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An Essay on the Consequences of Emotional Intelligence in Connection to Work Performance and Achievement
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Green Tech: An Android Application for the Automatic Identification of Potato Leaf Diseases using Deep Learning.
Get PDFAbstract: Research on sustainable agricultural development is becoming more and more significant owing to the advancements in agricultural technology and the use of artificial intelligence to diagnose plant diseases. Potato is an extensively consumed food corp worldwide, with India being one of the biggest producers. However, numerous diseases, particularly leaf diseases like early blight and late blight, have a substantial negative influence on the quality and quantity of potatoes. Manual interpretation of these diseases is inconvenient as the process is time-consuming and requires high expertise. Thus, the researchers are working on automatizing leaf disease detection in real time. In this work, we have presented an Android application for classifying a potato leaf into - healthy, early blight or late blight categories. A deep learning model based on a pre-trained VGG 16 model was designed for classification purposes. Transfer learning is also applied in detecting leaf diseases in several other plants. The model was fine-tuned using a dataset containing 1500 potato leaf images with 900, 300 and 300 train, test and validation images respectivelyFinally, the model was converted into a TFlite file for integration and deployment in Android Studio. Experiments showed promising results with an obtained accuracy of 98%
Impact of lateral load on torsional behavior of building in hilly region using SAP2000
Get PDFBuildings on slopes are particularly vulnerable due to their lower lateral load capacity. These types of buildings are asymmetrical and have irregular configurations. The height of the columns varies, resulting in the eccentricity of the structure because the centre of mass and centre of stiffness do not coincide. This irregularity leads to torsional behavior and gives us the need to analyze these buildings in terms of their basic conditions and their behavior when the floor plan configuration is changed. In this paper, torsion is calculated, which is an effective parameter to determine the behavior of the building. In this study, an RCC building with G+3 floors and floor slopes of 15o, 26o, and 40o with a change in aspect ratio was considered for the analysis and tested for the vulnerability and suitability of the configurations against lateral loads. Further, bare frame building is modelled with the addition of bracing throughout the height of the building. The assumed angle section is equal angle ISA 150 x 150 x 12 mm. Modelling of bracing was done in three types; bracing in both plan directions, bracing only in one ridge direction (Y-Z axis) and bracing only in one valley direction (X-Z axis). These were analyzed on the slope of 26˚ with a change in aspect ratio and tested for the vulnerability and suitability of the configurations against lateral loads. SAP2000 was used to analyze buildings on slopes, changing the aspect ratio, slope of the site, and effect of adding bracing. Results shows that global bracings have minimum displacement and rotation compared to bracing in Y-Z axis, X-Z axis or without bracings for all aspect ratio considered in this study.
Developing English Curricula in Higher Education: A Case of Kathmandu University
Get PDFIn this autoethnographic account, I critically reflect on my experience of the curriculum development process for the Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in English Language Education (ELE) program at Kathmandu University about a decade ago. It expresses our philosophical and ideological stance in formulating graduate attributes, determining the areas of concentration, selecting the content, implementing the curriculum and evaluating the achievements. I noted three major insights in the process. First, the market determines the formulation of graduate attributes, not the knowledge and insights acquired in universities. Second, in this part of the world, the western cultural values of scholarship determine the area of concentration and content selection. Third, we can implicitly integrate the values envisioned by policy documents because the discipline discourse surfaces explicitly. The paper contributes to the discourse of framing curriculum in English language education in the South Asian context
Influence of Leadership Styles on Employees’ Engagement Among Non-Academic Staff of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
Get PDFEngagement of an employee with the work describes the identification with the organization he/she works for in which they have expectations from the work, are provided with the resources to do their work, have opportunities to participate in making the organization better, and receive feedback on how well they perform in their roles. The foregoing concerning the employees and their organization and this can be influenced by the style through which those employees are led. The study made use of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and Leader Member Exchange (LMX) to collected data from the selected sample. The result of the analysis revealed autocratic style of leadership (F(1,92)=.147;p.05, does not independently predict employee engagement as well as democratic style (F(1,92) = .671; p.05) and laissez-faire style (F(1,92) = 4.005; p.05). Taken together, leadership style is important to the employee engagement of the selected workers. This study concludes that a highly engaged workforce is the sign of a healthy organization, and having them contribute their best to the success of the organization which is influenced by the way they are lead will contribute to the overall success and accomplishments of members of the organization and the organization at large. This study recommends that leaders within the Nigerian university should appropriately incorporate cultural values in conjunction with the styles with which they lead people that will promote work environments that fosters positive work engagement among employees. Keywords: leadership, engagement, employees, effectiveness, style, organization, universit
A review on Day-Ahead Solar Energy Prediction
Get PDFAccurate day-ahead prediction of solar energy plays a vital role in the planning of supply and demand in a power grid system. The previous study shows predictions based on weather forecasts composed of numerical text data. They can reflect temporal factors therefore the data versus the result might not always give the most accurate and precise results. That is why incorporating different methods and techniques which enhance accuracy is an important topic. An in-depth review of current deep learning-based forecasting models for renewable energy is provided in this paper
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SEMI-TRANSPARENT PV WINDOW-A REVIEW
Get PDFThe building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems generate and save energy, counteracting transmission losses. In these systems, photovoltaic modules also serve as building envelopes in this kind of system. Thus, interdisciplinary concepts are required to realize the BIPV plants' functionality. BIPV economic decisions are complex; guidelines suggest NPV or LCC are best for design design consideration. When energy saving is considered, the EPBT of a STPV system is found to be 3-3.2 years. Also, the thermal performance enhances embodied energy payback time, leading to more economic viability.For example, STPV windows cut heat gain by 65%. Renewable energy, especially solar power, reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions and hazardous particulate matters. In the case of photovoltaic systems, environmental factors are crucial in analysing the cost-benefit aspects.. Finally, the outcome of this paper will work as a platform for the renewable energy community in assessing the financial and environmental aspects of STPV window/façade systems
Professionalism and Educators Job Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State Nigeria
Get PDFThis study looked at the linkage between professionalism and educators job effectiveness in public secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. Descriptive research of a correlational design was espoused. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to sample 397 study participants, which made up of 45 principals, 135 vice principals and 217 heads of departments in 45 public secondary schools. Data were collected with the use of structured instrument titled: “Educators’ Professionalism and Job Effectiveness Assessment Questionnaire” (EPJEAQ). Descriptive tools such as mean and standard deviation, as well as and inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation were utilized to statistically analyse the collected data. The main finding of the study revealed that, the level of educators’ professionalism dimensions is moderate (GM = 2.77), while their level of job effectiveness was moderate (GM = 2.82) too. Findings also revealed that, overall professionalism dimensions had significant relationship with educators’ job effectiveness (r = .928; df = 386; p0.05). Particularly, professionalism dimensions of professional relationship (r = 0.289; p0.05), development (r = 0.261; p0.05), knowledge (r = 0.253; p0.05), ethics (r = 0.246; p0.05), and commitment (r = 0.239; p0.05) were moderately correlated with educators’ job effectiveness, while professional accountability had low significant association with educators’ job effectiveness. This suggests that, members of the school management team (principals, vice-principals and H.O.Ds) should be familiar with the role of professionalism in improving educators scholarly knowledge, good organizational standards, career development, organizational commitment, congenial work relationship, and answerability for optimum efficiency, and higher level effectiveness. Keywords: Educators, Job Effectiveness, Professionalism Dimensio