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Effective Project Management Through Six Sigma
Abstract: Six Sigma’s credibility as process and quality improvement technique is quiet established in manufacturing and service industries as this phenomenon is mature and seasoned in these industries. However, it is a new concept in the field of disaster management. This paper endeavors to set a path way for application of six sigma tools and methodologies by establishing the links to form the firm basis for their application and employment in …
Published in Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 9–16 Read article
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An Efficient RLT based Multinode Wireless Energy Charging in Sensor Networks
Abstract: The new generations of networks are sensor networks which typically consist of a large number of nodes that are connected wirelessly. The main idea of these types of networks is collecting data around the network's sensors. Since the sensors nodes work with the battery and there is no possibility to change or recharge these batteries, the life time of these networks depends on the sensors energy. However, multihop networks suffer …
Published in Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Based Dual Channel Optical Waveguide for Biosensing Application
Abstract: Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is one of the optical sensors that exploit the specific properties of electromagnetic waves. Thus, SPR biosensors can be used for real time monitoring in the field of environmental science. It is a label-free technique that is used to detect biological analytes and analyze the binding interactions between a molecule in the liquid sample and an immobilized biomolecular recognition element that is placed on the …
Published in Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 29–35 Read article
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Role of Biosensors and Image Processing for Improving Quality Inspection of Food Products: A Review
Abstract: Every year, millions of people experience serious and sometimes fatal health problems due to consumption of unsafe or contaminated food. Biosensors and image processing techniques provide solutions to some of the challenges that arise in food inspection. The conventional food-inspection techniques which depend on collection of samples followed by qualitative analysis in labs are time-consuming and inspections are not too much efficient. With the advancement of technology in computers, scientific …
Published in Current Trends in Signal Processing · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 21–25 Read article
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Effect of Risk Priority Number Values for Multiple Effects in Maintenance Optimization
Abstract: In this paper, authors describe an optimization framework for finding optimal maintenance policies in continuous process operations and analyze and quantify the reaction of different variables on optimal maintenance schedules. A necessary idea behind maintenance optimization is that of life-cycle costing, where the total cost of design, building, maintenance, is considered over the entire life span of the system or structure in question. The system’s effectiveness measure is introduced which …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2012 · pp. 1–5 Read article
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Modeling of Rubber Bush Mould by using DME Standard
Abstract: With increasingly short life span of consumer electronic products such as mobile phones, computers, and bags; they are becoming more fashionable and requires continuous improvement. Injection molding remains the most popular method for producing the associated plastic parts in minimum time. In injection process, a molten polymer is injected into a cavity inside a mold with the help of injection machine which is cooled and the part gets ejected. There …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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CFD Analysis of 4-Stroke Engine: A Review
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE To analyze 4-stroke engines, the method of computational 3D and 1D simulation is efficient and reliable. However, there is big scope as far as complexity of 3D CFD analyses that will be replaced by easily adoptable 1D-analysis. The issue that needs to focus is the correlation between real time cylinder gas composition and the composition of the exhaust flow, which is to …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 14–17 Read article
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Evaluation of Epoxy Granite as an Alternate Material for Lathe Bed
Abstract: Machine Tool is a machine that gives the desired shape to the work with required accuracy of removing metal from the work in the form of chip. Beds, columns, bases, head stock are known as ‘structure’ in a machine tool. The Lathe Bed should be sufficiently rigid to prevent deflection under tremendous cutting pressure transmitted through the tool-post and carriage to the Lathe Bed. It must be massive with sufficient …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 59–68 Read article
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Utilization of Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate with Bitumen for Road Construction
Abstract: Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is commonly used for soft drink water bottles and other applications. However, disposal of this waste PET in large quantities causes environmental problem, as it is considered non-biodegradable material. This study investigated utilization of waste PET mixed with 60/70 penetration grade of bitumen to be as a raw material for road construction. The effect of temperature (140, 150, 160°C), composition of PET (4, 8, 12%) and mixing …
Published in Journal of Modern Chemistry & Chemical Technology · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 30–39 Read article
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Analysis of Color and Particulate Depolarization Ratio Profiles for Aerosols using CALIPSO Level 2 Data
Abstract: Aerosols have an important impact on Earth’s climate system by absorbing, scattering and modifying cloud properties. There are many sources of aerosols; both natural and resulting from human activities with widely varying distribution both in space and time. In addition to aerosol columnar spatio-temporal variation, the vertical profile temporal studies provide valuable inputs to various climatic models and radiative transfer studies. This study focuses on the analysis of color ratio …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 1–5 Read article
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FEATURE SELECTION METHODS FOR OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF TROPICAL FOREST USING SPOT 5 IMAGERY
Abstract: The faster development of spatial technology, the more options in material for image analysis and this characteristic also leads to a huge diversity of image features. Aiming at investigating the optimal feature space for classification with emphasis on efficiency in less time-consuming, image objects separability, certain numbers of approaches ranging from graphical to statistical methods involving class separation distances have been used for classification related to Object-based Image Analysis (OBIA). …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 41–49 Read article
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Analysis of Mechanical Properties of EN 24 Steel After Austempering and Martempering
Abstract: :- The mechanical properties of steel decide its applicability for a particular condition. Heat treatment processes are commonly used to enhance the required properties of steel. The present work aims at experimentally investigating the effects of normalizing, Austempering and timed quenching on AISI 4340 steel. The material was machined to ASTM standards and then different tests like microstructure analysis, hardness test, impact test, and were carried out after the heat …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 29–36 Read article
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GPS based Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) for Onboard Aircrafts over the Indian Subcontinent
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The introduction of Global Positioning System (GPS) has revolutionized the field of navigation particularly in the field of navigation. The GPS is a reliable, all weather satellite based radio navigation system that provides accurate three dimensional (3D) positions, velocity and timing information up to 10-6 seconds accuracy anywhere on or above the earth’s surface.However, a navigation system is required to deliver alarm …
Published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2011 · pp. 28–39 Read article
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Development and Testing of Anti Hijacking System for Civil Aircraft
Abstract: A proof of concept system is developed and demonstrated to prevent hijacking attempt of aircraft. The system is mainly based on Raspberry Pi PC and the control program is written in the scripting language Python. The system will disable manual control of the aircraft, if a particular condition is met persistently beyond the predefined time limit. The condition to be met is simultaneous detection two authorised RFID tags for more …
Published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Community-based Distribution of Misoprostol towards the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Drug Efficacy and Factors Associated with Misoprostol Ingestion in Doti District, Nepal
Abstract: The Objective of the current study was to understand the factors associated with misoprostol ingestion among Recently Delivered Women (RDW) and Examine the association of misoprostol ingestion with the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in the selected population in Doti District, Nepal, as part of CARE’s CRADLE project. Descriptive study (Design) with applying bivariate and multivariate analysis. The population of interest included all women in Doti District who had delivered a …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2012 · pp. 8–19 Read article
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Twitter based TV Rating Analysis with TV-viewing and Sentiment Analysis
Abstract: Social Media is now used as a back channel to TV programs by viewers who would like to express their opinion about watching programs or just simply put on records of TV viewing. TV viewing rate is a critical indicator regarding the popularity of programs.Now a day’s social media is generally used to gather crowd sentiments to gather this information. Current methodologies based on Neilsen TV ratings adopt small sample …
Published in Current Trends in Information Technology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 21–28 Read article
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A Nobel Method of Auxiliary Power Consumption Saving by Vibrating Level Probe on Ash Conveying System
Abstract: In thermal power plant, ash conveying system through electrostatic precipitator (ESP) is a vital phenomenon. There are two modes of conveying in thermal power plant ash conveying system-timer mode and probe mode. Timer mode of conveying is done through distributed control system (DCS) logics. Probe type of level measurement is done by vibrating forks type-level probe; we used the same in our study. By this method, lesser quantity of conveying …
Published in Journal of Instrumentation Technology & Innovations · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 15–19 Read article
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Fetal Ultrasound Image Segmentation
Abstract: The thesis explains development of a time-efficient method for segmentation in fetal ultrasound images so as to recognize femur contour in fetal ultrasound images and refine its shape. The main objective of the project was to develop segmentation of womb and fetus using fetal ultrasound images. Ultrasound segmentation produces detailed visualization of the underlying anatomy of the fetus in real time which can also recognize dynamically varying structures of the …
Published in Journal of Instrumentation Technology & Innovations · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 34–39 Read article
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Performance of Inter-Domain Routing Protocols for Interactive Services under QoS Guarantee in a UMTS-HSDPA and WLAN Ad- Hoc Networks
Abstract: For mobile user’s satisfaction, Quality of Service (QoS) is one of the major issues for the deployment of Next Generation Networks for non real time internet applications. Integrated UMTS-HSDPA and WLAN Ad Hoc Networks is most eligible NGNs under this category. The integrated network offers large variety of non real time services e.g. interactive, and background class. This paper focuses on asymmetric non real time service belonging to the interactive …
Published in Journal of Instrumentation Technology & Innovations · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 1–17 Read article
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Recurrent Neural Network Model for Signal Prediction in a LOCA Event
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) model with the Elman recurrent structure is developed to predict thermo-hydraulic signals in a loss of coolant accident (LOCA). In the prediction procedure, a few previous samples of a signal at the time of the accident are fed to the ANN and the output value of next time steps are estimated by the network output. The …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 2-3, 2011 · pp. 13–24 Read article