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Organization justice impact on employee work engagement
Research methodology: For the study 200 employees of selected Educational Institutions in North NCR was taken as respondents. Data was collected using standard questionnaire containing standard scaled of distributive, procedural, interactional, trust and employee engagement. The relationships between justice perceptions and work engagement were analyzed using correlations and regression analysis. Findings: The analysis of the study indicates that there is a strong and positive relationship among organization justice and employee engagement. The study also indicates that procedural, interactional and distributive justice are inter related with each other. Further, distributive and interactional justice take precedence over procedural justice in determining job engagement, while distributive justice plays the most important role in determining organization engagement (OE), followed by procedural and interactional justice. Limitations: This paper adds to the very small number of studies that have investigated the role of interactional justice in enhancing job and OEs. It has also established inter-relationships between the three dimensions of organizational justice and their individual roles in determining job and OEs. 2020 SERSC. -
Enhanced Channel Division Method for Estimation of Discharge in Meandering Compound Channel
Accurate prediction of shear force distribution along the boundary in open channels is a key to the solution of numerous hydraulic problems. The problem becomes more complicated for meandering compound channels. A model is developed for predicting the percentage of shear force at the floodplain (%Sfp) of two-stage meandering channels using gene-expression programming (GEP) by considering five dimensionless parameters viz. the width ratio, relative depth, sinuosity, bed slope, and meander belt width ratio as the inputs in the model. Basing on the %Sfp, the apparent shear force along the division lines of separation in compound channels is selected for discharge calculation using the conventional channel division methods. An Enhanced Channel Division Method (ECDM) is introduced to calculate discharge by assuming interface line at main channel and floodplain junction. A modified variable-inclined (MVI) interface is suggested having zero apparent shear determined from flow contribution in the main channel and floodplain. The MVI interface is further used to calculate discharge in the meandering compound channels. Performance of the GEP model is tested against other analytical methods of calculating %Sfp. Error between the observed and calculated discharges using the MVI interface is found to be the minimum when compared to other interface methods. The enhance channel division method is successfully applied for validating the two available overbank discharge values for the river Baitarani at Anandapur (drainage area of 8570 sq. km), giving the minimum errors of 0.31% and 1.02% for flow depths of 7.5m and 8.63m, respectively. 2020, Springer Nature B.V. -
Tailor-Made Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for the Removal of Obidoxime from Water in Microfiltration Process
Abstract: The aim of this study was to develop and review the properties including removal efficacy of novel polyelectrolyte based multilayers against a pharmaceutical, obidoxime (OBD) from water. After examining a wide range of bilayer pairs based on different polyelectrolytes, the layer-by-layer (LbL) modification of polyamide microfiltration membrane with a uniform coating of poly(diallyldimethylammoniumchloride) (PDAC) and poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) (PSS) multilayers was found to be effective in its removal. The characterization of the bilayer pair was done with analytical instruments like UV-vis spectroscopy, ATR-FTIR, spectroscopic ellipsometry, TGA, SEM and AFM. The characterization of bilayer pairs demonstrated the stability and integrity of bilayer pair. The removal efficiency of bilayer buildup was analyzed by adjusting different assembly conditions and other filtration parameters. The maximum removal rate by the bilayer was 99.26% for 7 bilayer with average permeate flux of 6.19 m3/m2 day. These bilayers exhibit stable rejection properties under various applied conditions including change in pH, presence of anions, and macromolecules etc. suggesting its potential rejection application. The major factors that facilitate the rejection are found to be hydrophilic interaction and steric factor. The present study validated the application of polyelectrolyte modified microfiltration membranes as a potentially feasible and promising method for the removal of obidoxime residues from water matrix. 2020, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. -
TEMPO-Mediated Aqueous Phase Electrooxidation of Pyridyl Methanol at Palladium-Decorated PANI on Carbon Fiber Paper Electrode
Palladium nanoparticles decorated on polyaniline coated carbon fiber paper electrode (Pd-PANI/CFP) was employed for TEMPO ((2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl) mediated electrocatalytic oxidation of pyridyl methanol to pyridyl carboxaldehyde using cyclic voltammetry in aqueous acidic media using a surfactant. The electrochemical properties of the modified electrodes were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The physicochemical properties of the modified electrodes were studied using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Optical profilometry, X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Pd-PANI/CFP electrode has exhibited enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards TEMPO mediated oxidation of pyridyl methanol owing to higher electrochemically active surface area of the modified electrode. CV studies suggested higher electrochemical activity for Pd-PANI/CFP electrode when compared to PANI/CFP and bare CFP electrodes towards TEMPO mediated oxidation of pyridyl methanol. 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim -
Cloud computing security for public cloud using ciphers and queueing petri nets
Cloud computing is the most used word in the domain of Information Technology, which is making colossal differentiations in the IT business. Nowadays, a massive proportion of data is being made, and the masters are discovering better approaches for managing this data. In a general sense, the word cloud implies a virtual database that stores immense data from various clients. There are three sorts of cloud public, private and hybrid. A public cloud is fundamental for general customers where customers can use cloud benefits free or by paying. Private cloud is for explicit associations, and hybrid one is in a broad sense a mix of both. Cloud offers diverse kind of administrations, for instance, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS where administrations like a stage for running any application, getting to the enormous information extra room, can use any application running under the cloud are given. The cloud similarly has a shortcoming concerning the security for the data warehouse. In a general sense, public cloud is inclined to data modification, data hacking and therefore, the integrity and privacy of the data are being undermined. Here in our work our motive is to verify the information that will be taken care of in the public cloud by using the multi-stage encryption. The estimation that we have proposed is a mix of Rail Fence cipher and Play Fair cipher. 2020, IJSTR. -
On l(T, 1)-colouring of certain classes of graphs
For a given set T of non-negative integers including zero and a positive integer k, the L(T, 1)-Colouring of a graph G = (V, E) is a function c: V(G) ? {0, 0, , k} such that |c(u) ? c(v)| ? T if the distance between u and v is 1 and |c(u) ? c(v)| ? 0 whenever u and v are at distance 2. The L(T,1)-span, ?T,1(G) is the smallest positive integer k such that G admits an L(T, 1)-Colouring. In this article we initiate a study of this concept of L(T, 1)-Colouring by determining the value of ?T,1(G) for some classes of graphs and present algorithms to obtain the L(T, 1)-Colouring of paths and stars. 2020 IJSTR. -
An investigation on structural and optical properties of reduced graphene oxide-tin oxide nanocomposite
Graphene-metal oxide composites have attracted tremendous research interest in recent days due to their unique and fascinating properties. In the present study, rGO and SnO2 were synthesized separately by modified Hummers' method and nitrate-citrate gel combustion technique respectively. One step hydrothermal method was used to prepare reduced graphene oxide-tin oxide nanocomposite of various concentrations of rGO and SnO2.The obtained samples were characterized by XRD, FTIR, Raman Spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, SEM and TEM. The results of different characterization techniques showed the successful formation of SnO2, rGO and SnO2-rGO composites. X-ray analysis pattern indicates formation of the SnO2 nanoparticles in the graphene matrix. The size of the particles prepared is in nanoscale and was found to be 10-20 nm range. TEM images reveal the incorporation of crystalline SnO2 nanoparticles in graphene layers. Upon incorporation of tin oxide to graphene matrix, one could easily tailor the energy gap of the composite matrix. 2020 World Research Association. All rights reserved. -
Base mediated spirocyclization of quinazoline: One-step synthesis of spiro-isoindolinone dihydroquinazolinones
A novel approach for the spiro-isoindolinone dihydroquinazolinones has been demonstrated from 2-aminobenzamide and 2-cyanomethyl benzoate in the presence of KHMDS as a base to get moderate yields. The reaction has been screened in various bases followed by solvents and a gram scale reaction has also been executed under the given conditions. Based on the controlled experiments a plausible reaction mechanism has been proposed. Further the substrate scope of this reaction has also been studied. This journal is The Royal Society of Chemistry. -
Molecularly imprinted PEDOT on carbon fiber paper electrode for the electrochemical determination of 2,4-dichlorophenol
A highly selective electrochemical sensor has been developed for the determination of the pesticide molecule, 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) using molecularly imprinted conducting polymer. 2,4-dichlorophenol imprinted polymer films were prepared by electropolymerising 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) on surface of carbon fiber paper electrode (CFP) in presence of 2,4-dichlorophenol. Electrochemical over-oxidation was carried out for the controlled release of 2,4-DCP templates and to generate definite imprinting sites. Surface morphology of the imprinted electrode was analysed by Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry, Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman spectroscopy. In optimized conditions, the voltammetric sensor gave a linear response in the range of 0.21 nM 300 nM. The significantly low detection limit (0.07 nM) demonstrates the ultra-low sensitivity of the method. The imprinted sensor displayed higher affinity and selectivity towards the target 2,4-DCP over similar structural analogical interference than the non-imprinted sensor. MIP sensor was efficaciously employed for the selective determination of 2,4-DCP in real samples of water. 2020 Elsevier B.V. -
Wage Rate: Is this Return to Education or Return to Physical Capability? Evidence from Rural India
This paper estimates the wage function for daily labor market participants inSemi-Arid Tropics of rural India within a traditional agrarian framework. Village level data on 18 villages for 20092010 and 20122013 have been used for this study. Three-years balanced panel estimation has also been conducted to test the time invariance of the findings from the cross-sectional study. A modified Mincerian earning equation is estimated for different types of workersregressing upon a set of human capital measures, socioeconomic factors and, demand influences after correcting for potential sample selection bias. The study finds differential impacts of education and physical ability to determine wages for male and female workers. It reveals the greater importance of education in explaining wages of male laborers while for females, nutritional status playing a significant role than education in wage determination process. Among the other factors, drought worksas a major exogenous shock and hence impacts wages badly. Working in the non-farm sector has a significant impact on wages.Also, thewageparticipation relationship has found more operativein the lower section of the society. 2020, Indian Society of Labour Economics. -
Factors of reintegration of children in conflict with law
Building an ethical society involves lifelong learning and training, individually and collectively. On many occasions, crime and offence happen in the life of children. Juvenile Justice Act 2015 of India covers two categories of children: Children Need Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL). The behaviour of CCL is one of the most complex areas of behavioural science. Recidivism proves that the present reintegration is insufficient to arrest crime. This study focuses on the factors that support the reintegration of the CCL who had undergone the procedures of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). This is an exploratory study conducted in Kerala, India, to find the significant factors that contribute to successful reintegration, making children part of an ethical society. The methodology of the study is qualitative in nature and using data collected from boy offenders who have undergone the procedure of JJB and their parents and officials through different individual case studies. All children who participated in the survey have been rehabilitated, but reintegration seems yet to be completed. 2020 Journal of Dharma: Dharmaram Journal of Religions and Philosophies (DVK, Bangalore),. -
An Aqueous Phase TEMPO-Mediated Electrooxidation of Benzyl Alcohol at ?-CD-PPy-Modified Carbon Fibre Paper Electrode
A green and facile electrocatalytic method for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol in an acidic aqueous medium was developed using an anionic micellar system. ?-cyclodextrin-polypyrrole-modified carbon fibre paper (?-CD-PPy/CFP) electrode was successfully used in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol with TEMPO as the mediator. The modified electrode was characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. The modified electrode exhibited a strong electrocatalytic activity towards TEMPO-mediated oxidation of benzyl alcohol. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. -
A qualitative causal analysis on incremental behavioural complexities due to fomo (Fear of missing out) in indian youth
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), a new threatening dampener of youth is prevalent across the world, and is shaping up as a wicked problem to Indian youth, especially in the category of Teens, Adolescents, including educated youth. The vulnerability is getting deeper and severe in terms of behavioural problems that turns as outcome. This qualitative paper contemplates on the human behavior with invasive nature of a newer and stronger, psychological stimulus to youth via, the digital connectivity, social media and mobile phones, called, or abbreviated as FOMO. Why FOMO has become a huge discomfort to almost all the organizations even, at times, separate teams are set to put things at control. This article qualitatively with the secondary statistics carried out across the world, and contemporary research outcome on the FOMO, tries to correlate, how the other countries are impacted, and tries to find a feasible practical moderating factors, that can wane down the impact or pull down the severity, the FOMO is causing in the life of youth. What are the strategies that can be adopted to bring down the level of damages, with suggestions for handling and managing the situation, rather than controlling, as most of the worlds work life balance is happening because of the FOM O. Also this study tries to validate the utilities of JOMO, and will it be possible in the Indian environment, since the youth are not in a position to bring d own the situation. Is NOMO too is growing up vividly across silently, is what the study concludes. 2019 ETA-Florence Renewable Energies. -
A new algorithm with its randomness and effectiveness against statistical tests in data encryption
In the world where security is one of the main concern, we are still not able to make our data secure. Privacy is one of the major concerns in todays world, where all the organization are dealing with data leak problem, data theft, data intrusion. We came up with a mathematical model to encrypt and decrypt data securely. In this paper we have came up with a technique to encrypt and decrypt data using non-deterministic random numbers and generating two cipher text for each data unit (character) and verified the randomness of our cipher text using chi-square test, Gaps test. IJSTR 2020. -
Correlation of temperature, velocity and perforation location in a flat unglazed transpired solar collector (Utc) due to air flow
An unglazed transpired solar collector is a system that can leverage the abundant solar energy for various purposes. The solar collector is available in flat or corrugated form and is seen to be installed as an exterior layer of building facades. The cladding thus made absorbs radiation from the sun and heats up air being sucked by fan and flowing through perforations. In this paper, the focus has been to understand the correlation of plate temperature, exit temperature, the velocity distribution in the chamber and perforation location when air flows past a flat unglazed transpired solar collector (UTC). The establishment of correlations was carried out in the dataset of flow variables obtained after solving the problem using Navier-Stokes (NS) equations along with the standard k-? turbulence model and shear stress transport (SST) k-? model. An attempt has also been made to compute Pearsons correlation coefficient of any two flow variables to understand their strong and weak correlations. A linear regression analysis has been done to predict the response variables against the response obtained in CFD solver by using an open source software Rstudio . A strong correlation among cavity vertical velocity, perforation location and temperature has been established. From the study, it is noted that the location of a perforation has a strong correlation with the cavity vertical velocity and a weak correlation exists with temperature and plate temperature. 2020, Pushpa Publishing House. All rights reserved. -
Effect of glass and coir fiber on geotechnical properties of clayey soil
The use of fibers for the improvement of weak subgrade soils is beneficial as it not only acts as reinforcement but also, increases drainage, provides better workability, inexpensive and required in exiguous quantity. Available studies on clay soil reinforced are limited to a particular type of fiber, any comparative study on two or more types of fibers on same soil, provides a useful information on understanding suitability of specific type of fiber. This study deals with experimental characterization of clay soil reinforced with glass and coir fibers. California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests were performed on these fiber reinforced clay samples with different percentage of glass and coir fibers. The results of these unreinforced and reinforced soils are compared. 2019 SERSC. -
Dhat syndrome and its perceived impact on psychological well-being
Background: Dhat syndrome is a culture-bound syndrome originating in the Indian subcontinent, primarily among men characterized by the fear of loss of semen. Objective: The article discusses the perceived impact of Dhat syndrome on the overall psychological well-being of the individual. Method: Four patients from hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal, were screened using MINI and then interviewed using semi-structured interview to assess presenting concerns, interventions, psychological well-being, attitude toward sex and masturbation, and their sociodemographic details. The data were then categorized based on the dimensions of the questionnaire, which was then analyzed individually and separately based on the dimensions. The differences and commonalities between the dimensions as conveyed by the participants were then reported. Results: The analysis showed that the participants reported lower levels of psychological well-being based on the categories of Seligman's PERMA model and attributed it to the symptoms experienced by them. They traced the beginning of the hindrances to achieving optimal well-being to the onset of symptoms. Conclusion: This article proposes the incorporation of integrative therapeutic interventions and advocacy of sex education to address the psychological well-being over the current symptom reduction interventions used. 2019 Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow. -
Production of bio-diesel from non-edible dried fruits of lagerstroemia speciosa
Rapi d urbani zat i on and i ncr ease i n population have evoked tremendous attention for biofuelsproduction to combatshortage of fuels, environmental concerns, foreign exchange savingsand socioeconomic issues.In recent years bi odi esel product i on f rom agro-i ndust ri al feedstocks such as waste vegetable oil, animal fat, grease, non-edible fruit oils etc.,acquired prominent place to fulfil the gap between production and demand. The present investigation has been undertaken to explore a noveland environmentally friendly process for developing biodiesel production t echnol ogy by subj ect i ng dr i ed f r ui t s of Lagerstroemia speciosa to mild ultrasonication at 33KHz for 20 min at 352Cfor obtaining high lipid yield, precursor for the production of biodiesel by transesterification.The biodiesel compounds 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol, hexadecanoic acid methyl ester, 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (Z, Z) methyl ester, 9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester, methyl stearate, cis-11,14-eicosadienoic acid methyl ester, 18-methylnonadecanoate were recognized as the main compounds in GC-MS analysis. 2020, Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy. All rights reserved. -
Statistical tests for key strength identification in cryptography
The cryptographic study involves three algorithms, one for Encryption of Plain text to Cipher text, one for Decryption for Cipher text back to Plain text and third for the generation of the Key. Key generation algorithm works on the principle of Randomness. In this work, the randomness of Key is studied by using Statistical methods like Runs Up & Runs Down test, Runs (Above and Below the mean), Chi Square test & Auto correlation test for its usability in Cryptographic study. 2020 IJSTR. -
Impact of use of technology on student learning outcomes: Evidence from a large-scale experiment in India
One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-4) adopted by the United Nations focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all. Most research on impact of technology on learning outcomes depends on designs that require low student-to-computer ratio and extensive retraining of teachers. These requirements make the designs difficult to implement on a large scale and hence are limited in terms of inclusivity and ability to provide equitable opportunity for all. Our paper is the first to evaluate an intervention design that is aimed at dealing with these concerns. We conduct a large-scale randomised field experiment in 1823 rural government schools in India that uses technology-aided teaching to replace one-third of traditional classroom teaching. Even with high student-to-computer ratios and minimal teacher training, we observe a positive impact on student learning outcomes. The study thus presents a low cost, resource-light design, which can be implemented in a developing country on a large scale to address the problem of poor learning outcomes, thereby making the intervention inclusive and equitable in line with the spirit of SDG-4. 2019 Elsevier Ltd