International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
An Investigation of Optimized Operational Parameters for a Chicken Slaughteri...drboon
A 500 birds/hour chicken slaughtering system with improved designs was used to investigate optimized operational parameters of scalding and defeathering process under chicken characteristics in Vietnam. The experiment is designed based on Orthogonal Second-order Design. Results of analysis of variance presented that scalding temperature and distance between two defeathering bands have had a most significant effect on product quality. The optimal solutions showed that the optimized operation parameters are 1.8 (m3/20birds) in scalding water flow, 67 (0C) in scalding temperature and 80 (seconds) in scalding time for scalding machine; and 415 (mm) in gap between two defeathering bands, 340 (rpm) in defeathering disc velocity and 120 (seconds) in defeathering time for defeathering machine. The implementation results of the lines designed based on these optimized operational parameters have confirmed the appropriateness for the optimization values suggested.
An Investigation of Optimized Operational Parameters for a Chicken Slaughteri...drboon
A 500 birds/hour chicken slaughtering system with improved designs was used to investigate optimized operational parameters of scalding and defeathering process under chicken characteristics in Vietnam. The experiment is designed based on Orthogonal Second-order Design. Results of analysis of variance presented that scalding temperature and distance between two defeathering bands have had a most significant effect on product quality. The optimal solutions showed that the optimized operation parameters are 1.8 (m3/20birds) in scalding water flow, 67 (0C) in scalding temperature and 80 (seconds) in scalding time for scalding machine; and 415 (mm) in gap between two defeathering bands, 340 (rpm) in defeathering disc velocity and 120 (seconds) in defeathering time for defeathering machine. The implementation results of the lines designed based on these optimized operational parameters have confirmed the appropriateness for the optimization values suggested.
Design, construction and performance evaluation of an electric powered egg in...eSAT Journals
Abstract Poultry production is a lucrative business in Nigeria but inadequate hatchery machines limit the expansion and make poultry products for instance day old chicks more expensive. At the moment, few commercially owned poultry hatcheries in Nigeria are located distance far away in the western and Eastern parts of the country. Majority of these hatcheries have little or no access to the national grid system but operate at about 60 per cent below the installation capacity. Generally, environmental pollution, unreliability and lack of access to grid power supply and low performance efficiency characterize the condition of the poultry hatchery business powered by conventional energy supply in Nigeria. These hamper and adversely affect the establishment of medium to large scale poultry production outfits in the rural areas of the country. But with the advent of electric powered egg incubator technology in poultry production, poultry farmers in Nigeria are likely to incubate and hatch poultry eggs and breed day-old chicks under a sustained power supply in a clean environment. Therefore, this study was aimed at the design, developed and tested in order to provide a favourable environment for eggs hatching. The developed machine was tested to assess its performance. The results from the test showed that out of the total 25 eggs, 5 eggs hatched after operating the machine. This gives 33% hatchability. The results showed that with further improvements, the developed machine can adequately be adopted at the household level instead of rearing chickens for the sole purpose of incubating eggs. Keywords: Automatic, egg turning incubator, favourable environment, hatchability
The document discusses the potential uses of chicken feather fiber (CFF) as a reinforcement material in composites. It notes that the poultry industry generates a large amount of waste feathers annually. CFF has properties like low density, thermal insulation and acoustic properties that make it suitable for composites. Studies found that CFF reinforced polymer composites have increased tensile strength compared to virgin polymers. CFF has also been used successfully as reinforcement in cement composites and medium density fiberboard, utilizing an agricultural waste and improving strength. The document concludes that CFF composites could benefit the poultry industry through waste reduction while enabling applications in low-cost housing construction.
IRJET- Automatic Seed Drill for Finger Millet based Intercropping SystemIRJET Journal
This document describes the design and fabrication of an automatic seed drill for finger millet-based intercropping systems. The seed drill was designed to precisely sow finger millet and pigeon pea seeds with uniform depth and spacing. It has separate seed boxes and gears to dispense each type of seed. As the ground wheel rotates, it turns gears that pick seeds from the boxes and drop them through pipes into furrows opened by attached blades. The seed drill aims to assist small farmers by reducing labor and improving sowing efficiency and crop yields compared to manual methods.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
An Investigation of Optimized Operational Parameters for a Chicken Slaughteri...drboon
A 500 birds/hour chicken slaughtering system with improved designs was used to investigate optimized operational parameters of scalding and defeathering process under chicken characteristics in Vietnam. The experiment is designed based on Orthogonal Second-order Design. Results of analysis of variance presented that scalding temperature and distance between two defeathering bands have had a most significant effect on product quality. The optimal solutions showed that the optimized operation parameters are 1.8 (m3/20birds) in scalding water flow, 67 (0C) in scalding temperature and 80 (seconds) in scalding time for scalding machine; and 415 (mm) in gap between two defeathering bands, 340 (rpm) in defeathering disc velocity and 120 (seconds) in defeathering time for defeathering machine. The implementation results of the lines designed based on these optimized operational parameters have confirmed the appropriateness for the optimization values suggested.
An Investigation of Optimized Operational Parameters for a Chicken Slaughteri...drboon
A 500 birds/hour chicken slaughtering system with improved designs was used to investigate optimized operational parameters of scalding and defeathering process under chicken characteristics in Vietnam. The experiment is designed based on Orthogonal Second-order Design. Results of analysis of variance presented that scalding temperature and distance between two defeathering bands have had a most significant effect on product quality. The optimal solutions showed that the optimized operation parameters are 1.8 (m3/20birds) in scalding water flow, 67 (0C) in scalding temperature and 80 (seconds) in scalding time for scalding machine; and 415 (mm) in gap between two defeathering bands, 340 (rpm) in defeathering disc velocity and 120 (seconds) in defeathering time for defeathering machine. The implementation results of the lines designed based on these optimized operational parameters have confirmed the appropriateness for the optimization values suggested.
Design, construction and performance evaluation of an electric powered egg in...eSAT Journals
Abstract Poultry production is a lucrative business in Nigeria but inadequate hatchery machines limit the expansion and make poultry products for instance day old chicks more expensive. At the moment, few commercially owned poultry hatcheries in Nigeria are located distance far away in the western and Eastern parts of the country. Majority of these hatcheries have little or no access to the national grid system but operate at about 60 per cent below the installation capacity. Generally, environmental pollution, unreliability and lack of access to grid power supply and low performance efficiency characterize the condition of the poultry hatchery business powered by conventional energy supply in Nigeria. These hamper and adversely affect the establishment of medium to large scale poultry production outfits in the rural areas of the country. But with the advent of electric powered egg incubator technology in poultry production, poultry farmers in Nigeria are likely to incubate and hatch poultry eggs and breed day-old chicks under a sustained power supply in a clean environment. Therefore, this study was aimed at the design, developed and tested in order to provide a favourable environment for eggs hatching. The developed machine was tested to assess its performance. The results from the test showed that out of the total 25 eggs, 5 eggs hatched after operating the machine. This gives 33% hatchability. The results showed that with further improvements, the developed machine can adequately be adopted at the household level instead of rearing chickens for the sole purpose of incubating eggs. Keywords: Automatic, egg turning incubator, favourable environment, hatchability
The document discusses the potential uses of chicken feather fiber (CFF) as a reinforcement material in composites. It notes that the poultry industry generates a large amount of waste feathers annually. CFF has properties like low density, thermal insulation and acoustic properties that make it suitable for composites. Studies found that CFF reinforced polymer composites have increased tensile strength compared to virgin polymers. CFF has also been used successfully as reinforcement in cement composites and medium density fiberboard, utilizing an agricultural waste and improving strength. The document concludes that CFF composites could benefit the poultry industry through waste reduction while enabling applications in low-cost housing construction.
IRJET- Automatic Seed Drill for Finger Millet based Intercropping SystemIRJET Journal
This document describes the design and fabrication of an automatic seed drill for finger millet-based intercropping systems. The seed drill was designed to precisely sow finger millet and pigeon pea seeds with uniform depth and spacing. It has separate seed boxes and gears to dispense each type of seed. As the ground wheel rotates, it turns gears that pick seeds from the boxes and drop them through pipes into furrows opened by attached blades. The seed drill aims to assist small farmers by reducing labor and improving sowing efficiency and crop yields compared to manual methods.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document discusses a study that evaluated the performance of a high grade low heat rejection (LHR) diesel engine fueled with Mohr oil in both its crude and biodiesel forms. The LHR engine featured an air gap insulated piston, air gap insulated liner, and ceramic coated cylinder head. A conventional engine (CE) was also tested for comparison. Performance parameters like brake thermal efficiency, emissions, and combustion characteristics were measured at various injection pressures and timings. The LHR engine showed improved performance with crude and biodiesel Mohr oil compared to the CE. Optimum injection timings for the LHR engine were 29° bTDC and 30° bTDC for crude and biodiesel Moh
This document presents a VHDL implementation of an IEEE 754 floating point unit using a carry look ahead adder and radix-4 modified Booth encoder multiplier. The floating point unit performs single precision floating point multiplication. It consists of blocks to calculate the sign bit, add the exponents, multiply the significands using the modified Booth encoding technique, normalize the result, detect overflow/underflow, and implement pipelining. VHDL simulation results show that this floating point multiplier design has lower delay and power consumption compared to an array multiplier implementation.
This document summarizes a research article about a new synchronous-reference-frame (SRF)-based control method for a unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) under different load conditions. The proposed UPQC system can improve power quality by compensating for problems like voltage sags, swells, and reactive power using a series converter and shunt converter connected by a common DC bus. The control method determines the optimal angle of series voltage injection to minimize the VA loading of the UPQC and shares reactive power load between the converters while regulating voltage magnitude. Simulation and experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed UPQC-S approach.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document describes a study on treating synthetic wastewater using an activated sludge process in a laboratory-scale jet loop reactor. The researchers tested COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal efficiency at different mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (MLVSS) concentrations and a hydraulic retention time of 60 minutes. They found that over 95% COD removal could be achieved with an MLVSS of 3000 mg/L. Tables of results show COD levels decreasing over 5 hours as MLVSS increased from 1000 mg/L to 3000 mg/L. Graphs illustrate the relationships between time and COD or MLVSS. The reactor demonstrated high wastewater treatment efficiency under the conditions tested.
BALLON ANGOPLASTY MARKS ARE EXPELLED. GUIDELINER IN COMPLEX CASESabroso Hakim
During a balloon angioplasty procedure on an 80-year old man, the balloon broke and became lodged in the patient's artery. Attempts to retrieve the balloon or pass new devices were unsuccessful. The medical team then used a subintimal tracking technique to locate the true arterial lumen, redirect the guidewire, and dilate the lesion with a new balloon. Upon further review after the procedure, it was discovered that the distal end of the original broken balloon had become tightly bound to the guidewire, explaining why it could not be located or retrieved earlier. The patient recovered well after stent implantation.
One of the first questions asked when purchasing a new product - how much will this cost me?
Price plays a major part in any decision making process, so to ensure you are in the most informed position you can be when making decisions on call recording, we're here to provide you with some indicative costs.
This document provides shortcuts for common programs like Windows, Outlook, Word and Excel. It lists keyboard shortcuts for file operations, editing text, formatting text, navigating documents and switching between programs. Many shortcuts use Ctrl, Alt, Shift and function keys to perform tasks with fewer clicks of a mouse.
Este documento describe una red virtual de aprendizaje como un ambiente educativo diferente al tradicional que promueve la apertura, reconoce la diversidad y estimula la autonomía a través de la interactividad. La red virtual fomenta la participación colectiva para generar conocimientos compartiendo información que puede ser aceptada o refutada, creando así una comunidad de personas que comparten intereses e intercambian ideas.
Shaquana Derouen is seeking a challenging position that utilizes her extensive experience in customer service and as a medical assistant. She has over 14 years of experience in various roles including as a medical assistant and medical interviewer at Grady Health System, where she assists providers with exams and procedures, maintains patient schedules, and enters patient information into electronic medical records. She also has experience as a sales associate and cashier. She has certifications as a registered medical assistant, in CPR and AED, and as a notary public.
El documento habla sobre el problema creciente de la drogadicción en estudiantes jóvenes, que comienza como una curiosidad pero termina en adicción. Las drogas se venden fácilmente incluso en centros educativos, y muchos jóvenes son influenciados por amigos a probar sustancias dañinas como el alcohol y las drogas, que afectan el cerebro y el organismo. Se necesita un cambio de actitud en los jóvenes y decir no a las drogas para mejorar este problema y salvar vidas.
Representative Takano of California is hosting a free grants workshop on August 16th from 10am to 11:30am at the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County. The workshop will provide information on using Census data for grant writing and representatives from the Census Bureau will be present. Those interested can RSVP by contacting Claire Viall at (951) 222-0203 or through the event website.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Design, construction and performance evaluation of an electric powered egg in...eSAT Publishing House
This document describes the design, construction, and performance evaluation of an electric powered egg incubator. Key details include:
- Materials used to build the incubator including plywood, fan, thermostat, heating element, and others.
- Design calculations performed to determine incubator specifications like capacity, air volume, heat requirements, ventilation needs, and more.
- The incubator was tested and showed a 33% hatchability rate for 25 eggs, indicating potential for improvement and household adoption.
Development and Performance Evaluation of Power Driven ChopperAJASTJournal
Maize and sorghum stalk considered among the most fodder materials in Ethiopia. Therefore the chop machine was adapted and evaluated. The research was conducted at Asella Agricultural Engineering Research Center (AAERC), Arsi Negelle and Zuway Dugda districts to evaluate the machine performance in terms of chopping efficiency, throughput capacity, cutting efficiency and fuel consumption at different speed of cutter shaft. The output of chopper was found to be remarkable achievement. The chopping efficiency was decreased from 97.28 to 92.43 % on maize stalk and 95 to 90.2 % on sorghum stalk as rpm increases from 1150 to 1850 respectively. Throughput capacity of chopper was increases from 8.13 to 12.6 kg/min on maize stalk and 10.26 to 14.5 kg/min on sorghum stalk as rpm increases from 1150 to 1850 respectively. The mean of chopping length and cutting efficiency of 3.5 cm and 96.64 % on maize and also 2.53 cm and 97.63 % on sorghum stalk respectively.
Development of a Small-Scale Meat Dryer with Automated Dual Heating SystemIRJET Journal
The document describes the development of a small-scale meat dryer with an automated dual heating system. The dryer uses both solar energy and electricity to continuously maintain an average operating temperature of 65°C for drying meat. It can dry 5kg of meat in 24 hours, significantly faster than traditional sun drying methods. The dryer was tested in Ethiopia and produced high quality dried meat protected from contamination compared to open air sun drying.
Determination of thin layer solar drying kinetics of cassava noodles (tapioca)eSAT Journals
Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the thin-layer drying kinetics of cassava noodles (tapioca) using a solar dryer. To achieve this, an integral type forced convection solar dryer, equipped with rock storage, was developed. Drying kinetics of tapioca were determined using the solar dryer. The treatments in the experiment comprise of air flow velocities (V) of 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5 m/s; and drying layer thicknesses (B) of 0.48 and 0.72 cm. Tapioca samples were dried from an average initial moisture content of 297% (dry basis) to 9.8% (dry basis). Control experiments in the form of open air sun drying of similar quantity of tapioca were also set up and monitored. Graphical plots of moisture content versus drying time, exhibited the characteristic moisture desorption curve, characterized by initial high rate of moisture removal, followed by a slower rate of moisture removal. It was observed from drying rate curves plotted using the drying data, that the drying of the tapioca took place entirely in the falling rate period. The drying rate of the tapioca varied with the different combinations of velocity and drying layer thickness. The drying rate of the tapioca increased with increase in the air flow velocity until velocity of 2.5 m/s; beyond this velocity the drying rate reduced slightly. Also the drying rate of tapioca decreased with increase in drying layer thickness. A maximum drying rate of 39.2%/hr was obtained during the experiment. The maximum system drying efficiency of the dryer was determined as 47.14%, while the maximum dryer pick-up efficiency of 50% was determined during the drying test.
This document discusses a study that evaluated the performance of a high grade low heat rejection (LHR) diesel engine fueled with Mohr oil in both its crude and biodiesel forms. The LHR engine featured an air gap insulated piston, air gap insulated liner, and ceramic coated cylinder head. A conventional engine (CE) was also tested for comparison. Performance parameters like brake thermal efficiency, emissions, and combustion characteristics were measured at various injection pressures and timings. The LHR engine showed improved performance with crude and biodiesel Mohr oil compared to the CE. Optimum injection timings for the LHR engine were 29° bTDC and 30° bTDC for crude and biodiesel Moh
This document presents a VHDL implementation of an IEEE 754 floating point unit using a carry look ahead adder and radix-4 modified Booth encoder multiplier. The floating point unit performs single precision floating point multiplication. It consists of blocks to calculate the sign bit, add the exponents, multiply the significands using the modified Booth encoding technique, normalize the result, detect overflow/underflow, and implement pipelining. VHDL simulation results show that this floating point multiplier design has lower delay and power consumption compared to an array multiplier implementation.
This document summarizes a research article about a new synchronous-reference-frame (SRF)-based control method for a unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) under different load conditions. The proposed UPQC system can improve power quality by compensating for problems like voltage sags, swells, and reactive power using a series converter and shunt converter connected by a common DC bus. The control method determines the optimal angle of series voltage injection to minimize the VA loading of the UPQC and shares reactive power load between the converters while regulating voltage magnitude. Simulation and experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed UPQC-S approach.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document describes a study on treating synthetic wastewater using an activated sludge process in a laboratory-scale jet loop reactor. The researchers tested COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal efficiency at different mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (MLVSS) concentrations and a hydraulic retention time of 60 minutes. They found that over 95% COD removal could be achieved with an MLVSS of 3000 mg/L. Tables of results show COD levels decreasing over 5 hours as MLVSS increased from 1000 mg/L to 3000 mg/L. Graphs illustrate the relationships between time and COD or MLVSS. The reactor demonstrated high wastewater treatment efficiency under the conditions tested.
BALLON ANGOPLASTY MARKS ARE EXPELLED. GUIDELINER IN COMPLEX CASESabroso Hakim
During a balloon angioplasty procedure on an 80-year old man, the balloon broke and became lodged in the patient's artery. Attempts to retrieve the balloon or pass new devices were unsuccessful. The medical team then used a subintimal tracking technique to locate the true arterial lumen, redirect the guidewire, and dilate the lesion with a new balloon. Upon further review after the procedure, it was discovered that the distal end of the original broken balloon had become tightly bound to the guidewire, explaining why it could not be located or retrieved earlier. The patient recovered well after stent implantation.
One of the first questions asked when purchasing a new product - how much will this cost me?
Price plays a major part in any decision making process, so to ensure you are in the most informed position you can be when making decisions on call recording, we're here to provide you with some indicative costs.
This document provides shortcuts for common programs like Windows, Outlook, Word and Excel. It lists keyboard shortcuts for file operations, editing text, formatting text, navigating documents and switching between programs. Many shortcuts use Ctrl, Alt, Shift and function keys to perform tasks with fewer clicks of a mouse.
Este documento describe una red virtual de aprendizaje como un ambiente educativo diferente al tradicional que promueve la apertura, reconoce la diversidad y estimula la autonomía a través de la interactividad. La red virtual fomenta la participación colectiva para generar conocimientos compartiendo información que puede ser aceptada o refutada, creando así una comunidad de personas que comparten intereses e intercambian ideas.
Shaquana Derouen is seeking a challenging position that utilizes her extensive experience in customer service and as a medical assistant. She has over 14 years of experience in various roles including as a medical assistant and medical interviewer at Grady Health System, where she assists providers with exams and procedures, maintains patient schedules, and enters patient information into electronic medical records. She also has experience as a sales associate and cashier. She has certifications as a registered medical assistant, in CPR and AED, and as a notary public.
El documento habla sobre el problema creciente de la drogadicción en estudiantes jóvenes, que comienza como una curiosidad pero termina en adicción. Las drogas se venden fácilmente incluso en centros educativos, y muchos jóvenes son influenciados por amigos a probar sustancias dañinas como el alcohol y las drogas, que afectan el cerebro y el organismo. Se necesita un cambio de actitud en los jóvenes y decir no a las drogas para mejorar este problema y salvar vidas.
Representative Takano of California is hosting a free grants workshop on August 16th from 10am to 11:30am at the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County. The workshop will provide information on using Census data for grant writing and representatives from the Census Bureau will be present. Those interested can RSVP by contacting Claire Viall at (951) 222-0203 or through the event website.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Design, construction and performance evaluation of an electric powered egg in...eSAT Publishing House
This document describes the design, construction, and performance evaluation of an electric powered egg incubator. Key details include:
- Materials used to build the incubator including plywood, fan, thermostat, heating element, and others.
- Design calculations performed to determine incubator specifications like capacity, air volume, heat requirements, ventilation needs, and more.
- The incubator was tested and showed a 33% hatchability rate for 25 eggs, indicating potential for improvement and household adoption.
Development and Performance Evaluation of Power Driven ChopperAJASTJournal
Maize and sorghum stalk considered among the most fodder materials in Ethiopia. Therefore the chop machine was adapted and evaluated. The research was conducted at Asella Agricultural Engineering Research Center (AAERC), Arsi Negelle and Zuway Dugda districts to evaluate the machine performance in terms of chopping efficiency, throughput capacity, cutting efficiency and fuel consumption at different speed of cutter shaft. The output of chopper was found to be remarkable achievement. The chopping efficiency was decreased from 97.28 to 92.43 % on maize stalk and 95 to 90.2 % on sorghum stalk as rpm increases from 1150 to 1850 respectively. Throughput capacity of chopper was increases from 8.13 to 12.6 kg/min on maize stalk and 10.26 to 14.5 kg/min on sorghum stalk as rpm increases from 1150 to 1850 respectively. The mean of chopping length and cutting efficiency of 3.5 cm and 96.64 % on maize and also 2.53 cm and 97.63 % on sorghum stalk respectively.
Development of a Small-Scale Meat Dryer with Automated Dual Heating SystemIRJET Journal
The document describes the development of a small-scale meat dryer with an automated dual heating system. The dryer uses both solar energy and electricity to continuously maintain an average operating temperature of 65°C for drying meat. It can dry 5kg of meat in 24 hours, significantly faster than traditional sun drying methods. The dryer was tested in Ethiopia and produced high quality dried meat protected from contamination compared to open air sun drying.
Determination of thin layer solar drying kinetics of cassava noodles (tapioca)eSAT Journals
Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the thin-layer drying kinetics of cassava noodles (tapioca) using a solar dryer. To achieve this, an integral type forced convection solar dryer, equipped with rock storage, was developed. Drying kinetics of tapioca were determined using the solar dryer. The treatments in the experiment comprise of air flow velocities (V) of 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5 m/s; and drying layer thicknesses (B) of 0.48 and 0.72 cm. Tapioca samples were dried from an average initial moisture content of 297% (dry basis) to 9.8% (dry basis). Control experiments in the form of open air sun drying of similar quantity of tapioca were also set up and monitored. Graphical plots of moisture content versus drying time, exhibited the characteristic moisture desorption curve, characterized by initial high rate of moisture removal, followed by a slower rate of moisture removal. It was observed from drying rate curves plotted using the drying data, that the drying of the tapioca took place entirely in the falling rate period. The drying rate of the tapioca varied with the different combinations of velocity and drying layer thickness. The drying rate of the tapioca increased with increase in the air flow velocity until velocity of 2.5 m/s; beyond this velocity the drying rate reduced slightly. Also the drying rate of tapioca decreased with increase in drying layer thickness. A maximum drying rate of 39.2%/hr was obtained during the experiment. The maximum system drying efficiency of the dryer was determined as 47.14%, while the maximum dryer pick-up efficiency of 50% was determined during the drying test.
Determination of thin layer solar drying kinetics of cassava noodles (tapioca)eSAT Journals
This document describes a study that determined the thin-layer drying kinetics of cassava noodles (tapioca) using a solar dryer. Researchers developed a forced convection integral type solar dryer and used it to dry tapioca samples at different air velocities (1.5, 2.5, 3.5 m/s) and layer thicknesses (0.48, 0.72 cm). Drying rates varied with air velocity and thickness, with the maximum rate of 39.2%/hr. System drying efficiency was up to 47.14% and dryer pick-up efficiency reached 50%. Graphs of moisture content over time showed a falling rate drying period.
IRJET- A Review on Design and Development of Pedal Operated Maize ShellerIRJET Journal
This document reviews the design and development of a pedal-operated maize sheller. It begins with an introduction to maize/corn as the third most important crop in India. Traditionally, maize is shelled by hand which is time-consuming and inefficient. Existing power-operated shellers require electricity and have high capital costs, making them unsuitable for rural areas. The document then reviews several existing maize sheller designs. It identifies opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs. The goal is to develop an affordable pedal-powered sheller suitable for Indian farmers. The document concludes that a pedal-operated design could provide higher productivity than manual shelling while being more accessible to farmers than electric models
Influence of Blanching on the Drying Characteristics of Convective Hot Air Dr...ijtsrd
This document discusses a study on the drying characteristics of aerial yam using convectional hot air drying. Samples of raw unblanched and blanched aerial yam were dried at varying temperatures, air speeds, and slice thicknesses. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to analyze functional groups and surface morphology. Results showed that drying at 40-70°C did not alter nutrient components. Blanching improved drying rate compared to unblanched samples. Thinner slices and higher temperatures/air speeds increased drying rate, while thicker slices decreased drying rate. After 90 minutes, drying rates ranged from 0.169-0.353 g/g.min depending on conditions. Therefore, blanching can
This document describes the development of an electrically operated cassava slicing machine. Key points:
- The machine was designed to require only one operator, improve efficiency over manual processing, and produce uniform chips at a rate of 10 kg per minute.
- It consists of a hopper, slicing disc made of galvanized steel, cover to direct chips, and electric motor connected via pulleys.
- Testing showed it produced an average of 5.3 kg of 10mm chips per minute. Efficiency tests found it processed cassava into chips with 95.6% efficiency on average.
- The machine is meant to reduce labor needs for medium-scale cassava processing in Nigeria by providing an electrically powered
This document summarizes an experimental study on cocoa drying kinetics conducted to model a dryer. Tests were performed in the Energy Systems Laboratory of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique of Yaounde, Cameroon. Drying measurements were taken for cocoa samples of varying layer thicknesses (2-4 cm) under different temperatures (20-55°C) and air speeds (0.25-1 m/s). Water content over time was determined to obtain drying curves. Equilibrium water content was also calculated. The results will inform the design and operating conditions of large-scale cocoa dryers.
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Performance Evaluation of Power Operated Corn-ShellerIRJET Journal
This document summarizes research evaluating the performance of a power-operated corn sheller. The sheller was designed with components like a hopper, cylinder, concave, and chain spikes. It was tested at different motor speeds and moisture contents. The shelling capacity was found to be 973kg/h with a shelling efficiency of 97.37%. Output rate was around 577 kg/h. Performance was compared to traditional hand shelling and found to have much higher productivity and lower operation costs. The power sheller provided an effective mechanized option for corn shelling.
IRJET- Automatically Controlled Solar Tunnel Dryer using Arduino for Curry Le...IRJET Journal
This document describes an automatically controlled solar tunnel dryer developed for drying curry leaves using Arduino. The dryer uses solar energy to heat and dry curry leaves inside a closed chamber. Temperature, humidity, and fan speed are controlled using an Arduino board and sensors to maintain optimal drying conditions. Testing showed the automatic dryer reduced the initial moisture content of 65.39% in curry leaves down to 4.12% within one day, consuming less time than conventional drying methods. The controlled environment and automation allows for improved quality and productivity in small-scale agricultural drying compared to traditional sun drying.
This document summarizes a study on drying salted sunflower seeds using a fluidized bed. The study investigated the effects of operating parameters (drying air temperature, static bed height, and superficial air velocity) on drying kinetics and seed quality. Seed quality was determined by measuring kernel color, rupture force, and consumer acceptance. An exponential model was used to model drying kinetics. Results showed that increasing temperature decreased rupture force and changed kernel color, but had no effect on lightness. Static bed height and air velocity did not affect quality. Seeds dried at 170°C received the highest consumer ratings.
The document describes the development and performance evaluation of a melon shelling and separating machine. The machine uses an attrition shelling method with a hopper, shelling chamber, and separating chamber. The shelling chamber contains an impeller with vanes that rub melons against fixed rods to remove the husks. A blower then separates the chaff from the shelled seeds. Testing showed that moisture content significantly affected shelling and cleaning efficiency, while impeller speed mainly influenced shelling efficiency. The optimal performance was 39.1% shelling efficiency and 70.3% cleaning efficiency at 3.79% moisture and 1200 rpm impeller speed.
This article summarizes an evaluation of an electric dryer used for drying cassava in Cameroon. Tests found the dryer had high energy consumption and inefficient drying. Modifications were made to improve performance, including adding a ceiling vent, replacing heating resistors, changing air fans, and redistributing air passages. These changes led to a 20% reduction in energy use by the dryer.
Nigeria produces large amounts of cassava waste annually from processing cassava tubers into food. This waste poses environmental issues and a challenge to use. Scientists have developed an innovative process to rapidly dry cassava peels by grating, pressing moisture out, and pelletizing them. This reduces drying time from 3 days to 6 hours, allowing the waste to be used as animal feed. Tests found the pellets comparable in energy to grains but lower in protein. However, at lower cost than grains, the pellets could meet energy needs of millions of livestock. The pellets also supported growth of fungus for a biocontrol product, though at a lower rate than grains, but this is outweighed by the
Effect of Process Variables on Yarn Quality in High Speed Combersijtsrd
In yarn manufacturing process, the comber plays a major role in improving the quality of raw materials by removing short fibres, impurities, neps and hooks . It improves the important yarn characteristics like evenness, strength and appearance. The quality of combed yarn depends on many factors such as raw material, lap preparation methods, factors associated with machine, machine setting and ambient conditions 1 . In combing machine, higher speed is the basic criteria for high productivity. Therefore, in order to achieve high speed and stable operation of modern combers, it is required to optimize the drive mechanism especially in nipper drive, detaching roller drive and unicomb drive. The effect of various process variables on yarn quality was studied. A. Muralikrishnan "Effect of Process Variables on Yarn Quality in High-Speed Combers" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52084.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/textile-engineering/52084/effect-of-process-variables-on-yarn-quality-in-highspeed-combers/a-muralikrishnan
Energy Wastage Estimation of a Cold StorageIJERA Editor
Energy consumption of a cold storage was measured for different storage temperatures. Suction temperature and
pressure temperature of the compressor and working time of the compressor were determined to reach
evaporator setup temperatures. An axial fan located back of the evaporator was used to distribute the cooled air
into the cold store. An electrical heater was used to defrost. The compressor suction temperature of ammonia
vapour variedbetween273K–271Kand 305K–308K respectively. Compressor suction pressure(p1)=3.5 Kg/cm
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and discharge pressure (p2)=10.5Kg/cm2
Development of Computer Models for Simulating the Optimum Design Parameters o...IJAEMSJORNAL
Brooding refers to early periods of growth when chicks require supplementary heat to maintain their normal body temperature. Generally, chicks kept in environmental temperatures outside their comfort zone suffer low growth and high mortality rates. Solar energy has a regular daily and annual cycle, and is unavailable during periods of bad weather. Hence requires special storage and distribution of the energy different from the utilization of conventional energy sources. In this study computer models were developed for simulating internal brooder envelope brooding Temperatures and ammonia gas concentration in ppm. Further, analysis was carried out to determine the influence of trombe wall thickness on the variation of hourly internal brooder temperatures for various months of the year. The trombe wall thickness were set at 100,150, 200, 250 and 300mm and hourly temperatures simulated using Matlab computer program. The wall thickness of 100mm and 150 mm yielded maximum brooding space temperature of 36.50C and 35.30C respectively. The resultant brooder temperatures were above the optimal brooding temperature range of 340C for day one and 21 to 240C for the 28th day of brooding. However, the lowest brooder temperatures attained for 100mm and 150mm wall thickness were 29.50C and 30.80C respectively. The wall thickness of 300mm yielded temperature range of 25.70C to 280C.From this study it is deduced that the wall thickness of 100 and 150mm are suitable for development of a chicks’ brooder. Though, supplementary source of heat will be required to keep the birds comfortable for the first one week of brooding period. The brooder pH was set at 10 and the ammonia concentration simulated for 28 days at brooding floor temperatures of 14.80C, 18.70C, 22.60C and 27.40C.The results were that the ammonia concentration increased exponentially from day one to the 28th day of brooding for all the floor temperatures. The highest emission of ammonia was recorded at the temperature of 14.80C for the first fifteen days; but after the 15th day the temperature of 18.70C recorded the highest emission of ammonia. Conversely, the temperature of 27.40C yielded the lowest ammonia emission. Therefore, it is essential in the design of brooders to have provision for facilitating removal of birds’ droppings to minimize emission of the ammonia gas from the floor of the brooder.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
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DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
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Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
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Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
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5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
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Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
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HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
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The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
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2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
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zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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OPEN ACCESS
The Effects of Machine and Poultry Parameters on Feather
Plucking
Adejumo A. O. D1, Adegbie A. M2, Brai S2, Oni O. V2, Opadijo O. O3.
1
Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation, Ibadan. Nigeria.
Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Moor Plantation, Ibadan .Nigeria.
3
Oyo State College of Agriculture, Igboora. Nigeria.
2
ABSTRACT
A developed poultry feather plucking machine was evaluated using two breed (Isa Brown layer and Cockerel) at
the machine speed of 225, 312, 369 and 426rpm, and scalding time of 30, 60 and 90 seconds. The left over feather
on bird after machine operation were manually plucked and plucking efficiency calculated on mass basis. The
results show that the machine performance on cockerel has highest plucking efficiency. The plucking efficiency
decreased as the machine speed and scalding the increased. The overall mean performance was 67.65% (+16.45) and
the maximum plucking efficiency of 99.43% was obtained on cockerel at 225rpm and 30 seconds scalding time.
Analysis of variance shows no significant difference on breed but on machine speed and scalding time at 5% level.
The machine is simple to operate and maintain, adopt and adoptable for the small and medium scale poultry
farming.
Keywords: Poultry, Feather, Plucking, Efficiency.
I.
INTRODUCTION
Poultry is a commonly practiced animal
farming in West Africa. Chicken (fowl) being the
commonest type of poultry are well adopted to the
tropical environment and easily managed. Investment
on chicken yield quick returns and products (meat and
egg) are popular protein source and are of high
domestic importance and provide raw materials for
many industries. According to the National Bureau of
Statistics of Nigeria (NBSN, 2011), poultry industry in
Nigeria witnessed a great leap in the population of birds
as well as the number of poultry establishments. This
accounts to a great extent of the much needed protein to
reduce the dependency on imported poultry products.
Chicken production in Nigeria increased from
158,216,648 in 2006 to 192,313,325 in 2010.
The raising of animals is civilization itself.
Animal domestication no doubt is a means of
safeguarding the food supply for times when hunting
was poor (Shoosmith, 1999).Most developing countries
population growth is in geometric order while the total
food production is in arithmetic order. This is true for
livestock production particularly in poultry (Oniya et.
al. 2011). The original habitat of the ancestor of modern
breeds of chickens is south central of India; the
Himalayan Tera; Ceylon and throughout all the
countries to the southward and into Sumatra and Java
with its string of lesser Islands to the eastward. The four
known species of the wild fowl are the Red Jungle,
Gray Jungle, Javan Jungle and the Ceylon Jungle.
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Feather plucking is the most tedious processing stage in
poultry production. This is the process of removing the
feathers off the poultry. To obtain this, the poultry is
scald in hot water 60-680C for 45-50 seconds; in case of
geese for 1-3minutes and then introduce into plucking
system. Mechanically, two basic types of plucking
machine are employed. These are Table-top and tubstyle plucking machines. Table-top consist of a rotating
drum with plucking fingers. The operator holds to a
bird close to the plucking fingers as the machine is
working; while a scalded bird is dropped into the
pluckier as in tub-style. It tumbles the bird around and
the fingers flail all feathers off (David, 1999).
However, dry plucking achievable. Dry
plucking machine usually consist of a shaft driving a
plucking head by a belt, the plucking action is gentle;
provide the skin is stretched tightly, no damage should
occur, but it is important to work methodically and
speedily (Buckland, 2005).
Therefore, the objective of this work is to
study the effects of machine speed and scalding time on
plucking efficiency of a developed three birds per batch
capacity poultry feather plucking machine on Isa
Brown Chickens.
II.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1
Description of the Feather Plucking
Machine
An existing feather plucking machine (Plate 1)
that was designed and fabricated at the engineering
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department of Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan
was utilized for the study. The machine consists of
three main units. These are the frame assembly,
plucking and power transmission units. The frame is
triangular in shape and bears the total weight of the
machine. The plucking unit is made up of a drum
designed to accommodate three birds per batch. The
wall of the drum is stud with lots of rubber fingers and
on the base a rotating plate housed by the drum also
stud with fingers. A driving shaft connected to the base
plate is powered by 2hp electric motor via pulley and
belt arrangement.
Plate 1: feather plucking machine
2.2
Experiment Procedure
Forty-five weeks Isa Brown Layers and twenty
weeks Isa Brown Cockerels were obtained from a farm
in Ogun State, Nigeria. The birds slaughtered by
placing each one in a cone and the head cut off using a
knife, and the blood drained for some minutes; then
scalded in hot water of 700C for some seconds in a
temperature control Bart. The bird was then introduced
into the machine already switched on for about 10
seconds. The scalding time and plucking time were
taken using a stop watch and spinning speed varied by
means of a step turned pulley on the electric motor and
machine speed confirmed using tachometer.
The machine was operated for 10 seconds and
the bird discharged. The total machine plucked feathers
was collected and the non-plucked feathers on the bird
were plucked manually and were weighted using an
electric weighting machine of 0.01g sensitivity.
A randomized complete block design (RCBD) of 4 x 3
x 2 (speed, scalding time and replicate) was used. The
plucking efficiency was then calculated as:
Plucking Efficiency (ʅpt) =
Wmp Wnp
100
% -1
=
(1)
weight of feather plucked by
=
Where Wmp
machine
Wnp
plucked
III.
Wmp
weight of feather manually
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The results of the machine performance are as
presented in Table 1 with overall minimum and
maximum plucking efficiency of 42.25% and 99.43%
respectively; 44.47% and 99.43% for cockerel and
42.25% and 99.04% for layer. The analyzed Duncan
and Analysis of various are presented in table 2 and 3,
and the effect of speed and scalding time on plucking
efficiency on Figure 1 and 2. From the evaluation
(Table 1-3) and Fig. 1and 2, it shows that the layers had
higher plucking efficiencies on machine and breed
parameters but not significantly different at P<0.5 from
cockerels. The overall plucking efficiency decreased
from 80.81% to 53.63% as machine speed increased
from 225rpm to 426rpm; while it decrease for 72.58%
to 59.74% as scalding time increased from 30 seconds
to 90 seconds. The relationships between the machine
plucking efficiency (%) and the speed (N) and scalding
time (T) are expressed as below:
Layer (ʅpt) %
=
0.149N + 0.221T
R2 = 0.84
Cockerel (ʅpt) % =
0.141N
+
0.271T
R2 = 0.87
The highest plucking efficiency of 99.43% was
obtainable with breed cockerel, machine speed of
225rpm and scalding time of 30 seconds. The machine
plucking efficiency decreased with increase in machine
speed and scalding time. The breed (layer) feather bird
ratio was found to be between 22.89 and 90.88 with
overall mean of 46.25 + 17.29 and carcass weighting
1.14 + 0.33kg. Analysis of variance shows that the
machine speed and scalding time and highly significant
at P≤ 0.1; but the breed is not significant for plucking
efficiency. The overall mean of the machine plucking
efficiency is 67.65 + 16.45%. The machine
performance
at higher temperature and less than
scalding time (30secs.) is in agreement with David
(1991), who recommended the temperature of 60 - 680C
for 45 - 50 seconds scalding time. Therefore, scalding
temperature of about 700 (hot water) which a commonly
used temperature, the scalding time and machine speed
should not be more than 30 seconds and 225rpm
respectively. The slit better performance on layer than
Cockerel might be due to age differences.
IV.
CONCLUSION
The following conclusions can be drawn from
study carried out.
It was observed that Layer breed had higher
plucking efficiencies on machine and breed
parameters.
The highest plucking efficiency was 99.43% and
overall mean plucking efficiency was 67.65 +
16.45%
Plucking efficiency decreases with increase in
machine speed and scalding time.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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For scalding tempering of about 700C (hot water),
the scalding time and machine speed should not be
more than 30 seconds and 225rpm respectively.
The simplicity of the machine and maintenance
without special training enhance its adoption for
poultry processing in developing country like
Nigeria.
V.
Acknowledgement
The authors acknowledge the assistance of Mr.
Ogunnaike A.O. for carrying out the study.
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Mean
58.91
std. dev
16.32
Minimum
36.63
Maximum
93.34
28.8
1
13.4
6
0.44
51.3
8
67.36
20.17
8.45
67.93
1.14
46.25
67.65
15.35
9.44
4.53
17.81
0.33
17.29
16.45
44.48
8.55
0.44
42.25
0.05
22.89
42.25
99.43
45.25
15.45
99.04
1.6
90.89
99.43
Table 2: Effect of Machine Speed and Scalding Time on mean Feather Plucking Efficiency
Layer
Cockerel
Plucking
Overall efficiency%
Efficiency %
Speed
225rpm
81.40a
80.23a
80.81a
317rpm
76.45a
71.05b
73.75b
369rpm
61.12b
59.67c
60.39c
426rpm
52.76b
58.50
55.63c
Scalding Time
30 secs
73.74a
71.41a
72.58a
60 secs
72.68a
68.56ab
70.62a
90 secs
57.37b
62.11b
59.74b
Breed
67.93
67.76
0.85
0.90
Table 3: Analysis of Variance for Machine Speed, Scalding time and Breed on Plucking Efficiency
Source of variation
Df
Plucking efficiency %
Mean square
Speed
3
1630.188***
Scalding time
2
765.196***
Breed
1
3.922N
Error
24
Total Error
48
Corrected total
47
85
80
Plucking Efficiency (%)
R2
Layer
75
C0ckerel
70
65 y = -0.1167x + 106.35
R² = 0.9386
60
55
50
y = -0.0005x2 + 0.2055x + 63.479
R² = 0.9569
45
40
200
300
400
500
Speed (rpm)
Fig. 1. Effect of Speed on Feather plucking Effiency
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Plucking Efficiency (%)
80
75
Layer
70
Cockrel
y = -0.002x2 + 0.085x + 70.66
R² = 1
65
60
y = -0.0079x2 + 0.6772x + 60.55
R² = 1
55
50
0
20
40
60
80
100
Scalding Time (secs)
Fig.2. Effect of Scalding Time on Feather Plucking
Efficiency
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