Volume V Issue XI

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Energy Potential of Nigeria’s Natural Bitumen and Coal

Olumide A. Towoju · November 2016 · pp. 01-04

Despite Nigeria being blessed with vast quantities of fossil energy resources, a wide gap still exists between the country’s required energy and the generated amount. This shortfall can be met by harnessing Bitumen and Coal which are hitherto not being given adequate attention like Crude Oil and Natural gas. The country’s Bitumen and Tar sand have a moderately high calorific value; HCV of 27,043.55KJ/kg and 27,759.77KJ/kg respectively which is a great deal of potential energy waiting to be harnessed. Majority of her Coal reserve deposits is bituminous, but with a class; it has a higher percentage content of Carbon and Hydrogen, and lower percentage content of Sulphur. These properties make it a cleaner and better source of energy generation in comparison to other countries bituminous coal.

02

Effectiveness of E-learning in Select Ethiopian Universities

Dr. Sangheethaa S, Dr. Arun Korath, Dawit Kefyalew Metsihe · November 2016 · pp. 05-11

In past decade the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) has enormously affected the way education is provided. E-learning is a concept which uses the internet technologies for teaching and learning process. Many educational institutions have developed their own E-learning systems and some outsource it. But most of the universities have invested much and everyone have this E-learning system in their institution. How far this E-learning system is utilized by the teaching and learning community is a question mark. Though technology is in the finger tips of the teaching and learning community use of these tools are seem to be slow in developing countries like Ethiopia. Investing in E-learning is already done by many universities, but their fruits are not yet ripe. This paper discusses the current state of E-learning systems in selective universities of Ethiopia.

03

Impact of Initial Temperature and Pressure on Ignition Delay Period of Di-Methyl Ethyl (DME)

Olumide A. Towoju, Ademola Dare · November 2016 · pp. 12-15

Internal combustion engines have witnessed much advancement due to numerous researches which were and are still being undertaken by scholars to improve its performance in terms of power output, efficiency and emission reduction. Ignition delay is a very important parameter in combustion phenomenon; it is the time interval between the start of injection and the start of combustion, and it exerts a great influence on the engine design and its performance. Di-methyl ethyl which is an alternative to Diesel fuel was utilized in the model by importing it from the relevant files into the chemical reaction interface using the relevant governing equations and solved with COMSOL 5.0 which employs the finite element method of solution. Optimal engine performance was gotten at a compression ratio of 18, initial pressure of 1.0e5Pa and initial temperature of 400K. The delay period obtained was 0.018s and peak pressure was 1.6e6Pa..

04

Necessary & Sufficient Conditions for Consistency of Bipartite Matching Polyhedral Shortest Path Unit Length expressions to their Resizable Hadoop Cluster Complexity

Ravi (Ravinder) Prakash G · November 2016 · pp. 16-34

We develop a novel technique for resizable Hadoop cluster’s lower bounds, the *bipartite matching rectangular array of polyhedral shortest path unit length expressions.* Specifically, fix an arbitrary hybrid kernel function f:{0,1}n ->{0,1} and let Af be the rectangular array of of polyhedral shortest path unit length expressions whose columns are each an application of f to some subset of the variables x1, x2,... x4n. We prove that Af has bounded-capacity resizable Hadoop cluster’s complexity omega(d) , where d is the approximate degree of f . This finding remains valid in the MapReduce programming model, regardless of prior measurement. In particular, it gives a new and simple proof of lower bounds for robustness and other symmetric conjunctive predicates. We further characterize the discrepancy, approximate PageRank, and approximate trace distance norm of Af in terms of well-studied analytic properties of f, broadly generalizing several findings on small-bias resizable Hadoop cluster and agnostic inference. The method of this paper has also enabled important progress in multi-cloud resizable Hadoop cluster’s complexity.

Ravi (Ravinder) Prakash G

Senior Professor Research, BMS Institute of Technology & Management, Dodaballapur Road, Avalahalli Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India, , , **[1]. Ravi Prakash G, Kiran M and Saikat Mukherjee. 2014. On Randomized Preference Limitation Protocol for Quantifiable Shuffle and Sort Behavioral Implications in MapReduce Programming Model. Parallel & Cloud Computing 3, Issue 1, 1-14. [2]. Greenlaw, R. and Kantabutra. 2008. On the parallel complexity of hierarchical clustering and CC-complete problems. Complexity 14, 18-28. (doi:10.1002/cplx.20238) [3]. Ravi (Ravinder) Prakash G, Kiran M. 2014. On The Least Economical MapReduce Sets for Summarization Expressions. International Journal of Computer Applications 94, 13-20. (doi: 10.5120/16354-5732) [4]. Amazon Elastic MapReduce. https://aws.amazon.com/elasticmapreduce/ [5]. Steven M. LaValle. 2006. Planning Algorithms. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA. [6]. N. Ailon, B. Chazelle, S. Comandur, D. Liu. 2007. 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The MIT Press**, , **Ravi (Ravinder) Prakash G "Necessary & Sufficient Conditions for Consistency of Bipartite Matching Polyhedral Shortest Path Unit Length expressions to their Resizable Hadoop Cluster Complexity" International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science-IJLTEMAS vol.5 issue 11, pp.16-34 2016**, , **For Full Text Click here**[![pdf download](images/pdf.png)](https://ijltemas.in/DigitalLibrary/Vol.5Issue11/16-34.pdf "Necessary & Sufficient Conditions for Consistency of, Bipartite Matching Polyhedral Shortest Path Unit, Length expressions to their Resizable Hadoop Cluster, Complexity") **Share on Social media** , , , , , ## [Deflection Analysis of High Rise Concrete Buildings for Wind and Seismic Loads Using Bracing Systems for Plan Irregularities Using ETABS](https://ijltemas.in/DigitalLibrary/Vol.5Issue11/35-38.pdf)

P. V. Srivardhan, Dr. K. Harikrishna

- **November 2016**

Page No.: 35-38

- [Abstract](#tab-21), - [Authors](#tab-22), - [References](#tab-23), - [Cite](#tab-24), - [Full Text & Share](#tab-25), , **Deflection is the degree of displacement of a structural element under a load, either by an angle or distance. For a structure, such as buildings, dams, etc., deflection plays a major role in determining the stability of a structure. The more the structure is deflected, the higher the structure is susceptible to risk of damage. So, bracing systems are used to reduce the deflections in a structure. A typical 20 and 30 storeyed buildings are considered with four distinct plan shapes such as square, rectangle, plus and a T shape within an area of 40m x 40m having a span of 4m. Each building is analysed for Wind and Earthquake loads using the load combinations provided in IS code book. Three bracing types, a concrete shear wall system, steel X-bracing system and a combination of both shear wall and X-bracing for lower and upper half of the structure are used. These bracings are placed around the building with six different placement combinations, such as, bracing provided for lifts and corners of the building, etc., These buildings are analysed using ETABS software and the deflections for all the building shapes, floor, bracings and load combinations are recorded and plotted in graphs to compare and determine which combination is efficient against deflections for the given loads. A deflection for rectangular building is lesser than square building along shorter base dimension and is higher along longer base side.**

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- **Date of Publication: 30 November 2016**, , , , , - **P. V. Srivardhan**M.Tech Student, Structural Engineering, VITAM College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India

Dr. K. Harikrishna

Associate Professor, VITAM College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India

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Retailing Shift in India- Driving the Rural Growth in Food & Grocery Retailing, Formats and Models to Penetrate Smaller Towns and Villages

Vinod Basupattad, Manish Kothari · November 2016 · pp. 39-44

The vast opportunities offered by the India’s retail industry have caught the world’s attention. The major global retailing giants and homegrown retailers are looking at this opportunity for consolidating their position in the potential consumer space. But this opportunity is laced with challenges like policy hurdles, diversified consumer habits, cultural differences combined with infrastructure bottlenecks. India’s retail growth is expected to be driven by increasing disposable incomes, favorable demographics, changing lifestyles, growth of the middle class segments and a high potential for penetration into urban and rural markets. However, the vast rural India is yet to be conquered by organized retail players. It offers tremendous growth prospects but this opportunity comes along with greater challenges. This paper examines the present retail formats, players, retailing structures, space and explores the existing business models of retailers in all with focus on Food and Grocery Retailing to tap the potential in smaller towns and villages.

Vinod Basupattad

Assistant Professor, Dr. D.Veerendra Heggade Institute of Management Studies and Research, Dharwad, India

Manish Kothari

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Malavika Chakravarthy P.G, Fayaz.Shaik

- **November 2016**

Page No.: 45-47

- [Abstract](#tab-31), - [Authors](#tab-32), - [References](#tab-33), - [Cite](#tab-34), - [Full Text & Share](#tab-35), , **It is aimed to study about the performance of M 80 grade multi blended cement mixes with supplementary cementitious materials like Flyash(FA), Silica fume(SF) and Metakaolin(MK) to produce High performance concrete mixes. In this present investigation, an attempt of understanding the result acquired for High performance multi blended concrete mixes compared with results of ordinary Portland cement concrete mixes(OPC) were made. The multi blended high performance concrete mixes investigated are the combinations of 5%,10% and 15% of partial replacement of FA,SF,MK individually and the combinations as 15%FA + 10%SF, 15%FA + 10%MK and also 10%FA+7.5%SF+7.5%MK by the weight of the cement with a constant 0.3 water binder ratio.The M80 grade concrete strength is evaluated by Compressive and Tensile Strength tests determining at 3,7,28 days. The steel fibers and super plasticizer were also added to achieve greater strength and the required degree of workability for all the mixes prepared. It is observed that the multi blended M80 grade concrete exhibited greater compressive strength than that of OPC mixes and also a good performance of strength development in a short period of time, which were discussed in this paper.**

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- **Date of Publication: 30 November 2016**, , , , , - **Malavika Chakravarthy P.G**Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Narayana Engineering College, Nellore, India

Fayaz.Shaik

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Narayana Engineering College, Nellore, India

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“Efficiency of Indian Stock Market: A Study from National Stock Exchange”

Prof. Mrityunjaya B Chavannavar, Poonam V. Patel · November 2016 · pp. 48-52

The efficient market theory states that the share price fluctuations are random and do not follow any regular pattern. Mean while technical analysts see meaningful patterns in their charts. Hence the question arises that whether investors can predict future share prices and gives an opportunity for earnings ? Many studies of the market analysts have proved the weak form of the EMH. The type of information used in weak form of Efficient Market Hypothesis is the historical prices. Everyone has access to the past prices; even though, some people can get those more conveniently than others. Informational efficiency is the measure of swiftness with which the market reacts to new information in the form of economic reports, company analyses, political statements and notification of the Industrial policy. The Semi strong form of the efficient market hypothesis states that the security price adjusts rapidly to all publicly available information like earnings of corporate, dividend, bonus, stock splits so on. The study analyses whether current security prices reflect all the historical information, whether future prices can be predicting by analyzing past prices and whether all public information is reflected in the security prices? The study on Market efficiency is conducted for NSE 50 stocks and Nifty for the period of 3 years. From the study it is understood that Indian Stock Markets are efficient in Both Weak & Semi-strong form.

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Study on Strength Characteristics for M 60 Grade Concrete Using Fly Ash, Silica Fume, Metakaolin, and Steel Fibers

Fayaz. Shaik, Malavika Chakravarthy P.G. · November 2016 · pp. 53-56

The present paper aims to study the performance by using supplementary cementitious materials to achieve high strength multi blended concrete mixes.An attempt is made to compare the performance of multi blended concrete mixes with ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete. In the OPC concrete mixes cement was partially and separately replaced by Fly Ash (FA), Silica Fume (SF), Metakaolin (MK)in different proportions of 5%, 10% and 15% and also in combination of these materials in proportions of 15% Fly Ash (FA) + 10% Silica Fume (SF), 15% Fly Ash (FA) + 10% Metakaolin (MK) and also 10% Fly Ash (FA) + 7.5% Silica Fume (SF) + 7.5% Metakaolin (MK) by weight of cement. A constant water binder ratio of 0.34 is maintained for compressive strength and split tensile strength evaluation for M60 grade of concrete. In order to achieve the required degree of workability and to gain tensile strength, Super plasticizer and steel fibers of required proportion were added for all the mixes. The Compressive and Split Tensile Strengths are determined at 3, 7 and 28 days. The multi blended concrete mixes exhibited higher compressive strength than OPC mix concrete and also better performance in short term strength development..

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Analysis of Energy Efficient Routing Protocol In MANET

Shridhar Kabbur, Dr. G. F. Ali Ahammed, Dr. Rashma Banu · November 2016 · pp. 57-59

Mobile Ad hoc networks (MANETs) are power constrained since nodes are operated with limited battery supply. If a node runs out of battery, its ability to forward the traffic gets affected and hence, the network lifetime. There has been considerable progress in the battery technology, but not in par with the semiconductor technology. There are various techniques adopt different approach to achieve energy efficiency. The proposed approach uses a cost metric for path selection, which is a function of residual battery and current traffic load at a node. The detailed simulation has been carried out in QualNet simulator. The performance is based on average energy consumption for varying CBR applications.

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Leader of Four Wheeler in Unorganized Park and Sale-A Study in North Karnataka

Dr. Bhargav Revankar, Waseem Shaikh · November 2016 · pp. 60-66

“Number of Used Cars on the Roads in India Will Top 8 million by 2018”[10] It is a study to understand the used car valuation brand preferences in North Karnataka. India is the one of the largest auto industry in the globe. India accounts GDP as high as 7.1 percent. In this Passenger Vehicle contribute about 13% of the market share.In addition, several initiatives by the Government of India and the major automobile players in the Indian market are expected to make India a leader in Four Wheeler market in particular in the world by 2020. Sales of passenger vehicles in Aug-2016 is increased by 16.7% 258,000 units is a boosting statistics. The study was carried out to analyse the valuation of second hand four wheeler in North Karnataka among unorganized players. This study was being carried out in Hubli-Dharwad used car showrooms.

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A Review on Big Data Challenges and Opportunities

Varsha Jambunathan, S. Venkatesan · November 2016 · pp. 67-70

Data is increasingly cheap and ubiquitous. We are now digitizing analog content that was created over centuries and collecting myriad new types of data from web logs, mobile devices, sensors, instruments, and transactions. IBM estimates that 90 percent of the data in the world today has been created in the past two years. At the same time, new technologies are emerging to organize and make sense of this avalanche of data. We can now identify patterns and regularities in data of all sorts that allow us to advance scholarship, improve the human condition, and create commercial and social value. The rise of "Big Data" has the potential to deepen our understanding of phenomena ranging from physical and biological systems to human social and economic behaviour. This paper briefs the evolution of Big Data, describes some of its management challenges, opportunities in business sectors, and the tools used to manipulate it..

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Occupational Safety Improvements by Lean Six Sigma Methodologies in a Manufacturing Industry

Prof. P. R. Gajbhiye, Dr. A.C Waghmare, Dr. R.H. Parikh · November 2016 · pp. 71-76

The manufacturing company under consideration recorded the high accident rates for last few years. These accidents cause the organization the heavy man-day loss, the production loss and heavy costs of insurance. The objective of health and safety department at the manufacturing company was to set and improve accidents prevention system. The paper presents how does the six-sigma technique will help to evaluate the safety and environmental hazards in performance of organizations. It is observed that the study helped the management to measure, analyze and improve overall safety plan to protect the life and health of the employees. The paper discusses real life case where six sigma has been successfully applied at one of the Indian small scale units to improve safety in processes. The main aim behind this project lies to overcome those problems of the industries which are causing loss due to safety. In order to build up system capabilities and graduate towards higher sigma levels of operation, the backbone exercise of six sigma management system is reached by carrying out the failure mode effect analysis.

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Design and Development of ROPS Testing Fixture’s for Driver Cabin of Earth Movers

Murali Kumar.L, Sunil Kumar.S · November 2016 · pp. 77-84

The aim is to design and development of ROPS testing fixture’s for driver cabin of earth movers by serving a single test fixture instead of three test fixtures in order to overcome the floor space and selection of stabilized structural member in development of test fixture. The test fixture is implemented to validate optimum load impacts sustained by ROPS for safety precautions of driver. So design and development of single fixture to be carried out to test ROPS of different vehicle model for optimum results. The main aim of this project is to carry out static force analysis of portal structure to confirm the following: Least Deflection of Portal structure, Strength of the structure. The above analysis is to ensure the 100% force applied with least deflection of portal structure to the test specimen during testing.

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A Study on Investor’s Attitude towards Investment in Equity Stocks with Reference to Visakhapatnam District (Andhra Pradesh)

N.S.V.N Raju, Dr. Anita Patra · November 2016 · pp. 94-99

Today the field of investment is even more dynamic than it was a decade ago. World events are rapidly growing that alter the values of specific assets. The investors have many assets to choose from, and the amount of information available to the investors is staggering and continually growing. The key to a successful financial plan is to keep apart a larger amount of savings and invest it intelligently. These investments are not totally safe from risks, so one should try to understand what kind of risks are related to them before taking action. To understand the characteristics of each one of the different types of investment Investors must have enough financial knowledge. The study examines that the level of importance assumed by the investors on various investment objectives based on the demographic variables and selective factors . Research has been done in the selected areas of Visakhapatnam District (A.P.) with the help of primary data collected using a structured questionnaire by adopting five point likert scale and analyzed by using percentage method, Chi- Square test, weighted average ranking method. Primary data is collected from 200 respondents by using convenience sampling method and reviewed the related research papers for conceptual understanding.

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2	Effectiveness of E-learning in Select Ethiopian Universities	Dr. Sangheethaa S, Dr. Arun Korath, Dawit Kefyalew Metsihe	05-11
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4	Necessary & Sufficient Conditions for Consistency of Bipartite Matching Polyhedral Shortest Path Unit Length expressions to their Resizable Hadoop Cluster Complexity	Ravi (Ravinder) Prakash G	16-34
5	Retailing Shift in India- Driving the Rural Growth in Food & Grocery Retailing, Formats and Models to Penetrate Smaller Towns and Villages	Vinod Basupattad, Manish Kothari	39-44
6	“Efficiency of Indian Stock Market: A Study from National Stock Exchange”	Prof. Mrityunjaya B Chavannavar, Poonam V. Patel	48-52
7	Study on Strength Characteristics for M 60 Grade Concrete Using Fly Ash, Silica Fume, Metakaolin, and Steel Fibers	Fayaz. Shaik, Malavika Chakravarthy P.G.	53-56
8	Analysis of Energy Efficient Routing Protocol In MANET	Shridhar Kabbur, Dr. G. F. Ali Ahammed, Dr. Rashma Banu	57-59
9	Leader of Four Wheeler in Unorganized Park and Sale-A Study in North Karnataka	Dr. Bhargav Revankar, Waseem Shaikh	60-66
10	A Review on Big Data Challenges and Opportunities	Varsha Jambunathan, S. Venkatesan	67-70
11	Occupational Safety Improvements by Lean Six Sigma Methodologies in a Manufacturing Industry	Prof. P. R. Gajbhiye, Dr. A.C Waghmare, Dr. R.H. Parikh	71-76
12	Design and Development of ROPS Testing Fixture’s for Driver Cabin of Earth Movers	Murali Kumar.L, Sunil Kumar.S	77-84
13	A Study on Investor’s Attitude towards Investment in Equity Stocks with Reference to Visakhapatnam District (Andhra Pradesh)	N.S.V.N Raju, Dr. Anita Patra	94-99