Authors: L. Godinho, N. Teixeira

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Keywords: Internet, national image, perception, web analytics.

Authors: M. Victor Jose, V. Seenivasagam

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Keywords: Object Grid Architecture, Grid Manager Service, Resource Object table, Random object addressing, Object storage, Dynamic Object Update.

Authors: Vernie C. Convicto, Henry P. Aringa, Wilson I. Barredo

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Keywords: Globular protein, modulating function, white noise, winding probability.

Authors: E. T. L. Cöuras Ford, V. A. C. Vale, J. U. L. Mendes, R. M. Nascimento

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Keywords: Composite, Latex, Reaction to the fire.

Authors: Mohammad AL Amro

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This study will provide a brief description of the stress in Najdi Arabic dialect as well as Modern Standard Arabic. Beyond the analysis of stress patterns, this paper will also attempt to deal with two important phenomena that affect stress, namely epenthesis/insertion, vowel shortening, and consonant (the glottal stop) deletion.

Keywords: Epenthesis, Najd, stress, vowel shortening.

Authors: Rohit Gupta, Ruchika

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Keywords: CSTR, Fractional Order PID Controller, Partical Swarm Optimization.

Authors: E. T. L. Cöuras Ford, V. A. C.Vale, J. U. L Mendes

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Keywords: Solar energy, solar heating, solar project.

Authors: R. Chithra, B. Kalaavathi

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Keywords: Authentication, E-Learning, WiMAX, Security, Profile caching.

Authors: Jiashang Jiang

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Model updating is an inverse eigenvalue problem which concerns the modification of an existing but inaccurate model with measured modal data. In this paper, an efficient gradient based iterative method for updating the mass, damping and stiffness matrices simultaneously using a few of complex measured modal data is developed. Convergence analysis indicates that the iterative solutions always converge to the unique minimum Frobenius norm symmetric solution of the model updating problem by choosing a special kind of initial matrices.

Keywords: Model updating, iterative algorithm, damped structural system, optimal approximation.

Authors: A. Filimon, R. M. Albu, E. Avram

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The rheological response of blends obtained from quaternized polysulfone and polyvinyl alcohol in N-methyl-2- pyrrolidone as against structural peculiarity of polymers from the blend, composition of polymer mixtures, as well as the types of interactions were investigated. Results show that the variation of polyvinyl alcohol composition in the studied system determines changes of the rheological properties, suggesting that the PVA acts as a plasticizer. Consequently, rheological behavior of complex system, described by the nonlinear flow curve, indicates the impact of polyvinil alcohol content to polysulfone solution, in order to facilitate the subsequently preparation of bioactive membranes.

Keywords: Membranes for biomedical applications, quaternized polysulfone/polyvinyl alcohol composites, rheological properties.

Authors: Mohammad ALAmro

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The most crucial aspect that is closely related to vocabulary and the one that needs to be emphasized and investigated more than it has been up until now, is the ability to combine words that co-occur frequently in the language. Pedagogically, collocation is one of the error-provoking aspects in foreign language learning. This is indicative of the dire need to provide L2 learners with tools to help them improve their collocational knowledge. This paper pinpoints the role that collocations play in the English language. Furthermore, it presents pedagogical implications for ESL/EFL learners.

Keywords: Collocation, pedagogy, vocabulary knowledge.

Authors: E. T. L. Cöuras Ford, V. A. C. Vale, J. U. L. Mendes

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The simulation in wind tunnel is used thoroughly to model real situations of drainages of air. Besides the automotive industry, a great number of applications can be numbered: dispersion of pollutant, studies of pedestrians’ comfort, and dispersion of particles. This work had the objective of visualizing the characteristics aerodynamics of two automobiles in different ways. To accomplish that drainage of air a fan that generated a speed exists (measured with anemometer of hot thread) of 4,1m/s and 4,95m/s. To visualize the path of the air through the cars, in the wind tunnel, smoke was used, obtained with it burns of vegetable oil. For “to do smoke” vegetable oil was used, that was burned for a tension of 20V generated by a thread of 2,5mm. The cars were placed inside of the wind tunnel with the drainage of “air-smoke” and photographed, registering like this the path lines around them, in the 3 different speeds.

Keywords: Aerodynamics, Vehicle Drag, Wind tunnel.

Authors: E. T. L. Cöuras Ford, V. A. C. Vale, J. U. L. Mendes, F. A. Ribeiro

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Keywords: Wind tunnel, Aerodynamics, Air.

Authors: V. A. C. Vale, E. T. L. Cöuras Ford

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Keywords: Optical communication, optical fiber, non-deterministic effects.

Authors: Isabel Duarte de Almeida, João Vilas-Boas, Ana Abrantes Cabral

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Keywords: Strategic performance assessment systems, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).

Authors: Reihaneh Rafiemanzelat, Maryam Imani Emadi

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Keywords: City centers, revitalization, urban development, vitality and viability.

Authors: O. Zarrin, M. Ramezan Shirazi

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Keywords: Flexural Strength, Compressive Strength, Pavement, Asphalt.

Authors: Mohammad J. Almalkawi

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Keywords: Broadband, dielectric ring resonator, wire monopole antenna.

Authors: R. Poonkuzhali, M. Y. Sanavullah, A. Sabari, T. Dhivyaa

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Keywords: CAOR, COMO, COR, CORMAN, MANET, Opportunistic Routing, Reliability, Throughput.

Authors: Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey

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Privacy is sacred and would normally be expected and preserved by an individual. Online privacy is no longer about the right to be left alone, but also includes the right not to be monitored. However, with the revelations made by United States National Security Agency former employee Edward Snowden that the government is spying on internet communications, individuals’ privacy can no longer be expected. Therefore, this paper is intended to evaluate law related to privacy protection in the digital domain, who should govern it and whether invasion to a person’s privacy is a necessary justification to preserve national security.

Keywords: Cyberspace, data protection, national security, privacy.

Authors: Amer A. Hasan, Mehri Igci, Ersin Borazan, Rozhgar A. Khailany, Emine Bayraktar, Ahmet Arslan

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Keywords: Diagnostic biomarker, gastric cancer, nucleotide sequencing, semi-quantitative RT-PCR.

Authors: Yasser Elhenawy, M. Abd Elkader, Gamal H. Moustafa

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A theoretical study of a humidification dehumidification solar desalination unit has been carried out to increase understanding the effect of weather conditions on the unit productivity. A humidification-dehumidification (HD) solar desalination unit has been designed to provide fresh water for population in remote arid areas. It consists of solar water collector and air collector; to provide the hot water and air to the desalination chamber. The desalination chamber is divided into humidification and dehumidification towers. The circulation of air between the two towers is maintained by the forced convection. A mathematical model has been formulated, in which the thermodynamic relations were used to study the flow, heat and mass transfer inside the humidifier and dehumidifier. The present technique is performed in order to increase the unit performance. Heat and mass balance has been done and a set of governing equations has been solved using the finite difference technique. The unit productivity has been calculated along the working day during the summer and winter sessions and has compared with the available experimental results. The average accumulative productivity of the system in winter has been ranged between 2.5 to 4 (kg/m2)/day, while the average summer productivity has been found between 8 to 12 (kg/m2)/day.

Keywords: Finite difference, Dehumidification, Humidification, Solar desalination, Solar collector, Simulation, Water productivity.

Authors: Mohamed M. A. Abdalla, M. F Mohamed, A. M. A. Rashwan

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A field experiment was conducted in the Agricultural Research Station, at El-Ghoraieb, Assiut to study dry seed yield performance of two locally adapted cultivars (‘Azmerly’ and ‘Cream 7’) and two line introductions (IT81D-1032 and IT82D-812) of common cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) grown at three different within-row spaces (20, 30 and 40 cm) and two planting dates in the summer (April 15th and 30th) and in the fall season (Aug. 12th and 27th) of two successive seasons. The data showed that total dry-seed yield produced by plants grown at 20 cm was greater than at 30 cm in all cvs/lines in both years. Increases in 1000-seed weight were detected in cv ‘Azmerly’ and line IT82D-812 when they were grown at 30 cm as compared with 20 cm in the summer season. However, in the fall season such increases were found in all cvs/lines. Planting at 40 cm produced seeds of greater weight than planting at 30 cm for all cvs/lines in the fall season and also in cv. Cream 7 and line IT82D-812 in the summer season, while all cvs/lines in the fall Planting on April 15th in the summer and also planting on Aug. 12th in the fall had plants which showed increases in 1000-seed weight and total dry-seed yield. The greatest 1000-seed weight was found in the line IT81D-1032 in the summer season and in the line IT82D-812 in the fall season. The sum up results revealed that ‘Azmerly’ produced greater dry-seed yield than ‘Cream 7’ and both of them were superior to the line IT82D-812 and IT81D-1032 in the summer season. In the fall, however, the line IT82D-812 produced greater dry-seed yield than the other cultivars/lines.

Keywords: Cowpea, Assiut, fall, planting dates, El-Ghoraieb.

Authors: M’hamed Outanoute, Mohamed Baslam, Belaid Bouikhalene

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The customers use the best compromise criterion between price and quality of service (QoS) to select or change their Service Provider (SP). The SPs share the same market and are competing to attract more customers to gain more profit. Due to the divergence of SPs interests, we believe that this situation is a non-cooperative game of price and QoS. The game converges to an equilibrium position known Nash Equilibrium (NE). In this work, we formulate a game theoretic framework for the dynamical behaviors of SPs. We use Genetic Algorithms (GAs) to find the price and QoS strategies that maximize the profit for each SP and illustrate the corresponding strategy in NE. In order to quantify how this NE point is performant, we perform a detailed analysis of the price of anarchy induced by the NE solution. Finally, we provide an extensive numerical study to point out the importance of considering price and QoS as a joint decision parameter.

Keywords: Pricing, QoS, Market share game, Genetic algorithms, Nash equilibrium, Learning, Price of anarchy.

Authors: D. Naga Ravi Kiran, C. G. Dethe

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Keywords: Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), LEACH, Clustering, Tabu Search.

Authors: Ruhugül Özge Ocak, Banu Öztürk Kurtaslan

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Keywords: Botanical garden, environment, environmental education, recreation.

Authors: K. Akilandeswari, G. M. Nasira

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Keywords: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), Feature Selection (FS), Walsh–Hadamard Transform (WHT), Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO), Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm.

Authors: Ferhat Bülbül

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Keywords: Amorphous, electroless Ni–B, magnesium, X-ray diffraction.

Authors: Maria S. Trimintziou, Michael G. Sakellariou, Prodromos N. Psarropoulos

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Keywords: Active faults, Seismic design, offshore pipelines.

Authors: M. Lakshmi, J. Senthil Kumar

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Keywords: Color Filter Array (CFA), Biorthogonal Wavelet, Vector Quantization (VQ), Differential Evolution (DE).

Authors: Mohamed Gouskir, Belaid Bouikhalene, Hicham Aissaoui, Benachir Elhadadi

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Keywords: Riemannian manifolds, Riemannian Tensor, Brain Segmentation, Non-Euclidean data, Brain Extraction.

Authors: T. Aydin, M. F. Alaeddinoglu

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Keywords: Apriori algorithm, association rules, data mining, spatio-temporal data.

Authors: B. Nassar, W. Hussein, M. Mokhtar

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Keywords: Space telemetry monitoring, multivariate analysis, PCA algorithm, space operations.

Authors: Camille A. Issa, Omar Masri

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Keywords: Bond strength, nonlinear finite element analysis, pull-out test, underwater concrete.

Authors: O. A. Apampa, Y. A. Jimoh, K. A. Olonade

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Keywords: Corn cob ash, lateritic soil, stabilization, maximum dry density, moisture content.

Authors: B. S. Boyanov, A. B. Peltekov, K. I. Ivanov

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The ferrites ZnFe2O4, CdFe2O4 and CuFe2O4 are synthesized in laboratory conditions using ceramic technology. Their homogeneity and structure are proven by X-Ray diffraction analysis and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The synthesized ferrites are subjected to strong acid and high temperature leaching with solutions of H2SO4, HCl and HNO3. The results indicate that the highest degree of leaching of Zn, Cd and Cu from the ferrites is achieved by use of HCl. The charging of five zinc sulfide concentrates was optimized using the criterion of minimal amount of zinc ferrite produced when roasting the concentrates in a fluidized bed. The results obtained are interpreted in terms of the hydrometallurgical zinc production and maximum recovery of zinc, copper and cadmium from initial zinc concentrates after their roasting.

Keywords: Hydrometallurgy, inorganic acids, solubility, zinc ferrite.

Authors: Shilpi Lavania, Deepak Nagaria

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A mixed method for model order reduction is presented in this paper. The denominator polynomial is derived by matching both Markov parameters and time moments, whereas numerator polynomial derivation and error minimization is done using Genetic Algorithm. The efficiency of the proposed method can be investigated in terms of closeness of the response of reduced order model with respect to that of higher order original model and a comparison of the integral square error as well.

Keywords: Model Order Reduction (MOR), control theory, Markov parameters, time moments, genetic algorithm, Single Input Single Output (SISO).

Authors: Kenneth A. Ibe, Justina I. Mbonu, Godgift K. Umukoro

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Keywords: Ash, fire, ignition point, retardant, wood saw dust.

Authors: Anuar Mohd Salleh, Mohd Effendi Daud

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This study presents a kinematic positioning approach that uses a global positioning system (GPS) buoy for precise ocean surface monitoring. The GPS buoy data from the two experiments are processed using an accurate, medium-range differential kinematic technique. In each case, the data from a nearby coastal site are collected at a high rate (1 Hz) for more than 24 hours, and measurements are conducted in neighboring tidal stations to verify the estimated sea surface heights. The GPS buoy kinematic coordinates are estimated using epoch-wise pre-elimination and a backward substitution algorithm. Test results show that centimeterlevel accuracy can be successfully achieved in determining sea surface height using the proposed technique. The centimeter-level agreement between the two methods also suggests the possibility of using this inexpensive and more flexible GPS buoy equipment to enhance (or even replace) current tidal gauge stations.

Keywords: Global positioning system, kinematic GPS, sea surface height, GPS buoy, tide gauge.

Authors: Angie M. Wolf, Angie Del Prado Lippman, DeVone Boggan, Caroline Glesmann, Estivaliz Castro

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Keywords: Community violence, firearm violence, interventions for violent crime, violence prevention.

Authors: H. Nouri, A. Tabbel, N. Douib, H. Aitsaid, Y. Zebboudj

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Keywords: Corona discharge, Electric field, Finite element method, HVDC.

Authors: Firas A. Al Laban, Mohamed Chabi, Sammani Danwawu Abdullahi

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Keywords: Knowledge Management Systems, Ontologies, Semantic Web, Open Educational Resources.

Authors: Rachid Ahdid, Said Safi, Bouzid Manaut

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In this paper, we present a comparative study of three methods of 2D face recognition system such as: Iso-Geodesic Curves (IGC), Geodesic Distance (GD) and Geodesic-Intensity Histogram (GIH). These approaches are based on computing of geodesic distance between points of facial surface and between facial curves. In this study we represented the image at gray level as a 2D surface in a 3D space, with the third coordinate proportional to the intensity values of pixels. In the classifying step, we use: Neural Networks (NN), K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) and Support Vector Machines (SVM). The images used in our experiments are from two wellknown databases of face images ORL and YaleB. ORL data base was used to evaluate the performance of methods under conditions where the pose and sample size are varied, and the database YaleB was used to examine the performance of the systems when the facial expressions and lighting are varied.

Keywords: 2D face recognition, Geodesic distance, Iso-Geodesic Curves, Geodesic-Intensity Histogram, facial surface, Neural Networks, K-Nearest Neighbor, Support Vector Machines.

Authors: Mahmood Niroobakhsh

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Keywords: Absolute poverty, relative poverty, social structure, urban poverty.

Authors: F. S. Eguakun, P. O. Adesoye

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One of the major problems being faced by human society is that the global temperature is believed to be rising due to human activity that releases carbon IV Oxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. Carbon IV Oxide is the most important greenhouse gas influencing global warming and possible climate change. With climate change becoming alarming, reducing CO2 in our atmosphere has become a primary goal of international efforts. Forest lands are major sink and could absorb large quantities of carbon if the trees are judiciously managed. The study aims at estimating the carbon sequestration capacity of Pinus caribaea (pine) and Tectona grandis (Teak) under the prevailing environmental conditions and exploring tree growth variables that influences the carbon sequestration capacity in Omo Forest Reserve, Ogun State, Nigeria. Improving forest management by manipulating growth characteristics that influences carbon sequestration could be an adaptive strategy of forestry to climate change. Random sampling was used to select Temporary Sample Plots (TSPs) in the study area from where complete enumeration of growth variables was carried out within the plots. The data collected were subjected to descriptive and correlational analyses. The results showed that average carbon stored by Pine and Teak are 994.4±188.3 Kg and 1350.7±180.6 Kg respectively. The difference in carbon stored in the species is significant enough to consider choice of species relevant in climate change adaptation strategy. Tree growth variables influence the capacity of the tree to sequester carbon. Height, diameter, volume, wood density and age are positively correlated to carbon sequestration. These tree growth variables could be manipulated by the forest manager as an adaptive strategy for climate change while plantations of high wood density species could be relevant for management strategy to increase carbon storage.

Keywords: Adaptation, carbon sequestration, climate change, growth variables, wood density.

Authors: Abdul Salim Amin

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This paper focuses on how judiciaries in post-conflict societies can gain legitimacy through reformation. Legitimacy plays a pivotal role in shaping people’s behavior to submit to the law and verifies the rightfulness of an organ for taking binding decisions. Among various dynamics, judicial independence, access to justice and behavioral changes of the judicial officials broadly contribute to legitimation of judiciary in general, and the courts in particular. Increasing independence of judiciary through reform limits, inter alia, government interference in judicial issues and protects basic rights of the citizens. Judicial independence does not only matter in institutional terms, individual independence also influences the impartiality and integrity of judges, which can be increased through education and better administration of justice. Finally, access to justice as an intertwined concept both at the legal and moral spectrum of judicial reform avails justice to the citizens and increases the level of public trust and confidence. Efficient legal decisions on fostering such elements through holistic reform create a rule of law atmosphere. Citizens neither accept an illegitimate judiciary nor do they trust its decisions. Lack of such tolerance and confidence deters the rule of law and thus, undermines the democratic development of a society.

Keywords: Legitimacy, judicial reform, judicial independence, access to justice, legal training, informal justice, rule of law.

Authors: Júlia Massadas

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The objective of this paper is to analyze the role played by the institute of the public hearings in the Brazilian Supreme Court. The public hearings are regulated since 1999 by the Brazilian Laws nº 9.868, nº 9.882 and by the Intern Regiment of the Brazilian Supreme Court. According to this legislation, the public hearings are supposed to be called when a matter of circumstance of fact must be clarified, what can be done through the hearing of the testimonies of persons with expertise and authority in the theme related to the cause. This work aims to investigate what is the role played by the public hearings and by the experts in the Brazilian Supreme Court. The hypothesis of this research is that: (I) The public hearings in the Brazilian Supreme Court are used to uphold a rhetoric of a democratic legitimacy of the Court`s decisions; (II) The Legislative intentions have been distorted. To test this hypothesis, the adopted methodology involves an empirical study of the Brazilian jurisprudence. As a conclusion, it follows that the public hearings convened by the Brazilian Supreme Court do not correspond, in practice, to the role assigned to them by the Congress since they do not serve properly to epistemic interests. The public hearings not only do not legitimate democratically the decisions, but also, do not properly clarify technical issues.

Keywords: Brazilian Supreme Court, constitutional law, public hearings, epistemic competence, legal authority.

Authors: Dini Dewi Heniarti

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The importance of this study is to understand how Indonesian military court asserts its jurisdiction over military members who commit general crimes within the Indonesian military judiciary system in comparison to other countries. This research employs a normative-juridical approach in combination with historical and comparative-juridical approaches. The research specification is analytical-descriptive in nature, i.e. describing or outlining the principles, basic concepts, and norms related to military judiciary system, which are further analyzed within the context of implementation and as the inputs for military justice regulation under the Indonesian legal system. Main data used in this research are secondary data, including primary, secondary and tertiary legal sources. The research focuses on secondary data, while primary data are supplementary in nature. The validity of data is checked using multi-methods commonly known as triangulation, i.e. to reflect the efforts to gain an in-depth understanding of phenomena being studied. Here, the military element is kept intact in the judiciary process with due observance of the Military Criminal Justice System and the Military Command Development Principle. The Indonesian military judiciary jurisdiction over military members committing general crimes is based on national legal system and global development while taking into account the structure, composition and position of military forces within the state structure. Jurisdiction is formulated by setting forth the substantive norm of crimes that are military in nature. At the level of adjudication jurisdiction, the military court has a jurisdiction to adjudicate military personnel who commit general offences. At the level of execution jurisdiction, the military court has a jurisdiction to execute the sentence against military members who have been convicted with a final and binding judgement. Military court's jurisdiction needs to be expanded when the country is in the state of war.

Keywords: Military courts, Jurisdiction, Military members, Military justice system.

Authors: J. Mehena, M. C. Adhikary

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Keywords: Clustering, fuzzy C-means, image segmentation, MR images, multiple kernels.

Authors: Fatemeh Afsharnia, Mohammad Amin Asoodar, Abbas Abdeshahi, Afshin Marzban

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Keywords: Operators’ capability, Facilities availability, Repair and maintenance, MF 285 tractors.

Authors: Nkongho Ayuketang Arreyndip, Ebobenow Joseph

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Keywords: Return level, Generalized extreme value (GEV), Meteorology, Forecasting.

Authors: T. Thendral, M. S. Vijaya, S. Karpagavalli

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Keywords: Classification, Feature extraction, Support vector machine, Training, Writer.

Authors: Sewon Kim, Minjun Kwon, Changyeop Lee

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Keywords: Petroleum cokes, Staged combustion, Low NOx, Equivalence ratio.

Authors: Taisuke Sakaki, Toshihiko Shimokawa, Nobuhiro Ushimi, Koji Murakami, Yong-Kwun Lee, Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Kanta Aoki, Kaoru Fujiie, Ryuji Katamoto, Atsushi Sugyo

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Keywords: Training, rehabilitation, SCI patient, welfare, robot.

Authors: T. Thendral, M. S. Vijaya, S. Karpagavalli

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Tamil handwritten document is taken as a key source of data to identify the writer. Tamil is a classical language which has 247 characters include compound characters, consonants, vowels and special character. Most characters of Tamil are multifaceted in nature. Handwriting is a unique feature of an individual. Writer may change their handwritings according to their frame of mind and this place a risky challenge in identifying the writer. A new discriminative model with pooled features of handwriting is proposed and implemented using support vector machine. It has been reported on 100% of prediction accuracy by RBF and polynomial kernel based classification model.

Keywords: Classification, Feature extraction, Support vector machine, Training, Writer.

Authors: Wojciech B. Cieśliński, Igor Perechuda

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Keywords: Financial efficiency, for-profit, non-profit, sports club.

Authors: In Su Na, Gunwon Lee, Seiyong Kim

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Keywords: Area and Economic Variables, Elapsed time, Housing Renewal Project.

Authors: Emil G. Ioanid, Viorica Frunză, Dorina Rusu, Ana Maria Vlad, Catalin Tanase, Simona Dunca

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Keywords: Cultural heritage, nitrogen plasma, paper support.

Authors: Zhidong Zhang, Zhi-Chao Zhang

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Keywords: Behavioral problems, anxious/depression problems, empirical-based assessment, hierarchical modeling.

Authors: Randa M. Ali, Naguiba F. Loutfy, Osama M. Awad

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Keywords: Attitude, knowledge, PHP, leishmaniasis, sandfly, local inhabitants, inside and outside housing conditions.

Authors: Ran Bernstein, Tal Shafir, Rachelle Tsachor, Karen Studd, Assaf Schuster

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Keywords: Laban Movement Analysis, Kinect, Machine Learning.

Authors: Mina Fenercioglu

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Keywords: El Sistema, music education, Music for Peace, socialization.

Authors: Kostandinos Katsamangas, B. Ramachandra Bhat, Fawad Inam

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Keywords: De-wrinkling, dispersion, graphene, scanning electron microscopy.

Authors: Sulaiman Al Amro, Ali Alkhalifah

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Keywords: Computer viruses, virus detection, signature-based, behaviour-based, heuristic-based.

Authors: Junaid Rashid, Waqar Mehmood, Muhammad Wasif Nisar

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Keywords: Model comparison, model clone detection, model versioning, EMF Model, model diff.

Authors: Dorota Habrat

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Keywords: Criminal corporate responsibility, Polish criminal law.

Authors: Youssef Khmou, Said Safi, Miloud Frikel

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Keywords: Von Neumann entropy, Filtering, array, DoA, Maximum Entropy Method.

Authors: Okolo Chimaobi Valentine

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Keywords: Commercial bank, fixed fund deposit, fluctuation effects, interest rate.

Authors: Fatima Akhmedova, Simon Liao

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Keywords: Face Recognition, Hahn moments, Recognition-by-parts, Time-lapse.

Authors: X. Vecino, J. M. Cruz, A. Moldes

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Keywords: Fluorene, lipopeptide biosurfactant, mobilization, sewage sludge.

Authors: S. Figueiredo, M. Alves Martins, C. Silva, C. Simões

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Keywords: Second language, writing assessment, home language, immigrant students, Portuguese language.

Authors: S. Behnia, S. Fathizadeh

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Keywords: Charge transfer in DNA, Chaos theory, Molecular electronics, Negative Differential resistance.

Authors: Magdi M. E. Zumrawi, Faiza O. A. Khalill

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Keywords: Aggregate, asphalt mixture, stability, steel slag.

Authors: V. K. Krishnan, T. Balusamy

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Keywords: Solar cooker, solar concentrator type, thermal performance, simulation.

Authors: Lise P. Labéjof, Raiza S. P. Bizerra, Galileu B. Costa, Thaísa B. dos Santos

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Keywords: Image quality, Microscopy research, Staining technique, Ultrathin section.

Authors: Mohammad J. Almalkawi

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Keywords: Circularly polarized, dedicated short-range communication, omnidirectional pattern, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), Y-shaped wire monopole antenna.

Authors: Marijana Ivanov, Roman Šubić

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Keywords: Banking Union, financial integration, single supervisory mechanism (SSM).

Authors: M. K. Pradhan, Mayank Meena, Shubham Sen, Arvind Singh

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Keywords: Material Removal Rate, Surface Roughness, Taguchi Method, Grey Relational Analysis, Principal Component Analysis.

Authors: A. Boualouch, A. Essadki, T. Nasser, A. Boukhriss, A. Frigui

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Keywords: Backstipping, DFIG, power control, sliding-mode, WESC.

Authors: G. B. Hong, H. W. Chen

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Keywords: LLE, VLLE, hydrophilic agent, NRTL.

Authors: Kemal Çomakli, Uğur Çakir, Ayşegül Çokgez Kuş, Erol Şahin

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Keywords: Sustainability, cogeneration systems, energy economy, energy saving.

Authors: C. Yesubai Rubavathi, R. Ravi

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Keywords: Content-based image retrieval system, HSV color space, gray level co-occurrence matrix, local mesh pattern.

Authors: Talal Alsulaiman, Khaldoun Khashanah

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Keywords: Artificial stock markets, agent based simulation, bounded rationality, behavioral finance, artificial neural network, interaction, scale-free networks.

Authors: Zeinabsadat Haghshenas

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Keywords: Adult education, affective domain, cognitive domain, memory loss, psychomotor domain.

Authors: Paolo Pilloni, Fabrizio Mulas, Salvatore Carta

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Keywords: Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design Guidelines, Persuasive Mobile Technologies for Sport and Health.

Authors: S. Bahadır Yüksel, Alptuğ Ünal

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Keywords: Shear wall, composite shear wall, boundary reinforcement, earthquake resistant structural design, L section.

Authors: Zainab M. Almutairi, Amjad Alharbi

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Keywords: Citrullus lanatus, Cucurbita pepo, seed germination, seedling growth, silver nanoparticles, Zea mays.

Authors: S. Mohideen Badhusha, K. Duraiswamy

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Keywords: Bandwidth consumption, layered video coding, multipath propagation, reliability, security threats, video streaming applications, vulnerability.

Authors: Cornelia-Eugenia Munteanu

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Keywords: MMSE-2, dementia, cognitive impairment, neuropsychology.

Authors: S. M. Ahuja

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Keywords: Air Pollution, Cyclone Separator, Pneumatic Conveying, Rice Sheller.

Authors: S. Nitiworakarn

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Keywords: Cultural identity, traditional food, Mon cuisine, Thailand.

Authors: Dimitra Sygkridou, Dimitrios Karageorgopoulos, Elias Stathatos, Evangelos Vitoratos

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Keywords: Counter electrodes, dye-sensitized solar cells, quasisolid state electrolyte, transparency.

Authors: Marcus Walter, Norbert Nitzsche, Dirk Odenthal, Steffen M¨uller

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Keywords: Friction estimation, friction compensation, steering system, lateral vehicle guidance.

Authors: Kevin Moustapha

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Keywords: Criminal law, judges sentencing, neurosciences, psychopathy.

Authors: Sheng Wei Hsu

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Keywords: Kuo Chih-Yuan, music analysis, piano works, Taiwanese traditional music.

Authors: Mohammad A. Khasawneh

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Keywords: High-pressure, water jet, Friction, Texture, Polishing, Statistical Analysis.

Authors: Zue Chin Chang

Abstract:

Keywords: Aging, films, Microstructure, Photoelectric Property.

Authors: Cheng-En Tsai, Chung-Chun Hsiao, Fu-Yuan Chang, Liang-Lun Lan, Jia-Ying Tu

Abstract:

Keywords: Gimbal, spherical robot, gyroscope, Lagrangian formulation, flyball.

Authors: R. Dyondi, S. K. Jha

Abstract:

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Risk Behavior, Film Distribution Strategy, Hindi Film Industry, Risk.

Authors: Chiung-Ju Huang

Abstract:

Keywords: Economic growth, frequency domain, governance, Granger causality.

Authors: Duy Cuong Nguyen, Ali Makke, Guillaume Montay

Abstract:

Keywords: Interface, pull-out, processing, temperature, hemp, polypropylene, composite.

Authors: Abdel-Aziz M. Mohamed, Nermeen Coutry

Abstract:

Keywords: Lead time reduction, customer satisfaction, service quality, statistical analysis.

Authors: Abdel-Aziz M. Mohamed

Abstract:

Keywords: Operations research applications, audit frequency, audit planning, audit-staff scheduling.

Authors: Yamini Raju, Parminder S. Kang, Adam Moroz, Ross Clement, Ashley Hopwell, Alistair Duffy

Abstract:

Keywords: Demand Forecasting, Deteriorating Products, Food Wholesalers, Principal Component Analysis and Variability Factors.

Authors: Reinhard Neck, Guido Schäfer

Abstract:

Keywords: Macroeconomics, European Union, simulation, sensitivity analysis.

Authors: Hakan Aydogan, Fatih Bozkurt, Huseyin Coskun

Abstract:

Keywords: Brainwave, attention, meditation, education.

Authors: Eui Jun Jeong, Hye Rim Lee

Abstract:

Keywords: Game addiction, big five personality, social activities, self-efficacy, loneliness, depression.

Authors: Jakub Havlicek, Jiri Cajthaml

Abstract:

Keywords: Georeferencing, reference coordinate system, transformation, standard deviation.

Authors: S. S. Sharma, P. R. Prabhu, K. Jagannath, Achutha Kini U., Gowri Shankar M. C.

Abstract:

Keywords: Reinforcement, precipitation, thermomechanical, dislocation, strain hardening.

Authors: S. Vignesh, N. Vishnu, S. Vigneshwaran, M. Vishnu Anand, Dinesh Kumar Babu, V. R. Sanal Kumar

Abstract:

Keywords: Fluidic thrust vectoring, rocket steering, self-impinging secondary supersonic jet, TVC in aerospace vehicles.

Authors: Haga Elimam

Abstract:

Keywords: Economic Reform, Health Sector, underdeveloped Countries.

Authors: Krasimir I. Ivanov, Elitsa N. Kolentsova, Dimitar Y. Dimitrov, Georgi V. Avdeev, Tatyana T. Tabakova

Abstract:

Keywords: Supported copper-manganese catalysts, CO and VOCs oxidation.

Authors: Turki M. Habeebullah, Said Munir, Karl Ropkins, Essam A. Morsy, Atef M. F. Mohammed, Abdulaziz R. Seroji

Abstract:

Keywords: Air pollution, climatic conditions, particulate matter, Makkah, Leeds.

Authors: B. Sridhar, C. Arun

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The rapid growth of multimedia technology demands the secure and efficient access to information. This fast growing lose the confidence of unauthorized duplication. Henceforth the protection of multimedia content is becoming more important. Watermarking solves the issue of unlawful copy of advanced data. In this paper, blind video watermarking technique has been proposed. A luminance layer of selected frames is interlaced into two even and odd rows of an image, further it is deinterlaced and equalizes the coefficients of the two shares. Color watermark is split into different blocks, and the pieces of block are concealed in one of the share under the wavelet transform. Stack the two images into a single image by introducing interlaced even and odd rows in the two shares. Finally, chrominance bands are concatenated with the watermarked luminance band. The safeguard level of the secret information is high, and it is undetectable. Results show that the quality of the video is not changed also yields the better PSNR values.

Keywords: Authentication, data security, deinterlaced, wavelet transform, watermarking.

Authors: Uğur Çakır, Erol Sahin, Kemal Çomaklı, Aysegül Çokgez Kus

Abstract:

Keywords: Greenhousing, solar energy, direct radiation, renewable energy.

Authors: Alexander Denzler, Marcel Wehrle, Andreas Meier

Abstract:

Keywords: Granular computing, granular knowledge, hierarchical structuring, knowledge bases.

Authors: C. A. C. Castro, D. C. Urashima, E. P. Silva, P. M. L.Silva

Abstract:

Keywords: HAZ, GMAW, vibration, welding.

Authors: Ho Yuan-Hong, Hunag Chiung-Ju

Abstract:

Keywords: Debt sustainability, optimal debt ceiling, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium, welfare maximization.

Authors: Hoa Pham

Abstract:

Keywords: Code switching, L1 use, L2 teaching, Learners’ perception.

Authors: Rimmy Yadav, Avtar Singh

Abstract:

Keywords: Ant colony optimization, link failure, prim’s algorithm.

Authors: Kyonghoon Kim, Wonyoung Park, Taeil Park

Abstract:

Keywords: Infrastructure, evaluation, serviceability, fuzzy.

Authors: Alloysius C. Ogodo, Ositadinma C. Ugbogu, Uzochukwu G. Ekeleme

Abstract:

Keywords: Bacterial quality, fermentation, maize, Ogi.

Authors: S. Jamshidi, E. Feizi Ashtiani, M. Ardestani

Abstract:

Keywords: Waste load allocation (WLA), Water quality trading (WQT), Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), Haraz River, Multi objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO), Equity.

Authors: Aishwarya Shekhar, Devesh Kumar Srivastava

Abstract:

Keywords: Cloud computing, networking, infrastructure, hybrid cloud, open stack, Naas.

Authors: Teerapon Pirom, Ura Pancharoen

Abstract:

Keywords: Aliquat336, amoxicillin, HFSLM, kinetic.

Authors: V. Pérez-Herranz, C. González-Buch, E. M. Ortega, S. Mestre

Abstract:

Keywords: Au nanoparticles, hydrogen evolution reaction, porous Ni electrodes.

Authors: A. Q. Ahmed, S. Gao

Abstract:

Keywords: Air conditioning, Displacement ventilation, Energy saving, Thermal comfort.

Authors: M. F. Miah, H. Ali, E. Zannath, T. M. Shuvra, M. N. Naser, M. K. Ahmed

Abstract:

Keywords: Breeding biology, induced breeding, Monopterus cuchia.

Authors: Sudhakar Tripathi, R. B. Mishra

Abstract:

Keywords: Currents, dendrites, induction, simulation.

Authors: Mahesh K. Chudasama, Harit K. Raval

Abstract:

Keywords: Analytical modeling, cone frustum, dynamic bending, static bending.

Authors: Ime R. Udotong, Justina I. R. Udotong

Abstract:

Keywords: Microbiological characterization, oil-polluted sites, physico-chemical analyses, total hydrocarbon content.

Authors: Alireza Abbasi Moshaii, Mehdi Tale Masouleh, Esmail Zarezadeh, Kamran Farajzadeh

Abstract:

Keywords: Robotic, Static analysis, 3-RCC, 3-RRS.

Authors: Alpesh Adeshara, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Praghnesh Bhatt

Abstract:

Keywords: DFT-Discrete Fourier Transform, GPS-Global Positioning System, PMU-Phasor Measurement System, WAMS-Wide Area Monitoring System.

Authors: Vesile Evrim, Aliyu Awwal

Abstract:

Keywords: Politics, personality traits, LIWC, machine learning.

Authors: Sudarat Jiamyangyuen, Tipawan Thongsook, Riantong Singanusong, Chanida Saengtubtim

Abstract:

Keywords: Alginate, carrageenan, rice bran, rice bran protein.

Authors: Meftah Ali

Abstract:

Keywords: Slope stability, pseudo static, safety factor, limit equilibrium.

Authors: Abeer Amayri, Akif A. Bulgak

Abstract:

Keywords: Global supply chains, quality, stochastic programming, supplier selection.

Authors: Justina I. R. Udotong

Abstract:

Keywords: Diagnostic enzymes, enzyme activity, heavy metals, tissues investigations.

Authors: Tunjo Perić, Marin Fatović

Abstract:

Keywords: Cooperative game theory, multiple objective linear programming, revised weighting method, vendor selection.

Authors: Ahmed A. D. Sarhan, Chong Feng Duan, Mum Wai Yip, M. Sayuti

Abstract:

Keywords: Building orientation, compression strength, rapid prototyping, tensile strength.

Authors: A. Abbasi Moshaii, F. Najafi

Abstract:

Keywords: Center of Motion, Robotic cables, permanent touching.

Authors: Agnieszka Szczudlińska-Kanoś

Abstract:

Keywords: Commune, democracy, participation, social policy, social problems.

Authors: Hyun-Young Kim, Chung-Kwang Lee, Han-Hee Cho, Sang-Woon Cho, Yong-Seo Koo

Abstract:

Keywords: ESD, SCR, holding voltage, stack, power clamp.

Authors: K. Sivasubramanian, K. B. Jayanthi

Abstract:

Keywords: Floor planning, harmony search, non-slicing floorplan, very large scale integrated circuits.

Authors: Mohammed Salahat, Steve Wade

Abstract:

Keywords: SSM, UML, domain-driven design, soft domaindriven design, naked objects, soft language, information retrieval, multimethodology.

Authors: A. Benmakhlouf, A. Bentabet

Abstract:

Keywords: Pseudo-potential method, pressure, structural and elastic properties, scheelite BaWO4 phase.

Authors: G. Sakar, F. Ç. Bolat

Abstract:

Keywords: Sandwich structure, free vibration, numeric analysis, 3D model, continuum model.

Authors: Roman Major, Klaudia Trembecka-Wojciga, Juergen Markus Lackner, Boguslaw Major

Abstract:

Keywords: Bio-inspired materials, electron microscopy, haemocompatibility, niche-like structures, thin coatings.

Authors: Bastian Haarmann, Lukas Sikorski

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In this paper, we introduce an NLG application for the automatic creation of ready-to-publish texts from big data. The resulting fully automatic generated news stories have a high resemblance to the style in which the human writer would draw up such a story. Topics include soccer games, stock exchange market reports, and weather forecasts. Each generated text is unique. Readyto-publish stories written by a computer application can help humans to quickly grasp the outcomes of big data analyses, save timeconsuming pre-formulations for journalists and cater to rather small audiences by offering stories that would otherwise not exist. 

Keywords: Big data, natural language generation, publishing, robotic journalism.

Authors: P. R. Prabhu, S. M. Kulkarni, S. S. Sharma, K. Jagannath, Achutha Kini U.

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In the present study, response surface methodology has been used to optimize turn-assisted deep cold rolling process of AISI 4140 steel. A regression model is developed to predict surface hardness and surface roughness using response surface methodology and central composite design. In the development of predictive model, deep cold rolling force, ball diameter, initial roughness of the workpiece, and number of tool passes are considered as model variables. The rolling force and the ball diameter are the significant factors on the surface hardness and ball diameter and numbers of tool passes are found to be significant for surface roughness. The predicted surface hardness and surface roughness values and the subsequent verification experiments under the optimal operating conditions confirmed the validity of the predicted model. The absolute average error between the experimental and predicted values at the optimal combination of parameter settings for surface hardness and surface roughness is calculated as 0.16% and 1.58% respectively. Using the optimal processing parameters, the surface hardness is improved from 225 to 306 HV, which resulted in an increase in the near surface hardness by about 36% and the surface roughness is improved from 4.84µm to 0.252 µm, which resulted in decrease in the surface roughness by about 95%. The depth of compression is found to be more than 300µm from the microstructure analysis and this is in correlation with the results obtained from the microhardness measurements. Taylor hobson talysurf tester, micro vickers hardness tester, optical microscopy and X-ray diffractometer are used to characterize the modified surface layer. 

Keywords: Surface hardness, response surface methodology, microstructure, central composite design, deep cold rolling, surface roughness.

Authors: Tetsuro Saeki, Yuichi Kato, Shoutarou Mizuno

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STRIM (Statistical Test Rule Induction Method) has been proposed as a method to effectively induct if-then rules from the decision table which is considered as a sample set obtained from the population of interest. Its usefulness has been confirmed by simulation experiments specifying rules in advance, and by comparison with conventional methods. However, scope for future development remains before STRIM can be applied to the analysis of real-world data sets. The first requirement is to determine the size of the dataset needed for inducting true rules, since finding statistically significant rules is the core of the method. The second is to examine the capacity of rule induction from datasets with contaminated attribute values created by missing data and noise, since real-world datasets usually contain such contaminated data. This paper examines the first problem theoretically, in connection with the rule length. The second problem is then examined in a simulation experiment, utilizing the critical size of dataset derived from the first step. The experimental results show that STRIM is highly robust in the analysis of datasets with contaminated attribute values, and hence is applicable to real-world data

Keywords: Rule induction, decision table, missing data, noise.

Authors: Abdurrahim Bolukbasi, Hassan Athari, Dogan Ciloglu

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The modeling lung respiratory system that has complex anatomy and biophysics presents several challenges including tissue-driven flow patterns and wall motion. Also, the pulmonary lung system because of that they stretch and recoil with each breath, has not static walls and structures. The direct relationship between air flow and tissue motion in the lung structures naturally prefers an FSI simulation technique. Therefore, in order to toward the realistic simulation of pulmonary breathing mechanics the development of a coupled FSI computational model is an important step. A simple but physiologically relevant three-dimensional deep long geometry is designed and fluid-structure interaction (FSI) coupling technique is utilized for simulating the deformation of the lung parenchyma tissue that produces airflow fields. The real understanding of respiratory tissue system as a complex phenomenon have been investigated with respect to respiratory patterns, fluid dynamics and tissue viscoelasticity and tidal breathing period. 

Keywords: Lung deformation and mechanics, tissue mechanics, viscoelasticity, fluid-structure interactions, ANSYS.

Authors: Hiroki Shinkawa, Tadaaki Tomiie

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Many interventions for social skills acquisition aim to decrease the gap between social skills deficits in the individual and normative social skills; nevertheless little is known of typical social skills according to age difference in students. In this study, we developed new quintet of Hokkaido Social Skills Inventory (HSSI) to identify age-appropriate social skills for school adaptation. First, we selected 13 categories of social skills for school adaptation from previous studies, and created questionnaire items through discussion by 25 teachers in all three levels from elementary schools to senior high schools. Second, the factor structures of five versions of the social skills scale were investigated on 2nd grade (n = 1,864), 4th grade (n = 1,936), 6th grade (n = 2,085), 7th grade (n = 2,007), and 10th grade (n = 912) students, respectively. The exploratory factor analysis showed that a number of constructing factors of social skills increased as one’s grade in school advanced. The results in the present study can be useful to characterize the age-appropriate social skills for school adaptation. 

Keywords: Social skills, age difference, children, adolescents.

Authors: Justina I. R. Udotong

Abstract:

Keywords: Degenerative changes, heavy metal, hepatocyte necrosis, histopathology, toxicity.

Authors: Fatih Tosunoğlu, İbrahim Can

Abstract:

Keywords: ARMA models, Çoruh basin, flow duration curve, Turkey.

Authors: K. Jagannath, Akhilesh Kotian, S. S. Sharma, Achutha Kini U., P. R. Prabhu

Abstract:

Keywords: Bubble growth, computational fluid dynamics, detachment diameter, terminal velocity.

Authors: Joanna Stawska

Abstract:

Keywords: Central bank, financial crisis, interest rate, investments.

Authors: Mixed Frequency Excitation of an Electrostatically Actuated Resonator

Abstract:

Keywords: Nonlinear electrostatically actuated resonator.

Authors: Roman Graf, Sergiu Gordea, Heather M. Ryan

Abstract:

Keywords: Data mining, digital libraries, digital preservation, file format.

Authors: Kanate Pantusavase, Jaramporn Hassamontr

Abstract:

Keywords: Crane scheduling, anodizing operations, cycle time minimization.

Authors: Dipak Sen, Rajdeep Ghosh

Abstract:

Keywords: Friction factor, heat transfer, turbulent flow, circular duct, baffle, pitch ratio.

Authors: P. Winzer, E. Massarczyk

Abstract:

Keywords: Broadband customer demand, fiber development, G.fast, Vectoring, willingness to payfor broadband services

Authors: E. Izsó, M. Bartalné-Berceli, Sz. Gergely, A. Salgó

Abstract:

Keywords: Allied wheat fractions, CA, milling process, nearinfrared spectroscopy, PCA.

Authors: Vesile Evrim, Aliyu Awwal

Abstract:

Keywords: Politics, machine learning, feature selection, LIWC.

Authors: Ezequiel Garcia-Rodriguez, Luis A. Ochoa-Franco, Adrian I. Cervantes-Servin

Abstract:

Keywords: Habitat modification, Ictalurus punctatus, Lerma, river, linear park.

Authors: Reshu Yadav, Himanshu Joshi, S. K.Tripathi

Abstract:

Keywords: Greenhouse gases, nutrients, water footprint, wastewater irrigation.

Authors: Sheetal Kumar Parwar, J. Deb Barma, A. Majumder

Abstract:

Keywords: BAT algorithm, design of experiment, optimization, submerged arc welding.

Authors: Tunjo Perić, Franjo Bratić

Abstract:

Keywords: Goal programming, multi objective programming, production plan, SWT method, technological variants.

Authors: H. Chytilová, R. Maialeh

Abstract:

Keywords: Duhem-Quine Problem, external validity, inductivism, internal validity.

Authors: Dogan Ciloglu, Abdurrahim Bolukbasi, Harun Cifci

Abstract:

Keywords: Heat transfer, nanofluid, pool boiling, quenching.

Authors: Karim Abouelmehdi, Loubna Dali, Elmoutaoukkil Abdelmajid, Hoda Elsayed Eladnani Fatiha, Benihssane Abderahim

Abstract:

Keywords: Cloud computing, security, classification, risk.

Authors: Mingook Lee, Sungjoo Lee

Abstract:

Keywords: Business opportunity, patent, Portfolio analysis, trademark.

Authors: N. S. Pradeep, M. Balasingh Moses, V. Aarthi

Abstract:

Keywords: AWGN, BER, DCT, Fading, MAP, UEP.

Authors: H. Rezvani, A. Hekmati

Abstract:

Nowadays, the use of renewable energy sources has been increasingly great because of the cost increase and public demand for clean energy sources. One of the fastest growing sources is wind energy. In this paper, Wind Diesel Hybrid System (WDHS) comprising a Diesel Generator (DG), a Wind Turbine Generator (WTG), the Consumer Load, a Battery-based Energy Storage System (BESS), and a Dump Load (DL) is used. Voltage is controlled by Diesel Generator; the frequency is controlled by BESS and DL. The BESS elimination is an efficient way to reduce maintenance cost and increase the dynamic response. Simulation results with graphs for the frequency of Power System, active power, and the battery power are presented for load changes. The controlling parameters are optimized by using Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA). The simulation results for the BESS/no BESS cases are compared. Results show that in no BESS case, the frequency control is more optimal than the BESS case by using ICA. 

Keywords: Renewable Energy, Wind Diesel System, Induction Generator, Energy Storage, Imperialist Competitive Algorithm.

Authors: G. A. Gevorgyan, K. A. Ghazaryan, T. H. Derdzyan

Abstract:

The heavy metal pollution of the soils around the mining area near Shamlugh town and related risks to human health were assessed. The investigations showed that the soils were polluted with heavy metals that can be ranked by anthropogenic pollution degree as follows: Cu>Pb>As>Co>Ni>Zn. The main sources of the anthropogenic metal pollution of the soils were the copper mining area near Shamlugh town, the Chochkan tailings storage facility and the trucks transferring ore from the mining area. Copper pollution degree in some observation sites was unallowable for agricultural production. The total non-carcinogenic chronic hazard index (THI) values in some places, including observation sites in Shamlugh town, were above the safe level (THI<1) for children living in this territory. Although the highest heavy metal enrichment degree in the soils was registered in case of copper, however, the highest health risks to humans especially children were posed by cobalt which is explained by the fact that heavy metals have different toxicity levels and penetration characteristics.

Keywords: Armenia, copper mine, heavy metal pollution of soil, health risks.

Authors: Said Elkassimi, Said Safi, B. Manaut

Abstract:

This paper presented a study of three algorithms, the equalization algorithm to equalize the transmission channel with ZF and MMSE criteria, application of channel Bran A, and adaptive filtering algorithms LMS and RLS to estimate the parameters of the equalizer filter, i.e. move to the channel estimation and therefore reflect the temporal variations of the channel, and reduce the error in the transmitted signal. So far the performance of the algorithm equalizer with ZF and MMSE criteria both in the case without noise, a comparison of performance of the LMS and RLS algorithm.

Keywords: Adaptive filtering second equalizer, LMS, RLS Bran A, Proakis (B) MMSE, ZF.

Authors: Ngozi Nwogu, Edward Gobina

Abstract:

Keywords: Gas permeation, Silica membrane, separation factor, membrane layer thickness.

Authors: Karim Sobh, Khaled El-Ayat, Fady Morcos, Amr El-Kadi

Abstract:

Keywords: LEO, Cloud Computing, Constellation, Satellite, Network Simulation, Netfilter.

Authors: Tang Wei, Yang Xiaofeng, Gui Yewei, Du Yanxia

Abstract:

Keywords: Mars entry capsule, static aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, hypersonic.

Authors: R. Masarova, M. Juhas, B. Juhasova, Z. Sutova

Abstract:

Keywords: Dynamic system, transfer matrix, inverse matrix, modeling.

Authors: Panagiotis Kyratsis, Konstantinos Kakoulis

Abstract:

Keywords: Application programming interface, CAD, drilling, response surface methodology, RSM.

Authors: Ivan Balázs, Jindřich Melcher

Abstract:

Keywords: Beam, buckling, numerical analysis, stability, steel.

Authors: U. Achutha Kini, S. S. Sharma, K. Jagannath, P. R. Prabhu, Gowri Shankar M. C.

Abstract:

Keywords: Hybrid composite, hardness test, wear test, heat treatment, pin on disc wear testing machine.

Authors: Oscar Javier Herrera, Manuel Ángel Camacho

Abstract:

Keywords: Demand Forecasting, Empirical Distribution, Propagation of Error.

Authors: What Factors Contributed to the Adaptation Gap during School Transition in Japan?

Abstract:

Keywords: School transition, social support, psychological adaptation, K-12.

Authors: M. Safa, A. Sabet, S. MacGillivray, M. Davidson, K. Kaczmarczyk, C. T. Haas, G. E. Gibson, D. Rayside

Abstract:

Keywords: Project classification, project definition rating index (PDRI), project goals alignment, risk.

Authors: Khalid Albishi

Abstract:

Keywords: Acquisition, age, factors, language, learning.

Authors: Nichole Haag, Kimberly Velk, Tyler McCune, Chun Wu

Abstract:

Keywords: Dihydroxyacetone kinase, essential genes, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, drug target.

Authors: Grace Rachid, Mutasem El-Fadel, Mahmoud Al-Hindi, Ibrahim Jamali, Daniel Abdel Nour

Abstract:

Keywords: Solar energy, desalination, value engineering, CBA, carbon credit, subsidies.

Authors: F. Rahmani, F. Razaghian, A. R. Kashaninia

Abstract:

Keywords: Power Amplifier (PA), GaN HEMT, Class-J and Class-E, High Efficiency.

Authors: E. Fosch-Villaronga

Abstract:

Keywords: Ethics, Impact Assessment, Law, Personal Care Robots.

Authors: Gabriel Jinga, Madalina Dumitru

Abstract:

Keywords: Management accounting, change, Romania, contingency and institutional theory.

Authors: M. Hanif, M. Salik

Abstract:

Keywords: Indium – Tin plasma, laser ablation, optical emission spectroscopy, electron temperature, and electron number density.

Authors: Dong Sang Yoo

Abstract:

Keywords: Acrobot, MATLAB and Simulink, sliding mode control, underactuated systems.

Authors: L. Major, J. M. Lackner, M. Dyner, B. Major

Abstract:

Keywords: Bio-tribological coatings, cell-material interaction, hybrid PLD, tribology.

Authors: Ngozi Nwogu, Mohammed Kajama, Edward Gobina

Abstract:

Keywords: Carbon dioxide, gas separation, inorganic ceramic membrane & perm selectivity.

Authors: A. Jawahar

Abstract:

Keywords: Soliton interaction, Initial relative spacing, phase, Perturbation theory and telecommunication system.

Authors: F. Kovács, K. Kádár, G. Hosszú, Á. T. Balogh, T. Zsedrovits, N. Kersner, A. Nagy, Gy. Jeney

Abstract:

Keywords: Cardiac murmurs, fetal phonocardiography, screening of CHDs, telemedicine system.

Authors: Khalid M. Albarkoly, Kenneth S. Park

Abstract:

Keywords: Libyan cement industry, maintenance, production, reliability centered maintenance, reliability.

Authors: Nawel Mezigheche, Abdelhacine Gouasmia, Allaeddine Athmani, Mouloud Merzoud

Abstract:

Keywords: Finite element, Masonry infill walls, Rigidity of the masonry, Tended diagonal.

Authors: Chaouki Ghenai

Abstract:

Keywords: CFD, Combustion, Emissions, Gas Turbine Combustor, Gasification, Solid Waste, Syngas and Waste to Energy.

Authors: B. R. Madushan, S. B. Navaratne, I. Wickramasinghe

Abstract:

Keywords: Biological leavening agent, coconut toddy, fermentation, yeast.

Authors: Cheng-En Tsai, Chung-Chun Hsiao, Fu-Yuan Chang, Liang-Lun Lan, Jia-Ying Tu

Abstract:

Keywords: Gimbal, spherical robot, gyroscope, Lagrangian formulation, flyball.

Authors: D. Mokhtari

Abstract:

Keywords: Changing lake, environmental changes, geomorphosite, northwest of Iran, Urmia lake.

Authors: K. Thiagarajan, K. Saranya, A. Veeraiah, B. Sudha

Abstract:

Keywords: Big data, cooperative jamming, energy balance, physical layer, two-hop transmission, wireless security.

Authors: Ilhan Keskin, Hasan Bulent Kantarcı

Abstract:

Keywords: Islamic finance, Islamic markets, non-interest bearing, rental certificates.

Authors: Samedin Mehmeti

Abstract:

Keywords: Civil society, cooperation, police, trafficking in human beings.

Authors: Agord M. Pinto Jr., Yuzo Iano, Leandro T. Manera, Raphael R. N. Souza

Abstract:

Keywords: Divide-by-2 circuit, CMOS technology, PLL phase locked-loop, optimization tool, CML current mode logic, RF transceiver.

Authors: Hamid Ahmadi, Shadi Asoodeh

Abstract:

Keywords: Tubular KT-joint, fatigue, degree of bending (DoB), axial loading, parametric formula.

Authors: Mahdi Pirmoradian, Olayinka Adigun, Christos Politis

Abstract:

Keywords: Cooperative networks, normalized capacity, sensing time.

Authors: M. Amrita, R. R. Srikant, A. V. Sita Rama Raju

Abstract:

Water miscible cutting fluids are conventionally used to lubricate and cool the machining zone. But issues related to health hazards, maintenance and disposal costs have limited their usage, leading to application of Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL). To increase the effectiveness of MQL, nanocutting fluids are proposed. In the present work, water miscible nanographite cutting fluids of varying concentration are applied at cutting zone by two systems A and B. System A utilizes high pressure air and supplies cutting fluid at a flow rate of 1ml/min. System B uses low pressure air and supplies cutting fluid at a flow rate of 5ml/min. Their performance in machining is evaluated by measuring cutting temperatures, tool wear, cutting forces and surface roughness and compared with dry machining and flood machining. Application of nanocutting fluid using both systems showed better performance than dry machining. Cutting temperatures and cutting forces obtained by both techniques are more than flood machining. But tool wear and surface roughness showed improvement compared to flood machining. Economic analysis has been carried out in all the cases to decide the applicability of the techniques.

Keywords: Economic analysis, Machining, Minimum Quantity lubrication, nanofluid.

Authors: Murat Dicleli, Ali Salem Milani

Abstract:

Keywords: Seismic, isolation, damper, adaptive stiffness.

Authors: M. Elassaly

Abstract:

Keywords: Damage, frequency content, ground motion, PGA, RC building, seismic.

Authors: G. Petruzzelli, F. Pedron, M. Grifoni, A. Pera, I. Rosellini, B. Pezzarossa

Abstract:

Keywords: Biological sludge, Ca(OH)2, copper, pathogens, sanitation, zinc.

Authors: A. Karasek

Abstract:

Keywords: E-HR, human resources management, HRM practices, HRMS, information technologies.

Authors: J. R. Wang, H. T. Lin, H. C. Chen, C. Shih, S. W. Chen, S. C. Chiang, C. C. Liu

Abstract:

Keywords: BWR, TRACE, safety analysis, URG.

Authors: Alexander Winkler, Jozef Suchý

Abstract:

Keywords: Damping control, impedance control, robot force control, stability, stiffness control.

Authors: Shuimiao Wan, Chao Yuan, Baoguang Tian

Abstract:

Keywords: Linear weighted regression, Relative efficiency, Lower bound, Parameter estimation.

Authors: Ajoy Kumar Das, Prasenjit Dey

Abstract:

Keywords: Forced convection, Square cylinder, nanofluid, neural network.

Authors: Naghmeh Moradpoor Sheykhkanloo

Abstract:

Keywords: Neural Networks, pattern recognition, SQL injection attacks, SQL injection attack classification, SQL injection attack detection.

Authors: V. Churkin, M. Lopatin

Abstract:

Keywords: Bass model, generalized Bass model, replacement purchases, sales forecasting of innovations, statistics of sales of small wind turbines in the United States.

Authors: Soroor Ghaziof, Wei Gao

Abstract:

Keywords: Microhardness, Sol-enhanced electro plating, Wear resistance, Zn-Ni-Al2O3 composite coatings.

Authors: F. Garousi, S. Veres, É. Bódi, S. Várallyay, B. Kovács

Abstract:

Keywords: Maize, sodium selenate, sodium selenite, chlorophyll a and b.

Authors: Chandrashekhar Bhat, Dilifa J. Noronha, Faber A. Saldanha

Abstract:

Keywords: Cohesive zone modeling, fatigue, segmentation, wind turbine blade.

Authors: Václav Sadílek, Miroslav Vořechovský

Abstract:

Keywords: Daniels bundle model, equal load sharing, Python, mpmath.

Authors: Sarah Barrere

Abstract:

Keywords: European penal law, International scene, Liberty security and justice area, mutual recognition.

Authors: Guozhen Li, Philip Hall, Nick Miles, Tao Wu

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Keywords: Swirl pipe, swirl effectiveness, CFD, wall shear stress, swirl intensity.

Authors: M. Stefanovska, S. Risteska, B. Samakoski, G. Maneski, B. Kostadinoska

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Keywords: Bending properties, composite pipe, winding design.

Authors: Ugur Karakaya, Hasan Bulent Kantarcı

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Keywords: Autocratic Regime, Democracy, Economic Development, Economic Freedom.

Authors: S. S. Pati, L. Herojit Singh, A. C. Oliveira, V. K. Garg

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Keywords: Magnetic nanoparticles, Fe3O4@Au core shell, iron oxide, Au nanoparticles.

Authors: Sh. Minapoor, S. Ajeli, M. Javadi Toghchi

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Keywords: 3D orthogonal woven composite, Aerospace applications, Finite element method, Mechanical properties.

Authors: Jo-Chi Jao, Yen-Ku Chen, Twei-Shiun Jaw, Po-Chou Chen

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Keywords: Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Gd-BOPTA, Gd-DTPA, Rat.

Authors: Vinti Davar

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Keywords: Anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, body fat percentage, obesity.

Authors: Khaled M. Alhawiti

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Keywords: Speech recognition, acoustic phonetic, artificial intelligence, Hidden Markov Models (HMM), statistical models of speech recognition, human machine performance.

Authors: Peter G. Youssef, Saad M. Mahmoud, Raya K. Al-Dadah

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Keywords: Adsorption, desalination, refrigeration, seawater.

Authors: Wen-Shyong Tzou, Chih-Ching Huang, Chin-Hwa Hu, Ying-Tsang Lo, Tun-Wen Pai, Chia-Yin Chiang, Chung-Hao Li, Hong-Jyuan Jian

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Keywords: Docking, gold nanoparticle, molecular simulation, plasmin.

Authors: Mohamed Zakaulla, A. R. Anwar Khan

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Keywords: Analysis of variance, dry sliding wear, Hybrid composite, orthogonal array, Taguchi technique.

Authors: Yatnanta Padma Devia, Tsuyoshi Imai, Takaya Higuchi, Ariyo Kanno, Koichi Yamamoto, Masahiko Sekine

Abstract:

Keywords: Cross flow velocity, forward osmosis, magnesium chloride, temperature.

Authors: Alina Mirza, Sumrin M. Kabir, Shahzad A. Sheikh

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Keywords: OFDM, Impulsive Noise, SSRLS, BER.

Authors: Ime R. Udotong, Justina I. R. Udotong, Ofonime U. M. John

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Keywords: Bioremediation, Contaminated sediment, Land farming, Oily sludge, Oil Terminal.

Authors: Justina I. R. Udotong, Ime R. Udotong, Offiong U. Eka

Abstract:

Keywords: Heavy metal, Qua Iboe River Estuary, seasonal variations, sediment.

Authors: Gyoutae Park, Geunjun Lyu, Yeonjae Lee, Wooksuk Kim, Jaheon Gu, Sanguk Ahn, Hiesik Kim

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Keywords: Gas sensor, leak, gas safety, gas meter, gas risk, wireless communication.

Authors: Bhupeshwaran Mani, S. Radha, A. Jawahar, A. Sivasubramanian

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Keywords: Soliton, dispersion length, Soliton period, Return-tozero (RZ), Q-factor.

Authors: Jing Zhang, Yongqin Chang, Yongwei Wang, Xiaolin Li, Shaoning Jiang, Farong Wan, Yi Long

Abstract:

Keywords: Irradiation, Fe-0.2wt.%V alloy, microstructures, hardness.

Authors: Miroslava Šidlovská, Ida Petrovičová, Tomáš Pilka, Branislav Kolena

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Keywords: Biomonitoring, ethnicity, human exposure, phthalate metabolites.

Authors: Dolapop Sribudda, Ura Pancharoen

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Keywords: Hg (II), hollow fiber contactor, produced water, wastewater treatment.

Authors: Sukhleen Bindra Narang, Dalveer Kaur, Kunal Pubby

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Keywords: Dielectric ceramics, Dielectric constant, Loss tangent, AC conductivity, Impedance spectroscopy.

Authors: Shivakumar, G. S. Vijay, P. Srinivas Pai, B. R. Shrinivasa Rao

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Keywords: Radial Basis Function networks, emissions, Performance parameters, Fuzzy c means.

Authors: Samuel Capintero, Ole H. Petersen

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Keywords: Wastewater, treatment plants, PPP, construction.

Authors: B. Saha Roy, T. Medhi, S. C. Saha

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Keywords: AA6061-T6, friction stir welding, material flow, CFD modelling.

Authors: Alena Zemanová, Jan Zeman, Michal Šejnoha

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Keywords: Laminated glass, finite element method, finite-strain Reissner model, Lagrange multipliers, generalized Maxwell model, Williams-Landel-Ferry equation, Newton method.

Authors: Seung Yeon Son

Abstract:

Keywords: Affective commitment, exchange ideology, leader-member exchange, commitment.

Authors: Goreti Botelho, Filomena Gomes, Fernanda M. Ferreira, Ilda Caldeira

Abstract:

Keywords: Arbutus fruit, maturation, quality, spirit.

Authors: E. Feizi Ashtiani, S. Jamshidi, M.H Niksokhan, A. Feizi Ashtiani

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Keywords: Waste load allocation (WLA), Value index, Multi objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO), Haraz River, Equity.

Authors: Christian Rathgeber, Franz Winkler, Xiaoyu Kang, Steffen Müller

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Keywords: Trajectory planning, direct method, indirect method, highly automated driving.