Volume VI Issue V

Human Capital Management through Emotional Intelligence for Global Competitiveness

Dr Anupama K Malagi – May 2019 Page No.: 01-03

Human resources, presently considered as Human Capital are the most valuable resources for creating global wealth, since it forms the means through which effective utilization of other resources is facilitated. Human resource management is a process of bringing together people and organizations for realizing their common goals. The paper intends to have an overview of the various issues pertaining to human resources and attempts to suggest a new paradigm focused on enhancing emotional intelligence, training and development in the context of globalization, creating a competitive environment and ushering in new social and corporate trends ultimately aimed at building the required human capital.

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 Dr Anupama K Malagi
Professor, R V Institute of Management, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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A Study on Groundwater Quality around Ariyamangalam Dumping Site in Trichy
Senthamizhselvan T – May 2019 – Page No.: 04-08

Questionnaire survey was conducted in the study area to know about the health impact due to leachate from solid waste dumping site. Totally 12 groundwater samples were collected around Ariyamangalam, Trichy. Physic-chemical analyses were carried out as per APHA procedure. Analyzed result were compared with BIS (IS 10500: 2012). Water quality index were calculated from the analyzed parameters. Statistical analysis such as correlation analysis was performed by using SPSS 17 software. Finally we suggest that to improve the treatment and final disposal of municipal solid waste while people have to be co-operated with local authorities to decrease the generation of solid waste and the closing of open dumps and the implementation of modern and environmentally safe landfills or alternatives to waste disposal.

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 Senthamizhselvan T
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Bharathiyar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikal, India

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Senthamizhselvan T “A Study on Groundwater Quality around Ariyamangalam Dumping Site in Trichy” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.04-08 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/04-08.pdf

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Firm Performance and Sustainability Reporting of Oil Marketing Companies in Nigeria
Abdulsalam Nasiru, Kaoje (Ph.D), Musa Yelwa, Abubakar (Ph.D), Garba Ibrahim Tanko (Ph.D), Mahmood .O Adeiza – May 2019 – Page No.: 09-16

This paper used a longitudinal study designed to provide an insight into the trend and changes in Sustainability Information Disclosure (SID) of oil marketing companies in Nigeria. The paper further seeks to examine if there is any relationship that exist between SID and oil marketing company Performance variables. A total of Eight (8) Oil Marketing Companies are used, using census, covering eleven year period (2003-2013). Secondary data was adopted from three sources (NSE factbook, IPIECA 2015 guidelines and NNPC Statistical Bulletin. Multi-Binary Logistic Regression Model was used in testing hypotheses of this paper. Findings emanated from this paper have shown significant and positive association between SID and TA, as well as SID and TS. The implication of findings from this paper is that oil companies still make a significant impact as far as SID is concerned provided that such companies adopted the IPIECA, 2015 guidelines on sustainability disclosure. The paper recommends that Nigerian stock exchange should make it compulsory, for companies to conform to the provision of IPIECA, 2015 on sustainability disclosure.

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 Abdulsalam Nasiru, Kaoje (Ph.D)
Department of Accounting, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

 Musa Yelwa, Abubakar (Ph.D)
Department of Accounting, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

 Garba Ibrahim Tanko (Ph.D)
Department of Public Administration, UsamanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

 Mahmood .O Adeiza
Department of Accounting, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

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Abdulsalam Nasiru, Kaoje (Ph.D), Musa Yelwa, Abubakar (Ph.D), Garba Ibrahim Tanko (Ph.D), Mahmood .O Adeiza “Firm Performance and Sustainability Reporting of Oil Marketing Companies in Nigeria” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp. 09-16 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/09-16.pdf

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Level of Work life Quality and Enrichment – A Study among Workforce of Indian Retail Sector

D. David Winster Praveenraj, B. Nandhini, K. Karpaga Kavitha – May 2019 Page No.: 17-21

Quality of Work Life assumes an extremely noteworthy job in the life of individuals with the activity. The paper intends to measure the quality of work life of workforce engaged with the retailing business or the retail division. The survey is aimed to distinguish the current and expected Quality of Work Life and the affecting components of job and individual life in various aspects. This work aims for understanding a wide scope of welfare exercises to be attempted so as to improve the Quality of Work-Life (QWL) in an association. The sample measure chosen for the investigation is 100 respondents working in different fields in a similar retail segment. The variables that influence QWL are categorized into four major factors namely Financial, Individual, Social and Work Benefits that deal with both the work life and personal life. Quality of work life is considered for the employees and it is included with employment fulfillment, profitability, work inclusion, work improvement and so forth. The end drawn from the venture is that a superior QWL prompts inspiration and fulfillment and along these lines builds creation and execution. It is prescribed to make the people mindful of the organization objectives, vision, mission, which will give them a feeling of having a place and duty with a meaning.

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 D. David Winster Praveenraj
School of Management Studies, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

 B. Nandhini
School of Management Studies, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

 K. Karpaga Kavitha
School of Management Studies, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

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D. David Winster Praveenraj, B. Nandhini, K. Karpaga Kavitha “Level of Work life Quality and Enrichment – A Study among Workforce of Indian Retail Sector” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.17-21 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/17-21.pdf

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Comparing the Strength Properties by Partial Replacement of Coarse Aggregate with Coconut Shell and Fine Aggregate with Quarry Dust on M20 and M40 Grade Concrete

Y. Mounisha, Ch.T.R.T.Ramaraju, D. Lakshamana – May 2019 Page No.: 22-27

In construction industry the rising cost of construction materials is the major factor. The high cost of conventional building materials is the greater factor effecting housing delivery in the world. The project aim is to analyze compressive strength characteristics of concrete produced using crushed, granular coconut shell and quarry dust as substitute for conventional coarse and fine aggregate respectively with partial replacement. Coconut shell is the natural material which is commonly available in all over the world. It is an abundant, versatile, renewable and cheap remain in the environment as waste material. Quarry dust which is a waste product from aggregate crushers could replace sand. It has very recently gained good attention to be used as an effective filler material instead of fine aggregate. So the utilization of these materials for construction will be an important step to improve sustainability and eco-friendly construction. They must be accessible to the standard individuals and be low in financial value. It is economically profitable material in the construction field. The main purpose is to encourage the use of these waste products as construction material to reduce the cost of housing. In this studies, two different concrete mixtures i.e., M 20 and M 40 with different combination of natural materials content namely 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% of coconut shell and as well as 0%, 15%, 30% and 45% of quarry dust. The compressive strength of concrete reduced as the percentage replacement of coconut shell increased and to compensate this compressive strength quarry dust is replaced with fine aggregate. Properties like compressive strength, water absorption, specific gravity were investigated in the laboratory. Workability decreased with increase in coconut shell replacement and increased with increased in quarry dust replacement. All precautions are taken to maintain serviceability, strength and durability. Thus it will be helpful for civil engineers and society to adopt this concept to fulfill the basic need of human that is housing.

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  Y. Mounisha
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Vignan Institute of Information Technology (A), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

 Ch.T.R.T.Ramaraju
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Vignan Institute of Information Technology (A), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

 D. Lakshamana
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Vignan Institute of Information Technology (A), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Y. Mounisha, Ch.T.R.T.Ramaraju, D. Lakshamana “Comparing the Strength Properties by Partial Replacement of Coarse Aggregate with Coconut Shell and Fine Aggregate with Quarry Dust on M20 and M40 Grade Concrete” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.22-27 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/22-27.pdf

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Text Generation Using Recurrent Neural Networks
Zishen Thajudheen, Amit N Subrahmanya, Aditya Singh, Akshit Jhamb, Vinay Hegde – May 2019 – Page No.: 28-31

Language Modelling is the core problem for a number of natural language processing tasks such as text generation. In this project, we try to create a language model at a character level for generating natural language text by implement and training state-of-the-art Recurrent Neural Network. No text generation model has been designed for Kannada. With the help of transliteration it is possible to build a text generation model for Kannada. We plan to build this model and analyse its strengths and weaknesses. In this paper we aim to demonstrate the power of large RNNs by applying them to the task of predicting the next character in a stream of text. This is an important problem because a better character-level language model could improve compression of text files. We can evaluate the syntactic and semantic sense of the generated phrases.

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 Zishen Thajudheen
Computer Science and Engineering, R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Amit N Subrahmanya
Computer Science and Engineering, R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Aditya Singh
Computer Science and Engineering, R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Akshit Jhamb
Computer Science and Engineering, R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Vinay Hegde
Computer Science and Engineering, R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

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Zishen Thajudheen, Amit N Subrahmanya, Aditya Singh, Akshit Jhamb, Vinay Hegde “Text Generation Using Recurrent Neural Networks” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.28-31 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/28-31.pdf

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Classroom Attendance Using Face Detection and Raspberry Pi
Santhosh S, Dimple, Pranathi Amin – May 2019 – Page No.: 32-35

In this paper we propose an attendance management system. This system is based on face detection and recognition. Initially when staffs stand in front of the camera, it detects and recognizes that staff’s face and generates attendance to that particular staff. The system architecture and algorithms used in each stage are described in this paper. When compared to traditional attendance marking this system saves the time and also helps in maintaining staff’s attendance.

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 Santhosh S
Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, Srinivas School of Engineering,Mukka, Karnataka, India

 Dimple
Department of CSE, Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka, Karnataka, India

 Pranathi Amin
Department of CSE, Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka, Karnataka, India

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Assessing the Prospects of Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHIS) in Sokoto State

Garba I Tanko, Nasiru Abdulsalam Kaoje & Fasasi Jamaludeen Adewale- May 2019 Page No.: 36-40

Community based health Insurance scheme also known as Community contributory health Scheme in Sokoto State is a veritable instrument that has been used to tackle the health related problems arising from the rural areas. It is a mechanism that is been employed the world all over in the pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The paper examined the prospects of Community based health Insurance scheme (CBHIS) in Sokoto state. The paper finds out that Community based health Insurance scheme (CBHIS) since its inception in Sokoto State has been accepted. Result shows that Community based health Insurance scheme can help to bridge the gap between urban and rural areas in terms of access and provision of health facilities. Community based health Insurance scheme (CBHIS) can help in addressing the issues of prevalence and outbreak of diseases such as Malaria, Cholera, dysentery , meninighitis, Chicken pox e.t.c. and other related health problems. Community based health Insurance scheme in Sokoto also serve as a Social programme whereby community members actively participate to proffer solutions to matters that affect them.

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 Garba I Tanko
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

 Nasiru Abdulsalam Kaoje
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

 Fasasi Jamaludeen Adewale
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

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The Coin Based Mobile Charging System Based On Atmega 328p

K. R. Khakal, V. R. Pagire, R. R. Korde – May 2019 Page No.: 41-44

The coin based mobile charging system charges the mobile phone when the valid coin is inserted. So the coin acceptor (IR sensor) used recognizes the coin inserted and signals the ATmega 328p for further action.When a coin is inserted, it signals the ATmega328p and starts charging the mobile phone providing a 5V power supply through the charging slot. The ATmega328p starts a reverse countdown timer to display the charging time left for that mobile phone. Further the user adds another coin, the ATmega328p adds to the currently remaining time and once again decrements the countdown.

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 K. R. Khakal
E & TC, MITCOE, Maharashtra, India

 V. R. Pagire
E & TC, MITCOE, Maharashtra, India

 R. R. Korde
E & TC, MITCOE, Maharashtra, India

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K. R. Khakal, V. R. Pagire, R. R. Korde “The Coin Based Mobile Charging System Based On Atmega 328p” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.41-44 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/41-44.pdf

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Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma-A Case Report
Dr. Michael Abiodun Adeyanju, Dr. Omobolade Olajumoke Obadofin – May 2019 – Page No.: 45-51

This is a case report of a case of Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma in a 39-year old male who presented with acute intestinal obstruction and was treated with Resection and anastomosis of the involved segment of bowel and chemotherapy. Histopthologic diagnosis was Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel. CDX2 evaluation was positive while synaptophysin was negative.
Clinical presentation is ambiguous in the early stages and some patients are thought to be malingering and/or treated for something else. High index of suspicion is important for correct early diagnosis and prompt treatment to prevent emergency presentation and metastatic disease.

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 Dr. Michael Abiodun Adeyanju
Consultant General Surgeon, Department of Surgery, General surgery unit, Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos. Nigeria.

 Dr. Omobolade Olajumoke Obadofin
Consultant Pathologist, Federal Medical Centre, Ebute –Metta, Lagos. Nigeria.

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Dr. Michael Abiodun Adeyanju, Dr. Omobolade Olajumoke Obadofin “Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma-A Case Report” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.45-51 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/45-51.pdf

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Predicting the Popularity of Political Parties through Ensemble Learning

Teenu Sharma, Ankita Bhargava, Shruti Jain – May 2019 Page No.: 52-55

With the advancement in Technology, social media has become a part of our daily life. People use it to share their day-to-day activities, likes, dislikes, opinions regarding any product, service or event. The micro-blogging website Twitter is a rich source of opinionated content where almost 500 million tweets are sent every single day. This rich opinionated content can be used for analysis, studies, research and it can provide beneficial results. In this paper, tweets are extracted from Twitter for the upcoming India General Elections 2019 and Sentiment Analysis (SA) is performed on it. Three classification algorithms- Naive Bayes (NB), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) are used to assign polarity to tweets as positive or negative. Then, the accuracy of predictions is improved through Ensemble Learning and based on this, the popularities of both the parties is calculated and compared.

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 Teenu Sharma
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pacific Institute of Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

 Ankita Bhargava
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pacific Institute of Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

 Shruti Jain
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indore Institute of Science and Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Socio-Cultural and Economic Obstacles Faced by Female Students of Balochistan, Pakistan: An Academic Achievement Perspective
Dr. Bahadur Ali Soomro, Shahnawaz Mangi, Nazia Barkat, Abdul Jaleel Mirjat – May 2019 – Page No.: 56-61

This research article attempts to investigate the socio-cultural and economic obstacles faced by Balochi female students. Thus, the Balochi females are restricted to obtain the education, freedom in every aspect of social life, equality with male figures of society; conservative mindsets, traditional system; the fundamental rights of the females, cultural and religious trends of Balochi people also confined the females to household tasks. Thus, Balochi people prefer to marry off the daughters at earlier age owing to ‘biradari’ system (Kinships) among the communities. However, male-dominated society does not permit to Balochi females to leave home without a male and gain the education as well as other opportunities of social lives to get shun from poverty and other social problems entangled with their lives in a society. Thus, such the situation, for the Balochi females reasoned a significant loss in human society. Meanwhile, Islam treats on equality basis in this world. Apart from this, the Balochi females are extremely confronting with complexities of social lives in Balochi society. Henceforth, Balochi females remain illiterate and unaware of the overall scenarios of beings in human society.

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 Dr. Bahadur Ali Soomro
Visiting Faculty and Research Fellow, Area Study Centre, Far East and Southeast Asia, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

 Shahnawaz Mangi
PhD Scholar, Area Study Centre, Far East and Southeast Asia, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

 Nazia Barkat
Research fellow, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences Quetta, Pakistan

 Abdul Jaleel Mirjat
PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

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Assessments of Lipids Contents, Carbohydrates Contents, Protein Contents and Mineral Elements Compositions of the Seeds and Seedlings of Germinating Groundnut (Arachis Hypogea. L)

Olusola , Johnson. Adedeji., Olusola, Agnes Onyema – May 2019 Page No.: 62-68

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is an annual herb whose chief and remarkable characteristic is the production of fruits underground. Groundnut seeds provide a wide range of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and mineral elements which can supplement human diet. This study analyzed the carbohydrates contents, lipids contents, nitrogen contents, protein contents and mineral elemental compositions of germinating groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) seeds and seedlings. Arachis hypogea L. (Groundnut seeds) were bought in a local market in Benin City. They were sown in soil inside open plastic for seedling germination and growth at the botanical garden of the University of Benin, Nigeria. The growing seedlings were monitored and harvested at 2 –day intervals after first germination for 14 days and taken for analysis at the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin- City, Nigeria. The result showed that there was a progressive decrease in the lipids contents from the time of germination to the seedling age of 14 days. There was also decrease in the protein contents of the seedlings from the day of germination till the fourteenth day of the seedling development. The assessment also shows an increase in the carbohydrate’s contents of the seedlings during germination and development. The Magnesium contents of the seeds and seedlings decreases with the age of the plant until the twelfth day, it increased in the fourteenth day .There was a trends in the increase and decrease in the calcium, potassium and sodium contents of the seed and seedling as the groundnut germinates.

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 Olusola , Johnson. Adedeji
Department of Geography and Planning Science, (Environmental Management Option), Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.

 Olusola, Agnes Onyema
Department of Geography and Planning, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.

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Olusola , Johnson. Adedeji., Olusola, Agnes Onyema “Assessments of Lipids Contents, Carbohydrates Contents, Protein Contents and Mineral Elements Compositions of the Seeds and Seedlings of Germinating Groundnut (Arachis Hypogea. L)” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.62-68 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/62-68.pdf

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Robotic Arm Control through Mimicking of Miniature Robotic Arm
Shahbaz Ali Khan, Rohit Kumar Alok, Daphney Blossom, Ruby Kumari, D. Savitha – May 2019 – Page No.: 69-73

In the recent technology advancements, robots are employed to carry out the tasks that are monotonous or that are unsafe for human intervention in the field of medicine, industry, rescue operations and so on. Interaction of humans with robotic arm can yield many advancements and innovations. In this paper we have presented a model to control robotic arm with three degrees of freedom through miniature arm using potentiometer. The wiper of the potentiometer is connected to the Arduino Uno Microcontroller which is programmed to take analog readings from potentiometer and transmit them. Movements of the robotic arm are achieved through Stepper-Motor, which is a brushless DC electric motor that divides a full rotation into a number of equal steps. The arm is also equipped with a universal gripper to facilitate the pick and drop facility. The main aim is to design miniature robotic arm which can make the main robotic arm imitate as it does when the miniature arm is operated by a human operator.

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 Shahbaz Ali Khan
Electronics and Instrumentation Department, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India

 Rohit Kumar Alok
Electronics and Instrumentation Department, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India

 Daphney Blossom
Electronics and Instrumentation Department, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India

 Ruby Kumari
Electronics and Instrumentation Department, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India

 D. Savitha
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Instrumentation and Electronic Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India

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Shahbaz Ali Khan, Rohit Kumar Alok, Daphney Blossom, Ruby Kumari, Ruby Kumari “Robotic Arm Control through Mimicking of Miniature Robotic Arm” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.69-73 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/69-73.pdf

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Review of Various Block-chain Based SSL Techniques
P. Rajitha Nair, Dr. Ramya Dorai, Vinod Unnikrishnan – May 2019 – Page No.: 74-76

Operating under constant threat of attacks, users have long been accustomed to verify the SSL certificate, to ensure that the site is secure. SSL is used to transmit sensitive information over the Internet, and it has been a significant driver of e-commerce from long. This process involves protocols including the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), as well as certificate authorities (CAs), entities that issue digital certificates to organizations or individuals. The research topic being pursued is an alternative approach to ensure trust can be established using certificates – via the Block-chain algorithm

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 P. Rajitha Nair
Computer Science Department, NHCE, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

 Dr. Ramya Dorai
Computer Science Department, TJIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

 Vinod Unnikrishnan
Virtusa, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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P. Rajitha Nair, Dr. Ramya Dorai, Vinod Unnikrishnan “Review of Various Block-chain Based SSL Techniques” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp. 74-76 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/74-76.pdf

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Android Application for Metro Railway Ticket Booking and Checking Using QR-Code and GPS

Sri Anjali Devi G, Vandana K, Mahalaxmi U – May 2019 Page No.: 77-80

Technological development has resulted in a boundary free digital world. This development has resulted in transaction through virtual money instead of real ones. Use of the smart cards has reduced waiting for ticket but the user should always remember to carry the card with him. And he/she has to pay attention to the card that it is not lost or stolen. After that came E-Ticketing, where passengers have to carry a SMS or a printout of the ticket booked online. The “Android Metro Railway Ticketing” (AMRT) is the implementation of a smart phone application and it can be used easily anytime, anywhere and ticket will be present in the customer’s phone in the form of “Quick Response Code”. GPS facility is used for validation of the ticket at the source and destination, where ticket expires once it is rescanned. The information about purchased ticket is stored in firebase. The information of every user is stored in a cloud database for security purpose which is unavailable in the current metro railway system. Also ticket-checker is going to be given QR-code scanner, with that he/she will get the complete details of the user, along with the ticket number and status of the ticket.

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 Sri Anjali Devi G
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

 Vandana K
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

 Mahalaxmi U
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

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Sri Anjali Devi G, Vandana K, Mahalaxmi U “Android Application for Metro Railway Ticket Booking and Checking Using QR-Code and GPS” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.77-80 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/77-80.pdf

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Ownership Concentration and Financial Performance of Quoted Building Materials Firms in Nigeria

Yakubu Abubakar, Ese Theresa Esenohor and Dangana Umaru – May 2019 Page No.: 81-84

This study examines the impact of ownership concentration on financial performance of quoted building material firms in Nigeria. The population of the study consists of six (6) firms quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange as at 31st December 2017 out of which four (4) firms were selected using two criteria as the sampling technique which are Cement Company that made available their annual report of fourteen (14) years and Cement Company quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange before 2004. The study uses multiple regressions as a tool for analysis. The study reveals that ownership concentration showed a positive significant impact on financial performance of building materials firms in Nigeria. The study concludes that ownership concentration affects financial performance of building materials firms in Nigeria and therefore recommends that Security and Exchange Commission should encourage more potential concentrated owners to invest in long term investment in building materials industry.

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 Yakubu Abubakar
Department of Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

 Ese Theresa Esenohor
College of Education, Warri, Nigeria.

 Dangana Umaru
College of Education, Gidan Waya, Nigeria.

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Yakubu Abubakar, Ese Theresa Esenohor and Dangana Umaru “Ownership Concentration and Financial Performance of Quoted Building Materials Firms in Nigeria” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.81-84 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/81-84.pdf

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Mangroves Profiling and Decision Support System in DENR (CENRO) Palo Leyte

Engr. Dennis S. Tibe – May 2019 Page No.: 85-89

The study focused on presenting and manipulating mangroves data and support the decision making of the admin through the system entitled Mangroves Profiling and Decisions Support System. The study will shows patial or geographic data of Mangroves in Brgy. Burayan, Paraiso, and Kataisan San Jose, Tacloban City in terms of the status of mangrove trees and species composition of mangroves in different sites. The study used descriptive and developmental method research in this study. The research locale of the study is Brgy. Burayan, Paraiso, and Kataisan, San Jose, Tacloban City. DENR (CENRO) office of Palo Leyte serves as the beneficiary. The study showed the location of the different species and conditions of the mangroves in the barangay. It also provided information to the DENR the area of the barangays were mangroves are needed to be planted due to deforestation. The researcher concluded that the system is capable of using in a way that the system gives precise information to the admin and viewer. It is of significance for the admin to support the decision-making through the encoded data. Pertinent and concise information necessary is in the developed system. The system is appropriate for use because of its high security in keeping data for an extended period.

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 Engr. Dennis S. Tibe
Leyte Normal University, Philippines

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Engr. Dennis S. Tibe “Mangroves Profiling and Decision Support System in DENR (CENRO) Palo Leyte” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.85-89 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/85-89.pdf

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Extent of School-Related Stress Occurrence among Secondary School Teachers in Anambra State: Implication for Health Counselling

Juliana Azuka Akuezuilo, Ifeanyi Mathew Azuji – May 2019 Page No.: 90-94

School-related stress has become a noteworthy issue and of serious concern to scholars and stakeholders in education. This study determined the extent of school related stress occurrence among public secondary school teachers in Anambra State. Specifically, the study sought to determine the extent to which school related stress is associated with instructional delivery and social support/climate work domain of teachers. The study was carried out in Anambra State of Nigeria using a descriptive survey design. The sample comprised of 1,574 teachers drawn from a population of 5,634 teachers using a multi-stage sampling procedure. A validated instrument titled “Extent of Occurrence of School-Related Stress Inventory for Teachers was used for data collection. The instrument has reliability coefficient of 0.60 and 0.80 for the two clusters. Data collected were analysed using SPSS. Summated scores and percentages were used to answer research questions. Findings revealed that most secondary school teachers experienced school related stress associated with instructional delivery and social support/climate work domain to a high extent. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the school management should focus intervention at a targeted area where the highest school-related stress occurred. Intervention efforts should therefore be channeled at helping secondary school teachers’ deal with the job demand in the domain which often leads to stress.

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 Juliana Azuka Akuezuilo
Department of Guidance and Counselling, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, Anambra State, Nigeria

 Ifeanyi Mathew Azuji
Department of Guidance and Counselling, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, Anambra State, Nigeria

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Juliana Azuka Akuezuilo, Ifeanyi Mathew Azuji “Extent of School-Related Stress Occurrence among Secondary School Teachers in Anambra State: Implication for Health Counselling” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.90-94 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/90-94.pdf

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Challenges Encountered In the Historical Development of Education for Persons with Visual Impairments in Kenya (1945-2013)

Muigai Solomon Chege, Geoffrey Karugu , Fatuma Chege – May 2019 Page No.: 95-100

The purpose of this study was to identify challenges encountered in the historical development of education for Persons with Visual Impairments in Kenya between 1945 and 2013. The study sampled three counties of Kenya namely; Nairobi city, Kiambu and Meru. Historical method was the main research approach. A historical method reconstructs the happenings of past in a particular context. Purposive sampling was used to select 11 participants who were interviewed. Documentary analysis and interviews were used to collect the raw data. The documents from which data were gathered were evaluated through external and internal criticisms to establish their genuineness and accuracy. The collected data were manually analyzed through a historical sequencing style of word narratives through comparisons and judgment. The study noted that the main challenge in the historical development of education for Persons with Visual Impairments was the financing of the relatively expensive instructional materials and specialized equipment and their maintenance. Notably, this challenge on financing has persisted to the present day suggesting that historical knowledge did not seem to inform contemporary planning of education for Persons with Visual Impairments. The main recommendation from this study is that; successive Kenya governments need to uptake historical lessons regarding the education for Persons with Visual Impairments and begin by increasing budgetary funds that are commensurate to the comparatively high costs of instructional materials, specialized equipment and their maintenance as a matter of key policy undertaking aimed at enhancing quality of education for all learners in an inclusive manner.

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 Muigai Solomon Chege
Department of Special Needs Education, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya

 Geoffrey Karugu
Department of Special Needs Education, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya

 Fatuma Chege
Department of Special Needs Education, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya

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Muigai Solomon Chege, Geoffrey Karugu , Fatuma Chege “Challenges Encountered In the Historical Development of Education for Persons with Visual Impairments in Kenya (1945-2013)” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.95-100 May 2019  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/95-100.pdf

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A Study of Different Oscillators: Electronically Tunable Sinusoidal Oscillator Circuit
Thrapthi Shetty – May 2019 – Page No.: 101-102

A signal generating circuit is one of the most important building blocks in analog, digital and mixed-signal designs. Oscillators play a critical role in communication systems, providing periodic signals required for timing in digital circuits and frequency translation in radio frequency (RF) circuits. If the output signal varies sinusoidally ,the circuit is referred as sinusoidal oscillator.If the output varies quickly to one voltage level and later drops quickly to another voltage level,the circuit is referred to as square wave oscillator. The oscillator works on the principle of the oscillation and it is a mechanical or electronic device. The periodic variation between the two things is based on the changes in the energy. The oscillations are used in the watches, radios, metal detectors and in many other devices use the oscillators. oscillators are an important class of every electronic circuits and are used in almost every electronic systems.for example,oscillators are employed to produce sinusoidal signals that are used as carrier in radio and television broadcasts.oscillators are also used to produce the square wave used as clock in computers and other synchronous digital systems. This paper presents the design of Hartley and Colpitts oscillator. The Hartley oscillator is an electronic oscillator. The frequency of this oscillation is determined by the tuned circuit. The tuned circuit consists of the capacitor and inductor, hence it is an LC oscillator. The Colpitts Oscillator was by American engineering by Edwin H. Colpitts in the year of 1918. This oscillator is a combination of both inductors and capacitor.

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 Thrapthi Shetty
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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Artificial Neural Network for Forecasting Series Data using Multi-Layer Perceptron
Arpitha K Shetty, Pratheksha Rai N, Bhargavi K – May 2019 – Page No.: 103-105

Dollar rate prediction is a classification problem, which helps to forecast the next day dollar rate based on the history of dollar rate. The result of the work is the prediction of dollar rate which helps the untrained traders to make decisions. The proposed work is to forecast the dollar rate series data for various applications by using neural network. The advantage of using neural network is that it will predict the future even in the presence of hidden data. The dollar rate prediction using Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) model is proposed. The dollar rate prediction problem is built by using the mathematical operations, so that this project is implemented in R language.

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 Arpitha K Shetty
Assistant Professor, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 Pratheksha Rai N
Assistant Professor, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 Bhargavi K
Assistant Professor, Krupanidhi Degree College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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[3]. Sharda , R. and Patil, R., “Neural Networks as forecasting experts: an empirical test,“ Proceedings of the 1990 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Vol1,p 491-494, Washington DC,USA.
[4]. Tang , Almeida and Fishwick, “Simulation, Time series forecasting using neural networks vs. Box-Jenkins methodology” ,November 1991, pp303- 310
[5]. Bishop, C.M., “Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition,” Oxford University press.

Arpitha K Shetty, Pratheksha Rai N, Bhargavi K “Artificial Neural Network for Forecasting Series Data using Multi-Layer Perceptron” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.103-105 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/103-105.pdf

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Artificial Neural Network for Prediction of Data by Recurrent Neural Network Model
Arpitha K Shetty, Pratheksha Rai N, Bhargavi K – May 2019 – Page No.: 106-108

Dollar rate prediction is a classification problem, which helps to forecast the next day dollar rate based on the history of dollar rate. The motivation for this work is that the prediction of dollar rate which helps the untrained traders to make decisions. The technical analysts trace the patterns that archived by study of charts and graphs to predict the future dollar rate. The advantage of using neural network is that it will predict the future even in the presence of hidden data. The proposed work is to forecast the dollar rate series data for various applications by using neural network. The dollar rate prediction using Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) is proposed. The dollar rate prediction problem is built by using the mathematical operations, so that this project is implemented in R language.

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 Arpitha K Shetty
Assistant Professor, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 Pratheksha Rai N
Assistant Professor, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 Bhargavi K
Assistant Professor, Krupanidhi Degree College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

[1]. Kalyani Dacha “Causal Modeling of Stock Market Prices using Neural Networks and Multiple Regression: A Comparison Report,” 2007, Finance India, Vol. xxi , No.3,p-923-930.
[2]. Ripley , B.D “Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks,” Cambridge University Press.
[3]. Sharda , R. and Patil, R., “Neural Networks as forecasting experts: an empirical test,“ Proceedings of the 1990 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Vol1,p 491-494, Washington DC,USA.
[4]. Tang , Almeida and Fishwick, “Simulation, Time series forecasting using neural networks vs. Box-Jenkins methodology” ,November 1991, pp303- 310
[5]. Bishop, C.M., “Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition,” Oxford University press

Arpitha K Shetty, Pratheksha Rai N, Bhargavi K “Artificial Neural Network for Prediction of Data by Recurrent Neural Network Model” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.106-108 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/106-108.pdf

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A Novel Approach for Prediction Challenges by Statistical Performance Using Artificial Neural Network
Arpitha K Shetty, Pratheksha Rai N, Bhargavi K – May 2019 – Page No.: 109-112

The various models are proposed to handle the dollar rate predictions by using mathematical operations like conventional methods, support vector machines, artificial neural networks, association rule mining, markov model etc. We proposed this work to forecast the dollar rate series data for varies applications by using neural network. This is done by benchmarking the statistical performance of an Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model, and two NNs, namely a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Simple Average method(SM). The statistical performance is measured based on Mean absolute error (MEA) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). This work proposed that MEA and RMS errors of MLP and SM is less as compare to the RNN, ARIMA methods. Hence the MLP neural network and SM will provide accurate results compare to RNN and ARIMA model based on the statistical performance.

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 Arpitha K Shetty
Assistant Professor, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 Pratheksha Rai N
Assistant Professor, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 Bhargavi K
Assistant Professor, Krupanidhi Degree College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

[1]. Kalyani Dacha “Causal Modeling of Stock Market Prices using Neural Networks and Multiple Regression: A Comparison Report,” 2007, Finance India, Vol. xxi , No.3,p-923-930.
[2]. Ripley , B.D “Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks,” Cambridge University Press.
[3]. Sharda , R. and Patil, R., “Neural Networks as forecasting experts: an empirical test,“ Proceedings of the 1990 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Vol1,p 491-494, Washington DC,USA.
[4]. Tang , Almeida and Fishwick, “Simulation, Time series forecasting using neural networks vs. Box-Jenkins methodology” ,November 1991, pp303- 310
[5]. Bishop, C.M., “Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition,” Oxford University press.

Arpitha K Shetty, Pratheksha Rai N, Bhargavi K “A Novel Approach for Prediction Challenges by Statistical Performance Using Artificial Neural Network ” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.109-112 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/109-112.pdf

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Firefighting Robots Incorporated Using Swarm Technology
Raghavendra Havaldar, Prathiksha Rai – May 2019 – Page No.: 113-120

Swarm robotics is a type of collective behavior in which many individual independently functioning robots work collectively to complete the task in hand in a more efficient manner. Each individual robot has a mind of its own and is autonomously working. Firefighting robots incorporating this technology have been suggested in this paper. As a prototype, a main robot and a second robot referred to as slave is used. The master robot is used to control the movement of the slave robot. Both the master and slave are independent firefighting robots and are capable of detecting and fighting fire on their own. This paper provides a detailed implementation of object and fire detection, and use of Bluetooth module to provide communication between the nodes.

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 Raghavendra Havaldar
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Communication, AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangaluru 575006, Karnataka, India

 Prathiksha Rai
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Communication, AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangaluru 575006, Karnataka, India

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Raghavendra Havaldar, Prathiksha Rai “Firefighting Robots Incorporated Using Swarm Technology” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.113-120 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/113-120.pdf

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Third Generation Solid State Drives
Thrapthi Shetty – May 2019 – Page No.: 121-122

solid state is a term that refers to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors. the term was originally used to define those electronics such as a transistor radio that used semiconductors rather than vaccum tubes in construction. A Solid state drive (SSD) is a non volatile memory system that emulates a magnetic hard disk drive (HDD).SSD depends on flash memory chips to store data ,it does not contain moving parts. With proper design, SSD provides high data transfer rates, low access time, improved tolerance to shock and vibration and reduced power consumption. The improved performance and durability outweigh the higher cost of an SSD relative to an HDD for some applications.SSD uses NANdD based flash memory or DRAM to store data.SSD uses solid state memory to store persistent data. HDDs store their data on spinning metal plateers, and whenever computer wants to access data, a little needle –like component called the “head” moves to the data’s position and provides it to the computer writing data to a HDD works in a similar fashion, where parts are constantly moving, SSDs don’t move. SSD process seems a bit more direct and efficient, speed is the primary advantage of an SSD over a traditional HDD.

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 Thrapthi Shetty
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, A.J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kottara Chowki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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Thrapthi Shetty “Third Generation Solid State Drives” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.121-122 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/121-122.pdf

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Agroforestry Ecological Zone Modeling Guidelines For Hill Regions
Dr. M. S. A. Chowdhury, Dr. M. S. Amin- May 2019 – Page No.: 123-129

Agro-ecology believed to provide the opportunities to circumvent the two disciplines – agronomy, forestry and in place of monoculture shift to polycultural system which tends to lead to the natural ecosystem. In large agroecological entity agriculture, forestry and agroforestry are treated not as separate disciplines. The agroecological zones (AEZ) of Bangladesh are classified primarily on the basis of land type, soil characteristics, soil-water regime and agro-climatic factors. From the dawn of civilization, sustainable food security has been a major human goal.

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 Dr. M. S. A. Chowdhury
Ex-Deputy Cheif Conservator of Forests, Forest Department, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

 Dr. M. S. Amin
Ex-Dean, Faculty of Post Graduate Studies, HMD Science and Technology University

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Dr. M. S. A. Chowdhury, Dr. M. S. Amin “Agroforestry Ecological Zone Modeling Guidelines For Hill Regions” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.123-129 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/123-129.pdf

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The Flipped Classroom: A Twirl on Pedagogy
Semiu Olawale Makinde, PhD- May 2019 – Page No.: 130-134

The traditional classroom has applied the “I Achieve”, “You Achieve”, “We Achieve” as an approach for teaching and learning for many years. The flipped classroom turns around the table. The teacher utilizes “You Achieve”, “We Achieve”, I Achieve” as a substitute. Flipped classroom “upturned” classroom where homework, investigation and further readings occurred in the classroom. In addition, students involved in preliminary class activities at home such as watching lesson videos, PowerPoint and summary readings. After this, students come to class not as students but as “teachers” ready to start solving problems, probing solutions and appraising text. However, the flipped classroom is still very new in the teaching profession as a strategy for teaching. Although, it has been in use from primary school to the higher institution in many nations of the world. As with most strategies, the flipped classroom has numerous ways of application in schools. This paper is a position paper on the flipped classroom. It studies and illustrates the implementation and perception of the flipped classroom. Furthermore, the paper provides various methods of implementation and tools applicable in a flipped classroom. Also, the explanation was given on the merits and demerits of the flipped classroom as applicable to all teaching techniques.

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 Semiu Olawale Makinde, PhD
Science Education Department, Faculty of Education, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria

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Semiu Olawale Makinde, PhD “The Flipped Classroom: A Twirl on Pedagogy” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.130-134 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/130-134.pdf

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ONLINE SHIKSHA
Prof. Harish Kunder, Arfa Sultana.F, Thanya PN- May 2019 – Page No.: 135-139

In the era of globalization and advanced technology the colleges should upgrade the way conducting the tests and examinations. Online Shiksha is a software solution, which allows the particular institute or organization to conduct and manage examination via online. The online examination can be taken through internet, intranet or Local Area Network. The online Shiksha is web based application, is basically intended at developing software for providing online exams. In the current system examination is taken up manually and generation of results is time consuming, sometimes the results generated are erroneous. So to overcome these issues we use this website, in this paper, the construction of a complete online automatic examination system is analyzed, Specifically, open source software was used to construct a dynamic website for automated student examination in order to support an DBMS database. The application development language is the dynamic programming language for web applications, there will be real time testing environment. Test creation will become easier which will be including insertion of new question, deletion and modification of already existing questions periodically. Paper pattern which includes duration of test, number of questions and marking scheme will have flexibility i.e. faculty will have such options. Results and answers will be displayed instantaneously just after taking up examination. The records of the student will be updated in their profile for future references. There will be zero paper work. Depending upon the type of user our project will be divided into 3 modules namely Administrator, Faculty and Student. The student will have to register themselves before taking up the examination.

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 Prof. Harish Kunder
Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mijar, Karnataka, India

 Arfa Sultana.F
Computer Science, Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mijar, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India

 Thanya PN
Computer Science, Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mijar, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India

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[4]. James Turner, mySQL™ and JSP™ Web Applications: Data-Driven Programming Using Tomcat and MySQL

Prof. Harish Kunder, Arfa Sultana.F, Thanya PN”ONLINE SHIKSHA” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.135-139 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/135-139.pdf

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“Review of Semi Automatic Dual Axis Solar Tracking”
Neelesh Gupta, Rajeev Arya, Amit Khare, Nilesh Diwakar- May 2019 – Page No.: 140-144

Several studies reflect that scholars had made many types of research on solar panels, Conversion of solar energy into electric energy, tracking of sun, etc. In continuation of aforesaid research, this paper highlights the work done in experimenting with the Semiautomatic Dual Axis Solar Tracking of solar panels. Eventually, some researchers had done sun tracking through the LDR, light sensor and a photodetector. And it has been observed that these tracking systems, help in generating 20-23% extra power in comparison to fixed axis solar panel system. We will deploy the solar tracking system and experiment it by using the Actuator (by programming C) which will be optimized with the help of Keil software through microcontrollers. The actuator will design by me has Motor which runs via C programming and will be based on displacement. Thus, it will be 5 times cheaper than other tracking system counterpart available in market value. The experiment will conduct in Madhya Pradesh state located in the centre of India and has about 300 sunny days per year with annual mean daily global solar radiation in the range of 5-7 kWh/m2/day. Hence, the experiment duration chosen for solar tracking will be from 8 am (IST) to 4 pm (IST), during which sun rays are almost perpendicular on the panel. During my study, it was observed that the other technology/equipment used for sun tracking, were less successful mainly because of seasonal variations and unable to move according to Sun path. These gaps were overcome to large extent through programming-based motor operated Actuator, where the Sun can be tracked in all the seasons (Summer, Spring, Monsoon, Winter) ensuring that Sun rays are perpendicular and help in maximizing output at a reasonable cost. Although initially, it is costly in comparison to fixing axis panel, but in long run yields to more maximum output.

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 Neelesh Gupta
PG Student, Thermal Department, Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Bhopal, M.P, India

 Rajeev Arya
Professor & Director, Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Bhopal, M.P India

 Amit Khare
Professor & HOD of Mechanical, Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Bhopal, M.P India

 Nilesh Diwakar
Professor & Principal, Truba Institute of Engineering and Science Technology, Bhopal, M.P India

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Neelesh Gupta, Rajeev Arya, Amit Khare, Nilesh Diwakar”“Review of Semi Automatic Dual Axis Solar Tracking”” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.140-144 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/140-144.pdf

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Trends in Population Growth and Its Effects on Sustainable Land Uses in Obudu, Nigeria
OKO, P.E.(Ph.D) & Okpiliya, F. I. (Ph.D)- May 2019 – Page No.: 145-153

Population growth is an inevitable process that always initiates the continual transformation and or conversion of land from one use to the other. Land use change is presently being experienced in and around fast growing towns like Obudu in Cross River State. This study used remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems techniques to identify and analyze the extent of the changes in various land uses from the land use map of Obudu and satellite imageries of 1986, 2000 and 2013. The study revealed that there have been rapid increase in the population of Obudu and this development has consistently placed constant pressure on the different land uses, thus causing tremendous transformation in the various land uses in the area. The built up areas expanded more than other land uses covering 5.0, 7.6 and 13.4 percent for1986, 2000 and 2013 respectively. This spatial change in the land uses is affecting the changing functionality of Obudu as a tourist destination in Cross River State and the country at large. There is therefore a need for an update and urgent review of the Obudu Master plan and the enforcement of development control laws in order to avert the negative environmental implications of rapid population growth and changes in the land use patterns.

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 OKO, P.E.(Ph.D)
Department of Geography & Environmental Science, University of Calabar, Calabar-Nigeria

 Okpiliya, F. I. (Ph.D)
Department of Geography & Environmental Science, University of Calabar, Calabar-Nigeria

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OKO, P.E.(Ph.D) & Okpiliya, F. I. (Ph.D) “Trends in Population Growth and Its Effects on Sustainable Land Uses in Obudu, Nigeria” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.145-153 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/145-153.pdf

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Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? Justifications for Dividend Payments and Firm Value Implications
Dr. Friday Kennedy Ozo, Dr. Anthony Odinakachukwu Nwadiubu- May 2019 – Page No.: 154-163

Various soil activities that lead to soil degradation have brought about the use of biochar as an amendment to rebuild soil health, improve crop yields, increase soil water storage, and restore soils affected by these activities particularly when blended with poultry manure.Poultry manure has been proven to be a good organic fertilizer for the growth and yield of plants.

Under the assumptions of perfect capital market and investor rationality, Miller and Modigliani (1961) concluded that dividend policy is irrelevant to firm value. However, capital markets are less than perfect in the real business world. Consequently, in the presence of realistic capital market imperfections such as information asymmetry, agency costs, taxes, and irrational investor behaviour, dividend policy creates a means to enhance shareholder value. This paper seeks to discuss the main theories that explain why firms pay dividends and the impact of such distributions on the value of the firm.

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 Dr. Friday Kennedy Ozo
Department of Accountancy/Business Administration/Banking and Finance, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

 Dr. Anthony Odinakachukwu Nwadiubu
Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Eastern Palm University, Imo State, Nigeria

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Environmental Factors and Urban Malaria Transmission Risk in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Public Health Policy
Okangba, C.C- May 2019 – Page No.: 164-177

Malaria remains the most complex and overwhelming health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Malaria not only remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, but it also impedes socioeconomic development, particularly in sub Saharan Africa. The rapid increase in the world’s urban population which has led to uncontrolled and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources and has major implications for the epidemiology of malaria. Sub-Saharan Africa suffers by far the greatest malaria burden worldwide and is currently undergoing a profound demographic change, with a growing proportion of its population moving to urban areas. A review of malaria transmission in sub-Saharan African cities shows the strong likelihood of transmission occurring within these sprawling cities, whatever the size or characteristics of their bio-ecologic environment. Factors affecting malaria transmission are going hand-in-hand with often declining economies might have profound implications for the epidemiology and control of malaria, as the relative disease burden increases among urban dwellers. Urbanisation is generally expected to reduce malaria transmission; however the disease still persists in African cities, in some cases at higher levels than in rural areas. Malaria control in urban environments may be simpler as a result of urbanization and urban malaria is highly focused; however, much of what we know about malaria transmission in rural environments might not hold in the urban area context. Global public health interventions may not be reaching poor and less privileged populations, therefore, there is need to examine the differences in the burden of disease and the coverage and impact of public health interventions among persons with differing socioeconomic status.

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 Okangba, C.C
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Benjamin Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University Ilisan-Remo, Ogun-State, Nigeria.

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Higher Order Thinking Skills in a Primary School Setting: A Case Study of Teachers’ Perception and Pedagogical Strategies
Mohamad Noori Shah Kalilur Raheem& Nur Ehsan Mohd Said- May 2019 – Page No.: 178-191

Since the implementation of the new KSSR curriculum a greater emphasis was visible in the area of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs). This includes the domain of English as a Second Language Learning (ESL) in the Malaysian Primary school. Therefore, teachers are required to possess a certain level of knowledge and practice that adheres to the objective of teaching HOTs in the Malaysian ESL classroom. This case study intends to explore English primary school teachers’ perception and pedagogical practices in the Malaysian primary ESL classroom. Four English primary school teachers were purposefully selected from a Malaysian primary school in the state of Sabah. Interview sessions as well as observation sessions were conducted to provide robust information. The Conventional Content Analysis approach is the choice to analyse the data of this study. The resulting themes are discussed critically using relevant theories and studies in the HOTs teaching and learning area. This is to justify the relevant themes of this study. The aim of this study is to explore teachers’ current perception and practice in teaching HOTs. As a result, a model of the current teaching approaches being used that fits the objective of promoting HOTs in the Malaysian primary ESL is obtained. This model is the validated result and outcome of this study.

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 Mohamad Noori Shah Kalilur Raheem
Department of Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

 Nur Ehsan Mohd Said
Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

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Mohamad Noori Shah Kalilur Raheem & Nur Ehsan Mohd Said,”Higher Order Thinking Skills in a Primary School Setting: A Case Study of Teachers’ Perception and Pedagogical Strategies” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.178-191 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/178-191.pdf

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Impact of GST on Service Sectors
Dr. Noor Afza, Prof. Manjunatha BV- May 2019 – Page No.: 192-194

GST abbreviation for “Goods and Services Tax”, and is an inclusive indirect tax imposed on the production and consumption of goods and services at the national wide replacing the taxes levied by the state and central governments of India. Globally it was introduced in the year 1954 in France. Across the world more than 150 countries have adopted it. It is one of biggest tax reform. With GST implementation, Indian market will be unified and will lower the business cost in long run. Along with reduced cost it will also help in seamless movement of goods and services across states. The present paper tries understanding impact of GST on different sectors of economy.

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 Dr. Noor Afza
Dean and Chairman, Department of Business Management, Tumkur University, Tumkur, Karnataka, India

 Prof. Manjunatha BV
Assistant Professor, Jain University, Karnataka, India

Articles
[1]. E-Handbook on Job work under GST-June, 2018
[2]. E-Handbook on GST Amendments (08.06.2018)
[3]. Background material on GST Acts and Rules, 2017- May, 2018
a. Volume-I
b. Volume-II
[4]. Compliances of Service tax / GST in Banking Sector
[5]. E-publication on E-way bill under GST (April,2018) ..
[6]. FAQs & MCQs on GST (January, 2018)
[7]. Background Material on Exempted Services under GST (03.01.2018)
[8]. Hand Book on GST for Service Providers (31.10.17)
[9]. Booklet on-Seamless Credit – language edited (17.10.17)
[10]. Simplified GST Guide for Manufacturer (25.08.17)
[11]. Study Paper on Taxation of E-Commerce under GST (02.08.2017)

Dr. Noor Afza, Prof. Manjunatha BV, “Impact of GST on Service Sectors” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.192-194 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/192-194.pdf

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A Survey on Leukemia Cells (Leukocytes) Detection Using Image Processing Techniques
Betsy Joy- May 2019 – Page No.: 195-197

Biomedical image processing is one of the most emerging techniques in the day to day life, as diseases are increased. There are millions of cells in each images, therefore human involved clinical analysis is difficult and time consuming. Image processing is advancing every time and there are a lots of techniques and ideas in this area. Image processing techniques helps to process images in any resolution and it can efficiently handle large amounts of data. Machine learning and deep learning is able to handle these data efficiently with data mining concepts. Microscopic image analysis plays a crucial role in computerized diagnosis and treatment.

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 Betsy Joy
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India

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Betsy Joy”A Survey on Leukemia Cells (Leukocytes) Detection Using Image Processing Techniques” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.195-197 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/195-197.pdf

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Automotive Industry Standard (AIS) 140 Encrypted Device Communication to Increase Privacy, Integrity and Confidentiality of Data
Barkha Airan, Mohit Agrawal- May 2019 – Page No.: 198-200

In world of software development security of data flow is very important. Authentication of IOT devices is very important. Mutual Authentication is so necessary between IoT devices and IoT server to make communication more reliable and secure. By using encryption and decryption at the end of device and server we can increase the authenticity of system. In this research paper we will use single password key mechanism for the authentication of AIS devices.

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 Barkha Airan
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pacific Institute of Technology Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

 Mohit Agrawal
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University College of Engineering, Kota, Rajasthan, India

[1]. Finalized Draft- Automotive Industry Standard(AIS) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) – Requirements for Public Transport Vehicle Operation https://araiindia.com/hmr/Control/AIS/68201793238AMFinal_Draft_AIS_140.pdf
[2]. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) – Requirements for Public Transport Vehicle Operation https://araiindia.com/hmr/Control/AIS/82201693742AMDraftAIS140_DraftD1_26July2016.pdf
[3]. AIS-140 Automotive Industry Standard Compliant location Tracking System for Public Transport Vehicles Launched by Unlimitedhttp://www.businessworld.in/article/AIS-140-Compliant-Location-Tracking-System-For-Public-Transport-Vehicles-Launched-By-Unlimit/07-01-2019-165869/
[4]. India’s AIS-140 Automotive Industry Standard: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) https://zenodo.org/record/1182955#.XNQfLhQzbIU
[5]. 7th Telematics India 2017 Conference, August 17-18, 2017, Pune.
[6]. KPIT expands mobility solution portfolio – Adds AIS-140(Automotive Industry Standard) compliant telematics system https://www.kpit.com/company/news/2018/kpit-expands-mobility-solution-portfolio-adds-ais-140-compliant-telematics-system

Barkha Airan, Mohit Agrawal “Automotive Industry Standard (AIS) 140 Encrypted Device Communication to Increase Privacy, Integrity and Confidentiality of Data” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.198-200 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/198-200.pdf

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Design and Fabrication of Semi Automatic Dual Axis Solar Tracking and Experimentally Analysis Its Efficiency
Neelesh Gupta, Rajeev Arya, Amit Khare, Nilesh Diwakar- May 2019 – Page No.: 201-210

Several studies reflect that, scholars had made many researches on solar panels, Conversion of solar energy into electric energy, tracking of sun, etc. In continuation to aforesaid research, this paper highlights the work done in experimenting with the Semiautomatic Dual Axis Solar Tracking of solar panels. Eventually some researchers had done sun tracking through the LDR, light sensor and photo detector. And it has been observed that these tracking systems, help in generating 20-23% extra power in comparison to fix axis solar panel system. We have deployed the solar tracking system and experimented using the Actuator (by programming C) which was optimised with the help of Keil software through microcontrollers. The actuator designed by me has Motor which runs via C programming and is based on displacement. Thus, it is 5 times cheaper than other tracking system counterpart available in market value. Experiment was conducted in Madhya Pradesh state located in centre of India and has about 300 sunny days per year with annual mean daily global solar radiation in the range of 5-7 kWh/m2/day. Hence, the experiment duration chosen for tracking SUN was from 8am (IST) to 4pm(IST), during which sun rays are almost perpendicular on the panel. During my study, it was observed that the other technology/equipments used for sun tracking, were less successful mainly because of seasonal variations and unable to move according to Sun path. These gaps were overcome to large extent through programming-based motor operated Actuator, where the Sun can be tracked in all the seasons(Summer, Spring, Monsoon, Winter)ensuring that Sun rays are perpendicular and helps in maximizing output at a reasonable cost. Although initially it is costly in comparison to fix axis panel, but in long run yields to more maximum output.

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 Neelesh Gupta
PG Student, Thermal Department, Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Bhopal, M.P, India

 Rajeev Arya
Professor & Director Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Bhopal, M.P India

 Amit Khare
Professor & HOD of Mechanical, Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Bhopal, M.P India

 Nilesh Diwakar
Professor & Principal Truba Institute of Engineering and Science Technology, Bhopal, M.P India

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Neelesh Gupta, Rajeev Arya, Amit Khare, Nilesh Diwakar”Design and Fabrication of Semi Automatic Dual Axis Solar Tracking and Experimentally Analysis Its Efficiency” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.201-210 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/201-210.pdf

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Android Mobile Application for Online Doctor Appointment
Haripriya G, I S Nikitha, Jeevita S Kolkar, Sai Shireesha- May 2019 – Page No.: 211-213

Technological development has resulted in a boundary free digital world. This development has resulted in transaction through virtual money instead of real ones. In the present scenario, if the appointment has to be booked, the user has to physically go to the hospital or make a call which consumes the time of the users. If the doctor cancels their schedule, the user is not aware about it unless they go to the hospital. Managing the details and history of the hospital visits of a particular user in physical way is difficult task. “Android Mobile Application for Online Doctor Appointment” is a robust application that makes user to book an appointment with the doctor. This application can be used by anyone. Users can choose their required hospital and specialist in their locality. If the doctor is available user will be given with token number and timings. GPS facility is used in case of emergency where doctor can easily track the users location. It is advantageous in maintaining the information. Therefore it is the perfect replacement for unreliable existing system.

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 Haripriya G
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

 I S Nikitha
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

 Jeevita S Kolkar
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

 Sai Shireesha
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

[1]. International journal of managing public sector information and communication technology, Prof.S.B.Choudari, Chithanya Kusurkar, Rucha Sonje, Paragmahajan, Joanna Vaz “Android Application for Doctor Appointment” International journal of Innovative Research In Computer And Communication Engineering, January 2014
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Haripriya G, I S Nikitha, Jeevita S Kolkar, Sai Shireesha “Android Mobile Application for Online Doctor Appointment ” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.211-213 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/211-213.pdf

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Fabrication and Testing of Composite Materials using Natural Fibers
Asst Prof Md.Fayaz.K, P.Mohamad Zameer, S.M. Hifzaan Sharieff, Syed Mohammed Nizamuddin, Gulbaz Afridi.N- May 2019 – Page No.: 214-218

This review paper represents the study of different parameters, properties, behaviors and testing of Composite Materials. The studies of composite material can be done from different articles in the period of 2013 to 2018 and this paper reviewed from: Brief study on Mechanical Testing and their properties, fatigue behavior and its group properties like (Ultimate strength, Yield stress, and Elasticity Modulus). Experimental analysis of polymer reinforced particles by natural particles of cotton shell and hemp. And in this paper we have compared the results of cotton shell with the cotton fibers. In this paper the discussion reviews on basic study of composite materials.

Page(s): 214-218                                                                                                                   Date of Publication: 29 May 2019

 Asst Prof Md.Fayaz.K
Mechanical Engineering Department, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka-583104, India

 P.Mohamad Zameer
Mechanical Engineering Department, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka-583104, India

 S.M. Hifzaan Sharieff
Mechanical Engineering Department, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka-583104, India

 Syed Mohammed Nizamuddin
Mechanical Engineering Department, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka-583104, India

 Gulbaz Afridi.N
Mechanical Engineering Department, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka-583104, India

[1]. Design and analysis of industrial helmets using reinforced natural composites. By Rajasekar K, Ashokkumar K & Narayanan L
[2]. Fabrication and also analysis of a industrial helmets by using naturally occurring fiber composites By S. Sathish Kumar, Jeya Kumar I & L Narayanan.
[3]. Designing and Analysis of Helmet for Industries (In an Ergonomics type) By V Pradeep A R & Surya Kiran.
[4]. Fabrication and testing done for the hybrid natural fibers such as pineapple & banana By Madhukiran J, S Srinivasa rao, S. Madhusudhan.
[5]. Fabrication and also the analysis of a industrial helmets using hybrid natural composite fibres.L.Narayanan, I.Jeyakumar, S.Sathish kumar.
[6]. Design with analysis for industrial helmets. K.Anilkumar, Y.Sureshkumar.
[7]. Glass fibre fabrication of industrial helmets. Joe James,Sunil. C.H,Sunil Kumar Gujjal.
[8]. Study of Fabrication of Ballistic Helmets.Thomas D.Campbell,David.R.Cramer Military Helmets Using Cocunut fiber reinforced with polymer matrix composites.Natsa Stephan, DR.Akindapo.J.o, DR.Garba.D

Asst Prof Md.Fayaz.K, P.Mohamad Zameer, S.M. Hifzaan Sharieff, Syed Mohammed Nizamuddin, Gulbaz Afridi.N”Fabrication and Testing of Composite Materials using Natural Fibers” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.214-218 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/214-218.pdf

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An Android Mobile Application for E-Visiting Cards
Karthik B N, Shubham M S, Prashanth Kumar R S, Sagar P- May 2019 – Page No.: 219-220

E-visiting card is an robust android application that automates the visiting cards in digital way. In the present scenario, the visiting cards are carried in physical form that contains basic information of an entity in various field, they serve as calling card to announce one’s intention of meeting with other individual. Over the years, the cards were lost. The visiting card holds details of entity. Managing of visiting cards in physical form is difficult task. This challenge gets harder when working with entities of various organizations. It is advantageous in maintaining the information in digital way. Therefore it’s the perfect replacement for unreliable paper work that holds bits and pieces of information.

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 Karthik B N
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka, India

 Shubham M S
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka, India

 Prashanth Kumar R S
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka, India

 Sagar P
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka, India

[1]. Ray Trygstad “CALLING CARDS”, rays of light July 21, 2003
[2]. Emily post “CARDS AND VISITS”
[3]. link: http://dictionary.sensagent.com/visiting

Karthik B N, Shubham M S, Prashanth Kumar R S, Sagar P “An Android Mobile Application for E-Visiting Cards ” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.219-220 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/219-220.pdf

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Automatic Detection of Potholes
Akshatha P, Chaitra Paul, Lakshmi Suresh, Richard Lincoln Paulraj- May 2019 – Page No.: 221-223

The “pothole deaths” have stirred a debate on the inefficiency and the corruption in the municipal and road owning authorities. Vehicle population has tremendously increased over the last two decades. Nowadays traffic congestion and road accidents are increasing mainly due to the proliferation of vehicles. Owing to the increased death that are caused to the improper road maintenance creating solution that reduces such deaths and also to increase the quality of road maintenance is a must. Roads make up to the majority of means of transportation used as of today in India, regular maintenance of these roads is crucial as they are filled with unexpected hurdles such as potholes and humps. Potholes are basically areas of road surface that have ruptured, worn away, or eventually formed a hole.
Automatic detection of potholes is a human safety based project. This system provides cost effective solution for detection of potholes on the road by using ultrasonic sensors and indicates the road maintenance authority. The microcontroller fetches the location of the pothole using GPS and the GPS locations are sent with the help of GSM. The GSM at the vehicle part takes that location and sends the location to the concerned person and that person can see pothole on the map of that area.

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 Akshatha P
Dept. of Electronics and Communication, The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Chaitra Paul
Dept. of Electronics and Communication, The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Lakshmi Suresh
Dept. of Electronics and Communication, The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

 Richard Lincoln Paulraj
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication, The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

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[5]. Speed Control of Vehicle by Detection of Potholes and Humps. International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, March 2016.

Akshatha P, Chaitra Paul, Lakshmi Suresh, Richard Lincoln Paulraj”Automatic Detection of Potholes ” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.221-223 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/221-223.pdf

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Gate Control System of Dam using Programmable Logic Controller
May Thwe Oo, Naing, Thin Thin- May 2019 – Page No.: 224-228

Water scarcity has become a serious problem in the world. There are many saving system for supply water from the dam. Therefore, the opening and closing of the gate of dam is very important to save water. The opening and closing of the gate is activated according to the level of water in the dam. The control systems of the gates of dams are done manually and using programmable logic controller (PLC). There are many errors in manual method than using PLC. For medium and small dams like irrigation dams does not require such huge PLC systems. In this paper, PLC is used to control the opening and closing of the gates of dams to save water resources from the dam for irrigation purposes and efficient operation of dam gate according to the level of water and also helps in indicating about flood to people living in the surrounding. This system consists of a set of float sensors, PLC FX2N20MR, relays and DC motor. A set of float sensor is used as input signal for PLC and used to detect the level of water. PLC is used to control gate of dam according to data from float sensors. Relays are used to drive dc motor for forward and reverse direction to close and open the gate. The working of this automatic system will completely depend on the ladder diagram programming method for PLC.

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 May Thwe Oo
Department of Electronic Engineering, Technological University (Magway)

 Naing
Department of Electronic Engineering, Technological University (Magway)

 Thin Thin
Department of Electronic Engineering, Technological University (Magway)

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May Thwe Oo, Naing, Thin Thin “Gate Control System of Dam using Programmable Logic Controller ” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.224-228 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/224-228.pdf

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An Efficient Steganography for Covert Communication: Secret -Visible Mosaic Image
Pratheksha Rai N, Arpitha K Shetty- May 2019 – Page No.: 229-231

Image transfer through the network is an very important issue in the present time scenario. In this system combination of small cells of secret data to form a target in mosaic sense here Secret-fragment visible mosaic image is proposed .In this method though the image from far appears to be original and made of different pixels but actually the image will be done using fragments. When generation of mosaic image is started original image is sub divided into many tiles images. Before image is getting split, check the host image and the secret image is of same size. Find the best tile image for embedding in the targeted image cells. Placing data of the tile image fitting sequence in the target which is an image is placed into unevenly selected pixel in formed mosaic image. Information which is enclosed will be made as a text key file. Image fitting sequences will be present in a key file. Receiver can’t retrieve the embedded data without this key.

Page(s): 229-231                                                                                                                   Date of Publication: 01 June 2019

 Pratheksha Rai N
Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, AJIET, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

 Arpitha K Shetty
Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, AJIET, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

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Pratheksha Rai N, Arpitha K Shetty “An Efficient Steganography for Covert Communication: Secret -Visible Mosaic Image ” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.229-231 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/229-231.pdf

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Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Graphite Powder and Bagasse Ash Reinforced Al 7075 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites
Madhu M G, H K Shivanand, Maibusab, Sumana B G- May 2019 – Page No.: 232-237

Metal Matrix Composites (MMC’s) consist of either pure metal or an alloy as the matrix material, while the reinforcement generally a ceramic material. Now a days these materials are widely used in space shuttle, commercial airlines, electronic substrates, bicycles, automobiles, etc., Among the MMC’s aluminium composites are predominant in use due to their low weight and high strength. The key features of MMC’s are specific strength and stiffness, excellent wear resistance, high electrical and thermal conductivity. Hence, it is proposed to form a new class of composite. Al 7075 alloy reinforced with Graphite Powder and Bagasse ash to form MMC using Stir casting. The MMC is obtained for different composition of Graphite powder and Bagasse ash particulates (varying Graphite powder with constant Bagasse ash and varying Bagasse ash with constant Graphite powder percentage). The test specimens are prepared as per ASTM standard size by turning and facing operations to conduct tensile tests, compression tests and hardness tests. The specimens are tested for tensile strength and compression strength as per ASTM standard E8 by using universal testing machine and hardness as per ASTM standard E10 at different loads by using Brinell hardness testing machine. Through the results, it is concluded that the MMC obtained has got better tensile strength, compression strength and hardness properties when compared to Al 7075 alone.

Page(s): 232-237                                                                                                                   Date of Publication: 02 June 2019

 Madhu M G
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government polytechnic Udupi-576104, Karnataka, India.

 H K Shivanand
Professor (Department of Mechanical Engineering), University Visveswarayya College of Engineering, Bengaluru-560001, Karnataka, India.

 Maibusab
P.G Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visveswarayya College of Engineering, Bengaluru-560001, Karnataka, India.

 Sumana B G
Assistant Professors (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Government Engineering College, Hassan-573201, Karnataka, India.

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Madhu M G, H K Shivanand, Maibusab, Sumana B G “Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Graphite Powder and Bagasse Ash Reinforced Al 7075 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.232-237 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/232-237.pdf

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Strategic Alliance and Performance of Textile Industry: Empirical Evidence from Kano, Nigeria
Abubakar Sambo Junaidu, Gado Bature, Nasiru Liman Zuru- May 2019 – Page No.: 238-245

Even though the strategic management literature acknowledges the influence of strategic management practices on the organisational performance, the review of literature reveals that theoretical and empirical contributions of strategic alliance to the textile industry remained limited, particularly in Nigeria context. Given the limited research as well as information in this field of study, this study attempts to examine textile industry in Nigeria from the strategic alliance perspectives. More specifically, this study investigates the influence of strategic alliance on financial and nonfinancial performance of textile industry in Nigeria. The study was based on a sample survey consisting of 328 respondents at strategic management position from textile industry in Kano, Nigeria. The data for the study was collected by using structural questionnaire. Based on the analyses of the data using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), the results of the study indicates significant positive relationships between strategic alliance and the financial and non-financial performance of textile industry. The result shows that the strategic allegiance is not only influence the financial performance of textile industry but also non-financial performance as well. The implication is that, managers that focus on the practice of strategic alliance in their textile industry will not only able to increase their financial performance but non-financial performance as well.

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 Abubakar Sambo Junaidu
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

 Gado Bature
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

 Nasiru Liman Zuru
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

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Power Flow Analysis of IEEE 30 Bus System
Sanjib Hazarika- May 2019 – Page No.: 246-250

India is a large populated country and the electricity supply need of this population creates requirement of large transmission and distribution system. Transmission line is an integrated system consisting of conductor subsystem, ground wire subsystem and one subsystem for each category of support structure. The improvement in power scenario will affect the economic development of a country. So it is necessary to give prior importance in power improvement. Line losses play an important role in its efficiency. Reduction in its losses will improve the power scenario in India. With this view, this paper describes the variations of active and reactive power losses at different buses.

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 Sanjib Hazarika
Assistant Professor, EE Department, GIMT, Azara, India

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Real Time Vehicle Intimation System Using GPS and GSM Technology
Sruthin Balachandran V V, Manjukiran B – May 2019 – Page No.: 251-253

The safety of private and public vehicles is a major concern nowadays so having GPS vehicle tracking system ensures their safety while travelling. The aim of our project is to make an effective smart college bus tracking systems that sends a group message ie alert to the students waiting at the next stop. When bus start moving from one stop to the next the GPS module compares the present location with the already stored location and the system automatically sends message to all the members of next stop using GSM module. This project also describes a design of effective alarm system that can monitor an automotive / vehicle / car condition in travelling and to inform emergency about an accident that has occurred.

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 Sruthin Balachandran V V
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

 Manjukiran B
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

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Restoration of Images Based on Patch Processing
G Vismaya, Soorej K S – May 2019 – Page No.: 254-259

It is observed that there is a great increase in use of images in all fields. The different source has different formats for image and can introduce some kind of distortion in it. The increase in use of images increases the need to develop technology of restoration of clear image from corrupted one. In recent times, image processing methods using local patches has become very common. Patch is generally a small rectangular piece of an image. These are small pixel areas and powerful primitives in image processing. The proposed method implements an image restoration depicting the cases of image denoising and inpainting using patch processing. The work flow is formulated in such a way that for a corrupted image, we may extract patched and reorder them in such a way that they are placed in a shortest path of possibility. Then depending on the quality of the images that is, noisy or containing missing pixels, operations that may smoothen image such as filtering or interpolation is applied to the reordered patches to get a good recovery of the image. PSNR and MSE are analyzed as image quality assessments. Then we may permute the image many times under various iterations ( the number of iterations for a denoising is two and for inpainting is three) and may observe the improvement of peak signal to noise ratio and the decrement of Mean square error as the image quality improvement.

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 G Vismaya
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India

 Soorej K S
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India

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The Relationship between Cocoa Yield and Climate Variables in Oyo State, Nigeria Using Multiple Linear Regression and Support Vector Machine Analysis
Femi S. Omotayo, Philip G. Oguntunde, Olusola S. Makinde and Ayorinde. A. Olufayo – May 2019 – Page No.: 260-268

This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between cocoa yield and climate variables and examines the variations among them using multiple linear regression, principal component analysis and support vector machine. The climatic and cocoa yield data for thirty (30) years between 1985 and 2014 was used for the study. Cocoa yield exhibits a coefficient of variation of 39.39% with an average of 33637.13 t/ha. The highest coefficient of variation (CV) of 23.4% in the climatic variables was exhibited by wind speed with an annual mean value of 15.6 km/hr which was followed by Pan evaporation with a CV of 12.4% and with an average value of 1396.2 mm/yr. Rainfall has a coefficient of variation (CV) of 16.67% with a mean value of 1355 mm/yr. Solar radiation varied with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 10.3% and an average value of 15.14 MJ/m2/day. The air temperature with a CV of 1.2% has the least variation out of the climatic series that was examined. Cocoa yield temporal trend shows a non-significant decrease at the rate of 0.026 t/ha/yr (P>0.05) decreasing trends. There was a sharp decrease in cocoa yield between 1988 – 1990 and short-term fluctuations of scores of PC1 which runs parallel to those of the yield. A sharp increase in the cocoa yield was noticed between 1990 – 2014. Using SVM regression analysis only rainfall, solar radiation and temperature were the variables that were best correlated with cocoa yield with an r2 value of 0.52. The findings from this research work are expected to provide a baseline for knowledge in regional climate-yield studies. This will aid efforts at assessing high breeds cocoa that could positively respond to future climate actions at mitigating the effect of climate change in the study area. This research work could be extended to other cocoa-producing areas.

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 Femi S. Omotayo
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

 Philip G. Oguntunde
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

 Olusola S. Makinde
Department of Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

 Ayorinde. A. Olufayo
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

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Institutional Ownership and Financial Performance of Quoted Building Materials Firms in Nigeria
Yakubu Abubakar, Danjuma Umaru and Adejoh Daikwo – May 2019 – Page No.: 269-273

This study examines the impact of institutional ownership on financial performance of quoted building materials firms in Nigeria. The population of the study consists of six (6) firms quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange as at 31st December 2016 out of which four (4) firms were selected using two criteria which are company that made available their annual report of thirteen (13) years and company quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange before 2004. The study uses multiple regressions as a tool for analysis and secondary source of data analysis. The result of the study revealed that institutional ownership impacts positively significantly on financial performance of quoted building materials firms in Nigeria. The study concludes that institutional ownership affects financial performance of building materials firms in Nigeria and recommended that Security and exchange commission should encourage potential institutional investors in the building material industry to invest in long term investment.

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 Yakubu Abubakar
Department of Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

 Danjuma Umaru
Department of Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

 Adejoh Daikwo
College of Education, Gidan Waya, Nigeria.

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Haematological Profile of Diabetes and Non-Diabetes Patients in Abuja, Nigeria
Lawrence Chinaemelu Umeji, Abiodun Olaiya Paul, Sanni Olaniyi Felix, Charity Nkem Umeji, Abiodun Abiola Folake, Okeke Ndubisi Chrisitian, Nicholas Innocent Eigege, Chisara Sylvestina Okolo – May 2019 – Page No.: 274-277

Diabetes mellitus, has over the years become a very serious global public health challenge and a complex disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that leads to long-term macrovascular and microvascular complications.The purpose of this study is to investigate changes in some hematological parameters in patients with diabetes mellitus and compare the results with non-diabetic individuals that will serve as the control. This is a hospital-based case control study carried out within Abuja, Federal Capital of Nigeria. The Samples were processed and analyzed in the Defence Reference Laboratory, Asokoro, Abuja. Venipuncture was performed on each patient.Complete Blood Count was performed using the 2ML EDTA blood tubes using the Sysmex platform while Fasting blood sugar was performed using the 2ML Fluoride Oxalate blood tube, these assays were performed using an automated Chemistry analyser (Selectra Pro S). The data were analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science) for Windows version 25. No statistically significant differenc¬e between the diabetic and non-diabetic groups respecting gender, PLT CT and MCH whereas there were statistically signifi¬cant differences between the groups respecting; FBS, PCV, WBC, RBC, MCHC, and MCV (P<0.05). Only LUM (x109L) and MONO (x109L) were insignificantly different between diabetic and non-diabetic groups. This study revealed that unrecognized anemia exists in diabetic patients. The severity of anemia may be greater in subjects with retinopathy. It is suggested that the hematological parameters should be evaluated and treated periodically in diabetic patients to reduce the load, of ocular morbidity due to retinopathy.

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 Lawrence Chinaemelu Umeji
Defence Reference Laboratory, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

 Abiodun Olaiya Paul
Department of National Integrated Specimen Referral Network, AXIOS International

 Sanni Olaniyi Felix
Department of Global Health-WABCS, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria

 Charity Nkem Umeji
Department of Chemical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria

 Abiodun Abiola Folake
Department of Medical Laboratory Services, General Hospital Makurdi, Nigeria

 Okeke Ndubisi Chrisitian
Defence Reference Laboratory, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

 Nicholas Innocent Eigege
Defence Reference Laboratory, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

 Chisara Sylvestina Okolo
Defence Reference Laboratory, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

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Lawrence Chinaemelu Umeji, Abiodun Olaiya Paul, Sanni Olaniyi Felix, Charity Nkem Umeji, Abiodun Abiola Folake, Okeke Ndubisi Chrisitian, Nicholas Innocent Eigege, Chisara Sylvestina Okolo “Haematological Profile of Diabetes and Non-Diabetes Patients in Abuja, Nigeria” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.274-277 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/274-277.pdf

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Mathematical Modeling of Corrosion Inhibition Efficiency of Acalypha Wilkesiana Leaves
Fehintola E. O, Olasehinde, E.F, Lajide, L and Oloruntoba, D.T – May 2019 – Page No.: 278-286

Acalypha wilkesiana leaves were collected at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo. Cleaned leaves were subjected to sun-dry and air-dry processes. Sun-dried and air-dried leaves were powdered, sieved and stored in desiccators at room temperature. A known mass of the powdered leaves was soaked in ethanol in different containers for 72 hours to obtain inhibitor extracts. Extracts were used as inhibitor for mild steel of known composition. Weight loss, inhibition efficiency (IE) and corrosion rate were studied using standard methods. Models that relate concentration of inhibitor and temperature to IE were proposed, established and evaluated using statistical methods . The inhibition efficiency increases with increasing extracts concentration to 88.89 % and 80.51 % at 333K of 1.0 g/l of extracts for the air and sun-dried extracts, respectively. The inhibition efficiency also increases with increasing temperature of the reaction system suggesting a chemical adsorption mechanism. The best models for sun and air dried extracts were IE= -31.71+7.07X1+0.25X2+0.09X1X2  and IE= 0.21X10.23 X2 1.04 with MSC (4.3 and 4.1), AIC (69.3 and 67.9) and SC (72.3 and 70.8) and CD (0.990 and 0.988), respectively. The worst models for sun and air dried extracts were Log(IE)=1.91+0.27 Log(X1)+0.0002 Log(X2)+ 0.0007 Log(X1X2) and Log(IE)=1.92+0.26 Log(X1)+0.002 Log(X2) with MSC (1.7 and 2.1) , AIC (120.4 and 111.6) , SC (123.4 and 108.6) and CD ( 0.887 and 0.910) respectively. It was concluded that these two extracts of the present study can serve as effective green corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic media.

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 Fehintola E. O
Department of Chemistry, Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo, Nigeria

 Olasehinde, E.F
Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

 Lajide, L
Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

 Oloruntoba, D.T
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

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Mathematical Modeling of Diffusion Controlled Drug Release Profiles from Nanoparticles
Ibtihag Yahya, Razan Atif, Lina Ahmed, Tahleel Salah Eldeen, Akram Omara, Megdi Eltayeb – May 2019 – Page No.: 287-291

This paper is mainly focused on the diffusion-control mechanism, involved in the release process based on mathematical modeling approaches that were collected from the literature which was developed as novel method to estimate and describe the drug release from matrix devices and simulations of drug release from these matrix devices using MATLAB software to conduct a comparison in order to study and differentiate the effect of each factor on the drug release profile. The aim of this paper was to establish models and to differentiate the kinetic release behavior of drug models from polymeric nanoparticles. Mathematical modeling of the release profiles was conducted, showing that the reduction in the thickness of the device as 42, 35 and 20 × 10-9 m for C3, C2 and C1 respectively, when fixes the diffusion coefficient value results in inversely proportion relation as increase in the release rate due to the decreases in the thickness values and in other hand when fixed the thickness value and varying the diffusion coefficient as 0.63, 2.50 and 1.01 × 10-15 cm²/s for C4, C5 and C6 respectively, this results in directly proportional relation as the release rate increasing due to the increase in the diffusion coefficient. The simulation results validated the use of the mathematical models’ equations in the field of manufacturing drug delivery systems and facilities to select an appropriate carrier system geometry for the drug and help in the predetermining the drug release.

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 Ibtihag Yahya
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 407, Khartoum, Sudan

 Razan Atif
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 407, Khartoum, Sudan

 Lina Ahmed
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 407, Khartoum, Sudan

 Tahleel Salah Eldeen
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 407, Khartoum, Sudan

 Akram Omara
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 407, Khartoum, Sudan

 Megdi Eltayeb
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 407, Khartoum, Sudan

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Preparation of Dual-Templated Filter Material Using Grafted Molecularly Imprinted Chitosan for Sequestration of Toxic Tobacco Smoke Products
Obinna. Ofoegbu, Patrice A.C. Okoye, Augustine. N. Eboatu and Roongnapa S. Srichana – May 2019 – Page No.: 292-300

Smoke from Tobacco contains known toxicants and carcinogens. Outcomes from efforts at containing their impacts by the use of filters have had the challenges of biodegradability and non-recyclability. An imprinting strategy is used in preparing filter materials for sequestration of the degradation products by using a bio friendly, degradable polymer matrix of ‘Chitosan’, grafted with methacrylic acid thus, molecularly imprinted and non-imprinted polymers were synthesized. Evaluated interaction with the filter materials and sequestered target compounds, confirmed their utility value as studied. Fourier transformed infra-red spectroscopy showed the polymerization and products’ characteristic functional groups. The morphology and cavity integrities of the samples were determined by scanning electron (SEM) and transmission electron (TEM) microscopies. 1g each of filter samples, P5, P10, MP5, and MP10, were introduced into improvised cigarette holders and using an adapted machine-aided smoking regime, rolled Marlboro brand of cigarettes each weighing 0.75g (without butts), measuring 5.5cm length (without filter butt) and diameter of 0.8cm, were fixed into the improvised cigarette holders and toxicants were sequestered from them. Liquid chromatographic analysis of extracts from the filters was carried out. The fabricated filters sequestered over 60% (max) and above 25% (min) of the Nicotine and other toxicants from the smoked cigarette while comparatively the commercial filter sequestered a little above 10% of these from the stream. The filter materials with dual (blend) template cavities (P10 and MP10) sequestered much higher amount of the smoke stream toxicants than the commercial filters specifically in a 9:1 concentration ratio. This shows the advantaged utility potential of the fabricated MIPs over the conventional filters currently being used.

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 Obinna. Ofoegbu
Polymer, Nano materials and Molecular recognition Research Group, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria.

 Patrice A.C. Okoye
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences, Nnamdi, Azikiwe University Awka. Anambra State, Nigeria.

 Augustine. N. Eboatu
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences, Nnamdi, Azikiwe University Awka. Anambra State, Nigeria.

 Roongnapa S. Srichana
Molecular Recognition Materials Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand.

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Quantifying the Power Generation Potential of Nigeria’s Selected Agrowaste Biomass
Gregory Obiechefu, Kodak U. Emerson, Anthony U. Onuruka, Paschal I. Nwachukwu – May 2019 – Page No.: 301-306

Access to clean energy is crucial for economic development. There is huge gap in the energy demand and supply in Nigeria; and with the country’s growing population, there is need to increase and improve on the country’s energy mix. One of such ways of achieving improved energy supply in Nigeria is through the use of anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies. These technologies are most suited to the rural areas where agricultural activities are the major business, and access to clean energy is limited. Using Buswell’s formula, the yearly methane potential of cattle manure co-digested with maize straw at a ratio of 3:1, on the basis of the organic dry matter (ODM), was calculated as 〖 4.26×10〗^9m3, and estimated to give 1846 MW power of electricity. This will mean approximately 50 % increase in Nigeria’s current power output.Mesophilic operating temperature was recommended on the basis of improving digester process stability and energy conservation. The AD technologies would convert the abundant agricultural wastes into useable energy and also reduce uncontrolled green-house gas emission from landfills.

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 Gregory Obiechefu
Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Department, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria

 Kodak U. Emerson
Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Department, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria

 Anthony U. Onuruka
Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Department, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria

 Paschal I. Nwachukwu
Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Department, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria

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Design of Microstrip Patch Antenna for Active and Passive RFID Tags.
Aswathi P A, Sanish V S, Lincy K – May 2019 – Page No.: 307-310

The microstrip patch antenna is a printable resonant antenna with distinguishing features such as integration, good radiation control and low cost of production. Thus it can use in a wireless linked application such as RFID. In this paper, the microstrip patch antenna is designed simulated for two frequencies of 5.6GHz and 5.8GHz using HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) software which can be used for active and passive antenna.

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 Aswathi P A
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India.

 Sanish V S
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India.

 Lincy K
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India.

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Does Oil Marketing Companies in Nigeria Complied with Ipieca 2015 Guidelines on Voluntary Disclosure?
Abdulsalam Nasiru, Kaoje (Ph.D), Abubakar Sabo, Yabo(Ph.D), Ruqaiyat Mohammed, Kaoje (Ph.D) – May 2019 – Page No.: 311-316

TThis paper used Content Analysis designed to provide an insight into the trend and variability in Sustainability Information Disclosure (SID) of oil marketing companies in Nigeria. The paper also examine whether Oil Marketing Companies disclosure practice conformed to the IPIECA, 2015 guidelines on voluntary sustainability information disclosure. A total of Eight (8) Oil Marketing Companies are used, using census, covering eleven year period (2003-2013). Secondary data was adopted from three sources (NSE factbook, IPIECA 2015 guidelines and NNPC Statistical Bulletin. An unweighted approach for disclosure scoring was adopted, using binary numbers, where one (1) was used as reported item of disclosure and zero (0) as item of disclosure not reported. The findings of this paper revealed that Oil Marketing Companies in Nigeria do not comply with the IPIECA 2015 on voluntary disclosure. The paper recommends that Nigerian stock exchange should make it compulsory, that oil marketing companies in Nigeria to comply with the provision of disclosure practices of IPIECA, 2015 on voluntary sustainability disclosure by setting up a unique regulatory section within the SEC, that will be saddled with the responsibility of collecting and collating sustainability information related data and constructing the relevant indices to facilitate SID by OMC’s in Nigeria.

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 Abdulsalam Nasiru, Kaoje (Ph.D)
Department of Accounting, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

 Abubakar Sabo, Yabo(Ph.D)
Department of Business Administration, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

 Ruqaiyat Mohammed, Kaoje (Ph.D)
Department of Business Administration, Federal University, Birnin Kebbio, Nigeria

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Aluminium Recycling, Energy Conservation and Environmental Concerns: A Review
Alaekwe, I. O – May 2019 – Page No.: 317-322

Aluminium has more uses and applications than any other metal. This implies that there should be a continuous production of this metal so as to meet the increasing demand. Manufacture of aluminium is one that consumes a significant amount of energy. Studies have shown that less amount of energy is required to recycle existing aluminium items. More than a hundred billion aluminium cans and other aluminium based products are sold in the United States each year. A similar number of aluminium cans in other countries are incinerated or sent to unauthorized landfills or dumpsites or littered all over as a result of poor waste management and absence of refuse disposal laws while less than half are recycled. However, the aluminium industry emits millions of tons of greenhouse gases such as carbon (IV) oxide which contributes to global warming annually. It is against this background that the paper reviewing the recycling of aluminium, conservation of energy and environmental concerns is drawn. The extraction of aluminium, environmental impact, aluminium recycling, energy conservation and the future of aluminium will be fully discussed.

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 Alaekwe, I. O
Department of Chemistry, Federal University Gusau Zamfara State. P.M.B 1001, Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

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Millimeter Wave Circular Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5G Applications
Gana U Kumar, Sanish V S – May 2019 – Page No.: 323-327

5G is expected to support significantly faster mobile broadband speeds and heavier data usage than previous generations while also enabling the full potential of the Internet of Things. A circular microstrip patch antenna and it’s array for future 5G mobile communication networks. The antenna has resonating frequency of 28GHz. The antenna is designed on a Rogers RT5880 (lossy) substrate with dielectric constant of 2.2 and loss tangent (tanδ) of 0.0013. The antenna has a compact size of 6×6×0.578mm3. Array configurations is used to achieve more gain, required for mobile communication. The proposed array has resonance frequency of 28GHz, with maximum gain of 8.9 dB and radiation efficiency of 98.75%. Centre series fed technique is used for the excitation of array. . The antenna dimensions were calculated and simulated results have been displayed and analyzed using HFSS.

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 Gana U Kumar
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottappalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India

 Sanish V S
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Mangalam, Lakkidi, Ottappalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India

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Gana U Kumar, Sanish V S “Millimeter Wave Circular Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5G Applications” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.323-327 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/323-327.pdf

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A Study on Spam Detection in Twitter Based on Machine Learning
Nazia Nusrath Ul Ain, Meena Kumari K S – May 2019 – Page No.: 328-331

Spam has continued to grow at a disturbing rate despite on-going reduction efforts. This has been considerably more pervasive on micro blogging websites, given their increased popularity and ease of access. One of the most prominent micro blogging website is Twitter. Every second, on average, around 6,000 tweets are tweeted on Twitter, which corresponds to over 500 million tweets per day. Spammers leverage on this popularity of platform to trap users in malicious activities by posting spam tweets. There are tools to stop spammers, but these tools can only block malicious links, however they cannot protect the user in real-time as early as possible. Researchers have applied different approaches to detect spam. In this paper, we study the different approaches, some of them are only based on user-based features or tweet-based features or tweet-text feature. Using tweet text feature helps us to identify spam tweets even if the spammer creates a new account which was not possible only with the user and tweet based features. The existing system which used tweet text feature evaluated four different machine learning algorithms namely – Support Vector Machine, Neural Network, Random Forest and Gradient Boosting [1]. In our proposed system, using cross validation techniques, the best performance was obtained using Naive Bayes Model. With Naïve Bayes Model, we are able to achieve accuracy surpassing the existing solution.

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 Nazia Nusrath Ul Ain
Dept. of Information Science & Engineering, Brindavan College of Engineering

 Meena Kumari K S
Dept of Computer Science & Engineering, Brindavan College of Engineering

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Effect of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Quality of Amaranthus (Amaranthushybridus)
Adedeji J. A; Idowu-Agida, O.O.; Awogbade, A.L; Oni, O. O.; Oladejo L.F, and Oladosu, B.O. – May 2019 – Page No.: 332-337

Amaranthushybridus is a vegetable with great nutritional value in human diet. Effects of different organic fertilizer rates was studied on plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, fresh and dry shoot weight, fresh and dry root weight, and proximate analysis were carried out using standard methods. The treatments consist of poultry manure (PM) at 100, 75, and 50%;cow dung used at 100, 75 and 50while control treatment contained no manure. The treatments were replicated 3 times and arranged in Completely Randomize Design (CRD). Data were collected on growth and yield parameters were analyzed with Analysis of variance and means were separated with Duncan Multiple Range Test. Results showed that different organic fertilizer rates had significant effect (p≤0.05) on plant height, number of leaves, and leaf area with PM 100% had the tallest, more number of leaves and broadest leaf area (76.67cm, 12.33, and 1.572cm3), respectively, while the shortest height, least number of leaves, and leaf area were obtained in the control. PM 100% had a significantly (p≤0.05) higher amount of crude protein, crude fat, ash, vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Calcium Ca, Potassium K, and Iron Fe, but control had the least. There was no significant effect(p≥0.05) of different organic fertilizer rate on chlorophyll content among the treatments except with control. PM 50% had the highest fresh and dry matter weight of (165195.87 and 20226.2 kg/ha), respectively, while PM 75% had the highest fresh and dry root weight of (99090.85 and 53651.9 kg/ha). In conclusion, different organic manure and their rate of application had a significant effect (p≤0.05) on growth, yield and chemical composition of Amaranthushybridus.

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 Adedeji J. A
Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation Ibadan

 Idowu-Agida, O.O.
National Horticultural Research Institute P.M.B.5432 Dugbe, Ibadan

 Awogbade, A.L
Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation Ibadan

 Oni, O. O.
Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation Ibadan

 Oladejo L.F
Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation Ibadan

 Oladosu, B.O.
National Horticultural Research Institute P.M.B.5432 Dugbe, Ibadan

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Adedeji J. A; Idowu-Agida, O.O.; Awogbade, A.L; Oni, O. O.; Oladejo L.F, and Oladosu, B.O. “Effect of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Quality of Amaranthus (Amaranthushybridus)” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.332-337 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/332-337.pdf

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Marketing Mix, a Therapy for low Enrolment in Private Universities in Nigeria
Stephen Olugbenga Afolabi, Timothy G. Oyewole, Samuel Adewale Oladiipo, Damian Brownson Uwachukwu – May 2019 – Page No.: 338-342

Enrolment of students has become a challenge to the ever increasing number of private universities in Nigeria. Hence, the focus of this study is to prove the suitability of marketing theory in determination of student’s choice and improved enrolment into Private Universities in Nigeria. There are two major contrasting attitudes regarding introducing marketing into higher education although literature on marketing higher education is mainly based in Western contexts and cultures, nevertheless, it is ripe for developing economy like ours because of what it stands to gain. Reasons that make marketing an important aspect in reflecting positively on an institution and the community are highlighted. It also highlights the paucity of literature combining strategies of marketing higher education and student choice of university. However, because of the service nature of private universities they are recommended to integrate the use of a set of 11ps of marketing toward achieving their marketing goal in this particular order: price, plus, programme, people, place, physical facility, politics, processes, post sale service, packaging and promotion..

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 Stephen Olugbenga Afolabi
Department of Business Administration, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria

 Timothy G. Oyewole
Department of Accounting and Finance, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria

 Samuel Adewale Oladiipo
Department of Business Administration, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria

 Damian Brownson Uwachukwu
Department of Business Administration, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria

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A Study of W6-Curvature Tensor in Sasakian Manifold
Wilson Kamami Wanjiru – May 2019 – Page No.: 343-346

Pokhariyal have introduced W6 curvature tensors to study their properties. In this paper properties of W6-curvature tensor are studied in Sasakian manifold. The following geometric properties are being studied; flatness, semi-symmetric, symmetric and recurrence on Sasakian manifold. The result show that W6-semi symmetry and symmetric are W6-flat manifold while W6-recurrent manifold (under some condition) is symmetric and semi symmetric manifold..

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 Wilson Kamami Wanjiru
School of Mathematics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi- Kenya.

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Reliability of Three Goniometric Measurement Technique of Active Wrist Flexion and Extension
Mansoor.P.P BPT; M. Saravana Hari Ganesh MPT – May 2019 – Page No.: 347-351

Introduction: The potential difference in wrist goniometric result may have significant clinical indication, particularly in determining functional active range of motion after stabilizing procedures such as partial wrist fusions, total wrist arthroplasties and ligament reconstructive procedures ate the wrist. So this study tries to examine which of these three active ranges of motion wrist flexion and extension goniometric techniques (ulnar alignment, radial alignment and volar/dorsal alignment) has the greatest intratester and intertester reliability.
Methodology: The study is a non experimental observational study with sample size of 80 subjects convenient sampling is done for subject selection. Total study duration is 3 weeks. The study done at SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur Subjects with Age 18-30 Years of both male and female were included in the study. All the 80subjects underwent intratester and intertester for active goniometer measurement for wrist flexion and extension by ulnar, radial and volar/dorsal alignment techniques. The researcher was considered to be first tester and the other therapist who takes second goniometric measurements was considered to be second tester.
Result: Radial and volar extension techniques has p value 0.807 (p>0.05) and 0.325 (p>0.05) respectively and ulnar flexion, ulnar extension, radial extension and dorsal flexion has p value 0.008 and 0.003 and 0.000 and 0.001 respectively.
Conclusion: This study concludes that radial flexion and volar extension techniques of wrist goniometric measurements had less intertester reliability than ulnar flexion, ulnar extension, radial extension and dorsal flexion techniques. Dorsal flexion technique has less intratester reliability than ulnar flexion, ulnar extension, radial flexion, radial extension and volar extension techniques of wrist goniometric measurements.
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 Mansoor.P.P BPT
Physiotherapist, MB Hospital, Malappuram, Varangode, Kerala, India

 M. Saravana Hari Ganesh MPT
Associate Professor, SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattakulathur, Kancheepuram, TamilNadu, India

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Haematology and Serum Biochemical Characteristics of California White Rabbits Fed Varying Levels of Dietary Protein
Unung H.U, Oyedapo F.A, Yakubu, D. P, Asiruwa P. O and Oshibanjo D.O – May 2019 – Page No.: 352-355

A ninety-day feeding trial involving thirty (30) California white breed weaner rabbits was conducted to assess the haematology and serum biochemical profile of the rabbits fed varying levels of dietary protein (DP). The ages of rabbits ranged from 6-8 weeks with an average initial body weight of 1kg±4. Rabbits were randomly assigned to three dietary protein (DP) treatments; 13%, 18% and 14% (control diet) in a completely randomized design. The rabbits were served experimental diets daily while clean drinking water was provided ad-libitum. Standard management practices were strictly adhered to. Blood samples were collected forthnightly through ear vein of the individual rabbits (2mls each) for haematology and serum biochemical assay. Results from haematology and serum biochemical profile indicates that red blood cell and pack cell volume differed significantly (p<0.05) between treatment groups of 13% DP and 18% DP compared to the control group. The results therefore, suggest that protein level in the diet of rabbits at 18% supports high synthesis of both red blood cell and pack cell volume. Similarly, increase in total protein level noticed with rabbits fed 18% dietary protein, confirms the availability of protein in the diet. The cholesterol level of rabbits fed 13% dietary protein as significantly (p<0.05) higher than those on 18%, DP. In conclusion, diets formulated at 13% and18% crude protein levels had no effect on the assessed haematological and serum biochemical parameters, and obtained values were within normal documented ranges, that supports the normal physiological status of California white rabbits or its crosses.
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 Unung H.U
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

 Oyedapo F.A
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

 Yakubu, D. P
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

 Asiruwa P. O
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

 Oshibanjo D.O
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

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Unung H.U, Oyedapo F.A, Yakubu, D. P, Asiruwa P. O and Oshibanjo D.O “Haematology and Serum Biochemical Characteristics of California White Rabbits Fed Varying Levels of Dietary Protein” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.352-355 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/352-355.pdf

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An Investigation of the Impacts of Forest Water Resources Exploitation on the Livelihood of Rural Households and their Intensity of Utilization in Benue State, Nigeria
Unongo, E. A., Jande, J.A. and Iorhemba, S.T. – May 2019 – Page No.: 356-360

The study was conducted to assess the forest water sources utilized and the intensity of utilization by the rural households in Benue State, Nigeria. The study was achieved through the use of well-structured interview schedule purposively administered to 300 eligible respondents in the study area. The study revealed that streams (68.0%) and rivers (66.7) were identified as the major sources of forest water resources very highly utilized (56.0%) for human use and crops irrigation (50.0%) during the dry season by the rural households. The study concluded that the identified water sources streams and rivers played a major role in improving the livelihood of the rural households in the study area. It was recommended that government should build irrigation dams in the study area for dry season farming to improve farm production; more efforts should intensified by government, private organization and individuals to drill bore holes and wells in the study area for human consumption and other domestic purposes, the forests should be protected against unsustainable exploitation by members of the community and outsiders through the setting up of community forest guards, this will help preserve the water sources.

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 Unongo, E. A.
Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

 Jande, J.A.
Department of Social and Environmental Forestry, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

 Iorhemba, S.T.
Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture Yandev Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria

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Unongo, E. A., Jande, J.A. and Iorhemba, S.T. “An Investigation of the Impacts of Forest Water Resources Exploitation on the Livelihood of Rural Households and their Intensity of Utilization in Benue State, Nigeria” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.356-360 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/356-360.pdf

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Cattle Theft Prevention
Priyanka R – May 2019 – Page No.: 361-363

Cattle theft is a major problem in agriculture sector in several countries nowadays. This scourge causes vital losses to farmers and governments. Confronted with this downside farmers have typically no solutions. Although there have been several techniques to identify cattle and combat stock theft, the scourge has not been eradicated in the farming sector. This paper investigates how we can model cow behavior using global positioning (GPS) wireless nodes to get the expected position of a cow. Internet of Things (IoT) is a true solution to defeat this nuisance by permitting thievery detection.
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 Priyanka R
Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, BGSIT, Visvesvaraya Technological University, BG Nagar, Karnataka, India

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Priyanka R “Cattle Theft Prevention” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.361-363 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/361-363.pdf

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Sub-Acute Toxicity Study of Ethanol Leaf Extract of Ocimum Canum on Liver of Wister Rats
Joseph O.S., Builders M., Joseph O, T., Zubairu S. A., Musa T., Oyepata P. J – May 2019 – Page No.: 364-369

Background/Aim: The liver plays an extremely important role in the body. It ensures the removal of toxins and has numerous other functions, including: Fat metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and protein metabolism. The function and integrity of this organ is regularly challenged by endogenous and environmental substances. Ocimum Canum is a plant regularly consumed in many part of Sub-Sahara Africa in management of various conditions such as infection, pain and diarrhea. The aim of this study is to determine the sub – acute effect of Ocimum Canum on the liver of Wister rats.
Method: Animals of either sex were selected. Group 1 received distilled water (10 ml/kg), while group 2, 3 and 4 received Ocimum Canum 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg respectively. Animals were kept in standard cages and given access to the extract, water and food orally for 28 days, after which they were weighed and sacrificed. Blood was collected by cardiac puncture and taken immediately for hematological and chemo pathological analysis. The histological hepatotoxic potential of the plant was studied using haematotoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining technique.
Result: There was significant (P<0.05) decrease in RBC, HGB, MCV, while there was no change in the level of neutrophiles, basophiles, eosinophiles and platelets. The extract did not produce any significant change (P<0.05) in the level of ALB, AST and ALT when compared to the control. At 100 mg/kg dose level, Ocimum Canum produced a decrease in BILD concentration in the treated rats while at 200 mg/kg dose level it caused slight increase in the levels of ALP, BILD AND BILT concentration. Histopathological observation also agrees with other parameters.
Conclusion: the result of the study suggests that the plant may be safe for consumption as it is been used by the locals to achieve it intended purpose.

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 Joseph O.S.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bingham University, Nasarawa, Nigeria.

 Builders M.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bingham University, Nasarawa, Nigeria.

 Joseph O, T.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Port Harcort, Rivers State, Nigeria.

 Zubairu S. A.
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gombe State University, Gombe State, Nigeria.

 Musa T.
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gombe State University, Gombe State, Nigeria.

 Oyepata P. J
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Port Harcort, Rivers State, Nigeria.

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Physicochemical Characterisation of Crude Oil and Its Correlation with bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Earthworm (Libyodrilusviolaceus)
Erifeta G.O., Njoya H.K, Josiah S.J, Nwangwu S.C., Osagiede P.E., Akpoka A.O., Omoruyi I.M. and Eriyamremu G.E. – May 2019 – Page No.: 370-375

The country’s total dependence on the proceeds from crude oil to drive its economy since the Commercial exploration of crude oil started in Nigeria in 1958 has led to serious diverse environmental concerns. The environment has grossly suffered from the adverse overload meted upon it by pollution through continuous oil spillages. Earthworms are worthy sentinel for ecotoxicological studies and their toxicity studies have been proven to be scientifically significant. Two hundred and forty earthworms were assigned to four major groups. The first group served as the control group, the other test groups were either exposed to water soluble fraction (WSF) or water insoluble fraction (WIF) or the whole crude (WC). The alimentary canal regions of the earthworms were excised and collected for physicochemical analysis using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Total dissolved solid (TDS), Total suspended solid (TSS) and Chemical Oxygen demand (COD), Electric conductivity (EC), Trace elements (TC),Anion content, pH, Degree of Salinity, Total Hydrocarbon content (THC) were all assessed using standard methods. Fe, Mn, Cr, Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb Ni and V were determined in the alimentary canal of earthworms exposed to sublethal concentrations of the toxicant. The bioaccumulation of heavy metals presented a dose dependent increase in all the test groups. This short-term study established that bioaccumulation of heavy metals in earthworm is related to the degree of pollution of the soil and can possibly lead to soil decontamination. Results from the bioaccumulation study gives credence to earlier findings that earthworms are good biomarkers for ecotoxicological studies and possess the ability to function as good soil bioremediators.

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  Erifeta G.O.
Department of Biochemistry, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria.

  Njoya H.K
Department of Biochemistry, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria.

  Josiah S.J
Department of Biochemistry, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria.

  Nwangwu S.C.
Department of Biochemistry, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria.

  Osagiede P.E.
Department of Biochemistry, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria.

  Akpoka A.O.
Department of Biological Sciences, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria.

  Omoruyi I.M.
Department of Microbiology, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria

  Eriyamremu G.E.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Benin City, Nigeria.

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Environment Friendly Pest Control
Pooja M S, Shilpashree M, Srilakshmi B G, Sushma J, Swathi K – May 2019 – Page No.: 376-391

A pest is a animal or plant detriment to human or human concerns including crops, livestock and forestry. Pest cause damage to agriculture by feeding on crops or parasitizing livestock such as codling moth on apple or boll weevil on cotton.
There are 68000 insect species, 40000 species of fungus and many more microorganisms, the large proportion of which alter the normal development of plant. Food must be produced to sustain a growing world population. Globally one third of species are lost due to pests, weeds and diseases. According to a global pest damage record about 38% of cereals, 32% of irish potato,45% of vegetables and 29% of citrus, grapes and other fruits are damaged due to pests. Eradicating of pests using chemically composed pesticides causes damage to agriculture and are not safe for consumers.
Hence we proposed project with title ‘ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PEST CONTROL’ which is solar driven and uses piezoelectric transducer and ultrasonic repeller device to repel the pests away from the crops.
Since we use solar power and sensor crop management becomes much simpler and economical. The solar energy system and low power repeller circuit driven by harvested solar energy has been employed in the proposed system to replace the use of chemical repellents. The sun tracking system has been employed to improve the efficiency of solar panel to recharge the batteries which are capable of driving the repeller during night time. The proposed repeller system will be ON for 11 hours (6 P.M- 5 A.M). The proposed system consumes very low power of 0.735W and covers the large area of 255 square meters.
Environment monitoring is an IOT application which helps to monitors the environment condition of any locality or surrounding and the condition can be viewed by everybody with the help of internet. This application is more effective, rapid in providing environment conditions. It helps the individuals or government to take remedial actions if the condition of the environment becomes abnormal.
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Page(s): 376-391                                                                                                                   Date of Publication: 18 June 2019

 Pooja M S
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

 Shilpashree M
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

 Srilakshmi B G
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

 Sushma J
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

 Swathi K
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

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Pooja M S, Shilpashree M, Srilakshmi B G, Sushma J, Swathi K “Environment Friendly Pest Control” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) vol.6 issue 5, pp.376-391 May 2019 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-6-issue-5/376-391.pdf

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