Volume V Issue VII

The development of technologies for water purification is decisive to meet the global challenges of inadequate access of water supply. Among all remediation methods, sorption is globally recognized as the most promising method because of versatility, reversibility and economic feasibility. The present communication describes the fabrication, characterization and application of paraben modified nanocellulose (PNC) enriched with COO- functional groups for the removal of chromium and lead toxic metals. The fabricated nanobiomaterial has thoroughly characterized with recent microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. Paraben modified nanocellulose (PNC) is found to possess excellent removal efficiency for chromium (96.27%) and lead (80.85%) and it can be reused five times. The findings open up new avenues for the commercial preparation of a cost effective environmental friendly biosorbent and development of a pre-treatment green method prior to high-tech chemical treatments for decontamination of toxic metals particularly in rural and suburban areas of the developing countries.

Agriculture is the backbone of any nation’s economy and there is a dependency between agricultural growth and economic prosperity. As India is an Agriculture country where 70% of the population depends on farming, the storage of grains plays a crucial role in national economy. Due to the seasonality of grain production, the storage of grain is the top priority task for restoring and reusing. In the process of grain storage, temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration (CO2) are major ecological factors that can influence directly on the quality of the Grain. Hence, there is a necessity to monitor the vital parameters continuously during storage and communicate the status to the manger in real time which becomes a challenging. The traditional methods are limited to simple manual temperature and humidity testing which are relatively backward since grain situation analysis are made without any effective means of processing and regulation hence there is a need for smart grain management system with automation which can also avoid hidden security risks. The Real-time monitoring of the grain storage system is designed based on ARM7 and using GSM/GPRS module as lower level Control unit which improves the level of grains storage and reduce the grain losses during storage procedure and also reduce man power and labour intensity. The Experimental results shows that grain condition intelligent monitoring system designed in this paper has several good features such as realtime online detection, easy acquisition and good site stability.

Work life balance practices are deliberate organizational changes in programs or organization culture that are designed to reduce work life conflict and enable employees to be more effective at work and other roles. This paper mainly focuses on understanding how organization’s ‘Work life balance’ policies assist employees in balancing their work and life responsibilities and also provides an indication on how the organization policies could be improved and how these policies when applied to all workers can be considered strategic human resource management that can translate into improved individual and organizational performance.

In India land data is maintained by the revenue Department and is regularly updated by the latter as and when new data is generated at the sub-district level. Looking at the complexity and volume of land records and data collected at village level by the Revenue Functionary, usage of Hand Held device was proposed. The first device that was used by Land Record Information System was ―Simputer‖ for data collections. The Land Records Information System attempts to cover all processes involved in Recording of Land use, Crop, Tenant and Ownership details including transfer of ownership in its scope of computerization. The Land Records Information System deploys only textual data that is not graphic or spatial. Majority of the data required for land records computerization is available in two important documents per Owner, Mutation register and Land revenue register. Through computerization of the above documents, it is possible to have up to date data and a comprehensive Land Records Information System. This database, once integrated with associated digitized map data, can form a very good base data for development of Geographical Information Systems.

In this paper investigate the mechanical properties (compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength) and durability properties (Rapid Chloride Penetration Test, RCPT). The comparative study of mechanical and durability properties of RPC at 3,7 and 28 days by varying steel fiber added to concrete (0%,0.5%,1%,1.5%,2%,2.5%). The test results shows the RPC displays excellent compressive and split tensile strength. The adhesion between RPC & the steel fiber is also greater than that for normal concrete.

In this paper a Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) with LCL filter topology has been planned to compensate varied issues of power quality in distribution system with non linear loads. A 2 level voltage source inverter (VSI) is employed in conjunction with LCL filter to extend voltage support to the VSI. The instantaneous reactive power theory has applied for the effective and economical operating of the DSTATCOM, for this hysteresis current controller (HCC) is enforced to come up with pulses to the VSI and PI controller is employed to keep up constant DC link voltage. The proposed DSTATCOM topology has compensated Source Current Harmonics by injecting shunt currents into the distribution system. Planned topology has been simulated by using MATLAB/SIMULINK.

I. INTRODUCTION Globalization has become a common term. The topic has been addressed in popular books, such as Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is Flat (Friedman, 2005) and in scholarly research, such as Williamson’s Globalisation, Convergence, and History (Williamson, 1996). A relatively small set of multinational enterprise (MNE’s) constitutes the bulk of the world’s trade. In fact, the largest 500 MNE’s represent over 90% of foreign direct investment and conduct more than half of the world’s trade.To facilitate these international business dealings, organizations must have competent global managers. A number of studies have looked into what organizational characteristics, environment and climate are conducive to leading global endeavors. All of these studies illustrate the various HR interventions; which will optimize an organization’s potential for succeeding as a global enterprise. The few new age HR interventions, which can be enlisted are – (HRMSi) HRM Strategic Integration, Talent Management, Transition Management, Diversity Management and related areas.In brief, it can be stated that, “ HR today has undergone a paradigm shift. It’s primary role is that of “ASPIRATIONS MANAGEMENT” rather than “PEOPLE MANAGEMENT”. HR needs to understand employees as “Individuals” and then as “Professionals”. Empowered individuals can only become valued employees; who will be the right ones to create value for the business and customers. And hence empowerment has become the important intervention of Aspirations Management. Does Empowerment create indispensable employees in the Disposable world?

Micro concrete and different types of fibre reinforced composite materials are becoming most frequently used in civil engineering structures. Strengthening of reinforced concrete columns by means of confinement with fibre reinforced composite materials and micro concrete is one of the most practical applications of these materials. In this paper comparative study of behaviour of reinforced and unreinforced circular concrete columns retrofitted by micro concrete and CFRP confinement is studied. The test result shows the increase in load carrying capacity and enhanced deformation of specimens confined with CFRP and micro concrete as compared to integral circular specimens without wrapping.

*Staphylococcus aureus* is a gram positive, non-motile bacterium which normally colonizes in skin and mucosa of human and animal, transmitted by direct contact or via contaminated surfaces, which causes infections like skin infections , respiratory infections and food poisoning. Methicillin is a narrow spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class which was previously used for the treatment of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. In 1948 it was observed that 50% of staphylococcal isolates from patients in a United Kingdom hospital were resistant to penicillin. Since then 90 to 95% strains of *S. aureus* were resistant to penicillin. In 1959 methicillin, a penicillinase-resistant penicillin was introduced to overcome the penicillin-resistant *Staphylococcus aureus*, but after few years, *S. aureus* strain became resistant to methicillin also and so the birth of MRSA occurred. MRSA has been detected in wide range of species including companion animal and wildlife animal. Pigs are considered to be true reservoir hosts for MRSA, causing mastitis in cattle, dogs are more infected with MRSA in comparison to cats, in horses most of the cases of MRSA infections were reported in large studs. MRSA has been isolated from wild animals like cottontail rabbit, lesser yellow migratory shore bird, Wild rat, wood mice red deer, Iberian ibex, vulture, wild boar etc. Certain facts showed that these organisms can be transferred from human to animals and from animals to humans. Most of MRSA infections are skin infections producing symptoms like cellulitis, boils, abscesses, sty, carbuncles, impetigo and rash. For the diagnosis of MRSA antimicrobial susceptibility tests (AST) such as agar disc diffusion technique is used. Cefoxitin disc diffusion is the most sensitive methods for detecting MRSA isolates showing negative and positive predictive values of 100% and 98%, respectively. For the treatment of clinical cases of MRSA, antibiotics such as trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, clindamycin and doxycycline, topical treatments and other measures have been used successfully.

With the advent of technology, there has been exploding increase in the generation of data. The data exists in different formats like text, audio, video, image referred as big data. Due to this continuous increment and dependency on web requires security towards the private data. When this large amount of data travels through the internet then there is the problem of securing, managing, storing and analysing the data. The major issue then arises is the privacy and security of big data. The importance of Big Data does not revolve around how much is the amount of data, but what to do with it. Data can be taken from various sources and analyse in order to find answers that enables cost reduction ,time reduction, new product development and optimizing offering, smart decision making[1]. Then, a big question arises is- ‘what security and privacy technology is adequate for controlled assured sharing for efficient direct access to big data’. This paper presents a quick review of the security issues and various approaches to overcome them.

INTRODUCTION The 20th century has seen the liquidation of all combustible matter of which the liquid and solid fuel like petrol, diesel and coal are not exception. As we know fuel will deplete in 21st century and also in a few years the fuel prices will shoot up sky high.In today’s restless world, revolution is an ominous word. The speed with which technologies become obsolete is amazing. The interest in electrical vehicle has not grown out all of a sudden. Electric vehicle has been around since before the turn of the century. The electric vehicle concept first began in the 1890’s but ready availability of petroleum products made gasoline driven vehicle both faster and cheaper. Significant factor, which stimulate the revival of the electric vehicles, are energy cost, energy independence and environmental protection. Because of the upcoming shortage of gasoline products, their cost and limitation in supply have encouraged the use of electric vehicles as a possible alternative mode of transportation. Major reasons of the rekindling of interest in the electric vehicles are environmental considerations that electricity is superior to gasoline. The innovation in battery design will make the electric vehicle a practical means of transport in future. The electric vehicle needs just a bit of support from both the government and public to take it to the where it truly belongings to the healthier, cleaner alternative motor vehicle. The time is not so far when no garage will be without electric vehicle. Electric vehicle transportation is more than a vision for the future.