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Immunology as Applied to Farm Animal Welfare: General Principles and Interventions
Abstract: Animal welfare is a state of animal’s well-being as indicated by scientific evidence and preferably quantifiable read-out of its health, nourishment, behavior and living conditions. Farm animals are reared for food and other purposes in different production systems. Farm animal welfare, particularly in intensive production systems, is an emerging concern of society at large, consumers of farm animal-source food in particular. Changing climate and weather patterns, intensive crop-farming and high-density …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–13 Read article
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AI-Driven Intelligent Energy Management System for Enhancing Electric Vehicle Efficiency and Range
Abstract: Electric Vehicles (EVs) are crucial in mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases and facilitating sustainable transportation. Their performance is however limited by the capacity of the battery, unpredictable weather conditions and ineffective use of energy. The paper suggests an AI-based Intelligent Energy Management System (IEMS) to increase EV efficiency and driving range. The suggested system combines machine learning (ML), model predictive control (MPC), and real-time data analytics to optimize power …
Published in International Journal of Electrical Power and Machine Systems · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2026 Read article
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Sustainability Challenges, Transition Dynamics, and Collapse of Small-Scale Poultry Farming Systems: Economic, Technical, and Environmental Perspectives
Abstract: Small-scale poultry farming plays a vital role in food security, income generation, and rural livelihoods globally. However, the sector is experiencing a rapid decline driven by interconnected economic, biological, environmental, and institutional challenges. This review synthesizes recent evidence and develops a systems-based framework to explain the depletion of small-scale poultry farms in the country. A dominant driver is the persistent cost–price imbalance, where rising input costs, particularly feed, are not …
Published in International Journal of Sustainability · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 38–46 Read article
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Microplastics in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Impacts on Soil Biodiversity, Plant Growth, and Nutrient Cycling
Abstract: Microplastics, defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, have emerged as a widespread environmental contaminant in terrestrial ecosystems. Although their impacts in aquatic environments have received considerable attention, the occurrence and ecological consequences of microplastics in soil ecosystems are increasingly recognized as an important environmental concern. Agricultural practices, plastic mulching, sewage sludge application, wastewater irrigation, compost, atmospheric deposition, and the fragmentation of larger plastic materials are major pathways through …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 44–50 Read article
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Smart Water Management System for Precision Irrigation
Abstract: Water scarcity and inefficient irrigation practices remain critical challenges in modern agriculture, necessitating the adoption of intelligent and sustainable solutions. This review paper explores the concept and development of Smart Water Management Systems for Precision Irrigation, which integrate advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks, artificial intelligence, and data analytics to optimize water usage. The study examines various system architectures, including sensor-based soil moisture monitoring, …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Polymer and Polymer-Metallic Reflective Materials for Solar Thermal Applications: A review
Abstract: Reflective materials play a critical role in determining the optical and thermal performance of solar thermal systems by controlling the concentration and utilization of incident solar radiation. This review examines the application and performance of polymer-based and polymer-metallic reflective materials for solar thermal applications, with particular emphasis on their suitability for solar cookers and concentrating solar technologies. Four commonly used reflector materials—aluminum foil, anodized aluminum, Mylar (metallized polyester film), and …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 5, 2026 Read article
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A Comparative Review of Parallel Computing Techniques for High-Performance Computing
Abstract: High-Performance Computing (HPC) has become an essential technology for solving computationally intensive problems in scientific computing, engineering, artificial intelligence, weather forecasting, computational biology, financial modelling, and large-scale data analytics. The increasing complexity and heterogeneity of modern HPC systems have created a strong requirement for efficient parallel computing techniques and portable programming models. Several programming approaches, including Message Passing Interface (MPI), Open Multi-Processing (OpenMP), Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), OpenACC, SYCL, …
Published in Recent Trends in Parallel Computing · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 16–26 Read article
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To Automate Dam Gates and Presage Floods Using Predictive Analytics Through Android Application
Abstract: In today’s world the areas in the range of the dam site are feared by the disaster “Floods”. It would be profuse for the areas prone to floods if they are informed well in advance about the calamity so they could prevent losses. An android application could be built which could predict floods based on present weather conditions and also forecasting conditions. Also, in case of emergency the worker has …
Published in Journal of Mobile Computing, Communications & Mobile Networks · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 14–19 Read article
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Sybil Defender: Defend Against Sybil Attacks in Networking
Abstract: Wireless sensor network is most popular now days in various places like defense, event sense, weather information and many more. Security is one of most concerning area for sensor network due to its infrastructure and flexibility to include other nodes in network. Sybil attack is the most sever attack in sensor network because in this attack, attacker node steals the identity of the node and then gets data of this …
Published in Journal of Multimedia Technology & Recent Advancements · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 9–15 Read article
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A Review on Various Image and Video Restoration Techniques
Abstract: Reconstruction of low value deteriorated image into high quality improved image is termed as image restoration. The sight of this paper is to have knowledge about mixed restoration techniques like, average filter, median filter, wiener filter, blind de-convolution, and wavelet transform etc. The basis of restoration is to undo the operation of degraded image. There are many grounds because of which degradation takes place like, poor weather conditions, camera misfocus, …
Published in Journal of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Progress · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 50–58 Read article
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Identify the effect of filters on noises
Abstract: Removal of noise from the image is the preleminary step when image pre-processing is done. Many fields such as weather forecasting, 3D graphics in which working on images is done by enhancing the image so that it can be used furthur. Various noises due to temperature, environment conditions, sensors enter into the image. When noise is removed from the image it highlights the particular parts of the image that are …
Published in Journal of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Progress · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 22–27 Read article
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Underground Cable Fault Detector and Locator Using Arduino
Abstract: AbstractIn urban areas, electrical cables run underground instead of running over, because it does not get affected by any adverse effect of weather such as storm, snow, ice, heavy rainfall as well as pollution. While a fault occurs within the underground cable, it is difficult to detect the exact location of the fault for the repair process of the particular cable. This system can find the point of the exact …
Published in Journal of Multimedia Technology & Recent Advancements · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 19–27 Read article
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An Algorithm for License Plate Detection using Wavelet Transform
Abstract: As the importance of public transportation system increases, an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) has turned out to be an important research issue. It is becoming difficult to keep track of each vehicle for purpose of law enforcement and traffic management. ALPR equipped in many intelligent surveillance systems like, road traffic management, security management, automatic toll collection system etc. The basic steps in ALPR were accurate localization of number plate, …
Published in Journal of Operating Systems Development & Trends · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 6–13 Read article
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Leveraging Of Artificial Intelligence For Accident Mitigation :Amethi District Case Study
Abstract: Our Objectiveis to analysis the road accident in India at national , State, City and town level .We performed our analysis on city(Amethi) level . Analysis shows that the distribution of road accidental deaths and injuries in India varies according to age, gender, month and time. Age group 30- 59 years is the most vulnerable population group, though males face higher level of fatalities and injuries than their female counterparts. …
Published in Journal of Open Source Developments · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 28–30 Read article
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GPS and GSM Based VTS Using Web Based Mapping Application
Abstract: AbstractNowadays GPS is used in large number of applications. One of the applications is tracking vehicles and getting exact locations of your vehicles. This tracking system is used to get you the location and route traveled by the vehicle, and that information can be observed from any other remote location. It also includes the use of web application, generally a mapping application that provides you exact location of target by …
Published in Journal of Software Engineering Tools & Technology Trends · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 18–21 Read article
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Video Restoration Based on Linear Transformation Method For Real Time Fog –Free Vision In Vehicles
Abstract: The detecting problem of day time fog and calculating visibility distances is the main focus of this paper. An original linear transformation method has been developed for achieving the goal. The solution mentioned here, features the benefit of using a single video camera output. From the camera output the sky region and the fog infected region are identified. The fog infected region is further applied quad-tree subdivision, based on this, …
Published in Journal of Operating Systems Development & Trends · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 34–40 Read article
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Design of Hybrid SAC-OCDMA FSO System Using Zero Cross Correlation Code
Abstract: Spectral amplitude coding (SAC)-optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) being an ensuring advancement gives satisfactory response for burst and asynchronous environment. While free space optics (FSO) transfer information from one place to another at high speed where other systems are hard to reach. This paper offers and endeavors to dissect the performance of the system (SAC-OCDMA) through diverse environment conditions in FSO channel utilizing Zero cross correlation code having bit …
Published in Journal of Open Source Developments · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 5–11 Read article
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Accelerating High Arithmetic Intensity Storm Surge Model using CUDA
Abstract: GPUs (Graphic Processing Units) have opened the floodgates for high-performance computing, especially for programs that involve high-level arithmetic computations. Though parallel computing capability has been around for many years, it requires large and expensive hardware resources in the form of supercomputers. Presently, GPUs are found in all computing devices due to their reasonable prices. GPUs are now being tapped for speeding up legacy codes, especially in FORTRAN that involves high …
Published in Recent Trends in Parallel Computing · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 9–21 Read article
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Prediction of Crops Driven by Machine Learning
Abstract: Agriculture has made its own way to make every living being healthy, survive in this universe. In India, we all realize that agriculture is the foundation of the country. Smart things (IoT) have brought modification in each and every area/field of common man’s life by making everything intelligent and smart. The factors that have impacted the crop significantly yield water, UV, pesticides. This paper is for or shows that a …
Published in Journal of Advancements in Robotics · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 17–21 Read article
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Storage and Security in Cloud Computing: Advantages and Disadvantages
Abstract: This paper presents a total outline of cloud computing. It clarifies the significant benefits and disservices of putting away information web-based utilizing distributed storage and the security. In this age of technological advancement, cloud computing has played a very important role in changing the way things are stored information and use applications. The practice of relocating services, computation, or data off-site for cost and business advantage to an internal or …
Published in Journal of Advances in Shell Programming · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 15–23 Read article