Volume 4 Number 7 (July 2017)

Assessment of contamination of soil by pesticides in Djidja's cotton area in Benin

The aim of the research is to assess the level of soil contamination by pesticides in Djidjaâ€™s cotton area in Benin. Soil samples have been collected in nine (09) cotton fields from 15th to 19th March, 2014. The analysis has been done by gas chromatography after extraction and purification. The results show a soil contamination by glyphosate varying from 0.271 to 0.317 Î¼g/kg, by profenofos varying from 0.109 to 0.130 Î¼g/kg, by acetamiprid varying from 0.088 to 0.153 Î¼g/kg and by cypermethrin varying from 0.165 to 0.190 Î¼g/kg. A regular surpervision program must be planned to limit as possible the soil contamination by pesticides in this township.

Iron and Nickel -ligand bonding in metallocene: Differentiation between bond Stability and reactivity

Tesfalem Belay Woldeamanuale

The electronic structure and geometry optimization of ferrocene and nickelocene molecules are calculated using DFT/B3LYP with the basis set of 6-31G (d).The Eigen values, Eigen vector and population analysis of the molecules show that thefirst 13 molecular orbitals in ferrocene and 14 in nickelocene have contribution from 2pzorbitals of carbon of (C5H5) â€“ and 4s, 4pand 3dorbitals of iron andnickel respectively. We found that the extent of involvement of metal orbitals in thetwo cases is different. In ferrocene the maximum involvement out of 4sand 4porbital is in the order 4pz > 4py > 4s > 4pxand out of 3d orbitals the order of involvement is 3dyz >3dxz >3d2z> 3dx2âˆ’y2 > 3dxy. The involvement of corresponding orbital innickelocene with respect to the 4sand 4porbitals is in the order of 4py> 4px> 4s> 4pz and in 3d orbitals the order is 3dyz >3dx2-y2 >3dxy >3dxz >3dz2molecules. The total involvement of 3d, 4s and 4porbitals of metal and 2pz orbitals of the ten carbon atomsof both ligands of (C5H5) âˆ’in ferrocene and nickelocene respectively are 42.2528 and 38.3776 hence we can conclude that ferrocene is more stable than nickelocene. Similar results are found from calculation of parameters like dipole moment, HOMO-LUMO gap and Mullikan charge distribution. The population analysis shows that only 2pz orbitals of carbon of (C5H5) âˆ’and 3d orbitals of metal provide electrons to MOs of ferrocene and nickelocene.

Design and Analysis of 8x8 Wallace Tree Multiplier using GDI and CMOS Technology

Pradeep Kumar Kumawat, Gajendra Sujediya

Multiplier is a small unit of an arithmetic circuit that is widely used in Digital filters, Digital Signal Processing, microprocessors and communication applications etc. In todayâ€™s scenario compact and small digital devices are critical concern in the field of VLSI design, which should perform fast as well as low power consumption. Optimizing the delay, area and power of a multiplier is a major design issues, as area and speed are usually conflicting constraints. A Wallace tree multiplier is an improved version of tree base multiplier. The main aim of this paper is a reconfigurable 8x8 Wallace Tree multiplier using CMOS and GDI technology. This is efficient in power and regularity without increase in delay and area. The generation of partial products in parallel using AND gates. The addition of partial products is reducing using Wallace Tree which is divided into levels. Therefore there will be a certain reduction in the power consumption, since power is provided only to the level that is involved in computation and the remaining two levels remain off.

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Problems among Sugarcane Workers in Uttar Pradesh

Sushma Gangwar, Seema Kwatra

Agricultural work in both developed and in developing countries continues to be one of the most hazardous occupations. India is primarily an agrarian economy as farming is one of the most important occupations in the country. Many risk factors are associated with the development of musculoskeletal disorders are common in agricultural tasks. Thus in the present study an attempt has been made to analyze the prevalence of MSDs among sugarcane workers of Bareilly District, UP. A total sample size of 60 farm workers was taken for data using purposive and random sampling without replacement. Due to long working hours, awkward body postures, repetitive work and physical load there exist a high prevalence of physiological discomforts among sugarcane workers engaged in sugarcane sowing and harvesting both the activities are associated with MSD most dominated in neck,upperarm and low back . The above investigation revealed that the workers suffered from pain and discomforts more in neck ,upper arm,and low back.

Microcontroller Based Wireless Controlled Pick & Place Robot

Md. Faiz Akram

This thesis focuses on implementation and control of a pick & place robot using radio frequency transmitter and reciever system. The control of this robot is achieved by PIC16f877A microcontroller. The main duty of microcontroller is to generate pulse which are applied to the DC motors for completing the desired task. In this study three DC motors are used in which two are utilized to control the movement of robot and one is used to control the gripper. The operation of designed pick & place robot has been experimentally verified. Simulation and experimental results are presented and discussed.

Information and Communication Technologies for Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry in Jammu and Kashmir

T. A. Raja, Azmat Alam Khan, N A Ganai andImtiyaz Ahmad Najar

Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is growing in all spheres of activity. Veterinary Sciences andAnimal Husbandry should therefore be no exception. Efforts are needed to incorporate ICT in all endeavours related to livestock development in Jammu and Kashmir. All organizations and departments concerned with Veterinary Sciences andAnimal Husbandry need to realize the potential of ICT for the speedy and timely dissemination of information modules to the livestock rearers.The awareness among livestock rearers about the information and availability of ICT services is the first step to be taken to increase livestock rearersâ€™ participation in ICT initiatives.Access to information and communication is essential to the stakeholders at alllevels in the process of development. Various information and communication technology tools in knowledge and information dissemination needed for livestock rearers and possible IT application tools in realizing their needs in Jammu and Kashmir are discussed.

Design, Buckling and Fatigue Failure Analysis of Connecting Rod: A Review

Manish Kumar, Shiv N Prajapati

A connecting rod works in variably complicated conditions, and is subjected to not only the pressure due to the connecting rod mechanism, but also due to the inertia forces. Its behavior is affected by the fatigue phenomenon due to the reversible cyclic loadings. When the repetitive stresses are developed in the connecting rod it leads to fatigue phenomenon which can cause dangerous ruptures and damage. Yield, fatigue and buckling characteristics are often used as evaluation indexes for the performance of engine connecting rods in mass reduction design to optimize vibration. Various rod cross-section like I section, + section, Rectangular section, Circular section and H section have important role in design and application. In this paper the design methodology is covered and FEA results for stresses have been presented and strain life theories studied.

The Effect of Ketapang Leaf Extracts (Terminalia catappa L.) on the Cholesterol Levels of Male Mice (Mus musculus L.) Hypercholesterolmia

Joko Waluyo, Dwi Wahyuni

Cholesterol is a useful substance for the body to regulate chemical processes such as building cell membranes, producing vitamin D, and forming steroid hormones. Hyper-cholesterol is a condition where cholesterol levels increase over the normal range (>200 mg/dL). One of the herbs which can be used as a cholesterol-lowering substance is Ketapang leaf. The leaf has several compounds which function as antioxidants. Based on Phytochemical test, this leaf contains flavonoid, saponin, tritepen, diterpen, phenolic, and tannin. Those compounds function to inhibit cell damage. This study was aimed to determine the effect of Ketapang leaf extracts (Terminalia catapa L.) to decrease cholesterol levels of hypercholesterolemia of male mice (Mus musculus) which are induced with lard. The study employed experimental design involving 25 male mice, aged at 2 monthsold and weighing 20-30 grams. These mice were divided into 5 groups, comprising of treatment 1 (2 mg/ 20 grams of weight), treatment 2 (4 mg/ 20 grams of weight), treatment 3 (8mg/ 20 grams of weight), positive control (simvastatin 0,26 mg/kg of weight), and negative control (CMC Na 1%). The extract was given for 14 days with 1% volume of weight. The measurement of blood cholesterol levels was done on day 8 as the preliminary data, day 14 after hypercholesterolemia of male mice, day 21 and day 28 after giving Ketapang leaf extracts. The dosage of Ketapang leaves extracts which was given during the treatments significantly affected (p=0,0043) the average of blood cholesterol levels of male mice. Giving the leaf extracts for two months of treatments was found successful in decreasing blood cholesterol 157,62 Â± 17,54; 341,55 Â± 12,73; 196 Â± 16,32; 196,17 Â± 16,93 mg/dL.

Construction Productivity Estimation Model Using Artificial Neural Network for Founda-tions Works in Gaza Strip Construction Sites

Dr. Eyad Haddad

Estimating the construction labor productivity con-sidering the effect of multiple factors is important for construction planning, scheduling and estimating. In planning and scheduling, it is important to maximize labor productivity and forecast activity durations to achieve lower labor cost and shorter project duration. In estimating, it is important to predict labor costs.The aim of this study is to develop a new technique for estimating labor productivity rate for foundation works in (m3/ day) for building projects in Gaza Strip, through developing a model that is able to help par-ties involved in construction projects (owner, contrac-tors, and others) especially contracting companies to estimating labor productivity rate for foundation works . This model build based on Artificial Neural Networks. In order to build this model, quantitative and qualitative techniques were utilized to identify the significant parameters for estimating labor productivity rate for foundation works. The data used in model development was collected using questioner survey as a tool to collect actual data from contrac-tors for many projects in Gaza Strip. These question-naires provided 111 examples.The ANN model consid-ered 16 significant parameters as independent input variables affected on one dependent output variable â€œlabor productivity rate for foundation works in (m3/ day)". Neurosolution software was used to train the models. Many models were built but GFF model was found the best model, which structured from one input layer, included 16 input neurons, and included one hidden layer with 22 neurons. The accuracy perfor-mance of the adopted model recorded 98% where the model performed well and no significant difference was discerned between the estimated output and the actual productivity value.Sensitivity analysis was per-formed using Neurosolution tool to study the influ-ence of adopted factors on labor productivity. The performed sensitivity analysis was in general logically where the â€œFootings Volumeâ€ had the highest influ-ence, while the unexpected result was â€œPayment de-layâ€ factor which hadnâ€™t any effect on productivity of foundation works.

Implementation of Invisible Digital Watermarking Technique for Copyright Protection using DWT-SVD and DCT

Devasis Pradhan

The digital watermarking is a process of hiding an information in multimedia for copyright protection. Where, one data is hidden inside another data. We implement the watermarking algorithm in frequency domain by using a combination of DWT (Discrete Wavelet Transform) and SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) with DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) algorithms. In which the performance analysis of an invisible watermarking can be measured with comparison of MSE (Mean Square Error) and PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) with respect to the embedded and extracted images respectively. Here, the invisible watermarking is used to protect copyrights of multimedia contents. The invisible watermarks are the technologies which could solve the problem of copyright protection. Which is required for ownership identification as well as the hidden information can also be identified.

Climate Variability and Its implication on Wheat Productivity; Farmers' Adaptation strategies: in Robe Town and Surrounding Area, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Aliyi Mama Gasu

Climate variability has a drastic impact on wheat output and production. Robe town and its surrounding area, south eastern Ethiopia, is among the highly vulnerable areas. The aim of the study was to analyze climate variability and its implications on wheat productivity in Robe town and the surrounding area. The descriptive experimental and survey research strategy was conducted for this study. ARIMA model was used to forecast medium time scale for mean annual temperature and rainfall. To strengthen the finding of the study primary data on the implication of climate variability on Wheat yields and coping strategies used by the farmers in response to climate variability risk were collected by selecting the sample Households. To select sample Households, first three kebeles were purposively selected based on the numbers of farmers exist in those kebeles. Then probabilistic proportionate to size technique was applied to determine the total sample household size from each kebele. Ultimately, a total of 160 sample household heads were selected by using simple random sampling technique. The results of the study shows that the temperature of the town has increased by 0.040c and the total annual rainfall shows 0.28mm decrement per year over the years considered. 1mm decrement of spring rainfall would result to 0.014 quintal decrement of wheat yields per hectare per year whereas 10c increment of annual temperature would result to 1.41quintal decrement of yield. The current study also found significant variation in the amount of rainfall and temperature. Majority of the coping mechanisms used by the farmers are traditional and destructive. For the future there will be appreciable increase in temperature (0.71 to 1.270c) and increasing wheat yield fluctuation due to temperature and rainfall instability.

Structural and Electronic Properties of Cis-platin Metal Complex: B3LYP-SDD/DFT Calculations

Faeq A. Mohammed, Hamid I. Abbood

Current work deals with the structural and electronic properties of the cis-platin by employing the B3LYP density functional theory with SDD basis sets at the Gaussian 09 package of programs. We showed a good relax was obtained for the cis-platin. The great contribution for constructing the molecular orbitals is due to the outer electrons in the platinum metal with few contributions from the p-orbitals of the ligands, cis-platin has insulating behavior. Also, the cis-platin has low electronic softness and it needs high excitation energy to electron transfer or to accepting an electron from the surrounding species.

Energy and Exergy Analysis of a CI engine fuelled with biodiesel fuel from palm kernel oil and its blends with petroleum diesel

Iortyer H. A, Likita Bwonsi

Exergy analysis method has been widely used in the design, simulation and performance assessment of various types of engines for identifying losses and efficiencies. In this study, the first and second Laws of thermodynamics are employed to analyze the quantity and quality of energy in a single -cylinder, direct injection diesel engine using petroleum diesel fuel and biodiesel fuel from palm kernel. The experimental data were collected using steady-state tests which enable accurate measurements of air, fuel, and all the relevant temperatures. Balances of energy and exergy rates for the engine were determined and then various performance parameters and energy and exergy efficiencies were calculated for each fuel operation and compared with each other. The results of tested biodiesel from palm kernel showed similar energetic and exergetic efficiencies as petroleum diesel fuel although exergy efficiency of petroleum diesel was higher than that of palm kernel oil biodiesel and its blends. Therefore, as biodiesels derived from Palm Kernel oil (Pkl 100) have comparable performances to diesel fuel, it was concluded that they can be used as substitutes for petroleum diesel without much power loss.

The Effect of various Sterilization Procedure on Number of Colony-Forming units of isolated endophytic bacteria from Cosmos caudatus Kunth. leaf

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different concentration and time sterilization on the number of colony-forming units of isolated endophytic bacteria from Cosmos caudatus kunth. leaf. The sterilizing agents were used is sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). The research consisted of four treatments P1 (NaOCl 5.35%; 3 minutes), P2 (NaOCl 5.35%; 1,5 minutes), P3 (NaOCl 3%; 3 minutes), and P4 (NaOCl 3%; 1,5 minutes). Every treatments have one control medium and three repetition. The control medium treated by make streak using C. caudatus leaf that had sterilized and the three repetition treated by inoculating 100 ÂµL suspension of C. caudatus leaf with 10-1 serial dilution. Result on the control medium is sterile and indicated that the bacteria in treatments medium is endophytic bacteria. The CFU in treatments P1 (0x102 CFU/ml), P2 (2,9 X 103 CFU/ml), P3 (2,9 X 103 CFU/ml), and P4 (2,8 X 103 CFU/ml). The conclusion from this study is there was no significantly different of different concentration and time sterilization on the number of colony-forming units of isolated endophytic bacteria from Cosmos caudatus kunth. Leaf.

Studies on Preparation of Custard Apple Vinegar

S. J. Raichurkar, R. A. Dadagkhair

Custard apple (Annona squamosal )is highly susceptible to spoilage, softens very rapidly during ripening, and becomes squashy and not easy to consume fresh. The custard apple has nearly 24% sugars; it was hypothesized that this can be further processed by fermentation into a valuable product such as vinegar. The present study was carried out to develop vinegar from custard apple and it was compared with market vinegars sample for sensory evaluation. The physiochemical properties of custard apple vinegar were analysed. The custard apple vinegar production process took 30 days and had physiochemical characteristics of 1.019 gm/ml specific gravity, 1 % alcohol content, 5.39% (v/v) acetic acid, 2.0Â°Brix, and pH of 2.8 which complied with the standard ranges of brewed vinegar after complete fermentation. The sensory evaluation of vinegar samples was done by ten panel members. The overall acceptability of the market vinegar samples were rated as like extremely on the nine point hedonic scale, while custard apple vinegar was rated as like very much on the nine point hedonic scale.

Health benefits of Green and Black Tea: A Review

K.H.G.K. Kodagoda, I. Wickramasinghe

Tea, (Camellia sinensis) is grown in about thirty countries and next to water, is the most widely consumed beverage in theworld. Based on the type of the processing, three tea types can be identified as Green, Black and Oolong tea. Drinking tea has beenconsidered a health-promoting habit since ancient times. The modern medicinal research isproviding a scientific basis for this belief. Various studies have suggested the health promoting effects of green and black tea is due to its polyphenolic compounds mainly catechins. Unlike green tea, health benefits of consuming black tea are not extensively discussed. This review is mainly focused on the health benefits of consuming green and black tea.

Removal of Zinc Metal Ions from Electroplating Industrial Waste Water by Using Bio-Sorbent

Mr. Vivek S. Damal, Mrs. V. U. Khanapure

The adsorption of Zinc from electroplating industrial effluent by banana peel powder was investigated. The influence of pH of sample, adsorbent dosage, temperature and contact time were evaluated on the bio-sorption studies. The present study aims to investigate efficiency of banana peel as an absorbent for removal of zinc from effluent by batch experiments. In order to investigate the bio-sorption isotherms, two equilibrium models, Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were analyzed. This study focuses on optimization of contact time, pH, temperature and adsorbent dosage of banana peel for removal of heavy metals from effluent of electroplating industry.

Antioxidants and antioxidant activity common eight banana varieties in Kerala

Siji .S, Nandini. P.V

The objective of this research were to study antioxidants and antioxidant compounds from selected eight varieties of banana and the antioxidant activity were analysed using two methods such as total antioxidant activity and DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity using different solvents such as petroleum ether, methanol and water. In the present study revealed that variety Red banana showed highest Î² carotene and (8.53 Âµg/100g). Ascorbic acid content of banana varieties ranged between 1.52 - 5.35 mg/100g. Highest ascorbic acid content was noticed in Red banana (5.35 mg). Highest dopamine content was exhibited in variety Robusta (13.3 mg/100g) and lowest was found in variety Rasakadali (3.2mg/100g). The total antioxidant activity revealed that variety Robusta had the highest DPPH activity with an IC50 value of 43.6 Âµg/ ml in petroleum ether solvent. With regard to total antioxidant activity, variety Padatti exhibited highest activity with an IC50 value of 41.2 Âµg/ ml in petroleum ether while variety Rasakadali (48.4) and Poovan (48.4) showed maximum activity in methanol followed by variety Red banana with an IC50 value of 44.4 Âµg/ ml in methanol.

Theoretical Study of Electronic and Electrical Properties of Pure and Doped Graphene Sheets

Hamid I. Abbood, Hakiema S. Jabour

The studied graphene sheets were design at Gaussian View 5.0.8 program and initially relaxed at Gaussian 09 program. The last relaxation of these structures was done using the SIESTA-trunk-462 program. All calculations are carried out using GOLLUM program. The results showed the presence of fluorine atoms in the sheet has not an effect on the geometrical parameters of carbon-carbon bonds. Pure graphene sheet has zero band gap and large electronic softness with higher electrical and thermal conductivities due to the multi channels of electron transport it has in comparison with the two doped graphene sheets, the presence of fluorine atoms in the rings leads to rise the energy gap and decrease the open channels of electron transfer, the electrical conductivity is linearly proportionality decreasing with the number of added fluorine atoms. The I-V characteristics of the studied graphene sheets was analyzed and observed resistance behavior for pure graphene sheet.

Nutritional Evaluation of Different Mango Varieties available in Sri Lanka

Kothalawala S.G., Jayasinghe J.M.J.K.

The study was carried out to evaluate the nutritional properties of five varieties (Willard, Karthakolomban, Malwana, Bettiamba and Gira Amba) of mango. Nutritional properties were significantly (p < 0.05) varied among the different mango varieties. The highest edible portion (79.49%), total soluble solids (0.75%), ash, total carbohydrate, sugar (30.56 mg/100 gm) and crude fiber were found in Karthakolomban. The highest amount of fat and moisture content were found in Malwana. The maximum amount of caloric value was found in Bettiamba. Gira Amba variety indicated the highest amount of protein content among the other mango varieties. Gira Amba has the highest titratable acidity meanwhile Karthakolomban has the lowest value considerably. Mango verities in this study possess pH values without any significant deviations and Bettiamba was recorded as the variety with highest pH value meanwhile Malwana claimed to be the lowest. Therefore, this study contributed to the identification of the characteristic biochemical properties of several prominent Sri Lankan mango varieties.

Five New Ways to Prove a Pythagorean Theorem

Nurul Laily, Hobri, Dafik

Pythagoras is one of the mathematicians who developed the basic theories of mathematics. One of his taunts that are well-known even by primary school students is a Pythagorean Theorem. This theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of each other sides square. There are many proofs which have been developed by a scientist, we have estimated up to 370 proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In this paper, we are trying to develop five new proofs of Pythagorean Theorem by using algebraic-geometric proof. The first proof is proven by the trapezoidal shape constructed by five right triangles. The second and third Proofs are proven by using the constructed parallelograms consisting four right triangles and two isosceles trapezoids. The fourth proof is proven by trapezoidal shape constructed of three pieces of a congruent trapezoid, and the fifth proof is proven by using a rectangle constructed by congruent square. Thus, we conclude that the proof of the Pythagorean Theorem can be proven by using the construction of flat trapezoid, parallelogram, square, and rectangular by means of a right-angle triangle.

Survival Analysis in Patients with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Using Cox Proportional Hazard Regression

Luluk Handayani, Mohamat Fatekurohman, Dian Anggraeni

Indonesia is a tropical country that has two seasons: the rainy season and dry season. In the rainy season frequent flooding or puddles of water that could become mosquito breeding and the spread of various diseases, one of which is the dengue fever. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is the cause of public health problems with a very rapid deployment and can lead to death within a short time. This causes dengue become one of the attractions to be investigated further. This study discusses the survival analysis and the factors that affect the healing rate of dengue patients using Cox proportional hazard regression based on data from the medical records of hospitalized dengue patients at the Jember Klinik Hospital. The results showed that the factors of age, gender, hemoglobin, trombonist, and hematocrit affect the healing rate of DHF patients.

An Efficient Energy Savings Schemes using Adjacent Lossless Entropy Compression for WSN

Cisil Baby, Dr .H. N. Suresh

The proposed work aims at designing routing method and data compression algorithm for WSNâ€™s. An ad-hoc network (WANET) is considered and based on certain criteria the data is forwarded dynamically. Various parameters such as Compression Ratio, Packet Delivery Rate, Energy consumption are considered to determine the efficiency of the network. One of the primary parameters to be considered in the configuration of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is the energy consumption of the nodes and the data throughput. Since the nodes are controlled by batteries with lower energy limit, it is required to minimize the energy utilization. Henceforth a proficient routing technique in light of LEACH protocol is proposed alongside the utilization of A-LEC data compression strategy.The simulations are carried out through Network Simulator 2 (NS2). The compression code is written in GNU-C

Reactive Power Control in Power System using Modified UPFC

Engr. M. Bilal, Engr. Dr. Ejaz Hassan, Engr. Hamza Zafar

The power system is a exceptionally nonlinear system that works in an always showing signs of change condition, loads, generator yields, topology and key working parameters changes consistently. The stability of the system depends on the nature of the disturbance as well as the initial operating condition. The power congestion known as the limitations to how much power can be transferred across a transmission interfaces and further that there is an incentive to actually desire to transfer more power. The old approach was to correct congestion lies in reinforcing the system with additional transmission capacity. Although easy to perform, this approach is complex, time consuming and costly. It is ending up noticeably progressively hard to get the licenses to building new transmission passages, or even grow existing ones. This issue can be solved by introducing Facts devices in the transmission system. Facts Devices play an imperative part in controlling the reactive and active power flow to the power network and thus both the system voltage variances and transient stability. Among Facts device Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) is the most versatile and complex power electronic equipment which can increase reliability and can serve as an alternative to new investments in overhead lines, which are difficult due to a lack of public support. The proposed work is based on control of reactive power in power system utilizing modified Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). The impact of customary UPFC and modified UPFC on the power flow of transmission lines were analyzed.

Revolutionary Automatic Traffic Controller

Satyendra Pratap Singh, Rajan Tiwari

Here, the focus is to control the traffic on bridge as well as on road by using the traffic control optimizer, this setup is provided for the foot path and also the divider of the road which is used to control the traffic by providing extra space on the road during over crowd conditions. Traffic is a major problem in modern era. Morning to evening, till late night, each one is facing a problem every day. According to the survey, According to â€œTRAFFIC CORPORATION OF INDIA and IIM KOLKATAâ€ in the year 2012 there is loss of 60,000 crore rupees of India per year due to traffic jam. The study revealed that on 17 big routes of country there is a national fuel mileage of 3.96 kilometres per litre. According to the survey of â€œCentre for Transforming Indiaâ€ in 2010, there is loss of 2.5 litre of fuel per day in car and 0.7 litre of fuel per day in bike. Due to traffic jam, there is a loss of 90 minutes per day of an average person, if we would calculate it in years, about 23 days an average person wastes in traffic. According to study of IBM the 40% of productivity of the country decreases due to wasted time in traffic jams. Thus the main purpose of making this optimizer is to control the jam by shift down of the footpath (using IR sensor), if there is no crowd on other side of lane then it shifts the divider towards the other side of road at some definite length. In this whole phenomena, IR sensor which sends signal to the microcontroller and operates motorised scissor jack which provides path on the road.

Short-term rhGH increases PIIINP, a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction

Graham M. R., Gu Y., Evans P. J., Cooper S. M., Davies B., Baker J. S.

Objectives: In arterial hypertension, amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (PIIINP) is elevated in arterial aneurysm tissue and associated with a poor prognosis following acute myocardial infarction (MI). Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) administration attenuates endothelial dysfunction but increases PIIINP. This study was conducted to establish if short-term rhGH administration affects PIIINP, endothelial function and selected cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, in healthy males. Design: Method: Male subjects (n=48) were randomly assigned into two groups: (1): control group (C) n=24, mean Â± SD, age 32 Â± 11 years; height 1.8 Â± 0.06 metres; (2): rhGH administration group (rhGH) n=24, mean Â± SD, age 32 Â± 9 years; height 1.8 Â± 0.07 metres. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), arterial pulse wave velocity (APWV), and biochemical indices were investigated. Results: PIIINP (0.28Â±0.1 vs. 0.42Â±0.2, U/ml); Insulin like growth factor-I (159Â±54 vs. 323Â±93, ng.mL-1); resting HR (72Â±14 vs. 78Â±11, b.p.m.) and rate pressure product (RPP) (90Â±18 vs. 97Â±14, bpm x mm.Hg x 10-2) all significantly increased (P

Data modeling diagnostics for share price performance of Islamic Bank in Malaysia using Computational Islamic Finance approach

Nashirah Abu Bakar, Sofian Rosbi

Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad is an institution that offers financing activity that complies with shariah (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. The objective of this study is to forecast the performance of share price for Islamic Bank in Malaysia. The method implemented in this study is autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA). From the analysis, there are two model of ARIMA that developed which are ARIMA (3,1,3) and ARIMA(3,1,4). The model of ARIMA (3,1,4) show larger value of R-squared and lower absolute value of Akaike info criterion (AIC). In addition, the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) is 0.85% in ex-post data range. This results indicates ARIMA (3,1,4) is a reliable forecasting model . The findings from this study will help investors to select a better portfolio for their investment decision in order to gain better profits. In addition, the findings of this study also will help economists to understand the future condition of economic scenario in Malaysia.

Characterization of alpha-Amylase Produced by the Endophytic Strain of Penicillium digitatum in Solid State Fermentation (SSF) and Submerged Fermentation (SmF)

Î±-Amylases are enzymes responsible for breaking the Î±-1.4 bond in polysaccharides with three or more glucose units, occupying the second place in the most widely employed enzymes in industry in the world. The objective of this study was to compare the yields of Î±-amylase produced by the endophytic fungus, Penicillium digitatum, strain D1-FB, isolated from Baccharis dracunculifolia D.C. (Asteraceae), through the solid state fermentation (SSM) and submerged fermentation (SmF) processes, in addition to characterizing the produced enzyme. The two fermentations were conducted for 120 hours, taking samples every 24 hours to obtain the peaks of production. The enzymes were characterized according to their optimal pH and temperature for performance and stability regarding the incubation in the presence of ions, variations in pH and temperature. The maximum yield of the enzyme was observed with SSF, using rice bran as substrate after 72 hours of fermentation, with 1,625 U/mL. The Î±-amylase had an optimal pH at 6.5 and optimal temperature at 45Â°C. All the ions resulted in a decrease in the activity of Î±-amylase in the concentration of 5mM. The enzyme proved to be quite stable in a pH range of 6.0 to 7.5 and up to the temperature of 37Â°C, but it presented great drops in activity with temperatures above 45Â°C and in the presence of ions at the concentration of 5 mM.