Volume 33, Issue 1

Radionuclides presence in the marine ecosystem can be adversely affect human health when it enters the food chain as seafood (crab). This study is simulating the radionuclides released from a proposed site of cooling water system of nuclear power plant such as uranium (233U), (238U), radium-226 (226Ra), Cesium (137Cs) in marine biota crustacean crab, which has the ability to acclimated in high temperature in outlet cooling water system of a certain nuclear power plant, and that had occurred by using the modeling tool Res-rad biota code version (1.8), the results showed that the biological concentration guidelines (BCGs) limits of selected radionuclides are complying of the recommended BCGs limits and on the other hand, the radioactivity concentrations of Ra-226 in crab tissue is higher than radioactivity concentration of Ra-226 concentration in riparian animal while in case of Cs-137 radioactivity concentration in tissue was lower in crab than in riparian animal while crab has higher values of U-233 and U-238 radioactivity concentration in tissue than U-233 and U[1]238 in riparian animal, this indicates that the concentration of radionuclides inside the tissue of the selected animal depend on the type of animal . Carb also can be used as bio-indicator in cooling water system as its ability of acclimated of the increasing of temperature and salinity in marine water cooling water system.

The Maker Movement is a technological and creative revolution underway around the world. Maker education offers a transformational approach to teaching and learning that attends to the real and relevant needs of learners and humans. In the fourth industrial revolution era, Software, Coding 3d Print, Arduino, IoT are core technologies commonly used in major industrial sectors. Nowadays coding education became mandatory, and it is time to educate the talented students who is necessary for the fourth industrial revolution era. In this paper, we have developed a Maker education tool to educate knowledge on coding, 3D printing, and Arduino by exploring the scientific knowledge of twelve constellations. We have produced starlight education tool and constellation mood lamp which are convergence-type teaching aid that combine maker education, and describe the composition and education contents of these two teaching aid.

Background and objective: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a complex disorder caused by the interaction between genetic predisposition, lifestyle and environmental risk factors. Though the association between the Kruppel Like Factor 14 gene (KLF14) polymorphism rs972283 and T2DM has been analyzed in different ethnic groups, the results have been inconsistent.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association between KLF14 gene rs972283 polymorphism and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a population of diabetic patients living in San Luis, Argentina. Methods: A total of 26 unrelated patients with T2DM and 42 healthy controls were included in the study. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood and genotyped for the single nucleotide polymorphism of KLF14 rs972283 (G/A) by Tetra Primer ARMS[1]PCR method.

Results: The genotype distribution and the relative allelic frequencies for the KLF14 polymorphism rs972283 were not significantly different between T2DM and controls: in T2DM patients the frequencies of the GG, GA, and AA genotypes were 38.0, 46.0, and 15.0 per cent, respectively, and in controls the genotype frequencies were 26.0, 56.0, and 18.0 per cent, respectively. The association between KLF14 gene polymorphism and T2DM was studied in two models of inheritance, i.e., dominant and recessive. In these two models there were no significant associations between KLF14 rs972283 polymorphism and T2DM.

 Conclusion: The present study provides statistical evidence indicating a lack of association between Krüppel-like factor 14 rs972283 polymorphism and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. More studies with larger sample size are needed to confirm these null associations.

Now a day’s pollution and global warming is one of the major problems that our state faces, the main reason for this is vehicles that run by burning oil. This paper presents a unique embedded controller design of a driverless, solar energy powered, collision protected, and GSM destination guided vehicle. The energy required for the movement of vehicle has been derived through solar PV power [4] which is green in nature. It doesn’t pollute the environment. A GPS module [2] accurately tracks the location of the vehicle. Source and destination details are getting from the SMS sent by the user from his mobile phone. The navigation process includes localization, obstacle detection, and path planning and vehicle control. The ultrasonic sensor senses the obstacle in the path and prevents collision due to the obstacle. This vehicle is capable of sensing its current status and navigating without human input.

Universities are key sites of knowledge creation. Governments and research funders are increasingly interested in ensuring that their investments in the production of new knowledge deliver a quantifiable return on investment, including in the form of ‘impact’. Ensuring that research outputs are not locked behind paywalls, and that research data can be interrogated and built upon are increasingly central to efforts to improve the effectiveness of global research landscapes. We argue that mandating and promoting open access (OA) for published research outputs, as well as the sharing of research data are important elements of building a vibrant open knowledge system, but they are not enough. Supporting diversity within knowledge-making institutions; enabling collaboration across boundaries between universities and wider communities; and addressing inequalities in access to knowledge resources and in opportunities to contribute to knowledge making processes are also important. New tools are needed to help universities, funders, and communities to understand the extent to which a university is operating as an effective open knowledge institution; as well as the that might be taken to improve open knowledge performance. This paper discusses our team’s efforts to develop a model of Open Knowledge that is not confined to measures of OA and open data. The Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative is a project of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. With funding from the university, we are exploring the extent to which universities are functioning as effective open knowledge institutions; as well as the types of information that universities, funders, and communities might need to understand an institution’s open knowledge performance and how it might be improved. The challenges of data collection on open knowledge practices at scale, and across national, cultural and linguistic boundaries are also discussed.

Helmets are said to be the first line of defense against injuries created by road accidents for motorists. About 70- 85% motorists deaths happen in India because of not wearing a helmet. It is not possible to control the occurrences of accidents, but by taking precautions life-threatening injuries can be avoided. Thus, using a different perspective, this project provides safety with luxurious and intelligent features using a smart helmet. Two modules, one on the helmet and bike each will work in synchronization, to ensure that the biker is wearing the helmet. A Zig-bee module is responsible for the wireless communication between the helmet and the bike circuit. An alcohol sensor is used to prevent drink and drive scenarios. Accelerometer detects accidents, and this is extended by employing GSM and GPS module in our circuit. The former is used to automatically send a message to one personal contact and one concerned authority that the person has met with an accident and the later detects the location of the accident site along with the message. A fog sensor is also employed for increasing visibility in case of fog or smog. The whole system operates using Arduino microcontrollers.

In good concrete the ingredients must be of right proportioned, cohesive enough to be transported, placed in such a way that ingredients must not segregated from each other. Moreover the good concrete must be workable and can be compacted. In mixing of fresh concrete and in curing of hardened concrete water is necessary. To modify property of concrete some chemical & mineral admixture are used. Also the emerging trends in engineering divert the interest of researchers towards the usage of waste material in concrete. Many of the waste materials are already in use such as fly ash, rice husk ash, silica fume and blast furnace slag. These materials are termed as supplementary cementitious materials as they are used as a partial replacement of concrete. But researches are still on-going on other waste materials for their use in concrete such as rubber tires, waste glass, egg shell etc. The present work is directed towards developing a better understanding on strengths characteristics of concrete using marble dust powder as a partial replacement of cement and waste foundry sand as a partial replacement of sand. Before further discussion, it shall be better to have a knowledge and clear understanding about the foundry sand and marble waste and their properties and performances. Marble dust powder and foundry sand were used in proportion of 2.5 % and 5% replacement of cement and sand respectively. Optimum results were found at 2.5 % Mable dust and 2.5 % foundry sand combination use.

A system is introduced to reduce waste in cities effectively without monitoring the parts 24×7 manually. The problem of non-systematic and unorganized waste collection is resolved by introducing an embedded IoT system which can monitor each dumpster individually on the basis of amount of waste deposited in it. An automated system is provided for separating wet and dry waste in to two according to their properties. A mechanical based setup is used for segregating wet and dry waste into separate containers by using sensors. The presence of any wet waste or dry waste are detected using an IR sensor and moister sensor. Here, if only IR is detected motor will rotate in the corresponding direction of the dry waste container while both the sensors detects then it will rotate to the corresponding direction of the wet container.The containers are consolated to an ultrasonic sensors embeded at the top, which is used detect the amount of waste in the containers. Whenever any one of the containers is full then an alert message will be sent to the corresponding personal android application.