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In this paper, a metamaterial based compact multiband microstrip antenna is proposed which can give high gain and directivity. Metamaterials are periodic structures and have been intensively investigated due to the particular features such as ultra-refraction phenomenon and negative permittivity and/or permeability. A metamaterialbased microstrip patch antenna with enhanced characteristics and multi band operation will be investigated in this work. The multiple frequency operation will be achieved by varying the capacitance of the metamaterial structure with the help of metallic loadings placed in each metamaterial unit cells. The potential impacts will be miniaturization, reduced cost and reduced power consumption since multiple antennas..........
Keyword: Metamaterial, Microstrip Antenna, Bandwidth, Tunability, Frequency Range, Gain

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Nikhil Kulkarni, G. B. Lohiya "A Compact Multiband Metamaterial based Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless communication Applications" Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The liquefaction is a phenomenon which occurs under seismic solicitation. The passage of a seismic wave (i.e. strong shaking) leads, in certain geological formations, to the loss of shearing resistance in saturated sandy materials. This is caused mainly by the increase of the pore water pressure generated by the cyclical deformations. The instantaneous deconsolidation of the soil is reflected by the destruction of the soil mass; making the constructions on such soils unstable. In this geotechnical investigation a case study of foundation design on liquefiable site is described. The geotechnical investigation, carried out at Kent (Ontario), consisted of the construction of a new electrical station on a liquefiable site.
Key words:Case study, foundation, design, liquefaction, remedial measures.

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Tahar Ayadat "A Case Study: Foundation Design in Liquefiable Site"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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We will make a new approach for an effect known as "Dark Energy" by an effect on gravitational field.[1] In an accelerated rocket, the dimensions of space towards movement due to "Lorentz Contraction‟ are on continuous reduction.Using the equivalence principle, we presume that in the gravitational field, the same thing would happen.In this implicates in "dark energy effect‟. The calculi show that in a 7%-contraction for each billion years would explain our observation of galaxies in accelerated separation.
Keywords:Dark Energy,Lorentz Contraction, Gravitation, Universe, Equivalence Principle.

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Joao Carlos Holland de Barcellos "The Equivalence Principle and the End of the Dark Energy"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The main aim of this paper is to identify how acoustics where generally achieve in auditoriums base on the method, technics and the materials been used. This paper will discuss the transition over time. It will cover how the design began from the past (Roman, Greek baroque, renaissance periods) to the present (twentieth century). The paper will further discuss some case studies which are from different periods. The selection of the case study was based on their excellent acoustics qualities of the spaces. It will provide better understanding on how acoustics solution where been achieve in auditoriums/theaters from the past to the present. Finally, the paper will point out some major benefits of using acoustics in auditoriums and also discuss on what causes poor quality sound in the present auditoriums and then suggest the use flat panels technology and line-stone material as it has great impact in in achieving good and qualitative acoustics in the past.
Keywords:Sound propagation, Reverberation time, Past theaters, 20th century theaters, benefits of acoustics and loudspeaker system problem.

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Kabiru Maishanu, Asst. Prof. Dr. Halil Zafer Alibaba "Auditorium Acoustics From Past to Present"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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In this paper a critical analysis of how to passively cool residential buildings in Northern Nigeria was made.in particular passive design and some passive cooling strategies were analyzed. The physical properties permitting to achieve these benefits is presented as well as ways by which they can be applied. Energy in Nigeria has been a major challenging issue as the government has been struggling to increase the national grid. This paper identifies passive design strategies that can be adopted in this climatic region to minimize the use of energy for cooling, greatly boost thermal comfort and embroider passive architecture. It is most important to achieve thermal comfort through natural means or energy efficient means.........
Keywords:Thermal comfort, Energy, Passive cooling, Sustainable, Northern Nigeria, Natural ventilation, cooling load

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Muktar Inusa, Asst. Prof. Dr. Halil Zafer Alibaba"Application of Passive Cooling Techniques in Residential Buildings: A Case Study of Northern Nigeria"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Industrial accidents proves to be more costly and thus efforts are made to lower them and enhance safety.Safety Management system is a proactive and systematic approach for identification, evaluation, mitigation, prevention and control of hazards that could occur as a result of failures in process, procedures, or equipment. Increasing industrial accidents, loss of life & property, public scrutiny, statutory requirements, aging facilities and intense industrial processes, all contribute to a growing need for Safety Management Program to ensure safety and risk management. The proposed paper work envisages to minimize industrial accidents by identifying the various factors responsible for industrial accidents and developing the approximate model to correlate the causes of accidents with the severity and the man days lost.
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P R Gajbhiye, Dr A C Waghmare, Dr R H Parikh"Formulation of M.L.R Model for Correlating the Factors Responsible for Industrial Accidents with Severity of Accidents and Man Days Lost by Using XLSTAT"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Some strong earthquakes are associated with increasing of volcanic activity in near and also in far field. This research is to investigate the effect of the tectonic earthquakes in Nusa Tenggara Island area towards the October 25th,2015 eruption of Mt. Rinjani, Indonesia. Three earthquakes occurred before the eruptions; Mw 5 Sumba earthquake on June 10th 2015, Mw 5.8 South of Java earthaquake July 26th, 2016 and Mw 5 South of Bali on August 6th, 2015. In theory, dynamical stress transfer can be calculated by analyzing synthetic seismogram as a waveform simulation at the volcano and the change of dynamical stress can be calculated with the finite-difference numerical method. Our result indicates that the dynamic stress value is still below the threshold value that can trigger eruptions........
Keywords:Earthquake (far-field), Mw (Moment Magnitude), synthetic seismogram, finite-difference methods, Mt. Barujari

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Bakti Sukrisna, Kirbani, S.B, Wahyudi, Wiwit Suryanto, Ade Anggraini"Dynamical Stress Analysis of Tectonic Earthquakes in Nusa Tenggara and its possible relations to the Activity of Mt. Rinjani, Indonesia"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) aims to enhance the security of cardholder data and is required when cardholder data or authentication data are stored, processed or transmitted. The implementation of enabling processes from COBIT 5 can complement compliance to PCI DSS. COBIT 5 assists enterprises in governance and management of enterprise IT and, at the same time, supports the need to meet security requirements with supporting processes and management activities. This paper provides analysis of mapping of COBIT 5 supporting processes to PCI DSS 3.0 security requirements. It also presents domains which support the simultaneous application of COBIT 5 and PCI DSS 3.0 which would help create collaborations within the enterprise.
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Ashish Ukidve, Ds S SMantha, Milind Tadvalkar"Analysis of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard [PCI DSS] Compliance by Confluence of COBIT 5 Framework"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Customer clustering has become a priority for enterprises because of the importance of customer relationship management. Customer clustering can improve understanding of the composition and characteristics of customers, thereby enabling the creation of appropriate marketing strategies for each customer group. Previously, different customer clustering approaches have been proposed according to data type, namely customer profile data, customer value data, customer transaction data, and customer purchasing sequence data. This paper considers the customer clustering problem in the context of customer purchasing sequence data. However, two major aspects distinguish this paper from past research: (1) in our model, a customer sequence contains itemsets, which is a more realistic configuration than previous models........
Keywords:Customer clustering, Customer segmentation, Sequence data, NMF

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Yen-Chung Liu, Yen-Liang Chen"Customer Clustering Based on Customer Purchasing Sequence Data"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Thermodynamic assessment of Fe-B system, including phase diagram, Gibbs energy, enthalpy, heat capacity and activity, was performed in the ThermoCalc software ver. 4.1 (Sweden). Two databases were used: the commercial SSOL5 database for solid solutions (substitutional approach) and the USER made database based on work of T. Van Rompaey et al. (intersticial approach). Results obtained were compared with experimental data gathered from work of M. Van Ende et al. In low boron regime the curve of the Fe-B phase diagram is represented more reliable in the USER database. However, temperatures of the phase transformations are calculated with more accuracy in the SSOL5 database........
Keywords:Thermocalc

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Mateusz Szymanski, Viera Homolová, Marcin Leonowicz"Thermodynamic Assessment of the Fe-B System in the Ssol5 and User Databases"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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In this paper, Decimal Matrix Code is developed for RFID passive tag. The proposed DMC uses the decimal algorithm to obtain the maximum error detection and correction capability. The Encoder-Reuse Technique is used to minimize the area overhead of extra circuits without disturbing the complete encoding and decoding processes. ERT uses DMC encoder itself to be part of the decoder. The Simulation results reveals that the Decimal Matrix Code is effective than existing Matrix and Hamming odes in terms of Error Correction Capability. Xilinx ISE 14.7 Software is used for the simulation outputs. The complete design is verified and tested on Spartan-6 FPGA board. The performance of system is measured in terms of power, area and delay. The Synthesis result shows that, the power required for complete design of Decimal Matrix Code is 0.1mW with a delay of 3.109ns.
Keywords:RFID, base band processor, HDL, FPGA, DMC

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Neelappa, N.G.Kurahatti"FPGA Based Decimal Matrix Code for Passive RFID Tag"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Concrete is the safest and sustainable construction material which is most widely used in the world as it provides superior fire resistance, gains strength over time and gives an extremely long service life. Unfortunately high performance concrete is undoubtedly one of the most innovative materials in construction. Its Designing involves the process of selecting suitable ingredients of concrete (water, cement, fine and aggregates and a number of additives like mineral and chemical admixture) and determining their relative amounts with the objective of producing a high performance concrete of the required, strength, durability, and workability as economically as possible........
Keywords:HPC (High-Performance Concrete), Weighted Support Vector Machines, Compressive Strength Prediction

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Rguig Mustapha, EL Aroussi Mohamed"High-Performance Concrete Compressive Strength Prediction Based Weighted Support Vector Machines"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The objective of this paper is to study a review of Indian Rice Husk Ash (RHA) as a partial cement replacement in different percentage and performance of strength and durability of RHA blended concrete. The demand for producing durable construction material is the result of the environmental pollution. Supplementary cementitious materials prove to be effective to meet most of the requirements of durable concrete, RHA is available in plenty to other supplementary materials like silica fume and fly ash, Due to its high pozzolanic activity, the strength and durability of concrete are improved. This paper presents an over view of the work carried out on the use of Indian RHA to improve the strength and durability of concrete
Keywords:Strength, durability, RHA, chemical and physical properties

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Swami Nathen.A.N, Robert Ravi.S"Indian Rice Husk Ash – Improving the Mechanical Properties of Concrete: A Review"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The removal of Zinc (Zn) metal ion from aqueous solution by using novel bioadsornbent. The impact of beginning metal particle fixation and adsorbent measurements on the adsorption of Zinc (zn) by waste water was researched. The leftover zinc ions was then broke down utilizing Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) (240AA). The adsorption harmony was accomplished when zinc arrangement was 800mg/L. The rate of metal evacuation is of most prominent criticalness for building up a characteristic adsorbent-based water-treatment innovation. The greatest evacuation rate is to be 95.37%. The harmony was accomplished essentially at pH of 7 at 120 minutes and 250 rpm evacuation effectiveness of zinc at steady beginning........
Keywords:Phyllanthus emblica, Atomic absorption spectrophotometer(AAS), cracker industrial , adsorption isotherm and kinetics.

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Mr.P.Muthusamy, Hannah.A"Study of Adsorption Isotherm Model and Kinetics on Removal of Zinc Ion from Industrial waste water by Using Novel Biosorbent (Phyllanthus Emblica)"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Advanced microcontroller bus architecture (AMBA) is a well established open specification for the proper management of functional blocks comprising system-on-chips (SOCs). A Memory Controller is designed to cater to this problem. This design presents an intellectual property (IP) for inter-Advanced peripheral bus (APB) protocol. The Memory Controller is a digital circuit which manages the flow of data going to and from the main memory. It can be a separate chip or can be integrated into the system chipset. This paper revolves around building an Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) compliant Memory Controller as an Advanced High-performance Bus (AHB) slave. The work involved is of APB Protocol and its slave Verification. The whole design is captured using VHDL, simulated with ModelSim and configured to a FPGA target device belonging to the Virtex4 family using Xilinx.
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Kommirisetti Bheema Raju, Bala Krishna Konda, M.Tech"Design And Verification of AMBA APB Protocol"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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The paper suggests a staffing tool to improve efficiency at a nursing department of a local hospital. The managers consider they are understaffed and try to overwhelm the staffing deficit problem through overtime, rather than hiring additional nurses. The estimates indicate that the shortage at the hospital level corresponds to 300 full time equivalent (FTE) nurses. However, the huge amount of allocated budget for overtime becomes a concern since the deficit is not accurately estimated. Indeed, the suggested staffing tool shows that some nursing units are unnecessarily overstaffed. Moreover, the current study reveals that the real deficit is of only215 FTEresulting in a potential saving of 28%.
Keywords: Nurse staffing, efficiency improvement, overstaffing, understaffing.

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M.A. Louly, A. Gharbi, M. N. Azaiez, A. Bouras, Ayman Mostafa, Abdelaty Sayed"A Staffing Tool to Improve Efficiency at a Nursing Department"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Digital fountain codes are a new class of random error correcting codes designed for efficient and reliable data delivery over erasure channels such as internet. These codes were developed to provide robustness against erasures in a way that resembles a fountain of water. A digital fountain is rateless in a way that sender can send limitless number of encoded packets. The receiver doesn't care which packets are received or lost as long as the receiver gets enough packets to recover original data. In this paper, the design of the fountain codes is explored with its implementation of the encoding and decoding algorithm so that the performance in terms of encoding/decoding symbols, reception overhead, data length, and failure probability is studied.
Keywords:Fountain Codes, LT, Encoding, Erasure Codes

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Ali Bazzi, Hiba Harb, Zahraa Younes, Majd Ghareeb, Samih Abdulnabi"Fountain Codes: LT And Raptor Codes Implementation"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Aim: Aim of this study is to evaluate the lateral forces on the instrument in the apical 3rd of curved canal with two Nickel Titanium rotary systems. Methodology: One brand of instrument RaCe no 25 was scanned with micro computed tomography to produce a real-size, 3-dimensional (3-D) model and was compared with Anexas (designed by authors). The stresses on the instrument during simulated shaping of the root canals were analyzed numerically by using a 3 D finite element (FE) package, taking into account the nonlinear mechanical behavior of the NiTi material.........
Keywords:Finite element analysis, NiTi rotary files, RaCe, Residual stresses, Stress distribution

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Ajay Saxena, Manoj Chandak"A finite element study to compare the forces generated by a newly designed NITI file with an established rotary file"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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In this paper, we introduce and study the notion of Zα-open sets and some properties of this class of sets are investigated. Also, we introduce the class of A*L-sets via Zα-open sets. Further, by using these sets, a new decompositions of continuous functions are presented. (2000) AMS Subject Classifications: 54D10; 54C05; 54C08
Keywords:Zα-open sets , A*L-set, Zα-continuity and decomposition of continuity.

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A. M .Mubarki, M. A. Al-Juhani, M. M. Al-Rshudi, M. O.AL-Jabri"On Zα-Open Sets and Decompositions of Continuity"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Rain water harvesting is received increased attention world wide as an alternative source of water. Roof-top rain water harvesting system is looked upon as one of the most feasible and economical ways of water conservation. With increasing problem of water scarcity, planning and designing roof top rain water harvesting is gaining wider importance to meet ever-increasing water demand, encouraging use of water or more sustainable basis. The rain water harvesting is the simple collection or storing of water for the domestic or the agriculture purpose. The method of rain water harvesting has been into practice since ancient times.........
Keywords:Roof-top, Rain Water Harvesting, Official building, multistoried building

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Dr. Suman Panigrahi"Roof-Top rainwater harvesting system for official / multistoried building with reference to malda district, WB"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com

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Manipulator is a machine which is used to transfer heavy objects, to reduce human efforts in many industrial applications. Some of them are fully automated while some are manually operated. It is difficult to work in cabin of manipulator for the operator under hot conditions. So it is essential to provide comfort to operator using air-conditioning system. For such applications standard air conditioners are not compatible, so we have to develop assembled system. In this paper we will be dealing with design, selection and fabrication of components like compressor, condenser, expansion device and evaporator. In order to do so, we have calculated heat load.
Keywords:Heat load, Compressor, heat transfer coefficient, CFD.

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Umesh S. Ghorpade, Manik A. Patil, Amit S. Shelake, Himanshu S. Ghodake"CFD Analysis of Manipulator Cabin by Selecting Proper Air Conditioning System"Vol. 7 - Issue 1 (January - 2017), International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) , ISSN: 2248-9622 , www.ijera.com