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2016 Record 1 of 83 Title: Behaviour of colour adsorbed fly ash RCC beams with fibres Author(s): Jegadesh, S (Jegadesh, Sankar); Chandrasekaran, P (Chandrasekaran, Palanisamy);

Jayalekshmi, S (Jayalekshmi, Selvan) Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS­CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS Volume: 169 Issue: 6 Pages: 285­292 Article Number: 1400054 DOI: 10.1680/coma.14.00054 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: Fly ash particles consist of silica, alumina, oxides of iron, oxides of calcium, oxides of

magnesium and toxic heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cobalt and copper. In this research, an

adopted new experimental method was found to be innovative and worked better to treat the textile

effluent, a treatment in which the fly ash was effectively used as a colour adsorbent. The sludge ­ that

is the colour adsorbed fly ash (CAF) ­ was then used in the preparation of the concrete by partially

replacing the cement. The major advantage of using packed column set­up method with fly ash as an

adsorbent is that one waste material (the fly ash) is used to treat another waste material

(textile­processed effluent). CAF concrete and CAF reinforced cement concrete (RCC) beams with

polypropylene fibres (CPPST) are studied and analysed in this work. The ultimate load­bearing

capacity, ductility, energy absorption and toughness characteristics of RCC beams are quantified. With

the addition of fibres, energy absorption and ductility characteristics are improved for RCC beams and

hence, this system can be adopted in high seismic zone areas. Accession Number: WOS:000389860600004 ISSN: 1747­650X eISSN: 1747­6518 Record 2 of 83 Title: Experimental analysis of exhaust gas after treatment system using water scrubbing in a single

cylinder diesel engine for diesel and biofuel blends Author(s): Bharathiraja, M (Bharathiraja, M.); Venkatachalam, R (Venkatachalam, R.); Tiruvenkadam,

N (Tiruvenkadam, N.) Source: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D­TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT Volume:

49 Pages: 291­300 DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2016.10.028 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: A low­cost exhaust gas after treatment system called water­scrubbing is attempted in this

paper. An emission treatment setup is fabricated, which is installed in the exhaust of the engine. This

takes the exhaust gas and sprays water in the exhaust and passes it through the chamber containing

silica gel. An attempt is made to investigate experimentally the performance and emission

characteristics of a direct injection (DI) diesel engine, with and without water injection at the exhaust

using diesel fuel (DF), diesel­Karanja oil blend (DKB) and diesel­Jatropha oil blend (DJB). The exhaust

gas after treatment system helps to reduce NOx, CO and Particulate matter. The performance of the

engine has also been monitored to determine whether the engine has any decrease in performance when

the setup is used and it is found that there is no change in the engine performance. (C) 2016 Elsevier

Ltd. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000389390600022 ISSN: 1361­9209 Record 3 of 83

Title: Optimization of treatment efficiency of UV/H2O2 process on simulated textile industry

wastewater Author(s): Manikandan, P (Manikandan, P.); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Baskar, R

(Baskar, R.); Sivakumar, P (Sivakumar, P.); Sakthisharmila, P (Sakthisharmila, P.) Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 57 Issue: 56 Pages: 27169­27180

DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2016.1172983 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: The present study involves optimization of UV/H2O2 process on a simulated dye bath

effluent by varying initial H2O2 concentration, pollution load, and pH. The process was optimized by four factors and three levels of Box­Behnken design coupled with response surface methodology.

During the experiment, color removal and degradation studies were also performed to ensure the treatment efficiency. The results obtained show that the color removal efficiency can be achieved within

a short time due to the degradation of the structure which is more susceptible to oxidation. Then slower and gradual degradation of the simple and conjugated aromatic compounds takes place. In the first 5min

of the irradiation of the dyes, the pH value decreased from 11 to 9.5 and for another pH value decreased from 9 to 7.01. The drop in the pH value is mainly due to the formation of organic as well as inorganic

acid as a degradation product. Under the optimum operating conditions such as pollution load of 64%,

initial concentration of H2O2 0.6M, initial pH 8, and treatment time of 81min the predicted removal efficiencies are 98.77 and 86.11% for Color removal and COD removal, respectively. Accession Number: WOS:000386798700022 ISSN: 1944­3994 eISSN: 1944­3986 Record 4 of 83 Title: Encounter Based Clustering with Cuckoo Search for Ad Hoc Communication in Wireless Health

Informatics Author(s): Latha, RS (Latha, R. S.); Murugesan, G (Murugesan, G.) Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics Volume: 6 Issue: 8 Pages: 1983­1989 DOI:

10.1166/jmihi.2016.1961 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: In recent years due to the proliferation of smart computing equipment and enhanced

developments in the area of wireless mobile communications, mobile devices used in health informatics

are gaining popularity. Data collection from patient and imaging data can be enabled in mobile devices leading to easier monitoring of the patient from remote places. A key process to improve the usability

of the wireless devices amongst themselves is the routing process. In this paper a novel technique to form clusters with longer endurance by selecting efficient clusterheads is proposed. In this work, the

device mobility is taken as the predominant factor for the identification of Cluster­Heads (CHs). The proposed technique predicts each host's mobility pattern from its neighbors set that are encountered in

various time intervals. The battery power and degree of each device are also considered as contributory factors to identify the CH. A Weighted Geometric Mean (WGM) to combine these factors and compute

the weight of each device is proposed. Cuckoo Search (CS) algorithm has been deployed to optimize

the clusterhead selection. Extensive simulations were conducted with a different set of random scenarios and the observed results show that our Encounter based Clustering Algorithm with Cuckoo

Search optimization (ECA­CS) produces better reaffiliation and reelection rate. Accession Number: WOS:000389147500026 ISSN: 2156­7018 eISSN: 2156­7026 Record 5 of 83 Title: Emergency Health Information and Medical Services in Disaster Areas: A Delay Tolerant

Network Approach Author(s): Suganthe, RC (Suganthe, R. C.); Sreekanth, GR (Sreekanth, G. R.) Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics Volume: 6 Issue: 8 Pages: 1990­1996 DOI:

10.1166/jmihi.2016.1962 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: Disasters bring forth a set of challenges to sensors because of unique patients, users as well

as environment requirements. Disaster response settings need significant shifts towards more scalable,

workflow­effective as well as cost­efficient products for supervising patients. Enabling

communication between medical devices, disaster management vehicles, ambulances and disaster

management personnel is crucial. A major challenge is to achieve communication without any

infrastructure. The Delay Tolerant Network environment typically contains comparatively sparse

nodes which are commonly disconnected and this may last for a longer time period, which leads to

network partition. To deliver messages in partitioned networks/clusters, a number of routing

approaches like 'Routing with a Single Message Ferry and Gateways (SMFGW),' 'Routing with

Multiple Message Ferries (MMF),' and ' Routing with Multiple Message Ferries and Gateways

(MMFGW)' were proposed for delivering data. These protocols employ epidemic routing (ER)

protocol within the cluster. ER utilizes more resources because the quantity of communication needed

per packet is more. To reduce this overhead, a new quota­based routing protocol called TTL­Based

Routing (TBR) is applied for nodes within the clusters. The local ferry route is calculated

dynamically based on the residual energy of nodes in order to reduce power utilization and increases

the network lifetime. The simulation analysis shows that the suggested protocol attains significant

improvement in delivery ratio, latency and overhead ratio. Accession Number: WOS:000389147500027 ISSN: 2156­7018 eISSN: 2156­7026 Record 6 of 83 Title: Medical Opinion from Twitter: Automating Social Media Opinions for Health Informatics Author(s): Anuprathibha, T (Anuprathibha, T.); Selvi, CSK (Selvi, C. S. Kanimozhi) Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics Volume: 6 Issue: 8 Pages: 2005­2011 DOI:

10.1166/jmihi.2016.1965 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: Classifying sentiments of Twitter messages (tweets) is an emerging area of research. Twitter

refers to an online social media website that comprises great quantities of information in structured,

semi­structure or non­structured format. Analysing Twitter sentiments refers to the procedure of

automatic extraction of sentiments expressed in tweets. There is also a need for analysing sentiments of

medical reviews available online. The primary issue within sentiment analysis is comprehension of

usage of negation as well as classification of positive/negative sentiments expressed by users because

the syntax as well as semantics of the language differs as per the dialect used and hence, it becomes

hard to sort opinions into categories. In the current work, a technique that classifies sentiments is

described and the proposed method is benchmarked with twitter dataset and also evaluates the medical

dataset. The paper suggests an enhanced Shuffled Frog­Leaping Algorithm for selecting features that

are utilized for classification of tweets. Accession Number: WOS:000389147500030 ISSN: 2156­7018 eISSN: 2156­7026 Record 7 of 83

Title: OPTIMIZATION OF FOAMING PROPERTIES AND FOAM MAT DRYING OF

MUSKMELON USING SOY PROTEIN Author(s): Asokapandian, S (Asokapandian, Sangamithra); Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam,

Sivakumar); Swamy, GJ (Swamy, Gabriela John); Kuppusamy, K (Kuppusamy, Kannan) Source: JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Pages: 692­701 DOI:

10.1111/jfpe.12261 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: The effect of concentration of soy protein isolate (SPI), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and

whipping time on foaming properties of muskmelon pulp was investigated. Box­Behnken design of experiments was used to optimize the foaming process. The optimum conditions for foaming process

were found to be 8.71% of SPI concentration, 0.54% of CMC concentration and a whipping time of 5.7 min. The muskmelon foamed at optimum conditions was dried using hot air dryer at 50, 60 and

70C. The drying rate was found to be high at 70C. The effective moisture diffusivity of foamed muskmelon pulp was determined and compared with the unfoamed muskmelon pulp. The powder

properties such as density, color, water absorption index, solubility index, Hausner ratio and Carr index were also determined for muskmelon.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Fruit juice powders have been considered as economically viable over their liquid counterparts because it has improved shelf life, low volume/weight, less space volume required for storage, simpler handling and transportation. Among various drying processes, the foam mat drying process has be successfully used for the production of fruit powders because of rapid drying at lower temperature, retention of high nutrition, easy reconstitution characteristics and its cost­effectiveness. This foam mat drying process is much cheaper than freeze and spray drying for the production of fruit powders. The muskmelon

powders find application in snacks, beverages, ice creams and bakery industries for production of many food products, and it is also used as a starter for the preparation of instant foods and pastes. Accession Number: WOS:000388274900016 ISSN: 0145­8876 eISSN: 1745­4530 Record 8 of 83 Title: Imputation of Discrete and Continuous Missing Values in Large Datasets Using Bayesian Based

Ant Colony Optimization Author(s): Priya, RD (Priya, R. Devi); Sivaraj, R (Sivaraj, R.) Source: ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Volume: 41 Issue: 12 Pages:

4981­4993 DOI: 10.1007/s13369­016­2176­5 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: When preparing large databases, obtaining quality data for analysis without any missing values is almost impossible in many cases. Integration of raw data from multiple heterogeneous

sources often results in some values missing leading to loss of valuable information. Even though

many methods have been introduced by researchers, only less effort has been spent on handling missing values in heterogeneous attributes (both discrete and continuous) under Missing At Random

pattern, the common scenario where missing values have dependency on covariates in the dataset. Also, only few techniques are capable of dealing with missing values in large databases and this

demands immediate attention of researchers. This paper addresses both these problems by introducing a single technique called Bayesian Ant colony Optimization (BACO) which combines the searching

capability of Ant Colony Optimization with probabilistic nature of Bayesian principles. The algorithm is designed in such a way that missing values in both discrete and continuous attributes in large

datasets are efficiently imputed. BACO is implemented in six large real datasets, and it is observed

that its imputation accuracy outperforms than that of existing standard techniques. The statistical tests

conducted also prove the superior results of BACO in the imputation process. Accession Number: WOS:000385429900024 ISSN: 2193­567X eISSN: 2191­4281 Record 9 of 83 Title: Thermal characteristics studies on sintered wick heat pipe using CuO and Al2O3 nanofluids Author(s): Vijayakumar, M (Vijayakumar, M.); Navaneethakrishnan, P (Navaneethakrishnan, P.);

Kumaresan, G (Kumaresan, G.) Source: EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE Volume: 79 Pages: 25­35 DOI:

10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2016.06.021 Published: DEC 2016 Abstract: In the present experimental work, the thermal characteristics of cylindrical sintered wick heat pipe are investigated using CuO and Al2O3 nanofluids. The size and morphology of the nanoparticles

are maintained as constant to analyze the distinctive performances of nanoparticles on the thermal enhancement of heat pipe. The effect of inclination angle and heat input on the thermal performance of

heat pipe is also studied. The addition of nanoparticles has a notable influence in surface temperature of heat pipe and it is gradually reduced with increasing concentration. The reduction for 0.5 wt.%, 1.0

wt.% and 1.5 wt.% of CuO nanofluids are 2.1 degrees C, 5.9 degrees C and 4.7 degrees C respectively, whereas for the same concentrations Al2O3 nanofluids obtain only 0.9 degrees C, 3.6 degrees C and

5.3 degrees C respectively compared with DI water at horizontal position. Thermal resistance of heat

pipe is dramatically reduced with increasing heat flux at low heat input and the reduction is diminished for peak loads. The optimum performance is attained for both CuO and Al2O3 nanofluids at 45

degrees inclination angle. In contrast, the optimum concentration is varied i.e., 1.0 wt.% for CuO and 1.5 wt.% for Al2O3 nanofluids. The evaporation and condensation HTC is increases about 32.99% and

24.59% respectively for CuO and Al2O3 nanofluids at 45 degrees. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000383293200003 ISSN: 0894­1777 eISSN: 1879­2286 Record 10 of 83 Title: Ant Colony Optimization Based Feature Selection for Opinion Mining Classification Author(s): Saraswathi, K (Saraswathi, K.); Tamilarasi, A (Tamilarasi, A.)

Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND HEALTH INFORMATICS Volume: 6 Issue: 7

Pages: 1594­1599 DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2016.1856 Published: NOV 2016 Abstract: Opinion mining (OM) combines Information Retrieval and Computational Linguistics

concerning opinions expressed by a document and not just the topic. Clinical documents reflect a patient's health status in terms of observations and contain objective information such as descriptions of

examination results, diagnoses and interventions. To evaluate this information properly, assessing positive or negative clinical outcomes or judging the impact of a medical condition on patient's

well­being are essential. Although methods of sentiment analysis have been developed to address these

tasks, they have not yet found broad application in the medical domain. In this work, the facets of sentiment in the medical sphere are characterized and potential use cases are identified. This study

proposes a new feature selection using Ant Colony Optimization (ACO)­2OPT algorithm. A classification framework extracts feature sets from reviews using Term Frequency­Inverse Document

Frequency (TF­IDF), and features are chosen using the new method. Chosen features are classified using Naive Bayes, and Support Vector Machine (SVM). Experimental results demonstrate that the

proposed feature selection improves the efficiency of the classifiers in classifying the opinions. Accession Number: WOS:000387979100010 ISSN: 2156­7018 eISSN: 2156­7026 Record 11 of 83 Title: Classical Tamil Speech Enhancement with Modified Threshold Function using Wavelets Author(s): Indra, J (Indra, J.); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.); Krishnan, SN (Krishnan, Navaneetha S.) Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Volume: 11 Issue: 6

Pages: 1793­1801 DOI: 10.5370/JEET.2016.11.6.1793 Published: NOV 2016 Abstract: Speech enhancement is a challenging problem due to the diversity of noise sources and their

effects in different applications. The goal of speech enhancement is to improve the quality and

intelligibility of speech by reducing noise. Many research works in speech enhancement have been

accomplished in English and other European Languages. There has been limited or no such works or

efforts in the past in the context of Tamil speech enhancement in the literature. The aim of the

proposed method is to reduce the background noise present in the Tamil speech signal by using

wavelets. New modified thresholding function is introduced. The proposed method is evaluated on

several speakers and under various noise conditions including White Gaussian noise, Babble noise and

Car noise. The Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Mean Square Error (MSE) and Mean Opinion Score

(MOS) results show that the proposed thresholding function improves the speech enhancement

compared to the conventional hard and soft thresholding methods. Accession Number: WOS:000387097700031 ISSN: 1975­0102 eISSN: 2093­7423 Record 12 of 83 Title: Acoustic emission testing of the machining performance of SiC grinding wheel shaped Al2O3

ceramics Author(s): Kanakarajan, P (Kanakarajan, Periyasamy); Sundaram, S (Sundaram, Sengottuvelu);

Kumaravel, A (Kumaravel, Arumugam); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, Rathanasamy);

Venkatachalam, R (Venkatachalam, Ramasamy) Source: MATERIALS TESTING Volume: 58 Issue: 10 Pages: 908­912 DOI: 10.3139/120.110938

Published: OCT 2016 Abstract: Engineering ceramic materials are one among the key components of technology due to their

outstanding physico­mechanical properties like hardness, toughness, wear resistance and chemical

stability at elevated temperatures. On the other hand, the stated unique properties of ceramics exhibit

complexity during machining. Under such circumstances, online monitoring of cutting tools plays a

major role. The present study involves acoustic emission (AE) testing technique for condition

monitoring of machine tools. Various grades of alumina ceramics had been machined using SiC

grinding wheel. Grinding process parameters like depth of cut and feed rate were varied. Introducing

AE technique, the following parameters like energy, amplitude of grinding wheel wear and surface

roughness of alumina ceramics were analyzed. Accession Number: WOS:000387244500015 ISSN: 0025­5300 Record 13 of 83

Title: Predicting long­term wear performance of hard­on­hard bearing couples: effect of cup orientation Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Gowthaman, K (Gowthaman, K.); Uddin, MS (Uddin, M. S.) Source: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING Volume: 54 Issue: 10 Pages:

1541­1552 DOI: 10.1007/s11517­015­1440­2 Published: OCT 2016 Abstract: Wear is the major cause of implant failure, resulting in expensive revision surgeries of total hip arthroplasty. Therefore, understanding of wear mechanism and its progression is crucial to improve

the physiological performance of implants. This paper presents a three­dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) wear modeling approach to estimate evolution of wear in hard­on­hard bearing components with the effect of cup abduction angle. Three bearing couples were considered, and they were PCD­on­ PCD, Al2O3­on­Al2O3 and Si3N4­on­Si3N4, while the cup abduction angle varied from 35A degrees to 70A degrees with an increment of 5A degrees. By adopting actual physiological hip gait loading and rotational movement for normal walking cycle in FE modeling, the contact pressure and the sliding distance were calculated to predict wear. A femoral head of 32 mm in diameter was considered, while a constant frictional contact at the inference between head and cup was used. During simulation, the geometry of cup surface was updated at a reasonable interval of gait cycles to consider the effect of wear. Wear was simulated for up to 20 million cycles which is an equivalent of 20 years of implant's life in human body. Simulation results showed that compared to other two bearing couples, the predicted linear and volumetric wear in PCD­on­PCD couple exhibited the least wear evolution for all cup angles considered. The increase in abduction angle from 35A degrees to 70A degrees decreases the volumetric wear by 28 % for all three bearing couples, due to the reduction in sliding distance. Steep

cup angle, e.g., 70A degrees for Al2O3 and Si3N4 bearing couples, encountered edge contact, which leads to more wear. Further, wear results were discussed and analyzed with respect to in vitro and/or clinical studies available in the literature to justify the efficacy of wear modeling. Accession Number: WOS:000383726800009 PubMed ID: 26718551 ISSN: 0140­0118 eISSN: 1741­0444 Record 14 of 83 Title: Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Network Using Shuffled Frog Algorithm Author(s): Abirami, T (Abirami, T.); Anandamurugan, S (Anandamurugan, S.) Source: WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 90 Issue: 2 Special Issue: SI Pages:

537­549 DOI: 10.1007/s11277­015­3092­9 Published: SEP 2016

Abstract: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is made of numerous autonomous sensors forming a wireless network and cooperating with one another to transmit sensed data to a base station. With the

advent of biomedical sensors, healthcare application for monitoring of vital body signs of patients is

developing rapidly wherein all sensors cooperatively send data to the central server. The network routing protocols aims to reduce energy consumption and prolonging network life. Clustering is an

important method to prolong network life in WSNs. It involves sensor nodes grouping into clusters and selecting Cluster Heads (CHs). Cluster Heads aggregate data its group and forward accumulated data

to base station resulting in a higher energy spend. A big WSN challenge is selecting suitable CHs as they dissipate more energy compared to regular nodes in the network. A popular clustering protocol,

LEACH offsets this by probabilistically rotating CHs role among nodes. Nevertheless, network performance may not be optimal if the CHs are not selected appropriately. This paper presents a

shuffled frog meta­heuristic algorithm for CHs selection. The proposed method chooses CH based on

energy remaining in the nodes. Simulation results shows the proposed technique to outperform

LEACH and Genetic Algorithm based methods in terms of Quality of Service. Accession Number: WOS:000384554100009

ISSN: 0929­6212 eISSN: 1572­834X Record 15 of 83 Title: Hybrid Tree Construction for Sustainable Delay Aware Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor

Networks Author(s): Gopikrishnan, S (Gopikrishnan, S.); Priakanth, P (Priakanth, P.) Source: WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 90 Issue: 2 Special Issue: SI Pages:

923­945 DOI: 10.1007/s11277­016­3287­8 Published: SEP 2016

Abstract: Data aggregation is a process of collecting data from all the sensor nodes with a sink node to

generate a statistic report in a wireless sensor network. Data aggregation can be performed in various

ways that resolves many issues like aggregation delay, collision, security and energy utilization. This

paper proposes a Hybrid tree construction (HTC) algorithm to perform the delay efficient data

aggregation in wireless sensor network. In HTC a node which has high renewable energy is chosen as

root. Each node chooses their corresponding parent and child node among their neighbors by

implementing a two­hop tree construction method. In this HTC left child will be selected based on its

residual energy and least distance from the other nodes and right child is the second least distance node

from the root. By applying a delay efficient data aggregation algorithm on the data aggregation tree

constructed by HTC, the performance of the proposed algorithm has been studied. The HTC algorithm

has been applied on different network scenarios to improve its performance through the simulation

models and the results are verified by comparing with other models. Accession Number: WOS:000384554100032 ISSN: 0929­6212 eISSN: 1572­834X Record 16 of 83 Title: Renaissance System Model Improving Security and Third Party Auditing in Cloud Computing Author(s): Loheswaran, K (Loheswaran, K.); Premalatha, J (Premalatha, J.) Source: WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 90 Issue: 2 Special Issue: SI Pages:

1051­1066 DOI: 10.1007/s11277­016­3296­7 Published: SEP 2016 Abstract: Cloud computing is the developing design of IT enterprise. Applications and the services that

are present over the Internet are referred by the cloud computing. Critical issues on security and trust

based are often a major problem in cloud computing. Different levels of security enforcement are

offered by both public and private clouds. Auditing plays a vital role in evaluating an individual,

process, system, product or an enterprise. A renaissance system model has been proposed for secure

data storage in cloud. The proposed model involves four entities: Data owners, the cloud, cloud service

provider and third party auditor (TPA). The TPA has the ability to create the awareness in order to bring

out the public audits in the cloud having the coded data. The outcome seems to be trusted and is

impartial for both the cloud servers and the data owners. The proposed model is a semi trusted proxy

agent that performances instead of the data owner in order to reinstate the data blocks that are obtained

during the repair process. Renaissance system model is proposed and implemented into the test bed. Accession Number: WOS:000384554100039

ISSN: 0929­6212 eISSN: 1572­834X Record 17 of 83 Title: Studies on adsorptive removal of Direct Green 6 using a non­conventional activated carbon and

polypyrrole composite Author(s): Geetha, A (Geetha, Arumugam); Palanisamy, N (Palanisamy, Nachimuthu) Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 57 Issue: 43 Pages: 20534­20543

DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1107505 Published: SEP 2016 Abstract: Application of activated carbon (CSAC) and polypyrrole composite (PPC) developed from

the precursor, fruit of the gardening plant material Cordia sebestena has been investigated for the

removal of Direct Green 6 (DG6) from aqueous solution. Batch adsorption experiments were carried

out using CSAC and PPC and a comparative study was also made. Effect of parameters, namely initial

dye concentration, contact time, pH and temperature was studied. The kinetic studies were analysed

with pseudo­first­order and pseudo­second­order models. Experimental isotherm data were also

analysed with Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models. Thermodynamic parameters

were also measured. Experimental results showed that percentage removal of DG6 was higher with

PPC than the percentage removal obtained by CSAC. Hence, it is proposed that PPC is superior and

efficient adsorbent for the removal of DG6 from aqueous solutions. Accession Number: WOS:000382817300044 ISSN: 1944­3994 eISSN: 1944­3986 Record 18 of 83 Title: Characterization of Phoenix sp natural fiber as potential reinforcement of polymer composites Author(s): Rajeshkumar, G (Rajeshkumar, G.); Hariharan, V (Hariharan, V.); Sathishkumar, TP

(Sathishkumar, T. P.) Source: JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES Volume: 46 Issue: 3 Pages: 667­683 DOI:

10.1177/1528083715591581 Published: SEP 2016 Abstract: The present work deals with the identification of a new natural fiber from the Phoenix sp.

plant and their characteristics were studied for preparing the fiber­ reinforced polymer composites. This

fiber was extracted by simple manual peeling process. Physico­chemical and mechanical properties are

studied according to the standards. The morphology of the fiber was studied by using scanning electron

microscopy. X­ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are used to identify the

crystallinity index and chemical groups present in the fiber, respectively. The fiber has an average

diameter of 577 mu m and density of 1.2576g/cc. The cellulose, lignin, wax, ash, and moisture contents

present in the fiber are 76.13%, 4.29%, 0.32%, 19.69%, and 10.47%, respectively. The crystallinity

index was 57%. The Griffith model was used to obtain the average values of diameter and tensile

properties of Phoenix sp. fiber. The maximum tensile strength and Young's modulus were around

348.95MPa and 7.62GPa, respectively. The Phoenix sp. fiber properties were compared with the

properties of existing natural fibers. Accession Number: WOS:000382851800001 ISSN: 1528­0837 eISSN: 1530­8057 Record 19 of 83 Title: Study of non­catalytic thermal decomposition of triglyceride at hydroprocessing condition Author(s): Palanisamy, S (Palanisamy, Shanmugam); Gevert, BS (Gevert, Borje S.)

Source: APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING Volume: 107 Pages: 301­310 DOI:

10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.167 Published: AUG 25 2016 Abstract: Non­catalytic thermal decomposition of triglyceride is studied between 300 and 410 degrees

C at 0.1 and 5 MPa in the presence of H­2 or inert gas. This test is carried in tubular reactor filled with

inert material (borosilicate glass pellet). The qualitative and analytical results showed that n­alkanes

and alkenes with oxygenated olefins were primary products, consistent with thermal cracking to

lighter hydrocarbons. The resulting outlet fuel gas obtained mainly from the radical reaction and had

high concentration of CO, ethylene and methane. The decomposition forms a large number of radical

compounds containing acids, aldehydes, ketones, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon groups. Lighter

fraction contains mostly naphthenic group, and heavy fraction contains straight chain paraffinic

hydrocarbons. When H­2 partial pressure raised, the cracking of heavy fractions is low, and products

contain low concentration of the lighter and gasoline fractions. Here, the thermal decomposition of

triglyceride yields lighter fractions due to cracking, decarboxylation and decarbonylation. (C) 2016

Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000382794900030 ISSN: 1359­4311 Record 20 of 83 Title: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM USING SCHEDULING

CONCEPT IN GRID ENVIRONMENT Author(s): Krishnamoorthy (Krishnamoorthy); Karthikeyan (Karthikeyan); Sangeetha (Sangeetha)

Source: IIOAB JOURNAL Volume: 7 Issue: 9 Pages: 315­323 Published: AUG 2016 Abstract: Grid computing has been an important technology by a noteworthy span in the fields of scientific and engineering. This boundless enactment of Grid computing paradigm has taken place very promptly even faster than the case for the web. Optimization is the process of choosing the desirable event in the "finest" way. The perception of 'different factors' means that there are different feasible solutions, and a perception of 'achieving enticing outcomes' means that there is an objective of searching progress on how to find the best result. In this paper, comparisons of three optimization approaches are proposed for grid Scheduling problem. As in other generic techniques of optimization such as genetic algorithm, ant colony optimization, etc., Swallow Swarm Optimization (SSO) is the

new algorithm in optimization with high convergence rate is compared with the two existing standard other optimization techniques namely Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) which is very difficult to optimize in a highly discontinuous data surface features and Fish Swarm Optimization (FSO) algorithm may give local minimum results in occurrence of stagnation condition and eventually converges at global minimum points. Simulation results show that the SSO algorithm performs better than existing methods, and performance improvement is especially significant in large­scale applications. We analyze here the use of a Grid computing systems to cope up with the limits of performance metrics. It is obtained from results that FSO gives the next higher execution time in large values. SSO on contrary executes all jobs in minimum time interval, thus obtained to be the optimal algorithm from three methods. They produce good results with the large scale applications. Accession Number: WOS:000386801600041 ISSN: 0976­3104 Record 21 of 83 Title: A SURVEY OF TWITTER SENTIMENT ANALYSIS Author(s): Anuprathibha, T (Anuprathibha, T.); Selvib, CSK (Selvib, C. S. Kanimozhi) Source: IIOAB JOURNAL Volume: 7 Issue: 9 Pages: 374­378 Published: AUG 2016 Abstract: Twitter gets to be a standout amongst the most mainstream social networking sites, which

permits the clients to peruse and post messages (i.e. tweets). Among the immense assortments of

subjects, individuals in Twitter tend to express their opinions for the brands, superstars, products and

open occasions. Therefore, it draws in much thoughtfulness regarding assessment the swarm's

sentiments in Twitter. Sentiment analysis is a sort of natural language processing for following the

inclination of people in general around a specific product or subject. Sentiment analysis, which is

additionally called, opinion mining, includes in building a framework to gather and examine

opinions. Accession Number: WOS:000386801600047 ISSN: 0976­3104 Record 22 of 83 Title: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF TRUST MODAL WITH INVASIVE WEED

OPTIMIZATION Author(s): Loheswaran (Loheswaran); Premalatha (Premalatha) Source: IIOAB JOURNAL Volume: 7 Issue: 9 Pages: 509­516 Published: AUG 2016 Abstract: In the recent decade, the tremendous growth in IT venture had evolved a new term known as

Cloud Computing. Cloud computing is the concept of sharing the environment and in turn sharing the

infrastructure which may lead to the risk of illicit access of data. As the cloud computing involves

sharing of infrastructure, scheduling plays the vital role. Another big challenge is providing Trust to the

users in the commercial cloud environments. In the available heterogeneous infrastructure, users tend to

opt of the best viable resources only based on the trust. Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO) is a

population­based algorithm inspired from the process of weeds colonization and distribution. In this

study, it is demonstrated that, with trust modal ­IWO performs better results than other techniques. Accession Number: WOS:000386801600063 ISSN: 0976­3104 Record 23 of 83 Title: BAGEL: A non­ignorable missing value estimation method for mixed attribute datasets Author(s): Priya, RD (Priya, R. Devi); Kuppuswami, S (Kuppuswami, S.); Sivaraj, R (Sivaraj, R.) Source: SADHANA­ACADEMY PROCEEDINGS IN ENGINEERING SCIENCES Volume: 41 Issue:

8 Pages: 825­836 DOI: 10.1007/s12046­016­0526­ 3 Published: AUG 2016 Abstract: Surveys are mainly conducted to obtain valuable information on some criteria from a

specified population. But, the survey results often become biased due to non­response of the subjects

under study for highly significant attributes. Such non­ignorable missingness need to be treated and the actual values should be retrieved. Many methods have already been proposed for handling missing

values in either discrete or continuous attributes. But, there exists a large gap in handling non­ignorable missing values in datasets with mixed attributes. With the intent of addressing this gap, this paper

proposes a methodology called as Bayesian Genetic Algorithm (BAGEL) with hybridized Bayesian and Genetic Algorithm principles. In BAGEL, the initial population is generated using Bayesian model and

fitness values of the chromosomes are evaluated using Bayesian principles. BAGEL is implemented in real datasets for imputing both discrete and continuous missing values and the imputation accuracy is

observed. The experimental results show the superior performance of BAGEL than other standard

imputation techniques. Statistical tests conducted to validate the experimental results also prove that BAGEL outperforms at all missing rates from 5% to 50%. Accession Number: WOS:000383151000002 ISSN: 0256­2499

eISSN: 0973­7677 Record 24 of 83 Title: Summary generation approaches based on semantic analysis for news documents Author(s): Kogilavani, SV (Kogilavani, S. V.); Kanimozhiselvi, CS (Kanimozhiselvi, C. S.); Malliga, S

(Malliga, S.) Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE Volume: 42 Issue: 4 Pages: 465­476 DOI:

10.1177/0165551515594726 Published: AUG 2016 Abstract: With the exponential growth of the internet, a lot of online news reports are produced on the web every day. The news stream flows so rapidly that no one has the time to look at each and every item of information. In this situation, a person would naturally prefer to read updated information at certain time intervals. Document updating technique is very helpful for individuals to acquire new information or knowledge by eliminating out­of­date or redundant information. Existing summarization

systems involve identifying the most relevant sentences from the text and putting them together to create a concise initial summary. In the process of identifying the important sentences, features influencing the relevance of sentences are determined. Based on these features the salience of the sentence is calculated and an initial summary is generated from highly important sentences at different compression rates. These types of initial summaries work on a batch of documents and do not consider the documents that may arrive at later time, so that corresponding summaries need to get updated. The update summarization system addresses this issue by taking into account the documents read by the user in the past and seeks to present only fresh or different information. The first step is to create an initial summary based on basic and additional features. The next step is to create an update summary based on the basic, additional and update features. In this paper, two approaches are proposed for generating initial and update summary from multiple documents about given news. The first approach performs semantic analysis by modifying the vector space model with dependency parse relations and applying latent semantic analysis on it to create a summary. The second approach applies sentence

annotation based on aspects, prepositions and named entities to generate summary. Experimental results show that the proposed approaches generate better initial and update summaries compared with the existing systems. Accession Number: WOS:000380125800003 ISSN: 0165­5515 eISSN: 1741­6485 Record 25 of 83 Title: Structural and optical investigations on Dy3+ doped lithium tellurofluoroborate glasses for white

light applications Author(s): Uma, V (Uma, V.); Maheshvaran, K (Maheshvaran, K.); Marimuthu, K (Marimuthu, K.);

Muralidharan, G (Muralidharan, G.) Source: JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE Volume: 176 Pages: 15­24 DOI:

10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.03.016 Published: AUG 2016

Abstract: Dy3+­doped lithium tellurofluoroborate glasses were prepared with the chemical composition

(40­x) B2O3+15TeO(2)+15Li(2)O+15LiF+15NaF+xDy(2)O(3) (BTLNxD; where x=0.05, 0.1, 0.25,

0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 in wt%) following conventional melt quenching technique and characterized through

FTIR, optical absorption, luminescence and lifetime measurements. The vibrations of the borate and

tellurite network have been identified through FTIR spectral measurements. The optical properties have

been explored from the absorption and luminescence spectra. The optical band gap of direct and

indirect allowed transitions was determined from Tauc's plot and the variations in the band gap energy

with structural arrangements in the prepared glasses is also discussed. Judd­Ofelt theory has been used

to evaluate the intensity parameters Omega(2), Omega(4) and Omega(6) using the experimental

oscillator strengths and absorption energy levels. The radiative parameters such as transition probability

(A), stimulated emission cross­section (up, branching ratios (beta(R)) and radiative lifetime (tau(R))

corresponding to the F­4(9/2) ­> H­6(11/2), H­ 6(13/2) and H­6(15/2) emission transitions were

calculated from the luminescence spectra. The yellow­to blue (Y/B) luminescence intensity ratios and

colour chromaticity coordinates of the title glasses have also been estimated to evaluate the white light

emission as a function of Dy3+­ion concentration. These results have been used to identify the

suitability of the prepared glasses for W­LED applications. The decay rates for the F­4(9/2) level have

been measured and found to deviate from exponential to non­exponential nature with the increase of

Dy3+­ion concentration. The non­exponential decay rates have been fitted with the Inokuti­Hirayama

model for S=6 which indicate that dipole­dipole mechanism is responsible for the energy transfer

processes through Dy3+­Dy3+ interaction. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000375940800003 ISSN: 0022­2313 eISSN: 1872­7883 Record 26 of 83 Title: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COPPER OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR

SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODE APPLICATIONS Author(s): Suresh, R (Suresh, R.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Vadivu, DS (Vadivu, D. S.) Source: JOURNAL OF OVONIC RESEARCH Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Pages: 215­223 Published:

JUL­AUG 2016 Abstract: Facile and simple co­precipitation method has been used to synthesis copper oxide (CuO)

nanostructures. The effect of temperature on the structural, morphological and electrochemical

properties of the CuO has been studied and reported. X­ray diffraction pattern confirms the formation

of monoclinic CuO at 300, 400 and 500 degrees C. Electrochemical investigation indicates that the

CuO nanostructures prepared at 400 degrees C reveals a specific capacitance of 345 Fg(­1) at 2 mV

s(­1). Cycle­life tests show that the capacitance retention of the CuO nanoworms is 99 % even after

1500 cycles. The lower charge transfer resistance (3.3 Omega) of this material enhances their

supercapacitive features. Furthermore, an asymmetric supercapacitor device was constructed using

CuO nanoworms and activated carbon (AC) as electrode materials. The functional performance of the

system showed a specific capacitance of 47 Fg(­1) with an energy density/ power density of 6.5

Whkg(­1) and 249 Wkg(­1) respectively. Accession Number: WOS:000385282300005 ISSN: 1842­2403 eISSN: 1584­9953 Record 27 of 83 Title: PSEUDOCAPACITIVE FEATURES OF CuO NANOWORMS AND Mn DOPED CuO

NANOFLAKES AND THEIR PROSPECTS AS ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR

SUPERCAPACITORS Author(s): Suresh, R (Suresh, R.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Vadivu, DS (Vadivu, D. S.) Source: DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOSTRUCTURES Volume: 11 Issue: 3

Pages: 795­803 Published: JUL­SEP 2016 Abstract: Copper oxide (CuO) and manganese (Mn) doped CuO nanostructures have been synthesized

via facile solution routeand their electrochemical properties were analysed towards supercapacitor

electrode application. Morphological investigations reveals the formation of nanoworm like structure

for CuO in which addition of Mn lead to the configuration of flake like morphology. Electrochemical

nature of the materials were studied using cyclic voltammetric (CV), Galvanostatic charge­discharge

and electrochemical impedance analysis. 5 wt% of Mn doped CuO nanoflakes exhibit the maximum

specific capacitance of 625 Fg(­1) at 2 mV s(­1) and offers a good cyclic stability with the capacitance

retention of 84% after 2000 cycles. Electrochemical impedance analysis shows a charge transfer

resistance (R­ct) of 1 Omega for 5 wt% of Mn doped CuO nanoflakes, which is quite beneficial for

better charge­discharge performance at higher current rates. These findings suggest thatMn blended

CuO nanostructures prepared through cost effective and simple chemical precipitation method offers

better electrochemical features. Accession Number: WOS:000383509500012 ISSN: 1842­3582 Record 28 of 83 Title: Sitting posture health monitoring for scoliosis patients using capacitive micro accelerometer Author(s): Naveen, P (Naveen, P.); Gomathi, K (Gomathi, K.); Senthilkumar, A (Senthilkumar, A.);

Thangavel, S (Thangavel, S.) Source: NANOSYSTEMS­PHYSICS CHEMISTRY MATHEMATICS Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Pages:

538­541 DOI: 10.17586/2220­8054­2016­7­3­538­541 Published: JUN 2016 Abstract: Recently, the accelerometer has taken on a vital role in health monitoring system. The

monitoring of patients disease has been aided by the use of different diagnostics. These devices exist at

the macro level and also in micro level for condition monitoring. Capacitive Micro­accelerometer is a

wearable sensor for monitoring of scoliosis disease in patients by analyzing their sitting posture,

asymmetrical balance of patients. A new approach for accelerometer, using an L­shaped cantilever

parallel plate MEMS accelerometer design is proposed. This micro accelerometer is designed using

INTELLISUITE 8.6. Static analysis is done using Thermo Electro Mechanical module to examine the

performance. Proposed design is compared with the existing design. In the future, this can also be

applied in NANO level applications with respect to its design and fabrication. Accession Number: WOS:000387463300025 ISSN: 2220­8054 eISSN: 2305­7971 Record 29 of 83 Title: Study of citation networks in tribology research Author(s): Elango, B (Elango, B.); Bornmann, L (Bornmann, Lutz); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.) Source: COLLNET JOURNAL OF SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 71­96 DOI: 10.1080/09737766.2016.1177940 Published: JUN 2016 Abstract: This study aims to study citation networks among publications on tribology using a new

software tool called "CitNetExplorer". Bibliographic records related to tribology research were

retrieved from Web of Science. Three data sets have been analyzed: (1) Core publications of tribology

research, (2) publications on nanotribology (a sub­discipline of tribology) and (3) publications of

Bharat Bhushan (a top­contributor to nanotribology research). The study provides insights into citation

relations among tribology publications. It demonstrates the potential of the CitNetExplorer and suggests

possible improvements. It also shows how the CitNetExplorer can be used to analyze networks of

publications in a specific research field.

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Elango, B H­5722­2013 0000­0002­8938­0155

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Record 30 of 83 Title: Performance Comparision of Classification of Chronic Leukaemia Cell Types Using Artificial

Neural Network Author(s): Chinnathambi, K (Chinnathambi, Kalaiselvi); Ramasamy, A (Ramasamy, Asokan);

Rajendran, P (Rajendran, Premkumar) Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND HEALTH INFORMATICS Volume: 6 Issue: 3

Pages: 571­584 DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2016.1726 Published: JUN 2016 Abstract: Leukaemia is classified by how quickly it progresses. Acute leukaemia is fast­growing and

can overrun the body within a few weeks or months. By contrast, chronic leukaemia is slow­growing

and progressively worsens over years. In chronic leukaemia, the blood­forming cells eventually mature,

or differentiate, but they are not "normal." Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia (CML) and Chronic

Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) were considered for the study. Back Propagation Neural network

(BPN) and Modified Back Propagation Network (MBPN) were used as a classifier for the classification

process. Back propagation provides a computationally efficient method for changing the weights in a

feed forward networks, with differentiable activation function units, to learn a training set of

inputs­outputs. Comparison of performance of classification accuracy was carried out. The

effectiveness of the classification system is tested with the total of 91 samples collected from 13

patients. The evaluated results demonstrate that our method outperformed the existing systems with an

accuracy of 98%. Accession Number: WOS:000378798400001 ISSN: 2156­7018 eISSN: 2156­7026 Record 31 of 83 Title: Secure Real Time Web Based Electrocardiogram Monitoring System for Improved Healthcare Author(s): Vellingiri, J (Vellingiri, J.); Balambigai, S (Balambigai, S.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.);

Asokan, R (Asokan, R.) Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND HEALTH INFORMATICS Volume: 6 Issue: 3

Pages: 774­778 DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2016.1755 Published: JUN 2016 Abstract: Web based electrocardiogram monitoring facilitates real time monitoring of patients' records anytime from anywhere. In present system of web based electrocardiogram monitoring, the

electrocardiogram signals can be monitored only instantaneously and no permanent storage of medical

records in web server is done. Also maintenance of medical records in paper or in CD's may lead to data corruption or data being lost. For detecting electrocardiogram characteristics this proposed work

gives design of a total portable package for low cost embedded electrocardiogram measurement and monitoring system. This proposed system interfaced with computer network system to monitor the

electrical activity of the patients' heart more easily and precisely for diagnosing heart diseases. The

electrocardiogram is hosted in the website using patients' unique identification. Separate login is given for the patients and the doctor. Hence, it is become possible for the doctors to examine the patients'

condition without being physically present near to the patient's bed and the patients need not to carry his medical records wherever he travels to the hospital. Also, the security of the medical records is

enhanced in this work by using fingerprint authentication and the https protocol. Accession Number: WOS:000378798400027 ISSN: 2156­7018 eISSN: 2156­7026 Record 32 of 83 Title: PREDICTING THE WEAR OF SOFT­ON­HARD BEARING COUPLES FOR HUMAN HIP

PROSTHESIS USING FINITE ELEMENT CONCEPTS Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Nithyaprakash, R (Nithyaprakash, R.) Source: JOURNAL OF MECHANICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Article

Number: 1650020 DOI: 10.1142/S0219519416500202 Published: MAY 2016 Abstract: Wear of bearing couples is one of the major concerns in artificial hip implantation. To

minimize the wear of hip bearing surfaces, several new materials have been introduced and tested

including metal­on­metal, ceramic­on­ceramic and hard­on­hard combinations. The present study

involves prediction of wear on ultra­high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) cup against

Co­Cr, alumina and zirconia femoral head by applying the three­dimensional (3D) physiological

loads as well as angular motions on these bearing couples to calculate the contact pressure using finite

element concepts. The linear and volumetric wear of bearing surfaces increase with increase in gait

cycles. Overall, the Zirconia­UHMWPE combination showed least wear, when compared with

Alumina­UHMWPE and Co­Cr­UHMWPE combinations. The present study also revealed that the

Zirconia­UHMWPE combinations showed less volumetric wear than the Alumina­Alumina bearing

which is at present used in artificial hip resurfacements. Accession Number: WOS:000376382100002 ISSN: 0219­5194 eISSN: 1793­6810 Record 33 of 83 Title: Multi­response milling process optimization using the Taguchi method coupled to grey relational

analysis Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, Subramaniam); Mohanraj, T (Mohanraj, Thangamuthu); Karuppusamy,

S (Karuppusamy, Sevagoundanoor) Source: MATERIALS TESTING Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Pages: 462­470 DOI: 10.3139/120.110869

Published: MAY 2016 Abstract: An efficient method based on Taguchi's design of experiment coupled with the grey

relational analysis was studied, concentrating on the optimization of process parameters over surface roughness, cutting force and tool wear rate in milling of mild steel. This study consists of three stages:

experimental work, single response optimization using Taguchi's S/N value and multi­response optimization using grey relational analysis. In the first stage, the experimental work was carried out

using Taguchi's design of experiments. The effects of process parameters (spindle speed, feed rate and depth of cut) on surface roughness, cutting force and tool wear rate were investigated using analysis of

variance. In the second stage, Taguchi's signal­to­noise ratio was used to optimize the responses. Finally, multi­response optimization was carried out using grey relational analysis. Additionally, the

analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine the most significant factor for the optimal

response for milling of mild steel. From the ANOVA table, the most significant factor is the spindle speed. This proposed method can be an effective approach to enhance the multi­ response optimization

for milling process. Accession Number: WOS:000376167900013 ISSN: 0025­5300 Record 34 of 83 Title: Influence of cellulose water absorption on the tensile properties of polyester composites reinforced

with Sansevieria ehrenbergii fibers Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.) Source: JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES Volume: 45 Issue: 6 Pages: 1674­1688 DOI:

10.1177/1528083715569374 Published: MAY 2016 Abstract: The research work investigates the tensile properties of Sansevieria ehrenbergii (SE) fiber and SE fiber­reinforced polyester composite with various water absorption times. The experiments

were conducted according to ATSM standards. The simple hand lay­up method followed by compression molding process adopted to prepare the SE fiber­reinforced polyester composites at

constant fiber weight fractions. The surface treatment was done on the SE fiber with various chemicals such as NaOH, KMnO4, benzoyl peroxide, benzoyl chloride, and stearic acid. These results show that

the tensile strength was dropped off with increase in water absorption time. Among all, the tensile strength was found to be highest for KMnO4­treated SE fiber­reinforced composite compared to other

composites. This was due to the highest bonding area between the fiber and matrix compared to other

treated fiber composites. The percentage of water absorption for composites increased with water absorption time. The morphology of the tensile fractured specimens was studied using scanning

electron microscope. This shows that the fiber pull­out was lower in raw fiber composite compared to water­swelled fiber composites and this dropped off the tensile strength of the composites. Hence, the

water­swelled fiber composites decrease the mechanical properties of the composites. Accession Number: WOS:000374998900032 ISSN: 1528­0837 eISSN: 1530­8057 Record 35 of 83 Title: Modeling of polysaccharide extraction from Gossypium arboreum L. seed using central composite

rotatable design Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Nivetha, CV (Nivetha, C. Vigna); Priya, B (Priya,

B.); Al­Dhabi, NA (Al­Dhabi, Naif Abdullah); Ponmurugan, K (Ponmurugan, Karuppiah);

Manoj, JJB (Manoj, J. Jony Blessing) Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES Volume: 86 Pages:

857­864 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.01.094 Published: MAY 2016 Abstract: The present study investigates the effect of independent variables such as extraction

temperature (35­55 degrees C), time (1­5 h) and solid ­liquid ratio (1:5­1:25 g/ml) over the extraction

yield of polysaccharide from Gossypium arboreum L. seeds was investigated and optimized. Aqueous

extraction method was opted for the extraction of polysaccharide. Central composite response surface

design was utilized for developing the experimental design. A second order polynomial mathematical

model was developed from the obtained results. From the results, Significance of process variables over

the extraction process can be clearly depicted. At the extraction temperature of 45 degrees C, extraction

time of 3 h and solid ­liquid ratio of 1:15 g/ml maximum yield of polysaccharide (8.67%) from

Gossypium arboreum L. seed was obtained. Characteristics of the extracted polysaccharide are

analyzed through physico­chemical property analysis and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

(FTIR). (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000374196100099 PubMed ID: 26827756 ISSN: 0141­8130 eISSN: 1879­0003 Record 36 of 83 Title: Equilibrium and kinetic studies for the adsorption of Basic Red 29 from aqueous solutions using

activated carbon and conducting polymer composite Author(s): Geetha, A (Geetha, Arumugam); Palanisamy, N (Palanisamy, Nachimuthu) Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 57 Issue: 18 Pages: 8406­8419 DOI:

10.1080/19443994.2015.1020510 Published: APR 14 2016 Abstract: The paper deals with the study on application of activated carbon (Cordia sebestena activated

carbon (CSAC)) and polypyrrole polymer composite prepared from the precursor fruit of the gardening

plant material Cordia sebestena for the removal of cationic dye (basic dye namely Basic Red 29

(BR29)) from aqueous solutions. Adsorption experiments are carried out using batch system in order to

do equilibrium adsorption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamic studies. It is found that chemical

modification of plant wastes like sawdust coated with polypyrrole called polypyrrole polymer

composite is an efficient adsorbent for the removal of cationic dye BR29 from aqueous solutions when

compared to activated carbon (CSAC). Accession Number: WOS:000370972300034 ISSN: 1944­3994 eISSN: 1944­3986 Record 37 of 83 Title: Development of Fermented Millet Sprout Milk Beverage Based on Physicochemical Property

Studies and Consumer Acceptability Data Author(s): Sudha, A (Sudha, A.); Devi, KSP (Devi, K. S. Priyenka); Sangeetha, V (Sangeetha, V.);

Sangeetha, A (Sangeetha, A.) Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Volume: 75 Issue: 4 Pages:

239­243 Published: APR 2016 Abstract: Millets play an important role in the food and nutritional security of the poor in arid and

semiarid regions of the world. The present study focused on the use of underexploited millets for

production of fermented millet based milk beverage. The beverage was prepared using skimmed milk

along with three different millets (finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum). The techniques used for

processing millets are soaking, sprouting and extraction of milk from millets. The ratio of millet milk

blending with skimmed milk was optimized using Mixture Design based on physicochemical properties

viz., sediment, viscosity, wheying off, acidity and sensory responses. The overall acceptability of the

optimized sample was 7.1, which is very close to the predicted value. The nutritional analysis was done

for the sample prepared using optimized combination of millet milk. Accession Number: WOS:000374207100005 ISSN: 0022­4456 eISSN: 0975­1084 Record 38 of 83

Title: Development and performance analysis of a novel agitated vessel Author(s): Chinnasamy, G (Chinnasamy, Gomadurai); Kaliannan, S (Kaliannan, Saravanan); Eldho, A

(Eldho, Abraham); Nadarajan, D (Nadarajan, Deepa) Source: KOREAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Volume: 33 Issue: 4 Pages:

1181­1185 DOI: 10.1007/s11814­015­0264­y Published: APR 2016 Abstract: The objective of the present study was to design, fabricate and evaluate the performance of a

novel airi­nducing impeller system with a specially designed air­ inducing tube­set. The novel

air­inducing impeller system, when attached to a conventional baffled agitated vessel, could convert it

into an air­inducing reactor. Water was used as the working fluid and the characteristics of the impeller

system such as critical speed, power consumption and gas holdup were investigated by varying the gas

free liquid level, orifice immersion depth, bottom clearance and impeller speed. Results showed that

this novel air­inducing impeller system induced the air at speeds lower than the critical speeds reported

by most of the investigators in the literature. Accession Number: WOS:000374266300006 ISSN: 0256­1115 eISSN: 1975­7220 Record 39 of 83 Title: A Stand­Alone EEG Monitoring System for Remote Diagnosis Author(s): Thangavelu, SK (Thangavelu, Sadish Kumar); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, Nehru);

Sundaram, V (Sundaram, Vivekanandan); Aravind, N (Aravind, Navneet); Bilakanti, N (Bilakanti,

Nishant) Source: TELEMEDICINE AND E­HEALTH Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Pages: 310­316 DOI:

10.1089/tmj.2015.0046 Published: APR 1 2016 Abstract: Background:In low­income countries with limited infrastructure, remote diagnoses are a

sustainable solution to healthcare issues. Current electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring devices are

very expensive and may not be feasible in rural areas. Because a seizure is nonstationary, composed of

multiple frequencies, and difficult to acquire, visual and conventional frequency­based methods have

limited application.Materials and Methods:One hundred healthy individuals at their best possible

conscious state and 25 patients with an epileptic seizure a few hours prior to the time of recording were

chosen. The recordings were carried at Shri Preethi Hospital and Nanda Engineering College,

Tamilnadu, India, during the period of June 2014­December 2014. The primary objective was to

differentiate the diseased from normal individuals, as well as quantifying the EEG signal and

diagnosing remotely.Results:Using wavelet coefficients, the separation between seizure and nonseizure

states was measured and compared with that of healthy individuals of different age groups. The systems

performance was measured by parameters such as sensitivity, specificity, region of convergence, and

precision rate.Conclusions:The novelty of this article lies in the design, development, and clinical

analysis of a low­cost EEG device for remote diagnosis. Accession Number: WOS:000372932600009 PubMed ID: 26447776 ISSN: 1530­5627 eISSN: 1556­3669 Record 40 of 83 Title: HSDA: hybrid communication for secure data aggregation in wireless sensor network Author(s): Gopikrishnan, S (Gopikrishnan, S.); Priakanth, P (Priakanth, P.)

Source : wireless networks, Volume 22, Issue 3 Pages 1061-1078, Apr 2016

Abstract: The rapid development of wireless sensor networks motivates the researchers and industries to

implement large scale wireless sensor network in highly sensitive applications. Since the data aggregation is the major functionality of the wireless sensor network, the network implementation

should avoid data aggregation issues like energy, collision, delay and security. As sensor nodes are deployed in hostile environments, the security of the sensitive information such as authenticity,

confidentiality and integrity should be considered. To provide a unique solution that resolve the security and energy issues, this paper proposes a hybrid secure data aggregation (HSDA) to provide high secure

data aggregation in an energy efficient way. HSDA implements an end to end symmetric key cryptography for secure authentication using shared public key and it uses hop by hop asymmetric key

cryptography with the private keys of each node for data integrity and confidentiality. The proposed

model performs the private key generation and encryption at the leaf node to reduce the communication and computation overhead of the sensor nodes. The proposed energy efficient way for achieving the

secure data aggregation is proved through simulation results. Compared with existing models, the proposed model provides a new solution that resolves energy as well as security issues in data

aggregation. Accession Number: WOS:000372921300023 Author Identifiers:

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SUNDARAM, GOPIKRISHNAN C­2418­2015

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ISSN: 1022­0038 eISSN: 1572­8196 Record 41 of 83 Title: Fabrication of Nanocomposites of SnO2 and MgAl2O4 for Gas Sensing Applications Author(s): Nithyavathy, N (Nithyavathy, N.); Arunmetha, S (Arunmetha, S.); Vinoth, M (Vinoth, M.);

Sriram, G (Sriram, G.); Rajendran, V (Rajendran, V.) Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Volume: 45 Issue: 4 Pages: 2193­2205 DOI:

10.1007/s11664­015­4261­z Published: APR 2016 Abstract: Simple solid­state and sol­gel routes have been used to synthesize nanocomposites of tin

oxide and magnesium aluminate at calcination temperature of 900 K for gas sensing applications. The effects of the surface structure of magnesium aluminate on the gas response for different concentrations

of tin oxide addition were investigated for potential use in gas sensors. (SnO2)x doped in small amounts x into magnesium aluminate resulted in three nanocomposite samples MAS0.25, MAS0.50, and

MAS0.75 for x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75, respectively, plus MgAl2O4 (MA) for x = 0. The response to different pressures of gases such as oxygen (O­2), carbon monoxide (CO), and ethanol (C2H5OH) was

quantitatively analyzed for all samples at different operating temperatures. The temperature was varied

linearly by increasing the supply to a heating pad mounted below the sensor sample, regardless of the gas pressure inside the chamber. All the sample materials showed good response at different gas

pressures (1 bar to 2 bar) and operating temperatures (300 K to 600 K). It was noted that the composite samples showed enhanced and fast response to gases, at both lower and higher operating temperatures,

with detection of even the smallest change in gas pressure. Accession Number: WOS:000372543900028 ISSN: 0361­5235

eISSN: 1543­186X Record 42 of 83 Title: Development of solar photovoltaic inverter with reduced harmonic distortions suitable for Indian

sub­continent Author(s): Alexander, SA (Alexander, Albert S.) Source: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS Volume: 56 Pages: 694­704 DOI:

10.1016/j.rser.2015.11.092 Published: APR 2016 Abstract: In this paper, the power quality improvement techniques with respect to various modulation

algorithms for the solar Photovoltaic (PV) inverter are reviewed. In power quality, harmonics are an important concern in all the utility sectors. The factors that contribute the harmonic distortion on

distribution systems include increased application of capacitors and non­linear devices. In order to improve the power quality and also to maintain stable power supply performance, an inverter topology

with harmonic reduction techniques is required. The design and development of solar Photovoltaic

inverter suitable for the Indian sub­continent is proposed and reviewed in terms of survey, simulation and experimental results. The proposed multi­stage inverter provides the advantage of reduced

harmonic distortions and suitable for standalone and grid connected systems. The reduction of harmonics is governed by proper switching sequences required for the inverter switches. Modified

multicarrier modulation techniques are developed in a single chip controller. A 3 kWp solar PV plant with multistage inverter system is implemented and as per the results, the quality of power is increased

and achieved the desired output voltage inspite of variations in the solar PV. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000369462100055 ISSN: 1364­0321 Record 43 of 83 Title: Antibacterial properties of aluminium, magnesium/nickel co­doped zinc oxide nanoparticles Author(s): Srinivasan, N (Srinivasan, N.); Kannan, JC (Kannan, J. C.); Satheeskumar, S (Satheeskumar,

S.) Source: JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 93 Issue: 3 Pages: 305­308

Published: MAR 2016 Abstract: :The present examination aimed to prepare Zn0.90Al0.05Mg0.05O and

Zn0.90Al0.05Ni0.05O nanoparticles by soft chemical method. The antibacterial activity of the

prepared samples was probed against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella

typhimurium and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The structure of the samples was confirmed through powder

XRD technique as hexagonal wurtzite. The size of the particles was found in between 11­20 nm. The

capsule like formation was observed in SEM images. The incorporation of Al/Mg/Ni in zinc oxide

lattice was verified with absorption peaks found at 780 cm(­1) and 823 cm(­1) in the FTIR spectra of

samples a and b. The increases in permeability of membrane brought a change in activity of cell

membranes and offer the cell death with the effect of nanoparticles. Accession Number: WOS:000376470500005 ISSN: 0019­4522 Record 44 of 83 Title: WEAR PREDICTION OF THE LUMBAR TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT USING FINITE

ELEMENT METHOD Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Kesavan, D (Kesavan, D.) Source: JOURNAL OF MECHANICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Article

Number: 1650004 DOI: 10.1142/S0219519416500044 Published: MAR 2016 Abstract: Wear in the total disc replacement (TDR) is a significant clinical concern which reduces the

lifetime of prosthesis. It induces the formation of potentially harmful debris and involves the risks of a

new surgical operation. The objective of this paper is to estimate the wear using finite element (FE)

concepts considering various combination of materials: metal­polymer, ceramic­ceramic and

metal­metal bearing couples for lumbar total disc replacement (LTDR). The FE model was subjected to

wear testing protocols according to loading profile of International Standards Organization (ISO) 18192

standards up to 10 million cycles. The present study revealed that, Alumina­Alumina (Al2O3­Al2O3)

bearing pair is suitable one for the TDR process because of less volumetric wear, hence it could be

considered in LTDR designs. Accession Number: WOS:000374541000005 ISSN: 0219­5194 eISSN: 1793­6810 Record 45 of 83 Title: Response surface modeling and optimization of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

process parameters for the treatment of bagasse based pulp and paper industry wastewater Author(s): Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Thirugnanasambandham, K

(Thirugnanasambandham, K.)

Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 57 Issue: 10 Pages: 4345­4356 DOI:

10.1080/19443994.2014.999712 Published: FEB 25 2016 Abstract: The interactive effects of influent chemical oxygen demand (CODin), hydraulic retention

time (HRT), and temperature on the performance of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor, operated in continuous mode, were studied for the anaerobic biodegradation of bagasse effluent from

pulp and paper industry. Experiments were conducted based on Box­Behnken design and analyzed

using response surface methodology. CODin (4,400­6,800mg/l), HRT (15­27h), and temperature (20­40 degrees C) were the operating variables considered for this study. Three dependent parameters

viz., percentage of COD removal, COD removal rate, and biogas production were either directly measured or calculated as response. Analysis of variance showed a high coefficient of determination

value (R­2) of 0.9990 for percentage COD removal, 0.9960 for COD removal rate, and 0.9953 for biogas production thus ensuring a satisfactory fit of the second­order polynomial regression model

with the experimental data. Maximum values of percentage COD removal (84.3%), COD removal rate (230.9mg/lh), and biogas production (21.2l/d) were observed at optimum CODin, HRT, and

temperature of 6212mg/l, 23h, and 35 degrees C, respectively. Accession Number: WOS:000367846000007 ISSN: 1944­3994 eISSN: 1944­3986 Record 46 of 83 Title: Removal of ecotoxicological matters from tannery wastewater using electrocoagulation reactor:

modelling and optimization Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.) Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 57 Issue: 9 Pages: 3871­3880 DOI:

10.1080/19443994.2014.989915 Published: FEB 19 2016 Abstract: This study investigated the possibilities of electrocoagulation reactor to reduce the colour, oil

and grease and chemical oxygen demand (COD) from tannery industry wastewater using stainless steel

electrodes. Effects of pH, electrolysis time, current density and NaCl dose were investigated using four factors three­level Box­ Behnken response surface design coupled with response surface methodology.

From the experimental results, second­order polynomial mathematical models were developed to describe the treatment process statistically. Analysis of variance was used to evaluate the adequacy of

developed mathematical models. Three­dimensional (3D) response surface plots were constructed to study the interactive effects of process variables on the treatment efficiency. Optimum operating

conditions such as pH of 9, electrolysis time of 40min, current density 20 mAcm(­2) and sodium chloride (NaCl) dose of 1,016mgl(­1) show 92, 95 and 80% of colour, oil and grease, and COD

removal, respectively. The electrical energy consumption of the present treatment process in optimum

condition was found to be 6 KWhm(­3). The obtained results indicate that EC reactor is the best option to treat tannery industry wastewater in terms of removal efficiency and operating cost. Accession Number: WOS:000367852000007 ISSN: 1944­3994 eISSN: 1944­3986 Record 47 of 83 Title: Using Response Surface Methodology in Synthesis of Ultrafine Copper Nanoparticles by

Electrolysis Author(s): Tamilvanan, A (Tamilvanan, A.); Balamurugan, K (Balamurugan, K.); Ponappa, K (Ponappa,

K.); Kumar, BM (Kumar, B. Madhan) Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE Volume: 15 Issue: 1­2 Article Number:

UNSP 1650001 DOI: 10.1142/S0219581X16500010 Published: FEB­APR 2016 Abstract: Electrolysis is a method used for producing copper (Cu) nanoparticles at faster rate and at low

cost in ambient conditions. The property of Cu nanoparticles prepared by electrolysis depends on their

process parameters. The influence of selected process parameters such as copper sulfate (CuSo(4))

concentration, electrode gap and electrode potential difference on particle size was investigated. To

optimize these parameters response surface methodology (RSM) was used. Cu nanoparticles prepared

by electrolysis were characterized by using X­ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope

(SEM). After reviewing the results of analysis of variance (ANOVA), mathematical equation was

created and optimized parameters for producing Cu nanoparticles were determined. The results confirm

that the average size of Cu particle at the optimum condition was found to be 17 nm and they are

hexagonal in shape. Accession Number: WOS:000382965700002 ISSN: 0219­581X eISSN: 1793­5350 Record 48 of 83 Title: Dynamic mechanical analysis of snake grass fiber­reinforced polyester composites Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.) Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART

L­JOURNAL OF MATERIALS­DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS Volume: 230 Issue: 1 Pages: 160­174 DOI: 10.1177/1464420714552541 Published: FEB 2016 Abstract: The dynamic properties of randomly oriented short snake grass fiber­reinforced polyester

composites were analyzed with the functions of fiber weight fraction, length, frequency, and

temperature. The storage modulus (E) of the fiber­reinforced composites was enhanced compared to

that of neat resin. The maximum modulus was obtained for 30% W­f of 10mm fiber length

composites. The damping peak height was reduced and the peak shifted toward higher temperature

region upon gradual increase in fiber loading. By maintaining constant fiber loading (30% W­f) and

upon gradually increasing the fiber length (10­50mm), the maximum E value of 30mm fiber length

was achieved. The tan peaks decreased by varying the fiber length. The Cole­Cole plot was used to

analyze the phase behavior of the composites. Among the variations in frequencies, 1 Hz exhibits low

tan peak. The fiber W­f in the composite increases the activation energy, which in turn reduces the

relaxation process of polymer molecules in the composites. Hence, the balance of properties has been

achieved for 30% W­f of fiber containing composites having 30mm fiber length.

Accession Number: WOS:000368810400014 ISSN: 1464­4207 eISSN: 2041­3076 Record 49 of 83 Title: Development of snake grass fiber­reinforced polymer composite chair Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.) Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART

L­JOURNAL OF MATERIALS­DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS Volume: 230 Issue: 1 Pages: 273­281 DOI: 10.1177/1464420715569291 Published: FEB 2016 Abstract: The natural fiber­reinforced composites have been widely used in many applications and

emerging as a replacement for wood materials. The wood is a main component for making chairs,

tables, and various furniture elements. The snake grass fiber­reinforced polymer composites chair is

fabricated and is used to replace the usage of wood chair for commercial application. The mechanical

properties such as flexural and compressive and the water absorption at various time periods have

been analyzed. These properties are compared with SAL wood and the inferences are discussed. The

preparation and material cost of the composites are compared with SAL wood chair. The composite

chair have higher mechanical properties and lower cost for fabrication compared to SAL wood chair.

The total weight of composites chair is lower than wood. Hence, snake grass fiber­reinforced polymer

composites might replace SAL wood and other wood chairs and save trees, which in turn helps in

reducing global warming. Accession Number: WOS:000368810400024 ISSN: 1464­4207 eISSN: 2041­3076 Record 50 of 83 Title: A Proficient Heuristic for Selecting Friends in Social Internet of Things Author(s): Arjunasamy, A (Arjunasamy, Archudha); Ramasamy, T (Ramasamy, Thangarajan) Edited by: Smys S

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT

SYSTEMS AND CONTROL (ISCO'16) Published: 2016 Abstract: Internet of things (IOT) has a large number of smart objects which automatically interacts

with each other through various communication protocols. They also cooperate with their neighbors to

reach common goals. As the number of devices on the internet increases, the searching for right device

which would provide the desired service becomes essential. Social networking concepts are

incorporated into Internet of Things called Social Internet of Things (SIOT). Smart objects can find

the desired services through its friends in a decentralized manner using only local information. In this

work, a heuristic for efficient selection of friends is proposed to improve the overall network

navigability. An analysis is also performed based on giant component, local clustering coefficient,

average path length and average degree of connections. Accession Number: WOS:000387435600141 Conference Title: 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO) Conference Date: JAN 07­08, 2016 Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA Conference Sponsors: Karpagam Coll Engn, Dept Informat Technol, IEEE, Electron Devices Soc

Record 51 of 83 Title: Multi­Granularity approach for Enhancing the Performance of

Network Intrusion Detection with Supervised Learning Author(s):

Saraswathy, VR (Saraswathy, V. R.); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.);

Ramyadevi, IP (Ramyadevi, I. .)

Edited by: Smys S Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT

SYSTEMS AND CONTROL (ISCO'16) Published: 2016 Abstract: Intrusion detection system (IDS) is essential in order to overcome the security threats in the

network community. IDS examines a large number of features in the data set to detect the intrusion.

The process of feature selection is required to reduce the time consumption and storage memory. The

data set may contain noisy, uncertain and redundant information. Rough Set Theory (RST) is one of the

mathematical tool to reduce the features in the dataset. The quick reduct and relative reduct algorithms

are hybridized with the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to improve the effectiveness of the feature

reduction. Multi­granularity is applied for network dataset and the reduct is obtained. It is observed that

the reduct obtained through the multi­granularity approach produces better result in terms of time than

the reduct obtained by the direct application of rough set algorithm. Accession Number: WOS:000387435600264 Conference Title: 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO) Conference Date:

JAN 07­08, 2016

Conference

Location:

Coimbatore,

INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Karpagam Coll Engn, Dept Informat Technol, IEEE, Electron Devices Soc Record 52 of 83 Title: An Efficient Lightweight Cryptographic Scheme of Signcryption Based on Hyperelliptic Curve Author(s): Rajasekar, V (Rajasekar, Vani); Yaradhaganapathy, S (Yaradhaganapathy,

S.); Sathya, K (Sathya, K.); Premalatha, J (Premalatha, J.) Edited by: Kumar C;

Banka H; Ramesh D

Source: 2016 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT)

Pages: 379­382 Published: 2016 Abstract: The emerging trend now in network security is lightweight cryptography which is the need

of the hour due to the growth of wireless technology. As the internet technology grows day by day

identity authentication in wireless network is more important. Generally, these wireless systems are in

demand of security and resource (power). In order to meet these constraints an important lightweight

scheme called Remote user authentication with signcryption is proposed with security features such as

confidentiality, integrity(originality of sender and receiver), message and user authentication,

non­repudiation, forward secrecy and public verifiability. Signcryption is a new paradigm that fulfils

the functions of signature and encryption in one logical step and therefore the cost in terms of

computation is reduced compared to the scheme signature­then­encryption. Till today many Remote

user authentication schemes based on Elliptic curve, EI­Gamal and RSA have been proposed. This

paper points out the limitations of existing scheme such as lack in security aspects for example,

password guessing attack, impersonation attack, forward secrecy, computation overhead, larger

memory requirements. The proposed scheme based on signcryption using hyper elliptic curve that

fulfills all the gaps of existing system. Accession Number: WOS:000389274300069 Conference Title: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology

(RAIT) Conference

Date: MAR

03­05, 2016

Conference

Location:

Dhanbad, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, Indian Sch Mines, Dept Comp Sci

& Engn, IEEE Commun Soc, Kolkata Chapter ISBN:

978­1­4799­8579­1

Record 53 of 83 Title: A Survey on Current Key Issues and Status in Cryptography Author(s): Kumar, MGV (Kumar, M. Guru Vimal); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.) Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNAL PROCESSING AND NETWORKING

(WISPNET) Pages: 205­210 Published: 2016 Abstract: Internet applications are increased and growing at very fast. Owing towards the technological

development, secured way of data transmission over the internet is becoming a questioning task.

Intruders hack the data and use it for their beneficial purpose. To avoid these undesirable acts,

cryptography is used to ensure security of the covert and secure message. Although encrypted data is

difficult to decipher, it is relatively easy to detect. Strong encryption algorithms and proper key

management techniques for the systems will helps in achieving confidentiality, authentication and

integrity of data. In this research work various encryption (symmetric and asymmetric) algorithms have

been studied. Literature Survey has been carried out for cryptography by incorporating key papers

related to data encryption based on performance metrics (Security and Time constraints). From this, the

observation and future work has been identified. Accession Number: WOS:000388601800045 Conference Title: IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and

Networking (WiSPNET) Conference Date: MAR 23­25, 2016

Conference Location: Dept Elect & Commun Engn, Chennai, INDIA Conference Sponsors: IEEE, SSN Inst, IEEE Madras Sect, ISRO, DRDO, Cognizant,

mGage, APCER, ELMAC, Global Acad Conf Platform Conference Host: Dept Elect

& Commun Engn

ISBN: 978­1­4673­9337­9 Record 54 of 83 Title: Anatomizing Electrocardiogram Using Fractal Features and GUI Based Detection of P and T

Waves Author(s): Subramaniani, B (Subramaniani, Balambigai); Ramya, K (Ramya, K.); Asokan, R (Asokan,

R.) Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNAL PROCESSING AND NETWORKING

(WISPNET) Pages: 469­473 Published: 2016 Abstract: The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the graphical signal representation of overall functioning of the heart. The graph for electrocardiogram shows voltage versus time produced by a method of

non­invasive medical procedure. Analyzing the process of ECG plays a lively role in the research of processing of biomedical signals. Cardiac arrhythmia is also known as cardiac dysrhythmia or irregular

heartbeats. At present scenario, it's a big challenge to detect the arrhythmia. In this article a method of analysis of ECG signal using fractal features and its properties. ECG signals has its fractal patterns.

Hence the fractal dimension of the ECG is calculated in a feature extraction phase. The estimation of fractal dimension in the feature extraction phase is used to discriminate between the normal and

abnormal heart. If the heart is in abnormal condition then ECG characteristics point such as P and T

waves of abnormal wave is detected. Detecting P and T waves in the abnormal signal is crucial for diagnosing and it is to detect heart rate variability and some cardiac diseases related to it. The obtained

results of this paper confirm mostly preferable of the proposed method for examining P and T waves of the abnormal ECG signal based on graphical user interface. Accession Number: WOS:000388601800101 Conference Title: IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and

Networking (WiSPNET) Conference Date: MAR 23­25, 2016

Conference Location: Dept Elect & Commun Engn, Chennai, INDIA Conference Sponsors: IEEE, SSN Inst, IEEE Madras Sect, ISRO, DRDO, Cognizant,

mGage, APCER, ELMAC, Global Acad Conf Platform Conference Host: Dept Elect

& Commun Engn

ISBN: 978­1­4673­9337­9 Record 55 of 83 Title: Program Length Based Estimated Facts Assembly with minimal Information Loss in Wireless

Sensor Networks Author(s): Lalitha, K (Lalitha, K.); Thangarajan, R (Thangarajan, R.); Barkavi, VM (Barkavi, V.

Manju); Preethi, KS (Preethi, K. Sree) Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: 2016 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMPUTING AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICACCS) Book Series: International Conference on Advanced

Computing and Communication Systems Published: 2016 Abstract: In Wireless sensor networks (WSN), how to collect the major amount of data and reduce the

data size is a delinquent issue. The existing methods concentrated on the data similarities based on the

threshold limit. Those approaches may reduce the number of wireless communications but may not

guarantee the bandwidth requirements. To ensure the communication and bandwidth requirements,

clusters are framed based on the relationship of data and information gathering is done at the global

level, in the sink node. A tree based routing topology known as convergecast is applied to transfer the

collected information among sensors. The main aim of the time scheduling on a single frequency

channel is to minimize the number of time slots required (schedule length) to complete convergecast.

To reduce the effect of interference, multiple frequency transmission scheduling is implemented. The

results predict that the communication and information gathering is greatly reduced without

compromising the bandwidth requirements due to this global data collection approach. Accession Number: WOS:000386953800093 Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

(ICACCS) Conference Date: JAN 22­23, 2016 Conference Location: Sri

Eswar Coll Engn, Chennai,

INDIA Conference Host: Sri

Eswar Coll Engn

ISSN: 2469­5556 ISBN: 978­1­4673­9206­8 Record 56 of 83 Title: POSSIBILISTIC LVQ NEURAL NETWORK ­ AN

APPLICATION TO CHILDHOOD AUTISM GRADING

Author(s): Kanimozhiselvi, CS (Kanimozhiselvi, C. S.); Pratap, A

(Pratap, A.)

Source: NEURAL NETWORK WORLD Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Pages: 253­269 DOI:

10.14311/NNW.2016.26.014 Published: 2016 Abstract: Psychological disorders are generally assessed by screening, behavioral features shown by the

human. This challenges its accurate differential diagnosis and, is also error­prone when there are improper, insufficient clinical data and lack of clinical expertise. Thus, neural network based

assistances in predicting and assessing psychological disorders have gained much interest. Childhood autism is a Neuro­psychiatric developmental disorder that impairs mainly three functional areas in a

child: social, communication and behavior. This article demonstrates the application of a

Possibilistic­Linear Vector Quantization 'Po­LVQ' neural network for the preliminary screening and grading of childhood autistic disorder. The diagnostic system assesses the grades as: 'Normal',

'Mild­Moderate', 'Moderate­Severe', 'Severe'. It is able to perform with an improved overall accuracy of 95% exactly agreeing to the diagnostic criteria. Results of other performance parameters are also good

enough to support the existing works about the applicability of neural network in autism diagnosis. Hence this research proposes a Po­LVQ based assessment support system for the diagnostic

confirmation in grading childhood autism, during uncertain diagnosis due to lack of expertise. This helps to reduce the frustration and lengthy delays experiencing to parents before obtaining an accurate

diagnostic result. Accession Number:

WOS:00038343110

0005 ISSN:

1210­0552

Record 57 of 83 Title: Identification of Tamil Ancient Characters and Information

Retrieval from Temple Epigraphy Using Image Zoning Author(s):

Giridharan, R (Giridharan, R.); Vellingiriraj, EK (Vellingiriraj, E. K.);

Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: 2016 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS IN INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY (ICRTIT) Book Series: International Conference on Recent Trends in Information

Technology Published: 2016 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to develop a system that involves character recognition and

information retrieval of Brahmi, Vattezhuthu and Grantha letters from temple epigraphy and their conversion to the present Tamil digital text format. Though many researchers have implemented

various algorithms and techniques for character recognition in different languages, Ancient letter conversion still poses a big challenge. Because Image recognition technology has reached

near­perfection when it comes to scanning English and other language text. But optical character recognition (OCR) software capable of digitizing printed Tamil text with high levels of accuracy is still

elusive. Only a few people are familiar with the ancient characters and make attempts to convert them

into written documents manually. If this continues, all the precious information given by our forefathers will not be known to the future generations. The proposed system overcomes such a

situation by converting all the ancient characters from inscriptions and palm manuscripts into Tamil digital text format. After converting into the Tamil digital text, the words will not be correct spelling.

Because the ancient words are Etymological word, the meaning is not known. So this modal approach is to solve these types of problem and convert the Tamil digital text with meaning. Accession Number: WOS:000386620800082 Conference Title: 5th International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Technology (ICRTIT) Conference

Date: APR

08­09, 2016

Conference

Location:

Chennai, INDIA

ISSN: 2372­1707 ISBN: 978­1­4673­9802­2 Record 58 of 83 Title: Biometric Signcryption Using Hyperelliptic Curve

and Cryptographically Secure Random Number Author(s):

Sathya, K (Sathya, K.); Rajasekar, V (Rajasekar, Vani);

Premalatha, J (Premalatha, J.) Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: 2016 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS IN INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY (ICRTIT) Book Series: International Conference on Recent Trends in Information

Technology Published: 2016 Abstract: The biometric system stores physiological traits of user such as finger print, iris, palm,

patterns of veins etc. Iris signcryption is the most successful way to improve the information

security because iris consists of most accurate features compared to other authentication systems.

In order to provide better security and less computational time lightweight cryptographic scheme

called signcryption has introduced. Signcryption is a logical combination of encryption and

signature. Cryptographically secure random numbers are used as private key in encryption segment and as key in generating signature of SHA­1 segment. Generally the random numbers passing the NIST Test suite fails to satisfy cryptographically secure requirements. An approach called twining technique along with AES in counter mode is used to generate cryptographically random numbers from the seed values of sensors. Twining technique is a novel method to minimize co linearity that occurs while extracting seed from multiple sensors housed in same environment. One of the most recent researches in the area of public key cryptography is HyperElliptic Curve Cryptography (HECC) because HECC uses smaller key size and less computational time. In the proposed biometric signcryption, biometric data, HECC and cryptographically secure random numbers are used to derive the signcrypted value of iris.

Accession Number: WOS:000386620800046 Conference Title: 5th International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Technology (ICRTIT) Conference Date: APR 08­09, 2016 Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA ISSN: 2372­1707 ISBN: 978­1­4673­9802­2 Record 59 of 83 Title: Analysis of TCP's Micro Level Behaviour in Wireless Multi­hop Environment Author(s): Shivaranjani, M (Shivaranjani, M.); Shanju, R (Shanju, R.); Jude, MJA (Jude, M. Joseph

Auxilius); Diniesh, VC (Diniesh, V. C.) Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATION AND

INFORMATICS (ICCCI) Book Series: International Conference on Computer Communication and

Informatics Published: 2016 Abstract: Multi­hop technologies are recently gaining momentum due to its integration with wireless

internet, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), a consistent self clocking transport protocol plays a

decisive role in an Internet's performance as it carries huge quantum of internet data traffic globally.

TCP's performance over multi­hop wireless networks remains a challenging concern because of its

characteristics, such as mobility, sudden route breakage, link failure and high bit error rate. The

foremost aim of this paper is to experimentally analyze and appraise the micro level behavior of

different standard TCP variants which are installed in Windows and Linux kernel under multi­hop

wireless environment. The micro level analysis of standard TCP's gives a stronger platform in

designing a resilient TCP that adapts for highly dynamic multi­hop wireless environment. Accession Number: WOS:000386675000086 Conference Title: International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI) Conference Date:

JAN 07­09, 2016

Conference

Location:

Coimbatore,

INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Madras Sect, India Elect & Semicond Assoc, Sri Shakthi Inst

Engn & Technol, Natl Board Accreditat, Excellence Educ, TUV Rheinland ISSN: 2329­7190 ISBN: 978­1­4673­6680­9; 978­1­4673­6679­3 Record 60 of 83 Title: Frictional characteristics of PVD coated mechanical seals

against carbon under various classes of liquid lubricants Author(s):

Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Krishnakumar, P (Krishnakumar, P.)

Source: INDUSTRIAL LUBRICATION AND TRIBOLOGY Volume: 68 Issue: 5 Pages: 597­602 DOI:

10.1108/ILT­04­2015­0046 Published: 2016 Abstract: Purpose ­ The purpose of this study was to investigate the frictional characteristics of the

mechanical seals by using an efficient pairing by providing a suitable lubricant. Among all techniques

and lubrication, deposition of solid lubricants on the sliding surface of the mechanical seal was found

to be the most effective method to reduce frictional coefficient, frictional force and seal face

temperature, thereby increasing the life time of mechanical seal.

Design/methodology/approach ­ In this study, two coatings, diamond­like carbon (DLC) and tungsten carbide/carbon (WC/C), was deposited over the stationary high­ carbon high­chromium steel ring paired with resin­impregnated carbon. Their frictional characteristics were studied under various classes of liquid lubricants such as organic liquids, synthetic oil, mineral oil and vegetable oils using an experimental approach. Further, among all classes of liquid lubricants, the one which showed better frictional characteristics was mixed with 0.5, 1 and 2 wt% of potential environmental friendly solid lubricant ­ boric acid powder. Findings ­ The high hardness and low surface roughness of DLC­ and WC/C­coated seal with the lubricant of palm olein oil containing 1 wt% of boric acid powder contributed a hybrid tribofilm and resulted in low and stable friction coefficient in the range of 0.04­0.05 without any measurable wear. Originality/value ­ A pair involving stationary DLC­ and WC/C­coated seal ring and resin­impregnated

carbon seal rotating ring for the application of mechanical seal was suggested and its frictional

characteristics were studied under various classes of lubricants. Accession Number:

WOS:00038613790

0011 ISSN:

0036­8792

eISSN: 1758­5775 Record 61 of 83 Title: Effect of NaOH Treatment on Properties of Phoenix Sp. Fiber Author(s): Rajeshkumar, G (Rajeshkumar, G.); Hariharan, V (Hariharan, V.); Scalici, T (Scalici, T.) Source: JOURNAL OF NATURAL FIBERS Volume: 13 Issue: 6 Pages: 702­713 DOI:

10.1080/15440478.2015.1130005 Published: 2016 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of an alkali treatment on physical, chemical,

mechanical, and morphological properties of Phoenix Sp. fibers. The use of natural fibers as

reinforcement in polymer composites requires a deep investigation to understand their behavior and

which treatment is more appropriate to improve the quality of the untreated material. For this reason,

fibers were extracted from the petioles of the Phoenix Sp. plant and they were treated with NaOH

solution in different weight concentrations (5%, 10%, and 15%). The mechanical behavior was

investigated through tensile test on single fiber at different gauge length (20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50

mm, and 60 mm). Chemical and physical analysis were performed to define the material properties. In

particular, density analysis of untreated and treated fibers, optical analysis to measure the diameter of

the fibers, moisture content evaluation, and a chemical composition analysis were carried out through

standard methods. The modification of the surface morphology due to the alkali treatment was analyzed

through scanning electron microscope analysis. Accession Number:

WOS:00038606400

0008 ISSN:

1544­0478

eISSN: 1544­046X Record 62 of 83 Title: Economic Analysis of Solar PV/Wind/Diesel Generator/Battery Connected

Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Residential Applications Author(s):

Muthusamy, S (Muthusamy, Suresh); Ramachandran, M (Ramachandran,

Meenakumari)

Edited by: Kumar S; Khanal SK; Yadav YK Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT

ADVANCES IN BIOENERGY RESEARCH Book Series: Springer Proceedings in Energy Pages:

345­355 DOI: 10.1007/978­81­322­2773­1_26 Published: 2016 Abstract: Nowadays, energy becomes the basic need of each and every human being. Most of the

energy demands are met by the conventional energy sources like coal, oil, natural gas, etc., which are

going to exhaust in a day and cause severe energy demand in the future. Renewable energy sources

become the alternative for meeting the energy demand, among which solar and wind energy resources

are most commonly used. Because of the intermittent nature of solar and wind energy sources,

hybrid/integrated renewable energy systems are evolved in the recent years. This paper discusses about

the economic analysis and the optimal selection of solar PV, wind, diesel generator, and battery

connected hybrid energy systems for residential applications. For the analysis purpose, a small middle

class family in Perundurai, Erode District, Tamil Nadu has been considered for the study. Also, a

suitable hybrid optimized model has been developed and the results have been discussed based on their

net present cost (NPC) and cost of energy (COE), green house gas (GHG) emissions, etc. Accession Number: WOS:000385260200026 Conference Title: 1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio­Energy Research (ICRABR) Conference Date:

FEB 25­28, 2015

Conference

Location:

Kapurthala,

INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Sardar Swaran Singh Natl Inst Bio­Energy ISSN: 2352­2534 ISBN: 978­81­322­2773­1; 978­81­322­2771­7

Record 63 of 83 Title: REDUCTION OF HARMFUL NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION FROM LOW HEAT

REJECTION DIESEL ENGINE USING CARBON NANOTUBES Author(s): Thulasi, G (Thulasi, Gopinathan); Kandampalayam Ponnusamy, A (Kandampalayam

Ponnusamy, Arulshri); Rathanasamy, R (Rathanasamy, Rajasekar); Palaniappan, SK

(Palaniappan, Sathish Kumar); Palanisamy, SK (Palanisamy, Sabarish Kumar) Source: THERMAL SCIENCE Volume: 20 Pages: S1181­S1187 DOI: 10.2298/TSCI16S4181T

Supplement: 4 Published: 2016 Abstract: In this study, lanthanum aluminate is used as thermal barrier coating material for the first

time in the internal combustion engine to convert the standard engine into low heat rejection engine.

Initially, the biodiesel is prepared from sunflower oil by using trans­esterification process. The piton

crown, cylinder head and valves of the engine is coated with lanthanum aluminate for a thickness of

around 200 microns. However, the analysis of performance and emission characteristics of a standard

diesel is carried out with diesel/biodiesel to compare with the low heat rejection engine. The lanthanum

aluminate coated engine fueled with sunflower methyl ester shows better performance and emission.

But the emission of NOx founds to be higher in the coated engine. Further, a small quantity of carbon

nanotubes is added onto the biodiesel to carry out the experiments. Based on the results, the carbon

nanotubes are added with the biodiesel to reduce the emission of NOx. Accession Number:

WOS:00038547740

0030 ISSN:

0354­9836

eISSN: 2334­7163 Record 64 of 83 Title: Fabrication and hemocompatibility assessment of novel polyurethane­based

bio­nanofibrous dressing loaded with honey and Carica papaya extract for the management of

burn injuries Author(s): Balaji, A (Balaji, Arunpandian); Jaganathan, SK (Jaganathan, Saravana Kumar); Ismail,

AF (Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, Rathanasamy) Source: INTERNATIONAL

JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE Volume: 11 Pages: 4339­4355 DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S112265

Published: 2016

Abstract: Management of burn injury is an onerous clinical task since it requires continuous monitoring and extensive usage of specialized facilities. Despite rapid improvizations and investments in burn management, >30% of victims hospitalized each year face severe morbidity and mortality. Excessive loss of body fluids, accumulation of exudate, and the development of septic shock are reported to be the main reasons for morbidity in burn victims. To assist burn wound management, a novel polyurethane (PU)­based bio­nanofibrous dressing loaded with honey (HN) and Carica papaya (PA) fruit extract was fabricated using a one­step electrospinning technique. The developed dressing material had a mean fiber diameter of 190 +/­ 19.93 nm with pore sizes of 4­50 mu m to support effective infiltration of nutrients and gas exchange. The successful blending of HN­ and PA­based active biomolecules in PU was inferred through changes in surface chemistry. The blend subsequently increased the wettability (14%) and surface energy (24%) of the novel dressing. Ultimately, the presence of hydrophilic biomolecules and high porosity enhanced the water absorption ability of the PU­HN­PA nanofiber samples to 761.67% from 285.13% in PU. Furthermore, the ability of the bio­nanofibrous dressing to support specific protein adsorption (45%), delay thrombus formation, and reduce hemolysis

demonstrated its nontoxic and compatible nature with the host tissues. In summary, the excellent physicochemical and hemocompatible properties of the developed PU­HN­PA dressing exhibit its potential in reducing the clinical complications associated with the treatment of burn injuries. Accession Number: WOS:000383185300002 PubMed ID: 27621626 ISSN: 1178­2013 Record 65 of 83 Title: A Hybrid Binary Cuckoo Search and Genetic

Algorithm for Feature Selection in Type­2 Diabetes

Author(s): Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, Ramasamy R.)

Source: CURRENT BIOINFORMATICS Volume: 11 Issue: 4 Pages: 490­499 DOI:

10.2174/1574893611666151228190309 Published: 2016 Abstract: Data mining techniques are applied in bioinformatics to analyze biomedical data. When the number of features related to the data is irrelevant, the classifiers will produce unsatisfactory results.

This paper addresses the need to analyze the data for extracting relevant features. A number of feature

selection algorithms are developed in the field of medical data to address feature selection. In this paper, an intelligent hybrid optimal feature selection algorithm is proposed for Type­2 diabetes with

improved classification accuracy. This work proposes an intelligent Hybrid Binary Cuckoo Search (CS) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) for selecting the important features of Type­2 diabetes. In HBCS­GA,

exploration and exploitation of CS is improved using genetic operators to select relevant features with better accuracy. To validate the model, a 10­ fold cross­validation strategy is used. The proposed

algorithm produces 99.31% accuracy to diagnose the disease. The performance of HBCS­GAis also compared with other approaches. Also, the model validation with reduced features is performed with

Decision Tree(DT), Bayesian Network(BN), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and k­ Nearest Neighbor

(k­NN) classifiers. The accuracies obtained are 94.46%, 96.07%, 98.84%, 96.79% respectively. The results also showed that HBCS­GA achieved high classification accuracy than the other approaches. Accession Number:

WOS:00038225770

0011 ISSN:

1574­8936

eISSN: 2212­392X Record 66 of 83 Title: Hydrogen gas production from sago industry wastewater using

electrochemical reactor: Simulation and validation Author(s):

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Shine, K

(Shine, K.)

Source: ENERGY SOURCES PART A­RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS Volume: 38 Issue: 15 Pages: 2258­2264 DOI:

10.1080/15567036.2016.1174755 Published: 2016 Abstract: This study describes the production of hydrogen gas from sago industry wastewater under

varying operating conditions, such as time of electrolysis, electrode surface area, and current intensity.

The process was investigated by employing a four­factor three­level Box­Behnken statistical design

(BBD). The results were examined using analysis of variance (ANOVA). This study developed a

second­order polynomial model and utilized three­dimensional (3D) response graphs to study the

interactive effect of process variables on the production of hydrogen gas. The optimum conditions for

maximum hydrogen gas production were determined and found to be 45 cm(2) for electrode surface

area, 22 min for time of electrolysis, and 13 A for current intensity. The predicted hydrogen gas output

in optimum conditions was 1.12 mL/L. These results show that it is possible to achieve efficient

hydrogen gas production, by electrochemically processing in sago industry wastewater. Accession Number:

WOS:00038276610

0014 ISSN:

1556­7036

eISSN: 1556­7230 Record 67 of 83 Title: Effect of Pretreatment Methods on Properties of Natural Fiber Composites: A Review Author(s): Venkatachalam, N (Venkatachalam, N.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Rajsekar, R (Rajsekar, R.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.) Source:

POLYMERS & POLYMER COMPOSITES Volume: 24 Issue: 7 Pages: 555­566

Published: 2016

Abstract: India as a tropical agricultural country has great potential to develop and use fiber derived

from agricultural waste. Natural fibers are an important by­product of extraction process and they can

be used as reinforcement in composite products. Composites are developed with unsaturated polyester

resin as the matrix with natural fiber as the reinforcement. The results show decreased strength and

modulus with increasing the fiber volume fraction. This indicates ineffective stress transfer between the

fiber and matrix due to lower adhesion. It is necessary to bring a hydrophobic nature to the fibers by

suitable chemical treatments in order to develop composites with improved mechanical properties. In

these review papers, different types of natural fibers are subjected to a variety of physical and chemical

treatments. The types of treatments studied in these papers include Physical treatments such as beating

and heating, and chemical treatments like alkalization, silane, acetylation and benzoylation. The effects

of these treatments on mechanical properties of the composites are analyzed. Fractures are analyzed by

using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Analysis by FTIR and DMA showed that

physico­chemical changes of surfaces of treated natural fibers. In general, treatments to the fibers can

significantly improve adhesion and reduce water absorption, thereby improving mechanical properties

of the composites. The purpose of this review paper is to summarize the research work done on various

pretreatments in the preparation of natural fiber reinforced composites and to highlight the potential use

of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites in industry and its potential to replace the synthetic

fiber composite and conventional materials in the future. Accession Number: WOS:000380179800016 Conference Title: International Conference on Civil, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

Technologies (ICCMEET) Conference Date:

FEB 26­27, 2016

Conference

Location:

Coimbatore,

INDIA

Conference Sponsors: SVS Coll

Engn, Dept Mech & Civil Engn

ISSN: 0967­3911

Record 68 of 83 Title: Modified Frosch Crack Width Model for Concrete Beams Prestressed With CFRP Bars Author(s): Selvachandran, P (Selvachandran, P.); Anandakumar, S

(Anandakumar, S.); Muthuramu, KL (Muthuramu, K. L.) Source:

POLYMERS & POLYMER COMPOSITES Volume: 24 Issue: 7 Pages:

587­596 Published: 2016

Abstract: Fiber­reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are preferred as prestressing tendons in concrete

structures due to its high­strength, lightweight and non­corrosive property. FRP based prestressed

concrete member exhibits different crack behavior than steel based prestressed concrete member due to

its less stiffness and non­ductile property. An experimental investigation was carried out to study the

cracking behaviour of concrete member using Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars as

prestressing material. Experimental works includes four numbers of prestressed concrete specimens by

varying degree of prestressing of 35 to 70%. The characteristics of crack spacing, crack propagation

and crack widths of member were presented. Experimental results were compared with various

researchers' recommendation and proposed a new crack width model by modifying the Frosch crack

width model. Accession Number: WOS:000380179800020 Conference Title: International Conference on Civil, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

Technologies (ICCMEET) Conference Date:

FEB 26­27, 2016

Conference

Location:

Coimbatore,

INDIA

Conference Sponsors: SVS Coll

Engn, Dept Mech & Civil Engn

ISSN: 0967­3911

Record 69 of 83 Title: Structural and Morphological Studies on Bi1­XCaXMnO3 Thin Films Grown by RF Magnetron

Sputtering Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Santhiya, M (Santhiya, M.);

Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.) Edited by: Chitra R;

Bhattacharya S; Sahoo NK

Source: DAE SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM 2015 Book Series: AIP Conference

Proceedings Volume: 1731 Article Number: 080064 DOI: 10.1063/1.4947942 Published:

2016 Abstract: Bi1­xCaxMnO3 (0 <= X <= 0.4) thin films are deposited on n­type Si (100) substrate at 800

degrees C by RF magnetron sputtering. X­ray diffraction pattern shows that the films are crystallized

in monoclinic structure with C2 space group. The crystallite size and induced strain in the prepared

films are measured by W­H plot. The cell parameters and texture coefficient of the films are

calculated. The surface morphology of the films is examined by atomic force microscope. The study

confirms the optimum level of calcium doping is 20 at. % in Bi site of BiMnO3 film, these findings

pave the way for further research in the Ca modified BiMnO3 films towards device fabrication. Accession Number:

WOS:000380371600338

Conference Title: DAE

Solid State Physics

Symposium

Conference Date: DEC 21­25, 2015 Conference Location: Amity Univ, Noida, INDIA Conference Sponsors: Board Res Nucl Sci, Dept Atom Energy, Dept Atom Energy Conference Host: Amity Univ ISSN: 0094­243X ISBN: 978­0­7354­1378­8 Record 70 of 83 Title: Effect of RF Power on Structural and Magnetic Properties of La doped Bi2Fe4O9 Thin Films Author(s): Santhiya, M (Santhiya, M.); Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.);

Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.) Edited by: Chitra R;

Bhattacharya S; Sahoo NK

Source: DAE SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM 2015 Book Series: AIP Conference

Proceedings Volume: 1731 Article Number: 080077 DOI: 10.1063/1.4947955 Published:

2016 Abstract: Effect of RF power on structural and magnetic properties of lanthanum (La3+) doped

Bi2Fe4O9 thin films grown on p­Si substrates by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering has

studied in this investigation. It is observed that the sputtering power affects the crystalline nature and

magnetic properties of grown thin films. X­ ray diffraction and Raman spectrum confirms that the

Bi2Fe4O9 (BFO) thin films were crystallized well with orthorhombic structure. The BFO thin films

which was prepared at sputtering power of 100 W have good crystallinity than those prepared at 40 W.

The magnetic properties are investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer. The magnetic hysteresis

perceptive loop shows that the anti­ferromagnetic behavior of the sample at room temperature. These

results confirms that the crystallinity and magnetic properties of the BFO thin films were enhanced at

the higher sputtering power (100 W). Accession Number:

WOS:000380371600351

Conference Title: DAE

Solid State Physics

Symposium

Conference Date: DEC 21­25, 2015 Conference Location: Amity Univ, Noida, INDIA Conference Sponsors: Board Res Nucl Sci, Dept Atom Energy, Dept Atom Energy Conference Host: Amity Univ ISSN: 0094­243X ISBN: 978­0­7354­1378­8 Record 71 of 83 Title: Spectroscopic And Energy Transfer Studies Of Er3+ Ions In B2O3­TeO2­MgO­ZnO Glasses

Author(s): Vijayakumar, M (Vijayakumar, M.); Arunkumar, S (Arunkumar, S.);

Maheshvaran, K (Maheshvaran, K.); Marimuthu, K (Marimuthu, K.) Edited by: Chitra R;

Bhattacharya S; Sahoo NK

Source: DAE SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM 2015 Book Series: AIP Conference

Proceedings Volume: 1731 Article Number: 070043 DOI: 10.1063/1.4947875 Published:

2016 Abstract: Composition dependent spectroscopic behavior of Er3+ doped telluroborate glasses were

prepared and the energy transfer mechanism in Er3+ ions were investigated for 1.532 mu m

amplification. The emission cross­section and gain coefficient for I­4(13/2)­> I­4(15/2) level of Er3+

ions have been analysed through the Judd­Ofelt and McCumber theory. The excited state decay curves were measured and the effect of TeO2 on the lifetime for I­4(13/2)­> I­4(15/2) level of Er3+ ions has been associated with the various energy transfer mechanism. Further the interaction between Er3+ and OH­were investigated and it was confirmed that the OH free radicals in the prepared glasses are dominant quenching center through the non­radiative relaxation that causes the quenching of 1.532 mu m amplification. The non­radiative rate through the OH content were calculated and compared with the reported Er3+ doped glasses. Accession Number:

WOS:000380371600271

Conference Title: DAE

Solid State Physics

Symposium

Conference Date: DEC 21­25, 2015 Conference Location: Amity Univ, Noida, INDIA Conference Sponsors: Board Res Nucl Sci, Dept Atom Energy, Dept Atom Energy Conference Host: Amity Univ ISSN: 0094­243X ISBN: 978­0­7354­1378­8 Record 72 of 83 Title: Energy efficient multiconstrained optimization

using hybrid ACO and GA in MANET routing

Author(s): Nivetha, SK (Nivetha, Senthil Kumaran);

Asokan, R (Asokan, Ramasamy)

Source: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

Volume: 24 Issue: 5 Pages: 3698­3713 DOI: 10.3906/elk­1404­ 413 Published: 2016 Abstract: Nodes in mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) suffer from limited battery power and

bandwidth. Particularly for real time multimedia communications through MANET, metrics like

residual node energy, bandwidth, and end­to­end delay have major impacts. In MANET, designing a

dynamic routing algorithm to satisfy quality of service (QoS) requirements is a challenging task.

Additionally, multiconstrained QoS routing aims to optimize multiple QoS metrics while providing

required network resources and is an admittedly complex problem. It has been proved to be

NP­complete when a combination of additive, concave, and multiplicative metrics are considered.

Hence, this problem can be solved using metaheuristic methods like ant colony optimization (ACO)

and the genetic algorithm (GA). The proposed energy efficient ACO GA hybrid metaheuristic approach

aims to utilize the benefits of both as a combined approach in order to reduce the routing complexities

in the dynamic environment. After due investigation, it has been shown that the proposed hybrid

approach improves the performance of MANET routing with satisfied QoS requirements.

Accession Number:

WOS:00037809780

0029 ISSN:

1300­0632

eISSN: 1303­6203 Record 73 of 83 Title: Multiresponse Optimization of FSW

Parameters for Cast AA7075/SiCp Composite

Author(s): Deepandurai, K (Deepandurai, K.);

Parameshwaran, R (Parameshwaran, R.) Source: MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Volume: 31 Issue: 10 Pages:

1333­1341 DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2015.1117628 Published: 2016 Abstract: Al/SiC­reinforced metal matrix composite is widely used in weight­sensitive applications such as portable and integrated circuit devices. The presence of SiC particles in aluminum alloys

enhances material properties like thermal conductivity, density, and tensile strength. Reinforced aluminum matrix composite can be welded by friction stir welding (FSW) process. This investigation

mainly focuses on optimizing the welding parameters of friction stir welded AA7075 with SiC reinforcement particle. The welding parameters considered are spindle speed, travelling speed,

downward force, and percentage of SiC added to AA7075. The experiments are designed using

response surface methodology (RSM). The responses considered are ultimate tensile strength and percentage elongation. Regression models are developed for the single responses and the results are

analyzed using analysis of variance. Fuzzy grey relational analysis approach is then used to optimize the FS welding parameters by considering multiresponses. Highest grey fuzzy reasoning grade is

obtained at a tool rotational speed of 1150 rpm, welding speed of 40 mm/min, axial force of 6 kN, and percentage of reinforcement of 20 wt% of SiC. The analysis using ANOVA for multi­response case

clearly indicates that the percentage of reinforcement is the most predominant parameter which requires more attention. Accession Number:

WOS:00037782720

0009 ISSN:

1042­6914

eISSN: 1532­2475 Record 74 of 83 Title: Characteristics Portrayal of Nano Ce(x)MyO(1­x+y) (M = Zn, Mg & Ni) Author(s): Perumal Raja, S (Perumal Raja, Suriakala); Karppusamy, T (Karppusamy, Tamilarasan) Source: MATERIALS SCIENCE­MEDZIAGOTYRA Volume: 22 Issue: 2 Pages: 161­165 DOI:

10.5755/j01.ms.22.2.7048 Published: 2016 Abstract: Nano CexMyO1­x+y (M = Zn, Mg and Ni) materials were prepared for the applications of

spintronic devices by microwave induced combustion process using cerium nitrate, zinc nitrate,

magnesium nitrate and nickel nitrate as a starting materials and sorbitol and glycine used as a fixed

ratio of fuel. The structural properties of all samples were analyzed by XRD, SEM and TEM. The

crystallite size was found in the nano ranges in the order of 27 nm to 3 nm and their lattice parameters

are in the range of 5.3739A degrees to 5.4479A degrees. These structural parameters are affected by

amount of fuel ratio, nature of materials integrated and preparation method. The optical properties were

examined via UV­Vis spectroscopy. The variation of the band gap energy was due to concentration of

the grain boundaries, which depends on the type of mixing materials. The magnetic nature of the

prepared samples was studied by Vibration Sample Magnetometer (VSM). The VSM results show the

existence of weak ferromagnetic and paramagnetic nature of ceria nanocrystallite materials which is

also depending on the incorporation of various materials. Accession Number:

WOS:00037636640

0001 ISSN:

1392­1320

eISSN: 2029­7289 Record 75 of 83 Title: The Role of Self­Efficacy and Social Support in Improving Life

Satisfaction The Mediating Role of Work­Family Enrichment Author(s):

Gayathri, N (Gayathri, Nagarajan); Karthikeyan, P (Karthikeyan,

Parthasarathy)

Source: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE­JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 224 Issue:

1 Pages: 25­33 DOI: 10.1027/2151­2604/a000235 Published: JAN 2016 Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between self­efficacy, work support, family support, and

life satisfaction and it also explores the mediating role of work­to­ family enrichment and

family­to­work enrichment. The participants (n = 568) were from different occupational groups

including high technology organizations, hospitals, schools, factories, and government. The correlation

analyses and structural equation modeling were performed to explore the relationship existing between

the variables. It is found that there exists a positive relationship between self­efficacy, social support,

and life satisfaction. Work family enrichment partially mediates the relationship between the studied

antecedents and consequences. The work indicates that organizations need to consider ways to not

only reduce conflict, but also increase enrichment, which will drive the main outcome variable of

overall life satisfaction of the employees. Accession Number:

WOS:00037528160

0004 ISSN:

2190­8370

eISSN: 2151­2604 Record 76 of 83 Title: BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM SYNTHETIC SAGO WASTEWATER BY

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION: OPTIMIZATION AND TREATMENT Author(s):

Sangeetha, V (Sangeetha, V.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.)

Source: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING QUARTERLY Volume: 22 Issue: 1

Pages: 33­39 DOI: 10.2298/CICEQ140612016S Published: JAN­MAR 2016 Abstract: Sago processing industries generate a voluminous amount of wastewater with extremely high

concentration of organic pollutants, resulting in water pollution. Anaerobic digestion was employed for

reduction of COD and maximization of biogas production using synthetic sago wastewater by batch

process. Mixed culture obtained from sago industry sludge was used as a source for microorganisms.

Response surface methodology was used to optimise the variables, such as pH, initial BOD,

temperature and retention time. Statistical results were assessed with various descriptives, such as

p­value, lack of fit (F­test), coefficient of R­2 determination, and adequate precision values. Pareto

analysis of variance revealed that the coefficients of determination value (R­2) of COD and BOD

removal and biogas production were 0.994, 0.993 and 0.988, respectively. The optimum condition in

which maximum COD removal (81.85%), BOD removal (91.61%) and biogas production of 99.4

ml/day were achieved was at pH 7 with an initial BOD of 1374 mg/l, and with the retention time of 10

days at 32 degrees C. Accession Number:

WOS:00037414020

0005 ISSN:

1451­9372

eISSN: 2217­7434 Record 77 of 83 Title: Urbanization, Food Insecurity and Agriculture ­

Challenges for Social Sustainable Development

Author(s): Palanisamy, K (Palanisamy, Karthika);

Parthasarathy, K (Parthasarathy, Karthikeyan) Source: PROBLEMY EKOROZWOJU Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 157­161 Published: 2016 Abstract: Sustainability essentially involves maintaining level of per capita well­being over time. With

coming of the concept of sustainability the line of distinction existing between Human and society got vanished and there was a paradigm shift to understanding the various dimension of human society and

their inter linkages along with the challenges we face. This paper reviews contemporary thinking and outlines the challenges with regard to the three very important dimensions, namely: urbanization, food

insecurity and agriculture. Among the various reasons for growing food insecurity the key one has been Urbanization and its consequential increase in population. Through this paper we are presenting

the ideas and practices of agricultural sustainability dealing with the following problems: Agro­environmental Sources, Inputs System, Socio­Economic system and the various Farming

Systems. Also in this paper outline for ideas of urban sustainability incorporating the concept of urban

social sustainability, understanding the position of urban ecology have been studied. Concept of urban farming is also important, since it helps to reduce problems in urban food supply by ensuring urban

food security. Accession Number:

WOS:00037221200

0017 ISSN:

1895­6912

Record 78 of 83 Title: BAGEL ­ A novel hybrid technique for missing

value estimation in mixed attribute datasets Author(s):

Priya, RD (Priya, R. Devi)

Source: AI COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 395­396 DOI: 10.3233/AIC­150660

Published: 2016 Abstract: Databases often contain missing values caused in different scenarios. Even though many

methods are available to treat such missing values, they are specific to only certain types of

missingness and are not commonly applicable to all scenarios. To address this issue, this thesis

proposes a novel technique called Bayesian Genetic Algorithm (BAGEL) which combines both

Bayesian principles and Genetic Algorithm to impute values in different kinds of missing scenarios

and different kinds of attributes in mixed attribute datasets. Accession Number: WOS:000371718200009 Conference Title: 21st International Workshop of the

Rappresentazione­della­Conoscenza­e­Ragionamento­Automatico (RCRA) Conference Date:

JUL 17­18, 2014

Conference

Location: Vienna,

AUSTRIA

Conference Sponsors: Rappresentazione

Cconoscenza & Ragionamento Automatico

ISSN: 0921­7126

eISSN: 1875­8452 Record 79 of 83 Title: Development of Edge Processing and Drawing Algorithms for a 6 Axis Industrial Robot Author(s): Kalaiarasan, G (Kalaiarasan, G.); Thomas, AT (Thomas, A. Tony);

Kirubha, C (Kirubha, C.); Saravanan, B (Saravanan, B.) Edited by: Mandal DK;

Syan CS

Source: CAD/CAM, ROBOTICS AND FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE Book Series: Lecture Notes

in Mechanical Engineering Pages: 761­768 DOI: 10.1007/978­81­ 322­2740­3_73 Published: 2016 Abstract: The development of edge processing algorithm and drawing algorithm of an industrial robot

is presented in this paper. This programming was developed with an industrial robot (ABB IRB 1410)

using RAPID programming language and Robot studio simulator. Drawing is considered as task of

skilled humans for obtaining precise layout. Almost all draftsmen use their hands and fingers to draw

that are replaced by manipulator and gripper in case of the robot. It is tedious to transform the Images

to Car Bodies, Glasses; this process of capturing the image and reproducing it by programming the

ABB Industrial robot will provide a solution. Accession Number: WOS:000371255500073 Conference Title: 28th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future

(CARs and FoF) Conference Date: JAN 06­08, 2016 Conference Location: Int Soc Prod Enhancement, Kolaghat, INDIA Conference Sponsors: Coll Engn & Management, Robot Soc

India, AMM, BRNS, IEI, DST, MTAB, TEQIP II Conference

Host: Int Soc Prod Enhancement

ISSN: 2195­4356 ISBN: 978­81­322­2740­3; 978­81­322­2738­0 Record 80 of 83 Title: Multivariate statistical analysis and optimization of ultrasound­assisted

extraction of natural pigments from waste red beet stalks Author(s): Maran, JP

(Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY­MYSORE Volume: 53 Issue: 1

Pages: 792­799 DOI: 10.1007/s13197­015­1988­8 Published: JAN 2016 Abstract: In this study, ultrasound­assisted extraction (UAE) of natural pigment extraction from waste

red beet stalks were optimized under four factors (extraction temperature, ultrasonic power, extraction

time and solid­liquid ratio) by using three level Box­Behnken response surface design. Extraction

temperature, ultrasonic power and solid­liquid ratio were significantly influenced the extraction yield of

pigments. Extraction temperature of 53 A degrees C, ultrasonic power of 89 w, extraction time of 35

min and SL ratio of 1:19 g/ml was identified as the optimal condition. Under this condition, the actual

yield of (betacyanin of 1.28 A +/­ 0.02 and betaxanthin of 5.31 A +/­ 0.09 mg/g) pigments was well

correlated with predicted values (betacyanin was 1.29 mg/g and betaxanthin was 5.32 mg/g). Accession Number: WOS:000368039600074 PubMed ID: 26788000 Record 81 of 83

Title: Structural and optical properties of Nd3+ doped zinc oxide thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis Author(s): Rani, TD (Rani, T. Deepa); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Thangaraj, K

(Thangaraj, K.); Elamurugu, E (Elamurugu, Elangovan); Ramamurthi, K (Ramamurthi, K.);

Leela, S (Leela, S.) Source: OPTIK Volume: 127 Issue: 1 Pages: 72­75 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.10.007 Published: 2016 Abstract: Un­doped and Neodymium (Nd)­doped zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by spray pyrolysis experimental setup at 400 degrees C The doping concentration of Nd is

varied between 0.05 at.% and 0.25 at.%, in the spray solution. XRD studies confirmed the hexagonal

wurtzite crystal structure of the deposited films irrespective of the variation in the Nd doping concentration. The SEM microstructures reveal that the average diameter of the Nd ring on the ZnO

surface is ranging between 1.87 mu m and 11.45 mu m depending on the Nd doping concentration. EDS analysis confirmed the presence of Nd in the doped samples. Further, it is understood that Nd/Zn ratio in

the deposited films is varied between 0.05 at.% and 0.25 at.%. The optical band gap is found to be ranging between 3.20 eV and 3.22 eV for the variation in Nd/Zn ratio from 0.05 at.% to 0.25 at.%. The

PL of films is more intensive in UV region. Concentration of oxygen vacancy related defects and excitation wavelength in ZnO film were observed by PL studies. The green emission has been

interpreted as the transition between singly charged oxygen vacancy and a photoexcited hole from PL studies. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. Accession Number:

WOS:000368212200

016 ISSN:

0030­4026

Record 82 of 83 Title: Low Storage and Traceback Overhead IP Traceback System Author(s): Malliga, S (Malliga, S.); Selvi, CSK (Selvi, C. S. Kanimozhi); Kogilavani, SV (Kogilavani,

S. V.) Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Volume: 32 Issue: 1 Pages:

27­45 Published: JAN 2016 Abstract: Using IP spoofing, a person masquerades as another by falsifying source IP address and gains an illegitimate access. Denial of Service (DoS) is an attack that is launched to bring down a

network by flooding it with useless traffic. This attack can be easily exploited by IP spoofing. To

prevent DoS, it is necessary to determine the source of the attacks. IP traceback is a mechanism that

attempts to reconstruct the path traversed by a packet to find the real source. Two predominant traceback mechanisms are packet marking and logging. Packet marking records the path information of

the intermediate routers in the packet, which can then be used to reconstruct the path. Packet logging logs the packets at the intermediate routers. Hybridizing these two methods gives the benefits of both.

This paper refines a hybrid IP traceback method, Modulo and Reverse modulo and proposes a few changes in the way the packets are logged and tracked back. Revised­MORE uses subnet address to

create hash values rather than source IP. This reduces the amount of packets to be logged at the routers. Time­To­Live is used for tracing exactly. The simulation results show that the refinements reduce

logging overhead, storage requirements and improve traceback accuracy. Accession Number:

WOS:000367498900

002 ISSN:

1016­2364

Record 83 of 83 Title: Experimental study on frictional characteristics of tungsten carbide versus carbon

as mechanical seals under dry and eco­friendly lubrications Author(s): Shankar, S

(Shankar, S.); Praveenkumar, G (Praveenkumar, G.); Kumar, PK (Kumar, P. Krishna)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRACTORY METALS &

HARD MATERIALS Volume: 54 Pages: 39­45 DOI:

10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2015.07.016 Published: JAN 2016 Abstract: Lubrication reduces the friction between the interfaces of sliding surfaces in the mechanical seals that operate for extended period of time. Due to environmental issues caused by mineral oil­based

lubricants, the use of organic based vegetable oils had increased worldwide due to the nontoxic and

biodegradable characteristics. In this work an experimental study was carried out by employing a seal pair of tungsten carbide and resin impregnated carbon mechanical seals, its frictional behaviour was

studied under the eco­friendly lubricant from the class of vegetable oils soybean oil and canola oil with an eco­friendly solid lubricant i.e. boric acid powder. An experimental setup was designed and

fabricated to study the frictional characteristics of the seal for varying normal load and constant speed. The friction characteristics was studied under unlubricated conditions, independent paraffin oil, soybean

oil, canola oil lubricating modes and finally 1 wt.%, 3 wt.% and 5 wt.% of boric acid powder mixed individually with soybean and canola oil. After all running­in test of all lubricating conditions, 5 wt.% of

boric acid powder mixed with soybean oil had contributed a hybrid tribofilm and resulted in the lowest

friction coefficient value in the range of 0.06­0.07. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000366231600006

ISSN: 0263­4368

2015 11/11

Record 01 of 115

Title: FOAM MAT DRYING OF FOOD MATERIALS: A REVIEW

Author(s): Sangamithra, A (Sangamithra, A.); Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam, Sivakumar);

John, SG (John, Swamy Gabriela); Kuppuswamy, K (Kuppuswamy, Kannan)

Source: JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESSING AND

PRESERVATION Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Pages: 3165-

3174 DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.12421 Published: DEC 2015

Abstract: Foam mat drying is an economical alternative to drum, spray and freeze-drying for the

production of food powders. The liquid is whipped to form stable foam, and dehydrated by

thermal means. The larger surface area of the foam accelerated the drying process for the rapid

moisture removal from the high moisture feed. A high-quality food powder can be obtained by

the proper selection of foaming method, foaming agents, foam stabilizers, time taken for

foaming, suitable drying method and temperature. In this article, the basics of foam and its

structure, methods of foaming, types of foaming method and stabilizing agents for the production

of stable foam have been analyzed. The influence of foaming agents and foaming properties on

the drying characteristics of fruit juices are also studied. This article reviewed the application of

foam drying process for different food materials, the microstructure and the quality of powders

obtained by using different foaming agents.

Accession Number: WOS:000368126300283

ISSN: 0145-8892

eISSN: 1745-4549

Record 02 of 115

Title: Performance Comparison of Wavelet and Contourlet Frame Based Features for Improving

Classification Accuracy in Remote Sensing Images

Author(s): Venkateswaran, K (Venkateswaran, K.); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.); Alaguraja, RA

(Alaguraja, R. A.)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF REMOTE

SENSING Volume: 43 Issue: 4 Pages: 729-737 DOI: 10.1007/s12524-015-0461-

5 Published: DEC 2015

Abstract: Conventional classification algorithms makes the use of only multispectral

information in remote sensing image classification. Wavelet provides spatial and spectral

characteristics of a pixel along with its neighbours and hence this can be utilized for an improved

classification. The major disadvantage of wavelet transform is the non availability of spatial

frequency features in its directional components. The contourlet transform based laplacian

pyramid followed by directional filter banks is an efficient way of extracting features in the

directional components. In this paper different contourlet frame based feature extraction

techniques for remote sensing images are proposed. Principal component analysis (PCA) method

is used to reduce the number of features. Gaussian Kernel fuzzy C-means classifiers uses these

features to improve the classification accuracy. Accuracy assessment based on field visit data

and cluster validity measures are used to measure the accuracy of the classified data. The

experimental result shows that the overall accuracy is improved to 1.73 % (for LISS-II), 1.81 %

(for LISS-III) and 1.95 % (for LISS-IV) and the kappa coefficient is improved to 0.933 (for

LISS-II), 0.0103 (for LISS-III) and 0.0214 (for LISS-IV) and also the cluster validity measures

gives better results when compared to existing method.

Accession Number: WOS:000365441000007

ISSN: 0255-660X

eISSN: 0974-3006

Record 03 of 115

Title: Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Model for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System

Author(s): Logeswaran, T (Logeswaran, T.); Senthilkumar, A (Senthilkumar, A.);

Karuppusamy, P (Karuppusamy, P.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUZZY

SYSTEMS Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Pages: 585-594 DOI: 10.1007/s40815-015-0078-

4 Published: DEC 2015

Abstract: This paper proposed an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model to

multilevel inverter for grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system. The purpose of the proposed

controller is to avoid the requirement of any optimal PWM (pulse width-modulated) switching-

angle generator and proportional-integral controller. The proposed method strictly prevents the

variations present in the output voltage of the cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. Here, the

ANFIS models have the inputs which are the grid voltage and the difference voltage, and the

output target is the control voltage. By means of these parameters, the ANFIS makes the rules

and can be tuned perfectly. During the testing time, the ANFIS provides the control voltage

according to the different inputs. Then, the ANFIS-based algorithm for multilevel inverter for

grid-connected PV system is implemented in the MATLAB/simulink platform, and the

effectiveness of the proposed control technique is analyzed by comparing the model's

performances with the neural network, fuzzy logic control, etc.

Accession Number: WOS:000364519700008

ISSN: 1562-2479

eISSN: 2199-3211

Record 04 of 115

Title: Design and Experimentation of Boost Cascaded DC Link Inverter for Domestic UPS

Applications

Author(s): Uthirasamy, R (Uthirasamy, R.); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF CIRCUITS SYSTEMS AND

COMPUTERS Volume: 24 Issue: 10 Article

Number: 1550156 DOI: 10.1142/S021812661550156X Published: DEC 2015

Abstract: A new structure of Boost Cascaded DC Link H-Bridge Inverter (BCDCLHBI) is

proposed for domestic UPS applications. It consists of DC-DC converter, sub-multilevel

modules and H-bridge inverter circuits. The proposed sub-multilevel modules synthesize a

stepped DC link voltage with reduced voltage stress across the H-bridge inverter. Compared with

conventional two-level inverter the proposed stepped DC link inverter configuration has reduced

Power Spectral Density (PSD) and reduced voltage stress. Compared with conventional

Cascaded Multilevel Inverter (CMLI) configuration, the proposed system has reduced power

switches, DC sources and gate driver requirements. To obtain better quality of AC power output,

carrier-level shifted Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) schemes are developed for sub-multilevel

switching. A simulation and prototype model of 7-level BCDCLHBI is developed and its

performance is validated.

Accession Number: WOS:000363784800012

ISSN: 0218-1266

eISSN: 1793-6454

Record 05 of 115

Title: Structure of boost DC-link cascaded multilevel inverter for uninterrupted power supply

applications

Author(s): Uthirasamy, R (Uthirasamy, Ramasami); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy,

Uthandipalayam Subramaniyam); Chinnaiyan, VK (Chinnaiyan, Venkatachalam Kumar)

Source: IET POWER ELECTRONICS Volume: 8 Issue: 11 Pages: 2085-

2096 DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2014.0746 Published: NOV 2015

Abstract: In this study, a structure of single-phase seven-level boost DC-link cascaded

multilevel inverter (BDCLCMLI) is proposed. It consists of boost converter, DC-link module

and H-bridge inverter. Compared with conventional CMLI and two level H-bridge inverter

configurations, the proposed system results in reduction of voltage stress across the inverter

switches, reduced power switches, DC source count and gate drive requirements. DC-link

switching is achieved by multicarrier sinusoidal pulse-width modulation technique which results

in improved quality of obtained output AC power. Reduction in DC source and switch count

makes the system more cost effective. A simulation and prototype model of seven-level

BDCLCMLI system is developed and its performance is analysed for various operating

conditions.

Accession Number: WOS:000364411800003

ISSN: 1755-4535

eISSN: 1755-4543

Record 06 of 115

Title: Frictional study of alumina, 316 stainless steel, phosphor bronze versus carbon as

mechanical seals under dry sliding conformal contact

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Praveenkumar, G (Praveenkumar, G.); Kumar, PK (Kumar,

P. Krishna)

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY Volume: 229 Issue: 11 Pages: 1292-

1299 DOI:10.1177/1350650115577116 Published: NOV 2015

Abstract: This paper presents an investigative study on the frictional characteristics of alumina,

316 stainless steel, and phosphor bronze materials against resin-impregnated carbon in the form

of mechanical seals. An experimental setup was designed and fabricated to study the frictional

characteristics of the seal for varying normal load and speed. Pairing of stationary seal and rotary

seal was done among the three combinations among which alumina versus resin-impregnated

carbon exhibited the superior frictional characteristics. Whereas in comparison with 316 stainless

steel versus resin-impregnated carbon and phosphor bronze versus resin-impregnated carbon, the

latter exhibited the better frictional characteristics. Phosphor bronze pair and 316 stainless steel

pair resulted in low and stable friction coefficient in the range of 0.07-0.08 and 0.12-0.13,

respectively. This work highlights that the phosphor bronze might be an alternate substitute for

the applications involving 316 stainless steel as a seal face material, where the frictional

characteristics was a major concern.

Accession Number: WOS:000361905400002

ISSN: 1350-6501

eISSN: 2041-305X

Record 07 of 115

Title: Thermal-Aware Non-slicing VLSI Floorplanning Using a Smart Decision-Making PSO-

GA Based Hybrid Algorithm

Author(s): Sivaranjani, P (Sivaranjani, P.); Kumar, AS (Kumar, A. Senthil)

Source: CIRCUITS SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL

PROCESSING Volume: 34 Issue: 11 Pages: 3521-3542 DOI: 10.1007/s00034-015-0020-

x Published: NOV 2015

Abstract: Floorplanning is an important physical design step in the ASIC design flow. It is the

process of estimating the area to be occupied by various blocks in a layout together with a

precise interconnection pattern. In this work, a smart decision-making hybrid particle swarm

optimization-genetic algorithm that aims at reducing the area, wirelength, and hotspot by

distributing the temperature evenly across the chip is presented. B*-tree is used to generate the

initial floorplan and later a PSO-GA based hybrid algorithm is used to obtain an optimal

placement solution. Temperature-driven floorplanning is considered at the perturbation stage to

separate the hotspots, thereby reducing the average and maximum temperature. The experimental

results of the proposed algorithm are compared with other stochastic algorithms using MCNC

and Alpha processor floorplan benchmark circuits. The result shows that the proposed algorithm

performs efficient floorplanning, with reduced average and peak temperature.

Accession Number: WOS:000361495100007

ISSN: 0278-081X

eISSN: 1531-5878

Record 08 of 115

Title: MASS TRANSFER KINETICS DURING OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION OF AMLA

(Emblica officinalis L.) CUBES IN SUGAR SOLUTION

Author(s): Tiroutchelvame, D (Tiroutchelvame, D.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP

(Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

QUARTERLY Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 547-

559 DOI: 10.2298/CICEQ140712011T Published: OCT-DEC 2015

Abstract: A four-factor three-level Box-Behnken response surface design was employed in this

study to investigate and optimize the effect of process variables (osmotic solution concentration,

fruit to liquid ratio, temperature and dehydration time) on mass transfer properties such as weight

reduction, solute gain, water loss, rehydration ratio, shrinkage and overall acceptability of the

osmotically dehydrated amla cubes. The cubes of uniform size (10mmx10mmx10 mm) were

impregnated into sugar solution of different solution concentration (30-50 degrees Brix),

temperature (30-50 degrees C), fruit to liquid ratio (1:5-1: 15 w/V) and time (30-180 min). It was

observed from the results that the process variables have significant effects on osmotic

dehydration process. The optimum condition was found to be: sugar concentration of 50 degrees

Brix, solution temperature of 30 degrees C, fruit to liquid ratio of 1:5 and immersion time of 133

min, respectively. The microstructural changes during osmotic dehydration were also

investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Accession Number: WOS:000370446400010

ISSN: 1451-9372

eISSN: 2217-7434

Record 09 of 115

Title: Biosorption of basic violet 10 onto activated Gossypium hirsutum seeds: Batch and fixed-

bed column studies

Author(s): Sivarajasekar, N (Sivarajasekar, N.); Baskar, R (Baskar, R.)

Source: CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL

ENGINEERING Volume: 23 Issue: 10 Pages: 1610-

1619 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2015.08.029 Published: OCT 2015

Abstract: Sulphuric acid activated immature Gossypium hirsutum seed (AIGHS) was prepared

to biosorbe basic violet 10 (BV10) from aqueous solutions. Methylene blue number, iodine

number and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface analysis indicated that the AIGHS were hetero-

porous. Boehm titrations and Fourier-transform infrared spectra demonstrated the chemical

heterogeneity of the AIGHS surface. Batch biosorption studies were used to examine the effects

of process parameters in the following range: pH 2-12, temperature 293-313 K, contact time 1-5

h and initial concentration 200-600 mg.L-1. The matching of equilibrium data with the

Langmuir-Freundlich form of isotherms indicated that the BV10 was adsorbed via chemisorption

and pore diffusion. Kinetic investigation indicated multiple order chemisorption through an

Avrami kinetic model. Film diffusion controlled the rate of BV10 biosorption onto AIGHS. The

spontaneous and endothermic nature of sorption was corroborated by thermodynamic study.

Continuous biosorption experiments were performed using a fixed-bed column and the influence

of operating parameters was explored for different ranges of initial concentration 100-300 mg .

L-1, bed height 5-10 cm, and flow rate 2.5-4.5 ml . min(-1). A dose response model accurately

described the fixed-bed biosorption data. An external mass transfer correlation was formulated

explaining BV10-AIGHS sorption. (C) 2015 The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of

China, and Chemical Industry Press. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000365226700005

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sivarajasekar, Natesan 0000-0001-8520-9265

ISSN: 1004-9541

eISSN: 2210-321X

Record 10 of 115

Title: Spike Detection from Electroencephalogram Signals with Aid of Hybrid Genetic

Algorithm-Particle Swarm Optimization

Author(s): Parthiban, KG (Parthiban, K. G.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND HEALTH

INFORMATICS Volume: 5 Issue: 5 Pages: 936-

944 DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2015.1480 Published: SEP 2015

Abstract: In the clinical diagnosis of epilepsy, Spike detection in EEG is important. Many

techniques have been proposed to detect the spikes present in EEG. In the previous spike

detection method, the spikes were detected from the EEG signals using the morphological and

hybrid optimization methods. It yielded good precision rate and hit rate but the detection rate is

not in an adequate level. So we proposed a new optimized amplitude threshold technique to

detect the spikes on the EEG signals. Initially, the EEG signals are preprocessed using Haar

Wavelet to remove the noise. Then the Preprocessed signals are passed through the

morphological filter to detect the spikes. The morphological filter utilizes hybrid GAPSO

(Genetic Algorithm-Particle Swarm Optimization) technique to select the optimal structuring

element. In order to improve the number of correctly detected spikes, we are utilized an

optimized amplitude threshold technique. The optimized amplitude threshold technique is

exploited Improved Particle swarm Optimization (IPSO) which is based on fractional velocity.

Our proposed method is implemented on MATLAB platform and it is evaluated by using a set of

EEG signals. The performance of our proposed technique is compared with the existing spike

detection and optimization methods GA, PSO.

Accession Number: WOS:000361271900007

ISSN: 2156-7018

eISSN: 2156-7026

Record 11 of 115

Title: Experimental investigations on pilot plant SO2 emission control system

Author(s): Maheswari, C (Maheswari, C.); Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy, K.);

Parameshwaran, R (Parameshwaran, R.); Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 74 Issue: 9 Pages: 522-525 Published: SEP 2015

Abstract: This paper provides experimental investigations for optimizing the parameters to work

with pilot plant experimental system for achieving maximum SO2 removal efficiency. It is

analysed with different absorbers such as, water, NaOH, H2O2 and H2SO4 with different

combinations and concentrations. The results reveal that, the removal efficiency acquired is

98.4% by adding 0.1M hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) externally on 0.01M sulphuric acid (H2SO4)

solution. From the analysis, polypropylene pall rings with diameter of 15 mm, liquid flow rate of

150 lph, gas flow rate of 40 m(3)/hr and packed height of 1M are chosen based on their

performance in increasing the SO2 absorption rate.

Accession Number: WOS:000361503200008

ISSN: 0022-4456

eISSN: 0975-1084

Record 12 of 115

Title: H-infinity controller for frequency and voltage regulation in grid-connected and islanded

microgrid

Author(s): Sheela, A (Sheela, A.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.); Revathi, S (Revathi, S.)

Source: IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

ENGINEERING Volume: 10 Issue: 5 Pages: 503-

511 DOI: 10.1002/tee.22113 Published: SEP 2015

Abstract: This paper presents a study on a grid-connected and islanded multiple distributed

generation (DG) system for frequency and voltage regulation. The multiple DG system includes

solar cells, wind turbine, fuel cell, and battery storage. The H-infinity controller is used whose

weighting parameters are optimized to minimize voltage and frequency deviation. The

performance of the system is analyzed under different conditions for both grid-connected and

islanded modes of operation. In case of the load variations, the inner voltage and current loop

react based on the H- infinity control strategies. The outer power loop uses the droop

characteristic controller. The design is simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The simulation

results show that the multiple DG system can supply high-quality power both in grid-connected

and islanded modes. Also, we show that the proposed control methodology will make the system

to transit smoothly between the islanded mode and the grid-connected mode. The results indicate

that the frequency and voltage deviations meet the nominal values as per IEEE standard. (c) 2015

Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Accession Number: WOS:000358692900003

ISSN: 1931-4973

eISSN: 1931-4981

Record 13 of 115

Title: Performance evaluation and optimization of electrocoagulation process to treat grey

wastewater

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Prakash Maran, J (Prakash Maran, J.)

Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 55 Issue: 7 Pages: 1703-

1711 DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.927793 Published: AUG 14 2015

Abstract: In this present study, Box-Behnken response design was employed to optimize and

investigate the effect of process variables such as electrolyte dose, stirring speed, and treatment

time on total solids (TS), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal in electrocoagulation

process (EC) to treat grey wastewater using iron electrodes. Regression analysis showed good fit

of the experimental data to the second-order polynomial model with coefficient of determination

(R-2) value greater than 0.95 for both TS and COD removal. Three-dimensional response surface

plots were generated from mathematical models in order to study the interactive effect of process

variables on responses. Under the optimum operating conditions such as electrolyte dose of 1.4

g/l, stirring speed of 300 rpm, and treatment time of 8 min show the predicted removal

efficiencies (96.56 and 93.60% for TS and COD removal, respectively) which were close to the

experimental values.

Accession Number: WOS:000359847700002

ISSN: 1944-3994

eISSN: 1944-3986

Record 14 of 115

Title: Evaluation of photo degradation efficiency of NaCMC capped ZnO NPs against

methylene orange dye under sun light irradiation

Author(s): Satheeskumar, S (Satheeskumar, S.); Ramesh, K (Ramesh, K.); Srinivasan, N

(Srinivasan, N.); Ramesh, PS (Ramesh, P. S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL

SOCIETY Volume: 92 Issue: 8 Pages: 1231-1236 Published: AUG 2015

Abstract: The present study has been undertaken to prepare sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

(NaCMC) capped ZnO NPs, with multifunctional properties. The NaCMC capped ZnO NPs

(0.04 mM and 0.08 mM) were prepared by soft chemical method. The prepared NPs were

characterized by XRD, FTIR and SEM-EDS, AFM and UV-Vis absorption studies. It was clear

from XRD patterns that NPs were crystallized in hexagonal wurtzite structure with average

crystalline size 34 nm to 39 nm. The chemical functional groups in FTIR spectra confirmed the

formation of the ZnO NPs. The surface morphology of the samples was explored using SEM

micrographs and AFM analysis. The presence of Zn and 0 was confirmed by EDAX analysis.

The optical properties of the samples were examined by UV-Vis absorption analysis: The photo

degradation activity of the NPs was investigated against methylene orange dye (MO) under

sunlight.

Accession Number: WOS:000361416500006

ISSN: 0019-4522

Record 15 of 115

Title: Influence of substrate and Ca substitution on multiferroic BiMnO3 thin films

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.);

Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: BULLETIN OF MATERIALS SCIENCE Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Pages: 1099-

1104 DOI: 10.1007/s12034-015-0926-8 Published: AUG 2015

Abstract: BiMnO3 (BMO) and Ca (10 at%) substituted BiMnO3 (BCMO) thin films are grown

on n-type Si (100) and Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si (100) substrates by RF magnetron sputtering. The

structural, elemental, morphological, magnetic, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the films

are investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), atomic

force microscope (AFM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), dielectric and ferroelectric

measurements, respectively. The XRD pattern shows that the films acquire monoclinic structure

with C2 space group. The elemental composition and surface roughness of the films are also

measured by EDAX and AFM analysis, respectively. The VSM results exhibit that all the films

possess room temperature ferromagnetism and the BCMO film deposited on the Si substrate has

better magnetic properties (M (rem) = 1.8 x 10(-3) emu cm(-3)) than the other films. The

dielectric measurement also reveals that the BCMO film has the highest value of dielectric

constant (497) with less dielectric loss (0.3). Similarly, the ferroelectric measurement implies

that all the films possess room temperature ferroelectricity.

Accession Number: WOS:000360307200038

ISSN: 0250-4707

eISSN: 0973-7669

Record 16 of 115

Title: Enhancing fermentable sugar yield from cassava pulp for bioethanol production:

microwave-coupled enzymatic hydrolysis approach

Author(s): Sudha, A (Sudha, A.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Sangeetha, V (Sangeetha, V.);

Devi, KSP (Devi, K. S. Priyenka)

Source: BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS

ENGINEERING Volume: 38 Issue: 8 Pages: 1509-1515 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-015-1393-

8 Published: AUG 2015

Abstract: Cassava pulp, a potential biological feedstock for ethanol production has been

subjected to microwave-assisted alkali pretreatment and microwave-coupled enzymatic

hydrolysis. Microwave pretreatment may be a good alternative as it can reduce the pretreatment

time and improve the enzymatic activity during hydrolysis. Liquid to solid ratio for the

pretreatment of cassava pulp was found to be 20:1. Cassava pulp was pretreated at various NaOH

concentration, microwave temperature and gave maximum yield of reducing sugar with 1.5 %

NaOH at 90 A degrees C in 30 min than conventional alkali pretreatment after enzymatic

hydrolysis. The subsequent enzymatic saccharification of pretreated cassava pulp using alpha

amylase dosage of 400 IU at microwave temperature of 90 A degrees C resulted in highest

reducing sugar yield of 723 mg/g pulp. Microwave-assisted alkali pretreatment improved the

enzymatic saccharification of cassava pulp by increasing its accessibility to hydrolytic enzymes.

Microwave-assisted alkali pretreatment and microwave-coupled enzymatic hydrolysis are found

to be efficient for improving the yield of reducing sugar.

Accession Number: WOS:000358934700009

PubMed ID: 25832789

ISSN: 1615-7591

eISSN: 1615-7605

Record 17 of 115

Title: Dry sliding wear and friction behavior of aluminum-rice husk ash composite using

Taguchi's technique

Author(s): Senthilkumar, M (Senthilkumar, M.); Saravanan, SD (Saravanan, S. D.); Shankar, S

(Shankar, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Volume: 49 Issue: 18 Pages: 2241-

2250 DOI: 10.1177/0021998314545185 Published: AUG 2015

Abstract: Dry sliding wear and friction behavior of aluminum alloy (AlSi10Mg) reinforced with

agriculture waste such as rice husk ash have been investigated using plan of experiments (L-27

Orthogonal array) generated through Taguchi technique. Three parameters namely applied load

(20, 30, and 40N), sliding speed (2, 3, and 4ms(-1)) and rice husk ash reinforcement (6, 9, and

12%wt.) have been varied to find their effect over the wear and friction behavior of the

composites. The analysis of variance and regression equations were also employed to find their

interactions over wear rate and coefficient of friction of the composite. Smaller-the-better

characteristics were chosen to develop a predictive model for analyzing the dry sliding wear

resistance. The result reveals that the wear rate and coefficient of friction were influenced highly

by percentage reinforcement followed by applied load and sliding speed. Finally, the

confirmation test was also carried out to verify the predictive model with the experimental

results. Wear surface morphology of the wear pins was analyzed using scanning electron

microscope.

Accession Number: WOS:000358082700006

ISSN: 0021-9983

eISSN: 1530-793X

Record 18 of 115

Title: A Metacognitive Fully Complex Valued Functional Link Network for solving real valued

classification problems

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING Volume: 33 Pages: 328-

336 DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2015.04.022 Published: AUG 2015

Abstract: In this paper, a sequential learning based meta-cognitive fully complex valued

functional link network (Mc-FCFLN) is developed for solving complex real world problems.

Mc-FCFLN network consists of two components: a cognitive component and a meta-cognitive

one. A fully complex-valued functional link network (FCFLN) is a cognitive component and the

self-regulatory learning method is its meta-cognitive component. As the network does not

possess hidden layers, the multi-variable polynomials are represented in the input layer for

capturing the nonlinear relationship between the input and the output sample. Moreover, when

the sample is presented to the Mc-FCFLN network, the meta-cognitive component decides what

to learn, when to learn, and how to learn depending on the knowledge gained by the FCFLN

network and the novel information present in the sample. The network can learn sample one after

the other and thus the drawback existing with the batch learning strategy can be eliminated while

orthogonal least square principle is used for selecting the best polynomial and the recursive least

square update is used for tuning the network. Multi-category and binary datasets chosen from the

UCI machine learning repository is used for the validation of the proposed classifier. Lastly, a

performance comparison of the Mc-FCFLN applied for classification problems shows better

classification ability when compared with the other existing classifiers in the literature. (C) 2015

Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000355262900026

ISSN: 1568-4946

eISSN: 1872-9681

Record 19 of 115

Title: Optimization of process parameters in electrocoagulation treating chicken industry

wastewater to recover hydrogen gas with pollutant reduction

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: RENEWABLE ENERGY Volume: 80 Pages: 101-

108 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.01.030 Published: AUG 2015

Abstract: Electrocoagulation process (EC) was performed in an upflow blanket reactor (UBR)

applying response surface methodology (RSM) based on the Box-Behnken design (BBD) to

produce hydrogen gas and reduce the chemical oxygen demand (COD) from chicken industry

wastewater. The results showed that RSM based on the BBD was a well-matched method for

optimizing of EC to treat chicken industry wastewater. The independent variables such as current

density, hydraulic retention time, and electrode surface area of EC process were investigated.

Under the optimum conditions such as current density of 15 A/m(2), hydraulic retention time of

30 min and electrode surface area of 5 m(2) resulted in maximum hydrogen gas production (0.8

mL/L) and COD reduction (99%). (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000353732300010

ISSN: 0960-1481

Record 20 of 115

Title: Natural Pigments Extraction from Basella rubra L. Fruits by Ultrasound-Assisted

Extraction Combined with Box-Behnken Response Surface Design

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: SEPARATION SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 50 Issue: 10 Pages: 1532-

1540 DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2014.980003 Published: JUL 3 2015

Abstract: In this study, natural pigments from Basella rubra L. were extracted by ultrasound-

assisted extraction (UAE) technique using three levels, four factors (extraction temperature,

ultrasonic power, extraction time and solid-liquid (SL) ratio) Box-Behnken response surface

design. The optimal condition was found to be: extraction temperature of 54 degrees C,

ultrasonic power of 94 W, extraction time of 32 min and SL ratio of 1:17 g/mL respectively.

Under this optimal condition, the experimental yield of (betacyanin of 1.42 +/- 0.001 and

betaxanthin of 5.35 +/- 0.13 mg/g) pigments were well correlated with predicted values

(betacyanin was 1.43 mg/g and betaxanthin was 5.37 mg/g).

Accession Number: WOS:000355660000011

ISSN: 0149-6395

eISSN: 1520-5754

Record 21 of 115

Title: Harmony and bio inspired harmony search optimization algorithms for feature selection in

classification

Author(s): Varadhaganapathy, S (Varadhaganapathy, S.); Krishnaveni, V (Krishnaveni, V.);

Arumugam, G (Arumugam, G.); Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, R. R.)

Source: COMPUTER SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING Volume: 30 Issue: 4 Pages: 257-272 Published: JUL 2015

Abstract: Today, constant and rapid changes in information and communication technologies

offer unanimous access to vast amounts of information and make an exponential increase of the

amount of data available online. High dimensionality has always been a great challenge for all

learning algorithm and "curse of dimensionality" has been studied for a long time. The high-

dimensional feature vectors often impose a high computational cost when classification is

performed. Feature selection plays major role as a pre-processing technique in reducing the

dimensionality of the datasets in the fields of data analysis and data mining applications. This

paper presents two music inspired novel Harmony Search optimization algorithms, HS-1-NN and

Bio-HS-1-NN, for wrapper feature selection where Bio-HS-1-NN is augmented with food source

exploitation behaviour of honey bees, which improves the members of the Harmony memory

based on their fitness values and hence speeds up the convergence speed of the search. 1-NN

classifier has been used to evaluate the quality of the solutions. The performance of the proposed

approaches has been analysed by experiments with various real-world data sets and the proposed

approaches, exhibited better performance than other methods in terms of classification accuracy

and convergence rate.

Accession Number: WOS:000364611400001

ISSN: 0267-6192

Record 22 of 115

Title: Modeling and optimization of advanced oxidation treatment of beer industry wastewater

using Electro-Fenton process

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Pages: 1072-1079 DOI: 10.1002/ep.12104 Published: JUL-

AUG 2015

Abstract: The main objective of this study was to investigate and optimize the operating

parameters in Electro-Fenton (E-Fenton) process such as current density, H2O2/Fe2+ molar

ratio, treatment time, and temperature for the removal of turbidity and chemical oxygen demand

from Beer wastewater. Response surface methodology (RSM) coupled with four factors three

levels Box-Behnken response surface design (BBD) was used for the optimization. Significant

quadratic polynomial models were obtained with high coefficient determination (R-2=0.9796

and 0.9804 for turbidity and COD removals) and numerical optimization was employed to

determine the optimal conditions. Current density of 9 mA cm(-2), H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio of

1.1, treatment time of 10 min, and temperature of 30 degrees C. Under these conditions, 98% of

turbidity and 94% of COD were reduced. Results indicates that E-Fenton process was an

effective pretreatment technology for the treatment of Beer wastewater. (c) 2015 American

Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34: 1072-1079, 2015

Accession Number: WOS:000358483200015

ISSN: 1944-7442

eISSN: 1944-7450

Record 23 of 115

Title: Investigation on biodiesel production from cotton seed oil using microwave irradiated

transesterfication process

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Pages: 1229-1235 DOI: 10.1002/ep.12094 Published: JUL-

AUG 2015

Abstract: In this study, cotton seed oil was investigated under different operating conditions

such as ethanol: oil molar ratio, temperature, mixing rate, time, and microwave power to produce

the biodiesel. Five factors with three levels Box-Behnken response surface design (BBD) was

used to optimize and investigate the effect of process variables on the biodiesel production.

three-dimensional response surface plots were used to study the interactive effects of the process

variables. Numerical optimization technique was used to to findout the optimum conditions for

the maximizing the biodiesel production and it was found to be 99.5%. The fuel properties of

produced biodiesel were compared with ASTM D6751 for biodiesel standards. (c) 2015

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34: 1229-1235, 2015

Accession Number: WOS:000358483200037

ISSN: 1944-7442

eISSN: 1944-7450

Record 24 of 115

Title: Microwave-assisted extraction of pectic polysaccharide from waste mango peel

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Swathi, K (Swathi, K.); Jeevitha, P (Jeevitha, P.);

Jayalakshmi, J (Jayalakshmi, J.); Ashvini, G (Ashvini, G.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 123 Pages: 67-

71 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.11.072 Published: JUN 5 2015

Abstract: This present study investigates the extraction characteristics and optimal parameters

of the microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from waste mango peel (WMP). Microwave

power, pH, time and solid-liquid ratio were selected as the extraction parameters and was studied

by using Box-Behnken response surface design. The experimental data was analyzed by least

square regression analysis method and a second order polynomial model was constructed for

response from the experimental data. The constructed model was adequate to explain the

relationships between independent variables and response. All studied factors had great influence

on the yield, of pectin by individually and interactively. The optimum microwave assisted

extraction conditions for the highest pectin yield (28.86%) from WMP was found to be:

microwave power of 413 W, pH of 2.7, time of 134 s and solid-liquid ratio of 1:18 g/ml. The

experimental value was well correlated with predicted value at the optimal condition. (C) 2014

Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000353754000008

PubMed ID: 25843835

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 25 of 115

Title: Evolution of Hydrochemical Parameters and Quality Assessment of Groundwater in

Tirupur Region, Tamil Nadu, India

Author(s): Arumugam, K (Arumugam, K.); Kumar, AR (Kumar, Rajesh A.); Elangovan, K

(Elangovan, K.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL

RESEARCH Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 1023-1036 Published: SUM 2015

Abstract: Groundwater is the most widely distributed resource of the Earth and groundwater

quality evolves rapidly as it passes through the subsurface pathways within the unsaturated zone.

Increasing urbanization and anthropogenic activities have added to the problem of deficient

amount of good quality groundwater. The study area is an industrial hub for textile sector.

Textile production, particularly dyeing and bleaching, is essentially water intensive and so it

generates large quantities of effluents and the practice of discharging untreated industrial waste

into the river courses. To assess the evolution of hydrochemistry and quality, sixty two

groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for the physicochemical factors such as pH,

EC, TDS, TH, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, HCO3-, CO32-, Cl-, NO3-, SO42- and F-(-) during the

pre-monsoon period of (June-July) 2006, 2008 and 2011. By using Piper trilinear diagram, hydro

chemical facies were identified. Gibb's diagram suggests that the chemical weathering of rock-

forming minerals and evaporation influence the groundwater quality. The study area was

evaluated for the parameters: Sodium Adsorption Ratio, Residual Sodium Carbonate, Salinity

and Permeability Index. Interpretation of these hydro chemical parameters indicates that the

groundwater in most of the locations in the study area is not suitable for drinking purpose and for

irrigation. However, permeability index values indicate that most all the groundwater samples

are suitable for irrigation purpose.

Accession Number: WOS:000361684600027

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

K, Elangovan 0000-0003-4915-8215

ISSN: 1735-6865

eISSN: 2008-2304

Record 26 of 115

Title: Extraction of natural anthocyanin and colors from pulp of jamun fruit

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-

MYSORE Volume: 52 Issue: 6 Pages: 3617-3626 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-014-1429-

0 Published: JUN 2015

Abstract: In this present study, natural pigment and colors from pulp of jamun fruit were

extracted under different extraction conditions such as extraction temperature (40-60 degrees C),

time (20-100 min) and solid-liquid ratio (1:10-1: 15 g/ml) by aqueous extraction method. Three

factors with three levels Box-Behnken response surface design was employed to optimize and

investigate the effect of process variables on the responses (total anthocyanin and color). The

results were analyzed by Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second order polynomial

models were developed to predict the responses. Optimum extraction conditions for maximizing

the extraction yield of total anthocyanin (10.58 mg/100 g) and colors (10618.3 mg/l) were found

to be: extraction temperature of 44 degrees C, extraction time of 93 min and solid-liquid ratio of

1:15 g/ml. Under these conditions, experimental values are closely agreed with predicted values.

Accession Number: WOS:000355196000047

PubMed ID: 26028744

ISSN: 0022-1155

eISSN: 0975-8402

Record 27 of 115

Title: pH Control of industrial effluent using CDM based PI controllers

Author(s): Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.);

Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy, K.); Kanthabhabha, P (Kanthabhabha, P.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY Volume: 22 Issue: 3-

4 Pages: 141-147 Published: MAY-JUL 2015

Abstract: Coefficient Diagram Method (CDM) based PI controllers (CDM-PI and CDM-PI-P)

has been implemented in a pH neutralization system to control the pH value of industrial

effluent. The proposed techniques are tested with collected effluent in lab-scale pH neutralization

system. Experimental runs are carried out at the operating point of pH 8 as per the requirement of

PCETP and the regulatory performance in terms of Error Indices (ISE and IAE) and Total

variations (TV) are reported. The results of the proposed control techniques are compared with

conventional control techniques such as Ziegler Nichols PI controller (ZN-PI) and Internal

Model Control based PI controller (IMC-PI). The experimental results show that the proposed

CDM based PI controllers had impeccable performance with industrial effluent in pH

neutralization system.

Accession Number: WOS:000364174400007

ISSN: 0971-457X

eISSN: 0975-0991

Record 28 of 115

Title: A comparative study of sodium hypophosphite and phosphorous acid on the Ferrous

Tungsten Phosphorous thin films

Author(s): Thangaraj, N (Thangaraj, N.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Sasikumar, D

(Sasikumar, D.)

Source: JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED

MATERIALS Volume: 17 Issue: 5-6 Pages: 597-601 Published: MAY-JUN 2015

Abstract: The magnetic film of Ferrous Tungsten Phosphorous (Fe-W-P) were prepared with

NaH2PO2 and H3PO3 by electrodeposition method for current density of 30 mA cm(-2) and 45

minutes deposition time. The magnetic saturation (M-s), retentivity (M-r) and coercivity (H-c) of

the films were studied using vibrating sample magnetometer. The retentivity (M-r) and the

magnetic saturation (M-s) of the deposited films increased with the increase of organic additive.

The crystallite size and stress of the deposited thin films were calculated using X-ray diffraction

(XRD) studies. Percentages of elemental analysis of Fe-W-P films were obtained using energy

dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). Surface morphology analysis was carried out using scanning

electron microscope (SEM). The magnetic properties and structural characteristics of Fe-W-P

thin films with NaH2PO2 and Fe-W-P thin films with H3PO3 are discussed.

Accession Number: WOS:000357766600013

ISSN: 1454-4164

eISSN: 1841-7132

Record 29 of 115

Title: Defected microstrip structure based UWB antenna with reconfigurable band stop filter

design

Author(s): Ruby, EDK (Ruby, E. D. Kanmani); Srithar, A (Srithar, A.); Vanathi, A (Vanathi,

A.); Deepa, G (Deepa, G.)

Source: OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS-RAPID

COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 9 Issue: 5-6 Pages: 808-812 Published: MAY-JUN 2015

Abstract: Cognitive radio is an inventive system to wireless technologies in which radios are

designed with an astonishing level of intelligence and agility. This handles the available

spectrum in an expedient manor to avoid spectrum scarcity. The cognitive radio antenna consists

of integrated wideband and narrow band antenna in same substrate which is taxing task. A

wideband antenna is pondered with a minimum bandwidth of 7.5GHz for sensing white space in

the spectrum. For narrowband antenna, frequency Reconfigurable antenna is employed which is

for the purpose of transmitting the data through the white space from the outcomes of UWB

antenna. In this paper the novel design of cognitive radio antenna is designed with low-profile

and miniaturized size using ansys HFSS V.14 and the simulation result are investigated

tremendously.

Accession Number: WOS:000357764900045

ISSN: 1842-6573

eISSN: 2065-3824

Record 30 of 115

Title: An eco-friendly approach for copper (II) ion adsorption onto cotton seed cake and its

characterization: Simulation and validation

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL

ENGINEERS Volume: 50 Pages: 198-

204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.12.002 Published: MAY 2015

Abstract: In this study, copper (II) ion reduction was investigated using a four-factor three-level

Box-Behnken statistical experimental design (BBD) under different adsorption conditions, such

as initial concentration, cotton seed cake dose, pH and temperature. Optimum conditions for

maximizing the copper (II) reduction were determined using Derringer's desired function

methodology and were found to be an initial concentration of 300 mg/l, cotton seed cake dose of

1 g/l, pH of 7, and a temperature of 50 degrees C. Under optimum conditions, copper (II)

reduction was found to be 88% with a desirability value of 0.982. The suitability of the predicted

optimum conditions was validated using experimental data. The Langmuir isotherm model

clearly explains the copper (II) adsorption on the cotton seed cake. The best fit of the kinetic

model was found to be a pseudo first order rate equation. Finally, the characteristics of the cotton

seed cake were analyzed using FTIR, XPS and SEM with EDS. (C) 2015 Taiwan Institute of

Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000356991600023

ISSN: 1876-1070

eISSN: 1876-1089

Record 31 of 115

Title: Non-equilibrium Phases Formed in Cu-In-Se-Te System Synthesized by Melt-Quench

Method

Author(s): Chinnusamy, R (Chinnusamy, Rangasami)

Source: ACTA METALLURGICA SINICA-ENGLISH

LETTERS Volume: 28 Issue: 5 Pages: 567-579 DOI: 10.1007/s40195-015-0233-

9 Published: MAY 2015

Abstract: Non-equilibrium phases formed in melt-quenched CuIn(SexTe1-x)(2) system, where x

= 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8 and 0.9, have been studied using Rietveld refinement of the crystal

structure and Raman spectroscopy. Results of structure refinement have showed that all the

samples, except the CuIn(Se0.1Te0.9)(2), are heterogeneous. All the observed non-equilibrium

phases are quaternary system and are found to have chalcopyrite structure (I (4) over bar 2d), in

accordance with the CuInTe2-CuInSe2 phase diagram. The lattice constants deduced from the

refinement have showed linear variation with Se content. A detailed analysis of the characteristic

A(1) modes present in the Raman spectrum of individual sample has corroborated the results

obtained from the structure analysis. The position of A(1) mode of individual phase is found to

vary linearly with Se content, which suggests that CuIn(SexTe1-x)(2) system exhibits single-

mode behaviour.

Accession Number: WOS:000356403600005

ISSN: 1006-7191

eISSN: 2194-1289

Record 32 of 115

Title: Optimization of treatment of grey wastewater using Electro-Fenton technique - Modeling

and validation

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.)

Source: PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION Volume: 95 Pages: 60-

68 DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2015.02.001 Published: MAY 2015

Abstract: In this present study, grey wastewater was treated using Electro-Fenton (E-Fenton)

process. The aim of this research was to optimize the operating parameters in E-Fenton process

such as current density, H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio, electrode distance and initial pH for the removal

of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS) from grey wastewater

using response surface methodology (RSM). Four factors three levels Box-Behnken response

surface design (BBD) was used for the optimization of process parameters. Mathematical models

were developed with high coefficient determination values and the numerical optimization

method was used for optimization. Under the optimum conditions such as current density of 10

mA cm(-2), H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio of 0.70, treatment time of 14 thin and pH of 4 shows 90% of

COD removal and 85% of TSS removal. (C) 2015 The Institution of Chemical Engineers.

Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000355364400006

ISSN: 0957-5820

eISSN: 1744-3598

Record 33 of 115

Title: Specificity of amide VI band (FTIR) in globular protein stability

Author(s): Velusamy, V (Velusamy, V.); Palaniappan, L (Palaniappan, L.); Rajagopalan, V

(Rajagopalan, V.)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL

SOCIETY Volume: 92 Issue: 4 Pages: 577-580 Published: APR 2015

Abstract: Generally stabilization of globular proteins are attained by adding cosolvent glucose

to resist denaturation due to extremes of pH in both acidic and alkaline region. In this work, the

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra were recorded for ovalbumin protein with and

without cosolvent (glucose) at pH 2, 5, 7, 9 and 12 in phosphate buffer. The changes hi the

secondary structures (alpha-helix, beta-sheets and others) of ovalbumin caused by pH and

influence of glucose on them were studied by FTIR spectra. These spectral examinations are

specifically made in the amide VI band region towards the secondary structure of proteins since

it was not analyzed yet. This analysis verify the stability of protein have good agreement with

studies reported previously.

Accession Number: WOS:000355350300041

Conference Title: International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (IETC)

Conference Date: DEC 05-07, 2013

Conference Location: Vellore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: VIT Univ, Chem Div Sch Adv Sci

ISSN: 0019-4522

Record 34 of 115

Title: Kinetics of heavy metal biosolubilization from electroplating sludge: effects of sulfur

concentration

Author(s): Prabhu, SV (Prabhu, Sundramurthy Venkatesa); Baskar, R (Baskar, Rajoo)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY FOR APPLIED BIOLOGICAL

CHEMISTRY Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Pages: 185-194 DOI: 10.1007/s13765-015-0027-

9 Published: APR 2015

Abstract: The removal of heavy metals from industrial sludge through biosolubilization using

sulfur-oxidizing bacteria has been shown to be a promising technology, but the process with

surplus concentration of sulfur causes re-acidification of the treated residues and creates

environmental issues. Thus, the study for investigating the effect of sulfur concentration on the

heavy metal biosolubilization system, with an emphasis on optimizing the sulfur concentration,

is of immense importance. In this study, the experiments to investigate the effect of sulfur

concentration on the performance of biosolubilization were carried out using 2-10 g/L elemental

sulfur on heavy metal-laden electroplating sludge (50 g/L). The sludge-acclimatized, sulfur-

grown Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans isolate was used as sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. For the type

of sludge used in this study, high pH reduction, short lag phase, and high heavy metal

solubilization efficiencies were obtained in the treatment with 6 g/L sulfur. The kinetic study

showed that the rate constant values of heavy metal solubilization were relatively high while

using sulfur concentration of 6 g/L. The analysis using shrinking core model of fluid-particle

reaction kinetics explicated that chemical reaction step controls the rate of heavy metal

biosolubilization. The study provides an optimized strategy to design an efficient

biosolubilization system for anticipated energy source.

Accession Number: WOS:000354356600004

ISSN: 1738-2203

eISSN: 2234-344X

Record 35 of 115

Title: Extraction of Retinal Blood Vessels and Diagnosis of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Using Extreme Learning Machine

Author(s): Bala, MP (Bala, M. Ponni); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND HEALTH

INFORMATICS Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Pages: 248-

256 DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2015.1380 Published: APR 2015

Abstract: In medical field, wide varieties of applications can be dealt using Image processing.

Detection and screening of retinal diseases is one such application in image processing. Diabetic

retinopathy is a complication of diabetes. The disease affects blood vessels inside the retina.

Hence, in this work we have proposed a new method for extracting the retinal blood vessels from

the color fundus images based on feature classification, to reduce the ophthalmologists' time for

examining the retinal images. The blood vessels are extracted from the color fundus image by

applying the preprocessing methods and segmentation techniques using matched filter and

modified local entropy thresholding operation. The method was evaluated on the publicly

available DRIVE and DIARETDB0 databases. In this paper, a recently developed machine

learning algorithm called Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) is used for diagnosing the

Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. Performance of ELM is compared in terms of classification

accuracy with Support Vector Machine (SVM) Classifier. It is observed that ELM leads to

97.5% average accuracy in comparison with SVM classifier (87.5%) for DIARETDB0 images.

Accession Number: WOS:000352531300010

ISSN: 2156-7018

eISSN: 2156-7026

Record 36 of 115

Title: Acoustic emission testing of surface roughness and wear caused by grinding of ceramic

materials

Author(s): Kanakarajan, P (Kanakarajan, Periyasamy); Sundaram, S (Sundaram, Sengottuvelu);

Kumaravel, A (Kumaravel, Arumugam); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, Rathanasamy); Kumar, PS

(Kumar, Palaniappan Sathish)

Source: MATERIALS TESTING Volume: 57 Issue: 4 Pages: 337-

342 DOI: 10.3139/120.110714 Published: APR 2015

Abstract: The current manufacturing trend mainly involves automation precisely to offer better

productivity and improved quality. In this context, online monitoring of tools becomes essential.

Acoustic emission is the most recognized technique used for condition monitoring of machine

tools. Grinding is a material removal and surface generation process employed to shape and

finish components made of metals and other materials. The research work deals with machining

of CUMITUFF WR-90 alumina ceramics by employing two different grinding wheels made of

aluminum oxide and silicon carbide under varying depth of cut. Surface roughness of the

machined component and wear of both grinding wheels were analyzed using acoustic emission

technique. For a constant depth, the quality of machining has been improved for the material

grinded using silicon carbide wheel, which is inferred from low surface roughness value

compared to material grinded using aluminum oxide wheel.

Accession Number: WOS:000352156500010

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Palaniappan, Sathish Kumar P-9211-2015 0000-0002-2227-6433

ISSN: 0025-5300

Record 37 of 115

Title: Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of calcium modified bismuth manganite thin

films

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.);

Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Volume: 155 Pages: 147-

154 DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.02.012 Published: APR 1 2015

Abstract: The present investigation involves the growth of Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (BCMO) thin films

with x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 on platinized silicon substrates at two different substrate

temperatures (400 degrees C and 800 degrees C) using RF magnetron sputtering. It also deals

with their characterization by employing various techniques: X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD),

Atomic force microscope (AFM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Vibrating sample

magnetometer (VSM), Leakage, dielectric and ferroelectric measurements. The XRD reveals that

the single phasic monoclinic structure of pure BiMnO3 (BMO) is distorted to a small degree

with the variation in growth temperatures and the addition of calcium at different concentrations.

The composition and valence state of the elements analyzed with XPS confirms the formation of

BiMnO3 phase and substitution of Ca ions on Bi site. The room temperature hysteresis loops of

BCMO (x = 0.2) films grown at 400 and 800 degrees C show better magnetic moments of 754

and 858 emu/cc respectively than the values of the other prepared films. The leakage

measurements indicate that the leakage current density decreases gradually with the increasing

Ca concentration. For both the temperatures, a sharp minimum leakage current density of 5.7 x

10(-3) A/cm(2) has been observed for BCMO (x = 0.2) films. Moreover, the study evaluates the

effects of calcium substitution and growth temperatures on morphology, elemental, dielectric and

ferroelectric properties of BMO films. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000351649400020

ISSN: 0254-0584

eISSN: 1879-3312

Record 38 of 115

Title: An alternative scheme to reduce torque ripple and mechanical vibration in direct torque

controlled permanent magnet synchronous motor

Author(s): Sivaprakasam, A (Sivaprakasam, Arumugam); Manigandan, T (Manigandan,

Thathan)

Source: JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL Volume: 21 Issue: 5 Pages: 855-

871 DOI: 10.1177/1077546313492182 Published: APR 2015

Abstract: The direct torque control (DTC) technique of a permanent magnet synchronous motor

(PMSM) has received increasing attention due to its simplicity and robust dynamic response

compared with other control techniques. The classical switching table based DTC presents large

flux, torque ripples and more mechanical vibrations in the motor. Several studies have been

reported in the literature on classical DTC. However, the studies that actually discuss or evaluate

the classical DTC are limited. This paper proposes, an alternative DTC method/switching table

for PMSM, to reduce flux and torque ripples as well as mechanical vibrations. This is achieved

by a simple modification in the classical DTC structure, by eliminating the two level inverter

available in the classical DTC and replacing it with a three level neutral point clamped inverter.

To further improve the performance of the proposed DTC, the available 27 voltage vectors are

allowed to form different groups of voltage vectors such as Large-Zero, Medium-Zero and

Small-Zero. Based on these groups, a new switching table is proposed. The proposed DTC is

compared with the classical DTC and existing literature from the aspects of theory analysis and

computer simulations. It can be observed that the proposed technique can significantly reduce the

flux, torque ripples, and mechanical vibrations and improves the quality of current waveform

compared with traditional and existing methods.

Accession Number: WOS:000350494700003

ISSN: 1077-5463

eISSN: 1741-2986

Record 39 of 115

Title: Synthesis of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide for photodegradation treatment of remazol

brown dye

Author(s): Santhi, K (Santhi, K.); Manikandan, P (Manikandan, P.); Rani, C (Rani, C.);

Karuppuchamy, S (Karuppuchamy, S.)

Source: APPLIED NANOSCIENCE Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Pages: 373-

378 DOI: 10.1007/s13204-014-0327-0 Published: MAR 2015

Abstract: A nanocrystalline TiO2 was successfully synthesized using simple aqueous peroxo

route and subsequently the surface characterization of TiO2 was carried out using X-ray

diffraction and Scanning electron microscopy. The synthesized nanocrystalline TiO2

successfully decomposed the aqueous remazol brown dye solution under UV light irradiation

with and without ozone. The effects of pH, TiO2 dose and irradiation time for decomposition of

dye solution were also evaluated. The maximum dye decomposition efficiency of 96.6 % was

achieved with the minimal time of 45 min by UV/TiO2/O-3 treatment. The present study clearly

indicates that the peroxo route TiO2 nanoparticle is a promising material for industrial waste

water treatment.

Accession Number: WOS:000357296700014

ISSN: 2190-5509

eISSN: 2190-5517

Record 40 of 115

Title: Woven design data transmission using TTL logic for 128 hooks electronic cardless

jacquard

Author(s): Kumaravelu, R (Kumaravelu, R.); Poornima, S (Poornima, S.); Kasthuri, N

(Kasthuri, N.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF FIBRE & TEXTILE

RESEARCH Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Pages: 100-104 Published: MAR 2015

Abstract: A new electronic cardless handloom weaving apparatus which is an alternate to

mechanical jacquard has been developed in order to improve the productivity and to reduce the

occupational stress of the handloom weaver. The main objective of this development is to retain

the features of the handloom with comfortable weaving and reduced laborious work. This

development is based on embedded system to control the warp yarn vertical movement. The

conventional punched cards are replaced by multimedia memory card file system. The shedding

effect is programmatically controlled through miniature stepper motors. The new apparatus is

found to be highly versatile for introducing variety of weaving patterns.

Accession Number: WOS:000353548700014

ISSN: 0971-0426

eISSN: 0975-1025

Record 41 of 115

Title: Investigation on room temperature photoluminescence of pure and aluminum doped zinc

oxide nanoparticles

Author(s): Srinivasan, N (Srinivasan, N.); Kannan, JC (Kannan, J. C.)

Source: MATERIALS SCIENCE-POLAND Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Pages: 205-

212 DOI: 10.1515/msp-2015-0021 Published: MAR 2015

Abstract: Pure and aluminum doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were prepared by soft chemical

method. The prepared nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, SEM-EDAX, UV-Vis, PL and

FT-IR studies. XRD patterns revealed that the nanoparticles were crystallized in hexagonal

wurtzite structure with an average particle size of 19 nm to 26 nm. The surface morphology was

explored using SEM micrographs. The incorporation of aluminum was confirmed by EDAX and

FT-IR studies. The band gaps of the particles were found from 3.48 eV to 3.53 eV through UV-

Vis spectral studies. The defect related mechanism was investigated using PL measurements.

The chemical functional groups in FT-IR spectra proved the formation of pure and aluminum

doped zinc oxide nanoparticles.

Accession Number: WOS:000352510200029

eISSN: 2083-134X

Record 42 of 115

Title: Evaluation of an Electrocoagulation Process for the Treatment of Bagasse-Based Pulp and

Paper Industry Wastewater

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 34 Issue: 2 Pages: 411-419 DOI: 10.1002/ep.12001 Published: MAR-

APR 2015

Abstract: In this study, an attempt was made to investigate the efficiency of continuous

electrocoagulation process (CEC) to treat bagasse-based pulp and paper industry wastewater.

Different operating conditions such as initial pH (5-9), current density (15-35 mA/cm(2)),

electrode distance (4-6 cm) and flow rate (25-55 ml/min) were varied in order to study the

removal efficicency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS).

Electrical enrgy consumption (EEC) of the process was also investigated. Four factors three level

Box-Behnken response surface design (BBD) was used to evaluate the effect of process variables

on CEC. From the BBD results, second-order polynomial models were developed and all the

process variables have significant effect on the removal efficiencies. 3D response surface

contour plots were used to study the interactive effects of the process conditions. Under the

optimum operating conditions COD and TSS removal efficiencies were found to be 84 and 91%

with EEC of 15.25 Wh. (c) 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34:

411-419, 2015

Accession Number: WOS:000351630800013

ISSN: 1944-7442

eISSN: 1944-7450

Record 43 of 115

Title: Optimization of Bioethanol Production From Cassava Peel Using Statistical Experimental

Design

Author(s): Sivamani, S (Sivamani, Selvaraju); Baskar, R (Baskar, Rajoo)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 34 Issue: 2 Pages: 567-574 DOI: 10.1002/ep.11984 Published: MAR-

APR 2015

Abstract: The bioethanol production from industrial residues is acquiring attraction as a strategy

for increasing energy security. The aim of present study is to optimize the production of

bioethanol from cassava peel using statistical experimental design. The total carbohydrate

content of about 90% in cassava peel was subjected to enzymatic liquefaction followed by

simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) for ethanol production. Based on Plackett-

Burman design, three factors viz., substrate concentration (10-70 g/L), -amylase concentration

(5-25% [v/v]) and SSF mixture containing glucoamylase and Zymomonas mobilis (5.15%-

25.75% [v/v]) were found to have significant effect among 11 factors selected for screening.

These factors were optimized by Box-Behnken design to yield second order polynomial model.

The ethanol concentration increased significantly from 4.25 to 33.17 g/L with increase in

substrate concentration from 10 to 70 g/L. The maximum ethanol concentration obtained under

optimum conditions of 69.82 g/L substrate concentration, 24.74% (v/v) -amylase concentration

and 5.22% (v/v) SSF mixture were 35.018 and 35.010 g/L (83% yield) based on mathematical

model and experiments, respectively. The results indicate cassava peel could serve as a potential

substrate for ethanol production and the ability of the statistical modeling for the optimization of

process conditions was also confirmed. (c) 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Environ Prog, 34: 567-574, 2015

Accession Number: WOS:000351630800033

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sivamani, Selvaraju H-3671-2015 0000-0002-8986-9866

ISSN: 1944-7442

eISSN: 1944-7450

Record 44 of 115

Title: A Biometeric Based Secure Session Key Agreement using Modified Elliptic Curve

Cryptography

Author(s): Subramaniam, U (Subramaniam, Usha); Subbaraya, K (Subbaraya, Kuppuswami)

Source: INTERNATIONAL ARAB JOURNAL OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Pages: 155-162 Published: MAR 2015

Abstract: Protection of data and network security has been greatly researched To enhance the

security in the case of border control applications like E-Passport, conventional cryptographic

concepts are integrated with biometrics. To avoid the intrusion of terrorists after the terrorists

attack of 9/11, many countries begin to issue E-Passport to their citizens contains biometric data

like face, fingerprint and iris. The first generation E-Passport developed as per the standards and

specifications of international civil aviation organization is confirmed to be lacking confidence

and has numerous threats. The second generation E-Passport, was designed as per the

mechanism of extended access control also submits lots of threats especially in safety and

confidentiality. In this article, security enhanced mechanism based on variation of Diffie-

Hellman key agreement protocol using Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) between E-Passport

and the Examination System (ES) is suggested In the proposed method elliptic curve parameters

A, B and G are derived from the minutiae points of the fingerprint. From these parameters public

key of E-Passport and session key between E-Passport and ES is generated The security analysis

of the proposed solution confirms the security goal of the biometric based system. The proposed

protocol is developed using MATLAB (R2010b) tool.

Accession Number: WOS:000351567700006

ISSN: 1683-3198

Record 45 of 115

Title: Modeling of ultrasound assisted intensification of biodiesel production from neem

(Azadirachta indica) oil using response surface methodology and artificial neural network

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: FUEL Volume: 143 Pages: 262-

267 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.11.058 Published: MAR 1 2015

Abstract: In the present work, modeling of ultrasound-assisted intensification of biodiesel

production from neem (Azadirachta indica) oil was investigated using four factors three level

central composite rotatable design (CCRD) of response surface methodology (RSM). The

experimental data obtained through CCRD was used to train the artificial neural network (ANN)

model. RSM and ANN models were developed and compared for their predictive and

generalization abilities. To evaluate the accuracy of results, additional experiments were

conducted which does not belong to experimental design. The results showed that, both models

having the ability to predict the experimental data, but ANN was found to be more reliable and

superior than RSM. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000347688700031

ISSN: 0016-2361

eISSN: 1873-7153

Record 46 of 115

Title: Design of state estimator for bidirectional associative memory neural networks with

leakage delays

Author(s): Sakthivel, R (Sakthivel, R.); Vadivel, P (Vadivel, P.); Mathiyalagan, K

(Mathiyalagan, K.); Arunkumar, A (Arunkumar, A.); Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.)

Source: INFORMATION SCIENCES Volume: 296 Pages: 263-

274 DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.10.063 Published: MAR 1 2015

Abstract: This paper considers the issue of state estimation for a class of bidirectional

associative memory (BAM) neural networks. More precisely, the BAM model is considered with

mixed delays which includes a constant delay in the leakage term, time-varying discrete delay

and constant distributed delay. By constructing a novel Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF)

together with free-weighting matrix technique, a new delay dependent sufficient condition is

derived to estimate the neuron states through available output measurements such that, for all

admissible delay bounds, the resulting estimation error system is globally asymptotically stable.

Also it is assumed that the derivative of time delay is not necessarily zero or less than one.

Further the derived conditions are formulated in terms of a set of linear matrix inequalities

(LMIs) which can be easily solved by using some standard numerical packages. Finally a

numerical example with simulation result is presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed

theory. The result reveals that the leakage delays have a destabilizing influence on the system

and they cannot be ignored. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000347363500017

ISSN: 0020-0255

eISSN: 1872-6291

Record 47 of 115

Title: Comparison of response surface methodology and artificial neural network approach

towards efficient ultrasound-assisted biodiesel production from muskmelon oil

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY Volume: 23 Pages: 192-

200 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.10.019 Published: MAR 2015

Abstract: The present study is to evaluate and compare the prediction and simulating

efficiencies of response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) based

models on fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) yield achieved from muskmelon oil (MMO) under

ultrasonication by two step in situ process. In first in situ process, free fatty acid content of

MMO was reduced from 6.43% to 0.91% using H2SO4 as acid catalyst and organic phase in the

first step was subjected to second reaction by adding KOH in methanol as basic catalyst. The

influence of process variables (methanol to oil molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction

temperature and reaction time) on conversion of FAME (second step) was investigated by central

composite rotatable design (CCRD) of RSM and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) neural network

with the topology of 4-7-1. Both (RSM and ANN) were statistically compared by the coefficient

of determination, root mean square error and absolute average deviation, based on the validation

data set. The coefficient of determination (R-2) calculated from the validation data for RSM and

ANN models were 0.869 and 0.991 respectively. While both models showed good predictions in

this study. But, the ANN model was more precise compared to the RSM model and it showed

that, ANN is to be a powerful tool for modeling and optimizing FAME production. (C) 2014

Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000347023100026

PubMed ID: 25457517

ISSN: 1350-4177

eISSN: 1873-2828

Record 48 of 115

Title: Analysis of pile-up/sink-in during spherical indentation for various strain hardening levels

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Loganathan, P (Loganathan, P.); Mertens, AJ (Mertens, A.

Johnney)

Source: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND

MECHANICS Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Pages: 429-442 Published: FEB 10 2015

Abstract: The measurement from the indentation process depends on the amount of pile-up or

sink-in around the contact impressions. In this paper, finite element concept is utilized to study

the pile-up and sink-in behaviour for the wide range of materials with different young. s

modulus, yield stresses, strain-hardening exponents and co-efficient of friction values. The exact

indentation model is created by using the two dimensional axisymmetrical model for simulating

the spherical indentation process on the lines of Taljat and Pharr (2004) work. The result shows

that during spherical indentation process the amount of pile-up is greatly influenced by the strain

hardening exponents in addition to other material properties and depth of penetration. The

numerical results from the finite element analysis are also validated using the exact multilinear

material properties obtained from the tensile testing for the materials like mild steel, brass and

aluminium.

Accession Number: WOS:000352200300003

ISSN: 1225-4568

eISSN: 1598-6217

Record 49 of 115

Title: A Fully Complex-valued Fast Learning Classifier (FC-FLC) for real-valued classification

problems

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Savitha, R (Savitha, R.); Suresh, S (Suresh, S.);

Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: NEUROCOMPUTING Volume: 149 Pages: 198-

206 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2014.04.075 Part: A Published: FEB 3 2015

Abstract: This paper presents a Fully Complex-valued Fast Learning Classifier (FC-FLC) to

solve real-valued classification problems. FC-FLC is a single hidden layer network with a

nonlinear input and hidden layer. and a linear output layer. The neurons at the input layer of the

FC-FLC employ the circular transformation to convert the real-valued input features to the

Complex domain. At the hidden layer, the complexvalued input features are projected onto a

hyper-dimensional complex plane (Cm) using the K hidden neurons employing Gudermannian

(Gd) activation function. To investigate the suitability of the Gd as an activation function for a

fully complex-valued network, we formulate the activation function in two forms. The output

layer is linear. The input weights of the FC-FLC are chosen randomly and the output weights are

estimated analytically. The best input weights corresponding to the best generalization

performance of the FC-FLC are obtained by a k-fold cross validation. The performance of the

proposed classifier is evaluated in comparison to other complex-valued and a few best

performing realvalued classifiers on a set of benchmark classification problems from the UCI

machine learning repository and a practical human emotion recognition problem. Statistical

analysis is carried out to validate the performance of the classifier. Performance results show that

FC-FLC has better classification ability than the other classifiers in the literature. (C) 2014

Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000360028800026

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sundaram, Suresh A-4026-2010

ISSN: 0925-2312

eISSN: 1872-8286

Record 50 of 115

Title: Supercritical fluid extraction of oil from muskmelon (Cucumis melo) seeds

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL

ENGINEERS Volume: 47 Pages: 71-78 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.10.007 Published: FEB

2015

Abstract: The objective of this present study was to develop a suitable supercritical fluid

extraction (SFE) method for extraction of oil from muskmelon seed (Cucumis melo). A Box-

Behnken response surface design was applied to investigate and optimize the process variables

(pressure, temperature, CO2 flow rate and time) on the yield of muskmelon seed oil. A second-

order polynomial equation was developed to express the oil yield as a function of independent

variables. The maximum oil yield (48.11%) was procured when SFE was carried out at 44 MPa

of pressure, 49 degrees C of temperature, 0.64 g/min of CO2 flow rate and 81 min of extraction

time. The total yield and fatty acids composition of muskmelon seed oil extracted by SFE was

similar to that of oil extracted by Soxhlet extraction. Physicochemical properties of the oil at

optimal SFE condition showed that the extracted oil could be adopted as food oil supplement.

The experimental results indicated that SFE technique reduced the solvent consumption and

extraction time with no adverse effect on the extraction yield and fatty acid composition of the

oil. (C) 2014 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000351321000008

ISSN: 1876-1070

eISSN: 1876-1089

Record 51 of 115

Title: Electrochemical Degradation of Sago wastewater using Ti/PbO2 Electrode: optimisation

using Response Surface Methodology

Author(s): Sangeetha, V (Sangeetha, V.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Sudha, A (Sudha, A.);

Kannan, K (Kannan, K.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL

SCIENCE Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 1506-1516 Published: FEB 2015

Abstract: The electrochemical treatment of sago wastewater was studied on lead dioxide coated

titanium anode and stainless steel as cathode in the presence of NaCl electrolyte in a batch

process. The treatment conditions were optimised using response surface methodology where pH

was kept in range, current density and electrolyte concentration was kept as minimum for

maximum % removal of COD. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) results revealed that the

coefficient of determination value (R-2) of % COD removal was 0.9887. Optimum conditions at

room temperature were obtained for the highest desirability of 0.920 at 18 mA/cm(2) current

density, 6.5 pH, 80 min electrolysis time and 1g/l electrolyte concentration to achieve 58.85%

COD removal and energy consumption as minimum. Hence, electrochemical method was more

effective in degradation of pollutant at low operating cost and the results support the applicability

of electrochemical treatment process to the sago wastewater as an alternative approach.

Accession Number: WOS:000348365800037

ISSN: 1452-3981

Record 52 of 115

Title: Statistical optimization of aqueous extraction of pectin from waste durian rinds

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 73 Pages: 92-

98 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.10.050 Published: FEB 2015

Abstract: The objectives of this present study was to investigate and optimize the aqueous

extraction conditions such as solid-liquid (SL) ratio (1:5-1:15 g/ml), pH (2-3), extraction time

(20-60 min) and extraction temperature (75-95 degrees C) on maximum extraction of pectin

from durian rinds using four factors, three levels Box-Behnken response design. The

experimental data obtained were fitted to a second-order polynomial equation using multiple

regression analysis and analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The optimum extraction

condition was found to be as follows: SL ratio of 1:10 g/ml, pH of 2.8, extraction time of 43 min

and extraction temperature of 86 degrees C respectively. Under the optimal conditions, the

experimental pectin yield (9.1%) was well correlated with predicted yield (9.3%). (C) 2014

Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000349194300014

PubMed ID: 25450556

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 53 of 115

Title: Process variables influence on microwave assisted extraction of pectin from waste Carcia

papaya L. peel

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Prakash, KA (Prakash, K. Arun)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 73 Pages: 202-

206 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.11.008 Published: FEB 2015

Abstract: The objectives of the present study were to evaluate and optimize the influence of

process variables such as microwave power, pH, time and solid-liquid ratio on the extraction of

pectin from waste Carcia papaya L peel. The experiments were carried out based on a four

factors three level Box-Behnken response surface design. A quadratic model was developed

from the experimental data in order to predict the pectin yield. The optimal condition was found

to be: microwave power of 512w, pH of 1.8, time of 140s and solid-liquid ratio of 1:15 g/ml with

maximum pectin yield (25.41%). (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000349194300027

PubMed ID: 25445679

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 54 of 115

Title: Foam-Mat Drying of Muskmelon

Author(s): Sangamithra, A (Sangamithra, A.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Kannan, K

(Kannan, K.); John, SG (John, Swamy Gabriela)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD

ENGINEERING Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 127-137 DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2014-

0139 Published: FEB 2015

Abstract: The Box-Behnken design of experiments under response surface methodology (RSM)

was used to optimize the foaming process for the development of foam mat-dried muskmelon

powder. The independent variables were the concentration of egg albumen (EA), carboxymethyl

cellulose (CMC) and whipping time (WT). The responses were foam density, foam drainage

volume and foam expansion. The optimum conditions for foaming process were EA (11.59%

w/w), CMC (0.59% w/w) and WT (3.97 min). The unfoamed muskmelon pulp took longer time

to dry to the final moisture content of 2% d.b than foamed pulp. The effective diffusivity for the

foamed muskmelon pulp was found to be higher than the unfoamed pulp. The unfoamed pulp

resulted in a sticky and dark colored powder, whereas the foamed pulp had a free-flowing and

light colored powder. The flaky and porous foam-dried product can be used as an ingredient in

broad range of food products.

Accession Number: WOS:000349386100014

ISSN: 2194-5764

eISSN: 1556-3758

Record 55 of 115

Title: An integrated framework for mechatronics based product development in a fuzzy

environment

Author(s): Parameshwaran, R (Parameshwaran, R.); Baskar, C (Baskar, C.); Karthik, T

(Karthik, T.)

Source: APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING Volume: 27 Pages: 376-

390 DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2014.11.013 Published: FEB 2015

Abstract: New product development (NPD) is a term used to describe the complete process of

bringing a new concept to a state of market readiness. Mechatronics based product requires a

multidisciplinary approach for its modeling, design, development and implementation. An

integrated and concurrent approach focusing on integrating the mechanical structure with basic

three components namely sensors, controllers and actuators is required. This paper aims at

developing a framework for a new Mechatronics product development. For conceptual design of

Mechatronics system, various tools like Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM), Fuzzy Interpretive

Structural Modeling (FISM), Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (FANP) and Fuzzy Quality

Function Deployment (FQFD) are used. Based on the prioritized design requirements, the

functional specifications of the required components are developed. Then, Computer Aided

Design and control system software are used to develop the detailed system design. Then, a

prototype model is developed based on the integration of mechanical system with Sensor,

Controller and Electrical units. Performance of the prototype model is monitored and Fuzzy

failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is then used to rank the potential failures. Based on the

results of fuzzy FMEA, the developed model is redesigned. The proposed framework is

illustrated with a case study related to developing automatic power loom reed cleaning machine.

(C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000346856600030

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

T, Karthik P-3339-2015 0000-0002-4369-6680

ISSN: 1568-4946

eISSN: 1872-9681

Record 56 of 115

Title: Ultrasound-assisted extraction of pectin from sisal waste

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 115 Pages: 732-

738 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.058 Published: JAN 22 2015

Abstract: In this study, an efficient ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of pectin from sisal

waste was investigated and optimized. Response surface methodology (RSM) based on a three-

level four-factor Box-Behnken response surface design (BBD) was employed to optimize the

extraction conditions (ultrasonic power, extraction temperature, extraction time and solid-liquid

ratio). Analysis of variance showed that the contribution of a quadratic model was significant for

the pectin extraction yield. The experimental yield (29.32%) was obtained under the optimal

condition (ultrasonic power of 61 W, temperature of 50 degrees C, time of 26 min and SL ratio

of 1:28 g/ml) was well agreement with predicted values. Therefore, ultrasound-assisted

extraction could be used as an alternative method to extract pectin from sisal waste with the

advantages of lower extraction temperatures, shorter extraction time and reduced energy

consumption. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000344869800096

PubMed ID: 25439955

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 57 of 115

Title: Unsupervised Feature Selection Using Binary Bat Algorithm

Author(s): Rani, ASS (Rani, A. Sylvia Selva); Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, R. R.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 451-456 Published: 2015

Abstract: Feature selection is selecting a subset of optimal features. Feature selection is being

used in high dimensional data reduction and it is being used in several applications like medical,

image processing, text mining, etc. Several methods were introduced for unsupervised feature

selection. Among those methods some are based on filter approach and some are based on

wrapper approach. In the existing work, unsupervised feature selection methods using Genetic

Algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization with Relative Reduct, Quick Reduct and Ant Colony

Optimization have been introduced. These methods yield better performance for unsupervised

feature selection. In this paper we proposed a novel method to select subset of features from

unlabeled data using binary bat algorithm with sum of squared error as the fitness function. The

proposed method is then tested with various classification algorithms like decision tree,

multilayer perceptron, support vector machine and clustering quality measures like sum of

squared error. The results show that our proposed method gives more accuracy when compared

with other optimization algorithm.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600088

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 58 of 115

Title: EFFICIENT ANOMALY DETECTION AND MITIGATION IN SOFTWARE DEFINED

NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

Author(s): Sathya, R (Sathya, R.); Thangarajan, R (Thangarajan, R.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 479-484 Published: 2015

Abstract: A Computer network or data communication network is a telecommunication network

that allows computers to exchange data. Computer networks are typically built from a large

number of network devices such as routers, switches and numerous types of middle boxes with

many complex protocols implemented on them. They need to accomplish very complex tasks

with access to very limited tools. As a result, network management and performance tuning is

quite challenging. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an emerging architecture purporting

to be adaptable, cost-effective, dynamic and manageable pursuing to be suitable for the high-

bandwidth, changing nature of today's applications. SDN architectures decouples network

control and forwarding functions, making network control to become directly programmable and

the underlying infrastructure to be abstracted from applications and network services. The

network security is a prominent feature of the network ensuring accountability, confidentiality,

integrity, and protection against many external and internal threats. An Intrusion Detection

System (IDS) is a type of security software designed to automatically alert administrators when

someone or something is trying to compromise information system through malicious activities

or through security policy violations. Security violation in SDN environment needs to be

identified to prevent the system from an attack. The proposed work aims to detect the attacks on

SDN environment. Detecting anomalies on SDN environment will be more manageable and

efficient.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600094

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 59 of 115

Title: Extracting Aspects and Mining Opinions in Product Reviews using Supervised Learning

Algorithm

Author(s): Jeyapriya, A (Jeyapriya, A.); Selvi, CSK (Selvi, C. S. Kanimozhi)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 548-552 Published: 2015

Abstract: Social media is emerging rapidly on the internet. This media knowledge helps people,

company and organizations to analyze information for important decision making. Opinion

mining is also called as sentiment analysis which involves in building a system to gather and

examine opinions about the product made in reviews or tweets, comments, blog posts on the

web. Sentiment is classified automatically for important applications such as opinion mining and

summarization. To make valuable decisions in marketing analysis where implement sentiment

classification efficiently. Reviews contain sentiment which is expressed in a different way in

different domains and it is costly to annotate data for each new domain. The analysis of online

customer reviews in which firms cannot discover what exactly people liked and did not like in

document-level and sentence-level opinion mining. So, now opinion mining ongoing research is

in phrase-level opinion mining. It performs finer-grained analysis and directly looks at the

opinion in online reviews. The proposed system is based on phrase-level to examine customer

reviews. Phrase-level opinion mining is also well-known as aspect based opinion mining. It is

used to extract most important aspects of an item and to predict the orientation of each aspect

from the item reviews. The projected system implements aspect extraction using frequent itemset

mining in customer product reviews and mining opinions whether it is positive or negative

opinion. It identifies sentiment orientation of each aspect by supervised learning algorithms in

customer reviews.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600108

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 60 of 115

Title: An Integration of Triple Parser with Predicate Based Approach for Search Engine

Development

Author(s): Sakthika, RI (Sakthika, R. I.); Kogilavani, SV (Kogilavani, S. V.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 553-557 Published: 2015

Abstract: The rapid development of modern technology has resulted in large amount of

electronically available information in articles and patents. The search engines are programs that

searches the documents in a database correspond to queries specified by the user. Searching by

using keywords for millions of documents will not be precise and thus retrieve incomplete

information. This makes it difficult for the user to detect relevant documents manually from

large document collection. The keyword based approach uses the vector space model for

representing both query and documents as vectors. Terms with partial matching are not

associated in this method. Predicate based approach is the method to provide the user with a

more precise and complete information with a single query using predicates for both query and

document representation. Predicates are also called triples that contain complex data structures

and are more structured information. Predicate based search engine is done by combining several

methods such as predicate based vector space model, query-document similarity function with

adjusted TF-IDF and boost function. The goal is to find feasible methods to develop the

predicate parser to generate a well structured text. The boost function is integrated with

similarity measure to generate a rich and sophisticated information search. The proper order of

relevant documents will considerably improve the performance.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600109

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 61 of 115

Title: The Performance Analysis of Swallow Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Author(s): Revathi, K (Revathi, K.); Krishnamoorthy, N (Krishnamoorthy, N.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 558-562 Published: 2015

Abstract: Soft Computing is a term used in computer science to refer to problems in computer

science whose solutions are unpredictable, uncertain and between 0 and 1. Optimization is the

selection of a best element from some set of available alternatives which is carried out in

research, industry and engineering. The existing optimization algorithms in soft computing are

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Bee Colony Optimization (BCO), Particle Swarm

Optimization (PSO), and Artificial Fish Swarm Optimization (AFSO). In ACO, the Pheromone

evaporation has the advantage of avoiding the convergence to a locally optimal solution. Bee

Colony Optimization (BCO), where the scope of the local exploration is progressively focused

on the area immediately close to the local best fitness. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is a

pattern search method which does not use the gradient of the problem being optimized. Artificial

Fish Swarm Optimization (AFSO), which has faster convergence speed and require few

parameters to be adjusted. Swallow Swarm Optimization (SSO) has high efficiency and high

convergence speed and not getting stuck in local extreme points. In this paper, the experiments

have been carried out which deals with the comparison of PSO, FSO and SSO algorithms with

different parameters. The swallow swarm optimization algorithm has been proven to have faster

convergence speed of getting the optimal result at lower number of iterations. We also present

the design and performance evaluation of SSO.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600110

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 62 of 115

Title: Top Down Scene Context Based Visual Attention Model For Natural Images

Author(s): Andrushia, AD (Andrushia, A. Diana); Thangarajan, R (Thangarajan, R.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 563-567 Published: 2015

Abstract: Top down image semantics play a major role in predicting where people more attend

in images. In the state of computational models of human visual attention incorporate high level

object detections signifying top down image semantics in a separate channel along with other

bottom up saliency channels. The different occurrences of objects in a scene also to attract our

attention and this interaction is ignored in recent computational models. This paper deals with

the attention model which uses low, high, scene features to understand how their joint presence

affects visual attention. The context based features of the scene are extracted using cause effect

mechanism. The MIT bench mark data base is used in this paper. The saliency map is compared

with some existing models using the performance metric of ROC and area under ROC.It seems

that the scene context based saliency map gives promising results compare to the state of art

models.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600111

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 63 of 115

Title: Improvement of Test Data Compression using Combined Encoding

Author(s): Mirthulla, S (Mirthulla, S.); Arulmurugan, A (Arulmurugan, A.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 635-638 Published: 2015

Abstract: Developments in process technology have led to the design of systems with millions

of transistors on a single chip and it has resulted in an increase of test data required to test the

circuits. Conventional external testing processes involve storing all test vectors and test

responses on the automatic test equipment (ATE) memory. The test data volume for the scan-

based test is normally very large due to its single pattern length generated using a combinational

automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) tool. The test application time depends on the amount

of test data stored on ATE, the time required to transfer the test data from ATE to the core and

length of the scan chain. But these testers have limited memory, speed and I/O channels.

Efficient test data reduction techniques can reduce the testing time, test power and ATE memory

requirements. Three multistage compression techniques are introduced to reduce the test data

volume in scan-test applications. The three encoding schemes namely equal run-length coding

(ERLC), extended frequency directed run-length (EFDR) coding, alternating variable run-length

(AVR) is used for computing the data. These encoding scheme together with nine coded (9C)

technique enhance the test compression ratio. In the first stage, pre-generated test cubes with

unspecified bits are encoded using nine-coded (9C) scheme. Later the three encoding schemes

utilize the properties of compressed data to enhance the test compression. This multistage

compression is effective especially when the percentage of don't care in a test set is very high.

The experimental result obtained from ISCAS'89 benchmark circuit confirms the average

compression ratio of 46%, 52%, 57% with the proposed 9C-ERLC, 9C-EFDR, 9C-AVR codes

respectively.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600124

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 64 of 115

Title: DESIGN OF A COMMUNICATION AID FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED

Author(s): Suganya, R (Suganya, R.); Meeradevi, T (Meeradevi, T.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 818-822 Published: 2015

Abstract: Communications between deaf-mute and a normal person have always been a

challenging task. This paper describes a way to reduce barrier of communication by developing

an assistive device for deaf-mute persons. The advancement in embedded systems, provides a

space to design and develop a sign language translator system to assist the dumb people, there

exist a number of assistant tools. The main objective is to develop a real time embedded device

for physically challenged to aid their communication in effective means. The proposed work in

this paper is to implement a system without handheld gloves and sensors and by capturing the

gestures continously and converting them to voice and vice versa, thus making the

communication simpler for deaf and dumb people by a handheld embedded device along with

the hardware setup. The effectiveness of the work is verified under MATLAB environment and

further in future dedicated voice output will be produced corresponding to the text and the

gesture images captured.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600160

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 65 of 115

Title: WEAKLY SUPERVISED SENTIMENT ANALYSIS USING JOINT SENTIMENT

TOPIC DETECTION WITH BIGRAMS

Author(s): Pavitra, R (Pavitra, R.); Kalaivaani, PCD (Kalaivaani, P. C. D.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 889-893 Published: 2015

Abstract: Online reviews evolve rapidly over time, which demands much more efficient and

flexible algorithms for sentiment analysis than the current approaches. Current approaches detect

the overall sentiment of a document, without performing an in-depth analysis to discover. We

propose a Document level sentiment classification in conjunction with topic detection and topic

sentiment analysis of bigrams simultaneously. This model is based on the weakly supervised

Joint Sentiment-Topic model, and this extends the Latent Dirichlet Allocation by adding the

sentiment layer. We considered Bigrams in ordered to increase the accuracy of sentiment

analysis. We created a sentiment thesaurus with positive and negative lexicons and this is used to

find the sentiment polarity of the bigrams. This model can be shifted to other domains. This is

verified experimentally through four different domains which even outperforms the existing

semi-supervised approaches.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600175

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 66 of 115

Title: Effective Feature Selection for Supervised Learning Using Genetic Algorithm

Author(s): Glaris, TH (Glaris, T. Hilda); Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, R. R.)

Edited by: Karthigaikumar P; Arulmurugan C; Manojkumar T

Source: 2015 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Pages: 909-914 Published: 2015

Abstract: Feature selection is an effective technique for dimensionality reduction and an

essential step in successful data mining applications. It is a process of selecting a subset of

features from the candidate set of features according to certain criteria. The main goal of

supervised learning is finding feature subset that produces higher classification accuracy. The

proposed method is to select an optimal set of features by using Genetic Algorithm that has been

done in parallel by using Mapreduce framework. The resultant features will be given it to the K-

Nearest Neighbour classifier. The fitness of accuracy will be evaluated using K-NN. Results are

validated using the Datasets taken from the UCI machine learning repository. The results

indicate that the Parallel GA produces high accuracy than other methods.

Accession Number: WOS:000380619600179

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect Telecommunicat Engn, IEEE, Univ Auckland, Kyungpook

Natl Univ, Inst Electron & Telecommunicat Engineers, Electron Device Soc

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7225-8

Record 67 of 115

Title: Identification of pH Process using Hammerstein-Wiener Model

Author(s): Abinayadhevi, P (Abinayadhevi, P.); Prasad, SJS (Prasad, S. J. Suji)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF 2015 IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

INTELLEGENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL (ISCO) Published: 2015

Abstract: Potential of Hydrogen (pH) neutralization process plays a significant role in process

industries. In pH neutralization process, identification can be done in many ways. Modeling of

pH neutralization process is necessary for proper control. Neural networks used for modeling the

process had a larger training error and learning rate selection was complex. Wiener model used

for pH neutralization process identification had less model fit and larger training error. This

paper presents the use of Hammerstein-Wiener model for identification of pH neutralization

process. The proposed model has a dynamic linear part between two static nonlinear parts.

Piecewise linear, sigmoidal, saturation, dead zone and one dimensional polynomial nonlinearities

are used as non linear part and transfer function is used as linear part. Model is found for

different nonlinearities and their model fits are compared. A model fit of 65.46% is obtained

using Hammerstein-Wiener model. This paper also compares the results of Wiener model and

Hammerstein-Wiener model.

Accession Number: WOS:000380456900072

Conference Title: Proceeding Of 2015 IEEE 9th International Conference On Intellegent

Systems and Control (ISCO)

Conference Date: JAN 09-10, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computat Intelligence Soc Modres Sect, Oakland Univ,

Tacitine

ISBN: 978-1-4799-6480-2

Record 68 of 115

Title: Model Predictive Direct Torque Control of PMSM with Optimized Duty Cycle

Author(s): Ramya, P (Ramya, P.); Sivaprakasam, A (Sivaprakasam, A.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF 2015 IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

INTELLEGENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL (ISCO) Published: 2015

Abstract: Model predictive direct torque control (MPTC) is the emerging control technique in

the field of electric drives. Compared to conventional DTC it's very accurate in voltage vector

selection as well yields lower torque ripples by using the system model. The concept of duty

cycle is merged along with it to improve the efficiency. The null vector is employed along with

the selected voltage vector. The duty cycle is determined based on various principles. This paper

focuses on the torque ripple minimization by optimizing the duty cycle of the selected vector.

Results are compared in both Simulink and hardware. The Simulink is carried out with

MATLAB.

Accession Number: WOS:000380456900151

Conference Title: Proceeding Of 2015 IEEE 9th International Conference On Intellegent

Systems and Control (ISCO)

Conference Date: JAN 09-10, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computat Intelligence Soc Modres Sect, Oakland Univ,

Tacitine

ISBN: 978-1-4799-6480-2

Record 69 of 115

Title: Secure continuous aggregation and load balancing with false temporal pattern

identification for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author(s): Abirami, T (Abirami, T.); Meenalochini, M (Meenalochini, M.); Thilakraj, S

(Thilakraj, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY (ICETECH) Pages: 1-3 Published: 2015

Abstract: Continuous aggregation is required in sensor applications to obtain the temporal

variation information of aggregates. It helps the users to understand how the environment

changes over time and track real time measurements for trend analysis. In the continuous

aggregation, the attacker could manipulate a series of aggregation results through compromised

nodes to fabricate false temporal variation patterns of the aggregates. Existing secure aggregation

schemes conduct one individual verification for each aggregation result. Due to the high

frequency and the long period of a continuous aggregation in every epoch, the false temporal

variation pattern would incur a great communication cost. In this paper, we detect and verify a

false temporal variations pattern by checking only a small part of aggregation results to reduces a

verification cost. A sampling based approach is used to check the aggregation results and we also

proposed a security mechanisms to protect the sampling process.

Accession Number: WOS:000380561700018

Conference Title: IEEE International Conference on Engineering and Technology (ICETECH)

Conference Date: MAR 20-20, 2015

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE MADRAS SEC, IEEE youngprofessionals, ICTACT, Comp

Soc India

ISBN: 978-1-4799-1854-6

Record 70 of 115

Title: Design of Systolic Architecture for Various Adaptive Filters for Noise Cancellation

Author(s): Jayapravintha, M (Jayapravintha, M.); Gomathi, S (Gomathi, S.); Murugesan, G

(Murugesan, G.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2015 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and

Networking (ICSCN) Published: 2015

Abstract: An adaptive filter plays an important role in noise cancellation application. In this

paper, a Systolic architecture is proposed in Recursive Least Square (RLS) adaptive filter

structure and Affine Projection (AP) adaptive filter structure for denoising Electrocardiogram

(ECG) and speech signal effectively. The proposed architecture is designed to improve the speed

of the process. The above filter structures are simulated in Xilinx System generator and also in

MATLAB Simulink environment and performance of the RLS adaptive algorithm and AP

adaptive algorithm is measured by Signal to Noise (SNR) ratio.

Accession Number: WOS:000380560700084

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing Communication and

Networking

Conference Date: MAR 26-28, 2015

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6823-0

Record 71 of 115

Title: Adaptive Cluster Formation in MANET Using Particle Swarm Optimization

Author(s): Keerthipriya, N (Keerthipriya, N.); Latha, RS (Latha, R. S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2015 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and

Networking (ICSCN) Published: 2015

Abstract: "Mobile Ad Hoc Network" (MANET) is a form of ad hoc network in which the

devices are dynamic and configure themselves during the fly. Hence, for an energy efficient and

stable communication to be established among the nodes, the nodes must be organized into

groups called clusters. Associativity is one among the good metrics that can configure the speed

of a node with respect to its neighbour. In the proposed work, along with associativity, residual

energy and nodes degree are the multiple metrics that are been considered to elect the

clusterheads. Optimal clustering of nodes in dynamic MANET is an NP-Hard problem that can

be solved by tools that include evolutionary computation, swarm optimization, etc. Among the

swarm optimization methods, genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO)

techniques were been proved to be the efficient and promising methodologies for solving the

optimization problems. These techniques are finding their popularity in wide range due to their

adaptable nature and ability to optimize even large complex search spaces applied to non-

differentiable cost functions. Hence, the main objective of the proposed work is to select stable

clusterhead by considering multiple metrics that are used to frame the fitness function for GA

and PSO. Since the proposed work includes energy as one of the metrics, it can be used in

distributed MANET environment with nodes having different energy levels. Since, the

associativity of nodes reflects the stability with their neighbours, the proposed system can also be

used in dynamic and static environment. The proposed work has been simulated with both GA

and PSO, and the results have shown that PSO resulted with better performance compared to

GA, in terms of clusterhead count under various simulation environments.

Accession Number: WOS:000380560700016

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing Communication and

Networking

Conference Date: MAR 26-28, 2015

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6823-0

Record 72 of 115

Title: Denoising ECG signal using combination of ENSLMS and ZA-LMS algorithms

Author(s): Sathya, C (Sathya, C.); Sasikala, S (Sasikala, S.); Murugesan, G (Murugesan, G.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2015 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and

Networking (ICSCN) Published: 2015

Abstract: Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are affected by various types of noises that are

differed based on frequency content. In order to improve accuracy and reliability, it is essential

to remove such a disturbance. The denoising of ECG signals is challenging as it is difficult to

apply filters with fixed coefficients. Adaptive filtering techniques can be used, in which the filter

coefficients can be modified to record the dynamic changes of the signal. The system changes

with a sparsity level such as non-sparse, semisparse and sparse. A new approach combination of

Least Mean Square (LMS) and Zero Attractor LMS (ZA-LMS) filter is proposed to be suitable

for sparse and also for non-sparse environments. It also classifies the system which adjusts to the

sparseness level of the system. But later LMS filter was modified with Error Nonlinear Sign

LMS (ENSLMS) filter with help of this, SNR gets improved. The performance of these

algorithms is simulated using Xilinx system generator and the obtained SNR's are compared.

Accession Number: WOS:000380560700088

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing Communication and

Networking

Conference Date: MAR 26-28, 2015

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6823-0

Record 73 of 115

Title: An Integration of K-Means Clustering and Naive Bayes Classifier for Intrusion Detection

Author(s): Varuna, S (Varuna, S.); Natesan, P (Natesan, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2015 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and

Networking (ICSCN) Published: 2015

Abstract: Static security mechanisms such as firewalls can provide a reasonable level of

security, but dynamic mechanisms like Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) should also be used.

Different intrusion detection techniques can be employed to search for attack patterns in the

observed data. Misuse detection and anomaly detection are the most commonly used techniques.

But they have their own disadvantages. To overcome those issues, hybrid methods are used.

Hybrid classifiers are able to provide improved accuracy, but have a complex structure and high

computational cost. Hence a new hybrid learning method, that integrates k-means clustering and

naive bayes classification, has been introduced. A relation between the distances from each data

sample to a number of centroids found by a clustering algorithm is introduced. This is used to

form new features, based on the features of the original data set. These distance sum-based

features are then used for classifier training and detection.

Accession Number: WOS:000380560700012

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing Communication and

Networking

Conference Date: MAR 26-28, 2015

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6823-0

Record 74 of 115

Title: Optimum Generation Scheduling Using An Improved Adaptive Shuffled Frog Leaping

Algorithm

Author(s): Bala, SM (Bala, Madhu S.); Meenakumari, R (Meenakumari, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: Economic dispatch is one of the optimization problems in the power system operation

and planning in which the total cost of generation is minimized while supplying the demand and

losses. The ED problem have cost functions which are non-smooth curves with equality and

inequality constraints. Conventional methods have drawbacks of high convergence time and

inherent sub optimality. So the researchers are looking for the alternate methods which will

overcome the drawbacks of the conventional methods. In recent years optimization based on

evolutionary approach is an upcoming one in which the social behavior of living organism is

applied to get the solution. The objective of the paper is to present the solution to Economic

dispatch problem using An Improved Adaptive Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm(IASFLA).

IASFLA is an integer-coded algorithm which unites the benefits of both the social behavior

based PSO and the genetic-based memetic algorithm (MA). In this paper, IASFLA is applied to

find the optimum generation schedule considering losses and with valve point effect for thermal

units. The validity of the proposed method is compared with the conventional Lagrange method,

PSO, GA, Secant method and Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm. Four different cases have been

considered for simulation study and the results obtained prove the superiority of the proposed

work. It is observed from the result that the proposed method has produced best solution in terms

of cost and convergence time.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600025

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 75 of 115

Title: Classification of Post Operative Breast Cancer patient information using Complex Valued

Neural Classifiers

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: Classification of Haberman's Survival information is useful to find out the patients

survival probability after a breast cancer surgery. Dataset has been collected from a standard

benchmark UCI machine learning repository. A study at the hospital named University of

Chicago's Billings was conducted between the year 1958 and 1970 to identify the cancer patients

who had undergone surgery for breast cancer and survived. The data obtained are classified

using a fully complex valued classifier in this paper. Classifying patient's survival after five years

and patients death within five years is a challenging prognosis problem. The effectiveness of the

classification achieved can be used by the clinicians for the treatment of patients in the hospitals.

For achieving better discrimination, the proposed method uses a fully complex valued fast

learning classifier with Gd activation function in the hidden layer. Comparing the classification

efficiency of FC-FLC with other networks available in the literature, FC-FLC provides a better

classification performance than the SRAN, MCFIS and ELM classifier.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600039

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 76 of 115

Title: A Meta-cognitive Fully Complex-valued Fast Learning Classifier for Real-valued

Classification Problems

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: In this article, a Meta-cognitive Fully Complex-valued Fast Learning Classifier (Mc-

FCFLC) for solving real-valued classification problems is presented. Mc-FCFLC consist of two

components namely, a cognitive component and a meta-cognitive one. The cognitive component

of Mc-FCFLC is a single hidden layer network (FCFLC) with a nonlinear input and hidden layer,

and a linear output layer. The meta-cognitive component of Mc-FCFLC consist of a self-

regulatory learning mechanism that chooses a best learning strategy among what-to-learn, when-

to-learn and how -to-learn for a given sample. The sample is either deleted, used for adding a

new neuron or else it is reserved for future use. Thus the architecture of Mc-FCFLC is

constructed during the training process. The performance of the Mc-FCFLC is evaluated with the

other complex-valued and a few best performing real-valued classifiers on a set of benchmark

classification problems obtained from the UCI machine learning repository. Further, a practical

acoustic emission signal classification problem has been addressed. Performance results

demonstrate that Mc-FCFLC has better classification ability than the other classifiers existing in

the literature.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600034

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 77 of 115

Title: A Meta-cognitive Fully Complex Valued Functional Link Predictor Network for solving

real valued prediction problems

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: In this paper, a Meta-cognitive Fully Complex Valued Functional Link predictor

Network (Mc-FCFLNP) is developed for solving the complex practical problems. Mc-FCFLNP

network contains two components, first, a cognitive and next a meta-cognitive component. A

Fully Complex-valued Functional Link network (FCFLNP) acts as a cognitive component and its

self directed learning mechanism acts as meta-cognitive component. As the network does not

possess hidden layers, the multi-variable polynomials are used in the input layer for representing

the non-linear relationship between the input and the output. When the sample is sent to the Mc-

FCFLNP network for training, the meta-cognitive component chooses what-to-learn, when-to-

learn, and how-to-learn depending on the knowledge attained by the FCFLNP network and the

novelty of the sample. The network utilises the sequential learning methodology for eliminating

the limitations existing with the batch learning strategy. The recursive least square (RLS) update

is used for tuning the output weight of the network and the Orthogonal Least Square (OLS)

principle is used for the selection of the best polynomial. A set of bench mark prediction

problems are used for validating the proposed network. Performance comparison of the Mc-

FCFLNP clearly shows a better prediction ability when compared with the other existing

networks in the literature.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600002

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 78 of 115

Title: A Meta-cognitive Fully Complex Valued Fast Learning Predictor Network for solving real

valued Prediction problems

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: The paper presents a Meta-cognitive Fully Complex-valued Fast Learning Predictor

(Mc-FCFLP) for solving real-valued prediction problems. Mc-FCFLP has two components

namely, a cognitive component and a meta-cognitive one. The meta-cognitive component of Mc-

FCFLP consist of a self-regulatory learning mechanism which fixes what-to-learn, when-to-learn

and how -to-learn. As the training samples are provided to the network one by one, the meta-

cognitive component chooses appropriate learning strategies for the sample. The training sample

is either gets deleted, utilised to add a new neuron or it is hold back for the future use. Hence, the

architecture of Mc-FCFLP is build throughout the training process. The performance of the

proposed predictor is evaluated compared to the other complex-valued and a some best

performing real-valued networks with a set of benchmark Prediction problems. Performance

outcomes show that the Mc-FCFLP has better prediction ability compared to the other networks

shown in the literature.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600001

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 79 of 115

Title: Planning and Relaxed state EEG signal classification using Complex Valued Neural

Classifier for Brain Computer Interface

Author(s): Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: Most of the Brain Computer Interface (BCI) techniques use EEG signals as a main

source. Any BCI system consists of three modules and they are signal recorder, signal

preprocessor and classifier. Development /Selection of efficient classifiers are a challenging task

in this domain. The key work addressed in this paper is the classification of EEG signals

measured under planning and relaxed state using advanced machine learning classifiers. Planning

relax dataset is a benchmark data and it is obtained from UCI (University of California Irvine)

machine learning repository. FC-FLC is a recently developed fast learning complex valued

classifier and it is used for the EEG signal classification task. Complex valued classifier (FC-

FLC) performs better than all the real valued classifiers as well as few fuzzy classifiers taken for

comparison from the literature. The improvement is due to the use of Gd (gudermannian)

activation function in the hidden layer of the network and the tuning free algorithm.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600040

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 80 of 115

Title: Fuzzy aided Baseline Controller for Active Vibration Control of Non-Linear Hysteretic

Base Isolation buildings

Author(s): Subasri, R (Subasri, R.); Rani, TY (Rani, T. Yamuna)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: Base isolation is one of the most widely accepted techniques in structural control to

protect structures from strong earthquakes. Structural control problems normally deal with

nonlinear behavior of base isolators, uncertainties in the base isolated system models and limited

state measurements. Fuzzy models can be regarded as flexible mathematical structures that can

approximate a large class of complex nonlinear systems to a desired degree of accuracy. In this

paper a fuzzy aided baseline controller (BLC) is proposed for active control of a benchmark

nonlinear base isolated building. The fuzzy rules are generated from the numerical data and with

a priori knowledge about the variations of base acceleration and base displacement with respect

to the applied control force. The Proportional-Integral Derivative Controller (PID) is considered

as BLC and the gain parameters are tuned using Genetic Algorithm. Simulation studies have

been carried-out using the full-scale three dimensional benchmark eight-storey building

comprising of hysteretic base-isolation subjected to a set of four near-fault earthquakes. The

performance of the proposed control scheme is measured in terms of a comprehensive set of

performance indices. The performance of the proposed controller is compared to other

controllers reported in the literature. The results clearly show that the proposed controller is

effective in suppressing the structural vibrations.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600031

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 81 of 115

Title: Hybrid Imperialist Competitive Algorithm - A Meta-Heuristic Approach To Solve

Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow

Author(s): Suganthi, VK (Suganthi, Keerthana, V); Meenakumari, R (Meenakumari, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Edited by: Nagabhusan TN; Sundararajan N; Suresh S

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION PROCESSING (CCIP) Published: 2015

Abstract: Optimal power flow (OPF) is an important tool used in the planning and operation

stages of a power system, wherein a certain objective is optimized subject to specific system

constraints. Security constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) is an advanced OPF formulation

wherein security constraints should be satisfied in case of contingencies, in addition to the

normal system constraints. Possible contingencies that are likely to occur in the system such as

line outages are considered and for vulnerable cases, SCOPF is solved to characterize secure

operating conditions for the system. The imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) is a relatively

new evolutionary programming technique that has been successfully applied to many

optimization problems. To facilitate fast convergence of the solution, teaching learning algorithm

(TLA) is incorporated into ICA for improved local search. This paper presents the application of

the hybrid ICA-TLA to solve SCOPF problem and arrive at the optimal setting of the control

variables, while satisfying the system constraints. The system inequality constraints are handled

using the classical penalty function method. The proposed approach is evaluated on IEEE 30 bus

system and the results are compared against those obtained in literature. The analysis showcases

the effectiveness of hybrid ICA in solving SCOPF problem.

Accession Number: WOS:000380430600026

Conference Title: 2015 International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information

Processing (CCIP)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2015

Conference Location: Noida, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE UP Sect, CDCC, Dept Sci & Technol, Punjab Natl Bank, Corp

Bank

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7171-8

Record 82 of 115

Title: BOOST DERIVED HYBRID CONVERTER IMPLEMENTATION USING FUZZY

CONTROLLER

Author(s): Dogga, S (Dogga, Saketh); Surendar, V (Surendar, V); Ponnambalam, P

(Ponnambalam, P.); Kumar, MP (Kumar, Praveen M.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN POWER AND ENERGY Pages: 381-

386 Published: 2015

Abstract: The hybrid converter topology presented in this article is called Boost Derived Hybrid

Converter (BDHC), it can supply dc and ac loads simultaneously from a single dc input. This

topology is realized by replacing the single control switch of a boost converter with an H-bridge

inverter. The presented hybrid converter requires lesser number of switches. DC and AC outputs

have high reliability, due to its essential shoot-through operation. Better power density and

reliability can be well suited for Nano grids in residential applications. A suitable pulse width

modulation (PWM) control strategy is devised for BDHC is described in this paper. The

implementation of a fuzzy logic controller using output voltage as feedback for significantly

improving the performance of BDHC is proposed in this article. The simulation results shows

that dc and ac output voltages can be controlled independently in steady state condition of

BDHC.

Accession Number: WOS:000380469900066

Conference Title: IEEE International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power

and Energy (TAP Energy)

Conference Date: JUN 24-26, 2015

Conference Location: Kollam, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, Sci Engn Res Board Dept Sci Technol Govt India, Dept Electrical

Elect Engn Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

ISBN: 978-1-4799-8280-6

Record 83 of 115

Title: IMPLEMENTATION OF FUZZY PID CONTROLLER FOR SO2 EMISSION

CONTROL PROCESS

Author(s): Kanimozhi, L (Kanimozhi, L.); Maheswari, C (Maheswari, C.); Krishnamurthy, K

(Krishnamurthy, K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING

AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICCCT 15) Pages: 251-

255 Published: 2015

Abstract: This paper mainly contributes to reduce the environmental effects induced by the

combustion of coal that results in the emission of toxic sulphur dioxide (SO2). For the reduction

of SO2, Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) is the most commonly used method. In our work,

mathematical modelling of hydrogen peroxide based FGD has been developed. A fuzzy based

PID controller is developed for SO2 emission control process using MATLAB/SIMULINK

platform. By selecting appropriate fuzzy rules, the parameters K-p, K-i and K-d of the PID

controller are tuned and the performance of the developed fuzzy based PID controller is

compared with the conventional controllers such as ZN (Ziglar-Nichols) and IMC (Internal

Model Control) PID controllers. The error indices such as ISE, IAE, ITAE and quality indices

such as t(r), t(s), %Mp of the developed fuzzy PID controller produce better control actions than

conventional ZN and IMC PID controllers.

Accession Number: WOS:000380453200045

Conference Title: International Conference on Computing and Communications Technologies

((ICCCT)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Informat Technol Sri Sai Ram Engn Coll Chennai

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7623-2

Record 84 of 115

Title: A Comprehensive Experimental Analysis of Standard TCP Variants in Vehicular

Environment

Author(s): Jude, JA (Jude, Joseph Auxilius); Ganesan, R (Ganesan, Revathi)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING

AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICCCT 15) Pages: 350-

355 Published: 2015

Abstract: Efforts were made to integrate emerging Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANETs) with

the mobile internet architecture through Road Side Unit (RSU) to enhance its operational

capabilities for safety and non safety applications. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one

of the prominent protocol that contributes a considerable amount of internet traffic as the vast

majority of internet applications such as file transfer, messaging service, mail services, etc. was

based on TCP. However, TCP performs poorly under vehicular wireless environment due to its

high mobility and wireless errors such as fading and interferences that lead to unpredicted packet

drop. In this paper the behavioral aspects of existing standard TCP variants such as Vegas,

Compound, Westwood, New Reno, BIC and CUBIC were rigorously tested and analyzed under

vehicular environment for variable speed and traffic. This analysis forms a foundation work in

designing TCP exclusively for vehicular environment.

Accession Number: WOS:000380453200064

Conference Title: International Conference on Computing and Communications Technologies

((ICCCT)

Conference Date: FEB 26-27, 2015

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Informat Technol Sri Sai Ram Engn Coll Chennai

ISBN: 978-1-4799-7623-2

Record 85 of 115

Title: Maximizing the Revenue with Client Classification in Cloud Computing Market

Author(s): Hamsanandhini, S (Hamsanandhini, S.); Mohana, RS (Mohana, R. S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

AND INFORMATICS (ICCCI) Published: 2015

Abstract: Cloud computing systems rent resources on demand, pay-as-you-go basis, and

multiplex many users on the same physical infrastructure. The terms of the QoS to be provided

as well as the economic conditions are established in a SLA. The revenue of cloud provider can

be improved by increasing the profit yielded by the incoming task. The profit can be increased

by maximizing the price amount of the resources while they are provided to the cloud clients

according to the demand, overselling of the unused resources which are held by other clients,

using hybrid pricing concept and booking and allocation model. The client classification is done

by the cloud provider for providing priorities according to the relationship between client and

provider and the QoS that the client purchases. So the cloud provider will consider the affinity

value and purchased QoS when allocating the resources for the client's task.

Accession Number: WOS:000380444700064

Conference Title: International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics

ICCCI

Conference Date: JAN 08-10, 2015

Conference Location: COIMBATORE, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Sri Shakthi Inst Of Engn And Technol, IEEE Madras Sect, IEEE, IESA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-6805-3

Record 86 of 115

Title: Tool condition monitoring in milling using sensor fusion technique

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Mohanraj, T (Mohanraj, T.)

Edited by: Ghazali MJB; BinAbdollah MF

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL TRIBOLOGY

CONFERENCE 2015 Pages: 322-323 Published: 2015

Abstract: In this work, the response of sound pressure and cutting force during machining of

Hybrid aluminium composite alloy was investigated to predict the condition of multipoint cutting

tool. The machining process is carried out for fresh, working and dull tool with optimum

parameters. During machining, the sound pressure and cutting force are measured using

microphone and Milling tool dynamometer. The response from sensors during machining

process was acquired with NI USB 6221 DAQ card and monitored using LabVIEW. The

acquired signals are fused together and the fused data given as input to the fuzzy inference

system and the output of which is used to assess the condition of the tool.

Accession Number: WOS:000371256400157

Conference Title: Malaysian International Tribology Conference (MITC)

Conference Date: NOV 16-17, 2015

Conference Location: Penang, MALAYSIA

Conference Sponsors: Univ Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysian Tribol Soc

ISBN: 978-967-13625-0-1

Record 87 of 115

Title: Investigation of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among male kitchen workers in

South India

Author(s): Subramaniam, S (Subramaniam, Shankar); Murugesan, S (Murugesan, Shanmugam)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

ERGONOMICS Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 524-

531 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2015.1096063 Published: 2015

Abstract: Objective. This study aims to quantify the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal

disorders (MSDs) and risks among male kitchen workers in the catering industry. Method. Data

were collected with the help of the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire and by direct

observations. Results. In total, 114 male kitchen workers from various hostels of a college in

South India were considered for this study. The average age and mean years of employment of

the workers are 26.4 (SD 7.7) and 7.8 respectively. The statistical analysis carried out reveals

that 67.5% of male kitchen workers reported MSDs during the past 12 months. The highest

prevalence rate has been found in the lower back (65.8%) and shoulder region (62.3%). Among

different categories of kitchen work analyzed, it is evident that chief cooks suffer more from

MSDs (79.2%) than assistant cooks (74.3%) and kitchen aides (30.0%). Workers in the older

group, i.e., >= 41 years, and workers with 6-10 years of experience suffer with higher risk of

MSDs, i.e., 93.9% and 87.5%, respectively. Conclusion. The male kitchen workers who

participated in this research were found to possess both MSDs and ergonomic hazards.

Accession Number: WOS:000368087900013

PubMed ID: 26694004

ISSN: 1080-3548

eISSN: 2376-9130

Record 88 of 115

Title: COINTEGRATION AND STOCK MARKET INTERDEPENDENCE: EVIDENCE

FROM SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA AND THE USA

Author(s): Mohanasundaram, T (Mohanasundaram, Thangamuthu); Karthikeyan, P

(Karthikeyan, Parthasarathy)

Source: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT

SCIENCES Volume: 18 Issue: 4 Pages: 475-485 Published: 2015

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of the association and the possible

existence of a short-run and long-run relationship between the stock-market indices of South

Africa, India and the USA. The idea behind this combination is to know how the stock markets

of these three prominent countries are related to each other. The study employs monthly data

from the stock indices, namely JALSH (South Africa), NIFTY (India) and NASDAQ (USA)

composite from April 2004 to March 2014. After testing for the normality of the data distribution

and the stationarity of the time series data, this paper discovered a strong correlation between the

stock market indices of South Africa, India and the USA. The correlation among the stock

markets is high, particularly between South Africa and India. In addition, the paper attempts to

discover the presence of any predictive ability among these markets by applying the Granger

causality test. The result indicates that the NASDAQ index has no predictive ability as far as the

JALSH and NIFTY indices are concerned. However, the JALSH index has a predictive ability on

the NIFTY index. After testing the Granger cause relationship, the existence of a long-run and

short-run relationship is tested. The long-run relationships among the stock market indices are

analysed, following the Johansen and Juselius multivariate cointegration approach. The result

suggests the absence of a long-run relationship among the three stock market indices. Short-run

relationship is investigated with the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model, and the outcome

obtained shows that both the USA and the South African stock markets are predicted only by

their own past lags. However, the Indian stock market is seen to be a function of its own past

lags and the past lags of the South African stock index.

Accession Number: WOS:000368344700003

ISSN: 2222-3436

Record 89 of 115

Title: Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Power Sharing Control Strategy Based Fuel

Cell/Battery Assisted Hybrid Electric Vehicle System

Author(s): Karthik, M (Karthik, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

RESEARCH Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 139-150 Published: 2015

Abstract: A dynamic modeling of Fuel cell/Battery assisted hybrid electric vehicle system is

presented in this article and two suitable power sharing control strategies are integrated into the

system with the objective of minimizing the fuel consumption and maximizing the battery life

through its safe operating limit. This prominent goal is accomplished into the developed hybrid

vehicle system by incorporating suitable control strategies without compromising the drivability

of the vehicle. The proposed hybrid electric vehicle is capable of sustaining the peak power

demand and utilizes the regenerative power in an effective manner for charging the energy

storage system which could be possible with the relative power control strategy. In this paper,

the proposed vehicle is modeled for its different hybridized configurations utilizing the model

components such as dynamic PEM-Fuel Cell (PEMFC) system modeled by NARX network, Ni-

MH battery system, DC/AC converters, PMAC traction motor and a power sharing controller.

The proposed hybrid electric vehicle with two control strategies are modeled and evaluated in a

MATLAB/Simulink environment. Simulations and comparison results shows that the PEMFC

system assisted by battery during peak power demand accomplishes an improved fuel economy

of hydrogen consumption and maximizes the battery SoC at the end of the driving schedule in a

safe operating limit, which has a greater influence on the battery life cycle. Also, a comparative

analysis is performed for the suitable selection of PMAC motor power rating to be adopted into

the proposed vehicle model based on the fuel economy and efficient utilization of the battery.

Accession Number: WOS:000366419300014

ISSN: 1309-0127

Record 90 of 115

Title: Influence of Calcium on Structural and Morphological Properties of BiMnO3 Thin Films

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.);

Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Edited by: Bhattacharyya D; Chitra R; Sahoo NK

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 59TH DAE SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM 2014

(SOLID STATE PHYSICS) Book Series: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1665 Article

Number: 080069 DOI:10.1063/1.4917973 Published: 2015

Abstract: Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4) thin films were deposited on n-type silicon (100)

substrate by RF magnetron sputtering. The X-ray diffraction pattern showed that the films were

in monoclinic structure with C2 space group. The crystallite size and strain in the prepared films

were measured by W-H plot. The surface morphology of the films was examined by atomic force

microscope. The thickness of films was measured by thickness monitor in the sputtering system.

From the analysis, it has been concluded that the optimum level for calcium doping is 20 at.% in

the Bi site of BiMnO3 thin film, which will lead a way for further research in the Ca doped

BiMnO3 system.

Accession Number: WOS:000366586800400

Conference Title: 59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium

Conference Date: DEC 16-20, 2014

Conference Location: VIT Univ, Vellore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Board Res Nucl Sci, Dept Atom Energy

Conference Host: VIT Univ

ISSN: 0094-243X

ISBN: 978-0-7354-1310-8

Record 91 of 115

Title: Segmentation of Renal Calculi in Ultrasound Kidney Images Using Modified Watershed

Method

Author(s): Tamilselvi, PR (Tamilselvi, P. R.)

Book Author(s): Sugumaran, V (Sugumaran, V)

Source: RECENT ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION

SYSTEMS Book Series: Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics (ACIR) Book

Series Pages: 104-121 DOI:10.4018/978-1-4666-6639-9.ch006 Published: 2015

Abstract: US images are a commonly used tool for renal calculi diagnosis, although they are

time consuming and tedious for radiologists to manually detect and calculate the size of the renal

calculi. It is very difficult to properly segment the US image to detect interested area of objects

with the correct position and shape due to speckle formation and other artifacts. In addition,

boundary edges may be missing or weak and usually incomplete at some places. With that point

of view, the proposed method is developed for renal calculi segmentation. A new segmentation

method is proposed in this chapter. Here, new region indicators and new modified watershed

transformation are utilized. The proposed method is comprised of four major processes, namely

preprocessing, determination of outer and inner region indictors, and modified watershed

segmentation with ANFIS performance. The results show the effectiveness of proposed

segmentation methods in segmenting the kidney stones and the achieved improvement in

sensitivity and specificity measures.

Accession Number: WOS:000363220900007

ISBN: 978-1-4666-6640-5; 978-1-4666-6639-9

Book DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6639-9

Record 92 of 115

Title: Design and Investigation of Solar Powered Soft Switched Z-Source Inverter

Author(s): Uthirasamy, R (Uthirasamy, R.); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.); Mithra, R

(Mithra, R.)

Edited by: Kamalakannan C; Suresh LP; Dash SS; Panigrahi BK

Source: POWER ELECTRONICS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS Book

Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Volume: 326 Pages: 121-

129 DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2119-7_13 Published: 2015

Abstract: This paper introduces the design and analysis of Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS)

scheme of solar powered Z-Source Inverter (ZSI) topology for the UPS applications. The ZSI

topology employs a unique impedance network which couples the solar power and the utility. A

resonant circuit is designed to obtain ZVS of ZSI, thereby voltage stress across the inverter

switches are minimized. The proposed configuration reduces the switching loss and improves the

utilization of solar power. Moreover, it highly enhances the reliability of the inverter because the

shoot through no longer destroys the inverter. The entire system is developed and simulated

using SIMULINK tools. The performance of the proposed system is analyzed and necessary

simulation results are obtained. A prototype model of single phase soft switched ZSI is

developed and its results are validated.

Accession Number: WOS:000365186400013

Conference Title: International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy

Systems (ICPERES)

Conference Date: APR 25-26, 2014

Conference Location: Rajalakshmi Engn Coll, Chennai, INDIA

Conference Host: Rajalakshmi Engn Coll

ISSN: 1876-1100

ISBN: 978-81-322-2119-7; 978-81-322-2118-0

Record 93 of 115

Title: Microcontroller Based BLDC Motor Drive for Commercial Applications

Author(s): Sathishkumar, S (Sathishkumar, Shanmugam); Meenakumari, R (Meenakumari, R.);

Jobanarubi, E (Jobanarubi, Eswaramoorthi); Anitta, PJS (Anitta, Pattu John Samuel);

Ravikumar, P (Ravikumar, Premkumar)

Edited by: Kamalakannan C; Suresh LP; Dash SS; Panigrahi BK

Source: POWER ELECTRONICS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS Book

Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Volume: 326 Pages: 829-

841 DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2119-7_81 Published: 2015

Abstract: Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are now a days becoming popular in battery operated

vehicles, fuel pumps, medical equipments, printers and in many applications because of its light

weight, high operating speed and excellent speed-torque characteristics. However, BLDC motor

requires complex and expensive high speed drives and converter circuits to perform electronic

commutation and suitable control circuits for implementing control technique. Since the

conventional drive circuits are expensive, bulky and more complex, this paper proposes a low

cost, compact, high performance BLDC drive system employing solar module with DC-DC

converters and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control strategy. The proposed drive consists of

a solar module, charge controllers, batteries, SEPIC converter and BLDC motor, henceforth

developed into the Solar Powered BLDC motor drive and solar powered equipments and three

phase inverter containing six MOSFET switches. A microcontroller or DSP will be used to

control the overall system. This project explains the study of designing a Solar Powered BLDC

Motor Drive which is one of the solutions for the oncoming crisis. The approach of selecting the

appropriate components for this application is studied and each of them is simulated.

Accession Number: WOS:000365186400080

Conference Title: International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy

Systems (ICPERES)

Conference Date: APR 25-26, 2014

Conference Location: Rajalakshmi Engn Coll, Chennai, INDIA

Conference Host: Rajalakshmi Engn Coll

ISSN: 1876-1100

ISBN: 978-81-322-2119-7; 978-81-322-2118-0

Record 94 of 115

Title: Wiener model-based CDM-PI controller for pH neutralisation process

Author(s): Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.); Manikandan, S (Manikandan, S.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODELLING IDENTIFICATION AND

CONTROL Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 127-

137 DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2015.071889 Published: 2015

Abstract: This work focuses on the design and implementation of Wiener model-based PI

controller for a pH neutralisation system using coefficient diagram method (CDM). The dynamic

model of a pH system is developed based on conservation balance principle by considering

sodium hydroxide (NaOH, 0.1N) and hydrochloric acid (HCl, 0.1N) as reactants and it is

modelled in MATLAB-Simulink platform. The pH system is approximated as first order plus

time delay (FOPTD) model using step test method for computing the controller parameters. The

curve fitting technique and inverse Lagrangian interpolation method are used to develop the

nonlinear static element and inverse nonlinear static element of Wiener model. The performance

of Wiener model-based CDM-PI controller (WMCDM-PI) is analysed and compared with

conventional Wiener model-based Ziegler-Nichols (ZN) and internal model control (IMC) PI

controllers at the critical operating points of pH 6 and 8. The simulation results prove the

superiority of WMCDM-PI over conventional controllers.

Accession Number: WOS:000364229800005

ISSN: 1746-6172

eISSN: 1746-6180

Record 95 of 115

Title: Wear in ceramic on ceramic type lumbar total disc replacement: Effect of radial clearance

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Kesavan, D (Kesavan, D.)

Source: BIO-MEDICAL MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING Volume: 26 Issue: 1-

2 Pages: 89-96 DOI: 10.3233/BME-151544 Published: 2015

Abstract: The wear of the bearing surfaces of total disc replacement (TDR) is a key problem

leads to reduction in the lifetime of the prosthesis and it mainly occurs due to the range of

clearances of the articulating surface between the superior plate and core. The objective of this

paper is to estimate the wear using finite element concepts considering the different radial

clearances between the articulating surfaces of ceramic on ceramic type Lumbar Total Disc

Replacement (LTDR). The finite element (FE) model was subjected to wear testing protocols

according to loading profile of International Standards Organization (ISO) 18192 standards

through 10 million cycles. The radial clearance value of 0.05 mm showed less volumetric wear

when compared with other radial clearance values. Hence, low radial clearance values are

suitable for LTDR to minimize the wear.

Accession Number: WOS:000363344000010

PubMed ID: 26484559

ISSN: 0959-2989

eISSN: 1878-3619

Record 96 of 115

Title: Delinquency Hostile to Women - a Hurdle for Sustainable Development in

Multidimensional Outlook

Author(s): Gayathri, N (Gayathri, N.); Karthikeyan, P (Karthikeyan, P.)

Source: PROBLEMY EKOROZWOJU Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 43-50 Published: 2015

Abstract: Violence against women is partly a result of gender relations that assumes men to be

superior to women. Given the subordinate status of women, much of gender violence is

considered normal and enjoys social sanction. Violence against women has been clearly defined

as a form of discrimination in numerous documents. Cultural and social factors are interlinked

with the development and propagation of violent behaviour. With different processes of

socialization that men and women undergo, men take up stereotyped gender roles of domination

and control, whereas women take up that of submission, dependence and respect for authority. A

female child grows up with a constant sense of being weak and in need of protection, whether

physical social or economic. This helplessness has led to her exploitation at almost every stage of

life which remains a hurdle for the sustainable development of the nation. With almost half the

population feeling insecure can a nation really progress towards development? Can women be

called safe in any part of the world? Be it within the boundaries of the State or beyond? Cross-

border crimes not just affect the women of the particular Nations at war but it travels beyond the

borders and becomes an issue of global concern.

This paper discusses the crime against women comparing and relating it with various aspects of

sustainable development like literacy rate, political participation of women, unemployment and

sex ratio with solutions to bring a change and development towards a better tomorrow.

Accession Number: WOS:000357549300004

ISSN: 1895-6912

Record 97 of 115

Title: Contourlet-Based Multiband Image Fusion for Improving Classification Accuracy in IRS

LISS III Images

Author(s): Venkateswaran, K (Venkateswaran, K.); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.); Balakrishnan, K

(Balakrishnan, K.); Prakash, K (Prakash, K.)

Edited by: Suresh LP; Dash SS; Panigrahi BK

Source: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS IN

ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, VOL 2 Book Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and

Computing Volume: 325 Pages: 201-211 DOI:10.1007/978-81-322-2135-

7_23 Published: 2015

Abstract: Unsupervised classification plays a vital role in overseeing the transformations on the

earth surface. Unsupervised classification has an indispensable role in an immense range of

applications such as remote sensing, motion detection, environmental monitoring, medical

diagnosis, damage assessment, agricultural surveys, and surveillance. In this paper, a novel

method for unsupervised classification in multitemporal optical images based on image fusion

and Gaussian RBF kernel K-means clustering is proposed. Here, the image is generated by

performing contourlet-based multiband image fusion on the red, green, and near-IR images. On

the finest image generated by collecting the information from three bands, Gaussian RBF kernel

K-means clustering is performed. In Gaussian RBF kernel K-means, nonlinear clustering is

performed, as a result the false alarm rate is reduced and accuracy of the clustering process is

enhanced. The aggregation of image fusion and RBF kernel K-means clustering is seen to be

more effective in detecting the changes than its preexistences.

Accession Number: WOS:000357378500023

Conference Title: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary

Algorithms in Engineering Systems (ICAEES)

Conference Date: APR 22-23, 2014

Conference Location: Noorul Islam Univ, Noorul Islam Ctr Higher Educ, Kumaracoil, INDIA

Conference Host: Noorul Islam Univ, Noorul Islam Ctr Higher Educ

ISSN: 2194-5357

ISBN: 978-81-322-2135-7; 978-81-322-2134-0

Record 98 of 115

Title: Workplace factors and prevalence of low back pain among male commercial kitchen

workers

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Shanmugam, M (Shanmugam, M.); Srinivasan, J

(Srinivasan, J.)

Source: JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL

REHABILITATION Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Pages: 481-488 DOI: 10.3233/BMR-

140544 Published: 2015

Abstract: BACKGROUND: The occurrence of specific low back pain (LBP) due to workplace

factors has not been well described among kitchen industry workers. This study would claim

various risk factors that contributing LBP among kitchen workers.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to examine the risk factors and the prevalence of

LBP among the male commercial kitchen workers at catering industry.

METHODS: The study population comprised of 114 male kitchen workers from nine hostel

kitchens in a college campus in South India. The reported musculoskeletal symptoms during past

12 months were determined with the help of standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire

(NMQ) survey and by direct observations.

RESULTS: The statistical analyses were carried out and the highest prevalence of LBP among

subjects was reported as 65.8%. Among different work categories, the Chief cooks were reported

highest prevalence of LBP (79.2%) than Assistant Cooks (71.4%) and Kitchen Aids (30.0%).

Similarly the upper age group (>= 41 years) workers had experienced the highest discomfort in

low back as 92.9% than other age groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that to undertake further studies on different preventive

measures and ergonomics intervention to reduce the risks of LBP among kitchen workers.

Accession Number: WOS:000356810600008

PubMed ID: 25322740

ISSN: 1053-8127

eISSN: 1878-6324

Record 99 of 115

Title: Response surface optimization of ultrasound assisted extraction of pectin from

pomegranate peel

Author(s): Moorthy, IG (Moorthy, I. Ganesh); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Surya, SM

(Surya, S. Muneeswari); Naganyashree, S (Naganyashree, S.); Shivamathi, CS (Shivamathi, C.

S.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 72 Pages: 1323-

1328 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.10.037 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: Ultrasound assisted extraction of pectin from waste pomegranate peel was

investigated and optimized using Box-Behnken response surface design coupled with numerical

optimization technique. The individual and interactive effect of process variables (solid-liquid

ratio, pH, extraction time and temperature) on the pectin yield was studied. The experimental

data obtained were analyzed by Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second-order

polynomial models were developed using multiple regression analysis. The models developed

from the experimental design were predictive and good fit with the experimental data with high

coefficient of determination (R-2) value. The optimal extraction condition was found to be

1:17.52 g/ml of solid-liquid ratio, 1.27 of pH, 28.31 min of extraction time and 61.90 degrees C

of extraction temperature respectively. Under the optimal conditions, experimental yield was

very close to the predicted values. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000355892500036

PubMed ID: 25450551

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 100 of 115

Title: Application of D-optimal design to extract the pectin from lime bagasse using microwave

green irradiation

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 72 Pages: 1351-

1357 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.09.054 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: The main objective of the present study is to extract the pectin from lime bagasse

under various extraction conditions such as microwave power, extraction time, temperature, pH

and mass of the sample. RSM coupled with D-optimal experimental design was used to optimize

and investigate the extraction conditions on the pectin yield. Second order polynomial equation

was developed and its adequacy was analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The optimal

extraction was found to be as follows: microwave power of 400W, extraction time of 500s,

temperature of 30 degrees C, pH of 1 and mass of the sample of 6g. Under these optimal scheme,

7.8 g/100 g of pectin was extracted. Molecular weight of the pectin polymer and the distribution

of the pectin compounds were determined by gel filtration chromatography. (C) 2014 Elsevier

B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000355892500040

PubMed ID: 25451754

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 101 of 115

Title: Detoxification of Electroplating Sludge by Bioleaching: Process and Kinetic Aspects

Author(s): Prabhu, SV (Prabhu, Sundramurthy Venkatesa); Baskar, R (Baskar, Rajoo)

Source: POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL

STUDIES Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Pages: 1249-1257 Published: 2015

Abstract: The presence of significant amounts of heavy metals in industrial sludge poses a

severe threat to the environment and human health. In this study, bioleaching of heavy metals

from electroplating industrial sludge was investigated using indigenous Acidithiobacillus

ferrooxidans as the bacterial agent The effect of sludge loading on the efficiency of heavy metal

removal by bioleaching was studied. The efficiency of bioleaching was assessed based on media

acidification, oxidation-reduction potential, and concentration of heavy metals in the aqueous

solution. Experimental results showed that the sludge loading had great impact on the

bioleaching process. At sludge loading of 1% (w/v), maximum removal of 96.31% and 84.4%

was achieved for the heavy metals Zn and Ni, respectively. Bioleaching data were subjected to

first-order-based kinetic studies for rate constant and further shrinking core model analysis was

applied. It was found that the rate constants for Zn and Ni bioleaching were maximum at the

treatment with lower sludge loading. The kinetic analysis using the shrinking core model

revealed that chemical reaction step controls the overall rate of the bioleaching process. Such a

kinetic study will be helpful in designing the sludge detoxification process by bioleaching.

Accession Number: WOS:000355575900034

ISSN: 1230-1485

eISSN: 2083-5906

Record 102 of 115

Title: Experimental and CFD investigations of carbon/SS316 mechanical face seals under

different lubricating conditions

Author(s): Kavinprasad, S (Kavinprasad, S.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Karthic, M (Karthic, M.)

Source: INDUSTRIAL LUBRICATION AND

TRIBOLOGY Volume: 67 Issue: 2 Pages: 124-132 DOI: 10.1108/ILT-03-2013-

0037 Published: 2015

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to test mechanical face seals made of

carbon/SS316 with different coolants for evaluating its tribological performance. The reliability

of a mechanical seal mainly depends on the seal materials and the type of coolant used for the

lubrication.

Design/methodology/approach - Compressed air, vacuum and nitrogen are the main coolants

utilized for the experimental work, and the obtained results are compared with the dry running

case for a specified period. The experimental results are also validated with the computational

fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation results.

Findings - The results shows that the sealing pressure, sliding speed and materials used would be

the predominant factors for the seal design. Over compressed air, vacuum and nitrogen cooling

techniques were found to be more efficient.

Originality/value - The experimental results are also validated with the CFD simulation results.

This paper also emphasizes the usage of vacuum as a cooling medium in industries, which will

enhance the seal life at an economical cost over nitrogen.

Accession Number: WOS:000351282600006

ISSN: 0036-8792

eISSN: 1758-5775

Record 103 of 115

Title: Prediction of cutting force in turning process: An experimental and fuzzy approach

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Thangarasu, SK (Thangarasu, S. K.); Mohanraj, T

(Mohanraj, T.); Pravien, DS (Pravien, D. S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY

SYSTEMS Volume: 28 Issue: 4 Pages: 1785-1793 DOI: 10.3233/IFS-

141465 Published: 2015

Abstract: This paper presents a comparison of experimental results and a fuzzy rule based

system model for calculating the cutting force in the turning operation. A full bridge

dynamometer was used to measure the cutting forces over the mild steel work piece and

Cemented Carbide Insert tool for different combinations of cutting velocity, feed rate and depth

of cut. The rake angle, approach angle and nose radius of the cutting tool insert is kept constant

throughout the experiment. This fuzzy model consists of 27 rules and Mamdani Max-min

inference mechanism was used. The Taguchi designs of experiments were used to determine the

number of experiments. Also, an attempt had been made to analyze the influence of the

parameters using the regression analysis which yields a maximum error of 3.214% at the time of

prediction which was smaller. The experiments are planned based on Taguchi's design and the

measured cutting forces were compared with the predicted forces in order to validate the

feasibility of the proposed design. The percentage contribution of each process parameter had

been analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Experimental results were compared with

the regression analysis and predicted fuzzy model. The difference between experimental and

predicted results was obtained as around 98.84%.

Accession Number: WOS:000351140600028

ISSN: 1064-1246

eISSN: 1875-8967

Record 104 of 115

Title: Structural and optical studies on Nd doped ZnO thin films

Author(s): Rani, TD (Rani, T. Deepa); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Elangovan, E

(Elangovan, E.); Leela, S (Leela, S.); Ramamurthi, K (Ramamurthi, K.); Thangaraj, K

(Thangaraj, K.); Himcinschi, C (Himcinschi, C.); Trenkmann, I (Trenkmann, I.); Schulze, S

(Schulze, S.); Hietschold, M (Hietschold, M.); Liebig, A (Liebig, A.); Salvan, G (Salvan, G.);

Zahn, DRT (Zahn, D. R. T.)

Source: SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES Volume: 77 Pages: 325-

332 DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2014.10.001 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: Thin films of Zn1-xNdxO were deposited by spray pyrolysis on Si(111) substrates

preheated at 400 degrees C temperature and were studied as a function of neodymium (Nd)-

doping concentration. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirmed that the deposited films

possess hexagonal wurtzite ZnO structure. Further, it is observed that the doped films show a

preferential orientation along the c-axis (002), which is perpendicular to the substrate. The un-

doped films seem to be having a bit low-crystallinity, which is corroborated by the scanning

electron microscope (SEM) analysis that showed nano-crystalline like features. Further, SEM

analysis showed that the Nd doping triggers the formation bubble-like structure on top of the

nano-crystalline structure. The SEM microstructures are interpreted with the Micro-Raman

studies. Photoluminescence (PL) and XRD characterizations indicate that above 5 at.% doping

concentrations, the Nd atoms preferentially agglomerate in the large islands. (C) 2014 Elsevier

Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000349498800031

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Himcinschi, Cameliu F-5214-2013 0000-0002-5572-0393

Salvan, Georgeta O-8084-2015 0000-0002-2565-9675

ISSN: 0749-6036

Record 105 of 115

Title: Modeling of by-product recovery and performance evaluation of Electro-Fenton treatment

technique to treat poultry wastewater

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Kandasamy, S

(Kandasamy, S.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Kumar, RK (Kumar, R. Kiran); Mohanavelu,

R (Mohanavelu, R.)

Source: Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Volume: 46 Pages: 89-

97 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.09.004 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate and optimize the operating parameters in

Electro-Fenton (EF) treatment process such as initial pH, current density, H2O2 dose and

treatment time on the removal of turbidity and chemical oxygen demand (COD) from poultry

processing industry wastewater. Response surface methodology (RSM) coupled with Box-

Behnken response surface design (BBD) was employed and significant quadratic polynomial

models were developed with high coefficient determination values (R-2). Operating cost of EF

process was also determined in optimum conditions. Optimum operating conditions were

determined using numerical optimization method and found to be; initial pH of 3, current density

of 10 mA cm(-2), H2O2 dose of 20 ml/l and electrolysis time of 30 min. Under these. conditions,

93% of turbidity and 97% of COD were reduced with 0.009 kW h/l of electrical energy

consumption (EEC). The sludge recoverd indicated that presence of higher amount of protein.

(C) 2014 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000348959600009

ISSN: 1876-1070

eISSN: 1876-1089

Record 106 of 115

Title: Response surface modelling and optimization of treatment of meat industry wastewater

using electrochemical treatment method

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL

ENGINEERS Volume: 46 Pages: 160-167 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.09.021 Published: JAN

2015

Abstract: In this present study, electrochemical (EC) treatment was used to treat meat industry

wastewater. Effects of EC process variables such as pH, electrolysis time, current density and

electrolyte dose on the removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and colour were

examined. Four factors three level Box-Behnken response surface design (BBD) coupled with

response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize the EC process variables.

Second order polynomial models were developed for the responses and three dimentional (3D)

response surface plots were used to study the interactive effects of the process variables on the

EC treatment efficiency. The experimental results showed that, EC effectively reduced the COD

(92%) and colour (98%) of the meat industry wastewater under the optimum conditions such as

pH of 7, electrolysis time of 45 min, current density of 35 mA/cm(2) and electrolyte dose of 1.4

g/L, respectively. The operating cost of the treatment process under the optimum conditions is

found to be 1.6 $/m(3). (C) 2014 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier

B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000348959600018

ISSN: 1876-1070

eISSN: 1876-1089

Record 107 of 115

Title: Microwave-assisted extraction of polysaccharides from mulberry leaves

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 72 Pages: 1-

5 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.07.031 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: In this study, microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of polysaccharides from mulberry

leaves was investigated using response surface methodology (RSM). The effects of three

extraction factors on the yield of polysaccharides was examined. The results showed that

optimum extraction conditions were determined as follows: weight of the sample of 20 g,

microwave power of 170 W, extraction time of 10 min. Under these optimal extraction

conditions, polysaccharide yield was found to be 9.41%. Three factors-three level Box-Behnken

response surface design (BBD) coupled with RSM was used to model the extraction process.

ANOVA was used to examine the statistical significance of the developed model. Extracted

polysaccharide was analyzed using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. (C) 2014

Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000347577900001

PubMed ID: 25064558

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 108 of 115

Title: Microencapsulation of garlic oleoresin using maltodextrin as wall material by spray drying

technology

Author(s): Balasubramani, P (Balasubramani, P.); Palaniswamy, PT (Palaniswamy, P. T.);

Visvanathan, R (Visvanathan, R.); Thirupathi, V (Thirupathi, V.); Subbarayan, A (Subbarayan,

A.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 72 Pages: 210-

217 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.08.011 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: Experiments were conducted on microencapsulation of garlic oleoresin by spray

drying with garlic oleoresin concentration (10%, 20% and 30%) as core material, maltodextrin

concentration (40%, 50% and 60%) as wall material and inlet temperature of drying air (180

degrees C, 200 degrees C and 220 degrees C) as process parameters. The process in-terms of

encapsulation efficiency was optimised following response surface methodology and Pareto

analysis of variance (ANOVA). Second order polynomial regression model showed good fit of

the experimental data with high coefficient of determination (R-2) along with predicted values.

The relationships between the independent and dependent parameters were represented using

response surface and contour plots. The optimum levels of process parameters, viz., garlic

oleoresin concentration, maltodextrin concentration and inlet temperature of air drying were

found to be 10%, 60% and 200 degrees C, respectively with the maximum encapsulation

efficiency of 81.9% and desirability of 0.998. The microencapsulated garlic oleoresin powder

obtained at optimized conditions was spherical with smooth surface as analysed through

scanning electron microscopy. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000347577900030

PubMed ID: 25158290

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 109 of 115

Title: Design and Implementation of Solar PV for Power Quality Enhancement in Three-Phase

Four-Wire Distribution System

Author(s): Sekar, TG (Sekar, Guna T.); Anita, R (Anita, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING &

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 75-

82 DOI: 10.5370/JEET.2015.10.1.075 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: This paper presents a new technique for enhancing power quality by reducing

harmonics in the neutral conductor. Three-Phase Four-Wire (3P4W) system is commonly used

where single and three phase loads are connected to Point of Common Coupling (PCC). Due to

unbalance loads, the 3P4W distribution system becomes unbalance and current flows in the

neutral conductor. If loads are non-linear, then the harmonic content of current will flow in

neutral conductor. The neutral current that may flow towards transformer neutral point is

compensated by using a series active filter. In order to reduce the harmonic content, the series

active filter is connected in series with the neutral conductor by which neutral and phase current

harmonics are reduced significantly. In this paper, solar PV based inverter circuit is proposed for

compensating neutral current harmonics. The simulation is carried out in MATLAB/SIMULINK

and also an experimental setup is developed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Accession Number: WOS:000348008800009

ISSN: 1975-0102

eISSN: 2093-7423

Record 110 of 115

Title: Optimal Harmonic Stepped Waveform Technique for Solar Fed Cascaded Multilevel

Inverter

Author(s): Alexander, SA (Alexander, S. Albert); Thathan, M (Thathan, Manigandan)

Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING &

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 261-

270 DOI: 10.5370/JEET.2015.10.1.261 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: In this paper, the Optimal Harmonic Stepped Waveform (OHSW) method is proposed

in order to eliminate the selective harmonic orders available at the output of cascaded multilevel

inverter (CMLI) fed by solar photovoltaic (SPV). This technique is used to solve the harmonic

elimination equations based on stepped waveform analysis in order to obtain the optimal

switching angles which in turn reduce the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). The OHSW

method considers the output voltage waveform as four equal symmetries in each half cycle. In

the proposed method, a solar fed fifteen level cascaded multilevel is considered where the

magnitude of six numbers of harmonic orders is reduced. A programmable pulse generator is

developed to carry the switching angles directly to the semiconductor switches obtained as a

result of OHSW analysis. Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink in which a separate

model is developed for solar photovoltaic which serves as the input for cascaded multilevel

inverter. A 3kWp solar plant with multilevel inverter system is implemented in hardware to show

the effectiveness of the proposed system. Based on the observation the OHSW method provides

the reduced THD thereby improving power quality in renewable energy applications.

Accession Number: WOS:000348008800028

ISSN: 1975-0102

eISSN: 2093-7423

Record 111 of 115

Title: Box-Behnken design based multi-response analysis and optimization of supercritical

carbon dioxide extraction of bioactive flavonoid compounds from tea (Camellia sinensis L.)

leaves

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Manikandan, S (Manikandan, S.); Priya, B (Priya,

B.); Gurumoorthi, P (Gurumoorthi, P.)

Source: JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-

MYSORE Volume: 52 Issue: 1 Pages: 92-104 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-013-0985-

z Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: The popularity of tea is increasing on the global aspect because of its role as a

significant source of phenolic compounds in human diet. The objectives of this present study is

to develop a supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) extraction method suitable for extraction of

phenolic compounds such as total phenolics, flavonoids and tannin from tea leaves at various

extraction conditions such as extraction pressure (100-200 bar), temperature (40-60 A degrees C)

and co-solvent (ethanol) flow rate (1-3 g/min). Furthermore, the total antioxidant activity of the

SC-CO2 tea leaves extracts was assessed using ABTS(+) (2, 2'-azino-bis (3-

ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid)) method. Response surface methodology (RSM)

combined with Box-Behnken design was used to investigate and optimize the process variables.

The results showed that, extraction pressure and co-solvent flow rate have significant effect on

the responses. From the experimental data, second order polynomial mathematical models were

developed for each response with high coefficient of determination value (R (2) > 0.95). An

optimization study using Derringer's desired function methodology was performed and the

optimal conditions based on both individual and combinations of all independent variables

(extraction pressure of 188 bar, temperature of 50 A degrees C and co-solvent flow rate of 2.94

g/min) were determined with maximum total phenolic content of 131.24 mg GAE/100 ml, total

flavonoid content of 194.60 mg QE/100 ml, total tannin content of 49.99 mg TAE/100 ml and

totalantioxidant activity of 262.23 mu Mol TEAC/100 ml of extracts respectively with a overall

desirability value of 0.983, which was confirmed through validation experiments.

Accession Number: WOS:000347523800007

ISSN: 0022-1155

eISSN: 0975-8402

Record 112 of 115

Title: Modelling and analysis of modular multilevel converter for solar photovoltaic applications

to improve power quality

Author(s): Alexander, A (Alexander, Albert); Thathan, M (Thathan, Manigandan)

Source: IET RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Special

Issue: SI Pages: 78-88 DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0365 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: The design of control circuit for a solar fed cascaded multilevel inverter to reduce the

number of semiconductor switches is presented in this study. The design includes binary', trinary'

and modified multilevel connection' (MMC)-based topologies suitable for varying input sources

from solar photovoltaic's (PV). In binary mode, 2(s)(N) (+1) - 1 output voltage levels are

obtained where N-s is the number of individual inverters. This is achieved by digital logic

functions which includes counters, flip-flops and logic gates. In trinary mode, 3(Ns) levels are

achieved by corresponding look-up table. MMC intends design in both control and power

circuits to provide corresponding output voltage levels by appropriate switching sequences.

Hence to obtain a 15-level inverter, the conventional method requires 28 switches and in binary

mode 12 switches are needed. In trinary mode with the same 12 switches, 27 levels can be

obtained whereas in MMC only 7 switches are employed to achieve 15 levels. The advantage of

these three designs is in the reduction of total harmonic distortion by increasing the levels.

Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink and comparisons were made. All the three

topologies are experimentally investigated for a 3 kWp solar PV plant and power quality indices

were measured.

Accession Number: WOS:000347799900010

Conference Title: 12th Wind and Solar Integration Workshop

Conference Date: OCT 22-24, 2013

Conference Location: London, UNITED KINGDOM

ISSN: 1752-1416

eISSN: 1752-1424

Record 113 of 115

Title: Optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural pigments from Bougainvillea

glabra flowers

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.); Nivetha, CV (Nivetha, C. Vigna)

Source: INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS Volume: 63 Pages: 182-

189 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.09.059 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: In this study, ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) technique was used to examine

and optimize the natural pigment extraction from Bougainvillea glabra flowers using four factors

three level (extraction temperature, ultrasonic power, extraction time and solid-liquid ratio) Box-

Behnken response surface design. From the results, second-order polynomial models were

derived for the responses which were well correlated with experimental data (R-2 > 0.98). From

response surface plots, extraction temperature, ultrasonic power and extraction time exhibited

individual and interactive effects on the pigments yield. An extraction temperature of 55 degrees

C, ultrasonic power of 88W, extraction time of 37 min and a SL ratio of 1:17 g/ml were

identified as optimal condition. Under this condition, the actual yield of (betacyanin of 1.72 +/-

0.001 and betaxanthin of 5.78 +/- 0.23 mg/g) pigments was acquired and well correlated with

predicted values (betacyanin was 1.76 mg/g and betaxanthin was 5.81 mg/g). (C) 2014 Elsevier

B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000347499000027

ISSN: 0926-6690

eISSN: 1872-633X

Record 114 of 115

Title: Role of Ceramic Reinforcement in Composite Polymer Electrolyte

Author(s): Malathi, M (Malathi, M.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Ganesan, V (Ganesan,

V.)

Source: POLYMER COMPOSITES Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Pages: 42-

46 DOI: 10.1002/pc.22910 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: Composite polymer electrolytes were prepared from PEO (polyethylene oxide),

lithium perchlorate (LiClO4), and with three different dielectric reinforcements such as lead

zirconium titanate (PZT)-12000, barium titanate (BT)-1000, and Alumina (Al2O3)-6.

Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffractometry were employed to reveal the

crystalline nature of the electrolytes. The conductivity of the composite polymer electrolytes

were measured by impedance spectrometry. Among the three systems, PZT reinforced composite

exhibits maximum ionic conductivity of 2.9 x 10(-5) S/cm at room temperature. The ionic

conductivity of the polymer composites increases with increase in dielectric constant of the

reinforcement. The composite with alumina reinforcement displayed strongly modified

properties with very weak temperature dependence of conductivity. POLYM. COMPOS., 36:42-

46, 2015. (c) 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers

Accession Number: WOS:000346647800006

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

V, Ganesan B-4719-2015 0000-0002-0705-2351

ISSN: 0272-8397

eISSN: 1548-0569

Record 115 of 115

Title: An integrated fuzzy MCDM based approach for robot selection considering objective and

subjective criteria

Author(s): Parameshwaran, R (Parameshwaran, R.); Kumar, SP (Kumar, S. Praveen);

Saravanakumar, K (Saravanakumar, K.)

Source: APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING Volume: 26 Pages: 31-

41 DOI: 10.1016/j.aso.2014.09.025 Published: JAN 2015

Abstract: Robots with vastly different capabilities and specifications are available for a wide

range of applications. Selection of a robot for a specific application has become more

complicated due to increase in the complexity, advanced features and facilities that are

continuously being incorporated into the robots by different manufacturers. The aim of this paper

is to present an integrated approach for the optimal selection of robots by considering both

objective and subjective criteria. The approach utilizes Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM), Fuzzy

Analytical Hierarchical Process (FAHP), Fuzzy modified TOPSIS or Fuzzy VIKOR and Brown-

Gibson model for robot selection. FDM is used to select the list of important objective and

subjective criteria based on the decision makers' opinion. Fuzzy AHP method is then used to find

out the weight of each criterion (both objective and subjective). Fuzzy modified TOPSIS or

Fuzzy VIKOR method is then used to rank the alternatives based on objective and subjective

factors. The rankings obtained are used to calculate the robot selection index based on Brown-

Gibson model. The proposed methodology is illustrated with a case study related to selection of

robot for teaching purpose. It is found that the highest ranked alternative based on Fuzzy VIKOR

is closest to the ideal solution. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000345517500004

ISSN: 1568-4946

eISSN: 1872-9681

2014

Record 01 of 114

Title: Modeling and investigation of submerged fermentation process to produce extracellular

polysaccharide using Lactobacillus confusus

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 114 Pages: 43-

47 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.067 Published: DEC 19 2014

Abstract: The main objective of the present study is to investigate and optimize the Submerged

fermentation (SMF) process parameters such as addition of coconut water, NaCl dose, incubation

time and temperature on the production of extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) and biomass

production using Lactobacillus confuses. Response surface methodology (RSM) coupled with

four factors three level Box-Behnken design (BBD) was employed to model the SMF process.

RSM analysis indicated good correspondence between experimental and predicted values. Three

dimentional (3D) response surface plots were used to study the interactive effects of process

variables on SMF process. The optimum process conditions for the maximum production of EPS

and biomass were found to be as follows; addition of coconut water of 40%, NaCl dose of 15%,

incubation time of 24h and temperature of 35 degrees C. Under these conditions, 10.57 g/L of

EPS and 3.9 g/L of biomass were produced. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000343613800006

PubMed ID: 25263862

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 02 of 114

Title: Adsorption of basic red 9 onto activated carbon derived from immature cotton seeds:

isotherm studies and error analysis

Author(s): Sivarajasekar, N (Sivarajasekar, N.); Baskar, R (Baskar, R.)

Source: DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT Volume: 52 Issue: 40-

42 Pages: 7743-7765 DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.834518 Published: DEC 6 2014

Abstract: The activated carbon produced from immature cotton seeds via sulphuric acid

activation was utilized for adsorption of the basic red 9 from the aqueous solution. Adsorbent

possessed a larger surface area (495.96 m(2)/g), methylene blue number (42) and iodine number

(510). The process parameters of the sorption system, such as pH of the solution (2-12),

temperature (20-40 degrees C) agitation time (1-5 h) and initial BR9 concentration (50-250

mg/l), were studied to understand their effects on BR9 removal. The optimized parameters are

found to be pH: 12, temperature: 40 degrees C, agitation time: 3 h and initial concentration: 150

mg/l. The experimental equilibrium data were analysed using a single-parameter model (Henry's

law), six two-parameter models (Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, Dubinin-Radushkevich, Smith,

and Javanovic), eleven three-parameter models (Redlich-Peterson, Sips, Toth, Hill, Khan,

Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Fritz-Schluender-III, Vieth-Sladek, Radke-Prausnitz, Brouers-

Sotolongo, and Unilin), five four-parameter models (Baudu, Parker, Marczewski-Jaroniec, Fritz-

Schlunder-IV and Weber-van Vliet) and a five-parameter model (Fritz-Schlunder-V). Non-linear

regression analysis was employed to identify the best-fit isotherm based on the error functions:

sum of the square error, derivative of hybrid fractional error function, derivative of Marquardt's

percentage standard deviation, average relative error, the sum of absolute errors and statistical

comparison values: coefficient of determination (R-2), root-mean-square error (RMSE) and non-

linear chi-square test (chi(2)). Among the all adsorption isotherms considered, Fritz-Schlunder-V

was found to be a perfect representation of the experimental equilibrium data (R-2: 0.9998081,

RMSE: 0.1018119, chi(2): 0.0023423). The goodness of the models to explain the equilibrium

data was in the order: Fritz-Schlunder-V > Fritz-Schlunder-IV > Brouers-Sotolongo > Unilin >

Marczewski-Jaroniec > Baudu > Sips > Hill > Vieth-Sladek Fritz-Schluender-III > Redlich-

Peterson > Khan > Radke-Prausnitz > BET > Weber-van Vliet > Langmuir > Parker > Jovanovic

> Freundlich.

Accession Number: WOS:000346576000031

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sivarajasekar, Natesan 0000-0001-8520-9265

ISSN: 1944-3994

eISSN: 1944-3986

Record 03 of 114

Title: Design and Development of Digital Control Strategy for Solar Photovoltaic Inverter to

Improve Power Quality

Author(s): Alexander, SA (Alexander, S. Albert); Thathan, M (Thathan, M.)

Source: CONTROL ENGINEERING AND APPLIED

INFORMATICS Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Pages: 20-29 Published: DEC 2014

Abstract: The design and development of control circuit for a solar fed cascaded multilevel

inverter is postulated in this paper. The control circuit based on logic operations reduces the

semiconductor switches required for the multilevel inverter. In addition to the reduction of

switches, it also improves the quality of the output power by minimizing the Total Harmonic

Distortion (THD). The proposed design achieves the maximum output voltage levels without the

requirement of detailed look up table, boost converters and output transformers. The

implementation of multilevel inverter is carriedout with asymmetrical DC. sources from solar

photovoltaics to achieve 2(ns+1)-1 and 3(ns) levels, where ns is the number of individual

inverter stages. Based on the proposed design 12 switches are required to achieve 15 and 27

levels respectively, whereas the conventional inverter can able to produce only 7 levels.

MATLAB/Simulink is used for the simulation of the system. The modelling of solar panel which

adheres to the experimental setup is developed. A 3kWp solar plant is taken into consideration

for the implementation of the proposed control design and the performance parameters are

measured using power quality analyser. The results are compared with the conventional inverter

which shows that the proposed inverter is much suitable for both standalone and grid connected

systems.

Accession Number: WOS:000347272200003

ISSN: 1454-8658

Record 04 of 114

Title: An overview of a polyhouse dryer

Author(s): Sangamithra, A (Sangamithra, A.); Swamy, GJ (Swamy, Gabriela John); Prema, RS

(Prema, R. Sorna); Priyavarshini, R (Priyavarshini, R.); Chandrasekar, V (Chandrasekar, V.);

Sasikala, S (Sasikala, S.)

Source: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS Volume: 40 Pages: 902-

910 DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.007 Published: DEC 2014

Abstract: Escalating demand for a cost efficient energy source has opened up opportunities for

the utilization of solar energy. The abundance of solar energy is making a noticeable impact in

the lives of rural people. This energy is being tapped for the drying of agricultural products.

Numerous designs of solar dryers have been developed for safe and efficient drying. Polyhouse

dryer (PHD) is one of them, which has been gaining importance in recent times for its cost

efficiency and improved product quality. This paper reviews the significance of polyhouse dryer,

in terms of its design and efficiency. The different existing models, materials of construction and

products dried in polyhouse dryers have also been discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000345473600072

ISSN: 1364-0321

Record 05 of 114

Title: Research Updates on Graphene Oxide-Based Polymeric Nanocomposites

Author(s): Maheshkumar, KV (Maheshkumar, K. V.); Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy, K.);

Sathishkumar, P (Sathishkumar, P.); Sahoo, S (Sahoo, S.); Uddin, E (Uddin, E.); Pal, SK (Pal, S.

K.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.)

Source: POLYMER COMPOSITES Volume: 35 Issue: 12 Pages: 2297-

2310 DOI: 10.1002/pc.22899 Published: DEC 2014

Abstract: Graphene oxide (GO) is a carbon-based material, which is one atom thick sheet of

graphite. The nanofillers have exceptional stiffness and strength owing to the presence of two-

dimensional graphene backbone. Especially owing to this reason, nanocomposites have been

developed using GO for several applications. This review article explores the synthesis of GO

from flake graphite. Main emphasis has been afforded on the preparation and characterization of

GO nanocomposites, utilizing various industrial polymers for wide application in aerospace,

biomedical, military, supercapacitors, electrical, sensor, and so on. Morphological

characterization exploring the interaction and extent of dispersion of GO nanosheets in the

polymer matrices is extensively accounted. From the reports, it is clear that exfoliation and

strong interaction of GO tremendously improved the physical, mechanical, thermal,

electrochemical, biocompatibility, and tribological properties of the added polymer. (C) 2014

Society of Plastics Engineers

Accession Number: WOS:000344392100001

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Palaniappan, Sathish Kumar P-9211-2015 0000-0002-2227-6433

ISSN: 0272-8397

eISSN: 1548-0569

Record 06 of 114

Title: Response surface modeling and process optimization of aqueous extraction of natural

pigments from Beta vulgaris using Box-Behnken design of experiments

Author(s): Swamy, GJ (Swamy, Gabriela John); Sangamithra, A (Sangamithra, A.);

Chandrasekar, V (Chandrasekar, V.)

Source: DYES AND PIGMENTS Volume: 111 Pages: 64-

74 DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.05.028 Published: DEC 2014

Abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of independent process variables

like extraction temperature, time and mass of beetroot on the aqueous extraction of betalain from

beetroot. The optimum conditions for the aqueous extraction of betalamic acid, betaxanthin and

betacyanin from beetroot were performed using a three-factor and three-level Box-Behnken

design under response surface methodology. The pigments were extracted from beetroot at

temperature (40-70 degrees C), time (30-90 min) and mass of beetroot (0.5-1.5 g) using water as

solvent. The data obtained from the experiments were analyzed by Pareto analysis of variance.

Further, the data was fitted to a second-order polynomial equation using multiple regression

analysis. The optimal conditions based on both individual and combinations of all responses

(extraction temperature - 60 degrees C, time - 84 min and mass - 1.5 g) were found out. At this

optimum condition, the total betalamic acid, betaxanthin and betacyanin content were found to

be 9.9 mg/100 g, 16.3 mg/100 g and 30.9 mg/100 g with desirability value of 0.999. The

experimental values closely agreed with the corresponding predicted values. (C) 2014 Elsevier

Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000340976400010

ISSN: 0143-7208

eISSN: 1873-3743

Record 07 of 114

Title: Process optimization and analysis of microwave assisted extraction of pectin from dragon

fruit peel

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 112 Pages: 622-

626 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.06.044 Published: NOV 4 2014

Abstract: Microwave assisted extraction (MAE) technique was employed for the extraction of

pectin from dragon fruit peel. The extracting parameters were optimized by using four-variable-

three-level Box-Behnken design (BBD) coupled with response surface methodology (RSM).

RSM analysis indicated good correspondence between experimental and predicted values. 3D

response surface plots were used to study the interactive effects of process variables on

extraction of pectin. The optimum extraction conditions for the maximum yield of pectin were

power of 400W, temperature of 45 degrees C, extracting time of 20 mm and solid-liquid ratio of

24 g/mL. Under these conditions, 7.5% of pectin was extracted. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000341464600084

PubMed ID: 25129791

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 08 of 114

Title: Room temperature ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties of Bi1-xCaxMnO3 thin films

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.); Rao,

GM (Rao, G. Mohan); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: AIP ADVANCES Volume: 4 Issue: 11 Article

Number: 117105 DOI: 10.1063/1.4901184 Published: NOV 2014

Abstract: Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (BCMO) thin films with x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 are successfully

deposited on the n-type Si (100) substrate at two different temperatures of 400 degrees C and 800

degrees C using RF magnetron sputtering. The stoichiometry of the films and oxidation state of

the elements have been described by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. Dielectric

measurement depicts the insulating property of BCMO films. Magnetic and ferroelectric studies

confirm the significant enhancement in spin orientation as well as electric polarization at room

temperature due to incorporation of Ca2+ ions into BiMnO3 films. The BCMO (x = 0.2) film

grown at 400 degrees C shows better magnetization (M-sat) and polarization (P-s) with the

measured values of 869 emu / cc and 6.6 mu(C)/cm(2) respectively than the values of the other

prepared films. Thus the realization of room temperature ferromagnetic and ferroelectric

ordering in Ca2+ ions substituted BMO films makes potentially interesting for spintronic device

applications. (C) 2014 Author(s).

Accession Number: WOS:000345578800005

ISSN: 2158-3226

Record 09 of 114

Title: Reduction of Voltage Harmonics in Solar Photovoltaic fed Inverter of Single Phase Stand

Alone Power System

Author(s): Alexander, SA (Alexander, S. Albert); Thathan, M (Thathan, Manigandan)

Source: JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE

ASME Volume: 136 Issue: 4 Article

Number: 044501 DOI: 10.1115/1.4027267 Published: NOV 2014

Abstract: In this paper, an optimal harmonic stepped waveform (OHSW) method is proposed to

reduce the voltage harmonics available at the output of solar photovoltaic (SPV) fed fifteen level

cascaded multilevel inverter (CMLI). This technique is used to solve the harmonic elimination

equations based on stepped waveform analysis in order to obtain the optimal switching angles.

The OHSW method considers the output voltage waveform as four equal symmetries in each half

cycle and the magnitude of six numbers of harmonic orders is reduced. Simulations are carried

out in MATLAB/SIMULINK and a 3 kWp solar plant is implemented in hardware to show the

effectiveness of the proposed system.

Accession Number: WOS:000344346600017

ISSN: 0199-6231

eISSN: 1528-8986

Record 10 of 114

Title: An integrated exploration of thermal and water management dynamics on the performance

of a stand-alone 5-kW Ballard fuel-cell system for its scale-up design

Author(s): Karthik, M (Karthik, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART

A-JOURNAL OF POWER AND ENERGY Volume: 228 Issue: 7 Pages: 836-

852 DOI:10.1177/0957650914539306 Published: NOV 2014

Abstract: A semi-empirical dynamic model with a generalized modeling framework is presented

in this paper for the optimal design of a proton-exchange membrane fuel-cell system in order to

bring out the importance of thermal and water management dynamics. Numerous

electrochemical models exist in the literature presently predict the static and dynamic behavior at

a specified operated conditions. However, those models have not considered the influence of

both thermal and water management dynamics on the cell polarization and performance

behavior. Hence an integrated exploration is done to illustrate the combined effect of operating

temperature and membrane hydration over the steady state and dynamic behavior of the fuel-cell

stack system. Benchmark data obtained from a stand-alone 5-kW Ballard fuel-cell power system

using Nafion 117 membrane are taken to validate the predicted results over a wide range of

operating conditions. The influence of stack-operating temperature over the membrane dynamics

is investigated, and a similar trend is followed to analyze the temperature dynamics for the effect

of dehydrated membrane. Thereby, the optimal operating condition of the stack is determined in

terms of thermal and water management dynamics that facilitate the scale-up design of a fuel-cell

stack system.

Accession Number: WOS:000342815200009

ISSN: 0957-6509

eISSN: 2041-2967

Record 11 of 114

Title: Investigation on Fluidized Bed Bioreactor Treating Ice Cream Wastewater Using

Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR

ENGINEERING Volume: 12 Issue: 1 DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2014-0112 Published: OCT 30

2014

Abstract: In this study, a comparative approach was developed between response surface

methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) in the predictive capabilities for the

removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) from ice cream industry wastewater using fluidized

bed bioreactor. The effects of process variables such as pH, temperature, flow rate and agitation

speed investigated using a four-factor three-level Box-Behnken experimental design (BBD).

Same design was utilized to train a feed-forward multilayered perceptron (MLP) ANN with

back-propagation algorithm. The predictive capabilities of the two methodologies were

compared in terms of statistical parameters including coefficient of determination (R-2). The

results showed that properly trained ANN model is more accurate in prediction as compared to

RSM model. Under the optimum conditions (pH of 7, temperature of 40 degrees C, flow rate of

20 ml/min and agitation speed of 175 rpm), 91% of COD was removed.

Accession Number: WOS:000344854800003

ISSN: 2194-5748

eISSN: 1542-6580

Record 12 of 114

Title: Robust Control for Fuzzy Nonlinear Uncertain Systems with Discrete and Distributed

Time Delays

Author(s): Sakthivel, R (Sakthivel, Rathinasamy); Vadivel, P (Vadivel, Ponnusamy);

Mathiyalagan, K (Mathiyalagan, Kalidass); Park, JH (Park, Ju H.)

Source: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION A-A JOURNAL OF

PHYSICAL SCIENCES Volume: 69 Issue: 10-11 Pages: 569-580 DOI: 10.5560/ZNA.2014-

0050 Published: OCT-NOV 2014

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of stability and stabilization issue for a class of

fuzzy nonlinear uncertain systems with discrete and distributed time delays. By utilizing a new

Lyapunov-Krasovslcii functional together with free weighting matrix approach, a new set of

delay-dependent sufficient conditions are derived which makes the closed loop system robustly

asymptotically stable. In particular, the parameter uncertainties are assumed to be norm bounded.

Further, a state feedback controller is proposed to guarantee the robust stabilization for uncertain

systems and subsequently the controller is constructed in terms of the solution to a set of linear

matrix inequalities (LMI). The derived conditions are expressed in the form of linear matrix

inequalities which can be efficiently solved via standard LMI toolbox. Further, two numerical

examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and less conservatism of the obtained

results.

Accession Number: WOS:000349811800009

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Mathiyalagan, Kalidass 0000-0003-2323-3328

ISSN: 0932-0784

Record 13 of 114

Title: EXPLORATION OF SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURAL, MORPHOLOGY AND

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF Zn1-x-y Mg-x Al-y O NANO PARTICLES

Author(s): Satheeskumar, S (Satheeskumar, S.); Ramesh, K (Ramesh, K.); Srinivasan, N

(Srinivasan, N.)

Source: DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND

BIOSTRUCTURES Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 1323-1330 Published: OCT-DEC 2014

Abstract: In the present investigation, ZnMgAlO nanoparticles were prepared by soft chemical

method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier

Transformation Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were used for the characterization of the prepared

nanoparticles. The structure of ZnMgAlO was confirmed through powder XRD technique as

hexagonal wurtzite. The surface morphology was analyzed from SEM images. The size of

sample (S4) was estimated 11 nm using scherrer formula. When the concentration of Aluminum

was increased, the rod like nano formation was observed. The presence of various functional

groups in FT-IR spectra was established the formulation of ZnMgAlO nano particles.

Antibacterial activity of all the prepared samples was tested against Staphylococcus aureus,

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi and Klebsiella.. The ZnMgAlO (S4) was emerged as

a better antibacterial agent than the other samples.

Accession Number: WOS:000346138800004

ISSN: 1842-3582

Record 14 of 114

Title: Investigation of chemically treated randomly oriented sansevieria ehrenbergii fiber

reinforced isophthallic polyester composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Volume: 48 Issue: 24 Pages: 2961-

2975 DOI: 10.1177/0021998313503589 Published: OCT 2014

Abstract: Surface treatment of sansevieria ehrenbergii fibers were carried out using various

chemicals like alkali, benzoyl peroxide, benzoyl chloride, permanganate and stearic acid in order

to improve the interfacial bonding between the fiber and matrix. Polyester composites were

prepared using raw and surface-treated fibers. Morphology and physico-mechanical properties of

the prepared composites are analyzed and compared with pure resin. Fourier transform infra-red

spectroscopic analysis examined for the chemically treated fibers affirm the removal of moisture,

hemicellulose, lignin and wax content. Scanning electron microscopic images prove the

formation of rough surface on the fiber after chemical treatment due to the removal of

lignocellulose content. The physico-mechanical properties of the treated fiber reinforced

polyester composites are enhanced due to good physical interaction between the fiber and

polymer matrix. The chemically treated fiber shows lower water absorption compared to

untreated fiber composites.

Accession Number: WOS:000342813200003

ISSN: 0021-9983

eISSN: 1530-793X

Record 15 of 114

Title: A novel approach for classification of abnormalities in digitized mammograms

Author(s): Shanthi, S (Shanthi, S.); Bhaskaran, VM (Bhaskaran, V. Murali)

Source: SADHANA-ACADEMY PROCEEDINGS IN ENGINEERING

SCIENCES Volume: 39 Issue: 5 Pages: 1141-1150 Published: OCT 2014

Abstract: Feature extraction is an important process for the overall system performance in

classification. The objective of this article is to reveal the effectiveness of texture feature analysis

for detecting the abnormalities in digitized mammograms using Self Adaptive Resource

Allocation Network (SRAN) classifier. Thus, we proposed a feature set based on Gabor filters,

fractal analysis, multiscale surrounding region dependence method (MSRDM) to identify the

most common appearance of breast cancer namely microcalcification, masses and architectural

distortion. The results of the experiments indicate that the proposed features with SRAN

classifier can improve the classification performance. The SRAN classifier produces the

classification accuracy of 98.44% for the proposed features with 192 images from MIAS dataset.

Accession Number: WOS:000342602700007

ISSN: 0256-2499

eISSN: 0973-7677

Record 16 of 114

Title: Adsorption of basic red 9 on activated waste Gossypium hirsutum seeds: Process

modeling, analysis and optimization using statistical design

Author(s): Sivarajasekar, N (Sivarajasekar, N.); Baskar, R (Baskar, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING

CHEMISTRY Volume: 20 Issue: 5 Pages: 2699-

2709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2013.10.058 Published: SEP 25 2014

Abstract: Sulfuric acid activated immature Gossypium hirsutum seed was utilized as adsorbent

for the batch adsorption of basic red 9. The main and interactive effects of five process factors

like, adsorbent dose, initial dye concentration, contact time, pH and temperature were

investigated to select the influencing key factors via 2(5) two-level full factorial design. Box-

Behnken statistical design with the selected key factors employed for process optimization. The

simultaneous optimization by Derringer's desirability function indicated that 54.27% removal of

BR9 could be possible at the optimal conditions. Isotherm and kinetic studies confirmed the

chemisorption on homogeneous and heterogeneous patches. (C) 2013 The Korean Society of

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000339692100013

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sivarajasekar, Natesan 0000-0001-8520-9265

ISSN: 1226-086X

eISSN: 1876-794X

Record 17 of 114

Title: Efficiency of electrocoagulation method to treat chicken processing industry wastewater-

modeling and optimization

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL

ENGINEERS Volume: 45 Issue: 5 Pages: 2427-

2435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.04.011 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: The main objectives of the present study is to investigate the efficiency of

electrochemical method to treat chicken processing industry wastewater under different

operating conditions such as amount of dilution (10-30%), initial pH (4-9), applied current (10-

20 mA/cm(2)) and electrolyte dose (500-1250 mg/l). From the experimental data, Box-Behnken

experimental design (BBD) was used to develop the second order polynomial models. Optimum

operating conditions was found to be; amount of dilution at 30%, initial pH of 6, applied current

of 14 mA/cm(2) and electrolyte dose of 1075 mg/l and it shows the 93% of COD removal rate

and 95% of COD removal with electrical energy consumption value of 3.48 KW h/l. These

results indicate that electrochemical method can be used as a effective treatment technique to

treat chicken processing industry wastewater. (C) 2014 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000343635200045

ISSN: 1876-1070

eISSN: 1876-1089

Record 18 of 114

Title: Mechanical Properties and Water Absorption of Short Snake Grass Fiber Reinforced

Isophthallic Polyester Composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.)

Source: FIBERS AND POLYMERS Volume: 15 Issue: 9 Pages: 1927-

1934 DOI: 10.1007/s12221-014-1927-8 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: Natural fiber composite replaces the conventional and synthetic materials in many

fields especially in light weight applications. The randomly oriented short snake grass fiber

reinforced isophthallic polyester composites are prepared by hand lay-up technique and finally

compression molded. The various length and weight fraction of fiber are used in composite

fabrication. The mechanical properties and water absorption under various climatic conditions

are examined according to the prescribed standard. SEM image revealing the fiber pullout and

breakage of the tensile and impact fractured composite specimens has been analysed and

compared with control through scanning electron microscope. The result shows that the

mechanical properties increase with increase in fiber length and weight fraction of the

composites. The rate of water absorption increases with increase in temperature and time.

Obtained experimental tensile strength of the composite is compared with various theoretical

models such as Series, Hirsch's, Halpin-Tsai, Modified Halpin-Tsai and Modified Bowyer &

Brader's and the obtained inferences are discussed.

Accession Number: WOS:000342337200020

ISSN: 1229-9197

eISSN: 1875-0052

Record 19 of 114

Title: Ultrasound-assisted extraction of polysaccharide from Nephelium lappaceum L. fruit peel

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 70 Pages: 530-

536 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.07.032 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: In this study, ultrasound-assisted extraction technology was employed to investigate

and optimize the crude polysaccharide extraction from Nephelium lappaceum L. fruit peel using

three levels, four factors (LS ratio, ultrasonic power, extraction temperature and extraction time)

Box-Behnken response surface design. The results showed that highest polysaccharide yield of

8.31% was obtained with an LS ratio of 32:1 ml:g, ultrasonic power of 110 W, extraction

temperature of 53 degrees C and extraction time of 41 min. The experimental yield of

polysaccharide (8.29 +/- 0.03%) at optimal condition was well agreed with the predicted value.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used for the identification of functional

groups present in the extracted polysaccharide. The results suggest that ultrasound-assisted

extraction could be a good alternative for the extraction of polysaccharide from N. lappaceum L

fruit peel at industrial level. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000342478800074

PubMed ID: 25064556

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 20 of 114

Title: A Novel Method to Minimize Torque Ripple, Mechanical Vibration, and Noise in a Direct

Torque Controlled Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive

Author(s): Sivaprakasam, R (Sivaprakasam, Rumugain); Manigandan, T (Manigandan,

Thathan)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACOUSTICS AND

VIBRATION Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Pages: 179-189 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: The Direct Torque Control (DTC) technique of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous

Motor (PMSM) receives increasing attention due to its simplicity and robust dynamic response

compared with other control techniques. The classical switching table based DTC presents large

flux, torque ripples, and more mechanical vibrations in the motor. Several studies have been

reported in the literature on classical DTC. However, only limited studies exist that actually

discuss or evaluate the classical DTC. This paper proposes a simple DTC method/switching table

for PMSM, to reduce flux and torque ripples as well as mechanical vibrations and noise. In this

paper, two DTC schemes are proposed. The six sector and twelve sector methodology is

considered in DTC Scheme I and DTC Scheme II, respectively. In both DTC schemes, a simple

modification is made in the classical DTC structure by eliminating the two-level inverter

available in the classical DTC and replacing it with a three-level Neutral Point Clamped (NPC)

inverter. To further improve the performance of the proposed DTC Scheme I, the available 27

voltage vectors are allowed to form different groups of voltage vectors such as Large-Zero (LZ),

Medium-Zero (MZ), and Small-Zero (SZ), whereas in DTC Scheme II, all the voltage vectors

are considered to form a switching table. Based on these groups, a new switching table is

proposed. The proposed DTC schemes are comparatively investigated with the classical DTC

and existing literatures from the aspects of theory analysis and computer simulations. It can be

observed that the proposed techniques can significantly reduce the flux, torque ripples,

mechanical vibrations, and noise and improve the quality of current waveform compared with

traditional and existing methods.

Accession Number: WOS:000341898500005

ISSN: 1027-5851

Record 21 of 114

Title: Modeling and optimization of supercritical fluid extraction of anthocyanin and phenolic

compounds from Syzygium cumini fruit pulp

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Priya, B (Priya, B.); Manikandan, S (Manikandan, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-

MYSORE Volume: 51 Issue: 9 Pages: 1938-1946 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-013-1237-

y Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SC-CO2) of total anthocyanin and phenolic

compounds from jamun fruits was investigated using three factors at three levels Box-Behnken

response surface design. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of three

independent variables (pressure, temperature and co-solvent flow rate) on the maximum

extraction yield of anthocyanin and phenolic compounds from jamun fruits. From the

experimental data, second order polynomial mathematical models were developed with high

coefficient of determination values (R (2) > 0.98). From response surface plots, pressure,

temperature and co-solvent flow rate exhibited independent and interactive effects on the

extraction yields. Pressure of 162 bar, extraction temperature at 50 A degrees C and co-solvent

flow rate of 2.0 g/min was identified as optimal conditions. Under these optimal conditions, the

experimental value agreed well with the predicted values and indicates the suitability of

developed models.

Accession Number: WOS:000341701700028

PubMed ID: 25190849

ISSN: 0022-1155

eISSN: 0975-8402

Record 22 of 114

Title: A SEQUENTIAL LEARNING METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION

OF EXUDATES IN RETINAL IMAGES TO ASSESS DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Author(s): Ponnibala, M (Ponnibala, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

SYSTEMS Volume: 22 Issue: 3 DOI: 10.1142/S0218339014500156 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: One of the greatest concerns to the personnel in the current health care sector is the

severe progression of diabetes. People can often have diabetes and be completely unaware as the

symptoms seem harmless when they are seen on their own. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an eye

disease that is associated with long-standing diabetes. Retinopathy can occur with all types of

diabetes and can lead to blindness if left untreated. The conventional method followed by

ophthalmologists is the regular testing of the retina. As this method takes time and energy of the

ophthalmologists, a new feature-based automated technique for classification and detection of

exudates in color fundus image is proposed in this paper. This method reduces the work of the

professionals while examining every fundus image rather than only on abnormal image. The

exudates are detected from the color fundus image by applying a few pre-processing techniques

that remove the optic disk and similar blood vessels using morphological operations. The pre-

processed image was then applied for feature extraction and these features were utilized for

classification purpose. In this paper, a novel classification technique such as self-adaptive

resource allocation network (SRAN) and meta-cognitive neural network (McNN) classifier is

employed for classification of images as exudates, their severity and nonexudates. SRAN

classifier makes use of self-adaptive thresholds to choose the appropriate training samples and

removes the redundant samples to prevent over-training. These selected samples are availed to

improve the classification performance. McNN classifier employs human-like meta-cognition to

regulate the sequential learning process. The meta-cognitive component controls the learning

process in the cognitive component by deciding what-to-learn, when-to-learn and how-to-learn.

It is therefore evident that the implementation of human meta-cognitive learning principle

improves efficient learning.

Accession Number: WOS:000341496300006

ISSN: 0218-3390

eISSN: 1793-6470

Record 23 of 114

Title: Comparison of Sansevieria ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced polymer composites with wood

and wood fiber composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 33 Issue: 18 Pages: 1704-

1716 DOI: 10.1177/0731684414542991 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: The static, dynamic (like storage modulus and damping behaviour (tan delta)),

thermal, hardness and machinability properties of Sansevieria ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced

polyester composites were compared with traditionally available materials like plywood,

hardboard sheet, paper board and twisted paper according to ASTM standards. The stress-strain

curves of the polyester composites and traditionally available materials were analysed, and the

results show that the best tensile, flexural and impact properties were achieved with KMnO4-

treated S. ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced polyester composites. The storage modulus of hardboard

sheet and KMnO4-treated S. ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced polyester composite was the highest in

the glassy and rubbery regions. The tand peak height was minimum and peak width was

maximum for hardboard sheet and KMnO4-treated S. ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced polyester

composites. The thermal stability and hardness of the hardboard sheet were the highest compared

to S. ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced polymer composites. The delamination factor and water

absorption of KMnO4-treated S. ehrenbergii fiber-reinforced composites and hardboard sheet

were lowest compared with the other materials.

Accession Number: WOS:000341376400004

ISSN: 0731-6844

eISSN: 1530-7964

Record 24 of 114

Title: Influence of operating parameters on treatment of egg processing effluent by

electrocoagulation process

Author(s): Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J.

Prakash); Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 11 Issue: 6 Pages: 1619-1630 DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0301-

5 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: The treatment of egg processing effluent was investigated in a batch

electrocoagulation reactor using aluminum as sacrificial electrodes. The influence of operating

parameters such as electrode distance, stirring speed, electrolyte concentration, pH, current

density and electrolysis time on percentage turbidity, chemical oxygen demand and biochemical

oxygen demand removal were analyzed. From the experimental results, 3-cm electrode distance,

150 rpm, 1.5 g/l sodium chloride, pH of 6, 20 mA/cm(2) current density, and 30-min electrolysis

time were found to be optimum for maximum removal of turbidity, chemical oxygen demand

and biochemical oxygen demand. The removal of turbidity, chemical oxygen demand and

biochemical oxygen demand under the optimum condition was found to be 96, 89 and 84 %,

respectively. The energy consumption was varied from 7.91 to 27.16 kWh/m(3), and operating

cost was varied from 1.36 to 4.25 US $/m(3) depending on the operating conditions. Response

surface methodology has been employed to evaluate the individual and interactive effects of four

independent parameters such as electrolyte concentration (0.5-2.5 g/l), initial pH (4-8), current

density (10-30 mA/cm(2)) and electrolysis time (10-50 min) on turbidity, chemical oxygen

demand and biochemical oxygen demand removal. The results have been analyzed using Pareto

analysis of variance to predict the responses. Based on the analysis, second-order polynomial

mathematical models were developed and found to be good fit with the experimental data.

Accession Number: WOS:000340529300013

ISSN: 1735-1472

eISSN: 1735-2630

Record 25 of 114

Title: A Simple Power Management Scheme with Enhanced Stability for a Solar PV/Wind/Fuel

Cell Fed Standalone Hybrid Power Supply using Embedded and Neural Network Controller

Author(s): Thangavel, S (Thangavel, S.); Saravanan, S (Saravanan, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING &

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 9 Issue: 5 Pages: 1454-

1470 DOI: 10.5370/JEET.2014.9.5.1454 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: This paper propose a new power conditioner topology with intelligent power

management controller that integrates multiple renewable energy sources such as solar energy,

wind energy and fuel cell energy with battery backup to make best use of their operating

characteristics and obtain better reliability than that could be obtained by single renewable

energy based power supply. The proposed embedded controller is programmed for maintaining a

constant voltage at PCC, maximum power point tracking for solar PV panel and WTG and power

flow control by regulating the reference currents of the controller on instantaneous basis based

on the power delivered by the sources and load demand. Instantaneous variation in reference

currents of the controller enhances the controller response as it accommodates the effect of

continuously varying solar insolation and wind speed in the power management. The power

conditioner uses a battery bank with embedded controller based online SOC estimation and

battery charging system to suitably sink or source the input power based on the load demand.

The simulation results of the proposed power management system for a standalone

solar/WTG/fuel cell fed hybrid power supply with real time solar radiation and wind velocity

data collected from solar centre, KEC for a sporadically varying load demand is presented in this

paper and the results are encouraging in reliability and stability perspective.

Accession Number: WOS:000341171800002

ISSN: 1975-0102

eISSN: 2093-7423

Record 26 of 114

Title: Performance study on evacuated tube solar collector using therminol D-12 as heat transfer

fluid coupled with parabolic trough

Author(s): Selvakumar, P (Selvakumar, P.); Somasundaram, P (Somasundaram, P.); Thangavel,

P (Thangavel, P.)

Source: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT Volume: 85 Pages: 505-

510 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.05.069 Published: SEP 2014

Abstract: Fossil fuels and electrical energy are widely used for instant hot water generation in

rural and urban areas. Also, conventional solar water heaters do not support instant hot water

generation because of various problems. A new system with evacuated tube collector using

synthetic oil as heat transfer fluid coupled with parabolic trough is developed and studied

experimentally for instant hot water generation in the presence of low solar irradiance. Among

the different grades of therminol, therminol D-12 is chosen for the study because of its thermal

stability. Parabolic trough is coupled to evacuated tube to enhance the flow as well as heating

characteristics of therminol. Heating efficiency and temperature characteristics are determined

for the newly developed system under low solar irradiance conditions. Instant hot water can be

produced by the new system at a temperature of 60 degrees C in the presence of low solar

radiation. This newly developed system has the ability to check the fossil fuel consumption and

electrical energy consumption for instant hot water generation in household applications. The

stability of the heat transfer fluid is also ensured by repeated experiments. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000340213800050

ISSN: 0196-8904

eISSN: 1879-2227

Record 27 of 114

Title: Mathematical Modeling and Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Short Coir Fiber-

Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composite Using Genetic Algorithm Method

Author(s): Velumani, S (Velumani, S.); Krishnan, PN (Krishnan, P. Navaneetha); Jayabal, S

(Jayabal, S.)

Source: MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

STRUCTURES Volume: 21 Issue: 7 Pages: 559-

565 DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2012.699599 Published: AUG 9 2014

Abstract: The tensile, flexural, and impact properties of coir-fiber reinforced vinyl ester

composites were evaluated. The short coir fibers with different proportions in fiber length and

fiber content were used as reinforcements in polymer-based matrices. The mathematical models

of tensile, flexural, and impact properties were developed using statistical packages and

optimized using the genetic algorithm method to find the optimum fiber parameters for

maximum value of mechanical properties.

Accession Number: WOS:000333880600005

ISSN: 1537-6494

eISSN: 1537-6532

Record 28 of 114

Title: An improved adaptive wavelet shrinkage for ultrasound despeckling

Author(s): Devi, PN (Devi, P. Nirmala); Asokan, R (Asokan, R.)

Source: SADHANA-ACADEMY PROCEEDINGS IN ENGINEERING

SCIENCES Volume: 39 Issue: 4 Pages: 971-988 DOI: 10.1007/s12046-014-0254-

5 Published: AUG 2014

Abstract: Ultrasound imaging is the most widely used medical diagnostic technique for clinical

decision making, due to its ability to make real time imaging for moving structures, low cost and

safety. However, its usefulness is degraded by the presence of signal dependent speckle noise.

Several wavelet-based denoising schemes have been reported in the literature for the removal of

speckle noise. This study proposes a new and improved adaptive wavelet shrinkage in the

translational invariant domain. It exploits the knowledge of the correlation of the wavelet

coefficients within and across the resolution scales. A preliminary coefficient classification

representing useful image information and noise is performed with a novel inter-scale

dependency measure. The spatial context adaptation of the wavelet coefficients within a subband

is achieved by a local spatial adaptivity indicator, determined by using a truncation threshold. A

weighted signal variance is estimated based on this measure and used in the determination of a

subband adaptive threshold. The proposed thresholding function aims to reduce the fixed bias of

the soft thresholding approach. Experiments conducted with the proposed filter are compared

with the existing filtering algorithms in terms of Peak-Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Mean

Square Error (MSE), Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM), Equivalent Number of Looks

(ENL) and Edge Preservation Index (EPI). A comparison of the results shows that the proposed

filter achieves an improvement in terms of quantitative measures and in terms of visual quality of

the images.

Accession Number: WOS:000340669300012

ISSN: 0256-2499

eISSN: 0973-7677

Record 29 of 114

Title: Synthesis and characterization of polyethylene oxide based nano composite electrolyte

Author(s): Malathi, M (Malathi, M.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: SADHANA-ACADEMY PROCEEDINGS IN ENGINEERING

SCIENCES Volume: 39 Issue: 4 Pages: 999-1007 DOI: 10.1007/s12046-014-0273-

2 Published: AUG 2014

Abstract: Polyethylene oxide (PEO) - montmorillonite (MMT) composite electrolytes were

synthesised by solution casting technique. The salt used for the study is Lithium perchlorate

(LiClO4). The morphology and percentage of crystallinity data were obtained through X-ray

Diffraction and Differential Scanning Caloriemetry. The ionic conductivity of the polymer

electrolytes was studied by impedance spectroscopy. The addition of MMT resulted in an

increase in conductivity over the temperature range of 25-60(a similar to)C. The ionic

conductivity of a composite polymer electrolyte containing 1.2 wt% MMT was 1 x 10(-5) S cm(-

1) at 25(a similar to)C, which is at least one order of magnitude higher than that of the polymer

electrolyte (4 x 10(-7)S cm(-1)). The increase in ionic conductivity is explained on the basis of

crystallinity of the polymer electrolyte.

Accession Number: WOS:000340669300014

ISSN: 0256-2499

eISSN: 0973-7677

Record 30 of 114

Title: Comparative Investigation of Mechanical Properties in GMAW/GTAW for Various

Shielding Gas Compositions

Author(s): Kumar, KVS (Kumar, K. V. Satheesh); Gejendhiran, S (Gejendhiran, S.); Prasath, M

(Prasath, M.)

Source: MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING

PROCESSES Volume: 29 Issue: 8 Pages: 996-

1003 DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2014.901527 Published: AUG 2014

Abstract: Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) are

extensively used in the areas requiring high-speed welds, higher weld quality finishes, and

superior strength properties. In this experimental study, the influence of shielding gas

composition on the mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel 316L was investigated. The

selection of shielding gases and current intensities is the major concern to achieve the intended

properties of the weld metal. The influence of four various shielding gas compositions was

studied in this work. It was carried out in both GMAW and GTAW for 3 and 6mm thick plates.

Optimization of shielding gas mixtures, current intensities, flow rates, and welding speed is

required to automate the process and to improve the overall efficiency of the weld process.

Mechanical properties are analyzed for GTAW and GMAW specimens. The obtained results

prove that the tensile strength, hardness, and impact strength are higher for GTAW weld

specimens compared to GMAW weld specimens. Further by decreasing the percentage of CO2,

the tensile strength and hardness values give the superior results.

Accession Number: WOS:000340249900017

ISSN: 1042-6914

eISSN: 1532-2475

Record 31 of 114

Title: Modeling and experimental analysis of packed column for SO2 emission control process

Author(s): Maheswari, C (Maheswari, Chenniappan); Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy,

Kasilingam); Parameshwaran, R (Parameshwaran, Rathinasamy)

Source: ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Pages: 464-

470 DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.054 Published: JUL 2014

Abstract: Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from chemical process plants are increasing at an

alarming rate. It is necessary to implement the best methodology to reduce the SO2 emissions.

This paper presents physical modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, and

experimental analysis of a packed column used for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) process to

reduce SO2 emission at a greater extent. The packed column parameters such as liquid/gas (L/G)

ratio, diameter, packed height and total height were determined using physical modeling with

two-film gas-liquid absorption theory. Simulation model of the packed column is developed by

GAMBIT 2.2.30 and analysis is carried out by FLUENT 6.2.16. In CFD analysis, hydrogen

peroxide (H2O2) (with different concentrations) was used as an absorbent. CFD simulation

result ensures that when H2O2 is used as a reactant, better removal efficiency is obtained. Based

on the physical modeling and CFD analysis, a lab scale packed column was developed.

Experimental result showed that 95% SO2 removal efficiency is achieved for 0.1 M H2O2 as a

reactant. Experimental results agreed excellently with the developed CFD model and can be used

for designing industrial packed columns.

Accession Number: WOS:000345299400014

ISSN: 1309-1042

Record 32 of 114

Title: Power quality improvement in solar photovoltaic system to reduce harmonic distortions

using intelligent techniques

Author(s): Alexander, SA (Alexander, S. Albert); Manigandan, T (Manigandan, T.)

Source: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Article

Number: 043127 DOI: 10.1063/1.4893572 Published: JUL 2014

Abstract: This paper presents the harmonic elimination in a solar fed cascaded fifteen level

inverter supplied with varying input sources from solar Photo Voltaic's (PV) using the modern

intelligent techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Genetic Algorithm (GA) and

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). In ANN based approach the harmonic equations are solved

and switching angles are obtained such that the fundamental is kept constant and lower order

harmonics are minimized or eliminated. The data set with varying input voltages and switching

angles are trained with ANN. The trained network is integrated with solar PV system to reduce

the harmonic distortions. Similarly the objective function for the proposed methodology is

formulated and corresponding operations are performed with respect to optimization techniques

(GA and PSO) to obtain the optimal switching angles required for the inverter switches. The

modeling of solar panel is developed which serves as the input in simulation. The results show

that ANN based method provide a significant improvement of power quality with respect to the

reduction of Total Harmonic Distortion when compared to the other techniques. A 3 kWp solar

PV plant with a fifteen level inverter incorporated with ANN based technique is implemented in

hardware to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

Accession Number: WOS:000344596400041

ISSN: 1941-7012

Record 33 of 114

Title: Investigation on biogas production process from chicken processing industry wastewater

using statistical analysis: Modelling and optimization

Author(s): Karichappan, T (Karichappan, Thirugnanasambandham); Venkatachalam, S

(Venkatachalam, Sivakumar); Jeganathan, PM (Jeganathan, Prakash Maran)

Source: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Article

Number: 043117 DOI: 10.1063/1.4892604 Published: JUL 2014

Abstract: In this present study, biogas production process was investigated using four factors-

three level Box-Behnken statistical experimental design under different anaerobic conditions

such as pH (4-10), temperature (25-45 degrees C), alkalinity dose (6%-24%), and time (6-30

days) from chicken processing industry wastewater. The obtained results were analyzed by

analysis of variance and the second order polynomial model was developed to study the

interactive effect of process conditions on the biogas yield. Optimum conditions for maximizing

the biogas yield were determined using derringer's desired function methodology and it was

found to be pH of 7, temperature of 40 degrees C, alkalinity dose of 16%, and time of 21 days.

Under optimum conditions, predicted biogas yield was found to be 905 ml with a desirability

value of 0.985. Suitability of the predicted optimum conditions was validated using experimental

data. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

Accession Number: WOS:000344596400031

ISSN: 1941-7012

Record 34 of 114

Title: Wear prediction on silicon nitride bearing couple in human hip prosthesis using finite

element concepts

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Nithyaprakash, R (Nithyaprakash, R.)

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY Volume: 228 Issue: 7 Pages: 717-

724 DOI:10.1177/1350650114526580 Published: JUL 2014

Abstract: Wear is one of the important tribological parameter that increases the revision rate of

artificial hip implantation. Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is one of the promising ceramic materials with

low wear rate and has been implanted in patients for the past 3 years. The objective of this paper

is to analyse the effect of radial clearance over the contact pressure and wear of Si3N4 bearing

couple, i.e. acetabulam cup and femoral head, using finite element concepts. The 3D force values

for normal walking cycle of hip joint are used to predict the contact pressure and 3D rotation

angles are used to calculate the sliding distance in determining the wear of bearing couple. The

finite element results are validated initially with the previous experimental results. Then the

analysis is extended to various radial clearance values. The increase in radial clearance values

resulted in increase in linear wear but there is not much change in the volumetric wear.

Accession Number: WOS:000340211200002

ISSN: 1350-6501

eISSN: 2041-305X

Record 35 of 114

Title: Development of a New Cr(VI)-biosorbent from Agricultural Waste: Adsorption

Characteristics and the Kinetics

Author(s): Shanmugaprakash, M (Shanmugaprakash, M.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Babukannan, K (Babukannan, K.); Biswarup, S (Biswarup, Sen)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 61 Issue: 7 Special

Issue: SI Pages: 797-802 DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201300627 Published: JUL 2014

Abstract: Agricultural wastes are excellent carbon materials for adsorption of heavy metal ions

from toxic industrial wastewaters. Here we report the biosorption potential of a low cost

agricultural waste, Pongamia seed shell (PSS), in the removal of toxic hexavalent Cr, from

aqueous synthetic solution. The effect of pH, adsorbent dosage and contact time on the removal

of Cr(VI) was studied using batch system. The Cr(VI) removal efficiency was highest at pH 2.0

and adsorbent dosage of 10.0 g/L. A maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of 83.3 mg/g at

30 degrees C was obtained. Freundlich isotherm model (R-2 >= 0.95) and pseudo-second order

kinetic model (R-2 >= 0.99) fitted well with experimental data among the others. The

morphology and surface functional groups of the raw PS S and Cr(VI)-loaded PS S were

observed by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,

respectively, which confirmed the adsorption and binding of Cr(VI) onto PS S. Experimental and

kinetic results suggest PSS as a potential biosorbent of Cr(VI) in industrial wastewaters.

Accession Number: WOS:000338403500013

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Muthusamy, shanmugaprakash O-7448-2015 0000-0002-6435-2158

ISSN: 0009-4536

eISSN: 2192-6549

Record 36 of 114

Title: Glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites - a review

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Satheeshkumar, S (Satheeshkumar, S.);

Naveen, J (Naveen, J.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 33 Issue: 13 Pages: 1258-

1275 DOI: 10.1177/0731684414530790 Published: JUL 2014

Abstract: Glass fibers reinforced polymer composites have been prepared by various

manufacturing technology and are widely used for various applications. Initially, ancient

Egyptians made containers by glass fibers drawn from heat softened glass. Continues glass fibers

were first manufactured in the 1930s for high-temperature electrical application. Nowadays, it

has been used in electronics, aviation and automobile application etc. Glass fibers are having

excellent properties like high strength, flexibility, stiffness and resistance to chemical harm. It

may be in the form of roving's, chopped strand, yarns, fabrics and mats. Each type of glass fibers

have unique properties and are used for various applications in the form of polymer composites.

The mechanical, tribological, thermal, water absorption and vibrational properties of various

glass fiber reinforced polymer composites were reported.

Accession Number: WOS:000337956900007

ISSN: 0731-6844

eISSN: 1530-7964

Record 37 of 114

Title: Batch and Dynamics Modeling of the Biosorption of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solutions by

Solid Biomass Waste from the Biodiesel Production

Author(s): Shanmugaprakash, M (Shanmugaprakash, Muthusamy); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar,

Venkatachalam); Manimaran, M (Manimaran, Manickavelu); Aravind, J (Aravind, Jeyaseelan)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Pages: 342-352 DOI: 10.1002/ep.11781 Published: JUL

2014

Abstract: Pongamia oil cake (POC), a bio-residual waste is obtained during the production of

biodiesel as a byproduct. This is used as biosorbent to evaluate the removal of chromium (VI)

ions from an aqueous synthetic solution. The effects of various process parameters such as pH,

contact time, initial chromium ions concentration and adsorbent dosage have been investigated.

The FT-IR and SEM analysis of the adsorbents was done in the native- and Cr(VI)-loaded state,

to explore the position of the functional groups available for binding of chromium ions and the

structural morphology of the studied adsorbents respectively. Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and

Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm were used to study the adsorption mechanism, and it was found

that the equilibrium data was better represented by the Freundlich isotherm. The maximal

removal of hexavalent chromium ion was found to be at a pH of 2.0 within 2 h. The sorption

kinetic follows the pseudo second order kinetic model. The Cr(VI) ions bound to the biosorbent

could be effectively removed, using dilute H2SO4 (0.05 mM). The ability of POC to adsorb

Cr(VI) ions in packed column was also investigated through the column studies. Bed Depth

Service Time model and the Thomas model were used to analyze the experimental data and

evaluate the model parameters. POC was shown to be a promising adsorbent for removal of

Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions. (c) 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ

Prog, 33: 342-352, 2014

Accession Number: WOS:000334298800002

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Muthusamy, shanmugaprakash O-7448-2015 0000-0002-6435-2158

Aravind, J O-9296-2015 0000-0001-9699-2312

ISSN: 1944-7442

eISSN: 1944-7450

Record 38 of 114

Title: Hand arm vibration measurement using micro-accelerometer in different brick structures

Author(s): Gomathi, K (Gomathi, K.); Senthilkumar, A (Senthilkumar, A.); Shankar, S

(Shankar, S.); Thangavel, S (Thangavel, S.); Priya, RM (Priya, R. Mohana)

Source: SMART STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Volume: 13 Issue: 6 Pages: 959-

974 Published: JUN 2014

Abstract: Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) is a group of diseases caused by exposure of

the hands to vibration while operating the hand held power tools such as road breaker, drilling

machine, demolition hammer in construction works. In this paper, area-changed capacitive

micro-accelerometer is designed to measure the vibration exposure on worker's hand when

operating a drilling machine on various blocks such as clay block, paver block and solid cement

block. The design process includes mathematical modelling of micro-accelerometer and

simulations are done using INTELLISUITE 8.6. Experimental results are taken for various

blocks surfaces using conventional and micro-accelerometer. Comparisons show that usage of

area-changed micro-accelerometer for Hand-arm vibration monitoring provides better sensitivity,

which in turn reduces the risk of HAVS in workers.

Accession Number: WOS:000344575400005

ISSN: 1738-1584

Record 39 of 114

Title: Effect of current density on electrodeposited ferrous tungsten thin films

Author(s): Thangaraj, N (Thangaraj, N.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Sasikumar, D

(Sasikumar, D.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF PURE & APPLIED

PHYSICS Volume: 52 Issue: 6 Pages: 395-398 Published: JUN 2014

Abstract: Ferrous tungsten (Fe-W) electrodeposited thin film properties have been studied for

different current densities and different deposition times. The magnetic saturation (M-s),

retentivity (M-r) and coercivity (H-c) of the films have been studied using vibrating sample

magnetometer. The retentivity (M-r) and the magnetic saturation (M-s) of the deposited films

increased with the increase of current density. The crystallite size and stress of the deposited thin

films were calculated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies. Percentage of elemental analysis of

Fe-W films has been obtained using energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). Surface

morphology analysis has been carried out using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The

magnetic properties and structural characteristics of the thin films deposited under various

experimental conditions are discussed. The hardness and adhesion of the deposited thin films

were also studied.

Accession Number: WOS:000337878600006

ISSN: 0019-5596

eISSN: 0975-1041

Record 40 of 114

Title: Graphene and modified graphene-based polymer nanocomposites - A review

Author(s): Saravanan, N (Saravanan, N.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.); Mahalakshmi, S

(Mahalakshmi, S.); Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Sasikumar, KSK (Sasikumar, K. S.

K.); Sahoo, S (Sahoo, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 33 Issue: 12 Pages: 1158-

1180 DOI: 10.1177/0731684414524847 Published: JUN 2014

Abstract: Graphene has drawn a great attention in the recent research innovations mainly due to

its structural geometry, which is composed of one-atom thick planar sheet of hexagonally

arrayed sp(2) carbon atoms. Development of nanocomposites utilising graphene as the nanofiller

offer desired properties to the added polymer matrix. Furthermore, incorporation of functional

groups such as hydroxyl, epoxy, carboxyl, etc. on the basal plane of graphene enhances the

interaction with the polymer matrices. Better interaction between the nanofiller and the polymer

leads to exfoliation of the nanofiller in the matrices, which indeed significantly improves the

physical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, electronic properties, etc., of the polymer. The review

article explores the recent research findings on the development of polymeric nanocomposites

utilising pure and functionalised graphene. The article focuses on the method of synthesis of

graphene and functionalised graphene, followed by their characterisation methods and

inferences. It also summarises the routes for the preparation of graphene and modified graphene-

based polymer nanocomposites. The work highlights the enhancement of properties observed

due to the addition of graphene and modified graphene to the polymer matrices. Several surface

modifications done on GNS in order to achieve better dispersion of the same in the polymer

matrix has been discussed. The review article portrays the recent research reports on graphene

and modified graphene-based polymer nanocomposites. Techniques such as cryomilling, latex

technology and lyophilisation as applied to polymer nanocomposites have been reviewed. Also,

each of the literatures has been reviewed under the synthesis of filler and the preparation of the

polymer nanocomposite separately which would serve as a guidance for future research.

Literatures in which different carbon nanofillers have been compared to find the optimum filler

has also been discussed.

Accession Number: WOS:000338012400006

ISSN: 0731-6844

eISSN: 1530-7964

Record 41 of 114

Title: Survey and Analysis of Various Image Fusion Techniques for Clinical CT and MRI

Images

Author(s): Tamilselvan, KS (Tamilselvan, Kumaravel Subramaniam); Murugesan, G

(Murugesan, Govindasamy)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMAGING SYSTEMS AND

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 193-

202 DOI: 10.1002/ima.22094 Published: JUN 2014

Abstract: The research and development of biomedical imaging techniques requires more

number of image data from medical image acquisition devices, like computed tomography (CT),

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission technology, and single photon emission

computed tomography. Multimodal image fusion is the process of combining information from

various images to get the maximum amount of content captured by a single image acquisition

device at different angles and different times or stages. This article analyses and compares the

performance of different existing image fusion techniques for the clinical images in the medical

field. The fusion techniques compared are simple or pixel-based fusion, pyramid-based fusion,

and transform-based fusion techniques. Four set of CT and MRI images are used for the above

fusion techniques. The performance of the fused results is measured with seven parameters. The

experimental results show that out of seven parameters the values of four parameters, such as

average difference, mean difference, root mean square error, and standard deviation are

minimum and the values of remaining three parameters, such as peak signal to noise ratio,

entropy, and mutual information are maximum. From the experimental results, it is clear that out

of 14 fusion techniques taken for survey, image fusion using dual tree complex wavelet

transform gives better fusion result for the clinical CT and MRI images. Advantages and

limitations of all the techniques are discussed with their experimental results and their relevance.

(c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 24, 193-202, 2014.

Accession Number: WOS:000335665900009

ISSN: 0899-9457

eISSN: 1098-1098

Record 42 of 114

Title: DYNAMIC CONTACT ANALYSIS OF TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS DURING

STUMBLING CYCLE

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Manikandan, M (Manikandan, M.)

Source: JOURNAL OF MECHANICS IN MEDICINE AND

BIOLOGY Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Article

Number: 1450041 DOI: 10.1142/S0219519414500419 Published: JUN 2014

Abstract: The estimation of the hip joint contact stresses and contact pressure distribution

during stumbling activities is a critical task for selecting the best material pair in the hip

prosthesis design. This paper utilizes a three-dimensional finite element model of acetabular

component to analyze the dynamic stumbling activity using ANSYS (R). The present study

investigates the maximum von Mises stress, contact pressure and deformation developed for

different combinations of materials under the stumbling load condition. The different

combination of bearing couplings considered for the analysis are metal in contact with plastic,

metal on metal, metal on ceramic, ceramic on plastic, ceramic on metal and ceramic on ceramic

combinations. The results concluded that the Alumina femoral head paired with ultra-high

molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) cup reduces the maximum von Mises stress and

maximum contact pressure developed between the interface regions when compared with other

combinations. The obtained results are compared with the result of Hai-bo-Jiang et al., for

available combinations, and higher correlation of 92% was found between the two results.

Accession Number: WOS:000333044400013

ISSN: 0219-5194

eISSN: 1793-6810

Record 43 of 114

Title: Discrete direct adaptive ELM controller for active vibration control of nonlinear base

isolation buildings

Author(s): Subasri, R (Subasri, R.); Suresh, S (Suresh, S.); Natarajan, AM (Natarajan, A. M.)

Source: NEUROCOMPUTING Volume: 129 Special Issue: SI Pages: 246-

256 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2013.09.035 Published: APR 10 2014

Abstract: Hybridization of base isolation and active control is a promising alternative to

suppress the seismic vibrations in civil structures. The base-isolation system introduces

hysteretic/frictional nonlinearity into the structure and hence there is a need to develop a

nonlinear adaptive control approach to subdue the vibrations. In this paper, the authors propose

discrete direct adaptive ELM controller for active control of nonlinear base isolated building,

subjected to a set of near-fault earthquakes. A single hidden layer neural controller with random

selection of input weights compensates the nonlinearity and provides desired vibration

suppression. The neural controller is based on the extreme learning machine algorithm with

random input weight selection and output weights are updated using Lyapunov like adaptation

rule. The proposed discrete adaptive control law provides necessary stability and vibration

suppression in nonlinear base isolated building. Simulation studies have been carried out using

the full-scale three dimensional benchmark eight-storey building comprising hysteretic lead-

rubber base-isolation. One earthquake record and perturbed model is used to train the controller

offline. The offline trained controller is adapted online using the actual full-scale model for a

wide range of near-fault earthquakes. The results clearly show that the proposed controller

suppresses the vibration significantly without increasing superstructure responses. The

comprehensive performance measures are compared with existing results reported in the

literature. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000332132400029

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sundaram, Suresh A-4026-2010

ISSN: 0925-2312

eISSN: 1872-8286

Record 44 of 114

Title: Modeling and optimization of biogas production from rice mill effluent using up flow

anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, Karichappan); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, Venkatachalam); Maran, JP (Maran, Jeganathan Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Article

Number: 023129 DOI: 10.1063/1.4873400 Published: MAR 2014

Abstract: The main objective of the present study is to investigate the efficiency of seed sludge

for the production of biogas from rice mill effluent using up flow anaerobic sludge blanket

bioreactor. Response surface methodology coupled with three factors three level Box-Behnken

response surface design was used to study the treatment process statistically. Effects of

temperature, alkalinity dose, and flow rate on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and

biogas production were investigated and second order polynomial mathematical models were

developed for the responses with high coefficient of determination values (R-2 > 0.99). Analysis

of variance was used to evaluate the adequacy of developed mathematical models and three

dimensional response surface plots were constructed to study the interactive effects of process

variables on the treatment efficiency. Optimum conditions were found to be temperature of 40

degrees C, alkalinity dose of 1.5 g CaCO3/l and wastewater flow rate of 6 l d(-1). Under these

conditions 87% of COD removal and biogas production of 273 ml CH4/g COD were obtained.

(C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

Accession Number: WOS:000336155400032

ISSN: 1941-7012

Record 45 of 114

Title: Application of CDM-PI-P Controller for SO2 Emission Control Process

Author(s): Maheswari, C (Maheswari, C.); Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy, K.);

Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.); Bhaba, PK (Bhaba, P. K.)

Source: CONTROL ENGINEERING AND APPLIED

INFORMATICS Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Pages: 40-49 Published: MAR 2014

Abstract: This paper focuses on the sulphur dioxide (SO2) emission control using PI-P

controller by considering Coefficient Diagram Method (CDM) as a candidate. To analyse the

removal efficiency of SO2, liquid-gas absorption column with mixing unit is modelled using

SIMULINK in MATLAB platform. Sulphuric acid containing hydrogen peroxide is used as a

scrubbing liquid. To compute the parameters of the CDM-PI-P controller, process is

approximated as First Order Plus Time Delay (FOPTD) transfer function model. Performance of

the CDM-PI-P controller is analysed and compared with conventional control techniques such as

Ziegler-Nichols PI controller (ZN-PI) and Internal Model Control based PI controller (IMC-PI)

in terms of time domain performance measures such as settling time, rise time, overshoot (t(s),

t(r), %M-p) and error indices (ISE, TAB, ITAE). The simulation results prove that the CDM-PI-

P controller provides most consistent performance as compared to the conventional controllers.

Accession Number: WOS:000333724500005

ISSN: 1454-8658

Record 46 of 114

Title: Hybrid fiber reinforced polymer composites - a review

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Naveen, J (Naveen, J.); Satheeshkumar, S

(Satheeshkumar, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 33 Issue: 5 Pages: 454-

471 DOI: 10.1177/0731684413516393 Published: MAR 2014

Abstract: The polymer matrix composites have been widely used for many applications. These

are light in weight and easy for manufacturing. The hybrid fiber reinforced composites have been

prepared to enhance the mechanical, thermal, damping properties compared to single-fiber

reinforced composites. The fiber reinforced hybrid composites consist of two or more fiber in a

matrix system. The different fibers were reinforced with suitable matrix for preparing the hybrid

composites using various manufacturing methodology. The hybrid composites are used for many

application and replacing wood, wood fiber composites and conventional materials. The

mechanical properties (tensile, flexural and impact), dynamic, tribological and water absorption

properties of natural fiber reinforced hybrid polymer composites and natural/synthetic fiber

reinforced hybrid polymer composites were reported.

Accession Number: WOS:000332503700005

ISSN: 0731-6844

eISSN: 1530-7964

Record 47 of 114

Title: Magnetoresistance in silicon based ferrite magnetic tunnel junction

Author(s): Ravi, S (Ravi, S.); Karthikeyan, A (Karthikeyan, A.); Nesakumari, NA (Nesakumari,

N. Angel); Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Pages: 259-

263 DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.11.024 Published: MAR 2014

Abstract: We report magnetoresistance for silicon based magnetic tunnel junction. We used

cobalt ferrite & cobalt nickel ferrite as free layer and pinned layer. The magnetoresistance

measured at room temperature through silicon by fabricating FM/Si/FM magnetic tunnel

junction. Magnetoresistance shows a loop type behavior with 3.7%. We have successfully

demonstrated spin tunneling through silicon with ferrite junction that opens the door for potential

candidate for spintronics devices. The spin-filtering effect for this double spin-filter junction is

also discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000331640600008

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Ravi, Sridharan 0000-0001-5069-0642

ISSN: 1567-1739

eISSN: 1878-1675

Record 48 of 114

Title: Fault-Distribution Dependent Reliable H-infinity Control for Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy

Systems

Author(s): Sakthivel, R (Sakthivel, R.); Vadivel, P (Vadivel, P.); Mathiyalagan, K

(Mathiyalagan, K.); Arunkumar, A (Arunkumar, A.)

Source: JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Volume: 136 Issue: 2 Article

Number: 021021 DOI: 10.1115/1.4025987 Published: MAR 2014

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the problem of robust reliable H-infinity control for a

class of uncertain Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy systems with actuator failures and time-varying

delay. The main objective is to design a state feedback reliable H-infinity controller such that, for

all admissible uncertainties as well as actuator failure cases, the resulting closed-loop system is

robustly asymptotically stable with a prescribed H-infinity performance level. Based on the

Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) method together with linear matrix inequality (LMI)

technique, a delay dependent sufficient condition is established in terms of LMIs for the

existence of robust reliable H-infinity controller. When these LMIs are feasible, a robust reliable

H-infinity controller can be obtained. Finally, two numerical examples with simulation result are

utilized to illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of our obtained result.

Accession Number: WOS:000331477100021

ISSN: 0022-0434

eISSN: 1528-9028

Record 49 of 114

Title: Effect of Strain Hardening during Unloading for an Elastic-Plastic Hemisphere in Contact

with a Rigid Flat

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Arjun, KA (Arjun, K. A.)

Source: MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

STRUCTURES Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Pages: 139-

144 DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2012.680666 Published: FEB 7 2014

Abstract: Identifying the exact state transition, i.e., end of elastic-plastic regime or the start of

fully plastic regime, in asperity level contacts during loading and unloading process requires

much attention to prevent the failure of components. The present work extends the Shankar and

Mayuram model (SM Model) work for the unloading case. An axisymmetrical hemispherical

asperity in contact with a rigid flat is considered in the present analysis for the unloading case by

including the strain hardening effect. The unloading is done accurately at the end of elastic-

plastic state on the lines of SM model empirical expressions for various Y/E ratios, also with

different E-t /E ratios. New empirical expressions are formulated based on the extensive analysis

to determine the residual interference ratio. The results are generalized at the end of the elastic-

plastic state for different levels of Y/E ratios by including the strain hardening effect.

Accession Number: WOS:000327834400007

ISSN: 1537-6494

eISSN: 1537-6532

Record 50 of 114

Title: Extraction, multi-response analysis, and optimization of biologically active phenolic

compounds from the pulp of Indian jamun fruit

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.)

Source: FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Pages: 9-

14 DOI: 10.1007/s10068-014-0002-y Published: FEB 2014

Abstract: An aqueous extraction technique was applied to optimize the extraction process

variables of temperature (40A degrees C-60A degrees C), time (20-100 min), and the solid-to-

liquid ratio (1:10-1:15) using a Box-Behnken experimental design and response surface

methodology. Maximum extraction yields of total phenolics and flavonoids, and anti-oxidant

activities were obtained from Indian jamun fruit. Effects of the extraction temperature and the

solid-toliquid ratio were found to be significant (p < 0.05) for all responses. Second order

polynomial models were developed from experimental data to predict the effects of the

independent variables on the responses. Optimum extraction conditions (temperature of 54A

degrees C, time of 50 min, and a solid-to-liquid ratio of 1:8.5) for the maximum extraction yield

of total phenolics (1,332.36 mg GAE/100 g) and flavonoids (110.94 mg QE/100 g), and the anti-

oxidant activity (233.55mg AAE/100 g) were achieved. Experimental values matched well with

predicted values obtained under optimum conditions.

Accession Number: WOS:000331998900002

ISSN: 1226-7708

eISSN: 2092-6456

Record 51 of 114

Title: Instantaneous reference current scheme based power management system for a

solar/wind/fuel cell fed hybrid power supply

Author(s): Saravanan, S (Saravanan, S.); Thangavel, S (Thangavel, S.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY

SYSTEMS Volume: 55 Pages: 155-170 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.08.021 Published: FEB

2014

Abstract: This paper proposes a new power conditioner topology with an intelligent power

management controller that integrates multiple renewable energy sources such as solar energy,

wind energy and fuel cell energy with battery backup to make the best use of their operating

characteristics and obtain better reliability than that could be obtained by single renewable

energy based power supply. The proposed embedded controller is programmed for maintaining a

constant voltage at PCC, maximum power point tracking for solar PV panel and WTG and power

flow control by regulating the reference currents of the controller in an instantaneous basis based

on the power delivered by the sources and load demand. The instantaneous variation in reference

currents of the controller enhances the controller response as it accommodates the effect of

continuously varying solar insolation and wind speed in the power management. The power

conditioner uses a battery bank with an embedded controller based online SOC estimation and

battery charging system which effectively sink or source the input power based on the load

demand. The simulation results of the proposed power management system for a standalone

solar/WTG/fuel cell fed hybrid power supply with real time solar radiation and wind velocity

data collected from solar centre, KEC for a sporadically varying load demand is presented in this

paper and the results are encouraging in reliability and stability perspective. (C) 2013 Elsevier

Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000329333100017

ISSN: 0142-0615

eISSN: 1879-3517

Record 52 of 114

Title: Degradation behavior of biocomposites based on cassava starch buried under indoor soil

conditions

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 101 Pages: 20-

28 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.08.080 Published: JAN 30 2014

Abstract: Degradation of cassava (tapioca) starch based composite films during indoor soil

burial experiments was analyzed using five factors, three levels Box-Behnken response surface

design. From the results, it was observed that, increased water sorption promotes the entry of soil

microorganism and it utilizes the starch films as a source of energy for their growth. The

reduction in weight and mechanical property was associated with preferential loss of matrix

components of the films. The microorganisms associated with the degradation of films were

quantified and identified. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed the formation of

patterns and cracks on the surface of the materials aged in the soils. From the results, second

order polynomial models were developed for the responses. The results of the study

demonstrated that, the tapioca starch based composites were showed a limited lifetime in biotic

environment which make them suitable for being disposed in landfills after their use. (C) 2013

Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000330494800003

PubMed ID: 24299744

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 53 of 114

Title: Microwave assisted extraction of pectin from waste Citrullus lanatus fruit rinds

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 101 Pages: 786-

791 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.09.062 Published: JAN 30 2014

Abstract: In this present study, microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was applied to extraction

of pectin from waste Citrullus Lanatus fruit rinds. Extraction parameters which are employed in

this study are microwave power (160-480 W), irradiation time (60-180s), pH (1-2) and solid-

liquid ratio (1:10-1:30 g/ml) and they were optimized using a four factor three levels Box-

Behnken response surface design (BBD) coupled with desirability function methodology. The

results showed that, all the process variables have significant effect on the extraction yield of

pectin. Optimum MAE conditions for the highest pectin yield from waste C. Lanatus fruit rinds

(25.79%) were obtained with microwave power of 477 W, irradiation time of 128 s, pH of 1.52,

solid-liquid ratio of 1:20.3 g/ml respectively. Validation experiment results were well agreed

with predicted value. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000330494800098

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 54 of 114

Title: Optimization of electrocoagulation process to treat grey wastewater in batch mode using

response surface methodology

Author(s): Karichappan, T (Karichappan, Thirugnanasambandham); Venkatachalam, S

(Venkatachalam, Sivakumar); Jeganathan, PM (Jeganathan, Prakash Maran)

Source: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING Volume: 12 Article Number: 29 DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-

29 Published: JAN 10 2014

Abstract: Background: Discharge of grey wastewater into the ecological system causes the

negative impact effect on receiving water bodies. Methods: In this present study,

electrocoagulation process (EC) was investigated to treat grey wastewater under different

operating conditions such as initial pH (4-8), current density (10-30 mA/cm(2)), electrode

distance (4-6 cm) and electrolysis time (5-25 min) by using stainless steel (SS) anode in batch

mode. Four factors with five levels Box-Behnken response surface design (BBD) was employed

to optimize and investigate the effect of process variables on the responses such as total solids

(TS), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and fecal coliform (FC) removal.

Results: The process variables showed significant effect on the electrocoagulation treatment

process. The results were analyzed by Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second order

polynomial models were developed in order to study the electrocoagulation process statistically.

The optimal operating conditions were found to be: initial pH of 7, current density of 20

mA/cm(2), electrode distance of 5 cm and electrolysis time of 20 min.

Conclusion: These results indicated that EC process can be scale up in large scale level to treat

grey wastewater with high removal efficiency of TS, COD and FC.

Accession Number: WOS:000331452800005

PubMed ID: 24410752

ISSN: 2052-336X

Record 55 of 114

Title: Chitosan based grey wastewater treatment-A statistical design approach

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Kandasamy, S (Kandasamy, S.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 99 Pages: 593-

600 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.08.058 Published: JAN 2 2014

Abstract: In this present study, grey wastewater was treated under different operating conditions

such as agitation time (1-3 min), pH (2.5-5.5), chitosan dose (0.3-0.6 g/l) and settling time (10-

20 min) using response surface methodology (RSM). Four factors with three levels Box-

Behnken response surface design (BBD) were employed to optimize and investigate the effect of

process variables on the responses such as turbidity, BUD and COD removal. The results were

analyzed by Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second order polynomial models were

developed in order to predict the responses. Under the optimum conditions, experimental values

such as turbidity (96%), BUD (91%) and COD (73%) removals are closely agreed with predicted

values. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000329256600076

PubMed ID: 24274548

ISSN: 0144-8617

eISSN: 1879-1344

Record 56 of 114

Title: Model Development to Predict Global Warming Potential Due to the Transportation of

Municipal Solid Waste Through an Experimental Study

Author(s): Velumani, A (Velumani, A.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.); Nedunchezhian, N

(Nedunchezhian, N.); Ganesan, K (Ganesan, K.)

Source: ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Pages: 45-

53 DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2010.536818 Published: JAN 2 2014

Abstract: In this article, a model is developed to estimate the greenhouse gases generated by

municipal solid waste transporting vehicles. To estimate the load of pollutants to the atmosphere

by the vehicles, it is necessary to estimate the speed of the vehicle at different time intervals on

Coimbatore roads during transportation of municipal solid waste. The study is designed and

conducted to quantify the emission load to atmosphere, particularly by the diesel vehicles. A

model has been developed to quantify the greenhouse gases emission and global warming

potential generated by these vehicles. In the laboratory, the emissions, such as CO, CO2, HC,

and NOx, exhausted for various engines' rpm are measured using the engine test beds and gas

analyzer. The estimation of greenhouse gases is predicted by matching the corresponding

engine's speed in the laboratory and the actual road conditions. The greenhouse gas emissions

generated by these vehicles are predicted by forecasting the municipal solid waste up to the year

2020. The global warming potential values are estimated with the quantity of CO2 emitted

during transportation of the wastes. It is found that the greenhouse gas emissions and global

warming potential generated by the vehicle for the transport of degradable wastes is higher than

the recyclable wastes.

Accession Number: WOS:000326917900007

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Natarajan, Nedunchezhian A-5932-2016 0000-0001-6935-4788

ISSN: 1556-7036

eISSN: 1556-7230

Record 57 of 114

Title: The Estimation of Global Warming Potential Due to the Temporary Storage of Municipal

Solid Waste by an Artificial Neural Network-A Case Study

Author(s): Velumani, A (Velumani, A.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.)

Source: ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Pages: 80-

92 DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2010.535099 Published: JAN 2 2014

Abstract: Temporary storage for collection of municipal solid waste is designed with various

parameters, such as size of bin, collection frequency, average filling rate, number of bins,

volume of material needed for bin production, bin density, and catchment area. The

environmental impact of temporary storage is evaluated with emissions generated due to the

production of net material used for bin production. An artificial neural network-back propagation

method is proposed for modeling the temporary storage. In this proposed artificial neural

network-back propagation network, the number of bins and global warming potential (GWP)

based on the quantity of generated wastes are predicted. Thus, a set of different structures of

artificial neural network-back propagation are investigated and then the best model is developed

for temporary storage of municipal solid waste. The artificial neural network-back propagation

model is trained using various parameters, such as number of neurons in the hidden layers,

training tolerance, momentum, and learning rate. This model is helpful for the decision makers in

choosing the environmentally sound options in the design of temporary storage for municipal

solid waste management. Artificial neural network-back propagation can be successfully used to

predict number of bins, GWP from waste generation rate of the city.

Accession Number: WOS:000326917900011

ISSN: 1556-7036

eISSN: 1556-7230

Record 58 of 114

Title: MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR SOLVENT

EXTRACTION OF POLYPHENOLS FROM RED GRAPES USING BOX-BEHNKEN

DESIGN

Author(s): Jeganathan, PM (Jeganathan, Prakash Maran); Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam,

Sivakumar); Karichappan, T (Karichappan, Thirugnanasambandham); Ramasamy, S

(Ramasamy, Sridar)

Source: PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY &

BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Pages: 56-

67 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2013.791629 Published: JAN 2 2014

Abstract: The objective of the present study is to find out the optimum extraction conditions for

extraction of polyphenols from red grapes using Box-Behnken design. Red grapes polyphenols

were extracted using acid-ethanol solvent at various extraction temperature (40-60 degrees C),

extraction time (20-100min) and different solid-liquid ratio (1:5-1:15g:ml). The effect (main and

interactive) of extraction conditions on total anthocyanin, phenolic and flavonoid content were

studied using Box-Behnken design (three factors at three levels). The results showed that the

contribution of the quadratic model was significant for all the responses. Second-order

mathematical regression models were developed and were found to fit well with observed data.

Derringer's desirability function methodology was performed to find out the optimal conditions

based on both individual and combinations of all responses (extraction temperature: 57 degrees

C, time: 61min, and solid-liquid ratio: 1:8.7g:ml) were established. At this optimal condition, the

anthocyanin yield, total phenolic and flavonoid content were 73.92mg/100g, 221.4mg

GAE/100g, and 79.08mg CE/100g, respectively. A desirability value of 0.902 was achieved at

this point.

Accession Number: WOS:000325513600005

PubMed ID: 24117152

ISSN: 1082-6068

Record 59 of 114

Title: Energy Efficient Multi-Metric QoS Routing Using Genetic Algorithm in MANET

Author(s): Brindha, CK (Brindha, C. K.); Nivetha, SK (Nivetha, S. K.); Asokan, R (Asokan, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Published: 2014

Abstract: Nodes in Mobile Adhoc NETwork (MANET) are suffered by limited bandwidth and

frequent changes in the topology due to node mobility. The nodes participating in the network

are powered by limited battery resources and the battery depletion can imply network failure.

Although establishing correct and efficient routes is an important design issue in MANET,

providing energy efficient routes is a more challenging goal because mobile nodes' operation

time is the most critical limiting factor. The problem of network exhausting batteries which

partitions the entire network can be prevented by considering the energy consumption in

MANET. To support real-time communications which require better QoS, metrics like

bandwidth, end-to-end delay and energy consumption has to be considered. It is necessary to

consider multiple metrics for selecting an efficient path. This multi-metric QoS routing problem

can be solved with optimization techniques. An energy efficient genetic algorithm based unicast

routing is proposed to provide energy efficient unicast, multipath route by considering multiple

QoS parameters such as end-to-end delay, energy consumption, bandwidth and hop count.

Accession Number: WOS:000360824400187

Conference Title: International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 13-14, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Record 60 of 114

Title: Adaptive ACKnowledgement Technique with Key Exchange Mechanism for MANET

Author(s): Sandhiya, D (Sandhiya, D.); Sangeetha, K (Sangeetha, K.); Latha, RS (Latha, R. S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Published: 2014

Abstract: Mobile Adhoc NETwork (MANET) is self configuring network of mobile nodes

connected by wireless links and it is considered as network without infrastructure. Routing

protocol in MANET operates on the basic assumption that nodes are fully cooperative. Because

of open infrastructure and limited battery power some nodes may not cooperate correctly. These

nodes start refusing to forward data packets or drop them thereby degrades the performance of

network. So it is very essential to develop an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to prevent

MANET from attacks. The IDS Watchdog, fails to detect node misbehavior in the presence of

ambiguous collisions, receiver collisions, limited transmission power, false misbehavior,

collusion and partial dropping. An intrusion detection system named Enhanced Adaptive

ACKnowledgment (EAACK) has been developed which consists of three parts, namely, ACK,

Secure ACK (S-ACK), and Misbehavior Report Authentication (MRA). All the

acknowledgement packets are digitally signed and verified to prevent forged acknowledgement

packets. For signing and verifying the acknowledgement packets, keys are generated and

distributed in advance. The proposed system uses One-hop ACK which is used to improve

misbehavior detection rates. Basic drawback of S-ACK includes it cannot distinguish exactly

which particular node is misbehaving node. Sometime well behaving nodes became a part of

misbehaving link. Thus lot of well behaved node may be avoided by network which results in

losing of well behaved routes. To eliminate the requirement of predistributed keys proposed

system considers Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Algorithm.

Accession Number: WOS:000360824400225

Conference Title: International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 13-14, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Record 61 of 114

Title: Feature Selection using Artificial Bee Colony for Cardiovascular Disease Classification

Author(s): Subanya, B (Subanya, B.); Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, R. R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICECS) Published: 2014

Abstract: Machine learning techniques are widely used in medical decision support systems.

Medical diagnosis helps to obtain different features representing the different variations of the

disease. With the help of different diagnostic procedures, it is likely to have relevant, irrelevant

and redundant features to represent a disease. Redundant features contribute to the wrong

classification of the disease. Therefore, removing the redundant features reduces the size of the

data and computation complexity. Identifying a good feature subset for effective classification is

a non-trivial task. This requires an exhaustive search over the sample space of the dataset. The

main objective of this paper is to use a metaheuristic algorithm to determine the optimal feature

subset with improved classification accuracy in cardiovascular disease diagnosis. Swarm

intelligence based Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is used to find the best features in the

disease identification. To evaluate the fitness of ABC, Support Vector Machine (SVM)

classification is used. The performance of the proposed algorithm is validated against the

Cleveland Heart disease dataset taken from the VCI machine learning repository. The

experimental results show that, ABC-SVM performs better than Feature selection with reverse

ranking. The results also show that, the proposed method obtained good classification accuracy

with only seven features.

Accession Number: WOS:000360824400221

Conference Title: International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems

(ICECS)

Conference Date: FEB 13-14, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Record 62 of 114

Title: Tamil Speech Enhancement Using Non-Linear Spectral Subtraction

Author(s): Prabhakaran, G (Prabhakaran, G.); Indra, J (Indra, J.); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL

PROCESSING (ICCSP) Published: 2014

Abstract: Speech enhancement is a technique used to reduce the background noise present in the

speech signal. It simply means the improvement in intelligibility and quality of degraded speech.

The noises present in the speech signal are additive noise, echo, reverbration and speaker

interference. The aim of the proposed method is to reduce the background noise present in the

speech signal by using spectral subtraction techniques. The magnitude of the spectrum of

estimated noise is subtracted from the spectrum of noisy speech signal. Five clean speeches are

taken as sample speech. Sample noise such as pink noise, white noise and volvo noise are taken

from database (TIMIT & NOIZEUS corpus). By using Non-linear spectral subtraction and

Multiband spectral subtraction techniques, enhanced speech is obtained. Performance of the

above two methods are compared based on the two parameters namely Signal to Noise Ratio and

Log Spectral Distance.

Accession Number: WOS:000357940500309

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Communications and Signal Processing

(ICCSP)

Conference Date: APR 03-05, 2014

Conference Location: Melmaruvathur, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, Adhiparasakthi Engn Coll, Dept Elect Commun Engn, IEEE

Madras Sect

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3358-7

Record 63 of 114

Title: Improved Particle Swarm Optimization based K-Means Clustering

Author(s): Prabha, KA (Prabha, K. Arun); Visalakshi, NK (Visalakshi, N. Karthikayini)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT COMPUTING

APPLICATIONS (ICICA 2014) Pages: 59-

63 DOI: 10.1109/ICICA.2014.21 Published: 2014

Abstract: Clustering is a popular data analysis and data mining technique. K-Means is one of the

most popular data mining algorithms for being simple, scalable and easily modifiable to a variety

of contexts and application domains. The major issue of traditional K-Means algorithm is that its

performance depends on the initialization of centroid and requires the number of clusters to be

specified in advance. Many evolutionary based clustering algorithms have been developed in

recent years for selecting optimum initial centroid to optimize clustering results. Particle Swarm

Optimization algorithm is a population-based memetic-evolution-motivated meta-heuristic

algorithm that mimics the capability of swarm. The K-Means algorithm typically uses Euclidean

or squared Euclidean distance to measure the distortion between a data object and its cluster

centroid. The Euclidean and squared Euclidean distances are usually computed from raw data

and not from standardized data. Normalization is one of the important preprocessing steps, to

transform values of all attributes. Effective data clustering can only occur if an equally effective

technique for normalizing the data is applied. This paper proposes an effective partitional

clustering algorithm which is developed by integrating the merits of Particle Swarm

Optimization and normalization with traditional K-Means clustering algorithms. Experiments are

conducted on real dataset to prove the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.

Accession Number: WOS:000358253500012

Conference Title: International Conference on Intelligent Computing Applications (ICICA)

Conference Date: MAR 06-07, 2014

Conference Location: Bharathiar Univ, Dept Comp Applicat, Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Host: Bharathiar Univ, Dept Comp Applicat

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3966-4

Record 64 of 114

Title: Dynamic Neural Network Based Parametric Modeling of PEM Fuel Cell System for

Electric Vehicle Applications

Author(s): Karthik, M (Karthik, M.); Gomathi, K (Gomathi, K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING (ICAEE) Book Series: International Conference on Advances in Electrical

Engineering Published: 2014

Abstract: The paper is focused on modeling and simulation of artificial intelligent technique

based fuel cell driven electric vehicle system. In the first part of this paper, the reliability of the

dynamic recurrent network (NARX) and radial basis function network (RBFN) for the output

prediction of a PEM fuel cell system in terms of prediction indices such as performance measure

(MSE value) and iteration value (number of epochs) is investigated. In the second part, an

optimum network is chosen among the two proposed networks to develop a neural network

based PEM fuel cell driven electric vehicle that incorporates the modeling of neural network

based fuel cell, DC-DC converter system and vehicle dynamics. In this work, modified standard

drive cycle (NEDC/ECE_EUDC) is used as the system primary input. The simulation result

obtained from the developed model is used to predict the power availability of the vehicle and

power required to propel the vehicle.

Accession Number: WOS:000356867000135

Conference Title: International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE)

Conference Date: JAN 09-11, 2014

Conference Location: Vellore Inst Technol Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Vellore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, Danfoss, KTH, Vellore Inst Technol Univ

Conference Host: Vellore Inst Technol Univ, Sch Elect Engn

ISSN: 2378-2668

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3542-0

Record 65 of 114

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE TOOL FOR CLASSROOM TEACHING OF

POWER QUALITY USING LABVIEW

Author(s): Suganthi, VK (Suganthi, Keerthana, V); Madhuridevi, L (Madhuridevi, L.);

Sindhuja, K (Sindhuja, K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING (ICAEE) Book Series: International Conference on Advances in Electrical

Engineering Published: 2014

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a user-friendly animation software for

simulating the various power quality problems using LabVIEW. It aids in better grasping of

power quality problems and can be used for classroom teaching and tutorials. The proposed

software serves as a visual tool which depicts power quality problems, rendering better

perception of concepts. The various power quality problems encountered are discussed, followed

by an introduction to LabVIEW. Then the operation of the software tool is described, which

includes snapshots to demonstrate its execution.

Accession Number: WOS:000356867000082

Conference Title: International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE)

Conference Date: JAN 09-11, 2014

Conference Location: Vellore Inst Technol Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Vellore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, Danfoss, KTH, Vellore Inst Technol Univ

Conference Host: Vellore Inst Technol Univ, Sch Elect Engn

ISSN: 2378-2668

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3542-0

Record 66 of 114

Title: Location and Time Based Clone Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks

Author(s): Sivaraj, R (Sivaraj, R.); Thangarajan, R (Thangarajan, R.)

Edited by: Tomar G; Singh S

Source: 2014 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION

SYSTEMS AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (CSNT) Book Series: International

Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies Pages: 133-

137 DOI: 10.1109/CSNT.2014.35 Published: 2014

Abstract: A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of several sensor nodes that are deployed

in a aggressive environment to monitor and record the changes that take place in certain

parameters of the environment. Sensor nodes that can communicate with each other over a

wireless channel can be captured and compromised by an adversary. After such a compromise an

adversary can replicate a few sensor nodes, and insert arbitrary number of replicas in the network

field to undermine the operation of the network. Several clone detection protocols have been

proposed in the literature as a framework to maximize the lifetime and security of the wireless

sensor network. These are based on device types, deployment strategies, detection methodologies

and detection ranges and try to mitigate the threat against wireless sensor networks. The

Location Claim Approach is an effective clone detection protocol based on grid deployment. It

can detect the clone nodes by sending each node's location claim (location and ID) to other nodes

in a predetermined zone. However there are certain limitations in the current study. The

unnecessary forwarding of location claim between the sensor nodes will increase the claim

storage, communication and computation overhead. Hence in the proposed study the

methodology is developed to overcome these problems by making the deployment location more

accurate. This is achieved by assigning the time interval for all sensor nodes. Hence in this

proposed work, an erroneously deployed node which is marked as untrusted node finishes the

neighbor discovery before the time interval. Therefore it can be remarked as trusted node. Finally

the total energy consumed by the proposed method consumes less energy.

Accession Number: WOS:000355727600029

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network

Technologies (CSNT)

Conference Date: APR 07-09, 2014

Conference Location: Bhopal, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Natl Inst Tech Teachers Training & Res, Machine Intelligence Res Lab,

Sergeant Infotech Pvt Ltd, IEEE, IEEE MTT Soc, IEEE India Council, IEEE Comp Soc

ISSN: 2329-7182

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3070-8

Record 67 of 114

Title: Three Phase Shunt Active Filter Interfacing Renewable Energy Source With Power Grid

Author(s): Dineshkumar, S (Dineshkumar, S.); Senthilnathan, N (Senthilnathan, N.)

Edited by: Tomar G; Singh S

Source: 2014 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION

SYSTEMS AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (CSNT) Book Series: International

Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies Pages: 1026-

1031 DOI: 10.1109/CSNT.2014.209 Published: 2014

Abstract: The power quality has degraded due to the increase of power electronic equipments

for developing efficient interfacing of renewable energy to the grid. The wide uses of non-linear

loads are responsible for harmonic problems and have a significant impact on the quality of

power supply. The renewable energy source is directly connected to the grid which will inject the

harmonics in the power grid and also produce the power quality problems in the power grid. The

main objective of this paper is to design the shunt active filter with modified control algorithm

interface to the grid for compensating the reactive power and harmonic current elimination.

Hysteresis current controlled Voltage-Source Inverter is used to realize the shunt active filter.

The shunt active filter with modified controller's effectiveness is analyzed by considering two

types of nonlinear loads. One is AC voltage controller fed induction machine with diode bridge

rectifier controlled R load and another one as AC voltage controller fed RL load with diode

bridge rectifier controlled R load. The shunt active filter using modified control algorithm

proposed for improve the power quality of grid, reduce the percentage of THD values and the

control algorithm response for dynamic load variation are verified through simulation

Accession Number: WOS:000355727600211

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network

Technologies (CSNT)

Conference Date: APR 07-09, 2014

Conference Location: Bhopal, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Natl Inst Tech Teachers Training & Res, Machine Intelligence Res Lab,

Sergeant Infotech Pvt Ltd, IEEE, IEEE MTT Soc, IEEE India Council, IEEE Comp Soc

ISSN: 2329-7182

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3070-8

Record 68 of 114

Title: A Survey on Distributed Channel Selection Technique Using Surf Algorithm for

Information Transfer in Multi-hop Cognitive Radio Networks

Author(s): Ruby, EDK (Ruby, E. D. Kanmani); Saranya, N (Saranya, N.); Santhkumar, WE

(Santhkumar, W. Edwin)

Edited by: Akhgar B; Arabnia HR

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND

COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (CSCI), VOL 1 Pages: 96-

100 DOI: 10.1109/CSCI.2014.23 Published: 2014

Abstract: Electromagnetic spectrum is considered to be the most important resource in wireless

communication. Due to advancement in the wireless technology, spectrum scarcity arises.

Cognitive radio technology is the solution to meet scarcity of available spectrum. In this paper,

the performance of channel selection algorithms, SURF and Selective Broadcasting (SB) for

distributed channel selection in cognitive radio (CR) networks is proposed and analyzed.

Cognitive radio is capable of identifying underutilized licensed bands of the spectrum and allows

reuseby secondary users, whenever channel is idle. The distributed channel selection method is

used for the data transfer in multi-hop cognitive Radio Networks. Hence average delivery ratio is

improved and harmful interference caused by primary radio nodes is sufficiently reduced.

Through NS-2 simulations the results are analyzed and confirmed that SURF proves to be an

efficient method for channel selection.

Accession Number: WOS:000355911900016

Conference Title: International Conference on Computational Science and Computational

Intelligence (CSCI)

Conference Date: MAR 10-13, 2014

Conference Location: Las Vegas, NV

Conference Sponsors: American Council Sci & Educ

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3009-8

Record 69 of 114

Title: Design, Modeling and Simulation Study of a Cascaded Optimal Neural Network based

Fuel Cell Powered Electric Vehicle

Author(s): Karthik, M (Karthik, M.); Gomathi, K (Gomathi, K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2014 IEEE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (ICEES) Pages: 71-76 Published: 2014

Abstract: In this paper, the performance analysis of the ANN (Artificial Neural Network) based

fuel cell powered electric vehicle is investigated for the two popular drive cycles such as M-

UDDS and M-NEDC. The complex mathematical model of the fuel cell system is substituted

with the black box neural network model that provides an appropriate mapping between the input

and output parameters. The performance comparison of the two different cascaded connected

neural networks is carried out to examine the prediction ability of the proposed network models

in terms of error minimization value and convergence rate. The optimum network acquired from

the comparative analysis can be used as an ancillary model instead of using a complex fuel cell

model for developing any kind of fuel cell powered application. An attempt is made in this paper

to use the neural network based fuel cell approach in the transportation sector for developing an

electric vehicle model. This paper is also focused on the design, modeling and simulation of the

optimal ANN based fuel cell operated electric vehicle and the performance of the proposed

electric vehicle model is analyzed based on the two different drive cycle (M-UDDS & M-NEDC)

on which they are operated. The simulation results obtained from the proposed electric vehicle

model are used to evaluate the vehicle performance in terms of maximum distance coverage,

amount of fuel consumption and comparison of the required vehicle power with the available

power delivered by the energy source for the use of modified UDDS & NEDC drive cycle

pattern. The power comparison results thus obtained enables to validate the optimality of the

neural network model proposed in this paper.

Accession Number: WOS:000355125600013

Conference Title: IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES)

Conference Date: JAN 07-09, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, SSN Coll Engn, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, IEEE Madras Sect,

IEEE Power & Energy Soc, Madras Chapter, IEEE Control Syst Soc, Madras Chapter, Danfoss,

HIBRISE, WABCO

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3739-4

Record 70 of 114

Title: Simulation and Emulation of Induction Motor Faults

Author(s): Karthick, J (Karthick, J.); Ayyapan, GS (Ayyapan, G. S.); Chandra, SR (Chandra,

Rakesh S.); Shankar, RK (Shankar, Kiruba R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2014 IEEE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (ICEES) Pages: 147-151 Published: 2014

Abstract: The efficiency of induction motor depends on the condition of the motor. Condition

monitoring of the induction motor relies on the detection of difference between healthy and

faulty motors. The Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) is the most reliable method as it

does not require any sensors for its functioning. The major faults like broken rotor bar,

eccentricity, stator unbalance and stator coil short circuit faults can be diagnosed by using the

MCSA method. In this paper we propose a system that could simulate and emulate the major

faults in induction motor.

Accession Number: WOS:000355125600027

Conference Title: IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES)

Conference Date: JAN 07-09, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, SSN Coll Engn, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, IEEE Madras Sect,

IEEE Power & Energy Soc, Madras Chapter, IEEE Control Syst Soc, Madras Chapter, Danfoss,

HIBRISE, WABCO

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3739-4

Record 71 of 114

Title: Design of Coefficient Diagram Method (CDM) based PID controller for Double

Integrating Unstable System

Author(s): Kalpana, K (Kalpana, K.); Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2014 IEEE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (ICEES) Pages: 189-193 Published: 2014

Abstract: Control of double integrating unstable system is a challenging task in the field of

control system engineering. Many Proportional Integral Differential (PID) controller design is

developed fir stable system however it is very less common for double integrating

unstable,system. Co-efficient Diagram Method (CDM) is one of the recently developed

controller design methodology based on algebraic approach. In this paper, a new CDM based

PID control strategy is proposed for double integrating unstable system. An example is given to

demonstrate the performance and robustness of the CDM-PID controller in terms of Error

indices (Integral Squared Error (ISE) and Integral Absolute Error (IAE)) and Quality indices

(Rise tune (t(r)), Settling time (t(s)) and Maximum peak overshoot MUM.

Accession Number: WOS:000355125600035

Conference Title: IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES)

Conference Date: JAN 07-09, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, SSN Coll Engn, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, IEEE Madras Sect,

IEEE Power & Energy Soc, Madras Chapter, IEEE Control Syst Soc, Madras Chapter, Danfoss,

HIBRISE, WABCO

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3739-4

Record 72 of 114

Title: An Intuitionistic Fuzzy Approach to Fuzzy Clustering of Numerical Dataset

Author(s): Visalakshi, NK (Visalakshi, N. Karthikeyani); Parvathavarthini, S (Parvathavarthini,

S.); Thangavel, K (Thangavel, K.)

Edited by: Krishnan GSS; Lekshmi RS; Bonato A; Grana M; Anitha R; Kumar MS

Source: COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, CYBER SECURITY AND

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS Book Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and

Computing Volume: 246 Pages: 79-87 DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1680-

3_9 Published: 2014

Abstract: Fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering is one of the most widely used fuzzy clustering

algorithms. However, the main disadvantage of this algorithm is its sensitivity to noise and

outliers. Intuitionistic fuzzy set is a suitable tool to cope with imperfectly defined facts and data,

as well as with imprecise knowledge. So far, there exists a little investigation on FCM algorithm

for clustering intuitionistic fuzzy data. This paper focuses mainly on two aspects. Firstly, it

proposes an intuitionistic fuzzy representation (IFR) scheme for numerical dataset and applies

the modified FCM clustering for clustering intuitionistic fuzzy (IF) data and comparing results

with that of crisp and fuzzy data. Secondly, in clustering of IF data, different IF similarity

measures are studied and a comparative analysis is carried out on the results. The experiments

are conducted for numerical datasets of UCI machine learning data repository.

Accession Number: WOS:000350553200008

Conference Title: International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Cyber Security, and

Computational Models (ICC3)

Conference Date: DEC 19-21, 2013

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: PSG Coll Technol, Dept Appl Math & Computat Sci

ISSN: 2194-5357

ISBN: 978-81-322-1680-3; 978-81-322-1679-7

Record 73 of 114

Title: Mammogram Image Classification Using Rough Neural Network

Author(s): Rajakeerthana, KT (Rajakeerthana, K. T.); Velayutham, C (Velayutham, C.);

Thangavel, K (Thangavel, K.)

Edited by: Krishnan GSS; Lekshmi RS; Bonato A; Grana M; Anitha R; Kumar MS

Source: COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, CYBER SECURITY AND

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS Book Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and

Computing Volume: 246 Pages: 133-138 DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1680-

3_15 Published: 2014

Abstract: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, and it is the

most common type of cancer prevalent among women. Detecting tumor using mammogram is a

difficult task because of complexity in the image. This brings the necessity of creating automatic

tools to find whether a tumor is present or not. In this paper, rough set theory (RST) is integrated

with back-propagation network (BPN) to classify digital mammogram images. Basically, RST is

used to handle more uncertain data. Mammogram images are acquired from MIAS database.

Artifacts and labels are removed using vertical and horizontal sweeping method. RST has also

been used to remove pectoral muscles and segmentation. Features are extracted from the

segmented mammogram image using GLCM, GLDM, SRDM, NGLCM, and GLRM. Then, the

features are normalized, discretized, and then reduced using RST. After that, the classification is

performed using RNN. The experimental results show that the RNN performs better than BPN in

terms of classification accuracy.

Accession Number: WOS:000350553200014

Conference Title: International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Cyber Security, and

Computational Models (ICC3)

Conference Date: DEC 19-21, 2013

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: PSG Coll Technol, Dept Appl Math & Computat Sci

ISSN: 2194-5357

ISBN: 978-81-322-1680-3; 978-81-322-1679-7

Record 74 of 114

Title: A Review of Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms for Photovoltaic Systems under

Uniform and Non-Uniform irradiances

Author(s): Logeswaran, T (Logeswaran, T.); SenthilKumar, A (SenthilKumar, A.)

Edited by: Ghosh PC

Source: 4 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ENERGY RESEARCH

(ICAER 2013) Book Series: Energy Procedia Volume: 54 Pages: 228-

235 DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.07.266 Published:2014

Abstract: The global demand for electrical energy is constantly increasing while the production

of fossil fuel based energy is declining and therefore the obvious choice of clean energy source

which is abundant and could provide security for the future development is sun's energy. This

paper summarizes the modeling of PV module and PV characteristics under shaded conditions.

The power-voltage characteristic of photovoltaic array is non-linear and it exhibits multiple

peaks including many local peaks and one global peak under non-uniform irradiances. In order to

track the global peak, MPPT is the important component of PV systems. Though many review

papers discussed the conventional techniques such as P&O, incremental conductance, ripple

correlation control and only very few attempts have been made with intelligence MPPT

techniques. This paper also discusses the various algorithms based on Fuzzy Logic, Artificial

Neural Network, Ant Colony Optimization, Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization

applied to maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic systems under changing irradiance

conditions. This paper is intended to introduce a conceptual MPPT technique based on Firefly

Algorithm (FA). (c) 2014 T. Logeswaran. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Accession Number: WOS:000346092000023

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER)

Conference Date: DEC 10-12, 2013

Conference Location: Mumbai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Indian Inst Technol Bombay, Dept Energy Sci & Engn

ISSN: 1876-6102

Record 75 of 114

Title: Solving intuitionistic fuzzy linear programming problems by ranking function

Author(s): Suresh, M (Suresh, M.); Vengataasalam, S (Vengataasalam, S.); Prakash, KA

(Prakash, K. Arun)

Source: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY

SYSTEMS Volume: 27 Issue: 6 Pages: 3081-3087 DOI: 10.3233/IFS-

141265 Published: 2014

Abstract: Ranking fuzzy numbers plays a very important role in the decision process, data

analysis and applications. The concept of an intuitionistic fuzzy number (IFN) is of importance

for quantifying an ill-known quantity, and the ranking of IFNs is a very difficult problem. In this

paper ranking of triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs) is made by means of magnitude

and applied to solve intuitionistic fuzzy linear programming problem. Numerical examples are

examined to demonstrate the implementation of ranking method.

Accession Number: WOS:000345981600032

ISSN: 1064-1246

eISSN: 1875-8967

Record 76 of 114

Title: Effect of Radial Clearance on Wear and Contact Pressure of Hard-on-Hard Hip Prostheses

Using Finite Element Concepts

Author(s): Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Nithyaprakash, R (Nithyaprakash, R.)

Source: TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS Volume: 57 Issue: 5 Pages: 814-

820 DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2014.915072 Published: 2014

Abstract: Wear of the bearing surface increases the revision rate of artificial hip replacements

and is influenced by the radial clearances between the acetabulum cup and the femoral head. The

objective of this article is to determine the effect of various radial clearance values over the

contact pressure and wear of the hard-on-hard-that is, polycrystalline diamond (PCD)-hip

prostheses using finite element concepts for normal walking conditions. The wear of the hip

bearing surface is determined by considering the contact pressures obtained from the hip gait

instants of normal walking activity and sliding distance determined from the three-dimensional

hip gait motions. The radial clearance value of 0.05 mm showed less volumetric wear rate when

compared with other radial clearance values. Overall, it is recommended that the low radial

clearance between the contacting pair is suitable for PCD-on-PCD hip prostheses.

Accession Number: WOS:000340204700006

ISSN: 1040-2004

eISSN: 1547-397X

Record 77 of 114

Title: Bagasse wastewater treatment using biopolymer - A novel approach

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, Karichappan); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, Venkatachalam); Maran, JP (Maran, Jeganathan Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL

SOCIETY Volume: 79 Issue: 7 Pages: 897-

909 DOI: 10.2298/JSC130619153T Published: 2014

Abstract: In this study, the removal of turbidity, biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical

oxygen demand (COD) in the treatment of bagasse-based wastewater from the paper and pulp

industry were investigated via response surface methodology (RSM) under different operating

conditions, such as agitation time (X-1: 15-25 min), initial pH (X-2: 4-8), chitosan dose (X-3:

1.2-2.0 g L-1) and settling time (X-4: 40-80 min). The obtained experimental data were fitted to

a second-order polynomial equation using multiple regression analysis and ANOVA (analysis of

variance) was used to examine the significance of the developed mathematical models. The 3-D

response surface plots were derived from the mathematical models in order to study the

interactive effects of the process variables on the treatment efficiency. The Derringer desired

function methodology was applied to determine the optimal conditions, which were found to be:

an agitation time of 20 min, an initial pH of 6, a chitosan dose of 1.8 g L-1 and settling time of

60 min. Under these conditions, the removal of turbidity, BOD and COD were found to be 84, 90

and 93 %, respectively.

Accession Number: WOS:000339931600011

ISSN: 0352-5139

Record 78 of 114

Title: Optimization of electrocoagulation process to treat biologically pretreated bagasse effluent

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, Karichappan); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, Venkatachalam); Maran, JP (Maran, Jeganathan Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL

SOCIETY Volume: 79 Issue: 5 Pages: 613-

626 DOI: 10.2298/JSC130408074T Published: 2014

Abstract: The main objective of the present study was to investigate the efficiency of the

electrocoagulation process as a post-treatment to treat biologically pretreated bagasse effluent

using iron electrodes. The removal of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and the total

suspended solids (TSS) were studied under different operating conditions, such as amount of

dilution, initial pH, applied current and electrolyte dose using the response surface methodology

(RSM) coupled with a four-factor three-level Box-Behnken experimental design (BBD). The

experimental results were analyzed by the Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second

order polynomial mathematical models were developed with high correlation of efficiency (R-2)

for COD, TSS removal and electrical energy consumption (EEC). The individual and combined

effects of the variables on the responses were studied using three dimensional response surface

plots. Under the optimum operating conditions, i.e., amount of dilution at 30 %, initial pH of 6.5,

applied current of 8 mA cm(-2) and electrolyte dose of 740 mg L-1, high removal efficiencies of

COD (98 %) and TSS (93 %) were obtained with an EEC of 2.40 Wh, which were confirmed by

validation experiments.

Accession Number: WOS:000336701600010

ISSN: 0352-5139

Record 79 of 114

Title: Treatment of egg processing industry effluent using chitosan as an adsorbent

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, Karichappan); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, Venkatachalam); Maran, JP (Maran, Jeganathan Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL

SOCIETY Volume: 79 Issue: 6 Pages: 743-

757 DOI: 10.2298/JSC130408074T Published: 2014

Abstract: The objective of the present study was to investigate the efficiency of chitosan as an

adsorbent for the treatment of wastewater from the egg processing industry. Parameters affecting

the effluent treatment process, such as pH, chitosan dosage, settling time and initial chemical

oxygen demand (COD) on the reduction percentage of turbidity, COD and biochemical oxygen

demand (BOD) were studied. The optimum conditions were found to be pH 4, chitosan dosage

of 1.1 g L-1 and a settling time of 40 min. The maximum reduction percentage of turbidity, COD

and BOD were found to be 94, 88 and 83 %, respectively. The effective adsorption process was

confirmed by FT-IR spectral analysis. The experimental data were analyzed by different

isotherm and kinetic models. The Langmuir isotherm type I model satisfactorily described the

adsorption mechanism. The rate of COD reduction followed a pseudo-first-order kinetic model.

A four factor, three levels Box-Behnken response surface design was employed to develop

second order polynomial mathematical models from the experimental data.

Accession Number: WOS:000338268800011

ISSN: 0352-5139

Record 80 of 114

Title: Sensor-Based Turmeric Finger Growth Characteristics Monitoring Using Embedded

System under Soil

Author(s): Shanmugam, M (Shanmugam, Maheswaran); Ramasamy, A (Ramasamy, Asokan)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS Article

Number: 476176 DOI: 10.1155/2014/476176 Published: 2014

Abstract: Modern agribusiness is becoming increasingly reliant on computer-based systems

which was formerly performed by humans. One such technological innovation is the embedded

system-based sensor array module such as flex sensor, temperature sensor, and pH sensor that

have been used to monitor the turmeric finger growth characteristics. The experimental work has

been tested with five different nodes and the average flex sensor resistance changes in five nodes

are calculated. Among the five nodes, nodes II and V were diseased. Purposely node II was left

as such and node V was treated with Pseudomonas and viride to restrict the Rhizome rot disease

attack. As a result, after cultivation, it was found that the Rhizome rot disease attack on node V

is comparatively lesser than node II. The greatest advantage of this method is that it helps the

farmers to detect the Rhizome rot disease and also prevent it an early stage by monitoring the

growth of the turmeric fingers when it is under the soil.

Accession Number: WOS:000337426200001

ISSN: 1550-1329

eISSN: 1550-1477

Record 81 of 114

Title: Performance Comparison of Wavelet and Multiwavelet Denoising Methods for an

Electrocardiogram Signal

Author(s): Subramanian, B (Subramanian, Balambigai); Ramasamy, A (Ramasamy, Asokan);

Rangasamy, K (Rangasamy, Kamalakannan)

Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS Article

Number: 241540 DOI: 10.1155/2014/241540 Published: 2014

Abstract: The increase in the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases in the world has made

electrocardiogram an important tool to diagnose the various arrhythmias of the heart. But the

recorded electrocardiogram often contains artefacts like power line noise, baseline noise, and

muscle artefacts. Hence denoising of electrocardiogram signals is very important for accurate

diagnosis of heart diseases. The properties of wavelets and multiwavelets have better denoising

capability compared to conventional filtering techniques. The electrocardiogram signals have

been taken from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. The simulation results prove that there is a

29.7% increase in the performance of multiwavelets over the performance of wavelets in terms

of signal to noise ratio (SNR).

Accession Number: WOS:000336289000001

ISSN: 1110-757X

eISSN: 1687-0042

Record 82 of 114

Title: Design and Implementation of robust framework for Improvement of Productivity through

Total Productive Maintenance in Textile Industry : A research article

Author(s): Sivakumar, A (Sivakumar, A.); Naveen, RS (Naveen, R. S.); Ahamed, JSI (Ahamed,

J. S. Irshad); Navaneethakrishnan, P (Navaneethakrishnan, P.)

Edited by: Wang Y

Source: MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IV Book Series: Applied

Mechanics and Materials Volume: 472 Pages: 1099-

1104 DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.472.1099 Published: 2014

Abstract: From analysis of data taken during the past three years, the company has noted that it

has not achieved the targeted productivity. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) has been a

major component of improvement strategy to enhance the organizational productivity and

profitability. Identification and uses of resources play a critical role in any industry for the

improvement of quality and productivity. The fabric industry could not get the determined

productivity since TPM was not followed. The research objective of this paper is to present the

result of past three years productivity data and discussed different results obtained after

implementing the procedures of TPM in the sick textile industry. A systematic methodology is

presented and analyzed for improvement productivity at the factory level. Metrics of Overall

Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is introduced and developed a structured robust frame work for

improvement of quality and productivity.

Accession Number: WOS:000335879800196

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Mechanical Science and Technology

(ICMSE 2014)

Conference Date: JAN 02-04, 2014

Conference Location: Sanya, PEOPLES R CHINA

Conference Sponsors: Int Assoc Management Sci & Engn Technol, Zhengzhou Univ

ISSN: 1660-9336

ISBN: 978-3-03785-965-0

Record 83 of 114

Title: EFFECT OF PHOSPHOROUS ACID AND UREA ON THE FERROUS TUNGSTEN

PHOSPHOROUS MAGNETIC THIN FILM

Author(s): Thangaraj, N (Thangaraj, N.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.); Sasikumar, D

(Sasikumar, D.)

Source: DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND

BIOSTRUCTURES Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 27-33 Published: JAN-MAR 2014

Abstract: The properties of hard magnetic Ferrous Tungsten Phosphorous (Fe-W-P) films

electrodeposited in the presence of urea as additive and phosphorous as precursor with varying

concentrations were studied for different current densities in order to get different thickness and

uniform deposits. The magnetic saturation (M-s), retentivity (M-r) and coercivity (H-c) of the

films were studied using vibrating sample magnetometer. Magnetic properties of the deposited

films were increased with the increase of organic additive and phosphorous. The crystallite size

and stress of the deposited thin films were calculated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies.

Percentages of elemental analysis of Fe-W-P films were obtained using energy dispersive X-ray

analysis (EDAX). Surface morphology analysis was carried using scanning electron microscope

(SEM). The magnetic properties and structural characteristics of the thin films deposited under

various experimental conditions are discussed. Hardness and adhesion of the deposited thin films

were also studied.

Accession Number: WOS:000332760700004

ISSN: 1842-3582

Record 84 of 114

Title: Digital control strategy for solar photovoltaic fed inverter to improve power quality

Author(s): Alexander, SA (Alexander, S. Albert); Manigandan, T (Manigandan, T.)

Source: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Article

Number: 013128 DOI: 10.1063/1.4863987 Published: JAN 2014

Abstract: This paper presents the design of control circuit based on digital logic functions for a

solar Photovoltaic (PV) fed Cascaded Multilevel Inverter in order to reduce the number of

semiconductor switches and also to improve power quality. The proposed control circuit is used

to achieve the maximum number of output voltage levels without the requirement of

transformers, boost choppers, and complicated look up tables. The multilevel inverter is

implemented with asymmetrical DC sources from solar PV to get 2(ns+1)-1 levels, where ns is

the number of inverter stages. In conventional multilevel inverter, it requires n DC sources or n

number of transformers for 2ns + 1 level. Hence to obtain a 15 level inverter, the proposed

method requires 12 switches whereas in conventional method it requires 28 switches. The

advantage of this method is the reduction of Total Harmonic Distortion in a renewable energy

system. Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink for various levels of multilevel

inverter. The mathematical modeling of the solar panel is also introduced which has the same

rating as that of hardware setup. The proposed method is implemented in a 3 kWp solar plant and

the performance parameters are measured and compared with the conventional inverters. (C)

2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

Accession Number: WOS:000332320200044

ISSN: 1941-7012

Record 85 of 114

Title: Studies on dual fuel engine performance and exhaust emission analysis by response

surface methodology

Author(s): Senthilraja, R (Senthilraja, R.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J.

Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Article

Number: 013103 DOI: 10.1063/1.4861062 Published: JAN 2014

Abstract: In this present study, a five factor three level Box-Behnken response surface design

was used to study the effect of five independent variables such as diesel (40%-100%), ethanol

(0%-30%), pongamia oil methyl ester (POME) (0%-30%), compressed natural gas (CNG) (0%-

20%), and load of the engine (0%-100%) on the performance (brake thermal efficiency, brake

specific fuel consumption, and exhaust gas temperature) and emission characteristics (carbon

mono-oxide (CO), carbon dioxides (CO2), unburnt hydrocarbon, oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and

smoke) of a single cylinder, four stroke, water cooled diesel engine converted to dual fuel

system. It was operated with either diesel fuel or blend with CNG using an electronically

controlled solenoid actuated valve mechanism. The experimental results showed that all the

process variables have significant effect on the engine performance. The emission characteristics

(CO, CO2, NOX, and Smoke) were significantly lower than the diesel fuel emissions. From the

experimental results, second order polynomial models were developed to predict the response

variables. The optimal conditions were determined and it was found to be: Diesel 70%, Ethanol

15%, POME 15%, CNG 10%, and load 50%, respectively, with a desirability value of 0.894. (C)

2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

Accession Number: WOS:000332320200019

ISSN: 1941-7012

Record 86 of 114

Title: Biosorption of Cr(VI) and Zn(II) ions from aqueous solution onto the solid biodiesel waste

residue: mechanistic, kinetic and thermodynamic studies

Author(s): Muthusamy, S (Muthusamy, Shanmugaprakash); Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam,

Sivakumar); Jeevamani, PMK (Jeevamani, Prasana Manikanda Kartick); Rajarathinam, N

(Rajarathinam, Nandusha)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION

RESEARCH Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Pages: 593-608 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1939-

8 Published: JAN 2014

Abstract: In this present study, the biosorption of Cr(VI) and Zn(II) ions from synthetic aqueous

solution on defatted J atropha oil cake (DJOC) was investigated. The effect of various process

parameters such as the initial pH, adsorbent dosage, initial metal ion concentration and contact

time has been studied in batch-stirred experiments. Maximum removal of Cr(VI) and Zn(II) ions

in aqueous solution was observed at pH 2.0 and pH. 5.0, respectively. The removal efficiency of

Cr(VI) and Zn(II) ions from the aqueous solution was found to be 72.56 and 79.81 %,

respectively, for initial metal ion concentration of 500 mg/L at 6 g/L dosage concentration. The

biosorbent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy and

zero point charge. Equilibrium data were fitted to the Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and

Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models and the best fit is found to be with the Freundlich

isotherm for both Cr(VI) and Zn(II) metal ions. The kinetic data obtained at different metal ion

concentration have been analysed using the pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and

intraparticle diffusion models and were found to follow the pseudo-second-order kinetic model.

The values of mass transfer diffusion coefficients (D (e)) were determined by Boyd model and

compared with literature values. Various thermodynamic parameters, such as Delta GA degrees,

Delta HA degrees and Delta SA degrees, were analysed using the equilibrium constant values (K

(e)) obtained from experimental data at different temperatures. The results showed that

biosorption of Cr(VI) and Zn(II) ions onto the DJOC system is more spontaneous and

exothermic in nature. The results indicate that DJOC was shown to be a promising adsorbent for

the removal of Cr(VI) and Zn(II) ions from aqueous solution.

Accession Number: WOS:000329095300054

PubMed ID: 23812789

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Muthusamy, shanmugaprakash O-7448-2015 0000-0002-6435-2158

ISSN: 0944-1344

eISSN: 1614-7499

Record 87 of 114

Title: Studies on the growth, spectral, optical, and thermal aspects of a NLO crystal

Author(s): Suresh, P (Suresh, P.); Janarthanan, S (Janarthanan, S.); Samuel, RS (Samuel, R.

Sugaraj); Lenus, AJ (Lenus, A. Jestin); Thangaraj, K (Thangaraj, K.)

Source: JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND

CALORIMETRY Volume: 115 Issue: 1 Pages: 339-343 DOI: 10.1007/s10973-013-3292-

z Published: JAN 2014

Abstract: Nonlinear optical single crystal l-tryptophan hydrogen selenite (LTHS) has been

synthesized by slow evaporation solution growth technique from aqueous solution at ambient

temperature. The grown nonlinear optical crystals were subjected to single crystal XRD analysis

to find the structure parameters. The formation of the product was confirmed from the FTIR and

(HNMR)-H-1 spectral analysis. The UV-Vis spectral studies showed that the cutoff wavelength

for LTHS was less than 400 nm. The thermal behavior of the grown crystals was investigated

from thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. Its nonlinear optical property has been

tested by Kurtz-Perry powder technique using Nd:YAG laser, and the crystal exhibited second

harmonic generation property.

Accession Number: WOS:000329621100039

ISSN: 1388-6150

eISSN: 1572-8943

Record 88 of 114

Title: Free Vibration Characteristics of Phoenix Sp Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite

Beams

Author(s): Rajeshkumar, G (Rajeshkumar, G.); Hariharan, V (Hariharan, V.)

Edited by: Xavior MA; Yarlagadda PKDV

Source: 12TH GLOBAL CONGRESS ON MANUFACTURING AND MANAGEMENT

(GCMM - 2014) Book Series: Procedia Engineering Volume: 97 Pages: 687-

693 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.12.298 Published:2014

Abstract: In recent days the use of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites in automobile,

aerospace and other industrial applications becomes increased due to light weight, less cost, bio

degradability and easy to manufacture. It becomes necessary to know the dynamic behavior of

natural fiber reinforced composites to use it effectively for engineering applications. This paper

presents the free vibration characteristics of newly identified Phoenix Sp fiber reinforced

polymer matrix composite beams, moreover the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of

fiber was determined by using standard experimental methods. The modal analysis is carried out

on composite beams having different fiber gauge lengths such as 10mm, 20mm, 30mm, 40mm

and 50mm. The Clamped-Free (CF) boundary condition is used for the analysis. The composite

beam with 30mm fiber length has maximum natural frequency with less amplitude; hence it is

suggested for industrial applications. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Accession Number: WOS:000369433200080

Conference Title: 12th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM)

Conference Date: DEC 08-10, 2014

Conference Location: VIT Univ, Vellore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: VIT Univ, Sch Mech & Bldg Sci, Queensland Univ Technol

Conference Host: VIT Univ

ISSN: 1877-7058

Record 89 of 114

Title: 2D Polygon Clipping using Shear Transformation An extension of Shear based 2D Line

Clipping

Author(s): Evangeline, D (Evangeline, D.); Anitha, S (Anitha, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMMUNICATION

CONTROL AND COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES (ICACCCT) Pages: 1379-

1383 Published: 2014

Abstract: Computer Graphics, an emerging field is widely used in CAD, entertainment,

animation, education and training, graphical user interface, etc., Polygon clipping which is one

among the indispensable operations in Geographic Information Systems and Very Large Scale

Integration that selects particular regions of a 2D object interior to a window of rectangle or any

arbitrary shape. Already, various polygon clipping algorithms are available along with their

complexity analyses. In our paper, we propose an algorithm which uses Shear Transformation

for Polygon Clipping. Experimental results prove that our algorithm outperforms conventional

clipping algorithms by its suitability to clip all types of polygons with reduced running time and

memory usage in addition to handling degenerate cases.

Accession Number: WOS:000380467200192

Conference Title: International Conference on Advanced Communication Control and

Computing Technologies*

Conference Date: MAY 08-10, 2014

Conference Location: Syed Ammal Eng Coll, Ramanathapuram, INDIA

Conference Host: Syed Ammal Eng Coll

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3914-5

Record 90 of 114

Title: A Development of Knowledge-Based Inferences System for Detection of Breast Cancer

on Thermogram Images Early detection of breast cancer using Neuro-fuzzy

Author(s): Lalli, G (Lalli, G.); Kalamani, D (Kalamani, D.); Manikandaprabu, N

(Manikandaprabu, N.); Marimuthu, CN (Marimuthu, C. N.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

AND INFORMATICS (ICCCI) Book Series: International Conference on Computer

Communication and Informatics Published:2014

Abstract: Thermography is considered as the most effective method for the detection of breast

cancers. However, it is difficult for radiologists to predict Photomicrograph of Microcalcification

clusters. Therefore, we have developed a computerized scheme for predicting early-stage

microcalcification clusters in thermogram images. The gray and color channels of a thermogram

image are enhanced by Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE). Optimal

set of features selected by Genetic algorithm are fed as input to Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference

System (ANFIS) for classification of images into normal, suspect and abnormal categories. The

method has been evaluated on real time images comprising normal and abnormal images. The

performance of the proposed technique is analyzed in terms convergence time. Experimental

results shows that the features used are clinically significant for the accurate detection of breast

cancer related tumor.

Accession Number: WOS:000366327300026

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics

(ICCCI)

Conference Date: JAN 03-05, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Sri Shakthi Inst Engn & Technol, IEEE, IEEE Madras Sect, CSIR, India

Elect Semicond Assoc

ISSN: 2329-7190

ISBN: 978-1-4799-2352-6

Record 91 of 114

Title: Differential Power Analysis (DPA) Attack on Dual Field ECC Processor for

Cryptographic Applications

Author(s): Suresh, JS (Suresh, Sam J.); Manjushree, A (Manjushree, A.); Eswaran, P (Eswaran,

P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

AND INFORMATICS (ICCCI) Book Series: International Conference on Computer

Communication and Informatics Article Number: EC148 Published: 2014

Abstract: Exchange of private information over a public medium must incorporate a method for

data protection against unauthorized access. To enhance the data security against the DPA attack

in network communication, a dual field ECC processor supporting all finite field operations is

proposed. The ECC processor performs hardware designs in terms of functionality, scalability,

performance and power consumption. A unified scheme is introduced to accelerate EC

arithmetic functions. The hardware is optimized by a very compact Galois field arithmetic unit

with fully pipelined technique. A key-blinded technique is designed against power analysis

attacks.

Accession Number: WOS:000366327300058

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics

(ICCCI)

Conference Date: JAN 03-05, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Sri Shakthi Inst Engn & Technol, IEEE, IEEE Madras Sect, CSIR, India

Elect Semicond Assoc

ISSN: 2329-7190

ISBN: 978-1-4799-2352-6

Record 92 of 114

Title: Design of BLDC Hub Motor Using FEM Analysis

Author(s): Abirami, S (Abirami, S.); Bala, SM (Bala, S. Madhu); Priya, RJ (Priya, R. Jaya)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to design a simulation model of Permanent Magnet Brushless

DC (PMBLDC) and analyze the No-load, Load characteristics and cogging torque of BLDC Hub

Motor. The Motor must be designed in the proper dimensions only then the motor can be used

for a particular application. Before manufacturing the motor, the torque and Cogging torque of

the motor must be known as the cogging torque should always be less than that of net torque. If

not, the motor will not freely rotate and also draws large amount of current. This paper is to

obtain torque and Cogging torque values through Simulation using MAGNET Software version

7.4.1(FEM ANALYSIS). It mainly deals with the analysis of Flux distribution and Saturation

(Flux density) in the core.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800264

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 93 of 114

Title: Optimal Allocation of Thermal Generating Units through Shuffled Frog Leaping

Algorithm

Author(s): Abirami, S (Abirami, S.); Meenakumari, R (Meenakumari, R.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: Most of the electric utilities have used an Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) tactic to

spot the finest blend of demand and supply in order to certify system resource competence and

consistency at a reasonable cost over a planning horizon. It is the best resource planning carried

out by power utilities which take into account the supply-side and demand-side resources as a

whole, so as to use them in an efficient, economic and rational way and under the principle of

maintaining the energy service level to minimize the total cost of the plan. This paper presents a

new loom for the solution of the economic load dispatch problem with a valve-paint effect using

Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm. Evolutionary algorithms which are being used in many

applications in the present decade, to have more optimized value in certain applications. The

power system is one such application where the evolutionary algorithms are giving better results

than conventional methods. Many meta-heuristic algorithms are available to provide a solution to

the economic load dispatch problem. But they are lagging in computational time. In this paper,

Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm (SFLA) is used to solve the ELD problem which provides

optimized results in a fraction of a second. To reveal the effectiveness of the proposed approach,

3 generator system and 6 generator system are considered and the optimal values of power for

each of the generator which gives minimum operating cost was found by this time effective

Shuffled frog leaping algorithm.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800157

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 94 of 114

Title: MPPT Based Photovoltaic Boost Half Bridge Converter for Grid Connected System

Author(s): Begum, BA (Begum, B. Afsar); Vasanth, JA (Vasanth, J. Arthur)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: This paper deals with the photovoltaic based boost half bridge converter for grid

connected system. The main feature of boost half bridge converter is less usage of components

with an isolation transformer for safety purposes. A low voltage PV panel is interfaced with a

boost half bridge converter (BHB) it is then cascaded to a full bridge inverter to the grid. Since

the PV panel has a non-linear characteristic, hence a maximum power point tracking (MPPT)

controller is required to track the maximum power point. Various MPPT algorithms are available

among which, a variable step size MPPT algorithm is employed with a change in reference

voltage. In order to achieve grid synchronization a control circuit is developed using a

Proportional Resonant controller (PR). Simulation results are provided to validate the

performance of circuit operations and MPPT algorithm.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800241

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 95 of 114

Title: AN EFFICIENT DESIGN AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOW POWER

MEMORY CELL STRUCTURES

Author(s): Gavaskar, K (Gavaskar, K.); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: With technology scaling, lower power operation has become one of the key areas of

importance in VLSI Design. Power reduction in memory circuits with a little compromise on

performance is very useful as they form a major part of a digital chip. This paper presents a

power analysis model for adiabatic SRAM. The adiabatic SRAM's and the proposed model

power characteristics are simulated, analyzed and compared for various performance frequencies

and voltage levels. Simulation results show the power savings that are achieved up to 20% over a

frequency range of operation of 10MHz to 200MHz respectively against the static CMOS

implementation.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800127

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 96 of 114

Title: Statistical Quantity Based Reversible Watermarking for Copyright Protection of Digital

Images

Author(s): Kavipriya, R (Kavipriya, R.); Maheswari, S (Maheswari, S.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: Digital watermarking has been proposed as a solution to the problem of resolving

copyright ownership of multimedia data (image, audio and video). Devising effective

watermarking schemes especially the security oriented applications like copyright protection,

copy control, etc., is an extremely challenging task. Most of the existing reversible watermarking

techniques have much difficulty in practical applicability due to lack of sufficient reversibility in

large scale image datasets, poor invisibility and in some cases robustness is destroyed by

unintentional attacks. All this have to be addressed in an efficient technique. The work presented

in this paper is concerned with the design of robust digital image watermarking algorithms for

copyright protection. In the embedding part, haar wavelet transform is applied to the cover and

the watermark image in which the lower sub-band coefficients of cover image are statistically

analyzed for selection of watermark embedding. To embed the watermark bits, the watermark

strength is adjusted using enhanced pixel-wise masking. In the extraction part, an efficient

inverse detection algorithm is used for extracting the watermark image. It is experimentally

confirmed that this technique gives excellent results under tested image processing attacks and

JPEG compression.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800055

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 97 of 114

Title: OPTIMUM VOLTAGE VECTOR SELECTION IN DIRECT TORQUE CONTROLLED

PMSM USING INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER

Author(s): Krishnaveni, D (Krishnaveni, D.); Sivaprakasam, A (Sivaprakasam, A.);

Manigandan, T (Manigandan, T.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: Direct Torque Controlled Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (DTCPMSM) has

become popular because of its high speed, accuracy and absence of coordinate transformation. In

DTC technique, the torque and flux are directly controlled by selecting the optimum voltage

vector. But the conventional DTC method has some disadvantages such as high torque and flux

ripple, difficulties in controlling torque and flux at low speed. To overcome the difficulties in the

conventional DTC and to select optimum voltage vector, artificial intelligent controllers: Neural

Network, Fuzzy Logic and ANFIS controllers are proposed. The proposed neural network

controller is used as a switching vector selector, based on torque error, flux error and sector angle

neural network selects the optimum voltage vector. The proposed fuzzy logic controller is used

to control the upper and lower limits of the torque hysteresis bandwidth to minimize the torque

ripple. To improve the speed response of DTC, the conventional PI controller is replaced with a

Self-Tuned ANFIS controller. The proposed works are simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK

platform and its result proves that the proposed methods have less torque ripple than the

conventional DTC.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800179

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 98 of 114

Title: Voltage Regulation in Mircogrid Using Adaptive Controller

Author(s): Madhumitha, R (Madhumitha, R.); Vinothkumar, R (Vinothkumar, R.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: Due to fossil fuel depletion, power shortage has become a major problem in the world.

This increases the importance of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) among the consumers

which in turn led to the expansion of microgrid. Microgrid operates in grid-connected mode as

well as in islanded mode. Microgrid is connected to main grid in grid connected mode. In

islanded mode, there is no such connection and hence the microgrid operates independently.

Microgrid may move to islanded mode intentionally or unintentionally. Power in the grid is not

constant which in turn affected the loads connected to the grid. Due to the Sun light variation the

voltage output from the grid may not be constant. In three phase microgrid, fault in one phase

causes loss of voltage stability in other two phases. PID Control has been used for microgrid

voltage control but it does not work properly during fault conditions. So, an adaptive PI

controller has been proposed to provide voltage regulation in microgrid which provides better

performance under all the circumstances. The performance of the system employing adaptive PI

controller is validated using the results obtained from the MATLAB Simulink.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800210

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 99 of 114

Title: Novel Approach for Satellite Image Resolution and Contrast Enhancement Using Wavelet

Transform and Brightness Preserving Dynamic Histogram Equalization

Author(s): Priyadarshini, M (Priyadarshini, M.); Sasikala, R (Sasikala, R.); Meenakumari, R

(Meenakumari, R.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: A new satellite image resolution and contrast enhancement technique based on DWT

(Discrete wavelet transform), Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT) and BPDHE (Brightness

Preserving Dynamic Histogram Equalization) has been proposed. The wavelet transform is used

to construct the high resolution image. The BPDHE is used to enhance the contrast of the image.

The low resolution low contrast image is decomposed by using Discrete Wavelet Transform and

Stationary Wavelet Transform. The subbands are interpolated by Lanczos interpolation. The

intermediate process is carried out to produce low contrast high resolution image. The contrast is

enhanced by using Brightness Preserving Dynamic Histogram Equalization. The Output of

BPDHE is decomposed by Wavelet Transform and the new LL is constructed using Singular

Value Decomposition. The subbands are recombined using inverse wavelet transform. The

proposed method enhances the resolution and contrast of the low resolution and contrast image.

The quantitative metrics are measured to show that the proposed method is superior to the

conventional method.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800252

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 100 of 114

Title: Probabilistic approach based Optimal placement of Phasor Measurement Units via the

estimation of Dynamic Vulnerability Assessment

Author(s): Priyadharshini, M (Priyadharshini, M.); Meenakumari, R (Meenakumari, R.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: This paper aims in presenting the optimal placement of the Phasor Measurement Unit

(PMU) of an IEEE-5 bus system. In this paper a simplest scheme for dynamic vulnerability

assessment based on Power System Loss Index has been proposed for Optimal PMU placement

and which is compared against the Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Techniques namely

Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy AHP approach and Technique for Order Preference

by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) approach. MCDM helps in finding the best solution

among the multiple alternatives for the placement of PMU which is based on the weighing

factor. But this MCDM has neglected the dynamic operation of the system. In the proposed

scheme, the probabilistic nature of network dynamics is performed by Monte Carlo Simulation to

iteratively evaluate the system performance for probable input parameter variations such as load

variation, generation variation and list of credible contingencies to assess the vulnerability index

of the system. Newton - Raphson load flow analysis is performed for each contingency and the

power system losses in various parts of the networks are observed. The vulnerability Index is

calculated based on total Power System Loss (PSL). Based on the index, the vulnerable regions

in the power system network are identified and clustered with the help of Data clustering

algorithm. The PMUs have to be located in the most vulnerable regions to prevent the system

from blackouts and to take corrective control actions. This proposed simple approach is tested on

IEEE-5 Bus test systems. The test result shows that PSL index is effective in identifying the

vulnerable regions for optimal PMU placement. The findings of the PMU location are compared

against MCDM techniques.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800276

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 101 of 114

Title: Optimized Temperature Controller for Plastic Injection Molding System

Author(s): Selvakarthi, D (Selvakarthi, D.); Prasad, SJS (Prasad, S. J. Suji); Meenakumari, R

(Meenakumari, R.); Balakrishnan, PA (Balakrishnan, P. A.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: Maintaining the barrel temperature leads to desired shape and structure in the plastic

injection molding industry. The ON/OFF controllers used in industries for control of the barrel

heating system; are not giving satisfactory performance. It consumes more power, and chattering

which lead to wear out the relay quickly. These problems are overcome by introducing a model

based PID controller. The mathematical model is obtained from the barrel heating system and

ZN tuned PID controller and fuzzy tuned PID controller are simulated on the barrel heating

system. The results show that fuzzy tuned PID gives good transient and regulatory performances

compared to ZN tuned PID controller.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800186

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 102 of 114

Title: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THREE PHASE MODIFIED CASCADED

MULTILEVEL INVERTER FOR PV APPLICATIONS

Author(s): Uthirasamy, R (Uthirasamy, R.); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.); Megha, C

(Megha, C.); Mithra, R (Mithra, R.)

Edited by: Porkumaran K; Chinnaiyan VK

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ICGCCEE) Published: 2014

Abstract: This paper presents a new structure of three phase seven level Cascaded Multilevel

Inverter (CMLI) for Photo Voltaic (PV) applications. The proposed structure consists of H-

bridge inverter unit and sub-multilevel unit. Each sub-multilevel unit is connected with PV

panels. The proposed system incorporates less number of power semiconductor devices

compared to conventional CMLI system. The voltage stress across the switches, switching

losses, driver circuit requirements and Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) are also get minimized.

A mathematical model of the PV system is developed and integrated with the proposed inverter

system. The entire performance of the system is evaluated through SIMULINK tool.

Accession Number: WOS:000365616800288

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing Communication and Electrical

Engineering (ICGCCEE)

Conference Date: MAR 06-08, 2014

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Elect & Elect Engn, N G P Inst Technol, Wayne State Univ, Coll

Engn, IEEE Madras Sect

Record 103 of 114

Title: Enhancing Sample Classification for Microarray datasets using Genetic Algorithm

Author(s): Aarthi, P (Aarthi, P.); Gothai, E (Gothai, E.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Microarray is a high throughput technology that allows uncovering of thousands of

genes concurrently. To conduct any biological test like disease prediction and classification in

medical field, among the large amount of genes presented in gene expression data, only some

particular amount of genes is effective for performing diagnostic test. A Supervised attribute

clustering is used to find such initial co-expressed gene groups of clusters whose joint expression

is strongly related with the class labels. The Mutual Information incorporates the information of

sample categories to measure the similarity between attributes by sharing the information

between each attributes. Thus the redundant and irrelevant attributes are eliminated. After

forming the clusters, the GA is used to find the optimal feature so as to increase the class

separability. Using this method, the diagnosis can be made easier and effective. The predictive

accuracy is estimated using three classifiers such as K-nearest neighbors, naive bayes and

Support Vector machine. Thus the overall approach provides excellent predictive capability for

accurate medical diagnosis.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900045

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 104 of 114

Title: Profit and Energy Aware Scheduling in Cloud Computing using Task Consolidation

Author(s): Bharathi, A (Bharathi, A.); Mohana, RS (Mohana, R. S.); Ushapriya, A (Ushapriya,

A.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Cloud computing systems rent resources on demand, pay-as-you-go basis, and

multiplex many users on the same physical infrastructure. However the revenue of cloud

computing is get affected by various factors such as QoS constraints, Energy consumption etc.,

Energy Aware Task Consolidation technique is used to allocate the tasks dynamically on virtual

clusters which aims to minimize energy consumption. This is achieved by consolidating tasks on

virtual clusters by keeping the CPU utilization below a peak threshold value of 70%. The task

consolidation is done by using bestFit strategy. The revenue of cloud provider can be improved

by increasing the profit yielded by the incoming task. The profit can be increased by allocating

the task to the appropriate VM which executes the task with minimum cost and without violating

the QOS constraints. In this work, Profit and Energy aware Task Consolidation method is

proposed to allocate the task to the appropriate VM that yields more profit and less energy

consumption to the data center.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900147

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 105 of 114

Title: Sentiment Classification Using Weakly Supervised Learning Techniques

Author(s): Bharathi, P (Bharathi, P.); Kalaivaani, PCD (Kalaivaani, P. C. D.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Due to the advanced technologies of Web 2.0, people are participating in and

exchanging opinions through social media sites such as Web forums and Weblogs etc.,

Classification and Analysis of such opinions and sentiment information is potentially important

for both service and product providers, users because this analysis is used for making valuable

decisions. Sentiment is expressed differently in different domains. Applying a sentiment

classifiers trained on source domain does not produce good performance on target domain

because words that occur in the train domain might not appear in the test domain. We propose a

hybrid model to detect sentiment and topics from text by using weakly supervised learning

technique. First we create sentiment sensitive thesaurus using both labeled and unlabeled data

from multiple domains. The created thesaurus is then used to classify sentiments from text. This

model is highly portable to various domains. This is verified by experimental results from four

different domains where the hybrid model even outperforms existing semi-supervised

approaches.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900184

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 106 of 114

Title: Analysing the effect of cluster strategies in multicast traffic using TAM protocol for Ad-

hoc networks

Author(s): Deepakraj, S (Deepakraj, S.); Thamilselvan, R (Thamilselvan, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Ad-hoc networks generally play a vital role in emerging technologies. The limited

communication and computation resources, the unguaranteed connectivity to trusted authorities

make known security solutions for wired networks. A novel Tiered Authentication scheme for

Multicast traffic (TAM) has large scale of ad-hoc networks. Nodes are grouped into the cluster.

Cross-cluster multicast traffic includes a Message Authentication Code (MAC) that is based on

set of keys. Each cluster uses unique subset of keys. TAM is combination of secret information

asymmetry and the time information asymmetry for inter cluster and intra cluster networks. The

topologies used are flat, spanning tree, balanced tree to reduce bandwidth overhead and delivery

delay. These topologies are compared for numerical and analytical results that demonstrate the

advantage of TAM.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900180

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 107 of 114

Title: Analysis of torque ripple failure in electric drive for electric vehicle propulsion system

Author(s): Dineshraj, MR (Dineshraj, M. R.); Arunkumar, V (Arunkumar, V.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Four types of electric drives are used nowadays for electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle

propulsion system. The motors being used today are not very efficient. Brushed

DCmotorisintroduced to overcome this drawback. However, it has the drawback of limited speed

due to the brushes and high maintenance. In recent years, the DC Brushless Motor has been

effectively employed with electronic commutation. This motor requires high maintenance and

the sensors required to operate the motor. At present Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) are a

simple structure, with rugged castration and inexpensive manufacturing potential which make it

extremely attractive and more efficient for electric vehicle. However, these merits are

overshadowed by its inherent torque ripple, acoustic noise, special converter topology requires

discrete insulated gate bipolar transistor and difficult to control. This project focuses on the

minimization of torque ripples in four-Phase 8/6 SRM. To generate and obtain fast torque

response, using DSP controller. The simulated performance of SRM drive system is presented to

validate the proposed DSP controller and it is train by neural network with fast torque response

and minimized torque ripple.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900418

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 108 of 114

Title: Performance Analysis of Non-Integer Order PID Controller for Liquid Level Control of

Conical Tank System

Author(s): Janarthanan, S (Janarthanan, S.); Thirukkuralkani, KN (Thirukkuralkani, K. N.);

Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: The design of a controller for the conical tank system is a challenging problem,

because of its non-linearity behavior. The Proportional-Integral-Derivative controllers have

played a vital role in many process oriented industrial applications, for past few decades. This

paper deals with design of Non-Integer order Proportional Integral Derivative or Fractional

Order Proportional Integral Derivative (FOPID) controller for a level control process of single

conical tank system. FOPID provides more flexibility in designing a controller than using

standard Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controllers, due to selection of five parameters

instead of three. Though the tuning of FOPID is complex, it can guarantee the desired control

performance and the robustness to the loop gain deviations. The comparison of various tuning

methods using PID controller is simulated. FOPID controller has been designed for the same

conical tank system and the performances of both the PID and FOPID controllers have been

simulated and compared.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900451

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 109 of 114

Title: A Micropartitioning Technique for Massive Data Analysis Using MapReduce

Author(s): Mohanapriya, S (Mohanapriya, S.); Natesan, P (Natesan, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Over the past years, large amounts of structured and unstructured data are being

collected from various sources. These huge amounts of data are difficult to handle by a single

machine which requires the work to be distributed across large number of computers. Hadoop is

one such distributed framework which process data in distributed manner by using Mapreduce

programming model. In order for Mapreduce to work, it has to divide the workload across the

machines in the cluster. The performance of Mapreduce depends on how evenly it distributes the

workload to the machines without skew and avoids executing job in a poorly running node called

straggler. The workload distribution depends on the algorithm that partitions the data. To

overcome the problem from skew, an efficient partitioning technique is proposed. The proposed

algorithm improves load balancing as well as reduces the memory requirements. Slow running

nodes degrade the performance of Mapreduce job. To overcome this problem, a technique called

micropartitioning is used that divide the tasks into smaller tasks greater than the number of

reducers and are assigned to reducers. Running many small tasks lessens the impact of stragglers,

since work that would have been scheduled on slow nodes is only small which can be performed

by other idle workers.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900084

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 110 of 114

Title: Adaptive Fuzzy C - Means for Human Activity Recognition

Author(s): Nanthini, K (Nanthini, K.); Devi, RM (Devi, R. Manjula)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Fuzzy Logic is a multi-valued logic where the truth values lies between zero and one.

In any system there are two phases namely the training (learning) phase and the testing phase. In

the training or learning phase the data samples are given as input to the system for training the

fuzzy system, to classify the inputs according to the characteristics of the problem. In the testing

phase the data instances are given as input to check whether the system classifies correctly.

Considering the above two phases the training phase consumes a large amount of time. In order

to classify the input samples, this paper proposes the Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) for classification

purpose. The FCM has number of clusters equal to the number of classes to which the input

samples are to be classified, where the membership function plays a vital role in converging the

number of iterations. The training time of the fuzzy system is improved through the adaptive

skipping method. This paper focuses on the Human Activity Recognition (HAR) in which the

human activities are to be classified.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900096

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 111 of 114

Title: AN ENHANCED MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE NAVIGATION OF A WEBSITE USING

CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE

Author(s): Renuka, S (Renuka, S.); Jayanthi, P (Jayanthi, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Designing well structured websites has long been a challenge to facilitate effective

user navigation. The reason for poor website design is that the web developers understanding of

website structure is considerably different from that of the users. The reorganization of a website

structure changes the location of familiar items. They would not be frequently performed to

improve the navigability. The existing Mathematical Programming model facilitates user

navigation on a website with minimal changes to its current structure. It is appropriate for

informational websites whose content are static and relatively stable over time. It allows a page

to have more links than the out-degree threshold if the cost is reasonable. Number of relevant

mini sessions decreases as path threshold increases. Thus the Mathematical Programming model

focuses on enhancing the design of existing links before adding new links. To improve the

navigability further, an enhanced model using Graph Partitioned Clustering algorithm is

proposed. It is used to group the potential users with similar navigation pattern from

preprocessed web log data. Clustering results include number of visits made to a single webpage,

most frequently viewed page and navigation behavior of the users. To minimize the average

weighted shortest distance between pages and the average surfing distance, the enhanced

mathematical programming model is proposed and applied to the clustered results. After

identifying the existing links to be improved and new links to be added, the web site current

structure has to be reorganized. Thus, it will improve the user navigation on a website

effectively.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900077

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 112 of 114

Title: Enhancing Workflow Scheduling Through Promoting Resource Reliability and Fault

Tolerance in Grid Environment

Author(s): Sarayu, R (Sarayu, R.); Krishnamoorthy, N (Krishnamoorthy, N.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Grid computing is the form of distributed computing and coordinated resource sharing

and problem solving in dynamic virtual organizations. Due to highly dynamic feature dependable

workflow scheduling is critical in grid environment. Various scheduling algorithms are posed but

hardly consider resource reliability. Current systems mainly consider fault tolerance but

resources are not fully utilized. This paper proposes a dependable workflow scheduling

system(DGWS) which is based on Markov chain process which increases reliability of workflow

scheduling algorithm. The performance evaluation results decreases the length of schedule in

workflow and increases the dependability of workflow execution using Fault tolerance

technology checkpoint.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900181

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 113 of 114

Title: The Secured OLSR Protocol for MANET

Author(s): Selvi, KT (Selvi, K. Tamil)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: The Optimized Link State Routing is a table-driven link state routing protocol for

Mobile Ad hoc Network. It uses the Multipoint Relays as a mechanism for flooding of control

and traffic messages into the network. The design of protocol by RFC does not consider the

security issues. The various authentication and encryption techniques help to secure this protocol

against attacks from outside intruders. The secured OLSR framework consists of security module

which provides the security with minimum overhead. The overhead is reduced by minimizing the

number of Multipoint Relay nodes in the network and providing security for those selected

nodes. The security is based on threshold cryptography technique. The use of threshold

cryptography is to ensure security services by distributing the secret key shares and performing

encryption with those shares of secrets. The destination could recover only if all the secret shares

are not compromised. The main aim is to provide the integrity of routing messages, especially

Topology Control messages and hence prevent intermediate nodes from altering routing

messages while forwarding them. The simulations results also confirm above claims.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900229

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

Record 114 of 114

Title: Nature Inspired Preemptive Task Scheduling for Load Balancing in Cloud Datacenter

Author(s): Shobana, G (Shobana, G.); Geetha, M (Geetha, M.); Suganthe, RC (Suganthe, R. C.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Published: 2014

Abstract: Scheduling of the tasks in the cloud computing is assigning tasks to the particular

machine. Load balancing of preemptive independent tasks on the virtual machine (VMs) is an

important aspect of the task scheduling in clouds. Load balancing aims to optimize resource,

minimize response time, maximize throughput and avoid overload of any of the resources. If the

load balancing is not properly done, then it may lead to the condition where some virtual

machines may get overloaded while others may become underloaded or even idle. Due to

unbalanced load, the tasks are not completed in time and as a result the user satisfaction is not

achieved. The proposed algorithm almost reduces makespan throughpreemptive task scheduling

which follows the foraging behavior of honey bees. This algorithm considers the priority of the

tasks and their expected remaining completion time with an aim to maximize throughput and

minimize latency. Our approach improves the response time of users by effective utilization of

available resources.

Accession Number: WOS:000380491900076

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 27-28, 2014

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3834-6

2013

Record 01 of 99

Title: Modeling and analysis of film composition on mechanical properties of maize starch

based edible films

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Kandasamy, S (Kandasamy, S.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 62 Pages: 565-

573 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.09.027 Published: NOV 2013

Abstract: The present study investigates the influence of composition (content of maize starch

(1-3 g), sorbitol (0.5-1.0 ml), agar (0.5-1.0 g) and tween-80 (0.1-0.5 ml)) on the mechanical

properties (tensile strength, elongation, Young's modulus, puncture force and puncture

deformation) of the maize starch based edible films using four factors with three level Box-

Behnken design. The edible films were obtained by casting method. The results showed that,

tween-80 increases the permeation of sorbitol in to the polymer matrix. Increasing concentration

of sorbitol (hydrophilic nature and plasticizing effect of sorbitol) decreases the tensile strength,

Young's modulus and puncture force of the films. The results were analyzed by Pareto analysis

of variance (ANOVA) and second order polynomial models were obtained for all responses with

high R-2 values (R-2>0.95). 3D response surface plots were constructed to study the relationship

between process variables and the responses. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000329881200083

ISSN: 0141-8130

eISSN: 1879-0003

Record 02 of 99

Title: Investigation of chemically treated longitudinally oriented snake grass fiber-reinforced

isophthallic polyester composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 32 Issue: 22 Pages: 1698-

1714 DOI: 10.1177/0731684413495321 Published: NOV 2013

Abstract: Snake grass fibers are subjected to various chemical surface modifications such as

alkali, benzoyl peroxide, benzoyl chloride, potassium permanganate and stearic acid. These

fibers are utilized to fabricate the longitudinal oriented fiber-reinforced composites at 40%

weight fraction of fiber. The mechanical properties of treated fiber composites are found to be

higher than those of raw ones. Potassium permanganate treated fiber composites has optimum

mechanical properties than other chemicals treated snake grass fibers composites. The scanning

electron microscopic images of the tensile and impact fractured composites containing treated

and untreated fibers have been examined. The fiber pull-out from the specimen has been found

low for the treated fibers compared to untreated fiber composites. The kinetics of water

absorption of the composites studied at various time intervals and temperature reveals that the

treated fiber-reinforced composites has less water uptake compared to untreated one.

Accession Number: WOS:000327469400003

ISSN: 0731-6844

eISSN: 1530-7964

Record 03 of 99

Title: Novel Switching Table for Direct Torque Controlled Permanent Magnet Synchronous

Motors to Reduce Torque Ripple

Author(s): Arumugam, S (Arumugam, Sivaprakasam); Thathan, M (Thathan, Manigandan)

Source: JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Volume: 13 Issue: 6 Pages: 939-

954 DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2013.13.6.939 Published: NOV 2013

Abstract: The Direct Torque Control (DTC) technique for Permanent Magnet Synchronous

Motors (PMSM) is receiving increased attention due to its simplicity and robust dynamic

response when compared with other control techniques. The classical switching table based DTC

results in large flux and torque ripples in the motors. Several studies have been reported in the

literature on classical DTC. However, there are only limited studies that actually discuss or

evaluate the classical DTC. This paper proposes, novel switching table / DTC methods for

PMSMs to reduce torque ripples. In this paper, two DTC schemes are proposed. The six sector

and twelve sector methodology is considered in DTC scheme I and DTC scheme II, respectively.

In both DTC schemes a simple modification is made to the classical DTC structure. The two

level inverter available in the classical DTC is eliminated by replacing it with a three level

Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) inverter. To further improve the performance of the proposed

DTC scheme 1, the available 27 voltage vectors are allowed to form different groups of voltage

vectors such as Large - Zero (LZ), Medium - Zero (MZ) and Small - Zero (SZ), where as in DTC

scheme II, all of the voltage vectors are considered to form a switching table. Based on these

groups, a novel switching table is proposed. The proposed DTC schemes are comparatively

investigated with the classical DTC and existing literatures through theory analysis and computer

simulations. The superiority of the proposed DTC method is also confirmed by experimental

results. It can be observed that the proposed techniques can significantly reduces the torque

ripples and improves the quality of current waveform when compared with traditional and

existing methods.

Accession Number: WOS:000327282800003

ISSN: 1598-2092

eISSN: 2093-4718

Record 04 of 99

Title: Effects of evaporator load on vapour compression refrigeration system using eco friendly

hydrocarbon refrigerants with sub cooling

Author(s): Thangavel, P (Thangavel, P.); Somasundaram, P (Somasundaram, P.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 72 Issue: 11 Pages: 695-702 Published: NOV 2013

Abstract: The main objective is to study the effect. of evaporator load on performance of vapour

compression refrigeration system with eco friendly refrigerants with and without sub-cooling.

Mixture of Propane (R290) and Isobutene (R600a) is used as alternate refrigerant to Hydro

Fluorocarbon (HFC) and Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) compound's in this analysis. Performance

analysis is investigated at different loads in evaporator. Hydrocarbon mixture (HCM) is an

alternative refrigerant for HFC and CFC compounds due to. their lower Global Warming

Potential (GWP) and zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP). Computational analysis is carried

out to study the performance of the proposed mixture and also compared with conventional

refrigerants R12 and R134a with respect to condensing temperature. In order to operate the

refrigeration system at economical mode, the evaporator is loaded at various load conditions like

25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. Various performance parameters like discharge temperature,

compressor input power, heat rejected in the condenser, refrigeration effect and Coefficient of

Performance (COP) are investigated at various loads in the evaporator. The analysis is carried

out for condensing temperature from 30 degrees C to 65 degrees C and evaporator is maintained

at -10 degrees C. As per computational analysis, discharge temperature and pressure ratio of

HCM is about 3.9-7.4%, 16.4-24.9% lower than R134a and about 2.8-9.4%, 5.5-8.6% lower than

R12. Volumetric efficiency of HCM is about 1.8-6.5%, 2% higher than R134a and R12

respectively. From the experimental load analysis, 75% load in the evaporator gave better results

in terms of higher refrigeration effect and COP, lower discharge temperature and low compressor

input power consumption " as compared to other loads. Heat rejection rate for 75% load is

moderate with 50% load. COP is about 8.5-24%, 2.9-11.9%, 1.9-5.5% higher than 25%, 50%

and 100% loads respectively. Under sub cooling analysis in 3 degrees C, 4 degrees C and 5

degrees C, the COP of the 75% load is about 1.1-9.3%, 2.5-13.4% and 2.5-14.5% higher than

50% load respectively. Based on computational analysis HCM could be used as an. eco friendly

refrigerant in the refrigeration system:The experimental results show that 75% load of evaporator

having the feature of economic mode to operate the refrigeration system.

Accession Number: WOS:000326857700010

ISSN: 0022-4456

eISSN: 0975-1084

Record 05 of 99

Title: Development of experimental design approach and ANN-based models for determination

of Cr(VI) ions uptake rate from aqueous solution onto the solid biodiesel waste residue

Author(s): Shanmugaprakash, M (Shanmugaprakash, M.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.)

Source: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY Volume: 148 Pages: 550-

559 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.149 Published: NOV 2013

Abstract: In the present work, the evaluation capacities of two optimization methodologies such

as RSM and ANN were employed and compared for predication of Cr(VI) uptake rate using

defatted pongamia oil cake (DPOC) in both batch and column mode. The influence of operating

parameters was investigated through a central composite design (CCD) of RSM using Design

Expert 8.0.7.1 software. The same data was fed as input in ANN to obtain a trained the

multilayer feed-forward networks back-propagation algorithm using MATLAB. The

performance of the developed ANN models were compared with RSM mathematical models for

Cr(VI) uptake rate in terms of the coefficient of determination (R-2), root mean square error

(RMSE) and absolute average deviation (MD). The estimated values confirm that ANN

predominates RSM representing the superiority of a trained ANN models over RSM models in

order to capture the non-linear behavior of the given system. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000326905400075

PubMed ID: 24080294

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Muthusamy, shanmugaprakash O-7448-2015 0000-0002-6435-2158

ISSN: 0960-8524

eISSN: 1873-2976

Record 06 of 99

Title: Effect of Particle Size on Tribological Behavior of Rice Husk Ash-Reinforced Aluminum

Alloy (AlSi10Mg) Matrix Composites

Author(s): Saravanan, SD (Saravanan, S. D.); Senthilkumar, M (Senthilkumar, M.); Shankar, S

(Shankar, S.)

Source: TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS Volume: 56 Issue: 6 Pages: 1156-

1167 DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2013.831962 Published: NOV 1 2013

Abstract: Rice husk ash of three different particle size ranges (50-75, 75-100 and 100-150m) a

3, 6, 9, and 12% by weight is reinforced with an aluminum alloy (AlSi10Mg) using the liquid

metallurgy method. The dry sliding wear behavior of the composites in the cast conditions is

examined using the pin-on-disc tribotesting machine for three different loads (20, 30, and 40N)

with three different sliding velocities (2, 3, and 4m/s). The results reveal that the composite

reinforced with the coarse rice husk ash particles exhibits superior wear resistance compared to

the fine rice husk ash particles. The wear rate of the composite decreased with an increase in the

weight percentage of rice husk ash particles for all size ranges. Finally, the wear mechanism was

investigated with the worn surface using a scanning electron microscope.

Accession Number: WOS:000324614500025

ISSN: 1040-2004

eISSN: 1547-397X

Record 07 of 99

Title: Dyeing of Silk Fabric with Eco-Friendly Natural Dyes Obtained from Spathodea

campanulata and Cordia sebestena: A Comparison

Author(s): Kumaresan, M (Kumaresan, M.); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Kumar, PE

(Kumar, P. E.)

Source: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 25 Issue: 15 Pages: 8513-

8516 Part: A Published: NOV 2013

Abstract: Bleached silk fabric was dyed with natural dyes obtained from the flower of

Spathodea campanulata and Cordia sebestena. The colour fastness properties and colour strength

of dyed silk fabric were determined and compared. From the comparative study of fastness

properties and colour strength of the dyed cotton samples, Spathodea campanulata in

simultaneous mordanting method with 3 % mordant combination gives better results as

compared to the natural dye obtained from the flower of Cordia sebestena.

Accession Number: WOS:000325204200061

ISSN: 0970-7077

Record 08 of 99

Title: Characterization of new cellulose sansevieria ehrenbergii fibers for polymer composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.)

Source: COMPOSITE INTERFACES Volume: 20 Issue: 8 Pages: 575-

593 DOI: 10.1080/15685543.2013.816652 Published: NOV 1 2013

Abstract: Natural cellulose fibers were newly identified from the sources of sansevieria

ehrenbergii plant. These fibers were extracted using the mechanical decortication process. The

hierarchical cell structure of the plant and fibers was analyzed using scanning electron

microscope, optical microscope, Fourier transforms infrared, and X-ray diffraction. The density

and diameter of the fibers were found to be approximately 0.887g/cm(3) and 10-250m,

respectively. The various chemical compositions were analyzed and compared with other natural

fibers. The thermal stability of the fiber was examined through thermogravimetric

analysis/differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTG). The maximum peak temperature was

obtained at 333.02 degrees C in DTG curve. The raw fibers exhibited a tensile strength of 50-

585MPa, an elongation at break of 2.8-21.7%, a Young's modulus of 2.5-7.5GPa, and a corrected

compliances Young's modulus of 2.5-7.8GPa.

Accession Number: WOS:000324672000004

ISSN: 0927-6440

eISSN: 1568-5543

Record 09 of 99

Title: MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF GLUTAMIC ACID PRODUCTION USING

MIXED CULTURE OF Corynebacterium glutamicum NCIM2168 AND Pseudomonas

reptilivora NCIM2598

Author(s): Kumar, RS (Kumar, Rajaram Shyam); Moorthy, IMG (Moorthy, Innasi Muthu

Ganesh); Baskar, R (Baskar, Rajoo)

Source: PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY &

BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 43 Issue: 7 Pages: 668-

681 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2013.772064 Published: OCT 3 2013

Abstract: In this study, a hybrid system of response surface methodology followed by genetic

algorithm has been adopted to optimize the production medium for L-glutamic acid fermentation

with mixed cultures of Corynebacterium glutamicum and Pseudomonas reptilovora. The optimal

combination of media components for maximal production of L-glutamic acid was found to be

49.99gL(-1) of glucose, 10gL(-1) of urea, 18.06% (v/v) of salt solution, and 4.99% (v/v) of

inoculum size. The experimental glutamic acid yield at optimum condition was 19.69gL(-1),

which coincided well to the value predicted by the model (19.61gL(-1)). Using this

methodology, a nonlinear regression model was developed for the glutamic acid production. The

model was validated statistically and the determination coefficient (R-2) was found to be 0.99.

Accession Number: WOS:000320360800004

PubMed ID: 23768112

ISSN: 1082-6068

Record 10 of 99

Title: The Role of Poultry Industry in Indian Economy

Author(s): Vetrivel, SC (Vetrivel, S. C.); Chandrakumarmangalam, S

(Chandrakumarmangalam, S.)

Source: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF POULTRY

SCIENCE Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Pages: 287-293 Published: OCT-DEC 2013

Abstract: Poultry farming in India, in spite of several constraints, has progressed considerably

during the last decade. The present study has been undertaken to examine various aspects related

to the growth and development of poultry production in the country. Poultry production in India

was confined to backyards till recently. Local breed of birds were reared for the supply of eggs

and meat. The increasing demand for poultry products necessitates augmenting the supply by

importing improved breeds of poultry. In 1961, the proportion of hybrid populations in the total

population of poultry was about 2 percent. Within a couple of decades, these birds have

dominated the market sidelining the indigenous birds. The technological advances have

revolutionized the role and the structure of poultry industry in India. It became one of the most

specialized enterprises in many parts of the country. A general confidence has been created

among the people that green revolution has ushered an era of self-reliance in the food grain

production. The rapidly growing population has created some doubts in the said hypothesis. In

fact, crop production alone may not solve the food problem of the country. The advances in

cereal technology, of course, can fill the empty stomach, but it may not help in the balanced

growth of the human body. The chief ingredients of balanced diet also comprise proteins, fats,

minerals and vitamins, which are essential for growth. The supply of these items can easily be

increased through increased production of livestock products.

Accession Number: WOS:000330032300001

ISSN: 1516-635X

eISSN: 1806-9061

Record 11 of 99

Title: NEAREST SYMMETRIC TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBER APPROXIMATION

PRESERVING EXPECTED INTERVAL

Author(s): Veeramani, C (Veeramani, C.); Duraisamy, C (Duraisamy, C.); Sumathi, M

(Sumathi, M.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UNCERTAINTY FUZZINESS AND

KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS Volume: 21 Issue: 5 Pages: 777-

794 DOI: 10.1142/S0218488513500372 Published: OCT 2013

Abstract: Fuzzy number approximation has been investigated by many researchers. It is still

useful to develop new approximations in order to better fit real world problems. This paper

proposes a method for symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy number approximation which preserves the

expected interval. Some properties of approximation are proved and a fuzzy partition is

generated by using the proposed method.

Accession Number: WOS:000325720900007

ISSN: 0218-4885

eISSN: 1793-6411

Record 12 of 99

Title: Characterization of natural fiber and composites - A review

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.); Rajini, N

(Rajini, N.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 32 Issue: 19 Pages: 1457-

1476 DOI: 10.1177/0731684413495322 Published: OCT 2013

Abstract: The natural fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials offered extensive range of

properties which are suitable for large number of engineering application. The natural fibers have

been abundantly available in the world. It has unique properties compared to synthetic fiber and

reduces the plastic usage. This article reports the extraction process of natural fibers,

characterization of natural fibers, and preparation of natural fiber-reinforced composites. The

mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, impact, and dynamic properties as well as thermal

and machinability properties of the composites with and without chemically treated fibers were

reported. The water absorption capability of the composites and its effect on mechanical

properties were also reported.

Accession Number: WOS:000325805800006

ISSN: 0731-6844

eISSN: 1530-7964

Record 13 of 99

Title: Application of chitosan as an adsorbent to treat rice mill wastewater-Mechanism,

modelling and optimization

Author(s): Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sivakumar, V

(Sivakumar, V.); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 97 Issue: 2 Pages: 451-

457 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.05.012 Published: SEP 12 2013

Abstract: The objectives of the present study is to investigate the chitosan as an adsorbent to

treat rice mill wastewater under different process conditions such as agitation time (2-6 min),

initial pH (2.5-6.5), chitosan dose (400-800 mg/l) and settling time (10-30 min) in order to study

the removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS). The

results showed that, all process variables have significant effect on the removal efficiencies. The

optimum process conditions were determined (agitation time of 4 min, initial pH of 4.5, chitosan

dose of 600 mg/l and settling time of 20 min) and showed high removal efficiencies (COD: 98%

and TSS: 95%). FT-IR spectrophotometry was used to analyze and confirm the adsorption

process. From the experimental data, Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to develop the

second order polynomial models with high coefficient of determination values (COD: 0.991 and

TSS: 0.989). (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000323805000028

PubMed ID: 23911470

ISSN: 0144-8617

Record 14 of 99

Title: Optimization of microwave assisted extraction of pectin from orange peel

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 97 Issue: 2 Pages: 703-

709 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.05.052 Published: SEP 12 2013

Abstract: In this study, microwave-assisted extraction was applied for pectin extraction from the

dried orange peel and Box-Behnken response surface design was used to study and optimize the

effects of processing variables (microwave power, irradiation time, pH and solid-liquid ratio) on

the yield of pectin. The amount of pectin extracted increased with increasing microwave power,

while it reduces as the time, pH and solid-liquid ratio increased. From the results, second order

polynomial model was developed and it adequately explained the data variation and significantly

represented the actual relationship between independent variables and the response. An

optimization study using Derringer's desired function methodology was performed and optimal

conditions based on both individual and combinations of all independent variables (microwave

power of 422 W, irradiation time of 169 s, pH of 1.4 and solid-liquid ratio of 1:16.9 g/ml) were

determined with maximum pectin yield of 19.24%, which was confirmed through validation

experiments. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000323805000062

ISSN: 0144-8617

Record 15 of 99

Title: Efficient environmental noise reduction system for speech enhancement via fuzzy-based

extreme learning machine and fuzzy adaptive Wiener filter

Author(s): Devi, TM (Devi, T. Meera); SankaraMalliga, G (SankaraMalliga, G.); Saravanaraju,

KM (Saravanaraju, K. M.)

Source: NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING JOURNAL Volume: 61 Issue: 5 Pages: 469-

480 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: This paper proposes the application of fuzzy-based extreme learning machine (FELM)

and fuzzy-based adaptive Wiener filter for background noise reduction system to improve the

signal to noise ratio (SNR) and to reduce the minimum mean square error (MMSE). The Wiener

filter minimizes the mean square error and it provides better performance than the conventional

filters. Though the background noise is uncertain, fuzzy inference systems (FIS) are proposed in

ELM to classify the background noises and Wiener filters are proposed to update Wiener filter

coefficients that will increase the SNR of the filtered speech signal. Fuzzy adaptive Wiener filter

depends on the adaptation of the filter transfer function from sample to sample based on the

signal statistics and it is implemented in time domain rather than in frequency domain to

accommodate for the varying nature of the speech signal. The proposed FELM is compared with

ELM and fuzzy radial basis function network (FRBFN) for noise classification and fuzzy

adaptive Wiener filter is compared with Wiener and adaptive Wiener filters for noise

cancellation. Simulation results show that FELM improves the percentage of classification by

9% than FRBFN, 4% than ELM and fuzzy adaptive Wiener filter improves the SNR by 8 dB

than the conventional Wiener filter. The real-time implementation of the system is done using

TMS320C6713 DSK starter kit. The real-time practical setup using DSK shows an improved

SNR of 5 dB. (C) 2013 Institute of Noise Control Engineering.

Accession Number: WOS:000328193900003

ISSN: 0736-2501

Record 16 of 99

Title: Fuzzy logic controller based power management for a standalone solar/wind/fuel cell fed

hybrid system

Author(s): Saravanan, S (Saravanan, S.); Thangavel, S (Thangavel, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 5 Issue: 5 Article

Number: 053147 DOI: 10.1063/1.4827315 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: This paper proposes a new power conditioner topology with an intelligent power

management controller that integrates multiple renewable energy sources such as solar energy,

wind energy, and fuel cell energy with battery backup to make the best use of their operating

characteristics and obtain better reliability than that could be obtained by single renewable

energy based power supply. The proposed multiple-input converter uses neural network and

fuzzy logic controller for maintaining a constant voltage at point of common coupling and

efficient power flow control, respectively. The power conditioner uses very limited number of

switches and promises significant savings in component count and reduced losses. Also, fuzzy

logic controller based online estimation of state of charge and battery charging is also designed

for the battery bank which is suitably connected by the controller to sink or source the input

power based on the load requirement. The simulation results of the proposed system prove good

in the stability aspect as well. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

Accession Number: WOS:000326641300061

ISSN: 1941-7012

Record 17 of 99

Title: Biodegradation and Decolorization of Distillery Spent Wash with Product Release by a

Novel Strain Cladosporium cladosporioides: Optimization and Biokinetics

Author(s): Ravikumar, R (Ravikumar, R.); Vasanthi, NS (Vasanthi, N. S.); Saravanan, K

(Saravanan, K.)

Source: CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

QUARTERLY Volume: 27 Issue: 3 Pages: 373-383 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: Owing to rapid developments in reducing investment costs for the treatment of

industrial effluent and gain through release of product, this investigation focuses on simultaneous

treatment and product release. Tests were conducted to reveal the potential of Cladosporium

cladosporioides for biodegradation and decolorization of distillery spent wash. A 2(4) full

factorial central composite experimental design of Response Surface Methodology was

conducted obtaining a maximum decolorization of 62.5 % and Chemical Oxygen Demand

(COD) reduction of 73.6 % at optimized conditions (fructose concentration of 7 g L-1, peptone 2

g L-1, 6 pH and 10 % (w/v) inoculum concentration). Results of the kinetic study revealed that

the decolorization process follows first order kinetics with half life saturation period of 5.02

days. The products released during the degradation were separated, analyzed using Gas

Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), and identified through the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) library.

Accession Number: WOS:000326058300015

ISSN: 0352-9568

eISSN: 1846-5153

Record 18 of 99

Title: Polypyrrole Composite - A Potential Material for the Removal of Acid Dyes

Author(s): Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Agalya, A (Agalya, A.); Sivakumar, P

(Sivakumar, P.)

Source: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 25 Issue: 11 Pages: 5891-

5896 Part: A Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: The present research work provides information on the dye removal potential of

polypyrrole saw dust composite, prepared by reinforcement of natural wood saw dust (obtained

from Euphorbia tirucalli L wood) and polypyrrole matrix phase. Dye adsorption on polypyrrole

composite was characterized in terms of adsorption isotherm, kinetics and the parameters studied

were initial dye concentration, contact time, pH and temperature. The kinetic data obtained at

different initial dye concentration and temperatures were studied using pseudo-first order and

pseudo-second order model. The equilibrium data were analyzed by Freundlich and Langmuir

isotherm model. The equilibrium isotherm data were fitted well with Langmuir isotherm model.

The maximum monolayer adsorption capacities calculated by Langmuir model were 243.9,

243.90, 250 and 256.41 mg/g for acid orange10 at 30, 35, 40 and 45 degrees C respectively. The

thermodynamic parameters including Delta G degrees, Delta H degrees and Delta S degrees were

evaluated and suggesting the feasible, spontaneous, endothermic nature of ion exchange

adsorption with weak vader Walls force of attraction. Activation energy for the adsorption of

acid orange10 by polypyrrole composite was 2.0704 kJ/mol. Isosteric heat of adsorption

calculated using Clasius-Clapeyron equation also supported the ion exchange adsorption process

in which forces of attraction between dye molecules and polypyrrole composite is weak.

Accession Number: WOS:000325089600002

ISSN: 0970-7077

eISSN: 0975-427X

Record 19 of 99

Title: Mechanical and machinability behaviors of woven coir fiber-reinforced polyester

composite

Author(s): Jayabal, S (Jayabal, S.); Velumani, S (Velumani, S.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Palanikumar, K (Palanikumar, K.)

Source: FIBERS AND POLYMERS Volume: 14 Issue: 9 Pages: 1505-

1514 DOI: 10.1007/s12221-013-1505-5 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: The research on coir-polyester composites initiated the interest in the development of

woven coir fiber-reinforced polyester composites. The mechanical properties of woven coir-

polyester composites were evaluated as per ASTM standards and the machinability behavior was

studied by conducting drilling tests in this investigation. The woven coir-polyester composites

exhibited the average values of tensile, flexural and impact strength of 19.9 MPa, 31.3 MPa and

49.9 kJ/m(2) respectively. The effect of NaOH treatment on the improvement of mechanical

properties of woven coir-polyester composites were studied in this investigation. The 40 %

increase of tensile strength, 42 % increase of flexural strength and 20 % increase of impact

strength were achieved by treated woven coir fiber-reinforced polyester composites. The

regression models for predicting thrust force, torque and tool wear in drilling of woven coir-

polyester composites were developed and the effect of drilling parameters were analyzed.

Accession Number: WOS:000325108400014

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

K, Palanikumar H-2123-2011 0000-0003-1883-5105

ISSN: 1229-9197

Record 20 of 99

Title: Response surface modeling and analysis of barrier and optical properties of maize starch

edible films

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL

MACROMOLECULES Volume: 60 Pages: 412-

421 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.06.029 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: In this work, four factors with three level Box-Behnken response surface design was

employed to investigate the influence of process variables (maize starch, sorbitol, agar and

Tween-80) on the barrier (water vapor permeability, oxygen permeability, thickness, moisture

content and solubility) and optical (transparency) properties of the maize starch based edible

films. Casting method was employed to prepare the edible films. The results showed that,

addition of sorbitol and Tween-80 reduces the water vapor and oxygen permeability of the films,

its due to the reduction of molecular mobility between polymer matrixes, where as, it also

increases the thickness, moisture content, solubility and transparency of the films. The results

were analyzed using Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second-order polynomial models

are developed for all responses in order to predict the effect of process variables over the barrier

and optical properties of the films. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000324842900058

ISSN: 0141-8130

Record 21 of 99

Title: Robust state estimation for uncertain fuzzy bidirectional associative memory networks

with time-varying delays

Author(s): Vadivel, P (Vadivel, P.); Sakthivel, R (Sakthivel, R.); Mathiyalagan, K

(Mathiyalagan, K.); Arunkumar, A (Arunkumar, A.)

Source: PHYSICA SCRIPTA Volume: 88 Issue: 3 Article

Number: 035008 DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/88/03/035008 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of robust state estimation for a class of fuzzy

bidirectional associative memory (BAM) neural networks with time-varying delays and

parameter uncertainties. By constructing the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, which contains the

triple-integral term and using the free-weighting matrix technique, a set of sufficient conditions

are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) to estimate the neuron states through

available output measurements such that the dynamics of the estimation error system is robustly

asymptotically stable. In particular, we consider a generalized activation function in which the

traditional assumptions on the boundedness, monotony and differentiability of the activation

functions are removed. More precisely, the design of the state estimator for such BAM neural

networks can be obtained by solving some LMIs, which are dependent on the size of the time

derivative of the time-varying delays. Finally, a numerical example with simulation result is

given to illustrate the obtained theoretical results.

Accession Number: WOS:000325198700008

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Mathiyalagan, Kalidass 0000-0003-2323-3328

ISSN: 0031-8949

Record 22 of 99

Title: An enhanced bacterial foraging algorithm approach for optimal power flow problem

including FACTS devices considering system loadability

Author(s): Edward, JB (Edward, J. Belwin); Rajasekar, N (Rajasekar, N.); Sathiyasekar, K

(Sathiyasekar, K.); Senthilnathan, N (Senthilnathan, N.); Sarjila, R (Sarjila, R.)

Source: ISA TRANSACTIONS Volume: 52 Issue: 5 Pages: 622-

628 DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2013.04.002 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: Obtaining optimal power flow solution is a strenuous task for any power system

engineer. The inclusion of FACTS devices in the power system network adds to its complexity.

The dual objective of OPF with fuel cost minimization along with FACTS device location for

IEEE 30 bus is considered and solved using proposed Enhanced Bacterial Foraging algorithm

(EBFA). The conventional Bacterial Foraging Algorithm (BFA) has the difficulty of optimal

parameter selection. Hence, in this paper, BFA is enhanced by including Nelder-Mead (NM)

algorithm for better performance. A MATLAB code for EBFA is developed and the problem of

optimal power flow with inclusion of FACTS devices is solved. After several run with different

initial values, it is found that the inclusion of FACTS devices such as SVC and TCSC in the

network reduces the generation cost along with increased voltage stability limits. It is also

observed that, the proposed algorithm requires lesser computational time compared to earlier

proposed algorithms. (C) 2013 ISA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000323916300006

ISSN: 0019-0578

Record 23 of 99

Title: Experimental investigations of SiO2 based ferrite magnetic tunnel junction

Author(s): Ravi, S (Ravi, S.); Karthikeyan, A (Karthikeyan, A.); Aravindan, V (Aravindan, V.);

Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL

SOLID-STATE MATERIALS Volume: 178 Issue: 15 Pages: 937-

941 DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2013.05.010 Published: SEP 1 2013

Abstract: We report experimental results of ferrite based magnetic tunnel junction. Ferrite

junction and spin transport through SiO2 were interesting since they can readily replace the

conventional electronics. We fabricated a cobalt ferrite/SiO2/cobalt nickel ferrite based magnetic

tunnel junction over a copper coated n-silicon substrate using a RF/DC magnetron sputtering.

The tunneling magnetoresistance shows a very good response to applied field and we achieved a

TMR of about 16%. Although theoretically it was predicted infinite TMR for half metallic

ferromagnetic junction, the deviation was explained on the basis of incoherent scattering along

the interfaces. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000322934500001

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Ravi, Sridharan 0000-0001-5069-0642

Aravindan, Vanchiappan 0000-0003-1357-7717

ISSN: 0921-5107

Record 24 of 99

Title: Structural and Electrical Properties of Polyethylene Oxide Based Nano Composite

Electrolyte

Author(s): Malathi, M (Malathi, M.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

LETTERS Volume: 5 Issue: 9 Pages: 1019-

1023 DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2013.1655 Published: SEP 2013

Abstract: Polyethylene oxide (PEO)-montmorillonite (MMT) composite electrolytes were

synthesised by solution casting technique. The salt used for the study is Lithium perchlorate

(LiClO4). The morphology and percentage of crystallinity information's were obtained through

X-ray Diffraction and Differential Scanning Caloriemetry. The maximum loading of MMT in

PEO matrix is optimized using SAXS studies. The calculated d spacing between the MMT

clusters in PEO matrix is 2.1 nm. The ionic conductivity of the polymer electrolytes was studied

by impedance spectroscopy. The addition of MMT resulted in an increase in conductivity over

the temperature range 25-60 degrees C. The ionic conductivity of a composite polymer

electrolyte containing 1.2 wt% MMT was 1 x 10(-5) S cm(-1) at 25 degrees C, which is at least

one order of magnitude higher than that of the polymer electrolyte (4 x 10(-7) S cm(-1)). The

increase in ionic conductivity is explained on the basis of crystallinity of the polymer electrolyte.

Accession Number: WOS:000323236100013

ISSN: 1941-4900

Record 25 of 99

Title: Mathematical modeling and prediction of the thrust force and torque in drilling of

sisal/glass-vinyl ester hybrid composite using the RSM, MLPNN, RBFN and ENN methods

Author(s): Velumani, S (Velumani, S.); Navaneethakrishnan, P (Navaneethakrishnan, P.);

Jayabal, S (Jayabal, S.); Smart, DSR (Smart, D. S. Robinson)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS

SCIENCES Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Pages: 289-298 Published: AUG 2013

Abstract: Drilling a polymer composite material without defects is not an easy task; even so,

these materials are largely used in aerospace and other industries, due to their excellent

mechanical properties. Tool wear, delamination and fiber pull out are the major problems in

drilling. Literature reveals that the thrust force (th) and torque (tq) have a significant effect on

tool life and delamination. Therefore, to improve the performance of drilling, it is essential to

study the thrust force and torque. This paper discusses the methodologies used in the prediction

and evaluation of the thrust force and torque in the drilling of sisal, and glass fiber reinforced

vinyl ester resin hybrid composite materials. Experiments are conducted in the CNC machining

center, and high speed steel (HSS) drill bits are used in the machining center for the drilling

operations. Process parameters such as the drill diameter (d), spindle speed (s) and feed rate (f)

are considered as the controlling factors for the study. The experimental data obtained are used

for training and testing with RSM and ANN techniques such as MLPNN, RBFN and ENN. The

predicted thrust force and torque, based on the MLPNN model, are found to be in very good

agreement with the experimental values.

Accession Number: WOS:000325194300008

ISSN: 0971-4588

Record 26 of 99

Title: Mechanical properties and water absorption of snake grass longitudinal fiber reinforced

isophthalic polyester composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Rajasekar, R (Rajasekar, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND

COMPOSITES Volume: 32 Issue: 16 Pages: 1211-

1223 DOI: 10.1177/0731684413485826 Published: AUG 2013

Abstract: Natural fiber reinforced composites have replaced the existing conventional materials

due to its light weight and enhanced load-bearing capabilities. In the present work, the newly

identified snake grass (Sansevieria ehrenbergii) fiber-reinforced isophthalic polyester composites

are prepared by simple hand lay-up method with different fiber weight fractions. The mechanical

properties like tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus are analyzed for the longitudinal

and transverse direction according to the prescribed standards. The obtained tensile strength and

modulus are compared with the theoretically predicted values. The impact strength and energy

absorption of the composites are analyzed and compared with control. The water uptake of pure

and fiber incorporated resin under varying time period and climatic conditions are examined. The

experimental results proves that the composites containing high fiber weight content contribute

to remarkable increase in mechanical properties and water absorption capabilities compared to

control.

Accession Number: WOS:000324884100006

ISSN: 0731-6844

Record 27 of 99

Title: Modeling and optimization of betalain extraction from Opuntia ficus-indica using Box-

Behnken design with desirability function

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Manikandan, S (Manikandan, S.); Mekala, V

(Mekala, V.)

Source: INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS Volume: 49 Pages: 304-

311 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.05.012 Published: AUG 2013

Abstract: The extraction of betalain and color from prickly pear (Optunia ficus indica) fruits

was optimized using Box-Behnken response surface design coupled with numerical optimization

technique. The individual and interactive effect of process variables (temperature, time, mass and

pH) on the extracted betalain concentration and color of the extract were studied. The results

showed that, temperature, mass and time had significant effect on the betalain and color

extraction from prickly pears fruit. The experimental data obtained were analyzed by Pareto

analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second-order polynomial models were developed using

multiple regression analysis. The models developed from the experimental design were

predictive and good fit with the experimental data with high coefficient of determination (R-2)

values (more than 0.95). An optimization study using Derringer's desired function methodology

was performed and the optimal extraction conditions were found to be extraction temperature of

42 degrees C, time of 115 min mass of 1.2g and pH of 6.9. The corresponding predicted values

were 41.54 mg/100 g for betalain concentration and 21.35 for color respectively. (C) 2013

Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000324566600042

ISSN: 0926-6690

Record 28 of 99

Title: Optimization of mechanical properties of non-woven short sisal fibre-reinforced vinyl

ester composite using factorial design and GA method

Author(s): Velumani, S (Velumani, S.); Navaneethakrishnan, P (Navaneethakrishnan, P.);

Jayabal, S (Jayabal, S.); Smart, DSR (Smart, D. S. Robinson)

Source: BULLETIN OF MATERIALS SCIENCE Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Pages: 575-

583 DOI: 10.1007/s12034-013-0524-6 Published: AUG 2013

Abstract: This work presents a systematic approach to evaluate and study the effect of process

parameters on tensile, flexural and impact strength of untreated short sisal fibre-reinforced vinyl

ester polymer-based composites and predicts the optimum properties of random natural fibre-

reinforced composites. The natural fibre of sisal at lengths of 10, 30 and 50 mm and vinyl ester

resin at loadings of 15, 30 and 45 (wt%) were prepared. The composite panel was then fabricated

using hand lay method in cold process of size 180x160 mm(2). Samples were then cut from the

panel and subjected to mechanical properties testing such as tensile, flexural and impact

strengths. The average tensile strength ranges between 27 center dot 1 and 43 center dot 9 MPa.

The flexural strength ranged between 26 center dot 9 and 49 center dot 5 MPa and the impact

strength ranged between 16 and 93 J/m. The strength values were optimized using factorial

design and genetic algorithm (GA) method. The predicted optimum process parameter values are

in good agreement with the experimental results.

Accession Number: WOS:000323278900011

ISSN: 0250-4707

Record 29 of 99

Title: PID control of ball and beam system - A real time experimentation

Author(s): Sathiyavathi, S (Sathiyavathi, S.); Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy, K.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 72 Issue: 8 Pages: 481-484 Published: AUG 2013

Abstract: Ball and beam system is a nonlinear, open loop unstable and second order integrating

process which is widely used as a test bed for evaluating various control strategies. The

stabilization of ball and beam system by Proportional, Integral and Derivative (PID) controller is

investigated. Simple internal model control (SIMC) based PID controller and H infinity

controller are deliberately employed for stabilizing the ball at a desired position on the beam.

The simulation and experimental results which demonstrate the dynamic behaviour of ball and

beam system, reveals the effectiveness of controller in industries for any second order integrating

processes.

Accession Number: WOS:000323083800002

ISSN: 0022-4456

Record 30 of 99

Title: Mechanical properties of randomly oriented snake grass fiber with banana and coir fiber-

reinforced hybrid composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Kumar, J (Kumar, J.)

Source: JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Volume: 47 Issue: 18 Pages: 2181-

2191 DOI: 10.1177/0021998312454903 Published: AUG 2013

Abstract: Composite materials are extensively used in the structural applications due to its

enhanced load-bearing capabilities. Mostly, the mechanical properties of the natural fiber-

reinforced hybrid composites are better than the single fiber-reinforced composites and almost

equal to the synthetic fiber composites. This paper presents the extraction and preparation

methodology of the isophtallic polyester composites using the naturally available fibers like

snake grass, banana and coir fibers. The tensile and flexural properties of the snake grass fiber-

reinforced composites are compared with the snake grass/banana and snake grass/coir fiber-

reinforced hybrid composites. The stress-strain curves of the snake grass, snake grass/banana and

snake grass/coir fiber composites and the fiber pull-outs in the fractured specimen are analyzed

for the higher and lower mechanical properties. The result shows that the snake grass/banana and

snake grass/coir fiber composites have the maximum tensile and flexural properties when

compared with the snake grass fiber composites.

Accession Number: WOS:000321740500001

ISSN: 0021-9983

Record 31 of 99

Title: Equilibrium uptake and sorption dynamics for the removal of reactive dyes from aqueous

solution using activated carbon prepared from Euphorbia tirucalli L wood

Author(s): Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Agalya, A (Agalya, A.); Sivakumar, P

(Sivakumar, P.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Pages: 245-251 Published: JUL 2013

Abstract: Activated carbon prepared from Euphorbia tirucalli L wood (ETAC) by chemical

activation with phosphoric acid has been analysed for the removal of Reactive Red and Reactive

Blue dyes from aqueous solutions through batch adsorption technique. Lower solution pH

favours the adsorption of reactive dyes. The amount of dye adsorbed per unit mass of adsorbent

increases with the increase in temperature and initial dye concentration. Freundlich and

Langmuir models are used to analyze the equilibrium data at different temperatures. The

equilibrium data for the adsorption of both dyes are better described by the Langmuir isotherm

model. The adsorption of reactive dyes follows second order kinetics along with intra-particle

diffusion model. Thermodynamic parameters such as free energy change, enthalpy change and

entropy change for adsorption of reactive dyes show that the adsorption of Reactive Red and

Reactive Blue onto ETAC are spontaneous, endothermic and physical adsorption. Activation

energy and isosteric heat of adsorption suggests that adsorption of reactive dyes onto ETAC is a

physical process.

Accession Number: WOS:000323804000002

ISSN: 0971-457X

Record 32 of 99

Title: Fuzzy Ontology for Distributed Document Clustering based on Genetic Algorithm

Author(s): Thangamani, M (Thangamani, M.); Thangaraj, P (Thangaraj, P.)

Source: APPLIED MATHEMATICS & INFORMATION

SCIENCES Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Pages: 1563-1574 Published: JUL 2013

Abstract: The availability of large quantity of text documents from the World Wide Web and

business document management systems has made the dynamic separation of texts into new

categories as a very important task for every business intelligence systems. But, present text

clustering algorithms still suffer from problems of practical applicability. Recent studies have

shown that, in order to improve the performance of document clustering, ontologies are useful.

Ontology is nothing but the conceptualization of a domain into an individual identifiable format,

but machine-readable format containing entities, attributes, relationships and axioms. By

analyzing all types of techniques for document clustering, a clustering technique depending on

Genetic Algorithm (GA) is determined to be better as GA is a global convergence technique and

has the ability of determining the most suitable cluster centers without difficulties. In this paper,

a new document clustering scheme with fuzzy ontology based genetic clustering is proposed.

The experimental results reveal that the proposed approach increases the accuracy to a large

extent and the clustering time is also highly reduced.

Accession Number: WOS:000321533200042

ISSN: 1935-0090

Record 33 of 99

Title: Part load performance analysis of vapour compression refrigeration system with

hydrocarbon refrigerants

Author(s): Thangavel, P (Thangavel, P.); Somasundaram, P (Somasundaram, P.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 72 Issue: 7 Pages: 454-460 Published: JUL 2013

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to study the effect of evaporator load on performance of

vapour compression refrigeration system with hydrocarbon refrigeranth at different loads in

evaporator. Hydrocarbon mixture (HCM) is an alternative refrigerant for hydro fluorocarbon

(HFC) and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) compounds due to their lower global warming potential

(GWP) and zero ozone depletion potential (ODP). The impact on the environment is also

reduced due usage of hydrocarbons as refrigerants. 50% of Propane (R290) and 50% of

Isobutene (R600a) by mass fraction is used as a refrigerant in this analysis. Effects of condenser

and evaporator temperature are computationally analysised. Various performance parameters like

compressor input power, discharge temperature, heat rejected in the condenser, refrigeration

effect and coefficient of performance are investigated at various loads of 25%, 50%, 75% and

100% in the evaporator. As compared to other loads, 75% load in the evaporator is economic

mode to operate the system due to 3.81% reduction in compressor input power, 4.76 % reduction

in discharge temperature, better condenser heat rejection rate and refrigeration effect.

Accession Number: WOS:000321593800008

ISSN: 0022-4456

eISSN: 0975-1084

Record 34 of 99

Title: The effect of surface area on the photo-catalytic behavior of ZrO2/carbon clusters

composite materials

Author(s): Matsui, H (Matsui, H.); Ohkura, N (Ohkura, N.); Karuppuchamy, S (Karuppuchamy,

S.); Yoshihara, M (Yoshihara, M.)

Source: CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL Volume: 39 Issue: 5 Pages: 5827-

5831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.01.003 Published: JUL 2013

Abstract: Nano-sized ZrO2/carbon clusters composite materials were successfully prepared by

the calcination of a ZrOCl2/starch complex under an argon atmosphere. The obtained composite

material was pulverized at 500 degrees C to obtain powdered materials. The photo-catalytic

abilities of the pulverized materials increased with the increase of their surface areas. The visible

light induced photo-catalytic activities of the Pt loaded composite materials were also examined.

(C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000318577600136

ISSN: 0272-8842

Record 35 of 99

Title: Polyaniline Nano Composite for the Adsorption of Reactive Dye from Aqueous Solutions:

Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies

Author(s): Baseri, JR (Baseri, J. Raffiea); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Sivakumar, P

(Sivakumar, P.)

Source: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 25 Issue: 8 Pages: 4145-

4149 Part: B Published: JUL 2013

Abstract: In the present study, polyaniline nano composite Was synthesized through direct

chemical polymerization, Polyaniline nano composite was tested for the removal of reactive dye,

reactive orange 4 from aqueous solutions by batch adsorption technique under,Varying

conditions of agitation tithe, dye concentration, pH and temperature, Lower solution pH (3 to 5)

favoured the adsorption of reactive dye onto polyaniline nano composite. The dye adsorption

increases from 45.83 to 143.59 mg/g on increasing the initial concentration from 25 to 100 mg/L.

The pseudo second order kinetic model adequately described the of dye:adsorption with high

correlation coefficient (0.99). Langmuir isotherm model well fitted to the experimental data

Thermodynamic parameters like free energy (Delta G degrees), enthalpy (Delta H degrees) and

entropy (Delta S degrees) were, also calculated. Maximum desorption of 78.6 % for reactive

orange 4 was observed at a of range of 8 to 9. The results indicated that polyaniline nano

composite is a promising adsorbent for the removal of dyes from aqueous solution.

Accession Number: WOS:000317246400004

ISSN: 0970-7077

Record 36 of 99

Title: Investigation of Water Management Dynamics on the Performance of a Ballard-Mark-V

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack System

Author(s): Murugesan, K (Murugesan, Karthik); Senniappan, V (Senniappan, Vijayachitra)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL

SCIENCE Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Pages: 7885-7904 Published: JUN 2013

Abstract: Fuel cells are found to be the most promising source for the future era to meet out the

energy demands. This is due to its green and clean energy production which increases the fuel

cell research and development studies. This paper aims to bring out the importance of water

management in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) stack system. At present

several electrochemical models are available that predicts the steady state behavior for a

specified set of operating conditions. However, such models have neglected the effect of water

management dynamics on the polarization and performance characteristics. Hence a novel semi-

empirical fuel cell dynamic model has been developed in a MATLAB/SIMULINK environment

which predicts the complete transient and dynamic phenomena of the stack that incorporates the

effect of membrane flooding and hydration/dehydration. The effect of water management

dynamics over the system behavior is investigated and validated with the benchmark data

obtained from a Ballard-Mark-V 5kW PEM fuel cell stack system. The results obtained show

that the model responses fit well with the experimental results. Moreover, the model can predict

the dynamic and transient response of stack voltage/power under a sudden change in load

current. The developed model can be used to optimize the stack performance in terms of water

management which facilitates in developing an optimized structural design of the fuel cell stack

system for its scale-up.

Accession Number: WOS:000323546100035

ISSN: 1452-3981

Record 37 of 99

Title: A simple method to reduce torque ripple and mechanical vibration in direct torque

controlled permanent magnet synchronous motor

Author(s): Sivaprakasam, A (Sivaprakasam, A.); Manigandan, T (Manigandan, T.)

Source: JOURNAL OF VIBROENGINEERING Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Pages: 658-

674 Published: JUN 2013

Abstract: The Direct Torque Control (DTC) technique of Permanent Magnet Synchronous

Motor (PMSM) receives increasing attention due to its simplicity and robust dynamic response

compared with other control techniques. The classical switching table based DTC presents large

flux, torque ripples and more mechanical vibrations in the motor. Several studies have been

reported in the literature on classical DTC. However, only limited studies that actually discuss or

evaluate the classical DTC. This paper proposes a simple DTC method / Switching table for

PMSM, to reduce flux and torque ripples as well as mechanical vibrations. In this paper two

DTC schemes are proposed. The six sector and twelve sector methodology is considered in DTC

scheme I and DTC scheme II, respectively. In both DTC schemes a simple modification is made

in the classical DTC structure that is by eliminating two level inverter available in the classical

DTC is replaced by three level Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) inverter. To further improve the

performance of the proposed DTC scheme I, the available 27 voltage vectors are allowed to form

different groups of voltage vectors such as Large - Zero (LZ), Medium - Zero (MZ) and Small -

Zero (SZ), where as in DTC scheme II, all the voltage vectors are considered to form a switching

table. Based on these groups, new switching table is proposed. The proposed DTC schemes are

comparatively investigated with the classical DTC and existing literatures from the aspects of

theory analysis and computer simulations. It can be observed that the proposed techniques can

significantly reduce the flux, torque ripples, mechanical vibrations and improves the quality of

current waveform compared with traditional and existing methods.

Accession Number: WOS:000320714500015

ISSN: 1392-8716

Record 38 of 99

Title: Enhanced H-2 sensing properties of a-plane ZnO prepared on c-cut sapphire substrate by

sputtering (vol 24, pg 1325, 2013)

Author(s): Vijayalakshmi, K (Vijayalakshmi, K.); Karthick, K (Karthick, K.); Pugazhvadivu,

KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN

ELECTRONICS Volume: 24 Issue: 6 Pages: 2182-2182 DOI: 10.1007/s10854-012-1060-

7 Published: JUN 2013

Accession Number: WOS:000319354100070

ISSN: 0957-4522

Record 39 of 99

Title: Study of Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Surface Water Using Regression Analysis

of Cauvery River and Its Tributaries in Tamilnadu, India

Author(s): Hema, S (Hema, S.); Subramani, T (Subramani, T.)

Source: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 25 Issue: 6 Pages: 3199-

3203 Published: JUN 2013

Abstract: Cauvery river is one of the important rivers of peninsular India. Because of its

importance in culture and dense population along its banks, it is facing a lot of anthropogenic

influences. In this study, surface water samples were collected from 50 stations in the river and

its tributaries and analyzed for its physichochemical characteristics in February 2009 and

October 2009 in order to understand the sources of water pollution and the evolution of water

quality. The results indicate a significant variation among the water quality parameters in the

river which was also influenced by the quality of water from its tributaries. Seasonal variations

were observed in the river, which was due to catchment characteristics and point or nonpoint

sources of pollution. Pearson correlation used to determine the correlation between, the water

quality parameters was found to be highly correlated. The regression equations developed to

estimate the parameters responsible for water quality variations are found to be useful for

assessment of missing data in order to get better information about the quality of surface water.

Accession Number: WOS:000317245900057

ISSN: 0970-7077

Record 40 of 99

Title: A REAL-TIME WEB-ENABLED PLATFORM FOR INFORMATION MONITORING

AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS IN A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM

Author(s): Kirubashankar, R (Kirubashankar, R.); Krishnamurthy, K (Krishnamurthy, K.)

Source: INSTRUMENTATION SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 41 Issue: 3 Pages: 236-

250 DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2012.735309 Published: MAY 1 2013

Abstract: A novel online diagnosis system framework for distributed control system with expert

decision support is presented. The online monitoring and maintenance system is a vital tool for

the operator and plant engineer to know the status of the distributed control system (DCS). DCS

linked by data network as a single system is used in complex process applications where large

amounts of input/output and data are required, such as oil refineries or chemical plants. This

novel web-based expert service support maintenance has the system of integrated hardware and

software which reduces the distributed control system's service maintenance. Real-time on-line

diagnosis helps the plant engineer to maximize the plant operation. The key design challenges of

internet security and user interface are the focus of this article.

Accession Number: WOS:000320018400003

ISSN: 1073-9149

Record 41 of 99

Title: An Efficient Approach for Effectual Mining of Relational Patterns from Multi-Relational

Database

Author(s): Dhanasekar, V (Dhanasekar, Vimalkumar); Angamuthu, T (Angamuthu, Tamilarasi)

Source: INTERNATIONAL ARAB JOURNAL OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Pages: 260-268 Published: MAY 2013

Abstract: Data mining is an extremely challenging and hopeful research topic due to its well-

built application potential and the broad accessibility of the massive quantities of data in

databases. Still, the rising significance of data mining in practical real world necessitates ever

more complicated solutions while data includes of a huge amount of records which may be

stored in various tables of a relational database. One of the possible solutions is multi-relational

pattern mining, which is a form of data mining operating on data stored in multiple tables. Multi-

relational pattern mining is an emerging research area and it has been received considerable

attention among the researchers due to its various applications. In the proposed work, we have

developed an efficient approach for effectual mining of relational patterns from multi-relational

database. Initially, the multi-relational database is represented using a tree-based data structure

without changing their relations. A tree pattern mining algorithm is devised and applied on the

constructed tree-based data structure for extracting the frequent relational patterns. The

experimentation is carried out on customer order database and the comparative results

demonstrate that the proposed approach is effective and efficient in mining of relational patterns.

Accession Number: WOS:000319788800008

ISSN: 1683-3198

Record 42 of 99

Title: Enhanced H-2 sensing properties of a-plane ZnO prepared on c-cut sapphire substrate by

sputtering

Author(s): Vijayalakshmi, K (Vijayalakshmi, K.); Karthick, K (Karthick, K.); Tamilarasan, K

(Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN

ELECTRONICS Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Pages: 1325-1331 DOI: 10.1007/s10854-012-0927-

y Published: APR 2013

Abstract: Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films have been prepared on c-plane sapphire substrate by

magnetron sputtering technique. The influence of deposition time on the structural, optical and

photoluminescence properties of the films have been investigated. XRD patterns reveal the

growth of preferentially oriented (101) non-polar a-plane ZnO film with hexagonal wurtzite

structure. The PL peak shifts towards lower wavelength for deposition time up to 20 min, which

is in consistent with the results obtained from UV absorption studies. The blue shift in the PL

peak confirms the possibility for quantum confinement effect. The band gap energy of the film

increases from 3.33 to 3.38 eV, indicating enhanced quantum confinement effects. FESEM

micrographs showed that the films have a smooth and dense morphology with uniform grain

growth. Hydrogen sensing measurements indicated that a-plane ZnO film on c-sapphire showed

higher response than c-plane ZnO film reported earlier. The sensor response of 44 nm thick ZnO

film exhibit highest response of 145 towards 500 ppm H-2 gas at the operating temperature of

200 A degrees C.

Accession Number: WOS:000316685300040

ISSN: 0957-4522

eISSN: 1573-482X

Record 43 of 99

Title: Design and optimization of machining fixture layout using ANN and DOE

Author(s): Selvakumar, S (Selvakumar, S.); Arulshri, KP (Arulshri, K. P.); Padmanaban, KP

(Padmanaban, K. P.); Sasikumar, KSK (Sasikumar, K. S. K.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 65 Issue: 9-12 Pages: 1573-1586 DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-

4281-2 Published: APR 2013

Abstract: In machining fixtures, minimizing workpiece deformation due to clamping and cutting

forces is essential to maintain the machining accuracy. This can be achieved by selecting the

optimal location of fixturing elements such as locators and clamps. Many researches in the past

decades described more efficient algorithms for fixture layout optimization. In this paper,

artificial neural networks (ANN)-based algorithm with design of experiments (DOE) is proposed

to design an optimum fixture layout in order to reduce the maximum elastic deformation of the

workpiece caused by the clamping and machining forces acting on the workpiece while

machining. Finite element method (FEM) is used to find out the maximum deformation of the

workpiece for various fixture layouts. ANN is used as an optimization tool to find the optimal

location of the locators and clamps. To train the ANN, sufficient sets of input and output are fed

to the ANN system. The input includes the position of the locators and clamps. The output

includes the maximum deformation of the workpiece for the corresponding fixture layout under

the machining condition. In the testing phase, the ANN results are compared with the FEM

results. After the testing process, the trained ANN is used to predict the maximum deformation

for the possible fixture layouts. DOE is introduced as another optimization tool to find the

solution region for all design variables to minimum deformation of the work piece. The

maximum deformations of all possible fixture layouts within the solution region are predicted by

ANN. Finally, the layout which shows the minimum deformation is selected as optimal fixture

layout.

Accession Number: WOS:000316364000031

ISSN: 0268-3768

Record 44 of 99

Title: Growth of N-Glycyl-L-Valine (GV) single crystal and its spectral, thermal and optical

characterization

Author(s): Janarthanan, S (Janarthanan, S.); Samuel, RS (Samuel, R. Sugaraj); Rajan, YC

(Rajan, Y. C.); Suresh, P (Suresh, P.); Thangaraj, K (Thangaraj, K.)

Source: SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR

SPECTROSCOPY Volume: 105 Pages: 34-

37 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2012.10.078 Published: MAR 15 2013

Abstract: A nonlinear optical crystal of N-Glycyl-L-Valine (GV) single crystals was grown by

slow evaporation solution growth technique from an aqueous solution. The unit cell parameters

and the crystal structure were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The Fourier

transform infrared (FTIR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1 NMR) spectral studies

were carried out to identify the functional groups of the grown crystals. The ultraviolet visible

near infrared (UV-Vis-NIR) spectrum was recorded to study the optical transparency of the

grown crystal. The thermogravimetric (TG) and differential thermal (DTA) analyses revealed the

thermal stability of the sample. The presence of second harmonic generation (SHG) for the

grown crystal was confirmed by Kurtz-Perry powder technique. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All

rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000317545400007

PubMed ID: 23291199

ISSN: 1386-1425

Record 45 of 99

Title: Role of friction stir welding parameters on tensile strength of AA6061-B4C composite

joints

Author(s): Kalaiselvan, K (Kalaiselvan, K.); Murugan, N (Murugan, N.)

Source: TRANSACTIONS OF NONFERROUS METALS SOCIETY OF

CHINA Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 616-624 DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(13)62507-

8 Published: MAR 2013

Abstract: Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid state joining technique developed to join high

strength aluminum alloys and various ceramic reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs).

FSW produces sound welds in MMCs without any deleterious reaction between reinforcement

and matrix. The present work focused on the effect of FSW parameters on the tensile strength of

Al-B4C composite joints. The central composite design of four factors and five levels was used

to control the number of experiments. A mathematical model was developed to analyze the

influence of FSW parameters. The results indicated that the joint fabricated using rotational

speed of 1000 r/min, welding speed of 1.3 minis, axial force of 10 kN and the reinforcement of

12% showed larger tensile strength compared with the other joints. The developed model was

optimized to maximize the tensile strength using generalized reduced gradient method. The

metallographic analysis of the joints showed the presence of various zones such as weld nugget

(WN) zone, thermo mechanically affected zone (TMAZ) and heat affected zone (HAZ). The

substantial grain refinement of aluminum matrix as well as significant size reduction of B4C

particles was observed in the weld nugget. TMAZ was plastically deformed, thermally affected

and exhibited elongated aluminum grains.

Accession Number: WOS:000324003100007

ISSN: 1003-6326

eISSN: 2210-3384

Record 46 of 99

Title: An effective technique to identify a river's stage through satellite images by means of

RBFNN

Author(s): Kalaivani, R (Kalaivani, R.); Thangaraj, P (Thangaraj, P.)

Source: IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL Volume: 61 Issue: 3 Pages: 279-

291 DOI: 10.1179/1743131X11Y.0000000053 Published: MAR 2013

Abstract: Today, a significant role is played by satellite image processing in the research

improvement of various subject of analysis such as Astronomy, Remote Sensing, GIS,

Agriculture Monitoring and Disaster Management. Forecasting natural disasters so that

necessary safety measures can be taken to safeguard the surroundings is the objective behind the

utilisation of remote sensing images in most of the researches. A vital role is played by water

resource analysis besides others, in these researches. Several methods are conventionally used

for the analysis and computation of the level of water in water resources. In this paper, the stage

of a river is predicted utilising satellite images of the river. Initially, in the pre-processing phase,

the image is filtered and then converted to the LAB colour space for acute analysis.

Subsequently, the segmentation process is carried out using the designed Radial Basis Function

Neural Network (RBFNN) and then morphological operation is performed on the image. After

that in the testing phase, the segmented image is analysed and the stage of the river is identified

as either normal or flood or draught using the designed RBFNN.

Accession Number: WOS:000317400900001

ISSN: 1368-2199

Record 47 of 99

Title: PVA supported Microporous adsorbents for the remediation of dye house wastewater

Author(s): Srinivasan, P (Srinivasan, P.); Sivakumar, P (Sivakumar, P.); Raja, S (Raja, S.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 72 Issue: 3 Pages: 193-197 Published: MAR 2013

Abstract: Microporous activated carbons with high surface area are of great interest for the

remediation of textile wastewater in a sustainable manner. An activated carbon prepared from

Euphorbia antiquorum L (EAC) was impregnated with Polyvinyl alcohol solution to provide

mechanical stability and increase the abrasion resistance. The surface area of EAC and PVAC

were 918 and 713.8 m(2)/g respectively. An adsorption characteristic of the Polyvinyl Alcohol

Supported Activated Carbon (PVAC) was analyzed with the help of pseudo first order and

second order kinetic models. Both the adsorbents show maximum adsorption at a pH of 8. The

pseudo second order model describes the kinetics with very high correlation coefficient of >

0.995. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption capacity was 49.42 and 50.45 mg/g for EAC and

PVAC, respectively; further it increases with increase of temperature. Characteristics of PVAC

and dye adsorption studies prove that PVA supported EAC is a promising adsorbent for the

removal of colour from wastewater.

Accession Number: WOS:000316035700007

ISSN: 0022-4456

Record 48 of 99

Title: Development of model for mechanical properties of tapioca starch based edible films

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar,

R.); Immanuel, VP (Immanuel, V. Prince)

Source: INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS Volume: 42 Pages: 159-

168 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.05.011 Published: MAR 2013

Abstract: Eco-efficient products are the new generation of bio-based products prepared with

sustainable materials, which agree with ecological and economic requirements including

environmentally acceptable disposal of post-user waste. Increasing environmental concerns

associated with handling of plastic waste has emphasized the importance of developing

biodegradable edible films from starch. The objective of this study is to develop models and

study the individual and interactive effects of the process variables on the mechanical properties

of tapioca starch-based edible films using Box-Behnken design. Box-Behnken design with four

factors at three levels was employed to evaluate the individual and interactive effects of process

parameters (tapioca starch 1-3 g; glycerol 0.5-1.0 ml; agar 0.5-1.0 g; and span 80:0.1-0.5 ml) on

the tensile strength, elongation. Young's modulus, puncture force, and puncture deformation

respectively. The results were analyzed using Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA). For each

response, second order polynomial regression models were developed and it showed good fit of

the experimental data with high coefficient of determination (R-2) and a close agreement

between experimental and predicted values was found. The response surface and contour plots

were constructed for representing the relationship between the process parameters and the

responses. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000309487700023

ISSN: 0926-6690

Record 49 of 99

Title: Development of model for barrier and optical properties of tapioca starch based edible

films

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Sridhar, R (Sridhar,

R.); Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 92 Issue: 2 Pages: 1335-

1347 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.09.069 Published: FEB 15 2013

Abstract: The film forming solutions composed of tapioca (cassava) starch (1-3 g), glycerol

(0.5-1.0 ml), agar (0.5-1.0 g) and span 80 (0.1-0.5 ml) were prepared according to a three-level,

four-factor Box-Behnken response surface experimental design. The films were obtained by

casting method and they are homogenous and transparent. The influence of film composition

(tapioca starch, glycerol, agar and span80) on the barrier and optical properties of the tapioca

starch based edible films was evaluated. The results showed that, hydrophilic nature and

plasticizing effect of glycerol increases the water vapor permeability, oxygen permeability,

moisture content, solubility and swelling capacity of the films. But surfactant (span80)

incorporation reduces the mobility of the polysaccharide matrix and decreases the barrier

properties of the films. Transparency of the films was influenced by plasticizer and surfactant

concentration due to the dilution effect of glycerol and span80. The results were analyzed by

Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) and second-order polynomial models were developed

using multiple regression analysis. The models developed from the experimental design were

predictive and good fit with the experimental data with high coefficient of determination (R-2)

values (more than 0.95). The optimized conditions were obtained were tapioca starch of 1.95 g,

glycerol of 0.8 ml, agar of 0.7 g and span 80 of 0.3 ml, respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All

rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000315616900049

PubMed ID: 23399163

ISSN: 0144-8617

Record 50 of 99

Title: Modeling and optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of polysaccharide from

Cucurbita moschata

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Mekala, V (Mekala, V.); Manikandan, S

(Manikandan, S.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 92 Issue: 2 Pages: 2018-

2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.11.086 Published: FEB 15 2013

Abstract: Polysaccharides from pumpkin were extracted by ultrasound-assisted extraction

technology using four factors at five levels central composite rotatable response surface design

(CCRD). On using single factor analysis, process variables such as extraction temperature (50-70

degrees C), power of ultrasound (50-70 W), time (15-25 min) and solid-liquid ratio (1:10-1:20

g/ml) were selected. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of four independent

variables on the maximum extraction yield of polysaccharides. From the experimental data,

second order polynomial mathematical model were developed with high coefficient of

determination values (R-2 > 0.96). From response surface plots, temperature and ultrasound

power exhibited independent and interactive effects on the extraction yields. Extraction

temperature of 70 degrees C, ultrasound power of 70 W, time of 23 min and solid-liquid ratio of

1:10 g/ml were determined as optimal conditions with a maximum polysaccharides yield of

16.21%, which was confirmed through the validation of the experiments. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000315616900139

ISSN: 0144-8617

Record 51 of 99

Title: STATISTICAL MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF ALKALINE PROTEASE

PRODUCTION FROM A NEWLY ISOLATED ALKALOPHILIC Bacillus SPECIES BGS

USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND GENETIC ALGORITHM

Author(s): Moorthy, IMG (Moorthy, Innasi Muthu Ganesh); Baskar, R (Baskar, Rajoo)

Source: PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY &

BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 43 Issue: 3 Pages: 293-

314 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2012.719850 Published: FEB 1 2013

Abstract: A new hyperactive alkalophilic bacterial strain (Bacillus sp. BGS) was isolated from

samples collected from soil that received the effluent of a milk processing industry located in

Madurai, Tamilnadu, India, and this bacterial strain was used for the production of alkaline

protease. Four out of eight variables, such as molasses, peptone, pH, and inoculum size, have

been identified through Plackett-Burman (PB) design and used for the alkaline protease

production. These significant variables were further optimized through a hybrid system of

response surface methodology (RSM) followed by genetic algorithm (GA). The optimal

combination of media components and culture conditions for maximal protease production was

found to be 16.827g/L of peptone, 1.128% (v/v) of molasses, pH value of 11, and 2% (v/v) of

inoculum size. A 6.36-fold increase in protease production was achieved through the RSM-GA

hybrid system. The protease activity increased significantly with an optimized medium

(2,992.75U/mL) as opposed to an unoptimized basal medium (470.35U/mL).

Accession Number: WOS:000321607500005

PubMed ID: 23379276

ISSN: 1082-6068

Record 52 of 99

Title: NEW PASSIVITY CRITERIA FOR FUZZY BAM NEURAL NETWORKS WITH

MARKOVIAN JUMPING PARAMETERS AND TIME-VARYING DELAYS

Author(s): Vadivel, P (Vadivel, P.); Sakthivel, R (Sakthivel, R.); Mathiyalagan, K

(Mathiyalagan, K.); Thangaraj, P (Thangaraj, P.)

Source: REPORTS ON MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS Volume: 71 Issue: 1 Pages: 69-

91 Published: FEB 2013

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of passivity analysis issue for a class of fuzzy

bidirectional associative memory (BAM) neural networks with Markovian jumping parameters

and time varying delays. A set of sufficient conditions for the passiveness of the considered

fuzzy BAM neural network model is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities by using the

delay fractioning technique together with the Lyapunov function approach. In addition, the

uncertainties are inevitable in neural networks because of the existence of modeling errors and

external disturbance. Further, this result is extended to study the robust passivity criteria for

uncertain fuzzy BAM neural networks with time varying delays and uncertainties. These criteria

are expressed in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be efficiently solved

via standard numerical software. Two numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the

effectiveness of the obtained results.

Accession Number: WOS:000317942200005

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Mathiyalagan, Kalidass 0000-0003-2323-3328

ISSN: 0034-4877

Record 53 of 99

Title: INVESTIGATION ON MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE COMPRESSION AND

MICROCALCIFICATION ANALYSIS USING MULTIWAVELETS AND NEURAL

NETWORKS

Author(s): Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.); Tamilarasi, A (Tamilarasi, A.); Thangavel, K

(Thangavel, K.)

Source: APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Pages: 77-

85 DOI: 10.1080/08839514.2013.760403 Published: FEB 1 2013

Abstract: In digital mammography, the resulting electronic image is very large in size, which

poses a significant challenge to the transmission, storage, and manipulation of images.

Microcalcification is one of the earliest signs of breast cancer, and it tends to appear in small-

sized, low-contrast radiopacities in the high-frequency spectrum of a mammographic image.

Scalar wavelets excel multiwavelets in terms of peak-signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), but fail to

capture high-frequency information. This study proposes mammographic image compression and

microcalcification detection in original and compressed reconstructed images using

multiwavelets and neural networks. It also details the classification results obtained through the

multiwavelet-based scheme in comparison with the existing scalar wavelet-based scheme. For a

testing sample of 30 images, the proposed classification scheme outperforms the scalar wavelet-

based classification by a sensitivity of 2.23% and specificity of 3.4% for original (uncompressed)

images. Also, it increases the sensitivity by 2.72% and specificity by 8.4% for compressed

reconstructed images. This increase in sensitivity and specificity demonstrates a better

performance of the proposed detection scheme.

Accession Number: WOS:000314632700001

ISSN: 0883-9514

Record 54 of 99

Title: Environmental noise reduction system using fuzzy neural network and adaptive fuzzy

algorithms

Author(s): Devi, TM (Devi, T. Meera); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.); Natarajan, AM (Natarajan,

A. M.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF

ELECTRONICS Volume: 100 Issue: 2 Pages: 205-

226 DOI: 10.1080/00207217.2012.687192 Published: FEB 1 2013

Abstract: This article proposes the application of fuzzy based radial basis function network

(FRBFN) and fuzzy based adaptive Wiener filter for background noise reduction system to

improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and to reduce the minimum mean square error (MMSE).

The Wiener filter works as to minimise the mean square error, and it provides better performance

than the conventional filters. Though the background noise is uncertain, fuzzy inference systems

are proposed in RBFN to classify the background noises and in Wiener filter to update Wiener

filter coefficients that will increase the SNR of the filtered speech signal. The proposed FRBFN

is compared with RBFN for noise classification, and fuzzy adaptive Wiener filter is compared

with Wiener and adaptive Wiener filters for noise cancellation. Simulation result shows that

FRBFN improves the percentage of classification by 7% than RBFN, and fuzzy adaptive Wiener

filter improves the SNR by 6?dB than the conventional Wiener filter. The real time

implementation of the system is done using TMS320C6713 DSK starter kit. The real time

practical setup using DSK shows an improved SNR of 4?dB.

Accession Number: WOS:000313681400007

ISSN: 0020-7217

Record 55 of 99

Title: Box-Behnken design based statistical modeling for ultrasound-assisted extraction of corn

silk polysaccharide

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Manikandan, S (Manikandan, S.);

Thirugnanasambandham, K (Thirugnanasambandham, K.); Nivetha, CV (Nivetha, C. Vigna);

Dinesh, R (Dinesh, R.)

Source: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS Volume: 92 Issue: 1 Pages: 604-

611 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.09.020 Published: JAN 30 2013

Abstract: In this study, ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE) conditions on the yield of

polysaccharide from corn silk were studied using three factors, three level Box-Behnken

response surface design. Process parameters, which affect the efficiency of UAE such as

extraction temperature (40-60 degrees C), time (10-30 min) and solid-liquid ratio (1:10-

1:30g/ml) were investigated. The results showed that, the extraction conditions have significant

effects on extraction yield of polysaccharide. The obtained experimental data were fitted to a

second-order polynomial equation using multiple regression analysis with high coefficient of

determination value (R-2) of 0.994. An optimization study using Derringer's desired function

methodology was performed and the optimal conditions based on both individual and

combinations of all independent variables (extraction temperature of 56 degrees C, time of 17

min and solid-liquid ratio of 1:20 g/ml) were determined with maximum polysaccharide yield of

6.06%, which was confirmed through validation experiments. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000313146900085

ISSN: 0144-8617

Record 56 of 99

Title: Effect of Substrate Orientation on Structural and Magnetic Properties of BiMnO3 Thin

Films by RF Magnetron Sputtering

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.);

Saravanakumar, K (Saravanakumar, K.); Ganesan, V (Ganesan, V.)

Edited by: Ganesan V; Pandey RK

Source: BRNS, AICTE, DST, CSIR AND ISRO SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON SPINTRONIC MATERIALS: NANOSTRUCTURES AND DEVICES (SMND-

2011) Book Series: Physics Procedia Volume:49 Pages: 183-

189 DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2013.10.025 Published: 2013

Abstract: Bismuth manganese oxide (BiMnO3) thin films were grown on Si (100) and Si (111)

substrates by RF magnetron sputtering. The properties of grown films were analyzed by X-ray

diffraction (XRD), Energy dispersive analysis of X-ray Spectrum (EDX), Atomic force

microscopy (AFM) and Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The XRD result reveals that

BiMnO3 (BMO) thin films on both the substrates are polycrystalline in nature with monoclinic

structure, however the films on Si (100) showed better crystalline quality than those deposited on

Si (111). It has been observed from the room temperature VSM studies that BMO / Si (100)

system has high saturation magnetization of 3.7 x 10(-4) emu/cm(3) compared to the BMO / Si

(111). (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Accession Number: WOS:000345438500021

Conference Title: National Conference on Spintronic Materials - Nanostructures and Devices

(SMND)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2011

Conference Location: Perundurai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Govt India, Dept Atom Energy, Board Res Nucl Sci, All India Council

Tech Educ, Govt India, Minist Sci & Technol, Dept Sci & Technol, Govt India, Council Sci &

Ind Res, Govt India, Indian Space Res Org, Kongu Engn Coll, Sch Sci & Humanities, Dept Phys

ISSN: 1875-3892

Record 57 of 99

Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt doped Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles by

Chemical Route

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Ramachandran, K (Ramachandran, K.);

Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Edited by: Ganesan V; Pandey RK

Source: BRNS, AICTE, DST, CSIR AND ISRO SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON SPINTRONIC MATERIALS: NANOSTRUCTURES AND DEVICES (SMND-

2011) Book Series: Physics Procedia Volume:49 Pages: 205-

216 DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2013.10.028 Published: 2013

Abstract: Cobalt doped alpha-Mn2O3 nanoparticles have been synthesized by chemical route.

The structural properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron

microscope (SEM) analysis. The SEM image shows that the nanoclusters having spherical

geometry. The optical properties were analyzed by ultraviolet - visible (UV-Vis) and Fourier

transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. UV-Vis spectra illustrates that Co doped Mn2O3

nanosystem acquire blue shift from bulk value (2.5 eV). The chemical composition and purity of

the samples were examined using energy dispersive analysis of X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX).

Magnetic properties were studied using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and Guoy's

method. The high magnetic moment of 3.5 mu B shows the enhancement in magnetic transition

temperature (T-c) of Mn2O3 nanosystem due to the incorporation of cobalt ions. (C) 2013 The

Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Accession Number: WOS:000345438500024

Conference Title: National Conference on Spintronic Materials - Nanostructures and Devices

(SMND)

Conference Date: MAR 03-04, 2011

Conference Location: Perundurai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Govt India, Dept Atom Energy, Board Res Nucl Sci, All India Council

Tech Educ, Govt India, Minist Sci & Technol, Dept Sci & Technol, Govt India, Council Sci &

Ind Res, Govt India, Indian Space Res Org, Kongu Engn Coll, Sch Sci & Humanities, Dept Phys

ISSN: 1875-3892

Record 58 of 99

Title: Experimental and CFD Investigations of Mechanical Seals under Dry/Compressed

Air/Liquid Lubricating Conditions

Author(s): Kavinprasad, S (Kavinprasad, S.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Karthic, M (Karthic, M.)

Edited by: Sreekumar M; Zoppi M; Nithiarasu P

Source: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

(ICONDM2013) Book Series: Procedia Engineering Volume: 64 Pages: 419-

425 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.09.115 Published:2013

Abstract: The frictional energy produced between the interface of stationary and rotating ring

increases the heat and shortens the seal service life. A test rig is developed to monitor the

temperature rise for the different mechanical seals for various lubricating conditions in this work.

The mechanical seals are manufactured by using carbon, SS316 and tested under dry and

compressed air conditions. In this, the compressed air experimental value is compared with the

computational fluid analysis (CFD) results and the same model is extended for water and Neem

oil coolant. The simulated value predicts the effective coolant for seals. The results shows that

the sealing pressure, sliding speed and materials used in rings would be the predominant factor

for measuring the temperature rise and frictional heat generation. The heat generation is

effectively reduced by blowing compressed air than the dry running of seal rings. CFD result

shows water and Neem oil is effective than the compressed air as a coolant medium. The

computational model takes into account of the temperature distribution within the rotating and

stationary rings.

Accession Number: WOS:000338436000046

Conference Title: International Conference On Design and Manufacturing (IConDM)

Conference Date: JUL 18-20, 2013

Conference Location: IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai, INDIA

Conference Host: IIITDM Kancheepuram

ISSN: 1877-7058

Record 59 of 99

Title: Experimental Investigation of Friction Drilling on Brass, Aluminium and Stainless Steel

Author(s): Boopathi, M (Boopathi, M.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.); Manikandakumar, S

(Manikandakumar, S.); Ramesh, R (Ramesh, R.)

Edited by: Sreekumar M; Zoppi M; Nithiarasu P

Source: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

(ICONDM2013) Book Series: Procedia Engineering Volume: 64 Pages: 1219-

1226 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.09.201 Published:2013

Abstract: Friction drilling, a non traditional hole making process is performed on brass,

aluminium and stainless steel using a conical tungsten carbide tool. The thrust forces involved in

the process of friction drilling for various speeds and feed rates is measured with the help of drill

tool dynamometer. The variations in hardness in the heat affected areas of the work piece arc

measured. The temperature distribution during the friction drilling for various speeds is also

measured. The microscopic observations of the drilled holes are examined using Scanning

Electron Microscope (SEM). The thrust forces showed gradual increment for increase in feed

rates for constant speed. The microstructure images showed high adhesion of work piece and

material transfer in the case of aluminium. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Accession Number: WOS:000338436000132

Conference Title: International Conference On Design and Manufacturing (IConDM)

Conference Date: JUL 18-20, 2013

Conference Location: IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai, INDIA

Conference Host: IIITDM Kancheepuram

ISSN: 1877-7058

Record 60 of 99

Title: Effect of DEE Injection in Pongamia Pinnata Biodiesel Fulled CI Engine using Hydrogen

as Secondary Fuel

Author(s): Jegadheesan, C (Jegadheesan, C.); Somasundaram, P (Somasundaram, P.);

Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.); Vignesh, UP (Vignesh, U. P.)

Edited by: Raj RE; Sekhar SJ; Daniel BSS

Source: ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY Book

Series: Advanced Materials Research Volume: 768 Pages: 188-

194 DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.768.188 Published: 2013

Abstract: In advancing modern world, the recent technological advancements especially in the

field of automobile and industrial sectors have created a hike in energy demand. The fossil fuels,

which are the main sources of energy, are non-renewable. Due to excessive exploitation, the

fossil fuels are depleting rapidly and have created a need for alternate fuel. The researches have

been conducted on various biodiesel worldwide to acquire an efficient biodiesel. The biodiesel of

pongamia pinnata is one such feasible alternative since the tropical climatic conditions of Asia

supports its large cultivation. This paper investigates the characteristics of engine fuelled by

pongamia pinnata biodiesel. The use of biodiesel as primary fuel causes reduction in the engine

performance. The performance of biodiesel fuelled engine is improved by the induction of

hydrogen into air intake manifold. The induction of hydrogen increases the brake thermal

efficiency by 3.41%. The hydrogen induction increases NOx in the exhaust. In order to reduce

the NOx emission, Diethyl ether is injected in to the engine at constant rate of 0.7 gm/min. The

DEE injection reduces the NOx and also increases the engine performance to a significant level.

Accession Number: WOS:000335721200028

Conference Title: International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability

(ICEETS)

Conference Date: APR 10-12, 2013

Conference Location: Tamilnadu, INDIA

ISSN: 1022-6680

ISBN: 978-3-03785-782-3

Record 61 of 99

Title: Synthesis and Characterization of PANI/Ferric Chloride Composite for Fabrication of

Electrodes in Supercapacitor

Author(s): Sivalingam, D (Sivalingam, Deebankarthikeyan); Elangovan, H (Elangovan,

Hemalatha); Subramanian, M (Subramanian, Manikandan); Kandasamy, SK (Kandasamy,

Senthil Kumar); Govindasamy, M (Govindasamy, Murugesan)

Edited by: Raj RE; Sekhar SJ; Daniel BSS

Source: ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY Book

Series: Advanced Materials Research Volume: 768 Pages: 334-

337 DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.768.334 Published: 2013

Abstract: The main objective of this work is to synthesize polyaniline/ferric chloride composite

and to measure the conductivity of the as prepared composite. And also, to analyze the ability of

using Ferric Chloride doped polyaniline as an electrode material for the fabrication of

supercapacitor application. By in-situ polymerization method, polyaniline in pure form and

doped form with the ferric chloride were synthesized using ammonium persulfate as initiator in

HCl medium. Polyaniline nanoparticles and its composite are characterized by UV-Vis

spectroscopy, FTIR, XRD and Conductivity meter.

Accession Number: WOS:000335721200051

Conference Title: International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability

(ICEETS)

Conference Date: APR 10-12, 2013

Conference Location: Tamilnadu, INDIA

ISSN: 1022-6680

ISBN: 978-3-03785-782-3

Record 62 of 99

Title: Discrete Direct adaptive ELM controller for seismically excited non-linear base-isolated

buildings

Author(s): Subasri, R (Subasri, R.); Natarajan, AM (Natarajan, A. M.); Suresh, S (Suresh, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2013 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE IN CONTROL AND AUTOMATION (CICA) Book Series: IEEE

Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Control and Automation-CICA Pages: 148-

154 Published: 2013

Abstract: Structures with fixed-base will produce high accelerations and inter-storey drifts and

move laterally during earthquake. The presence of base isolation devices between ground and the

structure, reduces the structural vibrations. To maintain the seismic response of structures within

safety, service and comfort limits, the combination of base isolators and feedback controllers

have been proposed in recent years. This paper proposes a discrete direct adaptive extreme

learning machine (ELM) controller for the active control of non linear base isolated building

with hysteretic isolation system. The controller is constructed based on a single hidden layer feed

forward network and the parameters of the network are adapted using extreme learning machine

(ELM) algorithm. In this work, different from the original ELM algorithm the output weights of

the network are updated using Lyapunov stability approach, to guarantee the stability of the

structure. The performance of the proposed controller is verified on a non-linear three

dimensional benchmark base-isolated structure by exciting the structure with three earthquake

samples. The result shows that the proposed controller is effective in reducing the seismic

responses of the isolation members as well as the superstructure.

Accession Number: WOS:000335223600021

Conference Title: 3rd IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Control and

Automation (CICA)

Conference Date: APR 16-19, 2013

Conference Location: Singapore, SINGAPORE

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computat Intelligence Soc

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sundaram, Suresh A-4026-2010

ISSN: 2328-1464

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5893-4

Record 63 of 99

Title: Neural Aided Discrete PID active Controller for Non-Linear Hysteretic Base-Isolation

building

Author(s): Subasri, R (Subasri, R.); Natarajan, AM (Natarajan, A. M.); Sundaram, S (Sundaram,

Suresh); Wang, JL (Wang Jianliang)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 9TH ASIAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ASCC) Published: 2013

Abstract: The combination of isolation system and active control devices has been increasingly

considered in the structural control community to design an efficient smart hybrid base-isolation

system for seismic protection. In this paper, a control scheme based on a combination of discrete

PID controller and discrete direct adaptive neural controller is proposed for the active control of

a nonlinear base isolated building to reduce superstructure responses and base drifts under near-

fault earthquake excitations. Even though the PID controller is a traditional and widely used in

many control applications, the performance of PID controller is not satisfactory in time varying

and nonlinear systems. But the efficiency of its performance can be enhanced by combining the

PID controller along with neural controller. The neural controller is constructed based on a single

hidden layer feed forward network and the parameters of the network are modified using extreme

learning machine (ELM) - like algorithm. To ensure the stability of the system, unlike original

ELM algorithm, Lyapunov update law is used to update the output parameters of the network.

This approach is validated by simulating a non-linear three dimensional benchmark base-isolated

structure with time history records of three near-fault earthquakes. The performance of the

proposed control scheme is measured in terms of a comprehensive set of performance indices.

The results show that the proposed neural aided discrete PID active controller is more effective

in reducing the superstructure acceleration, inter-storey drifts and base displacement by giving an

active feedback control force to the base-isolated structure.

Accession Number: WOS:000333734900172

Conference Title: 9th Asian Control Conference (ASCC)

Conference Date: JUN 23-26, 2013

Conference Location: Istanbul, TURKEY

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Sundaram, Suresh A-4026-2010

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5769-2; 978-1-4673-5767-8

Record 64 of 99

Title: Application Of GIS In Highway Alignment With Soft Computing Tools

Author(s): Loganathan, S (Loganathan, S.); Elangovan, K (Elangovan, K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT TRENDS IN

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (ICCTET) Pages: 114-119 Published: 2013

Abstract: The vision of the Highway Alignment is to increase the capacity, connectivity,

efficiency and safety of the Highways System so as to enable balanced socioeconomic

development of all sections of the people and all regions from Perundurai to Palani and to reduce

the traffic and travelling of the state. It is to establish shortest path for road network time in the

roads which provide a better and comfortable base for updating the traffic and other related

information in road administration. It is to identify the short route for the vehicles traveling from

Perundurai to Palani and to reduce the time travel for the vehicles with possible paths or routes

or places for laying eco-friendly highway. To optimize the route for the vehicles traveling from

Perundurai to Palani using GIS with Neural Network such as Analytic Hierarchy Process and

Fuzzy Logic. From this we can find the suitable route for peoples to carry out without any traffic

disturbances and protecting the environment. It also took advantages of GIS capabilities that

offer the ability to overlay maps, merge them, and perform spatial analysis on various layers of

information in either two or three dimensions.

Accession Number: WOS:000332529700024

Conference Title: International Conference on Current Trends in Engineering and Technology

(ICCTET)

Conference Date: JUL 03, 2013

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

K, Elangovan 0000-0003-4915-8215

ISBN: 978-1-4799-2583-4

Record 65 of 99

Title: Genetic algorithm-based optimized association rule mining for multi-relational data

Author(s): Kumar, DV (Kumar, D. Vimal); Tamilarasi, A (Tamilarasi, A.)

Source: INTELLIGENT DATA ANALYSIS Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Pages: 965-

980 DOI: 10.3233/IDA-130615 Published: 2013

Abstract: The multi relational data mining is one of the latest topics in data mining to find the

relational patterns. In this paper, we have presented an algorithm for multi-relational rule mining

using association rule mining and the optimization process. As a result of the association rule

mining on the multirelational data, a number of relevant and irrelevant rules are generated. A

rule is specified as a relation between two data points in the dataset. So, an optimization should

be done on the mining algorithm in order to get the most relevant rules. We have adapted the

technique of genetic algorithm in order to optimize the mined multi relational association rules.

The genetic algorithm is one of the best optimization algorithm available and it suites the current

problem because of its particular features such as the genetic operators crossover and mutation.

The optimization of the rule is done by altering the fitness function of the genetic algorithm in

relation with the multi relational data mining algorithm. The results from the experimental

analysis showed that the proposed approach has better efficiency over the previous approaches.

The most rules optimized is 198 under iterations 10 with a support of 60.

Accession Number: WOS:000327249300003

ISSN: 1088-467X

eISSN: 1571-4128

Record 66 of 99

Title: Harmonic Minimization of a Solar fed Cascaded H Bridge Inverter using Artificial Neural

Network

Author(s): Aravind, PS (Aravind, P. Shanmuga); Alexander, SA (Alexander, S. Albert)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY EFFICIENT

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY (ICEETS) Published: 2013

Abstract: The major concern in the design of inverters is dealing with harmonics. Harmonics in

inverter are generated due to improper selection of switching angles to the gates of the inverter

switches. The presence of harmonics in inverter output will affect the loads connected to it. This

paper deals with the selective harmonic elimination problem in multilevel inverter using

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to generate the switching angles for an eleven-level full-

bridge cascaded H bridge multilevel inverter powered by five varying DC input sources (solar

panels). The Harmonic equations are solved and angles are obtained such that the fundamental

was kept constant and the low-order harmonics were minimized or eliminated. The different data

sets of angle values for various input DC voltage conditions are obtained. The data sets thus

collected are used to train the multi-layered feed forward neural network. The trained network is

then tested for its performance. The network model is integrated with cascaded H bridge

multilevel inverter to generate the switching angles in real-time.

Accession Number: WOS:000325820000030

Conference Title: International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability

(ICEETS)

Conference Date: APR 10-12, 2013

Conference Location: Nagercoil, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6150-7; 978-1-4673-6149-1

Record 67 of 99

Title: An Energy Efficient Technique For Object Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks

Author(s): Thangarajan (Dr Thangarajan); Sakthivel, PK (Sakthivel, Prakash Kumar);

Padmanaban, JB (Padmanaban, Jai Balaji)

Edited by: Tomar GS; Dixit M; Wang FZ

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND

NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (CSNT 2013) Book Series: International Conference on

Communication Systems and Network Technologies Pages: 316-

321 DOI: 10.1109/CSNT.2013.73 Published: 2013

Abstract: A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensor

for controlling and monitoring the physical conditions of the environment. Object-Tracking

Sensor Network (OTSN) based applications are widely referred as the most interesting

applications of WSNs. OTSN, is a kind of WSN, is used to track the objects in a monitored area

and to report their location of objects to base station, it has many real-life applications such as

wild life monitoring, security applications for buildings and international border monitoring for

illegal crossings. The issues which have to be resolved in the wireless sensor networks are high

energy consumption and low packet delivery rate. When compared with other Wireless Sensor

Network applications OTSN provides better energy consumption. In the existing system a

prediction-based Tracking Technique using Sequential Patterns (PTSPs) it provides minimum

energy consumption by object tracking sensor networks and also it maintains the acceptable

missing rates. The experimental result of OTSN clearly shows that, it provides more efficiency in

energy consumption when compared with other basic tracking techniques (Scheduled monitoring

and Continuous monitoring). But it has one drawback is prediction based tracking technique

using sequential pattern deals with the object tracking even when the sensor node routing fails. It

has two stages, Energy Calculation and Route finding is used to increase the network life time,

Markov Decision Process or learning techniques is proposed to be predict the future location of

moving objects by mathematical calculations and also to reduce the object missing rate.

Accession Number: WOS:000325660700066

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Communication Systems and Network

Technologies (CSNT)

Conference Date: APR 06-08, 2013

Conference Location: Gwalior, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Comp Soc, IEEE India Council MTT Soc, MIR Labs India,

Sergeant Infotech Pvt Ltd

ISSN: 2329-7182

ISBN: 978-0-7695-4958-3; 978-1-4673-5603-9

Record 68 of 99

Title: Adaptive Energy Efficient Routing Protocol with Extended Lifetime in Underwater Sensor

Networks

Author(s): Thangarajan, R (Thangarajan, R.); Siva, T (Siva, T.); Boopalachakaravarthy, R

(Boopalachakaravarthy, R.)

Edited by: Tomar GS; Dixit M; Wang FZ

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND

NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (CSNT 2013) Book Series: International Conference on

Communication Systems and Network Technologies Pages: 322-

326 DOI: 10.1109/CSNT.2013.74 Published: 2013

Abstract: Under water sensor networks are used to detect the objects and the environmental

pattern under the sea water. Some of its limiting features are high latency, low bandwidth, and

high energy consumption. Some of the applications of under sensor networks are oceanographic

data collection, pollution monitoring and disaster prevention. The issues which have to be

resolved in the underwater sensor networks are high energy consumption and low delivery rate.

Since the sensor devices are placed under the sea water it is difficult to change the batteries

frequently. So maintaining the life time of the sensor nodes is the biggest challenge. There are

several methods available to overcome the issue namely VBR, Depth Based Forwarding and

Focus Beam Routing protocol. In the existing system, Q-Learning based tracking technique is

used to find the next forwarding node based on the residual energy of the individual node. So

that number of forwarding will be reduced and energy consumption of the sensor nodes will be

reduced. In my proposed work the buffer size is also considered for finding the next forwarder,

so that the dropping on the packets will be reduced.

Accession Number: WOS:000325660700067

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Communication Systems and Network

Technologies (CSNT)

Conference Date: APR 06-08, 2013

Conference Location: Gwalior, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Comp Soc, IEEE India Council MTT Soc, MIR Labs India,

Sergeant Infotech Pvt Ltd

ISSN: 2329-7182

ISBN: 978-0-7695-4958-3; 978-1-4673-5603-9

Record 69 of 99

Title: AUTOMATIC MEDICAL DISEASE TREATMENT SYSTEM USING DATAMINING

Author(s): Thangamani, M (Thangamani, M.); Thangaraj, P (Thangaraj, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 120-125 Published: 2013

Abstract: In our proposed system is identifying reliable information in the medical domain stand

as building blocks for a healthcare system that is up-to-date with the latest discoveries. By using

the tools such as NLP, ML techniques. In this research, focus on diseases and treatment

information, and the relation that exists between these two entities. The main goal of this

research is to identify the disease name with the symptoms specified and extract the sentence

from the article and get the Relation that exists between Disease-Treatment and classify the

information into cure, prevent, side effect to the user. This electronic document is a "live"

template. The various components of your paper [title, text, heads, etc.] are already defined on

the style sheet, as illustrated by the portions given in this document.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300024

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 70 of 99

Title: Secure Access for MANET Using Authorization Enforcement Facility

Author(s): Gowthami (Gowthami); Sangeetha (Sangeetha)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 212-216 Published: 2013

Abstract: As MANETs are highly vulnerable to attacks due to its dynamic infrastructure, there

may occur several attacks. Among those attacks routing attack is the most severe one. To

systematically cope up with this routing attack, Risk Aware Response Mechanism is used. In

these mechanism IDS is used which detects malicious activities caused by malicious nodes,

Based on the risk of attack, temporary decision is made whether isolation is needed or not. IDS

used in risk aware response mechanism is static based approach. Hence rule set in IDS has to be

updated often by the network administrator if there are any new emerging attacks. In this paper,

we propose a Authorization Enforcement Facility which uses risk as an input to determine how

much a source node can be trusted. AEF considers both static approach as well as dynamic

conditions in order to achieve better security and allow only secure communication to takes place

between source and destination.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300041

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 71 of 99

Title: Vector Based Labeling Method for Dynamic XML Documents

Author(s): Thahasin, SNE (Thahasin, S. Noor Ea); Jayanthi, P (Jayanthi, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 217-221 Published: 2013

Abstract: The rise of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) as a standard for data exchange and

representation has made a lot of interest on querying XML documents that conform to an ordered

tree-structured data model. It involves labeling, which assigns specific strings to XML

documents. Existing schemes are based on natural order, lexicographical order or Variable

Length Endless Insertable Code (VLEI) order, which needs relabeling. A novel order concept

called vector order has been introduced, which is the basis of the dynamic labeling schemes.

Vector order is a simple, yet most effective solution to process updates and it avoids relabeling

during updation takes place. Existing dynamic XML labeling schemes, suffer from the

complexity introduced by their insertion techniques even if there is less/no update. To make

improvent the application of vector order has been proposed to both prefix-based labeling

scheme and range based labeling scheme. However, all the existing techniques have high update

cost, they cannot completely avoid relabeling in XML updation, it will increase the size of the

label which will influence the query performance. By applying the vector order the label

generation time, label size and querying time may be reduced during updation takes place. Hence

it will improve the performance of the query system.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300042

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 72 of 99

Title: A Semantic Similarity Approach Based on Web Resources

Author(s): Karthiga, M (Karthiga, M.); Kalaivaani, PCD (Kalaivaani, P. C. D.); Sankarananth, S

(Sankarananth, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 226-231 Published: 2013

Abstract: The ability to accurately judge the semantic similarity is important in various tasks on

the web such as extracting the relation, document clustering, and automatic metadata extraction.

An empirical method is proposed to provide a semantic wise search that uses in one hand, a

technical English dictionary and on the other hand, a page count based metric and a text snippet

based metric retrieved from a web search engine for two words. To identify the numerous

semantic relations between the words, a novel pattern extraction algorithm and a pattern

clustering algorithm is proposed. The page counts based co-occurrence measures and lexical

pattern clusters extracted from snippets is learned using support vector machines. Integrate the

page count, text snippet and dictionary based metric to accurately measure the semantic

similarity search compared to normal search.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300044

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 73 of 99

Title: Algorithms to Improve Scheduling Techniques in IaaS Cloud

Author(s): Nivodhini, MK (Nivodhini, M. K.); Kousalya, K (Kousalya, K.); Malliga, S

(Malliga, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 246-250 Published: 2013

Abstract: Optimal resource scheduling has been a great challenge in IaaS cloud computing

environment. Haizea is a VM resource management component that takes lease requests and

makes scheduling decisions based on user requests. There are four types of leases in Haizea.

They are immediate, BestEffort(BE), Advance Reservation(AR) and DeadLine Sensitive(DLS)

leases. Immediate lease requires immediate attention. BE lease can be allocated when resources

are available. AR lease requires the exact requested slot. DLS leases are BE leases with deadline.

In BE leases, the starvation of resources may occur if the lease gets suspended for more number

of times since it is considered as least priority and also preemptible. Immediate and AR leases

will get rejected if the leases are not schedulable at that particular requested time. This will

considerably increase the lease request rejection rate. For immediate, AR and DLS leases, the

next free available slots are intimated to the user. Based upon the user's wish, the leases will be

scheduled. This will increase the resource request acceptance rate and the system utilization rate

will also increase. The cancellation of leases after submission also can be implemented.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300048

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 74 of 99

Title: Sentiment Analysis and Classification Based On Textual Reviews

Author(s): Mouthami, K (Mouthami, K.); Devi, KN (Devi, K. Nirmala); Bhaskaran, VM

(Bhaskaran, V. Murali)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 271-276 Published: 2013

Abstract: Mining is used to help people to extract valuable information from large amount of

data. Sentiment analysis focuses on the analysis and understanding of the emotions from the text

patterns. It identifies the opinion or attitude that a person has towards a topic or an object and it

seeks to identify the viewpoint underlying a text span. Sentiment analysis is useful in social

media monitoring to automatically characterize the overall feeling or mood of consumers as

reflected in social media toward a specific brand or company and determine whether they are

viewed positively or negatively on the web. This new form of analysis has been widely adopted

in customer relation management especially in the context of complaint management. For

automating the task of classifying a single topic textual review, document-level sentiment

classification is used for expressing a positive or negative sentiment. So analyzing sentiment

using Multi-theme document is very difficult and the accuracy in the classification is less. The

document level classification approximately classifies the sentiment using Bag of words in

Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm. In proposed work, a new algorithm called Sentiment

Fuzzy Classification algorithm with parts of speech tags is used to improve the classification

accuracy on the benchmark dataset of Movies reviews dataset.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300053

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 75 of 99

Title: Ontology based Semantic Query Suggestion for Movie Search

Author(s): Priya, P (Priya, P.); Rajalaxmi, R (Rajalaxmi, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 277-282 Published: 2013

Abstract: Web contains millions and millions of documents and is useful for the users who want

to search information regarding education, business, entertainment, healthcare, geography etc ...

Searching such information is easy using various search engines but searching relevant

information is a challenging task. This can be achieved by query suggestion which aims to

improve the efficiency of a user's web search by suggesting alternatives to a user's initial query.

User always submits keyword-based queries to the search engine to search the required

information. This leads to ambiguity. In the proposed work, alternate queries related to the user

query are extracted from the ontology using various relationship types. The extracted queries are

suggested alternative to the user's initial query. Since the extracted queries represent the concepts

related to the user query, more relevant documents are retrieved.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300054

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 76 of 99

Title: Mobility Aware Reputation Node Ranking (MARNR) For Efficient Clustering At Hot

Spots in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

Author(s): Balaji, PJ (Balaji, P. Jai); Anandamurugan, S (Anandamurugan, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 312-316 Published: 2013

Abstract: Wireless sensor network generate hotspots because of heavy traffic load at certain

locations. Nodes in hotspots lose energy resources quickly and disrupt network services. The

Cluster head (CH) gets more burdens in gathering and relaying information. Relay load on CH

gets increased as distance to sink decrease. CH role is articulated across all nodes to balance

traffic load and energy consumption. The existing work presented distributed energy efficient

clustering algorithm that determine suitable cluster size based on the listed factors. Hop distance

to data sink, Equalization of node lifetime, reduced energy consumption levels. This design

energy efficient multi-hop data collection protocol is to calculate end to end energy consumption.

The proposed scheme is to present Mobility Aware cluster head selection in the hotspots of

WSN. This calculates node reputation to have better cluster head. Ranking is made based on both

node reputation and its mobility rate. This also increases the clustering efficiency in terms of

cooperativeness and mobility of sensor nodes. However, certain sensor nodes have high

mobility. In addition certain nodes unwilling to serve the network, the proposal present Mobility

Aware Reputation Node Ranking (MARNR) technique to improve the efficiency of clustering at

hot spot regions. MARNR identifies the senor nodes mobility rate. Each node serving the region

as cluster is identified from the cache. This ensures the node should have minimal mobility

threshold and high cluster head rank probability. Simulation is carried out to evaluate

performance of EC in terms of Network life time, Energy consumption, Mobility rate, CH

ranking, Node reputation Count, Hot spot density, Cluster Size.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300060

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 77 of 99

Title: Load Balanced Job Scheduling Approach for Grid Environment

Author(s): Manimala, R (Manimala, R.); Suresh, P (Suresh, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 336-339 Published: 2013

Abstract: Grid computing is a way of combining computers across a network to form a

distributed supercomputer to perform complex computations. In the commercial world, grid aims

to maximize the utilization of an organization's computing resources by making them shareable

across applications. A grid environment can be classified into two types: Computing grids and

data grids. In computing grid, job scheduling is an important task. Load Balancing is a technique

which is used to distribute the workload equally across multiple computers to enhance resource

utilization and to reduce the response time in grid environment. Main goal of load balancing is to

balance the load across all the processors. It improves the throughput of grid resources. A good

Scheduling algorithm should assign jobs to resources efficiently and balance the system load.

Hierarchical Load Balanced Algorithm is used to solve the problem in grid environment. The

proposed system Enhanced Hierarchical Load Balance Algorithm is designed to schedule the

jobs and also to improve the overall performance of the system in terms of resource utilization

and user satisfaction. It also reduces the makespan of the jobs. If the resource capacity satisfies

the need of the user then the job will be done within particular time period.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300065

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 78 of 99

Title: Hybrid Adaptive Meta-Scheduling System For Grid Computing

Author(s): Nithyapriya, D (Nithyapriya, D.); Krishnamoorthy, N (Krishnamoorthy, N.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 356-360 Published: 2013

Abstract: When the trend in human culture advances, the problems in their science and

engineering is increased. To solve those problems, lot of computing power is needed. Grid is a

heterogeneous system that allows sharing of resources. Grid computing is a technology that

works what super computer does. Efficient utilization of the grid environment requires large

amount of computing power. Scheduling independent jobs to the resources is not an easy task.

Meta-scheduling schedules maximum number of jobs to the minimum amount of resources

which is a very tedious task. Many scheduling algorithms exist to focus either on the job side or

on the resource side. Existing Grid

Meta - schedulers either target system-centric metrics, such as utilization and throughput, or

prioritize jobs based on utility metrics provided by the users. In the proposed work, to utilize the

power of grid completely, both the job and resources are taken into account. Jobs are prioritized

based on the common location sum that considers both user and system priority. Resources are

prioritized based on the computing power which obtained as the normalized value of the CPU _

available. So the high priority job can be submitted to the corresponding resources based on the

computing power and it helps to improve the performance.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300069

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 79 of 99

Title: Performance Enhancement in Live Migration for Cloud Computing Environments

Author(s): Sagana, C (Sagana, C.); Geetha, M (Geetha, M.); Suganthe, RC (Suganthe, R. C.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 361-366 Published: 2013

Abstract: Live migration of virtual machines is an important component of the emerging cloud

computing environments. Migrating operating system instances across distinct physical hosts is a

useful tool for administrators of data centres and clusters. Hence, a key issue in live migration is

the total migration time and the downtime. To improve the performance of live migration, an

optimized iterative pre-copy algorithm is used to reduce the dirty rate of VM. WSClock page

replacement algorithm has been proposed along with traditional pre-copy approach that includes

pre-processing phase for reducing the amount of transferred memory page and total migration

time.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300070

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 80 of 99

Title: A Packet Marking Approach To Protect Cloud Environment Against DDoS Attacks

Author(s): Anitha, E (Anitha, E.); Malliga, S (Malliga, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 367-370 Published: 2013

Abstract: Cloud computing uses internet and remote servers for maintaining data and

applications. It offers through internet the dynamic virtualized resources, bandwidth and on-

demand software's to consumers and promises the distribution of many economical benefits

among its adapters. It helps the consumers to reduce the usage of hardware, software license and

system maintenance. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is the system that allows the

communications interaction between different web services. SOAP messages are constructed

using either HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) and/or Extensible Mark-up Language

(XML). The new form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that could potentially

bring down a cloud web services through the use of HTTP and XML. Cloud computing suffers

from major security threat problem by HTTP and XML Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. HX-

DoS attack is a combination of HTTP and XML messages that are intentionally sent to flood and

destroy the communication channel of the cloud service provider. To address the problem of

HX-DoS attacks against cloud web services there is a need to distinguish between the legitimate

and illegitimate messages. This can be done by using the rule set based detection, called

CLASSIE and modulo marking method is used to avoid the spoofing attack. Reconstruct and

Drop method is used to make decision and drop the packets on the victim side. It enables us to

improve the reduction of false positive rate and increase the detection and filtering of DDoS

attacks.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300071

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 81 of 99

Title: Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Solving Knapsack Problem

Author(s): Tharanipriya, PG (Tharanipriya, P. G.); Vishnuraja, P (Vishnuraja, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 416-420 Published: 2013

Abstract: In clustering, clustering techniques are applied to get the best solution. The traditional

clustering algorithms lead to local optimum. Hybrid genetic algorithm which includes multi

clustering genetic algorithm with rough set theory is to be proposed to improve the efficiency

and to get the optimal solution. The selection procedure of genetic algorithm has lower

efficiency. So rough set theory can be used for selecting chromosomes for further process which

is applied in 0-1 Knapsack problem.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300081

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 82 of 99

Title: Movie Related Information Retrieval Using Ontology Based Semantic Search

Author(s): Suganyakala, R (Suganyakala, R.); Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, R. R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 421-424 Published: 2013

Abstract: Semantic search has become a grand vision for improving retrieval effectiveness in

today's scenario. Most of the existing ontology based semantic search models requires user to

enter a query in formal query languages. It hinders the usability of the retrieval system. Aiming

to solve the above limitations and improve the retrieval effectiveness, a framework for ontology

based information retrieval is proposed. In order to overcome the usability limitations, a query

interface which requires the user to enter the query in natural language is provided. A domain-

specific ontology based on movies is used to develop a prototype of the proposed model which

improves search accuracy.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300082

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 83 of 99

Title: Load Balancing GridSim Architecture with Fault Tolerance

Author(s): Nanthiya, D (Nanthiya, D.); Keerthika, P (Keerthika, P.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 425-428 Published: 2013

Abstract: This Grid computing enables sharing, selection and aggregation of large collections of

geographically and organizationally distributed heterogeneous resources for solving large-scale

data and compute intensive problems. Resources are dynamic and heterogeneous in nature so the

load of resources varies with change in configuration of Grid and also the probability of failure

of resources is much greater, moreover the failure of the resources affects the job execution

fatally. This makes load balancing and fault tolerance more important in case of grid

environment. This paper introduces an algorithm which balances the load among the resources

and also increases the reliability of the grid environment. This algorithm consists of two-phases.

In the first phase, the resources are selected based on the user deadline and fault tolerant factor of

the resources. In the second phase, the load balancing algorithm is applied to determine the status

of the selected resources and then the jobs are scheduled to the resources if and only if the load is

balanced. The proposed algorithm is simulated on the GridSim environment. The proposed

algorithm may helps to reduce the Communication overhead and response time of the individual

job and increase the throughput of the entire system.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300083

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 84 of 99

Title: Priority Based Heuristic Job Scheduling Algorithm For The Computational Grid

Author(s): Rajan, R (Rajan, Rency); Kamalam, GK (Kamalam, G. K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 448-451 Published: 2013

Abstract: This paper presents a model for high-level quality of service (QoS) maintenance

within business grid environment. A grid is an infrastructure for resource sharing. Scientific

applications require high computing power in processing and can be achieved only in

computational grids. For efficient and effective job scheduling, policies allocate different jobs to

the resources. The main idea behind the job scheduling is to reduce makespan and improve

resource utilization. Business grid environment designed a Business Grid Quality of Service

(BGQoS) Algorithm which comprises Grid Resource Consumer (GRC) and Grid Resource

Provider (GRP). The success of application is directly related to whether grid resource providers

can satisfy the Service Level Agreement (SLA) introduced by grid resource consumers. QoS

algorithm allows each authorized GRC to specify a set of QoS required parameters, a time

constraint and a cost constraint. BGQoS failed to consider priority and deadline as constraints.

To evaluate priority and deadline, proposed a new algorithm, Priority Enhanced Business Grid

Quality of Service (PEBGQoS). PEBGQoS produce better makespan and satisfies the SLA.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300087

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 85 of 99

Title: INTELLIGENT NEURO CONTROLLER BASED SPEED AND TORQUE CONTROL

OF FIVE PHASE SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR

Author(s): Kumar, RS (Kumar, R. Senthil); Vasanth, JA (Vasanth, J. Arthur)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 966-973 Published: 2013

Abstract: The electric drives play an important role on the productivity to any industry.

Recently the progress made in the motor design and power electronic control technology has

promoted the capability of Switched Reluctance Motor (SRMs) in high performance industry

application. This is made possible by the excellent electromagnetic operation of an SRM which

is achieved by the proper excitation and control. A SRM has several desirable features like

simple construction, high reliability and low cost. Its operation at high speeds made it suitable

for the high temperature and hazardous environment applications. SRM are relatively simple

electric machines but are difficult to model and control. It has its own drawbacks like large

torque ripple, highly non-uniform torque and large noise. Due to the above reasons the design of

the control system is more complex. For overcoming the above drawback Direct Torque Control

(DTC) is introduced with SRM for improving its efficiency, compared to other conventional

control techniques. DTC is simple algorithm to reduce the torque ripples. This reduction in

torque ripples and speed control for industrial drive applications needs an effective controller.

Hence a neuro based DTC is proposed and implemented with 5-phase 10/8 SRM. This intelligent

controller can make the SRM drives to be used for the applications which require the features as

robustness, wide speed range, efficiency or high dynamics. Here, simulation of the neuro based

DTC for SRM is performed by using MATLAB/simulink and the results are validated according

to the theoretical analysis.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300184

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 86 of 99

Title: EFFECTIVE WATERMARKING ALGORITHM TO PROTECT ELECTRONIC

PATIENT RECORD USING IMAGE TRANSFORM

Author(s): Pradeepkumar, G (Pradeepkumar, G.); Usha, S (Usha, S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 1030-1034 Published: 2013

Abstract: Due to development of latest technologies in the areas of communication and

networking, the present businesses are moving to the digital world for effectiveness, convenience

and security. Medical images require special safety and confidentiality because critical judgment

is done on the information provided by medical images. Digital watermarking is an emerging

technology to protect multimedia data for security purpose. This project suggests a comparative

performance of digital image watermarking scheme using Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and

Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) separately and their performance has been measured by

using metrics like PSNR, Quality Index and Elapsed time. Initially, the Medical image is

decomposed using image transforms like DCT or DWT. Subsequently, the watermark

embedding and extraction process are to be performed in frequency domain transform along with

LSB substitution algorithm which is of spatial domain. The performance of the proposed

watermarking method is explained with the aid of experimental results.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300196

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 87 of 99

Title: WATCHDOG: REDUCE TIME DELAY FOR SPREADING SELFISH INFORMATION

IN MANET

Author(s): Keerthika, V (Keerthika, V.); Suganthe, RC (Suganthe, R. C.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (ICICES) Pages: 1104-1107 Published: 2013

Abstract: Mobile ad hoc networks are composed of mobile nodes connected by wireless links

without using any pre-existent infrastructure. The communication in ad hoc network is multi-hop

in nature, where each node forwards data packets to the other nodes thereby spending its

resources such as battery power, CPU time and memory. In real world, many nodes may have a

selfish behavior, being unwilling to forward packets to the other nodes in order to save resources.

Typically, a selfish node will not cooperate in the transmission of packets which affects the

network performance seriously. Watchdog detects the selfish nodes in the networks.

Collaborative watchdog propagates the presence of the selfish node to the source node. The

source node broadcasts the selfish information to all nodes. So there is a delay time in spreading

selfish information over the network. An efficient approach is proposed to reduce the delay time

in spreading the selfish information in the network. It involves broadcasting the selfish

information and route request information from the previous node of a selfish node. If one node

has previously detected a selfish node using its watchdog, it can broadcast the presence of selfish

node over the network which included the route request packet. So the time delay in spreading

selfish information over the network can be reduced.

Accession Number: WOS:000323479300209

Conference Title: International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded

Systems (ICICES)

Conference Date: FEB 21-22, 2013

Conference Location: Chennai, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5786-9; 978-1-4673-5787-6

Record 88 of 99

Title: Synthesis, growth and characterization of L-asparagine cadmium bromide: A novel

semiorganic nonlinear optical single crystal

Author(s): Masilamani, S (Masilamani, S.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: OPTIK Volume: 124 Issue: 20 Pages: 4303-

4306 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.01.048 Published: 2013

Abstract: Single crystal of L-asparagine cadmium bromide (LACB), a semiorganic nonlinear

optical material was grown by solution growth method at the room temperature. The grown

crystals were characterized by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction analysis and it was

found to be the structure of the crystal was belongs to orthorhombic system. The UV-vis-NIR

spectroscopic study revealed that the crystal has good optical transparency and lower cut off

wavelength was found to be 230 nm. The presence of functional group was identified by Fourier

transform infrared (FTIR) analysis. The chemical composition was confirmed by elemental

analysis. The mechanical strength was studied and found to be 100 g by using Vicker's micro

hardness tester. The thermal stability was found to be 218 degrees C by using TGA and DTA

analysis. The second harmonic generation efficiency was carried out by using Kurtz-Perry

powder technique and it was found to be 3.4 times higher than KDP crystal. (c) 2013 Elsevier

GmbH. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000325445100050

ISSN: 0030-4026

Record 89 of 99

Title: Fast Linear Adaptive Skipping Training Algorithm for Training Artificial Neural Network

Author(s): Devi, RM (Devi, R. Manjula); Kuppuswami, S (Kuppuswami, S.); Suganthe, RC

(Suganthe, R. C.)

Source: MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING Article

Number: 346949 DOI: 10.1155/2013/346949 Published: 2013

Abstract: Artificial neural network has been extensively consumed training model for solving

pattern recognition tasks. However, training a very huge training data set using complex neural

network necessitates excessively high training time. In this correspondence, a new fast Linear

Adaptive Skipping Training (LAST) algorithm for training artificial neural network (ANN) is

instituted. The core essence of this paper is to ameliorate the training speed of ANN by

exhibiting only the input samples that do not categorize perfectly in the previous epoch which

dynamically reducing the number of input samples exhibited to the network at every single

epoch without affecting the network's accuracy. Thus decreasing the size of the training set can

reduce the training time, thereby ameliorating the training speed. This LAST algorithm also

determines how many epochs the particular input sample has to skip depending upon the

successful classification of that input sample. This LAST algorithm can be incorporated into any

supervised training algorithms. Experimental result shows that the training speed attained by

LAST algorithm is preferably higher than that of other conventional training algorithms.

Accession Number: WOS:000321754700001

ISSN: 1024-123X

Record 90 of 99

Title: Modified PID controller for Avoiding Overshoot in Temperature of Barrel Heating system

Author(s): Anbarasan, M (Anbarasan, M.); Prasad, SJS (Prasad, S. J. Suji); Meenakumari, R

(Meenakumari, R.); Balakrishnan, PA (Balakrishnan, P. A.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TRENDS IN VLSI,

EMBEDDED SYSTEM, NANO ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

(ICEVENT 2013) Published: 2013

Abstract: The control of temperature in the different zones of barrel heating system in plastic

molding machine is a challenging task, as it requires quick rise time without overshoot. The

conventional PID controller does not produce the desired performance for this application. This

paper ends in presenting the idea of using PI-PO controller-a modified structure of PID controller

for controlling the temperature of the melt in the barrel. Fuzzy logic technique is used for

obtaining the optimum values of the controller parameters. The controller is modeled in

SIMULINK. From the simulation results, it is observed that the fuzzy tuned PI-PO controller

outperforms the other controllers namely Ziegler-Nichols tuned PID controller, Fuzzy Logic

controller and Fuzzy tuned PID controller.

Accession Number: WOS:000320285800005

Conference Title: International Conference on Emerging Trends in VLSI, Embedded System,

Nano Electronics and Telecommunication System (ICEVENT)

Conference Date: JAN 07-09, 2013

Conference Location: Tiruvannamalai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: SKP Engn Coll, Dept Elect & Commun Engn, SKP Engn Coll, DNV

Certificat B V, Mgmt Sys RvA C024, AICTE, Natl Board Accredit

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5301-4

Record 91 of 99

Title: User Demand Aware Grid Scheduling Model with Hierarchical Load Balancing

Author(s): Suresh, P (Suresh, P.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING Article

Number: 439362 DOI: 10.1155/2013/439362 Published: 2013

Abstract: Grid computing is a collection of computational and data resources, providing the

means to support both computational intensive applications and data intensive applications. In

order to improve the overall performance and efficient utilization of the resources, an efficient

load balanced scheduling algorithm has to be implemented. The scheduling approach also needs

to consider user demand to improve user satisfaction. This paper proposes a dynamic hierarchical

load balancing approach which considers load of each resource and performs load balancing. It

minimizes the response time of the jobs and improves the utilization of the resources in grid

environment. By considering the user demand of the jobs, the scheduling algorithm also

improves the user satisfaction. The experimental results show the improvement of the proposed

load balancing method.

Accession Number: WOS:000321348200001

ISSN: 1024-123X

Record 92 of 99

Title: An Enhanced Spectral Based Approach for Initial and Update Summary Generation

Author(s): Vanitha, P (Vanitha, P.); Kogilavani, SV (Kogilavani, S., V)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

AND INFORMATICS Book Series: International Conference on Computer Communication

and Informatics Published: 2013

Abstract: Update summarization is a recent trend in summarization task. The main goal of

update summarization is to generate an update summary which includes the sentences from a

collection of documents representing the evolved information. It is necessary that the selected

sentences must be different from the previously selected sentences and also expected that some

similarity in information be present. Previous update summarization approaches utilizes different

clustering and ranking techniques to produce an update summary. However, these clustering and

ranking techniques are considered as a separate task. This paper introduces an enhanced spectral

technique for generating an initial and update summary. The spectral information has been taken

to integrate clustering and ranking process. To evaluate the performance of proposed framework,

machine generated summaries can be compared against human summary.

Accession Number: WOS:000319802600073

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics

(ICCCI)

Conference Date: JAN 04-06, 2013

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Sri Shakthi Inst Engn & Technol, Govt India, Minist Sci & Technol,

Dept Sci & Technol (DST), IEEE Madras Sect, Council Sci & Ind Res (CSIR), IEEE

ISSN: 2329-7190

ISBN: 978-1-4673-2907-1; 978-1-4673-2906-4

Record 93 of 99

Title: An Efficient Grid Scheduling Algorithm with Fault Tolerance and User Satisfaction

Author(s): Keerthika, P (Keerthika, P.); Kasthuri, N (Kasthuri, N.)

Source: MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING Article

Number: 340294 DOI: 10.1155/2013/340294 Published: 2013

Abstract: Problem Statement. The advances in human civilization lead to more complications in

problem solving. Grid computing serves as an efficient technology in solving those complicated

problems. In computational grids, the grid scheduler schedules the task and finds the appropriate

resource for each task. The scheduler must consider several factors such as user demand,

communication time, failure handling mechanisms, and reduced makespan. Most of the existing

algorithms do not consider user satisfaction. Thus a scheduling algorithm that handles failure of

resources and achieves user satisfaction gains more importance. Approach. A new bicriteria

scheduling algorithm (BSA) that considers user satisfaction along with fault tolerance has been

introduced. The main contribution of this paper includes achieving user satisfaction along with

fault tolerance and minimizing the makespan of jobs. Results. The performance of this proposed

algorithm is evaluated using GridSim based on makespan and number of jobs completed

successfully within user deadline. Conclusions/Recommendations. The proposed BSA algorithm

achieves reduced makespan and better hit rate with higher user satisfaction and fault tolerance.

Accession Number: WOS:000319141800001

ISSN: 1024-123X

Record 94 of 99

Title: Fuzzy fast classification algorithm with hybrid of ID3 and SVM

Author(s): Srinivasan, V (Srinivasan, V.); Rajenderan, G (Rajenderan, G.); Kuzhali, JV

(Kuzhali, J. Vandar); Aruna, M (Aruna, M.)

Source: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY

SYSTEMS Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Pages: 555-561 DOI: 10.3233/IFS-2012-

0574 Published: 2013

Abstract: The Classification of data is usually very large database that is the reason we want to

classify the large data into different fragmentation of its same type. Already many algorithms

have been used for classification like Id3, rule based algorithm, decision tree based algorithm, k-

nearest-neighbor classification and so on. And these algorithm mainly used for classifying the

algorithm accurately and the concept of fast classification is lagging behind in the previous

algorithms. In this paper we analysis the efficiency and accuracy of using the entropy, id3 and

SVM algorithm with our proposed method of using entropy and fuzzy classification with lower

and upper approximation to reduce the computation work for more accuracy classification. We

use id3 algorithm to classify the complex member that lie between the lower and upper

approximation. Now we use SVM algorithm to classify the other data members thus by hybrid of

both the algorithm with our approximation we get the best result of the algorithm Fuzzy Fast

Classification (FFC). The result of experiments shows that the improved fuzzy fast classification

algorithm considerably reduces the computational complexity and improves the speed of

classification particularly in the circumstances of the large data.

Accession Number: WOS:000316113700013

ISSN: 1064-1246

Record 95 of 99

Title: Parkinson's Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Approaches

Author(s): Gokul, S (Gokul, S.); Sivachitra, M (Sivachitra, M.); Vijayachitra, S (Vijayachitra,

S.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMPUTING

(ICOAC) Book Series: International Conference on Advanced Computing Pages: 246-

252 Published: 2013

Abstract: This paper proposes the application of a Fully Complex-Valued Radial Basis Function

network (FC-RBF), Meta-Cognitive Fully Complex-Valued Radial Basis Function network (Mc-

FCRBF) and Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) for the prediction of Parkinson's disease. With

the help of Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), the severity of the Parkinson's

disease is predicted and for untreated patients, the UPDRS scale spans the range (0-176). The

FC-RBF network uses a fully complex valued activation function sech, which maps c(n) -> c.

The performance of the complex RBF network depends on the number of neurons and

initialization of network parameters. The implementation of the self-regulatory learning

mechanism in the FC-RBF network results in Mc-FCRBF network. It has two components: a

cognitive component and a meta-cognitive component. The meta-cognitive component decides

how to learn, what to learn and when to learn based on the knowledge acquired by the FC-RBF

network. Extreme learning mechanism uses sigmoid activation function and it works with fast

speed. In ELM network, the real valued inputs and targets are applied to the network. The result

indicates that the Mc-FCRBF network has good prediction accuracy than ELM and FC-RBF

network.

Accession Number: WOS:000366639600041

Conference Title: 5th International Conference on Advanced Computing (ICoAC)

Conference Date: DEC 18-20, 2013

Conference Location: Anna Univ, MIT Campus, Dept Comp Technol, Chennai, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dhanalakshmi Coll Engn, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Grp, Easwari Engn

Coll, Indian Bank, IEEE Madras Sect, Paavai Engn Coll, Minist Defence, Defence R & D Org,

CDAC, DRDO, UGC, IEEE Madras Chapter

Conference Host: Anna Univ, MIT Campus, Dept Comp Technol

ISSN: 2377-6927

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3448-5

Record 96 of 99

Title: A Swarm-based Hybrid Routing Protocol to Support Multiple Quality of Service (QoS)

Metrics in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Author(s): Nivetha, SK (Nivetha, S. K.); Asokan, R (Asokan, R.); Senthilkumaran, N

(Senthilkumaran, N.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING,

COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (ICCCNT) Published: 2013

Abstract: Quality of Service support in routing for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) is a

challenging process because of the limitation on available resources and the dynamic topology.

The main purpose of QoS routing is to find a feasible path that has sufficient resources to satisfy

the constraints. A fundamental problem in QoS routing is to find a path between a source and

destination that satisfies two or more end-to-end QoS constraints/metrics. Considering more than

two metrics involves more computational complexity and it is proved to be NP-complete

problem. Stochastic optimization techniques are better solutions for these kinds of problems. A

routing model can be chosen either as proactive or reactive. Purely proactive protocols are not

optimal for rapidly changing topologies and purely reactive protocols are often inappropriate for

relatively static networks. In addition, reactive protocols also suffer with additional delay for

real-time traffic. In such scenarios, hybrid routing is proven to improve on purely reactive-

routing or purely proactive-routing if most traffic is localized. In order to achieve routing

efficiency in such environment, a hybrid routing strategy is proposed which combines the

advantages of both proactive and reactive mechanisms. In this paper, a novel QoS routing

strategy called Swarm-based Hybrid Routing Protocol (SHRP) based on ant colony optimization

is proposed to support the three metrics such as end-to-end delay, bandwidth and hop count. To

evaluate the performance of SHRP, a series of simulations are carried out with the simulator

QualNet. The simulation results of SHRP are compared with the hybrid routing protocols ZRP

and HOPNET. Through the simulation results, it has been showed that SHRP fabricates better

performance than ZRP and HOPNET in terms of packet delivery ratio, throughput, end-to-end

delay, bandwidth and hopcount.

Accession Number: WOS:000346508600342

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Computing, Communications and

Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)

Conference Date: JUL 04-06, 2013

Conference Location: Tiruchengode, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3925-1

Record 97 of 99

Title: Reduced Order Modeling of Uncertain Systems by Pole Clustering Technique using

Genetic Algorithm

Author(s): Pratheep, VG (Pratheep, V. G.); Ramesh, K (Ramesh, K.); Venkatachalam, K

(Venkatachalam, K.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING,

COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (ICCCNT) Published: 2013

Abstract: A mixed method is proposed for the order reduction of an interval system using pole

clustering technique and simple mathematical manipulation process. kharitonov polynomial is

employed in the interval system before the model order reduction technique is come into the

approximation process. The pole clustering technique is used to obtain the reduced order

denominator polynomial and the corresponding numerator polynomial is obtained through cross

multiplication of transfer function polynomials. Genetic Algorithm is employed in the model

order reduction process by which reduced order system parameters can be adjusted. The stability

of the interval system is analyzed through the Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion.

Accession Number: WOS:000346508600319

Conference Title: 4th International Conference on Computing, Communications and

Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)

Conference Date: JUL 04-06, 2013

Conference Location: Tiruchengode, INDIA

ISBN: 978-1-4799-3925-1

Record 98 of 99

Title: Brain Tumor Detection from Clinical CT and MRI Images using WT-FCM Algorithm

Author(s): Tamilselvan, KS (Tamilselvan, K. S.); Murugesan, G (Murugesan, G.);

Gnanasekaran, B (Gnanasekaran, B.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN COMPUTING,

COMMUNICATION AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY (ICGCE) Pages: 260-

263 Published: 2013

Abstract: The fast development of digital image processing leads to the growth of feature

extraction of images which leads to the development of image fusion. There are two approaches

to image fusions, wavelet transform and watershed algorithm. First, the source images are

decomposed by wavelet to get the approximate and detailed coefficients of the images. Then the

sub-image with the detailed coefficients are segmented with watershed algorithm to obtain the

fused image. At last, the segmented images are fused using Wavelet Transform-Fuzzy C-Means

(WT-FCM) algorithm. The experimental results show that the fusion effect using the proposed

algorithm is better than the existing fusion techniques. We compute and compare the parameters

like PSNR, Mean and Standard Deviation for the fused images to test the percentage level of the

fusion.

Accession Number: WOS:000355982500051

Conference Title: International Conference on Green Computing, Communication and

Conservation of Energy (ICGCE)

Conference Date: DEC 12-14, 2013

Conference Location: RMD Engn Coll, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: All India Council Tech Educ, Sci & Engn Res Board, Dept Sci &

Technol, Govt India, IEEE Madras Sect, IET, ISOI Student Chapter, Inst Elect Telecommunicat

Engineers

Conference Host: RMD Engn Coll

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6125-5

Record 99 of 99

Title: Secure Transmission of Medical Information Using IRIS Recognition and Steganography

Author(s): Barkathunisha, S (Barkathunisha, S.); Meenakumari, R (Meenakumari, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATION

OF POWER, ENERGY, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION (ICCPEIC

2013) Pages: 89-92 Published: 2013

Abstract: Medical information is extremely high sensitive in nature. Tampering by a third party

may result in identity theft and incorrect diagnosis. Hence, it is important to secure the transfer of

medical information from the patient to the remote system where the specialist. The proposed

work decomposes this problem into two sub-problems and proposes security solutions to each of

them: (1) to secure the link between the patient and the device, and (2) to secure the link between

the device and the network. Biometric identification is extremely an effective authentication.

Thus we push the limits of the network security to the edge by authenticating the user using their

biometric information; authenticating the device to the network at the physical layer and

strengthening the security of the wireless link using steganography. The proposed authentication

methods can be used for recording the medical data in a central database and for accessing

medical records in various settings.

An algorithm for visual cryptography and steganography is built using MATLAB platform. The

proposed work considers iris images for authentication it was taken from CASIA Iris Image

Database V4.0..

Accession Number: WOS:000350445800016

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy, Information

and Communication (ICCPEIC)

Conference Date: APR 17-18, 2013

Conference Location: Adhiparasakthi Engn Coll, Melmaruvathur, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Adhiparasakthi Engn Coll, Dept Elect & Elect Engn

Conference Host: Adhiparasakthi Engn Coll

ISBN: 978-1-4673-6408-9

2012

Record 01 of 38

Title: Impact of leachate on groundwater pollution due to non-engineered municipal solid waste

landfill sites of erode city, Tamil Nadu, India

Author(s): Nagarajan, R (Nagarajan, Rajkumar); Thirumalaisamy, S (Thirumalaisamy,

Subramani); Lakshumanan, E (Lakshumanan, Elango)

Source: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE &

ENGINEERING Volume: 9 Article Number: 35 DOI: 10.1186/1735-2746-9-

35 Published: DEC 27 2012

Abstract: Leachate and groundwater samples were collected from Vendipalayam, Semur and

Vairapalayam landfill sites in Erode city, Tamil Nadu, India, to study the possible impact of

leachate percolation on groundwater quality. Concentrations of various physicochemical

parameters including heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Fe and Zn) were determined in

leachate samples and are reported. The concentrations of Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, NH4+ were found to

be in considerable levels in the groundwater samples particularly near to the landfill sites, likely

indicating that groundwater quality is being significantly affected by leachate percolation.

Further they were proved to be the tracers for groundwater contamination near Semur and

Vendipalayam dumpyards. The presence of contaminants in groundwater particularly near the

landfill sites warns its quality and thus renders the associated aquifer unreliable for domestic

water supply and other uses. Although some remedial measures are suggested to reduce further

groundwater contamination via leachate percolation, the present study demands for the proper

management of waste in Erode city.

Accession Number: WOS:000314787200002

PubMed ID: 23369323

ISSN: 1735-1979

Record 02 of 38

Title: Flow characteristics of the diffuser/nozzle micropump-A state space approach

Author(s): Chandika, S (Chandika, S.); Asokan, R (Asokan, R.); Vijayakumar, KCK

(Vijayakumar, K. C. K.)

Source: FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION Volume: 28 Pages: 28-

34 DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2012.06.003 Published: DEC 2012

Abstract: This paper presents a new approach to predict the internal state of piezo driven

(consisting of diaphragm and piezoelectric disc) diffuser/nozzle micropump at any instant of

time. The dynamic performance is evaluated considering the damping effect. Analysis results

show that, the natural frequency of the micropump is found to deteriorate when the damping

factor is considered. The model is developed to predict the actuator displacement, flow velocity

characteristics, flow rate and backpressure for different input frequencies using MATLAB. The

validity of the proposed model is evaluated by comparing the simulation results in MATLAB

with the experimental results. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000312517500005

ISSN: 0955-5986

Record 03 of 38

Title: Development of model for treatment of pulp and paper industry bleaching effluent using

response surface methodology

Author(s): Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Immanuel, VP (Immanuel,

V. Prince); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Pages: 558-565 DOI: 10.1002/ep.10581 Published: DEC

2012

Abstract: The treatment of bleaching-effluent from pulp and paper industry was investigated in

a batch electrocoagulation (EC) reactor using aluminium as sacrificial electrodes. The response

surface methodology (RSM) was employed to evaluate the individual and interactive effects of

four independent parameters viz., current density (j: 525 mA/cm2), initial pH (pHo: 59),

electrolyte (NaCl) concentration (c: 02 g/L) and electrolysis time (t: 1030 min) on Colour, COD

and BOD removal efficiency. The results were analyzed using Pareto analysis of variance

(ANOVA). Based on RSM analysis, a second-order polynomial regression model was developed

and found to be good fit with experimental results. (C) 2011 American Institute of Chemical

Engineers Environ Prog, 2011

Accession Number: WOS:000310261600009

ISSN: 1944-7442

Record 04 of 38

Title: Response surface modeling and optimization of process parameters for aqueous extraction

of pigments from prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit

Author(s): Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash); Manikandan, S (Manikandan, S.)

Source: DYES AND PIGMENTS Volume: 95 Issue: 3 Pages: 465-

472 DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2012.06.007 Published: DEC 2012

Abstract: The objectives of this study are to determine the optimum conditions for the aqueous

extraction of pigments from prickly pear fruit using a three-level three-factor Box Behnken

design under response surface methodology. Pigments were extracted from prickly pears using

water as solvent at different extraction temperature (30-50 degrees C), time (20-120 min) and

mass of fruit (0.5-1.5 g). The experimental data obtained were analyzed by Pareto analysis of

variance (ANOVA) and fitted to a second-order polynomial equation using multiple regression

analysis. An optimization study using Derringer's desired function methodology was performed

and the optimal conditions based on both individual and combinations of all responses

(extraction temperature of 40 degrees C, time of 115 min and mass of 1.44 g) were determined.

At this optimum condition, the total betacyanin and betaxanthin content were found to be

13.4354 mg/100 g and 24.2922 mg/100 g with desirability value of 0.917. The experimental

values agreed with those predicted values. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000309371200004

ISSN: 0143-7208

Record 05 of 38

Title: Robust stabilisation of non-linear uncertain Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems by H-infinity

control

Author(s): Vadivel, P (Vadivel, P.); Sakthivel, R (Sakthivel, R.); Mathiyalagan, K

(Mathiyalagan, K.); Thangaraj, P (Thangaraj, P.)

Source: IET CONTROL THEORY AND

APPLICATIONS Volume: 6 Issue: 16 Pages: 2556-2566 DOI: 10.1049/iet-

cta.2012.0626 Published: NOV 2012

Abstract: This study addresses the issue of robust H-infinity control for a class of uncertain

Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems with distributed time delay and non-linear perturbations. By

employing a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional together with linear matrix inequality (LMI)

technique, a new set of delay-dependent conditions are derived to achieve the robust stabilisation

of uncertain fuzzy systems for a prescribed disturbance attenuation level. gamma > 0. The state

feedback H-infinity control law can be obtained by solving the corresponding LMIs. Further,

some numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.

The results reveal that the proposed theory significantly improve the allowable upper bounds of

the delays over some existing results.

Accession Number: WOS:000314499800010

ISSN: 1751-8644

Record 06 of 38

Title: Adsorption of basic dyes from synthetic textile effluent by activated carbon prepared from

Thevetia peruviana

Author(s): Baseri, JR (Baseri, J. Raffiea); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Kumar, PS

(Kumar, P. Siva)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 19 Issue: 5 Pages: 311-321 Published: SEP 2012

Abstract: The adsorption capacity of activated carbon obtained from Thevetia peruviana for

three basic dyes, namely Malachite Green, Crystal Violet and Rhodamine B, available in

synthetic textile effluents has been studied. The percentage removal of Malachite Green, Crystal

Violet, and Rhodamine B on to the activated carbon decreases from 98.46 to 89.80, from 97.83

to 88.66 and from 97.33 to 87.12 respectively with the increase in initial dye concentration from

25 mg/L to 100 mg/L at 30 degrees C. The removal data have been analyzed using Langmuir,

Freundlich, Temkin and D-R isotherm models at various temperatures varying from 30 degrees

C to 45 degrees C. The positive value of enthalpy indicates that the adsorption of basic dyes on

to activated carbon is endothermic, which is further supported by the increase in adsorption rate

of dyes with the increase in temperature from 30 degrees C to 45 degrees C. It is found that an

activated carbon prepared by the chemical impregnation of Thevetia peruviana with H3PO4 acid

can be used as the best adsorbent for the removal of basic dyes from synthetic textile effluents.

Accession Number: WOS:000309895600001

ISSN: 0971-457X

Record 07 of 38

Title: Use of colour adsorbed fly ash in brick manufacture

Author(s): Chandrasekaran, P (Chandrasekaran, P.); Malathy, R (Malathy, R.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Pages: 266-270 Published: JUL 2012

Abstract: The fly ash, generated as a waste material at thermal power plant, has been used as an

adsorbent for treating the dye effluent. The characteristics of the dye effluent before and after the

treatment are studied and compared. The sludge (color adsorbed fly ash) from the sedimentation

tank has been used to replace the fly ash in the manufacture of the fly ash bricks. The strength

and durability properties of color adsorbed fly ash bricks are studied and compared with

conventional fly ash bricks. It is found that the fly ash effectively removes the color, TDS,

hardness and other toxic elements from the dye effluent and also provides a remedy to the

disposal problem of fly-ash. The strength of the color adsorbed fly ash brick is found to be good.

One waste material is effectively used to treat the other material and the sludge is used in brick

manufacturing, thus preserving the nature.

Accession Number: WOS:000307492400006

ISSN: 0971-457X

Record 08 of 38

Title: Development of extruded snacks using soy, sorghum, millet and rice blend - A response

surface methodology approach

Author(s): Seth, D (Seth, Dibyakanta); Rajamanickam, G (Rajamanickam, Gopirajah)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 47 Issue: 7 Pages: 1526-1531 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-

2621.2012.03001.x Published: JUL 2012

Abstract: Response surface methodology (RSM) based on a five-level-three-factor central

composite rotatable design (CCRD) was employed for optimisation of formulation for

production of a soy-fortified millet-based extruded snack. Effects of amount of ingredients such

as ragi (4050%), sorghum (1020%) and soy (515%) on the physical properties like bulk density,

expansion ratio, water absorption index and water solubility index of snacks were investigated.

Significant regression models that explained the effects of different percentages of ragi, sorghum

and soy on all response variables were determined. The coefficients of determination, R2, of all

the response variables were higher than 0.90. Based on the given criteria for optimisation, the

basic formulation for production of millet-based extruded snack with desired sensory quality was

obtained by incorporating with 42.03% ragi, 14.95% sorghum, 12.97% soy and 30% rice.

Accession Number: WOS:000305451500025

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Seth, Dibyakanta A-2669-2016 0000-0003-0477-1809

ISSN: 0950-5423

Record 09 of 38

Title: Effect of substrate and Ca doping on the properties of BiMnO3 thin films by RF

magnetron sputtering

Author(s): Pugazhvadivu, KS (Pugazhvadivu, K. S.); Balakrishnan, L (Balakrishnan, L.);

Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: MATERIALS LETTERS Volume: 77 Pages: 48-

50 DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.02.101 Published: JUN 15 2012

Abstract: Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1) films were grown by radio frequency (RF) magnetron

sputtering on Si (100) and Si (111) substrates. The grown films were characterized by X-ray

diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), vibrating sample magnetometer

(VSM) and dielectric studies. The XRD results indicate that the films are polycrystalline with

monoclinic structure, however the Bi0.9Ca0.1MnO3/Si (100) showed higher crystalline quality

than those developed on Si (111). It has been observed from VSM studies that

Bi0.9Ca0.1MnO3/Si (100) system has high saturation magnetization of 1.0x10(-3) emu/cm(3) at

room temperature (RT) compared to other films. Room temperature dielectric measurement also

shows that Bi0.9Ca0.1MnO3/Si (100) has higher value of dielectric constant compared to the

other films. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000304227900015

ISSN: 0167-577X

Record 10 of 38

Title: Tensile and flexural properties of snake grass natural fiber reinforced isophthallic

polyester composites

Author(s): Sathishkumar, TP (Sathishkumar, T. P.); Navaneethakrishnan, P

(Navaneethakrishnan, P.); Shankar, S (Shankar, S.)

Source: COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 72 Issue: 10 Pages: 1183-

1190 DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.04.001 Published: JUN 8 2012

Abstract: Natural fiber composite materials are one such capable material which replaces the

conventional and synthetic materials for the practical applications where we require less weight

and energy conservation. The present paper, which emphasis the importance of the newly

identified snake grass fibers which are extracted from snake grass plants by manual process. In

this paper, the tensile properties of the snake grass fiber are studied and compared with the

traditionally available other natural fibers. The mixed chopped snake grass fiber reinforced

composite is prepared by using the isophthallic polyester resin and the detailed preparation

methodology is presented. Fiber pull-outs on the fractured specimen during the physical testing

of the composites are also investigated. The experimental evidence also shows that the volume

fraction increases the tensile, flexural strength and modulus of the snake grass fiber reinforce

composite. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000305712300018

ISSN: 0266-3538

Record 11 of 38

Title: Application of eco-friendly natural dye on cotton using combination of mordants

Author(s): Kumaresan, M (Kumaresan, M.); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Kumar, PE

(Kumar, P. E.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF FIBRE & TEXTILE

RESEARCH Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Pages: 194-198 Published: JUN 2012

Abstract: The colour fastness properties of the colourant extracted from the flower of Spathodea

campanulata on cotton have been studied using different combination (1:3,1:1 and 3:1) of

various mordants, such as myrobolan: nickel sulphate, myrobolan: aluminium sulphate,

myrobolan: potassium dichromate, myrobolan: ferrous sulphate and myrobolan: stannous

chloride. The wash, rub, light and perspiration fastness of the dyed samples have been evaluated.

It is found that Spathadia campanulata dye can be successfully used for the dyeing of cotton to

obtain a wide range of colours by using various combinations of mordants. With regards to

colour fastness, test samples exhibit excellent fastness to washing, and rubbing, except for pre-

mordanting using myrobolan: potassium dichromate combination; and good to excellent fastness

to perspiration in both acidic and alkaline media.

Accession Number: WOS:000305822100015

ISSN: 0971-0426

Record 12 of 38

Title: A robust blind image watermarking based on Double Haar Wavelet Transform (DHWT)

Author(s): Maheswari, S (Maheswari, S.); Rameshwaran, K (Rameshwaran, K.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 71 Issue: 5 Pages: 324-329 Published: MAY 2012

Abstract: This study proposes a blind watermarking algorithm based on Double Haar Wavelet

Transform (DHWT) for copyright protection of digital images. Watermark embedding is

performed in wavelet transform domain. DHWT is applied to the original cover image and

binary watermark. Singular value decomposition (SVD) is applied on selected subband of cover

image and binary watermark. Eigen values of selected subband of cover image are replaced by

Eigen values of selected subband of binary watermark, which are multiplied with an appropriate

strength factor. Proposed algorithm achieved very high imperceptibility, evidenced by high

PSNR value for gray scale images, and produced very high robustness against image processing

attacks.

Accession Number: WOS:000303900400003

ISSN: 0022-4456

Record 13 of 38

Title: Studies on structural, electrical and optical properties of dibromo bis(triphenyl phosphine

oxide)cadmium(II) single crystal

Author(s): Sreevani, K (Sreevani, K.); Thangaraj, K (Thangaraj, K.); Ramamurthi, K

(Ramamurthi, K.); Selvanayagam, S (Selvanayagam, S.)

Source: MATERIALS LETTERS Volume: 70 Pages: 67-

69 DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.11.106 Published: MAR 1 2012

Abstract: Single crystals of semi-organic optical material dibromo bis(triphenyl phosphine

oxide)cadmium(II)[CdBr2(-TPPO)(2)] were grown by low temperature solution growth method.

The composition of grown crystals was confirmed on the basis of energy dispersive analysis of

X-ray (EDAX). The optical band gap of the material was calculated from the UV-Visible-NIR

spectral analysis performed. Dielectric constant and dielectric loss were measured as a function

of frequency and temperature. Study confirmed the contribution of space charge polarization.

Also, ac resistivity and conductivity were calculated. The growth features were observed by

etching study. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000300864700020

ISSN: 0167-577X

Record 14 of 38

Title: Propagation of Alfven surface waves along the ionospheric plasma slab with the effect of

gravity

Author(s): Rathinavelu, GD (Rathinavelu, G. D.); Sivaraman, M (Sivaraman, M.)

Source: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D Volume: 66 Issue: 2 Article

Number: 32 DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20163-7 Published: FEB 2012

Abstract: Ionospheric regions connecting the neutral gas atmosphere have been considered to be

an incompressible plasma slab surrounded by incompressible plasma on one side and neutral gas

on the other side. The effect of gravity on Alfven surface waves in the slab geometry is studied.

As a special case, the propagation of ASW along the plasma-neutral gas interface is also

discussed. The existence of two modes of surface waves has been identified and their

characteristic behaviour affected by the gravity has been discussed.

Accession Number: WOS:000300897000026

ISSN: 1434-6060

Record 15 of 38

Title: Improving the Quality of Service Based on Route Stability in MANETs Using Dynamic

Source Routing Protocol

Author(s): Vinothkumar, S (Vinothkumar, S.); Asokan, R (Asokan, R.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2012 THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING

COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (ICCCNT) Book

Series: International Conference on Computing Communication and Network

Technologies Published: 2012

Abstract: A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of nodes or mobile devices that

communicate with each other without any centralized administrator. When a route is broken in

an on-demand routing protocol, route recovery and maintenance procedures are initiated and it

will consume more bandwidth and the delay will be high. To improve the performance of DSR a

simple stability model is used. The stability of the route is analyzed by the received signal

strength. The received signal strength from a node is higher than the threshold value the signal

strength value will be stored in the neighbor information table. Using this information source

select the path with high stability value and thus reduce the path break in intermediate nodes.

Simulation results show improved performance in the throughput and reduce the packet loss,

delay

Accession Number: WOS:000320608600105

Conference Title: 3rd International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking

Technologies (ICCCNT)

Conference Date: JUL 26-28, 2012

Conference Location: Coimbatore, INDIA

ISSN: 2162-7665

Record 16 of 38

Title: Low Power High Speed FIR Filter Design using Null Convention Logic

Author(s): Malathi, D (Malathi, D.); Madheswaran, M (Madheswaran, M.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2012 ANNUAL IEEE INDIA CONFERENCE (INDICON) Book Series: Annual IEEE

India Conference Pages: 879-884 Published: 2012

Abstract: An asynchronous delay insensitive Null Convention Logic (NCL) with dual rail signal

has been used to design an improved low power high speed FIR filter and presented in this paper.

NCL reduces the dynamic power consumption by reducing the switching activity. The power

delay product of FIR filter using both conventional and NCL CMOS model has been estimated

and compared in 90 nm technology with a frequency of 250MHz at 1.2V. Power reduction of

22% is achieved for the supply voltage of 2.5V in NCL CMOs model compared to conventional

CMOS model.

Accession Number: WOS:000319214400163

Conference Title: Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON)

Conference Date: DEC 07-09, 2012

Conference Location: Kochi, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: IEEE

ISSN: 2325-940X

ISBN: 978-1-4673-2270-6

Record 17 of 38

Title: Predicting test effectiveness using performance models in Life Science IT projects

Author(s): Venkatesh (Venkatesh); Cherurveettil, P (Cherurveettil, Priyesh); Thenmozhi, S

(Thenmozhi, S.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 96-100 Published: 2012

Abstract: Testing plays an important role in any project irrespective of the domain. The ability

to test right before it reaches the intended customer matters. Test effectiveness is an important

metric that tracks the ability of the testing team. The efficiency of a tester to cover all aspects of

testing and ensuring 100% coverage determines the quality of the product. There could be

number of factors that influence the test effectiveness. Organizations rely on the quality

assurance team to strategize and plan the testing phase. Past experience in handling similar

testing projects matter. Shifting left, the opportunity to be in pro-active mode helps to improve

the efficiency. Predictive process performance models can be built for test effectiveness. This

paper illustrates the process performance model to predict test effectiveness based on data from

life science project in an organization. [Venkatesh, Priyesh Cherurveettil, Thenmozhi. S,

Balasubramanie. P. Predicting test effectiveness using performance models in Life Science IT

projects. Life Sci J 2012; 9(4): 96-100] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 16

Accession Number: WOS:000316682500016

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 18 of 38

Title: Continuing Issues in the Use of Pesticides for Procuring Life in Developing Countries

Author(s): Venkatesh, J (Venkatesh, J.); Priya, S (Priya, S.); Balasubramaniam, M

(Balasubramaniam, M.); Aarthy, C (Aarthy, C.); Thenmozhi, S (Thenmozhi, S.);

Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 304-308 Published: 2012

Abstract: The basis for pesticide use in agriculture is that costs related with pesticide pollution

are to be reasonable by its benefits, but this is not so apparent. Regarding the benefits by simple

economic analysis has improved pesticide use in agriculture and thus produced pesticide

persuaded public harms. This paper effort to explore the research gaps of the economic and

social concerns of pesticide use in developing countries, predominantly with an example of

India. We contend that although the negative sides of agricultural development. We assume that,

if these difficulties are grasped and accounted for, the remunerations from the current use of

pesticides could be remunerated by the costs of pollution and ill human health. This paper also

explains different pathways and mechanisms for disregarding. In view of prospective and overall

negative impacts of pesticide use, we recommend alternate ways of controlling pests such as

unrestricted unified pest management along with education and training activities. [Venkatesh. J,

Priya. S, Balasubramaniam. M, Aarthy. C, Thenmozhi. S, Balasubramanie. P. Continuing Issues

in the Use of Pesticides for Procuring Life in Developing Countries. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):304-

308]. (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 45

Accession Number: WOS:000316682500044

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 19 of 38

Title: Optimizations of friction stir welding process parameters for the welding of Al-B4C

composite plates using generalized reduced gradient method

Author(s): Kalaiselvan, K (Kalaiselvan, K.); Murugan, N (Murugan, N.)

Edited by: Rajesh R; Ganesh K; Koh SCL

Source: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING OPTIMIZATION AND

COMPUTING Book Series: Procedia Engineering Volume: 38 Pages: 49-

55 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.06.008 Published: 2012

Abstract: Now a days Friction stir Welding (FSW) has become very popular for joining of

aluminium alloys and aluminium based composites. FSW produced the effective joints on the

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) without defects like porosity, interfacial chemical reactions,

reinforcement segregation etc., The desired mechanical properties of the weld can be achieved,

depends on the FSW parameters such as rotational speed (N), welding speed (S), axial force (F)

and the reinforcement content (%R) in the M-MCs. In this study, a mathematical model was

developed to predict the tensile strength friction stir welded Al/B4C joints using SYSTAT

software. The central composite design of four factors and five levels has been used to conduct

the experiments. The optimal process parameters were estimated from the developed regression

equation using Generalized Reduced Gradient (GRG) method. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier

Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Noorul Islam Centre for Higher

Education

Accession Number: WOS:000315044700008

Conference Title: International Conference on Modelling Optimisation and Computing

(ICMOC)

Conference Date: APR 10-11, 2012

Conference Location: Kumarakoil, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Mech Engn, Noorul Islam Ctr Higher Educ

ISSN: 1877-7058

Record 20 of 38

Title: Reflectance Pulse Oximetry Using Single Light Source

Author(s): Kumar, MJ (Kumar, Jyothish M.); Kumar, VA (Kumar, Arun, V)

Edited by: Rajesh R; Ganesh K; Koh SCL

Source: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING OPTIMIZATION AND

COMPUTING Book Series: Procedia Engineering Volume: 38 Pages: 2484-

2490 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.06.293 Published:2012

Abstract: Pulse oximeter is a basic tool to measure oxygen saturation (SaO2), the percentage of

oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2) in total hemoglobin. It is traditionally recommended as a

standard medical device for the care of every general anesthetic, and also has been recommended

as an important care tool for new born infants and patients during surgery. About 20% of the air

they breathe is oxygen. Many situations will be there to care the patients from affecting hypoxia

before it makes harm to them. The situations comprises: in the operating room during anesthesia,

in the post operative recovery, in an ambulance while being transported to the hospital after a

cardiac or pulmonary signs, and in the neonatal care unit to closely monitor a newborn's vital

signs. To monitor heamoglobin levels pulse oximeter helps at ease. It is for these reasons that

pulse oximetry became more important in medical care. Deficiency of oxygen is said to be a

disease called hypoxia. Pulse oximetry is a non-contact(not penetrating) method of determining

blood oxygen saturation level. Transmission and reflectance are two non-invasive techniques to

perform pulse oximetry (SpO2). Reflectance pulse oximetry technique is used here. Existing

system used RED and INFRARED light source. Our propsed system mainly make circuit

simplicity with the help of single light. In this project when light incident on the finger the

reflected light absorbed by photodetector and convert to frequency or voltage. The frequency or

voltage output is amplified and fed to CRO. A waveform generated matched with actual

waveform and validate the result. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-

review under responsibility of Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education

Accession Number: WOS:000315044702055

Conference Title: International Conference on Modelling Optimisation and Computing

(ICMOC)

Conference Date: APR 10-11, 2012

Conference Location: Kumarakoil, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Mech Engn, Noorul Islam Ctr Higher Educ

ISSN: 1877-7058

Record 21 of 38

Title: Design and Implementation of Non Linear System Using Gain Scheduled PI Controller

Author(s): Kumar, DD (Kumar, D. Dinesh); Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.)

Edited by: Rajesh R; Ganesh K; Koh SCL

Source: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING OPTIMIZATION AND

COMPUTING Book Series: Procedia Engineering Volume: 38 Pages: 3105-

3112 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.06.361 Published:2012

Abstract: This paper presents modeling and control of highly non linear system using gain

scheduled PI controller. Interacting spherical two tank system (ISTTS) is considered as non

linear system, where the aim is to control the liquid level of tank. Control of liquid level in

interacting spherical two tank system is highly challenging due to variation in the area of cross

section of ISTTS with change in shape. Transfer function for ISTTS is derived and with the

relationship between ISTTS parameters and PI parameters, gain scheduled PI controller is

implemented. Performance is highlighted by calculating performance indices. (C) 2012

Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Noorul Islam

Centre for Higher Education

Accession Number: WOS:000315044703017

Conference Title: International Conference on Modelling Optimisation and Computing

(ICMOC)

Conference Date: APR 10-11, 2012

Conference Location: Kumarakoil, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Dept Mech Engn, Noorul Islam Ctr Higher Educ

ISSN: 1877-7058

Record 22 of 38

Title: Interactional behavior and relational impact of physicians in healthcare with emotional

intelligence competencies

Author(s): Venkatesh, J (Venkatesh, J.); Balaji, D (Balaji, D.); Thenmozhi, S (Thenmozhi, S.);

Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 2169-2178 Published: 2012

Abstract: The focus of this research article is to examine how the Physician's interactional

behavior namely, listening and explaining behavior is influenced by the patients' loyalty, and

confidence, which are the components of emotional intelligence. This would appear to enhance

its significance as of its kind conducted in the context of an advanced developing economy. The

research enhanced suggests that development of effective communication skills in Physicians

warrants due attention in medical education. Furthermore, the results of this study validate

relevant measurement scales in India's context. Results confirm that the Physician-patient

relationship is positively influenced by the interaction behavior of service providers, i.e.

emotional labors, and further demonstrates that Physicians' interaction behavior is instrumental

in developing an effective relationship with their patients and boosts patients' confidence in their

Physicians. Additionally, effective interaction enhances patients' loyalty to their service

providers. [Venkatesh. J, Balaji. D, Thenmozhi. S and Balasubramanie. P. Interactional behavior

and relational impact of physicians in healthcare with emotional intelligence competencies. Life

Sci J 2012; 9(3): 2169-2178] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 313

Accession Number: WOS:000315724100311

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 23 of 38

Title: DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE PROJECT AND RESOLVING DIFFERENT TYPES

OF RISKS ASSOCIATED

Author(s): Venkatesh, J (Venkatesh, J.); Kumar, DS (Kumar, D. Sathish); Thenmozhi, S

(Thenmozhi, S.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 2435-2440 Published: 2012

Abstract: Manufacturing industries initiated software as vital role, for an accurate product

development and manufacturing, instead of manual operation the system is fully automated and

it gives an error less product, to develop software according to the customer need and

satisfaction, softwares are developed with the customer specifications, in this article it describes

the various risk in the software project development and the solutions to solve the risks. The

purpose of the study is to focus on the different types of risks associated with development of a

software project, to find out the best way to minimize those risks associated with development of

software project and to analyze the impact of the risk factors on the project. A literature review

in prominent academic journals in developing the software and resolving the risk associated and

it has been conducted for the period 1997-2008. The objective is to collect, organize and

synthesize existing knowledge relating to software development and the risk associated in

developing the software. The study has described the different types of risks with development

of software, the impact of the risk process on the project and finding the best way to minimize

those risks with the calculations of percentage analysis and cross tabulation process. The value of

this paper is to define the software development and the risk associated to analyze how research

in this area has evolved during the period 1997-2008 and to recognize some lines of advance

research. [J. Venkatesh, D. Sathish Kumar, S. Thenmozhi and P. Balasubramanie.

DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE PROJECT AND RESOLVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF

RISKS ASSOCIATED. Life Sci J 2012; 9(3): 2435-2440] (ISSN: 1097-8135).

http://www.lifesciencesite.com.351

Accession Number: WOS:000315724100349

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 24 of 38

Title: Detection of reflection in iris images using back propagation

Author(s): Thenmozhi, S (Thenmozhi, S.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.); Venkatesh,

J (Venkatesh, J.); Aarthy, C (Aarthy, C.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 2446-2450 Published: 2012

Abstract: In our work with the help of back propagation and RST algorithm reflection in iris

images are located and removed. From the database the biometric templates from iris images are

extracted which are later used for comparison, this phase is called Iris encoding. A pattern

recognition system with 2 folds is present in order to recognize the image pattern; extract the set

of features from iris using RST [Radial symmetry Transform] algorithm; an inductive classifier

to achieve reflection, detection and location by a pixel by pixel analysis. The use of the FFNN

method instead of the RSBIN or BIN method can achieve a more robust behaviour of the system

with respect to the threshold value. The whole system has been implemented in Mat lab by

exploiting the available Neural Network Toolbox and PROTOCOL. The project description

consists of five modules. An iris image is extracted, reflection is detected and then the feature

extraction, selection and fusion is carried over with classification system and error is estimated.

The RST used focus on neural network as classifiers and this RST is best suited for detection and

localization of reflection. [Thenmozhi. S, Balasubramanie. P, Venkatesh. J, Aarthy. C. Detection

of reflection in iris images using back propagation. Life Sci J 2012;9(3):2446-2450] (ISSN:1097-

8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 353

Accession Number: WOS:000315724100351

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 25 of 38

Title: Conflict Administration in Multicultural Organization: An Informative Life Approach

Author(s): Venkatesh, J (Venkatesh, J.); Kirubaharan, TK (Kirubaharan, T. K.); Sekar, S (Sekar,

S.); Thenmozhi, S (Thenmozhi, S.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 2451-2456 Published: 2012

Abstract: Conflict management is a type of administration which could be administered the

association with the most excellent customs and generates equilibrium flanked by organization

and employees and eradicate the conflict. Usually, conflict administration is the progression of

conflict responsibilities gratitude between intergroup and intergroup and use of conflict methods

for eradicates or replicates conflict for organizational usefulness. This investigate is intended to

commence conflict supervision and how to use its approaches to adjust this occurrence. This

research illustrates that managerial conflict has both informative and disparaging outcome.

Managers should use disagreement administration in each association. The majority conflict

management approach used to control conflict is collaboration between managers and staffs.

Conflict management has important role to make managers triumphant. Even though, a least

amount of conflict is suitable in every association but no directors agree with lawlessness in his

association. [J. Venkatesh, T.K. Kirubaharan, S. Sekar, S. Thenmozhi and P. Balasubramanie.

Conflict Administration in Multicultural Organization: An Informative Life Approach. Life Sci J

2012;9(3):2451-2456] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 354

Accession Number: WOS:000315724100352

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 26 of 38

Title: Efficient contribution of solid state drives [SSD] in it infrastructure power management.

Author(s): Venkatesh, J (Venkatesh, J.); Govindasamy, C (Govindasamy, C.); Thenmozhi, S

(Thenmozhi, S.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 2457-2463 Published: 2012

Abstract: To achieve the goals of creating more competent use of IT assets, sinking power

depletion, and reducing operational overheads, many companies are spinning to server

consolidation and virtualization efforts-accomplishments that upturn server CPU consumption

and cut the amount of isolated servers in IT infrastructure. This paper explains about the efficient

contribution of SSD to reducing power costs in IT infrastructure with replacement of current

HDDs. Power consumption is calculated based on the number of requests per second to storage

area for read and writes access. [Venkatesh. J, Govindasamy. C, Thenmozhi. S, Balasubramanie.

P. Efficient contribution of solid state drives [SSD] in it infrastructure power management. Life

Sci J 2012;9(3):2457-2463] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 355

Accession Number: WOS:000315724100353

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 27 of 38

Title: Impact of Quality of Work Life on Mental Health among Teaching Professionals in Indian

Higher Learning Institutions: An Empirical Analysis

Author(s): Senthilkumar, KG (Senthilkumar, K. G.); Chandrakumaramangalam, S

(Chandrakumaramangalam, S.); Manivannan, L (Manivannan, L.); Malliga, S (Malliga, S.)

Source: LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL-ACTA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

EDITION Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 3398-3404 Published: 2012

Abstract: The rationale behind this study is to determine the level and relationship between

Quality of Work Life (QWL) and Mental Health among teaching professionals in higher learning

institutions of Tamilnadu, India. A survey instrument was used to measure the perception of

teaching professionals concerning their level of QWL and its relationship to mental health. A

total of 320 sets of questionnaire were distributed to teaching professionals in selected faculties

and 164 useable questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. Based upon the study, the

levels of QWL were found to be favorable and Mental Health among staff members was

moderate. Practical implications, limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are

offered. [K. G. Senthilkumar, S. Chandrakumaramangalam, L. Manivannan, S. Malliga. Impact

of Quality of Work Life on Mental Health among Teaching Professionals in Indian Higher

Learning Institutions: An Empirical Analysis. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):3398-3404]. (ISSN: 1097-

8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 504

Accession Number: WOS:000316685600135

ISSN: 1097-8135

Record 28 of 38

Title: An Effective Find and Replicate Strategy for Data Communication in Intermittently

Connected Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Author(s): Poongodi, C (Poongodi, C.); Natarajan, AM (Natarajan, A. M.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS Article

Number: 452686 DOI: 10.1155/2012/452686 Published: 2012

Abstract: ICWASNs are a kind of wireless networks where, due to mobility of nodes and lack

of connectivity, there may be frequent disconnections among the nodes. Hence, the routing path

from the source to destination will not be available always. It is proven that, in these networks,

messages are replicated multiple times in order to withstand the maximum delay and to achieve

high throughput. But these multiple replication-based protocols result in an increase in network

overhead and high resource consumption because of uncontrolled replication. Previous works in

ICWASNs assume that networks will always have multiple partitions, and each message will be

routed using store and forward mechanism. If source and destination are connected, then it is not

needed to replicate multiple copies and waste the resources. We introduce a new simple scheme

which applies single-copy routing if destination is available; else it switches to store and forward

routing. The proposed system tries to reduce the average number of message replications while

increasing the throughput.

Accession Number: WOS:000312853200001

ISSN: 1550-1329

eISSN: 1550-1477

Record 29 of 38

Title: Robust Stabilization Results for TS Fuzzy Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Discrete and

Distributed Time Delays

Author(s): Vadivel, P (Vadivel, P.); Mathiyalagan, K (Mathiyalagan, K.); Sakthivel, R

(Sakthivel, R. .); Thangaraj, P (Thangaraj, P.)

Edited by: Balasubramaniam P; Uthayakumar R

Source: MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION Book

Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science Volume: 283 Pages: 255-

262 Published: 2012

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of stabilization issue for Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy

nonlinear uncertain stochastic systems with discrete and distributed time delays. By utilizing a

Lyapunov functional and employing the linear matrix inequality technique we derived delay-

dependent sufficient conditions for the existence of state feedback controller in the terms of

LMIs, which ensure the robust stabilization of the considered fuzzy system. Further a numerical

example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.

Accession Number: WOS:000311978500027

Conference Title: 2nd International Conference of Mathematical Modelling and Scientific

Computation (ICMMSC 2012)

Conference Date: MAR 16-18, 2012

Conference Location: Gandhigram, INDIA

Conference Sponsors: Deemed Univ, Gandhigram Rural Inst, Dept Math

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Mathiyalagan, Kalidass 0000-0003-2323-3328

ISSN: 1865-0929

ISBN: 978-3-642-28925-5

Record 30 of 38

Title: Improved Techniques for Mammographic Image Compression using Balanced

Multiwavelet Block Tree Coding

Author(s): Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.); Tamilarasi, A (Tamilarasi, A.); Pandian, SC

(Pandian, S. Chenthur)

Source: IETE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Pages: 13-

19 DOI: 10.4103/0377-2063.94076 Published: JAN-FEB 2012

Abstract: The recent innovation in digital medical imaging techniques requires the development

of high-performance storage and image transmission systems. The biggest problem in digital

technology is voluminous amount of data generated. For example, a digital mammographic

image of size 1024x1024 pixels with 8 bits per pixel requires 8.3 Mb for storing it in original

form. Researchers in several studies have demonstrated the need for high rate compression

algorithms for medical imaging applications. But the recently reported image compression

results indicate that Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) is outperformed by scalar wavelets.

However, it often fails to capture high-frequency information accurately. Interestingly,

multiwavelet preserves high-frequency information in mammographic image and provides good

energy compaction. The challenge still remains as to how one can better represent the signal for

achieving the best compression. This paper proposes a solution to the above open problems using

balanced multiwavelet-based image compression. The proposed scheme presents combination of

two novel ideas: A coefficient reorganization suitable to balanced multiwavelet decomposition is

used to regain the parent-child relationship. A block tree coding is used for compression and

reconstruction of multiwavelet transformed image and thus the proposed scheme is called as

Multiwavelet Block Tree Coding (MBTC). This approach yields the advantages of high energy

compaction, PSNR, and a less number of bits for encoding. Balanced multiwavelet-based

compression, with MBTC applied to a set of four mammographic images, achieves an average

PSNR of 43.245 dB against the existing Set Partitioning In Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT)

algorithm which on an average achieves only 34.181 dB for 0.5 bpp bit rate and MBTC requires

encoding bits of 45.565 less than SPIHT encoding.

Accession Number: WOS:000311689600002

ISSN: 0377-2063

Record 31 of 38

Title: Effective sanitization approaches to hide sensitive utility and frequent itemsets

Author(s): Rajalaxmi, RR (Rajalaxmi, R. R.); Natarajan, AM (Natarajan, A. M.)

Source: INTELLIGENT DATA ANALYSIS Volume: 16 Issue: 6 Pages: 933-

951 DOI: 10.3233/IDA-2012-00560 Published: 2012

Abstract: Privacy preserving data mining is a vibrant area in data mining. The sharing of data

between the organizations is found to be beneficial for business growth. However, privacy

policies and threats prevent the data owners from sharing the data for mining. The current data

sanitization approaches focus on hiding either frequent itemsets or utility itemsets separately.

This paper proposes to study the problem of hiding the sensitive utility and frequent itemsets. To

resolve this problem, two effective data sanitization algorithms MSMU and MCRSU are

presented to hide the sensitive utility and frequent itemsets in the modified database. While

hiding the sensitive itemsets, the algorithms sanitize the database with minimum impact on the

non-sensitive itemsets. To accomplish this, MSMU is devised to identify the victim items with

minimum support and maximum utility whereas MCRSU uses conflict ratio. Results from the

computational experiments on the synthetic and real datasets indicate that MCRSU algorithm is

more effective than MSMU in minimizing the non-sensitive itemsets affected as well as

maintaining data quality in the sanitized database.

Accession Number: WOS:000311433000007

ISSN: 1088-467X

Record 32 of 38

Title: Synthesis, growth and characterization of a novel semiorganic nonlinear optical single

crystal: L-Asparagine cadmium chloride monohydrate

Author(s): Masilamani, S (Masilamani, S.); Ilayabarathi, P (Ilayabarathi, P.); Maadeswaran, P

(Maadeswaran, P.); Chandrasekaran, J (Chandrasekaran, J.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: OPTIK Volume: 123 Issue: 14 Pages: 1304-

1306 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.07.063 Published: 2012

Abstract: The semiorganic single crystal of L-asparagine cadmium chloride monohydrate was

grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique at room temperature. The presence of

various functional groups has been identified by using FTIR spectral analysis ranging between

4000 and 400 cm(-1). Chemical composition of the synthesized material was confirmed by

elemental analysis. The crystalline nature of new crystal was confirmed by powder XRD pattern.

The UV-vis-NIR spectroscopic study revealed that the grown crystal has good optical

transmittance. The dielectric constant has been carried out over a frequency range from 100 Hz

to 1 MHz. The mechanical strength was studied using vicker's microhardness tester. (C) 2011

Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000306443400016

ISSN: 0030-4026

Record 33 of 38

Title: Microencapsulation of Colors by Spray Drying - A Review

Author(s): Kandansamy, K (Kandansamy, Kannan); Somasundaram, PD (Somasundaram,

Priyenka Devi)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD

ENGINEERING Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Article Number: 1 DOI: 10.1515/1556-

3758.2647 Published: 2012

Abstract: Color is one of the important attributes of foods being considered as a quality

indicator and determining frequently their acceptance. Many natural pigments like anthocyanin,

lycopenes, betalains etc., are subjected to color loss during storage. Hence in order to increase

the stability of the natural colorants the technology of microencapsulation is involved.

Microencapsulation has been used in recent years for the encapsulation of food ingredients such

as flavours, colors, lipids and milk protein. Among various methods used for microencapsulation

of colors, the technically feasible and cost effective technique is spray drying. This paper reviews

the various concepts of spray drying and various technologies involved in microencapsulation

which are considered to be useful parameters for increasing the stability of natural colorants. It

also summarizes the most commonly used natural colorants which can be encapsulated.

Accession Number: WOS:000305090300001

ISSN: 2194-5764

eISSN: 1556-3758

Record 34 of 38

Title: Polymer Composite-A Potential Biomaterial for the Removal of Reactive Dye

Author(s): Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Agalya, A (Agalya, A.); Sivakumar, P

(Sivakumar, P.)

Source: E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 1823-

1834 Published: 2012

Abstract: Poly Pyrrle saw dust composite was prepared by reinforcement of natural wood saw

dust (obtained from Euphorbia Tirucalli L wood) and Poly Pyrrole matrix phase. The present

study investigates the adsorption behaviour of Poly Pyrrole Saw dust Composite towards reactive

dye. The batch adsorption studies were carried out by varying solution pH, initial dye

concentration, contact time and temperature. The kinetic study showed that adsorption of

Reactive Red by PPC was best represented by pseudo-second order kinetics with ion exchange

adsorption. The equilibrium data were analyzed by Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm model.

The equilibrium isotherm data were fitted well with Langmuir isotherm model. The maximum

monolayer adsorption capacities calculated by Langmuir model were 204.08 mg/g for Reactive

Red at 303 K. The thermodynamic parameters suggest the spontaneous, endothermic nature of

ion exchange adsorption with weak Vader walls force of attraction. Activation energy for the

adsorption of Reactive by Poly Pyrrole Composite was 11.6387 kJ/mole, Isosteric Heat of

adsorption was 48.5454 kJ/mole also supported the ion exchange adsorption process in which

forces of attraction between dye molecules and PPC is weak.

Accession Number: WOS:000303776600020

ISSN: 0973-4945

Record 35 of 38

Title: Comparative Studies of the Adsorption of Direct Dye on Activated Carbon and

Conducting Polymer Composite

Author(s): Baseri, JR (Baseri, J. Raffiea); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Sivakumar, P

(Sivakumar, P.)

Source: E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 1122-

1134 Published: 2012

Abstract: This study analyses the feasibility of removing Direct Blue 71 from aqueous solution

by different adsorbents such as activated carbon (TPAC) and Poly pyrrole polymer composite

(PPC) prepared from Thevetia Peruviana. Batch mode adsorption was performed to investigate

the adsorption capacities of these adsorbents by varying initial dye concentration, temperature,

agitation time and pH. The performance of TPAC was compared with PPC. Among the

adsorbents, PPC had more adsorption capacity (88.24%) than TPAC (58.82%) at an initial

concentration of 50 mg/L and at 30 degrees C. The experimental data best fitted with pseudo

second order kinetic model. The adsorption data fitted well for Langmuir adsorption isotherm.

Thermodynamic parameters for the adsorbents were also evaluated. The carbon embedded in

conducting polymers matrix show better adsorptive properties than activated carbon.

Accession Number: WOS:000302358200011

ISSN: 0973-4945

Record 36 of 38

Title: Application of Polyaniline Nano Composite for the Adsorption of Acid Dye from

Aqueous Solutions

Author(s): Baseri, JR (Baseri, J. Raffiea); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Sivakumar, P

(Sivakumar, P.)

Source: E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 1266-

1275 Published: 2012

Abstract: In this research, Polyaniline coated sawdust (Polyaniline nano composite) was

synthesized via direct chemical polymerization and used as an adsorbent for the removal of acid

dye (Acid Violet 49) from aqueous solutions. The effect of some important parameters such as

pH, initial concentration of dye, contact time and temperature on the removal efficiency was

investigated in batch adsorption system. The adsorption capacity of PAC was high (96.84%) at a

pH of 3-4. The experimental data fitted well for pseudo second order model. Langmuir model is

more appropriate to explain the nature of adsorption with high correlation coefficient. The

Energy of activation from arrehenius plot suggested that the adsorption of AV49 onto PAC

involves physisorption mechanism.

Accession Number: WOS:000302358200028

ISSN: 0973-4945

Record 37 of 38

Title: EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND ADDITIVES ON ELECTRODEPOSITED CoWP

MAGNETIC THIN FILM

Author(s): Sasikumar, D (Sasikumar, D.); Thangaraj, N (Thangaraj, N.); Ganesan, S (Ganesan,

S.); Tamilarasan, K (Tamilarasan, K.)

Source: CHALCOGENIDE LETTERS Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 11-17 Published: JAN

2012

Abstract: CoWP thin films were electrodeposited in the presence of urea as additive and sodium

hypo phosphate as a precursor with a fixed concentration were studied with respect to thickness

of the films. It was electrodeposited in various temperature and current densities and for different

time in order to get uniform deposits. Vibrating sample magnetometer studies indicate the

magnetic saturation(M-s), retentivity (M-r) and coercivity(H-c) of these films. If the temperature

was increased remnant polarization (retentivity M-r) of the film also increased. Additive has

made a favorable change in the magnetic properties of the film. From XRD data crystallite size

of the deposited CoWP and film stress was calculated. Percentage of elemental analysis of

CoWP film was obtained by EDAX. Hardness and adhesion of the deposit was obtained by

Vicker hardness tester method. Surface morphology analysis was carried out using SEM.

Addition of additive should change the morphological structure of the film and produce nano

range of average particles. Difference in magnetic properties and structural characteristics are

discussed.

Accession Number: WOS:000301240800002

ISSN: 1584-8663

Record 38 of 38

Title: Inspection of Faults in Textile Web Materials using Wavelets and ANFIS

Author(s): Venkatesan, B (Venkatesan, B.); Ragupathy, US (Ragupathy, U. S.); Vidhyalakshmi,

P (Vidhyalakshmi, P.); Vinoth, B (Vinoth, B.)

Book Group Author(s): IEEE

Source: 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE VISION AND IMAGE

PROCESSING (MVIP) Pages: 189-192 Published: 2012

Abstract: Quality is the watchword of any type of business. A product without quality leads to

loss and lack of customer satisfaction. This is true in case of textile industries also. Textile

manufacturing is a process of converting various types of fibers into yarn, which in turn woven

into fabric. Weaving process is used to produce the fabric or cloth by interlacing two distinct set

of yarn threads namely warp and weft yarn. In textile industries, quality inspection is one of the

major problems for fabric manufacturers. At present, the fault detection is done manually after

production of a sufficient amount of fabric. The fabric obtained from the production machine are

batched into larger rolls and subjected to the inspection frame. The nature of the work is very

dull and repetitive. Due to manual inspection of the manufactured fabric, there is a possibility of

human errors with high inspection time, hence it is uneconomical. This paper proposed a PC-

based inspection system with benefits of low cost and high detection rate. Both normal and faulty

images are processed and features are extracted by using Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix

(GLCM) and classification is done using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS).

Proposed scheme performs 36.66% better than the existing microcontroller based classification

system.

Accession Number: WOS:000329585000047

Conference Title: International Conference on Machine Vision and Image Processing (MVIP)

Conference Date: DEC 14-15, 2012

Conference Location: Taipei, TAIWAN

Conference Sponsors: IEEE Madras Sect, PSG Coll Technol, Dept Instrumentat & Control Syst

Engn

ISBN: 978-1-4673-2321-5

2011

Record 01 of 25

Title: A study on reverse osmosis permeating treatment for yarn dyeing effluent using fuzzy

linear regression model

Author(s): Arulchinnappan, S (Arulchinnappan, S.); Rajendran, G (Rajendran, G.)

Source: AFRICAN JOURNAL OFBIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 10 Issue: 78 Pages: 17969-

17972 DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.561 Published: DEC 7 2011

Abstract: This paper presents a fuzzy linear regression model for estimation of reverse osmosis

permeating parameters conditions. The proposed model can effectively take on non-crisp, fuzzy

and crisp data. This study model used for estimation of reverse osmosis permeating parameters

data from Tirupur examines the variables that contribute to the deterioration of membrane. This

result demonstrates the capability and effectiveness of the proposed model to assign membrane.

The study system requires an accurate and efficient prediction model.

Accession Number: WOS:000298556600009

ISSN: 1684-5315

Record 02 of 25

Title: New approach to solve symmetric fully fuzzy linear systems

Author(s): Senthilkumar, P (Senthilkumar, P.); Rajendran, G (Rajendran, G.)

Source: SADHANA-ACADEMY PROCEEDINGS IN ENGINEERING

SCIENCES Volume: 36 Issue: 6 Pages: 933-940 Published: DEC 2011

Abstract: In this paper, we present a method to solve fully fuzzy linear systems with symmetric

coefficient matrix. The symmetric coefficient matrix is decomposed into two systems of

equations by using Cholesky method and then a solution can be obtained. Numerical examples

are given to illustrate our method.

Accession Number: WOS:000299557400001

ISSN: 0256-2499

Record 03 of 25

Title: Single factorial experimental design for decolorizing anaerobically treated distillery spent

wash using cladosporium cladosporioides

Author(s): Ravikumar, R (Ravikumar, R.); Vasanthi, NS (Vasanthi, N. S.); Saravanan, K

(Saravanan, K.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 97-106 Published: WIN 2011

Abstract: This study presents the standardization of nutrient concentration, pH and temperature

required to decolorize the anerobically treated distillery spent wash using the fungus

Cladosporium cladosporioides. Experiments were carried out to measure the decolorization of

distillery spent wash effluent and it was found to be effective in acidic environment. From the

results it was observed that a maximum color reduction of 52.6% and Chemichal Oxygen

Demand. removal of 62.5% were achieved. The optimum conditions required for the growth of

the fungus was found to be 5 g/L of fructose, 3 g/L of peptone, 5 pH and 35 degrees C. It was

also observed that during the process a maximum of 1.2 g of fungal growth was attained.

Decolorizing ability of the fungus was confirmed using spectrophotometer and High

Performance Liquid Chromatography analysis. Single factorial experimental design was used to

optimize the parameters. Apart from decolorization it was observed that fungus also has the

ability to degrade the spent wash efficiently. This investigation could be an approach towards

control of environmental pollution and health hazards of people in and around the distillery unit.

Accession Number: WOS:000285544500009

ISSN: 1735-1472

Record 04 of 25

Title: Application of reverse osmosis membrane system for treatment of effluent in textile

knitted fabric dyeing

Author(s): Kumar, MR (Kumar, Ramesh M.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.)

Source: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF

BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 10 Issue: 70 Pages: 15756-

15762 DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.117 Published: NOV 9 2011

Abstract: The world's water is found in oceans, seas, lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams,

glaciers and snowcaps in the Polar Regions, in addition to ground water below the land areas.

The water locked up in the oceans and seas are too salty and cannot be used directly for human

consumption, that is, for domestic, agricultural or industrial purposes. The textile industry

consumes a vast quantity of water and generates an equally vast quantity of waste water. This

work mainly focused on the treatment of wastewater from the textile knitted fabric dyeing

industry. The membrane selection process was theoretically designed using well known design

software, like KOCH and ROSA. To design the treatment plant system based on the analytical

report and software membrane, reverse osmosis (RO) system was used. To compare the

experimental and theoretical (KOCH and ROSA software) values for the characteristics of

knitted fabric dyeing effluent, the results revealed that the KOCH software membrane shows

more recovery, high TDS reduction, less power consumption and low investment cost than

ROSA type membrane in the treatment of effluent from knitted fabric dyeing.

Accession Number: WOS:000298555900013

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Wu, Junhui H-1203-2011

ISSN: 1684-5315

Record 05 of 25

Title: A fuzzy analytic hierarchy processing decision support system to analyze occupational

menace forecasting the spawning of shoulder and neck pain

Author(s): Padma, T (Padma, T.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS Volume: 38 Issue: 12 Pages: 15303-

15309 DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.06.037 Published: NOV-DEC 2011

Abstract: This research provides an analytical tool, fuzzy decision support system (FDSS), to

find the precedence of jeopardy in occupations spawning shoulder and neck pain (SNP), an

important musculoskeletal disorder and the most ubiquitous pain complaint in an occupational

environment. FOSS evaluates and prioritizes the relative importance of the imprecise, uncertain

and vague nature of risk factors causing occupational SNP. The objective involves derivation of

mechanical-, physical- and psychosocial-related risk categories using knowledge acquisition

implemented by identifying the risk factors through literature analysis, conventional and concept

mapping interviews with expert neurologists, orthopedists, psychologists and physiotherapists.

Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process is applied as an evaluation tool to measure the significance of

the risk factors in each occupation. The results indicate that the proposed system supplements

SNP diagnosis experts with more precise key decision support information. This assists health

care organizations to systematically identify appropriate occupations that grounds high risk for

the occurrence of SNP and so the curative practices can be executed effectively. (C) 2011

Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000295193400100

ISSN: 0957-4174

Record 06 of 25

Title: Synthesis, growth, structural, optical and thermal properties of a new semiorganic

nonlinear optical guanidinium perchlorate single crystal

Author(s): Sivashankar, V (Sivashankar, V.); Siddheswaran, R (Siddheswaran, R.);

Murugakoothan, P (Murugakoothan, P.)

Source: MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Volume: 130 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 323-

326 DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.06.053 Published: OCT 17 2011

Abstract: The guanidinium perchlorate crystals were grown from aqueous solution by low

temperature solution growth technique. The cell parameter values were found out using X-ray

diffraction analysis. The presence of chlorine in guanidine perchlorate was estimated

qualitatively by FTIR analysis. The optical transmittance window and the lower cutoff

wavelength have been identified by UV-vis-NIR spectral analysis. Second harmonic generation

efficiency is found to be 1.5 times that of KDP. Thermal stability of the crystal was investigated

using thermo-gravimetric analysis. Microhardness studies were carried out using Leitz-Wetzler

hardness tester at room temperature. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000295601700053

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

R, Siddheswaran C-6748-2012 0000-0003-1866-326X

ISSN: 0254-0584

eISSN: 1879-3312

Record 07 of 25

Title: Iodine/AcCl-catalyzed Prins-Ritter reaction: Synthesis of 4-amido tetrahydropyrans

Author(s): Srinivasan, P (Srinivasan, P.); Perumal, PT (Perumal, P. T.); Raja, S (Raja, S.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY SECTION B-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

INCLUDING MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 50 Issue: 8 Pages: 1083-

1091 Published: AUG 2011

Abstract: Homoallylic alcohols, carbonyl compounds and nitriles undergo a smooth tandem

Prins-Ritter type cyclization in the presence of iodine/AcCl at room temperature to produce 4-

acetamido tetrahydropyrans in high yields with all cis-selectivity.

Accession Number: WOS:000294237400002

Author Identifiers:

Author ResearcherID Number ORCID Number

Perumal, Paramasivan D-1583-2010

ISSN: 0376-4699

Record 08 of 25

Title: PREDICTION OF GAS HOLD-UP IN A COMBINED LOOP AIR LIFT FLUIDIZED

BED REACTOR USING NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS

Author(s): Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam, Sivakumar); Palaniappan, A (Palaniappan,

Akilamudhan); Kandasamy, S (Kandasamy, Senthilkumar); Kandasamy, K (Kandasamy,

Kannan)

Source: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

QUARTERLY Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Pages: 375-

383 DOI: 10.2298/CICEQ110401024V Published: JUL-SEP 2011

Abstract: Many experiments have been conducted to study the hydrodynamic characteristics of

column reactors and loop reactors. In this present work, a novel combined loop airlift fluidized

bed reactor was developed to study the effect of superficial gas and liquid velocities, particle

diameter, fluid properties on gas holdup by using Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids.

Compressed air was used as gas phase. Water, 5% n-butanol, various concentrations of glycerol

(60 and 80%) were used as Newtonian liquids, and different concentrations of carboxy methyl

cellulose aqueous solutions (0.25, 0.6 and 1.0%) were used as non-Newtonian liquids. Different

sizes of spheres, Bead saddles and Raschig rings were used as solid phases. From the

experimental results, it was found that the increase in superficial gas velocity increases the gas

holdup, but it decreases with increase in superficial liquid velocity and viscosity of liquids.

Based on the experimental results a correlation was developed to predict the gas hold-up for

Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids for a wide range of operating conditions at a

homogeneous flow regime where the superficial gas velocity is approximately less than 5 cm/s.

Accession Number: WOS:000296947800015

ISSN: 1451-9372

eISSN: 2217-7434

Record 09 of 25

Title: Design and analysis of piezoactuated micropump for fuel delivery in automobiles

Author(s): Chandika, S (Chandika, S.); Asokan, R (Asokan, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 70 Issue: 6 Pages: 448-454 Published: JUN 2011

Abstract: This study presents piezo actuated valveless micropump, designed for fuel delivery in

automobiles, to determine dimensions of piezo actuated micropump, to direct PZT actuated

valveless micropump fabrication and to reduce fabrication cost. Complete piezo ceramic actuator

is designed and analyzed by using INTELLISUITE software. From simulation results, optimal

dimensions of piezo ceramic actuator (diameter and thickness for piezo disc, silicon diaphragm)

are selected. This paper also focuses on vibration characteristics of PZT actuator using

Thermoelectromechnical analysis.

Accession Number: WOS:000291519800007

ISSN: 0022-4456

Record 10 of 25

Title: Non-conventional low-cost adsorbent from Euphorbia antiquorum L for the removal of

Direct Blue 53 from its aqueous solution

Author(s): Sivakumar, P (Sivakumar, P.); Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.)

Source: INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Pages: 188-196 Published: MAY 2011

Abstract: This paper reports the adsorption potential of activated carbon prepared from

Euphorbia antiquarian L wood by H3PO4 impregnation in batch mode experiments. The effects

of various process controlling parameters such as solution pH. adsorbate concentration and

temperature are analyzed. Maximum of 58.40 mg/g of dye adsorbed at a pH of 2.0 and the

adsorption decreases with increase in pH. Various kinetic and isotherm models are employed to

analyze the feasibility and mechanism of adsorption. The prepared adsorbent removed 145.45

mg/g of dye at an initial dye concentration of 100 mg/L, and the kinetics obeys pseudo second

order. Freundlich isotherm fits exceptionally well with good r(2) value. Thermodynamic

parameters like Delta G degrees, Delta H degrees and Delta S degrees are evaluated. The

positive enthalpy proves that the adsorption process is endothermic in nature. Experiments arc

also performed for recovery of dye loaded carbon through regeneration as a function of OH, the

maximum desorption occurs at a pH of 10 is only 19.29%. The prepared sorbent can be

conveniently employed for the colour removal as its adsorptive capacity is comparable with

commercial adsorbents.

Accession Number: WOS:000292795300004

ISSN: 0971-457X

Record 11 of 25

Title: Crystal growth and characterization of dibromo bis(triphenylphosphine oxide) cadmium

(II)

Author(s): Sreevani, K (Sreevani, K.); Thangaraj, K (Thangaraj, K.); Ramamurthi, K

(Ramamurthi, K.); Selvanayagam, S (Selvanayagam, S.); Ravikumar, K (Ravikumar, K.)

Source: JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH Volume: 322 Issue: 1 Pages: 78-

83 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.03.018 Published: MAY 1 2011

Abstract: Single crystals of semi-organic nonlinear optical material, dibromo

bis(triphenylphosphine oxide) cadmium(II) (CdBr2(TPPO)(2)) were grown by low temperature

solution growth method. The synthesized material was purified by the process of repeated

recrystallization. Prepared compound was confirmed using Fourier transform infrared and proton

NMR spectral analyses. The unit cell dimensions were determined by single crystal X-ray

diffraction studies. Single crystal X-ray diffraction study shows that CdBr2(TPPO)(2)

crystallizes in the triclinic system. The grown crystal was characterized by UV-vis-NIR and

micro hardness studies. The thermal stability of CdBr2(TPPO)(2) was estimated from the

thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses. The second harmonic generation efficiency

of powdered CdBr2(TPPO)(2) was determined for CdBr2(TPPO)(2) by the Kurtz and Perry

method and is similar to 1.2 times that of potassium dihydrogen phosphate. (C) 2011 Elsevier

B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000290186200016

ISSN: 0022-0248

eISSN: 1873-5002

Record 12 of 25

Title: Photocatalytic Removal of Azo Dye and Anthraquinone Dye Using TiO2 Immobilised on

Ceramic Tiles

Author(s): Palanisamy, PN (Palanisamy, P. N.); Kavitha, SK (Kavitha, S. K.)

Source: E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Pages: 581-

586 Published: APR 2011

Abstract: The photocatalytic activity of TiO2 immobilized on different supports; cement and

ceramic tile, was studied to decolorize two commercial dyes. The catalyst was immobilised by

two different techniques, namely, slurry method on ceramic tile and powder scattering on

cement. The degradation of the dyes was carried out using UV and solar irradiation. The

comparative efficiency of the catalyst immobilised on two different supports was determined.

The photodegradation process was monitored by UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The catalyst

immobilised on ceramic tile was found to be better than the catalyst immobilised on cement.

Experimental results showed that both illumination and the catalyst were necessary for the

degradation of the dyes and UV irradiation is more efficient compared to solar irradiation.

Accession Number: WOS:000290323700017

ISSN: 0973-4945

Record 13 of 25

Title: Immobilized Enzyme Lipase Catalyzed Transesterification of Olive Oil in Packed Column

Reactor

Author(s): Jenish, S (Jenish, S.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.); Venkatesan, S (Venkatesan, S.)

Source: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 1060-

1064 Published: MAR 2011

Abstract: Transesterification reaction was performed using triglycerides and short-chain alcohol

by immobilized lipase. Olive oil was used as a substrate for the transesterification reaction. The

long-chain fatty acid ester, which is the product of this reaction, can be used as a diesel fuel

which doesn't produce sulfur oxide and minimize the soot particulate. Immobilized enzyme

lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed the highest activity in this reaction. Immobilization

of lipase was carried out using sodium alginate beads as a carrier. The activity of immobilized

lipase was highly increased in comparison with free lipase. Immobilized enzyme could be

repeatedly used without troublesome method of separation and the decrease in its activity was

not largely observed. The reaction was carried out in a packed column with beads packed to a

height of 12 cm. The conversion is very good and the separation of the product is also simple in

this enzymatic route. Since the lipase is immobilized it can be used for several cycles and the

process is also economical.

Accession Number: WOS:000288465000025

ISSN: 0970-7077

Record 14 of 25

Title: Treatment of textile effluent by fly ash and reusing of colour adsorbed fly ash

Author(s): Chandrasekaran, P (Chandrasekaran, P.); Malathy, R (Malathy, R.)

Source: JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH Volume: 70 Issue: 3 Pages: 235-239 Published: MAR 2011

Abstract: In this study, fly ash from thermal power plant was used as adsorbent for dye effluent

emitted from textile processing industries. Sludge [colour adsorbed fly ash (CAF)] from packed

column was used to replace cement in different proportions in concrete. CAF concrete was not

found equal to strength of conventional concrete but it was above the standard level and

comparable. Durability test gave satisfactory results.

Accession Number: WOS:000288472500010

ISSN: 0022-4456

Record 15 of 25

Title: Domain experts' knowledge-based intelligent decision support system in occupational

shoulder and neck pain therapy

Author(s): Padma, T (Padma, T.); Balasubramanie, P (Balasubramanie, P.)

Source: APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Pages: 1762-

1769 DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2010.05.019 Published: MAR 2011

Abstract: This research develops a fuzzy knowledge-based decision support system (FKBDSS)

that measures and predicts the degree of severity of the work-related risk associated with

shoulder and neck pain (SNP) that is a prevalent pain complaint in an occupational environment.

Assessing the harshness of SNP is a dreary chore, since the risk factors are featured with

imprecision, uncertainty and vagueness. Predicting SNP subjective risk level provides key

decision support information to medical practitioners in diagnosis. The objective involves

knowledge acquisition performed through literature analysis, traditional and concept mapping

interviews with domain experts comprising neurologist, orthopaedist, psychologist and

physiotherapist to identify risk factors that include mechanical, physical and psychosocial

categories. The determination of ranking the relative factor importance has accomplished using

analytic hierarchy processing (AHP) analysis. The linguistic variables that qualify risk levels are

quantified using fuzzy set theory (FST) that provides linguistic and numeric value outputs to

predict the hazard level of SNP. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000286373200028

ISSN: 1568-4946

eISSN: 1872-9681

Record 16 of 25

Title: Analyzing the performance of fuzzy cognitive maps with non-linear hebbian learning

algorithm in predicting autistic disorder

Author(s): Kannappan, A (Kannappan, Arthi); Tamilarasi, A (Tamilarasi, A.); Papageorgiou, EI

(Papageorgiou, E. I.)

Source: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Pages: 1282-

1292 DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.06.069 Published: MAR 2011

Abstract: The soft computing technique of fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) for modeling and

predicting autistic spectrum disorder has been proposed. The FCM models the behavior of a

complex system and is used to develop new knowledge based system applications. FCM

combines the robust properties of fuzzy logic and neural networks. To overwhelm the limitations

and to improve the efficiency of FCM, a good learning method of unsupervised training could be

applied. A decision system based on human knowledge and experience with a FCM trained using

unsupervised non-linear hebbian learning algorithm is proposed here. Through this work the

hebbian algorithm on non-linear units is used for training FCMs for the autistic disorder

prediction problem. The investigated approach serves as a guide in determining the prognosis

and in planning the appropriate therapies to special children. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights

reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000284863200002

ISSN: 0957-4174

Record 17 of 25

Title: Treatment of pulp and paper industry bleaching effluent by electrocoagulant process

Author(s): Sridhar, R (Sridhar, R.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Immanuel, VP (Immanuel,

V. Prince); Maran, JP (Maran, J. Prakash)

Source: JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Volume: 186 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 1495-

1502 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.028 Published: FEB 28 2011

Abstract: The experiments were carried out in an electrocoagulation reactor with aluminum as

sacrificial electrodes. The influence of electrolysis time, current density. pH, NaCl concentration,

rotational speed of the stirrer and electrode distance on reduction of color. COD and BOD were

studied in detail. From the experimental results, 15 mA/cm(2) current density. pH of 7, 1 g/l

NaCl, 100 rpm, 28 degrees C temperature and 3 cm electrode distance were found to be optimum

for maximum reduction of color, COD and BOD. The reduction of color, COD and ROD under

the optimum condition were found to be 94%, 90% and 87% respectively. The electrode energy

consumption was calculated and found to be varied from 10.1 to 12.9 kWh/m(3) depending on

the operating conditions. Under optimal operating condition such as 15 mA/cm(2) current

density, pH of 7.1 g/l NaCl, 100 rpm, 28 degrees C temperature and 3 cm electrode distance, the

operating cost was found to be 1.56 US $/m(3). The experimental results proved that the

electrocoagulation is a suitable method for treating bleaching plant effluents for reuse. (C) 2010

Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Accession Number: WOS:000288344000071

PubMed ID: 21227578

ISSN: 0304-3894

Record 18 of 25

Title: COD reduction studies of paper mill effluent using a batch recirculation electrochemical

method

Author(s): Kannadasan, T (Kannadasan, T.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V); Basha, CA (Basha,

Ahmed C.); Parwate, AV (Parwate, Arun V.); Senthilkumar, K (Senthilkumar, K.); Kannan, K

(Kannan, K.)

Source: POLISH JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Pages: 37-41 DOI: 10.2478/v10026-011-0034-

5 Published: 2011

Abstract: The conventional method of treating pulp and paper mill effluent involves the

biological oxidation by bacterial action of aerobic and anaerobic conditions and aerobic

lagooning method, which are less efficiency of removing COD. To overcome the drawbacks of

the existing treatment process, in the present work an attempt has been made to study the electro

oxidative destruction of the pulp and paper mill effluent using an electrochemical method and the

effect of various parameters such as concentration of supporting electrolytes, current densities,

flow rates of electrolyte and reservoir volumes of the effluent were conducted. From the

experimental results it is observed that the rate of reduction of COD of the effluent increased

with an increase in the supporting electrolyte (sodium chloride) concentration, current density

where as it decreased with increase in the reservoir volume and the flow rate of electrolyte. The

residence time distributions studies have also been conducted to study the behavior of the

electrochemical reactor.

Accession Number: WOS:000295918800007

ISSN: 1509-8117

Record 19 of 25

Title: A new approach to geographic routing for location aided cluster based MANETs

Author(s): Mangai, S (Mangai, SenthilVelmurugan); Tamilarasi, A (Tamilarasi, Angamuthu)

Source: EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND

NETWORKING Article Number: 18 DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2011-18 Published: 2011

Abstract: Routing has been the main challenge for ad hoc networks due to dynamic topology as

well as resource constraints. Completely GPS(Global Positioning System) free as well as GPS

scarce positioning systems for wireless, mobile, ad-hoc networks has been proposed recently by

many authors. High computational overhead and high mobility of the nodes typically require

completely GPS enabled MANETs for higher performance. In this article, Improved Location

aided Cluster based Routing Protocol (ILCRP) for GPS enabled MANETs has been evaluated for

performance metrics such as end to end delay, control overhead, and packet delivery ratio. Use

of cluster based routing as well as exact location information of the nodes in ILCRP reduces the

control overhead resulting in higher packet delivery ratio. GPS utility in nodes reduces the end to

end delay even during its high mobility. Simulations are performed using NS2 by varying the

mobility (speed) of nodes as well as number of the nodes. The results illustrate that ILCRP

performs better compared to other protocols.

Accession Number: WOS:000294914600001

ISSN: 1687-1499

Record 20 of 25

Title: Hydrodynamic Studies on Three-Phase Combined (Internal & External) Loop Airlift

Fluidized Bed Reactor Using Newtonian and non-Newtonian Liquids: Minimum Fluidization

Velocity and Liquid Holdup

Author(s): Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam, Sivakumar); Palaniappan, A (Palaniappan,

Akilamudhan); Kandasamy, K (Kandasamy, Kannan)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR

ENGINEERING Volume: 9 Article Number: A79 Published: 2011

Abstract: A novel combined airlift loop fluidized bed reactor was proposed in this work. The

internal and external loops were combined and the hydrodynamic parameters like minimum

fluidization velocity and liquid holdup were studied for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.

Studies were conducted using Newtonian fluids of water, n-butanol, 60% and 80% glycerol and

non - Newtonian fluids such as 0.25%, 0.6% and 1.0% Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC)

aqueous solutions were employed in the liquid phases. Spheres, Bearl saddle and Raschig ring

with different sizes were used as solid phase. The experimental results indicated that the increase

in particle size and sphericity increased minimum fluidization velocity whereas increase in

superficial gas velocity decreased minimum fluidization velocity. In addition, the liquid holdup

increased with increase in particle size and superficial liquid velocity. Furthermore, an increase

in superficial gas velocity decreased the liquid holdup for Newtonian and non-Newtonian

systems. Two separate correlations were developed to predict the minimum fluidization velocity

and liquid holdup based on the experimental results for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian

liquids for a wide range of operating conditions. The capability of the proposed correlation for

minimum fluidization velocity and liquid holdup was examined and reasonable agreement

between predicted and experimental results of Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids suggested

the applicability of the proposed correlations.

Accession Number: WOS:000294467500004

ISSN: 1542-6580

Record 21 of 25

Title: CDM-BASED PI-P CONTROL STRATEGY IN pH NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEM

Author(s): Meenakshipriya, B (Meenakshipriya, B.); Saravanan, K (Saravanan, K.);

Somasundaram, S (Somasundaram, S.); Kanthabhabha, P (Kanthabhabha, P.)

Source: INSTRUMENTATION SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY Volume: 39 Issue: 3 Pages: 273-287 Article Number: PII

937754966 DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2011.564701 Published: 2011

Abstract: In this work, a PI-P control strategy based on the coefficient diagram method (CDM)

is proposed. The proposed CDM-PI-P control strategy is tested with the pH neutralization

system. The system is modeled as first order plus time delay (FOPTD) transfer function using the

experimental step test method. Closed loop simulations are carried out at two different critical

operating points and the servo performance of the CDM-PI-P controller in terms of integral

square error (ISE), integral absolute error (IAE), total variation (TV), and time domain

specifications are reported. The results of the proposed control strategy are compared with other

conventional PI control techniques.

Accession Number: WOS:000290988900004

ISSN: 1073-9149

Record 22 of 25

Title: Performance and Exhaust Emissions of a Diesel Engine Using Hybrid Fuel with an

Artificial Neural Network

Author(s): Shanmugam, P (Shanmugam, P.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Murugesan, A

(Murugesan, A.); Ilangkumaran, M (Ilangkumaran, M.)

Source: ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS Volume: 33 Issue: 15 Pages: 1440-

1450 DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2010.539085 Published: 2011

Abstract: This study deals with artificial neural network modeling to predict the performance

and exhaust emissions of the diesel engine using hybrid fuel. A single cylinder, four-stroke diesel

engine was fueled with hybrid fuel and operated at different load conditions to acquire data for

training and testing the proposed artificial neural network model. About 70% of the acquired

experimental data were used in the view of training while the other 30% was used for testing the

proposed model. The artificial neural network model was developed on the basis of standard

back propagation algorithm. The developed artificial neural network model predicts the

performance and exhaust emissions of the diesel engine with a correlation coefficient of 0.975-

0.999 and a low root mean square error. The present study reveals that the artificial neural

network approach could be confidently used to predict the performance and emissions of the

diesel engine accurately.

Accession Number: WOS:000290790000004

ISSN: 1556-7036

Record 23 of 25

Title: Studies on Minimum Fluidization Velocity and Liquid Hold in an Internal Loop Airlift

Fluidized Bed Reactor

Author(s): Venkatachalam, S (Venkatachalam, Sivakumar); Palianiappan, A (Palianiappan,

Akilamudhan); Kandasamy, S (Kandasamy, Senthilkumar)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR

ENGINEERING Volume: 9 Article Number: A72 Published: 2011

Abstract: The influence of superficial gas and liquid velocities, particle diameter and sphericity,

physical and rheological properties of liquids on minimum fluidization velocity and liquid

holdup were studied in an internal loop airlift fluidized bed reactor. Spheres, Bearl saddles and

Raschig rings were used as solid phases. Water, n-Butanol, two concentrations of Glycerol (60

and 80%) were used as Newtonian liquids and three concentrations (0.25%, 0.6% and 1.0%) of

Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC) solutions were used as non-Newtonian liquids. Superficial gas

velocity was varied from 0.142 x 10(-3) m/s to 5.662 x 10(-3) m/s and superficial liquid velocity

was varied from 0.001 to 0.12 m/s. The experimental results showed that increase in particle size

and sphericity increased minimum fluidization velocity whereas increase in superficial gas

velocity decreased minimum fluidization velocity. The liquid holdup increased with increase in

particle size and superficial liquid velocity. An increase in superficial gas velocity decreased the

liquid holdup for Newtonian and non-Newtonian systems. Based on the experimental results

separate correlations were developed for the prediction of minimum fluidization velocity and

liquid holdup for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids for a wide range of operating

conditions.

Accession Number: WOS:000293440300013

ISSN: 1542-6580

Record 24 of 25

Title: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DIESEL ENGINE USING HYBRID FUEL BLENDS

Author(s): Shanmugam, P (Shanmugam, P.); Sivakumar, V (Sivakumar, V.); Murugesan, A

(Murugesan, A.); Umarani, C (Umarani, C.)

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN

ENERGY Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Pages: 655-

668 DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2011.588891 Published: 2011

Abstract: In this study, ethyl ester of pungamia oil is added as an additive to prevent separation

of bioethanol from diesel. Stability, fuel properties, performance, and emission characteristics of

the blended fuels were investigated and compared with base diesel. The result of the tests shows

that brake thermal efficiency of the engine was almost equal to that of base diesel. It was

observed that the exhaust gas temperature and Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the blends

were lower than those of base diesel. The oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and smoke emissions were

decreased upto 15% and 12% respectively with an increase of bioethanol upto 25% in the blends

as compared with the base diesel. However, a slight increase in hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon

monoxide (CO) emissions were observed. It can be concluded from the analysis of experimental

results that the blend mixture E20P10D70 could be effectively used as a hybrid fuel in the

existing compression ignition engine without any hardware modification.

Accession Number: WOS:000299742600005

ISSN: 1543-5075

eISSN: 1543-5083

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Title: TECHNICAL NOTE: DEVELOPMENT OF BIOCOMPOSITE CONCRETE PANELS

FOR LOW-COST HOUSING

Author(s): Sivaraja, M (Sivaraja, M.); Saravanan, R (Saravanan, R.)

Source: WOOD AND FIBER SCIENCE Volume: 43 Issue: 1 Pages: 90-91 Published: JAN

2011

Abstract: This study focused on the possibility of developing biocomposite concrete panels with

coir fibers to be used as a low-cost construction alternative. Coir fibers were used to completely

replace steel reinforcement and natural resin was the binding material. Two types of

biocomposite panels with single and double layers of woven coir fiber were developed. The

performance of the biocomposite for both wall and slab panels was evaluated under flexural and

axial-compression loadings.

Accession Number: WOS:000286860500010

ISSN: 0735-6161