Using the Enterprise Architecture Approach to Analyse the Current Performance of Manchester United Football Club

Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) is one of the most successful football clubs in England, if not the world.  However, the football club's recent performance in domestic and European tournaments has left a lot to be desired.  The recent 2021 Europa League final failure encapsulates the football club's decade-long condition.  MUFC's days of competing seriously for trophies in every tournament open to the club are over.  MUFC came close to winning the local league in the 2017 and 2021 seasons but fell short, just like they did in the previous Europa League final in 2021.  Numerous reasons have contributed to the current poor performance streak.  This study aims to apply an enterprise architectural framework to enhance football player performance and manager-player relationships.  This study discovered that MUFC might leverage big data analytics-IT integrated systems by following easy-to-understand enterprise architectural framework phases, which streamlines the adoption process for MUF

Ripeness level classification for pineapple using RGB and HSI colour maps

An image processing technique is used to evaluate the level of ripeness of fresh pineapple. The classification of the fruit will be judged by the colour change on the skin of the pineapple. A sample image is taken using a digital single-lens reflex camera under a controlled environment. An algorithm is developed using MATLAB software to evaluate features based on an image of the pineapple. Features from the image are segmented according to RGB and HSI colour maps. This paper will introduce a technique to distinguish between unripe, ripe and fully ripe fruit. The maturity index varies from Index 1 through Index 7 where Index 1 is an unripe pineapple and Index 7 is a fully ripe pineapple. By using fuzzy logic classification, the result shows that 100 % accuracy for the fully ripe and 85 % for unripe and ripe level can be achieved

Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with Different Location of Minkowski Island Split Ring Resonator (MI-SRR) Structure

In this project, different locations of the Minkowski Island split ring resonator (MI-SRR) structure are embedded in the basic rectangular patch antenna. It started with a basic rectangular microstrip patch antenna that were simulated in CST Microwave Studio software. After that, four different locations (Location A, Location B, Location C and Location D) of MI-SRR were chosen to compare the performance of return loss, resonant frequency, surface current radiation pattern, and gain. Location A represented the antenna with the MI-SRR at the center part of the patch, while Location B had the MI-SRR at the upper part of the FR-4 substrate. Location C and Location D represented the antenna with MI-SRR at the ground at antenna with MI-SRR at the other layer, respectively. The return loss performances of Design of Location A, Location B, Location C, and Location D were - 26.546 dB, - 23.892 dB, -43.842 dB, - 51.506 dB at resonant frequency of 2.432 GHz, 2.510 GHz, 2.438 GHz and 2.542 GHz, respectively

A smart fruit grading apparatus

The present invention generally relate to a portable automated fruit grading apparatus (100) that grades a fruit based on the weight and length of the fruit. The apparatus (100) includes a housing (105) and the housing (105) encloses a weight tray (115), a length measurement unit to measure a length and a force value depending upon weight of the fruit, a smart processing system (800), a memory card slot (107) is configured to accommodate a removable non-volatile memory card (910) to store the data generated by the smart processing system (800), a visual display unit (120) and at least one input device is mounted on the frontal side of the housing (105). The generated data is stored in the removable non-volatile memory card (910) and the data is displayed on the visual display unit (120)

Dual Frequencies Band And Enhanced Wideband Effect Of Dual Layer Microstrip Patch Antenna With Parasitic

In current telecommunication situation,the antenna with wideband or multi-band effect are important for cater many users’ demands.In this research,the works explores the effect of parasitic element on the above of the dual layer microstrip patch antenna.Firstly,a basic microstrip patch antenna with a single layer of substrate (Design A) had been simulated using the CST Microwave Studio software.After that,the addition of another layer of substrate with parasitic element is shown as Design B. This proposed microstrip patch antenna resonates at two different frequencies of 2.396 GHz and at 2.543 GHz of frequency with – 36.8 dB and –35.644 dB of return loss,respectively.The gain performance for both resonant frequencies at 2.396 GHz and at 2.543 is 5.035 dB and 4.814 dB,respectively.The bandwidth of the Design B antenna is 0.097 GHz (2.354 GHz – 2.451 GHz),had been increase compare with Design A performance of 0.039 GHz (2.380 GHz– 2.419 GHz).The second resonant frequency for Design B is only 0.028 GHz.(2.526 GHz– 2.554 GHz)

Broadband Circular Polarization Antenna Based on Inverted Suspended Circular Patch with Square Slot

In this paper, an inverted suspended circular patch with square slot design is proposed for broadband circular polarized antenna. The antenna was designed based on L-probe technique and air gap of 10 mm distance between substrate and copper ground. L-probe technique is used in this antenna design to feed the 50 Ohm SMA connector signal through the feedline to the antenna structure. The proposed antenna had been designed and simulated by using computer simulation technology (CST) software. This antenna design is targeted for wireless local area network (WLAN) application which operating frequency at 2.4 GHz. Antenna performances in term of return loss, resonant frequency, bandwidth, gain, axial ratio, directivity, total efficiency and radiation pattern at the design frequency are analyzed. Result of simulation show that the proposed antenna achieved axial ratio below 3 dB which is 0.62 dB with return loss -35.60 dB at targeted frequency. Comparison result of simulation and measurement show that the return loss bandwidth (RLBW) and realized gain of the antenna at 2.4 GHz frequency decreases from 556 MHz to 354 MHz with gain 7.76 dB to 4.54 dB. However, the proposed antenna covers a wider bandwidth of 2.4 GHz where both simulation and measurement bandwidth is over 350 MHz

Design Of Linear And Circular Polarized Antenna For WLAN Application

In this paper, a linear and circular polarized antenna with operating frequency at 2.4 GHz for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) application is proposed. Firstly, a basic linear polarization antenna (Design A) was designed with rectangular slot at the rectangular patch and air gap between substrate and copper layer with distance of 10 mm. Next, in order to perform circular polarized, the antenna designed is added with optimized dual circular notch at the rectangular slot. This circular polarized antenna is designed with two different polarization types which are right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) with optimized dual circular notch at the patch (Design B) and left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) with optimized dual circular notch at the patch (Design C). The proposed antenna had been designed and simulated by using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio Suite. The comparison result of simulation and measurement show that the proposed antenna can achieve axial ratio above 3 dB for linear polarized and below 3 dB for circular polarized with return loss less than -10 dB

Risk Assessment and Air Quality Study during Different Phases of COVID-19 Lockdown in an Urban Area of Klang Valley, Malaysia

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had both positive and negative impacts on humans and the environment. In general, a positive impact can be seen on the environment, especially in regard to air quality. This positive impact on air quality around the world is a result of movement control orders (MCO) or lockdowns, which were carried out to reduce the cases of COVID-19 around the world. Nevertheless, data on the effects on air quality both during and post lockdown at local scales are still sparse. Here, we investigate changes in air quality during normal days, the MCOs (MCO 1, 2 and 3) and post MCOs, namely the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) and the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) in the Klang Valley region. In this study, we used the air sensor network AiRBOXSense that measures carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) at Petaling Jaya South (PJS), Kelana Jaya (KJ) and Kota Damansara (KD). The results showed that the daily average concentrations of CO and NO2 mostly decreased in the order of normal days > MCO (MCO 1, 2 and 3) > CMCO > RMCO. PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and O3 showed a decrease from the MCO to RMCO. PJS showed that air pollutant concentrations decreased from normal days to the lockdown phases. This clearly shows the effects of ‘work from home’ orders at all places in the PJS city. The greatest percentage reductions in air pollutants were observed during the change from normal days to MCO 1 (24% to 64%), while during MCO 1 to MCO 2, the concentrations were slightly increased during the changes of the lockdown phase, except for SO2 and NO2 over PJS. In KJ, most of the air pollutants decreased from MCO 1 to MCO 3 except for CO. However, the percentage reduction and increments of the gas pollutants were not consistent during the different phases of lockdown, and this effect was due to the sensor location—only 20 m from the main highway (vehicle emissions). The patterns of air pollutant concentrations over the KD site were similar to the PJS site; however, the percentage reduction and increases of PM2.5, O3, SO2 and CO were not consistent. We believe that local burning was the main contribution to these unstable patterns during the lockdown period. The cause of these different changes in concentrations may be due to the relaxation phases during the lockdown at each station, where most of the common activities, such as commuting and industrial activities changed in frequency from the MCO, CMCO and RMCO. Wind direction also affected the concentrations, for example, during the CMCO and RMCO, most of the pollutants were blowing in from the Southeast region, which mostly consists of a city center and industrial areas. There was a weak correlation between air pollutants and the temperature and relative humidity at all stations. Health risk assessment analysis showed that non-carcinogenic risk health quotient (HQ) values for the pollutants at all stations were less than 1, suggesting unlikely non-carcinogenic effects, except for SO2 (HQ > 1) in KJ. The air quality information showed that reductions in air pollutants can be achieved if traffic and industry emissions are strictly controlled