technology

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi-NCR campus modinagar GhaziabadKeywords: Overspeed, Ultrasonic system, Speedbreaker

Review Paper

4. Prosthodontics update

Prosthodontists should always update their knowledge as there are many advanced techniques and improved materials are constantly being introduced into the market that improves the quality of treatment and reduces the chair side time. This is a short notes providing information regarding some of the advanced materials and procedures related to Prosthodontics.

Published by: Kondumahanti V. N. Avinash, Ajna Alex, Raja ganeshan, Venkat Raghu, Chiranjeevi reddy, Subash MunireddyResearch Area: Dentistry

Organisation: AECS Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Impression materials, Denture base materials, Resins

Others

5. Development of shot blasting filter cleaning machine

The purpose of this project is to change the filter cleaning method from manual to auto cleaning, in order to increase the efficiency of the filter in shot blasting machine, to improve the filter life. Presently the filter cleaning of shot blasting machine is carried out manually on a fourth-night basis. The improper collection of dust creates fatal fire accidents as well as hazardous for human health and the environment. As filter cleaning is carried out in an open area which creates Air pollution and Land contamination. This manual filter cleaning method is not safe. The filter cleaning machines are available in the market which did not cost efficient and not as per required standards; it was decided to manufacture it in-house.

Published by: Ashwini Jadhav, Shreya Pujari, Chetanraj PatilResearch Area: Mechanical

Organisation: Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Cartridge filter, Air cleaning method, Nozzles, Brushes, Pneumatic motor

Research Paper

6. Automated detection of diabetic retinopathy using retinal images

Automatic telemedicine framework for PC helped identification and order of diabetic retinopathy rely upon discovery of retinal sores in fundus pictures amid this paper, a totally exceptional method for programmed location of each small scale aneurysms and hemorrhages in shading fundus pictures is portrayed and substantial. The most commitment is another arrangement of structure alternatives, known as Dynamic structure choices, that don't require exact division of the locales to be ordered. These alternatives speak to the advancement of the structure amid picture flooding and grant to segregate among sores and nerve fragments. The technique is legitimate per-vessels and per pictures utilizing six databases, four of that territory unit in open advertised. It ends up being solid with significance inconstancy in picture goals of the retina, procurement framework. For the Retinopathy Challenge's information in on the web, the technique accomplishes a Free Response beneficiary Operating Characteristics score of 0.420 that positions fourth. Furthermore, for Messidor's data, when identifying pictures of the retina with diabetics, the arranged strategy accomplishes an area beneath the legendary beast bend of zero.899, love the score of human specialists, and it beats dynamic methodologies.

Published by: Mundra Charan Sai, V. S. K. Praveen, V. Teja Reddy, B.S Vidhya SagarResearch Area: CSE

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Diabetic retinopathy, Fundus images

Research Paper

7. Peer-to-peer E-transaction system using blockchain

We create a simple transaction system with Blockchain as the backbone, while making use of Solidity, Node.js, Python and the Kubernetes framework. The resulting system is capable of mining currency, creating wallets and making transactions.

Published by: Abhishek Sundaresan R., Govind K. RajeshResearch Area: Blockchain

Organisation: BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Blockchain, Proof of work, double spending, Hyperledger fabric, Proof-of-work

Others

8. Data efficient approaches on deep action recognition in videos

This Method goes for one recently bringing assignment up in a vision and mixed media look into perceiving human activities from still pictures. Its principal challenges lie in the substantial varieties in human stances and appearances, just as the absence of worldly movement data. Tending to these issues, we propose to build up an expressive profound model to normally incorporate human format and encompassing settings for more elevated amount activity understanding from still pictures. Specifically, a Deep Belief Net is prepared to intertwine data from various boisterous sources, for example, body part recognition and item identification. To connect the semantic hole, we utilized physically marked information to significantly improve the strength of the pre-preparing and adjusting phases of the DBN preparing. The subsequent system is appeared to be vigorous to here and there inconsistent sources of info (e.g., loose location of human parts and questions), and beats the best in class approaches.

Published by: K. C. Mithil Teja, Sharmila Agnil, R. Bhargava Ramakrishna, T. Tharunkumar Reddy, A. Harsha KiranResearch Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Input video, Video Frame Separation, Frame image sequence, Background separation, Noise removal, Shape analysis

Research Paper

9. Detection of illegally parked vehicle

Detecting an illegally parked vehicle aims to prevent car crashing between parked and other vehicles. The main objective of this paper is to identify the unauthorized parker who was parked in the private property and notify those owners. Here in this radio detection and ranging (RADAR) systems electromagnetic waves can recognize the speed, range, altitude or direction of objects, either fixed or in motion. This system consists of Arduino microcontroller, ultra-sonic sensor, servo motor, and some java applications to map the electromagnetic waves. This system can be built by connecting the ultrasonic sensors to the Arduino microcontroller’s input/output pins and servo motor is also connected to the Arduino microcontroller pins. Then both ultrasonic sensor and servo motor are clipped over the Arduino microcontroller together so that servo motor can rotate from right to left through an angle of 180. This experiment results show that the proposed framework is efficient and robust to detect an illegally parked vehicle.

Published by: Rishu Suman, Prashant Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Swetha T.Research Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: S. J. C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Arduino, Ultrasonic sensor, Illegal parking, RADAR system

Research Paper

10. Morse code translator using Python

Morse code is a process of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones and lights or clicks .if they use a tapping device recipient can understand the message without additional decoding equipment. Morse code is represented by the form of dits and dahs. Here dits refer to dots and dahs refer to dash. Morse code used to transmit only numerals at first. After that, Alfred vail included letters and characters. Morse code can be transmitted by using electric telegraph wire, light, sound, through a different medium in different ways. Tap code is used by American prisoners. Morse code is used for long-distance communication. International Morse code was devised by European nations in 1851. It is the base for the morse code to transmit or receive. Morse code is character encoding and decoding scheme

Published by: Saikumar Kothamasu, Vaibhav Gopinath, RrochishResearch Area: Coding

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: PYTHON, Cipher, Dechiper

Review Paper

11. Survey on identification of blood group by using image processing technique

The blood enlightens us regarding the wellbeing. It conveys critical substances, for example, oxygen to different piece of our body. Subsequently recognition of blood classification is imperative. The blood of human includes the Red platelet, White Blood Cells, Platelets and Plasma. Conventional procedures are utilized by Lab specialists to check cells of blood. In any case, this strategy is so repetitive, expends additional time and prompts the misguided results as a result of human errors. So during Blood transfusion accurate determination of blood type is very importance during emergency situation so in this method a fast, accurate and robust blood group judgement is given by using image processing techniques.

Published by: Pavithra V.Research Area: Image Processing

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: ABO blood group, Segmentation, Threshold, Histogram

Research Paper

12. Comparison of automated speed breakers with conventional speed breakers

The latest advancement in ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) is modernizing the manner in which we see the world at a quicker rate. Automated speed breaker system is a little introductory or basic environment-friendly ITS tool or device, which utilizes modern-day instrumentality to resolve to the sole purpose of traffic calming. The methodology and it's operating are easy to adapt to, however, it also reduces modern-day issues. This technology can be beneficial or convenient in counterparts world issues like pollution, growing traffic congestion, rise in fuel consumption and outflow of gases (CO and NOx), and safety to the road or street users in a much advance and trouble-less way. The emission of dangerous gases mentioned above by the vehicles has to be minimized and counterpart. These modern lives should adopt and learn to this current technology for a healthy and sustainable living surrounding. In this research, a study on speed behavior (breakers) of different class vehicles (two wheeler, four wheeler, and heavy vehicles) on conventional breaker system and automated breaker system is done; delay on CBS, travel time for both CBS and ABS, fuel consumption and emission rates through vehicles in the heart of Goa (Panjim) and at-last deployment rate of conventional breaker system and automated breaker system was carried out, it was observed that the delay, travel time, fuel consumption and emission rate is more in CBS than that of the ABS, but the deployment cost of ABS was higher than that of CBS.

Published by: Mohit Raj, Prof. S. D. Ghodmare, Rakesh Kumar ChoubeyResearch Area: Transportation Engineering

Organisation: G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Conventional breaker system and automated breaker system, Delay analysis, Fuel consumption, Fuel emission, Deployment cost

Research Paper

13. Techno-economic feasibility report to reduce carbon footprint of JSPM campus

The basic idea of becoming Carbon Neutral or Carbon Negative is to reduce greenhouse emissions from direct and indirect sources such as electricity, transportation, solid waste, sewage waste, etc. These are potential sources of CO2 emissions which release a large amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. The accumulation of CO2 causes a serious impact on health and the environment. Also, there is a high cost for the generation of electricity which is uneconomical to our college. Following are the tasks which need to be accomplished to become Carbon Neutral: To identify various potential direct or indirect sources of carbon emission in JSPM campus which can be processed on the alternate energy source. •To find out the CO2 equivalent of each identified sources. • Working out on an alternate solution for the identified source within the existing conditions. • To determine the techno-economic feasibility of suggested techniques. This paper discusses the various economical steps to reduce the Greenhouse Gases and they are implemented around the campus. These plans include • ELECTRICITY- Analyze various electrical equipment and find their overall CO2 emissions per year and suggest feasible solutions to reduce the content of CO2 by the installation of solar panels and photovoltaic cells. • VEHICULAR EMISSION- Reduce the vehicular pollution using solutions like carpooling systems within the campus and replacing petrol and diesels by CNG’s. • SEWAGE WASTE- The CO2 emissions can be reduced by various techniques like reducing the BOD of the sewage treatment water.

Published by: Noel Thomas, Rugvedi Wankhade, Tanmay Jade, Amruta Shinde, Sumeet KhiradeResearch Area: Environmental Engineering

Organisation: JSPM's Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Carbon emission, Greenhouse gas, Sustainable energy, Carbon neutrality

Research Paper

14. Treatment of sewage waste water using an agricultural waste corn cobs

Corncobs are agricultural wastes obtain in maize cultivation. It is less utilized part of the maize plant. Due to rigidity and their porous structure they can be used as an absorbent. Corncobs are available in large quantity, it may be burnt or given as food for animals. But if corncobs are burnt it causes air pollution which we already saw what happen in Delhi (Capital of India) and if corncobs are given as food to animals, they also not take it as it contains hemicellulose content in it and acts as an obstructing agent in the elementary canal of the animals. So, it is a good idea to use corncobs agricultural waste to treat wastewater. Sometimes they are thrown away but naturally, they take too much time to biodegrade. In this treatment no need of chemicals and electricity. The wastewater can be treated naturally using corn cobs as an absorbent. As corn cobs are cheap, this is more economical treatment. It is also easy and simple to operate. So, it can be adopted in villages also.

Published by: Lalit Pramod Patil, Ruturaj S. Patil, Kranti S. Deore, Gopal A. Vairalkar, Rohan E. Patil, Dr. S. L. PatilResearch Area: Environmental Engineering

Organisation: Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Corncobs, Economical, Natural absorbent, BOD, COD, filter

Research Paper

15. Cloud Computing-The data and analytics innovation

The future of every business rides on its IT architecture and database management. There’s enormous potential hidden in every organization's data, but it is not used to its optimum level. A cloud architecture securely integrates and governs the data and provides greater visibility, control, and insight across the business.

Published by: Farheen AamirResearch Area: Cloud Computing

Organisation: Notre Dame Academy, Patna, BiharKeywords: Cloud computing, Economies of scale, RaaS, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

Research Paper

16. Alcoholic sensor to side step drunken driving road accidents

As for the survey done on the drunken and driving accidents are becoming more day by day. To overcome this issue we can initialize the alcoholic sensor and seat belt sensor to the vehicles. If we place an alcoholic sensor in the vehicles that sensors will identify the percentage of alcohol containing in the body and allow the engine too gets starts if the percentage of alcohol is more than the limit ignition will be blocked by the sensor. To sidestep the drunken driving accidents our proposed work may be useful to society. This system is integrating on the alcohol sensor, seat belt sensor with a microcontroller, relay switch and battery. The alcohol sensor used in our project is MQ-3 which detect the presence of alcohol content in human breath. Vehicle ignition system gets power from the battery through a relay switch. The ignition system will operate based on the level of blood alcohol content(BAC)in human breath detected by the alcohol sensor and if the seat belt is not used then the sensor will not allow microcontroller supply power to spark plug.

Published by: PoojaDeep M., Varshini B. N., Syed Salman S, Safir Ahmed M.Research Area: IoT

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: BAC (Blood Alcohol Content)

Research Paper

17. An analytical study of Andhra Pradesh assembly past poll data to predict the outcome of current polls-2019

This study, by analyzing the poll scenario and poll data of the past general elections conducted for the assembly of the state of Andhra Pradesh from the date of its formation, aims at a) predicting outcome of present general elections-2019. b) predicting a number of seats to be won by major parties. A retrospective comparative study was designed on the data pertaining to seat share and vote share of major political parties in all the previously conducted general assembly elections (till 2014) and it was analyzed using linear charts. Three possible outcomes, in the order of probability, were obtained. Poll prediction can be done when past data is analyzed in a methodical way. of course, the validity of prediction awaits the decision of time, as these predictions are done ahead of polling-2019.

Published by: Mahidhar Reddy VenkatapuramResearch Area: Politics And Social

Organisation: Independent ResearcherKeywords: Andhra Pradesh, Assembly, Polls, Prediction 2019

Research Paper

18. Power factor improvement and torque ripple reduction in BLDC motor

In recent years Brushless DC motors (BLDC) area unit the analysis hot spot in speed exactness and unit applications because of its high responsibleness, easy frame, high potency, quick dynamic response, compact size, low maintenance, etc., Because of electronic commutation, the ripples are generated in the electromagnetic torque and the power factor of the AC mains gets affected due to its operation. The operation of BLDC motors is based on the rotor position sensing using sensors or sensorless scheme. In the proposed work, the performance of the BLDC motor is improved through the reduction of ripples in the electromagnetic torque. A CUK DC-DC converter topology is implemented in this method that reduces the power quality problems and improves the power factor at AC mains. Among different torque minimization techniques, implementation of the Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) gives better performance in the efficiency as well as smoother distortion less stator current. So it is implemented in this work to reduce the torque ripples. From the simulation results, it is observed that the efficiency of the motor is improved by power factor correction and torque ripples reduction.

Published by: Geetha T., Dr. S. ChitraResearch Area: Electrical Machines

Organisation: Government College of Technology , CoimbatoreKeywords: Brushless Direct Current motor (BLDC), Multilevel Inverter (MLI), Back EMF, Power Factor Corrected (PFC), Power quality, Voltage Source Inverter (VSI).

Survey Report

19. Targeted advertising using Google Map

The rapid growth of the social network has led to making availability in customer tastes and preferences. This data can be exploited to serve the customers better and offer them the advertisements they would be glad to see. To provide a relevant advertisement to consumers, one has to consider the location of the consumer as well. The consumers will highly contend if the offers shown to them are easily accessible in nearby areas. Advertisements have become today’s most direct marketing channel that provides information and discount offers about products to customers and allow marketers to reach a precise goal by creating campaigns. Making these Ads location-specific would not only render them more relevant but also personalized and targeted to a specific audience. Mobile in-app advertising is growing in popularity. While these ads have excellent user-tracking properties through mobile device GPS, they have raised concerns among privacy advocates. There is an ongoing debate on the value of different types of mobile targeting, the incentives of ad-networks to engage in behavioral targeting and share user-data with advertisers, and the role of regulation.

Published by: Priyanka Rahate, Monika Patil, Vrushali BhamareResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Shivajirao S. Jondhale College of Engineering, Dombivli, MaharashtraKeywords: Targeted, Advertisement, Data mining, Marketing, Location

Research Paper

20. Utilization of industrial wastes for co-processing in cement production reducing environmental impacts

Rapid industrialization in the State of Gujarat is increasing the tremendous amount of industrial wastes for disposal. Secured landfill (TSDF) is a safe and economical disposal method which requires very fewer efforts to generators. In another side, the cement industry is an intensive consumer of natural material resources, energy and also has great potential for pollution besides greenhouse gas emission. Proper utilization of industrial wastes as an alternate fuel and raw materials can decrease the environmental impacts lowering the consumption of natural materials and energy considerably. Further, utilization of wastes as AFR seems more economical to the generator as the cost of disposal at TSDF is almost zero and also for cement plant as it reduces costs towards mineral mined materials consumption & energy requirements.

Published by: Dipali Tank, Dhwani JoshiResearch Area: Environment

Organisation: Aadishwar College of Engineering and Technology- Venus Swarnim Startup and Innovation University, Gandhinagar, GujaratKeywords: Waste, Co-processing, Utilization, Cement, TSDF

Research Paper

21. MediSmart: Better health with IoT based med box

Multiple surveys indicate that about 65% of Adults are elderly people and are suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes, cholesterol, arthritis, osteoporosis, dementia, blindness, Alzheimer and so on. Also, the youngsters have fallen prey to the busy and hectic lifestyle. This busy lifestyle has made them forget to take their medicines on time, which is essential for their healthy recovery from their diseases. MediSmart proposes a solution to this distress. It is a smart, IoT based medicine or pillbox that reminds its patient to take their medicines on time with some additional features.

Published by: Vaibhavi G. Raut, Tanaya Patil, Praparna Moharana, Shantanu Ghanekar, Swati A. JoshiResearch Area: Internet of Things

Organisation: Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Healthcare, Medicine box, Arduino, Wi-Fi, Alert system (or medicine reminder), Android app, SOS button

Research Paper

22. Anticancer activity of Nyctanthes Arbortristis

Nyctanthes arbotristis is a medicinal plant found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. .It was revealed that the plant exhibits various pharmacological activities because of the presence of secondary metabolites compounds. It exhibits different pharmacological activities like anticancer, antipyretic, antihistaminic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral and antifungal activities have been reported. This present review compiles the different phytochemical compounds and pharmacological activities reported so far by this plant in a comprehensive manner.

Published by: David BenefitResearch Area: B. Pharmacy

Organisation: Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: N arbotristis, DPPH, Arborsides A

Review Paper

23. Noxious effect of preservatives

Food is an important source of energy like carbohydrates, proteins which are required for the survival and to perform cellular activities by an organism. Due to the urban lifestyle, the demand for processed food has rapidly increased. Since food can’t be stored for a longer period of time, natural or synthetic class of food additives called preservatives are added intentionally in limited quantities to increase the shelf life of food by preventing the growth of micro- organism. Since all organisms are structurally and functionally inter connected these food preservatives have an harmful effect on human after prolonged exposure.

Published by: Aaishwarya Srinivasan IyerResearch Area: Pharmaceutics

Organisation: SRM College of Pharmacy, Kanchipuram, Tamil NaduKeywords: Preservatives, Ill effects

Research Paper

24. Tracing the original source of FMCG-SCM using Blockchain

Fast Moving Consumer Goods come a long way from the production of their raw materials to finally being bought by the end user, i.e. the customer. Their Supply Chain Management is a tedious task and doesn’t really provide you with an auditable trail. The source and thus the quality of the product raises few questions. The paperwork involved in this leads to days of auditing for even a small discrepancy arising in the whole SCM. One of the obvious solutions to this is the digitalization of the whole process. But that still doesn’t stop it from getting tampered. The truth still poses a question with the quality of the product being consumed by the end user. Adding another level of surety is only possible by ensuring that the data is not tampered with during the whole supply chain of the product. This is only possible by having a blockchain to moderate the whole process. This will not only make sure that the data regarding the product is true to its point but also make the auditing easy and fast in case of any discrepancy. Few western countries have already implemented blockchain for the products which require high quality throughout the supply chain. Since the type of supply chains vary and data privacy is required in some stages between different parties, private blockchains are preferred in such scenarios to create that balance between truth auditability and data privacy.

Published by: Shiwam Dixit, Rajat Rawat, Rohan Chougule, Shivam Singh, Anup KadamResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Army Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Blockchain, FMCG, Source truth auditability, Supply Chain Management

Research Paper

25. Fabrication and experimental setup of manually operated sprayer trolley

The population of India is increasing rapidly in order to fulfill their diet & needs, the production of foods must be increased. But this must come at affordable to everyone. In India farming is done by traditional ways beside that there has been larger development of industry and service sector as compared to that of agriculture sector. To mechanization of agriculture in India some equipment has been developed. The pesticide sprayer is one among them and it is done by traditional farm workers by carrying backpack type sprayer, which requires human effort or by using electric pump. To improve the agriculture system and to reduce the human effort and problems associated with the backpack sprayer new equipment is fabricated which will be beneficial to farmers. Mechanical operated sprayer trolley simply uses kinematic link to convert the kinetic energy to oscillating energy for reciprocating motion of pump. In this system no use of any external energy such as electrical, engine, any renewal energy etc. Also minimize the wastage pesticide and time.

Published by: Sanjay Sain, Ankit Kumar Sain, Hemant Sharma, Vikash Kumar, Lokendra Singh Shekhawat, Shubham Verma, Jaiprakash BhamniyaResearch Area: Mechanical

Organisation: Sri Balaji College of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, RajasthanKeywords: Kinematics principle, Pressure gauge, Sprayer nozzles

Dissertations

26. Project management study on metro tunneling project- A case study on BKC metro project

The primary aim of the study was to identify the risks involved in the “Line-III” of the metro project in Mumbai. A comprehensive evaluation was done based on a literature review of similar projects, government reports and finally site visit including a comprehensive interview of several teams. Some of the biggest risks include land acquisition, seasonal problems (monsoon), the safety of nearby buildings, manpower allocation. Thorough analysis and interview helped in identifying sixteen risks in total and then they were subjected to Risk Break Down structure where each of the risks was categorized and its impact and likelihood were determined. Then all of the identified risks were subjected to Impact- Likelihood matrix and risk register were developed. Primarily four risks i.e Clearance from nearby buildings (PAP), Geological Changes in specific radius of the project, Drainage/ Waterlogging, Fire hazard were lying in the red zone of the matrix which suggests that these were the risk that needs proper mitigating strategies first followed by other risks. Diamond analysis of the project based on interviews showed in terms of “novelty” the project could be termed “platform” as new technology like NATBM (New Australian Tunnel Boring Machine) was used but no radical technology was used in the project, in terms of “technology” it was “high-tech”, in terms of “complexity” it could be termed as “systems” as the project involved unique challenges which were resolved by some adaptive approaches, for “pace” the project was “time-critical” as any delay in the overall completion of the project would have resulted in overall increase in cost. Interviews were taken first to identify the risks associated with the project and then to find out the quantitative nature of each question. Thematic analysis of the interview was done and eight prominent themes were identified and then they were subjected to analysis. Scale wise analysis of the questions was done to quantify the qualitative approach of interviews. Overall the project was an innovative one where several risks were involved and there were properly mitigated/ transferred. New technology was used to overcome the unique risks associated with the underground tunneling process. Safety was given top priority in the site as well as the execution approaches used in the project.

Published by: Arnab Sarkar, B. K. R. Naik, V. B. KhanapuriResearch Area: Construction (Project Management)

Organisation: National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Tunneling, NTCP, Thematic analysis, Risk breakdown structure, Impact-likelihood matrix, Risk register

Research Paper

27. To study the impact of digital marketing on purchase decision of youth in Nagpur City

Digital marketing is the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium. It is the use of the channels to reach the desired target market via some of the following channels such as social media, websites, multimedia advertising, online search engine advertisement, E-marketing, interactive marketing (polls, the game adds, mobile marketing), etc. Customers of online shopping are delighted with prompt delivery and flawless payment mechanisms building trust in consumers. Online retailers are now pushing a larger number of categories such as electronics and white goods. In these emerging models, intangible assets such as relationships, knowledge, people, brands, and systems are taking center stage.

Published by: Ujjwal Bokde, Dr. Subramaniam SeshanResearch Area: Marketing

Organisation: Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Digital, Marketing, Purchase, Decision, Youth, Impact

Others

28. Monitoring and analysis of water purification using pH sensor in rural areas

Water is the most important part of our daily life. In rural areas, people are facing so many health problems such as diarrhea, Arsenicosis, Amoebiasis, etc. In this paper, we proposed the monitoring and analysis of water purification using a pH sensor in rural areas. We considered a dam with 3 channels and placed a pH sensor in each of the channels which measure the pH value of each channel water. If the impure water is flowing through the channel will be closed automatically. A Blynk software is used to represent the detected pH value of each channel which is real-time values. Whenever pH 7 is detected the same information represented using charts in Blynk software.

Published by: Natturi Hinduja, Meghashri E. M., Havisha Amulya P., Gayathri A. R., Kruthi H. N.Research Area: Water Resources

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Blynk (software), Arduino

Case Study

29. Experimental study on sewage sludge ash in stone matrix asphalt

In our country one of the major distresses is due to the rain induced damages. It is a well established fact in developed countries that the water induced damages are expected to be less in a gap graded mix like stone matrix asphalt than traditional mixes. But application of SMA in India is very limited due to lack of proper specifications. Now a days, synthetic fibers, polymers are used as stabilizing additives in SMA. Here Sewage Sludge Ash (SSA) is used in Replacement of expensive imported synthetic fibers and polymer additives with renewable/waste material in SMA is an environmental necessity. Here, a study on the impact of waste material as addictives in Stone Matrix asphalt and their role in the volumetric and drain down characteristics of the mixture is proposed. Emphasis is also given to assess the effect of water immersion on the performance of SMA mixture with different additives. In the present study 60/70 penetration grade bitumen is used as binder and polymers are used as stabilizing additive. In this research sewage sludge ash as filler in SMA and their role to study the drain down characteristics of SMA at OBC and Marshall stability test to evaluate the stability and flow values when SSA is added as filler to OBC and OAC.

Published by: K. Jaswanth, B.P.R.V.S. PriyathamResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Tirumala Engineering College, Narasaraopet, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA), Sewage Sludge Ash (SSA), Optimum Bitumen Content (OBC) And Optimum Additive Content (OAC), Marshall stability test, Drain down test

Research Paper

30. Comparative study on strength and economy of conventional and high-performance concrete using crushed sand and river sand

The concrete which incorporates wastes and is environment-friendly is called as green concrete. Green concrete is a revolutionary concept in the history of the construction industry. Concrete is an eco- friendly material and the overall impact on the environment per ton of concrete is limited. The paper focuses on the aspect of choosing a material for green concrete. It presents the feasibility of using fly ash, quarry dust, marble powder, plastic waste, and recycled concrete and masonry as aggregates in concrete. The use of fly ash and stone quarry dust in concrete contributes to a reduction in bad environmental repercussions. To avoid the pollution and reuse of waste material, the present study is carried out by completely replacing natural sand in concrete by stone quarry dust and undergoing strength and economical perspectives of concrete and especially in high-performance concrete.

Published by: Akshay KambleResearch Area: Construction Management

Organisation: Bhivarabai Sawant College of Engineering and Research, Narhe, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Green concrete, Super plast RMP-1, Stone quarry dust, Compression tests, Contingencies, Pozzocrete, High performance concrete

Review Paper

31. Infection control

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) are a major global safety concern for both patients as well as healthcare professionals. Many factors promote infection among hospitalized patients – decreased immunity among patients; increasing variety of medical procedures and invasive techniques creating potential routes of infection; and the transmission of the drug-resistant bacteria among the crowded hospital populations where poor infection control practices can facilitate transmission. Dental care providers, in particular, are also at an increased risk as they are providing care by working with sharp instruments at very high speeds and limited access in an environment that is bathed in saliva and, in many instances, blood. Dental care professionals are at high risk of cross-infection while treating patients. The dental clinic is an environment where dis¬ease transmission occurs easily. Prevention of cross-infection in the dental clinic is, therefore, a crucial aspect of the dental practice, and dental clinic workers must adopt certain basic routines while practicing.

Published by: Dr. Ankita Singh, Dr. Anuradha P., Dr. Manu Narayan, Dr. Sahana S., Dr. Sugandha Agarwal, Dr. Shweta SinghResearch Area: Dentistry

Organisation: Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Infection Control, Hospital acquired infection, Infection transmission, Sterilization

Research Paper

32. Analysis of traffic characteristics of intercity highway

Majority of Indian National Highways and State Highways are two-lane roads. Due to heterogeneous traffic and increase in the number of vehicles every year, the speed, capacity and Percentile speed of these roads is very less. Nowadays these two-lane roads are upgraded into multilane highways. In this project an attempt is made to study the changes in traffic characteristics of road after its up gradation. Four traffic characteristics namely Spot Speed, Volume, Percentile Speed and Capacity are studied in this project. Data was collected from National Highway No. 361 which was two-lane road and is now up graded into four-lane road. The data of two-lane road and four-lane road was compared and analysed. Spot Speed is used to derive the distribution of traffic stream at a particular location. Flow or volume denotes the number of vehicles travelling on the road with respect to time. 15th, 50th, 85th percentile speed was calculated to study the traffic behaviour on road. Capacity was calculated by using Greenshield’s model.

Published by: Ashutosh Kale, Sanket SanghaiResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Heterogeneous, Speed, Flow, Capacity, Percentile speed, Density.

Research Paper

33. A new access control for multi-authority cloud storage

Storing data using cloud storage is a new trend with tons of features like availability, large network access, on-demand self-service etc. To access the data there is multiple access control scheme, but selecting the secure access control scheme is a major concern in cloud storage. In this paper, we presented a PMDAC-ABSC, an access control scheme for data which is based on ciphertext policy ABSC which is an analytical combination of attribute-based encryption and attribute-based signature. The proposed system can provide anonymous authentication, confidentiality, unforgeability, public verifiability, a fined-grained control measure and attribute privacy protection in a multi-authority cloud storage system.

Published by: Gouthama Thejaswi, Pavan Kumar A. S., R. Bharath, Tejaswini E., Venkatesh K. M.Research Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: S. J. C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Attribute based encryption, Confidentiality, Attribute privacy, Fine grain control measure

Research Paper

34. The impact of taxi zoning on transportation system in Nagpur city

A taxi zoning system was for the first time introduced by the Derg region about 20 years ago. The Nagpur taxi transport service, which is believed to have begun from 2012 to 2016 with small cars has gone through various stages and systems before it reached the current level. The authorities of transport confirmed many times in the past that, the existing public transport system in Nagpur is critically inadequate to provide services for the existing travel demand. The overall performance of mass transport was constrained by many problems such as low transport service accessibility and standard, lack of taxi station, parking spaces and poor traffic management and control have remained the most critical issues to day. The need for adequate transport services has been kept on growing. This study investigates the reason which assesses the need to zone the taxi service in Nagpur city and the impact will result from the zoning in service delivery in the city. Structured questionnaire and survey interview have been prepared and targeted to three categories, control staff which includes a transport agency, traffic police, taxi association. The second category includes taxi drivers, terminal attendants, and third category include service users or passengers that use a taxi as the main mode in the southwest zone. The descriptive and exploratory research methods, quantitative research methods are employed to study the information gained from the structured questionnaire and interview questions. The collected data were classified, organized, and interpreted by using descriptive statistics including tables, frequency distributions, and percentages to give a digested picture of the data. The analysis of the data showed that taxi zoning transport service in Nagpur city may fail to achieve its purpose as stakeholders do not have any training concerning to system, there is a problem of implementation and it is also noted that 65 percent of mode share for two-wheelers contribute in the city, population is expected to grow annually by 3.8 percent, taxi drivers gain much more extra income when they cut trips, especially during rush hours, about 66.6 percent of respondents replied that they could not find taxi easily and most of the respondents say that inside facilities of taxi are not comfortable for customers. This study will help the taxi service industry to develop and design their future market strategy.

Published by: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, S. D. GhodmareResearch Area: Transportation Engineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Taxi zoning, Taxi service, Consumer satisfaction level, Taxi service

Review Paper

35. A review- Development of fragility curves for an RC frames

Structural elements square measure typically subjected to dynamic loadings in their operating life. Very often these components may have to perform in a severe dynamic environment wherein the maximum damage results from the resonant vibration. Susceptibility to fracture of materials because of vibration is set from stress and frequency. The maximum amplitude of the vibration should be within the restricted for the protection of the structure. Hence vibration analysis has become very important in designing a structure to know in advance its response and to take necessary steps to control the structural vibrations and its amplitudes. The non-linear or large amplitude flexural vibration of plates has received considerable attention in recent years because of the great importance and interest attached to the structures of low flexural rigidity. These easily deformable structures vibrate at large amplitudes. The solution obtained supported the lineage models give no over a primary approximation to the particular solutions. The increasing demand for more realistic models to predict the responses of elastic bodies combined with the availability of super computational facilities has enabled researchers to abandon the linear theories in favor of non-linear methods of solutions. In the present investigation, large amplitude vibration of several rectangular and skew plates has been studied using an iso-parametric quadratic plate bending element for the finite element method. The formulations have incorporated the shear deformation of the plates. Plates with various boundary conditions have been considered in the study. The effect of variations in the Poisson’s ratio, thickness parameter & plate aspect ratio on the non-linear frequency ratio has also been included in the research.

Published by: Shivakant Awasthi, Satish PariharResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Rama University, Kanpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Fragility curve, RC frame

Research Paper

36. Driver behaviour and traffic issues

The main investigation of this study is: to identify driver mistakes they make and driving behavior which depends on a questionnaire, which may cause traffic fatalities and highlight their effect on traffic safety. Also, to develop traffic accidents regression prediction models. The propose is to reduce the frequency and severity of traffic accidents. All the analysis depends on the questionnaire by using SPSS software to predict accident rates and compare the results with the model reports developed in Chichbhavan to Buttibori. The data for this study was collected from a survey questionnaire which was distributed to a sample of drivers in Chichbhavan to Buttibori. The data from the survey questionnaire were analyzed and used in forming the regression models. It was found that the driver’s behavior is considered aggressive, in the first part of the study is to identify the behavior of driver and second part is to frequency and percentage of the coefficient of determination. In conclusion, aggressive behavior increases the chance of exposure to accidents.

Published by: Hitesh Patel, Vishal GajghateResearch Area: Civil Engineer

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Driver behaviour, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences

Research Paper

37. Effects of non-motorized vehicles on urban Indian roads

Abstract- The aim of the study is to improve the roads conditions in Nagpur City. For study purpose, four areas of Nagpur city are selected where the flow of Non-Motorized Vehicles (NMV) is high. The survey was taken on Non-motorized user perception about safety, visibility, crossing, comfort, convenience. The survey was done by asking questions to non-motorized users and their view was collected as data, and analysis was done in MS Excel. Further by using the Inverse Variance Method, the value of the Bicycle Compatibility Index (BCI) is found. With the help of BCI, each road Level of Service (LOS) is known. Further, the Improvements measures with suggestions are discussed in this paper for proper planning and designing of roads for Non-Motorized Transport (NMT).

Published by: Meena Pawar, B. V. KhodeResearch Area: Civil Enineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Non-motorised vehicles, Bicycle compatibility index, Level of service, Non-motorized transport

Review Paper

38. A review- Self-supported steel chimney as per Indian standard

For the foremost half as a bunch logical intoxicate fireplaces square measure tall structures ordinarily roundabout cross-segments. These lean, on a bit scale, damped structures have met all needs to fast breeze left shaking. The pure mathematics of an independent encourage hearth demonstrates a suited half in its auxiliary wonder below horizontal mighty stacking. This is often what's coming back to 1 to pure mathematics is lead factors for the twinge parameters of the fireside. At whole value, the measurements of recent independent solace chimney, an excellent as pitch, size at coming out, and then forth. Square measure faithfully discharged from the connected atmospheric condition. To pronounce a desired developing short mode gem waiting to be discovered mentality (IS-6533: 1989 half 2) applying all criteria on the pure mathematics (top-to-base traverse proportion and tallness to-base traverse proportion) of encouraging smokestacks. The capability of the arranged it at stake state of affairs is to know one thing the only criteria by as a bunch of with regard to essential measurements of mechanical empower hearth. Summation of sixty-six numbers self-weighted let the daylight in scattered unlined stacks by the complete of contradictory best to-base degree proportion and stature to-base traverse proportion was scratch for this investigation. The extent of the stack was continued persistent for by an enormous told the cases. the foremost extreme bowing bat of a watch and fight for all the fireplaces were predestinating for hanging breeze surfeit regarding the methodology assumptive in IS 6533: 1989 (Part 2) by means that of MathCAD programming. Likewise, the outcomes were confirmed by the complete of the restricted institution check by the organization of business programming ANSYS. Essential breeze facilitates of 210 km/h which weaken beach front Orissa introduction goes to be for these estimations. Most extreme base camp minutes and connected energize stresses were planned as a field of best to-base thickness proportion and stature to-base thickness proportion. The outcomes no-inheritable from this investigation do not concur with the code criteria.

Published by: Nagendra Singh, Satish PariharResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Rama University, Kanpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Self-weighted energize stove, Intense breeze, Vortex shedding, Geometry Limitations, Reverberation, and critical speed

Research Paper

39. E-Farming: Digital generation of soil health card

The main objective of this project is building a website which will help Indian farmers to make effective cultivation by providing up-to-date information. As in this website, a farmer can see their SOIL HEALTH CARD anywhere and anytime. Secondly, it also helps the govt. to save their money by posting the cards to the farmer. This website will also help the farmers to know about the number of different chemicals they can use for their crops and to know about their soil fertility. This website will give farmers all kind of information about different crops. The E-FARMING system provides its users to get online information about, the crop, statistical details, and new tendencies. The main features of the information system include information retrieval facilities for users from anywhere in the form of obtaining statistical information about fertilizer, research institutes, and researches, suitable soil concentration for the corresponding crops and etc.

Published by: SahilResearch Area: E-Farming

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: E-Farming, Soil health card, Website

Review Paper

40. Promoting quality culture in HEIs

Developing, sustaining and enhancing quality culture is the responsibility of any institution. NAAC is an External Quality Agency while IQAC is an Internal Quality Agency. Both need to be balanced. Besides seven criteria, NAAC lays emphasis upon core values, assessment indicators for accreditation. The purpose of this exploration is to analyze the assessment indicators for quality culture in the context of Higher Education. Quality is not accidental, but it is the outcome of continuous and strenuous efforts for excellence. Quality cannot be taught. It has to be ingrained just as a sponge soaks the water. Developing, promoting and sustaining the quality culture is the responsibility of an institution. Higher Education is an instrument for change and development. Higher Education can provide highly skilled manpower, it can contribute to the accentuation of class differences in society. It can also contribute to the quality of life by developing virtues, aptitudes, and attitudes of human society. We, who are in charge of the institutions have to create an atmosphere where the potential of every individual can be put to use to its best level. That is the role and the challenge before the teacher. We must remember “time and tide waits for none” Hence, there is no time for us to lose. It is not difficult for us to see what goals today are worthy of striving. What is needed is not only choice but also faith, not only selection but also devotion, not only well-reasoned discrimination but also dedication.

Published by: Dr. Vilas B. DhoneResearch Area: Education

Organisation: Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Wardha, MaharashtraKeywords: Higher education, Accountability, Quality, Benchmarks

Review Paper

41. Theft detection system using wireless smart energy meter

Nowadays electricity meter reading and billing is conducted manually by a door-to-door system. This system requires large man power and is time and energy consuming. The theft of electricity is a major concern of the transmission and distribution losses in the supply of electricity. To overcome these limitations a prototype module smart energy meter reading system is proposed which includes advanced wireless technology called “ZIGBEE”. In this system, time delay, errors, and theft of electricity is reduced. The Zigbee technology works at low frequency, low data rate hence it is preferred more and its cost is also less. Wireless Electric Meter is used for remote collection of unit count and sending the bill on the consumer's meter screen. Wireless automatic meter reading technology not only saves human resources but improves the accuracy and remote access of a meter. The consumers are no more dependent on conventional power. The proposed meter calculates the net bill, units consumed and theft detection is displayed on the LCD screen. Keywords: Zigbee, man power, smart energy meter.

Published by: Anubha Bapu Deshmukh, Vandana MalodeResearch Area: ME

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad, MaharashtraKeywords: Zigbee, Manpower, Smart energy meter

Research Paper

42. Effect of vehicle characteristics and road geometric interface on capacity of roads

India is the nation with heterogeneous traffic condition and the increasing population day to day, this reduces the capacity of roads. The capacity of the roads is affected by the road geometric condition, driver’s behavior and the traffic condition on the roads. In the following study, the effects of road geometry and vehicle characteristic are seen on the capacity of roads. The study was done on the urban roads of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The roads taken in the study are of different types with different geometric conditions, which are analyzed by their conditions and dimensions of the roads. The second phase of the study deals with vehicular characteristics. The proportion of each type of vehicles has its own effect on the capacity of the roads. The speed of the vehicles is also an important factor for finding capacity. As the traffic in India is heterogeneous the Passenger Car Unit (PCU) is used for calculating the capacity of roads. The regression models are used to find the results of the proportional effects of vehicles and vehicle/speed on the capacity. The final capacity of the roads is done with the Greenshields model. The estimation of capacity is done from the linear equation generated by Greenshields model. And then results are compared with the result obtained from the regression model to find the effects of the roads.

Published by: Shubham Dakhane, V. K. GajghateResearch Area: Civil Enineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Capacity, Geometric condition, Traffic condition, Vehicle characteristic, Heterogeneous, Passenger Car Unit, Regression models, Greenshields model

Research Paper

43. Study on accidental risk analysis and preventive measures for road safety

Through comprehensive road safety plans have been formulated which focus on education, enforcement measures and emergency care, there is a lack of sound and rational engineering measures to improve the road safety in our country. This paper aims to analyse, evaluate and identify effective road safety treatment measures for a rural national highway. The study area will be the outer ring road and NH-44 connecting Hingna T Point Bus Stop to Chinch Bhavan Bus Stop. Accident data of past 4 years will be collected for the analysis. Basic aim of this study will be articulate, carry out complete analysis of crash data, and identify the critical stretch in the national highway which would require immediate safety improvements. Critical sketch is identified. This could aid the highway safety audits in country for identifying specific regions in national highways depending upon the geometric element which is aimed to improve as part of safety improvement programs.

Published by: AvinashKaur Khalsa, Dr. P.Y. PawadeResearch Area: Transportation Engineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Crash causes, Road safety, Road traffic accidents

Research Paper

44. Optimum design of reinforced concrete flat slab with drop and column head

A reinforced concrete slab is supported directly by concrete columns without the use of beams. Flat slabs are highly versatile elements widely used in construction, providing minimum depth, fast construction and allowing flexible column grids. In this work, an attempt is made for optimum design of reinforced concrete flat slab with drop panel is according to the IS code method. The objective function is the total cost of the structure including the cost of the slab, drop and columns. The cost of each structural element covers that of materials (steel, concrete). In this work, a program in MATLAB was written for a flat slab with a drop by direct design method. Using this MATLAB program parameter optimization process is done for different span in both the directions. From this optimization, it is found that the cost of a flat slab decreases as the number of span increases by keeping the total length of the slab as constant.

Published by: Dhivyabharathi K., Dr. C. SubramanianResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, Tamil NaduKeywords: Optimum design, Flat slab, IS Code, Drop panel, Design variables

Review Paper

45. A review on “Study the performance of outrigger system under seismic loads”

High-rise structures in high seismic zones are subjected to earthquake forces, where the building performance is weakest in storey displacement and storey drift. Many types of research have adopted various techniques to improve the performance of high rise building. These techniques include the provision of core shear wall, bracing systems, dampers, etc. these techniques are able to reduce storey displacement to some extent, but the storey drift is the constraint was the performance of building weakens. This constraint makes the research work to adopt the technique of outrigger as an ancient technique used to reduce the vibration of the structure under the seismic shake. Hence, in this paper, a review of literature is studied to check the performance of the outriggers structural system in high rise building under seismic regions. The outrigger location and depth play an important role in the performance of the building. It is also observed that the outrigger structural system along with the core system reduces storey displacement up to some extent, but helps to reduce storey drift within the limit.

Published by: Saurabh Anil Yelmame, Dayanand P. JoshiResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Late G. N. Sapkal College of Engineering, Nashik, MaharashtraKeywords: High rise building, Outriggers, Depth, Seismic performance, Storey displacement, Storey drift

Research Paper

46. Geometric design of highway using Civil 3D

It is essential to plan and design the road with safe, efficient, economic and easy for the movement of traffic and collect the details of different studies. Geometric design plays a major role in every road and it is weighty in the road alignment. AutoCAD Civil 3D is a software application used by civil engineers and professionals to plan and design the projects. This paper lavishes on a total geometric design of road using AutoCAD Civil 3D software. AutoCAD Civil 3D associate design and production drafting, greatly reducing the time it takes to implement design changes and assess multiple sets of circumstances. Although there are a number of factors influences on the design of highway, the suitable geometric design having the objective of giving optimum efficiency in traffic operation with contentment safety measures at a reasonable cost.

Published by: Manoj Mandal, Dr. Prashant Pawade, Prashant SandelResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Design speed, Topography and cross-section elements

Research Paper

47. Experimental and analytical study on flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete hollow beams

This paper presents details of the studies carried out on flexural behavior of Hollow Core RC Beams with different core depths. As concrete is weak in tension, steel reinforcements are provided in this zone. The concrete is below the neutral axis act as a stress transfer medium between the compression and tension zone. However, in RC beams strength of concrete lying in and near the neutral axis is not fully utilized. So this un-utilized concrete is removed by replacing with any lightweight material. The experimental program consists of casting and testing of RC beams of size 100mm X200mmX2200mm with a hollow core in different diameter of PVC pipes like 12mm, 20mm, 30mm, 50mm from the top near Neutral axis. To study the flexural behavior, all beams are tested by two-point loading. The performance of Hollow Core Beams under flexure by using an analytical method (ANSYS) as well as Experimental method. It shows Ultimate cracking load is more for hollow sections when compared with Solid Beam.

Published by: Ranjithkumar M., Dr. S. R. SumathyResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, Tamil NaduKeywords: Neutral axis, Hollow reinforced concrete beam, Light-weight material, Flexural behavior

Research Paper

48. Potential of polythene usage in concrete

We as humans are living on the verge of declination because of the excess usage of plastics in our daily life. The construction world keeps on working in innovate ways in order to reduce the work load of the construction units. Plastics, a very important material that was being invented but this has to lead us to many problems like disposal, recycling, etc. the safe treatment of such thing or material is a great challenge to humans and its safe disposal is very challenging. Since this plastic led to a different type of pollution and these problems can be reduced by the usage of plastics in construction. Plastics have the potential to improve the properties of concrete like compressive strength, tensile strength, etc.

Published by: Ankush Kumar Shukla, Dr. S. G. Makarande, Vaibhav KalmeghResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering, Wardha, MaharashtraKeywords: Concrete, Tensile strength, Compressive strength, Pollution

Research Paper

49. Experimental study: Alccofine as strength enhancer for geopolymer concrete

Concrete is the most consumptive material after water in the world because of its strength and durability. But the production of cement depends on natural resources and emits a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. For the sustainable environment and to reduce the global warming caused by the carbon dioxide emitted by the cement industry new substitutes which are eco-friendly is the need of the hour. Geopolymer concrete also is known as green concrete or cementless concrete produced by 100% replacement of cement with the waste product obtained from the industries. Geopolymer concrete uses fly ash, slag, and rice husk as a binder which is a substitute for conventional concrete. In present work, the different trail mixtures with variation in Alccofine were prepared to check the workability, compressive strength and permeability of Geopolymer concrete. Variation in content of Alccofine is done as 0%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 30%. As arccosine is an admixture which is micro-fine in its structure, so it may affect the fresh and hardened properties of Geopolymer concrete. In the study, results show that with increase in content of Alccofine up to 25% the significant increase in the compressive strength of concrete can be gained.

Published by: Prince Goyal, Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singla, Palvinder KaurResearch Area: Concrete

Organisation: Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda, PunjabKeywords: Geopolymer concrete, Fly ash, Alccofine

Dissertations

50. Prediction of building structure age using machine learning

Determining the service life of building structure is a critical step for the evaluation of maintenance of the building. If the service life of a building is known then proper maintenance and refurbishment steps can be taken. Previous studies focused only on physical obsolescence whereas new concept focused on other new six criteria. The objective of this paper is to use the entire six criteria for the evaluation of obsolescence for the prediction of the age of building a structure using machine learning. A prediction model for predicting age is developed by combining the six obsolescence criteria, absolute weights, diagnostic scores, and machine learning. As obsolescence is predicted using all six criteria, the manual calculation is reduced to provide more accuracy. This prediction model has built using python language, Django as a framework and PyCharm IDE. To make this prediction system more adaptable the website is created and hosted on webhost000.com by combining prediction model and UI of the website which displays the predicted age for respective diagnostic scores. Hence predicting age is useful for taking actions to prevent future degradation.

Published by: Neha Mahajan, Darshana Patil, Apurva Kotkar, Kumud WasnikResearch Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Service life, Obsolescence, Diagnostic scores, Prediction model, PyCharm IDE, Django, Adaptable

Research Paper

51. Awareness level of beneficiaries with respect to the concepts and services of Sanjeevini – A study of Mysuru District

The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM - Sanjeevini) – Aajeevika was launched on 3rd June 2011. The Mission has the mandate to reach out about 100 million rural poor households in 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats across the country. The program is being implemented in Karnataka state and Mysore district is one of the five National Rural Livelihood Project areas. Facilitating sustainable livelihood opportunities and encouraging them to come out of poverty is the focus. The study based on primary data collected from four blocks of Mysore district. The multistage sampling frame used to gather the data from beneficiaries. The study consists of 400 beneficiaries, data collected during 2017-18. It was found in the study that out of 400 respondents only 116 respondents were aware of all the benefits available in Sanjeveni programme. The other findings have also inferred that the National Rural Livelihood Mission (Sanjeevini) has not succeeded in generating awareness about the scheme and its benefits among its own Self Help Group members completely. The author further found that Majority of them have been part of the groups for accessing the credit facilities. Making NRLM as the livelihood mission in Karnataka is still a distant dream as the current results highlight only credit and thrift activities. Livelihood promotional activities have required to be paced up.

Published by: Basavaraju R., T. M. MaheshResearch Area: Economics

Organisation: Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: Livelihood, Rural development, Self help group, Micro credit, NRLM

Research Paper

52. Cost optimization of highway, urban and rural facility using sustainable material

In this paper, an experiment of replacement of sand with quarry dust for compressive strength, workability of concrete and cost comparison is done for cost-effectiveness in construction. In this study, there are three basic mix design considered (M20, M30, M40) and partially replacement with 20,50,80 and 100 percentage of quarry dust. It is very beneficial and economical for the replacement of natural sand with quarry dust. In this study, it was observed that when Sand is replaced by Dust the compressive strength was found to be increased. The cost of construction is also reduced by a reasonable percentage.

Published by: Ravindra Pandey, Akshay A. Gulghane, Dr. B. V. KhodeResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Concrete, Slump value, Workability, Crushing strength, Natural sand, Quarry dust, Cost analysis

Research Paper

53. Division and replication of data for cloud security

Re-appropriating data to a pariah legitimate control performed in conveyed figuring offers ascend to security concerns. The information bargain can happen because of cloud-based assaults by malignant clients. Raised security frameworks are in this way required to ensure the information in the cloud. It's the commitment of a focal information distributor to gather delicate information from numerous gatherings and after that before distributing for information mining, make it mysterious. In such occasions, information clients may have a solid interest to quantify the utility of distributed information as most awry encryption systems effectively affect the estimation of data. This assignment is nontrivial, be that as it may, as estimating the utility, as a rule, requires amassed crude information, which isn't uncovered to information clients because of concerns with respect to secrecy. Or then again more terrible, information distributors may even undermine the crude information since no one, including the individual providers, knows the full data-set. This venture proposes a security protecting utility confirmation instrument dependent on different parts of cryptographic methodology, a differentially private procedure intended for set-assessed information. This proposition can gauge the information utility dependent on the collected crude information's encoded frequencies rather than the plain qualities, denying rupture of secrecy. Related, the accuracy of the encoded frequencies given by the distributor could be subtly confirmed, which recognizes noxious distributors. This method is additionally stretched out to DiffGen, another system made for social information which is differentially private revealing. The security and productivity of the proposed framework is exhibited by our hypothetical and exploratory appraisals.

Published by: G. Raghunathan, Mohideen YazirResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Security, Privacy, Cloud computing

Review Paper

54. Hyperledger based electronic voting system

In many countries, the elections are carried out by a single administration and have complete control over the database and system. The administration has to manage the entire election process which occurs for a long period of time. Generic elections still use a centralized system; some of the problems that can occur in conventional electoral systems are that it is possible to tamper with the database of considerable opportunities. The aspect of security and transparency is a threat from a still widespread election with the conventional system (offline). Unlike the electoral system, there are many conventional uses of paper in its implementation. The best way to overcome the difficulty faced is by decentralizing the system used for elections. This can be achieved by making use of Blockchain technology, the entire database is owned by many users in a blockchain. Blockchain itself has been used in the Bitcoin system known as the decentralized Bank system. By adopting blockchain in the distribution of databases on e-voting systems can reduce one of the cheating sources of database manipulation. Unlike Bitcoin with its Proof of Work, this paper proposes a method based on a hyperledger to enable voting.

Published by: K. H. Sudershan, P. Eshwar Reddy, Kishore Nadiger, Sharat Kumar S.Research Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: E-voting, Blockchain, Hyperledger

Dissertations

55. Literature Review: Semantic Web tools and technologies for creating and effective searching method based on the data available in social networking sites

This paper is a literature review on Semantic Web tools and technologies for creating and effective searching method based on the data available in Social Networking sites. We discuss the requirements of ontologies in the context of the Semantic Web. We survey tools for managing and applying ontologies. Advantages of using ontologies in both knowledge-base-style and database-style applications are compared. We explore the current state of the Semantic Web with a major focus on search based on Social Networking profiles. The paper includes a review of several papers on semantics and ontology based search, sections on query languages and knowledge base systems that enable Semantic Web search. Finally, we discuss the growth of Social Networking.

Published by: Aamir Junaid Ahmad, Sabina PriyadarshiniResearch Area: Research

Organisation: Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, JharkhandKeywords: Semantic Web, Ontology, SPARQL, OWL, RDF

Research Paper

56. Real time security surveillance using machine learning

As we know security has become a major concern in modern society. It is achieved by surveillance which is capable of taking brisk actions. This paper presents a new system architecture which provides real-time surveillance where unauthenticated people are differentiated and provides the data flow and storage path. Recognition errors are narrowed as much as possible to make the system work efficiently. The proposed approach exploits the Viola-Jones method for face detection, the LBPH (Local Binary Pattern Histogram) algorithm as feature tracker. This combination of algorithms gives more accuracy and less processing time in the proposed design. User data is stored separately from the trained file to make the system more reliable. The proposed design can be integrated into any place which is concerned about security and prevents the security breaches before they occur.

Published by: G. Sumith Reddy, Devasani Aravind, Vanama Mohith, A. SivajayaprakashResearch Area: Information Technology

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Surveillance architecture, Local binary pattern histogram, Open CV, Viola-Jones

Research Paper

57. Partial replacement of cement by fly-ash in concrete

The paper deals with the strength of cement concrete by using flyash with cement in concrete. Partial replacement of cement by the use of flyash is being famous and gaining importance today, mainly on account of the improvement in the long term durability of concrete and ecological benefits. Technological improvements in thermal power plant operations and flyash collection systems have resulted in improving the consistency of flyash. To study the effect of partial replacement of cement by fly-ash, studies have been conducted on concrete mixes with 10%, 20%, 30% replacement of total cement 53grade percentage. In this paper, the effect of fly-ash on compressive strength is studied.

Published by: Shankh Agrawal, Honey GaurResearch Area: Concrete

Organisation: Kalinga University, Raipur, ChhattisgarhKeywords: Flyash, Grade of concrete, Compressive strength

Thesis

58. Safety analysis for Building Automation and Control System in Metro railway station

Every Metro Station Master room is fitted with the local workstation which supervises and controls the station’s Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) systems are controlled by Building Automation & Control System (BACS). BACS is a system that controls and monitors Electromechanical Systems like Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), lifts, escalators, fire fighting, lighting, etc. BACS will work either in remote control mode through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) controls or in stand-alone mode from the station master room. BACS are accountable for the functions influencing public safety, security and health. Thus BACS, should work reliably, safely, securely and competently. The level of quality and safety management required to avoid random and systematic failures in the design and engineering of the BACS is determined by the Safety Integrity Level (SIL). In this paper, the SIL is determined with the help of the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) for the Safety Analysis of BACS in Metro Railway Station based on IEC 61508 and CENELEC EN 50129 standards.

Published by: Shaik Shashavali, Anil Kumar Ammina, V. SankarResearch Area: Reliability Engineering

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Andhra PradeshKeywords: BACS, MEP, FTA, SIL, SCADA, Functional Safety, IEC 61508, CENELEC EN 50129.

Technical Notes

59. Automatic text summarization

In the recent years we have seen an increasing amount of data generation in every field. It becomes our utmost priority to manage this data. The data produced can be structured or unstructured. When it comes to gain knowledge through data, it becomes easier if we only get a summary out of it. In this digital era, most of us do not have enough time to go through many pages of data. Text Summarization aims to retrieve only the important information out of a large text document. This can be achieved through NLP techniques.

Published by: Anagha Shamprasad, Akshatha G Krishna, B M Shashank, Reshma J, Lokesh SResearch Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Extractive summarization and abstractive summarization, Entity recognition, Relationship extraction, Template design, Summary generation

Research Paper

60. Experimental investigation on geopolymer concrete subjected to elevated temperature

Geopolymer concrete can be expressed as "concrete without cement". Geopolymer concrete is environmentally friendly and an inventive way to replace the conservative concrete which contributes 7-8% of total CO2 production in the world. “The concrete which entails of the source materials and the alkaline solution”. The source material can be from agricultural wastes such as Bagasse ash, Rice husk ash, Palm fuel ash, etc and the industrial by-products such as Fly ash, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag, Copper Slag, etc. The alkaline solutions can be either sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate or potassium hydroxide and potassium silicate. In the present study, an effort has been made to check the likelihood of reuse of bagasse ash in Geopolymer Concrete by probing mechanical properties of M30 grade concrete for 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent replacement by bagasse ash. The behavior of 100% GGBS replaced concrete under elevated temperature by weight loss, residual strength, cracking pattern and spalling pattern.

Published by: Chidhambar E., Dr. Y. M. ManjunathResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: Geopolymer concrete, Sunlight curing, GGBS, Bagasse-ash, Weight loss, Residual strength

Research Paper

61. Environment risk factor influencing Scrub Typhus in Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile widespread disease in Asia & Pacific islands which causes unspecific symptoms & signs. This is one of the biggest diseases in our country especially in the terai region and South India for many years. Scrub typhus, a dreaded disease in the pre-antibiotic era, is an important military disease which caused thousands of cases in the Far East during World War. It is a zoonosis and is a widespread disease in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness which generally causes non-specific symptoms and signs. The clinical manifestations of this disease. Deaths are attributable to late presentation, delayed diagnosis, and drug resistance. The public health importance of this disease is underestimated because of difficulties with a clinical diagnosis and lack of laboratory methods in many geographical areas. Scrub typhus is known to occur all over India and physicians should be aware of this potentially serious but easily treatable disease. The aforesaid environmental factors affect the incidence and cause of Scrub typhus drastically as there is a high need to control this disease. So, a survey was conducted regarding this aspect.

Published by: Mohd Minnatullah, Kamal Nabh Tripathi, Anupam MehrotraResearch Area: Environmental Engineering

Organisation: Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Scrub Typhus, Febrile illness, Zoonosis

Review Paper

62. Analysis of dynamic pricing in airlines and predicting least fare

Airline companies have been using dynamic pricing to vary the ticket prices to maximize the profit for a limited number of seats. Though the algorithm is different for all the airlines and never disclosed, it is possible to predict the variation in ticket prices. There have been studies in the past for the same, none explicitly for the Indian market; considering the major holidays. Applying techniques from Machine learning model of neural networks and backpropagation, we could predict the upcoming surge or dip in the ticket prices. We aim at predicting if the price of the ticket will go down in the future or the current price is the lowest.

Published by: Purbid Bambroo, Sheetal, Nitin Agrawal, Dr. Kavitha SoodaResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Neural networks, Machine learning, Airlines, Dynamic pricing

Research Paper

63. A survey of the prosthetic status and post-treatment satisfaction of patients among Kashmiri population visiting Government Dental College and Hospital Srinagar

The objective of this survey was to assess the prosthetic status of patients visiting the Department of Prosthodontics of Government Dental College and Hospital Srinagar Kashmir, which was followed by the assessment of patient satisfaction 4 months after treatment. Furthermore, the influence of the patient's gender, their mental attitude, and the type of prosthesis given on patient satisfaction were evaluated. A short interview was carried out with the selected patients to collect preliminary data. The socioeconomic status was recorded, following which an intra-oral examination was carried out to assess the prosthetic status and the type of prosthesis required by the patient. Patients were then given a questionnaire before the commencement of treatment to assess their mental attitude. The treatment decided on was completed for each patient. Patients' satisfaction with the treatment was assessed after four months using a questionnaire. Subsequent to the collection of data from the questionnaires, statistical analysis using the Chi-square test at a significance level of P<0.05 was done to evaluate the relationship between age, personality, mental attitude, and prosthetic treatment needs. Patient satisfaction was also assessed. Statistically significant results were obtained on correlating the age and the treatment required, patients' mental attitude and the various treatment options. The relationship between the patients' gender, socioeconomic status, and mental attitude with their satisfaction was found to be noteworthy. The highest prosthetic treatment need was for complete dentures in both genders. Higher satisfaction levels were noted in individuals belonging to higher socioeconomic status and in males.

Published by: Dr. Waseem Ul Ayoub, Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmed Magray, Dr. Tahleel, Dr. Arwah BashirResearch Area: Dentistry

Organisation: Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and KashmirKeywords: Gender and satisfaction, Mental attitude, Prosthetic status, Socioeconomic status

Review Paper

64. Smart braking system

This paper describes a new smart braking system for bikes. Road accidents are commonplace in today’s scenario. Accidents cause worse damage, serious injury, and even death. Accidents prevention has been one of the leading areas for research. Mainly focus on prevention of accidents due to nervousness, drunken driving, etc. Manual methods of applying brakes are always dangerous as it leads to accidents. Nowadays no. of accidents are increases. Unconsciousness of the driver, uncontrollable speed of the vehicle and manual operation of braking systems are the reason for accidents. It is necessary to control brakes automatically through electronics devices to minimize accident problems. In this research paper, we proposed an effective methodology for the automatic controlling of a braking system to prevent accidents with the help of electronics engineering. The system consists of ultrasonic sensor wave emitter fitted at the front portion of the bike and ultrasonic receiver to receive the signal. The actuator pulls the brake lever through which a piston is pushed which then uses hydraulic fluid to apply brakes(disc type). Here we use actuator in this system instead of servomotor. This reflected wave gives the signal to MCU to applying brakes automatically. By using this System we can reduce no. of accidents.

Published by: Shivang Garg, Piyush Rajawat, Rajeshwar Govrani, Sailinder Raj SinghResearch Area: Automobile Braking System

Organisation: Maharishi Arvind Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, RajasthanKeywords: Ultrasonic sensor, Automatic braking system, Actuator, Microcontroller chip

Others

65. Pick and place robot

Autonomous robots are used everywhere nowadays and robotics is also gaining popularity all around the world. This motivated us to make an autonomous robot that can avoid obstacle from its path and do a specific task like Pick and Place object. The Project is designed to develop a Pick and Place robot for picking and placing objects.

Published by: Kavya S., Teja V. D., Sumashree K., Sushma H. V., Swathi H. E.Research Area: Embedded System

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Renesas Microcontroller, DC motor, Bluetooth, Ultrasonic sensor

Research Paper

66. IoT V2I communication-rescue time

It’s no secret that being a doctor is one of the most difficult, important and necessary professions the world and while some doctors work in hospitals and others as a real team of superheroes rushed to help others through the streets of big cities but unfortunately paramedics have to fight not only the diseases of the patient but also with road traffic. Traffic jams are a major problem in India just as in any other popular country, unfortunately, automatics have not figured out how to deal with this yet. ANDROID based systems play a crucial role in solving the problems caused by a vehicle accident. In the first part of the project, concentrates on problems faced by Ambulances, GSM concept is used to send a message regarding the current status of the victim to the Ambulance so that pre-necessary medical arrangements are taken care. In this project, we have registered some volunteer’s like junior doctors, students, senior citizens and area ministers located by near the RSU (road side unit) fixed. If any accident occurs then RSU unit will sense and immediately send the alert message to volunteers, if they respond to message they will press start button on their Android app then it will detect the location using GPS which provides the location of the accident vehicle and also set the timers if they have not taken further action than message is sent to next volunteer. In the third part, concentrated on camera which is used to capture the image and send it to respective unit through email, based on the volunteer’s respond they get credits from government or public organizations.

Published by: Deepa D. N., Dhanush Gowrav Gowda K. S., Harshitha S., Hemanth H. Gowda, Anand H. D.Research Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Road Side Unit (RSU), Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) communication, Android App, Rescue time

Research Paper

67. A study on analyzing social status of handloom weavers in Tiruvannamalai District

Textile plays a predominant role for human being with respect to their basic need i.e. clothing. First, agriculture next to it textile comes. In the Textile sector, there are so many domains, like handloom industry, power loom industry, job work; garment industry wherein each different kind of operations will be carried by adopting different techniques. In all domains employees will be called in different names such as weavers, tailor, merchandiser, etc. who offer varieties of textile products to the customers. But always one question remains the same in our mind. It is all about the life lead by weavers and their status. Many weavers are leading their life below the poverty line who offers designed trendy textile products they do not have a nice cloth to wear. The present focuses on the social status of handloom weavers and their faced problems where the weavers are working under owner. The researcher aims to find a solution by prescribing model for the applied problem for the betterment of weavers’ segment.

Published by: Dr. Sasikala M. S.Research Area: Handloom Sector

Organisation: Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Soladevanahalli, KarnatakaKeywords: Weavers, Handloom sector, Social status, Owners and Traders

Review Paper

68. A review on stock prediction using machine learning

The goal of this review is to describe the various methods used to predict the stock market, gold price and fuel price. The following paper describes the work that was done on investigating the application of regression, SVM, ELM, ANFIS techniques on the stock market price prediction. The report describes the various technologies with their accuracy level and efficiency in the test phase. It was found that support vector regression was the most effective out of the models used, although there are opportunities to expand this research further using additional techniques to incorporate the current affairs into the prediction features.

Published by: Aiswarya S. Kumar, Greeshma Merin Varghese, Radhu Krishna R., Reshma K. PillaiResearch Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: College of Engineering, Chengannur, KeralaKeywords: Stock prediction, Linear Regression, Fuzzification, SVM

Research Paper

69. Inventory management Android application

The application has been developed keeping in mind the use of a centralized inventory managing system that could be accessed by all the authorized users, allow them to put forth requests and update the database accordingly. The usability of the application ranges from event managing to basic log keeping in small to medium-sized storages.

Published by: Gaurav Kulhare, Asheesh Nellutla, Sagar Ekbote, Utkarsh NaikResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Event, Inventory, Managing, Android

Review Paper

70. Review paper on design and analysis of multi-storey building by the use of Stadd.Pro

Structural designing requires a detailed structural analysis on which the design of the structure is based. But it is not always possible to do in manual calculation hence the need for programming tools was found. For which several of power tools were formed, among which the most widely used one is Stadd.Pro, which allows the structural and seismic analysis prior to its construction. For high rise buildings its quite feasible to use Stadd.Pro for computing the loads and its combination and analyzing the structure and designing the structure based on the analysis.

Published by: Falak VatsResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, RajasthanKeywords: Structural designing, Analysis, Seismic, Stadd.Pro, Programming tools

Others

71. IoT based patient monitoring, bed and blood booking using AVR

In the advanced human services condition, the utilization of IoT innovations brings accommodation of doctors and patients, since they are connected to different restorative regions, The body sensor network(BSN) innovation is one of the center advancements of IoT improvements in medicinal services framework, where a patient can be observed utilizing an accumulation of small controlled and lightweight remote sensor hubs. In this paper, at first, we feature the issues related to a lack of beds in Govt. Emergency clinics and blood booking and the executives of the equivalent. Consequently, we propose an IOT based idea to pre-book the bed for patient preceding achieve the medical clinic by means of Ambulance and request the blood with a solitary snap utilizing web App which can proficiently achieve those prerequisites.

Published by: Kesthara V., Ruksana S., Sangeetha C. M., Usha S. R., Rhaghavi A.Research Area: Embedded System

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: IoT, AVR microcontroller, GSM/GPRS, Human detection body sensors

Research Paper

72. Gesture recognition using RF signals

Gesture recognition is gaining increasing importance in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Gesture-based interaction serves as a convenient and natural means for users to interact with computers. However, accurate detection and recognition of human actions is still a big trial that attracts lots of research efforts due to the difficulties related to the human body parts and the difficulty in sensing their actions correctly such as human clothes and their negative consequence on the detection accuracy and the surrounding environmental conditions. Vision centered human activity analysis by means of computer vision as the original answer is still having its limits that are connected to the inability to detect whatsoever happening behind the walls or in the dim places and the uncomfortable feeling of people with cameras all over the place. This paper proposes a methodology that will use RF signals to overcome all the disadvantages of the mentioned methods.

Published by: Chandrakanth R., Bharath K., Bhargava U. G., Chinmaya G., Girija S.Research Area: Wireless Communication, Machine Learning, Android Programming

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Gesture recognition, RF signals, Wi-Fi, RSSI, LSTM RNN

Research Paper

73. Portable biometrics using LoRa modulated interface

Many of the universities in India has always been facing issues with its students’ attendance registry management and thereby wasting valuable manpower and time for the faculties of the institutions. There have also been some standalone biometric devices which are rather costly, as well as non-portable and people can tamper with them. These problems are overcome by using a portable device which checks the validation of the unique characteristics (fingerprint) of the subject if it is a valid input, and then it will store the data of the subject’s presence in the Excel spreadsheet in the faculty’s personal computer and report the success. The data (ID of the student) will be sent through an LPWAN communication protocol called LoRa. This way there will be complete safety of the data, as it will not be tampered (in case of standalone devices, which can be tampered with) and the complete information is stored in the central database. The automatic logging greatly reduces the task carried out by the faculties at the end of the semesters since the data is readily available and required action can be taken concurrently.

Published by: Bharath K., Bhargava U. G., Girija S.Research Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: LoRa, Modulation, Attendance management, Arduino, Fingerprint

Research Paper

74. Farm produce delivery management

Agriculture provides employment to over 60% of the Indian population. It also contributes 17% for the GDP. However, agricultural marketing has not taken its shape in rural India. The farmers are completely dependent upon local traders and middlemen for disposal of their farm produce. This is due to the lack of good marketing facilities. Hence the products are sold at a throwaway price. The aim behind developing this app is to give the farming community a fair and consistent price for their produces and therefore they farmers can overcome the problem of facing the middlemen. By using this application, the farmers can directly connect with the wholesalers, retailers or the end-users and supply the product directly to them. This will ensure that there is an increase in the profit of the farmers.

Published by: Aishwarya S. Murudi, Krishna Keerthana, Likith S. R., Meghana V. Reddy, Shashikanth T. S.Research Area: Computer Science And Engineering

Organisation: S. J. C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Farmer, Middlemen, Application, Profit

Research Paper

75. Log based internal intrusion detection for web applications

The web environment security has become a high priority for e-businesses communities. As the usability and popularity of web applications have increased, various types of attacks in web applications also increase. The Intrusion detection system has been used for the purpose of detecting the attacks by looking at the network traffic or by looking at operating system events. Log-based intrusion detection system makes use of user logs from the web servers, where the access information about each and every request is saved. The drawback of Log-based web intrusion detection is that it can be executed only after transactions take place; hence, the prevention of attack is unattainable. In this paper we are focusing on user’s behavior, to find out the difference between the common user and malicious user and try to prevent the attack before it takes place

Published by: S. Chanthini, Dr. K. LathaResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Anna University BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Intrusion detection system, Web applications, Web log, Web security

Research Paper

76. Design and development of continuous variable transmission with launch gear

A transmission is a machine in a power transmission system, which provides a controlled application of power. Often the term transmission refers simply to the gearbox that uses gears and gear trains to provide speed and torque conversions from a rotating power source to another device. The transmission also provides a reverse gear resulting in backward motion of the vehicle. CVT or continuously variable transmission provides an automatic feature for changing the gear ratio depending upon different engine load conditions. Even being an automatic transmission, CVT consists of lesser moving parts and is simpler and compact design. Metal belt and variable pulleys, one of the most popular kinds of CVT that are used in the automobiles widely because it can provide better acceleration because of higher low ratio and better fuel consumption because of less over drive ratio. Despite providing such advantages, CVT generates less torque at lower engine RPM. This is due to slipping of the belt over the tapered surfaces of the variable pulley. Therefore, a mechanism with a launch gear driving the pulleys to reduce belt slip is to be introduced and developed to overcome this problem increasing torque at lower rpm.

Published by: Kshitij Santosh Soman, Chinmay P. Tendulkar, Affan M. Wadkar, Nilesh K. Pednekar, Sumit S. SurveResearch Area: Engineering

Organisation: Rajendra Mane College of Engineering and Technology, Ambav, MaharashtraKeywords: Transmission, CVT, Launch gear

Research Paper

77. Dimensionality reduction and classification in gene expression data using hybrid approach

The microarray technology has modernized the approach of biological research in such a way that scientists can now measure the expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously in a single experiment. With this large quantity of gene expression data, experts have started to discover the possibilities of disease classification using gene expression data. Quite a large number of methods have been planned in recent years with hopeful results. But there are still a set of issues which need to be addressed and understood. In order to gain insight into the disease classification difficulty, it is necessary to get a closer look at the problem, the proposed solutions, and the associated issues altogether. In this paper, we present a dimensionality reduction methods and classification method such as Mutual information, Pearson’s correlation, search algorithms (Recursive feature elimination, Genetic Algorithm, simulated annealing) with Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification algorithm and estimate them based on their evaluation time, classification accuracy and ability to reveal biologically meaningful gene expression. Our experimental results shows that classifier performance through graphs with improved accuracy in disease prediction.

Published by: K. Iswarya, C. KanimozhiResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Anna University BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Feature selection, Mutual information, Pearson’s correlation, Genetic algorithm, Simulated annealing, SVM

Research Paper

78. Location-aware heterogeneous web service recommendation using Hybrid approach

Web service has been emerged as a promising technique to support inter-operable machine-to-machine interaction which provides a method of communication between electronic devices over a network. As the number of web services with similar functionality has increased rapidly over the internet the web service discovery is not a challenging task but selection and recommendation are becoming more important. The Optimality of a web service depends on its performance and performance is measured through Quality of Service that is QoS. QoS is the set of non-functional properties of a web service which includes response time, price, failure rate and so on. Recommendation system initially searches for the list of web services those having similar functionality, which the user requested and finally the optimal web services are recommended to users. In addition, QoS is widely employed in describing non-functional properties of Web Services for optimizing the Web service composition. Since the number of functionally equivalent services offered on the web with different QoS properties is increasing, it is quite important to recommend services considering their non-functional QoS properties. In this project, we can include the recommendation algorithm which includes ratings, reviews, and emoticons. These details are recommended by using a hybrid algorithm. User details are encrypted using Elliptical curve cryptography. Third parties are difficult to hack the original details. Admin can discover the services based on the highest feedbacks and also recommended based on locations. And also using roll back discovery to cancel the web services automatically to overcome the burden of service cancellation.

Published by: D. Ananthi, K. AmbikaResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Anna University BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: QoS, Hybrid Algorithm, ECC Algorithm

Research Paper

79. Multi factor AKE protocol and key stroke authentication for secured communication

Authenticated Key Exchange (AKE) protocol permits a user and a server to authenticate each other for the first time. It generates a session key for the successive communications without any authentication. Many AKE protocols had been proposed to obtain person privateness and authentication for the duration of conversation. Other than secured consultation key established order, these AKE protocols offer a few other useful capability like two-thing user authentication and mutual authentication. But they have got few weaknesses along with vulnerability in opposition to loss of smart card, offline dictionary assault, de-synchronization attack, person anonymity or untraceability. Also, AKE scheme the usage of public key conversation doesn’t suite nicely for lightweight computational gadgets. In this work, a novel Multi-Factor AKE protocol is proposed to overcome all the above-mentioned weaknesses. This protocol supports revoked smart card transactions. The password that is available on the USB device will be overwritten once the user used it. Passwords can be updated without centralized storage. The average time to enter a password will be defined. The user has to type the password within the allocated time, failing which he/she has to enter it again. This security model of AKE supports user anonymity and resist a lost card attack. Elliptical Curve Cryptography algorithm is used for encryption and decryption of the session key. The computational cost and the bandwidth cost for this proposed model are low, which makes it useful in pervasive computing applications and mobile communications. The proposed AKE model is much secured when compared to the existing protocols.

Published by: S. Kanimozhi, S. JayanthiResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Anna University BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Multi-factor authentication, AKE (Authenticated Key Exchange) Protocol, Key stroke authentication, Session key generation, ECC Encryption

Research Paper

80. Data sharing and privacy preserving on personal healthcare information in cloud

Cloud computing is an Internet-based computing model which provides several resources through the cloud service provider to cloud users on demand based. Cloud computing storage, users are able to access and shared resources offered by cloud services provider at a lower cost. Data protection, reliability, dependency, transparency, data portability are the most important challenges of the various cloud environment. In Healthcare system privacy is the ability to protect the patient’s personal information against unauthorized access. While sharing the healthcare data in the cloud, the clients have handled security and scalable key management. In this proposed work of Merkle hash tree algorithm used to significantly reduce the amount of data that a TPA has to maintain to proof the integrity of the data. CP-ABE perform private verification, delegated verification, and public verification. A privacy-preserving OPOR auditing scheme for shared data in the cloud environment and utilize with signature, to compute verification information on shared data

Published by: A. Aaro, S. UshaResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Anna University BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Healthcare System, Data security, Merkle hash tree algorithm, CP-ABE, OPOR

Research Paper

81. An efficient intrusion detection system on blackhole attack for Mobile Ad hoc Network

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET), also known as wireless ad hoc network, is a self-configuration and infrastructure-less network of mobile devices connected wirelessly in a continuous manner. They are vulnerable to various kinds of attacks due to their dynamic nature and lack of a central control point. One of the most several network layer routing attacks in Blackhole attack. Among those routing attacks, black hole throws a challenge in interrupting and degrading the performance of data forwarding operation by dropping the data packets that are transferred through it. To ensure secure MANET an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is being required. So in this research, we proposed an anomaly based IDS to detect black hole attack in MANET in turn computations have been performed using Neighbors Selective Acknowledgement. In the proposed method, all the nodes receiving data packet send an acknowledgment to the node from which it received it. If the source node receives an acknowledgment from a destination within the threshold time, the path is found to be protected against black hole node and originator takes no action. Otherwise, the source starts verifying nodes. Source node unicast verification message to all the nodes whose details it has stored. Our simulation experiment proves that detects black hole nodes efficiently with less false positive rate of detection and false positive rate.

Published by: S. NivethaResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Anna University BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Intrusion detection system, Black hole, AODV, Acknowledgment

Research Paper

82. Analysis of deficits of highway to propose for better geometry

For the Design of any roadway, there are many governing parameters that affect the total efficiency output as perceived by the driver. The roadway should be designed for perfect Geometric features. This paper involves the analysis or in other words the complete finding the wear-about of the deficits of an existing roadway and to come up with a proposal for the improved Geometric proposal for the roadway using DMRB as the basis for the design. There is much research going on the same deficiency improvement related aspects and still needs a lot of further scope of improvement in order to achieve the complete safety of a proposed roadway. Considering the ongoing research on the geometric improvements on the existing roadways the optimistic user as well as Eco-friendly design is to opted for our site

Published by: Hardik SharmaResearch Area: Highway Geometry

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Geometric design, Highway geometry

Research Paper

83. Reduction of environmental pollution while stone crushing

Stone crushing industry is an important industrial sector in the country engaged in producing crushed stones of various sizes depending upon the requirement which acts as raw material for various construction activities such as the construction of roads highways bridges buildings and canals etc. It is estimated that there are over 12000 stone crushing units in India. The number is expected to grow further keeping in view the future plans for the development of infrastructure for the overall development of the country. This industry is estimated to have an annual turnover of RS.5000 corers. Along with increasing economic benefits, there are some pollution problems that are increasing rapidly. These problems are causing very harmful effects on human health and the surrounding environment and thus needed to be controlled within time. Thus an overall assessment or analysis is performed here.

Published by: Ashutosh D. Kamble, Ritesh K. Dole, Rishikesh H. Gavale, Sanket G. Dey, Pushkar S. BhamareResearch Area: Environmental Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Stone crushing units, Pollution, Costs analysis, Control measures, Health effects, Environmental effects

Research Paper

84. EVI-databse authentication using advanced security standards

The concept of embedded virtual intelligence was to enable database authentication with advanced security standards. Data is the most resourceful asset of any information system the key idea of the paper was to secure data. Evi was designed with a centric algorithm that makes database authentication or access to any other system portal very secure. The functionality of this system is intelligently based on two major security modules are IP Retrieval Module and Automated Kernel Level Execution. IP Retrieval Module is a system package which runs on the background which has a steganographic implementation that retrieves the IP address of the host as soon as false login is attempted and logs I another independent server. Automated Kernel Level Execution Module overrides the system once the IP Retrieval Module is done this system force downloads executable files that run on startup now the executable files are implemented with kernel scripts that automatically retrieves all the network and system related information and packages it to a text file and mails back the details to the desired destination email address along the credentials.All these kernel scripts inside the exe files are encrypted by AES algorithm.

Published by: Vaibhav MuthukumaranResearch Area: Cyber Security

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: EVI-embedded virtual intelligence, Authentication, AKE-automated kernel-level execution

Survey Report

85. The survey on detection of plant diseases by image processing technique

The traditional agricultural system is causing various problems regarding the production of crops and it is the main reason for plant diseases. There are few diseases like rice blast, brown spot, red stripe and downy fungal which cause significant reduction in both quality and quantity of agricultural products. As we people were busier in our daily life, we need a technology which can automatically detect symptoms of plants and give information about it for farmers, so they can easily diagnosis it. So the technological world and agro scientists have found a solution for the major problem facing by our farmers regarding plant diseases. There are many plant diseases which can cause various problems in the human race. We can implement a system which detects and prevents plant diseases easily by using “IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE”. This technique initially finds the infected region, later finds features like color, texture, and shape. This can be achieved by 3 steps, first color transformation structure for the input RGB image is created, thus the green pixels are masked and removed by segmentation, later texture statics are computed, and finally extracted features are passed through the classifiers. The major techniques involved in the process are, color space, color histogram, grey level co-occurrence matrix, etc…and classification techniques like support vector machine (SVM), back propagation (BP).

Published by: Sakshi, Vachana Shree, Vinutha H., Srinath G. M., Sowmyashree H. V.Research Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: S. J. C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Image processing, Classification technique, Color histogram component Introduction

Review Paper

86. Offline signature verification for the assessment of neurodegenerative diseases

Neuron degeneration will be a system of operations in which the neurons lose its structure and functionality this results in the end of neurons. Neuron cells are basically responsible for gathering information, synthesizing the same information and passing appropriate signals, based on the information sent, to other nerve cells. There will be no particular involuntary relationship between handwriting patterns of a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disease. It is known truth that handwriting of a patient can depict the intensity of the disease, it will also be taken as a symptom and detection tool, yet no standard theory or tool exists. Signature verification is an important biometric technique that aims to detect whether a given signature is forged or genuine. It is essential in preventing falsification of documents in numerous financial, legal, and other commercial settings

Published by: Shashank V. P., SachinKumar K., Sandesh B. V., Sunil Michael D. Souza, Kusha K. R.Research Area: Information Science Engineering

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Offline signature verification, neurodegenerative diseases

Review Paper

87. Smart jacket based on IoT review

Soldiers are an important part of the army, hence for their safety purpose IoT based device can be designed called Smart Safety Jacket. In order to collect and detect various signals for organizations, it is possible to use wearable devices like smart jackets and other accessories. So it can become easy to respond to different situations Smart jackets consists of materials and remote sensors which coordinates with regards to the human body. It can be used to measure and observe different parameters.

Published by: Dhanaji Sugriv Narwade, Rahul Malvadkar, Akshay More, S. S. SasteResearch Area: VLSI

Organisation: Trinity Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Smart jacket, Peltier belt, ESP, DHT11

Dissertations

88. Comparative analysis and design of framed structure with different types of infill walls

In the last few decades, the scientific community has been extensively involved in the investigation about the interaction between infill walls and RC frames in the seismic structural behavior. The infill walls are seldom included in the numerical analysis of reinforced concrete structural Systems since infill panels are generally considered as non-structural components. However, these panels affect the structural response to a large extent, because the complexity they introduce to analysis, kept them unaccounted. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the contribution of infill walls to earthquake response of the Structures. In this study, an attempt is made to do comparative analysis and design of the structure when the structure is modeled using different types of infill walls. In this study, an R/C frame structure with a different type of infill walls like AAC Block, Clay Brick, are considered to investigate the effect of different types of infill walls on earthquake response of the structures. The RCC frame analyzed & designed by using STAAD-Pro software. The diagonal strut approach is adopted for modeling of infill walls. The analytical results of the building frame will be compared and analyzed to obtain are storey drift, base shear, Lateral displacement, shear force and bending moment when subjected to static earthquake loadings.

Published by: Syed Raheel Ahmed, Aditi H. DeshmukhResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: College of Engineering and Technology, Akola, MaharashtraKeywords: Infill, Caly bricks, AAC block, Equivalent diagonal strut, Staad pro

Research Paper

89. Enzymatic hydrolysis of weed plant Agave tequilana for the production of bio-ethanol

Burning of fossil fuels has not only led to health problems but also have a great impact on our environment like acid rain, climate change, global warming. And it is excepted by 2070, the current globe will be running out of fossil fuel. Our work was conducted on weed plant Agave tequilana, wherein microbial fermentation was carried out on pretreated biomass with 0.8% of NaOH and 98% H2SO4 by using standard cultures of Aspergillus niger (ATCC 16404)and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCIM 3622). The percentage of Bio-Ethanol yield was found to be 45.55%.

Published by: Shashikala A., Rathan KumarResearch Area: Environmental Biotechnology

Organisation: Acharya Institutes, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Bio-ethanol, Enzymatic hydrolysis, Agave tequilana, Aspergillus niger

Research Paper

90. Smart restaurant system

The main aim of our project is to provide an AUTOMATION in the restaurants by replacing the TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS in which the customers have to wait for a longer time to give their orders to the waiters and there may also be a mistake while taking and delivering food items to the customers. There is also a lot of work on waiters when massive people are present in the restaurant, especially during festival occasions. If we provide automation in a restaurant system we can overcome these drawbacks and lead to a SMART CITY which is also the aim of our government.

Published by: Kousar Jan, Insha Farooq Talib, Biswash Pathak, Sunil Kumar Sah, Muzzamil RatherResearch Area: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Organisation: Beehive College of Engineering and Technology, Dehradun, UttarakhandKeywords: Automation, IoT, Ordering and Delivering

Research Paper

91. Child monitoring system using IoT

In our nation, children are the most precious resources as they are imminent of the country. The parents always look forward to having their children in a safeguarded place where they can make their time without any complication. Unluckily children are threatened. The violation has been growing increasingly. The security of graduate school going youngster is a noteworthy constituent motivated to proceed along with the assist of innovative advancement. During children transit to and from the school, there are many miserable cases observed in media. In our nation, due to the absence of preventative considerations children seems to be nowhere to be found and later end up in the trouble. During the transit of the children to and from school, parents are anxious. Therefore, in current days, the security issue of school children is to be given supreme significance. The objective behind the project is to design a child safety system through smartphones that provide the possibility to trace child’s location as well as during emergency children can alert parents by saying a child is in an emergency via message. An Android application is developed and installed on parents phone so that their children can be traced, monitored to keep track of their activities and location using GPS. The system is developed using P89V51RD2 microcontroller, GSM, GPS and a panic (alert) button along the RF transmitter and receiver.

Published by: Vibha Chandrala, Niveditha N., Neha B. Reddy, Urmila N., Dr. Deepak G.Research Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Child monitoring, IoT, Child tracking

Research Paper

92. Terrorist attack security and soldier health monitoring system

Nation security is dependent on its defense system. The army is one of the defense systems. In this days terrorism increases and it focuses on soldiers destruction to make countries' defense system weak. So, in this case, it is necessary to provide more security to military base station and soldiers. These all things keeping in mind this project is built. The project works for defending any unauthorized person to enter in the military area with Pi-camera, IoT server and wireless communication it will provide 24-hour security and attacks on military base station will be controlled. Along with this, sensors like heartbeat sensor and temperature sensor is used for daily fast routine checkup of soldiers

Published by: A. B. Ingole, Meghana Kadam, Rohini Haladkar, Amruta Gosavi, Urvashi PatilResearch Area: Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Raspberry Pi, Pi-camera, Image processing system, IoT server, Database

Research Paper

93. Breast cancer prediction algorithms analysis

Machine learning which an application of Artificial intelligence (AI) is makes the system capable to automatically learn through the environment without being explicitly programmed. It is widely used in various domains like classification and prediction processes. This paper basically compares classifier algorithms like-Naïve Bayes, K Nearest Neighbour, Decision tree, Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM). These algorithms predict chances of breast cancer and are programmed in python language. The implementation procedure shows that the performance of any classification algorithm is based on the type of attributes of datasets and their characteristics. The main aim of this paper is to do the comparison of these algorithms on the basis of the accuracy. The goal is to classify whether breast cancer is “Benign” or “Malignant”.

Published by: Pooja Mudgil, Mohit Garg, Vaibhav Chhabra, Parikshit Sehgal, JyotiResearch Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, New Delhi, DelhiKeywords: Machine learning, Classification, Naïve Bayes, K Nearest Neighbour, Decision tree, Logistic regression, Random forest

Research Paper

94. Design of Vedic multiplier using Urdhva Tiryagbhyam Sutra

The multiplier is a key building block of all processors, which improves the speed of Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a special application in which we need to reduce the time delay. In the proposed method, we design a Vedic multiplier by using a Vedic Mathematics Sutra called Urdhva Tiryagbhyam, which means “vertically and crosswise”. Vedic Mathematics is mainly based on 16 Sutras and was rediscovered in the early 20th century. In ancient times in India, people used this Sutra for decimal number multiplications effectively. The same basic concept of the above-mentioned Sutra is extended to the multiplication of binary numbers to make use in the digital hardware system. The computation of partial products in parallel in the Urdhva Tiryagbhyam Sutra increases the speed of the computation process and the processing time is reduced in comparison with the use of inbuilt MATLAB functions. In our proposed multiplier design, the delay for the 4X4 Vedic multiplier is reduced and also the number of transistors is reduced by a large amount compared to the previously proposed design.

Published by: Harsha R., Anilkumar S. R., Chandan R., Jeevan Kumar S., Manjula N.Research Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Vedic mathematics, Urdhva Tiryagbhyam Sutra, Vedic multiplier, Adder, Transistors

Research Paper

95. Machine learning techniques for selecting the crop to increase the yield

Agriculture is the backbone of our country for economic growth and it depends on selecting the crops, weather conditions, soil classification, marketing price, etc. In an economy where most of the produced food is from agriculture, selection of crops plays an important role. In light of the decreasing crop produce and shortage of food across the country which also has been a consequence of bad crop selection and thus, leading to increasing farmer suicides. So that we suggest one method which would help the farmers in selecting the crops in order to maximize the yield by summing up the analysis of all the affecting parameters. These affecting parameters can be economical, environmental as well as related to yield in nature. Selecting and maintaining suitable crops for maximum profit involves a sequence of tasks. These tasks should be carried out with basic knowledge and experience. The crop advisor expert system then suggests with a consultation with the farmer (through a graphical user interface) a suitable agricultural crop that can be grown in a land unit with reasoning.

Published by: Siddharth H. E., Bharathi M., Navya G., Praveen Kumar L., Harshavardhana DoddamaniResearch Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: S. J. C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Economical growth, Selecting the crops, Weather conditions, Soil classification, Marketing price, Crop advisor, Demand of the crop

Research Paper

96. On the fly integration of applications using context aware approach

IT Applications have dominated every sector making the services online, there is a heartfelt need to standardize these applications so as when these applications when work in conjugation give better results real time for any kind of queries of customers maintaining levels of abstraction and information hiding. This paper aims at proposing a model for the on fly integration of the applications using context-aware self-adaptation approach for application service to cater to the need to integrate the data and services provided by the various applications. Our research within this direction has depicted the characteristics of the existing information and application systems primarily of the QoS Broker Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture. The latter part of this paper proposes an architectural model to describe the fly culmination of services by standardizing it and providing the result of a query using the context-aware engine. The aim of this paper is to study the existing systems, identify drawbacks and improve systems integrations to achieve an optimized and dynamic platform for real-time query processing.

Published by: Anumita Sinha, Nishi Mehta, Pramod Bhakta, Era JohriResearch Area: Information Technology

Organisation: K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Service integration, Integrating and standardizing applications, Normalize data, Context-aware, Web service, UDDI, REST API, WS-QoS, tModel

Research Paper

97. A study of different factors required for better crop planning system

Today’s farmers are facing various challenges in agriculture, some of them are arises due to natural resources such as soil optimization, land allocation, water management, and other resources. This can be controlled by effective agriculture crop planning and other challenges are the farmers have a lack of awareness in market information due to this they are not getting the actual price of their crop. Also, the farmer not having enough information about different policies and scheme provided by the government. In this paper, we provide different methods for increasing crop planning and crop productivity. This paper gives the general idea of effective crop planning and increasing productivity with comparing different parameters and suggesting the different daily need crops according to their soil type and importance of irrigation methods and there use in farming.

Published by: Jyoti Deone, Dr. Khan Rahat AfreenResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology,Navi MumbaiKeywords: Agriculture, Land, Crop, Soil, Irrigation

Research Paper

98. Fabrication of model of solar panel cleaning machine

The cleaning of dust particles on the solar panel is a huge job and time taking the process and requires a lot of manpower and money. To remove this limitation automatic system is a good choice for no man operations, it also economical and autonomous as it requires no man to monitor. This project implements a solar panel cleaning automatic systems which can self charge it’s a battery and clean the dust on the solar panel only during the night time.

Published by: Meet Prajapati P., Tanuja Mishra P., Manisha Prajapati M.Research Area: Mechanical

Organisation: Government Polytechnic, Dahod, GujaratKeywords: Chain mechanism, Cotton roller, Water pump, Water sprinkling

Research Paper

99. Longitude and latitude based travel route recommendation and disaster management system

The development of the travel industry gradually fosters personalized requirements of tourists, such as setting the start place, exploiting interesting activities and organizing the travel route and also natural disasters. Natural Disaster has threatened mankind since history started. Due to the geographic position and climate change, India is one of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters. The country also lacks an effective disaster preparedness system to confront natural disasters. Timely disaster warning and evacuation guideline can save the lives of the people. In addition, a tourist may face difficulties in finding the best scenic spots on travel time and a safe area or shelter place prior to the occurrence of natural disasters. For this reason, proposed a location-based early travel route recommendation and disaster warning and evacuation system. The system is implemented as a desktop application. Here propose a system which takes advantage of online website to collect information of both scenic spots and real-world local activities, and proposed methods to recommend travel routes for tourists and also develop a disaster management system, which can take their instant location into account and satisfy their personalized demands. Specifically, extract scenery spots dataset from the shared dataset and popular activities from the online website. Then process these items and take the filtering results as the recommendation for tourists. And user registers on the server to get automatic notification of upcoming disaster otherwise user gets a manual notification. The user gets the updated data by the current position obtained by longitude and latitude. When our application recognizes the user in probable disaster zone then the application will disseminate visual disaster warning and evacuation guideline including shortest path of shelter or safe zone on the map of the application.

Published by: Athira Soman, Divya S. B.Research Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Mangalam College of Engineering, Ettumanoor, KeralaKeywords: Longitude, Latitude, Places of interest, Disaster management, Evacuation alert

Research Paper

100. Enhanced skeletonization algorithm for fingerprint images

Minutiae feature based fingerprint recognition systems heavily depend on the pixel-wise operations on skeletonized fingerprint image. The skeletonization is done by proper thinning algorithms. The minutiae features (Ridge endings and Bifurcations) can be extracted from a finely skeletonized fingerprint image. The efficiency of the thinning method determines the quality of the image skeleton and the accuracy in feature extraction. Therefore a new skeletonization technique is proposed. The new skeletonization algorithm uses a number of masks to check whether the pixel is on the boundary or not. Once the pixel is marked as boundary pixel, then the algorithm eliminates that pixel and repeat the process to get the fingerprint image skeleton of one-pixel width. The proposed system is computationally efficient and it preserves the connectivity of the pixels in the image.

Published by: Radhu Krishna R.Research Area: Pattern Recognition

Organisation: College of Engineering, Chengannur, KeralaKeywords: Skeletonization, Fingerprint classification, Connectivity preservation, Unit-width skeleton

Research Paper

101. Accelerated life testing of Electronic Control Unit

An Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is an embedded system in automotive electronics that control one or more electro-mechanical systems or subsystems in a vehicle. For a sophisticated automotive will almost have 200 ECUs for multipurpose. Optimal Accelerated Life Test (ALT) Plan of Temperature Cycling (TC) and Mechanical Vibration (MV) for ECU are developed. TC is carried out as per IEC60068-2-14 (Nb) and MV was carried out as per IEC60068-2-64. Failure data is recorded and fitted to Weibull Distribution using Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) in Minitab. Coffin and Manson Model (CMM) has been used to observe failures due to TC and Minor Fatigue Model (MFM) has been used to observe failures due to Random MV. Reliability and Life of the ECU are estimated and compared with Sherlock Simulation.

Published by: Kotekallu Ravi, Anil Kumar Ammina, Dr. Sankar VelamuryResearch Area: Quality And Reliability

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Electronic Control Unit, Accelerated Life Test, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Coffin and Manson Model, Minor fatigue Model, Sherlock simulation, IEC60068-2-14, IEC60068-2-64, Reliability and life cycle

Research Paper

102. VHDL implementation of acquisition sensor for optical communication terminal

This paper presents the development of the Acquisition sensor which is a part of overall Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing (ATP) mechanism for maintaining the line of sight (LOS) between two Optical Communication Terminals (OCT). The ATP mechanism is basically used to align the transmitting and the receiving optical communication terminals which in turn can continuously transmit the data between them. The Acquisition sensor is designed to acquire the LASER image falling on it which is being transmitted by the transmitter terminal and to process this image to calculate the 2-axis angular error. This error is then used to re-position the terminal to maintain the LoS if it is out from the Field of View (FOV) of the transmitter by feeding this data to Tracking and Pointing modules of ATP mechanism.

Published by: Ashika B. P., Anuradha Prakash, Shri. Ravi kumar K., Girija S.Research Area: Sensors for Communication

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Optical Communication Terminal (OCT), Acquisition sensor, Line of sight (LoS), Two-axis angular error, Centroid of an image, ATP mechanism

Research Paper

103. Performance assessment of electrode materials in the treatment of leachate by using electrocoagulation process

Leachate is wastewater generated during the decomposition of organic waste that can contaminate soil and groundwater if it is not handled properly. Contamination by leachate can be prevented by reducing the concentration of a pollutant in leachate before the wastewater reaches the ground. Researchers reduce the contamination level by the various method and electrocoagulation is one of the efficient methods for this application. This experimental work was planned to determine the effective pair of the electrode and optimizing the factors which affect the efficiency of electrocoagulation. From the first study, it may be concluded that Iron and Stainless steel pair show higher percentage removal of all the analyzed parameter than the copper and stainless steel pair. Then optimization was carried out with Iron and Stainless steel electrode to analyze the effect of current density, pH, inter-electrode distance, the concentration of electrolyte, electrolysis time and agitation on electrocoagulation. The optimized current density was determined as 60A/m2, electrolysis time was determined as 45 minutes, the inter-electrode distance was determined as 1.5 cm, pH was determined as 7.4, agitation speed was determined as 300 rpm, electrolyte solution was determined as 25% dilution.

Published by: Preethi M., Tamizh Mani E., Vasanth A.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, Tamil NaduKeywords: Electrocoagulation, Leachate, Iron, Copper, Stainless steel

Review Paper

104. A novel approach for designing smart cane for visually impaired

Usually, visually impaired people use a white cane as their mobility aid along with dogs as their guide. Using technologies to make smart walking cane which will assure safe mobility of the visually impaired person and reduce the energy spent on detecting an obstacle . In this paper, the smart cane is designed which will help a visually impaired person to walk confidently. The proposed project aims at the development of an Android-based Application for smartphones in which customers can connect to a cane. The camera on the cane sends real-time images of the current surroundings and the android application works on each frame to detect upcoming obstacles. The Convolution Neural network models help in the detection of objects using TensorFlow and stores the name of the object in a text file. Later the text in the text file is converted to voice using Google TTS (Text to Speech conversion). Thus using advanced technologies for better living.

Published by: Megha C. Sakkari, G. Krishna Chaitanya, K. RaveenaResearch Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Tensorflow, Convolution neural network, Google TTS

Others

105. Smart steering in automobiles for safe driving

Automobiles have been an integral part of the modernization and development of civilization. Right from the beginning of the industrial revolution, there were a huge number of automobiles manufactured. This called in for the need for safety measures to be implemented into the vehicle for protection of the passenger in case of accidents. Various safety measures were implemented in this domain, such as functions like Seat belt, Anti-lock Braking System, Safety Airbag System and many more. The accident toll continued to increase over the years despite these safety measures. These accidents were caused by human negligence such as drunken driving, drowsiness, unhealthy condition and a lot more. This paper, hence, proposes a system in which the driver cannot drive under the influence of alcohol and also a basic level health condition test to check if the driver is fit to drive. It also has a system that can sense if the driver is sleepy and alerts the driver back to his senses if found sleeping. This can ensure the complete safety of the passenger while driving and can reduce the accidents to almost zero values that are caused by the above mentioned human faults. To add to the safety in case of any accident the system houses a crash detector and flame detector along with GPS and GSM modules to alert the nearby authorities to get to the rescue. As a whole, the system can provide unimaginable safety assurance against fatal accidents and hence save precious life's.

Published by: Kiran B. V., Albert James, D. Chandan Krishna, B. Dharshan, Dr. Manju DeviResearch Area: Electronics Engineering

Organisation: The Oxford College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Car safety system, GPS, Sensors, GSM, Microcontroller

Research Paper

106. Therapeutic strategies for vaginal and sexual health promotion in cervical cancer survivors: An overview of practice at the Tertiary Cancer Hospital in Mumbai

Cervical cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy alone or as a part of combined therapy have reported higher occurrence of vaginal morbidity. Vaginal stenosis and dryness are the common vaginal symptoms which tend to persist following radiotherapy treatment. Vaginal dilation with dilator and sexual counselling is routine practice to preserve vaginal patency and to facilitate sexual functioning and gynaecological surveillance. A retrospective review of case files of cervical cancer patients referred for vaginal dilation to Occupational therapy during 2002-2010 was carried out with the aim to understand the therapeutic strategies practiced for improving vaginal and sexual health following pelvic radiotherapy at the tertiary cancer hospital in Mumbai. Data of 183 cervical cancer patients which met the study criteria, was collected with reference to the stage of the disease, treatment received, details about vaginal dilation following radiotherapy, and sexual status and side effects related to dilation. Review found that vaginal dilation with dilator was routinely recommended to cervical cancer patients following completion of radiotherapy. Resumption of sexual intercourse and sexual counselling was provided to married patients for prevention of vaginal stenosis and preserving sexual functions. Documentation on the content of sexual counselling and the time spent on counselling was found absent. This review of case files found vaginal dilation with dilator post pelvic radiotherapy is effective in preventing vaginal stenosis and sexual intercourse cannot be used as a sole medium of dilation. Dilation with dilator improved vaginal length from 8.02 cm+ 2.9 to 9.96+ 2.89cm with the p value <0.001. ords.

Published by: Dr. Manjusha Vagal, Dr. Amitabh DwivediResearch Area: Occupational Therapy

Organisation: Tata Memmorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Cervical cancer, Vaginal stenosis, Vaginal dilation, sexual counselling

Research Paper

107. Cloud cost management: An empirical view

Cloud computing provides a mechanism to access, store and retrieve the applications and data online. The word cloud refers to a network or the internet. Nowadays, many IT Companies are adopting Cloud Computing. In Cloud, computing resources are made available to the users easily, quickly and on a pay-per usage basis. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyze the cost involved in accessing the paid services of cloud and show how the service broker policy of retrieving data from the closest datacenter and retrieving data after optimized response time of the datacenters. After a close analysis, we find that retrieving data from the nearest datacenter is more cost effective than optimized response time data retrieval of data from datacenters.

Published by: Puja Gupta, Dr. Kumar RajnishResearch Area: Cloud Computing

Organisation: Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, JharkhandKeywords: Cloud computing, Datacentre, Broker, Service broker policy, Optimized response time, CloudSim, CloudAnalyst, User bases, Virtual machines

Case Study

108. Skill gap assessment is a key to survive

To ensure that the workforce is well trained, knowledgeable and better equipped to perform the job. Identifying skill gap becomes essential. Skill gap presents an opportunity for the organization and the employees to identify the missing skills and try to gain them. This study analyzed the skill gap between the employees of VASUDHARA Dairy (AMUL), Nagpur and helped in making employees aware of the critical skills they will need to grow. A sample of 60 respondents was considered. The data were collected in 2 phases. At first, the department heads were interviewed and then the questionnaire was prepared based on the parameters communicated by the heads and then it was circulated to the employees. The major findings reveal that most of the employees out of the total sample lack ICT ( Information and communication technology) and thus a skill gap exists in this area.

Published by: Rupal SinghResearch Area: Management (HR)

Organisation: Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Identity, Critical skills, Skill gap

Others

109. Reliability analysis of Electronic Control Unit and Remote Unit used in Decoy Launcher Defence System

Abstract: With the development of technology, effective countermeasures of decoy launcher are developed. Decoy Launcher Defence System (DLDS) designed to detect, to track and to localize the incoming Decoy from the enemies and it is a countermeasure system. The system offers a complete solution to detect and locate an incoming Decoy and provides highly effective defence for the system. The DLDS shall enable timely defence against incoming Decoys at sufficient range from the submarine to guarantee safety and survivability of own platform. Controlling of decoy launcher plays a crucial role in launching and firing of Decoys. For controlling the Decoy Launcher, two control units are there. They are Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and Remote Unit (RU). ECU is manually controlled and it act as master controller for the launcher. RU is controlled by directors through remotely (infrared signals). It is necessary to improve the reliability for the control units. In order to obtain the reliability of ECU and RU of DLDS, in this paper developed the Reliability Prediction, Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) and Failure Mode Effect and Criticality analysis (FMECA). Reliability Analysis gives the Prediction of the failure Rate and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF). Reliability Prediction obtained in accordance with MIL-HDBK-217F2. Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) used to know the parts reliability how it contributes to success or failure of a system using logical operations of the system. FMECA used to obtain the failure modes of the components, their effect on system, identifies the criticality and corresponding changes are made in the design to reduce the failure modes. The procedure for performing a failure mode effects and criticality analysis developed by MIL-STD-1629. To control these failures proper methods are considered to improve the reliability of system. The reliability analysis is carried out using ITEMSOFT Tool.

Published by: C. Himabindu, V. Sumalatha, A. AnilkumarResearch Area: Reliability

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Reliability prediction, FMECA, RBD, MIL-HDBK-217Fn2

Research Paper

110. Concept of fair dealing – A co-relative analysis

In this research article, the researcher makes a comparative analysis between India’s Doctrine of “Fair Dealings” and the US’s Doctrine of “Fair Use”. And the outcome of this research article would be, to analyze which law stands in a better position to protect the rights of the creator and the Consumer. And whether the Provisions in India and the United States relating to Fair use is in like nature to the International frameworks or not?

Published by: Ilayanambi B., Athish E.Research Area: Copyright Laws

Organisation: Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Fair dealing, Fair draft, Right holder, Unfair, Infringement

Research Paper

111. Survey on design of software stack for IoT architecture and sustainable rural development

The digital revolution by the Internet of Things is reshaping several traditional business sectors. The Internet of Things (IoT) will probably fuse straightforwardly and consistently an extensive number of heterogeneous end frameworks while giving open access to chosen subsets of information for the advancement of plenty of computerized administrations. It enables the path to connect any time, anywhere, with anything and anyone ideally using any network topology with a specified service. Hence the divergence on the scenario of a SmartGlobe‟ has emerged to mean many things to many people. The aim of this exploration is to research the potential commitments of the web of Things innovation towards neediness will decrease in these rustic zones, in accordance with the necessities distinguished in these networks and with emphasis on agriculture. These can drive the social advancement in country regions, advance expanding profitability and monetary effectiveness development, change individuals' mindset, and improve populace quality and the way people's style of work and their life. It focuses on the key areas of interest in the sustainable rural development and assesses the uses of IoT in those territories. It furnishes a thorough view as for development in the personal satisfaction in that.

Published by: Madhumitha M., Bhupendra Pratap Singh, Vaishali Maheshkar, Dr. G. SundariResearch Area: Electronic Communication Engineering

Organisation: Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing, Energy consumption, Noise, Environment, Monitoring

Research Paper

112. Communal and caste politics in India and its impact on voter

In this research project the researcher attempts to bring out the impact of caste and communal politics in the Election and how the voters are being influenced by the name of the caste. So, in order to bring out the impacts, the researcher would be discussing first about the “Evolution of caste politics in India” and then would move on to the important question as to “Why Caste and Communal Politics still persists and increasing in India?” Then the researcher would analyse the role of Election Commission in restricting the communal and caste politics during the election and whether any legal restrictions has been imposed in this regard. And what can be done further to restrict the Communal and Caste politics.

Published by: Ilayanambi B., Athish E.Research Area: Election Law

Organisation: Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil NaduKeywords: Communal and caste politics, Indian politics, Superstitious beliefs, Impact on voter, Feeling of hatred

Research Paper

113. Analysis of earthquake resistant structures using base isolation

In this project "Base Isolation", we are going to discuss what is actually base isolation and its importance. This project sheds light on various methods such as 'Time History Analysis' and Response Spectrum' to protect structures from the earthquake. Base isolation has become one of the reliable tools for earthquake resistant design of the structure. Base isolation system for buildings is introduced to decouple the building structure from potentially damaging induced by earthquake motion, and to make a comparison for the difference between the isolated base and fixed base buildings. The response of the structure with base isolation is analyzed using Etabs.

Published by: Sajid G. Saudagar, Ashika P. Sapkal, Vikas N. NimbalkarResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ambi, MaharashtraKeywords: Base isolation, Response spectrum, Time history, Drift, isolators, LRB (Lead Rubber Bearing), Etabs

Research Paper

114. Work-life balance of married woman self employers of Puducherry

A Balance between work and life is something for which every woman is striving for. Good WLB is made-up to be live when there is a good environment prevails at work (business) and at home with the minimum role of conflict. Running a business is not as easy as going for a job. In business, the responsibility is more for the owner compared to the worker. A woman taking care of own business and taking care of family are two big responsibilities for her. For a self-employed woman, it is necessary to be in the place of business for longer hours as she is the investor or owner. For an employee, it is 8 hours. But for the business owner, there is no such limit in working hours. As per the situation prevailing in the place of business, she has to present herself for longer hours. This paper attempts to study the WLB between married female self-employers and salaried women in Puducherry, Objectives of the study: The primary objectives of the study shall be 1) To Study the WLB of married Female self-employers at Puducherry. 2) To study the perception and satisfaction level of WLB by married self-employers at Puducherry. For this, 80 Samples were collected using Simple Random Sampling method. Tools such as Percentage analysis and t-test were used. The study found that there is a significant difference in work life expectation and work life satisfaction between women self-employed and salaried women in Puducherry.

Published by: Dr. R. Veluraj, J. PoomagalResearch Area: HRM

Organisation: Tagore Arts College, PondicherryKeywords: WLB, Perception level and Satisfaction level, Married female self employers

Research Paper

115. Implementing the motion-based video clipping algorithm for monitoring surveillance video streams

Communication is exchanging or transfer of the data so that the internet of things is but something like transferring of data or things or we can say exchanging several things. The use of authorized systems from the help of the internet is calculated as by 2020 that there will be the availability of billions of systems all around. The objective for the project shall be defining safekeeping alert system of devices by taking care of the power-related aspects by the internet of things.

Published by: Rishika K. Kowshik, Akshata G., NamrataResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: IoT, Raspberry Pi, Pir Motion Detection Sensor, Peizo Buzzer, Web Cam.

Research Paper

116. Solar based steam cooking system

Advantages and guidelines for cooking with steam are described. Transferring heat energy through steam is the most efficient way to cook and can occur through conduction, convection, or radiation. Steam has 6 times the heat energy found in boiling water at the same temperature. Pure steam is dry and cooks foods quickly, retaining nutrients. Air must be completely excluded from steamers or pressure cookers for efficient performance. Several makes of steamers are described (e.g., forced convection steam cookers and counter units). Variables that affect cooking time in steam are: density, shape, and thickness of foods, food temperature, and doneness desired. All restaurant operations should consider having a steamer.

Published by: Himank Suhalka, Chetan Kashyap, Jayesh Sharma, Aditya Pratap Singh SisodiaResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur, RajasthanKeywords: Heat pipe, Renewable, Parabolic, Box, Panel, Solar

Research Paper

117. Computational fluid dynamic analysis of performance of centrifugal pump sump set on a cooling system

Design of a centrifugal pump is carried out and analyzed to get the best performance point for a certain impeller blade angle. Due to high demands by industry for centrifugal pump equipment, there is, the study of has centrifugal pump impeller mass flow rate is important. This paper deals with the design and performance analysis of centrifugal pump by changing the impeller blade angle. In this paper, a centrifugal pump is analyzed by using a single-stage centrifugal pump. It consists of Two main components of a centrifugal pump are the impeller and the casing. The impeller is a rotating component and the casing is a stationary component. In a centrifugal pump, water enters axially through the impeller eyes and water exits radially. The pump casing is to guide the liquid to the impeller, converts into pressure the high-velocity kinetic energy of the flow from the impeller discharge and leads liquid away of the energy having imparted to the liquid comes from the volute casing. The CFD analysis is being increasingly applied in the design of centrifugal pumps. The design and performance analysis of centrifugal pump is chosen because it is the most useful mechanical rotodynamic machine in fluid works which widely used in domestic, irrigation, industry, large plants and river water pumping system. Moreover, centrifugal pumps are manufactured in many industries.

Published by: Suhas S. Chavan, C. LimbadriResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Centrifugal pump design, CFD Analysis, Simulation, ANSYS CFX, Pressure distribution, CFD-Tool

Research Paper

118. Financial security among transgenders in India: An introduction to trans-inclusion model

The transgender community has been looked down upon for generations owing to societal stigma and plain ignorance. This has resulted in a community, brimming with potential, being grossly underutilized. If nudged in the right direction and given impetus in so far as education and equal opportunities are concerned, we would have a solid block in the working class of our country, proactively contributing to the economy and the society in general. The paper has explored the living conditions of transgenders in our country, the prejudice and bias they battle and the limited options they have for sustenance by means of the research. The objective is to understand the existent state of transgenders and inquire into ways of alleviating poverty among them by the encouragement of formal education, spreading awareness on diseases plaguing the community and sensitization of common public to enable equal job opportunities, thereby directly surging their self-esteem and productivity in the society

Published by: Alan Homes, Joseph John, Abhijith SreevalsanResearch Area: Transgenders

Organisation: Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Kothi, Double Decker, Bisexual, Homosexual

Research Paper

119. Wearable asthma prediction device

The paper presents the design for a wearable device to predict asthma attacks for all age groups. The design is developed based on environmental conditions and patient attack history. The wearable device uses temperature/humidity, dust sensors that monitor the surrounding atmospheric conditions and incorporates a machine learning algorithm (decision trees) for prediction of an attack in advance. Concepts of the Internet of Things are used for cloud storage and wireless connectivity with a handheld device, such as a smartphone.

Published by: Savitha S., Sarjana O. S., M. S. Praveen Kumar, Dr. S RadhaResearch Area: Machine Learning and Internet of Things

Organisation: SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Wearable, Machine learning, Decision trees, Internet of Things, Cloud storage

Thesis

120. An experimental study on high performance fibre reinforced concrete

Concrete is the most extensively used construction material in the world. The main ingredient of conventional concrete is Portland cement. However, the conventional concrete is of low compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength. In current research is going to carry out the test on latex modified steel fiber reinforced concrete. According to various research papers, it has been found that steel fiber gives maximum strength as compare to other fiber. Hence, steel fiber(straight) of two different percentage i.e 0.5% and 1% with incorporation of styrene butadiene rubber(SBR) latex polymer in concrete modified with a percentage 10% of M25 grade, two different mix proportion is cast. The comparison between conventional concrete and HPFRC were found out by different test above. The various parameter s like load carrying capacity, ductility character, and stress-strain variation has to be analyzed.

Published by: Vikalp Singh Thakur, Swati AgrawalResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Kalinga University, Raipur, ChhattisgarhKeywords: HPFRC, FRC, Tensile stress, Compressive stress, Fibre orientation

Research Paper

121. Shopping guide

The main objective of this project is Sales prediction,which is forecasting the future sales of a product.The attributes used as an input is weekly sales and dates of sale.This paper proposes a machine learning model to predict sales sales of a product.The machine learning technique used is linear regression.The successful prediction of sales will maximize the shopkeeper's gains.

Published by: Riya Mate, Aditi Patil, Isha Bansod, Neha Khare, P. V. KhandareResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Linear regression, Sales forecasting, Android app development

Research Paper

122. Optimized short text embedding for bilingual similarity using Probase and BabelNet

Most existing methodologies for text classification represent text as vectors of words, to be specific "bag-of-words." This content portrayal results in a high dimensionality of feature space and much of the time experiences surface jumbling. When it comes to short texts, these become even more serious because of their shortness and sparsity and with the bilingual similarity of text it gets more difficult. This paper proposes an approach to deal with both sparsity and computational complexity of bilingual similarity of short text. English short text is mapped with Probase and Hindi short text is mapped with BabelNet a knowledge base with coverage of words and concepts for 248 languages. A semantic network is created to manipulate the word to word and concept to concept correlation. Unlike the earlier approaches of embedding, words and concepts from both English and Hindi short texts are treated separately to yield word embedding (Word2Vec) and concept embedding (Concept2Vec) respectively. The similarity between bilingual short texts is computed using the skip-gram based word embedding and concept embedding. When evaluated with Pilot and STSS 131 short text benchmark datasets, the proposed optimized bilingual short text embedding gives better similarity score

Published by: Natasha J., Vijayarani J.Research Area: Big Data and Text Mining

Organisation: Anna University, CEG Campus, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Short text, Conceptualization, Probase, BabelNet, Skipgram, Word2Vec, Concept2Vec

Research Paper

123. Implementation of wireless farming using IoT

As we know there are many issues surrounding our agriculture sector today lack of proper technology has caused a decline in production in the recent years. As in other countries, we see that there are many technological advancements that have helped in the increase in Production. IoT is one of the technologies that can make a very large impact on the agriculture sector. IoT stands for Internet of things it means that things will be connected to the internet and communicate with each other. In our system we have designed a system that can monitor parameters like temperature, humidity, Gas levels, Light detection, etc. all these parameters will be monitored locally, our system will be connected to the internet via a Wi-Fi module. All the data that has been collected by the system then will be uploaded to the server where it will be displayed using graphs and will be available for analysis.

Published by: Shradha Padmakar Rachcha, Atul ShrivastavaResearch Area: Engineering

Organisation: Vishwabharati Academy's College of Engineering, Ahmednagar, MaharashtraKeywords: IoT, WSN

Research Paper

124. Impact of training and development on employee development aspect of job satisfaction at Amara Raja Batteries Pvt Ltd.

Training and development became vital for organizations in the dynamic business environment with cut-throat competition. Many organizations are willing to invest in it. Job Satisfaction is necessary for employees to give higher productivity which also benefits organizations. It further reduces the turnover ratio and helps retain the skillful workforce. This study aims to find the association between training and development and employee development aspect of job satisfaction. Training satisfaction was divided into four variables such as Satisfaction with Training Session, Training Content Satisfaction, Trainer Satisfaction and Transfer of Learning. High to a moderately significant positive relationship is found between Employee development aspect of job satisfaction and Training satisfaction variables. The organization must concentrate on variables with the least positive relationship to ensure the highest satisfaction for the employees.

Published by: Jahnavi, Susan ChirayathResearch Area: Human Resources

Organisation: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Job satisfaction, Training satisfaction, Employee development

Research Paper

125. Comparison research on FIR filter with RRC filter using a reconfigurable constant multiplier

This paper proposes a capable constant multiplier architecture with the help of an architecture called Binary Common Sub-Expression (BCSE)algorithm. As multiplication using coefficients or constants plays a necessary role in digital signal processing(DSP). Firstly, a single constant multiplier switching between some constants are converted to an n-bit constant multiplier in which any of the bit can be generated at the output according to the input bit x using the BCSE algorithm. Then an RRC filter is designed using the n-bit multiplier and finally, the performance of the RRC filter is compared with that of FIR filter.

Published by: Arya P. Kumar, Mercy MathewResearch Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Believers Church Caarmel Engineering College, Ranny Perunad, KeralaKeywords: BCSE, RRC, FIR

Research Paper

126. Comprehensive Training and Placement department

Android-based training and placement automation for campus drive is a System, which automates training and placement activities and provides opportunities to the students, who are eligible according to the company criteria and makes easy the process of managing information regarding students and companies automatically. This system focuses on the automation of the training and placement cell and profile matching. Collecting the resumes, providing notifications about various job openings to the students according to the eligibility and company criteria, managing and inviting the companies for the campus recruitment, classifying the data from the resume submitted by students and creating the recruitment metrics, Observing and controlling the progress of the selection process and communicating with different eligible candidates. This system provides modules like user interface for student and user interface for an administrator. Provides various functionalities like managing student resume, Company Profiles, Job Postings, Authentication, and activation of student profiles, listing out the students as per company’s criteria, provides the list of a shortlisted student with resume to the company .This system reduces the human efforts and maintaining large amount of data efficiently.

Published by: Rishika Sinha, Ranjana C. A., Swathi V., Kumar J., Vijaylaxmi MekaliResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Kammavari Sangha Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Information Technology (IT), Training and Placement (TnP), Training and Placement Officer (TPO)

Review Paper

127. A review on adoption of change management in Indian banking sector

Change is a strong driving force for any organizational development. A better organization can make a better tomorrow. The purpose of this research is to study the level of implementation and adoption of the change in the banks and the extent to which banking institutions practice the same in India for making a better development. The paper focuses on, how far the employees are involved with operational alerts, so that they may remain dominant in a rapidly growing environment. The analysis was done on bank employees, the paper discusses the finding as per the investigation conducted and provides recommendations which include: Highlighting the significance of the change, clearly expressing on a vision for the change, Leaders applying transformational leadership principles

Published by: Ranjitha. MeesalaResearch Area: Business Management

Organisation: Osmania University, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Change management, Organisation development, Organisational change, Banking sector

Research Paper

128. Digitizing employee engagement

Employee engagement is normally the degree of dedication and attachment a working person has towards his or her company and its nuclear values and viewpoints. An engaged employee is supposed to be conscious of the business situation, and work dynamics with contemporaries and peer groups to improve accomplishment within the job for the advantage and excellence of the company. It is a positive approach held by the employees towards the company and its values. Therefore there is a huge necessity for HR professionals to emphasize more attention not only on holding on to the existing workforce but also on having them actively occupied. The Employee Engagement Index is an online examination in which employees evaluate their own commitment at work. Most of the Agencies which provide Employment believe employee engagement to be one of the lead requisites to enhancing PES (Performance Evaluation System) performance. This presentation is an attempt to the acquaintance with the digitization of employee engagement by what is known as the Employee Engagement Index.

Published by: Gagandeep Singh, Kewal Singh PanesarResearch Area: Business Mangement

Organisation: Northwest Group of Institutions, Dhudike, PunjabKeywords: Engagement, Disengagement, Performance, Productivity

Research Paper

129. A parallel patient treatment algorithm and it's application in hospital queuing recommendation

A patient queue management system to minimize patient wait time, delays and patient overcrowding is one of the major challenges faced by hospitals. Redundant and bothersome waits for long periods result in substantial human resource and time wastage and increase the frustration endured by patients. Therefore, we recommend a Patient Treatment Time Prediction (PTTP) algorithm to predict the waiting time for each treatment task for a patient. Based on the predicted waiting time, a Hospital Queuing-Recommendation (HQR) system is developed. HQR calculates and predicts an efficient and suitable treatment plan recommended for the patient.

Published by: Milan Bekal, Abishek Manikandan, Ayushman Tewari, Pallavi G. B.Research Area: Big Data Analytics

Organisation: BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: PTTP, HQR, Time management, Regression tree algorithm, Random forest algorithm

Research Paper

130. Testing Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol using MAP-simulator tool in a mobile communication testing laboratory

This paper mainly explains the usage of a Tool for Functional testing, Conformance Testing, Load and Stress Testing, Interoperability Testing, Performance Tests, Sanity Tests, and Regression Test. It is used as a simulator program for testing of communication interfaces between network elements. The legacy, emerging networks along with fixed, mobile network combination leads to different challenges in telecom networks. Some issues may be interworking between different networks Access requires access independence, proprietary specifications and interoperability specifications create architecture independence, proprietary specifications, and interoperability challenges, authentication and security require User independence, coordination between carriers and service providers require Service independence. To overcome the above challenges the network elements are tested with different testing methods mentioned above. The study represents preliminary experimental trials on different architecture like GSM, UMTS, IMS, etc.

Published by: Parsa Swetha, Dr. Nagaraja G. S., Prasad VasaResearch Area: Computer Network Engineering

Organisation: RV College of Engineering, Banglore, KarnatakaKeywords: Functional testing, Performance testing, Conformance testing, Load and stress testing, Protocol simulator (Independent protocol simulator)

Research Paper

131. Traffic load minimisation using IoT

In this paper we have discussed about the problem of traffic and how to solve it using WSN and IOT. As we know IOT is the latest technology and is being used in many sectors now a days at it very effective. As we know the problem of traffic management is increasing now a days is big cities which causes many problems like traffic, accidents and pollution. Management of the traffic is very important and a tedious job. There have been many methods used to solve this Problems. Also the issues like car theft have also increased now a days, also due to high traffic ambulance also have problems in reaching the hospitals fast. In this paper we have discussed the technique of solving this problems using IOT. There will be a sensor node and a base node the sensor node will be used to count the traffic in each lane and will send the information to the base node and the base node will take the decision of allocation of the. Also the base node will have a RFID reader connected which will be continuously Reading for the RFID cards that will be present at the cars and compare it with the data base and search for the stolen cars and ambulance, and will notify after the stolen car is detected. This will help solving the traffic management problem the theft problem and the emergency situations for the ambulance.

Published by: Kanade Pooja Rajendra, Atul SrivastavaResearch Area: Engineering

Organisation: Vishwabharati Academy's College of Engineering, Ahmednagar, MaharashtraKeywords: IOT, WSN, RFID

Review Paper

132. Review on underwater image enhancement using multiscale fusion

We introduce an effective technique to enhance the images captured underwater and degraded due to the medium scattering and absorption. Our method is a single image approach that does not require specialized hardware or knowledge about the underwater conditions or the scene structure. It builds on the blending of two images that are directly derived from a color compensated and white balanced version of the original degraded image. The two images to fusion, as well as their associated weight maps, are defined to promote the transfer of edges and color contrast to the output image. To avoid that the sharp weight map transitions create artifacts in the low-frequency components of the reconstructed image, we also adopt a multiscale fusion strategy. Our extensive qualitative and quantitative evaluation reveals that our enhanced images and videos are characterized by better exposedness of the dark regions, improved global contrast, and edges sharpness. Our validation also proves that our algorithm is reasonably independent of the camera settings, and improves the accuracy of several image processing applications, such as image segmentation and keypoint matching.

Published by: Devray Renuka Nitin, Atul ShreevastavResearch Area: Electronics and Telecommunication

Organisation: Vishwabharati Academy's College of Engineering, Ahmednagar, MaharashtraKeywords: Underwater, Image fusion, White balancing

Research Paper

133. Experimental study on the influence of internal curing on concrete properties using pre-soaked lightweight aggregates and Super Absorbent Polymer

ACI defines Internal Curing (IC) as a process by which the hydration of cement continues because of the availability of internal water that is not part of the mixing water. The introduction of SAP as a new additive for the production of concrete materials presents a number of new possibilities in respect of water control, i.e., the purposeful water absorption and/or water release in either fresh or hardened concrete. Proper curing of concrete structures is important to ensure they meet their intended performance and durability requirements. In conventional construction, this is achieved through external curing, applied after mixing, placing and finishing. Internal curing (IC) is a very promising technique that can provide additional moisture in concrete for more effective hydration of the cement and reduced self-desiccation. Internal curing implies the introduction of a curing agent into concrete that will provide this additional moisture. Concrete expands and contracts because of change in temperature, freezing and thawing cycle and environmental conditions. During early age hardening of concrete exhibits few cracks due to its chemical nature. The main reason for crack development in paste fraction is the loss of water due to chemical reaction and environment. The crack development due to aggregate was mainly on its chemical composition and physical properties. The crack due to plastic shrinkage could be reduced by adopting an internal curing method. This internal curing agent supply absorbed water to concrete to minimize the crack effect due to plastic shrinkage. Internal curing does not replace conventional surface curing but works with it to make concrete more robust. Internal curing can also help compensate for less than ideal weather conditions and poor conventional curing that is often seen in the real world. In this study, M25 Concrete was used to cast cubes beams and cylinders with the mix design of 1:1.78:2.92 replacing sand with presoaked vermiculite and in other mix replacing cement with SAP. The results of 28 days compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength indicates a higher strength with usage of 0.35% SAP and 5% vermiculite as internal curing agents.

Published by: Vishal Bhawar, Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni, Vishwajeet KadlagResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Dr. D Y Patil School of Engineering and Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: SAP, Vermiculite, Internal curing, compressive strength, shrinkage

Research Paper

134. Health prediction system using Data Mining

“Health Prediction” system based on predictive modeling, which predicts the disease (probability of disease) of the user on the basis of the symptoms that the user provides as an input to the system. The system analyses the symptoms provided by the user as input and gives the probability of the disease as an output to the user. Disease Prediction is done by implementing the Naïve Bayes Classifier. Naïve Bayes Classifier calculates the probability of the disease. Therefore, the average accuracy of 75% is obtained for disease prediction. The system also provides suggestions of Doctor’s to the user based on the symptoms analyzed. Along with it also provides suggestions of nearby Doctor’s available in the area of Patient. The user can also share his/her medical reports online with the Doctor, based on which doctor can provide treatment to the user. Also, there is chatting facility available through which Doctor and User can interact with each other before taking an appointment or after the treatment also. The Doctor can also manage all the patients’ records online.

Published by: Omkar Nevase, Prafull Bansode, Rishikesh Nimbalkar, Sanket Yeginwar, Suvarna PawarResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Data Mining, Prediction, Classification, Naïve Bayes

Research Paper

135. Noise absorbing construction material from waste(s)

The noise absorbing panels are made from both natural and artificial materials. Due to the increased manufacture and usage of artificial fibres, carbon footprint levels get increased. In the Coimbatore region with the presence of numerous coir industries, huge quantity of waste in the form of coir pith are produced. To overcome the use of artificial fibres, this study intends the usage of the coir waste as the noise absorbing material. A noise absorbing panel is designed and made from the coir with the addition of polypropylene. The polypropylene is used for binding purpose. The prepared sample is tested with the impedance tube method. The sound absorbing coefficient value of the sample which is compared with the other materials. For phase, I of the project, the properties of coir and the test which has to be carried out is studied with the help of literature reviews. The test procedure is discussed and the methodology is prepared. Further in phase II of the project experimental part is carried out. The results are tabulated and compared with artificial materials which are then concluded that coir can be used as an absorbing material.

Published by: A. Aneesul Nayeem, Dr. K. MuraliResearch Area: Construction Engineering and Management

Organisation: Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Coir, Noise absorbing panel, Polypropylene, Impedance tube method

Survey Report

136. Chefs for pets

Just for awareness of all the existing students

Published by: Sunita VermaResearch Area: Hotel Management

Organisation: Gateway Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sonipat, HaryanaKeywords: Pet chefs, Origin, Need, Balance diet, Safe handling

Case Study

137. Cast Partial Denture: A Preferred Choice of the Patient over Acrylic Partial and Flexible Denture- A Case Report

Acrylic partial denture is a preferred choice of treatment for partially edentulous individuals because of the low cost and ease of fabrication. But there are lots of disadvantages for it because of its semi porous nature, low strength, thickness of the denture base etc. It also results in altered taste sensation, hampered speech and reduced heat perception by the patient. Cast partial denture is a treatment modality which has been proved through ages for treating partially edentulous individuals, but still not practiced commonly mainly because of the economic viability and fabrication difficulty. In this case report the patient is provided with full acrylic denture, a flexible denture and a cast partial denture and the patient’s perception towards the treatment is assessed.

Published by: Dr. Elias M. Kuriakose, Dr. Anupama Aradya, Dr. Raghavendra Swamy K. N.Research Area: Prosthodontics

Organisation: JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysuru, KarnatakaKeywords: cast partial denture, partially edentulous, patient perception, removable prosthesis, comparison of prosthesis

Research Paper

138. Image encryption predicated on segmented singular value decomposition using FrFT

The protection of digital information and pictures has an integral function in defense as well as biomedical image handling applications. The formula which is usually to be utilized for the protection of data gives strength from any sort of incorrect supplies to the unwanted consumer. The idea of share matrix S(k;n) m for the creation of shares has been investigated. These types of shares give strength to the security or encryption of confidential information and images. In this article, the paper illustrates the utilization of share generation idea for encryption of the digital pictures in the SVD domain. The singular value of the SVD component functions as a good choice to create the shares of the picture. To bring further improvement in the robustness, we apply the Fractional Fourier Transform (FrFT). The sequence of the FrFT (1; 2) combined with the singular vectors (that is U and V) parts of the initial/base image functions similar to keys. Most of the state-of-the-art techniques are also studied combined with the suggested technique. A variety of quantitative parameters such as for example speed, Number of Pixels Change Rate (NPCR), Unified Average Changing Intensity (UACI), entropy, correlation coefficient, key sensitivity and Mean Square Error (MSE) has been completely researched to examine the overall performance of the suggested technique.We find our suggested technique works more effectively or perhaps comparable sufficiently.

Published by: Ashish Ranjan, Krishna Kant NayakResearch Area: Digital Communication

Organisation: Bansal Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: FrFT, Share matrix generation, Image Encryption, Sensitivity.

Research Paper

139. Solid waste management in railway wagon

Solid waste management has been a major problem in railway wagons for many decades in India. It is a well-known fact that if solid waste is not taken care properly it is going to harm the environment drastically. The purpose of this project is to collect solid waste thrown out of the window by the passengers and recycle or reuse. Two conveyor belts are fixed one above another between two parallel frames of the window. Four collecting tanks, each pair at both ends of one conveyor belt are also attached. The tanks are equipped with a level sensor (Ultrasonic sensor) and a GSM module. Two outlet pipes are attached from inside that direct the waste onto the conveyor. Inside the coach, each coop is provided with a switch, which on pressing the conveyor belt starts and thus prevent it to run for the whole time without any work to be done. The whole system comprising of two sets of the conveyor belt is enclosed in a casing between the parallel frames of the window.

Published by: D. Krishnakumar, Soumik Chakraborty, Amit R. Yadav, Aditya Jaideep, Surya ParasharResearch Area: Waste Management

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Solid waste management, GSM module, Ultrasonic sensor, Solid waste, Conveyor setup, Railway wagon

Research Paper

140. Social hierarchies and technological practices: The making of documentary films in India

Abstract: This article is premised on a critique of the view that technological capacities are independent of social hierarchies and are increasingly becoming participatory, allowing the entry of individuals from different levels of social strata. In response to the work Jacques Ellul and Francois Hetman, this paper argues that knowledge of technology, while indeed providing a momentary space for decision-making, does not necessarily restructure social hierarchies. Through case studies presented from the world of Indian documentary filmmaking, this paper puts forth the view that technology operators, despite being technologically advanced, do not break into the filmmaking hierarchical order. This remains true even where technical knowledge rests most with those in the lowest rungs of the filmmaking ladder. Instead, technological knowledge provides the scope for other kinds of relationships to develop, such as those of ‘trusting the technician’ or ‘admiration for the technician’s work’. This admiration is especially acquired through techniques of improvisation that the technological operator becomes proficient in. Furthermore, what continues to define documentary filmmaking hierarchy is conceptualization capacities of the practitioners, which are influenced by a similarity in socio-cultural backgrounds and film school training accessible to only a limited few.

Published by: Nivedita GhoshResearch Area: Sociology, Visual Anthropology

Organisation: University of Delhi, DelhiKeywords: Documentary film making, India, Technology, Decision-making, Improvisation

Thesis

141. Experimental analysis on Expanded Polystyrene Shortcreting panel

Affordable quality housing is vital in developing countries to meet their growing population. Development of a new cost-effective system is crucial to fulfilling these demands. In view of this, a study is carried out to develop Expanded polystyrene (EPS), as a new affordable building system. Experimental investigation and finite element analysis to study the structural behavior of the EPS panel under axial load are undertaken. The panel consists of lightweight Structural panel consisting of an insulated polystyrene core sandwiched between two engineered layers of Galvanized Steel welded wire fabric mesh. To complete the panel from the process a Galvanised steel wire truss is pierced completely through the polystyrene core and welded to each of the outer layer sheets of Galvanized steel welded wire fabric mesh. The panels are loaded with axial load until failure. The ultimate load carrying capacity, load-lateral deflection profile, strain distributions, and the failure mode are recorded. Partial composite behaviors are observed in all specimens when the cracking load is achieved. Finite element analysis is also carried out to study the effect of slenderness ratio and shear connectors affect the strength and behavior of the panels. An empirical equation to predict the maximum load which is the major parameters that carrying capacity of the panels is proposed. The Eps panel system proposed in this research is able to achieve the intended strength for use in low rise building. The panel building system has tremendous flexibility–it can be used in place of wood or metal-framed walls, masonry block walls or precast panels. It is an excellent structural system that can be used in floors, ceilings, and roofs. The panel building system saves construction time while providing greater structural integrity. As an eco-friendly v alternative building system, panel components are manufactured with all recycled plastics and steel – no forest products are used. The panel building system is safe and friendly to humans and wildlife. Also by the use of expanded polystyrene, we can standardize the climatic conditions inside the building. The cost of the construction is also reducing by the usage of expanded polystyrene wall panels in the construction of building.

Published by: Giridharan A.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: EPS Panel, Project

Research Paper

142. Structural behavior of ferrocement self compacting concrete using M-sand under axial and lateral pressure load

Water Tanks are used for the collection and storage of water for drinking, washing, animal use, irrigation and agricultural purpose. The self -compacted concrete is an innovative product in the civil engineering field in India. M sand is produced by reducing large pieces of aggregate into sand-sized particles. An experimental program was designed in the current work to examine the structural behavior of ferrocement self-compacting concrete using M sand under axial and lateral pressure load. M sand is used in mixtures in an area where the natural sand is not available. The size of M sand is less than 4.75mm. The cost of construction can be controlled by the use of M and is the alternative material for construction. The ferrocement tanks have better corrosion resistance and they have lower maintenance costs than steel tanks. In this method of construction provides durable and high strength water tanks. The main objective of the project is studying the structural behavior of ferrocement self-compacting concrete using M sand under axial and lateral pressure load. The matrix was designed to have high strength, low water to binder ratio, flow characteristics and high durability. Depends a lot of factors, in SCC adding silica fume as a mineral admixture, gelinium as a chemical admixture and using M and is the alternative material for natural sand. In this present investigation, the structural behavior of the ferrocement tanks will be tested in terms of strength, cracking behavior and energy absorption.

Published by: M. Naveen Kumar, Dr. K. MuraliResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Ferrocement, Self compacting concrete, Pressure load, Ferrocement tanks, Structural behavior

Thesis

143. Experimental investigation of sisal fibre reinforced concrete with partial replacement of cement by ground granulated blast furnace slag

The study focuses on the compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength performance of the sisal fibre concrete containing a different percentage of slag as a partial replacement of OPC. The cement in concrete is replaced accordingly with the percentage of 10%, 20% and 30% by weight of slag. And 1% of sisal fibre is added to the concrete. Concrete cubes are tested at the age of 7,14 and 28 days of curing. Finally, the strong performance of slag used fibre reinforced concrete is compared with the performance of conventional concrete. From the experimental investigations, it has been observed that the optimum replacement of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag powder to cement is 20% for M 30 grade. Addition of sisal fibre in the concrete mix significantly influenced the cracking behavior and ultimate strength of beams. Addition of 1% sisal fibre in the RC beams increases both the flexural first cracking strength and flexural toughness of the SFRC beams and leads to an appreciable increase in their ductility and stiffness compared to those conventional RC beams without the addition of sisal fibre.

Published by: E. Preethi, M. MadhumithaResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Sisal fibre, GGBS, Slag used cement, SFRC beams, Replacement

Research Paper

144. Currency recognition and fake currency identification using image processing

Around 150+ currencies exist in the world. Each currency differs from the other on the basis of size, paper, colors, patterns, text, etc. It is difficult to identify all the currencies that exist. Also, it is difficult to determine whether a currency is real or fake. Our system proposes to tackle this problem using Image Processing in MATLAB. The different types of currencies from different origin are provided to the system and system then performs Image Processing operations depending on the currencies and provide the identified currency type as an output. Also to authenticate currency is real or fake it performs Image Processing functions and identifies the currency provided as an input is real or fake.

Published by: Kiran Swami, Kshitija Murumkar, Dr. Premanand Ghadekar, Yash SolankiResearch Area: Image Processing ( IT)

Organisation: Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Currencies, Patterns, Texts, Identify, Real or fake, Authentication, Image processing, Matlab

Survey Report

145. Routing communication performance in mobile ad-hoc networks using millimeter wave-An survey

The point of this paper is to see the steering protocol execution in versatile Ad-Hoc organizes utilizing Mm-wave. A directing convention indicates how switches speak with one another, circulating data that empowers them to choose courses between any two hubs on a PC to arrange. Directing calculations decide the particular decision of course. In this paper, we ponder the execution of some outstanding steering conventions on account of mm-Wave Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) utilizing the ns-3 mm-wave module that was produced as of late. Children are inside the objectives for the following arrival of the 3GPP New Radio (NR) institutionalization process (Release-16) for the 5G, which makes the investigation of the conduct of such recurrence groups for these systems a critical move towards accomplishing such objective. Scientific and reproduction results demonstrate an extraordinary enhancement in the steering conventions conveyance rates and power utilization when utilizing mm-Wave contrasted with the sub6GHz band frequencies

Published by: S. Mahesh, B. Ajith Reddy, B. Haranadh Reddy, K. Saketh Kumar, Dr. I. ChandraResearch Area: Electronics And Communication Engineering

Organisation: Saveetha School of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Adhoc-network, Protocol, Millimetre wave, Routing

Thesis

146. Experimental investigation of earthquake resisting stadium designed with damper

The Structures such as buildings, bridges, and towers are prone to collapse when natural phenomena like earthquake occurred. Therefore, many design codes are reviewed and new technologies are introduced to resist earthquake energy especially on building to avoid collapse. The tuned mass damper and hydraulic dampers etc. are one of the earthquake reduction products introduced on structures to minimize the earthquake effect. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of tuned mass damper by experimental works and finite element modeling. The comparisons are made between these two models under harmonic excitation. Based on the result, it is proven that installing tuned mass damper will reduce the dynamic response of the frame but only in several input frequencies. At the highest input frequency applied, the tuned mass damper failed to reduce the responses. In conclusion, in order to use a proper design of damper, a detailed analysis must be carried out to have sufficient design based on the location of the structures with specific ground accelerations.

Published by: Porselvan R., SekarResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Dampers, Structure, Finite elements

Technical Notes

147. Busted: A website vulnerabilities analysis and alert tool

The number of reported web application vulnerabilities is increasing dramatically. The most of vulnerabilities result from improper input validation. This paper presents extensions to the Tainted Mode model which allows intermodule vulnerabilities detection. Besides, this paper presents a new approach to vulnerability analysis which incorporates advantages of penetration testing and dynamic analysis Henceforth, it is required to have secured services. The main concern is to provide security to end user to protect files or data from the unauthorized group. The web application is now used to performs an intelligent standard of collection of services, applications, information, infrastructure comprised of pools of computer, network, information, and storage resources. With these advantages storing a large amount of data including important information on websites motivates a highly accomplished hacker to hack the critical information also. Hence, security is considered a topmost issue in cloud computing. This paper aims at analyzing encryption algorithms based on factors such as cost, time, key length and block size. The analysis indicates that several algorithm and various tools help in improving security to save the data

Published by: Ujjwal Sinh, Suresh Kumar B., Tejaswini D. Kalro, Bajarang, A. M. PrasadResearch Area: Web Security

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Web application, Web security, Cyber security, Web security tools, Vulnerability analysis, Penetration testing, Dynamic analysis, Report generation

Research Paper

148. An in-vivo study to evaluate the clinical efficacy of different gingival retraction systems

Background: Meticulous impression of the prepared teeth is of extreme importance for successful fixed prosthetic restorations. Gingival retraction allows access to finish lines and to create space for the impression material to record prepared and unprepared tooth structure. Dentists should carefully consider the various materials and methods of gingival retraction in light of the potential risks involved. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess and compare the amount of displacement in terms of lateral displacement by the Expasyl and Magic FoamCord retraction systems. Materials and methods: Study was conducted on the unprepared right and left maxillary central incisors for 10 subjects. Subjects were selected based on certain selection criteria. The pre-displacement and post-displacement impressions were made in a custom tray with monophase addition silicone material using a single mix-one step impression technique. Final cast of maxillary central incisors was sectioned longitudinally into two equal halves. The sectioned halves were oriented on mounting jig using a spirit level and assessed under a traveling microscope. The measurements were made from the crest of the gingival margin to the mid-buccal surface of the tooth. The amount of gingival displacement in each group was calculated by subtracting the pre- displacement values from post-displacement values. From the observations obtained statistical analysis was performed using paired 't' and unpaired 't' test. Results: Group I produced more amount of lateral displacement than Group II. However, the amount of gingival displacement between Group I and Group II showed a statistically significant difference. Conclusion: Expasyl pastes retraction system showed more lateral displacement of gingiva compared to Magic Foam Cord system.

Published by: Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmed Magray, Dr. Arwah Bashir, Dr. Adil FayazResearch Area: Dentistry

Organisation: Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and KashmirKeywords: Tissue displacement, Retraction, Marginal finish lines, Custom tray, Impression, Esthetics

Research Paper

149. Sustainable participation of Artificial Intelligence in design process

The rise of AI has been in the core of several speculations about it taking over all the jobs from humans, however, Artificial intelligence is also recognized as one of the most disruptive technological advancement of the 21st century. This paper talks about the role of AI in the process of design, considering the role of human intelligence and artificial intelligence in an eco-system of the design process. Paper articulates conclusive note postulating sustainable roles of artificial intelligence in the design process. The paper should be helpful for professional designers, engineers, developers, visionaries, academicians and CXOs to understand and define the future scope of artificial intelligence in design. It should also be helpful to students and practitioners interested in the subject to understand, dream and imagine new aspects of human-machine interactions.

Published by: Abhijeet ShuklaResearch Area: Human Centered Design and Human Computer Interaction

Organisation: Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Artificial Intelligence, Design process, Sustainability, Human intelligence

Research Paper

150. Intelligent vehicle accident detection and ambulance rescue system

The accident is the major fatalities in the world. Where the victims die with lack of emergency personnel or remain unnoticed over the night. Road accident is a collision between any vehicles or it can be with any pedestrian, animal and any obstacle placed on or off the road. The mortality rate of the victim depends on the time taken to reach the accident location and to reach the hospital by ambulance. As time increases the mortality rate of the victim also increases. In this paper, we introduce system that automatically detects the accident occurrences and notifies the recorded ambulance through GSM and GPS module, and the time delay is minimized by introducing RF module at the traffic signals. Whenever an accident occurs the vibration sensor senses the accident occurrence automatically makes microcontroller to retrieve the location of the accident through GPS and GSM will notify the recorded ambulance driver with messaging which consist of longitude and latitude coordinates of the location. If the current ambulance which received the message is not available then the message is sent to the next ambulance number, so that immediate help can be provided. This system also controls the traffic signals in the path of an ambulance by providing RF communication between the ambulance and traffic section. The methods used in the paper are fully automated which finds the accident spot, controls the traffic lights, helps to reach the hospital as soon as possible.

Published by: Nayan Kumar R. N., Navya V. R., Ganashree N., Pranav K. U., Ajay N.Research Area: Wireless Networks

Organisation: S.J.C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Ambulance, GSM, GPS, Vibration sensor, Switch, RF module

Research Paper

151. Intelligent pothole detection via deep learning using Raspberry-Pi microcontroller

Bad road conditions are public trouble, causing passenger discomfort, damage to vehicles, and accidents. In India, 9300 deaths and over 25000 injured in 3 years due to potholes according to Ministry of road transport and Highways. Often we complain about bad roads, we have no proper way to detect or report them at scale. To address this issue, we have developed a system to detect potholes and assess road conditions on the go. Our solution is a raspberry pi that captures data on a car’s movement from gyroscope and accelerometer sensors in the Sense Hat sensor. To assess roads using this sensor data, we trained SVM model and Multi layer Perceptron Neural Network to classify road conditions with 97% accuracy. As the user drives, the models use the accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data to classify whether or not pothole is present. Then, the classification results are given to the public to drive by looking at the Potholes in map. Our system will empower civic officials to identify and repair damaged roads which inconvenience passengers and cause accidents

Published by: Pruthvi Gowda R., Ankith A. S., Hari Prabhanjan L., Kiran Acharya, Dr. K. N. Rama Mohan BabuResearch Area: IoT

Organisation: Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Neural networks, Machine Learning, Android, Raspberry Pi MicroController

Research Paper

152. Tackling aquaphobia using Virtual Reality

Aqua phobia is a disease caused due to many cases such as rabies, inheritance or previous false experiences with respect to water. In some cases, the cause of this disease is eradicated, but the disease itself is a phobia therefore, it remains in the mind. Such cases are taken to a psychologist or a psychiatrist, which causes individuals lot amount of charges. Therefore, a costeffective solution is needed for this critical issue. Virtual Reality creates an environment for any individual which is totally different form the current reality. This might prove to be a solution for the issue of Aqua phobia. Virtual Reality has the ability to render environments where an Aqua phobic individual can experience the fearsome situations visually. The proposed plan focuses on simulating different environments (levels) wherein fearsome environments of different intensity would be provided to the Aqua phobic people. While experiencing these environments visually, the individual would be in coordination with a pulse-rate sensor. This sensor, integrating with the application would provide a percentage on removal of Aqua phobia for that respective level. If the percentage amount crosses certain percentage, then the individual would be able to move on to the next level. This project aims on reducing effect of Aqua phobia, as the related diseases are removed but the phobias which are caused due to the diseases retain. In future, the project aims to tackle Claustrophobia and Arachnophobia as well.

Published by: Sanket Tembekar, Rohit Modak, S. P. PatilResearch Area: Information Technology

Organisation: NBN Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Aquaphobia, Virtual reality, Pulse-rate sensor, Simulations, Claustrophobia, Arachnophobia

Research Paper

153. Factors controlling scheduling of construction projects

The occurrence of a delay in the construction project is a common problem in civil engineering. There is an increase in the number of construction projects experiencing extensive delays leading to exceeding the initial time and cost budget. The delay is a situation where the actual progress of a construction project is slower than the planned schedule. This paper presents a major construction delay caused by rank order retrieved from past literature by analyzing several negative effects. Even though over the years, existing delay analysis techniques (DATs) for aiding this decision-making have been helpful but have not succeeded in curbing the high incidence of disputes associated with delay claims resolutions and a major source of the disputes lies with the limitations and capabilities of the techniques in their practical use. Developing a good knowledge of these aspects of the techniques is of paramount importance in understanding the real problematic issues involved and their improvement needs. So analyzing all the data’s over a decade this paper seeks to develop such knowledge and understanding. Thus this paper presents a major construction delay caused by rank order retrieved from past literature. It is followed by collecting a list of factors that cause the delay in a construction project. The collected factors are analyzed categorized into groups with ranking. A scheduling model of the apartment building is developed using MS-Project. To develop delay factors influencing in the model. As a result, the comparison between actual schedule progress and factors influencing the schedule are determined. From the study, the unforced delay is identified, so that that delay can be considered in the developing of any future construction scheduling work.

Published by: Haritha C., Dr. K. MuraliResearch Area: Construction Engineering And Management

Organisation: Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Delay, Construction projects, Factors causes delay

Case Study

154. Development of village as a smart village –A case study on Ponkurichi village

“The Future of India lies in its villages” Mahatma Gandhiji. A smart village knows about its citizen, available resources, applicable services, and schemes. It knows what it needs and when it needs. The concept of the smart village makes the villages self-sufficient in respect of their needs. This study was carried out with the main focus to develop the Ponkurichi village into a smart village. The household survey was carried out throughout the Ponkurichi village to understand the needs of the residents and to provide the basic amenities like educational facilities, health care center, rainwater harvesting, transportation facilities, agriculture, water facilities, waste disposal, recreation area, etc. result of the survey and other secondary data collection, the immediate needs and other infrastructural requirements required for the Ponkurichi village are identified. The future land use pattern of the Ponkurichi village is proposed with the recommendations of basic infrastructural facilities to the Ponkurichi village to develop it into a smart village.

Published by: R. Karthick Vignesh, R. Shanmuga PriyanResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Smart village, Sagy, Development

Review Paper

155. Automatic wall painting robot

The painting chemicals are found very much harmful to human painters which were causes the problem to eyes and respiratory system of a human being. Also, the nature of the painting process that requires habitual work and hand rising makes it boring, time and effort consuming. To overcome these problems the proposed system has developed. The belt drive mechanism based systems used to drive the roller up, down, left and right for painting on the wall. And the sensor is using to detect the presence of wall

Published by: Aishwarya Padalkar, Srushti Dalvi, Sayali Dhaygude, Vrushali Patil, Ashwini BarbadekarResearch Area: Electronics Engineering

Organisation: Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: ATMEGA328, IR sensor, DC motors, Belt-Drive

Thesis

156. Experimental investigation on flexural behaviour of various steel fibre reinforced concrete beam

The performance of concrete made with commercially available steel fibres has been investigated. In this study examines the flexural strength of concrete with two different types of steel fibre, short crimped of length 15 mm, another of long hooked ends of length 30 mm and were used in the present study. The overall volume fractions of steel fibres were restricted to 1 percent by the volume of concrete. M25 grade of concrete was used to cast the specimens. Reinforced concrete beams of 1.5 m length and 100 x 150 mm in cross-section were cast with different percentages of micro and macro steel fibres and the specimens were tested under single point loading after 28 days of curing. The results are to be compared between conventional concrete to fibre reinforced concrete.

Published by: Sindhuja P.Research Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Flexural behaviour of steel fibre reinforced concrete beam

Thesis

157. Flexural retrofitting of geopolymer RC beam with ferrocement laminates

The present paper deals with the experimental investigation carried out to study the effect of Ferrocement laminates on the strengthening of Geopolymer reinforced concrete rectangular beams. Various rehabilitation techniques have been proposed yet but among these techniques, external strengthening provides a practical and cost-effective solution when compared to other repair methods. Reinforced concrete components are formed to exhibit distress and get deteoriated due to various factors and hence need strengthening. Ferro cement is most commonly used as retrofitting material due to their easy availability durability and their property of being cast to any shape without needing significant formwork. In this investigation, we examined the performance of R.C. beam strengthened by Ferro cement, 15 beams of the rectangular cross-section were cast using m20 grade concrete and were tested for collapse load. Further beams were stressed up to 70%, 80% &90% respectively. The investigation shows that up to 80% of the pre-damaged beams can be strengthened using Ferro cement. The need for the construction industry to look for a reliable and cheaper strengthening component for reinforced concrete structure has led to the usage of Ferrocement which proves to be a promising solution. In this paper, reinforced concrete beams strengthened with Ferrocement laminates attached to the soffit of the beams and control beam are observed through experimental study. Experimental results show that the strengthened beams and control beam are observed through experimental study. Experimental results show that the strengthened beams have increased ultimate moment capacity and also, it shows better serviceability performances in terms crack control and deflection.

Published by: Rachel J.Research Area: Civl Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Geopolymer, Ferrocemnet laminates, RC Beam

Dissertations

158. Bio-metric authentication using non-expanded inverted share image visual cryptography

A biometric authentication system operates by acquiring raw biometric data from a subject e.g., fingerprint and iris images. This original raw data is stored in the central database. Preserving the privacy of this digital biometric data has become very important. Visual cryptography can be applied to securing this information. The proposed work preserves the privacy fingerprint and iris-based authentication using Inverted Share image Visual Cryptography (ISVC). In ISVC, we invert one share image and stack it with another shared image to obtain the extra confidential data that can be used for authentication. In traditional visual cryptography, the size of the recovered image is expanded because of pixel expansion during encryption. This also leads to recovered image distortion. Therefore, the proposed scheme combines a non-expanded scheme with the extra ability to hide biometric data, such as fingerprint and iris image, in some cover image to maintain privacy. This will also solve the pixel expansion as seen in traditional visual cryptography

Published by: Ashwini N. Ingle, Dr. G. R. BamnoteResearch Area: Security using finger print and iris

Organisation: Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology and Research, Amravati, MaharashtraKeywords: Visual cryptography, Biometric data, Non-Expanded scheme of VC, Extended VC Scheme

Research Paper

159. Active harmonic filtering using current-controlled, grid-connected DG units with closed-loop power control

Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind are becoming more popular to generate power. These renewable energy based power generation systems generate DC power output. An inverter is needed to convert DC power from renewable energy sources into AC power. These renewable energy sources are connected to the grid through interfacing converters which supply active and reactive powers to the main grid. Inverters are either be connected in standalone or in grid connected mode. In the case of grid-connected mode, the output voltage and frequency of inverter should be same as grid voltage and frequency. If loads connected to the grid are non-linear in nature, then it can introduce power quality problems such as harmonic distortions in grid voltage.

Published by: Pratiksha B. Patil, Dr. A. M. MullaResearch Area: Electrical

Organisation: Shree Datta Polytechnic College, Shirol, MaharashtraKeywords: Harmonic, Current-controlled, Grid-connected, DG units, Closed-loop power control

Review Paper

160. Over view on stock predictor using machine learning and deep learning

The trust which has grown in the power of deep learning models has made the finance industry very eager and with dynamical attitude to apply them in practice as it has been for the past few years. There are a variety of methods and techniques used which have remained very separate from each other in their approach. During the course of this survey, we intend to study the various techniques currently being used to predict or analyze the market and attempt to make a hybrid model so that a wider domain is covered in order to make better predictions.

Published by: Prashanth G., Siddharth Raval, Siddharth K S, Pranay Raj, Sunanda DixitResearch Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Neural Networks, Machine learning, Deep learning, Stock market prediction, Long short term memory cells

Research Paper

161. Effect of waste polythene use in different modifier bitumen in flexible pavement

The use of waste polythene is increasing week by week. The waste polythene pollutes the environment, especially where there is no garbage collection and disposal system. A large amount of plastic collected from the tourist trekking regions and housing area are discarded or burned which releases harmful gases into the environment. The waste polythene collected from domestic and industrial sectors can be used in the production of plastics coated aggregate. Waste polythene, mainly used for packing and carrying any food. It’s made up of Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and polystyrene. Their softening point varies between 110 degree Celsius to 140 degree Celsius and if the wastes polythene is heated within this temperature range then they do not produce any toxic gases but the softened waste polythene have tendency to form a film like structure over the aggregate, when it is sprayed over the hot aggregate at 160 degree Celsius to 170 degree Celsius. The Plastics Coated Aggregates (PCA) is a better raw material for the construction of flexible pavement. PCA was mixed with hot bitumen of different types and the mixes were used for road construction.

Published by: Mayank Mohan Mishra, D. S. RayResearch Area: Transportation Engineering

Organisation: Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Waste plastics, Plastic coated aggregate, Bitumen, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Polystyrene

Thesis

162. An experimental investigation on high strength concrete using steel fibre

The Steel fibers to plain concrete is intended both to improve the material's ductility and that of structure in which Concrete is the most widely used structural material in the world with an annual production of over seven billion tons. For a variety of reasons, much of this concrete is crack. The reason for concrete to suffer cracking may be attributed to structural, environmental or economic factors, but most of the cracks are formed due to the inherent weakness of the material to resist tensile forces. It is now well established that steel fibre offers a solution to the problem of cracking by making concrete tougher and more ductile. It has also been proved by extensive research and field trials carried out over the past three decades, that steel fibres to conventional plain concrete members at the time of mixing/production imparts improvements to several properties of concrete, particularly those related to strength, performance, and durability. The concrete so produced is brittle in character and steel fibers can lengthen the time elapsed before cracking. Higher strength is one of the features of which provides significant structural advantages. This Thesis presents the experimental investigations carried out to study the effect of steel fibers varying in weight fractions of 0%,0.75% on high strength concrete using the mix design of M60 concrete.

Published by: Abinaya N.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Steel fibre, High strength concrete

Research Paper

163. Classification of satellite images using cellular automata

Satellite image classification is a substantial technique that is utilized in faraway sensing for the automatic evaluation and sample attention of the satellite tv for pc information, which provides the mechanical interpretation of a massive amount of data. Image classification introduces to label the photographs into the number of predefined categories. The Satellite Image classification consists of photograph sensors, photograph pre-processing, object detection, object segmentation, attribute extraction, and facts analysis. Many classification strategies have been derived for photograph classification. This paper will cover the study concerning the fundamentals of a number of classification methods used in the satellite tv for pc picture classification have been described. In this paper, a tabular assessment of the beforehand proposed methods has been presented for the better perception of these techniques.

Published by: NandhiniResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Satellite image classification, Support Vector Machine, K-mean algorithm, Fuzzy classification, Supervised classification, Unsupervised classification.

Thesis

164. Experimental analysis on strengthening of RC member before and after rehabilitation

In today’s world affordable and mass housing plays a vital role in human development. Due to population growth, economic conditions development in building construction, a deficit in raw material leads to an increase in raw material cost. Concrete structural material that in modern times is made by post-tensioned and prestressed concrete is introduced in modern technology nowadays, In the modern world, we have constructed the R.C.C Framed structures only, for that structure can retain as Strengthening technique used as rehabilitation for the traditional building as it is as per actual strength before and after. This project we carried out for the experimental study on the strengthening of RC member before and after rehabilitation, for what extend level it can by capable to stability on maximum load and crack pattern developing in these sectional properties of structures we have to investigate and carried out the critical load and find analytically and experimentally. In this study, we can analysis of structure theoretical and practically proved by experimental study. The objective of this study is to produce concrete column and beams casting as per the high-performance concrete grade M25 to M40 as per the bonding strength by using raping material with construction chemicals. For this, cast by mold and also done Laboratory tests are conducted to study the behavior of column and beam subjected to critical loading. The load test results showed that the load carrying capacity for this crack paternity stability to carry the critical load for beam and column, we proved as theoretical and practically by using experimental study on strengthening of beam and column.

Published by: Wazeer MohammedResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: RCC framed, RRC member, Crack paternity, Rehabilitation

Research Paper

165. Vishal atomic model

This atomic model reveals the new structure of quantum shape of an atom

Published by: Vishal ShivaResearch Area: Physics

Organisation: Independent ResearcherKeywords: Vishal atomic model, modern atomic model

Survey Report

166. An analytical approach on user’s situational behavioral pattern in Multimedia Social Networks (MSN)

In today’s world, it is verifiable that social media plays an essential job in affecting our way of life, our economy and our general perspective of the world. Social media is a new forum that conveys individuals to exchange idea, connect with, relate to, and mobilize for a cause, seek advice, and offer guidance. Most research on social network mining centers around finding the knowledge behind the information for enhancing people life. While multimedia social networks (MSNs) apparently grow their users' ability in expanding social contacts, they may really diminish the face-to-face interpersonal connections in reality. In this way, the association between users and MSN are becoming more progressively complete and convoluted. This proposed system principally expanded and enhanced the circumstance investigation system for the particular social area and further proposed a novel algorithm for users intention serialization analysis dependent on exemplary Generalized Sequential Pattern (GSP). We utilized the enormous volume of user behavior records to investigate the continuous sequence mode that is important to predict user intention. The experiments chose two general sorts of goals: playing and sharing of interactive media, which are the most widely recognized in MSN, based on the intention serialization algorithm under various least threshold limit (Min Support).

Published by: Samrudhi Kaware, Dr. Vinod WadneResearch Area: Engineering

Organisation: Imperial College of Engineering, Wagholi, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Multimedia Social Networks (MSN), Social system, Mental Disorder Detection (SNMDD), Generalized Sequential Pattern (GSP), User’s behavior pattern, Intention detection

Research Paper

167. Blockchain for cloud backup system

Blockchain Technology is an emerging technology in the software world. In order to understand the applications of the blockchain, it is necessary to understand how blockchain works. Blockchain was first introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, which serve a Peer-to-Peer ledger for registering cryptocurrency bitcoin transactions. The blockchain is a list of records stored in the form of a chain. A blockchain is a decentralized distributed ledger which means a number of records are stored in a block and the block is added to the chain. Each block consists of a number of transactions for each transaction there will be a unique hash value, all hash values of the number of the transaction are combined and made a single hash value of the block and this follows Merkle root hash method. The invention of blockchain in cryptocurrency bitcoin solved the issue of double spending. The invention of blockchain in data backup can decrease the security complexity and duplication of the data. Rather than storing the data in one single hub that is the centralized system we can store the data in the blockchain which is a decentralized distributed ledger. In this decentralized system, the file is divided into a number of chunks stored into the blockchain which makes it difficult for data hacking and data tampering. In a centralized system if a server goes down then data is lost forever and in centralized system records can easily be altered because it does not have a backup to verify the records but in the blockchain, every peer in the network has the copy of the records and it is difficult to tamper the records. The files can be divided by a technology called Reed-Soloman erasure coding, generally used in CDs and DVDs. Reed-Soloman erasure coding allows dividing files in a redundant manner, where any 1 of 3 segments can fully recover a user's file.

Published by: Karthik C., Chandan M. N., Abhinandan, Mohammad Rayan BaigResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: School of Engineering and Technology, Jain University, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Blockchain, Decentralized, Cloud storage

Research Paper

168. Stabilization of soil using sisal, polypropylene and hybrid fibers

Geotechnical engineers face various problems while designing foundation because of clayey soil due to poor bearing capacity and excessive settlement. So, we rectify that with various engineering works but in this project we choose fibers for improving soil parameters, this method is cost effective and eco-friendly one. The clay sample was collected from Devakottai, Tamil Nadu, India. Sisal, polypropylene, and hybrid of these two fibers were used for soil stabilization. The sisal fiber was mixed 0 .1%, 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.4% by weight of the soil samples. Similarly, polypropylene fiber was mixed 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% by weight of the soil samples and hybrid fiber mixed soil samples randomly distributed. The effect of fiber addition on soil stabilization was evaluated by conducting tests such as Atterberg’s limits, Standard Proctor compaction test, Unconfined Compressive strength test, Specific gravity test, and California bearing ratio test

Published by: S. M. Kavitha, B. Shaik Mohamed, C. Muniyappan, R. Elavarasan, V. Sathish KumarResearch Area: Soil Mechanics

Organisation: Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, Tamil NaduKeywords: Soil stabilization, Sisal fiber, Polypropylene fiber, Hybrid fibers, Shear strength, Unconfined compressive strength, Bearing capacity

Research Paper

169. Project on assessment of effects of the pharmacological agents in the modulation of regenerative abilities in Eisenia Fetida

Regeneration is repair and regrowth of the lost tissues or organs in response to injury. To unravel the process of regeneration, it is really important to understand the repair mechanism and proteins involved in the process of tissue repair as well as regrowth, factors affecting them and the regulation of those factors. The present study was conducted to firstly observe the modulation of those proteins using different pharmacological agents to check on the regenerative ability of Eisenia fetida by targeting oct ¾, Nanog and lin28. These genes and their regulatory product proteins respectively were found to be modulated using pharmacological agents like isotroin and Metformin. The other proteins which were involved in the regeneration process were expected to get illuminated in protein profiling on using these agents. By using Metformin and Isotroin which were involved in the regulation of proteins like oct-4 and lin-28 which were themselves involved in regeneration, we could detect the upregulation rather the complete production of other proteins like lumbrokinase, gag, CRT which were concluded to be responsible for the regeneration in Eisenia fetida.

Published by: Shivangi Modi, Kritika MukherjeeResearch Area: Biotechnology

Organisation: Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Regeneration, Eisenia Fetida, lesion, Nanog, Lin 28, Isotroin, Metformin, Regulation of proteins, Lumbrokinase, Gag, CRT

Research Paper

170. Hospital food service key performance indicators

The quality assessment program is an ongoing, planned and systematic process to observe and assess the quality and appropriateness of patient care. Key performance indicators are a quality assessment tool to measure the overall quality of care delivered to the patients. KPI’s supports and influences food service objectives. This article briefs on the Hospital food service key performance indicators.

Published by: S. Ramesh, B. Manimegalai, Annie ValsanResearch Area: Management

Organisation: Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil NaduKeywords: KPI, Healthcare food service, Quality Assessment, KPI Dashboard

Thesis

171. Employees perception towards safety and welfare measures in spinning mills at Rajapalayam region

The Indian textile’s industry takes to be present one of the supports of the Indian budget. Rajapalayam is the hubs of textile productions and is actuality led by the disorganized trivial and standard industry. Therefore, safety and welfare measures are the main concern for the employees in any spinning mills because the employee’s welfare and safety on and off the job within the spinning mills is the vital concern of the employer. It contains several accommodations, amenities, and services provided to employees for enlightening their well-being, efficacy, economic furtherance and societal prestige. Consequently, the present study procedures descriptive and explanatory approach, the data collected done questionnaire among 288 employees working in six spinning mills in Rajapalayam region, Tamil Nadu. To establish the employee perception towards welfare measures and safety selected spinning mills to recover the employee welfare and safety measures should be improved.

Published by: Vijaya Ramya V., Dr. GeethaResearch Area: Spinning Mills

Organisation: Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, Tamil NaduKeywords: Employee welfare, Employee satisfaction, Quality of life and productivity

Research Paper

172. Credit rate in Islam

The topic is about credit rate in Islamic banking The credit rate is actually meaning that the purchasing of a good or commodity at a specific rate and then they are going to sell the specified commodity at different price to the customer mean charging some interest on the customer, the interest which is charge from the banker to the customer is strictly prohibited in Islam. The objective of the study is going to find out the perception of people toward credit rate, to find out if the credit rate is strictly prohibited in Islam, to find out the influence of socia-economic and demographic factors on the perception toward the credit, these are the objectives which are circulated in the topic. The research methodology is on The base of data which is collected the primary data through questionnaire from the different countries respondents The sampling area is the international students of Chandigarh university how are studying in different field of education departments of the university. The overall research is going to indicate that credit rate is going to affect to demographic and social culture of the people and the country who are doing the credit rate for the purpose of the profit but actually they are doing the loss because Allah said in Quran (the one how is doing credit rate they think that they are doing profit but actually they are not doing profit they are doing loss an d the hell is waiting for them).

Published by: Popal StanikzaiResearch Area: Credit Rate

Organisation: Chandigarh University, Mohali, PunjabKeywords: Credit rate, Profit, Bank rate

Thesis

173. Investigation on permeability characteristics of pervious concrete

Abstract: Concrete is widely used structural material consisting essentially of a binder and a mineral filler. Concrete has been the leading material since it was used and is bound to maintain its significant role in the upcoming future due to its durability, adaptability to any shape and size and many other applications. It is a composite material produced by mixing cement, inert matrix of sand and gravel or crushed stone. Pervious concrete is a type of concrete that has a low water-cement ratio and contains none or very little amount of sand. In the present paper the behavior of pervious concrete has been studied experimentally to reduce urban heat island effect and sustainable solution. Various specimens were prepared with Cement/Aggregate (C/A) ratio of 1:3 and 1:5 by adding super plasticizers (0.2% & 0.3%) and varying size of aggregates. The water-cement ratio was kept constant 0.30. Different properties of pervious concrete e.g. compressive strength, split tensile strength, rebound hammer test at 28 days and Infiltration rate test for C/A ratio of 1:3 and 1:5 have been studied experimentally. Experimental results showed that strength of pervious concrete decreased with the increase in C/A ratio and also the permeability is decreasing with the increase in strength i.e., with the decrease in C/A ratio.

Published by: Gunda SharanyaResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: CVR College of Engineering, Pocharam, TelanganaKeywords: Permeable concrete, Cement/Aggregate ratio, Super plasticizer, NDT test, Infiltration Rate test

Review Paper

174. Data governance in smart factory: Effective metadata management

Most of the enterprises recognized the importance of Data governance and started data governance programs either at the Enterprise at the individual Business units level. Data governance councils at various levels in an enterprise define and enforce data quality and security, using policies, standards, and Procedures. The success of Data governance program is heavily relying on people or team who is governing the data governance council. However, Data governance is best implemented by leveraging people, process, and Technology. In the past, subject matter experts of individual data domains maintained the metadata, which is a critical component of data governance. Efficient and automated metadata management, which can be established today by leveraging technology and process not just SMEs, has the potential to mitigate the risk of people dependency. Smart factories, which are heavily automated, generates data at a scale and speed which were never seen before by manufacturing industry, and face the crisis to maintain the data quality, and to make the data available for analytics for any further use. Data generated by smart factories are diverse and are mostly stored in distributed systems, which further increases the complexity of data governance through metadata management. Efficient metadata management, mostly automated, can help smart factories to achieve Data governance goals, and help to provide data as a service. This paper discusses the shortcomings of Hybrid data governance model – acknowledged as the better model for data governance by industry – and proposes a system architecture which has all the benefits of the hybrid model in addition to improvements that are necessary for a smart factory.

Published by: Mahendraprabu Sundarraj, Rajkamal Mahamuni NatarajanResearch Area: Smart Factory

Organisation: Sun Power Corporation, United StatesKeywords: Smart Factory, Data Governance, Metadata management

Research Paper

175. Design and development of planetary gearbox for variable performance

In the commercial cars, the generally conventional gearbox is used, but in an all-terrain vehicle and military combat vehicle automatic transmission is used, where continuous variable transmission (CVT) is coupled with the epicyclic gearbox or generally recognized by the planetary gearbox. In this type of gearbox, we are establishing a gear train with high torque in a compact and light package. Here we are designing single stage planetary gearbox with co-axial alignment. Epicyclic gearing arrangements are comprised of four different elements that produce a wide range of speed ratios in a compact layout. These elements are: (1) Sun gear, an externally toothed ring gear co-axial with the gear train; (2) Annulus, an internally toothed ring gear co-axial with the gear train; (3) Planets, externally toothed gears which mesh with the sun and annulus; and (4) Planet Carrier, a support structure for the planets, co-axial with the train. The name "epicyclic" is derived from the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle as it rolls on the circumference of a second fixed circle.

Published by: Saurabh Bhalerao, Harish Pawar, Vivek Jadhav, Krishna Mahajan, S. K. VeerResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: P.E.S. Modern College of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Planetary gearbox, Planetary gear trains, Planet gears, Epicycloid curve

Research Paper

176. Analysis of multistoried building using E-Tabs

The main objective of this project is to protect the building by designing it as earthquake resistance structure. “Base Isolation’’ is one of the most widely accepted seismic protection system used in building a structure in an earthquake-prone area. There are many types of base isolation systems but Lead rubber Bearing (LRB) is used as base isolation system in this project, LRB is most widely used as isolation system for a building. So, in this paper, we analyzed the structure with base isolation by using E-Tab software & by adopting a Time History Analysis Method. Base Isolation system for the building is introduced to decouple the building structure from potentially damaging effect by earthquake motion and to make a comparison between the isolated base & fixed base building.

Published by: Pallavi S. Raut, Harsha S. Pande, Raj R. ShirkeResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ambi, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Base isolation, E-Tab software, Time history analysis, Isolator, LRB (Lead Rubber bearing), Acceleration and displacement

Research Paper

177. Home automation and security systems using IoT and open source platforms

This paper discusses the design and implementation details of home automation, monitoring, and security system using the Internet of Things (IoT) and some open source technologies. The IoT is the network of physical objects or “Things” embedded with electronics, software, sensors and network connectivity which enable these objects to collect and exchange data. The user here can interact directly with the system through a web-based interface over the Internet, while monitoring and control of domestic home appliances such as lights are remotely controlled through a user-friendly web page. Monitoring is carried out by sending the sensor data to an open source platform called Thinger which shows the status of the device and also the location of the device with values of the sensor.

Published by: Somraj Chowdhury, Rajkumar Jain, Thimmaiah M. B., Prajwal R., Rakesh K. R.Research Area: Computer Science and Electronics

Organisation: Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: Automation, Sensor, Monitoring, Things, Security

Technical Notes

178. Risk assessment and safe handling practices while using Asbestos in industries

Asbestos is the name given to a group of mineral fibers that was widely used as a building material prior to 1990s in a variety of products due to excellent strength, insulation, and fire resistant properties. The chrysotile fiber is also known as “White Asbestos” is used in the manufacturing of asbestos cement roof sheets and asbestos fiber cement sheets by implementing the “INDIAN STANDARDS” ( IS 11451, IS 11767, IS 11768, IS 12078, IS 12079, IS 12080). The principal concerns are the development of Asbestosis, Lung cancer, Pleural thickening, and mesothelioma. These concerns can be controlled and prevented at a minimum level.

Published by: M. Noorul Ameen, M. Prabu, P. Senthilkumar, S. Magibalan, Dr. R. BoopathiResearch Area: Industrial Safety Engineering

Organisation: K. S. R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil NaduKeywords: Asbestos, Chrysotile, White Asbestos, Lung cancer, Pleural thickening, Mesothelioma

Research Paper

179. Real time anti-theft vehicle tracking system using GSM and GPS

There is a drastic increase in the number of crimes involving vehicle theft. This can be avoided by using Real-time anti-theft and tracking mechanism using GSM and GPS. In the current scenario, it takes a minimum of two days to find the lost or the stolen vehicle. Vehicle tracking mechanism alerts the owner or the user of the vehicle with the message at the time of theft occurred. Moreover, this mechanism helps to find the location of the theft vehicle by using GSM and GPS at any time and also stores the message by the application in the mobile. Vehicle tracking mechanism helps to prevent and reduce the theft of vehicles. Further, these types of devices are less expensive and also affordable for all vehicle owners. The ability to track vehicles is useful in many applications including the security of personal vehicles, public transportation systems, School buses, and others. Therefore, the development of vehicle tracking system using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) modem is with the aim of enabling users to locate their vehicles with ease and in a useful manner. The system will provide users with the capability to track vehicle remotely through the mobile network.

Published by: Nikhil R. A., Sai Siddharth M., Ravi C., Prajwal K., Prathibha P.Research Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Vehicle tracking, RFID, Ignition control, Gyroscope, GSM and GPS

Research Paper

180. CFD analysis of diffuser augmented wind turbine

Flanged Diffuser is a collecting-accelerating device that shrouds a turbine. Forgiven rotary engine diameter, the power augmentation may be achieved by a brimmed diffuser, popularly known as wind lens. the current numerical investigation deals with the result of the low region created by wind lens to analyze the sturdy vortices shaped by brim connected to the shrouded diffuser at the exit. additionally, during this analysis, a comparative numerical prediction of mass flow rates the turbine has been allotted with numerous sorts of wind lens that successively helps to optimize the torque augmentation. it's been well-tried that there's an important increase within the vortex strength & wake formation once the brimfull effect is added to a diffuser.

Published by: Sagar Gade, P. V. Deshmukh, S. S. Patil, S. S. Khasbage, R. R. DeshmukhResearch Area: Mechanical

Organisation: AISSMS College of Engineering Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: DAWT, Windlens, Brim, Diffuser

Research Paper

181. RP-96: Formulation of solutions of a special standard cubic congruence of composite modulus– An integer multiple of power of prime integer

In this paper, a standard cubic congruence of composite modulus - an integer multiple of a power of prime integer, is considered for study and formulation. The author established the formulation of the solutions of the said congruence successfully. It is a bold attempt by the author for the formulation of the congruence. The congruence is not formulated by earlier mathematicians. The established formula is tested and found true. Formulation of the congruence is the merit of the paper.

Published by: B. M. RoyResearch Area: Mathematics

Organisation: Jagat Arts, Commerce and Indiraben Hariharbhai Patel Science College, Goregaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Binomial cubic expansion, Cubic congruence, Formulation, Prime-power- modulus

Others

182. Voice Controlled Personal Assistant

The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the implementation of a Voice Command System as an Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) which can perform enormous tasks or services for an individual. These tasks and services are usually based on the user input, location awareness, and the ability to get the information from different online sources (like weather or traffic conditions, news, stock prices, user schedules, retail prices, asking time, traffic, travel assistant, events, notification from social applications and one can ask questions to the model, invoke its machine learning otherwise get it from Wikipedia… etc.). The motive of the work is to evolve an economically effective and efficient virtual personal assistant using Raspberry Pi based on the concepts of the Internet of Things, Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing, and Artificial Intelligence Raspberry Pi is the important hardware to implement this model which works on the primary input of the user’s voice. Voice is used as an input to convert into text using a speech to text engine. The text thus produced was used for query processing and getting relevant information. After fetching the information, it is then converted to speech using the text to speech conversion and the relevant output to the user is given. Along with it, some extra modules were also implemented which worked on the concept of keyword matching. It can also help the visually impaired to connect with the outside world by giving them access to Wikipedia, Calculator, etc., everything with their voice. This model can also help people secure as it can be used as a surveillance system which captures the image of the person standing at the door and does the similarity checking. It is also used as a source of entertainment and information for visually impaired. This model will interact with other systems by means of IOT, thus provides a fully automated system.

Published by: Chaitra K., Bhimashankar M. D., Chandana D., Dr. H. UmadeviResearch Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Raspberry Pi, Speech to text, Text to speech, Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition

Research Paper

183. Agile approaches in construction project management

The Agile project management approach evolved from the software industry. This process to be vivid and continuously updated. Agile project management provides the project manager with methods, tools, and approaches to aid both the project manager and project client to engage in a more efficient manner. The purpose of this study is to investigate the different stages like, can Agile be implemented in the design phase in the construction industry? What adaptation is required? And how could benefit from utilizing Agile approaches from the traditional way, as well as interviewing with experienced senior, project manager for the identification of possible Agile approaches to reduce risk in construction project management.

Published by: Vigneshwaran P., Gurumoorthy C.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Agile, Agile methodology, Scrum, Project management, Construction management

Review Paper

184. Human motion detection and notification system

Video surveillance has become an important tool for organizations for maintaining its security and safety applications. This science has been evolving ever since. These systems are very important and find its applications finance, banks, and home. Traditional video surveillance will typically succeed close distance observance. Digital surveillance systems are replacing analog cameras which use coaxial cable for cost and performance reasons. The motion detector can capture any object moving in its surrounding area and continuously monitor the area for any changes. Security is a primary concern, and CCTV or security guards can be expensive. In this age of technology, we can use much cheaper alternatives for security monitoring. Automated Video Surveillance System has been developed to detect the motion in a live video stream environment. The System proposed is a software module that can be used in with any kind of camera or computer system. With this, any unlawful intrusion can be detected and notified. Motion Detection continuously scans a particular area for any presence of motion. It makes use of advance image processing and video processing for this purpose. The system acquires the video footage and does a real-time frame by frame analysis. Every frame is processed to find the details about the surrounding. This detail is then used to add details to the video footage through video processing.

Published by: Ronak Mehta, Saket Marodia, Pratik, Dr. GowrishankarResearch Area: Image Processing

Organisation: BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Video surveillance, Automated video surveillance system, Motion detection, Advanced image processing

Research Paper

185. Optimization of machining process of EN-36C using electric discharge machining process

EDM or electric discharge machining is achieved when a discharge take place between two points of the anode and cathode, the intense heat is generated near the zone melts and evaporates the materials in the sparking zone. For improving the effectiveness of the process, the workpiece and the tool are submerged in a dielectric fluid (hydrocarbon or mineral oils). The proposed research is workout on machining of EN36C STEEL and there parameters such as tool dia, peak current, pulse on time, and pulse off time. It is observed that consider parameter namely tool diameter and pulse off time have significant effect on performance parameters and it was also justified by ANOVA analysis. For the validation of result confirmation test has been carried out and the associated error in the context of SR is only 1.14%, MRR 5.85%.

Published by: Anugrah Srivastava, Jitendra Mohan KhareResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: SR Group of Institutions, Jhansi, Uttar PradeshKeywords: ANOVA, EDM, EN36C STEEL, MRR

Research Paper

186. Feasibility study using post tensioning in large span frames

The paper deals with the structural analysis and designing of an auditorium. In order to support column free large span structure, the auditorium is designed with post-tensioned beams. Equivalent static analysis of RC structure was done using ETABS. The post-tensioned structure was analyzed and designed using SAP2000. The paper does a comparison between RC structure and post-tensioned structure

Published by: Divya Ouseph, Prabha C., Ijas Ahammed T. A., Arunthathy A. R., Sreelekshmi M.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, KeralaKeywords: RCC framed structures, Post-tensioning, ETABS, SAP2000

Research Paper

187. Urban spaces and health inequity

In the recent urban era, health inequity is a major challenge faced by planners and policy makers. With the increasing trend of people moving to urban zones and areas in the search of better stature of life and job opportunities, increased pressure and load on the already fragile urban infrastructure is visible resulting in social, cultural and economic inequities. Whereas health inequities are a major consequence of socio-cultural and economic inequalities in our society resulting in poor health services and amenities to the economically week, racial, ethnic and religious minorities and migrants. This paper mainly focuses on the inclusion of the planned urban spaces with the heath inequity problems such that the socially excluded and weaker section of the society thrive harmoniously. We suggest that an integrated approach in defining and developing urban spaces and areas with proper actions to deal with health inequity can magnify other steps and policies to deal with the health inequity present in our society and which is the need of the 21st century. We close with the suggestions to improve research and development in the field of environmental conditions, changing patterns in the urban environment and health inequity in the modern-day society to cope up with the problem of security that must be available to all. These practices may include urban slum upgradation and rejuvenation, participatory and integrated public approach, epidemic control and urban ecosystem services of health. We conclude that if the national and international communities and agencies are serious about the SDGs, stronger efforts and actions should be taken to improve the urban spaces, living conditions, socio-economic conditions which can promote health equity to all.

Published by: Rachit Pamnani, Thoudam Sudha, Dr. Alok Sharma, Apurva TomarResearch Area: Urban Planning

Organisation: Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Urbanization, Equity, Health, Vulnerability, Urban poor

Research Paper

188. Analysis of intersection Dharmaraj Chowk

Study of intersection is very important to control traffic flow, factors contributing to traffic accidents are numerous and they interact complexly. The occurrence of traffic conflict is determined. This study proposes methods of investigation and analyzing data. Detailed accident analysis shows that intersection scenarios are a serious focal point for accidents in urban areas. Therefore such an analysis is necessary to be done. There exist a lot of different intersection types with different levels of complexity. Therefore, the relevant scenarios were chosen out of the accident analysis to focus only on the most dangerous scenarios. Pedestrian road crossings have become a major issue in road traffic flow, especially in urban areas where there is no control for pedestrian road crossings. Pedestrian road crossing behavior is a serious threat to pedestrians at uncontrolled midblock crossing locations in the mixed traffic conditions. Due to an increase in motor vehicle growth, there is an increase in the regulation of motor vehicles only and the regulation of pedestrian is completely neglected. This increases the uncontrolled road crossing behavior of the pedestrian. The main motivation of this study is to investigate the errors in the design of intersection so as per our interest we choose ‘Dharmaraj chowk’ Akurdi. A number of accidents are increasing day by day, during the decade 2001 to 2011, the number of road accidents in the country is increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 2.1 percent. Similarly, the number of road accident fatalities and the number of persons injured in road accidents in the country between 2001and 2011 increased by 5.8 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. As a result of concerted and coordinated road safety efforts, there has been a decline of the order 3.1 percent and 0.4 percent in the number of persons injured and the number of road accidents, respectively, in 2011, compared to 2010. However, the number of fatalities increased by 5.9 per cent in 2011.

Published by: Malik Parvez, Susmit Pedapalliwar, Rohan Solunke, Sourabh ShigavanResearch Area: Traffic Engineering

Organisation: Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Pedestrian survey, Traffic survey, Traffic problems, Footpath

Thesis

189. Design and fabrication of a radio-controlled mini rover with audio-visual sensors, suspension and four-wheel steering

The use of an electronic vehicle in perilous areas, even in the absence of human intervention in providing the view of the location is a requirement. We, therefore, intend to provide a solution by fabricating a mini-rover that has the capability of monitoring the ambiance of a place providing the First-Person View. The rover is radio controlled with a range of 200m and at the same time, it sends the audio and video received by the rover. The rover is equipped with microcontrollers, camera, Li-Po battery, microphone, Servo motor and DC motors which enables it to travel up to 25kmph. The camera uploads data using IP address or Internet while the controller transmits at 2.4 GHz Radiofrequency. Moreover, having a center of gravity close to the bottom makes the vehicle attain greater stability. Alongside it has four wheels steering with a range of 60° which enables precise maneuvering. Radio controlled (or R/C) cars are battery/gas powered model cars/trucks that can be controlled from a distance using a specialized transmitter or remote. The project involves design, fabrication and physical demonstration of the above said mini rover.

Published by: Pusapati Suryanarayana Raju, Dr. Subash Gokanakonda, Mallipudi Sarad Kumar, Kankatala Sai KumarResearch Area: Automotive Engineering

Organisation: Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Using Mobile Phone, 5 Volts, Made from scratch, Suspention, All wheel drive, Four wheel steering, Dependent suspention, Fly-Sky CT6B, Tower Pro SG90 6g Servo Motor, OTG

Research Paper

190. Heavy duty vehicle assistor application- iOS vs Android

There are 3 billion plus active mobile social users. This is a market one can’t ignore. If you still don’t have a mobile app for your business, then you are not in the competition and it is high time to get one. When comparing iOS development and Android development processes, one can’t rely on personal preferences and need to think about the business and parameters that matter the most.

Published by: Rohan ChopraResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology and Management, New Delhi, DelhiKeywords: Android, iPhone, Apps, Development, Software, Coding, Smartphones

Research Paper

191. Answer script evaluator

Every college, university, school conduct exams and most important part of exams are the results. In order to get these results, the exam papers have to be evaluated one by one manually. This process of evaluating the exam papers is time consuming and requires more manpower. To overcome this solution, we have come up with a thought that removes the manual evaluation process. Our project focuses on developing a system that evaluates an answer script against a pre-uploaded marking scheme. Initially, a model is trained with a huge corpus (text data) and this model is used for further comparison of answer sheets with marking scheme. For evaluation, the marking scheme is processed and created a bag of words. In the same way, even answer sheets are processed and created a bag of words. Now these 2 values are compared using the LSI model and marks are assigned to the answers according to the comparison percentage obtained.

Published by: Sachin B. S., Somesh T., Shivaprasad K., Sumanth Hegde, Radhika A. D.Research Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: LSI, TFIDF, Document similarity, Sentiment Analysis

Review Paper

192. Need of women empowerment in India

In a male-dominated society like India, women empowerment most importantly topic lays and maximum coverage it provides a way to enable the underprivileged or even moderately privileged women with much needed equal opportunities and access to education just like their male counterparts. Women empowerment acts as a strong driving force for the organisational development. A better organisation can make a better tomorrow. The purpose of this research is to study the about the empowerment, Government’s Role on Woman Empowerment in India. The paper focuses on need of women empowerment, government roles for encouraging women and concludes with necessary suggestions.

Published by: Ranjitha MeesalaResearch Area: Business Management

Organisation: Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana,Keywords: Empowerment, Gender discrimination, Schemes, Organisational development

Research Paper

193. A comparative study on WLB of married female Government and Private School teachers of Puducherry

Balancing work and life is very difficult for any women in any profession. When it comes to the teaching profession, it is more complicated to have a better balance between both life and work. A good teacher is an epitome in pupil’s learning and developing good habits. Private school teacher is more answerable to the management where they are working as well as parents pertaining to pupil’s education and habits. They are also responsible for nonacademic activities too to be done in the school. Besides, Government teachers are not only responsible for pupil’s educational development, but they may be assigned additional duties like election duty, survey, etc. It makes known that it is really a very complicated working environment for the teachers in both sectors. In this context, this paper attempts to study the Work-Life Balance (WLB) between married female government and private school teachers in Puducherry with a focus on personal life satisfaction and support from family. In order to carry out the study, 55 samples were chosen using simple random sampling technique. Statistical tools such as percentage analysis and t-test were used. The study found that there is no significant difference between in personal life satisfaction and support from family among government and private school teachers in Puducherry.

Published by: Dr. R. Veluraj, J. PoomagalResearch Area: HR Management

Organisation: Tagore Arts College, PuducherryKeywords: WLB, Married female, Private and Government, School teachers

Research Paper

194. Impact of climate on construction industry

Buildings are designed for a specific climate yet they often have a lifetime of 100 years. This effect is compounded by the fact that much of the climatic data currently used for design purposes is some 30 years old. This paper investigates the impact that climate change over the last two decades may have on the design and performance of buildings by examining the specific impact that changes in temperature and solar radiation have had on one particular design variable, energy use. Impact of climate change on the building materials can lead to the loss of strength, color. The results indicate that the temperature and solar radiation in India have changed significantly in the last 15 years and that the climatic data currently being used for energy design calculations leads to inaccuracies in predictions of energy use. It is concluded that the climatic data used in these calculations should be urgently reviewed as it may be leading designers to adopt solutions which will be inappropriate for future use.

Published by: Pentkar Sai Kishore, S. SugumarResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Building, Climate change, Design, Temperature

Review Paper

195. Next location prediction using Google API

The technological advances in smart phones and their widespread use has resulted in the big volume and varied types of mobile data which we have today. Location prediction through mobile data mining leverages big data applications such as traffic planning, location-based advertising, intelligent resource allocation. This paper focused on the challenging problem of predicting the next location of a mobile user given data on his or her current location. In this paper, we proposed Next Location- a personalized mobile data mining framework. In addition, the proposed framework represents a new paradigm for privacy-preserving as the mobile phone data is not shared without user permission. The prediction task consists of using such data to know and understand the user's current location.

Published by: S. Jayaprada, M. SrilathaResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Vijayawada, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Next place prediction, Previous location, Global Positioning System, Mobile communication, Mobile data mining

Research Paper

196. Traffic load minimization in software-defined wireless sensor networks

In this paper, we have discussed the problem of traffic and how to solve it using WSN and IoT. As we know IOT is the latest technology and is being used in many sectors nowadays at it very effective. As we know the problem of traffic management is increasing nowadays is big cities which causes many problems like traffic, accidents, and pollution. Management of traffic is very important and a tedious job. There have been many methods used to solve these Problems. Also, the issues like car theft have also increased nowadays, also due to high traffic ambulance also have problems in reaching the hospitals fast. In this paper, we have discussed the technique of solving this problem using IOT. There will be a sensor node and a base node the sensor node will be used to count the traffic in each lane and will send the information to the base node and the base node will take the decision of allocation of them. Also, the base node will have an RFID reader connected which will be continuously Reading for the RFID cards that will be present at the cars and compare it with the database and search for the stolen cars and ambulance and will notify after the stolen car is detected. This will help to solve the traffic management problem the theft problem and the emergency situations for the ambulance.

Published by: Gade Neeta, Rathod V. U.Research Area: Engineering

Organisation: Vishwabharati Academy's College of Engineering, Ahmednagar, MaharashtraKeywords: IoT, WSN, RFID

Thesis

197. A novel design and implementation of crack pattern analysis using image processing

Nowadays, cracks are more happening due to environmental changes, In the real-time scenario, cracks are very common in a wall, bridge, furniture, railway track. Cracks are the black marks that vanish the civil infrastructure. It indicates the safety status and It is typically developed within a few months or years.

Published by: Shreenidhi, Vinushree G. P., Sindhu K., Mamatha G.Research Area: Information Science and Engineering

Organisation: Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Canny edge detection, Dilation, Histogram

Research Paper

198. Impact of growth medium on siderophore production by Vibrio campbellii: An experimental approach using universal CAS assay

The growth medium is the sole source of nourishment for the bacteria cultured under laboratory conditions. This implies that the growth medium could largely influence the quality and quantity of secondary metabolites produced by the bacterium. Secondary metabolites are the weapons used by bacteria for survival in competitive ecosystems. In this regard, Siderophores are among the vital secondary metabolites of marine bacteria which help them in sourcing the minimal iron essential for their growth and virulence from the marine environment. Among the 11 different growth media evaluated for their impact on Siderophore production by the emerging marine pathogen Vibrio campbellii, MM9 native (minimal salt medium) was found to yield the maximum siderophore units (95.35%). The key factors influencing the growth of V. campbellii were found to be glucose and casamino acid. The determinant factors influencing Siderophore production were found to be glucose and iron-depleted composition of MM9 native medium.

Published by: Archana V., Revathi K., Siva Gayathri Kola, V. P. Limna Mol, Kirubagaran R.Research Area: Microbiology

Organisation: University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: MM9 medium, Secondary metabolite, Vibrio campbellii, Iron

Case Study

199. Productivity improvement in tyre manufacturing plant

This paper focuses on studying the production processes at Tyre manufacturing plant in order to understand the current productivity and suggesting the ways to improve the same. In any production processes, the major factors affecting the productivity are the non-value added activities and defects/non- conformities generated plus the rework done to eliminate the defects. DMAIC methodology is used to carry out the study. Initially, the current performance of the system is studied and measured using techniques like Time study and Process Capability. Next techniques like FMEA and Root Cause analysis are implemented to analyze and identify the sources of non-conformities. Improvement in the Loading and Unloading Efficiency is achieved from 58.835% to 100 %. Since 4 seconds were saved for every batch which resulted in saving 940 seconds or 15.677 minutes per shift. This resulted in increasing the batch number from 235 to 245 batches per shift per mixer. Also, the 3M/4M condition is suggested to reduce the major defect from potentially occurring in both Tyre building and Tyre Curing department.

Published by: Kaushik Amonkar, Dr. Jayant K. KitturResearch Area: Industrial Engineering

Organisation: KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, KarnatakaKeywords: Tyre industry, DMAIC, Productivity improvement, Fishbone diagram, Tyre defects

Dissertations

200. Clustering on uncertain data based on probability distribution similarity using Kullback-Leibler divergence

Cluster analysis is one in all the necessary knowledge analysis strategies and could be a terribly advanced task. it's the art of a sleuthing cluster of comparable objects in massive data sets while not requiring such teams by suggests that options or knowledge information bunch on unsure knowledge could be the toughest task in each modeling similarity between uncertain data objects. The foremost of the previous technique for a bunch unsure knowledge extends partitioning clustering algorithms and Density-based mostly clustering algorithms. These strategies are supported by the geometric distance between two unsure knowledge objects. Such technique unable to handle unsure objects, that are cannot distinguishable by victimization geometric characteristics and Distribution associated with object itself isn't thought-about. likelihood distribution could be the most vital characteristic of the unsure object isn't taking under consideration throughout measurement the similarity between 2 uncertain objects. The very fashionable technique Kullback-Leibler divergence won't to measures the distribution similarity between two unsure knowledge objects. Integrates the effectiveness of KL divergence into each partition and density based mostly bunch algorithms to properly cluster unsure knowledge. Calculation of KL-Divergence is extremely expensive to resolve this drawback by victimization well-liked technique kernel density estimation and use the quick Gauss remodel technique to any speed up the computation to decrease execution time

Published by: Vanashri Shrirang Shinde, C. M. JadhavResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Collge of Engineering, Solapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Clustering, Clustering uncertain data, Density based clustering, Partition clustering, KL-divergence

Research Paper

201. Smart fire detection system for building using image processing

Fire detection is the main objective of this project besides surveillance. The aim of the project is too early detection of fire apart from preventive measures to reduce the losses due to fire. The project mainly is based on image processing and Controllers serial communication. In this project, at the user end, the fire images will be feeder in the form of video frames. These images will be further processed by using the software, MATLAB. The proposed system uses RGB and CMY color space. The advantage of using CMY color space is that it can separate the luminance from the chrominance more effectively than RGB color space. Along with this smoke, motion, area detection is also performed using its color characteristics. The proposed system consists of hardware such as Controller, Camera, LED, and Buzzer. There is a camera for surveillance. This camera will give a real-time video output to the user on the laptop or computer via a small GUI-graphic user interface which is to be built in MATLAB. Thus the fire will be detected using this model. In this project, we include some condition regarding fire i.e. small, medium, and high fire with or without the person. If the fire is without person then automatic message sends to fire brigades. And if the fire is med and high with human means any person surrounded by fire or trapped in a fire then automatically message send to fire brigades and Ambulance using Wi-Fi modules.

Published by: Akash Vitthal Thorat, Suyog Shah, Pavan Rajesh Sharma, Baliram Baburao SuryawanshiResearch Area: Electronics and TelecommunicationEngineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Matlab, Colour detection system, Edge detection, Fire detection

Research Paper

202. Alternative approach to women safety using IoT

The raising questions on the security of women and children in our country is an obstacle that we need to overcome towards a safer India for its citizens. In such scenarios, women and children feel very helpless. In reference to the unfortunate set of events which opened the eyes of the nation towards the lack an immediate need for the safety of women in the country, there have been multiple efforts to implement different techniques to protect and thereby, assist the victims in such situations. Hence, there must be a system which can protect them with the least amount of complexity and involvement of the individual. The following project aims at improving the existing system by implementing automatic responses instead of the conventional manual method as, in such situations, the victim hardly has any time to provide a manual pre-designed operation. The device requires the following elements; Arduino UNO, GSM, Heart Beat Sensor, Temperature and Humidity sensor along with IOT. In critical situations, the victims have an increased heart rate along with an abrupt increase in body temperature and humidity (body sweat). Hence, the sensors can be used to monitor the following factors until it breaches a predefined value. Upon breaking the set limits, the GSM module will send a pre-defined message to the police and/or family member along with the GPS location which can be coupled with third-party apps like Google Maps. However, for improved functionality, the criteria for emergency contact can be a complex combination of body temperature, humidity and heart beat of the user. Such method is very helpful for women and children as the device does not require manual operation.

Published by: Zeeshan ShaikhResearch Area: Internet of Things

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Security, IoT, GPS, GSM, HeartBeat, Temperature, Humidity

Research Paper

203. Natural language to SQL

In this research, an intelligent system is designed for the users to access the database using natural language. It accepts natural language input and then converts it into an SQL query. Using query language for dealing with databases has always been a professional and complex problem. The system currently handles single sentence natural language inputs and concentrates on MySQL database system. The system accommodates aggregate functions, multiple conditions in WHERE clause, join operations, advanced clauses like ORDER BY, GROUP BY and HAVING. The natural language statement goes through various stages of Natural Language Processing like morphological, lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis resulting in SQL query formation. Intelligent Interface is the need of database applications to enhance efficient interaction between user and DBMS. The research focuses on making the system more dynamic.Improvements have been introduced to the system by incorporating preprocessing of text, named entity recognition, building hierarchical relations, semantic similarity and negation handling using dependency graphs.

Published by: Ankita Makker, Gaurav NayakResearch Area: Natural Language Processing

Organisation: PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Natural Language Processing (NLP), SQL, Semantic similarity, context, Named entity recognition, Dependency graphs

Review Paper

204. Encouragement of Indian banks on female entrepreneurship

Gone are those days when women were considered as no match for all those powerful men in this world. The new generation of women across the world have overcome all negative notions and have proved themselves beyond doubt in all spheres of life including the most intricate and cumbersome world of entrepreneurship. Women have come a long way from just being a homemaker. This article deals with challenges and concerns faced by women and how the Indian banks trying to encourage and play their role to Develop Women Entrepreneurs in India.

Published by: Ranjitha MeesalaResearch Area: Business Management

Organisation: Osmania University, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Female entrepreneurs, Challenges, Concerns, National banks, Schemes

Others

205. Employee Engagement: A symptom of sucess

In the era of the business world, organizations are in need of a workforce that is competent and productive. The employers are constantly looking for numerous ways to ensure that the organization stays ahead of the competition by shifting their focus on employee engagement. An "engaged employee" is defined as one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work. If every part of human resources is not absorbed properly, employees fail to fully engage themselves in their job. Employee Engagement results in positive organizational performance that shows the two- way relationship between the employees and employer based on the foundation of employee commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior. Engaged employees are enthusiastic and energetic, they care about what they do and have a sense of purpose in their work with a positive attitude towards the organization and its values.

Published by: Rupal SinghResearch Area: Management (HR)

Organisation: Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Employee engagement, Job satisfaction, Organizational citizenship behaviour, Employee commitment

Others

206. Six stroke engine with repelling magnetic wing

Demand is growing for the need for alternative fuels for transportation. Permanent magnetic engine with six-stroke engine with its versatile applications is being utilized to switch from conventional combustion vehicles to six stroke magnetic engine vehicles. The scenario of traveling is changing rapidly with a decrease in fuel consumption. Basically, it indicates that fuel is being used almost everywhere to drive our life. But the current machines we use today are low in efficiency. Hence we require products with more power but also with higher efficiency. Magnetism possesses a magnificent opening for development. Electrical vehicles and hybrid vehicles using the technology of magnetic levitation have proved the strong nature of electromagnetic fields. Keeping in mind the arising needs of the industry, in this project we tried to design an experiment, a system called Repelling magnetic wing with six stroke Engine, which makes use of magnetic force to drive a load. The working principle is based on compression and repulsion between a two permanent magnet The forces thus developed are used to generate mechanical power. Successful development in this field can actively help to support IC Engines. A six-stroke engine which has the air intake in 5th stroke and which helps to take out the remain flue gases in 6th stroke and thereby an increase in performance and increase in two strokes. The magnetic engine helps to increase performance and supports six stroke engine to balance the 5th and 6th stroke and to decrease fluctuations.

Published by: Kavali GovindaResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Visakha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Six-stroke engine, Internal combustion engine, Repelling magnetic wing

Thesis

207. Advanced healthcare monitoring system using Raspberry Pi 3 based on Internet of Things (IoT)

In the recent development Internet of Things (IoT) makes all objects interconnected and it's been recognized because of the next technical revolution. A number of the applications of the Internet of Things square measure good parking, smart home, smart city, good atmosphere, industrial places, agriculture fields, and health watching method. One such application is inattention to observe the patient health standing. The system is aimed to stop delays within the arrival of patient’s medical info to the attention suppliers, significantly in an accident and emergency things, to prevent manual information coming into, and to extend beds capability in hospitals, particularly throughout public events wherever an outsized variety of individual’s square measure meeting in one place. The design for this technique is predicated on medical detectors that live patient’s physical parameters by victimization wireless sensor networks (WSNs). These sensors transfer information from patient’s bodies over the wireless network to the cloud atmosphere. Hence Internet of Things within the medical field brings out the answer for effective patient watching at a reduced value and conjointly reduces the trade-off between patient outcome and sickness management. In this paper, we have a tendency to discuss regarding, watching patient's blood pressure, heartbeat, temperature, ECG and body movement victimization Raspberry Pi board.

Published by: Sahana B. R., B. S. NandaResearch Area: Electronics and Communication

Organisation: PES College of Engineering, Mandya, KarnatakaKeywords: Raspberry Pi board, Heartbeat sensor, Temperature sensor, Blood pressure sensor, Accelerometer sensor, ECG sensor, Internet of Things

Research Paper

208. Smart home security system with fire emergency response

A home security system with an immediate fire emergency response is needed to be installed in commercial buildings, apartments, malls, and garage of independent houses. In the smart home security model where various factors such as intruders can be detected and an image is sent through e-mail using the SMTP protocol. If there are any vibrations above a certain threshold value which could be harmful, is sensed then an alert message is sent to the owner of the house using a cloud app Twilio. If the smoke is sensed and even fire detected, this system detects it and if the value is greater than the given threshold value it turns on the DC pump through which the water runs to the sprinkler attached to the end of the water pipes. Integration of both home security and fire response is aimed in this paper.

Published by: Bharath Kumara, Kishan J., Pooja Shanmukh Patil, Reshma, Shivani R., Monicapriya D.Research Area: Internet of Things

Organisation: Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Home security system, Fire emergency response, SMTP protocol, Cloud app

Research Paper

209. Impact of Human Resource Information System on organisational efficiency in Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda (Odisha)

In today’s dynamic business environment, technology plays a very important role to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Firms need to balance the resources available to them and upgrade their systems related to technology-driven automation (IT), to achieve the desired results for profitability, survival as well as for improving the quality of the product. The study aimed to investigate the impact of Human Resource Information System (HRIS) on Organisational Efficiency in Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda (Odisha), through examining if the sub-dimensions such as Human Resource Function, Time Management, Cost Management, & Managerial Satisfaction have a significant impact on Organisational Efficiency or not. The study also aimed to find out the level of Employee Satisfaction (End-users) towards the HRIS System. The data was collected using the Questionnaire instrument comprising of 32 items. A sample of 100 employees was drawn from a population using simple random sampling, the psychometric properties (Reliability & Validity) was statistically assessed. Data were analyzed using inferential statistic. The result indicates that HRIS significantly enhances overall organizational efficiency and its sub-dimensions (HR functions, time management, cost management and managerial satisfaction with the system) in an inter-related and holistic manner, though in varying degrees and hence, there is much more improvement in the HR functions of the organization. The result shows that tenure, work experience, and age has a significant relationship with the ‘level of satisfaction’ towards the HRIS system for ‘End-users’ of the selected organization. However, there is no significant relationship of the ‘level of satisfaction’ with gender for ‘End-users’ of selected organization.

Published by: Priscilla LugunResearch Area: Human Resource Mangement

Organisation: Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, OdishaKeywords: Human Resource Information System (HRIS), Level of employee satisfaction, Organisational efficiency

Review Paper

210. Fire disaster evacuation and response system using the Internet of Things

Buildings nowadays have become compound and augmented, all around the world. Present-time buildings all around the globe have become complicated & enlarged. Seeing the structural definition of buildings nowadays, safe and fast evacuation through emergency exits at times blackouts due to fire, collapsing of buildings, earthquakes or old buildings need to be possible but have become complex and leads to a problematic situation. An Industrial fire is a type of disaster in industries which involves a holocaust which occurs in industrial areas. Fires in industries often occur together with outbreaks. They are most likely to occur in places where there is a lot of inflammable objects present. This paper suggests a Fire Disaster evacuation, response system using the Internet of Things (IoT) based that can control directional guidance intelligently according to location of a disaster with help of sensor networks to attend the problems of the existing response systems during fire disasters. The proposed system has different sections, each one of them contains a temperature, flame, smoke sensor, and a communicating channel for transferring the data to the server about the location of the fire, the server receives the data and sends the actions to be performed to the far devices. The subscribed users get notified about the fire and temperature of the area, the fire department also gets all the information about the location and temperature in the area.

Published by: Amlan Chakrabarti, Sreethesh PaiResearch Area: Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Organisation: JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Evacuation system, Internet of Things, Fire detection, BLYNK cloud service

Research Paper

211. Comparative study of speed variables between Private School and Government School football players

The purpose of this study was to compare the speed between private school handball team boys and girls handball team players and government school boys handball team and girls handball team players in the Cuddalore district of Tamilnadu. To achieve this purpose of the study one hundred and twenty players of private school handball team and government school handball team players studying in the various schools in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu and India were randomly selected as subjects. Among them sixty boys players (thirty boys private school handball team and thirty boys government school handball team players) and sixty girls players (thirty girls private school handball team and thirty girls government school handball team players) were selected as subjects with an age of the subjects were ranged between 13 to 17 years were selected as subjects. The following speed was only selected as criterion variables. The following groups namely boys private school handball team players boys government school handball team players, girls private school handball team players girls government school handball team players were selected as independent variables. The data were collected from boys and girls private school handball team players and government school handball team players on selected criterion variables such as speed were assessed by using 50 mts run respectively and they were statistically analyzed by using 2 x 2 factorial ANOVA. Whenever the obtained ‘F’ ratio value for the interaction effect was found to be significant, the simple effect test was applied as a follow-up test. In all cases, the .05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance which was considered appropriate. There was a significant difference between boys and girls players on speed irrespective of their games (private school and government school). Among them, boys private school handball team players were better speed than other categories of players.

Published by: W. VinuResearch Area: Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Organisation: Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil NaduKeywords: Speed, Boys, Girls, Private School and Government School players

Case Study

212. Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis and its management: A rare case

Gingival fibromatosis is a rare and heterogeneous group of disorders that develop as slowly progressive, local or diffuse enlargements within marginal and attached gingiva or interdental papilla. In severe cases, the excess tissue may cover the crowns of the teeth, thus causing functional, esthetic, and periodontal problems such as bone loss and bleeding, due to the presence of pseudo pockets and plaque accumulation. Hereditary, drug-induced, and gingival overgrowth has been reported. Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis can occur as an isolated condition or as part of a genetic syndrome. The pathologic manifestation of gingival fibromatosis comprises an excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins, of which collagen type I is the most prominent. This report presents a case of a 30-year-old female, with a chief complaint of overgrowth of gingiva and irregularly placed teeth who was diagnosed with Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis. This diagnosis has been based on clinical examination after ruling out family, drug, and medical history.

Published by: Kiranmai, Parichaya BatraResearch Area: Dentistry

Organisation: Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Gingival fibromatosis, Gingival enlargement, Gingivectomy

Research Paper

213. Edge distributed cloud middleboxes

The cloud and the related technologies are growing in importance and technology. The Network Function Virtualization is a very important domain of the cloud platform. It provides network abstraction. This paper introduces the NFV and the existing implementations of the virtual middleboxes in the current scenario. The paper also proposes a new implementation of virtual middle boxes. This proposal focus on the distribution of the virtual middlebox managers to the edges of the network. The advantages of such a system is also illustrated.

Published by: Resma K. S., Dr. Sharvani G. S.Research Area: Computer Science And Engineering

Organisation: PES Bangalore South Campus, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Network function virtualization, Virtual middleboxes, Network middlebox manager, MANO, Network edges

Research Paper

214. Training and development programmes in banking sector

Indian Business and commerce is rousing up in all its directions to face the challenges thrown by the market economy. To survive in this highly competitive world, top management is pressurizing managers to improve excellence, increase efficiency, cut down waste expenditure and eliminate inefficiency. Thus Human Resource Management (HRM) plans strategies and help managers to recruit, select, train and develop employees based on organization requirement. Obviously, the mutual efforts of the manager and the employee assume relevance in this context. And this is where HRM plays a crucial role. HRM raises to set up training programs try to design and carry out in order to maximize both employees as well as organizational efficiency. This paper discusses training and Development programs and how it impacts the Employees of Banking Sector

Published by: Ranjitha MeesalaResearch Area: Business Management

Organisation: Osmania University, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Training and development, Delivery style, Organizational performance

Research Paper

215. Accident detection, avoidance and vehicle safety using IoT and vehicular network

The increase in the population of cities and the number of vehicles leads to increase in congestion on roads and accidents. The lack of quick medical service on road accidents is the major cause of death. In such situation, an automatic accident detection can help to save the loss of life. Due to increase in number of cars there is also an increase in number of accidents on the roads. In this paper, we have designed a proto type for automatic accident detection and Avoidance system using IOT and Vehicle Area Network. The system is able to avoid accident using distance measuring sensors and also detect accidents if they occur using sensors. In case of an accident the location is sent to the hospitals and the nearby vehicle using VANET. The Avoidance sensor will first try to avoid the accident by slowing down the vehicle whenever a nearby obstacle is detected, every if after that an accident is occurred the shock sensors will detect it. The Vehicle will be connected to each other through a server and will communicate with each other, after an accident the hospitals present in that particular Area and the cars present in that area will be informed with the location acquired from GPS. There will also be an alcohol sensor that will detect if the driver has consumed alcohol and lock the car if detected.

Published by: Ashwini Ashok Adsure, Sheetal AherResearch Area: Engineering

Organisation: Vishwabharati Academy's College of Engineering, Ahmednagar, MaharashtraKeywords: IoT, GPS, VANET

Others

216. Campus placement process automation portal

Campus Placement Process Automation Portal is a web-based system which is implemented on the basis of the placement process system being presently used in the University for storing and retrieving the information of students and companies. Placement process system maintains a large database of students wherein all the information of student including the personal records and the academic performance is stored and company information including a profile of company, eligibility criteria and facilities. The software developed retrieves this data and displays as per the user requirements. This placement process System is developed as an attempt to take a record of company and students. The Placement Portal provides the facility of viewing both the personal and academic information of the student and company. It also facilitates to search eligible students, company and insertion and deletion of records by the administrator. Eligible students will receive an email including the details of the company date and time of the interview and location will be provided.

Published by: Chaithra N. V., C. M. Bhargavi, Harish R., Bharath R., KavyashivashankarResearch Area: Electronics and Communication

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Online placement, Automation, Module, eligible student, Training and Placement Officer (TPO), Admin, Data flow diagram

Research Paper

217. Comparison of antifungal activity of plant extracts and shampoos against dandruff causing organism Malassezia Species

Dandruff is a scalp disorder whose characteristic feature is excessive shedding of skin cells from the scalp. It is a common problem faced by people of all age groups. It is one of the major cosmetic problems as it ultimately leads to hair fall. Malassezia furfur, a lipophilic basidiomycetous fungus is a causative organism for dandruff. As dandruff is globally prevalent, it needs an effective therapeutic remedy. Presently people are depending on commercial shampoos as a treatment for dandruff. However, plant products contain various compounds like alkaloids, flavanoids, tannins, terpenoids, etc. which have efficient antifungal activity. A comparative study of the effect of commercial antidandruff shampoos and natural plant products to evaluate their anti fungal efficacy lead to the conclusion that the activity of some of the natural extracts was equivalent to that of the commercially available branded shampoos. As crude herbal drugs have been included in traditional medicine and household remedies for a long time, regular usage of these tested plant extracts can reduce the incidence of dandruff.

Published by: Dr. Kutcharlapati Sunita RajuResearch Area: Microbiology

Organisation: Maharajah's Post Graduate College, Vizianagaram, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Dandruff, Malassezia furfur, Causative organism, Therapeutic remedy, Shampoos, Plant extracts

Research Paper

218. Islamic banking role in economic growth and development

The banking, venture, and loaning rehearse embraced by Islamic banks have as of late drawn the consideration of numerous specialists and experts. This is particularly after it developed that these money related organizations that apply the Islamic financial model performed better amid the ongoing worldwide money related emergency in 2008 when contrasted with their partners that utilize the ordinary banking rehearses. Islamic banking is a financial framework that works as per Sharia'h laws, which deny charging or getting premiums or putting resources into items and subordinates that are restricted in Islam. Rather, the laws energize benefit and misfortune sharing as opposed to the exchange of dangers. The banks give various money related items in various modes that look like numerous items in customary banking. The Islamic banks did moderately well in contrast with their regular partners amid the budgetary emergency. The exhibition could be to a great extent credited to the financial framework that debilitates showcase theory and pointless dangers while supporting for straightforward money related exchanges dependent on common additions from genuine financial exercises. Other than its clear flexibility amid the worldwide money related emergency, the Islamic financial model has been related with the positive financial development saw in the economies of Malaysia and Joined Arabs Emirates in the previous three decades. There is a need for budgetary foundations, business establishments, administrative experts and buyers to investigate explicit methodologies that would establish attractive highlights for steady and compelling money related framework. The current look into tried to follow the improvement and method of reasoning of the Islamic Banking model just as distinguish the most critical and remarkable qualities that have encouraged the strength of the Islamic Banking area to monetary stuns amid the ongoing worldwide subsidence. Albeit Islamic banks performed altogether better in the worldwide budgetary emergency, they were later fundamentally influenced by the despondency that hit the genuine economy for some nations. Certain loaning rehearses, what's more, venture the board rules following Islamic financial standards rise as being alluring for improving the flexibility and adequacy of business banks for continued financial development and dependability.

Published by: Javed AslamResearch Area: Management

Organisation: Syscoms College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesKeywords: Islamic banking, Sharia'h laws, Mudarabah, Financial development

Case Study

219. A study of air quality index in Tamil Nadu and Delhi region

Air pollution has emerged as one of the challenging problems before mankind in the past few decades. In this study, we are going to study the effects of air pollution in an urban and rural area. By collecting pollution data from the pollution control board. This study is being conducted to compare the pollution level from Tamil Nadu and Delhi In this study we are going to study the difference between air population in Tamil Nadu and Delhi region and the cause of pollution in this area. In this study we are going to collect the pollution data from national ambient air quality monitoring program form the already existing set of data and analyses the cause of pollution and the main pollutants in Tamil Nadu and Delhi In this study we examine the influence some of the main pollutants such as Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) Ozone (O3) Nitrogen dioxide (NO2). We will examine the cause of these pollutions in Tamil Nadu and Delhi main aim of this study is to distinguish between the cause of pollution in this area.

Published by: Jason Vinay Selvaraj, Raghu K. M.Research Area: Industrial Safety Engineering

Organisation: KSR College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Tamil NaduKeywords: Air quality, Air pollution, Air quality index, Delhi, Tamil Nadu

Research Paper

220. Processes involved in textile industry and waste streams identification during the manufacturing process

Textile processing is highly water intensive industry and generating enormous quantum of wastewater from various operations like mercerizing, bleaching, dyeing, printing, washing, etc. Majority of these process houses are operated based on conventional practices resulting in generating higher quantum of wastewater having a relatively higher organic load. If hydraulic and organic loads of wastewater discharge could be reduced, associated environmental impacts on Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and the river would be reduced which in turn leads to sustainable development. In order to select the audit focus area a walk through survey was conducted to know about the process and to identify major waste streams. The aim of this study was to narrate various steps of manufacturing in the dyeing industry. We have also identified the waste streams of the dye manufacturing process.

Published by: Shivani V. Bhargava, Dhwani JoshiResearch Area: Treated Waste Water

Organisation: Aadishwar College of Engineering and Technology, Venus Swarnim Startup and Innovation University, Gandhinagar, GujaratKeywords: Textile industry, Dyeing, Cleaner production, Waste streams

Research Paper

221. Digitalized irrigation monitoring system using IoT

Irrigation is the application of supplying of constrained amounts of water to plants based on their needs at regular intervals of time. Irrigation helps to cultivate agricultural crops, maintain landscapes and check disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of less than average rainfall. Conventional methods that are used for irrigation, such as overhead sprinkler and flood type are not the most efficient. They result in a huge wastage of water and can also promote diseases such as fungus formation due to the high moisture content in the soil. With the help of an automated system, we can conserve water and also the viability of the farm. The availability of fresh water for the agriculture sector is decreasing as the day passes due to increasing in population, industrialization, and short rainfall. It has become a necessity to use modern irrigation technologies to help overcome these shortcomings. In automated system water availability to crop is monitored through sensors and as per its vital needs, watering is done through the controlled irrigation. The main focus remains on parameters such as temperature and soil moisture. This automated system called Digitalized Irrigation Monitoring System using IOT addresses all the vulnerable aspects of the traditional methods of irrigation and agriculture. This system is based on an application-controlled monitoring system. The main objective of this project is to control the water supply and monitor soil parameters through a smartphone. The system is developed using Arduino as the main processor of the system, with the help of rain sensor, soil sensor, temperature sensor etc.

Published by: Sahil Angra, Ray Vipul Kumar, Shaizan Khan, Rishabh Khandelwal, Shrinidhi P. S.Research Area: Information Science Engineering

Organisation: SJB Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Mobile controlled irrigation, Smart Irrigation system, Arduino, Sensor controlled, IoT

Review Paper

222. Carry look ahead adder using adiabatic logic

Nowadays in digital circuits, some important issues like high speed, high throughput, small silicon area, and low power consumption are being considered by designers. Full adders are important components in applications such as subtraction, counting multiplication, filtering, Digital Signal Processors (DSP) architectures, and microprocessors. so it at interest to design carry look ahead adder because of its high-speed operation and to study the functional behavior and power consumption. in this project, the CLA is implemented using 180nm CMOS technology in cadence virtuoso tool software. Two logics that is static CMOS and adiabatic logic have been analyzed and implemented. Finally, the power consumption is estimated and compared. from the results, power consumption will be found that adiabatic logic consumes low power whereas static CMOS logic offers low delay

Published by: Jeevitha N. B., Aishwarya, Anil Kumar N., Harshavardhan R., Mala SinnoorResearch Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Adiabatic logic, Static CMOS logic, Power consumption, Full adder, Carry look ahead adder, Cadence virtuoso tool software

Research Paper

223. A novel algorithm to improve queuing system in hospital using big data

In the current era, time is an important entity of our daily life. Unnecessary waiting and overcrowding are one of the major challenges faced by people in hospitals. It ultimately results in frustration among people. So, a new and efficient treatment plan needs to be implemented in Hospitals. Therefore, we propose a Patient Treatment Time Prediction (PTTP) algorithm to calculate the waiting time of each treatment task. A Hospital Queuing Recommendation (HQR) suggests a queue order of treatment tasks the patient can follow in order to have the least waiting time. We use MYSQL database to implement and achieve goals.

Published by: Mukul Kumar Majhi, Pushkar Raj, N. Akansh Sai, Raghavendra S. K., Kiran Kumar V.Research Area: Information Science and Engineering

Organisation: SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Big data, Cloud computing, Hospital queuing recommendation

Case Study

224. Rice crop yield prediction using machine learning techniques

In an agricultural country like India where agriculture is the main source of occupation for most of the people, there are many factors that contribute to the total yield of the crop being cultivated. Depending on the various soil conditions and climatic conditions the yield of the crop might vary. It would be helpful for the farmer to know which crop gives more profit in certain climatic condition. This paper proposes the use of a machine learning technique to help farmer predict the yield for a particular year.

Published by: Suhas L., Sangamesh, Prakash kumar, Supriya B. N.Research Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: SJB Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Machine Learning, Multilinear regression, Decision tree regression, Crop prediction

Research Paper

225. Behaviour and effect of coconut choir in concrete

Fibers are a very important material for mankind. The fibers which we are using are of coconut and it is very easily available. The fibers are reduced to the required length of 10mm in this process. The content is to be mixed at 2%, 3%,5% and there will be a certain test to be performed in order to observe the effect of coconut choir in concrete. The enhancablity of the properties will be determined and it is checked whether the concrete structure will be suitable for light work or heavy works. The works to be done are under the supervision and under the guideline of Indian standard.

Published by: Ankush Kumar Shukla, Dr. S. G. Makarande, Vaibhav KalmeghResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Bapu Rao Deshmukh College of Engineering, Wardha, MaharashtraKeywords: Coconut fiber, Concrete, Natural fibre, Compressive strength, Workability test such slump cone test, Compaction

Thesis

226. Use of expanded polystyrene beads in manufacturing of light weight concrete

Styrofoam polystyrene was widely used in food and manufacturing production as packaging tools to absorb vibration during handling and transportation process. Due to light weight characteristics, it has potential to serve as aggregates replacement of coarse aggregates. This project reports the results of an experimental investigation into the properties of hardened concrete containing expanded polystyrene beads by studying characteristic strength of concrete. The beads are used as part of aggregate replacement in the mixes. The project includes study of characteristic properties of EPS concrete with partial replacement of coarse aggregate with equal volume of expanded polystyrene at levels of 0 % , 5 % , 10 % , 15 % , 20 % , 25 % , and 30 % . Its properties are compared with those of conventional concrete i.e., without EPS beads. The properties of concrete are mainly influenced by the content of polystyrene beads in the mix.

Published by: Mayank Chandak, Dr. G. P. Khare, Dushyant Kumar SahuResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Government Engineering College, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh Keywords: EPS (Expanded Polystrene Beads) , Compressive Strength , Density , Workability.

Case Study

227. Implementation of DevSecOps using Open-Source tools

DevSecOps is nothing but involving next level security to the DevOps process, since Security is the key priority given to any application or data irrespective of any organization. DevSecOps not only provides security but also provides the same speed and agility which DevOps tends to provide to any data or Application. DevSecOps will also tends to keep integrating, developing and updating of the latest security methods that tends to give adequate, proficient and productive results in a secured manner. Therefore, to demonstrate the DevSecOps we intend to use of the open source tools which can be freely downloaded and used to demonstrate the data security. In order to run frequent process of integrating and testing for security of data, we require more resource and time respectively. To overcome this problem here we implementing and integrating security as part of the pipeline process and hence can achieve faster response time and fend off attacks before-hand and accordingly create secure environment and more protected system.

Published by: Rahul B. S., Prajwal Kharvi, Manu M. N.Research Area: Information Science

Organisation: SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: DevOps, DevSecOps

Research Paper

228. Automated women safety system

Many unfortunate incidents have been taking place in this world with women. Problems may arise in many ways, such as, women walking on the road after work, going to the supermarket or many other reasons for which they go alone. People at home are not sure of their safe return. In 2013 there was an incident where a 23-year-old woman was gang-raped in New Delhi in a bus. According to the reports of WHO, NCRB-social-government organization 35%, women all over the world are facing a lot of unethical physical harassment in public places such as railway-bus stands, footpaths, etc. In order to overcome such problems faced by women, the Automated Women Safety System is being proposed to provide a safe environment. This system is developed using IoT (Internet of Things). It employs the pressure sensor, shock circuit which serves as the first step of self-defense, hidden camera, GPS module

Published by: Savitha M., Prerana H., Priyanka V. Rao, Sruthi Ramesh, Ramya B. K.Research Area: Information Science and Engineering

Organisation: SJB Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Women safety, Internet of Things, Self-defense, Raspberry Pi

Case Study

229. Model studies of four bent pile with respect to different density loose, medium and dense of cohesionless soil

All engineered construction resting on the earth must be carried by some kind of interfacing element called a foundation. The foundation is the part of an engineered system that transmits to, and into, the underlying soil or rock the loads supported by the foundation and its self-weight. The resulting soil stresses except at the ground surface are in addition to those presently existing in the earth mass from its self-weight. Piles are used to support the structures. Piles are frequently required because of the relative inability of shallow foundation to transmit inclined, horizontal, or uplift force and over-turning moments. Such situations are common in the design of earth retaining structures and tall structures subjected to high wind and earthquake forces. Considering the importance and necessity of pile in construction work. This thesis is based on the piles and the topic name “Model studies of four bent pile with respect to different density i.e. loose, medium and dense of cohesion less soil”. The main objective of the thesis is to determine the reduction in load carrying capacity due to bending of four bent pile and also to determine the load carrying capacity of the bent pile with respect to different density i.e. loose, medium and dense of cohesion less soil. In the present study, the carrying capacity of the pile shall be ascertained under different conditions of soil and bending. The effect of the degree of bending shall be studied by a different angle of bend. The study shall be made only in cohesion less soil under different degree of compaction. The study is made on one type of pile material-timber

Published by: Ravi KumarResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Government Polytechnic, Katihar, BiharKeywords: Bent pile, Density, Slenderness Ratio

Research Paper

230. Inter-communication between Swarm-Bots

As physical and digital worlds are merging it is changing the dynamics of the industries in India. The German Academy of Science and Technology coined the term fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) changing the industrial process dramatically with automation and robotic technology at rising. With the advancement of robotics technology, the complexities are also increasing which has led to the development of one of the strong arms of the technologies of the industrial revolution- Swarm- robotics. Swarm intelligence take its inspiration from social animals and display the concept of collective behavior. With simple hardware architecture, high feasibility, cost efficiency, robustness; it comes out as a very user-friendly technology which is fit for the industrial applications where depending on a single robot for the accomplishment of a task is not possible. The only challenge this multi-robot technology faces is to establish an efficient communication system between them to ensure proper coordination, communication, and routing. Zigbee technology was thus proposed as a solution as it fits perfectly with the features of swarm robotics and improves the efficiency of the mobile robots.

Published by: Nupur Nimbekar, Prachi Shah, Snehal RasalResearch Area: Electronics Engineering

Organisation: Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Swarm-Bots, Zigbee technology, Intercommunication

Technical Notes

231. Weather report on metropolitan cities in India using web scraping technique

In metropolitan cities of India, there are several climate measurement points that are owned by several different institutions such as Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, NCMRWF, India Meteorological Department (Pune) and many other institutes. However, obtaining the latest meteorological data in detail within a specific period has restricted the bureaucratic process to each institution. While the availability of meteorological data sets is necessary for conducting research in the field of data analysis to predict climate and analyzes for DSS that require weather patterns. On the other hand, some sites provide real-time weather data for some cities. For this, in this research, we use web scraping technology to collect meteorological data in metropolitan cities in India. Web scraping technology is a technique for retrieving the content of a web page individually. The data collected by this web scraping technique will form a database or data warehouse that can be used for further research on data mining for weather forecasting in metropolitan cities, which in the future can be developed a support application to based decision.

Published by: Shubham Singh, Rainy JainResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Metropolitan cities, Data analysis, Web scraping, Weather forecasting

Review Paper

232. A review on natural lip salve

Cosmetics are prepared and used for a long time. Cosmetics have been a daily essential need. There are many varieties in the preparation and use of cosmetics such as foundations, skin cleansers, lotions, and lipsticks, etc. Under lip applications, there is a broad spectrum like lipsticks, lip liners, lip gloss, lip salve (lip salve), etc. Salves are generally accustomed to increase the beauty of lips while protecting them. To promote and maintain healthy lips naturally lip salve is used. Many methods have been employed for the preparation of lip salve. These methods increase their organoleptic properties. Nowadays, products which are naturally derived or having natural constituents are mostly preferred. This work focuses on, natural constituents accustomed to formulating lip salve. In this review, essential constituents used for natural salve preparation with its benefits is done. The preparation of natural lip salve is done using naturally occurring base, naturally derived oils, naturally occurring coloring agents and naturally derived flavoring agents. This is evaluated for parameters like its resistance to variations in temperature, acceptable flavor, its smooth texture throughout and adherence, etc.

Published by: Siddhi Nakhe, Pallavi Patil, Asavari Joshi, Bilwa NavareResearch Area: Biotechnology Engineering

Organisation: Kolhapur Institute of Technology's College of Engineering (Autonomous), Kolhapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Cosmetics, Lips, Natural lip salve, Natural constituent

Review Paper

233. Smart walking stick for blind people

Blind people generally use the typical white cane. Movability for the visually impaired person is a huge problem. In this paper, we propose A safe path to blind people using a microcontroller, ultrasonic sensor, GPS, GSM, speaker to make the smart stick. obstacles continuously detected using the ultrasonic sensor, depends on it voice message will be playing like take left, stop, take right, etc. and also detect location.

Published by: Puja Dattatraya Chavan, Borate Sukeshkumar PandurangResearch Area: Embedded

Organisation: SVPM 's College of Engineering, Malegaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Microcontroller, GPS,GSM, Speaker, Ultrasonic sensor

Review Paper

234. A review on Surfactants: Role in skin irritation, SC damage, and effect of mild cleansing over damaged skin

Cosmetic industry which has gained much interest when it comes to daily based products involving skin care and many essentials enhancing and beautifying an individual. Focusing on skin care products bar soaps, liquid or gels of body wash, cleansers etc. having much demand in cosmetic sector past decade. Taking into the account preparation of body washes and cleansers using syndets i.e. synthetic surfactants leads to skin related issues like dryness, itching, after wash tightness, stratum corneum layer damage, dermatitis etc. Replacement of synthetic surfactants with mild synthetic and/or natural ones is having much wide scope for industries who develops the natural surfactants and make sure that replacement of same will lead to better application while reducing the skin related issues. During 1950’s synthetic surfactants/ detergents in form of bars are introduced. Since then body soaps and cleansers are under research which can be efficacious still less harsh causing minimal damage to the skin barrier. Cleansers including mild synthetic surfactants and/or emollients for moisturization that cause minimal barrier perturbation are ideal for these patients. A brief review of four clinical trials that evaluated the efficacy and compatibility of either mild syndet bars or cleansers in patients with atopic dermatitis, acne, and rosacea was taken. Much research and review was done on natural, mild, and biosurfactants. Biosurfactants are consider as safe and produced using nonpathogenic yeasts, bacteria, and fungi leading to production of diverse groups of biosurfactants shows antimicrobial, antifungal like properties which makes them more applicable in many daily products. Along with this addition of emollients like oils, butters, derivatives of alkanes and alcohols lead to form preparations which are having moisturizing effects and properties of surfactants which helps keeping skin intact and moisturized.

Published by: Bilwa Navare, Saee Thakur, Siddhi NakheResearch Area: Biotechnology Engineering

Organisation: Kolhapur Institute of Technology's College of Engineering (Autonomous), Kolhapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Skin care, Synthetic, Surfactant, Stratum corneum, Atopic dermatitis, Acne, Rosacea, Mild, Cleansers

Research Paper

235. Comparative study on analysis and design of RCC and composite structure

This paper deals with the Comparative Study of the composite and concrete structure. The composite structure is more prominent over steel and concrete structure in relation to Strength, Costs, and Time Period requirements. There is no need for formwork because the steel beam is able to sustain its self-weight of steel and concrete, by itself or with the assistance of a few temporary props. This Paper also deals with the design of composite building structures with a fixed base. In this paper Seismic analysis of a multi-story residential building is made by using different construction materials like Concrete, Structural Steel and Composite of Structural Steel and Concrete. Effect of the building is studied with respect to base shear, total dead load, story drift values in both X- and Y- direction. Steel-concrete composite systems for buildings are built by connecting the steel beam to the concrete slab or profiled deck slab with the help of mechanical shear connectors so they seem like a single unit and act accordingly. In the present work, the steel-concrete composite with RCC options is chosen for the comparative study of G+21 story building which is situated in earthquake zone-III and for earthquake loading, the provisions of IS: 1893 (Part1)-2002 is considered. Here, we used ETAB Software for three-dimensional modeling and the analysis of the structure.

Published by: Pallavi Harish Wagh, Dr. S. K. Kulkarni, Vishwajeet KadlagResearch Area: Civil Enginnering

Organisation: Dr. D Y Patil School of Engineering and Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Composite beam, Composite column, Base shear, Total dead load, Cost, IS1893 (part1)-2002, Composite Structure, RCC, ETABS

Research Paper

236. Optimization and standardization of lemon grass incorporated into pseudostem and mint extracts based isotonic drink

The Lemongrass based Isotonic Drink was developed with the incorporation of the banana pseudostem and mint extracts using palm sugar syrup as a sweetener. The quality of the product was computed by a series of microbiological tests, proximate analysis, and organoleptic evaluation. The microbial load was evaluated and is found to be <10 which meant that the product has increased shelf life with better taste and color even in the absence of preservatives. Therefore, the aroma of lemongrass, nutrients of pseudostem, freshness, and flavor of mint along with palm sugar elevates its economic importance, consumer awareness and attracts them towards the advent of blended functional drinks. The Response Surface Methodology aims at optimizing the ingredients and designing experiments from which the final product is formulated. This software helps in showing the interaction of the independent variables at each response with the use of 3D graphical representation.

Published by: Swarnalakshmi C. S., Manisha C. P., Harini B., J. Akshara, Joshika G., Keerthana R.Research Area: Food Processing and Preservation Technology

Organisation: Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Lemongrass, Isotonic beverage, Retort processing, Box-Behnken design, Shelf-life studies

Research Paper

237. Experimental investigation on geopolymer concrete with fly ash and quarry dust

These days the pollution caused by the construction industry is so high that it will be a great relief for the construction workers as well as peoples to get rid of this environmental pollution caused due to the concrete industry with heavy usage of Portland cement. so in order to tackle that issue, it is highly important to find some substitutes that replace the cement properties. Hence in this paper, the use of by-products from the construction industry is highlighted. one such component is fly ash which has good properties are been used instead of cement and to replace fine aggregate quarry dust is used along with some alkaline solutions which will act as a binder for the process. Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Silicate Potassium Hydroxide, Potassium Silicate are some of the alkaline solutions used as a binder. Here in this project Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium silicate (Na2Sio3) are been used that too in different molarities i.e. 8M, 10M and 12M are taken to for the mixes. And the ultimate aim of this is to find Compressive strength for each of the mix along with tensile strength too. Nine cube and six-cylinder specimens are taken of size 150mm x 150mm x 150mm and 150 x 300 mm. The test is done for different ages like 7,14 and 28 days and also split tensile strength test for 7th and 28 days with sunlight curing and finally, the strengths are calculated.

Published by: Sruthi K. RamResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Cochin College of Engineering and Technology, Malappuram, KeralaKeywords: Geopolymer concrete, Fly ash, Strength, Molarity, Mix, Alkaline solutions

Research Paper

238. Face recognition using CNN

Face recognition has been the need of the hour for a long time. Now being implemented, we look forward to enhance its features. The topic of Face recognition using Convolutional Neural Networks is the most upcoming technology. This paper outlines the different algorithms used in the face recognition system based on Convolutional Neural Networks. It has put forth the applications and the algorithms that are used in Softmax classifier and the Deep Learning systems.

Published by: Mrunmayee Vaidya, Jigyasa Solanki, Sravani WayangankarResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Artificial Intelligence, Convolutional Neural Networks, Classifier, Neural Networks, Biometrics, Deep learning

Research Paper

239. Mobile Cloud Computing: Overview and challenges

Today is the era of Cloud Computing Technology in IT Industries. Cloud Computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared information, resources, and software, are provided to terminals and portable devices on-demand. The rapid development of mobile technology and wireless networking and drives a strong demand for Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC). In MCC environment Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing and Networking are combined to offer cloud based services to mobile users where the data are stored and applications are processed in a centralized computing applications located in the cloud. In this paper first, we present the overview of MCC in terms of architecture, deployment models, service models and applications of MCC. Then we outlined issues and challenges related to MCC.

Published by: Saurbh Gupta, Dr. Jahid AliResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Sri Sai University, Palampur, Himachal PradeshKeywords: Cloud Computing, Mobile Cloud Computing, Cloud security and privacy, Cloud challenges

Research Paper

240. Design and analysis of low power 1-bit hybrid full adder using 130nm technology

Basically, a conventional CMOS logic circuit design approach depends upon charging the output capacitive nodes to the supply voltage Vdd or discharging it to the ground. This is one of the most used methods in VLSI circuit designs. There are various techniques to design low power circuits to reduce power consumption. The major source of power dissipation is the charging and discharging of the capacitor. Whenever a capacitor is discharged to ground, an amount of energy stored in the capacitor is mislaid. We can reduce this power dissipation by restoring this energy to the source instead of discharging to the ground. It has been observed that by charging the capacitor gradually, the energy requirement is slighter than the faster charging method. The modern VLSI techniques focus significantly on High-Speed Propagation and Low Power Consumption. In this study, I present a low power 1-bit hybrid full adder design which utilizes both static CMOS logic and Swing Restoring Pass Transistor Logic. Moreover, a comparison is made on the power consumptions of various other designs with this work. The full adders are designed in Mentor Graphics 130nm technology. Starting at 0.4V supply, the average power consumed by this Hybrid design is 2.33µW.

Published by: Kishan GaneshResearch Area: Electronic Engineering

Organisation: Vignan's Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Low power full adder, Multiplexer, CMOS logic, Swing restoring pass-transistor logic

Research Paper

241. Handling big data using NoSQL

With the development of Big Data, the utilization of NoSQL (Not just SQL) innovation is rising quickly among web organizations and different undertakings. Advantages incorporate straightforwardness of plan, level scaling and better command over accessibility. NoSQL databases are progressively viewed as a feasible option in contrast to relational databases, as more associations perceive that its pattern less information model is a superior strategy for taking care of the huge volumes of organized, semi-organized and unstructured information, being caught and handled today. For instance, NoSQL databases are regularly used to gather and store web-based life information. This paper means to present the ideas driving NoSQL, gives a survey of applicable writing, features the diverse NoSQL database types, and give contentions to and against embracing NoSQL. A little model application has been created to evaluate the expressed NoSQL benefits and delineate the contrasts between the SQL and NoSQL approaches. The last segment of the paper offers a few ends and suggestions for further research to develop our examination work.

Published by: Nihal Giri D., Sumanth S. N., Tanya Singh, Harshith L.Research Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: School of Engineering and Technology, Jain University, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: NoSQL, SQL, Database, Organized information, Unstructured information, Big Data

Others

242. UMITians: Social networking website for college

The paper discusses the project implementation of a social networking website for college. SNS has gained much popularity in recent years, because of the opportunities they give people to connect to each other in an easy and timely manner and to exchange and share various kinds of information. UMITians is a Social Networking Website which allows users to communicate and share information. This site provides a common platform for students and teachers of UMIT to share knowledge, educational materials, events, circulars, etc. It is a hub to know about all the ongoing activities in the college. This website provides the feature of writing a post as well as posting an image all at one place. This type of social space available to users provides a more personalized and interactive experience. This paper describes the features implemented in this project and presents a glimpse of how the website will work.

Published by: Shalmali Ranit, Shweta HankareResearch Area: Computer Science and Technology Engineering

Organisation: Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: SNS (Social Networking Site)

Survey Report

243. A comparative study of IP Networking auto-configuration of dual stack and mobile IPv6 co-existence techniques

Today challenging task in IPv6 to configure themselves independently and extend address space between IPv4 to IPv6 using different techniques. Several terms and techniques are necessary to understand Dual-Stack Mobile IP to auto-configuration in IP Networking. The IP mechanism for auto-configuration of addresses depends on the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server determination of whether addresses should be obtained using the configuration mechanism procedure. Mobile IP is technology allows mobile device users to move from one network to another IP address. And Dual –Stack mechanism supported both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic and routes with independently work hosts and routers, and to control the mobility between mobile and DHCPv6 server, signal traffic of hosts and routers, so this paper main aim to a comparative study on the auto-configuration in Dual Stack and Mobile IPv6 using co-existence techniques.

Published by: Narender Singh, Dr. Jahid AliResearch Area: Computer Application

Organisation: Sri Sai University, Palampur Himachal Pradesh IndiaKeywords: IP Autoconfiguration, Mobile IPv6, Dual–stack, Stateful and stateless, DHCP

Others

244. Emotion recognition from facial expression

The aim of image (photo) based emotion recognition system emotion is to detect and classify the emotion from the human face from an image. The automatic system mainly has two components i.e. extraction of facial feature and classification of facial feature. To classify the feature precisely effective feature classification methods should be applied. Many recent systems uses additional information from classification which reduces accuracy as well as increase execution time. In this system Double Local Binary Pattern (DLBP) is used for feature extraction which is a variant of Local Binary Pattern (LBP). Since DLBP has small dimension size which reduces the detection time. To handle local illumination problem Logarithmic Laplace-Domain is proposed (LoL-Domain). Finally, Convolution Neural Network (CNN) is used for an obtained feature for classification.

Published by: Vinay Kumara R. S., Shraddha P. W., Ketan Kulkarni, Goutham Y., Manohar G. M.Research Area: Machine Learning

Organisation: BNM Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Double Local Binary Pattern, Convolution Neural Network, Emotion recognition, Feature extraction

Research Paper

245. Challenges and opportunities of rural and urban women entrepreneurs on digitalization in India

The study will focus on creating solutions that tackle the root for digitalization issues, with the aspiration of alleviating the trouble rather than providing short assistance to rural and urban women entrepreneurs, therefore creating support to entrepreneurs and citizens who are self-adequate and self-reliance and not dependent. To determines and analyze the challenges and opportunities by the women entrepreneurship and they solve the issues and evaluate the digitalization effect will development to take up the target to achieve it in the recent scenario. Women entrepreneurs are the personality who solves the business exertion and creates the consciousness and clears the hurdles and crisis to overcome it. Women entrepreneurship is a course designed to give a broad understanding of how entrepreneurs can form enterprises that address business challenges, tools, and practices used to identify opportunities, innovate, route, solutions, and gather resources to build sustainable business models. It will examine how rural and urban women enterprise can have a compounding impact by providing digitalization for others to reproduce and also by generating profits that can be reinvested in solving other business challenges. Women entrepreneurs’ innovation will also be discussed as a form of entrepreneurship, as well as an additional element that can be integrated into the traditional corporate structure. When business innovation becomes the norm for all businesses, rather than for the exceptional few, the benefits are far-reaching, long lasting, and exponentially greater for society as a whole.

Published by: Mahalakshmi R., Dr. H. H. RameshaResearch Area: Women Entrepreneurs

Organisation: Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Entrepreneurship, Challenges and opportunities in recent scenario, Women entrepreneurs’ issues regarding digitalization in India

Research Paper

246. System seizing and performance analysis of 30 kW grid connected solar PV plant in five different regions in India

This report will help us to understand how the 30-kW solar PV cell-based power plant will perform if all the system components are same and simulated in 5 different regions of India when the sun is over the equator(at equinox). Generally, performance analysis is based on PSH of different locations, module tilt angle, row spacing, array matching and several other losses (Soiling loss, temperature loss, mismatch, voltage drop, irradiance, shadow loss, etc.). This system is useful for new entrepreneurs to understand the system performance analysis in different regions in India if the system having the same components.

Published by: Ashutosh Tripathi, Romi JainResearch Area: Renewable Energy

Organisation: Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Solar photovoltaic cell, Altitude, Modules, Array matching, Row spacing, Specific energy yield

Research Paper

247. Students monitoring system in lab

In most of the organizations, they connect multiple numbers of systems to form a network to share files or to keep a track on the work of the users. While connecting to monitor the network system activities for security purposes. Client and Server are the two methodologies in this system. In the proposed system we will be introducing the current session option to monitor the network systems and at the same time, the accessed folder option shows the username and user accessed folders. While the client logs in to the server, the Clients IP address and system names are added to the server. The server will display all the user names, and from the server, we can monitor the particular Client screen activities like the currently opened screens, the files created, modified and deleted. Five modules that we have developed are Admin module for username and password, Remote Desktop Services, IP Subnet Calculator for hiding the complexity of the IP subnet process for only class C type IP address, Network Remote Monitoring System for monitoring, and E-mail Client. Protocols that we will be using are SNMP, FTP, SMTP, RDP etc.

Published by: Anagha ChaudhariResearch Area: Computer Science and Technology

Organisation: Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: IP subnet calculator, Network remote, Monitoring, SNMP, FTP SMTP, RDP

Research Paper

248. Cleaner production assessment in optical brightening agent manufacturing industry

Optical Brightening Agents (OBA) manufacturing industry is currently facing tough market competition and environmental issues, demanding productivity improvement and waste reduction by adopting Cleaner Production (CP) techniques. Majority of OBA manufacturing industries are operated based on conventional practices generating higher quantum of wastes. Adoption of adequate CP options would not only result in waste reduction but also in productivity improvement by better processes efficiencies, optimization of resource consumption, etc. During the study, probable CP options have been identified based on the causes of generation waste streams and then identified CP options were screened and evaluated based on their economic feasibilities. It was attempted to determine costs and benefits possible from eliminating/reducing the waste streams in monetary terms and also to calculate the payback period for each of the CP options. The aim of this study was to derive the CP options that may be practically implemented by the industry for reducing the waste generation and improving productivity.

Published by: Tejas Patel, S. M. UsmanResearch Area: Environmental Engineering

Organisation: Aadishwar College of Engineering and Technology, Venus Swarnim Startup and Innovation University, Gandhinagar, GujaratKeywords: OBA manufacturing industry, Cleaner production, Feasibility assessment, CP assessment, Prioritization, Cost estimation, Waste streams

Research Paper

249. Assessment of ski-jump bucket parameters for sluice spillway of Himalayan dam by hydraulic model studies

Ski jump buckets are very popular type of energy dissipators for dam spillways. These ski jump buckets are provided where the tailwater levels downstream of the spillway are such low that stilling basins type of energy dissipator cannot be provided. The design of ski jump bucket for a spillway of a dam is very complex in nature, as it involves hydraulic variables such as discharge intensity, head over the spillway, lip angle, lip elevation, full reservoir level, tailwater level, velocity head of jet at bucket lip, bucket radius and frictional losses. Himalayan dams are mainly run- of- river schemes mainly meant for hydropower generation and where poundages are minimum and also serve dual purposes of disposing of flood and sediments. Many of Himalayan dam sluice spillways are provided with ski jump buckets as energy dissipators. Sometimes ski jump buckets are provided when the tailwater levels are higher and bucket lip is provided under submerged condition. Computing jet trajectory length and trajectory height of ski jump bucket is important as the throw distance play a decisive role in fixing downstream structures like downstream cofferdam, tailrace outfalls, diversion tunnels, etc. Also, throw height computation is important to factor in fixing the heights of divider walls and training walls of the spillway. Various empirical formulae are available in the literature for finding out the throw distance of trajectory buckets. But hydraulic model studies play a crucial role in assessing the performance of ski jump buckets. The hydraulic model is the best tool to design or modify the spillways and energy dissipators by making the model run for different discharges and gate operation schedules prior to the construction of project. In this papers authors

Published by: V. S. Ramarao, Atif Bashir Inamdar, Prathamesh Narendrakumar Joshi, Shubham Santosh SanghviResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Himalayan dam, Spillway, Ski-jump bucket, Trajectory bucket, Throw distance, Throw height, Lip angle, Tailwater level, Lip elevation

Research Paper

250. Designing and implementing result reporting tool using OLAP technology

A large amount of data is generated in educational institutes. The produced data does not provide a clear picture due to which the important details might not be visible. This data can be used in different ways if it is analyzed properly. Analysis of data plays an important role in the understanding of information. The main objective of this paper is to develop a web-based software which evaluates the performance of students, faculty, departments and predict the placement of students which will eventually help in evaluating students potential strengths and weaknesses for the growth of the institutes. As data sets have grown in size and has become more complex, therefore this has made efficiency of data mining algorithms to decrease. So OLAP technology is used in this paper to analyze database information from multiple databases at one time and its data is stored in the multidimensional database.

Published by: Bhavya Agnihotri, Rucha Bendale, Ankita Waghmare, Nisha SharmaResearch Area: Computer Science and Technology

Organisation: Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: OLAP, Analysis, Performance, Dashboards, Data mining

Research Paper

251. Leach based routing protocol in wireless sensor networks

The main purpose of wireless sensor networks to manage conventional systems is to adjust the vitality of systems and extend the entire life of the system. The wireless sensor networks have limited energy to micro sensor nodes. When such nodes lose their force absolutely, verbal altercation stops. Wireless sensor networks have the least effort and mandatory sensor hubs with a large degree of control. A sensor hub detects information in numerous applications on wireless sensor networks and transmits it to the sink through solitary or multi-jump routes. A hierarchal-based routing protocol is mainly used in the field of energy consumption. LEACH is also clustering based routing protocol. The main aim of this research is to create a number of rules to offer better and reliable network services for wireless sensors through stable networks with nodes with long service life. Reliable is a durable and better performance platform. In this paper, we are implementing a new algorithm based on soft and hard thresholding for 2-tier cluster head formation. First, the energy efficient routing protocol is studied and analyzed. Then we use new thresholding technology algorithms. It will help in improving the network life time. And also works on alive nodes, throughput etc.

Published by: Geeta Sharma, Bharti, Manit Kapoor, Naveen DhillonResearch Area: Electronic and Communiaction Engineering

Organisation: Ramgarhia Institute of Engineering and Technology, Phagwara, PunjabKeywords: WSN (Wireless Sensor Network), LEACH, Clustering protocol

Research Paper

252. Experiment on soil properties made with geocell-shredded tyres reinforced sand

Soil reinforcement is one of the most popular ground improvement techniques. Availability of different material and techniques for reinforcement is one of the major reasons for the continuous increase in the application of the soil reinforcement. Rapid industrialization is full filling the need of the present time and it is also producing a huge amount of waste Under the present investigation, a detailed parametric study through a series of triaxial experiments has been carried out to develop an understanding of the behavior of geocell-shredded tyres reinforced sand under triaxial loading. The influence of various parameters pertaining to geocell- shredded tyres reinforced soil such as relative densities (i.e., 30%, 50%, 70%), confining pressures (i.e., 50kPa, 100kPa, 200kPa), types of geocells (i.e., M=4.79, 3.23), and shredded tyres content (i.e., 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%) have been studied extensively in a systematic manner. The results of the triaxial tests show that the stiffness and the load carrying capacity of the soil improve substantially with the provision of shredded tyres reinforcement in content 10% and 20% respectively while results of tyre content 30% and 40% show less stiffness and the load carrying capacity of the soil. The stiffness and load carrying capacity of the soil also improves with the provision of reinforcement of soil using geocells and also improves with the provision of reinforcement of soil using geocell-shredded tyres. When geocells are used with shredded tyres for reinforcement of soil then improved results have been seen in 10%, 20%, and 30% tyre content as compare to geocell reinforcement of soil without shredded tyres. While 40% of tyre content shows less load carrying capacity as compare to lesser contents of shredded tyres.

Published by: Avinash Shastri, Rajesh Misra, Chandra Mohan ShakyaResearch Area: Geo-technical Engineering

Organisation: Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Sand, Geocell, Shredded tyres, Specific gravity, Triaxial compressive test, Shear test

Review Paper

253. Ergonomic analysis of bed for bedridden patient- An interdisciplinary overview

This review paper mainly focuses on ergonomics problem which is mainly related to bedridden patients and caretaker of those patients. A bed plays a key role in the patients' life, if ergonomically bed is not suitable for patients then he can't recover fast & also the person who takes care of the patient they go through some injuries or accident. Designing a healthcare facility without giving sufficient consideration to the users who will perform their activities in it may lead to dysfunctional workplace. Like assisted living facilities, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, as well as in home health care services, the design of hospital bed depends largely on users’ anthropometric characteristics to ensure comfort, safety, and productivity of health care service. In attempting to meet the patients’ needs, a survey paper was studied for many cases (patients and caregivers point of view) which aimed at proposing a new prototype to provide their needs.

Published by: Pawan Prakash Khebudkar, S. S. Shinde, Sandesh B. SangaleResearch Area: Industrial Engineering

Organisation: KIT College of Engineering, Kolhapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Bedridden patients, Healthcare facility, Anthropometric characteristics

Others

254. Brain tumor segmentation in MRI images

Among cerebrum tumors, gliomas territory unit the preeminent normal and forceful, bringing about a dreadfully short life in their most noteworthy evaluation. In this manner, treatment structuring might be a key stage to upgrade the nature of life of oncologic patients. Attractive Resonance Imaging (MRI) might be a widely utilized imaging procedure to evaluate these tumors. Anyway, the enormous amount of learning made by attractive reverberation imaging anticipates manual division in an entirely reasonable time, constraining the utilization of exact quantitative estimations inside the clinical apply. Along these lines, programmed and dependable division ways territory unit required; be that as it may, the enormous spatial and basic changeability among cerebrum tumors make programmed division a troublesome downside. In this paper, we will, in general, propose a programmed division technique dependent on Statistical Region Merging. To ensure the tumor segmentation based on the merging predicate of the neighborhood pixels to accurately determine the tumor. So effective results are achieved when compared to manual segmentation where the segmentation lacks accuracy.

Published by: Chand Basha, V. Punna RaoResearch Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Image processing, Otsu’s thresholding, Statistical region merging

Review Paper

255. Convolutional Neural Networks

The human brain is trained in such a way that it can automatically and instantly recognize multiple faces. But when it comes to the computer, it becomes very difficult to do all the challenging tasks on the level of the human brain. The face recognition is an integral part of biometrics. In biometrics, basic traits of human are matched to the existing data and facial features are extracted and implemented through algorithms. Numerous algorithms and techniques have been developed for improving the performance of face recognition. Deep learning is making crucial advances in solving problems that have restricted the best attempts of the artificial intelligence community for many years. Among one of the deep learning, approaches are Convolutional Neural networks (CNN).CNN is a kind of artificial neural networks that employ convolution methodology to extract the features from the input data to increase the number of features. The general structure of the face recognition process is of three stages. It starts with a pre-processing stage: color space conversion and resizing of images, continues with the extraction of facial features, and afterward extracted feature set is classified. In our system, Softmax Classifier is to realize the final stage that is classification on the basis of the facial features extracted from CNN

Published by: Mrunmayee Vaidya, Jigyasa Solanki, Sravani WayangankarResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Artificial Intelligence, Convolutional Neural Networks, Classifier, Neural Networks, Biometrics, Deep learning

Research Paper

256. Impact of fluoride in Bastar

It is well known that the excess fluoride intake is responsible for dental and skeleton fluorosis. Villages of Bastar block and bakawand block are badly affected with fluoride. The reason is that a high concentration of fluoride water used by villagers for drinking and cooking purpose where groundwater is the major source of drinking water, water with fluoride content more than 1.5ppm may cause fluorosis. In the present study randomly selected primary and middle schools of Bastar and bakawand block, where the highest percentage of dental fluorosis was seen in 7 to 14 yrs age group children and in some places crippling lower limbs also noted. Since Bastar has a dense forest, heavy rainfall occurs during the mansoon season. There are no chemical factories in the district and nearby districts. Pollution free rainwater can be stored in cisterns and reservoirs by rainwater harvesting. This water can use to dilute the fluoride concentration and water level to be maintained.

Published by: Priyanka Salhotra, V. Vijaylaxmi, K. IndiraResearch Area: Chemistry

Organisation: Government Kaktiya P.G. College, Jagdalpur, ChhattisgarhKeywords: Fluoride

Research Paper

257. Virtual assistant based recommendation system

In the current commercial application, the e-commerce applications give the only recommendation of the particular tastes only when one is interested in a particular item. The recommendation is also very much related to the item the user is interested in. Though this system works well it lacks the personalized experience that the user can get when purchasing an item through an offline vendor. This can be achieved by aggregating the recommendation engine within a virtual assistant. In our proposed system the user will be getting the online e-commerce experience with a personalized buying assistance that one gets while buying through an offline retail vendor.

Published by: Darshan B. S., Ajay S., Akshatha C., Aishwarya V., Shilpa S. G.Research Area: Machine Learning and AI

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Recommendation, Virtual assistant, Book recommendation, E-commerce, Collaborative filtering, Content based filtering, Cosine similarity, Linear regression

Review Paper

258. Energy generation from road vehicle

Electricity is the most necessary form of energy. We cannot even imagine our life without electricity. Consumption of electricity is increasing day by day. Nowadays most of the electricity is generated by conventional fossil fuels, eventually, the conventional power sources will get depleted by the next few decades. This paper is about to use nonconventional energy source for power generation. Here we generate energy by air compression. All the setup is placed under speed bumper when vehicle passing from speed bumper it generates electricity. The main benefit of this method is here we use wasted energy for power generation.

Published by: Shidore Gaurav Arun, Paithankar Swapnil Mangesh, Patil Rushikesh Ravindra, Manwatkar Shrikant Khanduji, Pratiksha P. JawaleResearch Area: Energy Generation

Organisation: Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra,Keywords: Pneumatic, Generator, Electricity, Power and Capacity

Others

259. Climate change and my role in mitigating its effect

Throughout this presentation, I would like to express my opinion on climate change from the view of art and literature. First: definition of Climate Change through different poems composed by different poets. Second: All about how people from the genre of art and literature have told us the beginning of Climate Changes in their works. Continuing with this point ill make an attempt to speak about how do people react to that call, what are the things that are changed in both negative and positive note throughout the world? Third: All about the awareness that was created by the people who were having the mask of art and literature. I will try my best to speak on the level extent that they reached to explain the causes and results on Climate Change. Fourth: I will speak on the imaginative thoughts of art and literature worker. That is how they have depicted the polluted earth or changed Climate. In my conclusion, I will express my thoughts on Climate Change, People’s Attitude and what can be done.

Published by: William Joseph J.Research Area: Nature

Organisation: St. Philomena's College (Autonomous), Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: Climate Change, Poems and poets

Research Paper

260. Advance health monitoring system using IoT

Health monitoring and help the patient in the emergency condition is the main objective of this project. The aim of the project is to early inform the abnormal conditions of the body to the doctor and patient. The project mainly based on embedded system and IOT. The proposed system consists of hardware such as controller, temperature sensor, heartbeat sensor, load cell, ultrasonic sensor, LED, Wi-Fi module and LCD. In this project, the different sensor measure the body parameters such as body temperature, heartbeats, weight, height, and the readings are sent to the IoT server over wireless communication (Wi-Fi). If there are any abnormalities in measurement doctor will get alert about them. We can use this project on a daily basis to monitor body condition and help to doctor for monitoring patient remotely.

Published by: Sachin Ramdas Kalane, Akshay Dilip Patil, Mayuri Shashikant Jawade, Dr. K. M. GaikwadResearch Area: Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Health monitoring, IoT, Mobile application

Research Paper

261. Experimental study on material of compound parabolic concentrator to increase efficiency of solar evacuated tube for hard water desalination

The use of solar energy in thermal desalination process is one of the most promising applications of renewable energies. In a solar desalination system, solar energy is utilized for heating salt water and converting it into soft water. A set of the evacuated tube and compound parabolic solar collector mainly get high-temperature performance in the range of 1200˚C-1250˚C. The annual yield is at its maximum when the condensing glass cover inclination is equal to the latitude of the place. The solar desalination system is eco-friendly and popular in rural areas. In the future, there is great scope in research carried out with other developed technologies such as ETC, ETC with heat pipes and multistage solar distillation.

Published by: Sonali Hase, Shraddha Adewar, Divya Mane, Madhura Mahajan, Punam KadamResearch Area: Solar Energy

Organisation: Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Solar desalination, Evacuated tube, Compound parabolic concentrator, Material of compound parabolic concentration

Thesis

262. Strengthening of reinforced concrete beam using glass fiber reinforced polymer

The maintenance, rehabilitation, and upgrading of structural members are perhaps one of the most crucial problems in civil engineering applications. Moreover, a large number of structures constructed in the past using the older design codes in different parts of the world are structurally unsafe according to the new design codes. Since replacement of such deficient elements of structures incurs a huge amount of public money and time, strengthening has become the acceptable way of improving their load carrying capacity and extending their service lives. In the present study, an experimental investigation is carried out on the flexural and shear behavior of RC beams strengthened using continuous GFRP sheets are carried out. Externally reinforced concrete beams with epoxy-bonded GFRP sheets were tested to failure using a symmetrical two-point concentrated static loading system. Two sets of beams were cast for this experimental test program. In SET I three beams weak in flexure were cast, out of which one is controlled beam and other two beams were strengthened using continuous GFRP sheets in flexure. In SET II three beams weak in shear were cast, out of which one is the controlled beam and other two beams were strengthened using continuous GFRP sheets in shear. The strengthening of the beams is done with the varying configuration of GFRP sheets.

Published by: Rupesh Khatri, Dr. G. P. Khare, Dushyant Kumar SahuResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Government Engineering College, Jagdalpur, ChhattisgarhKeywords: Glass fiber, Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP), Flexural strength, Shear strength

Research Paper

263. Vibration analysis and experimentation of centrifugal pump impeller

The impeller is a rotating component of a Centrifugal Pump. In the Pump application, excessive vibrations encountered would pose a damaging effect on the impeller. Most of the dynamic machinery problems result from the interaction between the exciting forces & associated structural frequencies. When frequency generated by exciting force becomes equal to natural frequency, the amplitude of vibration becomes maximum causing resonance Hence the main objective is to carry out static vibration analysis and conduct experimentation performance on the Impeller of two material- MS & Nylon and record the running pump parameters – Pressure head (H) & flow rate (Q) and deserve when the pump is running smoothly without any noise. The smooth run, without noise, indicates that the vibration level is normal. To find out the natural frequency of an impeller modal analysis was carried out. Cad model generation was done in CATIA V5, meshing in HYPER MESH and ANSYS is for post-processing. The experimentation carried out using different material (MS & Nylon) should not only smooth run of the Pump, but also improves the Pump efficiency resulting sufficient power saving of the pump.

Published by: Suraj Sudamji Wankhade, S. S. JarikoteResearch Area: Manufacturing

Organisation: MGM College of Engineering, Nanded, MaharashtraKeywords: Efficiency, Impeller, Duty point, Nylon

Research Paper

264. Selection of phase change material based on AHP and TOPSIS method

Selection of PCM plays an important role in storing latent heat in a thermal energy storage system. PCM can be selected by different methods such as; AHP(Analytical Hierarchy Process), ENTROPY, FUZZY TOPSIS METHODS. This paper contains AHP and TOPSIS method calculation. AHP method is used to determine weight criteria while TOPSIS is used for obtaining the rank of criteria. A drawback to select an appropriate PCM used in domestic water heater system using triplex tube heat exchanger (TTHX) is coping up by desired methods. PCM liquidification and solidification under different mass flow rates are investigated. Internal and external fins are used to improve the heat transfer rate during charging and discharging of PCM.

Published by: Sahil Sunil Gharat, Suyog Vilas Gosavi, Krutika Dhondiram Mane, Sumedh Dinesh Gotmukle, Pitambar GadhaveResearch Area: Thermal Engineering

Organisation: Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Narhe, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: AHP, TOPSIS, RTD, PCM

Research Paper

265. Design, analysis and manufacturing of semi automatic book binding machine

This semi-automatic book binding machine can be used to bind pages which is very important in libraries, govt. departments, offices, companies, lawyers, and book covers generally to maintain their books and records in good condition. This book binding machine is designed to performed operations semi-automatically. In term of the semi-automatic machine, it uses a different mechanism such as gripping mechanism, nut and bolt mechanism, folding mechanism, etc. This machine is designed and construct that can bind book which is in A4 size. It can minimize human energy consumption in order to bind books

Published by: Akshay Dharpale, Swapnil Dimble, Akshay Dalvi, Kiran Desai, V. M. BansodeResearch Area: Design

Organisation: NBN Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Gripping mechanism, Folding mechanism, Vacuum gripper, Nut and Bolt mechanism

Research Paper

266. Design and simulation of Carry Save Adder using VHDL

This paper presents a low power and high-speed multi-operand adder which shows a higher degree of modularity than other existing adders. In Digital Signal Processing (DSP) applications, Addition is one of the fundamental operations. In advance technology, researches are still going on to design an adder that carries out addition in a twinkle of time. Carry Save Adder (CSA) is one of such high speed and low power adder. This paper focuses on the designing and simulation of carrying Save Adder (CSA) using Carry Look ahead adder instead of using usual ripple carry adder so that speed increases by 10%.

Published by: Komal, Dr. A. K. GautamResearch Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: S. D. College of Engineering and Technology, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Carry Save Adder (CSA), VHDL design

Research Paper

267. Automatic rotary car parking system

Car parking in busy streets or even in huge commercial buildings is one of the most time-consuming tasks. Also, due to increasing number of vehicles, space efficient parking is not possible. The vehicles are parked in an unorganized manner on the streets. Also, safety of the vehicle is one of the main concerns. So, this proposed system, helps us to park vehicles in an organized manner. Each user is given a RFID tag. Each tag has details encrypted about the position where car is placed. This system also ensures safety and efficient use of parking space. As the system is automatic, the time consumed is reduced.

Published by: Vishal Tayade, Swapnil Waghulkar, Sakshi Devre, Jyoti SangogiResearch Area: E&TC Engineering

Organisation: RMD Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Arduino Mega, RFID module, Vending, Coin counter

Research Paper

268. To improve the fertility of soil by using Biochar

Now a days due to use of artificial fertilizers in farming, the yield of crop is getting damaged. Soil becomes polluted and unfertilized for crop production. So, we made use of Biochar which is organic material. By using biochar fertility of soil is improved and healthy food is produced for mankind. Biochar has been proven a renewable resource and eco-friendly material for improving soil fertility. The main objective of our study is to increase the water absorbing capacity of soil and to produce crop by organic fertilizer. In this experiment we made comparative study between Biochar and fertilizer (i.e. NPK and organic manure). The time taken by each fertilizer for production of crop (Tomato) and how much water is absorbed by each fertilized soil is compared.

Published by: Nikita Atolkar, Dr. S. L. Patil, Moreshwar H.Patil, Prashant S.Baviskar, Abhishek V. Patil, Vaishali V. SavaleResearch Area: Environmental Engineering

Organisation: Shram Sadana Bombay Trust College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Water absorbing capacity, Organic fertilizer

Review Paper

269. Distributed Ledger Technology based data minimization of digital identities

The avatars can be created and managed by a prime identity and can be used by an individual in a self-sovereign way to provide access to their information through the method of minimization or to cast the usage of the data and the statistical or marketing use of the same. User has the choice of sharing minimum attributes required for KYC purpose based on different avatars of the Blockchain, also track the flow of data through various concerned agencies.

Published by: Shashwat Dhananjay, Vinay Kumar, Harshit Agrawal, Prajakta Patankar, Dr. Shitalkumar A. JainResearch Area: Blockchain

Organisation: MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Security, Data breach, Personally identifiable information, Right to Privacy, Blockchain DLT, Digital KYC, Data controller, Data processor

Research Paper

270. Artificial Neural Network architecture and hardware Chip Implementation using VHDL

Artificial neural networks are extended on the basis of brain structure. Like the brain, ANNs can recognize patterns, handle facts and figures and be trained. They are prepared by artificial neurons which employ the quintessence of genetic neurons. In the research work, we have considered the 8 inputs ANN signal which is multiplied with their corresponding weights. The hardware chip is designed to support the system functionality in Xilinx ISE 14.2 software. The designed chip is simulated with Modelsim 10.0 software for test cases. The designed chip is also synthesized on SPARTAN-3E FPGA using VHDL programming and device hardware and timing parameters are also analyzed for the functionality of the chip. Keywords: Artificial Neural Network (ANN), FPGA, Xilinx ISE software

Published by: Km Manisha, Dr. A. K. GautamResearch Area: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Organisation: S. D. College of Engineering and Technology, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar PradeshKeywords: : Artificial Neural Network (ANN), FPGA, Xilinx ISE software

Technical Notes

271. Transistors recommendation system

The Transistors recommendation system helps learners make choices without sufficient personal experience transistors datasheet. In our research, the user-based and the main recommendation algorithm combined with Datasheets for all selective transistors. We analyzed the concern of the recommendation system and also an architecture is proposed, based on which improvements can be achieved. In this architecture, there are seven modules are presented. The crucial aim of this research paper is to perceive the basis of a recommendation system that will assist students in culling the best transistors for their respective work.

Published by: Shubham Singh, Aniruddha KalbandeResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Transistors, Recommendation system, Collaborative filtering algorithm, Datasheets, Students

Research Paper

272. On road object detection using image processing

Object detection involves detecting the instances of objects from a particular class in the image. The goal of object detection is to detect all instances of objects from known class, such as people, cars or faces in an image. Object detection using haar feature based cascade classifier is an effective object detection method. It is a machine learning based approach where a cascade function is trained from lots of positive and negative images. It is used to detect the objects in other images. In this work, we propose a new application for on-road moving object detection in the goal to participate in reducing the big number of road accidents. Road moving object detection in traffic video is a difficult task. Hence, in this work, we present a system in order to control the outside car risks by detecting the different road moving objects. Experimental results indicate that suggested method object detection can be achieved with a high detection ratio.

Published by: Trushan Vidhate, Ritesh Hirji Hirani, Akshay Maroti Tamke, Suyog ShahResearch Area: Digital Image Processing

Organisation: Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Haar cascade classifier, Object detection, Machine learning

Case Study

273. Effective marketing with digital channel: An experimental study

In the E-age, the old traditional way of product promotion is obsolete. One of the best effective online marketing. This has taken over the traditional advertising style of marketing. Various digital channels including social media, blogs, etc from being means of entrainment, now have become an active platform for product marketing. Our work aids amateur & startup people to get into the digital form of marketing. They can do better business getting more customers, fast & systematic with less expense.

Published by: Vijaya Kumar R., Devisivasankari P.Research Area: Digital Marketing

Organisation: New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Digital marketing, Traditional marketing

Research Paper

274. Placement of UPFC in power system to improve the power system performance

The FACTS known as flexible ac transmission systems devices are solid state converters designed on voltage source converter and now the approach of engineers towards planning and operations of power systems by the implementation of FACTS devices. In this thesis work, UPFC FACTS controller models have been developed to reduce transmission losses and to improve voltage profile with power flow algorithm and models have been linearised by Newton’s method using a minimum of iterative steps. This paper describes the implementation of the UPFC Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices optimally locate in IEEE 14 bus system for power flow analysis to reduce the transmission losses and improve the voltage profile. In this thesis, UPFC is placed at every load bus at every transmission line to obtain the result of minimum power losses and minimum voltage deviation.

Published by: Manoj Giri, Mithilesh Singh, Ritesh DiwanResearch Area: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Organisation: Raipur Institute of Technology, Raipur, ChhattisgarhKeywords: FACTS, UPFC, IEEE 14 bus

Research Paper

275. IQAC role in quality assurance of higher education

Indian Higher Education and Establishment of NAAC has always been undergone so many changes and tackled with challenges since independence. There were so many challenges in the educational system, so to tackle those all issues education institution As per National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) to respond positively. Because it is a significant administrative body responsible for all quality matters. Objectives of this paper are to determine the careful role of IQAC in maintaining overall quality standards in the college. Sandip J. Nikam, (2016 ) research paper was expressed that how and in what ways IQAC functions brings quality in the overall development of higher education institution and to find out the role of IQAC in terms of quality assurance, sustaining in regard with all the core elements. Methodology: present paper utilized both primary and secondary data sources. Findings: As of the our primary data results the majority of the respondents that is 68.8 percent respondents who were comes under equal to or more than 50 age group has stated that IQAC contributes to maintaining quality in higher education institution, followed by 68 percent respondents who came in between 31-40 age groups, 61.9 percent respondents were in between 21-30 and 73.7 percent respondents were comes under 41-50 age groups who agree with IQAC playing important role in quality maintenance in higher education.

Published by: Dr. ManikammaResearch Area: Social Science

Organisation: Smt. C.B. Patil Arts and Commerce Degree College, Chincholi, KarnatakaKeywords: IQAC, Quality, Higher education, Challenges, Assurance

Research Paper

276. Life invader E-commerce hub

E- commerce stands for Electronic Commerce is the activity of buying or selling products over the Internet which allows customers to overcome geographical barriers and allows them to purchase products anytime and from anywhere. Many customers prefer online markets if the products can be delivered quickly at a relatively low price. Problems faced by local retailers include logistics, understanding the customer behavior, ever-increasing demands of the customer and adoption of technology. This project will be useful for all those shopkeepers who sell their products offline and will help them to connect to the customers and show the quality of their service and the products they sell. This will save time for the customers and increase the sales rate for retailers. The ANN Algorithm and Apriori Algorithm are used here for optimization and frequency detection of items respectively.

Published by: Akshay Gade, Aniket Kumar Gupta, MD Shadique Hussain, Harshitha S.Research Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: E-marketing, Retail industries, Consumer satisfaction, Customization

Research Paper

277. Implementation of large scale video storage system over distributed system

In a world of the greater number of installed Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV), high bandwidth requirements and larger memory consumption is major considerations when designing a video storage system. Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) is the most useful technology used for security. Traditional file-systems will not help for the receiving and storage of large-scale video clips. Paper presents a large-scale video storage system used for storing and maintaining thousands of video clips. Characteristics of this system are the scale-out architecture design which allow the performance to grow by adding a greater number of the hardware.

Published by: Goutam Prabhakar Naik, Abhishek Vinayak, Goutama B. R., Brahmesh Jain M. A., Geeta S. H.Research Area: Computer Science And Engineering

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Storage system, Large-Scale, Metadata, Video surveillance, Distributed system.

Research Paper

278. An experimental analysis of cement concrete prepared with rice husk ash and steel fibre

The use of strength upgrading mineral admixtures or extra establishing materials has increased impressive significance from the most recent decade as a key to long administration life of solid structures. As a development material, concrete is having the biggest creation when contrasted with every single other material. The expansion sought after for the elements of cement is met by fractional substitution of materials by waste materials which are acquired by methods for different enterprises. In the present circumstance solid needs exceptional mixes of execution and consistency necessities that can't be constantly accomplished by utilizing traditional constituents and ordinary blending. Concrete is feeble in pressure, has restricted malleability and little protection from splitting. Then again, Due to developing natural mindfulness just as stricter guidelines on overseeing modern waste, the world is progressively swinging to looking into properties of mechanical waste and discovering arrangements on utilizing its important part so that those may be utilized as an auxiliary crude material in other mechanical branches. The present trial examination is done to contemplate the impact of halfway substitution of the bond by Rice husk fiery remains (RHA) with utilizing Steel fiber in cement. The test examination did on steel fiber up to an all-out fiber volume division of 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2.0 % and bond was halfway supplanted with 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% of RHA based on past research results. The mechanical properties like compressive quality, part rigidity, and flexural quality were examined for cement arranged. All outcomes were resolved at the age of 7, 14 and 28 days of restoring. The research facility results demonstrated that expansion of steel strands fortified RHA into solid expands the mechanical properties.

Published by: Ashish Singh PanwarResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun, UttarakhandKeywords: Concrete, Rice Husk Ash (RHA), Steel fibers, Environment, Mechanical properties, Durability

Review Paper

279. Shielding calculation for a linac bunker

The cancer rate in India has more than doubled over the last 26 years. As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data, India had 14 lakh cancer patients in 2016 and this number is expected to increase. A machine is used to aim high-energy rays or beams from outside the body into the tumor. The machine most commonly used is called a linear accelerator or “linac.” In this paper Shielding thickness calculation for 6 Megavoltage Radiation from accelerator will be carried out based on the ICRP (International Council for Radiation Protection) recommendation. Additional shielding materials, their thickness will be assessed.

Published by: Nimisha K., Anjali Narayanan K. M.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Cochin College of Engineering and Technology, Malappuram, KeralaKeywords: Linac, Shielding, Concrete, Lead

Research Paper

280. Study of aquatic environment of Khar Danda sea coast

The seacoast of Khar Danda 18.96°N and 72.82°E is to the western edge of Mumbai shore of Bandra Suburb at an altitude of 10m to 15m. It has a tropical climate and temperature varying from min 18°C to max 37°C. The sea line is marked by black Deccan basalt sea rocks. It receives torrential Indian Ocean monsoon rains, between June and September. The Khar-Danda fishing village in the south is the oldest area where Koli community resides to the north is the Carter road Promenade. Human activities like domestic, agricultural or industrial have an impact on water and the ecosystems. Fish farming is the important occupation and several other anthropogenic activities like cremation of dead bodies, domestic sewage, and fecal discharge has tremendously affected the ecosystem of the shore as well as the sea. About 11,494 industries are located in the city and 24,554 industries are located in suburbs, contributing as the major source of industrial pollutants. Nearly half of the Mumbai’s populations about 42% of residents are slum dwellers or homeless lacking sewage and sanitation facilities. They use coastal areas as a natural toilet which results in a huge amount of sewage released directly into the sea. A massive amount of these wastes enter the coastal water in and around Khar Danda which is under the grip of pollution. These pollutants carry soil and particles laden with carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and minerals. This nutrient-rich water can cause fleshy algae and phytoplankton to thrive in coastal areas; known as algal blooms, which have the potential to create hypoxic conditions by using all available oxygen. Moreover, a drastic depletion in faunal and floral diversity of the area has been observed causing destruction of mangroves as well as a decline in fishery catches. The Pomfret catch has declined from 24,000 tons in 1982 to 3,000 tons in 2006-07. Also, the Bombay duck catch has crashed from 80,000 tons in 1982 to 23,000 in 2006 (Times of India by S.S.Singh.2010). The Physio-chemical parameters like temperature, pH, Hardness, D.O, B.O.D, CO2 , Nitrate, Nitrite, fecal coliform(FC) and total coliform (TC) studied are presented as a minimum, maximum and mean values to assess the extent of water quality variation throughout the year from OCT. 2017 to SEPT. 2018.The result indicated that parameters were found to be greatly affected.

Published by: Nagma TamkeenResearch Area: Zoology

Organisation: Mumbai University, Mumbai, Maharashtra Keywords: Aquatic environment, Khar-Danda sea coast, Pollutants, Physico-chemical parameters

Research Paper

281. An adaptive authorization in OpenStack cloud platform using MAPE-K

In recent years, Cloud computing has been receiving great attention from various business and research organizations as it promises to provide large storage facilities and highly managed remote Services. However, at the same time, it faces many technical challenges like privacy, reliability, security, etc. Insider threat is one of the most critical security threats for any Industry. Many researchers have been done and are being carried out in the field of cybersecurity for malicious insider attacks. Thus, the first element of such an attack is the internal user. Self-adaptive systems have shown to be able to provide an appropriate solution to treat these problems due to their efficiency and effectiveness. PERMIS role-based authorization infrastructure along with its conceptual authorization, access control, and trust models. It supports history-based decision making but PERMIS does not provide any authentication mechanism but leaves it up to the application to determine what to use. Applying SAAF to OpenStack would require considerable refactoring because OpenStack components that are responsible for dealing with authorization issues based on the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) model. OpenStack Keystone is quite different from that of PERMIS, The applicability of the proposed architecture is exemplified by means of possible responses to the insider threats scenarios. Responses are captured and incorporated into the MAPEK controller of the proposed architecture. The responses may have a different level of impact over the user, the role, or the service being accessed. It is possible that some of the responses may disrupt access to legitimate users whilst removing access to insider threats.

Published by: Kandala Saikiran, M. S. V. Sashi KumarResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: PERMIS, SAAF, OpenStack, RBAC, MAPE-K, Self Adaptive Systems, Insider threats

Review Paper

282. Design and manufacturing of die and punch for RM-800 load cell braided sheet

Now a day’s sheet metal working processes are widely used in almost all industries like automotive, defense, mechanical industries. Also, sheet metal working processes are predominantly used as various reasons not only for industrial purpose but also utilized for commercial purpose as well. For that many people are working in developing the new trends using their innovative ideas. Especially indie design, many die sets are made for different functions such as progressive die, compound die, etc. This project is also based on a new design of die punch. The main aim of this project is to design a new die with interchangeable punches also reduce the weight of the material by means of changing the material of die set. The project mainly focuses on different operations done on single die set in a single stroke of the press, presently these operations are done separately in five steps which include four drills and one plasma cutting. These operations are leading to reduce the production rate and increasing the cycle time with cost as well. As per our new die set, this should constantly eliminate the loss in the production time and reduce the manpower for loading and unloading of the work piece. The parts of die sets, punch and die are designed and assembled in the Creo Parametric 1.0.

Published by: Rushank D. Patil, Swastik S. Gandhi, Mayur D. Esave, Rajesh MhetreResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Purpose, Die, Punch, Cost

Research Paper

283. Chatbot for healthcare system using Artificial Intelligence

The Chatbots are the computer programs that interact with the users using natural language. The chatbot stores the information in the database to identify the keywords from the sentences and make a decision for the query and answers the question. In this paper keyword, ranking and sentence similarity calculation is done using n-gram, TF-IDF and cosine similarity. From the given input sentence, the score will be obtained for each sentence and more similar sentences are obtained for the given query. The query posed to the bot which isn't comprehended or not present in the database is further processed by the third party, expert system.

Published by: Kavitha B. R., Dr. Chethana R. MurthyResearch Area: Information Science and Engineering

Organisation: RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Keyword, N-gram, TF-IDF, Cosine similarity

Research Paper

284. Solar power to empower India for economic growth and development

Renewable source of energies are playing an important role in the national and international podium. There has been tremendous increase in solar power in India and this energy is utilized for further development of the household and industrial sector.Various initiatives have been taken to promote the development of Solar Power in India. This renewable energy is not only strengthening the economic sector but it is also empowering the social sector by creating many employment opportunities. Thus, solar power can be considered an important tool for promoting overall economic development.

Published by: Dr. Runa PaulResearch Area: Economics

Organisation: Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, Ratanpur, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Renewable energy, Economic sector, Social sector, Employment

Research Paper

285. Automated human detection and tracking for surveillance applications

Automated surveillance systems are gaining importance because of their vast applications at the border while security is concerned. Various algorithms are developed and technologies are used to improve the efficiency of these surveillance systems. Efforts are being made to reduce the number of false alarms and detect any kind of suspicious activity happening in the region of suspicion within no seconds. These suspicious activities include drug smuggling, illegal immigrants crossing the borders and last but not the least, terrorist intrusion. These activities need to be detected and analyzed in order to conclude if the activity is suspicious enough to be classified as a threat. The existing systems deployed at the border are not efficient enough to detect threats and hence this paper is designed with an objective of presenting a better algorithm to make a better automated surveillance system. The sole purpose of this algorithm is to increase security at the border because safeguarding the border till date continues to remain a challenge to our country.

Published by: Amritha Sharma, Milind Pathak, Avaneesh Tripathi, Parth Vijay, Shitalkumar A JainResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: YOLO, Haversine, Machine learning, Border surveillance, Neural Networks

Research Paper

286. Validation of smart card for securing digital documents

In the current scenario, most of the organizations go with the theme of digitalization to encourage paperless culture. All the organizations are reforming their systems to perform all the transactions using smart card technology. Considering the Educational institutions in the category of digitalization we recommend to use this smart card technology in the place of maintaining the certificates in files in the form of hard copies. It is easy to carry pocket-sized cards which will have a certified verification number, which makes each card unique. For the process of validation of card, we use LUHN algorithms. This card will help us to handle our certificated in an easy manner.

Published by: Pragati Subhash Bendale, Prachi Arun Barkale, Aniket Sanjay Patil, Kapil Surendra PandeyResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Digitalization, LUHN Algorithms, Authentication, Authorization

Research Paper

287. Validation and generation of judicial certificate

E-Governance system’ will be an online platform for the deliverance of Government to Citizen Services and storage of digital certificates, documents, etc. The system consists of a website which can be linked with different websites of various government departments. In this Project, the Documents will be generated by the system and verified by the authority entitled for the same. Generated certificate will pass on to the user. Certificates show the identity of an individual for a certain purpose, e.g. a driver’s license identifies a person who can legally drive in a particular country. Likewise, a Digital Certificate can be presented electronically to prove your identity or one’s right to access information or services. Document Validation will be provided at the user end where he wants to apply for certain governments documents like Pan Card and Licenses.

Published by: Nikita Suhas Katekar, Hitesh Ranjit Patil, Aishwarya Sanjay Wagh, Tejaswini Pundalik RajurkarResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Shrama Sadhana Bombay Trust's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, MaharashtraKeywords: E-governance, Digital certificates, Document validation

Review Paper

288. Optimization of welding parameters in TIG welding process of stainless steel 304 using Taguchi method

The paper presents the Hallmark of Fabrication parameters and their intensive impact of current, voltage, and speed on Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) of SS 304 steel material During Fabrication. A plan of experiments based on the Taguchi technique Method has been carried out. Orthogonal array, signal to noise (S/N) Ratio, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) are employed for studying the welding characteristics of material & to optimize the weld parameters. The result obtained is the output from each parameter, through which optimal parameters are found out for maximum tensile strength. Observation-welding current and welding speed are major parameters has a deep impact on the tensile strength of welded joint

Published by: Karthimani T., N. BabuResearch Area: Welding

Organisation: SBM College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamil NaduKeywords: TIG welding, Taguchi method, Optimal parameters, Tensile test

Research Paper

289. Experimental studies on concrete utilising red mud as partial replacement of cement

The Bayer Process for the production of alumina from Bauxite ore is characterized by low energy efficiency which results in the production of significant amounts of dust-like, high alkalinity bauxite residues known as Red Mud. Red mud is produced almost at an equivalent mass ratio to metallurgical alumina and is biased into sealed or unsealed artificial confinements, leading to crucial environmental issues. It contains oxides of iron, titanium, aluminum, and silica along with some other minor constituents. Presence of Alumina and Iron oxide in red mud compensates the absence of the same components in limestone which is the essential raw material for cement production. Based on economics as well as environmental related issues, massive efforts have been directed worldwide towards red mud disposal issues. The project work spotlights the suitability of red mud obtained for construction. Five test groups were constituted with the replacement percentages 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% of red mud with cement in each series. To achieve Pozzolan’s property of Red Mud. This paper points out another encouraging guidance for the proper utilization of red mud.

Published by: Bhupesh Rajkumar Kamrani, Akshay Sahebrao Patil, Mohd. Owais Sheikh Sabir Qureshi, Kapil Gopichand Jangid, Dr. S. L. PatilResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Shrama Sadhana Bombay Trust's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Bayer process, Compressive strength, Red mud, Slump test, Consistency test, Economy

Review Paper

290. Review-A classification algorithm for the prediction of lung cancer disease using data-mining

A fractional measure of revise has recognized remarkable relatives amid ETS practice and asthma, pneumococcal infections and, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stroke in the aged. Longitudinal revise are desirable earlier than any exact conclusion can be completed relating to ETS and no respiratory sickness in the aged. The latent position of ecological tobacco smolder experience as a extrapolative feature formative progress of a pre-accessible respiratory or heart ailment is an imperative new vicinity for study. The most important purpose is to nearby an updated meta-psychiatry of the epidemiological information, even though for a short time converse the tentative confirmation, and learning of smolder forbid. This entire thing aimed to construct an experience catalog most intimately correspondent to given that spousal smolder is the conventional catalog for learning ETS possessions, women connubial to a smoker having a patently elevated ETS disclosure, as considered by coniine, than women connubial to a non-smoker. Not mutually from demeanor meta-psychotherapy based on all elected approximation, supplementary analyses using the similar set of estimation, explore disparity in RR by the aspect sex, continent, periodical period, numeral of gear, learning category, numeral of confounders measured in the revision, accessibility of dose-retort fallout, whether the other half was the catalog, and analyses disqualified unattached subject matter.

Published by: Rajni Devi, Gurinderpal SinghResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhaddal, PunjabKeywords: Tobacco smoke, COPD, Data mining, Psychotherapy

Research Paper

291. Experimental performance on 100cc SI engine using acetylene as a fuel

Studies reveal that Acetylene gas produced from calcium carbide (CaC2) is renewable in nature and exhibits similar properties to those of hydrogen. A fixed quantity of Acetylene gas is aspirated and then we will take readings at various loads. Our focus is on less smoke production through emission and a better environment. In the experimentation on engine, we have used Acetylene gas to run the engine without using petrol or any other secondary fuel. This acetylene gas is formed by a mixture of calcium carbide (CaC2) and water. Calcium Carbide is formed by limestone and coal. To form the acetylene gas by using the few grams of calcium carbide and some amount of water which is mixed in reaction tank which is made-up of using Mild steel; because when CaC2 and H2O are get mixed, within the fraction of second this mixture will form an inflammable gas. While the handling of this gas safety is required. We have used this gas to run the engine. The engine drive shaft was attached to the Rope brake dynamo-meter and slowly applied to the weight on dynamo-meter and calculate the various parameters.

Published by: Gaurav Sandesh Doshi, Swapnil Prakash Sherkar, Maharudra Bhagwan ShindeResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: KJEI’s Trinity Academy of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Alternative fuel, Acetylene gas, Si engine, Better emissions

Review Paper

292. Review- Calculation of client credit risk prediction in banking sector using data mining

Data Mining is a competent section of data exploration which seeks to eliminate realistic data from implausible extent of comprehensive data. The massive measurement of these data grounds formulate it impractical for a human predictor to come up with stirring in turn that will help out in the judgment conception process. A numeral of commercial endeavor has been hasty to be proverbial with the attraction of this deliberation. The explanation of this dissertation is to manner a relation erudition on the precision of categorization models and their cost can be smoothly comprehend and they can be realistic on both specific and ceaseless data. Many data mining technique are intended to bulge admire attaining plight that everybody has some significance and limitations other way. The aim to this interpretation is affordable that an entire evaluation associated to sensible data mining process in credit scoring condition. Such direction can support the superintendent to be cognizant of most usual practice in recognition scoring measurement, determine their boundaries, get superior then and recommend new system with enhanced facility.

Published by: Manpreet Kaur, Gurinderpal SinghResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhaddal, PunjabKeywords: Credit card, Banking segment, Data mining, Good class, Bad class

Research Paper

293. Intervention of civil engineers in construction of geothermal ventilation system in silkworm rearing house

A study was conducted to ascertain the structural break in production with introduction of new technologies in construction and design of rearing house and related civil engineering structures in sericulture industry. A study was carried out to know the present status of rearing house structures, designs, input cost and various other parameters related to construction of rearing house for rearing mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori Linn. in Western parts of Maharashtra. The major challenges now facing in the sericulture industry are the methodologies for construction of low cost rearing house by adopting different pre-fabricated techniques. Its adoption, economy and stability are the prime requisites of any structural design which gives the stable and economical structure to increase cocoon productivity. The present paper is an investigation on new techniques and materials which can be strength parameter to increase silk production in India. The present study consists of the new innovative ideas for the design of rearing house such as cooling by geothermal ventilation systems for relative humidity and temperature control. Hatkangale taluka of Kolhapur district was a study area. The present study will be useful to double the sericulture farmer’s income by adopting new technologies for construction management of silkworm rearing house. The details are discussed in the paper.

Published by: Tejaswini Adhikrao Jadhav, Dr. A. C. Attar, Dr. Satish Verma, Dr. Adhikrao JadhavResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sakharale, MaharashtraKeywords: Silkworm, Rearing house, Income, Geothermal ventilation

Review Paper

294. Synthesis of hybrid molecules of isoxazole derivatives in search of new anticancer drugs – A review

Nowadays, the term ‘hybrid drugs’ come to have recognition in the pharmaceutical field as they can potentially overcome most of the pharmacokinetic drawbacks and used in the treatment of many diseases. Discovery of hybrid anticancer drugs with high therapeutic activity leads to trigger two or more cytocidal pharmacological mechanisms of action acting in synergy to inhibit tumor growth. The review showcases the research that is at the prime edge of hybrid anticancer drug discovery. Isoxazole and its derivatives are an important class of heterocyclic compounds show a broad spectrum of biological activities which have made them significant structures. A modification in their structures by incorporating heterocyclic ring to the isoxazole moiety has offered a high degree of diversity that has manifest beneficial for the discovery of hybrid molecules of isoxazole derivatives with potent activity. Thus this review explains the various synthesis of different isoxazole hybrid molecules and their evaluation of the anticancer activity.

Published by: Vidhya C. Dinesh, Hareeshbabu E., K. KrishnakumarResearch Area: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Organisation: St. James College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chalakudy, KeralaKeywords: Hybrid molecules, Isoxazole derivatives, Synthesis, Anticancer activity

Research Paper

295. IoT based smart surveillance security system using Raspberry Pi

Communication mainly is the transfer of whatever thing or exchanging of data, so that the Internet of things is naught but the transferring or exchanging of anything with several other things. The using of internet authorized system or devices roughly calculated as that by 2020 there will be nearly about billions. The purpose of the paper is to define a safekeeping alert device spending little handling power by the Internet of things which help out to observer plus alerts when gestures or else motion are there then send images to a cloud server. Besides, the internet of things cantered use can be used tenuously to observe the action as well as acquire warning when gestures or else indication are there. The images are shown straight to a cloud attendant when the cloud attendant is not accessible at that time the records are put in storage close by on a Raspberry Pi. A credit card size Raspberry Pi with an advantage of Open Source Computer Vision (Open-CV) software knobs the image processing, control algorithms used for the attentiveness then shows taken images to concern person email by the use of Wi-Fi module. The system uses ordinary webcam.

Published by: Mahesh K., Naveen Raj H. N., Pravan Prashant Naik, Apoorv M. N., Dr. Ashok Kumar P. S.Research Area: Information Science and Technology

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Web camera, Wi-Fi module, Raspberry Pi, Keyboard, Open CV

Others

296. Seismic isolation of high-rise RC building using lead rubber isolator

Severe damage is caused to property by earthquakes, especially to necessitate architects and manmade structures. Seismic isolation is the better solution as many researchers studied and reviewed for the earthquake resistant design of the structures. This is because base isolation confines the effects of the earthquake strike, a workable base isolating structure largely separating the structure from the ground motion, and the isolated structural counter accelerations are usually less as compared to the regular structural counter acceleration in response to ground acceleration. The present work is intended to provide a systematic procedure to assess the behavior of a structure during the seismic excitation. In this work, a lead rubber bearing isolator is used to high-rise RC buildings by doing Response Spectrum Analysis using ETABS software. The fundamental goal of base isolation is to reduce substantially the absorption of the earthquake-induced force and energy by the structure. Base isolation system significantly reduces the superstructure lateral stiffness and ductility compared to the un-isolated structure which is demonstrated by the results of this work. This allows cost saving from less material being spend on lateral system and implication of structural detailing

Published by: Sanivarapu Chandra Harsha Reddy, Theegela MahendharResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Base isolation, Lateral stiffness, Response spectrum analysis, Seismic excitation, Un-isolated structure

Research Paper

297. Modeling and intelligent control of two tank Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Systems (CSTRs) using Fuzzy logic Controller

A two tank Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) is a typical chemical reactor system with highly non-linear characteristics where an efficient control of the product concentration in CSTR is achieved only through an accurate model. The dynamic model of the process is developed for a complex reaction system. A Fuzzy logic controller strategy is developed for a two tank continuous reactor system, which has high nonlinearity and wide operating range for a complex reaction system and it is compared with IMC based PID controller to control product concentration of the CSTR. Simulation studies have been carried out in MATLAB SIMULINK. The best controller has been chosen by comparing the criteria of response such as settling time, rise time, percentage of overshoot and steady state error. From the simulation studies, the Fuzzy controller has better performance than the conventional PID controller.

Published by: Dr. B. Ganesh, Dr. Anil Kumar K.Research Area: Chemical Engineering, Process Dynamics And Control

Organisation: Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor, Fuzzy logic controller, IMC PID controller, Dynamic modeling, MATLAB SIMULINK

Research Paper

298. EAZY booking and recharge

The main aim of the project is to provide a single platform for online party booking, product purchase, and recharge. EAZY booking and recharge helps customer to recharge 8 and 10 digit cards which are used in an entertainment center like shopping malls, gaming center, water parks. One needs to register the card that is supposed to be used by them. EAZY booking & recharge can be used to keep track of the overall points that are spent and saved. EAZY booking and recharge is also used to submit online party booking applications for hall booking, food delivery. One can also try to contact a party specialist to book the hall. In order to do so, one has to fill the required information and send it to the party specialist. People who are trying to save time while booking a party or recharging card, shopping food then EAZY booking and recharge is an ideal tool for them.

Published by: Flavia Jyothi DsouzaResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Karkala, KarnatakaKeywords: EAZY booking, Card recharge

Review Paper

299. Optimization of progressive die

Progressive die performs a series of operations in a single die at two or more workstations. There are given finish part at each stroke of press machine. Design and development of progressive die are one of the important phases in sheet metal manufacturing. The small error at any work station can induce heavy manufacturing losses through die failure, part geometry distortion, and production risk. This research deals with designing a progressive die, simulating the blanking. While mass production is made possible by tooling, the principal tools themselves cannot be mass produced. Tool making, and especially die making, is one of the few activities connected with the automotive and non-automotive industry in which there has not been a general substitution of machinery for basic skills. These tools are custom-made, one-at-a-time by skilled artisans who patiently and precisely machine, finish, and construct complicated devices. Only one die, or set of dies, is needed for the manufacture of many thousands, and sometimes millions, of automobile fenders or hoods of a given design. The one-of-a-kind characteristic of the tooling industry accounts for enormous differences in management and capitalization strategies, and the skills, machinery, and technology amenable to tool making and mass production.

Published by: Rucha Satyanna, Pradnya Mahale, Akhil Vijayan, Prasad KumbharResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Dr. D. Y. Patil Institite of Engineering, Management and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Progressive die, Press tool, Sheet metal process

Research Paper

300. Iris recognition with GLDM and Gabor feature using Neural Network Classifier

This research work presents a neural network (NN)architecture for a system of recognition of people through the biometric measurement of the human iris. In this system, a database of the human iris is processed by means of image processing methods. The coordinates of the center and radius of the iris are obtained and a cut of the area of interest is performed eliminating the noise around the iris. The inputs to the neural network architecture are the processed iris images and the output is the number of the person identified. This work proposes the hybridization of features like Gabor wavelet, grey level difference matrices (GLDM)and wavelet moments for extracting features from the images to train the neural network. The classification accuracy obtained with the hybrid approach on the images is98.6% with a 60:40 ratio of training and testing respectively.

Published by: Shishir Pratap SinghResearch Area: A. I. and Machine Learning

Organisation: Uttam Group of Institutions, Agra, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Iris recognition, Hybridization, Neural Network, Wavelet, Biometric

Survey Report

301. Hybrid routing protocol in Vehicular Ad-hoc Network

A vehicular ad-hoc network is a class of Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET), consisting of a network of vehicles, moving at a relatively high speed that communicate among themselves with different purposes. The wireless access in vehicular environment system has been developed to enhance driving safety and comfort of automotive users. The main drawback of VANET network is the network instability, which reduces the efficiency of the network. One of the major challenging issues in VANET is routing due to high mobility and dynamic topology change. Since the routing protocol decides how better the communication occurs among the vehicles, the design of the routing protocol is very important. There are some well-known VANET routing protocol like AODV (Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol), DSR (Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) Protocol), OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) Protocol), GPSR (Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing), etc. and those routing protocol have some advantages and disadvantages. No routing protocol is efficient alone for all the scenarios of VANET, so it is required to review the existing protocols and find out a hybrid routing protocol for VANET for better connectivity and better communication.

Published by: Tridib Chakraborty, Trishita Ghosh, Sudeep Ghosh, Monishankar NathResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West BengalKeywords: VANET, DSR, OLSR, GPSR

Research Paper

302. Wireless black box for accidental monitoring of vehicles using mems accelerometer and GPS tracking

This paper is to develop a MEMS accelerometer and GPS tracking system for accidental monitoring. The system consists of an accelerometer, microcontroller unit, GPS device and GSM module, Temperature sensor. Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) is a highly sensitive sensor and it indicates the position of an accident that is in which direction vehicle is tilted. When there is an accident, the Global System for Mobile (GSM) module will send SMS to the main server that is operating station and family member. the main server locates the accident spot, search the nearest hospital of that accidental area and give the information to the Ambulance driver about an Accident by using hospital unit so that the Ambulance will reach at the accident spot in time. Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to detect an accidental spot by using NMEA format and Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Accelerometer is used to locate the tilted position of vehicle and give this information to the microcontroller, Microcontroller sends this information to the main server by using Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) Technology. Accidents have become a Big problem in Various countries and it happens because of drunk driving, riding with no helmet, riding without sufficient sleep, break problem of the vehicle, the clutch problem of the vehicle, etc. This project is about a system which is developed to automatically detect an accidental spot and give SMS to the main server and family member, the main server gives this information to the nearest ambulance driver by using hospital unit.

Published by: Waghule Mahesh Nanabhau, Dr. Kharat Govind UkhandraoResearch Area: Electronics and Tele-Communication Engineering

Organisation: Sharadchandra Pawar College of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: GPS-Global Positioning System, GSM-Global System for Mobile Communication, MEMS-Micro-Electro Mechanical System

Research Paper

303. Approach for shortest path in multiagent distributed scenario using AOMDV and tree topology

The work adds on the transferable belief model to a multiagent-distributed context using tree topology. An agent acting as nodes collect data independently using a graph with cycles. The cyclic structure describes the interaction among mobile units. Two different scenarios are considered: In the first one, agents provide data that do not change (static scenario), while in second case agent provide data that changes over time (dynamic scenario). For a dynamic scenario, it will use the value of a number of nodes to change the value and for the static scenario, it will keep one node fixed for routing by keeping source node fixed. A Cyclic Graph Algorithm is converged to the basic belief assignment based on the transferable belief model. The results are integrated and form four graphs to show the simulation results. The simulation results are obtained through NS2. TBM is used as an application in sensor networks our works adds on the transferable belief model to a multiagent-distributed context using tree topology. An agent acting as nodes collect data independently using a graph with cycles. The cyclic structure describes the interaction among mobile units.

Published by: Sangita Kumari, Ratan SinghResearch Area: CS

Organisation: Rajeev Gandhi Proudyogiki Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Multiagent system, AOMDV, TBM, Tree topology, Cyclic Graph

Review Paper

304. Comparison of chromatographic method for quantitation of free protein

Chromatography is an important technique for the separation, identification, and purification of components of a mixture for qualitative and quantitative analysis. Protein can be quantitated based on the different properties such as shape and size, total charge and binding capacity. So the different types of the method were present to quantitate the protein. Like ion exchange chromatography (IEC), size exclusion chromatography (SEC), affinity chromatography and reverse phase chromatography. Also in SEC and IEC, we compare the different types of parameters like time, resolution, cost, temperature, detectors and resolution. So comparing these methods we decide that the size exclusion chromatography method was better than the ion exchange chromatography for quantitation of protein molecules.

Published by: Komal Krushnanath Vetale, Atish ChavanResearch Area: Chromatography

Organisation: Kolhapur Institute of Technology, Kolhapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Size exclusion chromatography, Ion exchange chromatography, Therapeutic protein, Protein aggregates, Biopharmaceuticals

Others

305. Electro pneumatic engine model

The Air Driven Engine is an eco-friendly engine which operates with compressed air. An Air Driven Engine uses the expansion of compressed air to drive the piston of an engine. An Air Driven Engine is pneumatic actuators that create actual work by expanding compressed air. There is no mixing of fuel with air there is no combustion. An Air Driven Engine makes use of compressed air technology for its operation. The compressed air technology it quite simple. If we compressed normal air into a cylinder the air would hold some energy within it. This energy can be utilized for a useful purpose. When this compressed air expands, the energy is released to do work. So this energy in compressed air can also be utilized to displace the piston.

Published by: Komal Tirthgiri Gosavi, Jadhav Rohan, Nalawade Abhishek, Thorat ShubhamResearch Area: Design and Development

Organisation: Parvatibai Genba Moze College of Engineering, Wagholi, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Compressor, Battery, 4 stroke engine

Research Paper

306. TSV based 3D-SIC Testing

Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits (3D IC) have been getting attention among researchers and IC designers as an emerging technology to help overcome the interconnect delay and power limitations. Tight integration of multiple silicon tiers using vertical 3D vias as interconnect offers a better functioning of 3D-ICs. In this work, we focus on 3D-SICs implemented using Through- Silicon Via (TSV) vertical interconnects. Through strategic modification of the architectures to take advantage of 3D, significant improvement in the functioning can be achieved.

Published by: Sudeep Ghosh, Mandira Banik, Tridib Chakraborty, Niraj PandeyResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Gurunanak Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West BengalKeywords: 3D IC, TSV, SICs

Research Paper

307. Design and manufacturing of cam operated springless valve system of IC engine

This project presents the spring less valve system used in the IC engines. Unlike the conventional valve system spring less valve system uses two cams for each valve with absence of spring. This mechanism has a closing cam which does not allow cam jump as conventional valve system. In this work first we are going to discuss conventional valve mechanism and its advantages and disadvantages and then we are going to discuss about spring less valve system along with its advantages and disadvantages. It will help us to find out how spring less valve system is better than conventional valve system. We are also going to find out the real importance of this spring less system at higher rpm of engine and need of this system at higher rpm. This system improves the performance of IC engine by reducing power consumption for overcoming spring stiffness and avoid cam jump at high speed.

Published by: Vishal Kamble, Nagappa Patharwat, Suraj kashid, Mahesh Kute, Vinod BansodeResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: NBN Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Springless valve, Rocker Arm, Valve mechanism

Dissertations

308. Assess the knowledge regarding immunization of infant among fathers

Childbirth and neonatal periods have a great emotional effect on families and are considered as a new experience in life. Aim of the paper is to assess the knowledge regarding immunization of infant among fathers in selected hospitals of Pune city. The objective is: (1) To assess the knowledge regarding immunization of Infant among Fathers. (2)To associate the findings with selected demographic variables. Material and methods: A non-experimental research design was adopted to conduct the study. A tool of 100 samples was selected by using non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study instrument was a structured questionnaire. Section I consist of demographic variables of fathers. Section II consists knowledge structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge of fathers regarding immunization of infant. The tool was content validated by expert and translated into a local language which was again validated. The reliability value is 0.78 which is highly reliable. Majority of fathers are in the age of 26 to 30 years. Majority of fathers are from the Hindu religion and are belongs with joint family. Maximum fathers are working in private sector. Majority fathers having average knowledge.

Published by: Jeena Khumujam, Dr. Bhagyashree A. JogdeoResearch Area: Nursing

Organisation: Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) College of Nursing, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Knowledge, Immunization, Father, Newborn

Research Paper

309. Three tier OTP generation and image-based authentication for secure banking application

New method explains a method of how the two factor authentication implemented using SMS OTP or Email OTP generated by Smartphone One Time Password and image based authentication to secure user accounts during transactions. As talking about the secured bank login over here so we need to consider and include some factors which can secure the bank account login process. So what is that system is going to do here, encrypt the passwords? Yes that could be the only thing we can do to save our lives from the hackers who try hacking our bank accounts. So now the question is how exactly and appropriately System going to do this? In market we have many security systems for online banking transactions. But many of these system has lots of limitations which are as follows: Actual password sending to mail: If server send password on mail id and if any person know your mail credential then he can access your password. So less security is there in existing system. Permanent storage of passwords in Database: Password comes from server send into database so if one person knows that password then he can use it for future transactions No usage of Cryptography techniques: IN existing systems there is no use of cryptography. In market there are some other security systems for online transactions such as OTP and MOTP, but these systems do not have enhancement in securities .So we are going to enhancement the MOTP security by providing multiple passwords to any transaction. Some of the other technologies available to cater the same problem.

Published by: Renuka Rajendra Mhetre, Pranjal Rajendra Hole, Manali Pravin Gujar, Mayawati Ashok kalewarResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: JSPM's Jayawantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Encryption, Decryption, OTP, AES, Image-based authentication, Algorithm, Secure, Application, Division

Review Paper

310. Dual axis solar tracking system

The main purpose of this paper is to present a control system which will cause better alignment of photovoltaic (PV) array with sunlight to harvest solar power. The proposed system changes its direction in two axis to trace the coordinate of the sunlight by detecting the difference between position of the sun and panel. Hardware tasting of the proposed system is done for checking the system ability to tack and follow the sunlight in an efficient way. Dual axis solar tracking system superiority over single axis solar tracking system is also presented. Solar power is the fastest growing means of renewable energy production which is connected to grade thereby increasing the solar capacity approx. 60% more annually according to the national centre for policy analysis. The sector of renewable energy sources that is in our case the solar energy sector in India is growing at a higher pace due to the government’s initiation on generating electric energy through solar power. The necessary steps are being taken by the Indian government to implement solar panels in every possible manner and encouraging people to opt for this kind of renewable energy source by providing subsidies, tax exemption and invoking net metering system. The Governments focus is on achieving “Power for all” mission through boosting solar energy enforcement.

Published by: Pooja More, Prakash Tripathi, Vaishnavi Sawant, Arbaz Shaikh, Shubham RamtekeResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Renewable energy, Solar tracking, PV cells, Dual axis, Arduino

Research Paper

311. Intelligent chatbot using machine learning

The aim is to create a program chatbot will be designed to simulate an intelligent conversation with one or more human users. The ability of this program or the chatbot will be to learn and gather knowledge on its own, and with every passing conversation it will grow itself to be more intelligent and reply with sophistication and charming manner. The main idea behind this whole program is to teach the program to learn, adapt and respond accordingly on its own. We will be using some basic databases to give it a headstart but after that it will do its work on its own. The users will interact with the bot and find it to be not much sophisticated but after using it for few days the bot will learn and find a pattern and will reply with more perfection and better understanding on the subject.Our final aim is to implement this program on facebook as a messenger app for companies which deals with high user request and questions and find it difficult to help everyone, but this as can do the work for them and that too with multiple users at the same given time.

Published by: Tridib Chakraborty, Trishita Ghosh, Chowdhury Md Mizan, Indrani DeyResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West BengalKeywords: Supervised, Unsupervised learning

Research Paper

312. Antimicrobial activity of Roccella montagnei against pathogenic microorganisms

An attempt was made to study the antimicrobial activity of saxicolous lichen Roccella montagnei under invitro conditions. The antimicrobial activities of Methanol, Ethanol, Ethyl Acetate and Acetone extracts of Roccella montagnei were assayed against nine pathogenic microorganisms using standard welldiffusion method. The Acetonic extract was found most effective antibacterial whereas the Ethanolic extract was found most effective antifungal against most of the organisms. The maximum inhibition zone was recorded in E.coli with inhibition zone 34 mm. Fungal pathogens showed their inhibition zones in varying levels as 32 mm in Candida albicans and Fusarium oxysporium and 30 mm in Aspergillus niger. The present study reveals that extracts obtained from R. montagnei have potential compounds that can lead to control of human pathogenic microorganisms in the future.

Published by: Devashree, Anand Pandey, Anupam Dikshit, Sanjeeva NayakaResearch Area: Microbiology

Organisation: University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Lichens, Well diffusion, Inhibition zone, Antimicrobial, Roccella montagnei

Survey Report

313. Survey on forgery detection of image

The advancement in the digital media world has paved the path for many critical security issues that doubts the integrity of the digital media with the availability of sophisticated and high-resolution image capturing device and various image processing or editing tool and software’s the images can be manipulated or altered easily. Thus resulting in the forgery of the image.

Published by: Sruthi Lekshmi K.Research Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: Lourdes Matha College of Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: Forgery detection, Digital media, Image Processing

Survey Report

314. Usage of incremental approach in the formulation of collective behavior: A survey

The work of collective behavior is to understand and how actors behave in a social networking environment. A large population is involved in social media like Facebook, Twitter, Flicker, and YouTube that provide opportunities and challenges to study collective behavior on a large scale. In this paper, we aim to learn to predict collective behavior in social media. Consider for given information about some actors, how can we infer the behavior of unobserved actors in the same network? However, Connections in social media is not homogeneous. A social-dimension based approach which represents the relations associated capture prominent interaction among different actors to show effective in addressing the heterogeneity of connections included in social media. The social media has are normally of large size, involving hundreds of thousands of actors. The scale of these networks entails scalable learning of models for collective behavior prediction. We propose an edge-centric clustering scheme to extract sparse social dimensions. With sparse social dimensions, the proposed approach can efficiently handle millions of actors while describing a comparable prediction performance to other non-scalable methods.

Published by: Vijay Kumar S.Research Area: Computer Science

Organisation: BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Collective behavior, Social dimension, Edge centric and heterogeneity

Research Paper

315. Detection of suspicious URLs using machine learning

The increasing volume of malicious content in social networks requires automating methods to detect and eliminate malicious content the URLs. This shows a supervised machine learning classification model that has been built to detect malicious content in online social networks. Multisource features are used to detect social network posts that contain malicious Uniform Resource Locators (URL's). These URLs could direct users to websites that contain malicious content, drive-by download attacks, phishing, spam, and scams and some other problems. For, the data collected from such URL's, the Twitter streaming application programming interface (API) was used.

Published by: Ashwini Mahajan, Darshana Patil, Ritesh Bhojwani, Lalit Mahajan, Niranjan DhakeResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Twitter, Malicious URL’s, Random forest, Machine learning

Research Paper

316. Socio-economic empowerment of women through SHGs in Himachal Pradesh: A review of studies

Ever since independence, a number of innovative programs have been launched by the policymakers and practitioners for the upliftment of the deprived section. A huge amount of social and financial investment has been made to achieve the objective of employment generation and poverty eradication. But, the result seems to be far from satisfaction. Micro-finance through Self-help Groups (SHGs) has been considered as one of the most effective tools in the fight against poverty and improving the socio-economic status of rural poor especially the women. It has been accepted as a development instrument for the entire development process of a nation. Micro-finance and SHGs are effective in reducing poverty, empowering women, creating awareness and thereby ensuring the overall development of the nation.

Published by: Ajay KumarResearch Area: Economics

Organisation: Government Degree College Dhaneta, Hamirpur, Himachal PradeshKeywords: SHGs, Deprived sections, Socio-economic empowerment, Poverty Alleviation

Others

317. Dampers as seismic energy dissipator and principles for EQ resistant building

Earthquake is one of the major disasters since they cause damage to human life in various ways. Mostly, the world population lives within the range of 50miles away from the ocean. So, these earthquakes can cause destruction to human life and also to property. The process of releasing of the huge amount of energy during an earthquake is done by DAMPERS, these are Energy Dissipating Devices. This paper briefly explains the definition and types of dampers, principles for EQ resistant building.

Published by: J. Saileela, D. Ganesh ChandraResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Dampers, Seismic dampers, Dissipation, Structure, Friction dampers, Viscous dampers, Yielding dampers, Magnetic dampers and tuned mass dampers

Research Paper

318. Structural analysis of novel micro wind turbine

The objective of this investigation is to search out the novel geometry of blade and performance is examined by using the structural analysis. During this paper, an effort is to check the point and Uniformly Distributed Load (UDL) apply on the trapezoidal and micro shape blade model of a micro wind turbine blade at various segments such as at the tip and overall length of the blade. This study is to find a better indulgent of structural behavior in the blades for the different swept area. On the basis of these results, the prototype will be created for experimental testing and more power achievement.

Published by: Pramod B. Magade, Dr. Chavan S. P.Research Area: Renewable Energy

Organisation: Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, MaharashtraKeywords: Wind energy, Novel blade profiles, Modeling, Loads investigation, Structural analysis

Research Paper

319. Speech enhancement using binary mask technique

Many noise reduction algorithm improves overall speech quality but little progress has been made to improve speech intelligibility. The paper proposed by Gibak Kim and Philipos C. Loizou uses new binary mask approach to improve speech intelligibility, for our paper we have used the same approach but used parametric Wiener filter algorithm for the gain function computation. Subjective and objective measures tests were conducted to evaluate the overall speech enhancement quality and speech intelligibility. For the objective measure, the segmental signal-to-noise ratio parameter was calculated. The results indicate improvement in segmental signal-to-noise ratio for speech corrupted by noise at 0dB and -5 dB SNR levels for Helicopter noise and Car noise.

Published by: Chetan S. Gowda, Anubhav Singh, Goutham Kumar V., Jayanth Kumar M. P., Ramesh NuthakkiResearch Area: Speech Processing

Organisation: Atria Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Speech intelligibility, Noise estimation

Research Paper

320. A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding kangaroo mother care among postnatal mother with the view to develop information pamplets in Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital Bareilly

A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding Kangaroo mother care among postnatal mother in Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital with the view to developing information pamphlets. The objective of the study is to find out the association between the levels of knowledge of postnatal mothers with their selected demographic variables. The nature of the study was non-experimental. This was conducted in Rohilkhand medical college and hospital, Bareilly. The research design used was non-experimental. The data were collected to assess the level of knowledge about Kangaroo mother care. The data collected were analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Major findings of the study revealed that the knowledge score of the study,33.3% of the postnatal mother have good knowledge level,60% of the postnatal mother have average knowledge level, and 3.3% of the postnatal mother have poor knowledge level and mean was 17.76, median was 18, mode was 21 and standard deviation was 4.47. It can be concluded that in our study knowledge score was average regarding Kangaroo mother care, after implementation of a questionnaire program the knowledge of postnatal mother was improved. Hence the questionnaire programme was effective.

Published by: Kavita Sharma, Dr. Vijay Laxmi VermaResearch Area: Child Health Nursing

Organisation: Rohilkhand College of Nursing, Bareilly, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Postnatal, Breastfeeding, Kangaroo mother care

Research Paper

321. Modeling of proton exchange membrane fuel cell based electric vehicle

Electrical Vehicles are gaining popularity gradually. Fuel Cell Technologies are one of the best practical solutions for vehicular applications because they can be used as another possibility of fuel converters and are nature-friendly. Unlike conventional vehicles converting hydrogen gas into electricity produces only water and heat as a byproduct which means fuel cell vehicles do not create a channel of pollution where ever they are driven. For energy balance, the integration of thermodynamic and electrochemical phenomenon must take place in a fuel cell. The combination of both modules makes it possible to anticipate the fuel cell power, voltage, current based on the ambient temperature and demanded current. However, an autonomous fuel cell system may not be capable to meet the load demands especially during peak demands periods, transient events or cold start for vehicular application. A Supercapacitor bank can supply an ample of power but cannot store much energy. By operating the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) ultracapacitor and battery in parallel, can fulfill the steady-state and peak power demands and hence use of an FC/SC hybrid model provides a potential solution for better energy efficiency while reducing the cost of FC power technology. This also suggests a control principle for utilizing PEM fuel cell as a main power source and ultracapacitor, battery as an auxiliary power source for electric vehicle applications. The paper explains in detail the design and development of Modeling of PEMFC Based Electric Vehicle using MATLAB. This system includes a parallel connection of PEMFC, supercapacitor and battery connection through the DC-DC Boost converter. This report critically analyses the challenges which can be faced in EV’s effective and efficient power unit. It also throws light on the application of supercapacitor application as a power buffer in electrical vehicles. The basic idea behind this design was to improve driving range, efficiency, and range of an electric vehicle. Finally, simulation results models are presented and analyzed.

Published by: Sonal Zanwar, Dr. D. B. TalangeResearch Area: Electricals

Organisation: College of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Electric vehicle, Permanent magnet synchronous motor, State of charge, Space vector Pulse Width Modulation

Research Paper

322. Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

The growing healthcare industry is generating a large volume of useful data on patient demographics, treatment plans, payment, and insurance coverage—attracting the attention of clinicians and scientists alike. In recent years, a number of peer-reviewed articles have addressed different dimensions of data mining application in healthcare. However, the lack of a comprehensive and systematic narrative motivated me to construct a literature review on this topic. In this proposal, I would like to seek more information on healthcare analytics using data mining and big data. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, I conducted a database search between 2005 and 2015 Critical elements of the selected studies—healthcare sub-areas, data mining techniques, types of analytics, data, and data sources—were extracted to provide a systematic view of development in this field and possible future directions. I found that the existing literature mostly examines analytics in clinical and administrative decision-making. Use of human-generated data is predominant considering the wide adoption of Electronic Medical Record in clinical care. However, analytics based on website and social media data has been increasing in recent years. Lack of prescriptive analytics in practice and integration of domain expert knowledge in the decision-making process emphasizes the necessity of future research.

Published by: Ashish AsthanaResearch Area: Information Systems

Organisation: Dr. M. C. Saxena College of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Big Data, Analytics, Data Mining, Healthcare

Research Paper

323. Experimental analysis of high strength self cleaning concrete

An undying demand for novel construction materials and the need for sustainability has motivated this study of high strength self-cleaning concrete. The nanotechnology has made a great impact on the development of new and eco-friendly material which fulfill the need for sustainable and low carbon footprint future. This study uses Titanium Dioxide as the self-cleaning agent to be added in the concrete with 3%, 10% and 15% by weight of cement. The ultra-high strength was achieved with the help of nano PCE ( nano silica + Polycarboxylate ether superplasticizer). It was procured from the manufacturer as a mixture with a proportion of 1:1. The titanium dioxide increased the compressive strength as well as performed the self-cleaning action which was observed by applying phenolphthalein on the surface. The decolorization was maximum in 10% and 15 % specimens.

Published by: Aashish Rawat, Aditya Kapoor, Hritik Kumar Singh, Arun PandeyResearch Area: Concrete Technology

Organisation: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, NCR Campus, Ghaziabad, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Self cleaning concrete, Nano PCE, UPV

Research Paper

324. Mining industry and environment

This paper accounts the escalating problems associated with mining practices. The mining activities cannot be stopped as they retain the vital sector of Indian economy and an important share to power generation and other industries and sections. The pollution caused by these industries could not be ignored as it is one of the major global problem to be resolved.

Published by: Dr. Sushma N. ThakreResearch Area: Chemistry

Organisation: FES Girls College, Chandrapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Mining practices, Mining activities, Global problem

Case Study

325. Reducing casting rejection rate in foundry to improve productivity

Production of casting involves various processes like pattern making, molding and assembly, core making and melting, etc. A casting defect may be a result of a single cause or a combination of causes. The single castings have one or more defects. These can be minimized by taking corrective actions in the tools like pattern, mold making, core making, and melting process. This paper presents a systematic procedure to identify as well as to analyze major casting defects. Keeping rejection to a bare minimum is essential to improve the yield and increase the effective capacity of the foundry unit and also improve productivity. This paper identifies the major cold defect. There are many reasons to generate these defects. So it preferably necessary to reduce it as much as possible by appropriate analysis of the defects which includes the root cause analysis so that actual reasons behind occurring the defects can find out to make the corrective action. In this paper use six sigma technique and Shainin tool for indentify and analysis casting defect. Shainin tool works on the elimination principle. The final result of this work has to be cold defect by taking corrective action. Tool should be identifying the sources of variation clearly.

Published by: S. A. Patil, P. P. PowarResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Kolhapur Institute of Technology, Kolhapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Six sigma, Shainin Tool, Casting defect

Research Paper

326. Role of individual saving accounts in Social Security Transformation

The general purpose of the study was to do an investigation on the role that the individuals and savings accounts play towards the Social Security Transformation. The research problem was how most of the Americans perceive the Social Security experience. Most of them see this as the long haul funding issue which should be looked into so as to come up with the solution. The design of this research will entail looking at both the individuals who are below the age of 35 years and those that have retired. It will also entail conducting some interviews from various individuals and stakeholders who are in relation to this issue. After conducting the research, it was found out that most of the youths are not sure about the Social Security Fund. This is because they do not believe that laborers can bear higher finance charges. The research also found out that scaling up of the individual accounts has a lot of advantages. It was also found out that individual account planning can vary in two ways namely; laborer's definitive retirement benefit hanging exclusively on the span of workers’ commitments and achievement of laborer's speculation strategy and within the individual record framework, benefits will be compensated out of huge collections for exclusive reserve funds. The research also found out some threats to the individual account namely; investment threat and deficit threat. Lastly, it was found out that the most applicable way for enhancing the wellbeing of the youthful employees and those employees that have retired is giving the support countrywide sparing in order to get more future salaries which can be shared amongst the employees.

Published by: Aryan YogiResearch Area: Economics

Organisation: Independent ResearcherKeywords: Saving accounts, Social Security Transformation,

Research Paper

327. Implementation of HOG algorithm on eye controlled wheelchair using Python language

The eye-controlled wheelchair is a flexible device for persons with restrained or severe locomotor disabilities, ameliorating movement further for the aged. There are numerous interfaces for wheelchair obtainable within the market, but still, they continue to be under-utilized because they require the presence of mind, ability, and power to control them. The proposed model is an alternative that tries to form the lives of those individuals easy by helping them move around as they wish and not a burden on others. An individual littered with paralysis will move his eyes and may tilt his head partially. Thus, A wheelchair that is totally controlled with eye movements and blinks has been designed in which python software is used & processing of eyeball movement is done which employs the Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) algorithm. The Arduino drives the motor driver circuit. The motors connected to the wheelchair support differential steering that avoids clumsy motion. The wheelchair has been supplied with a joystick to make sure safe movement just in case of tired vision and with a security stop button, which is able to prevent the wheelchair movement at his own case.

Published by: CH. V. Naga Bhaskar, Y. HarikaResearch Area: Communications and Embedded Systems

Organisation: Lakireddy Balireddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Locomotor disabilities, Ameliorating movement, Wheelchair, Python, HOG algorithm, Joystick

Research Paper

328. Single robot path planning using nature inspired algorithm in a static environment

This paper proposes a solution to the problem of Path Planning for a robot in a static environment consisting of obstacles using Nature inspired Algorithm. Here, in this case, we have applied a very efficient search Algorithm known as Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. The main focus is to minimize the length of the path taken by the robot from an initial position to target position and at the same time avoiding any obstacles that occur in the path of the robot. Particle Swarm Optimization uses different techniques of searching for the most Cost efficient path by the use of random simulations of different possible paths and comparing their costs. Simulations are achieved in MATLAB and are further demonstrated in this paper.

Published by: Agrim Mehra, Prakash Kumar Singh, Ankur Kumar, Deepak Kumar RastogiResearch Area: Robotics and Computer Science

Organisation: International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, OdishaKeywords: Robot Path Planning, PSO, Path planning using PSO

Research Paper

329. Online organic food shopping using Artificial Intelligence and Android

Online Organic Food Shopping Using AI and Android Application, can lead to error-free, secure, reliable and fast management system. It can assist the user to concentrate on their other activities rather concentrate on the record keeping. Thus it will help society in better utilization of the resource. The society can maintain computerized records without redundant entries. That means the one need not be distracted by information that is not relevant while being able to reach the information. The valuable data/information can be stored for a longer period with easy accessing and manipulation of the same. Basically, the project describes how to manage for good performance and better services for the clients.

Published by: Dattatray Chavan, Preeti Kusanale, Amogh Tubachi, Trupti Minaki, Vishal DanawadeResearch Area: Artificial Intelligence

Organisation: K.L.E. College of Engineering and Technology, Chikodi, KarnatakaKeywords: Artificial Intelligence, Organic food

Review Paper

330. The role of women in higher education in India

Knowledge is the life of every Indian woman. It results with the experience that she gains from the environment and the supporting world around her, which allow her to live as knowledgeable productive members of the society. The homely environment with mother’s love is the first source of learning for the child a and an educated mother would create an environment, allowing her children to gather and analyze information, which helps in adapting to bigger society in future. Critical thinking and analysis will make children better members of society. To educate someone is to deliberately teach them something new and higher education for women is most powerful means to evolve through/beyond the current economic and social crisis in India and to teach her children the art of thinking and analysis before entering the school for education

Published by: Dr. S. V. G. V. A. Prasad, A. Ch. Sravanthi, K. T. N. Jyothi, K. V. LakshmiResearch Area: Higher Education

Organisation: Ideal College of Arts and Sciences, Kakinada, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Knowledge, Women, Higher education, Challenges, Benefits

Review Paper

331. A study of signature-based and behaviour-based malware detection approaches

In the present scenario, one of the biggest threats to computers and mobile devices is malware. There are two approaches to detect and prevent malware infections: Signaturebased and Behavior-based approach. The Signature-based approach is more widely used, but this outlook can only be used to detect existing and old malwares and it does not allow understanding future threats and militating against these threats. The Behaviorbased approach uses a dynamic analysis method to understand and classify malwares. However, it is still not as favored as its counterpart due to its limiting behavior. In this paper, we study both Signature-based and Behavior-based approaches to determine which the favorable approach to malware detection is.

Published by: Adit Kumar Chakravarty, Aditya Raj, Subham Paul, Apoorva S.Research Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: S. J. C. Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapur, KarnatakaKeywords: Signature-based approach, Behaviorbased approach, Anomaly, Specification-based

Research Paper

332. Antimicrobial activity of few regional Plants

The present work is aimed to screen and test the anti-microbial properties of active principles, extracted from a few of the plants commonly grown in various parts of Koppal locality. Modern scientific medicine has concentrated to a large extent on curative or system regulating medicines, many other medicines that are synthetics also duplicated the plant products chemically, but there is nothing as good and as pure as nature. Some of the medicinal plants are believed to cure practically every human ailment from head to toe; no doubt many mineral and animal products are used as medicines. But it is the plants and their products that contribute to a greater extent in the preparation of medicine (Hill, 1979). Well, the best of these herbal medicines have in fact been incorporated in modern medicines. There is much to explore from the herbs of medicinal value using our knowledge that has been perpetuated from generations. In the present study, the ethonolic extract of E.officinalis indicated the strong inhibition against S.typhi, E.coli, and P.aeruginosa. Indicating the antibacterial activity against the pathogenic organisms.

Published by: Murlidhar ShingriResearch Area: Life Sciences

Organisation: Independent ResearcherKeywords: Antimicrobial activity, Medicinal plants, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonela typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli.

Others

333. Efficient and secure data access control with multiple attribute authority in public cloud storage

One of the main challenges in public cloud storage is accessing the data. There are various techniques to provide flexible, fine-grained and secure control access and one among them is Cipher-text policy attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE). In CP-ABE scheme, single attribute authority executes legitimacy verification and secret key distribution and this results in a single point bottleneck approach. When this scheme is applied on a large scale cloud then the user must wait for a longer period to obtain the secret key and performance of the system becomes low. To overcome single point bottle neck problem, a heterogenous framework is used which employs multiple attribute authorities. This framework shares the load of user legitimacy verification. In the new scheme, central authority acts as the administrator of the system and shares the secret key whereas the multiple attribute authority manages the whole attribute set independently. Proposed scheme enhances more security and improves the efficiency of the system.

Published by: Chandan G., Achutha H. Bharadwaj, Bhuvanendra R. Hirewadeyar, Deepak S., B. S. UmashankarResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: CP-ABE, Cloud Storage, Access control

Research Paper

334. Regional transport services through smart governance using bigdata

Smart Governance is the process of utilizing modern technology to create a transparent and sustainable environment for citizens and the government. Intelligence through smart governance is utilized to upgrade decision making through a better collaboration including government and citizens by utilizing heterogeneous techniques and technology through smart governance. Transportation is being the vital concern for enormous countries like India, Bangladesh, Nepal etc; where the vehicles are increasing in big numbers which include variety of vehicles like two-wheelers, cars and heavy vehicles where all the vehicles have to get registered at Regional Transport Office(RTO) which are situated all over the country in various states. The motive of this paper is to store an enormous range of vehicle data and extract the information in a smart and efficient manner by utilizing the Big data technology.

Published by: Ramya R., Asha K. H., Navyashree V. Shetty, Meghana M. V., Manasa B. V.Research Area: Big Data

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Smart Governance, Regional Transport Office (RTO), Bigdata, MapReduce, ECC

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335. Recognition and overcoming of Dysarthria

Speech disorder is a condition where a person can-not properly create speech sounds required for communication. About 5% of children in the world suffer by speech disorders. Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder which results in slurred or slow speech that is hard to understand. It is a neurological disorder, that affects the muscles which help to produce speech. In this paper we propose a method where machine learning can be used to predict the actual word spoken by dysarthric patients while the dysarthric speech may not be clearly understood by the common man. We have also proposed a method to predict the gender of the speaker and severity of dysarthria in patients. We have also built an application which has also the above mentioned features along with the option of saving the details and also emailing the data.

Published by: Anurag A. S., Dr. M. N. Jayaram, Jeevan D'souza, Manoj M. S., Abhishek P.Research Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: Dysarthria, Speech disorder, Machine learning, Neural networks.

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336. Design and fabrication of coffee bean sorter machine

This paper focuses on the design and fabrication of a coffee bean sorter machine. The main purpose of this machine is to sort the coffee bean cherries based on their color before they get peel and roasted for a better quality of the coffee. Sorting of products is a very difficult industrial process. Manual sorting is the traditional approach preferred by industries. In this approach, a visual inspection performed by human operators. This traditional approach is tedious, time-consuming, slow and non-consistent. Continuous manual sorting creates consistency issues. This describes a working prototype designed for continuous recognition and automatic sorting of coffee cherries based on the color. The system has the ability to sort the object according to their colors into the respective color station in minimum time. TCS230 sensor was used to detect the color of the product and the microcontroller was used to control the overall process. The experimental results promise that the prototype will fulfill the needs for higher production and precise quality in the field of automation.

Published by: Chaitanya Chowdary Burugupalli, Deekshith D. S., Krishna Bhargava K. R., Deepak Dinesh Kumar, Manjunath Naik H. R.Research Area: Agriculture

Organisation: SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Coffee Cherries, Microcontroller, Tcs230 Sensor, Image Processors

Others

337. Experimental investigation on concrete with phosphogypsum

Phosphogypsum is a by-product in the wet process for the manufacture of phosphoric acid (ammonium phosphate fertilizer) by the action of sulphuric acid on the rock phosphate. The disposal of phosphogypsum is a serious environmental problem. This problem along with the scarcity of cement, environmental pollution associated with the manufacture of cement and its increased cost can be solved to some extent by replacing a certain quantity of cement in concrete with phosphogypsum. Our present study deals with the experimental investigation on compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength of phosphogypsum concrete. The study aims to determine the optimum amount of phosphogypsum that can give maximum strength to concrete. The experiment consists of testing partially replaced phosphogypsum concrete using 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10% replacement of cement with phosphogypsum. Based on the experimental investigation conducted and the subsequent analysis of test results, the following conclusions are drawn. The percentage increase in compressive strength (at water-cement ratio 0.5) at 8% phosphogypsum content, when compared with plain concrete is more than 20%. The percentage increase in split tensile strength (at water-cement ratio 0.5) at 8% phosphogypsum content, when compared with plain concrete, is around 10%. The percentage increase in flexure strength (at water-cement ratio 0.5) at 8% phosphogypsum content, when compared with plain concrete is around 30%.

Published by: R. Ashok Kumar, R. ManishaResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Phosphogypsum, Cement, Concrete, Compressive strength, Tensile strength, Flexural strength, Use of phosphogypsum

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338. Clustering for the decision making in data and business analytics

The term clustering is a very important in the field of data analytics and in building the decision and for reaching to the conclusion to make the decision from the given data set. How clustering is use in the process of decision making with different methods and processes, we will get to learn by this paper. The clustering is used for the prescriptive model by which it will form the decision. The clustering is used for the process of predictive model analysis to the prescriptive model analysis.

Published by: Suhani JainResearch Area: Data Science

Organisation: Mody University, Lakshmangarh, RajasthanKeywords: Clustering, Predictive, Prescriptive, Datasets, Mining

Research Paper

339. ICT for risk mitigation of open to sky livelihoods

Small and Marginal Fisher-folk, Farmers, Livestock owners need optimal information from the sky, ground and from the surrounding environment at the right time from the right source to move up the curve of Income Generation. Most support they seek is not in the form of money or assets but a little knowledge to make a decision which could help them cope with a situation and prevent them from thinking of the inevitable on their fight to balance their walk on the tight rope of the livelihood chosen by them. To minimize arbitrage out of time difference, not for profit programs aim to cover a maximum number of homogenous farmers/fisher-folk lateral literates using Information Communication Technology (ICT). They also have a toll free helpline number which gives them assurance of the existence of the users. A potential user of information immediately confirms the customized content in conversation with an expert to confirm the content of the voice message and also to understand better over a dialogue in his own language. Many other users learn from such peer who has confirmed it with an expert. We see that this kind of Attention Economy, which uses ICT, depends on Persuasion Technology (E.g. A voice message requires a text follow up and then many times conversation with a human expert in users own language then alone he uses (adopts) the information delivered). In this given scenario we may measure the value of information by the amount of risk reduced.

Published by: Dr. N. Ganga VidyaResearch Area: ICT Agriculture Decisions

Organisation: Deabak Entrepreneurs LLP, Chennai,Tamil NaduKeywords: Risk mitigation, Persuasion technology, Attention economy, EVPI, ICT4D, Helpline agents, Locale specific content, lateral literates

Others

340. Fresh and hardened state properties of fiber reinforced self compacting concrete

Even though concrete has achieved considerable progress in material science and construction technology, still it is having its own limitations, viz concrete cannot flow past obstructions into nooks and crannies. Thorough compaction is required to get enough strength and durability of concrete. Self-compacting concrete is a highly flowable, non-segregating concrete that can be spread into place, fill the formwork and hold to the reinforcement without any mechanical compaction. Compared to ordinary concrete self-compacting concrete increases the workability and durability. Fibres may be used to enhance the properties of self-compacting concrete such as flexural strength and tensile strength of concrete. Fibres such as glass, polymer, steel, synthetic, natural etc… are used in Fibre-reinforced self- compacting concrete. Steel fibres are used to enhance mechanical characteristics such as flexural strength and toughness. Polymer fibres may be used to reduce segregation and plastic shrinkage or to increase fire resistance. Advantages of Fibre-reinforced self-compacting concrete are an increase in durability, arrest the cracks, increase in energy absorption, reduces sudden failures etc… Various fresh property tests conducted for self-compacting concrete are V-funnel, U-funnel, L-box and flow test(as per EFNARC guidelines). Hardened state tests are compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength.

Published by: Dade Thejaswini, Annam Jagadeesh, Mandru SanjayResearch Area: Civil engineering

Organisation: JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Workability, Durability, Fibers, V-funnel, U-funnel, L-box

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341. Essential modern way of teaching and learning process

My research paper gives an essential modern way of teaching and learning process to all world. Through graphs and surveys, it is proved that the traditional teaching method is very boring, a teacher-centered, Apathetic, students dislike so the progress of the students has been certainly reduced. On the contrary, in the classroom teaching use the combination of modern technology (using interactive animated flipbook) & constructivism always drop a positive effect on students.

Published by: Machhindra Raghunath KumbharResearch Area: Mathematics

Organisation: Adarsh High School, Bhamate, MaharashtraKeywords: Teaching and learning process, Mathematics, Modern technology

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342. Vibrational analysis of carbon fiber steering wheel

The most transport truck directing course of action is to turn the front wheels utilizing a hand worked controlling wheel which is situated before the Driver. The directing segment, which contain an all inclusive joint which is a piece of the collapsible controlling section which is intended to enable it to veer off from a straight line as indicated by the Roadmap. In 4 wheel controlling with three mode activity three guiding modes can be changed as required which helps with stopping at substantial traffic conditions, when arranging territories where short turning sweep is required and in rough terrain Driving. For reducing weight of steering wheel carbon fiber used. The 3D model of steering wheel will be made with the assistance of CATIA V5 Software. The Model Analysis will be carried out using ANSYS19.2 . The experimental Impact Hammer testing will be carried out. Comparative analysis will be carried out between Analysis results and experimental results. Result & Conclusion will be discussed & suitable future scope will be suggested.

Published by: Pramod B. Magade, Parag P. Deshattiwar, Kiran L. BhoiteResearch Area: Steering Wheel

Organisation: Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Steering, Vibration, FEA, ANSYS

Research Paper

343. Automation of Movement Register

Daily a lot of employees go on business visit to complete the assigned task or to meet business units. So keeping record of movement digitally and utilize its data in form of dashboard like how many visits conducted BU wise or team wise per month is important. So it is necessary to manage such meetings/visits and it’s outcome for future reference purposes. The large volume of such detection and verification makes Automation of Movement register by capturing Geo Co-ordinates along date-time is desirable.

Published by: Anunay VishnuResearch Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: Vellore Institute of Technology,Vellore,Tamil Nadu 632014Keywords: Geo Location, Android Studio, NoSQL, Tracking, AWS Database

Research Paper

344. Implementation of SOPs for quality control in small size breweries

These days, quality is extremely important for breweries, and if the quality of the beer is poor it may result in loss of customers. Therefore it is important for a company to define what quality means for them, and what needs to be done in order to achieve respectable quality. Quality management systems are implemented in order to help companies achieve the quality goals they have set for themselves, and also help in determining the responsibilities for the quality manager and the employees in terms of quality control. The commissioner of the work was Manav Brewery, which is a small sized brewery located in Ghaziabad. The company did not yet have complete methods on how to ensure the good quality of their products, which was the foundation for this work. The aim of the work was to create SOPs for the brewing process, and in this way improve the quality control of the process. The brewing process is a complex and sensitive process, and every step is important and has to be completed successfully. Mistakes during one of the steps will have an effect on the whole process and in the end also on the product quality. Therefore SOPs are implemented to ensure no variation in quality.

Published by: Mohd. Sazid Ali, Amit Kumar Tanwar, Pankaj SinghResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Roorkee Institute of Technology, Roorkee, UttarakhandKeywords: SOPs, TQM, Quality control, Brewery industry

Research Paper

345. Psychological perception of the user by analyzing tweets for negative emotions in local dialect

Explores real-time sentiment analysis (SA) of Twitter posts in Hindi, adopting a resource-based approach and classifying sentiment on a 3 method scale of negative, positive and neutral. Furthermore, the efficiency of different approaches like part-of-speech (POS) tagging and stop word removal are compared, and ways in which of improving the Hindi Sentiment. We focus on mining sentiments and analyzing them for Hindi language. Hindi is the 4th commonly spoken language in the world. With the increase in the amount of information being communicated via regional languages like Hindi, comes a promising opportunity of mining this information. Mining sentiments in Hindi comes with their share of issues and challenges. Hindi is morphological rich and is a free order language as compared to English, which adds complexity while handling the user-generated content. The scarcity of resources for the Hindi language brings challenges ranging from collection and generation of data-sets. We take up this challenge and work towards building resources- reviews, blogs annotated corpora and subjective lexicon for Hindi language.

Published by: Vedant Somaiya, Navsheen Koul, Sanket Shinde, Dhananjay RautResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Naive Bayes, Twitter analysis, Sentiment analysis, Hindi text, Emotions, Sentiments

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346. Economic evaluation of the Olympic Games

The purpose of this paper and study i.e. to figure which key economic factors can help us explain country performance (medals) in the Olympics. The paper focuses on 3 key objectives, namely: To produce a list of possible key economic factors that can explain Olympic performance. To produce a simple Mathematical model based on these factors which could possibly predict the Olympic tally at a country level. To identify the degree to which these factors will influence Olympic performance The study has been carried out in a way to develop a conceptual model and to analyze the hypotheses. I have considered the Beijing Olympics 2008 Games, sampled with 83 countries and 946 medals for the study. Based on the findings of the study, a few recommendations have been made, which if implemented in developing countries like India, may contribute to improving the sport performance of these countries in the future.

Published by: Prithvi Singh RaiResearch Area: Sports Economics

Organisation: Independant ResearcherKeywords: Olympic Games, Demographic

Research Paper

347. Pharmacy formulation

Pharmaceutical formulation is a process in which different chemical substances including the active drugs are mixed to manufacture a final pharmaceutical product.

Published by: PrashanthResearch Area: Pharmacy

Organisation: NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, KarnatakaKeywords: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Formulation

Research Paper

348. Pattern analysis of web data mining: A survey

The basic role of web usage mining is to capture, analyze, and web server logs. Usually, it personally discovers the usage behavior of Website users. We have been implemented a web mining tool to analyze the web server log file of the Website. It evaluates about total hits, page views, visitors, top errors, web browsers used by the website users mostly. The get information shall increase the effectiveness of the website. With the advanced technology and growing of the internet and world wide web (WWW, W3), many web access log records are being collected in the form of a web log file. The focus of this paper is on web mining usage patterns of an educational institution web data. There are three types of web related log data namely weblog access log, error log, and proxy log data and collect the data in web server to implemented a weblog Expert tool on web server log file to evaluate the significant quality of web log files based on the reports analyzer. We exploration the activity statistic by daily based, hourly based weeks and monthly based report of web usage pattern. The aim is to capture, model and analyzer the behavioral patterns and profiles of users interacting with a web site. Keywords: Data Preprocessing, Pattern Analysis, Pattern Discovery, Web Usage Mining.

Published by: Anoop Kumar, Dr Ajeet kumar SinghResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Suyash Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Data preprocessing, Pattern analysis, Pattern discovery, Web usage mining

Research Paper

349. Fashion accessories made by Calendula dyed cotton fabrics

Dyeing is the process of adding color to textile products like fibers yarns and fabrics. Dyeing is normally done in a special solution containing dyes. Natural dyes can be used for dyeing almost all types of natural fibers. Here we have taken cotton fabric for the purpose of dyeing. Cotton is the fabric for every home and it is widely used and produced by the textile industry. It has now been proved that India was the country to manufacture cotton. The scientific name marigold is calendula. Marigold is a genus of annual or perennial mostly herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Depending on the species, marigold species growing well in almost any sort of soil. Most horticultural selections grow best in soil with good drainage even though some cultivators are known to have good tolerance to drought. Marigold flower used for the extraction of natural dye. After dyeing process, we have created fashion accessories

Published by: Jaya Baju Chalakkal, Archana Shaju, Sharika M. S.Research Area: Fashion Design

Organisation: Vimala College, Thrissur, KeralaKeywords: Fashion accessories, Calendula, Cotton fabrics

Research Paper

350. Effective recovery of heat energy in ICF using a duct system

Nowadays the consumption of conventional energy is increasing a lot. After spending some days in ICF we found certain energies being unused. And when we reach the spring shop we saw a furnace in which, it is for the operation of preheating of the steel bar used for the production of springs. This furnace is working using a gas burner of temperature around 900˚C. This furnace is having an exhaust duct exposed to the atmosphere, and we observe that the outlet duct is releasing a huge amount of temperature to the atmosphere. Then we think about to use these wasting hot exhausts to some other reusable way. There are a paint booth and oven near to the furnace in which, it is used to bake the painted spring. Then we noticed that the paint booth is working with a gas burner and an air pumping fan. So the paint booth is gaining an extra amount of LPG and external electrical power. The temperature used for baking the spring is around 100˚C. Then we think about an idea of bringing the hot air from the exhaust of the furnace to the paint booth.

Published by: Rahul R. Nair, Rahul R., Rahul Raj R., Ragin Prasad, Vishnu Vardhan M. S.Research Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: ICF, Walking beam bar heating furnace, Paint drying oven

Research Paper

351. Enhancement in Nanotechnology

In recent years, nanotechnology has become one of the most important and exciting forefront fields in physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology. It shows great promise for providing us in the near future with many breakthroughs that will change the direction of technological advances in a wide range of applications. The present paper aims to review the previous work is done and recent enhancement in the field of nanotechnology. History of nanotechnology, methods of making nanomaterials, risks involved in using Nanotechnology have been reported. Various applications of nanotechnology are also discussed as this technology has enormous potential to contribute to significant advances over a wide range of technological areas.

Published by: Divya Waghmare, Sahil BhatResearch Area: Physics Laboratory

Organisation: Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari Khurd, MaharashtraKeywords: Nanotechnology, Top- down approach, Bottom-up approach, Nanostructures, Nanosized materials, Fullerene, Nanotubes, Carbon-based nanomaterials, Metal based nanomaterials, Dendrimers, Composites

Research Paper

352. Music staffline removal using Convolutional Neural Network

For decade interest in the analysis of handwritten music, scores have been growing rapidly. It captured the focus in two types recognition of handwritten music scores and writer identification. Many types of research have proposed different algorithms to improve recognition. Staffline removal cannot be considered as a solved problem that too when dealing with ancient music scripts. However, this work proposes to model the problem as a supervised learning classification task. This work proposes a staffline removal method using CNN to evaluate window size and mask size retaining the symbol information with improved accuracy.

Published by: Pallavi C. L., Kavitha S. N.Research Area: Image Processing, CNN

Organisation: R V College of Enigneering, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Ancient music scripts, CNN, Supervised learning, Staffline removal, Writer identification

Research Paper

353. Study of consumer buying behaviour with reference to neuromarketing and its limitations

In today’s vibrant business surroundings the same marketing techniques cannot be used in order to withstand the competitive market. There is a necessity to integrate other disciples along with the traditional and modern marketing techniques to leap forward. Neuromarketing is a blend of psychology, economics, and neuroscience. Neuromarketing is a technique of marketing where we study the consumers with the help of neuroscience. Neuromarketing emerged in the year 2002. During its initial years, it gained a lot of attraction. But its critical aspect remained unexplored which includes how to practice it. Consumers are complex creatures. Neuromarketing gives better insight to purchase decision. When neuromarketing come into force, the misconception of the consumer being a rational will phase out! Neuroscience is the main factor which helps in neuromarketing. There is research going on to find out techniques for better neuromarketing so that in and out of consumers aware known to the marketers. The main problem of neuromarketing will be the ethical issue which are practiced by many companies. The principles which many companies are following will be thrown off. Neuromarketing is a combination of consumer behavior and neuroscience. This paper will describe the linkage between the neuroscience and consumer behaviour which leads to neuromarketing.

Published by: Roshal Chinnu VinuResearch Area: Marketing, Neuromarketing

Organisation: ITM-SIA Business School, Dombivli, MaharashtraKeywords: Vibrant, Neuromarketing, Neuroscience, Consumer buying behavior

Research Paper

354. Analysis of sub surface water of Khapri village of Nagpur district

In this project, the physicochemical analysis of various physicochemical parameters is carried out for the assessment of groundwater quality. Total of 12 samples was collected from 12 locations of Khapri Village in Kalmeshwar Taluka in Nagpur District of Maharashtra State, India. It comes under Khapri Panchayath. It belongs to the Vidarbh region. These 12 water samples were collected from sampling points whose connection was given to bore wells. Various physicochemical parameters tested were pH, alkalinity, sulfate, nitrate, total hardness, dissolved oxygen, lead content, total solids, total dissolved solids, suspended solids, electrical conductivity, and turbidity. For geo-referencing of study area of Khapari Kothe Village latitude 21°14'35"N and longitude 78°51'14"E was used. The observed values of these physicochemical parameters were compared with World Health Organization standards. The results indicated that the water quality of groundwater is assessed in the study area based on the water quality index model. The drinking water quality results of the Khapri Village, show that the highest water quality was recorded at the Sample no 5 (WQI = 80.218) due to the increases in the human population, agricultural activities and it was very close to septic system, whereas the lowest quality found at Sample no 2 (WQI = 19.075). These water samples were fit for drinking without proper treatment according to standard World Health Organization

Published by: Mrunal Bharatlal Patle, Dr. Arif KhanResearch Area: Water Treatment

Organisation: Nuva College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: BIS, Water Quality Index, Physical-chemical parameters, Groundwater

Technical Notes

355. Ultrasonic servo motor control with Arduino micro-controller

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun.” Quoted by Mary Lou Cook, encouraged us to think on such a topic which can make our lives easier by overcoming the prominent problem faced around the globe. Sometimes we have to make our things automated and there is a need to make the world an easier place to live in. Arduino micro-controller has already made a huge impact on learning. The widespread acceptance gave the open source hardware a new life, potentially challenging many industrial products and new interests in hardware prototyping and electronics. The recent transition has been made from 8 bit to 32 bits and it is expected that in future Arduino may be seen in the form of a cheap practical computer. You can also presently make custom cell phones using open source boards like the Arduino. Looking at this actionable advancement towards Arduino, allured the ideology to make systematic and organized parking system for vehicles, using Arduino Uno. This project's main purpose is to produce a real-life solution to the car parking problem which the whole world is facing frequently. People usually roam around in the parking lots trying to find a suitable place to park in. To solve that problem we have created the automatic car parking system, using open source hardware, programmable sensors and the use of computers to provide an interface to understand the digital output produced.

Published by: Daniel AsemotaResearch Area: Electronics Engineering

Organisation: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Arduino, Servo motor, Automation micro-controller

Research Paper

356. Pattern discovery tool and technique of web

In the last years with the development of Internet technology the enhancement of the World Wide Web grows up all expectations. More information is extant in different formats and retrieving content has become a very hard task. One possible approach to solve the issue is Web Usage Mining (WUM). Web mining is the petition of data mining on web data and web usage mining is a vital component of web mining. The aim of web usage mining is to perceive the demeanor of web site users using the process of data mining of web data and Web usage mining is to perceive the demeanor of web site users through the process of data mining of web Access data. knowledge obtained from web usage mining can be used to enhance web creation, introduce personalization service and facilitate more dominant browsing the vital an application of web mining extracting the secret knowledge in the log dossier of a web server recognizing more interests of web clients, searching customer behavior while at the site are normally referred as the application of web usage mining. In this paper, we provide an updated focused review on apart pattern discovery methods of web usage mining.

Published by: Pratap Lal, Dr. Ajeet Kumar SinghResearch Area: Computer Science And Engineering

Organisation: Suyash Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Data preprocessing, Pattern analysis, Pattern discovery, Web usage mining

Research Paper

357. Knowledge regarding issues in reproductive health among adolescent girls

A descriptive study with cross sectional survey approach was under taken to assess the knowledge regarding issues in reproductive health among adolescent girls in selected village, Salem. Semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect the data from 100 adolescent girls and collected data was analyzed by inferential statistics. It can be concluded that from the present study adolescent girls had average knowledge regarding issues in reproductive health.

Published by: A. Thenmozhi, Dr. V. SelvanayakiResearch Area: Nursing

Organisation: Vinayaka Mission's Annapoorana College of Nursing, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation -Deemed to be University, Salem, Tamil NaduKeywords: Assess, Knowledge, Issues, Reproductive health and adolescent girls

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358. Organisation climate and job satisfaction: A study in Action Ispat and Power Limited Jharsuguda (Odisha)

Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the importance and impact of different organizational climate dimensions in terms of employee’s satisfaction, employee motivation and performance in Action Ispat & Power (P) Ltd Jharsuguda of Odisha. The research on the effect of organizational climate on job satisfaction in Steel & Power companies in Odisha is essential, notably in terms of specific business environment which dwells in a transition era under complicated political and economic systems. The result of the study shows that there exists a significant relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction among employees. The findings also revealed that job satisfaction under different categories of employees does not differ. The analysis and tests also revealed that there is no significant difference between organizational culture and the general health of the employees. The satisfaction level of employees on factors actors like opportunity for personal development and growth , participation in decision making , flexibility and freedom of job , relationship with colleagues, employer-employee relationship, measures for increasing morale , attitude of superiors, support from superiors ,cooperation from subordinates, staff strength, chance of attunement of goals and ambitions and communication system and flow of information in the organizations are at the positive side. This paper presents the comprehensive diagnosis of organizational climate and job satisfaction indices of Steel & Power business, the factors causing the dissatisfaction & suggestions to improve them

Published by: Lekh Ram Bhati, Dr. Jyotirmayee ChoudharyResearch Area: Management

Organisation: Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, OdishaKeywords: Organizational climate, Job satisfaction, Motivation, Employment, Efficiency

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359. Association of herbal plant in Rheumatoid Arthritis studies using in silico approach

Arthritis is inflammation or degeneration of joints. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis most common types of inflammatory arthritis include Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (in children’s), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (in adults), Psoriatic arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, gonococcal Arthritis, etc. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. It is also a systemic disease which means it affects the whole body. People with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of some other conditions such as heart disease, obesity, depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. No one knows the definite cause of this disease, but there is researcher’s evidence that genetics, environmental and stochastic factors are involved. There are various drugs therapies and treatments are available to suppress Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and there is a need for an alternative approach to avoid unnecessary side effects and high cost. Therefore, phytochemicals are used which include anti-inflammatory properties. Thus, the present study is aimed for finding phytochemical which is Stigmasterol showing higher binding affinity towards the target receptors those are 4JJ7, 6E28, 5GJH, 4FKL, 4EK4, 3CZF, 5NI9, 4RI5, 5BXU and 5N86 using molecular docking approach to find out potential drug molecule against protein causes inflammation. Tools used for molecular docking were GROMACS 5.1.1 for protein optimization, AutoDock 4.2.6 software for docking & Discovery Studio for visualization. Stigmasterol was ranked top among various docking conformations showing highest binding affinity with the target. Therefore it could be an alternative treatment method for rheumatic disorders. Plants like Glycine max (soybean), Physostigma venenosum (calabar bean), Brassica napus (rapeseed) comprise of this phytochemical. Further studies can confirm the usage of this phytochemical and plants for suppressing inflammation via inflammation

Published by: Aparna Hiren Patil Kose, Priyanka Patel, Samiksha WaniResearch Area: Bioinformatics

Organisation: Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis, TNF cascade, Stigmasterol, Anti-inflammatory, Docking

Research Paper

360. Air pollution data analysis using ARIMA model

This work addresses the prediction of the possible amount of air pollution in the atmosphere. Initially, we convert the raw data of pollutants to a standard that is AQI (Air Quality Index) then we carry out Exploratory data analysis such as seasonal pollution analysis, correlation matrix to find out the relation between various factors contributing to air pollution, box plots to find out a summary of a particular factor, etc. Further, we build models for prediction and forecasting future values. Forecasting consists of taking models to fit on historical information/data and using it to predict future observations. We bui1d two models subjected for this purpose namely, Multiple linear regression model and ARIMA (Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Averages) model. We use the results obtained in exploratory analysis to find the dependent variables for AQI and build a Multiple linear regression model to predict future values. ARIMA model is used for forecasting our pollution time series to predict future values based on the parameters found using the auto-correlation function.

Published by: Amogh Mudholkar, Akash S., Ajay C., Gowramma G. S.Research Area: Computer Science Engineering

Organisation: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Machine Learning, Big Data, Statistical Analysis, Arima, Multiple Linear Regression

Research Paper

361. Fuzzy clustering of data mining: A survey paper

Clustering is the main and essentially used method for the automatic information taking out from huge amounts of data. Its task is recognize groups, its called clusters, of indistinguishable objects in a data set. Clustering methods is used in broad area, including database shopping, web inspect, information acceptance, bio technology, and broad others. whenever, if clustering methods is used on real data , a problem that often produce up is that absent values shown in the data sets. For established clustering methods were developed to inspect complete data, there is a need for data clustering method pickup incomplete data. Proceed towards recommend in the literature for modify the clustering algorithms to incomplete data effort better on data set with similer scattered clusters. In this thesis we are description a new proceed towards for suitable for a new use the fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm to incomplete data that takesget hold the scatters of clusters into statement. In this experiment on made by human being and real data sets with various scattered clusters .we show that our proceed out accomplish the another clustering techniq for defective data. ,We explain various cluster reliability functions and modify them to defective data according to the “present-case” proceed it. We inspect the original and the modify cluster reliability functions using the separate results of various artificial and real data produce by various fuzzy clustering algorithms for imperfect data. Therefore both the clustering algorithms and the cluster reliability functions are modify to inperfect data, we should target are finding the factor that is searching for determining the optimal number of clusters on defected data: the modify of the clustering algorithms, the modify of the cluster reliable functions, or the miss of information in the data self. In this research , we present that our capacity are capable to right check the clusters nearly situated to every other and cluster within broad density substance .

Published by: Shivani Singh, Dr. A. K. SinghResearch Area: Data Mining

Organisation: Suyas Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Data Mining, Fuzzy clustering, Clustering methods

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362. A study on self-help groups in Ramanagar district of Karnataka, India

A group of 4 to 20 members can form a self-help group. They develop a habit of savings. The amount so collected is used for disbursement of the loan. Those who do not have formal banking facilities can avail these loans for self-employment and livelihood. The self-help SHG and microfinance is for those who do not have access to formal credit facilities. Self-help groups become the basis for action and change. It also helps to build mutual trust between the promoting organization and the poor through constant contact and genuine efforts. Thus Self-help groups disburse microcredit to the rural and urban poor for the purpose of making them self-reliant and encouraging them to enter into small business activities. The main purpose of this Article is to evaluate the performance of the 5005 Self-help groups and the attitude of members of the Self-help groups towards economic impact, social impact and psychological impact. Self-help groups are necessary to overcome exploitation, create confidence for the economic self-reliance of rural and urban people. These groups enable to come together for a common purpose and gain strength from each other to deal with exploitation, which they are facing in their daily life.

Published by: Krishna C. P., Dr. Ramesha H. H.Research Area: Commerce

Organisation: Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Self-help groups, Microfinance, Poverty alleviation, Economic impact and Social impact

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363. The state finances in Assam- An overview

India’s state finances have suffered from many difficulties and there is an adverse trend from the 1980s. The state government has been facing various budgetary hardship which affecting their developmental expenditure. Among the hardships, inadequate revenue sources, low central transfers are prominent. The Indian constitution sets three fold classifications for expenditure responsibility between the state and center. Constitution accordingly also sets forth the respective taxation powers of center and state governments. It is generally perceived that the state taxation powers are inadequate in relation to their expenditure responsibilities and that imbalances have been worsening over time. In addition to center state tax collection and sharing, the constitution has some other provision of resource transfers to the states through various mechanisms determined by the finance commissions. The finance commission plays a vital role in center state tax sharing and resource transfers. The planning commission and both five year and one-year plans which are not mandated in the constitution, have become a very important part of center-state financial relation. Transfer to support state plans have been determined by the ‘Gadgil formula’ and through other CSS’s. Various centrally sponsored schemes have become an increasingly important source of funding for state government budgets. But since they are time-bound and subsequent recurrent expenditure responsibilities devolve wholly on the states, the schemes are argued to worsen the long term fiscal situation of states. Central government employees pay structure also increase the pressure of various state governments from their employees. However, this factor will become less important in the future because almost all the states are coming into the line along with central government.

Published by: Dr. Brajendra SaikiaResearch Area: Economics

Organisation: Rangia College, Rangia, AssamKeywords: State, Finance, Assam, Revenue, India, Constitution

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364. Improvement of firefighting techniques by using sound waves

Fire is a particularly feared hazard. Therefore, a fire extinguisher is very important equipment. Unfortunately, existing fire extinguisher has some drawbacks such as using a chemical compound which is dangerous and it leaves a residue. Therefore, the need for a new fire extinguisher method is needed to overcome this problem. After various researches, it was found that sound waves can be used as an alternative method to extinguish flames. Acoustic pressure and air velocity produced from a speaker is the fundamental concept used to explain how sound waves put off flames. In this paper, we proposed a new method using the sound wave to extinguisher fire. Our method was using a speaker and a converging tube to focus the sound wave to overcome the fire energy and thus put the fire down. The aim is to develop a portable fire extinguisher to study and analyzes the effect of different frequency of a sound wave on flames. Experiments are conducted to find a suitable frequency range to extinguish the flame and to analyze the acoustic-flame interaction. Three different sources of flames were used with three different states of fuel (solid, liquid and gas). Using this method, a different set of experiments were conducted to find the range of frequencies within which fire can be extinguished and found that fire can be extinguished between 48 Hz to 60 Hz. Also, we found the optimum frequency as 53Hz. From the result of the experiment, the sound waves manage to extinguish all flames of different fuel types. We also found the applications of this extinguisher at Travancore Titanium Products (TTP) Ltd., Kerala, India. However, in both experiments the flame boundary used was relatively small as compared real fire accidents due to safety consideration. Nevertheless, this sound wave based fire suppression technology could be used to combat early stages of fire accidents.

Published by: Thejas R. P., Saidaly S., Vaishnav A. B., Muhammad Noorulla B., Anuraj A. R.Research Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: Fire, Chemical extinguisher, Sound fire extinguisher, Fire extinguishing effect, Sound, Putting off Fire

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365. A Descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding Reverse Osmosis waste water utilization among general public of Indore District

A method of extracting essentially pure, fresh water from polluted or salt water by forcing the water under pressure against a semipermeable membrane, which passes the pure water molecules and filters out salts and other dissolved impurities. all reverse osmosis units produce waste water. the waste water ratio to filtered water ratio can be changed, but not eliminated. Wastewater is any water that has been affected by human use. Households may produce waste water from flush toilets, sinks, dishwashers, washing machines, bath tubs, and showers. The study aims to assess the knowledge regarding Reverse Osmosis wastewater utilization among the general public of Indore District. Material and methods A quantitative research approach, the descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Total 30 general public selected by using Non randomized purposive sampling technique was used. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Major findings of the study it is found that among the general public are 3.3% of the general public having is adequate knowledge and 13.33% is inadequate knowledge and 83.33% is moderate knowledge. Statistical analysis showed that the mean value of reverse osmosis waste water utilization is 7.7. A significant difference was found at the score. (p>0.05 Thus the study revealed that there is a significant association with the selected socio-demographic variables regarding knowledge of reverse osmosis waste water utilization among the general public. so it conculated that alternative hypothesis H01 was accepted and null hypothesis H0 was rejected. Hence the research hypothesis HA1 is accepted there is significant Association between the knowledge scores regarding reverse osmosis waste water utilization and socio demographic variables of general public.

Published by: Seema Chourasia, Suneetha V., Amita PaulResearch Area: Nursing

Organisation: Bombay Hospital College of Nursing, Indore, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Knowledge, General public, Reverse osmosis waste water utilization

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366. Solar powered seed sowing machine and spray pump

The seed sowing machine is the main equipment of the agriculture field. It is used for seed sowing and plantation. Population increasing rapidly day by day, therefore, it is necessary to meet the food demands hence it has to be developed seed sowing machine. Traditional method consumes more power as well as time with less efficiency. Labor availability becomes a major problem for farmers. This machine requires less man power as well as overall cost. So it is important to develop more efficient methods. Application of Non-conventional energy is the only another option to fulfill demands. In this paper, the development of solar-powered seed sowing machine is mentioned.

Published by: Pramod B. Magade, Abhijeet G Kulkarni, Akshay Bhoi, Nilesh Waykar, Dnyaneshwar KaradResearch Area: Solar

Organisation: Zeal College of Engineering and Research, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Solar, Seed sowing machine, Spray pump

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367. Analysis and optimization of Ti (Grade-5) on µ-EDM by using Taguchi Methods

During the last decennium, there has been perpetuating authoritative ordinance of compact, integrated and diminutive size product by a nontraditional process for precise and cost efficacious quantification of material properties. These are needed for machining for implements and product design, the development of micro-size components, the growing desiderata for microfeature generation. Micromanufacturing process has different materials capability and machining performance designation. Machining performance designation of concern includes minimum feature size, tolerance, surface finish and MRR and application of advanced, which is very arduous to machine materials. They have made the micro EDM a paramount manufacturing process to meet these authoritative ordinances. Micro EDM technology has been widely utilized in engenderment, aerospace, aircraft, medical and virtually all areas of conductive material machining. Ti (Grade 5) is ever engendered in manufacturing industries. It is capable to withstand in very high temperature and the excellent resistance in mechanical and chemical debilitate. The Ti (Grade 5) aluminum predicated superalloys are having high vigor thermal conflict with very hard material characteristics it is withal very good corrosion resistance in many conditions of engineering application. Due to very tough in nature and the machinability has been studied by many researchers on these materials and been carried out for the last few years. This objective of this project is to investigate the performance of Micro EDM machining on Ti materials.

Published by: Aditi Tiwari, Manoj PatelResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Suyash Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: μ-EDM, Ti (Grade 5), MRR, Taguchi, Tolerance, EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining)

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368. In vitro micropropagation of Cheilanthes farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf. Pteridaceae

Cheilanthes farinosa is a pteridophytic plant belongs to the family Pteridaceae is a rare plant of rhizome up to 1 cm. in diam. Sori minute, 1 mm. in diam, closely set along the margins of the pinna segments. The plant roots are used to treat eczema and stomachache; fronds are used to treat menstrual disorders. Rhizomes and roots are used to treat gout, rheumatism and used as general tonics. It is used in the treatment of inflammatory, skin disorders and rheumatism etc., So the Cheilanthes farinosa plant was chosen for conservation through micropropagation. The sporangia are used as explant. MS medium with 3.5mgL-1 of BAP and GA3 shows the high growth rate and 2.4mgL-1 of IBA and KIN shows the slow growth rate. After 1 month of inoculation, the gametophytic body was developed. And it was subculture to MS medium containing various concentrations of BAP and GA3.

Published by: Kavitha R., Prabakaran R.Research Area: Plant Tissue Culture

Organisation: PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil NaduKeywords: Conservation, Fronds, Gametophyte, Pteridaceae, Sporangia, Subculture.

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369. Green concrete with high-volume fly ash and slag with recycled aggregate and recycled water to build future sustainable cities

Building sustainable green cities for the future can be difficult or highly challenging as such cities need to reduce their environmental footprint through eco-friendly materials, resource and energy conservation, as well as renewable energy generation. This paper proposes three new types of sustainable concretes in an attempt to further reduce the carbon footprint. In Type I, a total of 4 concrete mixes were made with a high volume GGBFS with 60, 70, 80, and 90% replacement of ordinary portland cement (OPC),100% recycled water (RW), and 100% recycled aggregate (RA). The same replacement ratios were used in Type II but with only 100% RA. In Type III, a total of four concrete mixes made with a high volume fly ash (FA) cement with 40, 50, 60, and 70% replacement of OPC. The paper provides information on the mix design, full justification of CO2 footprint, and the cost for each concrete mix. The hardened and plastic properties and durability test parameters for each mix are presented. The results showed that the fly ash and slag significantly reduced the carbon footprint and meet the requirements of future sustainable cities. An economical mix with 90% GGBFS and 10% OPC was nominated for use in the future construction of sustainable cities with 125 kg=m3 emissions.

Published by: M. Mothilal, K. MounikaResearch Area: Civil engineering

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Concrete, Sustainability, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), Fly ash, Recycled aggregate, Recycled water

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370. Performance analysis of flat plate hybrid PV/T solar water collector system

Solar Photovoltaic module converts the light component of solar radiation into electrical output measured in watts and heat part is absorbed by module increasing its operating temperature which reduces the electrical efficiency of the module by 10 to 35%. Hence by using the external cooling system, the module temperature can be reduced to improve electrical power efficiency. This cooling system is called a photovoltaic heat exchanger. The cooling system fitted to the backside of the PV module produces thermal power(in terms of hot water), can be used for low-temperature applications. Combined PV module and heat exchanger generating both electrical and thermal power are called as hybrid Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) solar system. Performance of a direct flow heat exchanger and its effect on the hybrid PV/T system is studied in the current paper. The experimental analysis and results like performance efficiencies of Photovoltaic, thermal and PV/T system at different loading conditions were discussed and evaluated for the latitude of Kalyan, Mumbai. The results at solar radiation of 6.52 kWh/m2/day and water mass flow rate of 0.04 kg/sec through heat exchanger showed improvement in combined PV/T efficiency of 73.7% with PV efficiency of 12.7% and performance ratio of 70.5%.

Published by: Snehal Prabhakar Sonawane, H. B. ChaudhariResearch Area: Electrical Engineering

Organisation: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Photovoltaic module, Direct flow, Electrical efficiency, Thermal efficiency, PV heat exchanger, Hybrid PV/T solar water system, Combined PV/T efficiency

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371. Experimental study on durability assessment of concrete structures due to various chemical attacks

The strength and durability of concrete after casting changes at variance factors regarding physical and chemical damages. Concrete structures with steel-reinforcement are in a continuous and losing life with corrosiveness that naturally occurs from long-term exposure to an aggressive environment. The concrete structure like dams, canals, bridges which have the influence of water forms various types of chemical reactions which include carbonation attack, sulfate attack, chloride attack, alkali-aggregate reaction, etc. Chemical reactions, either intrinsic or extrinsic, are one of the main reason for concrete’s deterioration. The present dissertation consists of an analysis of the chemical expansive reactions in concrete element, the alkalis aggregate reaction, and the internal sulfuric reaction. During the carbonation process, the fundamental element identified in the concrete microstructure is calcite which comes outs at the surface of concrete structure, in the form of cracks. When carbon dioxide causes by environment come contact into the concrete structure and effect with calcium hydroxide to create calcium carbonate this phenomenon is called as carbonation. Carbonation usually describes by ph value which indicates the depth of reaction in the structure. The depth of carbonation directly affects the life of the structure in the year. Through the years to overcome this problem the solution is being discovered by performing various experiments on Concrete after and before the casting. Which gave us the Chemical test like by increasing the CO2 binding capacity, improving CaO Value and physical tests such as applying an epoxy coating, etc. After all, performing the various types of test for a particular outcome finally check for durability tests for the concrete structure is taking place for better result. There are many of them but in this case, it will be ph indicator, UTM and CTM are being discussed. This project address the study of chemical reaction which is take place on various type of concrete structures and affect the durability and strength of it.

Published by: Venkatesh B. Panmand, Dr. Sanjay KulkarniResearch Area: Structural Engineering

Organisation: Dr. D. Y.Patil School of Engineering, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Sulphur, Chloride, Deterioration, Durability, Strength

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372. Government’s preparedness for disaster management based on Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984

Disaster management is dealing with and avoiding risks. This involves emergency evacuation, disaster response, supporting and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters. During the tragedy Union Carbide India Ltd wasn’t prepared for a quick disaster management. Gas concentration in the areas ranged from 85 to 0.12ppm , people who were in deep sleep got awakened by coughing, severe eye irritation, feeling of suffocation and burning in respiratory tract. Thousands of people had died by the following morning. The problem was made worse by the plant’s location near a densely populated area, non-existent catastrophe plans, shortcomings in health care and socio-economic rehabilitation . Analysis shows that the parties responsible for the magnitude of the disaster are the two owners, Union Carbide Corporation and the Government of India and to some extent, the Government of Madhya Pradesh. From a Union Carbide factory killed a total of 16,000 people and injured half a million, Bhopal has become synonymous symbol with an absence of industrial safety measures.

Published by: Greema Micahel K.Research Area: Public Administration

Organisation: Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984, Disaster management, Union carbide India, Madhya Pradesh, Rehabilitation

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373. Expense based performance assessment of financial institution

Performance of Financial Institutions is dependent on various aspects that can affect their growth. Many of them are standardized aspects such as Portfolio At Risk, Provision Expense Ratio, Risk Coverage Ratio, Write Off Ratio. Along with these, we introduce a scientific cost distribution value that we name as the Expense Accrual Ratio (EAR). Along with the other parameters of measurement, EAR can be used to assess if the health of a financial institution. In this paper, we explain the role and functioning of EAR along with ways of calculation of it with formulas for the derivation. The effect of dependent parameters on EAR is explored and the graphs are explained. Further, its impact on performance is analyzed with data references. Comparison is done with the current interest rates of the institution to derive at a conclusion based on EAR. Along with other parameters of the measure this can be used as a powerful tool to adjust the functioning of the financial institution to avoid further losses. The necessity to balance EAR for unforeseen or natural calamities has been pointed out for future work.

Published by: Mohd Saifuddin, Muzameel Ahmed, Reehan LalkhanResearch Area: Research In Finance

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Financial institution, Finance, Expense, Performance, Loan outstanding

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374. Availability of physical and infrastructure resources facilitating agricultural commodity trading in north Karnataka

Today in current scenario agriculture markets are the hub of the rural economy. Agricultural marketing today means more than linking the producer with the consumer, it includes the creation of a favorable economic environment for farmers to enthuse them to grow more and get proceeds from transactions. Many alternative forms, such as cooperative marketing, group marketing, contract marketing, futures trading, direct marketing, and e-commerce are in vogue. Agricultural produce markets are nerve centers from where marketing impulses are transmitted to put all the marketing activity on track and safeguard the interest of both farmers and consumers. Finally efforts should be made in terms of setting up proper marketing infrastructure that will facilitate the market participants to carry out the trading activities and also provide awareness, training, practical experiences, support needed to small, marginal and medium farmers at village/rural areas in terms of newer ways of agriculture marketing channels so that every farmer will be able to adopt better marketing techniques like common online platforms for selling their produce and get the remunerative prices for the same.

Published by: Sharanabasappa C. B.Research Area: Economics

Organisation: Shri Gavisiddheshwar Arts, Science and Commerce College, Koppal, KarnatakaKeywords: Agriculture, Marketing, E-commerce, Farmers, Trading

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375. Formulation and evaluation of alfuzosin hydrochloride extended release tablets

Purpose The aim of the study was to design extended release tablets capable of producing a 20 h extended release profile there by eliminating the use of immediate release tablets which require a frequent administration of three tablets containing 2.5 mg of alfuzosin hydrochloride of daily dose. The present study deals with formulation of Alfuzosin Hydrochloride extended release tablets. Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a noncancerous prostate problem in which the normal elements of the prostate gland grow in size and number, requires an alpha-adrenergic blocker which is having optimum therapeutic window concentration for a prolonged duration. With the above characteristics Alfuzosin Hydrochloride was selected as active therapeutic agent. Methods. Alfuzosin HCl extended release matrix tablets were prepared by direct compression method by employing hydrophilic polymer HPMC K 100 M and Crosslinked xyloglucan (XG).The crosslinked XG was prepared by crosslinking of natural polysaccharide i.e XG with crosslinking agent Sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP). Simplex centroid design was applied for the optimization process. The prepared tablets were evaluated for various physicochemical parameters by official procedures. The in-vitro release study of matrix tablets was carried out in 0.01N HCl for 24 hours. Results. The tablets exhibited acceptable physicochemical characteristics and extended drug release pattern was observed for about 20h. Analysis of drug release data from the matrix system indicated that the drug release follows zero order kinetics by anomalous (non-fickian) diffusion. Conclusion. The crosslinked XG alongwith HPMC K 100M & DCP showed the potential for prolonged delivery of Alfuzosin over a 20 h period and therefore may be a suitable candidate for use in sustained release drug delivery system.

Published by: Pradnya Zine, Dr. Ashwini Madgulkar, Dr. Mangesh BhalekarResearch Area: Pharmaceutics

Organisation: AISSMS College of Pharmacy, Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Immediate release, Alfuzosin, Crosslinked, Xyloglucan, Sodium trimetaphosphate

Research Paper

376. A single-phase integrated onboard battery charger using three-phase AC motor for plug-in electric vehicles with PFC

The growing market of plugin hybrid electric vehicle has certain limitations like more charging time, less driving range and fewer charging stations. PHEV chargers are classified as off-board and on-board chargers. Off-board chargers provide fast charging takes 20 mins to 1 hour while onboard chargers provide office daytime or home overnight charging takes 4 to 10 hours to fully charge a PEV battery. In this paper, a single-phase integrated onboard charger, using the PEV three phase ac machine and its traction converter, is proposed. The charging process enables Power Factor Correction (PFC) at the source end. Three phase winding of the AC machine is utilized as a mutually coupled inductor to produce a two-channel boost converter. A 3-kW prototype using a 220-Vrms, 3-phase PMSM is built to experimentally verify the performance of the proposed integrated charging approach. A nearly unity Power Factor (PF) and 3.96% Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of input ac current is acquired with a maximum efficiency of 93.1%.

Published by: Mohan Kale, R. N. AwaleResearch Area: Electrical Engineering

Organisation: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Electric vehicle, Integrated charger, Interleaved boost converter, Off-board charger, Onboard charger, Permanent magnet synchronous machine, Power factor correction

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377. An exploratory study to assess the stress and coping pattern among the employees of insurance company at Gwalior (M. P.)

An exploratory study to assess the stress and coping pattern among the employees of insurance company at Gwalior (M.P). To assess the levels of stress among the employees of insurance company. To assess the coping pattern among the employees of insurance company. To find out the relationship between the stress and coping pattern among the employees of insurance company. To find out the relationship of stress level with variables such as age Religion, education, type of family, marital status, head of family and economic status. To find out the relationship of coping pattern with variables such as age, religion, education, type of family, marital status, head of family and economic status. For the present study exploratory approach was considered appropriate. The purposive sampling method was adapted to collect the sample. Majority of employees have moderate stress (95%) and (5%) have mild stress. Majority of employees in insurance company have positive coping pattern (82%) and (18%) have negative coping pattern. Relationship between stress and coping pattern among employees of insurance company was having negative correlation (-.142) and statistically non-significant. The employees from selected insurance company have positive coping pattern as there age advances. The findings were also statistically significant at p level. The employees from joint family have positive coping pattern as compared to nuclear and extended family. These findings were also statistically significant at p level. The employees who are head of the family their coping pattern was negative as compare to others. These findings were also statistically significant at p level. Those employees who are (separated, divorced, spouse not living, spouse living) clubbed together as separated, had positive coping pattern as compared to married. These findings were also statistically significant at p level. The employees with adequate economic status their coping pattern was positive as compared to those who have inadequate economic status. These findings were also statistically significant at p level.

Published by: Neetu Bhadouriya, Vijay Laxmi VermaResearch Area: Mental Health Nursing

Organisation: Nagaji Institute of Nursing Sciences, Gwalior, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Coping, Stress, Musculo-Skeletal, Neuroskeletal

Review Paper

378. Literature review on depth estimation using a single image

Depth estimation is an important component of understanding geometric relations within a scene. Different depth estimation techniques using a single image are analyzed in this survey paper. Depth estimation from a single image is often described as an ill-posed and inherently ambiguous problem. Recovering depth information in applications like 3D modeling, robotics, autonomous driving, etc. is more important when no other information such as stereo images, optical flow, or point clouds are unavailable. For the task of depth estimation using single images, learning based methods have shown very promising results.

Published by: Vyshna R. K., Dr. Priya S.Research Area: Image Processing

Organisation: Model Engineering College, Kochi, KeralaKeywords: RGB-D Image, CNN, Multi-scale deep network, Depth estimation, Higher resolution maps

Review Paper

379. Multiple components detection in motherboard using Mask R-CNN

Object detection is one of the main requirements during motherboard assembly process, especially when using SMT technology. Human fatigue is the major cause of error making while manual inspection. The grasp success rate will enhance if robot can get exact position of objects than relative to the end manipulator. With the advent of deep learning techniques the accuracy for object detection has increased drastically. A major challenge in many of the object detection systems is the dependency of other computer vision techniques for helping the deep learning based approach, which will lead to the slow and non-optimal performance. In this project a completely deep learning based approach to solve the problem of object detection in an end-to-end fashion. The method, called Mask R-CNN, extends Faster R-CNN by adding a branch for predicting an object mask in parallel with the existing branch for bounding box recognition. The model developed with a pre-trained model ResNet 101 and data collected from Computer Vision Lab. Mask R-CNN is easy to generalize to other tasks and also it shows better results with COCO dataset for instance segmentation, bounding box object detection and person key point detection.

Published by: Kripa Radhakrishnan, Chaithanya C., Priya S.Research Area: Image Processing

Organisation: Model Engineering College, Kochi, KeralaKeywords: Feature extraction, Object detection, Instance segmentation, Convolutional Neural Network

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380. Optimization of virtual machines in cloud environment

Emergence of cloud computing has facilitated the provisioning of computing resources in an on-demand basis that can be swiftly allocated, released and reallocated with minimum management effort and cost. One important element of cloud is the virtual machine which encapsulates business services and acts as a resource carrier. An important task of cloud computing is to find an optimal placement scheme that can map the virtual machines to physical machines. With the increasing prevalence of large scale cloud computing environments, how to efficiently place VMs into available computing servers has become an essential research problem. This research works presents a Virtual Machine Placement and Load Rebalancing Based on Multi-Dimensional Resource Characteristics in Cloud Computing Systems (VMP-LR) to improve the efficiency of VM placement

Published by: Rishabh Narayan ParasarResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Roorkee College of Engineering, Roorkee, UttarakhandKeywords: Cloud computing, Virtual machines

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381. Bidirectional Z-Source converter with hybrid system fed PMDC motor for electric vehicles

The bidirectional DC-DC converters have been widely used in micro-grids, renewable energy systems, electric vehicles and other applications to ensure the power flows from and to, or between various energy storage devices. Energy storage systems have been a major research area in which battery is one of the most widely used. A new battery ultra-capacitor hybrid energy storage system is proposed for electric vehicles. The main objectives of using ultra-capacitors alongside battery is to improve the performance, increase the system efficiency and extend the battery life. In many applications, conventional bidirectional converters are inadequate since the specified range of input voltages and the specified range of output voltages call for an extremely large range of conversion ratios. A new bidirectional z- source converter with high voltage gain in both step-down and step-up operation modes is used here. In this work, an Ultra Capacitor is integrated with the battery in an Electric Vehicle using the new bidirectional converter to improve the dynamic performance of the vehicle system and enhancing the battery life. The simulation work is carried out using MATLAB/SIMULINK R2015 software. Hardware is made and the control strategy is implemented using TMS320F28027.

Published by: Muhsina P. Hameed, Babu Thomas, Neema S.Research Area: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Organisation: Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, KeralaKeywords: Ultra-Capacitor (UC), Energy Storage Systems (ESS), Electric vehicles

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382. Agricultural drone interaction tank interface

Application of crop protection materials is one of the crucial operations in agriculture to meet ever demanding food production. The drone mounted sprayer mainly consists of BLDC motors, LiPo (Lithium Polymer) batteries, pesticide tank, pump, and supporting frame. Six BLDC motors were mounted to the hexa-copter frame to lift of 1 kg payload capacity. One LiPo batteries of 3 cells -5200mAh were used to supply the necessary current required for the propulsion system. A 1-liter capacity conical-square shaped fluid tank was used to hold the pesticide solution.

Published by: Aaditi Avinash PatilResearch Area: Smart Farming, Agriculture

Organisation: Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Drone, Sprayer, Hexacopter, Crops

Review Paper

383. A review on mouth dissolving tablets of Glimepiride

Oral route is considered as the most common and preferred technique for drug administration because it is considered as the easiest and simplest method. The route provides simplicity of drug administration in a handy way and individuals tend to be more knowledgeable about this particular route. The latest developments in Novel Drug Delivery System (NDDS) seeks for improving effectiveness and molecules security that were used previously by preparing a suitable dosage forms for administration. Now a days the problems such as dysphagia are faced by the conventional dosage forms like capsules and tablets, which results in ineffective therapy because of high incidence of non-compliance. Mouth dissolving tablets (MDTs) were developed to prevent above issues in conventional dosage forms. These MDTs have easy administration, dose uniformity, and good hardness as well as are the first preference for the travelling, geriatric, and pediatric patients. This paper provides a review for MDT because of its wide significance, as well as such drug delivery system may help for better compliance of patient along with ultimate clinical output.

Published by: Bobina Arora, Prerna Sarup, Sonia Pahuja, Navneet KaurResearch Area: Pharmacy

Organisation: Swami Vivekanand College of Pharmacy, Banur, PunjabKeywords: Mouth Dissolving Tablets (MDT), Orally disintegrating tablets, Super-disintegrate

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384. Synthesis of FeOOH by electrochemical deposition techniques

We are conducting FeOOH platelets were successfully synthesized on ITO substrate by an electrochemical deposition method also conducting a multi-disciplinary research work that involves the development of nanostructured thin films of semiconductors for different applications. Nanotechnology is widely considered to constitute the basis of the next technological revolution, following on from the first Industrial Revolution, which began around 1750 with the introduction of the steam engine and steelmaking. Nanotechnology is defined as the design, characterization, production, and application of materials, devices, and systems by controlling shape and size of the nanoscale. The nanoscale itself is at present considered to cover the range from 1 to 100 nm. All samples prepared in thin film forms and the characterization revealed their nanostructure. The major exploitation of thin films has been in microelectronics, there are numerous and growing applications in communications, optical electronics, coatings of all kinds, and in energy generation. A great many sophisticated analytical instruments and techniques, largely developed to characterize thin films, have already become indispensable in virtually every scientific endeavor irrespective of discipline. Among all these techniques, electrodeposition is the most suitable technique for nanostructured thin films from aqueous solution served as samples under investigation. The electrodeposition of metallic layers from aqueous solution is based on the discharge of metal ions present in the electrolyte at a cathodic surface (the substrate or component.) The metal ions accept an electron from the electrically conducting material at the solid- electrolyte interface and then deposit as metal atoms onto the surface. The electrons necessary for this to occur are either supplied from an externally applied potential source or are surrendered by a reducing agent present in solution (electroless reduction). The metal ions themselves derive either from metal salts added to the solution, or by the anodic dissolution of the so-called sacrificial anodes, made of the same metal that is to be deposited at the cathode.

Published by: Chaudhari Devanand PrakashResearch Area: Material Science

Organisation: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Electrodeposition, Nanomaterials, Thin films, Nanotechnology

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385. CFD analysis of combustion chamber of SI engine during suction stroke

This work is suitable for the IC engine design and analysis industry in understanding the various performance characteristics of the flat and dome head piston. The design of the piston and chamber has a vital role in the optimized performance of an engine. There are lots of studies undergone about the new piston geometries and designs to achieve the optimized results. Studies about the piston and combustion process include both the structural and thermal analysis because both pressure and temperature are the two important properties which affect the performance of the piston and chamber. This work designs a new model of flat and dome piston for an assumed optimized output of the existing engine and chamber. This work will be helpful for the new inventions in engine development. In this work piston and chamber are modelled in CATIA v5 software and these models are imported into ANSYS software and analysis is employed. Structural and thermal analysis of the piston and air flow analysis of the chamber is employed for both flat and domed piston.

Published by: Thwahir M. P., Shibu AugustinResearch Area: Thermal Engineering

Organisation: Malabar College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, KeralaKeywords: Optimized intake stroke, CFD Analysis, Flat and domed piston, IC Engine

Research Paper

386. A review on digitalization of SHG with mobile usage in India

Microfinance program promoted by the government of India through ‘The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’ (NABARD) has impacted thousands of villages throughout India for the last twenty years. According to NABARD, 11crore household across India with over 87 lakh Self Help Groups created deposits over Rs. 195 billion. India has a platform of over billion mobile users and a half billion internet users and financial transactions, especially through United Payment Interface by the government of India, make the financial transaction process easy and transparent through banks for customers. E-Shakti launched by NABARD in 2015 has digitalizing information of SHG across India. World bank has seen online bookkeeping of SHG raising over a million transactions every week across lakhs of house households even in a rural area. This paper presents the significance of paradigm shift of digitalization of SHG with mobile.

Published by: Kishore Prabhala, T. Umamaheswara RaoResearch Area: Managment

Organisation: Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Microfinance, NABARD, World Bank, Self Help Group, Digitalization, Mobile

Case Study

387. Modified genetic algorithm for automated facility layout design

The placement of facilities is a fundamental task in many industries, and the facility layout problem is frequently encountered. This paper describes the implementation of a modified genetic algorithm for solving the facility layout problem by minimizing the total material handling the cost. An isomer-based elitism is applied and the performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with previous results in the literature. An extended method for measuring the efficiency of the algorithm is proposed. The results suggest that the efficiency of the proposed methodology is competitive with prior work and that isomer-based elitism should be reviewed for application in a wider range of problems.

Published by: Venkatesh Dixit, Dr. Jim LawlorResearch Area: Manufacturing Engineering

Organisation: Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, IrelandKeywords: Facility layout problem, Genetic algorithm, Material handling cost, Sensitivity analysis, Isomer-based elitism

Research Paper

388. Experimental analysis of free convective heat transfer through micro channels with different configuration

The microchannel heat sinks play a very important role in the functioning of the microelectronic components. In this paper, the focus is on the convective heat transfer performance of the microchannels with different diameters and configurations. The heat transfer performance is a function of surface area available for the heat transfer and the heat transfer coefficient of the heat carrying medium. It is highly desirable to understand the fluid flow and the heat transfer characteristics of a buoyancy-induced micro pump and micro heat exchanger in microfluidic and thermal systems. In this study, we experimentally investigate the fully developed natural convection in an open-ended vertical cylindrical microchannel with asymmetric wall temperature distributions. The experiments were conducted in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Results reveal that in most of the natural convection situations, the volume flow rate at the micro scale is higher than that at the macro scale. It is, therefore, concluded that the temperature jump condition induced by the effects of rarefaction and fluid-wall interaction plays an important role in slip-flow natural convection and heat transfer rates are higher than vertical configurations the evaluated experimental results are compared with available literature and graphically noted.

Published by: G. Srinivasa RaoResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, TelanganaKeywords: Micro channels, Free convection, Heat transfer, Temperature distribution, Aspect ratio

Case Study

389. Mesenteric fibromatosis mimicking GIST and presenting as a rare cause intestinal obstruction in a 1 year old boy: A rare case report

Mesenteric Fibromatosis (MF) is a rare myofibroproliferative tumour that may present as a common clinical entity like intestinal obstruction or abdominal mass. They are exceedingly rare in the pediatric population. They often mimic Gastrointestinal Stroma Tumours (GIST) in their presentation, imaging and even histological features. Here we present the case of a one year, 9 months old boy who had a right hemicolectomy for an obstructing ascending colon tumour whose initial histological analysis was suggestive of GIST. A repeat analysis including Immunohistochemistry staining confirmed the diagnosis of MF. No further treatment was given and the child is asymptomatic one year later. MF though rare may present as common clinical entities and tends to mimic MF. Detailed analysis is required to distinguish it from GIST as the prognosis and treatment may differ significantly.

Published by: Alex E. Elobu, Vianney Kweyamba, Ushma Wartikar, Brijesh Kumar, Rakesh RaiResearch Area: Surgery

Organisation: Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Mesenteric fibromatosis, Gastrointestinal stromal tumour, Intestinal obstruction

Research Paper

390. MINI: Multidimensional Integrated Neural Interface

Data science today, have reached up to great heights and it has achieved many milestones with great innovation and ideas. On the basis of that have come with an idea where it’s a help to mankind. In today’s world with such a growing technology we have many people with different disabilities in them but with the help of technology, they are able to recover it to a great extent. Increasing the level of technologies alternately put an effect on the increase of its uses in the real world which helps the human being in various aspects. With such hope, to help mankind we have come up with an idea where we can help the people who cannot speak due to various reasons. So, we can come up with a technology where it will help them to express their feelings to the world without speaking.

Published by: Juned Javed KadriResearch Area: AI and Machine Learning

Organisation: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Data science, AI, Convolution Network, Neural Network, Dataset, Interface, Video Processing

Research Paper

391. Modelling and control of DStatcom using modified DSOGI -SRF Control algorithm

This paper proposes to design and control of three-phase distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) for mitigating power quality problems at the distribution level. The current related power quality issues such as excess reactive power, harmonics and unbalancing of load are taken into consideration. Control based on double second order generalized integrator synchronous reference frame (DSOGI-SRF) theory is developed for generating reference supply currents. Three phases voltage source converter (VSC) with self-support DC bus is used as DSTATCOM. Switching pulses for VSC are generated using hysteresis current control. This system is developed with MATLAB environment using SIMULINK and Sim Power System (SPS) tools.

Published by: Swati Rana, Ankit kumar, Saurabh tiwariResearch Area: Electrical and Electronics Engg

Organisation: KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, Uttar PradeshKeywords: DSOGI -SRF, DSTATCOM, VSC

Research Paper

392. Impact of training and capacity building programme for the upliftment of women self help group members, in rural areas of Himachal Pradesh: A review of studies

Women constitute nearly half of India's population and play an important role in the social and economic development of the nation. But their role is marginalized in the context of national development. For, no country can sustain its development if it does not utilize properly its women as a productive resource. Women empowerment is regarded as a necessary condition to stabilize and in turn to have a sustainability of the development process. Empowerment of women includes higher literacy level and education for women, better health care, equal ownership of productive resources and more participation in economic and commercial sectors, improved standard of living and acquiring self-reliance, self-esteem, and self-confidence.

Published by: Ajay KumarResearch Area: Economics

Organisation: Government Degree College, Dhaneta, Hamirpur, Himachal PradeshKeywords: SHGs, Training and capacity building, Poverty Alleviation

Others

393. Transforming technical education: Initiatives for implementing faculty training

The teaching and learning ecosystem is undergoing a massive transformation, hence it is increasingly becoming challenging for the faculty to effectively interact and teach students. With rapid changes, evolution, and augmentation in technology, the undergraduate courses are predominantly diversified with emphasis on specialization. As a matter of fact, the prominence of technology as a part of human education cannot be denied. From the ancient days when technology was just going through its teething phase, till today, when most students are equipped with several portable technological devices at any given time, technology continues to drive educational competence to newer intellectual levels. The methods for all domains of education are also altering, newer ones are introduced while older ones being obsolete. This paper reviews the various aspects of training needs for faculty engaged in technical education. It concludes that today’s scenario demands technical faculties, with leadership qualities, enhanced soft-skills, able to face work pressures and new challenges, all this along with their domain knowledge as well as interdisciplinary exposure. This necessitates strategic initiatives for implementing faculty training and will surely enable us to witness a superior standard in technical education in the immediate future.

Published by: Dr. Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Mousumi Bhattacharjee JamesResearch Area: Management

Organisation: New Horizon Institute of Technology and Management Thane, MaharashtraKeywords: Faculty, Technical education, Technology, Engineering, Soft-skills, Leadership, Pedagogy

Research Paper

394. Automated green house

Technology is playing a very important and useful role in all the fields like agriculture, industrial sector, Medical etc. Considering the Agriculture sector we need to monitor plants continuously. So, instead of doing all the work manually we can automate it so that there is less human intervention and time is saved and also less human effort. Thus, appropriate condition variables are defined properly. The variables of conditions include soil moisture, temperature, humidity, light etc. In our project we have implemented prototype of a automated greenhouse in which we control the parameters like humidity, temperature and soil moisture, using the sensors like DTH 11, LM 35 and also we take pictures of plant at particular periods of time and send it to mail, so that if a person wants to check the condition of plant that is, if it is diseased or healthy. If it is diseased then he can upload the picture of the plant to the PLANTIX app and can see what disease it is affected from and why it is caused. Therefore, the Owner can check if there is any problem related to the above conditions and he can take proper actions.

Published by: Dr. Shankaraiah, Prajwal G., Hemanth Kumar B. S., Shweta B., Nayana R.Research Area: Electronics and communication engineering

Organisation: JSS Science and Technology University, Mysore, KarnatakaKeywords: GSM, DTH 11, LM 35, Sensors, Plantix

Research Paper

395. Screening of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) and how VMI affects handwriting in 4th and 5th grade children of urban English medium schools

To screen 4th and 5th-grade school children from urban English medium schools for visual-motor integration(VMI) and how VMI affects handwriting. The objective of this paper is to determine the relationship between VMI and handwriting skill among children of 4th and 5th grade of English medium school in Nagpur city and the impact of visual-motor integration skills on handwriting legibility. Elementary school Children were assessed for Visual-Motor Integration by Beery Buktenika’s Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) by the examiner. The Beery’s VMI and its two supplemental standardized tests i.e visual perception and motor coordination, provide one of the most valid and economical visual motor screening batteries available for preschool to adult ages. Results- This study shows that percentage of children having standard scores of VMI below average to very low scores was 26.48% which is similar to the standard score interpretation of Beery VMI in which 25% of children fall under the below average to very low standard score category. In this study we found that the percentage of the age group in below average was 12.52% with one standard deviation below the mean, low was 9.79%, and very low was 4.17%, respectively. Whereas in Beery’s VMI Standard Score Interpretation, the percentage of the age group in below average is 16%, low is 7% and very low is 2% respectively. From this, we concluded that in this study, there is a 2% to 2.5% increase in the low and very low-performance category. The results of the item of copying forms from the visual perception show a significant relationship with the quality of handwriting that confirmed the results of other studies these studies used the VMI ( Beery, 2004 ) and a copy of text to measure the quality of handwriting

Published by: Sofia Hussain Azad, Dr. Amitabh DwivediResearch Area: Occupational Therapy

Organisation: Government Medical College, Nagpur, MaharashtraKeywords: Visual-Motor Integration, Visual perception, Motor co-ordination, Handwriting

Research Paper

396. Performance evaluation of routing protocols for MANET through Simulation

Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is an autonomous system of mobile nodes that dynamically self-organize in arbitrary and temporary network topologies. Nodes in the network cooperate in multi-hop topologies to constrain their transmission power as they are usually battery-powered handheld devices. A node acts both as client or a server by forwarding and receiving packets to and from other nodes. Mobility of node needs a dynamic routing protocol and for this challenging issue of routing in ad-hoc networks an attempt has been made in this work to evaluate the performance of three protocols LEACH, AODV, TORA by taking average end-to-end delay, packet delivery fraction, and packet loss as evaluation parameters. In this paper 2 different scenarios for simulation are taken and then their results are analyzed. As per the differences that are found in the protocol mechanics which lead to significant performance differentials for these protocols then analysis of performance differentials is done using varying simulation time using the ns-2 network simulator. The result presented in this work is important for evaluation and implementation of routing protocols in MANET and through analysis weaknesses can be found in these protocols and their solutions can be proposed.

Published by: Praveen, Sudesh KumarResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: BRCM College of Engineering and Technology, Bhiwani, HaryanaKeywords: MANET, AODV, TORA, LEACH, IETF, Pdf

Research Paper

397. Investigation on mechanical and tribological properties of Boron Carbide and CNT reinforced Copper based composites

The current work focuses on the influence and contribution of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) and Boron Carbide (B4C) to the mechanical and corrosion properties of copper matrix composites. Different weight fractions of nano- B4C and MWCNT-reinforced copper composites were prepared using the ultrasonic-assisted stir casting methodologies. Various tests such as density, tensile, compression, hardness, and corrosion were conducted as per ASTM standards. The addition of reinforcements showed enhancements in the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, compressive strength, hardness and corrosion resistance of the composites due to the uniform dispersion of the secondary reinforcement in the copper matrix and the self-lubricating effect of the MWCNTs. Further, the weight of the composites decreased with the strength characteristics increasing leading to the enhancement in strength to weight ratios of the composite specimens. The effects of the nanoparticle distribution in the matrix and the dispersion of the composites were characterized using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. The results of experiments highlight the use of experiential reinforcing limits of B4C on the mechanical behavior and corrosion characteristics of copper composites.

Published by: Tukaram Jadhav, Dr. Shivanand H. K. Research Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Copper, Boron carbide, Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Composites, Stir casting, Mechanical, Corrosion, Characteristics.

Case Study

398. A case study – Structural stability of 14 years old college building using NDT technique

Reinforced concrete is extensively used as the construction material for its application, ease of construction and low cost. Deterioration of concrete is a natural phenomenon and has started exhibiting in a large number of structures an efficient approach is required in dealing with such problems. Identification of the causes of distress and consequent repair/ rehabilitation strategy at optimum cost is carried out by monitoring the structure. Structural health monitoring can be achieved by Non-destructive evaluation techniques. NDT is well known for assessing the in-situ strength of concrete without causing any damage to the structure.

Published by: Bharath V. B., Somesh P.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: BGS Institute of Technology, Mandya, KarnatakaKeywords: NDT, Ultrasonic pulse velocity, Visual Inspection

Review Paper

399. Students recruitment strategies at higher educational institutes: A new world perspective – A review of the literature on higher education marketing

Purpose: In this paper, the author has tried to review the literature available towards the enrollment of the students at Higher Education Institutes. It is a prime task of universities to attract retain and nurture the students. Universities spend a lot of time identifying and living up to the Expectations of the students. Here we are trying to understand the parameters which are influential institute in the decision-making process, through the available literature. Findings: The research field of higher education marketing is still at a relative pioneer stage with much research still to be carried out both from problem identification and strategic perspective. For those with a passion for research, and a belief in the power of markets and marketing, there is still much to be done in the context of HE markets.

Published by: Gautam S. Bapat, Sayalee S. GankarResearch Area: Strategic Marketing

Organisation: MIT World Peace University Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Students, Higher education, Universities, Recruitment

Others

400. Modernization in Indian agriculture- An IoT approach

The main aim of the project is to provide overall support to the farmers and increase their margin of profit. In spite of agriculture being a non-recession occupation, many farmers are not able to reach the expected margin of profit. Reasons for that can be many. Having no prior knowledge about inflation in the market, farmers might end up growing the same crop in ample quantities in the market. Hence they reduce the margin of profit and sell the crop. The second reason being the traditional method followed in agriculture. Error due to human intervention cannot be ignored. Last reason being the role of intermediates. Farmers having inadequate knowledge about the price in the market, agree on a deal with intermediates. In order to reduce the risk, a farmer obtains a system has been proposed. The proposed system provides aids in multiple stages. In order to avoid inflation of crops, data about the quantity of all crops are aggregated and stored in a central database. This value acts as a threshold and warns before inflation. Change from traditional method to modern techniques in agriculture can be introduced with the concept of sensors. Multiple sensors are deployed in the farm field which gives timely and accurate readings to the farmer. Being in a remote location farmer is able to control his field. Farmers are being cheated by the intermediates due to lack of information about the price of crops. The system proposes a solution to this problem. Market price stores in the database are made available to the farmers. As a result, they are prevented from cheating.

Published by: Bhandavya B. V., Pooja R. Ganiga, Burnda M., Nalla Venkat RevanthResearch Area: Computer Engineering

Organisation: Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: IoT, Android, Pre-production, Production, Sales support

Technical Notes

401. Foretaste on identity based encryption

Cryptography is an art which provides confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, and authentication to the parties involve in communication. Identity-based systems allow any party to generate a public key from a known identity value such as an ASCII string. A trusted third party, called the Private Key Generator (PKG), generates the corresponding private keys. PKG uses user’s credentials to publish the public key and after authentication of the user, it grants it is a master private key. Security of IBE depends on the trust of issuing authority. The purpose of this paper is to review the technological aspects in cryptography under Identity-based scheme. Section I provide an introduction of the scheme illustrating its background and procedure: Section II throw light on few schemes of IBC with their proofing algorithms while Section III mention the pros and cons of this scheme and finally the conclusion. Section IV summarises the content as the conclusion of the paper. Section V list the references that were sighted in the writing of this paper.

Published by: Ashish TripathiResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: St. Andrews Institute of Technology and Management, Khurrampur, HaryanaKeywords: Identity-based encryption, Private Key Generator (PKG), Key Generation Center (KGC), Bilinear Diffie-Hellman (BDH), Master public/private key

Research Paper

402. Data mining methodology and its application

Data mining is the process of discovering correlations, patterns, trends or relationships by probing through a substantial amount of data stored in repositories, corporate databases, and data warehouses. Industrial engineering is a broad field and has many implements and techniques in its quandary-solving arsenal. The purport of this study is to ameliorate the efficacy of industrial engineering solutions through the application of data mining. To achieve this objective, an adaptation of the engineering design process is utilized to develop a methodology for efficacious application of data mining to databases and data repositories concretely designed for industrial engineering operations. This paper concludes by describing some of the advantages and disadvantages of the application of data mining techniques and implements to industrial engineering; it mentions some possible quandaries or issues in its implementation; and conclusively, it provides recommendations for future research in the application of data mining to facilitate decisions pertinent to industrial engineering.

Published by: Tripti Upadhyay, Sumit VermaResearch Area: Computer Science and Engineering

Organisation: Suyash Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Data preprocessing, Pattern analysis, Pattern discovery, Web usage mining

Research Paper

403. An exploratory study to assess the impact of mobile phone use on adolescents studying in selected schools of district Solan, Himachal Pradesh

Technology plays a major role in the life of an individual. In the present scenario, our society is acceptable to all the changes occurring in the field of communication technology. In today’s time adolescents are the most active users of these new innovations making them more technology dependent and leading to various health problems. To assess the pattern of mobile phone use among adolescents. To explore the impact of mobile phone use on adolescents. The exploratory research design was adopted.to collect the data from 398 adolescents of the selected schools of District Solan (H.P.) using the probability stratified cluster sampling technique. Data was collected by Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire and 4-point Likert scale using the self-report technique. Data analysis was done through descriptive and inferential statistics. The study results showed that the majority of adolescents (73.1%) were using mobile phones with internet access. 70.3 % of adolescents there was a moderate impact of mobile phone use, 23.4% had a mild impact and 6.3% had a severe impact. There was a highly significant association of education, gender, father’s education, and father’s and mother’s occupation; a number of siblings with the impact of mobile phone use at p >0.01 level of significance. There was a strong positive correlation of the impact of the mobile phone use with the academic performance, physical, psychological, social wellbeing and the financial state of adolescents at p> 0.01 level of significance. The results of the present study reveal that the negative impact of mobile phone use among adolescents is high so there is a need to put more emphasis on this area and possible strategies should be planned out in order to reduce this harmful effect of technology on youth.

Published by: Vidhi Paul, Isha Thakur DharniResearch Area: Community

Organisation: Eternal University, Sirmour, Himachal PradeshKeywords: Impact, Mobile phone use, Adolescents

Research Paper

404. A mixed method research on experience of stress among mothers of children admitted in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, District Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is a multidisciplinary unit that provides care for infants, children and adolescents who become critically ill or injured. Admission of a child to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is a stressful situation for the mothers who are accompanying them in PICU. It is very difficult to explain the devastating stress experienced by mothers. Aim & objective: The aim of the study is to assess the level of stress, the qualitative experience of stress and its association with selected demographic variables. Methods: The study has adopted Mixed Method Research design and was conducted in PICU K IGMC& Hospital, Shimla. A total of 32 (total enumeration) and 9 mothers (purposive) were taken respectively for quantitative and qualitative interview. A semi-structured interview schedule, Perceived Stress Scale and Qualitative interview were used for data collection. Results: Data analysis was done by using the descriptive, inferential statistics, Colaizzi’s steps and by mixing of data. The study results reveal 6 (18.8) of mothers had high and 26 (81.3) had a severe level of stress. The type of family, family budget alters due to the illness of child were found to have a strong association at 0.05 level of significance. The causes of stress, the impact of stress, predominant thoughts/feelings, adaptive thoughts and behaviors, perception about medical care/ health care professionals, information needs and perception of support system emerged as the main themes of the qualitative study. In mixing the quality of stress is explored in the forms of the impact of stress and cause of stress etc. has clearly supported the level of stress among mothers. Conclusion: The results of the study show that mothers are highly stressed due to the child’s admission in PICU. So its emphasis on the use of coping strategies, grievance and counselling cells in the hospital.

Published by: Kavita Verma, Isha Thakur DharniResearch Area: Hospital, PICU

Organisation: Eternal University, Sirmour, Himachal PradeshKeywords: PICU, Stress, Mother

Research Paper

405. Using mobile CRM to gain value added to small and medium enterprises

The revelation in mobile devices and wireless technologies leads to reach customers wherever and whenever which increase productivity and efficiency for many types of organization. By using social and mobile customer relationship management improve sales team performance by allowing customer services to remotely track contacts and accounts of their customers. Small and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in global economic growth but they faced by many challenges in the global market. The small and medium enterprises stared to using mobile devices and mobility services to penetrate the global market. Mobile CRM will benefit both organizations and customers through maximizing the utilization of mobility services and proving new value added to the businesses.  Mobile aspects can present many new opportunities for small and medium enterprises. The main purpose of this paper focuses on the value added that can be gained by small and medium enterprises by using Mobile CRM.

Published by: Christina Albert RayedResearch Area: Information Technology

Organisation: Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Cairo, EgyptKeywords: Mobile CRM, Value added, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Research Paper

406. Performance analysis of the Machine Learning Classifiers to predict the behaviour of the customers, when a new product is launched in the market

Here in this study, I will analyze the correlation of the buyers with their age and salary using various machine learning classifier algorithms. This study will predict, who will buy a new item faster as soon as it is launched in the market and how it will be related to the age and salary of the people, who are buying it. The aim of this study is to investigate six different types of Machine Learning, Classifier algorithms (namely Logistic Regression, SVM, Naive Bayes, KNN,Decision Tree, Random Forest and to show their comparative analysis and to predict whether a person will buy a certain product as soon as it is launched in the market. Experiments are performed on the Social_Network_Ads data set which is sourced from Kaggle the online community of data scientists and machine learning engineers. The performance of all the above algorithms is evaluated on the various metrics like recall, precision, F1_score and confusion matrix. Results are then compared.

Published by: Poulomi SahaResearch Area: Computer Science Engineering, Machine Learning

Organisation: Independent ResearcherKeywords: Classification, Decision Tree, K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN), Logistic regression, Machine learning, Naive bayes, Random forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM)

Research Paper

407. The view of Confucianism about the importance of men, disregard for women and its influence on Vietnam

For 2.000 years of dissemination in Vietnam, particularly in three periods such as Tran (1225 - 1400), Later Le Dynasty (1428 - 1527) and Nguyen Dynasty Early Period (1802 - 1883), Confucianism caused vigorous impacts on politics and culture of Vietnam. It mainly influenced upper classes and strata in society, but it did not take root in lower social classes and strata. For politic, Confucianism was used by Vietnamese feudal dynasties to govern the country; for the spiritual culture, Confucianism made a contribution towards formation of an orthodox culture besides folk that was attached closely with ethnic sense, resulting in the core of ethnic culture. Confucianism made the spiritual culture of Vietnamese people in the medieval time significantly Chinese-inclined; at the same time, it held back and caused negative impacts on Vietnamese traditional culture, both spiritually and materially. The more significant Confucianism was considered, the weaker Vietnam became and the more regressive Vietnamese culture was kept. Eventually, Confucianism became powerless and faded, when Vietnam encountered the situation of losing the country in the middle 19th century (1858). In Vietnam as in other Asian countries, Confucianism has exercised a powerful influence in the formation of society, and continues to be a major cultural factor. The traditional Vietnamese, the man plays an important role in family and society; women spent her whole life taking care of her parents, husband and children. These famous Confucius statement express that ideal: “trai anh hùng năm thê bảy thiếp” (a man who is considered a hero must have five to seven wives), “tại gia tòng phụ” (serving the father at home), “xuất giá tòng phu” (upon marriage serving the husband), “phu tử tòng tử” (after the death of the husband serving the children). The view “trọng name khinh nữ” (the importance of man, disregard for women) of Confucianism has been used by Vietnamese feudal dynasties and existed in Vietnamese society until today. In the history of Vietnam, that idea has created a distinction, treatment and lowering the role of women, adversely affecting the distribution of society. Although today, in the society of Vietnam, that idea has no longer affected the development of society but it still exists and creates gender inequality in social relations, hindering the development of Vietnamese society.

Published by: Vu Hong VanResearch Area: Philosopy, Cuture, Education

Organisation: University of Transportation and Communications, Hanoi, VietnamKeywords: Vietnamese, Confucianism, Men, Women, Importance of Men, Disregard for Women

Research Paper

408. Short term load forecasting using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system

In Electric power system operations forecasting is an integral part, as it is the primary prerequisite for achieving the goal of optimal planning and operation of power systems. Short term load forecasting is necessary for the control and scheduling operations of a power system and also acts as input to the power analysis functions such as load flow and contingency analysis. This paper deals in short term load forecasting using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The set of inputs utilized to perform STLF is non- linear, therefore an adaptive decision-making system is attempted for the purpose of accurately mapping the inputs to the output. An ANFIS based system has the merits of fuzzy logic capable of mimicking the way human beings reason, and artificial neural networks with the adaptive learning ability. Such a hybrid system is composed of fuzzy if-then rules. For this workload and temperature data of March month is used and load is forecast for working day. For this work consider Holiday is Sunday, Preholiday is Saturday, Post-holiday is Monday and Working day is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Training and Testing of ANFIS is done using MATLAB version7, R2013a.

Published by: Ashish Shukla, S. K. BajpaiResearch Area: Electrical Engineering

Organisation: Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: Load forecasting, Fuzzy logic, Neural Network, Demand, ANFIS, MAPE

Research Paper

409. A comparative study to assess the psychosocial problems among elderly people residing in old age home and within families at selected areas of Kolhapur district, with a view to develop an information booklet

The non-experimental, descriptive comparative research design was used, which consists of a group of 100samples that were selected by using non-probability, purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using Sociodemographic variables and Modified WHO Quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing scale through structured interview schedule after assessing the psychosocial problem score the information booklet was given to the elderly people residing in old age home and within families at Kolhapur district.

Published by: Sonia Ramesh GaikwadResearch Area: Nursing

Organisation: Yashwant Nursing Institute, Kolhapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Elderly people, Old age home, Family, Psycho-social problem, Information booklet

Dissertations

410. Youths as the selling agents and decision makers: A study on the impact of lifestyle advertisements on youth

In the modern democratic society, mass media plays an important role. Advertising, being the primary channel of communication, unconsciously filters through the ideas about how identities are constructed within the society. Advertising is today considered to be necessary for economic growth. Critics have accused it of an array of sins ranging from economic waste to promotion of harmful products, from triviality to intellectual and from sexism to deceit, manipulation & moral pollution. But studies have shown that there is growth in the advertising industry due to advancements in technology

Published by: Manisha SinghalResearch Area: Advertisement

Organisation: Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, OdishaKeywords: Youth, Selling agents, Decision makers, Television, Technology, Internet, Celebrity endorsements

Technical Notes

411. Business reshaping using Artificial Intelligence

AI is one of the emerging technologies that have a very long history which is constantly changing and growing in the field of business. In this paper, we will explain the modern AI basics and various aspects, applications of AI and its future in business. AI technology helps in many businesses by reducing operational cost, increase efficiency and improve customer experience. AI comprises of multiple tools that are having the ability to process huge amounts of data by computers with the help of smart technologies like machine learning, natural language processing. Nowadays many customers are also appreciating most of the AI-driven everyday technologies like credit card fraud detection, e-mail spam filters and predictive traffic alerts. The field of AI is shifting toward building intelligent systems that can collaborate effectively with people, including creative ways to develop interactive and scalable ways for people to teach robots. This paper is focusing on the Vehicle Integrated Artificial Intelligence System (VIAIS).

Published by: Ashish Tripathi, Bhawna, Reeta ParmarResearch Area: Computer Science engineering

Organisation: St. Andrews Institute of Technology and Management, Khurrampur, HaryanaKeywords: Vehicle Integrated Artificial Intelligence System (VIAIS), Machine Learning (Ml), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Expert System (ES), Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Others

412. Criminal identification using facial recognition

individualistic characters of the human face can be extracted by face recognition. The human face detection and recognition finds a major role in the application as video surveillance, face image database management. Face recognition is a simple and agile biometric technology. This technology uses the most obvious human identifier of the face. The face recognition finds its application in security, health care, criminal identification, places where human recognition is the necessity. With the advancement in technology, the extracting features of the human face become simpler. This paper discusses a different algorithm to recognize the human face. The purpose is to identify the criminal face and retrieve the information stored in the database for the identified criminal. The process is categorized into two major steps. First, the face is extracted from the image, distinguishing factors in the face are extracted and stored in the database. The second step is to compare the resultant image with the existing image and return the data related to that image from the database.

Published by: Archana Naik, Rohan Basukala, Santosh Tiwari, Tanka Prasad Tiwari, Prajwal Deep Bhandari, Asha H. V.Research Area: Image Processing

Organisation: Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Cascade face recognition, Face feature extraction, Haar, OpenCV

Review Paper

413. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps – The catapult of periodontal disease

Neutrophils are highly versatile and sophisticated cells which act as the body’s first line of defence. They act as effectors in both innate and adaptive immunoregulatory networks. Neutrophil extracellular traps are a new and unexpected antimicrobial activity of neutrophils wherein upon encountering bacteria, neutrophils release a meshlike structure capable of ensnaring and eliminating microbes. Studies have shown that periodontitis is characterized by neutrophil infiltration and the formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs). This review is intended to highlight the structure and formation of NET, NETosis, NET in health and disease and the role of NET production in periodontal pathophysiology.

Published by: Dr. Sharon J. Thomas, Dr. Arunima P. R., Dr. Seba Abraham, Dr. Reejamol K.Research Area: Periodontics

Organisation: PMS College of Dental Science and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: NETs, Neutrophil Periodontitis Immunity

Research Paper

414. Quasi experimental study to assess effectiveness of video teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention and first aid management of selected home accidents among mothers of under five children residing in selected villages of District. Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh

Accidents are the main cause of injury and even death in children. People only relate accidents to a traffic accident or accidents in outdoor activities. However, as a matter of fact, the place where people regard as the safest place–home–hides many “hazards”. Accidents are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The largest number of accidents happen in the living/dining room. However, the most serious accidents happen in the kitchen and on the stairs. Every year more than 67,000 children experience an accident in the kitchen - 43,000 of these are aged between 0-4 years; 58,000 children have accidents on the stairs. About 90% of all accidents are preventable by safety measures. Most of these accidents are preventable through increased awareness, improvements in the home environment and greater product safety. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of video teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention and first aid management of selected home accidents. The study adopted quasi-experimental pretest-post control group test research design and was conducted at selected villages of District Sirmour, H.P. A total of 60 mothers (30 experimental groups) (30 control group) were selected by Non-probability convenience sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge regarding prevention and first aid management of selected home accidents among mothers of under-five children. Data analysis was done by descriptive and inferential statistics. The study results showed that in experimental group knowledge pre-test mean ±SD was (18.50± 3.739) and post-test mean and SD was (23.87 ± 2.177) and p<0.05 level of significance i.e. (0.001**). There is a highly significant increase in knowledge of mothers of under-five children after the video teaching programme. Hence it is proved that the research hypothesis is accepted. In the control group pre-test mean and SD was (19.30 ± 2.731) and post-test mean and SD was (20.00 ± 2.378). By organizing and providing the educational aid session we can improve the awareness and motivation to prevent household accident among under five children.

Published by: Monika Thakur, Isha Thakur DharniResearch Area: Community

Organisation: Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal PradeshKeywords: Knowledge, Mothers of under-five children, Home accidents

Research Paper

415. Study on behavior of SIFCON produced with low tensile strength steel fibre

The acronym SIFCON stands for Slurry Infiltrated Fibre Concrete. SIFCON is a unique kind of fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) which has large volume percentages of fibre. In SIFCON we can use fibre from 5 to 20 % of the volume of the cube in comparison with FRC; which contains fiber only from 2% to 5% by volume of the cube because of clustering and balling problem. The SIFCON can also be used in wear & tear cases since it consists of a high-performance ductile layer of high fibre concrete. Although it does not perform any load-bearing function since it is only used in very thin layers. In this research work we have used 6%, 12% and 18% of steel fibre by volume of 150 mm × 150 mm × 150 mm cube to find out the strength and compare it with SIFCON which is produced due to partial replacement of cement with the powder of glass. Glass is a non-crystalline brittle and hard, somewhat transparent material produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silicate and silica that also contains lime and soda. The waste glass contains high silica due to which when this waste glass is ground to a very fine powder which reacts with alkalis in cement and forms a cementitious product which helps in the contribution of strength. In this work 5%, 10%, 15% & 20% Glass powder is replaced by weight of cement.

Published by: Krishan Mani Pandey, AnuragResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Suyash Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: SIFCON, Flexural strength, Glass powder, Compressive strength, Steel fibre, FRC

Case Study

416. Study of tactical alignment of business and IT in education systems

Business - IT alignment (BITA) is one of the most widely discussed topics for the last decade in the area of Information Systems Planning and Management as it stresses the importance of the technology, business management, and an amalgamation of the two that holds the promise for obtaining the sustainable advantage of business organizations in the long run. Business Information Technology Alignment (BITA) has been found to improve firm performance. Yet little is known about the process through which universities/colleges achieve BITA. It the fastest-growing economy in the world.

Published by: Prajwalita A. Veronica Masih, Dipak Misra, Sanjay MohapatraResearch Area: IT Business Management

Organisation: Xavier University Bhubaneswar,Kakudia, OdishaKeywords: Tactical alignment, Strategic alignment, Aspects, Barriers, Assisted qualitative data analysis, Business-Information Technology Alignment, Strategic alignment maturity

Research Paper

417. A two-parameter fourth-order methods for solving nonlinear equations

In this paper, we present two-parameter iterative methods for solving nonlinear equations. Convergence analysis shows that the new methods converge of order four. Some illustrative examples are solved to show the validity of our method.

Published by: Nor AhmadResearch Area: Mathematics

Organisation: Osmania University, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Simple roots, Nonlinear equations, Order of convergence

Research Paper

418. Power factor correction in KY Converter fed Switched Reluctance Motor

This paper presents a PF (Power Factor Correction) converter for switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive. Here, KY Converter is proposed for a wide variation of speed control and achieving power correction at AC mains. The converter has a switching frequency of 20 kHz. The KY Converter is a step up converter. The name given to this converter is the first letter of the authors, K.I. Hwu, Y. T. Yau. The KY converter always operate in CCM, and the output current is non-pulsating, and output voltage ripple is low and has higher voltage boosting capability. Normally the converter is used as a power converter for SRM drive is the asymmetric converter. Conventionally three phase ac mains is fed to bridge rectifier is used as a dc source to feed this power converter which possesses a high content of harmonics at ac mains with a very low power factor. The proposed converter reduces a conduction loss, input current ripple, torque ripples and also the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and improves power factor. A nearly unity power factor (PF) and 2.97% total harmonic distortion (THD) of input ac current are acquired with maximum efficiency. Thus the presented converter topology gives many advantages for many variable speed drive applications.

Published by: Susmita Suresh Payamalle, J. O. ChandleResearch Area: Electrical Engineering

Organisation: Veermata Jijabai Technical Institute, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Switched Reluctance Motor, Mid-point converter, KY Converter, CCM, Power factor correction, THD

Research Paper

419. Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) for authentication and confidentiality at network layer

In internet IPv4 and IPv6 protocols are at the network layer. To exchange the packet at the network layer with security aspects IPSec is used. IPSec uses to transport and tunnel mode for secure communication between the two devices. Transport mode kept the packet header as it is but encrypts the data while in tunnel mode one packet is kept in another packet for the confidentiality of the message. IPSec works to protect the data flow in host-to-host, network-to-network, and network-to-host as well. Here the paper describes the IPSec policy. In this paper, we discuss at network layer how security architecture used for protecting the secrecy and integrity of Internet traffic.

Published by: Prashant P. PittaliaResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Sardar Patel University, Anand, GujaratKeywords: IPSec, Transport mode, Tunnel mode, Authentication, Encapsulation

Research Paper

420. Framework for the implementation of ISO 14001 in educational campuses

The present scenario, where in India is ecologically deficit, demands for a sustainable living. It has become a priceless need. Educational institutions, being the hub for moulding the future society, serve as the best place to create from it a sustainable society. The implementation of ISO 14001 followed by proper audit and documentation helps in keeping par with the above needs. This paper is an effort to formulate a framework for the implementation of ISO 14001 in campuses. A case study is carried out at the Mar Athanasius College of Engineering campus. The initial environmental review is conducted and the possibilities of environmental commitments are worked out. From this, a framework for the ISO 14001 in campuses is formulated.

Published by: Aleena JoyResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, KeralaKeywords: Sustainability, ISO 14001, Environmental management system, Construction waste, Framework

Research Paper

421. Study the calcium assessment of urban preschoolers in Aurangabad City and standardize fortified icecream with calcium extract

Minerals are required for many purposes like forming the frame and rigid structure of the body. Calcium is one of the macro mineral most abundantly found in the human body. Most of the calcium in the body is present in the bones and teeth; only a small amount (1%) is present in blood/body fluids. It is present either is combined with protein or as calcium ion. To standardize the calcium fortified ice-cream with calcium powder. To determine the prevalence of calcium deficiency in preschoolers in urban population. To identifies the risk factors of calcium absorption among preschoolers. The data was collected on random sampling method and tools used were nutritional assessment sheet which consists of height, weight, BMI, food habits, physical examination like the presence of signs and symptoms of calcium deficiency, and 7-day dietary recall for calcium intake. A single random sampling technique was used to select subjects representing urban preschoolers. The statistical analysis was done for collected data of 180 children. Age wise and gender-wise distribution of calcium intake. Where a total number of male in the age group of 3-4 years is 72 and the total number of males in the age group of 5-6 years is 46. Same as for females total number in the age group of 3-4 years is 37 and in the age group of 5-6 years is 25. In this study, it is observed that calcium intake in the category of 400mg to 600mg/day is more than that of other categories. it is shown that there is a significant improvement in blood serum calcium levels of children who are treated with calcium-fortified ice cream. In compare to literature study of jurain hoogerwerf (18) There were statistically significant differences in calcium absorption from the ice cream fortified formulations and milk, demonstrating that calcium-fortified ice cream is an effective vehicle for delivering calcium. The study was concluded that it was a very nutritious and calcium-rich product ( ice cream). More than 50%of children are having physical symptoms and clinical signs of calcium deficiency even if their calcium intakes are adequate and fortified products are enriched calcium absorption from the ice cream fortified formulations and milk, demonstrating that calcium-fortified ice cream is an effective vehicle for delivering calcium.

Published by: Dr. Swati D. Shende Nakhale, Shaikh Afsha Tanveer AhmedResearch Area: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics

Organisation: Indian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Aurangabad, MaharashtraKeywords: Calcium deficiency, Urban preschoolers, Calcium-fortified ice-cream

Review Paper

422. Concept of Osseodensification in implant dentistry- An overview

Primary implant stability is an important factor concerning the long term success rate of an implant. Implant placement in intraoral sites like posterior maxilla has the lowest success rate due to its low-density bone. Many surgical techniques such as bicortical fixation of the implant, undersized preparation of implant bed and condensation with osteotomes have been introduced to improve the implant stability in the low-density bone. A new promising technique, osseodensification, has been recently introduced which conserves the bone by compaction of bone along the walls of the osteotomy preparation. This technique emphasises on improving the bone density at the osteotomy site and increases the primary stability of the implant.

Published by: Seba Abraham, Nithin Markose Reji, Arunima P. R., Reejamol M. K.Research Area: Periodontics

Organisation: PMS College of Dental Science and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: Dental implants, Primary implant stability, Osseointegration, Low bone density, Conventional drilling, Osseodensification

Research Paper

423. Evaluation of risk factors and pattern of coronary artery involvement in young myocardial infarction patients

The study is conducted to evaluate the incidence and clinical presentation of myocardail infarction in young adults presenting with chest pain to the emergency medicine department .results are young MI patients were 14.5% of all MI reporting associations, 94%pts presented with typical chest pain. 78% suffered from a single vessel disease. The study concludes that the incidence of myocardial infarction is on an increasing trend in <40 years age group is 14.9% of the total cases reported to Bharati hospital with MI over a period of 12 months. A clear need for a multicentric trial on this issue exists

Published by: Dr. Elizabeth Sada C., Dr. Rohith Gupta Kanisetty, Dr. Firdaus Bhot B.Research Area: Emergency Dept Services

Organisation: Bharati Medical College (Deemed To be University), Pune, MaharashtraKeywords: Young MI, Typical chest pain, Incidence

Research Paper

424. A design and analysis of Switched Beam Smart antenna using Butler Matrix

This paper describes the design and realization of a 4X4 Butler Matrix as a beam forming network along with 4 patch antenna arrays to obtain four beams, operating at 2.4 GHz. The simulation results are obtained using HFSS software and hardware is simulated on network analyzer Further the concept of multibeam switching is discussed with an idea of suspended feed in between two matrices.

Published by: S. E. Hajare, J. M. Shaikh, A. B. NimonkarResearch Area: Communication

Organisation: Shree Tuljabhavani College of Engineering, Tuljapur, MaharashtraKeywords: Butler Matrix, Switched Beam Smart antenna, Multibeam switching, Patch antenna

Others

425. Guided bone regeneration and implant placement – A case report

Guided Bone Regeneration is a predictable method to enhance the volume of the bone in deficient recipient sites prior to the implant placement. Crestal bone resorption is an inevitable consequence of extraction. Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) can be done to regenerate adequate bone for successful implant placement. GBR can be performed by two different approaches: Simultaneous approach in which GBR performed simultaneously with implant placement and Staged approach in which GBR is done prior to the implant placement. Adequate blood supply plays a critical role in the regeneration

Published by: Shabnaz N. S., Seba Abraham, Vishnu J. S., Arunima P. R., Reejamol M. K.Research Area: Dentistry

Organisation: PMS College of Dental Science and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: Guided bone regeneration, Bone resorption, Implant, Membrane, Augmentation

Research Paper

426. Comparative evaluation of gingival thickness in smokers and non-smokers

Smoking has its effects on the periodontium, which is reflected by morphologic and histologic changes in the gingiva. Gingival thickness is one among the factors, which has become a subject of considerable interest in periodontics both from the epidemiological and therapeutic point of view. By taking gingival thickness into consideration during treatment planning, more appropriate strategies for periodontal management may be developed, resulting in more predictable treatment outcomes. The purpose of the study was to estimate the gingival thickness in different regions of the mouth in smokers and non-smokers. The study group included 40 age-matched smokers and non-smokers with and without periodontitis. Gingival thickness assessment was done on 6 index teeth; 6 sites on each tooth by transgingival probing using 15 sizes endodontic reamer and thickness was measured using vernier caliper. A statistically significant difference in gingival thickness was observed in different sextants of mouth in smokers and non-smokers.

Published by: Seniya K. M.Research Area: Dentistry

Organisation: PMS College of Dental Science and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: Smoking, Periodontium, Gingival thickness

Research Paper

427. Numerical simulations of equivalent stress of a motorcycle wheel by using ANSYS

The design of a motorcycle wheel contains several complexes and attempt has been made to meet the requirements of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). By using UNIGRAPHICS (NX 7.5), it involves the drawing wants and design of a motorcycle wheel. The design in 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) for characteristics and durability has been developed. After designing of wheel, the material should be selected and to go through several analysis tests on ANSYS software. By apply different loads in existing Aluminium alloy wheel and analyze the bending stresses, the material has been changed from Aluminium alloy to Polyether-ether ketone, PEEK150GL30, PEEK90GL30 and PEEK150CA30 for the study. In the same design the materials has been changed one by one and applying unlike loads, and analyze the bending stresses. It is concluded that the existing design is suitable for plastic material. Plastic material will deform at a maximum load of 2452.5N (250Kg). So change the design and the resources and analyze the bending stresses and finally conclude that Aluminium alloy can be replaced by plastic material.

Published by: Rohit Kumar, Anil YadavResearch Area: Design

Organisation: Goel Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Unigraphics, ANSYS, Al alloy, Peek150GL30, Peek90GL30, Peek150CA30

Research Paper

428. Parametric optimization in machining on NIMONIC 75 alloy using Electrical Discharge Machining

The increasing demands of machining of complex shape geometries and their high surface finish and has further strengthened the need for non-traditional machining processes. Among various process, EDM has been explored to a large extent owing to surface finish and MRR are of crucial importance in the field of machining processes. Taguchi’s optimization technique, in order to optimize the cutting parameters in EDM for superalloys. The objective of the effect of EDM parameters on MRR, Surface finish for machining NIMONIC75 alloy. In this present study, superalloy is used as a workpiece, copper or copper Alloy Like Brass used as a tool and distilled water is used as a dielectric fluid For experimentation, Taguchi’s orthogonal array will be followed by ANOVA to identify the most significant factor. This would follow by developing an empirical relation and optimization study. Nimonic75 (Nickel chromium base Alloys) is the most commonly used alloy. His basic chemical composition is Ni,Cr,Ti,C,Si,Cu,Fe,andMn. Nimonic75 is significantly strong than other commercially pure nimonic whilst still retaining the same stiffness and thermal properties. Nimonic75 extensively used in Gas-turbine engines Heat-treating equipment and fixtures Nuclear engineering aerospace,medical,marine and chemical processing.

Published by: Madan Lal Bharati, Vikas Kumar ShuklaResearch Area: Manufacturing

Organisation: Goel Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: NIMONIC 75, EDM, MRR, ANOVA, Taguchi’s orthogonal, NTMP

Research Paper

429. Numerical and thermal analysis of ceramic coated M550D x Drive Sedan

The piston is considered to be one of the important parts of the internal combustion engine. It is a part which bears the pressure of the combustion of the gas inside the cylinder. Normally they are made up of cast iron which bears the gas weight. It is used to deliver the power via linking rod to the main shaft of the engine. Nowadays they are made of aluminum alloy to keep it lightweight. As the top surface of the piston has to bear the load, it is prudent to cover it with some coating material so that it could bear the thermal load. Piston made up of gray cast iron coated with ceramic material (MgZrO3) which is bonded by special material (NiCrAl) is intended for M550d x Drive sedan by machine design approach to resolve the dimensions of the piston and then it is modeled in ANSYS Workbench 17.1. The pressure of the 5 N/mm2 is applied on the piston. The equivalent stresses are found to be same for both coated and non-coated piston. Thermal analysis of both coated and the non-coated piston is done. The properties like equivalent stresses, temperature variation and total twist under pressure and thermal load are resolute with the change in the thickness of ceramic coating material. It is completed that ceramic coated piston is able to handle thermal load and is indifferent towards structural load.

Published by: Brijesh Kumar, Anil YadavResearch Area: Design

Organisation: Goel Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: IC engine, Piston, ANSYS, Ceramic coated, M550d x Drive sedan

Research Paper

430. Findings of may be fossil remains at Lonar Crater, Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India

Two representative samples which seemed to be of wooded nature, found in the soil towards the northern side of the crater water body, were collected to study its nature regarding a layer of white color deposition on the woods of unknown component since the water level has decreased sharply, the surface feature has been exposed widely. To investigate the white layer component deposition seen on these dry wooded samples, XRF analysis carried out of dried wooded nature samples showed that the major content was P₂O₅ (Phosphorus Pentoxide) – 36.50 % and CaO (Calcium Oxide) – 55.500 %, with other components in minor quantities such as SiO₂, MgO, Al₂O₃, etc., such a high percentage of P₂O₅ and CaO in the wooded nature sample has never been observed before. A search was conducted which rock or mineral has such a composition and it came to be known that Apatite mineral of Calcium Phosphate nature has the same composition as that detected in the wooded sample and this Apatite mineral of Calcium Phosphate nature is related to fossils remains. The components found in dry wooded samples and composition of fossilized rock of apatite nature of calcium phosphate was found to be similar with respect to oxide and elemental composition. The wooded sample seemed to be of wood origin, was not of wooded nature but was found to be off fossil nature. It also came to be known that the white layer deposition was not due to CaO and P₂O₅, but the sample was itself a fossil nature samples. This paper reports the first-hand information about detection of fossil remains found near the Lunar Crater’s water body on the prima facial basis and to put on record the work carried out to search its source and origin.

Published by: Raju D. Jadhav, Harishchandra B. MaliResearch Area: Maharashtra

Organisation: Independent ResearcherKeywords: Lonar crater water body, Wooded nature sample, Apatite, Calcium-phosphate, Fossil remains

Case Study

431. Designing and detailing of scaffoldings

Construction is a vast field. It involves so many processes, stages, materials, and tools. Scaffolding is a temporary or movable structure made of wooden planks and metal poles, used by workmen while building, repairing, or cleaning the building, bridges and all other man-made structures. It is also called ‘staging’ or ‘scaffold’. Scaffolds are widely used on construction site to get access to heights and areas that would be otherwise difficult to get to or to reach. Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man-made structures. Scaffolding is also used in adapted forms for formwork and shoring, grandstand seating, concert stages, access/viewing towers, exhibition stands, ski ramps, half-pipes, and art projects. Scaffold has to fulfill a diverse set of requirements: - creation of safe and productive working areas - providing access to working areas at higher levels - carrying area and/or point loads Scaffolding work is erecting, altering or dismantling a temporary structure erected to support a platform and from which a person or object could fall more than 4 meters from the platform or the structure. Scaffolding work must be undertaken by a person holding the appropriate class of high-risk work license. This definition applies whenever the term ‘scaffolding work’ is used in this Guide.

Published by: Chandan Singh Adhikari, Pintu Singh, Vinay Kumar, Arsalan, Amarnath, Mimoh, Sachin Yadav, Umar Hussain, Maaz Allah KhanResearch Area: Fire Safety and Engineering

Organisation: National Academy of Fire and Safety Engineering, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Scaffolding, Fire and Safety, Safety management

Research Paper

432. A study to evaluate the effect of coconut oil massage on weight gain among low birth weight term neonates admitted in special newborn care unit of IGMCH, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Introduction: Birth of the newborn is one of the most emotional events that occur in one’s lifetime. LBW is a major problem in developing countries which lead to child morbidity and mortality. Massage therapy is being used in some intensive care unit for its potential effects on the health of the neonates. Objective: Study was aimed to enhance the health of low birth weight neonates through the massaging technique with coconut oil. Methods: Study design is pretest-post-test control group, 17 low birth weight term neonates in experimental and 17 in control group) admitted in Special Newborn Care Unit of IGMCH, Shimla (H.P) were selected as study participants. Data was collected regarding background information. Results: Data analysis was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that in experimental group weight gain mean score was 0.02 and in control group was 0.01. The mean difference was 0.013 which shows that there is a significant difference in the weight gain between the experimental and control group. Discussion: The results of the suggest that study showed that there was significant weight gain in low birth weight term neonates after coconut oil massage in the experimental group and it shows that coconut oil improved the weight gain among the low birth weight term neonates. It is an important need to focus on complementary therapies which can be used to improve growth and development parameters among low birth weight neonates.

Published by: Kiran Thakur, Isha Thakur DharniResearch Area: Hospital

Organisation: Eternal University, Sirmour, Himachal PradeshKeywords: Low birth weight, neonates, weight gain

Survey Report

433. Analysis of employee satisfaction in KSRTC

Employees are real assets for any organization because humans are livable persons which machines and others can’t understand. Employee satisfaction is the terminology used to describe whether the employees are happy and fulfilling their needs and wants at work. Happy and satisfied employees are the assets of any organization. Employee satisfaction is a broad term used by HR industry to describe how satisfied the employees are with elements like their job, their experience, and the organization they work for.it is one of the key metrics that can help determine the overall health of the organization, which is why many organizations employ regular surveys to measure employee satisfaction and track satisfaction trends over a period of time. A high satisfaction level indicates that employees are happy with their job

Published by: Aneesh Thomas, Nice Jose, Deepthy K. KumarResearch Area: Kerala Road Transport System Specifically KSRTC

Organisation: St. Antony's College, Peruvanthanam, KeralaKeywords: Employee satisfaction, Satisfaction level, HR industry, High satisfaction level

Research Paper

434. RP-69: Formulation of solutions of standard congruence of higher degree of composite modulus- A power of the degree

In this paper, a special class of standard congruence of any higher degree is formulated. The formula established is tested and found true by solving different suitable examples and verifying the solutions obtained. Such a formulation is not found in the literature of mathematics. It makes the finding of solutions of the said congruence orally. Formulation of solutions is the merit of the paper. Formulation of solutions made the study of the congruence interesting.

Published by: B. M. RoyResearch Area: Mathematics

Organisation: Jagat Arts, Commerce and Indiraben Hariharbhai Patel Science College, Goregaon, MaharashtraKeywords: Binomial Theorem, Bi-quadratic and Cubic congruence, Standard congruence of higher degree

Technical notes

435. Estimation of essential metrics in the IT industry

In this paper, we have written about the software which helps in creating other software.

Published by: Harsh Ketan JakharResearch Area: Computer Science And Engineering

Organisation: Sat Kabir Institute of Technology and Management, Jhajjar, HaryanaKeywords: IT, Software, MS Access, Java, Swing

Review Paper

436. Challenges in globalizing the Taj Mahal- Impact on regional economy

The Taj has stood steadfast, an indomitable symbol of India’s cultural heritage, over years of evolution and subsequent modernization of our country. Over the generations, it has only gained popularity, not only adding to the country’s glory but also becoming a major earner of revenue for the Indian government. Even though it has earned itself a coveted spot amongst the seven wonders of the world, the need to consider the further effective globalization of the Taj, its challenges and consequences, is more necessary than we like to think. The challenges to the globalization of Taj largely include the upkeep of its surroundings, the tourism facilities that are available, and the preservation of the other tourist attractions around the Taj. A preliminary bird’s eye view of the historical city of Agra, home to this monument, amongst many others, displays the connection that exists between these largely forgotten heritage sites, and the Taj Mahal. There is also need for consideration of the further development of the booming business in handicrafts which display Mughal craftsmanship of the days of yore, and the erosive effect of rapid construction of structures, on the ecological health of the city. In addition to the above, the recent spat in the number of industrial units in the area, and the lack of any world-class facilities, amongst others, also present major challenges to the task of bringing the Taj closer to the global audience. While the paper seeks to lay down the need, and the hurdles that exist in catapulting the monument to a higher position, globally, yet, the paper also lineally presents the efforts that have been made till present, to overcome each of the identified challenges. While advertisements, cleanliness drives, greater facilities for tourists, the stricter procedure for the public, and the popularised public interest litigation of the Taj Trapezium case, have gone a long way in securing a global platform for the Taj, much still needs to be done to significantly achieve the same. The paper seeks to discuss many varied and unique solutions to the issue at hand, while closely reminding the reader the impact the same will have on the regional economy of the area. The paper hence, seeks to successfully establish the relation of micro-commerce of the region of Agra, with the varied solutions that could be adopted to bring about further globalisation of the Taj, the vista of opportunities that will subsequently open up for employment in the region, and the positive impact on the overall economic development of the country.

Published by: Suneet SilasResearch Area: Tourism Development

Organisation: St. John's College, Agra, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Globalization, Tourism, Economy, Industrial pollution and Agra Master Plan 2021

Others

437. Role of total quality management practices in the development of aviation sector

One of the most important issues that the Aviation field have focused on in the last 20-30 years has been quality. As markets become more competitive, quality has become widely regarded as a key ingredient for success in business. Every organization has quality management practices that enable it to add to the values of its customers and stakeholders. A focused quality management system provides a framework for planning, executing, monitoring and improving performance activities within the organization. This paper mainly discusses the various domains of Quality Management that an organization has to practice to sustain business in the aviation sector.

Published by: Greeshma GopakumarResearch Area: Quality

Organisation: HAL Management Academy, New Campus, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Quality assurance, Total quality management, Customer satisfaction, Quality control

Research Paper

438. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: Versatile building material

The lightest masonry material available in today's market is AAC blocks (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Blocks) whose density is about 1/3rd times of the clay bricks and fly ash bricks and about 1/5th times of the Concrete because of its foam-like structure made up of 80% of air voids while they are being used since the 1920s in most of the part in Europe still many are not accepting them in countries like India and America. Due to its lightweight and great thermal resistance, it is gaining popularity all across the world but not only it is gaining popularity because of its engineering properties but also because it is an eco-friendly product which is why even government and other organizations are promoting its usage. But this lightweight eco-friendly product is also economic as even after the initial costing is higher than clay bricks but its light weight causes the reduction in dead weight around 1/3rd times hence the total project cost decreases by 15-30%.

Published by: Falak VatsResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, RajasthanKeywords: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC), Blocks, Eco-friendly, Lightweight, Engineering properties

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439. A study to assess the level of stress and coping strategies of employees among selected banks, Gwalior with a view to develop an information booklet

Occupational stress is one of the major health hazards of the modern workplace. It accounts for much of the physical illness, substance abuse, and family problems experienced by millions of blue and white-collar workers. Also, occupational stress and stressful working conditions have been linked to low productivity, absenteeism, and increased rates of accidents on and off the job. Stress and coping with stress have become important concern both in research and practice. This study conducted to assess the level of stress and coping strategies of bank employees and to associate the stress and coping with selected demographic variables. Objectives of the study are listed bellow 1. To assess the stress and coping strategies of bank employees. 2. To assess the relationship between stress and coping strategies. 3. To find out association between stress, coping strategies and demographic variables. 4. To develop an information booklet on stress and coping strategies. A descriptive research design and quantitative approach has been used in the study. Reliability of the tool was tested and validity was ensured in consultation with Guides and experts in the field of medicine and nursing. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from the selected samples. The tool used for the study was modified job stress inventory and investigator developed coping scale. The data was collected from 100 bank employees who meet the inclusion criteria. The obtained data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics and interpreted in terms of objectives of the study. Assessment of the stress level among the bank employees shows that the majority, 84% had moderate level of stress, 9% of employees had severe level of stress and 7% had mild stress. The mean was 47.93 with standard deviation of 0.04. Assessment of the coping strategies reveals that 68% of employees are having poor coping strategies, and 32%are having average coping strategies. The mean was 18.31 with standard deviation of 0.09. The study showed that there is relatively a significant negative correlation between stress and coping strategies. The correlation was found to be-0.82. Findings of the study revealed that there is significant association between the stress, coping strategies and some of the demographic variables. The study showed that the majority of respondents are suffering from a moderate level of stress and majority of respondents have poor coping strategies. The study also showed that there is relatively a significant negative correlation between stress and coping strategies of bank employees. The study found an association between stress, coping strategies and selected demographic variables such as age, marital status, duration of duty etc.

Published by: Dr. Vijay Laxmi Verma, Neetu BhadouriyaResearch Area: Mental Health Nursing

Organisation: Excel College of Nursing, Unnao, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Stress, Coping strategies, Bank employees

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440. Parametric analysis of multipliers

With the recent advancements, low power, low area and the quickest algorithms are in high demand. In this project, an effort is made to implement modular arithmetic operations like addition, multiplication is executed. The hardware description language used is Verilog. Each of these is implemented in Xilinx ISE 14.2 with Vertex 6 as the family and in Cadence 45nm technology. The area, power and the timings of each of these algorithms are tabulated. The layouts and the RTL schematic of these algorithms are also included. A designer whose objective is to design a system with arithmetic operations can make decision-based on these parameters. Therefore he has a stable and efficient system on his hands.

Published by: Vaishnavi K. V., Gurusiddayya HiremathResearch Area: Electronics

Organisation: Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Booth multiplier, ISIM

Thesis

441. Multilevel buck type DC-DC converter for high power and high voltage applications

Multilevel converters have been widely used in high voltage high power and high-frequency applications. Plenty of multilevel topologies have been developed. Medium (MV) and high voltage (HV) high power DC-DC converters have been intensively investigated to be used in several applications such as large offshore farms and subsea compressors. Normal buck converters are not suitable for HVDC applications. Thus a non-isolated buck-type multi-level DC-DC converter is introduced. The main features of this topology are the low voltage across the semiconductors, low switching losses and reduced volume of the output filter. A phase shifted PWM control method is used to avoid capacitor voltage unbalance problems. The converter is simulated successfully using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The hardware is implemented and the experimental results are verified.

Published by: Nihala K. Shereef, Dinto Mathew, Honey Susan EldoResearch Area: Power Electronics

Organisation: Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, KeralaKeywords: Multi level DC-DC converter, HVDC, Voltage shift PWM

Review Paper

442. A review on analysis of characteristic behavior of the M35 concrete due to addition of crushed glass fibre

Many types of research have been currently going to modify and improved the concrete properties by the addition of different types of materials. This Experimental investigation represents the Optimum use of the fibres with the concrete mixture and will help in achieving the desired results. This Experimental work shows the investigation on M35 grade due to the incorporation of glass fibres. In this Experiment, we used the glass fibres of Filament diameter 14 microns with aspect ratio 857 at various percentages like 0%,0.4%.0.8%,1.2%.1.6 by the weight of concrete on M35 grade of mix proportion (1:1.60: 2.96) with water cement ratio 0.45. Hence, in this research, the Experimental investigations and analysis of results were conducted to study the compressive, tensile and flexural behavior of composite concrete with varying percentage of such fibres added to it. The concrete mix adopted were M35 with varying percentage of fibres ranging from 0, 0.4, 0.8, 1.2 & 1.6% by weight of concrete. On the analysis of test results, the concrete with straight glass fibres had improved performance as compared to the conventional concrete, which was readily available in the market. From the experimental investigation, It has been found that optimum dosage amount of glass fibre of concrete is 1.6 % by weight of concrete because at this point the compressive strength of GFRC increased up to 5 % as compared to plain concrete while the flexural Strength increased up to 53% and Split Tensile Strength increased up to 36% at 0.8% GF by weight of concrete The common person in their regular constructions could easily adopt these sustainable improvements or modifications.

Published by: Sunil Kumar Ranolia, Nitin ThakurResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Om Institute of Technology and Management, Hisar, HaryanaKeywords: GFRC, Glass fibre, M35, Concrete

Research Paper

443. A research on analysis of characteristic behavior of the M35 concrete due to addition crushed glass fibre

Many types of research have been currently going to modify and improved the concrete properties by the addition of different types of materials. This Experimental investigation represents the Optimum use of the fibres with the concrete mixture and will help in achieving the desired results. This Experimental work shows the investigation on M35 grade due to the incorporation of glass fibres. In this Experiment, we used the glass fibres of Filament diameter 14 microns with aspect ratio 857 at various percentages like 0%,0.4%.0.8%,1.2%.1.6 by the weight of concrete on M35 grade of mix proportion (1:1.60: 2.96) with water cement ratio 0.45.

Published by: Sunil Kumar Ranolia, Nitin ThakurResearch Area: Civil Engineer

Organisation: Om Institute of Technology and Management, Hisar, HaryanaKeywords: Concrete, Gfrc, M35, Glass Fibre

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444. Pain perception of children undergoing chemotherapy

Pain is a very common and most stressful experience which a child faces during chemotherapy. Children with cancer need frequent pharmacological interventions to manage pain. As cancer is a chronic condition and cancer treatment-related symptoms like pain are reported by child and parents frequently. It is a known fact that cancer treatments are long term care which is associated with many side effects. This study aimed to examine the pain perceived by children with cancer. The study was conducted using a descriptive correlational design on 125 children who met the inclusion criteria using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using Demographic and clinical variables Proforma and pain was assessed using the Wong Bakers Face Pain Rating Scale. The findings revealed that the pain experienced by children with cancer during chemotherapy was 64.8%. There was no significant association between Selected Demographic Variables of Children and Pain (p>0.05).

Published by: Jamuna Rani R., Dr. Lizy Sonia, Dr. Janani SankarResearch Area: Nursing

Organisation: Apollo College of Nursing, Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Cancer, Pain Perception, Chemotherapy

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445. Prevalence of nausea and vomiting among children with cancer treatment

Cancer, when diagnosed in children, is a stressful experience for the child and family members. Cancer treatment is advancing and the treatment related side effects are very common among children. The prevalence of nausea, vomiting and retching is very frequent in children with chemotherapy. It is very essential to assess the children for any side effects of drugs. The study was conducted using descriptive study design on 125 children who met the inclusion criteria using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using Demographic and clinical variables Proforma and nausea, vomiting and retching were assessed using RHODES Index. The findings revealed about 80.8% of children were in the age group of 6- 10 years, the majority were males (68.8%) and a majority 68% of children had severe nausea and vomiting and feeling of retching during cancer treatment.

Published by: Jamuna Rani R., Dr. Lizy Sonia, Dr. Janani SankarResearch Area: Nursing

Organisation: Apollo College of Nursing, Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Prevalence, Cancer, Nausea, Vomiting, Cancer treatment

Survey Report

446. Awareness on women hostel safety measures

Like in many other places we stay by spending a lot of money, the hostel is one of the places where anyone can stay within their affordable budget. Most of the people get into hostels for the purpose of education. Among those, women are likely to face challenging situations. In the last few years, several crimes have been taken place in schools, hostels, and other areas. A step was taken by Cyberabad police commissionerate to enhance “safety” and to reduce such crimes. The ten commandments introduced by them for safer stay included, access control, availability of compound walls, 24x7 security guard, visitor’s register, CCTV’s, notice boards, suggestion box, fire extinguisher, first-aid box and Id proofs of staff. In spite of the availability of some of the item mentioned above, it was observed that the level of awareness on possible risks was low. This study mainly focuses on the importance of this type of awareness among women. It also attempts to educate women on the facilities they should be demanding for before joining a hostel. A survey was conducted as a prerequisite to know the existing level of awareness on safety measures which should be provided by hostel management. The main objective of this study is to determine the level of awareness and to study the relationship between awareness of safety measures and perception of safety. The data is collected through primary and secondary sources of which, primary data have been collected from the questionnaire and interview method and secondary data have been collected from the journals and published articles. The suggestions provided in this study may help in reducing such crimes to some extent.

Published by: Dr. A. Sita Madhavi, Akhila KunchalaResearch Area: Business Management

Organisation: Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Awareness on safety, Risk in stay, Hostel management, Hostel facilities, Women hostel, Safe stay

Research Paper

447. Mechanical behavior and durability of steel fiber reinforced concrete made with recycled material

Concrete is a composite material consisting of Mortar and aggregate. The main problem in the concrete is the formation of cracks. In this study, to control the cracks into the concrete steel fibers are added. Now a day the use of PET (polyethylene terephthylate) is highly recommended. This thesis has studied the incorporation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste in concrete as a substitute for natural coarse aggregate and has found an optimal combination of components that produces a useful concrete product. The waste PET was first reduced in coarse aggregate by shredding and then combined with the rest of the components. A traditional method will use for the partial replacement of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as coarse aggregate to its weight with the addition of steel fiber, which is 1%, 1.5% and 2% by volume in plain concrete. Specimens of specified are used for testing, which is designed according to the Indian standard code. Compressive, tensile and flexural strength of this specimen compared to the control sample and then 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are partially replaced as coarse aggregate samples. Furthermore compressive, tensile and flexural strength of this new specimen compared to the control sample. The material used in this experiments are; Cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, PET as a partial replacement of course aggregate and water. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to use PET as a partial replacement of course aggregate in concrete. The safety, durability, and stability of the structure depend to a large extent on the properties of the concrete and, therefore, it is imperative to prepare the concrete with adequate strength.

Published by: Shabistan, Vikash VishwakarmaResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Suyash Institute of Information Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: SFRC, Steel Fiber (SF), PET, Replacement

Review Paper

448. Interlinking of Rivers can solve the water problem in Rajasthan

Ajmer is located in the center of Rajasthan (India) between 25 0 38 “and 26 0 58 “ north 75 0 22” east longitude covering a geographical area of about 8481sq km hemmed in all sides by Aravalli hills. About 7 miles from the city is Pushkar Lake created by the touch of Lord Brahma. The Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti is the holiest shrine next to Mecca in the world. Ajmer is the abode of certain flora and fauna that are particularly endemic to semi-arid and are specially adapted to survive in the dry waterless region of the state. The water problem is the is a great problem of Rajasthan. Due to Scarcity of Rains Interlinking of Rivers like Indira Gandhi canal and Luni River and Banas River can solve the water scarcity problem of Rajasthan.

Published by: Dr. Rashmi SharmaResearch Area: Biology

Organisation: Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan Government College, Ajmer, RajasthanKeywords: Ajmer, Rajasthan, Aravallis, Water

Research Paper

449. Smart road traffic control system for traffic overcrowding

An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is an advanced application which, without embodying intelligence as such, aims to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks. Although ITS may refer to all modes of transport, ITS as systems in which information and communication technologies are applied in the field of road transport, including infrastructure, vehicles, and users, and in traffic management and mobility management, as well as for interfaces with other modes of transport.[1] ITS may improve the efficiency of transport in a number of situations, i.e. road transport, traffic management, mobility, etc

Published by: Sudhakar YadavResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Intelligent transportation systems, Sensing, Wireless technologies, Traffic control

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450. An analysis to determine the most suitable type of multimedia used on Facebook social media platform

ABSTRACT Humans have always had the need to communicate with one another. We use communication as a means of social interactions. Communication is vital to building relationships. Modern forms of communication allow users to stay in touch with friends and family from anywhere in the world. The need for improvement in communication led to the development of Printing Press, Telegraph, fax machine, telephone, Radio, Television, and satellite. In the 20th century, the internet was born which allowed for the creation of social media platforms. The first recognizable social media site called the SixDegrees.com, followed by AOL instant messenger, Friendster, LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat e.t.c. Multimedia is a combination of text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive content. Multimedia can be recorded, played, displayed, interacted with or accessed by information content processing devices. Social media is defined as a platform, websites, and applications that enable users to communicate create and share content. Social media uses multimedia to create content and enable users to communicate and share information. Facebook is a social networking site that allows users to post comments, share photographs, chat live, watch videos and post links to news and other interesting content on the web. The explosive growth of multimedia on social media platforms has revolutionized interactions. Before users only chat and read the information on social media platforms but nowadays, users have a very high engagement with the different forms of multimedia like sharing, liking, disliking, commenting, tagging e.t.c. This research is aimed at finding the most preferred type of multimedia on the platform of Facebook from the users perspective. 1. To determine the most favorite form of multimedia used by users of Facebook. 2. To find the reason for selecting the most preferred multimedia form. 3. To measure the time spent by users on a particular form of multimedia on Facebook. 4. To let users know the amount of time they spent on the Facebook social media platform. For the research methodology, a questionnaire was developed and primary data were collected from respondents. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed in Jaipur city of Rajasthan in India. A total of 185 participants responded to the questionnaires. The data collected was entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS software. The research result found: a. The age bracket that mostly uses Facebook is 24 to 34 years. b. The overall most preferred type of multimedia on Facebook is text. c. All the different types of multimedia video, text, images, and audio can be all used for sport, education, politics, and entertainment. d. The time spent watching video per day corresponds to the type of multimedia preferred on Facebook. Those that spend more than two hours on Facebook preferred watching videos. In conclusion, Social media platforms are applications that enable users to connect to other users by setting up personal profiles, inviting friends to have access to these profiles, and allowing messages between the social circles. As social media platforms such as Facebook keeps evolving, information is made into various multimedia types like images, text, video, audio. This allows users to choose and communicate using any type of multimedia they prefer or combine more than one type of multimedia to communicate.

Published by: Nuhu Abdul’alim MuhammadResearch Area: Computer Science

Organisation: Federal University Kashere, Gombe, NigeriaKeywords: Multimedia, Social media, Facebook

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451. Service marketing: strategy and challenges

In this paper, we analyze various trends in the service sector and the relationship between service and marketing and the difference between service and product marketing and various terms. How intangible services are converted into tangible services? A carrier gadget is the dynamic shape of people, era, business enterprise and shared facts that creates and gives you cost between the provider and the purchaser through service. A service is an actor overall performance that one birthday party offers to any other that is basically intangible and does not result in any proprietorship. Today almost each carrier agency is facing the marketing challenges in enterprise surroundings because of the simple attributes of services. This paper objective at the theories of offerings marketing in a preferred manner and identifies the foremost responsibilities of services advertising and marketing in today’s global market.

Published by: Arun Prakash, Ishita Gupta, Priyanka MedhiResearch Area: Service Marketing

Organisation: IFIM College, Bangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Service, Marketing, Innovation, 7p’s

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452. Comparison study of random orientation fibers on mechanical properties of Coconut, Hemp, Munj, Hybrid fiber reinforced polymer composites

Natural fibers show many advantages such as low density, low cost, environment-friendly, biodegradable & high specific mechanical performance. This work investigates the flexure & impact strength of hemp & coconut short fiber which are specification aligned in a specific direction. The short fiber of hemp, munj, coconut & hybrid of length 5mm is used for experimental work with epoxy of grade LY556 & hardener HY951. Test results are compared with a randomly oriented fiber sample of the same length with the same epoxy & hardener.

Published by: Arvind Kumar, Ashutosh Dwivedi, Sanjay TiwariResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: B. N. College of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Coconut fiber, Hemp fiber, Munj fiber, Hybrid (coconut, munj, hemp) fiber, Epoxy, Hardener, Tensile strength, Bending strength, Impact strength, Hardness

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453. Assessing ABO/ Rhesus blood group frequency and association with anemia among the population: A cross-sectional study

Determination of the various ABO/Rhesus blood group distributions and their association with anemia has importance in the context of anemia prevention. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2017-February 2018. To assess ABO/Rhesus blood groups distribution and their association with anemia. Blood grouping was done using slide method. RBC count and Hemoglobin estimation were done using hemocytometry using Neubauer’s chamber with freshly prepared Hymes’ diluting fluid and Sahli’s Method respectively. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test. A total of 655 subjects participated with age of 18-21yrs. Distribution of ABO phenotypes, in decreasing order, was O (283, 43%), B (201, 30%), A (145, 23%) and AB (26, 4%). Most of them were Rh+ (598, 91%) over the Rh-(57.9%). The overall anemia prevalence was 28.4% (186/655). When comparing ABO blood group distribution among the anemic subjects, AB blood group was highly prone to anemia (77%) as compared to other blood groups like A(39%), O(24%), B(20%). Most of the anemic were Rh + (28%) than Rh-(16%).ABO blood group is significantly associated with anemia. A high rate of anemia was seen in blood group AB as compared to those with other ABO blood groups. It is observed that O blood group of individuals are comparatively resistant to anemia in spite of large frequency distribution of O groups in general population whereas anemia is relatively prone to the individuals having blood group B, A or AB.

Published by: Sri Lakshmi Avutu, Shaheem Sulthana Md., Ravindra K., Sai Durga K., Chandana M., Mounika J.Research Area: Pharmacology

Organisation: A.S.N. Pharmacy College, Tenali, Andhra PradeshKeywords: ABO, Rhesus, Blood group, Anemia, Relation between blood group and anemia

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454. Improving quality of service in the smart grid using data compression and encryption technique

In this paper, to improve the quality of service in terms of embedding capacity and resource utilization of the database has done using data compression and lightweight encryption technique for the smart grid. In the proposed technique, the run-length encoding technique used for data compression and ANU lightweight algorithm has been used for data encryption. The algorithm has designed and simulated in MATLAB 2013a. The experimental results show that the proposed technique has taken fewer resources and consume less file size as compared to conventional AES techniques.

Published by: Simrandeep Singh, Puneet Jain, Ravinder KumarResearch Area: Electrical Engineering

Organisation: Adesh College of Engineering and Technology, Faridkot, PunjabKeywords: Smart grid, Security, Compression, Quality of service

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455. Determination of tensile properties of sugarcane bagasse fiber reinforced with different proportions of polymer composite

Now it had become necessary to search new materials and implementation of those materials for manufacturing industries due to huge consumer pressure and new environmental policies. Because of this, in the recent years, the use of natural fibers as reinforcement in thermoplastic and thermosetting matrices has gained much interest, due to their good qualities such as low cost, low density, huge availability, biodegradability quality, and renewability. So in this aspect sugarcane bagasse fiber is one of the best options due to its availability and also it is an end product in sugar industries. In this paper it is focused on the tensile strength of sugarcane bagasse in the mat form is reinforced with the epoxy resin matrix and how it can be achieved or replaced with existing that is sugarcane bagasse fiber in the discontinuous and random orientation fibers reinforced with the epoxy resin matrix. This study also compares the percentage of fibers reinforced with epoxy resin to increase the strength.

Published by: Sudheendra H. N., Dr. Dilip Kumar K.Research Area: Composite Materials

Organisation: Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangalore, KarnatakaKeywords: Sugarcane Bagasse Fibers (SBF’s), Epoxy resin, Mat form, Sodium hydroxide, Cellulose

Research Paper

456. Synthesis of ZnSnO3 cubic crystallites at room temperature

The work presented in this report is aimed to synthesize Nanocrystalline Zinc Stannate powder. The general objective was to synthesize crystalline zinc Stannate (ZnSnO3) Cubic crystallites by employing a simple chemical route. In this work, the zinc Stannate Cubic Crystallites (length 1-1.2m) were successfully synthesized at low cost by using simple chemical method the experimental result demonstrated a low cost, simple, rapid and suitable simple chemical method for the synthesis of ZnSnO3 cubic crystallite This topic discusses the simple chemical route for the synthesis ZnSnO3 Cubic Crystallites, its importance and finally it concludes with the objectives of the present work.

Published by: Chaudhari Devanand Prakash, Gopal PandaResearch Area: Material Science

Organisation: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshKeywords: ZnSnO3, XRD, FE-SEM, FTIR, Crystalline

Research Paper

457. Enhancement of multi-machine power system stability by using Power System Stabilizer

In this paper, we are going to deal about the enhancement of system stability, by using Eigen-values we can say how system stability is varying. We can use different devices like Facts controllers, Power system stabilizers, and automatic voltage regulators to improve system stability. Power system stabilizer had been used for improving two machine three bus system stability. We have different linear and nonlinear methods to design controller parameters for power system stabilizers. Genetic algorithm technique had been used to design pss for two machine three bus system

Published by: Devaki Bhavani DivyaResearch Area: Power System Stability

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra PradeshKeywords: Two machine three bus system, Power System Stabilizer, Genetic algorithm technique

Research Paper

458. An exploratory study to assess the lifestyle risk factors associated with obesity among undergraduate students of selected colleges of District Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. People with obesity are at higher risk for health complications, such as diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths after smoking. Worldwide obesity was more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older were overweight. Overall 650 million people were obese. 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight and 13% were obese. Objective: To explore the lifestyle risk factors among undergraduate students. Material and Methods: The study adopted exploratory research and was conducted at selected colleges of District Sirmour, H.P. A total of 30 undergraduate female students in the age group of 17-25 years were selected by multistage cluster random sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire was used to assess the lifestyle risk factors associated with obesity among undergraduate students. Results: Data analysis was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The pilot study finding shows that 33.3% of undergraduate girls were pre-obese. And 6.7 % of girls come under obese class 1 and 60% of girls having BMI in the normal range. The finding shows that the girls who were obese having menstrual irregularity and 33.3% of girls suffered from the polycystic ovarian disease. 33.3% Girls having a family history of obesity. There is a significant association between psychological factors and gynecological problems i.e 0.001**. Conclusion: The pilot study results show that unhealthy dietary habits and lifestyle behavior that should be targeted and can be modified. This could be achieved through promoting intervention program that leads to changing the built environment, weight management practices, counselling and affecting behavioral modification of student’s life style and dietary habits.

Published by: Archana Kumari, Isha Thakur DharniResearch Area: Community

Organisation: Eternal University, Sirmour, Himachal PradeshKeywords: Lifestyle risk factors, Obesity, Undergraduate students

Research Paper

459. An experimental study on natural fibre reinforced concrete

Although conventional concrete used in nowadays has got sufficient strength, the major concern is on reducing the overall cost, material consumption and environmental hazards. Therefore, various materials are incorporated or replaced partially in concrete to improve its strength, savings in cost and material as well. The present work is concerned with use of natural fibers which are cheap and locally available such as dry grass straw in concrete as additive material. Dry grass straw is an agricultural by-product and naturally available fiber in southern India which doesn’t have any economic value is used as a additive or reinforcement in concrete and its positive results in achieving tensile strength was determined which will not only enhance future research but also helps in reduce cost and eco-friendly construction. Compressive strength, split tensile strength and two-point load flexural test for different mix proportion are done to analyze the strength variation, behavior and properties of concrete

Published by: Karthik M., Varsha S. Danavandi, Pramod B. V.Research Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Tensile strength, Compressive strength, Two-point load flexural strength, Natural fibers, Dry grass straw, Agricultural by-product, Eco-friendly

Research Paper

460. Effect of wind on tall building frames – Impact of aspect ratio

In modern times many tall structures and high-rise towers are being built all around the world. Because of its dynamic nature, wind plays an important role in the design of tall structures. Effect of wind is predominant on tall structures depending on location height of the structure. In this paper equivalent, a static method is used for the analysis of wind loads on buildings with the impact of different aspect ratios. The aspect ratio can be varied by changing the number of bays. Different aspect ratios were considered to carry out the present study and the analysis is carried out using STAAD PRO.

Published by: Dheeraj Biyani, K. Naga RakeshResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Aspect Ratio, Staad Pro, Tall Buildings, Wind Load

Review Paper

461. A study on low-density parity-check codes

In this paper, relevant research advances in recent years on Low-density parity check codes are studied starting from its formulation by Gallager and rediscovery of these codes by McKay and Neal. Gallager construction of LDPC codes is described and their probabilistic decoding methods. Also, the construction by McKay is studied and the superposition method of construction is studied. Encoding and decoding techniques related to capacity-approaching error-correction technology is also studied. LDPC codes can also be described using a Tanner graph. Matrix representation and graphical representation of these codes are described. LDPC codes show better performance for more number of iterations for message passing decoding algorithm.

Published by: Priya Verma, Dr. Ashutosh SinghResearch Area: Electronics & Communication Engineering

Organisation: Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: LDPC codes, Quasi-Cyclic (QC) LDPC codes, Superposition, Girth, Tanner graph, Iterative decoding

Research Paper

462. Adaptation of biomimicry in civil engineering

Biomimicry is a novel approach to developing design's and products to solve construction problems by taking inspiration from nature. It could offer a sustainable alternative solution to complex and conventional design in the best eco-friendly way. Biomimicry includes mimicking the shape, properties, methods, principles, and processes of nature. This paper reviews the existing biometric inspired civil engineering systems and architectures. In this paper various examples are taken from the nature and applied in design, like the regeneration process in lizard inspires the self-healing property of concrete, by mimicking termite mound, a passive cooling system could be developed, bridge design is one of the vital aspects of structures of biomimetics which is derived from the load carry process of trees. In a similar way, various other structures are being developed by getting inspiration from the creation of nature, as we move towards creating more sustainable construction and decreasing the carbon footprints in the infrastructure industry. Hence incorporating the potential of the mother earth will lead to the enhancement of structural stability and elegance. It will in turn preserve the earth in her best form.

Published by: Anand Singh Parmar, Alok ShahResearch Area: Civil Engineering

Organisation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, TelanganaKeywords: Biomimicry, Architecture, Biomimetics, Bacillus Sphaerius, Military, Self-healing, Concrete, Sustainable.

Survey Report

463. A novel approach to improve the LZW data compression algorithm

The LZW data compression algorithm is a dictionary-based compression algorithm in which the process of searching for a pattern and its corresponding code to compress the data is a time-consuming process. As the file size to be compressed becomes larger the size of the dictionary also increases which increase the time to search a pattern in the dictionary. This paper proposes a novel approach to increase the efficiency of the algorithm with GPU using CUDA. Thus, making the process of searching the dictionary parallel. The result of the proposed system outlines the improved performance of the LZW algorithm

Published by: Pathanjali C., Ranjana S. Chakrasali, Vimuktha E. Salis, Usha C. R.Research Area: Computer Science

Organisation: BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: LZW (Lempel-Ziv Welch), CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture), GPU(Graphical processing Unit), Data compression

Thesis

464. Food spoilage decay monitoring using RF technology

Food industry has today become more oriented towards customer and requires quick response system. Electronic systems help in minimizing the unsafe production and distribution of food products. Currently the food labelling systems do not guarantee the good quality and safeness of the food. Hence, traceability is a tool applied to assist for assuring of food safety and its quality. We have used Active RFID system for the traceability, the communication protocol of Active RFID has been carefully designed. Energy efficient protocol has been developed and its aggregated throughput, delay and evaluation of the number of collisions happening in the radio channels is done and compared to the existing protocols, commercially available for Active RFID. In case of Marine food monitoring the TMA (trimethylamine) gas is liberated when the marine food starts to decay, using this liberated TMA gas as one of the parameters we determine freshness of food. In this paper it is also discussed about the designing and developing of the TMA (trimethylamine) sensor which can operate at normal room temperature.

Published by: Mahantesh S. Hiremath, Rajani Katiyar, Dr. Naveen C. S.Research Area: Communication Systems Engineering

Organisation: R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Active RFID, Communication protocol, TMA

Others

465. Design of a protected type flange coupling using Python

Couplings are elements used to connect two shafts during power transmission. Design of couplings plays a vital role in determining the power transmission capacity of the shaft at the rated rpm, which is very crucial. The design specification of coupling varies differently based on the requirements and involves a sequential design procedure which is tedious and time-consuming. This paper deals with developing a program code for the protected type flange coupling in an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language like “PYTHON”, which takes input (like required power input, no of rotations and desired factor of safety etc.) from designers, and then accordingly calculates the specifications of the coupling using design standard formulas and iterative procedures until the design meets the safe criteria. The final specifications are displayed along with the list of recommended materials for the coupling based on the design. The main objective of the paper is to write a generalized python program for the design of protected type flange couplings for any selected material considering all the design parameters. The activity tends to lead the manufacturing operations towards a more time-efficient, cost-effective and a more reliable and an optimised way of designing machine elements and aims to give better clarity to shopfloor workers .

Published by: Sourav Raj, Abhiram E. R.Research Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru, KarnatakaKeywords: Couplings, Python programming, Design analysis

Thesis

466. A DC-DC converter using dickson charge pump voltage multiplier

The system is used to boost 20 V (from a solar cell or other sources) to 400 V. The converter is used to obtain 400 V which needs for integrating to 400V DC bus. Interleaved boost converters at the input side and Dickson charge pump based voltage multiplier at the output side are the main parts. Single source or two independent sources can be used. The modified Dickson charge pump voltage multiplier results in lower voltage stress on each capacitor for its voltage multiplier circuit and less number of diodes. Interleaved boost converter and Dickson charge pump voltage multiplier have been studied, designed and simulated. The design, open loop simulation and closed-loop simulation of the interleaved boost DC-DC converter based on modified Dickson charge pump voltage multiplier were done and compared with a conventional boost converter. The desired output voltage (400V) obtained. From the simulation results, it is evident that the output ripple voltage of the system with modification exhibits fewer ripples and it offers continuous input current than the conventional one. Also, the voltage across the capacitor is reduced and become uniform. Hence low rated capacitors with the reduced size are needed. The hardware part for the interleaved boost DC-DC converter based on modified Dickson charge pump voltage multiplier and conventional boost converter with Dickson charge pump voltage multiplier was done and desired output was obtained.

Published by: Jayalekshmi J. Prakash, Sreedevi G.Research Area: Power Electronics

Organisation: College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaKeywords: Interleaved boost converter, Dickson charge pump voltage multiplier

Research Paper

467. Management information system for draglines and dumpers used in mines

Mother nature has bestowed our country with quality mineral deposits and today we are mining 87 minerals to support the Indian economy which is expected to grow at plus 7 % rate. This growth rate requires 10 to 12 % growth in mining sector every year. (1). Achieving such voluminous growth is only possible by employing huge Heavy Earth Moving Machineries ( HEMM). Big size machines are extremely costly, one 24 cum dragline cost @250 crores and one 240 ton dumper Rs 24 crores (2). The idle time cost of such costly machines is very high. Hence it calls for an efficient management information system (MIS) for better availability and utilization of machines. ( 3 ) GPS based MIS are available but their capital and operational cost is high as it requires specialized manpower. This calls for indigenous development of economical sensor based MIS packages which could produce temper proof online data along with facilities of analysis.

Published by: Manoj Tiwari, Dr Manish UttarwarResearch Area: Mining/Electronics

Organisation: Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagapur, MaharashtraKeywords: HEMM, Costly, Indigenous, MIS

Thesis

468. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of salicylaldehyde Schiff bases from aromatic amines

A new efficient and environmentally friendly procedure for the synthesis of a series of salicylaldehyde-based Schiff bases under conventional method is described. The method is compared with the microwave irradiation method also. The present work involves condensation of salicylaldehyde with various aromatic amines in water under the conventional method. A judicious choice of the solvent and reaction conditions allowed the final products to be generated in excellent yields in a one-step procedure, whereas experiments under thermal conditions led to lower yields with tedious work-up. The conventional method gives advantages like reduction in reaction time, increase in conversion, reduced wastes, and good yields.

Published by: D. Tirumala, M. SangeethaResearch Area: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Organisation: Geethanjali College of Pharmacy, Secunderabad, TelanganaKeywords: B. subtilis, DMSO

Research Paper

469. Comparison of three dimensional and two dimensional analyses of facial motion

The purpose of this study was to compare the amplitude of facial motion obtained using three-dimensional (3-D) and two-dimensional (2-D) methods. The amplitude of motion of fifteen facial landmarks during five maximal animations (smile, lip-purse, grimace, eye closure, and cheek-puff) was quantified in 3-D and 2-D using a video-based system. Results showed that the 3-D amplitudes were significantly larger than the 2-D amplitudes, especially for landmarks on the lower face during the smile animation. In the latter instance, the 2-D amplitudes underestimated the 3-D amplitudes by as much as 43%. The difference between 3-D and 2-D amplitudes was greater for 2-D amplitudes obtained from one camera rather than from multiple cameras. The results suggest that a 2-D analysis may not be adequate to assess facial motion during maximal animations and that a 3-D analysis may be more appropriate for detecting clinical differences in facial function.

Published by: Dr. Sandhya LohakareResearch Area: Dentistry

Organisation: Aditya Dental College, Beed, MaharashtraKeywords: 2 Dimensional, 3 Dimensional

Case Study

470. MRI imaging signs of Multiple System Atrophy ( MSA-C)

Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA) is a neurologic disorder clinically characterized by parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia, and autonomic failure. This disorder was previously known as “striatonigral degeneration sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy and “Shy-Drager syndrome Presence of neurogenic bladder is a characteristic feature of MSA. It is regarded as a sporadic disease with a prevalence of 4 per 1,00,000. Typically the symptoms begin between 40 and 60 years of age. It has two phenotypes: parkinsonian (MSA-P) and cerebellar (MSA-C). MRI brain acts as a diagnostic tool for MSA with the characteristic feature of “Hot cross bun' sign, seen as cruciform hyperintensity at the level of the pons in axial T2-weighted images in patients with MSA-C. We report here a case of a 55-year-old female patient who presented with complaint of gait instability, intention tremor, and orthostatic dizziness for the last 1 year. She also developed urinary incontinence from last 4 months

Published by: Dr. Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Dr. Thahir V.U., Dr. Madan Manmohan, Dr. Nilesh IngaleResearch Area: Medical

Organisation: D. Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, MaharashtraKeywords: Hot cross bun sign, Striatonigral degeneration, Parkinson, Sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy, Shy-Drager

Research Paper

471. Analysis of heat dissipation in processor chipset with minichannel heat sink using nanofluids as cooling medium - A CFD approach

Due to the reduction in the size of the electronic components, heat dissipation has become a major problem. In many cases, air cooling has failed to provide the required demands. The invention of nanofluid has promised to increase the efficiency of the liquid cooling system. The addition of solid nanoparticles to the liquid actually increases the thermal conductivity of the liquid because of the higher thermal conductivity of the solid particles. In this work, the thermal performance of a minichannel heat sink was analyzed using CFD for cooling of processor chipset using nanofluids instead of pure water. The effect of different mass flow rates and various volume concentrations of nanoparticles on the overall thermal performance are also analyzed. The Alumina and graphene water nanofluids are used as coolants with volume concentrations of 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2%. The cooling fluid is made to flow through an Aluminium mini channel with height 5mm and width 1mm respectively. The maximum allowable temperature that has to be maintained at the chip is below 50oC. By using the liquid cooling system with a heat sink, this temperature is reduced as low as 41.22oC. There is also an enhancement of the convective heat transfer coefficient in using graphene nanofluids when compared to alumina nanofluids. The thermal resistance of the heat sink with nanofluids is lesser than pure water.

Published by: Ram Mohan R., Sujatha Abaranji, Elumalai P. V., Lakshmipathi RadhakrishnanResearch Area: Mechanical Engineering

Organisation: College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil NaduKeywords: Minichannel, Heat sink, Microprocessor cooling, Alumina, Graphene

Thesis

472. Food insecurity and coping strategies of farm families in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipal of Northern region

The study aimed at examining the food insecurity trends and coping strategy of households in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipality of the northern region of Ghana. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey. The samples size was 300 household heads who responded to a semi-structured interview guide. Data were collected on the bio-characteristics of the household head, farm characteristics such as farm size, labor, crops grown, harvesting, consumption, ad infinitum. Other areas of data collection cover the duration of food storage. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to analyze the data. Bivariate test, frequency, and percentage were estimated from the data collected. The findings of the study show that there is a rise in food insecurity from April to June among the majority of households between 2013 and 2016 farming season leading to a reduction in food consumption (80%) and increase in rural-urban migration (91%). It is recommended that the Government of Ghana should tackle the menace of climate change through policy formulation and make the provision of dugout or dams available to communities to engage in all year-round agricultural activities.

Published by: Mohammed MasahuduResearch Area: Development Management

Organisation: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaKeywords: Coping mechanism, Food scarcity, Ghana, Rural development, Smallholder farming

Review Paper

473. A study on rumor spreading in complex network

This paper reviewed the studies on the transmission of rumor dynamics take place on complex network till now and introduced the classical model to discuss the propagation characteristics of networks. Then, we explore the rumor spreading mechanism take place between nodes of any network and various techniques to control the impact on networks used till now.

Published by: Princy Bajpai, Dr. Ashutosh SinghResearch Area: Electronics And Communication Engineering

Organisation: Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar PradeshKeywords: Complex network, Rumor transmission, Inoculation strategy