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Keyword: CoMPA Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and Water Quality Monitoring: A System for Detecting Harmful Algal Bloom
Harmful algal blooms (HAB) or “Red tides” are organisms which produce toxins which are harmful to humans, fish, and other marine mammals. The said toxins come from dinoflagellates of genus Pyrodinium Bahamense var Compressum that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) and Dinophysis Caudata and Prorocentrum lima which results to Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP). In the…
Read MoreA Recommendation Approach in Social Learning Based on K-Means Clustering
E-learning, among the most prominent modes of learning, offers learners the opportunity to attend online courses. To improve the quality of online learning, social learning through social networks promotes interaction and collaboration among learners. As part of the learning process management in these environments, the implementation of recommendation systems facilitates the provision of content adapted…
Read MoreEliminating Target Anopheles Proteins to Non-Target Organisms based on Posterior Probability Algorithm
Capturing similarity in gene sequences of a target organism to detect significant regions of comparison will most likely occur because genes share a related descendant. Local sequence alignment for the targeted organisms can help preserve associations among sequences of related organisms. Such homologous genes possess identical sequences with common ancestral genes. The genes may be…
Read MoreOptimal Hydrokinetic Turbine Array Placement in Asymmetric Quasigeostrophic Flows
The Coriolis force in the ocean at mid to high latitudes can cause significant deviation of flow over bottom topography, including formation of Taylor columns. Structures in a tidal zone will experience zero inertial current between every tidal change. Around periods of directional change, the Coriolis force may be tapped into for energy. Factors like…
Read MoreAn Enhanced Artificial Intelligence-Based Approach Applied to Vehicular Traffic Signs Detection and Road Safety Enhancement
The paper treats a problem for detection and recognition objects in computer vision sector, where researchers recommended OpenCV software and development tool, it’s several and better-remembered library resource for isolating, detecting, and recognition of particular objects, what we would find an appropriate system for detecting and recognition traffic roads signs. The robustness with optimization is…
Read MoreOptimal PMU Placement Using Genetic Algorithm for 330kV 52-Bus Nigerian Network
The phasor Measurement Unit is a modern tracking tool mounted on a network to track and manage power systems. PMU is accurate and time-synchronized device that gives voltage phasor measurements in nodes and current phasor measurements connected to those nodes where the PMU is installed. This study introduces the Genetic Algorithm for optimization of allocation…
Read MoreStochastic Behaviour Analysis of Adaptive Averaging Step-size Sign Normalised Hammerstein Spline Adaptive Filtering
We introduce a sign algorithm based on the normalised least mean square with Hammerstein adaptive filtering using adaptive averaging step-size mechanism, which is derived by the minimised absolute a posteriori squared error. To improve the performance by reducing computational complexity, we suggest an adaptive averaging using energy of errors to update step-size variant. The analysis…
Read MoreDriving Behaviour Identification based on OBD Speed and GPS Data Analysis
Vehicle accidents, particularly in small and large urban areas, are rising tremendously day by day worldwide. As a recent research subject in automaton transportation, the subsequent collision has become a vital issue and emergency. Internet of things (IoT) and the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) have become very popular these days because of their versatility, and…
Read MoreEnterprise Resource Planning Readiness Assessment for Determining the Maturity Level of ERP Implementation in the Industry in Indonesia
The textile industry is one of the prioritized industries, because it contributes to the country’s foreign exchange, absorbs a large number of workers, and fulfills the need for national clothing. To increase work efficiency and productivity, the textile industry must use ERP. However, ERP implementation still has a relatively high failure rate. ERP readiness assessment…
Read MoreOptimized use of RFID at XYZ University Library in Doing Auto Borrowing Book by Utilizing NFC Technology on Smartphone
NFC (Near Field Communication) is a contactless communication technology based on a radio frequency (RF) field using a base frequency of 13.56 MHz. NFC technology is perfectly designed to exchange data between two devices via simple touch gestures. RFID is the process of identifying an object directly by radio frequency. There are two important components…
Read MoreBounded Floating Point: Identifying and Revealing Floating-Point Error
This paper presents a new floating-point technology: Bounded Floating Point (BFP) that constrains inexact floating-point values by adding a new field to the standard floating point data structure. This BFP extension to standard floating point identifies the number of significant bits of the representation of an infinitely accurate real value, which standard floating point cannot.…
Read MoreAuditing the Siting of Petrol Stations in the City of Douala, Cameroon: Do they Fulfil the Necessary Regulatory Requirements?
No other form of technological development had negatively skewed from existing regulations as the siting of petrol filing stations. An audit of the degree to which their operators repeatedly violate the rules regulating their location and operations may encourage the legislature to pass laws that can ensure a balance between the economy and the environment.…
Read MoreLacol Interpolation Bicubic Spline Method in Digital Processing of Geophysical Signals
The paper a cubic spline built through a local base spline and the local interpolation bicubic spline models we offer have been selected. The construction details of the models are given, the two-dimensional local interpolation bicubic spline models considered in this study provide high accuracy in digital processing of signals, which helps experts to make…
Read MoreA Proposed Framework to Improve Containerization from Asia to North America
The constant market change and the critical role of the logistics process in the supply chain need to have special attention because it is an essential piece for the global business strategy. This paper presents an assessment of the processes of handling material from Asia suppliers to North America. The data utilized for the analysis…
Read MoreEcosystem of Renewable Energy Enterprises for Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review
In the Global sphere, the social, environmental, and economic pillars are the main contributors and accelerators to the sustainable development goals. As a result, the latter creates a platform for interdisciplinary researchers, society and decision-makers to collaborate in formulating ways to minimize factors contributing to environmental concerns. Energy is currently referred to as one of…
Read MoreDecentralized Management System for Solid-State Voltage Regulators in Nodes of Distribution Power Networks
The article describes the concept and architecture of a decentralized control system for a solid-state voltage regulator (SSVR). The SSVR is a universal device for controlling the mode and operation parameters of medium voltage electrical networks. SSVR manage the amount of current in line using the vector voltage control method. The SSVR control system consists…
Read MoreNovel Infrastructure Platform for a Flexible and Convertible Manufacturing
Sales behavior and the technical development of products influence their fabrication. As market influences become increasingly volatile and unpredictable, factories will have to adapt their manufacturing to market trends even more in the future. Adaptation is referred to as convertibility and can be achieved, among other things, by mobile and intercompatible machines. Enabling machines to…
Read MoreRecent Impediments in Deploying IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is being adopted on slow pace and it is taking a long time. This paper intends to discuss the transition process between IPv4 and IPv6 and the major obstacles that prevent deploying IPv6 worldwide. It presents the IPv4 exhaustion reports results and where are the IPv4 address pool. Then it presents…
Read MoreMathematical Modelling of Output Responses and Performance Variations of an Education System due to Changes in Input Parameters
“This paper is an extension of work originally presented in the 4th International Conference on Systems of Collaboration, Big Data, Internet of Things & Security -SysCoBIoTS’19”. The use of complex and dynamic systems modelling to social systems is quite recent and its pertinence in the case of an educational system is continually increasing. For the…
Read MoreOptimizing the Wind Farm Layout for Minimizing the Wake Losses
The development of wind farms requires an optimal design of wind turbines layout. The main goal of this optimization is to minimize the wake effect through the optimal placement of the wind turbines. The current study aims to standardize the wake losses among all wind turbines in the wind farm and bringing their losses to…
Read MoreRanking the Most Important Attributes of using Google Classroom in online teaching for Albanian Universities: A Fuzzy AHP Method with Triangular Fuzzy Numbers and Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers
This paper has conducted the study of the impact and effectiveness of Google Classroom in online teaching and learning. Based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2), the first aim was to rank the 8 constructs namely: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions, Hedonic Motivation, Habit, Behavioral Intention, and…
Read MoreGeneralized Integral Transform Method for Bending and Buckling Analysis of Rectangular Thin Plate with Two Opposite Edges Simply Supported and Other Edges Clamped
This paper presents the generalized integral transform method for solving flexural and elastic stability problems of rectangular thin plates clamped along and simply supported along remaining boundaries (x = 0, x = a) (CSCS plate). The considered plate is homogeneous, isotropic and carrying uniformly distributed transversely applied loading causing bending. Also studied, is a plate…
Read MoreSimulation of Pulse Width Modulation DC-DC Converters Through Symbolic Analysis Techniques
The problem of Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) DC-DC converter simulation is faced in this paper. It is shown how the analysis of this kind of circuits, nonlinear and switching for their nature, can be easily and quickly executed by using symbolic analysis techniques. The paper also presents the program SapWinPE, which performs an automatic symbolic…
Read MoreDistance Teaching-Learning Experience in Early Childhood Education Teachers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of teachers in the distance teaching-learning process in early childhood education during the covid-19 pandemic. The methodology used was qualitative descriptive. Interviews were conducted with thirteen teachers from four state educational institutions at the infant level in Lima city through the virtual platform. As a…
Read MoreOptimal Sizing of a Renewable Energy Hybrid System in Libya Using Integrated Crow and Particle Swarm Algorithms
Sizing optimization should be used to design an efficient, sustainable, and feasible hybrid system. In this paper, a hybrid power plant consisting of an off-grid photovoltaic and wind energy system was planned to supply the demand of residential houses in Libya. To minimize installation and operational costs by sizing each part of the hybrid system,…
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