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Just Another Way to Track? Exploring the Critical Dimensions of Wearable Technologies Usage in Workplace Monitoring
With three main goals in mind, this critical research paper raises concerns about the widespread use of wearable technology for workplace surveillance. The first goal concerns with the examination of the ethical and moral implications of using wearable technology in work environments. Informed permission, privacy concerns, data ownership, and the possibility of discriminatory behaviors must all be carefully examined. For the second goal, the authors delve into the implications constant monitoring affects employees' physical and mental health. Examining the possibility of elevated stress, burnout, and decreased job satisfaction as a result of ongoing observation and performance pressure is part of this. Lastly, the authors of this paper have attempted to develop a Framework for Equitable Wearable Integration (FEWI) that describes how wearable devices can be utilized fairly and efficiently at workplaces in future. The study outlines the detrimental effects of wearable monitoring on workplace culture and employee morale using both empirical data and theoretical models. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
REVOLUTIONIZING HR: AI-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION IN TALENT ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT
Introduction: Organizations in the knowledge-based industry depend on intellectual capacity, where key talent plays a major role in their success and business sustainability. Human resource (HR) management, in its traditional form involves labour-intensive processes and practices that are prone to unconscious bias, inadequate retention measures and diversity issues creating significant challenges in talent management. Purpose: The study brings to the fore a multi-stakeholder outlook that makes the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) very lucrative. This study aims to highlight the capabilities of AI that address its limitations and retain a human-centric approach. Scope: The study encompasses the whole gamut of talent management lifecycle, starting from recruitment automation initiatives to onboarding, career planning and development, employee engagement, performance management, and succession planning in large global organizations. Methodology: The authors carried out an extensive review of the literature and analysis of use cases encompassing the use of AI and its implementation strategies, outcomes, and best practices, spanning the myriad talent acquisition and management functions. Findings: About 40% of large organizations have plans to invest in AI-enabled skills management solutions by 2028. AI-driven talent analyticshaveenabledbettercandidateassessment,hiringbiaseshave significantly reduced, and retention rates have increased an 82%. Significant workload savings, enhanced prediction capabilities, and improved accuracy across talent management processes are some of the other benefits of AI-enabled talent management solutions. AI usage has enhanced HR professionals efficiency, leadership has improved their decision-making capabilities, and employees have experienced increased opportunities for personal and professional development. Individual chapters 2026 The authors. -
Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation of Air Circulation in a Non-AC Bus Coach System
Air circulation plays a vital role in the comfort of passengers in a bus, being a non-AC bus without any aid from the air conditioning system. The circulation of air is utterly dependent on the design of the bus and the natural flow of air. However, optimize the flow of air inside the bus, a study on the design of the bus is needed. In this regard, experimental work was carried out to achieve uniform airflow by redesigning the coach into an aerodynamic shape. The openings are provided at the leading edge of the bus to evaluate the best possibility for air to circulate in the bus. Three openings were provided at the leading edge of the bus, the first and second openings were mere openings, and the third opening was fitted with a roof vent providing three different geometric patterns to airflow. The initial boundary conditions were developed by considering that all windows and doors of the bus are closed. The scaling ratio of 1:20 was considered for modeling the bus. The experiments were conducted in the wind tunnel test rig. It was observed from the experimentation that the velocity of the air was considered to be the most influential parameter for the optimal air circulation. The velocities of 21.96 m/s and 22.68 m/s were obtained inside bus. The obtained experimental velocities were validated with results obtained by the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It was observed that a deviation of 5% for the given velocity of 20 m/s. 2022 Materials and Energy Research Center. All rights reserved. -
Experimental Investigation of Air Circulation Using Duct System in a Non-AC Bus Coach
Public transport is the life line in many of the developing and under developed countries for the safe conveyance, i.e. also consider as economical. The major limitation in public transport (non-AC busses) Air Condition, is the lack of proper air circulation leading to suffocation and vomiting. The present research work emphasis on design and analysis of air flow duct system (non AC Busses) to increase the level of comfortance of the passengers, tools like solidworks software 2016 is used for 3D drawing, Hypermesh software 13.0 is for the discretization and ANSYS Fluent software 16.0 for the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis, from the experimental the airflow is found to be 10 m/s, and from the numerical analysis the airflow is found to be 9.8 m/s, by comparing the experimental and numerical results a negligible deviation of 2% is observed and it is within the limit. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. -
Design and Analysis of Vertical Pressure Vessel using ASME Code and FEA Technique
In this project we are designing a pressure vessel using ASME section VIII and Division 2, designing a closed container to find the required thickness of the shell, head, nozzle and leg support. Uniform thickness assigned to the entire vessel, Modelling of the pressure vessel is carried out using Pro-e 2.0; meshing is carried out using Hypermesh 6.1. Here we used 2D Quad element for the meshing, Analysis is carried out using ANSYS Software 11 for two different cases, working pressure and Maximum operating pressure, fatigue analysis is carried out, and the result is 106. Finally, theoretical validation is carried out for the entire model, And the results are within the limit. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. -
Design and Stress Analysis of the Frame for an Electric Bike
Global emissions have been on the rise since the industrial era because of the increased energy-intensive human activities, which is a direct cause of global warming and climate change. Of the total emissions, around 17% is from the transportation sector, which significantly contributes to the emissions. One of the easiest ways to be more sustainable is to choose electric vehicles instead of Internal combustion engines. Almost 75% of the vehicles registered in India are two-wheelers, but there are no affordable and reliable electric two-wheelers. This research works to optimize and analyze the design of a step-through frame design for an electric bicycle. The frame design is analyzed by providing boundary and loading conditions with two different materials (Steel-AISI4130 and Aluminum AL6061). The numerical analysis is carried out using ANSYS APDL. The result of von Mises stress is 166MPa and 160.4MPa for steel and aluminum, respectively. The result of stress and displacement is within the acceptable limit. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024. -
An Investigation on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete Structures Incorporated with Steel Slag Industrial Waste
The construction sector constantly looks for novel approaches to promote sustainability, minimize environmental impact and improve structural properties of construction materials. This work explores the incorporation of steel slag, a by-product from steel manufacturing industry, into concrete blocks. This research investigates the effects of steel slag on the mechanical strength and durability of the prepared concrete blocks, through a series of laboratory tests, including compressive, tension, flexure strength, water absorption and acid attack. This study evaluates the viability and feasibility of incorporating steel slag into concrete block production. In this study, samples of concrete mixture were set with 0% to 20% insteps of 5% steel slag as coarse aggregate. The findings show that concrete blocks consisting 20% of steel slag exhibited better compressive, tensile, flexural strength, reduction in water absorption and improved resistance to chemicals. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024. -
High performance computational method for fractional model of solid tumour invasion
The behaviour of the solid tumour invasion system in the sense of Caputo fractional with time ? and space x is analyzed by the high performance computational method: q-Homotopy Analysis Transform method (q-HATM). The existence of the solutions has been verified with the assist of fixed point theorem and derived numerical solution for different values of ?,?,h. The novel simulation for all cases is explained through figures. We derived that the method is very efficient for analyzing the behaviour of the epidemiological system. 2023 THE AUTHORS -
An effective analytical method for fractional Brusselator reactiondiffusion system
In recent years, reactiondiffusion models have attracted researchers for their wide applications. In this article, we consider Brusselator reactiondiffusion system (BRDS), which is known for its cross diffusion and pattern formations in biology and chemistry. We derive an analytical solution of the fractional Brusselator reactiondiffusion system (FBRDS) with the help of the initial condition by a novel method, residual power series method (RPSM). The system solution has been analyzed by graph. 2023 John Wiley & Son Ltd. -
Gravity modulation effect on ferromagnetic convection in a Darcy-Brinkman layer of porous medium /
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Causal relationship between leverage and performance: Exploring Dhaka Stock Exchange
To magnify shareholders' returns, managers employ the use of debt in the firms' capital structure. However, excessive debt financing can often cause financial distress for the firms. In fact, various debt equity ratio levels may lead to different financial performance when compared for high levered and low levered firms. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine the cause and effect relationship between financial leverage and financial performance of firms. To pursue the purpose, a purposive sample of 163 non-financial firms listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was selected to conduct this study. Findings indicate that there was no significant difference in the financial performance between high levered and low levered firms, neither in terms of their size nor growth rates. A negative relationship therefore persists between leverage and performance of such firms. Implications of these findings can provide policy guidelines for managers and directions for any further work in this context. Copyright 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. -
Causal relationship between leverage and performance: Exploring Dhaka Stock Exchange
To magnify shareholders' returns, managers employ the use of debt in the firms' capital structure. However, excessive debt financing can often cause financial distress for the firms. In fact, various debt equity ratio levels may lead to different financial performance when compared for high levered and low levered firms. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine the cause and effect relationship between financial leverage and financial performance of firms. To pursue the purpose, a purposive sample of 163 non-financial firms listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was selected to conduct this study. Findings indicate that there was no significant difference in the financial performance between high levered and low levered firms, neither in terms of their size nor growth rates. A negative relationship therefore persists between leverage and performance of such firms. Implications of these findings can provide policy guidelines for managers and directions for any further work in this context. Copyright 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. -
A novel mobile sink placement in wireless sensor network using deep maxout network based energy prediction with adjacent cell score
The majority of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are made up of energy- and cost-efficient detecting nodes. Traditional wireless sensor networks encounter serious problems, including latency, network failure, and congestion, since they rely on individual base stations (BSs) to gather data from the whole network. Sensor nodes adjacent to the base station will use more energy because of excessive energy consumption and energy-hole constraints, affecting the network's life. Understanding the best place for mobile sink nodes can help alleviate this issue by lowering energy usage and extending the network's lifespan. In this paper, utilizing a deep learning-based energy prediction and neighbour cell score model, we build and construct an efficient method to locate mobile receivers using distance, expected energy, and fairness variables. Furthermore, a Deep Maximum Output Network (DMN) calculates the desired power. However, the minimum length, maximum residual energy, complete normalized right, maximum network lifespan, and maximum normalized throughput for our suggested neighbor-based cell scoring with Deep Maxout Network are 137.364, 30.903, 64.426, and 60.613, respectively. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2025. -
Optimizing Car Recommendations: Power Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms
The growing demand for efficient automobile recommendation systems has called for the need of algorithms that can proficiently assess and predict user preferences. This research focuses on the assessment of various machine learning algorithms, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Decision Trees, Linear Regression, Weighted Scoring, and Content-Based Filtering. One of the main concerns of this study is to identify which recommendation algorithm is best suited for vehicle suggestions from an application perspective based on cost, mileage, engine size, fuel category, and user reviews. A dataset of 100 records was utilized to perform preliminary analyses so that algorithms were tested. Preprocessing procedures involved missing data handling, normalization of numerical features, and categorical variables encoding so that full precision predictions were obtained. Performances of algorithms were tested in terms of accuracy, scalability, and computational efficiency. Based on results, the highest accuracy was realized by Decision Trees with 85%, followed by Weighted Scoring at 82% and Linear Regression at 78%. Although KNN has an excellent accuracy of 74%, it is less scalable for very large datasets that are needed for an automobile recommendation system. The experimental results of this paper add to the evolving knowledge on the application of machine learning in the automobile world, again reinforcing the adequacy of Decision Trees as a valid technique for car recommendation systems. Recommendations for future studies include enhancing the database and exploring contemporary approaches to improve the accuracy of recommendations. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025. -
Predictive Analysis of Academic Performance Among Students using A-CNN-BiLSTM Approach
The number of possibilities to analyze educational data using data mining techniques is expanding, with the goal of improving learning outcomes. There is an explosion in data produced by online and virtual education, e-learning platforms, and institutional IT. Using these statistics, teachers could gain valuable insights into their students' learning habits. Academic performance of students and other useful information can be analyzed with the help of educational data mining. Model training consists of three primary steps: data preprocessing, feature selection, and training the model. To eliminate unwanted problems like noise and redundant attributes, data preparation is necessary. By prioritizing which features to calculate, the mRMR algorithm lowers calculation costs. Feature selection plays a crucial role in training A-CNN-BiLSTM models. The suggested approach routinely outperforms BiLSTM and CNN, two state-of-the-art algorithms. With a data accuracy percentage of 96.57%, it's clear that there was a significant improvement. 2024 IEEE. -
SUSTAINABLE CLOUD COMPUTING THROUGH GREEN NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALISATION (NFV)
Modern information technology has made cloud computing a cornerstone by providing scalable and flexible services to fulfill the ever-increasing demands of businesses and individuals. However, since data centres use enormous quantities of energy and contribute to rising carbon emissions, the exponential rise of cloud infrastructure has caused serious environmental concerns. This research addresses the environmental issues that traditional cloud computing poses and presents a way forward by incorporating Green Network Function Virtualisation (NFV). A paradigm change towards sustainable alternatives is required due to the traditional cloud data centres increasing energy consumption and carbon impact. The suggested Green NFV strategy utilises the virtualisation technologies to optimise and combine network services, which lowers energy consumption and improves resource efficiency. The goal of this research is to reduce the environmental impact of data centres and increase the ecological sustainability of cloud services by incorporating NFV principles into cloud computing in a seamless manner. This work investigates the effectiveness of Green NFV in reducing the environmental impact of cloud computing through an in-depth analysis and empirical analysis. It assesses the energy efficiency benefits of NFV adoption, taking into account operational sustainability overall, server consolidation, and dynamic resource allocation. The results highlight that Green NFV can help with the environmental issues regarding cloud computing and provide a viable route forward for a more ecologically conscious and sustainable future for digital infrastructure. This research offers significant aspects to experts, policymakers, and industry practitioners who are looking for practical methods to balance the need for environmental sustainability with the rapid expansion of cloud computing. 2024, Scibulcom Ltd.. All rights reserved. -
50 years of statehood in Sikkim: a comprehensive study of the healthcare system
Sikkim is one of the smallest states located in the Eastern Himalayas of India. This paper is framed within the context of Sikkim commemorating 50 years of democracy on 16 May 2025, following its integration into the Indian Union on 16 May 1975. Over the past five decades, Sikkim has claimed several accolades; the state was declared Indias first fully organic state in 2016 and acclaimed as the best performing small state in cleanliness and most improved small state in governance in 2020. However, there are some paradoxes in Sikkims developmental paradigm. This paper focuses solely on the healthcare system in Sikkim, exploring various aspects such as the allocation of budget to the health sector, the condition of health institutions, the execution of different health programmes and schemes, the accessibility of health facilities, and the availability of human resources. An additional significant factor is the reliance of the states population on other states for healthcare services. Furthermore, it examines the factors that contribute to the increasing disparity between planning and implementation. 2026 The Round Table Ltd. -
Ultra-low loss compact active TM mode pass polarizer using phase change material in silicon waveguide
An active low-loss transverse magnetic (TM) pass polarizer, based on the phase change material (Ge2Sb2Te5), is proposed. The proposed polarizer is based on silicon-on-insulator technology that consists of a silicon waveguide that incorporates a thin layer of Si3N4 placed in-between GST. Enhancing the interaction between light and GST is achieved by strategically placing a double-layer GST adjacent to the slot waveguide. The polarizers tunability, on the other hand, depends on the shift in the refractive index (RI) of GST as it transitions between its crystalline and amorphous phases. By optimizing the structure, the polarizer exhibits negligible loss for both modes in the amorphous phase, and with the change of phase to crystalline, the loss of TE mode is more than 8 dB. In contrast, the loss of TM is less than 0.05 dB with a high ER of 21.82 dB, propagation length of 79.89 m and Figure of merit reaches up to 108 at 1550 nm. Due to the combination of these performance parameters, the suggested active TM pass polarizer is an appealing and effective device for various photonic applications. In addition, the fabrication technique of the proposed active TM pass polarizer is explained. 2024 IOP Publishing Ltd. -
Exploring the integration of human resource management and organizational culture in achieving environmental sustainability
This book explores the urgent need for organizational transformation in the face of impending environmental crises, highlighting the intrinsic link between environmental well-being and economic progress. Advocating a shift away from profit-centric models, it champions organizations actively contributing to the ecological system by harnessing the synergy between organizational culture and human resource management (HRM). In a changing world demanding genuine environmental commitment, the book positions sustainability as a strategic imperative. Departing from traditional HRM, the book proposes an integrated approach embedding sustainability in every facet of employee engagement. Concepts like sustainable recruitment, purpose-driven performance, and engagement for change are explored. The book provides insights, tactics, and real-world examples for individuals and organizations to embrace environmental responsibilities through HRM and organizational culture, fostering a sustainable corporate ethos. 2024 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Environmentally responsible behaviour among the teachers: role of gratitude and perceived social responsibility
Purpose: Based upon the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study aims to assess the role of perceived social responsibility (PSR) in mediating the relationship between gratitude and environmentally responsible behaviour (ERB) among teachers. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected, following a correlational design, from a total of 292 school teachers in Kerala state, India. In total, 256 data were taken for final analysis. Out of the total participants, 63.3% were female and the remaining 36.7% were male. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to verify the factor structure and discriminant as well as convergent validity of the study variables. The relationship between gratitude and ERB with mediating role of PSR was tested. Findings: The mediation analysis output revealed that PSR fully mediates the effect of gratitude on ERB, and it is concluded from the findings of the study that ERB can be enhanced by humanizing the citizens to integrate social responsibility in their acts and promoting the significance of having positive emotions like gratitude to widen their thoughtaction repertoires. Research limitations/implications: In line with the broaden-and-build theory, a positive state of mental faculty can be a prime facilitator to increase concern for green environments as an outcome of an expanded thoughtaction repertoire. The findings imply the importance of inculcating enduring personal resources like the sense of gratefulness as it weighs the effect of producing altruistic acts like ERB along with many other benefits associated with having a positive emotion which is obviously considered to be a fair contribution to serve social resources in the community. Social implications: The study findings can be an inspiration for the formation of policies to encourage pro-environmental behaviour and to further expansion of policies like national education policy of India. As teachers being the facilitators of knowledge and wisdom, they are potential sources to inspire students to practice healthy behaviours, they can be better models by practicing ERB. Originality/value: The authors have verified the application of broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion in the context of ERB along with identifying its relationship with gratitude and PSR. 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.