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Song Recommendation System Using Maximal b-Matching
Get PDFThe last decade has witnessed a fundamental paradigm shift on how information content is distributed among people. Nowadays, an increasing number of platforms allow everyone to participate both in information production and information consumption. The phenomenon has been coined as democratization of content. However, as the opportunities to find relevant information and relevant audience increases, so does the complexity of a system that would allow suppliers and consumers to meet in the most efficient way. Our motivation is building a “featured item” component for social-media applications. Such a component would provide recommendations to consumers each time they login the system. The existing system follows either collaborative filtering or content based filtering. Collaborative filtering methods are based on collecting and analyzing a large amount of information on user’s behaviours, activities or preferences and predicting what users will like based on their similarity to other users. Content-based filtering methods are based on a description of the item and a profile of the user's preference. Both of these methods require input from the user in the form of ratings or other user's likes. But social content matching takes into account only the user's preferences and also the capacity constraints. For each item 't' and each user 'u', consider constraints on the maximum number of edges that t and u can participate in the matching. These capacity constraints can be estimated by the activity of each user and the relative frequency with which items need to be delivered. Here we introduce the concept called b-matching goal is to find a matching that satisfies all capacity constraints and maximizes the total weight of the edges in the matching. The result of b-matching is the set of songs that are to be recommended to the user based on his likes
Lightweight Concrete Reinforced with Polypropylene Fibers
Get PDFThis research study the mechanical properties of lightweight concrete reinforced with polypropylene fibers. Foam agent used to produce lightweight foamed concrete. The aim of this study to investigate the effect of polypropylene fibers on mechanical properties of lightweight foamed concrete. The volume fractions of the polypropylene fibers (PPF) used are: 0.0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, and 0.5% total volume of concrete. The flowability, dry density, compressive strength and splitting tensile strength, were measured. The results shows, the flowability of lightweight foamed concrete reduced by addition polypropylene fibers. The compressive strength and splitting tensile strength increased with rising the percentages of polypropylene fibers.This research study the mechanical properties of lightweight concrete reinforced with polypropylene fibers. Foam agent used to produce lightweight foamed concrete. The aim of this study to investigate the effect of polypropylene fibers on mechanical properties of lightweight foamed concrete. The volume fractions of the polypropylene fibers (PPF) used are: 0.0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, and 0.5% total volume of concrete. The flowability, dry density, compressive strength and splitting tensile strength, were measured. The results shows, the flowability of lightweight foamed concrete reduced by addition polypropylene fibers. The compressive strength and splitting tensile strength increased with rising the percentages of polypropylene fibers.
An Integrated Approach for Compendium Generator using Customized Algorithms
Get PDFText Summarization is a process that is to give the shorter version of a text document. For many research scholars who want to do their research on a specific domain has to search a lot of documents on that topic related to a specific domain. It is also difficult to go through the lot of the research papers present in that particular domain which takes a lot of time at this moment of time there are lots of chances in missing some key words present in those research papers. So that Summarizer is used to give the summary of a paper. The aim of our project is to reduce the body of the text and maintaining coherence and avoiding redundancy. Winnowing is an algorithm that gives the coherence between the multiple papers when multiple papers are given as the input. Redundancy that is the repeated words or sentences can be avoided using the MMR algorithm
Audio Encryption and Digital Image Watermarking in an Uncompress Video
Get PDFThe growth of high speed computer networks and that of the Internet, in particular, has increased the ease of Information Communication. Ironically, the cause for the development is also of the apprehension - use of digital formatted data. In comparison with Analog media, Digital media offers several distinct advantages such as high quality, easy editing, high fidelity copying, compression etc. But this type advancement in the field of data communication in other sense has hiked the fear of getting the data snooped at the time of sending it from the sender to the receiver. So, Information Security is becoming an inseparable part of Data Communication. In order to address this Information Security, Steganography plays an important role. Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message. In the current internet community, secure data transfer is limited due to its attack made on data communication. So more robust methods are chosen so that they ensure secured data transfer. One of the solutions which came to the rescue is the audio Steganography. But existing audio steganographic systems have poor interface, very low level implementation, difficult to understand and valid only for certain audio formats with restricted message size. Enhanced Audio Steganography (EAS) is one proposed system which is based on audio Steganography and cryptography & watermarking, ensures secure data transfer between the source and destination
Reliability and Availability Analysis of Arepairable System With Two Types of Failure
Get PDFThis paper investigates reliability and availability of a repairable system with two types of failure. Let failure rate and repair rate of [type1, type2] components are assumed to be exponentially distributed. The expressions of availability and reliability characteristics such as the system reliability and the mean time to failure are derived. We used several cases to analyze graphically the effect of various system parameters on the reliability system and availability system
Building Information Modelling Penetration Factors in Malaysia
No full textThe construction industry master plan in Malaysia provides ample leverage towards information technology improvements in the construction industry. Building Information Modelling (BIM) transforms the means to which the traditionally thought method is construction is carried out. Changes occur in aspects of people, process and technology during such transformation. Information technology (IT) acceptance theories of Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT), Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (DTPB), Extension of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM2) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology stipulates underlining theories to accessing user perception to new systems such as BIM. This paper presents the linking paths to factors of user perceptions (people, process and technology) and how they react in strategic IT implementation and collaborative environment to fully support extensive BIM penetration in the industry. The study further extends the BIM penetration model by Enegbuma and Ali (2012). The model will aid industry practitioners to tackle the various challenges experienced with BIM implementation. Future research will focus on solidifying the proposal with data analysis
Highly Correlated Wiener polarity Index: A Model to Predict Log p
No full textWiener polarity index of a more generalized graph of chemical graphs of polyacenes and phenylenes is computed and the results are used to design a model for predicting log p values of polyacenes. The multiple regression with two descriptors gives improved models with correlation coefficient 0.999999980642502
Neuropharmacognosy as an Emerging Multidisciplinary Science
No full textNeuropharmacognosy represents the field that combines neuroscience and pharmacognosy. It allows us to better understand and use the data that pharmacognosy provides and apply them in neurosciences which may lead to new therapeutic approaches.The existence of both pharmacological and toxicological aspects of neuropharmacognosy creates more challenges. However, the methodsprovided by the related fields, such as chemistry and biology, let us expect more advances and hopefully new perspective that would overcome the current challenge
A Review on Contamination of Heavy Metals, Linear Alkylbenzenes, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Phenolic Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Organochlorine Compounds in Perna viridis from the Coastal Waters of Malaysia: A compilation of 1998 Data
No full textSince 1990s until today, the Asia-Pacific Mussel Watch approach has been widely used for biomonitoring purpose in Malaysia by using the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis in particular. This paper reviewed the concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn), Linear Alkylbenzenes (LABs), Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), phenolic Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) [nonylphenol (NP), octylphenol (OP), and bisphenol A (BPA)] and organochlorine (OC) compounds (PCBs, DDTs, CHLs, HCHs and HCB) in nine mussel populations collected in 1998 from the coastal waters of Malaysia. In fact, all of these data were published separately in five different research journals in the literature. Since they discussed only based on the group of contaminants which they focused upon, this review paper aimed to see a holistic picture and understanding of the impacts of the different chemical contaminants in relation to the description of the sampling sites. Based on seven mussel populations with complete 11 chemicals (ranging from heavy metals, LABs, PAHs, phenolic EDCs and OCs), a dendrogram was established using single linkage cluster analysis. The clustering pattern showed two major subclusters. The first one comprising Tanjung Rhu, Trayong, Kuala Penyu and Pasir Panjang populations, indicating relatively uncontaminated conditions while the other subcluster consists of Penang, Kg. Pasir Puteh and Anjung Batu which indicated contaminated conditions as it is well supported by the elevated levels of some chemicals. The subcluster combining Penang and Kg. Pasir Puteh populations were mainly due to the elevated levels of LABs and PAHs in both sites while Kg. Pasir Puteh also had elevated levels of Cu, Pb, PCBs and CHLs. Anjung Batu, which is also clustering together with Penang and Kg. Pasir Puteh population can be explained by its elevated levels of three OC compounds namely DDTs, CHLs and HCHs. This comprehensive review is the first to report in the literature
An Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Various Concentrations of Ocimum sanctum Against Various Species of Bacteria: an Invitro Study
No full textPlants are one of the most important sources of medicines. Among the plants known for medicinal value, the plants of genus Ocimum belonging to family Labiatae are very important for their therapeutic potentials. Ocimum sanctum L., known as ‘Tulsi’ in Hindi and ‘Holy Basil’ in English is an erect softy hairy aromatic herb or under shrub found throughout India. The antimicrobial activity is done by using Soxhlet apparatus method. For antimicrobial activity, Nutrient broth was used for inoculating the culture. Then wells were cut on the solidified agar medium which were swabbed with microorganism. Thus agar well diffusion method is carried out. The extracts were poured into the wells at different concentrations like 25%, 50% and 100%. After incubation, zone of inhibition was observed. So Ocimum sanctum can be used in developing drugs and medicines against various activities of Bacteri