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Potato cultivars with purple flesh represent an efficient and natural source of antioxidants, this vegetable having high content in polyphenols (especially anthocyanin pigments). The research goal of this work was to evaluate the anthocyanin and polyphenols content of several Romanian potato varieties (Albastru-Violet de Gălănești and Christian) and the effects of these potatoes (add to dough in different proportions) on several bread quality indicators. The bread quality depends on physical and chemical properties and on several signs like: flavor and taste, external appearance, crumb porosity and texture, bread's volume. In this research experiment, beside the total polyphenols and anthocyanin content, the analysis performed on bread (prepared using different potatoes addition 5%, 15% and 30%) were sensorial and physic chemical analysis (product volume, crumb porosity, height/diameter ratio, moist and acidity). Experimental results indicated that 15% purple potato cultivar added on the dough was the most indicate proportion to be used in bread processing.
Keyword: anthocyanin, bread, polyphenols, purple potato.

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Bădărău Carmen Liliana, Canja Maria Cristina, Damșa Florentina, Mărgean Alina"Effects of Several Purple Potato Additions on Bread Quality"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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RHA is an agricultural industrial waste which is nearly 100 million tons, requires huge quantities of land for its disposal. To utilize these huge quantities in several civil engineering applications, physical and engineering properties has been identified to study the quality of RHA. In this connection Gradation, Seepage, compaction, strength and chemical composition tests were conducted. Test results shows there are non-plastic, porous, elongated light weight materials and dominated by siliceous materials. These have low dry densities at high moisture contents achieved high values of shear strength (φ> 36o) and CBR (>7) can be use as Embankment, structural fill and sub grade material. Pozzolanic nature of Rice Husk Ashes helps to achieve high strengths with chemical addictives exposed to curing.
Key words:Compaction, CBR, Rice Husk Ash, SEM

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Vamsi Nagaraju.T*, Satyanarayana.P.V.V,Revanth Kumar.P,Anantha Rao.S "A Study on Effective Use of Rice Husk Ashes in Geotechnical Applications"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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"Tunneling frequency and temperature dependence of proton spin lattice relaxation time T1, are depend upon the height and the shape of the hindering barrier of methyl rotation and carry information on the group is molecular environment are reported for some samples containing tertiary-butyl group.The temperature rang was 4-300k.Data has been analyzed to provide estimates for the magnitude of the three fold potential barrier to reorientation of all methyl groups in these materials. At low temperature the motion of the tertiary-butyl protons can usually be neglected. All protons of the samples relax as a single system.In one or two cases tunneling is observed for the first time in Tert-butyl. The T1 results are used to evaluate tunnel frequency in other cases. The result suggest the importance of collective motion of methyl group in tert-butyl.
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Yousifabidal-SHAABANI"Protons Relaxation and Temperature Dependence Due To Tunneling Methyl Group"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The present study aimed to evaluate the influences of the partial substitution of caprine milk for water-soluble soy extract (WSSE) and the addition of inulin on the rheological, technological and sensory properties of grape-flavored yogurt-like beverages. For this purpose, a Central Composite Design (CCD) in conjunction with Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed. WSSE and inulin influenced the overall acceptability of the product, whereas syneresis, water holding capacity and rheological properties (the consistency index and the flow behavior index) were influenced only by the WSSE content. RSM was shown to be an adequate statistical tool that can be used for the development of formulations with specified properties in the range of the ingredient concentrations studied.
Keyword: Response surface methodology ‧ Overall acceptability ‧ Flow behavior ‧ Rheological modeling ‧ Dairy products

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José Evangelista Santos Ribeiro, Amanda Marília Da Silva Sant'Ana, João Ricardo Trajano Sousa, Rita De Cássia Ramos Do Egypto Queiroga, Flávio Luiz Honorato Da Silva, Carlos Antonio Cabral Dos Santos5,Ânoar Abbas El-Aouar, Edvaldo Mesquita Beltrão Filho "Influence of Variable Water-Soluble Soy Extract and Inulin Contents on the Rheological, Technological and Sensory Properties of Grape-Flavored Yogurt-Like Beverages Made From Caprine Milk"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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This project gives the idea about how to reduce the power loss in an industry, which are being wasted by the fans and pumps in operating condition as well as to get water as per the necessity by an industry with proper quality. This can be done by proper switching and speed control of motors used in fans and pumps. As the power consumed is directly proportional to the cube of speed so by reducing the speed energy can be saved. An attempt is also made to connect the power factor improving capacitor for energy saving. By using this concept the industry can save huge amount of energy and can be able to reduce the electricity bill.
Key words:PLC , Algorithm , speed control of motor, power factor improving capacitor ,KVAR

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Sudhananda Paul, Satya Ranjan Bishoi , Swagat Kumar Sahu, Smruti Ranjan Pradhan "Energy Saving and Water Cooling Facility in an Industry Using Prgrammable Logic Controller"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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"Speech quality in listening situation is degraded by indoor room reverberation. Room equalization can be used to increase the speech quality by applying the inverse transfer function to the input speech signals. In noise environments, however, it is hard to exactly measure the room transfer function. In this work, we developed the techniques to measure the room transfer function in indoor noise environments and to enhance the speech quality by room equalization. From the experimental results, we showed that the proposed techniques can be successfully used in indoor noise environments.
Keywords:room transfer function, room equalization, reverberation, noise environments.

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Deokgyu Yun*, Min-Jeong Kim, Taeuk Kim, Siyeon Nam, Se Rin Hong, Seung Ho Choi "Room Transfer Function Estimation and Room Equalization in Noise Environments"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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In this work we address the quantification of Brinkman's effective viscosity, which arises due to the presence of the porous medium and its effect on increasing or decreasing the fluid viscosity in relation to the base fluid viscosity. This work is motivated in the main part by the lack of consensus in the available literature on the ranges of effective viscosity. To this end, this work provides a model of quantifying the effective viscosity by incorporating the porous microstructure in the volume-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Extensive analysis and testing are provided in the current work which considers five different porous microstructures, and the effective viscosity is quantified in each case under Poiseuille flow.
Keyword: Effective Viscosity, Brinkman Equation

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W.S. Almalki, M.H. Hamdan "Investigations in Effective Viscosity of Fluid in a Porous Medium"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Usage of Castagna's relation by mean the P-wave log directly in estimation of the S-wave log gives a large error to the original S-wave log so that the result is not reliable for further analysis. This paper offers new method for S-wave log estimation based Castagna's relation which is combined with fluid replacement modeling method based on Biot-Gassman substitution and the use of petro physical data as input. The S-wave log result of the offered estimation method has a small error to the original S-wave log so that more reliable and accurate for further analysis. The offered method could be used for S-wave log estimation in various litology such as sand, limestone, dolomite and shale. The S-wave log result of the offered estimation method has successfully used for cross plot analysis of Vp/Vs ratio as function of acoustic impedance and Gamma Ray for delineation of sandstone bearing hydrocarbon from two different field.
Key words:Biot-Gassman substitution, S-wave log, P-wave log, Vp/Vs ratio

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Sudarmaji, Sismanto, Waluyo, Bambang Soedijono "Improving the Reliability of Synthetic S-Wave Extraction Using Biot-Gassman Fluid Substitution"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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"Solid waste management (SWM) is a major public health and environmental concern in urban areas of many developing countries. Nairobi's solid waste situation, which could be taken to generally represent the status which is largely characterized by low coverage of solid waste collection, pollution from uncontrolled dumping of waste, inefficient public services, unregulated and uncoordinated private sector and lack of key solid waste management infrastructure. This paper recapitulates on the public-private partnership as the best system for developing countries; challenges, approaches, practices or systems of SWM, and outcomes or advantages to the approach; the literature review focuses on surveying information pertaining to existing waste management methodologies, policies, and research relevant to the SWM. Information was sourced from peer-reviewed academic literature, grey literature, publicly available waste management plans, and through consultation with waste management professionals. Literature pertaining to SWM and municipal solid waste minimization, auditing and management were searched for through online journal databases, particularly Web of Science, and Science Direct. Legislation pertaining to waste management, was also researched using the different databases. Additional information was obtained from grey literature and textbooks pertaining to waste management topics. After conducting preliminary research, prevalent references of select sources were identified and scanned for additional relevant articles. Research was also expanded to include literature pertaining to recycling, composting, education, and case studies; the manuscript summarizes with future recommendationsin terms collaborations of public/ private patternships, sensitization of people, privatization is important in improving processes and modernizing urban waste management, contract private sector, integrated waste management should be encouraged, provisional government leaders need to alter their mind set, prepare a strategic, integrated SWM plan for the cities, enact strong and adequate legislation at city and national level, evaluate the real impacts of waste management systems, utilizing locally based solutions for SWM service delivery and design, location, management of the waste collection centersand recycling and compositing activities should be encouraged.
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Dr. Nabukeera Madinah "Solid Waste Management System: Public-Private Partnership, the Best System for Developing Countries"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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This study is based on evaluation of microstructure and mechanical properties such as tensile strength, Brinell hardness and Charpy impact test of as-cast spheroidal graphite iron using sandwich techniques in different mould systems viz. green sand mould, dry sand mould and CO2 sand mouldundervarying cooling rates.
Keyword: Spheroidised graphite iron, mould, green sand, dry sand, CO2 sand, microstructure, mechanical properties, sandwich technique, cooling rate.

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Ashish Kumar Gupta, Dibakor Boruah, Nikhil Suresh, Nazish Kamal, Anil Kumar Singh "Preparation Effect of Mould Systems on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Spheroidised Graphite Iron"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Many applications require very broadband antenna, but the narrow bandwidth of a microstrip antenna restricts its wide usage. The aim of this paper is to enhance the bandwidth of rectangular microstrip patch antenna. For this purpose, we cut four slots in the proposed antenna. The dielectric substrate material of the antenna is glass epoxy FR4 having εr=4. 4 and loss tangent 0.025. The performance of the final modified antenna is compared with that of a conventional rectangular microstrip antenna. The designed antenna has two resonant frequencies 5.42 GHz and 5.70 GHz. So this antenna is best suitable for the Wi-Max applications. The designed antenna offers much improved impedance bandwidth 10.45 %. This is approximately two times higher than that in a conventional rectangular patch antenna (Bandwidth= 5.34%) having the same dimensions..
Key words:Broadband, FR4 substrate, Parallel slots, Gain, Resonant frequency

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Chandan Kumar Dubey, Sumit Tahlani, Paresh Singh Rajoriya "Broadband Slotted Rectangular Shaped Microstrip Antenna For WI-Max Applications"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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"Concrete structures impart more seismic weight and less deflection whereas Steel structures instruct more deflections and ductility to the structure, which is beneficial in resisting earthquake forces. Composite Construction combines the better properties of both steel and concrete. Buckling restrained braced frames (BRBFs) are primarily used as seismic-force resisting systems for buildings in seismically-active regions.The objective of the present work is to compare a twenty storied RCC and composite framed structure with BRB frame subjected to Seismic and different Temperatureloadings using Non-Linear Time History Analysis. Three dimensional modeling and analysis of the structure is carried out with the help of SAP-2000 v16 software. It is observed that the storey displacements were decreased by 36% for twenty storey RCC building and for composite buildings it was decreased by 45% for twenty storeys suggesting the effectiveness of Buckling restrained brace frame. The overall results suggested that BRB were excellent seismic control device for composite building as the roof displacement is reduced by 40% but whereas for RCC it is reduced only by 25%. For Seismic prone areas composite building with BRB frame is more effective. Under Temperature loading RCC building is more effective than composite structure.
Keywords:RCC Structure, Concrete Structure, BRB Frame, Seismic and Temperature load, SAP.

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Syeda Qurratul Aien Najia, Hashim Mohiuddin,Sumaiya Fatima "Dynamic Response of Rcc and Composite Structure with Brb Frame Subjected To Seismic and Temperature Load"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Though antibiotic drugs are known to improve the health and welfare of food animals , there is parallel risk due to the development of resistant microorganisms in the body of target animals. Seven meat samples were procured from wet market in Old Town,Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and assessed for the presence of antibiotic residues. The samples chosen were chicken parts (skin, muscle and liver) , pig parts (liver, muscle and intestine) and beef muscle. The results indicated that chicken skin had high level of antibioticresidues which positively resisted the presence of gram positive, Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidisand B. cereus as known by the zone of inhibition.The beef muscle also held residue which resisted S. aureusChosenbacteriaalong with the extracts of chicken skin, pig intestine and beef muscle were observed to be resistant totetracycline hydrochloride, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride monohydrate and their combinations when tested at a concentration of 1 percent.
Keyword: antibiotic drugs, animal feeds, antibiotic residues, meat products

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Pravin Raj Solomon, Wong Sai Ming "Antibacterial Resistance in the Muscles of Chicken, Pig and Beef"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Identification of Personality is a complex process. To ease this process, a model is developed using cursive handwriting. Area based, width based and height based thresholds are set for only character selection, word selection and line selection. The rest is considered as noise. Followed by feature vector construction. Slope feature using slope calculation, shape features and edge detection done using Sobel filter and direction histogram is considered. Based on the direction of handwriting the analysis was done. Writing which rises to the right shows optimism and cheerfulness. Sagging to the right shows physical or mental weariness. The lines which are straight, reveals over-control to compensate for an inner fear of loss of control.The analysis was done using single line and multiple lines. Simple techniques have provided good results. The results using single line were 95% and multiple lines were 91%.The classification is done using SVM classifier.
Key words:Support Vector Machine (SVM), Personality, Human Behavior.

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Syeda Asra, Dr.Shubhangi "SVM Based Identification of Psychological Personality Using Handwritten Text"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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"This article aims to describe the process of learning and development of an educational tool designed for mobile devices (smartphones) with Android technology. In summary, the application was developed based on the virtual learning environment Moodle and aims to develop a learning environment that supports the visually impaired students of e-learning, allowing them to ask questions, discuss and share ideas through forums and use chat rooms in real time. The fundamental purpose of this application is to cooperate with scientific knowledge in the sense that this is a representation of technological advance on the accessibility tools in distance education mode and provide comfort, flexibility and accessibility for the visually impaired students, realizing that education should always be inclusive.
Keywords:Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Educational Activities, E-learning, Interactive Tool, Mobile Devices.

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Alana Da Silva Luna, Pedro Igor Barroso Jatoba, Thiago Viana, Felipe Pacheco "Implementing an Android Tool for Visually Impaired Students of E-Learning"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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As data represent a key asset for today's organizations. The problem is that how to protect this data from attackers, theft and misuse is at the forefront of any organization's mind. Even though today several data security techniques are available to protect database and computing infrastructure, many such as network security and firewalls tools are unable to prevent attacks from insider. Insider is a person working in organization who can try to access the sensitive data. This paper proposes a two-way authentication method which fuses knowledge-based secret and personal trait information.
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Kamlesh Gupta, Arshad Malik, Shamal Pawar , Jijnasa Patil "Database Security Two Way Authentication Using Graphical Password"Vol. 6 - Issue 4 (April - 2016), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com