Vol. 2, No. 2 [February 2016]:
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Paper Title | :: | ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF CROSSTALK MEASUREMENT IN GSM NETWORK |
Author Name | :: | M. Aderinola || B. Abovie || F. Okosi || I. Daniel || G.F. Odubo |
Country | :: | Nigeria |
Page Number | :: | 01-05 |
Keywords: crosstalk, NEXT, FEXT, PSNEXT, AXT
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Paper Title | :: | A SURVEY ON DIFFERENT REVIEW MINING TECHNIQUES |
Author Name | :: | Saranya raj.s || Soumya murali |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 06-09 |
KEYWORDS : Recommendation systems, label propagation, collaborative filtering, random walks
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Paper Title | :: | Extraction of Farming Work Rules to Improve Crop Quality with Multiple Regression Analysis |
Author Name | :: | Sunao Nakanishi || Yusuke Kajiwara || Dinh Dong Phuong || Hiromitsu Shimakawa |
Country | :: | Japan |
Page Number | :: | 10-19 |
KEYWORDS -agriculture, machine learning, multiple regression analysis, ICT, data mining
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Paper Title | :: | AN OVERVIEW TO COGNITIVE RADIO SPECTRUM SHARING |
Author Name | :: | Shahu Chikhale || Sagar Hate || Shashank Chutke |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 20-25 |
Keywords: CR- Cognitive Radio, SON- Self organizing networks, MANET, WSN- Wireless sensor network, HWN- Hybrid wireless network, etc.
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Paper Title | :: | A Quantitative Analysis of 802.11 ah Wireless Standard |
Author Name | :: | Shanmuga Sundaram B |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 26-29 |
Keywords – Wi-Fi HaLow, 802.11, IoT, M2M, FSPL
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Paper Title | :: | Experimental Comparative Analysis of Clay Pot Refrigeration Using Two Different Designs of Pots |
Author Name | :: | Prabodh Sai Dutt R |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 30-35 |
KEYWORDS - Clay pots, Evaporative cooling, Refrigeration, Thermal conductivity, Zeer Pot
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Paper Title | :: | IMPACT OF MACHINE TOOLS UTILIZATION ON STUDENTS' SKILL ACQUISITION IN METALWORK TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, KANO STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGES |
Author Name | :: | ADAMU YUSUF SAWABA |
Country | :: | Nigeria |
Page Number | :: | 36-39 |
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Paper Title | :: | POTENTIALS OF RICE-HUSK ASH AS A SOIL STABILIZER |
Author Name | :: | Sudipta Adhikary || Koyel Jana |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 40-48 |
Key Words: UCS, CBR, RHA,OMC,MDD
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Paper Title | :: | Upper-Nonconvergent Objects Segmentation Method on Single Depth Image for Rescue Robots |
Author Name | :: | Hoang Vu || Seoungjae Cho || Seongjo Lee || Kyungeun Cho |
Country | :: | Republic of Korea |
Page Number | :: | 49-56 |
KEYWORDS - Upper-Nonconvergent Objects; UNO; height map; depth image; splitting and merging;
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Paper Title | :: | Experimental Implementation of Odd-Even Scheme for Air Pollution Control in Delhi, India |
Author Name | :: | Pramod R. Chaudhari || Sanyogita R. Verma || Dhiraj Kumar Singh |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 57-65 |
Key Words: Delhi, Air Pollution, Odd-Even Scheme; Emission Control
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Paper Title | :: | INVESTIGATION INTO THE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF REINFORCEMENT STEEL RODS IN SOKOTO MARKET, SOKOTO STATE NIGERIA |
Author Name | :: | Tunde Abioye || Olawumi Billihaminu A |
Country | :: | Nigeria |
Page Number | :: | 66-69 |
Keywords; BS Standard, Concrete, Nominal Diameter, Reinforcement, Yield Strength.
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Paper Title | :: | TESTING OF VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE IN SUBSONIC WIND TUNNEL |
Author Name | :: | P.V. Vigneshwaran || S Ranjithkhumar |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 01-08 |
KEYWORDS –sub-sonic, wind, vertical.
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Paper Title | :: | A REVIEW ON FRICTION STIR WELDING OF DISSIMILAR MATERIALS BETWEEN ALUMINIUM ALLOYS TO COPPER |
Author Name | :: | D.ARAVINDKUMAR || A.BALAMURUGAN |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 09-15 |
Keywords --Aluminium, Copper, Friction Stir Welding, Intermetallic compounds, Microstructure.
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Paper Title | :: | INVESTIGATION OF THERMO-ACOUSTIC EXCESS PARAMETERS OF BINARY LIQUID MIXTURE USING ULTRASONIC NON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE |
Author Name | :: | Apurba M. Ghosh || J. N. Ramteke |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 16-22 |
Keywords: Binary mixture, ultrasonic velocity, adiabatic compressibility, intermolecular free length, and internal pressure.
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Paper Title | :: | Electrolytic Method for Deactivation of Microbial Pathogens in Surface Water for Domestic Use |
Author Name | :: | Piyush Mahore || Pramod R. Chaudhari || Pravin Charde |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 23-33 |
Key Words: Water, Disinfection, Electrolytic, Pathogen, Deactivation
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Paper Title | :: | Crystal and molecular structure of Thiadiazole derivatives 5-[(4-Methoxybenzyl)sulfanyl]-2-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole |
Author Name | :: | Vijaya V Shanbhag || Vasu K.VArjun Gowda || Bhaskar M |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 34-41 |
Key Words : *Torsion Angle *Mean (C-C) = 0.004 *R factor = 0.052 wR factor = 0.118Data-to-parameter ratio = 19.2
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Paper Title | :: | UTILIZATION OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS' SKILLS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA |
Author Name | :: | E.O.E. Nnadi || U. Alintah-Abel |
Country | :: | Nigeria |
Page Number | :: | 42-51 |
Key words: Quantity Surveyors, Utilization, Construction industry, Projects.
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Paper Title | :: | PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF CHITOSAN AS AN ADSORBENT FOR REMAZOL RED |
Author Name | :: | Shaikat Chandra Dey || Mohammad Al-Amin || Taslim Ur Rashid || Md. Zakir Sultan || Md. Ashaduzzaman || Mithun Sarker || Sayed Md. Shamsuddin |
Country | :: | Bangladesh |
Page Number | :: | 52-62 |
Keywords: Chitosan, Remazol Red, Adsorption, Desorption.
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Paper Title | :: | THE CONCEPT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AMONG SMES IN ZIMBABWE |
Author Name | :: | FAITIRA MANUERE || TASARA MAJONI |
Country | :: | ZIMBABWE |
Page Number | :: | 63-71 |
Key phrases: Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR Practices, external and internal barriers, stakeholders.
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Paper Title | :: | THERMOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF EU DOPED BAM PHOSPHOR |
Author Name | :: | Vinit Kumar || Kapil Vats || R.B.S. Rawat || M.K.Dhasmana |
Country | :: | India |
Page Number | :: | 72-74 |
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